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“Covers the campus like the magnolias”

AED awareness expands at the university Students

charged with vandalization

By Caitlin Kenney | Editor in chief

Sept. 2, 1994 – Dr. Cecil Price is sitting in his office in Student Health located in the basement of Kitchin House, when he receives an urgent call that Walt Chyzowych, the men’s soccer head coach, has collapsed from apparent cardiac arrest.

Price is the first medical practitioner to arrive on the scene and he and a nurse struggle to revive Chyzowych for 10 or 15 minutes before help arrives.

They have no other medical assistance, no equipment, only their knowledge of CPR and their determination to do what they can. Sadly, Chyzowych does not survive.

Fast forward 13 years.

July 26, 2007 – Dr. Price is sitting in his office in Student Health, now located in the basement of Reynolds Gymnasium, when a nurse runs in to tell him that Skip Prosser, the men’s basketball head coach, has collapsed from apparent cardiac arrest.

Again, Price is one of the first medical practitioners to arrive on the scene, but this time CPR has already begun.

Within two minutes, the police arrive with an AED, an automated external defibrillator, which Price is able to use.

Five minutes later, several firemen, as well as other medical responders,

Freshmen accused of property damage to cars, racial epithets written during Wake Invasion

By Molly Nevola | Staff writer

this common format being the University of Virginia.

And among the university’s smaller-sized peers, many, such as Duke University and Vanderbilt University, do not even offer undergraduate majors explicitly in business.

Calloway is one of only five schools in Business Week’s list of top 40 undergraduate programs with an enrollment of less than 500.

The creation of a new dean’s office is unlikely to have much practical effect on current students before their graduation, officials say.

According to an e-mail current Babcock Dean Jack Wilkerson sent to his students on the day the change was announced, degrees and class requirements will not change for those already enrolled in Calloway.

“I do not anticipate any immediate changes that will affect your experience here,” he wrote.

It’s unclear at present what exactly the move will mean. To be sure, the potential for broader change exists on the horizon, but its shape and scope remain unknown.

Any administrative shuffles or reforms will happen under the leadership of the new dean

The university is currently investigating allegations that four freshmen on the Wake Invasion trip to Annapolis for the Wake vs. Navy football game vandalized cars in a hotel parking lot Oct.19-21.

Several cars were scratched, one windshield was broken, a racial epithet was written in the condensation on a car owned by a black man and an anti-gay slur was written on another, according to Anne Arundel County police.

The police arrested three students Oct. 21 at the SpringHill Suites hotel in Annapolis who were identified as Jeff Trask, 19, of Wilmington, N.C., Tommy Kelsey, 18, of Dover, Mass., and Jordan Graumann, 18, of West Hartford, Conn.

The students were released on the same day.

All three students were charged with one count of destruction of an automobile, a misde“Wake Forest takes great meanor and interest in the conduct of stu- were released dents, especially in regard to on promise to appear in a university-sponsored trip.” court.

Ken Zick No charges Vice president of student life were filed in connection with the slurs.

Police charged a fourth student but could not find him on the day of the other arrests, and neither Graumann nor Kelsey would identify him.

The fourth student was not arrested in Annapolis and returned to the university with the group on the bus Oct. 21.

Trask would not comment on the incident, but Graumann and Kelsey, in a joint interview, said that they did not scratch any cars and did not know anything about the damaged windshield or epithets.

Both students said they would fight the charges.

“We are very troubled by these reports and take them very seriously,” said Ken Zick, vice president for student life, in a press release.

“Wake Forest takes great interest in the conduct of students, especially in regard to a universitysponsored trip.”

University spokesman Kevin Cox, who spoke with one Winston-Salem Journal reporter Oct. 21 and another Oct. 22, said that the university is working to learn more about what happened.

“The incidents are being investigated by university officials here, so that’s where we are — an

See Business, Page A3

See Annapolis, Page A3

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The locations of AEDs are shown by the red buildings on the map above. Dr. Cecil Price hopes to expand the number of AEDs on campus. arrive on the scene. Prosser doesn’t survive either.

Today, when Price compares the two incidents, he focuses on one important distinction: “With Coach Prosser, we had an AED,” he said.

“The outcome was the same, but the

possibility was infinitely different.”

He pauses. “That’s reassuring to me.”

AEDs use electrical shocks on victims of cardiac arrest or irregular heart rhythms in crisis situations.

What makes these devices important,

however, is that they were not developed for use by medical personnel.

AEDs are meant to be used by the general public and to be placed in public areas.

See AED, page A2

Search begins for new business school dean

By Kevin Koehler | Online editor

The university has formed a committee to lead a national search for a new dean of business who will run both the Calloway School of Business and Accountancy and the Babcock Graduate School of Management.

The 12 committee members, appointed and chaired by Provost Jill Tiefenthaler, include three Calloway and three Babcock faculty members, along with Dean of the Law School Blake Morant and other administrators.

They aim to make a selection by July 2008.

This is the first step in the realignment of the two schools announced Sept. 26.

“The common misconception is that this is a merger of the two schools, and it’s not,” said J. Kline Harrison, an associate dean at Calloway.

“It’s kind of like a joint appointment … In this case, you have the dean of Babcock and the dean of Calloway rolled into one.”

While the new dean’s office will replace both current deans, the business schools are to remain distinct institutions with largely separate administrations.

“It’s an unusual model,” he said.

It’s a unique move for an already unique pair of institutions.

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Babcock and Calloway will follow the examples set by other national universities.

Nearly all of the nation’s universities operate graduate and undergraduate business offerings as a single program, the one notable exception to

Flirt evokes student opinion on dating

By Chantel O’Neal | Contributing writer

To the majority of students Oct. 11 marked the football team as one step closer to the ACC championship after defeating FSU. But, for a much smaller group it marked the beginning of a very different journey with the first meeting of Flirt.

Flirt, sponsored by Every Nation Campus Ministry, is a new take on campus outreach. This teaching series is more than just a weekly Bible study; it focuses on dating and relationships from a Biblical perspective.

As an introduction to the series, the first meeting was discussion-based.

Students talked about positive and negative aspects of dating with Renee Gutiérrez, lecturer of romance languages, directing the conversation.

“In a setting like this it’s important to allow everyone to contribute their thoughts to the discussion – not just the leaders,” said junior Will Johnson, who will teach part of the series.

“After all, it’s not like the leaders have all the answers, especially regarding something like dating.”

The atmosphere was relaxed. With only six students, everyone had the opportunity to share their own thoughts, feelings and experiences. The students helped one another and gave further insight with their own personal examples.

“I was encouraged because I realized that all of us seemed to have the same hopes and fears about dating, and we were able to encourage each other,” Johnson said.

Although the first meeting was mainly an informal group discussion, future meetings will include short videos and activities. The general idea is that students will learn from interacting with each other. “Having everyone contribute to the discussion gave me things to think about which I might not have considered on my own,” junior Samantha Heuertz said.

Dating, though widely practiced, is a very personal issue. Campus Ministry is not trying to impose and enforce a set of dating rules on university students.

Flirt was created to act as a guide to help students discover their own ideas and opinions about dating.

“Flirt is not about coming to a meeting and then listening to a 50-minute lecture on do’s and don’ts,” Johnson said. “Flirt is about each person finding out what his or her personal boundaries are when it comes to dating relationships, and helping them frame those boundaries within a sound Biblical context.”

The students that came to Flirt came for various reasons, but many are planning on continuing with the 10-week series. “I feel like it is hard to find good advice on relationships and am curious to see how this group approaches them,” Heuertz said.

Campus Ministry hopes that every student that comes to Flirt will leave better equipped to build stable and healthy relationships. However, some of the students have their own expectations of the teaching series.

“Hopefully, the Flirt series will be able to let people see the reality of dating and how it is supposed to be a beautiful thing,” freshman Joel Ang said.

Flirt will meet every Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the basement lounge of Johnson Residence Hall.

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Local Legends Spooky ghost stories are revealed in areas in and around Winston-Salem in the spirit of Halloween.

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Phi Mu Sorority held their biannual charity denim event Oct. 23 in Benson 401. The event raises money for Children’s Miracle Network.

Sports | B1 Deacs Maul Midshipmen Midshipmen’s homecoming hopes drowned by aggressive Deacon attack and strong defense as Wake tops Navy 44-24.

Opinion | A4 Weary Travelers Wright and Werthan describe the woes of travelling home, whether by car or plane, for fall break festivities.

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Brieflies Optical Allusions exhibit coming soon “Optical Allusions,” an exhibit featuring artwork including both optical illusions and allusions — using objects like 4,000 hand-painted bottle cap eyeballs and live sea monkeys — will open in the Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery Oct. 25. Call Ext. 5585 for more information.

Pumpkin carving for parents will benefit Brian Piccolo Foundation Theta Chi Fraternity’s pumpkin carving will occur from 2 - 7 p.m. Oct. 26. Pumpkins will cost $8 cash or $10 Deacon Dollars, with proceeds going to the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund.

Social activist to give next “Worship in Wait” address Author, social activist and evangelist Tony Campolo will give the “Worship in Wait” address at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 in Wait Chapel. Campolo is a professor emeritus at Eastern University and the founder of Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education.

Information session to be held for Oxford summer program Medieval and environmental studies classes will be offered in Oxford this summer. Professor Addison (St. Peter’s, Oxford) and Professor of English Gale Sigal will present an introduction and slide show about the program at 4:30 p.m.

Oct. 30 in Tribble A209. For more information, contact Peggy Barrett at Ext. 5383.

L.E.A.D applications for freshmen and sophomores due Nov. 2 Leadership, Excellence, Application and Development applications are available for interested freshmen and sophomores. Information and applications are available in the Office of Student Development Benson 317 or at www. wfu.edu/campuslife/development.

Football game day packages available for UVA, Clemson games WAKE Invasion Bus Trips are on sale now at the Benson Ticket Office. The UVA trip is Nov. 3 and the Clemson trip is Nov. 10. Cost is $30 per trip, including round trip transportation to the game, box lunch and a game ticket. Trips departs from campus five hours before game time and returns one hour after the game ends.

Cash, check, MasterCard/Visa and Deacon Dollars are accepted. Contact the Benson Ticket Office at Ext. 4265.

Office of Career Services to hold Graduate and Professional Day The Office of Career Services is sponsoring Graduate and Professional School Day Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Benson 401. Over 90 schoools from across the country representing a variety of disciplines will attend. Contact the Office of Career Services at Ext. 5902.

Correction Natalie Mullikin is the redshirt junior volleyball player featured in the Oct. 18 photo and article “Volleyball falls short against Clemson, Ga. Tech.”

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A Friday night with the Gatekeeper The Old Gold & Black spends a night with Randy Grimes

have a sense of accomplishment when I can give. Not being from around here, I came on my own time and drove around, counting the traffic lights I’d have to give directions to.”

12:50 a.m.:The cabs start rolling in.

The students in the cabs are perplexed by my presence. One inebriated young man leans over his cabbie’s lap to ask what I am doing. He laughs when I tell him and says, “You can interview me. I like the gate guard.” Another cab drives up for the third or fourth time.

“You guys need to do a story on me,” the man tells me, and the three boys in the car cheer as he continues. “I’m the fantastic, bombastic, iconoclastic, Mike the cabbie!”

By Robyn Showers | Staff writer 10 p.m.: Randy starts his shift, which lasts from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. He works eight hours with no “lunch” break, referring to the meal he eats between 2 and 3 a.m. Each gatekeeper works five nights a week, rotating shifts. They work 365 days a year, even when students are on breaks, and even on Christmas.

12:03 a.m.: I make my way toward the tiny University Gatehouse. Randy and I introduce ourselves and as I begin to get settled Randy says, “This is a slow night. If you’ve ever seen a war movie, like D-Day, it’s like that sometimes coming in here.”

12:15 a.m.: Randy is visited by Carol, one of the campus police officers. “He’s a good one,” she says. “He’ll show you what’s going on.”

12:18 a.m.: A guy in a white wife beater drives up in a black SUV to visit a friend. “Have you been called in?” Randy asks him.

Any non-student entering campus after 10 p.m. must be called in to the University Police. The student must give their name, ID number, phone number, name of their guest and a description of the car their guest is driving. Randy hands me the Traffic Rules handbook and explains that there are three important entitlements of which most students are unaware: Every student is entitled to two free gate passes for his or her parents, every student is entitled to three free gate passes per semester for his or her friends, and alumni are entitled to a lifelong gate pass.

“I’d like to see everyone take advan-

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University Police Officer Randy Grimes stands outside the university gatehouse, where he often works the 10 p.m. - 6 a.m. shift. tage of this,” Randy said. “Obviously, that’s one less person I have to do paperwork on every night.”

12:25 a.m.: As cabs roll by full of students going to and from parties, Randy says most kids are “good kids.”

He met three girls last year whom he asked, “How come you’re not at a party tonight?”

“I’m here to study,” one said, “I can party after I graduate.”

“I’m impressed when I meet a young person like that,” Randy says. “You get kind of jaded. We have an officer at the library, and she sees absolutely all the goodness all the time and that’s … not what I see. The ones passed out in the backseats of cabs — that’s what I see.”

Randy’s number one priority with students is not whether they are of legal drinking age, but whether they are alive.

Randy said he once had a student in a cab that could not tell him what building he lived in: “that’s how drunk

he was”, Randy said. He directed the cab to Student Health.

12:35 a.m.: A lost parent comes to the gate for directions to a dorm. As she leaves, Randy turns to me: “You meet an awful lot of parents on this job.”

“At night?” I ask.

“Oh yeah, at night. Parents of students and parents of prospective students.” One time, Randy had a family with Michigan license plates drive up at 5 a.m. “This is going to sound strange,” the lady said, “but we’re on vacation and my daughter’s a senior in high school this coming year and she’s thinking of coming here … could we just look around?”

“Well, you won’t see much because it’s not daylight yet,” Randy said.

“So here’s a map. Why don’t y’all go have breakfast and come back in an hour?”

Randy gives plenty of directions as the night wears on. “I enjoy what I do,” he says. “I like to help people. I

1:35 a.m.: I ask Randy what he did before this job. He lived in Washington State for 20 years where he ran a bookselling business out of their house in a very rural area. They sold “politically incorrect books,” says Randy. “Our motto was ‘something to offend everyone.’”

“It’s a different world now,” Randy says. “People don’t read now like they did. Most of your source of news is Internet, so to sit down to read a book, unless you have to for school, is drudgery.”

2:03 a.m.: I’m tired, but Randy still has four hours left. “I’m actually one of the guys who likes it,” Randy says of the graveyard shift. Reading books is one of his secrets to staying awake.

“If I couldn’t read, I couldn’t make it through the night,” he says.

2:30 a.m.: It’s time for me to go to bed, but Randy is still wide awake and will be that way until morning.

“Part of our job is to make this a safer campus,” Randy says of the need for him to be there in the wee hours of the morning. “Can you imagine a person panning for gold? It’s the opposite of that — we’re panning to keep the bad out.”

AED: Life-saving devices located on campus

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Price was one of the forces behind the university’s AED program, the first of its kind in North Carolina, which today includes public access AEDs in several major campus buildings.

These locations on campus included the Benson University Center, the Z. Smith Reynolds Library and the Miller Center. AEDs are also carried by police, student EMTs and the facilities safety response team. Price emphasized that public access AEDs can be life-saving and said he wants to expand the program to place them in more academic and administrative buildings. Dawn Allen, a registered nurse, co-manages the AED program with Price and wants the program to expand as well.

“The public is really becoming more and more aware of these machines and they are wanting them,” she said. She said university faculty and staff call her on a regular basis to request AEDs in their buildings.

Allen calls the public access devices “Fisher-Price AEDs” because they are so easy to use.

The devices have a green handle clearly labeled “Pull” that activates them. Once the handle is pulled, a voice explains each step of the process, telling you where to place the shock pads. The AED pads also work like an EKG and assess whether a shock should be administered. If a shock will help the patient,

an orange button lights up, which when pushed sends a shock into the patient. If the pads are not in the right place, the AED will instruct you to move them. If a shock will not help the patient, the AED will not allow you to administer one.

“You don’t have to be taught,” Price said of the device. “The machine will tell you exactly what to do.”

The machine can also tell you how to administer CPR and walk you through the process step by step. It will provide a rhythm for compressions and breaths.

“When we were trying to resuscitate Coach Prosser, this was very reassuring,” Price said, “because the voice was just telling you what to do.”

Price was instrumental in starting the AED program at the university in 2000. At the time, however, state law did not yet permit public access AEDs. As a result, Price wrote letters to the governor and legislative representatives, encouraging them to pass the Good Samaritan Law. The law was passed later that year.

“We were the first college in North Carolina and one of the first in the country to have AEDs,” Price said. “Now everyone has pretty much caught up with that.” But in order to continue expanding the program, Price needs some help. While AEDs are relatively inexpensive (about $1,000 for one unit)

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AEDs like this one are found in several university buildings.

and very durable, they have to be monitored to ensure they are always in working order. A small flashing green light lets the user know that the machine is operating properly.

Currently, a team of volunteers from different departments on campus monitor the existing AEDs. They check them daily to make sure they are in working order. Price said that he needs human resources to expand the program and he is working with university officials to put a system in place. Ultimately, Price and Allen hope to have AEDs all over campus and to empower students, faculty and staff by demonstrating how easy and effective the machines can be.

“The place where you are saving lives is out in the community,” he said.

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Property Damage •A vending machine at Scales Fine Arts Center sustained an estimated $100 in damage Oct. 19 when someone pried the dollar bill slot off the front.

Theft • A student reported Oct. 16 that she had lost her credit card at Benson University Center. As she was filing the report, the card was being used at an area business, and Winston-Salem police went to the location and took a suspect into custody.

• An iPod valued at $200 was reported stolen from an unsecured vehicle in Lot Q on Oct. 16.

• Cash totaling $200 was reported Oct.17 to have been stolen from an unsecured office in Reynolda Hall between Aug. 30 an Oct. 17.

• A laptop computer belonging to the university was reported stolen from an unsecured room at Bridger Field House between 5 p.m. Oct. 17 and 9:30 a.m. Oct. 18.

Salem man, who had a prior trespass warning on file, and charged him with second-degree trespassing after issuing another warning earlier that day.

He was taken to the Forsyth County magistrate’s office and held under a $2,500 bond.

• University Police are investigating a report that someone entered a secured Polo Road residence adjacent to campus Oct. 17 and drew graffiti on a jug of detergent. There were no signs of forced entry.

Miscellaneous

University Police responded to 40 calls from Oct. 15-21, including eight incidents and investigations and 32 service calls.

• University Police Oct. 16 arrested a Winston-

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Law School to start DNA Innocence Project

By Liza Greenspun | News editor

Wake Forest University School of Law is launching a DNA Innocence Project to help those who were wrongfully convicted of crimes in Forsyth County.

According to Ronald Wright, executive associate dean of the Law School, Forsyth County District Attorney Tom Keith approached the Forsyth County Bar Association to make sure there were no problems in the county’s justice system as a result of the Darryl Hunt case.

Darryl Hunt is an African-American man from Winston-Salem who spent nearly 20 years in prison after being wrongfully accused of the rape and murder of a white woman.

The case spurred tension in race relations and in the justice system of Forsyth County for many years.

Wright said Keith asked the FCBA for help in order to prevent similar injustices from occurring in the future.

In response to the District Attorney’s request, the FCBA wrote a letter to every inmate in Forsyth County, asking if there is physical evidence available that would prove their innocence. The FCBA received 211 letters in response.

Logistically, this number was too many for the FCBA to handle, so it asked the School of Law for assistance.

Thus, Wright said, the law school’s DNA Innocence Project will begin this semester.

“The idea is that human beings make mistakes,” Wright said. “Sometimes the criminal justice system convicts the wrong person.”

Many law students, according to Wright, are committed to the idea of justice and therefore want to help with the project to fix any flaws in the justice system.

He said about 65 law students attended an interest meeting for the project earlier this year.

Those in attendance viewed the documentary The Trials of Darryl Hunt and had the opportunity to ask questions of Hunt, who was at the meetWright ing.

At the beginning stages, the project will only be informally related to the Darryl Hunt Foundation, although Wright said he foresees the law school’s project working directly with the Darryl Hunt Foundation in the future.

Wright said that those involved with the project defense attorney, Wright said. The review panel will will read all of the letters from inmates and look then have the authority to decide whether or not at trial records and transcripts to see if that par- to recommend the case to the District Attorney. ticular person would be eligible for a new test of If it is recommended to the District Attorney, the physical evidence. evidence will be tested.

For example, according to Wright, the District Wright said that Keith has already agreed to test Attorney said that he would only any evidence that is recomconsider testing the evidence of mended to him. inmates who maintained their “We’re excited about this,” innocence throughout the “The idea is that human beings Wright said of the overall entire trial and those who are make mistakes. Sometimes the project. still in custody.

A training session was held criminal justice system convicts Oct. 23 for all law students As part of the project law students will volunteer to find interested in helping with the the wrong person.” out this information about project.

Ronald Wright each of the inmates who wrote They were trained in the proExecutive associate dean of the a letter. cess and how to answer quesLaw School Then, they will have to search tions and present evidence to for the physical evidence that the review panel, Wright said. would prove that person’s innoAt its current stage, only law cence. students are able to help with Each person will be assigned a supervising Forsyth the DNA Innocence Project.

County attorney.

However, “I do picture roles for undergraduate If those working on the case believe there is students in future years once we get this up and enough evidence to prove a wrongful conviction, running,” Wright said. they will present the evidence to a review panel He expects the project to be in full swing by consisting of a law professor, a prosecutor and a fall 2008.

Business: Reputation not to be tainted Annapolis: Students under Continued from Page A1

of business, who will not take office until summer 2008 at the earliest.

“It will be the new dean’s decision as to how he or she wants to structure the administrations within each of the separate schools,” said Wilkerson.

Calloway students first learned of a change along these lines during last school year.

Some have expressed apprehensions that a melding of the Tiefenthaler schools could mean a smaller share of resources for undergraduates and a weakening of Calloway’s reputation, which is thought to be stronger than Babcock’s. “There’s some concern. People are worried it will make our degree less valuable, hurt

our rankings,” said Bryant Goodman, a best among regional schools, a tier for senior finance major. those business programs that “tend Though both Babto draw many cock and Calloway of their recruithave received good ers from local “Some of the concerns that rankings, Calloway’s regions.” are more outstand“Some of the people may be feeling aren’t ing. concerns that It was ranked Busi- necessary because we’re not los- people may be ing the Calloway name.” ness Week’s 17th best feeling aren’t necand U.S. News’ 27th essary because J. Kline Harrison best undergraduate Associate Dean of Calloway School we’re not losing business program. the Calloway of Business and Accounting In 2006, its graduname,” Harrison ates who took the said.

Certified Public “We’re not Accounting exam had the highest passage losing the focus on undergraduate rate in the country, a distinction they’ve education. Calloway will continue earned five times in the last decade. to be recognized as a leader.”

Babcock, on the other hand, is listed “Both the Calloway and Babcock as the 38th best MBA program in the Schools have developed distinctive nation by Business Week magazine. areas of strength and expertise in It is also ranked 49th best by U.S. News which we all take great pride,” Tieand World Report. fenthaler wrote in a statement about This year, Babcock was also named the realignment of the two business by the Wall Street Journal as the second schools.

investigation by university Continued from Page A1

active, thorough investigation, gathering information from the police in Annapolis,” Cox said.

No disciplinarian action has been taken against the students. Since the charges were filed Oct. 21, the university has spoken with the owners of the cars that were damaged.

The vandalism started the night of Oct. 19 when someone smashed a car’s rear windshield. The next night, Oct. 20, someone wrote the racial epithets on a car that had previously been keyed, including an anti-gay slur directed at Navy and accompanied by a lewd picture, said Deborah Catrini, a hotel guest, in a Winston-Salem Journal article.

Catrini said that from her room she saw four young men go from car to car, writing in the condensation. She also witnessed the men keying her friend’s

car. “There needs to be a discussion … on diversity issues, on character … I do hope the university takes a stand,” Catrini said.

A university professor commenting on the issue asked to remain anonymous because she said the university frowns on faculty that speak against policies.

She said the incident ironically forces the university to fear those inside the campus rather than outside.

“I think that if the administration doesn’t take a stand on this, say something about having zero tolerance for hate, then the silence just reinforces that this is actually okay in our community,” the professor said.

She said she hears “hate language” on campus everyday. “We have a problem with hate on this campus,” she said “and it’s not surprising to me that its finally spilled out into the larger community.”

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Enrollment forums poorly advertised

he Oct. 17 student forum on potential enrollment growth at the university was very poorly attended, a factor that might make some staff and administrators think that the student body does not care about enrollment growth.

However, this assumption would be wrong. The vast majority of students speak negatively about enrollment growth, believing that a rise in quantity will be hard-pressed to support an equal rise in quality.

The fact is that students have never responded well to forums, especially when they are not well-publicized and announced two days before the event.

A better way to appeal to students is via the Internet.

Students would respond much more positively to e-mail surveys or polls.

Getting the word out is also critical and a brightly colored flyer posted a week before the event is never amiss.

Often a certain group of involved students becomes the only voice participating in on-campus debates. This is unacceptable.

If the university is truly interested in hearing what the student body has to say about the future of this university, they need to ask them directly and simply.

It is important for a diverse group on this campus to be involved in the process of strategic planning and enrollment growth will be one of the most dramatic changes on our campus.

Annapolis incident, school’s response shameful

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he university has two reasons to be ashamed of itself in light of the recent charges of vandalism occurring Oct. 19 and 20. Though the students alleged to have committed these crimes have not yet been proven guilty, the very fact that the misconducts are now associated with a university’s sponsored event is enough to denigrate our image.

Even more egregious than the property damage are the racial and anti-gay epithets found on the cars. These actions border on hate crimes, and we are embarrassed to be associated with such morally reprehensible actions. If the four university students are found guilty of writing such epithets, it will demonstrate their utter failure to represent

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Security issues, airport inefficiency embarassing state of American travel Lauren Wright

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f you flew home for fall break this weekend, you probably don’t need to hear another story about an airline experience gone wrong. But this is relevant, I promise you, because I now fully understand why Nobel Prize winner Al Gore uses all those “carbon credits” when he’s jetting around and saving the world.

No matter what your political leaning is, you have to admit that killing a few trees and blasting a few more holes in the ozone is better than taking your own life in the airport security line at Charlotte, which is what I almost did on Thursday morning.

When you actually get to the airport, you assume (inaccurately), every time, that your experience can’t get any worse than the last time you traveled somewhere. That’s before you hit the security checkpoint.

Then you realize that the line is so long that you can vaguely recognize a few ancestors up at the front that have been waiting for decades to get a patdown.

You (hopefully) make it past the ID check, where the greenest of the elite security team are stationed, standing proud with that red sharpie and those intimidating shoulder pads.

This is the first step gone wrong on the part of the Homeland Security

Administration and TSA: if you were concealed under clothing or in are going to convert a group of carry-on belongings. ex-McDonalds workers into airport This is scary stuff. Not even scary security guards (which would seem to in the sense that I could easily sneak be a pretty easy task), at least put your an AK-47 on the plane while my A-team at the front of the line so they toothpaste is confiscated, but because can recognize a license that’s stained it is threatening the inherently with nitromethane.

American value of efficiency and speed, But, everyone gets through and especially in the realm of travel. This is begins the battle for those dismal gray predominately embarrassing. trays, fearing the sniper in the corner Don’t worry though. I wasn’t home that will fire if your laptop isn’t left free after that. I sat in 21D. For those uncovered. You take 10 minutes to of you who don’t know what that remove your sneakers, five of which you means on the standard Boeing 737 that spend thinking about how many types United Airlines flies from Charlotte of diseases you are contracting from to San Diego, all you need to know the airport floor, and is that it is a fatal seat the other five minutes assignment. It is an wondering why all the This is scary...in the sense aisle seat no more than tourists get to slide by 5 inches from the one in their prophet sandles. that I could easily sneak bathroom on the plane. an AK-47 on the plane Then you go through So, if you want to the tunnel of doom, memorize the bowel while my toothpaste is four or five times, movements of 300 confiscated, but because depending on what travellers distended with it is threatening the inkind of mood the airport food for five Transportation Security herently American value hours sit in 21D. Or, Administration man if you don’t want to, of efficiency and speed, standing at the entrance heavily medicate yourself especially in the realm of is in, and you once with anything in your again wonder why that immediate reach, or travel. guy who is wearing fulljust end it all with the body hunting gear and hatchet the guy next to cradling a rifle is getting you managed to sneak Starbucks while an 11-year-old boy, past the TSA. holding his teddy bear, is getting a full So here’s to you Dr., I mean, Mr. physical via magic security wand.

Gore (scientist by default), you let it rip This month, the TSA ran 70 bombon that Gulfstream V, because I think screening tests in Los Angeles, 75 in we can all admit that when it comes Chicago and 145 in San Francisco. At to avoiding commercial airlines: if you Chicago’s O’Hare Airport the screeners could, you would. missed 60 percent of the bombs in briefcases and carry-on bags and 75 Lauren Wright is a sophomore from percent of weapons and explosives that Rancho Sante Fe, Calif.

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Wake Forest and further, their obvious disrespect for the university community.

The university should be equally as ashamed for the administration’s lack of transparency concerning this rather serious issue. Only when we have access to such information can we have a chance to initiate a proper dialogue on how to best respond. This incident in particular should have been made open to the university considering that tolerance issues are often talked about but rarely acted on.

In not being forthcoming with information to the entire community, the administration’s attempts at preserving its name are negated when secrecy is allowed to reign over justice.

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his past weekend, I made the seven-hour drive to Nashville, driving the whole way for the first time.

From this 14-hour roundtrip experience, things that usually irritate me when driving short distances became the most annoying problems I could ever conceive. Instead of focusing on sneakily catching those who go slightly over the speed limit, the highway patrol needs to focus instead on enforcing a new set of laws that would make driving long distances a little less of a hassle.

The most important law that needs to be passed involves trucks. If it were

a perfect world, trucks would have their own interstates. However, this is not the case, so I will go with the next best idea. Trucks need to stay in the right lane. There is no need for trucks to ever be in the left lane, and I know that every other car driver shares this sentiment. While driving this weekend, I found myself praying for upcoming dangerous, curvy roads just so trucks would have to stay in the right lane. Why can’t that be a law for all interstates?

In a similar vein, cars that plan to go the same speed as the cars in the right lane have no place in the left lane.

Every once in a while I will see a sign merely suggesting “slower traffic keep right.” This needs to be more than a suggestion. No wonder so many cars break the law and pass on the right.

Why not have separate speed limits for the two lanes to aid those who are not sure which lane to choose? The slowest cars tend to be the ones who think they are the fastest and therefore incorrectly select the left lane. This is a bad choice and needs to be punishable by law.

On my way back, I noticed another disturbing trend. Upon seeing the “Road Work Ahead” signs, many cars would immediately slow down.

However, it was Sunday and so obviously, no one was doing construction work. There is no need to go 25 on the freeway just because

there are a few cones on the left hand shoulder. Signs need to be more specific as to when cars have to go the designated speed limit through roadwork areas. This is done in some areas but clearly not on I-40 East.

In addition, traffic alerts on the freeway should actually be functioning.

Around Ashville, I unexpectedly hit bumper-to-bumper traffic.

Slowly, I inched closer and closer to the traffic alert billboard anxiously awaiting information as to what the problem was and how long I would be stuck in traffic.

Instead, the billboard simply warned me: “Caution: Slow-Moving Traffic Ahead.” Really? I’m in slow-moving traffic?

Though I never quite figured out the problem, it looked like it had something to do with the roadwork speed limit issue.

So, instead of the highway patrol criticizing us for wanting to go a little over the speed limit, maybe we should be criticizing them for giving trucks full reign over the highway, letting slow cars back up traffic in the left lane and not bothering to inform us of traffic problems. I know that I am already dreading the car ride back home for Thanksgiving.

Hannah Werthan is a freshman from Nashville.

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uilding community.

Fostering community.

Enhancing community.

Community, community, community; it is the most frequently used buzzword on campus but the least practiced.

Comfort zones are a part of everyday life and we all take solace in them. However, what are we learning about ourselves and the world around us if we never step out of these sometimes-constricting bubbles? I believe most campus constituents need to

evaluate the answer to that question. Therefore, I present this question: Why is our campus not doing more to foster community across racial lines?

Many students on campus may respond that they do and have stepped out of comfort zones and into other cultures, especially when they studied abroad – like a high number of our students have. Contrasting this large percentage of students who have studied abroad, I wonder how many students (excluding students of color) on campus can say they have attended a multicultural event right here on campus (without being required to do so or enticed with extra credit by a professor). My guess would be very few (with the exception of Bernice King’s visit to campus).

This is a very interesting particular emphasis on black dichotomy we have built for students) self-segregate?” ourselves on campus. Many This question is addressed students are willing to step to students of color who outside of their comfort zones attend a predominantly white to cross oceans and enter a institution and sit in classes country where they may not where they may be the only even know the person of language, yet the color on a same students daily basis and Race relations can be are frightened are constantly tricky, hard to discuss and asked to speak by the potential discomfort of sometimes more comfort- for their entire attending an race or ethnic ably ignored (which is event sponsored group on a not an option for many by an ethnic or daily basis racial minority (as if that students of color) than and being the is a feasible confronted. only or one task). Why are of few white these students people present. questioned Nonetheless, in most campus about “self-segregation” while dialogues about race, the no one questions all of the question often presented by totally white organizations many white students is “why or groupings of students on do students of color (with campus? (For research on this

topic please see Why Are All of the Black Kids Sitting Together?

by Beverly Tatum).

Somehow, we have identified the students of color as the culprits for working against an inclusive community because “they” have events that white students do not feel comfortable going to. Are we really placing the onus on a minority group on campus to make the majority students comfortable with them? The same minority students who deal with feelings of isolation and sometimes blatant racism on campus. The same minority students whose interests and voices are lost in the campus mainstream culture and programming that often ignores their cultural backgrounds. Everyday minority students step out of their own comfort zones as

they move from residence hall to classroom, but instead we want to place the responsibility on them to do all the heavy lifting when it comes to reaching out to people of a different race and ethnicity than their own.

Race relations can be tricky, hard to discuss and sometimes more comfortably ignored (which is not an option for many students of color) than confronted. But, if we would all take one step to genuinely make an effort, we might be surprised that the experience is not as daunting as we expected, and in the process we might find new interests and passions we never knew we had. The invitation is always open to you to try something new.

Jameal Addison is a junior sociology major.

Americans have right to form own opinions

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mage what would have happened if President Nathan O. Hatch introduced former Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall at the immigration conference Oct. 3 by condemning the incompetence of the Carter administration.

If Hatch had called Carter and his cabinet imbecile socialists, both Marshall and the student body he was addressing would have had every right to be offended.

This column is in response to the Oct. 11 guest column by senior Jon Reedy (“Leader has not earned respect”).

Reedy notes that Columbia’s hosting of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offered “a free and unfettered platform for intellectuals.”

However, as we have already stated, Columbia’s president Lee Bollinger, by prefacing the Iranian President’s speech with his own biased and derogatory commentary, sought to deny his students their own intellectual decisions.

The audience should be capable of assessing Ahmadinejad based on his own speech rather than being fed a stance by their community leader.

By giving in to the media pressure to condemn Ahmadinejad, Bollinger relinquished his “intellectual courage.”

Bollinger did not act as a neutral host, but rather succumbed to pressure to mistreat his guest. It is quite clear why Bollinger lacks intellectual courage.

This issue is about neither Ahmadinejad’s morals nor his policies in Iran.

Rather, our article condemned those who did not want to hear

Ahamdinejad’s pleas for world peace, and did not try to listen to his world views.

Reedy argues that Ahmadinejad has not earned respect as a diplomat through his style of leadership.

The world of diplomacy however, is about cooperation and not about imposing value judgements. Reedy’s view of the world is unhealthily ethnocentric.

We do not mean to condemn him, but rather condemn the American media that presents a very narrow and biased view of all events.

While Reedy holds a strong opinion about Ahmadinejad, we are not here to make an assessment of this leader.

We believe that Americans should all be allowed to form their own views, not tainted by ethnocentrism.

Isolated incidents and stories can taint the image of any world power, including both the United States and Iran.

As the United Nations scene in September shows, petty personal politics are getting in the way of diplomacy yet again.

The saddest part is, these personal attacks have found their way into academia, and now even university presidents cannot present a topic from an unbiased perspective.

None of our professors have ever resorted to name calling during a lecture, not even when discussing Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin.

It is the role of higher education to allow students to understand world issues on their own and not to be lectured about what is right or wrong. The media is already lecturing us on this, as is the president.

Monica Petrescu is a sophomore history major from Vernon Hills, Ill., and Kyle Grochmal is a sophomore from Rehoboth, Mass.

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Men’s soccer remains undefeated with road wins

By Connor Swarbrick | Staff writer

The Deacon men’s soccer team continues to roll.

The team bettered its ACC record by defeating Duke Oct. 19 and impressively clearing Coastal Carolina Oct. 21.

The showdown in Durham pitted the No. 1 Deacons against the No. 15 Blue Devils.

The Deacons struck quickly. In the eighth minute, sophomore Cody Arnoux scored his team-high 10th goal of the season.

Senior Julian Valentin headed the ball at midfield to gain possession for the Deacons.

Junior Michael Lahoud controlled the ball off the header and fired a pass to Arnoux who found the back of the net.

In the 26th minute junior Jamie Franks passed the ball to Arnoux who centered it to junior Marcus Tracy.

Tracy netted the ball from 15

yards out to put the Deacons up 2-0.

Just minutes later Lahoud scored his third goal of the season when he put back the rebound from A r n o u x’s shot.

The Deacons went into the half leading 3-0 and that would hold as the score for the Valentin remainder of the match.

This was the first time the Deacons have beaten Duke since 2003.

“Those guys have beaten up on us a little bit over the years and its just a great feeling,” said redshirt senior Brian Edwards, “We just came to play and everything clicked.”

The Deacons improved their record in the ACC to 4-0-1 while

Duke dropped to 2-2-1 in the conference and 7-0-5 overall.

The Deacons Oct. 21 match in Conway, S.C., would prove to be little challenge.

Junior Lyle Adams gave the Deacons an early lead once again. He scored in the seventh minute off of a corner kick from junior Sam Cronin.

For the second straight game the Deacons had a 3-0 lead at halftime after two goals from Tracy at the 24 and 33 minute marks.

Edwards got a rare goalkeeper assist in the 62nd minute when his save led to a goal from sophomore Austin da Luz. It was the first of the season for da Luz. Just two minutes later da Luz assisted on Valentin’s first goal of the season. The goal gave the Deacons a 5-0 lead that would stand as the final.

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Junior Marcus Lahoud attempts to move the ball past an Elon defender Oct. 2. Lahoud was named Soccer America Player of the Week Oct. 23.

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With their helmets polished and uniforms cleaned to perfection, the Deacs tried to look nice for Homecoming at the United States Naval Academy, but they were unwilling to allow the Midshipmen to win in front of their alumni.

Led by a strong rushing attack and a defense that allowed only seven points in the second half, Wake Forest outpaced Navy to take the win 44-24.

Wake Forest had trouble in the first half controlling Navy’s tripleoption offense.

The Midshipmen ran for a total of 173-yards in the first half.

Navy quarterback Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enhada was a big portion of the attack, rushing for 47-yards and a touchdown in the first half, but a big hit from redshirt junior linebacker Aaron Curry put an end to Kaheaku-Enhada, who did not return to the game.

With the loss of Kaheaku-Enhada, the Midshipmen attack started to break down with a major turning point coming with 2:19 left in the half.

Redshirt junior Alphonso Smith came in off a cornerback blitz and knocked the ball loose from the Midshipmen’s quarterback, and redshirt senior Matt Robinson picked the ball up and took it seven yards for a touchdown.

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Like a cold Coors Light train telling people all over the world to join in, the Colorado Rockies swept through the MLB playoffs leaving a trail of refreshed and defeated teams in their wake. Unlike the Coors Light train, the Rockies did not leave a watery taste in everyone’s mouth.

Instead, Colorado has rattled off 21 wins in its last 22 games, batting a collective .296 and pitching with a 2.80 combined ERA. The Rockies made short work of the Phillys in the NLDS, sending them home to a city that boos its teams in its sleep.

The young Diamondbacks got much of the same treatment, receiving a beating that will make the team a little gun shy the next time they make it to the NLCS. Welcome to Rocktober, a much less annoying version of Dane Cook’s Actober, and a cousin of the actual month of October, except with more purple. Not only have the Rockies been playing well, but they managed to become America’s default pick. Their current streak of wins, along with a lovable cast of characters has drawn the interest of many MLB fans whose teams have gone the way of the dodo.

Now they face a very formidable opponent in the Boston Red Sox, a task that might make Dinger, the anthropomorphized Triceratops and the Rockies mascot, want to go extinct. I do not claim to be a baseball genius, but I believe the Rockies can win this series. I submit these two reasons: 1. Team Chemistry. This may in fact be a clichéd term, but when it translates into on the field

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Redshirt freshman Josh Adams breaks through during Wake Forest 44-24 win over Navy. Adams had 131 rushing yards and a touchdown in the game.

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Women’s soccer ties with Field hockey shuts out No. 19 UVa. No. 25 Blue Devils

By Hailey Robbins | Staff writer

By Susie Manship | Contributing writer

The No. 21 Demon Deacons faced the No. 25 Blue Devils Oct. 18 at Spry Stadium.

With both teams at a 2-2-2 ACC record, the game began with Wake dominating the first half of play.

Wake outshot Duke 6-1 in the first half.

Sophomore Jill Hutchinson capitalized on one of these shots from 35 yards away, putting the team up 1-0. Senior Laura Colven was credited for her first assist on the season.

The Blue Devils turned it around in the second half, outshooting the Deacs 5-4.

In the 79th minute, Duke’s C.J. Ludemann tied the game 1-1.

The game on Oct. 18 went through two scoreless overtimes and ended in a draw.

“The lesson we learned from the Duke game is that one goal in the ACC is not enough to solidify a win, we have to finish the chances that we create,” said junior Amy Smerdzinski.

Three days later, the Deacs (3-2-2 in ACC) played the Clemson Tigers (1-4-2 in ACC). The No. 21 Deacs beat Clemson 2-1

moving to fifth overall in the ACC. Wake currently sits two points behind Miami and three points ahead of Duke.

Junior Whitney Berry recorded her first goal on the season off an assist from sophomore Kaley Fountain.

Thirty minutes later the Tigers’ Samantha Foster tied the game up 1-1. Trying to avoid the second consecutive ACC tie, the Deacs fought hard throughout the first overtime.

Only 31 seconds into the second overtime, freshman midfielder Samantha Germano converted a goal to clinch the win for Wake.

Freshman goalie Amanda Barasha had a season-high nine saves on the season.

The team is keeping focused as the 2007 season comes to a close.

“We take each game one at a time and focus on the mission at hand,” Smerdzinski said. “We don’t want to look past any team nor do we want to dwell on past wins or losses. The ACC is the most competitive conference in the nation for women’s soccer and at this point in the season we just have to stay focused.”

The team’s last three regular season games begin Oct. 25 at home against the Florida State Seminoles.

The No. 3 Wake Forest Demon Deacon field hockey team shutout No. 19 University of Virginia on Oct. 20.

This marked junior goalie Crystal Duffield’s first shut out of the season and the Demon Deacons’ sixth consecutive win, advancing to 11-4 overall.

Starting the game with back-and-forth play, several members of the Wake offense offered forth shots, all blocked by Virginia goalie Devon Burnley.

Still scoreless halfway into the first period, Wake offense picked up speed when at the 20:15 mark, senior Chelsea Cipriani scored off a penalty corner shot taken by junior Minou Gimbrere.

“I was really impressed by our organization and cohesion,” Head Coach Jen Averill said.

“I could tell from the warm up (the Virginia) game was (going to be) great. The girls were in a completely different zone, the overall energy was phenomenal.”

Minutes later, Virginia attempted to tie the score with a shot off a penalty corner, which Duffield saved.

“We talked a lot about corners before the game,” Duffield said.

“We knew they were going to hit straight for my hands, and when the shots always came to See Field hockey, Page B4

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Sophomore Aileen Davis attempts to clear the ball during the Deacs’ Sept. 29 game against UNC.

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ophomore Austin da Luz has high expectations for this year’s men’s soccer team, but he is determined to help the team head down that path.

As a freshman, da Luz played in 17 games and started 10 of them. This year, he’s played in 12 out of 13 games and accumulated a total of seven assists. Da Luz was named to the All-ACC Freshman team last year and

On being the No. 1 team in the nation: Having the No. 1 ranking is nice because we know that we are going to get the best out of every team we play, they all want a piece of us. Other than that we try not to think about it too much and just concentrate on getting better every day.

On this year’s goals: We won’t be satisfied with anything less than a National Championship. Getting to the Final Four last year was a great achievement, but it’s in the past and this year we want to be the last team standing.

because I’m not too athletic. I think I would probably just surf or something.

On his favorite class at Wake: My favorite class was probably Chemistry 108 with Professor King. I took it this summer with five of my teammates. Professor King is awesome so it was a lot of fun and we learned a lot.

On this year’s freshman class: The freshmen have all contributed greatly to the success of the team this year. Obviously Corben Bone

"We want to be the last team standing." led the Wake Forest freshmen class in shots, with a total of 35. The Old Gold & Black’s assistant sports editor Allison Lange sat down with da Luz to talk about being a member of the No. 1 team in the nation, his dad coaching the women’s soccer team and his favorite class that he’s taken at Wake Forest.

DEAC OF THE WEEK

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Junior Sam Swank was named a Lou Groza “Star of the Week.”

Swank, from Jacksonville Beach, Fla., made field goals of 32, 26 and 52 yards at the Navy game.

He was also a perfect five for five in extra points as the Deacons defeated Navy 44-24 at Annapolis.

Swank is a two-time Groza semifinalist and has also been a Ray Guy Award semi-finalist for his

punting efforts.

Swank has made all eight of his field goal attempts this season and he is 26-26 on extra points.

Last season Swank was named First Team All-American by Sports Illustrated, voted ACC Championship Game’s Most Valuable Player and selected First Team All-ACC placekicker by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association among other awards The other two “Stars of the Week,” Jeremy Ito of Rutgers and Gary Cismesia from Florida State were also 2006 Lou Groza Collegiate Place Kicker Award semi-finalists.

The 2007 winner of the Lou Groza Collegiate PlaceKicker Award will be announced Dec. 6. All Division I-A kickers are eligible for the award named for NFL Hall of Fame Kicker Lou “The Toe” Groza.

Winning the ACC is also very important to us. There is a lot of pride at stake there.

On being anyone for a day: I’d be Sam Cronin, no doubt. He’s got it all. Corben Bone would be a close second, but Sam is just a little better looking.

On playing a sport other than soccer: I don’t know what I would play. I’ve never really played any other sports. I’m not very good at anything

and Ike Opara have been great assets and have adjusted to the college game very well, but each freshman has brought something positive to the table and fit into our family seamlessly.

On having his dad coach at Wake: It’s great (to have my dad here). I get to see him everyday and he’s always around to support me both on and off the field. He knows when to be a dad and when to be a coach, and he is always trying to help me be a better player.

DEACON NOTES Black & Gold basketball game scheduled for Oct. 27 Fans will be able to see the 2007-’08 men’s basketball team in action during the annual Black & Gold game.

The intrasquad game is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Oct. 27 at Reynolds Gymnasium.

The scrimmage, which follows the football game against UNC, is free and open to the public.

The Deacons will play one preseason scrimmage Nov. 5 against Mars Hill. The exhibition game will be held at 7 p.m. at the Joel Coliseum.

The 2007-’08 regular season begins Nov. 9 with a 7 p.m. tip-off against Fairfield.

Running back earns third Rookie of the Week award Redshirt freshman running back Josh Adams has been named the ACC Rookie of the Week for the third time this season. It is the second straight week Adams has won the award.

Adams rushed for 131 yards on 27 carries and one touchdown in the Deacons’ 44-24 win over Navy Oct. 20.

He has now posted back-to-back 100-yard rushing days after gaining 140 yards against Florida State Oct. 11.

Adams also broke the Wake Forest record for the most rushing yards in a season by a redshirt freshman with 495 yards this year.

The previous mark was 490 by Morgan Kane in 1996.

Adams’ average of 82.5 yards per game is good for fifth in the ACC.

Lahoud honored as Soccer America Player of the Week Junior Michael Lahoud was named Soccer America Player of the Week for his three goal performance in the No. 1 Deacons’ 8-0 win over UNC Greensboro and 3-0 win over No. 15 Duke.

Lahoud, from Annandale, Va., has started in 55 matches and logged minutes in 58 contests.

Over all, Lahoud has accumulated 13 goals and 14 assists.

Lahoud scored his first two goals of the season in Wake’s 8-0 win over UNC Greensboro Oct. 16. He had the game-winning assist in the Deacons’ 3-0 win over No. 15 Duke Oct. 19.

Lahoud also netted a goal of his own in the 30th minute.

Lady Deacons raise nearly $12,000 for breast cancer The Deacons’ volleyball team raised $11,805.50 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure in its second annual Dig for the Cure Night Oct. 20.

In a four-game loss to Virginia Tech, the Demon Deacons raised the money to aid in breast cancer research and awareness. The total amount of money raised shattered the team’s goal of $6,500.

The Deacons solicited donations from sponsors who either pledged money per dig recorded in the match against Virginia Tech or who gave a flat donation to the campaign.

The Deacons finished with 67 digs. Freshman Megan Thornberry led the effort with a matchhigh 19 digs. The Deacons had just 27 digs as a team heading into the third game.

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Volleyball continues to struggle in ACC action

By L.K. Davey | Staff writer

The women’s volleyball team had a rough weekend with back-to-back losses against UVA and Virginia Tech at home.

It was not a disappointing weekend for the whole team however, as junior Natalie Mullikin tied the 21-year-old Wake Forest career block solos record Oct. 20.

Mullikin finished with one block solo to tie Jenny Kraner (1984-86) for the school record with 87 block solos apiece.

The Lebanon, Ind., native entered the season with 64 career block solos and now has added 23 more in 21 Faulkner matches this year.

The Demon Deacons were defeated in four games by Virginia Oct. 19.

The Cavaliers took down the Deacs 30-28, 31-29, 19-30, 30-24. Spotlight Deacons included Mullikin who had eight total blocks on the night and a match-high 16 kills.

Freshmen Kelsey Jones and Kristen White turned in double-doubles for the Deacons.

Jones dished out 38 assists and tallied 12 digs for her eighth straight double-double and ninth in her last 10 matches.

White posted 13 kills and 10 digs for her fifth double-double of the season. White also had three aces in the match.

Sophomore Abby Miller led Wake

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Forest with 16 digs, while freshman Megan Thornberry was right behind with 14.

Senior Michael Faulkner joined the duo in double-figure digs with 11.

Faulkner also had eight kills and four blocks on the night.

Junior Ashley Homitz came off the bench to record five total blocks, including a pair of block solos.

Freshman Lauren McIntyre had six total blocks including five block assists for Wake Forest.

The Lady Deacons battled it out against the Virginia Tech Hokies Oct. 21.

The Hokies prevailed over the Deacons in four games, scoring 30-27, 30-15, 18-30, 30-23.

The match with Virginia Tech was held on Wake Forest’s second annual “Dig for the Cure” which benefitted the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation.

The Demon Deacon volleyball team solicited donations from sponsors to either pledge money per dig recorded

by Wake Forest or make a flat donation to the cause.

This year, the Deacs finished with 67 total digs, led by Thornberry’s matchhigh 19.

Other notable Deacons included Faulkner and Miller who also turned in double-figure digs, adding to the cause with 14 and 13 respectively.

Faulkner also turned in three aces in the match.

Jones, however, saw her string of eight straight double-doubles come to an end. Jones finished the evening with 37 assists and five digs. Mullikin led Wake Forest with a match-high 17 kills. She also added five total blocks

Football vs.

North Carolina 12 p.m. Oct. 27 BB&T Field

After a solid 44-24 victory against Navy Oct. 20, the football team will next play host to North Carolina at 12 p.m. Oct. 27 at BB&T Field.

The Tarheels enter the game with an overall record of 2-5 and a record of 1-2 in the ACC. The Deacs come into the game with an overall record of 5-2 and a record of 3-1 in the conference.

North Carolina remains unranked while Wake is currently receiving votes to be ranked.

The game will be televised by Raycom/ Lincoln Financial Sports.

North Carolina will be missing two key players this weekend.

Sophomores Jermaine Strong and Andre Barbour have been suspended indefinitely for violating school and team rules.

Strong usually serves as the Tarheels’ starting cornerback while Barbour is normally contributes as an offensive tackle for the team.

With North Carolina being a school rival and this weekend playing host to Family Weekend, the game should see impressive attendance.

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Redshirt junior Natalie Mullikin goes up for a block against the University of Virginia Oct. 19. The Deacs lost the game, three matches to one, putting the Deacs at an ACC record of 4-8. and an ace. Homitz posted a careerbest 10 kills for the Deacons. Homitz hit .348 for the match with two errors in 23 attempts. White was also in double-digits for kills with 10. McIntyre

chipped in seven kills and three block assists. The Lady Deacons have now lost five straight matches, all of which have been four-game setbacks. Their record is now at 7-14 overall and 4-8 in

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the ACC. Wake Forest hits the road next weekend for a pair of matches up north at Maryland and Boston College. The Deacs will face the Terps 7 p.m. Oct. 26 and the Eagles 1 p.m Oct. 28.

Wake in the Ranks Men’s soccer standings

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

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Men’s football standings All 8-3-1 11-0-2 8-1-4 7-5-0 4-4-5 8-3-2 6-4-4 5-5-3 6-8-1

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FOR THE AMATEUR With the conclusion of flag football and the first quarter of intramural sports, the Intramurals department would like to thank all those athletes and employees who took part in making this season a great one.

The championship games were held at Water Tower Field, which has never looked better this late in the year, and the champions from each respective division are as follows: Flag Football Champions: Men’s A- Ramma Jamma Women’s- Chi Omega Men’s B- Kappa Sigma CoRec- RUF

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A goalie clears the ball during Intramural water polo play, which ends its first round this week.

Table Tennis Champions: Men’s A- Adrian Singerman Men’s B- Zach Zimble Women’s- Jessica Hayes Men’s Doubles- Brad Perry/Andrew Singer Mixed Doubles- Michelle Garrity/ Jordan Jones

Individual Tennis Champions: Men’s A- Will Mustian Men’s B- Gomer Adams Women’s Doubles- Anne Nicodemus/ Genavee Brown *Other divisions are yet to be determined.

If you are interested in becoming an Intramural official for volleyball or soccer, there is still time remaining to sign up.

You need not have any prior experience and you can choose your own hours to participate.

There will be a mandatory informational meeting and training session 6 p.m. Oct. 24 for soccer and 8 p.m. for volleyball in Reynolds Gym 204A. There will be a Fall Four Person Golf Scramble tournament Nov. 4 at Meadowlands Golf Course.

Cost is $35 per player and sign-ups run from now until Nov. 1. Sign up in Reynolds Gym 204A.

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Tennis teams travel to ITAs

By Alisha Talbot | Staff writer

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Redshirt senior Kenneth Moore cuts away from a Navy defender during the Oct. 20 game. Moore produced 181 yards receiving and two touchdowns.

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This put the Deacs up 24-17 with 2:19 left on the clock, but Wake was not finished.

The Deacons drove down the field and let redshirt junior Sam Swank put another through the uprights to put the Deacs up 27-17.

“There were two big swings of momentum,” said Navy Coach Paul Johnson. “At the end of the first half when they kicked the field goal and in the second half when they scored after we had cut the lead back to three points.”

Wake Forest’s defense was instrumental in the Deacons’ success in the second half.

The only points the Midshipmen scored were on their first drive of the half, in which they drove 80-yards for a touchdown.

With the exception of this drive, Navy had only 144-yards in the second half of the game.

The Midshipmen’s offense, the one consistent

part of Navy’ game in the first half, began to fall apart in the second half. The Midshipmen fumbled the ball twice more and were forced to punt the ball for only the ninth time this season.

The Deacon offense on the other hand drove the ball down the field three more times for two touchdowns and a 52-yard Swank field goal.

Wake Forest was led by redshirt senior Kenneth Moore, who tied the Wake Forest single game record with 15 receptions and had a career high 181 yards receiving.

“You give him the ball, you kind of hold your breath and see what he does,” redshirt sophomore Riley Skinner said of Moore’s performance.

“He made me look good a couple times on some throws,” Skinner was 22 of 28 for 213 yards and two touchdowns.

Skinner, Moore and the Deacs return to action Oct. 27 against UNC-Chapel Hill.

The Wake Forest men’s tennis team was represented by only two players at the ITA/Wilson Mideast Regional Championships Oct. 20 at the University of Virginia.

Junior Cory Parr and sophomore Steven Forman both posted strong results in the singles and doubles draws.

In singles, Parr advanced to the quarterfinals defeating ninth-seeded Sadam Singh of UVA 6-3, 6-0. However, after the strong win, Parr fell in a tough three setter to another ninth-seed, Albert Larregola of Virginia Tech, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4.

In the doubles draw, Forman and Parr paired up and took down 16th-seed Clay Donato and Stefan Hardy from University of North Carolina, 8-4.

To advance to the semifinals, Parr and Forman defeated Derek T. Stephens and Chris Welte of N.C. State, 8-3.

Their winning streak did not continue to the finals after a tough 9-7 upset against University of Virginia’s Singh and Michael Shabaz.

The Wake Forest women’s tennis team was led by senior captain Alex Hirsch and junior Sasha Kulikova at the ITA Regionals in Chapel Hill, N.C. Kulikova won her first four matches, reaching the semifinals before she fell to the No. 5 seed, Duke’s Reka Zslinszka. On her way to the semis, she took down players from both Duke, Eastern Kentucky and Furman.

Hirsch had a strong performance, reaching the quarterfinals.

In her first match, Hirsch took down Alejan-

dra Guerra of UNC -Greensboro, 6-2, 6-0. She then went on to defeat Federica Van Adrichem of Clemson, 7-5, 6-2, until ultimately falling to Sanaz Marand of UNC in a tough three-set match, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.

Freshman Emilee Malvehy captured another ACC victory of fifth seed Diana Petrovic of N.C. State in a decisive third set, 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-0. Malvehy fell in the next round to Jelena Durisic of UNC, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

Fellow Deacon freshman Katarina Reveche took down Elon’s Paige Kensrue, 6-2, 6-2 in her first round match. However, she too fell in her secondround match to Chapel Hill.

In her first singles match since last fall, junior Christian Tara fell to Ghizella Schutte of Tennessee, 2-6, 7-6, 6-2. Junior Sierra Poske lost to Vanderbilt’s Taka Bertrand in her first round match, 6-1, 6-4.

In the qualifying draw, senior Jenna Loeb took down Natalia Baez of Louisville, 3-6, 7-5 (Ret) and then fell to Furman’s Jessica Preeg, 6-4, 6-0.

The Lady Deacon doubles team of Hirsch and Kulikova had a strong showing taking down Elon’s Deanna Bailey and Jenn Tucci, 8-4 in the first round.

Their next victims were Laura Borza and Link Leskosky of Wofford who they beat 8-3; and they continued their victorious run over Virginia’s Berry and Kelsey Linville of Wofford 8-4.

Other Lady Deac doubles duos were Poske and Malvehy who fell in their first round match to University of Tennessee.

Loeb and freshman Katarina Reveche also fell in their first round match to Clemson.

Men’s golf fails to capitalize on fast start

By Martin Rickman | Staff writer

After climbing to second place Oct. 22, the 17th-ranked Wake Forest men’s golf team shot a 10-over Oct. 23 to finish fifth at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational in Windermere, Fla. The 7,493 yard, Arnold Palmerdesigned course, located at the Isleworth Country Club, played extremely long, giving most teams a hard time all weekend as only three teams finished under par for the tournament.

Sophomore Brendan Gielow, who led the Deacs with a final one-under 215, good for a tie at 13th place, said, “The course played difficult, mainly because it played very long. However, good scores were out there because the greens were soft.”

The University of Georgia posted a -23 to capture the team title for

the third time in four years, helped out by Harris English, who shot scores of even, -5 and -6 to finish at 11-under to claim the individual title. The Bulldogs also got a great performance from Hudson Swafford, who shot -6 good for third place.

Clemson claimed second place at two-under, followed by -1 Southern Simpson California, Ok l a h o m a State at +2 and the Deacons at +4.

The Deacons were in a prime position to contend for the title after shooting -3 Oct. 22, and were in second place just four strokes back from Georgia from

an incredible performance by junior Dustin Groves, who shot 66. The Deacs could not capitalize though, receiving three scores of 75 or higher Oct. 23 which caused them to slip to fifth.

Despite the trouble, Wake got some great individual round performances Oct. 23 as both senior Webb Simpson and sophomore Brendan Gielow shot 69s.

Behind Gielow was Simpson at a 16th place even, Groves with a +4 for 30th place, senior Chris McCartin at a 40th place +6 and freshman Chris Cannon finishing in 76th place at 14-over.

The fifth place finish was their second best of the fall season, behind a third at the VCU Shootout in Manakin-Sabot, Va. The Deacs will play their final tournament of the year Oct. 29-30 at the Bridgestone Invitational at Forest Oaks Country Club.

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my hands, I was ready to block them.”

Over the next 10 minutes, the Deacons peppered the UVA goal with shots, all blocked, until at the 32:06 mark, sophomore Melissa Martin scored from the left side, increasing the lead 2-0.

“The scoring was very evenly distributed, I couldn’t have asked for more,” Averill said. “That game was a huge boost of confidence. ACC opponents bring out the best in (our team.)”

Entering the second half with a furious force, Averill the Deacons offered two shots immediately, both blocked by Burnley.

At the 39:36 mark, freshman Emily Cummings gave the Deacons a three-point lead.

Unwilling to accept defeat, Virginia offense stormed towards the Deacon backfield, but

a rock solid defensive line and unstoppable Duffield rejected any hope of a goal.

“Duffield really stepped up and played phenomenally,” Averill said. “The whole team dynamic was completely different from (last weekend). We always focus on how we can improve (as a team).”

The Demon Deacons out shot the University of Virginia 17-7, causing the No. 19 team to fall to 0-4 in ACC play.

Cipriani and Gimbrere offered five shots each, Martin and sophomore Regina Shannon placed four together on the board, and junior Liz Fries, sophomore Raisa Schiller and Cummings all placed shots in Virginia territory.

“Our goal as a team was to keep spacing, use the wings and work on the backfield movement,” Duffield said. “We definitely accomplished our goals and that showed in our game.”

Next, the Deacons take on ACC rival Boston College, concluding their regular season at 1 p.m. Oct. 28 at home.

They then prepare for the ACC Tournament held Nov. 1-4 in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

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Junior Minou Gimbrere attempts to pass defenders during a recent game. Gimbrere had an assist in the Deacs 3-0 defeat of Virginia.

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Soccer: Team No. 1 again Pressbox: Rockies to win

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The statistics back up the Deacons’ No. 1 ranking.

They are 25-0 in scoring the last five matches.

This scoring outburst has them leading the nation in offense while Edwards has helped the Deacons lead the nation in shutout percentage.

The teams W-L-T percentage is also first among all Div 1-A soccer teams.

“It’s definitely a great combination we put up goals and we don’t give up a lot and that could lead to a lot of wins.” Edwards said.

“Our forwards are just going out of control.”

The Deacons, now 10-0-2, received all 16 first place votes to remain No. 1 in

the country this week, but they do not top the ACC rankings.

The Deacons will face the No. 13 ranked Boston College Eagles, who lead the ACC with a record of 5-0-0 and an overall record of 9-3-3. The game is set for 7 p.m. Oct 27 in Chestnut Hill, Mass.

After the Boston College game the Deacons’ will close out the regular season with three home games against UNC, Davidson and No. 12 Virginia.

“I think we look really sharp right now and that is obvious with the results we have been getting,” Edwards said.

“We have four games left and we want to gain some momentum going forward into the tournament.”

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Freshman Corben Bone dribbles the ball during a recent Deacon victory.

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success it must be used. During their current rash of wins the Rockies fielding percentage has been an outstanding .992, with only seven total errors (MLB. com). These stats translate to the pitchers trusting their fielders and vice versa.

Combined with the aforementioned batting average and ERA, one can conclude that the Rockies are playing good team baseball. Any one player can step up on any given night.

The Red Sox exhibited this quality in their comeback win in the ALCS, but where was it at the end of the season when the Yankees were closing in?

The Rockies have been consistent, and despite a nine-day layoff (over which they will certainly get some much needed

rest and play many simulated games) they will carry the team consistency into the World Series 2. The Karmic Bandwagon.

Which is worse: a pink Bosox hat or a Rockies fan who only knows Todd Helton as Peyton Manning’s backup quarterback at Tennessee?

Probably not much difference in the amount of ignorance displayed, but whereas a fan with a pink Boston hat might be killed at Fenway, both the Rockies and their fans will take the Todd Helton ignorant bandwagon dweller any day.

Red Sox fans derive a sense of moral superiority from the fact that there team was tortured for years on end, and the fact that they can name every player past and present who has donned a Sox hat.

Karma caught up to the Sox in 2004, ending the drought

and bringing with it a bandwagon of fans ready to capitalize on one of the greatest sports stories of all time.

Since then, through a very exclusive world view and a lofty team budget, the Red Sox and their fans have yet again tempted fate by alienating would-be fans and by spending money like George Steinbrenner at the College World Series.

The Rockies have never been to a World Series, don’t seem to care if anyone shows up with a pastel colored hat and haven’t spent exorbitant sums of money just to win a championship.

Karma is on the Rockies side, and it may have left the Red Sox in 2004.

Did I mention their mascot was a triceratops named Dinger?

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By Caroline Edgeton | Contributing writer Perhaps the most interesting ghost stories are the ones that happen in your own backyard. Students at Wake Forest may or may not know that Winston-Salem has its alleged haunted locations.

As a local of Winston-Salem, perhaps I can share a few local legends.

Old Salem

Greensboro Ghouls

Old Salem, the famous establishment of the Moravian community that settled here in 1766, is a place where tourists, residents and students alike enjoy taking a walk in the crisp fall air. Though Old Salem is still a bustling community with shops, restaurants and two schools (Salem Academy and Salem College), it still exudes a lingering past from the earlier days.

Old Salem has various local legends pertaining to haunted locations within the establishment. Salem Academy and Salem College both have reputable stories concerning apparitions and creepy occurrences that appear in different locations of the schools. Perhaps the most well- known story is about a young girl who hanged herself on the third floor of the then- attic of the Gramley Dormitory on the Salem College campus.

Today, it is reported that at night girls who live on the second floor of the dorm can hear a trunk being dragged across the floor followed by the sound of marbles dropping. Ironically, girls who live on the third floor cannot hear any of this. Other reports of random knocking on the doors, a girl’s voice and a girl’s ghostly presence in the dorm are still circulated throughout the community.

A place not too far away, Greensboro has some spooky local legends. One of the most famous is the story of little Mary Hobbs and her perpetual presence at the Hobbs house, now a dormitory on the Guilford College campus. The third floor (also the attic) of the house, however, is not true to the original. A tragic fire completely destroyed the attic, and killed the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs, Mary.

Mary Hobbs decided to have a slumber party in the attic of her parents’ house. Apparently, word spread pretty quickly that Mary was having girls over to the house. So quickly in fact, that some boys from school decided to play a trick on the group of girls by making cloth bags filled with rocks, setting them on fire and throwing them into the attic window. All the girls made it out except for Mary.

Rumor has it you can still hear faucets turn on and off followed by a faint scream from a little girl’s voice. People have also reported hearing footsteps go up and down the hallway in the middle of the night. Perhaps if you have a friend that attends Guilford College, or better yet, lives in the Hobbs Residence Hall, you may want to inquire about this mysterious presence in the building.

Rural Hall Quite possibly the most well-known local legend pertains to a little area on the border of Forsyth and Stokes Counties called Rural Hall.

Legend has it that Charlie Lawson, a plantation owner, was enraged by the fact that one of his daughters was impregnated. Lawson, a raging alcoholic and an ill-tempered man, was reported to have killed his entire family in his rage. His and quite possibly other people’s presences are still a part of this location called Payne Road. In 1980, it was renamed to Edwards Road but traditionally is referenced by its maiden name.

Today, people drive up to Edwards Road for a good scare. I do not recommend going very late at night, because there are many reports of cults meeting in the area and other questionable people who do not like uninvited guests. I am going to be honest, Edwards Road is a pretty scary location at night (and it’s certainly not the safest). If you park your car on an old bridge where a slave was apparently hanged and whistle the song “Dixie,” your car may not start back up for a while.

Another popular account from Payne Road is an old 1930s car with bright headlights that will begin to follow you down the road. It will not be close behind you, but close enough that you can see it following you. All of the sudden, the car will disappear and you will not see where it actually went.

The Grove Park Inn The mountains are always a favorable getaway during the fall season simply because of the scenery. If you plan to escape to the lovely city of Asheville this autumn, I suggest making a stop at a famous location.

The Grove Park Inn of Asheville is famed for its interesting past involving the death of a young woman dressed in pink. In 1920, a woman plunged to her death at the hotel’s Palm Court Atrium. Nobody seems to know if her death was a suicide attempt, murder or plain accident. All people seem to truly understand is that her presence is definitely still a part of the building.

Many employees and guests claim to have seen this pink lady roam the halls of the hotel. Taking a liking to children, she makes her spirit known when kids stay at the hotel with their parents.

She also plays childish games like turning light switches on and off in the middle of the night.

Reports of a female voice being heard and doors opening at random are also a part of the hotel’s reputation.

Overall, Winston-Salem has many reputable legends that many residents of the city know about.

Ask a local sometime and see what they come up with in case you are looking for something a little out of the ordinary this Halloween.

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Undeniably our state has its local legends that never seem to die out. Simply ask a local who is sure to provide you with a satisfying tale.

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Saving the world, one PowerPoint presentation at a time Rob McFeeley Staff columnist

On Friday, Oct. 12, former Vice President Albert Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to increase global awareness about man-made climate change.

In other words, Gore was awarded a little under a million dollars for making an incredibly long PowerPoint presentation entitled An Inconvenient Truth.

Really, Nobel Peace Prize committee? Great choice. It’s obvious that you all went “green” at this year’s selection meeting. You sly Norwegians must have been stoned as hell.

A presentation that I made in my eighth grade health class totally dominates Gore’s Oscar-winning “documentary.”

If Albie belongs in the same league as Mother Teresa, the epic transitions and colorful slides used in “Inconvenient Poops: Living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome” put me right up there with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Here’s a fun fact about America’s most popular faux-scientist: in his time at Harvard, Gore squeezed out a D in “Man’s Place in Nature” and a C-plus in another Natural Sciences course. Ouch.

I, on the other hand, rocked Biology 111. Guess that means it’s time to re-evaluate my career goals.

My new post-grad plans? A quick jaunt over at NASA followed by an indefinite reign as Prime Minister of the Earth.

Even though I think that Gore’s a dubious character, I realize that climate change is one of the most important issues facing our generation.

Earlier this month, after a few minutes of deliberation, I decided to give this whole Green business the old college try.

The process of binding my ecological foot has been surprisingly easy. When it comes to carbon emissions, you might as well call me Switzerland.

To start, I’ve been holding my breath as much as possible.

It’s clear that we humans emit way too much CO2 by huffing and puffing all the time.

Granted, my skin has taken on a spooky cyanotic hue. My conscience, however, is as clear as a bell.

Many scientists assert that the presence of high levels of methane in the earth’s atmosphere may contribute to global warming.

Over the last week, I’ve been testing out a new method that’s designed to reduce the emission of this hazardous natural gas.

TAYFIZZ (patent pending) should help solve this pressing dilemma. The full name, “Trap All Your Farts in Ziplocz,” pretty much says it all.

With a few plastic bags, a pair of loose-fitting pants and a little ingenuity, you too can do your part in helping Mother Earth to cut back on her Valium intake.

As for sustenance, I’ve actually been eating Kashi’s GOLEAN Crunch cereal since the beginning of the semester.

Unfortunately, the only thing that’s grown thin is my patience.

After two months of suffering through bowl after bowl of puffed cardboard, I’m no more svelte than when I started.

Indoor plumbing? A thing of the past. I’m doing

what I can to keep the Nitrogen Cycle spinning smoothly. That being said, you might want to avoid cutting through my backyard.

All of my electronics are now powered by an elaborate potato-battery system. Even though my room looks like an Idaho power plant, this setup has earned me a ton of valuable carbon credits.

There is one aspect of the Green movement that I can’t quite stomach. Despite my commitment to the cause, I draw the line at using lambskin condoms.

Don’t be misled by the name. When they say “lambskin,” the marketers really mean “the lining of a baby sheep’s intestines.”

Would you enjoy shaking hands with someone wearing lambcolon gloves? You get the picture.

Listen. You might be sitting there and thinking, “What’s with all this self-promotion? Does this amateur tree-hugger think he’s better than me?”

Short answer: Yes. Now before you start going green (with envy), just remember how easy it is to make a difference.

All you need to do is have a heart, friends. If that’s too much to ask, then at least have an organic granola bar or two.

Remember, every little bit helps.

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He Said | Advice on sex and the fairer sex

Halloween time: when fools rush in Teddy Aronson Staff columnist

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Don’t even lie, you know you still have your Backstreet Boys albums from middle school. Guess what?

It’s time to whip those bad boys out and prepare yourself for their latest album, Unbreakable, coming out Oct. 30. This will be the group’s first album sans Kevin Richardson, who quit the band in June 2006.

Moonlight Lovin’ Coral reefs need love, too. In a recent study, scientists from the University of Queensland observed corals in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Every spring after a full moon, the corals release sperm and eggs into the ocean. The study found that the corals possess a protein that allows them to sense and respond to changes in light, which explains their moonlight mating habits. The findings suggest the presence of a kind of biological clock that exists within mammals which can be traced back to simpler multicellular organisms.

Spooky Sounds The annual Halloween Orchestra Concert conducted by David Hagy will be held at midnight Oct. 31 in Brendle Recital Hall. Each year the whole orchestra gets into the festivities and dresses up in costumes.

The greatest costume is usually worn

by Hagy. Two years ago he dressed up as Gollum from Lord of the Rings and last year he teamed up with another music professor as the Ambigously Gay Duo from Saturday Night Live.

Admission is free, but you have to call ext. 5364 to reserve tickets.

Drink of the Week Zombie

Nothing screams Halloween as much as corpses. Here’s our last installment of the holidaythemed drinks.

Ingredients: 1 oz light rum .5 oz creme de almond 1.5 oz sweet and sour .5 oz triple sec 1.5 oz orange juice .5 oz 151 proof rum 1 cherry Ice Directions: Shake all ingredients (except 151 proof rum) with ice and strain into a collins glass over ice cubes. Float the 151 proof rum on top, add a cherry and serve.

Halloween. A word, event, holiday in and of itself with endless connotations: autumn weather, playful trickor-treaters and endless amounts of candy.

But, there’s another side of this quickly approaching occasion.

One that the parents of all the innocent Halloweeners out there would like to cover up, and which that guy across the street with the boardedup windows and 10 pet raccoons, all leering over the interestingly corpse-shaped holes in the front yard, each marked with the phrase WHY MOTHER? would love to embrace: the untamed, sexually crazed festival that is Halloween.

Does life get any better around this time of year?

The weather is cooling down to a comfortable chill and it seems as if food gets progressively better as Thanksgiving approaches.

We’re also half way through the first semester, signifying an increase in the comfort level among students on campus.

What better means are there to express our joy of our new budding friendships than through the majesty of Halloween?

It’s a holiday of fantasy, imagination and overall good times, all revolving around the concept of making the biggest fool of yourself possible, but in a good way.

No other holiday even compares.

Except for maybe St. Patrick’s Day. The costumes are a real treat to witness as everyone does a great job of matching the color of their alcoholinduced vomit with the rest of their green leprechaun costume even a true fashion connoisseur could appreciate.

Costumes, from the simplest to craziest versions, are at the heart of the true Halloween experience.

It seems as if for the ladies’ costume, one must reveal their inner raunchy sex goddess.

The unwritten Halloween rules say that on this occasion dressing up as that half-nude French maid you’ve always dreamed of being is apparently just fine.

Or simply going in lingerie and topping it off with a toy hardhat

magically makes you a construction worker.

That’s not cool; there are many other safety precautions, and dressing that attractively is not worth the risk. Safety first.

While for the men, that great costume idea turns out to be just revealing your true inner weirdness by the end of the night.

But that’s A-OK, because it’s Halloween.

Giving out breast exams all night while dressed as a doctor would normally be extremely inappropriate, but tonight that lab coat comes with its own official Ph.D., so it’s 100 percent legitimate.

And then there’s always that guy dowsed in fake blood with his $83 demon mask that weighs a convenient 75 pounds and scares everyone away.

But I guess it’s all in the spirit of Halloween, even though that fake bloody knife looks eerily realistic, and those supposed phony neck gashes just seem to keep gushing more and more blood.

You can blame them all you want, but the way you are is not your parent’s fault.

Overall, it’s a night of stepping outside of yourself momentarily, and enjoying the moment with the

company of friends in a surreal environment.

With all these factors in the same environment, there’s always the likelihood of something unwanted happening.

Everyone’s inhibition and decisions are a bit more liberated, and one can easily abuse or take advantage of a situation.

Let’s not ruin the spirit by changing who we are for one night and doing something that’ll ruin it for someone else.

Instead, let’s not be embarrassed about the idiots we’re being, dress in the most ridiculous things we can come up with and be ourselves in another way on this wild night.

For all those trick-or-treaters out there on campus, I’ll have candy outside my room in a witch-shaped bowl.

Only one per treater, thanks.

“He Said” is a bi-weekly column that presents one guy’s perspective on the college sex scene. You may contact him with your feedback or ideas at arontt7@ wfu.edu.

What You Didn’t Know | By Caldwell Tanner

Movie Review | Across the Universe

Beatles’ songs create mosaic of characters in musical

By Aubrey Sitler | Contributing writer

In the past few years, musicals have been making a comeback in Hollywood. Chicago, Rent, Dreamgirls and Hairspray all saw great amounts of success when they transitioned from the Broadway stages of New York to the big screen in Hollywood.

But most recently, a new film with an original concept and an inventive storyline was released that will perhaps change the way musicals in general are viewed by the public.

From its opening moments, Across the Universe establishes itself as a musical different from any other.

Acclaimed director Julie Taymor is responsible for the direction and conception of this innovative film.

“The idea was to create an original musical using only the songs of the Beatles,” Taymor said.

Unlike most musicals, a story Across the Universe where comes first Starring | Evan Rachel Wood, and songs are Jim Sturgess and Eddie Izzard inserted in at Director | Julie Taymor key points, Who’s it for? | Musical lovers the plot of the film is and haters alike driven by the Running Time | 2 hrs. 11 min. music: the Rating | (out of 5) songs create the story.

“The entire concept of this musical is that the lyrics will tell the story,” Taymor said. “They are the libretto, they are the arias, they are the emotion of the characters.”

The movie’s soundtrack consists of 33 revolutionary songs, including “Hey Jude,” “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and “Let it Be,” all of which have been reexamined and reinterpreted to tell the untold tale of two star-crossed lovers in a world filled with change.

The film is set in the 1960s amid the chaotic years of anti-war protest, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll.

In telling the story of Jude (Jim Sturgess), who comes to the United States in search of his long-lost father, and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), an upperclass suburbanite, it transitions from the dockyards of Liverpool to the streets of psychedelic Greenwich Village, from the comfort and predictability of suburbia and the Ivy League to the battlefields of Vietnam.

The two star-crossed lovers, along with a small group of friends and musicians, are swept up into the emerging anti-war and counter-culture movements.

Photo courtesy of Revolution Studios

Julie Taymor’s big-screen musical tells the story of star-crossed lovers Jude (Jim Sturgess) and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood) during 1960s America, set to an all-Beatles soundtrack.

Due to forces outside their control, Jude and Lucy are torn apart and made, against all odds, to find their own way back to each other through a world strewn with change and destruction.

According to Taymor, the film was meant to “investigate the 60s. It had to penetrate all levels of the Beatles’ songs.

“From the love songs to the political songs, the music and the film would not just reflect the microcosm of a character’s experience, but, from my perspective, would also represent the macrocosm of the events that are happening in the world.”

In this, the director’s vision was realized. Although it is more than slightly trippy at times, the film succeeds in exploring several different levels of the Beatles’ songs.

From minor character Prudence innocently singing “I Want to Hold Your Hand” as an out-of-place cheerleader in Ohio, to Jude’s version of “Revolution” filled with outrage and passion, to Lucy’s

solemn rendition of “Blackbird,” every sensation from love to hate is expressed through the music.

My only complaint with the film lies in its lack of cohesiveness. In trying to incorporate the many issues associated with the generation at hand, the love story sometimes gets lost or pushed aside.

This would be perfectly OK if the film did not culminate by solely tying together the story of Jude and Lucy as star-crossed lovers while leaving the outcomes of the war and the protests completely untouched.

Unlike most musicals, Across the Universe has the ability to attract a wide range of audiences.

Since all of its musical compositions are Beatles songs and the performers themselves are not musical theatre types in the least, the usual complaints that some have with musicals being tacky or superficial do not hold true here.

Quite simply, it is a movie for musical lovers and haters alike.

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Restaurant Review | Arigato Japanese Steakhouse

Fill up on fun and food with a great meal at Arigato

By Lizzie Rosen | News editor

types of sauces you want; if you’re not a saucy person go ahead and try it. The Want a Thanksgiving-sized meal sans white is a great basic sauce for those turkey? Try Arigato Japanese Steak inexperienced in the hibachi world. and Seafood House.

There are also musArigato delivers tratard and ginger and Arigato ditional Japanese spicy sauces if you are décor and a hell of a Location | 2995 Bethesda Place feeling particularly meal. The restaurant Hours | Mon. - Fri. 5 p.m. - 10 p.m. zesty. Be forewarned is dimly lit with rooms that the menu conSat. 4 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. walled with dark sists entirely of hibaSun. 4 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. wood and stone tables chi. There is a large creating the ambiance Serving | Japanese cuisine variety of selections of an intimate dinner Dress | Casual and possible comtheatre with the chef binations including as your star. Swords Price Range | $14 - $25 with chicken, steak and Japanese dress are Rating | and filet mignon, (out of 5) scattered about in lit spanning to scallops, glass cases. Arigato has salmon and even calatwo side rooms connected by a wait- mari. ing room with a full service bar serving The meal kicks off with a clear soup Sapporo and Plum punch among other and a house salad. There are plenty of traditional Japanese drinks. Tables typi- dressing options but I recommend the cally hold eight people so you will likely soy-based house dressing or the ginger be sitting next to strangers. house dressing both put you in the mood While you are in for a show, the meal for Japanese food. runs at least an hour and 15 minutes, Now that you’ve settled into your so things can get cozy. meal, the chef will come in to start the But oh is it a show. The meal begins performance. with the preview. The waitress will come The chef begins cooking onions and take your meal order asking you what zucchini, which he serves to everyone

with some pieces of shrimp. This is for you to eat while he cooks the mound of rice.

The rice is a great base for your hibachi and you get plenty of it, but be sure to control yourself; although it is delicious you don’t want to get full before the meal is over.

Instead, watch the chef as he does tricks with two wooden sticks that he tosses around behind his back, over his head and probably close to your face.

He will then cook your protein and leave you to enjoy your meal ... probably not before he constructs an onion volcano, though.

After you’ve stuffed yourself, they hit you with desert. You can order desserts like red bean or green tea ice cream, but the cake with cream filling that they give you seems to be enough to seal your 1,000 calorie fate.

While the food at Arigato is fabulous, the service can be questionable.

The meal moves pretty fast from soup to salad but takes a hiatus when moving into the part where the chef takes over, because this is more than a meal – it’s a dining experience.

Dress is casual. Jeans and a nice top are appropriate. If you get cold easily,

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The talented chefs at the steakhouse wow diners with impressive knifewielding skills and culinary gymnastics. take a sweater because despite the hot grill in front of you, it tends to be 60 degrees in the restaurant.

Be sure to make a reservation in advance, especially for weekend meals, as there can be a long waitlist.

Book Review | What is the What

Author takes on atrocities of southern Sudan

By Meg Smith | Staff writer

“You have no ears for someone like me,” Sudanese refugee Valentino Achak Deng challenges his reader in What is the What (McSweeny’s; 475 pages), the powerful story of his life written by Dave Eggers, author of the modern classic A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. As one of the “Lost Boys” of Southern Sudan, Deng left his village around the age of 6 or 7 after a vicious attack by the militia of the Sudanese government, not knowing if anyone in his family had escaped the murder, fire, rape and enslavement wrought.

He walked over 800 miles to the relative and unreliable safety of Ethiopia with thousands of other unaccompanied minors.

Likely many of us have likely heard harrowing headline-worthy snippets of their journey, of the populations of boys decimated by starvation, land mines, bombs and disease.

But just as likely, besides those few attentiongrabbing details, we know little of their history, experience or present circumstances.

Eggers indicts himself as well as us when he laments in an essay about the novel’s creation that “most of our compassion is like so much mist, fleeting and inconsequential.”

It is for this reason that Eggers and Deng have collaborated on this novel to, as Valentino says in the novel’s preface “reach out to others … so as to prevent the same horrors from repeating themselves.”

The two decided to classify What is the What as a fictional autobiography because Deng “over the course of many years…told (his) story orally” to Eggers, who “then concocted this novel, approximating (Deng’s) own voice and using the basic events of (his) life as the foundation.” Eggers infuses Deng’s tragic story of unimaginable hardship with simple grace and humanity, assuming the understated, intensely likeable narrative voice of the protagonist to tell of Valentino’s early life in his village, his horrific experiences fleeing from Sudan’s civil war to refugee camp after refugee camp and his struggles after immigrating to America.

For Valentino, the pillaging of his village by the murahaleen, the militia charged by Sudan’s Muslim government that killed rebels “was the beginning of the end of knowing life would continue. Do you have a feeling … that you will wake up tomorrow? That you will eat tomorrow? That the world will not end tomorrow?”

Arigato is a great place for family outings, first dates or just a good pick me up, but bring a big appetite or the sadness experienced from your empty -feeling wallet will be the only thing filling you up.

Nuclear Cooooookie Crisps | Not for the faint of heart

Short breaks can prevent disaster Austin H. Jones Staff columnist

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Dave Eggers, noted for his blunt, sarcastic writing style, assumes the voice of Valentino Achak Deng in order to express the horrors of the crisis in Sudan.

He says of the Lost Boys’ ensuing grueling walk, “I (could) have forgotten that I had not been born on this journey. That I had lived before this … I could have imagined myself born here in the tall grasses, paths broken by the boys before me, that I had never had a family, had never had a home, had never slept under a roof, had never eaten enough warm food to fill my stomach, had never fallen asleep feeling safe and knowing what could and could not happen when the sun rose again.”

The novel’s small boys experience a far more brutal reality than most of us can even imagine. Valentino, then called Achak, endures starvation, thirst, sickness, persecution and witnesses countless atrocities.

He walks next to boys who are suddenly snatched by lions; he hears the crunching and the screams. He rides in a truckbed laden with corpses. He sees two boys killed by a female Ethiopian soldier.

Death in their ranks becomes common: “Boys died of malaria, they starved, they died of infections.” Some die only because they lose their will to live.

One such boy decides to simply stop walking after a bombing by government aircraft, refusing to be “hunted” anymore. He steps into a hole created by a bomb, and all the boys “said goodbye to him because we were accustomed to boys dying and leaving the group in many ways.”

Achak himself at one point decides to sit down and wait for death, and is saved only by the prodding of a friend. In the camps, boys

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Student Union sponsored a pumpkin carving short course just in time for Halloween on Oct. 24 free of charge for all students.

are easily lured away by the promises of the rebel army, becoming child soldiers subjected to harsh beatings and probable death. Achak says with sparsely elegant sorrow, “It is very easy for a boy to die in Sudan.”

Achak risks losing his place in the group of walking boys when he stays behind to bury his childhood friend. After burying the boy, Achak apologizes to him: “I told William K that I was sorry. I was sorry I had not known how sick he was. That I had not found a way to keep him alive. That I was the last person he saw on this earth. That he could not say goodbye to his mother and father, that only I would know where his body lay.

It was a broken world, I knew then, that would allow a boy such as me to bury a boy such as William K.” Valentino spends over 13 years in various refugee camps before he is chosen, with 4,000 other “Lost Boys” to immigrate to America.

There, “giddy and impatient,” after waiting “twenty years only to know that something good will happen,” they expected “peace and college and safety,” and they “wanted it all immediately — families, the ability to send money home, advanced degrees, and finally some influence.”

But the men find adjusting to life in the United States more difficult than they imagined, and “the pressures upon us, the promises we cannot keep with ourselves” threaten to break them. “We refugees can be celebrated one day, helped and lifted up, See Book, Page B11

Cookies | Cal Benedict

When I first got to Wake last August and started planning my life, I noticed that each year the administration magnanimously grants us a full day for fall break.

As I compared my schedule with all my friends from high school – who commented on the fact that they had more of a fall break than me – I couldn’t help but feel like I had been wronged.

But looking back on the events of this break, I grimace when I think about what could have happened over a fall break more than just 24 hours tagged onto a weekend.

After making the five-and-a -half hour trip to Hilton Head, where my friend’s roommate’s aunt’s brother-in-law’s sister (or someone close to her) has a house, the five of us pulled into the driveway at about 10 p.m. and took our stuff inside.

We all plopped down on the wrap-around couch, watched a movie and settled in.

The next afternoon, the activity picked up a bit.

Just as I was stepping out of the shower, I heard bloodcurdling screams of “Help!” and “Ow!” from two of the girls downstairs.

Immediately, several scenarios crossed my naked mind, one of which involved me running downstairs in nothing but a towel and finding that no one was hurt after all.

I took the risk of getting to the injury a few moments late and stayed upstairs until I was fully clothed before going downstairs.

I followed the two girls’ shrieks to the main bathroom, where I walked in on them almost completely enveloped in bubbles.

They screamed at me to help them, but when I tried to clear the bubbles, they yelled for me to stop and pointed to their camera instead, telling me to take a picture, silly.

After I had taken their picture and the bubbles continued to grow – despite my attempts to bail them out – we realized something was wrong with the Jacuzzi.

So I told them to step out so the water level would go down and they could help me move bubbles out of the tub and into the shower or sink.

Both of them began to stand up, and as the water level sunk down below the water intake, the jets made a noise like that of a piano sliding down a San Francisco hill on the backs of a dozen cats.

Just as quickly as they had stood up, they dropped back down into the water, covered by the thick layer of bubbles.

Soon, the other two had come to the bathroom to watch the two girls frantically try to contain the bubbles within the tiled area around the tub.

After a good hour or so of holding the bubbles at bay, it finally dawned upon one of us to press the button that had turned the Jacuzzi on.

It worked, and the bubbles subsided.

I will never grasp why we didn’t try it before – we were all straightup sober.

Regardless, we were victorious.

Reporting only my victories would be a very misleading portrayal of my endeavors. Hence, I impart unto you a yarn detailing a concurrent defeat.

We went down to the ocean Saturday with the intention of spending the afternoon swimming and relaxing on the beach.

The water was really calm (yet very murky) with almost no waves, and the beach sloped off almost imperceptibly, so that we waded about 50 yards out before the water was above our waist or so.

It was here that an idea struck me. My inner monologue went something like this: “How hilarious would it be if I took off my bathing suit and let it float mysteriously to the surface?

“That would be extremely hilarious.”

“I’m going to do it – right now.”

So I took off my pants, gave them a little push and waited for them to emerge from the murky depths.

Then, I kept waiting. About 15 more seconds passed, and I was still waiting.

That’s when I realized that my swimsuit didn’t float.

In one massive breath I told everyone what I had tried to do and asked them to help me find my pants.

We searched for 10-15 minutes but finally gave up.

It was upon our forfeit that I realized my predicament: I was 50 yards out in waist-deep water, nude.

So, since I didn’t particularly feel like exposing myself to all of Hilton Head Island, I carefully watched the foot traffic and waited for a window during which I could sprint to my towel.

I made it to the beach flashing only the four people I had left in the water.

In conclusion, I would like to thank the administration for keeping our break short.

If it had been any longer, I’m sure more people would have been drowned by bubbles, more people flashed and more people attacked by ninjas.

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One of the most heartrending scenes in the entire incredibly wrenching novel occurs when Valentino, leaving Kenya for America, is told to “make the Sudanese proud” and answers, “‘I will’,” clarifying that “At that moment, I believed I could.”

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