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Tiger Woods cited in car crash Golfer Tiger Woods will be issued a careless driving citation for his car crash last week.

Woods struck a fire hydrant and a tree outside his home at 2:25 a.m. on Nov. 27.

He will not face criminal charges.

Obama wants to end Afghan war in three years President Obama will send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, but senior administration officials say that he has a goal of ending the war and withdrawing most of the U.S. service members within three years.

The U.S. will now have roughly 100,000 troops in Afghanistan. The new troops will go to Afghanistan within six months.

Suspect in police shooting killed The suspect of the Nov. 29 fatal shooting of four police officers in Seattle, Wash., was shot and killed by a police officer on Dec. 1.

The man was recognized by detectives as Maurice Clemmons. Clemmons was carrying a weapon taken from one of the slain police officers at the time of his death.

Shoppers preferred Cyber Monday to Black Friday On Nov. 30, known as Cyber Monday for the large amount of discounts offered online the Monday after Thanksgiving, shoppers bought 10 percent more items per online order than shoppers did in stores on Black Friday.

Cyber Monday consumers bought 30 percent more items per order and total sales rose 14 percent compared to 2008.

Auction ends United Way campaign

By Amanda Satterwhite Contributing writer

“Sir, will you give $90.50 for the popcorn machine?” shouted the auctioneer from the balcony in Scales on Dec. 1.

Apparently not. Thus the highest bidder forked over $90 flat for the Star Wars themed machine, which will go towards decreasing the high school dropout rate in Forsyth County.

United Way, an international organization committed to providing education, income, economic development and health around the world, has a local branch here in Forsyth.

A large supporter of the local United Way’s outreach for education, the university kicked off this year’s campaign two months ago when University President Nathan O. Hatch and Provost Jill Tiefenthaler offered their rendition of Kanye West’s “Amaz-

ing.” How’d they get the two to participate?

“They told President Hatch I had agreed, and told me he had agreed, but neither of us had agreed,” Tiefenthaler said. The Provost hopes the act spurred student involvement in the fundraising campaign.

So why is the university so committed to the cause? “That is simple. Pro Humanitate,” Campaign Vice President Mary Wayne-Thomas said. Her spirit of service seemed to be shared by many others.

The provost happily reported that most supporters in the community remained committed to the cause, despite the state of the economy.

“It’s really important in these tough times to remember we’re part of a larger community,” she said.

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President Hatch and Provost Tiefenthaler performed a Kanye West parody rap to kick off the university United Way campaign.

All roads lead to Wake Forest

By Frannie Jackson | Staff writer

Undergraduate international students are a minority on campus, but they bring vibrancy and diversity to the university’s student population. A culmination of unique experiences brought each of the 64 students representing 22 countries to campus.

The university’s international students chose to complete their college education in the United States for a variety of reasons. Oreofe Fatimilehin, a junior from Lagos, Nigeria, chose to come to the U.S. after applying to schools in the U.S., England, Ghana and Nigeria.

“I was open to anything, and I wanted to try something new,” Fatimilehin said.

Junior Dominique Bouillet from Erpfingen, Germany spent a semester abroad in Massachusetts his sophomore year of high school, which led him to consider the U.S. as an option for college. His brother attended the University of Georgia, so Bouillet was already “familiar” with American universities.

“I also liked the idea of entering a university with an undecided major. I had lots of interests that I wanted

to explore, and you can do that at American universities,” Bouillet said.

Mari Ishibashi, a freshman from Yokohama, Japan, applied to universities in Canada and the U.S. “My sole purpose for applying to schools in North America was to have a different college experience than if I had stayed in Japan,” Ishibashi said.

Narrowing down a list of universities to apply to is difficult for students, especially for students living overseas. Many international students must rely on school rankings or name recognition to hear about various U.S. universities.

“I researched different schools online, but my mom was the one who told me about Wake Forest. Then I read good things about it in college guides and decided to apply,” Ishibashi said.

Elizabeth Voelker was hired as the new International Admissions Counselor in 2008 in hopes of generating more interest for the

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South Africa will treat babies with HIV In a major policy overhaul, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa announced on December 1, World Aids Day, that all South African babies under the age of 1 will be treated if they test HIV-positive. He also promised more anti-retroviral drugs, which the government had previously said were too costly.

Festival of trees celebrates holiday spirit for good cause

By Samantha Hoback | Staff writer

Photo courtesy of Cindy Caines

Members of the Winston-Salem community flocked to the Dixie Classic Fairground on Nov. 21-22 to enjoy the ornate display at the Festival of Trees.

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The Education Building at the Dixie Classic Fairground was transformed into a Winter Wonderland Nov. 21-22 for the annual Festival of Trees.

Each year over 4,000 people put their holiday sweaters on early for the Festival, which began in 1988. Since then it has raised over $1 million for Brenner Children’s Hospital.

“It was started by the Friends of Brenner Children’s Hospital, a group of dedicated volunteers who support the hospital through fund-raising and community awareness activities,” Cynthia Caines said. Caines is the Development Events Coordinator for Brenner Children’s Hospital, and she works as the liaison with the volunteer committee members who organize and plan the Festival.

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teers for the event come from tival each year is definitely the Friends of Brenner, high school forest of 40 decorated Christmas and college students, service trees. All of the trees are decorated clubs, organizations and busi- with a motif. This year, there were nesses also participate in the trees decked out with Winnie the Festival.

Pooh, ballerina, candy and snowIt takes much more than vol- flake ornaments. unteers to organize the Festival.

In addition to all of the trees, “ T h e there were 22 ginFestival gerbread houses “It is wonderful to see the of Trees as well as many Winston-Salem community event festive wreaths come together.” chairand miniature Cynthia Caines men start trees that were Development Events Coordinator for selecting available for purBrenner’s Children Hospital the comchase. mittee During the Fesmemtival, people got bers in February,” Caines said. an early start on their Christmas “There are three event chairmen shopping in the various specialty and 21 committees which have shops. Celebrity ornaments, at least two committee members signed by Rascall Flats, Jessica each. We have over 200 commu- Simpson, Harrison Ford, Carrie nity volunteers that decorate the Underwood and many others, are large trees, wreaths, mini trees auctioned as well. While people and gingerbread houses.”

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Sports | B1 Strong finish The football team finishes a challenging season with a 45-34 victory over the Blue Devils over Thanksgiving break

Opinion | A6 Repub. reform New face of the Republican party emphasizes the importance of the free market

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Brieflies University ranks fourth for study abroad in recent study The university ranked fourth among doctoral universities for highest percentage of undergraduates studying abroad, according to a recent report published by the Institute of International Education (IIE). According to IIE’s methodology, an estimated 67 percent of undergrads received credit for study abroad in the 2007-08 academic year.

Travelers will benefit from free WiFi this holiday season Google has selected PTI Airport as one of 47 airports to offer free WiFi this holiday season.

Through the airport’s wireless provider, Boingo, travelers will be able to access the Internet without needing a username or password. Free service began on Nov. 10 and will be available through Jan. 15, 2010.

In addition to free Internet access, holiday travelers will have the option of making donations to one of three nonprofit organizations: Engineers Without Borders, One Economy Corporation or Climate Savers Computing Initiative. A donation is not required to access the Internet.

Paperless billing system requires student approval of all payments The university will complete its move to a completely paperless student account statement system as of Jan. 1, 2010. Anyone wishing to make a payment to a student account after this time must do so through the DEAC electronic account center. In addition, students must authorize any third party bill payers including parents before Dec. 30 to ensure proper processing of the January bill. To authorize payers or set up an account if students do not currently use DEAC, visit www.wfu.edu/deac.

Library begins Food-for-Fines program to feed those in need Members of the university community can donate unspoiled, unopened canned food to ZSR from now until Dec. 11 to help erase late fees on overdue books and movies. Each can of food will erase $1 in debt. There is no limit to the number of cans any one person can donate.

All food will go to Campus Kitchen to be distributed to those in need in the Winston-Salem area. Donation credit cannot be applied to lost or damaged book and movie fines and cannot be applied to future fines.

Community members invited to 45th annual Love Feast The 45th annual traditional Christmas Lovefeast and Candlelight Service at the university will be held at 8 p.m. Dec. 6 in Wait Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. Bill Leonard, dean of the Wake Forest School of Divinity, will be the guest speaker.

University Chaplain Tim Auman will conduct the service.

Ulrike Wiethaus: Advocate

By Caitlin Brooks | News editor

A Fulbright Scholarship, an interest in American Jewish-Christian dialogue and a thirst for female equality brought the thin, grinning, exceptionally amiable German student to Temple University in 1981.

After graduating from university in Berlin, Ulrike Wiethaus was familiar with a very patriarchal and sexist academic community.

“Women academics here (in the U.S.) have so many more opportunities than they do in Germany. It’s still true today when I talk to my woman colleagues in Germany.

“They are shocked at how totally free I am to get my work done,” she said.

Unfortunately this liberty that extended to a white, female immigrant scholar did not extend to every individual in the City of Brotherly Love when she arrived in Philadelphia in 1981.

While working as a teaching assistant during that time, she walked down the street by a fraternity house with an African American friend.

“They (the members of the fraternity) screamed profanity at us. I’ll never forget that,” she said. “At one end I had this liberation and on the other end, I saw discrimination.” It was this experience more than any

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the religion department and will come before the wider faculty in January.

For her part, Wiethaus now works with American Indian communities and university students and faculty to create awareness about the issues these “invisible communit(ies)” face.

Her work with the indigenous peoples of the U.S. has occasioned her participation in the Parliament of the World’s Religions this week in Melbourne, Australia.

The world’s largest interreligious gathering, the Parliament is designed to “bring together the world’s religious and spiritual communities, their leaders and their followers to a gathering where peace, diversity and sustainability are discussed and explored in the context of interreligious understanding and cooperation,” according to the Web site.

This year the Parliament will focus on reconciliation with indigenous organizations.

Wiethaus has already made plans to incorporate this experience into a series of interfaith dialogues on campus this Spring.

“This work (with American Indian partnerships) grounds me in the U.S. “It provides me with a very rewarding way of working with students;

emerging scholars that combine heart and mind,” Wiethaus said.

Though she arrived in the U.S. from Bavaria, Germany nearly three decades ago, Wiethaus retains a distinct German accent, particularly evident when exuberantly discussing one of her dizzying array of passions.

Her ties to her home are evident not only in her speech, but in her intensive studies of medieval German Christian female mystics, a passion she developed at a young age when walking to and from church in Bavaria.

Saint Mechthild of Andechs first lured Wiethaus into the realm of Christian mysticism.

Said to be able to heal the blind and admitted to a monastery despite being female, Saint Mechthild fascinated the young Wiethaus.

“She haunts me even today. She was some kind of female ancestor, a very strong powerful woman,” Wiethaus said.

“I considered her something of a female ancestor. She made me think of what it means to be a woman in society.”

In many ways, Wiethaus continues to ponder the answer to that little girl’s question, though her curiosity today extends to many different oppressed groups.

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Corrections In the Nov. 19 article, “Guinness and English among benefits to visiting Dublin,” the writer mistakenly referred to the Guiness Brewery as the Guiness factory. In addition, the county of Wicklow was misspelled as Winslow.

other that urged her to commit herself to teaching about justice in an academic setting.

Ten years and two advanced degrees from Temple later, Wiethaus joined the university community as a professor of religion and American ethnic studies, where she pioneers two distinct academic tracks at a university she admired more for its emphasis on growth than anything else.

“This is a university without walls; a very positive campus that allows for so much growth,” she said.

Nearly 20 years into her tenure at the university, Wiethaus is using that positive atmosphere to create a religious public engagement (RPE) undergraduate concentration within the religion department.

According to the program proposal’s mission statement, RPE plans to “support communities through an exchange of knowledge and action consistent with internationally accepted standards of human rights and the highest standards of teaching, research and collaboration.”

The 15-credit minor will require an internship that works with a community organization to foster a community connection between the student’s religious studies and the chosen community. The proposal has just been approved by

Property damage • Unknown subjects caused $5,000 in damage to the Polo Road gate by hitting the gate with a vehicle on Nov. 28. There were no witnesses or suspects.

Drugs and Alcohol • University Police responded to a call in reference to drug paraphernalia in Taylor Hall at 10:20 a.m. on Nov. 25. After questioning the offender, the student produced a glass bong and a bag of marijuana. A state citation was issued. A copy of this report will be sent to the Dean’s Office.

Be sure to check out the “Home for the Holidays” flier available at www. wfu.edu/police for tips to keep your property safe and protected from future theft.

Theft increases as holidays approach

By Devon Goodall | Contributing writer

The holiday season is upon us. For many, that means mistletoe, paper snowflakes and theft. Yes, theft.

Although unknown to many students, crime actually increases around the holidays. According to University Police Chief Regina Lawson, “The theft of unattended property and unlocked doors is a problem that has existed for years on any university campus.”

However, the amount of crime has continued to increase throughout this year and is expected to do so around the holiday season. “The increase in thefts and break-ins are both very concerning,” Lawson said.

The majority of the incidents have been crimes of opportunity where items have been left unattended and doors unlocked. The main areas are unlocked student rooms and lounges in the residence halls and public

areas of the ZSR Library, Benson Center and Reynolds Gym. Additionally, Lawson said that thefts have occurred with “unlocked vehicles in the parking lots with valuable items in plain view for someone to open the door and remove them.”

The most targeted items include laptop computers, iPods, MP3 players, iPhones, GPS’s, digital cameras, wallets, money and credit cards.

Not only is students’ property being stolen, but university offices have been broken into as well. Offices have been broken into by force in some academic and administrative buildings. Laptops computers, projectors and other valuable electronics devices have been stolen. However, “the breaking and entering by force in the academic and administrative buildings has not been a common occurrence,” Lawson said.

In order to prevent future theft, the University Police recommend being

cautious and taking steps to secure property.

Lawson advises “Always locking your room door, securing property even if you are only leaving it for a short period of time, locking your vehicle and don’t leave property in plain view.”

If you witness a crime, Lawson encourages you to report it to University Police. “If there is anything that causes you concern, immediately call 911 (from landline) or 336-7585911 (from cell phone),” Lawson said. “Get a good description of the people, clothing, vehicle, tag number, direction of travel and report conditions, such as lighting conditions, roadway issues or crosswalk safety.”

While walking around campus, Lawson encourages students to “Make sure you are always aware of your surroundings and know what’s going on around you.”

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Graduate programs expand student horizons

By R. Hunter Bratton | Opinion editor

In recent years, the university has strived to open doors while also opening minds by creating opportunities for international students and scholars to study, teach and do research on a North American campus.

Allowing international students to simultaneously gain enlightenment while encouraging an expansive worldview among students prevents homogeneity and encourages the global diversification and dissemination of knowledge, the aims of university programs such as the Master of Laws (LLM) degree, the visiting international research program and the Scientiae Juridicae Doctor (SJD) degree.

The “combined three international

programs is (for most years) the largest group of international students on campus, Susan Montaquila, Assistant Dean of the International Graduate Program, said.

As a one-year, full-time, graduate program, the LLM (a Latin acronym for Legum Magister) degree allows for many international lawyers and students to study the laws Montaquila of the American Constitution based on their own interests and goals within the field.

By joining the university’s program,

these students gain understanding of how American laws operate in an intimate classroom setting, where diversity of thought is encouraged by interweaving international students with American SJD-seeking students.

The LLM class of 2008 is composed of students from China, France, Gaza, Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine and the West Bank, and past graduates have hailed from such countries as Austria, Bolivia, the Bahamas, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Wales.

Although it is possible for students to transition from their one-year LLM studies into longer stays in the U.S., to date the majority of graduates have decided to take their gained experiences and new knowledge back to their

homelands to practice their preferred specialties, with an emphasis on international law.

With the support of the School of Law, many foreign academics are given the opportunity, through access to all university libraries, Westlaw, Lexis and the option of auditing law courses, to advance their learning by a more private and self-directing means through the visiting international research program. The strengths of this opportunity and the benefits received from participation vary widely compared to those of the Master of Laws degree.

For those aspiring to obtain highranking government positions in their home countries, the university offers a non course-oriented graduate degree: the SDJ. As the highest post-graduate

degree offered by the Law School, the SDJ is highly selective and only admits up to three students each academic year.

Rather than directing students toward material worth studying and encouraging them through bruit coursework, the SDJ degree attracts already inspired international students and directs them toward research topics with the expectation of having a dissertation, original in content and worthy of publication.

All in all, the university had made a dedication to the future to expand international influence and the diversity of ideas that follow. To date, the three programs have over 140 alumni in numerous countries and in all developed continents.

Wake Saturdays focuses on human relationships

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Wake Saturdays is entirely student funded and organized.

The organization grew to its greatest size last A bright, crisp Saturday morning finds a dozen university students busy beneath a red year when 25 undergrads would regularly turn tent along an alley on Patterson Avenue. A long up on Saturdays to volunteer their time.

Ever more students would bake desserts or dostretch of barbed-wire fence marks the boundaries of a clothing company and separates Win- nate sandwich supplies without coming out to help. The Second Harvest Food Bank also doston-Salem’s homeless from its grassy grounds.

Nearly 150 men, women and children line up nates the bread for sandwiches and some dessert to receive the neatly constructed ham or tur- options. This year, support has dwindled, which key sandwiches, Mountain is a problem for the more than 100 citizens of Dew, Coca-cola and home- Winston-Salem who have come to expect a made chocolate chip cook- decent lunch and friendly reception from the ies all purchased by the vol- Wake Saturdays crew.

“This isn’t a volunteer experience. We want unteers that stand wearing food prep gloves, waiting people who want to build relationships with people,” Luedecke said of the difficulties of to serve.

“What these kids do is boosting attendance. “We are trying to get peoout of the goodness of their ple to come out, without selling out.”

For the volunteers’ part, it is the relationships hearts. They don’t have to do this, but they do be- with community members that keeps them Luedecke cause this is what they want coming back every Saturday. Though Wake Satto do,” Ron, one of the Sat- urdays, is not officially a faith-based group, the urday regulars, said. Ron has come almost every leaders service is bound up in their Christian week for the last year and a half to visit the stu- faith. “We encourage people who have no relidents involved in the Wake Saturdays program. gion to come out as well,” Luedecke said. “We A completely student-run organization, Wake want to make people comfortable in whatever Saturdays is dedicated not only to feeding those capacity they feel comfortable serving.”

The relationships formed in need, but to establishing through Wake Saturdays exmeaningful relationships tend well beyond the sandwith them as well.

“We like to think all these Senior Katie Luedecke, one quantitative things somehow wich lines. Group leaders of five student leaders of the feed the human, but that’s not frequently become involved in the lives of those they program, was initially drawn true.” serve. Luedecke and some to the university because of Katie Luedecke of the other leaders spent all the Pro Humanitate motto, Senior night in a hospital waiting but when she arrived she was room once after one of their disappointed by the emphafriends from the program sis on material support.

“Most organizations have little to do with was sent to the emergency room for a health ishuman interaction. It is mostly about money, sue. On another occasion, Luedecke celebrated not about the human,” Luedecke said. “We like a friend’s placement in a “really good narcotics to think all these quantitative things somehow recovery program” and then watched in disbelief feed the human, but that’s not true. People need as she dropped out of the program and returned to homelessness. relationships.”

“People can go to a sandwich line anywhere,” This philosophy was essential to the founding of Wake Saturdays and its continued refusal to Luedecke said. “But what keeps people coming down is the relationships with our members. become university sponsored.

Founded in 2006 by three university students Even after people are placed in nice homes, they looking to break out of the university bubble, still come down on Saturdays.”

By Caitlin Brooks | News editor

Photo courtesy of Stephen Anderson of the Howler

Staff members of the new Office of Academic Advising pose with the 1000th visitor to the office, freshman Chakayla Taylor.

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were shopping and wandering through the forest of trees, local children’s choirs and dance ensembles performed holidaythemed numbers, such as “Jingle Bell Rock.”

Children enjoyed the Festival as much as the adults.

In addition to a station where they could take pictures with Santa, there was an entire children’s activities with craft stations and face painting. From writing

letters to Santa to making sock snowmen and reindeer food, the kids were already in the holiday spirit.

There was even a special Children’s Shoppe where everything cost less than $5.

“It’s hard to pick just one part of the event that I like,” Caines said.

“It all really gets me in the holiday spirit! One of the great things about the Festival is that anyone can be a part of it by attending the event, buying a raffle ticket, decorating, volunteering, per-

forming on the music stage and many other ways.”

Representatives from the university Junior Panhellenic Council volunteered at the Festival this year, helping with children’s activities and selling admission tickets.

“It is wonderful to see the Winston-Salem community come together to help raise funds and public awareness for the Children’s Hospital,” Caines said.

“I don’t know of any other holiday events like the Festival of Trees in Winston-Salem.”

Decision: Students reveal how they made the leap to Wake their transition to living in the U.S. A welcome barbeque and orientation activities are scheduled during the students’ first week on campus, and each student is also paired with a “student ambassador” before beginning his or her freshman year.

“The student ambassadors are returning international students, or students who have studied abroad, who correspond with incoming freshman about everything from what to bring to college to what to expect about college life,” Sam Edwards, International Studies Advisor, said.

But culture shock in some form is still inevitable for incoming international students.

“We don’t wear shoes inside the house in Japan, so I feel uncomfortable walking on carpet in shoes here.

I still take off my shoes in some dorm rooms,” Ishibashi said.

“The food was the biggest difference for me; there are more spicy flavors in food in Nigeria,” Fatimilehin said.

According to Bouillet, finding a balance between two cultures is the key.

“When I’m in the U.S., I begin to adjust to the different environments and attitudes. And even though European and U.S. cultures are different, they also have many things in common,” Bouillet said.

Winter and summer breaks are usually the only times that international students return to their familiar culture and spend time with their families.

For Thanksgiving break, Ishibashi

relaxed on campus, Bouillet went on Outdoor Pursuit’s trip to the Grand Canyon and Fatimilehin spent time with relatives who live in North Carolina.

Living thousands of miles away from family members is difficult, but many international students have a positive outlook on their time spent at the university.

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Fatimilehin explained, “You get to grow because you are so far from family; you learn to be independent. It’s an amazing experience overall.”

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university outside of the U.S. She has visited college fairs and high schools throughout Europe and Asia, and interest in the university has already grown.

“Our international student enrollment increased by 78 percent. If you look at the enrollment of dual citizens and Americans coming from international schools, the number is even higher,” Kevin Pittard, associate director of admissions, said.

The university aims to further increase its international student population, as diversifying the student body continues to remain a priority.

“Wake is making a push to become a more diverse university, and enrolling more international students is a part of that,” Kent Greer, assistant director of international studies and scholars, said.

The application process for international students varies only slightly from that of American students.

International students are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and submit their scores to the university if English is not their first language.

The optional, but highly encouraged, personal interviews are usually conducted through Skype.

“International students come from unique backgrounds and the added understanding of their applications that come from interviews is helpful

in the evaluation process,” Pittard said.

Campus visits, which are the norm for potential students, are not always possible for international students.

“My family could not get visas to visit schools, so I had never been to the U.S. until I came for my freshman year,” Fatimilehin said.

Ishibashi added, “I had only seen pictures of the university. My guidance counselor had never heard of Wake Forest, and no one from my school had ever been.”

Bouillet had the opportunity to visit campus in the fall before his freshman year, but his rainy-day visit did not cause him to like the university right away.

“It was not love at first sight for me, but I came back in the spring for Campus Day with my parents and got to know the school better. Then I liked campus immediately,” Bouillet said.

Once they are accepted, international students must apply for student visas so that they can legally enter and live in the U.S. The university sends an I-20 document to each student, which they take to the American Embassy in their home country in order to obtain their visa. The visa process goes smoothly for some students, but it can be a struggle for others.

“It was a horrible process for me. The embassy was strict and had a history of asking only two questions before denying visa requests,” Fatimilehin said.

The Center for International Studies helps international students navigate both the visa application process and

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Network supports students

By Liz Alber | Contributing writer

Anyone who has spent time in a new place, particularly a new country, is no stranger to feelings of loneliness, uncertainty and apprehensiveness.

It is often difficult to make new friends and learn your surroundings when confronted with norms and customs that are drastically different from your own.

Due to the recent growth of international graduate students at the university, the study abroad office has put in place a program called the “Friendship Family Program.”

The goal of this program, according to Samuel Edwards, an International Studies Advisor in the study abroad office, is to match graduate international students with local families in Winston-Salem.

Edwards explained that the program is aimed to provide a support network in the town for international students to help them adjust to the community as well as to life in the U.S. and North Carolina, while also learning

about American customs and norms.

Over the last few years, the number of international graduate students has ranged from about 230 to 240 students per semester.

This number is increasing annually.

Around 15 to 20 of these students choose to be matched up with local families per semester.

According to Edwards, most activities between families and students consist of taking students to events around town, such as the Dixie Classic Fair, or inviting them out to dinners at local restaurants.

“Anything that gets them out of their apartment and away from their books for a little bit to relax.”

Dee Oseroff-Varnell, adjunct professor of Communications, had a particularly satisfying relationship this past semester with her graduate student from China, Yan Xiang. She has since left the North Carolina area, but Oseroff-Varnell added that she and Yan Xiang have remained close and in touch since she left.

Oseroff-Varnell said, “We did everything from baking muffins – she was

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very excited, being from China, they didn’t have ovens where she lives, they do things stove top or in the microwave – to baking, she loved to bake.

Sometimes, I would take her to the store because she didn’t have a car, or to the pharmacy. We went hiking at Pilot Mountain – anything we did as a family on the weekends, we invited her to really try to include her and make her feel welcome.”

She added that although Yan Xiang was pretty self sufficient, she needed some parenting and some extra caring from time to time.

“Because she was an emotional but hard-working and dedicated young woman, she needed more family than she had here.”

Edwards explained it’s been a great and successful program so far. “For the most part the students really, really enjoy it, and the families really get a kick out of it as well. It really is a great program, and we encourage anyone interested to sign up. It’s open to anyone and is a great opportunity to meet someone (from) outside of the U.S.”

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To celebrate the campaign’s success, and to offer a final opportunity for donors to push the fund over this year’s goal of $316,000, the university hosted a finale with a silent and live auction. Among auctioned items were four tickets for the Wake-Clemson game, a gift bag from Krankie’s Coffee, and a private recital by pianist Peter Kairoff and violinist Jacqui Carrasco (both professors at the university).

The gifts attested to the overwhelming support by university faculty and local businesses. Attendees showed their enthusiasm in the fast-paced bidding of the live auction.

One man joked afterwards, “I spent too much money.”

Did campaigners meet their fundraising goal? Tonight’s donations haven’t yet been tallied, but “we’re very close,” Campaign President Tim Snyder said.

Exceptional performances by Minor Variation and Plead the Fifth added to the evening’s excitement.

Almost 30 percent of students who start high school in Forsyth County drop out before graduation. To combat the problem, United Way has initiated tutoring programs in both middle and high schools as well as programs for parents, pushing for increased family involvement in academics.

Since these efforts began, Forsyth has seen a 40 percent decrease in the number of students failing ninth grade and an 11 percent decrease in the number of total dropouts from 2007 to 2008. Organization leaders believe that the higher salaries of high school graduates will increase the economic competitiveness of the county. According to Tiefenthaler, that also holds benefits for university, as it will attract talented faculty to the area.

If you weren’t involved in the United Way campaign this year, consider donating your time, talents or a little cash to the cause next fall. Ron Drago, head of the county’s branch, congratulated the university community as the largest supporter for the “tens of thousands of needy kids and families.”

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s the wintery months approach, most students have two things dominating their thoughts: exams and presents. Old Gold & Black staffers are no different.

In the spirit of the holiday season, and with the hopes that Santa reads the OGB, we have compiled a list of all the things, both big and small, that we wish we could get as seasonal gifts.

• The academic calendar to start on a Monday: If the administration adjusted the calendar and moved the first day of classes from a Wednesday to a Monday, that would allow the Thanksgiving break to be advanced similarly.

Instead of having classes for two days before going home for three, undergraduates could leave Friday afternoon and gain two extra days for the holiday break.

(It’s not like some students don’t do this anyway since many professors have less formal lectures those days).

• Nathan O. Hatch, now and forever more, be identified by his nick name, “Natty O.” • The old meal plan (not the oldest meal plan, or the other one that was in between the old plan and the one we have now) reinstituted so that students can use their weekly meals at the Benson Food Court.

• A smaller meal plan option for upperclassmen wishing to eat on campus: the requirement that off-

campus students purchase an on-campus meal plan seems unnecessary.

It’s understandable that freshmen are forced to purchase on-campus meals, but once upperclassmen have located Bojangles and Cookout, they should have the freedom to eat there three times a day, if they so choose, and not have to pay for meals at the Pit they don’t use.

• The school realize how difficult it is to gain good marks and decide to change the Dean’s List requirements back to a 3.0 average.

• An improved job market so that graduates don’t have to start begging for money on the streets of WinstonSalem.

• An extended, and still highly successful, bus route running from campus to even more surrounding apartments — maybe even bus stops in highly studentpopulated neighborhoods near campus.

(Unless you can give all incoming freshmen a personal parking spot to go with their Lenovo).

• It becomes against school policy to declare the Pit “Open” from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. if there is no warm food being served.

• Less student apathy.

We’ve exhausted this topic enough and we really hope that students start taking initiative.

• Continued support and readership of the OGB from undergraduates, professors and the community.

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nevertheless it rallied society members into opposing corners. Seasteading, though, is in many ways really just a novel reaction to the old problem of migration.

Contemporary nomads, those immigrants between nations, were then the topic of a later discussion. Two aspects of current global trends stood out amongst the rest: first, the wave of unskilled laborers who move from rural to urban homes or from low-income to developed states; second, urban studies Haowei Tong theorist Richard Florida’s “creative class” Staff Columnist hopping from city to city; and third, the During the Arch Society’s weekly crippling “brain drain” from India and meetings this semester, some contentious China. Essentially it boiled down to the issues about the world we are inheriting need of Latin American migrant workers had debaters sending decorum scrambling as the foundation of our economy, despite for cover. The economy, President the racial and fiscal ramifications of that.

Obama’s budding administration and its The majority found that these illegal war with FOX News were topics right residents were essentially a necessary evil. alongside the increasing use of Adderall, Having argued for and against affirmative action backlash and the migration into the United States, the strange concept of “seasteading.” society felt the need to tackle the issues Naturally, there was frequent dissent. our nation faces at home. Recently, there The meetings that we allocated to the has been a backlash on the traditional Obama administration saw the majority affirmative action, this time in favor of noting the absolute need for the accessible men. Despite the unsettled phenomenon health care that the president supports, of feminism, there are increasing reports as well as determining that our nation’s of concessions for men in university health care system will benefit from admissions and employee selection. The Congress’s plans for reform. Of course, battle of the sexes raged on with more fuel there was also the minority, who argued than ever, expressed by several attendees that competition who were skeptical is facilitated by about the merit of these The meetings that we alloprivatization. compromises, as well cated to the Obama adminNearly everyone as the general practice agreed that Press of affirmative action. istration saw the majority Secretary Robert Others felt that this new noting the absolute need for Gibbs’s handling of scope was only natural, the accessible health care that an inevitable application media outlet FOX has been daring. The the president supports, as well of equal opportunity administration is policies. Despite the as determining that our naobviously engaging sharp division between tion’s health care system will in a political game these two sides, it could benefit from Congress’s plans with their attempt at generally be said that depicting ludicrous many thought that for reform. conservatives like affirmative action is Rush Limbaugh as hypocritical but were the figureheads of a intrigued by this new frayed Republican party. The integrity application of it. and efficacy of this strategy was hotly A prominent influence on child and debated, with some recognizing the adolescent development came into our inescapability of partisan engagement and meetings next. The drug Adderall was applauding the President for establishing particularly touchy for its effect on our a “no-bull” stance while others criticized future and widespread use/abuse on him for taking sides. Of course, as our campus. This drug powers students the most powerful representative of a through both occasional late-night particular side, that of the Democratic cramming and regular writer’s blocks. party, perhaps it could be said that this is Unfortunately, Adderall carries numerous unavoidable for any president. adverse effects. It can trigger changes A uniquely libertarian notion was also in vision, extreme fatigue and mental up for debate: seasteading, the aquatic depression, as well as severely increasing approach to utopia. Seasteading is the blood pressure. creation of permanent dwellings at sea, Attendees who have taken Adderall outside any territories claimed by standing asserted non-dependence, but they governments. The concept is based on acknowledged that they still rely on the the idea that when men colonize, there drug during exams. Ultimately, Adderall, is a rapid expansion of approaches to not unlike SAT prep courses, provides a government. While pragmatic tribulations unique advantage for the upper middle persist, like protection from weather and class: a tool that improves scores. the pirating community, it’s an intriguing While the primary goal of the society is idea with interesting potential. the pursuit of knowledge, understanding, As junior Nathan Fox-Helser friendship and truth, our members commented, “In their pursuit of freedom, understand that the ultimate conclusion is seasteaders are able to find innovative one that must be made by individuals on political philosophies that will better the a personal level. world.”

Perhaps the issue of feasibility will stand Haowei Tong is a junior biology major in the way of this libertarian haven, but from Winston-Salem, N.C.

“The people of my village and others are jubilant.

But not because we are drunkards, thus must be clear. We simply want to preserve this tradition of making rakia at home.”

- Ognyan Kukov, Mayor of Kapatovo, Bulgaria, describing the events surrounding the villagers of his city deciding to name their 2009 home-made rakia brandy “Borisouka,” honoring the Prime Minister, Boiko Borisov, for ending parliament’s attempt to raise alcohol taxes.

“” “The people who did this must be full of gingerbread dust, they will smell a long way.”

- Erik Sveaas, Bergen, Norway police inspector, commenting on the police’s search for vandals who destroyed the traditional Christmas decorations of the Norwegian city, a gingerbread house community.

“” “We have people detained who have declared and stated how they murdered people with the aim being to extract their fat in rudimentary labs and sell it.”

- Angel Toldeo, Peruvian police commander, stating the facts surrounding the arrest of a gang of human fat traffickers who were selling to cosmetic makers.

“” “Each of the crocs apparently had different diets and different behaviors. It appears they had divided up the ecosystem, each species taking advantage of it in its own way.”

- Hans Larsson, McGill University paleontologist, remarking on the unearthing skeletons of six species of crocodiles in the sand of the Sahara Desert, revealing valuable information about the success of the species as well as the environmental history of the arid regions of Africa.

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The words of Obama sound strikingly familiar Elliot Engstrom Managing Editor

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resident Obama campaigned on the promise of “change” and “hope.” And, on a superficial level, this change is happening.

There is a debate on health care in Washington that was not going on before, and that’s different, right? The government has taken mass action and created thousands of government jobs to attempt to counter the current recession (which supposedly has ended) and that’s different, right?

While I could go on for some time talking about areas in which the Obama administration has claimed to be different from its predecessor, I would rather spend my last article of the semester focusing on the area in which President Obama does not seem to mind being a mirror image of President Bush — war.

Last week, President Obama was adamant about his commitment to

“finishing the job” in Afghanistan, and this week has announced his plan for a troop surge of the war-torn country. It should not take a brain surgeon to remind the American people of who was saying the exact same things just a few years ago.

Now, those in support of President Obama argue that Afghanistan is the war that President Bush should have been focusing on all along.

In previous articles, I have instead attempted to show that much like the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan not only has little to no reason for ever occurring in the first place, but also is largely a result of a flawed American foreign policy in the Middle East for the past 30 years.

It bewilders me that a president who was seen by many as the candidate of peace is now preparing to send 30,000 young Americans into a country where they may be killed, maimed for life or worse. He argued in his Dec. 1 speech that more troops were needed to deny Al Qaeda a safe haven, reverse the Taliban’s momentum and deny it the ability to overthrow the Afghan government and strengthen this government.

The flaws here bewilder me. Firstly, Al Qaeda’s safe havens not only are not limited to any specific geographic area, but also become even safer with an increased American presence, as

people whose relatives and friends are fact that the recent “democratic” bombed and maimed as “collateral elections that supposedly affirmed his damage” by American weapons popular support were revealed to be become more and more angered at nothing more than a sham set up to the United States and simultaneously falsely confirm the legitimacy of the more and more sympathetic to American presence in the nation, a our enemies. The idea that a surge presence that even members of the of troops can hurt a small, fluid, Afghani parliament have called an guerilla organization is the same kind “occupation.” Aside from Karzai, there of tactical thinking that led to an are several other warlords who wield American defeat in the Vietnam War. considerable power, and to whom the The surge will at best maintain the decrees of the Afghan government status quo, and at worst increase the mean little or nothing. So, bolstering local population’s the Afghan sympathy for Al government actually Qaeda. means declaring war How sad that patterns of EuroHowever, a on these warlords second and larger pean colonial dominance can be to bring them into error is found the fold, and these found in a president that promin President warlords control ised so much change.

Obama’s thought what very likely on the Afghan could be over half government. of the country’s Afghanistan is not a country that population. functions like a typical modern In essence, the United States has state. The war occurring there is not singled out one faction (namely drug between the government and bands dealers who work in the opium trade), of anti-governmental groups, though identified it as the “government,” and some of these like the communist is now working to centralize all power Northern Alliance have existed. beneath it.

Rather, power in the country is This is historically how empires divided up between warlords, and rule colonies: favor one group in the to much of the country, President colony, consolidate power beneath Hamid Karzai is nothing more than them and use them as a proxy to rule. one more warlord who has U.S. How sad that patterns of European support, especially considering the colonial dominance can be found in

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a president that promised so much change.

At the end of the day, our reasons for being in Afghanistan can be traced to money. A lot of people are making a lot of money off of this war, namely off of the opium trade, as Afghanistan has the world’s largest supply of the hot-selling drug’s main ingredient, poppy seeds.

The proclaimed reason for American involvement since the days of Bush (and Clinton … and Reagan … and Carter), which is to protect American lives and interests, should by now be easily seen as a complete sham. The American people have not in the least benefited from this war. The people of Afghanistan do not and have never hated us.

The attacks of 9/11 were not planned by Afghanis, nor were they even planned in the country. Truth is the first casualty of war, and the truth is that the only beneficiary in this conflict has been the ruling class of both the United States and Afghanistan, and these two groups unfortunately will be the only victors if the American empire continues to pick winners and losers in a country where we have absolutely no rational or moral reason for making war.

Elliot Engstrom is a senior French major from Matthews, N.C.

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Student encourages individuals to search for means of widening outlook

chemistry major. Taking a risk can manifest in many different ways, but regardless of its form, it is important to seize an opportunity and make the most of it. Too often we are led to believe that we must follow the status quo, that we must stick to the norms of society and that we must blend in with the crowd. However, by standing out and taking a risk, we are pushing ourselves to be a better and more well-rounded person. By taking a risk, by doing something that we normally would brush off as too threatening or too overwhelming, we are challenging ourselves to become a more involved individual. We are forcing ourselves to step up to the mirror and take a deeper look into our personalities. Are we the kind of people who are willing to sit by Hamlin Wade idly and let the world pass us by? Or are we Staff Columnist the daring, the people willing to take a chance on life and do something that others would ith the departure of yet call ludicrous and insane? another registration period, the As the semester winds down, it is important frustrations and inappropriate to remember the significance of taking a risk outbursts of the English language have passed in one’s life. We must remember that, as we with it. Per usual, we all scrambled across move forward through the winter holidays WIN looking for any possible class that would and on to the next semester, we should really fill our open slot. Most of us would quickly reconsider the definition of the status quo. pass over the upper-level chemistry courses We should consider what opportunities we and the writing-intensive world literature have passed up because we were afraid of what classes. And more often than not, most of the others might say about us or how we would highly entertaining upper level HES courses be perceived by society. It is important to had already been filled by seniors. However, consider what is lost when we are unwilling to taking a chance on a filler course can lead to stick out and be different. unforeseen and exciting possibilities.

While the majority of events and Last spring, I too opportunities of the fall fell victim to a poor semester are behind us, registration time and was we should look forward In life, it is not the individual stuck frantically searching with an open mind to the for another course. For challenges and chances that who is most like everyone else me, I found my filler await in the spring. Instead that is able to get ahead and sucin the political science of sitting on the wait list ceed. We do not need to blend department. On a whim, for a class that your friend I signed up for “Feminist took, go back to WIN in; we do not need to simply political thought.” and sign up for “German confirm in life without ever takKnowing nothing about masterworks” or “Feminist ing a risk. the basis of feminism, I thought.” Instead of simply was intrigued and a little living and dying by the apprehensive about what actions of your suite mates, would lay ahead of me in maybe branch out and the fall. explore the opportunities of Winston-Salem Feminist theory has been pretty much as it with a new friend from a class. sounded. I am one of only two guys in the Maybe sign up for an event that isn’t up your course, and I am constantly reminded of my alley, whether it be an intramural sport, an limited knowledge of feminist ideas during open mic night or a hamburger eating contest debates and class discussions. However, the in Shorty’s. Whatever manifestation your newcourse has been far more fulfilling than I ever found risk may take, do not hesitate to step expected. I have learned about a different out on the ledge and challenge yourself to be political theory to which I had never been different. exposed and I have been blessed with an In life, it is not the individual who is most energized and engaging professor. It has been a like everyone else that is able to get ahead and struggle, but the pros far outweigh the cons. succeed. We do not need to blend in; we do I’m sure that many of you would not be as not need to simply conform in life without bold as I and would rarely jump headlong ever taking a risk. into a course that you knew nothing about.

When you look at the night sky, you do And, in a sane and mature approach to life, not notice the clouds that blend in with the that cannot be seen as a bad thing. However, darkness. Rather, you notice and enjoy the the moral of my decision to sign up for an bright stars that radiate light back down to unknown subject carries far more worth than Earth. the specific class for which I registered. Taking Be willing to step out and take a chance, be chances and risks can often lead to surprising willing to be that lone bright light set against and fulfilling opportunities, often popping up the darkness. Do not be afraid to be different where we least expect them. and do not be afraid to take a risk. Stand up, Some may take risks by signing up for classes take a chance and feel free to shine. without looking up their professor on Virtual Ratings, others may take more severe risks, Hamlin Wade is a sophomore from Charlotte, like bungee jumping or skydiving or being a N.C.

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eturning (and coming) to campus this past August for many of us meant significant changes: a revamped and redecorated Benson Food Court, the beginnings of a new residence hall and rumors of a revitalized campus weekend scene.

By far the most needed, “Wake the Weekends,” successfully brought vibrancy and excitement back to campus.

Growing out of a conversation between university administrators and student groups, “Wake the Weekends” set out to address a growing student concern that nothing ever happens on campus during the weekends.

What resulted from this summer’s meeting was a calendar chock full of varied programming that hoped to attract various students and enhance student life.

For Student Government President Meghan Haenn, ensuring that students feel like they have options when it comes to their social lives is of utmost importance.

To that effect, she highlighted that what drove the success of “Wake the Weekends” was the

collaboration of so many different departments.

For her, one event that stands out in particular was The Unpredictable, an Amazing Race style group effort between the RAs and Campus Recreation.

She emphasizes that the goal of “Wake the Weekends” is to include a variety of events that appeal to the student body at large.

For the programming council, this goal has been more than met this past semester.

Major weekend events this fall included President’s Ball and Seize the Quad, both of which drew a sizeable majority of the student body.

Other notable events included SU’s Jon McLaughlin and Dave Barnes concert, attended by roughly 600 students, aWake All Night, which drew 1,000 students, and the reinstated movie series.

James Buckley, Benson University Center Director, emphasized the success of the Wake Invasion to Clemson over Fall Break, which sold out completely.

The trip, like many “Wake the Weekend” events, was subsidized by the Student Activities Fee (SAF).

“Wake the Weekends” has been so successful that programming is underway for next spring.

Although the official calendar will not be released until January, Dr. Mary Gerardy indicates that next semester will bring even more excitement back to campus.

The popular Secrest Artist series will link with the calendar, and newer events will complement age-old Wake Forest traditions, including Shag on the Mag, the Reynolda Film Festival and Wake ‘N Shake.

Look out for posters in the spring!

Emma Causey is a senior economics major from Arlington, Va. Melissa Martin is a senior history major from Littz, Penn.

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Reforming thought by emphasizing the free market Seth Williford

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uring the campaign season last year, I wrote for a now-defunct newspaper called The Old Guard. My article was titled “Reform Republicanism.” In it, I hypostulated on the future of the Republican Party, especially in light of the political tremors leading up to Democratic victories on election night. I was concerned by McCain’s inability to focus on the overarching themes of his own campaign, one based on his reputation as a maverick, which was reinforced by picking fellow maverick, Sarah Palin. Already beginning to fear what the election might bring, I began to ponder what Republicans actually stood for and what they would need to stand for in order to be politically successful in the future. My solution then, and now, was Reform Republicanism.

What then, I’m sure you’re asking, is Reform Republicanism? You may have heard about it recently, but under an alternate moniker: Populist Conservatism. This strand of conservatism, recently popularized by people like Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, has manifested itself in the angst and concern that has marked the Tea Party movement. It is at odds

both with the nanny-state liberalism of the Democratic Party, but in the same breath, is fed up with the Republican Party that did little in the years following the Contract with America to reduce or even contain the size of the federal government.

Reform Republicanism is based on libertarian thought, while being channeled by a conservative mentality.

It begins with the basic concept that the government should stay out of the way of business, people’s business and everyone’s wallets. I often refer to conservative columnist George Will’s concept of the constant struggle between freedom and equality in American political thought. The goal of Reform Republicanism is to bridge the gap between these two disparate aims. It offers greater freedom to people, but insures greater equality by not giving special treatment to certain, well connected individuals and companies.

The bedrock of Reform Republicanism is the free market, and the belief that freer markets will lead to expanded political freedoms.

Because of this belief in the free market, Reform Republicans believe in creating a more level playing field for businesses, not through taxation and regulation, but through a less active government. The aim would be to eliminate many of the subsidies, tax breaks and tariff protections that distort the free market, and prop up companies that could not survive otherwise (Government Motors, anyone?)

The focus, instead, is on battling excessive and unnecessary regulations and high taxes that halt innovation.

The goal would be to create a good

business environment where the best, Reform Republicanism, but I hope safest and most effective products it gives readers an idea of the type can revolutionize our economy and of guiding philosophy that seems significantly improve our lives. It is an rare in many politicians today. It is ideology that is not pro-big business an ideology that is populist in its or pro-small business — it is pro-all demands for a clean and accountable business. government, and conservative in its With a freer market must also stringent defense of the free market come greater political freedom. Part as the greatest arbiter of change of this is having a clean, open and and progress, President Obama not honest government. A transparent withstanding of course. government is an unbiased It is also an ideology that can help government that is less likely to to weld the pieces of a Republican bow down to majority back special interests together by and lobbyists. joining Ron Paul The government does have a This type of and libertarian role in our society, namely funcgovernment Republicans with tioning to maintain that society. would work for more traditionally the people, not conservative But, the prevailing powers in by inserting itself Republicans. Both into every minute D.C. are more concerned with share a belief in shackling business and individu- free markets and concern, but by being as effective free people, though als by insuring stability through and responsible often the difference expanding the government. as possible by is mainly one of staying out of the degrees, as each way of businesses would propose and individuals. It is a government specific policies that go beyond what that is beholden to the people rather the other is comfortable. But, with than the deep-pocketed special one another, they can often moderate interests in the pay-to-play D.C. the other to fashion policies that will culture. appeal to wide swaths of the American This does not mean the public. infringement of free speech rights We have already seen the ascent of that accompanies campaign finance the Tea Party movement, often based laws. Instead, it means that politicians on many of these principles. This must accessibly list every contribution movement has emerged as a response made to their campaign. This allows to the bailout, the stimulus and the for the people to judge if a politician health care bill. The bailout, because has engaged in conflicted interests, it socialized the losses of irresponsible and allows for the people to decide and irrational executives; the stimulus, their fate, either at the ballot box or because it further compounded our through the judicial system. This is debt by ineffectively pumping public a very brief overview of the basics of funds into the economy; and the

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health care bill, because it would be the greatest expansion of federal power and bureaucracy in recent history.

If Republicans can embrace these principles, they can once again reclaim the mantle of reform and responsibility. We have failed before, as the last few years showed our inability to contain and reverse the growth of government while we held all of the levers of power. However, a commitment to open government would hopefully lead to rules that would prevent the excesses that brought down the recent Republican majorities. With that, we would have a government that is interested in the needs of the people rather than the special interests, and would not sacrifice our personal and economic freedom in order to protect those who are afraid to compete fairly.

The government does have a role in our society, namely functioning to maintain that society. But, the prevailing powers in D.C. are more concerned with shackling business and individuals by insuring stability through expanding the government.

But what is the cost of absolute stability? It is the stagnation of our economy and of our liberties. Instead, if we have a government that aims to aid its citizens by protecting and enhancing their freedoms, and insuring that businesses are dictated by the free market instead of the government, we can help to ensure that America can remain a beacon of hope for political and economic freedom throughout the world.

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

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Jones seeks comeback following release from prison

On Nov. 30, former world class sprinter Marion Jones announced her intention to return to competitive athletics following a stint in federal prison after admitting she took steroids before the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics and pleading guilty to lying to federal agents in two separate investigations.

Since October, Jones has been working on her basketball skills and conditioning with an assistant coach and the head trainer of the WNBA’s San Antonio Silver Stars. She has not played competitive basketball since 1997, but she helped UNC to a 33-2 record and the national championship as a freshman point guard in 1993-94.

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{ DEAC OF THE WEEK } On Nov. 28 fifth-year senior quarterback Riley Skinner was announced as the ACC Offensive Back of the Week.

The honor follows Skinner’s impressive performance for the Deacs in their season-closing win at Duke on Nov. 28.

The Jacksonville, Fla. native completed 28 of 38 passes for a career-high 372 yards and a school record five touchdowns in a 45-34 win over the Blue Skinner Devils.

Skinner became the first Wake Forest quarterback to ever throw for 3,000 yards in a season, finishing with 3,160 passing yards.

He also tied the school season record with 264 pass attempts.

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Fifth-year senior running back Kevin Harris avoids a Duke defender. After five consecutive losses, the Deacons toppled the Tar Heels 45-34 for a bittersweet ending to a challenging season.

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Five consecutive losses. No road victories since September of 2008. Eliminated from bowl contention for the first time in four years.

There was plenty of cause to think that Wake Forest would end their season with another loss, but ultimately the reasons to win trumped the reasons to lose as a career day from fifth-year senior Riley Skinner led the Demon Deacons to a 45-34 road victory over Duke on Nov. 28.

“We felt like this game was really a statement of how much we care about playing football and how much pride we take in this university, our fans, and our families who come out to watch us,” senior John Russell said.

“All this game really had on it was another win in the win column for us.

That’s all we had to gain, and to lose was just another

L in the loss column, but we came over here and played tough.”

The victory sent the graduating class of 2009 out as the winningest class in Wake Forest history with 33 victories, one more than last year’s class. Their redshirt freshman year of 2006 marked the beginning of a period of success that had been unmatched in recent history.

“We’ve wanted that for five games now. Unfortunately we had to wait this long for it, but it’s worth it,” Skinner said. “We have one of the bigger classes that have stayed around for a while.

That says a lot about the coaches that recruited us, and the people that came in with us. We’ve got a really tightly knit group of seniors and I’m definitely going to miss the heck out of them.”

The matchup of two of the best quarterbacks in ACC history did not disappoint. In his last game for Wake Forest, Skinner completed 28-of-38 passes for a careerhigh 372 yards and a school-record five touchdowns.

Four-year Duke starter Thaddeus Lewis threw for 387 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception.

“It’s fun to do it in your last game,” Skinner said. “I

don’t think that even in high school I ever threw for five touchdowns so that was pretty fun to do.”

Skinner ended his career with 9,762 passing yards, fourth in ACC history, and also ranks second all-time among ACC players with a completion percentage of 66.94 percent.

The Deacs closed out an unblemished decade against the Blue Devils as they won for the 10th consecutive time against Duke. The recent domination is unprecedented as Wake has never before defeated a team 10 times in a decade.

“We knew that we weren’t going to go to a bowl game, but we didn’t want to come out here and lose to Duke,” senior Kevin Harris said. “They’re our big rivals and we knew that they were playing pretty good ball this year and they have a good coach. The way that we came out in the second half you kind of knew that nobody took it lightly. We came to play and we came to win.”

It was clear from the onset that the game would be a shootout. Both defenses looked lost, as wide open

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M. soccer advances in tourney Deacs fall

short of expectations

By Alex Leopold | Staff writer

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The No. 2 Wake Forest men’s soccer team topped No. 20 Duke University 4-2 behind two goals from Zack Schilawski.

The victory marks the fourth straight year in which the Deacons have advanced to at least the quarterfinals in the NCAA Tournament.

The past three seasons, the Deacons have reached the College Cup with a championship in 2007. Previously, after receiving a first round bye, the Deacons knocked off UNC-Wilmington 2-1 in the second round.

Coach Jay Vidovich said “I think it was a great result for the team. Getting three goals in the first half was a fantastic situation. I think we also learned a lot from (the game). We gave up a couple silly goals there and a couple opportunities earlier on in the game but otherwise we feel really good about what we did and where we are.”

A key component of each of those College Cup seasons, the senior forward Schilawski ignited the offensive explosion in the 30th minute when fellow senior Austin da Luz laid off a pass with which Schilawski placed a right-footed shot in the upper 90 of the net from about 20 yards out.

The determined Schilawski would double the lead four minutes later, in the 34th minute, with another right-footed strike after receiving a pass from ACC Offensive Player of The Year Corben Bone.

In the final minute of the first half, the in-state matchup was blown wide open when da Luz once again came through with an assist. This time it was to sophomore midfielder Sam Redmond, who headed the senior’s pass past the Duke goalkeeper from close range.

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By Alex Botoman | Staff writer

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Junior midfielder Corben Bone challenges a daunting Tar Heel opponent for possession. capitalizing on your opportunities is key in tournament play because you know you are not going to get a lot of chances,” Vidovich said.

The Deacons should have had another in the 53rd minute, but Bone was cruelly denied by the left post. The Blue Devils would capitalize three minutes later in the 56th minute when they were rewarded a penalty kick for a Deacons handball.

Duke’s Cole Grossman slotted the penalty kick past senior goalkeeper Akira Fitzgerald.

In the 61st minute, the Deacons were awarded a penalty kick of their own after freshman forward Andy Lubhan was fouled inside the box. Da Luz took the responsibility of taking the shot but had his shot saved by the diving Duke goalkeeper. However, da

Luz would get his revenge in the 66th minute when a Fitzgerald punt sailed over the heads of the Duke defenders and found Schilawski who found a racing da Luz on the left side who put in the back of the net from six yards out.

With their season slipping away, Duke would find a consolation goal in the 68th minute. Fitzgerald failed to do enough with a clearing-punch, which sat up well for Duke’s Ryan Findley, who managed to find the back of the net from 12 yards out.

The Blue Devils would apply some pressure the remaining 22 minutes but the Deacs ran out the clock to advance to the quarterfinals.

The Deacs will host UCLA on Dec. 5. It will be the last game for the Deacon seniors in Spry Stadium.

It started suddenly in 2006. What was expected to be another season of football mediocrity seemed condemned to utter disaster, as only three quarters into the first game quarterback Ben Mauk lay on the field with a shoulder injury.

On stepped third-stringer Riley Skinner, the last recruit taken in his class.

He threw only one pass that day, giving little hope that the cloud of doom settling over Groves Stadium would clear any time soon.

But in the second half of the next game something changed.

Trailing Duke in the fourth quarter, Skinner completed five of six passes on a late drive to lead the Deacons to victory. Like that nefarious spark that ignited the Big Bang, the win started an unstoppable chain reaction and momentum kept building in WinstonSalem.

Twelve games later, Wake Forest was the ACC Champion and putting up a good fight against Louisville in the Orange Bowl. Jim Grobe was the hottest name in college coaching and Skinner was the anointed one. It was a good time to be a Demon Deacon.

Suddenly there was something surrounding the Wake Forest football program that had not been felt in decades – hope. Sure, playmakers like Josh Gattis and Jon Abbate would have to be replaced, but with their talisman behind center the possibilities for the next three years seemed unlimited.

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In the early hours of Nov. 27, golf great Tiger Woods crashed his car into a fire hydrant and tree outside his house.

Following the conclusion of their investigation, the Florida Highway Patrol announced that Woods would not face charges beyond a traffic citation for careless driving.

Conviction of careless driving would result in a fine of $164 and four points on Woods’s license.

Meanwhile, Tiger Woods’s neighbors, who rushed out of their house to help him and called 911, tried to clear some of the mystery surrounding the incident, affirming through their lawyer that Woods’s injuries appeared consistent with a minor car crash and not an altercation with his wife.

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By Stacy Jolly | Staff writer Freshman midfielder Andy Lubahn has made an immediate impact on one of the best teams in the county. Lubahn, who has been recognized for his aggression on the field as the ACC Player of the Week and a member of the ACC-All Tournament team, is quite charming in person.

Lubahn, the youngest of seven children, was raised in Erie, Penn. He began playing soccer at the age of 5 and has seen time on the U-14, U-15, U-18 and U-20 U.S. National Teams. He played for the U-20 team at age 16. The bi-lingual (in Dutch) athlete has played for the past two years in Belgium and Bruges for the team Cerle Brgge. This international squad finished second in the Reserve League.

Lubahn decided to play for Wake after turning down offers from Princeton, Duke, Harvard, Ohio State, and UCLA. When asked why he chose Wake Forest, other than the obvious reason that the team competes at a high level on the field, Lubahn replied that he “wanted to meet some southern belles.”

Lubahn has greatly enjoyed his freshman season on the field and is excited for their upcoming game against UCLA.

What has been your favorite moment this season?

That’s hard. Celebrating with teammates after every goal is something special.

Which win of the season has been the most memorable for you?

Duke to win the ACC regular season championship.

What do you expect out of the upcoming UCLA game?

UCLA will be a special game for us. They are a good opponent, and we are all very excited to showcase ourselves against them. I think as long as we execute and play to our abilities we should get the result we want.

What would it mean for you to play in the College Cup? I’ve obviously never played in the College Cup, but that’s certainly a goal of mine, so it would mean a lot. It’s the reason I came here. Wake Forest is competing for a national championship each and every year.

What have the upperclassmen told you about the College Cup experience?

The upperclassmen have set the bar pretty high in terms of what is expected in the College Cup. I think the best advice however is to enjoy the experience. It’s part of the reason we compete, for atmospheres like that.

What is it like working with Head Coach Jay Vidovich?

I have had a great experience with Coach Vidovich so far. He’s a very good player’s coach, and relates well to players on all levels.

If you could spend an afternoon on the soccer field with anyone, who would it be and why?

I would spend the afternoon with (fifth-year senior) Justin Lichtfuss, because of his knowledge and wisdom in all aspects of life.

Who is the best role model on the team?

All the seniors are really good role models, but I especially appreciate Akira Fitsgerald’s leadership and ability to make everyone in the locker room a better person.

What has been the most embarrassing moment for you on the field throughout the years?

A kid ripped my pants off on a break away once.

What has been the hardest part of soccer?

It is so much fun, but managing my time to get everything done is hard. We do have a lot of fun though.

What is your nickname?

Yoshi.

What is your favorite Wake Forest sport to watch?

Men’s basketball.

What is your favorite candy?

Skittles, I like tasting the rainbow.

What awards have you won?

Best looking player on the field.

What do you do to warm up?

Stretching and anything that makes me hot.

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Deacs stumble against Tribe, Boilers, fall to 4-2

By Connor Swarbrick | Sports editor

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Sophomore center Tony Wood jumps for a rebound in the Deacs’ Nov. 18 win over High Point 83-60.

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After a 4-0 start that included a 76-52 win over Winston-Salem State Nov. 24, the men’s basketball team stumbled with losses to William & Mary and No. 6 Purdue.

The glaring questions for the Deacs entering the season revolved around the offense after losing Jeff Teague and James Johnson to the NBA. After six games those questions remain unanswered.

The Deacs dropped their Nov. 28 matchup against William & Mary 78-68. Sophomore Al-Farouq Aminu’s performance on the boards was a bright spot in an otherwise disappointing loss.

He had the best performance on the boards for the Deacons since the 2005-06 season with 20 rebounds.

Freshman C.J. Harris, a local product, continued to show he is a viable sixth man and the point guard of the future.

He led both teams in scoring with 17 points, marking his third consecutive double-figure scoring effort and earning him ACC Rookie of the Week.

Aminu had 11 points to go along with his 20 rebounds, and senior Ishmael Smith added 12 points and 11 assists.

William & Mary simply outshot the Deacs.

The Tribe found success against the usually stifling Deacon defense with their perimeteroriented spread offense that relies on spacing and marksmanship from behind the arc.

They shot 44 percent from the field and 41

percent from the 3-point line. The Deacons were 35 percent from the field and a lowly 27 percent from behind the arc.

“We just missed too many shots,” Head Coach Dino Gaudio said. “When we’re playing a team like that we’ve got to exert our will on the inside and we didn’t do that.”

The Deacs came out aggressively against Purdue in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge Dec. 1 in West Lafayette, Ind., looking to avenge the loss to William & Mary.

At half the Deacs led the No. 6 Boilermakers 31-29 in the hostile Mackey Arena.

However, turnovers and poor shooting would once again hamper the Deacs as they faded down the stretch, eventually losing 69-58.

Harris and Smith each scored 14 points while Aminu added 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Turnovers, shooting and not fouling while playing tough defense were all points of emphasis for Gaudio and the Deacs in the offseason.

Purdue forced 25 turnovers and held the Demon Deacons to below 30 percent shooting in the second half.

The defense successfully held the Boilermakers to a modest 34 percent, but sent them to the charity stripe 31 times and forced just nine turnovers.

E’Twaun Moore led the Boilers with 22 points, JaJuan Johnson had 21 points and nine rebounds, and Robbie Hummel added 11 points and 11 rebounds.

It was the junior heralded trio’s first win in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge The road doesn’t get any easier for the Deacs.

Next up is a trip to the ever-dangerous Gonzaga Bulldogs on Saturday, Dec. 5 on ESPN2.

W. Soccer falls to UNC in NCAA Elite 8, 2-5

By Gary Pasqualicchio | Staff writer

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Throughout the 2009 season, the Wake Forest women’s soccer team has reached new heights. Behind a team-record 16 wins and 15 shutouts, the Lady Deacs made the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time in program history.

Despite the new territory, the Deacs’ season ended on Nov. 27 at the hands of an all-too-familiar foe: the North Carolina Tar Heels.

With easy wins over Kennesaw State and West Virginia in the first two rounds of NCAA action, Wake advanced to the third round for the first time since 1999, a top goal for Tony da Luz’s squad since Day One this season.

After clearing that hurdle, the 14thranked Deacs didn’t get complacent on their way to Columbia, S.C. to face the South Carolina Gamecocks.

Behind tough defensive efforts and spotless net play, the Lady Deacs and Gamecocks battled to a scoreless 89 minutes and 58 seconds.

Fortunately for the Deacs, unlike many other times this season, the last second would be Sadow won by the Gold and Black. And who else but three members of the winningest senior class in school history to pull off a miracle?

Helped by steady offensive pressure in the waning moments, senior Allie Sadow earned a corner kick with 10 ticks left on the clock that Jill Hutchinson hustled to get off with just four seconds remaining.

Hutchinson’s perfect kick found the head of senior defender Bess Harrington, who had just three goals in 65 career games heading into the contest.

Harrington tipped the ball past South Carolina keeper Mollie Patton to finish one of the best games of the 2009 women’s college soccer season, a 1-0 affair in favor of the Deacs.

An excited Harrington said that from

the moment she saw the ball approaching, she knew it would be a goal.

“I saw Jill Hutchinson sprinting to get the ball and take the corner,” Harrington said.

“I could hear the clock winding down.

I was just there and nobody was marking me and she put the ball in a perfect place. I said to myself `It’s going in, it’s going in’ and it went in.”

Coach Da Luz was proud of his team’s efforts in front of 4,347 fans, mostly supporters of the host Gamecocks.

“I thought (the game) had a little bit of everything, a lot drama,” da Luz said.

“It was a fantastic NCAA playoff game, and we’re really proud to be on the winning end.”

Perhaps lost in the aftermath was the performance of the Wake defense, led by seniors Sarah Winslow and Caitlin Farrell and freshmen Jackie Logue and Alisha Woodson.

They limited South Carolina to just nine shots, three of which were stopped by junior goalkeeper Amanda Barasha, who recorded her seventh clean sheet of the year.

Although the team was excited by their first Elite 8 appearance in program history, the road to the College Cup didn’t get any easier with their old nemesis the Tar Heels in the way.

After an unusual pair of back-to-back conference losses in October, the Tar Heels were peaking at the right time after winning the ACC Tournament and out-scoring NCAA opponents 6-0 in three games.

They also had a little bit of history on their side, with a 23-1 all-time edge on the Lady Deacs.

Despite the Deacs’ best efforts, they again couldn’t stop UNC-Chapel Hill, who blitzed their way to three first half goals and a 3-0 lead.

Senior Kaley Fountain got the Deacs on the board with her 11th goal of the year when she took a cross from Winslow and finished in the 57th minute.

But even that glimmer of hope for the Deacs didn’t last long when Carolina answered back for a 4-1 lead just 36 seconds later.

After the Tar Heels broke things open at 5-1, Winslow scored the last goal of the season for Wake Forest on an open net after a deflection back into the box to make the final score 5-2.

Harris named ACC Rookie of the Week on Nov. 30 Freshman guard C.J. Harris was announced as the ACC Rookie of the Week on Nov. 30.

The recognition follows Harris’ impressive performance in Wake Forest’s two games last week, where he averaged 16.5 points.

In the Deacons’ 76-52 defeat of Winston-Salem State on Nov. 25, Harris finished with 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting.

In Wake’s 78-68 loss to William & Mary on Nov. 28, Harris scored 17 points and hit five three-pointers.

On the season, Harris is averaging 11.8 points per game and is shooting 55.9 percent from the field.

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Senior forward Kaley Fountain chases the ball upfield during a game at Maryland. The Lady Deacs’ postseason hopes were crushed by rival UNC-Chapel Hill on Nov 27.

While disappointed with the result, da Luz lauded his team’s effort and gave thanks to his seniors for the spectacular year.

“I thought our kids fought hard,” da Luz said. “I’m really proud of our group.

It’s a tremendous senior class that has done great things for our program and gotten us to a place where we’ve never been before.”

That group, who went 58-27-6 throughout their time at Wake, includes forwards Hutchinson and Fountain, who are at the top of nearly every school offensive statistic, and Sadow, who is

the program’s all-time leader in games played with 91.

On the back line, the Deacs will graduate three including Farrell, who played in 90 games; Winslow, who accounted for 42 points; and Harrington, who scored perhaps the most exciting goal in program history.

Finally, in net, senior Laura Morse ended her career with 27:30 scoreless in the UNC-Chapel Hill contest.

Morse recorded 17 shutouts in net and posted a record 0.94 GAA in 69 games.

Despite losing all that production, the

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Lady Deacs will look to come back with another strong season in 2010.

Barasha will be a key for the team in net, as will her defenders Logue, Kristin Meier, Woodson and Victoria Delbono.

Up front, the Deacs will need to replace over two-thirds of their goals from 2009 and will turn to Bianca D’Agostino, Ally Berry, Jordan Feger and Casey Luckhurst.

If da Luz’s squad continues to work hard throughout the offseason there is no reason to think the team can’t make another postseason run in 2010.

Six Demon Deacons earn All-ACC recognition

Bone, Schilawski nominated for Men’s College Player of the Year

On Nov. 30, senior defensive tackle John Russell was named second team All-ACC. Russell was the only Demon Deacon to make the first or second team.

Russell is fifth on the Wake Forest team with 46 tackles. He led the team and ranks ninth in the ACC in sacks with 4.5.

Russell had a season-high nine tackles at Georgia Tech on Nov. 7.

Additionally, five players received honorable mention honors including quarterback Riley Skinner, wide receiver Marshall Williams, offensive tackle Chris DeGeare, offensive guard Jeff Griffin and cornerback Kenny Okoro.

Senior forward Zack Schilawski and junior midfielder Corben Bone are among 34 players that have been nominated for the Soccer News Net Men’s College Player of the Year award.

The 2009 ACC Offensive Player of the Year, Bone has scored two goals and 11 assists on the season. Schilawski is a finalist for the 2009 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award and leads the ACC with 11 goals and 28 points.

Fan voting, which accounts for 40 percent of the total toward the award, is currently underway and continues until Dec. 19. To vote for Bone and Schilawski, visit www.lasoccernews.com/college/ mplayerpoll.php.

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Deacs fall to Illini in ACC/Big Ten Challenge

By Allison Lange | Senior writer

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The women’s basketball team had a busy and successful two weeks, going 4-1 since Nov. 21, boosting their overall record to 6-1.

In the team’s game against the Miami of Ohio RedHawks on Nov. 21, the team fell to a quick deficit, going down 14-7 after seven minutes.

However, junior Brittany Waters led the team to a 78-62 victory. Waters netted 33 points over the night and recorded 12 rebounds in the team’s first road game of the season. Waters’ team high of 33 points is the best single-game performance since 2006.

In addition to Waters’ impressive performance, freshman Sandra Garcia and sophomore Secily Ray both added 10 points to the team’s total.

Next, the women traveled back home to host Coppin State on Nov. 23. Waters once again led the team in double figures, scoring 22 points this time around.

Although the team easily won 62-40, Wake struggled shooting the ball from the field. The team went 8-31 from the field in the first half, but they made up for their poor shooting by going 20-25 from the free throw line. This is the team’s best free throw shooting since December of 2008.

Freshman Asia Williams added points on the offensive end, scoring 13 points and grabbing eight rebounds from off the bench. Ray and Garcia were on top of their defensive game, each recording 12 rebounds against the Eagles.

On Nov. 25, Wake hosted neighbors High Point. Garcia had an impressive game, in which

she recorded a double-double and had her best performance as a freshman this season. She helped lead the team to a 76-52 win over High Point.

She scored 27 points and had 16 rebounds for the Deacons.

Waters and junior Camille Collier each added double digits to the Wake score, scoring 19 and 15 points, respectively. They both contributed on the defensive end as well, as Waters grabbed six rebounds and Collier had 13 rebounds over the night.

Next, the women played host to Presbyterian on Nov. 29. The team banded together to cream Presbyterian, 66-25, which is the second lowest opponent score since 1972.

Eleven Deacs contributed to the Deacs’ win through scoring, with Waters once again leading the team with 14 points.

Wake also played good defense, as they forced 20 turnovers in the first half and 18 turnovers in the second.

Wake secured their largest lead over the Blue Hose with nine minutes left in the second half, going up by 44 points, 57-13.

The Deacons hosted Illinois on Dec. 2 for the ACC/Big 10 Challenge. Illinois came into the game with a 6-1 record, while Wake entered undefeated at 6-0.

The Deacs led the majority of the first half, going into halftime up 31-15.

However, the Illini came out of halftime ready to play, and they quickly closed the lead and took control of the game.

After losing the lead with 10 minutes left in the game, the Deacons couldn’t find a way to recover.

Illinois continued to increase their lead and won the game 65-50, handing the Deacs their first loss of the season.

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Sophomore guard Secily Ray drives past an Illinois opponent in the Dec. 2 ACC/Big Town Challenge hosted at the Joel Coliseum.

Volleyball team wins last home games Pressbox:

Deacs were a disappointment

By L.K. Davey | Staff writer

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The Wake Forest women’s volleyball team finished out their season with back-to-back wins at home between UNC and N.C. State on Nov. 20-21, then a loss against Duke in Durham on Nov. 24.

Friday, Nov. 20, the team had an exciting five-set match, but Wake then rallied behind one of their largest crowds ever of a little over 1,200 to finish the set on a 7-2 run and take the match 16-14.

Leading the Deacons this match was junior setter Kelsey Jones, who recorded her fifthstraight double-double with a season-high 55 assists and 19 digs. She also notched five kills and five blocks.

Junior outside hitter Kristen White also recorded a double-double in the match for Wake with a career-best 25 digs and 16 kills. She smashed her previous career-high of 16 digs. White also had a pair of key service aces in the second set.

Sophomore Cambrey Oehler played a great match in the back row, recording a career-high 24 digs and picking up one service ace. Middle blockers Carlin Salmon and Andrea Beck controlled the play at the net for Wake as the duo combined for a total of 13 blocks and 26 kills.

Salmon finished the night with 16 kills and six blocks while Beck tied her season-high with seven blocks and 10 kills.

Junior Lauren McIntyre and sophomore Kadija Fornah were the fourth and fifth Demon Deacons to record 10 or more kills on the night that Fornah put-away 13 attacks and McIntyre chipped in with 10.

Junior libero Megan Thornberry finished the match with a total of 16 digs and five assists. On Saturday, Wake Forest celebrated senior night in grand fashion, knocking off N.C. State in three sets, 25-22, 25-15 and 25-16.

White led the Demon Deacons with her fourth double-double, as well as being the only Deacon with double-figure kills at 10.

Seniors Abby Miller, Sally Fischer and Kate Rodriguez all played their final home match Saturday evening and all three were on the floor for the final point.

Miller finished the night with eight digs and two assists while Fischer dished out one assist and Rodriguez recorded her first kill of the season to go along with three digs.

Jones had another solid match, dishing out 31 assists and collecting five digs.

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Sophomore outside hitter Kadija Fornah goes up to block a UNC hitter in the home game on Nov. 20. Wake beat the Tar Heels 3-2.

Libero Megan Thornberry tied White with a team-high 11 digs while Oehler chipped-in with five. Offensively, the Deacons nailed 42 kills with just 14 errors.

Beck put away nine kills while McIntyre and Salmon each added seven kills. The team lost their last match of the season 1-3 against Duke.

Salmon posted eight block assists on the night, besting her previous career-high of seven. She also led the team with 12 kills.

Outside hitter White recorded her sixth-straight match with double-figure kills, finishing with 11.

She also added seven digs and two blocks.

McIntyre, Fornah and Beck each finished the match with nine kills for the Deacs.

The match concludes the season for the Lady Deacons, who finished the year with a season record of 11-20 and a conference record of 9-11.

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receivers ran wild through the secondary and the teams scored two touchdowns apiece before eight minutes had even ticked off the clock.

Wake got their first score when Brown was forced out-of-bounds by a Duke defender, and ran around the pylon and back into the end zone to catch a pass from Skinner to even the score at 7-7.

A few minutes later after a Duke score, Chris Givens caught a 54 yard touchdown pass to pull the Deacons even. It was the eighth touchdown catch of the season for Givens – tops among freshmen nationwide.

The Demon Deacons took their first lead of the game early in the second quarter when Skinner found Brown wide open in the back corner of the end zone to go ahead 21-14.

A 51-yard field goal from Duke’s Will Snyderwine would leave the score at 21-17 going into the halftime break.

The Deacons came out like a team possessed in the second half, but the Blue Devils refused to go away. Harris caught a 13-yard touchdown pass to put Wake up 28-17, but another Snyderwine field goal made it a one-score game again.

After another touchdown for each team and a Jimmy Newman field goal put Wake’s lead at 38-27, junior Alex Frye intercepted Lewis and

returned 37 yards for a touchdown with 3:26 remaining in the game.

It was the first non-offensive touchdown all year for the Demon Deacons, who had been the only ACC team without a non-offensive score.

“It kind of reminded me of arena league. It was just score after Harris score after score, and was becoming pretty exciting,” senior Kevin Harris said.

“We were hoping our defense was

going to come out and do some good things, and they made a huge play there at the end to get an interception and take it back.”

Lewis threw another touchdown pass to cut the Wake lead to 45-34, but the Blue Devils failed to recover the ensuing onside kick and the Demon Deacons ran out the remainder of the clock.

“It feels a lot better than anybody outside our locker room can imagine,” Skinner said.

“With what we’ve gone through this year, the types of games we’ve had have been the toughest to lose.

No matter how big the stage is, it’s still the last game of your college career and this is a pretty cool one to go out on.”

Then came 2007, and with it a 9-4 record and a victory in the Meinecke Car Care Bowl. That could hardly be seen as a decline, could it? After all, two of those losses came with Skinner sidelined due to injury. With their leader on the field they were still as good as ever.

The 2008 Deacons finished at 8-5; was it time to start worrying? With no Kenny Moore to receive Skinner’s passes the offense struggled to find an identity, switching from the spread to the I-formation in only a week.

When their best offensive weapon Sam Swank went down, the fresh Deacs defense was forced to carry the load, and carry it they did, forcing 37 turnovers.

Tension in the fan base began to grow. With eight new defensive starters in 2009, who would lead the Deacs to victory? The consensus was that it was now Skinner’s turn. Already firmly entrenched as the greatest passer in program history, his presence alone should be enough to guarantee an unprecedented fourth consecutive bowl game for Wake.

The Nostradamuses of the message boards put forth their bold predictions. This team will be better than people think, just like in 2006! A poll of the fans generated an average expectation of eight wins, with some saying that that might even be enough for a return trip to the ACC Championship.

Few foresaw the reality. The bounces that used to go Wake’s way fell into opposing hands. The patchwork defense was too much for even record numbers by Skinner to overcome. A five game losing streak eliminated dreams of a bowl game, and the Deacons limped to a 5-7 finish, defeating only one bowl team.

Like a city street after a frozen winter, the small cracks in the fan base turned into larger fissures.

Offensive Coordinator Steed Lobotzke, heralded around the nation in 2006 for his misdirection offense that took a team with a fifth-string running back and freshman quarterback to the Orange Bowl, was cast as the scapegoat. Forget the fact that Wake played a brutal schedule and lost five games by three points or less, the offense never should have put them in that position in the first place! Even Grobe, previously an immortal figure, was pierced by the arrow of Paris and began to come under fire from the critics. With better clockmanagement against Miami, the Hurricanes wouldn’t have had time for the late game-winning touchdown they said. And what is the excuse for losing to Navy for the second year in a row?

While some of the complaints were rightfully cast aside as foolish, there was an underlying theme that held some validity. If this team could not make a bowl game with the best quarterback in school history, then what are they going to be able to do without him?

Certainly there are reasons to have hope for the future despite the downward trajectory of the program since 2006. Next year the highest-rated recruiting class in Wake Forest history will set foot on campus, and there will doubtlessly be some players that will make an immediate impact. The Deacons have tremendous depth at the skill positions and a defense that has a year of experience under their belt.

Still, the unspoken question lingers in the air like an early morning fog over a deserted practice field.

Has the foundation for a solid program been built, or were the last three years just a flash in the pan? Will dreams of Demon Deacon victories leave WinstonSalem with Riley Skinner?

As Skinner walked off the field for the final time at a half-empty Wallace Wade Stadium with no bowl game on the horizon, one could not help but be reminded of the immortal words of T. S. Eliot. “This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang, but with a whimper.”

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Acclimating to America Students learn to live in a new country while also receiving their undergraduate degrees

By Samantha Hoback | Staff writer There are 235 international students at the university representing 60 different countries. From undergraduates studying Theatre Arts to PhD students in the graduate school, international students are involved in many different departments throughout campus.

Unlike their fellow classmates, however, they have a much different experience during their years at the university. Sixty three of the international students are from China, 11 of which are undergraduate students. Anqi Zou, a sophomore, is from Beijing. “Surely Winston is absolutely different from Beijing,” Zou said.

Adjusting to life in Winston-Salem was a challenge for Zou. She left the metropolitan and fastpaced lifestyle of one of the biggest cities in the world to come to North Carolina to study mathematical business and computer science.

“I chose Wake mainly because I want to experience a college life that is different from the one in my home country,” Zou said. “Without the busy life out there, I feel this is a perfect place for me to focus on academics.”

Like many students at the university, Zou was attracted not only to the community-feel of the campus, but also to the academics and opportunities. “Wake has the liberal arts education that allows me to have a taste of every subject, small-scale schooling that let me communicate more with professors and various opportunities to study abroad that I am really looking forward to,” Zou said. “Also, the great climate of North Carolina is another important reason why I applied to schools here.”

To move from a city with a population of over 17 million to a state with about nine million was “anything but smooth” for Zou, who struggled with the language barrier taking notes and participating in class. “Reading and writing assignments just took forever to finish,” Zou said. “I went to the Writing Center a lot, and they were really helpful.”

International students have a lot of outlets for support on campus from the moment they apply to the university. “The part I appreciated most was the fast and warm responses from the Center of International Study through e-mail,” Zou said.

“I felt so good that when I came to the campus I met some people I had talked with before.”

Diego Espinoza, a graduate student from Costa Rica, was convinced that the university was the place for him after he met with Kellie Sauls from the admissions office. “I knew as soon as I got out of her office that Wake Forest was where I wanted to go,” Espinoza said.

Although the work load was a bit baffling, the transition from life in Costa Rica to life in Winston-Salem was not very difficult. “The overall

college atmosphere at Wake Forest is what I like better,” Espinoza said. “The campus and faculty are incredible.”

Espinoza is from San Jose, Costa Rica, which has a population of about 1.6 million. “I miss going to the beach with my friends and family,” Espinoza said. “I also miss the food, especially seafood.”

Espinoza, who is studying business with a concentration in finance, learned about the university through his friend from home who had been an undergraduate student and always talked about how proud he was to be a Demon Deacon.

“The application process was similar to anyone else,” Espinoza said, “with the big difference of having to apply for a student visa that can sometimes be a hassle.”

Joel Ang, a junior from Brunei, also was not deterred by the application process. “I just had to fill out a few more forms and spend a few more dollars on shipping,” Ang said.

Ang is a philosophy major and biology and studio art double minor. His first semester, he took a heavy course load that kept him busy all the time. “I, perhaps foolishly, took 17 hours my first semester,” Ang said. “I was running around all over the place trying to get to classes and trying to fit all the homework that I needed to do into my schedule. That was not a wise decision in life.”

Although Ang had some reservations about staying at the university after his hectic first semester, he is glad that he chose to stay.

“I would probably not have ended up as a philosophy major had I not stayed at the university,” Ang said.

As Christmas break approaches, many international students look forward to getting to see their families for the first time since coming to the university. Over shorter breaks, like fall break and Thanksgiving, students either stay on campus or go home with friends. Last Spring break, Espinoza traveled to Vegas, and Ang went to New Orleans on a service trip.

Zou has made the most of her breaks and holidays, traveling around the country with friends.

During the last year and a half, she has traveled to New York City, Washington D.C., Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, Orlando and Charlotte.

“As an international student, I believe that our life is not about received education only,” Zou said, “and we should somewhat experience the life in other parts of the United States.”

Opportunities abound for students who come from outside the United States to go to the university, from the diverse academic programs to the travel possibilities. Despite the language barriers and distance from home, international students thrive at the university and bring so much culture and diversity to campus.

Nuclear Cooooookie Crisp | Not for the faint of heart

Holiday causes influx of inane Facebook status updates Austin H. Jones Staff columnist

Wilujeng sumping, reader.

I hope your Thanksgiving break was oh-so tasty. I’m sure you were up to your neck in turkey, gravy and stuffing, in pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce and marshmallows, in gluttonous eating and spending, in merciless loving and hating.

Last Thursday was the annual celebration of Americanism.

Every day, citizens of this noble country stuff their faces and empty their wallets on copious amounts of superfluous goods in accord with the nation’s capitalistic ideals.

But Thanksgiving Day is the apex of the all-you-can-eat lifestyle that keeps pig-troughs like Golden Corral

in business. Thanksgiving is then followed by Black Friday, the pinnacle of the materialistic ravaging that propels our economy.

Wow, this has been pretty heavy so far. I have a solution: My next step will be to lighten your burden – I wouldn’t want to force you to confront your own corruption headon! I could be killed for that! – by passing on to you, dear reader, some of my favorite Facebook Status Updates of the thousands that I saw in spending about 20 minutes on the Web site all week.

In a technological and psychological phenomenon, I have found that there is a direct correlation between the stupidity of the Face and the frequency with which said Face updates their Book.

Thus, despite the massive amount of stupid people on Facebook, said dumb-butts update their statuses so frequently that the odds that they provide something of substance is extremely high!

I have conferred with several top Stastistical Analytical Psychological

Sociopaths and we all agree that even when a person never once posts something profound, their updates can and should still be examined to identify certain trends of stupidity.

Certainly we who are superior can learn something by scrutinizing the rut of the huddled masses.

One of my friends was able to experience Halloween and a hint of winter and the joy of Thanksgiving all at once, saying she was “all dressed up as a Pirate AND snowing! Happy Thanksgiving!”

My very own sister posted a predictably outrageous update, saying, “Ain’t no stoppin big poppa, I’M A BAD BOY” – she’s a fan of B.I.G… Someone else, one of a whole slew of random people who have requested my Facebook Friendship without once ever coming into contact with me, found herself disappointed on Thanksgiving Day. She complained, “After passing out on the couch, she’s off to bed and will be working literally all day tomorrow.”

Another random person (I think the pop lingo calls for me to shorten this

to rando), put it wonderfully: “I have been eating all day and I don’t feel any heavier.”

I think it’s because her body is accustomed to eating all day.

Another friend mentioned his “food baby ... a turkey and rice and gravy and sweet potatoes and green beans and stuffing baby” – I just thought that was a nice image.

Wal-Mart got a couple of shout-outs on Black Friday, including the following: “I wonder if Wal-Mart got the 32 pack of rubbers on sale for Black Friday. Times hard LMAO” and “[Insert name here] is wondering why in the world did I go to wal-mart?? people stealing outta other people’s carts... people holding parking spaces for friends ... I can’t take this” More of my friends were equally unsuccessful, especially one girl who embraced the bitter failure she experienced on the vendor side of things: “This day is a bust. I made twenty dollars at lunch and now get to freeze my butt off in the ST bar alone all night. Happy Black Friday, bitches!”

I wanted to pass on these quotes for several reasons.

The primary reason was to actually get something out of Facebook, namely, assistance in earning my $10 for this article.

A secondary reason was to enlighten you, the forever unaware reader, of the sheer volume of insubstance coming out of both the Season and the InterWeb – both, I see, are geared toward the propitiation of our current lifestyle.

The only status I actually laughed at during my browsing session, and the only one I found substantial, was the age-old revolutionary question, “What if I don’t want Turkey?”

That spirit of that question goes back even to the days of Genghis Khan, when the Mongolian horde realized that they didn’t have to eat wolf ’s tongue if they did not want to.

One status which I will personally attack under the premise of a half-assed conclusion is, “Yesterday was awesome and the food was great but back to the real world.”

Apparently in the real world we do not give thanks.

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She Said | Illuminating Your Love Life

Seeing the other side always helps Buttered Up

Basketball star Shaquille O’Neal wears size 22 EEE shoes.

From book to big screen, Julie & Julia will finally make it to DVD on Dec. 8. The lives of two remarkable women are intertwined thanks to their passion for cooking and love of butter. In just 365 days, Julie Powell (Amy Adams) will bake, fry and saute her way through Julia Child’s (Meryl Streep) 524-recipe cookbook. All of Powell’s experiences along the way, from the spills to the successes, are chronicled in her blog online. From romance to comedy, this film satisfies many tastes.

Top 10 Cute But Deadly Animals

Adrienne Alexander Staff columnist

Another semester draws to a close. Stress levels peak as academic demands on our time and attention reach a four-month high before winding down for the holiday break. Crunch time. Prevalent feelings campus-wide include exhaustion, unhappiness and even fear. Those who feel that they have been diligent in their studies thus far are intense in their efforts during this final push, determined to finish well. Those who feel less than adequately prepared for final projects, term papers and examinations may find themselves vacillating between panic and despair. Many experience odd combinations of these two scenarios, doubt and determination warring in their experience to produce a milieu of misery, palpable and pervasive.

My relationship advice this week is especially for the student who finds herself coupled with someone who is having a different exam-time experience than she. The serious student to her party

Holy Cow In Chick-fil-A commercial fashion, two cows managed to escape from their trailer in the middle of a traffic jam on a Massachusetts highway on Tuesday, Dec. 1. The duo wandered down Interstate 91 South in Springfield – one of the state’s largest cities. State troopers were forced to close the highway. But thanks to a mystery cowboy, the road was shut down for just 30 minutes. The man, also stuck in traffic, saved the day by wrangling the 500-pound heifers with his lasso. After roping the animals, he helped load them back into their trailer. The cowboy did not want to be publicly identified, but police confirmed he was wearing a Western hat and boots. Yee-haw.

Drink of the Week The Cram-berry

It’s that time the semester. Classes are ending, final exams are beginning and everyone is hitting the books – hard. Now studying can be a little more fruit-full with this tasty drink.

1 oz. vodka 1 oz. peach schnapps 3 oz. orange juice 3 oz. cranberry juice Add ingredients together and shake in cocktail shaker with ice. Pour into a glass over ice and enjoy.

you contain. You benefit him best by being who you are from where you are and opening yourself to release the glory within what you have and he needs. The peace and comfort that you can offer, knowing that he will come through this. Compassion that condescends to his current state without being drawn into it.

Right now he needs everything that is not how he feels, what he thinks, how he would respond to the situation. He needs for you to be you. Gloriously you. Forget every disagreement you have ever had about whose way of handling life is better. His way isn’t working right now. Forget every identity argument you’ve had – forget that he’s more logical or you’re more right-brained – all that is irrelevant now. Bottom line is, right now, what he needs and what he is able to provide for himself out of his own personality are vastly different. He needs you.

He chose you, he’s with you, and now he needs for you to be you. Exam week, like any crucial moment that requires help from loved ones, is a time when he’s lucky to have a girlfriend like you. Crazy.

Stubborn. Silly. Sweet. Frustrating. Maddeningly irrational and optimistic. Beautiful. Best thing that ever happened to him. Vive la difference!

“She Said” is a bi-weekly column that presents one girl’s perspective on the college sex scene. You may contact her with your feedback or ideas at alexae7@ wfu.edu.

Surrender to Sudoku

Some of the most adorable, graceful and beautiful critters also happen to be some of the deadliest. So think twice before getting too close.

1. Slow Loris 2. Polar Bear 3. Duck-Billed Platypus 4. Chimpanzee 5. Bottlenose Dolphin 6. Hippopotamus 7. Elephant 8. Chipmunks 9. Swan 10. Stingray

girl. How does one relate to a worrier when one’s philosophy of life is “it’s all good?” How can the distance between your responses and perspectives be prevented from becoming “irreconcilable differences,” grounds for calling it quits or deciding to chill during winter break?

In most other cases of misunderstanding or differing viewpoints, I would recommend taking a walk in your partner’s shoes, checking out the view from his side of the universe. But if your honey is currently clawing his way through one of his most painful and difficult life experiences yet, barely hanging on to his will to survive, now is no time to join him in his wretchedness. Experiencing this along with him would only render you useless to lift him out of it. It would surely have a negative impact on your grades for the term as well. Yes, he needs you. Yes, you have the power to help him out of his slump and to comfort him during his crisis. But you have to do it from where you are, from your own perspective, with your feet firmly planted inside your own shoes. There is a reason they say opposites attract. Because it’s true. We often come together through common interests or shared experiences, but ultimately it is our differences that lead to desire. Why would you long for what you already possess within yourself?

So how do you help your sweetie while maintaining your position and not being pulled into his personal hell? This is an instance where he needs what

Check back next week for the solution to this week’s problem. If you hadn’t noticed, we like to keep people waiting in suspense.

Solution from 11/19

Movie Review | The Twilight Saga: New Moon

New Moon gives fans better film adaptation

By CeCe Brooks | Life editor

It’s very rare for a sequel to outdo the original, but to say New Moon is better than 2008’s Twilight is an understatement. Oh, I’m sorry. I mean The Twilight Saga: New Moon is much better. Coming from someone who has read all the books in the series, can I just ask why “saga”? When I think of a saga, nothing close to the Twilight series comes to mind. But I digress.

From the very first scene, it is apparent that New Moon is of better quality than the first film. The hiring of director Chris Weitz was a great decision.

His beneficial influence is apparent in everything from the acting to the general feel of the film. For this reason I was a little disappointed/ New Moon worried that Starring | Kristen Stewart, Robert yet another d i re c t o r, Pattinson andTaylor Lautner David Slade, Director | Chris Weitz is directing Who’s it for? | Lovers of the Eclipse. Not book series and girls in general only does Running Time | 2 hours 10 Slade not have mins. an impressive Rating | (out of 5) resume, but Weitz just did that good of a job with New Moon.

The movie and book can be grouped in three sections: the day of Bella’s 18th birthday, Bella’s depression over losing Edward and growing friendship with Jacob Black and then Bella and Edward’s confrontation with vampire “royalty,” the Volturi.

The basis for the film, Edward’s departure from Forks, happens after Jasper tries to attack Bella at her birthday party after she gets a paper cut opening her presents. Edward, seeing the constant danger he is putting Bella in, decides leaving Bella is the only solution.

Bella goes into a deep depression, acting nearly catatonic for months, but she eventually figures out that getting into dangerous situations allows her to see visions of Edward. She then gets Jacob Black to help her rebuild motorcycles, another attempt to “see” Edward, and begins to heal somewhat by spending time with him.

I really liked the way they interpreted the first few months of Bella’s depression, which are just blank pages in the book. The camera circles a despondent Bella sitting in front of her bedroom window. Each time the camera passes over the window, it is a different month. Also, the song, “Possibility” by Swedish indie singer Lykke Li, is perfectly placed during this montage. A series of miscommunications lead Edward to believe Bella has committed suicide as a result of a cliff diving incident and so he

Photo courtesy of Summit Entertainment

Edward Cullen and Bella Swan experience rough times in their relationship in New Moon. Jacob Black begins to catch Bella’s attention as a result. goes to the Volturi, wanting them to kill him. Alice sees this in a vision and she and Bella go to Italy to stop him. Bella succeeds, but not before they are summoned by the Volturi, who think Bella must either be killed or changed into a vampire because she knows too much. They agree to let them go as long as they plan on changing Bella. Edward later says he has no plans to let Bella be changed.

Angered by this, she asks the Cullen family to vote on whether or not to change her, which all but Rosalie and Edward vote yes to. Edward says he will change Bella himself, her biggest wish, as long as she marries him first. This cliffhanger is how the film ends.

Like I said, I think Weitz was better at directing the performers than his predecessor. Kristen Stewart’s performance was much improved. She lost a lot of her annoying habits from the first film such as biting her lip. Also, she was very good at conveying thoughts and feelings with her facial expressions. Rob Pattinson also matured. He was able to capture Edward’s inner conflict without looking constipated. Keeping Taylor Lautner as

Jacob turned out to be a good decision. Not only did Lautner pack on sufficient muscle, but he accurately portrays Jacob. One issue is his lack of height as Jacob is supposed to be nearly 7 feet tall, but this is a relatively minor problem.

I also think Lautner’s friendship with Kristen Stewart translates well onto the screen, whereas another actor might not have had the same chemistry with Stewart. The new additions consisting of the Quileute werewolf pack and the Volturi were well cast. Chaske Spencer was almost exactly how I pictured werewolf leader Sam Uley.

The casting of Volturi, especially Michael Sheen as Aro, was appropriate, but the filmmakers chose to ignore what these characters are supposed to look like. The most noticeable attributes missing were the powdery, paper-like skin and the film over their eyes described in the novel.

Do I think New Moon is Oscar worthy? No, but this film is much closer to what an adaptation of such a popular book series should be. Chris Weitz has definitely raised the bar. Let’s hope David Slade will follow Weitz’s lead.

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CD Review | Battle Studies

CD Review | Warface

Mayer debuts new Diverse style creates inconsistencies melancholy sound

By Calvin de Revere | Contributing writer

A lot of things have happened to John Mayer since his last album, Grammynominated Continuum, which dropped in September of 2006: the nation has a new president, girls around the world have become obsessed with the blood sucking Edward Cullen and John Mayer has gone from coffee shop guitar melodist to a blues powered guitar hero.

Continuum powered Mayer to popsuperstardom (hell, the album cover for Battle Studies looks like a model striking a pose). From the covers of the tabloids with his numerous celebrity girlfriends to his humorous tour antics, John Mayer has had plenty of time to relax and rest on his musical laurels.

But don’t label Mayer’s recent creation Battle Studies a lazy attempt to sell records and to coast in the limelight.

Once Mayer gets into the studio, all the fun and goofiness cease to exist and it shows in Battle Studies.

All the tracks on the album sound crisp and display the work of a true virtuoso.

But if one approaches Battle Studies as a direct sequel to Continuum, one will be disappointed. This is not the same Mayer behind the guitar and the microphone.

This is a Mayer who has become afflicted with the paparazzi bug and a Mayer who has become a household name, and it shows through the music.

The majority of the tracks exude a deep feeling of seriousness and emotion.

Tracks such as “Heartbreak Warfare,” “Friends, Lovers or Nothing” and “Do You Know Me” display Mayer’s subtle sadness from becoming a celebrity caught in the spotlight.

Unfortunately, however, the album is weighed down by this melancholy. His lyrics are filled with torment and heartbreak all laid over some of the most effective guitar work of the young man’s career. However, there are some songs of hope and repair tossed in between

the sad love songs: “Perfectly Lonely,” a stripped down cover of Robert Johnson’s “Crossroads,” and the best and probably the future hit single “Half of My Heart” featuring America’s golden girl Taylor Swift.

These tracks provide a breath of fresh air for the listener who is swamped for the majority of the album with the waters of Mayer’s melancholy.

And this is what causes Battle Studies to come off as a lackluster follow-up to Continuum. Continuum was Mayer’s ecstatically performed break into the pop culture spotlight and now Battle Studies is Mayer’s personal statement in the aftershock of his popularity explosion.

Some will discredit this as disappointment for an album because it doesn’t have the musical punch and power that the blues infused Continuum contained, but what must not be ignored is that Battle Studies is a major stepping stone in John Mayer’s successful career.

The guitar melodies and hooks’ power lay in their subtlety and finesse.

The guitar has become Mayer’s pen for his emotions and he writes them down for all to see.

The unspoken successor of the guitar gods of a glorified era by the names of Clapton, Page, Beck and Knopfler; Mayer is the likeable heir to the bluesy guitar god throne.

He put himself at the front of the line for the six string throne with Continuum, but Battle Studies is Mayer’s attempt to give his side of the story always skewed under the paparazzo’s camera lens and try to have fun all the while.

Some listeners and fans will peg this album as a letdown, but don’t let the moody lyrics and the subtle guitar work fool you.

For the general public, don’t let this album disappoint you for its lack of guitar flare and blues riffs, and for the Mayer-philes out there you should appreciate this as Mayer’s continuing maturity as an artist and as a man.

Just as the title indicates, Battle Studies is Mayer’s dictation of his internal and external struggles and a statement from an artist fighting to discover his identity.

tener back and forth from folk to rock.

The slower “Sunburn” is the lyrical equivalent of a coloring-book, with a verse somehow manages to rhyme, “fast, grass and last.” Clever boys.

Things continue to get silly with “North Island Toot,” which contains sounds of bubbling water and the lyrics, “If it’s fourteen blocks to score it I’m done / Cause two blocks back someone might have some.”

“King of Atlanta” is a folksy romp that reflects on bad relationships It is far underdeveloped as a song, yet it has a simple rhyme scheme yet again (cruel/fool) and lasts only under two minutes.

The dichotomy between the first seven songs and the following five is so great that it’s a shame the band couldn’t bridge the two halves to make a more coherent recording.

However, Pistolero does return to form in the closer “Lonesome Train.”

Finding the sound they so fantastically captured in the first half of the album, they manage to capture the beautiful, appropriate melodramatic sound they project so well.

It should be noted that the hidden track on the end of “Lonesome Train,” a psychedelic journey that sounds like what the Verve would have been if they were from Georgia, is the most interesting song on the entire album.

It certainly shows just how talented and capable these four southern boys are.

Warface isn’t so much a victim of over ambition as it is of a band trying to cram too much into an album at once and losing focus in the process.

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By Nick Reichert | Contributing writer

Warface is the second full length release by the Atlanta-based group Pistolero.

They have a folksy, southern rock influenced sound and cover a variety of styles, ranging from garage to psychedelic.

Warface is the album that you want to like — the album that you want to recommend to all of your friends under the context that no matter what song they skip to they’ll be satisfied.

But Warface isn’t that album, and frustratingly so because by all means it should be.

Pistolero begins its latest effort with the upbeat “Monster Cable,” starting with a handclap-laden intro and leading into a verse that sounds so much like Tom Petty I had to check the album sleeve to make sure he wasn’t a collaborator.

“Sniveling Git” is an acoustic-driven reflection on the old vs. new, where singer Mike Perkins ultimately decides, “I shouldn’t ask for more,” despite the broken down nature of things like his relationships and his truck.

Instead of being a simple folk jam, the quartet brings strings into the mix, giving the song a dynamic quality seldom seen on the rest of the album.

This mélange of sounds follows on “Thieves and Murderous Other Bits,” which includes whistles, horns and yes, a harp, in the chorus.

The song is driven mainly by the percussion and a simple yet catchy bassline.

“Yellow House” is another catchy pop tune, with a mix of jangly acoustics, strings and bouncy percussion that give

the song a very upbeat feeling, supporting the romantic lyrics, “Your yellow house makes me blue / The things I do for me, they’re for you.”

In fact, love and heartbreak are a constant theme of Warface.

They incresingly become more pronounced as the album moves progress, culminating in the melancholy lyrics found in “Lonesome Train:” “No more pushing and fighting / Staying lonesome to preserve my thoughts of you.”

Melodramatic? Yes. But within the context of the song’s banjo and harmonica, they feel right in place.

The beginning of Warface is strong, so strong in fact that it is detrimental to the second half of the album, which doesn’t compare musically or lyrically.

Right after the folksy “Tug” is when we see the band attempting to squeeze as much as they can in 23 minutes, and their music suffers as a result.

A new garage aesthetic is introduced in “Spreadsheets,” all while retaining Pistolero’s southern characteristics, creating an ultimately fun two minutes that practically beg the listener to get friends, have a party and drink Budweiser.

The band then alternates lo-fi folk and lo-fi garage for the next three songs, with “Cutting In” providing the folk relief to “Picture Perfect.”

“Cutting In” is a country ballad that sees Mike Perkins crooning “Please be mine” over and over.

It is a bizarre choice to sandwich this song between two more fast-paced and significantly shorter “Picture Perfect” and “Spreadsheets,” which jerks the lis-

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A Heart to a Heart | Your guide to healthy college living

EMT program gives premed students experience Jennifer Repucci Staff columnist

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Sophomore Mackenzie Finnigan plays Mrs. Crosby in The Tiny Closet, a play about privacy issues and the destructive nature of fear.

Looking to get involved on campus? Pre-Med and unsure of how to get experience with patient care? Since its founding in 1996, the Wake Forest Emergency Response Team (WFERT) has been a student-run volunteer organization on campus that provides emergency healthcare to students.

The organization contains about 53 members, 20 of whom are EMT-B (basic) certified. The officer board consists of the chief, senior Andrew Hall; two captains, seniors Katie Bickel and Rawad Hamzi; equipment manager, senior Maggie Baldwin; training officer, senior Sarah Aspinwall; and personnel officer junior Mary Kat Keith. Students interested in participating in the organization can get certified by taking the EMT class offered by the health and exercise science department at the university or a class offered in the community.

In addition to preparing students for the EMT-B certification examination, the course certifies them to perform CPR. After completing a course, students have the option of taking either the North Carolina state EMT-B exam or the National EMT-B exam. Upon passing a certification exam, students can then register with WFERT and respond to calls. Aspinwall is currently in charge of orienting the new members in WFERT and making sure they know the protocol. She is also in charge of continuing education for current members. Accord-

ing to Aspinwall, “This is to ensure that all EMS members are practicing what they learned in their EMT class, such as taking blood pressure, performing CPR and other basic skills.” WFERT is available Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. – 8 a.m. and 24 hours a day on the weekends. They can respond to calls ranging from intoxication to heart attacks. They work closely with Campus Police and Student Health.

Several members even volunteer their time at Student Health to help the nurses during busy nights such as Pledge Night and Seize the Quad.

Students can still participate if they are not certified by being a “rider.” These members ride along and assist certified members on calls. This job consists of minimal patient contact, but students can still learn a lot by riding along with a certified member on a call. For those interested in a career in the health field, volunteering one’s time with WFERT can be a great learning experience and very rewarding.

“Being able to respond to emergency calls placed by my friends gives me a greater sense of duty and satisfaction,” Captain Rawad Hamzi said.

“The responsibility of providing medical aid to my peers has taught me the importance of distancing myself from the emotional aspect, to an extent, and focusing more on treating them. Working around students who I can relate to has also given me the ability to empathize with patients, a trait that I think will help me later in my career in the health professions.”

WFERT’s main concern is the health and wellbeing of Wake Forest students. Their presence on campus has been beneficial to many sick students and also Student Health, who frequently relies on their assistance. It is important for students to know this organization is here for them and to place calls whenever they or a friend are having a medical emergency.

B8 Thursday, December 3, 2009

Old Gold & Black Life

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Event Review | Michael Lang

Woodstock founder writes book

By Caroline Edgeton | Life editor

At the beginning of Michael Lang’s book The Road to Woodstock, he states that growing up his father told him to always be self-reliant, to “take charge and keep moving, step back just enough to think clearly and trust your instincts.” As Lang directly points out, this advice served him well.

With Lang being the founder of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival of 1969, he certainly needed this confident self reliance in order to make this legendary festival happen. As part of his college book tour, Lang made his first stop at the university on Thursday, Nov. 19 to talk about those iconic three days that occurred in August of 1969.

With the book covering each event that occurred before, during and directly after Woodstock, the talk that the university provided did much of the same thing. The only difference was having a lively Lang there to speak about the occurrences – clearly, this was an absolute delight, even though the book is just as lively. The beginning of the event featured a video clip from the 1970 documentary film Woodstock. Showing a young Lang with some of his friends in the town of Bethel, N.Y., setting up for the music festival, the clip provided some insight into the difficulties of getting the whole thing started.

“I just always felt like I was bugged to do these kind of things; it’s always just been in me to bring music to people and set up large events like this,” Lang said. Before Woodstock even came about, Lang

and some of his friends in Florida put together the Miami Pop Festival.

“I actually moved to Coconut Grove, Fla., to open a head shop and hang out for a while with some people I knew. I also started an underground newspaper that had a focus on music, so I advertised my free concerts that I would put together in there,” Lang said.

“My friends and I decided to put together (the Miami Pop Festival) and that was a great success. Seeing that was kind of the road that led to Woodstock in a way just because it showed me how much I enjoyed doing things like this.”

With the Miami Pop Festival featuring big acts from the ‘60s like Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa, Lang had his foot in the door with setting up performances for more popular musicians. Clearly, this victory brought some even bigger and better ideas to Lang’s head.

The original plan for Woodstock was to have 100,000 concert goers come camp out for a few days on the beautiful open farm land of Max Yasgur.

Because this was such a radical idea at the time, the way Lang and his friends introduced the idea to town officials was by simply calling it “An Afternoon of Music.”

The initial price for a ticket was $7. 50,000 tickets were sold before Aug. 15, the opening day. Clearly, this all did not go according to plan. Because Bethel, a quiet town that only had 2,366 residents at the time, received word of the national advertising Lang and his crew were doing in order to get concert goers, officials voted down

their application for renting the site on July 14. At this point, though, thousands of tickets had been sold and dozens of acts had been lined up.

So, how did they do it? After lots of discussions and lots of patience, the town eventually changed their minds and agreed to let the festival happen. It’s a good thing that they did because over 500,000 people ended up coming to experience this historic event.

According to Lang, they never actually got the ticket booth open for people to come purchase tickets as a result of the disastrous rainstorm that occurred from day one.

“The whole idea of Woodstock was that we were kind of this whole community coming together,” Lang said. “Because of all the negative things happening in America at the time, it was wonderful seeing everyone unite for a few days; it was like a symbol of hope in the middle of this dark time.”

With lots of interviews from musicians that performed and people that were involved with Woodstock, and plenty of descriptions of backstage happenings and perspectives from Lang, The Road to Woodstock is certainly a book I highly recommend if you’re at all interested in the subject. At the end of Lang’s book, he provides a quote from a poem that Hendrix wrote at the end of Woodstock that truly sums up what happened in those three days: “500,000 halos outshined the mud and history. We washed and drank in God’s tears of joy. And for once, and for everyone, the truth was not still a mystery.”

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Students admire the finished 3 to 4 Ounces publication at its release party that was hosted at Campus Grounds on Dec. 2.

The WAKEing Dead | By Cory Bullock

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Marieclaire Hicks: “Don’t Save It All for Christmas Day” by: Celine Dione Elliot Ernstrong : “Let It Snow” by: Christopher Kincaid Bobby O’Connor: “The Dreidel Song” by: Rick Higginson CeCe Brooks: “White Christmas” by: Bing Crosby Caroline Edgeton: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by: Frank Sinatra Caitlin Brooks: “Christmas Lights” by: Paul Barbieau Olivia Boyce: “Christmas is All Around” by: Bill Nighy Hunter Bratton: “Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire” by: Nat King Cole Connor Swarbrick: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by: Bruce Springsteen Ashton Astbury: “Happy Xmas” by: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band Allison Lange: “Tennessee Christmas” by: Amy Grant Kahle McDonough: “Walking in a Winter Wonderland” by: Felix Bernard