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Upcoming play to feature alumna

By Molly Nevola | Staff writer

Top Secret: the Battle for the Pentagon Papers, a uniquely performed live docudrama featuring one of the university’s own former students, will present the living history of the Washington Post’s controversial decision to publish top secret documents in 1971 relating to the United States’ involvement in Vietnam.

Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers, presented by the LA Theatre Works as part of the Secret Artists Series Jan 17 and 18 in Wait Chapel, Top Secret will star former university student and current actress Shannon Cochran.

Cochran, who studied at the university from 1976-’78 before moving to Cincinnati to study at a conservatory, will return to campus to play the role of Katharine Graham, The Washington Post publisher at the time of the leak who ultimately decided to publish the documents even though the government threatened legal action against the press.

The production will be in the form of a radio play with microphone stands and scripts and narrated

by Graham’s character who guides the audience through the events of the day while jumping back and forth to contemporary times.

Cochran was born in Savannah, Ga., but grew up in Greensboro where she received all of her schooling through high school.

She decided to attend the university and immediately fell in love with the school- its attractive size, notable sports and the social outlets on campus.

As a member of a female society, a stage performer and an involved member of the campus, Cochran devoted time to rush activities, rehearsing for plays and club meetings.

“It left little time for studying, so for me it was the first time in my life that I found myself struggling academically,” Cochran said.

Cochran declared an English and French double major and had a vague idea that she wanted to be a translator at the United Nations someday.

“Honestly, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I had done a bit of community theater, a very little bit, and I knew I liked it, but didn’t know if it would turn into a passion of mine,” Cochran said. The year Cochran first attendend for her freshman year was the first year of the new theater building on

LeVar Burton to speak for MLK

By Lillian King | Contributing writer

The university will be partaking in a myriad of events at the start of 2008 to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the change he inspired in this country.

The university’s 10th annual MLK Invitational Basketball Tournament will kick it all off. The tournament will be held at 1 p.m. Jan. 19 in Reynolds Gymnasium and will consist of Intramural play with teams from across the state, an alumni game, a slam dunk contest and a threepoint shoot out.

The following day, Jan. 20, the 3rd annual MLK GospelFest will be at 4 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. The concert will feature internationally renowned vocalist Martha Munizzi, who will be available to sign autographs following the show.

The performance is free to anyone with a valid student ID or under the age of 12. For all other attendees, admission will be $5.

The university will also be collaborating with Winston-Salem State University to host the eighth annual joint MLK Keynote Program, which will feature LeVar Burton’s address, “On Common Ground.”

LeVar Burton is famous for his past roles as Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Kunta Kinte in the popular 70s mini-series Roots. Roots was a TV series that shed light on the lives of slaves growing up in America and the hardships that they faced. Today Burton is known as the host of Reading Rainbow, a PBS show encouraging youth to take an interest in literature.

The Keynote Celebration will also feature a video address from author and poet Maya Angelou.

The event is free and open to the general public.

It will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 21 in Wait Chapel, a location where Martin Luther King, Jr. himself addressed students years ago.

In King’s address, he encouraged students to take action against discrimination, and in February of 1962, just that happened.

Eleven black students from Winston-Salem State College (now WSSU), 10 white students from the university and one black community resident participated in a silent, non-violent sit-in at a department store in downtown Winston-Salem protesting against unjust and discriminatory city laws.

The students were arrested for trespassing, but with their arrest also came reform. City officials See MLK, Page A3

Students experience racism abroad

By Liza Greenspun | News editor When they arrived at the airport in Madrid after a weekend in Amsterdam, five students studying abroad in the university’s Salamanca, Spain, program in spring 2007 were the first people from the flight to retrieve their luggage.

Two of the male students were Caucasian, while the other three were African-American.

Although all five students were walking together, the three African-Americans were stopped by the police, said junior Tramell Zackery, one of the three African-American

students. They were asked to show identification, after which they were allowed to join their white friends, Zackery said.

“It was mainly confusion,” Zackery said, because only the African-Americans in the group were stopped by the police.

According to Open Doors 2007, an estimated 60.7 percent of university students study abroad during their undergraduate careers, ranking the university fourth in 2005-’06 of doctoral and research institutions.

Upon returning to the university, many students cite their experiences as life-changing.

For those who are a racial minority in the country where they traveled, it can be particularly eye-opening as they see how skin color can affect how they are treated throughout the world.

What follows are three personal accounts from students who studied in Europe, Asia and Africa, and what they each learned about themselves and about others as they experienced being a racial minority in a country other than the United States.

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Calloway School promotes diversity and MSA program sity initiatives, said, “We decided when we began the diversity initiative that it The Calloway School of Business and was important to raise the awareness Accountancy hosted a diversity consor- of the MSA program at Wake among tium Jan. 10-12 to introduce top stu- historically black universities and coldents from historically black colleges and leges and to develop a relationship with universities to its Master of Science in those universities.”

To achieve this goal, Jessup and other Accountancy program.

Sixteen students from North Carolina Calloway professors made contact with key individuals at A&T, North Carothe selected institulina Central, Moretions. house, Grambling, They then folUniversity of Mary- “We hope that by raising awarelowed up by inviting land, Northwestern, ness of our program, that we students from those Hamden-Sydney, increase our applicants and colleges to visit the Florida A&M, therefore, increase diversity in university and learn Spelman, Lafayette and University of the graduate accounting student more about the MSA program in particuKentucky attended body.” lar and the value of the consortium.

Debra Jessup the MSA degree in The Calloway Director of Diversity Initiatives general to a career in Accounting Diveraccounting. sity Consortium “We hope that by was sponsored by raising awareness of the accounting firm Ernst & Young. This consortium builds our program, we increase our applicants on a summit the university held last and therefore, increase diversity in the January with business school deans at graduate accounting student body,” Jessup said. other historically black institutions.

Students who attended the consortium Debra Jessup, Calloway School lecturer in business and director of diver- had the opportunity to meet with curBy Maya Yette | Staff writer

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rent students, faculty and Ernst &Young representatives.

Sessions held included a MSA program overview, application process and required courses led by the MSA Program director.

“In the beginning, we sought out advice from Ernst & Young as to how we could improve diversity within our MSA program,” Jessup said. “We worked closely with Allen Boston and Randall Duncan, an alumnus of the Calloway school, to develop a strategy.

“As a result, Ernst & Young agreed to partner with us to continue their support and assistance as we attempted to implement our plan.”

The Calloway School is one of Ernst & Young’s 77 priority schools.

“We’re very supportive of the University and its program and we try to recruit as many people as we can, serve on advisory boards and donate to the school,” said Allen Boston, partner and director of campus and diversity recruiting for Ernst & Young.

The Calloway School is currently ranked #1 in the nation for the highest pass rate on the first attempt of the CPA Exam.

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The Calloway School of Business and Accountancy invited students from historically black schools to campus Jan. 10-12. “twofold benefit because it is important for people to have experience in a situation where they are in a classroom with individuals from a lot of different backgrounds and it will also be a significant benefit to the non-ethnically diverse students by rounding out their

educational experience as they work in a corporate environment, especially one with global reach such as (Ernst & Young),” Boston said.

“It was a win-win all the way around and such a very energizing experience.”

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Brieflies Wake Forest scholars office moves and updates Web site The Wake Forest Scholars program office has relocated to 123A Reynolda. Please enter through room 124. The program Web site has expanded and is ready for visits at www.wfu.edu/scholars.

Please contact Davis, davile@wfu.edu, to set up an appointment time.

Journalist’s lecture to be broadcast on television Journalist Bob Schieffer’s recent lectue at the university will be broadcast on UNC-TV. The segment will air at 10 a.m. on Jan. 17. In addition, the program will air several times in January on digital channel UNC-NC. This lecture, which was given Oct. 25, was part of the ‘Voices of Our Time’ speaker series.

University’s immigration conference to air on radio station An immigration conference held at the university last October will be broadcast on radio station WFDD, 88.5 FM, throughout January.

WFDD will air different portions of the threeday conference each Sunday evening in January from 6-7 p.m. The conference was entitled “Immigration, Recasting the Debate”.

Reynolda House holiday estate tours offered to visitors Take advantage of this special chance to visit the beautiful sights along the “Reynolda Mile” Tickets are available at each venue on the day of the tour and are $15. Periodic shuttles will run between the sites. For more information, contact Reynolda House Museum of American Art at Ext. 5150.

Athletes to be inducted into Hall of Fame Four university athletes, Mark Erwin, Rust LaRue, Laura Philo Diaz and Dr. Herb Appenzeller, are to be inducted into the university’s hall of fame next Sunday during the basketball game.

Professor to speak at Convocation Biology professor Herman Eure will give a speech on the evolution of the university’s history at Founders’ Day Convocation on Feb. 7. For more information contact Eric Frazier at Ext. 5237.

Protein could help regenerate nerves Finnish scientists from the School of Medicine have found a protein in human hair that shows promise of regenerating nerve tissue, a development that may lead to new treatments for nerve damage. For more information contact Bonnie Davis at (336) 716-4587.

International studies department hosts study abroad fair Representatives from university and other programs will be available to answer any questions about study abroad. The fair will take place at 10:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. on jan. 27 in Benson room 401. For more information contact Jessica Czarnowski at czarnoja@wfu.edu.

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Ellsberg comments on past experience, current events

By Elliot Engstrom | News editor

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon papers that widely ended public support for the Vietnam War, will be speaking at the university Jan. 24 as a part of the “Voices of Our Time” series about the need for new Pentagon papers.

News editor Elliot Engstrom spoke over the phone with Ellsberg about his past experiences and his opinions about the current Middle East conflict.

Tell me a little bit about your job at the Pentagon and how it was involved in your decision to leak the Pentagon papers.

In 1964, having been a consultant at the Pentagon since 1959, I became a full-time employee, and by chance my work actually started on Aug. 4, 1964, the day that for some hours the President and Secretary of Defense believed that our destroyers Ellsberg in the Tonkin Gulf were attacked.

That belief led to a decision by the President to start the bombing of North Vietnam, what was called a retaliatory attack for the attack on our destroyers. Three days later, he got passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which had actually been drafted earlier, which gave him discretionary power to start a war when he felt it necessary to protect our interests in the Far East and repel further aggression. Only two senators voted against this, and what got their votes was their belief that there had been two attacks on our warships.

I knew within hours that there was great question as to whether there had been an attack at all. A local commander had acknowledged that most of his reports of torpedoes had been mistaken. The sonar officer on his ship was mistaken in that he was hearing torpedoes. Even so, the decision to retaliate had been made, and although there was great doubt as to whether there had been an attack, the President told the public that night that there was unequivocal evidence of an unprovoked attack in international waters on a routine destroyer patrol, and that we sought no wider war.

I knew that every one of those statements was false. I didn’t know for sure right away that there had been no attack, but I did know that to say that

there was unequivocal evidence of it tions of the law and the constitution of a process of murder anymore, so was a flat lie, just as I was certain that with respect to torture, surveillance, I should be willing to go to prison when Secretary of State Powell told kidnapping and suspension of habius to stop it. I don’t think I would have the UN in 2002 that Saddam Hus- corpus. It’s not illegal, it’s just not thought of that if I had not been the sein was the greatest threat to world constitutional, and it’s in violation official who met Americans who were security, he couldn’t believe that. It of Common Law, British law which on their way to prison for resisting was an absurd statement, it had to goes back to John I. the war nonviolently. I thought that be false. Now we know, there were no if they could do it, I could do it. programs, there were no WMDs, just Do these people do these things as there were no attacks in August of because they want to go to war?

What needs to happen in order 1964. They may have believed that to end the conflict in Iraq? there were WMDs, but to say that Well, in the case of Vietnam, my there was no doubt, which was after bosses thought they had inherited The determination of both politiall a necessary premise for attacking, a war that they did not want to be cal parties to hold onto Iraq makes it was clearly a lie. charged with losing. It was not win- hard for me to imagine what revelaPeople ask, “Did Bush lie?,” “Did nable, but you could prolong it, just tion could get us out of there.

Cheney lie?” “Did Rumsfeld lie?” Of like Iraq. Iraq will never be won by If the revelation had come in 2002 course they lied. Even though they the United States. when it could probably believed strongly that there The Iraqi resishave, things may were WMDs there, they knew that tance will never have been differ“People ask ‘Did Bush lie?,’ ‘Did the evidence was very thin and con- give up trying to ent. If Paul O’Neal Cheney lie?,’ ‘Did Rumsfeld lie?’ had told us the troversial. It was a lie into war. kill Americans Of course they lied ... It was a lie things he told us We were lied into war as well in and being will1964. Unfortunately, even though ing to die to kill in 2004 instead in into war.”

I knew that on my very first day at them. The reason 2001, we might Daniel Ellsberg the Pentagon, it didn’t occur to me to that the people in well not be in Iraq Former Pentagon employee inform Congress of this. After all, I our government today. If Richard had promised not to tell anyone not are determined to Clarke, who was authorized anything that I learned keep those bases Head of Counin my job, even though what I was in Iraq is because they are in the midst terterrorism, had told us the day of learning was that the Constitution was of the riches of the world.

9/11 or the day after instead of in being violated by lying to congress In the case of Vietnam, there was no 2004 that the President was going about a war. It didn’t occur to me that oil. But there, they didn’t want to be to use 9/11 as an excuse to attack a my oath to the Constitution which called “loser,” and so each one wanted country that had nothing to do with I had made overrode my promise to to pass the war on to his successor. 9/11, I think he could have prevented keep secrets. Virtually all act as if their In each case, they were willing to see the war. Now, I think it’s late to get promise to keep secrets overrides their Americans die and kill indefinitely us out of there. What the American promise to uphold the constitution. in a war they knew would never be people could do is elect someone who They don’t think about their oath to won. That’s not a good way to sell it is committed to getting us out. I don’t the Constito the public, so they see that happening. Hillary has said tution at all. lie. You need a certain the opposite, that she’ll stay there. So, They think amount of public sup- we stay there killing and dying.

“When I came to realize that it of being loyal port, so you lie your We haven’t yet attacked Iran. Here’s was all based on lies and it was to the Presiway into it. You do a case where intelligence officers got dent as their an illegal war, that seemed to me that in confidence their new intelligence, which was constituthat your secrets will truthful in that there was no nuclear to be murder.” tional duty. not be told by any program in Iran, but they actually Daniel Ellsberg Actually, it one of the thousands forced the hand of the President to Former Pentagon employee isn’t in this of people who know release it by threatening to leak it, country. you’re lying. But they meaning they would risk jail.

Their duty would have to do it at Unfortunately, the President still to the Constitution is not equivalent the risk of their jobs and their careers, can look for incidents that he can to loyalty to the Commander in Chief. and maybe even their marriage and use as an excuse to attack Iran. There When he’s committing crimes, your their children’s education, or maybe are people that I think can prevent duty is to uphold the law, not the Presi- even risking going to jail. that by bringing out documents of dent. However, these people would be the kind they have described, such punished in their careers if they did So knowing all of this, what com- as plans for an attack on Iran to be otherwise. They would not suffer for pelled you to take such a risk? launched at the first excuse. So far, keeping their boss’s secrets. No official Congress has done the opposite. to my knowledge has ever gone to Well, I had been in Vietnam, I had The Senate has given the green light jail for lying to Congress when the been surrounded by Americans who to attack Iran by declaring the RevoluPresident wanted him to do it. They were risking their lives and giving their tionary Guard a terrorist organization lie to Congress all the time, and to the lives who believed in the cause, and There are people in the government public. Actually, Bush has been found I was one of those. who could obey their oath to the out a lot. But, as you may have noticed, When I came to realize that it was all constitution by telling Congress the he’s not under impeachment. There’s based on lies and it was an illegal war, truth, and taking the risk. So far, no no question that Bush and Cheney that seemed to me to be murder. one has been willing to do that, but have committed many major violaI thought that I shouldn’t be part I don’t give up hope.

POLICE BEAT Property Damage • Sidewalk chalk was used to draw the numeral 7 in several locations Dec. 7 around the Quad.

• The concession stand was forcibly entered on Dec. 8 at Spry Stadium and a fire extinguisher was discharged inside.

• During a Dec. 20 security check, University Police found a window screen cut at Student Apartments. A second cut window screen was discovered Dec. 27 at Student Apartments.

• A sharp object was used to scratch a university employee’s vehicle, causing $300 worth of damage, while it was parked at Townhouse Residence. The scratch was reported Jan. 7.

Alcohol and Drug Violations • University Police responded Dec. 9 to a complaint about a loud party in Polo Residence Hall and charged four underage students with drinking alcohol and two other students, who were 21 or older, with aiding and abetting. Information about the incident was provided to Harold Holmes, associate vice president and dean of student services.

• University Police observed occupants getting out of a vehicle parked in Lot W adjacent to Worrell Jan. 13 and determined that three underage students had been drinking alcohol. Information about the incident was provided to Harold Holmes, associate vice president and dean of student services.

Theft • An unattended cell phone and student identification card were reported stolen from a table between 1 p.m. and 1:05 p.m. Dec. 3 in the Pit at Reynolda.

• An unattended jacket valued at $75 was reported stolen from a laundry room in Collins Residence Hall between 3:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. Dec. 11.

• A flat-screen television and X-Box power cable valued together at $700 were reported stolen from a residence at Student Apartments Dec. 12. There were no signs of forced entry.

• An X-Box game unit was reported stolen Dec. 14 from an unsecured room in Kitchin Residence Hall. The victim was unsure when the equipment was last in the room.

• A wallet containing a student identification card, driver’s license, credit card and a small amount of cash was reported stolen Dec. 15 from an unattended bag left in the atrium at Reynolds Library.

• A compact disc and $270 in cash were reported stolen between 5 p.m. Dec. 4 and 8:30 a.m. Dec. 5 from a secured office in Reynolda. Employees found the office unlocked when they returned to work.

• Cash totaling $12 was reported stolen from a secured office between 5 p.m. Dec. 3 and 5 p.m.

Dec. 4 in Reynolda.

• An unattended cell phone was reported stolen Dec. 6 from a room in Tribble.

• A student’s personal laptop computer and keys were reported stolen Dec. 7 from her secured room in Luter Residence Hall.

• An unattended laptop computer was reported stolen between 6:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. Dec. 20 from a kitchen in Collins.

• On Dec. 30, University Police found 13 window screens cut at Martin Residence Hall. Someone entered rooms through the windows and stole a variety of electronics equipment. Nine similar break-ins and larcenies were discovered Jan. 8 at Luter Residence Hall. The list of missing items is incomplete as returning students continue to file

reports of break-ins and other stolen items.

• A student reported his bicycle, valued at $700, stolen Jan. 11 from a bike rack at Johnson Residence Hall.

Miscellaneous • Two Winston-Salem State University students were cited for trespassing Dec. 6 after getting into a fight at Student Apartments.

• After suffering a medical emergency, a student drove his vehicle into the Polo Road entrance gate Jan. 12, causing extensive damage to the entrance and to his vehicle. The student sustained injuries in the crash and was transported to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center for treatment.

Traffic Violations • Two students lied to a security officer by claiming not to be students Dec. 2 when they tried to enter campus with an unregistered vehicle. Information about the incident was provided to the dean of student services.

• University Police responded to a call for assistance from the Winston-Salem Police Department Dec. 14 after a student drove his vehicle off Wake Forest Road and down an embankment. Leaves gathered under the hood, causing a minor fire, but the student had left the scene of the accident when University Police arrived. Winston-Salem police are continuing the investigation.

University Police responded to 209 calls from Dec. 3–Jan. 13, including 33 incidents and investigations and 172 service calls.

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campus — prior to that year, the theater department had been meeting on the sixth floor of the library.

Cochran said that she literally stumbled into theater auditions when a few students from the Theta Chi fraternity encouraged her to audition for a play on campus.

But due to the size of the department and its newness, the particular field of study was not popular. “No one thought it was a good idea to pursue a theater degree,� she said.

Fortunately, Cochran noted, the head of the theater department Harold Tedford suggested she transfer after realizing her growing interest in theatre. “It was the strangest advice from the department,� she said, “but it turned my life around.�

Tedford was a type of mentor figure to Cochran, who interpreted what he said and eventually took his advice to leave the school and go away to conservatory for complete immersion in the arts. After studying at the

Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Cochran decided to start auditioning for theaters throughout the southeast.

She ended up in Indianapolis and then moved to Chicago where she has since spent much of her adult life.

She auditioned for A Chorus Line, got cast, and stayed in Chicago, which she describes as “truly a theater town.�

In 1991, Cochran and a few of her friends decided to venture to Los Angeles for pilot’s season, hoping to land gigs on television episodes. “I didn’t want to leave Chicago, but was very successful in L.A. – it’s been very lucrative, but having Chicago as a case was great for a fallback,� she said. “I eventually moved my base to L.A., but I still go back to Chicago to do at least something. It is sort of my spiritual theater home.�

Cochran landed roles in various shows and television commercials, but noted that without a doubt, her true passion is the theater.

Her first Hollywood gig was Seinfeld in its second year before the show really caught on with audiences.

She also worked on Frasier and more recently appeared

in The Office where she got a taste of the low-key, improvisational atmosphere of television filming.

She has also had roles in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as well as Grey’s Anatomy, where she was able to appreciate how hard hour-long television drama actors work — typically eighteen-hour days with few breaks.

She noted that today there are very few television roles for the more mature actors to hold on to. Roles become less lucrative and less interesting, she said. “As I go through the years, I find myself wanting to get back to theater, which is a bigger range for an actor. You can play with ease on stage when with film and TV you really cannot do that,� she said.

The business is unpredictable: “You never know what will be one phone call away, right around the corner. But then you could get something (in L.A.) that you could have never gotten in Chicago,� she said. She was recently cast in a recurring role for a series on FOX as well as in an Oliver Stone film opposite Bruce Willis, but due to the writ-

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Cochran poses for her role as Sally Bowles in 1978, when she studied theater at the university. ers’ strike, these gigs are on the shelf until further notice.

Cochran said that she is excited to fly into her childhood hometown of Greensboro and never imagined she would be back on stage to perform at the university. “What’s great about the piece that we are bringing to Wake Forest is that it should be interesting to political science, journalism and theater students alike, and it’s a kind of theater that is rarely done

anymore,� Cochran said.

Cochran hopes that students, faculty and community members of all interests will turn up for the production, which explores an epic legal battle in history and allows for debate and discussion on an issue of such national concern.

Cochran’s homecoming to the university will allow her to come full circle, returning to the base where her passion for the theater began.

went on to permit voluntary and non-violent integration of lunch counters in the city of Winston-Salem.

Since then, WSSU, historically black, and Wake Forest, predominately white, have worked together to remember the accomplishments made in the past.

In 2001, the 40th anniversary of this sit-in was celebrated by the universities with the reunion of those individuals who had been arrested.

Barbee Myers Oakes, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, said she hopes that through events like these the university will be able to promote and “strengthen relationships among all our students, thereby increasing their cultural competency and tearing down the walls that separate us, both within our own campus community and those that exist between the different college campuses.� By coming out and supporting these events, past achievements are remembered, and present day situations can be addressed.

For additional information on any programmatic initiative, students can contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs in Benson 346 or call Darlene Starnes at 758-5864.

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“(Racism) definitely exists�

The airport was not the only place in Spain where Zackery was stopped for no apparent reason. He said that being stopped in the street became afairly common occurrence. “After a while it just got annoying,� Zackery said. Huge numbers of illegal African immigrants enter Spain each year. In order to control this mass illegal immigration, Spanish police conduct racial profiling, stopping people in the streets based on their skin color to ask for identification and make sure they are in Spain legally.

According to a 2004 article in The Guardian, Spain took in 600,000 immigrants in 2003, making up 7.5 percent of the overall population. The numbers have increased since then. Images of Africans floating to Spain in overcrowded lifeboats are almost a daily part of the news, leading to the racism to which Zackery and others were subjected. “It did (bother me) at first being so blatant,� Zackery said. “Then I found out that it was legal.� He said the blatant racism was surprising as opposed to the subtle racism of the United States.

However, he said, it is almost better to have the racism out in the open than to hide it. “It still didn’t make me feel very happy,� Zackery said.

In order to make the best of a negative situation, Zackery said he feels that he was able to change perceptions of a few individuals he formed relationships with, although he did not impact Spaniards as a whole. For example, Zackery said he had conversations about racism with his host family, who explained the immigration situation to him.

Zackery said he had a 4-year-old host brother who was curious about his skin color because he had never been exposed to it before. “I had a feeling like he’d say some stuff because his mom would give him looks,� Zackery said, adding that he would sometimes ask questions such as why Zackery’s lips are brown.

Zackery also said that young people, particularly dancers he met, were more open to and accepting of his race than others. “They were more accepting to

it because they’d seen stuff on YouTube or hip-hop dancers,� he said. “They had a little more exposure to it.� “(Racism) definitely exists in the world,� Zackery said. “It does get annoying but you have to learn to live with it.�

“We are simply humans�

Like Zackery, senior Ali Carroll, a Caucasian woman who traveled to Africa during the summer of 2007, said she felt that she changed the perceptions that individual Africans had of Americans.

She said they assumed all Americans live rich and famous lives, like movie stars. “We are simply humans, just like these Africans.� Carroll wrote in an e-mail. “I do believe they gained a better perspective of America from me than they previously had developed from the media.�

Being in Africa marked the first time in Carroll’s life that she has been a true racial minority. “I was more aware of my white skin than I ever have been before and the privilege that comes with it,� Caroll said, who taught English in Tanzania and studied the social impact of microfinance in Kenya. According to the CIA World Factbook, only 1 percent of the population in both Tanzania and Kenya is non-African, and 99 percent of Tanzania is Muslim.

Even if she wasn’t thinking about the color of her skin, Carroll said in an e-mail, those around her were. “I would get stared at or called out to by absolutely everyone,� she said.

For example, one day Carroll and a friend were walking along the beach in Zanzibar. It was a predominately Muslim area and, wearing capri pants, they were uncovered compared to most of the women there. As a result, crowds of men followed them as they were walking. “That was really uncomfortable and clear that we were a different breed of women,� Carroll said.

During her two months in Africa, Carroll said she was automatically assumed to be a Westerner due to her skin; she stood out and was treated differently. “There were times when I would get respect I don’t think I deserved,� Carroll said. She found that Africans would

listen to her more attentively and give her more credibility than members of their own race.

On the other hand, there were also times when she was chastised if she did not give money to the many beggars she encountered. Because of her white skin, Carroll said Africans automatically assumed she was wealthy and became angry, calling her “Mzungu,� or “white person,� in a derogatory way if she did not offer extra money.

Carroll said that her time in Africa was an eye-opening experience in many ways. “That just gave me a better understanding of what people of other cultures go through here,� she said.

Carroll said that growing up, she had just as many African-American friends as Caucasian, and thus never gave much thought to skin color. “I understand, now, that even if I don’t recognize those differences, others do,� she said.

Carroll said she is trying to bring what she learned from her experiences as a racial minority in Africa back to the university by helping minorities feel as comfortable as possible on campus.

“There really are stereotypes�

Similarly, senior Whitney Marshall, an African-American student who studied in Beijing, China, during the fall of 2005, said her experiences as a minority student in China helped fuel her passion for increasing the acceptance of minority students at the university.

Marshall said she has been aware of the lack of diversity on campus since she first enrolled as a freshman, but being in China only made her more aware of the importance of increasing acceptance of minorities. “I accepted the fact that there really are stereotypes out there, all around the world,� she said.

For example, Marshall said that one time a Chinese student approached her and said, “Whitney, I don’t mean to offend you, but why don’t you talk like the black people in the movies?�

While this question may have seemed shocking and ignorant, Marshall took the opportunity to teach and explain to him that people who grow up in different environments have different ways of speaking.

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Ali Carroll poses with her Kikuyu grandfather while studying abroad.

In Africa, Carroll was a minority for the first time in her life.

She said there were opportunities for her to change peoples’ perceptions in China because they were not accustomed to seeing minorities, as only 8.1 percent of the population is not of Chinese background, according to the CIA World Factbook.

Marshall was also able to dispel negative stereotypes of African-Americans one night in a bar. A Chinese businessman said, “All black people are trouble because 40 percent of black people are in jail.�

Marshall spent two-and-a-half hours teaching the 30-year-old man about the history of the United States including slavery and the war on drugs.

At the end of their discussion, Marshall said the man thanked her, understanding that he had formed an erroneous generalization of a whole race due to one statistic. “That was a pretty powerful situation for me,� Marshall said. “There is not as much support as there should be�

Although it is clear that students who are minorities in the countries where they study often have some negative experiences while abroad, the university does not currently have any programming to address this issue.

Julia Shuster, international studies program coordinator, said the university

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should do more to help prepare students for stereotypes they might encounter as minorities in foreign countries. “There is not as much support as there should be for minority students going abroad,�

Shuster said.

However, students said they do not necessarily agree. “I’m a minority every single day of my life,� Marshall said. “It doesn’t change when I go over there.�

Carroll and Zackery felt that it may be useful for the university to point out that they will be a minority while abroad, but said that is the extent of the help the university can offer.

Despite these student sentiments, international study organizations are taking action about minorities studying abroad, Shuster said.

According to the School for International Training study abroad Web site, mentors and group leaders are sensitive to needs of minority students.

While Shuster believes similar programs are necessary at the university, students who have already experienced being a minority in another country disagree. “The best thing the university could do would be to help translate their experience to caring for and welcoming racial minorities here on campus,�

Carroll said.

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Service: Students volunteer nationally and abroad

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major from Raleigh, N.C., said. According to those who went on the Gulf Coast service trip, smaller areas such as Pearlington are often overlooked in the aftermath of Katrina, as opposed to the great publicity given to a city like New Orleans.

“All the attention is still centered on New Orleans as far as federal aid and relief is concerned, and rightly so because Katrina wreaked havoc to a tremendous degree there as well,” Little said. “But what many people may not realize is that when Katrina shifted eastward from New Orleans, the eye of the storm went right over Pearlington.”

“The town of around 600 people was discovered by accident when a National Guard helicopter flew over on its way to New Orleans and saw people

in the treetops,” Little added. “The stories I have Davies about thirteen years ago and it has taken heard about how people survived the storm and place every winter break since. then the shock, grief and dis“Calcutta is a place belief that their entire world unlike anything I’ve ever “The work we did over there had been washed away in a seen before,” Ali Schlemmatter of hours have gotten mer, trip leader and senior was incredibly rewarding, and it under my skin and seeped history major from Pittsmade me realize that two small into my bones.” burgh, Penn., said. hands can indeed change the world, Also over the break, “It assaulted all my senses another group of univerand really forced me to take if only by making one more person’s sity students served the a good hard look at myself life a little easier for a day.” less fortunate half a world and my life.”

Ali Sclemmer away, with the MissionarThe Missionaries of Senior trip leader ies of Charity in Calcutta, Charity is a Roman CathIndia. The City of Joy trip olic religious organization was sponsored by the Volestablished by Mother unteer Service Corps. The Teresa in 1950 to serve annual trip was started by Wake student Jessica the destitute citizens and impoverished people in

Calcutta and the surrounding area. The university volunteer group provided help to the Missionaries of Charity in several ways, including working in and around homes run by the Missionaries around Calcutta.

“Some of the homes are orphanages for abandoned or severely handicapped children, while others include a hospice and several nursing home type places,” Schlemmer said.

“We also worked at a school called the Loretto Day School, which is not affiliated with the Missionaries but which the City of Joy group two years ago actually stumbled upon and greatly enjoyed.”

“The work we did over there was incredibly rewarding, and it made me realize that two small hands can indeed change the world, if only by making one more person’s life a little easier for a day,” Schlemmer added.

Members of the university speak about its history

By Liza Greenspun | News editor

An event featuring long-time members of the university community who will discuss how the university has changed over the years will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. Jan. 30 in Shorty’s.

According to senior Whitney Marshall, Student Government president, the program will give a brief history of the university, with a questionand-answer session between facilitator Clay Hipp, senior lecturer at Calloway and panelists Ed Wilson, provost emeritus and Herman Eure, professor of biolMarshall ogy.

“What’s unique about Ed Wilson,” Marshall said, “is that he’s been at Wake Forest since 1939.”

This is particularly unique because Wilson was at the university to experience the transition between the old campus in Wake Forest, N.C. and the new, current campus, which occurred in the 1950s. Marshall said that Wilson has done pretty much everything at the university, from being a student to a professor to a provost.

Eure, Marshall said, has also been at the university for many years; he graduated

in 1969 and became the first black faculty to a new location. “I can only imagmember at the university in 1974. ine how (the move) impacted campus Eure will also be the speaker at Found- culture,” Marshall said, adding that she er’s Day Convocation at 4:30 p.m. Feb. herself has recently learned interest7 in Wait Chapel, ing facts about the speaking about the university’s history, evolutionary history “We just want students to come such as that until of the university by to this program so they can get a the 1970s men drawing upon his and women were better understanding of what it separated, teachings of evoluwith is to be a Wake Forest student...” women on South tion.

Similarly, the two campus and men Whitney Marshall panelists will sit on on North campus.

Student Government President stage in Shorty’s Jan. She also learned 30 with Hipp to disthat the student cuss the evolution of apartments were the university, similarities and differ- formerly provided for married couples ences between the two campuses, the at the university. role of Shorty’s on the old campus, how Interesting facts such as these and the new campus has changed over time many others will be discussed during the and the overall spirit of the university, event for anyone interested in learning Marshall said. a little more about the university.

“You could consider the spirit of Wake “We would love for it to be packed,” Forest the things that make Wake Forest Marshall said of her hopes for the proWake Forest ­– the traditions and things gram. The idea for such a program that did not change when the campus came about last semester when Hipp moved in the 1950s,” she said. “We just approached Marshall about having such want students to come to this program a talk about the history of the university, so they can get a better understanding especially in light of the controversy in of what it is to be a Wake Forest student, the spring of 2007 about the possibility to better understand what the spirit of of replacing Shorty’s and the current Wake Forest is.” plans for renovating Benson.

This opportunity is unique because the Marshall said that while final preparaspeakers have been a part of the university tions have not been completed, they are for so many years and have grown along hoping to provide hot dogs and sodas to with the campus, even through the move those who attend the program.

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Several long-time members of the campus community will discuss the evolution of the university, including that of Shorty’s, Jan. 30.

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Editorials give power to thoughts, opinions Alex Osteen

Opinion editor riting down a well-thought out letter to the editor or opinion column and sending it in to the newspaper is not only a great way to put the old First Amendment to use, but it also opens up discussion and instigates contemplation of relevant topics, not to mention really makes you think about why you hold the opinions you do.

Perhaps as the incoming opinion editor I have a slight bias, but hear me through on this one.

First of all, everybody has an opinion on something: from smaller topics to the larger ones. For example, somebody may hold an opinion like, “Coca-Cola is clearly superior to

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Pepsi Cola” while another person may be as bold as to think “Democrats are better than Republicans” or “women should not have the right to choose when it comes to abortions.”

Generally people are either proud of what they think or they are bashful or afraid to raise their voice in opposition to something they don’t agree with.

I think that having an opinion is nothing to be embarrassed about. It also doesn’t give you the ability to be disrespectful or not listen to what the other side has to say.

As students of this university, in theory, learning to better our ability to communicate our thoughts clearly and logically is just part of everyday life.

The university is made up of students of diverse backgrounds from different states and countries; differing opinions is inevitable. In an epoch of very divided political and religious ideologies in America and the rest of the world, it is becoming more and more vital to not only know where you stand on key issues, but to also be able to defend your stances.

Election season is in full swing at this point

and you can barely find a channel on TV that’s not talking about the candidates (perhaps Mike Gravel excluded). Even the most politically apathetic person must have some political opinion at this point if it’s nothing more than just being tired of hearing the same banter all the time.

Classes are starting up again and new ideas are bound to begin blooming and blossoming from inspirational speeches from intelligent professors.

Reuniting with friends and non-friends after a month of vacation will probably, at some point or another, lead to an impassioned discussion about one topic or another.

So, put together smart kids getting a first rate university education with real reasons for them to think different things and you’ve got a lively campus opinion section. What better time to be a college student and what a better time to write your opinions?

That said, write, write opinionated people of the university. Give it a shot. Let the editorial energy flow through you. I would advise, however, keeping in mind that being concise

and interesting is a plus and that droning on and on is the same as ranting and is not fun to read. Not only is developing a clean and precise opinion piece a useful tool for being a caring and responsible citizen, but it can also serve as good practice for final paper writing. You’ll thank me at finals time.

And for all those professors and alumni out there, who are still reading this up to here, you’re included in this too – I know that there are lots of things you want to broadcast to this newspaper’s readers. This is your chance.

I believe what the world really needs is less people who are simply angry and don’t know how to listen or logically defend their positions and more people who can make simple yet well defended points.

If you’re lucky, and if you’ve done it right, at the end of the day you may have convinced other people of your viewpoints – or maybe you’ve ticked them off so much that they insist on writing a heated response.

Alex Osteen is a junior economics and Spanish major from Highlands, N.C.

Aiding the poor is not political

Microfinance could solve the world’s economic inequality

His model was simple really.

He decided to trust the poor by issuing uncollateralized loans to small groups of women. The penalty if you don’t pay back your loan?

Nothing, except for the fact Matt Hennessy that you won’t get a loan the Guest columnist next time around. Giving loans to people who have no education, no health care and ill Gates in his 2007 little access to capital seemed commencement address like an unequivocally egregious to Harvard students error. Yet his investment said, “We can make market paid off, and millions of poor forces work better for the people have the chance to poor if we can develop a more purchase livestock, harvest creative capitalism – we can their crop and pay for their stretch the reach of market children’s education, because forces so that more people can trust has been injected into make a profit, or at least make the place where it seemed least a living, serving people who likely to exist. are suffering from the worst The idea has taken off as inequities.” Microfinance we’ve seen a massive influx continues to empower the of microfinance institutions poor by allowing them to pull to developing countries, led themselves out of poverty. By by, among others, establishing Wake Forest guest credit with With massive debt speaker Vikram small sized Akula, Indian loans, accumulation and founder of SKS those who rampant epidemics in Microfinance. previously had developing countries, Financial little to no powerhouses opportunity microfinance is not the including JP to accrue panacea to the world’s Morgan and capital are poverty crisis, but it is Citigroup have now proving a legitimate revenue issued AAAthat, in fact, rated bonds the poor do generating investment geared towards know how to that helps individuals the development pay back. lift themselves out of of microfinance Extreme in these poor poverty poverty. countries. continues to With massive infiltrate our debt accumulation world as over and rampant epidemics one billion people live on the in developing countries, equivalent of $1 a day. That’s microfinance is not the panacea absurd. Mind-blowing to the to the world’s poverty crisis, point where the concept is but it is a legitimate revenue truly difficult to understand generating investment that for those of us who got that helps individuals lift themselves much money for losing a out of poverty. tooth when we were seven.

Critics will be quick to note Can one-sixth of the world the immorality of making really be that poor? Yes, and money from the poor by the impecunious of our world charging high interest rates, are subject to the deadliest but with terrible infrastructure diseases of AIDS and Malaria. and little technology in these As privileged people of the countries, the benefits of world, we are wont to feel microfinance far outweigh the guilty when the opportunity local machete-toting loan shark to give back presents itself. charging 50 percent interest a But for me, that feeling, even week. if I was giving back, was never Living in Ghana this summer a good one. When someone conducting research on the would ask me donate money, practices of theses microfinance I would go through the institutions, I was privileged motions, begrudgingly empty enough to see how these the change in my pockets, institutions unremittingly knowing that immediately pledge to serve the poor. after it would be swallowed by After contracting malaria and the “good cause” never to be witnessing the destruction thought of again. caused by widespread Then came Muhammad epidemics, I have felt a Yunus. This guy decided to certain drive to understand open a bank in Bangladesh the different methods geared and issue loans turning just towards empowering the poor. enough profit to offer new The student-led group products encouraging more Students Working Against individuals to join. In 2006 Poverty is dedicated to raising he won the Nobel Peace Prize awareness about the various for his efforts. The greatest ways in which we can alleviate thing about it was it had poverty. nothing to do with politics.

For more information about There was no controversy, no how to get involved, please resentment, no Al Gore, and contact us at hennmm4@wfu. you were definitely not going edu. to see any hackneyed Will Warren cartoons regarding Matt Hennessy is a senior the praise for Dr. Yunus. No political science major from liberals, no conservatives, just North Andover, Mass. a banker to the poor.

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Theatre deserves more credit Kate Miners

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s a lover of theatre, I like to think that theatre goes much deeper than anything else. In my mind, theatre raises questions that we don’t want to ask and goes to places that we don’t want to travel to.But here’s a question. One that I don’t want to ask (maybe I’ll write a play about it) – what if the arts have just become one big popularity contest?

Look at Broadway! With shows being so expensive to produce now, it seems that all that is going on are revivals and forever running musicals – performances for money’s sake, it would seem. And with every play and novel and musical being turned into a movie, how long can we “theatrical beings” survive? Is theatre dead, as so many would say?It would be a shame if brilliant, confusing and controversial plays died without ever being staged. In a world going raving mad with political correctness, how likely is it that companies will continue to produce maddening plays if there are these economic consequences?But (and perhaps it is the theatrical fiber that makes up my

body) theatre appears to be staying alive deadened to violence and horror, theatre in controversy and challenge. Human still maintains its ability to shock and nature, it appears, will find new ways to illicit intense emotion. Neil LaBute’s challenge itself every day, every year. play, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times led to So, if we have asked all the questions, an audience member yelling, “Kill the what is left? How about this year’s Tony Playwright!”

Award winner, The Coast of Utopia – a This is something that most other nine hour, 42 person cast epic. It may arts forms fail to do. After all I have not necessarily raise any new, unheard never heard of someone leaving a movie of themes but it exclaiming “Murder sure does present Steven Spielberg!”

Somehow, in a world increasingly a mountain to So it seems that climb, and an despite the question deadened to violence and horror, economically about arts becoming theatre still maintains its ability to viable one at that. a popularity contest, shock and illicit intense emotion.

Winning a Tony theatre keeps giving Award and being a the answer that it is massive spectacle indeed alive because does seem to attract theatre actors do the audiences. something that Angelina Jolie simply Indeed with new playwrights appearing cannot do on the big screen – stare you all the time, the challenges are endless. right in the face.

Try for example to deal with the stage Although we may need to sometimes direction, “The sound of wind or whales look to the smaller stages, as a live world forever,” or “The woman starts making is just so much better than one where a slow smile – a smile that will take her everything is on a video or the Internet. the rest of her life to finish,” as written in Susan Lori Parks’ 365 Plays/365 Days.

Kate Miners is a sophomore from Greenodd, Somehow, in a world increasingly England.

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“I saw three koala bears.”

“Going to the Meineke Car Care Bowl.”

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Champions crowned in Cary

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The men’s soccer team celebrates its National Championship with the trophy in Cary, N.C. The team beat Ohio State 2-1 to claim the title.

By Connor Swarbrick | Asst. sports editor They had a phenomenal freshman, terrific depth, solid senior leadership and major contributions from unexpected players. Through hard work, determination and dedication all of the stars for the Deacons meshed to form the best soccer team in the country by winning the 2007 College Cup. The Deacons were No. 1 in the country for much of the year, but they had only one objective. That goal was to win a National Championship.

Head Coach Jay Vidovich repeatedly remarked after each game that the only way to accomplish that was to get a little bit better every day, the “one game at a time” approach.

It worked. The goal was accomplished when Wake defeated Ohio State 2-1.

The Deacons took the field in front of a soldout crowd of more than 8,000 to compete for a National Championship Dec. 16 on a clear but chilly day at SAS Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. To win the Deacs’ first ever National Championship the Deacons would have to defeat Ohio State (17-3-5).

Often overshadowed by their other accomplished athletic teams, Ohio State has emerged as a soccer power under Head Coach John Bluem.

The Buckeyes hadn’t lost in 15 contests and boasted a defense that allowed only 18 goals in 25 games this season.

However, the Buckeyes had never

beaten the Deacons in four previous meetings.

The Buckeye defense was sure to face their toughest challenge yet against the Deacons who had a goal differential of plus 52.

Both teams came out aggressively and had opportunities early, but it was the Buckeyes who struck first. Roger Espinoza netted a goal just 13 minutes into the match.

After a scramble on a corner kick redshirt senior goalkeeper Brian Edwards dove for a ball that ricocheted off the goal post.

Espinoza took the rebound and put it through the legs of junior Jamie Franks. The Buckeyes were 14-0-2 this season when striking first.

The Deacons controlled possession f o r

Junior Marcus Tracy battles an Ohio State player for the ball during a physical National Championship game.

much of the first half despite being out shot 12 to three. The Buckeyes packed in the defense to hold the Deacons scoreless.

“There was no reason to attack if we were winning,” Espinoza said.

“We thought we already had the game won.

We didn’t need the second goal. We were just going to play and whatever happened, go with that. We just made a couple mistakes.”

With nine minutes remaining in the first half sophomore Zach Schilawski took a shot to the chest from a Buckeye defender, but it was not called a foul. Out of frustration Schilawski got a yellow card less than a minute later.

Though it didn’t

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Victory at last

Despite shadow of 10-0 start, Deacs prevail in Meineke Car Care Bowl

happen often this year, trailing at halftime had not yielded good results in the past. The Deacons had never won in 2007 when heading to the locker room with a deficit.

“We knew if we kept putting good balls that it would turn for us and we would get the bounces and the break,” Edwards said.

“With the way coach believes in us he just makes us believe in ourselves and gives us the up most confidence. When he had us in the huddle everybody knew we were going to get that other goal and we were going to go on and be able to win this.”

The Deacons showed poise and continued to be aggressive. In the 67th minute the Deacons got on the board.

Sophomore Cody Arnoux kept a ball alive along the sideline and sprinted towards the Buckeye goal.

He sent the ball to a slashing junior Marcus Tracy who put the ball in the back of the net to tie the contest at 1-1.

“Over the course of the year Coach has told me to be confident in what I do that I have the skills that it takes to put away balls like that,” Tracy said.

“I just kept my head on the ball and tucked it away in the corner.”

After the tying goal, the game became very physical with both teams vying for their first National Championship.

There were 37 fouls in the con-

By Ryan Durham | Sports editor

Moore leads Deacons to victory, earning bowl game MVP honor

By Martin Rickman | Staff writer

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons have had the memory of the stellar 2006 season and the high expectations it brought hanging over their heads throughout the 2007 season. During the Meineke Car Care Bowl Dec. 29, they have accomplished something last year’s team could not – winning a bowl game.

Despite being shut out in the first half by the Huskies of the University of Connecticut, Wake Forest rebounded in the second half, scoring 24 unanswered points to win 24-10.

Wake Forest’s defense stifled Connecticut for much of the first half, but the Deacon offense could not find its rhythm. Their most promising drive ended with an interception on the Huskies’ 9-yard line.

Two outstanding plays helped Connecticut jump out to an early lead and take a 10-0 advantage into the locker room.

First, returner Larry Taylor ran back a punt by redshirt junior kicker Sam Swank 74 yards to the end zone for the first points of the game. Two possessions later, Huskies’ tailback Donald Brown III broke through the Deacs’ line and ran the ball 58 yards to set up a field goal.

The second half would be a different story. Connecticut did not score again.

“Offensively (in the second half ), we really just didn’t make enough plays at all to have any consistency,” Connecticut Head Coach Randy Edsall said.

“You have to give Wake Forest’s defense some

credit for that.”

W a k e Forest came out of the halftime break on fire, scoring two touchdowns in the first 12 minutes of the half.

“When we went in at half time, we just kind of challenged our kids to play better,” Head Coach Jim Grobe said.

“I was proud because we didn’t have any panic in our players at halftime. There wasn’t a lot of yelling and screaming, our coaches just did some nice things and I was pleased with the plan that we had coming out in the second half.”

The Deacs’ rally silenced many of the Connecticut fans and gave Wake Forest the momentum it needed to win the game.

The Wake Forest defense was instrumental in the Deacs’ win, holding the Huskies to 212 total yards and keeping them out of scoring range.

Redshirt junior linebacker Stanley Arnoux picked off a pass on the Huskies’ first drive of the second half that set the tone for the defense’s second half.

Twice the Deacs stopped Connecticut on fourth and inches.

Offensively, redshirt sophomore quarterback Riley Skinner had one of the best games of his career. Skinner completed 29 of 38 passes for 267

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The football team rushes the field Dec. 29 in Charlotte, N.C., ready to take on Connecticut.

yards and a touchdown.

Senior wide receiver Kenneth Moore ended his college career with a great performance.

Playing in front of a hometown crowd that included his grandmother’s first game appearance, Moore caught 11 passes for 109 yards and earned the honor of MVP for the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

“The game was a homecoming for me. I just wanted to come out and have a great game,” Moore said.

Moore’s importance to the Deacs was made clear also by Grobe’s comments about him after the game.

“We are really going to miss this guy,” Grobe said.

“He is as good a player as I have ever coached.”

The bowl win ends the Deacons’ season with a 9-4 record, giving them positive momentum going into the offseason and a total of 20 wins in the last two seasons.

“Twenty wins in two years for little ole Wake Forest ain’t that bad,” Grobe said in the post game press conference, but he also pointed out, “We have not arrived. We are trying to build a program.”

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Senior Kenneth Moore was not sure just how many friends and family he had at his final game as a Demon Deacon, the Dec. 24 victory over the UConn Huskies at the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Moore’s hometown of Charlotte, N.C. That number was definitely higher than the number of receptions he pulled down – 11. Those catches brought his career total to 98, surpassing the ACC record set in 1998 by former N.C. State star and current St. Louis Ram Torry Holt. It made for quite a homecoming.

“My grandmother went to her first game ever today, but I’m sure there were a lot of people I didn’t even know would be here who came,” Moore said.

“All the fans at Wake Forest are my family too.”

Starring as a receiver, running back and return man at Butler High School in Charlotte, Moore was the Southwest N.C. 4A Player of the Year and an all-conference pick as a senior in high school.

He chose Wake Forest over schools like UNCChapel Hill, believing in Head Coach Jim Grobe’s vision and program.

Moore shined yet again on the field during the bowl, doing what he has done all year for the Deacons, coming up with catch after catch when the Deacons needed him most.

For his performance he was named the bowl’s Most Valuable Player.

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Redshirt junior Demir Boldin comes down with a com- Redshirt sophomore John Russell celebrates after pleted pass from redshirt sophomore Riley Skinner. making a defensive stop near the UConn goal line.

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fter having the undisputed best season in the country, junior Evan Brown has a lot of good memories. But even after the most successful season in Wake Forest history, the team still focuses on goals for next season.

As a junior captain, Brown helped lead the team to the College Cup, the men’s soccer Final Four, for the second season in a row. Brown

On his thoughts after winning the championship: Well, it was pretty unbelievable.

I couldn’t really comprehend the fact that after talking about winning the National Championship for so long that we had finally done it.

The feeling that I got after the final whistle blew was unexplainable.

there one of our redshirt freshman jumped from the stadium and ran onto the field.

When I saw him on the field, it made me really happy and made the celebration so much better.

I also must say watching the clock run down to 00:00 in the championship game was a pretty good moment.

On winning after coming close last year: It was very fulfulling.

We were so close last year and after seeing UCSanta Barbara win last year, it made us that much

On his favorite class at Wake: My favorite class has to have been my Internet Issues class with Leah McCoy. She is an amazing professor and academic adviser.

"The feeling...was unexplainable." played in all 26 games this season and had 19 shots on the entire season as a defender. The Old Gold & Black’s Sports editor Allison Lange sat down with Brown to talk about winning the National Championship, goals for next year, his favorite moment of the season and being someone else for a day.

DEAC OF THE WEEK Freshman James Johnson was named the ACC Rookie of the Week for his performance against Maryland and Florida State.

Johnson scored 14 points in a 71-64 loss to Maryland. He added nine rebounds and four blocked shots.

Against Florida State Jan. 20 Johnson, from Cheyenne, Wyo., Johnson scored 21 of his career high 26 points in the second half, bring the Deacons back from a halftime deficit. He also pulled down nine rebounds.

The 6’8” 235 pound forward leads the Deacons in scoring, averaging 15.1 points per game. He also leads the team in rebounding with 8.5 per game and blocks with 25 on the season.

He ranks third in the ACC in rebounding and 10th in scoring. He is also among the league’s top 10 in offensive rebounds (2nd), field goal percentage (6th), blocked shots (8th) and defensive rebounds (9th).

Jan. 22 in a 75-80 overtime loss to Clemson Johnson added 14 points and five rebounds in 38 minutes Wake Forest is the only team to have two different players earn ACC Rookie of the Week honors this season.

Freshman Jeff Teague earned the honor last week.

more dedicated to get back to the College Cup and win one for ourselves.

On his favorite moment of the season: I had a lot of favorite moments, but one of my favorites was during the Notre Dame game.

We went into OT with them and were pressing real hard to try and get a goal and Austin da Luz scored.

He began running to the crowd, but before he got

On next season’s goals: As a team we always are looking to make ourselves better. As of right now my goal is to try to mimic our accomplishments from this past year.

On being someone else for a day: Right now I’d want to be Tom Brady. I would want to be him because he has had, and is still having, an amazing career in football, while being able to partake in a pretty lavish lifestyle.

DEACON NOTES Wake’s Dean Hood named head coach at Eastern Kentucky Wake Forest’s defensive coordinator, Dean Hood, was recently named Head Coach at Eastern Kentucky.

Hood served as defensive coordinator for the Deacons for the past seven seasons.

Under Hood’s direction, the defense led the nation in defensive touchdowns during the 2007 season.

The Deacons’ defense ranked 15th in the nation against the running game and 27th overall in total defense.

Phelan picked in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft Former Deacon midfielder/defender senior Pat Phelan was picked 10th overall in the MLS SuperDraft on at the NSCAA Convention in Baltimore. He was selected by Toronto FC. Phelan was most recently named an NSCAA First Team All-American.

Phelan, from Enfiled, Conn., joined the team

in 2004 after being named the 2003 Gatorade Player of the Year.

With the 28th overall pick in the draft Toronto FC selected Phelan’s teammate redshirt senior Brian Edwards. Edwards returned to Wake Forest for a fifth year so he could win a National Championship. Not only did he accomplish that, but he set numerous records along the way.

Former Deacon defender senior Julian Valentin was drafted by the Los Angeles Galaxy with the 29th overall pick.

Vidovich named NSCAA Coach of the Year for the 2007 season Wake Forest men’s soccer coach Jay Vidovich was named the 2007 NSCAA Coach of the Year.

This honor came after taking the Deacs to the 2007 College Cup and winning the National Championship.

The Deacons had a 22-2-2 record, the best in program history.

At the NSCAA convention, the Wake Forest squad was also given the FieldTurf ’s Team of

the Year Award.

Prior to the convention, Vidovich was also named the 2008 Walt Chyzowych Achievement Award winner, which seeks to recognize coaches that have had a national impact in the development and growth of the sport of soccer.

Former Deacons to compete in Super Bowl XLII

Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz., will not be without a Deacon presence.

Giants’ defensive tackle Fred Robbins played for the Deacons from 1996-99. He started in the NFC Championship game and recorded two tackles.

Giants offensive line coach Pat Flaherty spent six seasons at Wake Forest from 1993-98, coaching the offensive line, tight ends and special teams. He is in his fourth season coaching the Giants’ offensive line.

Robbins, initially drafted by the Minnesota Vikings, will be the 14th Deacon to appear in the Super Bowl. Last year, Chicago Bears tight end Desmond Clark and Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Ricky Proehl represented the Deacs.

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Deacs struggle in ACC, falling to 1-2

By Ryan Durham | Sports editor

Despite starting their ACC season with a 77-75 win over Virginia Tech and ending their non-conference season with a win over a formerly ranked Brigham Young University 79-62, the Demon Deacons failed to find their feet on their first away series of the season, falling to Boston College and Maryland.

Wake Forest entered their game against Boston College Jan. 12 on a high, but the Eagles quickly put a damper on this jovial mood. Boston College jumped to an 11-0 lead in the first four minutes of the game, a tone that would be seen throughout the game.

The Deacs finally scored on a threeJohnson pointer by sophomore guard L.D. Williams.

This did not dissuade the Eagles from their strong attack, which helped them hold the lead for the entire first half. Wake Forest did show some life with nine minutes to go in the half when they pulled within two points, but a 12-3 run gave the Eagles another double-digit lead and helped send the Deacs into the locker room down 45-30.

Boston College continued their first half success throughout the second, moving over 20 points ahead of Wake Forest and eventually winning by 39, 112-73.

Despite the loss, three Deacons scored in double figures with freshman James Johnson leading the way at 22. Sophomore Jamie Skeen and freshman Jeff Teague also scored in double figures with 11 and 10 points respectively.

The Eagles’ junior guard Tyrese Rice had arguably the best game of his career, putting up 32 points, eight assists and six rebounds while only turning the ball over three times.

Wake Forest next traveled to College Park, Md., to face the Terrapins Jan. 16.

It was the Deacs who jumped out to an early lead this time, but a scoring drought let the Terps make up the early sevenpoint deficit and take a lead into the half, 31-26.

“We were looking at the film and it looked like we had good looks at the basket. So I was in a little quandary when we weren’t scoring inside,” Head Coach Dino Gaudio said.

Wake Forest continued to struggle shooting in the second half, allowing the Terps to build at points double-digit leads.

With 3:39 left in the game, the Deacons pulled to within five points, but this was the closest they would come to the lead, eventually dropping the game 71-64.

“I thought that our post defense wasn’t good in the second half,” Gaudio said. “We didn’t show hard enough on the ball screens to bounce them out where our defender could angle back.”

Johnson had another good game for the Wake Forest scoring 14 points and bringing down nine rebounds.

Sophomore guard Ishmael Smith also tried to help the Deacs rebound from their previous loss with a team-leading 16 points and six assists.

Teague also broke the double-digit mark with 13 points of his own.

The Deacs next return home for a game with the Seminoles of Florida State Jan. 20 before hitting the road again to face the Clemson Tigers Jan. 22.

The two losses drop the Deacs to 1-2 in the ACC and 11-5 on the season.

Game of the Week

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Sophomore Jamie Skeen defends against a Boston College player during a 112-73 loss Jan. 12. Skeen scored 11 points and pulled down eight rebounds in the game.

Scoreboard Wake in the Ranks Women’s basketball standings

Men’s basketball vs.

Florida State 1 p.m. Jan. 20 LJVM Coliseum

The Demon Deacons will attempt to rebound from a pair of ACC road losses when they play host to the Florida State Seminoles Jan. 20 in Lawrence Joel Veteran Memorial Coliseum.

Wake Forest has struggled with ACC teams falling to both Boston College and Maryland and narrowly escaping a home game against Virginia Tech.

The Seminoles are also coming off of a tough road loss to the Clemson Tigers and will be looking to try and sneak a victory away from the Deacons.

Florida State is led by Toney Douglas who is averaging almost 14 points and three assists per game.

Uche Echefu has also been integral for the Seminoles this season, starting every game this season and putting up 12.2 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.

Freshman James Johnson leads the Demon Deacons on both the scoring and rebounding front, averaging 14.4 points and 8.5 rebounds per game.

Fellow freshman Jeff Teague has also been on fire lately after putting up 26 against BYU. He is also the team’s second leading scorer and assist man.

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

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

All 20-1 16-1 13-4 15-2 14-4 13-4 11-6 8-10 8-10 12-5 12-6 12-6

Men’s basketball standings

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

ACC 6-2 5-3 5-3 4-4 3-5 3-5

All 11-3 9-4 9-4 7-6 6-7 5-7

7-1 6-2 4-4 3-5 2-6 0-8

11-3 9-4 7-6 4-8 5-7 1-11

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

ACC 3-0 2-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-2 0-1 0-2 0-2

All 12-4 17-0 13-1 14-3 14-2 12-5 10-6 11-5 11-7 10-4 11-5 7-8

ACC Leaderboard Women’s basketball

Assists/g 1. Kristi Toliver (Maryland) 2. Laura Haskins (Virginia Tech) 3. Tiffany Roulhac (Wake Forest) 4. Sharnee Zoll (Virginia) 5. Christy Brown (Clemson)

Toliver

Haskins

7.81 5.24 5.07 5.06 4..24

Men’s football Pass Yards/g

1. Matt Ryan (Boston College) 2. Cullen Harper (Clemson) 3. T.J Yates (North Carolina) 4. Thaddeus Lewis (Duke) 5. Riley Skinner (Wake Forest)

Ryan

Harper

321.9 230.1 221.2 202.5 200.4

Men’s basketball

Steals/g 1. Toney Douglas (Florida State) 2. Jeff Teague (Wake Forest) 3. Jeff Allen (Virginia Tech) 4. Cliff Hammonds (Clemson) 5. Ty Lawson (North Carolina)

Douglas

2.65 2.63 2.19 2.12 2.06

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FOR THE AMATEUR

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Basketball play starts Jan. 28, while indoor soccer leagues begin Jan. 25. Captains meetings will take place Jan. 27.

Welcome back Intramural athletes, to what is arguably the most exciting season of the year!

Basketball will be starting official play Jan. 28 and indoor soccer will begin Jan. 25 and officials and supervisors have already begun training for the year.

Captains meetings for both sports will take place Jan. 27 in Pugh Auditorium.

In addition, there are still spots left for basketball signups!

If you have any interest in officiating or scorekeeping basketball, please contact T.J. Peele at peelete@wfu.edu or in his office located in Reynolds 204.

You need no experience whatsoever, as all training will be provided.

Finally, Pat Williams, a moti-

vational speaker, will be coming to campus at 3:30 p.m. Jan. 18 in the Reynolds Gym Varsity Gym. He is currently the Senior Vice President of the NBA’s Orlando Magic and looks forward to speaking to you all.

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Storied NBA teams renew prominence

By Nick Oliphant | Staff writer The Celtics and the Pistons are in a twoteam race in the Eastern Conference.

The Lakers are on a tear in the Western Conference. Let’s party like it’s 1986!

The storied franchises of the league have reassumed their dominant positions from years ago, and the talent pool in today’s NBA might be as deep as it has ever been.

This combination has the NBA at a high level of excitement and watchablility that it had so desperately been seeking since Michael Jordan retired (not from the Wizards, from the Bulls — the second time).

Young centers like the Lakers’ Andrew Bynum have asserted their dominance this year after a long drought of quality post play, save for Tim Duncan.

Dwight Howard is having the best year by a center this decade, averaging over 23 point and 15 rebounds per game.

Point guard play has also improved greatly over the past few seasons.

The position had become so poorly played that Steve Nash won back-to-back MVP awards simply by playing the position correctly.

He sees the floor, knows how to set up his teammates for high-percentage shots, and can be a deadly shooter when necessary. His play seems to have inspired the plethora of young, talented point guards around the league.

In the Western Conference, starters Deron Williams, Tony Parker, Devin Harris, Mike Conley, Chris Paul, Beno Udrih and Sebastian Telfair are all 25-years-old or younger, and all are playing at a high level given their youth.

Even though the vastness of young talent has made the NBA more exciting to watch, the league would still be struggling if the bigmarket franchises had not come out of hiding this year.

The Boston Celtics, absent a title for over 20 years, are off to a 30-6 start thanks to trades that brought in superstars Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett, and the savvy draft pick of Glen Davis in the second round. And the Lakers have been hot of late thanks to a rebuilding process that is finally paying dividends and the superior play of Kobe Bryant.

These teams are first and second in most NBA titles won, and to have both at the top of the league is a marketing dream for David Stern.

The Finals’ ratings have decreased every year that small-market San Antonio takes on Eastern victim du jour in rousing 80-75 games. San Antonio is a model franchise for team chemistry and fundamentals but not very exciting to watch.

Now, Boston vs. L.A. is a must-see event.

No one my age can remember an important game between the Lakers and Celtics, even though the teams were engaged in one of the most heated rivalries in sports throughout the 80s.

But if the season ended today, both would be No. 1 seeds in the playoffs, in position for a turn-back-the-clock showdown in the Finals. And who wouldn’t enjoy that?

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Lady Deacs give away lead to Clemson

By Matt Six | Staff writer

The Wake Forest women’s basketball team suffered a loss to Clemson 85-73 Jan. 14 at Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum.

Freshman Camille Collier posted a career-high 20 points for the Deacs, but the Wake defense faltered as it allowed the Tigers to score 85 points, the largest point total given up in a single game this season for Wake.

Wake Forest junior Corinne Groves added 18 points in a back-and-forth game that saw Clemson pull away at the 7-minute mark in the second half.

Wake got off to a slow start with Clemson leading 9-1 in the opening minutes.

Anyone who follows the Lady Deacs knows that they tend to get off to a slow start and subsequently come storming back to end the first half.

The match-up with the Tigers fit this mold perfectly.

Clemson led by as many as 12 early in the contest.

Then, with four minutes remaining in the first half, senior Christen Brown and Collier hit consecutive three-pointers to tie the game for the first time at 32-32.

Wake hit an amazing seven three-pointers in the first half, and they finished the game with a total of 11.

The Demon Deacons took a two-point lead with one minute remaining in the half.

But, Clemson gathered a defensive rebound with less than 10 seconds remaining and CU’s Lele Hardy hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to give the Tigers a one-point lead, 42-41 to end the half. The high scoring offenses of both teams continued to shoot well in the second half.

The game had many lead changes in the first 13 minutes of the second half. Collier hit back-toback three-pointers to spark a Wake run with eight minutes remaining.

This put Wake up 64-61. Collier went an impressive 5-10 from behind the arc.

This was the last lead the Lady Deacs would have.

Clemson responded with eight unanswered points and never looked back on their way to their first ACC victory of the young season.

The Tigers hit their free throws late to stretch the lead to 12 to end the game 85-73.

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Junior Alex Tchangoue defends the basket during the Deacons’ 85-73 loss to Clemson Jan. 14. Tchangoue scored 10 points and had eight rebounds in the bout.

“Offensively, this was our best effort of the year,” Head Coach Mike Petersen said.

“But defensively, we completely lost track of what we were doing. For us to win, we have to do a better job defensively.”

The game was eerily similar to their match with Georgia Tech Jan. 11. In that game, Wake held a lead with just under 10 minutes remaining in the game only to see it evaporate with a late Yellow Jacket run. During the game against GT, Wake layed an egg from behind the arc at 0-15. It is hard to win in the ACC when you have long offensive dry spells, especially in the second half as the Lady Deacs have done in the past two games.

With that being said, their hard work and determination to win is evident on the court, and it is only a matter of time before Wake breaks through and wins some ACC games.

The team will begin a two-game road stretch against Florida State on Jan. 17 in Tallahassee. FSU has a record of 11-6 and is 1-1 in ACC play, with a recent loss against Duke.

The warm weather in Florida will be short-lived, as the lady Deacs trek up north to Chestnut Hill to battle Boston College Jan. 20. The Lady Eagles are 15-4 overall and 2-1 in the ACC and feature the two-time ACC Rookie of the Week Carolyn Swords.

Track sets three new school records Senior sprinter blazes through old times in 55m and 500m dash

By Greg Mantell | Staff writer The Wake Forest track and field team started off 2008 in fine fashion at the Virginia Tech Invitation Jan. 11 and 12, setting three new school records and placing in the top 10 in eight different events.

In only the second invitation of the indoor season, senior Melissa Council shined on the final day of the event, setting new Wake Forest records in the 55m dash and 500m dash, as well as running a leg in the record-setting 4 X 400m relay.

The women’s relays proved to be the most impressive part of the meet.

Wake’s 4 X 400 team placed second overall in the event with a time of 3:47.77.

Consisting of seniors Council and Michelle Duffey and sophomores Alexandra Gove and Nicole Castronuova, the team eclipsed the previous record of 3:48.88 set in 2004.

Their second place was also the Deacons’ placing in all of the events in the invitation.

Virginia Tech’s women, however, overshadowed Wake’s accomplishments Jan. 13 by placing first in the 4 X 400 and set a new NCAA record in the 4 X 200-meter relay in a time of 1:36.43.

Both Council and Duffey also excelled in the women’s 500m race, as each broke their school’s previous record set last year at the New Balance Invitational.

In an earlier heat, Council broke Duffey’s earlier record with a time of 1:13.86.

In the next heat, however, Duffey won it back by runCouncil ning a time of 1:13.81, besting Council’s mark by only five tenths of a second.

Council continued her record setting day into the preliminaries of the 55m dash by running a 7.26, shattering the previous school record of 7.35 that stood for 16 years.

The Cary-native placed 15th overall in the event and sixth among the other competitors from the ACC. The men of Wake’s track and field team did not disappoint either, as many of the Deacons’

younger runners and throwers performed well at the invitational.

Freshman Allan Lunkenheimer proved to be the Deacs’ best sprinter over the weekend by finishing in the top 10 of two events.

The New Jersey-native placed fifth in the 300m dash with a time of 34.61 and finished ninth in the 400m dash with a time of 49.33.

Freshman Greg Billington also finished in the top 10 of the 3000m, placing sixth in a time of 8:34.43.

However, the first-year runner from England was not to be outdone by senior John Compton, who placed ninth in the event with a final time of 8:48.28.

On the field, sophomores Thomas Sensing and Boomer Peterson performed well in the shot put.

Sensing set a new personal record in the shot put with a 48’04” throw, beating his previous best by nine inches.

Peterson’s best throw of 50’07” would net him a ninth place finish in the event and fourth overall among other ACC competitors.

The Demon Deacons will return to action Jan. 18, when they head to South Carolina for the Clemson Invitational.

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test and six yellow cards.

With just 12 minutes remaining in the contest, a ball was sent from deep in the Deacons’ end to Tracy who streaked down the side and beat two Buckeye defenders.

Dribbling toward the center, he fed Schilawski, who netted the goal to put the Deacons up 2-1.

Schilawski, a Cary native, grew up just five minutes from the College Cup site.

“Luckily Valentin Marcus did the work and the ball bounced my way.

I saw the keeper coming after the ball a little bit and I knocked it in,” Schilawski said.

Just minutes later, Espinoza got a yellow card for a high kick. His cleat landed in the face of senior Julian Valentin.

The Deacons played the next several minutes a man down as Valentin was forced to remain on the bench with face bleeding.

With five minutes remaining, Tracy missed an open net that would have secured a victory.

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However, the Deacon defense remained staunch.

With 1:30 remaining, Ohio State had a corner kick, but a leaping Edwards snatched the ball and a National Championship for the Deacons.

A College Cup semifinal appearance in 2006 and now the National Championship help define Wake Forest as a soccer power.

The Deacons also shed the notion that they collapse in post-season play.

“I am proud of my team and their maturity to come back from a goal down; it’s just a great feeling,” Vidovich said.

The Deacons advanced to their first ever appearance in the NCAA finals with a 2-0 victory over ACC rival Virginia Tech (14-4-5).

After a scoreless first half, Tracy netted a header off of a free kick from junior Sam Cronin in the 51st minute.

Unmarked Tracy leapt high into the air to land a spectacular header past the Tech goalkeeper just inside the near post.Tracy landed another goal in the 83rd minute teaming up with sophomore Zach Schilawski.

Tracy’s efforts earned him Most Outstanding Offensive Player and Edwards earned the defensive equivalent.

Individual awards would continue to be bestowed upon the Deacons.

Senior Pat Phelan and Cronin earned Soccer America First Team MVPs. Freshmen Ike Opara and Corben Bone were First Team AllFreshman. Bone was also named the Soccer America Freshman of the Year.

Phelan was NSCAA First Team AllAmerican, while Cronin made the second team and Arnoux the third team.

Valentin, Phelan and Edwards, who completed their Wake Forest careers by defeating the team they earned their first win against in 2004, recently competed in the MLS combine and are now awaiting the MLS SuperDraft Jan. 18.

It was a record-setting season for the Deacons, but perhaps the lasting image will be the team huddled around the trophy posing for their picture.

Down in front is a blooded but beaming Valentin face as he clutched the National Championship trophy.

It is a symbol for all that the soccer team stands for.

They put their team ahead of themselves and believed in doing whatever it took to accomplish their goal.

Valentin was the epitome of that.

Through all the pain, he felt sheer joy for what he and his team had just accomplished.

the catch, Moore finished this season with 1,011 yards receiving, just the third Wake Forest player in history to pass the 1,000 yard mark.

He racked up 317 yards rushing as well and scored nine touchdowns on the year. He became the Deacons’ single-season leader in all-purpose yards, with 1,797 total yards.

Yet in his first two years as a Deacon, Moore logged just nine catches and a single touchdown.

But he was a different player in practices in 2006.

“I’m going to tell you a true story: My freshman and sophomore years, I used to kill Kenny in practice,” said junior All-ACC cornerback Alphonso Smith.

“Last year, he’d come out and start talking a little big, like ‘I’m going to get you,’ and all that, and he’d start catching a couple balls on me.

Moore From then on he had confidence. He’ll catch three in a row, and I’ll knock down three. It’s definitely not one-sided anymore.”

“He’s one of those guys who is sneaky fast and sneaky quick and he just goes at it all the time,” Smith said.

Moore took on a much bigger role in the offense in his junior season, starting seven

games at receiver and moving over to running back in November, after the Deacon team was decimated by injuries.

Moore shined, gaining 507 yards on 4.8 yards per carry and still caught 32 balls for 314 yards.

His breakout game at running back came against Maryland, where he had 165 yards on the ground, earning him ACC Offensive Back of the Week honors.

This year, with the Deacons running game secure and healthy (a luxury Wake had not had since Chris Barclay graduated after the 2005 season), Moore was the go-to receiver.

His shiftiness, quickness and speed could be counted on in the Deacs’ orbit offense.

On throwing to Moore, redshirt sophomore QB Riley Skinner said, “It’s easy.

Kenny goes to get the ball wherever it is.

He makes me look good as a quarterback.

I’m pretty lucky and always excited to have him there on the field.”

Moore looks to continue his career at the next level, and there is little doubt that with his skills and numbers he deserves a shot in the NFL. One thing is for sure, the Demon Deacons will miss him.

“We’re going to miss this guy,” Head Coach Jim Grobe said after the bowl win.

“He came on to be as good a player as I’ve ever coached. Some of those plays weren’t easy to make. We’re a team, but we couldn’t have got here without Kenny Moore.”

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Stars align for Oscar season

By Kara Peruccio | Life editor In the wake of the cancellation of last week’s Golden Globes, movie fans can only cross their fingers that the holy grail of awards ceremonies, the Academy Awards, will make it to television.

With Jon Stewart set to host, this year’s Oscars are poised to be the best ever. 2007 marked a wonderful year in film with many outstanding performances and movies. Even if the ceremony does not make it to television, 2007 is a year that will live in film history.

The following are my picks for nominees in the major six categories.

Best Supporting Actor The tour de force in this year’s race has been Javier Bardem for his role as the psychopathic killer Anton Chigurh in the Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men. He is the embodiment of pure evil despite providing comic relief in the intense film.

While Bardem has been racking up praise from critics across the country, my choice for best supporting actor is Max von Sydow of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. He plays the ailing father who feels the tremendous loss of his son to locked-in syndrome. It was a beautiful performance and brought tears to the eyes of every viewer in my theater.

Kara’s picks: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War Max von Sydow, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress The best supporting actress field is marked by many strong performance. Amy Ryan stars in Ben Affleck’s directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone as a hard-talking mother of an abducted daughter and has received critical praise over the past few months.

At the Golden Globes, Cate Blanchett was victorious in the category for her role in the artistic I’m Not There.

Several actors, including Heath Ledger, Richard Gere and Christian Bale portray legendary singer Bob Dylan at different stages of his life under various pseudonyms. Blanchett convincingly plays a male singer named Jude as the most recognizable Dylan with frizzy hair and world-weariness.

Another potential nominee is 13-year-old newcomer Saoirse Ronan who plays the fanciful and foolish younger sister, Briony, in Golden Globewinning Atonement.

Kara’s picks: Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There Jennifer Garner, Juno Saoirse Ronan, Atonement Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Best Actor 2007 saw a very male-centric film field with many strong performances which makes a very crowded best actor category. As of this point during the Oscar race, the award is Daniel Day-Lewis’ to lose. His portrayal of scheming oilman Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood has been hailed as the year’s best and he is reportedly gripping as a morally suspect man who will succeed at any cost.

A safe nominee is George Clooney for his work in the corporate thriller Michael Clayton. His role as the legal fixer was heralded by the American

Film Institute as harkening back to Humphrey Bogart. That is tremendous praise for any actor and as a previous winner of best supporting actor, Clooney should have no trouble being nominated this year.

Despite recently winning the Golden Globe for best actor in a musical/comedy for the bloody Sweeney Todd, Johnny Depp is not a lock as the Academy has traditionally overlooked Tim Burton films. As one of the best actors in recent years, Depp will hopefully receive his third nomination in five years as the murderous barber of Fleet Street.

In any other year, James McAvoy would win for his turn as the wronged soldier in Atonement, but with Day-Lewis in the field, no actor stands a chance.

Kara’s picks: Mathieu Amalric, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly George Clooney, Michael Clayton Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd James McAvoy, Atonement

Best Actress Of all the races, best actress is the most unpredictable save for two sure locks: Julie Christie and Marion Cotillard. Christie stars in Away from Her as an Alzheimer’s-ridden woman who turns her affection away from her husband of many years to a new man at her nursing home.

The second, Marion Cotillard embodies the tragic French singer, Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose. Both actresses received Golden Globes for their work and lead the field. The rest of the nominees are uncertain, but many critics believe Ellen Page of Juno is the next surest nominee.

Kara’s picks: Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd Julie Christie, Away from Her Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose Keira Knightley, Atonement Ellen Page, Juno

Best Director This year’s best director race is extremely stiff with many deserving candidates. Leading the field is Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. He is my pick to win, because the movie was not just a film; it was a work of art. The movie is gorgeous to look at and he did a fantastic job leading the very talented cast.

The Coen Brothers are also a lock for a nomination after returning to form with No Country for Old Men. Additionally, Joe Wright is deserving of a nomination for just his second film, Atonement.

He did a great job directing a movie that was said to be impossible to make.

Kara’s picks: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men Sidney Lumet, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Joe Wright, Atonement

Best Picture The best picture race is characterized by many fantastic dramas that show the struggles of life. No Country for Old Men has been the frontrunner for many of the past few months and appeals to fans of the Coen Brothers and western movies.

In recent weeks, There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic film depicting the evils of oil, has been compared to Orson Welles’ classic Citizen

Kane, which is generally considered the best film of all time.

Atonement recently won best drama at the Golden Globes and has been typified as an “Oscar movie”: it contains love, war, betrayal and is British. In my opinion, Atonement is the film of the year and will be remembered for years to come.

Look for teenage pregnancy comedy Juno as a spoiler. It will be exciting to find out what will be the best picture of the year.

Kara’s picks: Atonement The Diving Bell and the Butterfly No Country for Old Men Sweeney Todd There Will Be Blood The nominations will be unveiled Jan. 22. The Academy Awards are planned for 8 p.m. Feb. 24.

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B6 Thursday, January 17, 2008 Mac guy, Justin Long, violates drunk driving laws by sipping a case of beer on his lawn mower.

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Procrastination already plagues student Overpriced textbooks cause columnist to contemplate murder

Extras: Complete Series

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From the British funnymen who created The Office comes the critically praised but little-seen HBO comedy Extras.

Ricky Gervais, the original Michael Scott, stars as a struggling middle-aged actor who lives a life of quiet, hilarious desperation, along with cohort Stephen Merchant. The complete series is now out on DVD.

Austin H. Jones Staff columnist

So, it’s 9 p.m. the night before the first day of classes and I still haven’t written my column.

Pondering my current plight brought on by a prodigious bout of preemptive procrastination, I feel a pervasive despair falling over my plans to actually do work punctually this semester.

I’m sure the average university student has made this same resolution and felt this same despair overcoming these plans at some point in the

educational process here.

The thing that kills me is that the semester hasn’t even started, and I’m already behind on my work.

And the bank and bookstore didn’t help in this unfortunate situation either. I deposited my money on Friday afternoon and the checks didn’t clear until Tuesday morning leaving me in an unnecessary situation. By then, all the used books for all of my classes were gone.

It would have been much cheaper for me to pay a struggling mobster to hunt down one person in each of my classes and bring back each book that I needed. I bet I could have paid for my remaining ninja lessons with the money I would have saved using contract killers.

It would have been infinitely more efficient if one of the sweet ladies at the bank had just written a little note that said I had enough money for my books.

Then I could have just taken the note down to the underpaid and overstocked malcontents working grudgingly in the depths of Taylor and paid hundreds of times more than the actual cost of my stack of books.

The old way would have been much more efficient.It seems like these days, people in positions of power can’t leave the past alone and are always trying to improve.

For example, take the recent fruition of the utterly ludicrous plans of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

They want to push Harrison Ford past retirement age and, with thousands of pounds of make-up and digital anti-aging, creating a new film in the already perfect Indiana Jones series.

It’s almost as bad as the return of Rambo, directed, written, produced and starring the over-ripe and overcommitted, 61-year-old Sylvester Stallone.

(Oh this is absolutely perfect! I was frantically trying to think of some way to include the following utterly terrifying story that was running through my town’s chain of gossipers when I returned for Christmas Break; now I have a transition.)

Speaking of Rambo …

The biggest change that I discovered upon my return to Thomasville, the sweet town located in the middle of what some claim to be the most rural part of south Georgia, was that the

newspaper is now interesting.

During the town’s biggest event of the year, Victorian Christmas, hundreds of people dress up in Victorian era garb and thousands more flock to the brick streets of downtown Thomasville to watch those time-stranded wanderers traipse about, dodging the horse-drawn carriages and discarded turkey legs and funnel cakes.

One of the said carriages turned down Monroe Street toward The Big Oak, a 327-year-old arboreal landmark (the only landmark in Thomasville, mind you).

As the carriage approached The Big Oak, something behind it spooked the horses, who promptly dragged the carriage, its driver and several passengers head-on into one of the limbs of The Big Oak. Needless to say, the legendary live oak did not budge.

The leading horse, Rambo (aptly named, eh?), did not survive the accident.

This sadly delighted the passengers, because they landed softly on the hide of the fallen horse and escaped with nothing more than a few scrapes.

Words of wisdom: every Rambo lives; every Rambo dies; let it be.

Lummox | By William Warren

Apple thinks thin Apple has once again justified its reputation of cool. CEO Steve Jobs recently announced the introduction of a new edition to the Macintosh line, the Macbook Air. The lightweight notebook’s size ranges from 0.16 to 0.76 inches. It comes with an 80-gigabyte hard drive and a 13-inch screen, but no CD/DVD drive. Jobs justifies this with the new program he is creating with several movie studios to rent movies online and the existing ability to download music and movies. The new gadget is available online starting at $1,799.

Mowing while intoxicated?

A man in New Zealand thought he found a way around drunk driving laws by driving drunk on a lawn mower. Richard Gunn was pulled over in Dargaville, New Zealand, Jan. 14 while riding on his lawn mower.

His blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. Gunn has had previous arrests for drunk driving and therefore his licence was suspended, so he turned to his lawn mower thinking that the laws would not apply. Gunn is facing jail time and the mower has been impounded.

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Movie Review | Atonement

Wartime drama gives Oscar-worthy performances

By Kara Percuccio | Life editor

Atonement is a gripping and heart breaking love story set against the backdrop of World War II. James McAvoy and Keira Knightley prove their talents and their performances will surely keep them on the Hollywood scene for years to come.

The film begins on a hot summer’s day in the beautiful English countryside at the wealthy Tallis family’s estate.

The youngest daughter, Briony, played by Irish newcomer Saoirse Ronan, is hard at work writing her first play to commemorate older brother Leon’s visit with chocolate magnate, Paul Marshall.

His homecoming coincides with the arrival of the Northern cousins, Lola and twins Jackson and Pierrot, who are staying with the Tallis’ while their parents finalize a scandalous divorce.

All of these minor elements lead to the film’s main storyline: the romance between Briony’s older sister, Cecilia (Knightley) and the housekeeper’s son, Robbie Turner (McAvoy). Cecilia is beautiful but bored by lounging around, smoking and reading a book without enjoyment.

She and Robbie, despite being childhood friends, travel in separate circles and are very awkward when around each other.

Briony witAtonement nesses one of Starring | Keira Knightley, James their encounMcAvoy and Saoirse Ronan ters from her window: she Director | Joe Wright sees Robbie Who’s it for? | Fans of periodordering dramas and Oscar contenders her sister to Running Time | 2 hrs 10 min. take off her Rating | (out of 5) clothes and jump into a fountain.

Briony misinterprets the event and becomes convinced that something terrible has happened.

The film shifts to Robbie and Cecilia’s viewpoint and viewers learn the truth.

They argue and something changes after she gets out of the water.

The movie shifts to Robbie writing an apology letter and in a rough draft, types one containing a vulgar word.

He mistakenly places this one in an envelope and asks Briony to deliver it to Cecilia.

She reads the letter and after giving it to her sister, tells cousin Lola of the letter, who advises her to tell the police.

Cecilia realizes that she and Robbie are in love and they make love in the library.

Briony interrupts them and she believes it is an attack, firmly cementing her idea that Robbie is a sex-crazed maniac.

The twins run away after dinner and while searching for them, Briony discovers Lola being raped.

She is convinced the rapist was Robbie and tells the police she saw him committing the terrible crime.

Robbie is sent to prison and the first act of the film ends.

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Keira Knightley and James McAvoy deliver strong performances as star-crossed lovers Cecilia (Knightley) and Robbie (McAvoy) in the British drama, Atonement.

The second act begins four years later with Robbie traveling across France to Dunkirk where the British army is evacuating.

The film flashes back to after his release from prison when he and Cecilia meet for tea.

In the present, Robbie arrives at Dunkirk and witnesses the chaos and confusion of the evacuation in a brilliantly shot scene.

It’s heartbreaking when Robbie searches for a drink amid the ruin and later falls asleep dreaming of his arrest probably for the millionth time.

The film goes to London where Briony Tallis, now eighteen (played by Romola Garai) is a nurse at an army hospital.

She is severe and looks as though she carries a tremendous secret.

After coming from a surprising wedding, the two sisters meet for the first time in many years.

Briony promises to fix her mistake: her lie about Robbie raping Lola.

The ending is superb when we see the successful author, Briony Tallis, now played by Vanessa Redgrave, talking on a television show about her final book entitled Atonement.

Her interview reveals some startling facts about what really happened to her loved ones in what she calls her first book.

While one expects Atonement to be a typical romantic drama, it is anything but.

The film is layered and will take more than one viewing to fully comprehend the tragedy of that summer’s day and the young girl’s foolish lie.

James McAvoy really shines as the wronged soldier and commands every scene.

He conveys a wide spectrum of emotions and one feels sorry that his life was ruined.

Keira Knightely successfully plays the bitter sister who refuses to abandon the love of her life.

McAvoy and Knightley have great chemistry and are very believable as the star-crossed pair.

Of the three Briony’s, Ronan is fantastic as the young, spiteful girl who would rather live in her fantasies than the real world.

Director Joe Wright’s impressive second film also boasts gorgeous music, costume and cinematography.

As a huge fan of Ian McEwan’s novel, the film is very true to the story despite minor changes in the ending.

I first heard about the movie in February of last year and waited almost a year to see it.

The wait was worth it and, given its recent win for best dramatic picture at the Golden Globes, Atonement should be a contender come Oscar time.

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Restaurant Review | Jimmy’s Seafood and Oyster Bar

Hidden seafood restaurant impresses fish lovers

By Caitlin Kenney | Editor in chief

dipping sauce. The she-crab soup was another winner at only $2.95 per cup.

Fish fanciers rejoice! There’s a deliThe real stars of the menu, however, cious and affordable seafood restaurant are the fresh fish dishes. Each day a difin Winston-Salem that you’ve never even ferent selection of fresh fish is available heard of. Here’s why: it’s not currently and can be prepared grilled, blackened listed on The Student’s dining page. or fried.

But don’t let Jimmy’s The prices vary Seafood and Oyster depending on market Jimmy’s Seafood Bar’s marketing flaw value, but your entree Location | 3440 Frontis St. deter you. will usually come in This fun and fresh Hours | 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Sun. - Thurs. around $15-$17. fish joint serves amazEach course also 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Fri. - Sat. ing entrees at prices comes with a salad, you’d expect from the Serving | Seafood side and dipping Macaroni Grill across Dress | Casual sauce. the way.

The combinaPrice Range | $10 - $20 Jimmy’s is anything tion of sauces can but fancy. The atmo- Rating | (out of 5) make each meal a sphere is casual, with completely different a neon red “Live Bait” experience. sign greeting you at the door and fishing Though everyone at my table opted decor draped from the walls. for the sea bass, we all ordered different The excellent service and friendly staff preparations and sauces and as a result, are definite pluses. three completely different meals were Our waiter was sociable, plopping presented to us. down in the booth with us to chat about My favorite sauce was the roasted the entrees and keeping our sodas filled tomato and basil, a creamy and cool to the brim throughout the meal. combination that was perfect with spicy For an appetizer, we sampled the coco- blackened sea bass. nut shrimp ($7.25), which were huge Be warned, the blackened preparation and delicious served with an excellent is extremely spicy and not for the faint

of heart. If you like your fish a bit more mild, try it grilled with the tequila lime or teriyaki ginger sauce.

The other house specialty is the oyster selection. Not an oyster fan myself, I can’t vouch for the quality but I encourage oyster aficionados to sample and report for themselves. A dozen will set you back $9.95 and special preparations abound.

If you’re like me, you may love seafood but often find yourself in a dinner group that includes a couple fish-haters.

However, Jimmy’s has several chicken, steak, pasta and salad options for those who don’t like seafood, ranging from $9.95 for a chicken dish to $19.95 for a nice steak.

If you can save some room, try the key lime pie ($4.95) for dessert. As a Florida native, I have strong opinions about good key lime pie and this one met my exacting criteria for creamy goodness.

Jimmy’s Seafood is located near Hanes Mall, on Frontis Street behind Village Tavern.

It’s open for lunch and dinner seven days a week and prices are slightly lower for lunch if budget is a real issue. Stop by soon because it won’t be long before this hidden gem becomes the talk of the town.

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Jimmy’s Seafood and Oyster Bar offers a multitude of options at reasonable prices for seafood fans and landlubbers alike.

Music Review | Joe Pug

Book Review | Clapton

Talented songwriter defies stereotype Clapton’s honesty

livens autobiography

By Erik Forseth | Contributing writer Artists in exile are a pretty compelling lot.

OK, I’m kind of thinking of Jesse Winchester here, but he’s a pretty compelling guy, and anyway, it doesn’t take long to add a few names to the list: Townes Van Zandt, Fela Kuti, the Rolling Stones circa Exile on Main St. My definition of exile is a little broad, but whether self-imposed or otherwise, each of these musicians was displaced for a while in one way or another, and each of them has a hell of a body of work to show for it.

Well, Joe Pug fits the bill. His Web site (www.joepugmusic.com) gives only scant biographical details which amount to: Joe grew up in my great home state of Maryland, spent a few years going to college in North Carolina but dropped out to move to Chicago, where he’s now a songwriter who daylights as a carpenter.

I didn’t say that backwards; Joe is a songwriter. And at no more than 23, he’s the real deal.

Comparisons to contemporary singersongwriters won’t get me very far in describing the Joe Pug EP he’s just released. He’s no Sufjan Stevens.

I guess that might turn a bunch of you off, which is unfortunate, but I don’t want anyone to get the wrong idea about this man.

The songs I’ve heard place him squarely in a much richer tradition — where comparisons to Dylan seem natural but are maybe a bit naïve — populated by songwriters like John Prine, Jesse Winchester, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark or even Paul Westerberg.

Type his name into a search engine, and you’re bound to find comparisons to Woody or Arlo Guthrie, according to taste. These same reviews call Joe “scary good.”

Now that I’ve already “insulted your intelligence by telling you who Pug will remind you of ”— one of the reviewers quoted on Joe’s Web site has more faith in you than I do — I guess I’d better at least talk about the EP itself. The disc is comprised of seven exquisitely written songs, including, by my count, two protest songs (“Nation of Heat” and “I Do My Father’s Drugs”), two absolutely visionary “hymns” (“Hymn 101” and “Hymn 35”), the autobiographical “Nobody’s Man” and two songs about love,

Music legend gives up-close look at his extensive career

Photo courtesy of myspace.com/thejoepug

Unique songwriter Pug provides a variety of genres within his new EP. or love lost, or whatever you’d like to call it (“Call It What You Will,” appropriately, and “Speak Plainly, Diana”).

Don’t let me convince you that these songs are easy to get a handle on, though, because I’d be deceiving you.

“Speak Plainly, Diana,” is nothing if not devastating and overwhelming, but it’s also pretty enigmatic: “There’s no safety, Diana / and there’s nobody to blame / even daylight will surprise you / even dreams will end the same.”

Lester Bangs ended his famous essay on Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks by juxtaposing a Van Morrison verse with part of a Federico García Lorca poem.

I’ve always loved that, and, besides, I don’t know of any better way to do justice to Joe Pug’s writing:

I’d Kill a Man for Arby’s | By Ryan Coons

And I’ve come to know the wish list of my father I have come to know the shipwrecks where he wished I have come to wish aloud Among the overdressed crowd Come to witness now the sinking of the ship Throwing pennies from the sea top next to it -Joe Pug And least will guess that with our bones We left much more, left what still is The look of things, left what we felt At what we saw. The spring clouds blow Above the shuttered mansion-house, Beyond our gate and the windy sky -Wallace Stevens

of his life including his addictions to heroin and alcohol, his sexual exploits and many personal feelings during periods of his life.

He recounts his first guitars, how he learned how to play the

By CeCe Brooks | Life editor blues and meeting famous music figures.

To be honest, apart from a few The only thing I wish is that songs, I am no Eric Clapton afi- I knew more about guitars and cionado. As I was in Barnes & the music industry to really grasp Noble browsing, Clapton jumped what he was saying at certain out at me. points.

As I said before, I do not claim The number of musicians he to know all of Clapton’s songs, encountered in his vast career is but some of my favorites, include astounding.

“Wonderful Tonight” and Even though I am sure I missed “Tears in some because there were so many, Heaven.” among them including The RollAs I read ing Stones before they hit it big, the sum- the Beatles, several members of mary, I was Fleetwood Mac and Jimi Henintrigued drix. by the life Many of these artists later of this man. became close friends and bandHe went mates. through These are just some of the m u l t i p l e people he met in the 1950s and g r o u p s 1960s.

(The Yardbirds, Cream, Blind What’s almost scary in Clapton Faith and Derek and the Domi- is his honesty about his life and noes among others) before his his thoughts (he even cites lines solo days, several addictions out of his diaries). and numerous romantic affairs Personally, I always hate it when throughout his life. you read about how a song you Although seemingly impos- like came into existence and it sible, Clapton attempts to give turns out it was either fake or just every detail regarding his life, not in the mentality you would especially anything that affected imagine. his music.

For instance, Clapton describes He starts with his childhood in writing “Wonderful Tonight” in Surrey, Engfrustration land, where with his he claims a “Bad choices were my specialty, girlfriend lot of his later rather than and if something honest and behavior can love or hapdecent came along, I would shun piness. be traced.

Clapton Although it or run the other way.” claims to have sometimes Eric Clapton really disliked it is hard to Musician and author school mostly like Clapbecause of ton as he authority figdescribes ures, but he did excel at art, which his heroin and alcohol addictions led to his eventual placement in and what he did while under their the Kingston School of Art. influences, you must admire his However, he soon found a candidness. greater passion in music through It is also fascinating to learn the local club scene and started about the music business behind skipping classes, which led to his the scenes, both the creation of expulsion. the albums and the craziness of This is where Clapton’s entry the musicians. into music really started. He conClapton describes so many vinced his grandparents to buy instances of dropping acid or him a guitar and taught himself snorting coke before a show, I through listening. was amazed when he noted that As such a great guitar legend, I he’s only missed a handful of was amazed to learn that he did shows. not know how to read music for Overall, I think Clapton does a a significant amount of his career good job of trying to condense a (it is unclear whether or not he very long and eventful career and ever did learn). life into 300 pages.

After his expulsion from school, The only thing I did not like Clapton began scouting through about the book or Clapton’s writmusic clubs looking for inspira- ing as a whole was his tendency to tion. ramble in certain subjects leading The club is where he found to a bit of discontinuity. many of his first bands and roomI would recommend Clapton to mates (he did not live alone until any music lovers or Clapton fans his late 20s). for an interesting read.

What I appreciated most about The autobiography gives a picthe book and what I really applaud ture of an almost epic life with Clapton for is his attempt to give many ups and downs, successes the reader a very personal account and failures.

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