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Washington Post writer to speak at graduation University

By Kevin Koehler | Opinion Editor

Longtime Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. will deliver this year’s commencement address May 19, the university has announced.

Dionne writes primarily about politics for the Post and over 100 newspaper syndicates nationwide.

He’s also a commentator for National Public Radio, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, professor at Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute and an author, most recently of Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right.

“In this election year, it is fitting that we hear from one of our nation’s foremost thinkers and writers about the political scene,” said university President Nathan O. Hatch in a statement.

“E.J. Dionne asks his readers ... to engage in thoughtful policy debates about our nation’s future. I look forward to what promises to be a timely and

memorable address.” Dionne visited the university previously to take part in Hatch’s 2005 inauguration festivities, leading a symposium called “The Moral Challenges of Public Life.”

Dionne bears a number of similarities to David Brooks, last year’s commencement speaker.

Brooks writes for the New York Times, also about politics in a widely-syndicated column, was once a visiting professor at Duke University, is a well-known author and contributes commentaries to NPR. In fact, the two men regularly appear together on NPR as sparring partners to discuss news of the day, Brooks’ more conservative views countering Dionne’s left-leaning perspective.

Dionne’s previous books include They Only Look Dead: Why Progressives will Dominate the Next Political Era and Why Americans Hate Politics, which See Graduation, Page A2

receives NSF grant Funds to be used to create local networks, promote entrepreneurial endeavors

By Molly Nevola | Staff writer

Photo courtesy of www.pewforum.org

E.J. Dionne, Washington Post columnist and Georgetown University professor, will be this year’s commencement speaker.

MMR, chicken pox, flu, hepatitis...

HPV?

A look into why human papillomavirus may be the newest member of required immunizations for youth.

By CeCe Brooks | Life editor Every few years we reach a milestone age. These are not Sweet 16 or the oh-so-important 21, but the ages when we require yet another immunization. When we’re babies it’s for the mumps, rubella, etc. When we’re in puberty it is the hepatitis B shot.

Now there is another one to add to the list for

young women, and possibly young men, in the future.

“I wanna be one less, one less.” This is the jingle that has been ingrained into our brains from the Gardasil immunization commercials. The problem with making a catchy tune or phrase for a serious topic is that people forget the real issue that’s behind the jingle.

See HPV, Page A2

A grant totaling $596,679, awarded to the university by the National Science Foundation, will fund a three-year project designed to create a network of partnerships among the private sector, nonprofit and local government while promoting innovation and new e n t re p re n e u r i a l endeavors.

The project will be led by the director of the Office of Entrepreneurship and Liberal Gatewood Arts, Elizabeth Gatewood, along with Deborah Best, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

The project will build on existing relationships between the academic community and key players in the Triad area.

The project will attempt to reshape the Triad’s economy through new ventures in several fields.

Just a few of these include life sciences, b i o t e c h n o l o g y, nanotechnology, product design and even entertainment.

Gatewood said that the project marks the beginning of a new phase in the development of the entrepreneurship Best program at the university.

“It will enhance the opportunities for students to expand on their classroom learning with hands-on experiences such as internships … workshops, speaker events and virtual network of experts,” she said.

Ultimately, Gatewood said she hopes these collaborations will result in economic activity.

The entrepreneurship program at the university began in 2004 when the See NSF, Page A4

New 3 to 4 Ounces in the works

By Katie Phillips | Staff writer

Three to Four Ounces, one of the university’s only student literary publications, has recently been revamped after 14 years of steady production.

The publication is released one time per semester; the first modified version was released last fall.

Compared to previous years, Three to Four Ounces is now longer, more in depth, and includes more art submissions.

Originally called The Student, Three to Four Ounces took the place of The Student once it turned into an online publication in 1992.

The Student, as a literary magazine, has been produced since before the university moved to Winston-Salem in 1954.

The significance of the name comes from a quote

by Don DeLillo in Americana, “The human soul weighs three to four ounces.”

The magazine is run and edited by university students, which gives other students a public outlet to present any studio art, poetry, prose, and plays.

The material is chosen through a blind selection process, and anyone may submit.

Jessie Vogel, a senior studio art major and anthropology minor from New Orleans, LA, is chief editor

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for 2007-2008. She has been working on the staff of Three to Four Ounces since her freshman year as a layout editor.

The revamping of the magazine took place under Vogel.

It was a fusing together of the then Three to Four Ounces with Notice, a more art and graphic oriented student publication.

Notice was not long-lived; one year after its original publication it combined with Three to Four Ounces.

Notice was produced by Vogel and another staff member of Three to Four Ounces, Billy Brown.

Brown, also a studio art major, is now the layout editor of Three to Four Ounces.

Notice concentrated on art and graphic design, while Three to Four Ounces covered more poetry and prose.

It also focused on the creativity of students, and it received a lot of attention for that reason.

“Notice put a great amount of attention on the creativity of students at Wake, something that is not always in the spotlight,’ Vogel said. It was important to Vogel and the staff during the revamping to See 3 to 4 Ounces, Page A3

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Two students ride the ferris wheel at Wake Frost Feb. 23. Students came out despite the cold to enjoy the food, fun and attractions.

Life | B7 Helpful tips for spring break

Sports | B1 Baseball Blues

Learn about how to have a fun, cheap and memorable vacation this March.

Men’s baseball goes 1-2 in California on their opening weekend in California against Pepperdine. The team looks ahead to their tournament in Alabama.

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• College Democrats host state convention | A2 • Professors study youth participation in politics | A4

Opinion | A6 Walking the line Editors Kell Wilson and Mariclaire Hicks argue that staff maintains objectivity.

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Brieflies Professor Maya Angelou to teach spring class The Program in Humanities announced that Professor Maya Angelou will teach a course this semester, HMN 337 World Poetry in Dramatic Performance (1.5h), from 3-5:30 p.m. on March 24 and 26, April 2, 7, 9, 11 and 14 followed by a rehearsal on April 16 leading to the final performance in Brendle Hall on April 18 at 3 p.m.

Students who are interested in adding the course should go in person to the administrative assistant for the humanities department, Ms. Alice Goodman, in Room B6 of Tribble Hall between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. beginning March 3, to obtain an application form.

Student scholars to share talents with community The Presidential Scholars in art, music, dance, theatre, community service, creative writing, debate, leadership and entrepreneurship will share their talents with the campus community in a short, entertaining program.

The event will take place from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

March 2 in Wait Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact Emily Hedgpeth at hedgpeth@wfu.edu or ext. 4930.

Trible Lecture Series to examine feminism within different faiths The Sixth Annual Phyllis Trible Lecture Series will explore “Interfaith Feminisms” March 4 and 5 in Brendle Recital Hall.

This year’s series assembles an interfaith group of female scholars of religion to debate and discuss issues ranging from Islamic and Christian feminism to race and gender theology.

The theme of “Interfaith Feminisms” promises a fresh look at some provocative questions and new perspectives on the impact of religion in the 21st Century.

The series is free to university students, faculty and staff; students from other schools may also attend free of charge by showing their student identification. For additional information, call ext. 5121.

New emergency alarm system to be tested The university will test a new emergency alarm system March 4.

The system will send a text or voice message to the mobile phones of student, staff and faculty.

Recipients will then be asked to respond and those people who do not have text messaging and cannot respond to the message will then be sent voice messages.

This was the first academic year students with mobile phones were required to provide their numbers.

An e-mail will be distributed to all students, staff and faculty March 3 with details on how to respond.

Pianist Shuann Chai to perform The Wake Forest University music department will host a guest performance by pianist Shuann Chai at 4:30 p.m. March 2 in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room M208.

The performance, which will feature the music of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, is free and open to the public.

For more information about the concert, call (336) 758-5364.

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was nominated for a National Book Award.

Dionne graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1973.

He also was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he earned a Ph.D. Dionne worked as a reporter at the New York Times for 14 years.

It was after his tenure at the Times that Dionne began his column at the Washinton Post in 1993. He has been

named one of the 25 most influen- addition to Dionne’s address at comtial Washington mencement, the journalists by the Right Reverend National JourVashti M. McK“In this election year, it is fitting enzie has been nal.

Also, Dionne tapped to give that we hear from one of our has been given the baccalaureate nation’s foremost thinkers and the Care McWiladdress May 18, liams Ward by writers about the political scene.” according to the Nathan O. Hatch the American university.

Political Science Dionne has President Association for written about major journalishow the Ameritic contribution can political scene to the understanding of politics.In is changing, largely due to the fact

that the religious right is becoming an increasingly diverse group.

McKenzie is the presiding prelate of the 13th Episcopal District and president of the Council of Bishops in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.

She is the highest ranking woman in the AME denomination and the first woman to lead the Council.

McKenzie has authored several books.

These include Not Without a Struggle, Strength in the Struggle and Journey to the Well.

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The Facts For those who do not know anything about HPV or cervical cancer beyond the commercial, Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a virus caused by skin-to-skin contact that can cause either warts or precancerous lesions. Cervical cancer is, as its name would imply, cancer of the cervix. What many people do not know is that more than 99% of cervical cancer cases stem from cases of HPV. Cervical cancer used to be the leading cause of death for women, but now it makes up less than 2% of female deaths.

approval, most doctors recommend that young women receive the shot.

The need to get the shot at a young age is very important because the immunization only works if the person has not come in contact with a strain of HPV. The issue also relates to socioeconomic status, seeing as all of the most efficient ways to prevent HPV and cervical cancer are either expensive or require sufficient medical insurance. Because of this, and due to higher poverty rates among minorities, Hispanic women have a much higher rate of contracting cervical cancer and African-American women have a much higher rate of dying from cervical cancer than Caucasian women.

Men Because of the recent push by the medical The Problem community to • 99% of cervical cancers are caused by the human papilloma The statistics get all young virus (HPV). could be seen as women vaccia reason not to nated for HPV • HPV is the name of a group of viruses that includes more than worry about certo prevent cer100 different strains. vical cancer, but vical cancer, • HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the with increased many people sexual activity believe that United States. in young people HPV is only an • Most people who become infected with HPV will not have any and therefore an important issue increased risk for for women. symptoms but will still be able to transmit the virus.

HPV, cervical The adver• Approximately 20 million people are currently infected with cancer should tisement of HPV. not be forgotGardasil as an ten. immunization • At least 50 percent of sexually active men and women will acThis low shot is largely to quire genital HPV infection at some point in their lives. death rate will blame for this. remain stable Young men feel • By age 50, at least 80 percent of women will have acquired only if women that since they genital HPV infection. continue to get cannot contract regular exams. cervical cancer “Once the virus that Gardasil is is integrated there is nothing else one can do except not useful for them. This is simply untrue. Both men regular pap smears,” said Dr. Brigitte Miller, head of and women can contract HPV, so to suppress the spread gynecologic oncology at Wake Forest University Baptist of the virus, men should be vaccinated as well.

Medical Center.

“I think all boys should get (the immunization shot) “Because cervical cancer has a long pre-clinical base, because if you want to eradicate a disease completely, it takes a long time for HPV infections to become you need to vaccinate everyone, although men don’t invasive cancer, so if those people have regular exams have many disease problems,” Miller said. “They have then hopefully it’s going to be picked up when it’s just some and of course they can spread it.” a pre-cancerous lesion.

Additionally, recent studies have shown that men are “Since pap smear screening started in the United states also at risk for cancer through HPV. Practicing oral sex the incidences of invasive cervical cancer has decreased can lead to the contraction of HPV and a subsequent a significant amount. Nowadays only about 10,000 development of oral cancers. In fact, recent surveys have women are diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer a shown that in the close future HPV will be the leading year but about 500,000 are treated for pre-cancerous cause of oral cancers, pushing ahead of the commonly lesions,” Miller said. acknowledged tobacco use.

Quick facts about HPV and cervical cancer

Prevention Before regular exams are even necessary, women can get the Gardasil shot to prevent HPV (not cancer, despite its tagline as the world’s first cancer vaccine) and therefore most likely prevent cervical cancer. Although Gardasil has been criticized because of its lack of research in long-term effects and supposed rush through FDA

Why It’s Important With so many medical advancements expanding life expectancy and eradicating diseases, many of us forget that many new medical problems are arising as others fall away. Yes, cervical cancer is not as much of a threat today as in the past, but now that we know the major cause behind it and how to prevent it, we should.

Dems host convention

By Haowei Tong | Staff writer

The university hosted the first annual North Carolina Federation of College Democrats’ Convention Feb. 23.

Almost 100 students and more than 20 candidates for local and national office were in attendance. Fifteen schools from across North Carolina were represented.

Most viewed the convention as a premium opportunity to connect and share with active, politically like-minded peers.

Candidates took advantage of the organized gathering by appealing for votes and enlisting students to volunteer for their campaigns.

Among the politicians in attendance was Bakari T. Sellers, the youngest S.C. state senators. Elected at 21 years old, Sellers currently attends University of South Carolina Law School in addition to ascending the ranks of public office.

Sellers narrated a phenomenal background and conveyed a genuine, deep hope in the future of America. Additionally, he expressed enthusiasm about Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

"Our generation is post-racial," he said.

In regard to the passion of young Democrats, Sellers said, "We believe in the future because we believe in each other."

The audience, already impressed by an eyewitness account of his "Soulja boy" dance moves at a previous gathering, was profoundly moved by his speech.

"In the age of overly ambitious students, it was really inspiring to see someone who sacrificed Harvard to serve a community lacking a good, representative government,” freshman Madeleine Eckenrode said. “This kind of dedication to civil service is rare and should be truly valued.”

Students were also enthused about the candidates forum in Carswell Hall.

Candidates were allotted three minutes to discuss their respective platforms, and students were free to mingle with them following the session. The interaction See Dems, page A4

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Drug and Alcohol Violations • University Police responded to a call Feb. 23 about a party in Martin Residence Hall and charged seven students with holding an unauthorized party and one student with underage consumption.

Information about the incident was provided to Harold Holmes, associate vice president and dean of student services.

Property Damage • A window pane in a stairway door on the third floor of Kitchin Residence Hall was found broken Feb. 23.

• A student reported that his motorcycle was pushed over while it was parked in Lot Q between 4 p.m. Feb. 22 and 3 p.m. Feb. 23.

• One or more unidentified intruders entered

an unsecured room in Martin Residence Hall Feb. 24, while both students were away, cut the window screen and left empty beer cans littering the premises.

Theft • An unsecured bicycle valued at $100 was reported stolen from a bike rack at Davis Residence Hall between 6 p.m. Feb. 12 and 12:30 p.m. Feb. 18.

• An Apple iPod valued at $300 was reported stolen Feb. 18 from an unsecured room in Kitchen Residence Hall between 2 p.m. Feb. 2 and 11:55 p.m. Feb. 3.

• A Web camera valued at $50 was reported stolen from a secured office in Greene Hall between 8:30 p.m. Feb. 18 and 8:40 a.m. Feb. 19.

• A Garmin GPS unit valued at $350 was reported

stolen from a vehicle parked in Lot R1 near Student Apartments between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m. Feb. 18.

• A Blackberry cell phone valued at $300 belonging to the university was reported stolen Feb. 21 from a desk drawer in a secured office in Information Systems.

• Headphones valued at $10 belonging to the university were reported stolen from a secured room in Greene Hall between Feb. 7 and Feb. 21.

University Police responded to 56 calls from Feb. 18-24, including 10 incidents and investigations and 46 service calls. The following is a summary of the incidents and investigations.

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3 to 4 ounces: Student literary magazine to be published

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emphasize the student’s work, not only in studio art but through poetry, prose and photography.

The combination of the two publications has brought about an adapted version of 3 to 4 Ounces.

It now enhances the graphic layout and eclectic style of Notice with the literature stronghold from 3 to 4 Ounces.

The publication aims to bring together the strength of all of the past publications that it is based out of.

Past versions of 3 to 4 Ounces have attempted to bring together the art forms of graphic design and literature inside of a single cover.

Not only does it include poetry, prose and art but events happening around the university, interviews with professors and occur-

rences in Winston-Salem.

The staff now includes 15 students and the faculty advisor, Dr. William Moss.

This has grown from 4 students in 2004 when Vogel began.

Currently the staff is looking for more photographers and art majors to contribute, along with anyone who is experienced and interested in layout design.

Submissions for the spring publication are due March 17th.

The magazine will likely be available at the university in early April.

For more information or to submit a piece of work, students can email to 3to4@wfu.edu.

Also, students can contact Jessica Vogel directly, or even visit the publication’s office on the fifth floor of the Benson University Center, where a folder on the Kell Wilson/Old Gold & Black office door awaits submissions.

3 to 4 Ounces, a student literary magazine, is currently accepting submissions for their annual publication.

Students can Any and all submissions are email the magaziine at 3to4@wfu.edu or visit their office on the fifth floor of the Benson University Center. welcome.

NSF: Grant to build community

The program’s partnerships are a collection of diverse groups that assist startup companies formed by university students.

Kauffman Foundation selected the university as one For example, a research center by the N.C. of eight schools to receive a $2.17 million five-year School of the Arts, Winston-Salem State and grant to incorporate the field in the liberal arts.

Forsyth Technical Community College has been Class registration has shown assisting BioBotz, formed by that the entrepreneurship six university students to create program has been somewhat educational games, cartoons successful and popular among “It ( the grant) will enhance the and storybooks to introduce university students. children to cellular biology using opportunities for students to Today, about 5 percent of the superhero characters. university’s 4,300 undergraduate expand on their classroom learnThe research center may students are enrolled in one or benefit from funds given to the ing with hands-on experiences more entrepreneurship courses. such as internships, workshops, university in the grant, as this Best noted that a liberal arts could be beneficial for the triad speaker events, and a virtual education and entrepreneurial community. thinking can be mutually network of experts.”

Gatewood said that the goal reinforcing ideas. of the program is to provide Elizabeth Gatewood Best hopes that if the program Director, Office of Entrepreneurship all students — regardless of is a success at the university, their major or discipline — other colleges and universities the experiences, education and will follow suit with similar mentoring to develop skills to programs. be successful.

“The legacy of this project will be realized in

“This will be accomplished by establishing programs instituted in liberal arts colleges and a system that creates meaningful knowledge-sharing universities throughout 1/17/08 the country, modeled on 1and learning relationships between industry and 922921_Intern_Wake 11:00 AM Page the best practices that we identify,” Best said. academia,” Gatewood said.

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University goes green

By Jacob Bathanti | Staff writer

The university’s pursuit of a greater degree of environmental sustainability is taking another step forward this semester: the greening of a wide range of cleaning products ranging from paper towels to floor wax.

In doing so, the university is moving towards attaining the elusive “Triple Bottom Line”: not only the bottom line of economic vitality, but also environmental sensitivity and social justice.

While the university has seen a blossoming of environmental consciousness in the last couple of years, some of the changes have not been immediately intuitive.

Paper towels do not really intrude upon one’s consciousness as an environmental issue.

However, given the amount of paper product the university goes through in a semester, switching to 100 percent recycled products makes a significant difference.

Facilities management is in fact making this transition with paper towels and toilet paper.

Another transformation hitting bathrooms across campus is the introduction of foam soap, instead of a liquid soap.

This saves water and chemicals and is also cost-effective.

Financial savings are induced because the soap itself is less prone to overuse than are liquid soaps.

About a third of the campus has been covered in this ongoing replacement drive, and the campus is expected fully to change by the end of the semester.

If toilet paper is not on too

many students’ minds, floor cleaners are probably even less so.

Yet a whole range of cleaning chemicals has been quietly swapped out, with a myriad of benefits for the university and university staff.

In essence, a full range of surface cleaners and disinfectants have been switched over to environmentally friendly products that are considerably less harsh than the products they replace.

While students won’t be able to make the distinction, says Assistant Custodial Services Manager Kelvin Green, it makes a massive difference to the custodians.

“We’re around it every day,” Green said, noting that the new products don’t emit See Green, Page A4

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fumes as did the old ones. “The response from the employees has been overwhelming.”

“They’re like ‘Wow. This really works.’”

The university also benefits financially from a more efficient and costeffective delivery system put in place by the manufacturer, Spartan Chemical.

The chemicals are premixed, which makes them easier to work with, and reduces overuse.

And while comparable in price, they are significantly less harmful both to the environment and to the people that have to work with them.

The idea of “going green” in cleaning chemicals was introduced last year.

It has since been discussed intensively in facilities management.

Assistant VP for Facilities Management Jim Alty was a strong proponent of the changes, and, as the inquiries progressed, so was everyone else.

“The more we looked at it, the better it looked,” Peter Nachand, the manager for Supply and Procurement Services, said.

The new products are all “Green Seal Certified.” This means that their manufacture, use and disposal are all assessed

by Green Seal, a DC-based non-profit which focuses on the environmental impact of industrial supplies.

This holistic approach is taken to ensure that the products are environmentally friendly at all points of their life-cycles.

Environmentally friendly, financially viable and a boon to the health of university employees, this new development embodies the ideal of the triple bottom line.

Something as mundane as cleaning product policy may fly under the radar of most students However, this change in fact represents a significant step forward in the progressive greening and state of continuous sustainability of the university.

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Professors study youth trends in politics

By Maya Yette | Staff writer

With the 2008 presidential elections fast approaching and the growing interest in the power of the youth vote, the results of the Democracy Fellows Project headed by two university professors are especially timely.

The project was a four year longitudinal study of college students and civic engagement headed by Katy Harriger, professor and chair of the political science department, and Jill McMillan, professor emerita of communication.

The project was developed with the encouragement of the Kettering Foundation, a research foundation in Dayton, Ohio that is interMcMillan ested in how to get the public more involved in policy decisions.

“People have become increasingly concerned about the political apathy

of young people, especially college students, from whose ranks our future leaders are likely to come,” McMillan said.

“Recognizing that Kettering’s interest represented two prominent Wake Forest academic disciplines, political science and communication, they approached (us) with the question ‘What happens during the college years that causes young people to become politically active or alienated, and can that process be affected by learning and practicing a deliberative model of political talk and discussion?’”

The study was conducted at the university with 30 students who entered in the fall of 2001 and graduated in the spring of 2005.

“Some chosen were drawn to politics; some were not; and some were just interested and curious to help answer the question,” McMillan said.

After being chosen, these students were designated as Democracy Fellows, and they began a series of activities.

The first of these activities was first year seminar on Democracy and Deliberation.

The seminar focused on learning and

practicing a civil way to approach political thinking and speaking.

The students participated in many activities, some of which included inclass deliberations on subjects such as race and public education and planning and executing a campus-wide deliberation on community at Wake Forest.

The activities also included extensive researching and conducting a community deliberation on the subject of urban sprawl in the greater Winston-Salem area.

Each year Harriger and McMillan gathered data on the Democracy Fellows’ developing political attitudes and compared them to a cohort group from their class.

Twenty five of the students completed the program.

“We learned that studying democratic theory related to issues of citizenship and learning how to deliberate did make a difference in students’ outlook about being engaged in politics and in their communities,” Harriger said.

“The students in the Democracy Fellows group were more involved in traditional political venues, more attuned to the responsibilities of citizenship,

more analytical and critical of political processes, more confident in their ability to make a difference, and more inclined to speak of and think about the greater good rather than their particular self interest.”

“Besides developing more informed, well-tooled citizens, which was the central goal of hope for the study, students learned that good deliberative dialogue can even produce tangible results,” McMillan said.

Last summer the professors published the Harriger book Speaking of Politics: Preparing College Students for Democratic Citizenship through Deliberative Dialogue which details the findings of the study.

Additionally as a part of the university’s strategic planning, an Institute of Public Engagement has been proposed.

There is discussion about the deliberative democracy model as a viable choice for a residential college.

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was engaging. Ranging from “Winning Street Fights, Mobilizing Voters and Winning Elections” to “Effective Press Strategy,” students found these seminars informative, interesting and beneficial.

In “Steps to Successful Fundraising,” a NC A&T senior shared fundraising event ideas with a sophomore from Appalachian State University.

“Overall, I am very honored with the turnout. This is the first statewide convention of the North Carolina College Democrats, and it’s great to see such diversity and energy,” UNC sophomore and NC Federation of College Democrats’ Treasurer Drew Turnier said. “Also, Wake Forest College Democrats have done a lot for this community and for the convention,” Turnier said.

University College Democrats contributed to the convention by setting up the stages and staffing registration, in addition to general supervision. A committee including representatives from eight schools chose the speakers and coordinated the details.

“As democrats, we are open to new ideas and it is our vision for the future which motivates our passions today,” university College Democrats sophomore President Zahir Rahman said, addressing the convention.

“We must see each other not as competing universities, but rather as one collegic community with one unifying goal: to make North Carolina turn blue next November. By coming together and creating our own identity as North Carolina College Democrats, we have started the process of making our own aspirations for the future.”

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College Democrats put together the first annual convention of College Democrats of North Carolina Feb. 23.

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VikingFest is a violent, unnecessary tradition

It is a tradition, of sorts, that takes place every year about this time, when the nascent winds of spring first begin to blow across campus. Crowds of students gather on the idyllic Quad in the twilight of the appointed afternoon, to look on as young fraternity men arrive in wistful regalia for a grand public display of fealty to their brotherhood and its fine ideals. Which, naturally, means gleefully beating the living crap out of each other, sloppily and with the aid of ample quantities of alcohol.

The event, of course, is VikingFest. It is not without an element of good-natured silliness, and a decent number of our classmates always show up to watch the spectacle of it all. However, VikingFest is essentially a base, violent affair that hardly appeals to the better angels of our nature. This year, in fact, the ugliness resulted in what should have been a predictably inevitable outcome — serious bodily injury. One young man had to be carried off the mock field of battle and rushed to the hospital. Both the violence and intoxication of this year’s event seem likely to illicit disciplinary action,

as it should. Everyone likes a tradition, but it seems past time for this one to end.

But why has VikingFest not led to sanctions before? It’s a well-known and publicized event that occurs in the heart of campus. Posters advertise the exact date and time. They practically scream “Underage drinking! Public drunkenness! Fighting!”

The fact that University Police and other authorities have yet to do anything in response over the years is baffling. Are they willfully oblivious or seriously unaware?

Furthermore this is hardly the only fraternity event with such ill-advised ideas. Other frats have been punished for less and gotten away with worse.

Random enforcement, while not unjust, is confusing and hardly productive. Do Greeks get the message that it is okay to break the law, but only if it doesn’t go “too far,” as long as no one winds up in the hospital? Or is it a game of cat and mouse, where fraternities try to outmaneuver authorities or vise versa? We know it’s a complicated situation, but this seems like hardly the best that can be done.

University welcomes political activism

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he explosion of political signage you may have noticed around campus this weekend may have made it look like an election day, but it was just a precursor — the Federation of North Carolina College Democrats Convention.

It brought campaigns and interested college students from across the state to the university to talk about the busy political season ahead.

The event was another exciting demonstration that our generation is interested

in more than simply complaining about the news, but, yes, actually taking action. Hats go off to Zahir Rahman and the rest of the university College Democrats for a lot of hard work to bring the convention here to our small university, not known as so much of a bastion of liberalism.

Best of all was seeing so many campaigns come on campus to engage with students. We hope to see many more candidates stop here in the months to come.

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Warren just happens to be a student who wants to get his voice out there and share his views.

The OGB is not in the habit of refusing to print a person’s ideas or beliefs just because we don’t agree with them.

The only reason we typically refuse to publish something is when it is obscene or hateful.

We also think that it’s also important to point out that Warren is a very talented, award-winning cartoonist.

His drawing ability is fantastic and his Kell Wilson and comics actually make sense – something Mariclaire Hicks that is lacking in many student political Editor in chief cartoons. and managing editor Although we may not agree with his messages, that fact doesn’t keep us from hen we first started working admiring him for his talent and his desire as editors of the Old Gold & to get his opinion out among the campus Black, we admittedly didn’t community with the best of his ability. know the difference between an Opinion We wholeheartedly agree that a little page and an Editorial page. more diversity with our political cartoons It seems as if others are confused by would be beneficial for the section – but this terminology just that’s hard to achieve as we were. when you lack a willing For those who cartoonist.

If you really want to see some aren’t aware of the In the past, we’ve diversity in the comics, then difference, we will contacted student orgabriefly clarify. nizations and several art there is a simple solution: subAn Editorial classes to look for potenmit some yourself. section is where tial artists, but none were everything on a page willing to step up to the is discussed, agreed plate. upon (after much deliberation) and writMaybe it was because, like Dew ten by the editorial staff of a publication. pointed out, we are a predominantly An Opinion section (what the Old Gold conservative campus. & Black has) is a place where members of If you really want to see some diversity the university community outside of the in the comics then there is a simple solumanagement staff can submit their own tion: submit some yourself. material that expresses their personal It’s a simple enough process. If you thoughts and views. have good drawing skills, a grasp of the Why are we going into this? political world and are willing to commit In the column “Political cartoons are to preparing at least one comic a week, overly biased” (Feb. 21), David Dew then you’re the perfect candidate. claimed that the political cartoons in the Several members on the Editorial staff Opinion section “reflect a conspicuous would love to see the Opinion section partisanship within the editorial staff of become more varied. the OGB.” However, the only way that can happen This is just simply not true. is by people submitting more material.

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Opting for Mraz: poor choice Guest workers Seeking Middle Ground | Right Says

Jeff Merski

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Senior columnist

n my way back from Los Angeles and Las Vegas after covering the Diamond Deacs for their series at Pepperdine University, I was in a very good mood.

But then, I received word about our Springfest concert and my mood was dampened just a little bit.

For the past three years, The Student has run a poll asking students who they would like to come to Springfest for the concert. Each year, Jason Mraz is on that list.

And each year, Jason Mraz finishes in the bottom part of this poll.

But, lo and behold, guess who’s coming for Springfest this year? None other than Mraz himself.

I’ll be honest with you – I don’t really have anything against Mraz himself.

Sure, his music’s not exactly my cup of tea, but other than that, I can’t complain about him.

But what I will complain about is how he got chosen.

I’m sure the Springfest organizers will say that it’s tough to get an artist to perform each year and I won’t disagree

that it is a tough job. However, it’s like they didn’t even take into account the poll on The Student.

Now, The Student isn’t exactly the most scientific of polling sources.

There are plenty of students at this university that don’t use it as their homepage, and if they don’t, it’s quite possible that they rarely, if ever, visit it.

I’m not saying The Student is worthless; however, its use should be supplemented by actually talking to other students in person and getting individual feedback.

Getting feedback from the students would give a lot more direct feedback and also encourage these groups to submit some ideas of their own.

I understand that there is a budget too. However, in the past few years, the amount of money that students pay to the Student Activities Fee has increased since part of this money is no longer held to build a potential recreation centre on campus.

So there is potential available money.

However, there is plenty of “fat” in the SAF budget that can be trimmed.

I know that SAF is supposed to fund events for the student body. However, there are a good number of events that are attended by a very small amount of students at the university. Instead of funding several of these small events that only a small percentage of the student body is interested in attending, why not cut funds to these events and use that money to go into a Springfest concert fund where there is more potential

money to land a better artist? For most of us at this university, Mraz is a C-list artist.

Most of us can only think of his one hit song “Remedy,” and that was released nearly five years ago.

If that’s the best that we can land when other schools of our size are landing much larger acts, then it’s pretty pathetic.

There’s no reason why we can’t strive to get up to this level.

Even if it means increasing ticket prices from the meager $15 that students have had to pay for the concerts in the past few years to maybe $30, I think it’s safe to assume that students would pay that to see a great concert right on campus.

In revenue alone (using the assumption that Wait Chapel can hold 2,000 people), that’s an extra $60,000 right there to spend on the concert.

That’s a good chunk of change that, when added to the SAF funds, gives well over $100,000 to spend on a concert.

Surely Springfest can get someone better than Mraz for a six-figure paycheck.

We at Wake should not settle for a C-list artist to be the headline music performer at this school.

I seriously hope that the Springfest committee and the SAF committee considers making some serious changes in order to create an event that will truly be an event that can be valued by nearly everyone in the university community.

Jeff Merski is a senior political science major from North Andover, Mass.

Word on the Quad | Your voice on what’s going on Do you think Starbucks would be better than Campus Grounds?

“I think people can go off campus to get to Starbucks.”

“Campus Grounds is okay, but sort of inconsistant.”

“I’d say Campus Grounds just because it is a part of campus.

“Campus Grounds because it is a student entrepreneurship.”

Susie Manship Sophomore Indianapolis, IA

Kennan Khatib Freshman Eau Claire, WI

Sophia Farrara Freshman North Haledon, NJ

Paru Patel Senior Richmond, Va.

provide answer

Illegal immigrants put burden on domestic workers

In a system where temporary guest workers are allowed in the country for the duration of a job or set time limit allows for both parties’ rights.

But for this to work, we need to both admonish those who have entered our country and allow only those who have attempted to enter the country through the proper channels to participate.

Illegal immigration also has a negative effect on one of the most important resources we Josh Speert have as Americans: our hospital Guest columnist system. Illegal immigration mmigration is not an issue. has taken its toll on hospitals, leaving them to shoulder the The generalization that so burden of their uninsured care. many seem to make about Border states are hit this issue is groups of people extremely hard, with USA are against immigration.

No group, with the exception Today reporting that in Texas alone the cost of treating illegal of nativist movements such as immigrants was $1.3 billion in the Ku Klux Klan, is against 2006 and $1.4 billion in 2004 immigration. The issue is with those who decide to voluntarily in California.

These numbers are in fact violate both the laws of the country they wish to enter, and deflated due to the fact that many illegal aliens do not those who have waited to gain actually go to the doctors as proper entry into the United they are scared by possible States. ramifications of such a visit.

Illegal immigration is the A guest worker program issue, and a few weeks ago, an would allow for those editorial titled “Immigration participating to Aids Economy” purchase some (Feb. 14) form of health seemed to In conclusion, there is a insurance, miss some need for reform when it and as most vital statistics comes to illegal immigraimmigrants in its cursory who come into overview of tion. This problem creates our country to the issue of issues for both Americans work are young immigration. who are being disadvanand healthy The first they are major point taged because of it, and relatively cheap Ryan Taggett, those who are entering to insure. the author, our country undocuIn makes is that mented. conclusion, of job creation there is a need and those for reform willing to fill when it comes to illegal those positions. immigration.

I agree with the general gist This problem creates issues of the argument, there is a large for both Americans who are increase of jobs for those who being disadvantaged because of do not hold degrees of higher it and those who are entering education, yet immigration our country undocumented. should not be the first answer An amnesty program, which for this issue. Looking at the was advocated by Taggett, is most recent unemployment unnecessary, problematic and numbers, it is clear that those will create more problems than with high school diplomas it can possibly solve. Payment or lower make up the vast of back-taxes is almost majority of those who are impossible to complete because unemployed with the rates of of the lack of income of most 4.6 percent and 7.7 percent, illegal aliens, and for this same respectively. reason collecting fines is an Both of these numbers are issue. at or above the national level On a final note they will of unemployment for 2007. not voluntarily return to their This leaves us with a total 2.72 home country as they will not million people with a high feel that they can be guaranteed school level of education or entry back. lower. This number could be This route fails to recognize lower, by a large proportion; the simple fact that the people unfortunately there is little to we would have been granting no incentive to hire a citizen full citizenship to have entered who is covered by the federal this country by breaking our minimum wage when you can laws, the laws that we expect hire an illegal immigrant who them to follow. is willing to work for much We need to rely on the lower, and not report these standard system of entry, actions. We need to be able to with a guest worker program know who is in our country so that we can ensure that all have with a possibility of later naturalization. This allows both the same opportunity to for us to legally naturalize gain work and have the same rights while at their workplace. immigrants while not denying them the natural rights they Illegal immigration and should be given while in our any action condoning illegal country, such as health care. immigration place both American workers and those Josh Speert is a junior business who are immigrants at a major. disadvantage.

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Campus Grounds should cater to students, customers T

Elliot Engstrom News editor

he coffee controversy on campus has become a polarizing issue. On the one hand, there is a group of students who say that a company like Starbucks would offer quality and hours that Campus Grounds simply cannot.

However, the other camp states that Campus Grounds is both a university tradition and a precious student-run business.

I would like to introduce a new camp to the debate. I honestly do not care about which one is a corporation or which one is a student-run

business; I simply want whichever one makes better coffee and has better hours.

The instant reaction is to say, “So, you’re in favor of Starbucks.”

Not necessarily. If Campus Grounds maintains its current hours and service, which are atrocious, then yes, I am in favor of Starbucks.

But, my view gives Campus Grounds a chance at being the best choice, if they want it badly enough. However, it also makes them give a better reason for being that choice than simply the fact that they are a student-run business.

If Campus Grounds made coffee that I thought was in the least bit decent, then I would support them, but so far my experience with Campus Grounds has been mediocre at best.

I used to work at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in the cafe, which served Starbucks coffee, and I certainly know the difference between good and bad coffee. I do not say this simply to “talk smack” about Campus Grounds, as this is certainly not my intention. My intention is

to put forth the idea that if Campus Grounds wants to be the coffee shop of choice for all of Wake Forest University’s Reynolda campus, then they need to prove that they are up to the task, and as of yet they have not done this. According to the hours page of Window on Wake Forest, Campus Grounds is also not open during the mornings Sunday-Thursday.

What kind of coffee shop is not open in the morning? If the people who run this shop plan to actually function in the real world, they need to understand that consumers should not be forced to accommodate a business, but a business should accommodate consumers.

In the real world there will not be crowds of people chanting to save them because they are student-run, especially when a competitor can offer better service.

I can see Campus Ground’s side of the issue.

They did not have much time to prepare, as they were informed very late about the plan for a new coffee shop on campus, and this is not fair as

they are a current student-run business, and they deserve a fair shot to show why they are up to the task.

However, there is an incorrect idea in existence that if Campus Grounds was to leave the university, we would lose our only student run business. By reading this newspaper, you are contributing to a student-run business – Old Gold & Black. The Student and The Howler are also student-run businesses.

I just do not see the validity in Campus Grounds’ argument of “We are a student - run business, so fight for us.”

I am an average consumer, and if Campus Grounds expects me to support their bid for the library space, they should show that they are up to the task of providing quality service and convenient hours – neither of which they currently offer.

Elliot Engstrom is a sophomore French and history major from Matthews, N.C.

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Old Gold & Black Opinion

On-campus parties need to come back

Parties could be more convenient, accessible for all

Hannah Werthan Asst. opinion editor

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have to admit, I was one of those overly obsessed kids who got into Wake early decision but went to accepted students day anyway, just for fun.

Yes, I made my dad drive me seven hours while I slept in the passenger seat, just to get the thrill of being at Wake for a couple of days.

However, this journey proved to be less than thrilling, especially when someone informed me that in the

past couple of years, fraternities had moved almost all of their parties offcampus.

This was very confusing to me.

All freshmen and sophomores live on campus, as do most juniors and seniors, so shouldn’t the majority of parties be where nearly everyone is? How were we going to get there?

Would these parties be sufficiently advertised?

Unfortunately, these troubling questions raced through my mind as we made the journey back to Nashville.

More than a semester into my freshman year, I see even more problems now with the current system than I hypothesized about back then. First off, I feel bad for the poor pledge drivers who are forced to shuttle around packs of drunk people all night from all over the place.

They have to answer sometimesincoherent phone calls from people who say they are one place but may be another.

I realize driving is just a part of initiation, but I think it would be better if the pledges did not have to

give up having their own fun so often. any event, even as a wiser, secondAfter all, isn’t that what being in a semester freshman, I still sometimes fraternity is all about? I mean, besides find myself waiting around in the doing community service and all. freezing cold.

In addition, it is never fun when It is just as bad when you are at you cannot get a shuttle to a party the frat party and you have to wait and you are forced for someone to take to wait around for you back on campus seemingly forever in when you really just If parties were onthe hopes that someone want to leave. campus, students could will pick you up. You Your best friend are so excited to go out, use the university’s free is hooking up with but you have no way your boyfriend, there shuttle service to go to get there. You get is beer all over your back safely to their dorm texts from your friends brand-new shoes rooms. There would be like “Awesome party! (but really, why did Where are you?”Well, you wear those to no annoying, awkward you’re standing around a frat party?) and waiting around anywhere awkwardly looking the urge for Subway for a ride. through your text is starting to cause messages waiting for a uncontrollable ride. twitching.

This is especially an issue for poor There is a shortage of pledges and first-semester freshmen who are both people keep pushing in front of you. foolish enough to party the most out What do you do? of anyone and ignorant enough to You could call a cab, but fewer and have not yet acquired any pledges’ fewer cabs are taking Deacon Dollars phone numbers. The guys have it these days, and who wants to spend even worse because the frats typically “real” money on getting back? I mean, want more girls at their parties. In the university is already charging us

an arm and leg for everything else we do as this school. Walking is always a bad choice.

So you are forced to wait there, replaying all of the horrible night in your mind.

This is also an issue if the night goes particularly well, and then suddenly it turns sour because you just cannot get back to campus.

If parties were on-campus, students could use the university’s free shuttle service to go back safely to their dorm rooms.There would be no annoying, awkward waiting around anywhere for a ride. The only thing is it would be nice if the shuttles ran past 2 a.m.

I know that it’s hard to have parties here because the campus police are really strict about, well, everything, but I think that maybe we should try a little harder.

I think that the benefits far outweigh the few issues with having parties on-campus. Hopefully, in my remaining three-and-a-half years here, I can see more on-campus parties.

Hannah Werthan is a freshman from Nashville, TN.

McCain response misses point Faculty deserves

Candidate fails to acknowledge freedom of speech

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Bryan Davis Keith

Old Gold & Black Columnist

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fter reading last week’s “McCain far from liberal policy” (Feb. 21), I must confess I found myself angry at first.

I reacted angrily to the statement that I opened my previous McCain column with “a fabrication.” Two weeks ago in my column “McCain fails to uphold core Republican values” (Feb. 14), I opened with a narrative describing how attendants at the Conservative Political Action Conference were instructed not to boo John McCain.

Since several students from the university who attended the conference did not hear these remarks, fellow columnist Caroline Lawler concluded that I fabricated my remarks.

Lawler, I did no such thing.

Numerous Politico.com contributors heard instructions being given not to boo McCain at CPAC. Countless members of the conservative blogosphere heard these instructions given. Numerous delegates from NCSU to CPAC that I spoke to heard these instructions.

This narrative that I opened my column with was not a fabrication, regardless of the words and wishes of a libelous McCainiac.

Nonetheless, I’d like to thank Lawler for writing her column.

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Minus the libel that she opens her clean government than one where remarks with, her column is a fervent ‘First Amendment rights’ are being and substantive political piece. I respected that has become corrupt. applaud her both for contributing If I had my choice, I’d rather have a to the ongoing election dialogue on clean government.” campus, and on a broader level for As if the First Amendment is exercising her right to political free some kind of annoyance. How speech. arrogant can this man be? McCain My question is this: had her article needs to remember that his oath of not been supporting John McCain, office requires him to uphold the would John McCain have applauded Constitution of the United States, not this free political exercise, given his his own sanitary vision of politics. record as an opponent of free speech?

If McCain was to take the oath One look at the McCain-Feingold of office in 2009, what would he legislation does a lot of damage interpret the supreme law of the land to McCain’s First Amendment to be? credentials. The Act forbids groups McCain’s justifications for such as the NRA and the Christian defending his legislative assault on Coalition from telling voters the political speech are not compelling positions of candidates prior to the either. McCain-Feingold supporters elections. So much for free speech. consistently cite the threat that The legislation further places outside political groups pose by restrictions on citizens peddling their using media such remarks. Who cares as radio and TV to if outside groups How arrogant can this express concerns are churning out man be? McCain needs to about a candidate. political speech Of course, there are during campaign remember that his oath exemptions for the season? Why is this a of office requires him to “big dogs” like Katie bad thing? Why is the uphold the Constitution Couric and the New existence of political York Times editorial groups other than of the United States, not board, mainstream the Republican and his own sanitary vision of media that embraces Democratic parties a politics. the “rebels” like problem?

McCain who veer McCain also claims from the conservative that his legislation is line on immigration important in trying and global warming. They’re exempt to curb the corruption of incumbent while citizens who don’t own their politicians in Washington. Yet for own media conglomerate are told to some odd reason he has no names to shut up. So much for free speech. give, no evidence to present, of this Despite its obviously negative corruption. influence on free political speech, Between his relentless advocacy McCain nonetheless offers of the McCain-Feingold legislation unrelenting support to his flagship and the recent efforts by his staffers act. and supporters at CPAC to squash In a radio interview with Don dissenters’ voices, there can be little Imus, McCain dropped the following doubt that John McCain is an enemy bombshell; “I work in Washington of political free speech. He is an and I know that money corrupts. And enemy of the First Amendment.

I and a lot of other people were trying And that is not a fabrication. to stop the corruption.

“Obviously from what we’ve been Bryan Davis Keith is a senior political seeing lately, we didn’t complete science major from Southern Shores, the job. But I would rather have a N.C.

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professors more because they charge their students more in tuition.

Guest Columnist Sounds reasonable enough, right?

After doing a little research, I fter reading the glut of found that for the 2007-2008 articles detailing why academic year, Wake Forest tuition students believe the was $2,810 more than Duke and upcoming tuition increases are a just $184 less than Vanderbilt. bad idea, I remained unconvinced Hmm … perhaps not. by their arguments.

Well, maybe these schools have I concede that paying more much higher student-to-faculty money for college is not an ratios and that’s why they can pay attractive proposition — whether their professors more than we do for the rich, middle class or poor. and charge less or about the same!

Despite this fact, we all must ask Maybe not. whether these increases are actually Wake Forest’s student-to-faculty needed. After all, just about every ratio is 10:1, while Duke’s is 11:1 college student and Vanderbilt’s nowadays is saddled is 9:1. with a good amount Well, I don’t I guess my point from of debt and adding know what to all of this is that maybe to the pile is not believe any more. instead of labeling all tuenough to convince I guess that my me that increasing point from all ition increases as bad, we tuition is a bad idea. of this is that should really ask whether Each year I read maybe instead of the Old Gold & Black they are needed. labeling all tuition I inevitably come increases as bad, across a complaint we should really about professor ask whether they salaries. are needed.

Perhaps our tuition increase is Based on the numbers that I’ve needed so our university can finally looked at, I’m more inclined to afford to pay our professors a think we should be demanding that market rate of salary. the administration explain how After all, the university has our peer institutions are able to already saved the school money by have significantly higher professor deciding to replace the deans of salaries and university rankings, both the Calloway and Babcock while charging about the same in Schools with one dean (who can tuition. resist a good two-for-one deal?), There very well may be a but I digress. legitimate explanation, but as Based on the statistics previously students it is our duty to provide published in the OGB, Wake Forest a check on the administration to pays their professors much less than ensure that legitimate explanations peer institutions like Duke and do, in fact, exist.

Vanderbilt (I exclude UNC-Chapel Hill from the discussion because Matthew Foster is a graduate student it is a public institution). Maybe in accounting, residing in Winstonthese other universities pay their Salem.

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Ultimate Frisbee looks to improve with experience

By Connor Swarbrick | Asst. sports editor

Well-Oiled Machine Baby, otherwise known as WOMB, is one of the many club teams on campus comprised of students who play their sport not for the fanfare or the glory but for the love of it.

WOMB is the ultimate Frisbee team; however, they simply prefer to call it Ultimate.

Their passion and enjoyment is evident when watching them play and their motto, “all love no worries,” exudes this.

Cauley Ultimate Frisbee is a game of seven on seven. One team starts out with the disc and throws it downfield; this is called the pull.

Can the Deacons bust the bubble?

A team tries to drive the 70 yard field by passing the disc. A drop is a turnover.The objective: to get it in the end zone, which is 25 yards deep.

“Ultimate is an interesting sport with a lot of strategy and is one of the most physically demanding sports I have ever played,” junior captain Wilson Cauley said.

“The Ultimate community is also a huge bonus to playing. Most teams are full of great people that are fun, but also competitive, to play with.”

This year’s team is young and relatively inexperienced. There are only two seniors.

Fall semester is a time for the freshman to get integrated and for everyone to get in shape and learn the team strategies.

They competed in two tournaments in Wilmington and Richmond.

WOMB began the Spring semester with a round robin in Raleigh, N.C., with three other teams.

They were winless. They proceeded to play a tournament at Clemson. There were 11 other teams in the tournament and WOMB went 4-3 on the weekend and finished fourth.

James Madison University was the site of their tournament Feb. 22-24. The team lost to Lehigh, Richmond Central Florida and Ohio State.

Ohio State participated in Nationals last spring.

WOMB picked up victories against Mary Washington and Bucknell.

“Right now the team is showing a lot of potential, but also a lot of immaturity,” junior captain Wilson Cauley said.

“Dropped throws and bad decisions are hurting us, but the athleticism and passion are definitely there.”

WOMB’s next tournament is March 14-16 at South Carolina. They have two tournaments after that to tune up for sectionals.

They will play at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga., March 22-23.

Their final tournament is at UNC-Wilmington.

“The biggest thing that needs to develop for us is patience,” Cauley said.

“We need to learn where the throws are and where they aren’t. Too many times we rush a decision and it turns out to be the wrong one.”

WOMB will play in sectionals, which is comprised of just North Carolina teams.

If they play well, they can move on to regionals, which is the Atlantic Coast region.

The top two teams from regionals then move onto the nationals. WOMB has aspiration of being competitive in regionals this year.

“We need to work a little harder and get in better shape to really consider ourselves competitors for regionals,” Cauley said.

Deacs washed out by Waves

By James Burnett | Staff writer

We are in! March Madness here we come. Well, at east according to the RPI (rating percentage index).

In the ever confusing world of computer rankings, the Deacons come in at a bracket-busting 62nd (www.kenpom.com/rpi.php). For those of you counting at home, 65 teams are allowed a chance to compete for the Division I Basketball Championship, and according to the RPI, we would be the 62nd team allowed in.

Too bad these rankings are hardly an indicator of the 65 teams that will be selected.

Conference tournament wins, which account for 31 automatic bids, complicate the process as upset teams such as the Long Beach State 49ers snatch up bids from would be “bubble teams”.

Politics and the long-standing reputations of power programs all come into play as the 328 teams are whittled down like so much athletic driftwood.

So here we stand Deacon Fans, perched ever so lightly on the edge of an already distended bubble.

With wins over BYU and Duke, the Deacs have obviously proven their ability to beat any team on any given night; however some things stand out as large question marks for the Tournament Selection Committee.

Our road record of 1-8 does not bode well for a tournament in which the majority of the teams spend their time on the road. Barring an unprecedented move of the entirety of March Madness to Winston-Salem, the Deacons seeming inability to win outside of the Joel will be detrimental.

NCAA.org’s statistical rankings are equally unfavorable. The Deacons are ranked 158th in scoring defense, 188th in field goal percentage, 257th in three-point percentage and, our lowest ranking, 264th in free throw percentage. These numbers do not instill confidence, especially in such a young team – that is unless you have watched them play this season.

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Sophomore relief pitcher Phil Negus delivers a pitch in the Deacons’ 13-9 victory on Feb. 23 at Pepperdine. Negus earned the win by pitching 3 2/3 innings of shutout baseball, while allowing only one hit and striking out two.

By Martin Rickman | Staff writer The baseball team began its season with a trip to California.

The trip, however, was indicative of the weather: messy, as the team took one of three games against Pepperdine Feb. 22-24.

In a series scheduled for four games, rain forced the two teams to cancel Friday’s game.

The Deacs then played a double header on Saturday dropping the first 3-2 and winning the second 13-9.

The final game of the series on Feb. 24 was troublesome, as rain again delayed the start time.

Wake, behind some sloppy play, saw themselves in a hole early, down 18-0 after five innings and ultimately losing 22-3.

The first game touted the Deacon batters against Pepperdine’s ace, Brett Hunter.

Hunter has been clocked on the radar gun at over 100 miles per hour. His fastball nearly matched that all game, as he consistently threw in the mid 90s and struck out six through six innings.

Senior Ben Hunter took the hill for the Deacons.

He dueled the Waves’ star effectively, giving up three runs through five innings of work, allowing seven hits and walking three, while striking out five.

“I felt like I saw him well and guys like (Alan) Dykstra saw him well,” senior outfielder Brett Linnenkohl said about facing Hunter, a future MLB prospect.

“Facing next-level guys like Hunter is what you look back to and is why you play college ball.”

Dykstra was the only one who had any substantial success against Hunter, going 3-3 against him and scoring a run off of Dustin Hood’s single in the first inning. The Deacs scored two in that inning, but they were unable to score the rest of the game.

The Deacs got their revenge in the second game, breaking out for 15 hits and winning 13-9.

Both teams’ bats were hot, as the score was 8-7 at the end of the fifth inning. Freshman catcher Ian Tomkins and outfielder Steven Brooks combined to go 5-7 with five runs scored. They each hit a solo homerun.

“Our freshmen seem like they’re already veterans,” Linnenkohl said. “They fit in really well with what we’re trying to do as a team.”

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Deacons dragged by the Heels, stumble 89-73

By Ryan Durham | Senior writer

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Sophomore guard Ishmael Smith drives through the Tar Heel defense in the 89-73 loss on Feb. 24. Smith played a team high 37 minutes and had eight assists against the Tar Heels.

Hoping to capitalize on the positive momentum they gained from their defeat of No. 2 Duke, the Demon Deacons traveled to Chapel Hill Feb. 24 to face long time rival UNC-Chapel Hill.

Wake Forest appeared to be continuing this momentum for most of the first half, but the team faltered after the break, falling to the Tar Heels 89-73.

The teams battled for most of the first half.

Carolina would gain an eight to ten point lead, but the Deacons quickly would cut it back down to two or three points for the first 16 minutes of the half.

An 8-0 Tar Heel run gave the team a 10 point lead, their greatest of the half, with 2:04 left. However, a strong Deacon drive made it look like the two teams would go into the locker room only down six points.

With less than a second left, Carolina’s Wayne Ellington hit an off balance threepoint shot in front of the Wake Forest bench to put the Tar Heels up nine at the break, effectively swinging the momentum heavily in their favor.

“I think a big play was right before the half when Ellington hit that three in the corner over there,” Gaudio said.

“Tough shot, give the young man credit, but we go down nine at half instead of six.”

Foul trouble hurt the Deacs in the both halves of the game.

The five starters recorded 10 fouls in the first half, including three on sophomore center Chas McFarland.

McFarland picked up his fourth foul only 48 seconds into the second half, making a minimum impact for the rest of the game.

“As well as Chas’s been playing, (the foul trouble) really affected us a lot,” sophomore L.D. Williams said.

“Chas is a really big force. For him not to be able to play in a lot of the second half really affected the game.”

The Tar Heels quickly gained a doubledigit lead, which they would keep for most of the half.

Wake Forest cut the lead to eight points on multiple occasions, but were unable to create a run that would put it back in the game.

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Dykstra, A. Junior; San Diego

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llan Dykstra emerged last season as the offensive leader on the baseball team, finishing the season tied for first in the league with 18 home runs. Additionally, he finished among the league leaders in walks with 57, slugging percentage at .615, on-base percentage at .479, RBIs with 60 and total bases with 139. Dykstra didn’t slow down in the opening

On goals for the team this year: There’s no reason not to shoot for the top. We were in the ACC Championship Game last year and there’s no reason we can’t make it to the College World Series. We have experience coming back and I think one of the best lineups in the nation.

On personal goals for this year: It’s not about numbers. It’s more on how I get pitched to and just more to trust myself and not try to do too much – I tried to force things last year and I just don’t want to do that. I want to have great at-bats this year.

On the depth of the baseball team this year: That’s the big thing as to why I think we’re going to go far this year. Off the bench we had two completely different lineups (in the Feb. 23 doubleheader at Pepperdine) and both games we swung pretty well. (In Game 2) we scored 13 runs. Out of the bullpen we have a lot of experience and depth as well.

On this season being the last season at Gene Hooks Stadium: I think it’s a good move for the school by moving everything over to Ernie Shore Field. Moving everything over in one area with Joel Coliseum and the

" I want to have great at-bats this year. " series at Pepperdine, batting .500 with five hits and getting two walks while playing flawlessly in the field. The Old Gold & Black’s senior writer Jeff Merski caught up with Dykstra after the Deacons faced Pepperdine in a doubleheader on Feb. 23 to discuss goals for the season, this year being the last season at Hooks Stadium and why he came to Wake Forest.

DEAC OF THE WEEK Junior guard Alex Tchangoue of the women’s basketball team led the Deacs to their second ACC victory of the season in their final home game this year, beating the Miami Hurricanes 50-45 on Feb. 24 at Joel Coliseum.

Tchangoue led the Deacs with 18 points, going six for 11 from the field, including hitting her Tchongoue only three-point attempt, as well as going five for six from the free throw line. She also had six rebounds, two assists and a steal while playing all 40 minutes against the Hurricanes.

Tchangoue is leading the Lady Deacs this season by having started all 28 games, averaging 11.5 points a game, shooting 41.2 percent from the field and 74.2 percent from the free throw line. She also averaged 6.8 rebounds a game and 1.9 steals a game.

Tchangoue’s efforts moved the Deacons to 15-13 on the season, assuring the team of a winning record in the regular season. The Lady Deacs have one game remaining in their regular season schedule, which they play at Virginia Tech on March 2. In their meeting on Feb. 7 at Joel Coliseum, Tchongoue scored 11 points while having nine rebounds and eight assists against only three turnovers to lead the Deacons to a 67-50 win.

On being named to various preseason watch lists: It’s a great honor but it’s nothing that you can look into too much. It’s just preseason and there’s 75 other guys like that.

It’s a great honor to be named in the top 75, but you have to go out and play.

On how he gets pitched to: Carefully. The first guy I faced today (Pepperdine’s Brett Hunter) is a pretty good pitcher. It’s hard to be careful, but you can’t do anything about that. You have to deal with what you’re given.

football field, well be all next to each other and we can get more people in from the city. Honestly, Hooks is going to be missed; it’s been there for a while but it’s a move that’s got to be made for the school.

On why he came to Wake Forest: I liked the situation, I liked the school, I liked the opportunity that I was going to play everyday. All around the overall situation – you’re talking about scholarship, playing time and the coaches, the people here – I liked it more than any other school and went for it.

DEACON NOTES Justice, Thompson perform at NFL Combine in Indianapolis Center Steve Justice ’07 and defensive end Jeremy Thompson ’07 earned invitations to the National Football League’s Combine in Indianapolis for players seeking to be drafted in April’s NFL draft.

Over 600 representatives from all 32 teams in the NFL will be in Indianapolis testing players on various physical and mental attributes, including the 40-yard dash, bench press and an intelligence test.

Justice worked out on Feb. 22 with offensive linemen, tight ends and specialists. Thompson performed on Feb. 25 with other defensive linemen and linebackers.

Men’s tennis team signs top North Carolina player Head Coach Jeff Zinn announced that the men’s tennis team had gained an early letter of intent to attend Wake Forest from David Hopkins, who will begin in the fall.

Hopkins had been ranked No. 1 in North Carolina and in the top 20 nationally before having a back injury sidelined him in 2006.

He has since recovered from his injury and has regained the No. 1 ranking in North Carolina.

Hopkins was named High School Player of the Year in 2006 and most valuable player of the Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy team in 2006.

U.S. U-20 National Team from Raleigh; Luke Norman, a midfielder/forward and All-American from Rochester, Minn.; Jesse Sokolow, a defender from Reston, Va.; and Danny Wenzel, an All-American and a member of the U.S. U-20 National Team from Federal Way, Wash.

Men’s soccer announces 2008 recruiting class

The men’s cross country team had three student-athletes named to the All-ACC Academic Team for 2007 while the women’s cross country team had five student-athletes earning these honors as well.

For the men’s team, freshman Greg Billington, sophomore Marcus Dillon and senior John Compton made the list.

Freshman Chelsea Bolton, freshman Marley Burns, senior Caitlin Chrisman, junior Merry Placer and junior Nicole Schappert were named from the women’s team.

To be named to the All-ACC Academic Team, student-athletes must have a 3.0 grade point average for that semester as well as maintaining a 3.0 GPA throughout their academic career.

Head Coach Jay Vidovich announced that seven players had signed with the Demon Deacons to join the National Champion soccer team. The class includes four players that were named All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Joining the Deacons are Kyle Adams, a defender from Fayetteville, Ga.; Chris Estridge, an All-American from Indianapolis, Ind., who can play nearly any position on the pitch; Sean Haglund, an All-American from Raleigh; Nick Millington, an All-American and member of the

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Women’s basketball wins in last home game

Lady Deacs defeat visiting Miami 50-45; will wrap up season at Virginia Tech

By Greg Mantell | Staff writer

Despite their struggles, the Wake Forest women’s basketball team triumphed in their final home game of the season Feb. 24, beating the Miami Hurricanes 50-45.

The win elevated the Deacons out of last place in the ACC standings, which is now occupied by Virginia Tech.

The Lady Deacs now have a conference record of 2-11 and a record of 15-13 overall.

The Hurricanes, meanwhile, sit just ahead of Wake in the ACC 2-10 record in conference play and a 9-18 record overall.

Juniors Alex Tchangoue and Corrine Groves once again led the way by securing team highs in both points and rebounds, respectively.

Tchangoue, the team’s leading scorer with an average of 11.5 points per game, scored a game-high 18 points.

And Groves, who isn’t far behind her teammate with an average of 11.4 points per game, netted 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for her second double-double of the season.

Wake opened the game with a 6-0 run, thanks to a layup from Tchangoue and two consecutive jumpers from Groves.

But Miami’s senior guard Maurita Reid, who led her team in scoring with 15 points, netted a shot off the glass at the 14:34 mark to give the Hurricanes’ first basket of the game.

The drive would be a sign of trouble for Wake, as they struggled to defend in the lane all game long.

Tchangoue scored nine of her game-high 18 points in the first half, as Wake carried a nine

Game of the Week Basketball vs. Maryland Feb. 28 Lawrence Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, N.C. The most grueling part of the Deacs’ season continues with a home matchup against the Maryland Terrapins on Feb. 28. Wake has split their last two conference games, with a victory over Duke on Feb. 17 and a loss at UNC-Chapel Hill on Feb. 24 With the game against Maryland, the Deacs will have played three consecutive games against three of the top four teams in the ACC. Wake dropped the first meeting of the season between the two teams, 71-64 in College Park, Md. Terrapin sophomore Greivis Vasquez led Maryland with 22 points in the first matchup.

Sophomore Ishmael Smith led the Deacs with 16 points.

Wake will look to slow down Vasquez who leads the team in points, 17.5 per game, and assists, 6.7 per game.

With a win, the Deacs will tie Maryland with a 7-7 conference record heading into the season’s homestretch.

Wake will return to action against Georgia Tech on March 1 in Atlanta, Ga.

point lead into halftime, 27-18. Wake led by as much as 11 at the six-minute mark, their largest lead of the game.

However, Miami had outscored the Deacons 14-2 in the paint. The Deacons, on the other hand, netted eight points off of the Canes’ turnovers. Both teams combined for 35 turnovers in the game.

In the second half, however, the Hurricanes’ points on the perimeter helped the U chip away at the Deacons’ lead.

Both Reid and freshman Briyana Blair hit three-pointers, and when Wake’s freshman Brittany Waters fouled Miami’s LaToya Drake, the lead had dwindled to three, 38-35. After a Hurricanes timeout, sophomore Diane Barnes hit yet another layup, cutting the Deacons’ lead to one, 38-37.

With the score knotted at 40-38, Wake Forest coach Mike Petersen called a 20-second timeout with 6:33 on the clock. On the very next play, Waters atoned for her foul with a drive to the hoop, laying the ball in off the glass to give the Deacs a two-possession lead, 42-38.

Despite a season high 13 steals, Miami failed to capitalize on the Deacons’ miscues. Clutch freethrows made by both Tchangoe and Groves in the game’s waning minutes secured the team’s second conference win of the season. Wake never trailed in the game.

Christen Brown, the team’s lone senior, nabbed five rebounds her final game at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The Dalton, Ga. native started in 19 of the 102 games that she played in over the course of her career.

For their final game of the regular season, the women’s basketball team will travel to Blacksburg, Va., to face the Virginia Tech Hokies, the only other ACC opponent to fall to the Demon Deacons, on March 2. The team will then compete in the women’s ACC Tournament in Greensboro from March 6-9.

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Freshman forward Brittany Waters passes the ball during the Feb. 17 game against N.C. State at home. The team’s last game is on March 2 at Virginia Tech.

Scoreboard Wake in the Ranks Women’s basketball standings

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

ACC 13-0 12-1 10-3 8-4 6-6 6-6 6-6 5-7 3-9 2-10 2-11 1-11

All 26-2 28-2 21-7 20-8 20-7 18-9 16-11 17-10 10-17 9-18 15-13 14-13

Women’s tennis standings

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

ACC 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Men’s basketball standings All 5-4 8-3 7-1 5-1 4-1 7-2 7-2 7-4 5-3 3-2 4-6 2-5

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

ACC 11-2 10-2 7-5 8-6 7-6 6-6 6-6 5-8 4-7 4-9 4-9 3-9

All 26-2 23-3 19-7 17-11 17-11 19-7 16-9 16-12 11-14 15-12 13-13 13-12

ACC Leaderboard Women’s basketball

Points/g 1. Brittany Cook (Virginia Tech) 2. Kristi Toliver (Maryland) 3. Monica Wright (Virginia) 4. Kadijah Whittington (N.C. State) 5. Janie Mitchell (Georgia Tech)

Cook

Toliver

17.9 17.3 17.2 17.0 16.9

Women’s tennis National Rank

1. Ani Mijacika (Clemson) 2. Aurelija Miseviciute (Arkansas-Fayetteville) 3. Georgia Rose (Northwestern) 4. Amanda McDowell (Georgia Tech) 5. Maria Mosolova (Northwestern)

Mijacika

Miseviciute

Men’s basketball

Steals/g 1. Toney Douglas (Florida State) 2. Jeff Allen (Virginia Tech) 3. Jeff Teague (Wake Forest) 4. Cliff Hammonds (Clemson) 5. K.C. Rivers (Clemson)

Douglas

2.86 2.19 2.08 2.00 1.92

Allen

FOR THE AMATEUR

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Basketball playoff brackets will be available Feb. 29. Tennis, racquetball and softball sign-ups end March 5.

Playoffs are raging in indoor soccer, as teams whittle each other away in hopes of making it to the championship game March 2.

On the basketball side of Intramural sports, playoff brackets will be dispersed to team captains Feb. 29.

They will also be available for viewing at www.wfu.edu/campusrec.

Sign-ups for the spring sports – softball, tennis and racquetball – will continue this week and will end March 5.

The fees are as follows: Softball is $45, tennis is $20 and racquetball is $5.

You may sign up at the Intramural office in Reynolds Gym 204.

With the March Madness NCAA Tournament set to get underway while we are all gone for Spring Break, the Intramural department is going to organize a free online bracketology tournament.

More information regarding the Web site, username and password will

follow in next week’s For the Amateur, so stay tuned — Prizes will be awarded to the top bracketologists!

Basketball Official of the Week: Ryan Campbell Indoor Soccer Official of the Week: Beth Montplaisir

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Men’s tennis dominates the Cardinals, 6-1

By Alex Botoman | Staff writer

Powered by a revamped doubles lineup, the men’s tennis team preserved their unblemished home record with a 6-1 win over Louisville Feb. 23 at the Indoor Tennis Center.

The Deacs improved to 7-2 in dual match play and 5-0 at home, while the Cardinals dropped to 8-2.

After losing the doubles point in each of their last five matches, Head Coach Jeff Zinn debuted a new doubles lineup.

Sophomore Steve Forman and partner junior Cory Parr, ranked No. 42, were bumped up from their No. 2 doubles slot to take on Louisville’s No. 23 ranked team of Austen Childs and Simon Childs at the No. 1 position.

Junior Carlos Salmon and freshman Iain Atkinson played together for the first time against David Simon and Viktor Maksimcuk at the No. 2 doubles position.

Freshman Jonathan Wolff made his doubles debut, partnering with senior Mariusz Adamski to take on Cardinals Pablo Calligari and Robert Rotaru at the No. 3 position.

At the No. 3 spot Wolff and Adamski showed instant chemistry as they broke Louisville at 4-3 and jumped out to a 6-3 lead.

The Deacs had the match on their racket, serving at 7-5, but Calligari and Rotaru stayed alive by breaking to bring the match to 7-6.

With the Cardinals serving, the Deacs finished off the match 8-6, to give the early advantage to Wake.

At the No. 1 position, Parr and Forman played a tight match against the higher ranked pair of Austen and Simon Childs.

The match stayed on serve through the first 13 games.

With the Deacs up 7-6, they got the break to win the match 8-6 and clinch the doubles point for Wake. Salmon and Atkinson tacked

on a 7-6(4) win in a shortened match to complete the doubles sweep for the Deacons.

The singles would not start as well for Wake as they fell into early deficits across the board.

At the No. 2 position Forman fell into an early 4-1 hole against Simon Childs. Behind some strong serving, he rallied back to even the match at 4-4.

After picking up a break at 5-5, Forman held serve to take the set 7-5. He didn’t let up in the second set, winning it 6-4, extending his winning streak to a team high five matches and giving the Deacons a 2-0 lead.

Wolff turned in a strong performance for Wake at the No. 4 position against Louisville’s Maksimcuk.

He jumped out to an early lead and never looked back, posting a 6-4, 6-4 victory and extending Wake’s lead to 3-0.

Adamski faced a battle in the first set of No. 3 singles against Simon.

The set went to a tiebreaker that Adamski won to take the first set 7-6.

Simon was no match for Adamski in the second set as he coasted to a 6-2 win to take the match 7-6, 6-2 and clinch the victory for Wake Forest.

The No. 43 ranked Parr struggled against the Cardinal’s No. 40 ranked Austen Childs at the No. 1 position, losing 7-5, 6-3, and snapping a personal four match winning streak.

At No. 5 singles against Louisville’s Rotaru, sophomore Jason Morgenstern started out cold, dropping the first set 6-3 but found his groove in the second and third sets winning them 6-2, 6-2.

Atkinson added on the final point for the Deacons with a 7-6, 7-6 win over Calligari at the No. 6 position.

The Deacs take on Michigan and Davidson Mar. 1 at the Indoor Tennis Center before opening ACC play Mar. 5 at home against N.C. State.

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Junior Carlos Salmon returns the ball during the match Feb. 23 against Louisville. Salmon and freshman Iain Atkinson played a doubles match and won 7-6.

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Freshman Allie Bodemann follows through at the Northrup Grumman Invitational. Bodemann placed 21st at the Lady Gator Invite.

By Hailey Robbins | Staff writer The No. 13 ranked women’s golf team finished one under par and third overall after the three day Lady Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla., Feb. 22-24. The combined team scores of 910 marks the third lowest score in the history of the women’s golf program. Their final day score of one under par at 279 was the second lowest team score for any single day in program history.

Three Lady Deacs recorded record low scores for their career and season.The women’s golf team ended the first day of the invitational in sixth place.

Freshman Natalie Sheary, the Deacons’ top ranked golfer for the last five tournaments, concluded the first day tied for 11th place individually. At the end of the day Florida held a 10-stroke lead over second place Louisville.

After the first round, freshman Allie Bodemann and junior Nannette Hill remained evenly tied for 21st place, with five-over-par 75s. Senior Jordan Craig, playing solely as an individual, finished the first day tied for 27th place.

Although predicted thunderstorms laid ominous threats throughout the second day, the Deacons were able to slice six strokes off their score and move into forth place overall, only 11 strokes off third place.

Junior Jean Chua shaved seven strokes off her first round score. Sheary and Hill led the Deacs with two birdies each, finishing the round with three-over-par 73s. Sheary, coming off an individual win in her last tournament, concluded the three day invitational with an all time low score of 69, which tied her for forth place overall. Her three-day total of 214 marks a season low and for the second consecutive time she placed in the top five for individuals. Bodemann tied her personal best with a score of 72, tying her for 16th place and marking her second top twenty career finish.

“The entire team performed; we all finished in the top 40, but we definitely could have placed higher had we converted more birdies,” Chua said.

“To shoot our second lowest score as a team on such a tough course is a great boost of confidence for our next tournaments.”

Chua also recorded an all time low with a score of 68, the lowest score of anyone in the Gator Invitational. Her score of 68 allowed her to rise over 30 spots in ranking from the second to last day, from 69th to a tie for 31st.

“I had extraordinarily rough rounds the first two days. I was not hitting the ball well and lost my confidence putting,” Chua said. “Both coaches and I discussed how to move past my mental blocks and not press myself too hard. That third day, something just clicked, and I had one of my best rounds ever and the lowest score of my career.”

The entire team finished in the top 40. Senior Laura Crawford jumped significantly in ranking, ending 31st after the final round with a threeover-par final score. Hill finished in a tie for ninth place, rising 14 places.

The Lady Deacs shot their lowest score on one individual round since their last overall title win in the fall season.

The team looks to continue their low scoring and high-rankings with their next tournament, March 14-16 in Baton Rouge, La.

Much like the RPI, these numbers tend to deceive, despite their accurate depiction.

Such statistics are remnants of painful losses: Chas McFarland’s foul trouble and a general “on/off ” switch offense.

These numbers also fail to account for emotional wins such as that over Duke (45 percent from three, 71 percent from the free throw line and a winning margin of 13 points). With one win the Deacons established themselves as a legitimate contender for a spot in the tourney and have given themselves something more to play for than a “Welcome to the NIT” T-shirt.

With four winnable games, two of which are at the Joel, the Deacons are in a position to return to the “real” postseason for the first time since 2005.

The win over Duke and subsequent loss to Carolina sets up what could be an astounding ACC tournament.

Which Deacons will show up in Charlotte come April? Are we one of the teams that will heat up in the postseason?

Only time will tell, but for now all we can do is sit back and attempt to enjoy the ride, which has been strangely similar to driving down I-40 blindfolded. At a school which suddenly has become synonymous with football accolades, this year’s young basketball team has become quite a pleasant surprise.

Everyone knows that next year Wake brings in a potential group of one and done superstars.

What better way to keep them around than by establishing the current roster’s competence? What better way to reestablish Wake basketball than riding our bubble all the way into March?

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Freshman forward James Johnson takes the ball to the hoop against the Tar Heels, Feb. 24.

Johnson had a team high 22 points against Carolina.

“We didn’t (get a big run), part of a big run is making free throws,” Gaudio said.

“We kept getting that shot where we were running a set, but we were killing ourselves getting a shot from the left corner in front of our bench.”

UNC, on the other hand, was able to make those shots.

The Tar Heels were 26 of 34 from the charity stripe compared to the Deacons’ 8 of 17.

Tyler Hansbrough was in large part responsible for this, shooting 78.6 percent from the line and gaining 11 of his 29 points from the same point.

Foul trouble and the Tar Heels high shooting percentage in general led to the large Deacon

deficit and allowed the Tar Heels an 89-73 win.

Freshmen once again led the Deacons.

Freshmen guard Jeff Teague and forward James Johnson accounted for 40 of Wake Forest’s points.

Despite his foul troubles, McFarland was also able to get double digit points with 11 in only 22 minutes of play.

Gaudio must now prepare the Deacs for their final stretch of the regular season, which includes a home game against Maryland and back-to-back road games at Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech.

“The first thing I told them after the game was we have to play with a little bit more of emotional maturity on the road,” Gaudio said.

“We worry about this call a little bit and that call a little bit.

We have the best officials in the whole country, just play. That is all you have to do and we will learn.”

T h e Deacs are scheduled to tip-off against the Maryland Terrapins at 8 p.m. on Gaudio Feb. 28. “(We need) to win every game to make it to the NCAA tournament,” Williams said.

“We’ve got to do whatever we have to do, scratch, claw, to win these next four regular season games.”

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Track team fares well at Virginia Tech

By Matt Six | Staff writer

Senior Kevin Marion, sophomore Caroline Vaughn and sophomore Thomas Sensing led the Demon Deacons track and field squad at the Virginia Tech Challenge Feb. 22-23.

The Challenge marked the third time Wake has traveled to Blacksburg for a track meet.

The field events were held on Feb. 22 and Wake participated in the men’s and women’s long jump.

Marion and senior Kerry Major represented the Deacs in the long jump.

Marion posted an impressive distance of 7m, finishing tied for 12th place out of 52 participants.

Major posted a mark of 6.85m, finishing 21st.

For the women’s long jump Vaughn finished in 27th place with a distance of 5.22m.

The field events on Feb. 23 for the Deacs included men’s and women’s shot put, women’s pole vault, men’s triple jump and men’s unseeded pole vault.

Sensing shined in the shot put event for the Deacons.

He posted a personal best 15.21m in the event, finishing third in his flight and 11th overall out of 34 participants.

“Everything just clicked on the throw,” Sensing said.

“I finally activated the technique taught by our coach, Scott Hall. My teammates were supportive and the competition with the other throwers was good.”

Junior Boomer Peterson fared well with a throw of 14.29m, good for 16th overall.

For women’s shot put, senior Molly Kennedy threw for 11.67m.

Senior Jill Ahrens represented the Deacs in the women’s pole vault. She posted an impressive 3.55m, tying for the fifth highest of the day.

She cleared the 3.15m and 3.35m marks, leading up to her clearing the 3.55m mark.

The Deacons sent junior Javin Hutchinson to participate in the men’s triple jump.

This event is similar to the long jump; however, participants must jump from a

farther distance away and hop their way into the sand pit, jumping three times off one leg.

Hutchinson finished in 16th place with a distance of 14.11m.

Senior Taylor Wildman did not clear the 4.30m prerequisite in the men’s unseeded pole vault.

The track events were highlighted with Wake Forest victories Feb. 23 in the women’s distance medley and in the women’s 800m run by junior Nicole Schappert.

Wake fielded two women’s medley teams and they finished first and second with times of 11:44.47 and 12:06.65, respectively.

Schappert ran an impressive 2:11.17 in winning the 800m run.

Vaughn Marion, Major and Wildman competed in the men’s 60m dash.

Marion and Major both won their preliminaries with times of 6.83 and 6.88, respectively.

Only the top eight participants compete in the 60m dash finals, and Major missed the finals by a mere .02 seconds.

Marion competed in the finals and finished fourth with a time of 6.78 seconds.

Vaughn finished third in women’s 60m hurdles, posting a time of 8.64 and qualifying for the finals.

Senior Michelle Loyd and Kennedy finished back-to-back at 15th and 16th with times of 9.03 and 9.09, respectively.

In the finals, Vaughn ended up in fourth place with a time of 8.62 seconds.

“Our team is really excited for the ACC Championships,” Vaughn said.

“The ACC has some of the best hurdlers in the nation. I am excited about competing against them and I am also excited about our 4x400 team.”

This was their final regular season indoor meet before going to UNCChapel Hill, to compete in the ACC Championships.

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Junior Sierra Poske returns her opponent’s shot during a recent match. Poske won her match 7-6, 7-5 to capture the winning point in the Deacs’ defeat of Indiana University 4-3.

Deacons split two weekend matches Women’s tennis team hosts two Indiana schools Feb. 22-23

By Chris D’Auria | Staff writer The Wake Forest women’s tennis team hosted an Indiana double-header, facing No. 15 Notre Dame on Feb. 22 and No. 28 Indiana University on Feb. 23.

The first match saw the Demon Deacons come within inches of upsetting the Irish, falling 4-3.

Sophomore Sasha Kulikova won her match 6-1, 7-5, while juniors Christian Tara and Sierra Poske chipped in

wins of their own – Tara with a score of 6-1, 6-4 and Poske with a score of 2-6, 6-1, 7-6.

Unfortunately, these wins accounted for only half of the total singles matches, the other half of which were won by Notre Dame.

The tiebreaker came in the form of the doubles point, which was won by Notre Dame.

However, Ana Jerman and Christian Tara made sure that the Irish did not win all three doubles matches, annihilating their opponents, 8-0.

After nearly upsetting No. 15 Notre Dame Feb. 22, the Lady Deacons of the tennis courts were able to come back from a 3-0 deficit against Indiana Feb. 23 to defeat the Hoosiers the next day 4-3.

Poske was able to clinch the winning point, defeating her opponent in a three-set nail-biter: 1-6, 7-6, 7-5.

Kulikova helped spur the comeback by defeating her opponent, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Freshman Katarina Reveche, the only Wake player to win her opening set, defeated her opponent in a sweep, 6-4, 7-6.

In addition to great success in the singles division, Wake Forest was also able to clinch the doubles point.

Poske and Kulikova smoked their opponents, 8-2, while Alex Hirsch and Jenna Loeb followed suit and beat their opponents by the same score.

Next the Deacs will travel to Texas for matches against Texas A&M on March 1 and Baylor on March 2.

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• Choosing simpler hotels (no room service, no elevator) saves money.

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•Skip hotel breakfasts if not included and eat with the locals.

•Bring your Visa and ATM cards and pass on travelers’ checks.

•Split meals in restaurants.

DAY TRIPS Whether you’re staying on campus or going back home to see the family, you too can plan an exciting , relaxing Spring Break.

We’ve taken day trips since our grade school days and they still provide great entertainment even as university students.

Here’s a list of fun activities to do that usually require minimal travel.

•Grab some popcorn and go see a movie.

•Feel intellectual and visit a local museum.

•Pamper yourself with a trip to the spa or have your own spa day.

•Be a dogooder and volunteer.

•Make the drive to your nearest major city and enjoy a day on the town.

•Take in nature and go for a hike •Partake in retail therapy and go shopping.

•Get your thrills at an amusement park.

•Visit a city or town in your state that you’ve never been to before.

•Cook a gourmet meal.

FLYING FOR (WHAT FEELS LIKE) FREE Spring Break is a great time to go back home with friends.

If you’re flying out of Greensboro, you may want to try flying SkyBus. The new airline offers great rates to select cities.

The only drawback is the airports it flies into are usually smaller and may be out of the way. There are flights from Greensboro to Chicago, Hartford, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale and New York. SkyBus also guarantees 10 seats for $10 every day.

My sister is coming down for Easter and her roundtrip total is around $86. JetBlue is also another lowfare airline that features great travel deals to smaller airports.

It does not fly out of Greensboro but services Charlotte and RaleighDurham. JetBlue flies to more cities than SkyBus. In addition to the continental US, it flies to Aruba, Mexico, St. Maarten, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. The cheap fare saves money and allows for more expensive lodging and spending.

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By Kara Peruccio | Life editor With Spring Break just around the corner, many university students are counting down the days to a week of fun and, more importantly, no classes. However, if you don’t have any plans or are staying on campus, here are some strategies and ideas for a fun-filled Spring Break.

LAST MINUTE DEALS As college students, many of us would love elaborate trips, but they often don’t work into our budgets.

The Internet though is our friend and offers a plethora of sites that will find cheap deals even at the 11th hour.

Tr a v elocity f e a t u re s last-minute packages with weekly deals.

Though the dates are usually Friday through Sunday, they have many fun and often unique locations for under $300 a person.

The search allows you to pick different departure cities (the closest being Raleigh-Durham) and offers prices based on where you fly from.

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The last-minute deals are ideal for people looking to get away for the weekend cheaply.

Expedia also boasts a deals and destinations site but it is not as inclusive as Travelocity’s.

The site is very useful if you live in a big city and want to get a hotel for the night.

If you’ve ever had the itch to visit Sin City, if you book by March 14, Expedia is offering Vegas hotels from $40 and flights with two nights from $262 along with additional deals. Travel + Leisure, a magazine famous for its exotic desti-

nations and luxurious hotels, boasts a Hot Deals section on its Web site with links to such articles as “27 Affordable Beach Resorts,” “Best Places to Stretch a Weak Dollar” and “OffSeason Beach Bargains.”

They additionally post deals for unique vacations including South African game reserves, which might prove out of the average student’s budget.

The “Best Places to Stretch a Weak Dollar” is an enlightening slide show of photos of fantastic locations that are possible to travel to on our failing dollar.

The locations include Eastern Europe (think Zagreb, Croatia and Prague, Czech Republic), New Zealand (one New Zealand dollar costs $0.77), Mexico (cheap hotel rooms and a great spring break spot) and South America (especially Argentina, Brazil and Chile).

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Croatia is an attractive tourist attraction because of its extensive coastline and preserved Renaissance towns.

New Zealand attracts many tourists for its nature parks and outdoor activities such as bungee jumping.

Interested in a low-cost nightlife? Prague has become a top European destination for its cheap bars and clubs.

Nuclear Cooooookie Crisp | Not for the faint of heart

Event disappoints students after weeks of anticipation Austin H. Jones Staff columnist

Have you seen the geese flying over campus recently? They hit it up anywhere between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. most mornings and 6 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. in the evening. I recommend you check them out. Legend has it that some cold-hearted person released them in Reynolda Village, and they make the trek to Pilot Mountain every morning and come back every night.

Legend used to have it that Wake Frost was going to be P*I*M*P*E*D out this year. On the other hand, I had also heard that it was going to be worse than last year.

Despite both of these biases, I managed to swing by Wake Frost with an open mind.

I didn’t expect to find a handful of overpaid yet perpetually disgruntled carnival workers operating the fatal mix of rusty metal and cracking plastic that they were calling a ferris wheel.

Nor did I expect to find a fully-stocked refreshment table, complete with an empty pot of chili, empty metal pots of hot chocolate (which I found out are called urns) and an almost immediate – and unresolved – shortage of cups.

And I definitely didn’t expect to see a tiny group of people skating around

on a 30-by-10-foot rink made of what seemed to be a bunch of cutting boards stuck together.

Although I wasn’t expecting to find these things, they are exactly what the Student Union made arrangements for.

Now, I don’t think it’s my place to criticize the Student Union. They do a wonderful job of providing a common enemy that everyone can point to as concrete evidence that, academics aside, we’re not getting our money’s worth.

I can, however, commend the Student Union’s execution of the horse-drawn carriages.

They probably weren’t all that fancy though, seeing as my perception of a good carriage ride is a tad skewed.

As some of you might recall, over Christmas break my town hosted an

annual event downtown which included horse-drawn carriage rides.

One of these carriages – pulled by a gigantic horse aptly named Rambo – careened out of control, plummeting into the even more gigantic (and even more aptly named) Big Oak. To make a long story short, the oak’s branches did not give even the slightest bit, Rambo’s neck snapped and the passengers were thrown from the carriage, landing softly on the fresh hide of the late Rambo.

So, compared to my town’s experiences with horse-drawn carriages, I don’t think you could even consider those few extra piles of horse droppings here and there bothersome.

Even more disappointing was the ephemerally comforting heat that the sparsely distributed space heaters let

off, which merely warmed up my hat, reminding me that it was 40 degrees and windy and that I was wearing sandals.

Basically, I couldn’t help but think how similar Wake Frost was to the Donner Party, minus cannibalism, of course – but that’s not to say I didn’t consider it.

Although I’ve said some pretty raw stuff about the whole deal, I strongly recommend going next year.

Now, I know some of you just read that and though, “Why on earth would anyone want to go to Wake Frost next year?” Here’s why: last year someone got hit on the head with a ferris wheel part.

Think about how much it has already improved.

Next year they might bring in some ninjas and penguins. That chance alone is enough for me.

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B8 Thursday, February 28, 2008 Maybe an Oscar would help Michael Jackson feel better about the loss of Neverland.

He Said | Advice on sex and the fairer sex

Bad girls stir up equal amounts of trouble Teddy Aronson Staff columnist

Oscar Buzz

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This year’s Oscars, held on Feb. 24, may or may not have left audiences unsatisfied with the chosen winners on Sunday night. No Country for Old Men received best motion picture with the directors Joel and Ethan Cohen winning both best director and best adapted screenplay. The best actor award went to Daniel Day-Lewis for his role in There Will Be Blood while best actress went to Marion Cotillard for her performance in the French film La Vie En Rose.

No more Neverland?

Michael Jackson’s infamous estate Neverland may face serious foreclosure if he continues to avoid paying a hefty $24.5 million. The 2,800-acre ranch, located along the coast of California, could potentially belong to the highest bidder at a public auction on the steps of the Santa Barbara County courthouse if M.J. does not get his payment in by March 19th. The embellished property not only has its own personal zoo, but it also includes a fullfledged amusement park with Peter Pan statues that coincide with the estate’s name.

How ‘bout them apples?

It’s not another version of the iPod, but on Feb. 26, Apple Inc. announced the recent upgrade of their wellknown Macbook and Macbook Pro notebook computers. For memory and processing purposes, the laptops will now include 2 gigabytes as well as new Intel processor chips. In addition to updated hard drives, they will also have Nvidia graphic processor chips, added video memory and video cameras. Prices start at $1,099 and are available through Apple retailers and their Web site.

Drink of the Week Leap Year

This tangy but sweet drink may make you leap with it’s citrus flavor. Refreshing and simple, who doesn’t want to have one of these?

2 oz gin .5 oz sweet vermouth .5 oz Grand Marnier orange liqueur .25 oz lemon juice Ice Directions: Mix all the ingredients into a shaker with ice. Strain and pour into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with an orange or lemon twist.

In response to last week’s She Said column, you are on to something with the notion of bad boys.

They will tear your world up, replanting it with unlived excitements and thrills, all the while pull off a less than mediocre rendition of Vin Diesel in The Fast and the Furious.

But to be fair, there are two slices of bread to this bad-ass sandwich.

For all the bad boys in the world, one can find their counterpart in each and every bad girl.

The bad girl is the impassioned fire stokers of testosterone-based coals.

The coals all males hold dear, from each pubescent victim of biology to those whose flames have seen brighter days filled with memories of emotional, physical and interpersonal ups and downs. My friends, bad girls are here to stay. They’ve been

around since the days of Cleopatra and Ceasar.

Take cover and brace for impact for these girls will nevertheless give the bad boys a run for their money.

Now there are certain stereotypical associations that I don’t need to elaborate on of this exotic taxonomy, many of which relate back to sexual prospects.

They’re fun, exciting, willing and, not to make any broad generalizations, but typically they maneuver their good looks in their favor.

At this point, any member of the male gender may ask, well what’s the problem here?

For many dudes, there simply is no problem.

They have the looks, the personality most guys dream of .

They also have a sex drive whose sole rival is that couple across the street who seem to have been breeding a sloth of grizzlies and throwing them into a pit of screaming death in their room each night around 11 p.m.

I must submit a forewarning, however.

Most girlfriend horror stories you hear through the grapevine stem from these types of girls. One must

weigh the costs with the benefits heavily before even considering getting involved with our deceptive delights.

For one thing, you can’t be too comfortable with someone who knows every guy she sees wants her and who isn’t exactly shy around strangers – in more ways than one.

Also, there’s a good chance she’s, in a word, crazy.

From psychotic stuntman driving to partying that makes Studio 54 in its prime resemble Happy Cuddly Snuggle Bear with Rainbows Daycare Center, you will never see a dull moment.

Of course, one can find the offshoot personalities of select bad girls, ranging from the self-obsessed to the extroverted, full-scale, grade A, stalkers.

But the correct use of a sharp mind equipped with a pair of quick feet can get anyone out of this dilemma.

Now we have a fork in the road.

Should guys fight their instincts when faced with the baddest of bad girls, or should they strap themselves in and hope for the best?

When it comes to serious relationships, most guys will look towards the more wholesome girl with a bit

of unchecked spice every here and there, sort of a moderated version of the bad girl who provides a spice which consists of a dump truck filled to the brim with the hottest cayenne peppers you can find.

On the bad girl scale I can’t narrow down what it is exactly each man is looking for in his ideal mate, though.

Some desire the perpetual adventures of the most raw bad girl experience, while some hope for the most innocent of innocents.

Every guy is looking for something different Whatever the case may be, bad girls have as much to bring to the table as any other girl, it’s purely a matter of tastes and preferences.

But what guy doesn’t love a little craziness in his life every now and then?

Just make sure to bring your thick skin, a high tolerance for pain and probably any sort of riot-defense weaponry.

“He Said” is a bi-weekly column that presents one guy’s perspective on the college sex scene. You may contact him with your feedback or ideas at aronrt7@ wfu.edu.

Lummox | By Will Warren

Movie Review | Definitely, Maybe

Definitely, Maybe restores faith in romantic comedies

By Kell Wilson | Editor in chief

A good romantic comedy is hard to come by.

Either the jokes aren’t funny, the acting is atrocious or the relationship is completely unrealistic. If the movie’s really bad, it can even be a combination of all three.

Luckily for us who admire a good love story, Adam Brooks’ new movie, Definitely, Maybe, is able to avoid becoming another melodramatic romance and provides movie-goers with a refreshing, downto-earth comedy.

Definitely, Maybe is the story of Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds), a 30-something New Yorker who’s had three chances at love, has somehow ruined them all and is even currently in the middle of divorcing one of the women.

The movie starts out with him picking up his 10-year-old daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), from school after her first impromptu sex ed class.

Like most children when earning Definitely, Maybe labout sex for the first time, Starring | Ryan Reynolds, Maya is full of Abigail Breslin and Isla Fisher questions that Director | Adam Brooks her reluctant Who’s it for? | Those hoping father has a to watch a realistic romantic hard time comedy. answering.

Inevitably Running Time | 1 hrs 52 min. the converRating | (out of 5) sation veers towards how Will met her mother, and after Maya finds out that her father had multiple relationships before she was born, the girl demands to know which relationship was with her mom.

Unwilling at first, Will finally consents to tell her all three stories but with one condition: He’ll change all the names of the women and Maya had to figure out for herself which of the ladies was her mother.

Will’s romances start in 1992 with his college sweetheart whom he calls Emily (Elizabeth Banks).

Will has just graduated from college in Wisconsin and is about to leave for New York City to work on the campaign for presidential hopeful Bill Clinton.

Emily fears that the city will change him too much and you immediately feel sorry for her since, as Maya puts it, “everyone knows that the girl at the beginning of the story gets dumped.”

Just before he leaves, Emily asks Will to look up one of her friends in New York and deliver something for her.

Enter “Summer” (Rachel Weisz), the typical corrupting woman who is having sex with her professor and has the ability to destroy careers with her words.

The first time she’s introduced, Summer lacks character depth which makes you resent her at

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Abigail Breslin and Ryan Reynolds star as a Maya and Will Hayes, a daughter and father who bond over the story of how Will met Maya’s mother, in the movie Definitely, Maybe. the beginning. However, as the story progresses over the next few years, you get to see a softer, more vulnerable side that makes you root for her, just a little.

The third and final woman is April (Isla Fisher), the copy girl who works with Will on the Clinton campaign.

Her quirky, free-spirited attitude is completely opposite of Will’s business-like approach to everything. She definitely has more personality than both Emily and Summer and you find yourself liking her right off the bat.

The acting by all parties was surprisingly good.

It took me a second to accept Reynolds as a father figure since I still remember him from movies like Van Wilder and Waiting.

However, thanks to his acting ability, it didn’t take me long to become invested and connected to his character.

I’m glad that he’s starting to take different roles that showcase his talent.

Breslin is perfect as the 10-year-old daughter

whose main goal is to see her father happy again, even if she has to coerce him into it. Out of the three girlfriends, I thought that Fisher was definitely the most intriguing and convincing.

Maybe it was her character’s constant carefree attitude that appealed so much to my similar college student mind-set, but Fisher made her character more lovable and realistic than Weisz or Banks were able to accomplish.

I think one of my favorite things about this movie was that it had me guessing up until the last 20 minutes or so.

The end was totally different then I thought it would be and it made me appreciate the film more for it. In the end, Definitely, Maybe is a feel good love story that doesn’t overload you with sap or horrible plot lines.

Although it can be corny is some places, they are easy enough to over look in the grand scheme of the movie. This isn’t the next Bridget Jones or Love Actually, but it will pick your spirits up and restore your faith in love.

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Restaurant Review | Oyster Bay

Modest restaurant offers dishes at a reasonable price

have your choice between boiled and fried.

There is a variety of differOyster Bay is a great place to go for copious amounts of good ent fish you can order, such as flounder, trout, catfish, perch, seafood at a great price.

For anyone who may be think- salmon and mahi-mahi. Scallops, ing “I don’t like seafood,” or “I’m shrimp, oysters, stuffed deviled allergic to seafood,” don’t worry – crab and lobster are also available.

Oyster Bay has You can a full selection Oyster Bay also go with of non-seafood Location | 576 Hanes Mall Blvd. one of the meals such as many combos burgers, salads, Hours | 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sun. - Thurs.

11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Fri. - Sat. offered, hot dogs, steaks though its and pork and a Serving | Seafood advised to variety of appe- Dress | Casual order these tizers. Appetizbetween two ers range from Price Range | $10 - $20 people as they crab legs to pop- Rating | (out of 5) are a steamcorn shrimp to ing mound frog legs or, the most popular, a blooming onion of fresh seafood.

The broiled combo includes and hot wings.

They are priced between $3 any two items out of flounder, for soups to $10 for the crab jumbo shrimp, scallops and oyslegs. There is also a variety of ters for only $13.99, or there is sandwiches, salads and wraps, the four item broiled combo all between $4 and $8. When with a fillet of flounder, jumbo it comes to seafood entrees, you shrimp, scallops and deviled crab

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for $14.99. The broiled platters come with a tossed salad, cole slaw and either a baked potato or hushpuppies.

The fried combos include the Oyster Bay special combo (flounder, jumbo shrimp, scallops, oysters, deviled crab and clam strips) for only $12.99.

There is also the Fisherman’s special combo (flounder, popcorn shrimp, scallops, oysters and deviled crab) for $12.79.

The fried selections are served with hushpuppies, coleslaw and either French fries or a baked potato.

One can also order a steak and seafood combination ranging from $18.29 for steak and jumbo shrimp, to $23.99 for steak and lobstertail.

There are also Oyster Bay specialties on the menu such as chicken scampi with rice ($8.99) and the cajun shrimp creole with rice ($9.99).

If you don’t like any of the combinations they have put together,

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Near the popular Stratford and Hanes Mall area, Oyster Bay is a convenient place to satisfy seafood cravings. Their low prices make it even more appealing. you can put together your own combinations.

Two-item combinations are $9.99 and four item combinations are $11.99.

The service is efficient and the staff very welcoming and friendly.

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It is a great place to go for good seafood that is affordable for us college students on a budget.

If you are over 21, they have a good selection of wines and beers to choose from to accompany your dinner. Also, if you are

throwing a large party, it’s good to know that Oyster Bay also has a catering service.

Oyster Bay is conveniently located next to Hanes Mall on Hanes Mall Boulevard, right next to the Lonestar restaurant.

Event Review | Wings

By Jacob Bathanti | Staff writer

The world of true literary fantasy and science fiction, wherein authors develop characters, address real issues (albeit through the viewpoint of an elf-king or some such) and are actually able to write competently, is pretty sparsely populated.

It is a cliché that works in this genre – the fur loin-clothed elves disparaged in the introduction to After the King, an exception to this rule – have become a regrettable, if entertaining, truism as Dungeons and Dragons dictates to literature.

In the other direction, overly serious science fiction is merely annoying – needless infusions of feminist dogma mar A.S. Byatt’s well-written The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye, for example.

It’s as if authors treat the genre as merely a gun-turret from which tiresome allegory can be inflicted on unsuspecting readers via a mechanism of trolls and genies and anthropologically accurate boggarts. In light of this, the balance between literariness, entertainment value and moral engagement struck by Susanna Clarke is especially welcoming.

Clarke, a Briton, gained fame with 2004’s Jonathon Strange & Mr. Norrell, an 800-page re-imagining of England in the Napoleonic era. To the already heady atmosphere of the times, she added an underlying alternate history of an English magical tradition, long-dormant.

Strange & Norrell supposedly took Clarke a decade to complete, so The Ladies of Grace Adieu is a real boon to readers.

It is a collection of short stories that returns to the England of Strange & Norrell, but with an impressively deep range of subject matter within that world.

Clarke takes us out of the drawing rooms of London, and the tents and taverns of the Iberian campaign, into the English countryside, where small-landed gentry provide the milieu for a curious interplay of magic and manners.

Clarke’s characters, always well-drawn and full of appropriate quirks, run the gamut from an exiled Cambridge man to a fairy prince to the magician Jonathon Strange, with guest appearances by the Duke of Wellington and Mary, Queen of Scots. One of Clarke’s principal achievements is to have drawn a kingdom of Faerie whose denizens are as amusingly ignorant of human behavior as men are of fairy mores.

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Mrs. Stilson (Lauren Gaston) has to relearn how to communicate after her stroke leaves her handicapped.

Performances alone save strange drama

By CeCe Brooks | Life editor

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Susanna Clarke’s most recent novel gives an entertaining story of fantasy and magic with a quality that other books of this genre lack.

The clashes between these two mutually uncomprehending systems of comportment are as amusing as are the clashes between such characters as Mr. Simonelli, the outrageously vain and prickly Cambridge clergyman, and Mrs. Gathercole, the equally vain and prickly matron who is his sparring-partner in “Mr. Simonelli, or The Fairy Widower.”

Clarke’s work is, then, a double or triple comedy – astute social commentary is augmented by a fantastic element in which, nonetheless, one can see mirrors of English conventions.

Clarke writes with a very light touch, making the most of her gift for characterization through dialogue and mannerism.

However, a penchant for deft humor does not preclude a darker side to her stories.

These are, after all, fairy stories in the truest

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sense of the word, and the reader is welladvised to remember that not all enchantments end with a witticism.

The title story, which deals with three young women of good birth who practice magic as their only alternative to a dull existence in the titular hamlet, is a particularly good example of this maxim.

Clarke examines feminist themes without being overbearing and spins a darn good yarn whose last few paragraphs sent chills down my spine.

The Ladies of Grace Adieu is fine entertainment above all else. With eight well-written fantasy stories with a brain, this collection is a fountain of study breaks, a diamond in the rough for a student of that genre, and – wonder of wonders – escapist fiction that you’ll still respect in the morning.

It is difficult to imagine what the unimaginable is like.

Suffering from a stroke and losing your ability to speak is one such experience that most people couldn’t comprehend.

Playwright Arthur Kopit tries to do this in Wings.

Wings, inspired by the stroke of Kopit’s father, attempts to demonstrate the feelings and especially the frustrations stroke victims feel.

The plot basically consists of Mrs. Stilson, played by junior Lauren Gaston, a former pilot who had a stroke and her road to recovery after weeks, maybe months, of confusion and aggravation.

Helping her along the way is a therapist named Amy, played by junior Rebecca Kahane.

Mostly we are taken through Mrs. Stilson’s thoughts and interpretations to what is going on and the occasional glimpses into her life before the stroke.

Although I appreciate the effort and the reasoning behind the play, it was hard for me personally to get into it.

I guess I might be too much of a subscriber to the average movie/play story arc, but the lack of a beefy plotline limited my approval of Wings.

The audience does get some insight into a story, as the play starts out with Mrs. Stilson’s stroke and shows her gradual healing process.

However, the majority of the play is dominated by Mrs. Stilson’s largely nonsensical monologues.

I do applaud Kopit for really illustrating the frustrations stroke patients have when they try to communicate.

Sometimes, however, I got so frustrated I got distracted from the point of it.

Now, going into the university’s production of Wings.

Since I have never seen a different version of Wings I cannot really contrast Director Cindy Gendrich’s interpretation to any other.

From her notes in the program, I can see that Gendrich tried as best she could to emulate what Kopit imagined and what being a stroke victim is really like.

The craziness starts within the first few moments of the play.

In what I suppose to be the illustration of what the stroke looks

like to the victim, there is an array of loud noises, large unidentifiable images projected against the wall and multiple people, either medical workers or Mrs. Stilson look-alikes, with Phantom of the Opera-looking masks.

After my initial shock, I began to understand what was happening.

Eventually, I guess as Mrs. Stilson is recovering, the masks are removed and the other characters begin to speak, whether they are other patients or medical workers.

At first, when the masks are on, these other characters seem robotic, uncaring and strange as Mrs. Stilson begins to be able to communicate more efficiently the masks are removed and show many of the characters as kind and caring.

The thing I never really came to understand were the strange audio-visual effects.

As previously stated, there were often unidentifiable images projected onto the back wall in the Ring Theatre.

Maybe if the images were a little more clear (only once or twice was I able to see what the picture was) I might have understood their use, but that just simply wasn’t the case.

Additionally, many times when a character other than Mrs. Stilson was speaking, the actors would be uttering lines while a pre-recorded track of the lines played simultaneously.

Based on my many experiences with theatre and scripts, I was in awe of Lauren Gaston’s performance.

I know it is often hard for an actor to nail a five to 20 minute monologue, so Gaston’s hour and a half presence on stage with little interruption was astounding.

The characters of Amy and Billy, the closest supporting roles, were played by junior Rebecca Kahane and senior Eric Pearce respectively also with great talent.

The other actors were sophomore Danny Mullins, alumna Tiffany Waddell, junior Luke Kohler, sophomore Jenny Malarkey, junior Stephany Rayburn, freshman Lizzy Thomas and junior Mary-Hollis Williams.

Although I may not have personally loved or understood Wings, I cannot cite the performances as a reason.

I simply didn’t identify with the script and the presentation.

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Music Review | District Line

Hüsker Dü guitarist exudes depth in solo effort

By Erik Forseth | Contributing writer Among the many divisionals I took freshman year, few stood out like my religion class. The professor was terrific, but one of my most vivid memories from the course — I’m a little embarrassed to admit — has nothing to do with the subject matter.

The professor, excited about an upcoming concert, asked the class if we were familiar with Bob Mould.

I don’t recall many signs of recognition among my classmates, but when the words “Hüsker Dü” were mentioned, I’m guessing a few ears perked up.

Bob Mould is easily most wellknown as the former guitar player and co-songwriter of that band, a sublime outfit of such undeniable genius that it’s difficult to know how to properly describe their work and how to come to terms with their legacy.

Unfortunately, he’s not nearly

as well-known for the rest of his remarkable body of work.

Mould released two solo albums after Hüsker Dü’s 1988 breakup (check out the astounding Workbook), and from 1992-1994 his band Sugar released two melodic full-length albums, which ought to be owned by anybody whose “Favorite Music” section on Facebook includes something to the effect of “early ‘90s alternative rock.”

Guitar players: take note as well. To my mind, Sugar’s application of colossal guitarplaying to straight-ahead pop music ranks them alongside My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Mould’s solo work has been varied and more difficult to categorize than his ensemble work, alternately featuring intense acoustic confessionals, flirtations with electronic music culminating with 2002’s Modulate and a good heaping of the guitar-based

pop song-writing for which he’s so often acclaimed.

The new disc, District Line, like 2005’s Body of Song, is much more in this last vein than anything else Mould has done for quite some time.

Electronic touches are still present, though, and more evident on some songs than others. “Stupid Now,” the opening tune, is a good example of the balance on much of the album — a relatively direct rocker, the song explodes into an incredibly memorable refrain dressed up in a panoply of effects.

“Shelter Me,” on the other hand, is almost entirely electronic and extremely dance-friendly.

This sort of thing should come as no surprise; Mould does a considerable amount of live DJ work.

The record is closed out by “Walls in Time,” a passionate acoustic number that has supposedly been in Mould’s live repertoire for some number of years now.

Live drumming on the album is handled by Fugazi’s Brendan Canty. With Fugazi, Canty and bassist Joe Lally formed the pulsing glue for a band which was always extraordinarily rhythmic, and while there isn’t much of an opportunity for Canty to stretch out here, his playing is reliably excellent.

Throughout the record, Mould continues to write powerfully about human relationships.

From my perspective, one of the most compelling things about the musicians, involved in the hard-core and post hardcore musical periods of the 1980s was the depth of feeling that they plumbed in so much of that work and their work after the dissolution of those bands.

Hüsker Dü was among the most furious and abrasive of hard-core groups at one point, and yet Mould and drummer/ co-songwriter Grant Hart turned out to be gay.

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Bob Mould proves that stereotyping and genre classifications can lead to false conclusions.

These artists have continually defied the expectations of those dismissive of hard-core, and Bob Mould has been consistently surprising and delightful.

District Line is simply another testament to this depth. Mould’s

intensity is starting sometimes – this is nothing new -– but this record is an uplifting musical affair.

I’ll be surprised if I hear a new release that I play more often this Spring.

Event Preview | The Vagina Monologues

Controversial play empowers and comforts women

By Caitlin Brooks | Staff writer

Vagina. Say it. You can’t; not without laughing or at least cracking a smile.

No one takes it seriously. Vagina. There are a thousand euphemisms for it and even more jokes about it. Vagina. It is degraded, belittled and objectified.

But on March 5 and 6, “vagina” will be center stage. A cast of diverse and driven women will come together to glorify and celebrate the word and all its manifold connotations. Vagina. They can say it.

More than 10 years ago, playwright Eve Ensler interviewed 200 women in New York City in what would become known as the “Vagina Interviews.” Women were asked to talk about their vaginas and in doing so, their sexuality, history and lives.

The interviews revealed uncertainty, insecurity and pain, but also triumph

and joy. The resulting play, The Vagina Monologues, is a series of monologues – some grave, some funny – based on selections from these interviews.

The show is designed to reach out to all women and to help them to understand themselves and connect to other women.

From its off-Broadway premiere in 1998, The Vagina Monologues blossomed into an international phenomenon.

V-Day, as it has come to be known, is now a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. One hundred twenty nations and thousands of college campuses will perform the monologues and donate 90 percent of their proceeds to organizations that support women suffering from violence in the Gulf South of the United States, especially those affected by Hurricane Katrina.

The other 10 percent of proceeds go

to a local charity selected by individual event organizers. Second year graduate student Shelley Grabes is directing the university’s production this year.

The discretionary 10 percent of proceeds will go to Winston-Salem Family Services for this year’s performances.

“I think it’s a really important show to have at Wake because the conception is that it’s (Wake’s) an incredibly conservative campus. In some ways that’s an oversimplification,” Grabes said.

“Even if it’s true, that Wake is conservative, it’s an oversimplification even of that. Even people who lean conservative politically are interested in social causes.

“We want the greatest amount of women to be able to identify with the women in the monologues and feminist issues they address. We have many women from diverse backgrounds and

age groups in the cast; white, black, freshmen, seniors, experienced actors and novices,” Grabes said.

Senior Emily White performs “The Vulva Club” in the upcoming show. It is a highly comedic monologue that explores the perspective of a woman who “names things.” The audience accompanies her as she comes into her own sexuality and discovers what is really in a name.

White spoke to her motivation in joining the cast. “As women, your sexuality has been constructed by men a lot, and that’s wrong,” she said.

“This play is about women’s sexuality.

Why not embrace something that is so great, you know?”

Senior Samantha Spath, a women’s and gender studies minor, performs “Outrageous Vagina Fact” in the show: one of three fascinating and informative minimonologues interspersed in the play. “I

never would have become a women’s and gender studies minor if I’d never come to Wake,” she said.

“It’s a unique situation here. Girls are supposed to be ambitious and intelligent, but at the same time, they are dumbing themselves down for guys.

“They are supposed to be promiscuous and sexually giving but not talk about sex. Just shut up and do it. These monologues are supposed to get people talking,” Spath said.

White and Spath summed up what they hoped people would take away from the show: “We just want women to be comfortable with their bodies and their sexuality. Not just to be sexual, but to be comfortable. It should not just be for guys, it should be for themselves,” they said. The Vagina Monologues will take place at 8 p.m. March 5-6 in Brendle Recital Hall.

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Event Preview | Apollo’s Fire

Alumna returns to conduct season’s final Secrest event

By Brittany Wyche | Staff writer

By all appearances, the final concert in the 2007-2008 Secrest Artists Series will be a truly memorable one.

The director of the orchestra, Jeannette Sorrell, will be returning to Wait Chapel to conduct the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, Apollo’s Fire and guest mezzosoprano Jennifer Larmore.

Graduating in 1986 from the university, Sorrell went on to study with many talented and famous musicians, including Leonard Bernstein.

She has also served as a conducting fellow at the Aspen Music Festival and has won the Audience Choice Award in the 1991 Spivey International Competition for her skills on the harpsichord.

Becoming a finalist for the assistant conductor post with the Cleveland Orchestra eventually led to the founding of Apollo’s Fire.

The ensemble has toured, recorded and performed both national and international broadcasts.

The group is dedicated to the performance of 17th and 18th

century music — specifically using the period instruments for which the pieces were originally written.

With musicians from North America and Europe, the ensemble has received international critical acclaim and is broadcast on major international stations such as National Public Radio, Britain’s BBC, Canada’s CBC and European Community Radio.

Jennifer Larmore, the guest vocalist, also has an impeccable resume to add to the upcoming performance.

Larmore has appeared in every major opera city in the world and has an extensive repertoire.

It is clear that she is in her element in classical music performance.

From Handel, to Mozart, to Bellini, to Donizetti and especially Rossini, she is able to perform a wide variety of styles and complexities. With more than 70 CDs, she is indisputably the most recorded mezzo-soprano of all time.

Additionally, she has been viewed by millions of people throughout the world when in her performance of the Olympic

Hymn at the closing ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

The day after the Secrest performance, Larmore will give a master class at 11 a.m. in Brendle Recital Hall.

This class, which is free and open to the public, will feature the performances of four senior voice students from the university music department: Joshua Bennett, Rebecca Henriques, Jared Lilly and Johanna Young.

Professor Teresa Radomski will give a pre-performance talk for those attending the event at 6:40 p.m. in the Balcony Room.

Following this, these talented and experienced musicians will be performing at 7:30 p.m. in Wait Chapel.

The performance is free for all university faculty, staff and students.

It is open to those in the community for $20 general admission.

The concert program will include selections form Vivaldi, Handel, Bach and Rameau, and it is sure to be a thoroughly impressive evening of classical performance.

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In the final Secrest event of the 2007-2008 season, university alumna Jeannette Sorrell conducts the Cleveland Baroque Orchestra and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Laramore.

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Baseball: Deacs take one of three from Waves in Malibu

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Sophomore Phil Negus earned the victory for the Deacs, pitching 3.2 innings of relief and only allowing one hit.

The Deacs, as well as Pepperdine, were plagued with mistakes that both teams chalked up to earlyseason jitters, as the teams combined for three errors, five hit by pitches and four wild pitches during the game. The rain proved to be a negative factor.

“I believe the rain affected the mentality of the games. You’re amped to play and you have one game canceled and delays and I think it did hurt,” Linnenkohl said.

After the second game, Wake was forced to wait through another rain delay before playing the third game of the series.

With rain in the area again, the game was pushed back to 4 p.m. after its scheduled 1:30 p.m. start time.

The Deacs would have preferred a cancellation, as Pepperdine exploded for 22 runs, leading 18-0 after five, and ultimately winning 22-3.

The fourth inning netted 10 runs for the Waves, and the Deacs used seven different pitchers on the day. Wake collected three runs on five hits, with des-

ignated hitter Weldon Woodall going 2-2 with three RBIs and shortstop Dustin Hood going 2-4.

Against Appalachian State on Feb. 27, the Deacs looked like they experienced a hangover at Hooks Stadium, as the Mountaineers’ bats came alive early and often, racking up 18 hits and ultimately falling 18-8.

Starter Matt Hammond could not get out of the first inning, recording one out while allowing six runs, four of them earned. Wake was forced to use eight pitchers on the day as App. State scored multiple runs in five different innings.

Dykstra continued his hot hitting, going 2-3 with three runs scored, three RBIs and two HRs. Brooks also had good day, going 2-5 with two runs scored, while Tomkins went 2-3. Linnenkohl had a good statistical day as well, going 1-3 with a run scored, two walks and a SB. The team will have to have a short memory, as they leave for Dothan, Ala., on Feb. 28 for a tournament that starts against Kennesaw State on Feb. 29.

“We need to focus on the basics,” Linnenkohl said. “We just have to get through one pitch at a time and one out at a time. A lot of our mistakes were circumstantial. Our pitchers can pitch and we have a veteran team and I think we’ll be ok.”

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Senior outfielder Brett Linnenkohl prepares to bunt the ball during the first game against Pepperdine. Linnenkohl earned three walks and a stolen base in the series.

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