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Greeks handle change Efforts rejuvenate Deacon Blvd.

Student Life, said. “It was a long, grueling process where we had to investigate and hold hearings for 10 separate Greek organizations.”

According to Hirst, the Office of Judicial Affairs and several other administrators interviewed over 100 students in order to piece together what had occurred during the weekend of Pledge Night. After Graphic by Amanda Barasha/Old Gold & Black the investigations in early February, Judicial Affairs informed organizations of their respective charges and held panel hearings with their executive members and faculty advisers.

“The charges were fairly conBy Calais Zagarow and Patrick Kelly sistent, but there was variance in Staff writers every group regarding the level and scope,” Hirst said. “It was consistently After the Greek community aiding and abetting, underage consumpfaced a moment of crisis just tion and hazing. Yet, every group and every one year ago, it seized the circumstance was unique.” opportunity to prove Hirst recalled that some of the organizathat students can play tions that had hearings did not see anything just as responsibly as wrong with their behavior or the fact that they work. their members were in danger as a result of The spring 2010 semestheir activities that night. ter was a period of real“Working with groups like that didn’t feel ization for the univervery collaborative, but the sentiment was sity. In January, largely dependent on the understanding the tradition of of the leaders within the organization Pledge Night on the severity of the event and magat the Millennitude of what could have happened,” nium Center reached Hirst said. “We could have seen student an unprecedented level of chaos and danger. In April, a junior deaths, and we were lucky not to.” member of Sigma Chi was nearly killed in However, for the most part, Hirst noted a hit-and-run while attempting to leave an how the judicial process seemed to be a off-campus party. cooperative one with the student leaders “All of this was a wake up call,” Ken Zick, accepting responsibility for their mishaps vice president of Student Life, said. “The and preparing to move toward improving events of last spring certainly do not rep- Greek and campus culture as a whole. resent who we are as a community. And it “The framework of our judicial system wasn’t just Greek life; it was off-campus and the fact that we were able to have a housing, the safety of students being off- diverse panel hearing the cases is reflective campus and partying at other locations. of the university’s commitment to helping It’s a larger question of how to provide safe the Greek organizations,” Hirst said. and healthy activities that draw students Senior Connor Swarbrick, the former to campus.” president of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, feels In order to accomplish this, the admin- as though the changes occurring in Greek istration and students opted to declare a life are positive despite the harsh sanctions cultural revolution on campus. However, that his chapter received. before the university could rebuild the com“The university restricted us from having munity, it had to diagnose the student body a spring 2011 pledge class, but we have and use its judicial process to purge it of a great group of interested guys who are whatever disease had infected student life. determined to stick with us,” Swarbrick said.

“Last spring was really spent adjudicating “It says a lot when you can find a group of the behaviors that we saw on the weekend of Pledge Night,” Steve Hirst, director of See Greek, Page A2 This article appears as the third in a four-part series that addresses the dialogue and changes surrounding the university’s drinking culture. These features cover the following topics: • Jan. 20: An investigation into last year’s Pledge Night and progress for this year (Appeared two weeks ago) • Jan. 27: An examination of the events of this year’s Pledge Night (Appeared last week) • Feb. 3: An inside look at the ability of Greek organizations to cope with changes • Feb. 10: A review of the reactions from across campus

Dealing with Drinking

By Hunter Lostan | Staff writer

An asphalt desert separates University Parkway from BB&T Stadium and Joel Coliseum. On the corner of that barren patch of concrete stands a sign that reads “Tailgate Town,” welcoming visitors to a modern day ghost town where only a few functioning businesses can be spotted in the distance.

But looks can be deceiving, and while students may expect to soon see dust bowls rolling down Deacon Boulevard, that stretch of asphalt is actually the location for the university’s budding land development project.

The goal is to establish an eclectic village that will attract students, faculty, staff and the neighboring community, according to university officials.

The village could possibly include a number of shopping and dining options, including restaurants and bars, to liven up the night scene, and retail stores and offices to promote

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The Last Resort is situated on the hub of Deacon Boulevard serving as a bar, restaurant and venue. commerce during the day. Developers are also considering the addition of a nearby residential space, which would allow people to live right in the heart of the anticipated village.

Though some onlookers may be suspicious about the lack of restaurants and buildings popping up along the strip, as they say, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” University developers are taking a careful and precise

approach to the project. “The worst thing that can happen for the university and the image of the area,” said Ken Basch, executive director of university properties, “is to begin developing buildings and then just have them sit there, vacant.”

So while the patch of land may sit relatively empty for now, and while

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Student promotes sustainability

By Hilary Burns | Asst. life editor

The newly initiated “Choose to Reuse” Campaign aims to reduce the use of plastic water bottles on campus.

Senior Frannie Speer has taken it upon herself to educate the university community on the repercussions of bottled water consumption.

Speer was first introduced to the concept of sustainability in a creative entrepreneurship class and realized the disposal of billions of plastic water bottles is harmful to the environment.

Speer also became aware of the fact that students on campus do not drink enough water on a daily basis.

“I found I was only drinking water when I was at the pit or when I bought a bottle of water at the Sundry,” Speer said. Healthy, active adults should consume one and a half to three liters of water a day, according to most respected nutrition studies.

Last August, Speer brought her concerns to Dedee DeLongpré Johnston, sustainability director, who has helped with the campaign.

Speer believes having water filling stations of purified, chilled water around campus would encourage students to hydrate and use reusable water bottles.

Reusable water bottles would dramatically reduce disposal rates on campus.

“One in five plastic water bottles are actually recycled,” Speer said. She explained that bottles that are thrown away go into streams and rivers, thus harming the environment.

S p e e r a d d re s s e d t h e common misconception that bottled water is safer than tap water when in reality, studies show it is no healthier.

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History of Prints class curates dreams of Picasso, Goya and Miro

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Prints from three Spanish artists — Pablo Picasso, Francisco Goya and Joan Miro — grace the walls of Hanes Art Gallery.

By Mandy Emma | Contributing writer Curated by Art History Professor Bernadine Barnes and fellow professor David Faber’s class History of Prints, the exhibit Los Sueños — “The Dreams” — is on display in Hanes Art Gallery until Feb. 6. The exhibition features

the artwork of world-renowned artists Picasso, Goya and Miro.

A Cuban art exhibit in the fall of 2009 inspired this year’s class to feature prints by Spanish artists.

Though the university possesses Picasso and Goya originals, the artwork depicted in the exhibit are high quality prints,

organized by students in the aforementioned class.

Kara Peruccio talked about the time and effort that goes into organizing an exhibit.

“We had recently studied Goya prints in class and felt Picasso and Miro’s works tied in with ‘The Dreams’ concept,” Peruccio

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said. The artwork is organized chronologically, from Goya to Picasso and ending with Miro.

Miro’s prints occupy the center of the exhibit, each surrounded by a glass case.

The glass case helps to preserve the artwork, since they are as delicate as pages from a magazine.

The Picasso and Goya prints are black, white and gray while Miro’s works contain spontaneous spurts of color.

The class took care to balance the shades of black and white so that the exhibition would not seem too dark or too light in certain areas.

Aside from the variations of color, the artwork is ordered in a particular manner.

For example, the Goya prints end with a bullfight, where the Picasso prints begin with one.

“It was a great collaborative effort and my classmates and I worked really well together,” Peruccio said.

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“The class broke up into three groups to make the process more efficient. Each group worked with one printmaker to compose a collection of images representative of the artist.”

Barnes explained the complex process of printmaking.

Los Sueños is composed of two types of prints: lithographs and etchings.

Lithography produces a picture on stone with a type of greasy or oily substance. After the substance is applied, ink impressions are taken. Etching produces a picture on a metal plate by using acid.

One can clearly distinguish a lithograph from an etching by the smoothness of the line.

Lithographs have broad, smooth strokes and often have the appearance of a crayon drawing. In contrast, etchings are highly detailed with thin, rough lines. In the exhibit, all of Miro’s featured works are lithographs, Picasso’s

collection contains both lithographs and etchings, and Goya’s are exclusively etchings.

Many of the students had never studied print before. “The university print collection is larger than most students realize,” Peruccio said.

“The prints that we had read about the night before were in our classroom the next day.”

She further explained how it is a common misconception that prints are merely reproductive works, and how the three artists in the exhibition definitely show that printmaking is an art form. The prints were produced by the artists. Each artist created their own original lithograph or etching for the purpose making a print.

“While it’s not as highly glorified as painting,” Peruccio said, “printmaking makes art accessible to the masses.”

She urged other students to take the class.

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

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

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

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

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

Fulbright offers three summer programs in the United Kingdom The U.S.-U.K. Fulbright Commission is offering three Special Summer Programs for U.S. citizens over the age of 18 who have completed no more than two years of university study.

The programs are four, five or six weeks long, and participants will get the opportunity to experience an exciting academic program at a reputable university, explore the culture, heritage and history of the U.K. and develop presentation, research and communication skills.

The three programs available are the Fulbright Commission Newcastle University Summer Institute, the Fulbright Commission Roehampton University London Summer Institute and the Fulbright Commission Wales Summer Institute.

The deadline to participate is April 15. Contact Laura McCaffrey at laura@fulbright.co.uk for more information.

President Clinton to host Global Initiative conference The Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) meeting will take place April 1-3 at the University of San Diego.

The conference is hosted by former President Bill Clinton, and is open to graduate or undergraduate students interested in issues such as poverty, climate change and human rights.

While the event is free, students are required to complete an application as well as create a pledge to take specific action to make the world a better place.

Sophomore Andrew Mehrmann from the university has already been accepted for his committment to action entitled “Kicking AIDS out of Africa.”

CGI U will be accepting applications until Feb. 7 at cgiu.org.

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individuals who are willing to stay with you through these trying times.

I think it means they have their values in line and it will benefit the fraternity in the future.”

Student Body President Natalie Halpern, a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, feels that even those Greek organizations that did not have to face a judicial panel last spring saw the need to take a step back and rethink their participation in certain activities.

“The events of last year’s Pledge Night made Greek leaders reevaluate not only their organizations, but the Greek system as a whole,” Halpern said. “I think everyone, including myself, was so embarrassed by the events that we knew a change had to be made.”

The conversation amongst students about how to change campus culture began with a town hall style meeting in Wait Chapel.

The gathering, which was initiated by Halpern then-Student Trustee Jermyn Davis and thenStudent Body President Megan Haenn, attracted the majority of the Greek community.

“Having that big colloquium with all of the Greek students was really helpful,” Rachel Ardington, a senior member of Chi Omega sorority said. “Everyone had seen how many pledges went to the hospital on Pledge Night and recognized how scary it was. Sitting down together and talking about it really set the tone for all of the changes that have happened since then.”

Student Trustee Ashley Gedraitis, who is also a member of Tri-Delta, agreed that the meeting provided a foreshadowing for how the community would handle itself in the months following that fateful Pledge Night. “It provided a forum for students to lead by example,” Gedraitis

said. “It was an opportunity for open, honest dialogue and growing ideas.”

Some of the evening’s discourse focused on more abstract observations about Greek culture, while other parts sought to solidify an understanding of how an event as dangerous as the one at the Millenium Center could have transpired.

Students also shared more concrete ideas about changes that could be made so that the university would never have to experience such a threat to the safety of its students and surrounding community again.

The first of those was The Barn. At first, it was just a spontaneous blip that then-sophomore member of Sigma Chi fraternity George Dorsey mentioned as an example of something the campus lacked. However, in the weeks following the gathering in the chapel, the idea of having a venue on campus took off and students from all organizations, not just Greek ones, e-mailed their student government representatives requesting a barn.

“We knew that we needed to help and guide the students, but we couldn’t just change their culture,” Zick said. “We needed to create incentives, a more robust and vibrant campus environment and we needed to create a venue.

It’s a significant investment, but one that I have advocated for a long time. Wake Forest needed a kind of rumpus room.”

The Board of Trustees agreed that there was a need for an on-campus location for students to socialize and as the fall 2010 semester began, an 8,000 square-foot plot of land in the southeastern corner of campus was cleared to make room for what is still referred to as The Barn.

Another tradition that was raised for discussion at the Wait Chapel meeting and became a focus of campus conversation in the months following was Senior Fifth.

“Even though it wasn’t really related to any of the concerns last spring, everyone pretty much acknowledged that Senior Fifth was the other most concerning event in the Wake Forest community,” Hirst

said. “That was the students’ first big “We took a chance. It was the opportunity to demonstrate what first time an event was hosted on they were committed to.” the patio and in Reynolda Hall. It A n d took some demonconvincstrate ing, but t h e i r we needed commitit.

We ment they needed did. In somethe weeks thing speleading cial. And up to the it was last home genius football for the g a m e student Photo Courtesy of Media Relations leadership of the season, to suggest it over 10 Greek organizations and be semi-formal.” several other individual students Looking back at the event, it seems signed written pledges to refrain as though the new version of the from participating in the Senior old tradition was exactly what the Fifth festivities. The pledges that students needed in order to commit were signed were then put on display themselves to helping the on-camin Benson University Center so that pus experience continue to grow in the rest of the university community a positive direction. could see how many individuals and “I think that it was a pretty sucgroups had chosen to abstain. cessful night. People showed up, The third and arguably most influ- things were loud but not dangerential idea that blossomed during ous, and everyone seemed to have the Wait Chapel town hall meeting a great time,” Michael Zalimeni, a was the concept of replacing the old member of Lambda Chi fraternity’s Pledge Night tradition, which had executive board, said. come to be known as “Kiss Night,” “I was impressed and I’m glad with something more suitable for that we were able to do something the univerfor our new sity. members After instead months of of doing planning nothing and colaltogether. laboration And it between didn’t Gr e e k require students, any drivthe Coming, which mittee on is conveStudent nient and Holly Hinshelwood/Old Gold & Black Life and safer to say campus administrators, Pledge the least.”

Night was transformed from a Student Health Services also socially awkward night of exces- deemed the night to be much safer sive alcohol consumption among than the past Pledge Night event, pledges into a classier celebration equating it to any other Friday night of new membership in Greek orga- on campus. nizations.

“They [Student Health] had “I would say the Greek leaders did things to do,” Hirst said. “But it a superb job organizing the 2011 wasn’t anywhere near the elevated pledge night event,” Zick said. levels of last spring.”

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progress may seem to be moving at a slow pace, officials involved with the project cite significant progress in the planning and preparation of Deacon Boulevard.

The Planning After purchasing about 67 acres of usable land over the past four years for an estimated $13 million, the University now owns everything from University Parkway to the baseball stadium, including the property on Baity Street, which runs parallel to Deacon Boulevard.

Unfortunately, due to the recent economic downturn, the university had to modify its initial development plan, a change Basch actually believes has served as somewhat of a “silver lining.”

“It has given us an opportunity to do some more intense planning for the project,” Basch said. “That’s a luxury that you don’t always have.”

Basch and his associates see the development as a piecemeal venture where the progress will appear in stages, rather than all at once.

“Early on, I think people thought this was going to be more like a mall project.

Where construction starts and then 18 months later it’s finished. That is not the case here,” university spokesman Kevin Cox said.

A quick pre-fabricated development is not the type of initiative developers believe will produce successful long term results.

Despite the fact that no physical blueprints have been drafted, the university has established concepts for the area’s future look.

In addition, the development team has brought on an urban planner, as well as a consultant who has done marketfeasibility studies for the project.

The university has been able to identify the size of the buildings and the footprints that could go on the acquired land.

“The university is a responsible risktaker,” Basch said. “We are being prudent in how we plan the development.”

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Deacon Boulevard is similar to that of “There’s nothing that tells you that the the university’s academic campus, which Wake Forest University ACC basketball continues to evolve. program is at the Joel Coliseum.”

He and Basch hope Deacon BouleThe university has started to address vard will continue to change in a similar this issue by making several necessary fashion. improvements to the signage and land“One thing we found from our focus scaping that surround area. groups is that people feel more comfort“Three years ago when I first got here able in places that have evolved natu- it didn’t feel safe,” Basch said. “There rally.” Basch said. “Not in the Disney- was litter and it was dirty.” type development that is plopped down However, a number of new university and feels phony.” banners and signs at the corners of UniNevertheless, school officials do want versity Parkway, Deacon Boulevard and to ensure that the development isn’t left Baity Street signal that the university is entirely to chance. attempting to create a more welcoming “This is one where if we do it, we want environment. to do it right,” Jim Alty, Vice President Emergency telephones and additional of Facilities and Management said. street and parking lot lighting have also “Not just let it been installed evolve by accito not only dent and see if ensure a it works, but greater level actually know of safety, but what students to improve like, what the overall faculty like aesthetics of and what the the area. neighboring As several community parking lots likes.” have been Clare Stanton/Old Gold & Black In order to repaired or facilitate guided evolution, the deci- resurfaced, the debris, weeds and oversions have not all been made by one grown shrubbery, that once stifled the man. Rather, the university established area, have been replaced by a new park The College Town Steering Committee. and Deacon Tailgate Zone located on Led by university Athletic Director Baity Street.

Ron Wellman, the committee is comDecorative lighting, an outdoor prised of a group of trustees and students speaker system and picnic tables now brought together to act as a sounding accent the once forgotten back street board. and have turned it into a possible hub The group’s primary function is to for activity. evaluate plans and provide input regardThe park area, which is completely ing the development of Deacon Boule- open to the public, is also equipped with vard. Feedback from focus groups are multiple basketball and volleyball courts. also taken into serious consideration.

A newly constructed pedestrian bridge As Basch says, a lot can be done before at the end of Baity Street serves as a putting a shovel in the ground. convenient link to BB&T Stadium.

A development of this magnitude has Progress many moving parts though, according “As you’re coming up University Park- to Basch, and one of the biggest chalway and you hit Coliseum, you get no lenges is dealing with the heavy traffic sense that you’re really coming to a top- that looms between Deacon Boulevard tier collegiate institution,” Basch said. and the university’s campus.

The Challenges The pedestrian pathway puzzle is an obstacle that everyone involved with the development has been forced to consider.

“How does foot traffic get over there?

Can you bike there? How do you drive over there? All of those factors need to be considered,” Wellman said. “Accessibility is a key component to what we’re doing.”

Granted, the distance between Wake Forest’s Polo entrance and Deacon Boulevard is not much more than a mile. But there are serious safety concerns when trying to shepherd 4,000 students across a four-lane freeway without sidewalks or a pedestrian crosswalk.

“The idea is to have a seamless transition from the campus to the athletic stadium, because right now it’s not,” Alty said. “Whether that’s a bridge, a tunnel, a median or traffic lights, we haven’t solved it yet.”

One university traffic engineer consultant suggested rerouting traffic to Cherry Street and making University Parkway a gentler two-lane road.

So far though, no final decisions have been made. But the university has hired an urban planner to lay out a possible vehicular and pedestrian traffic master plan.

According to Basch, university officials are not only looking at Deacon Boulevard, they are looking at a district starting from Coliseum Drive on the south, to Polo Road on the north, University Parkway on the west and Highway 52 on the east.

Covering a roughly 2.25 mile vicinity, the district would encompass the university academic campus and athletic campus, as well as the business and research facilities that sprawl across that area.

“We are very fortunate, to have a lot of great facilities surrounding Deacon Boulevard,” Basch said. “We’ve got the Joel Coliseum, the baseball stadium, the football stadium and the tennis complex.

What they really need is a fabric to pull them all together and we envision this development to be that fabric.”

The Future While the University’s development plans have yet to reach the groundbreaking stage, it has certainly become a noticeable work in progress. In fact, in the eyes of many of the university officials involved, the area has already made great strides.

“People are starting to become more comfortable coming back to and frequenting the Deacon Boulevard and Baity area,” Basch said. “For the homecoming there must have been 1500 people on Baity Street having parties and other things. That’s the kind of feel and vibrancy I think we can ultimately generate here.”

Hopefully, the new economic life the area has attracted thus far is an indication of things to come for the village. In the last year, three venues have opened along the strip: Red Hot & Blue, The Meltdown and The Last Resort bar (which was reopened under new management).

According to the Winston-Salem Journal, the new co-owner of The Last Resort, Kyle Agha, has noticed the effort the university has put into revitalizing the area and hopes to be part of the university’s long term development plans.

Students have taken notice of the positive changes taking place around the area too and are excited about the prospect of College Town — or whatever the district ends up being called.

“I’m excited to see what it ends up looking like,” Natalie Halpern, Student Government president and member of the College Town Steering Committee said. “I think it could do really big things for Wake Forest University and bring a much needed outlet for students and the neighboring community.”

Until the economy turns around though, the development will remain in the planning stages, with university officials preparing to construct an area they hope will emerge as a staple of Demon Deacon culture for years to come.

“Universities are around for not for decades, but centuries,” Basch said “So we are thinking in terms of 100 year horizons.”

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V.P. of Student Life: Ken Zick Since his arrival in 1975, Dr. Kenneth Zick has enacted many changes in the arena of student life, and largely shaped the campus as we know it today.

“I spend a lot of time just listening to students and asking for their perceptions,” Zick said.

“Without this connection I don’t have sufficient knowledge to make good decisions.”

Who is Ken Zick?

Born on a farm and raised in Michigan, Zick confesses that his arrival at the university in 1975 may be attributed to an act of “divine providence.”

Having received his master of legal studies at the University of Michigan, Zick was touring North Carolina with his parents in 1975, interviewing for jobs, when his father took a wrong turn and ended up on Interstate 40 near Winston-Salem.

Several exits later, they saw a sign for the university, and the ever-curious Zick decided to stop over and ask about positions. He secured an interview, and within a few weeks was eventually hired as a professor of law.

During his 13 years at the law school, he implemented the clinical education program, in addition to numerous other academic improvements; he was eventually given the title of associate dean of the law school. Several incidents during this time helped to shape Zick’s professional career, including his efforts to secure political asylum for a young Polish girl who had been tortured by the KGB. He still names that case as the most satisfying of his legal career.

“Sometimes life takes you in strange directions, and you have to be a little adventurous and take risks,” Zick said.

Zick has been a member of the administration since 1988, when then-President Thomas Hearn selected him to become the first ever vice president of Student Life, a position he has held ever since. Through the years, he has been essential to the administration, as well as to the university community as a whole.

Relationship with Students Being the first and only vice president of Student Life, Zick came into this role having no precedent upon which to build his new career.

“He’s the type of person you want to emulate in everything you do,” Jermyn Davis, university fellow and former student body president, said.

Associate Dean of Student Life Mike Ford refers to Zick as “a true student of campus culture.”

For instance, Zick was instrumental in the development of “The Barn,” a proposed on-campus party hub; but he largely credits student leaders for its development. The project is set to be completed by spring 2011.

“The hardest part of this job,” Zick said, “is determining what’s right for the student and right for the school.” True to form, he emphasizes the importance of the student first, with the needs of the school to follow.

He also tends to marginalize his own importance, citing instead the power of student leadership as a driving force for change.

When asked about the toughest moment in his career, Zick recalled addressing the family and friends of Maria Witzl and Julie Hansen, two sophomores tragically killed by a drunk driver in 1996.

“I would call him an ambassador to students more so than an authoritative figure,” Evan Lengerich, a fifth-year student and former president of Kappa Sigma f r a t e r n i t y, said.

For example, earlier this year the Pi Beta Phi sorority had their chapter revoked by their national organization. After fighting unsuccessfully with

nationals to defend Pi Phi, Zick was instrumental in their reformation as the non-Panhellenic Kappa Beta Gamma.

“If he’s not there, the Greek life system would fail. He’s the only one that’s going to keep fighting for us,” Lengerich said.

Importance to the University Aside from his numerous individual contributions, Zick is known campus-wide for his ability to facilitate collaboration, much of which occurs between him and the student government.

“He’s done masterful work in supporting, advising and managing student government leaders through the years,” Ford said.

Zick prides himself on ensuring and continuing a connection between academic and student resources. “So much of what can happen for the good of this community is student leadership,” he said.

Students twice honored him with the Student Government’s “Administrator of the Year” award.

Zick contends that his most recent success came this past November, when hundreds of students pledged not to partake in the infamous “Senior Fifth” tradition; however, Zick is quick to once again credit the students. While some seniors still downed a fifth of liquor, the decreased number has Zick optimistic.

“Cultural changes take more than one year to achieve. It takes a whole student generation,” he said.

Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator Christina Rush admires Zick’s ability to connect with students and others. “Ken Zick is engaging, thoughtful, creative and a wonderful collaborator,” Rush said. “He wants everyone to come to the table.”

Hatch offered an even higher praise. “He represents the heart and soul of Wake Forest, in terms of his genuine personto-person commitment,” he said.

Zick recognizes the importance in keeping the “student” in his “Student Life” committee and making sure every voice on campus is heard.

“Wake Forest is not like a top-down company,” Zick said. “It’s a community.

And we are small enough to be a community that really cares about its students.

It’s an incredible advantage.”

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What does he do?

The question on the mind of many students seems to be, “So, what exactly does a vice president of Student Life do?” For Zick, the answer to that cannot be put into words.

In an attempt to sum up his duties, Zick said, “My job is the care, development and education of students outside the classroom, and making sure they have the kinds of experiences that allow them to grow in confidence and self-awareness.”

Those who have gotten to know Zick insist that his impact on the university community extends far beyond his position as an administrator.

President Nathan O. Hatch weighed in on Zick’s role in campus life. “He’s not just doing a job. What motivates Ken is his desires to see students prosper, grow, develop and flourish,” Hatch said.

As far as the tangible results of his work, one may simply look around campus at the massive

corps of student organizations, many of which he helped create and develop. These include, but are not limited to CHARGE, Volunteer Service Corps, Rape Awareness programs, EMT squads and the ACC Student Leadership program. He contributes to student services such as counseling, development and judicial affairs, helping to ensure that students don’t “fall through the cracks.”

“Our role is facilitator, guide and coach,” Zick said. “Working with students is what I love most about this job. Seeing them grow and becoming proud of their accomplishments — that’s a joy you don’t get anyplace else.”

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By William Hank | Contributing writer

Profile Mobile coupons bring savings back in style

By Lindey Campagne | Asst. news editor

The word “coupon” seems to attract a lot of attention.

In fact, people flock towards bargains, discounts and deals.

Why? Because people love saving money a la Black Friday, sales flyers and clearance items.

Shepherd With this in mind, the Old Gold & Black business office, managed by junior Stephen Shepherd, has decided to take on a new venture featuring none other than coupons.

Better yet, in a technologically savvy world, these discount agents will be featured online and be available via text messages.

With the click of the Lenovo ThinkPad or cellphone, a student can save at dozens of local vendors and eateries around Winston-Salem.

This is made possible by a company called Blink Coupons. Simply put, the site is a coupon book full of discounts for university students.

Blink Coupons, a North Carolina company based in Chapel Hill, contacted Shepherd.

“I get a lot of phone calls from places making these types of offers, but this one looked promising,” Shepherd said.

He was also confident in this company because they have had success in collaborations with other universities as well. Being based in Chapel Hill, the Daily Tar Heel, UNC-Chapel Hill’s daily student newspaper, features a similar online coupon book.

Shepherd is responsible for Blink Coupon’s coalition with the university periodical and for bringing this modern method of saving to students.

He looks forward to the OGB featuring a Blink Coupon widget on its website.

He hopes the traffic attracted by the online coupons can create more

readers, not to mention, savers. “I feel it is my job as business manager of the OGB to make sure we are generating revenue in a variety of ways,” Shepherd said.

Still not sold on the online coupon idea? It’s not as complicated as it may seem.

Here’s how it works: a student or any other member of the university community can visit wfu.blinkcoupons.com and select from a wide array of businesses in Winston-Salem.

Then, it’s as simple as typing in your cell phone number, choosing your mobile phone provider and clicking “Blink.”

Next, show your text message to the employees of the location and like a bar code, your savings are tabulated.

Shepherd agreed that students seem reluctant to use the seemingly old-fashioned paper coupon.

“Coupons seem to be a bit outdated, so I’m hopeful that this will get more students to use coupons again,” he said. Shepherd is optimistic that usage of the site could

become a habit for students and a reliable way to save money.

“I’m hoping this becomes something like when you’re ready to go out anywhere in town, you visit this site first.”

Coupons provided feature local favorites like Rose’s Deli, Brixx Pizza, Parrish Tire and Automotive, and Silk Road Salon and Spa among others.

Junior Ashton Astbury, editor in chief of the Old Gold & Black is excited about the opportunity to integrate this online coupon book with the publication.

“I hope that this new venture directs more viewers to the OGB website, in addition to promoting these great local companies. The site is extremely user friendly; I’ve already texted a few coupons to myself!”

Astbury said.

Disappointed that your student ID yields no off-campus discounts?

Fret no more.

Just have your cell phone ready and visit wfu.blinkcoupons.com before you hit the town.

POLICE BEAT Five students injured in accident Leaving campus at 11:44 p.m., a student failed to yield the right of way while attempting to turn left on University Parkway.

The driver and his four passengers were hit by another vehicle traveling south on University Parkway. The injured were transported to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and Forsyth Hospital by Emergency Medical Services.

Alcohol and Drug Charges • At 1:52 a.m. Jan. 29 on Royal Drive, an offender was found trying to get into a residence. The offender stated he thought he was at his residence hall. The offender was underage and intoxicated and was taken to Student Health Services. The victim did not wish to prosecute.

• At 1:53 a.m. Jan. 27 in Student Health, the University Police responded to a call in reference to an intoxicated student who was refusing transport to the hospital. The victim eventually chose to be transported by Emergency Medical Services to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

Larceny • Unknown subject(s) entered an unsecured residence and attempted to remove a television at 3:43 p.m. Jan. 24 on Henning Drive. The case is pending further investigation.

• At 8:50 a.m. Jan. 29 in Reynolda Village, unknown subject(s) forcibly entered the green house through a rear door. The suspect(s) took money from a drawer.

• At 9:41 a.m. Jan. 29, unknown subject(s) forcibly entered into 104 Reynolda Village through a

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Egyptian protesters demand president’s resignation In an effort to impeach 30-year president Hosni Mubarak, protesters attempted to assemble a group of one million Egyptians on the streets of Cairo.

At the time of print, at least 100,000 people had gathered in the protest, while Al Jazeera estimated that the organizers reached their goal of one million.

Mubarak’s Feb. 1 announcement that he will not seek re-election was expected to quell protesters, but it failed to have this effect.

Demonstrators hung stuffed dummies representing the president from city traffic lights as crowds swarmed amidst military officials. Mubarak supporters also fought against the rioters and overturned military vehicles in order to reach the center of Tahrir Square.

On Feb. 2, the situation took a precarious turn when pro-Mubarak demonstrators broke through a barricade that separated them from anti-government rioters gathered in the downtown plaza. Even with the president’s announcement that this will be his final term, protesters are still demanding his presidency be reviewed by the Egyptian parliament.

Food chain questioned for its conservative views Chick-fil-A is one of the few American restaurant chains with an open religious affiliation. They are closed on Sundays for religious observation and recently provided food for a seemingly anti-gay seminar.

A Pennsylvania outlet donated sandwiches and brownies to a marriage seminar led by an outspoken group against homosexuality. Although restaurant representatives claim donations do not equate to anti-gay comments, many question the company’s motives. As a result, some universities are attempting to remove the chain from campus. Chickfil-A owners assert that since it is a privately held business, religious views can remain in the restaurant’s ethos.

Florida judge declares health care reforms unlawful In Florida, a federal judge rejected the health care reform law proposed and advocated by President Obama. A Supreme Court challenge is expected to take place in the coming months.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which requires most Americans to buy insurance by 2014 or face penalties, was declared unconstitutional

by U.S. District Judge Robert Vinson.

He had similar sentiments concerning the sections of the act that prevent Medicare funds from reaching states that do not participate in the program.

Florida is not the only state to declare aspects of the act unconstitutional, but will fight in court against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The mandate to purchase insurance will not go into effect until 2014, but if that portion is excluded, funding will be difficult for the law’s other provisions.

Astronaut grapples with difficult decision While wife Rep. Gabrielle Giffords undergoes rehabilitation in Houston, Texas, Mark Kelly decides whether to travel to space or remain in the U.S. Captain Kelly, a Naval officer, is scheduled to fly the shuttle Endeavour on a two-week mission in April.

Along with his colleagues at NASA, he must decide now whether he will continue his training regimen or remain with his wife.

This would most likely be his last chance to travel to space. The decision will be made by Kelly in conjunction with NASA officials.

Old Gold & Black Directory rear window. The suspect(s) took money from a drawer.

• Unknown subject(s) removed an unsecured gym bag at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 24 from Lot L. There are no suspects at this time.

• An individual left her phone at a fraternity lounge on Jan. 29. The phone was not recovered.

Miscellaneous • An unidentified person who stated he was a police officer stopped an individual in Lot M. The suspect was driving a gray Dodge with a blue light in front window. The victim advised that no police action was taken towards him.

• A parent contacted University Police at 7:30 a.m. on Jan. 29 advising that he had not heard from his child. Officers found the student in prime condition and told to the student contact the parent.

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n Jan. 18, the Office of Career Services hosted a Career and Internship Fair. While many mingled in appropriate business attire, there were also students present whose dress fell below professional standards.

In a setting delineated by brief meetings and attempts at networking, an individual's appearance and dress plays a significant role in molding the first impressions of potential employers.

Students can spend hours perfecting a resume or dedicate extensive time to campus leadership activities, but the fact remains that no company will hire someone who appears sloppy or unprofessional.

Some of the students who attended the event in casual clothes were

undergraduates perusing the fair out of interest and future anticipation, and not because they had an immediate desire to find a job or internship opportunity.

While we applaud these students for being proactive in their career search, the attendees that were garbed in jeans and university T-shirts grossly distracted from the juniors and seniors who made conscious efforts to dress to impress.

When companies recruit on campus, they look at the collective professionalism of the student body.

If you are unsure of what constitutes appropriate business attire, it is better to dress up rather than down.

To learn more on business professional outfits, please refer to this week's feature appearing in the Life section on page B5.

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his past month has shown a marked increase in automobile incidents for university students in the Winston-Salem area.

Recent studies conducted by the DMV have shown that 52 percent of all car accidents occur within five miles from home, and 69 percent occur within 10 miles.

With the university serving as our home-away-fromhome, these statistics should be eye-opening for the student body.

In light of recent incidents, we would like to stress the importance of safe and conscientious driving for all university students.

While we support the pledge driving system as a successful deterrent for driving under the influence, these young drivers, who are often unfamiliar with the Winston-Salem area, should take particular caution transporting their peers.

With the influx of mobile technologies, more and more accidents result from distractions involving answering a text or changing a song on an iPod. Additional distractions arise from shuttling rowdy friends around town.

We thus implore both drivers and passengers to be cognisant of safe driving practices.

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Renee Gets Real | R.B.S. without the B.S.

University advances liberal arts program

Professors exchange knowledge freely

with me. At no point have I thought that my professors intentionally withheld information from me or my peers.

This could be attributed to professors feeling that they have the responsibility of teaching students all there is to know about a field of study.

Moreover, professors may potentially feel that it is the university atmosphere itself that demands “liberalism” in the classroom.

In my opinion, these reasons are Renee Slawsky intertwined.

I feel that the professors at the Life editor university make it a priority to share any schools across the country, all the knowledge they possess and including our very own university, experiences they have gained with claim to be a “liberal arts students who ask in-depth questions. institution.”

I have yet to meet a professor at the That is all great and fine but, what does university who didn’t seem excited to that mean? talk about even the most hidden and According to Merriam-Webster dirty corners of whatever random or Dictionary, liberal arts is defined as “the obscure field they happen to study. medieval studies comprising the trivium Furthermore, I believe that the and quadrivium.” scholarly and collegiate atmosphere of a As impressive yet terrifying as that university’s campus also helps encourage sounds, it is absolutely no help in figuring professors – and students – to think out if this is, in fact, what we have here at more abstractly and creatively than they the university. might at a non-liberal arts institution.

Perhaps if the term is dissected into two This scholarship-encouraging parts and discussed it will atmosphere is evident be easier to understand. in the host of amazing The word “liberal” is research studies It can be argued that marked by generosity. conducted at different Also note that the word any education that lacks universities across the “liberal” in this context nation. restrictions on what can or has no relation to the The atmosphere on can’t be taught and discussed “liberals” involved in the this campus can inspire in the classroom is defined as professors to be more political realm. a liberal education.

When used in a generous and open sentence, it can be along with their teaching the lines of “the CEO and students much of Apple made a liberal more unrestrictive with donation to UNICEF.” Or perhaps even, “I what they can choose to learn at the drank a liberal amount of beer last night.” university.

So how does this apply to an education On the whole, I strongly believe in the “arts?” At first glance it seems that that we, in fact, truly do receive an neither of these uses pertain to academics at education in the liberal arts at the the university. university.

I believe that the most reasonable way Never have I felt that my professors to define liberalism in education involves would refuse the opportunity to discuss taking a better look at different college whatever topics I would potentially classrooms. choose to pursue.

When you attend your classes at the Nor would I have ever thought that university, do you feel like your professors the professors were being at all shy are being generous with the amount of in their discussions during the many information they relay to you in their hours spent in the classroom or in their instruction of the material? offices.

Or rather do you think that they are Thus, the professors – encouraged not mentioning certain topics due to fear either by a feeling of responsibility of invoking controversy and debate in and obligation, love for their field of discussion? study or the scholarly atmosphere of It can be argued that any education that a college– can be defined as “liberal” lacks restrictions on what can or can’t be with the type of education that students taught and discussed in the classroom is receive here; therefore, we DO indeed defined as a liberal education. attend a liberal arts university.

At the university, or at the very least in my own personal experience, I truly feel like all my professors have tried to share as Renee Slawsky is a sophomore political science much information as they possibly could and Russian major from Knoxville, Tenn.

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“I don’t think that I am being far-fetched to believe that if I can teach my child the gravity of lying with the sting of a drop of hot sauce then I could conceivably spare them the exponential pain of divorce, because in marriage trustworthiness is critical. “ - Lisa Whelchel, author of Creative Correction, a parenting book referring to her controversial strategy to encourage positive behavior by using hot sauce and cold showers to punish children.

“” “A robust jealousy mechanism is activated in men and women by different types of cues — those that threaten paternity in men and those that threaten abandonment in women.”

- Jamie Confer, lead author of a study regarding jealousy and infidelity that demonstrated half of men surveyed would be fine with their partners cheating if it was with another female.

“” “It’s not time for me to leave yet, I have an obligation to people. We are all creatures of habit and closing might throw them off.”

- Gary Linderman, owner of Old Miner’s Pharmacy in Picher, Okla., a town that is being demolished by the federal government after testing positive for excessive amounts of lead contamination.

“” “He can be charged with smuggling of controlled substances, which is a fourth degree felony.”

- A narcotics officer from Bhutan, in a statement regarding a Bhutanese monk caught with tobacco packets, who became the first individual charged under a new anti-smoking law.

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Off the Beaten Track | A Fresh Perspective

The future of football tailgating appears bleak

New facility clashes with football tradition

James Hornstein Staff columnist

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or sports fan, watching the different university athletic events this year has been an exercise in loyal patience.

The football team struggled through yet another rough rebuilding year and the basketball team is currently experiencing the growing pains of youth and new coaching.

One of the fun and more enjoyable parts of this past football season was tailgating. A long-standing tradition for our students, along with many

others across the county, is showing in the newly built ATP facility, so pride and colors right outside the the only alternative would be to stadium; and this continued to go push the students to the lots that are strong despite the team’s rough much farther away, making tailgating record. games much more of a hassle.

However, new plans by the Even if students were allowed athletic department pose the to tailgate in the tennis courts, the question of where the sacred whole feel of tailgating would be lost tradition of tailgating will take place without being outside and in the in the future. open air.

Recently, This move also offers the athletic little reward for the Tailgating is part of a great department exemplary behavior of Wake Forest tradition and the signed a the students attending lucrative university does not seem to have games this year. deal with the There were fewer a reasonable replacement area Association incidents or citations to move its passionate fans. of Tennis in this entire season Professionals than any game alone to build new last year. state-of-theMany students art tennis courts where the student voluntarily gave up “senior fifth,” tailgate lot is. which had been a troubling and Tailgating is part of a great Wake dangerous tradition. Instead, most Forest tradition and the university chose to attend the “Class of the does not seem to have a reasonable Finest” event, managing to enjoy replacement area to move its their last tailgate while avoiding the passionate fans. usual perils of overindulging alcohol.

There is little to no chance that the The student attendance even rose university would let people tailgate 7 percent this year compared to

Searching for Equality | A Citizen’s Public Duty

Egyptian riots dictate future of government

the 2009 year, despite the awful record of a young and relatively inexperienced team. The athletic department has made great strides in the last year to boost student involvement and raise school spirit.

However, a move to push students out of their customary spot near the stadium seems counterproductive, and it is extremely likely that this action will only inhibit fan passion.

Other ACC rivals get to enjoy excellent on-campus facilities, making tailgates extremely easy, while our student fans have to mobilize and essentially jump through hoops to show their passion.

That often means taking university shuttles or attempting to find parking if you drive yourself.

If the athletic department continues with their plan they risk further disenfranchising a fan base that is finally beginning to show more passion.

If this plan does goes into effect, the athletic department will need to think of some creative ways to make it easy to get students quickly and

efficiently from their new tailgating spot to the game.

One idea might be to hire more free transportation that goes not only from campus to the game, but also from wherever this new area is to the game.

Unfortunately this might prove troublesome because the traffic that occurs during football games often jams the roads.

Also, hiring more transportation vehicles will cost more money.

Without a doubt the new tennis facility will be an impressive edifice that will generate more revenue for the university.

However, the new revenue does not outweigh the problems that will occur.

The athletic department needs to address the obvious issue of where to put the passionate student-fans during the tailgates prior to game time, or they will face many more headaches and student complaints down the line.

James Hornstein is a sophomore English major from Lincoln, R.I.

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Democratic government is possible in Egypt

and embrace radical Islam as state doctrine.

Again, even if this did happen, the chance that the state would start to behave violently in the international community seems highly unlikely.

Either way, there is little or no direct threat to the West or Israel.

Egypt, however, is an entirely different case.

While the collapse of the Mubarak regime is certainly not assured, it is extremely possible and appears more so as each day of protests passes.

That the government has not yet simply attacked the protestors in a Tiananmen SquareMatt Moran type scenario means that it is unlikely to do Staff columnist so, and judging by the fact that many soldiers have joined the protestors and painted anti- Mubarak slogans on their tanks such an order he past few weeks have seen important would likely be ignored if it came during the parts of the Arab world plunged in to a regime’s death throws. rarely seen chaos.

However, the political and ideological Beginning in the small North African state environment in Egypt is very different than in of Tunisia, crowds numbering in the tens Tunisia. of thousands have turned out throughout a Islamism, occasionally as violent as that of handful of Arab countries demanding the al-Qaeda and similar extremist organizations, is dismantling of governments that have in many often present in these crises. cases ruled for decades.

It has manifested in attacks on cops as well Though as of this writing Tunisia’s 30-year as material support for the variety of Islamist president, Zine el-Abdine Ben Ali, is the only organizations operating in the Gaza Strip.

Arab head of state to step down from the Revolutionary situations create the widespread political crisis, conditions in which a radical Egypt’s similarly longgroup can seize power and Islamism, occasionally as violent lasting Hosni Mubarak impose stability. may be forced to do so as that of al-Qaeda and similar This is what occurred in the soon. extremist organizations, is often Russian Revolution, when Similar chaos is also the extreme branch (the present in these crises. engulfing the capital of Bolsheviks) took power, as well Yemen, although the as the right-wing dictatorships anarchical situations in that throughout Latin America country are so frequent that it has attracted during the Cold War. only a fraction of the media attention.

If the Muslim Brotherhood were to seize on The reason these countries are facing political the general chaos to take power in Egypt, Israel collapse is the breakdown of an unspoken and thus the United States would have very contract that exists between the population of real cause for concern.Fortunately, the Muslim the country and the leadership.

Brotherhood’s largely playing catch-up in the In the past, various secular Arab rulers like latest turn of events.

Ben Ali, Nasser, Sadat and Mubarak have The protests were born and planned promised peaceful and stable economic growth through the use of social media platforms like in return for a lack of political liberty.

Facebook and Twitter, not a radical mosque, Economic stagnation in both Tunisia and the demonstrators seem more concerned and Egypt brought the corruption and the with ensuring economic prosperity than the autocracy of both regimes to the forefront and implementation of an oppressive Iranian-style with the banner of economic development no theocracy. longer wave-able, mass protests broke out.

Mohamed ElBaradei, former head of the Ben Ali is currently in Saudi Arabia, where IAEA and a longtime critic of dictatorial rule he is avoiding an Interpol-issued arrest warrant; in Egypt, has returned to his home country Mubarak appears increasingly embattled and after a few decades living abroad in an attempt recently fired his entire cabinet. to lead the protests.

The real question for the West, and especially A large number of Egyptian political Israel, is what the brand-new governments of organizations have supported his leadership these states will look like once the dust settles. of a democratically elected national Tunisia is a mostly secular country and unity government, although the Muslim with the collapse of the Ben Ali autocracy, Brotherhood has not. it is extremely possible that the country will Also, ElBaradei truly seems committed become the first state in the Arab world to see a to establishing a democratic government democratic, pro-Western revolution. in Egypt, which would ideally lead to the Political Islam, referred to as “Islamism” is adoption of friendlier foreign relations with generally much less widespread or radically the West and maintain the 30-year peace with violent than it is in Egypt, where the Muslim Israel.

Brotherhood and Islamist ideology in general If such a person were to become the were born.

Egyptian head of state in the aftermath of these It would be a tremendous challenge to protests, it would mark one of the very few autocrats and their oppressive regimes times in history a despot was overthrown in throughout the Muslim world if their favor of a democratic form of government and populations saw the possibility of a liberal with a general absence of violence. democracy succeeding in a generally modern Such a thing can be possible, even in the and relatively wealthy Arab state. unlikeliest of places.

Even if such a rosy vision fails to come to fruition, Tunisia is unlikely to swing to Matt Moran is a junior history major from the complete opposite end of the spectrum Pittsburgh, Penn.

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Breaking the Wake Forest Bubble | Hamlin’s Ramblins

Technology hinders personal connections

and rode down the street. Landlines were used only before dinner, and more often than not you had to talk to a parent before getting to talk to your friend. Our parents learned how to communicate, they learned how to be polite and they learned interpersonal skills. When they wanted to take someone out, they didn’t hide behind a text message or a Facebook friend request. When my dad asked my mom out in the ID Photo line Hamlin Wade for the Wake Forest University School of Staff columnist Law, he asked her. He didn’t figure out her ver the weekend, my roommate name, add her on Facebook and casually text and I sat at a table at River Birch her three days later. He took a chance and Lodge, accompanied by our communicated. parents. We conversed, shared jokes and I don’t wish to give my dad that much swapped vacation stories. During the meal, credit or claim that he was the Casanova of my roommate mentioned to me how great law school. However, I do feel he had more it was to go to a nice restaurant with people bravado and chivalry than most men today. that could actually carry on a conversation. At He put himself out there; my mom could no point did iPhones, iPods, Blackberries or have said no and left him embarrassed. He Smartphones appear. No one logged into their didn’t get to hide behind the Internet.

Twitter account or went online to update their People today have lost the touch of Facebook status. For two hours on Saturday, interpersonal communication. We have we were able to have a meal, complete with lost the ability to write thank you notes, to conversation, without technology getting in communicate with generations that supersede the way. us and to exhibit class and distinction The “technological generation,” those of amongst our peers. We have been coddled us who have grown up in a time of wireless by technology and are more concerned with internet, cell phones and handheld music who might text us than the individual with devices, often become distracted with what’s whom we are talking. We refuse to turn off in our pocket or plugged into our ears to cell phones in movie theatres or in meetings hear what is going on around us. Technology because we just might receive an important has increased our powers to communicate, text that cannot wait. granting us the ability to get in touch with As odd as it is, I envy my father’s chivalric people instantly. If we need to ask a question, disposition (although I do not envy his 70s we shoot out an email and check our inboxes mushroom hair cut or moustache). Call us until we receive a reply. If we wish to see what the “technology generation,” the “coddled a friend is doing or when our buddy wants to generation,” whatever you wish. Still we have grab dinner, we text them. It’s quick, painless yet to measure up in interpersonal skills. and can be done while checking emails or Next time you go out, turn off your cell doing work. We can argue forever that we are phone. Pay attention to those around you more advanced in communicating than our and learn to listen. Remember that you are parents and grandparents because we have controlled by the brain in your head, not harnessed technology. The question remains: the brain attached to your hip. So, turn has technology increased our ability to off the phone, disconnect the Internet and communicate or has it completely destroyed listen. You’ll be surprised at what a personal it? conversation still has to offer.

There is something special about the way our parents communicated. If they wanted Hamlin Wade is a junior political science major to play with friends, they hopped on a bike from Charlotte, N.C.

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Snooki’s appearance degrades university Secrest coordinators discuss reality star Lillian Shelton & Erin Devine Guest columnists

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eeling a sense of relief and contentment after organizing, presenting and saying farewell to the musicians that came to campus as part of the Secrest Artists Series Jan. 27, I took the opportunity to unwind at home.

Abraham Inc. had been a success in the eyes of the audience members, and we were receiving rave reviews from everyone who went.

However, that sense of contentment disappeared when I heard the announcer’s voice coming from the TV set: “Two thousand students are here at Wait Chapel to hear Snooki speak on the Wake Forest campus tonight.”

As if that wasn’t the exact opposite of what I wanted to hear, the announcer continued with a mention of the irony that such an academically prestigious university would be so enthusiastic about seeing a, frankly, trashy reality-TV star who offers little to no intellectual value.

Not only is this a disappointing eye-opener into today’s culture, it is also a discouraging fact for the Secrest Series.

The Series was founded for university students in order to give

them an opportunity to experience the best of the performing arts.

According to a history of the series written by Dr. Charles Allen, a former director, “Attractions of the highest quality ... appropriate to equivalent courses in the curriculum should be sought. The four years of a student’s stay on campus should present as adequate a cross section of the performing arts as possible.”

In recent years, the series has included a broader diversity of events such as Yin Mei: Nomad the River, Meredith Monk, Radio Kabul from Afghanistan, Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra as well as international stars such as Joshua Bell, Ben Heppner and the Warsaw Philharmonic. Efforts of the Secrest Series to bring the “best of the best”

to the university are supplemented by the music department and the theatre/dance department in the opportunities they offer for students to engage in and witness strong performances of high caliber.

Abraham Inc., which featured international clarinet star David Krakauer, the legendary funk trombonist Fred Wesley and Socalled, a Canadian rapper of note in a boundary-breaking musical mash-up of integrity and virtuosity, attracted less than 200 students.

Now it is clear how much of a discrepancy there is between what simply entertains and what is entertainment of high value and meaning.

I find it distressing, disappointing and embarrassing that so many

university students are more interested in a personality from polluted popular culture than they are an adventurous, diverse ensemble exploring new musical territory.

If our students represent some of the “best and the brightest” of this generation, then what are the resulting implications for the future of the performing arts?

If students are choosing to attend the university for a high quality education and Secrest is a part of that education, then why aren’t they attending this event in larger numbers?

Lillian Shelton is director of Secrest Artists Series. Erin Devine is a senior business major and Secrest intern.

Discovering the Right Solution | Constructive Criticism

Egyptian protesters call for president’s resignation

Mubarak regime struggles to retain full authority

Seth Williford Senior columnist

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ver the past week, I have been riveted by the news of revolution in Egypt. My rapt attention has been given to each and every subsequent report that has emerged.

These mass protests have been aimed directly at the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak, a military man who has remained a strong ally of the United States. Mubarak serves as a secular

leader and promoter of economic liberalization who has long fought the calls of democratization and freedom, even while he has remained a stalwart against fundamentalist Islam.

Events are unfolding very quickly, but as of this article’s writing, it appears increasingly likely that Mubarak will be forced to step down. He has appointed a vice president, Omar Suleiman, for the first time since he rose to power. This is clearly a sign that he believes there is a need for the succession of power.

In fact, Mubarak may very well take the path of General Pervez Musharraf, the former Pakistani dictator. Musharraf opted to hold free and fair elections and maintained his office until the newly elected government was sworn in.

This seems unlikely, as the protests have focused on the sole interest of Mubarak’s immediate resignation. It also seems doubtful that they would accept Suleiman as president, seeing as many of them feel he is too close to Mubarak. In another sign of weakness for Mubarak, the army has announced it will not use force against demonstrators. The Egyptian Army is trusted by the Egyptian people, and

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the army’s support is critical for Mubarak to maintain power. The fact that they will not follow any orders to suppress this uprising points to a greater likelihood that Mubarak will not remain in power for long. In addition, all of the disparate voices of the opposition have joined together to back Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. They have put him forth as their chief spokesman, and it is very likely they would accept ElBaradei as the leader of a transitional government. The final opposition group to join in supporting him was the Muslim Brotherhood, whose support cemented his status as the voice of the opposition.

The Muslim Brotherhood is a radical group that would like to see Egypt turn to Sharia Law, and would undoubtedly push for policies that are antagonistic towards Israel. Mubarak has suppressed this group for years, using their presence in the country as a reason the U.S. should continue to support his regime, while this has instead created a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Because Mubarak has neglected political reform for so long, he has only added to the

Brotherhood’s strength, and further radicalized the group. But their support for the secular ElBaradei indicates they know, at the moment, that the most important step is removing Mubarak, and that only then do they stand a chance of gaining influence in the new Egypt.

This is tough for the U.S., who does not want to let go of Mubarak at the risk of accepting the Muslim Brotherhood.

The last time we had a test case of this magnitude was in Iran, where the Shah stepped down only to be replaced by the Ayatollah.

This is, of course, the nightmare of everyone in the State Department and the international community. However, there is little that the U.S. can do at this point to change the outcome. We are merely spectators of a historic and very meaningful event.

If that is indeed the case, and we cannot change the outcome, then it is important for the U.S. to ask itself one question about Egypt.

Why not democracy?

Seth Williford is a senior political science major from Wilson, N.C.

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tles of water are purchased every week in the United States. Where do these bottles go?

This means Americans spend up to 2000 times more money on bottled water than they would on tap water. Ironically, tests show one-third of all bottled waters are tap water.

Tap water is tested and regulated numerous times a day and is often proven to be no less healthy or worse tasting than bottled water.

Speer highlighted how expensive brands of water, like Figi, fail taste tests when compared to tap water.

This past fall semester, Speer and the Office of Sustainability researched, surveyed and analyzed the collected data for the campaign.

With the data amassed and examined, they developed a marketing plan and a calendar for “Choose to Reuse.”

The campaign kicked off on Jan. 25 with a documentary on the bottled water industry called, “Tapped.”

Similar events will occur throughout the semester. Speer encourages all those in the university community to “go green” and use reusable bottles.

“The best way to get involved with this campaign is to encourage your friends not to buy bottled water,” Speer said.

She explained her hope that over time, people will feel pressured to use reusable bottles until it becomes the norm on campus.

The campaign will go on for the remainder of the semester. It will conclude with a ceremony in April.

“Hopefully by April we will have water filling stations on-campus as a grande finale for the campaign,” Speer said.

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Landscaping Service’s tree relocation vehicle sits beside the road, waiting to transport shubbery.

Photo courtesy of Jim Mussetter

Workers prepare the ground as a tree hangs above ready to sit in its new campus location.

Students driving around the main traffic loop of campus Jan. 31 may have noticed a hulking piece of machinery trundling down the road with 40-foot trees in its jaws.

With the help of this technological monster, Landscaping Services successfully transplanted 24 trees from the site of the new business school, Farrell Hall, to the new welcome center, to South Hall and to North Campus Apartments.

The effort to save more trees through relocation was hindered by potential complications from electrical wiring and other utilities hidden beneath the ground, though plans are in the works to attempt to transplant a 24 inch diameter willow oak across campus.

If this plan succeeds, it will be the largest transplant in university memory.

The various maples, oaks and red buds that made up the initial group of transferred trees were moved during the dead of the winter season to increase their chance of survival in their new locations on the university campus.

Trees lie dormant during the cold months, making it easier to transplant them with minimal risk to the root system.

“We’ve never lost a tree we’ve transplanted,” David Davis, manager of landscaping services, said.

Irrigation of the new relocation sites will also help the trees’ chance of survival.

With the exception of new plantings, the only trees on campus that receive supplemental irrigation are those that have been recently transplanted or are exhibiting signs of illness.

“Though the size of the relocated trees varies – some are as small as two inches in diameter, others up to one foot – each one will make a much grander impact on the newly crafted landscape outside the new welcome center than the standard sapling would,” Campus Arborist Jim Mussetter said.

Though the university has relocated trees in the past, the practice had fallen out of use in recent years.

Mussetter, who has worked in Landscaping Services for 19 years, could recall few uses of the process to save trees from construction sites.

According to Mussetter, the decision to relocate the trees rather than to remove them was made largely in response to the negative press received about the removal of many trees from the new admissions center project area last fall.

The revival of tree transplants is also in keeping with the university’s new policies on tree care, articulated in the Campus Tree Care Plan.

The Campus Tree Care Plan, accessible online through the Office of Sustainability website or the Facilities and Campus Services website, was created by a team of facilities staff members to meet guidelines established by the Arbor Day Foundation.

It is just one crucial step on the way to Tree Campus USA designation, a prestigious honor bestowed on colleges and universities that have demonstrated a commitment to proper care of their trees.

This document outlines everything from proper tree maintenance to construction protocols to protect trees to plans for a new tradition – celebration of North Carolina’s Arbor Day in April.

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{ NATIONAL STAGE } Jets assistant coach resigns weeks after “trip” New York Jets strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi resigned from his position Jan. 31.

Alosi made the news seven weeks ago after video evidence showed him tripping Miami Dolphins player Nolan Carroll during a Dec. 12 game.

While returning a punt, Carroll ran up the field near the Jets sideline where he tripped and fell. Replays showed that several Jets coaches and players had lined up shoulder-to-shoulder right near the edge of the sideline. Alosi subtly stuck out his leg, causing Carroll to trip and fall down.

Following the incident, Alosi was suspended without pay by the Jets and was fined an additional $25,000.

“After the events that have transpired, I feel it’s best for my family and me to look for a fresh start,” Alosi said.

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The No. 52 Wake Forest women’s tennis team lost to No. 26 Virginia 5-2 Jan. 29. In the loss, senior Emilee M a l v e h y defeated No. 29 Erin Vierra at the No. 4 singles spot.

M a l v e h y, along with junior Ryann Cutillo, also beat Virginia’s No. 16 doubles Malvehy team.

Malvehy won 6-0, 6-1 over Marine Wieliczko at No. 3 singles earlier in the week in a 7-0 win over ETSU. Malvehy has been nominated as the ACC Player of the Week.

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By John Turner | Photo editor Remaining hidden within the depths of a Wake Forest fan lurks a secret fan of a rival North Carolina ACC school–well, secret until now.

When I matriculated to Wake Forest, everyone from home believed I would let go of my first love and my status as a Cameron Crazy.

They thought I would drop that nonsense, wash off the blue and white face paint, take off the Shane Battier jersey and blue wig, and instead, pick up a yellow wig, apply black and gold face paint, and don a Chris Paul jersey.

Those people just assumed I would embrace the latter, and never return to the former.

This article is my announcement to all those who do not already publicly know: I am a Duke fan. I finally mustered up the courage to expose myself to the rest of my fellow Screamin’ Demons. Despite attending Wake Forest University and rooting for the Deacs, I still cheer on the Blue Devils with the same fervor I did in my younger days.

Before you jump me the next time I am walking on the quad, know that I have good reasons to remain loyal to my first team.

My grandfather attended Duke University and my father was then the second generation to attend Duke, a little less than a half century later.

Thirty years later my sister followed in their footsteps and just graduated last May with her undergraduate degree.

I, however, broke the mold and decided to try out a new North Carolina school (as long as that school would not require that I wear a light baby blue color that makes my stomach uneasy at the sight of it).

The tricky part was that I would still root for Krzyzewski’s squad, while cheering my own eventual alma mater as well.

For all those avid Dukies reading this story who are afraid to take the leap I am taking, know you are not alone. Several of my close friends hold the same ties I do to the perennial contender that the rest of the university despises.

Junior Michael Wooten expressed his similar status, but with a unique twist: Wooten not only attends Wake Forest, but is a Division I track and field athlete. Wooten’s father attended Duke for his undergraduate degree, and instilled in Wooten the same drive for Blue Devil excellence that my father taught me.

Wooten claimed he has been a Dukie since the 1999 season, which was the first year he started watching the team in the NCAA Tournament – for those fellow Dukies reading this, that season resulted in the painful three-point championship game loss to UConn, in which NCAA Tournament MOP (Most Outstanding Player) Rip Hamilton and his Huskies handed the Devils only their second loss of the entire season.

Despite the fact that Wooten’s father attended Wake for medical school, Wooten grew up in a pure Cameron Crazy environment, much like me.

“I really wasn’t [a Wake fan] growing up,” Wooten said, due to the fact that his father was more involved with Duke as an undergrad, since medical

students do not spend as much time on the Wake campus.

Wooten, now a discus and shot put thrower, played several sports in high school. He credits his basketball career to Duke, particularly Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s camp: “that’s what got me into playing basketball… I went to the camp, we stayed in one of the dorms near Cameron [Indoor Stadium], I met Coach K—he’s a real nice guy—and it was a good experience.”

Fellow junior Amy Rognstad does not hold any familial ties to Duke, yet still joined Blue Devil nation in third grade. Rognstad indicated that her family had no strong collegiate team, and Duke was the team that made her a fan of college basketball religion.

Both Wooten and Rognstad reiterated a point that I want to clarify myself: despite the loyalty to Duke, we still remain true to our own university, as we all support the Wake athletic department. Rognstad regularly attends Wake games, and

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NHL mixes Late rally ignites Deacs to first ACC win up All-Star Game format

By Nick Saponara | Contributing writer

While the National Hockey League took a major hit in the year following its famed lockout, lately the NHL has rebounded nicely.

Some quick stats for you: the total subscribers for the NHL’s online viewing service has grown 255 percent since 2008, while digital ad sales rose 191 percent and corporate sponsorship revenues have increased 162 percent in that same time period.

Additionally, the league is expecting a huge bidding war for its TV rights after the current contract expires this season; this is especially significant considering the potential for NBA and NFL lockouts next fall.

This newfound hockey growth is related to the league’s commitment to trying new things and constantly improving the fan experience: adding the annual outdoor game, implementing the shootout and finally the rule changes that came after the lockout that increased goal scoring and excitement.

This year was no different, as the NHL threw away the East vs. West or North America vs. World idea and opted for Team Staal vs. Team Lidstrom.

That’s right, the NHL had a good old fashioned on-the-pond draft.

This appealed to fans in a way that has never happened before. Though most are familiar with this scenario, fans rarely see professional athletes drafting one another in such a casual way.

The draft was a huge success and brought about some interesting first time occurrences. Eric Staal and his

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Seven-foot junior Ty Walker drives to the rim in the Deacons 76-71 victory over Virginia, their first ACC win of the year. Walker had 11 points, 10 of which came in the second half.

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Wake Forest’s young team was once again put to the test in their past two games, facing challenging ACC opponents.

The Deacs, however, took the opportunity to prove how far they have come.

The Deacons first hosted the Virginia Cavaliers Jan. 29 at the Joel Coliseum.

Wake Forest was still searching for their first win in the conference, having started the season 0-5 in ACC play.

Virginia came in with a 2-5 ACC record; the Cavaliers had already beat Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech earlier in the year.

The Deacs defeated the Cavaliers twice last season, including a 6461 overtime win in Charlottesville.

They looked to continue this past success after suffering a tough home loss to Duke.

The game seemed to be pretty evenly matched at the get-go as both teams battled back and forth.

Wake Forest then saw senior Gary Clark, sophomore C.J. Harris, freshman Travis McKie and freshman J.T. Terrell all make three-pointers in a span of just under five minutes to give the Deacs an 18-10 lead.

This would be the largest lead the Deacons would have, however, as Virginia rallied back and tied the game at 19 on a three-pointer by Cavalier freshman K.T. Harrell.

The remainder of the half was tight as neither team could pull ahead.

Virginia took a two-point lead into halftime at 34-32. The Cavaliers

outscored Wake Forest 14-2 in the paint in the half but the Deacons scored 12 points off six Virginia turnovers.

The second half started poorly for Wake Forest as the Cavaliers went on a 7-2 run to take a 41-34 lead.

Virginia pushed the lead to double digits with 13 minutes to go at 4838.

The Deacs responded by closing the gap over the next four minutes.

McKie had a tremendous dunk over seven-foot Virginia junior Assane Sene.

This brought the home crowd to its feet and gave the Demon Deacons confidence heading into the final stretch.

Wake Forest regained the lead for the first time since the opening half

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Tom Morrison

By Matt Hayes | Staff writer Junior mid-distance runner Tom Morrison has paved the way for what looks to be one of the best seasons of Wake Forest track and field in recent memory. Hailing from Port Perry, Ontario, Canada, Morrison brings international experience to the Demon Deacons. He has represented Canada in both the World Youth Championships and the World Junior Championships, ranking as high as ninth in the world in his age group.

Since arriving in Winston-Salem in 2008, Morrison has competed in indoor and outdoor track and field, as well as cross country. This season is looking to be his strongest yet, as he has already set a personal record in the 1000 meter run at the Virginia Tech Invitational, finishing second overall.

Morrison hopes to continue his hot streak in upcoming invitational and lead the Deacs to a strong season in 2011.

What sparked your passion for running?

It all started when I wanted to be the fastest kid on the playground. After that, I started to compete formally and began having success. I was on the cusp of being really good, so it kept me motivated to keep pursuing it as a passion.

Is there an individual you emulate or another runner that you look up to?

Growing up, I always thought of Canadian Olympians as the runners I wanted to be like. However, now I have to focus on finding who I am as a runner and discovering what makes me unique and sets me apart from others.

How do you mentally and physically prepare yourself for a race?

Physically, I just put in work. I do weights, strength training and tough work-outs so I know my body can handle a distance race.

Mentally, I trust in my coach and my training regimen so that I know I can handle what I face in a race.

Every week, there are hopes and fears, and you might not feel completely comfortable before the race, but then the adrenaline kicks in and it all falls into place.

What was your proudest moment as a runner before coming to the university?

There are two moments that stick out.

First was making my first World Youth Championship Final. I finished in an automatic qualifying position and was ranked ninth in the world for my age group.

Second, I qualified for the World Juniors the next year. I was young compared to the rest of the field, was

behind early in the race and then put in the most effort I ever have to just barely qualify. It was mentally and physically exhausting but well worth the reward.

What has been your greatest accomplishment in your college career?

My greatest accomplishment was anchoring the Sprint Medley Relay at the Penn Relays.

What are your goals for the season?

My goals for the season are to make the ACC Final in both indoor and outdoor track and field, to make NCAA Regionals and see how far I can go from there.

If you were not running track, what sport would you like to be playing?

Volleyball, because it was my second sport throughout high school, or Ski-Cross, because it’s racing with contact and is a lot of fun.

What are your favorite activities besides running?

Eating and sleeping are high on the list, along with playing Xbox. I enjoy rock climbing as well.

Being from Canada, what has been the biggest adjustment in going to school in the United States?

The culture change has been a huge adjustment. School is very similar, but the culture of the South blows my mind, especially the conservative roots that are very evident.

What do you miss most about home during the school year?

It’s most difficult to be away from my friends and family for so long. I also miss the food, especially the deer, buffalo and tourtiere, as well as the relaxed lifestyle.

Having previously represented Canada in the World Juniors, do you hope to represent your country again in the near future?

Everybody hopes to represent their country, so of course. I’m just looking to find the right combination of skill, hard work and luck to get to the Olympics.

If you had to suggest one thing to do when someone visits Canada, what would it be?

I would choose between making fun of the French in Quebec, going skiing in Lake Louis, dog-sledding or skating on the Rideau Canal.

Personal Profile Birthdate: 4/19/1990 Year: Junior Hometown: Port Perry, Ontario, Canada Event: Mid-Distance Awards and Titles: Won the 800 meter run at the 2009 Wake Forest Open; member of the DMR relay that finished seventh at the 2009 Indoor ACC Championships; competed at the World Junior Championships

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younger brother play together for the first time in their professional careers, but it also split up Vancouver’s identical twins Henrik and Daniel Sedin.

The game this year was close to home for us students, just down I-40 in Raleigh.

It was well attended; 18,680 people went out to the RBC Center, filling it to 99.7 percent capacity.

Pregame festivities included a “cute” demonstration involving kids choosing sticks, which simulated the draft style.

Eventually the kids chose sticks that belonged to four famous players, including former Hurricanes captains Rod Brind’Amour and Hall of Famer Ron Francis, followed by Lidstrom and current ‘Canes captain Eric Staal.

The home players were extraordinarily well-received, both by Hurricanes fans and the wealth of other teams represented in the stands.

The game itself was not to be overshadowed by any of the weekend’s excitement and frivolity; it was very entertaining, with a total of 21 goals scored. Team Staal darted out to

4-0 first period lead, bolstered by goals from Alexander Ovechkin and Philadelphia’s Claude Giroux.

Team Lidstrom came firing back, however, netting four in a row of their own, including a goal by former Chicago Blackhawk Dustin Byfuglien.

Stall’s squad got two more to start the second period, but Team Lidstrom ended the period with three more goals of their own, making it 7-6 after two periods of play.

There was a smattering of scoring in the final frame, including Danny Briere and Eric Staal’s second goals,

although Staal’s potential game-tier came after Loui Erikkson’s emptynetter essentially put the game away. It was also his second of the night.

Team Lidstrom, whose captain is not unfamiliar with winning, pulled the game out 11-10. The comeback from the 4-0 deficit was the largest in AllStar Game history. Finally, this year’s rendition also saw the only penalty shot in All-Star history, coming when Ovechkin tossed his stick to stop a Matt Duchene breakaway.

New York Ranger Henrik Lundqvist would make the save.

All in all, the NHL’s All-Star Weekend turned out to be a great success, including a wildly entertaining skills competition on Saturday night, which could certainly compete with the NBA’s recent lack of skills competition excitement.

Zdeno Chara broke his own record for hardest slapshot, recording one at 105.9 miles per hour.

The weekend foreshadows continued growth and excitement for the NHL, and should foster even more fanfare as we move toward another exciting NHL playoff season.

Deac Notes Baseball picked to finish sixth in ACC Atlantic Division

Former Deacon named ACC Women’s Basketball Legend

Ish Smith reassigned to Rio Grande Valley Vipers

The ACC Baseball Coaches Preseason Poll was released Jan. 28.

Wake Forest received 21 points which put them in the sixth spot in the Atlantic Division.

The Clemson Tigers were voted to finish atop the division with 68 votes.

The Deacons, who were picked to finish fifth last season, ended the year with an 18-37 overall record and an 8-22 record in conference play.

The team will have 12 returning varsity players from last year’s squad.

Wake’s first game will be Feb. 18 when they face LSU in Baton-Rouge, La. in an anticipated three-game series with the Tigers.

Former Wake Forest basketball player Beth Davis Fagen was named to the 2011 ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament Legends class Jan. 27.

Davis Fagen played three season for the Demon Deacons (1988-91). She scored 1,172 points in her career and was only the third player to tally 1,000 points in three years.

She was a Fast Break Freshman All-American in 1989, an All-ACC selection in 1990 and was the Deacs’ leading scorer in all three of the ACC Tournament games that she played.

Fagen will be recognized during the ACC Legends Luncheon March 4, as well as on the court at halftime of the first semifinal game March 5.

Former Wake Forest guard Ish Smith was reassigned to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the Houston Rockets’ NBA Development League affiliate Feb. 1.

This is the second time this season that the Rockets have sent the six-foot rookie to Rio Grande hoping to get him more experience.

Smith has appeared in 26 games this season in the NBA, averaging 2.8 points and 2.2 assists.

In his four appearances with the Vipers earlier in the year, he averaged 12.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 1.8 steals. Smith was a three-year team captain and is the only player in Wake Forest history with 1,000 points and 600 assists.

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Season Preview | Men’s and women’s tennis

Wake tennis looks for success from seniors in ‘11

By Alex Rosell | Staff writer

The Wake Forest men’s tennis team, led by 15-year Head Coach Jeff Zinn, has an exciting spring season ahead of them as they continue competing at the highest level both in and out of ACC play.

During this past fall season, several players stepped up their games and their efforts are reflected in the squad’s high national ranking to begin this spring.

The Deacs are already positioned at No. 22 in the nation, an ideal starting point for an upstart team trying to make their mark.

They come into the season with four singles players ranked for only the second time in school history: sophomores Tripper Carleton (No. 87) and Danny Kreyman (No. 100), and senior co-captains Jonathan Wolff (No. 45) and Iain Atkinson (No. 109).

During last year’s spring season, the Deacs advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, only to be ousted by top-ranked Virginia.

Atkinson, a senior from Washington, England and a doubles All-American in 200910, wants to prevent a similar fate this spring. “This year our aim is to be top 10, which

means that we would get to host the NCAA (Tournament) and avoid the big teams early on,” Atkinson said.

Based on the gradually improved play of the entire roster so far, such a goal is not unrealistic.

“We had a really young team last year; about half our team was freshman. They are all a year older now, and we’ll be relying on them.”

Atkinson views his position as co-captain as an important responsibility and understands that the seniors need to perform too. “(Johnny) Wolff and I definitely try to lead the team as best we can,” Atkinson said. “We’re always organizing captain’s practices and things like that, and we take our leadership roles pretty seriously.”

The Demon Deacons have many crucial matches to prepare for this spring and boast one of the toughest schedules in the country.

After a 1-1 split with Wisconsin and Kentucky, the Deacs take a road trip to Michigan and Michigan State on Feb. 5 and Feb. 6 before returning home for three straight matches against VCU, Louisville and LSU. The women’s tennis team also possesses a strong, balanced

roster of talented players who are more than capable of challenging for championships this spring.

New Head Coach Jeff Wyshner, who has nearly 20 years of college-level coaching experience, led the University of Akron team to a 19-3 season last year. This feat is even more impressive considering he had only a 9-13 record in his first year with the team.

Martina Pavelec is one of three juniors on the team and Wake’s best singles player. She was an All-ACC selection last year in her first year of eligibility.

“We didn’t make the NCAA (Tournament) last spring, which was disappointing I guess, but that’s definitely a goal for this season,” Pavelec said.

“I want to try to contribute as much to the team as I can, make the NCAA (Tournament) in singles and improve my game in doubles.”

Pavelec also sees herself as something of a leader because of her age (she turns 24 in June.)

“I guess age plays into (my leadership) because I’m by far the oldest. I try to be at least a little bit of a role model.”

While Pavelec is the squad’s only ranked singles player, the Demon Deacons field two ITA Top 100 doubles teams.

Sophomore Kathryn Talbert

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The Wake Forest women’s tennis team is 2-1 on the season. The Demon Deacons are hoping to return to the NCAA Tournament this season. and junior Kayla Duncan form the No. 14 doubles team in the nation.

The duo already boasts a 5-1 record for the year and hopes to move towards the top 10 by year’s end.

Duncan and Pavelec also play doubles together on occasion and have moved from unranked to No. 83 in just three team matches so far.

Emilee Malvehy, the Deacs’ sole senior, brings a wealth of experience. The California native played number one doubles for the team in the ACC Championships last year and went 13-10 in singles last spring.

Malvehy is coming off an impressive weekend where she defeated a top 30 opponent in singles and doubles, going 3-1

overall. Playing in the ACC is a daunting challenge, but these Deacons also have a tough nonconference schedule.

They go up against Tennessee, TCU, Texas A&M and Rice, all on the road within the next six weeks.

They also visit perennial ACC power Duke and host the North Carolina Tar Heels later in the season.

Men’s tennis splits matches at ITA Team Indoor

By Jim Simpson | Contributing writer

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Senior co-captain Iain Atkinson led the Deacons to the second round of the ITA Indoors.

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The Wake Forest men’s tennis team traveled to Lexington, Ky. this weekend to open the season in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) National Team Indoor Championships. The No. 22 Deacs got off to a strong start by blanking the No. 30 Wisconsin Badgers in a 4-0 shutout despite being plagued by illnesses.

Junior David Hopkins and sophomore Zach Leslie got the doubles off with a bang, cruising to an 8-3 win at third doubles. Sophomore Danny Kreyman and senior Jon Wolff clinched the doubles point at second doubles with a crucial 9-8 (7-4) win.

Kreyman, Hopkins and senior Iain Atkinson won their singles matches in straight sets to clinch the win for Wake Forest. No. 45 Wolff was on the brink

of being upset at first singles when his match was called in a third set tiebreaker trailing 7-1. Leslie won the first set and sophomore Amogh Prabhakar was tied 4-4 in his match when their matches were halted. Atkinson was pushed 7-5, 7-6 in his contest by the Badgers’ Ricardo Martin.

“Iain showed senior leadership and Danny Kreyman competed well,” Head Coach Jeff Zinn said.

Unfortunately for Wake, illness among several players caught up with them in their 4-0 loss to the No. 12 Kentucky Wildcats on Jan. 30.

Coach Zinn credited the Wildcats for their win but pointed out that several of his players weren’t feeling well in the match.

“They were firing on all cylinders,” Zinn said. “Kentucky didn’t get our best shot (due to the sick players).”

Wolff, Kreyman and sophomore Tripper Carleton lost their singles matches in straight sets after the Deacs failed to capture the doubles point.

Kreyman was right in the second set of his match with the Wildcats’ Brad Cox, losing 6-3, 7-6 in a 1513 tiebreaker. Atkinson was on serve in the third set when the match was clinched and ended. “[Kentucky] had the momentum from the start; they came out quicker and sharper than us,” Atkinson said.

“We never got to that point where we could put the pressure on them.”

Despite Sunday’s loss, Zinn remains hopeful for the Demon Deacons.

Zinn believes that Wake can compete in a conference loaded with Top 25 teams (currently five). “We have the talent, we just have to produce,” Zinn said.

Atkinson encouraged Wake Forest to get excited about men’s tennis. “We always play better when we have a big crowd,” Atkinson said.

Wake fans will have to wait until Feb. 13 to see the Deacs play at home against VCU. The next matches will be at No. 24 Michigan Feb. 5.

Deacs rebound with blowout of Boston College

By Maggie Cancelosi | Staff writer

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With a 10-12 record, the Wake Forest women’s basketball team had been struggling to outperform their tough competition this season. The Demon Deacons hope to pick up the intensity for the rest of conference play.

On Jan. 28, the Deacs hit the road to take on the University of Maryland and lost 75-44. Terrapin Tianna Hawkins sunk the first layup which was answered by junior Brooke Thomas’ three-pointer.

The Terrapins picked up the intensity, leading 12-5 in the first five minutes of the game.

Freshman Erin Hall made a threepointer, while sophomore teammates Sandra Garcia and Asia Williams tried to tally up the score with layups.

Garcia continued her shooting streak with two foul shots and a jumper, totaling 14 points in the game. At the end of the first half, the Terrapins shot 55 percent to dominate the Deacons 42-18.

After halftime, the Deacons tried to even up the scoreboard with foul shots sunk by senior Brittany Waters and Thomas and Garcia.

Within the first four minutes, Maryland had scored 12 points to steal back a nine-point lead. Freshman Jaymee Carnes made a jumper at 13:58, and Lindsay Wright promptly made her foul shot.

Still trailing the Terrapins, sophomore Patrice Johnson made both foul shots, while teammate junior Secily Ray made a layup with 7:24 minutes left in regulation. The Terrapins still ran up the scoreboard, but the Deacons held into the game with a jumper by

Johnson, assisted by Williams. With less than two minutes remaining in the contest, Johnson hit a three-pointer to finish with 10 total points. Maryland outscored Wake 32-16 in the paint, 26-17 in second-chance points and 4-0 in fast break points.

On Jan. 31, the Demon Deacons were back home at the Joel to face off against Boston College.

Wake Forest started off strong with a jumper from Garcia. Thomas facilitated a fair amount of plays with her speed and strong ball-handling.

“I think we did a good job of staying aggressive on offense and sharing the ball. This time when we got down on offense, we would do an 11-man break and make good decisions,” Thomas said. “I’m always looking forward to the next game.”

Garcia also sunk a three-pointer with confidence, totaling nine points in the first half. Within two minutes, Garcia made two shots to lead the Deacs in scoring for the first half of the game.

Trying to even up the score after the Demon Deacon defense struggled to settle, Ray hit a jumper and Williams made a three-pointer.

On defense, Williams was relentless and willing to hit the ground fighting for possession.

Despite pressure from Boston College’s defense, the Demon Deacons maintained good ball movement in and out of the paint.

After Waters was fouled, she sunk all three of her foul shots.

Less than a minute later, Waters confidently made a three-pointer.

Freshman Chelsea Douglas sunk her three-pointer at 5:25, and then made two foul shots to lead the Deacons 28-24. After a Wake Forest timeout, Douglas hit another three-pointer.

With less than two minutes remaining, the Deacons maintained the majority

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Senior forward Brittany Waters puts up a transition layup in an 82-64 win over Boston College.

Waters’ bucket gave the Deacs two of their 21 points in the paint. of possession with Thomas making both foul shot opportunities and Douglas hitting a three-pointer to lead the team with 11 points in the first half. By the buzzer ending the half, the Deacons led 42-33.

While the Eagles scored the first basket of the second half, sophomore Garcia made a three-pointer, and teammate Ray sunk a jumper under aggressive Boston College defense.

“Before tonight’s game, the locker room atmosphere was just like every other game – everyone was focusing on playing to win,” Ray said. “For our game against Virginia, we hope to execute play completion.”

Sophomore Lakevia Boykin really stepped up her game in the second half with a layup in a clear lane, a jumper with an assist from Waters and

then two foul shots to finish an 82-64 victory.

Garcia was eager to continue her shooting streak, making one of her foul shouts and four more baskets in which she and the team effortlessly worked the paint, totaling 21 points.

The Deacs, looking to reach .500 at 12-12, will continue ACC play when they travel to Charlottesville, Va. to play Virginia Feb. 3.

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Malvehy leads women’s tennis in weekend split

By Gary Pasqualicchio | Sports editor

The Wake Forest women’s tennis team, coming off an impressive win over Winthrop, was faced with a rare challenge Jan. 29: a non-conference road date with a conference opponent, the No. 26 Virginia Cavaliers. Senior Emilee Malvehy was up for the challenge against the highly-ranked opponent, winning both her singles and doubles match in impressive fashion. Despite Malvehy’s efforts, the Deacs fell 5-2 to the Cavaliers.

The Demon Deacons did not get off to a very good start in doubles, dropping two of three matches and the doubles point. Wake’s second doubles team of Malvehy and junior Ryann Cutillo pulled off a huge upset to get things started, crushing the Cavaliers’ No. 16 team of Maria Fuccillo and Rashmi Teltumbde 8-3.

Tied at 1-1, the doubles point was on the rackets of the top team, junior Kayla Duncan and sophomore Kathryn Talbert, ranked No. 14 by the Intercollegate Tennis Association, but they fell to No. 10 Hana Tomljanovic and Emily Fraser in a tough 9-7 contest.

Head Coach Jeff Wyshner realized the importance of winning that initial doubles point. “We were in position to seize the doubles point and it got away from us,” Wyshner said.

“To their credit they stepped up and played well in key moments.”

The hangover from the doubles loss seemed to carry over into singles where Talbert, sophomore Anna Mydlowska and Duncan were all dispatched easily by higher ranked opponents.

Despite Duncan’s loss sealing the match’s overall fate, Wake Forest continued to fight in their remaining singles matches. The Deacs got their

first point of the contest from No. 62 Pavelec who solidified her ranking by taking down the Cavaliers’ No. 88 Emily Fraser 6-4, 6-3.

Cutillo fell to a ranked opponent in a tough third set tiebreaker after winning the first, 6-4, 3-6, 0-1 (7-10).

Looking to pick up a second point in the match and last on the court, Malvehy shined at number four singles, upsetting No. 29 Erin Vierra in a dominant ten-point tiebreaker, 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-1). “It was great to see Emilee get that win,” Wyshner said.

“She had a similar match at Regionals that got away from her in the third set and she deserved to win that match.”

“She came up huge in the tiebreaker and took the match.”

“I was happy I could pull it out because in the past I’ve had some pretty tough losses to girls who were ranked high,” Malvehy said.

Despite losing their first match of the season, Wyshner’s team took a lot away from the contest. “It tells us that we are right there with a Top 25 ranked team.

We’re ready to compete with them.”

Returning to Winston-Salem, the Deacs rebounded on Jan. 30 with a 7-0 shutout win over the Atlantic Sun champion East Tennessee State Buccaneers.

With Talbert out due to soreness, and managing an already small roster of seven players, Wake had to switch up their doubles lineups a bit. Pavelec and Duncan took care of business 8-1 at first doubles and were followed by Mydlowska and freshman Brigita Bercyte at the third position. However, Malvehy and Cutillo were upset 8-7 (7-2) at second doubles after the point was already clinched.

Malvehy got her revenge in the singles, easily dispatching Marine Wieliczko 6-0, 6-1. Pavelec, Cutillo

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Junior Kayla Duncan uses her two-handed backhand in a 6-3, 6-3 win at second singles against ETSU. Wake Forest swept the Sun Belt champions 7-0 at the Indoor Tennis Center. and Duncan followed through in straight sets.

With the match in hand, a couple of the Demon Deacons’ younger opponents had to battle in their matches. Mydlowska had a tough time with Buccaneer Diana Navrostska, winning the first set 8-6 in a tiebreaker and needing to mount a furious comeback to win the second set 6-3 after falling behind 3-0. Bercyte, appearing in her first collegiate singles match, used patience and her looping groundstrokes to out-battle Andra Voinea 6-4, 6-4 and round out the sweep. Wyshner did not let his team take the Atlantic Sun foe for granted,

pointing out that they were a Top 100 team last season and had made the NCAA Tournament two years in a row.

“When you have an opponent coming in who really wants to get you but maybe doesn’t quite know how they’re going to match up, you’ve got to get that momentum early and say ‘this is our house, you’re not going to pick us off today.’”

Things get even tougher in nonconference play for Wake Forest as they welcome No. 4 Notre Dame on Feb. 6.

The Deacs have met the Fighting Irish 17 out of the last 18 seasons and 20 times overall. Notre Dame leads the

all-time series 11-9 and has won five meetings in a row. Wake may again count on Malvehy to provide the winning points in the match with the Fighting Irish. The senior, who has been nominated for ACC Player of the Week, is hoping her recent surge will be a career turning point while at the same time focusing on the challenge ahead.

“I think it’s looking good so far but I don’t like to think that way; I don’t want to get too sure of myself,” Malvehy said. “They are a tough team and I could easily face a ranked opponent again, which would be another great chance to pull out a win.”

Deacons struggle in the cold at TPC Sawgrass

By Steven Johns | Staff writer

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Sophomore Evan Beck led Wake Forest at the JU Invite with a one-under 215 and a tie for fifth place.

After a long, cold winter break, the men’s golf team traveled down to Ponte Vedra, Fla. to play at the famed Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass.

The Demon Deacons finished in sixth place at the Jacksonville University Invitational with a three-round total of 894.

Disappointing performances from the entire team left Wake Forest 36 strokes behind topranked Florida, who won the event by an impressive 25 strokes. Florida’s Bank Vongvanij led the field with a final score of five-under-par.

“I would say, if anything, (we are) just a little rusty,” Head Coach Jerry Haas said. “We just didn’t score the ball very well.”

Sophomore Evan Beck lead the Demon Deacons with two rounds under par and a final total of 215, one-under-par.

Beck started off the tournament solidly with rounds of 71 and 70. However, a rough final round of 74 dropped Beck into a tie for fifth place.

Junior Lee Bedford, who finished in the top five of each event this past fall, had a disappointing tournament. He

started off slowly shooting a 76 in his first round. Bedford slightly bounced back with two rounds of even par, 72, but was not able to get his game into its fall form.

Bedford finished the tournament at four-over-par to finish in a tie for 12th place.

Sophomore Charlie Harrison also had a tough tournament, shooting rounds of 76, 77 and 78. Harrison’s 15-over-par placed him in a tie for 42nd.

Freshmen Beau Cutts and John Varol each finished the tournament at 18-over par to tie for 49th.

Despite a disappointing performance, Haas said that the play was not a result of a lack of preparation.

“I felt we were actually very well prepared considering each and every man has been working on his game,” Haas said.

“The qualifying scores were really good considering how cold it was.”

While cold conditions can make golfing difficult, Haas said it was not a factor. “The weather? That’s just an excuse,” Haas said. “We have no excuses.”

Haas said that while the team was pretty good from tee to

green, the Deacs were less that average on the putting surface.

“The greens were Bermuda, something we don’t get to putt on a lot” Haas said. “They were really coarse and bumpy and we couldn’t make a lot of putts.”

“We had a lot of three putts and just not many conversions.”

The famed Stadium Course is known for its tough Bermuda greens and its challenging holes. Haas said that each player played well, but had a few tough holes that hurt the scorecard.

“We certainly played hard and the guys certainly didn’t throw in the towel; it just wasn’t meant to be,” Haas said.

“TPC is a pretty demanding course and we just didn’t have it this time.”

The biggest difference between Wake Forest’s play at the JU Invitational and its play last fall, according to Haas, was the way the team finished.

“We always try to finish the round better, but (this week) we didn’t finish each round off,” Haas said. “And that’s something we did really well this fall. We always had our best rounds our last round.”

The Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass is also known for its tough end. A long par-

5 precedes the very difficult island green at 17. If a player is lucky enough to make it through 16 and 17 unscathed, he still has to face the tough par-4 18, which demands the player to hit a long tee shot while avoiding water on the left and trees on the right.

During the fall tournaments, the Demon Deacons were able to thrive in the final round and make a move up the leaderboard. At the JU Invitational, however, the Deacs finished with a score of 297, nine-over-par.

Combined with the slow start that has plagued the Demon Deacons throughout the 201011 season, the poor finish landed the Deacs in sixth place.

Despite having a performance that didn’t meet the team’s expectations, the Deacs are taking the loss in stride.

“And maybe in some way, you know we played pretty solid this fall ... it’s a little bit of an eye opener and a wakeup call,” Haas said. “But we’ve got to get better and keep working on (our games).”

Wake Forest doesn’t play again untill Feb. 28 when it will travel to Wilmington, N.C. to compete in the Seahawk Intercollegiate.

Martin, Riccio lead women’s track at JRF

By Riley Johnston | Staff writer

On Jan. 28 and 29, four Wake Forest track and field athletes competed in the JRF Combined Events Invitational at Clemson University. Juniors Alex Hill and Scott McCullough competed in the heptathlon, while freshman Erika Martin and sophomore Maddy Ricco competed in the pentathlon.

The men had two good showings in the heptathlon, with Hill finishing fourth overall with 4,747 points and McCullough finishing eighth with 4,446 points.

There were 11 competitors total, and Miller Moss of Clemson University won with 5,903 points. The event was spread over two days, with the 60 meter dash, long jump, shot put and high jump on Jan. 28.

The final three events, which were completed on Jan. 29, were the 60 meter hurdles, pole vault and 1000 meter run.

Hill got off to a strong start in the 60 meter dash, placing fifth, while McCollough ended up 12th. They both finished in the middle of the long jump with two very similar jumps.

Hill showed his strength in the shot put and finished in third place with a throw of 12.43 meters. McCullough had a mark of 9.57 meters, which was good enough for 12th place again. She edged Hill in the high jump, where they placed seventh and eight respectively.

Both got off to a slow start in the 60 meter hurdles and fell behind. The rough beginning to the race led to Hill finishing in seventh and McCullough in 13th.

McCullough bounced back with a sixth place finish in the pole vault, while Hill dropped down to 12th. Both athletes finished the day off strong in the 1000 meter run. Hill’s time of 2:49.99 was good enough for third in the event, and secured

him a fourth place overall finish. McCullough finished with a time of 3:01.72, good enough for seventh place in the event and eighth overall.

“Overall I am pretty happy with the final results,” Hill said.

“There were certain events that I thought I could do better in, but fourth was a good place for me to finish in.”

On the women’s side, Martin and Ricco performed very well in the pentathlon. The pentathlon is comprised of five events: the 60 meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800 meter run.

Martin started the day off strong with a third place finish in the hurdles, while Ricco struggled with a 12th place finish. Martin then proceeded to win the high jump with a jump of 1.61 meters. Ricco fell to 13th with a jump of 1.40. Ricco recovered well over the next three events, placing fourth, sixth and second

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Martin and Riccio were the sole members of the women’s track and field team at the JRF Invite, finishing second and fifth in the pentatholon, respectively. respectively. Martin continued her strong day with finishes of 10th, seventh, and fourth. This put Martin at 3,285 points and second overall. Ricco, riding a strong finish, wound up fifth

overall with 3,119 points.

Martin finished only 19 points behind the winner.

The track and field teams will be back in action Feb. 18 and Feb. 19 in Blacksburg, Virginia,

for the Virginia Tech Elite.

“I’m looking forward to this weekend,” Hill said. “There are a lot of really good competitors out there, and it will be good to see where (we) stack up.”

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By Madeline Smith | Contributing writer

As many students on campus can sympathize, gone are the days when my schedule is only packed with exams, presentations and assignments. Instead, there exists a daunting presence of interviews, career fairs and company information sessions that now dominate my student handbook.

As overwhelming as it is, we students are finally entering the professional realm, and even though we are still partying and studying like we’re in college, landing that job or internship is in the back of everyone’s mind.

In order to prepare, we try desperately not to look like an idiot before that upcoming interview.

We ask ourselves: “How will that experience on my resume help me land a job?” or “How can I better articulate my strengths and weaknesses?”

But what may be more important on this journey to find the perfect career is to take a step back, look into your closet and ask yourself a different question – What the heck should I wear?

The importance of looking professional

It is often said that you never forget a first impression. This means that potential employers will have scanned you, mentally judged you and made an opinion about you before you even open your mouth in a professional setting.

This makes dressing appropriately one of the most important aspects of meeting a potential employer. Though it may seem like an easy task to handle, it is surprisingly the most botched, even among university students.

In order to fully understand the importance of this step and what is actually appropriate to wear in different business settings, I spoke to Sam Beck, director of Professional Development for the Schools of Business.

When Beck first arrived at the university as an educator, she figured the student body would have a better idea of what was appropriate apparel; however, she learned quickly through career services, recruiters and employers that this was not necessarily the case.

Some recruiters have even refused to return to the university because of the unprofessional appearance of our students. With that said, she is strongly devoted to informing students about their challenging transition into the professional world.

According to Beck, dressing appropriately is primarily important because it can provide employers with confidence in your abilities. She explained that to an employer, the outfit of a potential employee is an indicator of trust and judgment; if the potential employee does not even have the judgment to iron his pants or assemble a proper outfit, how can he be trusted to take a client to lunch or deliver a presentation?

Being an employee means that you are a reflection of that organization, and no potential employer will want to show a sloppily or provocatively dressed individual to directors or clients.

Wearing appropriate attire is also significant be-

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cause it develops your “personal brand.” While it is important to do this through generating a resume and practicing communication skills, it is equally as vital to do this through appearance.

Beck believes that we reveal more about ourselves through our nonverbal actions than we do verbally; as a result, appearance dictates perception. Luckily for us students, this means that if we brand ourselves professionally we can shape the way employers categorize us instantly: if they see it, they will believe it.

Depending on the environment, a blazer is also an appropriate touch to a casual outfit. Mind you that regardless of shirt style, the shirt must be tucked in with a belt that matches your shoe color. As for shoes, they should be leather and worn with socks. Yes, Sperrys are leather and can be worn with socks, but they don’t count!

For both types of business attire etiquette, the key factor is to have everything as pressed, ironed and crisp as possible. To a potential employer, a wrinkly pair of pants can say more about you than your resume can.

Business Casual versus Business Professional The phrases “business casual” and” business professional” are often thrown around when career fairs, interviewers and information sessions happen on campus; however, many students are not aware of the difference.

Before the 1990s, business professional, or business formal, was the accepted standard of dress for most companies. The concept of “business casual” originated in Silicon Valley with the growth of dot-coms and computer-related industries. These employees were young and worked long hours out of customer sight; they were therefore allowed a more lax dress code for the work environment.

As knowledge of this trend spread, businesses outside the computer industry began to implement “Casual Fridays” as fun incentives for employees.

However, when employees came to work in tank tops, jeans, flip flops and short skirts, many businesses had to abandon these changes and allow only business professional clothing.

Business attire etiquette varies between companies, and also between economic times.

Trends show that during recessions, businesses make company policy stricter in all aspects of the office, including attire. As a result, students should anticipate entering a more business professional environment upon entering the realm of jobs and internships.

The question of business professional versus business casual depends on many factors- whether it be the type of company or the state of the economy. As a general rule, it is mandatory to wear business professional clothing to an interview, unless otherwise stated by the employer.

Remember though, it is better to be over than under-dressed.

Men Men have it fairly easy and straightforward for what is appropriate in the workplace. If you are on an interview or interning in a business professional setting, always wear a suit, dress shirt and tie.

For those who are unaware, that means that the top matches the bottom, and the navy blue blazer with khakis that you wear to your fraternity events are not acceptable.

For business casual, men have a larger variety. Pressed khakis are widely accepted with any shirt given that it is collared (i.e. button downs and polo shirts).

Women Women have a wider range of clothing options and therefore a more difficult time choosing business attire. For any business professional setting, women must wear a suit. Whether it is a skirt suit or pant suit depends entirely on personal taste and company trends. Though it may seem odd and outdated, many financial institutions only allow women to wear skirted suits to work.

Be informed of the traditions of each company you encounter and dress accordingly. With the suit, women can wear a button-down shirt or blouse. If the cut of the top is questionable, use your collarbones as a guide. If the top goes below them or worse, there is cleavage showing, it is inappropriate for an interview or a business professional setting.

Shoes should be closed-toed and preferably heels for this environment. Heels give a presence and an air of confidence to females, and therefore high heels are completely acceptable.

As long as they do not look like clubbing shoes and you can walk in them, go for it.

Women have many more options for the business casual setting. Dress pants or skirts are acceptable for bottoms, where tops can be anything from buttondowns and blouses to blazers and cardigans.

You not only have more freedom with style of shirt, but also with color and patterns. Try mixing a brightly colored silk blouse with a neutral pencil skirt, or a patterned cardigan over your standard trousers and button-down.

In and out of work, accessories are an important part of any woman’s wardrobe- a way to add color or personality to an otherwise monotone outfit.

Wear a colorful silk scarf or necklace with a blouse and blazer or a metallic belt with a cardigan so that employers and co-workers can get a sense of your style and personality.

Remember, dressing professionally is about advertising your personal brand, or

how you want to convey yourself. If you want to be perceived as a fashion-forward, vibrant individual, don’t be afraid to reflect that through accessories.

As for shoes, heels and flats are both acceptable depending on what you find more comfortable.

With either business professional or business casual though, it is absolutely imperative that what you are wearing actually fits! Nothing is more distracting in an interview than short or tight skirts, pants that drag on the ground and buttons that look like they’re going to pop right off into the employer’s face.

Women especially need to be extremely conscious of how their clothes fit and what they are revealing.

The person under the clothes The most important thing to remember is that the clothes are only there to highlight the person underneath. The outfit is a way to provide a professional canvas for the skills and assets you can bring to an organization.

In other words, you want your outfit to make people listen to what you have to say, rather than be distracted by what mistakes you made getting dressed.

So now it’s time to button-up, iron-out and tuckin, because we all stand on the verge of entering the real world.

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Tips for Success • The “Sit Down Test:” For ladies, when buying a skirt, always perform the “sit down test.” Try sitting down in the skirt you might buy while still in the dressing room. If you need to tug and pull on it, it’s no good.

• Tailor Everything: Having a suit that fits perfectly is the difference between looking ordinary and looking exceptional. If pants drag, or the waist is too large, take a trip to the nearest dry cleaner and get it hemmed or taken in. This $10-$20 investment could make a world of difference in what your employer perceives.

• Find your Brand: Suits often range in style and fit depending on where you buy them, so search stores and find a brand that works best for you.

J.Crew, Anne Taylor and Brooks Brothers are some standards, and each fit varies. Dedicate time to discovering which suit best suits your body type.

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Humor Column | Reverand Robert Hooke

Freshmen habits irk upperclassmen on campus William Daly Staff columnist

Every new year needs new beginnings, and the university is no exception. In fact, some people have come to enjoy the creature comforts of our little bubble too much.

I’m talking to you, freshman.

Because of recent events, I would like to create a preliminary list of the most unacceptable things to do on campus.

If there is some vigilante out there who would like to add a few, be my guest,

but these are the ones that have been cooking my goose recently: 1. Stop changing the dial on the Pit toaster. If you can’t see the five other people toasting their bagels, I am really not comfortable with you having the privilege of fire.

Please understand that turning the toaster down causes the people already in line ahead of you to wait longer. Setting nine on the toaster is not toasting your bagel, it’s making it lukewarm.

Don’t ruin everyone else’s day and rub the two halves together for warmth.

2. Pledge drivers are not your personal servants. No one cares if it is your birthday. No one cares if your friends from home are in town. No one cares if you don’t like the music.

All you have to do is sit quietly for two to three minutes and say “thank you” on your way out.

If it is 3 a.m. you are not going to get driven home because there are cab drivers dying to do just that.

You will not get mugged because a pledge didn’t drive you home, you will get mugged because you have no common sense. They don’t know where the Sig Chi or Sig Nu or Sig Ep house is, and they aren’t your personal MapQuest.

3. Stop listserving your e-mail addresses to the listserves. You are driving every person insane and making the world a little less beautiful.

It is the second semester now, freshman, you should have at least spoken to one or two upperclassmen. If they haven’t told you how annoying this is, then take this as your first and final announcement.

No more sending your e-mail over the listserves, you have been warned.

4. Stop blurring out your photos on Facebook. If you don’t want to be in a photo with a beer in your hand, put the beer down.

I can’t imagine that being more difficult than bringing each picture into Photoshop and blurring out each illegal substance.

Or, here’s a novel idea: stop taking pictures at parties. I’m sure you need to show everyone at home that you are cool now in college, but it doesn’t look that way with a big black box over your hand.

5. Stop coming to the Pit after D.A.M. You look like an idiot.

But I’m sure everyone needs to see you. If you are on campus you have no excuse not to take a shower, change your clothes and then get something to eat. You are covered in chocolate if you don’t and the next person that sits in

your seat is too. Don’t get me wrong, I love raging. But I remember my first party too.

6. Stop raising your hand when the smallest little thought runs through your head. I understand coach wants you to let him know when you have a thought, but the professor doesn’t care if, in addition to signing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was mentioned in National Treasure.

There are people in the same class as you that read the assigned work for today and would like to know what the person with the doctorate has to say on the matter. I understand that the class has a participation grade, but this isn’t the SAT so you don’t get more points for signing your name extra times.

Try your best to keep these resolutions, people.

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Book Review | An Object of Beauty

Movie Theater Releases for Feb. 3 The Roommate Sanctum Waiting for Forever Ranchero The Other Woman The Rite Frankie and Alice

Did you know?

A photo of Paris Hilton in handcuffs sold for $150,000 in 2006.

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Martin writes novel on N.Y. art scene

By Samantha Hoback | Staff writer

Steve Martin is best known for his side-splitting film characters, including Inspector Jacques Clouseau in The Pink Panther, Tom Baker in Cheaper by the Dozen and George Banks in Father of the Bride.

But there is more to this almostRenaissance man than meets the eye.

In addition to his Hollywood credits, Martin is a Grammy award-winning musician, playwright and author.

In An Object of Beauty, Martin, an avid art lover, exposes the backroom reality of the art world through the eyes of Lacey Yeager: an ambitious art intern who unconventionally climbs the career ladder with the dream of opening her own gallery in New York City.

“I had no idea that Martin was a writer so that caught my attention immediately, as I was browsing Barnes and Noble,” senior Brigham Wall said.

“I had read an article about the book, and when I read the inside cover I was sold. Any book about a feisty female and art is good to me.”

Narrated by Lacey’s friend and admirer, art journalist Daniel Franks, An Object of Beauty begins in the early ‘90s when Lacey is working as an intern for Sotheby’s.

Lacey soon discovers the pleasures of being a successful career-woman in the art realm, and she begins to take advantage of her position at Sotheby’s to advance her career and lifestyle.

Through the years, Lacey encounters many obstacles, including the effects on the art world after 9/11

and the economic crisis in the late art works, including pieces by Willem 2000s. de Kooning, Pablo Picasso and Andy She also struggles with her per- Warhol. sonal life. Lacey, who is flirtatious “Each piece brought in its own suband promiscuous by nature, becomes plot that related to the characters in involved in a complicated relationship some way,” Wall said. with big-name buyer Patrice Claire, The added visual images make the who wants more than just a steamy, novel much more interesting and trans-Atlantic affair. comprehensible, especially for readers An Object of Beauty is not your aver- who are not familiar with art history. age chick-lit novel. Martin brilliantly In that vein, An Object of Beauty is weaves subtle social not just for art aficioand cultural criticism nados.

An Object of into his story.

Although more intelWith commenlectual than most beachBeauty tary on the United read books, this novel Title | An Object of Beauty States’ international is for anyone interested Author | Steve Martin relations, big-busiin art, the wheeling and Genre | Chick-lit ness fraud and the dealings of New York Who’s it for? | Those current economic City, international interesed in art and NYC situation, An Object travel and Martin himof Beauty is a much self. No pre-requisite is Length | 304 pages more complex, intelneeded. lectual story than one An Object of Beauty would expect from Bobby Bowfinger. is Martin’s second full-length novel, The social implications are only part illustrating that all that glitters is not of the author’s agenda. Martin also gold. In the words of one of the charreveals his passion for and knowledge acters, Lacey’s journey reveals that the of modern art. An Object of Beauty is true world of art “lies between our filled with 23 color photos of modern dreams and reality.”

Surrender to Sudoku

Celeb Juice: This week’s gossip update

Southerners resemble their favorite iced tea — artificially sweetened.

• Gossip Girl star Black Lively has been revealed as No. 1 on the Most Desirable Woman of 2011 list, according to AskMen’s 10th annual poll. “It” girls of the year included Kate Middleton, Lea Michele and Jessica Pare.

• Halle Berry is bringing her ex-husband, Gabriel Aubry, to court over custody of their two year-old daughter, Nahla. People reports that Berry has attempted to resolve these custody issues amicably with her daughter’s father, but he is refusing to cooperate.

• Actress Christina Applegate and fiance, musician Martyn LeNoble, welcomed daughter Sadie Grace LeNoble into the world last week. The couple has been engaged since last Valentine’s Day and are overjoyed with the birth of their healthy baby girl.

• Jennifer Lopez attended the launching of the Venus Goddess Fund for Education as the firstever Global Ambassador.

Student Union

SU Films: Due Date Friday, Feb. 4 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Pugh Auditorium SU Films: Paranormal Activity Saturday, Feb. 5 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.

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Drink of the Week Southern Sparkler

While the rest of the country is dealing with immense snowfall, celebrate the fact that we have moderate weather with this sparkling drink.

1.25 oz peach liqueur 1.25 oz grapefruit juice 1.25 oz pineapple juice 1.25 oz carbonated water Mix ingredients. Shake and strain into cocktail glass, or serve on the rocks into an ordinary glass. Garnish with a fresh pineapple on a toothpick.

Check back next week for the solution to this week’s problem.

In case you haven’t noticed, we like to keep people waiting in suspense.

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Movie Review | Tangled

Get Tangled in 50th animated Disney film

By Pooja Patel | Staff writer Disney’s 50th animated feature Tangled is without a doubt one of Disney’s most uproariously entertaining films of the year. Although almost everyone knows the beloved story of Rapunzel by heart, Disney’s remake of the classic Grimm Brother’s fairy tale still has a few surprises. It’s one of those rare but unforgettable films that bring delight to both children and adults. Whether you like comedic adventure or cheesy romance, traditional fairy tales or modern musicals, “Tangled” has a little something for everyone and does not disappoint.

Finally Disney shows us that they are still capable of making films up to par with classics like, The Lion King, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast.

Tangled has all of the beloved Disney traits that we have come to know and love; however, the film is tweaked for modern audiences.

Mandy Moore lends her voice to the character of Rapunzel, a kidnapped princess stolen from the King and Queen’s palace as a baby and raised in an isolated, virtuTangled ally unreachable tower Rating | PG by the evil Director | Nathan Greno Mother GoWho’s it for? | Anyone who thel (Donna enjoys Disney movies Murphy).

Running Time | 1 hr., 40 mins.

The villain uses the Rating | Agirl’s magical mane to maintain eternal youth.

Rapunzel is a feisty teenager who longs to leave the tower and experience the world. For her 18th birthday she wishes to visit the floating lanterns that appear in the sky every year on her birthday.

Unbeknownst to Rapunzel, the King and Queen project the lanterns into the sky as a message to their missing daughter.

However, Mother Gothel isolates Rapunzel in the tower with no company other than Pascal, a wise chameleon. Mother Gothel claims she has Rapunzel’s welfare and protection in mind in forbidding her to leave the tower.

Rapunzel’s opportunity to escape and make her birthday wish come true arises with the unexpected arrival of a thief called Flynn Rider (Zachary Levi) who climbs the tower seeking a hiding place.

Rapunzel, unfazed by his good looks and charm, hits him with a frying pan; however, Rider agrees to take her to see the floating lanterns soon after.

Flynn, along with a horse named Maximus who

Photo courtesy of Disney Pictures, Inc.

Rapunzel (Mandy Moore) gets swept off her feet by the mysterious and handsome Flynn (Zachary Levi) in this 3D animated feature. believes he is a bloodhound, bring witty banter and humor to the film.

As Flynn and Rapunzel embark on their great adventure, the audience is swept up in the flawless, fluid plot and sharp dialogue.

Rapunzel’s blonde hair is quite the force of nature, bringing another element of delight to Tangled; the 70 feet long mane is capable of many things, including tying people up and throwing them down.

Tangled has a lot going on, but nonetheless finds time to include plenty of lively action and energetic sequences.

The film’s greatest strength is its undeniable, heart-warming effect on the audience. The ending lives up to its expectations and is full of heart: Rapunzel learns that Mother Gothel was wrong in claiming that “the world is dark and selfish and cruel.”

The only flaw of the film is the 3D aspect, which adds little to the experience and makes it look even more artificial and unbelievable.

However, there are a few moments where 3D seems sensible. In the climactic scene in which Rapunzel sees the release of hundreds of floating lanterns in the sky, 3D enhances the image.

And when Rapunzel first leaves the tower, feeling the wind in her hair and the grass beneath her feet, the audience can almost, almost experience these senses with her.

However, it can be argued that Tangled would be much better enjoyed and more effective in traditional 2D. No need for the funny 3D glasses to see this one. Even in 2D, the rich landscapes and wonderfully depicted characters look fuller and more lifelike than ever before. The film is quite a sight for sore eyes.

Although it has been awhile since Disney fed the world the brilliant films that we know they’re capable of producing, Tangled proves that they have still got it. One can only hope that Tangled is a preview of what’s to come from Disney; perhaps the film represents a new era of Disney films. But the bottom line is that Tangled is a must-see.

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Wake Abroad | Spanish Holiday - Viva Salamanca!

Spontaneity is common side effect of exploring abroad

By Meenu Krishnan | Staff columnist

Now here’s something I can cross off the bucket list: one of the things I have always wanted to do is go to a bus stop, train station or airport and buy a ticket to the next destination and head to an unknown place.

It had just always seemed so spontaneous and adventurous — something teens in John Hughes movies would do. And that’s exactly what two friends and I did.

The majority of our study abroad group went to Portugal last weekend – a trip we are saving for warmer weather – but we certainly didn’t want to remain in Salamanca for our first three day weekend (that’s right, we don’t have classes on Friday).

Since we are college students on a budget and are saving hotel money for big trips like Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia, we decided to take a day trip… destination: unknown.

So, bright and early on Saturday morning, armed with bocadillos (sandwiches) and Cokes, we headed to the bus station.

The next bus was leaving for Zamora, a town about an hour and a half away, and after a (relatively) smooth exchange in Spanish with the cashier, we purchased our tickets and headed to the bus stop.

Our bus was due to leave at 11:30 a.m. from Stop 2, and like prepared tourists, we were sitting in front of the stop at 11:15 a.m., tickets in hand. And then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw another bus marked “Zamora,” parked in Stop 1, preparing to leave.

My friends and I eyed each other nervously, all of us considering the prospect that that was in fact our bus and we were about to miss it; but at the same time, none of us were willing to run up and ask the bus driver (hey, this Spanish thing is hard, and we definitely didn’t want to look like clueless Americans).

Finally, I decided to take one for the team, and dashed to the bus, and babbled, “Perdón,a dónde vaeste autobús?” (Excuse me, where is this bus going?)

The bus driver looked at me like I was insane, so I repeated myself, slowly, and he responded that it was headed to Zamora and leaving immediately.

I dashed back to the bench and gathered my friends. Once we were

safely seated on the bus, we looked at each other and said, “this is an adventure.” And that was our motto of the day.

Despite that near mishap (and a few others — some linguistic, some directional, but all part of the fun), we had an absolutely wonderful day in Zamora. When we reached the city, we had absolutely no idea what there was to see.

So after a quick stop in the tourism office to get a map, we didn’t obsess about plans or schedules; simply wandered around the city.

It was such a different experience to be unaware of where we were going, what we were going to do or who we were going to see.

During the day, we stumbled upon some castle ruins (that’s Europe for you), had a picnic near the river, went shopping, did some amazing people-watching and ate delicious tapas.

On the bus back to Salamanca, I couldn’t help thinking how wonderful and out of character this experience was.

Though I’m not overly neurotic when it comes to planning, I do typically like to have a general idea of what is going on.

Being abroad and immersed in a completely different culture, even though it’s only been three weeks, Photo courtesy of Meenu Krishnan has shown me the value of being adventurous, impulsive and daring. Beautiful churches, like the one pictured above, are situated in the And that’s not a bad thing. ancient city of Zamora, a locale filled with unexpected sights for Meenu.

Hookah is not healthier alternative

By Kelsey Korey | Staff columnist

Think you are avoiding the threatening side effects of cigarette smoking by switching to hookah? Think again.

Hookah smoking is not safer than cigarette smoking, according to Mayo Clinic doctors. Hookah is a water pipe with a smoke chamber, bowl, pipe and hose. The flavored tobacco used is specially heated before the smoke passes through water and is then drawn through a rubber hose to a mouthpiece.

Because smoking sessions can last as long as 60 minutes, hookah smokers can end up inhaling more tobacco than cigarette smokers.

Also, the volume of smoke inhaled during a hookah session is massive. According to the World Health Organization, in one smoking session, the average hookah smoker inhales the equivalent of roughly 100 cigarettes!

I know the next argument I face concerns addiction, as there are rumors that you can’t get addicted to hookah smoke. Unfortunately, those are false.

It is true that the water in a hookah pipe absorbs some of the nicotine from the tobacco, but the key word here is some.

Some doesn’t mean all. Eventually, you can inhale enough nicotine from a hookah pipe to become addicted. Most people think the water filters out the toxins, but there is no way the water can filter out everything. What I really want to share are the health problems associated with hookah smoking, but before I get there, please consider this: hookah smoke contains high levels of toxic compounds including tar (yes… tar), carbon monoxide, heavy metals and cancer-causing chemicals.

The heavy metals present in hookah smoke include arsenic, chromium, lead and cobalt. There is still no concrete evidence behind the exact effects these metals have on your body in the long term (not much research is positive at this point though).

Hookah smokers are also exposed to more carbon monoxide than cigarette smokers. If nothing in this article changes your mind about hookah, this just might: hookah pipes used in hookah bars and cafes are generally not cleaned properly risking the spread of infectious diseases (herpes anyone?)

— come on… that’s just plain disgusting.

The health impacts of hookah smoking are just as dangerous and deadly as cigarettes and tobacco.

Hookah tobacco contains all of the carcinogens that lead to risks of developing cancer, respiratory disease and heart disease.

All of the nasty chemicals I described above are linked to oral and lung cancers as well as other serious illnesses.

Even secondhand hookah smoke presents dangerous side effects to people exposed to it. It has also been proven that hookah smoke causes damage to genetic cells in the human body.

These cells are damaged by various contaminants inhaled from the smoke, and it becomes difficult to reverse this process.

Artist Review | P!nk

P!nk stands pop culture’s test of time

By Caroline Toland | Contributing writer

In fifth grade, my homeroom class went on a short field trip. We were all piled on the bus — boys in the back, girls in the front and sluts in the back too. I was sitting chatting with my chaste friends when suddenly they broke into song.

I had never heard the song they were singing but they stood on the seats and shouted it. Man, what fun they seemed to have! So I began shirttugging and shoe-tapping for attention and after about 10 minutes of what can only be so bluntly described as fifth grade girls singing a popular song, my friend informed me that the song was called “Don’t Let Me Get Me” by P!nk. I held onto this all day and the second I arrived home I jumped on the computer and began the first of two hours I would spend watching the video on repeat. The next day at school I knew all the words.

It’s been 10 years since I first listened to “Don’t Let Me Get Me” and P!nk is still at it; in fact, she’s hardly changed at all.

She still looks like she could take on a pack of wild animals and can still sing like a bird. Whereas most pop stars change their image multiple times over the course of a decade, P!nk hasn’t wavered from what she first projected to the world in “Don’t Let Me Get Me.” P!nk has always been an anomaly in pop culture. When she entered pop music the scene was dominated by women like Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears, making her short hair and aggressive style seem totally obscure.

But P!nk has always used her uniqueness to her advantage; being separate from other pop icons allows P!nk to target a different audience, which is another constant in her music.

Whether you love the song or hate it, it’s easy to grasp the message in “Raise Your Glass,” P!nk’s latest hit. With no subtly, it calls upon “misfits” to rally against social norms. P!nk has been pulling that move since day one, but with justification.

Every day, youth are bombarded with an unachievable idea of perfection and so when artist

like P!nk gives room to be flawed the crowd goes crazy. Her songs “So What?” “Stupid Girls” and “God is a DJ” all reach out to the unconventional in one way or another.

This is where P!nk strays even further from today’s pop stars. Instead of coaxing the inebriated to dance more, P!nk encourages the downtrodden to rise against their pretty oppressors and “let their freak flag fly.”

And whether you love it or hate it, this is how P!nk is and probably forever will be. But it doesn’t seem to be a bad thing.

It can be argued that we have turned into a nation striving for a perfection that does not exist.

In this way, P!nk is a breath of fresh air. Finally, someone in mainstream music gave permission for the underdogs to be happy. So raise your glass if you can’t help but like P!nk.

Also raise your glass if you still remember all the words to “Don’t Let Me Get Me.” P!nk’s not going anywhere just yet, which is good news for losers but not for fifth grade girls.

Sound Judgement | Releases in the Age of the Web

Internet transforms music distribution

By Spurge Carter | Contributing writer

Music has always had a strong presence in society.

No matter your personal preference in music or your interest in the industry behind it, everyone has been influenced by music for centuries.

The way people are affected by music hasn’t changed much over this period of time; however, the way music is distributed to people has transformed dramatically in the last decade.

Before the Internet revolutionized music distribution, a bright-eyed, new artist would have a long road ahead of them before receiving the attention and recognition that can now be so easily achieved with the Internet’s aid.

Before the popularity of online music distribution, record companies would distribute an artist’s music but would set strict guidelines, deadlines for new music and more or less inhibit an artist’s freedom in favor of their own agenda.

This relationship caused problems with many aspiring artists and explains why Internet distribution has become so popular in recent years: it gives the artist nearly total control over their music.

In the last 10 years, record companies have faced declining significance as the Internet has begun to

facilitate artists from the beginning of their musical journeys until they reach the fame they desire.

Services such as iTunes, Beatport and sites like Myspace, Bandcamp and Soundcloud give artists different options for distributing and selling their music.

If an inspired individual sits in front of Garageband, a music composing system, for an hour and completes what they think is an industry changing, genre-bending tune that everyone must hear, then that simple thought can become a reality.

After uploading their musical creation to whatever site, one doesn’t need an agent or to know someone in a record company to promote their music.

Artists’ social media pages continue to draw in fans themselves, and blogs distribute their tracks and spread the word about the potential new hit.

Eventually, record companies may see the artist from a blog or one of their social media sites, and offer the artist a record contract.

So Internet distribution solves a lot of the problems that the previous method of distribution posed; yet, there are still problems with this system like quality control. And that is a big problem.

Because literally anyone can make a song on their computers and dispense it via the Internet for free,

there are a lot of people who do so and arguably, aren’t worth hearing.

In the pre-Internet era, if a record company didn’t like an artist, they would be rejected and their music most likely wouldn’t make it to the public’s ears.

Presently, it’s hard to find genuine artists who withstand the test of time and will be able to produce more than a few good singles.

This is another major issue with Internet distribution: time. An Internet-era artist’s popularity depends primarily on the fans, not the record company.

Fans actually decide who they want to listen to and if an artist can garner up enough listeners, they will get the attention they want. This may not last as long as it once would because by the time they become famous, another artist can emerge.

All of these issues, as well as many more, should be considered by a potential artist when they choose how they want to distribute music to their fans.

While either way can be used to achieve the same results, many artists are choosing the easier Internet method over the archaic system of record distribution. Consider the revolutionized music industry next time you use the internet for your musical needs.

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Jersey Shore star’s visit to campus invoked dissenting opinions on contemporary pop culture.

The line of cold audience members outside of Wait Chapel reached all the way to Subway. When the doors opened, a crowd of over 1400 people, some even elderly community members, flooded in. The anticipation began.

Chants of “Snooki! Snooki!” filled Wait. The opening comedy act and interviewer, Michael Dean Esther, came on. And then — Snooki.

By Renee Slawsky and Caroline Edgeton Life editor and Senior writer What happens when you invite a tan, 4’9” reality TV star who is famous for a large “poof ” on her head and says phrases like “Snooki just wants to find the perfect juicehead gorilla” to speak inside Wait Chapel?

Well, that was exactly what everyone wanted to find out.

On Jan. 29, MTV’s reality queen Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, star of the infamous Jersey Shore series, made an appearance sponsored by Student Union that has stirred up a plethora of campus conversation and controversy.

Snooki is well-known for her drunken debauchery and air-head persona.

While she is a very pleasant person to speak to and was surprisingly professional at the event, she still maintained the personality many students have come to know and love (or hate).

In an exclusive interview with the Old Gold & Black, we were able to ask Snooki questions about her ambitions in life and what she ultimately wants to achieve with her success as a reality television star.

“It’s an amazing feeling, really flattering, but it also kind of sucks because people see me only partying and they think that’s all I do 24/7, but that’s not me all the time,” Snooki said. “One of the biggest differences [between me on and off camera] I would say is Nicole, that is my name.”

“My goal through all of this is that I want to build an empire for myself, kind of like the Kardashians,” she said. Like her or not, she does have aspirations.

Because she may come across as ditzy and trashy, some students, faculty and alumni consider this as one of the university’s lowest points.

This is not necessarily because everyone despises Snooki; rather, many were simply distressed that the administration would allow someone who does not accurately represent the university onto campus in such a welcoming way.

Overall, some of the anger seems to derive from the fact that plenty of lectures and concerts are provided by various departments and organizations – namely, the Voices of Our Time lectures and the Secrest Series concerts. In general, these events are

Photos by John Turner/Old Gold & Black

known for having low attendance rates from students, yet over 1,460 students came to see Snooki.

Lillian Shelton, director of the Secrest Artists Series, found Snooki’s appearance and the student attendance rate “disturbing,” especially because of everything Snooki represents, but also because the evening before, hip-hop/rap group, Abraham, Inc., did not attract nearly as many students as she anticipated.

“Less than 200 students showed up to Abraham, Inc., and we expected a lot of students to show up to this because this was music that appeals to younger individuals.

Even though it was hip-hop, it was music that was beautifully done and played with a lot of integrity,” Shelton said.

“Integrity may be a key word because artists of integrity in any field are what (the Secrest Series) insist on bringing; the university likes to think of itself as having integrity, but when you bring someone like Snooki to campus, someone who does not have this at all, what does that say about this school?” she said.

Similarly, David Yamane, chair of the department of sociology and associate professor, found this event to be equally appalling.

“My distaste for the issue is not as a sociologist but as a faculty member who hates to see our time and resources wasted. Similarly, as a driver I hate when people slow down to gawk at a train wreck, which is basically what Snooki is as far as I can tell,” Yamane said.

“I asked my students what they learned from having attended the Snooki event and they said ‘Don’t get arrested. It’s not fun’,” he said.

While it may not come as a surprise that professors would not approve of such an individual coming to campus, many students were bothered, as well.

“This is ridiculous, I have no idea why she’s coming here or what she’s going to talk about; I feel like this is the first time Snooki has ever been to a college campus or been inside a chapel,” freshman Josh Paz said.

“I felt like bringing Snooki to campus didn’t reflect the university community well and what we are striving to be,” senior Anthony Tang said. “We brought her merely for entertainment, but it wasn’t useful entertainment. It just seemed random.”

“We can tell people we’ve had people like Hilary Clinton, Joe Biden and Thomas Friedman come speak, and now we’ve had Snooki? It just doesn’t make sense,” he said.

Because Student Union received criticism for bringing Snooki to campus, the events chair senior Cody Mitchell spoke on behalf of the group’s decision to sponsor her.

“It was a consensus among the Student Union board to bring her here; everyone thought it’d be hilarious, fun and insane, in a good way,” Mitchell said. “We have a diverse board of members – Greek and nonGreek, etc. – and they were all enthusiastic about bringing her,” she said.

While many individuals thought the university used its money to pay for Snooki’s appearance, the money actually did not derive from the student activities fee.

“The money used was Student Union exclusive revenue. None of the money students pay to attend the university was used to get Snooki here,” Mitchell said.

“We totally understand why people think it was stupid that she came, but we’re an organization that brings student entertainment and not every event we hold can appeal to all students,” she said.

Regardless of the criticism prior to Saturday night, the event still maintained an active (and packed) audience.

“This was by far the most well attended event we’ve hosted in the past several years,” Mitchell said. “The intense criticism was a surprise; we definitely expected some, but we didn’t intend for it to be taken as seriously as some people took it. We just wanted to bring pop culture to campus just for the fun of what it was.”

“Our general mission is to bring student activities and entertainment. It was completely different from anything we’ve ever done before and we thought things went well overall,” she said.

On the other hand, the Sercrest Series and the Voices of Our Time lecture series provide students with more scholarly and academically-focused lecture and concert options.

On average, a mere 200 students attend the free Secrest concerts.

While Voices of Our Time was able to bring popular journalist Thomas Friedman of the New York Times and sports guru Jay Bilas and managed to fill most of the capacity of Wait Chapel and Brendle Recital Hall,

respectively, many of the students who attended Friedman’s lecture were required to do so due to their Greek affiliations.

Additionally, Bilas was held in a much smaller facility – Brendle can only hold 600 seats compared to Wait Chapel’s 2,200.

It should be noted that different organizations are responsible for providing varying events to bring diversity and entertainment to campus.

While the Secrest Series is responsible for providing world class musicians and the Voices of Our Time lectures, provided by the President’s Office, are responsible for bringing renowned scholars and intellectuals from across the nation, Student Union’s job is to provide fun, pop culture-focused events to campus.

And Snooki falls right into this category perfectly.

Even with all of the controversy surrounding the visit and a host of outraged students and alumni, the line for seeing Snooki was extraordinarily long and over 1,700 tickets were sold.

In the end, while some attended in hopes of seeing a “train wreck,” as Yamane put it, some attended due to being die-hard fans of this New Jersey socialite and pop culture icon.

According to second-year communications graduate student Davis Bourland, in a satirical essay he wrote in response to Snooki coming titled “Vox Snooki, Vox Populi,” he wrote, “In 1938, German philosopher Theodor Adorno chided then contemporary notions of cultural taste, saying, ‘where (the public) react at all, it no longer makes any difference whether it is to Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony or to a bikini.’ … Had Adorno lived to 108, he might let out a sigh of relief, because the public would appear to him imbued with discriminating taste buds, enamored with the transcendent things of life.”

While some may still be upset by Snooki’s visit, this does not mean everyone was bothered by it. Something to keep in mind when thinking about this issue is that higher education is not immune to the guilty joy that pop culture can provide.

Regardless of whether or not you love Snooki or absolutely hate her, she certainly provided us with something to talk about and entertainment to last the semester.

Graphics by Bobby O’Connor/Old Gold & Black

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Campus barbershop celebrates 50th anniversary

By Katie Mahone | Staff writer

The university barbershop is decked out in black and gold décor, with an assortment of university banners and jerseys covering the walls. Photos of students, athletes and faculty cover the mirrors, and rock music can be heard through the speakers of a boom box.

Currently located in the lower level of Taylor Residence Hall, 2011 marks the campus barbershop’s 50th birthday. Although the shop, as well as the student body, has undergone numerous changes over the past fifty years, accessible, quality haircuts and a relaxed atmosphere have ensured its success as an enduring part of the campus.

The barbershop opened in 1961 and was initially located on the lower level of Davis Residence Hall.

It later moved to Kitchin Residence Hall and shared space with the Deacon Shop before moving to its current location in 1989.

Owner Lloyd Howard is a graduate of the Winston-Salem Barber School. He came to the university in 1976 and began working at the shop before buying it himself in 1982.

Five years ago, Howard was joined by Dean Shore, who can often be spotted holding his Nikon camera at campus events.

Shore graduated from the same barber school that Howard attended and has been working with him ever since.

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Dean Shore’s love for photography and pride in the university is evident in the aesthetics of the barbershop, located in Taylor Residence Hall.

Open Monday-Saturday, the barber shop offers cuts at about $15, a price similar to what one would find off-campus (unless you’re going to the glitzy Boardroom Salon for Men, which the university barbers were quick to exchange quips about).

An easy walk from anywhere on campus, the shop accepts both cash and Deacon Dollars. They even have a holdfast warranty policy, which allows dissatisfied students to return and get a trim at no extra charge.

Because the shop’s services are particularly appealing to students, it receives a variety of clientele.

“The majority of our clients are students, but there are some faculty, and we do have some off campus business,” Shore said. “We’re open to the public; we’re starting to pick up a lot of high school students from Reynolds High School and also families with children.”

Although it’s not your typical shop, Shore sees a lot of benefits to working on-campus versus an

outside barbershop somewhere in the surrounding community.

“We’re dealing with an age group of 18-25-yearolds for the most part, so we pretty much know what type of client is going to walk in the door,” he said. “It’s a great place to work because the students are really good guys. It’s a lot less stressful working with college students.”

“Here, you get that cross section of everybody from around the world and across the country,” he said. “You get to know a variety of people that you wouldn’t get in an outside barber shop.”

During his 35 years at the university, Howard has cut the hair of three university presidents: Dr. Scales, Dr. Hearn and Dr. Hatch.

Watching Howard work and chat with the students, it’s clear that he loves his job. Without an ounce of sappiness, he says that the best part of barbering at the university is, “everything about it.”

The students are fans of the shop as well. Sophomore Robert Lambert first came in because of the great location and wouldn’t consider going off-campus for his cuts.

“It’s so much easier coming here, walking here, instead of driving,” he said.

When Howard considers all of the clients that have visited the shop over the years, he concludes, “I think they just like to come in and visit.”

The barbershop on-campus has enjoyed 50 years of good conversations and good haircuts.

Student-run production has potential to dazzle

By Morgan Schutte | Contributing writer

For the last three weeks, a group of students have been working tirelessly to put together what director Michael Whatley describes as “a young, risky and exciting piece of theatre.”

The show is called Independence and it takes place in Independence, Iowa where Kess, a controlling lesbian, has just returned home to find her family in total chaos.

Kess’s youngest sister, Sherry, is a high school senior who is dedicated to “meaningless sex,” while her middle sister, Jo, has gotten herself impregnated and then dumped.

To top things off, their mother Evelyn has just recently been released from

a mental institution. Things quickly begin to unravel as each character deals with complex emotional obstacles.

Not only is the show relatable, but the brilliant mixture of dramatic and comic elements keeps the two-hour performance moving along.

In one moment audience members will find themselves laughing hysterically as Sherry talks about faking orgasms and Jo falls over from being extremely intoxicated. However, the mood quickly shifts to drama when the mother has one of her many outbursts.

“Independence combines joy and sadness in the same way that life does,” Whately said, when describing why he chose this production to put on.

“When I read this play, I had the most powerful feeling of recognition, like I had known Sherry, Jo and Kess personally for years and completely connected with their struggles, as well as the complicated mixture of love and the need to grow that characterizes Independence.”

“I believe that theatre can serve as both a vessel for social change and can be therapeutic to both the performers and the spectators. I picked this production because I saw in Independence the opportunity for both,” he said.

One thing that makes Independence so remarkable is its student involvement. The show is put on by the Anthony Aston Players, a theatre organization on campus.

In the fall, a special committee begins reading student-submitted plays, and after choosing a variety of shows the members of the group vote on which play is worthy.

Then the real work begins as students step up to fill the roles of set, costume, light and sound designer. This type of full-scale production takes hours of dedication, talent and team work.

From start to finish, the entire play is a student creation; however, every detail is done with professional expertise.

The play was written by the rather well-known American playwright Lee Blessing. Blessing’s most successful play, A Walk in the Woods, was nominated for a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize.

Blessing is currently head of the graduate playwriting program at Rutgers University and will be travelling all the way to Winston-Salem to see this performance of his play, Independence.

Those lucky enough to get a seat at opening night will have the opportunity to participate in a “talk back” after the show.

This is where the audience is permitted to ask Blessing, Whatley and the actresses questions about the overall production process and other details of the performance.

The show runs Feb. 3-5 at 7:30 p.m., with doors opening at 7:15 p.m. in the Ring Theater of Scales Fine Arts Center. The tickets are $5 at the door and are cash only.

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Sophomore Ari Stewart goes up for a dunk over a helpless Virginia defender for two of his 12 points.

on junior Ty Walker’s layup with six minutes to play.

The contest was close all the way to the end, but it was Harris who stepped up big, scoring eight of his 15 points in the final four minutes including going 6-6 at the free throw line to lead Wake Forest to a 76-71 victory.

“The game was so close and every point really counted,” Harris said.

“Our guys did a great job at the end making free throws which really helped us win the game.”

The win marked the first for the Deacons in conference play this season, putting them at 1-5 and 8-13 overall.

It also moves them out of last place in the ACC standings, now ahead of the Miami.

Wake Forest shot exceptionally well at the line making 19 of their 21 attempts. The Deacons also had a season-high six players score in double figures.

“We fought back, we didn’t put our heads down and we executed out of some timeouts,” Head Coach Jeff Bzdelik said.

“We controlled the ball without turning it over, and I like that we had six players in double digits, so we really shared the basketball.”

Wake Forest only committed nine turnovers in the game, an area which the team has struggled with in recent games.

“We made clutch free throws, made the right decisions with the ball and stayed together as a team,” McKie said.

Harris led the way with a The matchup put the stellar performance tallying Deacons up against one of the 15 points, seven assists and ACC’s best and a team that six rebounds. prides itself on the defensive McKie stepped up once end of the court. again for the young Deac Harris scored the first squad. bucket of the game giving He recorded his sixth the Deacs an early 2-0 lead; double-double of the season however, this was the only with 12 points and 10 lead Wake Forest would have rebounds. the entire night.

Walker had undoubtedly The Deacons stuck with the best ACC game of his the Seminoles, even tying the career scoring 11 points, 10 game at 14 on Clark’s threeof which came in the second pointer. half rally by the Deacons.

Florida State then went on Coming in, Walker had only a 12-0 run over the next three scored eight points in his minutes to push the lead into entire ACC career. double digits.

“Ty was active,” Harris The Seminoles played said. “In the second half he tough defense on the Deacs stepped up, played big, made and caused Wake Forest to layups, got blocked shots and commit 15 turnovers in the was a big key to our win.” first half.

The game showed the The Deacons also struggled ability of on offense t h i s o n l y young “We fought back, we didn’t put mustering W a k e 19 points our heads down and we exeForest in the first cuted out of some timeouts.” t e a m half and that had trailing by Jeff Bzdelik not lost 12 at the Wake Forest Head Coach an ACC halftime game this buzzer. season by less than 19 points.

The Deacs shot just 29 “For a group of young, percent from the field in inexperienced players to get the first half and made only rewarded, to make their free three of their eight free throw throws down the stretch, to attempts. execute late in the game, to The second half saw Wake do those kinds of things that Forest shoot over 53 percent they’ve never done before, from the floor, but they were really gives a big boost to a unable to stop the Seminoles team like this, no question,” who continued to pull ahead Bzdelik said. of the Deacons.

Wake Forest looked to Florida State ran away with continue their success on the game in the second half the road as they traveled to and led by as much as 32 Tallahassee, Fla. to take on with six minutes to go. the Florida State Seminoles Wake Forest had no answer on Monday. for junior Deividas Dulkys

who made four threepointers and scored 16 points in the contest to lead the Seminoles to a commanding 85-61 victory.

The loss drops the Deacons to 8-14 on the year and 1-6 in the ACC. The Seminoles improve to 16-6 and 6-2 in the conference, good for third place.

The Deacs committed 24 turnovers during the course of the game.

Clark led the way for Wake Forest scoring 16 points and making four of his six threepoint attempts. He is now shooting a staggering 63 percent from beyond the arc on the season.

Freshman Tony Chennault scored 10 points in just his fourth game back following an ankle injury that sidelined him for 17 games.

“We have to continue to play like we did the last game,” McKie said.

“Play hard defense, rebound the ball together as one, look for the open guy and just make the right decisions on the court.”

“If we trust one another, we’ll hit open shots.”

The Deacs’ next opponent will be the Maryland Terrapins Feb. 5 in College Park, Md..

Wake Forest faced the Terrapins earlier this season at the Joel Coliseum and suffered a 85-61 defeat.

“We’ve showed our consistency problems in the past,” Harris said.

“I think we’re maturing and getting over that. Our next step is getting this next win.”

The game is set to tipoff at 1 p.m. at the Comcast Center.

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pulls for the Deacs over the Devils.

Wooten, naturally, cheers on his fellow track and field athletes, as well as the rest of the university’s teams.

While I cheer on both Wake and Duke, the obvious question remains: who do I pull for when the two face each other head to head? The answer to this question is a bit complicated, as it has changed over time. When I finally decided to come to Wake, I started wearing all Wake apparel.

The first time I saw these two teams play, as an official Wake student, was my freshman year; the game was tied with 0.8 seconds left. James Johnson drove baseline on a reverse layup and

sealed the victory at the buzzer against then No. 1 Duke. Students rushed the court, and I partook in that postgame festivity. I was excited for the Deacs’ victory because I was still in that freshman mindset, when Wake trumped all.

In my sophomore year things began to transition a bit away from the euphoria I had experienced previously.

I decided that I wanted each team to win when they were at home. During this period, my sister was actually able to get me in to the Wake Forest at Duke game, in Durham. Not only did I attend that game, but I stood in the legendary Cameron Crazy student section wearing a royal blue Duke t-shirt. One of my Wake friends even

caught me on TV in the Duke section.

Duke came up big and Wake drove home with a loss.

This season I have reverted back to my original mindset: when Wake plays Duke, I will unconventionally root for Duke. I apologize if this upsets any readers, but I can’t write false words.

I debated writing this article with a pseudonym, because being a Duke fan at Wake can present problems. It especially limits the clothes that we can wear. Growing up, all I ever wore was Duke shirts and hats. But when I came here, I felt like I would attract unnecessary attention or rub people the wrong way when trying to make friends as a new freshman. Through the years, I have progressively brought

more blue and white clothes back to campus with me.

Neither Wooten nor Rognstad believe it is problematic to be a Duke fan at Wake Forest, and neither is afraid to admit his or her loyalty. They both try to watch the Blue Devils basketball games on TV, when they can find someone who doesn’t mind watching with them.

Wooten does not frequently wear Duke apparel anymore, primarily wearing his Wake track clothing instead. “I feel bad about wearing another ACC team’s apparel around Wake… [but] at home it’s just another t-shirt,” Rognstad said.

Personally, I wear more and more Duke clothing now, particularly after

this past April. Since I was in sixth grade, I have gone to the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament every year.

Last March my sister and I put way too many miles on her car, driving back and forth to Greensboro for this tournament, as well as to Jacksonville and Indianapolis for the NCAA Tournament.

If you have not already thrown your paper down in disgust, I would like to end with this thought.

Yes, I am a fan of my school’s rival team; however, dropping a loyalty you have held for 18 years is not as easy as signing enrollment papers to another school. I cheer for the Deacons, yet still want the Devils in Durham to win as well.