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The number of referrals to the Dean of Judicial Affairs office for violations of state liquor laws jumped from 252 in 2010 to 337 in 2011, according to the University Police Annual Crime Report.

Students at the university freely embrace the alcohol-fueled party scene Men’s basketball in four-game loss Page 12

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College students don’t date Page 16

The importance of caring for your liver Page 20

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Sossin: It’s time to regulate guns Page 11

What’s wrong with Wake sports?

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BY IAN RUTLEDGE Executive News Editor rutlig11@wfu.edu Stop any student on the lower quad at the university, ask them what the social scene is like for students and you usually get the same response: students getting incredibly drunk in fraternity lounges or at off-campus fraternity parties.

The consumption of alcohol by students on college campus, particularly those under the age of 21, is nothing new to the college community.

However, what is alarming is the apparent rise of cases of this activity on campus as well as the firm grasp alcohol-centered parties appear to have on the campus social scene.

In the 2011 Wake Forest University Police Annual Crime and Fire Report, it was reported that, in 2011, there were 337 referrals to the Dean of Judicial Affairs office for violations of state liquor laws (either underage consumption or providing alcohol to a minor).

This number is a significant increase in referrals from just the year before, when there were only 252 referrals for such violations.

This raises a common question among members of campus: if there were more non-alcoholic social events, would this cut down on underage drinking?

“I think the behavior could be tapered by actually offering additional social opportunities,” Director of Student Leadership and Organizations Steve Hirst said. “Providing a variety of venues and activities for students to socialize in an alcohol free environment is a strategy we hope will be effective. The

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Security concerns mar weekend University Police resources were stretched to capacity during weekend events

BY JULIE HUGGINS Print Managing Editor huggjn0@wfu.edu On Feb. 2, three separate incidents at the Barn, the East Gate and Martin Residence Hall caused major confusion on campus and stretched the capacity of the university police, forcing the University Parkway entrance to be shut down for a short amount of time and the response time to a breach of security on North Campus to be delayed.

Each of the incidents occurred within an hour of each other. The Black Student Alliance’s party, which was being hosted in the Barn the night of Feb. 2, was reported as over-capacity due to a malfunction of the turnstile, or the crowd counting equipment.

Usually, the Barn’s capacity is capped at 654 for campus events without tables or

Photo courtesy of Ken Bennett/ Wake Forest University

The Black Student Alliance party at the Barn was reported as over capacity the night of Feb. 2 due to malfunctioning equipment. special equipment. Despite having multiple party-goers with tickets as well as ones still left to pay the entry fee, all guests were funneled into one line to allow the turnstile to count the growing crowd, slowing down the efficiency of the police. “When we have

large events and/or events where the host anticipates off-campus guests then we use a turnstile at the Barn to track the number of people in the event,” Annie Carlson, associ-

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“ Adderall use raises concerns about our honor code This column represents the views of the Old Gold & Black Editorial Board.

Three weeks ago, an eye-opening piece on Student Health’s drug prescription policy appeared on the front page of the Old Gold & Black.

This week, the front page of The New York Times featured an investigative news story called “Drowned in a Stream of Prescriptions.” This emotional story delves into the dangers of a highly-addictive family of medications, amphetamines.

For Wake Forest students, Adderall is commonly used to enhance academic performances. This drug is overly prescribed and overly used on this campus, as well as on campuses throughout the nation.

According to The New York Times, “nearly 14 million monthly prescriptions for the condition [of A.D.H.D] were written for Americans ages 20 to 39 in 2011.” This jarring statistic is alarming, but we are not surprised.

The problem is that there is little to no education about the dangers of the abuse of the prescription drugs at Wake Forest.

The practice of exaggerating A.D.H.D symptoms in order to get a prescription for Adderall has become too common among college-aged people. According to an article that ran in the Old Gold & Black last December, 14.9 percent of university students reported using stimulants such as Ritalin, Vyvanse or Adderall that were not prescribed to them.

And then there are the students who feign A.D.H.D in order to obtain a prescription of their own.

Wake Forest is a stressful place. It is an overwhelming environment and we are all over-achievers seeking perfection.

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But where do we draw the line?

The occasional use of Adderall to focus while studying for that dreaded exam can turn into a highly dangerous practice.

The article that recently appeared in The New York Times focused on a student enrolled at nearby Greensboro college, who committed suicide as a result of the addiction he suffered from Adderall. This prescription was for an illness that he did not have.

The ignorance exhibited by university students regarding the use of study drugs is disturbing. Psychologists have found that the casual use of study drugs has become commonplace in the university setting.

We all see it. In the ZSR students casually offer their friends a pill to ease their anxieties and stress. Students do not blink twice when their friends pull out their pill bottles of Adderall before a study session.

The problem is that there is little to no education about the dangers of the abuse of the prescription drugs at Wake Forest.

Students are oblivious to the long-term effects these powerful drugs can have. Not to mention that the distribution of these drugs, even just to your friend studying next to you in the ZSR, is a crime.

As college students under a lot of stress, we need to think about what we are doing to our bodies. Although it seems like a simple short-term solution, do we want to deal with the psychiatric and addictive baggage that comes along with these drugs?

Beyond these health concerns, using drugs like Adderall raises a critical moral dilemma: Does the use of amphetamines to enhance academic performance follow Wake Forest’s Honor Code? It seems like it provides an unfair advantage and is a high price to pay to ease our stressful lives.

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problem is we have yet to determine what non-alcoholic events would be successful.”

Many members of the campus community contribute the increase of the centering of the university’s social atmosphere on alcohol and binge drinking and the lack of success for non-alcoholic events on the vastly prevalent mentality of a “work hard, play hard” lifestyle on campus.

“I do think that there is a work hard, play hard perception on the Wake Campus,” Lavi Wilson, substance abuse prevention coordinator, said. “For some students, that is an accurate depiction of the social scene on campus. It could be due to these students socializing, trying to fit in, coping with stress, etc.”

The “work hard, play hard” mentality may not be applicable to all Wake students, yet in the 2010 spring semester Wake Forest Student Health conducted a survey in regards to on campus living in which 50 percent of students reported “blacking out” due to alcohol consumption at least one time during the semester.

“Unfortunately, I think a portion of our undergraduates exhibit behavior that would indicate they believe they are entitled to become heavily intoxicated because they have put forth strong effort in their classes,” Hirst said.

What is often viewed as another source for this vast problem of underage drinking is fraternity parties and the Greek community. “A lot of organized social life revolves around Greek life parties where alcohol is almost always involved,” senior Matthew Sechler said.

Baxter Hahn, Interfraternity Council president, said,“this image of fraternities and fraternity parties

has been ingrained in people’s minds since the release of the movie Animal House in 1978.”

“Although it may be the case that underage drinking occurs at fraternity parties, people have to keep in mind our purpose is not to be a group of people who simply party all the time and we never knowingly intend or wish to contribute to the endangerment of any individual’s safety.”

Steve Hirst agrees with the sentiment that not all of the blame can be placed upon the Greek system for this growing trend.

“I think fraternities and sororities shoulder to much of the social burden on our campus,” Hirst said. “I would like to see more balance in the types of student organizations that are hosting on campus social events.”

Additionally, as part of the increased prevalence of underage drinking on campus, a dangerous trend of binge drinking is something that is being seen among university students as well as college age students across the country.

The Center of Disease Control estimates individuals ages 12 to 20 consume 11 percent of the alcohol consumed in America each year and that over 90 percent of all drinks consumed by individuals under the age of 21 are consumed in the form of binge drinking.

Furthermore, Screening for Mental Health, Inc. reports that on average 1700 college students die from “alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes” each year.

“From what I’ve seen while at Wake it’s just something everyone does,” one freshman said, on the condition of anonymity.

“It’s just so easy for students use alcohol to deal with the ridiculously heavy workload that we have to deal with. Also, what else is there to even do on a Friday or Saturday night?”

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Sophomore mass major declarations begin Feb. 11

University to hold Deliberative Dialogue on Diversity Feb. 28

TEDx Conference returns to Wake Forest Feb. 23

Sophomores will go through the major declaration process Feb. 11 to 15. All sophomores must declare a major by setting up an advising appointment with his or her desired department during this time. Minors may also be declared during this same period. Sophomores who do not declare

by Feb. 15 risk being unable to register for their major and minor courses during major and minor registration March 18-28. Questions should be directed to Susan Carlton in the Office of the University Registrar at carltosp@wfu.edu.

Students, faculty and staff are invited to the Deliberative Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion which will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 28 in Pugh Auditorium. Last semester’s deliberative dialogue discussed how to live our lives and whether the campus should be more civically engaged.

Participants recognized the university’s progress in creating a more diverse campus community, but the move to be a more inclusive campus is still a work in progress. The registration for this event will begin Feb. 15.

The university will host the second TEDxWakeForestU event from 12 to 5 p.m. on Feb. 23 in Wait Chapel. Nine speakers will be giving talks on cutting-edge ideas and “ideas worth spreading.” One of the speakers featured is Ricky Van Veen a university alumnus who co-founded CollegeHumor.

Tickets are on sale to the public for $10. University students, faculty and staff may attend at no charge but must register online at tedxwakeforestu.com/register.

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University Study Abroad program ranked third in nation The university offers wide variety of opportunities for students to study while traveling abroad

BY FLETCHER LAICO Staff Writer laicft12@wfu.edu Wake Forest’s study abroad program, which last year jumped from sixth to third in the national rankings, has become an increasing draw for students.

According to the recent 2012 Open Doors report by the Institute of International Education, the university ranks third among U.S. colleges and universities in percentage of students studying abroad.

The report found that 72 percent of the Wake Forest student body studied abroad during the 2010-11 academic year. This percentage puts the university behind only the University of San Diego and Pepperdine University, both in California.

One reason for the university’s massive population of students studying abroad is the array of destinations that the university offers. Wake Forest owns three properties abroad — in London, Venice and Vienna — in addition to programs in Salamanca, Dijon and Southern Cone in South America.

If a student studies abroad through a Wake Forest program, credits received abroad are valued as standard Wake Forest credits and the student earns a standard Wake Forest GPA. However, students can study abroad with outside programs. Wake

Forest partners with other universities and program providers to expand the number of available programs to nearly 200 cities in 70 countries worldwide.

By the numbers, the six most popular study abroad destinations for Wake Forest students in descending order are Spain, the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, Austria and France.

For nearly all of these destinations, Wake Forest provides semester and summer programs.

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There is a general consensus that the academics abroad are less rigorous than on Wake Forest’s campus. “The academics, frankly, were a cakewalk compared to the daily grind at Wake,” junior Eliza Szuch, a French major, said.

Senior Loreal Shea agreed with Szuch’s assessment. “The academics were definitely not as rigorous for me abroad as they are at Wake Forest, and from what I’ve heard,

that is a general consensus among students returning from other countries,” Shea said.

Although less demanding, the academics abroad are certainly not inconsequential.

Senior Nia PierreLouis, for example, travelled to France with hopes of improving her French.

“I wanted a complete French immersion program, which is definitely what I got in Dijon. All the classes were taught strictly in French, so it took more of my attention and time,” PierreLouis said.

For senior Shannon Langella, who studied in New Zealand, work was a high priority. “My internship and my schoolwork were my priorities, just as my schoolwork takes precedence at Wake,” Langella said.

Learning does not take place solely in the classroom either. “I took five classes, but there was an important ‘sixth class’ — exploring Barcelona,” junior Stephen Schmitt, who studied in Spain, said.

With academics adopting a complementary role abroad, the pursuit of cultural immersion seems to fill the extra time in students’ schedules.

For many this involves partying. While parents and the university may be less than thrilled about this trend, study abroad students assert that partying has its value too.

“You can’t fully experience the culture of a country unless you partake in the nightlife,” Langella said.

“I was in Auckland during the Rugby World Cup so it was especially fun to go out and meet people from all over the world and watch the games with them.”

During a busy school day of classes and for some, internships, meeting natives of the country can be difficult for students studying abroad. Nightlife compensates for the solitary academic days.

“Anyone would be lying if they didn’t say they looked forward to the opportunity of being of age in Europe,” sophomore Sarah Simonetti said.

Some students felt that while partying was a part of studying abroad it was not overwhelming. “Though the partying scene can’t hurt interest, the cultural experience is what’s unique and the biggest draw,” Szuch said.

Students differ in their reasons for studying abroad, but are largely uniform in their belief in its efficacy. For example, Brittany Newberry went to London seeking the opportunity to travel. “Having traveled to Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic during breaks and weekends, I definitely accomplished what I wanted to accomplish,” Newberry said.

Schmitt traveled to Barcelona with little Spanish-speaking ability but a desire to learn. After a semester with a host family and an enlightening trip to Istanbul, Schmitt said, “I’m not one to set many goals because they can be limiting, but I surpassed my goals in Spain.”

POLICE BEAT • University Police escorted an intoxicated student to Student Health. The individual had suffered injuries from falling and left Student Health to return to his room. University Police then brought the student back to Student Health. The report was filed at 2:21 a.m. Feb. 1.

• University Police brought an unresponsive individual to Student Health who was then taken to WFUBMC for medical treatment. The student was in possession of a fake I.D. which was taken The report was filed at 1:22 a.m.

Feb. 1.

• University Police were called to South regarding an unresponsive student. The individual was taken to Stu-

dent Health for treatment and observation. The report was filed at 6:11 p.m. Feb. 3.

Miscellaneous • University employees reported reckless driving on Wake Forest Road. The offender failed to slow for a parked car and nearly hit a pedestrian. The report was filed at 10:43 a.m. Jan. 29.

• An unknown individual removed an unsecured iPad from a classroom in Greene Hall. The report was filed at 1:40 p.m. Jan. 29.

• An unknown subject took cash from an employee’s coat that was in the Subway stock room. The report was

filed at 3:54 p.m. Jan. 31.

• An unknown individual removed an unsecured iPhone from the tennis center. The report was filed at 6:48 p.m.

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Deacon Profile: Steven Folmar

BY DANIEL SCHWINDT News Editor schwd11@wfu.edu Steven Folmar is an assistant professor of anthropology specializing in applied cultural anthropology. He has worked at the university since 1992. Folmar received his B.A. in anthropology from Case Western Reserve University in 1974 and his Masters degree from the same institution in 1977. Folmar was also awarded his Ph.D. from Case Western University.

In addition to teaching, Folmar also leads the university’s abroad program in Nepal, which is the country at the heart of his research. Folmar studies the culture and identity of the untouchable class in Nepal known as the Dalits. He has worked with many NGOs and activists in the region and his work on the Dalits’ struggle for equality has been published in Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict (Routledge 2013).

Why did you choose to study anthropology and specifically cultural anthropology?

When I went to college, I thought I was going to be a chemist. While it was pretty interesting, I guess I learned once I got to college that I wasn’t as interested in it as I thought. And so I started taking some other courses from outside the sciences and started taking a course from a very eccentric fellow who made the topic of anthropology incredibly interesting and so I decided to take more classes in anthropology and I became increasingly hooked on it.

I had interests in all aspects of anthropology over time, but it was the challenge of understanding the very difficult to understand social behavior of humans. To me it was extremely interesting and exciting. It was tough and very hard to figure things out and I liked that.

What prompted you to teach at this university?

I came to Wake Forest itself in a very serendipitous way. I was finishing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Carolina Population Center at UNC and I was sending out resumes to academic departments and a little ad appeared in the local paper there for someone to work at a place called Bowman Gray School of Medicine, which I had

never heard of. I was not inclined to apply because the job ad didn’t really explain itself very thoroughly. My wife said you have to apply for that because you need a job, so I sent in an application and before you knew it, I was working at the medical school. After working at the medical school for a few years, I made a transition from the medical school to the Anthropology department. As interesting as it was to work in the medical school, I had always felt that my home would be in an anthropology department.

The department here was receptive to increasing involvement from me.

What first got you interested in Nepal and the Dalits?

My interest in Nepal came about because there were faculty in my department who had interest in that area, just as there were faculty who had interest in other areas. To me, Nepal seemed like one of the two places that met the rather loose criteria I had set for myself to do a dissertation, which were to go to a place where they spoke a different language, a place thought of as remote and a place that entailed going a long way from home to do it.

Over time, the interest that started out as an exciting interest became something more. The Dalits themselves is a little bit of a complicated story. When I first went to Nepal I thought of the cultural group that the Dalits belonged to which is the dominant cultural group. I thought of the Dalits as a segment of society that contributed to the harmonious working of a whole system, because I didn’t see them as significantly different form the others, but as occupying a different social role. Over time, as I worked with the Dalits more and more, I became aware that Dalits saw the world very differently from how the higher caste people see it. Once you get to know Dalit people and see the kind of life they are forced to live by higher caste people, I think it becomes impossible to not become on some level advocates or activists of their cause. I became very committed to Dalit people by getting to know them.

Why have you decided to focus on group identity as a research interest?

Identity is a very big question in the social sciences these days. And one of the things we learn about identity is that it is a very

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complicated idea to get a clear handle on.

Working in South Asia and Nepal, the prominence of group is greater than the prominence of group here.

Here we tend to favor the individual to some degree over the group in reference to how we think about our own identity, but that’s not the case in Nepal. At least it might not be because we don’t have a scale, but most of us who work in Nepal think a lot about the relationship between group and individual identity. We think it is not very accurate to portray the Nepalese without reference to this notion of group identity.

What do you like most about Nepal?

There’s the grandeur of the mountains and the way that people practice their religion and they way they interact with one another, but the thing I like the most about

working in Nepal is that they are a highly social people. For them, their entertainment centers on talking to people they know or don’t know. They always seem to be weaving a web of larger social connections. I like how much they are in each other’s lives.

What is something about you that many of your students don’t know?

I don’t think there is a whole lot of me that is hidden, but I suppose they don’t know that in college I once tried to raise demons with some friends. We got it in our heads that we would like to try some magical spells and see if we couldn’t make demons materialize. So we got some instructions from these old magic books and went out to a cemetery, drew a magic circle and read chants to see if some demons would appear.

OUTSIDE THE BUBBLE Secretary of Defense Panetta warns against defense cuts

Protests spark from the killing of NC legislature feels pressure of Tunisian opposition leader gun rights advocates

In a speech given Feb. 6 at Georgetown University Leon A. Panetta, Secretary of Defense, warned that reductions from budget cuts will result in a shortening of naval operations in the western Pacific. This could force nearly 800,000 Defense Department civilian employees into month-long furloughs this spring.

This being one of his last speeches as Secretary of Defense, Panetta criticized Congress for possibly damaging the American economy and degrading the military’s ability to respond to crisis. He also warns that cutbacks would cause the Pentagon to reduce the training and maintence for the Armed forces.

The potential cutbacks for the naval operations would undermine Obama’s defense strategy in the western Pacific to oppose the increasing assertiveness of China’s military.

Tunisian opposition leader, Chokri Belaid, was killed leaving his house in Tunis, Tunisia on Feb. 6 by an unnamed gunman. Belaid recently criticized Tunisia’s Islamist-led government for ignoring violent religious extremist.

Belaid’s killing sparked thousands of angry protesters to march through Tunis and other Tunisian cities. This killing is a continuation of the rising political violence since overthrowing its longtime Presdident Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. These violent acts are often carried out by hardline Islamists known as Salafis.

Belaid accused Ennahda, the ruling Islamist party, of refusing to crack down on extremist violent groups and of attacking a meeting of his supporters. Ennahda denied these accusations. Attacks were also made on Ennahda offices around Tunisia following Belaid’s killing.

Gun-rights activists rallied Feb. 5 in support of making it legal for North Carolina’s educators to carry concealed firearms on school grounds and in the classroom.

Around 300 people showed up to rally for new state laws broadening access to guns and resisting proposed federal restrictions outside the legislative building in Raleigh. Many of the advocates carried empty gun holsters to the event, organized by the pro-gun group Grass Roots North Carolina, to protest the prohibition of firearms on state property. The crowd hoisted signs featuring such slogans as “Guns Save Lives.” Among the speakers at the rally was state Rep. Larry G. Pittman (R-Cabarrus), who said he intends to also introduce legislation for an amendment to the North Carolina Constitution stating that the state has the right to ignore any federal restrictions on gun ownership.

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New sorority joins Greek community Founding students worked for one year to bring Kappa Alpha Theta to campus

BY MARGARET SEAY Contributing Writer seaymk11@wfu.edu After ten years away from the university, Kappa Alpha Theta’s Zeta Omicron chapter has returned to campus with 155 members.

Theta, as an organization, focuses on encouraging young women to reach their fullest potential and support Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), a philanthropy which gives abused and neglected children a voice in the court system.

“Kappa Alpha Theta is an international women’s organization focused on the core values of scholarship, leadership, service and sisterhood,” Alyssa Trumbull, educational leadership consultant for Kappa Alpha Theta, said.

Through an ambitious colonization plan which began last semester, multiple recruitment events and their first bid day on Tuesday, the newest sorority on campus established itself firmly with 155 charter members. These women were gleaned from the remaining non-Greek women on campus who had not yet found their place in the university’s large Greek community.

“Many girls who are unaffiliated showed a

very strong interest in Theta,” Kailey Rose, a new Theta sophomore, said. “It offers another way to become involved in the Wake Forest community if you feel like you’re still looking for something else.”

Theta left the university because of difficulties related to the transition from a local society to an international fraternity, which resulted in a struggle to maintain a sizable chapter. “The chapter closed in 2002 due to concerns regarding the size of their mem-

tions students have to choose when joining a fraternity or sorority,” Carlson said. “Last year, Kappa Alpha Theta was chosen by the committee after recognizing the need for additional options in the sorority community.”

In the formal recruitment before Theta’s return, the number of women interested in Greek life and the number of sororities available for them to join was very imbalanced. Theta will hopefully serve this

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bership and long term sustainability,” Annie Carlson, associate director of Student Leadership and Organizations, said.

After considerable deliberation, the Student Life Committee invited Theta back for the purpose of giving women interested in sororities more choices.

“The committee, made up of faculty, staff and students, took into consideration the overall size of the community, the size of each organization and the number of op-

need. “The panhellenic council decided to have Theta recolonize because the amount of girls going through formal recruitment exceeds the amount of available spots bar none,” Caroline Suttle, president of Kappa Kappa Gamma, said. “This was due to the increase in class size the past two years.”

Once a charter for Theta was guaranteed, representatives Joni Jameson and Alyssa Trumbull, educational leadership consultants for Kappa Alpha Theta, were assigned

to oversee and organize Theta’s colonization. “Joni and Alyssa really became involved on campus,” Shuttle said. “They were really trying to understand Wake Forest tradition especially when it comes to Greek life. They even caught on right away to the chucks!”

As a result of their careful observation of Wake Greek life, Jameson, Trumbull and their colonization team were able to launch a campaign to get the word out about Theta on campus. Theta also enlisted the help of women and men in other sororities and fraternities to serve as “Theta Ambassadors.”

“The biggest part of being a Theta Ambassador was spreading the word,” Suttle said.

“Joni and Alyssa had us dorm storm, hang up fliers, send in names of any girl who we think might be interested in Theta, etc.”

Due to the fact that this new sorority has not had the time to build itself a reputation, Stacey Wilson, an ADPi and a Theta ambassador, thinks Theta offers a chance for girls to enjoy the benefits of being in a sorority with a clean slate.

“I think Theta is going to be a great opportunity for so many women on this campus. I think it’s awesome that they can make Theta what they want,” Wilson said. “They have no stereotype and nothing holding them back. I know some girls that decided to go Theta and they are all awesome women. I know Theta is going to be strong on this campus.”

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ate director of Student Leadership and Organizations, said. “Capacity for the event was less than 654 because the hosting groups wanted the upstairs loft blocked.”

While it is unclear at this time whether the party was truly over-capacity, the four officers on duty at the party stopped allowing guests inside, even those who had purchased tickets beforehand. The officers then began attempting to control and count the crowd inside of the Barn.

“We had officers assigned to work the event,” Regina Lawson, chief of the university police, said. “The event had several attendees that arrived at the same time, so there was what we characterize as a crowd surge. There were a lot of people there, so additional officers were called over to assist with crowd management.”

Once the additional officers arrived at the Barn, word was sent to the East Gate, a.k.a. the University Parkway entrance, to stop allowing off-campus visitors onto campus.

The line outside of the entrance began to grow as multiple cars attempted to access the campus but were turned away at the gate.

“We got to the point that we had a large

number of people trying to get through the line onto campus, and we felt that we reached capacity,” Lawson said. “The gates were asked to turn people away until we got a handle on the numbers [inside the Barn].”

Students at the party were dismayed with both the conduct of the officers at the party as well as the response the police gave to the crowd surge issue.

“Communication between the host organizations and campus police needs to be improved,” junior Robbie Bynum said.

“There have been good strides recently, but it’s not the best it can possibly be. The university needs to trust its organizations. The party on [Feb.2] was the worst case in years of miscommunication.”

At around the same time, a vehicular accident occurred on the portion of Wake Forest Road leading toward the East Gate entrance. Campus police responded to this accident with the remaining officers, and it was at this time that the RA on duty for the Martin Residence Hall, Polo Residence Hall and Polo Road houses called to report at least three non-registered vehicles entering campus illegally.

The cars were driving into the parking lot behind one of the theme houses on Polo Road near Martin. The cars then proceeded

to drive over the grassy areas and sidewalks attaching the theme house to the campus, despite the area being intended for pedestrians only. The cars entered Martin Circle, drove down the road between Polo and Student Apartments and continued down past North Campus Apartments, therefore entering campus without permission. The drivers of the cars ignored attempts by the reporting RA to inform them they were not allowed on campus.

The RA on duty is reported to have called at 12:45 a.m. and then again at 12:53 a.m.

Since campus police were still dealing with the accident on Wake Forest Road, the response time to the breach of security on North Campus was delayed at least 35 minutes, what Lawson would consider to be an unusually long time for a response.

It wasn’t until the Winston-Salem Police Department came to assist the WFUPD with the traffic accident that the officer on duty could leave the site of the accident to respond to the situation unfolding at Martin. By the time the officer was able to make it out to Martin Residence Hall, the cars were gone.

“We are keenly aware of the concerns,” Lawson said. “The two incidents are two separate events. People are trying to turn it

into cause and effect, but as of now, we are treating them as two separate incidents.

“We do not have any specific proposals approved for security near Martin,” Lawson said. “There have been meetings with university administration looking into different options. And we are working with Campus Life to work on some of the crowd management processes. But I can’t say anything has been approved.”

A statement released by university police on Feb. 6 said that university officials are looking at possible ways to prevent automobile access to the area around Martin, Polo and Student Apartments and, in response to other concerns raised about safety on north campus, the university Police Department is assigning more foot patrol of the north campus area, in addition to patrols by officers in patrol cars. Even with the improved efforts, these events have raised concerns for some students.

“I’m a little more cautious walking back to my room at night,” Di Chung, junior and Martin Hall resident, said. “I think that the Polo Road entrance near Martin to the university should be better maintained. There’s a gate for the road but someone could easily get through the two [open] walkways, like what happened on [Feb.2].”

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Women’s Center highlights gender issues New center aims to provide support and resources for female students and faculty

and gender is a really important part of that conversation.”

The center will be there to support and build on the efforts of the Women’s Forum, a faculty and staff support organization that strives for a healthy working environment for women, where their contributions are recognized and their needs are met.

The center hopes to collaborate with other organizations like the counseling center, recreation department, and other academic departments.

“There is nothing on campus that isn’t affected by gender,” Meltzer said.

In the future, Meltzer hopes to start a mentoring program through the center.

“At the Women’s Center, we think it is important to think about how everybody on campus is connected to other people,” Photo courtesy of Ken Bennett/Wake Forest University Meltzer said. “The center will make gender Paige Meltzer, director of the women’s center, hopes to add mentora broader conversation on campus, so it can ing programs for female students to the center in the future. be more thoughtful about how it affects different aspects of individual’s lives.” it is important to pause and think about as a place where all people of the univerWith the current issue of females graduat- them.” sity can be educated on women’s issues. “It ing to a pay gap of 82 percent, as reported Wanda Balzano, director of the Women’s is important that men also try to be supby the American Association of University and Gender Studies department, sees the portive of women. That is what equality is Women, Meltzer hopes to address how gencenter as a way for women to get support. about.” der affects the opportunities women have.

Students are also in support of the addi“Part of it is women not being strong It will not only provide resources, but also enough advocates for themselves, so that is a sense of empowerment. “It is important tion of this new campus organization. “I something we need to think about,” Melt- to value women,” Balzano said. “The uni- think the women’s center is a great idea,” versity has made a commitment to bring freshman Sadie Harlan said. “I’m so glad zer said.

One of Meltzer’s wishes for the center is women’s issues to attention in a way that that the university is helping women find to hold a lunch hour pop culture talk to is central and relevant not only to women, their voice on campus.”

“I think it will be a wonderful change to discuss shows, like the newly popular show but also to men. Women’s issues are something that both men and women should be have a new social orginization set up that “Girls,” and entertainment magazines.

“There are a lot of mixed messages out concerned with, which is why the doors will could give us new insights and perspectives there,” she said. “It doesn’t mean we can’t be open to both.” Balzano sees the center as from other women on campus,” sophomore enjoy the things we are consuming. I think not only a safe place for women, but also Berott Mathews said.

BY SARAH MORAN Asst. News Editor morase12@wfu.edu This month, the university is launching a new women’s center which will shape modern topics and current gender issues. “It is time for a women’s center,” Paige Meltzer, director of the women’s center, said. “Gender is really important to strategic planning for diversity and inclusion, and it is the moment to be doing this.”

It will raise awareness about how gender is integral to the individual’s personal, social, professional and academic development.

Meltzer sees the launching of the women’s center now as an advantage with the ability to tailor it to the needs of students, faculty and staff in the present day.

“The Women’s Center is a space to connect women — faculty, students and staff — together and make them aware of different resources and services and to help foster a sense of community among women,” Meltzer said.

A sense of collaboration and support with other university organizations is already present in the programming for the Women’s Center.

The center has plans to take part in the Provost’s wellness initiative.

“Gender is really important to wellness,” Meltzer said. “We are talking about being emotionally and physically healthy people,

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Student aims to change Afghan legal system For Hafizullah Hamid, law studies are a chance to help his fellow countrymen

BY SINTHU RAMALINGAM Contributing Writer ramas0@wfu.edu Imagine a law class that consists of a professor talking for 90 minutes about law theories from long ago. The professor does not use modern examples or statistics — just theory. Imagine lawyers and judges who practice with only a high school degree.

These are realities in Afghanistan’s current legal system.

Hafizullah Hamid, 29, an international student from Afghanistan hopes to take what he learns at Wake Forest University School of Law and apply it to help reform Afghanistan’s law system. Hamid was born in Mazar-e Sharif, in the northern part of Afghanistan. He graduated from Balkh University with a degree in law and political science. While working as an adviser for the Afghan Attorney General with Americans, Hamid was encouraged to pursue higher studies in the United States.

After passing a series of exams and interviews, Hamid joined the Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan.

One aspect of this program is sponsoring Afghani students to earn their Master of Laws (LLM) degree in various schools around the United States. This better equips students for helping Afghanistan change its legal system. “When I get back, I will have

more skills and knowledge,” Hamid said.

“We will know better how to help reform the system.” Hamid hopes to improve the current judicial system in Afghanistan as well as the education system.

“Training needs to keep happening, people need to keep being updated,” Hamid said. He is unhappy with the people in the judicial system who have only graduated from high school and not law school. Hamid would like these people to seek formal education or be retired from the system and replaced with more qualified individuals.

“If someone graduated from law school, it doesn’t mean that he is a lawyer for the rest of his life,” Hamid said. “He still needs to be kept updated.” In addition, Hamid would like to see the system of teaching changed. In Afghanistan, universities use a system based solely on lectures.

“The teacher stands in front of the class and talks the whole 90 minutes — can you believe it?” Hamid said. At the university’s law school, Hamid was exposed to a different way of learning.

“Professors here use the most relevant articles, articles related to the subjects that they are teaching,” Hamid said. “They find the latest hot topics that are related, not only the ideas from 100 years ago.” Hamid also likes how professors use movies, television shows, statistics and recent cases. This way of teaching is typical to America, but different from Europe and Asia, where professors lecture more often.

“It keeps classes interesting,” Hamid said.

“It shows the values and the practicality.”

According to Richard Schneider, associate dean for International Affairs and professor of law, Hamid received greater exposure to

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Hamid worked as an adviser to the Afghan Attorney General with Americans before he left Afghanistan to pursue studies in America. this way of teaching because of the small size of the university. “We have a small program that really integrates the LLM students into the law school as a whole,” Schneider said.

He also mentioned that the small atmosphere allows the LLM students to get to know their professors better.

“Hafiz is a great student,” Kami Simmons, professor of law, said. “I think it’s nice for our students to have him sharing his point of view and his country’s legal system.”

Hamid chose to follow the path to education because of how Afghanistan’s history affected him. “My life as a child was with war,” Hamid said. “After Sept. 2001, there were many changes in the country. When I started learning law and political science, it changed my vision. I was not a young high school student anymore. I started learning

about how life is, what rights people have, how other people live together. I started thinking, ‘why do we have this society, why do we not have a stable government system?’”

When Hamid graduated, there were a lot of changes in society. With a new government came new opportunities for Hamid.

He hopes that by bringing education to the lives of other Afghanis, he will bring opportunities for them as well. If he doesn’t find a job in the government or a university, Hamid hopes to create a private firm to provide legal advice to Afghan citizens in civil or criminal cases.

“Education is key to a peaceful and comfortable life,” Hamid said. “We, the Afghan people, deserve to live a peaceful and comfortable life like the rest of the world.”

University students protest modern-day slavery Photo courtesy of facebook.com/enditmovementwfu

Students gather by the End It Movement table outside the Pit Feb. 1 as the organization celebrates its launch on campus.

New student group focuses on providing resources to victims of human trafficking

BY ELAHEH ZIGLARI Staff Writer zigle0@wfu.edu Imagine walking down the sidewalk and being passed by not just one person, but by everyone. That is how 27 million people are living their daily lives. Invisible. The number is daunting, and for most it is an impossible figure to put into a mental picture.

This number is a representation of the 27 million human beings currently enslaved worldwide in 161 countries. This statistic, along with several others, has been publi-

cized a great deal in recent weeks by a growing movement for change.

The End It Movement focuses on providing monetary aid to its partners that aim to provide resources to victims of human-trafficking while also raising awareness within communities. A statement from the movement’s website states, “As many as 17,500 people are trafficked into the United States annually. That’s nearly 48 people a day who have become slaves on the very same soil where it was abolished 150 years ago. And the average age of these people? Fourteen years old.”

Passion, a yearly gathering for young Christians throughout the nation is not affiliated with the movement but challenged its attendees to become aware of the injustice surrounding them. Several university

students whom were present at Passion decided to bring the cause back to campus.

Junior Chris Zalesky found himself called to act in response to the information presented and is now a founding member of the university’s End It Movement.

When asked about his reasoning for being so involved in this issue Zalesky paraphrased a quote from British abolitionist William Wilberforce. “You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know,” Zalesky said.

“So many times ignorance has come up as an excuse, you either have to choose to do something or turn the other way, indifference isn’t an option.”

His passion for the movement initially began with a visit to orphanages in Eastern Europe.

After physically encountering at-risk children, he has been able to associate the statistics with reality. “They take them away and they become faceless victims,” Zalesky said.

“It always hits me hard.”

The severity of the situation may not be a tangible plight for many to understand, but those involved with the university End It Movement encourage other students to simply look into it.

Freshman Hannah Padrnos was previously discontented with an inability to enact change but has found hope in spreading awareness for the cause. “I have always been the kind of person gives money, gets really broken up about the stories and gives the money but is frustrated with what else to do,” she said.

After delving into various resources, Padrnos found a true connection to the victims.

“The more stories that you hear, not just statistics or numbers, you develop a personal attachment realizing each number counts for a story and a very real heartache,” she said.

Padrnos found that the overwhelming commonality of the issue is what makes it a worthwhile cause. With the widespread disbelief that such injustice could occur on a daily basis, she urges students to investigate the claims.

“Our biggest tool right now is just making people aware and tearing down the walls that people are hiding under. They don’t believe this is real,” Padrnos said. “I would hope that people would start to look at the statistics as individuals, just like you and me, and develop a heart and passion for the people.”

The End It Movement isn’t just for Christians. Zalesky said that the need for awareness on a human level spans across all religious or moral bases. “We don’t want just groups, we want a generation around it,” he said.

“We don’t want to be the ones who stood by, we just want to be able to say we stood for something.”

As stated on the movement’s website, “Slavery occurs when one person completely controls another person, using violence or the threat of violence to maintain that control, exploits them economically, pays them nothing and they cannot walk away.”

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PAG E 9 O N L I N E AT w w w. o l d g o l d a n d b l a c k . c o m E DITORS: Kristopher Kolb, kolbkl11@wfu.edu; Ade Ilesanmi, ilesao11@wfu.edu

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Campus policy reflects bias“toward minority groups A.C. Keeps it Cool | Critiquing Party Policy

Greater surveillance of minority-hosted events raises students’ concern Aaron Colston

Online Managing Editor colsaj0@wfu.edu

Following last weekend’s security issues that included incidents at a Barn party, traffic concerns at the University Parkway entrance and improper access to the campus, I feel justified in offering my perspective on the issue. As a member of one of the National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations on campus, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, I have observed that off-campus party guests are becoming a continual problem for the university

and for our social events. Most of our support for social functions comes from offcampus, usually from surrounding chapters within a 30-mile radius. Their support is often sought after and expected at events.

The university has acknowledged this fact.

However, policy and action do not always correlate. In another opinion piece entitled “Gym Jam policies seem biased” (Feb. 28, 2002), Nickalaus Spruill articulated unfair treatment toward minority organization’s social events. In summary, his article details his concerns over having metal detectors at such events solely because of the presence of off-campus guests.

This policy was not uniform for all organizations which obviously raised concern.

Although the university has moved toward making metal detectors optional rather than a requirement, there is still an obvious disparity between the treatment towards minority organizations’ social events. A recent post on the university police department’s Facebook page claiming that the Barn party on Saturday “exceeded capacity” is extremely troubling to me. I was in communication with both the police department and Grad-

The question ... is whether or not we are prepared to accommodate the increasing diversity that we ... have been advocating.

uate Hall Director on the night of the party, and I am not sure that we can appropriately use “capacity” as an argument. I do appreciate the university police department’s efforts to try and keep a tally of the crowd by having a turnstile. However, that purpose is defeated when the equipment is faulty.

The turnstile was outdated and even the officers manning the door acknowledged its inaccuracy. If campus police are going to use capacity as an argument, they should then figure out a way to accurately control and monitor it. Moreover, it is not fair to shut down entrances to parties based on an alleged, unverified issue of numbers. The Barn is able to hold 654 people, and I am certain that we did not even remotely reach that figure.

With 200 pre-sale tickets sold and with party hosts working tirelessly to ensure that every individual signed in and had a

wristband, it’s clear that all the appropriate measures were taken to control the size of the crowd in the Barn. This makes me question why exactly they were turning away individuals. Where was the disconnection?

Black Greek life here at the university has doubled within the past year with more participation and the re-emergence of two black fraternities on campus and the recent addition of a multicultural sorority.

Therefore, the presence of off-campus guests from these organizations is to be expected. With a party that does not serve alcohol and when all of the precautionary measure have been met with compliance from the hosting organizations, I am confused as to where the problem lies.

We, as a university, cannot write this off as growing pains. This has obviously been an issue that we have been dealing with for years, as evidenced by the previously-cited op-ed. We claim that the problem is offcampus guests, but I think the issues are deeper than that. I believe that the question at large is whether or not we are prepared to accommodate the increasing diversity that we as an institution have been advocating.

“ university students VOX is a must-see for all What’s on Tate’s Plate? | A Farewell to Bias

Student performances offer insight into the trials of young adulthood George Ewing Staff Columnist ewingt9@wfu.edu

The value of a Wake Forest education can be illustrated through the liberal arts curriculum that is at the heart of the college: the variety of courses that students are required to take across a number of diverse subject matters enhances the education of the “whole” person, giving students the opportunity to critically assess subjects they may not have been interested in previously.

At the core of the university experience is an element of appreciation, where students can, at the very least, understand the value of different fields of study on opposing ends of the education spectrum while simultaneously learning about subject matters that might be outside of the norm of the usual high school course requirements. As part of one of the divisional requirements for the

university undergraduates, students must take a class in theatre, music, art or dance, and often have to attend plays, recitals or exhibits as part of their grade.

An important component of these courses is action, requiring group effort and collective collaboration that is much different than interactions within the social sciences, humanities or natural/physical sciences.

In the pursuit of knowledge, we students should strive to truly achieve a broad education and not carry out actions simply related to “fulfilling” the divisional and course requirements of classes.

Educating the whole person is not limited to classroom lectures or endless essays.

Students must actively engage forms of art, literature, history, music, science and math, in areas outside the lecture hall to see the everyday value of subjects.

Thankfully, here at the university, we have a large number of performances, exhibits and recitals specializing in the fine arts that take place continuously throughout the school year.

These fine art productions show the special creativity of many hard-working students on campus who devote countless hours in perfecting their craft.

Specifically, the most recent production from the Wake Forest University Theatre is a great example of captivating work from our fellow hard-working students. Under the direction of internationally acclaimed performance artist Tim Miller, VOX is a

Students should ... see the creative value of ... VOX where the actors personally wrote their pieces to present within the show.

compelling piece defined by strong performances, excellent direction and eye-opening personal stories that show the influential power of voice within our lives.

VOX is a high energy performance ensemble combining the personal stories and memories of actors involved within the production. The entire play lasts a little over an hour and moves at a brisk pace, which keeps the audience entertained and interested throughout the entire show. Uniquely, each actor has the opportunity to present a personal story or memory that can fluctuate across a wide range of emotions: happiness, sadness, regret, hopefulness and passion all dominate at specific times within the production.

The actors deserve a lot of credit for their fearlessness within the piece, often coming across as very vulnerable in ways that sustains a genuine emotional connection between the audience and the performers.

Additionally, the close quarters of the Ring Theatre also allows the audience to have a close physical connection with the performers, which further enhances the aesthetic value of the piece.

At the very least, people who go to this play will learn something about these per-

formers that they probably did not know before going; we can all see that people have struggles that may or may not be similar to our own past memories, and we can understand the consistent power of voice through all these events.

For students on a busy schedule, VOX is an entertaining and often emotional way to spend an hour away from the stresses of school. We students should be able to see the creative value of a performance like VOX where the actors personally wrote their pieces to present within the show. Overall, VOX is a pleasing piece that shows a lot of the best qualities of what the university has to offer.

Students should look at the university website calendar to see when the next dance concert, music performance, art exhibit or theatre production is taking place. Often, one might be surprised to see how prominent these events are on our campus. If you have some free time after reading this, you should go and see VOX or attempt to go to one of the fine arts performances or exhibits on campus or within the Winston-Salem area. Hopefully, you will enjoy what you see and appreciate the diverse talent of the t student body.

VOX will be shown at 7:30 PM Feb. 6-10 in the Ring Theatre and will run from Feb. 6-10 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available for students for $5 and can be purchased at the university box office in the Scales lobby.

Seating is limited.

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“ of Wake athletics Complacency has led to failure Chris Ford | The Game Plan

Culture, not academics, is the source of Wake’s lack of post-season success

Chris Ford

Guest Columnist fordct11@wfu.edu The 2012 college football season has been over for a month now. For Wake Forest fans, our season ended long before that in an uninspiring home shellacking to Vanderbilt.

While a 5-7 record is not that bad, Wake fans have come to expect (largely in part to the stellar 2006 ACC Championship winning season) traveling to a bowl come December. In the two years following the loss at the 2006 Orange Bowl, Wake would go on to win two consecutive bowl games. In the past four years, fans have been treated to consecutive losing seasons, with the 2011 season ending in bowl game loss to Mississippi State.

So what caused the spotty seasonal performance from the Deacs?

One of the talking points beaten to death during the Vanderbilt game by the ESPNU commentators was the hurdle they claimed hinders Wake Forest from consistently competing during the bowl season: impressive academic standards. Yes, the university is ranked 27th in the latest US News & World Report college rankings. Yes, Wake professors are notorious for being difficult graders. And yes, the admissions office doesn’t let every Tom, Dick and Harry onto the Reynolda Campus. And rightly so: we have a brand we’re trying to protect.

But to say that academics and post-season success don’t mix is frankly a rather lazy assumption.

Here’s why: If you look at schools that were ranked in the top 50 of national universities by US News (schools that I’d argue take a little more than state residency to get in to), 13 of them were bowl-eligible

come the end of November. This number may seem small, but there are several things you need to take into account. The eight Ivy League schools, William & Mary, UC Davis and Lehigh play FCS football. There are thirteen Division III schools and one Division II school. There are also three Division I schools that don’t field a football team: Georgetown, UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine.

That leaves 21 schools with teams competing in the FBS among the top 50 ranked schools in the country. Thirteen of these schools competed in a bowl game this season (Wake Forest not among them).

There were seven schools (Duke, Stanford, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Rice, Vanderbilt, UCLA and USC) ranked above Wake Forest that reached a bowl game this year.

That’s seven schools with students that face just as academically rigorous standards as our athletes.

A total of 72 teams (for 70 spots) won the minimum six games needed to become eligible for a bowl game. Thirteen of those 70 spots were occupied by “academically rigorous” schools. This number may seem small, consuming only 18 percent of the allotted berths, but the schools that achieved this feat are all recognizable. And they’re not all small, private liberal arts schools. Wisconsin, Texas and Michigan made bowl games and are all large state schools that take some brains to get into.

So if it’s not Wake’s academics that are deterring the top recruits, what is it then?

The size of our institution is one area to look at. The number of students we have at Wake certainly sets us apart from our peer institutions, being the smallest school in the BCS. Because of this Wake produces a significantly smaller alumni base, which in turn translates into a rather small fanbase.

In the New York Times article “The Geography of College Football Fans (and Realignment Chaos),” writer Nate Silver correlates geography and the size of a college’s fanbase. Silver brings to light a number of things, among them the fact that Wake, unsurprisingly, has the smallest fanbase of the ACC and the entire BCS at 149,197. In contrast, Clemson has largest fanbase in the ACC with 1.7 million fans. Why do these numbers matter? Well to the possibly fameobsessed high school recruit, there may be

Wake’s recent failures ... stem from the culture that’s emanated from within the athletic administration that’s ... adamantly stagnant.

more appeal in playing for Clemson’s millions of fans on national television than for Wake’s thousands on the ACC network.

But what Wake lacks in the size of its fanbase is made up for in the quality of its fans as well as the facilities we have to offer. Let’s face it: most of the people who are Deacon fans have some connection to the university. And because of this, they have a passionate interest in seeing Wake prosper.

One example would be the generous donations from Bob McCreary and the Class of 1961 for the enormous scoreboard that sits at the south endzone of BB&T Field. Pair that with Deacon Tower and the FieldTurf field and I think you’ve created one of the most aesthetically pleasing places to play football in the ACC. Add that to the Sutton family’s donation to expand Reynolds gymnasium into a state-of-the-art fitness and wellness center and I think Wake should be considered a contender to attract the best athletes. But this is not what’s occurring.

I can claim that Wake’s academics is not what’s deterring athletes from coming to Winston-Salem. The idea of having your name on a reputable degree come graduation should, in fact, be a selling point. And the facilities that Wake has to offer should be even more enticing.

It’s easy to attack these two aspects of our school because they are so visible to the outside observer. To these commentators, we don’t embrace our academic prowess, but hide behind it. It is not a backbone that we use to stand up proudly but a crutch we fall down on when things don’t go right.

What these people miss is that Wake fails to succeed because of an underlying, intangible issue. I believe that Wake’s recent failures to advance to the post-season stem from the culture that’s emanated from within the athletic administration that’s best described as adamantly stagnant and truly unwilling to move forward.

I’ll admit I never followed Wake Forest football closely until I was a student. I’ve always been more interested in Wake’s perfor-

mance on the hardwood than the gridiron.

But that hasn’t stopped me from listening to older students and longtime fans who have slowly watched the decay of excellence that’s been Wake’s most visible revenue sports: football and basketball.

I’m not in a position to criticize the athletes that bust their butts everyday doing things I know I can’t do. I can, however, comment on the people whose salaries are paid by the tuition my parents and I pay as well as the donations they make to the school.

There seems to be a disconnect between the culture the students live by and the one that the athletic department promotes. It’s clear that both parties claim to seek excellence. In my time at Wake, I’ve come to know that the people I go to class with want the exact same thing I do: to be the best.

We are essentially overachievers trying to out-compete each other. I can’t say decisions made by people in the athletic department share this same mentality in achieving excellence. From my view, the athletic department has taken a “wait-it-out” approach when it comes to achievement. It will get better eventually.

But in what world does persistent lack of progress not warrant change? If the game plan does not work, you change it. Simple as that. And added passivity toward sentiments of the fanbase, one that is calling for change, is an easy way to lose support for the program. Wake fans, as bright as we are, are not easily fooled by smoke screens.

We too can adamantly stand by our opinions and stop coming to games if it’s not worth our while. The Deacon way should be a winning way. Anything short of that to Wake Foresters is simply… unsatisfying.

We have a lot to be proud of at Wake Forest. We thrived for years under a winning formula that went against conventional wisdom that academics and athletics should not mix.

But stagnation and lack of post-season success in our marquee sports has led me to question this formula that continues to be popular in the leadership of our athletic department. I have always believed that complacency is the close cousin of irrelevancy and I would hope — no, believe — that we at Wake Forest want to be anything but irrelevant.

Word on the Quad Do you think that students at the university are successful in carrying out the Ethics Policy in their daily lives?

“For the most part, yes. I think students do well at following it.”

Emily Williams (‘16)

“It’s definitely easy for students to follow the Ethics Code.”

Sean McLeod (‘13)

“I think there’s a general lack of knowledge of the Ethics Policy.”

Meenu Krishnan (‘13)

“Students follow their own ethical codes more than the school’s.”

Sean Greatrex (‘13)

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Improved gun control will “ prevent future massacres Problems and Solutions| Gun Control and the Second Amendment

Reforming gun legislation will not necessarily infringe on constitutional rights Jared Sossin

Guest Columnist sossjd12@wfu.edu

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” — Amendment II (1791).

This sentence that was written over 200 years ago has become the source of intense controversy in our country today.

There is zeal on both sides of the argument. You have radio host Alex Jones calling for the deportation of Piers Morgan because of his pro-gun control ideology and then you have people like Walter Shapiro, a political reporter for PolitcsDaily.com, who calls for the abolishment of the Second Amendment.

I think that as with most things in life, a radical conservative or liberal solution isn’t the best solution. I feel legislation heightening the amount of gun control in our country isn’t a radical solution.

In the Aurora, Colo. movie theater shooting, multiple guns including an assault weapon of the AR-15 class were legally purchased and used to kill 12 people and wound 58. In the Sandy Hook school shooting, multiple guns including an assault weapon of the AR-15 class were legally purchased and used to kill 26 children.

Both these massacres occurred within less than a year. Notice any repetition?

While it is true that among the shootings that happen in the United States, these massacres by assault weapons make a small percentage of the total number of shooting, but that isn’t a reason or justification to abandon gun reform. In fact, I would hope that these two recent events would fuel congressional action to renew the ban on assault weapons, like the AR-15 class, that expired in 2004.

In President Obama’s press conference on gun reform initiative last week, he laid out three specific goals he wants congress to do.

First, Congress should require a universal background check for anyone trying to buy a gun. Second, Congress should restore the ban on military-style assault weapons and a 10-round limit for magazines. Third, because Congress hasn’t confirmed a director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in six years, they should confirm Todd Jones. Jones currently is the acting director of the ATF, but only part-time. If he were to be confirmed by the Senate, he would assume permanent, full-time responsibilities.

In my opinion, all three of these measures comprise an effective solution to prevent as many future massacres like Aurora and Sandy Hook as possible. The universal backgrounds would help ensure that the wrong people cannot legally purchase weapons, as the Aurora gunmen did.

The ban on assault weapons and high capacity would help ensure that less people are killed, in a less-rapid fashion when these massacres do occur. And while Jones’ involvement in the debacle known as “Fast and Furious,” is less than promising, hopefully as a full-time ATF director he will be more effective at his job and be better suited to protect and serve us from illegal gun activity.

It is unreasonable to expect all gun-related homicides and massacres to stop because of new legislation. However, if there was an opportunity to prevent some in the future, or lower the number of people killed by-

Just because criminals violate the law... that doesn’t mean that lawabiding citizens should stoop to a criminal level.

guns every year from nearly 12,000 to a less frightening number, I have yet to hear any logical or morally justification against it.

As a member of a family that owns a gun, I would feel safer if Congress were to pass these proposals and I wouldn’t feel as if my second amendment rights being threatened.

As a sane America citizen, I feel no need to own a military grade weapon designed for war and since the last time America had to defend itself from a tyrannical government was nearly 230 years ago, I feel no need to defend myself from President Obama’s administration.

However, I would imagine my opinion would face a great deal of opposition by the National Rifle Association. I say this because the NRA’s assistant executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre has come out in response to Obama’s gun reform proposals saying, “We believe we deserve and have every right to the same level of freedom that our government leaders keep for themselves, and the same capabilities and the same technologies that criminals use to prey upon us and our families.”

It would seem that LaPierre is misinformed, as I’m fairly positive that we observe the same level of freedom under the constitution as our government officials. I also feel that just because criminals violate the law and the freedoms we as Americans are given, that doesn’t mean the law-abiding citizens should stoop to a criminal level.

The NRA is a powerful organization.

They donated $719,596 during the 2012 election cycle: $634,146 of which went to Republican candidates, and $85,450 went to Democrats.

Their membership increased by 250,000 the month following Sandy Hook. It seems that at every turn the NRA is doing every-

thing in its power to oppose gun control.

In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, the NRA launched a campaign aimed at blaming violent video games for the recent bout of gun-related massacres even though no study has yet to prove a correlation between long term aggressive behavior and video games. In fact, countries that have a similar, if not worse, reputation for violent video games, like Japan, have a fraction of the amount of fire-arm related homicides we have.

The NRA has also come under heat for their two decade long opposition to the United Nations’ Global Arms Trade Treaty, which would help stop the flow of weapons to dictators, warlords and armed groups known to commit atrocities and human rights abuses. However, I feel the most deplorable of the NRA’s actions is their blockade during the 90s on federal funding for gun violence research.

Their justification? The funding would cost taxpayers dollars. I can only say this for myself, but I have no opposition to paying taxes to help investigate the nature of gun violence in America so that we may prevent future homicides. For all the annoying and seemingly meaningless taxes Americans pay, I would be proud to see tax dollars used to help save lives.

While it is true that the majority of murders by gun are done with handguns, that doesn’t mean we should ignore the dangers of assaults weapons in our country. If support does come forth for a ban on handguns or specific types of handguns, effective legislation will be required in order to maintain our right to bear arms, and keep our country safe.

As I said before, I support our second amendment, but the priority needs to be our nation’s well being. I invite you to look up the information I provided by going to these websites: nytimes.com, The Star-Ledger-NJ.com, Amnestyusa.org, latimes.com, Al.com and CNN.com.

Letter to the Editor To my Wake Forest classmates: On behalf of the whole team, I want to thank you for your support at the Joel Coliseum the past few games. Playing in front of a crowd like that was amazing. You helped carry us and gave us a great home court advantage.

We have some big games coming up at the Joel and we need you there. The student section is our sixth man and we feed off your energy. We are proud to represent Wake Forest and especially our fellow students.

I look forward to seeing you at the Joel on Feb. 9 when we take on Florida State. Go Deacs!

C.J. Harris Future home games for men’s basketball this month will be held on Feb. 9 against Florida State University, on Feb. 16 against Georgia Tech and on Feb. 23 against the University of Miami. Women’s basketball games this month will be held on Feb. 8 against the University of Maryland, on Feb. 10 against Boston College, on Feb. 21 against Georgia Tech and on Feb. 28 against Virginia Tech.

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UNC, Duke, Wake Forest and N.C. State make up one of the best group rivalries in the entire United States

BY MATT POPPE Senior Writer poppmw9@wfu.edu Tradition and excellence. Two terms that have become synonymous with the four revered basketball programs that make up North Carolina’s Big Four.

Wake Forest, North Carolina, N.C. State and Duke, which all lie on the state’s famed Tobacco Road, are all located within nearly an hour driving distance of each other. These four

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colleges make up one of the most storied and intense group rivalries in college basketball.

Many have questioned in recent years if this basketball tradition has come to an end, but this legacy is far from over.

The upsets and battles between the teams this season have only further emphasized that.

It is a grouping that dates back over a century, with the oldest matchup going all the way back to 1906 between Wake Forest and Duke.

As basketball gained popularity, particularly in the South, the rivalry among these schools grew. In the beginnings, when Wake Forest was still located in Wake Forest, N.C., the schools were no more than just miles apart, and this allowed for cross-town battles that are still talked about to this day.

It seemed as if the National Football League was finally predictable. It seemed as if the analysts were hot on the game’s trends. It seemed as though the same handful of teams would be taking turns making their Super Bowl appearances for the rest of time. Then, like a thief in the night, the 2013 NFL season came and changed all of that.

With their preseason Super Bowl odds at 15-1, the Baltimore Ravens were far from the hot pick to be the Super Bowl winner when the ESPN writers and sports radio show hosts made their predictions back in August. Following the pattern of seasons since the turn of the millennia, it seemed that the Super Bowl was a place for the Bradies, Rodgerses, Mannings and

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{ BY THE NUMBERS } was all it took for Wake Forest and Maryland to combine for 25 points 5 Minutes scored by junior Travis McKie, 15 Points who led all scorers against Maryland of playing were totalled by 132 Minutes freshmen during loss to Maryland made among the 24 8 Three-pointers attempted by Wake Forest on Feb. 2

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White

Freshman Sydney White has started off her collegiate pole vaulting career with a bang.

For the second week in a row, the freshman has broken the school record.

After a record setting 3.83 meter vault at the Wake Forest Invitational last week, White came up with a 3.85 meter vault this past Saturday.

This was good enough to earn her first place at the Hilton Garden Invitational.

White is from Kernersville, N.C.

{ DEACON QUOTE } “I don’t think you ever win a game when somebody shoots 74 percent in the first half.”

- Freshman center Devin Thomas following loss to Maryland on Feb. 2

Demon Deacons suffer fourth loss in a row Wake falls to both Maryland and UNC, both on the road

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Freshman William Adala Moto, who is from Cameroon, averages 5.5 points per game this year for the Deacs.

Wins have been tough to come by for the Demon Deacons as of late, and Wake Forest’s Feb. 5 matchup did not help matters as the North Carolina Tar Heels downed the Deacs 87-62. It marked the fourth consecutive loss for Wake after their upset victory of then No. 18 N.C. State Jan. 22. In the 220th meeting between the in-state rivals, the Deacons were unable to handle the conference’s best offense as the Tar Heels shot nearly 52 percent to overpower

Wake. Wake Forest traveled to the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill hoping to avenge an 86-60 loss at the hands of the Maryland Terrapins.

The odds were not in the Deacon’s favor, however, as they have won just five times in 23 meetings at the Smith Center.

The Deacs, who donned their gold jerseys for just the second time this season, hung with the Tar Heels early on, and led the game 4-3 in the first four minutes of play. This was the one and only lead Wake would have for the game, however, as North Carolina raced out to a steady lead for the next 10 minutes of play.

The Tar Heels would then use the final six minutes of play to go on a 15-1 lead led by junior Reggie Bullock to take a 47-27 lead into halftime. Despite freshman Devin Thomas scoring the first two buck-

ets of the second half, the 6-foot-9 forward and the Deacons could not slow down the Tar Heels.

North Carolina went on a 9-0 run following Thomas’ baskets and never looked back.

The Tar Heels would push the lead to as much as 34 in the second half, even emptying their entire bench in the game’s final minutes en route to an 87-62 victory over Wake.

The Deacs’ struggled to contain Bullock, who scored 23 points, and sophomore James Michael McAdoo, who added 20. It is the first time this season that the duo has scored 20 or more in the same game. Freshman Arnaud Adala Moto led Wake in scoring with a career-high 13 points off the bench, including three threepoint plays.

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Asia Williams Senior

BY JULIET BECKSTRAND Staff Writer beckjm12@wfu.edu Hailing from Durham, N.C., senior guard Asia Williams has been a Wake Forest women’s basketball star since her freshman year. Williams played in 30 games and has had five double-figure scoring games. Her sophomore year, she played in all 32 games, made the first six starts of her college basketball career and finished the season playing in the ACC tournament.

Williams was averaging 7.6 points per game until she suffered a season-ending ankle injury against N.C. State in January of her junior year. She was able to come back healthy and strong for her senior year. Williams recently scored a careerhigh 20 points playing Georgia Tech on Jan. 31, and is gearing up for another stellar season playing for the Demon Deacons.

What has been your most memorable moment playing for the Demon Deacons?

My most memorable moment was last year in the ACC tournament when we beat No. 5 Miami.

Do you have any hobbies other than basketball that you enjoy?

Sleep. Basketball and sleep.

Going forward, what are your goals even beyond Wake Forest?

You just scored a career-high 20 points last night playing against Georgia Tech and you’ve had some big wins recently against N.C. State, Florida State and Boston College. How does that feel?

If my leg holds up, I’d like to play professionally overseas.

After that, I’d like to be a graduate assistant somewhere, and I’d eventually like to coach college basketball.

I mean, it feels great. I got knocked out [of the season] early last year because of an injury, so it feels good to come back and be able to play at full speed and strength.

What made you want to become a basketball player and who had the greatest influence on your basketball career?

My entire family, everyone played basketball, so at a young age it was only natural to play basketball. They got me started, and I’d say my siblings had the biggest influence on me.

What made you want to play for Wake Forest?

Well, it is an ACC school, which is one of the best basketball conferences in the country, it’s close to home, and it’s a great school academically. I feel like I can play at the highest level.

You’ve been a standout starter since your freshman year, and this is your senior season. What do you envision for the rest of your season, as well as for the future of Wake Forest women’s basketball?

Hopefully we can get back on track and start winning again, so I can go out strong. But as far as Wake Forest goes, Coach Hoover is doing a good job so far of building this program back up. I think they’ll do well in the future.

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Deac Notes Wake Forest to retire Chris Paul’s No. 3 jersey against Maryland

Men’s soccer reels in another strong recruiting class this year

Chris Paul will be honored at the Deacons’ game against Maryland on March 2 when his No. 3 jersey will be retired. Paul is just the 11th Deacon in school history to have his jersey retired, and the first since Josh Howard in 2005.

The six time NBA All-Star raised the standard of play at the university as he led the Deacons to No. 1 ranking in the national polls for the first time in school history during his sophomore year.

The first 10,000 fans in attendance at the game will receive a free tie-dye t-shirt.

The men’s soccer team is ready to welcome five new team members this fall as head coach Jay Vldovich has announced Wake Forest’s Class of 2013 recruits. The list of players includes midfielder Ian Harkes, forward Hunter Bandy, defenders Rafael Fagundo and William Robinson, and goal keeper Grant Bishop.

These five will join Tane Gent, Hayden Partain and Shane Powell as new team members on the field next season. This trio enrolled at Wake Forest this spring.

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Deacs undefeated streak ends with U of M

Wake remains unbeaten against Louisville, but cannot down Wolverines

BY MAEGAN OLMSTEAD Contributing Writer olmsme11@wfu.edu

The Wake Forest men’s tennis team remained undefeated after beating Louisville 4-2 Feb. 1 at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center.

Redshirt senior David Hopkins and senior captain Amogh Prabhakar played Louisville freshman Alex Gornet and sophomore Albert Wagner and got off to a poor start of 0-2 and the cardinals continued to sprint ahead to a 0-4 lead.

“We had some pretty bad starts,” Head Coach Tony Bressky said. “We dug a hole but give credit to Louisville. They had really good doubles.” Hopkins and Prabhakar ended with a loss of 8-6.

On court No. 2 were senior Danny Kreyman and junior Adam Lee facing Louisville sophomores Van Damrongsri and Sebastian Stiefelmeyer.

They ended with a tie of 7-7 and their second set was left unfinished at 5-3 Wake Forest. Playing at No. 3, freshmen Morgan

Mays and Anthony Delcore lost 5-8. And with two losses and a tie in doubles the Deacs prepared for singles.

“We did not have the best start in doubles so it was good to come back in singles and battle it out,” Prabhaar said.

In Hopkins’ match, he went up against Stiefelmeyer for the second year, but this time he showed that he improved. The last time Hopkins faced Stiefelmeyer, it was Feb. 2012 at Louisville and he lost 6-3 and 6-1. This year, Hopkins took the first set 6-2, and then fought for the second, finally winning 6-4.

Kreyman had a tense but thrilling match on court No. 3 against sophomore Chris Simich. It was Kreyman’s win over Simich that gave Wake the decisive overall win over Louisville.

“He knew we were going to win this game,” Bresky said.

Prabhaker also had a tough match as he won his first set 6-4, lost his second 5-7, and the third set was unfinished at 1-2. The rest of the Wake Forest team had a strong showing as well in the singles as freshman John Ho at No. 4 won his sets 6-3 and 6-4, junior Adam Lee quickly defeated his opponent 6-0 and 6-3 at the No. 5 seed, and freshman Sam Bloom lost his sets 6-4 and 6-4 at the No. 6 seed. It was a good day for the No. 49 ranked Demon Deacons, who defeated No. 41 Louisville before their home crowd.

However, two days later, Wake Forest’s men’s tennis team was defeated for the first time this season by No. 20 Michigan 5-2 on Feb. 3.

While the Deacons did not boost their record, senior Amogh Prabhakar, nationally ranked No. 59, earned his ninth straight win and his first top 50 singles win against No. 48 Vlad Stefan 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. This gains him a record of 4-2 against ranked players this season.

Lee started off the singles with a win of 6-3, 6-2, but senior Wolverines player Evan King beat senior David Hopkins at No. 1 right after. The Deacons tried for the lead again as Prabhakar knocked off Stefan, but the Wolverines were quick to respond with a 7-5, 6-4 win over No. 3 senior Danny Kreyman.

The Deacons then dug themselves into a hole with losses at No. 4 and No. 6. Doubles proceeded with Hopkins and Prabhakar at No. 1 facing a loss of 8-3 and Kreyman and Lee losing 4-7 with their second set left unfinished.

No. 3 freshmen pair Anthony Delcore and Morgan Mays were also defeated by the Wolverines 8-1. Michigan pulled out the win and the Deacons returned home with their first season loss.

The Deacs return home for another match Feb. 10 against No. 15 Tennessee at noon and Elon at 6 p.m.

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With the Deacs’ loss to Michigan, they’ll look to rebound soon.

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In his 17 year career, Ray Lewis has served as the Ravens’ fearless leader.

Breeses of the league. The rule of thumb that was quickly rising to the forefront of NFL front offices was that if you wanted to win, you needed an elite QB. The NFL was also starting to see many heartfelt, potentially uplifting stories continuously rise and fizzle away at the hands of the quiet, yet confident schemes of the likes of Bill Belichik, Tom Coughlin and Mike Tomlin. Think of the Sean Taylor Washington Redskins, Tebow’s Mile High Miracle and the Kurt Warner “almost comeback story” as just a few.

If these trends of football in the 21st century were a train moving full steam ahead, it is safe to say that the 2013 NFL season swiftly hopped aboard, pulled the e-break and found the nearest turntable.

We need not look any further than Super Bowl XLVII for clear evidence of these changes. The season finale saw a slumping Joe Flacco who was starting to earn the reputation as a mediocre-at-best caliber player take on a sophomore Colin Kaeper-

nick who didn’t even have the starting job at the beginning of the season. Looking back, it’s tough to believe that Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Peyton Manning all fell at the hands of one of these two guys.

But besides the season ending up with two middling quarterbacks duking it out in New Orleans, it was also a Super Bowl riddled with storylines and inspiration. Having the Harbaugh brothers face off added a nice touch to the way the media approached the game while also revitalizing the idea of siblings competing in professional sports.

However, even more emotionally touching, was the improbable Super Bowl run made by the Ravens after 17-year veteran and lifetime team member Ray Lewis announced his career would go as far as his team this post season.

At the time, it seemed like the end was near. This Baltimore squad closed out their season losing four out of their last five games and it was looking like they would be backing their way into another disappointing postseason.

However, this strategic move by Lewis rallied his team and created a group that

was motivated by more than an aloof coach and a superstar quarterback.

However, looking beyond the Super Bowl, headlines throughout the season were filled with new occurrences as well. Seeing three rookie quarterbacks in Robert Griffin III of the Washington Redskins, Andrew Luck of the Indianapolis Colts and Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks carry their teams to the post season was a display of youthful talent the NFL hadn’t seen for a long time.

Likewise, the 2013 NFL season saw a New Orleans Saints team never really show up to play. After three superior seasons stretching from 2010-12, the Saints watched their record swell up to an elite 37-11 mark. With the same quarterback, under the same head coach, the Saints stumbled out of the gates losing their first four games and limped the rest of the way to a 7-9 finish.

The reason for these dramatic changes in the complexion of the NFL could simply be that there is no true pattern to the game after all. With a season stretching from September to February, it could just be a matter of sparking a little momentum at just the right time.

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Thomas recorded just his second career double-double with 11 points and 13 rebounds in 28 minutes of action.

The Deacs’ leading scorer, junior Travis McKie, struggled on the night, shooting just 1-6 for five points. This snaps a streak of 13 consecutive games in which the Richmond native has scored in double figures. The Demon Deacons recorded a season-high 21 turnovers in the game, leading to 26 points for the Tar Heels.

“Obviously the emphasis going into this game was to not turn the ball over,” head coach Jeff Bzdelik said.

“We did a terrible job of that. They had 18 points in the first half off 13 turnovers. If you give a team that many easy baskets, it leads to a high shooting percentage, and shatters the confidence of our team, and it snowballs from there.”

The win was North Carolina’s sixth in seven games and pushed them to 16-6 overall, and 6-3 in conference play. Wake Forest falls to 10-12 on the year, and just 3-7 in ACC play. The Tar Heels now lead Bzdelik the all-time series with the Deacons 155-65.

The series dates back to the 1910-11 season.

Wake has struggled tremendously on the road, and will look to capitalize on playing in Winston-Salem.

“I think we just lose our confidence quickly,” Bzdelik said.

“We just do. You can see it in their eyes. It’s something we address. We’ve tried different ways to approach these games on the road. Obviously you have to play well, and we simply haven’t these last road games. We’re going back home, and that’s not a magical formulae for playing well.”

Wake will look for support from the home crowd at the Joel Coliseum, where they have won eight of their 11 home games this season.

Wake will take on the Florida State Seminoles at home on Feb. 9th.

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Deacons take on the Hilton Garden Invitational Jake Graham headlined Wake Forest’s efforts with a third place finish

BY MILES LAYMAN Contributing Writer laymmd12@wfu.edu The Wake Forest Track and Field team finished up the Hilton Garden Invitational with several personal records and season bests. The team didn’t have to travel far to participate in the competition, which took place in Winston-Salem, at the JDL Fast Track Feb. 1 and 2.

In the women’s 3000 meter run, three Wake runners finished in the top seven, just a few seconds between each other.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Oliver earned fourth place with a new personal record of 10:01.67. Freshman Samantha Jones finished sixth with a time of 10:04.05 while freshman Kathleen Darling finished seventh in 10:07.54.

The women’s 800 meter saw senior Brianna Dekine crossing the finish line eighth in 2:19.97 and junior Caitlin Hartnett finished 11th with a time of 2:20.87.

Freshmen Tylor Harris and Steve Michaelsen gave two strong performances for the Deacs while competing in the men’s shot put.

Harris finished in second place with a distance of 16.27 meters, while Mi-

chaelsen finished sixth with a 15.41 meter throw.

Junior Mytoia Gathings earned eighth place in the women’s 200 meter dash with a time of 25.45. Junior Alexander Rose recorded his personal best record of 4:09.65 in the men’s one mile, crossing the finish line in eighth. Representing Wake Forest in the men’s high jump, freshman Michael Rufrano finished seventh with a jump of 1.93 meters.

Among the top finishers in the second day of events, senior Jake Graham was able to secure third place in the men’s 3000 meter run with a time of 8:38.86, also a personal best. Senior Nate Guthals finished tenth with a time of 8:45.18.

In the 800 meter run juniors Michael McEnany and Kyle Eager finished in the top five while both set personal records in the event.

McEnany finished fourth with a time of 1:54.99 while Eager finished fifth with 1:55.02.

Junior Erika Martin put forth one of the more impressive performances for the Deacons in the first day of action. Martin earned a personal best of 3,423 points in the pentathlon, which was good enough to give her a second place finish. She broke a personal record in the high jump, winning first place with a mark of 1.62 meters.

Then, Martin went on to take second place in the 800 meters run (2:29.05), a fifth place finish in the 60 meter hurdles (9.29) and fifth place in the shot put with

a throw of 9.88 meters, which was also good for a personal record.

Freshmen Sydney White and Katie Adair continued their dominance in the pole vault event. White garnered first place with a vault of 3.85 meters, making this the third week in a row one of the two freshmen have broken school records in the event. Adair earned third place with a distance of 3.55 meters.

In the triple jump, sophomore Montasia Golden shattered her previous personal record by reaching an impressive mark of 11.94 meters.

Senior Erin Brooks was able to place sixth with a distance of 11.77 meters.

In the men’s 60 meter dash junior Josh Harris earned eighth place with a time of 6.89 seconds, only missing breaking his personal record by 0.07 seconds.

Junior Nate Wooten broke his previous personal best by reaching 16.43 meters with a toss that earned him eighth place in the event. In the men’s 400 meter, sophomore Daniel Harrison sprinted into a fifth place finish with a time of 49.85, beating out 82 other runners.

After the meet, director of track and field John Millar said that he “was encouraged by a number of performances achieved this past weekend.

“We achieved a number of both seasonal and personal bests, and more importantly our athletes showed their competitiveness,” Millar said. “As we look ahead, we hope to continue to improve and continue to achieve quality results.”

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Junior Michael McEnany set a personal record in the 800 meter run.

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The four schools all ended up in the Southern Conference through the 30s and were powerhouses in what was then a large and competitive grouping.

The immenseness of the Big Four truly emerged, however, when all four schools, along with Clemson, Maryland and South Carolina left to form the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953.

From the start, it was clear who the dominant teams would be in this new league, as 16 of the first 17 ACC basketball championships were won by one of the Big Four schools.

The teams of Tobacco Road gained passionate fan bases, and in 1971, the need to see these teams truly battle it out on the hardwood was encompassed in the creation of the Big Four Tournament.

From 1970 to 1980, the four schools annually met in early December for a 3-day event at Greensboro Coliseum, which would cause a media frenzy if it were to happen today.

The tournament saw some of the greatest players and teams to ever compete in college basketball take part in an early season tournament that would be unheard of in the current NCAA setting.

This era ushered in a greater period of dominance as well by the Big Four. Since 1982, starting with the infamous Michael-Jordan led Tar Heels, the Big Four won nine national championships over the next three decades behind famed coaches like Dean Smith, Jim Valvano and Mike Krzyzewski.

The dominance was even greater in the conference.

Out of the 59 ACC tournaments ever played, one of the Big Four teams has won the title 50 times.

Photo courtesy of runningtarheelfan.blogspot.com In the early 00s, teams headlined by stars such as UNC’s home court, known as the “Dean Dome,” has Chris Paul, Raymond Felton, Julius Hodge and Jay been a host to a number of Tabacco Road matchups.

Williams took the Big Four to new heights with all

but N.C. State being ranked No. 1 at some point in the past decade.

Over the past few years, however, many have begun to inquire as to whether Tobacco Road and the Big Four have come to an end.

While each team has had at least one or more underachieving season in the past 10 years or so, this season should put any doubters to rest about the quality of basketball coming from these four programs.

Just look at the games that have been played through just two-thirds of the season.

On Jan. 12, N.C. State took down the undefeated and No. 1 ranked Duke 84-76 that ensued in one of the most memorable stormings of the court in recent memory. It included N.C. State student body president Andy Walsh pushing and assisting a student in a wheelchair at the front of all the mayhem that made national headlines.

And who can forget just 10 days later when the then No. 18 Wolfpack visited the Joel Coliseum for a matchup with Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons played arguably their best game in many seasons to knock off N.C. State that also ended with an emotional rushing of the court by over 2,100 students.

In the next month, it can’t be overlooked that possibly the best rivalry in college athletics between Duke and North Carolina will be exhibited in a pair of meetings on each of their home courts. The matchups have historically been some of the best matchups in college basketball history.

Whoever said the Big Four rivalry and dominance has passed into college basketball history has clearly missed out on this season. While some programs may still be in rebuilding phases, the competitiveness, jealousy and downright basketball grit exhibited by these four teams is undeniable and the Big Four have re-emerged as a model of basketball excellence for the rest of the country.

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Exploring the Hook-Up Scene Has the “hit it and quit it” attitude permeated college campuses? One student discusses the relationship scene at Wake and universities nationwide.

BY ELLIE BALDINI Staff Writer baldgl9@wfu.edu Here’s what I’ve learned about February after four years at the Forest: the weather is wacky, the classes are hard and my favorite mantra just isn’t doing what it’s supposed to.

Yup, even my tried-and-true “single girl swag” loses its power come Valentine’s Day. All of a sudden, my best friend holding her boyfriend’s hand makes me blanch. Oh, and my favorite couple on Wednesday night TV? I think I sort of want to stab them.

Which got me thinking: what exactly is it about maintaining exclusive relationships on campus that seems challenging, even unappealing, to so many of us? I mean, exaggerations aside, I am certainly not alone in spending most of my time reasonably single. And outside the dreaded V-day, I am usually pretty okay with that.

The fact of the matter is, there is a widely held perception at our university (and college campuses in general) that monogamous dating just doesn’t happen.

Maybe it’s too difficult to find a worthy partner. Maybe it’s just too easy to hookup.

Senior Mike Sweetser recalled a moment four years ago that he never forgot.

“I don’t necessarily agree with this, and I’ll admit it’s kind of douchebag-esque, but something someone told me when I was a freshman really stands out,” he said. “I don’t want to be your first, and I don’t want to be your last.’ A person saying something like that really sums up the dating scene here.”

“Douchebag-esque” though that might be, there is some validity to the notion that one of the primary reasons for a decline in monogamous relationships is the ease in which college students engage in the casual hook-up.

In the study “Are Hookups Replacing Romantic Relationships” published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, 58 percent of the 18-year-olds surveyed had had some form of sex upon entering college, and 34 percent had sex with a casual acquaintance.

By the end of the year, those percentages had grown to 68 percent having engaged in sexual intercourse, 51 percent of which were with a non-exclusive partner.

The findings reinforce a popular sentiment of university students. When there are enough people looking for the same casual thing, the need for a committed rela-

tionship sort of, well, stops. Especially in the early years of college. “I think relationships were highly uncommon in the general population in earlier years because people like to sleep around, in my experience,” senior John Clark said. “I never really noticed people getting into relationships until senior year.”

Of course, Clark’s recognition that relationships do happen despite the rampant hook-up culture on campus is worth noting, even if he does qualify that it took four years for commitment to occur commonly.

Case-in-point: junior Sarah Hinshelwood has been with her boyfriend since being introduced by mutual friends during her first year at Wake.

“The best thing about [our relationship] is the support. You have someone who understands how hard it can be here and someone who really knows you,” she said. “The most challenging thing is making time every week to do something special, like a date or something.

With weeks that are super work-heavy, it can be difficult.”

Of course, Hinshelwood raises another issue with exclusive dating that rings especially true for students at “Work Forest”: with academic rigors, social obligations and daily extra-curricular activities, it’s hard to put time and effort into a relationship, even one as supportive as hers. Combine that with the ease of no-commitment-necessary hooking-up, and you can begin to see why exclusive dating seems increasingly uncommon on campus.

In her book Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus, Kathleen A. Bogle writes about the ins-and-outs of the average hook-up, and why in many cases, it’s the preferred form of intimacy. “College students recognize hooking-up as the pathway for a potential romantic relationship,” she writes.

“Yet a hook-up does not guarantee any commitment bayone when the encounter takes place ... the most likely outcome of any hook-up encounter is nothing, which means not hearing from the person again until you coincidentally see him or her at another social event and decide to hook up again.”

Compounding the lack-of-time for a relationship and ease of hooking-up are other hesitations about monogamy experienced by different college students, like fears and concerns about getting too serious, disparate views about gender issues and expected intimacy, and questions over sexual orientation. The bottom line? Despite the pangs of single-dom that accompany Valentine’s Day every year, there are some strong factors expediting the decline in monogamous relationships on campuses, especially one like Wake Forest. Strong, supportive relationships are becoming less of the norm because for many students, flying solo just seems like the easier alternative.

And maybe that’s just fine. Because the good news?

Come Feb. 15th, single-girl-swag is officially back in style.

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Movie Review | Zero Dark Thirty

Thriller details the hunt for bin Laden

BY TAYLOR DOW Staff Writer dowtw12@wfu.edu Promoting a movie which details the manhunt for Osama bin Laden is a surefire way to get audiences to turn out in droves, but crafting a compelling narrative rife with unflinching honesty is an entirely different kind of challenge.

It is the type of challenge that makes a film worth discussing long after the credits have rolled. It also happens to be the challenge that director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal have accomplished.

Zero Dark Thirty focuses on Jessica Chastain’s character, Maya, the CIA operative whose work located bin Laden.

The film takes its audience on a journey through the moral ambiguity of terrorist hunting. It casts an unwavering eye on the torture of terrorist suspects but instead of passing judgment, torture is featured in the same matter-of-fact manner in which it was employed.

The humanizing aspect of the story comes from Maya, whose whole being revolves around her dedication to finding bin Laden.

By the end of the movie, she has transformed from an employee dedicated to her job into a hardened person still

resolute in her dedication, but weary from the hunt. Zero Dark Thirty plays off of the relationship between American triumphs in the War on Terror and the painstaking process of achieving these moments.

As a film, Thirty is at its best in the subtle moments. For example, Maya’s realization of her colleagues’ ulterior motives and the disappointed reactions of CIA operatives in Afghanistan watching Obama assert his zero-tolerance policy for torture provide the film with emotional authenticity.

Zero Dark Thirty operates within a world that is as steadfastly committed to finding Osama bin Laden as Maya. It is her insistence on continuing the search despite the pessimism from colleagues that drives the film.

By the time the raid commences, the level of anticipation-induced paranoia reaches a fever pitch.

However, instead of serving as a generic action scene, the raid gives the film yet another chance to reflect on the unnerving realities synonymous with terrorist hunting.

The children cowering in the corner as Navy Seals bust down the doors of their compound are displayed in the same frank manner as the 911 recording of people trapped in the Twin Towers on September 11th which play during the film’s opening moments.

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5,4,3,2,1 with Jenny Dent Here are five things you may not know about the Student Union leader 5. I was cast as “Lucy” in “I Love Lucy” in fifth grade and the hair dye I insisted on using made me a ginger for six months.

4. One day I plan to earn a living as a pool hustler.

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Jessica Chastain plays CIA operative Maya in Thirty.

And just like that Zero Dark Thirty ensures its placement not only in the lexicon of great filmmaking, but also in the dialogue about the war on terror which it will undoubtedly generate.

To see another critic’s take on the film, head to oldgoldandblack.com

3. Once I got my license, my best friend and I went to Chipotle for lunch every single Sunday for a year and a half.

2. I can get away with saying things that most people can’t because my voice is so high pitched.

1. I’ve run the bases of Wrigley Field with the children of the former General Manager of the Cubs.

Deciphering modern art argumentative crevice: it is persuasive, not overbearing, witty, not cheesy and innovative, not run-of-the-mill. He manages to condense the last 150 years of art in this book.

Gompertz begins with Impressionism and ends with today’s contemporary art.

He argues in favor of non-classical art such as Dadaism and Pop Art, unfolding their messages to reveal the irony behind their current monetary worth and fame.

Although these art movements are, by definition, distinct and individualized, Gompertz stresses common themes that underlie the basis of his argument: change and novelty. He shows that art is an evolving concept. For an artwork to be fully realized for its worth, it needs to be put into the context of history, politics and economics. Classical art fit into its time of fervent religious ideals and the

illiterate masses. Technique and moral literary references were considered in high esteem.

In the 1880’s, Impressionism caused a I am that snob who loathed modern stir because it stopped the fixation with art but could only direct my disgust the past. In 1916, Henry Ford carries toward one artist and the movement he on the distaste for stagnancy. “History took part in Jackson Pollock and abstract is more or less bunk,” the famous quote expressionism. says. “We don’t want tradition. We want My sole argument against the splattered to live in the present.” A year afterwards, paints or the single slash across the canvas Marcel Duchamp, a French artist whose was that the art could not speak for itself name becomes ubiquitous in the modern but needed wordy explanations from its art world, buys a urinal on New York creator.

City’s Fifth Avenue.

But I always wanted to be challenged, or He turns the urinal upside down, at least amused. signs it as “R. Mutt, 1917” and names And Will Gompertz, BBC arts director, his readymade piece, Fountain. The has completely whipped my baseless underpinnings of this creation are prejudices in his latest nonfiction work, noteworthy, but is it art?

What Are You Looking At? The tone of the Gompertz thinks so. Art is thoughtliterature nests perfectly in between the provoking and addresses a conflict that converses with its viewers. Duchamp’s Fountain was a satire as well as a critique of society’s select rich and of academia’s stifling limitations of what art could be.

Gompertz writes to question us: can modern art be a brand name? Is modern art unreasonable? Is it art if it has the idea but no medium? Gompertz gives us instances in which the answer to all those questions is yes.

But Gompertz does not pretend to know it all and he leaves it up to the reader to decide.

However, he does tell the readers to keep something in mind: the question should not be about whether you like the piece or if your five year old could make it. It Photo courtesy of walkingoffthebigapple.com should be about understanding the piece Do you think this piece by Jackson Pollock is art? BBC art within context, about how it fits into our director Will Gompertz answers that question in his new book. modern world’s history.

BY MICHELLE FENG HE Contributing Writer fengm11@wfu.edu

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Tweets from the Forest @WFU_Pit: Pit themed compliments: my friends are like sweet potatoes in the pit; always there. @ShitWFGirlsSay: “At the end of the day, at least we have plenty of toilet paper and you are not DKE butt girl” #overheard

What’s up in the Triad Here is what’s happening around town this weekend.

Dixie Classic Fairground’s Farmer’s Market Every Saturday 6 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Pick up produce and much more at this week’s farmer’s market.

Rascal Flatts at the Greensboro Coliseum Friday Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Here this country band belt out their hit songs like “Banjo” or “Life is a Highway” live. Tickets start at $54.75

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He Said, She Said | Jealousy

Is it acceptable to be a green-eyed monster?

The sexes discuss what is an acceptable amount of jealousy in a healthy relationship

BY NICK WELDON Asst. Sports Editor weldnr11@wfu.edu He Said Jealousy is a completely natural part of any relationship, but make sure you don’t take it too far.

We all know that a man has an extremely difficult time not staring when a beautiful girl walks into the room, regardless of if he is currently in a committed relationship or not.

So ladies, while it is acceptable for you to be a little possessive of your man, you cannot get too aggravated at him when he makes a little mistake or does something stupid.

And trust me, he will.

When that girl who always wears yoga pants walks by on the quad, he is going to turn his head in an attempt to catch a glance.

It’s important not to freak out or act too jealous. Remember that he’s just a guy and that’s what we do.

For guys, remember that you will not be the only one watching when your girlfriend steps onto the fraternity basement dance floor in her form-fitting, new dress. All those guys leaning up against the wall certainly aren’t looking at you.

Take it as a compliment that so many other people find your partner attractive.

It just means that you are that much more

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Being overly-jealous can be the kiss of death to a relationship, but a little jealously keeps both partners on their toes. lucky to have her.

Jealousy is simply part of human nature and as long as two people trust each other, it should not have a negative impact on a relationship.

Just be careful to not stare at the pretty girl who walks by in those form-fitting yoga pants for too long.

BY LAUREN FRIEZO Contributing Writer friele11@wfu.edu She Said There’s something about the thrill of a chase that’s really intriguing. Something about that bit of insecurity — that chance

that the thing you want could slip through your fingers — that keeps people on their toes. I’ve found this is especially true when the thing you want happens not to be a thing but rather a person that you are dating.

Don’t get me wrong. Trust is one of the most important qualities on which to build a relationship.

I’m not talking about harboring insecurity so great that you’re worried your significant other is sleeping with someone else — I’m just talking about a healthy dose of jealousy.

(Yep, I did just use “healthy” and “jealousy” in the same sentence.)

Jealousy can prevent a relationship from fizzling out. Acting a teeny bit jealous is a way to show your partner how much you care.

If you’re a guy who gets jealous when you see your girlfriend strutting in a sexy dress as eager guys eye her up and down, that’s fine. It’s good for your blood to boil. Use it for motivation: make sure you tell her how beautiful she is.

If you’re a girl who sees your guy checking out a cute girl at the mall, you may start to feel hotheaded too. Treat that as motivation.

Yes, he loves you for you, but maybe you should stop wearing norts and a tee every time you two hang out. Put a little bit of effort into your next outfit and wow him with your good looks.

You need to be continuously putting effort into your relationship. If you don’t, you may get jealous of the effort your significant other is putting into someone else.

The bottom line: a little bit of jealousy is healthy. It reminds you that you’ve got a good thing — and pushes you to work to keep it.

Restaurant Review | Jeffrey Adams on Fourth

4th Street Filling Station owners open new eatery

BY MOLLY DUTMERS Life Editor dutmmk11@wfu.edu When the popular downtown restaurant Noma Urban Bar and Grill closed its doors last spring, many students and WinstonSalem locals were disappointed. However, a new restaurant has filled Noma’s prime downtown space.

Jeffrey Adams on Fourth Street, which opened last September, has taken over the space and is serving up delicious American cuisine. The restaurant is owned by the same local restaurateurs, Jeff Bassett and Adam Andrews, who own The Old Fourth Street Filling Station, another popular downtown eatery.

Last week, I went to this restaurant with a group of friends. We walked into the restaurant that had the look and feel of a metropolitan bar and we immediately noticed how busy it was.

We told the hostess that we were there for our 7:30 p.m. reservation and she asked us to wait at the bar for “a few minutes.”

However, we were not seated for another half an hour.

So our meal was not off to the best start, but the staff at Jeffrey Adams quickly made up for it. As soon as we sat down, our waiter

came over and got our drink orders and from then on, the meal went smoothly.

We ordered the pot roast nachos to start, which were topped with shredded beef, tomatoes, chives, a blend of cheeses and a sour cream sauce. The nachos arrived quickly, the chips were crisp and loaded with toppings. For $8, the nachos were a great way to begin our meal. Perhaps we were just starving from our long wait for a table, but we devoured the nachos in seconds and even debated ordering a second serving.

But we held off and waited for the main courses. Jeffrey Adams features a diverse menu, so I had a difficult time picking out my entrée. I was torn between the seafood risotto ($18), which featured scallops, lobster and gouda cheese, and the four ounce filet ($15), which came with a choice of two sides.

After much internal struggle, I went with the filet and I was pleased with my decision.

The steak came out perfectly medium and I enjoyed the garlic spinach and mashed potatoes on the side. My friends enjoyed their main courses as much as I did. One opted for the grilled chicken pesto pasta ($17), which had mushrooms, artichokes and roasted red peppers, while the other opted for a lighter option, an arugula salad

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Jeffrey Adams took over the prime downtown location on Fourth Street formerly held my Noma and opened in September. with figs, blue cheese, candied cashews and oranges ($8).

While we were debating ordering dessert, our waiter brought out a chocolate caramel turtle brownieto apologize for the wait.

And the gooey, rich brownie quickly made us forget that we waited for our table.

Jeffrey Adams is the perfect place to take your parents during the upcoming spring family weekend. Remember to make a reservation and be prepared to wait, the new restaurant is still working out some logistics. But the good food and hip atmosphere makes any wait worth it.

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Health Column | Body Management

Could unhealthy livers cause you to be fat?

The liver is the largest internal organ in the human body and does way more than it is given credit for

BY CAROLINE MURRAY Staff Columnist murrck9@wfu.edu Fad-dieters and health-fanatics always search for the newest craze in nutrition in exercise. Every week, there’s a book release, a celebrity endorsement or new quasiquestionable scientific “evidence” that promises the miracle method to shedding pounds faster and easier than Taylor Swift’s pathetic excuse for a “love life” (seriously, hun; ever think that maybe it’s you who is the problem?).

Ignoring all of the South Beach’s and Paleo diets swimming around out there, is there a simpler solution to weight loss? Is there just one trick that people can focus on to help with burning fat, losing weight and increasing metabolism?

Believe it or not, by taking care of this one organ in the body, it is possible to lose weight healthily and permanently.

College students don’t generally carry around a pocketful of knowledge when it comes to the liver. The basic understanding doesn’t stray too far from, “Oh, I think when I blackout from Absolut, PBR and Jaeger Bombs on the weekend, that’s bad for my liver, right?”

The liver does a hell of a lot more than we give it credit for.

As the largest internal organ, the liver’s responsibilities cover hundreds of bodily

functions. Virtually everything we ingest and absorb is processed through the liver.

The most important roles of the liver include regulating the production and storage of fats, cholesterol and sugar.

It also produces bile (which is stored in the gallbladder) to assist with the passage of food from the stomach to intestines and finally, the liver’s detoxification abilities filter infectious and harmful materials from the blood while eliminating byproducts of our metabolism.

Needless to say, the liver is kind of a big deal. It’s not just the intake of alcohol that has an effect on its function, but our entire diet has the capability to deteriorate the liver’s health completely.

Truth be told, most people’s livers aren’t doing so hot. When people consume foods high in sugar, fat, cholesterol and toxins on a regular basis (which defines the diet of any financially-deprived college student), the liver basically goes into overload and becomes virtually ineffective with breaking down fat and facilitating proper digestion.

The liver’s failure to fulfill this function results in weight gain, less energy and feeling bloated, sluggish and heavy.

Furthermore, by not working as efficiently as it can, the liver cannot activate the hormones responsible for fat-burning, such as the insulin-like growth factor (IGF).

Also, it has trouble converting the inactive thyroid hormone to the active form, known as T3. Therefore, no matter how much you exercise or how many calories you burn, you will not burn fat and lose weight naturally if your diet does not accommodate the needs of your liver. How can you help reverse this?

Start by cleansing your body and fixing up

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Cutting out the consumption of hard liquor provides health benefits such as cleansing your liver and helping you lose weight. the health of your liver. First, cut alcohol and all unnecessary medications from your intake. I know, I know, college students drink; it’s a socially-accepted practice.

The least you can do is decrease the consumption: cut out liquor, don’t drink copious amounts of beer or switch to the occasional wine.

Then, you need to make the liver’s job as painless and effortless as possible by eating a clean diet. This means increasing your fruit and vegetable intake, as well as meatless proteins like beans, nuts and

seeds. By committing to such a diet for a couple of weeks, your liver is well on its way to cleansing itself and working more optimally.

Finally — and I plug this secret to all my friends and clients — water water water!

When your liver is working as it should, you don’t retain water in your abdominal cavity.

By drinking at least 64 ounces of water a day, the double-whammy effect will have you dropping pounds faster and more permanently.

Speech Review | Challenging Casanova

Professor discusses an age old male stereotype Smiler’s new book Challenging Casanova attempts to shoot down the idea that all men are sex-crazed

BY LOGAN THOMAS Staff Writer thomdl11@wfu.edu As perhaps the most famous “player” of all-time, Giacomo Casanova reported sleeping with about three women per year consistently throughout his adult life.

Visiting assistant professor of psychology Andrew Smiler presented his recent book, Challenging Casanova, to a full audience on Feb. 5 in the ZSR Auditorium. The book explores the stereotypical portrayals of young men in today’s society. The “Casanova Complex,” as Smiler refers to it, is the public perception that teenage boys and young men are out to hook-up and typically “just want sex.”

Smiler’s book aims to shoot down these stereotypes.

“Data shows that most guys have about zero to two partners per year,” said Smiler.

“The cultural notion that guys just want to get around is not reality, it just comes from the minority.”

So, Smiler asked, why does this perception of young men exist and what are the differences between male and female sexuality?

One evolutionary perspective on human mating, the sexual strategies theory, attempts to explain the difference between male and female sexuality.

For example, it points out women can only reproduce about once per year, while men can hypothetically reproduce hundreds of times per year. This makes it much more likely for a male to copulate from an evolutionary standpoint.

Men are also commonly portrayed in culture and media as being incapable or unwilling to control their sex drives. This can be seen by examining popular song lyrics or television shows.

Smiler sees this stereotyping of male sexuality as a problem. “This contributes to… a perception of difference [in sexuality] between males and females that’s based on a comparative difference.”

Another important distinction Smiler made was between the terms “dating” and “hook-up.”

Here, Smiler found some humor, “We noticed that guys will sometimes use ‘hookup’ in describing their dating relationship, but we have never had someone use ‘dating,’

even accidentally, to describe a hook-up type of scenario.”

Smiler proposed that instead of the single, Casanova-type male, there may be several general classifications under which males fall in regards to their approach to dating and hook-ups. While “Casanovas,” at one end of the spectrum, tend to have multiple dating and hook up experiences, there are also those who can be considered the “romantics,” the “emotional,” and finally, the “religious.” “These subdivisions are not the stereotype,” said Smiler.

Smiler believes it is important to protect the image of modern masculinity. “Male sexual development is not well understood, but one of the goals of the books is to challenge the stereotype of the male Casanova.”

When asked about what the stereotypical young male is in her opinion, freshman Taylor Earling said, “After spending time on a college campus, I view males as more open to relationships, more than I would have expected. You realize perceptions definitely differ from reality.”

Sophomore David Myers agreed. “I think the stereotype does exist… but [the promiscuous] are in no way the majority and, in this case, one bad apple happens to spoil the bunch.”

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Smiler talks about his new book to students and faculty.

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Beautiful Creatures stars reflect on film The cast of a new supernatural drama discusses the film and more during a long conference call

BY HILARY BURNS Editor-in-chief burnhs0@wfu.edu A new teenage drama based on the hit book series, Beautiful Creatures, written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, will hit the cinemas this month, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Here is the gist of this love-induced film: A small-town boy named Ethan Wate dreams of escaping his little town in South Carolina until he meets Lena Duchannes, the girl of his dreams. Lena is a beautiful, mysterious figure who embodies all of the adventure Ethan has been looking for. Of course, they fall madly in love and wind up in a Romeo and Juliet type of situation. To make everything more complicated, Lena and her crazy, manipulative cousin Ridley (played by Emmy Rossum) are Casters, a fancy word for witches.

I had the honor of sitting in on a press conference with some of the actors from Beautiful Creatures Feb. 1.

Although it was a painfully long time to sit on the telephone, I didn’t hang up because I knew my favorite actress, Emmy Rossum was going to come on the line at any moment. My obsession with Emmy began when I was 13 and saw the Phantom

of the Opera movie for the first time (I have watched it about 237 times since then).

Rossum won the Critics Choice Award for her performance as Christine Daae in the musical and since then she has starred in the hit series “Shameless” and now Beautiful Creatures. The actors answered questions about the movie from student journalists around the country. Here is a review of the two-hour conference call.

What makes this movie unique from other teenage dramas?

Well it is a fairy tale take on a story with whimsical and supernatural elements.

It is also a social commentary on small towns in America and touches on a lot of controversial topics. — Alice Englert (plays main character, Lena Duchannes) Is Beautiful Creatures the new Twilight?

Well, it shares the same audience base and it is the same genre, but I haven’t seen the Twilight movies so I don’t know much about them, but this film has its own distinct voice and amazing characters. If this movie has a fraction of the success Twilight had, we will be so happy. — Alden Ehrenreich (plays main character, Ethan Wate) How did you make your character from the book come to life in the film?

We were working off the director’s work of

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Beautiful Creatures tells the complicated story of a small-town boy and a supernatural Caster that fall madly in love with each other. creating characters. I feel like the characters are the same in book and film. It is a personal experience to read a book but for me, the characters were wonderfully adapted to fit the film. — Ehrenreich

high heels. — Emmy Rossum (plays Ridley Duchannes)

What was the most difficult scene to film?

As an actor it might sound creepy but I would like to be invisible so I could see people in their natural element. — Rossum

For me the most difficult set piece was at the Autumn Harvest dinner (Caster speak for Thanksgiving) when my character comes to the small town she grew up in and lets everyone know that her younger cousin (Lena) is coming to the dark side when she turns 16.

It ends in a fight of powers, you know a hurricane with tables turning, and I was in

What super power would you like to have the most?

Would you want to be friends with Ridley Duchannes in real life?

No, I definitely wouldn’t want my character as a best friend, because she will flip-flop and throw you under the bus. — Rossum

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Abroad Column | A pirate’s life for me

Television makes student nostalgic for US Buying pirated films is illegal in the US but common in Jordan where it helps bridge the cultural divide

BY JOEY DEROSA Contributing Columnist derojm0@wfu.edu I don’t watch TV at home. I never have.

Relaxing as it may be, I’ve simply never found the time — even over break. But upon arriving in Jordan, a place where I’m continually struggling to adapt to the societal norms, language and food, I have got nothing but time for all my new TV series.

My newfound interest in television all started when I stumbled upon a trove of pirated DVDs in my apartment. I imagine they were left by the previous tenants who were, like myself, American students and were presumably reluctant to carry such goods back to the states. Upon opening the case for Argo, I noticed the name of a DVD store on the inside cover. I decided to trace the disc back to its origin.

To my surprise, I found that the pirated DVDs had all come from a curiously official looking shop in downtown Amman. The business is a far cry from the typically seedy variety of pirated DVD vendors who can be found hawking their goods from unrolled blankets on the streets of every major city in countries without strict enforcement of copyright laws. The store stands, looming above juice stands, nearby cafes and hookah lounges. In fact, the store is so large that it has swollen beyond its original single-shop origins to consume two or more units of storefront property across the street — a testament to the lucrative nature of its trade.

Stepping into such a store, one is overwhelmed by the extraordinary arrangement of films and TV series,

which are displayed with all the color and abundance of the traditional Arab bazaar selling fruit and spices just down the street.

However, while the products at both marketplaces could be considered “fresh” (a whole section of the DVD store is devoted to movies still in theatres), the bazaar has a far greater emphasis on local goods. With only a few additions from Cairo (the film capital of the Arab world), most of the shelves of the DVD store are filled with American films and television series.

I understood the temptation for my previous apartment tenants. The films are not only abundant and familiar but also cheap. You can buy a DVD for the same price as half a kilo of figs: a mere one Jordanian Dinar ($1.41 US). To be sure, the meager cost of its wares might encourage a shopping spree but, the cost alone cannot explain the atypical titles that caught my eye.

I found my eye drawn to DVDs that friends had recommended to me months, or even years ago — everything from Blue Mountain State to Pride and Prejudice to a documentary about outer space entitled The Elegant Universe (superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory). With friends and loved ones out of sight, but not out of mind, I found their cinematic endorsements to be almost sacred. I was to realize this at the back of the store when I stumbled upon all four seasons of “The OC.” As I stood there, staring into Mischa Barton’s blank gaze, I could very clearly hear my sister’s praise for the show ringing in my ears. I had, of course, ignored both the show and the esteem in which my sister gave it for years. But her words seem to mean a good deal more to me now that she is out of daily reach.

So, for a moment “The OC” had been transubstantiated from a television show to

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A official looking store in Amman, Jordan where pirated DVDs of every movie or TV series imaginable are sold. a powerful link between the two of us. My watching it had become a potent symbol of my love for my family. But, television shows often take on broader associations than personal ones.

I’ve found that in many ways I am able to alleviate my nostalgia for America through watching even the most inane American sitcoms — no matter how poorly they represent actual life at home. I’ve found that television series are perhaps the clearest and most regular window people have into a far-off nation. I find Chuck

Hagel’s confirmation hearing to be a far less accurate depiction of American society than “Arrested Development.” Interestingly, so do many other people in Jordan.

In Hamoudeh I found all but the most traditional Jordanians to be enjoying the fruits of Hollywood. The exportation of American mass culture holds far more power in promoting American values in many parts of the world than Hagel will ever be capable of. Political science professors call this soft power. I call it damn good television.

Quad Happenings | Celebrating Wake’s Birthday

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Students involved with the 1834 Campaign helped “Mother So Dear” celebrate her 179th birthday by encouraging students to make cards or enjoy a cupcake at a stand outside of the Pit on Wednesday, Feb. 6.

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Theater Review | Vox

Vox delivers a raw look at life at Wake Forest Tim Miller directs a dynamic series of monologues in which performers reflect on their own lives

BY KRIS TOPHER KOLB Opinion Editor kolbkl11@wfu.edu VOX is an emotionally charged, passionately acted piece of performance art that should be a must-see for every member of the university community. The play offers what is perhaps the most raw and real view into life at the university.

The play opens by uniquely involving members of the audience as they take their seats at the intimate Ring Theatre. People are sorted into the categories they exemplify. A stark use of primary colors creates a distinct, albeit slightly intimidating, atmosphere in the dim theatre. The play then moves immediately into its performances. There is no direct plot, as the play consists of a series of monologues. While this style of performance is not for everyone, it allows the actors to offer a more intimate performance as they recount stories from

their own lives. The overriding theme of the play is finding one’s voice, especially during the tribulations of adolescence and college.

Student government president Tré Easton has one of the earliest monologues in the play and he offers a personal view of one of the student body’s most prominent members.

Other standout members of the cast include Serena Daya, Solomon Jordan and a very humorous Kara Harvey. However, the most remarkable performance comes from sophomore Jessica Wagner. Her performance must be seen in person, as it will have audience members reflecting on life outside one’s personal bubble and perhaps even change one’s vocabulary.

The performance is tightly directed by internationally acclaimed performer Tim Miller, who displays a steady hand in collaborating with his talented performers.

Coming out of VOX, one should prepare to laugh, cry and reflect on life both inside the university and out. The performance is intended for mature audiences and contains adult content and language. The approximate runtime is 70 minutes with no intermission.

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Despite not having a direct plot, VOX packs an emotional punch. Audiences should be prepared to laugh, cry and do everything in between.

Quad Fashions | Colored Denim

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Georgia Tanner Junior Green is Tanner’s favorite color and she has an affinity for colored pants.

“I have a goal in life to have every color pair of pants.” she said.

Chelsea Eversmann Senior Eversmann got her dark teal greens from Eddie Bauer and decided that they warm day was a great reason to break them out.

Allison Jones Junior Jones’s outfit, which features pieces from J. Crew and Gap, was inspired by the nice weather. “I just saw it in my drawer and I thought I’d wear it.”

Tomas Debinski Junior Debinski didn’t think twice about wearing his turquoise jeans. “They’re just really comfortable and they look nice,” he said.

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Bringing Romance to college campuses A student gives feasible college options to ensure a creative and special Valentine’s Day no matter the budget or location

BY MARGARET MERCER Contributing Writer mercmj11@wfu.edu Let’s face it: Valentine’s Day can be stressful.

You want everything to be perfect, from the flowers to the gift to the date.

That’s a lot of pressure for one person to handle, but don’t stress.

Whether your date this year is your significant other, your best friend or Z. Smith Reynolds, we’ve got you covered.

Instead of hitting up Shorty’s, the Tavern or all the other usual spots, it’s time to think outside the box this Valentine’s Day and spice things up a bit.

So to help, we’ve compiled a list of unique dates that will be sure to impress that special someone and fit every budget.

If you’re like me and bought as many WakeStock tickets as possible, you’re probably not too thrilled about shelling out the big bucks this Valentine’s Day. Not a problem.

A romantic and inexpensive idea is an indoor picnic. Kick your roommates out, lights some candles and spread a blanket on the floor.

You can order in food from your favorite restaurant, or, if you’re feeling extra ambitious, you can try cooking some heartshaped pizzas together. And don’t forget dessert.

The Food Network has some easy recipes to make delicious delights like chocolate truffles and soufflés.

If you’re not lucky enough to live off campus, please don’t try this. The dingy moldy smell of Kitchin or Poteat is bound to kill the mood. So instead, take this idea outdoors.

Bundle up, grab blankets and chairs and head out to the big fields on the Reynolda trail by Reynolda Village. What could be more romantic than stargazing?

If that doesn’t sound too appealing, bring your laptop and watch an outdoor movie under the stars. It’s the perfect excuse to get extra cozy.

For even more romance, take a carriage ride through downtown Winston-Salem.

Camel City Carriage Company offers a Valentine’s Day special of a half hour carriage ride complete with handmade truffles and roses.

Although this is a little pricey, this is sure to be a date she will never forget. What girl doesn’t want to feel like Cinderella for a night?

If you’re looking for an incredible culinary experience, look no further than the Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tour.

This unique walking tour will take you to sample food at four different restaurants downtown, including Spring House, Bib’s, Foothills and Camino Bakery.

It’s the perfect way to get a tour of Winston and satisfy your every craving.

If you would rather be served food instead of having to walk for it, there are plenty of other restaurants offering Valentine’s Day packages for two.

For your ultimate Demon Deacon sports fanatic, have dinner at the Deacon Tower Grille. Located in the stadium, this restaurant offers a delicious five course Valentine’s Day meal with awesome views of the football field.

Other local favorites for romantic dining include Noble’s Grille, Mozelle’s, Bernadin’s, The Old Fourth Street Filling Station and Ryan’s Steak Chops and Seafood, but be warned. These popular spots will be super crowded, so make your reservation now if you want to take one of these more classic Valentine’s Day dates.

For those of age, take a 25 minute drive to Westbend

Vineyard and Brewhouse.

Situated on sixty acres of land, this vineyard produces regionally and nationally recognized wines and beers. Do some tasting while enjoying live bluegrass music and even a DJ later on.

Regardless of how you choose to spend it, Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate the ones you love. Despite the corny Hallmark cards and drugstore boxes of chocolate, it is possible to embrace your romantic side in a fun and creative way.

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