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Conference to discuss student stress

By Maya Yette | Staff writer

In response to increasing numbers of American college students with mental health troubles, the university will host a conference called “College of the Overwhelmed: Facing Facts, Finding Solutions” about college student mental health issues as part of the Voice of Our Time series.

The event will be held on April 7 from 3:30-5 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall and is free and open to the public.

“Nationwide attention has recently been focused on college student mental health,” Wake Forest University President Nathan O. Hatch said.

“We want to provide a forum for discussion of this critically important and timely topic.”

Dr. Richard Kadison, chief of the Mental Health Service at Harvard University, will present as the keynote speaker.

In his address, “Why are Students Overwhelmed?” Kadison will discuss problems that students bring with them to campus.

“The reality is that many young adults enter college with problems and concerns that only increase with the pressure and competitive nature of the college environment,” Samuel T. Gladding said.

Gladding is chair of Wake Forest’s counseling department and one of the organizers of the event.

“When two of my colleagues and I responded as Red Gladding Cross mental health disaster workers to the Virginia Tech shootings, I was able again to see clearly the need for prevention and intervention in regard to campus mental health,” he said.

“Together, we planned the conference to help college faculty and staff, parents, students and counselors learn more solution-focused ways that can help students who may be discontent or struggling with their college experience.”

In 2005, Kadison co-authored the book College of the Overwhelmed: The Campus Mental Health Crisis and What to Do about It. In the book, Kadison argues that providing mental health care on campuses supports high education’s acaSee Health, Page A3

Meet the candidates for 2008-2009 SG The OGB takes a look at next year’s SG hopefuls

By Alex Osteen | Opinion editor Kell Wilson | Editor in chief

With only a little more then one month remaining in the spring semester, most students are hard at work studying for tests or writing term papers.

Yet for nine university students, their energy is focused on a more challenging and time-consuming task.

They only have one week, from March 25-April1, to convince the student body that they are the best person for their respectable jobs before the election take place on WIN all day April 1.

While some of the students have held or tried for executive SG positions before, most are running for their first

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time, and this makes the race an interesing one for all involved.

Though their experience may range, most candidates shared similar ideas and concerns on their platform.

Of the three presidential candidates, all expressed a concern about students feeling like they are uniformed and kept in the dark about university plans.

This matter especially came to light after the administration announced several changes to the campus over a month ago which included the conversion of faculty apartments to student housing, the rise in both tuition and parking fees and the possible instillation of Starbucks in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library.

Sophomore Jermyn Davis, one of the three SG presidential candidates, said that the administration needs to be told and understand what is important to the students and the reasons why people come to the university in the first place.

“A lot of us came here because of See Election, Page A3

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By Katie Phillips | Staff writer

chant melodies for the antiphons.

Antiphons are the scriptural verses sung before and after the Psalms and

Wingate Hall will be transformed into an intensive forum critically studying the role of men and masculinities in our society April 4-6, as the university will host the 16th annual American Men’s Studies Association (AMSA) conference.

The conference, which will include several workshops and presentations from more than 50 individuals ranging from teachers to practitioners, is being cosponsored by the university’s women’s and gender studies program and the department of religion.

Stephen Boyd, professor and chair of the department of religion, is a current member of the board of directors, founder, and twotime past president of AMSA. Dr. Boyd notes that the inspiration for founding AMSA came when he began teaching a religion course at the university entitled “Gender and Religion”.

The course brought to light that while much material existed on women and feminist studies in religion as a result of the growth in feminine analysis in the 1980s, very little academic material existed in regard to Boyd men and religion.

Dr. Boyd, intent on equalizing the playing field, created the association.

Because of AMSA and its annual conference, an international network of scholars committed to the pursuit of the critical study of men and masculinity are able to exchange ideas and research with ease.

The creation of AMSA is a reflection of the importance of gender study.

Dr. Boyd believes that we, as people, “are shaped by the interaction of our biology and social expectations.”

He acknowledges that it is not until we “realize that our social position and much of what we think and do is historically and culturally conditioned” that we can relate to women and other men.

Furthermore, this year’s conference entitled “Masculinities and Institutions: Mapping the Connections,” much like past conferences, will illustrate that there is no singular male identity. Dr. Boyd asserts that the international components of the conference bring this to the forefront more so than any other component. Because

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perspective “The world witnessed two hijackings on September 11: that of the World Trade Center and that of Islam.”

By Molly Nevola | Staff writer The candid words of sophomore Mustafa Abdullah bit the crisp spring air.

Some Muslims turned away after the vicious attacks of 9/11, Abdullah said, while others left the religion altogether.

“But some, including many university Muslim students, have looked at the events of September 11 not as an obstacle but as an opportunity to teach non-Muslims about this great religion,” he said.

In a war torn world in which many Muslims are subjected to questions, degradation and racial profiling, and at a university campus that is predominantly Christian by association, where do members of the Muslim community find their place?

For students here, it is neither a search for campus-wide observance of Islamic holidays nor an attempt to proselytize.

Rather it is a desire to create in the university community a greater consciousness of the practices and traditions of Islam.

“When I first came here, one of my friends told me he didn’t know the difference between a Muslim and a terrorist. That’s the society we live in — we simply need to educate,” sophomore Zahir Rahman said.

According to Rahman, there are anywhere from 10 to 15 Muslims on campus, a figure that has expanded since just last year when there were about three known Muslims.

This increase has brought hope to an idea that Rahman said he entertained See Islam, Page A3

Professor writes chants for papal visit to United States

By Lauren Dayton | Staff writer Associate Professor of Divinity, Samuel Weber, was invited to compose original chant settings that will be preformed during a visit of the Pope in Washington D.C. Pope Benedict XVI will be in the country from April 15 through 20.

This is the Pope’s first official visit to the United States since the papal elections three years ago.

This visit also coincides with his 81 birthday.

Weber’s chants will be sung during evening prayer at 5:30 p.m. on April 16.

Weber is a Roman Catholic priest and a Benedictine monk, he is also the associate professor of early Christianity and spiritual formation at the university.

He is the first Roman Catholic priest on full-time faculty at the university.

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Before starting at the university in 1999, Weber taught early and medieval church history, liturgy and spirituality at the St. Meinrad School of Theology in St. Meinrad, Ind. In addition, Weber studied at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago from 1964 to 1966 and served as an organist at St. Meinrad Archabbey from 1963-1996.

Weber received his BA from St. Meinrad College, a Masters in Divinity from St. Meinrad’s School of Theology, a MA from Colorado University, and a STL from Pontifical Athenaeum in Rome.

The performance will take place at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. The Pope will preside over the public service during the evening of April 16.

The following morning he will also preside over a private mass at the Papal Embassy, also called the Apostolic Nunciature.

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Associate professor of divinity Samuel Weber has composed chants that will be sung by the Pope during his upcoming American visit.

“I am deeply honored to have even a small part to play in the preparation of this vesper service,” Weber said of the composition.

Weber has composed original

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Brieflies Career services to sponsor lecture on publishing Interested in a career in publishing? The Office of the Chaplain and the Office of Career Services are working together to bring Reverend Laura Alexander Elliot, communications and development director for the Experiment in Self-Reliance lecture from 5-7 p.m. April 2 in Benson 401A. RSVP on ECHO by clicking on Career Events and then on Pro Humanitate for Work or sign up in the Office of Careeer Services, Reynolda 8.

Travel funds available for students The Department of Classical Languages is accepting applications for the William Royall Scholarship, which was established in 1991 from the family and friends of Dr. William Royall and his son Dr. William B. Royall, both former university professors.

The scholarship provides an award of $500 for excellence in classical studies, with preference given to students who plan to travel abroad to classical sites.

Applications are available in Tribble Hall B6 and are due April 18.

Voices of Our Time series to discuss business ethics Why Work? Business, Professions and the Common Good is a two-day conference exploring the challenges of modern business and professional life and the relationship between personal values and the world of work.

The conference will focus on how to help students and young professionals address these challenges and how universities, workplaces and individuals can help rekindle the deep sense of responsibility to the common good that has been the hallmark of professional identity.

This event will take place from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

March 28 at various locations on campus. For more information visit www.wfu.edu/voices.

Elevator competition to promote entrepreneurship MBA student teams from around the world will pitch their business ideas during a two-minute elevator ride with a venture capitalist.

This event will take place from 5-11 p.m. March 29.

Philosophy to host speaker on general existence.

William Lane Craig, research professor of philosophy at Biola University’s Talbot School of Theology, will present a lecture titled “Why Does Anything at All Exist?” at 7 p.m. March 28 in Pugh Auditorium.

Craig was selected Honorary Carswell Lecturer for the 2007-2008 Philosophy Lecture series.

Craig is author of more than 30 books, including “Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus” and “Theism, Atheism and Big Bang Cosmology.”

Craig has engaged in public debates with prominent philosophers, scientists and biblical scholars on issues ranging from intelligent design and the Big Bang theory to the existence of God and the physical resurrection of Jesus.

Reynolda House to host community day Reynolda House will host a community day from 2-5 p.m. March 30.

The event will include art, activities, music and crafts for people of all ages. The event is free and open to the general public.

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Health: Anxiety to be discussed Pope: Professor writes chants

joined by the directors of the counseling centers at Virginia Tech, Dr. Christopher Flynn, and the mission, especially as mental ill- University of Virginia, Dr. Russ nesses among college students – Federman, in a panel discussion. such as depression, anxiety and The discussion will spotlight six major topics: putting the problem eating disorders in perspective, – dramatically modifying the increase nation“Nationwide attention has culture of preswide.

“In addressing recently been focused on col- sure, identifying emotional chalthe difficulties lege student mental health. lenges in colmany of our We want to provide a lege, reconcilyoung people ing privacy and forum for discussion of this are now facing, group safety, we must focus critically important and recognizing not only on how timely topic.” warning signs to help them and knowing Nathan O. Hatch manage the curhow to help.

President rent challenges, Gladding will but also attend moderate the to the equally panel and a important prequestion-and-answer session will ventative measures,” Marianne conclude the conference.

Schubert, director of the Wake “Kadison, Federman and Flynn Forest University Counseling Center and an organizer of the are wise and experienced cliniconference, said. Following his cians,” says Gladding. “They presentation, Kadison will be have been on the front lines Continued from Page A1

working with students a number of years.”

Flynn managed the response by mental health professionals in the Virginia Tech shooting last April and has recently been a consultant to Northern Illinois University staff, students and faculty.

He was appointed director of the Thomas E. Cook Counseling Center at Virginia Tech in September 2006.

Federman, director of Counseling and Psychological Services in the department of student health at the University of Virginia, works to keep national response to university violence balanced and appropriately focused. Federman recently testified before the U.S. Senate and at the Virginia governor’s review board examining the campus shootings at Virginia Tech.

He appeared on NPR following the shootings to discuss the ways in which universities can deal with students that exhibit mental health problems.

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Canticles of Vespers.

The Basilica of the National Shrine’s director of music, Peter Latona, invited Weber to compose the chants and has created polyphonic settings based on the chants Weber has now composed.

“Historically, sacred compositions were based on the chant melodies which formed the core of liturgical music,” Weber said.

The antiphons will be sung by a 24 member Choir of the Basilica in plain chant during the reading of the Psalms and Canticles of Vespers, later being repeated in full harmony.

The evening service containing compositions

by Weber is expected to be viewed by a large, international audience, as it will be televized worldwide, giving a professor an opportunity to serve in his field, and the university a chance to give back to the community.

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during his freshmen year—to begin a Muslim Students Association organization on campus.

Now, Abdullah, Rahman and freshman Kennan Khatjb are in the process of creating an MSA. So how active can a group be if it is only comprised of 15 members, lacks an official university leader and has yet to form an organization on campus?

The answer? Very.

According to Rahman’s own experience, about four Muslim students drive every Friday to Waughtown for mandatory weekly prayer called the jumah prayer, a once-a-week event that shuts down businesses and daily life in Muslim countries.

“Because it’s such a small group, we go to a mosque rather than having it on campus,” he said. Rahman has close ties with one worker in the Pit who is Muslim.

“I’ve told him that I want to make the prayer available on campus, because he isn’t able to leave campus due to the job,” he said.

Abdullah mentioned that there is a variety of devoutness for religious students on campus.

Personally, he said, while sharing the company with friends, the group will at times break for one of the five prayers of Islam. “Also, there are several of us who read the Qu’ran regularly,” Abdullah said. Khatjb agreed that devoutness varies from person to person.

“I would say that most of us do a good job practicing Islam, including the daily prayers and fasting during Ramadan,” Khatjb said.

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students on campus embrace the safety net that has been created for them.

“People who come to Wake Forest know what to expect — we don’t come thinking there will be a big group of Muslim kids to pray with … the struggles we will have are going to be different but also the same — to create this identity of being a MuslimAmerican at Wake,” Rahman said.

Members of Islam generally are socially conservative – they do not drink and do not mix with the opposite sex.

There is certainly a degree of difficulty that comes with being a Muslim on this campus, Rahman said, because college lifestyle is contrary to some of their beliefs.

“Here you have friends of all different backgrounds. You are forced to be an ambassador of your faith, and this is why it’s nice to have a tight knit group,” Rahman said.

Abdullah noted that he often uses the Islamic “code of conduct” which prohibits actions such as gambling and taking intoxicants as part of his reasoning for not participating in such activities.

Khatjb admitted that he often finds weekends repetitious and boring due to the stringent code of Islam.

“Our abstinence from drinking sometimes hinders us from some of the weekend social events,” he said.

Although the university is predominantly Christian, these students, Rahman said, have made a conscious decision to attend despite its identity as a university of southern Baptist origin.

Rahman compared the Muslim identity with the American one, noting that often they are equal. “We have grown up in a country where we

have to fast during basketball tryouts, go to school on religious holidays; we’ve grown up in a world where what our faith teaches us is often contrary to the beliefs of others in this nation, so we must constantly define who we are,” Rahman said.

Former undergraduate student and current medical student Rashad Daker said that he saw the Christian predominance as an opportunity to get involved and teach others about Islam.

From 9/11 vigil ceremonies to Hurricane Katrina services and baccalaureates, Daker consciously made efforts to promote awareness about not only Islam, but all religions on campus via the Interfaith council.

“I ended up getting a major in religion to further discuss Islam with others,” Daker said. “I think it is important to show that Americans can be Muslims, too.”

It is important, Khtajb said, that Americans learn about Islam for what it is, and not for how it is portrayed by the media. “It is saddening to see Islam as a whole blamed for some people’s actions,” he said.

But the university has indeed come a long way in diversifying the campus, and in more ways than one, according to these Muslim students.

The public frequently hears about the widespread racial profiling that exists in American airports, but Abdullah has frequently experienced it.

He has been asked questions about carry-ons and is often forced to retrieve already checked baggage for inspection.

“How many Americans travel regularly throughout the year? I know I am being subjected to racial profiling: I am being degraded as an Arab-Amer-

ican Muslim,” he said. According to Rahman, the university has made strides by organizing the viewing of the Darryl Hunt trials and hosting Vali Nassar, a leading expert on Islam.

“What I would like to see is effort made to make Islam in its truest sense more in touch with the student body,” Rahman said.

But there are events that have done the opposite, said Rahman. While the interfaith arch next to Wait Chapel has begun to integrate all faiths, some members of the Muslim community were displeased to see a university organization fund the AFTERdark event just last week.

“We were personally upset because after doing research, we found out that it was covertly evangelical, and it was religious — not academic,” Rahman said.

Rahman said that he believes the university should be promoting religion in an academic sense, and if it hosts and funds events such as this, the religious diversity does not shine through.

Personally for Rahman, the Islamic faith is something that shines through in his daily discourse in political science class, distinguishing his own beliefs from others and offering a new perspective.

“The opportunity to tell this story is a testament to the Islamic faith. It is important for developing students’ character and making them aware of the world in which they live,” Rahman said.

Muslims on this campus will continue to pursue the goals they seek of university recognition, an official organization and the education of the students that tread across this campus.

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• University Police charged a student with underage alcohol consumption and Forsyth County EMS transported him to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center for observation after he was found unconscious March 18 in a bathroom at Piccolo Residence Hall. Information about the incident was provided to Harold Holmes.

•During a security check March 20 in Taylor Residence Hall, University Police saw liquor bottles in a room through an open door.

After investigating, police confiscated a glass, water-cooled smoking pipe and charged a student with underage possession of alcohol and possession of drug paraphernalia. Information about the incident was provided to the dean of student services.

• While investigating another case in Taylor Residence Hall March 20, University Police passed an open door and saw a student drinking beer.

They charged him with underage alcohol con-

sumption and provided information about the incident to the dean of student services.

• University Police assisted Winston-Salem police March 21 with an underage student who was found lying on the side of Polo Road. The student was taken to the Student Health Service for observation, and information about the incident was provided to the dean of student services.

• University Police charged a student with underage alcohol consumption March 21 after observing him staggering across Gulley Drive.

Information about the incident was provided to the dean of student services.

• During a security check March 22, University Police smelled marijuana smoke on the balcony at Babcock Residence Hall and charged one student with possession of marijuana. Information about the incident was provided to the dean of student services.

• University Police investigated loud noises coming from a residence at Student Apartments March 22 and charged four students with underage alcohol

consumption. Information about the incident was provided to the dean of student services.

Thefts

• Car keys were reported stolen from a desk in Worrell Professional Center March 20 and used to steal a 2000 Ford Ranger truck that was parked in the adjacent Lot L. The vehicle later was involved in a hit-and-run traffic accident March 22 and WinstonSalem police are investigating the incident.

Property Damage

• Personal property belonging to students was damaged March 23 when unidentified vandals discharged a fire extinguisher under the doors of six rooms in Collins Residence Hall.

University Police responded to 55 calls from March 17-23, including 12 incidents and investigations and 43 service calls.

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Pinsky speaks on religion, culture

By Haowei Tong | Staff writer

Mark Pinsky, author of The Gospel According to the Simpsons and religion writer for the Orlando Sentinel spoke on March 25 in Annenberg Forum in Carswell Hall.

The audience was engaged by a dynamic lecture on the influence of religion on popular culture.

Pinsky extensively discussed a variety of books, movies, television shows, music, radio stations and even video games.

In addition to referencing a broad variety of contemporary subjects, he provided a wealth of knowledge about respective industries.

He noted that the publishing industry, for example, involves significantly less financial risk than the movie industry. Pinsky challenged the audience to consider the nature of Christian romance novels in particular.

“Christian companies are buying secular companies and vice versa.

You can make money propogating the world,” Pinsky said.

Pinsky also spoke on the evolution of Christian influence in several specific movies.

He discussed Mel Gibson’s Signs, released before The Passion of the Christ, and highlighted the decreasingly secular nature of such sequences.

“Signs is about a former Episcopal priest who has lost his faith in God, has contact with aliens and ultimately regains his Christianity.

“It was the one of the highest grossing films of 2002 and followed

by Gibson’s hit two years later,” Pinsky said.

After surveying the audience about Veggie Tales, a popular Christian television show catering to children,

Pinsky informed the audience that, “the creators are two bible school dropouts, but believers.

“Their jokes were good, and their songs were good. They targeted a burgeoning market, and now they’re in Target and Costco,” Pinsky said.

Pinsky’s wealth of knowledge and ability to connect background information with the underlying religious tones impressed many.

“I liked how the speaker delivered his thoughts on Christian evangelical influence in our contemporary culture,” freshman Mary McGowan said.

“He was able to be convincing as well as entertaining.”

Pinsky garnered a few laughs with jokes and impersonations.

He kidded about the philosophical justification of Christian professional wrestling and stand-up comedy.

Other seemingly bizarre Christian institutions included the Holy Land Experience, an evangelical theme park.

The designers of Universal were hired, so though the park itself is significantly smaller, it is equally as sophisticated.

“You must entertain first and do the rest later, if you can,” Pinsky said in regard to the theme park.

Pinsky asked the audience to consider the perspective of other nations on the religious disposition of America.

“If the French watch Friends, they think we’re atheists, but if they watch The Simpsons, we appear to be churchgoing,” he said.

Following his lecture, Pinsky showed a series of clips from the television show, The Simpsons.

Most of the audience connected especially well with the clips featuring the infamous family, evangelical

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Mark Pinsky, author of “The Gospel According to the Simpsons,” spoke March 25 on the influence of religion in popular culture. neighbor Ned Flanders and cynical Reverend Lovejoy.

“I had not considered the concept of evangelical influence on popular culture, so the talk was really interesting," junior Timothy Kawira said.

“The Simpsons clips really emphasized his points."

During the Q&A session following his lecture, Pinsky mentioned that there appears to be a slight decline

occurring in bawdy rhetoric since the first 10 seasons.

“There is a loss of writers over time, but it’s in its 18th season,” Pinsky said.

“The key thing is that there is a market for such shows.”

“I thought the talk was really entertaining and engaging,” sophomore Rebecca Dore said. “My only complaint is that I wish it had lasted longer and gone more in-depth.”

international opinion and analysis, he notes that the “plurality of masculinities” is being realized.

In the spirit of plurality, a workshop will be conducted focusing on the cultural and psychological harm done to Native Americans, and Harry Charger, a Lakota Elder, will offer a presentation on rituals of healing Indian men.

Additionally, the conference will feature the university chair at the University of Sydney, Raewyn Connell, an American Sociological Association award winner for her work on sex and gender.

According to Dr. Boyd, the university will be at a great benefit as a result of hosting this year’s conference.

Because of the nature of the workshops, and the vast breadth of the association, faculty and staff from several departments will be able to come together and pick each other’s brains.

In particular, he hopes that the conference will serve to continue to expand the Women’s and Gender Studies program.

“It is a great opportunity to continue to expand the (program) to include critical, academic perspectives on men and masculinities in our undergraduate and graduate programs,” he said.

Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies program Wanda Balzano and the rest of the program’s staff, whom Dr. Boyd credits for the planning of the conference, share the ideals of AMSA as a facilitator of cross-cultural gender understanding.

Pre-conference workshops will occur concurrently on April 4 at 1:30 p.m., and the conference will begin the following morning at 8:30 a.m.

The workshops will cost $25 and all are encouraged to attend. More information regarding the workshops can be found by contacting Sara Hof at hofse5@wfu.edu.

Election: Candidates discuss platforms and concerns

increasing funding for Volunteer Service Corps as well as integrating VSC and the idea of service university’s) small size and the into the freshman orientation personal teacher relationship as assemblies more than it currently is. well,” Davis said.

Another big point she empha“It’s important for us to start communicating those certain sized was to have different career days for a wide variety of specific things.” majors. “I’ve heard numerous Davis also complains highlighted from a variseveral other Alex Vaccaro ety of majors issues he’d that they go wish to to the careers • Junior tackle if he fair and the was elected • Speaker only things president.

• H o m e t o w n : offered are One thing Matthews, N.C. banks or he would nothing like to work that’s really on is expandappealing ing student to them.” parking, Walker said. especially for She wants to commuter use faculty and alumni connecstudents. He wants to open up Lot E behind the library for tions to bring in big name comcommuter parking as well as panies for other majors besides get rid of 24-hour parking for business and economics.

She also hit on the idea of a faculty and staff and stick with the more common 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Senior Day for the campus, something faculty parkbrought up ing times. by other He also Luke Britt candidates wishes to as well. implement • Sophomore The event a more flex• Secretary would take ible drop • H o m e t o w n : place during date where the end of Lumberton, N.C. students can the school drop a class year and after the although usual allowed it would period if have several they never attractions received a grade in the class before the reg- for students, the main idea behind ular deadline.Davis also wishes it is to pay to bring in a big-name to make SG more available to speaker – something that should students by starting a blog that happen at commencement but he’d update with information and that the administration is failing ideas that take place at the gen- at recently.

Ross Williford, the third caneral assemdidate for bly so that president, is students can Jermyn Davis a junior as have more well. He is then just the the current • Sophomore minutes to Speaker of reference.

• President the House Junior • H o m e t o w n : and chair S a r a h Riverdale, Ga. of an SG Walker, who committee has been SG on sustaintreasurer for ability. Wilthe past two liford, like years, is also Walker, also vying for the mentioned presidency.

Her platform is based on three an interest in working with other steps: enjoying the university members of Student Governnow, career preparation and ment to develop a Senior Day to be initiated as early as this alumni relations.

In order to improve these graduation season.

In addition, he expressed his areas, Walker plans on focusing on increasing the idea of Pro continuing desire to establish a Humanitate around campus by concrete sustainability plan on Continued from Page A1

campus that he said would make meetings, use of the OGB and the university look good in the direct contact with students. eyes of prospective students and Triplett said that he wanted to college ranking officials and save work on addressing the idea of money at the same time. a Senior Day. He also admitted that other Alex Vaccaro is the current smaller initiatives like parking, Chief of Staff and has co-chaired the recreation center and details the Public Relations commitwith the Pit, are important too. tee.

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To Vac“We don’t caro, the want to see another debacle like big campus changes, including faculty apartments … ultimately tuition and student body size the quality of our faculty affects increases, as well as Campus the quality of the student body as Grounds and faculty apartment a whole,” Williford said. Open- evictions, are the major issues ness in communication by SG presenting themselves to students itself is sometoday. Footthing that ball ticket he said was distribution Saket Munshaw necessary to reforms and repair as well, maintaining • Sophomore as it remains Deac Days • Treasurer a constant also were • H o m e t o w n : issue for his important Ahmedabad, India organization i n i t i a t i ve s year-to-year. to Vaccaro.

The posiWhen it tion of comes to Speaker of aiding comthe House munication has two canbetween SG didates, Matt Triplett and Alex and the general student body and Vaccaro, both juniors. Matt Trip- crossing the “disconnect” therein, lett is running his campaign on she said that the PR committee the idea of “giving Student Gov- should really take up the initiative ernment back to students” and to utilize the OGB and establish a wants to take its focus away from penalty system for legislators who pet projects and put it back on do not obey constituent e-mail things sturules. dents want “SomeSarah Walker to get done. thing I have According thought to Triplett, • Junior a b o u t choosing exploring …

• President commitis creating a • H o m e t o w n : tee chairs, a SG listserve London, England central role that students of Speaker, can volunshould be tarily subdone based scribe to,” on legislators’ she said. motivation There are to actively two candiseek students’ opinions. dates seeking election for the role Also, he said that the current of SG Treasurer; Celia Thacker, constituent email system doesn’t junior, and Saket Munshaw, work and that, “(SG) need to sophomore. Thacker has served find a real way to do this and on the Campus Life committee the burden is on us.” and is currently on the SBAC. She He also proposed inviting stu- stressed her frustration that in an dent organization leaders to GA era of tight student organization

budgeting, trustees haven’t given secretary, is being competed for a direct increase in their funding by freshman Mary Kat Keith and of SBAC to reflect the enrollment sophomore Luke Britt. increase.

Keith has served her first year “It really isn’t fair that we don’t at the university as a general have the money to give to these assembly legislator and a Hoops kids and it needs to be addressed for Hunger and Appropriations and that’s why an increase in fund- committee member. ing is imperative,” she said.

She expressed how she feels She went on to mention that that other the “proof is than simply in the pudtaking minMatt Triplett ding” in the utes for SG, large number the secretary • Junior of budget should take allotment a logistic • Speaker appeals by and orga• H o m e t o w n : student organizational Wilskeboro, N.C. nizations this role, making year, showing sure that the lack of things run funds genersmoothly. ally.

“ComF i n a l l y, munication Thacker between explained how she felt that there is students and trustees is one of a general dearth of understanding my big concerns,” she said. Keith by the student body of how the mentioned how the e-mail system SBAC process works and wants to needs correction. establish a forum to help explain Britt is a current PR co-chair. how to write a budget.

He also ran for an executive “We actuposition last ally want to year. help these Britt said Ross Williford groups,” she that he felt said. the role of • Junior Munshaw secretary in • President has served SG could • H o m e t o w n : on the and should Winston-Salem, expand to SBAC comN.C. serve as the mittee for voice of the past two the student years since body. his freshman “ T h e year. He simiexecutives larly said that there is an alarmingly low level of do have much more of an ear SBAC funding, “It outrages me to members of the administrathat we have to cut groups arbi- tion and that gives them a great trarily after we’ve made our deci- opportunity to voice the concerns sions just to fit into the budget of the students.”

He mentioned, similar to of the university.”

Va c c a r o , In order to remedy this, Munthat there shaw hopes should be a to have an Celia Thacker stricter penopen discusalty attached sion with the • Junior to constituadministraent e-mail tion from the • Treasurer regulations beginning of • H o m e t o w n : as well as the year.

Kissimmee, Fla. more effecAlso importive fliers tant to him and use of is regaining the OGB general SG to further involvefortify the ment by the communitreasurer. In terms of SBAC policy, he has cative potential of SG. Finally, found minute-taking during persistence with administrators hearings vital as it helps gauge after bringing up a topic is an organizations’ credibility and aids important trait for secretaries and in the appeals process — he also executives in general.

Certainly all the candidates plans on maintaining the requirebring unique experiences and ment of program reports.

The last executive position, ideas to the table.

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Student Government Candidates Legislature Class of 2011 Allan Burton Alyssa Ray Amanda Blythe Maria Antonia Montes Natalie Halpern David Cox Margo Warren Margaret Karlovec Caroline Reinert Katherine Pearlman Katherine Herrick Satie Munn Katie Russenberger Sarah Rives (Sally) Seth Williford Trenton Langston James Griffin Kenya Parrish Swayze Smartt Mackenzie Dolan Alex Liccketto Evelyn Holt Brett Barra

Class of 2010 Douglas Beeler Scott Graber Timothy Griesser Jessica Armstrong Emily Mihalik Randy Paris Alex Rafael James Thompson Meghan Haenn Julia Johnson Andy Ronan

Campaign Statement: I feel that I live to the highest standards of honor and integrity; therefore, I also believe that every other student and faculty on this campus should as well.

I feel that my past and current leadership experience qualify me to make well informed decisions in difficult situations. By becoming a part of this council, I will find myself in a very unique position to enforce the ethical traditions of this university.

Name: Arlyn Ilgenfritz Class: 2009 Experience: Leadership Team, Warren Willis Summer Camp (Summer 2006); Wesley Foundation, Head of Public Relations (Spring 2008); Centenary United Methodist, Youth Intern (Spring 2008, continuing next year); Legal Aid Society of Northwest North Carolina, Intern (Spring 2007); Backpacks Abroad, Head of Strategic Planning (Spring 2007 to present) Campaign Statement: The Pro Humanitate motto and the sense of community of campus are the reasons I attend Wake Forest. As upholding honor and ethics on campus and essential to the continued functioning of these two components, I have an interest in being an active member of the process. I am responsible, organized, and highly motivated.

Most importantly, I do not commit myself to any activity which I cannot give the full time that it deserves.

Name: Evan Cartensen Class: 2010 Experience: Board of Investigators and Advisers

Class of 2009 Caroline Lawler Beth Cohan Jessica Stone Michael Ferretti Michael Pameri Hillary Garber Ann Meade

Student Budget Advisory Committee

Campaign Statement: I have chosen to run for the HEC because I would like to be involved in ensuring trustworthiness remains a stable of the Wake Forest I want to always guarantee every student pleading their case understands the rules set by the University and is given a fair trial.

This approach to the Honor and Ethics Council, as well as serving on the Board of Investigators and Advisers is what makes me a good candidate.

Name: Lukas Gregg Class: 2011

Name: David Little Class: 2010

Name: Margaret Karlovec Class: 2011

Experience: College – Honor and Ethics Council (2007-2008); High school – Honor Council member (2004-2006); Honor Council Secretary; Sophomore class president; Summer intern for the Dallas District Attorney’s Office

Name: Zachary Berger Class: 2011

Name: Nick Wood Class: 2011

Name: Yankai Sun Class: 2009

Honors and Ethics Council Name: Robert (RI) Smith Class: 2010 Experience: Currently not involved in Student Government Campaign Statement: I would like to be a member of the Honor and Ethics Council because I know that I can be fair and provide a sense of balance to the Council. I am hardworking and will not shy away from extra work to determine the truth. I believe strongly in the Honor Code and will do my best to make sure it is upheld.

Campaign Statement: After serving two years on my high school’s honor council and a year on Wake Forest’s Honor and Ethics Council, I have become well acquainted with such bodies.

I have seen their significant strengths as well as their weaknesses. I understand the weight of the position and will take the utmost care in deliberation.

For these reasons, I feel that I can make a meaningful contribution the Honor and Ethics Council.

Experience: Vice-President of Pre-Dental Student Association; Active Member of Phi Mu Fraternity; Former Executive Officer of Phi Mu Fraternity; Former Ritual Committee Chair (Phi Mu); Charter Member of Women in Science group; Active Member of the Society of Physics Students; Active Member of the Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society

Experience: Campus Life Committee of the Student Government Legislature; Social Chair for Pan-Hellenic Council; Member of Amnesty International; Member of Pi Beta Phi; Member of College Democrats; Project Pumpkin volunteer; Red Cross volunteer; Hit the Bricks volunteer Campaign Statement: I chose to run because I am interested in law and the judicial system and hope to learn as much about it as possible and that this would be a very valuable learning experience.

Additionally, I believe that the character of Wake Forest is a product of that of its students, thus preserving honor and ethical conduct is very important.

I believe that I am a good candidate for this position because I am motivated, responsible, hardworking, open minded, and eager to learn, and I think that my campus experiences will bring a lot to HEC.

Experience: Co-Chair SG Committee on Appropriation and Charter (2007-2008); University Committee on New Recreation Facility (2007-2008); University Committee on Library Planning (2007-2008); Honors and Ethics Council (2007-2008); Co-Chair Twin Cities Leadership Conference (Spring 2008; LEAD Mentor (Spring 2008); Co-Chair of Planning Committee for “A Class of the Finest” Senior; Tailgate (Fall 2007); President’s Ball Planning Committee (Fall 2007); DEAC Days Planning Committee (Fall 2007); Culture Week Planning Committee (Spring 2008); Old Gold and Black Writer for Life Section (2007-2008); Correspondent Wake-TV (2007-2008); Gospel Choir (2007); Mock Trial (2007)

Name: Jackie Staiger Class: 2010

Name: Sarah Walker Class: 2009

Experience: SG Legislature; SBAC; Mock Trial; Law clerk for University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina

Experience: Member of 2007-2008 Honor and Ethics Council Campaign Statement: I believe respect is at the core of honor, as a member of HEC I promise to practice such respect for the student body while I strive to uphold the high standards of integrity that Wake Forest has set.

I have grown and learned a great deal serving on the council this year and hope to apply such experience to next year’s council.

I would be honored to serve another term on the HEC.

Name: Daniel O’Neill Class: 2009 Experience: Alpha Kappa Psi – Pledge Class President; Wake n’ Shake volunteer; Desk volunteer; Civil Air Patrol – second lieutenant Campaign Statement: I have chosen to run for office in the Honor and Ethics Council because I feel that it would be an excellent opportunity to become more personally engaged with the Wake Forest community – a unique way to give back to our school and its students.

I believe I am a worthy candidate because I always strive to conduct myself in a principled manner – consistently endeavoring to be judicious, honest, fair, and reasonable when making decisions.

Name: Jennifer Sterlacci Class: 2010

Campaign Statement: Being on the Board of Investigators and Advisors I have had great experience working with both the HEC and the Wake Forest judicial system. Voting for me will ensure the election of someone who wishes to uphold the Wake Forest Honor Code objectively and more importantly compassionately.

Experience: Harbinger Corps (tour guide); LEAD

Campaign Statement: My campus activities have given me opportunities to meet and interact with a variety of students and develop an understanding of the different cultures at Wake Forest.

I believe this understanding gives me the advantage of being able to comprehend and appreciate a variety of personalities and backgrounds when working with any student.

I would love to serve as an Honor and Ethics council member to serve my fellow students.

Name: Jermyn Davis Class: 2010

Campaign Statement: I am seeking a position on the Honor and Ethics Council because I believe that the honor code is a foundational principle of Wake Forest University. I think that honorable and ethical behavior is of the utmost importance. I am responsible, diligent, and hardworking, and if elected I will serve on the HEC as a fair-minded exemplar of our honor code.

Name: Caroline Lawler Class: 2009

Experience: Board of Investigators and Advisers

Name: Matt Day Class: 2009

President

Campaign Statement: I am seeking your vote to become the next Student Government President because I believe Student Government should represent all students of Wake Forest University. Before you run in a Student Government election, specifically for an executive position, you need to understand many aspects of the student body; the only way to do that is being engaged in diverse facets of student life prior to running. If elected for the upcoming school year, my first projects will be alleviating parking congestion and reducing parking fees, establishing a flexible drop date, finding immediate solutions for the overcrowded Miller Center, working with dining services to expand dining options, and improving Student Government’s communication with the student body. Read more at www.wfu. edu/~davijm6.

Name: Nick Joyner Class: 2010

Experience: Training in peer meditation and conflict resolution Name: Ashley Dannahower Class: 2009

Name: Sara Eliza Fraser Class: 2009

Campaign Statement: As a Wake Forest student, I believe that honor and ethics are a vital part of university life.

Being a member of the Honor and Ethics Council will allow me to represent the common goals of the university and its students in battling plagiarism and cheating. I believe in playing by the rules and in fair treatment for all.

As a member of the Council I will evaluate each individual based on the facts, not on any previous opinions or misconceptions.

Equality for all students should be in every aspect of university life, including the judicial system.

I want to be a part of this council to help make sure that the ethical standards of Wake Forest remain at the current level of excellence that the university prides itself on.

With these facts in mind, please give me the privilege to serve the Wake Forest community as a member of the Honor and Ethics council.

Name: Ross Williford Class: 2009

Treasurer Name: Saket Munshaw Class: 2010 Phone: 336.251.4645 Campus Address: Bostwick A304 P.O. Box: 8660 Experience: I have had two years of experience on the Student Budget Advisory Committee. I have also been an active part of several student organizations and student government.

Campaign Statement: “Making the most of your tuition.”

Name: Celia Thacker Class: 2009

Secretary Name: Luke Britt Class: 2010

Name: Mary Kat Keith Class: 2011 Phone: 252.267.6789 Campus Address: Collins B204 P.O. Box: 9320 Experience: High school student government; Appropriations and Charter Committee; Collins dorm representative Campaign Statement: I have been actively involved in Student Government and hope to continue my involvement in a fuller capacity.

Speaker of the House Name: Matt Triplett Class: 2009

Name: Alex Vaccaro Class: 2009

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his year’s batch of candidates for Student Government executive offices is exceptionally strong.

As a group, their knowledge, enthusiasm and competence far surpass any generation of SG candidates in recent memory.

Nowhere is this more evident than in the three individuals running for president. All have good ideas and are fine leaders. We should like to employ some DNA mutation technology to combine the three into one super candidate, Jerossah Walifordvis, who would undoubtedly be the greatest SG administrator ever to walk the earth.

Back in reality, The Old Gold & Black endorses junior Sarah Walker for president, with some reservations.

Walker has served as SG treasurer for the last two years.

She inherited a disorderly Student Budget Allocation Committee process, and in her tenure the process has become far more efficient and professional.

She has also taken steps towards more openness and transparency. We look forward to her doing the same as president.

Walker demonstrates both an amazing breadth of knowledge and depth of understanding on campus issues. She sees through to students’ overarching concerns and knows how SG can realistically use its influence through the intricacies of the university bureaucracy. Her perceptive platform lays out a clear vision to improve campus on a number of admirable fronts and links those big goals to very practical initiatives.

However, we find her stance on SG communication with the student body to be lacking when compared to her opponents’. SG openness, as she herself rightly told the editorial board, has become “a perennial concern.” Yet her ideas to fix this persistent, central problem of SG are not as fresh or as sweeping as they could be.

As treasurer, Walker did make an unprecedented effort to reach out to all student organizations on campus.

As president, she must continue to do this even more substantive ways with all her constituents. We hope she will

use her estimable skills to ensure an outward-facing philosophy permeates down through the all-too-often cliquish student government.

Walker would be wise to take some communicative cues from sophomore Jermyn Davis.

His enthusiasm for his fellow students and involvement across campus are astounding. He has some truly great ideas on opening up SG, among them a president’s blog and town hall meeting with President Hatch on the issues that matter to students. We fervently believe Davis’s skill and seemingly limitless energy should be a big part of SG. Any administration would be foolish not to include him at the top.

The same could be said of incredibly intelligent junior Ross Williford, the other contender for president, whose great technical knowledge and dedication are irreplaceable.

He would make an excellent student trustee as well.

For the office of Speaker of the House, we endorse Matt Triplett. His goal of “giving student government back to the students” should be a rallying cry for the entire organization.

He knows the burden is on SG to reach out and engage with the students they serve.

Tripplett has the persuasive powers and precisely the right ideas to lead the legislature forward in new directions.

For the office of Treasurer, we endorse Celia Thacker. She knows very well how the whole of SG functions, with broad experience on four committees in addition to SBAC. She will be open and approachable, vital traits for the treasurer’s politically fraught work. Her plan to have forums to help groups through the SBAC process is a good one, and long over due.

For the office of Secretary, we endorse Luke Britt, another candidate who embraces openness. SG talks a lot about better communication, but Britt has solid plans and the commitment to persistence required to make real progress.

He has a sharp understanding of how the campus works and could work better for the students. Britt will listen to your voices and amplify them to those who need to hear.

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Wars’ casualties are deplorable

Reed Pendergrass Guest columnist

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ct. 7, 2001: I see the green and bright flashes on the TV. I put my head down on the desk so they won’t see my face. I listen to the horrible sounds … Chairs slide back as they stood up to cheer. “Hell yes!”

“Revenge is Sweet!” Bile is rising up slowly and I feel sick. With a deep breath, I lift up my head. As we watch Afghanistan in night vision, vindicated laughs rise with each flash on the screen.

The amount goes into double digits and on and on and the number games begin. War has begun. This is entertainment and way

better than chemistry. I don’t know what to think.

With each flash, more lives are extinguished and my classmates cheer. I put my head back down on my desk.

I sleep. The numbers will rise. Later, I am interviewing Judge Vaughn, a War World II vet who served under Patton. It is for a history class and I would feel really horrible if I don’t document this person’s story well.

We tour his orchid garden and then I get my tape recorder. It was a beautiful life. He was a solider when the world needed him; not when his country needed him. I respected him deeply. I ask him about the War on Terrorism.

He says that there should

L E T T ER S Editors disagree with Ed Board’s SG endorsements

We, Outgoing Editor in Chief Caitlin Kenney and News Editor Elliot Engstrom, endorse Jermyn Davis for SG president in lieu of Sarah Walker, the candidate the rest of the editorial staff has chosen. Davis has impressed us from day one, exemplifying the attitude and demeanor of a student body president since he first set foot on this campus. We are constantly impressed by his energy.

As a transfer student, some might say that Davis does not have the experience of other candidates, but we believe that anyone who has ever spoken with him will immediately realize the inaccuracy of this assumption. Davis knows more about our university than many alumni. He has embraced all aspects of the university in his two years here, becoming involved with a huge number of organizations and making an effort to know and understand every student’s point of view.

Every candidate to run for SG office speaks about reaching out to campus leaders and bridging communication gaps between Student Government and the actual students they serve. But in Davis we see a candidate who will truly follow through on this promise because he has a track record of reaching out to anyone and everyone that he meets.

Davis has always made an effort to know every student, not just student leaders but the average Joe in every classroom. He learns every name and face and follows up on his connections.

We feel that Davis will add a human touch to Student Government and that he has the ability to excite and motivate those around him. As SG president, this ability to listen and respond, to excite and motivate and to reach out to others on a daily basis is invaluable.

As a student leader it is easy to get caught up in one’s own organization, and to become insular and inwardlooking. It can happen to those with the best of intentions. But with Davis we see a difference. Jermyn Davis’ first

never be another reason for sending people into war and this certainly isn’t it. The numbers rise. The gas prices rise. I get into college. I mature greatly and understand the value of human life. The only sacrifice I make for the war is the amount of time I sacrifice arguing with people who can’t see that something is wrong. Meanwhile, squads form to fight domestic terrorism and find nothing while monitoring text messages. So they arrest college students dealing drugs via text messages. The numbers are rising. Seven years after Oct. 7, 2001, I am sitting at the Pit when a friend says he is going to go to a protest against the

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priority has always been and will always be the people. Tackling pet projects and small details will always be the easier route for an executive to choose. But given the choice, Davis will take the more difficult route and reach out to his constituents, the entire student body, rather than focus on his own agenda.

We believe that Davis will be a stunning representative for the student body. If you have ever complained that you don’t know what SG does for the student body, Davis will change that. If you’ve ever felt that your concerns and questions go unanswered, Davis will listen to them. We believe that Jermyn Davis will listen to his peers and act in a way that will reflect the true pulse of the university.

Caitlin Kenney and Elliot Engstrom Senior and sophomore

ACC editorial lacks sufficient research to back its claims As an Old Gold & Black staff writer, I was embarrassed and disappointed with the apparent lack of research done by the editorial board for their piece entitled “ACC Tournament exclusion shows evidence of elitism” (March 20).

The article claims that the ACC shuts out students by only providing tickets to schools which in turn only offer them to donors. This couldn’t be farther from the truth.

The ACC requires schools to offer a certain percentage of their allotment to students for purchase at face value. This “student section,” which the editorial denies exists, is located at the back of the lower bowl of a school’s section.

For alumni to secure the rights to purchase similar seats they would have give thousands of dollars to the Deacon Club, yet we have the right to purchase them simply because we are students.

If any of the members of the editorial board even bothered to attend the tournament, they would have wondered why it seemed like there was no university student section. The answer is that I was one of only five students

war. I stand in a circle of people protesting the War in Iraq, aka Operation Iraqi Freedom. There are about 20 students and 2 faculty members and one politician.

There is a man bashing Republicans and making everything about the two sides. Did you notice the media isn’t really covering the war? How many people have died? I really don’t know anyone who has died.

Which side are you on? I am on the human’s side but, really, what can I do?

How can my voice be heard in a sea of numbers and arguments? The numbers keep rising.

Reed Pendergrass is a junior theatre major from Conyers, Ga.

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that took the golden opportunity to purchase one of the 200 student tickets available.

It is understandable that paying $85 for tickets to every game of the tournament might not fit into some students’ budgets. However, the piece incorrectly says that there is no reliable, legal way to secure tickets to individual sessions. This is patently incorrect, as there were hundreds of tickets available from scalpers outside the arena for less than face value for Wake’s session.

Under North Carolina law it is legal to buy scalped tickets for any price; it is the sale of these tickets for more than $3 over face value that is illegal.

The atmosphere was lacking, but this shouldn’t be blamed on the ACC. It should be blamed on the fact that students decided to vacation on Spring Break, rather than take this opportunity to secure great seats for face value to cheer on the Deacs.

It is expected that an editorial will present an opinion, but it is extremely disappointing that this one presented many inaccuracies as facts in order to support the argument.

Alex Botoman Junior

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Pizza Hut closing worsens dining options Jeff Merski

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pon my return from Spring Break, I realized that my refrigerator was empty and that I was hungry. Not wanting to run out to the grocery store at that moment (nor did I want to head off-campus for dinner), I thought about my options.

Option one was the Pit – a place that I try to avoid at all costs. Option two was Subway – which I had for lunch that day. Option three was to walk down to Benson Food Court and get something there. But option four sounded the most enticing – calling up Pizza Hut and getting a pizza delivered to my room.

So I dialed the diamond (Pizza Hut’s extension was an easy-to-remember 4862) and no one picked up. I figured it was just busy, so I called back five minutes later. Still no answer. And then I check my IMs, and noticed a friend had IM’d me about Pizza Hut being closed permanently.

As we all know, our fears were realized later that week when a press release was put out saying that Pizza Hut had indeed closed and that the Benson Copy Center was moving into this location so that more seats could be added to the food court. Now, let’s critique this, starting with Pizza Hut. It’s absurd to think that a college

campus such as ours can’t have a stand-alone probably gets a volume similar to the Pit on a pizza place. Sure, the Pit serves pizza now, but typical day), there’s no excuse for the Pit to be I’d rather not go there given how the Pit has serving food that often times borders on the managed to make several less-than-enjoyable brink of being inedible. The bad news is that meals that I’ve consumed over the past few years. next semester, the meal situation on campus Pizza Hut was quick and easy (especially will only get worse. The Benson Food Court as someone who had an office in Benson), will be closed for renovations, leaving the only inexpensive and would deliver to any place on viable on-campus dining options to be Subway, campus. Sure, the pizza the Pit and the Magnolia might not have been the Room with its limited greatest in the world, but it Seriously, the situation before Piz- hours (we’ll assume that was something. most undergraduates do not za Hut closing was pathetic— we Now, let’s look at the trek out to the I.S. Food copy center argument and Court all too often). So, should be aspiring to bring more the need for more seats in for a school clamoring to nationally-known companies ... the food court. Yes, it can be amongst the best in the get quite crowded in there nation, we will have a dining during the lunchtime hours. hall that is mediocre (and But to lose a dining option for the sake of a that’s being generous) and Subway. Not only is few extra seats? There are plenty of other places the Pit going to be overcrowded next semester that students could go to find seating in Benson (good luck trying to find a seat in there on during these few hours.

Tuesdays or Thursdays at 11 a.m.) but at dinner Let’s look at what we have for dining options time, students will have two viable options currently on campus. There’s the Pit, a place on-campus. To be frank, that’s pathetic. that is overpriced, especially for the quality of Seriously, the situation before Pizza Hut the food served there. The food hasn’t improved closing was pathetic – we should be aspiring to since my sophomore year when the renovated bring more nationally-known companies onto Pit debuted. Let’s be brutally honest – if I can campus rather than shoving ARAMARK’s meal get an excellent meal at a place like T.J.’s Deli for plan down our throats. I took a look at Duke $7 (which, being a small, local establishment, University’s dining options, which are more

abundant than what we have here at Wake.

While Duke is a bit larger than us, it is a school that this university often gets compared to due to cost, location, relative size and in terms of academic performance.

For late-night dining at Wake, we have Subway, unless we want to head off-campus to a place like Cookout.

Duke has a Tex-Mex place (that has four other locations around North Carolina), The Loop and a 24-hour McDonalds. While I’m not saying we need a 24-hour McDonalds, it’d be nice to have some options besides Subway for late-night dining.

For what it’s worth, Duke also offers a variety of restaurants for students to choose from (their dining services Web site boasts of 31 places that take meals; not to mention they have a points system that can be used at several off-campus restaurants).

As this university grows in its national stature, one thing remains certain – that the dining options available on campus are not up to par. While the Benson renovations might be nice, it’s not enough; this school will still lag behind several peer institutions in regards to this important facet of student life.

Jeff Merski is a senior political science major from North Andover, Mass.

Seeking Middle Ground | Left Says

Healthcare needs reform

want. In 1992, Hillary Clinton’s healthcare plan was defeated — with the help of $100 million spent by the healthcare lobby to fight it. (Interesting fact: part of this $1.4 million came from the Christian Coalition. Since when is lobbying against expanded Ryan Taggett healthcare coverage a religious Guest columnist issue?)

With such resources at their or a long time now, disposal, the lobby has been the issue of healthcare largely successful, increasing reform has been critically their own profits at the important in the United States. expense of average Americans.

Reflective of this is the fact that Republicans in Congress have whenever Americans are polled been very receptive and along on which domestic issues are with President Bush recently most important, healthcare is passed the Medicare Prescription always at or near the top.

Drug Act, funneling more It is likely that a survey of money from the pockets of university students would yield Americans into the accounts of similar results — many have healthcare giants. parents, grandparents or other The act is designed to make friends who suffer from various Medicare recipients (the elderly) illnesses and ailments. While pay more for their drugs; the these personal tales of woe are federal government is not upsetting, a larger view of the permitted to negotiate prices of healthcare system as a whole is drugs with the drug companies terrifying — your grandparents as federal agencies do in other who can’t afford their programs. medication aren’t The Veterans the exception, Administration, they’re the norm. Clearly, we must elect which is allowed Let’s take a to negotiate drug and work with new look at the brutal progressive leaders prices and establish facts: there are a formulary, pays nearly 50 million who are not beholden 58 percent less for Americans to the interests of the drugs than elderly without health Americans do already rich and powinsurance and, under Medicaid. erful industry. of those 50 Unfortunately, million, 18,000 it is not just Americans Republicans who will die this have succumbed year simply because they’re to the lobbying pressures of uninsured. That’s like a the healthcare industry. Hillary September 11 every two Clinton, once a champion of months, and many of these expanded coverage and a fair victims are children. system, recently became the Are these shocking figures largest recipient of industry a result of not enough money contributions, and in the 2008 being spent on healthcare? On presidential campaign, received the contrary, the U.S. spends more in healthcare donations a higher portion of its GDP than any candidate of either on healthcare than any other party. country in the world, but it Clearly, we must elect and ranks 37 out of 191 countries work with new progressive in its overall healthcare leaders who are not beholden performance according to the to the interests of the already World Health Organization. rich and powerful healthcare To put that in dollar values, we industry. spend about $6000-$7,000 per Contrary to popular belief, person on healthcare while Cuba healthcare reform does not spends $251 (they’re ranked just mean taking away your choices barely below us) and Canada or putting everything under spends about $3,000 (they’re government control. ranked way above us).

What it does mean is Why isn’t America getting as expanding coverage to help all much bang for its buck?

Americans, rich or poor. The Our doctors are highly right to life is championed trained. Our technology is the by our Declaration of best in the world.

Independence and this right But the problem isn’t a lack should not be contingent upon of quality doctors or high-tech economic status. A society equipment. should be judged not by how it Rather, our problem is a treats its greatest, but by how it lack of high-quality leaders in treats its least.

Washington. The healthcare lobby (including insurers and Ryan Taggett is a junior political pharmaceuticals) is one of the science and economics major from most powerful in our nation.

Kissimmee, Fla. There are four times as many healthcare lobbyists as there Seeking Middle Ground is a are members of Congress, and weekly face off between College they are willing to spend the Democrats and College Republicans big bucks to get what they on a given topic.

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Word on the Quad | Your voice on what’s going on What do you think should be done about parking on campus?

“We need more spots — especially commuter spaces.”

“I don’t have a car on campus, but I think they need another big lot.”

“They shouldn’t rope off so many good spots during the day.”

“A parking deck is the long-term solution — upping the fees is not.”

Dhruva Rajendra Sophomore Sterling, Va.

Victoria Delbono Freshman Winston-Salem, N.C.

Patrick Borders Freshman Tell City, Ind.

John Ward Senior Raleigh, N.C.

AFTERdark falsely advertised Hannah Rothman Guest columnist

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fter seeing AFTERdark advertised in multiple different locations around campus I was anxious to see what it was all about. It was portrayed as one of the major Student Union events of the semester, and as an active participant in student life on campus I could not wait to go. That was, until a friend pointed out to me in an Interfaith Council meeting that AFTERdark was not the secular concert that I had thought, rather it was a campus missionary type of event that goes on at colleges across the nation (or more specifically colleges south of the Mason Dixon line). Regardless, I decided to attend and confirm IFC’s suspicions. Sure enough, the program mainly constituted an evangelical speech by Joe White concluding with the construction of a nine foot cross and the nailing of the audience’s sins to the front of it.

While I acknowledge that I am not of the dominant religious faith on campus, and I respect the right of religious

organizations with larger budgets to use Union’s name on it. Though I realize their budgets for whatever events they that sponsoring a Jewish event is not want to promote, I cannot get over the necessarily in the cards for Student Union fact that Student Union’s name was used in the near future, disguising Christian to promote this event. I was similarly events as secular, does not, by any means, appalled by the response I received from make minority students feel welcome. an AFTERdark This portrayal of AFTERdark crew member to a was confirmed by the article It is really unfortunate Facebook wall post in the OGB last week that with a student’s had NO mention of the that the university negative reaction to religious portion of this student population is AFTERdark from event — which consumed tolerant of this type of another school. more than an hour and was exclusivity.

His letter basically extremely marginalizing and argued that Student offensive to non-mainstream Union contributed religious groups. This minimally to bringing “speech” hardly portrayed a AFTERdark to campus. balanced view of religion and religious Even if this is all true, the fact of the participation. It is really unfortunate matter is Student Union co-signed this that the university student population is event and promoted it as though it was a tolerant of this type of exclusivity. I truly secular concert. This is absolutely mind believe that our campus needs to seriously boggling. I am constantly puzzled by re-examine our internal politics before Wake Forest student leaders who claim students can project their complaints they want more diversity on campus but about the university’s shortcomings in then insist on hosting events like these regards to diversity. without promoting any semblance of student body awareness. Every poster, Hannah Rothman is a sophomore Spanish Pit pamphlet and banner had Student major from Bronx, N.Y.

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SG ends the academic year with a long list of triumphs

By Liza Greenspun | Senior writer

was to get a new television in the Pit that will be used to display Elections for next year’s Stu- announcements and flyers from dent Government officers will different campus groups and be held all day April 1. With organizations.

The TV was set up in the Pit the approaching elections, senior Whitney Marshall, SG president, about two weeks ago, but SG describes what SG has accom- is still working with Informaplished thus far during her term tion Systems to begin making in office and which initiatives are announcements on the TV. still under process with the ensu- Marshall said that SG now has ing weeks of officer transitions. its own channel as a result of the “I want students to know new TV. Additional changes have also what Student Government has accomplished this year,” Marshall been made in the Pit, includsaid. “All too often students say ing a microwave available for Student Government doesn’t do student use, ginger ale, chocoanything, but we do a lot for late chip cookies and suggestion boxes. In recent weeks, Marshall students.”

Marshall emphasized the fact said, vegetarian options have also that SG takes seriously com- improved, at the request of SG. SG has also pushed ARAments, complaints and suggestions they receive from the stu- MARK to increase publicity of descriptions of food that will be dent body.

It is SG’s duty, she said, to relay available on any given day. As for those comments to the admin- the Benson renovations, the SG Dining Committee gave direct istration.

“Everything is a process and it feedback about the types of food takes time to get things approved,” options they would like to see in Marshall said. While Marshall the new food court.

Another highly frequented said she is proud of everything SG has accomplished this year, campus spot is the Miller Center. she also noted that they biggest To deal with the overcrowding of challenge SG has experienced is the Miller Center, a committee was formed, which has looked publicity.

Though each member of the into creating additional space student body should be receiv- for machines in Reynolds Gym, ing constituent e-mails, and there and creating a “gym cam” so that is information available on the students can look online to see SG Web site, she said the gen- how crowded the Miller Center eral student body still does not is at that time.

SG has been involved with the feel that they know what SG is working on. Therefore, one of the entire Campus Master Planning in Thus the Physical Planthings the Public Relations Com-T:3.75 process. mittee worked on this semester ning Committee has worked with

Jim Alty, assistant vice president of facilities management, on drainage and sewage initiatives to discuss the smell of sewage, particularly between Reynolda and Kitchin House, and drainage issues across campus.

The Physical Planning Committee has also done danger walks, in which SG members walked around campus with police officers.

They looked at areas that make students feel unsafe due to a lack of lighting and the distance between blue lights, which should be visible from any point on campus.

The recycling program has been improved, as the increased number of recycling units makes recycling on campus more convenient, and a new Executive Committee on Sustainability and Energy, headed by junior Ross Williford, was started.

SG has also worked to implement academic changes, including class registration during the evening next year and working to increase the number of students who can register during each time slot. The Academic Committee has also worked to ensure that “dead week” rules are followed by professors during the last week of classes. During this week, no professor is to assign anything worth more than 15 percent of the overall class grade. Anyone who has a professor that violates this rule can send an anonymous e-mail to wfusg1@gmail.com.

The committee will then send that professor something about

Photo courtesy of Student Governent

The 2006-2007 SG executive committee (top left to bottom right): Alex Vaccaro, President Hatch, Ross Williford, Parul Patel, Whitney Marshall and Sarah Walker the rules of that week. The Academic Committee is still exploring a textbook rental system for math and science classes, and making course descriptions for various classes more detailed.

Salaries for SG executive members are being looked into by the Judiciary Committee, which has also increased checks on the Student Budget Advisory Committee this year, ensuring that any changes in the process must first be approved by the SG legislature.

The Appropriations and Charter Committee has also implemented new guidelines in order

to reduce a redundancy of types of groups on campus, particularly now that the moratorium on student groups has been lifted.

The new guidelines are available on the SG Web site, www. wakesg.com. SG was also responsible for Culture Week, Class of the Finest, SG Carnival (which will be held April 3), Deac Days, Deacon Express and football and basketball student ticket distribution. Marshall said that SG is trying to institutionalize the Deacon Express shuttle system to and from football games in order to avoid having to reapply for Student Activities Funds

each year. Also, in light of recent announcements concerning the Strategic Plan, bills were passed through the SG legislature March 25 against further enrollment growth until the university has a tangible plan that shows it can accommodate more students and that SG does not appreciate the increase in parking fees to $500 that will be implemented for the 2008-2009 academic year.

“Overall, this has been a very good year for Student Government,” Marshall said, because they have tackled a lot of issues that have been of concern to the student body for some time.

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Track hosts meet, sets three school records It’s that time of year again, hoops fans

By LK Davey | Staff writer

While most people were home over Easter weekend, the Demon Deacon men’s and women’s track and field teams had an outstanding weekend here on campus at the WFU Open.

Held at Kentner Stadium, March 22 left the Wake Forest track and field squad setting three new school records, posting four first place finishes and 16 top five finishes.

For the women’s team, senior Melissa Council had the first of Wake’s four first place finishes, taking the 400m title with a 55.37 second run.

Sophomore Nicole Castronouva placed eighth in the same event, clocking a 56.90 finish. Junior Carly Mauch’s 45.49m/149-03 Javelin throw was good for an NCAA provisional mark and set a new Wake Forest record. This beat the former Wake record, also by Mauch, by almost 7 feet. Sophomore Caroline Vaughn broke the school 100m hurdle record, running a 13.68 to top her prior school record of 13.73, set last season. Vaughn also made NCAA provisional standards, mean-

ing she could possibly go to the East Regionals in Tallahassee, Fla. From the men’s team, senior Kerry Major tied the NCAA provisional mark for the 100m dash in the preliminary round with a running time of 10.55. Major finished second overall with a 10.64 run. Senior Michelle Loyd also met NCAA provisional marks with her 59.39 first place finish in the 400m hurdles; her time was a new school record, sophomore Vaughn Alex Gove’s 1:00.03 high mark set last season. Freshman Anna Nosenko was the first collegiate finisher in the women’s1500m dash, taking second place overall with a 4:28.77 mark.

Freshman Allan Lunkenheimer of the men’s team performed well in his first official race at Kentner Stadium, taking third place in the 400m run with a 48.04 finish.

The Lady Deacon’s women’s relay team, composed of senior Molly Kennedy, Castronouva, Council and Loyd, also set a new program best, combining for a 46.37 second finish. Council and Castronouva, along with Vaughn and Ashley Spooner set the former school record of 46.46 in 2007.

Sophomore Patrick Russell was the only representative from Wake in the 3000m run and with a time of 8:32.01 took second place. Sophomore Thomas Sensing and junior Boomer Petersen both placed in the men’s shot put top 10, with Sensing throwing a 51-02.25, and Petersen placed ninth with 49-09.00.

For the men’s pole vault, senior Taylor Wildman’s 14-07.25 performance was the fifth best March 22, and senior Jill Ahrens represented the women’s team with an 11-05.75 pole vault performance, taking second place in the event.

Up next, both men’s and women’s track teams will make the trip down to Atlanta, Ga., March 29-30 for the Yellow Jacket Invitational held at Georgia Tech.

Heading out of Hooks

By Jeff Merski | Senior writer Although the baseball season is still relatively young, an important piece of the team is in its twilight. Gene Hooks Stadium, located on South Campus adjacent to Faculty Drive, was opened in 1981 as the home for the Deacon baseball team.

However, this season marks its last year hosting the Diamond Deacs, with the team planning to move to Ernie Shore Field, which is next to BB&T Field, in time for the start of the 2009 season.

The current stadium, which has a capacity of 2,500 with metal bleachers, is a facility that leaves much to be desired in terms of infrastructure. The stadium holds only a home clubhouse that can easily get crowded, especially with 34 players currently on the baseball team’s roster. The visiting team has to go off-site to have a locker-room facility, which means that players’ equipment is often left around the dugout instead of inside a clubhouse.

“It feels like home here (Hooks Stadium) but we definitely need improvements here,”

By Martin Rickman | Staff writer

There are only a handful of events that I truly look forward to each year. That sounds depressing, but I mean, these are things that drive me from day to day, benchmarks that I just try to get to in the year.

Some of these include the first day of college football season, Christmas, the first day with a full slate of games of baseball season, NFL draft day and Thanksgiving.

There’s one other day, however, that is the most important day of the year to me: the first day of the NCAA Basketball Tournament.

Ever since I was about five years old, I have plotted to get out of whatever I’m doing to make sure I can watch as much basketball as I can during that weekend.

My dad instilled that in me out of the womb, and I have followed his lead.

Some of my best memories are of tournament sites we attended: Arizona, Cleveland, St. Louis and even Winston-Salem last year.

I craved these trips; they got me out of class for a few days and allowed me to see future NBA players up close.

I remember talking to Rick Majerus in Cleveland’s games in 2001 better than I remember any of my birthdays.

The NCAA Tournament is not just a sporting event to me every year; it legitimately takes more importance to me for one month a year than anything else the rest of the year.

This is Thanksgiving dinner on a much higher scale for me – gluttony at its finest.

Instead of mashed potatoes and turkey though, I would binge on as much Rick Pitino, Bob Knight, Jim Boeheim, Roy Williams (of the Kansas variety) and Lute Olson as I could handle.

I would year-in and year-out look forward to rooting against Duke, the inevitable Bob Huggins second round choke-job at Cincinnati, Roy Williams’ inability to get to the Final Four, and of course, the Cinderellas.

Nothing made me happier than seeing the Hamptons, the Sienas and the Bucknells defy the odds and topple the giants.

Nothing made me more proud than to see the team I grew up rooting for, Valparaiso, stand their own against teams like Arizona and Michigan State in the tournament and behind Bryce Drew, make their way to the sweet 16 in their dream season of 1998.

There just has never been anything like NCAA Tournament and I don’t think any other postseason ever will be.

This is the only place where 64/65 teams all truly believe before the tournament starts that they have a legitimate chance at winning six games and becoming the NCAA Champion.

That’s why my eyes shine every time a team like Holy Cross goes out to that early 2-0 lead against a team like UNC and their fans roar with more passion than any fan of UCLA will at all during the tournament.

For that brief moment (before they get pummeled into the ground), those MEAC or Summit League teams of the world have a chance against the best team in the country.

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junior outfielder Evan Ocheltree said. “It’s definitely outdated compared to some of the other facilities in the ACC.” For fans, the current facility lacks any bathrooms inside the stadium and lacks a lot of sheltered areas, leading to the handicapped room to become quite crowded on rainy days.

However, “The Hook,” as the stadium is often referred to by players and coaches, will be missed.

“I’m very excited (about the move to Ernie See Field, Page B4 Kelly Makepeace/Old Gold & Black

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Baseball drops games to Miami, UNC-Asheville

By Martin Rickman | Staff writer

The Diamond Deacons have been uncharacteristically plagued by walks and rain all year and that came to a tipping point on a weekend trip to Coral Gables, Fla., over the weekend as the team dropped two games to the fifth-ranked Miami Hurricanes.

Wake’s pitchers were never able to establish any kind of rhythm during the trip, giving up six home runs to the Hurricanes in game one and walking a mind-boggling 15 batters in the first game of what was supposed to be a doubleheader on March 23. The March 22 game was cancelled, as was the second game of the doubleheader on March 23 due to rain.

This was the sixth game this season that has been cancelled or postponed due to inclement weather.

The Deacs (11-10, 4-4) lost the two games by a combined score of 40-6 to the extremely Dykstra strong Hurricane team and head coach Rick Rembielak believes that the team just needs to make adjustments to get the team back on track.

“We played well out of the gate the first few weekends, but you get into a little rut and it might spread a little bit,” Rembielak said.

“During that time some of the confidence gets lost. These are the same guys that did well before, so it’s a matter of getting a little spark back. We’re fighting through it.”

Behind a very experienced group of guys, the Deacs, who were a regional team last year, had high hopes at the beginning of this season.

The problem since the beginning of the year has been the pitching. Behind a staggering team ERA of 8.26, Wake has used 16 pitchers already this season and no Deacon hurler who has thrown more than three innings this season has an ERA under 4.5.

“We talk about it all the time, how important it is to get ahead of hitters,” Rembielak said.

“I don’t know if it is any more than a pitcher trusting his stuff. When you start working behind hitters, that’s when you get in trouble.

It makes the hitters better, you groove your pitches to get it over and they are trying to nitpick too much.”

The hitting has been a strong point for the Deacs, but it is terribly difficult to outscore teams that are scoring 10 or more runs, which Wake has given up nine times in their 21 games this year.

The team has posted a .297 batting average and a .403 on-base percentage and has been led by players like Andy Goff, Allan Dykstra, Dustin Hood, Evan Ocheltree, Willy Fox and See Baseball, Page B5

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Junior second baseman Dustin Hood throws over to junior first baseman Allan Dykstra during the Deacs’ 12-6 loss against UNC-Asheville March 25.

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enior men’s golfer Webb Simpson has a bright future ahead of him.

In the next few months, he will be graduating from Wake Forest with a degree in Religion and turning pro in golf right out of college. With a very long and impressive golf resume, which includes being one of the top amateur players in the country, Simpson should be ready for the big time play. Simpson

On his favorite accomplishment: The accomplishment that means most to me so far is the Southern Amateur win this past summer.

The tournament was held at my home course in Pinehurst, N.C., which is the Country Club of North Carolina.

Also, my father Sam was caddying for me during the tournament, which added to the meaning.

On playing in a PGA tournament: Playing in a PGA tournament as a college student was pretty cool to say the least.

I didn’t have much pressure on me, but at the same

has ever played the game and it would be so cool to see him play first hand. I feel that I could learn so much from him by just watching him play.

On his favorite course to play: Day in and day out, my favorite course to play is the Dogwood Course at the Country Club of North Carolina in Pinehurst. The back nine is the best in the state in my opinion, and the course is always in great shape.

On playing another sport: No doubt, it would be basketball. I played a lot

" I wanted to do well and compete with other players." recently played in a PGA tournament with players like Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson. In the tournament, Simpson tied for 31st, beating out all former Wake Forest golfers.

The Old Gold & Black’s Sports editor Allison Lange chatted with Simpson about his plans after graduation, his favorite class at Wake Forest and his favorite course to play.

DEAC OF THE WEEK Junior Cory Parr helped lead the men’s tennis team to a 4-0 record last week, including wins against ACC rivals Maryland, Boston College and Duke.

Parr, who is ranked No. 59 in the country in singles and No. 14 in the country in doubles with his partner sophomore Steve Forman, went 3-1 in both singles and doubles Parr competition for a combined 6-2 personal record for the No. 30-ranked Deacons.

Against the Terrapins on March 21, Parr took three sets to defeat No. 68 Amit Inbar; however, Parr and Forman dropped the doubles match to Maryland’s No. 18 doubles pairing of Andrew Orban and Boris Fetbroyt.

Against BC on March 22, Parr dispatched Thomas Nolan with ease, dropping only two games in the entire match. Parr teamed up with senior Charles Sartor to win their doubles match as well.

In the nightcap against Elon, Parr came back to defeat Damon Gooch after dropping the first set, while winning the doubles match with his partner Jonathon Wolff.

Against Duke on March 26, Parr dropped his singles match to his higher-ranked opponent, No. 51 David Goulet, while teaming up with Forman to win his doubles match.

time I wanted to do well and compete with the other players.

It was an awesome week.

Faith is a big part of my life and I felt God out there with me the entire week helping me through.

On his plans after graduation: My plan as of now is to turn pro right after this year’s NCAA tournament.

On being someone else for a day: Definitely Tiger Woods because he is the best that

of basketball growing up and I always love to play. I can’t jump or play defense though. I can only shoot, sometimes.

On how he prepares before tournaments: I always talk to God before I play and pray for guidance and wisdom for the round. Being with God before the round helps me to stay calm and it helps put golf into perspective for me.

Also, I always talk to my girlfriend Dowd Keith before the round because she always makes me feel great about my game.

DEACON NOTES Men’s soccer defeats Duke University 5-0 in exhibition game

Football team holds Pro Day, starts spring practice

that will take place at the practice facility on campus.

The men’s soccer team began their spring exhibition schedule with a 5-0 victory over Duke University on March 20 at Spry Stadium.

Junior midfielder Sam Cronin scored the first goal of the evening on a set piece from the corner of the penalty area, beating Duke goalkeeper Brendan Fitzgerald. The Deacs added another goal right before the whistle that signaled halftime, as well as scoring three additional goals in the second half. Sophomore goalkeeper Akira Fitzgerald started for the Deacons and was successful in keeping the Blue Devils off of the scoreboard.

The men’s soccer team returns to action on March 29 by playing two games, including one at home. The Deacs play against High Point University at 12 p.m. at Spry Stadium and then travel to Cary, N.C., to play the Carolina Railhawks, a professional club playing in the first division of the United Soccer League, at 7 p.m. at the WakeMed Soccer Park. The Deacs won the national championship on that pitch in December.

The football team opened up its spring schedule on March 25 by holding a Pro Timing Day at the practice football facility. Scouts from 28 of the 32 National Football League teams attended the workout, which was held in advance of the NFL Draft, which will be held on April 26-27 in New York City.

Ten seniors participated in the workout, including offensive linemen Steve Justice and Matthew Brim, defensive linemen Jeremy Thompson and Zach Stukes, running backs De’Angelo Bryant and Micah Andrews, long snapper Nick Jarvis, tight end John Tereshinski and wide receivers Kevin Marion and Kenny Moore.

Players competed in various drills such as the 40-yard dash and the bench press.

The football team started its spring practices on March 25 by practicing in helmets only.

The team will practice with helmets only on March 26 and with helmets and shoulder pads on March 29.The spring practice season will end on April 19 with the annual spring game

Volleyball to open spring schedule hosting seven team tourney The volleyball team will open up its spring schedule on March 29 by hosting a seven team tournament in Reynolds Gymnasium. Opponents will include Gardner-Webb, UNCGreensboro, N.C. State, Wingate, WinstonSalem State and Winthrop University.

Additionally, the Deacons will be playing a game on April 5 on campus. The opponent for this match is still to be determined.

The volleyball team concludes their spring schedule by hosting another tournament in Reynolds Gym on April 12. ACC rival Virginia Tech is among the nine teams scheduled to appear at the tournament, in addition to several other universities from North Carolina and Virginia.

The team is looking to rebound from a disappointing 8-23 season in the fall, including a 5-17 record in ACC play.

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No. 29 men’s tennis finishes weekend 3-0

By Hailey Robbins | Staff writer

The No. 29 men’s tennis team finished the March 21-23 weekend with three wins to advance their overall record to 12-6, 3-1 in the ACC. Soundly defeating the No. 53 ranked University of Maryland Terrapins 6-1, the Deacs clinched their second ACC win during the March 21 match.

Senior Mariusz Adamski and sophomore Jason Morgenstern, matched for their first time at No. 3 doubles gave the Demon Deacons the first edge over the Terps with their 8-6 victory.

At No. 2 doubles, sophomore Andrew Brasseaux and junior Carlos Salmon soundly defeated Maryland’s nationally ranked pair, pulling an unexpected upset with their 8-4 victory.

No. 6 freshman Jon Wolff and No. 3 Adamski increased the Deacon lead to 3-0 after their singles matches.

Junior Cory Parr, sophomore Steven Forman and Morgenstern cemented the victory over the Terps with their victories in Nos. 1, 2 and 6 singles play, respectively.

The following day, the Deacons faced two more home matches against Boston College and Elon, expanding their March 21 victory to a perfect 3-0 run over the weekend.

The Deacons showed their fiery spirit in the first match up of the morning, a 10 a.m. game against Boston College, shutting out the ACC rival Eagles 7-0. The Eagles fell to 10-6 overall and 0-4 in ACC play with this loss.

Parr, Adamski, Wolff and Morganstern all sealed their singles victories in the first two sets, dominating by at least four points in each set.

Salmon rallied after losing his first set, coming back and winning the next two sets consecutively to win his match at No. 5 singles.

Brasseaux secured the Deacon victory with his decisive two set victory at No. 6 singles.

Boston College secured one lone victory in

No. 2 doubles against Brasseaux and Salmon.

Senior Charles Sartor and Parr, No. 1 doubles, and Morganstern and Adamski, No. 3 doubles, both brought home Deacon victories.

In the third and final game, a mere few hours after the decisive victory against Boston College, the Demon Deacons rallied once more and defeated Elon 5-2.

The lone Deacon losses of the match were at No. 2 and No. 6 singles and No. 1 doubles.

“Andrew Brasseaux kept a good attitude in practice and waited for his time to show what he can do,” Head Coach Jeff Zinn said.

“He clinched the fourth point for us against Elon and the coaching staff is hoping that he will continue that trend.”

The men’s tennis team looked to increase its ACC record to 4-1 with a home match against Duke March 26.

“Duke is such a good program and always is highly ranked in the country. That being said, this is one of the hardest working teams I have had at Wake Forest. There are still two months left in the season and we want to be at our best in the NCAA Tournament,” Zinn said.

The team was able to pull off a close win, 4-3 over the Duke Blue Devils. The match came down to the final deciding game, where Brasseaux beat Duke competitor Jared Pinsky 6-1, 7-6.

The Deacs lost the doubles competition, dropping two of the three games. Only the top pair of Parr and Forman, No. 14 in the nation defeated their Duke opponents.

In singles competition, No. 59 Parr lost to Duke’s No. 51 David Goulet, 7-5, 6-3, however Forman pulled out a win at the No. 2 slot in three games.

Wolff, Morgenstern and Brasseaux also came out on top in their respective games.

Next, the team faces another ACC opponent Kelly Makepeace/Old Gold & Black in Clemson.

The game will take place at 5 p.m. March Sophomore Andrew Brasseaux prepares to serve the ball in the doubles match with senior partner Carlos Salmon. Brasseaux and Salmon lost the match 9-8 (1). at home.

Game of the Week Women’s golf at Bryan Park National Collegiate March 28-30 Bryan Park Players Course Brown Summit, N.C. The Bryan Park National Collegiate will be held in Brown Summit, N.C., for the 11th straight year during the weekend of March 28-30.

18 teams representing the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Southern Conference, Colonial Conference and Mountain West will compete in the event.

Eight of the 18 teams competing in the event are ranked in the top 25, including No. 1 Duke, No. 5 Florida, No. 11 Auburn, No. 12 Arkansas, No. 14 Wake Forest, No. 17 Tennessee, No. 19 Michigan State and No. 24 Virginia.

Duke has won the event six times since the tournament began in 1998.

The par-72. 6,319-yard course features 79 bunkers and eight bodies of water.

The Greensboro News and Record Reader’s Choice named the course “Tops in the Triad,” while Washington Golf Monthly has listed the course as one of the Middle Atlantic’s 100 Best Places to Play.

Scoreboard Wake in the Ranks Men’s golf standings

1. Georgia Tech 2. Duke 3. Florida State 4. Wake Forest 5. Clemson 6. Virginia Tech 7. North Carolina 8. N.C. State 9. Virginia 10. Maryland 11. Boston College

Women’s tennis standings Record 281-8 278-11 277-12 275-14 271-18 260-29 258-31 234-55 226-63 201-88 96-193

1. Wake Forest 2. Duke 3. Georgia Tech 4. North Carolina 5. Virginia 6. N.C. State 7. Miami 8. Florida State 9. Clemson 10. Boston College 11. Maryland 12. Virginia Tech

ACC 4-0 4-1 3-1 3-1 3-2 3-2 3-2 2-2 2-3 1-4 0-5 0-5

Baseball standings All 8-5 11-2 11-4 12-5 7-8 10-5 10-4 12-3 6-9 9-5 3-11 12-7

Atlantic 1. Florida State 2. Wake Forest 3. Clemson 4. N.C. State 5. Maryland 6. Boston College Coastal 1. Miami 2. North Carolina 3. Virginia 4. Georgia Tech 5. Duke 6. Virginia Tech

ACC 9-0 4-4 4-5 4-5 2-7 2-7

All 19-2 11-9 14-7 13-7 11-11 9-11

7-1 7-2 5-4 5-4 4-5 0-9

17-2 18-4 19-4 17-5 19-5 7-15

ACC Leaderboard Men’s golf National Rank

1. Rickie Fowler (Oklahoma State) 2. Michael Thompson (Alabama) 3. Chesson Hadley (Georgia Tech) 4. Kevin Chappell (UCLA) 5. Joel Sjoholm (Georgia State)

Fowler

Thompson

Women’s tennis National Rank

1. Aurelija Miseviciute (Arkansas-Fayetteville) 2. Ani Mijacika (Clemson) 3. Maria Mosolova (Northwestern) 4. Amanda McDowell (Georgia Tech) 5. Georgia Rose (Northwestern)

Miseviciute

Mijacika

Baseball On base percentage

1. Yonder Alonso (Miami) 2. Allan Dykstra (Wake Forest) 3. Dennis Guinn (Florida State) 4. Tyler Holt (Florida State) 5. Dustin Ackley (North Carolina)

Alonso

.558 .545 .531 .514 .513

Dykstra

FOR THE AMATEUR

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The final intramural season is underway as softball, tennis, racquetball and bowling all started play March 26.

Well, intramural athletes, the final session of sports has begun and the weather seems to be indicating that it is indeed springtime!

Softball, tennis and racquetball all started their seasons March 26, with teams taking to Watertower field.

With this new season underway, it is important to remember that sportsmanship takes priority over play, and please do not criticize the officiating in any games.

Also, the Monday night bowling league began March 17 with strong participation from the student body down at Northside Lanes.

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Tennis smashes two ACC rivals in road victories Deacons top Maryland and BC, improve to 8-5

By Alex Botoman | Staff writer

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Sophomore Sasha Kulikova returns the ball during a home tennis match. Kulikova defeated Boston College’s Dasha Cherkasov March 24.

The women’s tennis team picked up two ACC road wins against Maryland and Boston College to extend their winning streak to five matches.

The Deacons improved to 8-5 (4-0) on the season, and currently stand in sole possession of first place in the ACC. Wake began their road trip on March 22 with a 6-1 victory over Maryland.

The Deacons got the match off to a smooth start by winning the doubles point.

At the No. 1 doubles slot, sophomore Sasha Kulikova and junior Sierra Poske took down Maryland’s Michal Amir and Lisa Miller 8-6.

The Deacs clinched the doubles point with an 8-5 win by junior Christian Tara and junior Ana Jerman over Karin Lundmark and Julia Huschke at No. 2 doubles.

The Terps picked up a consolation win at the No. 3 singles slot through Maggie MacKeever and Oksana Krutiyenko’s win over Wake senior Alex Hirsch and sophomore Aileen Davis.

Wake rolled through the

singles matches to wrap up the win.

At No. 2 singles, Kulikova dominated Lundmark, notching a 6-1, 6-0 victory.

At No. 3 singles, Tara rolled past MacKeever 6-1, 6-3.

The Deacons clinched the match with a 6-3, 7-5 win by freshman Katarina Reveche over Krutiyenko at No. 6 singles.

T h e Te r p s picked up their lone point at No. 5 singles.

Jerman was playing in her first Poske match of the season, following hand surgery, and retired while down 6-2, 4-3.

The Deacs rounded out the match with a 6-1, 6-3 win by freshman Emilee Malvehy at No. 4 singles and a 7-6(8), 6-0 victory by Hirsch at No. 1 singles.

Wake Forest followed up their win over Maryland with a 4-3 victory at Boston College on March 24.

The Deacons once again went up 1-0 early by winning the doubles point.

At No. 1 doubles, Poske and Kulikova scored an 8-3 upset over the Eagles’ No. 38

ranked team of Lauren Cash and Dasha Cherkasov. Jerman and Tara picked up the clinching win for the Deacs at No. 2 doubles with an 8-4 win over Alina Sullivan and Katharine Attwell.

Boston College picked up an 8-6 victory at No. 3 doubles with a win by the tandem of Gia Nafarrete and Lana Krasnopolsky over Hirsch and Davis.

The singles matches were more closely contested.

At No. 1 singles, Hirsch retired while down 7-5, 3-0 to Krasnoplosky.

Kulikova picked up a win for the Deacons at the No. 2 singles slot with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Cherkasov.

At No. 3 singles, the Eagles’ Cash smoked Tara 6-0, 6-0.

Attwell ground out a tough win for Boston College at No. 4 singles with a 7-6, 1-6, 1-0(4) victory over Poske in a shortened match.

At No. 5 singles Malvehy scored a 6-3, 6-3 win over Sullivan.

Reveche coasted to a 6-0, 6-0 win over Alison Wagner at No. 6 singles to win the fourth match for the Deacons.

Both Kulikova and Malvehy have a perfect 4-0 individual record in ACC singles play.

The road doesn’t get any easier for the Deacs as they travel to take on Clemson on March 29 and No. 2 ranked Georgia Tech on March 30.

Women’s golf takes Men’s golf falls short of eighth in Athens, Ga. three-peat at Bulls Bay

By Donovan Carberry | Staff writer

After consecutive top-three finishes at the Liz Murphey Collegiate, No. 9 Wake Forest did not have as much luck this time around, as the women finished eighth out of 18 teams.

The annual three-day tournament is held in Athens, Ga. and played on a par-72, 6,335 yard university golf course.

Tied for first after 54 holes, it came down to a two-hole playoff between Georgia and Purdue to decide the winner with the hometeam Bulldogs taking the title.

The Demon Deacons were represented by freshmen Alli Bodemann and Natalie Sheary, juniors Jean Chua and Nannette Hill and senior Laura Crawford.

Wake entered the tournament with the expectations Hill of another top-three finish but ran into trouble on the course and finished the first round tied for eighth.

Things got a little uglier in round two after the team fell to 10th place. The team shot a 312, adding three strokes to their total from the first day.

Bodemann’s three-over 75 was the closest anyone on the team came to shooting even-par.

But on the final day of play, the Deacs shot an 18-over 306 and climbed back up to eighth place.

Individually, freshman Allie Bodemann had the best performance of the tournament for the Deacs.

She shot a three-over 75 in the final round, matching her second day score.

She finished 14th overall, shooting 12-over 228.

Fellow freshman Natalie Sheary had a comeback of her own, moving up eight spots after day two’s scores to finish tied for 33rd overall.

Junior Nannette Hill finished tied for 24th after shooting six-over 78, recording a three-day total of 232 (+16).

This is the first time she hasn’t placed in the top 20 since October.

Senior Laura Crawford shot a seven-over 79 in the final round while junior Jean Chua had her best performance of the tournament, a fiveover 77.

Crawford finished tied for 43rd and Chua tied for 67th.

Purdue teammates Christel Boeljon and Maria Hernandez tied for first overall. Hernandez shot four-under 68 on the final day.

Next up for the Demon Deacons will be playing in the Bryan Park National Collegiate on March 28-30, which is hosted by Wake Forest and UNC-Greensboro.

By Chris Tumminello | Contributing writer

The No. 14 men’s golf team finished in a tie for 12th after shooting a combined 27-over par in the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate in Awendaw, S.C. The Deacs came into the tournament with confidence following a brilliant 16-stroke comeback at the General Jim Hackler Championship only two weeks ago.

A win at Bulls Bay would mark the third straight year the Deacs would walk away as Hootie champions.

Unfortunately, windy McCartin weather and course conditions proved to be detrimental to the team’s performance in the opening rounds.

The Deacs shot a seven-over 291 March 23, leaving them tied for 10th at the conclusion of the opening round.

Chances of a three-peat began to fade as the Deacs finished the second round 22 strokes behind the tournament leader and co-host, No. 15 South Carolina.

“The wind has been a big factor and the greens have been bumpy,” Wake Forest Coach Jerry Haas said after the conclusion of the second round.

“The teams that aren’t doing well aren’t making putts.”

The third round consisted of much of the same for the Deacs, as they shot seven-over par, putting an end to their run at Bulls Bay. Senior Webb Simpson finished tied for 10th individually after shooting a combined one-under par for the three rounds.

Senior Chris McCartin shot an even par 71 in the final round, the best on the day for the team, to finish tied for 37th individually.

Sophomore Brendan Gielow finished tied for 5st with a 10-over 226 for the tournament.

Sophomore Travis Wadkins recorded a one-over 72 in the final round to finish strong at 63rd overall and junior Dustin Groves carded a four-over 75 in the final round to finish 73rd overall.

South Carolina led the tournament by a slim margin for the first two rounds but lost its lead to a charging North Carolina State team, who shot an impressive 13-under par in the final round to secure their victory.

South Carolina finished tied with No. 16 Clemson, who shot a three-under 281 in the final round to maintain their hold on second place.

No. 8 Florida State finished fourth after shooting a combined one-under par for the tournament.

No. 11 Duke finished last after shooting a disappointing 33-over par.

The Deacs will look to rebound at the N.C. State Intercollegiate in Wallace, N.C. on April 11-13.

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Shore Field), but at the same time I’ve sad,” Ocheltree said. “You look around, you have the holly bushes out there and everything.”

The move to Ernie Shore Field will offer the Deacons quite a few luxuries that they do not currently enjoy at Hooks. The most notable of these is the fact that Hooks does not have lights, meaning games must be in the afternoons.

“The lights are huge for us because of the time constraints we have in the afternoon,” Head Coach Rick Rembielak said.

“Our guys are rushed coming from class out to the field. Practically half our guys cannot be here for batting practice because they have classes.”

As it stands currently, several players need to adjust their academic schedules in order for classes to be taken in the morning.

“We have to take early morning classes to be done by noon or 1 p.m.,” Ocheltree said.

“A lot of guys take labs, so it will make their course schedule a lot easier and less demanding.”

Beyond classes, it affects some players in the form that they often come straight to practice or games from class, meaning some have to skip lunch.

“A lot of times, guys aren’t able to eat lunch because coming from class, they’re

changing and getting out to the field,” Rembielak said.

“It’ll be nice to get something to eat before the game,” sophomore pitcher Alex Wiesner said.

Additionally, the team hopes that by playing night games, the community will become more involved.

“We do get a good Winston-Salem fanbase here, but on a Friday mid-afternoon for a big ACC series, you have too many people at work,” Ocheltree said. “With games on Friday and Saturday nights, even weeknights, people can bring out their kids.”

In regards to facilities, the field will offer clubhouses for both teams, an expanded pressbox area plus actual seats instead of bleachers for fans.

“There will be a place where we can study, have more space and overall have a better feeling,” Wiesner said about the new locker room for the Deacs.

Eventually, there are plans to make the stadium feel more like campus.

“The facility structure is there, we just need to get it the Wake Forest way – the colors, the scheme, kind of like what happened at (BB&T Field),” Rembielak said.

The one component that is missing to Ernie Shore Field are hitting cages.

Currently, Hooks Stadium has an outdoor cage down the first base line and an indoor cage below the stands on the third base line. However, other facility updates will come as needed.

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Ernie Shore Field, located on Deacon Blvd. and adjacent to BB&T Field, is where the baseball team will play home games beginning in the 2009 season. or the outfield fence. It’s ready to go – the lights, the playing surface,” Rembielak said.

Additionally, Rembielak said that the move to Ernie Shore will help with recruiting.

“That was a major factor with them,” he said. “They thought that it was a nice addition to the program. We’re talking

about coming in here and getting better each year and this is another ingredient to that.”

According to Athletic Director Ron Wellman, the land currently occupied by Hooks Stadium will be used by the golf teams to expand their practice facility, which is adjacent to the baseball stadium.

“Our current practice facility does not meet the standards of today’s college golf practice facilities,” Wellman said in the January 2008 to wakeforestsports.com.

“With additional property being developed as a golf practice facility, we will have one of the best practice complexes in the country.”

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Baseball: Deacs struggle in five game skid Pressbox: March is where it’s at Continued from Page B1

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Freshman starting pitcher Mark Adzick delivers a pitch in the Deacons’ 12-6 loss against UNC-Asheville on March 25.

Continued from Page B1 Ben Terry, who have combined for 97 RBIs already this season.

There was very little time to bounce back though, as college baseball leaves little time to reflect and practice once the season gets underway. Once returning to Winston-Salem, the Deacs took on UNCAsheville on March 25 and continued their struggles in midweek games.

The team lost 12-6, leaving 11 men on base offensively, while the Deacon pitchers walked 10 batters.

This dropped Wake’s record in weekday games to 3-3 on the year.

Rembielak explained the difficulty of adjusting during a season where the team plays five times a week, as compared to once or twice a week like football or basketball.

“Pitchers have a side day, but you can also do some things without throwing a baseball – mechanical things, on flat ground,” Rembielak said. “Obviously it’s not the same thing as facing a hitter, but if there’s a mechanical flaw, the pitching coach can try to see what is going on and possibly the pitcher can feel it as well.

“It’s so difficult over the long haul as a player to maintain consistency and there’s always some sort of refinement going on. There’s hardly anybody out there playing the game that is not doing something wrong.”

The Deacs turned right around and traveled to Charlotte March 26, falling 12-8 to the 49ers. The Deacons jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, with senior Ben Terry working a leadoff walk, stealing second base and being brought home by junior Dustin Hood, who was brought home by junior Allan Dykstra. The 49ers tied up the game in the

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second inning before the Deacons retook the lead in the third inning on a sacrifice fly by senior Weldon Woodall.

However, the Deacons gave up five runs in the fourth inning to stake the 49ers to the lead for good.

The Deacs responded in the following inning on a pair of RBI singles from Goff and Ocheltree.

Charlotte responded in the sixth inning with an additional three runs and despite the Deacs plating runs in the seventh and eighth innings, it was too little too late.

Rembielak said that he thought that the team just needed a little confidence boost to bring them success the rest of the way.

Wake has a very big weekend series to try and get back on track at home at Hooks Stadium against Florida State.

The first game of the series is scheduled for 3 p.m.

March 28.

Show me another sport where this could happen.

Show me another sport or postseason with moments like N.C. State’s miraculous cardiac run to the title, Villanova’s incredible upset over Georgetown, the Princeton backdoor play, a UNC freshman wearing #23 in 1982 leaving his mark long before he would become the best player ever and Indiana’s Keith Smart hitting a shot on the same floor Jordan did to give Indiana the 1987 championship.

These moments make college basketball the sport of stories, the sport of unforgettable moments that no other sport can give fans.

College athletes, a large minority of whom cannot even legally buy a drink at the bar, lead their teams and their fans into a whirling dervish of a postseason in which it is impossible to even leave the room to get a bag of chips without missing something incredible.

That’s why when I saw Western Kentucky topple Drake, Siena shock Vanderbilt and Belmont play their hearts out against Duke, I just shook my head and smiled.

This is March, where everything can happen and where even though nothing should surprise me anymore, moments happen every year to keep me guessing.

This is the only sport where a player like Stephen Curry can single-handedly dismantle an overrated, over-hyped Georgetown team and show that for one day, a kid who wasn’t recruited by big programs, who doesn’t have an elitist, expectant attitude that Big East teams often have, can do something that will be talked about for years, much like Drew’s shot 10 years ago and Smart’s shot two decades ago.

I love this tournament and I’m looking forward to finding a way out of work when I’m 40 to watch someone from a team like Mount St. Mary’s beat Texas and have a performance compared to that Stephen Curry kid 20 years ago.

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Ghana is on the books as the first country to host the Peace Corps program in 1961. Theo Yakah, a current graduate student from Ghana in the masters program of the communication department, first set foot on U.S. soil in 2006. He received a full scholarship from the university.

His motivation came from the encouragement of a friendly Peace Corps member. Yakah had been working as a health community organizer when Nate Dunn, a California Polytechnic graduate and Peace Corps ambassador, arrived in desperate need of a translator for HIV and AIDS education. Yakah volunteered to translate because his English was superb.

He attended high school on scholarship and graduated just the year before with a top grade point average and as senior prefect, or student body president. He won several essay competitions on issues of social development and activism throughout his schooling.

Yakah and Dunn were able to explore topics beyond their immediate work and they became good friends.

“Nate asked me if I wanted to go to college, and I said ‘yeah, but it’s not realistic.’ He thought that was unacceptable and offered to pay for my application. So I applied to the University of Ghana and got accepted,” Yakah said.

Yakah was ecstatic to be going to college, but found that the funding proved to be more difficult than he imagined.

With his accolades and honors from high school, Yakah petitioned to different organizations and private sponsors to cover his tuition.

He painstakingly secured the money for four years of college to pursue a major in political science and philosophy.

As Yakah began his sophomore year, Dunn returned to start law school at the university and remained in touch as a good friend. Yakah continued to write political commentary.

Several of his opinion editorials were published in The Ghanaian Chronicle, the national equivalent of The New York Times.

His writing helped him achieve a prestigious summer internship with the Ghana Center for Democratic Development in 2005 as a rapporteur (someone who investigates issues and reports back to a deliberative body in international politics) and researcher.

With three other students from Ivy League universities, he worked with the leadership of Ghanaian Parliament.

He began dreaming about working directly with national government policy.

“When I got to my junior year, Nate suggested I take the GRE and some prep classes,” Yakah said.

“At that point, I had never heard of the GRE, and America was far away.

“All I knew was that people came to America to hustle, they didn’t go for school. It was out of this world, like, America?!

Photo courtesy of Megan Foelsch

Theo Yakah is not only a distinguish scholar on the university campus but has proven himself to be an influential person around the globe.

“The American system will support you if you do well, and that became the motivation.”

After sending in applications to only three schools, Yakah was awarded a full scholarship in the university’s communication department graduate program, due in some part to Dunn personally handing Yakah’s application to Allan Louden, associate professor of communication.

“This was all about one American who decided to volunteer in far away Africa, and for some strange reason, he met me and thought I deserved better than what Ghana was offering,” Yakah said.

“Can you imagine if Kennedy had never signed the Peace Corps document? Nate always believed in me, even when I doubted my commitment.”

Dunn echoes the importance of the organization because of its ability to find dedicated people.

“Most Peace Corps volunteers leave and think they will change the world, but there’s only so much influence you can have, mostly on the

1.21 Gigawatts!!! | Doc, I’m from the future

Ladies strip down to their spandex in bizarre new trend Ryan Coons Staff columnist

Crime has become a serious problem on campus. Reading the police notes in this very newspaper is testament to the staggering amount of thefts that take place in the dorms and their surrounding parking lots.

However one specific type of theft has gone undetected by what is normally very thorough coverage by the paper.

Recently there has been some sort of burglar specifically targeting campus laundry rooms looking for one article in particular: women’s shorts.

As a community we are baffled as to why this criminal mastermind would go to such great lengths to get his hands on so many shorts.

What does he need them for? Some top secret government experiment? Is he a costume designer for High School Musical 3: Fifth Year Seniors? Regardless of his intentions everyone on campus is feeling the effects of his dastardly scheme.

Women across campus have been put in the awkward and embarrassing position of having to wear spandex and tights without the added coverage of their athletic shorts.

But what are they expected to do?

Those that still own shorts live in fear of becoming targets themselves so are forced to subject themselves to the disconcerting reality of looking foolish in public when they too go out wearing only tights.

I demand to know what the administration and University Police have been doing to snare this terrorist.

I use that term with complete seriousness because he is disrupting our way of life. How are the women of our campus meant to be taken seriously when they have nothing covering their bums aside from a tight layer of spandex and an oversized T-shirt?

And how are we, the respectable gentlemen of the university, meant to prepare for the homestretch of finals and papers when our cohorts make it impossible for us to concentrate?

There isn’t much left to the imagination (whether this is for better or for worse is a decision I’ll leave up to the readers).

So loyal readers, take back our campus and help re-clothe our women!

UPDATE: After submitting this article I was informed that the mass of women on campus wearing nothing but tights and long T-shirts was not due to the efforts of a masked bandit, but it is in fact some sort of fashion trend.

So people are dressing like this on their own accord? Did the university, in an effort to roll back costs, remove mirrors from all the dorms? That’s really the only rationale I could imagine driving girls to dress this way.

Are we seriously telling clothing companies that we will perpetuate their notion that consumerism is so strong in this country that we will literally wear anything they put out?

Can we not think critically about something as simple as what we put on before leaving our room every day?

I feel like if we did most people would come to the conclusion, “Hey, maybe I should wear jeans today.”

And it’s not about decency, or the obvious fact that some people obviously should not be wearing such form-fitting garments (although these would also be good arguments).

It’s that no one seems to realize that they look absolutely ridiculous without pants.

I mean that’s why God invented pants in the first place.

immediate circle of people you interact with,” Dunn said. “I saw in Theo someone with an immense amount of potential, but he needed help in getting to a place where his gifts could be maximized. He’s the type of person that if he wanted to, he could be the president of Ghana one day.”

Yakah started classes here in August 2006, and endured major adjustments, including familiarizing himself with a computer keyboard.

“Everything was different when I arrived, but I was determined to excel because this chance doesn’t come often,” Yakah said.

“It paid off at the end of my first semester when I made straight A’s, and the few words that some of my professors here said that validated my intellect and my selfworth were priceless.

“I just started screaming and pointing at my grades on the computer screen to my roommate. That was my proudest day in America,” Yakah said.

In classes, students respond to Yakah’s interest in learning with mutual respect, and professors appreciate his discerning intellect and enthusiastic

personality. “Theo has a charm, a wit, and a caring that can diminish international borders, and he brings a perspective from sub-Saharan African to bridge understanding,” Louden said.

“He was an engaging student in my freedom of speech and law class,” Vice President of Student Life Ken Zick said.

“There’s nothing more exciting for a teacher than discovering a student whose curiosity is insatiable.”

Students also appreciate Yakah’s insight and passion for scholarship.

“Theo always had a unique perspective in class on what we were discussing,” senior Darren Lindamood said.

“He was able to zoom out and capture the big picture well. He also has a theory that any two people can get along, with the exception of the criminally insane.”

Yakah has kept up with his interest in political systems. Most recently, he spent July 2007 working as a mentor and blogger for the Department of State’s Ben Franklin Transatlantic Summer Institute hosted by the communication department on campus.

In the past week, Yakah assisted with voter registration in Winston-Salem as a volunteer.

“Sometimes peoples’ hearts are good but they don’t know how to help or think the problems are too huge, and so they resign in frustration.

“But you can make a difference by helping even just one person if you only offer to step out. So much of the conflict and violence in Africa is because people have no opportunity and no hope. “they hit the wall, and they think it’s just not worth the work and give up.”

Now in the final semester of his master’s program, Yakah will go on in August to attain the Master of Arts in law and diplomacy at the Fletcher School.

He received the letter two weeks ago naming him a Board of Overseers Scholar, a prestigious, full-tuition scholarship.

“If you give people the opportunity to excel, they will. I think back now, and the only thing that separates me from my childhood friends in Ghana is that I was lucky,” Yakah said.

“It’s not that I’m more talented than they are; it’s that I met someone from the Peace Corps. My frustration is that Ghana needs to create systems that are more predictable, reward hard work and give opportunities, like those that the Peace Corps make you think are possible.”

In the long-run, Yakah sees a bigger picture for himself coming to fruition.

He plans to work with the United Nations system to gain hands-on experience and then return to Ghana to run for public office and work in the government to build up the nation’s fledgling infrastructural systems.

“America will continue to develop on its own,” Dunn said. “It doesn’t need Theo.

“But Ghana needs the best and the brightest. It needs him.”

Event preview | Springfest

Annual event kicks off spring Springfest puts on festive events to break up the semester

By Brittany Wyche | Staff writer Even though most of us are still using our winter coats way more than we would like this week, it is officially spring at the university: the post-Spring Break midterms have come and gone, all that landscaping is really starting to pay off, and next week is the annual Springfest!

Sponsored by the Student Union, Springfest is a week-long festive occasion for all students to enjoy a variety of activities.

Each day offers something different and entertaining in an effort to get everybody out and about around campus.

This year there are some new events to check out — in addition to the classics.

March 31, kicks off the week with a Battle of the Bands.

Seven student bands will be playing and competing against each other to see who is truly the best that the university has to offer.

April 1, offers a unique new option for students: a photo scavenger hunt.

Teams will have two hours to find as many items as they can.

Each item is worth a certain number of points, depending on the difficulty of the item.

But if you’re interested in participating, you should go sign up in the Benson Ticket Office this week.

You can sign up for teams of four and your team will receive a list of items to find the day of the event.

Such items may include things like a photo with the Deacon or some-

thing similar. Teams will be required to send the photos in after the two hour search time has elapsed.

Extra points will be awarded for creativity, so a thorough knowledge of campus would definitely be a plus.

The winning team will receive the best available Jason Mraz tickets for the upcoming concert on April 16.

These tickets are essentially the best seats in the house, as they are the first four that would have gone on sale if you had been first in line after waiting for ticket sales to open.

After winning the photo scavenger hunt, your team could head to the movie showing on the Magnolia Quad.

Student Union will show Little Miss Sunshine at 9 p.m. as the other event for the evening.

On April 2, the Running Club will be co-sponsoring the Spring Ahead 5k run to take advantage of what will hopefully be beautiful spring weather.

That night, come check out a live performance from the Pat McGee Band.

This group of five is known for being one of the country’s best and most entertaining live acts.

They have an extremely loyal fan base across the country that attends their shows regularly.

The group is extremely dedicated to both music and performing and plays a surprisingly large number of concerts every year.

April 3 brings one of the most delightful activities of the week: the carnival.

Full of crazy little rides and games, it’s great for relaxing and letting go of the stress of the week in anticipation

for the weekend. The light-hearted atmosphere is just what every university student needs to get them out of the library and onto Davis Field.

Also, that night Student Union will be offering a Shag Dancing short course.

The short course is in preparation for the always fun and final event of Springfest: Shag on the Mag. With music from the Band of Oz, the dance should be as lively as in past years.

And yes, there are rumors of a chocolate fountain.

Springfest will last from March 31-April 4, and you can always head to the Benson Ticket Office for more information.

Don’t forget to register a team for the scavenger hunt or pick up your tickets for Shag on the Mag! With so much to choose from, be sure to check out at least one of these awesome events from Student Union.

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B8 Thursday, March 27, 2008 Sweeney Todd considers the fate of the non-mustached King of Hearts.

She Said | A girl’s guide to getting it on

Post-college plans altered by relationships Kelly Curran Staff columnist

Sweeney Todd Like blood? Like musicals? If you answered yes to both questions, get excited because Sweeney Todd is coming to DVD on April 1. Normally blood and musicals wouldn’t go together, but Sweeney makes an exception.

The Oscar-nominated gore-fest stars Johnny Depp as the vengeful and murderous Sweeney Todd and Helena Bonham Carter as the pie-making Mrs. Lovett.

As the year’s end is looming, I see my peers not only wondering what they will be doing for employment in the upcoming months, but what the future has in store for their college relationships.

We have all seen so many high school relationships falter under the Thanksgiving Break Curse of freshman year, but post-college life is a whole new ball game.

People put considerably more time into their relationships during college and many think they have met The One. But how do you incorporate someone else into your future plans?

It’s an incredibly scary prospect.

I have a hard enough time remembering to feed and clothe myself without knowing and functioning under

someone else’s schedule. As frightening as being a “real person” is, we have to bite the bullet sometimes.

Growing into an adult often means having a serious, possibly co-habitating, relationship as the next step.

This brings up so many questions.

Where do we live?

What if I can’t find work there?

What if we get into grad schools far apart?

Do we live together, or separately but near each other?

Can we get a dog, or should we start with a plant?

Will all my quirks stop being so cute once they’re exposed 24/7?

Yeah, my head is spinning too. But these are serious questions that people must address once they reach a particular stage in the relationship.

It’s important to make sure that everything is kept fair and that the needs of both people are being addressed.

True, in any relationship there is give and take.

But some people seem to give far more than their partner does and vice versa.

Each person must be aware of what

they are giving and getting. Thinking about the imbalance will only breed later resentment.

The easiest way is to know what you want in your future – YOUR individual future.

If you want to become a writer for a political newspaper, your girlfriend’s plan to study Native American anthropology might not mesh.

For each of you to live out your dreams, something might have to give.

Either one or both people will have to compromise, or the relationship might not work out in the long run.

A compromise is fundamental to a relationship, but it has its limitations.

You can even make a list of what you want and what you’re getting in reality – if you have more discrepancies than your partner, something needs to be changed to maintain balance.

A main problem is location.

If you move cross country to be with someone, there has definitely got to be something in it for you.

Moving into an established home will make a person feel like a permanent visitor.

The long-term occupant will have a head start on knowledge of the area, local friends and an established life.

One idea that would avoid this home-court advantage is to move somewhere where you both can have a clean slate.

Starting over in a completely new place allows for you to build a life that is yours as a duo.

Possibly the most important question is how does a relationship change by co-habitating?

Well I’ll admit, I don’t know for sure as of yet.

It might give you time to figure out if you’re suited for one another.

You don’t have your corners to disappear to when things are hard, so you have to deal with one another and are faced with the reality of having to do so forever.

You could think of it as a trial run for an eventual marriage, but that’s scary.

So I’m going to think of it as playing house until the time comes.

“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 currkm4@ wfu.edu.

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Lummox | By Will Warren

Top 15 Most Annoying Celebrities They’re in rehab, they’re going crazy, they’re publicity whores.

Enough already.

15. Victoria Beckham 14. The Olsen twins 13. Kanye West 12. Kim Kardashian 11. Kevin Federline 10. Tom Cruise 9. Britney Spears 8. Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt 7. Oprah Winfrey 6. Rosie O’Donnell 5. Amy Winehouse 4. Pam Anderson 3. Nicole Richie 2. Lindsey Lohan 1. Paris Hilton

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Movie Review | The Bank Job

High-stakes heist film falters despite action

By Peter Youngblood | Staff writer

Thankfully one of my fellow OGB critics had already endured 10,000 BC, allowing me to write about a period piece with a little more factual accuracy.

The ironic thing is that the “facts” in The Bank Job are based on information from an undisclosed source about a bank heist pulled in order to cover up a scandalous royal affair. Cynicism aside, I tell you this remarkable truth not just to poke fun at Roland Emmerich’s recent prehistorically-based misfire, but rather point out the remarkable backstory that makes this historically-based crime-caper stand out.

So back in 1970s, Princess Margaret, the current English monarch’s sister, had a raunchy affair in the Caribbean. Unfortunately, this was all caught on camera by Michael X, a drug-pushing pimp/ zealot who claimed to The Bank Job be England’s version of Starring | Jason Statham, Malcolm X. Saffron Burrows and SteX uses the phen Campbell Moore photos to Director | Roger Donaldson blackmail Who’s it for? | Those who the British will watch anything for a government, little action. which wants Running Time | 1 hr 45 min to arrest him Rating | (out of 5) for his various indiscretions.

Now the government doesn’t want these photos to see the light of day (this was before royal English affairs became cool), so MI5 enlists (also via blackmail) the help of Martine Love (Saffron Burrows of Troy) to steal the photos from X’s safe deposit-box in a Baker Street bank.

Martine turns to ex-thief and struggling car dealer Terry Leather (Jason Statham) and his crew for the hit without telling them the real reason for the robbery.

The actual heist is only the beginning as the robbers soon find out that they are carrying hot secrets that some dangerous people don’t want getting out in the open (and we are not just talking about photos here).

Naturally they find themselves pursued by both the government and the gangsters who unfortunately want the same photos.

As caper-films go, The Bank Job is good, but nothing stellar.

Despite some being played by true veterans of English film and television (so veteran, you won’t know them), the characters are nothing more than watered-down versions of Guy Richie crooks without the comedic charm.

As usual, Statham reprises his role from Snatch, Crank and The Italian Job as a cynical, cockneyaccented tough guy and while he never fails to deliver the thuggish charm, his performance is lost in a myriad sea of mediocrity. Even a subplot exploring the old romance between Terry and

Photo courtesy of Arclight Films

The historically-based robbery film provides suspense but is just another mediocre caper in a long line of action films.

Martine is nothing more than a banal aside from the more important action. The bad guys, while rough, never quite achieve the level of idiosyncratic menace that would have made this film more distinguishable.

Of course the repressed characterizations could have been a directorial decision to respect the historicity of the film, but given its already unbelievable plot and the clear artistic license that was taken, making them more interesting couldn’t have hurt much.

Even the heist itself, while clever, still fails to achieve anything that hasn’t already been done before.

The film’s real value lies in its second half, where we get to see the consequences of the heist.

Each of the various factions in the film have there own sub-plot tied to the robbery, and seeing all of these threads come crashing together is the real root of the suspense. The film doesn’t hold back.

What was a simple caper-flick soon becomes a high-stakes suspenseful thriller where the only

means to survival are the photos, which of course everyone needs.

It isn’t a very kid-friendly film either, with its own share of gruesome violence (there are some tough scenes) and ample nudity, adding a gritty realism to the whole thing.

What’s more astonishing is knowing that this is a (supposedly) true story, adding some authenticity to the madness and helping the audience to sympathize with the characters more (even if they are somewhat boring) because many of them probably existed.

Oh, and they threw John Lennon and Yo-Yo Ma cameos in there just for good measure.

Sure there are better caper-films, but The Bank Job is unique with its own share of inter-genre cinematics.

There is espionage, harsh violence, suspense and most importantly an element of truth in all of the madness.

It is truly a testament to how badly plans can go wrong, not just in film, but in the real world.

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Restaurant Review | Turmeric Indian Restaurant and Bar

Spicy dishes can’t save subpar, slow service

By Chelsea Murphy | Staff writer

Probably the most satisfying option on the menu would be one of the many variations on uttapam Indian food: It’s something you just can’t find at ($5.50-$7), thick rice dishes garnished with onions the Pit. Luckily, Winston-Salem’s own Turmeric and seasoning.

Calling this thick would be an understatement.

Indian Restaurant and Bar has an abundance of Picture an enormous pancake, a rich, starchy, filling it.

Only a few miles separate university student from meal – for around $6.

However, if you double the the sweet, sour and spicy combinaprice, you’ll get half the food. tions of rice, meat and vegetables Turmeric Indian The majority of entrees consist intrinsic to Indian cuisine.

While its menu is distinctly Restaurant and Bar of a bowl of white rice accompanied by a flavorful meat or Indian, the dining “experience” Location | 3088 Healy Drive vegetarian sauce. ends there; aside from its cuisine, A friend and I ordered the Turmeric Restaurant and Bar feels Hours | Lunch 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mon. - Fri. chicken tikka masala ($13.50) like just another restaurant. and chicken jalfrazie ($13.50), Just pulling into the parking lot, 11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Sat. - Sun. both of which were delicious the lack of ambiance becomes very Dinner and sweet but came in small obvious.

5 p.m. - 10 p.m. Mon. - Thurs. portions.

Turmeric is the last of a string 5 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Fri. - Sun. While many sauces are used of small shops and restaurants in to mask fatty or dry meats, the a strip mall located just off Strat- Serving | Indian dishes chicken used in our dishes was ford Road, and it leaves a lot to be Dress | Casual moist and lean. desired in decor and mood.

Turmeric’s meats may be high Firstly, the restaurant is dark. Price Range | $10 - $20 grade and highly varied.

It’s not dimly lit, but actually (out of 5) There are a lot of goat and dark, and it’s not very comfort- Rating | lamb dishes as well as chicken able either. and seafood and there are a lot The service is far from fast, and of the three waiters that tended to our table, only of vegetarian options.

Don’t let me fool you – if you’re looking for a one was friendly.

That being said, each was extremely helpful in hearty salad, Turmeric is not the place for you. our endeavors to order, answering our questions The green salad ($2.50) is little more than a small vegetable platter. and making great suggestions.

One appetizer you don’t want to skip: the naan Though novice-friendly, the scene is not student friendly – every other patron was at least a decade ($2.50).

There are numerous variations of naan, an my senior.

It was very quiet and did not appear able to accom- unleavened pita-esque bread. Don’t skip the garnish either. modate large groups.

We chose to dip our two orders of naan in raitha Another aspect that was not conducive to studentdining: the prices. The majority of entrees range ($1.50) a yogurt with diced tomato, carrot and cucumber, which was refreshing and complimented in price from $12-20.

I assumed the portions would match the prices, the dense bread nicely.

While it may surprise many, yogurt is a staple but boy was I wrong.

Don’t Stop Believing | Tips for your college journey

Don’t wish away the rest of semester Mary Beth Ballard Senior columnist

This semester is over in just a little over a month.

Tragic isn’t it, seniors?

This is rather exciting for all you underclassmen who are eagerly awaiting fun-filled summers spent relaxing pool side, traveling abroad or making extra spending money to blow at some point.

Well, before the lavish, long days of summer greet us once more, don’t forget that there is still much to be done and enjoy.

Carolina Cup is this Saturday, so get your koozies and cash and live it up on the race track.

Though it pales in comparison to the infamous Kentucky Derby, (though perhaps I’m biased being from the Bluegrass State) it’s a worthwhile university tradition that shouldn’t be missed.

Grab a hat and pick your favorite ponies.

Springfest is fast-approaching – got a date and attire for Shag on the Mag? If not, the time is ripe to go out on a limb and ask that person that you’ve been crushin’ on all semester but never had the courage to confront.

This is the perfect opportunity for such a bold step.

It’s arguably the best event still on campus (since Pledge Night has been relocated) which means you’re guaranteed a good time.

Also if things don’t work out with your date (maybe you trip into the chocolate fountain, drunkenly profess your need to “shag” or wipe out on the faux wooden dance floor) … there are only four weeks of class left and you should be able to tolerate the shame after four years of practice.

After the shagging has ceased, we’ve got the Davis Cup and the Wake-TV-sponsored film festival to fill the second weekend of April.

As a student whose affinity for tennis has grown exponentially since taking the university’s intro course (definitely take it!), I jumped at the chance to go to the Dash’s very own professional tennis tournament. This year, the Joel will host quarter final

matches between the USA and France April 11-13.

And the best part is the fact that the talented and extremely good-looking Andy Roddick will be in town.

Last year, he was spotted frequenting popular student bars, so let those eager to sneak a peak at him hope for a repeat appearance.

As for the first ever annual Reynolda Film Festival, it’s going to feature independent films, guest speakers and judges and interesting lectures throughout the weekend.

Most screenings will take place on campus with a few showing in the Winston-Salem community.

They’re free for university students and faculty, so grab some friends and expand your cinematic horizons.

And one mustn’t neglect the wonderful fact that April means the return of the Warthogs to Ernie Shore Field.

Thirsty Thursday, my friends, is the single greatest reason to attend minor league baseball games, and lucky for us, three opportunities exist to drink dollar drafts and eat enormous hotdogs.

It’s also your patriotic duty to support the national pastime.

Mark April 10, April 17 and May 1 on your calendars now and free up your evenings because you won’t feel much like working after several innings.

What else could possibly make this spring any more fun?

Well, you’ve got beach weekends and sorority formals interspersed with impromptu cookouts, cocktails and bar-hopping.

Then, there’s also the day party which should be taken full advantage of when the weather’s nice.

And speaking of weather, North Carolina has been especially kind to us this winter.

If the trend continues, get out of the dorm or the apartment and head outside for frisbee, golf, tennis and kickball.

Yes, kickball.

And while it seems easy to rush through all of these activities in order to reach that idealized “summer time,” I say, refrain from that tendency.

Embrace the now, the spring time. Embrace your youth.

Squeeze the most out of every day, and play with abandon during these college years, for you will realize that they pass all too quickly.

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Turmeric Indian Restaurant offers spicy meat and vegetarian entrees and surprisingly delicious ice creams, but service and decor leave much to be desired. element in Indian food and is featured in many sauces and garnishes.

Another surprise is the abundance of homemade ice cream ($2.50) on the dessert menu at Turmeric.

Offered in mango, chocolate, pistachio and strawberry flavors, these sherbet-like dishes are a refreshing, light dish to cleanse your palette at the end of a meal.

So if you’ve chosen Turmeric either to explore Indian or to satisfy a craving for it, then take advantage of the entire menu and don’t expect too much

from the service. In addition to its dinner menu, Turmeric offers a lunch buffet ($7.99) 7 days a week.

Turmeric will be good dining choice for fans of Indian food who have the money and the time to sit down. If you’re pressed for time, you may want to try elsewhere.

The service may be slow but they will be able to answer any questions which will be helpful for first time Indian food eaters.

Turmeric offers different cuisine but is just another restaurant.

Event Review | A Night of Argentine Tango

Energetic tangos wow audience

By Lauren O’Keefe | Staff writer

Everyone one has heard the tango and is familiar with its tune but A Night of Argentine Tango Music March 19 in Brendle Hall was a whole new experience on the traditional knowledge we all have.

The pieces performed by Jacqui Carrasco on violin, Federico Pivetta on piano and Matt Kendrick on bass expanded the traditional view of the tango. The performance was truly a magnificent opportunity for all those who attended.

The first and the last pieces played were more traditional tango pieces in which the tune could be recognized by the audience.

In between these two were pieces which illustrated to the audience the variety that can exist amongst Argentine tango.

The first piece, Jalousie by Jacob Gade, opened the night and certainly made a mark upon the audience. Carrasco started playing on the floor in front of the stage, then joined Pivetta and Kendrick on the stage which created an intimacy with the audience from the beginning. Throughout this first piece it was quite evident how incredibly these three instruments complemented each other.

The next piece played was Sur by Anibal Troilo. It is either a story of nostalgia for Argentina or of a lost love. Although we can not be completely sure of which one it is, the lyrical, slow piece had a certain sadness about it.

Noche de Mayo by Osvaldo Pugliese, performed next, was a tango dance which continued with the sorrowful theme. Throughout the piece the waltz could be heard and offered a sense of consistency throughout it.

Before performing the next piece, Carrasco clarified that Danazarin by Julian Plaza was in fact meant for a tango orchestra but they were going to give the same flair in a smaller, more intimate setting.

This piece had many varied styles; it would quickly go from quick, staccato to flowing, legato notes.

The following piece, Nocturna, was by the same composer and involved a great deal of back and forth between the different instrumentalists. It was a truly dynamic piece, consistently increasing in energy throughout

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Jacqui Carrasco performs traditional tango music with electrifying energy that captivated audience on March 19 in Brendle Recital Hall. the piece. This performance exceptionally showed off the abilities of these instrumentalists and their vibrant ending garnered a great deal of crowd response.

After a brief break, Carrasco performed Tango-Etudes by Astor Piazolla without the other two instrumentalists.

This was a remarkable solo with the compassion in the movements growing throughout.

The next three pieces were also by Piazolla.

Milonga de Angel was a slow, lyrical piece with a melancholy feel to it.

Revirado and Verano Porteno, the next two pieces, were much faster, with a great deal of movement.

They both had energetic, fun endings that the audience clearly enjoyed along with interesting sounds from the violin that added a great element to the pieces.

The final piece, La Cumparsita, was the traditional tango that we all know, but they

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jazzed it up a bit. At first, all the audience could hear was the familiar tune, but then you could start to hear the variations on this traditional piece.

The most interesting part was the violin’s quick staccato notespaired with the bass legato notes.

The ending of the piece was magnificent and the audience responded with enthusiasm.

Ultimately, they played an encore for the audience which was well deserved and definitely warranted from the crowd response.

All those who attended A Night of Argentine Tango Music experienced a wonderful variety of music which expanded what is typically thought of as the tango.

Seeing these incredible instrumentalists perform such beautiful music was certainly an exceptional opportunity.

B10 Thursday, March 27 2008

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Event Preview | The Gondoliers

Spring musical brings laughter and love to the stage

By Jermyn Davis | Staff writer

Drama? Singing? A full orchestra? All of the above? Can that happen at our university? Yes, it can!!

This year all of the arts are joining forces as University Theatre and department of music collaborate to present the season’s final production, W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s comedic opera – The Gondoliers (or The King of Bataria).

The opera details the lives of two very good-looking gondoliers (Giuseppe and Marco) who eventually take two wives (Tessa and Gianetta, respectively).

Unfortunately, the Duke and Duchess of Plaza-Toro, an aristocratic couple, arrive with their daughter Casilda and their servant.

“They are looking for the man their daughter married as an infant who is the uncrowned king of ‘Barataria,’ but has lived in Venice as a baby and grown up as a gondolier’s son,” University Orchestra Director David Hagy said. “The gondoliers and their wives are pleased at the prospect of being royalty, but not pleased at the fact that one of gondoliers already

has a wife which means (the current wife) will not be queen.”

This comedic opera is such a tall order that James Dodding, professor emeritus of theatre, has come out of retirement to direct the show. Flanking Dodding in the other directorial roles David Hagy, , professor of voice Teresa Radomski, the singing director and Nina Lucas, director of dance.

According to junior Virginia Browne, one of the opera’s leads playing the role of Gianetta, “The audience should know what a legend Mr. Dodding is! We have a fabulous leadership team with directing, singing, dancing and stage management who have really shown their dedication to Wake Forest theatre!”

Not only have the directors shown dedication, but everyone associated with this production has been hard at work for a very long time.

“We have been rehearsing about threeto-four hours nightly since late January,” senior Will Daniel, who plays the role of Marco, said. “We first had to learn the music (over 300 pages), block the movement on stage and now we are in

the process of integrating our work with the orchestra!”While they have worked hard on this production they have some memorable times as well.

“One of my favorite moments was during musical rehearsals,” Browne said.

“We had yet to block anything and we were still learning the music, trying to memorize everything. (Freshman) Ae’Jay ‘(Mitchell) and (Senior) Troy (Pellom) were leading this one song, and their energy was infectious. Suddenly, everyone was singing and dancing from their heart and just having a wonderful time.

Everyone was grinning from ear to ear, and at that moment I knew that we were going to have a great show!”

Though this should be a fun opera to see, it will also teach a life lesson as well. “The Gondoliers tells the story of everyday people falling in love,” Senior Johanna Young, who plays the role of Tessa, said.

“Granted, it is not often that many of them are chosen to be king, but the joys and hardships that each character faces is true to real life. Overall, we want the

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The Gondoliers tells the story of two gondoliers, their wives and theirstruggle to learn who is really a long lost prince. audience to be uplifted, and to leave feeling satisfied, with a new sense of joy for life.”

Overall, this show promises to be exciting. Tickets are $12 general admission

and $5 for students and are available through the Wake Forest Theatre Box Office. The show is 7:30 p.m. April 4-5, April 9-12 and 2:00 p.m. April 13 in the MainStage Theatre.

Music trend | ‘80s themes

‘80s see a comeback in more than just parties

By Nathan Bedsole | Contributing writer

I am upset that I am forever unable to experience the decade in America known as “The ‘80s.”

Sure, we’ve all seen Facebook pictures from an ‘80s party, or even vaguely remember attending one, but a bunch of adolescents wearing too-tight tank tops and too many bracelets does not capture the ‘80s experience.

Throw in the George Michael perma-shadow and brightly colored Reeboks, and there we have it – the ‘80s.

Stereotypical? Yes. Ill-informed? Yes. Awesome? Totally.

Born in 1989, I am forever unable to enjoy this time. Thankfully, however, a new musical movement has resurrected a few pieces of this lost decade.

The first glimmer of hope I found is an emerging dance movement in Paris called “Tecktonik.”

If you are unfamiliar, YouTube it and be thankful that it hasn’t caught on here … yet.

The scene is recognizably ‘80s: bright colors, tight pants, horrible dance music and glitter.

Golly, it’s amazing.

Fortunately for all, however, the dance moves have been lost in translation across the Atlantic.

What is becoming more and more prevalent in our music scene is the bright, tight, Wayfarerwearing electro group pumping

out fun little numbers which can be both danced to and enjoyed musically. I know it sounds specific, but really, it’s happening.

Yeah?

Just look at Kanye. Tight pants. Bright purple. Daft Punk samples. Jeremy Scott glasses.

Yeah. Emerging from the typical dreary “indie” underground, artists such as Calvin Harris, Yelle, Neon Neon and Junior Senior are helping “intelligent” listeners do less thinking and more dancing.

Sure, we can sit down and examine how tortured and creative Kevin Barnes of the band Of Montreal is, but you just can’t dance to “The Past is a Grotesque Animal.”

This emergent electro-pop scene does not sacrifice depth for dance-ability, however.

The incorporation of various vocalists in Neon Neon’s new release, Stainless Style, adds variety and soul to the record, much like Simian Mobile Disco did earlier last year with Attack Decay Sustain Release.

Of course, this is far from being consistent throughout the scene; Muscles uses the same belting voice for every song on his fantastic 2007 release Guns Babes Lemonade.

Oh, and it seems hardly fair not to mention the near holiness of the Scissor Sisters when talking about an ‘80s resurgence.

They, thanks to Elton John’s

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History repeats itself. This is the case with the music world as bands, such as Scissor Sisters, are recreating the ‘80s. songwriting, have contributed more than their share to this movement. Long story short, recent times have brought the dance culture of the ‘80s back

to us. Sure, there may never be another “Billie Jean,” but that doesn’t mean “indie” music has to completely inhibit bodily movement.

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CD Review | Crystal Castles

Castles’ self-titled album begs for dancing

By Caryn Kesler | Contributing writer

With nothing but a handful of vinyl singles, remix tracks and now, finally, a proper album, Toronto duo Crystal Castles have firmly established themselves as the cult party group du jour.

On their selftitled debut LP which was released on March 18, Ethan Kath and Alice Glass prove that they have tapped into some madcap sensibility that resonates on sweaty, crowded dance floors, begging everyone to experience their relentless electro mayhem.

You can’t approach the album cerebrally and expect to be met with anything except noise, however.

Their music requires a physical connection that when absent, reduces the album to a kind of abstract nonsense. If their sold-out shows and massive following prove anything, it’s that

behind all the Nintendo blips and techno sleaze, Crystal Castles possesses an infectious and uncompromising vitality that begs to be not only listened to but experienced.

The album itself is a totally unsettling but weirdly compelling drama loosely organized around shimmering dance beats and nervous glitches.

Kath and Glass switch styles like hyperactive children, but what the songs have in common is that they are each designed to make you move, whether it’s through the immediately club-ready sounds of “Black Panther” or the shifting synths of “Crimewave.”

The band is at its best on songs like “Untrust Us” where the noise elements compliment the retro dance textures rather than overwhelm them.

Unfortunately, songs like “Alice Practice” and “xxzcuzx me” seem unnecessarily abrasive, lost in their nightmare arcade landscapes of spazzy, violent glitches.

The inclusion of the strange and spooky sounds of the aforementioned songs can perhaps be explained by the delving into the history of the band and its songs.

“Alice Practice” was the song that made record labels first take notice of Crystal Cas-

tles a couple of years ago when Kath secretly recorded Glass warming up her vocals over crazy Nintendo sound effects.

Since it is, after all the sound the got the duo them signed with Last Gang Records, it would make sense that the record company felt obliged to include “Alice Practice” on the LP. It is perhaps from this original hit song that the additional frenetic songs on the album were included so as not to make “Alice Practice” stand out too much.

The biggest surprise of Crystal Castles is the haunting little shoegaze number that closes the album.

Featuring just a guitar, some ambient synthesizer swells and Glass’ ethereal vocals, “Tell Me What To Swallow” is a reminder that the album was crafted with a great deal of heart.

Listening to the record again after hearing the closing track made me realize and appreciate the organic simplicity to the Crystal Castles appeal.

The pulsing rhythm, perhaps the only consistent element on the album, is an open invitation to join the party and share Crystal Castles’ frantic energy.

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