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“Covers the campus like the magnolias”

Student Strategic Plan targets campus life, size

SG committee writes goals, aspirations for the future of the university

By Liza Greenspun | News editror

“Our mission, at its heart, is to improve the lives of all members of the Wake Forest community,” states the mission of Student Government.

“This development is achieved by empowering and mobilizing the student population to achieve the ends necessary to protect the vision and mission of the university.”

With this mission in mind, the Student Strategic Planning Committee composed the 22-page Strategic Plan for

the Wake Forest Undergraduate Student Body, highlighting what it believes are the most important issues for students at the university.

With the inauguration of University President Nathan O. Hatch, the new administration implemented a longterm strategic plan process for the university, beginning during the spring 2006 semester.

Various departments and organizations within the overall university community submitted individual strategic plans by June 1, 2007, which the Office of the Provost is currently reviewing and compiling, said senior Whitney Marshall, Student Government president.

According to Marshall, each committee member, including seven SG members as well as the Student Trustee and Student Trustee-Elect during the spring

2006 semester, compiled a list of what dents, a lot of the time we end up saying they believed to be the most important the same things,” she said. needs of the university.

The seven issues that most or all of the University Size and Identity committee members listed as important make up the completed student strategic “Small in size. Big in resources.” plan.

Because this phrase has been a selling Marshall said point for the unithat the committee versity for years, members gathered according to the “When you go to a bunch of information for the SG strategic plan, meetings with different stustrategic plan simply students are worried dents, a lot of the time we end by paying attention that an increase in to both formal and the size of the stuup saying the same things.” informal conversadent body would Whitney Marshall tions on various subtake away from the Student Government president jects that concern sense of community the student body at currently felt within large. the student body.

“When you go to “We suggest that a bunch of meetings with different stu- any increase in size be stretched over a

long period,” states the strategic plan, as the committee is concerned that any abrupt change in university size will lead to the acceptance of students who do not reach the current high expectations and standards of the university.

Also a priority is that “any further increase in student body size must be accompanied by an increase in both physical facilities and faculty members” in order to maintain the ability of students to attend varsity athletic events, register for desired classes and participate in campus activities.

Admissions/Diversity Diversity at the university is cited as a major issue, according to the strategic See Strategic, page A4

Summer program in Sicily to begin in 2008 Registration University sponsors Italian process language immersion program, Mediterranean studies in Erice reevaluated

By Liza Greenspun | News editror

In an attempt to give Italian students a full-immersion program and following the lead of other university-sponsored study abroad initiatives, Erice, Sicily, will host the university’s newest overseas summer program beginning in summer 2008.

Antonio Vitti, professor of romance languages and administrator of the Sicily program, has spent the past year-and-a-half traveling to Sicily and speaking with the university administration in order to prepare the new program. It will run from May 12 to June 17, 2008.

The program will be held in the small community of Erice, where according to Vitti, people do not speak English and where many cultures have met in the past, leading to a rich heritage with influences from many parts of the world.

Students will stay in a former convent in the old town of Erice that has been restructured and renovated into a hotel.

Within the hotel are classrooms where university professors will teach Italian and various humanities classes.

The old town of Erice is a very small, close-knit community situated 800 meters above sea level on a mountain, while the new town of Erice is located at the bottom of the mountain, very near the coastal city Trapani.

Students will be required to take three classes while in Erice, at least one of which must be an Italian language class.

Native speakers will also be available for conversation aspects of the program. Vitti said that it is preferred that students have at least one semester of Italian before the start of the program.

Ultimately, Vitti said he hopes a Mediterranean studies program will result from the adoption of

Registrar investigates possibility of moving registration to evening

By Jae Haley | Managing editor

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Venus Castle sits on a cliffside in Erice, Sicily, the site of the university’s newest summer study abroad program. Students will study historical influences in the region. the Sicily program.

“I always thought of Sicily as being a microcosm of the world,” Vitti said, “kind of a melting pot before the United States.”

Further west on the European continent, another new summer program began in Salamanca, Spain in summer 2007.

While the university’s Salamanca semester studyabroad program has been in place for more than 30 years, this was the first time a summer program specific to an overseas internship was offered.

The internship program, different from the usual academic study abroad experience, started when students began requesting internship opportunities abroad, said Candelas Gala, professor of romance languages and director of the program.

Gala said that students often opted for an internship program in Madrid, so she decided that a similar Salamanca program would be a better experience, as it is a much smaller city where students would See Summer, page A3

The Registrar’s Office is investigating the feasibility of changes to the current registration system, including moving registration to the evening, increasing the number of students who can register during one time period and alternating the times at which continuing students register.

The goal of the suggested changes is to further improve the registration process, which has been under criticism, particularly since last semester. Registration became so competitive that students resorted to “camping out” in academic buildings in order to be the first in line to register for classes. In response to student complaints, the add/drop period was changed last March to allow students to obtain a Permission of Instructor slip before classes began in order to add a class.

“Our goal is to give students the classes that they need at the times they need,” Registrar Dot Sugden said. Though not certain, the changes are expected to take effect next spring in preparation for pre-registration for the fall 2008 semester.

See Registrar, page A3

Students pioneer new Wake TV set to update programming internet networking site

By Lauren Dayton | Contributing writer

profiles.” The site was on the Web beginning Sept. 16.

“It’s an open forum for every A new college networking site is kickundergraduate in the nation,” Rolle ing off at the university. said. “There are Seniors Thaddeus national boards Rolle and Timothy and local campus Chilleri, both eco“It’s an open forum for every boards. Anyone nomics majors, have can write in the together begun colundergraduate in the nation.” national board lege-nation.com, a Thaddeus Rolle and in their own networking site for Senior and co-founder of individual school college undergraduCollege Nation board.” ates that is based College-naaround the concept tion.com plans of the free flow of to raise the bar uncensored information, rather than detailed personal on college networking Web sites by incorporating unprecedented user information.

“We are not focusing on personal infor- privacy and security, while simultamation,” Rolle said. “We are focusing on neously allowing greater free flow of shared interests and shared information.

The key is information, not personal See College, page A3

By Elliot Engstrom | Asst. news editor

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The mission of Wake TV, the university’s continuously-airing, student-run television station is “to provide entertainment and news to the Wake Forest population,” said junior Alex Saks, president and chief executive officer of the station.

According to various members of the Wake TV team, the station is updating its programming this year in order to bring students a greater variety of news and entertainment to better fulfill their mission.

The Wake TV executive board has decided to double the number of shows in an attempt to steer the station back to a central role in the campus community, as its professionalism and overall viewership has been declining since it first became a student-run organization in 1995.

Now, campus television Channel 6 will offer six shows, three of which will run weekly.

Life | B7 Smell the Roses

Brieflies

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Police Beat

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Spotlight

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A look at how students can enjoy the natural beauty that is only a short walk away.

The Hot List

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• Impressions of alcohol consumption inflated | A2

• Community celebrates Chinese Moon Festival | A3

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Students prepare to broadcast at Wake TV. The campus-wide station will soon be updating its program listings.

Wake TV News covers on-campus events and sports, as well as important local issues. Sportsline is a roundtablestyle sports show with hosts who analyze college and national sports teams.

Sports | B1 Turtle Soup Deacs dominate in overtime, taking down the Maryland Terrapins 31-24 by going on a three touchdown streak starting in the third quarter.

This year, Wake TV introduces Too Close to Call, a political discussion show with host Kris Wampler, a second-year See TV, page A3

Opinion | A6 Bailing Out Merski write why fans shouldn’t leave football games early, as they don’t know what they’ll miss.

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Brieflies Lecture to address media’s influence on body image Kristen Harrison, an expert on the impact of media on body image, will speak at the university Sept. 27. The lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in the Annenburg Forum in Carswell Hall. For more information, call ext. 5405.

WAKE Invasion to Navy fall break package announced Tickets to the university football game against Navy Oct. 20 are now on sale at the Benson Ticket Office for $99 roundtrip. The trip includes motor coach transportation to Annapolis, two nights lodging in Annapolis and a game ticket. The trip departs Oct. 19 and returns Oct. 21. Contact the Benson Ticket Office at ext. 4265.

Folk festival to be held at Reynolda House Reynolda House will host “Folk Fest XVI Takes to the Air!” from 12-6 p.m. Sept. 30. General admission is $20, and student admission is $10.

Children 12 and under receive free admission.

Information Systems to hold MobileU information session Information systems will hold a MobileU information session Oct. 3 in the Benson Food Court.

Students will be able to see different kind of phones, ask questions and set up an account.

Reynolds Library commences fall lecture series with banned books Z. Smith Reynolds Library will kick off its fall 2007 lecture series by observing “Banned Books Week,” a nationwide, annual event to promote free expression. Passages from books that have been banned will be read at 4 p.m. Sept. 27 in the atrium at the library.

“Real World for Creative Types” session to be held Sept. 27 The theatre department and Office of Career Services will co-sponsor a career information session at 11 a.m. Sept. 27 in Benson 407. Speakers at the event will include actor/writer Michael Huie, actor Matt Gutschick, producer/host Bradley Kime George and illustration director Keith Hobgood. Sign up in Reynolda 8 or on ECHO.

“Answers to Genesis” lecture to occur Oct. 2 David Menton, professor emeritus of cell biology at Washington University will give a speech titled “Exposing Darwin’s God: A Religious and Scientific Counterpoint,” at 8 p.m. Oct. 2 in Brendle Recital Hall.

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Presidential Ball

By Claire O’Brien | Contributing writer

In the year 2000 BCE, Princess Chang E flew from her home on earth to live on the moon, having eaten magic medicine in order to prevent an evil ruler from consuming it to become immortal.

Her sacrifice saved China, but condemned her to a life on the moon, where her only companion was a pet known as the Jade Rabbit.

So goes the myth that began the Moon Festival.

On the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, China commemorates Princess Chang E’s departure and the full moon with the annual event that also celebrates the end of the summer harvest.

The university community celebrated with an event held in the Greene Room of Reynolda Sept.

23, organized by the Chinese Student Scholar Association with help from the Asian Student Interest Association.

Junior Van Ngyuun, treasurer of ASIA, estimated that a crowd of about 200-300 people was gathered for a dinner that included duck, shrimp, clams, rice and pork.

The Moon Festival is considered the second largest Asian Festival, after the New Year, and is traditionally celebrated by the gathering of family and eating of moon cakes, known in Chinese as Yue bing. Yue bing are small round pastries with thick fillings that can range from egg yolks to

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Students gather to enjoy food and festivities at the Moon Festival celebration. An estimated 200 to 300 people partook in the event. lotus seed paste.

“In China it is common for students to present their teachers with moon cakes, especially at the universities,” said Su Liu, a Fulbright Language

Teaching Assistant in the East Asian Languages and Cultures Department.

See Moon, page A4

Alcohol statistics show increased misuse

By Caitlin Kenney | Editor in chief

Thirty-five percent of surveyed students at the university reported forgetting where they were or what they had done as a result of drinking during the last year, according to a health survey completed in fall 2006.

During the spring semester, when a group of the same students were surveyed again, 49 percent reported memory loss.

That’s roughly a 40 percent increase in blackout drunkenness.

Figures about excessive drinking are even more staggering when broken down by gender.

While the percentage of women who experienced memory loss while drinking increased by 21 percent between the fall and spring, the percentage of males increased by 69.8 percent.

“We don’t want that to be a norm,” said Natascha Romeo, health educator. “It should not be a normal part of a drinking experience.”

Romeo administers the National College Health Assessment, a comprehensive health survey taken by incoming freshmen during orientation and again by students in HES 101 and 102 in the spring semester.

These health and exercise science classes are mostly composed of freshmen, though some upperclassmen complete the surveys as well.

This survey allows Romeo to track changes in roughly the same demographic over a six-month period – and these changes can be radical.

Reported consequences from alcohol consumption in past 12 months

Being physically injured Doing something they later regretted Forgetting what they had done Being forced or threatened into sex Having unprotected sex

% Male

30.2 52.8 62.3 0.0 15.1

% Female %Total

21.0 43.2 41.3 2.5 13.8

25.6 48.1 49.0 1.9 15.5

Source: American College Health Association Spring 2007

“I’d say about 70 percent of our calls are alcohol-related in some way,” said senior Neel Patel, captain of the Wake Forest Emergency Response Team.

“We see a lot of trauma calls, a lot of medical emergency calls also, but the vast majority of calls we cover are related to alcohol and heavy alcohol use.”

Romeo attributed the high rate of blackout drunkenness to what she called misconceptions of “social norms.”

A lot of students are making good choices,” Romeo said. “Everyone thinks that everyone is drinking more than they are and everyone is trying to drink up to the perceived norm. If you can actually get the real numbers out there, people can understand the real norm rather than the perceived norm.”

The reality is that the majority of students reported drinking between

1-9 days per month.

The survey also shows that 16.3 percent of university students report that they do not drink.

However, surveyed students estimated that less than 1 percent fell into that category.

In other words, students think that more people are drinking and drinking in heavier quantities than they really are.

Romeo hopes to teach students to be aware of tolerance levels and family history and to keep track of negative drinking outcomes and adapt behavior accordingly.

“Hopefully knowledge is power for people to then make better choices,” she said.

Patel and the ERT squad try to educate students about their rights as patients and encourage students to call for help when alcohol situations get out of control.

“We have rumors going on that someone will be written for calling us or going to Student Health, which really hurts our squad and the services we can provide,” Patel said. According to university judicial policies, a student will not be written up for simply seeking help or for going to Student Health.

Junior Lauren Klinzing, co-captain of the ERT squad, said that there are some instances in which a student could be written up for circumstances unrelated to alcohol.

“There might be extenuating circumstances like vandalism or damage to property that might affect them, but they are not going to get in trouble for calling for help,” she said.

Resident advisers often end up in the middle of late night altercations and can get painted as enforcers.

But though stereotyping may suggest otherwise, most resident advisers are not primarily interested in writing up drunken residents. “In my experience, your RA really isn’t out to get you,” Patel said. “Contrary to what you may have heard, if you’re sick, they’re worried that you are sick.”

Romeo has tried to address health issues like blackout drunkenness with information sessions routinely presented to large campus groups, like first-year athletes, Greek organizations and resident advisers.

“It’s not like everyone’s in trouble all the time,” Romeo said. “But long term, you worry about the one in 10 who can get addicted.”

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Hundreds gather to celebrate moon festival

Sororities and fraternities will participate in various activities and competitions on campus Oct. 8-12.

Andrew Imboden took the photo for the Sept. 20 article, “Former mobster illuminates life shaped by crime.”

There are days until the

Property Damage •A car parked in a lot outside Manchester Athletic Center was broken into. An estimated $200 in damage was done to a door’s key entry. The break-in was discovered Sept. 17. Nothing was reported stolen.

•A student discovered Sept. 23 that his car had been dented while parked in Lot N, between Poteat and Kitchin Houses.

Alcohol and Drug Violations •In separate incidents, University Police observed three students urinating in public at BB&T Field Sept. 22. Information was forwarded to the dean’s office.

•University Police charged a student with underage possession of alcohol Sept. 22 at BB&T Field.

•A student reported to University Police Sept.

20 that his Wake Forest ID card had been stolen at a Polo Road party. While taking the report, the officer determined that the underage student had consumed alcohol.

The incident was referred to the dean’s office.

Police returned the student’s ID card after recovering it from two students.

•University Police found an underage student at Collins Residence Hall Sept. 22 in possession of alcohol, a weapon and drug paraphernalia. The incident was referred to the dean’s office.

•Several underage students were charged with underage alcohol consumption and having an unauthorized party in Davis House Sept. 23.

•A student accused another of entering her room Sept. 23 without permission.

University Police also found that the accused, underage student had consumed alcohol. Information about the incident was referred to the dean’s office.

Miscellaneous •University Police found two students in possession of a machete at 10 p.m. Sept. 18 on Student Drive. Police seized the weapon and informed the office of Harold Holmes, associate vice president and dean of student services.

•University Police issued a trespass warning to a local man who behaved suspiciously at Leighton Tennis Stadium Sept. 21. Witnesses reported the man’s behavior on that date, but the man left before he could be located by police. When he returned to campus Sept. 22, officers were called again. Those

officers issued a trespass warning to the man.

•A student reported Sept. 23 that he was assaulted by two unidentified men while walking along Polo Road. The student was scratched but not seriously injured, according to police.

•A student was stopped by University Police Sept.

21 from jumping off second-floor balconies at Kitchin House, after the student had continued doing so after being warned by a Residence Life and Housing official.

Information about the incident was provided to the dean’s office.

•University Police were called to Davis House Sept. 20 to investigate a harassment accusation by one student against another one.

The students were advised to stay away from each other.

University Police responded to 76 calls from Sept. 17 to Sept. 23, including 22 incidents and investigations and 54 service calls.

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Registrar: Changes aim to ease registration College: Site to expand to more colleges Continued from Page A1

Of the proposed changes, the most drastic would involve moving the entire registration period, currently from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., to 5 p.m. to some time in the evening.

Sugden said the end time has not been determined. Moving to an evening registration period is expected to alleviate many problems students encounter when they register during the day.

According to Sugden, some students have missed class time in order to register.

“I know a lot of professors who won’t let you open your laptop to register for class,” said sophomore Julia Dimaio, co-chair of Student Government’s Academic Committee.

Sugden expressed concerns that later registration would interrupt students’ various meetings or after-school activities.

However, Dimaio said evening registration is still preferable, as students can more easily work around or interrupt meetings or homework rather than classes.

The Registrar’s Office is also working with Information Systems to determine if the university’s server can accommodate more students registering at one time.

Currently, about 50 students can register every “The registration system now is not equal,” 10 minutes. Sugden said in an ideal situation, Dimaio said. rising seniors would register in just one day, then “The flip system is fair because someone isn’t rising juniors and so on, as is the case at schools always getting what they want and someone is such as UNC-Greensboro. always getting what they want.

However, she said that an “They flip the times for the increase to 100 students per freshmen so I don’t see why registration time slot would they can’t do it for upperclass“We’ll definitely be able to do be a significant improvemen.” more than we have in the past.” ment.

The Registrar will be meet“We need to review the ing with Dimaio and her coJay Dominick capacity of the system, but Assistant vice president of Informa- chair of the Academic Comwe’ll definitely be able to mittee, junior Matt Triplett, to tion Systems do more than we have in begin soliciting student input the past,” said Jay Dominconcerning how the changes ick, assistant vice president should be implemented to for Information Systems. best suit the students.

Dominick also said IS is trying to increase the In particular, Sugden wants feedback on how amount of time students can stay on the server to fairly assign registration times for continuing to register. students.

Now students can remain on the system for Sugden suggested assigning times randomly, two hours. Another change might allow continu- as is done for new students, or to base times on ing students to register in rounds in which their students’ number of credits toward graduation; registration time alternates, as is the practice for the seniors with the most credits would be able new student registration. to register first, for example.

For example, a student who registered late in “We want to see how students feel about it,” the day during the first round would register early Sugden said. “I think students can come up with during the second round a week later. better ideas.”

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Students run around Hearn Plaza during “Hit the Bricks,” an annual fundraiser for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Foundation from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20. Many student organizations participated in the competition, running miles while carrying bags full of sand.

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law student and a panel of four students, representing a range of views across the political spectrum.

This show aired for the first time Sept. 25.

The new format of Wake TV News will more closely resemble that of a standard news program, “much like WXII 12 or your local broadcasts” senior Cassie Dorris, Wake TV news Director, said.

The news programming, which airs Thursdays at 6 p.m., will feature four anchors: including the male and female anchors and a sports

anchor, in addition to a weather anchor.

These anchors are supplemented by a team of reporters who will follow their own stories and cover local issues in the Winston-Salem community in addition to oncampus events.

This new structure “more accurately mirrors an actual news broadcast and therefore provides our anchors and reporters with excellent broadcast experience,” Dorris said.

“As a freshman, Wake TV provides a great opportunity for me to do on-camera reporting,” freshman

reporter Kaitlyn Hennessy said.

In addition to the three weekly shows, there will also be one bimonthly show, Say It Loud (formerly known as The Struggle), which will deal with on-campus diversity issues.

This year Wake TV is taking a new direction, with TV SHOW!!!, a sketch comedy show parodying the television industry and Mind Games featuring junior Rob Water as he performs illusions and does psychological mind reading.

Along with new shows, Wake TV is also establishing a closer connection with the administration, through

frequent interviews with University President Nathan O. Hatch, which will be aired throughout the year.

The group’s goal this semester is to raise awareness on campus about Wake TV and its potential as a resource to the student population.

“Not enough students take advantage of having a good TV station at their fingertips,” said sophomore Shaney Soderquist, vice president of public relations at Wake TV.

By October, students should be able to access Wake TV through The Student Web site. This will allow them to tune in and watch the programming during their free time.

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information than has previously been enjoyed.

Users must be undergraduates and have a valid .edu e-mail address to join, according the Web site’s terms and conditions. This means that anyone who is not a college undergraduate and using the Web site does so illegally.

Many students may wonder why they should use college-nation.com over current networking sites, like Facebook and Myspace.

“Facebook has become too selective within friendships,” Rolle said. “You are essentially limited by the amount of connections you can develop, whereas we are incorporating the whole undergraduate student body, and they can share anything they need to.”

“Clubs and organizations have access to the whole student body 24/7,” Rolle said. “Any activities they are doing they can post on their individual sites, but they can also post on college-nation. com, as they know that everyone has a central organization.”

The Web site’s design is based around message boards for each school that are individually tailored for the school they correspond to, along with a national message board for all students.

Students can write only on their own school’s board and on the national board.

They also can read forums from other schools but are unable to write in other schools’ forums.

“We designed it this way so that kids from different schools cannot influence the dynamic at other schools,” Rolle said.

“Within any school, someone can be identified through his e-mail address. However, when you visit another school’s message boards, you cannot see e-mail addresses but only user names. We’re trying to protect user privacy while maintaining the ability for the boards to be peer monitored.”

Wake Forest and Elon are the only schools with currently functioning boards on the Web site.

However, many other schools, including UNCChapel Hill, N.C. State University and Duke University will soon join them on the Web site.

“The first and primary reason we made this site is because it’s private,” Rolle said.

“There are faculty and staff on Facebook, whereas they are not on CollegeNation. Students can say anything without having to worry about university censorship and future job opportunities.”

Rolle feels that CollegeNation will fill a void where other college networking sites have come up short.

“There are Web sites where people can advertise things,” Rolle said, “but there is really no place on the internet that is completely student-driven and student-run. For example, a fraternity could post a party without having to worry about the administration finding out about it.”

In addition to the requirement of being an undergraduate to sign up for the site, students can no longer use the site once their graduation year has passed.

“We’re trying to protect user privacy,” Rolle said.

Summer: University implements internships in Salamanca

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be a better experience, as it is a much smaller city where students would be less likely to feel lost and could receive more individual attention.

Many internship possibilities are pre-approved, including internships with the American Red Cross, at a local medical clinic, at a local elementary school and many other opportunities.

Gala said that they are willing to help students find internships that interest them, even if they are not already on the previously-approved list.

For example, Gala said that one student wanted to work in a physics lab, and another wanted to work at an immigration agency.

They were able to accommodate both of these requests.

Four students participated during the program’s first year. Sophomore Emma Causey said she originally planned to go to Madrid for an internship, but that Gala convinced her to apply for the Salamanca program instead.

Causey said she was worried that her language skills would not be sufficient enough and did not want to feel lost in a city as large as Madrid.

The program consists of two possible five-week sessions, corresponding with the university’s summer school sessions, Gala said.

The internship itself is worth three credit hours at the university, and if a student chooses to also partake in the class, he or she will receive an additional three hours.

Students stay with Spanish families in Salamanca.

For the internship itself, students must be on site for a certain number of hours each morning, Gala said.

In the afternoon, they have the option of enrolling in a class having to do with their internships, which will count towards the Spanish major, or of returning to their internship for several more hours.

“I’m ecstatic,” Gala said of the success of the program’s first summer. “What I have found is that (students) really felt accomplished.”

Causey, who worked as a translator in a health clinic said that although she was nervous about her level of Spanish at first, she does feel that she benefited greatly from the experience.

“Now I feel much more proficient,” she said.

Photos by Liza Greenspun/Old Gold & Black

Top right: Salamanca contains many streets such as this, lined with buildings constructed hundreds of years ago. These streets lead to the Plaza Mayor, the central meeting place of the city.

Top left: El Convento de las Dueñas, or Convent of the Owners, is one of the myriad popular tourist spots in the small city of Salamanca, Spain. As with El Convento, many are of an ecclesiastical nature.

Bottom left: A statue of Lazarillo de Tormes and one of his many mentors stands in Salamanca. Lazarillo de Tormes is the first of many picaresque Spanish novels, and claims the role of introducing a new literary genre to the country.

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University and Winston-Salem residents learn about the Chinese Moon Festival.

Moon: Students eat, observe Chinese holiday Continued from Page A2

The festival can be called by many names, including the Mid Autumnal Festival and the Lantern Festival (in reference to the decorative lanterns hung along the sides of streets).

The holiday is often compared to Thanksgiving: an opportunity to reunite with family and celebrate another year.

Poems and songs for the festival usually revolve around central themes of family and weather, often reflecting on missing family members and sending good wishes for the upcoming year.

Moon viewing was once an important aspect of the celebrations but in modern times the festivities have shifted to focus on spending time with friends and relatives.

Guests not only included university students but many local families as well, reflecting the familial spirit of the holiday.

Many of the kids played Chinese Chess and other games, but most of the activities revolved around socializing and appreciating one another’s company.

When asked to describe the traditional activities of the Moon Festival freshman David Hua said, “Basically you just enjoy yourself and eat.”

plan. “There needs to be a diverse group of students living and working together, and not a homogenous population,” it states.

“At Wake Forest it is hard to ignore the fact that campus is separated along racial, socio-economic, religious and many other lines,” states the SG strategic plan. “ W h i l e we support increasing the number of diverse students attending the university, this may be futile without efforts to bridge gaps Marshall of communication that currently exist.”

Thus, the committee believes it is imperative that further dialogue about diversity issues be started, both inside and outside of the classroom.

The committee suggests that in order to improve diversity, improved recruitment efforts, including mock classrooms in various high schools as well as summer camps and academic programs for those interested in applying for undergraduate studies at the university, are needed.

Social Life The social life section of the strategic plan focuses on Greek organizations and how the system needs to be changed in order to promote a stronger sense of community among the entire university community.

“The recent trend of parties moving off campus has devastated the Wake Forest sense of community,” the plan states.

This is evident by the success of on-campus lounge party nights.

However, according to the strategic plan, in order for such nights to

continue to be successful, it is imperative that all Greek organizations have on-campus lounge space.

The Need for a Student Center

“We value the teacher-scholar model rather than the scholarteacher model,” Marshall said.

“We want to make sure we have teachers who actually care about their students and their learning.”

According to the strategic plan, Pro Humanitate and Our ComReynolds Gymnasium, built in 1956, is the oldest facility building in the munities Atlantic Coast Conference, followed The committee, according to the by the next oldest facility, built at strategic plan, Florida State Unifully supports versity in 1996. having a larger, “These facilities “We value the teacher-schol- more involved are too small and Pro Humanitoo out of date to ar model rather than the tate Center for satisfy the needs of scholar-teacher model. We Leadership that current students, want to make sure we have is located in a as evidenced by more prominent the severe overteachers who actually care site and takes crowding of the about their students and an active role in Miller Center their learning.” campus life, as throughout most many students of the day,” states Whitney Marshall the student strateStudent Government President do not even know that the gic plan. university curThe plan prorently has a Pro poses that a new student center not only have fitness Humanitate Center.

“We envision this center as a space facilities but also other spaces to resolve the problem of a lack of stu- for the study of leadership and community service in addition to areas dent hang-out space on campus.

This, according to the plan, would where leadership and membership lead to a greater sense of community of campus organizations can interact,” the plan states. among the student body.

“The center would serve as a link between life inside and outside of the Academic Affairs classroom, essentially contributing The academic affairs section of the to a more vibrant intellectual life.” student strategic plan emphasizes Student Living Space & Amebringing a variety of professors with nities diverse backgrounds to campus.

“One of the major difficulties in One of the longest and most bringing top name professors to Wake Forest is the sometimes lack involved sections of the student of funds that are necessary to entice strategic plan, the student living space section, includes goals for them to campus,” the plan states.

Thus, the committee suggests the increased hours of the Student that the university seek out donors Health Center and Information interested in giving money to form Systems. The strategic plan calls endowed professorships. Other ben- for university police to assess the efits the plan suggests giving to pro- lighting situation on campus, as well fessors include a child care program as to be more friendly and willing to and a dining area specifically for reach out to students in a personal faculty, separate from the Reynolda way. The committee would like to see healthier dining options on Fresh Food Company.

campus, as well as more late-night food options in order to accommodate the daily schedules of typical college students.

“The controversy surrounding the removal of Shorty’s from its current location provides ample opportunity for discussion on this very issue,” the plan states. We fully recommend that a late-night venue open elsewhere on campus, perhaps on the north campus, to serve students’ needs. Should this location become Shorty’s, we believe it would fulfill the original purpose of this historical location on the old campus.”

Student activities funding has been a controversial issue in recent years, as less and less funding seems to be available for groups that request it.

Thus, the committee recommends that an evaluation of the funding for each individual campus group be completed in order to see which groups are actually using the money they are allotted. Also, the plan suggests that alumni should be able to donate money specifically to student activities in order to increase the total amount of funds. Finally, the strategic plan addresses the everpertinent issue of the lack of parking on campus. It recommends that an underground parking garage be built, depending on the location and provided that students still have the opportunity to park behind academic buildings and residence halls at night and on weekends.

A better shuttle system is also included in the plan. The committee, according to the strategic plan, would like to see at least two RIDE shuttles running at night as well as a shuttle to and from athletic events for the safety of the students. The Student Strategic Planning Committee, according to Marshall, will have a meeting with the Provost Jill Tiefenthaler Oct. 25 in order to discuss the future of the goals discussed in the strategic plan.

According to Marshall, the plan is now in the long-term stage, as it will take at least 10 years to implement these goals.

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Registration improvements will ease frustrations

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ur hearty approval must be extended to the Registrar’s Office for its insistence on improving the registration process. The concern the office has shown for alleviating or eliminating registration problems is proof that it has not forgotten about its students who have often been frustrated by registration.

Moving registration to the evening would be a welcome change, both for students and professors.

No longer would students have to divert their attention away from class in order to register on their ThinkPads, and professors would not be disrupted by students registering during class.

We also cannot overlook the commitment of the Registrar’s Office, as its employees are willing to stay up all night to help student register.

Flip-flopping registration times for continuing students as is done for new students is also a needed change.

Under the current system, a student could hypothetically be assigned a poor registration time each semester, while another student received desirable registration times each semester. The Registrar’s Office is encouraged to make this change to ensure this inequity is no longer a possibility.

The Registrar’s collaboration with Information Systems in attempt to increase the number of students who can register at one time is yet another sign of its continuing efforts to ensure every student has a chance to register for the classes he or she wants and needs.

Clearly, registration is flawed, as evidenced by disgruntled students with less-than-ideal schedules, but the problems have been properly identified and the solutions seem appropriate.

We have full confidence in the Registrar’s Office that many of these problems will soon be in the past.

Drinking does not need to lead to blackouts

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he legal drinking age in the United States may be 21, but pretending that students under 21 don’t or won’t drink would be a serious mistake.

The national health survey administrated at freshmen orientation shows that younger students do drink.

But drinking isn’t really the problem. The problem is how much students choose to drink, often to the point of memory loss or blacking out.

The 2006-’07 study showed that in students’ first year at the university, the blackout drinking rate rises by 40 percent.

The experts postulate that this increase is due to peer expectations or thinking

that those around you are drinking far more than is the reality. To those who have felt pressured to drink large amounts of alcohol, know that no one likes a blackout drunk and that party-goers at this university and elsewhere do not expect attendees to drink so much that they won’t remember the party the next day.

Socialization is far more important that consumption and finding your comfort level is key. Find a tolerance level and stick to it.

No one will question your decision to stop drinking, especially if they’re the ones that will be taking care of you if you pass out later that night.

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Post game check-in should be enforced

Spectators that left game early missed a great comeback victory

I really hope that in the future, Screamin’ Demons leadership does actually do a post-game check to make sure that students stay for the whole game.

When you enter, just have Screamin’ Demon workers tell students that there will be a post-game scan-out. Then, as students leave, Screamin’ Demons ensures that no student violated the contract.

Students leaving games has been a rampant problem in the past. This would not only quickly eliminate the list of students on the waitlist, but would Jeff Merski definitely help create a better game Opinion editor environment at the stadium.

Some football player mentioned to n Sept. 22 at around 6 p.m., it me that late in the fourth quarter and looked like the football team in overtime on Saturday was the loudest was as good as dead. Trailing they have ever heard BB&T Field.

24-3 to Maryland with the Terrapins That’s with a quarter of the students on the verge of making the game 31-3, there. Imagine how loud it would be it was not looking good for the Deacs. if we had 2,200 students partaking in But, as we all know the “Wake … Forest …” now, redshirt junior chant. cornerback Alphonso However, in the end, Some football players Smith took a Jordan it boils down to students mentioned to me that Steffy throw to the end supporting their fellow late in the fourth quarzone, making what was classmates on the field. bound to be a fourter and in overtime on One of the great things touchdown game into about this university is Saturday was the louda deficit of only two that the athletes are not est they have ever heard touchdowns. hidden from the rest of Unfortunately, on that BB&T Field. That’s with a the student body; instead, Maryland drive, many they’re just like regular quarter of the students fans at BB&T Field students at this school, there. Imagine how loud were heading back to going to the same classes, the parking lots, if they it would be if we had eating in the Pit, living had not gone already at in the dorms just like 2,200 students partaking halftime. Even worse, any other student. It’s an many of these fans were in the “Wake … Forest …” experience that I would chant. students. say cannot be replicated I was quite at the vast majority of disappointed when I Division 1-A colleges. turned around halfway It’s apparent that the through the fourth quarter and looked team appreciates the students’ efforts – back into the student section from my the players always come right over to the fifth-row perch. student section after a game – win or The students section was barely a lose – to thank them for coming out. quarter filled – there were no more than This was even more apparent after 400-500 students in the seats. That’s the Maryland game, where the players quite pathetic, especially if there are and fans celebrated together, topped off over 2,200 Screamin’ Demons signed up with the players putting a halt to the and a waitlist waiting to take any vacant band playing the fight song and led the slots. student body in singing it.

In the Screamin’ Demons contract, it This was a special connect between the states, “You are required to attend games team and the fans, and it was apparent in their entirety; thus, the Screamin’ that the team was quite grateful for the Demons leadership reserves the right to fans that stuck with them even when it check attendance at any point during looked like defeat was inevitable. any game.”

I sincerely hope that those students It’s quite clear that the vast majority of who missed out on the end of this game Screamin’ Demons were in violation of learned a lesson from this – never give this rule. up on your team, even when it appears It’s one thing if you have to leave like the game is over. Because, as Yankee the game early in order to appear in a legend Yogi Berra once said, “It ain’t university play that evening; it is not over till it’s over.” acceptable to leave a game early in order to head out to dinner or kick-start Jeff Merski is a senior political science Saturday night partying. major from North Andover, Mass.

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L E T T ER S T O T H E E DITOR Fan base disappointing at football game

The astounding overtime comeback of our Demon Deacon football team this weekend was one of the most moving sports moments in my four years at the university, but sadly the majority of the student body missed it. What started out as a packed student fan section started dwindling in the second half, and by the time Josh Adams took the ball into the end zone in overtime, sending the remaining fans into a euphoric frenzy, about one fourth of the Deacon Nation remained to see it. Sure, we few remaining fans screamed until we were hoarse, but I was truly disappointed in a student body that didn’t back our Deacs until the bitter end – whatever the outcome. I found this line in a short ESPN article dedicated to Wake’s tremendous comeback: “Smith jumped in front of the route and raced the length of the field – weaving past Steffy and Danny Oquendo – to revive a listless crowd that had been shedding fans only minutes earlier.” How does it feel to be characterized as a “listless crowd” who “sheds fans” before their team marches to an incredible overtime victory? It feels pretty awful. I’ll give all the Demon Deacon fans some words

of advice that the faithful in my section called to those leaving early – “Don’t leave. Believe.” Believe in your team.

The national sports media doesn’t believe in us and commentators call last season “a fluke,” but we should know better.

Support your team and stay for the whole game.

Caitlin Kenney Senior

Students have no excuse for leaving early Saturday I hope all the students that left the Sept. 22 football game against Maryland early learned their lesson. Shame on them for giving up on their team. But they paid the price because they missed the most exciting finish in Wake Forest football history. Homework and parties can wait. If a student is going to take a ticket that another student could have used, stay and cheer until the end. Our football team deserves students’ full support, and the rest of the fans depend on the student section to lead the stadium in cheering.

See you at the FSU game.

Anne Randall Class of 1998

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Quick Quotes “We plan to come back on the same day next year and try for a baby and the prize nine months later.”

-Karina Bukhanovsky of St. Petersburg, Russia, on taking part in a contest where she can win a new home if she gives birth June 12. The contest is sponsored by a central Russian province that encouraged couples to skip work and try to have children instead.

“” “I looked at her like that was the craziest thing that I’d ever seen. She looked at me and smiled and said, ‘Oh, it was just a play bite. He’s not hurt’.”

-Faith Buntin of Indianapolis on a laboratory technician that bit the shoulder of her son while the technician was drawing blood from his arm.

“” “Childrens do learn.”

-President George W. Bush in an appearance in front of a group of schoolchildren in New York City.

“” “As the agent was doing his search, he left the vehicle running and the keys in the ignition, so one of the lads, still wearing handcuffs, grabbed the steering wheel and they headed back to Mexico.”

-A Border Patrol spokesman on a group of three Mexican teenagers who had been detained for allegedly smuggling drugs into the United States, stealing a Border Patrol agent’s car and returning to Mexico.

“” “We’re not a daycare service.”

-Stephen Chandler, who manages a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Gulfport, Miss., on his restaurant’s policy of not letting in unaccompanied teenagers. Police recently had to break up a brawl at the restaurant after a group of girls were left unaccompanied at the restaurant.

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Administration continues to fail in Iraq Matt Goetz

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eneral David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker delivered long-awaited congressional testimonies last week on the military and political progress achieved in Iraq. Unfortunately, this supposedly nonpartisan assessment of the recent troop surge was filled with more of the same Bush Administration rhetoric. The president refused to admit to the failure of his policies in Iraq, and instead is relying on the reports by his top military and diplomatic envoys to convince Congress and the American public of the need to continue the occupation by American forces.

Rather than allow Congress to question a member of his administration, President George W. Bush has politicized the distinguished military career of General Petraeus.

Because its policy recommendations were delivered by a four-star general, the Bush Administration has been able to condemn its critics as unpatriotic.

In response to a MoveOn.org ad criticizing the war, GBush declared “I felt like the ad was an attack … on the U.S. Military.” This statement by

the president is deplorable because it dishonors the sacrifices of the military men and women who remain under attack in Iraq because of his ineptitude as commander in chief.

The Bush Administration continues to deceive the public by manipulating its assessment of the security situation in Iraq. Many of the accomplishments cited in the recent testimonies do not stand up to scrutiny.

Although both Petraeus and Bush have touted the decrease in Iraqi civilian casualties as a major success of the surge, the apparent decline in civilian deaths is actually the product of the Administration’s skewed calculations.

The most recent casualty assessment does not classify gunshot wounds to the front of the head or car bombings as sectarian violence, even when sectarian motives are corroborated by witnesses on the scene. Although this technique decreased the appearance of sectarian strife in recent months, it did not convince the nearly 70 percent of Iraqis who stated in a recent BBC/ABC News poll that the American troop surge negatively affected its security.

Contrary to the optimistic assessment issued by the Bush

Administration, the United States in coalition forces however, but from Government Accountability Office the decision by Sunni militias to cease and the Iraqi Interior Ministry have their attacks on American soldiers not reported a decline in sectarian and instead drive out the Al-Qaedamurders. affiliated militants. The Sunni militias, Far from ensuring security or whose attacks on coalition forces have winning hearts and minds, the been a major source of military and American troop presence continues to civilian casualties, view the United provoke devastating violence in Iraq.

States as an occupying force. Although When asked by the they have currently same poll who they allied with American felt was responsible troops against Despite its proclamation for most of the Al-Qaeda, it is only a of “Mission Accomplished” continued violence matter of time before nearly four-and-a-half in their country, a this agreement breaks 25 percent plurality years ago, the Bush Admin- and violence resumes. of the Iraqi people In addition to istration continues to fail blamed American the deteriorating in its attempt to reconcile forces and Bush, security situation followed by just over in Iraq, Bush faces the complex political and 20 percent who cited mounting political economic conflicts it has Al-Qaeda and foreign pressure at home created in Iraq. militants. Eighteen from Democrats and percent placed blame an increasing number on sectarian disputes/ of Republicans to Sunni and Shia begin the inevitable militias. withdrawal of troops. Despite his The only major accomplishment best efforts to shift public opinion, of the surge has been the expulsion 65 percent of Americans continue to of predominantly foreign, Islamic disapprove of the president’s handling militants from the Anbar province of the war. west of Baghdad. The success in this Although the Administration region did not result from an increase stated the possibility of bringing

nearly 6,000 soldiers home before Christmas, this action would barely offset the 4,000 additional troops that will be deployed this month as part of the surge strategy.

Despite its proclamation of “Mission Accomplished” nearly four-and-a-half years ago, the Bush Administration continues to fail in its attempt to reconcile the complex political and economic conflicts it has created in Iraq. Nearly 3,800 American soldiers have been killed, and the estimate of Iraqi civilian casualties ranges from 100,000 to one million. The Democratic congress has failed to exercise its leadership in demanding an immediate end to military operations, and thus has achieved an approval rating lower than that of the president.

Rather than continue to blame the Iraqi government or foreign militants for the failure of democracy, it is time for American policy makers to recognize that lasting peace and stability will never be achieved by continuing the presence of American soldiers and private contractors in Iraq.

Matthew Goetz is a senior political science major from Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Brumit should open his eyes

Matt Brumit could stand to learn (“‘Rich, white guy’ label a Old Gold & Black columnist burden,” Sept. 6). raning my nine-yearWe realize that Brumit old neck to see above has eyes, but does he have the end-of-the-schoolears? He himself admits no day crowd, I easily spotted my personal experience with the younger sister coming from anonymous social issues to all the way down the hall – a which he alludes. Yet he then beacon of blonde hair in a sea claims to have acquired your of brown and black. right to an opinion through 19 Growing up in Alexandria, years of “walking down streets Va., my sister and I were two of and through grocery stores” – the very few “rich white kids” his own experiences, only his, in a predominantly minority unlike those of the “critics” school. In fact, the first time he bashes, seem to be mostly someone told me I was in the unrelated to the issues at hand. racial majority, I’m pretty sure Perhaps those critics’ basis I laughed at them. My life for discrediting his opinions certainly didn’t reflect that fact. stems not from the quantity of Imagine, if you will, a cultural melanoma in his skin, but from negative of life at Wake Forest the quality (or lack thereof ) and you have my elementary of the uninformed opinion by school. which he firmly stands. The While growing up in such a inability to listen past the din diversely charged environment of his own voice renders his often proved complicated, I’m opinion moot; he is advocating so grateful for the insights it a lecture starring you rather offered. I experienced my fair than an actual discourse. share of prejudice in situations Rather than freeing him with children from the “rich whose parents white guy” had blamed stereotype, Rather than freeing him their problems Brumit’s from the “rich white guy” on white article instead stereotype, Brumit’s article people. Kids affirms that absorb stuff generalization instead affirms that genlike that like through eralization through a lack sponges, so is a lack of of compassionate underit really the compassionate kids’ fault understanding. standing. that they then Without came to school even really and took their getting into parents’ anger out on me? the confusion of the terms The funny thing is, while “subjective” and “objective” racial and socioeconomic (although, for the record, all conflicts held a dominating opinions are subjective – even influence over what should those of “rich white guys”), have been an otherwise carefree this article reflects a lack of time of life, I’m really not understanding and compassion angry about any of it in the on the part of the author. The least. On the contrary; my venom in Brumit’s tone when experiences of reverse racism he vows to “reveal (his critics’) taught me that there are ignorance” after insincerely larger social injustices in the acknowledging his own reveals world that create tremendous his lack of respect for “their” ripples in our everyday lives. opinions. Respect tends to be Simply wagging our finger at a mutually reciprocal game; if this unfortunate fact proves you don’t give it, don’t expect nothing except the silliness to receive it. of the finger-wagger; only Finally, Brumit fails to realize education through listening that, like it or not, direct can begin the tenuous process experience with a social issue of working through social does add some weight to that problems with much longer person’s opinion. As one who histories than our own. claims to value the making of My experiences of elementary observations, Brumit should school bullying were in no way acknowledge the value of those comparable to the very real firsthand observations, rather struggles of my peers’ minority than always drowning them parents in a system that has out with his own “cognitive often worked against them. abilities.” One’s right to an While these parents might have opinion goes hand in hand been wrong in inadvertently with an obligation to create pinning their issues on me, opinions based on thorough they were not wrong about the research and consideration existence of an often-unfair of the facts. They say that system, whether a society humans have two ears and only hostile to new members, or one one mouth for a reason – so entrenched in socioeconomic next time he has something to and personal remnants of say, at least consider shutting old injustices. What my his mouth long enough to interactions often taught me open your ears and your mind. was how to listen when the problem is so much bigger than Robyn Showers is a senior me – a skill that sophomore English major from Ashburn, Va.

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Humility is unsung hero of noble lives

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Matt Brumit

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The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.” You may remember this quote by Wilhelm Stekel from J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. In case you haven’t read the book, it will serve my purposes for you to know that it is a wonderful coming-of-age story about the teenage Holden Caulfield who runs away from boarding school because he doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life. Sorry to give away the ending, but he eventually decides that all he really wants to do is “just be the catcher in the rye and all,” recounting a dream he has in which he saves children playing in a field of rye from falling off a nearby cliff.

But I’m not writing a book review here.

My point is this: it seems to me that we all need to be reminded of Stekel’s words over and over again. (I know I do.)

When I was a child, I always wanted to be a policeman or a fireman or a soldier or something like that. I’m not sure if I realized the extent of my desires, but at least on some level I was already desiring to die nobly for a cause.

As time progressed and I came to fully understand the idea of martyrdom, I adamantly claimed that I actually wanted to die a martyr for something or another.

And then I read The Catcher in the Rye that living humbly is much more trying. in my English class senior year of high especially in the long run. If nothing else, school. the man who dies nobly (I assume) dies This, along with other books I was knowing that he will be remembered and reading and things that were happening honored for his noble death. in my life, slowly changed the way I But the man who lives humbly will looked at life and the idea of dying nobly most likely never receive any praise for versus living humbly. I’m not sure if I’ve his efforts. In fact, it is quite possible fully gotten the desire to die nobly out of that the moment he did receive praise he my system yet, but I at least value living would cease to be humble, ruining the humbly now. whole point. This whole idea of living I’ve got to admit, I humbly hinges upon not used to think living being recognized for your humbly was, well, boring. We strive to be famous, to efforts.

Sometimes I’m still What I’m trying “do something” with our tempted by that thought. to emphasize is the lives, to “make a difference” seeming lack of respect And it’s an easy idea to be tempted by. Everyone for humility among in the world. Of course, all seems to find humility college students. We of this is well and good, boring. I mean honestly, strive to be famous, to on this very campus, who but I think in so striving “do something” with we overlook the day by do we admire? Athletes, our lives, to “make a Rhodes Scholars, et difference” in the world. day opportunities to live cetera.

Of course, all of this humbly for some amazing Now, I’m not saying is well and good, but I causes. the people we praise think in so striving we are incapable of living overlook the day by day humbly, but obviously opportunities to live we, the ones doing the praising, have humbly for some amazing causes. a skewed view of success. According to Ultimately, our thinking is backwards.

Stekel, it would be more mature of us We think we can live life with a lot of to not only find the value of everyone, pomp and circumstance and that dying especially those whose work is not highly- nobly means dying in the same way. acclaimed, but also to desire a humble What we forget is that the very people vocation for ourselves. we remember for dying nobly most often Notice this: Stekel doesn’t say it’s led quiet, humble lives up until the times immature for a man to die nobly for a of their deaths. In fact, their deaths would cause. He says it’s immature for a man to not have been so noble had it not been want that. By all means, I will never look for their previous displays of humility. down on someone who dies nobly for a Besides all that, let’s be logical: if we all cause. die nobly for a cause, we’ll die creating a But there’s something to be said for world full of causes but devoid of people. living a quiet, humble life as well. And though dying nobly sounds like it would Matt Brumit is a sophomore from Denison, be a difficult task, I would venture to say Texas.

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Stem cell studies should be funded Research does not violate ethical, moral issues as is argued

well as Parkinson’s, blindness and spinal cord injuries. It seems obvious that our country should continue to support the saving of lives and extend the federal funding of stem cell research to include the study of human embryos.

Those against the research of human embryonic cells think that dissecting embryos is equivalent to killing humans.

The problem with this argument is that scientists use the embryos when they are still in the form of blastocysts.

Hannah Werthan Blastocysts are only four or five Guest columnist days old, and therefore they s we come closer to the have no human characteristics.

2008 election, I find Scientists are not killing people myself leaning towards when conducting research; Republican candidates, as I they are actually saving lives. usually do. However, there America was founded on is one issue in particular the principle of separation of on which I side with the church and state, and so those Democrats’ platform, and that who argue that embryonic is stem cell research. I just stem cell research is religiously cannot see why the Republican immoral have no case. They Party insists on have a right to being against maintain their this important religious beliefs, America was founded on cause. but they should the principle of separaHuman not feel as if tion of church and state, embryonic they have the stem cell power to force and so those who argue research is their beliefs on that embryonic stem cell a beneficial all American research is religiously im- citizens. When investment toward the scientists moral have no case. They advancement are able to have a right to maintain of the medical find ways to their religious beliefs, but incorporate field in America. embryonic they should not feel as if Our society stem cell they have the power to should research in the enforce their beliefs on collectively medical world, be in support all American citizens. those people of federal aid can choose to toward public decline having organizations working to those surgeries performed on discover how we can use stem them, should they ever acquire cells to save lives. a treatable disease.

Embryonic stem cell research One possible concern could greatly change the field is whether the federal of medicine if we allowed government can afford to federal funding. Currently, spend more money when it federal funding for these is already so far in debt. The projects is illegal. reason we are in debt is that In 2005, the House of we waste our money on causes Representatives and the Senate that do not produce adequate both passed the Stem Cell results or causes that are not Research Enhancement Act, the responsibility of the federal which allowed for federal government. funding of human embryonic It is our government’s stem cell research. President responsibility to fund a cause George W. Bush vetoed the that would stimulate the bill. He also vetoed a similar economy by providing more bill created this year. job opportunities and internal Bush’s vetoing of two stem revenue. cell research bills has put Human embryonic stem cell America at a disadvantage, and research is one cause that both it is hindering our potential parties should be behind. I to extend our average lifespan. hope that Republicans will be One need only to look at the able to drop their Christian benefits of researching adult leanings and realize how stem cells and cord blood important conducting stem stems cells to see that stem cell cell research is for our country research has been very effective. and the world at large.

Right now, stem cells are being used to treat many Hannah Werthan is a freshman genetic diseases and cancers as from Nashville, Tenn.

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Public funding can reform election Bennett Stancil Guest columnist

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hough the 2008 presidential election is over a year away, the top six candidates (Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney) have already raised a combined $240 million. Money has come flying in from the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans, and once its candidates are elected, these donors will expect returns.

In order to stay competitive in elections, politicians are forced to seek out these backers, thus rendering themselves accountable to oil and business lobbies, rather than their constituents.

This is the electoral system with which we live, and for those of us who do not have thousands, if not millions of dollars with which to buy a politician’s ear, its problems are obvious. Regardless of a politician’s personal views and convictions, many cannot run a campaign off of donations from environmentalist lobbyists when oil companies have given nearly 100 times the money to politicians over the past 15 years.

Ideas that do not have a strong financial backing have no voice in Washington under our current system. As Florida Rep. Joe Scarborough put it, “You’re either on the inside or the outside, and the only thing that can get you on the inside is money.” Unfortunately, this is money that 99 percent of Americans do not have.

Regrettably, the problems run much deeper than this. Politicians are not only indebted to the corporations and wealthy individuals that get them elected, but the current system also creates barriers for entrance into the political arena that are insurmountable for nearly everyone.

No matter how strong of a leader they may be, no high school principal or social worker could ever run for national political office. Only the well-connected or well-paid have access to the money necessary to run a successful campaign.

In many ways, this system would be fresher, outside-the-beltway candidates. analogous to the NFL or NBA if instead Furthermore, instead of representing of recruiting the most talented players, lobbies and large corporations, these teams simply sold roster spots to the candidates could actually represent their highest bidder (Mark Cuban on the constituents. sidelines, and not in the game, is quite Finally, once in office, candidates will enough for me, thank you). no longer be expected to pork bills for Furthermore, the problem runs deeper their fundraisers. Taxpayers would save than the candidates. The system today millions of dollars in senseless projects if forces politicians to accept money from lawmakers stopped funding projects such lobbyists from both sides of the aisle. as Gravina Island’s $220 million “bridge Running a successful campaign requires to nowhere” in Alaska. it.

Objectors cite two major problems This problem has to this system. First, no easy and quick fix; they claim that the current electoral preventing candidates system is deeply rooted Politicians are not only indebt- from receiving private in American politics. donations violates our ed to the corporations and There are solutions, freedom of speech. wealthy individuals that get however, beginning However, since the them elected, but the current with the public system is entirely financing of elections. voluntary, it has held up system also creates barriers The public financing in a number of United for entrance into the political system (also called States courts. The Clean Elections) allows arena that are insurmountable real issue behind this for nearly everyone. candidates to run objection is that wealthy their campaigns using donors do not want to public funds supplied share the eyes and ears of by the government. politicians with the rest of the people.

Under this voluntary system, candidates The second objection is that public first secure a set number of small financing puts an unnecessary burden on donations (generally $5) to validate their taxpayers who would be forced to pay for run for office. These candidates are then expensive campaigns. given access to public funds that they can The total cost for taxpayers, however, use to finance their campaigns in lieu of would only be $4 to $5 s year but after accepting private donations. (Candidates removing pet projects and favors from that prefer to receive private donations bills, taxpayers would ultimately save can opt out of public financing and run money. their campaigns as they are run today.)

This system has proven itself successful The benefits to this system are multifold, in both Maine and Arizona. In Maine, to both politicians and candidates. the majority of the legislature was First, politicians are able to spend their elected using public funds, with fewer campaigning time meeting constituents incumbents winning seats. In Arizona, and hearing their opinions, instead of the governor, lieutenant governor and only listening to the millionaires at their attorney general were all elected as “clean” fundraising dinners. Also, once elected, candidates. Other states, including North politicians are indebted to nobody but Carolina use the clean election system for those that elected them. other state offices.

The electorate also gains from this system. Without the enormous entrance Bennett Stancil is a junior economics and barriers, citizens could see and vote for mathematics major from Belmont, N.C.

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By Hailey Robbins | Contributing writer

After what was, to many, an unexpected departure by Anthony Gurley of Wake Forest basketball, questions have risen among both players and students.

The sophomore, who was expected to be a big contributor in the upcoming season, transferred to the University of Massachusetts just one week into the school year.

“Everybody was surprised,” sophomore L.D. Williams said. “I mean, I did not expect it.”

However, Head Coach Dino Gaudio maintains that no one involved with the team should have been too caught off guard.

“It’s been an ongoing thing with Anthony,” Gaudio said.

“As early as last spring, he expressed concerns with staying at Wake Forest.

He wanted to leave in the spring, but Coach Prosser convinced him to stay. In the summer he had concerns again.”

The statement released by Gurley on Sept. 12 cited a “personal situation” as his reason for transferring.

“He has a lot of things going on,” Williams said.

“There’s just a lot of family stuff going on right now,” Gurley said in a phone interview.

“So, I just needed to be closer to home.”

He continues, “I mean I like (UMass) a lot.”

“I feel more comfortable here, given the situation. It’s close to my high school. It’s close to my family. That’s pretty much the type of atmosphere I wanted to be in.”

However, as he explained, “Only a certain amount of people knew that I wasn’t happy when I was at Wake, so for the majority of people it’s got to be a surprise.”

Gurley grew up less than an hour and half from UMass in the town of Newton, Mass.

He attended Newton North High School, where he averaged 22 points a game in his senior season, leading his team to an undefeated record.

His team lost one game in his last two years as he broke the school’s all time scoring record.

“My friends up here are going to be able to come and see me play” he said. “I’m going to have a whole support system up here.”

Gurley has known UMass’ head coach Travis Ford since before high school.

Coming out of Newton North High, Gurley was raked the 22nd in the county by rivals.com.

In his freshman season at Wake, he averaged 6.4 points in less than 14 minutes a game.

“There’s no doubt AG was going to be a big part of our team,” Williams said.

“But, you know, things like this happen. We’ve been going through a See Gurley, Page B5

only 1:11 left on the clock.

“Defensively we could have played smarter, but we had that same opportunity, with the first goal on that short corner,” Averill said.

“For next week we need to work on our ability to play cohesively and clean up our fast breaks. That hurt us against Maryland. We also need to work on our movement.”

Even though out-shot 18-13 altogether and 12-6 in the second half, Kasold offered six shots, sophomore Melissa Martin and senior Chelsea Cipriani offered two shots each.

“Overall, we were definitely really intense. It was back and forth the whole game,” Martin said.

“I think it was both of our best games of the season.

I know the attendance record definitely pumped us up. We had a lot of fans at the game, which made it really intense since the game was back and forth.”

The Deacons will take on the top-seeded University of North Carolina at home at 1 p.m. Sept. 29. The Tarheels come into the game with an 11-0 record.

This is the first of a three-game homestand for the Deacs.

They also play host to Michigan State and Appalachian State before getting back on the road to face University of California Oct. 14.

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By Ryan Durham | Sports editor

After seeing the tirade by Oklahoma State’s head coach Mike Gundy, I have realized how crazy some coaches can be.

Of course you have your Bobby Knights who are famous for outbursts, but usually those outburst come with bad calls or a humiliation at home.

This rant came after a 49-45 win over Texas Tech.

One would think Gundy would take his time to congratulate the hard working players, the intelligent coaching staff or at least take all the credit himself.

Instead, Gundy decided to focus on a point not even pertinent to the game, especially considering the player in question did not play.

It is instances like this that sometimes cause me to question what exactly it takes to be a college football coach today.

At Wake Forest, we are fortunate enough to have one of the classiest coaches in college football.

After sitting through many press conferences and talking with Head Coach Jim Grobe one-on-one, several facts have become apparent to me.

Grobe rarely raises his voice, is always insightful in answering questions and is unlikely to try and sell you something that is out in left field.

After the Deacs’ Sept. 22 overtime win over Maryland, Grobe could have harped on something utterly different than the question at hand or even tried to take the credit himself.

These two actions do not fit in his mold though. He instead talked about the hard play of both the Wake Forest and Maryland players and said that the decision on who won or lost was ultimately on the shoulders of the players.

When asked about why he did not go for two at the end of regulation Grobe said that he wanted the kids to have a chance to win the football game.

Grobe is a proponent of his players both on and off the field, but does it in a respectful and dignified way.

Though I am sure Gundy’s heart was in the right place when he began his rant, he should really take a lesson from coach Grobe on focusing on the issue at hand and taking up problems in a grown up way.

Actions like Gundy’s take away from experience of the game and distract attention from the sport.

Yes, these coaches are under a lot of stress, but they are also paid very handsomely to do their jobs.

They should know when the appropriate time to have an outburst is (i.e. away from reporters and cameras) and when it is time to maintain their composure.

When a coach has an outburst it merely detracts from the play of the team and ultimately looks poor on the state of a program.

Coaches should not be a focus of the game. They should sit back and watch the fruits of their and their players labor.

The players should be the focus of the game, and Grobe is a perfect example of this behavior.

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By Blake Holt | Contributing writer

In the most highly attended game of the two fiercest rivals in field hockey the ACC, the No. 5 Demon Deacons fell to the No. 2 University of Maryland Terrapins.

With nearly 1,800 spectators, the Deacons held the Lady Terrapins to a 3-2 victory, ending the Sept. 22 game with an overall 5-3 record (1-1 in ACC).

Less than two minutes into the first half, Maryland freshman Katie O’Donnell scored.

Unflustered, the Deacons responded exactly four minutes following O’Donnell’s goal, tying the game.

Sophomore Aileen Davis scored the first goal for the Deacons, the first goal the Terps had allowed in 219 minutes of play this season.

Prior to Davis’ 5:30 goal, the Terps had shutout all opponents dating back to their Sept. 8 game against Ohio State.

Davis scored on a deflection from Junior Michele Kasold’s shot off a penalty corner.

“We worked that corner really well — it was a solid team performance,” Davis said.

“Coach wanted a short corner deflection, and it was a perfect pass from Michele (Kasold)—it just went

in. It’s an amazing feeling knowing I broke (their streak of shutouts).”

The 15-minute mark proved tough for the Deacons as Maryland’s Janneke van Leeuwen scored off a rebound from junior goalie Crystal Duffield.

Trailing by one for the remainder of the first half, the Deacons started the second half with a new fervor.

“We addressed some particulars, but I asked them to play high press, which forced some turnovers,” Head Coach Jennifer Averill said.

Averill “(Maryland) was up but I wanted to give us another opportunity. It could have easily been us in the lead or we could have been down 4-2.”

After Kasold’s initial shot was blocked by Maryland goalie Kathryn Masson with 20 minutes left in the game, she immediately returned the rebound off the goalie’s pads to tie the game 2-all.

In a devastating run for the Deacons near the close of the game, Maryland’s O’Donnell beat Duffield in a one-on-one fight to edge out the Deacons 3-2 with

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Redshirt junior cornerback Alphonso Smith returns an interception 100 yards to spark a Deacon comeback. The Deacs topped the Terps in overtime 31-24.

By Ryan Durham | Sports editor Sitting at 1-2, the Deacs hoped to be able to even up their record with a win against Maryland Sept. 22, but all seemed lost until redshirt junior cornerback Alphonso Smith returned an interception 100-yards to give the Deacons a second wind, leading to their overtime victory, 31-24.

Wake Forest drew first blood in the

competition when redshirt junior kicker Sam Swank hit a field goal from 24-yards out.

The drive had been set up by a combination and two long completetions by redshirt sophomore quarterback Riley Skinner, who returned from injury this week.

The Terrapins had no plans of letting the Deacs run away with the lead, driving down the field on their next

possession and kicking a 38-yard field goal of their own to tie the score at 3-3.

A fumble from redshirt senior running back Micah Andrews set the Terrapins on the Wake Forest 31-yard line for their next possession.

This field position allowed them to make quick work of the Deacon See Football, Page B6

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By Susie Manship | Staff writer

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Sophomore Samatha Germano dribbles past a defender during the Deacs’ 2-1 win over Brown Sept. 21.

The Brown University Bears came into Spry Stadium Sept. 21 looking for their first victory.

The (0-4-1) Bears didn’t find it in Winston-Salem, as the Deacs defeated Brown 2-0.

The Bears fought hard defensively, but the Deacs (4-3-1) capitalized on two long shots.

Junior Amy Smerdzinski scored the first goal of the match. The 20-yard shot was assisted by sophomore Jill Hutchinson.

Hutchinson followed with a 15-yard shot to put Wake up 2-0.

Sophomore goalkeeper Laura Morse recorded her first win and shutout of the season.

“It has been a rough season so far, since we have been playing really well but not getting the end result that we need,” senior Ashley Burney said.

“The game against Brown has definitely gotten us back into that awareness that we can come out on top when we finish out opportunities.”

The team had a quick turnaround after Brown as they traveled to Morgantown, W. Va., Sept. 23.

Wake defeated the No. 13 Mountaineers 2-1.

In the 16th minute, Mountaineer Deana

Everett scored the first goal of the match.

West Virginia held the Deacs scoreless in the first half.

Wake came out strong the second half as Hutchinson scored her fifth goal of the season in the 63rd minute of play.

With only 3 minutes left, Burney had a game-winning header off a corner kick from sophomore Kaley Fountain. It was Burney’s first goal of the Hutchinson season.

“It was a solid team effort for 90 minutes straight, with every girl walking off exhausted from working hard,” Burney said.

Wake was only the second team to defeat the Mountaineers at home in West Virginia’s last 23 games.

This win also marks the highest ranked win so far for the Deacons, and it could not have come at a better time.

The Deacs start conference play at home Sept. 27 as they take on Virginia Tech.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Spry Stadium.

The win brings the Deacons 5-3-1 on the season.

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ophomore Marcus Dillon is originally from Oshawa, Ontario, but moved down South for the academic experience and overall athletics program at Wake Forest. Dillon started the year with a first place finish at the Wake Forest Relays, followed by a third place finish at the Lou Onesty Invitational.

He finished his freshman season strong,

On a good individual start to the season: It feels really good.

It’s always good to start the season off on a good note but we all still have a lot of work to do to make sure we have a successful season.

It’s the meets later in the season that count, so we want to make sure we continue working hard so that we can run well at the later races, especially conference and regionals.

On his personal goals: For this season I really want to focus on just being

this season but it’s hard to know exactly where we stand since we haven’t all raced together yet.

Our first meet as a team will be at Louisville so we’ll be able to know much more clearly where we stand after that meet.

We want to perform really well at the conference meet and let that carry over to regionals as well and have a chance to qualify for NCAAs. On what he thinks about while running: For the most part I try not to think too much.

A lot of the time you can get caught over-thinking

"For now I just want to take it one race at a time." running and placing 54th overall and second on the team in the NCAA Southast Regional. The Old Gold & Black’s assistant sports editor Allison Lange sat down with Dillon to talk about his favorite class at Wake Forest, the team goals this year and what he thinks about while running.

consistant in every race and make sure I work hard and do all of the little things right to perform to the best of my ability.

I’d like to get a Top 10 finish at the ACC meet and do really well at the regionals as well, but for now I just want to take it one race at a time.

On the team goals: As a team we’re definitely looking to make a lot of big improvements from last year.

We’ve made a lot of good steps in the right direction

On his favorite class at Wake: I’ve enjoyed a lot of my classes, but I’d have to say that my favorite has been my Introduction to Sports Medicine class.

As an athlete, I’ve had a lot of injuries and setbacks so I’ve found it very interesting to learn about these injuries and how to prevent and treat them.

DEACON NOTES

DEAC OF THE WEEK Redshirt junior Alphonso Smith who hails from Pahokee, Fla., was named as the ACC Defensive Back of the Week.

His outstanding performance in Wake’s Sept. 22 game against Maryland led the Deacs to an important victory in the ACC’s Atlantic divison.

Smith turned the game around Smith with an astonishing 100-yard interception return for a touchdown.

Smith’s touchdown revived the Deacs, who were trailing 24-3 at the half.

From there the Deacons went on to score 28 unanswered points and win in overtime, 31-24.

Smith’s interception return is the longest in Wake’s history. Smith also finished the game with a total of six tackles including four solos.

Last year Smith played in all 14 games. Smith recorded three interceptions last season, placing him third on the team.

As a freshman, Smith was named a first-team Freshman All-American by CollegeFootballNews.com, ESPN.com and Scout.com.

Smith and the Deacons take on Duke in Durham, N.C., Oct. 6.

things when you’re running and wind up doing yourself harm, so most of the time I try to keep my mind off of it.

Women’s basketball coach inducted into Hall of Fame Head women’s basketball coach Mike Peterson was announced Sept. 24 as a member of the inaugural class of the Northwest Christian College Athletics Hall of Fame.

“It’s a huge honor for me and I’m very flattered and humbled to be included in the first Hall of Fame class,” Petersen said.

Peterson transferred to the Northwest Christian College in Eugene, Calif., after playing basketball for two seasons at the College of the Redwoods in Eureka, Calif.

Peterson was the second-leading scorer in the country his senior year and finished in the Top 10 all-time leading scorers in Northwest Christian’s athletic history.

Sophomore standout named ACC Player of the Week Sophomore soccer player Cody Arnoux received ACC Player of the Week honors for his game-winning goal Sept. 22 against Clemson.

Arnoux’s goal led the team to a 1-0 win.

This goal was the second game-winning goal Arnoux has made this year and brought his total goals made this year during a game to four.

The No. 1 men’s soccer team takes on No. 24 Maryland at 7 p.m. on Sept. 29 in Spry Stadium.

Valentin nominated for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award Men’s soccer player, senior Julian Valentin, was named as a candidate for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award.

This award is an annual honor that is presented to senior athletes who excel on and off the field.

As current captain of the top-ranked soccer team, Valintin has shown superiority on the field starting every game for the past two years and helping the Deacs to their first run to the NCAA College Cup. While playing for the Deacs, Valentin has made the Dean’s List five out of six semesters, proof of his determination and hard work off of the playing field.

Performance against Maryland nets freshman honors Redshirt freshman running back Josh Adams was named ACC Football Rookie of the Week for his performance during the Maryland game Sept. 22.

Adams carried the ball a career-high 20 times for 91 yards in Wake’s win against Maryland.

Adams is currently ranked 10th in the ACC in rushing yards, averaging 62.0 yards per game.

Hutchinson continues to rake in awards with Player of the Week Sophomore Jill Hutchison was named as the ACC Women’s Soccer Player of the Week for her five points on two goals and one assist during this past weekend’s game.

Hutchison’s skill helped bring the Deacs to victory Sept. 21 against Brown, and on the Sept. 23 against No. 18 West Virginia. She now has a total of five goals for the season, two of them gamewinning goals. Last week Hutchison was named to the Soccer Buzz Elite Team of the Week.

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Men’s soccer undaunted by ACC competition Connor Swarbick | Contributing writer

The No. 1 Deacons moved to 6-0-0 on the season with a 1-0 victory at Clemson in their Sept. 12 ACC opener. Clemson dropped to 3-4-1 on the season and 0-1-0 in the ACC. The six wins ties the 1984 school record for consecutive victories to start a season. Head Coach Jay Vidovich is pleased with his team’s performance thus far.

“Each week the boys are getting stronger as a team and in their individual performance as well as their collective performance,” Vidovich said.

Sophomore Cody Arnoux scored the winning goal in the first ACC start of his career.

The goal came in the 34th minute.

Freshman midfielder Corben Bone and junior forward Marcus Tracy assisted Arnoux’s goal.

“Corben did a great job of Arnoux getting the ball to Marcus.

Marcus did all the work and I was just in the right place at the right time and stuck it,” Arnoux said.

Tracy led the Deacon assault.

Along with the assist, he took six shots, two of which were turned back by the Tigers’ goalkeeper.

The 1-0 victory also meant another shutout for redshirt senior Brian Edwards.

It is his third on the season and the 34th of his college career, making him the school’s record holder in that category.

The team’s lofty ranking and early success does not come as a surprise to Vidovich.

The Deacons went to their first College Cup last season and have high expectations again. But, Vidovich’s goals for the team are more simple than that.

“Our goal is to get better every day and get ourselves in a situation to win a couple trophies,” Vid-

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Junior midfielder Cline Beam attempts to cut off a Bradley defender in a game Sept. 9. Beam and the Deacs are currently ranked No. 1 in the country and have a 6-0-0 record. ovich said.In Vidovich’s mind, the No. 1 ranking is irrelevant.

“It may sound like a cliché, but we aren’t really worried about our ranking,” Vidovich said.

“We know that that isn’t going to win us a championship trophy. We have a long-term picture of our goals.”

Arnoux won the ACC Player of the Week award for his game-winning goal.

It was only his third career start, but it was his second game-winning goal this season. Arnoux, who shared the award with Boston College junior

Game of the Week 1 p.m. Sept. 29 Kentner Stadium

Coming off a difficult loss to the No. 2 Maryland Terrapins Sept. 22, the No. 4 Demon Deacon field hockey team returns home Sept. 29 to face the No. 1 Tar Heels of UNC-Chapel Hill.

The Deacs will rely on the skills of senior Chelsea Cipriani and junior Michelle Kasold.

Cipriani has four goals and an assist so far this season. Kasold has been important to the Deacon attack as well, recording four assists to go along with her two goals.

Also important for the Deacs will be junior Crystal Duffield.

Duffield has 26 saves in Wake Forest’s eight games.

UNC will center behind the strong attack of Rachel Dawson and Jesse Gey. The two players are in the ACC’s top five for both overall points and for goals.

Dawson has recorded 10 goals and an assist in the Tar Heels 10 games this season.

Gey has eight goals of her own to go along with 10 assists.

The bout could likely be one that will be replayed in the ACC Championship.

said “He is a lot of fun to have around.”

“He works hard and he keeps getting better all the time.”

The Deacons will face the No. 18 Maryland Terrapins 7 p.m. Sept. 29 at Spry stadium.

The team has invited all of the local media members and their families to come enjoy the game and a complimentary dinner.

They will continue to try to improve and go the extra mile so that they can make the 100-mile drive to Cary, N.C. in December for the 2007 College Cup.

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Alejandro Bedoya, is tied for second among ACC players in goals scored with four.

Arnoux said he is pleased with his accomplishment, but is focused on what’s ahead for the Deacons.

“It’s a great honor; a lot of great players have gotten it and I hope the awards keep coming,” Arnoux said.

“But, this season is going to take a lot of hard work.

I expect us to do well in the ACC and keep getting better everyday.” Vidovich was complementary of Arnoux’s performance.“Cody is a go getter.” He

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Williams

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FOR THE AMATEUR With the flag football season underway at Water Tower field, there have already been plenty of games worth mentioning, plenty of rules clarifications, and above all, plenty of referees worthy of acknowledgement for their superb efforts.

Game of the Week: Sept. 25 showed why the Frat league is noted for its tough competition, as Sigma Nu fraternity and Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity battled each other in their first regular season game, ultimately ending the duel in a tie, 26-26.

The first half was relatively slanted toward the defensive prowess of each team’s secondary, with both quarterbacks finding trouble staying away from throwing interceptions.

In the last minute, however, three touchdowns were scored, two of them by Pika and the final by Sigma Nu on a long fly route to tie the game.

With virtually no time left on the clock and needing the extra point for the victory, Sigma Nu wide receiver junior Mike Bryan appeared to catch a ball in the back of the end zone, but as he shifted it in his hands the ball slipped

loose, ending the game in a tie.

Rules Clarification: The spot of the ball is becoming an increasingly large topic of discussion between referees and players.

To explain the official rule once and for all, the ball gets spotted by where the ball is located on the field, as opposed to the spot where the flag was pulled.

For example, if a player runs with the ball extended fully forward in his hands and away from the spot where his flag is pulled, then that becomes the official spot of the ball.

Also, in co-rec flag football, a play does not become open if a female runs the ball across the line of scrimmage.

That is to say that on a closed play where the female quarterback scrambles across the line of scrimmage and has her flag pulled, the following play would remained closed.

Official of the Week: Matt Socha

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Players attempt to take the flag off an opponent during women’s flag football play Sept. 19.

Intramurals are in their second week of play.

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Women’s tennis impresses at Deacon Classic

By Alisha Talbot | Staff writer

The Wake Forest women’s tennis team came to play at their home courts for the Deacon Classic Sept. 21-23.

Sophomore Sasha Kulikova proved herself, playing at the top of the lineup for the first time after winning the flight one draw for the Deacs.

Kulikova took her first-round match against Georgia State’s Martina Nitkova, 6-3, 6-3.

She then went on to defeat Illinois’ Megan Fudge in straight sets and won her final match against University of Richmond’s Pamela Duran in a threeset fight, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Junior Sierra Poske won her flight draw with wins over UNC-Charlotte, Dartmouth and University of Illinois.

In the finals, Poske defeated freshman Katye Zapadalova from University of Illinois in a tough three-set match, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

Both freshmen Katarina Reveche and Emilee Malvehy continued their collegiate tennis success by winning both their single flight draws.

Malvehy received a bye her first round and then went on to defeat Marisa Lambropoulos of University of Illinois in the second round, 6-2, 6-2.

In the finals of the flight three draw, Malvehy beat University of Richmond’s Kelly Tidwell, 6-4, 6-4.

The flight four draw was won by Wake’s freshman Katarina Reveche.

She beat Georgia State’s Jackie Payne in the first round, 6-1, 6-1.

After losing a tough first set in her second round match to Indiana University’s Myriam Sopel, Reveche fought back to enter the finals against University of Illinois’ Momei Qu, 6-2, 6-2.

Senior Jenna Loeb lost in the finals of the flight five draw after having two decisive victories over UNC-Char-

lotte’s Kimber Redfern and Indiana University’s Sigrid Fischer.

In the top spot for doubles, Kulikova paired up with Poske.

The pair won its first round match against Illinois, 9-2. After their second round loss to Indiana’s Zapadalova and Williams, the Deacs won their last match to Indiana’s Berdala and Fischer, 8-4.

In the flight two doubles draw, Reveche paired up with Loeb to take their first round match against Davidson’s Dushanova and Rauh, 8-5.

In a two hour second round match, the Deacs fell in a tiebreaker to Indiana’s Clark and Guerreiro, 9-8 (5).

They lost their last match to Illinois’ Dave and McCarthy, 8-4.

The next set of matches for the Lady Deacons will be at the ITA AllAmericans in California at the end of September.

Redshirt senior and captain Alex Hirsch will be leading the team.

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Junior Sierra Poske returns the ball during the Deacon Classic, which occurred on campus Sept. 21-23.

Deacs bring the heat at the Southern Intercollegiates

By Chris D’Auria | Staff writer

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Junior Cory Parr returns the ball during a match last year. Parr advanced to the semi finals at the Southern Intercollegiates in Athens, Ga., Sept. 21-24.

Wake Forest sent six of its top tennis stars to compete at the Southern Intercollegiates in Athens, Ga., Sept.

21-24.

This sextet of skill was comprised of juniors Corey Parr and Carlos Salmon, sophomores Andrew Brasseaux, Steven Forman and Jason Morgenstern and freshman Jonathon Wolff.

Out of this crew, the racket men who fared the best over the four days of competition were Parr and Forman, both of whom made it to the semifinal round of the tournament.

Parr, ranked seventh in the event, was able to beat four opponents before his run was ended in the semis, and he did this in one full match, two sweeps and a forfeit.

Forman took off after his first round bye with three straight sweeps before he lost his semifinal matchup.

The other four singles competitors were able to make some headway in the bracket, although none got as far as Parr and Forman.

Brasseaux made it to the round of 32 in Division I, while Wolff made it to the Sweet 16 in Division II. Although Morgenstern and Salmon were eliminated from the tournament in the first round, they both were able to win two matches in the consolation bracket.

On the doubles side, Parr and Salmon joined forces to crush the competition all the way to the Sweet 16.

Although the Forman team of Brasseaux and Forman could not get past the first round, they can take consolation in the fact that both their team and Parr and Salmon lost to teams from Middle Tennessee State University.

The Deacs are traveling a long way from home this weekend as they travel to Tulsa, Okla., for the ITA All-American Champions Oct. 1-7.

Volleyball rolling after weekend sweep of ACC foes

By Allison Lange | Asst. sports editor

The Wake Forest volleyball team had a successful weekend Sept. 21-22, going 2-0 with victories against Boston College and Maryland.

In the Boston College game Sept. 21, the team beat the Eagles in three games, 30-24, 30-17 and 30-25.

Junior Jessica Furlong and freshman Kelsey Jones both recorded doubledoubles, while junior Natalie Mullikin had a team-high 14 kills with only two errors in 23 attempts.

Sophomore Abby Miller and freshman Furlong Megan Thornberry also contributed to the Deacs’ win, with nine and eight digs, respectively.

Mullikin hit .778 in the match against Boston College, with seven kills and zero errors on a total of nine attempts. Overall, the Deacs hit .348.

The Deacons started all four freshmen, showing the high skill level already attained

by these new members. The Deacs have four freshman on the team this season.

After coming off of an impressive win against Boston College, the Deacons took on Maryland Sept. 22 at home.

The team also beat the Terrapins in three games, going 30-20, 32-30 and 30-25.

This was the first time in eight years that the Deacs have swept Maryland in a volleyball match.

This was also the first time Wake has swept two ACC teams back-to-back since 2005.

Furlong led the team once again with a match-high 20 kills and four aces.

Mulikin registered 10 kills and only two errors on a total of 17 attempts, hitting .471 for the day.

The team controlled the net against Maryland, with freshmen Lauren McIntyre and Kristen White both leading the Deacs with four blocks each. Jones recorded 36 assists over the course of the night.

The wins over Boston College and Maryland move the Deacs to 5-7 overall and 2-1 in the ACC, leaving the team ranked sixth in the ACC. Next, the Deacons will travel to Florida for two ACC conference games.The team will take on Miami on Sept. 28 and then Florida State Sept. 30.

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Freshman setter Kelsey Jones sets the ball during a recent home game. The team will travel to Florida next to play Miami and Florida State Sept. 28 and 30, respectively.

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pretty rough time, but I think stuff like this is helping us glue together and become a better team.”

G a u d i o expressed no less optimism.

“What I told the team was that we’ll be fine without him,” Gaudio said, “and I really believe Gaudio that. It’s no disrespect to Anthony. It’s just that if there’s any position we’re really solid at it’s the two guard.”

He explains how shooting guard is this squad’s most experienced position, with Harvey Hale in his junior year. Also, freshman Gary Clarke

has, in Guadio’s words, been outstanding during preseason workouts and conditioning.

As he has stated in the past, he has no reservations putting two natural point guards on the court together in sophomore Ishmael Smith and freshman Jeff Teague.

And with the versatility of freshman James Johnson, who can play from center down to the two, he assured that there is no lack of depth.

In the wake of what was, nonetheless, disappointing news, Gurley’s teammates have expressed nothing but support for his decision.

“We’ve all been talking to him every day,” Williams said, who has known Gurley since AAU ball.

“We’re still boys. He’s just doing his thing at a different school now.

He’s still AG.” “Nothing’s changed but the jersey he’s got on.”

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Gurley left the Deacons to return home and attend college and play basketball for UMass.

Women’s golf struggles to shoot par in the Fall Preview

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By Andrew LeRay | Contributing writer

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Wake Forest defensive tackle redshirt sophomore Michael Lockett celebrates the Deacons’ comeback victory over Maryland Sept. 22.

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The 12th-ranked Wake Forest women’s golf team finished 13th at the 2007 Margaret Moses Branch NCAA Fall Preview Sept. 24-26 at the University of New Mexico Championship Golf Course.

Senior Laura Crawford, junior Nannette Hill, sophomore Dolores White and freshmen Natalie Sheary and Allie Bodemann represented the Deacs on their trip to Albuquerque.

The three-day event is the only opportunity for teams outside the Mountain West Conference to play the course, which will also host the NCAA Championships May 20-23.

The 18-team field will feature nine of the Top 10 teams in the nation, including ACC rival Duke, currently ranked No. 3 nationally.

The first day of play proved to be challenging for the Deacs, as they posted a team score of eight over par, landing them in a tie for 11th place with host New Mexico.

Sheary recorded the lowest score of the day for Wake Forest, firing a team low, three under par 70.

Sheary found herself in a tie for fifth place, three shots off the pace of leader Taylor Karde of Pepperdine.

Sept. 25 proved to be equally difficult for the Deacs as they recorded a team score of six over par, bringing their two-day total to 14 over par. After competition on Sept. 25, Wake Forest was in 12th place, 25 shots off the pace set

by Duke at 11 under par. Sheary and Crawford both shot a team low 74, one over par for the day.

Sheary At the completion of the final round of play on Sept. 26, the Deacs finished alone in 13th place at 18 over par for the tournament. Duke earned the team victory with a score of 16 under par, one shot better than USC.Sheary recorded the lowest tournament score for the Deacs, finishing at three under par, earning herself a tie for 13th place among individuals.

The individual winner of the event was USC senior Dewi Claire Schreefel who finished at 15 under par.

The Wake Forest women’s golf team will be back in action Oct.5-7 at the Lady Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C.

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Football: Deacs find resolve in waning seconds Continued from Page B1

defense, scoring in less than 1:30 and making the score 10-3. This would be the Terps’ last score of the quarter but not of the half.

With 6:01 left in the half, Maryland intercepted a pass from Skinner on the Wake Forest 34 yard line and moved it eight-yards up the field.

A completed Maryland pass moved the Terps to the Wake Forest 6-yard ine, making easy work for Maryland’s running core to push the ball into the end zone.

This put the Terps up 17-3 with only 5:05 left in the half.

Despite two more possessions, the Deacs were unable to put any more points on the board. The team went into the locker room at a 14-point deficit looking for a sign of hope.

This hope did not seem to come as the Terrapins marched down the field on their second possession of the half, increasing their lead to 21.

This seemed to spell disaster

for the Deacs as many of the fans began to leave and the offense lost the ball on a failed fourth down conversion.

Maryland then drove down to the Deacs’ three yard line, but Smith caused all this momentum to shift drastically.

Intercepting the ball on the goalline, Smith ran 100-yards w h i l e dodging Grobe multiple defenders including the Terrapin quarterback to give the Deacons seven more points on the board. “A receiver might tackle me, but I won’t let a quarterback tackle me,� Smith said. “ My teammates made great blocks down field.�

This return gave the Deacons just what they needed to get back in the game, but it still left them with a long way to go.

Still down by 14 at the start of the fourth quarter, Wake Forest

knew it had an uphill battle left.

Strong play by the defense led to the Terps punting the ball back to the Deacs with 12:04 left on the clock.

Skinner then took up his post behind center and prepared to lead Wake Foret down field.

Driving 82-yards in only four minutes, the Deacs cut the Terrapin lead once again off a 1-yard sneak from Skinner.

The clock now became Wake Forest’s biggest opponent. The defense stopped Maryland’s next drive, but the offense was unable to accomplish anything.

The defense returned the ball to Skinner and the offense once again with 1:54 left on the gameclock.

Skinner then preceded to pick apart the Terrapin secondary’s prevent coverage. Five passes put the Deacs to within 6-yards of the end zone, but three misses left Wake Forest with a fourth down and only a few ticks left on the clock.

Skinner completed a pass to redshirt senior John Tereshinski to tie the score at 24 and force

overtime. Maryland won the overtime toss and elected to defer to the Deacs.

The game left once again to the offense, Wake Forest chose to keep the ball on the ground, handing off to redshirt freshman Josh Adams for all three plays.

In his three touches, Adams skillfully cut open the Maryland defense, moving the ball 25-yards for a touchdown.

The defense next took the field to keep the Terps from being a copycat.

The Deacs stopped the Terrapins on the first two downs, and then ripped into the backfield on the last two. Two sacks drove Maryland back to its own 47-yard line and gave the Deacs a 31-24 win. “It’s definitely a great win,�

Tereshinski said. “(At halftime) we really had to search down deep. Alphonso made that play and the whole team just went knowing the game wasn’t over until the end.�

With the win, the Deacs are now 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the ACC.

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Redshirt freshman Josh Adams attempts to move the ball against the Terrapins in the Deacs’ 31-24 win.

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By Lizzie Rosen | News editor Although the song goes “When you’re alone and life is making you lonely you can always go, downtown,” I say you should go to Reynolda Gardens.

Just a five-minute jaunt from campus, Reynolda Gardens is a great place to relax, take a first date or to just stop and smell the roses.

You can arrive at the Gardens via automobile and park in Reynolda Village; however, I suggest you walk there through a path behind Winston Hall.

It will really prepare you for your date with nature, as you most likely will have emerged from the 24-hour study rooms and this way your transition into this natural haven will be more pleasant.

Before I guide you through the Gardens, treats and treasures, many of you may ask, why or how they even exist?

These gardens were part of the 1,067-acre estate of Richard Joshua Reynolds and Katherine Smith Reynolds.

The Gardens were donated to the university in commemoration of Mary Reynolds Babcock, daughter of Joshua and Katherine and wife of, you guessed it, Charles H. Babcock.

With that historical tidbit in mind, we are prepared to stroll the grounds. I recommend taking a friend or significant other, as making fun of the awkward-looking plants is not as rewarding otherwise.

Nevertheless, if you enjoy studying outside, the Gardens has a plethora of benches scattered

about. Furthermore, there are rarely more than three people there at the same time, making the scene more serene.

The main section of the Gardens is located up a lengthy hill, but there are some notable spots you should visit before entering the Gardens. These are the bath house and the foot trails.

The boathouse and dock served as a center for boating, fishing and swimming on what used to be Lake Katherine, but what now appears to be a swamp.

A pumping system from the lake fed water into an irrigation system, but construction carried silt into the waters in massive amounts, filling the main lake cavity with sediment by the 1990s.

The boathouse has a nice fountain and some stone benches and is a good secluded place to hide out in seclusion should you seek it.

To the right of the boathouse are two foot trails that make for a good walking route or a nice alternative to the cross country trails. The perimeter trail is 1.5 miles long , while the woodland trail is .75 miles in length.

And so we enter the Gardens. There is no “right way” to tour the Gardens and there is no path to lead you.

Thus, not only will you be thrust into nature, you will be thrust into navigating the area, which is about a football field in length.

The first thing you will notice is that the Gardens are antique in style. There are several hedges overgrown in vine that can’t help but give you an Anne of Green Gables feeling.

There are several general plant groupings in the Gardens to investigate.

Let us begin with the greenhouse rose garden.

If you are standing in the middle of the Gardens, there is a big space of grass with trees lining the edges facing the Palm House, a white building with a dome at the top.

The Gardens will be toward the greenhouse to your left and right.

The interesting thing about the rose garden is that it is not the location with the most roses in the Gardens.

Here you will find small pruned shrubs some trees with pretty flowers but mostly green shrubs that you could mistake for aggressive weeds. A word of warning: don’t touch the plant that looks like those fuzzy mint leaves that everyone loves caressing. This plant is cactus-like in texture; don’t make the same mistake I did.

From here, make your way towards the gravel path on the far left. This will take you to the fruit, cut flower and nicer vegetable garden area where you will identify plants you are familiar with. Beets, spinach, cucumber, okra, lettuce and turnips cover what resembles a small farm.

In this mini-produce section you will also find your favorite herbs like chives and thyme. Keep an eye out for the elephant’s ears, which resemble petite palm trees.

Continue under the next gate and admire the angel’s trumpets to your left. These gorgeous yellowcolored flowers hang about five feet down. Press on to the back of the Gardens where the main

attraction resides, the colossal collection of roses.

There are roses in every color, scent and size. This is where I spend a majority of my time.

If you can manage to pull yourself away from the roses, check out the All-American Seed Selections.

It is a small corner plot and is just captivating in its presentation of a pinwheel of colors.

Also, run by the Pollination Station, which is to the front of the left side of the rose section (when facing the Palm House), but only if you are not afraid of butterflies or bugs.

I always end my sojourns to the Gardens by walking through the Palm House.

It showcases plants grown in the Growing House (crazy, I know). Plants are available for purchase, including cactuses, typical houseplants and orchids.

Exit through the front because if you don’t you will miss my favorite feature of Reynolda Gardens – Milly.

Milly is a one-eared cat that lives in the Gardens, usually settling in the sun on the front step of the Palm House. She’s white-furred and extremely friendly, and who doesn’t want to see a one-eared cat?

Reynolda Gardens is open seven days a week during daylight hours. The Palm House is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Admission to the Gardens is free.

And as always, please keep watch for small children and sprinklers - both are feisty and unpredictable.

The elephant ears are one of the Gardens’ most attention-getting attractions.

Angel’s trumpets hang down about five feet resembling a Willy Wonka-type creation.

The Gardens include several shaded gazebos where one can take refuge from the sun.

Vine-covered arches create passageways from one part of the Gardens to the next.

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Nuclear Cooooookie Crisps| Not for the faint of heart

Ninjas attack in Nyquil haze Austin H. Jones Staff columnist

Musical Magic

137: Age of the oldest animal on earth, a land tortoise

Bruce Springsteen aka“The Boss” and his friends, the E Street Band have a new album. It has been five years since he has recorded with the band, but they are back with 11 new songs. The new album, Magic, released under Columbia Records, will be out on Oct. 2. Springsteen and the eight-member E Street Band are set to start a world tour on the same date in Hartford, Conn.

I was feeling really sick Sunday morning, but, considering the possibility that I was just tired from going to sleep, I jumped in the shower to see what wonders the refreshing power of steam would have over me.

But I still felt sick, even after showering.

So instead of going to church like I had promised myself, I returned to bed and slipped back into dreamland.

Nyquil usually doesn’t make me have weird dreams, but I think it’s fairly safe to call a pair of black-clad ninjas (but one more foreign than the other) systematically terrorizing Johnson, Babcock and Kitchin is pretty weird.

Anyway, I played with my nighttime ninjas for a total of 14 hours that night, which should have been quite refreshing.

Oddly enough, after being awake from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday night – long enough to get dinner and grudgingly do an hour or so of work I realized that I was far too sick to go to class Monday morning.

My eyelids finally succumbed to gravity’s incessant tugging, and I jumped back under my covers and encountered those mystical ninjas once again.

I didn’t wake up until noon.

For those of you who weren’t counting (shame on you), I slept 14 solid hours Saturday night, slept 14 hours Sunday night and was awake for only five hours in between.

And for those of you who can’t add (probably the same group), that means I was asleep for 28 out of 33 hours.

That’s a lot of time to spend in the nonsensical realm of ninjas and nunchucks.

Breaking news: I just went on a 10-minute Wikipedia sidebar cul-

minating in the revelation that the most popular nude beach in North America is Haulover Beach, Fla. But that’s neither here nor there; it’s just a lack of underwear.

The reader might sardonically congratulate me for discovering this ohso-useful information.

The sad thing is that I actually am quite proud that I found it.

Tomorrow I’ll indefatigably spread this same helpful information to all of my closest friends.

Another sad thing is that it will probably be the most productive thing I do all week.

More Breaking News: My Wikipedia sidebar, which we all previously thought had ended, unexpectedly continued its winding and sporadically elucidative course.

I consider this foray into the depths of Wikipedia a success, because I now know that the term “nudist colony” is eschewed by most members.

Apparently, the phrase has a negative connotation among family-orientated non-nudists.

I find it rather odd that a group of people living its lives without clothing

would be worried about its appearances.

Of course, if they’re trying to recruit more members (pun intended), such a fittingly barbaric title would definitely help repair their reputation as civilized communities among the clothed remainder of society.

I’m sure every mother wants her little girl growing up to live in a sophisticated society where clothing is optional.

Fortunately for all mothers of college-bound children, their precious little ones will spend approximately four years in such a world.

Anyway, all this talk about nudity and sleeping is making me want to go to bed naked; but it’s light outside, and I sleepwalk.

Of course, sleepwalking is the perfect excuse for public nudity.

And for that matter, it’s the perfect excuse, for any crime.

I mean, its just as good as the whole insanity plea business, except they don’t send you away to an asylum; they just send you back to bed.

Mmmm, and that’s where I’m headed.

‘Night, everyone.

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Functions for Foil If you ever feel like you have too much aluminum foil on your hands, there are nifty ways to solve this serious problem. If you are often in the kitchen, you can use foil to help prevent burning meats on the grill, to protect your pie crust from overcooking or to scrub those tough spots on glassware. If you still haven’t depleted your aluminum foil supply, you can put it between your clothes and the ironing board as a wrinkle-releaser or between the TV and DVD player to create a better signal. Now you have no excuse to waste this silvery wonder.

Halo 3 Finally Arrives Halo 3, the last installment of the popular Xbox 360 video game, was released at 12 a.m. Sept. 25. Many devoted fans waited for hours outside of stores in order to buy the game. Halo 3 is a continuation of the storyline from the two previous Halo games, but it does have some new surprises. There are exciting new weapons, expanded graphics and the ability to edit and review matches. Both the single player and multiplayer have received positive reviews from fans.

Drink of the Week Flaming Dr. Pepper Bored of just plain beer? Want to spice it up a bit? Here’s a recipe for a unique twist to your average beer.

Ingredients: 1 oz. Amaretto .5 oz 151 proof rum 1/2 glass beer Splash of Coke or Dr. Pepper Directions: Pour Amaretto into a shot glass and add the 151 to the Amaretto. Fill a glass about halfway full with beer and add the splash of soda to the beer.

Light the 151 in the shot glass on fire and let it burn for a bit.

Extinguish the flame and drop the shot glass into the glass of beer and drink quickly. If you are brave you can leave the shot flaming when you drop it into the beer. If the description is confusing, it is very similar to an Irish Car Bomb.

Movie Review | Good Luck Chuck

Chuck lacks fidelity to just one film genre

By Aubrey Sitler | Contributing writer

After seeing the opening scene, I was convinced that Good Luck Chuck would be a stereotypical but sufficiently entertaining movie worthy of $7.50 and two hours of my Friday evening.

Based on the movie trailers that have been circulating cable TV networks for the past few weeks, I expected the film to be a funny but light romantic comedy capable of engaging girls with its sappy love story as well as captivating guys with enough Dane Cook humor and Jessica Alba exposure to keep their attention. It seemed to fit the category of a good date movie.

After experiencing the film, however, I realized that I was seriously disillusioned.

Good Luck Chuck is, in its own special way, a typical romantic comedy.

It follows the standard “guy meets girl, guy wants girl, guy faces obstacles while trying to pursue girl” structure commonly seen in the genre, but it adds a little twist: crude images, tasteless humor and less than stunning performances.

It follows the life of Charlie Logan (Dane Cook), who, at the age of 10, was cursed by a crazy Goth girl during a game Good Luck Chuck heated of Spin the Starring | Dane Cook and Bottle.

Jessica Alba Now a dentist Director | Mark Helfrich in his mid-30s, Who’s it for? | Romantics with Charlie seems an appreciation for raunchy to be having trouble keephumor ing women in Running Time | 1 hr 36 min. his life.

Rating | (out of 5) It isn’t until he attends one of his ex-girlfriend’s weddings that he realizes that every woman he has ever been with has married the next man she’s dated.

After word of his reputation as a “good luck charm” has traveled around, women of every size, shape and origin are literally lining up to get their chance at true love by sleeping with “charmed” Charlie.

With the encouragement of his best friend, reconstructive surgeon Stu (Dan Fogler), Charlie complies with every one of these women’s requests.

But he soon realizes that he is not satisfied with his life of sex without love, especially when he runs into Cam (Jessica Alba).

A penguin specialist whose accident-prone lifestyle led her to Charlie, Cam makes him realize that he is genuinely ready to settle down with a steady girlfriend.

Of course, there is still one problem: how can he get the girl when his “lucky charm” will ensure

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Cam (Jessica Alba) and Charlie Logan (Dane Cook) face more obstacles than most from the very beginning. Find out if she will be the one to finally bring Charlie’s curse to an end. that she is destined to fall, not for Charlie, but for the man that succeeds him in her life?

Unfortunately, there were several components that made this movie a let-down.

For one thing, there was more awkward mumbling from the audience in reaction to the exceedingly pornographic scenes than there was laughter throughout the duration of the film.

And then there were the actors.

Alba has obviously never been a truly celebrated actress, but the alleged success of her performance, not to mention almost all of the humor in the movie, relies solely on the accidents that she causes, such as flinging dental instruments into Cook’s back, or her fall down an icy penguin slide.

Of course, Cook is renowned for being a comedian, but his performance is disappointing: he’s not that funny. The occasional one-liner or strategic physical movement had the audience snickering, but there was not much cause for applause in response to his performance.

The only somewhat redeeming quality in this film was its plotline.

It was indisputably stereotypical and completely predictable, but the general story was nonetheless charming.

Cook and Alba contributed to this a tiny bit in their amiable interactions. It was almost a chick flick.

But unfortunately, a charming plotline combined with unnecessarily crude images and scenes is not a formula for cinematic achievement.

Overall, this film would have been much more successful if it hadn’t been so painfully obvious that it had a romantic comedy plot that was conceived by a woman and a screenplay written and directed by men.

Due to the obvious conflicting interests and goals of these contributors, the intentions of the movie are completely unclear: is it a romantic comedy, a soft-core porno or a gross-out film?

The combination of these genres yields a relatively poor end result.

There isn’t a targeted audience in existence that would find Good Luck Chuck anything more than mediocre.

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Theatre Preview | Machinal

Expressionist play launches theatre season Offbeat take on murder trial makes for compelling story

By Mary Kate Wagner | Contributing writer A recent phenomenon in popular culture is the increasing number of people fascinated by Court TV. What better way, then, for the University Theatre to begin its 2007-’08 season with Machinal, an expressionist play based on the 1927 murder trial of Ruth Snyder?

Snyder, convicted of the murder of her husband, was the first woman in New York City to be executed by the electric chair.

Written by Sophie Tredwell, a reporter who followed the trial, Machinal is a feminist take on the motives of a young woman who, with the help of her lover, murdered her husband. The play’s “nonrealistic, expressionist

style is a wonderful challenge for aspects in her life. The word our actors,” said director Brook machinal is a French word which means “automatic.”

Davis.

The life that Helen was expected The play pursues the motives of this young woman to commit to lead was nothing short of automatic: marry, have children such a crime.

The Orwell-esqe motif of the and serve society – leaving little “machine” of society serves as room for her own passions and a comment on how the social desires.

Because order in the t h e s e early 20th “We are to connect to the style “machines” century had controlled strict conof the script, and as a whole unit her, it seems trol over become a ‘machine.’” cruelly the actions Brittni Shambaugh ironic that of women.

Sophomore a machine The play would ultirevolves mately take around the theory that Helen, the character her life.

“We are asked to physically representing Snyder, might not have committed such crimes if she become part of something much had not been pressured into mar- bigger … we are to connect to the riage and had her life controlled style of the script, and as a whole unit become a ‘machine,’ not by everyone except herself.

Only marrying her husband to focusing an exceptional amount appease her controlling mother, on the emotions or internal she is easily swayed to follow the struggles of our characters,” said passions evoked by her young sophomore Brittni Shambaugh of her experience. lover.

This is Shambaugh’s first perHe provides an escape from the monotonous machine-like formance in a University Theatre

production. She acts as a member in the ensemble, a reporter and a “telephone girl.”

The most compelling aspect of Machinal is not a shocking conclusion or a riveting twist of an ending, but in the ways in which the story is told.

The play embraces the expressionist take on something seemingly commonplace – in this case a court room.

Expressionism is most commonly defined as “the tendency of an artist to distort reality for an emotional effect.”

Keeping that in mind, the play is oftentimes presented with a large emphasis on sound effects and abstraction.

The university’s theatre department has been rehearsing for the show since August.

With performances running at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 28-29 and Oct. 3-6 and 2 p.m. on Oct. 7 at 2 p.m., there are plenty of opportunities to indulge in this “disturbing feat of the senses.”

Tickets for all performances are $5 for students and $12 for general admission.

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Sophomore Maggie Choumbakos plays “young woman” in the upcoming expressionist play, Machinal.

Music Review | Rogue Wave

Band’s third album exhibits mature sound

By Kyle Lawrence | Contributing writer

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The Sea Fairy is a sewn drawing by China Marks, one of the artists on display in Scales Fine Arts Center until Oct. 11.

Event Review | Luise Ross Lecture

Ross proves to be more than a gallery owner age it (art) gave me direction.”

Because of her focused direcWho knew it? Art gallery tion on her craft she was able to directors are actually interest- study at some of the best schools in America and in Europe. ing people.

She was also able to study with That is the idea that passed through most peoples’ heads arguably some of the best artists at while attending the lecture given the time, most notably one of the

by Luise Ross, the art gallery giants of 20th century American owner/ director of Luise Ross painting, artist Clyfford Still.

“It wasn’t a terribly interesting Gallery located in the Chelsea experience ... (however) that district of New York City.

Ross, who was at the univer- work somewhere in the back of sity to discuss four of the artists my head has influenced my aesshe represents whose works are thetics” Ross said of the experibeing shown at the Charlotte ence of studying with Still.

So what does she look for in and Philip Hanes Art Gallery, is not by any means the typical artists to feature in her gallery?

“I am a believer in self-taught art gallery owner.

During the opening remarks artist,” Ross said.

However, of the lecshe readture, Victor ily admits Fa c c i n t o , “[Ross] represents and is much that all selfdirector of more than just a director of a taught artHanes Art Gallery, said gallery ... she is an artist herself.” ists are great artists. that Ross Victor Faccinto When dis“represents Director, Wake Forest Art Gallery cussing how and is much she finds artmore than ists to reprejust a director of a gallery … she is an artist sent, Ross said “numerous times artists e-mail me there work … herself.”

Ross, who has owned her own (although) a lot of artists send me gallery for nearly 25 years, said work which is dreadful.”

However, “if I see something I she has been involved with art like it will only take me five minher entire life.

When she began to speak about utes to go to Italy,” she said.

Ending the lecture, Ross her unique artistic lineage, which includes her mother, a sculptor, encouraged all of the audience and her uncle, a professor of to see the exhibition at the univeraesthetics at John Hopkins Uni- sity because she feels that each of versity, people in the audience the four artists she has displayed knew this was an extraordinary represent something different within the art world. woman.

The exhibition will be showing Explaining why she loved art so dearly, Ross said “at a very early until Oct. 11.

By Jermyn Davis | Contributing writer

After losing his job in a dot-com bust in 2002, Zach Schwartz, known as Zach Rogue, left his home in San Francisco and headed for New York with spontaneity and unabashed ambition reminiscent of Jack Kerouac’s journeys that shaped his novel, On the Road.

Unlike Kerouac, Zach Rogue did not write prose, but rather returned from his trip with an entire album’s worth of recorded material, which Zach later recorded as the debut album Out of the Shadow.

In finishing the album, Zach collaborated with other musicians to form the band Rogue Wave.

After traveling and performing in 2003 with indie staples such as Spoon and Mates of State, Rogue Wave released Descended Like Vultures in 2005.

Though the album was released to little fanfare or anticipation, it soon gained acclaim and formally cemented the band as a substantive indie power.

With the release of Asleep at Heaven’s Gate, the band’s recent follow-up album, Rogue Wave has its first opportunity to build upon its earlier success and prove to critics that Descended Like Vultures was not some indie epiphany.

From the opening song, “Harmonium,” of Asleep at Heaven’s Gate, it’s clear that Rogue Wave has matured in its musical talents. Rogue Wave’s use of instrumentation here gives driving simplicity rather than a quagmire of clutter.

The song’s emotional range is impressive; sweeping, epic, U2-esque rock transcends to personal, haunting vocal harmonization, and the effect is grandiose.

The rest of the album holds under scrutiny as well. Rogue’s voice, when not serving in ethereal harmonies, harkens to the folksy Ryan Adams on songs like “Christians in

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After a spontaneous trip to New York, Zach Rogue teamed up with three other musicians to form the indie rock band Rogue Wave.

Black” and “Missed.” The emotions invoked in such instances border between sadness and beautiful admiration, but leave one nonetheless satisfied.

Other notable songs include “Lake Michigan,” with its creative drum and bass line and typically indie use of clapping, and “Phonytown” where Rogue Wave bursts out of its typical role and turns jam band, a la Lynyrd Skynyrd or the more recent My Morning Jacket.

Still, with all Rogue Wave’s creative instrumentation and song-writing, first-time lis-

teners may be set off by the distinctly different version of rock, as Rogue Wave presents a brand of music that may be labeled, by some, as an acquired taste. Nonetheless, certain songs on the album present themselves as fitting songs for studying and others fitting for certain emotions.

As an album, though, Asleep at Heaven’s Gate explores an eclectic set of emotions from the surreal to the sublime, and does so in a musically accomplished manner with regards to instrumentation and vocalization.

R OCKIN’ T HE B LOCK

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Rock the Block attendees work on the provided “Paint Wall” at the annual downtown Winston-Salem festival.

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Book Review | American Gods

Restaurant Review | Sweet Potatoes

Gods fight for Upscale dining offers comfy feel power in novel

By Paul Szurek | Contributing writer

By Kell Wilson | Life editor

American Gods by Neil Gaiman is an award-winning novel that delves into the backlash that the American melting pot has caused for mythology. It’s hard to think that our cultural diversity could be viewed as bad. But we only look at it through the eyes of mere humans, not the eyes of a god or goddess. As each culture sets foot upon American soil, its old lifestyles and beliefs start to fall away, and as Gaiman points out in his book, the ones who fall away the fastest and the hardest are the gods.

The book’s protagonist is a man who goes by the name of Shadow.

He’s been in jail for the past three years and two days before he’s about to be released, he learns that he has lost everything he has left: his home, his job and most importantly, his wife.

On the flight back to her funeral, Shadow meets and reluctantly agrees to work for the domineering Mr. Wednesday, not knowing that Wednesday is actually one of the most powerful Norse gods, Odin, who is about to start a war to regain his power. What follows is a chaotic and enlightening road trip across America as Shadow is forced in the middle of a battle between the new gods of technology and the forgotten gods of old.

Shadow is the apathetic character that starts off not caring one way or another which gods wins. Shadow’s real name is never mentioned throughout the whole book, and honestly, the reader should have a hard time connecting with him. Yet, as the book progresses, so does Shadow’s

character and the reader is drawn to the transformation of the stoic, beaten down ex-con to a man who has found a new meaning to life after all his hardships.

What is really fascinating about American Gods is Gaiman’s extensive knowledge of world mythology. For most of his lead characters he uses gods and goddess from several major and minor religions throughout the ages, portraying them as real people in our everyday world. In the book, their wealth all depends on how many people worship them.

One of the god characters makes the comment that although Jesus may have mansions in America, he still has to hitchhike his way through Afghanistan. Even the strongest gods are nothing without followers.

Gaiman also talks about how religion is morphing and how new gods are becoming more and more powerful. “Religions are places to stand and look and act, vantage points from which to view the world,” he writes.

As the church attendance rate continues to decrease, Americans start to dedicate most of their time to forms of entertainment.

Gaiman drives home the point that televisions and computers have become new vantage points along with that new types of altars. Life lesson no longer come from sermons or parents but from sitcoms and Web sites. A new kind of religion has evolved in our modern day society. So what’s happened to all those who have been forgotten and are no longer worshipped? “Gods die,” Gaiman writes. “And when they truly die, they are unmourned and unremembered.”

North meets South in the heart of Winston-Salem’s downtown Art’s District at a semi-formal restaurant called Sweet Potatoes.

The décor of Sweet Potatoes has all the flair and style of a Manhattan bistro, yet the food and the service are as warm and comforting as anything you might find in your grandmother’s kitchen.

The restaurant’s walls are covered in burnt orange paint the same shade as sweet potato pie, and jazz-themed artwork livens up the dimly lit room. Soft Dixieland music brings an added flavor of New Orleans to the restaurant’s eclectic atmosphere.

Sweet Potatoes is truly a unique find. It combines classic southern food with urban innovations in a variety of dishes pretty enough to be presented on Top Chef.

For instance, appetizer options include a basket of fried green tomatoes and okra ($7), pimento cheese dip served in a martini glass ($6), shrimp and grits ($8) and red and white fries ($7), which are a delicious combination of sweet and white potato fries smothered in melted white cheddar and crumbled bacon.

During lunchtime, Sweet Potatoes offers an array of soups and salads in addition to a wide selection of interesting sandwiches such as the voodoo pork, BBQ steak and meatloaf. Lunch prices vary from $6-$10.

If you’re in the mood for a heavy dinner, then Sweet Potatoes is the place to go. Entrée portions are large and cost $14-$22.

Most of these are “down-south” standards: fried chicken ($14), catfish NOLA ($15) and gullah shrimp and crab pilau ($17) to name a few. However, Sweet Potatoes also delivers some more creative and exotic dishes as well.

I opted for an entrée called N.Y. meets the South ($22), which was a bourbon N.Y. strip topped with BBQ shrimp and sweet potato butter accompanied by roasted sweet potatoes.

I wasn’t impressed with the cut of the meat, but Sweet Potatoes doesn’t claim to be a steakhouse. The shrimp popped with flavor and the butter glaze was definitely something sweet to be remembered.

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The spicy barbecued duck is just one of the delicious entrees on Sweet Potatoes’ dinner menu. The restaurant prides itself on its varied menu.

My friends ordered better than I did. The The staff at Sweet Potatoes is extremely Carolina salmon florentine ($17) – served friendly and engaging, making for a fun with sautéed spinach and a sweet potato experience to go alongside a delicious meal. cornbread crouton – was delicate and really Overall, I was impressed by the quality of the outstanding. Our consensus favorite, how- food and the inventiveness of the menu. ever, was the barbecued Sweet Potatoes is a speduck ($19), which was cial spot for a night out.

Sweet Potatoes ridiculously tender and It can be a place to take Location | 529 Trade St. flavorful. a date or a place to take Dessert options change Hours | 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mon. - Sat. your parents – or just a 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. Wed. - Sat. every night, but when I great place to eat besides went the menu was pretty Serving | Southern comfort food The Pit or Subway. limited: sweet potato pie The owners of Sweet Dress | Casual with or without pecans.

Potatoes will soon be To accompany the Price Range | $14 - $22 opening a new restaufood, Sweet Potatoes has rant at Brooktown Inn (out of 5) a decent wine list as well Rating | called The Cotton Mill. as a very good bar that This restaurant will offer makes an array of specialty martinis in a larger number of entrees than Sweet Potaaddition to an extremely popular South toes, allowing head chef Stephanie Tyson to Beach mojito. open the menu and get more creative.

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Your Mother Should Know | Snap, Crackle, Etc.

Board game hustler pans goods in Asheville Rob McFeeley Staff columnist

Even though I love spending my weekends here in the Paris of the Triad, I do my best to get out of Winston from time to time. This past Friday, my girlfriend Sarah and I made our first trip to Asheville – a hip little city tucked over in the western part of the state.

It didn’t take us long to figure out why Asheville is consistently rated as one the top places to live in the US. The downtown area is packed with great restaurants, cafés and quirky bookstores.

Galleries full of beautiful work by local artists line the city’s hilly streets.

Asheville, only a little over two hours away, also has a tremendous bar scene.

The sheer number of draft beers available within a one-mile radius is remarkable.

If you find yourself growing bored with the meager tap selection here in “The Dash,” then hit I-40 and go west, young Deacon.

Although I implored you all to make the trip in a column earlier this semester, I didn’t see any familiar faces at the Girl Talk concert on Friday night. Your loss amigos, for the show was insane.

One man, surrounded by hundreds of writhing bodies, jammed away at his laptop, seamlessly blending a massive collection of samples into a pulsing sonic collage. At one point, he mashed Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” together with the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows.” Enough said.

I met a few noteworthy characters this weekend. As I walked down the busy Biltmore Avenue on Friday night, a hipster tried to hustle me in a curbside game of Connect Four.

I was ready to take him up on the offer until I remembered that the last time I played that cursed game I was defeated and taunted ruthlessly by a seven-yearold wunderkind.

On Saturday, I found myself in a heated argument with the elderly proprietor of an Irish boutique. I’ll spare you the details, save for the fact that getting kicked out of a store is a lot more satisfying than I’d imagined.

Despite Asheville’s many attractions, the best part of the trip came during the drive back to Wake. As my intrepid navigator dozed off in the passenger seat, I took a turn onto the Blue Ridge Parkway, unaware that the steep mountain roads would add a full two hours to our trip.

Thankfully, my little detour was more than worth it. It’s not every day that you find yourself standing high on the edge of a cliff, gazing at a living canvas of rolling hills.

In short, Western North Carolina is amazingly beautiful – if you’ve never been, grab a few friends, book a cheap hotel in Asheville and check it out for yourself.

In other news, MLB All-Star and famed rhetorician Ken Griffey Jr. commented on a groin injury that he recently suffered at Wrigley Field, saying, “The best way I can describe it is it felt like somebody bungee jumped off my right nut.”

My prediction for the next big club hit? “Falsetto,” the absurd new single by Terius “The-Dream” Nash, the man who produced Rhianna’s epic “Umbrella.”

In the chorus, Nash imitates a female orgasm by singing in – you guessed it – falsetto.

To top it all off, a face-melting guitar solo shreds underneath The-Dream’s high-pitched moans during the song’s climactic bridge. Download immediately.

Gripe(s) of the week: What’s up with the price hike on draft beer in Shorty’s?

A glass of Foothills beer now costs $4.50, a full dollar more than it did last semester.

Secondly, why don’t they serve beer before 5 p.m.? Last time I checked, this is a college campus, not a rehab center for celebrities.

I’m not sure who to blame for this outrage. I do know, however, that if Shorty’s keeps this up, I’ll happily help convert the joint into a Starbucks.

Who knows – they might even serve Irish Coffee.

Event Preview | aWake All Night: Planet HollyWAKE

Biannual event celebrates stardom

By Chelsea Murphy | Contributing writer

While quesadillas and laser tag don’t typically evoke images of Hollywood glamour, this semester’s aWake All Night aims to fuse the three in its theme: Planet HollyWAKE. The biannual late-night event will take place from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m.

Sept. 29 in Benson University Center.

There will also be activities on Manchester Plaza.

As in past years, students can expect a plethora of free food.

Not only will the ever-popular chocolate fountain be present, but students will find everything from pigs in a blanket to smoothies, cupcakes and candy.

Entertainment will also be plentiful.

There will be performances by Unified

Rhythms, the university’s hip-hop dance squad as well as a performance by Dirrrty Dancers.

Dance Heads, the make-your-own music video program, will be available for those who don’t necessarily perform but desire a chance to lip-synch to the sounds of Sir Mix-a-lot or Aretha Franklin, among others.

While the Manchester Plaza has been no stranger to blow-up entities, in Planet HollyWAKE it seems, everything is inflatable.

There will be a 35-foot slide, obstacle course and soccer game, all inflated, all night on the Mag Quad. An old favorite, the 26-foot climbing wall and a new attraction, a mechanical bull, will adorn the Mag Quad as well.

Benson on the other hand, will house activities such as Dance Dance Revolution

and a mini-casino featuring blackjack, Texas hold ‘em, roulette and craps. A caricaturist will be present as well for those interested.

“Everything is movie related and a lot of fun,” said sophomore Jimmy Sperzel, Student Union campus traditions programming chair. “All the events and food will be movie and celebrity based, covering a wide range from Indiana Jones to Star Wars and Pirates of the Caribbean.”

The event is jointly sponsored by Student Union and, and Student Activity Fee. So, when the sun goes down over Winston-Salem on Sept. 29, see the stars of Planet HollyWAKE while lying on a massive inflatable slide and snacking on chocolate-covered strawberries on the Mag Quad.

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