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Vandalism GREEN GOLD RUSH case continues, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., spoke on the economic benefits of “going green” groups respond

By Ian Rutledge | Asst. news editor

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lawyer, activist and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, took the podium in Wait Chapel at 7 p.m. Nov. 3, following thunderous applause welcoming him to the stage to lecture on the interconnection of the U.S. economy and the environment.

The lecture, titled “The Green Gold Rush: A Vision for Energy Independence, Jobs and National Wealth,” was sponsored by the Center for Energy, Environment & Sustainability along with the Yadkin Riverkeeper organization. Kennedy, an attorney specializing in environmental law, visited the university to discuss the significance of issues concerning the environment and renewable resources.

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“We need the energy,” Kennedy said.

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“We need the energy. So how do we extract it, employ it and distribute it in a way that does not diminish our quality of life?”

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Attorney & activist

doesn’t compromise the aspirations of our children?”

Kennedy, although struggling with a strained voice, captivated the audi-

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Beloved, dedicated ZSR librarian Christina Yu passes away at 52

By Meenu Krishnan | News editor

Cristina Yu, 52, passed away Nov. 3 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home after struggling with an unidentified illness.

Yu served as the head of Interlibrary Loan program at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library and had worked at the university for the past 22 years.

Yu had a long and illustrious career at the library, starting her work at the university in 1988.

In 1989, she became a technician within the Cataloging DepartYu ment at the Z. Smith Reynolds Libray before shifting to Reference Department and Interlibrary Loan Program.

“Cristina was as hardworking and generous with her time and talents as anyone I’ve ever met,” Mary Beth Lock, director of Access Services at the library, said.

“She was a trusted colleague as well as a friend.” In the Interlibrary Loan department, Yu made a number of significant contributions including planning and hosting the 2010 meeting of the North Carolina Interlibrary Loan Users Group at the university.

“In her work she was innovative and ener“She always took time to get to know her co-workers and allow us to know her. She is so missed.”

Mary Beth Lock

Director of Access Services, ZSR

getic, always finding ways to maximize service to the people who utilize ILL services in the library,” Lock said.

Yu was also a prominent leader on a statewide level, playing an active role in advancing technology within the state library association. “She always took time to get to know her co-workers and allow us to know her,”

Lock said. “She is so missed.” It is clear that Yu’s presence at the university will be hugely missed.

Yu also used her cultural heritage to make a significant impact on campus.

She was the organizing force behind planning the annual Chinese New Year Festival on campus.

Yu’s husband, Wei-Chin Lee, is a professor in the political science at the university, and one of their daughters, Rae-yao, is a freshman at the university, while their other daughter, Rae-Ling, is a junior at Reagan High School in Winston-Salem.

“As a wife and mother she was so devoted to her family and was positively heroic in her efforts to give her daughters the best chance of success in everything,” Lock said.

A memorial service took place at 1 p.m.

Nov. 9 in Brendle Recital Hall to honor and celebrate Yu’s life and contributions.

“Her passing has left a great, gaping hole in our lives at ZSR,” Lock said. “There is a palpable sadness over the place that is usually such a happy place to work.”

By Renee Slawsky | Executive news editor

As first reported in the Old Gold & Black, on the night of Oct. 31, six fraternity lounge doors and other locations on campus were sullied with prejudiced slurs.

The case against the vandalism incidents continues to undergo further investigation. University Police is maintaining efforts to gather intelligence in order to locate the suspects.

The majority of the graffiti was homophobic and racist in content. In addition to the phrases drawn, there were a number of graphic images as well as slurs against some specific Greek organizations.

Since the offending events, the campus community has seen a surge of support for the university’s minority communities that were targeted in the vandalism.

The LGBTQ Center took the lead in responding to these events by calling a meeting on the evening of Nov. 2 that was open to all students on campus.

A large crowd gathered to discuss the despicable nature of the events as well as demonstrate support.

Three University Police officers were present at the meeting and they discussed the details of the events. The police referenced fraternity pledging several times as a possible source of the vandalism but evidence of this remains inconclusive.

Mazaris When no email or acknowledgment of the vandalism came from the Office of the President directly following the event, Gay-Straight Student Alliance “I think there’s actually a really high level of support across the Wake community for LGBTQ students, but sometimes it’s just not visible.”

Angela Mazaris

Director and founder of the LGBTQ Center

(GSSA) President Kahle McDonough encouraged the meeting attendees to send letters to President Nathan O. Hatch requesting that he address the events and the resulting tension in the community. Hatch finally sent an email addressing the vandalism the following morning.

“I think there’s actually a really high level of support across the Wake community for LGBTQ students, but sometimes it’s just not visible,” Angela Mazaris, the new LGBTQ Center director, said.

In his broadcast email sent to student Nov. 3, Hatch highlighted the negative influence that instances like this can have on campus inclusiveness.

“We are a community that values inclusiveness,” Hatch wrote. “Words have power. Creating a community where everyone can bring their whole selves to the classroom, the residence hall and the playing field demands that we use language that affirms and respects the inherent dignity of each person on this campus.”

Shortly thereafter, more administrators made statements

See Vandalism, Page A6

Hatch addresses future plans for university

By David Inczauskis | Staff writer

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President Hatch delivered his annual State of the University speech Nov. 7. He focused on future initiatives to keep the campus competitive.

strategic initiatives that the university has taken to stay competitive in the collegiate environment.

“We are committed to building active programs President Nathan O. Hatch spoke to university administrators, faculty and students at 4 p.m. of nationally recognized excellence,” he said, “and Nov. 7 in Wait Chapel concerning present issues to provide greater opportunity for interdisciplinary work.” and future plans for the university.

According to Hatch, the university should be This year’s State of the University Address focused on a number of physical and organiza- proud of several of its advances and achievements.

For example, in spite of the national economic tional improvements to deal with the growing downturn, the university has challenge to preserve tradireceived more donations during tion and spark innovation at this past year than during previWake Forest.

“We are committed to ous years.

“On one end we relish trabuilding active programs of The new business school builddition, as do our graduates,” nationally recognized exceling was a topic of discussion, as Hatch said. “On the other well. hand, Wake Forest is on the lence and to provide greater “The construction of Farrell cutting edge of innovation opportunity for interdisciHall is on schedule,” said Hatch. and creativity.” plinary work.”

“Besides the obvious impact However, before comit will have on faculty-student menting on the university’s Nathan O. Hatch engagement in our business promore overarching successes President of the University grams, the opening of Farrell Hall and obstacles, Hatch began will create a ripple effect across by making a statement about the entire campus, freeing up the vandalism that tarnished the doors of six fraternity lounges on the night other much needed space.”

In addition to Farrell Hall, the university of Oct. 31.

“The language and the slurs that were part hopes to begin work on a new upperclassmen of this incident were hateful and demeaning,” residence hall in 2012. The president specified Hatch said. “Such acts are intolerable and com- that the building may open as soon as 2013.

Additional dining and student facilities will pletely inconsistent with the values that we hold follow. The president directed his attention to at Wake Forest.”

Despite the president’s initial comments about students’ preoccupations, too. the vandalism, he remained optimistic throughout the rest of the speech, which concentrated on See Hatch, Page A2

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Student Union hosts design contest for next year’s Springfest Students are requested to show off their creative side in a upcoming contest to design T-shirts and posters for Springfest. This year’s theme is “Beach Boardwalk.”

Students should submit drawings by Nov. 30 to the Student Union Office (Benson 344). Designs will be posted on Facebook, and the number of likes will be considered in the judging process. For questions, contact Mary Grace Thomas, the Springfest chair, at thommg0@wfu.edu.

The Barn hosts viewing party for Wake vs. Clemson gameday Students are invited to attend a viewing of the Wake vs. Clemson game at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 in the Barn. Free food and half-time competitions for prizes will be offered. The viewing is BYOB (21+, no glass; beer and wine only). The event is sponsored by Screamin’ Demons and Student Union. For questions, contact Jenny Dent at dentjl9@wfu.edu.

S.E.A.C. provides annual free bike tune-up on Mag Quad The Student Environmental Action Coalition is hosting their annual free bike tune-up from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 13 on the Mag Quad. Students are invited to get their bicycles checked out by Doc Wheelies. Wake Radio will be providing music, and students are encouraged to help S.E.A.C. map out commonly used bike routes on campus.

Auburn University professor will deliver talk on fighting hunger Doug Coutts, professor at Auburn University, will speak Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. in Annenburg Forum about his experiences founding Universities Fighting Hunger and working with the United Nations World Food Program. The talk, titled “Challenging Hunger: Reflections on Fighting Hunger at Home and Abroad,” is sponsored by Campus Kitchen, Campus Life, the Institute for Public Engagement, Volunteer Service Corps and Volunteer Services.

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Hatch touched on the recent vandalism controversy as well as new campus initiatives.

University professor discusses Hegel’s take on tragedy Julian Young, Kenan Professor of Humanities of the Philosophy Department, will address Hegel’s views on tragedy at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17 in Tribble Hall B316.

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The stress caused by difficulties in finding post-graduate jobs was a focal point of Hatch’s address.

To deal with the concern, the university has distributed some of its financial resources to expanding Career Services so that students can begin planning for their futures as soon as freshman year.

Other expansions have occurred in campus sustainability, admissions staff, interdisciplinary studies, multicultural scholarships, financial aid, biotech facilities and the number of undergraduate students.

“Our student population is more talented and more diverse than ever,” Hatch said.

“We are building exceptional leaders of character and service.”

Hatch defined the heart of the university as its people who live and work here, which is why the administration has allocated a significant portion of its resources to attract the best and the brightest to campus.

“In the last six years we have used our resources principally to invest in people — faculty, staff and scholarships for students,” the president said.

To further increase the university’s presence outside of Winston Salem, administration has continued support of the Charlotte branch of the WFU Schools of Business.

The location offers evening and week“The story of Wake Forest is one of opportunity and courage. It is an institution premised on hard work.”

Nathan O. Hatch

University president

end MBA programs and takes advantage of one of the few highly populated urban centers without the presence of a highranked academic institution.

The site opened in downtown Charlotte in 1995 and currently serves over 170 students annually.

To conclude his address, Hatch applauded the university’s core values saying, “The story of Wake Forest is one of opportunity and courage. Wake Forest was never handed its future on a silver platter. It is an institution premised on hard work.”

Lucas shares her love for the art of dance

By Liz Stalfort | Staff writer Nina Lucas, the director of Dance, artistic director of the Dance Company and associate professor of the Theater and Dance Department, has been a member of the university faculty since 1996. She has always enjoyed dancing and actively tries to share the joy she attains from dancing with others.

Why do you love Wake Forest’s dance program so much?

Well, I love dancers and anyone who is interested in learning about the art of dance.

Though I must admit that the dancers who come to Wake are pretty exceptional — very committed, focused and passionate about dance.

I appreciate and understand their dedication to it — working with dancers at Wake is the best part of my job. I also love my dance faculty: Brantly Shapiro, Christina Soriano, Robert Simpson, Tina Liggins Yarborough and new faculty Debbie Sayles and Chris Martin — they are the best “crew” anyone could ask for. We work hard and love what we are doing.

I remember when I started, it was just Brantly, Fanchon, another part time teacher, and myself. We had maybe 5-8 students in classes and maybe 10-12 in the company — then we hired Robert Simpson to teach Social Dance.

Slowly, we developed the curriculum and the dance classes and company grew; now, we average 25-35 students per class and 45-50 in the company.

What is your favorite thing about dance?

My favorite thing about dance is everything.

If I had to be specific, when I was young, it was performing.

Now that I am “seasoned,” I love to watch dancers perform. There is nothing more appealing than seeing a dancer command the space/ stage and perform with all their heart, captivating the audience, owning the movement and really enjoying what they do.

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ough would say, I don’t have a lot of “flavor” needed for jazz, though I can hold my own.

What is the most rewarding part of being a dance professor?

How would you compare teaching beginner and advanced dance? Which do you like better?

more difficult movement so they can apply what they learn in more difficult phases.

As for advanced dancers, well, they can do anything, but the challenge is to push them to find their peak performance so that everything they do is full and executed with precision.

I don’t have a favorite level to teach. I prefer a student who really wants to work and will give me as much energy as I give them — the worst teaching moment in any form or subject is when a student doesn’t engage you and it feels like you are pulling teeth.

The biggest difference is that with beginners you have to teach the basics and it’s tedious and hard but, if you don’t have the basics it will be difficult to move up to a more advanced levels.

I love teaching beginner dancers. It’s a challenge for me because although the technique is easy for me, I have to find a way to communicate what I want from them and constantly give feedback so they can get it. I treat them like dancers, and I challenge them in class with

Probably anything in the dance studio — my second favorite is my history class; my favorite genre of dance is Jazz and Modern.

My favorite to perform is Modern.

I am a very strong and lyrical mover. I don’t have, as my friend and colleague Tina Yarbor-

Do you have any exciting plans for the future?

Being able to hang out with young people all day; they keep me young and help me with my technical handicaps.

The other is watching the students at Wake grow, progress and develop as a dancer — I get really excited in my beginning modern class when “they get it.” It’s very rewarding to see What is your favorite class to teach and what progress — teaching is very rewarding; it’s the best part of my job. is your favorite genre of dance to perform?

I hope to keep performing. My future plans are to build a dance major with the help of our students and dance faculty.

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Collaborative flute concert to take place in Scales Nov. 13 Flute Fest 2011, directed by Kathryn Levy, will take place at 3:00 p.m. Nov. 13 in Brendle Recital Hall, in Scales Fine Arts Center. The collaborative concert will feature students from the studio of Kathryn Levy, the university Flute Choir, the Silver Wind Flute Choir of Winston-Salem and community flutists.

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The Institute for Emerging Issues, a public policy organization at N.C. State University, is hosting the Emerging Issues Prize for Innovation for the second consecutive year. The deadline for this year’s application is Friday, Nov. 11. Applications should be emailed to Lane Smith at lane_smith@ncsu.edu.

This year’s challenge is for students to come up with an innovative idea that will help increase North Carolina’s high school graduation rate. Students are encouraged to work in teams. Students or teams selected as finalists will receive $1,000/team, and the winning team (chosen by a public vote) will receive $5,000 to help implement its proposal.

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Hatch: Master Plan additions unveiled

Applications for Wake Alternative Spring Break leaders are now available for completion on OrgSync.

Volunteer leaders are needed for the following trips: Campus Kitchen Hunger Tour, Birmingham Poverty and Social Justice, Everglades Conservation, Habitat for Humanity West Palm Beach, Chicago Urban Hispanic Outreach, Pennsylvania At-Risk Youth & Trail Restoration, and Atlanta’s Essentials to Life.

Trip leaders are responsible for recruitment, transportation, housing and developing reflections, among other responsibilities. Applications are due by 5 p.m.

Nov. 28. For questions, contact Shelley Sizemore at gravessa@wfu.edu.

The North Carolina state government is seeking university juniors for a variety of internship opportunities for summer 2012. The positions are paid $8.25/ hour, 40 hours a week, between May 29 and Aug. 3.

All applicants must be residents of N.C. Details for the positions, which include policy, legislative and governmental affairs internships, are available on the North Carolina Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office’s website at www.doa.state.nc.us/ yaio. For questions, contact the Office of Professional and Career Development.

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Vandalism • In reference to the profane graffiti on six fraternity lounge doors, University Police is seeking anyone who may have information to assist with this investigation. Contact University Police at 758-5911, or submit tips through Silent Witness on the UPD website if you prefer to remain anonymous, comments are also encouraged.

Larceny/Damage to Property • Unknown subject(s) damaged a window in Shorty’s by striking it with an unknown item.

The report was filed at 7:09 a.m. Nov. 1. Case pending further investigation.

• Unknown subject(s) damaged property by shooting the front of Collins Residence Hall with a paintball gun. There are no suspects at this time. The report was filed at 3:49 p.m. Nov. 2.

• Unknown person(s) punched a large hole through the bathroom stall wall in the Z. Smith Reynolds library. The report was filed at 3:43 p.m. Nov. 4.

• A victim reported that $200.00 in cash had been taken from her room. The victim stated that she was sure that she secured her door. The report was filed at 1:11 p.m. Nov. 4.

Underage Consumption • A suspect was found sick and intoxicated in Collins Residence Hall and was taken to student health by University Police. The report was filed at 1:07 a.m. Nov. 5.

Assault • An alleged confrontation took place between ex-roommates. The suspect is reported to have used profanity and kicked the victim in her lower leg. The investigation continues. The report was filed at 12:02 p.m. Nov. 6.

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Recent grad named one of the top new inventors

Crouse (‘10) honored for his work with “digital ants,” which aid power grids in national security

By Madeline Price | Contributing writer

Although ants are not the most menacing of animals, “digital ants” are a force to be reckoned with in the computer world.

Through his work with these “digital ants,” Michael Crouse (’10), who graduated with a major in computer science and a minor in mathematics, was recently named one of the six “Nation’s Top New Inventors” featured on the cover of Inventor’s Digest.

Crouse is currently enrolled in the master’s program for computer science and researches digital ants here at the university.

But before he even graduated, Crouse became involved with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) through Associate Professor of Computer Science Errin Fulp.

It was because of his work with the PNNL that Crouse was nominated to be one of the “Nation’s Top New Inventors.”

“Digital ants” were originally designed to secure business infrastructure, and the idea was hatched by the PNNL team in 2008 before Crouse had joined.

The team discussed the synthesis of several digital “insects” before deciding on ants.

Debates over the name centered upon bees, termites and ants; however, ants prevailed because they do not have centralized communication. If bees were used, the information that each bee received would have to be processed through a centralized “queen bee,” which would prove costly for the company. Instead, ants leave messages in a pathbased fashion, referred to as “digital pheromones.”

The Department of Energy hopes to put “smart meters” — essentially mini computers with high computational power — in American homes to monitor power usage and provide power more efficiently at lower costs.

Each smart meter will interact with the national power grid, and in order to secure that infrastructure, digital ants will be let loose.

Without this security, the power grid could become a national security issue, stemming from the fact that in this setup, power could be shut down across large areas at once.

However, because the project is so large and complex, the “digital ants” technology will probably not be released commercially for at least another five years, Crouse said. Crouse is the youngest member

of the PNNL team and was really surprised at even being nominated for a spot as one of the “Nation’s Top New Inventors, he said. Currently, the biggest challenge for Crouse is adjusting to working at this competitive level with senior scientists, as well as working with government policies so that the “digital ants” can be used in the power grid.

Besides “digital ants,” Crouse has made a significant number of technological contributions to the university. He developed the iPhone app RidetheWake for university students after living off campus and wanting to “stay inside and not be cold waiting for the shuttle” to get to class.

As of a few weeks ago, he also created an app for the drivers of the Wake Line shuttles that tracks how many people are riding the shuttles so that times and numbers of shuttles can be adjusted accordingly.

“I wouldn’t have been able to do most of what I’ve done without [the faculty] to ask questions and go to.”

Michael Crouse Alumnus (‘10)

In addition, Crouse created the Old Gold & Black website and the WakeStudent.com site before passing their maintenance off to younger peers.

“I’m amazed at how much he is able to accomplish in the course of the day,” Fulp said.

“I’m not certain if he ever sleeps … It has been great having him be a part of the Wake Forest community.”

Fulp gave Crouse’s name to Inventor’s Digest to be considered for this award.

Besides his astonishment, a humble Crouse said, “I wouldn’t have been able to do most of what I’ve done without [the faculty] to ask questions and go to.”

Crouse commends the University for providing resources just waiting to be taken advantage of. In his words, “we’re better prepared because we’re exposed.”

Fulp said of Crouse, “he doesn’t hesitate to tackle new problems.” As for his next problem to tackle, Crouse plans to get his Ph.D., although he is looking at job opportunities as well.

“You would have to be extremely wealthy to see and do the things that we got to do, but here I was being paid to go places mere mortals don’t usually get to go,”Crouse said.

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Michael Crouse, who graduated from the university in 2010, became involved with research for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory last year.

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s a staff, the Old Gold & Black is shocked by the events that transpired on the evening of Oct. 31.

The prejudiced and hateful slurs and images that were drawn on six fraternity lounge doors and other locales on campus are not indicative of the university’s progressive nature.

We find these acts disgusting and in no way aligned with the university’s motto of Pro Humanitate.

Furthermore, we are disappointed that the fraternity pledging process is suspected to be a potential factor in the execution of the discriminative graffiti.

The Greek population is a vibrant and integral component of the university community and it would be disheartening to discover that these hateful acts were perpetrated by members of a Greek organization.

The editorial staff is in agreement that these acts come as even more of a disappointment in light of the commendable and recent addition of the LGBTQ Center, as well as other continued efforts of fostering diversity in our community.

In the midst of this controversy, the university student body has been quick to unite in condemning these vicious acts of vandalism.

Soon after news broke of the incident, a Facebook event was quickly created to advertise the “5 Minute Stand For Solidarity,” sponsored by the university GayStraight Student Alliance (GSSA).

In order to show support for members of the LGBTQ community, who fell victim to the despicable homophobic slurs incorporated into the graffiti, a large number of students attended the event at 11:55 a.m. Nov. 7 in front of the Pit. Students signed pledges and petitions at the event as well, demonstrating that hateful racist and homophobic slurs will not be tolerated on this campus.

We commend these studentled efforts, which were rapidly organized and promoted through social networks and email chains.

In addition, the university community has largely decided not to remain silent on this issue, and has utilized the op-ed section of the OGB as a forum for their vocal denunciation of the vandalism.

Though it is highly unfortunate that such an incident took place, it has been reassuring to see such a strong student and administrative

backlash against the hate. In terms of how the administration has handled this startling and largely unprecedented event at Wake Forest, the editorial staff commends the manner in which the deans of the university have united against the vandalism.

A “Letter to the Editor” on the next page denounces the act and is signed by a prominent group of deans, and Vice President of Student Affairs Ken Zick recently submitted a letter on OrgSync “calling to action” students against this event.

However, the OGB editorial staff would like to voice our disappointment and concern in the way that the office of President Nathan O. Hatch handled this issue.

It seems as though a lack of transparency on part of the administration and the President’s Office has become a common theme of our editorials this semester, and President Hatch has yet again failed to address a highly significant university issue in a timely, open and facilitative manner.

While all acts of vandalism occurred on the night of Oct. 31, President Hatch did not send an email to the university community addressing the acts until the morning of Nov. 3, three full days following the acts.

This is simply unacceptable.

This leads the Old Gold & Black editorial staff to question whether or not President Hatch had even intended to notify the university community at all if it had not been for pressure from students to expose this tragedy.

Last week, Wake Forest campus, home to over 4,000 students, was a victim of vandalism and hate.

Whether or not students belong to the groups that were directly victimized in the acts, the fact remains that our home was defiled in a disgraceful way.

President Hatch’s delay in informing the student body that their home had been subject to such an atrocity is unacceptable, unethical and worrisome on several different levels.

Every student is an integral part of the university, and every student deserved to know of the events of last week.

Hatch’s inaction demonstrates a lack of trust in students, and a lapse in transparency that seems to have become an eerily recurring issue.

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y now, word has spread about the acts of insult committed by a person or persons on the university’s campus last week.

The defamatory language used by the perpetrator(s) has been splashed on the pages of the Old Gold & Black, circulated across the student body and shunned by President Hatch and Vice President Ken Zick. It has become a sad reality that a student or a select group on campus are uneducated and driven by outdated assumptions and stereotypes.

The vandalism of last week will not disappear from the minds on our campus for some time. Yet, despite the pain that these words have caused, it is important to note the conviction with which our university and students have responded.

I have no qualms about stating that I am embarrassed that those who spewed the homophobic, racist, and bigoted terms across residence hall dorms are members of the Wake Forest community. Wake has always been a place of inclusion, that welcomes students from diverse backgrounds and from diverse lifestyles.

We have been a forward thinker in higher education, opening our doors to different races, different genders and different sexual orientations. When

It is time for our community to follow the advice of our leaders and end this terrible and hurtful language. other schools have slashed funding for humanities and for cultural awareness, we have stood firm, establishing an LGBTQ center, not because we had to, but because we knew it was important to raise awareness about lifestyle choices on college campuses and beyond.

Despite the atrocious and painful words written on the doors of fraternity lounges, I have more faith in my university than ever before. The way in which we have handled these acts is a true testament to the strength and the character of our school. Letters from President Hatch to the entire student body and from Vice President Zick to

the leaders of our school demonstrate that this type of behavior cannot and will not be tolerated. The conviction with which these two powerful and important figures spoke shows that our university has a long standing tradition of acceptance and cannot fall into a vicious system of petty insults and name calling.

Some students have questioned the appropriateness of the Old Gold & Black’s decision to show photos of the vandalism in its paper. Students feel as though the paper should not spread these words around campus. However, if we are going to end the use of these words, we must spread these words.

A few weeks ago I wrote a piece that focused on the abolition of the word gay from everyday dialogue. I could not have predicted the immediacy in which I would be able to defend my argument.

The words written on the doors may not cause harm to many, but they do insult and hurt a portion of our campus. Even if you do not align yourself with an alternative lifestyle, I am willing to bet that each of us have a family member, a dear friend or an acquaintance that has been affected by the perpetuation of these derogatory terms.

It is time for our community to follow the advice of our leaders and end this terrible and hurtful language.

An individual is not measured by his or her actions during times of peace and prosperity but instead the way in which he or she responds to adversity. It is easy to consider ourselves educated and inclusive in times of happiness, when no one feels subjugated and no one is being insulted. However, it is the times of hardship that truly defines us and reveals our true colors.

The events of the last week have proven to be a dark spot in our semester.

However, there is hope and there is light for the future of Wake Forest.

The response by the student body, by the administration and by the community suggests that we will not stand for such acts of bigotry.

The actions of a few will not define us as a whole. We stand now in the face of adversity and we stand against those that wish to belittle others for arbitrary reasons.

Our character has been challenged and we have responded. Let us move forward from these acts knowing that nothing will break out spirit and cannot be overcome when the community of Wake Forest stands behind it.

We have come, we have been tested and we have been measured. And, for now, I am proud to say that we have measured up.

Hamlin Wade is a senior political science major from Charlotte, N.C.

- Chad Ochocinco, @ Ochocinco on Twitter, sharing his latest philosophical gem. The wide receiver for the New England Patriots has close to three million followers and is known for lecturing on the social media site.

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“This was a mistake. In the end, we’re responsible for this and should be held accountable.“ - Renato Hickel, president of the Association of Surfing Professionals, admitting that the ASP had made a mistake in declaring surfer Kelly Slater world champion earlier this week. Slater still needs to win one more heat to earn the title.

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“We return to court on Friday. We have perfected the bail bond and if nothing incriminating is found on him, he will be going home a free man.”

- Bamidele Aturu, the lawyer of Nigerina comic Babtunde Omidina, discussing the case surrounding his client who was accused of smuggling drugs in his stomach but authorities could not find any evidence.

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“The collectors saw real value, particularly the guns and wagons. Right away, they knew what they were looking for.”

- Robert Philbin, city spokesman from Harrisburg, Penn., referring to the city’s recent decision to sell off artifacts from the Wild West museum in order to raise money and help the city out of debt. Harrisburg officials have recently attempted to file for chapter 9 bankruptcy, but serious backlash has emerged from the town’s mayor.

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Academic leaders stand together against hateful acts of vandalism

Student leaders respond to recent vandalism, hope to raise awareness

ast week, our community experienced a truly terrible event: the vandalism of multiple fraternity lounge doors with language and images that deride homosexual identity.

While these incidents and the identity of the perpetrators — whether or not they were Wake Forest students — remain under investigation, as human beings and as members of our community, we are personally outraged by these incidents.

As academic leaders of the undergraduate College and other academic units on the Reynolda campus, we take an unequivocal and public stand against these vulgar and hateful acts.

In fact, any act that denigrates an individual or a group of people is contrary to our shared community values and is intolerable.

Each of us — students, faculty and staff alike — has the responsibility to take a stand against outright homophobic acts and anti-gay sentiments, as well as the unthinking use of homophobic and otherwise hurtful language.

No person should feel unsafe or unwelcome on our campus.

It is our joint responsibility to speak out and, as a community, to take a stand against hatred, hateful acts or discrimination in any form.

Silence on this issue endorses intolerance.

he vandalism acts that occurred last Monday, Oct. 31, on many places around campus hurt many members of the Wake Forest community, both directly and indirectly.

We as student leaders were shocked to see that fellow students would be capable of such offensive language and vandalism.

It is not okay, appropriate or civil to deface property, tease or harass anyone in any way.

While we were upset by the act of vandalism, what we were more upset about was the actual language that was used and the references that were made. We believe that everyone is allowed to have opinions and judgments just as long as these opinions are not hurting or forced upon others. These acts have come from hate, ignorance and false judgments.

We don’t want to believe that a Demon Deacon could be capable of hurting fellow community members.

Our Mother, So Dear has helped each and every one of us grow, change and become the mature adults that we are today — but we wouldn’t have been able to do so if we weren’t comfortable in our environments to express our true selves.

Our university is unique in that all students are extremely close with each other — not only in proximity but also within our hearts.

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Join us in speaking out against this unacceptable behavior.

Sincerely, Mark E. Welker, Interim Provost and William L. Poteat Professor of Chemistry Jacquelyn S. Fetrow, Dean of Wake Forest College and Reynolds Professor of Computational Biophysics Lynn Sutton, Dean of the Z Smith Reynolds Library Blake D. Morant, Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law and Professor of Law Steve Reinemund, Dean of The Schools of Business and Professor of Leadership and Strategy Gail R. O’Day, Dean of the School of Divinity Professor of New Testament and Preaching Lorna G. Moore, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and Professor of Public Health Sciences, Anthropology and Obstetrics/Gynecology Martha B. Allman, Dean of Admissions Jennifer Collins, Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives and Professor of Law Rick Matthews, Associate Provost for Technology and Information Systems and Professor of Physics J. Kline Harrison, Associate Provost for Global Affairs and Kemper Professor of Business.

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When we see a fellow student hurting because of rude and inappropriate messages caste all over campus, we hurt, we feel the pain and we sympathize with that student.

We do not merely ignore it or walk by — instead, we stop, care and listen to those who are victims. We want everyone to feel safe and welcome into the Wake Forest community.

Please join us as we set out to educate those less knowledgeable on the topic and to raise awareness of the dangers of bullying, vandalism and ignorance.

Respectfully submitted, Nilam A. Patel, Student Body President Aaron Bullock, President of the Inter-Fraternity Council Alexandra Paetow, President of the Panhellenic Council Ben Capps, President of Theta Chi Brittany Washington, President of the Black Student Alliance Matthew Tucker, President of Kappa Sigma Max Jacobs, President of Sigma Chi Phillip Schroder, President of Sigma Pi Stephen Shepherd, President of Chi Psi Steven Suarez, President of ASIA Tamara Guillen, President of the OLAS Tommy Derry, President of Sigma Alpha Epsilon

Embracing inclusion can strengthen the spirit of the Wake Forest community

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ost of us rest in the belief that all Wake Forest University students, faculty and staff exercise the civility and respect affirmed in our motto, Pro Humanitate.

However, there are moments like the recent vandalism of six fraternity lounges with racist and homophobic speech that test the integrity of our campus community.

Not only do these acts reveal intolerance and discrimination, they incite frustration, hate and fear.

No member of our institution deserves to work, study or live under these clouds.

In fact, all people, regardless of ethnicity, social status, faith tradition, sexual orientation or lifestyle are entitled to work, study and live in an inclusive community where compassion and

dignity are practiced and we are respected for our common humanity.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the LGBTQ Center and the Office of Multicultural Affairs, along with our partners in Student Life, serve as inclusion champions for Wake Forest.

Our charge is to help cultivate an environment that is welcoming to everyone, regardless of individual difference.

To that end, our work encompasses generating programs and initiatives that advance cultural competency, diversify our community and promote equity for everyone in our institution.

What we know is that we’re not the only ones working hard to bring the vision of a fully inclusive community to fruition. Many of you, too, are inclusion champions! It’s reflected in the acceptance you display to others unlike you.

Campus must unite to defend the diversity of the student body

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ike most everyone in our community, I was deeply saddened to hear racist and homophobic language found its way onto Wake Forest’s campus.

My first instinct was anger. I thought: Aren’t we better than that?

Without a doubt, this type of vandalism is deserving of some angry labels: ignorant, hateful, idiotic — just to name a few.

While these responses might bring about short-term satisfaction, we would do better to think long-term.

Does Wake Forest offer an inclusive and caring environment? In some ways the answer is a resounding “yes.”

Take a look around campus and you’ll see a mosaic of interests, races, backgrounds and personal convictions.

Yet we’re not perfect. Last week’s acts of vandalism prove it. We have a long way to go before all members of our community feel at ease with their identities.

When acts of hate surface around us, the road toward progress seems longer and evermore daunting.

But I for one refuse to give in. I refuse to accept an environment in which classmates, professors and staff feel threatened.

I refuse to respond to hate with complacency.

And I refuse to sit down when the crossroads between right and wrong call for standing up.

I’m not alone though.

So it’s more appropriate to say we refuse to give in. We refuse to accept hate within our walls. And we will stand up for what is right.

If you’re a member of this “we,” then count yourself among the caring, among the brave.

If you’re outside of this “we,” then take a second to reassess your values and do what you can to join in.

The Wake Forest experience is without a doubt a privilege.

We’re privileged to learn under the brightest minds, privileged to collaborate with talented classmates, and privileged to call our beautiful campus home.

Yet from this body of privileges, a right emerges — the right to be one’s self.

Let’s stand up for this right. Let’s foster an environment in which all members of the Wake Forest community feel welcome.

There will be hard times, but we’re up to the challenge. Together we’re ready to take on what’s ahead.

In doing so, we can seize a distinct opportunity to realize our untapped potential.

In doing so, we become one.

Sincerely, Jim O’Connell, Junior.

It’s exhibited in your volunteer work and commitment to experience cross-cultural exchange.

It’s demonstrated in your benevolence and in your defiance of the status quo.

It’s even heard in the “hello” you give to people as they walk past you on the quad.

In light of the recent events, we believe it is critical that we reaffirm our individual and collective responsibility as inclusion champions — and we need to do so with a sense of urgency.

We encourage members of our Wake Forest community to model inclusion by operating with a spirit of solidarity.

By exercising community inclusion and engagement, we will emerge as a university where pluralism and global interconnectedness are more salient than ever.

Finally, let us embrace those who you know have been directly affected by these incidents and, as one university, unite to rise above such senseless acts of bigotry.

Sincerely, Jonathan Cox, Assistant Director of the Office Multicultural Affairs Alta Mauro, Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs Angela Mazaris, Director of the LGBTQ Center Barbee Oakes, Assistant Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Matthew Williams, Program Coordinator for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

Band’s “passion” deserves new, improved, logical explanation

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s an English major alumnus of Wake Forest (and former OGB editor), I can’t sit in the stands for another football game without protesting the inane and inarticulate introduction that has preceded band performances for the past several seasons.

We are told before every halftime performance that this band demonstrates a “passion that defies explanation.”

Even if one starts with the premise that the band is indeed passionate, what could this phrase possibly mean?

Here are the only explanations I can conjure: • No music geek could possibly be passionate about football and therefore the passion of the band members is inexplicable.

• Wake Forest football is so mediocre that nobody, music geek or not, could be

passionate about it. (If this is the meaning, they are wrong; I, for one, am passionate about Wake Forest football, as are others I know).

• Some scriptwriter should stick to music because they have absolutely no understanding of the English language.

It’s humiliating enough that erudite Notre Dame fans heard this intro. There’s time to rewrite it before we embarrass ourselves in front of the Vanderbilt fans. I beg, with a passion that some might think defies explanation, please kill this phrase now, before I cringe again.

Sincerely, Jan Ward Hampton, Class of 1979 and a copy manager for Hanesbrands in Winston-Salem.

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Humanist bridges religion and atheism

By Lindey Campagne | Staff writer

The term “interfaith” encompasses a dialogue between people of diverging and converging creeds and belief systems.

Chris Stedman, a self-proclaimed secular humanist, asks if this cooperation and interfaith discussion can include atheists, those who do not believe in the existence of a god.

He believes the biggest divide among people today is between religion and secularism, in other words the idea of an exclusion of religion.

Stedman is the Interfaith & Community Service Fellow for the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University and a contributor for the Huffington Post.

He was invited to speak at the university by the Office of the Chaplain in order to promote the idea of interfaith inclusivity.

In a discussion titled “Faitheist: How a Queer Atheist Learned to Bridge the Religious-Secular Divide, and Why Atheists and the Religious Must Work Together” held Nov. 7, Stedman explained how he become a secular humanist and atheist, and also, what his visions are for interfaith cooperation.

The talk was co-sponsored by the LGBTQ Center, whose lecture theme for this year is “faith.”

“Atheists are typically less heard in the interfaith dialogue and Chris [Stedman] helps bring this voice to campus,” according to Associate Chaplain Chris Towles.

“The Office of the Chaplain is open to all students of any belief “We should make a habit of defending one another ... We need to stop seeing the nonreligious as the enemy.”

Chris Stedman Interfaith Fellow

system.” Stedman suggested that easing the religious disputes of today depends on the expansion of pluralism, and this begins by respecting the voice of the secular in interfaith discussion.

He believed it involves including the 15 percent of the population that do not associate themselves with religion, but do not necessarily label themselves as atheist, agnostic, etc.

Stedman argued it is imperative to make the atheist voice heard

and asks those to whom he speaks to think about going a “step beyond coexisting and constantly seek out understanding of other people.”

“We should make a habit of defending one another …We need to stop seeing the non-religious as the enemy,” he said.

In his humanist morality, he is compelled to constantly engage with others.

“I would ask all of you, not just the non-religious, what are we pushing for? I think we need to come together and push for a better world,” Stedman said.

“We may not agree on whether there is an afterlife. But we all can agree that life in the here and now requires that we work together to make our world a place where all humans, humanists or not, are better humans because we are working together.”

Stedman’s talk was followed by a Q&A session that provided audience members an opportunity to interact with him also encouraged those in attendance to reach him on the web via Facebook, Twitter, or his website nonprophetstatus. com.

Stedman is also reaching others by way of a forthcoming memoir titled Faitheist.

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Outside the Bubble...

Iran fears global backlash after UN nuclear report On Nov. 8, the International Atomic Energy Agency published a report addressing Iranian nuclear ambitions. The report stated that Iran had been involved with secret nuclear weapon development, and that the nation was researching how to deliver a nuclear weapon via a missile warhead.

In light of the report, Iran has intensified their anti-American rhetoric, accusing the report of fabrication. This response suggests that Iranian leaders fear that the report could trigger a backlash from the global community and further isolate the nation.

France, Britain and Germany have already indicated that they would join the United States in looking for new ways to pressure Iran, while Russia said it was opposed to any new sanctions and China was noncommittal.

Greek Prime Minister resigns due to political pressure Prime Minister George A. Papandreou went on national television on Nov. 9 to announce that a new Greek interim government had been formed.

However, he did not name his successor and no announcement came as to who may replace him following a meeting with the Greek president, in which Papandreou was to resign.

After months of domestic protests and building pressure from the European Union, Papandreou agreed on Sunday to step down once political negotiators had established a new unity government.

GOP-backed measures fail to pass in number of states Voters failed to pass many conservative-backed measures across the country Nov. 8; in particular, a measure limiting collective bargaining rights in Ohio, an anti-abortion measure in Mississippi and a GOP-backed restriction on voting rights in Maine. Mississippi is known for conservative voting patterns so this movement comes as a surprise.

In Arizona, voters failed to reelect the chief architect of that state’s controversial anti-immigration law, State Senator Russell Pearce.

Pearce, a Republican power broker and a former sheriff’s deputy known for his uncompromising style, reportedly conceded the race Tuesday with a look of shock on his face.

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Stedman, as a self-proclaimed secular humanist, supports the role of pluralism in interfaith discussion.

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. lectured on the business aspect of sustainablity.

ence’s attention with stories of his activism concerning the environment and how it was intertwined and dependent on free market capitalism.

“There’s this mantra,” Kennedy said, “that we have to choose between economic prosperity on one hand and environmental protection on the other and that is a false choice.

“In 100 percent of the situations, good environmental policy is identical to good economic policy.”

The focus of the lecture revolved around both national environmental and economic problems and the pollution of the local Yadkin river and a corporation, ALCOA, that is supposedly destroying the environmental sanctity of the Yadkin river basin.

For example, Kennedy discussed how the four dams the plant put in place along the river in conjunction with toxic waste products from the river in conjunction with toxic waste products from the factory’s production cycle is causing harm to all of the wildlife in the river as well as the citizens who are attempting to enjoy nature’s recreational offerings.

However, Kennedy clarified that the purpose of his statements were not to say that corporations were completely evil, or that their dealings should be completely controlled by the government.

“Without them we would be lost,” Kennedy said, “but we shouldn’t let them run our government.

That’s where we need to draw the line,” Kennedy said.

“Corporations don’t want the same things for America that Americans want. Corporations don’t want democracy and they don’t want free markets.”

“They do want profits, and the best way for them to get profits is to use their surplus dollars to invest

in our campaign system, which is just a system of legalized bribery.”

Some members of the audience expressed agreement with Kennedy’s ideas regarding sustainability.

“I thought he brought up a lot of interesting points about the need to downsize large corporations’ control over the environment, which really shouldn’t be controlled by anyone,” freshman Allie Pacini said.

Kennedy went on to discuss how the government was failing in its duty to protect the collective good of the environment from the toxic byproducts of industrial corporations. “The best measure of how a democracy functions is how it distributes the goods of the land,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy further addressed how environmental pollution from our current means of attaining energy is not only detrimental to our health and quality of life, but also reveals a dependence on both domestic and international inefficient fossil fuels.

“We want to ultimately build a national marketplace that does what a market is supposed to do,” Kennedy said, “which is to reward good behavior, efficiency, and punish bad behavior, inefficiency.

“We’re not protecting the environment [only] for the sake of the fish and birds. We are protecting it for our own sake because we recognize that nature is the infrastructure of our communities.”

The audience seemed to generally agree with the lecture’s message of greater protections for the environment, particularly from corporations.

“I was pleased by the turnout of students. It speaks a lot that people are interested in the ‘greening’ of America,” freshman Erinn Allred said. “I do think that Kennedy had some really good points in that our government as a whole should take a big step forward to try and make the nation fossil fuel free for both the economy and environment.”

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sue, there has also been a myriad of responses from the student body.

Since the incidents, the Old Gold about the event. Ken Zick, Vice & Black has received four Letters President of Student Affairs, to the Editor from various student reached out to students leaders via leaders including Student GovernOrgSync. ment President Nilam Patel and “It is a time for each of us to look several others from a variety of orwithin and ask ourselves if we are ganizations across the campus. doing everything we can to conThis influx of letters clearly demdemn such actions and address onstrates the conviction of the unitheir harmful consequences,” Zick versity community in responding to wrote. this issue. Students all across campus expressed similar views.

“I just feel like it is something “It is a time for each of us to look terrible to know that it went on on this campus,” senior Austin Ferguwithin and ask ourselves if we son said. “I want to hope that it was are doing everything we can to someone outside of our community condemn such actions.” but unfortunately I don’t think it was. I just feel like it is something Ken Zick that is sickening to know that it VP of Student Affairs happened.”

Other students expressed that the vandalism did not come as a “It takes insight to understand surprise. “It was sad,” senior Leigh the corrosive consequences of such Cooper. “It is disappointing but not behaviors and courage to address all that surprising. There is not as them. I am confident that you have much tolerance on campus as peoboth.” ple want you to believe.”

Over the course of the week, more Ultimately, the overarching lesdemonstrations of support for the son for administrators and students victimized groups ensued. alike is a progression toward a more On Nov. 7, a “Five Minute Stand tolerant and hate-free campus. for Solidarity” was held at noon “Regardless of the intent, hateful on the Mag Quad, hosted by the speech has an impact,” Mazaris said.

GSSA. “It makes students not feel safe on “This is in response to the hate- campus and in their dorms. So one ful racist and homophobic phrases of the things I would really like to that were spray painted on various see come out of this is an opportucampus property,” the Facebook nity for students across the campus event page read. In addition to the to engage in meaningful dialogue administration’s responses to the is- around issues of inclusion.”

Photo courtesy of the Office of Multicultural Affairs

A large crowd of students gathered in front of the Pit for the “Five Minute Stand for Solidarity” Nov. 7.

Last week, the OGB featured one photo example of the recent vandalism. Above is a different door with similar slurs.

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Cameron Ford The redshirt senior tight end talks about his strengths, his best football memory and the team’s upcoming game in Death Valley.

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CROSS COUNTRY: 11/12 NCAA Regionals 11/21 NCAA Champs.

WOMEN’S SOCCER: 11/11 NCAA Tournament 11/12 NCAA Tournament 11/14 NCAA Tournament

MENS BASKETBALL: 11/11 v. Loyola (Md.) 11/16 v. Ga. Southern 11/20 v. N.C. Central VOLLEYBALL: 11/11 v. Florida State 11/12 v. Miami 11/18 @ Boston College WOMENS BASKETBALL: 11/15 v. Monmouth 11/18 v. Coppin State 11/20 v. Kansas

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Sophomore forward Rachel Nuzzolese was named to the women’s ACC All-Tournament team for her efforts in Wake’s three-game run to the championship game. The Deacs fell short in the championship, losing on penalty kicks to Florida State after a 1-1 draw over the course of 110 minutes.

Nuzzolese recorded four shots in the title game against Nuzzolese Florida State. She finished the tournament with two goals and three assists over three games. The women return to action Nov. 12 at home against Oakland.

{ SPORTS WORDS } “There’s going to be a deal.

The only question is how much damage is done to the game, our fans and the people who work in our industry before we make that deal.”

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Demon Deacons fall to FSU in ACC title

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Florida State wins title in penalty kicks

In an eerily similar fashion to last year’s ACC women’s soccer final, the No. 6 Florida State Seminoles knocked off the No. 5 Demon Deacons in penalty kicks to win the tournament at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C., Nov. 6.

Last year it was the Deacs that took home their first-ever ACC title in penalty kicks, and this year it was the Seminoles turn to do the same.

Wake got out to a 1-0 lead in the 65th minute off sophomore Katie Stengel’s team-leading 14th goal of the year.

The Noles bounced back to tie it up in the 85th minute by Tiffany McCarty.

Despite several chances from both teams in two overtime periods, no goals were produced from either team and the game went into penalty kicks.

Florida State goalkeeper, and MVP of the ACC Tournament, Kelsey Wys denied Wake Forest on three of the first four penalty kicks, while her teammates put three of the four past sophomore goalkeeper Aubrey Bledsoe, to win the shootout 3-1.

Wake advanced to the championship game on Sunday by defeating the No. 1 seed in the tournament Duke, 2-1.

It was the Demon Deacons’ fifth consecutive win as the five seed in

the tournament, with all of them coming against lower-ranked opponents.

Coming off of a 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Blue Devils in the regular season, the Deacs exacted revenge over them by getting up 2-0, and outlasting them at the final whistle.

Sophomore Rachel Nuzzolese continued her superb form from recent games, as her nearly perfect corner kick to the far post in the 26th minute resulted in another goal for freshman defender Kim Marshall.

The goal for Marshall was the second of her career, as well as second in the tournament.

In the 50th minute, Nuzzolese got on the stat sheet again with a rip from 15 yards out to give the Deacs a two-goal lead that they would not relinquish.

Photo courtesy of Brian Westerholt

Sophomore forward Katie Stengel leads the Deacs with 14 goals.

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Irish outfight Deacs in soldout BB&T Notre Dame victorious in schools’ first meeting

By Ty Kraniak | Staff writer

Sexual abuse charges against former Pennsylvania State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky have led to a nationwide media frenzy that focuses on several Penn State administrators and their knowledge of the situation at hand.

According to several media reports, including nine victims that have come forward since Nov. 8, Sandusky used the charity he began in 1977 to meet and eventually sexually assault young boys. Sandusky allegedly molested the boys since 1994.

The information uncovered so far suggests that the administration and Paterno knew about these molestations and turned a blind eye to them. The university also rewarded Sandusky with emeritus status and allowed him to keep his office on campus and visit frequently.

At the forefront of the interest is legendary head football coach Joe Paterno, who has held the position since 1966.

After news that he would resign at the end of the season, ABC reported that Paterno will not coach another game.

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Sophomore quarterback Tanner Price hands off to redshirt senior running back Brandon Pendergrass.

Who will cut down nets in the “Big Easy?”

By Rob Sawyer | Staff writer

In the first-ever meeting between Notre Dame and Wake Forest on the gridiron, the Irish were able to top the Demon Deacons 24-17 Nov. 5. An excited gathering of 36,307 fans piled in for the Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest game, making for the fourth-largest crowd at BB&T Field since its opening in 1968.

With the win, the Fighting Irish move to 6-3 while the Deacons drop to 5-4, 4-2 in the ACC. With the loss, Wake has lost three out of its last four games. The team’s last win came Oct. 22 when the Deacs squeaked past the Duke Blue Devils, 24-23.

“We’ve lost to some really good football teams. I think that our guys will bounce back,” head coach Jim Grobe said.

The Deacs will try to bounce back in Death Valley Nov. 12 when they face

the No. 9 ranked Clemson Tigers. The Tigers are 5-1 in the ACC and 8-1 overall. Their sole loss came to Georgia Tech on the road Oct. 29.

In the ND game, scoring began just four minutes into the game when sophomore quarterback Tanner Price dumped the ball to redshirt senior Brandon Pendergrass, who was able to find the end zone from 20 yards out.

The Irish soon responded by chipping in a 44-yard field goal to decrease their deficit to 7-3. However, just two minutes later, Wake further increased its lead to 10-3 after converting on a 46-yard field goal by junior Jimmy Newman.

Less than a minute later, Notre Dame nodded the game at 10 when the Irish scored their first touchdown after sophomore quarterback Tommy Rees hooked up with junior tight end Tyler Eifert from 38 yards out.

With just 28 seconds remaining in the first half, redshirt sophomore running back Josh Harris punched in a 1-yard touchdown run, completing an 81-yard drive that took up close to five minutes on the clock.

After coming out of the locker room at halftime, Notre Dame scored two touchdowns on their first two possessions, while the Wake Forest offense sputtered with two punts.

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Piccolo’s legacy lives on Former Demon Deacon star running back stands for a bigger cause: cancer

By Mike Zavagno | Staff writer

Brian Piccolo 1943-1970

This upcoming college basketball season promises to be one like no other. After seeing how crazy March Madness can really become, with VCU and Butler stunning the bracketologists, predicting college basketball just became even more difficult.

The ongoing NBA lockout and knowledge of its inevitability kept possible “one-and-done” freshmen such as Ohio State sophomore Jared Sullinger and Kentucky sophomore Terrence Jones in school for one more year. Never in the era of the one-and-done rule have there been so many stars in college basketball.

What this all means is that college basketball this season is going to be exciting, and without the NBA, everyone will be watching. So the most important question is: who will cut down the nets in New Orleans?

While it pains me to say it, the undeniable favorite and likely champions are the North Carolina Tar Heels. This may seem like the obvious answer seeing as how the Tar Heels are the No.1 preseason team in every poll but it goes deeper than that.

The return of Harrison Barnes, the 2011 ACC Rookie of the Year, is key to the success of the Tar Heels. While Barnes is arguably the best player in college basketball, the Tar Heels will not have to rely on him as they return their top seven scorers from last season.

They also have a marquee recruit in James McAdoo, who is already projected as an early lottery pick in the NBA draft. The Tar Heels have four players (Harrison Barnes, James McAdoo,

This past Halloween would have been the 68th birthday of one of the most influential alumni in school history.

Brian Piccolo was taken from the world at the young age of 26 in 1970 by embryonal cell carcinoma, a form of germ cell testicular cancer.

Piccolo was a man of humble beginnings, the youngest of three sons born to Joseph and Irene Piccolo Oct. 31, 1943 in Pittsfield, Mass. After his family moved to Florida to preserve the health of his brother Dan, he enrolled at Central Catholic High School, where he described baseball as his primary sport.

Although he played football for the duration of his high school career, he did not make the switch to halfback until his senior season.

His performance as a halfback during that season, although he was 5-foot-11, 190 pounds, and not very quick, attracted the attention of two Division I institutions, namely Wichita State and Wake Forest.

Piccolo enrolled at Wake Forest in the fall of 1961, playing on the freshman football team and averaging 4.2 yards per carry and scoring five touchdowns.

His transition to the varsity squad was highlighted by team failure.

The Deacs lost the first 18 games in which Piccolo played, but he led the team in rushing both years, with modest totals of 324 and 367 yards, respectively.

However, in his senior season, Piccolo developed into a star, rushing for 1,044 yards on 252 carries and scoring 17 touchdowns.

These impressive totals helped earn Piccolo the ACC Player of the Year award and helped Wake to a 5-5 finish on the season.

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Cameron Ford

By Evan Quinn | Staff writer At 6-foot-4 and 255 pounds, redshirt senior Cameron Ford has emerged as a leader of the Wake Forest offense. He is sixth on the team in receptions (8) and receiving yards (55) through nine games, and he caught his first career touchdown just weeks ago against Virginia Tech.

Throughout his career, he has blocked some of the top defenders in the country and caught passes against top-tier defenses.

Ford has accumulated 30 receptions for 303 yards and one touchdown over his five-year tenure here at Wake.

A native of Anderson, S.C., and a graduate of T.L. Hanna High School, Ford didn’t always play just offense.

He was quite the force on the defensive side of the ball, racking up 83 tackles, 10 for a loss, five forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries, an interception and four defensive touchdowns in his senior year of high school.

Ford, a sociology major, has just three, hopefully four, games left as a Demon Deacon, and he hopes to help the team win in any way possible.

When did you start playing football?

I would always throw the football around with my brothers in the backyard as a kid, but the first time I played actual, organized football was when I was nine.

Did you play any other positions in high school?

Yes. I played wide receiver, running back and outside linebacker. I also punted a little.

Did you play any other sports in high school?

I actually played junior varsity soccer in seventh and eighth grade and varsity my freshman and sophomore year, but I switched out my junior year.

You had offers from multiple other schools, including South Carolina, Vanderbilt and N.C. State. What attracted you to Wake Forest?

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I’d have to say the coaching staff. I felt that they were the group that I would be able to get along with the best.

What do you think is the best aspect of your game, and the aspect of your game that needs the most improvement?

I’d say that the best aspect of my game is my ability to get open — my route-running skills. The aspect that I need to work on is definitely my blocking.

What is your greatest memory as a football player?

I would definitely say beating Florida State earlier this year. That was just unbelievable.

Have you thought about taking your football career to the next level and play in the pros?

I definitely have thought about it a few times, and all I can say is that I would absolutely pursue it if I was given the chance. That would be great.

What do you need to do to help the Deacs beat Clemson on Saturday in Death Valley?

I’m going to have to block really well. Their defensive ends are big and very athletic, so we’re going have to block them consistently if we’re going to have a chance.

Personal Profile Birthdate: 12/16/1988 Hometown: Williamston, S.C. Position: Tight End Major: Sociology Awards and Titles: Fourth on team with 11 receptions (2010); Anderson IndependentMail Player of the Year (2007); represented South Carolina in the Shrine Bowl (2007).

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John Henson and Tyler Zeller), projected to go in the first round of the NBA draft.

They also have point guard Kendall Marshall, who was 20th in the nation in assists per game last season.

Orchestrating all this talent is two-time NCAA champion Roy Williams.

In addition to North Carolina, I believe the rest of the Final Four will shake down with Kentucky, Connecticut and Florida.

Kentucky never rebuilds; they only reload as a result of the stellar recruiting of head coach John Calipari. This year, the one-and-done point guard to enter Calipari’s system is Marquis Teague, the younger brother of former Wake Forest guard Jeff Teague.

Kentucky’s entering class also contains projected lottery picks Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.

While Connecticut lost a big piece of last year’s championship squad when Kemba Walker went to the NBA after his junior year, their key incoming recruit greatly bolsters their championship chances.

Freshman center Andre Drummond will pair up with sophomore Jeremy Lamb to take the Huskies deep into March. And at the helm for the Huskies is head coach Jim Calhoun, whose 855 wins are eighth all-time in the NCAA. The Florida Gators have the best backcourt in all of college basketball this season with senior guard Ervin Walker, junior Kenny Boynton and soon-to-bestar freshman Brad Beal. Beal already draws comparisons to Celtics star Ray Allen. Florida center Patric Young is a raw athlete with lottery pick potential.

Those are some of the elite teams in the country; however, among the Preseason Top 25 there are also a fair number of “pretenders.”

No. 13 Kansas, No. 16 Arizona and honorable mention Florida State are among the teams that will not be as successful as some believe.

Kansas is typically able to reload with the recruiting of head coach Bill Self, but it appears in a year when he needed to bring in more talent to alleviate losses, he has failed. The Jayhawks lost five of their top seven scorers from last season including Self the Morris twins but expect junior Thomas Robinson to carry that entire load.

Arizona made a remarkable run in the NCAA Tournament last season under the leadership of second overall draft pick Derrick Williams. But now Williams is

in the NBA and the Wildcats will not be able to fill his 19.5 ppg and 8.3 rpg with their current roster of limited talent.

Florida State has received a lot of hype for a team that lost their “everything” player in Chris Singleton. Singleton led the Seminoles in points per game, rebounds per game, steals per game and three-point percentage.

The Seminoles also lost their No. 2 scorer and failed to bring in any top 50 recruits.

Missouri is a team to look out for this year, as they return their top six scorers and are led by three experienced seniors.

The pressure system they utilize requires a deep, experienced bench, and this year the Tigers have just that and are ready to take on the leaderless Big 12.

There will also be some very influential players this season, all of them jockeying for a better position on this year’s stacked draft board. Sophomore Josh Smith of UCLA dropped 40 pounds

in the offseason and looks to become the next great Bruin center.

Junior Khris Middleton of Texas A&M is another NBA prospect to look out for, as he led his team in scoring as a sophomore last year, and decided to stay with the Aggies for another year.

Senior Jordan Taylor of Wisconsin is one of the most talented guards in the country and the departures of Ninkovil and Leuer give him more of an opportunity to shine.

There are also several star freshmen that hope to bring their programs to prominence.

LeBryan Nash of Oklahoma State, Cody Zeller of Indiana and Myck Kabongo of Texas are among the best first years that will greatly impact their respective programs.

This year in college basketball will showcase one of the most talented fields in the history of the game, and one of the most stacked draft classes ever.

Deac Notes Sophomore Stengel earns ACC Offensive Player of the Year

Men’s and women’s basketball dominate in preseason slates

Deacons finish fall season strong with three singles wins

The ACC announced Nov. 3 that sophomore forward Katie Stengel was named the 2011 ACC Women’s Soccer Offensive Player of the Year. Stengel is the first-ever Deacon to be named ACC Player of the Year.

The Melbourne, Fla., native scored 14 goals this season, just two behind the school record of which she set last season with 16 goals. In just two seasons at the university, Stengel has scored 29 goals, tied for the third-most for a Demon Deacon in a career.

Stengel was also named to the All-ACC First Team along with sophomore goalkeeper Aubrey Bledsoe.

Wake Forest showed early success in their basketball programs as both the men’s and women’s teams were victorious in their exhibition games.

The men defeated Ferrum College 82-43 Nov. 4 at the Joel Coliseum. Sophomore Travis McKie had a double-double with 23 points and 16 rebounds in just 30 minutes, leading the Deacs.

The women’s sqaud had two preseason matchups, the first a 102-39 win over Lenoir-Rhyne Nov. 2. Freshman Dearica Hamby led all scores with 18 points in her first collegiate game. Wake then defeated Tusculum Nov. 7 by a final score of 65-40 with 12 Deacons getting on the score sheet. Senior Secily Ray led with 10 points.

The women’s tennis team ended their fall tennis season on a positive note Nov. 6 as three of the Deacons’ youngest members earned singles wins at the Eck Classic in South Bend, Ind. Sophomore Brigita Bercyte defeated Notre Dame freshman Katherine White in three sets 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, her second win of the three-day event. Freshman Rebecca Siegler also won her second match in three days on Sunday when she defeated Oklahoma redshirt junior Peta Maree Lancaster. Fellow freshman Karen Forman also picked up a win, topping sophomore Whitney Wofford in three sets.

The Deacs will have nearly a two-month break before competing in the UVA Duels Jan. 14-16.

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Deacons tie No. 4 Maryland, fall to Virginia

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Men’s soccer took on two ACC rivals this past week, facing off against the No. 4 Maryland Terrapins Nov. 3 and then the Virginia Cavaliers Nov. 8 in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament.

The matchups would be a challenge as the Demon Deacons were up against the 2008 National Champions (Maryland) and the 2009 National Champions (Virginia). The games were full of excitement and heartbreak, and saw the Deacs come out with a draw and a loss.

Wake Forest closed their regular season with a striking performance against Maryland, tying the Terps 1-1 in College Park, Md. The Deacons entered Ludwig Field after posting an impressive performance Oct. 29 when they tied the reigning National Champions, the No. 7 Akron Zips.

The game had big implications for the Deacs as it determined seeding for the ACC Tournament.

The Deacs would get the first shot off as sophomore Jared Watts’ attempt went wide in the first minute of play. The Terps dominated the next 30 minutes of play, taking nine unanswered shots, with the ninth finding the net off of a header goal from junior Taylor Kemp to junior John Stertzer in the Lisch 31st minute.

The barrage of shots continued from Maryland as they outshot the Deacons 14-1 in the first 45-minute period.

Despite their offensive onslaught, the score remained 1-0 heading into halftime, thanks in large part to Wake’s junior goalkeeper Michael Lisch. The Austin, Texas, native had five saves in the first half.

Lisch continued his strong performance in the second half as the Deacs looked to equalize. Wake Forest wasted no time in tying the game as they capitalized on just their second shot attempt of the game in the 49th minute. To noone’s surprise, freshman Sean Okoli came up with the score. Okoli took a long lob from Lisch and after corralling the ball, took a strike from 25 yards out that soared over Maryland’s redshirt senior keeper Will Swaim.

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Sophomore Tolani Ibikunle fights for a loose ball in the Deacs 4-3 loss in Charlottesville. The team hopes to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

This was the fourth consecutive game in which Okoli had tallied a goal.

Maryland spent the remainder of the second half much like they did the first as they took 12 shots to just two by the Deacs. Despite another bombardment of shots, the Terps could not find the back of the net as Lisch continued to step up to the challenge in goal.

After 90 minutes of play, the score remained at 1-1, forcing sudden death overtime. The Deacs were able to get a good look in the 96th minute as Okoli fired a shot toward the near post, but it was saved.

A second overtime was forced after no scores through the first extra period. Wake was tested even more as Watts was ejected in the 103rd minute, forcing the Deacons to play a man down for the remainder of the match. The team held on, however, and despite being outshot once again by the Terps, escaped with a 1-1 tie.

Lisch had undoubtedly his best game of the season as he recorded a career-high 13 saves, the most by any goalkeeper in the ACC this season.

Maryland outshot the Deacs 35-6 in the match and an 18-2 advantage in corner kicks, but could not get past Lisch and the Deacon defense. With

the tie, Wake Forest earned the No. 5 seed in the ACC Tournament and was given a matchup against the No. 4 seed Virginia Cavaliers. This would be the second consecutive year the two teams had faced off in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinals.

The Deacs traveled to Charlottesville Nov. 8, looking to repeat a Oct. 14 4-3 win and extend their four-match unbeaten streak.

Wake wasted no time on offense as junior Andy Lubahn received a pass from sophomore Ross Tomaselli and scored on the Deacons’ first shot attempt in the third minute. The goal was Lubahn’s fourth of the year and gave Wake an early 1-0 lead.

Both teams would get a few more chances, but none would be converted, leaving the halftime score at 1-0 in favor of the Deacs.

The Cavaliers turned up the pressure coming out of the locker room. They capitalized in the 52nd minute as senior Hunter Jumper scored off a free kick to put the game at a 1-1 draw.

Jumper was not done yet, however, and assisted on Virginia’s next two goals, coming in the 71st and 75th minute, giving the Cavaliers what seemed to be a safe lead at 3-1.

Just when it seemed the Deacons were out of the game, sophomore forward Luca Gimenez provided

the spark off the bench. Gimenez would score backto-back goals within just 1:13, putting Wake back into the game at a 3-3 tie with just under nine minutes remaining.

“I started off on the bench and just came in with the mentality of making a difference,” Gimenez said.

“I wasn’t very effective when I first came in, but I did what I had to do on the field to help bring us back.”

The goals put Gimenez’s season total at six to lead the team.

“I think Luca has been very good,” head coach Jay Vidovich said.

“Today, once again, in the second half he did a tremendous job. He brought us back and gave us a chance to win the game.”

Chances were hard to come by in the remainder of the contest and Wake Forest prepared to play their third consecutive overtime match.

Both offenses struggled to get a good look and as the clock ticked in the second overtime, it looked as if penalty kicks were inevitable.

However, Virginia was awarded a corner kick in the last minute of play. The kick went to sophomore Brian Span who took the juggled ball and put it in at the near post, giving the forward his second goal of the game and, for his team, a 4-3 win to advance to the semifinals of the tournament to face North Carolina.

The loss put the Deacons at 8-7-4 on the year and marks the fourth consecutive year that Wake Forest’s chance of an ACC title was stopped by Virginia.

“Certainly, I’ll give credit to Virginia, but I think we inflicted damage upon ourselves,” Vidovich said.

“The proud moment was that we fought back and we found our way back in the game during the last 15 minutes of the second half. It’s gut-wrenching to give it away with 20 seconds left on a restart, but we gave away three goals off restarts and that’s something we’ve got to fix.”

The Deacs will now look to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

“We’re just hoping that the committee gives us another opportunity to play, another day to practice and another opponent to prepare for,” Vidovich said.

“This team is too good, in my mind; it’s too strong and shown too much down the stretch. We can compete and we’re a tournament team. If given the chance, between now and that first game, we’ve got a lot of work to do.”

Their fate will be determined Nov. 14 when the NCAA will announce their selections.

“It doesn’t matter who we have to play, we’re going to come in with the same mentality and show what we’re all about,” Gimenez said.

Tar Heels snap Deacs’ streak in ACC Tournament semifinals

By Nick Weldon | Contributing writer No. 1 North Carolina 2 No. 19 Wake Forest 1

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Sophomore Jess McFadyen and the Deacs lost in the semifinal round of the ACCs.

After stringing together an eight-game winning streak, the women’s field hockey team fell 2-1 to No. 1 North Carolina in the semifinals of the 2011 ACC Field Hockey Championship Nov. 4. The game unfortunately was the last of their season as they will not compete in the NCAA Tournament.

The Demon Deacons advanced to the semifinals after defeating the Boston College Eagles 4-3 in the tournament quarterfinals held at the University of Maryland.

Junior Lizzie Rae sparked the Deacons to a win over BC with her second-career hat trick, scoring three goals in just three shots. She has 13 goals, a career-high, which also leads the team.

“We were in a dire posiRae tion,” Rae said.

“We needed to come together as a team and go as far as possible in the ACC Championship to have a shot to make the NCAA Tournament.”

After tying the game at 1-1, Rae added her second goal just five minutes later. Then sophomore Jess McFayden extended the lead to two goals with her fifth score of the season.

Boston College cut the lead to a single goal in the 45th minute when junior Jacqui Moorfield scored after an Eagles’ penalty corner. Just 15 minutes later, with the Eagles dominating , freshman Emma

Plasteras scored the game-tying goal. A Deacon turnover allowed Plasteras to scoop up the ball and send it past senior goalie Kaitlyn Ruhf to make it a 3-3 game.

With the momentum seemingly on the side of Boston College, Rae netted her third goal of the game, propelling the Demon Deacons to a 4-3 lead with just over two minutes left in play.

The Deacons held the lead for the game’s final minutes, extending their winning streak to eight games, dating back to a 4-1 win over Temple Oct. 8.

Ruhf contributed to the victory by saving nine of the 12 shots she faced. Her stellar performance in both games earned her a place on the ACC All-Tournament team.

“It was all about a commitment to our overall goal of making the tournament,” Ruhf said.

“When we were 2-8 we knew that we had no choice but to start winning. Coach Averill sat us down and gave us a chance to reflect upon our performance and made us realize what we needed to do to reach our goal.”

By advancing, Wake Forest faced a rivalry game against North Carolina in the tournament semifinals. The Deacons went into the game with a 0-2 record against the Tar Heels this year, though both losses were only by a single goal.

19 minutes into the matchup, North Carolina scored first with a goal by junior Caitlin van Sickle.

The Tar Heels controlled the pace during the first half and did not allow a shot attempt by the Demon Deacons until an attempt by sophomore Taylor Rae in the 24th minute. It was the Deacons’ only shot of the first half.

A Wake penalty on a scoring opportunity gave the Tar Heels a chance to take a 2-0 lead, but Ruhf stopped sophomore Marta Malmberg on the penalty shot, preserving the one-goal deficit.

She had five saves in the game.

Wake Forest stepped up their play in the second half, but they were outshot by two.

Early in the 59th minute senior Kaitlin Piosa found the back of the net, tying the game at 1-1.

Four minutes later North Carolina was awarded a penalty shot, and this time the Tar Heels took advantage, converting with a goal by senior Katelyn Falgowski.

The loss marked the Deacons’ third one of the year to the Tar Heels, the nation’s top-ranked team.

“I didn’t expect the season to start the way it did, but I have a tremendous amount of pride for the way they played at the end of the season.”

Jenn Averill Head Coach

The Tar Heels defeated the Duke Blue Devils 2-1 on Saturday, winning the tournament and advancing to 20-1 on the season.

“I didn’t expect the season to start the way it did, but I have a tremendous amount of pride for the way they played at the end of season,” head coach Jennifer Averill said when asked about her team’s play down the stretch.

“We simply had to turn it around or sink. Looking at our schedule, we realized that we had an opportunity to create a comeback and the girls made it a reality.”

Wake Forest, ranked No. 16 in the nation as of the Nov. 8 poll, was looking for an at-large bid to the 2011 NCAA Field Hockey Championship, but was left off of the 16-team bracket.

The Deacs’ last opponent, and eventual ACC Champion, North Carolina, is the No. 1 seed heading into the NCAA Tournament. Duke and Maryland will also represent the ACC in the tournament.

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“It was disappointing the way we came out in the second half,” Price said. “We shot ourselves in the foot.”

The two Notre Dame touchdowns made it 24-17, which held as the final score.

“We played really good, just not good enough,” senior defensive end Kyle Wilbur said. “We made a lot of mental mistakes.”

Wilbur was a part of the Wake defense that allowed a total of 341 yards in the game.

On the other side of the ball, the Deacs mustered up a total 297 yards with the majority of the yards coming from the passing game led by Price.

Leading in receiving yards for the Deacs was redshirt sophomore Michael Campanaro with 74 yards while Pendergrass led the ground attack with 47 yards.

The game also brought forth a new and emerging star for Wake Forest.

In the second half, freshman Orville Reynolds was substituted in for redshirt sophomore Josh Harris who has been hampered by a hamstring injury. Even though Reynolds only picked up five yards off of two carries, he busted one for a nineyard gain.

“We’re full speed with Orville now,” Grobe said.

One aspect of the Reynolds game that Wake did well in was turnover margin. Senior safety Josh Bush intercepted two of Rees’ passes and had a combined 54 yards on the two ensuing returns.

However, the Irish were able to force a costly Pendergrass fumble deep in their own zone.

“The next thing I knew it, the ball was out,” Pendergrass said.

“It’s a bad feeling. It’s just one of those things that just happens.”

The Deacons’ next game will be a trip to the depths of Death Valley to take on Clemson.

With a Wake Forest victory over Clemson Nov. 12, the Deacs would take over first place in the ACC Atlantic Division.

However, with a loss, the Deacs’ hope of going to Charlotte for the 2011 ACC Championship Game would be spoiled.

The game airs on ESPNU with kickoff at noon.

“We have tons of confidence and we’re going to be ready and give Clemson our best shot,” Campanaro said.

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Redshirt freshman Merrill Noel returns the opening kickoff for 22 yards. He also had five tackles in the game.

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Deacs overcome Virginia Tech, UVA at home Team records first consecutive victories since Sept. 17

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For the first time since Sept. 17, the Wake Forest volleyball team won back-to-back matches. The Deacs gained remarkable ground in the ACC standings with two consecutive victories against Virginia Tech and UVA Nov. 4 and 5.

The Deacs were looking for revenge against Virginia, whom they lost to in four sets Oct. 7.

Getting off to a blistering start in the first set, the Deacons capitalized on strong hitting and multiple attacking errors from the Cavaliers to seize a 25-16 victory.

Senior outside hitter Kadija Fornah and junior middle blocker Andrea Beck each contributed four hits a piece to lead the team at the net.

The next two sets saw the Deacs fall 18-25 in both games, despite six kills from Beck and two blocks by sophomore right side hitter Kristin Grissom and senior middle blocker Carlin Salmon. The team looked to regroup and earn another win at home against their ACC rival.

Fornah led the attack in the fourth set, immediately bringing the Deacs up to an early lead.

Grissom chimed in with two consecutive kills to dominate at the net. As the Cavaliers caught up, the two teams battled back and forth, going point for point, until Wake seized a small lead and never looked back to take the set 25-17.

Consistently strong setting from freshman setter Danae Rosendall helped the offense score 10 kills in the fifth set as the Deacs went on to win a decisive victory at 15-6, taking the game 3-2.

The win against Virginia marked the second victory for Wake Forest in the weekend homestand.

The Deacs also recorded a “W” against Virginia Tech on Nov. 11, where their previous meeting had led to a 2-3 loss on the road.

A close first set saw Rosendall utilizing both slide sets to assist Beck, and outside hits to set up Fornah, who contributed two and six kills, respectively, as Wake squeaked out a victory at 25-21.

The second set against the Hokies was a bigger challenge for the Deacs, who struggled with some miscommunication on defense, though they did recover nicely on some difficult plays throughout the match. Fornah tallied 10 more kills and three digs, and sophomore outside hitter Kylie Hargreaves added three kills to lead the team offensively.

Rosendall got Wake Forest started early in the third set with a kill on the first play of the game.

Hargreaves then followed that up with another impressive kill to give the Deacs an early lead. Winning decisive points on tough rallies and consistently strong blocking from Grissom and Salmon helped to earn the team a 25-19 victory.

“They have some really good hitters and we did a really good job slowing some of them down,” Fornah said.

“Outside, they got their kills, yes, but I think we did a good job containing everyone else with our blocks.”

Despite several early kills from Fornah to start off the fourth set, the Hokies took a sizeable lead early on to put pressure on the Deacs to recover and close the gap. Strong hitting from Salmon, Beck and Hargreaves kept the team in contention, but the three struggled to edge out a victory as Virginia Tech eventually earned a 26-24 victory to force a fifth set.

Three back-to-back kills earned the Deacons an early victory that they would not relinquish for the rest of the match, as they continued dominating the net, racking up 11 teams kills through the set as they beat the Hokies 15-10, and stole the match 3-2.

“I think tonight was all about fight,” Fornah said.

“We talked about it before the game, no matter what happened, just keep fighting.

“Never go soft, just go hard the whole time and keep fighting, and I think that’s what we did. Even when we had to go to the fifth game, I think we came out strong and excited to fight and we won.”

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The Deacs capitalized on impressive performances from Andrea Beck and Danae Rosendall to win two ACC matches this weekend in Reynolds Gym. The wins against Virginia Tech and Virginia snapped a six-game losing streak for Wake Forest.

“It’s been a while since we’ve had a weekend where we’re coming off 2-0, so now we have an opportunity, but we’re going to have to bring just as much intensity,” assistant coach Chad Willis said.

The most noticeable part of the Deacs’ victory was not the score, but the team performance as a whole. “We’ve talked all season about inconsistency as a team, as one night we’ll have one player on, one player off,” Willis said. “People came and played their roles and we were able to put together a solid team effort. I was more impressed with our ability to defend, specifically blocking and defense.”

One of the strongest performances of the weekend came from Rosendall, who earned ACC Freshman

Player of the Week honors for the second time this season. The match against the Hokies saw her earn a double-double with 11 digs and 49 assists, and follow that up against the Cavaliers with 50 assists and six digs; the week as a whole saw her dish out 163 assists, as well as racking up 12 kills, five blocks, five service aces and 25 digs.

The team isn’t looking to take it easy any time soon, however, with two more games at home against ACC rivals Florida State and Miami, ranked first and second, respectively. “Every weekend is a tough weekend in the ACC because you have so many tough back to backs,” Willis said.

The Deacs take on Florida State at 7 pm, Nov. 11 in Reynolds Gym. They have a quick turnaround, hosting Miami Nov. 12 at 5 pm.

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It turned out to be a huge goal, as the Blue Devils got a goal back in the 62nd minute with a header from 12 yards out

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The Blue Devils had a chance to tie the game in the 89th minute on a breakaway, but a shot by Duke’s Kelly Cobb went wide right, and the Deacs held on to reach their second consecutive ACC Tournament final.

Wake Forest went into the tournament final on Nov. 6 with a high confidence level, but the No. 6 Florida State Seminoles maintained the early possession, and arguably the higher quality of play.

After a fairly uneventful first half that saw only four shots, and one on goal, the Deacs struck in the 65th minute after a corner kick, and a scramble in front of the goal.

Nuzzolese was once again the spark for the Deacs, sending in another great corner kick to the far post that Stengel rocketed home after a brief save by Kelsey da Luz Wys. Wake Forest dropped back to defend, and the Seminoles came at them with all they had.

Wake was able to keep the Seminoles off the scoreboard until the 85th minute, when McCarty put away her 16th goal of the season after another bizarre scramble in the box in front of Bledsoe.

“We were very confident heading into the penalty kicks because of what we went through last year,” junior defender Alisha Woodson said.

It was obvious that Wys had done some superb scouting for Florida State because she picked the correct side on three of the Deacs’ four kicks in the penalty kicks session.

“I think Florida State definitely did a good job of scouting us on penalties because [Wys] guessed right every time,” da Luz said.

“We had the same kickers from last year. We went with our experience in the shootout situation, but in hindsight we probably should have at least had them shoot to the other side.”

After Wys saved the shot from junior India Winford, the Seminoles stormed to the box to greet their keeper and set off a celebration very similar to one witnessed last year by the Demon Deacons.

Despite the loss for the Deacs, their entire year of work was rewarded on Monday afternoon, when they received one of the four No. 1 seeds in the 64-team NCAA tournament.

Wake begins their quest for the NCAA Championship trophy at 7 p.m., Friday night at Spry Stadium, as they open up

with the Oakland Grizzles (10-10-1) of the Summit League.

The Grizzles punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament after winning the Summit League Championship on their home field Nov. 6.

Despite being the four seed in the conference tournament, Oakland upset top seeded South Dakota State in the semifinals Nov. 5.

They then defeated North Dakota State the following day by a score of 2-1 in front a crowd of 350.

One of the perks that comes with being one of the four No. 1 seeds is the privilege of hosting all matches until the Final Four, which will be held Dec. 2-4 in Kennesaw, Ga.

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Brian Piccolo (#41) served as backup running back to his good friend Gale Sayers (#40). The duo were the first multiracial roommates in the NFL.

However, Piccolo’s stellar senior season was not enough to earn him a selection in the 1964 NFL Draft. As an undrafted free-agent, he signed with the Chicago Bears Dec. 29 of the same year, choosing them over offers from the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Colts.

After spending time on the practice squad in 1965 and special teams in 1966, Piccolo assumed the role of back-up tailback to Gale Sayers in 1967.

He gained 317 rushing yards that season, but the year was highlighted by the fact that he and Sayers became the first white and black men to room together in the NFL. This occurred after the Bears made the choice to have players’ room assignments decided by position.

“Pic never bad-mouthed anybody,” Sayers said in his 1971 biography A Short Season.

“They say that people who like themselves like other people, and Brian was never short on self-confidence.

He truly liked people.”

Brian Piccolo got his chance to start in the 1968 season when Sayers suffered a career-ending knee injury. He followed with the only 100-yard rushing performance of his career, carrying 21 times for 112 yards in a 23-17 victory over the New Orleans Saints.

Tragedy struck, however, during the 1969 season, when Piccolo was forced to leave a game against the Atlanta Falcons after complaining of chest pains and an untiring cough.

Upon medical examination, Piccolo was diagnosed with embryonal cell carcinoma. The cancer ravaged through Piccolo’s system quickly and in April of 1970, he had surgery to remove his left lung and pectoral muscle He was re-admitted to the hospital in June of the same year and died on June 16, 1970 at the age of 26.

The story of Brian Piccolo was immortalized in the made-for-television film Brian’s Song, which first aired on ABC in 1971. This film discussed the transcendent relationship between Sayers and Piccolo from their time playing football together up until the tragic death of Piccolo.

A way in which Piccolo lives on today is on our own campus here at Wake Forest.

The Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive is one of the most influential campus organizations in both raising money and staging anticipated activities for students to participate in. It was established in 1980 and in

2009, students reached the $1 million mark for total donations made to the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund.

The Piccolo Cancer Fund is unique in the fact that it ties together the Wake Forest School of Medicine with the undergraduate community in a joint effort to tackle cancer.

The influential effort of the Wake Forest community has helped contribute to advancements in medical research and treatment methods, and today there is an 80 percent success rate for curing embryonal cell carcinoma, which took Piccolo’s life at the tender age of 26.

The signature events that contribute to Piccolo’s legacy as a Deacon are “Hit the Bricks for Brian” in the fall and “Wake ‘N Shake” in the spring. Hit the Bricks, which occurred this on Oct. 6 of this year, is an eight-hour relay race around Hearn Plaza for teams of seven to 15 participants. The event culminates at 7 p.m. when participants walk a final lap in for cancer victims and survivors. Since its inception in 2003, Hit the Bricks has raised nearly $60,000 for cancer research in Piccolo’s name.

Wake ‘N Shake, which is coming up in the spring semester, is the other major event held in Piccolo’s memory on campus. It is a 12-hour dance marathon that keeps students awake and on their feet throughout to raise money for cancer. The event was started in the spring of 2006 and has morphed into a tradition, raising over $48,000 for the fight against cancer.

“Brian Piccolo was one of the most iconic studentathletes that Wake Forest University has ever produced,” Sports Information Director Steve Shutt said.

“His legacy continues to live on through the many fund-raising activities that are held on campus to aid in cancer research in the name of Brian Piccolo.”

Piccolo inspired people by how he lived, through his perseverance and courage, even when faced with the greatest adversity.

At Wake Forest, Piccolo’s attitude toward life lives on in the students that celebrate his legacy every year and raise money and awareness for cancer in his name.

As Sayers said when he received the George Halas Aware for courage in 1969, “Brian Piccolo … has the heart of a giant, and that rare form of courage that allows him to kid himself and his opponent, cancer.

“He has a mental attitude that makes me proud to have a friend who spells out the world ‘courage,’ 24 hours a day, every day of his life … I love Brian Piccolo. And I’d like all of you to love him too. And so tonight, when you hit your knees, please ask God to love him.”

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It’s a small world after all

By Shahani Samarasekera | Staff writer

Photos courtesy of Carly Brown

Carly Brown (above) acquired a great amount of affection for all the children at Street Girls Aid, a day care at which she volunteered.

The supreme court in Ghana is one of the many cultural sites university students visited while studying abroad in Africa.

Obroni.

The word didn’t have a negative connotation. It was just another reminder of how junior Carly Brown stuck out like a sore thumb as soon as she stepped off the plane at Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, in the summer of 2011.

Most commonly meaning “white” or “foreigner” in Ghana, obroni is what natives called Brown, the word escaping from the mouths of mothers sending their children to touch Brown as a way to secure good fortune.

According to the Institute of International Education, during the 2006-07 school year, 241,791 American students went on study abroad trips, 150 percent more than a decade before.

As a Wake Forest student, Brown had always wanted to study abroad. Little did she know, when she became an African Studies minor, it would be a requirement that she study in Africa. Brown ventured to Ghana with political science professor Oluyomi Durotoye and five other students to study at the University of Ghana in Legon for a month-long summer program.

Before Brown’s adventure, her family had a lot of concerns, predominantly about her health and well-being in a developing nation.

“I had to get six vaccines: yell o w fever, typhoid [and others],” Brown said. “I couldn’t move my arms for a while and it was right before moving out. “ M y family talked to me a lot about

[health a n d safety] before I went.”

Avoiding disease turned out to be a minor issue for Brown, who had even bigger concerns about nutrition and her diet. Staples of Ghanaian cuisine include rice, beans, plantains, chicken, fish, various forms of dough balls and a type of paste called fufu. Food became one of the things Brown missed the most while studying abroad.

When they weren’t studying or eating, Brown’s group volunteered and traveled the area in an attempt to learn about the religion, culture, political climate and economic situation of Ghana.

This included volunteering at a day care two times a week called Street Girls Aid. This program, with over 100 children six-years-old or younger, was founded as a place for young mothers to bring their children so they could go to work.

“It was super eye-opening,” Brown said. “The kids wore the same clothes every day and if they “Students who want to go abroad can absolutely find a way to do it. The Center for International Studies has great advisers who can work with every student to find a time to go.”

Steve Duke

Director of International Studies

While in Ghana, students had the opportunity to visit various museums.

Above are two figures of the former king and queen at a wax museum

wore diapers, they had the same one on the whole day.”

While the children did not have much, Brown said she admired the mothers for working so hard to take care of them.

“To see how much the mothers went through to provide just basic education for their kids — it showed me how much we take it all for granted,” she said.

“It really made me appreciate the opportunities Wake gives me.”

Brown’s experiences at the day care also showed her what everyday African life is like, and revealed some of the misconceptions Westerns often have about the continent.

“My [study abroad] project takes a special kind of person,” Brown said. “A lot of what you see is sad.

“You have to be willing to embrace the everyday reality and not be disheartened by it.

Africa often has the view that people need to be helped all the time, but despite all problems, Ghana is still such a beautiful country. It is filled with great people and as much as they need our

help, they are doing great things on their own and it is really important to see that.”In the face of her experience, Brown recommends that all university students take advantage of the study abroad opportunities the university provides.

“Experiencing another culture is crucial to developing yourself as a person,” Brown said.

Wake Forest’s Director of International Studies, Steven Duke, agreed. “[I would tell students to] absolutely do it,” Duke said. “Roughly 60 percent of Wake students go abroad and we would love for everyone to go abroad.

“Students who want to go abroad can absolutely find a way to do it. The Center for International Studies has great advisers who can work with every student to find a time to go.”

Students interested in planning their own study abroad trip are encouraged to attend one of the weekly general information sessions held by the Center for International Studies. The schedule can be found on their website. Then students can set up one-on-one appointments with an adviser to start planning their own experience.

Programs are split into two major categories: Wake Forest programs and affiliate programs.

Wake programs are run by the university, and tuition and fees are the same for credit hours abroad as here on campus.

With affiliate programs, students pay a study abroad enrollment fee to the university and the tuition to the institution they are attending. No matter what your budget, advisers can help you find a program that works for you.

In addition, there are many scholarships available

through the Center for International Studies.

Further, if you choose to attend a semester program, any current campus scholarships or loan packages will extend to cover your study abroad trip expenses.

Advisers say they do not want financial concerns to deter people from looking into the great advantages that study abroad opportunities can offer.

“There are lots of advantages in two big categories,” Duke said. “[First is] academic; it is great to see the world from a completely different perspective. Being given the chance to study history or chemistry from a different perspective can be extremely enlightening academically.” “[There is] also a lot of personal growth and development. Many students tell us their experience was life changing because it gave them a different sense of the world than what they had before.”

Duke stressed that it is never too early to start looking into study abroad opportunities, as many of the programs require that you apply a semester or even two semesters in advance.

One university student who started her study abroad planning as early as freshman year is Kara Gaynor.

“As soon as I heard about study abroad, I went to the fair in September and a week later I went to a meeting,” Gaynor said.

By the end of the month, Gaynor knew she wanted to go on the university’s Education Policy and Practice study abroad trip to New Zealand over the summer session; it was the perfect trip for Gaynor, who wants to major in elementary education.

She soon after contacted the professor leading the trip and met with a study abroad adviser.

After completing the necessary prerequisites by spring semester, she hopes to go to New Zealand this summer.

Gaynor believes that there are many advantages to studying abroad, which is why she hopes to go on more than one trip while here at the university.

“It gives you a sense of independence that you can’t get by just going to college in North America,” Gaynor said. “You are in a totally new and different place and you really are by yourself so it forces you to immerse yourself in their culture.” So no matter how new you are to college, it is never too soon to start searching for study abroad trips.

Advisers are waiting to help you find the perfect program in the Center for International Studies, and you can have the opportunity to participate in an experience just as rewarding as Brown’s in Ghana.

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Old Gold & Black Life

Humor Column | Freshman perspectives

The treasures found in a college student’s mini fridge

The future frat boy: beer, beer, and maybe the occasional jar of Tostitos It’s 3:14 a.m. A little overdue for a chunky salsa or sober-up Subway. midnight snack, but not late enough There is a small sense of entitlement to totally call off a munchies — or a college fridge grants you. Want Bagel drunchies, as they case may be — mis- Bites for dinner? sion. You look in the fridge. Nothing.

No one is stopping you. Feel like Papa John’s finished making pizzas. drinking a gallon Arizona Iced Tea Wingzone closed 14 minutes ago. straight from the jug? Go ahead (and Oh, the problems of being broke and yes, I do it on a daily basis). Home hungry. kitchen rules are a thing of the past.

So what exactly is in that mysterious No one is monitoring your appetite ice box sitting in the corner of your anymore — your fridge is a gateway room? A peek in most dorm refrig- to a blissful independence and some extra pounds. Beware: that Freshman 15 has never been more obtainable.

Maybe you’ll find the elusive box Going to stock your fridge is one of of Hot Pockets (read: meat-stuffed the perks about getting off campus.

Wal-Mart transforms into a beacon Pop-Tarts) in the freezer. of culinary opportunity. In my sheer joy to grab the aforementioned Arizona tea, I knocked down a whole case erators can displays the multitude of of iced coffee. Was it worth the dirty personalities of freshmen on campus. looks and the chaos of glass shards and The health nut: perhaps some mocha? organic Greek yogurt, over-priced Absolutely.

Whole Foods produce and almond Frozen food heaven waits in the milk. frosty aisles: personal pizzas, pound The junkie: stacks of assorted Lunch- cake, eggrolls and ice cream. It’s easy ables and cookie dough. Maybe you’ll to forget you have a budget. find the elsive box of Hot Pockets (read: So how does one properly stock a meat-stuffed Pop-Tarts) in the freezer. dorm refrigerator with the essentials The sushi spicy tuna roll, mango chut- to combat college hunger? ney, roasted red pepper hummus with Grandma’s cookies: we all know pita bread and frozen empanadas. the way to any teen’s heart is through The procrastinator: bottles upon food. Your status (and your aunt/mom/ bottles of Starbucks Frappuccinos grandma’s) as favorite will be secured and Coke. if you share with other starving hallBy Melissa Boice | Staff writer

mates. Keep the baked goods in the freezer for maximum freshness and safety from dessert thieves.

Any type of hummus: yes, the Pit has hummus, but a tub of your own is perhaps the best social snack. Once that lid is opened, people that you have never met start dipping. Don’t forget the pita chips — get the obnoxious jumbo family bag.

Milk: you’d be surprised how much it’s in demand. Yeah, you can steal milk from the Pit but a Tupperware container and a ballsy, nonchalant attitude is required.

You can use water, but Easy Mac and Oatmeal elevate to homemade prestige when made with milk. Lucky Charms just needs milk, regardless if you eat the marshmallows or the crunchy stuff that wishes it was the marshmallows.

Nuff said.

Freeze pops: refreshing, nostalgic and probably the cheapest frozen dessert you’ll find. Your inner ‘90s child agrees and so does Mr. Chi City (YouTube him if you don’t know).

Tostino’s Pizza Rolls: ok so maybe they are 35 calories per bite (but a very indulgent one at that). They satisfy that cheesy/greasy/I-enjoy-eatinglike-a-pregnant woman craving. All the pseudo Italian goodness without the delivery fee! You can eat them as a snack, a meal or while watching J-Shore for a true Guido effect.

Two rules for getting through college: stock your fridge and stock it well.

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From stolen Pit milk to an array of frozen foods, college students keep their mini fridges well-stocked.

Abroad column| Travolivia: Study Abroad Adventures

Health column | aWAKEn Your Health

Never a dull moment traveling around South Africa

New research reveals reduced benefits

While abroad, ditch public transit True value of vitamins and embrace the wide open road is called into question

Olivia Boyce Senior columnist

One of the minor annoyances of my time abroad in Cape Town has been transportation.

Though I do have a myriad of transport options, they all come with a variety of strings attached.

I can take the free buses my university provides that go through much of the city, but then I have to deal with complicated time tables and ending up in not always the most convenient locations.

I can take a cab, but that gets quite pricy. I can take train but they don’t run very regularly on weekends and are unsafe after dark.

I can take a minibus (which is the public transit system that goes to major neighborhoods around town in small vans) but minibuses can get be rather uncomfortable with at least 21 people regularly being crammed into what is supposed to be a 12-person van.

While this daily transport battle is a great lesson in self-sufficiency and definitely teaches you the excess challenges many of the low-income inhabitants of Cape Town face every day, at times you just really miss jumping in your own car and going wherever your heart desires.

And so, since our days in Cape Town are waning, my four friends and I decided to take our transport matters into our own hands for a weekend — we rented a car (you can do so here after age 18), and had a utterly awesome weekend. Let’s reminisce.

On Saturday morning, we woke up early and went to what has now become our Saturday morning ritual — a mecca of deliciousness and style — a place called Old Biscuit Mill.

Old Biscuit Mill is essentially the best possible upscale farmer’s market you can imagine.

Not only are there endless vendors selling produce and goods like a typical farmer’s market, but there is also a whole herd of restaurants and catering companies that set up stands selling a few signature dishes that are phenomenal and constantly changed and improved to compete with the other stands.

Seriously, the best food anywhere in Africa. And did I mention they have cocktails? Nothing cures a rough Friday night like a Saturday morning cocktail.

After OBM, my friends and I were invited to a braai (South African barbeque) at my favorite archeology professor’s house in the beach village of Kalk Bay. His hippie chic house, adorable dog and beautiful children gave us a healthy dose of home before we were on the road again.

This time we were off to the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront for a champagne sailboat cruise around the bay for my roommate’s birthday.

Perfection. The view of the city couldn’t be better, and I have now officially added “owns a sailboat” to the requirement list for my future husband. After our cruise it was home for a brief rest and regroup stint.

Not for long though; next on our itinerary was a fun filled evening at a “Save the Rhino” fundraiser.

Quick PSA: Rhinos are awesome creatures that are getting poached for their horns, which are said to have medicinal qualities — it’s a problem.

Anyway, the fundraiser was at a club downtown with two musical stages, and after a night of dancing I was able to save a cardboard, wall decoration rhino from his eminent demise.

(Yes, that was just a clever way of saying that I ripped a cool rhino poster off the wall, sue me.)

The next day found us on a road trip.

With windows down and music b l a r ing we winded our way along scenic beach roads.

Imagine crashing waves on your right and large rocky crags on your left as you weave down a newly paved road.

It was straight out of a car commercial.

O u r beach-

side meander brought us to Hermanus, an old fishing village famous for its whale spotting.

After picking a random parking spot and climbing down a few rocky paths, we found a perfect perch to sit and watch a Southern Right Whales pod that was only about 50 feet off shore.

Getting to watch these majestic 50 foot whales breech and play was quite the serendipitous experience.

After our impromptu whale watch, it was off to a beachside café for a fresh line fish lunch and then back on the road again, this time stopping on a random secluded beach with massive soft sand dunes and an adorable old Afrikaans couple selling gelato from the back of their van.

As we mobilized back toward town with the sun sinking over the Indian Ocean on our left, it was again time for an impromptu stop to watch the sunset from a waterfront restaurant.

We got back into town around 11p.m., from our day’s travels, meaning we had just enough time for one last car-having adventure — a drive to the top of Signal Hill — which gave us a 360-degree panoramic view of the city lights and the awesome Table Mountain.

Life is great when you seize the day.

Kelsey Korey Senior columnist

Do you think vitamins and supplements are beneficial to your health?

Unfortunately, the case for promoting dietary supplements is withering as new research suggests they have minimal health benefits.

Journal, According to the Wall Street Journal two studies published in leading medical journals just weeks ago propose that multivitamins and dietary supplements do not promote health benefits.

In fact, some were found to cause more harm than good!

The release of these findings caused nutrition researchers to say that taking vitamins and supplements could be a waste of money for those without nutrient deficiencies or chronic illnesses.

Up until this point, it was definitely not uncommon to hear nutrition experts pushing multivitamins and supplements to reap essential health benefits.

I’ve even worked with registered dietitians who recommend a daily multivitamin to every client!

So who has it right?

With the publication of latest investigations comes debate among researchers.

This particular field is extremely expensive to perform research in; therefore, the necessity of performing research with these vitamins and supplements is being questioned.

Marion Nestle, professor of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University, says, “It’s fair to say from the research that supplements don’t make people healthier.”

Nestle gives several examples and explains that vitamin B is often flaunted as being good for the heart, but several studies have failed to show correlation between vitamin B and a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.

Vitamin C has not been found to lower a person’s risk of catching a cold, accord-

ing to the Office of Dietary Supplements (part of the National Institutes of Health).

Also, calcium, while proven to increase bone health, does not lower one’s risk for cancer or heart disease. Actually, it has been linked to an increased risk of developing kidney stones!

“We have an enormous body of data telling us that plant-rich diets are very healthy,” says Josephine Briggs, head of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Briggs goes on to explain that as soon as we take the various nutrients out of food and put them in a pill, the beneficial aspects of such are compromised.

Most dietitians and nutritionists still recommend vitamins and supplements to those with certain medical conditions or nutrient deficiencies.

For example, folic acid reduces the likelihood of birth defects and is therefore recommended to pregnant women.

Studying the actual effects of vitamins and supplements in the real world is extremely difficult because when we eat food, the nutrients we receive are combined with others in the same food.

We all know that oranges are a great source of vitamin C, but pulling just the vitamin C out of an orange and creating a supplement may not provide all of the benefits that eating the whole orange itself does.

When you eat the entire fruit, you receive the vitamin in combination with several other nutrients which, according to nutrition experts, is a powerful fusion that allows your body to obtain maximum benefits.

The effectiveness of many vitamins and supplements still remains unknown and untested.

Even with this lack of data, about half of Americans reported taking at least one supplement a month in 2006, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The supplement industry made $28 billion in sales in 2010 which is over a 4 percent increase from 2009.

Regardless of what recent studies show, supplement users may be reaping benefits from the placebo effect.It all comes down to balance. If you are taking a multivitamin, but do not eat right or exercise, then you are potentially wasting your money.

Try to be aware next time you walk down the vitamin aisle at the supermarket.

You may find it helpful to research a bit beforehand as both The Wall Street Journal and the American Dietetic Association have released some interesting research.

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Trend Alert | Winter Footwear

HOT

Dress your feet in trendy individuality

By Erica Oates | Contributing writer When walking around campus at the university, it’s pretty easy to tell what shoes are in fashion and which aren’t.

As females, we have a tendency to follow only the trend, not necessarily what we think looks or feels the best.

While some of these trends are great additions to your wardrobe as we approach the winter shoe season, it is important to maintain individuality while still keeping up with the hottest, new trends.

Boots The largest trend this winter by far is the brown riding boot.

N o matter what the brand, a l m o s t every girl on campus has some sort of brown, high boot to pair with jeans, leggings or tights.

You can spice this look up either by choosing boots of a different color leather, or choosing a more unique ankle boot.

Boots in grey, cream or tan can make a big difference in terms of standing out

in the crowd for having great shoes.

These neutral colors not only offer a more unique alternative to the stereoAs females as Wake Forest, we have the tendency to follow only the trend, not necessarily what looks or feels the best, but what is popular.

typical brown boot, but they also are versatile and can still be easily worn with jeans and leggings.

Another option to updating the classic brown boot trend is to pick a short boot with interesting accents, such as fur or buckles.

These a d d i tions help shorter boots stand out the way a high boot is able to do by adding more leather.

Cute shearling boots, lined with fur on the inside, add a winter flare without looking too much like snow boots.

Toms If Toms are your favorite shoes to wear to class, there is still a great way to update this style to be more individual around campus. Instead of

always wearing the plain black or tan Toms, choose a funkier pattern to make your shoes stand out as cold weather approaches.

While black can be a staple to your wardrobe, it’s not always necessary to wear a boring plain color to be fashionable.

If you’re looking for a Toms shoe that has black accents that go with everything, try a black and white pattern.

If you’re feeling more daring, try bright corduroy Toms instead.

Not only do the brighter colors pop out, but they also can help you to accomplish the difficult color-blocking theme.

Ballet flat alternative

Though everyone loves their comfortable and classic ballet flats, try a loafer instead this winter. Loafers provide the same support that a ballet flat does, while also picking up on the business-casual trend.

Loafers are perfect to pair with a blazer and jeans, and help you look just a little more professional and classy on a daily basis.

Another option for ballet flat lovers is the new calf hair flat that is becom-

ing trendy. Quirky details such as studs, beading or patterns, renovate flats, m a k e t h e m more distinctive and make you matchless in a unique shoe that no one else has.

Book Review | The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

Magical realism is what the chef ordered in engaging tale

By Michelle Feng | Staff writer

A girl deals with the burden of sensing others’ feelings through taste Aimee Bender’s writing occupies a simple yet meticulously descriptive prose.

The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Author |Aimee Bender Genre | Fiction Who’s it for? | Fans of majic realism Length | 304 pages Grade | B+

She creates stimulating visual images and olfactory fascinations through her delicate use of words.

However, most interestingly is that her novel title is not about the particular “gifts” that the characters possess nor is it about their eccentricities.

These are just costumes for the greater universal motifs of loneliness and understanding or lack thereof.

Bender’s attention to detail does not falter.

The set-up for the trauma is always placed with much thought.

The scenery becomes beautiful as Rose, our protagonist, takes a deep breath and begins to notice the faint smells and setting around her.

She becomes a part of the setting, and in a way she manipulates and is manipulated by nature.

“The night-blooming jasmine that crawled up our neighbor’s front gate released its heady scent at dusk…”

The title, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake refers to the memories of Rose’s first surreal experience with food.

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Bender’s novel addresses emotional turmoil through a nontraditional sense: taste.

For Rose’s ninth birthday, her mom baked a lemon cake.

As soon as the cake is ready, Rose takes it out of the oven, lathers a small piece with chocolate frosting, and pops it into her mouth.

At first, she could only taste the sweet chocolate and the strong scent of fresh lemons, but then she started to taste feelings. She felt hollowness in her mother’s cake.

Rose can taste the feelings of the chef while preparing the food, within the food.

At the age of nine, she is surprised to find that her mother is perhaps putting on a happy façade.

Her mother is confused, lonely and she is screaming for help.

The only person who knows is Rose, who tastes the food and feels so physically and emotionally horrible that she breaks down and is taken to the hospital. At the age of 12, she can taste a mix of guilt and happiness in her mother’s cooking .

Shortly thereafter, Rose finds out that her mother is having an affair.

In elementary and all throughout high school, Rose tries her best to stay away from the awful feelings contained in her mother’s cooking.

She grows up knowing and experiencing such raw and sometimes painful feelings.

No one can understand her plight, and she can hardly deal with it herself either.

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As a result, she only eats snacks from the vending machines, and her favorite frozen dinners are those that are only made by machines.

Her taste buds become so acute that she can taste where the various ingredients in the food come from, what kind of person picked the vegetables, or if the dish was made in a rush.

But even with all these feelings that she can taste through food, she can still not understand her older brother or her father.

Rose realizes that she knows so much and feels too much for the people she loves.

However, she cannot do anything for them.

If anything, these feeling have steered her further way from her family and from her own identity.

One day, she cooks spaghetti for her mother and father, and she takes a few bites herself.

All she can feel is that the food comes from an unknown factory.

There is a certain mechanization and detachment that comes across in the food that she makes.

Perhaps this is the reason why she goes around town, trying out the different meals available and the feelings they project.

She is lost until she comes across this French café La Lyonnaise.

There, she falls in love with the warmth and deliciousness of all the items on the menu, be it duck or roasted chicken.

She visits frequently, and later becomes a dishwasher there just to be closer to the environment.

Later on, she learns how to cook.

Rose is taking small steps to figure herself out.

Since she had grown up experiencing others’ bombarding emotions, that she had packed away her own.

In this novel, Bender builds a setting of magic realism with subtlety.

There is just enough to engage the reader: allowing the depth of the message to come through more easily.

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Movie Theater Releases for Nov. 4

Did you know?

The most shoplifted food from grocery stores is cheese.

Celeb Juice: This week’s gossip update

From Toms to riding boots, students step into cool weather

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• She’s back! Lindsay Lohan will be gracing the cover of Playboy in the upcoming January/ February issue. Lohan’s agent has shared that the readers will get to see another side of the celebrity.

• Kelly Osborne recently suffered from a concussion.

While dancing in a club in Miami, Osborne split her head open on an amplifier. It is safe to guess that she was not using any of her acquired skills from Dancing with the Stars. A hospital visit, and a few stitches later, Osborne is now recuperating at home in Lao Angeles.

• Who knew Lady Gaga took part in philanthropy? Gaga participated in eBay’s celebrity auction in order to raise money for charity. Never wanting to disappoint her fans, the star auctioned off a hand-signed urinal. The work of art is now being resold for $460,000 through a fashion website.

Student Union

SU Film Series: Crazy, Stupid Love Nov. 12 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Pugh Auditorium Photoshop Short Course Nov. 17 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.

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Drink of the Week The PB&J

Did you know that November is Peanut Butter Lovers Month? Just one more reason to celebrate. Honor this whimsical holiday by mixing up a creative drink.

1.5 oz Flor de Caña rum .5 oz Lustau Palo Cortado Vides .25 oz Strawberry jam .25 oz Peanut syrup 1 Egg white 1 Banana Shake ingredients in shaker without ice, then add ice and shake vigorously again. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass that is rimmed with minced salted-peanuts. Garnish with a banana slice.

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Photo Story | Breast Cancer Awareness Fashion Show

Senior co-chairs Samantha Hoback and Ashley Meyer, with support of all PanHellenic Council sororities, organized the annual fashion show to raise money and awareness for the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

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“The Breast Cancer Fashion Show brings awareness to a great cause that has affected people all over. The event not only raises money, which gets donated to breast cancer research or awareness, but it also informs people about the illness.”

Melanie Uy

Senior Psychology major and President of Phi Mu Photos by David Lavis / Old Gold & Black

“I [loved] having the Panhellenic come together as a whole to not only create a beautiful fashion show but to also raise money and awareness for a wonderful cause such as the Susan G. Komen Foundation.”

Ashley Meyer

Senior Psychology major and Co-chair of event

Green confidently strolls the runway in an elegant fuchsia dress and heels to match.

The event took place Nov. 7 in Benson 401. The familiar meetSenior sociology major Carmen Green sports jeans ing room was transformed into and a white blouse accompanied by a fur vest with a vibrant catwalk. an playful necklace.

Students silently bid on gift baskets throughout the show. The proceeds of the silent auction went to the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

A model struts down the runway layering a floral blouse with a cropped feminine blazer.

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Event Review | SU Presents: Gavin Degraw, David Cook and Caroline Liar

t n e m t n a h c n s t E r e e c Th Live Con of

The sensory overload of this show translated to a oneof-a kind experience.

By Carlos Anderson | Staff writer Many skeptics question the value of live concerts, asking the standard question of “what’s the big deal anyway?”

I can assure these doubters that any seasoned concert attendee or even some first-timers will argue that the physical presence of music can be breathtaking.

There’s a deep reverberation in your chest and you can feel the chairs rattle.

Best of all there’s the star-struck quality of learning that people you’ve only seen flattened on TV screens, or know of only through their disembodied voices on the radio, are real people that sweat and are capable of casual conversation.

At a concert you get to see them without a broadcasting delay distracted by commercials.

You can entertain yourself with the possibility of actually physically touching them as proof they exist on the same plane of reality as us un-famous people.

Beside me was a woman who had driven three hours from Greenville, all by herself, just to see David Cook live.

Behind me, someone muttered indiscriminate trivia about Cook’s guitar.

This isn’t to say that this was a Cookslanted crowd; rather, it is representative of the kind of enthusiasm and passion that drive people to concerts.

What struck me halfway through the concert was the strange juxtaposition of the concert environment within the chapel venue.

Concerts involve the same sort of community and self-transcendence as a church service.

People give themselves up to the music, the same way Pentecostal practitioners sway and gyrate when they are “moved by the spirit.”

Add in DeGraw’s quirky use of organ music and the metaphor is downright eerie.

All speculations aside, people were just plain excited to be there.

There were catcalls, seas of rhythmically waving hands, rock horns

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Concerts can involve the same sense of community and self-transcendence as a church service. In this way, it was almost fitting that the venue for the Gavin Degraw (above) convert was Wait Chapel. pitched in the air and nodding to the beat.

And it would not be a concert with the minimum of one, hysterical proclamation of love by an audience member.

People stood, even tiptoed, for hourlong stretches regardless of whether or not they had the proper arch support.

Crowds collapsed into themselves when memorabilia was tossed out into the audience, a pucker of hungry hands that swallowed up guitar picks and strange pearl strand–looking necklaces.

Now, it was no Ozzfest or Lollapalooza, but there certainly weren’t any of the bored faces known to attend to an orchestral audience.

Everywhere people were leaning over the tiered seating while lip-synching or shamelessly belting out song lyrics.

With all this hoopla and you’d think there would be an age disparity, but there were just as many lively fans in my mom and dad’s age bracket.

Each performer was charismatic and worked the crowd in different ways.

After eliciting some raucous body movement from the crowd, the lead singer of Carolina Liar announced they’d be hanging around the whole night and invited swarms of admirers to join them.

David Cook engaged in hilarious asides with the audience between sets, showing how genial and human he is.

Especially noteworthy was Cook and his band’s energetic Led Zeppelin cover that peaked the already ecstatic

mood for the span of five-odd minutes and left your auditory senses nearly numbed from sheer exhaustion. Just when everyone had felt spent, DeGraw reenergized the crowd with popular musical numbers and a personal anecdote that gave an enlightening context to a particular song.

The anecdote also served the doubleeffect of being quite funny and touching.

Most memorable are the few times DeGraw crouched down toward the front row audience while singing and lavished women with direct stares, the result of which was something proximate to swooning, coupled with harmonized screams of disbelief.

I don’t know if there’s such a thing as “concert stamina” but if there is, it’s something I’m severely lacking in.

My first desire after the concert ended was to get my body in some sort of horizontal position as soon as possible in order to counteract whatever damage gravity had inflicted on me for standing that long.

That, and complete and utter silence to nurse my hearing back to normal, was in working order.

However, I take these minor pains to be the measure of a good concert.

The same way you feel winded after a vigorous run or how the severity of a hangover is in direct proportion to how much fun you had the night before, probably has the same correlative principles that temporary hearing loss David Cook (top) and Caroline Liar and foot swelling have to an enjoyable (bottom) perform during the Nov. 4 concert experience.

Student Union concert.

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