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By Laruen Dayton | Staff writer The university has implemented new security measures to protect its students, faculty and staff while the University Police Department collaborates with the Winston-Salem Police Department to find the person(s) responsible for a string of crimes that took place in the last few weeks.

There have been three separate incidents, two involving university students and one of those occurring on-campus.

Another crime was reported early in the morning on Nov. 6, when two male university students contacted University Police by means of the callbox on the paved pathway that runs from the university campus to Reynolda Village.

The students claimed that a man armed with a handgun approached them as they were jogging and demanded money.

On Nov. 11 the university released a report that University Police had determined the alleged rob-

bery did not actually occur. The matter has been referred to the university’s Office of the Dean of Students for appropriate action.

“Since the incident involves students we cannot provide any more information at this time,” said Kevin Cox, assistant vice-president and director of media relations.

“All that we can say is that the University Police have determined the robbery did not occur.”

Prior to the release of this information, the university enacted improved security measures.

Despite the determination that the alleged robbery did not occur, University Police are still investigating the other recent robberies on and near campus that they believe to be connected.

On Oct. 27 a retired resident of Brookwood Drive (right across University Parkway, about a mile from campus) was robbed outside his home.

The next day a female student was robbed outside her apartment at the Deacon Ridge complex.

Then on Oct. 30 a student was held up in a parking lot outside of the Polo Residence Hall and forced to drive to ATMs around Winston-Salem.

Incidents such as these are rare on the university campus; the last armed robbery on campus took

place over three years ago in September, 2005. The incident occurred in parking lot Q and the robber was apprehended.

Although the police departments have not yet put out any warrants, they are actively pursuing a number of suspects.

“We feel very strongly that the same individual is responsible for all of the recent events,” said Regina Lawson, university chief of police.

In response to the recent crimes, the university enhanced security on and around campus. There are now additional police patrols from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. around the perimeter of North Campus and auxiliary patrols in Reynolda Village and along the pathway that connects campus and Reynolda Village.

The campus gatehouses are now staffed from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. (instead of from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.), and the Polo Road entrance is now closed from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

In order to further protect the community, Reynolda Village has added a security guard to patrol its buildings and parking lots.

In addition, the Winston-Salem Police Department has increased patrols in neighborhoods adjacent to campus.

In his e-mail to the students, faculty and staff on Nov. 6, President Nathan O. Hatch urged them to be responsible for their personal safety by staying “alert to potentially dangerous situations” and “taking reasonable precautions and immediately reporting any suspicious situations or suspicious persons to University Police.”

The campus shuttle is available every day from 7:45 a.m. to 3 a.m. Students can contact the University Police if they need an escort and the shuttle is no longer running.

Soon there may be another option on campus for students who need an escort. Matt Triplett, speaker of the house for Student Government, is starting an initiative to have a volunteer student escort service.

His vision is for the Safe Walk Program’s members to be student volunteers who are each certified in a self-defense course and will carry a cell phone that circulates among members each night.

Whenever a member is on duty he or she would be obligated to respond to any calls and would walk the student to his or her final destination.

Triplett has championed the need for a group like this on campus. “In light of recent events on campus though, I’ve gained more support for this and also am more certain of its necessity,” he said.

Students interested in participating in the Safe Walk Program can contact Triplett at tripmr5@ wfu.edu for more information.

SG starts new homecoming tradition

By Samantha Cernuto | Staff writer

Homecoming 2008 marked the beginning of a tradition that will most likely stick around. Student Government hosted its first ever Bash at the Millennium Center.

The event was open to the entire student body and ran from 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

The idea originated from a comment at the President’s Leadership conference.

SG president Jermyn Davis comments that a student suggested having more parties that were not Greek dominated.

The Homecoming Bash was the first one.

The event was put together by the Student Government Campus Life Committee and Public Relations. The committees were led by senior Ann Meade and junior Meghan Haenn.

“Campus Life carried out the planning, hiring and other details of the

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event, while PR was in charge of getting the word out to students,” Haenn said.

“Both committees did an excellent job. Outside of those committees, we had a lot of support from the executive branch and legislators.

“The event required a lot of manpower, so it was necessary to have lots of helpers at the event.”

SG is very excited about the results of the Bash. There were over 600 students in attendance that arrived via

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Web site ranks nation’s best grocery chains Several Winston-Salem grocers such as Whole Foods and Harris Teeter were among the list of top 10 grocery chains in the U.S. by Health.com.

Six health experts ranked Whole Foods as the healthiest grocery store in America with its organic and locally grown products, clear labeling and bakery with no artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, preservatives or trans fats.

Military launches their own version of YouTube Delve Networks recently helped the U.S. military launch TroopTube, a YouTubelike site that is screened by a Pentagon employee for copyright, taste and national security.

Just last year the Defense Department banned employees from using YouTube and MySpace.

Man is arrested for stealing communion wafers Police arrested a man in Connecticut on Nov. 8 for allegedly stealing communion wafers in a church service.

John Samuel Ricci, 35, was cornered by church members after they saw him grab a handful of wafers. Two parishioners even received minor injuries in the confrontation.

Bush spends Veterans Day at USS Intrepid On his last Veterans Day in office, President George W. Bush spoke at the rededication of the USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on Nov. 11.

The old aircraft carrier is docked near Manhattan. Bush praised the service men and women and said that he will miss being their Commander-in-Chief. He also told reporters that his father was an inspiration to him for his service in World War II as a pilot.

Secret Service releases future first family code names Although they are supposed to be secret, Yahoo News recently found out the new code names for the Obamas. Presidentelect Barack Obama will be “ Renegade,” Michelle Obama is “Rennaisance,” and Malia and Sasha will be “Radiance” and “Rosebud,” respectively.

Lecture examines role of women in Islam

By Caitlin Brooks | Asst. news editor

“The moment of the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001 contained two high jackings.

One resulted in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the other was a high jacking of Islam. Junior Mustafa Abdullah, president of the newly formed Muslim Student Association (MSA), said, “When any sort of radicals use religion as a vehicle for evil means, their actions cease to be religious.”

The MSA sponsored a lecture by Darlene May, visiting associate professor of Arabic, on the topic of Women in Islam on Sept. 6 as part of their effort to educate the university community on the realities of Islam.

Since 2001 American Muslims have seen a huge upswing in attention, most of which has not been positive. The words Muslim, Islam and terrorist are almost synonymous in many people’s minds, in large part due to repeated violent portrayals of the Islamic faith on news networks and in films. “(The mainstream media) creates these images that appear to non-Muslims that all Muslims are inherently violent,” Abdullah said. “These are the stereotypes we are

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the free shuttles that were lined up in front of Benson University Center and Davis Residence Hall.

The students were welcomed by a red carpet and sky-tracker lights.

Between the live DJ and the food provided by Simple Elegance, students had an enjoyable night.

“The Bash was a success on all counts,” Meade said. “The DJ, Nick Peluso, was incredible. He played a

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trying to debunk. We are not trying to make Islam seem all nice and soft and beautiful; we are trying to present the reality, that these pockets of Muslims in the Middle East that can be called extremists and radicals only comprise a small, small minority of Muslims from all over the world. When we focus on these small factions, it creates a very tragic view of the whole faith.” Followers of Islam comprise the second largest religious group in the world, only smaller than Christians of all denominations, and they can be found in many countries across the globe. Throughout the western world, particularly in America, misconceptions abound about the popular faith.

One of the hottest topics of debate is the role women play in the Islamic faith and in predominantly Muslim cultures. It was for this reason that the executive board of MSA decided that their first lecture would address the much debated issue. May, an American convert to Islam, stressed that the purpose of her lecture was to shed light on the traditional, theological role of women as written in the Quran and the Sunnah (the book of the sayings and the actions of the Prophet Muhammad) in an ideal world.

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She made sure to highlight the discrepancies between cultural views of women and the pure religious views of them.

She illustrated in great detail the role Eve had in the Islamic version of the fall from Paradise, very similar to that found in the Bible’s book of Genesis. Unlike in the Christian faith however, Eve is not blamed for Adam’s fall. Both Adam and Eve fall prey to the devil’s scheming and fall from grace together, which emphasizes the relative equality of men and women in the Islamic faith as emphasized by the famous Hadith (words of the Prophet found in the Sunnah) which reads: “all people are equal, as equal as the teeth of the comb.”

Despite this equality in the eyes of God, man and woman each has certain physiological and psychological characteristics that the other does not have. This means that they are complementary, rather than competitive. This also means that man has some rights and responsibilities that woman does not have, and vice versa. Where sexual characteristics do affect status and function, like in the family or in a marriage,

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Brieflies Students organize event on Native American culture At 5 p.m. on Nov. 14, the university’s Office of Multicultural Affairs will sponsor a symposium featuring five nationally renowned American Indian leaders who will discuss how they have broken through cultural barriers to achieve their success.

The symposium, which will take place in Greene Hall, Room 145, is titled “Native American Voices.” The event occurs in celebration of National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.

Junior Lucretia Hicks, a Cherokee and founder and president of the university’s new Native American Student Association (NASA) initiated the event.

Hicks’ goal is to expose people to and educate them about American Indian culture and issues.

Holiday Plant Sale begins on Nov. 17 at Reynolda Gardens On Nov. 17, the Reynolda Gardens sponsored Holiday Plant Sale will begin. Holiday plants will be available throughout the season, benefiting garden maintenance and educational programs.

The sale takes place from 10 am to 4 pmat Reynolda Gardens.

For more information, contact David Blare at gardens@wfu.edu.

English department hosts “Ways of Writing for the 21st Century” At 3 p.m. on Nov. 17, a symposium sponsored by the English department and the Teaching and Learning Center titled “Ways of Writing for the 21st Century: The Classroom and Beyond” will take place in Benson Center, Room 401A. Featured speakers include: Joseph Harris, director of the University Writing Program at Duke University; Nancy Sommers, director of the Expository Writing Program at Harvard University; David W. Smit, English professor at Kansas State; and Elizabeth Wardle, director of the writing program at the University of Central Florida.

For more information, contact Anne Boyle at english@wfu.edu.

Swimmers in the Sea author to speak and sign books in ZSR On Nov. 18, Press 53 author Denzil Strickland will speak on his new book, Swimmers in the Sea from 3:30-4:30 pm in Room 202 of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library.

Following his talk, Strickland will sign copies of his book. The event is open to alumni, faculty, staff, family of faculty/staff and all students.

Multiple departments host “Business Start-Ups by Women” lecture On Nov. 20, the BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism and the departments of sociology and women’s and gender studies will host a lecture from Amanda Elam, titled “Business Start-Ups by Women: Cross-national Patterns and Institutional Influences.”

The lecture will take place in Benson Center, Room 409 from 4-5 p.m.

For more information, contact Aimee Mepham at mephamam@wfu.edu.

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Event raises money for exhibition

By Ashton Astbury | Staff writer

On Nov. 7, The Cuba Project, the project for Professor Linda Howe’s entrepreneurship class, sponsored a night of Latin American cuisine, dancing and culture at the Millennium Art Gallery in efforts to raise money and awareness for their traveling exhibition, “Cuban Artists’ Books and Prints: 1985-2008,” which will open at the university’s Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery in fall 2009.

Howe, who has conducted research in Cuba since the early 1990s, heads The Cuba Project.

Howe’s study of the “interconnectedness of Cuba’s cultural scene, the intellectual’s relationship to cultural institutions and the underlying politics of cultural production” has introduced her to many talented artists of Cuban origin.

According to Howe, The Cuba Project developed not only as part of her own research, but also from the student groups who have participated in the university’s Academic Summer Program in Cuba each year for nine years.

“We realized that 2009, the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, would be an important year for reflection and retrospection, but we didn’t want to focus on contentious U.S.-Cuba relations or politics — we wanted to focus on the island’s art and culture,” Howe said. The result is an exhibition that features over 100 “unique books, prints and related objects by 13 Cuban artists and several books made by (Cuba’s) Vigía Press.”

Through collaboration with the Romance Languages department, Howe formed a group of professors and students who were interested in the project.

Her next move was to approach the Office of Entrepreneurship to create courses that would “provide students from various disciplines the knowledge and training to work with and as professionals in the larger art and nonprofit world.”

The outcome was the fall 2008 course “Entrepreneurship in Art Education and Educational Outreach: Cuban Artists’ Books and Prints: 1985-2008.”

“Students are organizing the content of the exhibit; coordinating its installation, launch and eventual travel; and creating educational outreach and curricular materials,” Howe said.

According to senior Eliese Norby, students involved in The Cuba Project are coordinated into four teams: managerial, biographical, content and film.

Norby, who is a member of the content team, is working with North Carolina teachers to inte-

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“One lesson plan concerns the various styles implemented in creating the books and another is related to the historical and cultural themes – how Cuban culture relates to and affects the artwork,” Norby said.

Senior Katie Gomez added that the content team is currently “writing summaries for the over 100 books” to supplement their display in the exhibition, as well as be featured on The Cuba Project’s bilingual, interactive Web site.

According to senior Maury Riggan, the Web site is designed to be both “kid-friendly and art critic-friendly” and thelp younger students create their own books. The students’ handmade books may then be uploaded onto the interactive Web site.

Norby also explained the role of the film team, which is compromised of three students who, with the help of Lecturer Max Negin of the communications department, are organizing Howe’s footage of the Cuban artists and the Vigía Press to create a short film to be incorporated into the exhibition. “Students and professors are working to translate what’s being said from Spanish to English and transcribe it into a script,” Norby said.

Senior Maya Yette, a member of the film team, said, “It has definitely been a learning experience

because we get to work with so many different groups. Working with film, Spanish language, art and digital media has truly been an interdisciplinary effort.”

According to Howe, the books that will be displayed in the exhibition are “aesthetically beautiful, spiritually rewarding, emotionally complex.

Vigía Press is the only press of its kind.

“These artisans and artists have worked under challenging economic circumstances, especially after the Soviet Union collapsed. During the 1990s, it was difficult to get paper in Cuba.

They’ve made 200 copies by hand of each and every book. It’s simply amazing!”

Howe stated that her goal for The Cuba Project is to “enhance awareness of great cultural expression, reach out to immigrant populations and to children, educating ourselves and other communities about Cuban culture.”

“The students working on the project have told me that they hope to deepen relations between the university community and the greater communities of Winston-Salem and the United States,” Howe said. “This is an opportunity to show what art can do to break down cultural, political and social barriers among peoples.”

The exhibition will open in New York City at the Grolier Club in May, with a symposium at the Museum of Modern Art, and will travel to the university in the fall.

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women will find themselves superior.

Whenever sexual characteristics are involved, however, “men are a degree above women. Men are the protectors and the defenders of women because God has given man more strength than women,” May said.

For example, men are totally financially responsible for the family in Muslim society, but women are spiritually superior.

They are more perfect reflections of God, as is apparent in esoteric studies of Islam, May said.

One of the key evidences many Westerners use to indicate the oppression of women within Muslim societies is the veiling of the female form. May suggested that taken in the strictly religious view, the veiling of a woman’s face is an honor. It is “symbolic that woman represents the inner nature of divine that is hidden from the world,” May said. “Woman in the west are always talking about

how they want to be equal with males.

In Islam, women are different, there is not the sense of competition so much as being complements.

“Not a sense of needing to be liberated from man or a fight for rights because rights are God given,” she said.

This is not true for all women in all households or cultures, but in keeping with a pure reading of the Quran and the Sunnah, a woman who follows the Islamic faith may be seen as having even more freedom and

equality than women of other religions. May’s discussion was just the first of many steps toward the MSA’s ultimate goal; an open discussion on religious pluralism.

As Abdullah phrased it, “if you can construct institutions of extremism (like terrorist sects), then you can construct institutions of pluralism. It’s a matter of consciousness, education and understanding.”

Breaking down the barriers that prevent conversation across religions is a huge move toward this end.

POLICE BEAT • University Police responded to 102 calls from Nov. 3-9, including 14 incidents and investigations and 88 service calls.

The following is a summary of the incidents and investigations.

Thefts • University Police arrested two Winston-Salem residents Nov. 2 for shoplifting books from the College Bookstore.

They took them to the Forsyth County Detention Center, where both were found to have outstanding warrants against them.

• An unattended laptop computer in a book bag was reported stolen Nov. 3 from Scales Fine Arts Center.

• A digital camera valued at $250 was reported stolen from an unsecured office in Wingate Hall between 11:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Nov. 4.

• Two wallets were reported stolen Nov. 6 from an unsecured room at Bostwick Residence Hall.

• A small wooden table valued at $50 was reported stolen from Greene Hall between Nov. 5 and Nov. 7.

• A coffee mug was reported stolen from a secured office at Starling Hall between 5 p.m. Nov. 6 and 8:45 a.m. Nov. 7.

• University Police arrested two Winston-Salem residents Nov. 7 at the College Bookstore for shoplifting textbooks and merchandise valued at $700. Drug paraphernalia was also found in their vehicle. They were taken to the Forsyth County Detention Center.

Damage to Real Property • Unknown subjects removed wooden fence railings and started a fire Nov. 9 on the trail between the campus and Reynolda Village. The Winston-Salem Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire.

Miscellaneous • A student at Kitchin Residence Hall reported receiving a threatening telephone call Nov. 7.

• University Police responded Nov. 7 to a domestic disturbance outside Z. Smith Reynolds Library. A student said she was assaulted by a

non-student acquaintance from Thomasville. He could not be found, but warrants were issued charging him with both assault on a female and damage to personal property. Information about the incident was provided to the dean of student services.

• University Police issued a Winston-Salem noise ordinance citation to a student Nov. 8.

The student refused to turn down loud music in his vehicle while being issued a parking ticket in Lot C beside Benson University Center.

Drug and Alcohol Violations • University Police responded to a noise disturbance Nov. 4 at Taylor Residence Hall and found six underaged students consuming alcohol. Information about the incident was provided to Harold Holmes, associate vice president and dean of student services.

• University Police responded to a fire alarm Nov. 6 at Student Apartments and found it had been set off by a student who was smoking marijuana. Information about the incident was provided to the dean of student services.

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iBash:Dance Jermyn Davis talks about life outside SG brings fun to homecoming Last week you got to know a little bit about Jermyn Davis.

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wide variety of music that seemed to satisfy everyone in attendance.

“Students were able to request songs prior to the event date – which made sure that everyone got to hear their favorite song!”

“It went extremely well. Everyone there had such a great time. It was definitely an outlet that we should pursue again,” Davis said.

Students who attended said only positive things.

Sophomore Leigh Vogedes said, “I had a wonderful time and it was a lot of fun! I’m glad I went!”

“I had a great time and will definitely go again next year,” sophomore Brett Patterson said.

S G member sophom o r e James Griffin said, “I think the bash was a great event, giving all of the students at Wake the opportunity to celebrate homecoming together.”

Haenn is excited about what they will do next year.

“We are already looking into the potential for recreating this event next year,” he said.

“We considered the Bash to be successful in terms of providing students with an alternative to the typical weekend. We hope to expand and include alumni in the future.”

For its first time, the Bash was exciting and eventful.

More exciting than being president Another one of Davis’ residents passes by. He stands up and waves. “Where are you going?” he called loud enough to be heard through the glass.

For Davis, being a resident advisor is “probably the most exciting thing.”

“I mean, I enjoy being SG president a lot,” he said.

“They’re going to get mad if they read this, but I kind of see (my residents) as, like, my little brothers.”

He went on to explain why they were “so cool.”

“Each one of their needs is different,” he said.

Late September, Davis helped one resident, Josh Weinflash, contact other Jewish students on campus so he could take part in a Rosh Hashanah dinner, something Weinflash had always participated in at home.

“Jermyn always tries to reach out to everyone,” Weinflash said. Davis plays Halo with the residents, debates politics and somehow finds time in his busy schedule as president to attend the residents’ intramural rugby and football games.

He welcomes the change of pace.

“It’s almost refreshing,” he said. “They don’t care if I just got out of a meeting with Dr. Hatch ...

They’re like ‘Jermyn, I want some food. I want Cook-Out. Let’s go.’ It’s humbling. Kind of like having kids. I mean, I’ve never had any. But they don’t really care about the world outside; they only care about what’s going on now. You know what I mean?”

Weinflash said the residents are “definitely aware” that their RA is president.

While riding on a campus shuttle to a football game recently, “I teased Jermyn if Student Government refused to fund Air Force One for the fall semester,” he said.

Leading Humbly Davis’ residents, all freshmen, were not even at Wake during his landslide victory last spring – the victory he said he had no idea he was going to win.

Senior Sarah Walker, Student Government treasurer for two terms, was an experienced opponent.

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Davis explained how the numbers didn’t register with him at first, and then paused.

“It was kind of intimidating,” he said. “Seventyseven percent (felt) confident in me that I would do the best job, so therefore, I can’t let 77 percent of people down. Whereas, the other 23 percent of people, I see they didn’t like something that I was doing … I want to prove that I was the right choice.”

Aside from the large margin of victory, something else makes Davis’ presidency unique: he was a sophomore on Election Day. “Other presidents, who have been seniors in the past … when they decide something, the next year, they’re not going to be here,” he said.

“I’m going to be here. And say things don’t go right. I have to live with people maybe saying, ‘You know, Jermyn, you sucked last year.’”

He said his goal is for people to say, “Jermyn, you were so good. We want you to be president again,” at the end of the year.

“So many people in institutionalized settings complain because they think they can’t really do anything,” he said. “To me, there’s so much … that can be done.”

And Davis certainly works hard.

Under Davis’ leadership, Student Government has changed the Pit operating hours, expanded the meal plan, challenged the university’s Dean List decision and organized student forums, among other initiatives, all since the beginning of the semester.“I often find myself telling Jermyn to slow down and get some rest,” Matt Triplett, Student Government speaker of the house, said.

Davis said that despite his Student Government responsibilities, he remains a student first.

“I have to think all the time, ‘You’re still a student before anything,’” Davis said.

“You can’t effectively think of students if you don’t think of yourself as a student.”

A different kind of tune It’s this awareness of others that has not only made Davis an effective president and resident advisor, but an effective classmate.

Louis Goldstein, professor of music and Davis’ First Year Seminar instructor, described Davis as “the type of student who can singlehandedly elevate a class.”

“He spoke so readily that members of the class who might in other circumstances have required prompting … quickly joined,” he said. “(Davis) was constantly listening and watching for ways to engage other students and bring them into the conversation.”

More evidence of Davis’ leadership: When he and Triplett were on Wake’s Alternative Spring Break trip in New Orleans last March to offer relief to Hurricane Katrina survivors, Davis led the entire van in song as he drove to dinner.

“Our group had gotten pretty depressed because of some particular circumstances … we weren’t able to do all the sort of volunteer work that we had hoped,” Triplett said. “Jermyn took the … initiative to make our entire volunteer group feel better by being such a dynamic personality.”

Despite that dynamic personality and an important title, Davis just wants to be … Jermyn.

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are saved up for a major shindig, something we would all remember for a long time.

How many students on this campus would truthfully say that they’d rather go to three or four smallish events than, say, a big-name (or even medium-named) concert?

We’d predict it wouldn’t be a majority. We do not know, however, which brings us to our next point.

Please do not get us wrong here, we are not blaming SG or SU that students don’t show up to these events.

Rather the point is that they should be held responsible for not accommodating students’ desires and for not listening to what students want. There needs to be a much better way of gauging students’ opinions. If we can get an accurate poll of what students want to do with their SAF funds, there should be no reason not to act on it; do what we want to do.

We do appreciate the good intentions of those involved in the planning of things like the Homecoming events. But an unattended event is still a waste of funds and time.

Now, we’ll acknowledge that maybe an effort could be made in the long-run to change students’ preferences.

We do wish that some things, like Homecoming, got a better turnout. But there is a discrepancy between something as important as Homecoming and Wake Frost.

One connects current students with former students, thus providing a link between the university’s past and present. This should be embraced. The other costs a lot of money and gets low turnout. Please do not throw away our money!

Note that Kell Wilson, editor in chief, does not necessarily endorse this editorial due to conflict of interest as she is a member of the SAF committee.

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e are pleased with the fact that so many alumni returned to our university this past weekend to attend the Homecoming ceremonies that were planned for the occasion. It was great to see some of our recently graduated friends again as well as to get the chance to interact with some of our more senior alumni.

However, we couldn’t help but notice that, unfortunately, only a slim percentage of the university’s current students took part in the festivities, especially compared to the showings other universities can boast for Homecoming.

Sure, lots of Greeks went to their individual alumni parties, but few from the general student body attended the administration-endorsed, Student Government/Student Union planned festivities (like the bonfire and iBash, etc.).

All in all, this year’s Homecoming events became what some of the other Student Activity Fee funded events are: under-attended over-funded let downs.

We certainly wish this weren’t the case. We wish that our annual $100 Student Activity Fee payments didn’t go to things that we don’t like or want to go to, things that don’t benefit us. More importantly though, we wish that our SAF funds went to something that we do want.

We have the feeling that we are not alone on this campus. Why should Student Government and Student Union have to bend to the pressure of the administration to spend their money on a greater number of smaller events throughout the year?

It is our opinion that they should stand alongside us (and dare we say alongside their fellow student?) and demand that our SAF funds

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Quick Quotes “He thought it would be funny if he went into the store stark naked, that it would surprise people.”

- A spokesperson reporting on a male Japanese air force major who was naked while shopping for women’s underwear and is now facing a 10-day suspension.

University career is full of memories Mick Erlandson

forced to pick a major and buckle down for “one that actually counts,” working Guest columnist hard and playing harder than ever before.

Looking around, I realized that the silent s the chill of autumn floods majority shared my love-hate relationship the air and the leaves fall to the with the institution. ground, I’m forced to reconcile an But in spite of this place being “too uncomfortable fact. I’m in the winter of small,” “too superficial” or “too much to my years here in the Forest. And for all of handle,” it grew on me — it grew with its imperfections, I truly love the bubble me. The love prevailed.

— quite frankly, I won’t know what to do As sentimental juniors, we were mentors without it. for Wake’s new generation.

On my daily trudge to class, I can Those we had once looked up to for hardly walk by anything without getting advice were gone; we had to fill the void. a whiff of the sweet smell of nostalgia. I But many of us chose to see the world. think about all sorts of memories passed, And yet, in the midst of our adventures, from all-nighters and academic stress, to thoughts of the bubble crept into our holding hands with a pretty girl on the minds; quietly, we were forced to keep quad and waking up in the most random in touch via the “Facebook stalk,” as our of places. Of course there’s been too much allegiance and sense of belonging told us of the former and not nearly enough of we were missing out. A new world view the latter; now I know why they say that would change our lives forever. youth is wasted on the young. Lately, When the wheels touched down at however, I can’t escape J.F.K., D.C. or Charlotte, reminiscing about those the mysterious sounds of awkward days when we Our boundaries expanded, foreign tongues were all first arrived. too quickly overtaken by first to the north side of It all came at us so accents from Brooklyn, campus, then beyond, out fast. Between the mindVirginia and California. numbing lectures of And after a summer the gates to clandestine orientation, we were in “the big city,” or social gatherings where forced to reconcile the other bold adventures, many of the things we roommate or resident reassimilation wasn’t easy advisor from hell. And remember and would like — after all, it was hard that oh-so-believable to forget have been forged enough the first time promise from the ALE — years ago. into our brains forever. “if you drink, you will get But as a grave and caught”— we sure fooled reverend senior, it’s them, didn’t we? Legality good to be home. We’ve is overrated anyways. perfected “work hard play hard,” and We wanted beer, and they gave us an we’re almost done — so let us sooth our ice cream social, an awkward reminder of fevered brains with champagne and share how few people we knew in this foreign our stories — stories of exotic women and new place. close-encounters with the Czech police — Though we were soft and green, stories from the world. But let us never the fears of the unknown turned to forget the tales from the Forest. curiosity, fuel to feed our adventures.

Alumni of all ages are quick to share Our boundaries expanded, first to the jolly memories of the past, and they often north side of campus, then beyond, out yearn to return to those carefree “good the gates to clandestine social gatherings days.” where many of the things we remember And if you are to join me as we walk and would like to forget have been forged down this aisle for commencement, 17 into our brains forever. years after beginning this, the longest of Some of us chose to rush: networking, journeys, remember that this may be the ingratiating, or doing the ridiculous; all winter of our scholastic lives, but soon to grasp the eternal bonds of brotherhood we’ll boldly venture into the unknown, that were then shrouded in the mystery. embarking onto bigger and better As one of the lucky ones, I experienced journeys. the uncontainable joy of such an And a word of advice should you just invitation, but I never will forget the be beginning your adventure. Years from compassion of close friends crushed in today, we won’t remember the Pauli denial, who all but saved me from missing Exclusion Principle, Descartes’ Rule of out on that most sacred rite of passage: Signs or Pascal’s Wager.

Pledge Night. And so the semester filled The bonds we’ve made with the people with “the most fun you never want to we’ve met, our Wake Forest brethren have again” began and ended all too — that’s what makes this place special. quickly.

Imperfect as it may be, this bubble is Festively and freely, we returned a yours, mine and ours. year later, steadfast in our belief that we were now omniscient and untouchable Mick Erlandson is a senior history and sophomores. But suddenly, we were chemistry major from Vero Beach, Fla.

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“” “She parked her car, left it and immediately found herself in boiling water.”

- An official at the Military Medical Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia, explaining how a woman who fell into a pit of boiling water after parking her car and later died from the burns.

“” “He would visit her at her home, she would make him dinner and then they would have sex afterwards.

He would stay for an hour or so. He would call it his meal break.”

- Prosecutor Barry Gregory, about police constable Gary Bayldon, 48, of London, England, who was regularly spending his breaks having an affair with 34-yearold Donna Cacutt

“” “The normally impeccable Michelle O made a questionable choice for her husband’s historic election night victory.”

- Lesley Scott, editor of fashion and lifestyle blog www.fashiontribes.com, joining many other critics on Michelle Obama’s wardrobe.

“” “In the first few years, I did not dare head back to my hometown to pass the New Year holiday, but now it’s all right. Everyone understands and supports what I was doing at the time.’

- A Chinese police chief reflecting on how he has taken down 48 of his relatives for various crimes including brothers, cousins and a number of his wife’s family members.

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Christians can embrace Democratic party Erin Devine

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Guest columnist

s I began to attend campus ministry organizations, I came to realize that I, as a political lefty, am in the definite minority.

My “political views” proudly displayed on my Facebook still prove to be a curious topic (“Wait — you’re a liberal? But you’re a Christian!”). It is truly puzzling to me why some people believe it is impossible for these two ideas to coexist in my mind. In fact, I believe that the liberal ideology better corresponds with my interpretation of the Bible more than the conservative ideology. I can imagine that this sounds crazy to some people, but it couldn’t make more sense to me.

The message of Christian faith is that we should give of ourselves to others, even if that means sacrificing something. Some claim that the Democrats’ Robin Hood social programs give money to people who “refuse to work.” A statement like this makes me shake my head in disappointment of what our priorities have become. I understand that it is a human quality

to want, but the Christian idea of compassion for the less fortunate seems to be embedded into Democratic ideology more so than the Republican ideology. Why is this? There are many Christian charities that raise money to help others, but government programs that carry out this same purpose are deemed “socialist” and disliked. It’s a shame that our economy rewards the greedy and discourages altruism. I am not suggesting that a socialist government is the way to go in this country — we are too engrained in the idea of our economic system to ever accept a change like that — but, at the same time, it’s disappointing that we all have such a viewpoint on money.

Even though I am Christian, I recognize the importance of separation of church and state, and I have respect for those who do not share the same faith as I do. As we all live in this country together, we must have some degree of separation between social legislation and our religions. We must also acknowledge the fact that some societal issues (such as abortion and gay rights) are better viewed through a secular

lens, although we can still privately hold onto environment that is revered in the Bible. By our individual Christian faith amidst secular no means do I intend this to be a plug for policies. For instance, I would never get an the Democratic party in hopes of “recruiting” abortion, but those of different faiths than me more votes. I simply hope to explain where I may think differently, and I am not in a position am coming from when I call myself a proud to judge.

Christian liberal.

The environment is a surprisingly touchy issue My parents tease me by calling me their little as well. Both parties agree that “bleeding heart,” but I take it as there could be serious problems I understand that it is a a testament to my personal call in the long (or not-so-long) to action. human quality to want, run if changes are not made My hope is that those who to be more sustainable. It feel they must follow a specific but the Christian idea of still confuses me, however, compassion for the less for- political ideology just because that it’s the Democrats who they follow a certain religion no tunate seems to be embed- longer feel embarrassed if they are urging green policies and the Republicans who seem lean toward the left side of the ded in the Democratic less enthusiastic about the political spectrum. ideology ... movement, when we were If we open our minds, we designed to depend on our often find that there are two environment for survival. sides to every story, and the one Christians naturally hold a deep appreciation we thought was the only way might have an for God’s creations, so why does conservative alternative after all. thinking place less emphasis on nature?

Liberal politics seem to give value to the same Erin Devine is a freshman from Pittsburgh, Pa.

Seeking Middle Ground | Left Says

Public education needs attention

officials) should have the right to determine what is most appropriate for them. But in 1965, President Lyndon Johnson, influenced by the civil rights movement, changed the federal government’s role in education with the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act (ESEA).

In the simplest of explanations, ESEA was the first mandate to give federal funding to the public education system, with the amount of money given determined by the school’s number of “disadvantaged” students.

The problem with this act was Emily Wright that the state and local governments Guest columnist did not have to abide by any federal n the United States, education is system of accountability; money was seen as an essential part of being being given away without a way of a contributing, self-confident and checking progress. self-reliant citizen. Thomas Jefferson Over history this act has evolved outlined the substance of public into what is now the notorious No education with his “six objects of Child Left Behind Act, where a system primary education” for the system of accountability has been created, he set up in Virginia. The first three but without proper funding and with objects identify education’s power to many faults. help with individual success in that President-elect Barack Obama has it gives citizens the information they proposed a few important plans to need to run a business and make improve education. The first begins a living, it facilitates writing and with No Child Left Behind. expression of one’s beliefs and it gives Obama has said many times “No the citizen the tools they need to grow Child Left Behind left the money mentally and financially through behind,” and he intends to reform the continued learning. act.

The fourth and His proposed reforms Additionally, in the United fifth objects focus will aim to fix the on the public arena.

States education is not just funding issue and the Education is vital accountability system, about being a good citizen so teachers do not here because it and fulfilling the Ameriteaches students spend their entire year their responsibilities teaching to a test. can dream. It is about the as citizens, and it Bryan Shelley, simple belief that, if you enables students to a political science work hard, you can be sucintelligently interpret professor here at their experiences cessful, and through public the university, outside of their further explains education, the governschooling. the importance of ment will assist you.

Finally, Jefferson changing the current combined individual system: “I do not like success and the the current system of public arena for the standardized testing, last object, which is the following: particularly of elementary school “to know his rights; to exercise with children, for whom their development order and justice those he retains; to and self-esteem should be the system’s choose with discretion the fiduciary of priorities. Making children feel good those he delegates; and to notice their about themselves and giving them conduct with diligence, with candor natural intellectual curiosity will and judgment.” ensure their success in later grades.”

These principles have been carried Obama also has proposed to add $10 throughout history all the way to billion a year to federal spending America’s current public education for preschool, and, to deal with the system. Education is what builds a current teacher shortage, Obama plans good citizen and, ultimately, a strong to give scholarships to those pursuing country. Additionally, in the United education as a career.

States, education is not just about When asked whether or not Obama being a good citizen and fulfilling the is capable of accomplishing these American dream. goals, Shelly said, “His ability to It is about the simple belief that, if accomplish both of these goals will you work hard, you can be successful, depend on how the financial crisis and through public education the plays out and how willing he is to government will assist you. The make education policy a high priority.” government assists the people and The United States is currently the expectation is that the people will dealing with a monstrous financial eventually return the favor. crisis, one costly war in Iraq and As former President Bill Clinton conflicts in Afghanistan. It will be once remarked, “We believe in interesting as well to see whether or individual responsibility and mutual not Obama will be able to accomplish obligation; that government must all that he wants to with education. offer opportunity to all and expect If all goes to plan, President-elect something from all, and that whether Barack Obama will end the war, as we like it or not, we are all in this promised, and use the funds from battle for the future together.” the war to improve such matters as For almost half of the existence education. of public education in the United States, the federal government has Emily Wright is a sophomore from been reluctant to get too involved.

Winston-Salem, N.C. Seeking Middle The sentiment has been that the Ground is a weekly faceoff between people who are receiving the College Democrats and College education (or their parents and local Republicans on a given topic.

Obama plans to devote more funds to our failing system

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Notable Quotes | Responses to Barack Obama’s historic victory “In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance.

But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.”

John McCain, former Republican candidate Phoenix, Ariz.

Nov. 4

“I am so filled with pride for my country. We are growing up! My God, I’m so grateful. He’s intelligent. I don’t mean intellectually clever. I mean intelligent.

What used to be called mother wit. He has common sense, which is most uncommon. My lord, I’m an American, baby!”

Maya Angelou, Wake Forest English professor CBS Early Show Nov. 5

Race shouldn’t be a factor in elections Josh Binney

Old Gold & Black columnist

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enator Obama — I will decline to entitle him President-Elect until the Electoral College has bestowed upon him that honor — has often spoken of his hope to unite this country. He rarely mentioned the issue of race, but the idea of electing the nation’s first AfricanAmerican president was clearly on the minds of all Americans.

It may be tempting to assume that Obama’s victory Nov. 4 marks a tremendous step forward for race relations in this country, a sign that we are truly moving toward overcoming our prejudices. Unfortunately, the post-election coverage seems to suggest that we are far from accomplishing that laudable goal.

How can a country that has to praise itself for having elected its first black chief-executive call itself a nation of equality?

Should it not be self-evident that a hard-working person of any race can rise to our nation’s highest office? Why must we constantly prove to ourselves – and the weeping Reverend Jackson – that we are a nation of tolerance in which AfricanAmericans can live as equals? The answer is quite simple: we don’t.

Since the abolition of involuntary servitude after the War of Northern Aggression, leaders of the AfricanAmerican community have used the horrors of slavery to validate the injustices of affirmative action and reparation. The time has come for us to stop allowing men like Reverend Jackson to continue using the issue of race to divide our country for the sole purpose of advancing the position of special interests.

It is no secret that I vehemently opposed Obama’s candidacy, but not once was this opposition motivated by aesthetic concerns.

Clearly, the rest of America thought differently.

Exit polls showed that over 20 percent of the electorate made their decision based on the race of the candidate, with nearly as many people voting against Obama because he is black as voted for him for that reason.

I saw a group of three elderly black women on the news who said that they had not voted in 75 years, but that they were proud to stand in line to cast their vote in this “historic” election for Senator Barack Obama. What is most surprising isn’t that these women came out to vote for a black man, but that, until today, they had no inclination to

participate in the democratic process that Obama so passionately defends.

The 2008 election cycle was historic, but I would hope that this is not because of the color of the man we chose to lead us, but because of the content of his character.

Many are proud of Obama for being this nation’s first black president.

I am not.

I am proud of Obama for having made the journey, for having offered himself freely for a position that carries with it great responsibility and little glory.

He has made a great sacrifice for his country and hopes to be able to change it for the better.

I will always have innumerable differences with our nation’s 44th president, but his strength of purpose and dedication to this country are unquestionable. That alone should command our respect and admiration.

So, I offer my congratulations to Obama. But, to a country seemingly mesmerized by our accomplishment in having chosen a qualified man to lead us, I say this — we have a long way to go.

Josh Binney is a sophomore economics major from Hampden, Mass.

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT:

Smerdzinski: Senior midfielder talks about how she got involved in soccer, who she would play a pickup game with and why hosting the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament is so important.

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{ UPCOMING GAMES } FOOTBALL: 11/15 @ N.C. State 11/22 v. Boston College 11/29 v. Vanderbilt

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Wake Forest Virginia

CROSS COUNTRY: 11/15 NCAA Regionals 11/24 NCAA Champ.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: 11/17 v. UNC-G 11/21 v. App. State 11/21 v. W-S State

Redshirt senior Stanley Arnoux carries the ball after intercepting the Virginia quarterback’s pass.

VOLLEYBALL: 11/16 @ UNC 11/20 v. Virginia Tech 11/21 v. Virginia

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Wake’s all-time record in the NCAA women’s soccer tourney

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the number of points junior L.D. Williams had against Mt. Olive

field hockey players were named to the ACC Champ.

All-Tournament team Wake Forest men’s soccer players named to the AllACC Team the football teams’ ranking in the BCS Standings

{ DEAC OF THE WEEK } Senior Liz Fries earned a spot on the Field Hockey All-Tournament Team for her performance in Wake Forest’s three matches in the ACC Tournament finals.

A tough athlete with a strong onfield presence, Fries played in all 22 games regular season games and notched four goals and one assist.

During the ACC Tournament, Fries Fries showed herself to be consistent and reliable. In the quarterfinal game against Boston College, Fries recovered the ball in a penalty corner, which allowed the Deacons to knot the score that lead to their victory.

In 2007, Fries was ranked fourth in the ACC in the game-winning goals category. She made the Regional AllAmerica second team after the 2007 season four her performance.

{ SPORTS WORDS } “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.”

– Tim Duncan

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After playing arguably their most complete half of the season, the Demon Deacon football team was able to off a Virginia rally to win 28-17 putting themselves right in the thick of the ACC’s Atlantic division race.

The Deacs, 6-3 (4-2), played like the teams of the last two years, winning the game with effective ball-control offense and smothering defense.

Redshirt senior linebacker Aaron Curry set the tone for the defense in the first half, forcing and recovering a fumble and covering the entire field, breaking up passes and pressuring Virginia quarterback Marc Verica.

“We were concentrating on coming out swinging,” Curry said. “We knew this was a

must-win game and we had to play like our heads were on fire just like Coach Grobe tells us to do. It was good to see the defense play like the old defense and the offense play with some confidence.”

The offense was able to mix up the run and the pass very well against the Cavs, and they did so by executing something they were not doing earlier in the year.

Redshirt junior quarterback Riley Skinner made the most of his chances, completing 14-20 passes for 130 yards, but finding himself with two touchdowns on the day, a strike in the back of the end zone to red-shirt junior tight end Ben Wooster and a well-placed ball between two defenders for a 58 yard score to redshirt freshman Devon Brown.

“We spent half a season in the spread offense and we’ve gone back to basics,” Head Coach Jim Grobe said. “When we were in the spread offense, we spent three quarters

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By Phillip Brame | Staff writer The Wake Forest men’s tennis program achieved a tremendous milestone over the weekend as senior Cory Parr and junior Steven Forman won the ITA National Indoor Championships to capture the first National Championship in the program’s history.

The Indoor Championships brought together 32 of the top men’s singles players and 16 of the top men’s doubles teams from around the country. Forman and Parr were awarded the No.1 seed but as Wake Forest Head Tennis Coach Jeff Zinn noted, every match at this level of play was extremely difficult.

“This tournament is a culmination of the fall tennis season and it is the toughest tournament to get into in college tennis,” Zinn said.

Once the Deacons arrived in Virginia and saw the draw, both were confident of advancing deep into the tournament.

“When I saw the draw I told Steve that I thought we had a really good chance of getting into the later rounds,” Parr said.

In their first match, they defeated the team of Jason Jung and Mike Sroczynski from the University of Michigan, 8-5. They followed that up with an 8-6 quarterfinal victory over Geoff Chizever and Pedro Zerbini of University of California-Berkeley.

As Forman explained, the combination of the pro set format for the first two rounds as well as the Cal team’s style of play made for one of their tougher matches of the weekend.

“It was a weird match because they are very unorthodox and we had several early chances to get up on them,” Forman said. “They almost broke us late to go up a break and we really had to pull together to close it out.”

In the semifinals, the scoring format switched from an eight-game pro-set to best of three tiebreak sets. In

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Zinn’s mind, the pro set format provided a challenge for Parr and Forman in the early rounds.

“For us it helps the longer we play,” Zinn said. “We play a high percentage game and the longer we play we start to break down the other team’s weaknesses. A pro set is basically a crapshoot because it can change so quickly.”

In their semifinal match against Arnau Brugues and Phil Stevens of Tulsa, Parr and Forman took a tight first set, and then pulled away in the second set, winning 7-6(3), 6-2.

The championship match against Robert Farah and Steve Johnson of Southern Cal would prove to be their toughest yet against one player with a National Championship to his credit.

Farah partnered with another Trojan in the NCAA Tournament to capture the National Championship

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Men’s soccer creates a winning culture

By Matt Six | Staff writer

“Winning too often is as disastrous as losing too often. Both get the same results, falling off of the public’s enthusiasm.”

Knute Rockne, former football coach of Notre Dame, made this statement after his team won consecutive national championships in 1929 and 1930.

Rockne’s statement applies not only to his Notre Dame teams, but also to the Wake Forest men’s soccer team.

With the football team in the hunt for an Atlantic Division crown, and with the basketball team boasting a preseason ranking, it may be easy for Wake fans to overlook the Deacon soccer team.

That would be a shame.

The Demon Deacons finished the 2008 regular season with a 2-0 win at Virginia Nov. 7. This marked their first ever undefeated season in school history.

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FROM THE

In less than 15 months, the world’s best hockey players will convene to play in the Olympics. And almost every player will be from the NHL. Though the NHL has participated in the Olympics since Nagano in 1998, the league has not committed to allowing its players to join the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia.

The Olympics force a three-week hiatus at the heart of the 82-game season. Teams lose money and risk injury to their best players. Competing at a high level for their countries, players wipe themselves out.

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By Martin Rickman | Staff writer

MEN’S SOCCER: 11/14 @ ACC semis 11/16 @ ACC finals

2010 Winter Olympics may be Hockey’s last

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FIELD HOCKEY: 11/15 v. first round 11/16 v. second round 11/21 @ Final Four

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WOMEN’S SOCCER: 11/14 v. Morehead St. 12/07 v. NCAA 2nd round 12/09 @ NCAA 3rd round

MEN’S BASKETBALL: 11/14 v. N.C. Central 11/19 v. UNC-Wilm.

11/24 v. W-S State

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The win also pushed their unbeaten streak to 23 games, the longest in program history.

Not only are the Deacs winning, they are winning in convincing fashion.

Take their games against two of the 2007 College Cup participants, Virginia Tech and UMass. Wake defeated these opponents by a combined margin of 10-2.

Furthermore, the Demon Deacons dominated last year’s ACC Champs, the Boston College Eagles, by a score of 5-2 on Senior Night.

Perhaps the true sign of the greatness of this team is when the fans were disappointed by the two-goal margin of victory against perennial ACC powerhouse UVA last week.

How good is Wake’s offense? With 62 goals in 18 games, they are averaging 3.44 goals per game. Wake’s opponents have a mere 12 goals and an average of 0.67 goals per game.

Let’s put this into perspective. The second-highest scoring offense in the country is Loyola. They have a total of 45 goals in 18 games. This is an average

of 2.5 goals per game. In other words, Wake is averaging nearly a goal more than the second-highest scoring offense in the country.

Opposing defenses cannot lock down on a single Wake player, making their offense all the more lethal. Junior Cody Arnoux leads the team with 14 goals and he has a knack for finding the ball in the box.

Close behind is senior Marcus Tracy with 11 goals. Tracy uses his speed to run past defenders.

He is a prime time player, with gamewinning goals earlier in the season against VCU and USC. And who could forget Tracy’s performance in the College Cup, scoring two goals against VT and one goal and an assist to set up junior Zack Schilawski’s game-winning goal against OSU? Not to go unnoticed amidst the highscoring offensive attack is the Wake Forest defense.

Junior Akira Fitzgerald has filled in very nicely for Brian Edwards as goalkeeper. Fitzgerald recorded his 11th shutout of the season against UVA.

Sophomore defender Ike Opara earned ACC Player of the Year honors. Opara contributed five goals on the offensive end, using his height and leaping abilities to convert on headers. Evan Brown brings senior leadership to the defense, and freshman Danny Wenzel is a very talented defender.

With the ACC Tournament in Cary, N.C., Wake fans do not have to travel far to root on the Deacs. The team will take UVA Nov. 14 in the semifinal. The championship game is Nov. 16.

Wake enters the NCAA Tournament Nov. 21 and will likely host multiple matches. Wake fans can look forward to drinking hot chocolates as they stomp on the bleachers for corner kicks.

More importantly, we can look forward to cheering on the team as they strive to achieve their goals. The Deacs have accomplished their first goal of a regular season championship. Now they have the tasks of prevailing in Cary and in Frisco if they want to achieve all three of their main objectives..

Good luck, guys. With the way you’ve played thus far, you shouldn’t need it.

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Amy Smerdzinski

Senior captain midfielder Amy Smerdzinski is not letting the double overtime loss to UVA hold the women’s soccer team back from the upcoming NCAA tournament. A second team All-ACC player who has scored in the last three games, Smerdzinski recently spoke to the OGB on her career with the Deacs.

By Lizzie Rosen | Senior writer On how she decided to come to Wake Forest: I knew that I definitely wanted to play soccer in college and attend a good academic school. When I looked, that was my first two criteria.

When I came here I really loved the team, they were a really close knit group of girls and they were a growing program. They were ranked, but not at the top so I wanted be part of a program that was still on the move up.

On how she got involved in soccer: My older sister played so it was passed down through the family. When I was in the first grade my dad offered to coach me and my friends, so he was my coach through my sophomore year of high school.

On the most satisfying way to score a goal: My favorite goal so far was in the ACC tournament, it was in the first 20 minutes. We went up against UVA. That was the first time I really celebrated so it was fun to celebrate with my teammates. Girls don’t celebrate goals very well so when we do it’s memorable.

On what she thinks about before taking penalty kicks: I get really nervous when I hear the word PK. I don’t really think about anything. I have been told to pick a spot and stick with it, then I think don’t miss.

On her goals for the season: Personal goals, I really wanted to make first team All ACC my last year; I made second which isn’t bad. I also wanted to score more goals than I did last season which I have done. Team goals, we are hosting the NCAAs which was a major team goal, and we want to keep our season going to win a national championship, which is very in reach right now.

On playing at home in the tournament: We have lost two games at home in the past two years. We just have confidence on our field. It’s a big field and not a lot of teams are used to covering so much ground. We get to sleep in our own beds too; it’s a comfort thing. We have the confidence also from knowing we don’t lose a lot when we play at home.

On playing with anyone: Cristiano Ronaldo because he is gorgeous.

On her personal rituals: I have two armbands this season that I have just started to wear. One I got from an injured teammate and since I’ve been wearing it, I have started scoring goals. It’s my good luck charm.

On her plans after graduation: I am going to try out for the women’s league in December, and the league is starting up in the spring of 2009. And if not that, then some sort of marketing or magazine work.

Johnson named to John R. Wooden Award preseason candidate Sophomore James Johnson was named a preseason candidate for the John R. Wooden Award, which goes annually to college basketball’s top player.

The list is comprised of 50 players. Johnson is the first Wake Forest player named a candidate since Justin Gray and Eric Williams in 2005. Tim Duncan won the award in 1997.

Johnson is the Deacons’ leading returning scorer and rebounder.

He was runner-up last season in balloting for the ACC Rookie of the Year Award.

In mid-January the Wooden Award committee will release the midseason top 30 list.

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Vidovich honored as ACC Coach of the Year, Opara Defensive POY

Pendergrass awarded ACC Rookie of the Week

Head Soccer Coach Jay Vidovich earned ACC Coach of the Year honors for the fourth time in his career.

Vidovich is in his 15th year as men’s soccer coach and has built a perennial powerhouse.

This year the team went unbeaten in the regular season and earned the ACC regular season title.

Sophomore Ike Opara was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year.

He helped Wake Forest to a conference-high 11 shutouts on the season, which included a stretch of 401:59 consecutive minutes without allowing a goal.

Redshirt freshman Brandon Pendergrass was named the ACC Rookie of the Week.

He posted his first career 100-yard rushing game with 100 yards on 27 carries in Wake Forest’s 28-17 victory over Virginia. He also had a touchdown.

Pendergrass, a 5-foot-9-inch 200 lb. back from Royal Palm Beach, Fla., is second on the team in rushing with 344 yards this season, and he leads the team with four rushing touchdowns.

He also leads the team in carries.

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Deacs lose to Terps in ACC Championship

By Hailey Robbins | Staff writer

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Freshman Adelaide Knott goes after the ball against a Radford player in a recent match. The Deacs are currently preparing for the NCAA Tournament.

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The No. 3-seeded Wake Forest field hockey team was able to pick up victories in the quarter and semifinals of the ACC Tournament, but it was unable to defeat the No.-1 seeded Maryland Terrapins for the title.

The quarterfinal against the sixth-seeded Boston College was a back-and-forth battle. The score was tied three times before senior Michelle Kasold put the Deacons in front 4-3.

Boston College’s Chelsey Feole scored just under six minutes into the match, slipping when she beat Wake Forest senior goalkeeper Crystal Duffield from the right edge of the scoring circle.

Boston College posted five penalty corners before Wake Forest took its first, but then the Deacs earned three back-to-back penalty corners. However, they were unable to convert.

To start the second half, Bob Dirks fired on the Deacon defense and gave the Eagles a 2-1 edge. In the 46th minute, the Deacons knotted the score when junior Melissa Martin took a penalty corner that senior Liz Fries sent to Romansky who sent the ball through the crowd in front of the net where Martin made a diving slide to tap in the ball.

Just minutes later Romansky scored again, giving the Deacs a 3-2 lead with 20 minutes left to play.

Boston College capitalized on a free hit to tie the score with 15 minutes remaining.

At the five minute mark, Kasold put the Deacs in front and advanced her team to the semifinals.

In the semifinals the Deacons upset the secondseeded UNC-Chapel Hill for the second time in three meetings this year.

The Lady Deacs got off to a quick start when junior Aileen Davis found the cage of a penalty corner just four minutes into the match.

With 48 seconds remaining in the first period, the Tar Heels evened the score at one apiece.

Kasold scored her second goal of the tournament in the 45th minute to put the Deacs ahead 2-1.

The Heels pulled its goalkeeper with 6:28 remaining in the match, but they were unable to even the score.

“UNC has done that on several occasions with us. It was not a surprise. I knew we just needed to be patient, organized and calm,” Head Coach Jill Averill said.

The third-seeded Deacons were unable to continue their run when they ran into the No.1-seeded Maryland Terrapins in the final of the ACC Tournament.

At the 14:57 mark Maryland got on the board first when senior Danielle Keeley deflected the ball into the goal off a breakaway. Twenty-five seconds later Wake Forest answered with a goal from senior Minou Gimbrere. Romansky picked up the assist on the play. Six minutes later, junior Melissa Martin scored her ninth goal of the season to give the Deacons their first lead of the match.

In the second half Nicole Muracco broke through the Deacon defense to knot the score at 2-2. Three minutes later Maryland took the lead. Junior Raisa Schiller answered with an unassisted goal of her own to tie the score at 3-3 with 21 minutes remaining.

With 2:42 left in regulation secured the title with a goal.

“As the tournament went on we became a little bit more consistent and played stronger with each game. There were three incredibly talented teams and we did very well against all three,” Averill said.

Davis, Kasold and Fries all earned spots on the ACC All-Tournament team for their performances in Wake Forest’s three matches.

Wake Forest will host the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament, which is up next for the Deacs.

The first game is against American University at 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 15 at Kentner Stadium.

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of the time throwing the football, but we’ve gone back to old fashioned football, trying to run and throw a little bit, mix it up and be a little bit more balanced.”

The Deacs had a lot of balance on the day, rushing the football 40 times and throwing it 20 times. A lot of the rushes came in the second half as Wake Forest was attempting to run the clock out after leading 28-3 at the half.

Redshirt senior DJ Boldin had eight more catches on the day, and he continues to lead the ACC in receptions. Redshirt freshman Brandon Pendergrass, filling in for the injured Josh Adams, who was a game-time decision, had a career day, rushing for 110 yards and a score on 27 carries. Pendergrass consistently found ways to make something out of nothing, cutting back a number of times and exploding in the open field.

“It’s every lineman’s dream to get to triple-digits,” redshirt sophomore center Russell Nenon said. “It’s gratifying for Brandon and it’s gratifying for us. We’ve worked hard and we’re going to keep working hard. 100 yards isn’t enough for us; we’re going to shoot for 150, 200 every game.”

The defense had its share of big plays against the Cavs too. Curry put a pun-

ishing hit on Verica when he was throwing, allowing redshirt junior defensive tackle Boo Robinson to collect his first career interception. The Cavaliers had four turnovers on the day, including an interception to redshirt senior linebacker Stanley Arnoux to seal the victory in the fourth quarter.

No play was bigger than redshirt senior safety Kevin Patterson’s interception for a touchdown. The Deacon defense has made its mark with defensive touchdowns the last few years, but it had not had a score this year up until this play, despite forcing a lot of turnovers.

“When I saw KP score and we got in the end zone, I just thought, ‘that’s about time,’” Curry said. “We’re really playing the style of defense that Wake Forest plays.”

The Wake Forest style of defense, along with the re-emergence of the offensive balance, has allowed the Deacs to get right back in the ACC title hunt. They Roger Kirkpatrick/Old Gold & Black share the same number of wins with both Maryland and Florida State, but Redshirt freshman defensive end Kyle Wiber pursues Virginia quarterback Marc Verica in Maryland currently owns the tie-breaker the Deacs’ 28-17 victory over the Cavaliers Nov. 8. The Deacs moved to 6-3 on the season. over the Deacs because of their win in College Park in October.

College, the Deacs will win the Atlantic and they have a lot of talent, and they’re has battled in a lot of games this year The Terrapins have a tough road, play- division. getting a lot of kids healthy. That’s going but has just a 1-4 record in conference ing UNC-Chapel Hill, Florida State and “We’ve played enough ACC games to be a battle. We can’t take care of how and a 3-6 record overall.

Boston College in their last three games. to know that everyone’s pretty good in Maryland plays, but we can take care of The game against the Wolfpack is teleIf they falter in just one game and the the league,” Grobe said. “Going to N.C. how we play.” vised on ESPN-U and kickoff is slotDemon Deacons can hold in their last State is going to be really tough. Tom The Deacs will travel to Raleigh to face ted for 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov 15. at two games against N.C. State and Boston (O’Brien) and his staff do a great job a hungry and bitter N.C. State team who Carter-Finley Stadium.

Men’s Club Basketball

For the Amateur

By Joe Maugeri | Staff writer With the warm weather starting to fade and the football season coming to an end, it’s just about time to hit the hardwood.

And for those of you who may not be as tall as Chas McFraland or as built as James Johnson, club basketball might be the perfect fit.

The men’s club basketball tryouts will be held from Nov. 17-Nov. 21 and junior club President Geoffrey Edmonds is eager to make new additions to an already competitive team.

“The team will have several returning players from last year’s squad,” Edmonds said. “But we’re looking forward to adding some new guys and being competitive as a team.”

For several years, the men’s club basketball team has been a member of the East Coast Basketball League, which consists of teams from North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware.

The Deacons, who practice two to three times a week, are trying to schedule a tournament for the end of November and another at the beginning of December before exams and winter recess.

Next semester the team will play tournaments nearly every weekend, hosting several of them in Reynolds Gymnasium.

Last season the Deacs won all but one of their tournaments and look to continue to improve this year.

However, there roster will see some changes.

Sophomore Ben Davis had planned on playing for the team, but he was added as a walk on to the school team roster.

Sophomore Jason Philippe, who was a walk on the basketball team last year, will join the club team this year.

The team is not only made up of undergraduates.

The roster includes two graduate school students,

Intramurals The playoffs begin Nov. 17. The Intramurals Office will be sending out a detailed playoff bracket for each division, as well as a clarification on several different rules for corec soccer.

This is the last week of regular play for dodgeball, soccer and volleyball, meaning that it is time for teams to work out all the final roster settings and trick plays before the playoffs begin Also, please note that if you have had to forfeit a game or if a player on your team is suspended from Intramural action, you must clear these concerns up with T.J. Peele before the playoffs.

When playoffs begin, dodgeball will no longer be held outside on the Collins Outdoor Courts.

Instead the games will be played in Reynolds Gym 403.

A new sport has been added to the Intramural calendar for next season; inner tube water polo.

This sport is designed for fans of water polo who might have some anxieties about their durability swimming in the pool for a full game, or who are just looking for a more relaxed atmosphere to participate in an engaging water sport.

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Sophomore Jason Philippe guards sophomore Nick Wellmon during the men’s club basketball practice. one who was a four-year walk on for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Off the court, Edmonds and sophomore Vice President Nick Wellmon have become more and more interested in sponsoring several events around

campus, including a possible 3-on-3 tournament sometime during the season.

Whether it’s for the tryouts on Nov. 17 or for the 3-on-3 tournament, the men’s club basketball program is encouraging students to participate.

Registration: Nov. 24 through Dec. 5 for basketball, indoor soccer (both $50) and inner tube water polo ($30) Soccer Official of the Week: Michael Hubbard Volleyball Official of the Week: Midion Smith Information compiled by Brett Noble

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Deacs advance to ACC semifinals Women

dominate in exhibition

By Connor Swarbrick | Sports editor

Wake Forest N.C. State

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The No. 1-ranked Wake Forest men’s soccer team finished their first ever undefeated season with a victory over Virginia Nov. 7 before beginning the ACC tournament Wednesday, Nov. 12, against N.C. State.

The unbeaten regular season marked the second in Wake Forest history, joining the 2002 team that finished the regular season with a 15-0-4 record.

The top-seeded Deacons found themselves down early to eighth-seeded Wolfpack, but that didn’t last long.

Ronnie Bouemboue took on three Wake Forest defenders in the 12th minute. He turned sharply, got the Deacs flat-footed and junior Akira Fitzgerald had no chance in goal as Bouemboue moved the ball from the ride side to the far post.

The goal was a result of the Wolfpack’s aggressive style, a style that is in stark contrast to the Deacons’ controlled offense.

Notably, senior Marcus Tracy did not start for the Deacs, but that didn’t mean their offense was lacking.

After a quick one-two combination pass, senior Jamie Franks found the net crossing the ball from the left side to the right post in the 22nd minute to tie the game at 1-1.

Senior Evan Brown, who was pushing up from his back position all match long, got a rebound and pounded it into upper right corner of the net to give the Deacs a 2-1 lead with six minutes left in the first half.

With 22 minutes left, the Deacs’ methodical style of play wore down the Wolfpack. Junior Cody Arnoux was fouled in the box and senior captain Sam Cronin capitalized on the penalty kick. This gave the Deacs the momentum.

Just three minutes later, Wake Forest put the game out of reach and made it 4-1. Senior Michael Lahoud played a ball over the top that found senior Lyle Adams in the corner. Adams crossed it back up the field to sophomore Corben Bone, who buried the ball in the back of the net.

Down early, the Deacs never panicked. They out shot the Wolfpack 21-10. Six of those shots were on goal for the Deacs. The Deacons played their game and as a result were able to advance to the semifinals where they will face Virginia.

Wake Forest (17-0-1, 7-0-1 ACC) capped off the regular season when they traveled to Virginia to take on the 9-7-1 Cavaliers. The potent Deacon offense jumped on the Cavaliers’ early scoring two goals in the first 20 minutes.

The two goals brought Wake Forest’s total to 62 on the season, 32 of which were scored in ACC play. The 32 goals ranks as the most ever in conference play by Wake Forest and the Deacs are eight goals shy of tying for the most goals in a season in program history.

By Joe Maugeri | Staff writer

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Senior Jamie Franks pass the ball up the sideline in the Deacs’ recent win over Boston College. The Deacs will play in the ACC semifinals Nov. 14.

The Deacs finish the regular season having allowed only 12 goals, posting a goal differential of a staggering 50 goals.

The Deacons out shot Virginia 14-9, including an 8-1 advantage in shots on goal. Just about the only edge the Cavaliers had was corner kicks, with eight corner kicks compared to five for Wake Forest.

In the sixth minute, Cronin played a cross from the right side to find a diving Arnoux.

Arnoux headed the ball into the right side of the net for his team-leading 14th goal of the season.

The Deacons added on to their lead 15:50 into the game.

Cronin collected a loose ball and fired one of his signature shots from just outside the 18-yard box that went inside the left post for his seventh goal of the season.

Tracy nearly extended the lead to three in the 32nd and 38th minute, but he was unable to beat the Cavalier keeper.

The Deacons continued to fire on goal while holding the Virginia offense in check, especially in the closing minutes as they tried to rally.

Cronin led the way offensively for the Demon Deacons with his goal and assist.

Wake Forest extends its unbeaten streak to 23 games, dating back to last season. The 23-game unbeaten streak is the longest in program history.

Wake Forest led all ACC schools with seven players named to the All-ACC team, including sophomore Ike Opara, who was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year.

Head Coach Jay Vidovich earned ACC Coach of the Year honors for the fourth time in his career after leading the Deacons to an unbeaten season following their 2007 national championship season.

Opara was named to the All-ACC First Team along with Arnoux, Bone, Cronin and Tracy.

The five first-team honorees marked the most for any one team since 1992, when Virginia placed five players on the first team.

Lahoud was named to the All-ACC Second Team.

Freshman defender Danny Wenzel was named to the All-ACC Freshman Team.

Duke’s Mike Grella was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Year, while Tony Tchani of Virginia picked up ACC Freshman of the Year honors.

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The women’s basketball team closed out preseason competition with an 87-45 win over the Crimson Hawks of Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Nov. 7 at the LJVM Coliseum. The victory over the Crimson Hawks ends the women’s basketball team’s preseason with a perfect 2-0 record, which includes a Nov. 3 win over Lenoir-Rhyne. IUP was able to keep the score close in the opening minutes of the contest. With 9:21 remaining in the first half of the game, the Deacons led IUP 19-12.

The tight score would be short lived as the Deacons would go on a 25-7 run to close out the half, leading IUP 44-19. The Deacons were led in scoring by senior Corrine Groves, who netted 28 points. Groves added to her night by pulling in eight rebounds for the Deacons.

Sophomore Brittany Waters had a strong showing for the Deacons, scoring 11 points and hauling in six rebounds.

The Deacon bench also proved to be productive in the victory over the Crimson Hawks.

Junior Courteney Morris and the freshman duo of Brooke Thomas and Secily Ray each logged more than 17 minutes off of the Deacon bench and combined to score 24 points.

Of the 24 points coming from the Deacon bench, Ray scored 11 of them in a little over 17 minutes of playing time.

Junior Sarah Riddle had a strong showing down in the paint and contributed to the win with six points and six rebounds through nine minutes of play.

The women’s basketball team shot 54.9 percent from the field and edged IUP in rebounds 38-29. The Deacons’ defense forced 34 turnovers during the contest. The Crimson Hawks, who are ranked No. 11 in the USA Today/ESPN Division II preseason poll, were led by sophomore Eryn Withers’ 12 points.

Both teams were plagued by second half foul trouble. The Deacons entered into the double bonus only six minutes into the second half.

IUP was not able to take advantage of this, shooting only 40 percent from the charity stripe. The Deacons converted 70 percent of their free throws.

The Deacons will begin their regular season when they host UNC-Greensboro at home at 7 p.m. on Nov. 17 in the LJVM Coliseum.

Volleyball drops two home matches, win at N.C. State

By Tori Stewart | Staff writer

Wake Forest 19 25 25 31 N.C. State 25 15 20 29 Despite a two set lead, the Demon Deacon volleyball team fell to Georgia Tech last Friday, Nov. 7.

The Deacs seemed to control the first two sets well, but Georgia Tech dominated the next three to steal the match from Wake.

Sophomore libero Megan Thornberry’s careerhigh 30 digs, 51 assists from sophomore setter Kelsey Jones and double figure kills from all five of Wake’s attackers were not enough for Wake to take the victory.

The first set opened in Georgia Tech’s favor as they ran up a 16-11 lead. Fighting back, two kills from graduate student Natalie Mullikin gave the Deacons a 4-0 run to bring the score to 20-20.

Sophomore Lauren McIntyre and senior Ashley Homitz followed with two and one kills, respectively, to tie the score at 24. Finishing the set for the Deacs, Homitz and McIntyre earned back-toback kills for a 26-24 victory.

The Deacs carried their momentum into the second set, earning a six point advantage at 115. Holding the Yellow Jackets behind by at least three points, the Deacs fought through the second set strongly behind junior Sally Fischer’s serves, two of which resulted in overpasses on which sophomore Kristen White and McIntyre capitalized for kills. Freshman Kadija Fornah and Thornberry finished the set with kills at 25-21.

The break seemed to encourage the Jackets as they gained an 8-4 advantage in the third set. Wake would continue to fight for the victory; however, as two MulFischer likin kills and a White service ace contributed to the Deacons’ 9-5 run to tie the score at 13-13. With a total of 14 ties and four lead changes in this set, the score evened at 2020. To finish, the Jackets sought their last of 20 kills for the set and Wake’s attack error ended the set in Georgia Tech’s favor at 25-23.

Tied at 8-8 in the fourth set, a 4-0 run thanks to Mullikin and Homitz kills and two Georgia Tech errors gave Wake a 12-8 advantage. However, here the Jackets took control with an 11-1 run, eight points of which came from Deacon errors, to put

Georgia Tech ahead 19-13. The Jackets looked to their lead attacker Chrissy DeMichelis with eight straight sets to finish, and Wake fell 25-19.

After a 9-6 lead in the fifth set earned by Homitz, McIntyre, Fornah and Jones kills, the Jackets went on a 5-0 run to gain the advantage at 11-9. Two Jacket kills and a Wake error finished the set 15-12, giving Georgia Tech the match victory.

The Deacons unsuccessfully looked to redeem the loss the following night against the Clemson Tigers in four closely contested sets, ultimately falling 25-23, 25-22, 22-25 and 25-22.

The Tigers jumped to an early 9-5 lead in the first set from which Wake would never recover.

Ahead 20-19, three Tiger kills would increase their lead to 23-20, forcing Wake to take its second time out. Mullikin slammed two back-toback kills after the break to cut Clemson’s lead to one point, but the Tigers defeated Wake 25-23.

The Deacs took the lead in the second set 6-5, but Clemson rallied behind a 5-0 run to put them ahead. Wake futilely attempted to stall the Tigers after its first timeout as Clemson continued to dominate, ahead 18-12. Pulling within four points at 20-16 after the second Wake time out, Clemson was forced to take its own timeout before finishing the set.

Battling for the lead early in the third set, a 4-0 run gave Wake a 5-3 advantage. Back-to-back kills from Fornah led to a 3-0 run, and they extended their lead to a 19-13 advantage. Clemson came out of its second time out with a 7-1 run leading to an even score at 20-20. Two kills from Mullikin and two Clemson attack errors set Wake up for the set point, which Jones earned on a kill to give Wake its first victory of the match.

Freshman Cambrey Oehler and Thornberry opened the fourth set with a pair of service aces to give Wake an early 6-1 lead, but the Tigers rebounded after a timeout with a 6-0 run to overtake the Deacons at 7-6. Scoring eight of the ensuing 12 points, Wake forced Clemson to use its final timeout for the set. Again the Tigers’ timeout benefited as they retaliated with a 5-1 run to once again gain the advantage at 16-15. Fornah’s second pair of back-to-back kills put Wake ahead 19-17. The Tigers regained the lead though and, unable to recover, Wake fell to Clemson 25-22 to end the match.

McIntyre recorded a career-high 16 kills in the match, while Mullikin contributed 14 kills and three blocks. She is now within seven block assists of breaking Margaret Davidson’s career block assists record of 388. Fornah added 11 kills and four digs, Homitz recorded nine kills and three blocks and Thornberry contributed 21 digs and

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Freshman Cambrey Oehler goes up for the ball in a Nov. 8 match against Clemson. The Deacs have four regular season matches remaining. five assists. Jones fired a total of 47 assists for the match while Oehler played a strong match all around, totaling 11 digs, four kills, two service aces and one block.

On Nov. 12 the Deacons traveled to N.C. State to take on the Wolfpack.

The match went to four games and led by redshirt sophomore Kate Rodriguez Wake came out on top, defeating the ACC rivals three games to one. Rodriguez posted four service aces, 11 digs, two assists and kills, all career highs, in the victory. The only set the Deacs lost was the first before outlasting the Wolfpack in the next three.

Mullikin and Fornah both led the Deacs with 14 kills while Homitz contributed 13.

Defensively, Thornberry led the Deacs with 17 digs and Fischer chipped in 10.

N.C. State was able to fence off four straight match-points in the fourth set before the Deacs sealed the deal.

The Georgia Tech and Clemson losses were only the second and third home losses for the Deacons, who are now 8-8 in the ACC and 1711 overall.

Next up for the Deacs is a trip to Chapel Hill to play the Tar Heels Nov. 16.

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By Caroline Edgeton | Asst. life editor As our fall semester is meeting its end, one of the best ways to wind down as the final weeks trickle on by is taking a breather with one of your favorite bands on campus.

As a part of environmentalist group Reverb’s Campus Consciousness Tour, college favorite O.A.R. loosened things up in Wait Chapel on Wednesday, Nov.12.

Opening up the evening with the popular band Virginia Coalition, the evening was definitely a university pleaser.

I have to admit, I don’t know many of either of these band’s songs, but let’s just say I definitely enjoyed myself.

The energy in the ridiculously packed, neon-lit room was unbelievable; I don’t think a single person in the building left feeling disappointed.

Virginia Coalition and O.A.R. both played a variety of songs from their older and newer albums.

Both bands have recently delivered new releases: Virginia Coalition’s Home This Year and O.A.R.’s All Sides. The night’s performance was not for promotional purposes, though. Their tour is intended to make people focus on one simple thing: green.

Going green is definitely one of the top priorities on America’s agenda these days.

From the scare of global warming to the fact that part of our planet’s deterioration is a result of the damage we have caused it, the concept of climate change has made a substantial impact on

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how individuals in the U.S. treat everyday items such as plastic water bottles, newspapers and aluminum cans by recycling.

In addition to the push for Americans to recycle more, there has also been an equal push for citizens to try their best to help lower our dependency on foreign oil.

Through the increase in changing our modes of transportation by producing more hybrid vehicles, riding more bicycles, carpooling, driving less and even walking, many individuals have been making strong attempts to help preserve our environment, the oxygen we breathe and, needless to say, the size of our wallets.

These are definitely not the only actions being taken in saving our planet, though.

Thousands of groups across the nation are environmentally oriented and strongly believe in the power of working together to help keep our environment clean and stable.

One group in particular, known as Reverb, has been quite successful in this specific endeavor.

Reverb is a non-profit environmental organization that was started in 2004 by the lead guitarist Adam Gardner, from the popular band Guster, and his wife Lauren Sullivan.

This is definitely not your average green-friendly group, though.

The interesting attribute about Reverb is that they team up with musicians in order to get more and more people to go green.

The environmental group has toured with popular, specifically college crowd pleasing bands such as Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, John

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Mayer, Maroon 5 and, the evening’s performers, O.A.R. O.A.R. first heard about Reverb during their tour with Guster two years ago. “We’ve been involved with Reverb formally for the past year, but we’ve known about them for a while,” O.A.R. bassist Benj Gershman said.

“My dad was actually involved with waste management when I was a kid so I myself have been involved with the green initiative for quite some time.”

Gershman is certainly not the only member in the band actively involved with changing the environment: “We all care about the environment and want to improve the climate of the world in which we live,” he said.

Through working closely with Reverb, O.A.R. has definitely seen a change during their tours; “Over the years we have seen a change in the cities and towns we’ve played in; there has definitely been some improvement,” Gershman said.

In fact, since the 2004 launch of Reverb, they have been involved with over 50 major tours and 900 events, helped reduce over 42,000 tons of carbon dioxide and fueled a variety of trucks and buses with over 300,000 gallons of bio-diesel fuel.

“Reverb is a well oiled machine. They provide a great environment for bands and performances to come together – awesome setup and format,” Gershman said.

In addition to O.A.R.’s bassist, lead vocalist Marc Roberge made a point to speak up about Reverb during the concert as well; “Everyone

needs to go check out Reverb. They work so hard to help the world we so blindly walk about.”

Right outside the concert was an Eco Village that Reverb sets up at every performance.

Before entering the concert, many fans were educated about environmental issues and received free stuff such as chocolate Silk soy milk and peanut-butter pretzel Mojo granola bars (learning about the environment can definitely taste good).

The entire evening was full of good music and good fun all going for a good cause.

With the help of bands like Virginia Coalition and O.A.R., students and fans alike around the nation are being musically informed by a message that should most certainly not fall upon deaf ears.

Our world is precious and deserves the utmost attention we pay toward anything on a day-today basis.

At the beginning of the performance, Roberge made a point to tell the audience how he admired the beauty of the state and loved the way it felt every time he has made a trip to North Carolina.

“Whenever I come down here to Carolina, I just feel good,” he said.

I’m sure he and everybody else who feels the same way would like for that aspect of our environment to remain in tact.

The environment needs as much as it can get, that is for sure.

If people in the state can believe in the power of going green, hopefully the necessary message can continue among the masses for the entire world to see and believe.

The Set List: 1. “City on Down” 2. “Untitled” 3. “What is Mire” 4. “The Stranger” 5. “This Town” 6. “Conquering Fools” 7. “Black Rock” 8. “About an Hour ago” 9.Love and Memories” 10. “Whose Chariot” 11. “Right on time” 12. “shattered” 13. “War Song” 14. “With a little help from my friends” 15. Acoustic piece by Marc Roberge 16. “Delicate few” 17. “Crazy game of poker”

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She Said | Sex & the Campus

Being yourself gets the second date Hannah Werthan

The Doctor is In

Twinkies were originally named Little Shortcake Fingers.

The seventh season of sitcom favorite Scrubs is now available on DVD. Now you too can watch the world of Sacred Heart Hospital, from the perspective of Dr. John Dorian (Zach Braff ), otherwise known as “J.D”. Blending comedy and drama, follow the young doctors as they face problems in medicine, relationships and life in generals – all while enjoying JD’s eccentric thoughts and day dreams.

This Emmy award winning show has been, and continues to be a fan favorite.

10 Presidents who didn’t win the popular vote Though some of these presidential elects may be noted as excellent leaders of our country in the past, these dudes didn’t win due to the popular vote. In fact, they all won with less than 50 percent!

Thank goodness for the Electoral College!

1. John Quincy Adams 2. Abraham Lincoln 3. Woodrow Wilson 4. William (Bill) Clinton 5. Richard Nixon 6. James Buchanan 7. Grover Cleveland 8. Zachary Taylor 9. George W. Bush 10. Benjamin Harrison

Student Union Spotlight

Staff columnist

As much as I would like to write an article smashing guys for their annoying habits while on dates, I have come to the sad realization that my article probably isn’t all that appealing for males. I’m definitely hitting up the female demographic, and so I’ve chosen to embrace it – at least until I get word that I am mistaken in my audience.

Girls, I must confess I am no expert on dating, but I have a little experience under my belt I suppose. Also, I have truly amazing friends who have guided me along the way. I want to bust some myths and write a few truths.

Magazines try to tell us what we should eat when we go out on a date.

I know I don’t pay any attention to that. I’m not quite sure if that’s a bad thing, but I’ve certainly never had

a guy remark to me, “Wow, your food selection really turns me off.”

The only comments I have received regarding food were both from my current boyfriend, and they were, “Wow, you ate that fast” and “Isn’t butter bad for you?” Maybe that’s allowed after over six months of me giving him crap though.

Anyway, if you want pasta with loads of red sauce, go for it. When I do that, I inevitably spill on myself, but that’s okay. A painfully awkward date becomes laughably awkward when you exclaim that you got red sauce all over you brand-new dress.

You scream inappropriately, the guy has no idea what to do, and then you both laugh.

Spilling red sauce on your dress brings me to another point: what to wear on a date, particularly a first date. I am notorious for overdressing on dates. I put on a dress and nice shoes for trips down to Polo to watch TV. In high school, I would spend entirely too much time emptying my closet looking for possibilities for a trip to the movies. I would have the phone in one hand and be making hand gestures of desperation with the other. My poor friend on the other line would have to remember

every article of clothing I described and hope for the best as she made a recommendation I would inevitablely turn down.

Here’s the deal. First off, I know we are a preppy school and the guys are sometimes notoriously metrosexual, but I’m sure most of them aren’t debating over which shade of red their shirts should be. Second of all, they don’t even appropriately appreciate our efforts.

Because I enjoy picking on my boyfriend so much in these articles, I will bring up a prime example. Not too long ago, he remarked that he had no idea I wore “so much” makeup and thought that I looked different from when I woke up because I had just woken up more. Of course, it’s not like they are entirely ambivalent.

It’s always nice to dress up for fancy events.

But, for your average dinner and a movie, there’s no need to try on every outfit you own, decide you own “no clothing,” complain to your mom on the phone and then ask your roommate if you can try on everything she owns as well. Although, of course, that is fun and a time-waster to distract yourself before it’s time to go on that date of yours.

As far as conversations go, we are told that it is polite to avoid topics such as politics and religion. It is perhaps no surprise that I don’t follow that. I blame it on the fact that I am the assistant Opinion editor here at the Old Gold & Black, and I like to say what I feel like saying.

I’m not too great at being soft spoken. While I’m not encouraging people to go out and tell their entire life stories on first dates (a bad habit of mine that I wish I could say died down as I got older), conversations about the weather and what classes you are taking gets horribly boring.

That’s about the time I grab half of the loaf of bread they offer at restaurants, smear each piece with copious amounts of butter and eat all of it to avoid talking. I’m just saying.

So, girls, enjoy your dating experiences. Be yourselves and have fun.

And, if it doesn’t work out, there will be plenty more first dates.

“She Said” is a bi-weekly column that presents one girl’s perspective on the college sex scene. You may contact her with your feedback or ideas at werthr7@ wfu.edu.

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Movie Review | Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Smith offers trademark crude humor

By Olivia Boyce | Staff writer

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If you are offended by the title, don’t expect to be pleasantly surprised by the movie’s content.

That being said, for those of you who enjoy the raunchy humor that writer/director Kevin Smith and lead actor Seth Rogen are famous for, Zach andd Miri make a Porno will definitely satisfy your dirty joke cravings.

As for laugh out loud funny, the filmis not quite up to par with its contemporaries and seems to merely ride on the cattails of recent hits like Knocked Up and SuperBad. The premise of Zack and Miri Make a Porno is pretty simple: Two friends, Zack and Miri, make a porno.

In doing so, the pair meets some interesting characters and learns some new things about their relationship with one another, but most importantly they learn about the porn industry and have some fun doing it.

Rogen plays his typecast character of the lovable slacker who somehow manages to get a girl way out of his league.

Elizabeth Banks of Definitely, Maybe and The 40-Year-Old Virgin plays the beautiful, down-toearth Miri.

Miri is Zack’s lifelong best friend and current roommate. Together, the unexpected roommate duo starts the movie in pretty Zack and Miri d i r e Make a Porno straits.

Starring | Elizabeth Banks, Seth Rogen Though they have and Brandon Routh a crappy Director | Kevin Smith car, a stack Who’s it for? | Fans of Kevin Smith of unpaid and crude humor bills, two Running Time | 1 hr. 41 min. dead-end Rating | (out of 5) jobs and

an apartment that has its utilities shut off, the two still decide to attend their 10-year high school reunion at Miri’s insistence. Miri says that her intentions are only to prove that she and Zack turned out better (or at least prettier, in her case) than everyone else.

Miri’s true motives quickly come out, however, as she tries to seduce the former captain of the football team and her old high school crush.

To Miri’s chagrin, she and Zack soon learn that Miri’s once macho crush is now a gay porn star.

With this news, Miri loses her chance at redemption sex.

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Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) find themselves in a tight financial situation and turn to the porn industry for some extra cash.

Zack, on the other hand, feels inspired by this new realm of money making that he had not yet considered — porn.

In an uncharacteristic, ambitious kick, Zack comes up with a plan to dig themselves out of their financial hole.

After some convincing, Zack persuades Miri and his coworker Delaney (played by Craig Robinson, known to many as Darryl from The Office) to agree to make a homemade porno.

The group holds an audition and soon, with an enthusiastic cast, their film ambitions start to come to fruition. Juxtaposed with the group’s pornomaking exploits is a generic budding love story between Zack and Miri.

Though the pair’s relationship had always been platonic, when the two agree to do their part in the porno and have sex for the first time for the film, an unexpected emotional connection occurs.

The movie’s love story, though probably unnec-

essary by crude-humored men’s standards, makes the movie more tolerable for their dates, though not much, seeing as the relationship seems rather corny and contrived.

All in all, Zack and Miri Make a Porno seems like Smith’s attempt to mainstream a porno by masking it with a generic romantic plot and a boat load of crude humor.

The story line isn’t unique, the acting is decent, but by no means phenomenal (Delaney is the best!), the comedic value is at a minimum and the overall value is subpar.

There is a decent amount of nudity and quite a few overly graphic scenes I could have happily done without but weren’t unexpected.

If you are easily offended, don’t bother, but if you like bawdy, bodily fluid humor and want to watch a mindless movie, Zack and Miri Make a Porno may be worth a student movie ticket. Otherwise, wait for it to come out on DVD.

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Event Review | Secrest Series

World-renowned Polish orchestra gives performance

By Katie Breidenbach | Staff writer

After an extremely long day of classes, work and group meetings, I was looking forward to nestling into a seat in Wait Chapel to hear the Warsaw Philharmonic perform.

The concert was held on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

As one of the oldest musical institutions in Europe and the national orchestra of Poland, the Warsaw Philharmonic’s long and rich history spans more than one hundred years.

Founded in 1901, composers like Stravinsky, Strauss, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev have performed with the orchestra.

Since 1927, the Philharmonic has hosted the Chopin International Piano Competition.

During World War II, the Philharmonic’s building was obliterated and over half of the musicians died.

The period after the war was devoted to reconstructing the building and finding new musicians.

The building officially reopened in 1955 with an overhaul in style.

Starting in 2002, Maestro Antoni Wit has conducted the Philharmonic, which is comprised of

110 musicians and 95 choral singers.

The group has performed on over 100 tours on five continents in concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, La Scala, the Berliner Philharmonie and Chicago Symphony Hall.

The Philharmonic organizes concerts in Poland for children on Sundays as well as youth concerts called “Thursday Musical Meetings.”

The first piece the Philharmonic performed was Serenada Na Ork. Smyczkowa (Serenade for string orchestra) Op. 2 (1897) by Karlowicz, who represents the “Young Poland” movement of music and was the director of the Warsaw Music Society.

This lovely piece was written while he was traveling in Berlin and has four movements, following a March, Romance, Waltz and Finale form.

Each section was gracefully played and the harmonies echoed throughout the chapel.

The sound was clear and powerful, truly bringing the audience into another realm. Piano Concerto no. 1, E-flat major by Liszt was the next piece in the program.

Valentina Lisitsa, the piano soloist, was introduced and graced

the stage in a sparkling crystal blue dress.

Playing the entire piece without written music, the emotion she put into the performance was astounding. Even the way she moved her hands across the piano matched the music and the feeling it conveyed.

Each of the five different sections demonstrated incredible talent and a wide range of sounds and tempos.

I have to imagine that as captivating as the virtuoso Liszt was, Lisitsa was as amazing as Liszt.

Lastly, the philharmonic played Symphony No. 6, op. 74, B minor (“Pathetique”) by Tchaikovsky.

His mysterious piece seems to represent stages in his life.

The first movement represents the enjoyment of life, the second movement represents love, the third represents disappointments and the fourth represents death.

The disappointments may have included his troubled marriage and losing his patroness. Finally, it has been speculated that he poisoned himself with arsenic and died.

Overall, the piece was extremely lengthy and pushed the concert to a length of over two hours.

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Piano soloist, Valentina Lisita, performed with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra on Nov. 11. The concert was part of the Secrest Artist Series.

The percussion rattled in the background and eventually worked to a major reveal with the bold sound of the gong.

The music was relaxing and at the same time thought provoking, allowing the listener to escape the university’s daily rush

and into another atmosphere for a while.

Having taken an introductory music class last spring, I found it enjoyable to sit and listen to a world renowned philharmonic perform and be able to understand and follow each piece while

appreciating the composers who wrote them.

I would highly recommend to the university’s staff and student body to attend the remaining events in the Secrest Artist Series events that pick up again in February 2009.

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Old Gold & Black Sports

Deacons display depth in exhibition Tennis: Doubles team wins ITA title

By Martin Rickman | Staff writer

Wake Forest Mount Olive

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The Demon Deacons’ men’s basketball team had little trouble handling Division II opponent Mount Olive Nov. 6 in their exhibition game, winning 97-62.

The score was tied 16-16 after the first few minutes, but the team’s advantage in size, speed and athleticism overwhelmed the Trojans, as the Deacs went on a 28-0 run, forcing 12 straight stops on defense.

Wake Forest’s 35 point margin of victory was not as large as it could have been, as the Trojans went on a 16-2 run near the end of the game. The Deacs dominated both defensively and offensively, holding Mount Olive to just 31.3 percent shooting and 25 percent from beyond the arc.

“This year, we’re really trying to concentrate our defense on not giving up threes,” Head Coach Dino Gaudio said. “We’ve really been working to cover three-point shooters. We’re also trying to funnel stuff to the big guys. For the first time since I’ve been coaching, we’ve got some shot blockers.”

The shot blockers have arrived in the form of the freshmen class. AlFarouq Aminu had 12 rebounds, Tony Woods had eight and Ty Walker had five. Between the three of them, there were 11 offensive rebounds and 32 points. The team combined for 11 blocks on the day and 11 steals, both statistics that led to forcing 25 turnovers as a team.

The Deacs played without two of their starters: Junior Ish Smith is still recovering from a fracture in his foot. He had the boot taken off last week and is hoping to be

cleared to play Nov. 17. Sophomore James Johnson was suspended for the game due to a violation of team rules. “(James) came up to me on Tuesday and goes, ‘Coach, this is the game I’m not playing right?’ and I didn’t remember, but said yeah. It was nothing grave; we’re just going to really keep things tight with this group,” Gaudio said.

Stepping in the starting point guard spot was sophomore Jeff Teague. He showed good court vision and finished with eight points, 12 assists and three steals in 24 minutes. Senior Harvey Hale started for Johnson and had nine points.

“There were a lot of times last year even when Ish is in there, every set we run. If we call one-out we can call two-out when Jeff is the two,” Gaudio said. “We played without two starters tonight, two Joel Ang/Old Gold & Black pretty good players, and I think it bodes well for those guys who were Freshman forward Al-Farouq Aminu rises over a Mount in there. I didn’t think we played Olive defender in the Deacs 97-62 victory Nov. 6. great, but we played hard.”

Junior Chas McFarland scored you have Farouq and James, we each other for minutes. The luxury on all six of his shots and finish- really need to get on the offensive that Gaudio has in being able to ing with 12 points. He had to be glass. Farouq has a real proclivity slot in combo players like Teague, junior L.D. Williams, Aminu and stitched up at halftime though, around the offensive glass.”

Woods finished with five offen- Johnson. This year is a real chance and sat out the second half. Redshirt junior David Weaver played sive rebounds and 15 points on to take the next step forward from arguably his best game as a Deac, 6-9 shooting. He was constantly the 17-13 record last year.

“A lot of people use the excuse making his case to earn more min- around the hoop. Woods is as physutes in the rotation, as he racked ically gifted as any freshman in the that we were still dealing with up eight points, nine rebounds and country and will be a real force as he Coach Prosser’s death,” Williams, who led all Deacon scorers with 22 three blocks. Aminu had 15 points continues to improve offensively. “(Tony’s) a post-to-post player points said. “It’s still in the back of with his 12 rebounds, on just 7-16 shooting. He forced a few shots who will rebound the ball and he heads, but we have a task at hand. early and took a little time to settle tries to dunk everything,” Gau- We want to do big things this seadown, but he is very quick and has dio said. “He knows who he is and son; we have the guys that can do deceptive handles with the basket- that’s encouraging. He’s been prac- it. We wanted to make a statement ball, causing all kinds of match-up ticing very, very well; we are very tonight, not only to the Wake Forpleased with him and he’s done a est family that we have a good team, problems for his defender. but to the world.”

“We’ve really been focusing on great job.”

This team is easily one of the deepThe Deacs first official chance to the offensive boards,” Gaudio said.

“We aren’t the greatest three-point est in the ACC, with, as Gaudio make that statement is against N.C. shooting team in the world. When indicated, nine or 10 guys pushing Central on Nov. 14.

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during the spring season. There would be no repeat of past success for Farah as the Deacon doubles team squeezed out two tiebreak wins to take the match 7-6(3), 7-6(5). As Parr explained, the duo’s success has been the result of match experience through the highs and lows of collegiate tennis.

“Steve and I have faced it all,” Parr said. “Last year in the NCAA quarters we had match point and lost. This year at regionals we had match point in the match we lost. I think we’re at the point where nothing shocks us anymore.”

Zinn also attributed the success of his doubles team to their experience as well as the way in which their different games come together to form a better team.

“There’s two main ingredients to a good doubles team,” Zinn said. “One is camaraderie and how well they get along on the court. The other is that you want to have a power player (Forman) and a conservative player (Parr).”

Parr, who is the No. 24 singles player in the nation, also qualified for the National Indoor Championships singles draw by reaching the finals of the ITA Mideast Regional Championships last month.

In his first match against Chris Clayton of Harvard, Parr won a tight first set, and then blew Clayton away in the second set, winning 6-4, 6-0.

However, in his next match, he faced the No. 1 player in the country, Oleksandr Nedovyesov of Oklahoma State, and was defeated 6-4, 6-2.

The ITA Indoor Championship was the last event of the fall season for the men’s tennis team. The Demon Deacons begin dual match play on Jan. 24. As Zinn looks ahead to the spring season he feels the success of Parr and Forman will propel his team to contend in the ACC. “Our doubles is our strength, and we’re going to feel very confident that after our doubles we’re going to be ahead 1-0 going into singles,” Zinn said.

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