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Students studying abroad in Venice, Italy stayed at Casa Artom (above) until the house was recently closed by the university amid growing concern regarding the coronavirus outbreak.
Casa Artom shut down due to the coronavirus
Students return to U.S. after the university suspended the study abroad program in Italy BY LILLIAN JOHNSON Senior News Advisor johnlg16@wfu.edu
On Feb. 28, the university announced that it was suspending its program at Casa Artom in Venice, Italy, as the coronavirus continues to worsen in the country. The outbreak of coronavirus, also known by the disease it causes, COVID-19, in Italy has been the worst in Europe so far. The virus was first reported in Italy at the end of January and spread rapidly throughout the country in February. As of March 4, the Italian government confirmed that 107 people have died due to the illness — more than in any country other than China — and that 3,089 people have been infected — a number only surpassed by China and South
Korea. The Italian government has imposed restrictions to help combat the spread of the disease, such as the closure of schools, museums and the suspension of large public gatherings. Provost Rogan Kersh announced the closure of Casa Artom in an email to the university community last Friday. Academic operations ceased immediately, and students will be returning to campus March 15, which coincides with the end of spring break. Kersh wrote that this decision came out of the uncertainty of the situation as the disease spreads, with particular concern regarding the students’ ability to eventually return to the United States. “While the health risk to the students and the faculty member in Venice remains low, the decision takes into consideration the uncertainty regarding local and international travel restrictions if the coronavirus continues to spread,” Kersh said in the email. “Such restrictions
Last Thursday, Feb. 27, Sen. Bernie Sanders appeared at the C.E. Gaines Center at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) to campaign ahead of North Carolina’s primary. Sanders is one of the current frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nomination and has notched primary wins in Iowa, Nevada and New Hampshire. He also won four states in Super Tuesday’s election, in Vermont, Utah, Colorado and California. Sanders’ visit came on the heels of his stop at Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, N.C., where he spoke with the pastor and social activist Reverend William Barber II following a worship led by Barber.
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IFC considers Delta Chi and Pi Kappa Phi The process of selecting a fraternity continues under the IFC expansion policy
would affect the study abroad experience for these students and could impact their ability to return to the United States at a later date.” Wake Forest joins other universities across the United States in bringing students back home from study abroad programs in Italy. The 19 students and one professor who were living at Casa Artom this semester had also been notified on Friday morning of the decision and had to arrange to leave Venice by the weekend. Junior Lilli Cooper, who had been studying abroad at Casa Artom, said she and her fellow peers were shocked by the announcement. “There were lots of tears, lots of frustration,” she said. “I think we were struggling to understand how things had changed so quickly and we basically had been given 48 hours to leave. This is not how any of us felt this semester was going to end.”
After narrowing down the potential candidates of fraternities that could be added to campus under the Interfraternity Council (IFC) expansion policy, three remain: Delta Chi (DX), Pi Kappa Phi (Pi Kap) and Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI). Following FIJI’s presentation last week, the second and third IFC expansion presentations featured representatives from DX on Feb. 28 and Pi Kap on March 2. The representatives explained the values and policies of their respective fraternities and advocated for why the organization would be a good fit for the university.
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During the first week of college, you meet your roommate, eat in the dining hall for the first time, make your first friend and attend the obligatory session on sex education. However, after only spending a few hours in a basement classroom learning about sexually transmitted infections and protection methods, one often has to actively seek out knowledge concerning safe sex throughout the remainder of their college careers. With that being said, the Editorial Board of The Old Gold & Black commends Student Government for organizing multiple efforts to increase sex health awareness on campus (more information on page 5). One of the initiatives organized by Student Government includes condom
dispensing machines being installed in every residence hall. Currently, free condoms are only available in Student Health and the Intercultural Center. Widening access to this form of protection will provide students with a necessary convenience that is part of a sexually healthy student body. Further, however, the Editorial Board of The Old Gold & Black hopes that discussions surrounding safe sex methods will become destigmatized as access to condoms and other methods of birth con-
trol increase on campus. Student Government has also announced a similar program, titled the Safer Sex Express, which will deliver condoms and other products directly to students’ personal mailboxes on campus. These two programs coincide with the upcoming Sex Week, which will start on March 30. Promoting both safe sex and a positive culture surrounding sex on campus, one of the events listed is “Tiegasm” — a session where students can tie-dye shirts and learn more about the different types of orgasms. The Editorial Board of The Old Gold & Black supports these efforts to erase taboos and promote healthy practices for those who choose to be sexually active on campus.
Having a constructive conversation about sex on campus is not only beneficial in terms of gaining knowledge about safe sex practices. Ideally, destigmatizing a prevalent activity on campus should lead to more positive changes concerning the campus culture surrounding STIs, sexual orientation and even sexual assault. Given that sexual interactions are a large part of college culture and are frankly inevitable, it is advantageous for both the university and students that Student Government is working to provide the necessary information and resources to the campus community. As our peers pioneer these efforts, more and more students will be equipped with the tools to make safe, smart choices.
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Deacon Profile: Lainey Drake BY TAYLOR THORNTON Contributing Writer thortl18@wfu.edu
career in that industry. I'd love to go to graduate school in aerospace engineering and then have a career.
Highly accomplished sophomore Lainey Drake was one of just 40 women from around the country selected for the prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship. The program placed her with Virgin Galactic for a summer internship in New Mexico. As a part of her internship, she will have the opportunity to work for an up-and-coming company that is at the front line of commercial spacecraft. In addition to being a top performer in the university’s physics department, Drake is a Presidential Scholar for the university’s theatre department and she starred in last semester’s production of How I Learned to Drive.
I know you’re also excelling in a variety of other things on campus. Can you elaborate on what else are you involved in here at Wake Forest? Yeah, so I'm actually a double major. I am a physics and theater double major and I'm very involved with the theatre community. I am a member of the Anthony Aston Players (AAP), the student theater society here on campus, as well as an actress. I've been in several main stages, including How I Learned to Drive. I played Lil’ Bit last semester and I'm also a master electrician, so I work in the scene shop hanging the lights and doing the rigging for all the shows, and that's a great combination of my love for physics and theater.
Congratulations on such an incredible accomplishment! Could you explain a little bit about your Brooke Owens Fellowship? The Brooke Owens Fellowship gives opportunities to women and [to] gender minorities in aerospace. They place women and gender minorities in internships with aerospace companies — the top ones — so women like myself will be working with companies, such as SpaceX and NASA, and I, myself, will be interning with Virgin Galactic this summer. That’s incredible! What is exciting to you about Virgin Galactic? Virgin Galactic is the first publicly traded commercial spaceflight company in the world, which I think is just so incredible. You can buy stock in them and no other aerospace company, and what they're doing as the first commercial spaceflight company is opening space to a new generation of people. So, the way that [space] aircraft and air flight was once an exclusive business, they're opening that door to common man, and hopefully in the future, prices become more accessible, as well, and we can get more people into space experiencing zero gravity.
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What part of all that are you most looking forward to? I'm really excited to be a part of a team of engineers who are truly innovators. They had to design this spaceship from the ground up. It's a reusable spacecraft, which is really remarkable, actually. If you think about it, NASA sends aircraft in space, and then it goes and sits in a museum somewhere. What Virgin Galactic is trying to do is make this recyclable, for lack of a better word, so that they can have sustainable operations for commercial space flight. Their spacecraft is designed to go into space, land and then go into space again, which is just incredible and I'm really excited to see test flights and to work as a part of this team. So, how did this love for physics all begin? I took my first physics class my junior [year] of high school at the
North Carolina School of Science and Math and I was just immediately captivated. I didn't think I was a science person. I'd taken chemistry and biology and didn't like them much. I really thought I was going to be a math major in college, but the second I saw my beloved calculus applied to real-world applications and problems, and really, truly being able to explain the way that matter interacts with the universe and putting mathematics to gravity, I was just fascinated — and it's only gotten better from there. I'm taking modern and mechanics this year and I just, yeah, I love my major! Where do you see yourself after college in terms of your career and future research in physics? I've always had a love for aerospace and so, I'm really excited about this opportunity to finally work in that industry as an aerospace engineer, and I'm hoping that everything clicks and feels right and I get to go into a great
What advice do you have for future applicants to the Brooke Owens Fellowship? It's really simple actually — just apply, apply, apply if you qualify, and all you have to be is a woman or a gender minority who is passionate about aerospace. You don't even have to be a STEM major for sure. They take business and English and communications and all different branches. You just have to have a passion for space, and I just want to reassure women and gender minorities that imposter syndrome is real and that, for myself, I kept feeling that I was a fraud or an imposter and that through the application process they would just figure out that I wasn't good enough and that wasn't the case. Like, I now have a support system of incredible women behind me who are lifting me up, and I'm going to get to go on to do really incredible things, and I'm just happy I didn't say no to myself and close that door for myself. Editor's note: This interview has been edited and condensed. The full audio can be found online.
POLICE BEAT Miscellaneous • Former Shorty's employee became upset during a meeting with his supervisors about his employment status and started to throw objects. The report was filed on Feb. 25 at 12:34 p.m. • Offender was reported driving at a recklessly high speed in Lot L. The report was filed on Feb. 29 at 3:34 p.m. Larceny • Offender stole a laptop and a backpack from an unlocked dorm room in Luter Hall. The report was filed on Feb. 26 at 11:17 a.m. • Offender stole an orange jacket from Zicks. The report was filed on Feb. 26 at 11:32 p.m.
Underage Consumption/Alcohol Abuse • Offender became intoxicated and vomited in Last Resort. He was checked and then transported home by Forsyth EMS. The report was filed on Feb. 28 at 3:12 a.m. • Offender became intoxicated and was transported from Kitchin to WFUBMC. The report was filed on Feb. 28 at 9:25 p.m. • Offender became intoxicated and was transported from Angelou to Student Health. The report was filed on Feb. 29 at 6:59 p.m. • Offender had consumed alcohol underage and taken an unknown drug. Offender was transported from Luter to WFUBMC. The report was filed on Feb. 29 at 12:28 a.m. • Offender had consumed alcohol underage and was transported from South to Student Health. The report was filed on Feb. 29 at 2:05 a.m. • Offender had consumed alcohol underage and was transported from Collins to Student Health. The report was filed on Feb. 29 at 3:10 a.m.
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Delta Chi Originating at Cornell University as a law fraternity, DX was the first international fraternity to ban Hell Week, a traditional hazing period. In identifying their values, DX possesses four core statements: promote friendship, advance justice, develop character and assist in the acquisition of a sound education. Heather Lockwood, the senior director of field operations of the Delta Chi Fraternity, says the addition of verbs emphasizes actions over values. “It’s the things we do, not what we say, that make us who we are,” Lockwood said. At the event, Lockwood was accompanied by Aaron Wilson, associate executive director and chief operating officer of the Delta Chi Fraternity, and Jake Tomlin, director of fraternity services of the Delta Chi Fraternity and a founding member of Florida State University’s DX chapter. In a progressive gesture towards inclusion, the 2014 Gender Equity Act codified that anyone identifying as a male can join the brotherhood. DX claims Wake Forest is “operating on strategic growth,” which corresponds with the values and expansion plan of the organization. Though colonization is tailored to the institution, the standard completion time is six years and 2,097 contact hours, with over three years included of post-charter support provided by alumni and other stakeholders.
For a colony to receive its charter, it must reach standards in eight areas, including scholarship, service and philanthropy, community awareness, membership development, risk management, chapter management, leadership development and alumni engagement. DX searches for connection with “untapped student populations,” without recruiting from the same pool utilized by current IFC organizations in order to reflect the campus community better. Brothers participate in fundraising for the V Foundation for Cancer research, which supports doctors and researchers in finding a cure for cancer. They also hold a week of service leading up to the organization’s Founders’ Day on Oct. 13. Addressing the DX representatives, the crowd asked about their plans for increasing diversity, potential financial assistance for brothers, attitudes towards accountability, recent colonies at similar universities and their approach to mental health and risk management. At the University of Denver, a group of over 50 members recently received their charter. Tomlin noted that only seven organizations in the IFC have lower dues than DX and that $2,500 is allotted to founding fathers, as well as 33% coverage until chartering. Pi Kappa Phi The final presentation took place on March 2, with five representatives and four alumni from Pi Kap. Originally called Nu Phi for “non-fraternity,” a group of inde-
pendent thinkers united in order to enter the campus politics run solely by fraternities in the College of Charleston in 1904. Today, the organization identifies itself by the slogan, “Exceptional leaders. Uncommon opportunities,” which emphasizes leadership, friendship and deconstruction of fraternity stereotypes. Mark Timmes, the chief executive officer of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, says its network of 180 chapters, around 2,000 active members and over 115,000 alumni aims to build an “uncommon and lifelong brotherhood.” Charles Babcock, whose family donated land allowing for the university’s establishment and claims name to a freshman residence hall, was a Pi Kapp at Davidson College. After a brief recruitment video, Rachel Westra, the chief operating officer of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, detailed the journey program for new members and the extensive programming for three expectations for excellence: leadership development, intellectual advancement and seeking purpose. After the campus agrees to establish a chapter, council and chapter advisors will be immediately assigned to enact the four phases of action required to obtain a charter. Trained volunteers also facilitate programs about building healthy relationships, mental health and alcohol skills. Every year, over $100,000 is designated to merit-based scholarships and to rewards for community involvement. In terms of financial barriers to joining the organization, Timmes noted alumni are also enthusiastic
to assist potential brothers. In the last decade, Pi Kapp partnered with the Foundation for International Education, which has programs in London and Dublin, to support global citizenship. The fourth expectation of Pi Kapp is responsible citizenship and community development, which the organization carries out mainly through the Ability Experience and its subprograms. The initiative pairs fraternity members with communities of people who have disabilities in order to encourage its members to recognize different levels of ability and practice teamwork, integrity and empathy. Basil Lyberg, the chief executive officer of the Ability Experience, explained that his moments of engagement through the Ability Experience were some of the most impactful out of his entire college experience and were instrumental to his personal development. About 75% of chapters maintain ongoing local volunteer relationships. The crowd of student representatives, five from each IFC and Panhellenic organizations, questioned Lyberg about Pi Kapp’s accountability policies, approach to diversity and plan for diminishing financial obstacles for potential members. As the IFC expansion presentations came to a close with these two meetings, current Greek-affiliated students’ opinions will be decisive in influencing the committee’s perception of the potential reception of these groups on campus and whether their stated values and vision align with those of the university.
Speak Out raises awareness of sexual assault PREPARE held the event to support survivors of sexual assault during Tie aYellow Ribbon Week BY ROBIN RODRIGUEZ Contributing Writer rodrrs18@wfu.edu Senior Natalie Campisi, the programming chair for Tie a Yellow Ribbon Week, began the Speak Out with this sentence: “We hope to empower you to make a difference, to help a friend.” On Feb. 24, the Policy Group on Rape Education, Prevention and Response (PREPARE) held its 28th annual event in Wait Chapel. The evening was filled with leaders of PREPARE, powerful speakers, anonymous testimonials, supportive staff and faculty serving as candle holders and musical performances from Plead the Fifth and Demon Divas. Upon entering the chapel, attendees were greeted with yellow balloons lining the aisle, a bright addition to the neutral colored Wait Chapel. At the front of the chapel, just ahead of the podium, stood three microphones adorned with yellow bows. Behind the podium sat over a dozen staff and faculty members serving as candle holders, who were described as being some of the supportive figures of PREPARE and the mission they stand for. The speakers included Jasper Privat, a psychology intern for the University Coun-
seling Center, and Abbey Bako, a student activist from Rhodes College. Since Bako began the #askforbetter movement at Rhodes, she was invited to the university as one of the keynote speakers. Bako serves as a leading voice for activism and she continues to empower others. “Your journey is just that — yours,” Bako said. She reiterated that no one experience is the same as another, and that everyone serves valid, important and loved roles within this movement. She culminated her speech with a call to action on the issue of sexual assault. “Fight for more and ask for better,” Bako said. Then Privat spoke about violence against LGBTQIA+ students and about their personal experiences. Privat discussed the marginalization of trans individuals and how this must change, and the validity of everyone’s own experience. They also stand as a resource for the community, as an advocate and a friendly face for those in need of one. The Demon Divas performed first, standing behind the adorned microphones, with soloists standing in the middle. They performed two songs, “Ocean Eyes” by Billie Eilish and “Shake It Out” by Florence + The Machine, two somewhat solemn songs that rang through the chapel. After Bako’s speech came Plead the Fifth’s performance. They performed “Say Something” by A Great Big World and “I Won’t Give Up” by Jason Mraz, creating a beau-
tiful medley. During this performance, a PREPARE member walked through the aisles lighting the candles held by those in the audience. The two performances brought music to this event and added to the already moving set-up and occasion. The anonymous testimonials, read by members of PREPARE, echoed through Wait Chapel. The crowd sat silently while a recording boomed through the speakers. With each testimonial, a candle holder sitting behind the podium lit one candle
to symbolize the purpose of the event. A candle lit for every survivor. A candle held by an advocate. A candle presented as a call for action. The individuals who submitted testimonies spoke for those who believe they cannot, and serve as real examples of the impact of Tie a Yellow Ribbon Week. At the end of the event, all those in attendance were invited to walk outside to the pillars of Wait Chapel and then tie a yellow ribbon to them.
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Plead the Fifth and Demon Divas performed during the Speak Out, alongside student testimonials and speeches from Privat and Bako
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When students return, the university will accommodate them and are trying to keep things as consistent as they can be for the students. According to a message sent home to parents by David Taylor, assistant dean for global study away, the students will reside in on-campus housing, unless they choose to live off campus, and will be provided a meal plan — all at no additional cost. Page West, a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship who had been the professor in residence at Casa Artom this semester, will resume teaching his classes on campus and said there are plans in place for the students to continue their coursework with the local professors from Venice. “I will of course teach normally in the classroom here,” West said. “The classes
taught by local Italian faculty will be a combination of real time via Webex (over a seven-hour time difference!), online and mixed. All the Italian faculty are stepping up to do whatever they can to continue working with our students under these highly unusual circumstances.” President Nathan Hatch addressed the coronavirus and the suspension of the Casa Artom program in an email sent to the Wake Forest community on March 4, noting that the students will be screened by Student Health. “We are grateful the students are all healthy and regret that their experience abroad was cut short,” Hatch said in the email. “We welcome them back to campus for the remainder of the semester. Even though the students will have exceeded the 14-day incubation period prior to their return, Student Health Service will take the extra precaution of
screening these students before they move into the residence halls.” Hatch also noted that there are currently no plans to suspend other study abroad programs, but that they are monitoring the situation carefully in accordance with updates from the CDC and other government officials. Other university students studying abroad have been advised to avoid travel to Italy, as the U.S. government has also issued a travel warning for the country. Stating that this is the first time something like this has happened, West said that the university is working towards the overall wellbeing of their students as they transition back to campus. “We are plowing some new ground, learning and inventing a bit as we move forward,” West said. “So while occasionally it may seem to some as a bit disorganized, we are all keeping our eye on the most important goals for our students.”
For Cooper, she acknowledges that this has been a difficult and upsetting time, and that students have little control over the situation. She anticipates that this will be a difficult transition to make mid-semester, but that she and her Casa Artom peers are going to make the best of it. “They are trying to do what they can to help us maintain the sense of community we had at Casa Artom but we’ve been placed in vacant beds all across campus and don’t even know what our day to day schedule is going to look like yet,” Cooper said. “The only silver lining here is that we are a very special group of friends that I know will do whatever we can to stay close through all of this and try and come together despite the incredibly unfair circumstances we find ourselves in.”
Safer Sex Express initiative arrives on campus To promote sexual health on campus, condom dispensers will be placed in residence halls BY JESSICA MARK Contributing Writer markjf19@wfu.edu Students on campus will soon begin to see a new dispensing machine attached to the walls of their residence halls. The product being dispensed? Condoms. Joint efforts around campus to promote safe sex practices have resulted in the approval of these dispensers. Junior Laura Horton, secretary of Student Government, spoke about the concerns that led to the creation of this initiative. “A common thing many students have complained about is that there are only two places on campus where they can currently get condoms, Student Health and the Intercultural Center,” Horton said. Both of these locations are on South Campus, which can be inconvenient for students living elsewhere. Picking up condoms from these locations also has an embarrassment factor associated with it, which is something Horton has sought to minimize through the condom dispenser initiative. “Sexual health is something I’m very passionate about,” Horton said. “It’s often ignored, but I think it’s so important, especially on college campuses.” Dr. Cecil Price, director of Student Health, along with Briana Cresswell, assistant director of Residence Life, Learning, Leadership and Programming, have worked with Horton on this initiative. Student Health has agreed to pay for the condoms, and the Office of Residence Life and Housing has agreed to pay for the dispensers. Different types of condoms will be included in the dispensers, including the
popular brands Trojan and Magnum. Further, the dispensers will include different condom sizes, ranging from ultra thin to ribbed. Although the initiative has been approved, it has experienced some resistance. After a group of freshmen took condoms from Student Health last semester and made them into water balloons, some faculty expressed concerns that this initiative will become abused by students. To address this concern, Residence Life and Housing is considering dispensers that would have timers in order to prevent people from overusing the resource. There have been additional concerns about the possibility of administrative pushback and parent complaints. To avoid calling attention to the dispensers, they will likely be placed in the bathrooms of residence halls. Furthermore, the dispensers will include instructions that teach students how to properly put on the condoms. “Not everybody had sex education in high school, and not everybody knows how to put on a condom before coming to college,” Horton said. “We don’t just want to have condoms available, but we want to have educational resources available in the dispensers as well.” Yet, the approval of the condom dispensers is just one part of a larger policy aimed at addressing sexual health on campus. In fact, the Safer Sex Express initiative will roll out in the fall semester of 2020. Through an online, anonymous google form, the Safer Sex Express initiative will allow students to order different types of condoms to their personal mailboxes. Olivia Thonson, the sexual health and wellness intern at the Women’s Center, has been the primary advocate for this initiative. “I hope the Safer Sex Express initiative will give students at Wake [Forest] ac-
cess to different types of barrier methods, with an educational component as well,” Thonson said. “Within the packages, students will receive a variety of information, including instructions on how to properly put on the condoms and resources both on and off campus.” There will be a schoolwide survey sent out via email on April 1, which will ask students about their condom usage and what types of lubricants they would like to receive in their packages. To ensure the Safer Sex Express initiative will be as effective possible, all students are encouraged to complete this survey. To top off these two initiatives, Sex Week will take place from March 30 to April 3 this year. There will be a variety of events offered throughout the week, all of which will promote sex education and preparation. On Tribble Courtyard, there will be a “Tiegasm” event where students can tie dye a t-shirt for free while learning about
different types of orgasms. There will also be a speaker series called “Sex Ed Done Right,” which will address many of the myths related to virginity. This series will cover everything from virginity’s relationship with religion to the anatomy of virginity. Thonson is additionally hoping to coordinate a sex trivia event with PREPARE, a sexual assault and awareness organization on campus. To promote the Safer Sex Express initiative, there will be a Safer Sex Express mobile riding around campus during Sex Week. This golf cart will pick students up from their designated locations and drop them off at their classrooms throughout the day. On the last day of Sex Week, there will be free HIV and STI testing on the Quad. With many events geared toward sparking more conversation about sexual health, Thonson expressed her goals for Sex Week.
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Condoms featuring a Demon Deacon wearing a shirt that reads “Yes” spark conversations about consent and sexual health.
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Sanders’ appearance at WSSU was strategically convenient considering his efforts to appeal to minority voters, particularly in the South. Stickers disseminated at the rally read “Bernie for HBCUs.” This was a recurring talking point throughout the rally, with the candidate fleshing out his plans to strengthen historically black colleges and universities by increasing funding. This effort falls under Sanders’ larger “College for All” initiative. Many supporters began lining up outside the doors well before Sanders’ slated appearance. Enthusiasm remained high while entering the gym, as pop music echoed into the rafters of the room and attendees eagerly chatted and danced. The scoreboards were set to “2020” for the election year and, behind the temporary stage at one end of the court, a Sanders campaign flag was nestled between the state and national flags. Much of the crowd consisted of students, predominantly from WSSU, but also from a number of other local schools, with a few families and community members rounding out the crowd. At the rally, Sanders and his supporters seemed particularly interested in dispelling many of the myths that have attached themselves to the campaign. On one hand, there is the notion of the “Bernie bro,” or the aggressive young male who is hyper-vigilant in defending the candidate, behind screens and in real life. Speaking to the notion while in line before the rally, one volunteer ur-
gently assured an attendee of the event that “I’ve heard the idea of the Bernie bro, but I’m not going to perpetuate it. It is a myth.” While neither Sanders nor the stable of speakers preceding him explicitly mentioned this archetype, they did look to reappropriate much of the critical language associated with the “Bernie bro” and the campaign more widely. Speakers discussed the lofty aspirations of Sanders with regards to pay for teachers and funding for college, while Larry Little, a founding member of the Winston-Salem Black Panther party and tenured professor at WSSU, spoke to the candidate’s legacy of civil rights activism. During her time at the podium, Nina Turner, a campaign co-chair for Sanders and former Ohio senator, punctuated her points about the social agenda of Bernie Sanders with bold proclamations. “It’s not radical, it’s right on time,” Turner said. Turner’s cries were met with full enthusiasm from the crowd, with Bernie posters raised and cheers shouted in unison to every peak of Turner’s speech. When Sanders himself was on the podium, he spent time challenging many of the prevailing notions about what is considered to be pragmatic in politics. He argued that the American public should look at things such as universally affordable healthcare, free public college and criminal justice reform not as irrational and idyllic, but as both reasonable and achievable. In one metaphor, Sanders likened the aid he could bring to struggling Americans to a drowning man floundering by a ship; the
man does not care for the logistics of the rescue, he merely wants someone to jump in and help him. Inevitably, much of Sanders’ rhetoric at the event turned to address the issue of President Donald Trump and Sanders’ chances of defeating the incumbent president in a general election. Eager to appease those anxious of a second Trump term and in order to rally enthusiasm, Sanders spent significant time attacking the current president and his supporters. Sanders leveled that Trump is
a “pathological liar,” deals with a “corrupt administration,” is “undermining American democracy” and that, ultimately, the president is nothing more than a “hoax.” After the onslaught, Sanders mentioned all of the states in which “Bernie beats Trump” in current polls. Sanders and his supporters did not allow the spectre of Trump to defeat their collective optimism. Following the rally, Sanders led supporters in a brisk march to an early voting site on campus.
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Students, adults and children gathered in support of Bernie Sanders and cheered as he spoke on his Democratic platform.
Good Uncle to arrive on campus in mid-March Students will soon have a new dining option, with gourmet meals for reasonable prices BY ELIZABETH MALINE Online Managing Editor malied17@wfu.edu It’s no secret that students are constantly tired of on-campus dining options. Luckily, there’s a new food delivery service coming to campus that may prove to be a game-changer. Soon, students won’t have to wait until they go home to have gourmet dining options at their disposal. The popular college food delivery service Good Uncle will launch at the university on March 15, the day most students will return from spring break. Good Uncle is not the average food delivery service. The culinary team that creates the menu for the service is led by Erik Battes, a Michelin-Star restaurateur, James Beard award winner and Iron Chef. Yet, the meals are priced at a reasonable value, ranging from only $11 to $14. Upon its founding, Good Uncle recognized an issue in the current food delivery market. Other food delivery services, such as DoorDash and Uber Eats, charge clients hefty delivery fees that can raise the price of their meals by $4 to $6. However, Good Uncle has no delivery fees, making the service more affordable for college students paying out of pocket for a meal. “All students get to a point where we are all bored and tired of the food we get on campus and it’s annoying to pay $5 extra plus taxes when we order food,” said
sophomore Dionne Highley, the campus revenue lead for Good Uncle. She started working as the campus revenue lead in February and has helped the company identify key business strategies based on university demographics and the layout of the campus. “Good Uncle’s mission is to help bring students healthier, good food that you probably miss eating at home at a cheaper price for you,” Highly said. The menu changes every two weeks, as needed, and features offerings of every type of cuisine, from Mexican to Italian. The current menu, which is the same at each university, includes entrees like healthy quinoa salads, truffle mac and cheese, roasted salmon plates, desserts like edible cookie dough and brunch items like Beyond sausage, egg and cheese sandwiches. Good Uncle also offers vegetarian and vegan options. The team will begin to prepare all meals at a facility that is 30 minutes away from campus and then, finish the culinary preparations in the van on the way to the destination. According to Dylan Gans, the director of Growth and Marketing at Good Uncle, meals will arrive between 25 and 30 minutes after an order is placed. Gans, who was the seventh employee of the company and joined during his undergraduate career at Syracuse University, spoke to the company’s desirability among college students. “At Syracuse, there was an extremely scarce amount of options that are easy to access and cheap that fit into the college lifestyle,” Gans said. “I felt the need in my community for good, convenient and affordable food options.”
According to Business Insider, Good Uncle was founded in 2016 by Wiley Cerilli, who was also a founding member of Seamless, which is a more widespread food delivery service. Now, the company has about 25 corporate employees and over 100 hourly and local employees, such as line cooks and delivery drivers. As for the decision to come to the university, Gans recognized the need among students for this type of service. “[Good Uncle] captures what typical dining options don’t capture,” Gans said. “Location shouldn’t be a factor on getting really good food.” The delivery service is available when other campus dining services may not be, and it has also eliminated the need for parking or a sit-down meal if a student wanted to dine off-campus. Good Uncle already operates at other universities on the East Coast, such as Syracuse University, Johns Hopkins University and Villanova University. This spring, the company will open up shop at other universities in North Carolina, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University and Elon University. Good Uncle operates on the “drop pin” model to increase efficiency. According to Highley, there will be several “drop pins” scattered around campus to which Good Uncle will deliver. These locations will include Polo Residence Hall, ZSR Library, Collins Residence Hall and the Poteat/ Kitchin parking lot. There will also be pins on Ewing Street, Deacon Place and Crown Oaks, which will cater to students living outside the university’s gates. In order to market di-
rectly to these students, Good Uncle will be offering a “first meal free” discount to students living off campus, who may have a lower meal plan or no plan at all. However, from experience, the company has noted that many freshmen also choose to utilize the service when stuck in the library and in need of a good meal late at night, when on-campus dining would be unavailable. “Good Uncle has become a consistent dining option for students,” Gans said. “People definitely rely on us from campus to campus.” A core pillar of the Good Uncle brand, as Gans described, is “Good Uncle do good.” All of the packaging used is compostable and environmentally sustainable, and the company tries to donate all uneaten meals to local food shelters. Additionally, the company is currently partnering with Wake ’N Shake. Good Uncle has promised to donate $500 to the Wake ’N Shake team that gets the highest number of members to download the Good Uncle app. “Good Uncle is consistently working with local organizations to try and find mutually beneficial opportunities,” Gans said. Through Good Uncle’s program called Flex Cash, students can prepay for Good Uncle credits that never expire and roll over each semester. In prepaying for credits, students receive discounts for purchasing in bulk. The name Good Uncle reminded its founder, Wiley Cerilli, of family and of someone who introduces people to new, cool things. Good Uncle is the one who’s always in the know.
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Stormwater drainage has an impact on campus Measures are being taken to combat the drainage issue on campus BY CHRISTIAN GREEN Staff Writer greecm15@wfu.edu With springtime on the horizon, Winston-Salem looks forward to the warmer weather and longer days, but with that warmer weather comes a consequence –– the upcoming months bring some of the highest levels of precipitation in the year. It doesn’t take much rain before the walk from Johnson Residence Hall to the Pit becomes more of an oceanic voyage, but why is the university so puddle prone? And where does all that water end up? In 2017, Hurricane Harvey overwhelmed the city of Houston, Texas resulting in massive flooding throughout the city. As the waters cleared, environmental scientists and civil engineers took the opportunity to highlight the consequences of a city that paves over most of its wetlands, green space and other natural drainage sites. Similarly, concrete is a factor at the university, but the campus’s drainage problems extend below the pavement. According to soil surveys published jointly by the U.S. and North Carolina Departments of Agriculture, the land under Winston-Salem is mostly composed of Cecil soil. This family of soils generally consists of 6 to 8 inches of dark, sandy soil which sits on top of a thick layer of red clay. In a report dating back to 1919, the soil’s drainage is described as “excellent, even excessive.” Years later, the 1976 soil report states that many areas were losing their soil due to erosion. It advises that “practices are needed that control runoff and erosion.” You may notice though, if you look down after a heavy rain, that there doesn’t appear to be much soil running. Instead, sidewalks are painted with a red clay mud. Much of the already thin topsoil has been eroded, exposing the red clay beneath which is even worse at retaining water. Combine this with the topography of the area, and the puddles make perfect sense. Campus exists on a strip of flat land sandwiched between a ridge to our North and Silas Creek to the South. This means that water drains down from Polo Road onto campus where it gathers atop a mixture of clay and concrete until it makes its way down the watershed into Silas Creek. Since construction began on the Reynolda Campus in the 1950s, campus architects have tried to minimize the impact that this water has on students and university operations. It was not until the late 2000s that updates to state and county building codes highlighted the fact that many drainage systems had not alleviated water problems, but instead they had shifted the negative impacts to our local water systems. For the June 2009 update to the Campus Master Plan, the environmental consulting
firm Biohabitats conducted an extensive review of the university's ecological impact on its surrounding areas. At the time, according to the plan’s appendix, “no stormwater management facilities are present on campus, which is generally consistent with the accepted practices at the time of construction of most of the campus.” Michael Draughn, director of Maintenance and Facilities, echoed this while discussing conversation regarding the university’s environmental impact. “What they built in the 50s, by today’s standards, would certainly not be adequate. At the time, it’s the way things were built,” he said. As a result, the report says that areas downstream of campus been heavily impacted by stormwater runoff. Notably, Lake Katherine was once a prominent feature of the R.J. Reynolds estate. As local development began to increase in the 1950s, sediment deposits began to flow in and fill the lake, causing it to shrivel over the decades. Today, all that remains of the lake are the marshy wetlands between Reynolda Village and the running trails. The 2009 report also states that, at the time, Silas Creek displayed a “very unstable geometry and degraded aquatic habitat.” This also had an impact on the water quality. Further downstream, Muddy Creek, which Silas Creek flows into, had been designated as an impaired body of water under the Clean Water Act “due to levels of turbidity [opaqueness] and fecal coliform.” The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s website also states that, as of 2012, both Silas Creek and Muddy Creek were flagged as polluted due to the detection of mercury in fish tissue. Of course, the university is not solely responsible for the impact of an entire watershed. These issues result from a general lack of stormwater infrastructure throughout the region. This prompted a revision of state and Forsyth County building codes during the 2000’s which, in turn, encouraged the university to take a closer look at its impacts. “Did we cause all that? No. Were we a contributor to that? Absolutely,” Draughn said. “We’ve done a lot since then to correct that.” The 2009 report reflected this by providing a list of potential actions to lessen the campus’s ecological impact, many of which the university has begun to implement over the past decade. Improvements recommended by the report include a variety of green engineering practices such as introducing porous pavements to limit drainage needs, rain gardens to slow down and retain water and cisterns to prevent the existing drainage system from flowing directly into water systems. Prior to the report, the drainage system routed stormwater directly to its endpoints near Lake Katherine. This meant that water was allowed to flow at high velocities and contribute to erosion within Silas Creek. During the construction of Porter B. Byrum Welcome Center, two cisterns were
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Bricks between Dogwood and Magnolia Residence Halls allow water to sink through them in order to avoid major flooding. installed beneath the parking lot which allow for the collection and then slow release of stormwater. Similarly, a tiered pond was built behind Angelou Residence Hall to act as a regional sink for the western side of campus where water can naturally collect, deposit sediment and slowly filter its way downstream. Also, beginning in 2012, the university began to use specialized StormPave bricks in areas of new construction. These bricks, which make up the Farrell Hall patio and walkways between Dogwood and Magnolia Residence Halls, are designed to allow water to sink through them and into the ground, simultaneously lessening puddles as well as the negative effects of runoff. Retrofitting older portions of campus, however, has proved more difficult than incorporating these practices into new construction. Draughn hypothesized that the same bricks could replace the existing ones surrounding Hearn Plaza, but construction of that magnitude would take time and money. Instead, last summer, Hearn Plaza was renovated in an attempt to eliminate rainwater buildup, but the results have not shown any drastic differences. “Mud used to pond significantly in the middle of the grass,” explained Infrastructure Engineer Tony Schallert, “So, they installed a crown to combat that, but now water runs to the edge.” “You could probably call it a mixed level of success,” added Draughn, “Its improved, but it isn’t fixed.” The project’s goal was to add more soil which would increase drainage and allow for more water to be absorbed, but instead it highlights the difficulty of retrofitting such long-standing construction with newer green engineering solutions. More realistically, a mixture of traditional drain-
age practice will need to be combined with green solutions to achieve the desired effect. “Ideally you’d rather the soil absorb the water, because once it enters a drain, it is true stormwater.” Draughn said. “But for those areas where you truly don’t have absorbance abilities, we added three or four new drains last year and I’m sure we’ll add three or four more new ones this year.” As for new construction in the university's future, building codes now require for each square foot of new impervious surface to be offset by a proportional amount of stormwater infrastructure to balance out the effect. Both Draughn and Schallert say that, since the updates to county building codes and the Campus Master Plan, each construction project beginning with South has gone beyond the new stormwater requirements in an attempt to minimize ecological impacts. This includes the fact that a large collection area was built beneath Water Tower Field, which functionally acts as an extra cistern. There is also a current project to begin using some captured rainwater from the sports performance region of campus to power the nearby cooling facility, which would lessen the amount of water imported to campus. Campus will still experience drainage issues, particularly in older portions of campus where retrofit projects don’t always succeed, and progress will still be limited by a practical mixture of money, code requirements and ingenuity. “Almost all our infrastructure is better today than 10 years ago. Our stormwater is cleaner and more managed because, whether it’s about new parking or existing buildings, it’s a part of every discussion we have here,” Draughn said.
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“ History education needs Black narratives Black History Month
The erasure of Black historical figures and narratives obscures legitimacy of curricula
Kasy Heath
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Although I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Black History Month’s presence on social media (particularly Black Twitter) in the forms of funny memes and informative posts that shared little-known Black History facts (that I would of course fact check), I’m still seething with anger for how Black history is treated in the first 12 years of education, and out of the longer 11 other months by wider society. Most, if not all educational curriculums hardly include any Black history other than the period of slavery and Jim Crow, and even those aspects of history are only taught on a surface level. If you were to ask grade school children about Black history, they’ll name some of the same names with the same basic facts. They’ll name Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and maybe they’ll mention Frederick Douglass or Harriet Tubman. Other than
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Gendered Freshman as a signifier supposes maleness and excludes other identities Ryan King
Staff Columnist kingrm17@wfu.edu Answer this question for yourself: when you hear the word ‘freshman,’ do you think of a male student? Or do you think of a general first-year, without applying any gender identity? This question was posed last week in my class on modern English grammar, and the more we discussed it, the more fascinated I became with it. My initial answer was that I did not imagine a male student. I didn’t think the word freshman implied a specific gender. I would think my gender probably has something to do with this being my immediate thought, but generally, ‘freshman’ is often used around the university to refer to any first-year student without much thought.
The lack of knowledge encourages the current lack of empathy for the ways in which Black people are treated ...” that, they more than likely wouldn’t be able to tell you sh*t. The kids more than likely would have general awareness of who Shakespeare was, but wouldn’t know Alexandre Dumas, the Black writer of The Three Musketeers (or any acclaimed Black creative really). They might know Muhammad Ali was a boxer, but wouldn’t be able to tell you the political contributions that he made. They wouldn’t know sh*t about the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Movement, both of which fueled government conspiratorial killings of several Black leaders. They wouldn’t know about Malcolm X or any Black Nationalists that demonstrated fierce Black pride and advocated for protection from corrupt and violent law enforcement officials. They wouldn’t know about Black Wall Street, an affluent and prosperous Black community that was burned down entirely by a White mob who were envious of their wealth. They wouldn’t know that other developed Black communities were also burned down by angry White people, aggressively gentrified, or unjustly confiscated by the state government. They
wouldn’t know that there is a section in the 13th amendment that upholds slavery in the context of imprisonment, which catalyzed mass incarceration of Black people immediately following the abolishment of slavery that’s permeated through the 20th and 21st century. They wouldn’t know about redlining, a practice that deliberately hindered Black people from buying housing and accumulating generational wealth. They wouldn’t know that several past presidents owned and had children with slaves (through rape to be clear), and several White politicians have family ties to slavery that contributed to their present-day wealth. They wouldn’t know that several scientific discoveries made in America were found after conducting cruel experiments on slaves, or on unwitting free Black people. They wouldn’t know about mistrelsy arts that openly mocked Black people and perpetuated stereotypes of intellectual inferiority. They definitely wouldn’t know about pre-slavery Black history, like a Black man named Mansa Mussa being the richest man in recorded history, or the intricate, advanced societies all over Africa before colonialism. I could go on, but the editor would be pretty upset by how far I’d surpass my 750 word limit. The lack of knowledge encourages the current lack of empathy for the ways in
“nomenclature Why is it that referring to a student of any gender as a freshman is deemed acceptable... ?”
But why is it often accepted as a gender-neutral term? Why is it that referring to a student of any gender as a freshman is deemed acceptable, while calling, for example, a female police officer a policeman, a female firefighter a fireman or the chair of a department who is female a chairman obviously inappropriate? By the same logic we use to say that these are masculine terms — half of the compound word is ‘man’ — ‘freshman’ should be the exact same way. What I think to be the logically reasonable explanation involves looking at the distant and recent historical development of these terms — policeman, fireman, chairman, freshman — and the positions they refer to. Though it was only relatively recent that males and females began to attend school in nearly equal numbers, it was even more recent that we began to challenge masculine terms and
which Black people are treated unjustly in the present-day. Many racist stereotypes in regard to Black people in terms of poverty, education or incarceration rates are grossly misinformed about how these things came to be. Furthermore, the lack of Black history being taught influences the lack of acknowledgement of Black history outside of schools. White Tusla residents were outraged by an initiative to teach about the Tulsa massacre of Blacks, saying that it was just the past and to leave it alone. White southerners share similar sentiments when Confederate statues are taken down, arguing that it’s for “southern pride,” even though the confederacy was primarily and specifically built to uphold the institution of slavery. People would look at someone who didn’t know about the Holocaust or 9/11 like they were crazy, so why is it not bothersome to people about the huge holes in Black history? Why is White history expected to be common knowledge, but Black history is just for fun trivia to share during the month of February? Black people have such as rich history in the arts, sports, politics, economics and social movements. Black history is as integral to American history as the signing of the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War and all other huge events I’m expected to be familiar with. Therefore, it should be treated as such.
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others like them being used as the default. Meaning that ‘freshman’ has been a gender-neutral title for a while. Meanwhile, police officers, firefighters and (perhaps less so) department chairs are positions still held by majority males, and have been for most of history. Therefore, ‘policeman,’ ‘fireman,’ and ‘chairman’ still assume a gender, and it’s unacceptable to use them to refer to a person of any other gender than male. I will say, this consideration of whether ‘freshman’ similarly holds a gender bias is not meant to be a basis upon which to decide whether or not it should still be used to refer to male students and students of other genders alike. While I can logically see the reason why it’s often perceived appropriate as a gender-neutral term, it becomes wholly irrelevant if you think about the term for more than a couple seconds. Logically, it’s simply odd to use freshman and freshmen to refer to students of all genders. An argument can be made for ‘man’ and ‘men’ as suffixes meaning ‘human.’ But, just as when using the word ‘man’ alone to refer to a human, or ‘mankind’ to refer to us as a species, once you’ve
thought about it once, it’s impossible to ignore the subconscious recognition of those terms as male-centric and to not immediately picture a man. The conscious effort should instead be put toward the much simpler action of altering the terms to make them gender inclusive, and using them. An argument is sometimes made that this is awkward and imposing. I simply disagree. Just as we use ‘police officer,’ ‘firefighter’ and ‘chairperson’ or simply ‘chair’ (i.e. they’re the department chair), the simple solution for ‘freshman’ is to use ‘first-year’ instead. If you don’t think first-year, sophomore, junior and senior sounds natural, first, second, third and fourth year is simple enough. These changes aren’t made as much through institutional guidelines as they are through the conscious effort to adopt them and eventually unconsciously use them. There’s no need for cost-benefit analysis when the solution is so simple. Language is constantly changing because of natural social influence, so why don’t we just get on with it?
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The severity of the team's violation deserves harsher punitive action Markus Minanov Guest Columnist minakm17@wfu.edu
Recently, the news broke that the Houston Astros were involved in a sign stealing scandal that might have cost the Dodgers the World Series. Rob Manfred, the commissioner of the MLB, decided that the sanctions against the Astros would be a one-year suspension of the manager A.J. Hinch and General Manager Jeff Luhnow. Some other sanctions included a $5 million dollar fine (pennies in the world of the MLB) and a loss of draft picks. These sanctions, in my opinion, are a disgrace to profession al sports. It is not
Players in the MLB have even publicly asked Altuve to give up the AL MVP award. ” a stretch to say that sign stealing significantly impacted how well the Astros played throughout their playoff run. Thus, for the sanctity of the MLB and professional sports as a whole, the 2017 World Series title should be stripped from the Astros and Jose Altuvez (AL MVP 2017) should be suspended from the league for at least the season. The MLB needs to set some kind of standard for how to deal with cheating, and this has been made especially clear after the sanctions were released. How many players would cheat to win the World Series if they know it will only have minimal repercussions? If you look at the scandals that involved Pete Rose, Alex Rodriguez and Pete Mcguire the MLB castigated these individuals. Pete Rose now has a lifetime ban, Rodriguez was banned for
211 games and Mcquire even had to go in front of a Congressional hearing, and the MLB wants to ban some managers and fine the Astros? As a fan of the sport I find this almost insulting. Even more insulting is the fact that Altuve faced no repercussions for the scandal whatsoever. Altuve is now viewed as a pariah across the league, and rightly so. This is the same man that hit a walk off homerun against the Yankees in the ALCS and told players not to touch his jersey, and then after crossing Homeplate he goes inside to change instead of celebrating with his team? This is all but an admission of guilt. Players in the MLB have even publicly asked Altuve to give up the AL MVP award. I find it disturbing that Rodriguez gets suspended a season for using PEDs, which is commonplace at this point in the MLB and Altuve wears a buzzer giving him every single pitch and nothing? At that point, hand him the walk off home run. I am not the only one who feels this passionately about the Astros, there is uproar throughout the MLB and across
all professional sports. Lebron James, A-Rod, Aaron Judge and the entirety of the MLB made their disgust for the scandal very clear. MLB pitchers have publicly said they will aim for Astros players on the mound and they were not lying when they said this either. Altuve got hit on his first spring training game and it will likely show no signs of stopping during the season. You can even bet on the Over/Under on how many pitches the Astros will get hit by this season (the current number is 85 pitches), and if I was a betting man (I very much am) I could very well see that number being higher. The MLB is claiming that the reason they did not punish individual players because they granted them immunity if they participated in the investigations, but this is preposterous and I do not understand the move by the league. Have players not always participated in investigations with the league, and were they not still punished harshly? The MLB should listen to the outcry and take it into their own hands to punish the 2017 Astros.
need to improve governmental relations with Native American tribes and a strong grounding in the western states where a disproportionate part of Interior’s landholdings are found. Secretary of Agriculture: Amy Klobuchar As a Minnesotan, Klobuchar has deep experience with Midwestern agricultural issues, she’s served on the Senate Agriculture Committee and she has the intelligence and drive to bring a steady voice of reason to farming policy in the heartland. Secretary of Commerce: Mitt Romney Romney courageously broke with his party and voted to acquit Trump, and if any Republican would be a sensible addition to a “team of rivals,” it would be Romney. His international respect would make him well-suited to a position at Commerce. Secretary of Labor: Andrew Yang Yang emerged out of complete obscurity this primary election cycle, only to outlast well-known senators and governors and upend all expectations with the strength and longevity of his campaign. He’s thinking harder than anyone else about the enormous challenges soon to be facing American workers as automation and AI fundamentally change the role of labor in our economy. Secretary of Health & Human Services: Kirsten Gillibrand Gillibrand would be a strong advocate for whatever version of health care reform emerges (whether it’s Medicare for all or a public option on the Obamacare exchanges), and with her strong background on women’s and family issues, she’d bring a commitment to health care equity for women and minorities. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development: Cory Booker
Booker is passionate about revitalizing inner cities, and as the former mayor
“ cabinet must be a "team of rivals" A Democratic Election Season
A cabinet spanning a diverse coalition could rally broad support
Here is my ideal “team of rivals,” regardless of whether Biden or Sanders is at the top of the ticket.”
Amanda Wilcox
septuagenarian man at the top of the ticket well, and she’d also bring some moderation and pragmatism to a Sanders candidacy. Secretary of State: Barack Obama After the past three years, our relationships with allies are deeply compromised; given his relationships with global leaders, the former president would be perfectly suited to rebuilding our international credibility and trust. Secretary of the Treasury: Elizabeth Warren No one would be better to advise on economic policy and our nation’s finances than the woman responsible for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She’d prioritize tackling inequality and taking on Wall Street. Secretary of Defense: Pete Buttigeig Buttigieg earns some credibility as a young recent veteran, so he understands intimately the challenges facing those in our military. He would also have the gumption to stand up to the militaryindustrial complex and the deep moral reason to fight against the Trump administration’s politicization and corruption of the agency. Attorney General: Kamala Harris Harris has experience running the nation’s second largest Department of Justice in California; she’d be well-prepared to clean up the corrupt mess that the Trump administration has created in the nation’s largest. Secretary of the Interior: Tom Udall The senior senator from New Mexico has a track record of commitment to public lands, an appreciation for the
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Last week, New York Times opinion columnist Thomas Friedman wrote a superb op-ed arguing that in order to win back the White House in November, Democrats must forge a national unity ticket “the likes of which have never been seen before.” After yesterday’s Super Tuesday results, it seems almost inconceivable that someone other than Sen. Bernie Sanders or former Vice-President Joe Biden will become the Democrats’ standard-bearer in the general election. One way or the other, one half of the party will be bitterly disappointed with the eventual nominee, which makes it all the more important that the primary winner builds a deeply unifying “team of rivals,” as Friedman puts it, borrowing the phrase from Doris Kearns Goodwin’s seminal book on President Abraham Lincoln’s genius cabinet. Although neither Biden nor Sanders is my ideal candidate, I found his list reassuring — nay, even exciting — and it inspired me to brainstorm my own. Here is my ideal “team of rivals,” regardless of whether Biden or Sanders is at the top of the ticket: Vice-President: Stacey Abrams Abrams earned national admiration for her heroic gubernatorial fight against Brian Kemp in Georgia in 2018. As a younger African-American woman, she’d balance out the inevitable white
of Newark, he has experience with the housing and urban challenges facing our cities today. Secretary of Transportation: Al Gore Our public transportation infrastructure must develop on an unprecedented scale if we are to decrease reliance on fossil fuels and fight climate change’s worst effects. There’d be no better person to lead that effort than one of the earliest whistleblowers on our warming planet. Secretary of Energy: Jay Inslee Inslee, who ran as the “climate candidate” earlier in the primaries, has put a real focus on the climate crisis and would be a solid choice to head an agency that will be at the forefront of scientific advancements to help transition our energy reliance away from fossil fuels. Secretary of Education: Michael Bennet Bennet has the requisite passion and commitment to public education, having run Denver’s public schools through challenging times. He could be up to the task of damage control following the disastrous tenure of current Secretary Betsy DeVos. Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Claire McCaskill The former senator from Missouri was a longtime member of the Committee on Armed Services and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee and would be sure to honor the nation’s commitment to those who have served. Secretary of Homeland Security: Julian Castro Whether you agree or disagree with the politics of decriminalizing border crossings, Castro is one of the best thinkers in regards to education reform, and I would trust him more than anyone else to oversee the serious changes that need to be made at Customs & Border Protection.
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Seniors pressured to make post-grad plans Some seniors feel burdened by constant pressure to have life beyond college figured out Samantha Smart Guest Columnist smarse16@wfu.edu
The question of: what are you doing after graduation? is the single-most dreaded question that a senior in college faces. While some of us have had our plans figured out since last summer, there are still many of us who have no clue what’s next once May 18 rolls around. Upon hearing that question, many anxieties resurface that are centered around the great pressure that some of us face: oh shoot, what am I going to do once I graduate? We have spent four years in our respective majors and minors, and while some of those directly led to a job with a specific company, not all courses of study have a set job track. For the rest of us, this leaves the door open for so many opportunities: AmeriCorps, taking a year off to travel, Teach for America, working for a fashion compa-
I felt like I was behind; as if I somehow needed to have my post-grad plans already set in stone.” ny or non-profit, and the list goes on. However, when seniors are faced with this question it is not so much the anxiety of what we are going to do post-grad, but more so the pressure from campus culture that expects us to have everything all worked out as quickly as possible. There is a set intensity on campus for seniors to nail down a job before graduating. However, the process of looking for a job as I have personally experienced, is very challenging. With that being enough of a struggle, it doesn’t help that some university students are so quick to brag about the internship they got through their connections, or the amazing job offer they received, sometimes out loud for everyone to hear, but also, on LinkedIn. There was a significant period of time last fall when I actively could not check LinkedIn, for fear of seeing another one of those generic posts: “I am so excited to announce that I have accepted a job offer with [insert company name here], in [insert company lo-
cation here]” While I was happy for my peers, I felt like I was behind; as if I somehow needed to have my post-grad plans already set in stone. I began to feel more pressure to get a job offer just so I could say I received an offer. Furthermore, the marketing initiative by the School of Business’s Master’s in Management program in which they plastered the “it’s time for: what are you doing after graduation” signs everywhere, also added extra anxiety to general post-grad stress. From the napkins in Benson University Center and the Pit, to the permanent signs on the sidewalks all over the lower and upper quad, seeing these signs was inevitable. I would like to express a heartfelt sentiment to the team in charge of creating and promoting this slogan: please consider revising it. I understand that it is meant to encourage undergraduates to apply to your program, but as a senior who did not have her post-grad plans yet, this stressed me out even more. It did not make me want to apply to your program, in fact, it served as a deterrent. I believe those signs did more harm than good, and I found them to be problematic. I think there are better ways to promote a graduate program than by asking an anxiety-provoking question.
Nevertheless, despite all the pressure on campus surrounding post-grad decisions, whether from LinkedIn posts, or from the School of Business’ Master’s in Management team, I don’t think that it’s fair to ask seniors to stop sharing their future plans in any way they choose. I have recently experienced the joys of receiving and accepting a job offer, and it is a mixture of happiness and great relief. I completely understand that students want to share this with others in their network. I’m wondering however, if there is a way that we as a campus community could be a little less competitive and more understanding in this area of post-grad plans. I’m wondering if we could be more considerate of those around us who don’t yet know their plans and are very worried about their future after graduation. I’m wondering if the university can delay the survey that I recently got in my inbox, asking me to fill out what my postgrad plans were, in February. I’m wondering what would happen if we left space for seniors who don’t have it figured it out, to figure it out on their own timetable, making it acceptable and normal for them to continue to figure out their life before and after May 18.
Warren promotes. While I have not been silent in my support for Warren, I also recognize that she has lost her footing and slipped drastically in national polls. With this, I have packed my bags and moved my support to the candidate who I believe has the gall to beat Trump — Mr. Bernard Sanders. I am not alone in my shimmy over to the Sanders side. All across the country, people are pleading for Warren to drop out of the race and endorse Sanders. This would align all progressive voters behind one candidate instead of having the base split the votes between the Massachusetts and Vermont senators. For more progressive voters, this is a plan people need to get behind sooner rather than later. The chance of Sanders beating Biden out for the Democratic nomination is much higher if Warren supporters rally behind the progressive front-runner. Afterall, is this not exactly what Buttigieg and Klobuchar did? Sure, there was some financial strategy woven in there, but they dropped their relatively successful campaigns to offer support to Biden in hope for a moderate Democrat to gain hold of the nomination.
The moral of the story is, there is a lot of conflict within the Democratic Party right now. And something tells me it is going to be sticking around for a while. Party divisions are a natural part of politics. Despite what the latest Twitter poll might have said, they are also not inherently bad. Afterall, these divisions allow voting party members to re-examine and redefine what issues are important to them. No, the process isn’t perfect and no, I don’t think the Democratic Party is without need of change. But before any change to the institution can be made, we need a President in office who is willing to prioritize change that promotes growth, not division. In order for Trump to be defeated, the Democratic Party needs to rally behind whoever the nominee is, regardless of whether or not he or she is the voter’s first choice. This means no writing in candidates who didn’t secure the nomination and absolutely no refusing to turn out to vote because the choice that has to be made is not ideal. Afterall, trust and cooperation are the not-sosecret ingredients to a collaborative and successful campaign. And this country needs all the collaboration and success it can get.
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Getting a democrat in office will require compromise among members of the party Alexandra Karlinchak Staff Columnist karlae18@wfu.edu
It is common knowledge that March comes “in like a lion and out like a lamb.” Lately, there seems to have been an emphasis on the “out” part. Earlier this week, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Senator Amy Klobuchar announced their resignation from the 2020 Democratic race. These two former Democratic candidates did not leave in silence, however. Just hours after their resignations, both Buttigieg and Klobuchar endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for the presidency. Combined with Biden’s victory in the South Carolina caucus, these two endorsements might give the former vice president the momentum he needs to score the Democratic nomination. The only thing in his way? Senator Bernie Sanders.
In no scenario is it possible to have over 20 people campaigning for a single spot and it go over smoothly.” Not surprisingly, the Democratic party is at a crossroads. Tensions are higher than ever. On one side, people are crying out that the party needs to rally together and #VoteBlueNoMatterWho. On the other, accusations are flying that the Democratic National Convention is working to push Sanders out of the front runner position. For voters, frustration is in the air. For the DNC, trouble strikes again. To be frank, this trouble has existed all along. In no scenario is it possible to have over 20 people campaigning for a single spot and it go over smoothly. But after the flaming mess that was the Iowa caucus, it was clear that the disorganization ran deeper than some people thought. All of the chaos aside, I think it can be said that out of the four remaining candidates, the only two truly likely to score the nomination are Biden and Sanders. I don’t say this because I dislike the other candidates running. Personally, I am a huge fan of the policyheavy administration Sen. Elizabeth
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Deacs secure Senior Night win over Notre Dame Following the victory over Duke, the Deacs won back-to-back ACC games for the first time since John Collins BY CHRISTIAN ODJAKJIAN Staff Writer odjact18@wfu.edu
Junior Olivier Sarr set career highs with 30 points and 17 rebounds on Saturday afternoon, leading Wake Forest (13-16, 6-13) to a Senior Night victory over Notre Dame (18-11, 9-9), 84-73. In 32 minutes, the French big man shot 12-16 from the field, displaying a plethora of post moves with his back to the basket. Notre Dame tried different matchups, double teams, and even a zone, but couldn’t figure out how to stop him. “Give them credit, we had no answers for the big fella tonight,” said Notre Dame Head Coach Mike Brey. “We don’t have any answers for him, and I guess we better figure something out in case we see him again in Greensboro.” “We just kept feeding him,” said junior Chaundee Brown. “He’s been putting in the work, so it doesn’t surprise me. I feel like he could do that all the time.” Sarr certainly has brought his A-game to Notre Dame the last few meetings. When the two squads faced off earlier this season in South Bend, the big man scored 18 in the 90-80 loss. His sophomore year, he scored a season high 14 against the Irish in Wake Forest’s only road win in ACC play. “If I need to put some glasses on him, and make it look like the other team is wearing Notre Dame uniforms every game from now on, we’ll do that,” joked Wake Forest Head Coach Danny Manning following the game. Notre Dame boasts a pretty good big man themselves. Senior forward John Mooney leads the nation with 24 double-doubles, scoring 24 points and snagging 17 rebounds in Saturday’s tilt.
The senior point guard grew up around Wake Forest basketball, and has experienced quite the four years as a player. After making the NCAA tournament his freshman year, three straight losing seasons have demanded a lot out of him. However, he should be proud of the way his last couple of games in front of the home crowd went, surely being a key player in the upset of Duke as well as in the Senior Night win. “I couldn’t write a better chapter than this, in terms of how to end my last few games at the Joel,” Childress said. Riding the momentum from the incredible win over the Blue Devils last week, the Deacs were able to string together back to back ACC wins for the first time since John Collins was still donning the Old Gold and Black. Photo courtesy of Wake Forest Athletic Communications Also recognized on Senior Night were graduate transfers Junior center Olivier Sarr scored a career Torry Johnson and Andrien White. Johnson, who injured high of 26 points against Notre Dame. his leg at the end of the Duke game, checked in to play the final four seconds to step out onto the home court one last “We had a treat today to see two of the best big men in time. White scored seven in his last game of his only season the league go head-to-head,” Manning said. “For me, as a as a Demon Deacon. big guy, I really enjoy watching those guys play.” Wake Forest’s brief win streak was snapped Tuesday night Wake Forest lead 41-30 at the half, building up a lead as in Chapel Hill, as North Carolina was able to win on their large as 16. The Fighting Irish were able to capitalize off of own Senior Night, 93-83. If the Deacs were able to pull this a slow Wake Forest start to the second half, battling back one out, it would’ve been their first season sweep over the and taking the lead with under seven minutes to go. The Tar Heels since 2002-2003. Deacs shot the ball well from the line down the stripe and On Feb. 11, Wake Forest took down Carolina with ease were able to pull away at the end, going on a 10-0 run at the Joel, 74-57. The Tar Heels have been playing their that broke open a two point game with three and a half best ball of 2020 as of late, with this win being their third minutes remaining. straight.The Demon Deacons were able to put together Senior Brandon Childress had a solid last game in the an impressive offensive performance, led by Childress’ 24 Joel, scoring 14 to go along with six assists. With four points and nine assists. Sarr, sophomore Isaiah Mucius and seconds remaining, he was subbed out of the game to a freshman Jahcobi Neath all finished in double figures. roaring standing ovation from the Wake Forest fans. UNC was carried by freshman guard Cole Anthony and Childress was embraced by Manning and his teammates junior forward Garrison Brooks. Anthony scored 28 points as he exited the floor, before sharing a special moment to pair with seven assists, while Brooks put up 25 and with his father, Wake Forest assistant coach and basketball hauled in seven rebounds. legend Randolph Childress. The two were visibly emoWhile this season has had some good moments, the road tional, sharing a hug for close to a minute. woes in a down year for the ACC are very concerning. The “He’s made so many sacrifices for me, my brother, this Deacs haven’t won an ACC road game since they took family,” Childress said, “People take for granted how great down last place Pitt back on Jan. 4. Wake Forest will look of a guy he is off of the court. Our relationship is unbreak- to improve their ACC tournament seeding in their regular able. It’s a bond that can’t be broken.” season finale against NC State on Friday.
Women’s Basketball looks towards ACC tourney The Demon Deacons finished the regular season with a record of 14-15, going 7-11 within the ACC BY SAMANTHA WEXLER Staff Writer wexlsn17@wfu.edu
As the lights went out after Senior Night on Feb. 27 at the LJVM Coliseum, another basketball season was in the books for the ladies of Demon Deacons Basketball. Led by Wake Forest alum Jen Hoover, the Deacons have had one of their best years to date. Wake Forest finishes the regular season tied for the second-most ACC wins in school history with seven, only behind the 1988 season, when the team made their single NCAA Tournament appearance and advanced to the second round before falling to topranked Tennessee. Hoover was a part of that 1988 squad. The season saw many milestones, including senior Alex Sharp and junior Ivana Raca both reaching the historic 1,000-point marker at different points throughout the season. Sharp accomplished this feat
in the game on Jan. 30 at Pittsburgh, while Raca was able to grab it in the regular season finale against Miami. The Deacon offense was led by Raca, who put up 16.8 points per game and set a new career high against Florida State on Jan. 23, when she put up 27. She also set a new career high in rebounds, recording 12 against Georgia Tech on Jan. 5. Sharp was the secondhighest scorer for Wake Forest, averaging 12.3 pointsper-game. She grabbed a new career high in steals with four at Clemson on Feb. 13 and free throws made with eight on Feb. 6 against Notre Dame. Junior Gina Conti led the team in assists and also contributed an average of 10.3 points-per-game. She moved into eighth place on Wake Forest's all-time assist list on Jan. 30 at Pittsburgh as well. When the team needed a spark, it was Conti who was able to ice the game for the Deacons in two huge matchups this season. At Duke on Jan. 2, she hit the game-winning jump shot with 1.8 seconds left to give the Deacons their first win against Blue Devils in Durham since 1993. Then, against another Big Four opponent in North Carolina on Feb. 23, she hit the game-tying three-pointer with three seconds remaining to push the game into overtime.
The LJVM Coliseum was a bright spot for the Demon Deacons, racking up a record of 9-5 while playing in the friendly confines. The team struggled while on the road, eventually leading to them falling in the ACC rankings. While they boasted a favorable record in neutral-site games (2-0) and at home, the Deacons finished just 3-9 on the road. With a Demon Deacon alum in Hoover in the driver seat for the program and four of five starters returning for next season, the women’s basketball team has a bright future ahead. For now, all eyes are on the ACC Tournament in Greensboro that begins on March 4 with a rematch against in-state rival Carolina. The Deacons last beat Carolina in overtime and it looks to be a great game between the No. 13 Demon Deacons and No. 12 Tar Heels. The top seed in the tournament is Louisville, followed by NC State, Duke and Florida State respectively. If the Deacons were able to beat Carolina, they’d next match up with No. 5 Virginia Tech. Their side of the bracket then continues on with No. 4 Florida State, followed by No. 1 Louisville in the quarters. Hopefully, the tournament in Greensboro allows for a home court advantage of sorts.
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Diamond Deacs finish week three strong Wake Forest Men's Baseball fights back with multiple wins following a four-game losing streak BY JOSEPH RAFSHOON Staff Writer rafsjm17@wfu.edu
Wake Forest Men's Baseball entered its third week of the season struggling to find its footing. By the end of it, the Diamond Deacons emerged markedly stronger, having won four out of five games. After being swept by Long Beach State to fall to 3-4 the previous weekend, the Deacons hosted neighbor App State for a midweek game.This was a roller coaster game that saw six lead changes. Freshman Adam Cecere hit a grand slam in the fourth inning to take a 6-2 lead. However, it was short-lived, as junior pitcher Antonio Menendez got off to a disappointing start, giving up seven runs in four innings. The Deacons got their chance to win when junior Bobby Seymour scored freshman Parker Pilat on an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth. With a 9-8 lead in the ninth inning, App State rallied back to tie the game on a fielder's choice, and then took a 11-9 lead on a homerun from junior Andrew Greckel. Wake Forest had an opportunity to win the game in the bottom part of the inning as they had two men on base with no outs, but three consecutive strikeouts drowned those hopes. Feb. 28's game against La Salle started a four-game weekend series with three different teams. The weekend would be a testament to the will of the Deacs, as they entered it with a four-game losing streak. Head Coach Tom Walter emphasized their struggles. “We haven't been playing great, everybody feels that. We are not stacking quality at-bats together like this team is capable of,” Walter said. On Feb. 28, sophomore Ryan Cusick tied his career high in strikeouts in the fifth inning, but also gave up a run in the same inning to knot the score at 2-2. Going into the bottom of the eighth, the Deacons were down
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After a disappointing game against Appalachian State last week, junior pitcher Antonio Menendez (above) helped the Deacs block hits after the first inning against Sacred Heart. 4-3, but loaded the bases in a late inning rally. Graduate student William Simoneit took advantage of that opportunity, hitting a grand slam that just edged over the right field wall. The Deacons’ bench went crazy, mobbing Simoneit while the La Salle bench, which had been animated earlier, was left stunned and silent. On Feb. 29, Wake Forest made quick work of their opponent Brown University in a two-game sweep. The early game was highlighted by a fantastic pitching performance by junior Jared Shuster and a homer by freshman Adam Cecere to break up a 2-2 tie in the sixth. The late game saw another great pitching performance by a Deacon pitcher and a hitting showcase by Cecere. Junior pitcher William Flemming flawlessly pitched eight innings of no-run ball with nine strikeouts. Cecere continued his power breakout with two more home runs including a three-run bomb to open the game up at 7-0. March 1 was another win for the Deacs against Sacred Heart, as they got off to a quick lead with five runs in the second. This was another multi-homer game for a Deacon, as Shane Muntz hit two moon-
shots to left field. The Deacons ended with 15 hits in their 9-5 win. Now Wake Forest finally has some momentum and hard won confidence. “I think we are starting to put the pieces together. We are differently not where we want to be, but after that losing streak I think everyone is locking in,” Simoneit said. Simonet has been a surprise stud for Wake Forest in a crowded Deacon lineup. The lineup boasts two players on the pre-season Golden Spike Award watch list — juniors Chirs Lanzili and Seymour — but Simoneit has been the most consistent hitter so far. The former Cornell University baseball player is hitting a whopping 0.406 with two home runs and a team-leading ten RBIs. He topped his stellar weekend off on Sunday with a 4-4 game against Sacred Heart to continue his great plate presence. Simoneit and the Deacons will need to continue their winning ways, as ACC play starts the first week in March. The Deacons face a tough test as they host the seventh-ranked University of Louisville for a three-game weekend series.
Running hopefuls compete for spots in 5,000-meter A staff writer's analysis of runners angling to represent Team USA in the Summer Olympics continues BY SAM ANTHA WEXLER Staff Writer wexlsn17@wfu.edu
The 5,000-meter run has always been the hardest for me to picture being run on a track. I think it’s because it was the distance that I ran in high school cross country. Our courses were the farthest thing from a track — we ran up and down mountains and hills through Colorado. Our state course even involved jumping over a river. Anyway, I’m back with more running insight, and this time I’m going to talk about the 12.5-lap wonder that is the 5,000-meter run. Obviously, we really have no idea what is going to happen in Tokyo given the coronavirus and the possibility of cancellation raised by International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound, but I’m hoping for the best and assuming that all the speedy runners I’m writing about here will eventually make their way over to Japan to compete. Let’s look specifically at both men and women who could represent the U.S. in this event as well as how they would be able to do so.
Women Women need to hit an IAAF Olympic standard of 15:10.00 in order to qualify for Tokyo between May 1, 2019 and June 29, 2020. This date is after the U.S. Olympic Team Trials held in Eugene, Ore., and the qualifying standard for the trials is 15:20. Thus, an athlete with a time between 15:10 and 15:20 would both need to finish in the top three and run a 15:10 or faster in the process to be on the team to Tokyo. This is another event in which very few people have run a 5k this year, so I’m going to glean insight from Rio results and 3k results so far this year, in addition to the one 5k result I can find. When we look at the body of work from this year, Karissa Schweizzer stands out. On Feb. 27, she set a new American record in the 3,000-meter run, outkicking Shelby Houlihan to run 8:25 in the event. Schweizzer and Houlihan are both potential options in this event for Tokyo, and also went 1-2 at the USATF Championships. At Boston University (BU), we saw a 5k race for the first time I could find this year. Vanessa Fraser, Emily Infeld and Courtney Freirechs all hit the Olympic standard in their race. Some of them will opt to do the steeplechase or 10k, but are all formidable options in the 5k as seen through their race at BU. In Rio, Houlihan led the charge in 11th.
Men The IAAF Olympic standard for men to qualify in the 5,000m run is a 13:13.50 or better. The same caveat exists for men in that the qualifying time for the trials is 13:25.00, so both finish and time would be required to make it for any athlete who did not have the Olympic standard going into the trials. At USATF, Paul Chelimo, Anthony Rotich and Hillary Bor went 1-2-3 in the 3,000-meter run. When we look to Rio, Chelimo led the way for America with his silver medal. He went to UNCGreensboro, so he is a favorite of mine. Bernard Lagat finished fifth in Rio, but is now looking towards the Olympic marathon. Hassan Mead finished 11th in Rio and is eyeing a return in the 5,000m to Tokyo. The meet at BU did not feature a 5k for men, but saw a lot of speedy runs in the 3k. Lopez Lomong led the charge in a blistering 7:37. He was followed closely behind by Ryan Hill and Evan Jager. Jager will focus on the steeplechase but Hill could do a number of different things. All in all, this is an event in which so much could happen given athletes qualifying for a number of other competitions. It’ll be interesting to see what happens both leading up to and in Eugene for the trials. Either way, the U.S. is in good hands with plenty of speedy 5k runners leading us into the Olympics.
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Deacon Spotlight: John Ernst BY NICK LALLI Staff Writer lalldp18@wfu.edu
John Ernst is a sophomore from Loveland, Ohio entering his second year as a baseball manager for the Wake Forest’s Men’s Baseball team. He is a Health & Exercise Science major with minors in Biology, Chemistry and Psychology. His career interests lie in sports orthopedics, specifically orthopedic surgery. Nick Lalli: How did you get started as a manager for the baseball team? John Ernst: I knew I always wanted to be involved with Wake Forest Baseball, as my brother played under the same head coach that’s currently here, Coach Thomas Walter. When I first moved in [freshman year], I actually happened to run into Coach Walter, and he offered me a position working with the team, so I took it.
NL: What does an average day at work look like?
ning balls to the umpire and we have a couple people in the booth doing data collecting and analysis.
JE: It depends. It varies from day to day. Practice is very different from game day, which is very different from lifting. I’ll start with the easiest. If they’re lifting, it’s normally a couple hours of laundry once they’re done, which isn’t too bad. They have quite a few amenities [at the facilities] that make it worth sitting there for a couple hours. Next, for practice, you do whatever the coaches need you to do. While [the players] are fielding, I feed the coaches balls or catch for them. During batting practice, I feed the bunt machines so [the players] can work on their bunts. Sometimes I’m up in the booth making sure the data is collected for their hits during batting practice. During games, we do a variety of different jobs. We do pitch charts, we are in the dugout run-
NL: What’s your favorite thing about your job? JE: Just being around the sport, and being around the team. Going on the trips of course — we just got back from California today. We played Long Beach State, and those are trips you’ll always remember. NL: Do you have a favorite story of your time as a manager? JE: Hopefully [it will come] this year when we go to a regional [tournament]. NL: That was my next question. What are your expectations for the team this season coming off of last season’s underwhelming performance? JE: Every year, we always say we have a shot, and that’s true. You never really know what’s going to happen because baseball is such a momentum-based sport. I feel like we have the depth all around ... and a really strong starting rotation. We have a really strong bullpen, and we’re returning almost our entire starting lineup with the additions of some graduate transfers like Will Simoneit from Cornell. Of course, Bobby Seymour and Chris Lanzilli are also [returning], two all-Americans. I feel like we have hitting from the first spot [in the lineup] down to the ninth spot. NL: Do you see yourself in a career in baseball? JE: I would love to. I’m interested in a career in sports orthopedics, specifically orthopedic surgery. I would definitely be interested in being a team doctor for a baseball team. I’m working with Dr. [Timothy] Kremchek, who is the team doctor for the Cincinnati Reds, this summer. NL: What advice would you give to others looking to become varsity sports managers?
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JE: You have to have a passion for the sport. It’s a lot of long days. I know almost every week I work about twenty hours. Not all of it’s a glorified job, like doing laundry. Doing laundry for 45 players and coaches isn’t an ideal job. Sometimes it’s late nights. I’ve done laundry until 1:30 in the morning on a school night. If you have a love for the sport, then going to the games, getting to travel with the team, and getting to see different places and colleges makes it worth it.
DEAC NOTES Junior Emilia Miglaccio selected to her third Arnold Palmer Cup team in July
Christina Morra and Alex Sharp of Women’s Basketball named to All-ACC Academic Team
Junior Emilia Migliaccio of Wake Forest Women’s Golf has been selected to her third Arnold Palmer Cup, competing for the United States. The committee selections were announced on Golf Channel’s Golf Central on March 4 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The matches will occur on July 3-5, 2020. Migliaccio and Kaitlyn Papp of Texas will be the second and third Americans to play in three Arnold Palmer Cups.
Two members of the Wake Forest Women’s Basketball team were named to the All-ACC Academic Team. Sophomore Christina Morra, a psychology major, was awarded the honor for the first time in her career. Senior Alex Sharp (right), also a psychology major, has been on the Dean’s List every semester of her career and was the first player in team history to be named to the All-ACC Academic Team for all four seasons.
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Club rugby takes third place in Charleston In the Cup Championship playoffs, Wake Forest faced The team dominated Western Carolina, off against a formidable opponent in Appalachian State. the Citadel and Campbell before falling to The Demon Deacons held onto possession and were Appalachian State in the playoffs knocking on the door of the try zone for the entirety BY BRUCE HAYWOOD Contributing Writer haywbc16@wfu.edu
Wake Forest Rugby celebrated the rare occasion of a leap year with a superb third-place finish to kick off the regular season at the Southern Rugby Conference Qualifier, hosted by the Citadel, a historic military college in Charleston, SC. The tournament bracketed 16 teams grouped into four pools, where the four pool champions would compete in a final four for the Cup Championship. Wake Forest won its pool, which was also comprised of Western Carolina University, the Citadel and Campbell University. Wake Forest won all three matches in pool play, first beating WCU 45-5, narrowly scraping out a win 19-17 against the Citadel with a successful goal line stand and finally shutting out Campbell 24-0. Meanwhile, Wake Forest’s B-side team, nicknamed the “Killer Bs,” showed how talented the team is top-to-bottom with two wins over Coastal Carolina University 3312 and 31-0. Sophomore Jacob Beckner had a standout performance for the Killer Bs with seven scores on the day.
of the first half until speed demon junior Greyson Reed finally found a crack in the opponent’s defense to score with a minute to go. Senior Richie Horton then converted the extra point to lead the team into the second half up 7-0. Unfortunately, Wake Forest was not able to hang onto its narrow lead as the tables turned in the second half. App State battled its way back to put up 12 points. With the final seconds dwindling on the clock, Wake Forest came within inches of reclaiming the lead as freshman standout Kaamil Farooqi was tackled on the goal line in dramatic fashion. Despite a bitter-sweet outcome, Farooqi maintained a positive outlook. “Third place wasn’t the end result we wanted, but there’s plenty to look forward to,” he said. “There are still things to work on, but we definitely showed we have the talent and ability to compete with top-tier teams and really succeed at this level. Losing to Appalachian State University, who eventually won the tournament by literally a matter of inches, is fresh in our minds, mine especially, and I’m excited to see what we ultimately achieve with this newfound motivation.” Wake Forest ultimately tied for third place overall with UNC-Charlotte.
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Wake Forest was only narrowly defeated by tournament champion Appalachian State. “Every player maintained an intensity and aggression I’ve never seen before, whilst always showing great respect to the opposing teams. I am honored to be a part of such a distinguished [team],” match captain David Sinclair further reflected on the outcome. Wake Forest Rugby will spend the coming weeks focused on its next tournament at Furman University on March 21. “I know that as a team we are hungry to improve on our performance at our next tournament,” senior captain Brandon Freeman said.
A fan anticipates the 2020 MLB season After an eventful off-season, it is time to look ahead at the upcoming year in professional baseball BY JAKE SINGER Staff Writer singjr19@wfu.edu
AL East: New York Yankees: 97-65 Tampa Bay Rays: 90-72 Boston Red Sox: 84-78 Toronto Blue Jays: 70-92 Baltimore Orioles: 60-102 The AL East standings should remain similar compared to last year. The Yankees finally decided to improve their rotation and did so in a big way by signing ace Gerrit Cole. The Rays front office couldn’t help but play around with what was already a formidable lineup. However, considering how effective their unconventional tactics usually are, Tampa Bay will most likely find themselves in the playoffs yet again. Perhaps the most notable move of the off-season was made by the Red Sox who traded away one of the best players in baseball in Mookie Betts. It’s unlikely that they’ll be able to find a spot in the playoffs without his starpower. AL Central: Minnesota Twins: 97-65 Chicago White Sox: 85-77 Cleveland Indians: 75-87 Kansas City Royals: 68-94 Detroit Tigers: 55-107 The AL Central looks to be one of the worst divisions in baseball. I do not love the Twins rotation considering they lost two of the best starters in Kyle Gibson and Martín Pérez. However, they still have about five guys in their lineup, including newcomer Josh Donaldson, who can reasonably hit 40 or more home runs this year. Their biggest competitor will be the Chicago White Sox
who added a key piece to their pitching staff in Dallas Keuchel, and bring back an explosive young hitter in Tim Anderson. AL West: Los Angeles Angels: 98-64 Houston Astros: 95-67 Oakland Athletics: 88-74 Texas Rangers: 75-87 Seattle Mariners: 64-102 Mike Trout’s moment has come. With the addition of superstar third baseman Anthony Rendon and manager Joe Maddon, the best player in baseball will get his time in the postseason spotlight. While Houston may be the betting odds favorite to win the division, they will have to deal with an immense amount of self-inflicted pressure and adversity throughout the entire season and I have a lot of trouble picking a cheater to win. They will make the playoffs but the division seems unlikely. The A’s are always a tough out but won’t have the firepower to top Houston. NL East: Atlanta Braves: 97-65 New York Mets: 88-74 Philadelphia Phillies: 84-78 Washington Nationals: 76-86 Miami Marlins: 65-97 The NL East will once again be one of the more competitive divisions in baseball. Although their pitching is still questionable, the Braves retain most of their elite talent and should have enough to win the division again. The Mets had a quieter off-season but have Jacob Degrom and a surprisingly solid lineup this season. The Phillies, who hired Joe Girardi and acquired Didi Gregorious, did not improve enough to squeeze past NY. NL Central: St. Louis Cardinals: 102-60 Cincinnati Reds: 86-76
Milwaukee Brewers: 84-78 Chicago Cubs: 79-83 Pittsburgh Pirates: 62-100 While the NL Central always seems to be decided in the last week of the season, the Cardinals should be able to pull away earlier this year. Considering they won it last season despite a down year from Paul Goldschmidt, I like their chances to repeat. Otherwise, I see the Reds surprising some people, especially considering the acquisitions of previous division rivals Mike Moustakas and Nick Castellanos. The Brewers, who did not do much to improve the weakness of the bottom-half of their lineup, will miss the postseason. NL West: Dodgers: 104-58 Diamondbacks: 85-77 Rockies: 77-85 Padres: 74-88 Giants: 66-96 It’s finally the Dodgers’ year. As if they needed any more star power, the Dodgers added Mookie Betts to an already loaded lineup. Assuming they don’t choke again in the playoffs, they will be World Series champions. Elsewhere in the division, the Diamondbacks signed Madison Bumgarner and Starling Marte, making them a tough team to beat. World Series: Dodgers beat Yankees 4-3 Despite the acquisition of Gerrit Cole to the rotation and a stacked lineup, the Yankees will fall short once again. The Dodgers have the best team in baseball and one of the best lineups in recent memory. Although the rotation falls off considerably after Buehler, especially considering Kershaw’s struggles in October, the Dodgers will find a way to get it done behind their offense. For a team that many have said were cheated out of a ring in 2017, the Dodgers will get what they deserve and break a 32-year World Series drought in the process.
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Coronavirus throws Italian soccer into chaos Italy, home to Europe’s largest outbreak of the virus, has cancelled sporting events until at least March 8 BY CHARLES HORN Staff Writer horncs18@wfu.edu
The usually-raucous San Siro stood silent as Internazionale, commonly known as Inter Milan, hosted Ludogrets in the second leg of their round-of-32 Europa League clash on Feb. 27. Inter emerged victorious in the match and tie, yet the jubilation was muted given the lack of supporters in the stands. With the stadium closed for fear of spreading the novel coronavirus, the match proved surreal viewing with the silence only pierced by the yells of the on-field players. The match proved to be the final game held in Milan until at least mid-March as Italy continues to grapple with the largest European outbreak of COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus. The outbreak has caused the government to ban all sporting events held in affected regions until March 8, with the end-date seemingly poised to extend. Lega Serie A, the governing body of Italian soccer, has called a meeting set on March 5 to examine the consequences of the ban on the remainder of the season. Internazionale’s chief executive, Giuseppe Marotta, has publicly questioned whether the season will be canceled in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport. “If more matches are called off, then, yes, we run that risk,” he said. The coronavirus has prompted a series of cancellations across the world that have threatened soccer
seasons. Elsewhere in Europe, Switzerland postponed all first and second-division matches as it prohibited all gatherings of more than 1,000 people. Globally, coronavirus has put a halt to the Japanese league after one match day and prevented the Chinese and Korean leagues from beginning. Italy currently holds the most cases in Europe, with the number of new cases more than doubling between Feb. 28 and March 2. Three players and a staff member at the third-division Italian club U.S. Pianese have tested positive. Further, the UAE Tour, a cycling race held in the United Arab Emirates, was canceled with two days remaining amidst reports that two Italian team staffers tested positive. As such, it is unsurprising that the Serie A season has seen the most sweeping cancellations and is thus the most affected major sports season or event in Europe. The Juventus vs. Inter Milan game, which was originally set to be played behind closed doors, like InterLudogrets, was moved, along with the other postponed fixtures from the most recent match day, to May 13. Juventus vs. Inter was set to be among the most pivotal fixtures in the most competitive Italian title race in recent memory. Juventus has won eight straight Serie A titles, an unprecedented run of dominance for the Turin club dubbed “The Old Lady.” This season has threatened to disrupt Juventus’s pattern of dominance, as new manager Maurizio Sarri has struggled to implement his trademark “Sarri-ball,” which his Napoli side had used to provide the previous major challenge to Juventus. Yet, Juventus has appeared lethargic in pivotal games, with stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Paolo Dybala caught
on camera at half-time of their Champions League defeat against Lyon complaining of the lack of service from the midfield. Ronaldo did score in 11 straight Serie A games, equalling the record, yet the team has struggled to score in pivotal games, dropping crucial points in a series of 0-0 or 1-1 draws and losing to their fiercest challengers, Lazio. Lazio currently sits at the top of the Italian league, although they have played once more than Juventus and twice more than Inter, and the Roman side seems best placed to bring an end to Juventus’s reign. Lazio’s success is largely dependent on the form of its talismanic forward Ciro Immobile, who has scored 27 goals in just 26 league matches this season, along with the consistent performances of the 25-year-old midfielder Sergej Milinkovic-Savic. Inter, led by former Juventus and Italy manager Antonio Conte, has had its best season since the reign of Jose Mourinho ended and currently sits third. Featuring a resurgent Romelu Lukaku and the rising talent Lautaro Martinez in attack, and bolstered by the January arrival of Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen, Inter has only lost twice in the Serie A this season. Switching between Conte’s trademark back three formation, using marauding wing-backs and a back four, Inter has firmly reemerged as one of Italy’s strongest sides. At the time this is being written, matches in regions unaffected by coronavirus remain as scheduled, as shown by Lazio’s March 5 match-up with southern club Napoli in the Italian Cup. Yet as governments rush to slow COVID-19’s spread, the future of the league season, as well as sporting events across the world, remains in doubt.
Zion Williamson lands with the Pelicans Early on in his career, the teen phenom is already drawing acclaim in professional basketball BY HASSAN LADIWALA Staff Writer ladiha17@wfu.edu
The New Orleans Pelicans squared off against the Los Angeles Lakers twice in a three-game span, giving the NBA world a glimpse at the LeBron James - Zion Williamson matchup that everyone had been waiting for. Both games had a similar feel to them: the aging, veteran superstar James tried to send a direct message that while he may not get as many likes on Instagram, he remains the game’s premier talent. In the first match-up, at the Staples Center, James knocked down five triples to go along with 40 points, eight rebounds and six assists in a Lakers victory. The second time around, the Lakers won again, this time behind a vintage James triple-double. However, despite James’s best efforts, all anyone could talk about is how well Williamson has been playing throughout his first 15 career NBA games. Against the Lakers, there were more than a few “holy cow” moments. On Feb. 26, with just under four minutes left in the second quarter, Williamson caught the ball in the paint off of a pick and roll and forced Anthony Davis to make a business decision and let him by for an easy dunk. Later on in the same game, with 6:45 to go in the third quarter and the Pelicans down double digits and needing a spark, Williamson went right at Davis, and drew a foul for an and-one finish. Yes, the Pelicans lost both games to the Lakers, and no, they might not even make the playoffs this year (the fight for the eighth seed in the west is the tightest it’s been in years) but it’s these small sample sizes of Williamson dominating some of
the best basketball players in the world that’s so exciting for fans to watch and so terrifying for the rest of the league trying to figure out how to stop him. Since Williamson’s debut on Jan. 22, the Pelicans as a team have posted the sixth highest net rating in the entire NBA, ahead of title contenders such as the Clippers, the 76ers and the Nuggets. When Williamson is on the court, the Pelicans post a plus-12.3 net rating, good for the NBA’s 96th percentile. Williamson himself is shooting 60% on two-pointers, and while he’s only taken 18 threes, he’s shooting them at a 41% clip. That, along with a 65% free throw shooting percentage on nearly nine free throws a game indicate that his jump shot is a skill that he can develop. As for defense and rebounding,
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he’s only fouling on 2% of his team’s defensive possessions, an incredibly low rate for a rookie with his size, athleticism and overall defensive activity. Since the NBA season is 82 games long, it’s difficult for a team to keep its foot on the gas pedal the entire time, which is why these stats can sometimes be misleading when taken out of context. But it’s only the first 15 games of his career, and at this point, expectations for Williamson have already been blown out of the water. Just a few days ago on Feb. 28, he became the first teenager ever to score 20 or more points in 10 straight games. Not James, not Bryant, not Durant, but Williamson. Again, the Pelicans might not even make the playoffs this year, as they find themselves in a five-team knife fight for the eighth seed in the west. Even if they do make it, their reward is a road playoff match-up against James, who hasn’t lost an intra-conference playoff series since 2010. But even this early into his NBA career, it’s evident that Williamson is must-watch television. There’s a different type of excitement in the arena when he’s in the game. Between young Pelicans fans rooting for their new-found idol and naysayers screaming out that he’ll “never be LeBron,” Williamson remains cool and collected, even after dropping a new career high, 35 points, on the Lakers. Before his debut, he outlined his plan for the season and kept it simple, saying he would adapt to the role he’s been given, then do whatever he can to excel within that role. After the March 1 loss to the Lakers, he was asked how his young team would learn from these losses to the NBA’s elite, to which he responded, “You can’t do nothing but win or learn, so I think we’re learning from all our losses.” It might not be this season, or even next, but I think everyone in the NBA is keeping an eye on this young Pelicans roster as they navigate the next few years with Williamson, Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball.
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The Bachelor 's 23rd season nears its end Peter Weber, the star of The Bachelor has to make a decision that will decide the outcome of the show
BY CHRISTINA DARBY Staff Writer darbcp18@wfu.edu
If you spend your Mondays waiting to sit down with friends and watch Peter Weber search for his wife, you know that this week's episode may have been a major turning point in that process. Last Monday, Weber and the top three ladies, Victoria Fuller, Hannah Ann Sluss and Madison Prewett, went into the Fantasy Suites week in Gold Coast, Australia. Fantasy Suites week is never easy. Seeing your boyfriend kiss other women throughout the process is already hard, but knowing he might sleep with other women is a big pill to swallow. For frontrunner Prewett, maybe even too big of a pill. As Prewett revealed earlier in the season, she is a devout Christian who wants her husband to lead her family in faith and is saving herself for marriage. Anxious about how her decision could impact their relationship, Prewett confronts Weber after the hometown rose ceremony and tells him that it will be very hard for her to get over him
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sleeping with someone else during Fantasy Suites. This request weighs on Peter throughout the week, seeing that Prewett is the last of the three women to go on her Fantasy Suite date. The only thing more awkward than Prewett’s Fantasy Suite ultimatum is that for the first time in Bachelor history, all three women are staying in the same hotel room. Waiting and knowing your boyfriend is with someone else is one thing, but waiting with his other girlfriend for the third girlfriend to come back is a kind of evil genius only The Bachelor production team can conduct. Not only does all of America watch Prewett anxiously await her turn, but Prewett has to watch the revolving door of women come back from their sleepover with Weber. Even Fuller admits that Prewett is “breaking down” and this is the first time she has been visibly shaken from the process. When it is finally time for Prewett’s fantasy date, her and Weber start the daytime portion by scaling Skypoint — “Australia’s highest external building climb.” As the two scale the top, Prewett reveals in a voiceover that scaling the top of the building has renewed her trust in Weber and she feels safe with him despite the doubt she has about his faith. Despite a romantic and successful date, Prewett and Weber’s relationship was quickly taken off course by the dinner portion of the night. It is at this point that Prewett finally tells Weber that she is saving herself for marriage.
To many viewers, this confirmed that Prewett did not give an ultimatum but rather saw that Weber did not live up to her standards for who she wants as a husband, respecting herself and her values more than expectations that come with the show. However, other fans believe Prewett’s request is an unfair ultimatum for Weber, especially given that he is famous for sleeping with former bachelorette Hannah Brown four times in one night last season. While Weber is honest and reveals that he has been intimate (with one or both of the other women is unclear), he also made the snide comment that while he does see a future with Prewitt, he also sees a future with the two other women. After this comment, Prewett politely excuses herself from the table and walks away sobbing and subseqeuntly reveals to the camera that Weber may lose her. Weber eventually gets up from the table and the two embrace as he profusely apologizes, clearly very afraid of losing her and even says, “I can’t lose you.” Fans now think Weber’s actions with the other two women will cause him to lose Prewett, given that in the teaser for the upcoming week she is missing from the Rose ceremony. Although Prewett is a fan favorite, many are speculating whether Weber is the right man for her values and expectations. Does Prewett also think this? Is this why she only told him about her choice after the prior Fantasy Suite dates? Maybe Weber abused his power as the bachelor and forgot his relationships go two ways. Maybe Prewett is the first in Bachelor history to make the bachelor realize some roses have thorns.
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Song Review | “Stupid Love”
THE HOT Lady Gaga releases “Stupid Love” LIST In the first music she’s released since A Star Is Born, Gaga misses the mark BY NIKO KOLEV Staff Writer kolens18@wfu.edu Lady Gaga’s Feb. 28 release of the single “Stupid Love” from her upcoming album Chromatica marks the first time since 2018 that the queen has released her own original music not for a movie soundtrack. Listening to “Stupid Love” for the first time feels like you’ve taken a trip in a time machine and are back in your younger years listening to a track from Gaga’s 2011 album Born this Way. Gaga’s vocals in “Stupid Love” evoke much of the same energy that the title track could barely contain, yet adds a new flare of EDM inspired production sounds. Gaga combines a similar rhythm and sound to the 1977 Donna Summer disco banger “I feel love” with her own vocal style heard in “Born this Way.” The problem with “Stupid Love” is that it takes too much inspiration from bigger and better more memorable tracks of yore. 2011 pop is much different than today’s pop. And how little Gaga has changed her lyrical content or style does
not make her music any more appealing. Yes, you’ve taken a time machine while listening to “Stupid Love,” but it isn’t to the cutting edge future. You’ve gone back to the age of the dinosaurs. It’s so surreal to hear Lady Gaga today in comparison to singers like Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, Lizzo or SZA. Pop is not limited to just traditional singers, artists like Post Malone and Brent Faiyaz prove that. Post Malone, arguably at one point a rapper, has changed his sound to become a pop sensation and in the process not only changed what the image of a pop singer looks like, but also what a pop singer sounds like. Looking at 2019’s global sensation “Old Town Road,” what people want to hear has completely changed as the form of commercialized music continues to grow with those tastes. Gaga used to be an innovator, but if the rest of this Chromatica album is like “Stupid Love,” she has since lost her touch. And she is not the only pop god that has lost their mojo. Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, none of these singers have had any momentum or innovation in the pop world today. Some have even regressed from their overall higher trajectory of quality (Justin Bieber’s “Yummy”). Bieber’s album Changes was also an
extreme disappointment, and it was foreshadowed by the release of a bad single (“Yummy”). Is this a bad omen for Gaga? Will she follow in Bieber’s footsteps of releasing a bad single and then a bad album? This is only one song from the album, so it’s possible that Gaga can strive forward where her contemporaries have fallen behind. Though if history is any indication, then Gaga is already staring her failure in the face. Don’t even bother listening to “Stupid Love,” listen to “I feel love” instead. The track is a 1/10.
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Lady Gaga gets back to her electronic pop stardom roots in her new single.
T.V. Show Review | I Am Not Okay With This
“WHATS POPPIN” by Jack Harlow “PORNO” by IDK
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Netflix releases another angsty teen show
“Jesus Forgive Me, I Am A Thot” by JPEGMAFIA “Drew Barrymore” by Bryce Vine
Promoted as the new Stranger Things, I Am Not Okay With This dissapoints
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BY CATHERINE REGEN Life Editor regecl17@wfu.edu
As a fan of the instant-cult-classic Stranger Things, I was excited about the new Netflix series I Am Not Okay With This (IANOWT) that premiered this past week. The show hails from the same producers as Netflix’s End of the F***ing World. Both shows are adaptations of comic books, and are intended to take place at the same time, which viewers took as a hint at a potential crossover. The trailer was promising, but there was a small voice in the back of my head that was dubious. Could this new show deliver the same niche dark comedy, or was Netflix trying to capitalize on the success of its grimy, period-esque, teen supernatural power-y science fiction comedies. IANOWT desperately wants to be any of its moderately successful predecessors. The result is a tragedy of under-developed characters and boring plots that together create a truly underwhelming viewing experience. It’s as if Netflix took elements of all their successful shows and combined them expecting another smash hit.
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Sydney (Sophia Lillis) stares down at the dismembered body of jock Brad Lewis (whose head she just ruptured with her mind). When I finished watching the series (comprised of seven episodes, each around 20 minutes in length) I was more bored than when I started it. The cliffhanger didn’t even make me want to know what happened next. The show stars Sophia Lillis as Sydney Novak opposite Wyatt Oleff as Stanley Barber (their names are the first red flag, nothing good can come from a main character named Stanley). Perhaps one of the only moments of reprieve from the boredom are the few scenes with Aidan Wojtak-Hissong, who plays Sydney’s younger brother Liam. His scenes are often filled with younger sibling shenanigans and he brings a nice contrast to Sydney’s ever-present teen angst.
Essentially, the show follows Sydney as she navigates high school in her blue-collar, town a year after her father’s mysterious suicide. She starts to think she’s going crazy when inanimate objects move or bend in her presence when she gets mad or stressed. The only even slightly interesting moments of this show are when Sydney uses her “powers,” perhaps the best being (spoiler alert) when, in the last episode, she makes a boy’s head explode right as he’s about to reveal her secret to the entire school at the Homecoming Dance. Honestly you could just watch the last episode and you wouldn’t feel lost. But it’s not even really worth that much effort. Just go rewatch End of the F***ing World or Stranger Things or Everything Sucks!. All of them are better than IANOWT.
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Media Culture | YouTube
YouTube sparks new type of celebrities
YouTube remains a major entertianment source despite social media popularity BY LINDSAY HAYDEN Contributing Writer sotoci17@wfu.edu In our world of short attention spans and desire for immediate satisfaction, it is no surprise that today’s society finds much of its visual entertainment via the Internet. YouTube has long been a home for a wide variety of content, whether it be an educational documentary or the classic “Charlie Bit My Finger” video. Originating in 2005, the platform has transformed greatly over the years. What began as the simple concept of people sharing videos taken on any available device has quickly transformed into its own unique world, one that allows people to work full time on their unique content and personal brands. Personalities like David Dobrik, Shawn Dawson, and Emma Chamberlain have not only become legitimate celebrities, but millionaires because of the videos they post on YouTube. These top-tier channels are not the only ones making money however, as niche audiences have allowed for all types of people to turn their hobbies into careers. Whether it be video-games, health, comedy, lifestyle, beauty or just about anything
else, people can find exactly what they want to watch on YouTube in a way that they cannot on cable television or Netflix. In 2019, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki said the site has 2 billion active users each month (the internet as a whole has an estimated 4.4 billion). Wherever there is an audience this size, there is an excellent platform for advertisers to promote their products. YouTube capitalizes on its incredible audience size by working with Google on an algorithm called AdSense, designed to promote videos to target audiences to provide compensation for both YouTube and the poster of the video. Revenue for the channel is calculated in terms of CPM, or cost per mile (meaning cost per impression). An impression is a view on the advertisement that is presented to the viewer during a video. While this may sound like a lot of money generated for popular YouTubers like Dobrik, Dawson or Chamberlin, this is still not their main source of revenue. For niche channels, money made from YouTube itself does not even come close to being enough to provide for a living. For large and small channels alike, revenue is instead coming from a newly developed concept called influencer marketing. In short, influencer marketing is where a YouTuber or other social media star works with a brand to promote their product through sponsored content across multiple social media platforms (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, etc.).
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YouTube celebrity David Dobrik smiling at a red carpet event for the Teen Choice Awards put on by Fox in 2019. Natalie Barbu, a 22 year old YouTuber, recently quit her job in New York City to pursue her YouTube career full time. Barbu started her channel in 2011 and has built up a strong following of 264,000 subscribers. While this does not compare to the 16 million of someone like David Dobrik, Barbu is able to make YouTube her career. In a video titled “My 7 Streams of Income: How I Make Money,” Barbu broke down how she supports herself as a YouTuber. In the video, Barbu describes how promoting brands on her social media is far and away her main source of income. According to Barbu, she can make as much money from a single post promoting a brand as she can from one month of YouTube’s AdSense (In 2019, she says she made an
average of $3,000 per month from AdSense). For influencers like Barbu, being a YouTuber is not necessarily a long-term career. Her brand is built around her lifestyle vlogs and relatable content of living in her twenties in New York City. While this career obviously lacks stability, it has allowed her to turn a part-time hobby into a career. By following her passion and developing a loyal following, Barbu is able to find work by living her life authentically and sharing it with the world. With social media outlets like YouTube on the rise, more and more people are finding ways to turn their passion projects into full-time careers, demonstrating a positive side of the social media movement that is taking the world by storm.
Culture Column | Campus Commentary
Weinstein verdict initiates debate
Students wrestle with the issue of sexual assault at the university BY CAMILLE MONCEAUX Contributing Writer moncce17@wfu.edu About a year ago, a fraternity on the Wake Forest campus referred to an upcoming party with a sorority as a “v-card swiping buffet” to promote the event to their members. The university responded by putting the fraternity on probation. “Many of the men on campus believe that their hyper-masculinity entitles them to get whatever they want, including women, and the fraternity scene only encourages this,” said sophomore and Kappa Beta Gamma member Nora Clancy. The stench of alcohol and scene of darkness, masked by strobe lights illuminating sweat dripping down the faces of men and women, engulfs the basements where fraternity parties take place. Moonlight and hushed voices make up the scene around the house to keep au-
thorities from interfering with the activities of the night. With the long trial and punishment of Harvey Weinstein, a man who sexually assaulted vulnerable women, coming to an end, women on campus are hopeful that the status quo for how sexual misconduct cases are handled will change. In a study done by Jacqueline Chevalier Minow and Christopher Einolf, they found that over a third of rapes on a college campus happen at fraternity parties in places where the victims are surrounded by people they know. The women who spoke up against Weinstein’s action were often women whom he employed or casted in his movies. They were women who knew him. According to the Department of Justice, eight out of 10 victims of sexual violence knew the person who abused them. The university is made up of about 5,000 undergraduate students with about half involved in Greek life. To add, all students are required to live on campus for at least three years, creating an environment where privacy is limited.
By day, students may sit next to one another in class, and later that night will be seen interacting at a fraternity party. The fraternity house parties held off campus make it almost impossible for the university to control, which leads to events that no one ever hoped to witness. “Unfortunately, I know there are cases of sexual assault on Wake’s campus,” said senior GirlUp member Ishana Nigam. “I think the nature of going to a small school makes people feel uncomfortable reporting or talking about the issue because everyone knows everyone.” With student run groups such as PREPARE and GirlUp, women on campus are working to educate students and provide a safe place to speak up about these issues. Also acting as additional resources to students, campus offices such as the Safe office and the Title IX office are filled with adults whose job is to educate and help prevent sexual abuse. “Wake uses the culture of respect regarding how we respect others, how we respect ourselves, and how we encourage others to speak up when the time is right,” said Interim Title IX Coordinator Tonya Deem. However, for some students, more work is needed. “There are a ton of different offices that you can see, and I know they do
their best,” Clancy said, “but I know a lot of things like that on campus are underrepresented, and there can always be more done.” Deem echoed this idea. “We would not be here if there was a perfect way to prevent these things from happening,” she said. Every year, the university attempts to provide comfort and support to survivors of sexual abuse through a campus-wide sexual assault awareness week called Tie a Yellow Ribbon Week. This week is intended to educate and support the people who have been victimized. At the height of the week, a candlelight event is held in Wait Chapel called the Speak Out. This event provides a place where stories of anonymous university students can be read. The readings are followed by faculty members speaking about the issue of rape on campus. The event, held on Wednesday, Feb. 26, ended with quiet students trailing out of the chapel. In the dorms however, the music was turned up a notch while students started getting ready for a night spent with music, flashing lights and thick air.
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Culture Column | The Quitters Club
New organization prioritizes quitting A podcast that brings the drama of true crime directly to your phone BY MICAH PORTER Asst. Life Editor portmj19@wfu.edu
We have all been advised, from an early age, to try our hardest, no matter what the obstacle. Parents and teachers instruct students to dream big and pursue goals that will make a positive impact on society. However, a new organization out of Washington claims to support one value: quitting. The organization The Quitters Club has been operating with the direction of seven individuals, all of whom share the common belief - pursuing one’s ambitions merely deter one from focusing on what truly matters in the moment. Of the seven members, one is eager about giving up her life-long dream of becoming an actress. Another individual is adamant about abandoning the dream of becoming a writer, and one member has even gone so far as to quit the state of Washington.
The group’s ringleader, Justin Cannon, is no stranger to giving up. A college dropout, Cannon boasts having quited on an array of interests including: filmmaking, music and graphic design. In a club meeting, Cannon is quoted as saying, “The thing that we’re all having the most issue with is taking action. Quitting is an action. You have to make an emotional, committed action one way or another.” Having grown up in the political arena, with both parents involved in the bureaucracy, Cannon was influenced to live a structured, formulaic life. He recalled visiting his parents’ offices and noticing that the clocks were not set to display the current time, but rather the amount of time left until the employees retirement. This, as Cannon would recall, “was the scariest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.” After dropping out of NYU and moving to California to pursue a dream of filmmaking, Cannon found that changing up his career options was really the best way for
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Justin Cannon created his club on the popular platform meetup.com where you can generate interest in an event through a common interest. him to stay on his feet. Having never been one to stick to one job for too long, Cannon formed his group The Quitters Club to inspire others to give up on their jobs in favor of a fresh start. The group of over 35 members consists of people from all walks of life who are considering giving up on a significant aspect of life. Cannon explains to his members that he doesn’t truly believe that quitting is the right solution, but rather offers an escape for individuals who are pursuing a goal
for the wrong reasons. Whether it is to live up to someone else’s expectations or to simply feel accomplished, Cannon argues that the motivations behind why we pursue goals is often not rooted in passion, leaving many of us feeling inadequate as a result. Cannon beseeches his members to act based purely off of personal desire. He claims that If someone’s day job has lost its appeal or an interest someone once had has stopped impressing, then quitting is the best way out.
Concert Review | Beethoven turns 250
Wake Forest celebrates Beethoven For the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth, Elias String Quartet performs BY ANDREW MURPHY Staff Writer murpat16@wfu.edu
If you’re a Beethoven fan, or just an admirer of classical music in general, Winston-Salem is the place to be in 2020. The immortal composer turns 250 this December, and classical music lovers around the world are eager to celebrate this exciting anniversary. Last week, the Elias String Quartet, a group from England, performed nine of Beethoven’s string quartets as part of the Secrest Artists Series. If you didn’t go to those concerts, you really missed out on something special. Complete Beethoven string quartet cycles are relatively rare – free ones even rarer – and the Elias Quartet performed the pieces with amazing polish and energy. Thankfully for those of us who weren’t able to make last week’s performances, the Elias Quartet will be back in October to complete the cycle. Every one of
the concerts in the fall will feature a quartet from the early, middle, and late periods of Beethoven’s life, ensuring that listeners can experience the composer’s stylistic development in each concert. However, the Secrest concerts are not the only amazing Beethoventhemed events happening in WinstonSalem this spring. There are a variety of exciting concerts and activities planned throughout the city, ranging from traditional symphony concerts to dance events and film screenings. Perhaps the most exciting event coming up is the Winston-Salem Symphony’s Beethoven Celebration concert, which will be held on Sunday, April 5 at 3 PM and Tuesday, April 7 at 7:30 PM at the Stevens Center. The concert will begin with the overture to Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio (fun fact: he wrote four different overtures to this opera, in a classic example of his characteristic perfectionism), and continue with his Sixth Symphony, popularly known as the “Pastoral.” The Sixth Symphony is unique in that it is the only programmatic symphony that Beethoven wrote. That means that it tells a story, in this case illustrating scenes in the
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2020 marks the 250th anniversary of Beethoven, the immortal composer’s, birthday. Concerts will be held throughout the year in celebration. countryside (including a dramatic storm), unlike his other symphonies, which are “absolute” music with no explicit narrative qualities. With the Sixth Symphony, you can really hear the scenes Beethoven is trying to depict, with each movement given a descriptive title. The concert will conclude with the Mass in C, one of the composer’s greatest choral works. The Mass is a rare treat, often overshadowed by Beethoven’s more popular pieces for chorus and orchestra, such as the Missa Solemnis and, of course, the Ninth Symphony. Despite its bad initial reception – the person who commissioned it, Prince Nikolaus Esterházy II, was extremely
disappointed at the premiere – it is now considered to be one of Beethoven’s most heartfelt and direct pieces. For those who aren’t particularly interested in a symphony concert, there are other events happening around Winston-Salem. If you’re here during spring break, there are two dance events on March 13 and March 14 at 8 PM at Hanesbrands Theater, entitled “Dancing Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Rakowski.” If movies are more your thing, the 1994 film Immortal Beloved, starring Gary Oldman, will be playing every day at 12:30 PM at the UNCSA Main Theatre from March 26 - April 5.
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Old Gold & Black | Life
Beijing opera comes to the university The Beijing Peking Opera traveled from China to perform for university students and faculty in Scales Fine Arts Center BY ERIC OMOROGIEVA Staff Writer omorei17@wfu.edu
Last weekend, visiting actors treated students to a look into traditional Chinese culture with a performance of Beijing Opera in its first ever full appearance in Winston-Salem. The Opera, Jīngjù in Chinese, also known as 京剧, is a stylized form of different arts including works of literature, movement, music and singing that has been around for over 200 years. It encompasses four main roles, 生 (Shēng or elder bearded male), 旦 (Dàn or female), 净 (Jīng or male with painted face and distinguished features) and 丑 (Chōu or male clown), into folktales featuring distinctive high-pitched dialogue and singing as well as action scenes. The main female role, 旦, is the most interesting. It has a long history of being filled by men because women weren’t allowed to work in the art for generations after its origin. This history was also highlighted in the popular 1993 film Farewell My Concubine. The group visited from the Confucius Institute of Chinese Opera at Binghamton University in New York. Before the Saturday performance, guests had the opportunity to attend a workshop lecture on the opera and ask questions in a session led by Chenfu Zhu, a lecturer and performer. She offered details regarding an opera’s format and her own experience with the art form. Zhu started learning opera when she was 12 and eventually graduated from the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing. In answering questions about her life, she said that she likes that Beijing Opera is an abstract art and performance style. The singing incorporates beautiful melodies and saidshe enjoys the challenge of learning the complicated tempos. The highlight of the workshop was the early chance to see actors sing and perform scenes. The audience, with ages ranging from elementary schoolers to professors seemed to thoroughly enjoy the event, with many of the kids happily learning how to do moves at the end of it. It takes tremendous skill and hard work to master Beijing Opera, with slower learners requiring up to three years of training before they are able to perform on stage.
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The characters don’t have names, but these two are in the midst of a duel. The Opera is charcterized by the traditional high putched singing and colorful costumes.
The performance itself was stunning to see. It featured three portions: the operatic scenes, a performance of two songs from a Bamboo Flutist, and five scenes of different fights, movements and songs. While on stage, the actors shine brightly with their shining helmets, costumes and face paint. Seeing the complicated choreography of the fight scenes can only draw thoughts about how hard it must be to learn the artform. The actors, Boer Li, Chenshuang Li, Yunjing Li and Chenfu Zhu all had equal moments to show off their extraordinary singing and movement skills. The Bamboo Flute pieces performed by Heren Cao provided a nice break in the action for soothing traditional tunes. With her two songs, she exhbited jawdropping breath control and difficult note transitions. In the following act, Hong Zhang showed off her mezzo-soprano skills in two songs that only someone with her training could have been able to do. As an overall entertainment experience, this event was unlike many others and stands out visually and sonically in every way. Aside from the performances and workshops, what also stood out was the passionate comradery and friendliness of the visiting actors. Before each event, one of the actors presented a welcoming speech to the audience thanking them for allowing their performance and also congratulating the university on their win over the Duke Blue Devils in men’s basketball a comment that drew many laughs and cheers. During the performance, the audience was also encouraged to engage with the play in as traditional of a manner as possible. Whenever actors completed an impressive set of moves or posed for a short period of time, it Photo courtesy of Prof. Liu / Wake Forest University was expected that the crowd cheered loudly with Pictured above is a training session where the exclamations saying “Bravo!” or “好!” (“Good!” in performers demonstrate the weapons to volunteers. Chinese). The event also ended with a combined
shout in Chinese and English in support of the efforts to stop the coronavirus, led by the actors. The Beijing Opera succeeded in bringing people together to learn more about Chinese culture in the midst of great professional work and enthusiastic visitors.
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