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RAs debate position benefits Residence Life and Housing suffered a drop in applications
As you walk in the door, you’re greeted by the smiling face of someone who’s name has already popped up in your email inbox. This person has made everyone on your hall a personalized nameplate for their door, moved in weeks earlier than you did, and has been extensively trained to do their job. Employed by the Office of Residence Life and Housing (RLH), resident advisers (RAs), are key figures within the Wake Forest community present to support students of all ages throughout their time on campus. Due to a reduced number of applications, RLH extended the deadline for next year’s RA applications at the end of January. Interviews were conducted this past weekend and decisions will be made at the end of next week. For some, the reduced number of applications reflects a deeper sentiment on-campus about RLH and the position of an RA.
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BY KELLIE SHANAGHAN shanke15@wfu.edu Staff Writer
Everyone recalls when they moved into their first college dorm, officially known as Residence Halls, at Wake Forest. A bundle of excited nerves knot in your stomach while waiting in the line of cars inching towards south campus. As you finally arrive and step into the North Carolina humidity, a flurry of thoughts rush by; you hope your roommate is clean, your hall mates are interesting and that Bostwick is not as bad as the Facebook group claims.
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BY JONATHAN TRATTNER Staff Writer tratjd17@wfu.edu Many have speculated that potential applicants may have been deterred due to how RLH treats employees, as all RAs are paid the same despite wide discrepancies between number of residents, hours worked and job expectations. In addition, students who have been RAs for a year get no guarantee for employment in following years. “There is a degree of uncertainty because you have to reapply,” former RA and junior Kari Burgess said. “I didn’t go through the process because I was only an RA for a year. Current RAs are given priority, but depending on the applicant pool and your own record, it’s entirely possible to lose the job.” A commonly-cited reason for wanting to be an RA is a stipend and reduced housing rates. However, in comparison to other schools, being an RA at Wake Forest does not necessarily pay off.
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According to the RLH website, RAs receive an annual stipend of $5,000, before taxes. They also receive a discounted housing rate, meaning they do not pay the full $5,367 per semester that a standard single room costs. At Duke University, all RAs receive a unspecified stipend, free on-campus housing and a meal allotment. With a typical, air-conditioned single costing $5,610 per semester, the job of an RA at Duke already has a larger payout benefit than Wake Forest.
At University of Notre Dame, all RAs are granted a waiver for the fees of room and board, as well as a waiver for a meal plan and laundry service. This renumeration is valued at roughly $16,000 per year. With Wake Forest’s RAs being compensated less than RAs at other comparable universities, the appeal of applying for the RA position decreases. Another deterrent was the length and intensity of the application. Students applying for the RA position complete an application before participating in an individual interview and a group interview. If chosen for the position, all RAs attend two weeks of comprehensive training prior to move-in in the fall and in addition, new RAs must participate in a three-credit-hour, semester-long class.
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This past Saturday, Feb. 17, students, faculty, and staff from Wake Forest University — along with community members from the Winston-Salem area — gathered together to listen to speakers from all over the world share their expertise at TEDxWakeForestU. From the start, the atmosphere brimmed with anticipation and excitement as Arthur Willson, the event’s Lead Organizer and Student Curator, introduced the event and the year’s theme, “The Broken Box.” Following the event, Willson described a brainstorming session where a member of the organizing team discussed the importance of thinking outside the box. “Why are there boxes in the first place?” the team asked as the conversation shifted. An urge to think differently became what Willson describes as an exploration into the question of “what are those boxes that are keeping us from our full potential, and what innovative ways can we — not only think outside of them — but completely break them, shaping our futures and also the future of the world?” This year’s TEDx topics ranged from how to empower entrepreneurs worldwide to the potential for blockchain technology; from human capacity to solve problems aided by artificial intelligence to combatting neurodegenerative diseases with improvisational dance; from ending human trafficking to redefining the medical delivery system and living life to its fullest potential. Presenters examined new and old problems from different perspectives to empower us to redefine the future for ourselves and for others. “I was really impressed with the topic variability and aesthetic presentation of the TEDx event,” freshman William Zhang said. Following his talk, Fred Blackburn, the Executive Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton, discussed how his topic related to the overall theme of the event. “I give talks about [Artificial Intelligence] a fair bit, and I think [this notion of thinking outside of the box is] about getting past the fear; [to start] thinking about the possibilities,” Hamilton said.
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On Feb. 14, three adults and 14 children were shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Senior High School (MSD) in Parkland, FL. In the wake of tragedy, the school’s students have channeled their pain, sorrow and anger into a powerful push for gun control legislation from both the state of Florida and the U.S. Congress. “They say tougher guns laws do not decrease gun violence. We call BS … They say no laws could have prevented the hundreds of senseless tragedies that have occurred. We call BS. That us kids don't know what we're talking about, that we're too young to understand how the government works. We call BS. If you agree, register to vote. Contact your local congresspeople. Give them a piece of your mind,”
We believe that something pivotal is happening to our national conversation on guns in this nation..." said MSD senior Emma Gonzalez during a nationally televised speech. The Editorial Staff of the Old Gold & Black fully supports the efforts of these students to bring about change on the national stage. It is imperative that their push for stronger background check legislation and effective gun control and is not delegitimized because of their age. These young adults are working tirelessly to break the cyclical nature of mass shootings in America, as well as exercising their constitutional rights to bring to light and
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Deacon Profile: Forest Richardson though these donations are just a drop in the bucket, I like to say they’re a drop in the right bucket.
BY LILLIAN JOHNSON News Editor johnlg16@wfu.edu
Senior Forest Richardson has always been interested in handwriting, but after buying her first set of watercolors two years ago, she has practiced the art of calligraphy. While she enjoys making special pieces for friends, she has also grown her work into a business and donates the proceeds to a different charity each month.
How do you sell your calligraphy?
I sell my calligraphy on Etsy. I can do nearly any size and any color combination, I just ask that people submit their quote, colors and size online while placing their order. I typically have them ready within a few days.
When did you first start calligraphy?
How do you decide which charity to donate to each month? What causes do you feel are the most important?
I bought my first set of watercolors as a sophomore in college. One of my friends picked up a small watercolor set in a store in Asheville and said, “Hey, you should get these!” I started painting with them for fun, but then realized that my favorite part was writing words and quotes. I spent my free time that summer practicing my calligraphy alphabet and playing around with different color combinations.
I have recently been passionate about hunger and homelessness, especially in Winston-Salem. Outside of our Wake Forest bubble, there are many people who need our love and help. Because of this, I have been donating to causes like the Winston-Salem Food Bank and local shelters. This is only my third month donating, but it feels good to know that I have a small impact in the community that I call home. I highly recommend everyone to read Kathy Izard’s novel, Hundred Story Home, about her personal journey fighting homelessness in Charlotte, NC. She is my inspiration.
What made you interested in learning the skill and continuing the practice? I have always been infatuated with handwriting. I have also always loved opening the mailbox to a beautifully addressed envelope. For as long as I can remember, I have scripted the titles of my notes in classes. Handwriting has always been a love of mine.
Will you continue to practice calligraphy after you graduate and as you embark on the next chapter of your life? Oh, yes. Someday, I would love to end up doing part-time calligraphy work such as wedding invitations and special pieces. I have done some invitations and t-shirts digitally, which has been fun. I love designing and creating and hope to do it throughout my life. I never plan to stop giving away calligraphy pieces to my friends. I’m a big lover of thoughtful gifts and find that a personalized piece always makes people feel good.
Calligraphy is more complex than many people think it is — can you describe some of the intricacies? Calligraphy is really quite beautiful. Watching the movements of the brushes is mesmerizing, especially as the colors are changed between strokes. It takes a steady hand and an image of what the end goal is for each letter. My process involves flourishing letters from the beginning and then adding pops of various colors throughout the design. My favorite colors to combine are blues and greens.
Do you believe that you have to have good handwriting to be able take up calligraphy?
As a busy college student, is it hard to find time to practice calligraphy? Calligraphy began as a way for me to unwind amidst the stress of college. I would sit on the floor, turn on soft music and get lost in the flow of each letter. It still acts as a sort of escape, and I find that certain weeks I can do it more than others. I now do a lot of my calligraphy digitally, which is more on-the-go than opening a (wonderfully) messy watercolor set. This also allows me to do it more often — I always prefer using paint and brushes though. What do you normally write when practicing calligraphy? And do your friends ever ask for something special?
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I love writing quotes and Bible verses. My friends are my biggest supporters. Ask anyone who I am close with and they will show you a wall of calligraphy pieces, ranging in various sizes, colors and words. I like to give special verses and quotes for my friends' birthdays; I always write a personalized note on the back of my artwork. I love adding that special touch to each piece. When I’m not near my watercolor set, I often write people’s names in script.
We’ve heard that you sell calligraphy and donate the proceeds to a different charity each month — can you tell us a little about how that started? Yes! It started recently, actually. In December, I donated all of my proceeds to a charity in my hometown of Hilton Head Island. I decided after doing it that it was such a sweet concept to create for the purpose of giving and donating, so I am now donating all profits to various charities. I’m always taking suggestions. Al-
No, I don’t think so, although my friends may disagree with me on this. I think it just takes focus, dedication and patience. If you were to look at some of my early calligraphy lettering compared to what I do now, I have seriously improved over the past two years. It takes time. I have been thinking about doing some open classes for people to learn the art. What advice do you have for anyone who wants to learn this skill? I think you just need to buy a watercolor set, sit down and start. It’s the first stroke that is the hardest, but every time you pick up the brush it gets easier. Best of luck to all!
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TEDx: Speakers aim to inspire community Continued from Page 1 This sentiment was echoed by his son, freshman Kyle Blackburn. “[These ideas] are much more ‘the road less traveled by,’ which helped me expand my vision of what the world could be and see the new possibilities in the future to help me envision my role in that.” As college students, the broken box theme is especially salient. In today’s world, many students enter as freshmen knowing they are “pre-med” or “pre-business” — a self imposed limitation on what one can study. During an interview, Zoe Walling, the Master of Ceremonies for TEDxWakeForestU, shared, “the broken box is a more active and empowering way for you, as an individual, to overcome whatever hurdles you may face.” Speaker Peter Cortle discussed hurdles entrepreneurs face daily. In his work with Cornell students and faculty, he assists them in identifying their creative visions and overcoming potential limitations, allowing them to reach their goals. Life contains many boxes, Cortle conveyed, and each person met — or new resource, connection or opportunity gained — is one more box broken. Each broken box can facilitate
personal growth and expands one’s scope of influence. His platform, StartupTree, bridges the gap between investors and entrepreneurial students and alumni. Each connection he makes, and each connection he facilitates, pushes every party involved one step closer to their true potential. After the death of a close friend, Sebastian Terry, another inspiring presenter, realized he was not happy with his life and had not achieved all he desired. He created a list of 100 things that would add meaning to his life. After sharing a few items he checked off, such as crashing a red-carpet event and marrying a stranger in Las Vegas, he transitioned to his new purpose: empowering others to achieve their goals in life. His personal list, he realized, was really a platform he could use to inspire others to fulfill their dreams and aspirations. Both Cortle and Terry embody the generous spirit of this year’s TEDxWakeForestU speakers who imparted an amazing gift: a precedent. Collectively, they showed that whatever the challenges in life may be, by not only thinking outside the box, but Christian Green/Old Gold & Black breaking — and redefining those borders — people can understand what they want Australian speaker Sebastian Terry described the list of 100 things he made in order to add valuable meaning to his everyday life. in life.
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Spence Spencer suffered from serious and debilitating medical conditions from a young age. He has since been inspired by both himself and people around him for their abilities to recover from traumatic injuries. He now spends his time improving lives by bringing new health and medical technology to market.
OUTSIDE THE BUBBLE Florida legislature votes against bill to ban assault rifles
Lindsey Vonn takes bronze in final Olympic downhill race
North Carolina evangelical pastor Billy Graham dies at 99
Florida’s state legislature rejected a ban on many semiautomatic guns and large capacity magazines on Feb. 21, less than a week after 17 people were killed in a shooting at Majory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14. These assault rifles are often used in mass shootings. Survivors of the shooting, who had traveled to the state Capitol to advocate for gun reform, were in the gallery during the 36-71 vote in the Republican-dominated legislature. Because of the vote to not remove the bill from committee and allow it to be considered by the full legislature, the bill is essentially dead for this session, since committees will not meet again until March 9.
American downhill skier Lindsay Vonn, the oldest woman ever to win an Alpine medal at the Winter Olympics, earned a bronze medal in her final Olympic downhill ski on Feb. 22. She finished 0.47 seconds behind Sofia Goggia of Italy, the eventual gold medal winner. Going into the race, Vonn was already the most decorated female skier of all time and Goggia’s childhood idol. Her run, along with Team USA’s gold medal in women’s cross-country team sprint and and a silver in the women’s two-person bobsled, brought the U.S. medal count to 16, tying with the Netherlands for the fourth-highest total in PyeongChang.
Billy Graham, the evangelical pastor who preached to an estimated 215 million people in 185 countries around the world during his life, died on Feb. 22 at his home in Montreat, NC. He was 99. Known as “America’s Pastor,” he had an especially strong influence on American presidents beginning with Dwight Eisenhower, who he encouraged to run and baptized at the White House. He also urged Gerald Ford to pardon Richard Nixon, supported Jimmy Carter on the SALT disarmament treaty, and stayed at the White House with George H.W. Bush on the eve of the first Persian Gulf War. He was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1983.
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Cooper lectures on race and feminism Feminist author Brittney Cooper was featured in the Anna Julia Cooper Center’s annual lecture BY NATALIE ALMS Contributing Writer almsnj16@wfu.edu Author and black feminist Brittney Cooper gave her lecture, “Respectability. Ratchetness. Rage.” on Feb. 13 in Carswell to approximately 60 students and community members. She is an associate professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University. She is also a prolific author, a co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective Blog and a contributor at Cosmopolitan. Her commentary has been highlighted on platforms ranging from the TED Talk stage to The New York Times. The speech served as the Anna Julia Cooper Annual Lecture, which has brought prominent thinkers to speak about the intersections of race, gender and place since 2012. Led by Dr. Melissa Harris Perry, the Anna Julia Cooper Center at Wake Forest University is an interdisciplinary center named for Anna Julia Cooper, a prominent intellectual from the late 19th century whose work as a scholar and educator drew attention to intersections of race and gender. Cooper presented examples of black female thinkers and activists who worked to “articulate a new set of possibilities for black living and black thriving,” evoking sympathetic murmurs and laughter from the audience throughout. Although her lecture was sweeping and nuanced, it ultimately spoke to the desire for black people to be able to be “fully human,” as well as the power of black women calling attention to themselves on their own terms. “Part of what I want to make clear is that the problems that feel new to us are really very old,” Cooper said. Her talk comes at a time of increased racial tensions and conversations about race in America. The Black Lives Matter movement began in 2013 with the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s killer and the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO. The
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Brittney Cooper visited Wake Forest last week for an event during Black History Month. Cooper spoke to the Wake Forest community including students, faculty and staff in the annual Anna Julia Cooper lecture. movement has made efforts to include black queer and trans people, although ideas about gender vary across generations. At Wake Forest, a video of a student using a racial slur to refer to a Resident Advisor in late January has sparked a similar conversation about race on campus. In her lecture, Cooper used research from her 2017 book Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women to discuss two ideas of how black people have chosen to present themselves over time. Cooper discussed respectability politics and ratchetness, and where rage fits into these ways of being. Respectability politics — the self-policing and self-improvement of black people — emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries after the abolition of slavery. Cooper contrasted respectability politics with
ratchetness: “a range of African-American working-class practices that emerge from the South” in the late twenty-first century that find “their articulation in excess.” Ultimately, there is “no respectable way to get at the meat of this struggle,” Cooper said. She used Beyonce’s 2016 album Lemonade as an example of a black woman displaying herself on her own terms and of what she called “disrespectability politics.” “Space is the crunk place, the percussive place, and the place that makes noise and music, the place that moves us and the place that offers possibility in the midst of two impossible extremes,” Cooper said. Cooper connected these ideas to students at Wake Forest. She remarked that black students may sometimes feel “on display” at Wake Forest, where the student population is 72 percent white. She re-
minded black students that “we can gaze upon others too and we can determine the terms by which our bodies get to be made spectacles.” Cooper left the podium during the question and answer portion of the event, moving closer to the audience. First-year divinity school student Donnecia Brown told Cooper that her lecture was “affirming,” later noting in an interview that the contributions of black women to their communities are “a truth that’s not spoken enough.” Junior Brianna Reddick echoed Brown’s sentiment of appreciation. “There is a shared idea that everyone at Wake is smart,” Reddick wrote. “But black students are regularly forced into proving their intelligence and defending their right to be here.”
POLICE BEAT • Suspect threw a rock at the property manager at Wake Downtown. The report was filed on Feb. 12 at 4:54 p.m. from Vine St. • Relative of the victim reported past sexual assault of her cousin. No record of her being a student and no info on where the assault occurred. The report was filed on Feb. 13 at 2:13 a.m. from Alumni Hall. • Victim fell with loss of consciousness at the Tennis Complex. The report was filed on Feb. 13 at 10:48 a.m. • An unknown person scratched a victim’s vehicle. The report was filed on Feb. 13 at 5 p.m. at UCC Lot F. • A student refused to leave Last Resort. The report was filed on Feb. 16 at 1:03 a.m. • Two students were issued citations by ALE for underage possession of alcohol. The report was filed on Feb. 16 at 10 p.m. from Deacon Blvd. • Offender had 8 passengers in vehicle, warning ticked issued. The report was filed on Feb. 16 at 10 p.m. from Lot N. • Offender had 6 passengers in vehicle, written warning issued. The report was filed on Feb. 16 at 10:21 p.m. at East Gate.
• Victim advised that an unknown vehilce was travelling too fast and almost hit her vehicle. The report was filed on Feb. 16 at 10:26 p.m. from Lot R-2. • Offender had 9 passengers in vehicle, written warning issued. The report was filed on Feb. 16 at 11:23 p.m. from East Gate. • Offender wearing only undergarments and no shoes was discovered after she fell in the middle of Allen Easley Lane. She was unable to provide any details about herself or what happened to her clothing. Student ERT and Forsyth EMS responded. She was transported to WFUBMC and cited for underage consumption. • Offender was observed throwing a chair from the third floor balcony of Kitchin. Offender admitted to throwing the chair and also advised that he had consumed 10 beers while out with other PKE members. The report was filed on Feb. 17 at 3:02 a.m. • License plate was stolen from Walnut Cove and was placed on a vehicle in Lot W-1. Subject was cited with possession of stolen property. The report was filed on Feb. 17 at 5:20 p.m. • Unknown individual kicked the exterior door and caused damage. The report was filed on on Feb. 17 at 8 p.m. from Taylor.
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RA: Position is more complex than it appears Continued from Page 1
Desirae Starnes, a former RA and current Office Assistant in RLH, had a great experience working with residents and loves being in the central office of RLH with the caring staff. However, she expressed unhappiness with the class. “I just felt like it was unnecessary,” Starnes said. “You already go through training and put in a lot of time as an RA, so I’m not sure it benefited me personally.” This appears to be a generally shared opinion. Junior RA Peter Schlachte thinks the class should focus on developing strategies tailored to resident’s interests that help foster community. Schlachte has been an RA for two years. He loves the opportunity to connect with the community and work with an amazing staff, but struggles with his relationship with RLH administration. “While [RLH’s] intentions are good, I think they focus a lot more on doing things for appearance sake than for the benefit of residents,” Schlachte said. “It becomes so much more about numbers than completing meaningful activities.” When he recently voiced his concerns to RLH, the staff was incredibly receptive. Both RAs and RLH staff want to determine where the disconnect is between RAs’ conception of the job and what the central office thinks. For example, RAs must plan 14 programs per semester with the purpose of fostering community and engaging residents. “I know I’ve been guilty of planning a program solely to get [it] done because I know I have to hit that requirement,” Schlachte said. Much of the work that RLH puts into tailoring students’ experiences may go unnoticed as, ideally, students would not encounter any significant problems during their time on campus. “I think there’s a vocal minority of people [residents or RAs] unhappy with RLH,” said sophomore RA Ryan Carter. “A majority of RAs are really good people and really good RAs.” In the past year, several RAs have either quit or been fired, which may have discouraged students interested in applying for the job. Students have also expressed that
the demands of the job, general procrastination and the many unknowns present when you apply have discouraged them. Not knowing your living situation or how many residents you will be responsible for, combined with the inability to live with friends, is a major deterrent. Junior Easton Howard, who recently applied for a second year as an RA, believes more people would apply for the job if upperclassmen RAs could pull people into their suite. Some RAs are uncomfortable with where they live, making the job harder. “You could be a better RA for your whole community and hall if you [could pull people in],” Howard said. Another unknown is the number of residents. In freshmen dorms, a 1 to 25 RA to student ratio is typical. Upperclassmen dorms can range from the extreme of 1 to 8, a special case in Palmer last semester, or 1 to 60, as it is in Polo. Many students also fear being assigned to work with freshmen. As new students to campus, freshmen rely more upon their RAs. However, upperclassmen RAs must put in more effort to make an impact in their community when residents are more autonomous. The initial reaction for many RAs is to prefer upperclassmen due to a perceived lighter work load. Others believe that the jobs can require the same commitment if an RA is dedicated to fostering an engaged community. “As upperclassmen, people already have an emotional support system,” junior Rebecca Merill said. “But upperclassmen RAs still need to identify where someone might have a problem and be active community members.” Junior Miller Ligon says he has only seen his RA once or twice, and although he enjoys his RA’s relaxed manner, it causes him to see his RA as not putting forth a lot of effort. It is this dichotomy that RLH struggles with. They strive to foster engaging and inclusive communities, but students are often resistant. The challenge is creating that community in a way that students are receptive and participatory. “Many groups don’t like RAs because they’re seen as policy enforcers,” Ryan Carter said. “But we genuinely care about you and want to make sure you’re making the best decisions.”
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Residence Life and Housing extended the deadline for RA applications in January. RLH is taking steps to reinvent how students view the administration’s work and the position of an RA. However, they recognize that staff cannot fulfill everyone’s needs. “We would never do anything purposefully detrimental to the student experience,” said Director of Residence Life Stephanie Carter. “But when you deal with close to 4,000 residential students it’s hard to keep everyone happy.” To connect with their staff, the central office of RLH has been opening channels of communication by reaching out to RAs, entering buildings and welcoming feedback. However, the disconnect between the desires of community members, residence hall staff and RLH administrators cannot be solved overnight. Merill believes that the culture comes down to how administrators choose to shape their program for the long term. “RAs tend to be good examples of leaders in the Wake Forest community, being mentors to people without being public about it,” Merill said. “But when RLH tries to make an open community they [can close that community off] by being too pushy.”
WAKE IN A WEEK For the Living of These Days: Eleventh Annual Lenten Preaching Series Time: Feb. 16 - March 30 at 12 p.m. Location: First Baptist Church Wake Forest University School of Divinity and First Baptist Church, Highland Avenue are again partnering for the annual Lenten Preaching Series. Communion is served. Preachers include School of Divinity faculty and local clergy.
Globalization and Feminist Economics: A Critical Analysis of Women’s Increased Labor Market Access in the Global South Time: Feb. 26 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Location: ZSR 404 This talk by Megan Regan, Chair of the Department of Economics at Salem College, is part of the Women’s and Gender Studies Colloquium Series.
Student Union Tuesday Trivia Time: Feb. 27 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. weekly through April 17 Location: Shorty’s Come to Shorty’s and enjoy some great food such as fried Oreos and trivia with the Student Union. The theme varies each week, so gather a team with friends and come give it a try.
ASIA Lunar New Year Festival Time: Feb. 24 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Location: Sutton Center 407 Come and celebrate the Lunar New Year (Year of the Dog) here at Wake Forest. Food will be catered from Apple China, Mizu Japanese Cuisine and Nawab Indian Cuisine.
Women of Color Discussion Time: Feb. 27 - March 14 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Location: Benson 314 This is a space for women of color to meet and discuss their experiences at Wake Forest University. It is open to graduate and undergraduate students who identify as women of color.
Bat Conservation in North Carolina Time: Feb. 27 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Location: RGWFU Education Wing, Reynolda Village Come hear about the bats of North Carolina and the serious conservation challenges they’re facing. Traci Porter, Salem College Professor of Biology, will present.
Book Discussion: “The Tears We Cannot Stop” Time: Feb. 26 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Location: ZSR 665 The first 15 students and the first 15 faculty and staff to register for the book discussion will receive a copy of the book prior to Dr. Michael Eric Dyson’s keynote speech. A book signing will follow the program.
The Politicization of Melody: Religious Musical Performance and the Indonesian Culture Wars of 2017 Time: Feb. 27 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Location: Scales 102 This event is a public guest lecture by Anne Rasmussen, a professor of ethnomusicology at the College of William and Mary.
Women’s Tennis vs. Duke Time: March 2 at 4 p.m. Location: Wake Forest Tennis Complex Come cheer on the Wake Forest women’s tennis team as they face off against Duke. Free pizza will be provided. Support the Demon Deacons for one last athletic event before spring break.
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Business school launches partnership with UNCSA Program will allow UNCSA graduates the opportunity for accelerated admission to the Master’s in Management program BY HEATHER HARTEL Online Managing Editor harthf15@wfu.edu
A colorful campus filled with painters, dancers, actors and actresses, murals and a Fighting Pickle mascot, University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) marks a refreshing contrast with other universities in the Triad area. A leading co-educational arts conservatory, UNCSA offers high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees in majors from filmmaking to music, dance and drama. Degrees in business or management are not available for these students, though some may desire them. Less than five miles away, Wake Forest students take finance, accounting and management classes in the School of Business every day. On Feb. 14, the Wake Forest University School of Business and UNCSA announced a new partnership meant to promote and support UNCSA graduates to
pursue further studies with the Wake Forest School of Business Master’s in Management program. The Master’s in Management is one of the largest of its kind, and was ranked No. 4 in the nation by The Economist. Wake Forest News interviewed Gordon McCray, vicedean in the School of Business. “We are excited to launch this partnership with UNCSA,” McCray said. “Our organizations share a commitment to excellence and a dedication to providing the kind of education that encourages students to have an impact on society.” At its core, this new partnership offers UNCSA graduates the opportunity for accelerated admission to the Master’s in Management program. Further, it grants more access to both merit and need-based scholarships for interested and qualified students. Intensive recruiting efforts will also take place on both campuses as part of this new partnership, intended to seek more interested students who conventionally studied arts. The 10-month Master’s of Arts in Management program is designed for non-business majors specifically, seeking to pair their area of study with business skills. “As one of the most innovative programs in graduate
business education, [the program] builds on the skills and knowledge gained in your undergraduate studies preparing you for a broad range of fields and careers,” according to the School of Business. Students graduating with this degree are faced with a 99 percent employment rate, according to statistics from the class of 2016 from top companies including IBM, Deloitte, PepsiCo, AT&T, Bank of America, Oracle and others. Catherine Seher is a junior in the School of Business studying Business and Enterprise Management. She is interning for PepsiCo this summer in Dallas. “I think at least for now that this agreement is a good way to foster better relations with students outside of the Wake Forest community and institute greater diversity in our Master’s in Management program,” Seher said. “At the same time I would be interested to know how much priority these outside students will have and how this affects the demographics and reputation of the program in the future.” While the partnership was just announced this month, the plans put in place will become effective immediately with the upcoming 2018-2019 class of Master’s in Management.
Farsad illuminates social issues through comedy Social justice comedian and MuslimAmerican kept the crowd laughing with commentary on the U.S. cultural climate BY REN SCHMITT Sports Editor schmwm16@wfu.edu
Negin Farsad, a Muslim American of Iranian descent, visited Wake Forest on Feb. 14 and gave a semi-autobiographical talk titled “Fighting Islamophobia, Bigotry & What Have You with Comedy,” touching on topics ranging from the humorous struggles of her upbringing to her efforts to promote cross-cultural engagement. She hopes that her approach to sharing her story will help dispel some of the stereotypes around the U.S. Muslim population, a group that grew to 3.45 million in 2017 according to Pew Research Center. “If you’ve never met a Muslim, [I] want to be your first Muslim friend,” Farsad said. Farsad’s efforts come at a rather tumultuous time for Muslims in America, as the Trump administration gained the right to enforce travel restrictions on multiple predominately Muslim nations in December of 2017, and many pundits fear that Trump’s administration frequently normalizes Islamophobic behavior. Cultural influences have not stopped Farsad from standing up against powerful groups though, as in 2016 she won a lawsuit against New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) that granted her production company the right to post humorous pro-Muslim posters in New York subways. One such poster stated that “Muslims hate terrorism!” with a subtext reading, “[they also hate] people who tell you they went to an Ivy League school within 10 seconds of meeting them.” Despite the seriousness of the subject matter Farsad discussed, she never failed to keep the crowd laughing, as even her most controversial jokes generated guffaws in the audience. Farsad joked about sex, Mormons and her failed attempts to assimilate into white culture.
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Farsad’s relatable and approachable comedy, including her recent book, “How to Make White People Laugh,” served as an entertaining take on how to deal with serious social problems.
“There was too much Dave Matthews involved for me to be white,” she said. No one was safe from Farsad’s comedic crosshairs, as Muslims, Jews and politicians were all the butt of at least one joke over the course of the evening. Farsad even took aim at herself, revealing secrets about her insecurities and identity crises. During her teenage years in Palm Springs, CA, Farsad felt a desire to be a part of the rich Mexican culture in the city. She quipped that the appeal of Cesar Chavez, Mexican radio and tacos attracted her, but as a Muslim American, she could never quite fit in with the culture around her. In 2013, Farsad collaborated with several prominent comedians, including Jon Stewart, David Cross and Lewis Black, when making her feature film The Muslims are Coming! which chronicled the escapades of a Muslim-American comedy group who visited small towns nationwide. During their
tour, Farsad and company interacted with locals in an effort to bridge the gap between the sensationalized depiction of Muslims on television and the real people who comprise the Muslim-American community. Farsad continues to discuss the confusion that she felt during her youth, and her recent book How to Make White People Laugh, which her website describes as a “memoir-meets-social-justicecomedy manifesto,” explores some of these issues of her past and the issues that Muslim-Americans presently face. Negin focuses on relatability and approachability provides a fresh take on how to deal with significant social problems. “When you have different generations, there are different ways to get across to them,” junior Dalia Namak said. “It is a different message, so I think she did appropriately.”
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The dearth of investment in art has led to a generation of cultural impotence and impatience
Kyle Ferrer
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There was a time not long ago when you could not stream a pirated movie under the covers and when Google Art couldn’t produce for you a Degas more vivid than the painting itself. What I am referring to is the epoch of investment, a time when presence was integral to art. You had to go to a theater to see a film and were forced to pay earned money to view a work of art in a museum. Shuffling and sweating alongside many others, you hoped to catch a half-lucid glimpse of the tiny, guarded masterpiece that has engrossed the world for centuries. Art was bound up in experience, and existed as a multifaceted memory, not a summon from
There is so much prefatory material that the unknown work is hardly ever unknown, hardly ever an undigested experience." oblivion. Culture has lapsed, as I have said many times. That culture — art, film, music — is so disposable that it ceases to leave the slightest imprint, and we have made it so. I notice it in myself. As I search for new music, a song’s first few seconds determine its viability. If it doesn’t meet my kitsch-quotient initially, I will click ahead to the chorus, give that a brief window, and then decide if the song is worth listening to in its fleshed-out form. The age of intensely scrutinizing art — deliberating over an album, perusing a novel — is waning. There is so much prefatory material that the unknown work is hardly ever unknown, hardly ever an undigested experience. “Going to buy the book, waiting in line to see the movie [and] purchasing the album,” Bret Easton Ellis says has become an anachronistic annoyance. A culture of impatience seems to knock such experi-
ential ventures into oblivescence. Our relationship with art is with an eye towards its proximity. Creations enter our consciousness already half-relinquished — threadbare and tangential. Art costs next to nothing to buy, even less to discard. To listen to an album of 10 or so songs, and to know that is all you have access to, would infuriate the modern mind. But, maybe, after the withdrawal of media methadone, the mind can settle into a fruitful address. American musician Moby anecdotally recalls such an experience. He recounts, “I remember buying my first David Bowie record, and it didn’t make sense to me. But I had invested seven dollars in it, so I listened to it until it made sense to me. My assumption when I was listening to this David Bowie album, Lodger, was … 'I don’t understand this. It’s my fault. He’s David Bowie … If I don’t get it there’s something wrong with me.'” Today’s sentiment is not that we owe it to artists to work towards understanding their work, it is that they themselves need to be the clairvoyant creator. This is the systematic sterilization and distillation of the artistic sensibility that has bastardized much of the art we consume. The faulty notion levied by mass culture is that the problem is not us, it is them. Bad art has
become synonymous with difficult art. The state of art, for the most part, is a state of facile joys. Moby continues by articulating our scattered brains that view art as a flash in the pan: “your average 13-year-old or whomever gives a song five seconds. And why not? They just move on. Music, art [and] literature didn’t’ have as much competition when we were growing up. Now a fifteen-year-old kid has so many profoundly compelling things in his life ... There’s so much competing, that how is that person ever going to sit down and lose themselves in a book … commit themselves to understanding a record that at first listen doesn’t make sense to them.” The vague but insistent pulse of art-tobe-consumed is a full-brain ache. A sort of wispy, candied cloud hovers around us like a distracting sibling. To fully dispense one’s pittance of concentration on a single work of art is something we struggle to do, something most people do not wish to do. It takes a seemingly Herculean effort. But if we try to live our lives skimming the surface of art, without any interest in what is really going on, what is the point? You hear all the time that people are so dissatisfied with their lives. Maybe it’s be-
high school, speak with infallible grammar, and don’t play basketball. Roughly only 27 to 40 percent of Americans hold a bachelor degree or higher. Does this mean that all of these individuals aren’t entitled to express their political opinions? I also think it would be safe to assume that most Americans do not speak with proper grammar on a consistent basis. More importantly, I actually believe that Ingraham’s response was the most telling part of this incident. She legitimized her critique of James by mentioning her criticism of other celebrities. It is important to note that everyone that she mentioned is either a liberal or someone who has expressed some liberal opinion. Although Ingraham has mostly invited individuals in the political realm on her nationally syndicated radio show, she has invited celebrities in the past. Within the past six months, some of Ingraham’s guests have been Joy Villa (singer and songwriter), Roger Simon (Academy Award-nominated screenwriter), Adam Carolla (comedian) and Ed McGlasson (former football player-turned-pastor). All of these guests are right leaning in their politics. So there is a contradiction in Ingraham’s words and her actions. By
delegitimizing the opinions of celebrities who have different beliefs than hers just because they are ‘celebrities’ and welcoming individuals who are also ‘celebrities’ but share similar convictions to her own, Ingraham, in her monologue attacking James, wasn’t disdainful because he was a celebrity, rather, her monologue was fueled by the fact that James is a liberal. Most people who gave opinions on Ingraham focused on the premise that her remarks bordered on being racist. While they may or may not have, I believe this view is ignoring a more problematic dynamic. For Ingraham, and many of her colleagues at Fox News, an opinion, regardless of if it comes from a public figure or a ‘formal’ political commentator, doesn’t deserve merit unless it is conservative in nature. This is worrisome not only because of the fact that it silences the voices of numerous Americans but also because it is attributing to the erosion of the tradition of political discourse in the U.S. Whether you agree with someone's views or not, every citizen of the U.S. is entitled to express an opinion — it doesn't, or at least shouldn't, matter where this opinion originates.
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Staff Columnist pearcd14@wfu.edu Last Thursday, conservative commentator Laura Ingraham sharply criticized LeBron James for his commentary on President Donald Trump. Among other things, James said that the president doesn’t get and couldn't care less about “the people.” Additionally, James added that when he was growing up there were always three people that he looked up to for inspiration: the President of the United States, and the most prominent sports figure and musician at the time. James went on to insinuate that currently the President doesn’t foment inspiration. In a response on her Fox News television program The Ingraham Angle, In-
More importantly, I actually believe Ingraham's response was the most telling part of this incident." graham attacked James’ grammar and asked why James must “run his mouth.” She added “Unfortunately, a lot of kids — and some adults — take these ignorant comments seriously. Look, there might be a cautionary lesson in LeBron for kids: this is what happens when you attempt to leave high school a year early to join the NBA. And it’s always unwise to seek political advice from someone who gets paid a hundred million dollars a year to bounce a ball.” She punctuated her take by telling James to “Shut up and dribble” and to keep the political commentary to himself. In the backlash to her monologue, Ingraham released a statement citing incidents where she criticized other celebrities (The Dixie Chicks, Robert DeNiro, Jimmy Kimmel, and Gregg Popovich) in a similar manner. I have numerous issues with Ingraham’s comments. To Ingraham, the right to express a political opinion comes with the conditions that you are educated past
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Weight Watchers new initiative preys on the anxieties of vulnerable teens Madison Zehmer Staff Columnist zehmml16@wfu.edu
I think we can all agree that middle school sucks. Kids are undergoing rapid changes in a world that doesn’t slow down. Young teenagers have to deal with puberty, increased academic and extracurricular pressures and unpredictable moods. They’re exposed to thrilling ideas and devastating truths. They begin to question their place in their family and friend groups, their purpose, their interests and their sense of self. They push boundaries and make impulsive decisions. They begin to notice the differences between themselves and others, and evaluate their self-worth based off of perceived flaws and hierarchies. Many middle schoolers begin to struggle with depression, anxiety and low self-esteem. In short, the early
Teenagers are particularly likely to struggle with selfesteem, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating." teenage years are full of confusion, disorientation and vulnerability. When I was in middle school, one of my biggest desires was to lose weight. Looking back now, I realize that my perception of myself was totally skewed. However, at the time, I couldn’t see past the intense discomfort I was experiencing. I constantly compared myself to others. My self esteem plummeted as my desperation to fit in grew more intense. I began to dip my toe into dangerous waters, not realizing that I would be completely pulled in four years later. I was the perfect target for Weight Watchers’ new summer program for teenagers, a six-week-long membership with parental approval. Like many of my peers, I was insecure, self-conscious and high-strung. I would have jumped at the chance to get “free” weight loss help, sacrificing everything else in the process. Science doesn’t lie — diets don’t work for many different reasons. When someone puts their body into
a state of negative energy consuming fewer calories than they are burning, their hunger and satiety cues become out of sync, which can ultimately trigger binge eating and other disordered behaviors. Your body needs food from all categories to function properly, including carbohydrates and fat. Trying to outsmart the body by controlling food intake rather than practicing intuitive eating is disordered in and of itself. As demonstrated by the infamous Minnesota Starvation Experiment, negative energy states can lead to obsessive thoughts and behaviors surrounding food intake. It’s no surprise, then, that 35 percent of dieters become pathological dieters, and 2025 percent of those who diet pathologically ultimately develop a sub- or full-threshold eating disorder, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. Disordered eating behaviors are dangerous and can be deadly for people of any size, and so they should never be encouraged. Encouraging vulnerable teenagers to diet is dangerous. Even if they don’t develop full-blown eating disorders, dieting cultivates body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem and poor relationships with food. It doesn’t
matter if it’s labelled as a “lifestyle change” or a “cleanse.” Reducing caloric intake for the purpose of losing weight is a diet — period. Teenagers are particularly likely to struggle with self-esteem, bodydissatisfaction and disordered eating. Weight Watchers knows this, and they will benefit from teenagers’ self-hatred, just as they have been benefiting from diet-culture and self-hatred since their inception. Since many parents don’t understand the risks of dieting, Weight Watchers’ “parental approval” requirement does not ensure that vulnerable teens are kept safe from the dangers of dieting. If a teenager is really struggling with weight or food concerns, the best course of action is to consult a registered dietician that specializes in non-diet approaches that can help aide the teenager in the development of intuitive eating practices. Dieting has the potential to lead to a lifelong battle with one’s self. It’s just not worth it. If you’re interested in learning more about eating disorders, dieting, intuitive eating principles and non-diet approaches to food and weight, I’d suggest visiting neda.com and intuitiveeating.org.
the Pit sees the largest percentage of the Wake Forest student body every day. What is surprising, however, is that the Pit doesn’t compost post-meal food waste. It is the largest dining hall on campus, and the only one where a student can load up as many plates as they could possibly desire, but it doesn’t compost any of the leftover food from those who dish up more than they can finish. Anyone who has eaten at the Pit during rush hour can easily remember a time when the rotating dirty dish station was full of halfeaten plates. While food waste generated during meal preparation is gathered and sent to Gallins Family Farm as compost, the all you can eat nature of the Pit encourages diners to pile high their plates with much more than they can finish. That excess food is thrown away, completely wasted. Even the North Dining Hall tries to compost all of its food waste from both pre and post serving. Unfortunately, the system is confusing and many students don’t end up using it, but at least the dining hall tries. Luckily, not all campus food production results in waste. Campus
Kitchen, a student-run organization, has been operating for 12 years, distributing meals all over the Winston-Salem community. By doing so they have saved literal tons of delicious food from the dumpster. While also providing a needed service to the community, the continued operation of Campus Kitchen has drastically cut down on food waste from all over campus. Many of the meals they distribute are recovered from various campus dining locations. That food has been prepared, but not served, and is still fresh, clean and edible. Campus Kitchen also distributes fresh produce from Campus Garden, another incredible student-run organization. Campus Garden grows food in a sustainable way, using regenerative agriculture techniques that don’t exhaust the soil of nutrients and will allow the garden to thrive for years. While Wake Forest has a long way to go before it can be called a leader in eliminating food waste, I have been impressed by the initiative of some of Wake Forest’s environmentally conscious students. Hopefully, the Pit can follow the lead of its diners towards the overall goal of zero food waste.
“ Excess at the pit results in wastefulness Campus Sustainability
The Pit needs to take note of other orginizations so that they may curtail waste Rob Sheppard Guest Columnist sheprl14@wfu.edu
Through my four years at Wake Forest, I never considered the campus to be exceptionally environmentally conscious. My hometown is Seattle, WA, is a city widely recognized for many of its earth friendly initiatives. These initiatives include carbon neutrality from the public electric utility company, city-wide composting, the encouragement and prevalence of bike commuters and many others sustainability efforts. In 2014, Seattle became only the second city in the U.S. to receive the prestigious 5-STAR Community rating from STAR Communities. To date, only three other cities have received that level of recognition.
The 'all you can eat' nature of the Pit encourages diners to pile high their plates with much more than they can finish." I grew up in a very environmentally conscious city, and being aware of my individual environmental impact has always been a part of my life. The smallest actions, like turning out the light when you leave the room, not eating meat for a meal or buying a reusable water bottle can have huge effects. When people ask me the biggest difference between living in Seattle and living at Wake Forest, the first thing to mind is almost always the lack of environmental awareness about simple things like food. One of the biggest differences in daily life I have noticed between my hometown and Wake Forest is the lack of composting and the prevalence of food waste. When I lived on campus, my favorite spot to eat was the Pit (rarely known as the Fresh Food Company). The Pit has many charms; it’s centrally located, usually quick, varied in options, and "all you can eat" for just one swipe. It’s not surprising that
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“ empathy on a college campus Searching for Friendship & Empathy
In a world where we quench for empathy, the quality seems to be fleeting Laura Lebate
Contributing Writer labalr16@wfu.edu
My father sent me a picture of a page out of the book What Made Maddy Run yesterday. The succinct paragraphs captured the imperative nature of empathy. The author writes how crucial the trait is amongst individuals, but how scarce its presence has become. The direct quote is: “College kids are 40 percent less empathetic than they were just twenty years before.” This alarming statistic has remained in my mind since my brief discussion with my father. Why is this the case? In order to halt the downwards sloping trend shouldn’t we be discussing the origins of empathy?
Throughout my adolescence and young adulthood I have always found empathetic friends difficult to come across and essential to keep.” There are so many questions to ask: What makes someone empathetic? Is it a combination of their experiences and company? Is it a result of teachings? Can it even be taught? I have been pondering these questions throughout the week. While this unfortunate change in college kids did come as a surprise to me, I never questioned the statement’s validity. In fact, throughout my adolescence and young adulthood I have always found empathetic friends difficult to come across and essential to keep. Without empathy, relationships are vapid. Without a true desire to feel the emotions of another, people fail to stray far from anyone but themselves. This creates a population of self-absorbed individuals. Worlds where all of one’s thoughts revolve around personal wants and gains. Is this the fulfilling life we are all striving to live? So what is the solution? Is there even one?
Perhaps there isn’t a clear-cut solution to this growing concern, but there must be factors to analyze, factors that led us here. Maybe I’m overly optimistic but I believe we are all innately empathetic. As humans we are born with a desire to comfort those around us. As we grow within ourselves, we are faced with decisions. These decisions determine how we treat people. If we are placed in uninspiring environments during moments of discovery, we may struggle to see beyond ourselves later in life. If we are constantly surrounded by people who refrain from being engaged and practicing curiosity, we lack exposure to these aspects of life. In summary we miss out on the opportunity to develop this trait and strengthen it. I use the words “moments of discovery,” but these occurrences may not be as picturesque as they sound. In fact I believe conflict and hardship are tremendous contributors to the exploration of the self. It is during these times one is forced to feel and experience raw emotions. If these emotions are unpleasant ones, they can later recall the feeling and relate to others who may be encountering similar emotions. Correspondingly, if the moment is a pleasant one, an individual may work to ignite
the same feelings amongst his or her peers. Either way the individual has an opportunity to walk away from the hardship having gained a remarkable gift, and that is the gift of being relatable. Everyone in this world wants to feel understood. I’d argue there is no worse feeling than isolation. If you alone hold the potential to prevent that feeling from occurring or reoccurring in someone, isn’t that the essence of power? Empathy does not happen overnight. It takes time, it takes practice and it takes effort. But any amount of pain that goes into the development of the trait is counteracted by the potential the outcome holds and never fails to deliver. Everyone in this world wants to feel understood. I’d argue there is no worse feeling than the feeling of isolation. If you alone hold the potential to prevent that feeling from occurring or reoccurring in someone, isn’t that the essence of power? Empathy does not happen overnight. It takes time, it takes practice and it takes effort. But any amount of pain that goes into the development of the trait, is counteracted by the potential the outcome holds and never fails to deliver.
was heartbreaking. Did the reviewer overlook the family environment, welcoming wait staff and never-ending supply of free and crispy chips? What could replace the sight of the free and bottomless salsa refilling the hand-crafted bowls on the table? How can you put a value on a staff that knows you by name? Where else could you drink the exclusive Mi Pueblo lemonade under the Churrigueresque architecture of the late Spanish Baroque period? These descriptions only begin to describe the authentic Mexican experience Mi Pueblo offers. Simply call to mind the countless birthdays, Thursday nights and Sunday brunches spent at Mi Pueblo with your closest friends and dearest family. What other off-campus establishment could provide these same experiences, all within the price range of a college student? Mi Pueblo is more than just a label. Mi Pueblo’s very name invokes the ideal
of community. Translated, it can mean “my town” or “my people.” We could not think of more apt descriptions. To counter these heinous claims, let us begin with the flawed grading scale the author employs. One, by definition, cannot receive an F+ grade. Failing is failing. Furthermore, in a crass and abhorrent disregard for the current and dangerous alcohol misuse seen among college campuses, the reviewer praises only the heavily intoxicating pitchers of margaritas. For shame! In all seriousness, Mi Pueblo is a fan-favorite of the Wake Forest student body, and a large part of the campus’ culture. In the words of Wake Forest junior Scott Lockerman Heberton Jr.: “Mi Pueblo is the most appealing off-campus location for Wake Forest students to go because it offers the ambiance and environment of a college restaurant; you feel like it’s part of the campus.”
“ a grade that indicates its culinary excellence Mi Pueblo deserves Restaurant Dissent
Mi pueblo was criminally underrated in a prior edition of the OGB Thomas O’Donnell Ben Neugebauer
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On February 1, 2018 the Wake Forest community was rocked by an uncalled for and poorly informed attack upon one of Winston-Salem’s finest off-campus institutions. For many students, Mi Pueblo is a highlight of their Wake Forest experience. Sophomore John Crumpler credits Mi Pueblo with his ‘first Wake Forest experience.’
“My faculty advisor, Anne Hardcastle, rented out a university van and brought our entire student advising group there. From this first experience I could tell that this restaurant was an integral component of student culture.” Mi Pueblo provides the perfect environment for students to enjoy a quality, ethnic meal, cold drinks and a good laugh after a rigorous week at Wake Forest. One could imagine the pain and disbelief we experienced upon reading a review of Mi Pueblo in the OGB that gave the restaurant an “F+” rating. The description of the restaurant’s food as “bland” and “unimpressive”
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Mens' Tennis takes ITA National Title Skander Mansouri closed out to win Wake Forest Mens' Tennis Team its first indoor title last Tuesday in Seattle BY DANIEL PACHINO News Editor pachdb15@wfu.edu The Wake Forest Men’s Tennis team won its first ever national championship Tuesday, Feb. 20 in Seattle, WA, with a victory over the UCLA Bruins to win the 2018 ITA National Team Indoor Championship. This championship victory completes the tennis team’s indoor season with an impressive 9-0 record, including wins over many of the nation’s top teams such as Washington, No. 8 USC (Southern California), No. 5 Stanford and No. 7 UCLA. The No. 1 overall-ranked Wake Forest team cruised through its side of the bracket to meet No. 4 UCLA in the ITA indoor championship game. The Demon Deacons fell behind early on Tuesday, dropping two of its first three matches to the Bruins during the doubles portion of the championship. The duos of Ryan Dempster and Christian Seraphim as well as Borna Gojo and Skander Mansouri each dropped heartbreaking matches that came down to the wire. The team of junior Petros Chrysochos and freshman Bar Botzer earned a much-needed win to close the overall score to 2-1. On the singles side, however, the Deacons dominated the match. Aside from a match involving freshman Rrezart Cungu who fell in two sets, Wake Forest won all of its singles matches. Julian Zlobinsky capped off his awesome week at the championship winning his match in straight sets, 6-3,
6-0. Chrysochos, the No. 6-ranked player nationally, won his match easily: 6-3, 6-4. Freshman Bar Botzer earned an impressive 6-4, 6-4 victory over UCLA’s Logan Staggs. Before No. 100 Borna Gojo could complete his comeback victory over UCLA’s No. 1 overall ranked Martin Redlicki, No. 22 Skander Mansouri of the Deacons closed out his match over Keegan Smith to clinch the first-ever national championship in tennis for Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons will enter the 2018 regular season, which starts next month, as the No. 1 overallranked team hoping to defend their indoor champi-
onship title with an outdoor national championship. Chrysochos and Mansouri are projected to be two of the nation’s top individual performers. Meanwhile, Zlobinsky, who transferred to Wake Forest from Texas, and Botzer, a freshman from Tel Aviv, Israel, hope to follow up on their excellent indoor seasons with continued strong play in ACC and regular season play. Wake Forest opens up formal ACC play against Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA on Mar. 16. The team will look to build upon its successes of the 2017 and 2018 indoor seasons by continuing to dominate both the ACC and NCAA.
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The Wake Forest Mens' Tennis Team finishes indoor season play this week with a win over the UCLA Bruins, finishing the season 9-0. Formal ACC and NCAA play starts on Mar. 16 against Virginia.
Olympic Figure Skating has an exciting week Halfway through the Pyeongchang Games, Germany, United States, Japan and Canada win gold so far BY HEATHER HARTEL Online Managing Editor harthf15@wfu.edu
As a former member of Team USA figure skating, every four years when the Winter Olympics come on I am reminded of my passion and love for the sport. While I competed in synchronized skating and singles, I still love to watch and learn more about different types of skating. As all of the events are finished except for the Ladies Free Skate, here are some of my takeaways and predictions for the rest of figure skating in the Olympics. The first event this year was the Team Event, which is an accumulation of the best skaters from each individual event competing against others in their same discipline. This year 10 teams competed in the Team Event, which allows the best skaters in each discipline to preview their talent before the individual competition. The most exciting part about this year’s team
competition was Mirai Nagasu completing her long program and becoming only the third woman to ever land it and the first American woman to land a triple axel in competition. Overall, Team USA took the bronze in the team event, with Canada winning and Olympic Athletes from Russia close behind. Pairs skating was the next event following the team competition. For those that don’t know much about figure skating, it may be hard to distinguish
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Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman to land a triple axel during the Team Event in Pyeongchang.
between pairs and ice dancing, as both are programs competed by a male and female team. Pairs skating is less restricted than ice dance, as skaters have to do sustained lifts above the head, jumps and throws — nothing that would ever be seen in an ice dancing routine. Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany took the gold in the pairs competition this year, as well as breaking a record of 159.31 points for a graceful, confident routine; China and Canada took silver and bronze respectively. Men were next to compete, with Team Japan being the dominant presence going into the event. Yuzuru Hanyu, the Japanese skater who won the gold in Sochi, blew away the competition with a combined score — meaning the sum of scores from the short and long programs — of 317.85, more than 10 points ahead of his competitors. Nathan Chen from the U.S. had an underwhelming performance in men’s singles, as he fell and touched down on his jumps in his short program, taking him out of the running for a medal. Landing six quad jumps in his long competition and skating with more confidence and rigor, he was able to move himself up to fifth place.
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Wake Forest baseball begins its 2018 campaign After an impressive run in 2017, a young Wake Forest squad looks to surprise teams in 2018 BY REN SCHMITT Sports Editor schmwm16@wfu.edu
The Demon Deacon baseball team sits at 2-3 after opening their season over the weekend with a solid showing, going 2-2 across four games against Georgetown, Navy and Gardner-Webb and dropping a game on Tuesday night at Davidson 3-1. The Demon Deacons played one of their most impressive seasons in recent history in 2017, and the team made it to the Super Regional before losing to the Florida Gators, who eventually went on to win the College World Series. After losing multiple players to the 2017 MLB First-Year Player Draft, the Demon Deacons were left with several positional holes to fill before the start of the 2018 season, but the results over the weekend were encouraging. Freshman DJ Poteet replaced Stuart Fairchild, who now plays in the Cincinnati Reds minor league system, in center field, and the freshman had a solid showing over the weekend. Poteet hit his first college home run and
boasts a perfect fielding percentage thus far. Three other Wake Forest freshman saw significant time at the plate to start the season, including catcher Shane Muntz, first baseman Bobby Seymour and utility player Chris Lanzilli. There is no doubt that the team’s success this season will be contingent upon how quickly these young players settle in at the college level. Aiello, who some considered to be the best third baseman in college baseball leading up to the season, struggled at the plate, going 2-15 with no home runs. The junior hit .328 with 20 home runs in 2017, and the Demon Deacons will require to be the linchpin in a lineup that lost several of its most productive hitters. On the pitching side, Griffin Roberts, who primarily worked as the closer in 2017, made his debut as a starting pitcher on Friday against Georgetown. Roberts dominated through the first five innings, striking out eight and allowing just two hits. His only mistake of the afternoon came in the sixth inning when he threw a bad pitch to Georgetown’s Sammy Stevens that resulted in a 2-run home run. Roberts certainly proved that he is capable of dominating as a starting pitch-
er, as he controlled a fastball that sat in the mid 90s and utilized his breaking pitches to rack up nine strikeouts. Freshmen pitchers Jared Shuster and Antonio Menendez each made their first career starts, but neither was able to stay on the mound for long, and the
pair combined for six earned runs in seven innings across their multiple appearances over the weekend. The team travels to Santa Clara this weekend for a three-game series against the Broncos, who went 13-40 last season.
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DJ Poteet, Nick DiPonzio and Christian Long make up part of Wake Forest’s core of young players. Each of the three underclassmen hit a home run this weekend.
Three Wake Forest baseball players suspended indefinitely tain to hurt the Demon Deacons in The loss of the three veteran players creates positional depth 2018. Maronpot, a senior, started in 60 problems moving forward games in 2017. Though this slash line BY REN SCHMITT Sports Editor schmwm16@wfu.edu
On Thursday Feb. 15, the Wake Forest baseball team announced that it had indefinitely suspended three veteran players, just 24 hours before the team’s season opener against Georgetown. Relief pitcher Chris Farish, infielder/ outfielder Keegan Maronpot and infielder Bruce Steel were suspended for an undisclosed violation of athletic department rules. Each saw significant time during a very successful 2017 campaign for the Demon Deacons. “I think morale took a hit a little bit, losing some guys at least for the beginning part of the season, but it’s all about building and rebuilding,” said junior starting pitcher Griffin Roberts. “[All we can do is] take a hit, and just send some guys out there to fill their spots. We are still going to do everything we can do to win the games we are playing in.” Farish, a redshirt senior, appeared in 24 games in 2017 out of the bullpen. He posted a subpar 5.89 ERA, but losing veteran pitching depth is cer-
of .214/.318/.409 left something to be desired, the loss of his positional versatility will limit the flexibility of the team during the season. Steel, a redshirt junior, started in 52 games in 2017. Steel contributed
more consistently than either of the other two suspended players, slugging .540 and collecting 13 home runs during his sophomore campaign. The loss of Stuart Fairchild, Gavin Sheets and Jonathan Pryor, who were all drafted last summer, had already damaged the team’s depth, and the loss of these three veterans will force young players to step up even more
this season if Wake Forest is to match the success it had last season. The effects of these suspensions, should they not be lifted, will be felt most acutely later in 2018 when the wear and tear caused by the grind of a baseball season takes full effect. The Wake Forest athletic department declined to comment on the specifics of the suspensions.
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Redshirt senior Chris Farish (left), senior Keegan Maronpot (center) and redshirt junior Bruce Steel (right) were suspended on Feb. 15 for a violation of athletic department rules. The specifics remain unknown.
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Spotlight: Griffin Roberts BY REN SCHMITT Sports Editor schmwm16@wfu.edu Griffin Roberts dominated as a closer during his junior season in 2017, posting an ERA of 2.19 and holding opponents to a batting average against of .160. As the Demon Deacons look to repeat their 2017 success, Roberts has assumed a new role on the team, shifting from the bullpen into the starting rotation. You had a really impressive season last year. In 2016 you had 22 walks in 15.2 innings and last year you had 32 in 53.1 innings. What did you do to improve your command in the offseason?
ting the plate: throwing my two-seam that breaks to the right and my slider that breaks to the left. If I was in an advantage count, I was throwing my slider, and whether the hitter knew it or not, the whole stadium knew what pitch was coming, and I had the confidence in it to throw it no matter what the count was. Last year, you made it all the way to the Super Regional and lost to the eventual champions. How do you feel about the team’s ability to reload this year?
I throw a two-seam, a four-seam, a changeup and a slider.
We lost our two biggest bats in the lineup, and we lost all three of our starting pitchers, but that’s kind of what college baseball is; it’s about building and rebuilding, and that’s what the plan is this year. I think we brought in some pitching that’s going to do as well as last year, if not a little bit better. The bullpen is stronger, and there will be a lot of young bats in the lineup and young guys playing defense. It is tough to say how the freshmen will do, since they haven’t seen college pitching. However consistent they are this year will be a huge factor in how well we do this season.
How’s the transition been for you moving from the bullpen into a starting pitching role?
Who would you say is earmarked as the breakout guy this year?
It’s part of the process, developing confidence. I came here as a walk-on, so for me it was seeing that I had the potential to throw strikes and building off of that. You obviously have dynamic stuff. How many pitches do you throw?
It has been pretty smooth for me, not really too many speed bumps along the way. That’s an easier transition than moving from starting to the bullpen, since you lose your routine. I am more of a routine-based guy, so I like having things more set each day. I feel like it kind of benefits me. You had 13.5 strikeouts per nine innings last year, a program record, so you are clearly not a huge groundball pitcher. What’s your approach like? Out of the bullpen didn’t come in trying to tact. I was brought into strike guys out. For me
last year, I induce conthe game to it was split-
What are your favorite memories watching baseball and playing baseball?
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I actually got to watch Derek Jeter’s last game at Yankee Stadium, and I think that was really cool to see an entire stadium light up like that for one dude. And then, [my favorite memory] playing baseball was definitely winning the regional on our home field. It was the first time I had been a part of winning a championship, and I actually got to throw the last pitch which was really fun.
Hometown: Midlothian, Va. Position: Starting Pitcher Height: 6-3 Year: Junior Major: Economics Accolades: -2017 Second Team All-ACC -School record 13.5 K/9 in 2017 -1.35 ERA in the NCAA Tournament in 2017
Johnn Aiello obviously broke out last year, but if I had to bet on somebody I’d say Bobby Seymour, DJ Poteet and Shane Muntz. One of those three freshman is going to have a big year this year, turn some heads and really help us out. How do you all think you are going to do this season compared to last season? We are trying to take it each day and be the best version of the Demon Deacons we can be. With us it is kind of tough, since we do not know who is going to play where over the course of the season yet. We are going to do the best we can to win as many games as we can with what we’ve got.
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Deac Notes Legendary musician Billy Joel set to play a concert in the fall at BB&T Field
Wake Forest Track and Field heads to Clemson for postseason
Wake Forest recently announced that Billy Joel, the pianist and singer behind classic songs like “Piano Man” and “Uptown Girl,” will be playing a show at BB&T Field on Saturday, Oct. 13. Tickets went on sale to the general public on Feb. 17. Joel will also be visiting Wrigley Field, Madison Square Garden and Fenway Park. The most recent band to play at BB&T Field was Guns n’ Roses on Aug. 11 2017.
The Wake Forest Track and Field team will compete in the 2018 ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships Feb. 22-24 at Clemson. Junior Tesia Kempski, who broke her own school record in January, is among the field athletes competing. Junior Jordan Banks, who competes in the pentathlon, holds the fourthbest point total in the ACC with 3614. The event will conclude with the men’s and women’s 4x400m relay.
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NC State defeats Wake Forest at home NC State Wolfpack overtook the Demon Deacons last Saturday BY LIZZIE SNYDER Sports Editor snydem15@wfu.edu
and shot 26.3 percent from the threepoint line, a significant dip from the team’s season average of 38.7 percent. Struggling with his ankle this season, senior Mitchell Wilbekin could not seem to connect with the basket and shot one for eight field goals and zero for five three-point shots throughout his 31 minutes of total play. Keyshawn Woods also struggled off the bench, shooting four for 13. On an exciting note, juniors Doral Moore and Bryant Crawford both had career high scoring records, scoring 29 and 23 points, respectively, and served as the glue for the team during this matchup, but it was not quite enough. Comparatively, four of five members of the NC State Wolfpack’s starting lineup broke doubledigits during this game. Perhaps the most notable of these players is shooting guard, senior Allerick Freeman who had 24 points total and consistently puts up big numbers and has led the team to an 18-9 season record. Moore’s ability to fight for seven offensive rebounds and five defensive rebounds was one of the reasons the Demon Deacons kept it so close throughout this game. Moore has been an invaluable asset for Wake Forest this year but he can-
After the Wake Forest Demon Deacons fell to the NC State Wolfpack, 90-84, Coach Danny Manning summed up the home performance last Saturday stating: “We did some okay things, but we got to do better.” While the storyline seems to echo several matchups this season, Wake Forest continues to play hard at the end of the regular season. On Jan. 18, Wake Forest fell to NC State on the road in Raleigh and lost by nine points. The noticeable absence of Dinos Mitoglou and John Collins seems to have thrown off the team’s rhythm for the season, making fans and coaches wonder, “Who is going to turn it on today and be the glue for this team?” From a purely statistical perspective, the Demon Deacons were up a bit with an overall field goal percentage of 45.1 percent against the Wolfpack compared to a season average of 44.7 percent. However, in terms of three point shots, the team struggled See Basketball, Page 15
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Guard, Bryant Crawford (13) and center, Doral Moore (4) both had career high scoring records against NC State, but it was not enough to secure a win.
Figure Skating: Canadian pair takes the gold Continued from Page 11
Ice dance, the more graceful and technically-focused of the disciplines, brought more new records and exciting programs to the competition. The best part about the ice dance competition was debatably Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada’s short program. Dressed in all black, skating to a compilation of songs including “Hotel California” the pair brought grace, passion and unrivaled skill to the routine, ending in an all enveloping hug that began rumors of a romantic relationship between the two. This record-breaking routine combined with their long program sent them to the gold. Only one point behind, the team from France unfortunately experienced a wardrobe malfunction during the short program, as Gabriella Papadakis’ dress opened in the front. American siblings Maia and Alex Shibutani had an impressive ranking for the pair, as they took the bronze after a 9th place finish in Sochi in 2014. Sibling pairs are unusual in ice dance, but what they lack in physical chemistry they make up for in athleticism and competitive drive. Perhaps the most highly anticipat-
ed and watched events of the Olympics as a whole, the ladies singles competition is expected to bring even more excitement and enthusiasm to the games. At the close of the short program — the more technically-focused, jump heavy of the two programs — Olympic Athletes from Russia are in first and second, with Canadian Kaetlyn Osmund close behind. Team USA’s Mirai Nagasu, Karen Chen and Bradie Tennell are in ninth, 10th and 11th, respectively. Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia broke the record for her short program score of 81.61, but was closely defeated when her teammate Alina Zagitova crept ahead to break the newly-set record with 82.92. The final ranking of the ladies single competition is hard to determine as Medvedeva is stronger in the long program. Regardless, the two will most likely take gold and silver, all potential anomalies aside. The bronze is hard to determine, but will be an exciting competition to watch as the third place winner could be from anyone in the top 10, given how close short program scores were. The free skate will take place on Thursday, Feb. 22 to close Carlos Gonzalez/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS out the figure skating in the 2018 Canadian pair Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue performed a routine to “Hotel CaliOlympic Games. fornia” to wow the judges in the Pyeongchang Winter Games last week.
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Olympic Hockey ratings down without NHL players Men’s soccer defeats High Point and Pittsburgh at home, moving to 7-0-1 on the season BY JONATHAN BELL Staff Writer belljh15@wfu.edu One week and four years ago, perhaps the most memorable olympic hockey moment for the U.S. occurred since the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” game against the Soviet Union. Twenty-seven-yearold T.J. Oshie converted four out of six shootout attempts en route to leading the U.S. to a victory over Russia. While the Americans ended up without a medal in 2014, the Oshie shootout drew major interest in the game- setting a record for Olympic hockeys’ with 4.1 million viewers. Four years prior, the United States played an epic gold medal match against bitter rival Canada, scoring the equalizing goal with less than ten seconds left before ultimately losing in overtime and settling for the silver. So why bring all this up? The U.S.
just crashed out of the olympics in the quarterfinals, losing to the Czech Republic in a shootout in which the team converted exactly zero of the five chances. However, this loss is not an indictment on the state of American hockey. In fact, American hockey is doing great. The U.S. just captured their fourth World Junior championship in 2017 and some of the top young players in the sport (such as Auston Matthews and Jack Eichel) are American. No, this is an indictment on the Olympics and the NHL owners. For the first time since the 1994 olympics, NHL players will not be going to suit up for their countries in the Olympic games. Essentially all of the top hockey players for Team USA play in the NHL, and the lack of an agreement between the owners to allow the players to go to Pyeongchang meant the medal hopes for Team USA were basically hopeless from the start. With no NHLers, the Americans had to resort to a ragtag bunch including aged NHL veterans who were no longer able to compete with their younger counter-
parts (such as 39-year-old Brian Gionta) or fringe, but not elite, prospects such as perhaps the American’s best player Ryan Donato. The lack of any elite talent on team USA not only led to their untimely exit from medal contention, but also stunts the growth of the sport of hockey as a whole. The viewership of the olympic hockey tournament was down in the “high 20 percentages or early 30 percentages” according to NBC sports chairman Mark Lazarus. Exposure for fringe sports in America such as soccer or hockey is key in world events such as the olympics or the world cup — It’s like hockey’s Super Bowl. How many young children do you think begged their parents to sign up for youth hockey after the “Miracle on Ice” or after T.J. Oshie’s goals? The owners’ greed in the form of the reluctance to give up two weeks of the NHL schedule in between the end of football and the beginning of baseball hurts not only Team USA’s medal chances but also the ultimate future and growth of hockey in the U. S.
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USA’s Troy Terry steals the puck during a match against Slovakia.
Basketball: Wake Forest Falls 90-84 against NC State Continued from Page 14
At the beginning of the first half, Wake Forest made some good shots right off the bat as they usually do. With 12 minutes left to go in the first half the Wolfpack had a five-point lead which continued throughout the rest of the half. While NC State was leading by six points at the end of the first half; both teams had 16 baskets in the paint and Wake Forest had 11 fast break scoring plays. This set the tempo for the first half. Coming off a decent first half performance, the Demon Deacons were able to gain some momentum in the middle of the second half when NC State only had one good jumper by Omer Yurtseven within a three-minute stretch. Sadly, Wake Forest had a similar stretch a bit later on with six minutes left to go. With about four minutes left, NC State was able to establish a ten-point lead, but Wake Forest put significant pressure on the Wolfpack to try and close the gap. Woods was able to hit one when it mattered to put the Deacons within five points with 35 seconds to go, despite a disappointing three-for-13 statistic throughout the rest of the game. Things looked promising until the Deacons had four fouls in the span of 40 seconds and with four seconds to go, and Chaundee Brown had a foul and turnover with four seconds to go. After the game, Manning commented, “they moved the ball and made some tough shots on us.” It is always the last few minutes that seem to be the greatest struggle for the Demon Deacons on both offense and defense, but overall, standout performances by both Crawford and Moore are what kept the team in the game.
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Center Doral Moore takes a jump ball against the NC State Wolfpack in the Lawrence V. Joel Veterens’ Coliseum last weekend. Moore had a 23 points and 12 rebounds in the matchup.
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How To: ge t cre ati ve with k ale
Although kale is often seen as a “fad” food, it is ultimately a versatile ingredient in the kitchen. Savory or sweet, it adds nutrients and flavors to any dish.
BY DAVID AJAMY Staff Writer ajamdg15@wfu.edu
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A telling sign that a specific food is popular is when you can walk across a college campus and see the food’s name on a piece of attire. That, or if, when browsing Instagram, every recipe has the item in it. I am specifically talking about kale — it’s kind of a big deal right now, not just in foodie culture but also in the health scene. I am not too into healthy eating, considering I eat Moe’s Southwest Grill and frozen pizza often. Nonetheless, I am very much so a kale fan. Sadly, I only found my way to the sacred land of kale in the past year. Most times, I used spinach or other greens for salads or pastas until I found kale at the pasta station in the pit. Since then, I have been on the kale boat full sail, adding kale to every and any dish.
The power of kale is seemingly endless as well, as it can be an ingredient in everything from salads to pasta to smoothies. Given the high stature of kale, I am going to share five simple yet delicious kale recipes. Kale salad Now this is both my signature and favorite kale dish. It is a simple kale salad that you can truly do anything with. It’s a fresh salad that has both sweet and savory elements with a nice crunch. And while it’s light, it’s very filling. The ingredients are as follows: • Fresh baby kale with the stems taken off • Either Feta or Blue Cheese crumbles • Either chopped walnuts or crushed/sliced almonds • Either dried cranberries or dates • Lemon juice and/or a little bit of oil Toss all of these ingredients together for a delicios, hearty salad. Two variations of pasta with kale If you are feeling a denser, carb-based meal, pasta with sautéed kale is the way to go. Combine the following ingredients to make the dish: • Noodles of your choice, I usually roll with a whole wheat penne or rigatoni. • Again, sauce of your choice. What’s great about kale is how versatile it is, and how it will go with any sauce. I usually go with a light tomato-based sauce to coat the noodles in. • 2 cloves chopped garlic • A pinch of red pepper flakes • A healthy grating of parmesan cheese While the sauce and pasta is cooking, I sauté some kale with garlic, salt, pepper and some red pepper flakes. Once everything is done I combine it all and top it with some parmesan cheese and more red pepper flakes. The kale adds both nice color and texture to the dish, not to mention great taste. Another spin to the kale and pasta dish is to create a kale pesto to add to your pasta. All you need to do is combine the following ingredients in a food processor and blend: • 1 cup of kale • 1/2 cup of walnuts • 1 clove of garlic • 2 tbsp. oil • 2 tbsp. lemon juice • salt and pepper Salmon and roasted kale If in need of a side to a dish, sautéed kale is again a great choice. A dish I make for my parents is often roasted salmon on top of a bed of kale. The ingedients include: • Kale • Olive oil • Lemon juice • Salmon In a half inch deep pan, lay down a bed of kale toped with salt, pepper, olive oil and lemon juice. Bake that for a couple minutes at 400. Take the pan out and then lay the salmon on top, drizzle some lemon juice and salt and bake
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for around 10 minutes at 425. Once the salmon is done, it can be plated on top of the kale and the dish is done. You can add some dill or mustard as well to bring in some more taste. Kale smoothie Kale seems to be in every smoothie these days, and what’s great about it is that there are so many variations of kale smoothies. Here is my favorite: • A couple cups of kale (no stems) • 1 cup of pineapple chunks • One frozen banana • A little bit of mango. I blend the kale with a couple cups of water and a couple cubes of ice, and once blended I add everything else and blend it up well. Sometimes I also squeeze a lime and lemon in. In no time at all, you will have a delicious and healthy smoothie. Kale pesto pizza The last recipe I will share is something that will have you full of both delight and pizza. It’s a thin crust pesto pizza topped with kale. It is made up of: • Store-bought pizza dough, rolled out pretty thin. • Kale pesto (recipe mentioned previously) • 1 cup of mozzarella cheese. • Chopped kale • Lemon juice • Olive oil • Parmesan cheese and/or red pepper flakes In a bowl I toss chopped kale (no stems) with some lemon juice, salt and olive oil and top the pizza with it. Pop that into the oven and in around 13 minutes you have a beautiful pizza ready to be eaten. I top it off with parmesan cheese and red pepper flakes and it’s something out-of-this-world good. Kale is the future my friends, so start exploreing the evergreen, vibrant, and versatile green that will keep you feeling good.
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Abroad Column|Summer Abroad
THE HOT Summers abroad are also an option LIST Spending a summer abroad is a great way to see the world without getting behind in school
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BY BECKY SWIG Print Managing Editor swigrr15@wfu.edu It is popular to study abroad at Wake Forest, whether it be for a summer, semester or year-long program. According to the Wake Forest Center for Global Programs and Studies website, Wake Forest offers more than 400 programs in over 200 cities and 70 countries, with more than 60 percent of students spending time abroad. Spending a semester abroad is often students’ first choice, however, spending a summer abroad is also a great option. I had the opportunity to spend two summers abroad; six weeks in Sydney, Australia in 2016 and eight weeks in London, England in 2017. While these programs were not with Wake Forest, I was still able to receive credit for my time abroad, lessening my course load for the rest my time at Wake Forest. Most students strive to spend a full semester abroad, the majority in Europe, but I loved having the chance to go abroad during the summers. First, it fit my academic schedule very well as I did not get
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The Opera House in Sydney, Australia overlooks Sydney Harbor and provides visitors with an unparralled view of the famous location. behind in earning major and minor credits. I actually was able to get ahead due to receiving summer credit. Moreover, I loved the fact that I did not have to be away for a full semester, as being gone for so long could get tiring at times. Abroad is a fun and exhausting experience, and after a few weeks, I was ready to come home. The shorter programs were the perfect amount of time to explore and be away without it becoming completely draining. Spending the summer abroad is a great way to see a different part of the world while also not sacrificing time at Wake Forest and stressing about filling in courses in other semesters. Even though a sum-
mer is limited in the length of time, I still found that I had an abroad experience that matched many of my friends’ semesters abroad. I was still able to travel and explore different cities and countries. My experiences weren’t lesser because my programs were half the length of a semester program; I was actually forced to make the most of every second because of the shorter amount of time spent abroad. Regardless of the decision to spend a semester or summer abroad, it is a worthwhile experience to travel outside of the U.S. if at all possible. Don’t limit your choices to a semester, as a summer abroad also has many positive qualities.
Event review|Blind Date with a Book
ZSR hosts annual Valentine’s Day event For resident bookworms, the ZSR library was the perfect location to find a Valentine BY ERIN STEPHENS Senior Writer stepec14@wfu.edu On the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 14, a single table caught curious students’ attention as they shuffled in and out of the atrium’s main entrance. On it sat a turquoise, plastic bucket filled with individually-wrapped heart shaped candies. But surrounding the bucket were the real treats — 90 newspaper-wrapped novels up for grabs for anyone who wanted to be set up with a new read. The books were donated by ZSR Librarians and staff as a part of their second-annual Valentine’s Day themed “Blind Date with a Book” event. The librarians and staff donate books from their personal collections as well as those picked up at conferences. This effort to encourage leisure reading and pair readers with literary works that match their interests first began in September 2016 as a part of the “Arive and THRIVE” event. Bookmarks, an independent bookstore located in Downtown Winston-Salem through the alley of Fourth Street, also seemed to be hopping on the trend. A sign in the middle of a few shelves with brandnew, wrapped books on display read, “Recently book-single and ready to mingle? Go on a blind date with a book!”
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Some gave seductive snippets of romance novels. “Fascinating love story, complex heroine, famous architect (and the woman who loved him). <3 Fiction with the heft of truth,” read the label that first caught my eye. Others were simple but stand-out. “Page turner. Intrigue. Murder in the highest levels,” another read. I stood around the table for 20 minutes trying to make my decision. There were so many to choose from. Eventually, I landed on, “Angsty teenage life in 1970s North Carolina; <3 and obsession with local guitarist. Rich, intense, interesting read.” I started peeling away at the edges of the tightly wrapped newspaper before I even took my seat on the fourth floor on the Erin Stephens/Old Gold & Black library. I ripped open the remaining parts Books were covered in newspaper and of the packaging like a kid on Christmas had brief descriptions of their content. morning. The slighlty tattered cover introduced me to my blind date: A Slipping On the back of each was a barcode with a Down Life by Anne Tyler. The familiar, price for the book’s purchase. used-book smell emerged from the novel as For college students running to and from I flipped through the faded pages. the library, the free and repurposed books in Though I haven’t read for leisure much the ZSR were an easy sell. It only took two during my collegiate years, unwrapping and a half hours for 90 people to walk away this novel took me back to those I spent with a book that piqued their interest. as a young girl with my nose constantly in Looking across the sneak previews writ- books. I was reminded of the days I would ten on each book, there seemed to be some- spend lying on pillows in my church lithing for everyone. The pop-up bookshop brary reading Harry Potter or daydreaming featured a spread of genres from biographies about the storylines of the Magic Tree House. to mysteries to romance novels to histori- There’s something to be said for small events cal non-fiction. The handwritten descrip- like these that bring parts of ourselves back tions themselves also varied in length and to life — and for faculty and staff who make intrigue. that happen on our campus.
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9. Freestyle Skating Nordic CombinedMini
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6 cups of water 1/2 cup sugar 3 tbsp. dried lavender 2 cups of freshly squeezed lemon juice • Lemon Sliced for garnish Combine 2 cups of water and the sugar in a small sauce pan over medium heat, whisk until sugar melts. Stir in dried lavender. Cover for 15 minutes then strain out lavender. In large pitcher combine rest of ingrediants and chill.
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Old Gold & Black | Life
Movie Review |Black Panther
Black Panther advocates for social change Black Panther not only addresses the systematic oppression of many communities but also includes strong female role models BY EMILY BEAUCHAMP Life Editor beauea17@wfu.edu If you have not gotten the chance to see Black Panther, drop everything you are doing and take a trip down to the movie theater. This movie is beautifully written and puts a deep focus on various social issues. Black Panther is an incredible addition to the Marvel Universe. The movie predominantly takes place in a small African nation called Wakanda but briefly ventures out into other parts of the world. With the recent death of their king T’Chaka, in Captain America Civil War, it is time for Prince T’Challa to take his rightful place on the throne and as the Black Panther. There are a small few that believe T’Challa is not capable of being king, and throughout the movie he struggles to find a balance between kindness and tenacious leadership. The powers of the Black Panther date back centuries, when man had just come to be. There were four tribes that lived in present day Wakanda that fought over the precious metal vibranium, that resided in the land. Eventually the Panther God came to one man in the tribes and led him to a plant that gave him the strength and cat-like reflexes of a panther. This power is then passed down through the many generations of descendants of the original Black Panther. T’Challa has many foes to face during the duration of the movie, one being himself and the others being physical threats to his people, the nation of Wakanda, and the rest of the world.
What truly makes this movie stand out compared to other Marvel Movies are the various social issues it addresses. The movie’s director, Ryan Coogler, expertly balances the typical Marvel theme of heroism with the ideas of bringing about social change in African American communities in particular. One recurring debate that all characters in the movie address is if Wakanda should send aid to struggling communities that are faced with brutality and oppression, and if so, how much aid they should provide. The villain of the movie is consumed with sending aid to all of the struggling communities, but he does so through extreme measures and hopes to supply these communities with weapons of immense power. The protagonists hope to provide aid in different ways through shelters and other programs to better these communities. Furthermore, the movie incorporates strong leading roles for females. T’Challa is supported by four very important, strong, intelligent and independent women: his mother, his sister, the general of the Wakandan army and his ex-girlfriend Nakia. T’Challa’s younger sister, Shuri, is the country’s number one scientist and she comes to T’Challa’s aid on countless occasions. She develops all of the modern technology used by Wakanda and is extremely innovative in the ways that she uses and handles vibranium. The Wakandan army general, Okoye, stands next to T’Challa in battle and saves him on countless occasions including the first fight scene of the movie. She is a strong character that has a deep love and loyalty for her country and as the strongest warrior of Wakanda, she plans to protect it with her life. Finally, T’Challa’s ex-girlfriend and Wakandan Spy, Nakia. Nakia’s main calling is to help those who are in need, she is a determined woman who puts others before herself. Nakia hopes to influence T’Challa to help change the world and make it safer for those who are oppressed or in danger.
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The Marvel Universe introduced an important hero with the release of Black Panther on Feb. 16. I hope that everyone is able to experience Black Panther. It is an amazing movie that strives to bring the world closer together and promotes love over hatred. The movie emphasizes the importance of helping those less fortunate than you and most importantly addresses the present social issues of oppression and brutality. The movie will take you on an emotional roller coaster through tears, laughter and hope for the future that T’Challa hopes to build. Black Panther will return in Marvel’s Infinity War in May 2018.
Lifestyle Column| Campus Garden
Gardening provides a fruitful learning experience By volunteering at Campus Garden, students can gain important knowledge on agriculture and sustainability BY YING XU Contributing Writer xuy217@wfu.edu Weeding in the strawberry field, building structures for the garden such as hoop houses, planting seeds and seedlings, harvesting produce and turning the compost, these are just a few of the environmentalist efforts you could partake in while volunteering at Campus Garden. Whether you are an avid garden groupie, or someone who has little to no experience in agriculture, you will find your place by getting your hands dirty with the environmentally friendly produce. Volunteering at Campus Garden has given me a new outlook on sustainability in the Wake Forest community. I have been able to meet people who aspire to find solutions to issues regarding food security, waste reduction and mindfulness toward nature. This past weekend, with the help of fellow volunteers, I got to harvest a ton
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Student volunteers pose with an abundance of fruits and vegetables that were harvested at their peak ripeness.
of spinach and divide it into two piles, one pile for composting and the other for donating to Campus Kitchen, a space on campus where food will be made and packaged to deliver to the community. There are no shortages in tasks that need to get done at Campus Garden. This past weekend a dozen volunteers, including myself, divided into groups to help weed strawberries, harvest produce, build a fire and mulch. We bonded tremendously through sustainable service,
Q: Who directed the new film Black Panther?
A: Ryan Coogler
as well as when we named the chickens after popular celebrities such as Shakira. Without volunteers, these chickens would not have a sturdy home to live in, fresh produce to nibble on or funky new names. Hard work is never scarce at Campus Garden. We make sure that not one leaf goes to waste and not one weed goes unpulled. First-year Jack Lloyd explained the impact of carbon footprints to the group and people listened and carried the knowledge back home with them. The volunteering does not end after the work is done, because sustainability is equivalent to livelihood, as well as to our identities as Wake Forest students. Diversity can be found in humans as well as the nonhumans at Campus Garden. In mid-to-late spring, the garden focuses on summer crops such as eggplant, tomatoes, squash, watermelon and strawberries. In the fall, mostly leafy plants that can withstand the unpredictable weather patterns of the fall and early winter months are planted. If the weather allows, shifts are usually from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. two days a week at 1141 Polo Rd. A reusable water bottle is crucial for working in the spring months as the weather is warming up, and gardening gloves are recommended but will be provided at limited numbers.
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Oedipus remains king in new period piece
Life | Old Gold & Black
Thursday, February 22, 2018 | Page 19
Phantom Thread acts as a multi-pronged question, providing little in the way of solutions but much in the way of provocations
BY KYLE FERRER Opinion Editor ferrka16@wfu.edu
There are definitely types of creative method. There is the “Shelley school,” which describes “the mind in creation as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconsistent wind, awakens to transitory brightness,” and there is the school of reiterative creation, wrought and eeked out through sheer volume of work. In Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film Phantom Thread, Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis), purveyor of the House of Woodcock, and designer of magisterial garb for royalty, celebrity and most manners of extreme wealth, inhabits the latter description of creation. Woodcock is intensely meticulous and demanding, the Kubrick of clothing design. His impetus is incessant, with his sketches of dresses either on a pad or in the fore of his mind. He is a man not unlike most of his clients — swift, tactful and, above all, tasteful. But Woodcock’s urbane patina begins to crack when he meets Alma (Vicky Krieps), a waitress at a quaint country-club restaurant. Day-Lewis, with the verbal and attitudinal sharpness of a character perfectly played, immediately cathects. Alma takes his order, a litany of period-piece sundries, only to have Reynolds demand she remember the order by memory. When Alma delivers a plate perfectly supplied, Reynolds asks her to dinner, to which she says yes, writing on his check a note signed: “To the hungry boy,” an Oedipal gesture of care and flirtatious caress. Phantom Thread then journeys forward with what seem to be two ideas positioned in its consciousness. One is of missed mothers, and the surrogate relationship Alma figures to be her only way to breach Reynold’s insufferable decorum. (Woodcock’s dislike for “deviant” activities is nearly intolerable, yet Day-Lewis finds a way to also make him endlessly intriguing, like a politely angry man, or dangling china.) The other idea in the film is of an apotropaic lifestyle as defense mechanism against changing times and changing lives.
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Ultimately, the film is successful at presenting both, through the beautiful frame of a 1950s period-piece. Reynolds Woodcock himself is an anachronism, at one point expressing his distaste for the “chic” clothing a client leaves his services for. To wit, Woodcock exclaims: “Chic? Oh, don’t you start using that filthy little word. Chic! Whoever invented that ought to be spanked in public.” It is true, the slippery little word is one of ambiguous and subjective annoyance, and contains an air of wild superiority and dilettante-ish tomfoolery. To avoid what is, to Woodcock, false precocity in modern-day dismissals of “the classical,” he riddles his life with apotropaic rituals, to ward off the evils of a life less precise, less trenchant. In part, Reynolds fails at this because the woman he is in love with, Alma, is an impressive chunk younger than he, and is interested in engaging with modern, vaudevillian acts like “dancing,” which she eventually goes out and participates in, leaving Reynolds aghast and eventually in tow. This same clinical life Woodcock cultivates as a bulwark against modernity is also undergirded by a sort of enigmatic, emotional roil that launches Phantom Thread into the world of psychoanalysis. There is an obvious preoccupation with motherhood, and with Alma as a surrogate mother-figure to Woodcock. Reynolds’ emotional dominance of Alma pushes her to search for, undoubtedly, his “phantom thread,” which turns out to be his indebtedness to his mother, a woman who taught Reynolds everything he knows. Although she is dead, Woodcock’s mother appears in the film as a ghastly hallucination knocking on Reynolds’ consciousness, and represents the emotional aperture she left her in son, one that Alma fills in strange ways. The film is riveted by the constant orchestral score, composed by Jonny Greenwood, that seems to fill in the silence with musical dialogue, to cause the characters to heed its gestural guidance. The score itself could lead us through the film’s progressions; Day-Lewis and co., if they wanted, would barely have to speak. The film’s beauty is in its overdetermined nature. The score with the dialogue, camerawork, complex ideas and holistic mise en scene, becomes as intricate and enveloping as Woodcock’s own latticework.
There exists a scene in Phantom Thread that acts as a sort of confluence of the film’s machinations, and it begins with a prototypical Andersonian long take. The camera follows Reynolds down his winding staircase and settles in stride behind him, in tow all the way to the formal room, where his recently conceived and completed creation awaits — the royal wedding gown. It resides in the center of the room, encircled by Reynolds’ legion of assistants. Reynolds kneels, examines and circles the dress, until he pauses, looks, and crashes into the manikin in a spell of illness. The long take is reminiscent of the Goodfellas crib in the opening of Boogie Nights, and is a standout scene for its own unique stylistic consistency within the Anderson oeuvre. But it also brilliantly combines every theme in the film: the fastidious creative nerve of Woodcock, the fruits of tradition Woodcock wishes to preserve and the Oedipal maze that undergirds the extrinsic being of Woodcock himself. Alma looks upon the scene with moxie. Every note of Paul Thomas Anderson’s film hits pitch perfectly to create a convincing universe of layered lives. Love, as it is manifested in people and in work, electrifies the already superb atmospherics, and the performances by Day-Lewis and Krieps are as engrossing and exacting as any I’ve seen this year. The styles in the film, the food, the dress, the furniture, are a period-piece accomplishment in themselves, but the film feels like a period-piece with something dangerous about it. It is a film being actively manipulated by someone with a greater sensibility, a vision that makes it more effective through its wrought-ness. Few directors today work with as diverse material as Paul Thomas Anderson. His oeuvre takes on a rare sort of shape, being that it does not have much shape at all, story-wise. It is not guided by any “schtick.” Anderson is an artistic chameleon, able to mold his consummate skill to whatever story he wants to tell. Anderson, with everything he does, cants the angle of his stories ever so slightly. He turns the material into a vague pulse of complex resonances that makes whatever he does require multiple viewings. Phantom Thread is no different, and we’re better for it.
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Old Gold & Black | Life
WHERE TO STUDY DOWNTOWN As midterms are just beginning to creep up on students, finding a reliable spot to study is almost as important as having a full cup of coffee. For a new source of inspiration and focus, here are three alternative off-campus study locations
BY OLIVIA FIELD Life Editor fielor17@wfu.edu
Forsyth County Central Library Although most students know the ZSR Library like the back of their hands, almost no one from Wake Forest makes use of the Forsyth County Central Library. Only eight minutes away from campus, located at 660 W 5th St, the library is outfitted with multiple study areas, free wifi and places to charge your devices. Having been closed for renovations since 2014, the library finally reopened in August 2017 with a new, modern design and plentiful resources. Including multiple meeting rooms and an open-air terrace, the library offers alternatives to cramped ZSR tables and dimly lit study halls. On top of all of this, it is much easier to find an open table at this quiet location. The library is free to the public and open from
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. With functioning hours everyday, students can make the most of this easy-to-access study spot.
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Wake Downtown and Bailey Park Since many students already travel to Wake Downtown for their classes, utilizing the building for studying is almost free of hastles. Thanks to the shuttle that constantly runs, it takes only a few minutes to settle down in one of the study rooms or lobby areas in the space.
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“Wake downtown has a student lounge on the base floor that has a printer, chairs and tables. On the top floors, there is a great view of downtown. There is even a coffee shop that has ample room for studying,” freshman Justin Neuberger said. “I like studying there because it is quiet and full of natural light. I feel less stressed while I work at Wake Downtown.” Right across from the entrance to Wake Downtown is Bailey Park, a small grassy area with paved seating. With spring quickly approaching, make plans to study outside with friends, settling down at one of the tables or bringing along your own blanket to spread out in the grass. With longer hours of sunlight and some snacks, this is the ideal spot to hunker down and finish readings.
Krankies coffee shop and bar Located right near Wake Downtown, this coffee shop and restaurant is an ideal study spot that only a few students regularly utilize. With a steady supply of caffeine and meals, Krankies offers a fitting scene for studying, alone or with a group of friends. With affordable coffees and teas for sale, as well as dishes like the $8 “Grilled Cheese Hero” and $11 “Mother Salad,” the restaurant also offers a great alternative to the usual study break at Benson. For those 21 and over, Krankies also has a fully functioning bar to sneak in a drink after a day of studying. The only negative about settling down at Krankies is the lack of charging outlets. However, with fully charged devices and notes on hand, one can make the most of the space’s calm atmosphere and thought-inducing lighting.
Ultimately, breaking out of the campus bubble can be difficult, especially when it comes to studying and doing homework. With a little bit of effort, however, one can enjoy the modern library, resourceful Wake Downtown or mouth watering food at Krankies at a moment’s notice.
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