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ARAMARK and Wake Forest have been working together for 40 years and are contracted to continue their partnership until 2020. Despite employee complaints, ARAMARK maintains they treat employees fairly.

ARAMARK employees reveal labor practices and management issues in on-campus dining facilities Baseball team on three win streak Page 10

LIFE

Karleigh Ash tells of her battle with cancer Page 15

Restaurant opens in Reynolda village Page 17

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Letter to the Editor: Student Union Page 7

Enjoy the simple things in life Page 8

BY MEENU KRISHNAN Senior Writer krism9@wfu.edu When employees at the Pit, Subway and other dining facilities come to work, they are subject not to Wake Forest’s labor conditions, but rather those of ARAMARK, the exclusive food service provider on campus.

Though ARAMARK prides itself in treating its employees with respect, some reports of their working environment reveal a different picture.

ARAMARK and Wake Forest have been partners for over 40 years. The company is currently contracted through 2020 with the university, at which time other provider options will be considered as part of the negotiation process. “I consider it sound business practice to consider a number of candidates when contracts come up for renewal, especially long-term contracts,” Hof Milam, Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, said.

Other providers could potentially include Compass and Sodexo, two other major national dining companies.

Though the university owns all dining facilities on campus, ARAMARK hires and controls its own labor force.

“We’re separate from the university in terms of employees,” David Raiger, ARAMARK’s Resident District Manager, said.

“Everyone we hire has to have a criminal background check as well as drug screening, as ARAMARK has stringent hiring practices, similar to Wake Forest.”

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Permanent residents and students clash Relations between community members and students remain tense due to disruptive student behavior

BY JULIE HUGGINS Print Managing Editor huggjn0@wfu.edu Since the university allows students to live off campus, tensions between permanent residents and their temporary counterparts are high. Students who host parties cause not just noise violations but trash and parking complaints, which oftentimes upset and anger those who have been living on streets like Polo Road and Rosedale Circle for decades.

“I have seen just about everything,” Polo Road resident Kent Strupe, historian of the University Area Neighborhood Association (UANA), said. “I’ve had both males and females walk into my backyard and publically urinate. Trash is a big problem, as well as parking on lawns. And noise in general is bad.”

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The university typically investigates 15 to 20 off-campus violations each year for underage drinking, noise violations and destruction of property.

Every year, the university investigates about 15 to 20 off-campus violations. And while this number may seem low, according to Dean Harold Holmes, most of these cases involve more than one student. “The indi-

viduals involved are greater than the number of cases,” he said. “In one case, we can have dozens of violations.” Over the years,

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“ SU and students to blame for concert’s letdown This column represents the views of the Old Gold & Black Editorial Board.

On March 22, Student Union hosted the first ever WAKEstock concert featuring big name artists, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Kendrick Lamar.

When word that all of these artists would be performing reached the student body, many students were proud of our Student Union and administration for being able to organize a concert with performers who are relevant to the current tide of pop culture.

However, from the onset of the concert to Macklemore’s early and unforeseen departure and to its haphazard and anticlimactic end, it was obvious that the level of planning and organization for WAKEstock was not nearly enough.

The trail of problems began with the dwindling proximity between the audience and the barricade that separated them from the stage by a few feet. Before Macklemore was halfway through his set, the barricade

It was obvious that the level of planning and organization for WAKEstock was not nearly enough. began to give way. The deficit of security guards at the concert left Student Union no choice but to use its own student members to hold up the barricade against a group of excited, mostly inebriated and increasingly frustrated group of students.

Student Union and University Police then felt compelled to interrupt Macklemore mid-verse in order to spend upwards of 25 minutes trying to convince a stubborn crowd with a portion of non-Wake students to back away from the stage.

By the time these attempts ultimately failed, circumstances had led Macklemore to end his set and the students left had

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to wait almost an hour before Kendrick Lamar’s set began.

Needless to say, the night could have been better handled and prepared.

First, Student Union, knowing the potential size of the crowd, should have invested in a more grounded barricade or multiple barricades.

It may have also been helpful if Macklemore had performed after Kendrick Lamar so the level of excitement among the crowd could have gradually increased as the night progressed rather than flood in all at once.

Moreover, a larger security team composed at least partly of local police officers at the concert and not just around the campus might have been able to keep the crowd under control.

That being said, Student Union is not only to blame for the outcome.

The heightened anticipation for the concert was coupled with reckless pregaming behavior among certain students and non-students, which left many audience members uncooperative.

Moreover, there was a general sense of entitlement and unwarranted rudeness among the crowd, and that should not be how our student body wants to represent itself to the greater community, superstars included.

While our editorial staff would not call this year’s WAKEstock a complete success, we do understand that a large amount of work was invested in it and we acknowledge that it is a privilege, not a right, to have such great performers entertaining our campus each year.

We are confident that with better planning, subsequent concerts will receive accolades, not admonishments.

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Deacon Profile: Herman Eure

BY SINTHU RAMALINGAM Staff Writer ramas0@wfu.edu

Herman E. Eure is a professor of biology and served as associate Dean for Faculty Development at the university. Eure earned his B.S. from Maryland State College in 1969 and his Ph.D. in biology from Wake Forest University in 1974. He stayed at Wake Forest to join the faculty after his graduation in 1974.

Eure has published several books in parasitology, his primary field of research, and received the Trident Professor Award (1990), the Jon Reinhardt Award for Distinguished Teaching (2001) and the Donald O. Schoonmaker Faculty Award for Community Service (2012).

What made you choose to attend Wake Forest as a student?

I was a student at what was at the time Maryland State College, and I had gotten a grant from the Ford foundation on a program called Doctoral Fellowships from Black Students at the time. It was a new program they were trying to increase the percentage of minority kids, black kids, with a Ph.D. I’m North Carolinian, so obviously one of the choices was to come back to North Carolina.

It was during the years when the racial tension was very high in the 60s. And as a young black man, I wanted to come back to the south, basically to sort of prove to white America that I could handle it as well as they could.

What was it like to prove to white America that you could do just as well as them?

My preparation had been very good at Maryland, but the problem was that the quantity of information that we had access to there was quite different than Wake Forest.

And it was because black land grant colleges didn’t have the same access to funding that private schools or land grant colleges that were white had. These schools were given money for educating black kids, but they were always pretty much treated as stepchildren to the white land grant schools.

We had very good teachers, and they did a very good job, but they could only teach the information that they had access to, so I had to catch up. Initially it was frustrating, but I knew that when I came out of Wake Forest, with a Wake Forest degree, I had to be as good as anyone else.

It a different experience. Having come from a predominantly black institution, and then coming to be the only black graduate student in the entire college at the time was a whole new experience. There were no other full time black graduate students in the college at that time.

What were your interactions with other students like?

It was rather limited, even with the graduate students who were here. They had never had an experience with black students before. They had all come pretty much from segregated schools just like I had come from a segregated school. The difference was theirs was white and mine was black.

I got along well with everybody because I chose not to be a minority. Whether they accept me as a minority or not, my idea was that I’m not going to be your minority. I’m going to be a full-fledged Wake Forest graduate student. I became one of the student leaders in the department, so stuff like that — it was alright. But outside of this building, it was very, very different.

Everybody when I walked across campus, thought either that I was a basketball player or a football player. When I was in the building, kids thought I was the guy who fixed the machines, or the person who worked on the lawn, those kinds of things.

And I chose not to let that bother me. That was their problem, not my problem, and I was not going to buy into their problem of defining me.

Do you think there’s still any sort of racial divide today?

Yes, the divide is getting smaller, but it’s getting a bit more sophisticated. It was overt during those years. I think now, there’s a combination of a sometimes benign neglect of other groups, whether they be ethnic groups or socioeconomically repressed groups. But I think that, overall, things have gotten better because I think minorities in general, and women in particular, simply refuse to be “minorities” in any sense of the word.

What is your favorite class to teach here?

The course I like best is the evolution course because the evolution course ties together all of the others. There’s no way to understand biology without understanding it through the framework of evolution. It connects them all. It is the thing that connects all of the courses that we have in biology. It all comes together in evolution

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What were your responsibilities as Associate Dean for Faculty Development?

Basically, your primary goal is to provide access to and opportunities for faculty to enhance their ability to teach, do research, publish, all those kinds of things.

You’re basically giving away money to people so they can enhance what they’re doing, and that was a great job.

I did some things in terms of increasing minority faculty and increasing female faculty.

I started this thing with Dean Best where we looked at those issues that minority faculty and international faculty have that are quite different than a US-trained faculty person, or a majority faculty person in this country.

We do all of the awards that go to the faculty, teaching and research, we sponsored through that office.

We gave out the fellowships that faculty got for doing well in various areas.

When you’re recognizing excellence in your colleagues, it’s an easy job to do, because we have some very, very good colleagues.

What do you like about Wake?

I’ve been here for 39 years, and what I like about Wake in just one word is its honesty.

Wake has always known who it was, and what it was, and where it wanted to go. And Wake has been receptive to criticism, from me, and lots of other people, and altering sometimes the pathway to get to where it wants to go, the philosophy of how it wants to get there, and then bringing in people to help facilitate.

What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

Reading — lots of murder mystery novels. I have four grandchildren, so that keeps me sort of busy. I do a lot of walking, and my wife and I do a lot of travelling, especially during the summertime. I love entertaining, we have people over all the time.

What are your plans for after retiring?

I’m retiring from teaching, not the profession. I’ll still do the parasitology stuff with my society. I will also continue mentoring, which has been a big deal my entire career.

Project Pumpkin will accept applications for co-chair posts

University to sponsor multiple Students to spend evening with lectures on forced sterilization President Nathan O. Hatch

The Project Pumpkin Steering Committee is accepting applications for Project Pumpkin committee co-chairs in preparation for Project Pumpkin’s 25th anniversary at the university.

The co-chairs will report to one of six members of the steering committee and will oversee a committee volunteers that they are responsible for recruiting. The 12 committees are agency liasion, candy, carnival, communications, decorations, entertainment, escort, fraternity/sorority outreach, fundraising, kid’s craft, publicity and transportation.

Applications can be found at orgsync.com/41782/ forms/70924 and are due April 5.

The university is sponsoring “Scarred for Life: The Legacy of Forced Sterilization at Home and Abroad,” a two-part lecture series.

Part 1 of the lecture series is 5 to 7 p.m. April 4 in Annenberg Hall in Carswell Hall. The first part of the lecture series will include a screening of the student film “Wicked Silence,” a panel discussion, and a reception.

Part 2 of the lecture will be 2 to 5 p.m. on April 5 in Annenberg Hall. The second part of the lecture series will include a speech by Dan Kevles, professor of history at Yale University, a reception and a panel discussion on history of eugenics.

The annual Camp Hatch will take place from 5 to 11 p.m. on April 5 at Bridger Field and BB&T Field. Camp Hatch offers students the chance to spend an evening with President Nathan O. Hatch and Mrs. Hatch.

Activities will include dinner in the Field House, games and activities on the turf, time to socialize with President Hatch and Mrs. Hatch and a showing of Remember the Titans on the video board.

Registration began on March 27. To register, email struglka@wfu.edu.

The first 100 students to email will be given a spot for Camp Hatch.

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University adds new seating areas to campus the university, have extremely busy schedules and not much time to stop and relax.

The administration decided to address these concerns by creating spaces for the students, faculty and staff to take a moment to enjoy the outdoors.

The university brought in Dan Biederman, park and public space expert, and his firm Biederman Redevlopment Ventures.

Biederman was instrumental in the restoration of NYC’s Bryant Park in 1991.

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I think it is good they added more chairs because when it gets prettier outside, students will want a place to sit.”

Lisa Michelson

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The university recently updated parts of campus around the Mag Quad and Hearn Plaza, including new seating areas outside the Pit.

NYC parks contractor was brought in to organize changes to the outside spaces around campus

BY SARAH MORAN Asst. News Editor morase12@wfu.edu On any given day, students can take a look around and notice some of the obvious additions to campus. Starting last semester, tables and chairs were added to

various places on campus along with a solar powered piano, a ping-pong table and carts stocked with exercise equipment and games on the upper quad. New tables and chairs can be found in front of Reynolda Hall and around the library. The library has also added a new outdoor reading room, complete with books and magazines.

Since Provost Rogan Kersh arrived on campus last September, he has been talking to numerous groups about his studies on Generation Y. He has found that people of this generation, especially students at

Junior

Students are mostly pleased with the new additions to campus. “I think it is good they added more chairs because when it gets prettier outside, students will want to sit outside and need more space to sit,” junior Lisa Michelson said. In anticipation of the warmer weather coming, students are hoping to make use of the new chairs and tables outside. “I think it is positive, but I haven’t seen anyone use them,” senior Aashish Daulat said. “Students will probably use them when it warms up.”

The chairs will also provide students with a place to study outside and enjoy the nice weather. “The weather has been bad but

when it warms up I will use them,” freshman Sapna Pathak said. “I think they should do more stuff to promote studying outside because it is refreshing.”

Students plan on utilizing the chairs and tables to relax and study while enjoying the nice views on campus. “I think that the campus is beautiful and I’d love to sit outside and enjoy it more, but there aren’t many places to sit especially where you can eat or sit with a large group,” freshman Sarah Repko said.

“The tables outside the Pit are great for solving those problems though, and you can always grab snacks from Benson, sit outside, eat and relax, and maybe even work on some homework because there is enough room. The view from the Pit also highlights the Mag Quad really nicely, and it’s easy to run into friends because you’re outside the Pit.” However some students are dissatisfied with the style of the new additions. “I think its great. I wish they made the base [of the umbrellas near the library] a little bit smaller because you can’t really sit underneath them,” Michelson said.

Students are also pleased with the other new additions to campus. “I absolutely adore the piano. It provides the campus with a creative outlet,” freshman Eleni Kristy said. “I enjoy walking on the upper quad and hearing my fellow classmates play fun tunes such as Heart and Soul. It is quite de-stressing.”

Court cases reignite debate on gay marriage Campus reflects on highly personal issue as the Court hears oral arguments over same sex marriage

BY AUSTIN COOK Asst. News Editor cookar12@wfu.edu The US Supreme Court March 26 and 27 will hear arguments for two separate cases that could potentially have huge social and political ramifications for the entire country.

Both cases going before the Court deal with the issue of same sex marriage, the first dealing with the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the second involving California’s Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage on the state level.

With public support for marriage equality rapidly growing, it’s become clear that the cases could be a huge turning point for this issue.

In recent weeks, a growing number of federal lawmakers have voiced their support for gay marriage rights, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), former Governor Jon Huntsman (R-UT) and many others. In 2004, an ABC News/Washington Post poll showed public support for gay marriage at 32 percent; in the same poll conducted in March 2013, the percentage of people who thought gay marriage should be legal reached 58 percent.

The LGBTQ community at Wake Forest has been a consistently vocal proponent of gay rights, holding several events in the lead up to the oral arguments at the Supreme Court.

The group held a community prayer session March 25 in support of gay rights, led

by Chaplain Timothy Auman as well as student activists. Sophomore Gracie Harrington, the social chair for the Wake Forest Gay Straight Student Alliance, spoke about the right to marry. “What’s going on now is like the Civil Rights era of the 21st century.

The only way to change things is if people are active,” Harrington said.

Junior John James, an active Christian since high school, announced in a blog post March 24 that after years of personal struggle with the issue of gay rights, he was coming out in support of marriage equality.

“For a long time, I was scared of gay people … it continued until April 2012 when the vicious cycle was broken,” James wrote.

“That was when one of my closest friends came out to me. The second he came out to me, I could see every one of the stigmas of the LGBTQ community fall before my eyes.”

While support for marriage equality is growing, the issue still remains a very controversial one.

Many religious organizations oppose the legalization of gay marriage, arguing that it goes against their faith for two people of the same gender to be married. Others argue that the government does not have the authority to redefine marriage.

Freshman Addison McLamb believes the concept of marriage between a man and woman existed long before the US government.

“The institution of marriage was defined before the inception of the United States.

Gay couples should have equal rights in the eyes of the government, but those rights must not be lumped under the umbrella of a marital relationship,” McLamb said.

Although the cases have already generated a huge responses, the Supreme Court’s ruling won’t be announced for some time, and the implications of the ruling are subject to speculation.

The Court’s rulings are notorious for being difficult to predict, even for legal scholars and experts.

John Dinan, a professor of political science, who specializes in constitutionalism, explained that there are a variety of potential legal outcomes from the Court’s ruling on the two separate cases. In the case involving DOMA, the Court could award federal benefits to same sex couples married in the nine states where gay marriage is already legal, without changing the laws of other states.

For the case involving Proposition 8, the law could be upheld, which would not impact other states that recognize same sex marriage.

“Such a ruling would not have any implication for the nine states that have already legalized same-sex marriage. These states would continue to maintain their laws,” Dinan said. “There is also a possibility that the Court could invalidate California’s Proposition 8 and do so in a broad fashion that would essentially recognize a federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage.”

Seeing as significant rulings are generally not announced until just before the Court’s summer recess in June, it likely won’t be until early summer that the ruling is made public.

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Students, faculty and staff gathered in Wait Chapel March 25 to pray and support the LGBTQ community and the right to marriage equality.

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Crowd control issues put damper on WAKEstock University officials shut down concert during Macklemore performance due to concerns over security and crowding

BY MOLLY DUTMERS Life Editor dutmmk11@wfu.edu On March 22, university students and people from the local area flocked to Davis Field to see popular artists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Kendrick Lamar perform at the WAKEstock concert. However, the highly anticipated event fell short of expectations due to crowd control issues.

Many students were upset that Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s set was forced to end early. Campus Grumble blew up with complaints regarding the concert. In the 48 hours after the concert, the page on Campus Grumble regarding WAKEstock was viewed 1,315 times and had over 60 comments. In an email, Ryan Edwards, the director of marketing and sales for Campus Grumble said, “this level of website activity surrounding one issue is a record for our website.”

During Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s set, an aluminum pin that held two portions of the barricade separating the audience from the stage broke. This created a six to nine inch gap that could have severely injured someone in the audience.

Security for the event and Student Union members attempted to hold the barricade together so that no one in the crowd would injure themselves, but as the crowd continued to push forward, they could not keep the gap closed.

They then paused Macklemore’s set to ask the crowd to move back.

During this time, University Police and campus life officials worked on managing the crowd and eventually got the audience to move back far enough away from the broken barricade for Macklemore to come back on stage. But as more crowd control issues ensued, a WFUPD officer walked onto the stage, stopping Macklemore while he was in the middle of a performance so he was not able to finish his set.

Macklemore and the rest of his performance crew were clearly aggravated by the situation. On March 23, Macklemore tweeted his account of the events. He expressed his frustration with the event and apologized to students who wanted to see him perform. “It was never in our control nor did we ever stop performing,” the hiphop star Tweeted. “That barricade was for 2,000 people and there were over 4,000 there.”

However, Charlie Starr, the technical director of Audio & Light, an entertainment equipment company and rental house, disagreed with the hip-hop star. “The barricade we brought to Wake Forest is crowd friendly and tough,” he said. “There is no such thing as a 2,000 person versus a 4,000 person barricade.”

Starr stated that he has used that barricade at much larger events, including an ACDC concert and an Avett Brothers concert on New Years Eve that had a crowd of over 13,000 people.

Starr also noted that the barricade did not fail, like many students believe. It served its purpose of protecting security personnel and performers by preventing the audience from rushing the stage.

Employees of Audio & Lights attempted to repair the barricade discreetly during the show, but according to Starr, the crowd was

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Many students left WAKEstock after Macklemore was told to end his set when officials and students failed to fix problems. so out of control that they could not. This is when they decided to ask Macklemore to make an announcement.

Starr claimed that this request was met with disdain. “Macklemore’s people said to us why is your problem our problem?” Starr said.

Starr believed that Macklemore could have easily resolved the situation by taking a minute to explain the situation and asking the crowd to move back. “[Macklemore] made a slight announcement,” Starr said. “He didn’t care if people were getting crushed. He didn’t give a shit.”

And many people in the audience were getting crushed, trampled, stepped on or pushed and shoved. Students were frightened that they were going to be injured.

“I was near the front,” junior Cally Richter said, “and it was a domino effect, people kept falling. I fell on the ground and thought I was going to get trampled.”

There was added security for the event. In a press release to the student body, Student Union listed over 85 personnel for the concert. However, many students still felt that

security was not prepared to handle such a large crowd. Leslia Finney, campus police sergent, said that this was not the case. “At all times, University Police, other university staff, contracted security staff and student volunteers were working to manage the event,” Finney said in an email.

However, the added security did not prevent many concertgoers from receiving minor injuries.

Upon emerging from the crowd at the concert, freshman Kristi Reese exclaimed, “Oh my gosh, we almost died.” She and her friends had large bruises and their clothing was ripped.

Reese had a friend from New York University visiting for the weekend who also felt threatened by the crowd. “I felt more unsafe at the Wake Forest concert than in New York City,” Kelsey McKenna, a freshman at NYU, said.

Starr also felt that the crowd was out of hand. “I’ve been here about 10 years doing shows at Wake Forest,” he said. “That was one of the rowdiest, most uncooperative crowds that I have ever seen in my life.”

ARAMARK: Labor practices raise concerns

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The university, however, reserves the right to remove any employee that it deems inappropriate from campus for reasons like behavioral conduct and harassment.

“ARAMARK handles the human resources matters for their employees, but does inform and consult the university when appropriate,” Milam said.

Having labor autonomy on campus also signifies that ARAMARK decides wages, responds to labor complaints and handles accident reports.

“We pride ourselves in treating employees with respect and dignity,” Raiger said.

Yet, not all employees’ opinions of ARAMARK are positive.

“I wish higher management would treat employees better,” one Subway employee said. “When I first started, it felt like they were using favoritism and treating others better.”

In addition to treatment from higher management, several employees in facilities across campus complained about the issue of full-time employment. Though many work full-time hours, they are not always considered full-time employees by ARAMARK. “When I first started working, I was working full-time hours, but they said I

wasn’t a full-time worker,” another Subway employee said.

If individuals are considered full-time employees at ARAMARK, they are granted better benefits, vacation time and higher wages. Though Raiger states that all employees averaging more than 30 hours per week are considered full-time and eligible for full-time benefits, one Pit employee, who often works double shifts (8 a.m. to 10 p.m. everyday), challenged this statement.

“I don’t think the pay is enough,” the employee said. “If you’re working full-time hours, you should be a full-time employee.

But they’re not hiring anyone full-time, unless they’re cooks.”

According to Raiger, ARAMARK formulates its wages based both on wage studies that analyze current wages by market sector and intra-sector surveys that compare wages within the sector of food and other services.

“Formulating competitive and fair compensation is part of ARAMARK’s partnership with its employees and customers around the country,” Raiger said.

Ana-María Wahl, associate professor of sociology and an expert on labor relations, notes that the part-time/fulltime distinction is common among those corporations depending on “low-wage” workers.

“This does not, however, represent a practice considered consistent with a commitment to fair treatment, i.e. not a ‘best practice’ to be sure,” Wahl said.

Another cause for concern for older employees lies in the issue of newer workers being paid higher wages, often around $10 to $11 per hour, while workers with more experience only earned around $8 to $9 per hour.

Still others described accident reports being wrongly filed, though ARAMARK, like other corporations, is supposed to create a workplace compliant with Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) standards.

“If there’s an accident or injury, they sometimes change the report to something that was inaccurate,” a Subway employee said. “It makes it seem like the employee was responsible.” The incident referred to by this employee is still under investigation.

Labor complaints regarding ARAMARK are nothing new, especially in the state of North Carolina. In 2006, Duke University hired Compass after complaints about ARAMARK’s labor standards and service, and in 2010, students at UNC-Chapel Hill delivered a petition calling for improved treatment of ARAMARK employees.

However, not all perceptions of ARAMARK on campus are unfavorable. Several workers reported receiving pay raises, while others valued Worker’s Appreciation Day, which occurred on March 19.

“ARAMARK pays fairly for this type of place,” Peggy Sennett, who works at the Pit, said. “It’s not going to be $20 per hour.

But for someone who’s trying to make house payments, I don’t know if it would be enough.”

Sennett also attested to ARAMARK’s flexibility with her job schedule, which allows her to take off weekends. Employees’ ability to move up the job ladder was further cited, and managers are respected as advocates for the average employee.

“Some people think they’re [ARAMARK] unfair, but some people aren’t going to be satisfied no matter what they do,” Sennett added. “Several people have stepped up to supervisor and manager.”

As for filing complaints, employees can go through Human Resources at either Wake Forest or ARAMARK, or contact the local, regional or corporate offices.

“If I wanted to complain, I would call the 1-800 number,” a Subway employee said.

“The local level doesn’t listen.”

As for improving future conditions for ARAMARK employees, Wahl suggests that Human Resources regularly conduct an anonymous job satisfaction survey in order to form a basis for policy.

“In general, I would hope that our moral principles compel us to make sure that the companies that we subcontract act in ways consistent with our moral values as an institution,” Wahl said.

“To do otherwise potentially results in a contradiction between our values and our practices as an institution.”

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Community: Residents frustrated by students though, the university has taken steps to lessen the tension between students and residents. In 1998, the university held a forum with residents in the community to address major issues. As a result, the university established a registry for students living off campus. An orientation for off-campus students was also developed. “Students just have to understand there is a difference between on-campus and off-campus living, and that’s what we aim to do,” Holmes said.

Residents have seen an improvement since then. “It has gotten so much better over the past few years,” resident Robert Sappington said. “The students, for the most part, are very nice. Yes, there are some jerks, but you will get that wherever you go.”

The university has also created a new mediation program to foster better relationships between students and residents. Pro-bono students in the law school are paired with a student who committed a minor violation and then meet with a resident, with the hope that they will come out with an agreement so students would not get a judicial record.

“There has been considerable progress, and part of it is the university putting restrictions on students, tracking them and teaching them,” Rosedale Circle resident Tom Phillips, director of the Wake Forest Scholars program, said.

But despite these efforts, the relationship still is not perfect. In 2012, University Police were called by the Winston-Salem Police Department to 42 off-campus parties, compared to 34 in 2011 and 27 in 2010.

“This year my relationship has been up and down with my neighbors to say the least,” junior Kyle Eager, who currently lives on Rosedale, said. “Last year was a little more strained. We lived next to an older man who has been living on Polo road close to 50 years. He called the cops on us multiple times for noise and people turning around in his driveway.”

Other students agree with this sentiment. “I think that [some] residents do complain too much and without much cause,” a Polo resident who asked for

anonymity said. “They are very finicky about noise levels and usually do not hesitate to at least report a noise violation. Police involvement should be a last resort for residents, as we will gladly fix the annoyance if they just let us know.”

But residents don’t see this as a solution to the problem. Many residents expressed the concern that students don’t listen to warnings.“Students get one verbal warning before I call the university,” Strupe said. “But the warnings work for about a week. They try to give their cellphone numbers, but it hardly works.

There is disrespect when the residents try to talk to students. I’ve had students argue with me, like they don’t take no for an answer. When they keep badgering me about my request, that’s when it becomes disrespectful.”

And oftentimes, students feel as if residents can be unreasonable, especially given their proximity to the university and the violations they report to students, the university and WSPD. “I believe most permanent residents on Rosedale are pretty reasonable and understand they are living next to a university,” Eager said. “However, there could be a little more leniency when contacting the police. I do see many unreasonable residents making absurd complaints, like someone is selling their house and chairs on the roof of a house which isn’t visible nor within a quarter mile of the resident’s house could potentially ‘devalue’ their property.”

Residents see this problem a different way. The UANA is attempting to get historical status for some of their neighborhoods, and student-rented homes often don’t keep the aesthetics of the neighborhood. Also, residents worry that these temporary residents discourage potential buyers.

“While working with clients who want older houses, students are a detriment,” resident Jeff MacIntosh said.

“Their presence definitely has an impact on property values.”

“We don’t mind students living there, but we want the neighborhood to be kept up,” Strupe said. “I don’t want a situation where a buyer can drive through and say ‘That’s a permanent resident’ and ‘that’s a student.’ But it happens.”

Number of times University Police has responded to off-campus parties per year

37

27

34

42

‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12

583

911 calls to WSPD in Wake Forest area for disturbances

Percent of students who live off campus Duke

UNC Chapel Hill

18 percent

54 percent

Vanderbilt

14 percent

Wake Forest

29 percent

Information courtesy of University Police, Winston-Salem Police Department and US News and World Report

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POLICE BEAT Underage Consumption

• University Police discovered an unresponsive, intoxicated student in front of Bostwick. The individual was immediately transported to WFUBMC to be treated and exmained. The report was filed at 11:32 p.m. March 21.

• University Police responded to a call about a student in Babcock who was intoxicated and unresponsive. The student was in possession of a fake ID and was taken to Student Health to be treated. The report was filed at 1:47 a.m. March 22.

• An RA contacted University Police about an unresponsive student in Collins. The student was examined

by EMS and allowed to stay in the hall with friends. The report was filed at 4:10 a.m. March 24.

• University Police found a heavily intoxicated and unresponsive student in Babcock.

The individual was taken to WFUBMC for treatment and observation. The report was filed at 10:00 p.m.

March 22.

Miscellaneous • Unknown subjects turned over a golf cart on the hockey field in Ketner Stadium. The report was filed at 8:10 a.m. March 23.

• Unknown subject(s) removed an unsecured backpack containing a laptop computer and text books from Benson’s third floor. The report was filed at 10:56 a.m. March 19.

• Unknown subject(s) removed the “C” and “I” from the label on Kitchin Hall’s upper quad side. The banner outside of the Deacon Shop was also taken. The report was filed at 1:20 p.m. March 24.

• A student was charged with illegal purchase of alcohol using a fake ID by a North Carolina ABC Enforcement officer. A second student was charged with possession of liquor under age 21. The report was filed at 3:30 p.m.

March 23.

• An unknown subject broke the window pane of an entrance into Bostwick Hall. The report was filed at 2:37 a.m. March 22.

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PAG E 7 O N L I N E AT w w w. o l d g o l d a n d b l a c k . c o m E DITORS: Kristopher Kolb, kolbkl11@wfu.edu; Ade Ilesanmi, ilesao11@wfu.edu

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Letter to the Editor

Student safety remained a priority at concert Dear Wake Forest Community, Student Union would like to address the concerns relating to the WAKEstock concert on Friday, March 22 on Davis Field.

Student Union worked very hard to bring two of the top touring artists in the country to Wake Forest University for an outdoor music festival.

We want to clarify the decisions made regarding the safety and security of all parties and the reason for the premature shutdown of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s set.

The following personnel were on site for the entirety of the event: nine sworn university police officers, two WFU security Officers, 16 rhino security (security company that staffs athletic events at BB&T Field), four WFU Campus Life Staff, 37 student volunteers trained in concert management, eight Emergency Response Team members, on-site doctor, mobile triage unit that treated on-site medical issues, five audio & light production crew staff and five WFU facilities staff.

We spoke with the technical director who subcontracted the barricade for WAKE-

stock to get further details on what happened that night.

To quote Charlie Starr, Technical Director of audio & light: “I personally have used [this barricade] with crowds of 20,000 alcohol-fueled dance music and metal fans, and it is used by many other venues and festivals and is quite capable of protecting the stage, its performers and security.”

Additionally, Starr commented, “One of the aluminum pins that holds the barricade pieces together broke a weld and two of the pieces of barricade separated and opened up a gap in between the two pieces.

This could have been caused by a couple of different reasons: 1. The ground underneath the barricade could have been uneven in that area causing more stress on that particular piece.

2. The slope of the field is steep and could have caused extra stress.

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“We have never experienced either of these in similar situations.

“This is not to say that Davis Field is not a good place to hold an event like this. The type of failure we had Friday night will most likely never be repeated again in the same way.”

Starr further commented, “The barricade in no way ‘failed.’ It actually did its job and did it very well. The barricade is designed to function as a single unit. The problem was that there was a gap that people could slide through.”

The on-site personnel knew the gap would cause injury and posed an immediate threat to the students, performers and security.

After discussion, on-site personnel determined the safest course of action for all parties was to shut down the performance and address the safety concerns immediately. Additionally, university police approved

the location for 4,000 attendees prior to the event. 3,637 student tickets were sold, 34 general public tickets were sold and tickets were only sold through the Benson University Center Ticket Office.

No alcohol was sold, provided or allowed inside the venue.

Student Union apologizes that extenuating factors caused Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s set to be stopped prematurely and to anyone whose experience of the event was negatively affected.

Our primary concern was for the safety of you, our students, the volunteers, the event staff and the performers. Due to your cooperation immediately following Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s departure, we were thrilled that Kendrick Lamar was able to perform his full set.

Student Union welcomes any suggestions about future concerts and large scale events to our email, studentunion@wfu.edu, or our website’s suggestion box at su.wfu.edu.

Sincerely, Student Union

Word on the Quad What do you think of the outdoor seating and games around the quad?

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“There are a few too many tables in front of the Pit.”

“I really like the idea; they are a great addition!”

Nate Grosack (‘15)

Courtney McGinness (‘15)

“The tables look cheap, especially in poor weather.”

“I think the new activities help build community.”

Jessica Lenoch (‘16)

Mary Katherine Curvino (‘15)

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“ the simpler pleasures of life Learn to enjoy Of Wine, Wool and Simple Words | Lessons from a Graduating Senior

Gratitude and thanksgiving towards life’s little comforts can go a very long way Caroline Murray Staff Columnist murrck9@wfu.edu

As I sit at my desk, wrapped in a wool cardigan and enjoying a glass of ’10 Chilean Carménère (Camino Bakery; stock up), I prepare for my Forest departure with a story and simple words …

Amid the hustle and bustle of every day college life, few of us take a moment to stop and smell the roses of life. Every test, every all-nighter, every dramatic hormonal epi-

Despite being only two months into my 23rd year, I have found life to be a compilation of the little moments. sode, every rejection, every heartbreak, every pain constitutes a relative national state of emergency and we allow those seemingly big moments to consume our thoughts, poison our well-being and paint a pessimistic portrait of the life that awaits us outside the Wake bubble.

We get caught up in the problems of college, and, right now, college serves as virtually our entire world. Sucked into a dark rain cloud of incomparable pressure and suffocating stress, we lose ourselves. It’s difficult to realize just what is good around us.

Sure, there are the big things that we share: an astounding education, a promising future, roofs over our head, loving families.

These Thanksgiving-caliber blessings, as I call them, these are not the things that make us laugh at the very thought of them, that

bring a warm, introspective smile to our faces when they softly dance in our eyes.

Last year, when I got a new phone, there were a few significant text messages from friends and loved ones that I wanted to save from the preceding three years. So I found an old Mason jar, tore small sheets of paper on which I copied a collection of those texts and placed them in a jar for a rainy day.

Obviously, we’ve had our fair share of rainy days this semester. Reading those scribbles in my Mason jar, I remembered small things about my friends, brief moments I shared that made all the difference in the world. My cheeks glowed, my heart warmed and I remembered again what is so great about life.

And that’s why now, I pass down a learned lesson: find sanctuary and gratitude in the simple pleasures, the idiosyncrasies and the small moments.

Despite being only two months into my 23rd year, I have found life to be a compilation of the little moments and treasures.

They are the most poignant memories, the invincible foundation to who we are as peo-

ple, where we’ve gone, and where we’re going. When I find gratitude in the tiny pleasures, I dodge the dreaded obliviousness to life itself that poisons so many of us. And I feel that, in these memories, I’ve lived and enjoyed life so far.

I think of the solidarity of the wooden bridge behind Worrell, where I’ve spent countless hours stretching after long runs and embracing my well-earned muscle fatigue over four years.

I think of Netta’s vegetable-bacon-cheddar omelets, of dancing to Frank Sinatra’s “Come Fly With Me” alone in my room, in my little black dress.

Then there are the Chipotle/Cold Stone dates with Jeremy, Danny’s sweaty hugs after basketball and glasses of smooth scotch in the hot tub with “The Crew.”

These. These are the kinds of things I’m thankful for, what get me through the rough times. These are what have made me, me, for they “proceedeth that which is great.”

I’m now on my last sip. Cheers, and don’t take these words for granted.

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Internet sources should not be discounted Online media outlets as sources of news promote knowledge and action

Daniel Schwindt News Editor schwd11@wfu.edu

In an opinion piece titled “The breadth of the info we obtain exceeds depth,” (March 21, Old Gold & Black) Hilary Burns argued that our generation does not delve deeply into the myriad political, economic and social issues that go reported in the news.

There are many people who say that new technology, as exemplified through Twitter and Facebook, fails to properly inform us of the true nature of the issues.

As a news writer and an editor, I do respect this opinion because many college students are not connected to the issues around them. However, I do feel that the

article may have overlooked some of the great benefits from online sites including Twitter and Facebook.

Hilary asks a very important question in her article, “how can we [spark conversations and change] in 140 characters or less?”

But there have been some times when Twitter and Facebook have been great forces of change and have provoked a great deal of conversation.

A great example is the Arab Spring. The movement began in Tunisia and spread like wildfire through the Middle East because of social media.

Young men and women would tweet photos of the violence and report on the cruelty of their governments through Facebook and even YouTube.

What was the result? The downfall of many malevolent dictatorships and a profound change in the political dynamics of the Middle East.

Social media has become a modern day Helen of Troy.

It has the power to launch a thousand ships, organize a thousand marches and tear down inequality and injustice.

Even here in the United States it was through social media that many students

heard about the shootings in Newtown, Conn.

And it was through social media sites like Twitter and Facebook that many relief efforts were created for the survivors and families of Newtown and for the survivors of Hurricane Sandy.

In fact, it was through those same sites that conversations began to brew about gun control and about the gridlock in government.

I feel that students on campus are, in general, well-informed. Many students in my statistics class discuss the Police Beat or would talk about the most recent robbery or break-in off-campus.

And many students on campus watch “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report,” which while not news sources themselves, do presuppose a basic knowledge of current events.

The mere fact that students like these political satires demonstrates that they are interested in what is going on around them.

It shows that they are engaged, even if the manner in which they engage the news is different.

In fact, while print journalism is gasping for breath, online journalism is thriving.

Ad revenue is up for online news sources; readership is up. And the truly remarkable thing is that people can now go from source to source and gather information, rather than simply reading one newspaper over breakfast. According to a 2010 Pew Research Study, about 65 percent of those people who use online news sources check their favorite news site at least once per day.

The more one looks at the issue, the more one sees that there are many good things that come from the new way we gather information about the news.

While the death of print is sad, it may not be true that people were better informed during the heyday of print journalism. Just like today, reading the news was a luxury, and not the rule, for most people.

Imagine the immigrant factory workers struggling to make a living during the 19th and early 20th centuries, when print journalism was the only source of news.

Did they read the New York Times and spend leisurely hours grappling with the latest news from Europe?

Or did they browse the print pages, read what they wanted and then go to work?

Maybe that is not so different from today.

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2013 baseball season preview

Major League Baseball will kick off its 144th season when the Rangers visit the Astros on March 31

BY TY KRANIAK Sports Editor krantr11@wfu.edu

Athletic Director Ron Wellman speaks about the state of Wake basketball and what the future holds for the Deacons

BY MATT POPPE Senior Writer poppmw9@wfu.edu As the 2012-13 men’s basketball season has come to a close, the Demon Deacons and their fans must watch the NCAA Tournament from home.

Over the past few months, many have analyzed the state of the Wake Forest program and wondered in what direction this youthful squad is heading. After finishing with a below

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.500 record, there are mixed feelings on the current track the program is on.

Athletic Director Ron Wellman is very involved with the situation, and revealed some of his thoughts on the program, players, coaches and the future. One of the biggest questions coming into the 2012-13 season was who would replace the multiple players that had been lost over the past few seasons.

In just the past two seasons, Wake saw eight players depart, many due to off-the-court issues. Wellman believes, however, that the group of young men they have assembled better epitomize what the university stands for.

“There are always issues, but generally we do our very best to recruit people with character and values that do reflect this institution,” Wellman said.

It’s time. We are now less than a week away from the start of America’s national past time, and the country is ready. Opening Day for Major League ball clubs represents a clean slate, opportunity to improve and the chance of taking home a World Series title. It is the one day all year where every fan can come to the ballpark and be hopeful that “this is our year.”

However, for the vast majority of teams, dreams will not come true and the playoffs will not be reached.

It is not always fair. It’s baseball.

This year, certain teams made aggressive offseason signings to bulk up their roster in the hopes of making their city and fans proud. One of the biggest offseason stories in the American League was the signing

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TRACK & FIELD

{ BY THE NUMBERS }

4 1 2 6

{ DEAC OF THE WEEK }

School records broken at the Wake Forest Open on March 15 Senior Ben Lincoln’s ranking among all ACC javelin throwers First place finishes for the Deacs at the High Point Vertklasse Meet on March 23 Sophomore Nyki Caldwell’s ranking in school history for outdoor high jump

Stadler

After missing the entire 2012 season due to injury, senior Austin Stadler is back with a vengeance.

The left-handed pitcher from Midlothian, Va., pitched 6.0 scoreless innings to earn the 7-4 win in the series finale against Maryland on March 24.

Stadler improved to 4-2 on the season by striking out four batters and allowing just one walk and four hits.

The Deacs, with their first ACC series win of the season, are now 14-12 overall and 3-6 in ACC play.

{ DEACON QUOTE } “I have you, the fans, to be thankful for. Your endless support and generosity gave me the courage to never give up.”

-Senior guard C.J. Harris in his farewell letter to Demon Deacon fans

Diamond Deacons outlast Western Carolina Wake Forest takes two out of three games from the MarylandTerrapins

BY MIKE ZAVAGNO Staff Writer zavamd11@wfu.edu

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Even though Wake Forest dropped their first game at Maryland, they were able to rally and take the next two games.

The Wake Forest baseball team got back on track after a rough stretch over spring break, winning three of four games, including two crucial ACC road games.

The squad won its first conference series of the season over the weekend, taking two out of three from Maryland before closing the week with a home victory over Western Carolina.

In the first game of the road swing, the Deacs (15-12) could not mount

a comeback after Maryland scored the first five runs of the game, falling just short to lose 5-4.

Sophomore right-hander Matt Pirro tossed a career-high six innings, but did not get much help from his defense, surrendering two unearned runs. The loss dropped Pirro to 3-3 on the campaign.

The second contest looked to be more of the same as Wake Forest was held scoreless through seven frames, entering the eighth inning down 2-0.

In the eighth, however, the offense came alive, exploding for eight runs on nine hits, including four doubles in the inning. Junior Evan Stephens and senior Pat Blair both had two RBI doubles in the inning. The offense was led by graduate student Andrew Williams, who notched three hits, scored a run and had an RBI in the wild eighth inning.

“You get an inning like that, and when it explodes it snowballs,” head coach Tom Walter said. “We know we have the ability, we just need to get it done in those situations.”

The Terps refused to die easily, picking up two runs in their half of the eighth against senior starter Justin Van Grouw, who tossed a career-high eight innings without walking a single Maryland hitter.

After Wake Forest went silently in the ninth, Maryland recorded four hits and three runs in the bottom half before sophomore Connor Kaden came in to record the final out and pick up his first career save in a thrilling 8-7 victory.

The trend of the big inning was at play once again March 24. Wake Forest used a seven-run second

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Greta Lange Senior

BY JULIET BECKSTRAND Staff Writer beckjm12@wfu.edu

Originally from Bremen, Germany, senior women’s golfer Greta Lange came to Wake Forest in 2011, the fall of her junior year. She quickly became a star athlete for the Demon Deacons. Last season, she competed in all 10 events for the Wake Forest women’s golf team and had the fifth-best scoring average.

She also competed in the 2012 ACC Championships, finishing with a round of 74 to take 31st place. Lange recently had her lowest round of her senior season at the LSU Golf Classic on March 22-24, carding a 4-over round of 76.

What made you want to become a golfer, and what has been the greatest influence on your golfing career?

I started because my grandparents played it at home, and they took me with them one day. I really like it. I used to play every other sport before, like soccer, tennis and track, but I started golf when I was 12, and I loved it so I stayed with it.

What are you looking forward to the most during your senior season?

I hope that I am going to be playing post-season, that’s my big goal. I’d like to play in the ACC Championships, go to Regionals and play well there, so I can make it to Nationals. I want to finish high in the ACC Championships, that is another big goal.

Do you have a favorite professional golfer?

I want to say Martin Kaymer, since he’s from Germany and is one of the best we have playing, but obviously also some Wake Forest alumni. We visited Arnold Palmer last year, and we got to go to his house.

He’s one of my all-time favorites; he’s a tremendous athlete and also such a nice person. He was so welcoming and nice to us, so he’s definitely up there as well.

What made you want to come to Wake Forest?

Going forward, what are your goals beyond Wake Forest?

I actually transferred in, and before I played at a smaller school in Rome, Ga., Then I had some success there, and that opened some doors to play at a Division I school.

Wake Forest is obviously one of the best Division I schools. I like it because education is very important to me. I feel like here at Wake I have a good balance between good athletics and good education, and that’s why I wanted to come here.

I’m originally from Germany, but I would like to stay in the States. Right now I’m looking for jobs, and at some point I would like to get a Master’s degree, but my priority right now is to get a job and some work experience.

I’m also probably going to be working for the Winston-Salem Open this summer as an event assistant, just as a position for a few months, but it’s still exciting.

Since playing for Wake Forest, what has been your most memorable moment?

Last Sunday, March 16, was probably one of my favorite moments, just at this last tournament because we had a great comeback. I didn’t play well at all in the first rounds, but we all just played well in the third round.

We shot the lowest round of all the teams at the tournament, and it was a huge success for us. It gave us a lot of confidence going into our next tournaments.

Personal Profile Hometown: Bremen, Germany High School: Max-Planck Gymnasium Previous College: Shorter College Birthdate: Oct. 12, 1989

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Deac Notes Football team holds its first practice with full padding over the weekend

Former Deac linebacker and Carolina Panthers coach hired as OLB coach

The Demon Deacons began five weeks of spring football training on March 19 and held their first full-pad practice March 23 at 1 p.m. at the Doc Martin Practice Complex on campus.

The team will practice three times a week during the spring session with weekly scrimmages at BB&T Field.

Spring practice will conclude with the annual Spring Game at BB&T Field on April 20 at 1 p.m. The Deacs will also host Boston College at BB&T Field that same afternoon at 4 p.m.

Head football coach Jim Grobe recently announced the hiring of Warren Belin, a 1990 Wake Forest graduate, to coach outside linebackers.

Belin was a three-year starting linebacker and four-year letterman for the Demon Deacons.

The 20-year coaching veteran comes back to Wake Forest after two years in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers and a combined nine years in the Southeastern Conference at Georgia and Vanderbilt.

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Deacons continue struggles on the court Wake falls to 1-12 on the year with a loss at No. 7 Duke, who beat the Demon Deacons 6-1

BY GRIFFIN KURZIUS Staff Writer kurzgd11@wfu.edu The Wake Forest women’s tennis team continued its skid, falling 6-1 to No. 7 Duke. But on the bright side, No. 6 singles junior Brigita Bercyte pulled off a statement win against the Blue Devils.

In doubles, Duke displayed why they are a national powerhouse.

At No. 2 doubles, sophomore Karen Forman and freshman Xue Zhang were downed 8-0.

Bercyte and freshman Andrea Retolaza fought valiantly but were topped 8-4, giving Duke the doubles point.

Senior Kathryn Talbert and freshman Kasey Gardiner were knotted up at 5-5 versus the No. 51 doubles team in the country. Despite their strong effort, they decided to leave their match unfinished for the second time in a row.

Boasting four ranked players in their starting lineup, the Deacs eagerly prepared for singles.

Duke started quickly, with the No. 84 Marianne Jodoin dominating Retolaza 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 5 position. Retolaza never had her feel and was on defense most of the match.

At the No. 6 position, Bercyte completed her most impressive match of the season, dismantling Nicole Lipp 6-1, 6-1. She appeared domi-

nant in all facets of the game, moving Lipp all around court and not making mistakes, accounting for the Demon Deacons only point of the day, and marking Bercyte’s first victory since Feb. 8 versus Winthrop.

Following the match, Bercyte said, “It’s nice to finally win a match and keep us from getting swept.”

Gardiner faced off against the No. 35 Ester Goldfeld at No. 2 singles. Goldfeld showed her abilities of full display with a 6-1, 6-2 win.

The Blue Devils clinched the match with a victory at No. 3 singles winning four of five matches. No. 88 Mary Clayton bested Zhang 6-3, 6-2.

Zhang, who had won six of her last nine matches, battled hard against an elite opponent. The last two matches on the court, Forman at No. 4 singles and Talbert at No. 1 singles were defeated by the score of 6-3, 6-3. Talbert, facing off against No. 16 Hanna Mar showed she Gardiner can compete with the nation’s best. She held a 3-1 lead in the second set before Mar took over, winning five straight games.

“We just have to believe in ourselves,” Bercyte said. “We are better than our past results. I know this team is capable of winning. We just need to step up.”

With the loss, Wake Forest fell to 1-12 on the season and 0-3 in ACC play.

The Demon Deacons return to the court March 28 to face off against No. 24 Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla., the fourth match of their seven match road trip.

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Zhang (above) and women’s tennis continue to have trouble on the court despite a strong showing against Blue Devils.

MLB: Detroit hopes to return to Series Continued from Page 10

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Victor Martinez rejoins the Tigers’ lineup after a season on the disabled list.

He is hoping build off a productive year in 2011 with a .330 batting average.

of All-star outfielder Josh Hamilton to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Last season, the Angels added the explosive Albert Pujols to their line-up for power and a consistent contact hitter. Coupled with Mike Trout, Mark Trumbo, Howie Kendrick and Eric Aybar, this line-up is a nightmare for pitchers to face.

Despite adding the rebuilding Houston Astros to the American League West this season, the Angels look like they will be fighting with the Texas Rangers for the division.

However, the Detroit Tigers have a scary good line-up as well with reigning Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera completing a line-up loaded with talented bats like Prince Fielder, Victor Martinez Verlander and Tori Hunter along with solid pitching behind Justin Verlander, Doug Fister and Max Sherzer.

If Detroit’s bullpen holds on to leads, the Tigers and Angels look like they will battle for the A.L. pennant.

The Blue Jays made some noise by signing Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey along with Melky Cabrera, Josh Johnson, Mark Buerhle and Jose Reyes.

It is nearly impossible to spend this much money in the off-season, but don’t hold your breath with the Jays since it will take

time to develop a rhythm with this talent under a new manager.

For once, expect the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox to be non-contenders in the A.L. In the National League, the Atlanta Braves made headlines by signing Justin Upton, the former Arizona Diamondback.

In addition, the Los Angeles Dodgers inked the talented Zach Greinke to enter into an already strong starting rotation led

by Clayton Kershaw.

The N.L. Pennant looks like it will come from the West, either with the Dodgers or the San Francisco Giants making it to their second World Series in a row.

However, the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves are potential contenders in the East, and never sleep on the Cincinnati Reds or the St. Louis Cardinals from the Central.

The Cardinals are always well managed and they find a way to win.

When the season is over, I’d like to see my hometown Detroit Tigers claiming their first World Series title since “The Roar of ’84.”

However, the great thing about baseball is that the best team does not always win. On any given day, pitchers may seem untouchable and hitters are invincible no matter how much they are paid or the name on their back. Baseball is as unpredictable as the weather.

But for now, I’ll stick with the big guns.

Detroit needs a championship ring and by golly, there is no doubt we will get one this season.

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Wake notches top-3 finish at the Hootie Wake Forest was able to battle back from a rough start at the Hootie to earn a 3rd place finish

BY TY KRANIAK Sports Editor krantr11@wfu.edu Dabo Swinny, head football coach at Clemson, has a sign on his desk that reads: “There’s nothing less important than the score at halftime.”

While the game of golf is not divided by a singular halftime, the Wake Forest golf team certainly showed the validity of this saying.

When the Demon Deacons travelled to Awendaw, S.C., to compete at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate, things were not looking great for Wake Forest after the first round March 25.

The Deacs, despite another strong showing from senior Evan Beck, were in trouble with a 14th place finish out of a 15 field team after the first round of the tournament.

The weather made conditions very difficult, but the Demon Deacons persevered through the first round.

“On the first day, we had wind gusts up to 30 miles per hour,” head coach Jerry Haas said. “The wind would blow the ball 20 feet from where it landed. The conditions were almost comical.”

All of a sudden, the Deacs bounced back in the afternoon, jumping to 7th place on the leaderboard in the second round of the tournament.

Wake Forest then built off their second round successes by vaulting themselves into a very re-

spectable 3rd place finish when the tournament finished March 26. Coach Haas expressed his confidence about the years to come.

“It’s a great sign when your team hangs in there after a tough round,” Haas said. “I can never say enough about our team. These young men that represent us are great young men and they are playing well on top of that. We are really excited about the future.”

Despite the tough start, Wake Forest put it behind them and were able to play very good golf as the tournament continued. Wake Forest finished 20-over par as a whole, but were able to record an outstanding 6-under par as a team on the final day, which was the best single round score of the day.

Some of the top talent in the country was present at the Intercollegiate with the presence of a number of ACC as well as SEC schools.

Duke and N.C. State were the only two teams to top the Deacons, while Wake Forest surpassed highly talented teams such as LSU, Clemson, Auburn and South Carolina.

“We ended up beating seven teams that were ranked in the top 35 or so,” Haas said.

Junior Logan Harrell won the individual title by firing an impressive 6-under par to lead all golfers at the tournament.

Haas Wake Forest will take to the links again when the Demon Deacons travel to Tampa, Fla., to compete in the Gary Koch Invitational April 8-9.

“The field will be very strong, but I look for the Deacs to have a strong showing,” Haas said.

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During the final day of the tournament, the Deacs recorded the lowest score of 282, bringing their total down to -6 overall.

Wellman: Wake making progress Continued from Page 10

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Madison Jones and the other freshmen Deacons are a new foundation for the team.

“This group of guys does exactly that. They have the values, they have the character, and I think our students and our fans in general recognize that they are good people and truly are student-athletes.”

Despite the Deacons’ record being identical to that of the year before, an obvious transformation was the surge in student attendance in the Joel Coliseum.

“Our student attendance was up 55 percent this year, and I think there were a number of factors that played into that,” Wellman said.

“The team was better and more exciting. I think our students relate to the effort that the team is making on a daily basis and can visually see the effort, the hustle, the attitude and the coachability.”

The increase of students seemed to have an effect on the team’s play as well as they were 11-5 at home and upset two ranked conference opponents in Miami and N.C. State.

“This year we began to reclaim the atmosphere at the Joel,” Wellman said. “That has helped the team immeasurably with the home court advantage. Now we need to learn to win on the road obviously, and with maturity we’re going to do that.”

An apparent aspect of this year’s squad was the youth. With nine freshmen on the active roster, collegiate experience was at a minimal.

“This year, 60 percent of our minutes were played by freshman,” Wellman said. “No other team in the ACC or the Top 25 in the country even came close to that. Experience counts and experience is meaningful. Our players now have that experience. Even though they’re still going to be young next year, they’re going to be experienced sophomores, rather than sophomores who have never played before. We’ve got bright years ahead of us.”

Despite the optimism by some, others have pointed to head coach Jeff Bzdelik as the primary reason for the team’s woes.

This season alone, there have been protests on the coach’s weekly radio show, a vigorous internet campaign for his firing and multiple local media advertisements doing the same, including one purchased in the Old Gold & Black March 7.

Wellman also announced March 26 that Bzdelik will be back as the head coach for next season and gave him his full support, despite many people disagreeing with his decision. Despite the negativity, Wellman welcomed their outcries.

“I love their passion,” Wellman said. “They want the same thing as we all want. They want to have a winning basketball program that is challenging for ACC Championships and going to the NCAA Tournament. We all want that. I look forward to the day when that passion they are currently using in this manner will be used in a very positive way. I have every confidence in our fanbase to do that.”

Bzdelik and the Deacons will undoubtedly have their hands full next season as the ACC will expand to include three strong teams, all of which made the 2013 NCAA Tournament, in Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame. Louisville, the tournament’s No. 1 seed will also enter the ACC in 2014.

“The opportunity to have these schools all come to the ACC just makes our conference that much stronger,” Wellman said.

“There is no doubt that the strongest conference in the country in the future is going to be the ACC. We have our rightful place in the college basketball world secured for the future and that’s exciting.”

Despite many challenges that lie ahead for the Deacs and a fanbase that is divided on its direction, Wellman is confident in the future of Wake Forest basketball.

“Next year we want to become historically competitive again,” Wellman said. “If you look at the history of Wake Forest basketball, we’ve had successes, whether that be great players or championships. We may not get all the way back next year, but we will climb in the conference and do better. We will do better on the road. What will be important is that we dominate at home. If we dominate at home and do better on the road, then we’re looking at being and NCAA type of team. That’s the challenge we have in front of us.”

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Deacs earn a tie for fifth at LSU Golf Classic

Women’s golf able to shoot the lowest score on the final day of the tournament, earning a tie with UGA

BY ALEX SPEAR Asst. Sports Editor speaar11@wfu.edu

After a tough, unforgiving three rounds at the Darius Rucker Invitational, the Wake Forest women’s golf team, as planned by coach Dianne Dailey, did two simple things: they remained positive and they worked on their short games. These are two simple things for sure, but positivity and an improved short game, combined, became the nexus of what proved to be an outstanding performance for the Lady Deacons at the LSU Golf Classic at the University Club in Baton Rouge, La. On the first day of the tournament, the Deacons shot a combined score of 316, which was good enough for 11 place at the end of the day. Continuing to perform at an elite and consistent level, sophomore Marissa Dodd only took 76 strokes on the day and finished with a nine-over, six-birdie performance.

Other highlights on the first day of the tournament derive from the scores submitted by junior Olafia Kristinsdottir and sophomore Allison Emrey — Kristinsdottir shot a 79 (seven-over par) and had three birdies while Emrey finished one stroke behind Kristinsdottir and compiled three birdies.

As the first day concluded, the favorable weather conditions seemed to follow suit — the following two days of the tournament brought a forceful, cold wind that would affect the flight and direction of any golf shot. The Deacons would, however, deal with the unfavorable conditions seriously and professionally en route to tying their season-best single-day score of 302 on the second day. The team would quickly reinstate their single-day high score, though, with a day-three 301.

“Our students handled the conditions extremely well,” Dailey said, “and their course management was great.”

Confirming Dailey’s approval of her team’s mental focus are the numbers from day two and day three, which show just how well Wake played despite the weather. After day two, Dodd nailed four more birdies

while balancing out her round with 11 pars and finishing with an even 72.

As if eleven pars seemed unbeatable, Emrey notched 13 pars in the second round of 18 holes as she finished with a three-over 75, just three strokes behind Dodd.

Referring to the second day, Dodd said her putting was “on and consistent” and recalled that she “stuck so many [second shots] really close to the hole.”

“I wasn’t draining any crazy long putts for birdie; I was just sticking it close and making the [short] putt,” continued Dodd.

As she hit her wedges and short irons extremely well in addition to putting consistently throughout the entire tournament, Dodd topped off her three rounds with a day-three 77, finishing in a tie for seventh place with a nine-over par score.

Kristinsdottir, with a six-over second round, completed the tournament with a phenomenal 72 that featured four birdies. She would finish the tournament in a tie for 23rd with a 13-over par performance. Emrey, the par machine, would open her third round with 10 straight pars while finishing her day with 14 total pars, which led to a final tie for 28th place overall and a 15-over final score The team would complete the LSU Classic in a tie for fifth place overall, a 55-over total score, and a massive sense of motivation, momentum and focus for the remainder of the season.

Last week, Dailey believed her team could “break through at any moment,” and that moment couldn’t have come any sooner.

The Deacons have established themselves as a competitive, consistent golf squad that has proved capable of placing highly in any tournament against any other school.

Asked if she believes she and her teammates have broken through for the season through this tournament, Dodd reassuringly thinks there is more breaking-through to occur: “I think this tournament was the beginning of our breakthrough and we will continue to breakthrough [up until] ACC’s.”

A continual breakthrough signifies this team’s confidence that the level of play of which they are capable is beginning to surface — and the best part about their increased level of play is that it will not halt for the rest of the season.

The team will continue their season on March 29 at the Bryan National Collegiate in Browns Summit, N.C. The tournament will be held at the Bryan Park Golf Course.

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After the Deacons’ fifth place finish at the LSU Golf Classic, Wake will now compete at Bryan Park.

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Wake Forest is now 15-12 on the 2013 season, and they hope to win their second ACC series when they travel to Georgia Tech.

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I just try to go out and give our team a chance to win. Today, I was able to go out and throw some strikes, and I had fun.”

second inning to win the rubber match by a score of 7-4.

Redshirt senior Austin Stadler tossed six innings of shutout baseball, striking out four, to improve to 4-2 on the campaign.

Kaden tossed 1.2 innings, including escaping a bases loaded jam in the eighth to record his second save in as many days. The Deacs sent 12 men to the plate in the seven-run second inning, benefitting from four walks and one hit batter.

Junior Charlie Morgan, redshirt junior Matt Conway and senior Brett Armour all had two hits on the afternoon to pace the Deacons at the plate. Morgan and Williams both had a pair of RBIs in the contest.

Stephens Wake Forest closed the week Tuesday, March 26 at Gene Hooks Field, riding Matt Conway’s impressive performance on the hill to a 3-1 victory over Western Carolina.

Matt Conway Redshirt Junior

“I just try to go out and give our team a chance to win,” Conway said. “Today, I was able to go out and throw some strikes, and I had fun. ” The redshirt junior struck out six Catamount hitters in seven innings of work to pick up his first win of the season. The six strikeouts were a career-best, as were the seven innings of work in which he allowed just two hits and one run.

Williams continued his superb week, going 2-3 at the dish with a double, a run scored and an RBI. With the win, Wake Forest improves to 15-12 on the season.

The Deacs will hit the road once again this weekend, traveling to Atlanta, Ga., to take on Georgia Tech in a three game series. Wake Forest will finish the week with a home game against UNC Greensboro on April 2.

LIFE

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Karleigh Ash: Her Journey Back to Wake

BY HILARY BURNS Editor-in-chief burnhs0@wfu.edu It all began with an itching sensation. An itch that just wouldn’t stop. It kept her up through the night and left her frustrated to the point of tears. No doctor had the right answer and no creams could soothe the pain. One day in her art history class, her feet were itching so bad she actually had to take her shoes off the in the middle of class to scratch them.

And then there were the constant colds and viruses. She assumed it was just because she was living in such tight quarters in her Kitchin suite. It seemed to be a breeding ground for germs. Something wasn’t right.

After celebrating post exams in Myrtle Beach with her friends, Karleigh Ash went home to San Diego and still wasn’t feeling well. She assumed it was from eating junk food and staying out late with her friends at the beach, but the doctor appointments began nonetheless. The itching worsened.

Her skin was getting ripped apart and her hands and feet were scarred from the scratching.

She thought she had bed bugs or scabies.

Her dermatologist finally suggested that Karleigh should be screened for lymphoma or leukemia and she rolled her eyes thinking there was no way that was the cause.

Karleigh was diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkin’s Lymphoma just a month before her 21st birthday in June of 2012. The call from the doctor came after she was at lunch with friends discussing her plans to study in Vienna that coming fall.

“The doctor told me I had lymphoma and I was silent. She said, ‘you know that is a kind of cancer right?’ Yes I replied, I am aware,” Karleigh said. “You literally just told me I have cancer. I don’t know what to say or do right now.” Looking back, Karleigh said she was in denial. “I had always put cancer patients in a separate population in my mind from the rest of us ‘normal people,’ and then just like that I crossed the line and was one of them.”

By July 3, 2012, it was confirmed that Karleigh had Stage IV cancer — the cancer had spread to lymph nodes over her entire body.

“The worst day of my existence was when I met my oncologist and she told me I couldn’t do chemotherapy in Europe.”

And just like that, Karleigh’s plans to study abroad were completely derailed.

At this point, her true character began to shine through. Running into an obstacle

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as significant as a cancer diagnosis can be earth shattering. But Karleigh proceeded with an accepting and inspiring attitude.

She kept her friends informed via Facebook messages every step of the way. She was open, honest and optimistic. She decided cancer would never define her life.

She resented anyone who treated her differently because of her diagnosis and refused to think about dying.

She knew that the next few months of chemo would be absolute agony if she dwelled on the negatives. “I decided I would prepare my body for chemotherapy, do everything my doctor told me and what else could I do?” The support came flying in. Cards from around the country and high school friends and family never left her side. Karleigh had a plan in mind. She needed every chemo session to go exactly as planned so she could make it back to Wake Forest in January. She missed her beautiful school and friends more than anything.

“The worst parts of chemotherapy weren’t chemo itself — I could handle the nausea — but the worst part was when the schedule got off track, I would panic because I would always think about coming back to school and seeing my friends again,” Karleigh said. She fought with resilience and at her routine scan, the results showed zero signs of cancer. The treatment was working.

She made it through the dark months of chemo strong and despite a few roadblocks such as spending Christmas day in the hospital after a snow boarding accident, Karleigh returned to Wake Forest in January.

Returning to the place she loved so much was no easy transition though. She was used to living at home with her parents taking care of her. Now she was across the country, weak from chemotherapy, without her safety net.

Chemotherapy also changed her physically. She became out of shape while going through chemo. While most people imagine cancer patients as emaciated, Karleigh gained weight because of strong steroids that increased her appetite tremendously.

“I wasn’t exactly hitting the treadmill and the gym also has a lot of germs, which was dangerous for me.” She also shaved her head, knowing that the chances were high that she would loose her beautiful, thick dark hair.

She had a wig made of her own hair and wore it every day until her friends told her on her 21st birthday that she looked beautiful without it. She hasn’t worn it since.

Cancer can affect anyone at any time. It does not discriminate and it can come out

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of the blue with vengeance. Karleigh still stresses about her biology exams but she now keeps everything in perspective. Back in the summer she made a scrapbook of all the support cards people sent her. She opens up that scrapbook when she feels herself overreacting over a bad grade or an argument with friends.

Some things in life are just not worth the stress. “I feel so much more grateful for everyday sort of things like not being hungry all the time, being able to exercise and not worrying about washing my hands

12 times a day,” Karleigh said. “Be happy you are alive and well, you have a lot to be grateful for if you are here at this school.”

Karleigh plans to finish at Wake with her psychology major and neuroscience minor and then go to school to become a nurse practitioner. She hopes to help cancer patients like her and offer compassion and support like her own nurses did for her.

Karleigh’s story is not one of heartbreak — but one of hope and inspiration. She fought through her battle with unwavering courage. The itch is finally gone.

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Tech Column | Google Glass

Meet the eye wear of the future

BY GAURAV SHENI Contributing Writer sheng12@wfu.edu Ever since Google Glass was unveiled, people have been amazed at the limitless possibilities. Google Glass is essentially a computer that you wear on your head.

The device is made up of a thin metal strip which creates the arc of the glasses. It has a head-mounted display, made out of glass, which is located right above the right eye.

Most the interactions you normally do on your phone can now be done handsfree from a pair of glasses just by saying the necessary commands, similar to Siri.

Google Glass has the ability to capture photos as well as record 720p HD video.

This camera can also be used to stream event happening right in front of you, like your friend’s birthday. Using its built-in WiFi or Bluetooth (via Android or iPhone), it can receive data. It also includes a GPS clip. The heads up display is not limited. It can show anything from a video to a weather updates.

So, what exactly can you use Google Glass for? This will vary from person to person, but the ability to communicate hands-free is priceless. You can reply to your emails just by dictating the message, without going to your phone or

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Although they look strange, Google Glass let people enjoy many of the perks of a cell phone, completely hands-free.

computer. Don’t have the time to read the news? Just scroll to The New York Times app by touching the side of the device and say “read aloud.” Google Glass start reading the headlines to you. Training for a marathon? Google Glass can count your calories and keep track of your workouts, displaying the information right in front of your eye as your about to eat. The heads up display won’t be bothersome as you might expect. As one long-time user said, “The screen is not disruptive, you don’t feel burdened by it; it’s there and then it’s gone.”

The best part of Google Glass is that you can share your experiences from a first-person perspective. You could have streamed the Macklemore and Kendrick Lamar concert to your friends back home without having to hold your phone up the whole time.

Google has said the device will come in five different colors, black, gray, blue and white.

The gadget is expected to be released towards the end of 2013. Google has said it will cost less than $1,500. There will be an eye prescription supported edition, but it will be available delayed from the initial release.

The glasses do look somewhat strange.

They make you look like you’re a cyborg.

It might be a few years before people start wearing computers. Nonetheless, a few years ago people thought smartphones were silly and now more than 50 percent of mobile consumers have them.

The question isn’t if Google Glass will become a success, but when it will become a success.

Book Review | Tiny Book of Tiny Stories

Popular actor compiles book of stories

BY JULIE HUGGINS Print Managing Editor huggjn0@wfu.edu

Shit Wake kids

never say

“I wasn’t hungover at Wake ‘N Shake.”

“The weather is so predictable in N.C.” “Mongolian Grill is great for a quick lunch.”

“WAKEstock was a total success!”

“I don’t stress out about registering for classes.”

“I’m going to wear jeans to Carolina Cup. ”

A single human life is not one long story, but a collection of tiny tales.

This is the idea behind the Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vols. 1&2, two compilations of anonymously submitted content edited and put together by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Vol. 1) and poet wirrow (Vol. 2) through Gordon-Levitt’s open collaborative creative arts company, hitRECord. To create the compilation, Gordon-Levitt asked thousands of collaborators to tell tiny stories through words and art.

The result is two beautifully crafted books that bring together tiny facets of human existence, from the happy to the humorous to the heart wrenching. The stories are small, yes, but that doesn’t diminish the power or the truth behind them. The whole purpose of the book is to convey the deepest feelings, the most universal emotions and ideas of humanity with the fewest words.

And, time and time again, the Tiny Book of Tiny Stories succeeds with this task.

While reading, I found myself smiling at one page and then nearly tearing up at the next. That’s not an exaggeration; the

books, especially the first, are an emotional rollercoaster ride that you definitely want to be on. Toward the end of the first volume, a cute chance encounter between Coincidence and Fate is followed by one of the sadder stories about a break-up: “If I read our story backwards, it’s about how I unbroke your heart, and then we were happy until one day, you forgot about me forever.”

Both of the volumes are also very different, and while at first it is a little off-putting, it’s easy to be drawn into the second. The second volume, mainly collected by wirrow, packs less of an emotional punch than the first but is filled with the idea of wonder.

One of the most adorable pages in either of the volumes is one of a little boy with his grandma, and he announces “I’m off to the invisible museum of imaginary artifacts! Wake me up for dinner.” There is something incredibly childlike about the second volume, both in the stories and the illustrations, but it works, and it works well.

Trust me, it’s surprising how relatable these tiny stories are. I figured, when I first started reading, that I would be skimming over two to three line snippets stuffed with angst and sadness, but unlike poetry selection nights for Three to Four Ounces,

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Both volumes are filled with heartfelt emotional punches. the snippets of humanity were a means of catharsis. I could see my thoughts and my feelings splashed across some pages, while my roommates found different stories to be memorable and quotable. But we all came to the same conclusion — we loved the books, and they have taken up a permanent residence on our coffee table.

The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories is great for a lazy day read or even just a break from homework. And these two volumes are made to be re-read, making the investment in a volume (or both) worth it, despite the mildly high price tag.

Because who knows what will stick out to you then next time you pick it up?

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Restaurant Review | Silo Deli, Wine & Cheese

New restaurant opens in Reynolda Village

BY ELIZABETH DALRYMPLE Staff Writer dalres11@wfu.edu After much anticipation and excitement, Silo Deli, Wine & Cheese has finally opened!

Tucked away in Reynolda Village beside The Painter’s Palate and Pure Barre, the restaurant is already well on its way to becoming a Winston-Salem favorite.

After hearing great reviews only three days after the opening, I, along with five other friends, ventured over to try the promised warm sandwiches and homemade lemonade. To put it simply, our dinner at Silo exceeded the already wonderful reviews.

With a modern yet homey feel to the restaurant, the atmosphere was instantly inviting. A vibrant turquoise paint covers the walls and old fashioned metal chairs and tables for two accompany cozy booths.

A few tables are set up inside, but most of the seating is outside, just waiting for the weather to get warm. As soon as spring and summer arrive, Silo customers can lounge outdoors, enjoying a glass of wine and live music.

A small bar looks into the kitchen where customers exchange a story with the chefs, or watch them sneak in a dance move or two as sounds of Ingrid Michelson and Ben Kweller carry through the restaurant.

Per recommendation, we ordered two appetizers, or “slate plates.” The white bean hummus ($6) came out first and was devoured instantly. The brie ($11), baked with fig chutney and served with lightly buttered pieces of bread, went around the table once, twice, and was gone within minutes, leaving us scraping at our plates.

It was a challenge to choose a sandwich from the long list of tantalizing options.

After countless “wait, this looks good!” and “...but should I get this?” I decided on a toasted Caprese sandwich ($7). Even though all I really wanted was the Nutella, graham crackers and peanut butter located on the kid’s menu.

Two more Capreses were ordered around the table, in addition to a “Badabing” ($9), “The Coop” ($8) and a Chicken Salad Plate ($8). The decision was tough, and other temptations included a Homemade Pimento Cheese sandwich ($7) and the Baked Feta Bruschetta ($9). Everyone loved

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Silo Deli, Wine & Cheese is a nearby locale that is the perfect place to hang out with friends and enjoy a sandwich or appetizer. their selections and the sandwiches went the same way as the appetizers. They were fresh, perfectly toasted and unlike anything I have ordered in Winston.

In addition to the delicious food, everyone is friendly, the prices are reasonable and Mondays bring half price on their wine

selection. At the end of our meal, our waiter encouraged us to spread the word back to Wake Forest that they want the deli to become a hangout spot for students. So take a walk through the trails one day this spring and relax a while at Silo, enjoying a warm sandwich or root-beer float.

Health Column | Strength Training

Myth-busting conceptions on strength training

BY CAROLINE MURRAY Staff Columnist murrck9@wfu.edu In my experience with personal training and fitness consulting here in WinstonSalem, I’ve come across some interesting clients and gym members who express uninformed, mythical opinions when it comes to health and fitness. Perhaps the shiniest example of such ignorance is when it comes to strength training, especially among women.

Regardless of age, body type or exercise history, I have met some incredible women during my work and externship who still have misconceptions about the effectiveness, importance and results of strength training.

Enough is enough! With warm weather hopefully upon us soon (campaign to indict Punxsutawney Phil for fraud; any supporters?), women all across the country are ready to don the itsy-bitsy-teenyweenie-yellow-polka-dot bikini and get their bodies in shape.

Want the fastest method to get there, ladies? Supplement your diet and exercise routine with lifting weights. The rumors and myths you’ve heard that have steered you away or not produced results? I assure you, they are not true.

Myth #1: Strength training and heavy weights will cause me to bulk up.

I could write an entire column devoted to this silly, silly myth. But for the sake of a word count — women have neither the metabolic function the genetic potential nor the proper levels of testosterone to build as much muscle as quickly as men do.

The “bulk up” look is usually a result from

an imbalance of muscle and fat in the body, or an overabundance of one over the other.

Myth #4: Fat will turn into muscle if I train and vice versa if I stop training.

Myth #6: Strength training takes too much time and is hard to learn.

Myth #2: I should do high reps and low weights to tone up.

Muscle tissue and adipose tissue have extremely different compositions and features; one cannot possibly turn into another.

Strength training focuses on muscle building and increasing muscular strength.

When combined with cardio and the right nutrition and calorie deficiency, that’s where the fat loss comes from. In reverse, if you stop training, your muscle will not turn into fat.

You tend to gain more fat due to the decreased caloric expenditure from not exercising and potentially eating more.

And your muscles fibers become atrophic, meaning they shrink due to lack of use.

I despise the whole “I don’t have time” excuse for strength training. Women have this skewed perspective on strength training that they need to spend hours in the gym to get real effects.

I’ve never believed something to be more of a crock of you-know-what. You can initiate drastic changes in your body composition, metabolic condition and physique with an effective 20 minute workout.

Duration and intensity have an inverse relationship: you can train for a long time at sub-maximal level or for short periods of time at vigorous intensity and still get an effective workout.

If you only have a short amount of time, combine a little bit of cardio with compound movements (working multiple muscle groups simultaneously, like a squatpress or burpees).

I present the grandmother of strength training myths (slightly fueled by the yoga and Pilates community).

I cannot tell you how many times I see women in the gym using three pound weights, doing presses and raises for what seems like one set of infinity without tiring.

Most think this will produce the long, lean, beautiful body you’ve always wanted.

Doing this presents very little challenge to your muscles, and they will not become stronger or leaner as a result.

Attaining the toned look comes as a result from burning the fat around your muscles while strengthening them at the same time.

Aim for heavier weights at 6-12 reps, and increase the weight every few weeks or month to build strength and reap the full benefits of strength training.

Myth #3: Cardio is the best way to burn and lose fat, not strength training.

Yes, cardio generally provides a greater caloric expenditure for fat loss. However, when you combine strength training with cardio, you focus on simultaneously building and retaining lean muscle while burning fat.

Strength training helps not only to build muscular strength, but it also fine-tunes your metabolism to assist with fat burn, which will make your cardio workouts more efficient.

What good is burning fat if you don’t have the muscles to show off underneath?

Myth #5: Strength training a certain area will help me lose fat in that area.

There is no such thing as targeting fat loss. Infomercials for the latest exercise equipment harness their energy on the fact that most people believe you can (i.e. do enough crunches and I’ll get my six-pack).

Actually, you can target fat loss: liposuction!

No matter how much you exercise a specific part of your body, you will not isolate that area for fat loss.

Fat cells act as one unit in the body, meaning that you cannot choose where it is gained and where it is lost.

Granted, based on hormones, genetics and natural body composition, women tend to gain fat more in the hips, butts, thighs and midsection for child-bearing purposes.

In general, though, it distributes itself and burns pretty evenly throughout the body.

Graphic by Elizabeth Ropp/Old Gold & Black

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Old Gold & Black | Life

He Said/She Said | Reading the Signs

How to realize they’re just not that into you Students share their perspective on reading and understanding the opposite sex’s signs

BY TY KRANIAK Sports Editor krantr11@wfu.edu There is nothing more annoying or frustrating to deal with then that girl who is always texting you or always “there” and asking to hang out.

Yet, at the same time, guys feel very badly about giving off super obvious signs that show that we want nothing to do with the girl.

We don’t want to hurt the girl’s feelings because, after all, she was the one who took an interest in us. So girls, chances are that guy you think is really cute won’t tell you to get lost or to find a life.

He will take more subtle measures to drive you away without being the bad guy. After all, you may have some cute friends, so he won’t want to seem like a total jerk.

Short texts that show little emotion, no comedic relief, or no feelings or excitement isn’t a great sign. “Idk,” “ok,” or basically any one to two word response for every text means he has better things to be doing, like playing golf with his bros or watching football.

Also, if he texts back immediately when you are first beginning to talk, it is not always a path leading to romance.

Guys, just as much as girls, like to play with the other, and get them thinking that they have better things to do then to be talking to you.

Also, we just want to get the conversation over with.

If you invite him to do something with you, and he says he can’t and doesn’t rain check, it’s not a great sign.

If a guy is interested and sees something in you, he will make time to do something with you.

So, if you ask him to come over to watch a movie and all he says is that he can’t because he’s busy, it’s time to find a new guy.

Most of all, don’t worry about being “friend zoned.” The best relationships often come from friendships, and it takes a while to see the true beauty in a person. Don’t try too hard to force something that’s not

BY LAUREN FRIEZO Staff Writer friele11@wfu.edu there, or you may just end up with a “He’s just not that into me.”

It’s easier to let someone down gently than to flat out say “leave me alone, I’m just not that into you.”

Therefore us females turn to signs and signals to indicate that we’re not really feeling the vibe from a potential suitor.

Most of the time, there are three classic gestures that we girls use to hint at this harsh truth:

everything (and everyone) except you while you’re trying to talk to her, it’s a clue.

Either she doesn’t want to be seen with you, is looking for someone else or is having trouble looking you in the eye because she feels awkward that she likes you less than you like her.

2. No Response: It’s really not that hard to answer a text. It probably takes less than 10 seconds. If she’s ignoring yours constantly, it’s because she wants to ignore you.

If you’ve texted her for days with no response, even though you’ve seen her walking the Quad with her phone out, stop texting her!

3. Can’t Get You Alone: If you really like someone, you’ll want to get closer to them.

This closeness d e ve l o p s through

The Darting Eyes: 1.Th If she’s looking around at

quality one on one time. If you’ve asked her on a date but she keeps trying to turn it into a “group thing,” it’s because she doesn’t want to get any closer to you. You can push the issue a bit and say something like “but I really wanted to take you out somewhere nice…just us.”

If she turns down a free dinner at a nice restaurant, well, she’s definitely not into you.

To those reading now, these signs may seem obvious. But keep in mind, love messes with people’s emotions and keeps them from thinking straight.

Sometimes the obvious signs that she’s just not that into you are right under your nose.

Graphic by Elizabeth Ropp/Old Gold & Black

Are “real” relationships prevalent on campus?

BY KENDALL STEMPEL Contributing Writer stemkm0@wfu.edu Dating at Wake Forest — is it possible?

I’m talking about real, chivalrous courting in which he opens the car door, pays for your dinner and drops you off again with a quick kiss goodnight? I think not. I suppose, if one considers meeting up at the Pit after a long stint studying for Orgo in the ZSR a “date,” then quite a lot of kids here at the Forest are, in fact, in relationships.

Traditionally defined dating is: “a form of courtship consisting of social activities done by two people with the aim of each assessing the other’s suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse,” and involves: “… the act of meeting and engaging in some mutually agreed upon social activity in public, together, as a couple.”

Technically, dating at Wake Forest IS possible. However, realistically what we consider dating is more likely to be termed as “hooking up” by our parents and, pretty much, anyone else.

Why is this? Honestly, no one has time or even the notion in their head of looking for a spouse.

Because of the environment in which we live, play and work, students at Wake Forest study, drink and eat and that’s about

it. Because of this on-the-go environment, students here are generally looking for something casual.

“Dating is possible but extremely rare,” says a female junior, who ironically, I interviewed in the library.

“The dating environment here is a ‘hookup culture’ which mainly stems from how much people drink. I mean who wants to be stressed out all day and then be tied down to a boyfriend at night? It just doesn’t sound like fun.”

So, what is our solution, assuming that this “hook up culture” is a problem?

1) Well, if ‘ring by spring’ is your thing ladies, don’t fret. Online dating is actually a very popular, and apparently, quite successful option for finding that special someone.

But be careful, about 10 percent of accounts on dating websites are creeps and frauds.

2) We could always petition for a speed dating night at Shorty’s. This process, which was invented by a Jewish rabbi in 1999, seems like a more fun option to the weekly trivia nights. Campus Grumble anyone?

3) Boys, wear more blue if you’re looking for a lady. Relationship studies show that women are attracted to men in blue.

4) If all else fails, don’t worry. Apparently four out of 10 relationships that start in the workplace end in marriage.

However, if you move to New York for your position, you’re in trouble, because 50 percent of residents there are unmarried.

So, just because dating options here at Wake Forest are slim, to say the least, do not fear.

If my previous advice fails to find you the love of your life, our fabulous degree from this prestigious institution will likely find us the gold-diggers out there that we’ve been waiting for all along.

Graphic by Nicky Vogt/Old Gold & Black

Dating at the Forest is rare but not completely impossible. However, most people term dating as “hooking up.”

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Trend Alert | Poppin’ Collars

There’s a new collar craze trending among students on campus and it can be worn in many different styles

BY LIZ KUEHN Contributing Writer kuehea12@wfu.edu No, no, I’m not talking about popping collars, so don’t let your middle school Abercrombie and Fitch-obsessed self get too excited.

Statement collars are one of the hottest trends this spring and should be on everyone’s “must-have” list this season, no excuses.

Ranging from a subtle flare to jaw dropping bold, a statement collar can make an entire outfit go from bland to BAM. Although they have been around since the creation of Neverland itself, the Peter Pan collar’s popularity has soared recently.

What’s so amazing about the Peter Pan collar is that its slight twist on the traditional collar goes with any style, whether it’s mod, hipster or even the classic Wake Forest preppy look.

If you want to go for the mod look, get a Peter Pan collared shirt with simple colors and lines. The classic white shirt with a black collar, or vice versa, is a foolproof contemporary look. You can’t be any sleeker than that.

To pull off the Peter Pan collar in a hipster style, it is all about unconventional fabrics in a variety of silhouettes. Silky tank tops or loose long-sleeve shirts with a Peter Pan collar add an edge to the traditional look especially when topped with a vintagelooking cardigan.

Also, keep your eye out for shirts that are one fabric with a Peter Pan collar of another fabric. A linen or cotton shirt with an lace collar definitely gives off a “wow factor.”

The mix and match look of different fabrics pulls the Peter Pan style far away from classic.

However, if you’re a true prep at heart, a Peter Pan collar with fun patterns and colors is for you. For example, my most recent purchase follows this look exactly: a striped sweater with a Liberty of London print collar (thank you, J. Crew sale section!).

Taking two traditionally preppy patterns and pairing them together with a Peter Pan

collar is an easy way to stay trendy without straying away from classic.

If this is the look you are going for, search for pastel colors, stripes, eyelet and Liberty of London.

Whether it’s on a Peter Pan collar or not, embellished collars are the newest look that are making a worldwide fashion statement.

Studs, beads, sequins — you name it and it belongs sewed onto a collar this spring.

These embellished collars bring shirts and dresses to a whole new level of standout pieces.

And lucky for us, they’re convenient, too — the jeweled-up collars are enough of a statement that any other necklaces are unnecessary!

So, instead of finding the perfect necklace to match a shirt or dress, find a piece with an embellished collar and you’re good to go.

As Peter Pan said himself, “Dreams do come true, only if you wish hard enough.”

I don’t know about you, but I know that for me, these statement collars becoming the latest trend certainly is a dream come true.

Photo courtesy of the-temptress.com

The Peter Pan collar can make any outfit fly

Quad Fashions | Cute workout clothes

Deacons remain stylish even while pumping iron

Photos by Molly Dutmers/Old Gold & Black

Catherine Jachthuber Sophomore Jachtuber wears a Lululemon hoodie on her way to the Miller Center. She also wears Vibram FiveFinger shoes which she says are great for the gym.

Ivy Gress Junior Gress looks ready for a workout with her brightly colored outfit that features neon sneakers and a bright Patagonia.

Keenan Curtis Junior Curtis rocks red Nike shorts on his way to workout. His Adidas warm-up jacket adds a red accent, pulling his look together.

Mary Schubert Freshman Schubert looks cute in her mid-calf socks post working out at the Miller Center. She wears purple Nike shorts and neon Nike shoes.

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Old Gold & Black | Life

T he King

of Craft Beer Guides

BY KORY RIEMENSPERGER Staff Writer riemka9@wfu.edu

When it comes to alcoholic beverages, the southeastern state of North Carolina has much to offer. From the rugged mountains of Buncombe County to the flatlands of Brunswick County, this diverse state is scattered with its fair share of independent breweries, shaded vineyards and (even!) clandestine copper stills. According to the state’s Brewers Guild, North Carolina is notable for possessing the leading number of craft breweries in the South, with over 50 breweries and “brewpubs” throughout the state.

North Carolina’s largest city is no stranger to an appreciation for the United States’ most widely consumed alcoholic beverage.

This past week marked Charlotte’s fourth annual Craft Beer Week. Craft beers are brewed in comparatively smaller environments and quantities to larger rivals like MillerCoors or Anheuser-Busch. These brews are often marketed as “independent” or “traditional” and tend to emphasis taste and customer satisfaction over price.

The week ran from March 15 through the 24, and highlighted a number of interesting local and regional craft beers.

More than 30 breweries made their way to the Queen’s City this year to represent their craft.

Six of these select organizations operate microbreweries and pubs out of Charlotte.

In celebration of the success of craft beer, these few opened their doors to hold entertaining beer dinners and thirstquenching pint nights.

Surprisingly, many of these delicious brews are available in certain local supermarkets like Harris Teeter, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s.

Though many breweries participated in the festivities, a report on all of them is somewhat beyond the scope of this article, so I chose some that may be more recognizable (or deserve some more recognition) and wrote a little bit about them here:

Graphic by Molly Dutmers/Old Gold & Black

Birdsong Brewing Co.

Highland Brewing Company

This microbrewery — established in 2011 — is relatively new, but they’re expanding quickly. Last year, Birdsong offered customers only five styles of beer. This year they’ve grown to 10 brews of various style and taste, and their craft brews are available in pubs and restaurants from at least five different counties surrounding Charlotte.

Unfortunately, they have yet to make their way to Winston-Salem — but if you ever find yourself in the area, I’d suggest a stop at their Charlotte tap room.

This year, Birdsong celebrated the release of their new brew: Up On the Sun, a 7.5 percent ABV, Belgian-style saison that literally holds a clear gold, sun-like appearance. The taste is an interesting medium/light-bodied blend of both sweet and spicy flavors. The taste of yeast is present, but not enough to affect the drinkability of this above average drink. Birdsong doesn’t offer traditional 12 ounce bottles at stores or retailers, so you’ll have to visit a pub/ brewery to sample their creations.

On Saturday, the Highland Brewing Company took over a local Charlotte grill to serve a large selection of their scrumptious beers. Included on the draft list were the Oatmeal Porter, Devil’s Britches IPA and Gaelic Ale. The Oatmeal and the Gaelic are yearround brews that can easily be purchased in bottled form at most Harris Teeter locations (I recommend it!).

The Devil’s Britches, on the other hand, is a seasonal selection that crops up around mid-winter.

It’s a decent IPA — there’s not a lot to it — if you have a choice, I’d suggest the Gaelic Ale instead.

Kashmir IPA and Black Mocha Stout were offered in 12 ounce bottles, but I haven’t found a local distributor for these two yet.

The Kashmir was probably my favorite of Highland’s selections. I was taken aback by how smooth this IPA was, but don’t let that dissuade you if you’re a big fan of this beer style. The careful blend of citrus and malt in this brew still makes for a very tasty beverage that goes down well with just about anything.

This year also marks the inaugural “Beer Month” for North Carolina. Throughout April, breweries across the state will be participating in a number of exciting events and promotions for their products. If you’re 21, ask your local pub or brewery how they plan to celebrate this historic occasion!

Foothills Craft Brews If the name behind these craft beers seems familiar, that’s because Foothills was Winston-Salem’s only representation at the Beer Week this year! They curated a “Tap Takeover” on Thursday, pouring three delicious ales — Hoppyum IPA, Foothills Red and Jade.

Jade is the most unique of the three creations. This brew was released locally two years ago as an on-tap selection only.

It’s difficult to find anywhere besides the Fourth Street location — but it’s an extremely delicious IPA. The taste of citrus (grapefruit, mango and orange) is easy to detect, even for the average beer drinker, and they pair well with a moderately bitter finish you’d expect from such ale.

Enjoyable brews like this in tandem with a delicious assortment of entrees makes Foothills Brewery a highly suggested choice for your next trip downtown.

The Old Gold & Black does not promote underage drinking. Please drink responsibly if you are of legal drinking age.