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Weekend lauds MLK d d The university closed its doors on Jan. 17 in recognition of the accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr. The celebration of his life, his work and his vision of racial equality stretched, however, from Jan. 15-17 and encompassed four separate events.

The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) sponsored a basketball tournament, GospelFest, a dinner and a keynote address to commemorate this civil rights leader, with funding from the Student Activity Fee Committee and in conjunction with the Office of the Provost, Campus Recreation and Winston-Salem State University (WSSU).

The celebration began at 11 a.m. on Jan. 15 in the Reynolds Gym with the 13th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Basketball Tournament.

This event originally began in 1999 when the university invited intramural teams from historically black colleges and universities in the North Carolina area to participate.

Orita McCorkle, a graduate assistant in OMA, illustrated how it has blossomed since then into an event that includes a wider variety of multicultural universities.

Intramural teams in attendance this year included the university team, WSSU, the UNCGreensboro, UNC-Charlotte, NC A&T State University and Catawba College.

“The event brings the community into the gym,” McCorkle said. “Children from the Winston-Salem area come to watch diverse role models compete. Hopefully they also learn a little about black history in the process.”

Lasting until 7 p.m., the tournament included not only the team basketball competition and a skills challenge but also a question challenge covering topics from the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and black history.

NC A&T beat UNC-G in overtime 53-49 to win the tournament.

The weekend celebration continued on Jan. 16 with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. GospelFest 2011.

The sold-out event brought a largely AfricanAmerican audience from the university, WinstonSalem and WSSU to the Brendle Recital Hall of Scales Fine Arts Center. McCorkle opened the event as the master of ceremonies.

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“Covers the campus like the magnolias”

By Alex Azzarra | Staff writer In January 2010, six dangerously intoxicated university students were hospitalized for treatment of alcohol poisoning after a Greek “Pledge Night” celebration held at the Millennium Center downtown.

While the majority of the students arrived at the hospital with a blood alcohol content (BAC) level between 0.3 and 0.4, the most severe case involved a BAC of 0.6, in which the student experienced a temporary coma state.

That night, most students were three to four times more drunk than the legal limit of .08.

Generating significant concern among faculty, staff, alumni, par-

ents and student leaders, the Pledge Night incident served as a catalyst for the administration’s call to action to ensure a safer, healthier environment for students to socialize on the university campus.

This past fall, university-compiled data showed that there has been a significant shift in students’ use of social venues.

The number, frequency and size of parties off-campus have decreased while increasing on campus.

“As long as the school isn’t cracking down on students on campus,

people don’t really care where they party,” junior George Dorsey said.

Despite initial dissent from students towards the university’s vision to bolster residential living and bring parties back to campus, the discrepancies between off-campus and on-campus alcohol violations have become too alarming for them to ignore.

The dawning of the “Party Barn,” the promotion of new venues on campus and the potential to avoid legal ramifications for underage drinking violations off-campus, are

This article appears as the first in a four-part series that addresses the dialogue and changes surrounding the university’s drinking culture. These features cover the following topics: • Jan. 20: An investigation into last year’s Pledge Night and progress for this year • Jan. 27: An examination of the events of this year’s Pledge Night • Feb. 3: An inside look at the ability of Greek organizations to cope with changes • Feb. 10: A review of the reactions of unaffiliated students

facilitating students’ acceptance of a more vibrant, campus-oriented social life at the university.

How did we get here?

According to Ken Zick, vice president and dean of student affairs, the aftermath of Pledge Night was “a real opportunity that galvanized the university to take a closer look at the migration of students off campus.”

The heightened enforcement on campus initially pushed university students off-campus when the drinking age was raised over 25 years ago.

However, the increase in alcohol law enforcement at bars, tailgates and other popular venues offcampus has recently made students move their partying back on to campus.

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Students volunteer in India & Vietnam

By Lauren Dayton | Staff writer

Over winter break, the Volunteer Service Corps (VSC) sponsored two service trips to Kolkata, India and Hieu Phung, Vietnam.

The groups consisted of eight to 13 students and a faculty member, who flew across the world to spend approximately two weeks serving those in need in Asia.

VSC service trip participants are selected through an application process several months before the trip.

For the semester leading up to the trip, the groups hold weekly meetings to prepare to serve the community where they will travel.

University students have participated in the City of Joy trip to India’s capital to work with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity since 1995.

Ten students and faculty leader Matt Imboden departed on Dec. 28 and returned Jan. 12.

They volunteered for six days at centers run by the Missionaries of Charity, an organization founded in 1953 to care for the poor, sick, dying and mentally ill in India. The organization, which is funded by the Catholic Church, has

since spread to other countries around the world.

Residents of the centers were separated by gender, so male and female volunteers worked at separate sites: Shanti Dan (“gift of peace”), a home for 260 mentally and physically disabled women and Prem Dan (“gift of love”), a home for men similar to Shanti Dan, but whose residents were higher-functioning.

The volunteers at both houses entertained the residents and assisted with the maintenance of the facilities by doing laundry and scrubbing floors.

Because there are so many volunteers during this time of year, the students did a four-hour shift in the morning, working until a little after noon.

“I think it was enough,” senior Aubrey Sitler, who participated in the trip for the first time, said. “It was very physically and emotionally trying.”

The students would return to the hotel by 2 p.m., eat lunch and then spend the afternoon exploring the city.

Sophomore Emily Earle particularly noticed the odors. “Smells of burning trash, feces, urine, gasoline, animals and spicy foods swirled through the smog in

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Volunteer Service Corps students display university colors outside Taj Mahal in India.

Schools of Business rank among top 25 in country

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Bloomberg BusinessWeek listed the Schools of Business in the top 25 MBA programs in the country in 10 of 11 specialty areas.

By Rob Byrd | Staff writer Wake Forest’s Schools of Business MBA Program recently ranked among the top 25 fulltime MBA programs in the nation in 10 of 11 specialty areas and management attributes.

Compiled by Bloomberg Businessweek, the list surveyed hundreds of corporate recruiters

across the nation to rank graduates of full-time MBA programs in the different areas. Wake Forest ranked highest at number five in the “Most Improved” category. In 2010, the program was ranked at 48 overall on the magazine’s best graduate business school’s list. Placing in the top five for “Most Improved” suggests that the school’s over-

all ranking will significantly rise when the new business school rankings are released later this year. Among the other categories in the recent survey, Wake Forest ranked at number eight for “Operations,” 12 for “General Management” and fell into the number 15 spot for four separate categories: “Finance,” “Teamwork,” “Analytic Skills”

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and “Marketing Skills.” In the “Global Competition” category, the school was ranked at 16, “Accounting” at number 20 and was placed at number 23 for “Most Innovative.”

The only category in which the program did not rank in the top 25 was “Communicative Skills,” where it came in at number 27.

“Our focus on providing exceptional talent to the business community is being recognized by corporate recruiters across the nation, as exemplified in this latest ranking,” Steve Reinemund, dean of business, said. “We are proud of our students, faculty and staff for their tremendous efforts in achieving these results.”

According to Schools of Business spokeswoman Sylvia Green, over 100 people — a combination of first and second-year MBA students, un-

dergraduate business students, faculty and staff — attended a special event on Jan. 18 in the Worrell Center where champagne was toasted to celebrate the recognition of the program

by Businessweek. Reinemund and MBA program director, Sherry Moss, spoke at the event.

“They mentioned that the most important thing was that recruiters are considering the MBA program to be improved,” Katherine Pearlman, a senior business and enterprise management major said. “Dean Reinemund emphasized that being ranked as the best is not nearly as important as momentum and demonstrating potential to become better, and Wake Forest has a lot of momentum.”

“They gave a lot of credit for the rankings to the admissions staff at Worrell and the outstanding faculty of the Schools of Business,” Pearlman said.

According the Businessweek, last year 92 percent of fulltime MBA graduates secured jobs upon completion of the program, a percentage that ties with Yale and Texas A&M for 12th in the nation.

Wake Forest’s MBA program has been highly recognized in rankings like these for years.

In 2010, The Economist ranked the full-time MBA program at number 33 in the country and number 59 in the world.

In U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 annual list of “America’s Best Graduate Schools,” the full-time MBA program was ranked at number 24 among U.S. business programs for highest average salary plus signing bonus and number 26 for job placement. Overall, the fulltime MBA program was ranked 46th out of the 433 master’s business programs that were surveyed.

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Fair educates students on study abroad programs The Center for International Studies will hold a Study Abroad Fair on Jan. 26 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Benson University Center. Representatives from the university and affiliate study abroad programs will be on campus to share information and answer questions about the programs offered. For more information, contact Nancy Metcalf by email at metcalf@wfu.edu.

Sophomores to participate in annual major declaration The annual major declaration process is scheduled for Feb. 14 - 18.

Every sophomore should declare a major by setting up an advising appointment at his/her desired department during this period.

Students who do not declare by Feb. 18 risk being unable to register for their major courses during major registration.

Major/minor advising and registration will be conducted March 14 - 25.

Questions concerning the process should be directed to Susan Carlton in the Office of the Registrar at carltosp@wfu.edu.

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McCorkle opened the event as the master of ceremonies.

“Even though we’re on a university campus, we’re going to welcome the Holy Spirit into this auditorium to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.,” McCorkle said.

Comprised of a diverse group of students from freshmen to seniors, the university Gospel Choir followed McCorkle’s lead with songs preaching service and ministry. The group served as the opening act for Tye Tribbett, a gospel recording artist who has produced numerous albums and singles reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel chart.

Tribbett performed gospel songs from a mixture of genres and incorporated preaching into his act. The audience stood on their feet and cheered for the entirety of the performance.

The events concluded on Jan. 17, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, with a dinner and keynote speech. This year, the university held the dinner in Benson University Center at 4 p.m., and

WSSU held the keynote address in its Kenneth R. Williams Auditorium at 7 p.m.

The dinner offered musical preludes from the university Jazz Ensemble and Intimate Praise. Students and staff spoke on continuing the vision Martin Luther King, Jr. The dinner also honored four winners of the “Building the Dream” award, given to one faculty or staff member and one student from each of the two universities annually in recognition of their efforts to promote racial diversity and harmony.

Recipients from the university were junior Fannézha Ford and Shayla Herndon-Edmonds, assistant to the senior V.P. Recipients from WSSU were student Jerome V. Perry, II and Edward F. Hanes, Jr., an administrator.

Concluding the celebration, Roland Martin gave the keynote address that challenged the audience to begin making changes themselves. Martin, a television commentator, nationally syndicated columnist and two-time winner of the NAACP Image Award for Best Interview for his

interviews with Michelle and Barack Obama, challenged his audience with both situations going on around the world and situations in the local community that could be changed by action.

“The auditorium was packed with students and community leaders alike,” Anthony Williams, an OMA fellow, said.

“Martin was very engaging and those that missed this night missed a true treat.”

On the one hand, McCorkle and the members of the planning committee for the weekend’s celebrations are already looking forward to next year.

“We’re going to need a larger venue for the GospelFest if it keeps growing,” McCorkle said.

“We’re going to bring more of the community in to celebrate Martin Luther King and his legacy.” Yet McCorkle also looked back at the weekend behind her.

“The students who put on these four events all gave up their weekends to celebrate this cause. They deserve our thanks for bringing everyone together and donating their time.”

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Safe Campus: Living Our Values” to the university community addressing the comprehensive plan for the university’s new direction.

One year ago, students were invited to participate in a forum for discussion in which Dorsey proposed the idea of constructing a “Party Change in the Making Barn” on campus.

The construction of the 7,000 to Not only would the new venue re- 8,000 square-foot Party Barn began duce the risk of social host liability, in October and will serve as an onbut its location would also provide campus venue for a wide variety of students with the freedom to enjoy activities, including concerts, shows, themselves without worrying about contests and parties. The space will being cited off-campus by the om- be available for reservation to sororinipresent Alcohol Law Enforcement ties, fraternities and student organi(ALE) division of the North Caro- zations and is expected to hold up to lina Department of Crime Control about 600 people. and Public Safety.

Located in the wooded area beWhile ALE agents consider them- tween University Parkway and Picselves to be statewide “peace of- colo and Palmer Residence Halls, ficers,” many students hold them the site for the new facility provides responsible for provoking the high- students with a safe venue that is risk drinking culture exemplified by within walking distance of campus last year’s Pledge Night. residence halls. Surrounded by a According to university officials, buffer of trees and other vegetation, students report that many of their its 300 yard-distance from Faculty underage peers “front-end load” by Drive was positioned to avoid noise heavily drinking before leaving their and light complaints from neighresidence bors. halls in For both order to Greek and Reservable Space for Social Functions: avoid benon-Greek • The Magnolia Room ing cited students, a for alcohol major part • Shorty’s violations of the venue’s • Manchester and Hearn Plazas at offappeal is the • Benson University Center rooms campus self-manage• RL&H common rooms venues. ment policy As a refor on-cam• Garage at President Hatch’s house sult, many pus parties • The Barn (upon completion) students by sponsorfeel that ing organizathis betions. Recent havior explains why, between 2007 experiments with student self-monand 2009, local police reported itoring of events such as Seize the 146 student liquor law arrests off- Quad have been promising, resultcampus as opposed to only three ing in fewer incidents of alcohol on-campus. abuse at the student health center.

Although former student body “In order to make it a success, you leaders Meaghan Haenn and Jer- have to make people want to go myn Davis had been brainstorming there, otherwise it will be a waste of ways to better promote safe, enjoy- money,” Natalie Halpern, president able events on campus, they received of Student Government, said. “They over 200 emails the night of the fo- obviously want parties to move on rum from students in favor of Dors- campus and being strict is pushing ey’s proposal. people away.”

“For over 20 years I have been advocating for a social venue set apart from campus that was comfortable for students,” Zick said. “There are going to be problems, so it’s better to have them here with upperclassmen and student leaders present.”

After eliciting input from trustees, alumni, parents and senior administrators, the university developed a new vision for the university community which embraced student feedback and included the logistics for the new Party Barn. In August 2010, President Nathan O. Hatch sent an email titled “Vibrant and Photos by Holly Hinshelwood/Old Gold & Black

The Museum of Anthropology will open a new display called “Culture and Couture” which features clothing from across the globe.

The exhibit demonstrates the way clothing can be used to express religion, gender, social status and standards of modesty.

University students explored the museum’s collection and selected all items featured in the exhibit.

Admission is free and the exhibit will open on Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. It will run until 4:30 p.m. each day and will be featured until Aug. 20.

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Abraham, Inc., as part of the Secrest Artist Series, will feature three different musical genres as well as three artists. The collaboration of David Krakauer, Fred Wesley and Socalled have been entertaining audiences with this musical since it opened at Carnegie Hall in 2006.

With a mix of clarinet, trombone and hiphop beat, this concert offers a unique mix of music.

The performance will be held in Wait Chapel on Jan. 27 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. The event is free for university students, staff and faculty.

Regular priced tickets are $20. To purchase a ticket in advance, contact the university theatre box office.

The Office of Sustainability will be hosting a screening of the documentary Tapped. The film examines the role of the bottled water industry in health, climate change, pollution and our reliance on oil.

The screening of the film will be the start of the on-campus campaign called “Choose to Reuse.”

All students are welcome to attend the screening which will take place on Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. in Pugh Auditorium. To preview the trailer, visit tappedthemovie.com.

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Former student government president Jermyn Davis agrees that student culture is best changed when students have ownership of their responsibilities.

The Party Barn is also designed to include a catering kitchen, outdoor patio, exterior security lighting, and a well-lit path lined with emergency call boxes leading from the center of campus.

The environmental impact of the building will also be minimized, incorporating energy-efficient features and plans to reroute improved cross country trails that have been affected by the construction. While the path has already been cleared for construction, the building was scheduled to be completed by late spring of 2011 as of last semester. “The goal is that the space will be ready in time for the current senior class to reap the benefits before graduation in May,” Zick said.

Moving Forward While students await the completion of the new facility, the tent in Reynolda Meadows and the Magnolia Room have proven to be popular venues for hosting on-campus events. Other available options include Shorty’s, several rooms in Benson University Center, Residence Life and Housing common rooms, the garage at Hatch’s house and outdoor spaces such as Manchester and Hearn Plazas.

Nevertheless, the community’s need for the new on-campus facility was further highlighted when 80 university students were cited for underage drinking at a Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) fraternity house party on Nov.14. Located at 1101 and 1103 Polo Road,

the DKE house is the only student organization with an off-campus venue recognized by the university.

Although 14 police officers arrived to the scene after receiving a call about an assault, it turned out that in reality someone had thrown a beer at another student. However, police estimated that there were between 200 and 300 people in the house, many of whom were underage.

Authorities said that more serious charges could be filed after investigators found the back entrance to the house blocked and fire detectors covered by plastic cups and duct tape. “That’s when we become concerned,” Zick said.

Despite the incident at the DKE house, university-compiled data indicates a positive shift for on-campus conduct from a more receptive student population this past semester.

According to reports from the final football tailgate on Nov. 20, the number of student incidents — ejections, citations, arrests and emergency medical service visits — for the six home football games combined in 2010 is lower than any single game during the 2009 season.

“I think the university is working really hard to make sure students feel safe,” Davis said.

“There have been a few minor glitches, but overall it’s been a great semester.”

Continuing to promote the use of campus facilities for both Greeks and non-Greeks, the administration has considered making the tent in Reynolda Village a permanent venue depending on the cost of purchase and its anticipated use.

The university has also discussed the possibility of acquiring the former “Old Vineyards” space located in Reynolda Village to host more formal events.

“It’s a long process of creating venues,” Zick said. “We’re still exploring the idea of tent, but right now it’s looking positive for Old Vineyards.”

As Zick walks his dog down Faculty Drive every morning to the construction site to observe the latest status of the barn, he eagerly awaits the sight of new progress as it signifies one step closer to the community’s achievement of what he refers to as a monumental “cultural change.”

“It’s an exciting time,” Zick said.

“I can finally see progress I haven’t seen in a decade.”

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Political Science: David Weinstein

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changes that I have witnessed at Wake Forest in my 20 years of teaching here has been the extensive internationalization of faculty across all departments,” he said.

Weinstein further elaborated on his own academic department.

“Political science has faculty from the UK, Germany, Israel, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Taiwan,” he said.

With former Dean Paul Escott in 1998, Weinstein established a faculty exchange program with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

This exchange has allowed Weinstein, as well as other faculty members, to teach graduate students in Jerusalem, Germany and other institutions abroad.

Weinstein spoke of his international students. “All of them have been older than Wake Forest undergraduates, especially those in Israel who normally serve in the army three years before beginning the undergraduate studies,” Weinstein said.

“Their motives for being in the classroom are unlike those of our students. Older students in Israel and Germany may be more intellectual but many of our students are equally as bright.”

Weinstein is currently co-authoring a manuscript, Exile and Interpretation, with Avihu Zakai of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Zakai is also a visiting professor at the university for the spring semester.

Like Zakai, Luis Roniger, professor of Latin American studies, also joined the university staff in 2004 as part of the faculty exchange program.

David Weinstein, professor of political science, is no stranger to accolades for success in his fields of study.

In fact, he was recently featured on the university website for his publication titled John Stuart Mill and the Art of Life.

To say he is merely “busy” publishing and researching would be quite an understatement.

Even in contacting him about being featured in this profile, Weinstein was returning to campus after traveling to Munich to meet with Thomas Meyer, the co-author of an essay he is working on entitled “Strauss on Plato and Hobbes.”

He has brought political and philosophical insights gained in his studies at Colorado College, University of Connecticut and Johns Hopkins University, where he earned his doctorate.

Within the fields of philosophy and political science, Weinstein’s research takes on two dramatic faces: one of the 19th and 20th century British moral and political philosophy and one of German intellectual history.

John Stuart Mill, one of the most relevant English moral philosophers of the 19th century, is the topic of his most recent book and also the topic of his subsequent work.

This will complete Weinstein’s three-volume series on English liberalism in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Specifically, he also examines liberal political thought in relation to classical utilitarianism.

When asked how he got involved in his current line of work, he says, David Weinstein “My interest in this kind of philosophy began • Faculty member since 1989. when I heard a lecture • Taught courses abroad in Jerusalem and

by John Gray, then of Oxford University, while Germany.

I was a graduate student • Co-founded the faculty exchange proat Johns Hopkins in the gram with former Dean Paul Escott.

1980s.”

Since joining the uni• Published recent work about the life versity faculty in 1989, of John Stuart Mill.

Weinstein has been com• Currently researching German mitted to strengthening intellectual history. the university’s international academic outreach • Earned a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins and scholarly reputation.

University.

“After being a member • Co-authoring a manuscript with of the university community for many years, fellow faculty member, Avihu. one of the most satisfying

Exile and Interpretation was inspired by a movie viewed by Weinstein and Zakai in Jerusalem. “Our book explores how enforced exile influenced the textual interpretative strategies of a group of Jewish philosophers who fled Germany and Austria in the 1930s,” Weinstein said.

Weinstein’s previous publications include three novels on topics of English liberalism and utilitarianism. Weinstein’s knowledge is not only found in his books and various essays, but also in his classroom. He teaches courses on modern liberal political philosophy, Marxist philosophy, utilitarianism and a senior seminar titled “Exile and Interpretation.”

“I try to make my courses about my scholarship as much as possible in part because I learn more myself that way,” Weinstein said.

If you’ve been pondering the origins of 19th and 20th century English moral philosophy, the meaningful life of John Stuart Mill or the ramifications of utilitarianism, you’re not alone. You have a scholar, author and teacher in professor David We i n stein.

Winston-Salem leader passes at age 84 Ralph Philip Hanes, Jr., better known as Phil Hanes and commonly referred to as a Renaissance man among the Winston-Salem community, died on Jan. 16. He was 84-years-old.

Hanes largely contributed his leadership toward shaping WinstonSalem into an arts-based community through his ideas and support for establishments like the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, the University of North Carolina, the North Carolina School of the Arts and the Stevens Center.

While his contributions to Winston-Salem are abundant, Hanes and his wife, Charlotte, also greatly assisted the university community.

“Phil Hanes was a legendary supporter of the arts, of the city of Winston-Salem, and of Wake Forest; we mourn his passing,” President Nathan Hatch said.

“We are honored to have the Philip and Charlotte Hanes Art Gallery at Wake Forest and grateful for all that he did to support the best of culture.

“We are also thankful to the Hanes family for the gift of what is now the Wake Forest President’s House, the very home which Phil knew growing up.

“Its beauty and grace will long remind us of a man and a family who worked so tirelessly for the common good.”

Doug Edgeton, president of the Piedmont Triad Research Park and

executive vice president for medical center administration of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, worked frequently with Hanes and remarked on his passion for improving the community of which he cared for deeply.

“He was a true son of WinstonSalem. He cared deeply for this town and for the development of our downtown community,” Edgeton said.

“He thought it was very important to maintain the culture of WinstonSalem through an emphasis on local businesses and local infrastructures.”

According to Edgeton, without Hanes’ help, many of the local establishments university students enjoy downtown would not exisit.

Through his many connections, Hanes was able to quickly and efficiently commence a project that he thought was worthwhile.

“He could go out and get funding and grants with ease.

“Within minutes he could be in touch with a government official,” Edgeton said.

“He really worked closely with owners of establishments in downtown Winston-Salem. In fact, he’d get pretty upset if he heard you were going to a chain restaurant; he didn’t want to see the town filled with chains.”

Professor of art, David Lubin, worked closely with Hanes through taking students in his American art class every year to visit Hanes’ home and tour his expansive art gallery.

Suicide bomber adds to Iraq death toll A suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a crowd of police recruits on Jan. 18, killing over 50 people and injuring more than 100.

Notices were broadcasted throughout the city urging able individuals to donate blood to those injured by the blast.

Ahmed Abdul-Jabbar, deputy governor of Salahuddin, blamed al-Qaeda for the explosion.

Local police also found non-detonated bombs on the scene.

Hospitals were flooded with victims and ambulances worked furiously to recover bodies and save those injured by the blast.

Although this incident was the most deadly since Nov., bombings and shooting are still daily occurrences in Baghdad and the surrounding area.

Obama holds State Dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, visited Washington this week.

President Barack Obama met with Hu Jintao to discuss issues central to the domestic and international policies of both countries. Topics ranged from bilateral relations, to economics, to human rights.

Though the talks moved their relationship forward, both state leaders acknowledged that much work lies ahead.

The visit included a State Dinner at the White House. Though notable guests ranged from both sides of the American political aisle, both the Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner and the Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were absent in protest of China’s human rights record.

Director of Peace Corps leaves behind legacy

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“He was a tireless arts advocate, who threw his support equally toward modern art and folk art, rock music and opera, stage theater and street performance,” Lubin said. “He was a one-man whirlwind — and a performance artist himself, especially when taking Wake students on a tour of his art collection, bringing it to life with salty tales about his adventures in collecting.

“Those students may have forgotten the details of the stories, but

they’ll never forget the man who told them,” he said.

While it is difficult to sum up Hanes’ contributions to WinstonSalem, the university and the people who knew him personally, it is understood that his legacy will perpetuate.

To many locals, Hanes was a mentor, teacher, close friend or colleague, but to Winston-Salem as a whole, Hanes will always be regarded as a legendary champion for the betterment of the community.

At 95, R. Sargent Shriver, Jr., former U.S. Vice Presidential nominee and first Peace Corps director, died Jan. 18.

In his early life, Shriver attended Yale University and Yale Law School.

He volunteered for the United States Navy before the attack on Pearl Harbor, fought in the Pacific Theatre during WWII and received a Purple Heart for his service.

Shriver began working with the Kennedy family after his discharge. He would serve as the first director of the Peace Corps under JFK. In addition for his work in the Peace Corps, Shriver was instrumental in building programs like President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Povery, Head Start, Legal Services and VISTA. He ran as George McGovern’s Vice Presidential candidate.

Shriver died in a Washington D.C. hospital surrounded by his five children, as well as his 19 grandchildren.

Sociologists expose little growth in college intellect

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Recently deceased community leader Phil Hanes stands in the Hanes Gallery with his wife, Charlotte.

In a new book titled Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, sociologists Richard Arum of New York University and Josipa Roska of the University of Virginia claim that 45 percent of undergraduate students show no significant improvement in critical thinking, complex reasoning and writing by the conclusion of their second collegiate year.

The study came as a response to the federal government’s recent insistence that the U.S. needs to produce more college graduates to remain internationally competitive on an intellectual basis.

Along with exposing other facts recently acquired through research studies, Arum and Roska hope the book will spur conversation regarding learning and the responsibility of colleges and universities in this process.

POLICE BEAT Alcohol and Drug Charges • University Police responded to a call in reference to an intoxicated female at 11:55 p.m. on Jan. 10 in Student Apts.

Upon the arrival of University Police, the individual was combative and incoherent.

She was transported to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. A report will be sent to the Dean’s Office.

• University Police responded to a call in reference to an intoxicated male in the Pit at 7:48 p.m. on Jan. 14. It was determined that the offender had consumed alcohol while under the age of 21.

He was transported to Student Health but released moments later. An RA was notified.

Larceny • Unknown subject(s) removed money from an

unsecured room at 12:45 p.m. on Jan. 10 in Collins Hall. An investigation of the incident is pending.

• Unknown subject(s) removed unsecured money at 8:57 p.m. on Jan. 10 from a room in Johnson Hall.

• An unknown male attempted to forcibly remove a female’s pocketbook at 7:04 p.m. on Jan. 15.

Friends of the victim ran after the offender who later dropped the bag. No one was injured in the incident. Winston-Salem Police Department is investigating further.

Medical Events • A victim was running on a treadmill and suffered a seizure at 8:46 p.m. on Jan. 13.

The victim refused medical attention or transport to a hospital.

• A victim went to University Police to report she had fallen and injured her knees on uneven sidewalk at 4:50 p.m. on Jan. 16. The victim refused medical attention.

Miscellaneous • University Police responded to a fire alarm call on 5:24 p.m. on Jan. 10. Upon arrival, the police found that the offenders had discharged the fire extinguisher which set off the alarm.

A report of the incident was sent to the Dean’s Office.

• University Police responded to a call in reference to a car that drove off the road at West Gate at 1:55 a.m. on Jan. 11.

Upon further investigation, police discovered an intoxicated driver who had lost control of the vehicle and drove over an embankment. The offender was

arrested and a report of the incident was sent to the Dean’s Office.

• University Police responded to a call in reference to an offender leaving a voicemail demanding money on 2:56 p.m. on Jan. 12. The incident is under further investigation.

• The Winston-Salem Police Department responded to a call in reference to loud music at 12:33 a.m. on Jan. 13 on Brookwood Drive.

All suspects were issued citations. Underage alcohol consumption and noise violation was reported.

A report of the incident was sent to the Dean’s Office.

• A victim reported threatening text messages and e-mails at 6:09 p.m. on Jan. 16.

The suspect was spoken to twice about the threats and underwent a room inspection. The hall director and Dean’s Office were notified of the incident.

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MLK Day goes largely unnoticed

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his past Monday, the university joined the rest of the country in celebration of Martin Luther King Day - both a national holiday, and in recent years, a day dedicated to community service.

For the bulk of university students, this meant the chance to sleep in a little later with a day off from school. There was also the astonishing discovery that Subway had reduced hours of operation all weekend.

Yet for those who paid a little more attention, the university, the Office of Multicultural Affairs and other Winston-Salem institutions orchestrated several weekend events in rememberance of King.

Despite entertaining iniatives, including a basketball tournament, a GospelFest concert, a keynote address and a dinner, most students (including all members of the Old Gold & Black staff except those who were reporting on the events) did not take advantage of this full calendar.

To be fair, it was a busy weekend. The InterFraternity Council formal recruitment was in full swing and classes had just commenced, showering students with a surprising amount of homework. To top it all off, students were continuing to catch up with friends who had gone unseen over break or who had recently returned from studying abroad.

Still, the events were not very well publicized. Despite an article in the Old Gold & Black and a few posters around campus, the holiday went largely unnoticed.This is not meant to be a lecture

on how more people should get involved in campus life.

Many students have incredibly busy lives, and making time for extracurricular events is often a lower priority than a heavy academic courseload, cheering on Demon Deacon athletics and managing flourishing social calendars.

Diversity is not particularly prominent on our campus, but with this past week's events being so underattended, this issue further rises to the surface.

The university is making steps to increase diversity at the university. Several members of our senior staff noted how there has been an increasing multicultural presence over the past four years and believe that eliminating the SAT requirement has been a factor. However, a lack of diversity is still a reigning problem at the university.

At most of these events, the majority of attendees were African-American. While some of the events were a bit harder to access because of their off-campus locations, many took place right across the quad.

Remembering Martin Luther King Day should be more important for those of us at the university. While King was a great leader in the civil rights movement, which played an enormous role in the lives of AfricanAmericans, his efforts had lasting effects on society as a whole.

Maybe next year, we can dedicate just a little bit more time out of our busy lives and show increased enthusiam for the events that the university dedicated time and effort to organize in remembrance of a great leader.

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into a waitlisted class that you wanted but you are looking forward to a nice lunch with the friends that you didn’t see all winter break.

You swipe your card at the front of the Pit, find your friends awkwardly standing around with a look of hopelessness written all over their faces and you all try to casually cruise the entirety of the room in anxious strides with hopes of finding somewhere, even at the random bars, where you and your friends can eat.

After several minutes of uncomfortably standing above chatting people and subliminally trying to get Renee Slawsky them to leave, you guys just decide to News Editor abandon the $7 you wasted swiping in at the Pit and try your luck at the (also incredibly crowded) Benson Life elcome back to Wake Forest!

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Hope you enjoyed your break.

While the number of students at Now it’s time to come back inside the university is growing rapidly, the the extremely crowded Wake “bubble” and number of classes and teachers aren’t. get frustrated.

Last semester when registration was going Nor is the number of tables at the Pit on, maybe you were on the waitlist for some increasing.

Students all across campus are classes because of your crappy sign-up time, frustrated about the crowdedness from but overall were rather optimistic about the inability to get anywhere near the your schedule for this spring semester. classes they want, to the inability to sit Now that classes have started, perhaps and have a relaxed lunch or dinner at some of your waitlist options fell through, the Pit at a time that but you turn to WIN in isn’t totally abnormal. hopes of finding a suitable At the very least, alternative.

While the number of students the administration Then your hopes get at the university is growing could deal with the crushed.

If you are in any of rapidly, the number of classes consequences of increasing the number the more popular majors and teachers isn’t nor is the of students. That (political science, biology, means hiring more communications) then you number of tables at the Pit. professors for the probably know by now bigger departments, that there are more or less creating more sections no classes left for you to for classes or maybe even increasing the squeeze into. cap size so that students don’t have to Professors in these departments are turn to totally esoteric and unnecessary receiving a barrage of emails this week classes just to take enough hours to be with students’ desperate pleas to be given considered a full-time student. a POI for whatever second or third-option That also means maybe building a class they have with reasons ranging from new dining hall so that students don’t “political science is my intended major” to die of malnutrition or from their “I need this class to graduate.” parents killing them because they didn’t Overall, the process of being denied the right to get into the one class that you really use up anywhere near all of their meal swipes. With the Pit and Benson being wanted, but then also being denied access the only real meal options on campus, to any other class in that department, is there’s really nowhere to eat.That is, entirely unfair to all students who have to unless you’re brave enough to attempt endure this torturous gauntlet. to cook in a dorm kitchen or desperate Over the past couple of years, the enough to try and make another university has been making strides to frozen meal in the microwave. If you’re increase the number of students in general, fortunate enough to have a car on adding about 200 students with each campus (or happen to know someone incoming freshman class. who does), get prepared for off-campus This can be seen by the growing firstdinners on a regular basis. year class sizes, new first-year dormitory, The best welcome that the university plans for raising funds for new academic could give to its students returning buildings, lack of parking spaces and so on from break would be to make their lives and so forth.

Another piece of evidence that testifies to much less frustrating and give them a the growing number of students on campus little bit more elbow room. is the lack of elbow room in the Pit during Renee Slawsky is a sophomore political two of the three meals of the day. science and Russian major from Knoxville, So back to the first day of class. You are kind of bummed out because you didn’t get Tenn.

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Snowstorm obscures MLK Day

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Recent snow day produces massive influx of unwelcome racial consequences

County when MLK Day was removed from the holiday book and deemed a snow storm make-up day. On the 17th, the local president of the NAACP led a march through the streets of downtown Charlotte, claiming that he was determined to “expose Charlotte for the racist bastion it is.” The crowd of roughly 100 individuals ended their march at the Museum of the New South, where an exhibit honoring the 1954 Supreme Court ruling was stationed. The Reverend Jesse Jackson called the CMS board’s actions “insulting” and suggested that children be held out of school by their parents.

However unfortunate it may be that the snowstorm knocked out three days of educating Hamlin Wade the young minds of our world, I have the sense Staff columnist that the true work of King is being overlooked in the face of a regrettable situation. King ast week’s heavy snowstorm that worked tirelessly, and eventually lost his life, covered the Carolinas forced many in the fight for equality. It is largely because of school districts to shut their doors for him that our schools are desegregated and that several days. Charlotte, which received over six individuals are judged by their interior content inches of fresh snow, was one of those districts and not their exterior pigment. that couldn’t stay ahead of the impending Because of King, our schools have the storm. While students were supposed to be diversity that is needed to raise educated and hard at work, the cafeteria oven’s remained socially conscious individuals. Because of King, cold and the classroom lights remained off. we are able to hire the best and most qualified And, unlike many school districts up north, teachers, whether they are white or black, male which are accustomed to receiving heavy or female. King lost his life in the fight for equal amounts of snowfall in a short period of time, opportunity, and it seems a shame to waste the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System the holiday that honors him by belittling its does not build snow days into its academic meaning by arguing about whether or not a calendar. Therefore, the Grinch-like task of child should be in school. I feel as though the assigning make-up days falls on the school answer is clear; however, emotions seem to have board, as they take days clouded judgment. that had previously been Students should be in reserved as holidays school. If they miss a day of However unfortunate it may be and teacher workdays. class, it should be made up. that the snowstorm knocked out However, unlike years in It is not a racially charged act three days of educating the young by the school board, and it the past, the grumbling of losing a holiday wasn’t doesn’t make a city a “racist minds of our world, I have the simply due to the fact that bastion.” sense that the true work of King is students were forced to Children have their being overlooked in the face of a return to school, but that opportunities today because this year, the Charlotteregrettable situation. of what King fought for in Mecklenburg School the past. Yes, it is regrettable System took away the that the snow days forced the previously designated hand of the school board. day of Monday, January 17, 2011. The day However, if the world is to continue to evolve in question of course is the day assigned to and continue to break down walls of racism, celebrate the life and important impact that the sexism, elitism and classism, children must Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. had on our remain in school. society.

The leaders of tomorrow, the next King, King, as every educated individual knows, sat somewhere in a Charlotte classroom on a was pivotal in the fight to dismantle the Monday morning, instead of sleeping in and bigoted and outdated era of segregation in the playing with his or her friends. I can’t find the United States. Every year, we receive the third fault in that. The world needs leaders and the Monday in the month of January off, which world needs visionaries. Staying in school isn’t a roughly corresponds to the date of King’s birth. bad place to start.

This year, the day was Jan. 17, although King’s birthday fell on Jan. 15.

Hamlin Wade is a junior political science major An uproar occurred across Mecklenburg from Charlotte, N.C.

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New drug proves dangerously potent

Artificial marijuana’s hidden side effects confirm fatal aspect of drug Maddy Rose Guest Columnist

Dear all drug users, Announcement: There is a new way to get blazed out on the market, but even better is the fact that this new stuff to smoke is not only legal, but doesn’t show up on drug tests.

Is it a miracle?

Hardly.

The problem is that most users are unaware of the potent chemicals in the incense that they are ingesting and the harmful effects to follow. While most drug-users believe that the drug is “just like pot,” it actually can result in addiction or possible death.

K2 Incense is a mixture of herbs and spices sprayed with a synthetic compound similar to THC, which is the primary acting agent in marijuana. It produces a high very similar to marijuana. Many users describe the high to be equivalent to their very first time smoking pot.

This “synthetic weed” is produced and imported from China and Korea.

The many different brands and flavors can be purchased in smoke shops, incense stores or even online.

The price is roughly equivalent to the price of marijuana, with one gram selling for about $20-$25. And just like marijuana, K2 Incense is smoked mainly through joints or in pipes.

To a frequent drug-user, the information above may seem like a dream come true, but unfortunately there are many details concerning the drug that are left unsaid when sold.

For starters, K2 is much more dangerous than marijuana. The chemicals in the “spice” are three to 28 times more potent than in a typical gram of weed.

Some negative side effects include a rapidly increased heart rate, loss of consciousness, paranoia and even psychotic episodes. The drug also has the potential to damage vital organs.

One interesting and widely unknown fact is the effect K2 has on the driver. While it has been tested and advertised that it is safe to drive while under the influence of marijuana, with K2 that is not the case.

According to researchers and people that have used it before, driving a motor vehicle under the influence of K2 is similar to driving drunk.

With so much attention given to the prevention of drunk driving and enforcement of harsh consequences if performed, it is astounding that the United States would allow a spice to remain legalized even though it produces very similar effects.

While the effects of marijuana have been tested for their toxicity on the body in laboratory settings, K2 Incense has not.

Incense was created to provide pleasing aromas that are enjoyed by the human sense of smell.

It was not created for human consumption, which is a huge factor constantly overlooked by “spice”-users.

Also, because it is an imported substance, one can never be exactly sure which chemicals compose it and whether they are safe.

People have been hospitalized nationwide after consuming K2 due to problems ranging from stomachaches to seizures.

It has also been reported that this “spice” has severe withdrawal effects.

Many deaths have been reported because of the substance, and that alone is an indicator that it is much more dangerous than just plain marijuana.

It has already been banned in many countries in Europe.

Considering the fact that many European nations legalize less harmful drugs than the United States (cigarettes, alcohol and even marijuana in some places), maybe our nation should take a hint and get a move on with protecting the oblivious teenagers and young adults so eager to get their hands on the spice.

While K2 Incense may seem like an easy and legal way to get high, in reality it’s a poison that can lead a user to be hospitalized or die.

Maddy Rose is a freshman psychology major from Raleigh, N.C.

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Documentary highlights Vietnamese activists

By Hilary Burns | Staff writer

On Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Annenberg Forum, the documentary A Village Called Versailles inspired a public audience. The film was shown as part of the Independent Lens Community Cinema program, as well as part of the MLK Day of Service.

This powerful story portrays community living in East New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. It reveals questions of power, community, church and what it truly means to be an immigrant in America.

As one viewer noted of the documentary, “profound; it did a good job telling an unknown story.”

A Vietnamese-American community in East New Orleans, known as Versailles, lost everything in Hurricane Katrina.

Their Vietnamese Church created a community plan for families returning to the area following the disaster. They cherished their community as their homeland and appreciated it immensely.

After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the city was literally covered in piles of waste.

This trash came from the emptying of entire houses and included the toxic substances in cleaners, drywall and other miscellaneous home goods. The city needed to do away with the massive amounts of trash as quickly as possible and finally decided

to create landfills. Though controversial, this seemed to be the only way to demolish the garbage quickly.

The city decided to put the largest landfill in East New Orleans in Versailles.

An environmentalist attorney immediately recognized the danger in decomposing massive amounts of toxic garbage so close to a community.

He contacted the Father of the Vietnamese church who was outraged to hear the news.

It didn’t seem to be a coincidence that the trash was placed next to a community of immigrants; many of whom could not speak English and would therefore not protest the landfill. To New Orleans’ surprise,

the Vietnamese community found a voice and protested outside of city hall for hours on the day the landfill was to be implemented.

One viewer commented on the fact that Vietnam is not a democratic nation, so for the people of Versailles to protest is an inspiring event.

Eventually the landfill was permanently closed and 90 percent of the Versailles residents prior to Katrina returned.

PBS.org said the residents of Versailles acted as a catalyst for change in America. For the first time in their culture, the Vietnamese youth were leading the elderly in a protest of what they believed was a protection of their future.

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Protestors outside city hall combat the landfill destined for the village of Versailles in New Orleans.

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Volunteer: Philanthropic students fly to Asian countries Continued from Page A1

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The India student group visited a flower market after volunteering one evening.

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Students celebrate the renovations they made on a water-damaged school house in Vietnam.

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Kolkata natives bathe and do laundry along the Hooghly River.

a way that caught your attention … I could turn my head another way if I saw something disturbing on the street or hold my ears as horns constantly honked at my eardrums, but no matter what I did to try and cover the smells, they still found their way to me,” she said.

Sitler described how the female volunteers’ primary role was to entertain the women, who had very few ways to pass the time in their compound: a giant concrete rectangle with two floors and a laundry on the roof. The volunteers painted the women’s fingernails, massaged oil into their hands and feet, helped feed the women lunch and joined them in impromptu dance parties. One day they took 200 women to the Kolkata Zoo, which Sitler described as a harrowing experience; one of the women tried to run into the rhinoceros cage.

For Sitler, who spent a semester abroad with the university’s program in Salamanca, Spain, this was her first experience traveling to a non-Western country.

“I would absolutely go on another service trip,” Sitler said, “But I would never work with the Missionaries of Charity again.”

The university group had never volunteered at this particular house before and Sitler said there was nothing which could have prepared them for the experience.

They were horrified by some of the treatments used on the women such as electroshock therapy without anesthesia. “There were never any doctors there,” Sitler said.

Many of the women at Shanti Dan had been left there by their families or had just been released from prison, but it was unclear why they had been incarcerated.

“I think it’s very unfortunate that we only experienced a single house,” Sitler said. “We saw a darker side of the organization, and I know that previous Wake groups have had much more positive experiences.”

Before leaving India, the group flew to Delhi and spent a day touring the city; they saw the largest mosque in India, Gandhi’s memorial, his home, and where he was assassinated. From there they took a seven-hour bus ride to see the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort.

The six days at the Missionaries of Charity centers, rather than the sight-seeing, was the most compelling part of the trip.

“I now possess a completely new outlook taught by the village’s high school stuon what I want to do in life,” sophomore dents.

Blake Briggs said.

The interaction with the villagers was Matt Imboden, assistant director of resi- one of the highlights for Lia Flur, a senior dence education and the faculty leader on who also traveled to Vietnam on a unithis year’s trip, was particularly impressed versity-sponsored service-learning trip in by the student volunteers. “Through a the summer of 2009. For that trip the stunumber of unexpected and unfortunate dents spent two weeks in the classroom at traveling adventures, their attitudes and Wake before flying to Vietnam for three team-oriented spirits were fantastic,” Im- and a half weeks. “Since we were living boden said. “While in Kolkata, the stu- there and eating there, we spent more time dents went about the business of bringing with the community members; the whole a kind word, embrace or act to the heart- experience was much more interactive,” breakingly unfortunate with admirable Flur said. Although the students were inipoise and grace.” tially worried about the language barrier, Despite the brevity of the trip, Sitler still the activities (sports and dance) allowed felt the group was able to make a positive them to spend time together without rechange in the lives quiring words. of the residents.

The village is an ag“We can’t solve povricultural community erty in India, but and is two hours from “While in Kolkata, the students neither did Mother the nearest major city. went about the business of bringTeresa,” Sitler said.

Flur recounts how the “We are links in a ing a kind word, embrace or act to village is relatively new, larger chain.” the heartbreakingly unfortunate and how its chairman Twelve students, with admirable poise and grace.” was very young. “There a student leader, was a very strong sense Matt Imboden and faculty adviof unity,” Flur said.

Assistant Director of sor Mary Gerardy, “The kids would come Residence Education made up the team to the community cenof Peacework Amter to play sports and bassadors who travpeople seemed very eled to Hieu Phung, friendly and happy.”

Vietnam from Dec. 27 to Jan. 10. They The university has been conducting this helped rebuild a two-room schoolhouse trip since 2001, and the group hopes to for third graders which had been de- continue the relationship with this parstroyed by flooding. ticular village by returning to work there The group stayed in a guesthouse and next year. The group was in the village for ate at the community center in the vil- five days, and “I wish it could have been lage. The volunteers rode motorbikes to longer,” Flur said. the worksite, where they removed the “You could really tell how much foot-deep layer of sand from the building, changed in just a few days. They threw us tiled the floor, and repainted the interior a welcome party and it was a little awkand exterior. The school now holds 36 ward, with people standing around, not children: 19 girls and 17 boys. University sure what to do. But during the farewell students chipped in money to buy desks party everyone was dancing and taking and backpacks full of school supplies for pictures.” the children.

After leaving Hieu Phung on Jan 6., the The volunteers were joined by a Viet- group traveled to Phu Quoc Island in the namese tour guide and a group of seven Gulf of Thailand, where they spent one students from the Vietnamese university day on the beach and another on a boat.

Can Tho. They returned to the U.S. via Ho Chi Min After working at the site in the morn- City, where they spent two days sight-seeing and afternoon, the group would play ing. VSC trips continue to provide stusoccer or volleyball with members of the dents with the opportunity to live out the village. university’s motto on a global scale and to After dinner they took hip hop dance experience the challenges faced by those lessons and Vietnamese language lessons living in other parts of the world.

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In the AFC, the New York Jets backed up their bravado with a dominating defensive performance in a 28-21 upset over the top-seeded New England Patriots. The Jets advanced to their second straight AFC title game.

In the NFC, sixth-seeded Green Bay throttled No. 1 Atlanta 48-21 behind the brilliance of quarterback Aaron Rodgers who threw for three touchdowns.

The Pittsburgh Steelers rallied to defeat AFC North rival Baltimore 34-21 in a surprisingly offense-minded game. The Steelers are looking to win their third Super Bowl in six seasons.

The Chicago Bears took care of business against 8-9 Seattle 35-24 after jumping out to a 28-0 lead.

Green Bay will travel to Chicago and New York will head to Pittsburgh Jan. 23 to battle for a spot in Super Bowl XLV which will be held Feb. 6 in Dallas.

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Wake Forest freshman basketball player Travis McKie was named the ACC Rookie of the Week on Jan. 17.

This is the third time the Richmond, Va., native has won the award.

McKie averaged 14 points, seven rebounds and two blocks against Maryland and VirMcKie ginia Tech.

McKie posted his fifth double-double in the loss at Virginia Tech. McKie now leads the team in scoring at 13.3 points per game and rebounds at 7.6 points per game.

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By Gary Pasqualicchio | Asst. sports editor

On the morning of Dec. 13, I awoke to a text message from one of my former tennis coaches. Surprised to hear from him, I wondered what could have prompted him to wake me from my early afternoon slumber.

Much to my surprise, he had forwarded me a link to an ESPN.com article announcing a new ATP tennis tournament to be held in August 2011 right here in Winston-Salem, at the university.

Director Athletic Ron Wellman made the announcement on Dec. 13 that the 48-man ATP event previously held in New Haven, Conn., will be moved to the university’s campus and held in a new tennis facility.

The state-of-the-art facility will be located between BB&T Field and the current indoor tennis center, taking the space currently occupied by a parking lot used for student tailgating. The facility will hold between ten and 12 outdoor courts including a center court with seating for 3,500 spectators and two show courts

with seating for 1,500. Private financing will cover the $3 million cost that the massive project will incur.

The tournament itself, renamed the Winston-Salem Open, will take place annually in late August and will be broadcast nationally on the Tennis Channel and ESPN2. The singles final for 2011 will be carried by CBS Sports.

As an ATP 250 event, and the last tournament before the U.S. Open, the W-S Open will not be one of the larger events of the year, nor will it likely draw stars such as Roger Federer or Rafael Nadal, who generally take the week off.

However, when the tournament was held in New Haven from 20052010, many of the game’s Top 25 players competed. Former world No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko won the event in 2006 as did Grand Slam semifinalists Marin Cilic in 2008 and Fernando Verdasco in 2009.

Americans James Blake (2005 and 2007 champion), Mardy Fish and Sam Querrey have also made appearances in the event as well as Marcos Baghdatis, David Ferrer and 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro.

Greensboro, N.C., native John Isner, the third ranked American man in the world, headlines the list of potential entries for 2011.

Isner spoke with the WinstonSalem Journal via phone about the possibility of him playing in the 2011 Winston-Salem Open.

“I had heard that the tournament in New Haven was moving to Winston-Salem, and I think having it in the South will be much better,” Isner said. “I just think tennis does a little better in the South.”

Isner is not certain if he will enter the draw because he has not yet finalized his summer schedule.

Can a pro sporting event here on our own campus work? The United States Tennis Association and ATP s e e m to believe it can and will.

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By Maggie Cancelosi | Staff writer

Both the men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams competed in the two-day Virginia Tech Invitational on Jan. 14 and Jan. 15 to commence the 2011 season.

On Jan. 14, junior Thomas Morrison improved his personal record in the 1,000 meters by more than two seconds, finishing at 2:28.97 and earning second place. Sophomores Nate Guthals and Anthony Marois finished sixth and eighth, while freshman Kyle Eager grabbed 14th in his collegiate debut.

In the one-mile run, Tom Finneran, Jake Graham and Devin Huizenga all put in strong performances for the Deacons to take fourth, 18th and 21st place, respectively.

On Jan. 15, two new personal records were set for the men. In the high jump, senior Aaron Larue cleared a height of 6-4.75 ft. and earned eighth place. In the shot put, junior Michael Wooten had his best throw of 43-11.75 feet.

“While it was an indoor PR I was actually not very pleased with my performance yesterday,” Wooten said.

“I had been having some good practices and was expecting to throw a bit farther than I actually did. Given the weather lately and how busy the holiday season gets you can usually expect the first few indoor meets to be subpar as a whole.”

“The coaches tell us we can’t use that as an excuse for poor performances and lack of training. It’s been important for us to find ways to train despite the weather because some schools we compete against live in warmer climates and can practice outside yearround. It will be important for me to improve my marks from last year but

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Why have Demon Deacons fall at Virginia Tech the Heat caught fire?

By Josh Weinflash | Contributing writer

To the casual observer, the Miami Heat’s season thus far can be separated into two distinct components: total crap and domination. Indeed, the Heat started the season at an incredibly disappointing 12-8, with many expecting Coach Spoelstra’s resignation due to the turmoil. Experts and fans across the country proclaimed that the Heat Project was a complete failure, citing such causes as an incompetent supporting cast, lack of team chemistry or excessively high turnover rate.

Nevertheless, the second half of the Heat’s season thus far could not (again, from the casual observer’s perspective) be more different. Posting a scorching record of 18-2, the Heat have flattened some of the NBA’s best, with particularly impressive road victories over the Jazz and Lakers. Experts and fans proclaimed the Heat had finally figured it out, citing such causes as a team-wide catharsis due to their emotional victory in Cleveland, more frequent fast-break play emphasizing their players’ athletic skills and a decreased turnover rate since LeBron and Wade had again, “figured it out.”

Unfortunately, although these explanations for the Heat’s improvement are intuitively satisfying, they are just not true. What has changed, you might ask?

Well surprisingly, really not much. Let’s take a look.

As aforementioned, one of the prominent arguments for the Heat’s improvement is their recent emphasis towards fast-break play.

We can demonstrate that this is not true through a statistic called Pace: the

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Sophomore guard C.J. Harris uses a pick set by freshman seven-footer Carson Desrosiers in a 74-55 home loss to Maryand. Harris leads the team at just under four assists per game.

By Matt Poppe | Staff Writer

Georgia Tech 74 Wake Forest 39 Wake Forest is in the heart of their ACC regular season schedule where the team will face many familiar opponents. Noted as one of the most difficult, if not the most difficult conference in all of college basketball, the Atlantic Coast Conference and its 12 other teams have proved to be tough challengers for the Deacs.

The Demon Deacons looked for a vicotry on Jan. 15 when they traveled to Blacksburg, Va., to take on Virginia Tech. The meeting was the 53rd between the two sides with the all-time series tied at 26 wins a piece.

Wake Forest had lost to their first two ACC opponents of the season

and came out looking to set the tempo early.

The Deacons scored the first seven points of the contest and looked to be in control at first. However, the Hokies went on a 17-2 run and took the lead with 13 minutes to go in the half. Virginia Tech stayed hot after that as well going on a 21-6 run.

Wake Forest, was unable to stop the Hokies as they shot over 53% in the half and pushed the lead to 4424 at the break.

The second half saw little change as the Deacons struggled to stop the Virginia Tech offense. The Hokies continued to shoot lightsout shooting, making 17 of 26 shot attempts in the second half.

Wake Forest was never able to get the lead into single digits as they struggled with turnovers and were outmatched down low by the Hokies being outrebounded 30-23 and

seeing Virginia Tech score 24 more points in the paint. The Hokies’ bench also outscored the Deacons’ bench 39-17.

Virginia Tech pushed the lead to as much as 31 before winning by a final score of 94-65.

The loss puts Wake Forest at 7-11 overall and 0-3 in the ACC. The Hokies improve to 11-5 and 2-2 in conference play.

Senior Gary Clark led the way for the Demon Deacons scoring 16 points including three from beyond the arc. Clark is now shooting a team-high 65 percent from threepoint range this season.

Sophomore C.J. Harris and freshman Travis McKie both chipped in with 15 points each.

Freshman J.T. Terrell added 13 points off the bench.

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Allan Lunkenheimer

By Maggie Cancelosi | Staff Writer Senior sprinter Allan Lunkenheimer has taken the track & field program by storm, having earned two All-ACC Outdoor honors, 2008 All-ACC Indoor honors and the 2009 ACC Indoor title in the 4x400 meter relay.

The Keyport, N.J. native joined the Demon Deacons in 2007 out of Old Bridge High School as a Nike All-American and three-time NCIS All-American.

In the 2009 indoor season, Lunkenheimer took first at the Hokie Invite and N.Y. Duals in the 4x400 meter relay as well as at the ACC Championships.

In this year’s outdoor season, Lunkenheimer helped the 4x100 meter relay team finish fifth at the ACC Championships with a time of 41.31 and was a member of the 4x400 meter relay that just missed setting the school-record at the Raleigh Relays with a time of 3:05.98.

In the Virginia Tech Invitational, Lunkenheimer will be ready to kick off his final outdoor season by competing in the 400 meter dash and the 4x400 meter relay.

What are your personal goals for the season?

My personal goals for the season are to improve upon my times from last year, to score in the conference meet, and also qualify for the NCAA Championships.

These goals pertain to my individual races, as well as the 4x4 relay.

Do you have a motto that you live by?

“Never give up” would be one that I live by. As long as I go into every race and give it my all, then I can’t really be disappointed if the race doesn’t end up how I wanted. In my opinion, giving up is accepting defeat, and I hate failure.

Which meet are you most looking forward to this season?

I look forward to the conference and other big meets, but the Wake Forest Open is definitely the top one. It’s our home meet which is awesome because all of our friends come out to support us.

It’s fun to compete in front of the home crowd.

What’s a good pump-up song to listen to before a meet?

“Rumble Young Man Rumble” by Juelz Santana; I listen to it before every race.

When did you start running?

I started running in the sixth grade and have stayed with track since then.

Who has been your biggest mentor/role model?

Aside from all of the coaches that I’ve had throughout my running career, my parents would be my biggest role models.

They’ve always supported me no matter what I was doing and they fly out to support me at the majority of my meets.

the meet, which was composed of senior Tyler Dodds, Brent LaRue, Jon Reid and myself.

We all lived together in the same house and spent a lot of time together, so we were super close.

I basically consider them my brothers, so it was an amazing experience to be able to share with them.

My younger brother Sean was also the alternate for our relay, so it was awesome to be able to have him at the meet there with us also.

Overall, it was an incredible experience.

What is the biggest challenge about being a Division I athlete?

The biggest challenge about being a Division I athlete is being able to balance your sport, schoolwork and social life.

After coming home from a few hours of practice, it’s difficult to get motivated to tackle the difficult workload here.

Most of the time, I just want to relax, but it’s definitely necessary to get the schoolwork done.

Outside of practice, what do you like to do?

I like relaxing and spending time with my family and friends. Music, movies, TV, art, reading, the beach and anything else sport-related are also interests of mine.

Where do you see yourself in five to ten years?

In five to ten years, I see myself being a successful businessman of some sort, married to a Victoria’s Secret supermodel.

What has been the highlight of your running career?

The highlight of my college running career would be running in the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., last year. Our 4x4 qualified for

Personal Profile Birthdate: 6/17/89 Year: Senior Major: Political Science Hometown: Keyport, N.J. Event: Sprints Awards and Titles: 2009 All-ACC Outdoor, 2009 ACC Indoor

Champion (4x400), 2008 All-ACC Indoor Background: Nike All-American, three-time NSIC AllAmerican, NCSA Track and Field Student-Athlete of the Year, eight-time All-Conference, All-Area, All-Red Division at Old Bridge High School, two-time All-State honoree

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Deac Notes Men’s and women’s tennis add new members to roster

N.C. Sports Hall of Fame inducts three with university ties

Farrell and D’Agostino selected in 2011 WPS draft

The men’s and women’s tennis teams both added a new member in anticipation of the dual match season.

Freshman Brigita Bercyte joins the Lady Deacs from Brooklyn, N.Y. after Head Coach Jeff Wyshner recruited her this past November.

Bercyte, born in Vilnius, Lithuania, brings a stellar ITF Juniors record to Wake Forest.

For the men, Auckland, New Zealand native Adam Lee joins the squad after reaching a peak of No. 91 in the ITF rankings. Lee earned an ATP ranking point in 2010 with a win in a Futures event.

On Jan.17, the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame announced its 2011 induction class, which had three names with affiliations to the university.

Former NFL wide receiver and Demon Deacon Ricky Proehl is one of the inductees. Proehl holds the school records for career receiving yards (2,949) and receiving touchdowns (25).

Gene Overby will be recognized as the “Voice of the Deacons” for his many years of dedicated broadcasting university athletics.

Al Proctor served as a Wake Forest student trainer from 1955-58 before later founding the North Carolina Sports Medicine Foundation.

Former Wake Forest women’s soccer players Caitlin Farrell and Bianca D’Agostino were selected by the Philadelphia Independence in the 2011 Women’s Professional Soccer Draft on Jan. 14. This marked the second straight year that the Lady Deacs have had multiple players selected.

Farrell, who was picked 11th overall, was also selected in last year’s draft by the Independence, but delayed her professional career in order to complete her undergraduate degree.

D’Agostino played midfield for Wake Forest from 2008-2010 and served as the co-captain on the 2010 ACC Championship team.

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Coach Petersen clinches his 100th victory Georgia Tech 54 Wake Forest 46

By Riley Johnston | Staff writer The Wake Forest women’s basketball team leveled their record to 10-9 (1-2, ACC), with a 62-54 win over the Virginia Tech Hokies on Jan. 13, and a well-played loss to a streaking Georgia Tech team 54-46 on Jan. 17. Both games took place at the Joel Coliseum.

The Lady Deacs were led in their victory over the Hokies by sophomore center and game-leading scorer Sandra Garcia, who had 17 points. Garcia also grabbed five rebounds to help Head Coach Mike Petersen collect his 100th career victory at the university.

Senior forward Brittany Waters was all over the place for the Lady Deacs in the first ten minutes.

She Walker did all the little things that a team has to do to be successful, and that allowed her teammates to get several easy baskets, as Wake Forest led 15-9 midway through the first half.

Virginia Tech (9-8, 0-3 in the ACC) fought back and went on a spurt to close the gap to two points, but the swarming defense of Waters and the rest of the team pushed the Lady Deacs’ lead to 34-24 at the half.

It was a game of spurts, and Virginia Tech came out with the first run of the second half, capitalizing on early turnovers by the Lady Deacs.

The Hokies were able to cut the lead down to three at 38-35 with 13:47 remaining, but could not get any closer the rest of the way, as Garcia hit free throw after free throw to put the game out of reach. Waters

was able to overcome a poor shooting night with her excellent passing, defensive prowess and rebounding ability.

She finished with ten points, seven rebounds, four assists, three blocks and two steals.

Waters and Garcia were joined in double figures by sophomore guard Lakevia Boykin, who had 12 points on 50 percent shooting.

The 48.9 percent (22-45) shooting was one of the Lady Deacs’ best shooting nights of the year.

They also played outstanding defense, limiting the Hokies to 37 percent from the floor, including an abysmal 1-12 shooting performance from beyond the arc.

“We all played together for 40 minutes and that is the primary reason that we got the W,” sophomore forward Mykala Walker said. Walker had six points, four rebounds and a team-high two steals.

“We played a two zone because the perimeter shooters for VT weren’t that great. They all had the drive or pass first mentality rather than a shoot first mentality.

“Our defense, combined with their players’ mentality, led to their offshooting night, which we were really proud of.”

With the victory, Peterson picked up his 100th win as head coach of the Demon Deacons in his seventh season.

Walker spoke about what Petersen means to the team.

“Coach P is a great guy off the court and will be the first person there if you ever need anything done.

“We were all really happy for his 100th win at Wake and are proud to be on his team.”

The Lady Deacs did their best to ride the momentum of their first ACC win of the year as they welcomed Georgia Tech (16-4, 4-0) into the Joel, but the red-hot Yellow Jackets managed to escape with an ugly 54-46 win. Freshman guard Chelsea Douglas and Garcia led the

way for the Lady Deacs, with 13 and 12 points respectively, but Georgia Tech wound up having the final run to put the game out of reach.

At first, it appeared that Georgia Tech was going to get an easy win, as they jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first 4.5 minutes.

After the media timeout, the Lady Deacs managed a 13-0 run of their own to cut the lead to one, on two free throws by junior Secily Ray at the 12:33 mark in the first half.

Georgia Tech then responded well with another run of their own; this time it was a 13-2 run that pushed their lead to 27-15 at the 5:47 mark.

The Yellow Jackets would then be stuck on 27 for the next ten minutes, as the Lady Deacs countered with an 18-0 run that spanned halftime, to take a 33-27 lead with 16 minutes left.

Defense was the key in this run, as the Lady Deacs forced eight turnovers in the ten minute run.

The Yellow Jackets then went on another mini-run and took the lead 39-38 on a layup by Tyaunna Marshall.

The game went back and forth for the next two minutes before Georgia Tech finally took advantage of the turnovers and missed shots by the Lady Deacs to pull away and win by the 54-46 final margin.

“We closed the gap and played really good team defense in our runs,” Walker said.

“When we finally got the lead it seemed like we played not to lose rather than to win, and that was ultimately why we lost the game.”

Despite the loss that dropped the Lady Deacs to 10-9 (1-2), they showed that they can compete with a team that is going to finish in the upper echelon in the conference, which is very promising for the year, as well as the future.

The Lady Deacs return to the hardwood on Jan. 20 as they square off against No. 11 North Carolina at 7 p.m in Chapel Hill.

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Freshman center Lindsy Wright fights underneath the basket in the Lady Deacs’ 64-52 victory over Virginia Tech on Jan. 13.

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Junior Scott McCullough soars over a hurdle in the men’s 60 meter hurdles.

McCullough crossed the line with a time of 9.24 seconds.

having PR’s alone isn’t going to be good enough for me to be satisfied.

I can have a meter PR but if the guy ahead of me PR’s by 1.1 meters then I’ve really gotten worse.

It comes down to performance and that’s the theme for the entire team this year,” Wooten said.

The Deacons were fully represented in the 400 meter dash as well with Tyler Dodds, Allan Lunkenheimer, Sean Lunkenheimer and Malcolm Nunley placing sixth, 14th, 18th and 23rd.

The same four athletes competed in the 4x400 meter relay and placed ninth with a time of 3.21.63.

For the women on Jan. 14, juniors Molly Binder and Casey Fowler ran in the 1,000 meter run and finished with times of 2:58.57 and 2.59.79.

In the 300 meter Dash, senior Nicole Castronuova placed tenth in 39.98 seconds, while Maddy Ricco, Myesha Barr, Jordyn Glaser and Erika Martin also turned in great performances.

In the weight throw, junior Carmen Green was the only representative for the Deacons and threw

45-6.25 feet and placed 15th overall.

On Jan. 15, freshman Mytoia Gathings made her collegiate debut in the 200 meter dash with an impressive time of 25.81 seconds, followed by teammate junior Erin Brooks with a time of 27.01 seconds.

In the 400 meter dash, senior Nicole Castronuova was the first Deacon to cross the finish line in 59.04, followed by Myesha Barr and Jordyn Glaser. All three placed in the Top 20.

The 4x400 meter relay team of Barr, Castronuova, Galswer and Gwen Ricco earned 17th place with 4:00.85.

In the shot put, junior Sarah Brobeck placed eighth with a throw of 12.77 meters, followed by sophomore Gwen Ricco with a throw of 10.81 meters, and sophomore Maddy Ricco with 10.08 meters.

The Demon Deacons will return to Blacksburg, Va. for the Hokie Invitational on Jan. 21 and Jan. 22.

The event will mark the second of five events, including the ACC Championships, that will be held in Blacksburg leading up to the NCAA Championships in March.

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dominated by ACC college basketball has embraced tennis events in the past. U.S. Davis Cup ties have been held three times in Winston-Salem, most recently in 2008, and have completely sold out the Joel Coliseum.

Head men’s tennis coach Jeff Zinn is excited about the prospects of the event and the new facility for both his program and the Wake Forest community. “(The tournament) is going to help the city, university and the tennis community in the area,” Zinn said.

“It’s going to help not only our team but the student body to give them an opportunity to come to a professional tennis event and be a part of that in the first week of school.”

The upgraded facility, which will replace the Leighton Stadium as the Deacs’ home courts, will give the Demon Deacon men’s and women’s teams one of the best facilities in the Atlantic Coast Conference, if not the country.

The outdoor courts named in honor of former Wake tennis coach Jim Leighton will still be open for student use and intramural sports.

However, the new facility will double the amount of courts at Leighton and quadruple the amount of spectator seating available.

Zinn understands the recruiting opportunities the facility will provide.

“Without a doubt (the tournament) and the promotion of it will help with recruiting and recognition nationally and internationally,” Zinn said. Zinn has been consulting with those in charge of planning for the new facility with ideas from other ATP events he has attended.

“I want it to be a first-class event,” Zinn said.

Steve Adams, assistant athletic director for Internal Operations, has been put in charge of overseeing the building and operations of the facility.

Since his arrival at Wake Forest in 1999, Adams has been involved with most of the campus’ major athletic renovations including track

and field upgrades at Kentner Stadium, Deacon Tower and, most recently, the new baseball facility.

One of the challenges, he says, is balancing the needs of the immediate future with those ten years down the line and beyond.

With so many dynamics involved, including the Wake Forest men’s and women’s tennis program, the football program and student tailgating, there is a lot to keep in mind.

“We’re trying to look at all the issues right now knowing that at the bare minimum we are just building the courts, but trying to lay that all out for the future,” Adams said.

At the time of this article, temporary fencing surrounds the site, but Adams hopes to break ground by the end of January and finish by early to mid July. “(That) will give us about 30 days to prep for the tournament so it’s a tight timeline, a very aggressive one, but one we’ve got to hit.”

Once the courts are laid, the most challenging aspect of building the facility, temporary seating, media areas and

tenting will be put in place for the Winston-Salem Open.

From there, the utilization of support buildings such as Deacon Tower and the indoor tennis facility will be handled by a to-be-named tournament director.

Additional parking for the football team will also be determined.

Despite the gargantuan nature of a project such as this, Adams and Zinn both agree that the facility will do wonders for both the Wake Forest community and the Winston-Salem community atlarge.

Adams was also quick to point at the numerous future uses for the new facility.

He anticipates that the courts will be used for much more than just the Winston-Salem Open in August.

“This is a unique opportunity where the community will see a benefit with things above and beyond tennis,” Adams said.

“The overall impact is going to greatly impact not only our athletic program and the student body at Wake Forest, but the overall community.”

Zinn encourages the student

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Winston-Salem mayor Allen Joines stands with ATP, USTA and Wake Forest representatives. body to support Wake’s efforts in bringing professional tennis to the Winston-Salem community.

He emphasized the magnitude of the WinstonSalem Open and the facility. “A

professional tennis tournament coming to the school is a big deal, comparable a presidential debate or NCAA basketball event.

“It puts the image of Wake Forest at a higher level.”

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Freshman J.T. Terrell drives to the rim. The guard from Burlington, N.C. scored three points in the contest with Georgia Tech.

“It just seems that there are a variety of things that we suffer a collapse in. You can’t do that at this level,” Head Coach Jeff Bzdelik said.

The Deacons’ next match-up was with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in Atlanta on Jan. 19.

The Yellow Jackets were fresh off a big win over the North Carolina Tar Heels and were looking to go over .500 for the season.

“We’re catching them at a moment when they really have great confidence, especially in their own building,” Bzdelik said.

Wake Forest did not look prepared for the onslaught that Georgia Tech had in store for them.

Excluding an early 7-6 lead, the Deacs were never ahead during the contest.

The Yellow Jackets pushed the lead to double digits mid-way through the first half and the advantage only grew from there. The score stood at 44-26 at halftime.

The second half started with an 8-1 run by Georgia Tech. The Deacons only scored three points in the first 12.5 minutes of the half as the Yellow Jackets increased their lead to 68-29.

Wake Forest only managed to put up a total of 13 points in the second half.

Georgia Tech used good defense and the Deacons difficulties to push the lead to as much as 42. The Jackets even cleared their bench

with five minutes remaining, giving Junior Ty Walker pulled down many walk-ons an opportunity to eight rebounds in just 19 minutes see action. of play.

The Deacs were unable to take Freshmen Carson Desrosiers, J.T. advantage of the second and third Terrell and Travis McKie all made string and ended up losing by a final the start and scored a combined 14 score of 74-39. points with 13 rebounds.

The victory is The game also the largest ever marked the first by the Yellow freshman “Unfortunately, these freshmen for Jackets in the point guard have to play huge minutes for Atlantic Coast Tony Chennault Conference. The since breaking us.” win put Georgia his left foot on Jeff Bzdelik Tech at 9-8 on Nov. 12.

Head Coach the year and 2-2 Chennault in ACC play. suffered the The Deacs fall injury in the to 7-12 for the year and remain season opener against Stetson winless in the conference at 0-4. and has missed the past 17 games The Yellow Jackets dominated recovering.

Wake Forest down low, out“Unfortunately, these freshmen rebounding them 50-39 and out- have to play huge minutes for us,” scoring the Deacs 30-14 in the Bzdelik said. paint.

“We’re counting on them in a big Georgia Tech was led by junior way and it’s tough to go up in this Iman Shupert and sophomore Glen unforgiving league.”

Rice Jr. who combined to score 41 Wake Forest will face another points, more than the entire Wake tough ACC opponent in the No. 5 Forest team.

Duke Blue Devils on Jan. 22.

The Deacons’ problems were The game will be one of the most primarily on the offensive end. anticipated of the year as the Demon Wake Forest made 14 of 54 shots Deacons will play host to a Top 25 in the game — only 26 percent. team.

The team also struggled mightily The Blue Devils are coming off at the foul line, making nine of 26 wins over ACC opponents Virginia (35 percent). and N.C. State after suffering their Not one Wake Forest player scored first loss of the year at Florida State in double figures, the first time that on Jan.12 and losing their No. 1 has happened this season. ranking.

Sophomore Ari Stewart led with Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. at the Joel nine points and four rebounds.

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number of possessions a team uses per game. If the Heat did indeed shift some of their offense to fast-break play, they would use less time (on average) per possession, allowing them more possessions per game. With respect to the Heat, this could not be further from the case: in their first 20 games, they averaged 90.7 possessions per game. In their second 20? 90.1. If anything, the Heat are running marginally less since their play “turned around.”

Another common fallacy focuses on the development of the Heat’s chemistry. Many noted early on that the offense seemed to

stagnate, forcing them to take difficult field goals with an expiring shot clock. While this may have occurred from time to time, the Heat’s offense has not dramatically improved — mainly because there wasn’t much room to get better. It was, and still is, very good.

We can examine their offense objectively through a statistic called offensive efficiency: the number of points scored per 100 possessions. This statistic is particularly telling because it accounts for the pace of play — teams like the Warriors and Suns that play at a rapid pace might score more points per game than the sluggish Bobcats, but they also use many more possessions. A true measure of offensive skill is what a team does with the possessions it has. Applying this to the Heat:

in their first 20 games, their offensive efficiency averaged 110.2. In their second 20, 112.4. To give you some perspective, the Heat’s mark of 110.2 in their first 20 games would rank fifth in the NBA today.

We could continue this process for a number of different measures.

The Heat’s defensive efficiency (number of points allowed per 100 opponent possessions) in the two periods? Nearly identical.

Turnover ratio (percentage of offensive possessions resulting in a turnover)? More of the same.

What I’m trying to stress here is not that the Heat haven’t improved whatsoever. They certainly have (at least a little), with the most noticeable uptick coming in offensive rebounding. I’m instead trying to indicate that the Heat were a very good basketball team at the onset of the season, despite the fact they lost eight of their first 20 games.

All other indications, like the offensive and defensive efficiencies, suggested that the Heat were much, much better than their record reflected.

It’s time we stopped using winning percentage as an end-all to team performance, and instead considered other, more reliable measures of a team’s true skill.

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By Samantha Hoback | Staff writer A family of break-dancers from Chicago.

Ambitious doctors stranded in the jungle.

Extraterrestrial visitors claiming to know the cures for everything. What do they all have in common?

Television’s spring line-up.

New hopefuls, including Shameless, Live to Dance and The Chicago Code, join successful veterans Glee, V and Big Love this season on television’s biggest networks.

ABC boasts an impressive number of new series this month. The most talked-about show?

The Bachelor. Thirty bachelorettes from across the country will vie for the affection of Brad Womack, a 38-year-old bar owner from Atlanta.

Sound familiar? It should.

Womack appeared in the eighth season of The Bachelor in the fall of 2007. Unfortunately, love was not in the air, and he turned down the final two contenders, DeAnna Pappas and Jenni Shift on the season finale.

Three years of intensive therapy later, Womack has come to terms with his commitment issues and is ready to find “the one.”

Another new series premiering on ABC follows six young doctors to the jungles of South America. From the producers of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice comes the next generation of medical television heroes in Off the Map. Shot on location in Hawaii, this series follows the trials and tribulations of Dr. Lily Brenner (Caroline Dhavernas) and her team in the only medical clinic in a small jungle town.

Not only has the team traveled to the ends of the earth to help the South American people, they too are in search of healing, wander-

ing the jungles to discover why they became doctors in the first place.

V returned to ABC on Jan. 4 with the highly-anticipated premiere of its second season. As FBI Agent Erica Evans (Elizabeth Mitchell) continues to be skeptical of the intentions of “The Visitors,” Anna (Morena Baccarin), the V’s become more and more involved in the lives of their new Earthling neighbors, slowly revealing why they really came to Earth in the first place.

Can reality television handle yet another dance competition? Paula Abdul says yes. Live to Dance debuted on Jan. 4 on CBS to rave reviews.

Abdul, along with choreographer Travis Payne and singer/dancer Kimberly Wyatt, judge dance acts from around the country competing for a spot in the finals and a prize of $500,000.

Unlike other dance competitions on television, Live to Dance features dancers of all age groups, styles and backgrounds. From child-prodigy Austin Acevedo, to Los Angeles’ hottest senior-citizens Bev & Hap, the competitors are anything but cookie-cutter.

Last week, the judges promoted The Vibe through to the finals, but it is up to America to choose which dance act will join them. Will it be the young dancer, Acevedo, from Orlando? Or perhaps the spicy Latin preteens, D’Angelo & Amanda?

Song and dance has taken centerstage on television over the last few years.

From reality dance competitions to comedies about a high-school show choir from Ohio, TV viewers can’t get enough of the performing arts.

Gleeks will rejoice when Rachel, Finn and the rest of the McKinley High gang return from hiatus during the special post-Super Bowl episode on Feb. 6. Glee took the world

by storm last fall with its triple-threat cast and modern playlist.

In the last episode in early December, Rachel (Lea Michele) and Finn (Cory Monteith) were still broken up; Artie (Kevin McHale) was finally able to walk thanks to Brittany’s (Heather Morris) Christmas wish; Emma (Jayma Mays) was married to Carl (John Stamos); Kurt (Chris Colfer) was settling into his new school and new glee club; and Sue (Jane Lynch) demonstrated that she does have a heart.

Glee has suffered some mixed criticism, but the cult-like following (dubbed Gleeks) continue to come back for more.

Teen pregnancy, showtunes and slushies; Glee has it all.

What better way to attract a fan base than by casting an Academy Award-winning actress in the lead role?

Kathy Bates, who won her first Oscar in 1990 for her performance in Rob Reiner’s Misery, stars as Harriet “Harry” Korn in the new NBC series, Harry’s Law, written and produced by the Emmy Award-winning creator of Boston Legal and Ally McBeal.

When patent lawyer Harriet Korn suddenly finds herself out of a job, she stumbles upon a new opportunity when college student Malcolm Davies (Aml Ameen) approaches her in need of legal help.

Along with young recruit Adam Branch (Nate Corddry) and Jenna, her assistant and shoe guru (Brittany Snow), Harry opens her new practice, “Harriet’s Law and Fine Shoes.”

NBC is not the only network employing some of Hollywood’s biggest names. William

H. Macy and Emmy Rossum team up for the new Showtime series, Shameless.

Eldest daughter Fiona (Rossum) works multiple jobs to support her five brothers and sisters since her father, Frank (Macy), spends all of his time stumbling from bar to bar.

With the help of her neighbors, Veronica (Shanola Hampton) and Kev (Steve Howey), Fiona makes ends meet from month to month.

In the Gallagher household, the motto is “work hard, play harder.” Out on the town with Veronica, Fiona meets Steve, a handsome, well-bred guy who appears to have the easy life.

Wearing a fancy watch, driving a sports car and showering the family with gifts, Steve (Justin Chatwin) falls in love with Fiona and her siblings. Fiona struggles to keep her family from falling through the cracks, but she also discovers the importance of taking care of herself.

Another SHOWTIME series brings one of television’s most beloved Friends, Matt LeBlanc, back to the small screen — in what looks to be more promising than the spin-off Joey.

In Episodes, husband and wife writing team, Sean and Beverly Lincoln (Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig) cross the Atlantic to premiere their hit British TV drama in America.

When egotistical, veteran actor Matt LeBlanc (who happens to play himself ), poses a challenge to the team’s vision, the Lincolns must work twice as hard to make it in Hollywood.

How will these new series fare in competition against long-running veterans like Law & Order: SVU, Desperate Housewives and the epic final season of Big Love? Tune in to watch your favorites this spring, grab some snacks and find out with some of your friends.

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How the Grinch Law & Associates litigated Christmas William Daly Staff columnist

“Mr. Jamison, is it not?” the lawyer asked.

“It is sir,” replied the witness.

“Could you please repeat for the court what you have written as a testimonial?” requested the lawyer.

“I can. As a TSA investigator, I had never seen a case like it. This man had no passport, no identification whatsoever for that matter, and the suspect expected to just hop onto a plane.

“The agent at the security checkpoint remarked that the suspect had no defense for lacking a ticket.

In fact his only words were, ‘Tis the season for giving, Rachel Anton Weston.”

“Had she not been wearing her name tag, she would have been quite surprised.

“With this I give my account of his questioning,” replied the witness.

“Sir, if you could give your name for the record,” I said, as his face was shrouded in the darkness of the interrogation room.

“My name is Saint Nicholas Claus. They call me Santa,” he said in a deep, nonetheless melodious voice.

“Mr. Claus, we have a few questions for you tonight about what you were doing in Logan Airport without a plane ticket or any identification. First and foremost were the items found on your person.

“Sergeant, would you mind reading off the list of confiscated materials?” I asked as I motioned towards the sergeant standing by the door.

“One large red bag with various toys addressed to 163 children of the Fairfax county area in western Los Angeles,” the Sergeant replied.

“One hundred and sixty three children. Mr. Claus, let me ask you, did you pack your own bags today?”

“Why of course not,” he replied with a strong, belly laugh.

“You have quite the nerve to laugh at a time like this Mr. Claus. What was your intention with these presents in the Fairfax county area?” I inquired as the man leaned forward in his seat towards the ceiling lamp.

His beard was a snowy color, and his cheeks had a hint of rose.

“Why, I am to deliver them before tomorrow morning,” the man explained very matter of factly.

His deadline was obviously of grave importance.

“Mr. Claus, I fear you are beginning to incriminate yourself. Do you still refuse the aid of a court appointed lawyer?” Mr. Claus nodded yes without hesitation.

“Well then, I am going to continue my investigation. And how exactly were you intending on delivering these packages?”

“Leaving them somewhere in their living rooms should suffice,” the old man contemplated aloud.

“I believe I have heard enough. Sir, you are being charged with ‘Conspiracy Against the General Public.’

“We knew you were going to try something, we had been sent thousands of letters warning of an attack on Christmas Eve and you have confirmed our fears. You will be going away for a long time,” I declared with the utmost authority in my booming voice.

“Well, there you have it. This man, attempted to hijack a plane to Los Angeles and tarnish the lives of 163 innocent children in the Fairfax county. He chooses to plead guilty.

“Let me remind you in his defense, he has produced what we believe to be forged letters from each of his targets asking for these deliveries.

“I am sorry, I will not tolerate such blatant disrespect for the American legal system, but I leave the case up to the court to decide. If you chose to vote ‘Guilty’ you will be putting a very dangerous man to death, one that could certainly attempt another attack on American soil very soon. I urge you to make the right decision,” the lawyer remarked with all the emphasis of a witch hunt.

The lawyer turned to face the judge and jury, giving a final closing statement, “The prosecution Grinch Law Associates rests.”

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Book Review | Black Mamba Boy

Movie Theater Releases for Jan. 20 No Strings Attached Evangelion: 2.0 Tetsuo III: The Bullet Man Mumbai Diaries The Housemaid The Off Hours The Way Back

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Word Play HEAD HEELS

Book captivates senses in heartfelt story

By Jasmine Harris | Staff writer

Black Mamba Boy, author Nadifa Mohammed’s first novel, is the fascinating tale of a young Somalian boy, Jama, as he struggles with extreme poverty, harsh interpersonal relationships and above all, his desire to find his long-lost father.

The story, rich in culture as well as historical context, begins in Yemen in 1935. The author paints a vivid picture of the squalor in which Jama lives, using wonderful descriptions to transport the reader to the harsh realities of the third world.

In the first scene, Ambaro tries to wake up her son, Jama. Typical of any youngster, he ignores her until she threatens to beat him with a leather sandal.

Ambaro is a complex character who retains both admirable and loathsome

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Celeb Juice: This week’s gossip update

Light travels faster than sound.

That’s why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

• Golden Globe winner Laura Linney was MIA at this year’s award show.

Though Linney won Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy, she was nowhere to be found and it is unknown as to why she was absent at the big awards show.

• If Tom Cruise decides to bow out of the Mission: Impossible franchise, Jeremy Renner will jump on the possible mission to replace Cruise. According to E! Online Gossip, Renner plays Ethan Hunt’s protégé in the next Mission: Impossible.

• U2’s Adam Clayton is a father!

The rocker and his French girlfriend welcomed their first child almost a year ago - and no one knew about it! Although nearly nothing is known about the baby’s mother, it is common knowledge that the child is a boy.

• Paul Giamatti, winner of a Golden Globe on Jan. 16, apparently refused to pose for photos with fans afterward unless they forked over $5!

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qualities. In one moment she curses her son for their extreme poverty and lack of fortune whilst only a few moments later, she praises him with love and affection.

As the story develops, the reader finds that one source of Ambaro’s madness is the fact that Jama’s father forces Ambaro and her young son to scrape to get by and relocate from Somalia to the Islaweynes’ home in Yemen to live with family.

This set-up, however, produces yet another source of unrest. Jama and his mother are not only confined to living on the roof of the Islaweyne home, but they also constantly feel unwelcome because of their low station in life.

Jama escapes the pain of this domestic turmoil by sometimes running the streets of Yemen with other “market boys” — young men whose poor, single

mother’s cannot afford to feed them and are therefore reduced to begging and stealing.

Mohammed depicts the intriguing, multicultural world of the market boys as one of filth and constant danger.

These semiferal children have worries beyond the reader’s comprehension.

The children must worry about being brutally beaten or robbed by older children as well as wondering where they will sleep that night and how they will eat each day.

Among the market boys, Jama finds comfort in the friendship he has with his

close friends Shidane and Abdi, his partners in crime who help him steal food and collect trinkets to sell. Jama considers them as his brothers. The trio constantly cares for one another and, despite being thieves themselves, attempt to help others when they can.

In one such instance, the boys protect a woman accused of adultery from being beaten by an angry mob of men. This demonstration of valor indicates that, although the boys are somewhat criminals, they still maintain some degree of morality and justice.

As the story continues, Jama fears returning home,

apprehensive of what he may find there. He anticipates a harsh beating from his mother and more drama from other family members.

However, another issue also keeps him from returning home: the possibility of locating his father.

For quite some time, Jama speculates about setting on a trip to find his father until he finally decides to put his plan into action.

He begins his incredible, heart-wrenching journey to seek answers and find the parent that he feels abandoned him.

Through the accurate historical context, the vivid and nearly magical imagery, and the use of language and raw emotion that can be found on nearly every page, Mohammed successfully transports the reader to Jama’s world in a way that grips the reader until the novel’s moving conclusion.

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Movie Review | The Green Hornet

Hornet doesn’t sting like it should

By Kathryn Rohlwing | Staff writer

Action-comedy, The Green Hornet, is neither funny nor suspenseful.

The masked superhero, the Green Hornet, is not new to American pop culture. The character first appeared in a radio broadcast in the 1930s and has since been made into a comic book and television series. This film is based off of the television series, which aired in the 1960s and starred Bruce Lee as Kato.

Writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg of Superbad modernize the storyline while keeping the characters similar and throwing in a couple television references, such as a drawing in Kato’s notebook of Bruce Lee. The story line of The The Green Hornet Green Hornet fits into the Starring | Seth Rogen, John Cho usual super Director | Michael Gondry hero mold.

Who’s it for? | Fans of superBritt Reid hero movies or Seth Rogen (Rogen, Running Time | 119 mins.

Knocked Up), the Rating | Cspoiled son of a wealthy newspaper mogul, spends his time partying in fivestar hotel rooms and pulling outrageous stunts for attention. However, after his father is found dead from a bee sting, Reid realizes that he has been wasting his life and decides to create a superhero persona to help the victims of increasing gang violence. He enlists the help of his father’s mechanic, Kato (John Cho, Flash Forward), who is a martial arts expert, a talented driver and a genius when it comes to building cars and weapons.

In the commercial, The Green Hornet bills itself as an action-comedy, blending scenes of martial arts and special effects with scenes of wry dialogue between the two main characters. While the idea had great potential and boasts several funny scenes, overall it manages to be neither witty nor suspenseful.

The film tries to make up for its bland script and trite plot with excessive explosions and special effects; but without any real substance behind it, The Green Hornet fails to be entertaining.

In the 2007 classic, Superbad, Rogen and Goldberg mastered the concept of bromance. Jonah Hill and Michael Sera in their codependent, unbalanced relationship, were hilarious together. Cera’s dry wit paired with Hill’s wild vulgarity created the perfect tension.

The writers try, but fail to recapture this character chemistry in The Green Hornet. In Superbad, the teenagers’ personalities are very different, but there are scenes that explain why they are friends.

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Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) and his sidekick Kato (John Cho) keep busy fighting crime in the newly released film adaptation of the classic comic.

The relationship between Reid and Kato fails to come across the same way because there are no scenes that show Kato really clicking with Reid.

Additionally, Reid is given no redeeming qualities to explain Kato’s loyalty.

Reid is immature, spoiled and tactless and Rogen does not give him enough charm or wit to be likeable through his flaws. Throughout the film, Reid, who has ample money, but lacks any marketable superhero talents, exploits Kato’s skills so that he can live out his vigilante dream.

While Kato insists they are partners, Reid speaks to him condescendingly, calls him his sidekick and treats him like a servant. Inexplicably, through it all, Kato remains intensely loyal and even begins calling Reid his brother.

The tension between sidekick and hero, rarely seen in superhero films, is the most interesting aspect of the film and it is where the lack of chemistry between the characters fails the film the most.

As hard as Kato tries, he cannot break out of his sidekick image. Reid claims that they are partners, but jealous of Kato’s skills and desperate to be the hero, he keeps the media focus on the Green Hornet, not even giving Kato’s masked alter ego a name.

Through all of their arguments and as they go their separate ways, I did not find myself caring in the least whether or not they manage to work out their problems and become friends again.

Without chemistry between Kato and Reid and lacking witty dialogue or situational comedy, the film falls apart. The action is over-the-top, the plot is predicable and the lack of suspense makes the two hours feel like three.

The Green Hornet is only available in 3D, which means that it costs three dollars more than a regular movie. In terms of special effects, the movie is a waste of 3D filming.

There are plenty of scenes, like when Kato and Reid fire rounds of beanbags at the gang members attacking them, where throwing in a 3D moment would not feel out place. Yet, the only scenes where the 3D effects come into play are in the credits.

While there were some funny moments to the movie, I would definitely not recommend seeing it in theaters, especially because of the added cost. If you are a fan of Seth Rogen or superhero movies, I would suggest waiting to see it on DVD, if at all. Overall, the film was rather disappointing and underwhelming.

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Thursday, January 20, 2011 B7

Technology alters the way genders communicate

By Sean Farrell | Staff writer

We are the generation of new ways of human interaction. We were the first kids who had cell phones before 13, the instant message addicts and the Facebook generation that had everyone’s embarrassing pictures available with a click. Letter writing is archaic.

And let’s face it, none of us use cursive or know how to write a good personal letter. We are even too busy to call someone for their birthday — just hit “Post.”

So much has changed in how we share our thoughts and our experiences with others, and we have readily morphed ourselves to communicate via the newest trends. But what about the relationships we have with people?

With a password and an account, I can Skype my friends abroad and see their room overlooking the Grand Canal in Venice or London’s downtown; that’s great, but what if that person is a bit more than a friend?

Technology has broken many of the barriers and social restraints that limited relationships from sparking or being maintained in the past. People are able to “date” from distances that would have normally been a wedge in the commitment. Dating sites are bringing singles together from all over the world that would never have met otherwise. Additionally, younger couples can have less restricted conversations that would be impossible if their overly protective parents were around.

Despite these benefits, it is unclear if the developing methods of interaction are positively affecting the love lives of our generation. Honestly, it seems that we aren’t properly prepared to have healthy relationships in the traditional way.

None of our fathers had to “add” their future wives as a “friend” on some site to get to know her. So we really have nothing to base our actions on besides our peers: and how often is that a good idea? I have a feeling grandpa cannot advise you

on how to react to someone trying to “sext” you.

Let’s admit it: We are lost in our technology.

The lack of direction we have with the new forms of dating is combined with miscommunication.

Everyone has had some awkward situation where a significant other has made an innocent off-hand comment and you have gotten riled up. It is hard enough understanding the other sex, but now we have to read complicating undertones, feelings and sarcasm in texts and instant messaging. It is a lot of pressure.

The other issue with developing technologies is vanishing privacy. The same thing is the case when someone is trying to make a good impression on a girl or guy — the other person probably already knows far too much.

A big part of a relationship is trust, and this seems to go to the wind when all of a person’s bad choices, statuses and comments are available to be browsed by the world.

Sharing yourself with a person used to be a part of the courting/dating process, but that seems to have disappeared.

The technology of our era has made long distance dating exponentially easier and acceptable. This is a fantastic thing for short breaks and maybe even semesters abroad, but this sort of foundation for a relationship is shaky at best.

People should be used to being around each other, as well as their friends and family. You will never understand that from a monitor. This also restricts an important segment of a relationship, the physical intimacy, and, frankly, it is much better in person.

Our technological development has made many thing possible, but it seems that how we handle relationships must transform, and I don’t think we are quite at that point.

He Said

By Caroline Murray | Staff writer

Everyone knows everyone. I’m not just referring to the suffocating bubble that is Wake’s campus or those fortuitous encounters with people that leave you thinking, “Wow, what a small world.”

I’m talking about the fact that everyone knows every little detail about you. You think I’m kidding, but I guarantee you that after meeting someone briefly for the first time, they will know your favorite movie, where you went abroad last year and how “easy” you are … within an hour.

After the technological communication explosion of such avenues as texting, Facebook, webcams, Skype and Twitter, everyone has fallen into the unhealthy habit — or, correction, addiction — of lazily and easily finding information about people they’re interested in.

Regarding relationships, despite the fact that technology allows couples of, say, long distance or the military, to communicate effectively with their loved ones, desire does not justify expedience.

Forget the fact that stalking, in all its forms, is of questionable legality in all 50 states. Forget the pornography and sexual exploitation line crossed when you “show yourself off ” on Skype. And forget the fact that 12-year-olds are watching 80 percent of strangers beat the bishop on Chat Roulette.

New technological mediums have crossed a line, but especially in relationships. They erase “the chase,” the challenge, and any sense of mystery one may find in getting acquainted with someone.

In the good old days, you met a person, whether it was in a café, on the street, or through a friend, it was a simple physical encounter. There was no such thing as dating websites or social networks

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where you could just look at a picture of someone, find out everything about them, and then decide if you want to go for it.

The beauty of starting relationships is the initial process, over which technology has leapfrogged.

There is something to be said about being scared to death to talk to someone, ask their name, and learn a little bit about them each time you see them with your own eyes.

Such nerve-wracking, bubbly-stomach feelings are what made dating and meeting people both a fun and rewarding experience.

It is said that everything is that much more rewarding when you put effort and hard work into it. From a female’s perspective, technology has virtually decimated chivalry.

Who would rather receive an email or text instead of a pure, handwritten letter with no editing? Who would prefer a picture message of a rose to a surprise bouquet of tulips one random morning? Who would choose to stare at the red/green/blue pixel triads that formulate his photo on a screen over looking into his eyes, hugging him, taking in his scent, and enjoying the unadulterated pleasure of being in his physical presence? Electricity and technology cannot duplicate feeling.

It sounds overindulgently and unrealistically romantic, I know; I realize we live in a different world now. But let us venture back in time, here.

There wasn’t a greater chance of a marriage being a failure rather than a success 20 years ago.

Technology has benefitted our society to an exponential degree, but it has also diminished true human connection.

Technology takes away from the powerful moment of a first kiss by allowing more promiscuous conversations to be exchanged over text message or internet.

Save important moments for face-to-face interactions to make first dates that much more exciting.

Restrain from overusing technology in relationships.

Trend Alert | Winter Musts

Hottest trends ease the winter chill

Winterize your wardrobe with tights and mittens.

By Hilary Burns | Staff writer

As the cold air continues to hang above us, practicality must be kept in mind when choosing the perfect outfit this winter season.

Attire must be warm to withstand the freezing walk to class or standing outside of frat lounges waiting for rides.

It is now mid-January and we shouldn’t plan on seeing the sun again anytime soon.

Being from New England, one would think I wouldn’t mind the chilly North Carolina days, but that would be an incorrect assumption — I hate the cold, even more than my friends from Miami and San Diego.

With this in mind, I have picked up on several cold-weather trends to get me through the winter chill without disregarding feasibility.

The first winter-trend is tights.

This European fashion trend is an adorable way to transform outfits into more practical winter ensembles.

Instead of freezing your legs in your f a vo r i t e black dress, w h y n o t pair it with grayribbed tights a n d heels.

Ba s i c black, gray, or ivory tights to match a cocktail dress or patterned skirt create a warmer solution for classy winter outfits. Tights allow you to wear your favorite dresses all year long.

To dress up solid-colored cocktail dresses for all of the Greek Life formals going on this month, try on textured tights to make outfits stand out in the crowd.

Lace tights with flowered or abstract designs are an elegant touch to your dresses and can be bought inexpensively at Forever 21 or for better quality at J.Crew.

Mytights.com is the ultimate shopping center for unique tights that complete any winter outfit with hundreds of various styles and colors.

Mytights has “a dazzling array of tights, stockings and leggings” in their funky fashion section.

These tights are bold and interesting and can be matched with a sweater-dress or oversized shirt for an attractive outfit to wear to class.

Tights are everywhere this season and can even be paired with loose-fitting shorts for an alternative to skirts and dresses.

A variation of black, textured tights, high-heeled ankle boots, and shorts with an oversized shirt tucked in under a belt has the potential of being a new night-time look for those nights when you just have no idea what to wear.

Another practical winter trend for college students is flap mittens. Flap mittens offer the ultimate solution for cold hands that need to constantly text and dig through bags for Deacon OneCards and room keys.

Flap mittens are literally mittens that have a button fastener to hold down the mitten flap and make room for fingerless gloves.

It’s as if these gloves w e r e actually invented for multitasking college kids in cold weather.

Flap mittens are made by a myriad of designers from Vera Wang, Victoria’s Secret, J.Crew, American Eagle and even some gas stations, according to some of my freshmen friends.

So there you have it, two of this year’s hottest trends you have seen roaming around campus — tights and flap mittens. College students must be practical when choosing attire.

North Carolina has cold winters, to my not-so-pleasant surprise, so dress warm and look fabulous in patterned tights and flap mittens.

Music Review | Best Albums of 2010

Wake Radio lists last year’s best releases

By Wake Radio | Contributing writers

1. The National - High Violet (4AD) There were few albums of 2010 that received as much pre-release hype as The National’s High Violet. Likewise, there were few that subsequently delivered on that hype as much as High Violet.

The National’s most widely accessible album to-date, it finally capitalizes on the slowly building popularity of the band since 2005’s Alligator.

Berninger’s distinctively deep voice, so often compared to singers like Ian Curtis of British post-punk band Joy Division, helps drive songs like “Conversation 16” over multi-layered arrangements.

Themes of fearful first steps into parenthood, middle-class woes, and fights amongst in-laws permeate High Violet. Grab a glass of whiskey, sit in the living room and sink into yuppie melancholy. - Michael Kane 2. The Love Language - Libraries (Merge) Swoon-worthy frontman Stuart McLamb and his model-ready, six-piece band deliver a delightfully layered, melodic album that is distinguished by intimate lyrics, McLamb’s Morrissey-like croon and looped pedal work punctuated by tambourines.

This sophomore effort is more experimental, introspective and melancholic than their first album, but the more upbeat garage pop ballads on Libraries capture Spector-esque walls of reckless sound, cavernous drums and moody swells of stringed instruments — all decorated hastily with stray leads which bleed beautifully all over everything.

It’s a sensational album that resonates beyond simply a few listens. -Carleigh Morgan 3. The Black Keys - Brothers (Nonesuch) Imagine taking a bit of good old-fashioned blues mixed with “electronic rock” (think Danger Mouse) plus some Hammond organ (the traditional organ used in gospel music), a rugged voice, falsetto cameos and some slow, funky bridges and you’ve got only a minor overview of what Brothers is about.

This album is really laid back and full of soul and distortion; by far the most loosesounding album of the Black Keys to date.

You have some really catchy tracks like “Next Girl” and “Tighten Up” and “She’s Long Gone” that really get down to the

dirty, rusty, sexy sound of blues-inspired rock music that really makes Brothers unique.

Then you have some slower tracks that really allow the guys to just jam out and tap into that aspect of singing the blues. In any case, you’re feeling whatever they’re laying down – this album is definitely essential to your mellow music library. - Caroline Edgeton

4. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor (XL) If George Washington was a punk, this would be his favorite album. The Monitor is an hour-long fusion of history class and teenage angst, raised on old Bruce Springsteen records.

It’s a punk affair though, with musical allusions to early punx like the Pogues and Replacements. Even if this isn’t your bag, I promise you’ll know love at first sight when the first track kicks in and you start hopping around uncontrollably. -Kory Riemensperger 5. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt (Dead Oceans) The Tallest Man On Earth is the artistic moniker of Dalarna-native Kristian Mattson, a talented songwriter with a soulful yet edgy voice, tour companion of Bon Iver and regular object of deserved Dylan comparisons.

The Wild Hunt is his second record, and it’s riddled with powerful lyrics that fit neatly with tightly-crafted, guitar-based melodies that can be simple and sublime or intricate and beautiful. It’s a folk masterpiece, that has rightfully earned its spot in the top ten.

-Carleigh Morgan 6. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Merge) Perhaps the least energetic of Arcade Fire’s catalogue, The Suburbs draws its complexity and tone from the ominous sprawl of suburbia.

It’s a tour through the culs-de-sac and driveways where the band used to languish summer after summer. In the end, the album’s pull is its nostalgia. It’s accessible, but only because we’ve all been there before. -Kory Riemensperger 7. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Def Jam) Kanye West’s big mouth got him into seemingly irreparable trouble at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards. However,

everyone’s favorite rapper with a Napoleon complex bounced back with the sprawling My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

The album is all the things we know and love about classic Kanye — bombastic, maniacal and self-indulgent. But despite all its bravado, it is also his most daring, introspective and adventurous album to date. -Matthew Aycock

8. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More (Glass Note) Mumford & Sons’ debut album, Sigh No More, has brought the London-based folk band a compelling amount of attention across the globe.

The album capped at Number 3 in the UK, but climbed all the way to number 1 on the Australian chart, the Irish chart the U.S. Billboard Folk chart, and the U.S. Billboard Independent Albums Chart.

Hit single “Little Lion Man” has landed Mumford & Sons a Grammy nod, and the band has been further nominated in the categories of British Breakthrough Act, British Group and Mastercard British Album of the Year for the 2011 Brit Awards. - Yasmin Bendaas Yas

9. Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History (Glass Note) Two Door Cinema Club is an alternative rock band from Northern Ireland.

The four members of the group are Alex Trimble, Sam Halliday, Kevin Baird and Shawn Costa.

The band’s name comes from the mispronunciation of a local movie theatre, Tudor Cinema. Their debut album, Tourist History is a fast paced journey through a synthesis of electronic and alternative rock with a sound like Phoenix and Delphic.

-Pam Clough 10. Janelle Monae -The ArchAndroid (Bad Boy/Wondaland Arts Society]) Enormous talent in a short artist, Monae creates an album about her very own futuristic world that caters to radio heads of all kind.

It is a combination of hip-hop, funk, tribal and rock.

With use of classical musicians, talented collaborations such as Big Boi and Of Montreal, Janelle Monae’s ArchAndroid cannot be compared. -Corvaya Jeffries

B8 Thursday, January 20, 2011

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Abroad Column | Spanish holiday - Viva Salamanca!

Program offers student easy transition to new home

For a history buff like me, the duality of tradition and modernity is amazing. You will be This is my first column from Salamanca, walking along a picturesque avenue, and sudSpain, where I’m studying abroad this se- denly, a colossal 12th century cathedral will apmester. I have been here for one week, which pear out of absolutely nowhere.

Though classes haven’t started yet, they will means that this column, according to tradition, should recount some horrifying tale of be in university buildings that were constructhow my homestay mother fed me congealed ed in the 1200s and have been home to centublood on the first day, how I was direction- ries upon centuries of students.

Additionally, Salamancans have a cheeky less and terrified on the streets until five in the morning, or at the very least, how no one sense of humor; on one newly renovated section of an ancient cathedral, the restorcould understand my Spanish.

For any of you readers expecting any of ers placed a modern astronaut on the facade, these stories, prepare to be greatly and ex- surrounded by leering gargoyles and Romanesque designs. plicitly underwhelmed.

And now, for a few more light-hearted obMy transition to Spanish life has been singularly anticlimactic and honestly, remark- servations: • Pan (bread) is a way of life. Every meal, ably smooth. So much so, that I’m actually every day. This would explain why it is starting to worry that some huge culture dirt-cheap here – only 20 cents for one shock bomb is about to explode on my head. baguette.

My “madre” is possibly one of the sweet• Electricity and water are extremely exest ladies I have ever met; the food (though pensive in Spain, which means it’s fairly admittedly, quite different) has not been apcommon to have absolutely no lights palling; and the city is the ideal size, both on during the day and perfectly old-school European the very minimum on with its quaint, shop-lined at night. I now take four streets and surprisingly modern, My transition to Spanish minute showers. I have it with its cosmopolitan student life has been singularly down to a science. population and abundance of • Salty salad. Churmalls and supermarkets (cheers anticlimactic and honestly, ros y chocolate. The for consumerism). remarkably smooth. So former, odd. The latter, Honestly, the hardest thing much so, that I am actually delicious. Enough said. to adjust to has been the sched• Spaniards have a ule. Spaniards eat a VERY light starting to worry that some strange obsession with breakfast at 9 a.m. (typically a huge culture shock bomb.

Ke$ha and Katy Perry. roll and coffee), lunch at 2 p.m., Also, Lady GaGa. I hear and dinner at 9:30 or even 10 them playing on radios p.m. I find myself having mulall around the city, just as much as I tiple low blood sugar freak-outs throughout hear them playing in America. the day, so I’m soon going to have to venture For anyone planning on studying abroad in to Carrefour, the Spanish version of WalSpain and reading this column, you need to Mart, to stock up on snacks.

This remarkably simple transition is not learn the vosotros tense. I, who learned mostly to say that I haven’t noticed any differences “Latin-American” Spanish in school, have between living in Winston-Salem and Sala- been struggling a bit with those conjugations.

It can be rough. manca. Far from that, in fact.

Anyway, that’s all for now. This first week Here are a few observations after one week in Salamanca has been defined by cultural exliving in Spain: First off, as much as I love the United change, adventures (and a few misadventures) States, there is an unrivaled sense of living and bonding with fellow group members. with history in ancient cities like Salamanca, I am so excited for this semester, if this first which was founded in the pre-Ancient Rome week has been any indication. Hasta luego! period.

By Meenu Krishnan | Staff columnist

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In Salamanca, students study in historic buildings such as the one featured above.

Many of the academic buildings are located in the heart of the city.

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The city of Salamanca has a long and violent history of battles between the Moors from Africa and many Christian forces.

Health Column | Whippin’ Into Shape and Stayin’ Healthy

A LL T HAT J AZZ

Food is an integral part of exercise

By Kelsey Korey | Staff columnist

To eat or not to eat? That is the question millions of students will ask themselves this new year as the number of resolutions to exercise more skyrockets.

Unfortunately, exercising more is only part of the equation when your goal is to increase lean muscle mass, lose weight or just become physically fit. To gain the maximum benefits from your workouts, it is crucial that you not only eat the right foods, but also eat at the right time.

Bottom line: when you expend energy by exercising, you need to consume extra energy to fuel the activity. How much you should eat and at what time of day depends on the type and duration of your workout, as well as when you last ate and what was on the menu.

What you want to avoid are the dramatic calorie highs and lows (i.e. eating too much without exercise or eating too little with too much exercise).

Your eating cycle begins the moment you wake up. If you skip breakfast and do a tough workout, you launch a depleted body into even greater depletion. This also takes a toll on your metabolism.

Not eating enough before exercising keeps your blood sugar levels extremely low, leaving you feeling weak, faint and tired.

However, eating too much before exercising can cause you to feel sluggish, or upset your stomach. This is because your muscles and your digestive system are competing for energy.

Here are a few tips for eating before This is a crucial time where the enexercising: zymes that replenish muscle carbs are Try not to enter a workout hungry. If at their highest levels. you start exercising in an energy defiPlus, insulin, which rebuilds protein cit, your body is likely to preserve fat stores, is at peak levels. Eating a proand perform poorly. tein with a carb (similar to that of a You want to avoid consuming well pre-workout snack) during this metaover 2000 calories right before a work- bolic window will maintain muscle, reout. plenish glycogen stores and reduce the Quick-absorbing carbs will give you amount of fat your body stores. fast fuel. Before a tough workout, have Also, unless you are sitting down for some fruit, bread, pasta, etc. You also your next meal, you want to avoid conmay be less likely suming over 200 to have an upset kcals after workWhen you expend energy by stomach if you ing out. avoid high-fiber exercising, you need to consume Missing this foods right before extra energy to fuel the activity. metabolic wina workout. If you dow is bad news. want a small snack It will not be before a workout, available again grab a quick-digesting, high-carb food until your next workout. paired with some protein (i.e. peanut According to MSN Fitness, if you debutter and banana on a rice cake, fruit lay refueling, you slow carb replenishand nuts, crackers and peanut butter, ment by 50 percent and protein repair yogurt with fruit, sports bar). Avoid by 80 percent. Basically, you are not fatty snacks/meals as they are not easily maximizing the benefits available to digested. If these types of snacks still your body. upset your stomach, wait an hour or so If you are interested in the specific between eating and working out technicalities of it all, I suggest readRemember to also drink plenty of ing Nutrient Timing by Dr. John Ivy. fluid with your pre-workout snack and It is a fantastic, educational book that throughout the day before exercising. explains exactly why eating at the right Properly fueling your body prior to time provides maximum benefits and working out has major benefits such a, total nutrition for your hard-working fueling muscles, avoiding hunger and muscles. preventing low blood sugar.

It may take time to find certain foods After exercising, it is beneficial to eat that don’t upset your stomach before or protein and carbs as well as rehydrate. after working out, but it is worth the This will ensure a quicker recovery. search as you really need some calories The first 45 minutes after a workout before you go to work on that elliptical are called the “metabolic window.” machine!

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Several members of the university’s jazz band performed for an intimate audience in Campus Grounds on Jan. 14.

The WAKEing Dead | By Cory Bullock “We’ve heard you.”

“...everyone is gone.” ...SNEAK ATTACK!

HELICOPTER (work with us here)

Chapel! (totally thwarted)

“We’re coming to get you.”

cloud

“But if you can get to the Chapel...”

...zombies!

...see? Helicopter. “...we can airlift you from the the top.”

This bit over here is gonna suck. Also? Your 4th Wall is now broken.

It’s ‘cause it’s the finale.

And we’re all gonna die.