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By Katie Phillips | Staff writer
Toyota says growth trumped safety, vows changes The world’s largest automaker is seeking to repair damage over unintended acceleration and braking problems that have led to the recall of more than 8.5 million vehicles globally. On Feb. 19, the head of Toyota Motor Corporation issued a statement blaming the company’s drive for rapid growth for slipping safety standards and said he was “deeply sorry” for accidents caused by problems with Toyota vehicles.
Graduates of the university’s accountancy program in Calloway have yet again attained the highest passing rate in the nation for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) exam. This is the 5th consecutive year. Graduates achieved an overall passing rate of 89.74 percent for the 2008 exam. Out of the total pool, only 7.8 percent passed all four sections of the exam on their first try. The accounting program was established in 1997. Since then the graduates have achieved national rankings eight times. On individual sections of the exam, Wake Forest graduates achieved a 93.02 percent passing rate (first place) on the financial accounting and report-
Forsyth commissioners to appeal ruling on prayer The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners voted 4-3 the night of Feb. 22 to appeal a federal judge’s decision to ban sectarian prayer before board meetings. While the case is under appeal, the county still will not be able to allow sectarian prayers until the case is settled. The issue has caused a lot of controversy in the local area as of late.
Former Vice President has mild heart attack Former Vice President Dick Cheney suffered a mild heart attack, his fifth in 32 years, but his office said on Feb. 23 he felt good and will leave the hospital in a day or two back in good health. Cheney, 69, who was vice president under President George W. Bush, was hospitalized on Feb.22 after suffering chest pains.
Winston-Salem health lags behind rest of state
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“I don’t own a pair of Uggs or Sperry’s; I wear skinny jeans,” freshman Laura Chin said. “All the students here have a similar interest in academics and we all have different drives, so I don’t think this change in the freshman class solely depends on the university’s efforts but the change in style and confidence is a trend happening all over.” Now that over a semester has passed since the welcoming of the class of 2013, first year students like Chin seem to have set a new presence on our university’s campus by not appearing to be in the “mold.” First year student Chin, a New Jersey native, said applying to the university was a gamble on her part simply because she had applied to mostly north eastern schools. “When I came down here for my first tour, I absolutely loved it; I knew instantly this was where I wanted to go,” Chin said. Chin said that her style may differ but her interest in academics, like other students here, is on the same level. When we take just a moment to pause and observe the appearance of our student body, we generally see an assortment of polo shirts, khakis, Sperry boat shoes, cardigans and rain boots. For a university that is stereotypically labeled as “preppy,” we now see more students with a different approach to fashion (skinny jeans, piercings, multicolored hair, etc.), and they seem to come mostly from the freshman class – even though this may not be the foundation to this change. In light of the change in requiring the SAT for freshman admissions, has this influenced a call for “diversity” among our students? With the same size of enrolled freshmen as last year – 1,200 students – the removal of the SAT and the requirement of the interview process, what appears to be taking flight, though not drastically, is the university’s push for making a more eclectic campus through the admission’s process.
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By Meenu Krishnan | Staff writer
Convocation broadens to include orations By Christine Kim | Contributing writer
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Provost Jill Tiefenthaler was one of several speakers at the Founder’s Day Convocation Feb. 18 in Wait Chapel.
This year’s Founder’s Day Convocation, held on February 18th in Wait Chapel, was distinctly different from those in the past. Unlike previous convocations in which university professors, political figures and authors have delivered the address, three seniors spoke. Each senior gave a separate speech based on his or her experience at Wake Forest. Alum and Provost Emeritus Wilson explained that this change was a nod to the early days of Wake Forest College in Wake Forest, N.C., in which all seniors addressed the university. Senior orations and the inclusion of a video for the senior class reflected a clear shift towards making the ceremony more student-centered. After students and faculty were recognized for their achievements, the convocation directed its attention to the entire senior class.
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Student Government President Meghan Haenn presented the video which included a compilation of interviews with members of the class of 2010. Senior Lauren Kulp expressed appreciation for the senior video and said that it emotionally affected her and her fellow seniors. “Everyone around me was almost in tears…It was a really nice end [for] the year that I just didn’t imagine we were ever going to make,” she said. Students spoke about aspects of Wake Forest that they felt connected to, including their fraternities and sororities, their majors, and university athletics. They spoke of study abroad programs which gave them rich experiences, professors that surprised and challenged them, and collective memories, including watching the basketball team play at the ACC championship, participating in the rave in the library, and hearing Hilary Clinton speak.
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Sports | B1 Olympic Diary The university’s own senior Alex Botoman travels to crowded Vancouver for Olympic games.
can Institute of Certified Public Accountants and administered by the NASBA. “Our emphasis on small class sizes, personal instruction and professional internships prepares our graduates to excel in their careers, from the CPA exam to the real-world situations they will face beyond,” Hinson said. Before 2004, a comprehensive paper exam was administered over two days at certified testing centers twice each year. Since then, candidates have been able to take any of four sections of a computer-based exam during any of eight months throughout the year. Calloway is currently ranked 14th among the top 50 undergraduate business programs in the US according to the 2009 BusinessWeek rankings report.
Rune Olsen opens show in Hanes gallery
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Forsyth county was ranked 20th in the state in both categories, and ranked fifth among urban counties behind Wake, Mecklenburg, Guilford and Durham in two categories: health outcomes, which represent mortality and morbidity; and health factors, which represent behavior, clinical care, socioeconomic conditions and physical environment. The national health-care study released Feb. 21 shows Forsyth County’s predicament is more related to socioeconomic reasons than to lack of care.
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ing section, an 87.5 percent passing rate (second place) on the auditing section, an 83.22 percent passing rate (second place) on the regulation section and an 93.75 percent passing rate (first place) on the portion devoted to business environment and concepts. “These results are a tribute to the hard-working students who complete our rigorous accounting course work and the tremendous faculty who teach in the program,” Yvonne Hinson, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Faculty Fellow, associate professor of accountancy and director of the undergraduate and graduate accountancy programs, said. Successful completion of the CPA exam is required for licensure to practice public accountancy in all 50 states, Washington D.C. and U.S. territories. The exam is written and graded by the Ameri-
“Eerie, disconcerting, fearsome.” (Art in America) “Freaky, intimate, underappreciated” (Sculpture Magazine).These are all adjectives used to describe the often-provocative and always-shocking work of Norwegian-born artist Rune Olsen. Dealing with themes as diverse as animal sexuality, love and the power of rumors, Olsen has created works that respond to “obsessive thoughts and questions,” as he writes on his Web site. “How do essential instincts govern our actions? What makes us behave in a certain way? How do we make decisions?” he says. Olsen, who now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., will be exhibiting a mixed-media sculpture in the Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery. Since graduating from the prestigious Goldsmith College in London, Olsen has created sculptures and installations that have appeared in galleries and museums throughout the United States and Europe. The majority of his controversial works explore the physicality and sexuality of animals. He is especially interested in researching the differences between human and animal, what defines and distinguishes one from the other. Each of his works is obsessively researched, as each sculpture is based on a real-life image. “I go through hundreds of Web sites . . . I meticulously research real and recorded imagery of animals and people at their most primal,” Olsen said. The materials used in his sculptures reflect this desire to access the most primitive and instinctual parts of animal and human behavior. He mainly works with newspaper, aluminum foil, tape and graphite, all easily malleable materials that “allow (him) to work with a sense of immediacy.” A distinctive aspect of his work is the inclusion of glass eyes, which were hand-painted in Germany to look like Olsen’s eyes. “There’s Something Deep Inside of Me” is a work that is indicative of Olsen’s exploration of the interaction between humans and animals. Based on the myth of Romulus and Remus, the sculpture depicts a boy and a wolf. Although the work is undoubtedly erotic, Olsen is more interested in the boundaries between human and animal. “When does an animal become human? Many say that animals cannot experience consciousness and sexuality the same way as humans. But I disagree,” he said. “I’m interested in the psychology of animals. They do have abstract thinking like humans.” His work is often a direct reflection of the world around him; it is tactile and natural. Much of his art is also very personal and serves as a representation of his artistic and individual journey. His pieces tackle the issues of overcoming inhibitions, exploring relationships and assimilating into cultures. In his exhibit “Escaping Freedom,” Olsen confronts the issue of free will and propaganda. Based on the 1941 book Escape From Freedom by Erich Fromm, the exhibit features a man suspended in mid-air, his arms thrust to the side, a work that is at once liberating and sinister. Although his works are often blatantly risqué, Olsen disavows any notion that his work is based solely on shock value. “I don’t have any particular interest in shocking people. I actually have a reason for making the art that I do,” Olsen said.
Opinion | A4 Dealing with Issues and the Bible Religion givers people a way to cope with the inevitability of life.
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Brieflies Upcoming President’s Aides application opportunity Rising seniors and juniors are eligible to serve as student body representatives of the university during a variety of school sponsored activities. One of the most honorable representative positions to receive, though, is President’s Aide. These individuals act as liaisons between the student body and the administration. The deadline for the application is March 15 and the requirements for application are minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA, multiple displays of leadership and other related activities and an ability to commit to participate as a President’s Aide for not less than one academic year.
SAFE BREAK lets students experience drunk driving The University Police and the Health Care educations as well as the All Greek council are sponsoring SAFE BREAK. The event will take place on March 2 in two different places: a DMV simulator truck will be in Lot B all day and a demonstration called “Fatal Vision” will be held on Manchester Plaza from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. Both activities will give students the chance to experience the dangers of driving drunk while remaining sober.
University debate team to go to nationals in March The university has received two automatic bids to next month’s National Debate Tournament for finishing the debate season among the nation’s top 16 teams. Two two-member teams from the university’s debate squad qualified: sophomore Michael Carlotti and senior Carlos Maza, and Samuel Crichton and William Sears. They will compete in the National Debate Tournament March 20-23 at the University of California at Berkeley.
Three Penny Opera continues run on mainstage This operetta of power and corruption, written by poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht, proves the world is only one scoundrel away from the next $65 billion Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme. The show continues its run Feb. 24-28 at the Mainstage Theater in Scales Center. The operetta is directed by John E. R. Friedenberg.
Dates for Family Weekend 2010 Family Weekend for the 2010 academic year has been scheduled for the weekend of Oct. 1-3. Registration begins July 1.
Corrections In the correction for the article “Family Counts: Contemporary Struggles over the meaning of Family,” which ran Feb. 11, the story was incorrectly attributed to Cherie DelSol, the writer was SheRea DelSol. In the article “Nathan O. Hatch: President” which ran Feb. 18, it was incorrectly reported that the president is unelected. In actuality, the Board of Trustess elects the president.
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Kate Miners, Monica Giannone and Zahir Rahman were the seniors selected to address the community by delivering individual speeches. The first speaker, Miners, delievered her speech entitled “The Road Less Traveled,” which centered on her decision to take the harder road, something she classified as the more difficult, albeit more rewarding path. Miners, a theatre major, expressed that she faced great difficulties after leaving her home in England for the university. She said that she initially struggled to receive roles in theater productions and credited this obstacle with helping her find new interests and talents which taught her how to fight and cope with rejection. Miners advised students to skip the easy road and “choose the mountain.” “A Productive Pursuit,” Giannone’s speech, centered on the fear of the unknown. Giannone began by saying, “We as humans fear the unknown... he unknown holds great opportunity and great promise.” With a humorous tone that incited laughter from the audience, Giannone spoke of how seemingly insignificant differences, such as southern accents and southern food, that she encountered as a freshman gave her discomfort. Giannone, now a political science major, explained that her fear of the unknown was overcome when she began studying the religion, language and customs of the Middle East. Encouraging the audience to be informed about different cultures, Giannone said that the best way to battle fear of unfamiliar people and viewpoints is to attempt to understand them.
Rahman gave the concluding senior oration. The title of his speech was the university mantra, “We are Wake Forest.” Rahman explained that his difficult goal was to develop an understanding of himself and his identity. He spoke of his striking experiences in Morocco, which challenged and broadened his idea of self-identity. “Identity and community were not mutually exclusive (but) intrinsically connected,” Rahman said. He connected this idea to the university community by saying that it is “strengthened by our differences, but…built on our commonalities,” including our humanitarian efforts and our connectedness to each other. He explained that the university serves as a foundation for our selfidentities. The senior speeches garnered praise from students, especially from seniors that felt that the senior orations touched on their experiences. Senior Jermyn Davis said, “having the students speak at convocation brought in an element that connected faculty, staff and students.” Senior Chris D’Auria agreed that the speeches were representative of their experiences at Wake Forest. “Zahir’s Wake Forest mantra is something I carry with me throughout my life and something that in my four years, I have come to realize the same way he has,” D’Auria said. Some seniors confessed that they were sad to leave the university, even though it had been a hard and long road. Kim Phillips expressed that the speeches made her reflect on (her) time at Wake. “There’s a little bit of nostalgia, but also excitement that...we are at the end. It’s exciting, but also scary that we’re stepping forward,” she said.
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The student body listen to the senior orations during this year’s Founder’s Day Convocation in Wait Chapel.
Anthropology lecture addresses the female genitalia By Caroline Edgeton | Managing Editor
Hoo-ha, that thing down south, lady parts, the nether-type zone, the cave…you name it, it probably applies to describing female genitalia. At least this was a point that 2009 SUNY Press Dissertation/ First Book Prize in Women’s and Gender Studies for “It Hurts Down There: An Ethnographic Exploration of Genital Pain Syndrome” author, Christine Labuski, was trying to make. There was even an article from the Onion about an award-winning “hoo-ha” doctor provided to set the tone for this fairly serious presentation. On Monday, Feb. 22, at the Museum of Anthropology, Labuski spoke about many issues surrounding problems that women in modern-day society are faced with as a result of their anatomy. Through biological, cultural and societal issues, Labuski, a gender and sexuality anthropologist from Rice University, claims that many
women are in a rut due to the fact that some vulvar conditions, in particular vulvar cancer, that provide subtle to excruciatingly painful symptoms are not fully established diseases yet in modern science. “A woman would have to have a fairly good familiarity with her vulva in order to understand what was really going on,” Labuski said. Though symptoms of a serious condition may be present in the female’s vulva, one of the biggest concerns Labuski has relies on how society creates taboos for discussing the female body. “The inability for some women to talk about their vulva is very much socially conditioned,” Labuski said. To help further her point, Labuski provided an advertisement to show how women’s sexual health is promoted: attractive, lighter-skinned, conventionally attractive women, covering up her “region.” This “feminist anthropologist,” as she describes herself, brought up a variety of problems in our culture that create “vulvar relucat-
ance” through media and advertising, religion and education. “I think that there is an idea that girls learning about their bodies is a big deal; the distancing of a girl understanding what her body parts are for and what they do starts very early due to location and placement,” Labuski said. “It’s different for males because, well, theirs is out in the open where for girls we have to be actively encouraged to find our genitalia.” Labuski’s discussion concerning vulvar cancer, a condition that is still referred to as a “medical mystery,” causes sharp, knife-like pain and burning sensations for women who suffer from this disease. “Where this pain occurs it prevents women from wanting to insert objects inside of their bodies or for being able to sit for long periods of times,” Labuski said. Even though a female may be experiencing horrific pain, many women are faced with a variety of societal and cultural pressures that cause them to shun away from seeing the doctor about their condition. “Many religions cause women to believe that their genitalia is a dirty
place; many women believe that if they are experiencing pain in that area, they are supposed to completely give up sexual intercourse,” Labuski said. “Routine heterosexuality is disrupted by vulvar pain; precariousness becomes present in relationships because women will feel as though they are sexually ‘shut down.’” In other words, if the pain occurs, women will feel as though it’s not necessarily a bad thing to avoid having sex with their partners or that its pain that is manageable enough to live with on a daily basis. “This condition actually only has a few specialists in the country to help those who suffer from it,” Labuski said. “Even if women have proper health care and catch the signs earlier than some, the waiting list to see these specialists is anywhere from three to six months; the women have to continue living with this pain while they wait.” So, if there’s one point that Labuski wanted women to take home with them, it was to get comfortable with your vulvas and make sure all the right questions are asked when seeing your doctor.
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Thefts • Unknown subject(s) forcibly entered 3315 University Parkway, which had previously been damaged from a fallen tree and had been boarded up due to the damage and asbestos, and stole $2,880 worth of property between Feb. 12 and Feb. 15. The subject(s) entered the property through a boarded up basement door and removed some jewelry, Yen, a wallet, a passport, clothing and a camera. The case is still pending further investigation. • Unknown subject(s) entered an unsecured locker at Graylyn Conference Center and removed cash from the victim’s wallet between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Feb. 16. • Unknown subject(s) entered an unsecured locker in Reynolda Hall and removeda laptop between 6:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Feb. 17.
• Unknown subject(s) forcibly entered vehicles in Reynolda Village by smashing windows and removed victims purses between 3:15 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Feb. 19.
Drug and Alcohol Violations • University Police, EMS and Engine 8 responded to Student Health Feb. 18 in reference to an intoxicated and unresponsive female. The victim was transported to the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center • University Police responded to a call Feb. 20 in reference to a disturbance on Hearn Plaza. University Police determined that individual had consumed alcohol while under the age of 21. He was taken to student health for observation before being transported to the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
• University Police responded to a call Feb. 20 in reference to a unresponsive and intoxicated student. University Police determined that individual had consumed alcohol while under the age of 21. He was taken to student health for observation. • Winston-Salem Police responded to a call Feb. 20 in reference to a loud party at 1304 Polo Rd. Upon arrival the officers smelled marijuana and upon being granted access to the home confiscated a small amount of marijuana. A copy of the report was provided to the dean’s office. • Winston-Salem Police conducted a traffic stop on Reynolda Rd. due to speeding. It was determined that the driver of the vehicle was under the influence of alcohol. The offender was arrested and charges with driving under the influence before being released. A copy of the report was provided to the dean’s office.
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Robert Knott, retired professor emeritus of art, dies at 68 By Nilam Patel | News editor
Professor Emeritus of Art History Robert Henshaw Knott passed away on Thursday, Feb. 18, following an illness. He was 68 Professor Knott was born in Memphis, Tenn., in January of 1942. Professor Knott earned his bachelor’s degree in studio art at Stanford University and he earned his doctorate in art history at the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining the Wake Forest community, Knott taught at the University of Massachusetts-Boston in the early 1970s. When he joined the Wake Forest faculty in 1975, he was one of the first faculty members of the new formed art department.
Knott served as chair of the department from 1978 to 1980 and then again from 1995 to 1997. He retired from the university in 2008 after spending over 30 years on faculty at the university. Knott was an inspiration for the Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art. This program allows a small group of students to travel to New York every four years to research contemporary art and purchase works of art with funds provided by the university. Knott led many of these trips to New York and he always taught the art history course required for the trip. The Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art program continues to this day and is now considered the university’s premier collection. Knott was considered extremely talented in art history but also in art itself.
Students and faculty thought of him as a great teacher and an excellent friend. He pushed students, faculty and the university to take chances within the art world. He wanted to fuse the traditional art world with contemporary art. Knott curated several exhibits while at the university and even published a book on one of the exhibitions he curated. He was also an avid photographer and painter. After he retired in 2008, Knott rented an art studio on North Trade Street in downtown Winston-Salem. Knott is survived by his wife Elen, retired from the library, two daughters and four granddaughters. A gathering will be held on Feb. 20 from 2-4 p.m. at Salem Funeral and Cremations, 120 S. Main St. in downtown Winston-Salem.
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Robert Knott, in 2008, at an exhibition of his art in the Hanes Art Gallery in Scales Fine Art Center.
Freshmen: Class of 2013 represents effort for diversity
factual, objective approach, the class of 2013 has Culture in America, and says this year’s class has 31 because of a lower test score, would not have conincreased student variety somewhat. total students with 20 being registered freshmen, 4 sidered applying to the university in past years,” As far as academics are concerned, according to registered juniors or seniors and the remaining being she said. Upperclassmen remarks: university data, 75 percent of the freshmen class questionable sophomores as a result of the fact that Allman agrees that by requiring face-to-face With a change in fashion among the freshmen graduated in the top 10th percentile of their gradu- some are freshmen with sophomore standing from meetings and expanding the writing portion of class, many upperclassmen have certainly taken ating high school class. This is a bit of a jump in Advanced Placement high school credits. the application process helped admissions evalunotice of this trend. comparison to last year’s class with 65 percent in “More than half of the class ate the applications even more “The biggest thing I’ve seen with the freshman this bracket. are first year cohort and are intensively and holistically than class is the way they dress; I have never seen this Out of 1,200 students, 74 percent of enrolled doing better than last year’s “All students have a similar inter- in the past. many students on campus with piercings, multi- freshmen submitted their SAT scores and 26 per- classes. More people are getProvost Jill Tiefenthaler agrees est in academics and we all have colored hair and trendy looking outfits,” junior cent chose not to. ting A’s than ever before with that the less admissions focuses different drives, so I don’t think on numbers and the more it Sequoyah Stamps said. “I mean, there is absolutely Of the non-submitters, though, 83 percent sent the same difficulty of tests and nothing wrong with that; it’s quite refreshing, if unofficial scores after enrollment upon request for assignments I have provided this change in the freshman class pays closer attention to “the you ask me.” research purposes. Forty-six students total chose in the past; my grading has whole student package” the solely depends on the univerWhile fashion may be the most widely discussed not to send in their scores upon request. not gotten any easier,” Suarez more motivated the applicant sity’s efforts but the change in speculation about the freshmen, the overall confiThis is to be expected for being the first class not said. will be. dence the freshmen seem to project has, too, been being required to submit their SAT scores, showing Suarez also notes from his “Something we should also style and confidence is a trend a topic of interest. that these students still chose to be personal point of view that consider is that the world has happening all over” Junior Madison Gattis on the cautious side. there has certainly been a changed dramatically since last Laura Chin has noticed that the freshAccording to university data analy- change in racial diversity and year, so I think everybody is “The freshmen always get Freshman men in her classes first sis, the SAT 25th percentile mid- fashion trends that the current more motivated,” Tiefenthaler involved and don’t shy away semester were simply range average for submitters and non freshmen embody. said. “I was informed by the more friendly, approach- from speaking up in class . . . This submitters this year was 1220-1380, “I’ve had students come in dean of the library that our able and academically which is not statistically significant with blue and orange streaks attendance in the library is up group of students really seems confident than she had in comparison to the 2008 freshmen in their hair and had someone for the first time 37 percent, so that can’t all be first year students. confident and comfortable and with 1270-1390. The ACT scores bring a skateboard to class,” Suarez said. seen in past years. That stress is a negative influence but that motiva“The freshmen always remained the same for both years According to freshman writing seminar professor tion is a positive, I think.” smart. ” get involved and don’t with a midrange score of 27-31. Melissa Jenkins, she has not noticed a difference In response to the speculations on the change in Madison Gattis shy away from speaking Though not monumental changes in her freshmen students. style and appearance, Tifenthaler emphasizes that Junior up in class. When I was a in numbers, the statistical evidence “There tends to be a wide range of skills and abili- the best educations are when all a person’s views freshman, it seemed that supports an increase in academic per- ties in every freshman class, because high schools and ideas are challenged. Though upperclassmen we really focused on conformance which, in turn, appears to vary so much.,” Jenkins said. “My strong students may see the freshmen as a “different” class, it clearly forming to university stebring forth students that are more are just as strong as previously, and the number of does not make them socially unaccepted. reotypes,” Gattis said. “This group of students really academically and intellecstruggling freshmen has remained “At any institution like ours you’re trying to build seems confident and comfortable, and smart.” tually confident. constant too.” a class, not just admit students; we do not want According to junior Lauren Falvo, an executive Though not seeing much of a upperclassmen to make them feel they are not wel“I think the interview process member for the campus radio station, Wake Radio, Professor commendifference yet, Jenkins agrees that come. They are a part of our institution now and helped us find students who her organization obtained more than 40 interested tary: the change in requiring the SAT in that respect it doesn’t make them any different were not only strong academifreshmen (Chin being one of them) just during first “The current first year was a very smart decision on the than the upperclassmen,” Tifenthaler said. semester alone – numbers like this for the station class is unquestionably and university’s part. With a speculated fashion sense and overall concally but whose background are unheard of. objectively the most diverse fidence level, the university’s class of 2013 seems to viewpoints and talents could “The current freshman class is incredibly moti- class Wake Forest has ever University perspectives: be bringing forth some change that the university enrich Wake Forest . . .” vated and exceptionally eager to be involved on had socioeconomically, University admissions director, has not seen before. campus…we have had an influx of student partici- racially and geographiMartha Allman, said she strongly As with any incoming class, there will always be Martha Allman pation that I’ve not seen before at Wake Forest,” cally,” said Joseph Suarez, believes that requiring the inter- differences and speculations that follow. What does Director of Admissions Falvo said. “Wake Radio already had plans and goals professor of sociology. view process, something that was seem to be taking place is the university’s efforts to be a bigger name on campus and the freshman In comparison to 2008 optional before, was one of the best to increase diversity is slowly moving forward, the have made accomplishing these goals that much accepted students, the decisions the university could make freshman are arriving with higher GPAs and the easier.” minority rate has gone up to 23 percent as opposed for increasing campus diversity. students seem to be a bit more interested in parto 18 percent; the international rate has increased “I think the interview process helped us find stu- ticipating in class overall. As far as appearances go, The stats: from 1 to 2 percent; and the first generation col- dents who were not only strong academically but hearsay will always continue as a result of the conFrom a visual and vocal standpoint, the uni- lege student number has moved up from 8 percent whose backgrounds, viewpoints and talents could stantly changing world of fashions and trends. versity’s students can take note of changes in the to 10 percent. enrich Wake Forest,” Allman said. According to Allman, “unfortunately, body pierccurrent freshmen class; however, speculation and For the past six years Suarez has taught an intro“(SAT optional) also brought into our applicant ing or hair color data cannot be provided on the perception is only subjective and relative. From a ductory sociology course, Sociology 155: Public pool students who had excelled in high school but freshman class.”
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Familicide and child homicide addressed in colloquium By Sara Olson | Staff writer
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Jennifer Collins talks about parents, specifically fathers, who kill their children and discusses some revealing statistics.
In a colloquium presented by the Women’s and Gender Studies Research, Development, and Advancement Committee, professor of law Jennifer Collins gave a talk at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in Tribble C216. Collins began the lecture, which was entitled “Fathers Who Kill Their Children,” with a warning to the audience that the nature of the topic meant that it was not going to be an uplifting talk. The talk explored child homicide and familicide, the killing of a spouse along with the children. Despite the media attention when mothers kill their children, Collins discussed the reality not commonly acknowledged: that fathers commit about half of all child homicide and familicide yet they receive far less media coverage than women do. To emphasize this point, Collins asked the audience if they recognized the names Andrea Yates, Susan Smith or Casey Anthony. The majority of the audience recognized these women as perpetrators of child homicide whose crimes and trials had been highly publicized throughout the United States. Next, Collins asked the audience to consider the names Simon Gonzales, Michael Veillette and Christopher Vaughn. These men, fathers who had murdered their children, were much less familiar to the audience mostly because they receive less attention in the media. Collins said that the lack of media coverage on these crimes
committed by men and fathers is why they aren’t as well known. “Even though men are committing about the same number of child murders as women, we pay a lot more attention when women do it,” Collins said. “We have seen very little research on fathers who kill their children, and the limited research that does exist is woefully incomplete.”s For example, in March 2009 a paper in the Journal of Forensic Science compiled all existing literature on child homicide and identified only 12 studies done in the last 50 years. Ten of those studies involved only 43 or fewer fathers. By contrast, a 2005 literature survey found at least 39 studies of maternal homicides conducted in the past 30 years. According to Collins, the focus on maternal child homicide has had important consequences for the children at risk. The failure to acknowledge the significant differences in child homicides committed by mothers and fathers has led to missed opportunities when it comes to protecting children. Mothers, for instance, are more likely to kill very young children while fathers are more likely to kill teenagers. Other differences include: the more violent nature of paternal homicides, which often involve a weapon; the fact that fathers are more likely than mothers to commit familicide; and the greater likelihood of a father to commit suicide after killing a child. Most significantly, fathers are more likely than mothers to
have abused their children prior to the homicide. “This suggests that at least some cases involve a prior red flag that gives us an opportunity for intervention,” Collins said. “Child homicide is a real problem in this country.” “(Child homicide) is the fourth leading cause of death for children under five and the third leading cause of death for children ages five to 14,” she said. She also pointed out that it is most often parents, rather than strangers, who are the perpetrators in these crimes. Furthermore, the age of the victim plays a significant role, as homicides of young children and teenagers often differ in several different ways. Teenager victims, for example, are most often male and are usually murdered using a weapon. Almost 14 percent of teenage homicide victims are killed by other teenagers; only nine percent are murdered by their parents. On the other hand, approximately 71 percent of child victims under the age of five are killed by family members. In most cases, these murders are committed using “personal weapons” (hands or feet), rather than weapons. School-aged children, whose ages range from six to 11, generally have a lower overall homicide rate. However, when these children are murdered, they are far more likely to be murdered by a parent. Collins warned the audience that her research into child homicide was “very much a work in progress.”
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earthquake in Haiti, such arguments seem to miss the point entirely. Helmerich acknowledges this, and nods to the biblical character of Job, saying that the point of his suffering was to test his faith so that he may come to a closer relationship with God. Helmerich asserts, “In the wake of suffering, God’s glory is Ryan Newson made more evident.” Guest columnist God allowed Job’s kids to die in order to heologian Hans Küng once wrote test Job’s faith? That’s fine for Job (I guess), that the problem of evil was “the but what about his kids? (And this isn’t the bedrock of atheism.” And he was proper forum, but another question: is this correct in saying so. really the point of the Book of Job?) As reflected in various recent articles in Ultimately, the question I come to the Old Gold and Black (“God illustrates is, “Which God is this?” All of these glory by allowing suffering,” Audrey arguments and defenses of God are the Helmerich, Feb. 18; “An omnipotent inevitable result of reflecting on God (the deity would prevent suffering,” Adrian Christian God, no less!) in abstraction Bardon, Feb. 4), this problem is with us from the concrete reality of Christ. yet. So what is your answer, you may ask? As I followed the above arguments, I With Ludwig Wittgenstein, I believe we found myself, as a Christian, resonating should “leave ragged what is ragged,” and with Bardon’s column. again, “Whereof one In Helmerich’s cannot speak, thereof column, the one must be silent.” All of these arguments and freewill defense is In other words, as a defenses of God are the inevi- Christian, I don’t have used to discuss the philosophical possibility table result of reflecting on any idea why God of actual evil existing allows evil. But, that God ... in abstraction from the along with a good, is not what Christians concrete reality of Christ. omnipotent God. For primarily affirm. God to stop certain evil Christians do affirm (genocide, for example), that evil has been God would have to overcome by the death override free will. and resurrection of Jesus. We don’t explain Helmerich then asks whether or not evil; we can’t explain evil. we would want “a God who interferes But we do hope in one who has with free will — even if the free will overcome evil, who (in his cross) identifies is exercised through, for example, with us in our suffering, and (in his genocide.” resurrection) overcomes sin and death. What I don’t understand is why I Helmerich acknowledges this toward shouldn’t answer in the affirmative. In the end of her column, for which I the face of such tremendous suffering, in am grateful: “My hope would be that the face of what Hegel called “the bloody Christians, when confronted with bench of history,” appealing to free will suffering, would be struck with awe, is a thin defense indeed. It makes the wonder, pain and (mostly) silence.” problem of evil a logical problem, and The Christian “answer” to suffering as such becomes not much more than a is not some air-tight explanation (as if philosophical distraction. explaining suffering would somehow The free will defense of evil, in the fix it); rather, it is hope in the Gospel, a end, comes out claiming, “Well, we can’t hope that manifests itself in an alternative blame God ... and at least this world can practice, which consists of wonder at reality, be a soul-making and God-glorifying compassion for others, and mediated by place.” the community of Christ-followers, who But this leads to a further, deeper point: together witness to God’s own bearing of how can the “free will” defense be used suffering on the cross. to explain an earthquake? I can grant that in some instances, human agency is the Ryan Newson is a graduate student in cause for suffering. But in others, like the divinity in the class oj 2011.
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Washington should scrap the health care bill Seth Williford Staff columnist
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his past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. This being my third year attending, I wasn’t as excited about attending the conference as I have been in years past, namely because many of the speakers were the same speakers, and many of them were talking about the same topics. However, I always make sure to hear Newt Gingrich. You can agree or disagree with him, but you can’t deny that Gingrich always has a unique perspective and a convincing presentation on current events. The theme of his speech was “principled bipartisanship,” an issue he discussed on the eve of the president’s health care summit this week. Gingrich’s aim was to rally the conference against the original health care bills in Congress and to urge President Obama and the Congressional leadership to begin anew on health care reform — we must write a truly bipartisan bill. To Gingrich, the aim of Republicans
at the summit should be to take the opportunity under the spotlight to present their proposals for health care reform. Over the past year, as the Democrats crafted their health care bills behind closed doors and devoid of the C-SPAN cameras that Obama promised, Republicans have been ineffective in presenting their proposals to the American people. While it was absolutely necessary for Republicans to do everything to stop the atrocious bills passed by the House and Senate, this summit now offers Republicans the opportunity to control the national debate and to potentially influence forthcoming legislation. Instead of changing Washington like he said he would, the president joined with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi in completely excluding Republicans from the negotiating table and ridiculing them as having no ideas. Then, coincidentally following the loss of the Democratic supermajority with Scott Brown’s election to the U.S. Senate, Obama suddenly realized that Republicans actually have had some ideas all this time. While Brown’s campaign was a reflection of local issues and his opponent’s failure to connect with the populace, it was successful because of the growing national mood in opposition to the health care legislation being passed in Congress. Gingrich’s argument is that the health care bill in Congress should be scrapped and that the process should begin again. He is right. The
way in which this bill was crafted, doctors in case of a malpractice suit. the special interests that it serves and That is not to say that malpractice the vast expansion of government should be ignored, it means that power are all areas where Republicans policies should be put in place that and Democrats will never agree. The would protect good doctors and country is in desperate need of health punish bad doctors. care reform. These are just two of many ideas The United States has the best care that Republicans have in reserve. in the world for those who can afford We should be out in the media to take advantage of it; unfortunately, pushing these ideas as forcefully and there are countless examples of how eloquently as possible, especially when the system fails to properly treat we have such a well-publicized and patients and their strongly attended inability to afford event with which to proper care. Of inform audiences. The United States has the course, how can It is clear that what best care in the world for patients begin to the Democrats have afford their care proposed is a bad those who can afford to when there are law, mainly because take advantage of it; unforhospitals, like one they have to twist tunately, they are countin California, that arms and offer charge $9 for a bribes behind closed less examples of how the single Tylenol? doors in order to system fails to properly treat Republicans gain the votes they patients... absolutely have need; Senators and ideas — and agree Congressmen would with Democrats not vote for the bill that we must otherwise. control the explosive growth of health Democrats do not have a monopoly care costs. Republicans should put on bad laws, as Republicans showed their best foot forward and show how when we passed the Medicare Drug we would reform health care during Benefit at the bombastic behest of the president’s summit. Tom Delay, who used unsavory tactics These ideas include things like to pass a bill that would not have buying health insurance across state made it through otherwise. lines, which would force insurance I am like Gingrich in that I companies to compete for the believe Republicans must engage cheapest and most quality care. in principled bipartisanship. Additionally, tort reform is a critical Several commentators at CPAC, issue when the risk of vigilante trial including Gingrich, predicted that lawyers forces insurance companies President Obama would be a oneto charge higher premiums to cover term president. While I understand
the sentiment, and can see it as a possibility, this is only based off of his first year in office. Not only are Republicans forgetting how effective his campaign was, but they are also assuming that he will not pivot and solve the issues in his presidency. As the year progresses, it appears increasingly likely that Obama will aim to act in a more Clintonian fashion and work to bridge the gap between the blue dogs and the liberals in his party. This could help or hurt him. If he abandons the Left and moves to the center, he may gain blue dog support, or he could move to the Left at the expense of the middle. Either way, there is no guarantee he will be able to win over independent and Republican voters. Because of the practically home field advantage that Republicans currently have, it looks like we may ace the midterm elections, and possibly the 2012 election, though this is all very early speculation. What I do know is that, should Republicans gain the majority, or most likely, a significant minority, then we must be prepared to govern. It isn’t enough to say and show you have ideas if you do not act upon them. But, if we do win back a house or both houses, we will have no choice but to engage in principled bipartisanship that recognizes areas of agreement and aims to put America on the road to reform. Seth Williford is a junior political science major from Wilson, N.C.
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Prince and the surrounding area so that those who survived and now inhabit a totally failed state can put their trust in the Christian god. This is how Protestant Christianity attempts to explain the mass suffering that occurs to innocent people — it lets the people not plunged into the Earth or buried by rubble have a meaningful faith experience. Plate tectonics doesn’t offer enough of an explanation, indeed the Christian god chose the poorest country in the hemisphere for Matt Moran destruction so that everyone else can be Staff columnist humbled and place more faith in Jesus. Truly, hat the university has a strong this flavor of religion continues its march to Christian population is no surprise; insanity ever further. although the institution is itself Yet, while I disagree with her position, I have secular, the campus often feels like a hotbed to give Helmerich credit — she at least offers of Protestant Christianity. For the past few an argument on the basis of her faith system. weeks a philosophy professor at the university, An individual who commented on her Adrian Bardon, has written articles for the article on the OGB Web site offered the Old Gold & Black as part of his book project, following: “The Adrian Bardons of the world presumably in order to challenge the ideas of are fools. Babies who look for any reason to these individuals and provide some diversity support their denial of God’s existence. Unless in campus dialogue. These articles have answering them helps sort out the issue in prompted some debate, which I have enjoyed your own mind, it’s a waste of time. The gates reading, from Christians who disagree with his of hell are locked from the inside and no assertions. amount of explanation will entice those fools I have stayed out of the discussion, but to leave.” after an editorial response written by Audrey This poster, who calls him/herself Helmerich (“God illustrates glory by allowing “thesauros,” clearly has a warped view of suffering,” Feb. 18), I feel compelled to join the evidence and arguments about God. No in. experiment or observational She argues that suffering is study has ever produced used by God to demonstrate evidence of the truth of This is how Protestant Christi- Christianity. Until such a His glory and divides suffering into two categories. anity attempts to explain the thing occurs, people who The first is man-made believe in the faith should mass suffering that occurs to suffering, which involves remember that it is indeed innocent people — it lets the a person doing something a faith. A degree of humility people not plunged into the bad to someone else. She — which, if I recall correctly, argues that because we have Jesus advocated — would be Earth or burring by rubble free will, we are capable of welcome. have a meaningful faith misusing it and the ability Secondly, the statement experience. to choose freely, even if the “the gates of Hell are locked choice is bad, is preferable from the inside” reveals an to not being able to choose attitude prevalent among at all. many of the dumber I agree with this assertion and think it is an Christians around, a category to which acceptable rebuttal to the problem of manHelmerich does not belong. made evil in a Christian context. She then When a person, such as Thesauros, finds offers that the Bible states that human nature himself without evidence or argument, is evil, and, while I don’t think the Bible is he often reverts back to threatening his an authoritative source on human nature (a opponents with Hell. Indeed, there is often a psychological theory would be better), she is certain smugness to his approach, despite the arguing from a Christian perspective so it’s no fact that his “Prince of Peace” sending people surprise she employs her main religious text. to be tortured forever seems to me like a I, of course, see no evidence that human contradiction. nature is inherently evil, rather that it is People who think that statements like “the complex and can be good or bad, depending gates of Hell are locked from the inside” on the situation. We are, after all, evolved are acceptable forms of argument should be beings who, despite attempts to elevate ashamed of themselves and have no place in ourselves, sometimes come crashing back a community that values free thought and down. learning. Her second category of evil is evil Finally, because I understand this is a highly which results from natural causes, such as contentious issue, I would welcome any earthquakes or disease. She explains that this challenges or invitations for further discussion, evil, like the suffering inflicted upon Job in the either private or public. Thesauros, I hope to Bible, is a test of faith that allows people to hear from you. put their trust in God. Follow this logic with me. Some 200,000 Matt Moran is a sophomore from Pittsburgh, Haitians died in the wreckage of Port-auPenn.
induced climate change,” which presumes the guilty party before research was even performed. Over the years, the panel periodically reported that the evidence was stacking up against humanity as the cause of dangerous global climate change. The most recent report in 2007 claimed that there is a direct correlation between an increase in average global temperatures and an increase in greenhouse gases. Never mind the fact that this same panel, just six years earlier Elliot Engstrom in 2001, was putting forth the “hockey stick” theory that has since been debunked. It would Senior columnist seem that the panel was actively looking for ny human that cares about the survival reasons to align a global threat of climate change of himself and his descendents must, with human causes. to at least some level, care about the In fact, this desire to find evidence for manenvironment in which he lives. However, those made climate change rather than objective truth who truly care for their environment also was revealed to be quite real this past November, must be certain to deal with the true causes of when a hack of the Climactic Research Unit environmental destruction rather than simply of the University of East Anglia in England jump upon whatever environmental trend revealed that evidence for man-made climate happens to catch the fancy of pop and political change had been deliberately tampered to make culture. the results appear to be exactly what the United In fact, those who have an earnest desire to see Nations wanted. For example, the chart of the the improvement of their environment should history of global temperatures published by be the first to attack any who are attempting to these researchers deliberately cut off the period hijack the environmental movement for political of the last 50 years, due to the fact that the gain. This is exactly why true environmentalists data showed an overall drop in temperatures should currently be livid with the political back down to historical averages, suggesting establishment’s attempts to that climate change is a natural use environmental concerns occurrence. to enforce new international But never mind the fact that Science must not be allowed laws and centralize power to during the past few thousand to be wielded as a political all new levels. years, there have been two major The United Nations and periods during which global tool by the world’s elite. other international agencies temperatures were as warm or have for the past several warmer than they are now, with years been using the threat current temperatures dropping. of climate change and environmental disaster as Never mind that human beings really simply do justification for increased centralization of power not know that much about the causes of climate to the international level. However, as my article change, as the computer models that show what last week attempted to show, government almost the climate would be like if the UN scientists always becomes more tyrannical and less caring were correct are being completely contradicted of individual needs the further it gets from the by current temperature trends. individual, not to mention, less effective at While this is merely a shred of the evidence achieving any good. against the cause to centralize power behind Thus, an international government with the cause of saving the environment, it should “moral” force to back it would most likely be the be enough to instill the importance of having largest affront yet to individual liberty in global unbiased scientists study the environment history. without pre-determined ideas of what they So, how would large-scale governments should learn from their data or what policies convince the global population that they need to support. centralization of power is necessary for global Science must not be allowed to be wielded as a safety? In his short book The Anatomy of the political tool by the world’s elite. It is absolutely State, Murray Rothbard wrote that government necessary that people educate themselves about expands its power via a symbiotic relationship true environmental threats and solutions in between the ruling and intellectual classes. The order to not only live in a cleaner environment, intellectuals serve as apologists for the rulers, but also avoid the despotic hand of international and the rulers ensure that the intellectuals government which would so gladly justify itself have positions of importance and importantby claiming to save humanity from a danger sounding jobs. This intellectual role has been that it fabricated with the help of intellectuals it fulfilled by numerous institutions over the funded and encouraged. centuries, sometimes religious institutions such However, an advocate of localism and minimal as priests supporting divine mandates to rule, government should not be so naïve as to think and sometimes intellectual institutions such as that environmental dangers do not exist. Yet is academies confirming royal rights to the crown. this not justification for government to regulate This trend has been frightfully exemplified and control for the benefit of all? I’ll attempt to over the past decades. The primary researcher tackle this question next week. on climate change has been the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Elliot Engstrom is senior French major from which was formed to study “the risk of humanMatthews, N.C.
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he Winter Olympics roll around once every four years. For three weeks, we marvel at the best winter athletes around the world. We are given the opportunity to watch an opening ceremony full of fireworks, pomp and circumstance. The world watches on as athletes from the greatest powers to the smallest islands send competitors, all sharing the dream of being an Olympic Champion. Yet, this year more than any other that I can remember, there seems to be a disconnect between the awe inspiring moments of the Olympics and the work that NBC has done in broadcasting them to the world. We wish to see the most important athletes compete in the spotlight, see live results and cheer on our country. However, we are stuck inPCorps_K8x10_SER_Push.pdf a rut of watching reruns and a plethora of “boring” Olympic sports. Thank you, NBC, we are truly grateful that you have such a firm understanding of what the world wishes to watch on television. The games, as in every year, started with a massive party. We watched as countries paraded
around the arena in Vancouver, and we cheered United States had its most important victory on our country. in Olympic hockey since the 1980 “Miracle on A ceremony that lasted well into the night Ice.” showcased the pyrotechnic abilities of the And where was NBC? What was the Olympic Canadians, culminating in the lighting of broadcast company doing when the Americans the Olympic torch by national heroes. The embraced on the ice at the sound of the final Olympics have the ability to bring out the best horn? They were showing “LIVE! Coverage of in national identity. Figure Skating.” We are able to connect and unite with all the Yes, figure skating. American athletes, supporting the fight to take Don’t get me wrong. I understand the the top spots of the leader board and cement our difficulty and grace of figure skating. I know that position as the best Olympic team. We watch on the win by the United States in the individual with anticipation as our athletes approach the male skate was monumental. But you can’t starting gates, hoping that they honestly tell me that the will be able to fly down the hill, preliminary round of couples We wish to see the most land the best trick or score the free skate was more important most goals. than the biggest win in important athletes compete However, this year, most of American hockey in thirty in the spotlight, see live these thrilling and amazing years! results and cheer on our athletic competitions have Where is the drama? Where been an afterthought to the is the thrill? The only live country. broadcasters at NBC. We are event we have seen is the not able to watch Bode Miller men’s snowboarding halfpipe. capture his first Gold Medal of In today’s society of mass the games. media and rapidly spread information, we Instead, while we watch the 30-kilometer cannot tape delay these marquee events. ski race, a “spoiler alert” pops up, telling us We cannot pretend that we do not know that that Miller has made Olympic history. Instead the Americans have just won another medal. of using day coverage to send live feeds of Why can’t NBC understand this? the Super G, the Super G combined and the Why can’t NBC realize that we want to feel downhill race, we are bombarded with analysis, like we are a part of the action? We don’t want to as two unknown news anchors weigh in on the watch a rerun of the downhill races at 10 p.m. if Olympics thus far. we already know who wins. Where has the excitement gone? Where is The Olympic coverage needs revamping. the thrill of watching our team, sitting at the Something must be done. Broadcast in live edge of our seat, hoping that the world is no time, broadcast when events occur, but don’t match to the American racer? Sunday night, the pretend that you have the power to withhold
information from the nation until the “primetime coverage.” We all want to experience the power of a national identity. We all wish to be a part of the American team, we want to feel the ecstasy of an upset and the humbling effect of a defeat. We want to be on the team, and NBC is stripping us of that possibility. NBC has turned the Olympics into an attempt to make money, which, subsequently, they have also failed at, as they are reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in losses this winter. The Olympics should be a time for national celebration, a time to watch our best athletes perform in real time, on the biggest stage. Regardless of when that occurs, whether it be 2 p.m. or 2 a.m., we should be able to watch it live. There are rumors of ESPN buying out the Olympic rights from NBC. We can only hope this comes true. ESPN has figured it out. They have real time updates, breaking news alerts to take you live to the action and the ability to broadcast an event when it occurs, regardless of the time. We missed out on the opportunity to watch live as Bode Miller won his first gold medal at the Olympic games on Feb. 21. Instead, we were forced to watch it at 11 p.m. when we already knew the outcome. I guess NBC thought it was more important to continue its broadcast of Days of Our Lives. I don’t know about the rest of you, but in the days of my life, I’d like to be able to cheer on my fellow Americans and share the thrill of victory when it occurs, not ten hours after. Hamlin Wade is a sophomore political science major from Charlotte, N.C.
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Kunzel discusses criminal intimacy, how it’s changed By Vidur Kukreja | Staff writer
Sexuality, which won several prestigious accolades such as the American PublishThe university welcomed Regina ers Association Award, John Boswell Kunzel, a professor of women and gender Prize and Lambda Literary Award. Kunzel wrote her book as a result of studies and history at the University of the fact that there was Minnesota, in no historical connecMinneapolis and tion between sexual St. Paul, Minne“I had this desire to further culture and prison. sota on Feb. 22 complicate sexual history and “I had this desire as part of two of felt that this was best done by to further complicate the womanility sexual history and felt and marginallooking at prison society in the that this was best done ity speaker series 20th century.” by looking at prison sponsored by the Regina Kunzel society in the 20th cenhistory departtury,” Kunzel said. Author and speaker ment. Her book further Kunzel received explores these claims her bachelors by drawing upon a degree from Stanford University in history and her doc- variety of sources in order to come to torate from Yale and has written several a conclusion on sexual culture behind bars. books on sexuality and crime. Her lecture began by recounting a story This lecture was based on her recent book, Criminal Intimacy: Prison and about inmates who rallied with gay and the Uneven History of Modern American lesbian activists in New York.
She further progressed by using examples to show that prisoners were excluded of sexual identity and how prisoners played a huge role in forming the gay and lesbian movement in the 1970s and 1980s by striking and demonstrating within the prison confines. This helped build a close community between activists and prisoners and in response, gay and lesbian groups would grow in power for years to come. “It was amazing how intertwined both groups were and the commonality and reciprocity both shared in achieving their goals,” Kunzel said. Despite this activism, those who were considered to be gay inside prison were considered to be political prisoners. They were often segregated from other prisoners and in the late ’70s they were placed in protective custody in order to be protected from harassment. Even in one women’s prison, lesbians were separated in an area known as the “daddy tank.”
Regardless of the segregation, they also Post, Randy Schultz said. Prisoners lacked access to opportunities that other were also forced to undergo different prisoners received such as early release aversive treatments such as zap where or medical treatment. they would get electrocuted in order What’s worse is that these prisoners to change their mentality to what was were not always distinguishable. deemed normal. Preconceived notions of gay men with However, prisoners did receive some tight fitting clothes and “butch” women encouragement as time went on. who had short haircuts and wore no They were, at one point, allowed to makeup showed participate in a pen a predominantly pal program which stereotypical served as an out“Going to prison was like being reach for them and view of homosexuality. transported not only to another gave them hope over In fact, many their cause. world, but to another era.” different subThere was also Randy Schultz groups formed somewhat controout of these versial help from Editor, Palm Beach Post notions such faith groups such as as the Jockers, the Metropolitan Queens and Church. Punks. In years to follow, “Going to prison was like being trans- treatment of homosexuals would graduported not only to another world, but to ally improve and a new identity would be another era,” editor for the Palm Beach formed within the gay community.
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Iain Atkinson: Junior tennis player shares insight into his favorite aspects of the sport and his experience as an international student-athlete. Page B2.
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{ UPCOMING GAMES } MEN’S TRACK: 2/25 ACC Ind. Champ. 3/05 NCAA Indoor Qual. 3/12 NCAA Indoor Cha. MEN’S BASKETBALL: 2/27 v. North Carolina 3/03 @ Florida State 3/07 v. Clemson WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: 2/25 v. N.C. State 2/28 @ Clemson 3/04 ACC Tournament MEN’S TENNIS: 2/27 v. Michigan 2/28 v. Tennessee 3/10 @ USC WOMEN’S TENNIS: 2/28 v. Florida Int. 3/06 @ N.C. State 3/09 @ South Carolina MEN’S GOLF: 3/01 Seahawk Intercol. 3/14 General Hackler 3/28 Hootie at Bulls Bay WOMEN’S GOLF: 3/12 Tiger/Wave Classic 3/26 Liz Murphey Classic 4/02 Bryan National NCAA career wins leader to retire at end of season
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A rough star to the 2010 baseball season has the Diamond Deacs looking to improve on both offense and defense. A 2-0 loss to the 12th ranked Coastal Carolina Chanticleers dropped the Demon Deacons to 2-3 after splitting four games against Army and Dayton. Against Coastal Carolina, freshman Justin Van Grouw gave up only two runs on five hits in four solid innings. The bullpen came in and shut down the Chanticleers by pitching five shutout innings. Juniors Mark Adzick and Ryan McGrath combined for three shutout innings while sophomore Michael Dimock pitched two perfect innings to end the game. “Well, I thought we pitched the ball really well at times this weekend,” Head Coach Tom Walter said. “Offensively we’re not where we need to be yet. We certainly need to make adjustments. “We have a couple of guys that are swinging the bat well right now, but we need to start swing the bat better up and down the order.” The Deacs played tough against the Chanticleers, but a lack of offense proved too much to overcome.
Don Meyer, the all-time leader in wins in NCAA men’s basketball history, will retire at the end of the season. In a total of 38 seasons on the bench as head coach, Meyer racked up 922 career victories at three different schools: Hamline University, David Lipscomb University and, most recently, Northern State University. Meyer will remain on staff at Northern State, and will continue to serve the school through public speaking and fund-raising activities. The move was made because Meyer felt he was no longer able to physically or mentally meet the challenges of coaching the team, Meyer said in a statement released by NSU. Meyer was involved in a nearly fatal head-on collision with truck in September 2008 that cost him part of his left leg. As surgeons frantically operated to save his life after the crash, they discovered he also has carcinoid cancer. Meyer was honored with the Jimmy V. Perseverance Award at the ESPYS in July 2009 for battling back from his injuries to return to coaching. He continues to battle cancer to this day.
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Wake Forest only got four hits against the good pitching of Coastal Carolina. In their two wins, the Deacs scored a total of 13 runs, but in two of their three losses they only amassed a total of two runs. However, a 19-10 loss to Dayton Feb. 21 showed Wake Forest’s potential for offense. The loss to Dayton started off rough as the Deacons made seven errors in the first seven innings of the game, giving the Flyers an early 17-3 lead. “We just kind of got to put it behind us. Throwing errors, fielding errors, stuff like that, a lot of that is usually mental,” redshirt junior Ryan Semeniuk said. “Last year we had a problem with it, but this year we’re looking to turn over a new leaf. I think it’s just something these guys are going to put in the past and move on from.” While the defense struggled, offensive success came when Walter decided to pull eight of his nine starters in the bottom of the seventh. The eight pinch hitters and Semeniuk were able to put up five hits and six runs to make the game 17-9 in favor of the Flyers. “A lot of these guys are young guys, so they were able to come up and get that first hit out of the way,” Semeniuk said. “They say the first one is the hardest; this was a good game for them to see some action and have some success.”
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A 2-0 loss to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers dropped the Diamond Deacon’s record to 2-3.
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By Alex Botoman | Staff writer
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For the second time this season, sophomore Michelle Lange made Wake Forest history. During the Virginia Tech Challenge on Feb. 20, Lange broke her own school record in pole vault that she had previously set earlier this season. She vaulted a 12-3.50 on her second attempt in the event, breaking the 12-2.50 she set back on Feb. 5, at Lange the Virginia Tech Elite Meet. Lange would go on to finish fifth in the pole vault in the Virginia Tech Challenge. The event was the final tune-up before the ACC Championships beginning on Feb. 25 and running through Feb. 28.
{ SPORTS WORDS } “Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.”
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I got my first taste of the Canadian Olympic spirit before I even made it to Vancouver. Forty strangers in a tiny
plane on the final leg of their journey to the Games spontaneously started talking to one another. Slowly stories began to be told. Directly behind me was a blonde bombshell from Salt Lake City, making the trip north to cheer on childhood friend and recent Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Lacy Schnoor in the women’s aerials competition. There was a middle-aged woman on her way to her fifth consecutive Olym-
pics with no intention of stopping Olympics it did not take long to find any time soon. the answer. There was a band fresh off of a per“This is Canada,” Schnoor’s friend formance at the NBA All-Star Game, said. “People are so friendly. It’s the hoping to market itself to an interna- way things should be.” tional audience. As gracious hosts, the locals seemed What would have been a silent flight determined to ensure that all visitors had it been headed for anywhere in the felt welcome. After Canada’s men’s United States became an opportunity curling team closed out its win over to interact with people from differ- Denmark, Canadians focused on the ent backgrounds. If I was wondering what to expect from a Canadian See Vancouver, Page B9
March reigns as most wonderful time of the year By John Kuchno | Staff writer
Through the long winters filled with snow, cold temperatures and chilly winds, one thing helps to keep me going: the month of March. March not only brings warmer weather and the beginning of spring, but it also brings great basketball. The best basketball in the world is played in March, during the NCAA tournament. It is not played during the NBA finals or any NBA contest, as the NBA is a poor reflection of what the game is all about. March isn’t about superstars scoring 40 points and taking possessions off on the defensive end, in fact, it’s about the opposite. March is a time when people finally get to experience the way basketball is supposed to be played. The fundamentals, defensive intensity and rebounding that wins games is what March is all about.
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March is all about the underdog. And most importantly, March is all about the Cinderella team, waiting to show its beauty and value to every viewer across the world. The game of basketball was built ofnfundamentals. Before the ferocious slam dunk, the long-range three pointers and the behind-the-back dribble, there was always the triple threat, hook shot and crisp chest pass. In most cases, fundamentals outweigh athletic ability. It goes without saying that basketball has transformed into a game in which freakish athletic ability is more appreciated than strong fundamentals. Rarely does anyone applaud the extra pass or the dive on the hardwood for a loose ball anymore. Rather, the crowd wants to see the windmill jam or the crossover that makes the defender fall over his own feet. March is truly madness. It is a time when universities and colleges never heard of by the common basketball fan
arise from their respective conferences at the chance to shock the world. Nowadays, people fail to appreciate the Cinderella story. Instead of applauding the upset victories over the unexpected, many become upset at their own failure to choose the correct bracket. It is a shame that March has become a time when people become more focused with the success of their chosen bracket, than the success of the underdog. The greatest sporting event I ever attended was that of George Mason’s upset over UConn in the elite eight on March 26, 2006. Possibly the biggest Cinderella story in college basketball history, good coaching and disciplined play defeated future NBA lottery picks and top recruits. The city of Washington and the country as a whole rallied behind the underdog that was George Mason on their route to becoming the second No.11 seed to advance to the final four. A small portion of first and second round upsets have followed since that unbelievable
2006 season, but none of that magnitude. Have basketball fans forgotten about the shock and excitement the underdog brings to the tournament? I think so. This is in part due to the transformation of the game as previously stated. Fans are unable to comprehend and enjoy a well-run offensive system, a disciplined backcourt and hustle. Instead, they come to expect the victories of higher seeds simply due to their height and talent. March needs another George Mason in 2010. Fans need to once again embrace the underdog and its solid style of play. Fans must begin to once again acknowledge the value of fundamentals and truly great basketball. For fans like me, March brings hope that a Cinderella story will once again resurface to show how the game is really supposed to be played. March brings hope, March brings excitement and most of all, March brings madness.
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By Laven Newsom | Contributing writer The men’s tennis team has ripped off four straight wins, thanks to the excellent play by junior Iain Atkinson. The Englishman has excelled recently both in singles and in doubles, helping the Deacs rebound well from an early season defeat at the hands of Kentucky. When Atkinson isn’t handling his opponents in his singles matches he is partnering with senior Steven Forman to form a fantastic doubles duo currently ranked 12th in the country. But it’s not all fun and games for the hard swinging Brit, who must also maintain his grades in Wake’s excellent business school. With Atkinson and Forman anchoring a relatively young Deacon roster the Deacs looked poised to make another deep NCAA tournament run not only this year, but also in the years to come. However, when Atkinson finally does lay down the racket he has one last opponent to defeat, the battle-tested American government in his quest for the ever elusive green card. When did you first begin to play tennis? I started playing tennis at age five … My parents worked on the weekends so instead of dropping me off at daycare they dropped me at tennis lessons. I really enjoyed it and kept going back and eventually it became more and more serious.
Growing up, were there any other sports that interested you and, if so, did you make a conscious decision to pursue tennis over another other competing sport? I always loved playing sports. Growing up I played basketball and soccer, but nothing really stuck to the level that tennis did. So I guess it wasn’t really a conscious decision but I just enjoyed playing tennis more than anything. You grew up in England and went to school there but decided to come to the States for college, what made you make the switch to American schooling? The American college system worked perfectly in my situation in terms of level of schooling and me looking for somewhere to be able to keep playing tennis at a high level. Wake had everything I was looking for – a great tennis team as well as a top business school. Also, one of my best friends in England decided to come to the states a semester before I did and he would e-mail me telling me how much he enjoyed it, so that helped. Growing up most players have an idol who they model their game after, who was your favorite pro growing up and who is the pro who your game most resembles?
Growing up my favorite player was Pete Sampras. Every year I would watch him win Wimbledon and dream of being there one day. My game style is pretty much a mix match of all different styles of player. The game style who I want to emulate the most though would be Tommy Haas, a German player with similar strokes and game to me. Obviously, Winston-Salem is very different from where you grew up, what are some of the things you miss most about home? I obviously miss my family the most being in Winston-Salem, but some other things I miss are the accent of the people from where I come from, fish and chips and cups of tea! One thing I don’t miss so much is the weather! What is your favorite aspect about tennis? The competition – being able to put my skills to the test one on one against others and coming out on top. You have a chance this year to make a deep run in both the doubles team and the NCAA tournament. If you could win a national championship in just one which would it be? As much as it would be great to win a doubles national title, ultimately college tennis is about the team and that’s something we all strive for,
so definitely I would chose to win a team NCAA title over a doubles title. Do you find it difficult to maintain a balance between school and tennis? Yeah, it’s definitely difficult to maintain a balance between school and education, especially being in the business school. But the athletic teams all help to organize our time so when we aren’t practicing we are in tutoring and studying. The team had a fantastic season last year, making it to the ACC finals as well as the sweet sixteen. Do you think you can match this effort or even improve and make a deeper run? We have an extremely strong team this year, despite losing our No. 1 player last year (Cory Parr), so I definitely believe we can go further than last year. The whole team is committed to playing to our potential this year and if we can do this at the right time in April then we have as good a chance as any team in the country of winning the NCAA’s this year. What are your plans post graduation next year? Post-Grad I am looking to find a job in the States and obtain the infamous green card!
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Deacs drop second consecutive game to Wolfpack, 68-54 By Matt Poppe | Staff writer
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Wake Forest entered Saturday’s contest with the N.C. State Wolfpack hoping to avenge an 87-83 loss earlier in the week to the Virginia Tech Hokies, but the game did not go as planned and the Demon Deacons dropped their second consecutive game 68-54. The Demon Deacons, who were ranked No. 23 in the Associated Press Top 25 took their fifth loss in ACC play this season and dropped to fourth in ACC standings. This snapped NC State’s five-game Williams losing streak and was the Wolfpack’s first win in the RBC Center since Jan. 30. The game started out tight and for the first six minutes, the largest lead was only two points. Then N.C. State went on a sevenpoint run in a minute and a half-span to take a nine point lead on the Deacons. Neither team shot well in the first half, but the Wolfpack held the lead throughout the half and held Wake Forest to only 18 first half points.
This was the Deac’s lowest first half total all season. The second half saw much more scoring as both teams combined to score 76 second half-points compared to only 46 in the first half. The Wolfpack began to show their dominance and were ignited by the play of junior guard Javier Vasquez who finished the game with 11 points and six assists. At the 14:38 mark of the second half, Vasquez stole an errant pass at midcourt by Wake Forest senior Chas McFarland and made a layup giving N.C. State a 13 point lead and momentum in the game. The Deacs were able to cut the lead to as little as six at the midway point of the second half, but the Wolfpack began to pull away late and hit clutch free throws down the stretch. Sophomore Al-Farouq Aminu fouled out with two-and-a-half to play and the Deacons were unable to make a late run at the Wolfpack. The Wolfpack finished the game shooting an impressive 83 percent from the free throw line and holding the Deacons to 35 percent shooting from the field. “You have to stop the transition offense and we did a good job of that,” Wolfpack Head Coach Sidney Lowe said. “We had deflections and were diving for the ball. As far as that aspect it’s probably the best defensive game we’ve played.” The most noted statistic from the game was the three-point shooting
woes for the Deacons. For the first time since February of 1992, Wake Forest made zero three-pointers in the game, going 0-12. “When you shoot 34 percent and go 0-for-12 from the three, it’s tough to win,” Wake Forest Head Coach Dino Gaudio said. Wake Forest, however, did outrebound N.C. State 46 to 30, but were unable to capitalize in other areas such as points off turnovers where NC State had 18 points to Wake Forest’s seven. “Three of our starters (Aminu, Smith, McFarland) combined for 17 turnovers,” Gaudio said. “That’s just too many.” NC State junior Tracy Smith led the way with 14 points and senior Dennis Horner added a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Five N.C. State players scored in double figures for the game. Al-Farouq Aminu led the Demon Deacons with 15 points, 14 rebounds and two blocks. This was Aminu’s seventeenth double-double of the season but only the second time that he has fouled out of a contest this season. Senior L.D. Williams also added a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. This was William’s second double-double of the season. The Deacons hope to get back on track on Feb. 27 when the North Carolina Tar Heels come to the Joel Coliseum. The game will be the second to last home game of the year. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.
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Senior Chas McFarland throws down a dunk against N.C. State. Unable to overcome a sloppy first half, the Deacs fell 54-68.
Women’s tennis ends losing streak with 5-2 victory over Furman By Gary Pasqualicchio | Staff writer
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Junior Katarina Reveche serves for women’s tennis. The Lady Deacs recently ended a four match losing streak with a victory over Furman.
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Coming off a four-match losing streak, the Wake Forest women’s tennis team picked up a muchneeded 5-2 victory over Furman on Feb. 20 at the Indoor Tennis Center. With the win, the Deacs improve their record to 4-4 on the season and move to 24-0 alltime against the Paladins. A big part of the Lady Deacs’ bounce-back win was the return of freshman Kathryn Talbert from injury. The Deacs’ only nationally ranked singles player returned to action for the first time since Jan. 31 and teamed with fellow freshman Anna Mydlowska at No. 3 doubles. The duo started things off with an 8-3 win. Senior
Sasha Kulikova and junior Emilee Malvehy picked up the win at No. 1 doubles and senior Aileen Davis and junior Kat Reveche completed the doubles sweep at No. 2. With the crucial doubles point win in hand, something that has eluded the Deacs during their recent skid, Malvehy continued her strong singles play with an quick 6-0, 6-4 win over Furman’s Monica Arguello. Kulikova picked up another point for the Deacs with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles before Talbert clinched the meet for Wake Forest. The freshman from Moorseville, N. C., shook off some rust in her first set at No. 3 singles, winning in a tiebreaker 7-6. From there it was smooth sailing for the No. 117 player in the nation as she polished off her 12th singles win of the year with a 6-2 second set.
It was probably a good thing for the Deacs that Talbert clinched the match at that point because the final three singles matches all went down to the wire. After winning their first sets 6-2 each, Reveche and Mydlowska dropped their matches in third set super tiebreakers, 10-7. At No. 5 singles, Davis, who has been plagued with close losses this year, was on the other side of a comeback. She took down the Paladins’ Susan Bitetti 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6) to complete a 5-2 win. The Deacs will hope for the return of sophomore Ryann Cutillo who was having a solid season before being sidelined with injury for the last three matches. The team will get a full week in between matches as they await a meet with Florida International on Feb. 28., followed by a match at N.C. State on March 6.
Lady Deacs take down Central in last non-conference game By Lauren Howell | Staff writer
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The Lady Deacs rounded out their last nonconference game of the season with a solid 76-63 win over N.C. Central on Feb. 23. Wake Forest controlled the game from the tipoff — sophomore Brooke Thomas was the first to put up points on the board, and after 13 minutes the Deacs had 16 points while the Lady Eagles still were fighting for their first basket. Leading the team in scoring was freshman Mykala Walker, who reined in a career-high 15 points. “I finished well last night, which has been a rough area of mine this year,” the 6-foot guard said. “But I’ve been especially working on finishing through contact.” In the first half, Walker surpassed her previous career-high eight points, making all her field goal attempts. She also grabbed six rebounds. Freshman Asia Williams was also a big contributor, with eight rebounds and 10 points. “Every game we have I try to go out and be the best rebounder I can, every chance I get,” Williams said.
“But before the N.C. State game on Thursday, I think as a team we should work on boxing out and keeping up our defensive intensity for a full 40 minutes.” Additionally, sophomore Secily Ray and senior Courteney Morris each put up 11 and 10 points, respectively, showing that the young team has quite an evenly-spread scoring dynamic. “Last night I feel like we got better at our offensive execution,” Walker said. The Lady Deacs were perhaps blowing off steam from a heartbreaking loss against Chapel Hill last week in extra minutes. The team is hoping to have another shot at beating the Tarheels at the ACC tournament, which will be held in Greensboro from March 4-7. “If we meet up with UNC again at the ACC’s, in order to edge them out we have to stay together and finish,” Williams said. “Last week we were up the entire game but fell short because we spread apart and lacked aggressiveness at the end.” “As a team, I feel like we need to continue working on boxing out this week, and make sure we carry over the same intensity from the first half to the second half,” Walker said. The Lady Deacs, now 16-11, will wrap up their home season Feb. 25 against N.C. State at 7 p.m. before concluding the regular season at Clemson on Sunday.
Former Deac featured on MLS Official Web site Former Wake Forest All-American Zack Schilawski was recently profiled on MLSNet.com, the official Web site of Major League Soccer. In the story, Schilawski discusses the transition to being a professional soccer player, as well as his preparations for his upcoming first season. He was taken with the ninth pick of the first round by the New England Revolution. Schilawski played at Wake Forest from 2006-09, and in 2009 was named First-Team All-ACC and the College Soccer News Second-Team All-American. In 2007, Schilawski scored the game-winning goal against Ohio State in the 2007 College Cup.
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After taking down N.C. Central in their last non-conference game, the Lady Deacs have only one regular season game remaining, a road contest with Clemson.
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Deacs’ rough patch turns into history for ACC
Jones, Beck Named To ACC Volleyball All-Academic Team
After finally being ranked at No. 23 in the country in the Feb. 14 version of the AP poll, the men’s basketball team responded with their worst two-game performance since December. Their two straight losses to Virginia Tech and NC State dropped the Deacs right back out of the top 25, leaving Duke as the only team in the ACC to be ranked in the poll. The last time that only one team from the conference was ranked in the Top 25 was 33 years ago, in the March 4, 1977 poll, when North Carolina was the only school to be ranked. Nevertheless, the conference still looks to put a high number of teams into the NCAA tournament.
Wake Forest volleyball players junior Kelsey Jones and freshmen Andrea Beck were named to the 2009 All-ACC Academic Volleyball Team the league announced on Feb. 23. This is the second time Jones has won the award, as she won it her freshmen year in 2007 as well. Jones is a communications major from Ada, Mich. In order to be eligible to receive the award, players must have achieved at least a 3.00 GPA in the fall semester and have maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during their academic career. Since the All-ACC Academic Team’s inception in 2005, four Lady Deacs have won the award
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Bedford leads Deacs to title win in South Carolina By Joe Maugeri | Staff writer
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After trailing Francis Marion University by four strokes at the start of the final day of play, the Wake Forest men’s golf team, led by sophomore Lee Bedford, was able to storm back and capture the team title at the Wexford Intercollegiate at Wexford Plantation in Hilton Head, S.C., held on Feb. 22-23. The win marks the first individual title for Bedford and is the first team win for the Deacons since they finished first at the General Hackler Championships in Myrtle Beach last March. Play was temporarily suspended on Feb. 22 due to inclement weather conditions, causing the length of the tournament to be shortened from 54-holes to 36-holes. Undeterred by the weather, the Deacons established an early foothold towards to top off the leaderboard on first day of play. Freshman standout Evan Beck and Bedford led the Deacon squad on the first day of the tournament, each posting even-par scores of 72 to finish tied for eighth. Senior Brendan Gielow, who picked up his first individual win of the season on Feb. 9 at the JU Invitational and has been named to the Ben Hogan Award watchlist, posted a first round score of 73 to help pace the Deacs. Sophomore Daniel Meggs shot an opening round score of 76 and freshman Charlie Harrison came into the clubhouse with a score of 79 after his first round of play. The Deacons finished the first day of the Wexford Intercollegiate with a five-over par
score of 293, to finish the day in second place, fourstrokes behind the leaders and host team Francis Marion University. Although Francis Marion established an early lead, it was not enough to put away the Deacs. With improved weather and a team victory within their grasp, the Deacon squad came out and dominated the field on the second day of play. Gielow posted another solid round of 72 to follow up his first round score of 73 and finished tied for 10th overall. Gielow has now finished in the Top 10 in four out of the five events in which he has competed this year. Harrison was able to bounce back from his opening round score of 79 to turn in a one-over par score of 73 to finish the tournament tied for 41st. Beck rounded out a solid weekend for the freshman tandem by posting a second round score of 75 to finish tied for 15th overall. Meggs completed the tournament by posting a 78 in the final round to finish tied for 48th. But Bedford was the story of this tournament. Following his even-par 72 on the first day of play, Bedford fired a tournament-low score of 70 during his second round, which was enough to propel him into the lead and finish tied for first place with Davidson’s Jackson Taylor. Led by Bedford’s stellar performance on the course, the Deacons were able to overcome Francis Marion’s four stroke lead to post a second day team score of 290 to finish the tournament in first place with a combined team score of 583. The victory is the first team win for the Deacs in a little under a year, with their last first place finish coming last March at the General Hackler Championships. The team will be back in action again next week, when they travel to Wilmington, N.C. for the Seahawk Intercollegiate.
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The Wexford Intercollegiate marked the first team win for the Deacs since they finished first at the General Hackler Championships last March.
M. tennis clenches victories against Rice, East Tennessee St. By Alex Leopold | Staff writer
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Senior Steven Forman prepares to serve in Wake Forest’s match against Rice at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center.
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The 16th ranked Wake Forest men’s tennis team notched a pair of impressive victories over the weekend against East Tennessee State and 23rd ranked Rice. The Rice Owls came to the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center with an upset on their minds and nearly pulled it off. With the Deacons up 3-2, the two remaining matches were stuck in third sets. “I got a little bit nervous,” said Head Coach Jeff Zinn. “You hate to say that Jon Wolff is an automatic point but he has just been just so good for us the last two years. “You get concerned when he loses. So that happens, Ian (Atkinson) loses the first set, Danny (Kreyman) loses the second and then you get a little concerned,” he said. The serve and volleying freshman Kreyman would not allow the upset to happen as he prevailed 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. “Danny has had some tough matches. If you have a little heartbreak and understand that feeling, it really helps you the second or third time you are in that situation,” Zinn said. “I think it was important that Ian won the second set so Danny knew it wasn’t entirely on his shoulders.” Atkinson, a junior, would rub salt into the Owls’ wounds when he also pulled out a third-set victory 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-2 to make the scoreline a convincing-looking 5-2. It did not look like the Deacons would be in such a precarious position as they secured the doubles point. They received victories from the pair
of 12th ranked Steven Forman and Atkinson as well as the duo of Wolff and freshman Frank “Tripper” Carleton posting victories. Both Carleton and Forman would also easily dispatch their highly regarded singles opponents. Carleton defeated 16th ranked Bruno Rosa 6-4, 6-2 and Forman beat 116th ranked Oscar Podlewski 6-3, 6-3. Carleton’s dismantling of Rosa was particularly impressive considering Rosa once reached an International Tennis Federation juniors ranking of eight and even represented Brazil in Davis Cup competition according to Rice’s Web site. Carleton’s excellent results can largely be attributed to his excellent consistency. The freshman shows maturity beyond his years in rarely going for too much and working the point effectively. “Tripper works the point, lulls you to sleep, and then he pounces on you. He’s got a unique style to his game,” Zinn said. Freshman Zach Leslie joined Wolff in the loss column for the Deaocns as he was defeated 7-6 (5), 6-1 at the number five position. Wolff lost his match at the number three position by the same scoreline 7-6 (4), 6-1. Nevertheless, the victory capped a successful weekend for the Deacons but Zinn sees room for improvement. “We are not clicking on all cylinders yet but you don’t really expect to so early in the season. Disappointed in that I thought we would be 6-0 and we’re 5-1 but that is ok,” Zinn said. On what the team specifically needs to work on, Zinn said “We have to keep working on our doubles. I want all three teams to click, not just two of the three teams. “I think in the bottom of our lineup, the young guys have to step up. They
have the talent. They just seem in awe of the whole college scene and how good the tennis is.” The first match of the weekend was actually the 6-1 victory over the Buccaneers of ETSU which seems a rather straight forward result but the Deacons had to sweat it out. “In tennis circles, everybody knows how good they are,” Zinn said. They win their conference every year and battle the really good teams. I’m always nervous about East Tennessee State.” The pairs of Forman and Atkinson and Wolff and Carleton earned the doubles point with 8-3 victories despite freshmen Zach Leslie and Kreyman losing their match by the same 8-3 scoreline. Singles play was thoroughly dominated by the Deacons although several players faced some nervy situations. Despite a flurry of forehand winners, Forman would be pushed to three tiebreakers for a 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 7-6(4) victory. Atkinson also had to play a tiebreaker, but was able to close out his match in straight sets 7-6(1), 6-4. On the other hand, the 74th ranked Carleton faced zero difficulties in notching a 6-0, 6-2 win at the number one singles position. The freshman made remarkably few errors and played practically a perfect first set. Wolff and Kreyman would pick up straight sets victories at the number three and six positions respectively. The lone causality of the day for the Deacons was the freshman Leslie who fell 6-1, 4-6, 1-0(10-5). Two quality opponents are looming ahead for the Deacons: the No. 34 Michigan Wolverines and the No. 2 Tennessee Volunteers. The Deacons will square off against the Wolverines on Feb. 27 and the Volunteers on the 28th.
Deacs reach new heights at Va. Tech Baseball: Deacons look to improve By Allison Lange | Senior writer
30 of the 800m run. Freshmen Tom Finneran, Sean Lunkenheimer and Anthony Marois took 26th, 28th and 29th, respectively. Thomas Sensing 3rd In the 1,000m run, two more freshmen Jon Reid 4th turned in solid performances. Nate Guthals placed 18th with a time of 2:31.90, and Alec Wake Forest men’s and women’s track and Yale took 30th at 2:37.58. The 3,000m run responsibilities were assigned field teams traveled to Blacksburg, Va., for the to freshmen as well. Finishing within a second Virginia Tech Challenge, Feb. 19-20. The men saw strong performances out of se- of each other, Howard Graves placed 24th at 9:01.29 and Sam Foster niors Jon Reid and Thomas finished 25th with a time Sensing. of 9:01.60. Reid placed fourth in the Fellow freshman Jake 200m dash, finishing in “With the progress that I’ve Graham took 20th in 21.88, while Sensing placed made this year, I’ve had a the mile run at a time of third in the shot put, thrownumber of attempts at heights 4:26.97. ing 53-0.75. In the women’s seeded Senior Brent LaRue’s throw above 12-6.00, so my goal is to pole vault section, sophoof 43-4.50 in the shot put peak at ACC’s and improve more Michelle Lange set a was an indoor-best and was this personal record by more new school indoor record enough to put him in ninth. for the second time this Juniors Tyler Dodds and than an inch.” season. Lange vaulted 12Allan Lunkenheimer both Michelle Lange 3.50 and placed fifth in turned in season-best perforSophomore pole vaulter the event. mances in the 400m dash. She’s been looking forDodds’ time of 48.81 placed ward to the ACC Indoor him 10th, while LunkenChampionships Feb. 25heimer finished right behind 27 and has been working on improving her his teammate in 11th, in 49.15. Sophomore Trey Blanton took fourth in the vault all season. “With the progress that I’ve made this year, unseeded pole vault section, clearing 15-9.00. Wake Forest placed three runners in the top I’ve had a number of attempts at heights above
12-6.00, so my goal is to peak at ACC’s and improve this personal record by more than an inch,” Lange said. “Last weekend, I was a little uneasy about the vaults because I was using a new run, but now I’m more used to it so I hope to improve upon that at ACC’s. “I just want to go into the competition with confidence and get another personal record. I’d also like to score some points for the team.” Elsewhere in the field competition, freshmen Maddy and Gwen Ricco finished back-to-back in the long jump competition, at eighth and ninth, respectively. Sophomore Molly Binder also had an impressive performance at the meet, placing first in the 600m run with a time of 1:33.52. Junior Caitlin Crawford turned in a time of 5:04.75 for the 1,000m run, finishing third overall. Senior Caroline Vaughn also had a third place performance for the Deacs in the 60m hurdles. Vaughn ran a 8.58 to take third, but put up a better time of 8.48 in her preliminary heat. Fellow senior Nicole Castronuova placed seventh in the 200m dash, crossing the line in 24.70. This weekend the team travels back to Blacksburg, for the ACC Indoor Championships, hosted by Virginia Tech Feb. 25-27. The event is free and open to the general public. Fans can watch all of the events in the championships online at the ACC Web site.
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The Flyers offense proved to be too much, however, as the late Deacon rally fell just short. The season started with a 6-2 victory over Army Friday and a 7-5 victory over Dayton in the first game of a Saturday doubleheader. In the second game of the doubleheader the Deacs fell to Army 5-2. “I think it’s a little bit of the early season stuff, as much as anything,” Walter said. “We haven’t had a whole lot of time outside, truthfully. So I think it’s really some early season stuff. “We’ve got to get our middle of the order guys going. (Steven Brooks) and (Mike) Murray need to start swinging the bats well and driving in runs for us in order to be successful” said Walter. Junior Steven Brooks is hitting .315 on the season, but has yet to drive in a run. Senior Mike Murray is batting a lowly .200 with only three RBIs early in this season.
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By Jessie Ammons | Staff writer “Today, you will be working with Cynthia. Now, if she gives you any trouble, you let me know immediately because you should not have to put up with that,” the volunteer coordinator tells me. A fellow volunteer shoots me a sympathetic glance and whispers, “mmm, Cynthia … good luck.” Apprehensively, I sit down at a table in a Presbyterian Church off of Reynolda Road, on week two of my volunteering with the Latino community outreach organization El Buen Pastor, wondering what I have gotten myself into. I am supposed to be tutoring sweet little elementary schoolers, and, within one minute, two fully capable adults have given me the impression I am marching to my doom. One hour later I hop back into my car carrying a pack of Valentine’s Sweet Tarts a la Cynthia. Her “difficult” attitude eroded after 10 minutes, when she discovered I was not going to lose my patience and give up on her. I made a new friend, helped her with her homework, and promised to see her again next week. This is why I volunteer. Cynthia is probably dismissed as a “problem student” so often throughout her days, and I provide consistent support that will hopefully allow her to develop unshakeable self-confidence. In turn, she reminds me of the value of patience and the reality of a world outside of the Wake Forest bubble.
We all supposedly ascribe to our university’s motto, Pro Humanitate, only to get pulled into the whirlpool of challenging classes and incessant commitments that make it difficult to come up for air and commit to anything off campus. Perhaps we just don’t know where to look. Winston-Salem is ripe with volunteer opportunities for all interests and time commitments. When volunteering is mentioned, children are
often thought of, and with good reason. Working with younger people can be an energizing break to the mundane college routine.
HOPE: helping to overcome physical expectations, an on-campus organization, offers an easy way for students to plug in and help out at The Children’s Center and The Special Children’s School, both within ten minutes of campus. The iCan House serves those affected by Autism, Asperger’s and related disorders by providing a resource center, book store and youth social clubs. It is an ideal opportunity for patient people willing to commit to weekly amounts of time to help out with particular events or workshops. Visit the website, icanhouse.com, for volunteer applications.
A popular university student service outlet is Big Brothers and Big Sisters of America, which is a dedicated mentor opportunity to help local malleable children. Program volunteers are paired with “little brothers/sisters,” whom you spend quality time with for at least a few hours each week. That time can include picking them up from school, helping with homework, or just playing in a local park and other random fun activities. Little siblings range in age from elementary to high school. “I had a lot of great older guys influence me when I was young … and I wanted to do the same,” sophomore Mark De La Torre, big brother to 8-year-old Kendi Garnes, said. “It’s a lot of fun to be with him … and great to be able to see him grow.” For those interested in influencing children with a religious purpose, many local churches have need for college students.
“I’ve loved getting to know a great group of younger girls and getting to be an important part of such a pivotal time in their lives,” junior Hannah Newman, a leader for ninth grade girls in the First Presbyterian Youth Ministry located in downtown Winston-Salem, said. Similarly, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Youth Group has an internship program for college students that a handful of university students are already committed to. Contact either church, or consider inquiring around your own church of attendance, if religious involvement appeals to you. For aspiring teachers, or those with a love of learning, tutoring children is always an option. At El Buen Pastor volunteers commit at least one hour of weekly time for the duration of the traditional public school semester. You can choose to tutor elementary, middle or high schoolers –– or help with recreational and artistic activities like sports and piano lessons. Contact Mary Bolton, mary.lcs@windstream.net, for more information. The Arts Based Elementary School is a charter school emphasizing creative development in its students. All student parents must commit to regular volunteering, but college student participation is also sought to offer students a wellrounded experience. Regular tutoring commitments can be established, or simply one-time event assistance, such as at the upcoming Book Fair. Visitwsabes.net/ volunteeropportunities to learn more. While on the artistically inclined train of thought, about a dozen Wake students are just beginning a mural project at Ashley Elementary School (contact junior Carey Gates if interested), and Arts for Life offers all sorts of opportunities, such as art therapy with Brenner Children’s Hospital’s oncology ward.
If your talents lie more in the scientific than creative realm, the Community Care Center
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provides healthcare for the medically uninsured, whether by choice or situation. They desperately need volunteers, especially anyone with a background in Spanish, to help ask about symptoms, take patient temperatures and blood pressure information and various other medical tasks “I decided to do it because I’m Pre-Med, needed immersion experience, and wanted to be interacting with people rather than sitting behind a microscope,” senior Kelsey Allen, a Community Care Center volunteer, said. To get involved, go to cccforsyth.org.
Pre-med junior Grace Prince, was also seeking volunteer experience in a medical setting. The Forsyth Medical Center Emergency Room volunteer deals with visitors at the ER front desk and helps stock patient rooms. Prince has found her time to be incredibly worthwhile; “it’s given me a good look into how an ER runs, the kind of dynamic that goes on, and how to deal with people who are concerned about their family members and friends,” she said. Volunteering is flexible; Prince donates three hours of her time once a week. Call Melissa Williard with Forsyth’s Volunteer Services at 336718-5738.
If you’re looking to help animals, the Forsyth Humane Society requires one training session before volunteering; applications can be found at forsythhumane.org/volunteer.asp. A choice for serving without being specific in your volunteer desires is Head Start, a school readiness program providing comprehensive education, health, nutrition and parent involvement services to low-income children and their parents. Their website, nhsa.org, can guide you in the right direction. “I personally work with three to five year olds in a classroom, and (Head Start) also helps their parents get jobs and other equally cool things,” explains sophomore Katy Burke of her Head Start commitment. “It’s amazing!”
Finally, there are awesome ways to help the homeless and hungry alongside a community with its heart at our university. Many campus ministries send groups to the Samaritan’s Inn, a homeless shelter where “volunteers serve food, participate in a prayer/devotional time, and stay the night,” according to sophomore Carolyn Elliott. Contact a campus minister for available dates. Wake Saturdays is a student-run group that feeds Winston-Salem’s homeless on Saturday mornings. It was started by Wake seniors Richard Roberts and Eric Lang in 2003 and is currently run by Sally Dunlap, AJ Warr, Cori Melton and Katie Luedecke, all students or very recent graduates. Wake Saturdays welcomes volunteers on any given Saturday morning; contact any one of the coordinators for more information. Whether you want to break through to elementary schoolers like “difficult” Cynthia, add a realworld dynamic to your major, explore an interest you don’t get a chance to take classes in, or simply lend a hand for the sake of service, the local community welcomes you. Go ahead and get the full Wake Forest experience, pro humanitate included. Who knows what unexpected lessons await.
Abroad Column | The Road Less Traveled
Experiences abroad prove students can drink responsibly Caitlin Brooks Staff columnist
So, I have been following this Kiss Night controversy from across the Atlantic, and I have to say, way to keep it classy Wake Forest. Getting so rowdy that kiss night was actually canceled? I think that one is a record. It’s no secret that the common belief is that American kids don’t know how to handle alcohol responsibly and so when given the opportunity, drink themselves stupid (and half to death). Trust me, the idea is just as alive in Denmark where the majority of my classmates fully exercise their ability to drink alcohol wherever and whenever they please. Imagine a Wake Wednesday every day of the week and throw in a couple beers before and after each class and
you have an only slightly hyperbolic measure of the consumption habits of my fellow study abroad students. The legal age to buy alcohol in Denmark is 16, though adults tend to serve alcohol to teens as young as 14. The typical response to the shocked and gleeful look on American faces when hearing this news is that alcohol just isn’t a big deal in Denmark. It’s only American kids who are irresponsible with alcohol. While this is false (as a night out at any of the numerous bars in Copenhagen will prove), there is a higher degree of responsibility ascribed to teens and young adults choosing to imbibe. People don’t expect young people to act like fools as we tend to in the United States. Students will be given alcohol with the expectation that they will be able to hold their own and, excuse the phrasing “keep their shit together.” Is this an expectation bred of giving children alcohol from the cradle through to Confirmation? Probably, but I don’t think it is an unreasonable expectation to hold American students to either, even if they cannot legally consume alcohol before the age of 21.
In order for this expectation to be a reality however, we have to reorder our perception of what is appropriate drinking behavior around what I am coming to learn is a very European standard. Let’s take academics at the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) where I study in Copenhagen. After almost all lectures on topics ranging from political debates to climate change seminars, students are provided with unlimited free wine and cheese to enjoy during post-lecture discussions among themselves. At these events, students are free to consume as many glasses of wine as they’d like (and do!) with the stipulation that they maintain decorum in the presence of professors and their intellectual peers. By associating the consumption of alcohol with dignified surroundings, the motive to get as drunk as possible as quickly as possible falls out of the equation. What remains is a group of young adults enjoying alcoholic beverages in a completely responsible manner. These students are not prohibited from getting drunk by anything except
their own desire to remain alert and to maintain their dignity. Alcohol was further included in my studies during my short program tour to Odense and Arhus in Western Denmark to study migration and integration issues. At dinner, our program directors provided a bottle of wine per table and afterwards treated everyone to a night cap at the local microbrewery two nights in a row. On the programs dollar, we each consumed a quarter bottle of wine, a cocktail, and a pint of locally brewed beer in a completely non-academic but entirely responsible setting. We sat with our professors and each other and discussed the activities of the weekend while enjoying alcoholic beverages. When one student broke the cardinal rule of the trip (do not throw up) because he went out with a group of peers and drank too much, he was looked at as irresponsible and immature, not lauded as a hero for the amount of booze he was able to consume before hurling. Alcohol entered the picture again on the way home from the study tour. After completing a quiz on basic knowledge of Denmark, I was awarded a fifth
of bitter dram, a terrible, salty licorice flavored liquor, as my prize. I was presented with the expectation that I would drink it on the bus and share it with my comrades, but that, again, all of us would do so in a responsible manner that exhibited respect to our professors (who again provided the alcohol) and to ourselves. We did not disappoint. I was delighted to receive an e-mail from Jermyn Davis announcing the beer and wine reception after Convocation for students of age. I see this event as a bright start to a path toward personal responsibility when consuming alcohol. Students hopefully did not take advantage of the free beer and wine to get hammered at Convocation and instead took this opportunity to drink some free alcohol on the university’s dollar while maintaining decorum and showing the university that we are not all a bunch of drunken hoodlums without any self-respect. We can accept responsibility for our actions and we can consume alcohol in moderation to have a good time without endangering ourselves, others or our reputations.
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She Said | Illuminating Your Love Life
Remember to stay level-headed Info-please
Paul Hewson is the real name of Bono, U2’s famous lead singer.
Famous director Steven Soderbergh’s hilarious film The Informant! was released to DVD on Feb. 22. The film follows the true story of Mark Whitacre, played by a transformed Matt Damon, as he uncovers a conspiracy deep within his company. Whitacre is far from James Bond, but he fancies himself a secret agent — despite his goofy demeanor. At times his imagination gets the best of him, and the FBI is left struggling to decipher what is real in their starwitness’s ever-changing accounts.
10 Smallest Colleges in U.S. You think Wake is small? Forget thousands, some of these tiny schools have fewer than 100 students.
1. Alaska Bible College 2. Shimer College 3. Thomas More College 4. Sterling College 5. Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts 6. Bryn Athyn College 7. Art Academy of Cincinnati 8. Burlington College 9. College of Visual Arts 10. Holy Apostles College & Seminary
Student Union
Comedian Eric O’Shea Sat. Feb. 27 7p.m. in Benson 401 with a beer garden Tuesday Trivia Every Tuesday night 8 p.m. in Shorty’s Compete to win prizes Check back each week to see upcoming events hosted by Student Union
Drink of the Week Cramit
Midterm exams and papers are beginning. Take a break from the books with this delicious “cram-berry” drink, and before you know it - Spring Break will be here. 3 oz. cranberry vodka 1 oz. lemon juice 1 oz. cranberry juice Shake and strain cranberry vodka into a glass. Add the lemon and cranberry juice. Stir well. Put the finishing touch on your drink by rimming the glass with sugar and add a lemon slice garnish. Enjoy!
Adrienne Alexander Staff columnist
It will come as no surprise to my readers, I am sure, that I often write about my own experiences. And those who know me best realize that the advice I give is quite often exactly the advice I need to receive. There is one person, however, who knows better than anyone else just how close to home my columns can hit, who has noticed — sometimes with delight, sometimes less enthusiastically — that he figures prominently in every article I write. It is to him that I dedicate the words that follow. The tendency to worry is an insidiously selfdestructive habit. Those who suffer from this ailment increase their level of risk for serious adverse health effects, miss out on much of the joy daily life has to offer and, worse, sometimes sabotage their own self-interest by drawing to themselves the very things that they fear. Stressful situations are bound to crop up — this is life at our university after all. But a fear-based emotional response is always counterproductive and ill-advised. Some may be thinking — Adrienne, you have already addressed this relationship topic! True, I
have touched on the dangers of doubting oneself and of shrinking back from really living as a result. But now I would like to take a closer look at how doubting another person can be avoided like the wretched relationship trap that it is. For years, my friend Maria and I have performed an important function in each others’ love lives. Whenever one of us isn’t thinking clearly about a guy — jumping to conclusions, borrowing trouble, whatever you want to call that crazy mental state in which mole hills seem to tower above us, stretching to unscalable heights — she or I will send our currently addle-brained bestie a simple text message. Chill out! Eight simple letters of such great import, to remind us that the current situation, whatever it may be, is not the end of the world. In fact, there have been numerous times in which the supposedly catastrophic circumstance, about which I am seeking consolation turns out to have been all in my head, and my friend’s text has been clearly seen, in retrospect, to be the only thing that prevented me from making a complete idiot of myself tilting at windmills, humiliating myself by my response to an imaginary threat. I would not dare to think that this scenario is typical of my entire gender. My friend herself is living proof that there are women who are considerably more level-headed than I am, but I do know that there are times for all of us (men and women alike) when fear, anxiety, insecurity, worry or doubt may surface in response to real or imagined dangers. Our reaction to these potentially harmful feelings
is critical not only supportive to our personal, physical well-being, but also to the health of our relationships. For me, having my best friend is a key ingredient for general emotional healthiness. It’s good to have someone to bounce thoughts off of. I am doubly blessed because my guy is willing to serve in that capacity as well, listening to me enumerate my fears and insecurities, then reassuring me that all is well. A (slightly) older, considerably wiser friend gave me a bit of advice last fall when I was going through a hard time, and I would like to pass it along to you. If you suffer from insecurity even occasionally, if you ever find yourself feeling less wanted, less loved than you would like to be, try assuming the best about everyone with whom you interact. Try it for a week and see what a difference it can make. We love so much better, so much more freely and generously from a place of self-confidence. For the next week, assume that everyone in your path is blessed with divine insight and just plain good sense that causes them to realize you are wonderful and to desire your company, your friendship, you affection. Assume that you are wonderful, cherished, adored, and that others are allies awaiting your affection. I expect you’ll find that your fanciful assumptions turn out to be truer than you would think. “She Said” is a bi-weekly column that presents one girl’s perspective on the college sex scene. You may contact her with your feedback or ideas at alexae7@ wfu.edu.
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Movie Review | Shutter Island
Scorsese fails with classic crime drama By Kathryn Rohlwing | Staff writer
With Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese, director of numerous classics such as Taxi Driver, Goodfellas and Gangs of New York, brings out his first blockbuster since 2007’s Academy Award-winning The Departed. Shutter Island, however, fails in all the ways Scorsese’s past films have succeeded. The film crawls tediously through the story of two U.S. Marshals (Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road and Mark Ruffalo, The Brothers Bloom) in the 1950s that are brought to a mental hospital on Shutter Island, off the coast of Boston, to investigate the disappearance of a dangerous patient. DiCaprio fails to make an impression in his role as a damaged U.S. Marshal still recovering from the horrors of World War II. His character Shutter Island is not left Starring | Leonardo DiCaprio, entirely undeMark Ruffalo veloped; he is Director | Martin Scorsese not just the Who’s it for? | Fans of psychostereotypical logical thrillers tough cop or shell-shocked Running Time | 2 hrs. 18 mins. war veteran, Rating | D but a careful combination of the two, complete with a wicked sense of humor. Unfortunately, his character is bogged down by less than impressive acting, bizarre dream sequences and irritating attempts at plot twists. His sharp tongue becomes annoying as every vaguely clever line he delivers is commented on by other characters to the point they are no longer amusing, like explaining a joke long after everyone has gotten it. Ruffalo offers even less. His character is left completely undeveloped and Ruffalo does nothing with what he was given. His character is meant to create suspense by posing the question, “can he be trusted?” But Ruffalo is just not interesting, leaving the audience completely indifferent to the answer of this question. The plot presents nothing especially unique. The premise and setting reflect those seen in almost all horror films. The mental hospital consists of a series of imposing buildings positioned on an isolated island. The only way to or from it is through a ferry whose runs are carefully controlled by the directors of the institution. The two marshals arrive on Shutter Island just before a violent storm knocks out all communication with the mainland and ferry runs are cancelled. As they launch their investigation, the marshals find the doctors unhelpful; the interviews
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This psychological thriller about two U.S. marshals in the 1950s comes off as trite and tedious despite its well-known director and cast. all reveal the same story, as though the orderlies and patients were coached. The marshals quickly start to suspect the inhabitants of the island are hiding something and begin to question the reasons behind their being brought to the hospital. There is always something unsettling about isolation, dilapidated buildings and violent weather. The sense of foreboding comes naturally in the opening scenes of the film. As the marshals climb off the ferry, the sky is darkening, the buildings next to the dock are crumbling in disrepair and the guards are on edge, clutching their guns tightly. Undermining the ominous feelings in this scene, though, is the excessively loud music which blares in the background, attempting to emphasize a tension that is already obvious. I found this to be the case throughout the film. The music may have been incorporated in an attempt to enhance the ‘50s-era feel, but it is not necessary as much of the plot revolves around the post-war setting. The film was boring not because the plot was simple or straightforward, there were plenty of twists and turns, but because it was entirely unoriginal.
Each turning point took the story to a more and more predictable conclusion, which made the film hard to sit through. With a run time of over two hours, there were not enough innovative twists to create sufficient suspense. The characters, also, were not particularly creative and with their lack of depth could not carry the film when the plot fell through. Scorsese’s talent as a director does show through in the filming. Each scene is carefully set up, every shot like artwork, but as the film dragged its way painfully towards a conclusion. I found that this careful precision added to the film’s tediousness. I have seen a few of his films and enjoyed all of them. The previous collaborations between DiCaprio and Scorsese have swept through award season earning many nominations and wins, but this movie lacked all of the charisma and all of the attention to characters and to plot that his previous films displayed so well. No matter how big a fan of Scorsese or DiCaprio you may be, I would definitely not recommend seeing Shutter Island in theaters.
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Restaurant Review | Bambino’s Pizzeria
NY-style pizzas offered at an affordable price By Pooja Patel | Staff writer
most prized part of the restaurant is their separate game room, which has classic games found in most Although it competes against solid Winston- arcades like an air hockey table, a virtual skiing Salem Italian restaurants like Elizabeth’s and Mario’s game, Ms. Pac Man, etc. This collection of video games and pinball Pizza, Bambino’s Pizzeria holds its own ground. Conveniently located off of Peters Creek Parkway machines can all be played while waiting for your food. at Clemmonsville/ Bambino’s has everything including hot, Old Salisbury Road, Bambino’s Pizzeria grilled sandwiches, pastas, pizza, wings, it is a mere 10 minute jalapeno poppers, etc. Their sandwiches drive from campus. Location | 2225 Old Salisbury Rd, are $ 5.25 for an 8-inch and $7. 25 for a Known for having Hours | 5 p.m. - 9 p.m. Sun. - Mon. 12-inch.Their pizza ranges from $15-20 the best New York 11:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Tues. - Thurs. for their specialties which include philly Style pizza in town, 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. Fri. - Sat. steak pizza, white pizza, meat lover, and it is definitely a hot create-your -own. spot for the locals Serving | NY-style pizza A 19-inch cheese pizza is only $15. Also, and others who Dress | Casual they have “Hot Italian Dinners” which happen to stumble serves all the most popular Italian pastas upon the restaurant. Price Range | $10 - $20 like spaghetti and meatballs and chicken The environment is Rating | B + parmesan. laid back, casual, Ordering the renowned pizza and two homey the chefs are friendly, the service is fast and the price is in the of their hot, grilled sandwiches, my table was satisfied overall. lower range. If you want real NY-style pizza then you have It’s not a sit down and order place; you just go to the counter, place your order and they'll call you to try this place. It was deliciously cheesy, but not when it's ready. Consisting of comfortable booths greasy in the slightest. Their pizza dough and sauce and a few tables, a few posters here and there, the is made fresh daily and it was evident in the quality of the pizza. The crust is divine; it is slightly crispy set up is very similar to Elizabeth’s. With three big-screen TVs around the restaurant and has a homemade taste. The pizza sauce is light, playing the Olympics and The Simpsons, it is clear yet rich and flavorful. Also, the slices are massive, that this is a cross between a sports bar and a family so you’re definitely getting your money’s worth. It style restaurant, with something for everyone. The was by far my favorite part of the meal.
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Bambino’s Pizza offers a wide array of menu options and local color that makes it competitive with national pizza chain restaurants. The sandwiches came out looking absolutely mouth-watering, extremely cheesy and just perfect. The bread was baked crispy, with eggplant or chicken stuffed in and a plethora of cheese that made my stomach growl simply by looking at it. They were good, but not the best I’ve ever had. The one complaint was that the chicken parmesan sandwich tasted like “fried chicken.” Other than that, it’s definitely one of the best kept secrets of
Event Review | Giles and Harris Competition in Musical Performance
Winston-Salem, especially in terms of pizza. It is a great little neighborhood pizza joint that can’t be compared to national chains. The relaxed atmosphere makes Bambino’s a place that could easily be a hangout for both the young and old. The food is comparable to other independent restaurants, but with exceptional pizza. Great food at an extremely reasonable price. What more can you ask for?
Heart to Heart | A guide to college living
Student musicians compete Sleepless nights Freshman Cheng Liu from Hangzhou, China, received the $500 Sinal Prize for first place in the piano comTwenty-nine undergraduate stupetition. The prize was dedicated in dents performed in the 33rd annual honor of the Sinal family on the 20th Christopher Giles and Lucille S. Harris anniversary of the competition. Competitions in Musical Performance Liu performed the first movement on Feb. 20. from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Partita Students performed a memorized No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 and Claude solo of their selection, as long as it Debussy’s Reflets dans l’eau. met the appropriate criteria, in order “The most challenging part of the to showcase their diligent work for a two pieces is the contrasting moods, brief five minutes in Brendle Recital one strong the other Hall stage. soft, which took four The first half months of preparation of the event was “If you can enjoy what you are to master,” Liu said. the piano comdoing in high-pressure The second half of petition in which the event was the open five pianists persituations, then you have competition in which formed. become a great performer.” 24 instrumentalists and The judges Candice Dickinson vocalists performed for this portion Freshman music of the 19th cenof the competitury. tion were Ruskin The judges for this Cooper, piano portion were Lynn Huntzinger Beck, professor at Davidson College and horn player for the Winston-Salem and Robert Rocco, collaborative artist and Greensboro Symphonies, Seth Brodsky, instructor of aural skills at the Uniuniversity alum and music professor at versity of North Carolina School of Yale University and David Schildkret the Arts. who is on sabbatical from his position Junior Lauren Rajakovich received as professor of choral music at Arizona the $500 Award for Pianistic ExpresState University and presently a visiting siveness. The prize is funded by Henry scholar at Salem College. Virts and his wife in memory of their Senior Emily Sigler received the $500 son, Ward, who was a first prize winner Outstanding Performance by a Nonin the 1985 piano competition. Music Major Award. Rajakovich performed Beethoven’s Richard and Frances Sakowicz funded Bagatelle in E-flat major, Op. 126, No. the prize in honor of Christopher Giles 6 and the first movement of Alberto and Lucille S. Harris, who encouraged Ginastera’s Piano Sonata No. 1. “I really musical excellence in students regardless enjoyed playing them, especially in their of their major. deeply contrasting characters,” RajakSigler, a flute player, performed the ovich said. “I really enjoy performing “Finale” from Dvorak’s Sonatina, Op. each year in the competition.” 100. “It gives me a goal to work toward, so It was a fantastic display of expresthat on the day of the event I can have siveness and musicality as the rolling the satisfaction of a great performance. folk-like melodies and jaunty rhythms It is also a really great opportunity for soar in a quick Allegro. the music students on the Wake Forest “It affords music students the rare campus to share what it is they love to opportunity to meet and connect with do, perform,” she said. the members of the community who Fraser Song, a sophomore from Korea, have supported the music program at received the $300 Marc and Kirk Elvy Wake Forest for so many years,” Sigler Prize for second place in the piano comsaid. petition. Sophomore Kayla Shipley received the The prize is funded by Ms. Cecilia $200 Fourth Place Prize. Shipley perMerritt Wyatt in memory of her two formed the “Rondo” from Carl Maria sons. von Weber’s Grand Duo Concertant Fraser performed Frederick Chopin’s for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 48. Nocturne in F-sharp major, Op. 15, Shipley having played the piece before, No. 2 and Etude in C-sharp minor, said, “I was excited to have the chance to Op. 10, No. 4. By Jacob Eichorn | Staff writer
perfect the extremely demanding piece; and after months of diligent work, it was truly rewarding to finally simply enjoy performing it.” It was a phenomenal display as the clarinet and piano move together on fast 16th note runs making them seem effortless. Senior Virginia Browne received the $300 Third Place Prize. Browne, a vocalist, performed three lieder by Felix Mendelssohn, Neue Liebe, Op. 19, No. 4, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Op. 32, No. 2 and Andres Maienlied (Hexenlied), Op.8, No.8. “It not only showcases the tremendous talent that Wake Forest has to offer by recognizing and rewarding the hard work of the students; it shows that we as a community value the arts so much,” Browne said. The second place winner received the $400 Patricia Sloan Mize Award. He performed Adagio for Clarinet by Richard Wagner. The piece is not commanding in a technical sense, but in making the long lines seamless and playing expressively. It also required a lot of finesse in the awkward leaps and maintaining a sweet sound on the higher notes. Freshman Candice Dickinson received the $500 Joseph Pleasant and Marguerite Nutt Sloan Award for first place. Mize, in 1987, endowed the Sloan prize to honor her late parents. Dickinson performed Giacomo Puccini’s “Quando m’en vo” from La Bohème and “Saper vorreste” from Guiseppe Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera. “It was difficult balancing the dramatic aspect of the arias with the technical; but the strong emotions of the pieces allow me to get into character and thus the music to give a better performance overall,” Dickinson said. “The most rewarding part of the experience was another opportunity to perform in a healthy competitive atmosphere. If you can enjoy what you are doing in high-pressure situations, then you have become a great performer.” Each year The Giles-Harris Competition showcases the hard work of the performers and allows the patrons to see what that their support encourages the music students to become. The performers would agree that the best part of the competition is the love for music that it fosters among everyone involved.
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From vocals to pianists, university students gave moving performances during the annual Christopher Giles and Lucielle Harris Competitions in Musical Performance.
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blood cells for the rest of your life, decreasing your chances of contracting the disease for a second time – but not making it impossible for you to relapse. Even when you have completely recovered, the virus can still easily be passed on to someone else. This makes the virus close to imposKelsey Korey sible to prevent. Staff columnist One major complication with mono Are you constantly overtired – even is the severe enlargement of the spleen, when you do have a good night of which is an integral part of the body’s sleep? lymphatic system. The source of your exhaustion may The spleen helps the body fight off not be due to the overwhelming amount infection – and because it is overworkof work you are doing during the week ing in someone who has contracted the – it may be a symptom of mononucleo- disease, it can enlarge, causing further sis. complications. There are several college students Recent research suggests that enlargewho walk around with the disease for ment of the spleen is dangerous and months and have no idea they are carri- should be brought to a doctor’s atteners because the virus presents its effects tion. differently in everyone. Research also suggests that strenuous Even if you have not been recently activity be limited as much as possible exposed to a carrier of the disease, while the spleen is enlarged; this is in its symptoms order to avoid rupgenerally take turing it – which around two could be fatal. It is extremely common for months to Unfortunately, a fully develop. “cure” for monocollege students to ignore the Even carrinucleosis does not ers of the discurrently exist. symptoms of mono because ease are someHowever, plenty it can easily be mistaken for a of time and a hefty times unaware that they have dosage of rest and persistent cold or persistent passed on the relaxation are both contagious exhaustion. strongly encourvirus. aged by doctors as Despite what methods to help you may have relieve symptoms heard, kissing for someone who is not the only way to pass the disease has contracted the disease. to others. Usually, a doctor will promote sleepJust sharing drinks or even getting ing for approximately 10 hours a night coughed on by someone who is a car- – in addition to avoiding alcohol and rier drastically increases your chances paying close attention to your body’s of contracting the disease. signals. But just because one of your close It is extremely common for univerfriends has mono doesn’t mean you sity students to ignore the symptoms need to panic. of mono, because it can easily be misIt would be smart, however, to avoid taken for a persistent cold or persistent sharing drinks and, most importantly, exhaustion. make sure you wash your hands freFor this reason, many students are quently. infected for long periods of time Typical symptoms of mono include: unknowingly. exhaustion, swollen lymph nodes, sore This makes it difficult for them to clear throat, headache, fever of about 103 up their symptoms – and more impordegrees, abdominal pain, stomach ache, tantly, it enables the virus to spread loss of appetite and weakness. more easily and rapidly to others. It is important to note that not all So even if your symptoms are mild of these symptoms will be present in – get tested. everyone. You can speed up your own recovery If you are experiencing several symp- process – as well as keep the virus from toms simultaneously you are urged to spreading. see a doctor. Mono is not an uncommon disease. The easiest way to know whether or In fact, about 95 percent of people not you have contracted the virus is experiencing some form of the virus in the presence of a sore throat, which their lifetime. – seems to be a constant complaint of Unfortunately, there is not one way mono carriers. to prevent the disease. Testing for the virus can be done at For those who may have already almost any health center and only takes caught mono – drinking enough water, minutes. having good hygiene, eating a healthy It is encouraged to be tested if any of diet and sleeping more are common the above symptoms are persistent. suggestions given by doctors. Once you have been infected with And obviously – try not to kiss somemono, the virus stays in your white one who’s a carrier of the virus.
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Music Review | Commercial Songs
Concert Review | Wake Radio Show
TV advertisements Krankies hosts four-band show promote new music By Margaret Gelburd | Staff writer
By Kara Solarz | Contributing writer
Ever since Phoenix tried to sell me a Cadillac, I’ve realized that TV commercials are beginning to surpass all of my “On The Go” playlists. Now whenever I listen to music, I can only think of the stuff it makes me want to buy. This is an ironic dilemma for me, seeing that post-holidays my primary form of currency is iTunes gift certificates. For instance, Spoon just released a new album, Transference, and it just makes me wish I could buy another soundtrack from the OC. But now that the OC is deader than Mischa Barton’s character/career, I’m at a loss. Maybe Spoon will come “outta the woodwork” and wind up on a future Jersey Shore soundtrack. Though their music is not much for battling/breaking down the beat with one’s fist/offensively grinding. The new Vampire Weekend album, Contra, is an awesome blend of afrobeat and pop complete with steel drums. It makes me want to buy a piña colada, and I don’t even like the taste of coconut. Though one look at this band of prepsters (all Columbia grads) kind of makes me want to buy a pair of boat shoes, too. As if walking around campus on a rainy day isn’t enough of an advertisement. There’s also this great little album, Die Stadt Muzikanten, by a Canadian folk band Woodpigeon. It mostly makes me want to buy a ticket to a Woodpigeon concert. This is easy to listen to and super trendy, so it’s really only a
matter of time before they wind up in a commercial (reference: Passion Pit). The only hang up is that my favorite song is called “VCR,” and I am pretty sure that the only videotapes I still own are ET and a taped over episode of Survivor, so I’ll keep brainstorming on that one. Also, I have been listening to a ton of this band called Beach House and their new album Teen Dream. They play dreamy, relaxing music that doesn’t make me want to do much of anything, let alone buy stuff. Though incidentally, I put the money down for a place in Myrtle Beach for post exams this week. So it turns out I am endlessly a consumer. Thanks, Beach House. And though I am admittedly a music snob, I might be addicted to Ke$ha’s Animal. I would still say I’m more inclined to buy toothpaste than a bottle of Jack, but I am probably going to need to buy Aspirin for all of my P. Diddy mornings (which, to me, feel unimpressively like a hangover). Speaking of guilty pleasures, I’m just going to buy Lady Gaga’s The Fame Monster. “Bad Romance” has been stuck in my head since the first time I heard it. In fact, my “On The Go” playlist may currently be that song 16 times. I also attempted to take a stab at the next iPod commercial song, but I’m just not cutting edge enough. In my perfect world it would feature “Poison” by Bell Biv Devoe and the Green Man from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Have any better ideas?
What do four local bands, strong coffee, PBR and head bopping have in common? – a show organized by our very own Wake Radio! On Feb. 18, students, townies and music lovers alike gathered at Krankies for nearly four hours of live beats in support of Wake Radio for the low price of $5 a head. Sympathies, the first act, had a modest crowd supporting their offkilter rhythms. Considering that they claimed to have only played together a few times, the group put together a good show as people began coming into Krankies in waves. Before the next act even meandered onstage with an impressive display of dreads, I had Bolmongani’s music judged by the neon, rave-esc, cyclic pattern on his drum set. Bolmongani generalizes his music as “psychedelic/ experimental/psychedelic” on his MySpace page. Not to take MySpace pages too seriously, but this description fits this one-man, multi-instrument band’s music adequately. A few minutes into his second song the crowd started to pulse. With a dancing group surging at the middle, everyone else bopped along to the strange yet very well composed eclectic beats of Ryan Pitts. Wake Radio’s station manager, Nathan Bedsole, controlled the transition music between sets as people moseyed around Krankies to view the unique art exhibit or to get more coffee. Looking back now, I realize how different each variety of music showcased was from each other as it ranged from jam to dance to club to rock. Perhaps this broad span of genres contributed to the impressive turnout – or maybe Wake Radio just has devoted
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Wake Radio held a well-attended event that featured four bands at Krankies Coffee downtown on Feb. 18. supporters … either way I could tell the night was turning out to be a success. The Sugar High Gang took me out of my people-watching stupor with their commanding presence. The lead singer, Shanthony Exum, announced before her third song, for us to follow her lyrics’ instructions in clapping and dancing, which the majority of us did happily. When the famous “Spandex Song” came on I understood that few others than Shanthony Exum could pull off lines such as, “Look at me in my spandex pants / pants tight, tight, tight make you want to dance,” while demonstrating these beneficial characteristics of spandex. The sequencing and steady beats of drummer/synthesizer Mike Shepherd contributed to the contagious dancevibes that The Sugar High Gang radiated as Krankies filled dancing bodies. By the time Terrence and the Tallboys came on the caffeine started to fade and sugar-crashes took its place. This being said, the overall feeling of the show still remained – just with slower dance steps. I’m a little embarrassed to
say that Terrance and the Tallboys were the only band performing that I’d heard before. Word on the street was they’re one of Winston-Salem’s most talented bands. When I saw that they sold vinyl with their CDs for the low “stimulus package deal” of $12, I had a feeling they’d put on a good show before they took the stage. Luckily, they did not disappoint. Even after seeing Terrance and the Tallboys live, I still can’t decide on an appropriate musical comparison to the heavy emotions displayed in the rhythms and complexity of their beats. One thing that I enjoyed most about them is the levels to their songs. If each member of the band went solo I would more than likely still see each of them for their talent and creativity – although, they play amazingly well together, so I wouldn’t recommend they take this path. In all, Wake Radio did an excellent job putting on this event and everyone’s support at Krankies is very appreciated by all those involved.
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Vancouver: Games don’t deserve harsh criticism Continued from Page B1
other matches in progress, joining in on the cheers of a row of rowdy Swiss and even following the lead of a costumed Uncle Sam. Hundreds of Canucks waved Finnish flags as hockey star Teemu Selanne recorded his record-setting 37th career Olympic point in Finland’s 5-0 victory over Germany. They roared as Russia’s Alex Ovechkin flattened the Czech Republic’s Jaromir Jagr, sparking his team to a 4-2 win. But the biggest cheers were reserved for the home team. Known as being soft-spoken people who shy away from brash displays of patriotism, Canadians answered Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s plea to outwardly support their country. Jackets and scarves emblazoned with “CANADA� were everywhere, and over three million pairs of mittens with a maple leaf on the palm have been sold. Even letdowns such as the Canadian hockey team’s 5-3 loss to the United States and Canada’s disappointing medal count could not quell the unprecedented display of national pride. “It’s really cool to see everybody wearing Canada stuff for the Games,� remarked one Vancouverite. “I wish it was always like this.� The reality is that despite the inherent excitement that the Olympics bring to a city, it is the Canadian people who have made these Games such an enjoyable experience. Having been to Beijing in 2008, I know firsthand that not all Olympics have such an environment. While in Beijing, the locals thought nothing of pushing their way to the front of a line; in Vancouver the slightest nudge is met with a sincere “sorry� in that distinctive Canadian accent. Rather than Chinese soldiers on every corner and security so tight that only the people privileged enough to have event tickets could partake in any Olympic activities, the city of Vancouver closed off streets in the city center for anybody who wanted to come. Officials estimated that over 50,000 people packed downtown on Feb. 20, patiently queuing for up to four hours for the opportunity to hold an Olympic medal or get a picture with the Stanley Cup. There was no frustration with the long wait times. After all, hosting an Olympics is a once in a lifetime opportunity, why spoil it with a bad attitude? After what I observed in Vancouver, I find it almost impossible to understand the criticism the Games have received, with some writers suggesting that the 2010 Olympics could go down as the “worst Olympics ever.� Perhaps it should come as no surprise that some of the harshest
critics are British, who want to set the bar low with the 2012 London Games looming. Certainly, from an operational standpoint there have been some major snafus. The death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili cast a shadow over the opening ceremony, which itself suffered a setback when one leg of the Olympic cauldron failed to rise into place. Then there were the issues of snow, or lack thereof, broken down busses and Zambonis and an ugly fence erected around the outdoor cauldron. But if that is the only news being reported out of Vancouver then the rest of the world is missing out on the true storyline — thousands of people from around the globe coming together in a welcoming environment to discover that they have more in common than they might have thought. In that aspect, Vancouver 2010 has been an unbridled success. Even with only two Olympics under my belt I can already see how the Games begin to take on the character of their host nation. Beijing 2008 was designed to be a spectacle, and it was — an almost intimidating extravaganza that sent a message to the world that China had arrived as a major international player. But at the same time, the government-driven determination to pull off a flawless fortnight, including measures such as launching rockets into the atmosphere in an attempt to control the weather, often overshadowed the athletes themselves. Vancouver 2010 has restored the Olympic Games to an organic celebration of sport and the people who love it. In a scene that could only happen in Canada, favorite son Wayne Gretzky transported the Olympic torch to the outdoor cauldron in the back of a pickup truck with fans in various stages of intoxication running alongside. There was no flaming arrow being shot into the torch as in Barcelona or a torchbearer suspended by wires “running� around the roof of stadium as in Beijing. Just a national hero in a truck among the hoi polloi – a powerful statement that these Games belonged to the people. That is not to say that one approach to hosting is necessarily better than the other. Certainly Beijing 2008 was praised by many for elevating the Olympics to a never-before-seen level. But those that dismiss the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games as a disappointment because they lacked some of the extravagance of their predecessors are missing the point. The Beijing Olympics were distinctly Chinese. The Vancouver Olympics are distinctly Canadian. In the words of the woman on my flight, “It’s the way things should be.�
Photo courtesy of Alex Botoman
Senior Alex Botoman stands in the heart of Vancouver, site of the 2010 Winter Olympics, with a ticket to the U.S.–Canada hockey game.
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The United States and Russian women’s curling teams shake hands after Russia’s 4-6 victory. The U.S. team would rebound with a 6-5 victory over Great Britain.
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