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Wake TV produces broadcasts with ESPN U By Cheryl Johnson | Staff writer
Every university has some type of news program to keep the students informed about important information around campus, but how many of these programs actually get national coverage? Not too many; however, Wake Forest is among a network of less than 100 colleges asked to participate in a new program called ESPN U. “The partnership with WakeTV and ESPN U is an exciting step forward for Wake TV,” junior Brent Lindley said, president of Wake TV. “Wake Forest has a tendency to not appreciate the true
amount of work which is reflected in the professionalism of the videos and programs being produced by our students.” Through ESPN U Campus Connection, groups of WakeTV members get the opportunity to display their productions in front of a national audience. The feedback from the program has been great, with one of their videos being voted the top in the nation for two weeks straight. Several of the segments focus on mentorship and how, for example, the football team helped Gelo Orange, a native of Haiti, find his place on campus, and
the women’s golf team helped Cheyenne Woods handle the pressures that come from being Tiger Woods’ niece. Wake TV’s latest assignment is a follow-up story on Orange, who has family affected by the recent earthquake in Haiti. Wake TV has also filmed nine sports segments for ESPN U which have aired during basketball games this year and on ESPNU.com. Students developed the ideas for the spots and worked with the athletic department to obtain game footage and
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Junior Hailey Robbins records a segment for ESPN U with WakeTV crew members.
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It is that time of year again: the snow has melted and the thought of escaping the “Work Forest” workload is heavy on every student’s mind. While most students grabbed their suitcases and headed to the beach or theme park with thoughts of partying with friends and sometimes even sitting and doing nothing, some Wake Forest students were thinking of spending their time a little more differently. These students decided to spend the week helping others through various service projects. One such project was a trip to El Salvador to work in a dental clinic. On this trip, led by sophomore Matthew King and junior Lexi McBride, students
handed out medicine and set up clinics in three different places. Sponsored by the Christian Medical Dental Association, an undergraduate student organization, this group of pre-dental students or Spanish major or minors raised money to furnish the dental clinic and to buy toys and clothing to share with children visiting the clinic. This is the third year that the trip has been held, and in the past students have raised money for a complete dental chair and are currently working on an X-ray machine for the clinic in San Salvador. “The trip has changed me by allowing my mind to get off of myself as well as think about some harder concepts such as how and why I have been blessed with the family and place that I live,” King
On March 15, local mayor Allen Joines said that the city is applying to be chosen by Google for an experimental internet network that could be around 100 times faster than the internet that most Americans get. Winston-Salem is one of around a hundred cities that are applying for the position. Local businesses and citizens are encouraged to support the effort in order to ensure the cities chance of getting the position.
First of several job-creating bills passes Congress
Not your typical Spring Break By Cheryl Johnson | Staff writer
Winston-Salem applies for experimental fiber optic network
said. “It is not that the people there are not content with what they have. It is just that they live on different standards. Their love for life and the small things, such as loving and serving others, is truly inspiring.” The students volunteering in El Salvador are among about 100 undergraduates participating in service trips this spring break. A second project brought together eight students from a variety of different academic backgrounds to Chicago for a unique community service experience. This group, led by sophomore Vincent Ganzon and sponsored by the Volunteer Service
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A bill of tax breaks and highway spending cleared past Congress on March 15. This bill was the first of several with the intent to bring down the high unemployment rate of 9.7. The bill passed by a vote of 68 to 29 and will cost about $17.6 billion.
Senator asks drug-makers to explain prices A Senate Democrat Herb Kohl wrote letters to top drug-makers on March 12 asking why Americans pay higher prices for prescription drugs than patients in other developed nations.
Ex-NFL player teaches local kids about health On March 14, former NFL player Allen Rossum held a forum for local children and their parents to discuss healthy eating and exercising practices. More than 100 children and parents met with Rossum at the Winston-Salem Gateway YMCA.
Wesley House resident confronts robber in her room By Bobby O’Connor | News editor
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A resident at the Wesley House, 109 Rosedale Circle, confronted a robber inside of her room at 11 p.m. on March 15.
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Sophomore Kristen Binz awoke at approximately 11 p.m. March 15 to find an intruder in her room rifling through her desk and belongings. “He was African-American, about my height (5’5”), average build. He looked very young, like a high schooler,” Binz said. “He had a dark hoodie on and the hood was pulled up over his head. His front pockets were stuffed.” Binz said that she had taken a nap before finishing her homework and that when she awoke she saw someone, who wasn’t her roommate, standing over her desk.
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Binz then confronted the subject, grabbing onto his sweatshirt and demanding that he return her possessions. “When he turned around and saw me, I think he was almost as surprised as I was,” she said. “I asked him what he was doing and he mumbled some bull excuse. He had my cell phone in his hand, so I took it from him. “I put a hand on his hoodie, gripped it, and said, ‘Please give me back my stuff.’ He started backing out my room,” she said. “I moved to get a better grip on him, and that’s when he threw me off and ran.” Binz recalls calling for help, but the kid dashed out the door
before anybody else in the house was able to respond. She didn’t follow him outside and instead called campus police. “I remembered hearing someplace that campus police could respond faster than the general WinstonSalem police,” she said. “I was shaking and couldn’t remember the first part of the phone number, but luckily I had it saved in my cell.” University and Winston-Salem Police Department officers responded to the report, but were not able to locate the man. University Police is currently still investigating the burglary, which
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Brieflies Sustainability to be encouraged on campus More than 100 higher education leaders from around the country will gather at Wake Forest March 22-23 for “Taking It to the Next Level: Strategies for Adaptation across the Sustainability Curriculum” to discuss and debate the ways sustainability can be better integrated into academics. Participants will also look at how best to mix traditional coursework with hands-on, problembased learning outside the classroom.
U.S. Senator Richard Burr to speak at university U.S. Senator Richard Burr will speak on health care reform at 4 p.m. on March 19 in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312. Burr’s speech, “Healthcare Reform: From Washington and from within the Industry.” The event is not open to the public. His speech begins the Schools’ of Business first Healthcare Club Competition and Symposium, March 19 and 20. Burr is a 1978 graduate of Wake Forest.
Upcoming Wake ‘N Shake will raise money for cancer fund Students at Wake Forest will be on their feet for 12 hours on March 20 for a dance marathon to raise money for cancer research. The annual “Wake ‘N Shake” event will be held in Reynolds Gymnasium from noon until midnight. All funds raised will support the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund, an ongoing student initiative in memory of the Wake Forest and Chicago Bears football star who died of cancer in 1970 at the age of 26.
Middle school students to come to university On April 8th, the university will host many 7th graders from local Paisley Middle School. The event is being hosted by Project Launch, a mentoring program, and will teach the students about university activities such as Campus Kitchen, some athletics, admissions and the library. The young students will also encounter some groups such as the Lilting Banshees and Plead the Fifth.
Symposium on ethics, religion and the law to be held The Rule of Law and the Rule of God: A Symposium on Ethics, Religion & Law will be held on March 23 in Pugh Auditorium. During this event, the university invites distinguished politicians and scholars to discuss the future of law and religion in face of many challenges posed by globalization.
Corrections In the last issue, the article “Welcome Center draws concern over trees” had two pieces of misinformation. In the article, it is stated that about 2.4 acres of original forest will remain. In actuality, 2.4 acres of the project site will remain in its natural state while over 20 acres will remain throughout the forest. Also, the article stated that the types of trees that were cut down were mostly poplars, maples, and oaks when in actuality these hardwood trees were the ones that were saved on the site.
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Jennifer Gentry: Art
By Samantha Hoback | Staff Writer
The university’s impressive roster of faculty members includes professors who not only have a gift for teaching and inspiring students but also have a passion for their specialization outside of the classroom. These professors love what they do, and many are involved in research projects, performances, exhibits and other activities on and off campus. Jennifer Gentry is a professor in the art department at the university. She graduated from Wake Forest with a Studio Art major and a Biology minor with a pre-med concentration. After her undergraduate studies, Gentry attended Johns Hopkins and received her master’s in medical illustration. Like many students at the university, Gentry had a variety of different interests and found a way to pursue them. “Medical illustration is a way that I can combine my love of art and interest in medicine,” Gentry said. “I transferred to the university from Carnegie Mellon so that I could simultaneously prepare for medical school, study art and work toward understanding the world more broadly. Later I discovered
that I could combine my interests through medical illustration.” Gentry grew up in Southern California, about 40 miles north of Los Angeles. “Art has been central to my life since I can remember,” Gentry said. “When I was an undergraduate, I thought that I wanted to become a doctor.” During her undergraduate career, Gentry not only spent a lot of time in the art studios, but she found many opportunities to gain experience outside the classroom. “For a Biology Department Comparative Anatomy Lab Manual, I illustrated fetal pig and honeybee anatomy,” Gentry said. “I took on various design projects throughout the university. I also worked as an illustrator for a furniture designer in High Point.” When she is not in the classroom, Gentry works as a medical illustrator. She is the founder of Gentry Visualization - a business specializing in well-designed medical illustration. “Gentry Visualization is the business I began about ten years ago,” she said. “Throughout the last three years I have illustrated for several breast surgery textbooks. Other recent projects include illustrating patient education tools for
understanding diabetes treatments and correct breast self-exam techniques, upper extremity analgesia for anesthesiologists in the Journal of Regional Anesthesia, and a blood monitoring device for use in space exploration.” Many of Gentry’s illustrations have been shown in journals, textbooks, courtroom exhibits, print and webbased patient education programs and pharmaceutical and medical device education materials. She also shows work in the Association of Medical Illustrators Salon. “My favorite part about medical illustration is that I not only get to conceptualize, draw or paint just about every day, but medical illustration feeds my fascination with science and anatomy,” Gentry said. “With every project, I get to learn more and understand more deeply.” For students studying art at the university, Gentry advises that they continue to study what they love and do their research. “Talk to as many people as you can about your interests and ask them if they can direct you to others. To enter certain fields, it is easiest to follow certain prescribed pathways to gain entry. However, you do not always need
to take an established path - you can develop your own path if you are committed enough.” With the current economic situation, students may be concerned that finding a career may not be as easy as it used to be. But Gentry says that students should take advantage of this time in their lives and pursue every opportunity. “You have fewer financial and family commitments in your twenties.” This semester, Gentry is teaching painting classes. “Most teachers would agree that one of the best parts of teaching is facilitating and witnessing moments of discovery,” Gentry said. “Teaching art is great because it is full of those moments. It is a constant challenge to understand how the visual influences, communicates, reflects, and makes meaning. As an artist, teaching art reminds me to stay close to the fundamentals of art and design. I am also motivated by a belief that even if a student does not plan to become an artist, making and studying art offers practice in identifying and solving problems, managing projects, innovating, and fulfilling oneself which prepares students for any future endeavor,” she said.
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By Nilam Patel | News editor Robert Lewis Swofford, a chemistry professor here at the university, passed away March 12 at his home in Clemmons, N.C. He was 62. Swofford was extremely passionate about his work and about teaching. Swofford was a professor at the university for nearly two decades and he made differences in many lives. He loved his students and was willing to do anything to inspire them to learn. Swofford received the prestigious Advisor of the Year award for mentoring his students. Swofford was constantly kind and always willing to help anyone who needed it. His intellectual curiosity never ended, which made him enthusiastic about his research and teaching others. Swofford was not only Swofford an intellectual, he was also known to have a lovely singing voice. He worked hard but he also liked to release stress by singing. Swofford was born in Charlotte, N.C. He graduated from East Mecklenburg High School. After high school, he continued on to Furman University. Swofford received his bachelor’s in chemistry in 1969 magna cum laude. He then went on to receive his doctorate in chemistry from University of California at Berkley in 1973. Swofford is survived by his wife of 36 years, Linda. He is also survived by his two children, Karen and Michael. Both Karen and Michael are from Charlotte, N.C. Swofford is also survived by his sisters, Lena Gordon of Charlotte and Jean Firestone of Evanston, Ill., his brother, Donald Swofford of Charlotte; two nieces; two nephews; and many other friends and family. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to Furman University, 3300 Poinsett Highway, Greenville, S.C., 29613-6480.
responded to the report, but were not able to locate the man. University Police is currently still investigating the burglary, which occurred at the university-owned house on 109 Rosedale Dr. “Afterwards, the only thing I noticed he had taken from me was money,” Binz said. “The police were very good. I was laughing with a policewoman afterwards about wishing to have given the robber a good elbow to the face, and I felt strangely composed.” Police originally suspected the man might have entered the student’s room through an open window. Binz said that the window was closed but not secured and that the intruder removed the screen from the window before lifting the window open. No arrest has been made in the case, as the investigation is still ongoing. Chief of University Police, Regina Lawson, is continuing to urge people to take precautions such as securing and latching windows and doors
even while in the room. “We want students to make sure their keeping their house doors and windows secured even while at home,” she said. “We’re still working with the victim to confirm what is missing.” “In retrospect, the first thing I thought of after the incident happened was ‘I should have elbowed him in the face.’ It would have floored him,” Binz said. “But when I was grabbing onto his hoodie, he didn’t try to hurt me, he didn’t get violent or aggressive -- so it didn’t occur to me to try to hurt him either. I was just trying to hold onto him to keep him from getting away.” The Residence Life and Housing bulletin, which Lawson referenced as a source for students to consult about securing their rooms and preventing crime, says that RL&H staff strives to provide the safest environment possible in the residence halls. Binz says that she wasn’t afraid of going back into his room to go to bed after the incident, but it was difficult to fall asleep because she kept thinking about what she could have possibly done to stop the robber from escaping.
“A person whose face has been bashed in doesn’t regroup quickly,” she said. “The hardest part about this whole deal is thinking about what I could have done to stop him. I don’t feel violated, but I feel inadequate.” Binz admits that this incident was relatively minor but had the potential to be more serious. “It was unspeakably fortunate that this was a mild incident. The robber could have been older, bigger, stronger,” she said. “He could have gotten aggressive. He could have been after a rape, and not just to steal. He could have had a weapon. He could have stolen a lot more.” Binz said that students must remember that crime occurs, even on campus, and that they need to take precautions against being victimized. “You have to prepare beforehand. And it could potentially be lifesaving,” she said. “No one can really know how they’ll respond in a crime situation until it happens, but you have to do whatever you can to avoid the situations first and protect yourself if a crime does occur.”
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Theta Chi celebrates St. Patrick’s day with their annual Donnelly Famiy Reunion party. They kicked off the evening early with a local bag piper to get students in the spirit.
Spike Lee to headline the Reynolda Film Festival By Caroline Edgeton | Managing editor In honor of the fascinating world of cinema, the university will be presenting the highly anticipated Reynolda Film Festival that will include a wide selection of films and events. Including the lecture “Following Your Dreams” presented by renowned filmmaker Spike Lee, this year’s festival is sure to bring many spectators. In addition, finalists from the worldwide Student Film Competition will be presented over the course of several days by showing the best of the narrative, documentary and animation/ experimental components of the competition, as well. “This year’s film festival promises to be the most impressive yet, bringing some of the most acclaimed feature films and speakers in the industry to Wake Forest’s campus,” senior Brent Lindley, executive director of the festival, said in a press release. Though Lee’s lecture will be headlining the festival, there are many other notable events in store that are worthy of the student body’s attention. From 6:30-7:45 p.m. on March 24, in the Annenburg Forum, the festival’s first night will open with a lecture from Anjelica Casillas, digital production manager at Rhythm and Hues Studios. She will be discussing what film recruiters are looking for in the Hollywood industry through interviews, internships and, hopefully, eventual employment. Most of the event will be open to the audience for questions. As part of the “In the Shade” series, Dean of the Filmmaking School at North Carolina School of the Arts and Academy Award recognized Dale Pollock will be speaking from 9:30-10:45
a.m. on March 25, in a private location about the importance of ethics in media and social standards set for films. Students interested in attending the lecture must contact info@reynoldafilmfestival.com in order to obtain seating, which will be very limited. In addition to these lectures, the first presentation of the worldwide student film competition will show the three finalists from the narrative component of the competition from 5:15-6:15p.m. in the Annenburg Forum. The three finalists include A Fool’s Paradise, Patrick Griffin from Savannah College of Art and Design, You’re a Good Man, Antimin, Jonathan Staav, and The Deadbeat, Levi Kaminkowitz, the Los Angeles Film School. One will be chosen as the winner. From 8:15-10:30 p.m., a presentation of the Academy Award nominated film The Messenger will take place in the Annenbug Forum. The film includes the talents of Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson who play army officers in the Army’s Casualty Notification Service upon their return home from Iraq. Continuing the student film competition, the top three finalists from the documentary competition will be presented from 5:45-6:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 25, in the Annenburg Forum. The finalists are Elsewhere: 3 Stories Afterwards, Natalie Fava from Elon University, Coffee Times Coffee House, Jeffrey Hill from Morehead State University, and Burlington: A City Divided, James Gould from Elon University. Because films are not silent anymore and rely heavily on the story provided through the script, the world of screenwriting is absolutely fundamental. For students interested in screenwriting, from 6:30-7:45 p.m. in the Annen-
burg Forum, scriptwriters John Olson, A History of Violence, and Angus MacLachlan, Junebug, will provide a lecture discussing the process and challenges that go into screenwriting. From 7-8 p.m. in Wait Chapel, the main event, “Spike Lee: Following Your Dreams,” will have Lee discussing the world of filmmaking from the directorial, production and screenwriting perspectives he has gained in his career. Lee (The Miracle at St. Anna and Inside Man) will talk about how today’s youth should not fear rejection in film or any other field of work. By not allowing troubles from the past or present destroy the dreams students may have or stooping down to standards or systems set by others, this inspirational lecture will show that motivation can be achieved from the joys and sorrows we all face in our lifetimes. A question and answer session will conclude the event. From 5:30-6 p.m. on March 27, in the Annenburg Forum, a showcase of the Wake Forest University student submissions to the film competition will take place. Directly following will be the presentation of the animation/experimental component of the film competition from 6-6:15 p.m. Finalists include Sebastian Voodoo, Joaquin Baldwin from the University of California at Los Angeles, Florentines, Jacob Migicovsky from Emerson College, and Balance, Debra Sea from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Directly after, Bill Frake of Blue Sky Studios will provide a lecture that examines animation and computer art for feature films. Following Frake’s presentation will be the Reynolda Film Festival’s Film
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A Spike Lee flyer hangs in Tribble in anticipation of the Reynolda Film Festival. Lee’s lecture will be held on March 26 at 7 p.m. Competition Award Ceremony from 8-8:15 p.m. in the Annenburg Forum, as well. Awards for each category from the competition, including the Christen Balady Award for Achievement by a Female Filmmaker, will be announced before the world-premiere presentation of Any Given Friday, a film that takes place in Southport, N.C., about a successful high school football coach, Gordon Walters, who leaves his na-
tionally-ranked football team to help a losing one at South Brunswick High School. Showing the dedication and heart that went into this challenge, he transforms this football team from losers to winners and helps them feel victory for the first time. For further information about events and scheduling, check the Reynolda Film Festival’s Web site at reynoldafilmfestival.com.
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interviews. Wake TV members provided the voice-over narration and edited the segments. “A year ago, this wouldn’t have been possible,” Lindley said. “Because of the team’s creativity and group effort, Wake TV has changed dramatically. “In 2008, Alex Saks (‘09), then Wake TV’s president, directed the first Reynolda Film Festival for college and graduate student filmmakers to showcase their work. This led to more classes, a new documentary filmmaking program and additional
production opportunities. Students have more and quality of our campus productions, combined community connections, and that’s leading to with the evidence that we have what it takes to more options for graduates.” work on a public level, makes us confident that we The realization that Wake TV can expand our national can be a strong factor in the proprogram to include other duction of programming outside opportunities,” Lindley “Because of the team’s creativity said. “We are currently of Winston-Salem is crucial to the future of the station. looking into partnering and group effort, Wake TV has Having established strikingly good with other big networks changed dramatically.” news, political and sports shows on such as CBS and ABC. Brent Lindley campus, they currently have other These new opportunities President of Wake TV productions in development. get the students excited, “The steady increase in quantity and we are thrilled to help
them with their endeavors. We are lucky to now be in a position where we can produce quality television on campus and around the world,” says Lindley. Wake TV is the premier source for news and entertainment on the campus of Wake Forest University. Created and led by students, Wake TV is dedicated to providing the most exciting productions and opportunities in broadcast communications. They are also working hard to prepare students for careers in television through ongoing projects such as the new Internship Database.
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Six university students went to Honduras for their Wake Alternative Break. They pose here in front of a home they helped build.
University Medical Center doctors among best in county By Cheryl Johnson | Staff writer
The database containing the 2009-10 Best Doctors in America was recently released with 214 physicians from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. These physicians account for 88 percent of those listed as Best Doctors in Forsyth County which is an 18 percent increase from the 2007-2008 list. Best Doctors has built a database of more than 45,000 of the best physicians in America composed of peer surveys which simply asks: “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer them?” The survey takes place biennially and is completed by physicians and specialists complete ballots on other doctors in their own related specialties. This group was founded in 1989 by physicians affiliated with Harvard Medical School whose goal was to provide greater access to dependable, high quality medical information and care for individuals with serious illness and injuries. Best Doctors is a resource by patients, families and physicians seeking expert medical resources and guidance to treat illnesses and injuries of all kinds. Of the doctors listed in both Forsyth and Guilford counties, 70 percent are from Wake Forest Baptist. These include 49 pediatric specialists at Brenner Children’s Hospital which I spart of Wake Forest Baptist. Over 1,400 North Carolina physicians are listed on the 2009-2010 Best Doctors list. Thomas E. Sibert, M.D., president of Wake Forest University Physicians and chief medical officer of Wake Forest Baptist said, “We are extremely proud of the caliber of our physicians.” “The fact that the number of our physicians listed in this prestigious database continues to grow only emphasizes our commitment to excellence,” he said. In addition to the Top Doctors Award, different departments in Wake Forest’s Baptist Hospital also received awards, certificates and accreditations for excellence. The Emergency Department won a Thomson Reuters 2009 Healthcare Advantage Award for performance efficiency by reducing length of stay and the number of patient “walk-outs” by half. The Heart Center has earned the highest possible recognition for quality cardiac surgery from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). It was also awarded
the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s NCDR ACTION Registry- GWTG Gold Performance Achievement Award for 2009. The Gold Performance award recognizes commitment and success for implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients during the past year. The award signifies that Wake Forest Baptist’s Heart Center has reached an aggressive goal of treating coronary artery disease patients with core standard levels of care outlined by the guidelines and recommendations of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA). The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest Baptist is one of only 40 centers in the nation designated as comprehensive by the National Cancer Institute, indicating the “gold standard” for patient care, research and education. The Stroke Center has been awarded Advanced Certification Gold Seal of Approval from the Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers, indicating compliance with best practices. Brenner Children’s Hospital operates a Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) delivering the highest levels of neonatal care found in the region. Nurses at Wake Forest Baptist earned one of the first 14 Magnet Nurse Awards in the United States in 1999, the first in the Carolinas. The American Nurses Credentialing Center established this prestigious award to recognize nursing excellence. The Joint Replacement Program at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has been designated as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA). The designation for hip and knee replacement centers was established in 2010 and, according to the BCBSA, is awarded to “facilities that have demonstrated an objective commitment to quality care, resulting in better overall outcomes for patients who undergo knee and hip replacement procedures.” Wake Forest Baptist also has Blue Distinction designations for cardiac care, bariatric surgery, and for 12 complex and rare cancers. Overall, this award shows the excellence of local doctors and the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s performance in providing top quality health care.
Corps, dedicated their time and effort with the organization entitled Casa Central. This is one of the largest social service agencies for the Hispanic community in the United States and this group was able to volunteer at a variety of different service sites including a head start program (ages 2-5) and two inner city after school programs (ages 10-13 and ages 5-12). One memorable moment for Ganzon was when they were talking to the older children about college and careers and how important yet accessible college really is for them. He hopes that small conversations with them about higher education will pay off when they do decide to continue onto college. “This service was especially rewarding because we were able to make a difference in every location we went to. In every site involving kids, we grew attached and the children were always hoping we would return the next day,” Ganzon said. “This was an excellent way for students to live out our Pro Humanitate motto because we chose to sacrifice our break to volunteer and produce tangible benefits and lasting experiences.” There were six university students that went on the trip to Villa Soleada. Everything in Villa Soleada was built through cooperative efforts of student volunteer groups and members of the Honduran community. The project while there was to dig a trench for a wall that will surround a new children’s home for orphaned street children. Wake Alternative Break (WAB) organizes annual service-related spring break trips for students through the Volunteer Service Corps. In the past, students have traveled
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to rural parts of South Dakota, Oklahoma, Florida and South Carolina. Students have also volunteered in urban settings including Washington D.C., New Orleans, Charleston and Boston. Past service projects include tutoring with HeadStart, participating in an environmental clean-up, working with City Year, serving in homeless shelters and helping with hurricane relief efforts. During the 7-10 days of volunteering, the group also has the opportunity to explore the city and community. Other students volunteer with Habitat for Humanity in Tampa, Fla.; Vero Beach, Fla.; Oak Ridge, Tenn.; Beaufort, S.C.; and Franklin, W.Va. Students also helped clean up Camp Sequanota in Jennerstown, Pa.; volunteered in an after-school tutoring program in Atlanta with Essentials2Life; and assisted the hungry and homeless at the D.C. Central Kitchen in Washington. Student groups also offered service in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Texas, Mexico and the Bahamas. A dozen law students also spent their spring break in Miami helping Haitians, who were already in the United States when the earthquake struck their country, obtain temporary legal status and U.S. work permits There are also on-campus groups that participated in many service activities. Such groups include Alpha Phi Omega, Aprender y Enseñar, Wake Forest Circle K, The Campus Kitchen, Wake Forest Habitat for Humanity, HOPE, Rotaract Club and the Piccolo Cancer Drive. “When you’re at Wake Forest, it’s easy to get caught up in studies and extracurricular activities,” said King. “The service trip week is a change to work with people who really want to be together because of a common interest.”
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Law Students assist Haitian refugees over Spring Break By Cheryl Johnson | Staff writer
As the majority of students packed their bags for a week of fun-filled adventures with no schoolwork to worry about, more than a dozen Wake Forest University School of Law students flew to Miami, Fla., to help Haitians obtain temporary legal status and U.S. work permits. In response to January’s devastating earthquake, the Obama Administration announced that Haitians would be permitted to apply for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). Having this status means Haitians can legally work in the United States for up to 18 months. TPS is only available for Haitians who were already in the U.S. on Jan. 12, when the earthquake hit, ac-
cording to Professor Margaret Taylor, who is an expert in immigration law at Wake Forest Law School. The Secretary of Homeland Security may designate a foreign country for TPS due to conditions in the country that temporarily prevent the country’s nationals from returning safely, or in certain circumstances, where the country is unable to handle the return of its nationals adequately. USCIS may grant TPS to eligibile nationals of certain countries (or parts of countries), who are already in the United States. Eligible individuals without nationality who last resided in the designated country may also be granted TPS. The Department of Homeland Security said it would offer Haitian nation-
als, who were already here when Tuesday’s earthquake struck, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months. That status, which would allow them to legally work, will not cover Haitians who flee their country following the devastating 7.0 m agnitude earthquake that resulted in as many as 50,000 deaths and left its capital, Port-auPrince, in ruins. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said it’s “tempting for people suffering in the aftermath of the earthquake to seek refuge elsewhere” but that “attempting to leave Haiti now will only bring more hardship to the Haitian people and nation.” “My understanding is that the change in policy may allow for as many as 200,000 immigrants who were already
in the U.S. to obtain the right to legally live and work in the U.S. for 18 months,” Lennox said. “This is creating an increased demand for volunteers willing to help operate clinics that would process applications. These students began their volunteer work on March 8 by assisting with the mounting applications caused by the shift in U.S. immigration policy. They also worked in conjunction with the University of Miami School Of Law Immigration Clinic. This trip was organized by second year law student Michael Lennox who is also a member of the Pro Bono Committee. According to Professor Taylor, “Lennox was instrumental in sparking a nationwide effort to bring law students to assist Haitians in Miami over
spring break.” He has been coordinating the trip with Miami Law Professor Rebeca Sharpless who plugged Wake Forest students into clinical activities that were undertaken by several immigration law organizations in the Miami area. “At the official event launching Wake’s new pro bono initiative, just one week after the earthquake, Michael announced his idea to organize this trip,” Taylor said. “I then posted a message to a list serve of immigration law professors to see if other schools were interested in doing the same. The response was overwhelming, and it was Michael’s initiative that got the ball rolling in Miami and elsewhere for law students across the country to join this effort.”
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e offer the unique opportunity for temporary work in a chosen field, where a student will receive job training, gain employeelike experiences, network with potential colleagues and have doors opened to reveal even more unique career opportunities after graduation. Such goes the lure of countless internship ads, which undergraduates can regurgitate on demand after Spring Break. Internships are supposed to be a way of directing one’s passions toward practical employment opportunities, of narrowing down future career goals, of learning more about a profession one finds interesting and (most importantly?) of learning more about oneself. But sadly, internships are often viewed as vehicles for “making the resume sparkle;” as merely that box that is checked among the laundry list of things allowing for the future dream job. Gaining a valuable internship opportunity is one of the most difficult tasks that undergraduates face; because undergraduates lack creativity and leave passion unconsidered when pursuing the internship that will serve them best. The presumed need of something to do worthy enough to be placed on a resume, should not be the reason for “applying for that thing at the hospital (or at this dentist’s office, or with that lawyer).” Although such a conviction can lead to great experiences and to individuals developing passions for unexplored and previously unconsidered areas of work, it often results only in wasted time and energy. Internship opportunities are much more useful when
one considers academic and social passions beforehand; how educational and career aspirations are related to this passion; and strengths, weaknesses and the means of fortifying them by interning. If an individual wishes to get an internship because he wants to go to medical school, but is completely uninspired by working in a hospital, shadowing a physician or performing medically directed research, he ought to look again at his passions and ought not to dwell so much so on an internship’s “sparkle factor.” One should be selfish when considering an internship — “what serves my dream and skills best” — and not take into consideration the utility of the internship in procuring one’s ideal job. Hopefully, when such introspection has begun, one will realize that future job aspirations are constitutionally linked with passion. When the two are fueling one’s internship-seeking gusto, one is more likely to discover the perfect internship. Fervently talking with people who are in the field, and convincing them of one’s excitement and enthusiasm about pediatric surgery, appellate court cases, sports journalism, cooking, water painting, etc. goes much further than convincing them of how valuable their internship would be in making a resume shine or getting one to where he wants to go in the future — they already know this. Even more, you will work harder for the perfect internship when you know your labor is justified by a passion you have identified and not motivated by a possibly transient future goal.
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olitician democrats and neoconservatives make perfect bedfellows. If you hail from, or align with, the left side of the faulty left/ right, linear political paradigm (Google “Nolan Chart” for me), allow me to first point out how I qualify Democrats in the first sentence. I purposefully added politicians to illustrate up front that I’m not one to attack all Democrats. In fact, I think it should be the Democrats now, more than ever, who should be attacking those who claim to walk under the capital-D banner. Question: Why is President Obama sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan? Harder question: Why are Democrats across America not insulted by the bold-faced flip-flop of our president? I can offer insights into the former, but really can’t explain for the life of me the latter. Obama, prior to his historic election, was championed as the peace candidate. Heck, even after that election, the Nobel Committee felt it necessary to award him the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. So, how do we reconcile our supposed peace-loving president escalating the insurgency in Afghanistan? And not only that, how can we ever understand why this paragon of peace is not calling for an end to the Iraq War, and is now trying to engage Iran? We do also have to acknowledge that it’s not just Obama who seems to have misplaced his peace plaque, but essentially all politician Democrats. The answer to the questions of why Democrats are expanding the wars, just like Republicans were, are many; I could go on and on about possible motive: Democrat politicians are no less immune to the oil interests, the militaryindustrial-complex and various other special interests. But that’s not even what is worth questioning; the problem really is that Americans are being lied to yet again; and yet, no one is doing anything about it — again! If you call yourself a Democrat, a liberal, a leftist, a progressive, a libertarian, a constitutional conservative or any other political ideology or party that does not support expansionist wars of aggression, then stand the heck up and do something about it. Only the fascists, the moral absolutists, the authoritarian communists, the neoconservatives and neoliberals have room for the U.S. government’s disastrous foreign policy of preemptive, aggressive war. (Fact check for those who think these wars aren’t preemptive, they are; no country has attacked the U.S. since Pearl Harbor. It was a terrorist group, not a government of any country, that attacked us on 9/11).
Put aside who’s in power for once for God’s sake! Does it really matter at all when the policies of your side are the exact same as the side you supposedly oppose? I’ll answer my posed question about why politician Democrats are continuing Bush’s failed policies (if not blatantly exacerbating them): The new left is the new right. They both love war, they both love spending our futures into oblivion and they both couldn’t care less for our civil-liberties. I don’t call on you to “wake up,” because I know you probably see through the veil of illusion laid out by our politicians, but I will call on you to stand for something and be honest to yourself. The Democrats promised to end the wars and cut expansionist military spending. Reality: They have not done this, even with a super majority, and now have the largest defense budget in world history! The Republicans claimed fiscal responsibility. Reality: They produced $10 trillion of our current debt — not so fiscally sane if you ask me. The Democrats promised to end the U.S. Patriot Act. Reality: Obama and the Senate renewed this act without even a cry of “foul” from the Democrats. The Republicans claimed hatred for welfare. Reality: Despite this claim, they were quick to vote for corporate welfare, the most insidious form of welfare! Again, the Democrats also claim to be against corporatism. Reality: They voted for the bailouts, across the board. You know you’ve been lied to, whether from the left or right (again, Google “Nolan Chart”), so why don’t you do something about it? It’s your future with which the president, Congress and politicians everywhere are playing Russian roulette! Take a stand, mean what you say, say what you mean and, when you’re lied to, hold their dirty, corrupt feet to the fire. This month is crucial; March marks the seven-year anniversary of the “Shock and Awe” campaign. Obama is in every way continuing the foreign policy of Bush, even retaining Bush’s defense secretary in his cabinet. Other than Young Americans for Liberty at Wake Forest, will other on campus groups please stand up and say what dearly needs to be said: War is not peace! The ball is in your court, especially you, College Democrats. It’s due time you actually stand for something like you did under Bush’s reign, even if that means opposing the flip-flopped policies of your party. That does assume, of course, you actually have principals. Prove me wrong; protest, petition, call out your so-called leaders and be who you ought to be, not who you’re told to be. YAL will stand right by you. Jared Fuller is a junior philosophy major from Farmington, N.M.
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“” “Before, people would find it easy to get married because families and society would connect them in some way, sometimes pushing them to get married. But nowadays, people have too many choices and cannot seem to make up their minds.” - Etsuko Satake, principal of the Infini marriage prep school in Tokyo, Japan, on why women, who are mostly around 30 years old, are enrolling in the school, which teaches them how to become marriage material.
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Reason and Religion | Two Explanations for Evil
Believe what you have good reason to believe Adrian Bardon Staff columnist
“Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.” — Hippocrates
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y colleague, Kevin Jung, assistant professor at the Divinity School, has responded (“God purposely did not create a perfect world,” March 4) to my column claiming that the existence of widespread human evils and natural disasters makes belief in the existence of an all-powerful, perfect and benevolent deity unreasonable (“An omnipotent deity would prevent suffering,” Feb. 4). He has four points, which I shall address in turn. Point One: The problem of evil would only arise from “gratuitous” evils — ones that could not be counterbalanced in some way by the good they inspire. And we could never really know the full extent of this counterbalancing. Response to Point One: Yes, bad things, like the Haiti earthquake, may inspire others to charitable acts, positive personality development and new national aid policies. But is causing millions of children to be crushed by buildings, to die horribly from water-borne diseases or to be sold into sex slavery and raped thousands of times before dying of AIDS, the best and only way for
God to inspire counterbalancing developments like these? Maybe it is; I cannot prove that it is not, any more than I can prove that evil is not caused by invisible unicorns. But I have another hypothesis: There is no god, and these things happen just because of plate tectonics, water contamination and people being horrible to each other. We have rocksolid evidence for all these things, but none for the existence of a magic, all-powerful super being who loves us and instigates destructive earthquakes. Nor do we need to posit such a being in order to explain the existence of the universe and its laws (“God’s existence does not explain origin of universe,” Feb. 18). Point Two: There is no reason a perfect being must create a world that is perfect by human standards; he or she may have other purposes, other standards of perfection, we cannot know about. Response to Point Two: Yes, your hypothetical god may have other purposes we don’t know about. That is one possibility. Another possibility is that there is no god. Why posit supernatural entities at all, much less supernatural entities with hidden purposes that require child molestation? Point Two(a): There is no single human standard of perfection. Response to Point Two(a): I am not looking for perfection; I would just like for your god to cut down on the number of children being crushed, burned alive, raped and subjected to horrible deaths from cancer and
malaria. The bare logical possibility that there is some secret reason why it is really a good thing that these things happen does not make it reasonable to believe they are, in fact, happening for a reason. Point Three: We would not have free will if a god prevented us from doing moral evil. Response to Point Three: I never said that your god has to prevent all human evil. I just asked why he couldn’t be bothered to prevent some of the worst instances of it. Did we have to have the whole Holocaust? How about just three million murdered? Couldn’t He have spared a few innocent children, or at least caused them a little less pain than they actually suffered? Alternatively, he could withhold the material means to commit crimes, without affecting decision-making. The Nazis would have been just as free and just as evil without tanks, submarines and poison gas. Isn’t it right and good for any of us to act, when we are able, to prevent great moral evils? Doing so doesn’t mean you don’t value freedom! Is your child not free if you prevent her from doing one or two harmful things, and give her free rein otherwise? Or does your god not know how much evil to allow to make this the best of all possible worlds? Is your god not able to restrain himself once he starts meddling? But this is all a moot point, since there is so much suffering in the world not caused by the deliberate acts of human beings. Your god allows diseases, floods and hurricanes, and
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all the pain they cause, and this has nothing to do with free will. Point Four: There is no reason to think that human beings should be “the measure of all value.” Maybe a god is the measure of all value, or there is some other source of moral rules that we don’t know about. So a god may be playing according to the real moral rules when he or she allows apparently pointless suffering. Response to Point Four: Indeed, I cannot prove that the universe does not operate according to unknown and unknowable moral rules. But why would I reject the good reasons I have for thinking that causing pointless suffering is wrong, in favor of a hypothetical, alternative set of moral rules that I have no reason to believe even exist? And if another, contradictory value system exists, why should I respect it? Why would I respect a value system that endorses terrible things being done to innocent children? Most of the points made by Jung have something in common: They rest on epistemic humility — the acknowledgement that we don’t know everything. On this we agree. I am all for epistemic humility, which is why I try to believe things only when I have good reason to believe them, not when I merely want to believe them. There are two explanations for evil and apparently pointless human suffering: The operation of verifiable, quantifiable natural laws, or an unseen, loving god who secretly has a really good reason to burn, crush, sicken and molest children.
And what actual evidence do Christians have for the existence of their unseen god? A text and testimony of miracles. But even Christians think that kind of evidence is no good! Every devout Muslim has exactly the same reasons for being a Muslim as Christians do for being Christians. Muslims also have a text and testimony of miracles, and are just as convinced as Christians are of their beliefs. But Christians reject that evidence as totally inadequate, and reject Islam as a false religion. Same for all the other religions, except their own. For exactly the same reasons, and with exactly the same conviction, Muslims reject Christianity as a false religion, along with all the other ones. Christians are right to reject Islam, and Muslims are right to reject Christianity; their atheism with regard to each others’ belief systems is reasonable and laudable. But they get all wobbly when it comes time to turn the same rational faculties upon their beliefs. When you are raised to believe something, and you really, really want your beliefs to be true, it is very easy to disregard normal rules of evidence in maintaining those beliefs. It is also very easy to either disregard or rationalize gross inconsistencies between one’s beliefs (a superpowerful, kind and loving deity) and reality (billions of incidences of pointless suffering).
Adrian Bardon is an associate professor of philosophy. (His columns this semester are part of a book project.)
In My Opinion | by Emma Hunsinger
Government follows misguided economics Elliot Engstrom
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ften times, when conservatives speak of the government treating the rich differently than the poor, the discussion is framed around taxes and welfare.The argument being made is that the government forces the highest earners to pay a massive percentage of all taxes, both punishing success and stifling overall economic productivity and making it all the more difficult for anyone not in the upper echelons to accumulate wealth for themselves. I sincerely hope that I have not constructed a straw man version of this common conservative argument, as I certainly think it has a great deal of credibility. However, I also would like to draw attention to the fact that while government loots the rich through the direct means of taxation, it likewise loots the poor, albeit through a different set of means that is much more difficult to counteract. While looting the wealthy can often be construed as some kind of humanitarian effort to aid the poor, looting the impoverished is a much more difficult enterprise to disguise as a moral good. Thus, we will find that the government’s means of taking money from the poor are much more difficult to detect, comprehend and eliminate than the means of direct taxation that is used to extract money from the wealthier members of society. The dollar in which the majority of Americans receive their wages or salary has no absolute, set value. We see this in the fact that the value of the dollar is constantly fluctuating when compared to gold, silver or the currencies of other nations (which are all constantly fluctuating in value themselves). “Value” is determined by a wide range of factors, but it is based in the fact that human beings are all rational maximizers who are all trying to get what they want while expending the least amount of resources possible to do so. The occurrence of this phenomenon in the mind of every single individual economic actor coordinates the price system in a free market economy. A given worker making $10.50 an hour may see himself as bringing home a constant source of income. However, this is not the case at all due to the constantly shifting value of the dollar. Even in a free and unhindered market, the value of the dollars that this worker takes home each day would fluctuate based on factors like how much liquid currency was actually in existence in the market, how many resources had been invested in banks or stocks, and what
amount of resources had been converted into physical capital or products. In the end, the dollar itself has all the value of a flimsy piece of cotton paper — it derives its true value from the productive activities of economic actors who use it as a medium of exchange. In other words, the dollar is a widely accepted “I.O.U.” This would be the case even in the freest of economies. Values of commodities and currencies are always changing based on the effectual demand and effectual supply of the moment. But, as we all know, we live in anything but a free and unhindered economy. Our supposed “free market” is criss-crossed with a Federal Reserve System that manipulates the value of the dollar at will, a corporate welfare system that socializes the losses of corporations at the expense of the rest of society and law enforcement policies that weigh the heaviest on those who do not have the time or resources to easily deal with court and lawyer fees, jury duty, and detainments prior to trial, not to mention the fact that the War on Drugs does substantially greater damage to the lower classes of American society than it does good. And here’s the scary part — this was all the case before the bailouts and stimulus package that George Bush began and Barack Obama continued and amplified. Not only do these bailouts threaten to massively inflate our currency, spelling disaster for those whose livelihood is based in hourly wages paid in dollars, but it also directly took from all of society, not just the rich or the poor, and gave to a few select corporate entities such as Goldman-Sachs and Wells Fargo. We know this because every new dollar created by the government in the stimulus plan detracted from the value of every dollar already existing in the pre-stimulus economy (or will do so when released into the economy). While the federal government would tell us that they protect the poor from the exploitation of the rich, economics would tell us that it is in the fact that federal government itself that is the greatest exploiter of our nation’s impoverished, and it is this institution that in fact facilitates much of the disparity in wealth between wealthy national corporations and impoverished local communities. Those of the small government mind set who wish to rally more people to their cause should not go about proclaiming that we should be immediately getting rid of affirmative action and welfare for the poor, but instead should be putting forth a rallying cry against corporate welfare, an inflation-minded Federal Reserve System and a law enforcement system whose economic penalties weigh heaviest on those with the least money in their savings accounts. It does not have to be out of selfishness that we advocate for a reduction of the federal nanny-state. It can, and should, instead be out of a concern for the poverty and destruction of wealth that is directly generated by this institution’s misguided policies. Elliot Engstrom is a senior French major from Matthews, N.C.
Health care reform needs immediate attention Henderson Trefzger Guest columnist
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ow do you explain to someone that a system they have been putting into for 50 years will not be there when they need it? Now try explaining that to 76 million Americans. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the federal government’s two largest insurance operations, Medicare and Medicaid, will triple in percentage share of the entire budget by 2015 and become insolvent by the year 2019. There is no doubt, then, that something must be done either to save the system or eliminate it entirely before it brings down the entire federal government. Nevertheless, the question remains unanswered: How do you tell the almost 80 million strong baby boomer generation that they are not going to get what they have paid for? So stands Obama’s most daunting question. With a dysfunctional congress and partisan political environment, all signs point to failure. On both the right and the left, no one wants to be held accountable for increasing taxes or reducing benefits, changes that both must be made to the Medicare and Medicaid systems. From the beginning, Obama has seemed reluctant to manipulate the bill making process to reform health care and for good reason. Instead of taking the “super-presidential” direction of his predecessor by legislating from Pennsylvania Avenue and bending Congress to his agenda, the president has kept his preferences toward reform holistic and flexible. Sadly, though, this effort has failed by every measure. The conservative opposition has manipulated the vagueness in Obama’s requests and preferences to formulate half-truths of over extensions of power and massive socialization. These machinations have succeeded in derailing
the process and bogging Congress down in nonissues. Nonetheless, the president and the party were foolish not see these efforts coming. Health care reform has been strayed many times before by cries of socialism and communism. Moving forward, the president is right to take the leadership of formulating policy away from Reid and Pelosi in order to get the debate back on track. The discussion of health care reform is not about big government takeovers or socialism, but rather, about how we can make the system we have now work in the long term while holding true to our values. Some of you might denounce my “liberalism” when I say that health care is a basic human right, so let me frame the argument this way: The United States is the only developed economy in the world (OECD) that has over a tenth of its population without insurance. Although we as Americans pay the most for health care, we get the least amount of care in return. I know that you, like me, have heard these figures repeated ad nauseam, but why don’t they shock you? People die in this country because they can’t afford to see a doctor while we pay $54,000 for an education at the university. Is there not something wrong with this picture? These questions do not suggest that a quick and easy solution can be made but only that the status quo is unsustainable in both a monetary and moralistic framework. Reform will neither be cheap nor easy, but there is no alternative. Hopefully, Obama understands what is at stake and will continue to ignore the nonsensical and obstructionist cries of some of his opponents, even if it costs him a second term. Henderson Trefzger is a sophomore Spanish major from Hickory, N.C.
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North Korea searches Seven-year Iraq war for the next God-King doesn’t benefit anyone
Kim Jong-il is widely regarded in the country as an incompetent leader. Despite massive public displays of devotion, such as the Mass Games (a sort of North Korean Olympics), few people in the country actually respect him. Kim himself has admitted this at times. A South Korean filmmaker famously kidnapped to make movies for him, named Shin Sang-ok, noted after he defected in Vienna that Kim frequently commented on how his people Matt Moran pretended to adore him, while really they were Staff columnist just afraid. While his father was genuinely f you’re ever in need of a quick laugh, adored, and still is, younger Kim is widely I strongly recommend the official Web disliked for years of disastrous rule; this site of North Korea. It can be accessed at complicates the matter of succession because korea-dpr.com, although, like everything in the political and military leadership of North the People’s Paradise, it only works about half Korea are unlikely to accept the continuation the time. The site contains information on of a failed hereditary dynasty. culture and history as well as a fine souvenir In addition to simply being interesting, the shop (although a bit overpriced) and some matter of who will run North Korea after Kim writings of the Great and Dear Leaders. I also Jong-il’s death, which could happen any time stumbled upon a great karaoke version of “The in the near future, has major implications Two Koreas Are One,” if that’s your thing; for America’s security concerns in East Asia. anyway, onto the actual article. Whomever inherits the country, either by In July of 1994, Kim Il-Sung, the president succession or, more likely, coup, will also of North Korea, died in his sleep, probably of inherit the world’s fourth largest standing a heart attack. Most observers of North Korea army and a handful of nuclear weapons, not (called “Pyongyang watchers,” similar to the to mention massive artillery batteries aimed at “Kremlinologists” who studied the USSR) Seoul. predicted that Kim Jong-il, elder Kim’s son, The possibility of such a highly militarized would see a brief rule, if any at all. More likely, state becoming a failed state needs to be a they predicted, would be major concern in American a seizure of power by high foreign policy in Asia and the In addition to simply being ranking generals in the Pacific. Korean Worker’s Army, The United States should interesting, the matter of who perhaps by a man like O not assume that a reform will run North Korea after Kim Jin-U, who had fought movement will fill the Jong-il’s death, which could with Kim Il-Sung in the shoes of the North Korean anti-Japanese struggle in the government after Kim’s happen at any time in the World War II era. Yet, this death. near future, has major implidid not occur. After three Such a movement would cations for America’s security years of isolation, during take time to build and would which time Jong-il was require access to ideas that concerns in East Asia. secretly running the country, are simply denied to nearly the younger Kim came out all North Koreans. Those of the customary mourning with enough power to have period and assumed official control of the an accurate view of the world are both highly North Korean state. loyal to the Kim regime and are watched As Kim’s health deteriorates, the question carefully. over who will assume control of the country, Therefore, the solution, in my opinion, is to and more importantly for the United States maintain two positions. the massive North Korean military, becomes The first is an aggressive policy of increasingly important. One son, Kim containment; attack North Korean sources Jong-Un (these names get confusing after of finance and push for increasing sanctions awhile) has been pegged by American and against the top leadership. other intelligence services as the likely heir to This should be coupled with a standing the chairmanship; on his birthday the Korean offer to negotiate, without preconditions, on Central News Agency noted that the sun was all outstanding issues between the U.S. and particularly bright and Venus very prominent, North Korea. apparently a good sign. Bilateral talks, which are favored by the Yet, serious doubt should exist as to whether North Koreans, should be preferred in the or not Jong-Un, or whomever else Kim picks, interest of actually accomplishing something. could actually seize control of the country. In In exchange for dismantling, under 1994 when power passed from Great Leader to international supervision, the nuclear program Dear Leader, the DPRK had not yet faced the as well as a reduction in militarization along horrifying famine of the mid-1990s. the DMZ, the U.S. should offer a relaxation of This disaster claimed around 3.5 million sanctions and, finally, a non-aggression pact. It lives, or 10 percent of the population. should go without saying that standing offers Further, due to serious flooding in 2007 of food and medicinal aid should exist to and food aid from South Korea switching help the long-suffering people of the country. from unconditional to conditional famine A policy of engagement of this kind could conditions remain not too far on the horizon. effectively demilitarize the Korean peninsula Given the state of the country today, it seems and help the people of North Korea. likely that the military would intervene after Jong-il’s death to prevent another incompetent Matt Moran is a sophomore history major from son from taking over. Pittsburgh, Penn.
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arch 20th will commemorate the seventh anniversary of the second U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. The costs of this war-turned-occupation, coupled with the increasing costs of the U.S. takeover in Afghanistan, have provided a weighty reminder of the repercussions of war, American exceptionalism and a trigger-happy foreign policy. Since the 2003 Iraqi invasion, U.S. forces have tallied 4,384 deaths, the vast majority of which have accumulated after the Bush II administration so proudly announced the end of the invasion on May 1, 2003. Apart from the U.S. fatalities of this second Iraq War, an official count of 31,716 American soldiers have returned home wounded, a number that is a mere speck in the estimated total of occupation-related injuries, which is well above one million and climbing. Through November 2009, 454,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have sought medical attention from VA services, and a statistic gathered in the same month by the Rand Corporation and the Department of Defense revealed that an estimated 370,000 veterans were suffering from traumatic brain injuries, all resulting from the U.S. occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq. That means that 19.5 percent of these veterans are suffering from traumatic brain injuries, a number that remains a solid one percent higher than the 18.5 percent of veterans suffering from war-related post-traumatic stress disorder. As of October 2009, the Iraq War has caused 196 suicides, a trend that is in its infancy and, once again, is only the official count; in other words, this statistic is only counting the reported cases that show direct, absolute causation between military service in Iraq and suicide. According to a 2007 CBS News report, there are on average 18 veteran suicides a day; that totals 6,570 successful suicides among the 12,000 suicide attempts made by military veterans per year. In addition to these statistics, the Pentagon has refused to recognize the current epidemic of nerve, heart and respiratory problems that have been overtaking veterans dating back to even the first Gulf War. The causes of these rather severe medical complications have been attributed to a number of causes ranging from toxic open-air burn pits to uranium-tipped munitions; however, what is known is that the Pentagon and Washington officials in general have failed to recognize the 90,591 (and rising) veterans suffering from these
problems. But who could blame these officials for turning a blind eye? Washington could not afford to take care of its veterans before its rejuvenated, post-9/11, hawk frenzy. For a war that has already cost the American people $1.05 trillion, Washington must find some way to relieve its spending. What better way to suppress spending (while still reserving the funds to wage two wars and bailout corporate Leviathans) than to starve middle-class veteran families of the entitlements they rightfully acquired? These entitlements are not very sustainable when you have a country of over 23 million veterans, 80,000 of which are daily filing new claims for VA medical services. However, instead of doing the just deed by cutting down on the source of veteran needs — war, Washington has created a system that refuses to acknowledge a large portions of the problems it created, and those that are recognized become tied up in the sadistic process of bureaucratic appeals that determine whether veterans receive adequate treatment from VA sources. Furthermore, all this is built on the assumption that somehow the overburdened VA system will provide adequate treatment, something that is not well documented in the VA track record. The truth is, all I can fit in my allotted 750 words is just a brief mention of one set of problems created by our current state. I could go on to tell about how much money this war costs and the negative effects it has had on the economy, or I could mention the infeasibility of our current, expansionist foreign policy, and how history has proven that every time these policies fail. I could even mention the erosion of our civil liberties that has resulted from our state of war; easy examples exist in the U.S. Patriot Act and the terror frenzy that has every policeman, airport security officer and grannie in the local neighborhood watch program seeing the apparitions of terrorists at every turn. I could even mention the erosion of society due to the rift that war creates by dividing the hawks and the doves, the propaganda necessary to shore up public support for wars and military recruitment or the destruction of two of humanities most storied religions, Christianity and Islam. When it all boils down to it, these wars have done society no good, and let’s just hope that President Obama decides to keep his promises to get us out of these wars … and soon. Nathan Fox-Helser is a junior political science major from Glen Alpine, N.C.
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drian Bardon, have you no philosophical backbone? Have you no need, because of those fancy letters, P-H-D, to actually engage in substantive debate and dialogue with a student here at the university? If I were to judge solely off your article (“Religious beliefs mandate the denial of evidence,” March 4), I would be inclined to answer “yes” for you on both accounts. I like my fair share of the Marxist organizer Saul Alinksy. His tactics are so very fun: Divide and conquer, meet and deflect, shame and laugh; but never, under any circumstance, engage intellectually your opposition. Alinsky’s short magnum opus, “Rules for Radicals,” outlines tactics for progressives. If you haven’t picked up a copy yet, please do — you’ll find Alinsky’s methodology quite akin to your own. I mean, come on, Bardon, your latest article was so logically incoherent that it would insult your intelligence to think your article’s intent was to be philosophically sound. You’re a professor at the university, so I’d have to assume the article’s intent was one of tactic, and not one of reason. First, you make a sweeping assumption that all libertarians
are “climate change deniers.” Your statement has two interesting ramifications: One, a collectivist notion that all libertarians are of the same opinion; and two, that anyone who is unsure of their stance on climate change is a “denier.” Not so. In fact, you missed the nail and whacked your own thumb. When any individual says that the climate change debate is being used for political gain (instead of actually trying to solve the issue), they are neither denying its existence, nor is it necessary or sufficient to say that all skeptics of politics think the same. The point is simple: Solutions to environmental problems are contentious at best. To make inductive generalizations on your side is to ignore the entire realm of philosophy. Need I really bring up David Hume’s Problems of Induction? Or possibly point to the fact that sweeping inductive observations on both sides of the issue are not law, but are debatable? In this debate, many “facts” contradict other “facts,” and we owe it to rational philosophy to keep an open mind. To say unequivocally that climate change is upon us in a matter worthy of no-questions-asked political expediency is to ignore the very profession you claim to practice. I’ll be brutally honest; the polar icecap evidence is pretty undeniable — they’re melting, significantly (Google
(even air), whether by businesses (e.g., Images of the region in the past power plants) or individuals (e.g., decade are shocking!). And that’s just waste dumping). This can be done one example of many reasons why we in part through thorough, real tort need to understand the issue. reform. However, are you really committed 2) Decentralize energy markets by to denouncing libertarian ideology removing state mandates and subsidies because libertarians aim to fix the to move toward a market focused problems of pollution, waste and on individual household power. The destruction by alternative methods? summarized goal is When libertarians to end state focused say climate change is resources from becoming dogmatic, When an individual says that environmentally it’s really because the climate change debate is disastrous it has! Instead of methods of energy actually trying to fix being used for political gain the problems, people ... they are neither denying its production to individually are tempted to throw existence, nor is it necessary powered homes their thinking caps with the use of or sufficient to say that all out the window for solar cells, wind the latest pundit’s skeptics of politics think the generators, etc. plan. same. It’s a plan that has Can we not go massive pro-market, about it a different yet pro-green, way? Can we not implications. wage an intellectual debate in lieu of 3) Just like separation of church and a political war? Is not the sunnum state, we should have separation of bonum of the philosopher to seek state and market. News flash: Bush truth? Bardon, instead of making intellectually bankrupt generalizations era oil profiteering through war has not ended! In fact, businesses that and espousing tactical dogma, please have the oil contracts in carbon fuel do address actual libertarian positions rich areas obtained their shares not and positive solutions. The below are some of many simple green libertarian through consumer plebiscite, but by securing government contracts! If we solutions. remove the special privileges these 1) Decentralize regulation on corporatist industries have, consumer businesses, giving power back to demand will naturally shift to greener communities to properly adjudicate infringements on individual’s property energy use and production.
Obviously, these methods are not the only approaches to ending our dependency on carbon fuels, but it’s a good start; a better start, I tend to believe, than proposals from either the left or the right. You see, both sides approach the issue in terms of how they can manipulate the federal government. Legislation is not the end goal. Please don’t equate the passage of laws with success. Just because a law is passed does not mean the goal has been achieved. Laws, in short, are just one mean to an end; an end libertarians suggest can be reached through voluntary, peaceful, non-coercive means. Libertarians present the most compelling climate change case because they do see both sides. Bardon, have you ever heard of the book Free Market Environmentalism? Likely not, otherwise your last article would not have reduced your Ph.D., to a mere “I’m right, you’re wrong,” smear piece against libertarians like Elliot Engstrom. I’d suggest practicing what you teach; philosophy demands truth, not rhetoric, mud-slinging and trite platitudes of character assassination. The students at the university and our prestigious philosophy department surely deserve at least that much. Jared Fuller is a junior political science major from Farmington, N.M.
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Get ready for the most wonderful time of the year Hamlin Wade Staff columnist
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f you were to ask Andy Williams, he’d probably make a strong argument in favor of the Christmas season being the most wonderful time of the year. He’d probably talk about toasting marshmallows, of kids jingle belling and caroling out in the snow. He’d call upon the serene silence and purity that follows a fresh snowfall and he would implore you to listen to the sounds of the holiday season, something that he claims cannot be replicated at any other time in the year. Obviously, Williams never watched March Madness. If he had, Williams probably would have sung a different tune. No other season holds as much emotion or excitement as the last three weeks of March and the first week of April. No other span of four weeks can cause euphoric joy and decimating defeat in such a short span of time. March Madness has a little bit of something for everyone. March Madness is able to capture the imagination and attention of almost every
citizen across our country, because everyone relate, they too are close to the top and nearing can relate in one way or another to this glorious prominence. event. Each team has a specific personality and Blue-collar America can find solace in teams attitude that can draw in supporters. such as Gonzaga, BYU and Northern Iowa. For the elites, there are the powerhouse These teams have put in hard work. They have teams, the gimmee picks that are just destined battled. They have done the grunt work in to succeed. This year, those teams would be order to find a happy success in their respective Kansas and Kentucky. These teams just seem divisions of labor. These teams are never really to have everything together. They are the going to be the top dogs, but they have the CEO’s of Basketball America. They worked chance to rise within their groups and make hard, succeeded and got the attention that a name for themselves. These teams can make they deserved. The elites some noise and potentially of America can relate. A overthrow an elite. March Madness brings out the little hard work early, build Then you have the American up the resume, and coast dream. This group is a best in everyone. It shows us once you reach a dominant Cinderella story waiting to that we are able to relate to a plateau in your field (or happen. Everyone wants to bunch of college students that conference). believe that it’s the American For white-collar America, way to make a name for we will never meet. we have the successful, yourself, to overcome adversity yet slightly less recognized and to rise to glory. We all wish teams of the top 25. These to see the underdog prevail. We teams worked hard, had a couple of big breaks all want the little guy to be picked first in dodge that got them their titles in their firms or ball. We sit on the edge of our seats in hopes doctor’s offices, but they haven’t had that big that Siena, Wofford or UTEP is able to beat the breakthrough. Maybe it’s because they didn’t higher seed, to overthrow the power structure have an opportunity to play the toughest team and make something of themselves while or maybe they just barely lost, but either way, throwing their school into the national spotlight these teams lie in the shadows of the elites. Here (think Davidson in 2008). we would find West Virginia, Ohio State and And then we have Wake. What does Wake Georgetown. These teams could seize power Forest represent? In simplistic terms, Wake is and rise to the elite status at any moment. These the epitome of America. People who support teams give white-collar workers hope, they can Wake are the Americans that the French ridicule.
We’re the American Flag boxer wearers, we’re the “Freedom isn’t Free” T-shirt owners. We are the ones who, no matter what, believe that we can do anything. We support blindly. We don’t question when we make mistakes (like losing in the first round of the ACC tournament or like interning Japanese citizens in the 1940s). We accept what we have done and we believe, rather we know, that we will succeed. We’re America, we’re Wake Forest. We have to succeed, because the world needs us to succeed. March Madness brings out the best in everyone. It shows us that we are able to relate to a bunch of college students that we will never meet. We are able to support our teams, support our social groups and support our country. We can find reasons to support a group because there is an eerie likeness to some part of our life. So, I implore you to watch and follow the events of the coming weeks. I hope that you will find a team that you can connect with. But remember, first and foremost, you must support Wake. As previously stated, it’s the American thing to do. And the last thing you would want is for someone to question your fan-hood or American-hood. Do the right thing. Regardless of whom you think you may relate to best, above all, be an American and support the Demon Deacons. Hamlin Wade is a sophomore political science major from Charlotte, N.C.
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Greek life can’t be all composed of bad apples Seth Williford Staff columnist
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he last several weeks have been difficult for Greek organizations. In the weeks following the fiasco of pledge night, fraternities and sororities have sat by anxiously as rumors mount of punishments and sanctions. Greek life became a victim of its own excesses as hundreds of students flooded into Millenium one night, only to be kicked out prematurely as the intoxication escalated, sending several students to the hospital with BACs above the limit at which some ImagineHPbw 3/13/06 2:56 people may die.
Out of 14 ambulances in Forsyth County, half of these were between Millenium and the hospital during an hour period that night, leading a county health administrator to order the event shut down. Not ALE, not the administration, but a health administrator. Greek drinking had gone from being a private health concern to a public health issue. It is indefensible that this happened. As much fun as Pledge Night could and should be, we should never have to worry that our drinking could lead us to lose someone. The county health administrators were completely justified in shutting down an event that potentially endangered lives throughout the county because of excessive consumption. In the wake of that night, rumor and concern has rippled throughout the campus as Greek students have lain in wait for any punishments. The most potent punishment peddled PM 1 around Page was the concept of sophomore rush, a move that would severely
restrict Greek life to the students Simply ask the 70 percent of Congress and university’s disadvantage. We that was once Greek (though that may now know that sophomore rush is devalue Greek life even more). a concept thrown around every few Greek life can bring out the best, years. and worst, in people. However, in the Greeks in context of Pledge leadership positions Night, and with the gained their Instead of simplifying and university waiting experience from singling out Greek life, the to hand down serving in positions punishments, the university should recognize and working within idea held more their fraternity that Greeks are really only a weight than it had and sorority. magnification of an indepenin the past. It stood These are potent less as an actuality, dent student, all of who are battlegrounds for and more as a forged in the fire of the “work preparing students reminder to students to face real world hard, play hard” culture of the of the power the challenges, and to Wake Forest student body. administration practice and exhibit holds. leadership. But, the university This is of course must also remember paired with the the potential that Greek life offers. fraternities facilitation of heavy This is in no way meant to devalue drinking and academic apathy for independents, who contribute those who allow themselves to be significantly to campus life. This consumed by the lifestyle. is instead meant to remind the Despite this, I know independents university that Greek life isn’t all bad. who party harder than some Greeks,
and Greeks who have better grades than some independents. Instead of simplifying and singling out Greek life, the university should recognize that Greeks are really only a magnification of an independent student, all of who are forged in the fire of the “work hard, play hard” culture of the Wake Forest student body. While the administration did attempt to work with Greek students, it was in the form of a single event when a multitude of events are necessary to hash out the issues internal and external issues of Greek life. I believe in Greek life. I believe in its ability to promote leadership. I believe in its ability to prepare students for the real world. I believe in its ability to work from within to develop mutually beneficial solutions between students and administrators. Seth Williford is a junior political science major from Wilson, N.C.
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{ DEAC OF THE WEEK } The men’s golf team fired a final round 301 to finish in fifth place at the General Hackler Invitational. The Deacs were led by senior Brendan Gielow who shot a par 216 over the three round tournament to finish in a tie for third place. Gielow got off to a strong start, with rounds of 71 Gielow and 70 before faltering a bit on the final day with a 75. The event was the third top three finish for Gielow on the season. The Muskegon, Michigan native finished in second at the VCU Shootout and won the JU Invitational.
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March, the most magical time of year for hardcore sports fans, is upon us. Conference championships have come to a heart-stopping conclusion, and college basketball fans across the nation are rejoicing that the 65-man field has been announced and the brackets released. 64 schools from over 30 conferences will enter the main draw and play for the right to be crowned national champions. The field includes national powers, midmajor hopefuls and teams who are just happy to be included in the madness. It’s time to take a quick look at these Final 64 and see what the waits in store for them in the greatest basketball tournament in the world. The One-and-Dones: Lehigh, Northern Iowa, New Mexico State, Houston, Tennessee, Ohio, Georgia Tech, UC Santa Barbara, Vermont, Gonzaga, UTEP, Vanderbilt, Minnesota, Oakland, Florida, North Texas, East Tennesee State, Wake Forest, Temple, Wofford, Washington, New Mexico, Clemson, Morgan State, Play-In Winner (Arkansas-Pine Bluff ), California, Texas A&M, Siena,
Old Dominion, Sam Houston State, St. Mary’s, Robert Morris. The 14-16 seeds are easy outs but I had one team pegged going into Selection Sunday as a major sleeper: the Montana Grizzlies. Anthony Johnson is a dynamic scorer; he put up 42 points in the Big Sky championship. I expect him to go wild again against an over-seeded New Mexico team. While I think Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Temple, Gonzaga, Texas A&M and St. Mary’s are fine teams, I don’t like their matchups. Murray State is a sexy sleeper; the Racers have five players who score over 10 PPG as one of the most balanced teams in the nation. Minnesota needed a miracle Big Ten Tournament run to make the tournament and Florida, in my mind, doesn’t even belong in the field of 65. With Cal and Washington biting the dust, the Pac 10 will go “oh-fer” in first round games. I don’t see the first round being particularly kind to the ACC either, with Clemson, Georgia Tech and our Demon Deacons as knockout victims. I do like Florida State to grind out a win over Gonzaga behind their topranked defense. While our guys may enjoy the role of underdog in post-
season play for once against Texas, I haven’t seen anything in the last month that leads me to think we can pull the upset.
Not Quite Sweet 16: UNLV, Michigan State, San Diego State, Oklahoma State, Florida State, Murray State, Pittsburgh, BYU, Texas, Cornell, Montana, Missouri, Louisville, Purdue, Notre Dame, Villanova. UNLV, Texas and Florida State all have what it takes to challenge a No. 1 seed but not beat one. Oklahoma State, BYU, Missouri, Louisville and Notre Dame will also get out-played by superior talent in the second round. It pains me to put Michigan State and Tom Izzo, one of the top five coaches in the nation, out this early, but I really feel that Greivis Vazquez will put on a show in his last run in the Big Dance. Plus, Terps head coach Gary Williams isn’t half bad himself. Pitt/Xavier will be one of the closest games to call in the field. My tiebreaker is simple. Xavier is a perennial tournament overachiever and Pitt always finds a way to disappoint; expect more of the same.
Utah State is the wrong kind of team for Purdue to run into, one that is as efficient as they come and who won’t beat themselves. Unfortunately for Boiler Nation, without Robbie Hummel, Purdue won’t be able to beat them either. I also really love Richmond who runs into a slumping Villanova team at the right time. While the Spiders move on, the Cinderella runs of Murray State, San Diego State, Cornell and Montana will all end when they run into significantly steeper competition. Sweet but not Elite: Maryland, Georgetown, Butler, Xavier, Wisconsin, Marquette, Utah State, Richmond. A lot of overachieving teams will be bounced in the Sweet 16. John Thompson III and Buzz Williams have gotten the most out of Georgetown and Marquette this year but I think Ohio State and West Virginia are just too talented, led by All-Americans Evan Turner and De’Sean Butler. I think this round will weed a lot of teams who are “good” but not great.
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The Demon Deacons, who finished the season with a 19-10 record overall, will be heading to the NCAA tournament for the 22nd time in the school’s history and the seventh time in the past 10 seasons. The team was awarded an at-large bid to the tourney on March 14 as a nine seed in the East Region. Wake Forest will face the Texas Longhorns who are the eight seed in the East Region on March 18 in New Orleans. It was uncertain whether the Demon Deacons would make it into this year’s tournament, but some impressive wins during the season against other tournament teams Xavier, Gonzaga and Maryland encouraged the committee to select the Deacons as an at-large bid. “We tried to do everything we could to schedule a different schedule,” Head Coach Dino Gaudio said. “Because of that, we were able to get into the NCAA tournament.” “Everybody right now is zero and zero,” Gaudio said regarding the tournament. The Wake Forest squad will definitely look upon their four seniors to lead them in the postseason. “We have four seniors that have been around the block,” Gaudio said. “This is there finale. They’ve got to bring the energy and the emotion.” The Atlantic Coast Conference also announced that four Demon Deacons received ACC postseason awards. Senior Ish Smith and sophomore AlFarouq Aminu were named second team All-Atlantic Coast Conference. Smith averages 13.3 points per game and is second in the conference in assists behind Maryland senior Greivis Vasquez. Aminu is averaging just
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ACC All-Defensive Team for the second consecutive year. Williams has started all four years at Wake Forest and has been the Deacons most reliable defender. Freshman C.J. Harris was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team. Harris
The 57th edition of the ACC Tournament was held March 11th-14th in Greensboro. This marked a landmark for me of sorts because it was my 10th consecutive appearance at the ACC Tournament in at least some capacity. The ACC Tournament weekend is always my favorite weekend of the year because of the camaraderie of the fans, the tailgating, and of course the basketball fever that sweeps the conference (and the country) throughout March. For the 9th time in 12 tournaments, the Duke Blue Devils, led by head coach Mike Krzyzewski won the tournament. This year they defeated Virginia, Miami, and finally Georgia Tech on march 14 to claim the title. Also, for the third consecutive year, Wake Forest found themselves on the wrong side of their first tournament game, getting trounced by the No. 12 seed Miami Hurricanes 83-62, in what many would consider an uninspired performance to say the least. While basketball was not lacking (for the majority of the schools), one thing that was noticeably missing were the fans in attendance. Beyond that, and an even bigger concern in my book, was the tradition that was missing. There were the usual suspects at the Tournament; the Fanfest was there in full blast, the UNC contingency was half there and Duke
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By Calais Zagarow | Staff writer Demon Deacon sophomore Dina Nosenko is a native Ukrainian who has earned recognition in both the American and international competitive track and field and cross country arenas. She began her Wake Forest track and field career in 2009 after her twin sister, Anna, ran for the Demon Deacons during the 2008-2009 season. Competing in mostly mid-distance events, Dina was the Deacons’ top miler indoors in 2009, clocking a season-best of 4:50.39 at the NCAA Qualifiers Meet at Notre Dame. She has also competed in the ACC Championship, the NCAA National Indoor Championship and even had the opportunity to represent her home country in the European Cross Country National Tournament in Dublin in 2009. A twin, a runner and an international competitor, there is a lot to learn and to love about this Demon Deacon athlete! What mid-distance events do you typically participate in? My event is the 1500-meter run, but sometimes I will compete in the 800 meters or 3K. Also, during the indoor season I run the mile because the 1500-meter race is only during the outdoor season. What do you find to be the biggest challenge in training for mid-distance running? Well, being competitive in mid-distance running is not something that just comes right away. You have to be patient and persistent with your training. It takes more than just one month of training to improve. It takes years and years of practice before you can see the fruits of your work. At the end of Spring Break, you competed in the National Championship. How did you prepare leading up to the event and then how did you perform? I did not expect to qualify for the National Championship at all because they only select around 15 people from all over the country to compete for indoor. I didn’t even dream it. I was thinking that maybe if I were placed in the top 30 in the country, then that would be great. However, during my last meet I ran extremely well and my coach told me that I would probably go to Nationals. I was almost crying when he told me that! When I found out that I had qualified for Nationals, I was so happy to have the opportunity to go and barely considered the possibility of making it into the finals. Once I was at Nationals, I did qualify for the final race and finished ninth. When you are in the finals, you cannot just win by luck; you have to be extremely talented to do
well. It is a great start for me though and now I have this feeling that Nationals is feasible for me next year. I didn’t believe it was possible, but my coach just had this plan for me to go and I was able to fulfill it. How was competing in the National Championship here in the U.S. different from your experience representing your country at the European Cross Country Nationals in Dublin? It was very different because, in the United States, the people who compete in the National Championship are the best. However, in the Ukraine, there are not as many people who participate in track and it is a lot easier to qualify for the Nationals team than it is here. Over there, usually everyone who wants to go to Nationals can go. Yet, over here, you are selected based on your time. It was also different for me to compete in the European Cross Country Nationals because I don’t run Cross Country usually. I did not go for fun so much as I did for experience. I did not compete expecting anything in particular from myself. Do you think there is a difference physically and/or mentally between American and European runners? Absolutely. I much prefer American runners because they are much nicer and supportive of each other. In Europe, they are more intense and sometimes seem like they want to beat you up when you are competing against them! In America, the runners act with more morals. However, in Europe, they will throw elbows at you if you are next to them or passing them in a race. How did you find yourself at Wake Forest all the way from the Ukraine? Actually, my twin sister found it first when she participated in a summer program for aspiring young diplomats at Wake Forest. She wanted to come to the United States for university, and after realizing how much the tuition would cost at Wake Forest, she contacted the coaches about running for the Demon Deacons. I decided to stay in the Ukraine and took classes part-time. At the end of my sister’s first year at Wake, one of the girls on the Track and Field team transferred, opening a spot on the roster. My sister had loved her coach and the school so much in her first year, so I took the opportunity to find a spot on the team and to come to America for more education. How do you describe your hometown to your American friends? Well, it is very difficult because it is very different. In order to truly explain my home country, I would have to go all the way back to the begin-
ning of my life. The children here grow up in a much richer environment than I ever did and it is amazing how different the typical lifestyle is from what I saw in Ukraine. For instance, today I saw a little boy running around in a pair of Adidas shorts. In the States, that is normal, but in the Ukraine, if we wore that, we would be the coolest kids in school. It is just so different. How do you describe Wake Forest University to your friends and family in Ukraine? It is a difficult situation because, as you can see, I am caught in between. I go back to the Ukraine and try to explain the ACC and NCAA and people do not understand it at all. I would call my mom and say, “Mom! I qualified for Nationals!” and she would say something along the lines of “So what?” In the Ukraine, you just basically just buy a ticket and go to Nationals. I try to explain, but they don’t appreciate or understand what I have here, what I get and how I work. They say, “So what? You got ninth. In Ukraine you were fourth, so come back home!” So, it’s so hard to explain, but my parents are starting to understand what we do. The funny thing is, when we go back to the Ukraine, we walk around with all of our Nike Wake Forest gear and see how we are really part of two completely different worlds. Would you have had the opportunity to continue competing in track had you chosen to remain in Europe for your university education? When I was taking part time classes in Ukraine, I was running, but my career was not going where I wanted it to go. I had hit kind of a wall and I was kind of cruising in all of my results. I had a good life, but when my sister came back from the United States with her great results and perfect coach, I wanted to try to see if I could have the same experience as she did. So, I dropped everything to come here and I do not regret it at all. All of my friends from home have now graduated from university and are going and looking for jobs, but that’s not for me. I really want to continue running. Have you and your sister both always run track? Well, with twins there is typically a stronger one and a weaker one. I was born six hours after my sister was and definitely ended up being the weaker of the two, even though we both weighted about 12 pounds. According to my parents, I was born almost dead and the doctors during the Soviet Union were not openly willing to spend time on a baby who does not look like she is going to
live. Of course, my parents asked as many doctors as they could and I remember spending a lot of time in hospitals when I was younger to get stronger. Then, one day, my dad decided that the best way for anyone to get healthy was to be in the fresh air. So, we started doing different sports like basketball and then finally, at the age of 13, we started running track. I had started with the 400-meter race and my sister started with the 800 and then somewhere in our career we switched. At the beginning, I was beating her. Then, she started beating me and now I am beating her again. So we’ll have to see what comes next! What is it like not only going to school with your twin, but also competing on the same team with her? It’s really nice. I think Kurt Cobain said, “music is my only friend until the end,” and I can say the same thing about my sister. We travel a lot and are constantly in different places so it is hard. We are far away from home and our friends are all over the place. She is really the only stable thing in my life because she is always here. Have you and your sister ever had to compete against each other? Of course! Sometimes we will do the same event, but my event is the 1500 and hers is something else. So we will tell each other that it’s okay that one of us performs worse than the other because it’s not her or my main event. Inside, of course, we want to beat each other and we joke around with each other and call each other “slow”. It’s never a mean joke though; it’s all out of fun. Do you and your sister rely on each other for motivation? Definitely. Sometimes we hit a low-point and wonder why we run and say, “I want to have a ‘normal’ life with boyfriends and best friends.” Then my sister will show me some motivational movie, clip or saying that reminds me that running is our life and it definitely helps. What would you like your fellow Wake Forest students to know about the track team? Well, I want to invite all of the students to come to the Wake Open happening on campus March 19 and 20. There will be fun, good weather and a lot of beautiful, talented people walking around! I would love for everyone to come and cheer on our team. Our team is really great and I am really excited about the start of the outdoor season. We have some really great competitors in the outdoor races and a great recruiting class of freshmen coming next year. We are definitely going to keep moving up in the ranks.
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Deacs finish fifth at General Hackler Invitational By Joe Maugeri | Staff writer
E. Tenn. State Wake Forest
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The men’s golf team has made a name for itself at the General Hackler Invitational. For the past two years, the Deacons have mounted come-frombehind victories at the event to capture the team title in dramatic fashion. However, the Deacs were unable to repeat history this year after finishing in fifth place at the General Hackler Invitational at TPC Myrtle Beach March 14-15. Senior Brendan Gielow posted another strong performance for the Deacs, finishing the event at even par and tied for third overall. Gielow shot a three round score of 216, one stroke off of first place. Gielow started the final round of play only one stroke off of the lead, but dropped from the top of the leaderboard after falling to five-over par by the 10th hole. Gielow would rally with three straight pars and a pair of birdies on his way to a third place finish. This
finish marks Gielow’s fourth top-10 finish of the year. The senior has yet to finish outside of the top-14 in any of his seven events this season. Sophomore Lee Bedford followed close behind Gielow, posting rounds of 71, 74 and 72 en route to a fifthplace finish. Senior Travis Wadkins finished the General Hackler Invitational at 11-over par, which was good enough to finish the event tied for 22nd. Freshman Evan Beck posted a three round score of 238 to finish tied for 50th place and sophomore Daniel Meggs finished 27 strokes over par en route to a 63rd place finish. As a team, the Deacs got off to a fast start. With strong gusts of wind and cold temperatures plaguing the course, the Deacs shot a first round score of 296 to start the first day of play in second place. After the first 18 holes, the Deacon squad was only two strokes behind East Tennessee State, who would go on to win the event. After putting themselves within striking distance of the leaders, the Deacs encountered some trouble. A second round score of 298 put them seven
strokes off of the lead and in fourth place after the first day of play. “We didn’t get off to a very good start but the guys really hung in there well,” Head Coach Jerry Haas said. “I think we were 10-over through six or eight holes this morning so to finish where we did is pretty good.” The Deacons, however, are no strangers when it comes to comefrom-behind victories at the General Hackler Invitational, having come from behind to win the event for the past two years. Unfortunately, the Deacs were unable to get anything going on the last 18 holes of play and posted a teamlow score of 301 in the final round to finish the event in fifth place. “I thought it was going to be a real long day the way we started out but the guys really battled back today,” Haas said. “It was cool and breezy this morning and we just couldn’t get anything going. I think the guys will be able to feed off how they finished today and use that down the stretch.” The Deacs next play at Bulls Bay on March 28-30.
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After performing well at the General Hackler Invitational, the men’s golf team will compete in the Hootie at Bulls Bay Invite.
No. 17 men’s tennis falls to No. 3 USC in heated matchup By Patrick Vinett | Staff writer
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Junior Jonathan Wolff smacks a forehand in a recent home match. Wolff dropped a tough three set match in Wake Forest’s 5-2 loss to USC.
This past week the No. 17 ranked men’s tennis team took on the No. 3 ranked University of Southern California Trojans. The match was held in Los Angeles, and pitted two of the most talented tennis programs in the nation. This was the first time in the history of the two programs that they have played each other. On this historic day, it became apparent early that the Trojans of USC were better equipped to handle the blustering winds of their home court. The Deacons played well, but the home-court advantage played into the hands of USC. The Demon Deacons were faced with their backs against the wall from the very beginning. The Trojans doubles dominated the pairs sent out by Wake, until Danny Kreyman and Zach Leslie won the first victory of the day for the Deacons. However, it was too little too late as the Trojans had already secured the doubles point. The Trojans then went on to win the first two singles games, extending the point-deficit for the Demon Deacons to 3-0. The Deacons were never able to fully recover, as they lost for just the third time all season.
The highlight of the day for Wake Forest was the victory of senior Steve Forman over one of the nation’s most talented singles players, Robert Farah, in straight sets. Senior Jason Morgenstern also had a strong showing for the Deacs, as he defeated USC’s JT Sundling; 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. The freshman duo of Kreyman and Leslie continued to dominate, as they have all season with an 8-7 victory, thus bringing their season record to a solid three wins and one loss. Jonathan Wolff played well for Wake Forest, despite losing a tough match to Jaak Poldma of USC. Though the Deacons had a number of bright spots throughout the match, USC was just too talented. The Deacons were bent with frustration as junior Jonathan Wolff received two unsportsmanlike misconduct penalties, costing him a point, which would force him into a tiebreak he would later lose. Though it was just the first time the Wake Forest Demon Deacons have faced the USC Trojans in men’s tennis, look for some great contests within the next couple years. The loss brought the Deacons record to 6-3, while the Trojans improve to 13-1. The Deacons have been playing well though, facing one of the toughest schedules in the nation. “The score was closer than it seemed. We really could’ve won it,” freshman Tripper Carleton said.
Lady Deacs bounced in ACC Quarters, earn NIT bid By Chris Landers | Staff writer
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The Wake Forest women’s basketball team had a very respectable showing in Greensboro at the ACC tournament, rallying to defeat 12th seeded Miami in overtime on March 4 and losing a big first-half lead against 4th seeded Georgia Tech the next day. The Demon Deacons finished 18-13 overall, 7-7 in ACC play. Wa k e Forest got off to an extremely slow start against the underdog HurRay ricanes, with 17 first-half turnovers resulting in an 11-point Miami lead. With their NCAA tournament hopes hanging in the balance, however, the Demon Deacons went on an 11-0 run sparked by freshman center Sandra Garcia –
who finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds – and some ferocious defense to retake the lead. Not to be out done, Miami launched a comeback of their own, capped off by forward Shenise Johnson’s drive with 16.8 seconds left in regulation. After a back and forth overtime period, Wake’s Brittany Waters came through in crunch time with a three-point play to give the Demon Deacons a 66-63 lead. After a layup and a defensive stop, Miami had one final chance for the win but was denied as Johnson’s jumper went begging, sealing the win for Wake Forest. Waters led Wake Forest with 21 points and chipped in 8 rebounds. Next up for the Lady Deacons was fourth-seeded Georgia Tech, who had narrowly escaped Wake earlier this season. Wake Forest flipped the script from the Miami game, sprinting out to a 25-9 first half lead. Georgia Tech continued to hang around though, trailing by just eight at halftime behind 10 points from Brigitte Ardossi, who finished with a game high 23. Unfortunately, Wake Forest mimicked their sloppy play in
Football team opens spring practice with big shoes to fill The Wake Forest football team held the first of its 15 spring practices on at March 15 at the Doc Martin Football Practice Complex on campus. The team will continue to hold practices on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday throughout the next few weeks. The spring season concludes with the annual Spring Game, to be held April 17 at BB&T Field. The most pressing question coming into these practices is who will replace Riley Skinner at quarterback. Head Coach Jim Grobe has said he would like to name a starter by the end of the spring practices. Brendan Cross, Skyler Jones and Ted Stachitas appear to be the early favorites.
the Miami game in the second half, committing 12 turnovers as the Yellow Jackets caught fire. Georgia Tech outscored the Deacs 18-5 over the final 10 minutes of the contest and went on to win 52-45. Secily Ray led Wake with 11 points. “I thought we played hard and very well,” Head Coach Mike Petersen said about the two games. “We had a very gutsy win against Miami and were one possession away from beating Georgia Tech who has 23 wins.” Petersen was particularly impressed with the performance of several key freshmen such as Garcia: “A lot of times (freshmen) hit the wall, these are long games in a long season. “But they continue to grow and continue to get better, and we have them playing their best basketball at the right time.” Despite finishing in fifth place in the ACC, which received five NCAA Tournament bids, the Deacs were left out of the field of 64. N.C. State got the ACC’s final bid due to a stronger nonconference schedule. The Lady Deacs instead will host the first round of the NIT for the second consecutive year when they tipoff March 18 vs. N.C. A&T.
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Freshman guard Lakevia Boykin drives to the basket against Georgia Tech. The Lady Deacs will host North Carolina A&T in the first round of the NIT.
Deac Notes Smith, Aminu named to NABC District 2 All-District Teams
Cross Country teams earn honors for academic performance
Senior Ishmael Smith and sophomore Al-Farouq Aminu have both been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) AllDistrict team. Smith was a Second-Team selection, while Aminu was awarded First-Team honors. The pair are now eligible to be named to the NABC All-America teams, which will be announced on April 3 in Indianapolis. Other ACC players to be named First Team District 2 were Sylven Landesberg of Virginia, Gani Lawal from Georgia Tech, Duke’s Jon Scheyer and Greivis Vasquez of Maryland. The Deacs begin NCAA tournament play March 18 against Texas.
Both the men and women’s cross country teams were named to the 2009 Division I U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic (USTFCCCA) lists, as announced on March 8. The women’s team had a combined GPA of 3.35 during the fall 2009 semester, and the men’s team achieved an overall 3.14 GPA. To be eligible for the award, a team must record a score at a team score at an NCAA Regional Championship, in addition to having a minimum 3.00 team cumulative GPA. Sophomore Anna Nosenko was announced as an Academic individual honoree as well.
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D. Nosenko sets record, finishes ninth at NCAAs By Allison Lange | Senior writer
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The end of Spring Break also marked the end of the indoor track and field season for the Demon Deacons. Four track and field athletes traveled to last chance meets the weekend of March 5-6, in hopes of qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championships, March 12-13. Senior Jon Reid and sophomore Molly Binder both traveled to New York City for a meet hosted at the Armory Track Complex. Reid ran in the 400m dash and took first place. However, he was unable to improve upon his season-best time of 47.07, which he had run the previous weekend at the ACC Indoor Championships. His ACC Indoor time provisionally qualified him for NCAA’s, but wasn’t fast enough to make the final list. Reid However, Reid has focused his training on succeeding in the outdoor season, and he still has high hopes for upcoming meets. “My goal this year was to focus more on my outdoor season because I’m going to extend my outdoor season after the college season ends, to train back in Canada for Canadian nationals,” Reid said. “I did wish I made indoor NCAAs in the 400, but even at the last chance meet in New York, my legs were still tired from ACCs the week before.” Binder ran the 800m dash at the Armory and placed sixth with a time of 2:10.92. This wasn’t fast enough to provisionally qualify for NCAA’s. At Notre Dame’s last chance meet, sophomore sisters Dina and Anna Nosenko competed to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships.
A. Nosenko competed in the 5,000 meter run, where she stepped on the inside of the track and fell, and was forced to withdraw from the race. However, the next day, she competed in the 3,000 meter run. Although she was still a little beat up from her fall the previous day, A. Nosenko ran a time of 9:29.02 and placed third. However, this was still a second behind her season-best and was not fast enough to qualify for NCAA’s. D. Nosenko competed in the one mile run and finished with a time of 4:41.10. This was fast enough to place third, set a new school record and qualify for the NCAA Championships the following weekend. “I really wanted to perform my best after rather disappointing mile I ran at the ACC’s,” D. Nosenko said. “The track is not standard 200m, but 320m so when I was racing I did not know how fast I was going. Coach Annie told me just to race people and match every move the leaders will do, so I tried to do this and after I crossed the finish line I was really surprised to find out my time, because it is a big PR for me.” After qualifying for the NCAA’s, D. Nosenko traveled to the University of Arkansas where she competed in her preliminary heat for the mile run. She ran in the first of two heats and placed fifth, with a time fast enough to qualify her on to the finals. In the finals, D. Nosenko ran a time of 4:43.73, which was enough to place her ninth overall. For her first NCAA competition, it was an impressive performance. “I did not expect to go for indoor NCAA at all, so I was happy with just going there and competing with best athletes in the US,” D. Nosenko said. “However, in the back of my mind I was always hoping to get into the final, but I did not want to think about it a lot, so not to be disappointed if I didn’t get into the final and not to spoil my first experience with bitter feelings. The NCAA experience was incredible and unforgettable.”Up next for the team is the Wake Forest Open.
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With the indoor season coming to a close, senior Jon Reid and sophomore Molly Binder traveled to the ACC Indoor Championships March 12-13.
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Junior Katarina Reveche volleys during a match for women’s tennis. The Lady Deacs recently improved their overall record to .500 with ACC play coming up shortly. By Laven Newsom | Staff writer
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Following the big home win over Florida International the Deacs hit the road for seven straight road games spanning four states in 25 days. The Deacs began the trip against rival N.C. State in their first ACC match of the season. Wake put up a tough fight in the doubles matches but ended up losing all to head into singles down a point. Going into singles play senior Aileen Davis said coach Skorupka “emphasized the fact that we needed go out there, move our feet, fight for every point and redeem ourselves after a poor doubles point.” Coach Skorupka’s word worked as the Lady Deacons came out firing in singles. Freshman Kathryn Talbert and Davis both picked up big wins in singles
but it ultimately wasn’t enough as Wake fell to the Wolfpack 2-5. After the tough loss to N.C. State the Deacs continued their southern road trip as they headed to Columbia, S.C. looking to score the upset over the 20th ranked Gamecocks of South Carolina. Once again Wake headed into singles down a point as they dropped all three doubles matches by an extremely slim margin. The number one doubles team of Sasha Kulikova and Talbert lost a close 6-8 decision while the doubles duo at two and three both lost by scores of 5-8. However, once again it looked as if Wake was making a comeback as Kulikova secured her second win over a top 100 opponent this season and Anna Mydlowska picked up a hard fought win at the number six spot. But it was a unfortunately too little, too late as the Gamecocks won the rest of the singles matches handing the Lady Deacons their second consecutive loss.
After two tough losses in a row and a tough match looming against the College of Charleston the Deacons knew they needed to refocus and get down to business. Davis said the team “focused hard and got done what we needed to.” The Deacs came roaring out of the gate, sweeping all three doubles matches for the fourth time this season and headed into singles only four points from victory. At number one singles Kulikova set the tempo for the Deacs singles players as she overpowered her opponent winning big 6-1, 6-0. Following her lead, three other Deacons wrapped up victories as Emilee Malvehy, Ryann Cutillo, and Katarina Reveche leading the Deacs to a 5-2 win. With the victory the Lady Deacons improved to 6-6 on the season and look poised to make some noise as they enter their ACC schedule. “It will be a long stretch of away matches but it really doesn’t have much effect on our game,” Davis said. She is confident that the team can compete at the highest level.
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filled the stadium with their fans on Sunday. ACC Tournament Friday used to be considered a holiday of sorts in the state of North Carolina. I remember being at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, and no matter what class I was in on that day, the televisions would be on the tournament and all work would be abandoned for the day. It used to be that one could not get into the Coliseum without paying the full ticket price; in this year’s case $396, to attend all the sessions. This year I saw tickets being sold for $7 apiece, and
multiple two-for-one deals worked out between scalpers and fans. I blame expansion and first-round games on Thursday that have ruined the ACC Tournament experience. The fans of the three new schools do not care that much about basketball and it shows when their sections are less than a third full, even when their teams are playing. Miami made it to the semifinals on Saturday, where they faced national powerhouse Duke, and they still did not have more than about 100 fans in the entire building, not excluding the ones that were just pulling against the Blue Devils. The games on Thursday have also ruined bringing all of the fans in the
conference into one spot for a day of great basketball and amity among the different schools. When the tournament used to be three days, with the quarterfinals on Friday, all the fans would get in Thursday night or Friday morning, and even the afternoon session on Friday would have a pretty enthusiastic feel to it. Now, the teams that play on Friday usually do not bring their fans until Thursday night, which makes the Thursday sessions lackluster and half full. The tournament used to be the crowning achievement in conference tournaments, and it still is to those on Tobacco Road, and fans of
teams that have been in the ACC for a long time. The tournament has suffered on a national level, as well tradition-wise because the commissioner John Swofford was concerned about the revenue that the new teams could bring in from football without thinking about how the basketball side, and most importantly, the ACC Tournament would be affected. Until the ACC goes back to a three day tournament, or fills the empty seats, the atmosphere will continue to lack the enthusiasm of its early days, and, in addition, the tournament will not hold the meaning and tradition that it once held.
started 21 games for the Deacons averaging 10 points per game this season and leading the Deacons in free throw percentage at just under 85 percent from the line. The Deacons, however, are coming off a tough defeat at the hands of the Miami Hurricanes in the first round of the ACC tournament by a score of 83-62. Wake Forest had split the season series with Miami prior to the March 11 meeting, with each team winning on their home-court. However, the Deacs seemed to never get it going, shooting 35 percent from the field and only connecting on four of their 17 three-pointers. “We came out flat,” said Gaudio. The Hurricanes jumped out to a 13-6 advantage and kept the lead on a barrage of three pointers. The half was capped off by a breakaway dunk by Miami sophomore DeQuan Jones to give Miami a 14 point halftime lead. Miami pushed the lead to as much as 25 in the second half and the Demon Deacons, who were the number five seed in the tournament, had no answer for the 12 seed Hurricanes who shot 51.2 percent from the floor. The Deacons, whose only lead came in the game’s first minute, struggled to stop Miami’s freshman center, Reggie Johnson, who scored a season-high 22 points. Johnson, who is from Winston-Salem, made every shot he took, shooting eight of eight from the field and six of six from the free-throw Aminu line. Smith led Wake Forest with 14 points and five assists. Aminu had 11 points and seven rebounds, but only made three of his 10 shot attempts. Prior to the Deacons’ loss in Greensboro to Miami, Wake Forest posted an important win against the Clemson Tigers, 70-65. The Deacs had lost their previous four games and the victory was a boost to their résumé for the NCAA tournament. The game saw the Deacons take a lead midway through the first half and then keep it for the rest of the game. Clemson gave the Deacons a scare by pulling to within two on Clemson senior Trevor Booker’s layup with just over two minutes to go, but Smith scored four of the Deacon’s final eight points to lead Wake Forest to a win. Smith finished the game with 17 points, seven assists, and six rebounds. In addition, Aminu posted his eighteenth double-double of the season scoring 18 points and pulling down 12 rebounds. The Demon Deacons shot an impressive 81.8 percent from the free-throw line where they typically shoot 66 percent, and had four players score in double figures. “I thought we had a really emotional win at Clemson,” Gaudio said. “We played very well against a very hot team that had won five of the last six.”
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For some viewers, the real winners are determined before the Awards show ever begins. These women may not receive a golden statuette, but they get all the attention. The Red Carpet this year featured several noticeable trends in terms of starlets and their dress choices. The best dress of the night was Best Actress winner Sandra Bullock’s shimmery Marchesa dress; it looked fantastic on the Red Carpet and on stage with her golden Oscar in hand. Many stars selected pink and red dresses to various degrees of success. I particularly loved Vera Farmiga’s Marchesa dress that was a dark red and had beautiful ruffled construction on the front. First-time nominee Anna Kendrick wore a pink Elie Saab number that seemed a bit too muted for the Red Carpet, but the style befitted the young up-and-coming star. Blue was also a very popular color, perhaps in homage to Best Picture nominee, Avatar. James Cameron added a blue pocket square while his wife wore a Na’viblue dress. The ladies of Precious (Mo’Nique, Mariah Carey and Gabrielle Sidibe) also followed the blue trend. Best Supporting Actress winner Mo’Nique looked lovely in a bright hue and added a flower to hair that was an unexpected touch. Carey wore a navy Valentino gown with a very high slit and a jewel to accent the cut. The humorous Sidibe said of her Marchesa dress, “If fashion was porn, this dress would be the money shot.” Patterns also had a strong presence on the Red Carpet and were a nice change from the monochromatic dresses dominating the Awards. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Dries van Noten ensemble worked well for the Best Actress nominee. Presenter Rachel McAdams looked lovely in her flowy, printed Elie Saab frock. It was a glamorous Red Carpet with few fashion faux pas. But there were a handful of stars that failed to match their peers in fashion. Zoe Saldana of Star Trek and Avatar looked terrific from the waist up; the dress’s sparkling bodice with lavender accent was gorgeous. Her outfit, however, fell apart at the bottom with the bizarre purple ruffles that, at first glance, looked like fur. Teen star Miley Cyrus called her dress “Marilyn Monroe-esque” but there was nothing pretty about it. Style icon Sarah Jessica Parker’s Chanel dress had a strange neck strap, bizarre embellishment at the top and seemed to fit her like a muumuu. Her gigantic hairstyle did little to salvage the ensemble. During the E! coverage, correspondents loved Jennifer Lopez’s iridescent pink dress, but I had a hard time getting past the side pouf. Perhaps it was an unfortunate by-product of Lady Gaga’s style — regardless, the dress would have been much better without the additional elements. It was a memorable night, honoring both fashion and film.
The night of the Oscars was filled with a few shocking surprises (Avatar?), plenty of laughs and its fair share of teary acceptance speeches. The opening act of the Awards is often entertaining, surprising and sets the tone for the evening’s show. This year awards star extraordinaire Neil Patrick Harris performed a song and dance number in a sequined tuxedo. I love Harris and it was a nice way to introduce the Academy Awards’ two hilarious hosts, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. The two funnymen targeted the audience in their jokes and were quite entertaining. Using 3D glasses to spot James Cameron in the crowd was humorous and I loved their Snuggie segment backstage. The show focused on presenting the ten Best Picture nominees and provided quick montages for each film. The acting categories went as they were predicted with Christoph Waltz (Supporting Actor –– Inglourious Basterds), Mo’Nique (Supporting Actress –– Precious), Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) and Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) winning statues. They all gave eloquent speeches with Waltz referring to Basterds and director Quentin Tarantino’s work as an “expedition.” Mo’Nique thanked the Academy for not succumbing to internal politics and for awarding the Oscar for the best performance. Bridges said “man” a few too many times but seemed tremendously honored and grateful. Bullock commented on all of her fellow nominees (on Meryl Streep: “Such a good kisser”) and dedicated her award to mothers. A majority of the categories went as planned: Up won Best Animated Film, The Hurt Locker took Original Screenplay, The Young Victoria received Best Costume Design and The Cove won Best Documentary. The only surprise of the evening was the Argentine film The Secret in Their Eyes winning Best Foreign Language film. Avatar took all of the technical awards as predicted and was a popular joke target. Ben Stiller presented Best Makeup (a category the James Cameron epic was not even nominated for) looking like a Na’vi; director Juan Jose Campanella of The Secret in Their Eyes thanked the Academy for “not considering Na’vi a foreign language.” In the more debatable categories, The Hurt Locker won Best Picture. It was certainly a historic night as the movie’s director Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win Best Director. It will be interesting to see what’s next for the cast of The Hurt Locker, where Sandra Bullock will go from Oscar gold and how many more installations of Avatar James Cameron will make until he gets another Best Picture statuette. The 82nd Academy Awards were entertaining, ground-breaking and a memorable night for Hollywood capping a milestone year for film making.
Abroad Column | The Road Less Traveled
Learning to make the best of unexpected travel woes Caitlin Brooks Staff columnist
If I hear another person say that they are going to “wing it” when traveling for two weeks in Europe on Spring Break, I might scream. The idea that European travel is a trip to the amusement park where you are rushed to and from historical landmarks and pub crawls without any planning or effort is completely preposterous. I planned my travel break back in January. I have made an itinerary of not only my flight and train travel information and hostel accommodations, but also of important sites to see and
tours to take. True, many may call my travel planning obsessive, over zealous, and even neurotic (which I should admit, at some level, it is); but it is also safe and reassuring. With an itinerary as iron-clad as mine, the unexpected is expected and the dangerous, avoided. Or so I thought, and then I arrived in Greece for five days of blissful sunshine and black sand beaches on Santorini (a much needed escape from the land of ice and snow, Copenhagen). Now, most of you will know that Greece is bankrupt (much to the chagrin of Germany and the rest of the EU) which meant nothing to me until the transportation employees became fed up with pay cuts and decided to strike regularly. These strikes are largely unimportant in the grand scheme of things, unless you happen to be flying into Athens after a week in Istanbul in complete isolation from news sources. After flying in just under the radar, (literally an hour before a strike began), I found myself grounded in Athens for the duration of the strike (less than eight hours) and considered myself
lucky to arrive, until the strike ended and, a day and a half later, I was still not on my flight to Santorini. Unfortunately in all of my online research before booking, no one mentioned that flying to a Greek island in March is a terrible idea to say the least. There is a reason for those cheap off-season hotel prices and abandoned beaches: with the winds across the Aegean, it is almost impossible to fly to the island and the six hour daily ferry across the choppy sea is none too appealing. To make a long story short, three canceled flights and a complementary night in a beautiful, but abandoned resort later, I never made it to Santorini. This will probably bother me until I finally get to see the great Caldera from an open-air Taverna on the cliffs. Instead, as the rest of my traveling companions (residents of the Worrell House) tried their luck with a flight to slightly less windy Paros, my boyfriend and I managed to spend twice as long in
what was once the center of the universe-- Athens. After receiving 60 euro in compensation from Olympic Air for our troubles, we grabbed the bus into town and began exploring the ancient city. The sun shone, the birds sang and the museums and monuments of Athens were free all weekend long in an entirely unexpected and thoroughly delightful turn of events. Our five days in Greece passed more quickly than I’d have liked as we toured the Acropolis, Temple of Olympian Zeus and the closest island to Athens, Aegina. All in all, the trip was nothing that I had planned, but flying out of Athens to Denmark (once again narrowly avoiding a strike), I was certain that it had completely independent of my intentions; it was changed only for the better. I’m still not willing to “wing it” completely when my actual travel break comes around, but come hell or high water, I know I’ll still have a good time, maybe even a better time than the one I’d planned.
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She Said | Illuminating Your Love Life
Ladies, respect your guy regardless Adrienne Alexander
A New Disney Classic
Most people spend about six years of their lives dreaming.
Directors Ron Clement and John Musker’s whimsical film The Princess and the Frog was released to DVD on March 16. This film includes all the typical elements of a Disney animated film; a wishful protagonist, a handsome prince and, of course, dozens of cheerful songs. This particular film attracted lots of attention because it featured Disney’s first black princess voiced by actress Anika Noni Rose. Its songs, plot and characters make it worthy of the title of “Disney Classic.”
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Student Union
Tuesday Trivia Every Tuesday night 8 p.m. in Shorty’s Compete to win prizes Showings of The Blind Side Friday and Saturday, March 19-20 6, 8 and 10 p.m. in Pugh Enjoy a free movie and popcorn Cake Decorating Short Course Wednesday, March 24 7 and 8 p.m. in Benson 410 Sign up at the Benson Ticket Office Check back each week to see upcoming events hosted by Student Union
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The headline of this article will surely raise some eyebrows — still, I expect the enlightened readers of the university to hear me out before dismissing the article’s advice as a throwback to the Dark Ages. The reason I think that you will read this piece through to the end is that I believe you are a decent human being who treats other people with at least the same level of respect that you want for yourself. You probably would not have batted an eyelash at the opener if I had omitted the gender reference to your significant other. The idea of giving respect to guys shouldn’t conjure up images of forced domestic servitude or inspire fear of forfeiting our feminine freedoms. We love men as equals and rightly we should. The issue is one of preference. We need not lower ourselves to interact properly with the men in our lives. But we do need to consider how we behave toward them, the type of the treatment we give.
Treating others the way that we want to be treated is a good principle to live by – the golden rule. Yet we would do well to rethink how we apply it in our romantic relationships. For example, when my boyfriend gives me a gift, it would be silly for him to buy me what he wants rather than what I want. He and I value different things. His gift would be less thoughtful, less meaningful, less enjoyable for me and generally less effective for his intended purpose of pleasing me if it were based on his preferences instead of my own. The same is true whenever we wish to express our warm regard for others. We should show affection in the manner that most effectively touches the person who is that affection’s object. In general, the tenderness you so enjoy receiving from your guy is not what he wants most from you in return. Not that he doesn’t enjoy it, but there is something else that outranks it on his wish list. To feel truly cared for, guys tend to prefer receiving appreciation, admiration and especially respect. It’s important to speak and behave respectfully toward your man when you are with him and about him when you are not. Do so whether you feel in that moment that he deserves it or not. You would want him to express love and tenderness to you even when you’re being your least lovable self. His desire for the kind of affection that makes him feel valued and fulfilled is no different. Don’t put conditions on his receiving the respect he wants.
Treat him with the same respect you would want for yourself. You wouldn’t insult or criticize a female friend in front of others and expect her to remain a friend. Why then would you do it to your boyfriend? There are surely characteristics that attract you to him, to which you can respond with respect. If not, I would ask why you are in a relationship with someone of whom you hold such a low opinion. Relationships end when people decide that they deserve better treatment than they are receiving. Your guy may tell you that he doesn’t appreciate the way you treated him on a specific occasion, but more likely he will silently bear your bad behavior until he is fed up. Guys are sometimes less articulate about their emotive experiences than we. A girl who wants to maintain her relationship but has few respectful feelings toward her significant other may find an unexpected benefit of following this bit of advice: looking for and speaking to the best in someone is powerful – it can even magnify those traits in them that we admire. A woman who shows respect to her guy, even despite valid reasons to do otherwise, may find she has helped to create a more respectable person with whom to interact in the future. “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 | Alice in Wonderland
Remake revives a childhood favorite By Emily Prezioso | Staff writer
As he did with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and Sweeny Todd (2007), Tim Burton revises yet another classic tale and brings it to the big screen in a style of his own with Alice in Wonderland. Burton turns the 1865 Lewis Carroll favorite into an appealingly dark film with impressive visual effects, yet loses a cohesive portrayal of the story by trying to cater to a wide spectrum of audiences. Burton uses Carroll’s story as a basic framework for his film, yet makes numerous changes in characters and plotline. Burton deviates enough from the original tale to truly make Alice in Wonderland it his own, yet retains Starring | Mia Wasikowska, Johnny many of the Depp and Anne Hathaway memorable Director | Tim Burton characters Who’s it for? | Tim Burton enthuand scenes siasts and fantasy lovers from the two books that Running Time | 1 hr. 48 mins. tell Alice’s Rating | B story. T h e changes make the story somewhat more interesting and suspenseful for the average viewer, yet do not take it so far beyond the original that the film will upset Carroll enthusiasts. Mia Wasikowska makes her first large-scale debut in an American movie with a good deal of success. Wasikowska plays an appealing Alice, although she could have brought more to the picture with more intense emotions. Overall, Alice reacts well to the characters around her and shifts between the real world and the dream world with ease. Wasikowska will likely become a more familiar face in Hollywood as a result of her performance in the film. Johnny Depp appears in yet another Burton film and has become the heart of much of the advertising for the film as the Mad Hatter. He plays the character well and his interactions with Wasikowska are some of the best of the movie. The visual effects are largely impressive and the colors wow the crowd, yet it is the digitally-altered characters that take the film to a new level. The film combines animated characters, such as the rabbit and Cheshire Cat, with those of real people. Many of the characters played by actors in the film are also computer-enhanced, making for an interesting mix. The Mad Hatter (Depp) has a cohesive combination of exotic costume, hair and makeup, and the added digital effects turn him dark and mystical. The Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) draws in the audience with an image of perfection com-
Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures
Alice, played by Mia Wasikowska, ventures down the rabbit hole once again to return to the magical Wonderland she discovered as a child. plete with towering red hair, permanently pouting lips, and arched eyebrows and blue shadow that make her a devilish ice queen. Wonderland, or “Underland” as Burton names it, truly becomes a new world thanks to digital enhancements in the characters and setting. While the characters relate to one another within this world, their interactions are somewhat underdeveloped and the plot is disjointed to a certain extent. The original story is a bit of an oddity, and Burton characteristically enhances the qualities that make it this way, which make it entertaining despite the absence of a steady plotline throughout the movie. Theaters offer the film in regular imaging or in 3D, and while the 3D version leaves some viewers underwhelmed, it leads others to return to the theater to see it again and again. Since Alice in Wonderland comes in the wake of Avatar, which dominated the box office in 3D, the allure of the IMAX effects is somewhat lost and the film does not seem worth the larger price tag for many viewers. As the story does not have a very strong plotline, the story is told thoroughly in less than two hours.
The beginning is especially slow, but the characters begin to draw the viewer in as the story continues. By converting little Alice into a 19-year-old hoping to escape a marriage proposal, Burton attempts to take the tale into a new realm that can appeal to all ages. Unfortunately, by trying to cater to both the child and adult audience, the film cannot truly encapsulate either. While watching the film, it feels as though it is a Disney children’s movie, yet at the same time seems far too dark and trippy for a younger audience. Burton partially reaches his goal in that an array of crowds will find parts of the film entertaining, yet the film loses direction in its attempt to please all. The hype surrounding Alice in Wonderland surged in the weeks (and months) preceding the release of film, yet it has been met with disparate reactions since its arrival in theaters. While the film does not live up to all of the hype, it is certainly entertaining, and worth watching thanks to the magical word created by special effects and Burton’s interesting perspective on the traditional story.
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 B7
Concert Review | Eric Hutchinson
Hutchinson delivers memorable concert By Aubrey Sitler | Staff writer
There is nothing worse than going to a live concert only to be disappointed upon discovering that it’s really only editing and technology that makes your favorite musical artist sound so good. Luckily (although I really don’t think luck had anything to do with it), the March 14 Eric Hutchinson concert delivered precisely the brilliant performance promised by his studio recording. His opening act was even one to beat. The John McDonald Band, made up of junior John McDonald, junior Danny Chu, senior Alex Blake and non-university student Caleb Wu, kicked off the night’s festivities with a 30-minute set. They won the honor of opening for Hutchinson in a Student Union-sponsored open mic competition. Combing their own renditions of songs everyone knows and loves with a few originals composed by McDonald himself, the band did not fail to impress. Between the sheer depth and quality of their songs (both lyrically and musically) and the fact that McDonald has a falsetto that proved capable of inspiring every girl (and possibly every guy) in the audience to fall at least a little bit in love, their’s is definitely an act which will not quickly or easily fade from memory.
Hutchinson then entered the stage to a huge applause which proved to be well deserved. He played mostly songs from his album Sounds Like This, while mixing in a few new pieces from his upcoming album. His piano, guitar and vocal skills are possibly even better live than recorded. But this was probably partly due to Hutchinson’s talent at involving and relating to his audience. He is one of the most effective and entertaining live performers I have ever seen. His demeanor was perfect for the atmosphere of a college quad on St. Patrick’s Day. He playfully called the audience out for not standing up, asked “the guy with the sarcastically huge clap” to come up on stage for a song, and composed/performed an impromptu song about how sorry he knew the green beer drinkers in the beer garden would be the next day. He kept everyone laughing and fully engaged the whole time. His encore ended with a mash-up of R. Kelly’s “Ignition (Remix)” and The Temptations’ “My Girl” before transitioning into his most popular song, “Rock & Roll.” After nearly two hours that felt like no time at all, Hutchinson left the stage on a perfect March evening leaving his audience laughing, yelling and always wanting more.
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The catchy melodies of singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson filled Manchester Plaza during Student Union’s first annual St. Patrick’s Day concert.
Music Review | Gorillaz
Gorillaz redefine ‘band’ By Nicholas Reichert | Contributing writer
It’s official, with the release of their new single “Sylo,” 2D, Murdoc, Noodle and Russel are back. That’s right, Gorillaz have a new album called Plastic Beach that was released March 3. As with their previous two albums, the list of guest appearances on Plastic Beach is no less impressive this time around; we see Mos Def, De La Soul, Snoop Dog, Lou Reed, Bobby Womack, and Mick Jones all giving their talents to Damon Albarn’s project. Albarn has hinted that this album will take a more pop-oriented approach than previous Gorillaz projects, and guests like Mos Def and Snoop certainly suggest this. But what I’m looking forward to most about this new album is all the bonus Gorillaz content that comes along with any Gorillaz release. A little back story about Gorillaz ... they are the project of English musician Damon Albarn (of Blur), and are one of the world’s most famous virtual bands. Drawn by artist Jamie Hewlett, the members of Gorillaz only exist in cartoon form, but have taken on lives of their own. They’ve appeared as everything from puppets to holographic images during their concerts, and if you didn’t know Albarn was the man behind it all, you might actually think they exist. This is the most brilliant aspect of Gorillaz — that they don’t admit to their artificiality. The band made a celebrity playlist for iTunes, have done interviews with magazines — heck, Murdoc even took over a radio station in England and played an hour long show. This is so brilliant simply
CD Review | Have One On Me
Whimsy folk artist releases lengthy album By Kara Solarz | Contributing writer
Photo courtesy of Gorillaz
Gorillaz is made up of four fictional band members who exist only as cartoons drawn by artist Jamie Hewlett. because it allows Albarn and Hewlett to take Gorillaz in any direction they want and give them any story or personality they please. Gorillaz is brilliant not only for making itself an open ended story, but also for inviting their fans to get as close to the band as they want. The Gorillaz Web site is everything a band Web site should be. Fans are able to explore the “Kong Studios” where the band lives and find the secrets hidden throughout this flashrendered studio. The creators give fans even more by constantly changing the
appearance of the studio and adding more content. What better way to keep fans interested between albums by giving them content in an accessible virtual location? Clearly this isn’t something most bands can hope to achieve or even afford, but I suggest many take cues from Gorillaz in attempting to make their fans feel more like a part of the creative process. What music needs are more bands like Gorillaz, who are willing to push the boundaries of how close they’ll let their fans come.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Joanna Newsom’s music, she is a somewhat folksy, very much avant garde female vocalist for fans of Bjork, Regina Spektor and most other quirky lady singers. Oh, did I mention she plays the harp? Apparently, she picked the thing up at a folk music camp in her early teens. So while I was busy making lanyards, Newsom was acquiring a real talent. Another thing I should probably mention about Newsom — she has a somewhat off-putting voice. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s awesome, but if pressed I would have to say it sounds a bit like a warbling kindergartner. In fact, I can’t even describe how much pleasure I just got out of Googling “Joanna Newsom’s voice sounds like.” Highlights range from “teething infant” to “an elf on helium,” though I think my favorite (and perhaps one of the more complimentary) is: “a piercing flutter that’s pitched somewhere between Björk and a hand brake.” Right, so it isn’t the easiest thing to take in after one listen. But something about Newsom’s baby voice and crazy harp skills comes together in the most wonderfully weird way. And her new
album, Have One On Me, definitely does not disappoint. Newsom’s voice sounds a bit fuller (and thankfully, less jarring) and the album has this slight jazz feel to it that I definitely enjoy. I’ve also always been fond of Newsom’s lyrics, which are somewhat strange but surprisingly sweet. For instance, on perhaps her most approachable song, “Good Intentions Paving Company,” the singer cleverly muses, “I regret how I said to you, ‘Honey, just open your heart,’ when I’ve got trouble even opening a honey jar.” Now, these are words a scrawny armed girl like myself can appreciate. “Good Intentions Paving Company” is just seven fantastic minutes of the three-disc set. That’s right, seven minutes — and three discs. As the expansive 18 tracks of the album suggest, Newsom’s songs tend to be epically long (according to my iTunes, her longest song clocks in around 17 minutes). Though honestly, I never noticed it took me 11 minutes to listen to the title track until now. Marathon song length and chipmunk voice disclaimers aside, Have One On Me is a phenomenal album. If you have an open mind and a bit of patience, or if you think Devendra Banhart’s music is getting far too normal, give Have One On Me a spin.
Event Review | Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ladysmith brings South African music, dance and tradition to university By Jacob Eichhorn | Staff writer
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo performs in Wait Chapel as part of the university’s Secrest Artists Series.
“Peace, Love and Harmony.” The message Joseph Shabalala wants to spread to every corner of the globe. But for Shabalala, creator and leader of the South African Men’s A Cappella Choral Group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, “Harmony” has two meanings. The group, consisting of eight men from bass to countertenor, performed on March 4, in Wait Chapel — an exhilarating experience that had the audience at their feet applauding and yelling for an encore after their final song. Ladysmith Black Mambazo bears the pride of the Zulu tradition. The music they sing is called isicathamiya, formed in the mines of South Africa. Forced away from home to live in destitute conditions, the miners would sing and dance into the wee hours of the morning to entertain themselves. Shabalala, inspired by this music, attempted
to form his own group of singers. But he was discontented with the results — until he had a dream of the harmony he wanted. With time the sound became something special. Their name came about after winning all the music competitions they entered. “Ladysmith” their hometown; “Black” alluding to the black oxen, a strong and sturdy farm animal; and “Mambazo” meaning ax in Zulu referring to the group chopping down their competition. After so many wins, the group was forbidden to enter any more, although they could still perform to entertain. The group has released 54 albums selling over seven million worldwide. They have won three Grammy Awards, including one for their most recent CD, Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu. Ladysmith Black Mambazo have joined many performers: Stevie Wonder, Josh Groban, Dolly Parton and Ben Harper to name a few. Perhaps their most well-
known collaboration is with the man who introduced them to the United States, Paul Simon. The performance was a spectacular display of their voices and harmonies, as well as their culture and passion for tradition. The first song, “Wenyukela” (Raise you spirit higher) was a call and response between Shabalala and the other members singing in the tight Zulu harmony. Ladysmith Black Mambazo uplifted their voices in praise with the song’s joyous melody. “Isimanga Kathekwane” (The legend of the hammerhead bird) was hysterical; as the group sang, they cawed and cooed giving their best impersonation of a hammerhead bird. After intermission, one member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo held a competition between the other members and the audience. He taught the audience the Zulu lyrics wanting them to sing louder and better than the other members of Ladysmith
Black Mambazo. Excitedly, the audience sang probably butchering the Zulu but enjoying every moment. The audience won of course. “Homeless,” their best known song, was truly uplifting. The harmonies soared across Wait Chapel with the sincerest empathy that, instead of drooping with melancholy, celebrated the gift of life. For the final song, Ladysmith Black Mambazo invited audience members up to the stage to dance in the traditional style. The sheer joy on the audience members’ faces emanated the room until the entire audience was enraptured in the glorious song of “Peace, Love and Harmony.” It was an amazing experience not only enjoying the music and Zulu harmony but watching the magical chemistry of the performers as they enjoy every moment of the performance as well equally if not more than the audience.
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 B8
Traditions Council | Keeping the Old with the New
Experience university history with a visit to Old Campus Elizabeth Garret Staff columnist
It’s that time of year again. No, I don’t mean the time when college basketball fans get caught up in the March Madness frenzy or when we swath ourselves in green to avoid being pinched. I’m talking about the Traditions Council’s annual trip to the Old Campus. This year’s trip will be Saturday, March 27, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will be com-
pletely free. Spaces are limited, however, so be sure to email Morgan Maloney to sign up by March 23. Now if the lack of a price tag isn’t enough to send you scurrying to your computer to sign up, allow me to provide you with a few more reasons why you should save this date: 1. You get to spend the day with a Wake Forest legend. No, not Chris Paul or Arnold Palmer, but rather Provost Emeritus Ed Wilson. Dr. Wilson has been affiliated with the university for decades, and has thus come to be as much a part of the university’s heritage as the iconic image of Wait Chapel. He is brimming with both historical and personal anecdotes that never fail to inform, inspire or at least entertain. Trust me. You should not graduate without
having spent a little quality time with this man and what better place to do so than on the very campus where he spent his undergraduate years. 2. You get to savor an original Shorty’s hot dog. Sure, you can head over to Shorty’s in Benson and order a Deacon Dog any old time, but do you really think an ARAMARK food product can compare to the original? Of course not. But if hot dogs don’t exactly tickle your taste buds’ fancy, then you can at least sit back, relax and relish (no pun intended) a little tradition in the charming eatery turned landmark. 3. You get to see where it all began. I know, it sounds cheesy, but I’m serious. Between visiting the Birthplace Museum and meandering among the buildings that made up the original campus, you will leave with a greater knowledge of
and appreciation for our university as we know it today. 4. The Carolina Cup is so overrated. Yes, the Old Campus trip is the same day as the Carolina Cup, and while donning your pastel finery is always a good time, learning about and celebrating the history of the university with friends and fellow students is a unique experience that you do not want to miss. If you are still not convinced, then perhaps a few testimonials will do the trick. Last year’s outing was met with rave reviews from attendees. Senior Susie Manship summed up her experience when she said, “Proud, appreciative, and connected are the three words I would use to describe the emotions I felt that day. I feel ever close to the university and its history.� Similarly,
junior Megan Petitt said, “I think every Wake student should make an effort to visit the old campus at least once before graduating because it gives a meaningful context for our campus here in WinstonSalem. Whether a student’s current connection to Wake is mainly academic, athletic or extracurricular, everyone can find a specific aspect of Wake’s history that piques their interest. And who doesn’t love a hot dog from the original Shorty’s?� So there you have it. No matter your class year or your campus involvement, the trip to the Old Campus is sure to please. Go on and pick up those pencils or pens or Blackberries and get ready to mark March 27 as the day you get the privilege of seeing the real Wake Forest.
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CD Review | Valleys of Neptune
Posthumous Hendrix compilation album impresses fans
though not necessarily new tracks. Hendrix’s Valleys of Neptune gives listeners Reviewing the “new” Jimi Hendrix a peek into what might be considered album is a little misleading. Hendrix the creative apex of Hendrix’s career: the has been dead for nearly 40 years. The tracks were recorded between 1968’s fact is that most of the tracks on Val- Electric Ladyland and his epic appearance leys of Neptune are not entirely new to at Woodstock in August of 1969. Hendrix fans. Most of the tracks feature the Jimi And, like most Hendrix Experience posthumous compila(Hendrix on guitar and Valleys of Neptune tions, there is a delivocals, Noel Redding cate balance between Artist | Jimi Hendrix on bass, Mitch Mitchreleasing music to Genre | Classic Rock ell on drums) though make a pretty penny Label | Sony some feature Redding’s and releasing music replacement Billy Cox, to enhance the Jimi Best Song | “Stone Free” as well as other musiHendrix catalogue. cians. Grade | A With that said, ValThe album opens with leys of Neptune is an “Stone Free,” recorded example of a successful, respected and with Mitchell and Cox. Though this may tasteful compilation of previously unre- be one of Hendrix’s most popular songs, leased versions of both Hendrix favorites this version is like none other: with an and rarities. Produced by stepsister Janie unreserved arrangement and a soaring Hendrix, Eddie Kramer (the engineer of solo, no two versions of “Stone Free” all of Hendrix’s albums throughout his are the same. life) and John McDermott, the album The title track is the first official release features 12 studio recordings of unheard, of the song featuring a full-band. It is By Grace Beehler | Staff writer
exploratory and journeying but not overworked, layered with Hendrix’s whining Strat and molasses vocals. “Bleeding Heart” is an Elmore James cover that Hendrix — along with Cox and drummer Rocky Isaac — transforms into something funky and rollicking and altogether new. “Hear My Train A Comin’,” released with a full-band (as opposed to the 12-string acoustic version), highlights Hendrix’s ability to magnificently pull noises from his guitar that are beautifully experimental and incredibly fresh. This version was recorded in a single take, allowing the band to show off their nearly flawless dynamic and their raw power. And at seven and a half minutes long, Hendrix takes the listener on a ride from mellow lows to soaring and crashing highs, which makes this track a definite highlight of the album. “Mr. Bad Luck” was recorded and then re-recorded 17 years after Hendrix’s death by Redding and Mitchell, making this track not quite as authentic and coherent, but still an example of Hen-
drix’s rising talent. “Sunshine of Your Love” covers a Cream original, clocking in at nearly seven minutes. Although it’s hard to improve a Clapton creation, Hendrix manages to take something familiar and make it extraordinary and unique. “Lover Man” layers electric guitar with heavy percussions and sparse lyrics, but obvious guitar solos provide most of the screaming vocals and make the track a spectacular example of Hendrix’s power and virtuosity. The only drawback is the fade-out that makes it sound unfinished. “Ships Passing Through The Night” was recorded at the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s last studio session in April of 1969 and shows off Hendrix’s natural blues origins. “Fire” and “Red House” stay true to the earlier renditions of the songs but nevertheless showcase Hendrix’s gut-
wrenching talent. The eight and a half minute “Red House” is a slow, stretched groove that takes previous versions to shame with Hendrix’s bare and expressive guitar licks. Two never-before-released tracks close the album, “Lullaby for the Summer” and “Crying Blue Rain.” The first is a fun, hot and raunchy instrumental and the latter is a moody and burning mix of tempos and flavors. While Valleys of Neptune won’t live up to Axis: Bold As Love or Electric Ladyland, the album gives listeners a glimpse of Hendrix’s potential as a solo musician breaking out of the confines of his three-piece band. Rather than answering the “what if ” questions that have been posed since his untimely death, the album ultimately immortalizes the living, breathing psychedelic guitar virtuoso as he was in 1969. It is raw and unpolished and essentially Jimi: something that no one can reasonably pass up listening to.
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Diamond Deacs drop sixth straight to Gardner-Webb By Steven Johns | Staff writer
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After dropping the first of the three game series against Georgia Tech 9-1 the Deacs got out to a quick start in the final two games of the series. The bats came out hot on March 13 as the Deacons put up eight runs in the first four and a half innings. However, the Georgia Tech bullpen came in and shut down the Wake Forest bats as the Deacs could not score again the rest of the game. When the Wake bullMurray pen came in, however, the Georgia Tech bats took off and took over the game, winning 15-8. The story was the same on the March 14 when the Deacs again burst out of the gates quick, but lost a 5-2 lead to lose the game 6-5. “We need to pitch better out of our bullpen, certainly, and we need to score runs off of their bullpen” Head Coach Tom Walter said. “I thought we did a very good job of hanging on both their Saturday and Sunday starters, but when they went to the
bullpen we weren’t able to extend our lead. We need to do a better job of that. In contrast our bullpen needs to come in and throw up some zeroes.” The 13-1 Yellow Jackets have been a challenge for everybody this year, proving why they are the fourth ranked team in the country. “Certainly Georgia Tech is a team, barring a total collapse, that is going to be one of the upper echelon teams in the league” Walter said. “To go and get swept on the road by Georgia Tech is not a season breaker by any stretch. “There are certainly things we need to improve on. We’re about where I expected we’d be right now. Obviously I would have hoped to have a few more wins at this point but certainly it’s not a surprise to be 6-11. I think we’re a better team than our record reflects and I think we will see that here shortly.” While the Deacons have a sub .500 record, they have played well against ranked opponents this season. Two close losses to number eight Coastal Carolina and two close losses to Georgia Tech prove that the Deacs are not as bad as a 6-11 record indicates. “We were certainly a couple of plays away from winning all those (games against ranked teams)” Walter said. “We need to be a little bit better in all phases. Certainly our bullpen needs to pitch better, that’s no secret. Defensively there were some plays that I felt we
should have made that we didn’t in crucial times for us. Offensively we need to find a way to extend our lead.” After a tough weekend in Atlanta, the Diamond Deacs continued to slide with an extra inning loss to Gardner-Webb. A great start from freshman Justin Van Grouw and four solid innings from the bullpen were not enough as the sophomore Zach White gave up two runs in the top of the ninth inning. In the top of the 11th, GardnerWebb had a runner on third after senior Ty Boyles reached base on a single. Boyles advance to third after freshman Josh Shabram was picked off. Boyles then scored when Wake Forest junior Brandon Johnson balked. The Deacs had a chance in the bottom of the inning with runners on second and third, but the offense could not get that clutch hit to prolong the game. This loss dropped the Deacons to 6-12 (0-3 in the ACC). After dropping all three games of their first ACC series against Georgia Tech, the Deacs are looking to rebound against the NC State Wolfpack. “This is a big weekend for us” Walter said. “(N.C. State) is a team we’re going to be competing with for a spot in the ACC Tournament. We need to play well this weekend.” Walter said that the team is going to have to put up big numbers against the highly powered offense of N.C. State.
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Third baseman Shane Kroker takes a swing in a game against Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets won all three games in the Deacs’ ACC-opening series.
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Women’s golf team finishes ninth at Tiger Wave Classic By Hailey Robbins | Staff writer
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The Demon Deacon women’s golf team finished ninth overall at the Tiger Wave classic at the English Turn Country Club in New Orleans. The Lady Deacons have finished in the top 10 for all of their tournaments this year. At the close of the Kim first day, freshman Michelle Shin led the Deacons with a round of three over par, tied for 26th place overall, and five strokes from the leader. Sopho-
more Cheyenne Woods followed close behind, posting a five over par 77, tied for 47th. LSU and Alabama had the individual lead tied with a round of two under par after the first day. The second day of play left the Lady Deacons jumping from 19th place to 13th overall, trailing the leaders by 28 strokes cumulatively. Shin and Woods led the pack for the Deacons again on the second day, bringing them to 11 and 9 over par respectively. Woods jumped ahead of Shin with her round of 76, moving her up to 21st overall. Freshman Stephanie Kim and Junior Natalie Sheary finished the day tied with each other for 74th, and Junior Allie Bodemann held in tied for 104th. “Especially the first few days, I felt like the conditions just weren’t in our favor and we could have played a lot better. It was a tough week,” Shin said.
Going into the third day, the Deacons were just five shots away from cracking the top ten spots, pushing past Vanderbilt, N.C. State and Notre Dame. On the third day, the Demon Deacons fired their lowest round of the tournament, with all players shooting rounds of even par or better. Shin finished with her lowest round of the year, shooting a 69 for the day and coming back from a rough double bogey on the ninth green. She finished the tournament tied for 15th. “The last day was great for the whole team,” Shin said. “The wind calmed down a lot, which gave us the opportunity to control the ball and make those crucial birdies,” Woods finished the day tied for 12th place overall, carding her forth two under par finish of the season. Sheary, Bodemann and Kim all posted even par or under par, recovering from rough patches the first days of the tournament.
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Sophomore Cheyenne Woods watches as her drive lands on the fairway at the Tiger Wave Classic. Woods finished in 12th place with a two-under par.
Tournament: Jayhawks, Blue Devils poised to make runs
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Semi-Final Four: Ohio State, Kansas State, Kentucky, Baylor. My bracket may look scripted to this point (or as I like to call it, pulling a Barack Obama), but last year the Elite Eight also consisted of all top three seeds. I think Kansas has the depth to take down Ohio State, even if Evan Turner goes for 30, which he might. I don’t really like Syracuse but I think that their region
is one of the easiest in recent memory. Kansas State is a shaky two seed and Pitt and Vandy are over-seeded and historic tournament underachievers. Kentucky vs. West Virginia features All-Americans John Wall and Da’Sean Butler and a great coaching match-up between Bob Huggins vs. John Calipari. The Wildcats can lose focus at times and they cannot afford to let up against the Big East champs. Kentucky’s youth will get the best of them against this battle-tested West Virginia squad. Duke has had NCAA troubles in recent years, but they should
like their region with Baylor being the stiffest test. Duke has the edge in talent, depth, coaching and experience and I think they will finally clear that Sweet Sixteen hurdle and reach the Final Four. The Final Two: Bill Self and Jim Boeheim will have their teams prepared, but with more experience and talent at every position, the Jayhawks are poised to reach their second consecutive NCAA Final. Duke will probably breathe a sigh of relief if
they meet West Virginia rather than Kentucky in the Final Four. John Scheyer and Kyle Singler have the size and perimeter defense to slow De’Sean Butler but the key to this game will be their bigs, the Plumlees and Brian Zoubek. If that trio can dominate the glass and help Duke establish their halfcourt game, they should pull out the win. 2010 National Champions: With the eyes of the nation on Kentucky’s freshmen and the stacked Big
East, all the Kansas Jayhawks have done is win the Big 12 regular season and conference tournament, finishing the regular season a quiet 32-2. The Jayhawks’ athleticism and versatility will be too much for Duke, who will have to be thrilled with making it back to their first championship game since winning the National Title in 2001. The Kansas Jayhawks have been overlooked all year, if it’s even possible for the No. 1 team in the nation to make that claim. No one will forget about them after April 5.
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