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Company predicts electricity will be cordless in near future Eric Giler, CEO of WiTricity, predicts that his company will be able to provide wireless electricity within a year. WiTricity’s wireless electricity converts power into a magnetic field and sends it sailing through the air at a particular frequency. This enables the company to power light bulbs using wireless electricity that travels several feet from a power socket. This technology could free laptops and phones from needing to be charged from cord chargers.
Sesame Street joins the fight against H1N1 influenza Popular Sesame Street characters Elmo and Gordon will be featured in public service advertisements aimed at younger children to practice better hygiene. They will cover healthy habits such as hand washing and covering sneezes.
Deadly wildfire continues to blaze in California A deadly wildfire has charred almost 122,000 acres in Southern California since it began Aug. 26. Two firefighters were killed on Aug. 30 while trying to control the fire. Over 2,500 firefighters are working on stopping the fire, which is only five percent contained.
Dutch moon rock revealed to be chunk of petrified wood A supposed moon rock, which resides at the Dutch National Museum, from the first manned lunar landing has been discovered to be fake. The rock, revealed to be petrified wood, was given to former Prime Minister Willem Drees during the goodwill tour of the three Apollo 11 astronauts. The museum will keep the rock as a curiosity.
United Kingdom releases Lockerbie bomber The United Kingdom has allowed for Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi to return home to Libya to complete his sentence. Megrahi had been serving a life sentence for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. The jet exploded over a Scottish town in 1988 killing 270 people. Magrahi was released last month to Libya because he has terminal cancer.
University officials have confirmed that as of Sept. 2, approximately 100 cases of H1N1 influenza have been seen on the Reynolda campus. The news does not necessarily come as a surprise, as the university’s Crisis Management Team has been preparing for a possible outbreak of the virus for months. While the presence of the virus on campus certainly is a serious situation, perspective can be put on the current outbreak by comparing the current 100 cases with the 260 cases of influenza that were seen by Student Health Services in 10 days in January 2008. The H1N1 virus, commonly known as “swine flu,” has been making national and international news for many months now, and the university was even explicitly mentioned on NBC’s Nightly News. Despite this targeting of the university by a major national media outlet, the situation on campus does not seem to be any different from that on a variety of others across the country. University officials have placed the influenza response plan into action, which includes increasing access to hand sanitizers, distributing breath masks around campus, allowing students to give “meal coupons” to friends to have food brought to them by others, and keeping in contact with area medical officials. “Student Health Services is staying in frequent communication with the county health department and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center,” Director of Media Relations Kevin Cox said. “We’re not operating in a vacuum.”
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Surgical masks and hand sanitizer were distributed to each residence hall to help stop the spread of H1N1 influenza on campus. The university actually receives a great deal of attention from medical authorities, as it is a sentinel site, meaning that data from the university is sent to the North Carolina Department of Health. While the media hype over the past months has stirred up fear in much of the public, it is not certain that this fear is justified. “The people that die from this are people that have underlying medical problems,” Director of Student Health Services Cecil Price said.
“This is certainly not any worse than a typical seasonal flu.” Even so, the university still urges caution in dealing with the disease. While it may not usually be deadly, H1N1, like any strain of the flu, can still put a student out of commission for up to a full school week. “Someone doesn’t have the flu for two weeks,” Price said. “It doesn’t last that long.”
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Native American students find a niche By Ashton Astbury | Asst. sports editor
When junior Lucretia Hicks entered the university as a freshman two years ago, hailing from the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, N.C., she felt overwhelmed in making the transition from her quaint Eastern Band of Cherokee town to a bustling campus environment. “Coming from a small town and not having anyone to relate to on a cultural level made it difficult for me,” Hicks said. Intent on ensuring that no future Native American student felt this hardship, Hicks created the novel Native American Students Association (NASA). With encouragement from her mentor Ulrike Weithaus, professor of religion and American ethnic studies, and former director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs Barbie Oakes, Hicks was able to hold an interest meeting for the group at the end of her freshman year at the university and officially launch NASA for the 2008-2009 academic year.
As the group’s acting president, Hicks affirmed that she has several goals for NASA. “First, I would like incoming Native American students to feel like they have a place to turn to and have social support,” Hicks said. “Everyone has that feeling of being lost when they are freshmen. By having this student group, incoming Native American students can have that support they need to excel here at Wake. “Another reason for this group is to present Native American culture in a non-stereotypical way. When I arrived here, there were many people who were ignorant to my culture. I think it is important to recognize each other’s culture in a respectable manner.” According to Hicks, NASA currently has 10 members consisting of students of Native American descent as well as those interested in learning about Native American culture. In addition to holding monthly meetings, the group has helped with several events in the Center for Religion and Public Engagement, which
includes Kaila Clark, community educator for global Indigenous and Native Hawaiian public health initiatives, and Harry Charger, member of the Sans Arc band of the Lakota Nation and spiritual leader. Last November, NASA held the first event to celebrate Native American History Month. The event, titled “Journeys to Success: Native American Voices,” included speakers Joyce Dugan, first woman Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, Lori Alvord, Associate Dean of Students and Multicultural Affairs at Darmouth Medical School and Assistant Professor of Surgery and Psychiatry, Joseph Garcia, current president of the National Congress of American Indians, Andrew Duff, Chairman Emeritus of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society and Michell Hicks, current Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. Additionally, Hicks and fellow members of NASA participated in July’s College and Careers Technology program for college bound Cherokee youth interested in careers in the sciences. Led by Hicks, NASA members
held a Q&A session for the Cherokee high school students, which garnered positive feedback from participants. Hicks hopes NASA’s involvement in the program served as motivation for the youth to succeed in school. In terms of NASA plans for the upcoming semester, Hicks hopes to finally receive a charter from the university. Members are currently in the process of planning the second annual celebration in November in commemoration of Native American History Month. In addition, the group will continue to help with events in the Center for Religion and Public Engagement. “NASA is important to me because I want the group to provide support for Native American students and also educate the Wake Forest community about Native American culture,” Hicks said. “Hopefully one day NASA will become a more prominent organization on campus which in turn will attract more Native American students and also continue to break stereotypes.”
Benson Center dining experiences major face lift By Cheryl Johnson | Staff writer
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The new Zoca’s Tex Mex station is a popular place for students to grab a bite to eat.
With the addition of new residence halls and new students on campus, the university definitely has a new look. Although the buildings have remained pretty much the same on the outside, it is what is on the inside that has students’ heads turning in awe. The Benson Food Court recently received a face-lift. Not only has the layout of the center changed, but there has also been the addition of new food vendors. Among these new food additions is Zoca’s Tex Mex station. The university conducted a survey last year to see which type of food the students would like in Benson. In the end, it came down to a close run between Zoca’s and a sushi place. However, due to complications, the sushi bar was unable to be added and Zoca’s took its place. Even so, Zoca’s has already proved to be a very popular eating location for students. This facility offers a number of six-dollar combos to students and faculty. World’s Fare has also been added to the Benson Food Court.
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It offers the comfort food that students enjoy and crave while away at college as well as international favorites. World’s Fare is open Monday through Friday for lunch and dinner, and at 8 p.m. it serves as a grill where burger and philly cheese steak combos are made to order. Freshens returns as an Energy Zone that offers more than just smoothies. Ice cream treats and energy bars are now available for your enjoyment. Energy Zone’s smoothies have more nutrition than those of previous years. Pick up a smoothie or ice cream treat Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. and from 11 a.m.-10 p.m on the weekends. While not new to Benson, Chick-fil-A has also been revamped. It returns as a full service location that continues to feature all of the Chickfil-A favorites and is now open for breakfast Monday through Friday at 7:30 a.m. and on Saturdays at 10 a.m. As with all Chick-fil-A’s, the Benson location is not open on Sundays. Benson has also added an all new Grab and Go Store. The ARAMARK employees have taken popular items from the Sundry and brought
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them to Benson. The new convenience store has an enhanced quantity of items from the small sundry store in Benson of previous years. Snack items and beverages, including Starbucks coffee may be purchased. In years past, the Village Tavern in Reynolda Village provided the only true restaurant experience to students stranded on campus with no car. The complete renovation of Shorty’s changed that this fall. Now all students have to do is head over to Benson and walk into Shorty’s to select something from their full menu. The restaurant is open seven days a week. Their new menu came from a combination of surveys to the students as well as looking at different online surveys to see popular food items. With all this change, ARAMARK still wants to ensure that the students’ input is being heard. “We want to stay up to date with the students’ opinions,” Roy Biggers, the dining service manager, said. “They are the ones who help determine what new items are added and which ones are taken away.”
Opinion | A4 Not enough spaces Commuter student sounds off about lack of parking spaces on campus
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Sept. 2 marked the start of Habitat for Humanity’s Labor Day weekend Jimmy Johnson Labor of Love Blitz. Volunteers from the university and the medical center will take part in the annual building blitz in the historic Cherry Street neighborhood near downtown Winston-Salem. On Sept. 4, staff members from the Office of Residence Life and Housing will volunteer. Members of the baseball team will volunteer on the final day of the blitz, Sept. 5.
By Caitlin Brooks | News editor Though U.S. President Barack Obama claimed in an Aug. 7 speech that the government has “pulled the economy back from the brink,” there are few that would call the current job market hopeful, least of all graduating college seniors faced with a market where businesses continue to shed jobs. It is in part to help alleviate this grim prospect that the Wake Forest Fellows program, part of the 2008 Strategic Plan for the university, was created. The program, sponsored by the Office of the President, offers a few exceptional graduates a year of real-life experience with a university department. University President Nathan O. Hatch describes the two-fold role of the fellowships: “the talent of these students enriches the core of what we (the university) do.” The program serves as “both a launching pad for the students and a mentoring opportunity for them,” Hatch said. The university’s reputation for providing individual attention to each student is one of the biggest draws for undergraduate applicants. To accomplish these goals, size is key. Too many fellows would limit personal attention and strain the university’s financial resources for the program. The number of applicants soared this year, owing to the success of last year’s fellowships, Hatch said. It was from this expanded pool that this year’s fellows were chosen:
Theatre department announces season line up John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt will kick off the university theatre department’s 2009-2010 season on Sept. 25. Other shows include Sonnets for an Old Century, which opens Oct. 30, The Threepenny Opera, which opens Feb. 19, and Moon Children, which opens April 9. Individual student tickets for each show will be available for $5, and student season subscriptions may be purchased for $15 beginning Sept. 8. For more information, visit the theatre department’s Web site at wfu.edu/theatre.
Applications for Carswell Scholarships available Sophomores, juniors and seniors with outstanding academic and extracurricular records are encouraged to apply to become Thomas E. and Ruth Mullen Scholars. Each scholarship carries an annual stipend of $1,500, is renewable for each academic year, and recipients will be eligible to apply for Carswell summer grants before senior year. Application deadline is Oct. 15. For more information, contact Tom Phillips at ext. 5180.
Trayonna Floyd Division of Student Life A sociology major and women’s and gender studies minor from Gastonia, N.C., Floyd served as a President’s Aide, a resident adviser and a Multicultural Enrichment Program mentor during her tenure as an undergraduate. She was also involved in numerous service programs in the wider community. “I spent the majority of my collegiate years trying to live out the motto of ‘Pro Humanitate’ by serving others,” Floyd said. Through the Division of Student Life, Floyd continues her efforts to reach out to students. She aims to help the university in its goal of “ensuring holistic development in all students through service, experimental learning and intentional programming,” she said. Specifically, she works to develop programs to guide students toward this goal and to mentor individual students as her new co-workers continue to mentor her. Floyd hopes to enter law school when her fellowship ends this summer.
University announces Worship in Wait speakers The university’s Worship in Wait Series for 2009-2010 will feature two speakers who have written extensively on the nature of spirituality. Barbara Brown Taylor will speak at 7p.m on Sept. 27. Taylor teaches religion at Piedmont College in Georgia and is an adjunct professor of spirituality at Columbia Theological Seminary in Georgia. Marcus Borg will speak in Wait Chapel on Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. Borg is Canon Theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland and has authored or co-authored 21 books. All Worship in Wait services are free and open to the public. More information about the speakers can be found online at wfu.edu/chaplain/worship/index.html.
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Matt Triplett Office of the Provost Triplett, a political science major with minors in religion and women’s and gender studies, has a passion for public service and social movements. The former Student Government Speaker of the House and Academic Committee co-chair is considering going to graduate school for political science. He is using the experience as an intern in the Provost’s Office, which he describes as a “fast-paced, exciting place to work,” to gain some professional experience and work out his plans for the future. Triplett enjoys the opportunity to present a unique perspective to school administrators. As a recent graduate and former student body representative, he frequently provides a valued insight into the student perspective as the Provost’s Office moves forward in executing the numerous other programs initiated by the Strategic Plan. “It’s an eye-opening opportunity that sheds light on the ways in which Wake Forest University is a unique and special place to be,” Triplett said. Velvet Bryant Office of the Provost “My undergraduate experience reaffirmed my passion to equip people with the tools and knowledge they need to be empowered,” Bryant said of her tenure at the university. A psychology major and women’s and gender studies minor, Bryant kept herself busy during her undergraduate years by performing a directed study on the development of civic engagement in adolescents and participating in a Mission of Good Hope service trip to Kayamandi, South Africa. Bryant’s work in the Office of the Provost provides her with crucial mentorship opportunities and an insight into the daily operations of the university’s administration. “Not only do I have a place at the administrative table, but I also have a voice and can share my thoughts and ideas as we implement our 2008 Strategic Plan,” Bryant said. Lauren Hubbard Advancement Office: Reunions Team An interest in working on the administrative side of non-profit organizations compelled Hubbard, a communications major with a concentration in media studies, to pursue this unique experience with the Advancement Office. Hubbard, a Tri Delta and former Student Trustee and Traditions Council co-chair, is the first Advancement Office intern. She will be working this year to lead the newly-created “1834 Undergraduate Giving Campaign,” that aims to encourage undergrads to phil-
anthropically support the university. To this end, Hubbard works with committees and chairs from each class to promote fund-raising efforts, plan events and practice some marketing skills. “The support and experience Fellows receive is remarkable and is hands down the biggest benefit for me as a recent graduate,” Hubbard said. “It is certainly a strength of the university from which I look forward to continuing to learn and benefit.” Trevor Taylor Advancement Office: Alumni Services Taylor’s official job in the Office of Alumni Services begins Sept. 23 when he will begin a tour around the country. During his travels that will take him to Boston, Ma., Houston, Texas., Nashville, Tn., and several other major cities, Taylor will meet with alumni to try to re-engage them in the university community. “As I tell my friends, we saw the outside of the ‘machine’ for four years, and now I get to see what it takes to make the machine run,” he said. The short answer? A lot of effort and money, Taylor said. “Lots of students complain about tuition, and I get the opportunity to see where the money all goes. For example, four years of tuition only covers about three years of a student’s expenses. Your last year is paid for through the endowment or through private donors.” According to Taylor, this has given him a new appreciation for the importance of giving back to the university. A pre-med graduate with a major in health and exercise science and a minor in chemistry, Taylor plans to enter medical school after his fellowship. Darcy Delph Information Systems A strong interest in technology is required to work as the intern in Information Systems (IS), and that is exactly what Delph, a communications major with minors in international studies and psychology, brought to the applicant pool. Delph worked with with IS throughout her undergraduate career and was also involved with L.E.A.D. and University Events where she helped coordinate such events as fall and spring convocation, the Voices of Our Time lecture series, Commencement and Baccalaureate. Her fellowship obligations range greatly from day to day in IS, from meetings to ThinkPad distribution day. “It was truly awesome to have the opportunity to meet parent after excited parent and be able to deliver one of the first of many warm Wake Forest Welcomes,” Delph said.
POLICE BEAT Thefts • A glass door pane was removed and laptops, an office key and stamps, whose total estimated value is $4,565, were reported stolen from an office in Reynolda Hall sometime between Aug. 23 and Aug. 24. • A secured bike valued at $100 was reported stolen from a bike rack near Scales Fine Arts Center between June 29 and August 24. • A wallet with contents valued at $330 was removed from an unsecured office in Salem Hall between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Aug. 25. • Unsecured property valued at $31 was reported stolen from the top of a locker in Reynolda Hall on Aug. 26 between 11:30 a.m. and 2p.m. • A car in Lot P was forcibly entered using a landscaping brick Aug. 7 between 3:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. The broken window and stolen ink markers
are together valued at $275. • An iPhone and iPod together valued at $600 were reported stolen from an unsecured gym bag in Reynolds Gym Aug. 29.
Property damage • A lock valued at $50 on a room in Reynolda Hall was damaged between Aug. 21 and Aug. 24. • Molding valued at $20 was removed from a glass pane in a door in Reynolda Hall between Aug. 22 and Aug. 24. • During a security check of Tribble Hall Aug. 25, a University Police officer found that a hand rail had been removed and used to damage a door leading to the roof. • During a security check of Reynolda Hall, University Security observed several offices that had been broken in the President’s Wing. The security officer also advised that there were loud
noises in the hallway. University Police officers and Winston-Salem Police Department K-9 and Crime Scene units responded. No suspect was located.
Town Drive. No citations were issued and the party was dispersed.
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• University Police responded to a call Aug. 24 at 9:49 p.m. in reference to marijuana usage in Poteat Hall. The students in question consented to a search of their room, during which University Police seized several bottles and cans of alcohol and a glass pipe with marijuana residue. • Winston-Salem Police responded to a call in reference to loud music at a Polo Road house Aug. 22. Officers found two individuals drinking underage. Not state citations were issued. • Winston-Salem Police officers stopped a vehicle on Deacon Boulevard Aug. 22 at 11:30 p.m. for failing to use headlights. The driver of the vehicle was determined to have consumed alcohol and was charged with DWI.
• University Police responded to a call Aug. 26 in reference to two persons attempting to sell furniture in Reynolda Village. A trespass warning was issued. • University Police responded to a call Aug. 27 to assist Winston-Salem Police in reference to a loud party at a house on Ransom Road. No citations were issued and the party was dispersed. • University Police responded to a call Aug. 25 to assist Winston-Salem Police in reference to a loud party on Harmon Avenue. No citations were issued and the party was dispersed. • University Police responded to a call Aug. 25 to assist Winston-Salem Police in reference to a loud party on Old
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Rankings taken with grain of salt Flu: University hit By Will Geiger | Contributing writer
The U.S. News and World Review (USNWR) College Rankings are often elevated to biblical proportions during the college admissions process. Regarded as the authority on prestigious institutions, high school students and their parents flock to the publication for guidance. While certainly significant, the rankings have been the target of criticism for undermining the integrity of institutions of higher education. Notably, Reed College, a small liberal arts college in Portland, Ore., has defied the rankings system of the USNWR. Since 1995, Reed College has refused to fill out surveys and submit statistical information used to compile rankings such as those found in the USNWR. Reed College President Colin Diver said that “the most important consequence of sitting out the
rankings game, however, is the freedom to pursue our own educational philosophy, not that of some newsmagazine.” Similarly to Reed College, Wake Forest created waves this past year by becoming one of the first national institutions to make the submission of SAT scores optional for admissions. In the UNSWR rankings this year, the university tied at 28 among national universities with UNC-Chapel Hill and Tufts University. According to University President Nathan O. Hatch, college rankings are not definitively positive or negative; rather, he said, they are a “good start” for prospective high school students beginning their college search. However, they are “crude at best” and do not acknowledge that schools have different measures for evaluating potential students. Different schools have different “histories and
characters” that prospective students need to experience. To illustrate this point, Hatch highlighted that the university is tied with UNCChapel Hill, despite the fact that they are “very different institutions.” Hatch warns against a “slavish” following of such simplistic and largely capricious measures. He said that the there is “always a danger of chasing fame and success” because ultimately the “goal to chase is the best learning environment.” According to Hatch, the appropriate acclaim and respect will follow. Despite the negative aspects of the USNWR college rankings, Hatch said that they have “in some ways helped Wake Forest” in that the institution is consistently ranked among the top 30 national institutions. But rather than through media outlets like the U.S. News
and World Review rankings or the Forbes rankings, the university has created a special niche and thrived through what Hatch calls “word of mouth.” Rankings systems appear to be engrained in our society, and the university is certainly part of these systems. Rather than entirely rejecting these rankings, Hatch insists that the university strives to “chart its own course” and foster the sense of community that drew so many students to Winston-Salem. “The U.S. News and World Report college rankings are an impressive measure of some utility, but it should never be followed so slavishly by students,” Hatch said. According to Hatch, it is important for students to prioritize what experience they seek from higher education and truly get to know the place that they will call home for four years.
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The university has been planning for a situation just like the one now occurring for some time. Associate Vice President of Student Life Mary Gerardy has been involved in crisis planning for over four years. “A lot of planning has already been in place,” Gerardy said. “I went with a group of city officials two years ago who travelled to Indianapolis to participate in a pandemic flu planning workshop.” Gerardy is just one member of the university’s Crisis Management Team, which is chaired by Vice President of Student Life Kenneth Zick and contains members from every university department from Residence Life and Housing to Athletics to Human Resources. “It’s a very broadly represented group,” Cox said. “That group and individual sub-groups have met. This is a group of people who have worked together a great deal through the year. We’re able to be very nimble and very responsive to situations when we need to be. This size of the institution lends itself to good planning.” If students contract H1N1, they are encouraged to avoid public areas, especially those with many people such as classes, parties, athletic events and dining facilities. Professors have been informed that students with the flu are excused from attending class. “They’ve heard that from the provost,” Cox said. However, many faculty and staff members do not have the luxury of simply not showing up to their jobs. Departments already have specific plans in place as to who would perform critical functions in the case of a large staff/faculty infection. “Plans are as detailed as saying who stays at home and works from computers and who has to come into work if things get worse,” Associate Director of Residence Life and Housing David Clark said while speaking about his department. The true danger involved in the outbreak of the virus is the possibility that it could mutate during the pandemic. However, the likelihood of this occurring is extremely rare, accord-
ing to university officials. “Change is always the danger in a pandemic,” Gerardy said. “However, there is no indication that this should happen.” According to university officials, the H1N1 vaccinations should be available by early November. A room has been reserved in the Benson University Center for Nov. 3 and 4. However, the normal seasonal flu vaccination will be held Sept. 23-24, and staff vaccinations will take place in October. The H1N1 vaccine will be given in two doses rather than the traditional one dose which is used for seasonal flu. “It has been decided that (the vaccine) probably will take two doses to be effective,” Price said. “This probably has to do with the fact that this is a new strain.” “The time and place of the seasonal flu vaccination is available at the Student Health Service’s Web site,” Gerardy said. Many people have been confused as to exactly what the difference is between the current H1N1 influenza and the typical seasonal flu. “The genetic makeup of the H1N1 virus is different from the seasonal flu,” Price said. “With pandemic flus, people don’t have as much resistance to them, so they spread much easier and at different times.” Another major difference is in the age group of those affected. “This virus is much more common in younger people than the seasonal flu,” he said. This actually is not the first time a pandemic flu has been linked to swine. Sometimes influenza in an animal will mutate and become transmissible to human beings, as has happened in this case. “The avian flu we recently saw was another example of this,” Price said. “The H1N1 strain that we are seeing now spreads more easily than the avian flu, but that strain tended to be much more lethal than the one we’re seeing now.” This is due to the fact that while the avian flu could be transmitted from birds to human beings, it had great difficulty transferring from one human to another. This virus has been able to be contagious from person to person, but is not notably deadly.
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s many of you have already heard, several cases of the H1N1 virus have been confirmed recently. Many have been diagnosed and are being treated, but there is no reason to be alarmed. Some students are suffering from typical strains of flu, and others merely have the common cold. We want to urge everyone to use their best judgement when it comes to coming into contact with others. We were all taught to wash our hands when we were younger, so why does Residence Life & Housing have to e-mail us and tell us how to wash our hands? We go to a prestigious university; we should not be told how and when to wash our hands; it should be an everyday practice. The virus is not going around just because people are not washing their hands. It also has to deal with the mentality of ourselves as students. Our policy has always been, “Work Hard, Play Hard.” Sure, that’s a great policy to have, especially with our heavy academic course loads, but it is also a breeding ground for a campus wide pandemic. Students are cramped into libraries and classrooms for up to nine hours a day, frantically studying, writing papers, etc. The library and several university buildings will be silent except for coughs that several students produce almost constantly throughout the day. It does not provide for a positive outlook on those healthy students who are surrounded by seemingly sick peers. And when we are not holed up with our textbooks, we are out at parties held in small venues while sharing each others’ drinks. This is where our work mentality also comes into play; we do not want to waste our weekends because we just worked really hard for the past five days. These parties prove to be the best breeding ground for viruses because the parties are held in small venues, people are crammed against one another and drinks are being shared. If you are feeling the slightest bit sick, please do not attend class. You are being irresponsible and putting others at risk. Your professors have been told to excuse you if you have a medical reason. We understand that students do not wish to miss class because
they are afraid of falling behind. But these students need to understand that they are actually doing a disservice to their fellow peers and educators. We just want to remind students that you should not be going to class (or any other public place for that matter if you are feeling the slightest bit sick. There is no reason for you to put yourself and others at risk because you just “have to attend” that party on Friday night. No, the best thing for you to do is to stay in your room and rest. If you have been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus by Student Health, please make plans to keep yourself away from others. We feel that it would be in everyone’s best interest to quarantine yourself as much as possible until you are feeling 100 percent better. If you live close to home, please go home until you are feeling better. If going home isn’t an option for you, please do not leave your dorm room/ apartment. Residence Life & Housing has provided meal tickets for you to use in case you are quarantined and cannot leave your room. There is no reason to panic about this virus going around because it really is just another strain of the flu. The local and national media has been blowing the entire pandemic out of proportion. Not to mention, it makes the university look bad. Our university is not the only one in the country that has cases of the H1N1 virus. What the media does not seem to convey is that the virus may spread faster within our university only because it is such a small school with a small population. We urge you all to take the media with a grain of salt because the reporting is not always accurate and is often blown out of proportion. There was no report on the young man who passed away from only the H1N1 virus, but the media reports on all of these mild cases. The media should stick to facts and report only stories that are true. There is no need to cause disturbance within the entire community over a single flu strain. We want to urge everyone to use their common sense when going about their daily activities. Get plenty of rest and fluids, and stay stress-free. You will be fine if you try to limit your contact with others. Please, be careful and use your best judgment.
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learly, Wake Forest is in the process of expansion; I understand that a project of that magnitude does require some change in campus activity. However, the parking lot behind Luter and Babcock has been torn up and adequate parking spaces have not been provided for all of the students who purchased a parking pass for this school year. Many of our junior students who would also qualify for resident and commuter passes are not even on campus this semester since they are studying abroad. This means that the parking situation will only get worse once they return for the spring semester. Because the commuter lot behind Winston Hall is open to both students and faculty, it is often completely full by 9 a.m. This means that the overflow commuter students then have to find other places to park on campus that remain in compliance with the parking rules — which leads the commuter students to park in the Q Lot, which is already full of resident students and faculty. In the past week, this has caused a large amount of traffic and illegal parking in the grass and the ends of lanes where parking spots do not exist. This is an enormous problem for those of us trying to get to class on time. To begin with, parking illegally will result in a fine from Parking Management, which many of us will struggle to pay since the cost of having a car is so expensive already. Additionally, the extra cars that are parked illegally create visual obstructions, preventing the drivers and pedestrians from seeing around into the main lane. This will inevitably cause property damage and I only hope that students who are walking back to their cars will not be hit by cars that cannot see them. As a commuter student, I paid $500 of my own money — not my parents’ money — to be able to park on campus every day. I understand that I did have another option — parking in the lot outside of campus. However, I made the choice to pay more to remain on campus for many reasons. The biggest reason is that I — like many of my classmates — work in the library until late hours and am involved in extracurricular activities that meet at night. I am not naive enough to believe that walking around or outside our campus after dark is a smart or safe
decision. While living in Winston Salem and attending Wake Forest, I have had the privilege of hearing of violent attacks on students both on and off campus. As a student emergency medical technician, I have responded to emergency calls when my friends were the ones who were mugged. My own car has been broken into while living here. For all these reasons, I decided to pay the extra money to park on campus — a choice that was not limited by the university because of a lack of room. The simple fact is that the university sold parking passes for more cars than space permits. Personally, I believe this is incredibly unethical, as the university collected a large amount of money from people who are not receiving the product they paid for. I know that Parking Management can ticket cars in Q; it is only a matter of time before they have a field day out there and make even more money for the University. I understand that for other students here, it might not be hard for them to pay the fine, but some of us are happy to be able to afford the parking pass. Bottom line, this problem needs to be addressed immediately and solutions need to be offered that can be put into effect as soon as possible. The current plan is to gradually limit undergraduate parking, which is clearly not an option for this year. Solutions need to be in place before the university expands more. Why not initiate a “green” option and provide regular public transportation to the five main apartment complexes around campus? I know that money is tight right now, but the university has already collected thousands of dollars from the students for these passes and will only continue to collect more from parking ticket fines. The parking situation cannot continue the way it began this year — it is a safety liability to students, faculty and their property — and it upsets me enough that the situation was allowed to proceed in such a manner. I have already approached the administration about this issue, and I was disappointed to receive a standard and empty response about “looking into the situation.” I encourage more students to send in their complaints and experiences about parking on campus so that the administration will take this problem more seriously. Megan Larkin is a senior music performance major from Richmond, Va.
Pass health care for Teddy
Haowei Tong Old Gold & Black columnist
A flagrant grief spans the states today. Liberal, conservative, young and old: patriots throughout the country are mourning the loss of Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. Many are heralding him as the fiercest leader of their generation: a commanding legislator and beacon of hope. The death of this icon brings sadness and leaves a cavity. It introduced feasible plans for border enforcement and guest worker programs. The Senator served as chair of the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Refugees, among many other posts. He also coauthored the “Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act” with John McCain. Though this bill was not passed, it functioned as a framework for future articles on immigration reform. It introduced feasible plans for border enforcement and guest worker programs. Additionally, in endorsing Barack Obama, Kennedy and his peers signaled to the Hispanic community an unrivaled source of support. Of course, Kennedy’s impact has not been limited to the United States. He led the movement to repeal the “Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,” which had mandated a quota system based on national origin. Kennedy ostensibly opposed many
aspects of the Reagan administration, particularly in the foreign policy sector. He was a strong proponent of a nuclear freeze, and he facilitated the overriding of Reagan’s veto of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986. Kennedy referred to healthcare as the “cause of (his) life.” He was diagnosed with malignant glioma in May of last year and instantly began a relatively aggressive form of treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Despite doctor’s orders, he made a surprise Senate floor visit to vote on Medicare one month after the surgery. He also insisted on appearing at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, where he delivered a stirring address. As Emily Dickinson once said, “parting is all we know of heaven and all we need to know of hell.” Unfortunately, most of us have been acquainted with hell on Earth: in death and in the days and months preceding death; unending time spent agonizing in waiting rooms and doctor’s offices. We have heard family and friends agonize over insurance claims and medical bills; we’ve witnessed piercing, multi-faceted grief. Liberal or conservative, on this issue, we can all agree: it’s time for change. And healthcare reform was Kennedy’s passion: let’s pass it for Teddy. The riotous town halls and our stagnant Congress are disenchanting, yes. But the rewards are colossal. So pick up a newspaper. Turn on the radio. Check the news online. Read and listen and develop your opinion. Talk to your parents, professors, peers. Email your Congressperson. Pass it for Teddy. Haowei Tong is a junior biology major from Winston-Salem, N.C.
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Rethinking the State | A Critical View of Government
Austrian economic theory explains crash
Central banking promotes mass malinvestment
Elliot Engstrom Managing Editor
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uring the summer of 1929, Ludwig von Mises, the head of the Austrian School of Economics, was offered a position at the Kreditanstalt, a bank in Vienna, Austria. Mises’ future wife, Margit, was ecstatic to hear that her future husband would be receiving such a high-paying and honorable position. However, Mises surprised her by completely rejecting the position. “A great crash is coming, and I don’t want my name in any way connected with it,” he told her. At the same time, Mises’ fellow Austrian, F.A. Hayek, was making similar predictions about the future of the U.S. and world economies. Both were thought to be off on the fringe, and thus were completely ignored. Last week I discussed the fact that the American economy is a false free market caused by government intervention in almost every area of the economy. One area of specific importance is the government’s intervention into the credit and currency markets via central banks with monopolies on both, in this case the Federal Reserve System. Entrepreneurs make money by forecasting demand.
Whether this takes place in the area of The lower the interest rate, the more consumer goods like shoes or in that of capital entrepreneurs will want to borrow money to goods like land, this concept remains. invest in capital goods, and the more banks will To understand how Austrian economists like want to lend. When the government sticks its Mises could predict the Great Depression (and central banking hands into the picture, things how his modern-day counterparts could predict get distorted. the current collapse), we need to first examine To supposedly stimulate the economy, the how entrepreneurs decide whether to invest in Federal Reserve prints out new money and consumer goods, like shoes and food, or capital gives it to banks via a process too lengthy and goods, like raw materials and land. complex to explain in this writing (sometimes, Entrepreneurs attempt to predict consumer they literally just add zeroes to members’ bank demand by accurately responding to signals accounts). given off by the market, which is composed of The result is that the banks suddenly have a every individual consumer. They try to predict great deal more money to lend, money becomes the consumers’ next move, and then be there to less scarce and interest rates go down. supply what people want. This is what happens One crucial way in which when the Federal Reserve consumers signify their lowers interest rates. In regards to the current economic intentions is by how much In short, it is a false collapse, the major capital good in money they save. claim to wealth because no which entrepreneurs overinvested When a consumer saves production accompanied money, this indicates that the rise in the monetary was real estate. As the Austrian they either value future base. theory predicts, the bubble eventugoods over present goods or To entrepreneurs, these ally popped, and housing prices are accumulating capital for lower interest rates are a a future purchase. false signal that people are plummeted. Entrepreneurs are not saving more money when completely certain about they actually are not. what people are going to Thus, they invest in spend their money on in capital goods, believing the future, so when people save more money, themselves to be accurately forecasting demand. these entrepreneurs invest in capital goods. Every entrepreneur makes a mistake Regardless of what the consumer intends to sometimes, but this situation causes a large spend money on, certain capital goods will be amount of entrepreneurs to all make a giant required to produce new products — capital mistake at the exact same moment, called the goods like steel, oil, factory machinery, or above “cluster of errors.” all, land. When the time comes for consumers The more consumers save by putting money somewhere along the production line to demand in banks, the less scarce money becomes for capital goods, there is no consumer demand; these banks who make their money via lending, consumers never actually saved any more money, both to one another and to anyone who needs and thus never really placed any more value on borrowed capital to begin a new project. future goods than present goods. Thus, the natural interest rate (the “price” of The result is what Austrian economists call money) goes down. “malinvestment.”
Malinvestment represents an overinvestment in capital goods and an underinvestment in consumer goods, each cancelling out the other and thus not stimulating anything at all. So, the prices of oversupplied capital goods plummet while the prices of under supplied consumer goods skyrocket. In reality, all that happened was a diversion, not a stimulation, of production. In regards to the current economic collapse, the major capital good in which entrepreneurs overinvested was real estate. As the Austrian theory predicts, the bubble eventually popped, and housing prices plummeted. The “Keynesian Revolution” in economics has supposedly already occurred, claiming to render useless Mises’ Austrian theory. However, two notable men, Ron Paul and Peter Schiff, both adherents to the Austrian theory of the business cycle, somehow were able to predict the financial collapse years before it occurred. Before the collapse, Republicans and Democrats alike dismissed Paul and Schiff as fringe nut jobs. But, history has once again shown that the Austrian theory of the business cycle, which denounces government central banking as detrimental to an economy, is more accurate than any model currently used by those attempting to control something that they cannot — our economy. But the most important of questions therefore arises: If a policy of government intervention and central banking is detrimental to a nation’s economy, why do governments all across the world have such policies? I’ll explore this next week when I discuss other hot-topic issues and conceptual flaws within our system. Elliot is a senior French major from Matthews, N.C.
Reforming health care Seth Williford
Mouth of a Millennial | The Arch Society column
Diversify student discussions Madeline Eckenrode
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icture a college campus in the 1960s: student protesters on the quad, waving signs with slogans like “Anything war can do, peace can do better,” smoky dorm rooms filled with debate about the U.S. government’s actions in Cuba, and generational conflicts flaring up in classes between stodgy professors and long-haired students. Discourses about current events, politics and campus affairs were integral components of campus life. Now think about our university: there are the endless complaints about the food in the Pit, the crushing workload that requires you to take up semi-permanent residence in the library and the extra-curricular activities to which you have pledged your time in order to burnish your résumé. Unfortunately, how many of us have the time, the energy or even the outlet to have impassioned conversations about the wider world? Enter the Arch Society. Founded last year by a group of six university students, the Arch Society is an informal group that meets on Thursdays at 11a.m. to talk about issues as diverse as poverty in a rapidly industrializing India, international development and sustainable aid, and the culture of celebrity obsession in the United States. One of our best discussions focused on how the economic recession might affect American culture and society. Among the subtopics we touched upon was whether Americans would be better off if they became less attached to home ownership and began to primarily rent homes. This strategy would have several benefits: workers would be more mobile and thus could follow jobs, meaning there would be fewer economically stagnant areas; it would also help prevent another real estate bubble from toppling the economy. This strand of discussion led to another: whether housing patterns in America would
continue to change and how trends like the gentrification of inner cities could affect the country. As many people know, middle-class people began to move out of cities and into suburbs in the 1950s. This led to the problem of the inner-city in which low-income earners dwelt, attending broken-down schools and dealing with high crime rates. Now, however, the middle class is once again embracing the city. Advantages like a short commute, shops within walking distance and neighbors who actually know your name because you share a wall are once again beginning to attract young urban professionals (who get to satisfy their politically correct yearning to be green as well). Stemming from that subject, someone brought up the increasing crime rates in the suburbs of small cities like Memphis. (Is this a product of Section 8 vouchers)? Organic, fascinating conversations such as the one described above are the fruits of Arch Society meetings. Someone always has an experience that is pertinent to the subject at hand or an article he or she wants to share with the group. Although I have had classes at the university in which I was engaged in good discussion, nothing so far has compared to the sort of free-flowing dialogue I have had on the second floor of Carswell Hall. This column is a way for us to broadcast the insights provided by university students at our meetings to the broader student body. Anyone is welcome to check out Arch Society gatherings. If you are tired of substance-free TV journalism and people who think a newsworthy event is Jon and Kate’s divorce, come find peers who care about globalization and obesity and overfishing and immigration. There are so many talented, fascinating people at the university; Arch Society is one way to meet some of them. I encourage you to join us in breaking out of the “Wake bubble” and considering contemporary problems and potential solutions. If you would like to know some more about the Arch Society, e-mail us at wfuarchsociety@ gmail.com. Madeline Eckenrode is a junior history major from Lancaster, Penn.
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talked a great deal last week about my distaste for the fabled public option. I imagine that many of you read my article believing that I thought our health care system was perfect, and that we didn’t need any reform. Well, let me be perfectly clear that I think our current health care system is desperately in need of reform. But that is absolutely no excuse to pass health care reform when that reform could irreparably harm what is the best health care system in the world. Obama is willing to sacrifice quality in the name of equality. My liberal friends contend that the biggest issue is coverage, when what we should be more concerned about is cost. This is because of the fundamental difference between conservatives and liberals. Liberals believe that health care is a right, just like your freedom of speech, whereas conservatives understand that health care, while extremely important, is a commodity, not a right. That is why there are radically different ideas between liberal and conservative plans for care. The liberal plan, based on a public option, has been discussed constantly this summer. Having spent my time last week criticizing this plan, I would like to offer what I see as the basis for health care reform from a conservative viewpoint. While we talk all the time about how the U.S. has a free market health care system, the onerous regulations and competition of public insurance through Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP distort the free market more than most would like to admit. One of the least talked about issues involving health reform is mandates. Each state has a number of health care mandates, which are requirements set by the state as to what a basic health care insurance package must include. North Carolina has over 40 mandates, mandates that don’t even take into consideration whether the insurance is for a man or a woman. What incentive does a generally healthy 20 something such as myself have to buy health insurance in North Carolina when I am having to pay for procedures I will literally never be able to take advantage of? In particular, I am thinking of the mandates in North Carolina that require you to pay for insurance that includes mammograms, midwives, cleft palate surgeries, breast reconstruction and marriage therapy. Marriage is still a ways off for me, so when you tell me that I can choose between paying for an expensive plan that includes things that I would only need to pay for when I’m married, or just simply taking fairly good care of myself without insurance, then those who are already strapped for cash are going to look at health care as an unimportant commodity. Instead, health care is one of our most important commodities. But what is a better way to convince people to buy insurance? To create an enormously expensive and unsustainable public plan? Or to reform our
laws regarding mandates so that people can actually afford to buy care? Why sacrifice quality for equality, when we can have both? If we make the prices equally cheaper, then more people will be covered by the same incredible health care that is out there to those who can afford it. Since states have the authority to create mandates, there is little the federal government can do to cut down on the rampant growth of these short-sighted proposals. The best plan I have heard to solve this problem was proposed by Arizona Congressman John Shadegg in 2005. His bill, entitled the Health Care Choice Act, would allow individuals to purchase health care across state lines. Currently, people are only allowed to buy insurance from companies in their own state. What his bill would do is allow individuals to shop with their feet, and to buy a health care plan that is better suited to what they need. By doing this, the government would enable and encourage more people to buy insurance. Imagine that, health care reform that doesn’t cost a dime! Instead of creating a public plan that would supposedly be cheaper (let’s keep in mind, we will be paying for it through taxes), why not simply allow people to buy plans that are already astronomically cheaper? There are a number of other great ideas floating around about how to reform health care according to free market principles. Unfortunately, I am only able to discuss one other reform proposal at this time, but that does not diminish any other proposal that I did not mention. However, when looking at health insurance, taxation of health benefits is one of the main specters of our monstrous health system. At this moment, employers receive a tax credit for supplying their employees with health care. An individual doing the same thing would have to pay taxes on their health benefits. Not only is this wrong, but it is bad public policy. It forces people to rely on employer provided coverage, a Depression-era concept that is increasingly failing as a way of supplying care. In fact, the failure of employer coverage fails hardest on the unemployed and the working poor, the two constituencies that Obama claims to want to help the most. Obviously, the unemployed won’t have employer coverage, but the taxing of health benefits acts as a barrier to them even attempting to buying care. The working poor are in trouble, because the soaring costs of insurance is forcing employers to increasingly abandon offering coverage. As a result, the working poor are working without receiving insurance, and the taxation of their health benefits insures that it will be very difficult to afford care, especially since mandates keep the prices so high. I am obviously biased, but I find it hard to understand why none of these proposals are even being discussed in the media. Instead of focusing so obsessively on universal coverage, we should be focusing on bringing down costs. In doing so, we will be able to cover significantly more people, without having to pay more economy-crippling taxes for a public plan. Most importantly, we will be reforming the health care system through free market principles that have proven time and again to be the best way to allocate resources, even precious commodities such as health care. Seth Williford is a junior political science major from Wilson, N.C.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Bennett: The Director of the Wake Forest track and field program Annie Bennett talks about her time in the world championships and the upcoming season. Page B2.
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FOOTBALL: 9/05 v. Baylor 9/12 v. Stanford 9/19 v. Elon WOMEN’S SOCCER: 9/04 @ Kentucky 9/06 @ E. Carolina 9/11 v. Penn State FIELD HOCKEY: 9/04 @ UNC-Chapel Hill 9/06 @ James Madison 9/12 @ Duke
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Michigan coach has rocky, emotional week In an Aug. 31 news conference , Michigan Coach Rich Rodriguez became teary eyed when denying allegations from anonymous players and former players who affirmed the team practiced far beyond the time allowed. The announcement followed the publication of a Detroit Free Press article in which players from the 2008 and 2009 teams said the amount of time they spend on football during the season and in the offseason greatly exceeds NCAA limits. Shortly after the conference, Rodriguez faced another challenge in the form of a lawsuit hailing from an Alabama bank seeking about $3.9 million from Rodriguez related to a real estate transaction made in 2004.
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By Joe Maugeri | Staff writer
The Deacons will have three very solid backs in junior Josh Adams, sophomore Brendan Pendergrass and senior Kevin Harris. Running behind a huge push from a stacked offensive line, the Deacon rushing attack will be tough to stop.
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the number of games the women’s soccer team has gone undefeated goals field hockey player Lizzie Rae scored in a game v. Michigan
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Hailing from Raleigh, N.C., 24-yearold Deacon graduate Webb Simpson has had quite the rookie experience in the Barclays at Liberty National, the opening playoff event in the PGA Tour. Facing inclement weather conditions, Simpson was among Opara nine players to make par, finishing eight-under 134 behind household names Ernie Els and Tiger Woods.
The Baylor running situation will make this game interesting. Not only does Baylor return junior running back Jay Finley, who amassed 865 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground last season, but the Bears will also have their sophomore dual threat quarterback Robert Griffin III, who might be the fastest player on the field. Griffin rushed for 846 yards and 13 touchdowns last season.
Senior quarterback Riley Skinner has a chance to graduate as the most successful quarterback in the history of the Deacon football program. He has become one of the most efficient passers in the nation, completing 64% of his passes last season, and he is on the verge of smashing several school and ACC records during his senior campaign. Skinner’s efficient passing style will be enough to pick apart a weak Baylor secondary.
The Deacons have some big shoes to fill with the departure of DJ Boldin, the team’s leading receiver in 2008. Junior Marshall Williams, who showed great potential in 2008 with 390 receiving yards and two touchdowns, will be the go-to man at wideout. Senior tight end Ben Wooster will emerge this season as one of the team’s top receivers and adds to the Deacon passing attack.
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“A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the circumstances are.” ~ Dot Richardson UCLA Class of 1983 Softball
While the most exciting part of Robert Griffin’s game is his ability to move the ball on the ground, his passing abilities cannot be underestimated. Last season, Griffin threw for 2,091 yards and 15 touchdowns, while also completing 60% of his pass attempts. Griffin has the weapons in his receiving corps to do some serious damage, but, as a sophomore, he has some maturing to do and his run-first mentality could land him in some trouble.
The Bears return both of their leading receivers from their 2008 campaign. Sophomore Kendall Wright pulled in 50 catches for 649 yards and five touchdowns in 2008. Expect to hear his name called quite a bit on Sept. 5, as he will be Griffin’s go-to man through the air. The Bears also return senior David Gettis, who has tallied nearly 800 receiving yards over two years.
The Deacons return 10 starters on the offensive side of the ball, including the entire offensive line, which is filled with experienced players. Senior Joe Birdsong will keep the holes open for the running attack and will keep Skinner’s blindside safe. The experienced offensive line will be the key to winning this matchup for the Deacons.
The edge:
Overall Offense The Deacon offense will determine the outcome of this game. Skinner should have no problem with dissecting the Baylor secondary and the offensive line will control the clock, which will keep the ball out of Griffin’s hands.
The Baylor offensive line is probably the weakest part of the squad, which is a shame considering that the skill position players on offense could put on a speed clinic and burn almost any defense, even in the tough Big 12 South. Last season, the Bears were only able to convert 37% of their third down attempts, mostly because of the offensive line’s inability to protect Griffin, their biggest playmaker.
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Baylor has the talent to be a tough out this season, even in the Big 12 South. However, too much pressure will be placed on the shoulders of Griffin. Griffin might be able to singlehandedly keep the Bears in the game early on, but the Robert Griffin show will not be enough to determine the outcome of this game.
Defensive Line The Deacon defensive line will be one of the best in the ACC this season. With returning players like seniors John Russell and Boo Robinson, it is tough to say that a weak Baylor offensive line will have any say in what happens in the trenches. Russell and Robinson will be the key to shutting down Griffin by containing his rushing attack and putting pressure on him when he drops back to pass.
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While the Baylor defensive line will not be a game changer, watch out for junior defensive tackle Phil Taylor. Taylor, a transfer from Penn State, has the potential to be a huge headache for the Deacon offensive line. An experienced line should be able to quiet Taylor, but if the offensive line cannot contain Taylor, Skinner and the running game could be in some serious trouble.
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Deacs clench season opener Tennis lovers
rejoice in holiday weekend matches By Alex Botoman | Staff writer
faces. We are just trying to figure ourselves out,” Head Coach Jay Vidovich said. “I was impressed that, playing a team like William & Mary, we were able to put on a lot of pressure.” Schilawski’s goal showed that he can potentially fill the void left by the departures of former forwards Marcus Tracy and Cody Arnoux, who both now play
It’s Labor Day weekend, and, just like every year, thousands of fans across America will be tuning their televisions to ESPN2 and CBS to watch their favorite players go head to head. Sound familiar? This description probably brings to mind visions of the gridiron and this weekend’s high powered matchups such as Alabama vs. Virginia Tech and Oklahoma State vs. Georgia. However, for tennis fans throughout the country, Labor Day means watching the best weekend of the U.S. Open. Each of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments has its own unique identity. Roland Garros is the realm of 30-shot rallies and a crowd that never hesitates to jump on the players when they’re struggling. Wimbledon is all about the pomp and circumstance with players dressed in white playing in front of royalty on precisely manicured grass. The Australian Open is the first big event of the year, known for its sometimes surprising upsets and friendly spectators. The flavor of the U.S. Open can best be described as “rock-and-roll” and the tournament has always brought a distinctively American flavor to the courts.
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{ SPORTS WORDS } In the halls of the NCAA headquarters hang 12 quotes that represent the association. Over the next 12 weeks we will print those quotes here.
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Sophomore midfielder/forward Luke Norman sprints to the ball in the Deacs’ 1-0 victory over William & Mary in their first game of the season Sept. 1.
Wake Forest 1 William & Mary 0 By Alex Leopold | Staff writer The Wake Forest men’s soccer team started its 2009 campaign the right way with a 1-0 victory over the visiting Tribe of William & Mary with the lone goal coming from senior forward Zach Schilawski.
It is the first step for the Deacons in their quest for another national championship since being shocked in the College Cup final four after thoroughly dominating opponents all season long. The Deacons will have to get there, however, without over a half-dozen players who are now playing soccer professionally. “I am happy with everybody right now. We have so many new
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For years now the Old Gold & Black has featured Wake’s finest athletes in this spot, putting them “In the Spotlight.” In doing so, we have overlooked the people that play the biggest roles in their lives here on campus, the coaches. Wake Forest athletics have fostered a family atmosphere and the coaches are at the heart of that community. The large majority of the coaches have been here for a number of years and have been instrumental in the program’s rise to national prominence. Now it is their time to shine “In the Spotlight.” Under the tutelage of Annie Bennett, one of America’s top distance runners in the mid-1980s, the Demon Deacon runners have come to understand success. In 2007 Bennett guided Wake Forest to its best finish ever at the NCAA Indoor Championship, tying for 14th place. A total of 10 records were set, including six by the women’s squad and four by the men. Bennett has coached some of Wake Forest’s most accomplished student-athletes. Included are the decorated Michael Bingham and Rhodes Scholar Michelle Sikes, who became Wake Forest’s first NCAA Champion during the 2007 Outdoor, capturing the 5,000 meters with a school and NCAA-record time. In 2002, Bennett was named ACC Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year as the Deacons shared their first-ever ACC Championship title with N.C. State. The Deacons placed ninth in their first ever trip to the NCAA Championships since the program originated in 1978. This year Bennett faces a new challenge in leading a young group of men on the cross country trails. The men’s cross country team added significant depth with 13 freshmen. Behind Bennett they will surely find success.
I heard you just got back from the World Championships, how was that experience? It was just exciting. I’m a track fan so I was there for every session, every event. Although I had to miss one morning session because I was doing some marathon work. I saw three world records; I got to hang around with the best athletes and so it was fun. I enjoyed the whole experience. What else did you get to do while you were in Berlin? I actually snuck out the very first day I got there and played some golf, so that was really fun to experience golf in a foreign country. What’s interesting is that it’s a very dog friendly area so a couple times I saw a dog with a harness rolling their owner’s golf bags, and I thought that was interesting. I did a lot of the tourist sightseeing. There is a lot to see in Berlin. What do you expect out of each of your teams this year? The men’s team we are super excited about. Coach (David) Dugan and myself have worked really hard to add to the depth of the team and the quality of the team. We feel like that has really come through. We see a young group of kids really trying to push each other and the success for the men in cross country and distance here at Wake is there, the tradition. It’s just we have not had the depth and the level that we want. These guys are hungry; they understand they have a whole bunch of work to do to get where they want to be and it’s not necessarily so much training as it’s just getting themselves to see themselves as the best in the conference again.
Former Deacon honored as a football legend The ACC on Wednesday announced its Class of 2009 Dr. Pepper ACC Football Championship Game Legends. The Legends will be honored at this year’s ACC Football Championship Game weekend. Among the legends is Billy Ray Barnes who enjoyed much success as an athlete at Wake Forest. A fullback from Landis, N.C., Barnes quickly established himself as a prominent force in the ACC in both baseball and football. During his football career, he led the ACC in rushing in 1956, becoming the first player in ACC history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a single season.
Do you manage a team with so many freshman differently? You do, you manage it a lot differently. I keep giving them phone calls and sending them e-mails saying “stop by let me get to know you a little more” because coaching is an art and the art of coaching is trying to understand each athlete and what they need and what buttons to push and what buttons not to push. So I’m just trying, along with Coach Dugan, to figure out what they need and how we can help them get better. Training is very simple, anybody can train. It is what else you do to get them better.
When you are recruiting a student athlete, how do you sell Wake Forest? I hammer home that we are a place about character. We’re here to develop you at many levels as an athlete, but the athlete really comes from the character you are. I have high expectations of my athletes to carry themselves with pride and professionalism, and I expect them to be appreciative of what they have, appreciative of the university. I want to hear a lot of thank yous not necessarily to me but to our administration. We’ve had great opportunities and I think if we are humble and appreciate what we have we can go a lot further in life.
What is the most gratifying moment you’ve had as a coach? I’ve had a couple but probably the most gratifying was when Michelle Sikes beat Texas Tech’s Sally Kipyego in the 5,000m; that was the first time Sally had ever been beaten at the NCAA level. We developed a race plan that was pretty risky. I believed in it and Michelle believed in it. We had lead switches 12 times and when it was all said and done Michelle beat her by a lot, but it was over the last 400m. It wasn’t that Michelle was that much better than her over that last lap but it was because we broke her emotionally. And I think that’s a compliment, not that I want to break people emotionally, but it was a compli ment when the race was over, she said I never expected that anybody could do that to me and that is what Sally said in regards to Michelle and her performance. So I think that that was a really gratifying moment in my career, but I’ve been fortunate to have many.
Wake athletics have really been on the rise. What do you attribute that to? I think one is that we have great leaders. Mr. (Ron) Wellman is a tremendous leader. We have high expectations out of us to be successful. But at the same time, because we do have a good product to sell, we don’t get all the best kids in the nation but we get good kids who understand and have a big picture about what being successful is about–just about the winning, but it’s making us the best.
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What is your favorite restaurant in WinstonSalem? My favorite place for lunch is Fourth Street Filling Station and sit outside for lunch. And my favorite place at night would be Brixx. What is your favorite vacation spot? Portugal is a great place to vacation and the coast is very nice on the Alavera Coast, but I also very much enjoy the northwest being out in Whidbey Island or San Juan Island.
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The Wake Forest-UNC-Chapel Hill women’s soccer match, scheduled for 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27, in Chapel Hill will be televised by Fox Soccer Channel. The game, which will mark the conference opener for the Deacs, will be the second time that the women’s soccer team has appeared on Fox Soccer Channel. Wake Forest and Duke met on FSC in 2006. Wake Forest has started the season on a strong note, opening the year 4-0. The Deacs have moved into the top 25 after the first four wins, ranked 17th.
Wake Forest senior forward Zack Schilawski is one of 30 candidates for the 2009 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. The award, given annually to senior student-athletes in nine different sports, has become one of the most prestigious honors in college soccer. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence –classroom, character, community and competition. Schilawski will look to become the second straight Wake Forest player to win the award. On the field, he has played in all 75 games in his career, including 18 starting assignments. Entering his senior season, he has scored 26 goals and 13 assists as a Demon Deacon.
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In the United States, bigger is better, and the colossal 23,000 seat Arthur Ashe Stadium is by far the biggest tennis facility in the world, leaving those at the top with a better view of the clouds than the ball. Perhaps the most famous part of the U.S. Open is the unique nature of the night sessions where marquee matches are played each evening under the lights. The best American players usually get top billing at night, and the nationalistic fans provide an atmosphere perhaps more akin to the bleachers at Yankee Stadium than courtside at a so-called “gentlemen’s sport.” Countless special moments have been played out on the court in Ashe Stadium that have taken the crowd as well as the people watching at home on a roller-coaster ride of emotions. In what might be one of the best farewell speeches in sports history (look it up on YouTube) American
Andre Agassi paid homage to the passionate U.S. Open crowd that had unceasingly supported him through his entire career. One of the best aspects of the U.S. Open is the opportunity it gives to younger and less well known American players to get experience and make an impact playing against the top players in the world. Who can forget 2005 where Robby Ginepri, who entered the tournament ranked No. 98 in the world, won three consecutive five-set matches in a fairytale run to the semifinals, before falling in another thrilling five-setter to Agassi. Making the annual pilgrimage to Flushing, N.Y., provides an opportunity for fans to experience aspects of the event that can’t be seen on TV. Few moments in life can stack up to a 2 a.m. ride on the number 7 train back to Manhattan in a car packed with rowdy fans that just finished cheering on Andy Roddick to a five-set victory.
Labor Day weekend is the time of choice for tennis aficionados wanting to see the action in person as it is the last point in the tournament when competitive singles matches can be seen on the outer courts for only the price of a grounds pass. I will never forget sitting in the bleachers on Grandstand Court at 11 p.m. smack-dab in the middle of a block of crazy Armenians who were cheering their man, Sargis Sargisian, to a marathon victory over Paul-Henri Mathieu. This year’s edition of the tournament promises to provide exciting storylines of its own. Will Roger Federer win his unprecedented sixth straight U.S. Open? Can Rafael Nadal make it to the finals of the tournament for the first time? Whether you are there in person or simply watching from your dorm room, the U.S. Open seldom fails to entertain, so at halftime of whatever football game you’re watching, tune into the Open. You may get sucked in and never flip back.
Volleyball drops three in home tourney By L.K. Davey | Staff writer
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The women’s volleyball team had a rough start to their season, losing all three games of the Deacon Invitational Aug. 28-29. The Lady Deacs’ first match on Friday, August 28 against UNC-Charlotte started with a quick 49ers surge. They won the first two sets 25-22 and 25-23. The Deacons rallied in sets three and four, coming back with 25-20 and 25-19 victories, and sending the match into a deciding fifth-set. The fifth game went in favor of the 49ers who won 17-15. Junior Kelsey Jones led the Lady Deacons with her 29th career double-double, dishing out 40 assists and collecting 14 digs. Classmate Kristen White led the attackers with 14 kills and nine digs. She was joined in double-figures by sophomore Carlin Salmon with 11 kills and freshman Andrea Beck with 10. Salmon and Beck also recorded a total of five blocks a piece in the match. On defense, freshman Heather Kraft made her first collegiate start and collected a total 14 digs on the night. She replaced junior Megan Thornberry who broke her finger during warmups and was out for the weekend. The following day in the Deacs’ second match of the season they faced Jacksonville State. The Gamecocks boasted a solid defense and took a 3-1 victory, with game scores of 25-18, 25-19, 24-26, and 25-16. The third game was the best of the match. Neither team held more than a two-point advantage until late in the game and there were a total of 15 ties in the frame compared to just two through the first two sets. The Deacs got a boost from Sophomore Cambrey Oehler who finished with four kills and a .444 hitting percentage.
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The Wake Forest women’s volleyball team dropped their opening three matches in the Deacon Invitational; however, two of the matches went to five sets. Oehler finished the match with seven kills and seven digs while senior Abby Miller led the team with 14 digs. Beck had eight kills and two blocks. Salmon recorded three kills and a career-best seven total blocks. She also added a pair of service aces. In Deacs final match of the tournament later that evening was against Furman. The Lady Deacons lost a close 5-game-match 25-22, 16-25, 25-23, 18-25, 11-15, dropping to 0-3 on the season. Deacon sophomore Kadija Fornah notched a career-best 17 kills on a career-high 52 attempts. She also had
a .231 hitting percentage and recorded a pair of blocks. Salmon capped off a nice weekend with 14 kills and five blocks against the Paladins. In the three matches, Salmon led the team with 28 kills and blocked a teambest 17 attacks. For the third-straight match, Oehler came off the bench and gave the Deacons a spark. She recorded 10 kills and a careerbest 21 digs. The Houston, Texas, native finished the weekend with a team-high 35 digs and was named to the All-Tournament Team. After the tournament, senior Sally Fischer said, “The weekend was not the start we wanted to the season, but our freshman
played really well, and we improved over the weekend.” The Deacons know they have some work to put in after the graduation of one of the best athletes in the history of the program, Natalie Mullikin. “We need to keep working on finishing games out because all three (matches) were close,” Fischer said. The women’s volleyball team will have a chance to redeem themselves Sept. 4-5 in Kalamazoo, Mich., during the Western Invitational. The team will face Western Michigan, Dayton and Illinois State in the Invite. The Deacs will then head to the Georgia Southern tournament.
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The No. 2-ranked Demon Deacon field hockey team traveled to the ACC/Big 10 Challenge this past weekend to compete against top ranked University of Michigan and Iowa University. The Lady Deacs opened the first match of the season against No. 9-ranked Iowa University. Iowa pulled ahead partway through the first half, knocking in a defensive rebound. Senior power scoring forward Hilary Moore countered the goal less than two minutes later, tying the score as the half drew to a close. Senior Kim Romansky edged the Deacons ahead 44 minutes into play off a penalty corner with assists recorded by both senior Raisa Schiller and sophomore Lauren Greenwald Anzalone on the goal. Iowa, fighting back with Hawkeye vengeance, tied the score with a mere 20 minutes left to play. With seconds left to play, senior Aileen Davis edged the Deacons ahead, securing the first win of the season for the Lady Deacs. “The team chemistry was really high coming into the season because we worked so hard the last two weeks. We were pumped and excited, the anticipation was super high because we are gunning for a national title again this year,” freshman Jillian Anzalone said. In the second match of the weekend, the Deacs took on the University of Michigan Wolverines, pulling their record to 2-0. Freshman Lizzie Rae claimed both goals for the team’s 2-1 victory over the No. 19–ranked team. “It is so exciting for a freshman to score both goals in the Michigan game, (Rae) is such a hard worker and always so calm and collected when she plays. Every player on the team works so hard. It is amazing to see both freshmen and seniors making key moves to pull the team ahead and seal those victories for us,” Anzalone said. The Lady Deacs continue on their quest for an undefeated season Friday, Sept. 4 in Chapel Hill, N.C. against UNC-Chapel Hill. “Our season motto this year is ‘it matters,’ so anything we do as a team, we do to be the best. Every practice we work on little touches, pressuring, recovery, everything. We are so confident we will take down UNC on Friday,” Anzalone said.
Women’s soccer team continues on 4-0 unbeaten streak By Gary Pasqualicchio | Staff writer
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Welcoming the Loyola (Md.) Greyhounds to Spry Stadium on Sunday, August 30, the Wake Forest Lady Deacs found themselves tied 1-1 late for the second time in three games. Also for the second time in three games, a senior forward netted the game-winner. In the 65th minute, senior Jill Hutchinson’s fourth goal of the season found its way past Greyhound goalie Brittany Henderson to give the Deacs a 2-1 win and their second straight 4-0 start, the sixth in program history. Fellow senior Kaley Fountain made an unselfish Hutchinson play, passing to a streaking Hutchinson for her second assist and ACC-leading 12th point of the season. “Kaley got the ball down at the end line on the left side and played a beautiful cross into me,” Hutchinson said. “I just threw myself into the ball (and) finished it into the back of the net.” Hutchinson’s goal couldn’t have come at a better time for the Deacs who led 1-0 when freshman Lindsey Holman-Kelly scored her first collegiate goal off a free kick in the tenth minute. Loyola tied it after only four minutes, capitalizing on one of only two Grey-
hound shots on the afternoon. After about 20 minutes of defensive “prevent” soccer, Wake Forest escaped with a 2-1 win. Despite dominating the game in the shots department, 12-2, the Deacs made it tough on themselves, letting Loyola score on one of their few opportunities. “We’ve had a couple lapses in games (this season) where we let them have one good opportunity and they’ve capitalized,” Hutchinson said, who recently moved past Joline Charlton for fifth on the team’s all-time points list. “But on the plus side, (the win) shows we are capable of coming back.” Despite those mental lapses that Coach Tony da Luz has alluded to at times this season, the Deacs are getting shots off on a record pace, leading the entire ACC with 85 as a team. Hutchinson leads all players with 22. To say that it has been the Hutchinson and Fountain show through four games for the Lady Deacs may be an understatement – the two are at the top of nearly every team and ACC offensive category. However, Wake Forest will have to make do without Fountain, who received a red card in the 81st minute for making contact with a Greyhound player. Unless the ACC lifts the red card, the 17th ranked Deacs will have to travel to Lexington, Ken. on Friday, Aug. 4 and play the Wildcats without Hutchinson. “Obviously it’s a challenge to not have (Fountain) on the field,” Hutchinson said. “However there are a lot of younger players on this team who can step up and fill that role.”
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Senior defender Kaley Fountain controls the ball in the Deacons’ victory over UNC-Wilmington Aug. 26. The Deacs are 4-0 on the season and ranked 17th in the country Hutchinson and the rest of her team doesn’t know much about Kentucky, a team Wake Forest has played only once, in 1998. However, she says that games like that are good experience for the NCAA tournament, where teams who may have never even heard of each other face off
for the right to advance and be crowned champion. To beat the Wildcats, the Deacs will look to some of their younger forwards, such as sophomores Taylor Norman and Jordan Feger and freshman Shareen Sutherland, to replace Fountain. It helps to have seniors like Hutchin-
son and last year’s second-leading scorer, Allie Sadow. “The experience of the senior class and the juniors is really a big deal,” Hutchinson said. “We’re just goning have to work a little bit harder on Friday and bring the level of play that we usually do.”
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There are a lot of question marks at the linebacker position for the Deacons. Losing Aaron Curry was a huge blow to the linebacker corps, but juniors Matt Woodlief and Hunter Haynes and senior Jonathan Jones appear ready to step in to their new roles as starters. It is tough to gauge the effectiveness of the linebackers, as none of them have significant game experience.
Secondary
The Deacon secondary will be led by senior Brandon Ghee. Ghee is effective in defending the pass and he can come up to give run support just as well. Ghee forced four fumbles in 2008 and is especially effective as a pass rusher coming off of the corner. Sophomore Josh Bush showed great potential last season, having standout games against Miami and Duke.
Overall Defense
While this is not the Deacon defense from 2008, it will still be formidable and it matches up very well against Baylor’s offensive scheme. It might take the defense a few series to figure out Robert Griffin, but once the pressure comes from the defensive line, do not expect it to stop. If the defense can eliminate Griffin from the picture, it is going to be a long, quiet trip back to Waco for the Bears.
Special Teams
Sophomore Shane Popham was able to gain some crucial experience when Sam Swank went down with a quadriceps injury last season. Popham was a very effective punter, placing 11 of his 30 punts inside of the opponents’ 20 yard line. He was, however, inconsistent with his field goal kicking, a fact that hurt the Deacs. However, if Popham can punt like he did last season, he will give the Baylor offense a long field to work with.
Intangibles
No matter who you are, playing at home helps. It especially helps when so many defensive players are making their first starts. Home field advantage and the Deacons’ trademark ability to cause takeaways give the squad a nice edge over the Bears.
Prediction
This meeting with Baylor provides an interesting early season matchup for the Deacons. It will be interesting to see how a fresh Deacon defense will handle a player like Robert Griffin, and this contest could be a good measuring stick to judge how
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ready they are for players like N.C. State’s Russell Wilson, Clemson’s CJ Spiller and Georgia Tech’s Jonathan Dwyer later on this season. In this instance, though, the Deacon defense will be too much for Baylor to handle. Robert Griffin will single-hand-
The Bears will bring a strong group of linebackers with them to Winston-Salem. Senior linebacker Joe Pawelek has separated himself as one of the best linebackers in the Big 12 and will give the Deacons trouble. Pawelek will light up anything in sight and is extremely effective when dropping back into pass coverage. Pawelek has the ability to cause mistakes that can affect the outcome of the game.
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The Baylor secondary may be fast, but while they have the speed, they lack discipline and technique. Their defense was among the worst in the country in 2008 and this problem is a direct result of poor defense in the secondary. Baylor’s opponents converted 50% of their third down conversions and 81% of their fourth down conversions, which is a product of bad defense from the last line of defense in the secondary. The success of Baylor’s defense rests on linebacker Joe Pawelek and tackle Phil Taylor. If these two are on, expect a slow start to the game for the Deacon offense. However, Taylor, who has not seen game time in over a year, will be thrown right into the fire against a strong Deacon offensive line and Pawelek can be worn down quickly if the Deacs keep cycling in fresh legs at the tailback spot from the last line of defense in the secondary. The kicking duties for Baylor are entrusted to sophomore Ben Parks. Parks does not have much range, but is fairly effective from 30 yards and in. Good punting can help win the field position battle and set up the Baylor offense with solid scoring opportunities. Junior punter Derek Epperson can punt the long ball, sending three of his punts over 60 yards last season. Keep an eye out for David Gettis, too. While BB&T Field might not be as large as some of the Big 12 venues that Baylor is used to traveling to, it still gets loud and gives a boost to the Deacon squad. Watch for Baylor to pull out some tricks during this matchup. Baylor’s schedule is incredibly difficult and this game might be one of its only winnable matchups this season, so be prepared for a desperate Baylor squad ready to try anything.
edly keep Baylor in the game for Wake the first half of play, but he will be shut down by Robinson and Russell after half time adjustments are made. Once Griffin is out of the picture, the Deacon offense will blow the game open and cruise to a sound victory over Baylor.
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professionally in Europe for Denmark’s Aab Aalborg and England’s Everton FC, respectively. Acknowledging Schilawski’s new role as the star forward, Vidovich said, “I don’t know if he can make up the 68 goals (between Tracy and Arnoux) that are there. Zach has been scoring three, now four years for us. “He has always been a quality player. He has worked very hard. If the supporting cast gives him the opportunities, he will find the back of the net.” The score was deadlocked until the 73rd minute when senior Nicky Courtney’s cross found Schilawski in the box who poked it in from close range. Before the goal, the Deacons were frustratingly not able to put one in the Tribe’s net despite having the majority of the chances. Junior midfielder Corben Bone set up the Deacons’ closest scoring chance as he found highly touted junior defender Ike Opara, who leapt high in the air to head the ball off the crossbar, which drew gasps from the Spry Stadium crowd of 1,696. Opara was given a new and unfamiliar role that saw him move to the central-midfield position for the half, rather than his normal center-back Opara position, which was an experiment that Vidovich believed may maximize the talent he can put on the field. On the experimental position switch, Opara said, “It is definitely a change. I just try to help out the team anyway I can, whether it’s in the back or as a holding-mid. I just try to be stable wherever I’m playing.” Senior goalkeeper Akira Fitzgerald recorded his 15th shutout while having to make three crucial saves including one in the 78th minute, just minutes after the Deacons’ goal, which saw William & Mary’s Alan Kroger put a point blank header right into Fitzgerald’s chest. The match got a little bit chippy toward the end and Vidovich was awarded a yellow card after reacting to a scissor tackle by a William & Mary player on one of his players. “That was a red card offense,” Vidovich said of his first yellow card in 15 years. “All I said was that you better take care of that or we’ll have to.” Winning the first game of the season is nothing new for the Deacons, who are now 27-2-1 in season openers. Next up for the Deacons is the Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic in Bloomington, Ind., on Sept. 4 and 6 that will give the Deacons a chance to face off against two of the traditional powerhouses in the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University. The next home game is Sept. 18 versus Virginia, followed by three consecutive home games versus Elon on Sept. 23, Harvard on Sept. 26 and Charlotte on Sept. 29.
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By Caitlin Brooks | News editor When ZSR closes its doors and kicks the last ambitious (or desperate) scholars out of its halls at 7 p.m. on a Friday evening after a long week of 24 hour days, the weekend begins in earnest. Two glorious evenings of carefree leisure-time splendor sprawl glamorously in front of the typical undergrad; work can wait until Sunday. In years past, the average university student was left pondering the knottiest questions of all, with eight or so registered parties on campus, which should the eager soon-to-be partier choose? Which theme party is more appealing? Who hasn’t been busted lately? Make it an early night or head out to Late Night at Deke’s? The questions abound. Needless to say, on-campus weekend offerings left much to be desired, particularly for the independent student who was sometimes forced by the bland repetition of it all to venture blindly into the vast expanse of Winston-Salem in search of entertainment and adventure. Last Spring, something strange began to happen to Friday nights. With the reinstatement of Seize the Quad, a major accomplishment of then reigning Student Government (SG) president senior Jermyn Davis and his administration, the university began to feel like a college. Residents from the surrounding neighborhoods called the university about noise violations. Students were trusted to behave responsibly with a somewhat undefined alcohol policy and by and large, they did. Greeks and independents fraternized freely on the Quad, Wait Chapel looming at their backs, a colorfully illuminated temporary stage blasting cover songs at their front. It was only the beginning. “Walk around this campus on a Friday or Saturday night and it looks like no one lives here. Everyone goes off campus to party, or to fraternity lounges,” senior Meghan Haenn, who succeeded Davis to the SG Presidency, said. With the collaboration of representatives from numerous university
departments and Mary Gerardy, associate vice president of Campus Life, SG has embarked on a mission to change that sad reality. “Wake the Weekends,” as the initiative is called, manifests physically as a poster given to each incoming freshman of the class of 2013 and distributed to resident advisers and other university officials. The poster lists one non-party event for every weekend day of the Fall semester. The development team sat down last spring and literally filled every single Friday and Saturday of the academic calendar with activities ranging from football games to “open mic” nights at newly-renovated Shorty’s to activities in the wider Winston-Salem community. Haenn, an Annapolis and Philly native, grew up in cities that lived and died with the fate of the local college’s sports teams. “When I got to Wake, I thought it was kinda weird that we were separated from the city of Winston-Salem. “There is so much to do downtown and kids don’t realize it half the time,” she said. Case in point; the Reynolda House (which is located within walking distance of the campus and has an official connection to the university) hosts “Cinema Under the Stars” every summer. These $3 open air movie screenings encourage picnicking and enjoying the last remnants of fine weather. The Friday evening events are actually listed on the official university calendar, yet still managed to slip beneath the radar of ever-attentive university students. The “Wake the Weekends” calendar is here to remedy that. In just the few short weeks since calendar distribution, the Reynolda House has reported that they have never had so many university students turn out for the “Cinema Under the Stars” events, Haenn said. Other off campus events listed on the calendar encourage students to immerse themselves in the rich offerings of the university’s host city. Rock the Block and the Dixie Classic Fair are barely the tip of the iceberg of
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events, festivals and shows in WinstonSalem. One option unbeknowst to many students is the Gallery Hop that occurs downtown on the first Friday of every month. Shops and restaurants extend their hours, and galleries open their doors for a torrent of visitors. With the new downtown shuttle service in full operation, even students not eager to pay the hefty $500 parking permit fee can enjoy the city without having to bum rides off friends. Of course exploring Winston doesn’t do much for expanding campus life if all the students continue to make the university appear deserted. As university president Nathan O. Hatch revealed in his “Join the Conversation” welcome letter to undergrads, “(Wake the Weekends) is part of our ongoing plans to create an exciting recreational atmosphere on campus for students, as well as to introduce new life and options into some of our long-standing activities.” Long-standing activities to make a return include the ever popular “A-Wake All Night,” world culture festivals and all the joys of Homecoming season, among others. Juniors and seniors will re-
member fondly the second President’s Ball of Fall 2007 and anticipate the return of this bi-annual university-wide formal on Oct. 9. A new event, Camp Wake, will provide paintball enthusiasts perhaps their only chance to hunt their classmates without serious legal repercussions during a school-wide paintball tournament. Accompanying diversions include a rock climbing wall and lots of free food. The event has been re-scheduled for Oct. 24. At long last, recreational film screenings will return to Pugh Auditorium
(second floor of Benson). The movies (Angels and Demons and The Hangover) will hit the screen before they come out on DVD. Most of the on-campus events are funded through the Student Activities Fee which, incidentally, may be the only fee that has not increased drastically in recent years. Rumors abound that the fee has remained constant since the university moved to the Winston-Salem campus in 1956.
Film: Angels and Demons 09.04.09 Cinema Under the Stars: Grease 09.04.09 Football v. Baylor 09.05.09 Concert: Jon McLaughlin and Dave Barnes 09.11.09 Football v. Stanford 09.12.09 Rock the Block 09.18.09 Football v. Elon 09.19.09 Theatre: Doubt 09.25.09 aWake all Night 09.26.09 Fall at the Forest 10.02.09 Dixie Classic Fair 10.02-10.09 Octoberfest 10.02.09 Comedian: Buzz Sutherland 10.02.09 Football v. NC State 10.03.09 Homecoming Weekend 10.09-11.09 President’s Ball 10.09.09 Football v. Maryland 10.10.09 Wake Invasion to Clemson 10.17.09 On Campus Party Night 10.23.09 Camp Wake 10.24.09 Men’s Soccer v. Maryland 10.24.09 Film: The Hangover 10.24.09 Family Weekend 10.30-11.01.09 Concert: Yesterday, Beatles Cover Band 10.30.09 Football v. Miami 10.31.09 World Cultural Festival 11.06.09 Open Mic Night 10.06.09 Wake Invasion to Georgia Tech 11.07.09 Football v. Florida State 11.14.09 Pigskin Pigout 11.14.09 Open Mic Night 11.20.09 Film: Angels and Demons 09.04.09 Cinema Under the Stars: Grease 09.04.09 Football v. Baylor 09.05.09 Concert: Jon McLaughlin and Dave Barnes 09.11.09 Football v. Stanford 09.12.09 Rock the Block 09.18.09 Football v. Elon 09.19.09 Theatre: Doubt 09.25.09 aWake all Night 09.26.09 Fall at the Forest 10.02.09 Dixie Classic Fair 10.02-10.09 Octoberfest 10.02.09 Comedian: Buzz Sutherland 10.02.09 Football v. NC State 10.03.09 Homecoming Weekend 10.09-11.09 President’s Ball 10.09.09 Football v. Maryland 10.10.09 Wake Invasion to Clemson 10.17.09 On Campus Party Night 10.23.09 Camp Wake 10.24.09 Men’s Soccer v. Maryland 10.24.09 Film: The Hangover 10.24.09 Family Weekend 10.30-11.01.09 Concert: Yesterday, Beatles Cover Band 10.30.09 Football v. Miami 10.31.09 World Cultural Festival 11.06.09 Open Mic Night 10.06.09 Wake Invasion to Georgia Tech 11.07.09 Football v. Florida State 11.14.09 Pigskin Pigout 11.14.09 Open Mic Night 11.20.09 Film: Angels and Demons 09.04.09 Cinema Under the Stars: Grease 09.04.09 Football v. Baylor 09.05.09 Concert: Jon McLaughlin and Dave Barnes 09.11.09
Nuclear Cooooookie Crisp | Not for the faint of heart
Campus runners tend to flare the tempers of others Austin H. Jones Staff columnist
Tervetuloa, reader. Have you noticed the dominating presence of runners on campus lately? I can’t ever remember it being this bad. It is as if every female student that was away for the summer came back to campus with one goal: to run her ass off. And it is as if each of their boyfriends that were also away for the summer
came back to campus with one goal: to run her pants off. I marvel at the hoops humans jump through and the lengths to which they will go in order to impress a member of the opposite sex. They run for hours every week. They eat for just minutes every day. They subject themselves to countless nights of running, even in their sleep. I don’t know what it is about this year, but I keep seeing runners. I think there must have been a high school boys’ cross country team using the campus for practice, too. Either that or a group of 20 freshmen guys were putting in a little extra time for shirtless cardio after they all went to the Pit together last Wednesday night. Other than soccer, Frisbee, tee-ball, the time I was chased by a black bear
in Montreat, N.C., and the time my friend Rebekah convinced me to get out of her car and proceeded to pull the old inch-forward trick every time I approached it to get back in, I have felt an inspiration to run maybe five or six times in my life. So I can only imagine what it is like to be at the front of one of those groups. I always picture myself sneaking extra banana peels from the Pit plate drop-off (remember when we had trays? – man, that’s a throw-back) to lay them in front of the closest “friend” of mine. Or I might resort to killing red turtles in order to chuck their empty shells at any foes that might have passed me when I was, just like everyone else running with me, checking out my own shirtless chest.
I wish we had upside-down question marks in real life. I have a couple of professors to whom I would like to direct a couple of upside-down interrogations. Better yet, I wish we had the rightside-up question mark boxes in real life. Think about how sweet that would be. I would spend all day just racking up on blue spiked shells and lightning bolts. With a never-ending supply of invincibility stars, I would be more invincible than Boris in Goldeneye. Now all I need is Natasha/Peach. In ignoring the very weakly constructed and hyper-extended metaphor of me running around as a character from a James Bond film, and in extending the metaphor of Wake’s campus as the world of Mario Kart for Nintendo 64, the Wake Forest Parking Manage-
ment would be any and every baddie with which my running companions and I came into contact. And Reynolda/the Pit would obviously be Peach’s castle. And the Old Gold & Black is that annoying flying guy that tells you when each lap comes around. Of course you know what lap it is already, and his blue wings and massive shell only get in your way. Like the well-established OGB, Nintendo couldn’t get rid of him because too many copies had already been sold. The allegory here is strong, poignant. The moral here is stronger, poignanter: To the entire Wake Forest campus: stop running so much or I will smash your face in with Yoshi’s discarded egg shell. Trust me; that thing smarts.
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She Said | Sex & the Campus
Reevaluate your newly single self Disney Goes Green
Fashion designer Ralph Lauren’s real last name is Lifshitz.
Disney’s newest film, Earth, was released this week. The film, directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield, is the first film from Walt Disney’s newest label, “Disney Nature.” James Earl Jones narrates the story of three homewardbound animal families, accented with breathtaking images of some of the planet’s most captivating landscapes and creatures. The film’s technology celebrates the beauty of nature on the Blue Planet.
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Adrienne Alexander Contributing columnist
Another school year begins. Romantic entanglements of yesteryear, for many, have come to an end. Maybe it was the distance of a whole summer apart. Maybe it was excessive togetherness – an entire vacation spent like Siamese twins – and too much of a good thing turned out to be sickening. Maybe infidelity, clinginess, or any of a host of other differences contributed to the breakup, but for whatever reason, you find yourself entering fall semester 2009 single and ready to mingle. Only, understandably, you want to avoid repeating the mistakes that brought you to this place of uncoupled-ness in the first place. The question you pose to yourself, and if you are both introspective and
wise, the question you pose to others who seem to have established successful relationships, is this: “How can this time around be different? How do I have fun, minimize drama and generally make my next romantic encounter less of a disaster than the last? How do I at least avoid the number one cause of premature relationship ruination?” Advice may vary depending on the source, but one “old-fashioned” bit of counsel has demonstrated great efficacy in the past and may be just the lifeline you’re looking for. Hold off on hopping in the sack. I know what you’re thinking, but hear me out. Wisdom is to evaluate one’s course of action to determine whether “the path I’m taking leads to where I want to be.” In other words, is this ultimately beneficial for me, and if not, what choice would instead get me what I want? If what I want is to maximize the likelihood that the hot guy I’ve been hanging with will turn into a potential partner to spend more time enjoying (minus the crash and burn), these two measures must be taken: Be myself and don’t give myself away.
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You have your room set up exactly the way you want it, but that corner could use a little sprucing. You don’t have to have a green thumb to bring life into your dorm room.
1. African Violet 2. English Ivy 3. ZZ Plant 4. Peace Lily 5. Spider Plant 6. Croton 7. Chinese Evergreen 8. Jade Plant 9. Christmas Cactus 10. Philodendron
Whatever It Takes These days, people will do just about anything to save money. On Aug. 22 in Zachary, La., a woman attempted to walk out of a convenience store with a 24-cancase of beer between her legs. The grocery store security camera caught the woman, but it took several days to identify and arrest her. The woman, 42, didn’t deny anything when police questioned her on Sept. 1. She even offered to demonstrate how she managed to maneuver the beer out of the store beneath her dress. The officer declined her offer. When the police officer weighed the stolen case of beer, he found that it was 20 pounds. The woman was charged with theft and was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Drink of the Week Lazy Haze
Labor Day may not be a holiday for the university’s undergraduate students, but that doesn’t mean you can’t sit back and relax with this festive fruity drink. 1.5 oz. peach schnapps 1.5 oz. apple schnapps 3 oz. orange juice Fill glass with ice and add in ingredients. Garnish with an apple wedge and orange slice.
The first is a no brainer. It’s difact. So a too-early sexual encounter ficult for a guy to be enamored with leaves you feeling more bonded and someone he hasn’t met. So if every leaves him feeling less so – a disservice time we interact, my actual personalto yourself, to him, and to what you ity is replaced by brain-dead drone might’ve had together. A costly risk girl, we have a problem. Drone-girl and an unnecessary one. is so unlike the real me that there’s Men hate manipulation and most bound to be a traumatic period of can smell it a mile away. A guy will adjustment when I come back to know that he feels “played” even if myself and meet my newly acquired he lacks the beauty magazine vocabuboyfriend. And if he’s the kind of guy lary to fully express these feelings. So who’s attracted to this demure, quiet your new resolve to keep something shadow of the real me, he’s likely to in reserve cannot be just a ploy to freak when he discovers how wild and mess with his head. crazy and over-the-top I can be. It needs to come from a deep-seated The second necessity is a little more conviction that this is how healthy subtle in its rationale. Celibacy is relationships unfold, that spending key as part of your own valuation time together anticipating the first of self. As women, our brains are time is preferable to regretting having considerably more susceptible to feelslept with a guy who turns out to be ing bonded to our partners after sex. a creep, that you are worth waiting Largely caused by the neurochemifor, and that you’ll not cave into the cal oxytocin, this response occurs pressure – be it internal or external even in the absence of real affection. – to sell yourself cheaply. (Which is why you can spend days crying over a guy and later discover that you never even liked him.) Men “She Said” is a bi-weekly column that are goal-oriented. They don’t respect presents one girl’s perspective on the college what they don’t have to earn. And their romantic feelings actual decrease sex scene. You may contact her with your immediately after completing the sex feedback or ideas at alexae7@wfu.edu.
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Movie Review | District 9
Sci-fi film provides psychological insight By Caroline Edgeton | Life editor
Generally, most of us think about alien films as silly or just plain cheesy. Men in Black, unfortunately Men in Black II and Signs certainly embodied this stereotype. Though they were entertaining and made plenty of money in the box office, these movies tend to disregard the actual psychological and sociological aspects entailed with the synopsis of the human race having to accept another species on the planet. Think about it, that’s pretty crazy, right? So many alien horror/ humor films District 9 narrow in on the scariStarring | Sharlto Copely, Jason ness of extraCope and Robert Hobbs terrestrial life Director | Neill Blomkamp potentially Who’s it for? | Films about existing (and extra-terrestrial life create the most absurd Running Time | 1 hour 52 mins. situations) or Rating | (out of 5) the laughable bright green creatures that apparently come out of those space ships . However, in the tradition of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T., every now and then a film about alien life mingling with the human race can surprise you. District 9 was definitely something I wasn’t expecting. Due to the trailer’s brevity, the most emphasis was placed on the fact that Peter Jackson was “presenting” it. From the film’s start to finish, I have to admit I was entertained and intrigued the whole time. I am certainly one of those people that has no shame in admitting I enjoy a stupid cheesy alien or zombie film from time to time, but this was so incredibly far from that. The beginning of the film was like a documentary making the entire situation seem as believable as possible. Another interesting aspect of the film is that the story takes place in Johannesburg, South Africa as opposed to Washington, D.C. or New York City, which helped it divert from the pack of typical blockbusters. Basically, the film is about a space ship landing over Johannesburg that eventually causes a civil rights movement between aliens and humans. The government decides to place the alien life into a district (can you guess which one?) where they are provided shelter and food. While things appear to be okay at first, the aliens eventually begin causing problems for the people of Johannesburg, and as
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District 9, starring Sharlto Copely and Robert Hobbs, tells the story of an alien invasion in Johannesburg that leads to controversy over civil rights. a way to remedy the situation, a government run agency is formed to help deal with extra-terrestrial issues. We are introduced to our bureaucratic main character Wikus van de Merwe (Sharlto Copely), who is assigned the job to go around to each shack of aliens in District 9 and ask them as nicely as possible to leave their current homes and allow the government to move them elsewhere, i.e. farther away from the humans. Because Wikus is a little naive and not entirely sure about what he’s doing, he accidently comes across a black liquid that appears to be a biochemical substance that is clearly not from this planet. Because he comes in contact with it, he begins to get pretty sick. The rest of the film shows a fairly horrifying transformation of Wikus turning into something other worldly. As his human life begins to slip away from him, he begins to gain a new one that
is both terrifying and fascinating. Giving his character the RoboCop effect, he becomes half human, half alien and a prime target for the government to possess. While it appears to be a somewhat stretched commentary on how governments deal with extreme situations, it focuses more on the development of Wikus’ chraracter while he’s trying to escape his illness and the people chasing him. The film surprisingly is just as psychological as it is entertaining, and somehow manages to avoid being over the top. With a no name cast and special effects that were so well done they appeared to be real, there weren’t any distractions from the reality the film was trying to convey. Overall, I recommend this to just about anybody, really. If you like science fiction, action, psychological thrillers, aliens or Peter Jackson films, you’ll enjoy this one.
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Keeping in touch Band provides unique performance with music comforts Concert Review | Pistolero
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gives my heart an extra little burst of joy. Summer is a time for rest, relaxation Summer is an especially hard time to be and development, but in the life of a out of the loop when it comes to music. I college student summer can also be a listen to “summer” music all year round. time of loss. Most people consider summer music to No matter how much you enjoy being be poppy, airy, cheesy and sugary sweet, at home, there will always be a few things but I just consider it to be good. There you miss about college. are very few times when I want to listen For me, a lot of the things I miss are to sad or somber music, and summer related to music. music is nothing of the sort. I play viola in the orchestra at Wake. While good happy music comes out all It’s just a hobby, but it’s still something year long, summer is an especially good I enjoy. time for this vibrant style. It has always been nice to have four I don’t really keep up with the new hours every week when I was in “class” releases during the summer (I’m usugetting credit for something I love. ally too busy) so WAKE Radio is my I’m not really that good at playing main source of info when it comes to the viola, but that has never really been the summery indie music scene. the point. Just playing and trying my This semester will be especially hard, best has always because I am going to brought a little be abroad. So, not only serenity to will I have missed out on “I know I’m going to miss playmy otherwise all the summer musical ing my viola desperately this hectic day. goodness, I’ll also miss Another all the good music that semester, and the WAKE Radio thing I missed comes out in the fall. stacks will be calling my name, this summer When I’m in unfamiliar but music never leaves you.” was taking situations (as I undoubtup my usual edly will be abroad), I usuSunday afterally stick to nice, familiar noon slot as comfort music to keep me DJ of WAKE Radio’s Ease into Indie. happy and sane. WAKE Radio is really one of the best So, while I’m gone I’ll be even less student organizations on campus; it is up-to-date on what’s happening back a great way to get involved, keep up in the states. on the music scene in and outside of But, that’s the thing about music. Being Winston, and most of all get hours and away from it for awhile can make you hours of free music. realize just how much you need it in Most incoming freshman join WAKE your life. Radio just for the free stuff, and while I know I’m going to miss playing my there is certainly a lot more to the viola desperately this semester, and the organization, the free merch is a major WAKE Radio stacks will be calling my thing I miss about WAKE Radio over name, but music never leaves you. the summer. When you get back from the summer, It’s just something you get used to there it is, ready to comfort and excite when you work for WAKE Radio — you. walking into the DJ booth to see all the Though my viola will sit dormant for latest and greatest music of the Indie awhile, and the WAKE Radio booth will scene sprawled out for the taking. be empty on Sundays at 2 p.m., I know Sure, there are other ways to get free the music will be waiting for me when I music, but seeing it at WAKE Radio get back. Right where I left it.
The band’s name, Pistolero, finds its roots in the Spanish term for gunslinger, and the band’s album title, Warface, speaks for itself; however, Pistolero will surprise you. When I arrived at the WAKE Radio station on Aug. 27 for their live set, I did not know what to expect. I am typically a fan of light, poppy music and the kind of stuff you can really dance to, so I was mildly concerned that I would be stuck in a small room listening to something reminiscent of the death metal of the 1980s (think Morbid Angel). I was so wrong. The music of Pistolero was accessible yet unique. They sound familiar yet wholly unlike anything I have heard before. It could be said that it’s influenced by everything from Tom Petty to Spoon, but no other band’s name would prepare an audience for what they are about to hear. The album Warface jumps from genre to genre and exposes the audience to everything from indie post-folk to garage pop. It even has a psychedelic instrumental track. Pisctolero is anything but predictable. These guys showed up to the station on time for their set and did not grumble once. They simply ran to grab their guitars and after a bit of talking and joking, they played. The band played two songs in for a group of roughly 11 and we were sold. Lead singer Corey Pallon has a unique voice. While it cannot necessarily be called pretty, it was truthful and utterly impossible to pin down. The most brilliant times were those in which he conveyed a sense of gloom and despair alongside the acoustic guitars’ melodic efforts to erase just that. Pistolero’s band mates have been good friends for a long time and this friendship shines through their work. Cohesive and enthusiastic, Pistolero is very much into its work, so much so that the band even makes its own
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Making their own amps for each band mate, Pistolero’s music is relevant, as well as authentic. amps in order to create an individual sound for each member. In 2006 after years of secondhand amps, Arthur Amps was created by Tom Pollard (lead technician) and Pistolero’s need for good tube amplifiers was vanquished. In an industry where so many bands are in it for the fame, it is nice to see a band that who truly believes in its music, and Pistolero is this band. Having had five releases in the last two years no one can deny that Pistolero is prolific, but by no means overdone. Each release has surprised listeners in unexpected ways. All of Pistolero’s releases have also been lavished with praise. A 2006 review in Performer Magazine stated, “Pistolero accomplishes what others heartily attempt: that is successfully crossing several genres and doing it well.” “Instead of a slick, perfectly polished gem, Pistolero created something better,” Lauren Begnaud said to an Atlanta Music
College Couture | Looking good everywhere
Avoid freshman fashion faux pas for any occasion Caroline Hallemann Staff columnist
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Junior Kristy Tayapongsak and senior Molly Bolton take a break from the books to enjoy the early fall weather with a swing outside Scales Fine Art Center.
Blog review by Al Kaufman which describes Warface as unexpected. Pistolero seems to be receiving praise everywhere. But heed my warning, Pistolero is not for you if you want to listen without thinking and accept your music unquestioningly. To put it simply, they are not for the average music listener (although the average listener may find a song or two they enjoy). If you want your music to push you and make you think, then these guys are for you. The lyrics are undeniably good yet thought provoking and this is only accentuated by the instrumentation. Sincere, passionate and off the beaten path, these guys are something that every indie music aficionado owes a listen. Having just completed several shows in the Winston-Salem area, Pistolero’s upcoming shows include several in New York state as well as Knoxville, Tenn., and Auburn, Ala.
Class of 2013, welcome to the best four (or five, or six, or seven depending on how strictly you adhere to the “work forest” philosophy) years of your life! And, more importantly, welcome to my column — your survival guide to all things fashion at the university. Confidence is crucial to both social and academic success, and it’s always easier to feel secure in your outfit when you know the fashion norms. Even if rebel is your collegiate stereotype of choice, you need to understand the rules in order to break them. So in the first edition of College Couture, I’m offering you the standards of Demon Deacon style to do with what you wish. Class: The Mag Quad may as well be Bryant Park for the first few weeks of class. Tanned skin, new shoes and smiles that only come from a lack of school work are as popular as Tory Burch’s most recent endeavor. The fashion show that is the first few weeks of class will (eventually) come to an end so don’t worry if wearing heels to class isn’t your cup of tea. When things settle down, jeans or a skirt with flats and a top or a casual dress is standard for girls; khakis with a polo is typical garb for guys. While no one is stopping you from living in your jammies 24-7, at least make some effort to get dressed in the morning. It’s not that hard to throw on a shift dress, and it leaves a much better impression. Football games: Student attire for football games is all over the docket. Extreme fans paint up while frat stars don bow ties. Die hard Screamin’ Demons wouldn’t dream of wearing anything but WFU swag
and yet, they are seen socializing in the student lot with girls decked out in sundresses and pearls. My personal favorite is the attempt to meld the two together. For example, a black dress with gold accessories or the ever-popular Vineyard Vines ties featuring top hats and yellow WF’s. Out: Going out garb is typically a sassier version of what Wake students wear to class. Girls — punch up the average top and skirt with bold accessories. If fraternity parties are your social scene, invest in a pair of jeans you can tuck into boots or wear a pair you don’t mind getting dirty. The sludge that accumulates on basement floors can really do a number on pant hems. Dorm: As your home away from home, I advocate comfort over all else in the dorm. However, that does not mean all rules of decency go out the window. If you hail from a nudist colony, recognize your new hall mates might not appreciate you, full frontal, at 9 a.m. Visitors can pop up at anytime unannounced, whether it’s someone’s father or a cute coed from the floor below — so ladies, wear a bra under that see-through tank top. Also, it’s not fashion per say, but flip flops are a must for community showers. The Gym: Don’t try to look cute while working out. It’s not attractive — it’s just annoying. So throw your hair up in a ponytail, wipe off the pancake makeup and leave costume jewelry in your dorm. A T-shirt, shorts and sweat beading on your forehead are more than enough to impress the elliptical. By the time you’re reading this, I’ll be headed across the pond to study abroad. Stay tuned for fashion updates via Londontown. And Mother so Dear, try not to miss me too much.
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Restaurant Review | Rona Loco
Low-cost, customized meals compensate for lax service By Mat Payne | Contributing writer
can easily be removed. This being said, Rona Loca was a breath Whether you’re a fan of fine of fresh air in comparison with Tex-Mex food or just in need other local-area establishments. of a good cheap meal at 2 a.m. Now that you’ve read a little Rona Loca is the place to be. about Rona Loca, you’ve heard As a tenthe exact same ured vegthings that I etarian, I had before I Rona Loco know exwent. Some Location | 411 W. Fourth St. actly how friends of mine Hours | 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Mon. - Wed. hard it is have been rav11 a.m. - 3 a.m. Thurs. - Sat. to find ing about this a qual“new Mexi10 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sun. ity meal at can place” in Serving | Mexican dishes most resdowntown for Dress | Casual taurants. weeks, and You have writing this Price Range | $5 - $10 to skim review seemed Rating | (out of 5) the enlike a good tire menu enough extrying to cuse to go and find the one or two options check it out. that contain either no meat or a On arrival, there was some small enough amount where it slight confusion with the wait
staff. There was no one around to show us our table. So after walking inside and talking to the bartender for a moment, he told us that if we would seat ourselves someone would be out shortly to take care of us. My only real complaint was that this took a little while, because at the time there was only one waiter for the entire restaurant. After about four or five minutes our waiter arrived, apologized for the delay, and took our orders. The menu at Rona Loca can be divided up into two categories, one being the make-your-own meal, which is the best deal on the menu, because for $5 you can create the most epic veggie burrito known to man. Two, the real menu, which looked severely overpriced. Needless to
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A new addition to Fourth Street is Rona Loco, which has already become popular among vegetarians and allows you to build your own burrito. say, my entire table built their own burritos, and hastily began drooling over the thought of their personal creation. It
took about 20-30 minutes for our food to arrive, and when it did, we were faced with plates full of nothing less than sheer
perfection in burrito form. I left pleased with my meal and the atmosphere provided, and I definitely plan to visit again.
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