OLD GOLD&BLACK W A K E
F O R E S T
U N I V E R S I T Y
VOL. 93, NO. 29
T H U R S D AY, A P R I L 2 9 , 2 0 1 0
“Covers the campus like the magnolias”
Fellows announced for next year
Outside the Bubble...
By Meenu Krishnan | Staff Writer
Greek aid decision seen soon, package may grow The international bailout of Greece is likely to total up to 120 billion euros, after International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn held talks in Berlin. Germany has been reluctant to help debt-riddled Greece and it is too soon to give details as the rescue package was not yet finalized. But markets rebounded on Wednesday on expectations that the aid will be much bigger than originally envisaged.
Created in 2008, the Wake Forest Fellows Program was established as part of the university’s Strategic Plan and its emphasis on the importance of mentoring. Now in its third year, the program provides highly capable recent graduates a chance to work in higher administration in a year-long internship. “We wanted to provide recent graduates with a tremendous leadership and mentoring opportunity,” Marybeth Wallace, special assistant to the president, said. The program began with four students in 2008, grew to 6 students in
2009, and expanded to 14 in 2010. Chosen participants become fulltime university employees and work in a variety of departments across the university, ranging from The Bridge to the Office of Multicultural Affairs. Fellows get the opportunity to work with key administrators and faculty, such as the Provost and the President. Fellows also participate in a series of Leadership Lunches with leaders in both the university and WinstonSalem community. “They get to sit down with people like Winston-Salem Mayor Joines and the Dean of the medical school and talk to them about their path of
leadership,” Wallace said. “These are meaningful ways for the leaders to impart their wisdom to the fellows.” The Office of the President held a Fellows’ Forum in January to gauge interest, and after a fairly rigorous application process, which included interviews and essays, fourteen fellows were announced in April. The 201011 Fellows are Kellyn Springer, Greg Banks, Adam Parker, Mark Russell, Nitya Anand, Joshua Walters, John Track, Gretchen Edwards, Anthony Williams, Meredith Edrington, Jermyn Davis, Rachel Cook, Marcus Keely and Meghan Haenn. Their duties will begin in the summer months of 2010.
“The opportunity to remain involved as a contributing member in an environment that has nurtured me for the past four years excites me,” senior Marcus Keely, newly named Fellow for the START student gallery, said. “Wake Forest as an institution and a home has afforded me many great opportunities to pursue experiences that I have a passion for, so it is with great anticipation that I remain involved here for another year which is bound to be full of many more formative experiences.” What does a fellow do during their year on campus? “They’re involved in
See Fellows Page A3
Dash posts impressive attendance numbers Through its first six-game homestand, the Winston-Salem Dash is leading the Carolina League and all minor-league teams in its class in attendance, with an average of 4,614 people a game. That includes a bump from the 7,111 who filled BB&T Ballpark during the inaugural game, and a hit from the relatively smaller crowd of 3,028 who came last Sunday afternoon. The Dash has the highest average attendance of any advanced Class A team in the country.
Continental flight diverted because of threat A Continental Airlines flight from Houston to Washington was diverted to a North Carolina airport because of a threatening message found in the bathroom, U.S. authorities said on April 27. Continental flight 3006 was headed to Washington Dulles International Airport but was landed at Greensboro, N.C., where it taxied to a remote location and was met by local law enforcement.
Forsyth income dips slightly Per capita income in Forsyth County declined slightly from 2007 to 2008, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on April 27. The bureau said that Forsyth’s per capita income was $37,278 in 2008, down 0.1 percent from $37,301 in 2007. State per capita income grew 1.1 percent from 2007 to 2008, although Forsyth was still ahead of the state level of $35,249. Nationally, per capita income went up 2.0 percent to $40,166 in 2008.
D SAVE
WAKE MEDIA
GOP blocks Senate financial bill for third day Senate Republicans again mustered enough votes on April 26 to block debate of a Democratic financial regulation reform bill, pushing a standoff over the legislation into its third day. By a vote of 56 to 42, Democrats for a third time fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance legislation in the 100-member body. The Senate’s Republicans also voted unanimously on Monday and Tuesday to block formal debate on the bill.
Forsyth Superintendent talks about improving schools Superintendent Don Martin will appear before a state judge in Raleigh on May 2 to talk about what the Forsyth county school system is doing to improve achievement at low-performing elementary and middle schools. Martin welcomes the opportunity to make a presentation to Judge Howard Manning of Superior Court, who presides over the Leandro court case, a state public-education lawsuit that established that all children in the state have the right to a quality education.
INSIDE: Brieflies
A2
Faculty Profile
A2
Spotlight
B2
The Hot List
B8
Sudoku
B8
By Ken Meyer | Staff writer At 1p.m. on April 28 David Clark, the assistant vice president of the university’s Division of Student Life, dispatched an e-mail confirming that a deal had been reached with the Wake Media Board. A new layout for the fifth floor of Benson University Center had been drawn. Six days earlier on April 22, the Division of Student Life informed the president of Wake Media Board Anna Stokes, the board’s incoming president Nathan Bedsole and the board’s treasurer Tyler Kellner of a planned restructuring of the fifth floor for the upcoming semester. Mary Gerardy, associate vice president and dean of campus life, explained the necessity of this shift. “Last summer, the division experienced a reorganization of responsibilities. “We have been asked to do much more in terms of social programming, strategic initiatives to benefit student development, and in other areas as well. “This has resulted not only in the shuffling of units, but the addition of many staff members to support these increased offerings,” she said. Not until several weeks ago, however, did the division learn where space would be available on campus; they released that information to the affected organizations as soon as they finished their original layout. The associate vice president and dean of students, Harold Holmes, would be moving to the fifth floor of Benson University Center. The Student, the university’s online magazine, 3 to 4 Ounces, the student literary and arts magazine and The Howler, the university’s yearbook, would move together into one office. Wake Radio would lose their lounge and executive staff office. At this point, the Wake Media Board began to fear for the future of its organizations. All of the groups involved feared a loss of effective weekly meetings and group cohesion; Wake Radio feared that bands would no longer be able
See Media Page A3
PriceWaterhouse Cooper gives scholarship By Bobby O’Connor | News editor
PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world’s largest professional services firms, awarded $150,000 in scholarships and grants to the university, to promote and finically support the recruitment of a diverse student body in the accounting program. “Our goal was to select universities whose goals in this area matched up with our and to also select those with strong accounting programs,” said Jessica Good, partner in charge of recruiting for PricewaterhouseCoopers at the university. The university will receive the grant as part of a multi-year program designed to increase and support students of diversity entering the Master of Science in the Accountancy program.
“PricewaterhouseCoopers has long been an ally in advancing the accounting profession as a challenging but rewarding career path for students of all backgrounds,” Steve Reinemund, the dean of the business at the university and retired chairman of PepsiCo, said in a press release. “It will go for several years, we have left it flexible because we’re working with the accounting professors to identify the best students that they feel fit the program,” said Good. “The majority of the funds will go to scholarships and then a decent amount as well will go to the summer program for the next few years.” Additional funding will go towards establishing a summer seminar, for high school students and incoming freshmen, to increase understanding of the accounting field.
“Increasing the diversity and inclusion at the Wake Forest Schools of Business is one of our key objectives, and the types of programs that will be funded through these PricewaterhouseCoopers grants will not only be beneficial to our school and our students, but to the entire accounting profession,” said Reinemund. The grant to the university is part of a larger program that awarded $500,000 in grants to four universities. The three other schools are Bryant University, the University of Southern California and Florida International University. All these schools and the university will use the funds for scholarships for students from groups historically underrepresented in the accounting field, including African-Americans, Latinos and Native-Americans.
Life | B7 Exam Week Crunch Time
Sports | B1 Deacon Awards
Seven helpful tips to manage and survive the stress that accompanies finals week.
Gary Pasqualicchio breaks down the best athletes of the year and hands out awards for stellar performances.
In Other News •University named to Service Honor Roll | A3 • Student starts new coffee roasting business | A3
“We want to open the eyes and minds of diverse students, many of whom might not have previously considered accounting, to the exciting opportunities that a career in the profession offers,” Niloufar Molavi, partner and the chief diversity officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers said. “By supporting programs that expose more students from underrepresented groups to PricewaterhouseCoopers and the world of accounting, we’re that much closer to maximizing the talent pool.” PricewaterhouseCoopers’s ultimate goal is increasing the number of diverse students who enter the profession and building awareness of the need for diversity among all professionals and students.
See PwC Page A3
Opinion | A4 More about Wake media controversy Mat Payne highlights the bad and the good of the current controversy over Benson fifth floor.