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Obama to meet Dalai Lama despite Chinese warnings U.S. President Barack Obama still plans to meet the Dalai Lama, the White House said on Feb. 2, despite China’s warning that such a meeting would hurt ties already strained by U.S. weapons sales to Taiwan.

China vowed to impose unspecified sanctions against U.S. companies selling arms to Taiwan and said any meeting between Obama and the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader would hurt bilateral ties.

Event connects students with Trustees Board member speaks about her experiences in business

By Nilam Patel | News Editor

Lisbeth C. Evans is a successful Winston-Salem businesswoman and a member of the Wake Forest Board of Trustees. Evans graduated from Wake Forest University in 1974 with a Bachelor’s in Science and then received her Master of Business Administration in 1978. Evans was the first speaker

in the Talk with Trustees series that Student Trustee, Jermyn Davis, started. Throughout her talk, she spoke of her success in all of her business ventures and how much she grew from them.

Evans was interviewed by Ladd Flock, Director of Career Services here at the university. Evans said that she dabbled in all areas of business because she wanted to keep busy and excited about her work.

She advises students to have a variety of interests so they can work for longer amounts of time without losing interest in their jobs. The talk had the perfect

venue in Benson because students were able to have one-on-one conversations with Evans.

Evans currently lives in Winston-Salem and has had many successful business ventures. A career background on Evans is as follows: she is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director and majority shareholder of real-estate holding companies, West Third Street, Inc., and Clark Evans & Tate.

She is also owner of OnceUponAnApp, LLC, a phone app based technology business.

See Trustees, Page A3

Local soccer tournament to benefit relief efforts in Haiti The Winston-Salem Soccerplex will hold a tournament for adult soccer players to raise money for the American Red Cross’ relief efforts in earthquake-wracked Haiti. The tournament is scheduled for Feb. 6. Each team will pay a $100 entry fee to participate.

Ford and GM outsell recallwracked Toyota in January

Cab driver fires shot at group of men accosting him A taxi driver who fired a round at a handful of people he said attacked him the evening of Jan. 31 will not be prosecuted, despite a man being shot in the ankle. Demetrius Montrell Davis, 21, suffered a bullet wound to the ankle and was treated at Wake Forest Baptist University Medical Center.

Civil-rights history museum to open in Greensboro The downtown Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter is more than a novel relic.

The International Civil Rights Center and Museum will open Feb. 8 in the old variety store, exactly 50 years after four N.C. A&T College freshmen walked into the store and sat down in a place where they weren’t wanted.

Over 100 teams from 50 schools across the nation come to the university to compete in marketing competition

By Samantha Hoback | Staff Writer Over 100 teams from around the world will travel to the university Feb. 5 to participate in the 20th Wake Forest MBA Marketing Summit. University students will compete to solve a real-world challenge presented by the company sponsor, IBM. “For this year’s 20th anniversary, the Wake Forest Schools of Business have once again secured a true industry leader for the Marketing Summit challenge,” Robert McGroarty said. McGroarty is a full-time MBA candidate in the Babcock Graduate School of Management.

“With a culture that has spawned numerous Nobel prizes, IMB’s participation will continue to heighten the caliber of competition at the Marketing Summit and is sure to offer a unique challenge to the 2010 teams.”

In previous years, Coca-Cola, Sara Lee, RJ Reynolds and Apple have served as sponsors

for the summit. In addition to IBM, BB&T, Altria, Cheerwine and BBDO will sponsor the competition. A diversity panel made up of representatives from IBM and several other companies will supervise the competition: McDonald’s Corporation, Wal-Mart, PepsiCo and Hewitt Associates.

Over 50 schools will be represented during this weekend’s competition, including Columbia, Harvard, Emory, Notre Dame and Northwestern. This is the first year in which students from five international universities, including the University of Toronto, will participate. The first service academy, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, is also participating.

Before the competition begins, students, executives, faculty and staff will arrive at Deacon Tower for the kickoff ceremony. Following brief introductions from the sponsor representatives, the teams will return to Worrell Professional Center to receive

their case instructions

and begin their solutions.

Each team will have 36 hours to prepare creative and strategic solutions to the IBM challenge.

“The marketing case will have been developed by Wake Forest MBA students in conjunction with IBM executives and kept under lock and key until the initial day of the competition when it is announced to the competing teams,” McGroarty said.

“The winning team not only gets bragging rights, but also a cash prize of $50,000.”

This year, a total cash award of $78,000 breaks the competition record. Also, the winner of the competition will take home the first ever “Cheerwine Cup,” a bronzesculpture trophy designed specifically for the Marketing Summit by retired Business School Professor, Tom Ogburn.

See MBA, Page A3

Graphic courtesy of The Marketing Summit

Ford Motor Co., posted a 24 percent increase in U.S. sales for January and outsold Toyota Motor Corp as the Japanese automaker was sent reeling by a massive recall of some of its top-selling vehicles.

Toyota sales tumbled 16 percent after it suspended sales of certain models.

Fun and safe alternative for students at aWake All Night

By Vidur Kukreja | Staff writer

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Wake tradition aWake All Night had an unexpected boost in attendance this semester due to the snow storm on the previous night, Jan. 30, that left many students stranded on campus.

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INSIDE: Brieflies

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Faculty Profile

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Spotlight

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Extreme Wake Makeover Two girls who competed for the dormitory makeover share the changes they made in their room.

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On Jan. 30, the university hosted an evening of fun and games through aWake All Night: Cirque Du Wake at Benson center.

The idea behind the event was to give students a fun and safe way to spend the weekends and is part of the universities’ “Wake the Weekends.”

The university had a similar successful event last semester and with many students snowed in, this year’s event attracted a huge crowd.

The event was filled with many fun games such as sumo wrestling, bungee run and twister.

In order to get students to participate, the student union offered prizes such as a new bike, an array of comedic movies (including The Hangover and Superbad), and even seasons one through three of the popular show, Arrested Development.

By participating, each participant would receive a ticket which they could put in a prize bowl.

Then, at the end of the night, the winner’s names were drawn from the bowl.

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There were also several creative stations where students could create their very own street sign and have it laminated to mimic a real street sign. In fact, this station was so popular that they ran out of supplies before the end of the night.

Another interesting station that drew large lines was the hand making station where one could get their hand plastered with colored wax.

Students could then take their handmade art home.

The event also offered a variety of food such as meatball subs, quesadillas and pizza squares.

There was also a wide range of candy available including a cotton candy machine.

Such food attracted many people such as freshman Matthew Whitmill who was impressed by the shear quality of the night.

“I enjoyed the bungee run and mechanical bull, but the food, especially the meatball subs and the cotton candy was good,” Whitmill said.

With the success of the event, the university hopes “Wake the Weekends” will continue to grow in popularity.

Opinion | A6 Storm of Century Evaluating the food service, snow removal and university response to the snow storm

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Brieflies Sophomores to officially declare majors and minors The annual major declaration process is scheduled for Feb. 15-19. All sophomores should declare a major by setting up an advising appointment at the desired department during this period. Students who do not declare a major

by Feb. 19 risk being unable to register for courses in their major during major registration.

Assistant professor, Stephen Vella, passes away Jan. 30 Stephen Vella, an assitant professor of history, died Jan. 30 in New York following a prolonged illness. A campus memorial service will be held on Feb.12 at 3 p.m. in Davis Chapel.

Reynolda House Hearthside tour to take place The proprietors of Reynolda House will open up parts of the house usually off limits to the public. The focus of this tour will be on about ten fireplaces that hold special significance to the history of the house. The tour will take place from 2 to 4 p.m on Feb. 7 at Reynolda House. The price is $10 for students/members and $15 for non-members.

Amnesty International hosts humanitarian, informative film The film Africa Rising travels through remote villages in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali, Somalia and Tanzania, weaving together dynamic footage and the poignant stories of girls personally affected by violence to show how African women and men are putting an end to this human rights violation. The film will be shown at 5 p.m. on Feb. 10 in Green 145.

Student Life Committee to look into Greek recruitment process The Student Life Committee has decided to undertake a study of Greek organizational recruitment practices, with particular attention to evaluating the recruitment of first year students. This decision followed several committee discussions in the fall semester. The discussions were prompted by several national research studies which indicated adverse cognitive effects associated with Greek membership for men in the first year of college.

Such effects were not noted in subsequent undergraduate years. Moreover, data from recent years on academic performance of first year Greek men at the university show that participation in the recruitment process is associated with a decline in grade point average. Such an effect was not found for first year Greek women. The Student Life Committee study will involve reviewing internal data, reviewing national studies, and examining the experience of institutions that have implemented sophomore recruitment.

As part of this process the Student Life Committee will provide opportunities for input and conversations with members of the university community. The committee will share its report and recommendations at the completion of the study with the Provost, Vice-President & Dean for Student Affairs, the Reynolda Cabinet and the President. The Student Life Committee was established in 1972 to examine matters of significant import to undergraduate student life. Voting membership includes three students, three faculty and three administrators.

The chair of the committee for the 2009-10 academic year is Fred Chen.

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Abdou Lachgar: Chemistry

By Meenu Krishnan | Staff Writer Abdou Lachgar jovially peers into a lab, offering his graduate students coffee and kindly asking about their drives to campus on that icy morning.

For the warm and friendly chemistry professor, the corridors of Salem Hall are far from his home country of Morocco. At 17 years old, he left Morocco for France, where he received his bachelors and doctoral degrees at the Institute of Materials Jean Rouxel at the University of Nantes. Lachgar, who initially planned on attending medical school, found that Moroccan universities didn’t provide him with the education he desired.

“At that time, Morocco’s few universities were very crowded. I used to go to class at 6 a.m. to save seats for my friends,” Lachgar said. “I left for France to discover new cultures and educational possibilities.”

While in France, Lachgar, who speaks French, Arabic, German and English, met his future wife, one of “the most beautiful gifts France has given me,” Lachgar said. In 1988, he left for America, at that time without a firm grasp of English, where he became a Postdoctoral Fellow at the DOA Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University.

“I learned a lot about the United States in the heartland of America, Lachgar said. “There’s a freedom of choice here.”

While in Seattle, as a research associate and instructor at the University of Washington, one of Lachgar’s advisers urged him to apply for a proper teaching position at a university.

“I had a reaction of disbelief when he suggested this,” he said. “I was very nervous about teaching college classes without a strong command of the English language.”

In reality, however, Lachgar’s path to teaching had begun years previously. As the oldest child in his household, he helped his brother and sister to succeed in school. His father had attended Qur’anic school (Islamic studies), and his mother’s highest degree equivalent was fifth grade.

“It seems difficult to believe, but fifth grade was considered a very high degree of education,” Lachgar said. “You would have government officials with less education than that. But I developed my love for teaching at this young age.”

Lachgar’s path to the university began in February 1991, when he visited the campus for an interview in the chemistry department. Lachgar vividly recalls the visit, which

convinced him to accept the faculty position. In addition to the warm faculty reception and the proximity of the campus to the East Coast, Lachgar was amazed by a Wake Forest-Duke basketball game that he just happened to attend.

“I walked out of my hotel, which was across from the Coliseum, and found $20 tickets just like that,” Lachgar said. “I was amazed by the atmosphere — the students, the excitement, Wake Forest’s win.”

Over the years, he has witnessed an expansion in the chemistry department, the faculty’s excitement upon acquiring a single crystal diffractometer and increased cooperation among students, faculty, administration, and the community.

“I’m a materials chemist, so I like to think of the four-cornered collaboration as a tetrahedron,” Lachgar said.

“There’s this sense of three-dimensionality in our relationship.”

Lachgar teaches a variety of classes at the university, ranging from freshman College Chemistry to Advanced Inorganic Chemistry and Solid States Materials. His interests further expanded when he taught a class called Chemistry and Physics of the Environment. The class called upon students to design their own projects, one of which presented the idea of biodiesel.

“I think this is a classic example of how teaching can have a superb and interesting impact on research,” he said.

Interestingly, at the time, Lachgar and his students were less concerned about the cost of energy than the environmental impact of fossil fuels.

“When I taught this class, the price of oil was $10 a barrel, and it cost less than a dollar for a gallon of gas,” Lachgar said.

Biodiesel production has its challenges, as Lachgar well knows. Not only is it expensive to produce but there are also technical complications, as free fatty acids (FFA), an ingredient in the process, tend to make soap rather than biodiesel. He and his colleagues began looking for a catalyst for the process, and after discovering a Japanese paper on the topic, were able to develop it.

“First and foremost, we are researchers,” he said. “We do science because we like to benefit our communities.”

While Lachgar acknowledges that the project still faces challenges — namely, the catalyst’s recyclability, its turnover possibilities, and a lack of funds — he still looks forward to his job every day.

“I haven’t stopped loving this place since I joined,” Lachgar said.

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University team wins national KPMG conference University of Notre Dame, University of Southern California, University of The business field is perhaps one of the Maryland, University of Illinois and most demanding fields in the area of per- Baylor University to win the compesonal growth and discipline, constantly tition. requiring the ability to take initiative, Commenting on the significance of be creative, form connections and gain this event, Smartt acknowledged the experience. university’s invitation to the compeBut for four students in the university’s tition was an honor in itself. “(the) business school, these elements were competition is a means for KPMG to demanded and exceedingly brought recruit the best and the brightest students forth in the second annual KPGM in the business world, and including Global Case ComWake Forest in the petition held this competition conpast November. veys the status of the Undergraduate Schools of Business “Students in the school receive business students according to one of both the technical training to Louis Brotherton, the top accounting understand and analyze Swayze Smartt, firms in the counZak Zimbile and try,” he said. business issues, and the Andrea Kensy were Earning such a presentation skills to organize given three hours high honor did not and present our ideas. ” to compete against come easily, howstudents from six top ever. These four outLoius Brotherton universities, analyzstanding students Sophomore Business Major ing various business along with their situations. fellow peers in the They then preSchools of Business, sented their projects to judges in New have had to endure years of training for York City through a live video confer- potential real-life events such as this. ence.

Reflecting on his preparation for this Out of the seven schools participat- situation, junior Zak Zimbile admitted, ing in the National Finals competition, “The rigorous course loads and chalWake Forest won first place and earned lenging material is really the reason our a trip to Athens, Greece in early April to team was able to succeed in the comrepresent the United States in the Global petition.”

Case Competition Finals.

Brotherton further credits the school’s The winning team, which consisted preparation, noting, “Students in the of a sophomore, two juniors, and a school receive both the technical trainsenior. This group of ing to understand four had previously and analyze business competed against issues, and the preother teams from the sentation skills to “(The) competition is a means university’s business organize and presfor KPMG to recruit the best and ent our ideas.” school. brightest students in the busiThe teams had For these four stubeen formed at ness world, and including Wake dents looking into random with busicareers in consultness students. The Forest in the competion conveys ing, public accountthe status of the Schools of win against the ing, renewable other university energy and entreBusiness. ” teams earned them preneurship, among Swayze Smart the opportunity to other options, these Junior Business Major represent the uniskills are priceversity in the KPGM less assets that will National Finals. reap rewards in the The only sophofuture. more in the competition, Louis BrothConsidering this experience in the long erton, was called up to complete the win- run, the students see the importance of ning team when junior Kyle Knauff had this event and the amount they learned to drop out after the first round. from it.

Wake Forest beat out schools such Smartt points out how success in the as Lehigh University (second place), event, “dramatically improved (his) conBy Mark Palace | Staff writer

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Members of the Wake Forest Schools of Business gather to honor four undergraduates’ win at the national KPMG competition in Atlanta, Ga., in November 2009. fidence in delivering presentations and analyzing business problems.”

Moreover, Brotherton adds how he gained valuable connections, concluding that the event has been “one of the most rewarding experiences of (his) college career.”

The students also earned the accolades of the head organizer of the university competition and Director of Accountancy, Yvonne Hinson.

“Each individual on this team can proudly say that they are part of an internationally competitive team and that they worked together as a team to accomplish their objective,” Hinson said in praise of the students.

While the completion of this competition is not until April, the dividends of this knowledge and experience have already begun to spill into the classroom.

In the meantime, these four students have earned more than congratulations, rather, a reputation for excellence and have sowed the seeds for success that will hopefully spill over for many years to come.

The national round of the KPMG Global Case Competition was held in Atlanta, Ga., on Jan. 22, but judged via online video conference with the judges in New York City.

Trustees: Lisbeth C. Evans talks with students about possible careers Continued from Page A1

years. She was responsible for the operation of various cultural programs throughout the state including, but not limited to, state museums of art and history, state archives, libraries and historic sites.

Evans has been involved in the investment banking with various well-known firms. She has dabbled in the real estate business since 1986, Evans was president of a real estate investment trust listed by the New York Stock Exchange, Health Equity Properties. She retired from her post in 1993.

Recently, Evans has been an active participant on the political scene and previously served as both co-chairman of the Women’s Campaign Fund and chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party.

She was a delegate with the Governor’s trade mission to Latin America, Israel and Northern Europe and has previously

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served on the Board of Directors for the Golden L.E.A.F., Inc. She has also been active on the Board of Penland School and Second Harvest Food Bank of NW North Carolina.

Evans also serves as chairman of the Arts Council, sits on the boards of Chamber of Commerce, North Carolina Hospital,

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The swings stand out in contrast with the snow, from a storm on the night of Jan. 28 covered Davis Field, next to the Scales Fine Art Center.

Lift Academy, Juvenile Justice Council, Winston-Salem State University Foundation, Prodigals Community and Best Choice Center.

Evans is currently managing her real estate and technologies businesses and serves on the Board for Amani Children Foundation.

the Marketing Summit by retired Business School professor, Tom Ogburn.

Last year, the University Of Virginia Darden School Of Business received first place and the Babcock Graduate School of Management was a finalist.

On Saturday, teams will gather for the marketing luncheon at Deacon Tower, where they will hear from Michael Silverstein, the senior partner and managing director for Boston Consulting Group.

Saturday evening, Steve Reinemund, the dean of Wake Forest Schools of Business and retired CEO of PepsiCo., will present “Diversity in Corporate America” as a part of the Broyhill Executive Lecture Series.

Reinemund will act as the moderator for a panel of speakers: Ronald Glover, vice president of diversity and workforce programs for IBM Human Resources; Patricia Harris, global chief diversity officer for McDonald’s Corporation; Ronald Parker, senior vice president and chief global diversity and inclusion officer for PepsiCo.; Esther Silver Parker, senior vice president of corporate affairs for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; and Andrés Tapia, chief diversity officer and emerging workforce solutions leader for Hewitt Associates.

“These speakers will incorporate an exceptionally diverse perspective from members of the global corporate universe and will generate a topical discussion on diversity in the workplace for the Wake Forest community,” McGroarty said.

A committee made up of 30 first and second year MBA student volunteers and three undergraduate seniors — Kate Ehrhardt, Andy Ronan and Claire Hogan

— have worked since September to organize the weekend. The committee is overseen by three second-year full-time graduate student co-chairs: Emily Willard, Marty Wilson and Ashley Stafford. During the competition, over 80 student volunteers act as part of the hospitality crew, hosting the executives and teams, manning check-in and helping with events.

Although students do not know what the challenge will be, McGroarty said that participants have been preparing for this weekend’s competition by reviewing IBM company specifics, sharpening their presentation skills and brushing up on their case competition skills.

“It is extremely competitive to participate in the event,” McGroarty said. “In fact, we had 108 total applications this year with a record number of international team applicants and a record number of different MBA and undergraduate schools applying.”

Students do not compete in the Marketing Summit just for the cash prize, although this is a major incentive.

“Participating teams get great exposure to some of the world’s best companies,” McGroarty said. “Team members’ resumes will be published in a book that is distributed to the sponsor, panelists, judges and distinguished executives attending the summit.

All participants will have the opportunity to network not only with sponsor executives, but also students from other schools and visiting executives from other companies.”

In the last 20 years, the Wake Forest MBA Marketing Summit has developed a reputation in the business world. “Many high profile executives make time in their busy schedules to attend,” McGroarty said.

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In My Opinion | By Emma Hunsinger

University staff showed compassion

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y the morning of Jan. 29, the university’s campus was completely covered in snow.

On the one hand it was a happy, unexpected surprise to see so much snow this far south. However, this also meant that most students could not leave campus because of the dangerous road conditions. While this was discouraging, students found a reason to be very thankful. Despite the unusually bad weather, the ARAMARK managers still made it to campus to open the Pit. It was a remarkably generous gesture for these managers of Subway, Starbucks and other places on campus to come together and make sure that we were fed.

The university’s student trustee, Jermyn Davis, informed us that, in addition to the Aramark managers, James Buckley — director of the Benson Center and Kathy Arnett — associate director of Benson and director of Student Union — also went above and beyond the call of duty.

They actually spent the night in their offices on Jan. 29 to make sure that “Awake All Night” was a success.

Indeed, aWake All Night was a huge hit, and provided students with something to do, as conditions stayed bad throughout the weekend.

We are thankful to have such a loving community that so many members of the staff were willing to go the extra mile for the university.

Students should project better image

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n Jan. 28, the university had its first Talk with the Trustees event. The event’s main goal was to help students find their career paths. Though it seems like an event like this would be very popular — since we all must graduate from the university at some point and could probably use the advice — there were very few people in attendance.

Why were so few people present? Some blame poor advertising. While we didn’t see many flyers on campus, there was a Facebook event.

One has to wonder whether the student population has simply become slightly lazy and less interested in their futures. We are all to blame.

We all have busy schedules,

but it is important to make time to go to events where the university has invited people to come on campus.

For the past few career fairs, the recruiters have noticed multiple instances of inappropriate attire.

Additionally, students came unprepared, had poorlyformatted resumes and acted unprofessionally. This is not the image that we want to project to the outside world.

Perhaps some students simply do not know how to give off a positive image.

One possible solution is to teach some professional skills in first year seminar classes.

In any event, we want to make sure the community has a positive image of the university.

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Campus gets the storm of the century Cory McConnell Staff columnist

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s I write this, the snow that pummeled our dear campus on Jan. 29 is melting in the mild afternoon sunshine that usually defines our winters here at the university.

However, for several days the weather was a very different story. Some people predicted up to eight inches of snow for the weekend.

Some southerners danced around in happiness at the promise of a white weekend, while other southerners cowered in fear, clutching their ice scrapers and mittens with whiteknuckled fear. The northerners among us mostly scoffed at the prospect of this so called storm, and I heard many remarks (and said them too…) such as “We’ll probably get a half inch or something and everyone will lose their minds,” or they got out their winter gear and headed to the mountains for that elusive North Carolina skiing/ snowboarding experience. Whatever the predictions were, this is certain: we got hammered Friday night (pun slightly intended).

As my friends and I left the party we had been at, the snow was coming down in droves, the brave few attempting to drive around campus were sliding all over the road, drunken kids were making sloppy snow angels and lazily tossing snowballs around.

This was a sight to behold. As happy as we were that night to see the spectacle unfolding on campus, I knew that this storm would present some problems for the university, and what follows is my report card for how the university did during this weekend in regards to the weather.

Food: COK. First things first. Food is an essential part of living, the central object of the average college male’s desire, a community-uniter, and after having to pay a required fee for a meal plan on campus, we expect there to be options for us to eat on campus. On Saturday, the only food option that was available for lunch was the Pit. Don’t get me wrong, I like the Pit. Unlike most of my comrades, I enjoy eating at the Pit and usually commend it for its variety of gastronomical choices. Now, there isn’t necessarily anything wrong with having just the Pit open, but the sheer logistics of such a move proved to be devastating to our dining experience.

For starters, there aren’t enough seats in the Pit. Hell, there aren’t enough seats in the Pit for any weekday lunch or dinner, let alone on a weekend when it’s the only place open! So to assume the Pit could accommodate all the students on campus who wanted to eat was a mistake. I realize that the road conditions were bad , but think of this: Sunday, several other food outlets on campus opened up (Subway, for example). And if those employees could get here on Sunday, they almost

certainly could have come on Saturday because of this fact: The roads were not drastically different on Sunday than they were on Saturday. This sounds strange, but anyone who doesn’t think so simply wasn’t driving on either of those days, and I drove on both (onand off-campus). This bottlenecking of dining options resulted in many shortages of food and beverages at the Pit. The Pit ran out of coffee while we were there, and the hot chocolate machine was, as usual, broken. I’ve been asking about that machine getting fixed for a year and a half and apparently the university has a very strange definition of “soon.” So no hot beverages for the snowiest day of the year. This is all besides the fact that a major university event, Cirque du Wake, was held in Benson later that night. Surely if we could put on a major event like that we could have maybe had a few employees in the basement of Benson serving food earlier in the day.

Cleanup: BThe most immediate problem that occurred when the storm hit was what to do with all that snow. For a campus that enjoys a climate that rarely includes this meteorological phenomenon, the university did a pretty good job. With what I’m sure were limited supplies and resources, the university did their best to clear the roads on campus.

When I was driving around Saturday and Sunday, the roads on-campus were actually in much better shape than the roads off-campus. Sidewalks were (and are) a different story, as many stretches of cement are still frozen over, providing a dangerous walking surface that has already been the subject of many a Facebook status. As good as the roads are, kids are still falling on sidewalks caked with ice that should, by anyone’s standards, be cleared by now.

Sledding: A The pit giving out trays to sled on?

Fantastic.

“The Call”: B “The Call,” as I lovingly refer to it, is what the university ultimately decided to do about classes on Monday. The call was that all classes before 10 a.m. were cancelled. Most kids wanted the day off, but this was pretty unrealistic. The truth is that most kids didn’t have problems getting to class on Monday, save for some off-campus dwellers whose cars got stuck in the snow. However, the campus itself was still somewhat dangerous, as kids were dropping like flies on the icy sidewalks. These bruises and perhaps the occasional broken wrist are, however unfortunately, expendable to the university, which has to consider the big picture of getting classes in.

Snowball Fights: A+ OK, I know Wake Forest had nothing to do with this, but this was great, great packing snow. The powdery stuff mixed with the freezing rain made for excellent packing of snowballs and subsequently killer snowball fights.

In conclusion, the university did a pretty OK job this weekend. While the southerners freaked out and the northerners rolled their eyes at the snowstorm, our university generally did their best to ensure a safe and fun weekend on campus that I won’t forget anytime soon.

Cory McConnell is a sophomore from Wexford, Penn.

- Kylie Kaiser, NYC resident, reviewing the spectacle on the New York City subway to officers on the scene, where a man was seen snuggling with a live chicken on a subway car.

“” “This is comfortable. We don’t have to stand in a line to get the priest’s signature.”’

- Karolina, one of Grzegorz Sowa’s pupils, reacting to her priest’s new requirement for all of his schoolchildren to leave their fingerprints for the church to monitor attendance at mass.

“” “Jumping is my life and all my life I have dreamt of this jump, precisely this jump.

Fear is therefore no obstacle, it only ensures that we do this right.”

- Felix Baumgartner, Austrian extreme parachutist, discussing his plan to jump out of a hot air balloon from an altitude of 22.68 miles. He plans to be the first person to break the sound barrier.

“” “As it happened, I filed this bill out of my love for tourism and local hire.”

- Linda Menard, Alaskan Senator, explaining her participation in passing Alaska’s marmot bill, resulting in Feb. 2 becoming the state’s official Marmot Day. The bill was also signed by former Governor Sarah Palin last year.

“” “And let me tell you, I am a big fan of pork meat, and I am not just saying that to look good here.”

- Christina Fernandez, President of Argentina, encouraging the growth of Argentina’s pig farming industry. Fernandez claims that consuming pork will have the same affects on men as taking subscribed Viagra pills.

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An omnipotent deity would prevent suffering Adrian Bardon Guest columnist

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing?

Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? — Epicurus

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he Abrahamic religions claim that an omniscient, omnipotent being of perfect moral goodness created the world.

It is nothing new to note that the existence of natural and humancaused suffering appears to cast some doubt on this superstition. The recent disaster in Haiti and its attendant death and terrible suffering is only the latest in an innumerable line of evils that this perfect being has blithely allowed. Meanwhile, between one and four million women and children are held as sex slaves worldwide.

Apparently this doesn’t seem to warrant any divine intervention either.

Michael Tooley, in a recent thorough analysis of the issue, considers the following argument: 1. If God exists, then God is omnipotent, omniscient, and morally perfect.

2. If God is omnipotent, then God has the power to eliminate all evil.

3. If God is omniscient, then God knows when evil exists.

4. If God is morally perfect, then God has the desire to eliminate all evil.

5. Evil exists.

6. If evil exists and God exists, then either God doesn’t have the power to eliminate all evil, or doesn’t know when evil exists, or doesn’t have the desire to eliminate all evil.

7. Therefore, God doesn’t exist.

This is sometimes called the “Argument from Evil.” Following Tooley, let’s consider possible answers to this argument: 8. God has to allow evil because he wants us to have free will.

We mortals value free will too, but if you see someone about to commit

a heinous crime, aren’t you obligated to do something to prevent it? One’s obligation to prevent evil does not conflict with valuing free will.

God could have given the Nazis free will — enough rope to hang themselves, so to speak — without giving them the actual material capacity to kill millions.

The free will response isn’t applicable to suffering caused by accidents, illness and natural disasters.

9. Suffering is character-building: suffering, or the confrontation thereof, is necessary for spiritual growth.

Children sometimes die before they are able to build moral character.

Crime, illness and premature death strike those of both bad and good character.

Many people of bad character are never presented with enough suffering to have the opportunity to grow in this way.

10. God is punishing us for the sins of our ancestors.

Sure. A perfect moral being would cause a child to be crushed by a

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building or die horribly from cancer, or allow that child to be molested by a priest, because of something her ancestors did.

10. The evils we see are necessary to make the universe better in some mysterious way we cannot appreciate.

Of course, the beauty of this last answer is that it can never be absolutely proven wrong. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be shown to be unreasonable.

The theist, in any other context, employs everyday reasoning to arrive at the best explanation for the phenomena she witnesses: she examines the available evidence, and provisionally accepts the most likely explanation for what she experiences while rejecting very unlikely ones.

If the theist’s smoke detector goes off, she surmises that it is detecting smoke, not that some invisible goblins are playing a prank on her.

Can we rule out the goblins with absolute certainty? No. But is it reasonable to believe in these goblins?

No.

Now let’s consider possible explanations for the data we are presented with (i.e., billions of incidences of apparently pointless suffering): An indifferent deity.

A malevolent deity.

No deity.

A benevolent deity who secretly has a good reason to burn, crush or molest children.

The last possibility cannot be conclusively ruled out no matter what we know or experience. But ordinary rules of reasoning — rules that the theist accepts in every other context — dictate that this option be rejected as unreasonable. When you see smoke, you reasonably conclude that something is burning. When you see pointless suffering in the world, you reasonably conclude that an omniscient, omnipotent, morally perfect God does not exist.

Adrian Bardon is an associate professor of philosophy. (His columns this semester are part of a book project.)

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Many people don’t know true meaning of socialism

Yet, it was Marx who said that the history of man is the history of class struggle, emphasizing the role of the interaction between the rich and the poor in the engine of history. Further, if you ask someone what socialism is, they are likely to explain that it is when the government owns everything in the society. Or, if they have an even weaker grasp of the concept, that socialism involves everyone sharing everything. Socialism is a broad term with a number of definitions, Matt Moran but the uniting factor among all of them is that Staff Columnist socialism advocates collective ownership of the ocialism, and its even more terrifying means of production. Not state ownership, mind grandfather, Marxism, are terms tossed you, but collective ownership. This would mean around frequently in contemporary that the workers in a factory or farm would not American speech. Health care reform is often only perform the actual labor, but would all be referred to as “socialized medicine” and talk owners, perhaps by sharing the stock among of universal health care is often condemned as themselves. This would improve both their living “socialism” in general. The stimulus package conditions and raise the dignity of their work, and other forms of government intervention in protecting them from the structural violence of the economy are often referred to as “socialist.” the capitalist system. This should sound neither Glenn Beck asked viewers which revolutionary radical nor dangerous, in fact it would yield they preferred; the choices wrere between benefits for the majority of the population.

Benjamin Franklin and Karl Therefore, the use of words Marx. like socialism or Marxism to Most Americans would drum up fear among people But how many of the people, immediately choose who don’t even know what like Beck, who use Marx only Franklin as their preferred they are is irresponsible. to emphasize the greatness revolutionary; he was, after all, Where does the health care bill a revolutionary. Marx did not mandate collective ownership of a historical character they participate in any revolutions, of the means of production? do like, actually understand he did however, along with How would universal (or what Marxism and, more others, provide an intellectual socialized, if you listen to spine for many revolutions, relevantly for today, socialism the political right) health which would take place and, care overturn the hierarchy actually mean? ultimately, betray Marxist between owner, manager and ideals. So unequivocally worker? Even if you think this Marx was a revolutionary hierarchy should be preserved, thinker, whose ideas still have influence today; it is simply dishonest to call the health care yet, even without knowing his history, many reform movement “socialist” so that people who Americans assume that Marx was a monstrously grew up during the Cold War will have a gut evil figure who, when put in contrast with our reaction to it. You’ll notice the political Left beloved Franklin, looks even more absurd and rarely calls efforts of the Republicans “fascist” or deplorable.

“Nazi.” Not only do these terms not describe the But how many of the people, like Beck, who Republican party, but they simply dilute serious use Marx only to emphasize the greatness of debate. a historical character they do like, actually The Democrats are hardly blameless in terms understand what Marxism is and, more of using slander to replace argument, but the relevantly for today, socialism actually mean? onus is on the Republicans to stop scaring For instance, if you asked someone if they think people from supporting a bill which would that social problems like drugs, alcoholism, provide nearly all Americans with health care. violence against women or excessive religion Perhaps if people really understood that the bill are caused by poverty, they are likely to agree. is aimed at helping them, rather than taxing Yet, explanations of social problems through them into Soviet Russia, the absurdity of Beck the economic conditions which create them and the Tea Party movement would be exposed. is an explicitly Marxist explanation. Or ask Until words like “socialism” have stopped being someone if great historical movements can hijacked, however, this is unlikely. be explained by economic conditions, which Matt Moran is a sophomore from Pittsburg, demand change, they are likely to agree. Our Penn. own revolution would certainly be an example.

Obama currently lacks S fiscal responsibility Elliot Engstrom

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hings are not going well for President Obama at the moment. With his approval ratings falling and Republicans taking key seats in Congress, the president had to act, and act quickly, in order to salvage the reputation of himself, his party and his government.

And, not surprisingly, President Obama took a move right out of the usual government playbook — he shot out some populist rhetoric to both appease the masses and give the talking heads a distraction, while promising nothing that he cannot take back when the time comes.

I am referring to both the promise of a spending freeze and the guarantee that U.S. troops will be pulled out of Iraq by August 2010, both of which will ultimately prove to be little more than empty promises meant to bolster support for the current American regime.

The planned “spending freeze” proves artificial enough when subjected to even a mild analysis.

First off, the freeze would not go into effect until 2011, which leaves a lot of time to increase levels of spending before they are frozen. If President Obama really thought that the current amount of government spending is detrimental to our nation, he would cut spending now.

One might wonder if Obama’s admission of the problem of massive government spending undermines his own Keynesian ideas of reviving the economy through increased government spending — but this is a subject for another day.

The second, and most laughable, part of the spending freeze is that, upon examination, it only includes one-eighth of the federal budget. For example, the State Department budget, entitlements, military spending and nearly all foreign aid programs are all exempt.

So, while the government will be freezing domestic spending due to the torn nature of our economy, taxpayer dollars will continue to be sent out of the country for war and foreign aid, both of which usually do more harm than good. It also seems that the freeze will not be able to pass through Congress, as

many of the funds to be frozen include the salaries of domestic government workers and subsidies to such groups as educators and farmers. Members of Congress will know that while the freeze might look good from the outside, it would be political suicide in their own districts; these people will be livid that their salaries are taking the hit instead of war or foreign aid funds.

The issue of pulling the troops out of Iraq is as much a move for populist support and Republican-Democrat unification as the spending freeze is — it lacks almost any real substance. Here as well, Obama’s actions and words do not add up, as while he promises to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, he has orchestrated the largest military budget in the history of the United States.

Firstly, one must remember that the issue is not the war in Iraq — the issue is war in general. The conflict in Afghanistan rages on, and President Obama continues to attempt to please the Democrats by seeming “different” than Bush in that he is changing the emphasis from one country to another, and that he is different from Republicans by trying to show that he is willing use military force to defend the United States.

The fact is that nothing in the interest of the American people is being accomplished in either Iraq or Afghanistan.

The American people, largely the lower and middle class due to inflation, are being looted due to the ever increasing expenditures of the American empire.

So, while President Obama has promised to remove troops from one nation, the fact remains that we are actively engaged in a war that is at least equally as useless in Afghanistan, and also have troops stationed in another 140 countries all over the world.

The problem in both of these scenarios is that President Obama, or his handlers, are not committing to any useful or helpful principles that could help the American people out of the nation’s current precarious situation. He promises a spending freeze, but says nothing about the fact that the government’s current economic policies are setting the state for the next, and larger, financial collapse. He promises to pull troops out of Iraq, but says nothing about the fact that he is sowing the seeds for an increase in the size and scope of America’s military and economic empire.

All the while, the people are looted, and the government profits.

The question of why this occurs is an interesting one, and finds its answer in the nature of the incentive structure created by government. I’ll examine this issue next week.

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

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God, science and ethics: How they can coexist Robert Audi

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his is in response to the first two interesting, provocative articles by my colleague Adrian Bardon.

I appreciate many things he says but I want to stress that many philosophers differ greatly with him and that there is also much more diversity among religious people than his articles suggest.

Bardon says “the theist seems strangely uninterested inevidence” (“Blind faith leads to a destructive environment,” Jan. 14), but omits to mention the sophisticated literature intended to provide evidence. He continues, “The Christian ... wholly on the basis of a text ... is perfectly willing to believe that there is an invisible superbeing ... actually three of them, who are really just one.”

Three points: there is no single theistic view on these matters; second, no thoughtful Christian understands the Trinity as implying the contradiction mentioned; and third, testimony in the Biblical narratives and by other people is one kind of evidence and must be carefully assessed rather than summarily rejected.

We all believe much that rests on testimony we read and hear.

Regarding “the real danger of our continued indulgence of religion,” Bardon says, “our indulgence of irrational belief ... create(s) an environment in which those willfully deluded by self-interest can block reasonable, scientifically grounded steps to ensure our long-term well-being.” One wonders what he thinks “we” (those who can identify the “willfully deluded?”) should do about “indulgence” of religion. I am sure he doesn’t favor repression or censorship. I think he is calling for more and better critical thinking. I heartily join him there, but I believe enlightened religious people do also.

He mentions climate change but gives no indication of how denying global warming is abetted by religion. Stem cell research has been religiously opposed by some, but many theists have defended it.

Bardon’s second article (“Moral standards exist independent of God,” Jan. 21) attacks divine command ethics: the view that moral obligation is based on divine commands, e.g. the Ten Commandments. But he doesn’t mention that many religious people also reject it. Philosophers who defend it commonly argue that, given the divine nature, God’s commanding wrongdoing is impossible.

Bardon says, “If God creates moral reasons themselves, then God cannot be constrained

in which reasons to select.” But some philosophical defenses stress that the theory presupposes a loving God — and no plausible version omits presuppositions about God’s nature. Love certainly does constrain one’s reasons.

Bardon ignores such writings, but suppose we agree in rejecting divine command theory.

He says, “Goodness itself doesn’t depend on God, which means that believing in God has nothing to do with being good.” Even if the premise is plausible enough to accept for the sake of argument, it doesn’t justify Bardon’s conclusion. Goodness itself doesn’t depend on our relations with our families and friends either, but being good has much to do with those relations. Notice also that even if the basis of our obligations is not divine will, God would infallibly know what they are, and divine commands — and the wisdom of scriptures reasonably interpreted — may reinforce and clarify our obligations.

When Bardon proceeds to say, “neither is being religious well-correlated with moral goodness,” he cites no evidence, though some sociological evidence points the other way.

But consider being, say, devoutly Christian.

Could anyone be a genuine Christian without at least good will and a commitment to justice, veracity and respect for persons? To be

otherwise does not square with any plausible reading of the New Testament. Bardon may be thinking of people who merely claim to be religious. But we cannot judge the potential of religion to support morality by looking at mere claimants; and — in doing the critical thinking Bardon and I teach — we cannot judge that potential until we distinguish the different varieties and identify the reasons for their differing potentials.

As to Bardon’s view that “Scientific naturalism ... offers evidence-based claims about reality,” and “encourages criticism and testing,” I am certainly sympathetic. But rigorous science is compatible with theism.

Conceiving nature as God’s creation can even enhance scientific motivation to understand it. It is philosophical naturalism — roughly the view that nature is all there is — that is anti-theistic. The scientific approach to the natural world does not require endorsing that much-debated philosophical view. I suspect that is religious fundamentalism and Biblical literalism that Bardon is chiefly targeting. In that numerous theists can join him.

Robert Audi is the Thomas J. Lynch Distinguished Visiting Scholar (professor of philosophy and David E. Gallo Chair in Ethics at the University of Notre Dame).

Our lack of maturity forced ALE officers to intervene Students should accept the consequences of their dangerous acts Meghan Haenn

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was disappointed to see that the editorial staff at the Old Gold & Black chose to focus their efforts on blaming the local Alcohol Law Enforcement agency for the transgressions that occurred on Kiss Night. In reality, we need to recognize that our dangerous and immature decisions as a student body led to a devastating and potentially disastrous situation.

The facts of the situation are this: university students chose not only to drink underage, but to drink copious amounts of liquor. I understand that students normally drink underage, but the levels of consumption here last weekend weren’t anything close to normal or safe.

The choices we made put not only ourselves in danger, but also the entire local community. The county EMT director asked that the party be shut down because all of the county’s ambulances were being used to transport university students. Students were not just drunk or tipsy; these hospitalizations were for dangerous medical situations. Elliott Engstrom asked who the ALE thought they were

protecting by shutting down the event at Millennium. Perhaps they were protecting everyone else who lives and pays taxes in this county (“ALE’s actions started unnecessary chaos,” Jan. 28). Can you imagine the consequences if someone had died on the scene of a terrible car accident because all of the ambulances were too tied up with drunken university students?

I am not happy that my peers were left wandering the streets of downtown Winston-Salem looking for a way back to campus, but I think we need to acknowledge that none of the events you complained about would have occurred had we acted like adults. We need to own up to our actions as a student body.

We made bad choices.

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We drank too much, we hazed younger students until they were hospitalized and, at the end of the night we, chose to blame everyone but ourselves. Many students have asked me what the big deal is about all of this because it’s not like someone died or something.

Well it’s like someone almost died.

A few people almost died.

Does it take a student death for us to realize where we went wrong? We can live by a higher standard than just escaping death. My hope is that students can turn this around. We messed up badly last weekend.

Let’s own up to our mistakes and readjust our perspective on the events of last weekend.

ALE would not have been involved had we behaved in a decent manner.

Our administration has exhibited a great amount of trust in the student body, especially when it comes to events involving alcohol. Looser lounge restrictions and events like Seize the Quad demonstrated their faith in us. What have we shown them now?We ruined our own party.

We put the lives of so many other people in danger. It’s time we admitted it. We are better than this and need to show it to both the administration and community.

I hope that we can all arrive at the mature conclusion that binge drinking ourselves into oblivion is beneath our way of life here at Wake Forest.

Meghan Haenn is a senior history major from Arnold, Md.

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Show some restraint on partying behaviors attempting to recount the events of the previous evening. However, at times, students have taken things too far; they have crossed the threshold of having fun and being recklessly unintelligent.

Perhaps, and stick with me on this, there is a limit to the amount one should drink, and there is a level of responsibility that should be met by individuals here at the university.

Unless you have been truly oblivious to gossip over the last week, the stories revolving around Kiss Night have become commonplace. By this point, most of us could recant a number of stories — factual or fictitious — spurred from that infamous night.

We have gotten to the point where these stories have become immortalized; we laugh and poke fun at the stories that the Forsyth Medical Facilities couldn’t handle the number of cases related to alcohol abuse. We boo and hiss the ALE for breaking

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rom movies such as Animal House and American Pie to TV shows such as The Office and Friends and songs ranging from “Tonight’s Gonna Be a Good Night” to “Waking up in Vegas,” the images of drunken partying and tactless behavior have been engraved into our heads. We are being raised in a society that has decided to focus on the partier within us all and having the majority of Saturday and Sunday afternoons spent

into Millennium and squashing the good ’ole Wake tradition. When it comes down to it, when you look at the events of the past weekend, who is to blame? Can we, in good conscience, really blame the ALE for this so called “pre-meditated raid”?

Maybe, just maybe, we should blame ourselves. We are, after all, adults, with the ability to act maturely and intelligently. After all, we did all get in to Wake — a school that we consistently brag is the beacon of North Carolina higher education.

Shouldn’t we be smart enough to know the limits we have on our alcohol consumption? I hope this article won’t make its way to your dartboard, because I am blaming every student for our troubles over the past weeks.

Rather, I hope that we realize what is at stake. We all enjoy going out and having fun. My fraternity sent pledges to Kiss Night, all of whom engaged in

the rituals, including a few who got more drunk than they should have. I understand that it is a night meant for fun and joyous celebration after the successful completion of the rigorous process of rush. However, if we continue on this terrible pattern, we are doomed to be in far worse trouble than we currently find ourselves.

We must realize the importance of a little responsibility and common sense.

We must realize that if we do not change our ways, if we do not learn to moderately control our consumption, things could take a turn for the worse.

People could go to jail, and far more troubling, people could die. Instead, take this article as a wake up call. I’ll be the first to admit that I am not perfect, nor will I ever be. Yet, I am able to see a problem that has fallen upon our little community. We all look for ways to have fun, we just need to use caution in doing it. Consuming

alcohol can be fun. Going into an alcohol-induced coma is not.

At the university, we are controlled by our incessant desire to get good grades. If we were to receive a grade for our behavior, we’d all study for hours and cram at the last minute, working hard to do the best possible. The next few weeks in the university social scene are indeed a test. Let’s make a promise to work hard to show our peers, our school and our administration that we are able to succeed. Working hard now is a far better option than getting back that grade and seeing that we failed.

Because, in life, failing can only lead you down a dark and dangerous path.

So, let’s buckle down, dive in and do the best we can with this situation.

Let’s show the school that we really do deserve high marks.

Hamlin Wade is a sophomore from Charlotte, N.C.

We can all help to prevent alcohol poisoning Cecil Price

and were referred for care at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Within a two-hour period on Jan. 23, six students were transferred by ambulance from campus to the emergency room for alcohol related problems. This number of ambulances in such a short period of time strained the emergency medical resources of Forsyth County. The attending physician in the emergency room also expressed concern about the numbers of students with severe alcohol related problems that required treatment that weekend. This was not a “typical” pledge weekend for any of us.

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uch has been said and written about the events of the weekend of January 22-24. I assume much more will be said and written as this semester progresses. On Jan. 22 and 23, the staff of the Student Health Service as well as responders from the Wake Forest Emergency Response Teams assessed several students with severe alcohol toxicity. A significant number of these students required care beyond the resources of the Health Service

Since that weekend, I’ve had conversations with a number of students about these events. Most students reported having a fun time with their friends and their student organizations that weekend. To be clear, I’m sure most students did have a fun time and alcohol “poisoning” was the last thing on their minds.

As a physician my concern is that members of our community found themselves in serious and, in some cases, life-threatening medical situations related to alcohol abuse.

When I spoke with my staff about this weekend, their response was fear:

Fear that students found themselves in such severe conditions; fear that “it could have been far worse;” fear that nothing would be done in the future to prevent this from happening again; fear that nothing could be done to prevent this from happening again.

I wish I had a simple answer to solve this problem, but I’m not sure that such a “simple” solution exists.

The university has a long-established commitment to addressing this issue as is evident by the university’s Alcohol Position Statement (wfu. edu/shs/alcoholpositionstatement. html) and educational programming

made available and presented to students from the time they arrive on campus at orientation. All of us at the university need to look even closer at any and all possible actions to prevent members of the Wake Forest community from having such serious consequences from the abuse of alcohol.

Most importantly, we need to work together as a community — students, faculty and staff — to find new solutions.

Cecil D. Price, M.D., Director of the university’s Student Health Service.

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the playground and the existing The wall was completed in wall–adults sat on it, children October of 2009 and the dediA need for reconstruction at climbed, over and on top and, cation ceremony took place Jan. a community center in Chapel above all, were attracted by the 28 this year. The entire project Hill, N.C., presented the town hill,” Finn said. took a total of nine months for Finn knew that the main fabrication and installation. with an opportunity to show off the talent of a local artist through purpose of the wall should be The project was directed by a creative and multi-functional to provide the city of a safe place wall.

Chapel Hill’s The university’s David Finn, a for children Public Arts “I set out to make the new wall professor of art at the university to explore, Office. function above all as a climband former Chapel hill resident, climb on and The total ing experience for children. The budget for was selected by the Chapel Hill enjoy.

“So I set city council to design and install the project humps, bumps, steps, saddles out to make and seats you see are the result.” was $47,600, the artistic project.

Two university seniors, Joseph the new wall w h i c h David Finn Awotwi and Thaddeus Stephens, f u n c t i o n encompassed Art Professor assisted Finn in the installation above all as design, faba climbing process. rication and According to the Chapel Hill experience installation town’s website, the completed for children,” of the wall artwork is entitled Sculptural Finn said, “The humps, bumps, The purposes of the project, Climbing Wall. The work con- steps, saddles and seats you see are according to the city, were to sists of low, safety-approved, the result–and I think the delight replace the current crumbling interlocking blocks of molded I have in looking at these shapes wooden wall with a wall that kept and carved concrete with river- has everything to do with my the low hillside from collapsing, stone aggregate. It was designed imagination of being four years provide an area for parents to sit to include undulations for chil- old and climbing on them.” near the playground and watch Finn was inspired in his design their children as well as a play dren and adults to sit and climb by two very different artistic object on which children may on.

During the design stage, public creators: Henry Moore and Dr. climb and to improve the area commentary was sought in order Seuss. by adding an art element to the Moore, an English sculptor for park. to accommodate local opinion mainly public works of art who into the project.

Finn has taught at the university many times from 1987-91 and returned in Three eled e p i c t e d 1995. He graduated from Cornell ments were a b s t r a c t University and the Massachusetts required as “Even at this time of the year h u m a n College of Art, where he earned part of the there were children and adults form, was a Master of Fine Arts. artistic reconstruction: res- at the site, and I spent some time also known Finn has worked with an extentoration of the watching how the children and for creating sive variety of artistic mediums, for the sense including drawing, printmaking neighboring their caregivers used the playof touch as and photography. hillside, a safe ground.” well as sight; play space for Finn later began to focus on he created sculpture as his main medium, children and David Finn sculptures creating conventional and unconadult seatfor the blind ventional materials. ing. and sheep.

Finn spent Finn began a public art project Finn’s other artistic inspiration in New York City in the 1980s time last January, before embarking on design and fabrication of is the beloved Dr. Seuss. “Theo- in response to the dichotomy the project, observing the sur- dore Geisel’s (Dr. Seuss) illustra- of poverty and wealth existing rounding area. “Even at this tions create an over-the-top world there. time of year there were children of biomorphic shapes that, like Finn has exhibited in over 15 and adults at the site, and I spent children themselves, are always shows, including ones in New some time watching how the chil- moving, always exploring,” Finn York, London, Milan, Hong dren and their caregivers used said.

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WOMEN’S GOLF: 2/08 Northrop Grumman 3/12 Tiger/Wave Classic 3/26 Liz Murphey Classic Player of the Year Race Opening Back Up? For most of the season, John Wall highlights were a daily occurrence on Sports Center.

The Wildcats were cruising along and it seemed that Player of the Year awards were destined to become landslide parting gifts once Wall leaves for the NBA. However, though Kentucky has still only lost one game, Wall’s production has begun to slightly diminish.

Most importantly, his shooting percentage and assist-to-turnover ratio both dipped, leading to public criticism of his play by coach John Calipari.

Wall deflected such critique in subsequent interviews. Could Wall’s brief freshmen skid have opened back up the awards race?

Wall still remains a very strong competitor for these honors, but should he continue to slide, a number of other players could take charge of the race.

Ohio State’s Evan Turner, Syracuse’s Wes Johnson, Texas’ Damion James and Duke’s Jon Scheyer are all viable contenders.

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steals Ishmael Smith had at Georgia Tech, setting a new career high the men’s basketball national ranking, just outside the top 25 the men’s tennis team’s national ranking to begin the season

times in program history that women’s basketball has now beaten Virginia

{ DEAC OF THE WEEK } For the second time this season, freshman Sandra Garcia has been named ACC Rookie of the Week. Garcia earned the honor on the back of a 21 point, 11 rebound double-double performance in the Lady Deacs’ Jan. 31 upset of Virginia. Garcia led all scorers in the game, Garcia with their victory improving the team’s record to 13-8 (4-3 ACC) with nine games remaining in the regular season.

Garcia was also awarded Rookie of the Week honors back on Nov. 16, the first week that the award was given.

Amongst ACC freshmen this year, Garcia ranks fourth in scoring at 9.2 per game and second in rebounding at 7.4 per game.

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Saints v. Colts

By John Harrison | Staff writer

After crashing the greatest sports spectacle on earth for the past four years, Cinderella finally kept her dirty rotten slippers out of Super Bowl XLIV. Apologies to all fairytale enthusiasts, but it’s about time the big game includes the two best teams. The last four seasons, a three-seed or higher has crashed Super Bowl Sunday and robbed us of the titanic match-ups we deserved. Hell, the last time the top two seeds reached the final weekend – as they are supposed to do every year – most of us were in pre-school.

Finally, we get the battle of the best.

The Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints are clearly the two top teams in the league and represent the matchup we all expected, and most

wanted, to see when the season began this fall.

As a result, naturally, most expect this game to be one of the most competitive clashes of the titans in recent Super Bowl memory. But will that actually be the case? Here are the key match-ups that will likely determine the outcome of, indisputably, one of the most anticipated Super Bowls in years.

his game plan and focused on secondary receivers Pierre Garcon and Austin Collie – who combined for 274 yards and two touchdowns. That versatility and knack for adjustment will compensate for the worst rushing attack in the league and consequently, will be too much to handle for a defense that ranks 26th in pass defense. Advantage: Colts

Dwight Freeney, who has confirmed a serious ankle injury. Without him rushing into the backfield, Drew Brees will have much more time to pick apart the Indianapolis secondary and dump short passes underneath to Reggie Bush.

Though it is only one ankle on one player, that injury could open up the field for the most lethal offense in the league. Advantage: Saints

Colts Offense vs. Saints Defense To be frank, the Manning Machine will have little trouble rolling over the Saint’s defense this Sunday. The Colts’ attack is led by arguably the greatest football player on the planet, but the key to its success was revealed last weekend against the Jets. Even as New York shut down big-name receivers Dallas Clark and Reggie Wayne, Manning adjusted

Saints Offense vs. Colts Defense This contest won’t be as one-sided, as the Colts defense has proven itself in recent weeks. When they have needed stops to put Manning back out on the field in the playoffs, the Indy D has come up with several key turnovers and three-and-outs. In fact, this battle was relatively even – that is until news broke on Pro Bowl defensive end

Special Teams To be fair, Bush gives the Saints a slight edge in the return game, but that likely won’t be the most important element of the special teams’ game. Considering both of these teams won’t be punting very often, that will hurt Bush’s chances of making a big splash in the return

Sports lovers rejoice in Winter Olympics

By L.K. Davey | Staff writer

Friday, Feb. 12, marks the beginning of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, and as far as I’m concerned, the timing could not be more perfect. Super Bowl leftover “Colts-in-a-blanket” will be reheated and served as “bobsledders-in-a-blanket,” and after I throw a couple of red streamers into my decorations, the transition from Team Colts to Team USA will be complete.

The Winter Olympics is made up of 21 events over 16 days, and they predominately revolve around board and blade events.

A skier myself, I’m a fan of all of the skiing events, especially alpine skiing and ski jumping.

This year there are 22 American alpine skiers, including veterans Bode Miller, who won 2 silver medals in the 2002 Winter Olympics, and Julia Mancuso, the giant slalom gold medalist in 2006.

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sica Jerome down to 15-year-old Sarah Hendrickson. 21-year-old Anders Johnson will be America’s best shot for the gold in jumping, having won the U.S. title in 2008 and 2009, as well as the 2009 World Cup. When not watching the American skiers at work, I’ll probably be balancing my time bouncing between figure skating and bobsledding.

Figure skating always seems to come down to a heated duel between the Russians and somebody for the gold medal, probably because the Russians have won the pairs figure skating gold medal for the last 12 consecutive Winter Olympics. The American’s will have two figure skating teams challenging for the gold: Caydee Denny with Jeremy Barrett, and Amanda Evora with Mark Ladwig.

While I appreciate the athletic prowess of the skiers and skaters, I would have to say that my adoration of bobsledding stems predominately from the Disney movie Cool Runnings.

Unfortunately, Jamaica does not have a bobsled team this year, but the United States has several two and four-man teams. America’s four-man team made up of Steven Holcomb, Justin Olsen,

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Two words: Peyton Manning. The game will come down to the last few minutes and no one is better than Manning in those situations.

I’m all about the underdog and Drew Brees has had a phenomenal season. The Saints have a lot more to showcase in the Super Bowl.

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The Colts will win as coach Jim Caldwell completes his miraculous transformation from Wake failure to Super Bowl Champion.

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The Saints will be unable to stop Manning when it matters. Jim Caldwell is the best coach in the NFL after honing his skills at Wake.

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Kathryn Talbert

By Maggie Cancelosi | Staff writer Kathryn Talbert, a freshman from Lake Norman High School, was a hot commodity as a five-star recruit on TennisRecruiting.net. With strength in numbers, the tennis star also ranked up to 30 in 18’s National Ranking. Although she considered University of North Carolina and Florida State, Talbert signed a National Letter of Intent early with Wake in the fall of 2008.Talbert was also a finalist in the 2008 Spring Super National Championships Doubles and received four gold balls and one silver.

Another notable accolade includes her membership on the Fed cup team for two consecutive years. In her high school career, she won the 2008 Winter Closed Southern Championship and claimed the North Carolina’s 3A 2008 singles title. Watch out for this freshman powerhouse as the season progresses!

When did you discover your passion and talent for tennis?

Well, I actually don’t remember because I was so young — I think I was about 5 years old, and I just remember growing up playing. When I got to the age of six or seven is when I really started liking it because I did dance, soccer, tee ball, but that’s when I figured out that I really liked tennis.

Do you find it challenging to balance academics and athletics?

In high school it’s definitely not to the level that it is here. Here you really are going from class to practice. It’s hard, but we have the study hall hours every week and that helps. I mean you manage, you get tired, but it’s definitely manageable.

Did you follow the Australian Open? If so, how do you feel about the victories of Roger Federer and Serena Williams?

I actually did follow probably the women more, but it was hard to watch because it came on at three in the morning.

I watched Serena when I thought she was going to be out at the Semis when she was down a set at 4-0. I’m not a huge fan of her, but I definitely give it to her — she’s such a competitor and I admire that. I love Roger Federer — so happy about his win!

Who is your tennis idol?

Ever since I was little my favorite was Martina Hingis, obviously she doesn’t play anymore. I also really like Maria Sharapova. I know that she hasn’t been doing as great, but I just really like how she is on the court. She’s really competitive and I like that a lot.

If you could play doubles with anyone in the world, who would you pick and why?

If I could pick anyone, it would be Rafael

Sensing named King Fisher Student-Athlete of the Week Coming off of a solid performance at the Hokie Invitational on Jan. 23, senior Thomas Sensing has been named the King Fisher Society StudentAthlete of the Week.

At the Hokie Invitational, Sensing tossed a season-best of 52-00.00 in the shot put. Last season, Sensing set a school record in javelin and qualified for the NCAA Championships in both javelin and shot put and discus.

Sensing will graduate this May with a degree in Health and Exercise Science. He is also greatly involved with Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and earned the 2008-09 ACC Male Sportsmanship Award.

Nadal because that would be amazing on so many levels.

Do you prefer playing singles or doubles?

I really really like doubles, but I think I prefer singles better because it’s more like you can control what’s going on. I mean, even if your partner is having a bad day, there’s only so much that you can do. I kind of like for the fact that with singles you can control how you’re playing; you’re not letting anyone down either if you’re not having a good day.

Which upcoming match are you most looking forward to?

I’m really looking forward to when we play Florida International. I don’t know anyone really in the NCAA so far as I’m new to it, but I heard that they’re really good. The same day the men’s team plays Tennessee so overall it should be a great atmosphere.

What is your favorite motivational sports movie?

I think Rudy — it’s a classic. I mean if you don’t get inspired by that, I don’t know what will.

How would you describe the team’s dynamic?

I think that’s one of the main reasons that I chose Wake. Even though it’s a very small team, I think

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when I got a feel for it on my trip, everyone got along really well.

When I came in, even though I hadn’t seen them in months, they really welcomed me. We get along really well and we’re really close because we’re with each other all the time.

Would you want to continue your tennis career beyond college?

I don’t really know — I guess we’ll see how I do in college tennis.

When I was younger that was always my dream, but I guess we’ll just see from here. I don’t think I can ever really put the racket down. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to quit; it’ll always be a part of my life.

Has anyone ever asked you for your autograph?

Jokingly — a couple of adult friends when I was really little. Unfortunately not recently; I wish!

Have you been to the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, or any other famous tennis championships?

I went to the U.S. Open when I was 10 years old. I remember just being in awe; we were really high up in the seats, but it was amazing. I got some of the autographs. Being so young and so into tennis was the best thing that could ever happen to me.

Baseball team picked fifth in ACC Atlantic Division Jan. 28

Three women’s soccer players selected in 2010 WPS Draft

On Jan. 28, the Wake Forest baseball team was picked to finish fifth in the ACC Atlantic Division, as announced in the ACC Coaches’ Preseason Baseball Poll.

The Deacs received a total of 21 points in the poll.

Florida State was the coaches’ choice to win the Atlantic Division, receiving 10 first-place votes and 70 points overall. Clemson picked up two first-place votes and 62 points overall to finish in second. Boston College (42 points) and N.C. State (38 points) were picked third and fourth.

The Deacs open their season at home on Feb. 19 against Army.

Three former Lady Deacs will play professional soccer after being selected in the 2010 Women’s Professional Soccer Draft (WPS) Draft.

Kaley Fountain was selected with the ninth pick of the second round by the FC Gold Pride, Jill Hutchinson was taken by the Atlanta Beat with the first pick of the fourth round and the Philadelphia Independence took Caitlin Farrell with the second pick of the seventh round.

Each of these three players finished their Deacon careers highly decorated. Fountain and Hutchinson were each named All-Americans and Farrell anchored a defense that rewrote the Wake Forest women’s soccer records.

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Deacons down Miami by nine in defensive affair

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Wake Forest men’s basketball split a pair of ACC contests, falling on the road to Georgia Tech 79-59 before defeating Miami 62-53 in Joel Coliseum. The Demon Deacons’ record currently stands at 15-5 (5-3 ACC).

“To go through the first half of the ACC with games at Miami, at Georgia Tech, at Duke, at North Carolina, to be sitting at 5-3 right now, I’m proud of those guys in that locker room,” Head Coach Dino Gaudio said.

The game in Atlanta was a Jekyll and Hyde affair as in the first four minutes of the game it looked like Georgia Tech would be the team on the wrong side of a blowout. The Demon Deacons scored on each of their first six possessions to jump out to an early 13-6 lead.

From there the well would suddenly run dry. Wake Forest would make only six more field goals in the entire half, shooting 32 percent to go into the break trailing the Jackets 35-29.

The Deacons would cut the lead to two, but senior defensive specialist L. D. Williams picked up his third and fourth fouls only 11 seconds apart and was forced to the bench three minutes into the second half.

“His fourth foul was a big foul because we had broken the press,” Gaudio said.

“He crossed the timeline and picked it up and they had trapped him there. He’s usually very strong with the ball, but he sort of lost it and it got away from us right there, so that was a tough fourth foul on him.”

Things did indeed get away from the Deacons. The Yellow Jackets exploded

for a 17-4 run to take a 54-37 lead with twelve minutes to play, and Wake would never again get within single digits.

“I think they were able to get stops.

We couldn’t score the ball. Conversely we couldn’t stop them,” Gaudio said. “I think during that run there we missed some free throws that could have stopped the bleeding a little bit and we didn’t do it.”

The Demon Deacons struggled in almost every facet of the game, shooting season-low marks of 33 percent from the field and 17 percent (3-of-19) from three-point range. Defensively, they allowed the Yellow Jackets to make 54 percent of their field goals – the highest for any Wake opponent all season.

Georgia Tech focused on stopping the Deacons’ potent transition offense, hustling back on defense and at times putting only one offensive rebounder on the block during free throws. When combined with the Jackets’ lights-out shooting day, the strategy paid off as Wake scored only seven points on the fast break.

“We’re really good at getting stops and running,” senior point guard Ishmael Smith said. “I think for a stretch there they hit a couple shots. If I’m not mistaken I think this is the highest anybody has shot against us (this year).”

Atlanta has not been kind to Wake Forest in recent years. The Demon Deacons have lost six consecutive games in the arena affectionately known as the “Thrillerdome,” and also fell in the first round of last year’s ACC Tournament which was held in the Georgia Dome.

“Coach told us before the game that we had never won here and I think we did a poor job in not coming out with a win,” Smith said. “We’re going to get back to the drawing board, hopefully pick up a big win against Miami and get back

on track.” And get back on track they did. For the second game in a row Wake Forest got off to a lightning-fast start, as the Deacs took a 25-8 first-half lead against Miami. Defense was the name of the game, as Wake forced Miami to miss nine of their first ten field goals.

The Hurricanes shot a season-low 29.6 percent from the field on the night.

The Hurricanes refused to go away as they slowly cut into the Deacon lead in the second half. Miami would get as close as three points on a three-pointer from Garrius Adams with 5:38 to play in the game, but the Demon Deacons’ stifling defense would give up only one more point. Wake Forest ended the game on a 7-1 run, making five-of-six free throws in the sequence.

“I thought we did a terrific job down the stretch. I think they scored one point in the last five minutes and I think we stopped them on seven or eight consecutive possessions,” Gaudio said. “I think that was the difference in the game, along with making some big free throws down the stretch (from) C.J. (Harris) and L.D. (Williams).”

The victory was made even more significant in that it came despite a subpar offensive performance from leading scorer Al-Farouq Aminu. Aminu, who came into the night averaging 17 points per game, scored only six points, with four of those coming from the foul line.

He did have a strong night on the other end of the floor grabbing nine rebounds and blocking four shots.

“I want him out there. I think he’s a guy that you win with,” Gaudio said when asked about Aminu’s off-night.

“He struggled a little bit tonight, but I’m glad he’s wearing a white uniform.”

Wake Forest will return to action when it travels to Charlottesville, Va. to take on Virginia on Feb. 6.

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Ishmael Smith and Al-Farouq Aminu play heavy defense on a Miami opponent. The Deacs would go on to win 62-53.

M. tennis splits opening indoor event

21 high school seniors sign with Deacons

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The men’s tennis team opened up their season at the ITA Indoor Kickoff at the University of Kentucky. The Deacs split their first two matches, beating Minnesota then falling to Kentucky.

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The preseason No. 16 Wake Forest men’s tennis team kicked off their 2010 campaign at the ITA Team Indoors Kickoff in Lexington, Ky. In the first day of action, The Deacs defeated 31st ranked Minnesota 4-2.

The national No.16 doubles team of Iain Atkinson and Steven Forman helped Wake Forest capture the doubles point, defeating Sebastian Gallego and Phillip Arndt 8-6. Jonathan Wolff and Zach Leslie clinched the point for the Deacs, winning their match 8-5.

In singles action, Atkinson, 41st ranked singles player in the country, was upset by Gallego 6-2.

“There were a couple of really long points that I lost, and that ended up turning the match completely on its head and my opponent started playing well and I couldn’t really find a rhythm anymore,” he said.

Thankfully his teammates were able to pick up the slack with wins from Steve Forman (6-3, 7-5) Frank Carleton (6-4, 6-1), Danny Kreyman (6-2, 7-5), and Zach Leslie (6-4, 5-4 DNF).

On the second day the Deacons faced No. 14 Kentucky, with Wake losing in an extremely close matchup.

Atkinson redeemed himself, winning his singles match against Brad Cox 6-3, 6-3, and his doubles match 8-5 over Eric Quigley and Cox, the ninth ranked doubles team nationally. That was the only doubles win the Deacs had, however, as Kentucky captured the doubles point.

In singles, Frank Carleton defeated 39th

ranked Alex Musialek 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, in a huge upset to help out his team’s cause. It wasn’t enough however, as Leslie and freshman Danny Kreyman fell in their respective matches 6-2, 6-2 and 6-7 (7-2), 6-4, 6-2. Jonathan Wolff was the third singles winner on the day for Wake.

“Overall it was disappointing not to make it through to the National Indoors Sweet 16, but we have such a young team that the experience of a tough match away from home so early in the season is going to be a great learning experience for them,” Atkinson said.

“We have a lot to build and work on but we know with the right work we can be one of the top 10, probably top 5 teams come the end of the season in May.” The Demon Deacons go on the road again for their next match, travelling to William and Mary on Feb. 13.

For most high school seniors, Feb. 3 is just another day of classes. However, for a select group of high school football players, the first Wednesday of February has a completely different meaning.

It is the culmination of their high school football careers. It is national signing day, the day when the top high school talent from across the country sign their letters of intent to play football on the next level.

This signing day brings in 21 new athletes to the Demon Deacon football program in what is arguably the best recruiting class in the history of the University.

“We are very pleased with the class we are bringing in,” Head Coach Jim Grobe said. “This is a class I really like because I think it is really balanced.”

The class is highlighted by the signing of fourstar recruit cornerback AJ Marshall. Marshall, who has been rated as the ninth best cornerback in the nation, recorded 75 tackles and four interceptions as a junior and has the potential to contribute immediately for the Demon Deacon squad.

This recruiting class has also seen the Deacons strengthen their ties with Florida powerhouse Pahokee High School. In years past, Pahokee has produced Deacon standouts Alphonso Smith and D.J. Boldin. On Feb. 3, the high school had 11 players sign letters of intent to play Division I football.

Of those 11, the Deacs nabbed three recruits in linebacker Zachary Allen, defensive tackle Anthony Ford and cornerback Merrill Noel.

Noel, who de-committed from Florida State to follow his other two teammates to Winston-Salem, recorded 65 tackles, six sacks and four interceptions during his senior campaign.

Allen and Ford have already enrolled in the university and have started classes, which will enable them to participate in spring practice.

“These are kids who were recruited off of success,” Grobe said. “This is a very athletic class.”

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game. On the other hand, several Super Bowls over the last decade have come down to the final field goal, so don’t discredit the importance of the kickers.

Looking only at this past season, its tough to find a favorite between the Colts’ Matt Stover and Garrett Hartley.

In fact, both were 9 for 11 on the season for an equal 82 percent success rate. Thus, we need to turn to the deciding factor – experience. This is Stover’s 20th year in the league, whereas it’s Hartley’s second. Stover has made 471 career field goals, whereas Hartley has made 22. Good luck, kid.

Advantage: Colts

have similar coaching resumes. Most notably, both have been on the sidelines as assistant coaches in one Super Bowl (Caldwell won one with the Colts in 2007, Payton lost one with the Giants in 2001), so there should be no deer-in-the-headlights looks from either coach. To his credit, Caldwell also has a big time collegiate victory under his belt – a 1999 Aloha Bowl victory with none other than Wake Forest. However, this contest again comes down to experience at the helm. The Saints’ Payton has been a head coach in the NFL for four years and essentially built the team he is bringing into Miami. Caldwell is in his first year at the top of the food chain and is still coaching a team (granted, a great team) built by his predecessor, Tony Dungy.

Advantage: Saints

Coaches Perhaps the most least-known combination of Super Bowl coaches, Sean Payton and Jim Caldwell

The Defining Storylines With it all tied up between these two teams, the deciding factor may be the degree of inspiration

with which each team plays. Certainly, everyone on the field will leave it all out on the field in hopes of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy. But there are always special storylines that permeate the Super Bowl and push players to give more and play harder than anyone thought possible. For the Colts, it will be easy to draw inspiration from Pierre Garcon, who has made it clear he is playing for his many friends and family in Haiti. And if that isn’t enough, you can certainly draw some inspiration from starting guard Kyle DeVan. In case you haven’t heard, the big guy was working as substitute teacher this time last year and is now starting in the Super Bowl.

Even Hollywood would refuse that script for being too Hollywood.

Nonetheless, you can only draw so much inspiration from a few players. The Saints – well they have an entire city of desperate fans from which to draw an unparalleled level of motivation. New Orleans faithful have continued to pull for the

‘Aints despite year after year of futility. To be fair, few fanbases would stick with a team as bad as the Saints have been over the last forty years. Nonetheless, they have stuck around with mind-boggling persistence.

Not to mention the fact that the Saints players know how much a Super Bowl celebration would help further remove the haunting memories of Katrina. Thus, with the two best teams playing against one another and little to differentiate between them, I believe it will be the Football Gods (the same ones that stuck that ball to David Tyree’s helmet a couple years ago) who finally grant decades of wishes in New Orleans.

I believe the promise of the greatest parade in the history of mankind will push the Saints players.

And I believe on Monday, cheers of “Who Dat” will be heard across the country.

Prediction: Saints 37, Colts 35

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Winter Olympics lay on the horizon Continued from Page B1

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The women’s tennis team has hit a rough patch recently, falling to VCU and Yale in its last two meets. The Lady Deacs will host DePaul on Feb. 6 in their next matchup.

By Gary Pasqualicchio | Staff writer

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The women’s tennis team fell 4-2 to Virginia Commonwealth University on Jan. 30 and 6-1 to the Yale Bulldogs on Jan. 31 at the 2010 ITA kickoff. As the No. 2 seed in their region in early ITA rankings, the Lady Deacs were paired with third-seeded VCU in the opening round.

The Deacs got a doubles win from their top team of senior Sasha Kulikova and freshman Kathryn Talbert, but dropped the second and third doubles in losing the crucial doubles point.

Kulikova and Talbert again stood strong in their matches at first and second singles respectively, dropping only nine games combined in

four sets. However, juniors Emilee Malvehy and Kat Reveche and senior Aileen Davis were all battered by their competition in straight sets.

Sophomore Ryann Cutillo, playing at No. 4 singles, was ahead 4-3 in the second set after losing the first when the match was called.

With their much-desired championship matchup with Duke snatched from their hands, the Deacs turned to the consolation match with another tough team, Yale.

After being hammered by the Blue Devils 7-0, Yale was looking to rebound, and that they did.

In an incredibly close 6-1 tennis match, Yale claimed four three-set matches en route to an upset victory.

The Lady Deacs couldn’t get Kulikova and Talbert any help in doubles as they dropped the doubles point by losing two of three. In singles, things got off to a tough start when Malvehy was quickly topped by Yale’s Jessica Rhee 6-3, 6-1.

However, Kulikova, Reveche and Davis all won their first sets. After Kulikova pulled a big upset win at first singles over No. 87 Stephanie Kent, Reveche and Davis dropped their second sets and headed to a decisive third.

Meanwhile, Cutillo and Talbert had battled back to send their matches to a third set as well.

The Deacs were trailing 2-1, but couldn’t steal the win. Talbert lost her third set 6-4 and Reveche 6-3, while Cutillo and Davis were blown off the court 6-0 and 6-1, respectively.

While the Lady Deacs suffered some losses at this tournament, they still sit 3-2 on the season and have four solid teams coming to WinstonSalem in the coming month.

If the Lady Deacs want to be a contender for another NCAA berth, they need to pick up some quality non-conference wins.

The résumé-building continues on Feb. 6, when the team will host Big East foe DePaul.

Steve Mesler and Curt Tomasevicz just won the 2009 World Cup, and is the best shot for an American Gold in Vancover.

Outside of the featured sports, two events have recently gathered a lot of steam since the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City; these events are curling and speed skating.

After doing some extensive research, I learned that curling is a lot like broomball, a favorite American pastime if you are an American living in Minnesota.

If you are not from Minnesota, curling is a little like bocce ball on ice. Fortunately for America, the entire men’s curling team is from Minnesota, and I have no doubt that they will bring home the gold.

Unlike curling, the concept of speedskating is not foreign to most Americans.

Interestingly, according to the Winter Olympics 2010 Web site, speedskating is “the fastest human powered, nonmechanical aided sport in the world.”

Skaters can evidently reach Davis speeds of more than 37 mph in the 500 and 1000m dash.

In November, Stephen Colbert declared that Colbert Nation would officially sponsor the American speedskating team, and challenged American Champion Shani Davis to a skate-off. Davis was actually the first black male to ever win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics.

He will join fellow Americans Chad Hedrick and short track star Apolo Anton Ohno in vying for medals this year.

While most Februarys are somewhat lackluster after the Super Bowl ends, it is cheering to hear that the Winter Olympics will pick up where football leaves off. Whether watching for the athleticism, or bragging rights, Vancouver will offer over two weeks’ worth of solid entertainment that will bide any student’s time until Spring Break.

W. basketball downs No. 20 Virginia on home court, 64-57

By Calais Zagarow | Contributing writer

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The women’s basketball team routed yet another ACC contender at the Joel on Jan. 31 with a 64-57 upset over No. 20 Virginia.

This win brings the Demon Deacons to a 15-6 record overall and 4-3 record in the ACC after defeating Clemson by 20 points on Jan. 24.

The Cavaliers took an early 6-2 lead on Sunday with the help of leading scorer in the ACC, Monica Wright.

However, Wright was smothered by Wake Forest’s crippling defense, leaving UVA with an eight-point deficit going into the second half.

With the Demon Deacons leading 29-21, the Cavaliers Ray managed to attain just a onepoint gap at 16:27 in the second half with the score at 32-31.

Virginia also narrowed their point deficit following a time-out at 7:50 with three points from freshman guard Lexie Gerson.

Gerson led the Cavaliers in scoring with 15 points, and two free-throws from sophomore guard Whitny Edwards brought Virginia closer.

The Demon Deacons led 54-52 with 1:33 left on

the clock before fortifying their lead with five points from Sandra Garcia, four points from Secily Ray and one point from Courtney Morris.

The 64-57 win brought the second upset of the season for the Demon Deacons, who dethroned the No. 25 Miami Hurricanes at home on Jan. 17.

The game brought an end to a five-game streak of single-digit scoring for Wake Forest freshman Sandra Garcia, who put up a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds.

“I haven’t been playing like myself the last few games,” she said.

“But the last week something clicked and I’ve been working hard in practices, really working on rebounding and finishing strong.”

Also clocking a double-double was sophomore forward Secily Ray, who recorded 14 points and 12 rebounds during the game.

According to Head Coach Mike Petersen, the win was a result of more successful free-throws and more rebounds for his team, which has only defeated the Cavaliers two other times in the program’s history.

“I’m so proud of this team. So many times we are on the other side of these close games, but they really worked hard to get this one,” Petersen said.

The Lady Deacs will face Virginia Tech on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 6:30 p.m. in Blacksburg, VA, before heading to Tallahassee, Fla. for a game against yet another ACC competitor, Florida State, on Feb. 7.

The next home game will be against Maryland on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. Virginia Tech is coming off of two decisive losses against Maryland and Georgia Tech.

Both games were decided by double digits.

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Freshman Mykala Walker scores against Miami. Since edging the Hurricanes, the Deacs have gone 2-1, including an upset of UVA.

Vaughn records three season-bests at UNC Combined Events

By Allison Lange | Senior writer

Caroline Vaughn 6th Gwen Ricco 7th

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The men and women’s track teams traveled to Chapel Hill for the UNC Combined Events meet on Jan. 29. Bolstered by a strong showing, the teams head to Virginia Tech next week.

Members of the men’s and women’s track and field team traveled to UNC on Jan. 29 for the UNC Combined Events meet.

Seniors Caroline Vaughn and Alex Gove, along with freshmen Gwen Ricco and Maddy Ricco, competed for Wake Forest in the pentathlon.

The pentathlon consists of the 60m hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800m run.

All four women had solid performances at the meet and represented Wake Forest well.

Gove took first in the 800m run with a time of 2:22.52, with G. Ricco placing third, M. Ricco coming in fourth and Vaughn taking fifth.

Vaughn took first in the 60m hurdles, finishing in 8.62 seconds, while Gove placed fourth.

Vaughn led the way for the Deacons, recording three season-bests during the competition.

She placed sixth overall, followed by G. Ricco in seventh. This was Gove’s first pentathlon competition, and she performed well, placing eighth overall, while M. Ricco finished in tenth place.

Vaughn was happy with her performances in the pentathlon at UNC, but “there’s still lots of room for improvement,” she said.

Sophomore Alex Hill competed in the heptathlon for the men, which includes the 60m dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60m hurdles, pole vault and 1,000m run.

However, due to the inclement weather conditions, the 60m hurdles, pole vault and 1,000m run were all called off.

Hill placed second in the 60m dash with a season-best time of 7.19. At the premature end of the meet, Hill was in fifth place overall in the men’s heptathlon.

On Feb. 5-6, the men’s and women’s track and field team will travel to the Virginia Tech Elite meet in Blacksburg, Va. The meet is already the Deacs’ third hosted by Virginia Tech so far this season.

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By Jessie Ammons | Staff writer On a cold winter night in December, with everybody home for exams, the quiet of winter break had set in on campus.

Circa 6 or 7 p.m., it was pitch black already and construction workers on the New Dorm decided to go ahead and cut the power to facilitate some of their tasks. It seemed like no problem; they got their work done in a few days and soon the power was back on.

Meanwhile, a few hundred yards away, on that cold December night, a ruckus could be heard from Luter as the glows of iPhones danced in the windows. Laughter rung out across the deserted courtyard, along with a few audible bangs and bonks.

Mischievous students cooking up trouble post exams? Nope.

The laughter was actually Residence Life and Housing staff, enjoying a unique bonding experience as they moved new furniture, in the dark, into the room of Amanda Calderon, a freshman from Florida and Melody Petulla, a freshman from Tennessee.

The girls were the winners of “Extreme Wakeover: Room Edition,” a room makeover competition sponsored by Residence Life and Housing and Space Savers.

In the past, RAs have done smaller-scale competitions along similar lines as “Extreme Wakeover,” but it was not until this year that Residence Life and Housing finally had the resources to make the idea into reality.

“As Residence Life and Housing, we’re always interested in creating new fun things to do on campus so that just anybody walking around knows Wake Forest is a fun place to go to school,” Matt Imboden, coordinator of the competition and staff member of Residence Life and Housing, said.

To enter, contestants submitted a video explaining why their room was worthy of a total makeover. Videos were limited to five minutes in length or less. Melody and Amanda’s video, which can be found on YouTube, used almost the entire allotted time.

“We gave a little tour of the place and described areas we wanted improvement in,” Calderon said. Both girls agreed their room was disorganized and uncared-for before the make-

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over. “Our room had so much potential because it’s such a big room, but it was so pathetic,” Petulla admits. “In our video, every time there was something pathetic, we would stop. We had boxes over suitcases for shelves and Easy Mac bowls reused as our bowls.”

Post-submission, a team of Residence Life and Housing staff members met and selected the girls’ video. Since it was the competition’s first year, the group wasn’t targeting any specific type of room problems, but Calderon and Petulla’s utter lack of organization took the reign. Finding resources and assistance from all of the staff and Space Savers turned out to be no problem.

“Donna McGalliard, the dean of Residence Life and Housing, was interested from the beginning,” Imboden said. “We made it a priority (within the budget). We already work with Space Savers, so they were excited about it from the beginning too.”

After Calderon and Petulla were selected as winners, they were surprised by a group of staff members and given an interview reminiscent of “Trading Spaces.” The girls’ preferences and desires were discussed and taken into account. They wanted more organization, space, pinks, blues and bright colors in general. They also wanted a theme evocative of raving or dance clubs, two things they love.

“We want to rave the world. Or club the world,” Calderon said.

Upon meeting with the girls, Residence Life and Housing looked at the floor plan of their room on the second floor of Luter and discussed possibilities with Space Savers. All rooms in Luter have built-in desks, and McGalliard suggested ripping that out to maximize space and opportunity. It is actually a long-term plan to eliminate all built-in furniture in residence halls, according to Imboden.

Once colors and themes were decided on, Residence Life and Housing worked with Facilities to figure out when they could get in to the room and make everything happen. Christmas break was the ideal time window.

Their “Wake-d over” room got the newer, nicer room furniture normally used in Student Apartments, completely new

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bedding, wall stickers, desk chairs, lounge chairs, and an abundance of organizational tools. Any of the girls’ possessions not used in the makeover were stored in plastic bins for them to keep.

The moving was done entirely by Residence Life and Housing, with Space Savers coming in to organize and decorate.

Only one of the girls returned to campus early for sorority recruitment.

When they had both returned from break, the “Wakeover” team had a little celebration waiting for them. Calderon and Petulla baked brownies as a thank you gift.

Now, the two are loving their maximum use of space.

“We got tons of organizational tools and I feel like they really do help,” Calderon said. “On my old desk before I had stacks and now there’s plenty of room and everything’s where it should be.”

“Having the right tools has helped a lot,” Petulla agreed. “Before, it was so hard to find a place for everything.”

Picking a favorite part of the makeover is not hard for either resident, though –– they both love their new desk chairs. The chairs come apart into two pieces and the seat part can be used as a floor rocker, while the wheels can be used as a foot rest or a rolling table.

“As long as I get to keep this chair, I’m good,” Calderon said.

Having a “Wake-d over” room has created great new opportunities for the social roommates.

“It works well for room parties because we have so much extra seating.” Calderon said.

Imboden said the success of this year’s “Extreme Wakeover” will motivate Residence Life and Housing to continue it, and other variations, in the future.

“Our whole intent is to get people to really enjoy living on campus. We helped those girls feel that way,” Imboden said.

That much is clear. Glancing at the disco ball in the corner, Petulla grins. “I love having this room because people can see all the crazy lights going,” she said.

“The other day I heard someone say ‘I saw the second floor of Luter having a party and I was so jealous.’”

Photos and graphic courtesy of Residence Life and Housing

Theatre Preview | The Mistakes Madeline Made

Aston Players put on an unfiltered social commentary

By Richard Loria | Contributing writer

Produced by the student-run Anthony Aston Players, The Mistakes Madeline Made is an ingenious combination of revealing truths and social satire.

If only confrontation, honesty and a handful of rough edges weren’t so difficult to find.

Unfortunately, for those who enjoy the arts, it sometimes feels as though monotony dominates the playing field.

Since creativity has been stifled by censorship and a dying pursuit of originality, it’s no wonder that your roommate and everyone else is hooked on gripping reality shows like Jersey Shore and The Real World.

Although necessary from time to time, it’s a relief to see a play absent of censorship; a gritty satire that illuminates the artist’s vision as it was intended, and not the filtered version.

The Mistakes Madeline Made delves into questions concerning contemporary society, while simultaneously striking audiences with a slapstick humor that transports you away from the college bubble. Functioning indepen-

dently from the university theatre department, the Anthony Aston Players are entirely student run –– this presents the first of many reasons to attend.

As such, the team produces work that captivates and functions without the bindings that so frequently smother an artist’s passion. For 2010, the team has welded their time, money and resources into a contemporary and surrealist piece which has been missing from the university stage.

Written in 2005, The Mistakes Madeline Made is marked by a progressive style and unique humor that caters more to a “mature” college crowd, and less towards the family scene.

Despite falling under the comedy genre, the play works equally well as a social critique. Distinguished business men and students alike, are well acquainted with the constant pressure to work, surpass and succeed.

The decorum of society has cultivated an aversion toward weakness and an acceptance of nothing less than perfection.

While the recipe for success has its place, it frequently sneaks to the top of our priority list, making friends, fam-

ily, and other emotional attachments sit on the back burner.

Instead of building these proverbial facades, our protagonist Madeline gives convention the finger, and subsequently finds herself dealing with issues through vastly unconventional means.

The results seem ridiculous and comical, but only because they are a perfect counterbalance for the never-ending push towards success.

What initially appears to be a ludicrous plot line is actually an ingenious way of promoting a life in which we function at our own pace: one that facilitates self acceptance rather than loathing.

My general advice is to sit back and watch a refreshing play that focuses on Madeline, a girl who refuses to care about her job’s expectations and the smell that has begun to emanate from her refusal to shower, which is obviously her way of “sticking it to the man.”

Her interests instead, lie in dealing with her brother’s death, a writer by trade.

She finds herself constantly delving into a hysterical subconscious realm

Photo courtesy of Richard Loria

Anthony Aston Players members rehearse for The Mistakes Madeline Made, an edgy drama that is set to open Feb. 4. and trying to replace his absence by falling grossly in love with anyone who titles himself a journalist, which, in most cases, turns out to be young men who struggle with their thesis statements.

The ridiculous combination leaves you thoughtfully entertained by the subliminal manifestation of society’s problems while in hysterics about the way an ingenious director is able to convey his message.

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He Said | Demon Deacons, let’s talk about sex

Be aware of the power of sex Budding Romance

A computer mouse was originally called “X-Y Position Indicator”

The romantic drama Love Happens, released DVD on Feb. 2, depicts what happens when you find the right person at the wrong time. After the loss of his wife, Burke (Aaron Eckhart) made his fame and fortune as a bestselling author who helped others cope with their pain, but he never took his own advice. When he meets Eloise (Jennifer Aniston), a florist, the twosome realize that they must let go of the past to move on, because sometimes love happens when you least expect it.

Top 10 Grossest Foods As college students, we know when you’re in a hurry and low on cash, you eat what you can get.

Still, it’s hard to believe these unusual dishes are eaten by choice.

1. Blood Pudding 2. Cockscombs 3. Haggis (sheep organ sausage) 4. Hasma (frog fallopian tubes) 5. Bat Paste 6. Jellied Moose Nose 7. Fermented Salmon Heads 8. Potted Meat 9. Balut (duck eggs) 10. Casu Marzu (maggot cheese)

Sweet and Sour The Sullivan County Sheriff ’s Office, inTennessee, apprehended two thieves in the middle of a strangely sweet burglary. Police found 34-year-old James M. Denoon and 18-year-old Anthony Stout hiding under a truck at the Merita Bread Company on the night of Jan. 29. The duo wasn’t after money – instead, their loot included an assortment of cupcakes and Twinkies. After the robbery, the deputies had little trouble tracking the men down.

With an inch of snow on the ground, officers just followed the footprints that led them straight to the thieves and about $300 worth of stolen snacks on the ground near by.

Drink of the Week Snowball Whether or not the snow is in future forecasts, you can make yourself a snowball anytime with this tasty drink.

1.5 oz. advocaat 8-10 oz. cold lemonade 1 lemon slice Ice cubes Place one ice cube in a glass and add advocaat. Fill the remainder of the glass with lemonade. Garnish with a slice of lemon and serve!

Ae’Jay Mitchell Staff columnist

Usually, I begin our discourse with a lovely preamble story to set the tone for the rest of the article, but I feel that some people often become distracted before they actually reach the meat of the article.

So, today I am going to jump right into the fire.

So, Wake Forest, let’s talk about sex.

My sophomore year of high school, I attended the Louisiana Thespian Festival.

One evening contained a showcase of musical theater shows performed in less than a minute.

Halfway through the act, a spoof of the Broadway musical RENT hit the stage.

Lights up. Chorus sings, “Everybody is poor and has aids, aids, aids … except not really, but yeh.”

Lights down.

The audience erupted in gregarious laughter, and I was pissed. I was pissed that this issue was being turned into comedy. This is a serious danger of sex. This is a prison sentence of sorts for those who

desired to allow themselves the freedom of their sexuality, and people were laughing!

More than four years have passed since that time, and for some reason that memory flashed into my mind on last Saturday.

I began to wonder why I was so angry that day.

It was all in good fun! It was musical theater!

After watching the Grammy Awards, I realized why.

It was because my first introduction to what sex actually was jam packed with the dangers of sex – disease, pregnancy, death.

I wanted people to take those dangers seriously, and not shrug them off as goofy commentary only suitable for theatricality.

Now, I realize that my anger was a bit ridiculous. Our generation is equipped with a great deal of information and awareness about the physical dangers of sex.

Student Health hands out condoms like cotton candy at the Dixie Classic Fair. However, there is a lurking danger that I feel needs to be discussed Wake Forest, and that is the mental dangers of sex.

Since becoming an active participant in the pursuit of understanding sexuality, I realized that sex has an uncanny power over people’s mind.

People become lost in the pleasures of sex. Ones individuality can somewhat diminish within the first pas de deux of intercourse.

I have watched friends slowly drift away to obscurity as they slowly lose their personality, seeking

sanctuary solely in the company of their lover. They are not able to break away from this mental prison unless the relationship ends, at which point the ripping apart produces a grotesque painting of mental weakening as toxic as Picasso’s Guernica.

This mental danger turns fuzzy concepts such as “I love you” or “everybody has done it” into perpetuators of sexual irresponsibility, ie Pledge Night (which is perhaps the largest playground for diseases related to sexuality, not to mention death by alcohol consumption).

Sex is POWERFUL, Wake Forest.

Let us be prepared both cognitively as well as physically in our ventures into sex.

If you do not know yourself, you WILL NEVER know your partner, and you WILL NEVER know yourself without yourself.

Be strong in mind and body! Be safe in mind and body!

Love your individuality and your individuality will love your partner.

I am sure that your partner will love your individuality because uniqueness is a direct link to creativity… and creative partners are always a plus.

“He Said” is a bi-weekly column that presents one guy’s perspective on the college sex scene. You may contact him with your feedback or ideas at mitcaa7@ wfu.edu.

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Movie Review | Edge of Darkness

Action-packed storyline lacks depth

By Katherine Marshall | Staff writer

Based on a 1985 BBC mini-series from the director of Casino Royale, Mel Gibson’s return to the screen in Martin Campbell’s Edge of Darkness follows the tumultuous journey of Boston detective Thomas Craven (Gibson) as he attempts to unravel the mystery of his daughter’s murder.

While watching the movie, I couldn’t help but find it reminiscent of The Departed.

It borrowed its faction of corrupted, flip-flopping Boston police and officials and manipulated the same type of convoluted, overly intricate plotlines.

Afterwards, I wasn’t surprised to learn that the movies share a writer, William Monahan, who evidently isn’t overly creative with his theme choices.

But while The Departed pulls these elements off quite seamlessly, in my opinion, Edge of Darkness does not do the Edge of Darkness itsamewith level of success.

Starring | Mel Gibson, Ray This is Winstone and Danny Huston partly due to Director | Martin Campbell the fact that the film takes Who’s it for? | Fans of The on many difDeparted or action flicks ferent layers Running Time | 1 hour 57mins. of plot.

Rating | B It attempts to flush out a big corporation-government conspiracy theory, a corrupted state government and police force, a father’s grief and major over-arching questions of morality.

While the combination of these components definitely makes the movie go quickly and stay entertaining, I felt lost as to what I was supposed to focus on or take from the movie.

Campbell definitely seems to have been going for a more action and excitement-driven blockbuster rather than a plot and character-rich drama.

Opening with the mysterious and dramatic shooting of Detective Craven’s daughter, the movie effectively gets viewers emotionally invested right off the bat. It then goes on to follow Craven’s investigation into the web of secrets surrounding his daughter’s job. It also looks into her involvement in corporate scandal and the possible reasons for her murder.

While several of the ensuing plot twists are predictable, there was enough intrigue to keep my interest throughout the movie. This is a good thing, because without the jumps and conspiracy, there certainly wouldn’t have been enough character development or thematic punch to make up for it.

Being from Boston, I can say that (pathetic attempts at Boston accents aside) the movie did

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Thomas Craven, played by Mel Gibson, frantically searches for answers to unravel the mystery surrounding his daughters murder. make good use of its setting, using many of the city’s landmarks and stereotypically aggressive manners to make it feel more authentic.

In his first movie after a notable break from the big screen, Gibson plays a religious and vengefully loyal Bostonian father.

While he did an excellent job the character is one that we have seen before (Sean Penn’s role in Mystic River, another Boston-set drama).

Gibson was originally supposed to be supported

by Robert De Niro as Jedburgh, an agent assigned to halt his progress in solving the murder. However,

De Niro abruptly left the film early on and was replaced by Ray Winstone. The film suffers from the substitution in my opinion, as the multifaceted Jedburgh comes off as one-dimensional and more of a plot device rather than an actual character.

Overall, the film is entertaining enough, but there is definitely room for improvement.

Edge of Darkness could have really stood out amidst the humdrum of the current lackluster movie season.

However, it seems that this is not a movie that has a whole lot of staying power.

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Restaurant Review | Vincenzo’s

Local restaurant provides authentic taste of Italy

By Pooja Patel | Staff writer

Opening in 1964, Vincenzo’s is one of the oldest restaurants in Winston-Salem.

Located off of Robinhood Road, a short 10-minute drive from campus, Vincenzo’s the buildLocation | 3449 Robin Hood Rd. ing is simHours | 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Mon. - Thurs. plistic.

11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Fri. It doesn’t grab your 12 p.m. - 12 a.m. Sat. attention Serving | Italian and seems Dress | Casual a little bland from Price Range | $10 - $20 the outRating | A side, but like they say, don’t judge a book by its cover.

The interior is a completely different story. A rich aroma fills the restaurant, which made my stomach growl.

The atmosphere of the room is relaxed with dimmed lighting and comfortable booths, with candles on every table. The waiters make you feel right at home, providing fast service and hot food.

The environment exudes the feeling that Vincenzo’s is a place that has loyal customers who frequent the eating-place on a regular basis.

It would be a great place to eat at if you wanted to avoid the sometimes overly crowded Elizabeth’s, Olive Garden or Carrabba’s.

I tend to judge every Italian restaurant by the quality and tastiness of their bread, and in this aspect, Vincenzo’s exceeded my expectations.

It was perfectly made, with the outside a bit crunchy and the inside light and soft.

However, deciding what to get is rather difficult with so many options on the menu.

Vincenzo’s lunch menu is extremely well priced.

It is $6 or $7 for sandwiches, $15 for pizzas and numerous specials like the spaghetti special, sub special, and chef salad pizza all roughly $6.

Dinner however, gets a bit pricier. Their menu consists of typical Italian dishes – the only difference is the quality of the food.

I finally decided on the eggplant parmigiana, one of their most popular dishes.

I can honestly say that it was one of the best Italian meals I have ever had.

The eggplant was lightly breaded, with alternating layers of mozzarella, baked until golden brown. The

Photo courtesy of Vincenzo’s

Vincenzo’s casual, relaxed atmosphere and mouth-watering Italian cuisine make it an excellent option for a dinner out with friends. meal included a side order of spaghetti and eggplant all covered with tomato sauce. Other meals ordered at the table included the chicken alfredo and cheese ravioli, both of which looked absolutely delectable and rich. We all left the restaurant content and

stuffed. I would highly recommend Vincenzo’s to any university student.

It’s great for when you’re looking for a cozy, delicious, family style meal that will leave you smiling.

CD Review | The E.N.D.

What I’ve Learned at Wake | by Emma Hunsinger

Peas outdo themselves

By Lauren Rustowicz | Staff writer

CD Review | The Sea

Singer produces heartfelt album

By Katie Mahone | Contributing writer

Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter/guitarist Corinne Bailey Rae had her first big breakthrough on to the music scene in 2006, with her jazzy hit single “Put Your Records On.” Her unique style, funky sound and silky voice earned her music a home in the ears and hearts of millions of listeners.

Her self-titled debut album sold over one million copies in the United States alone and led to comparisons with musical greats such as Billie Holiday, Norah Jones and Dido.

Her second album, The Sea, was released on February 1, and reveals a very different side of Rae from the one audiences came to know and love in 2006.

The English-born musician, who will be 31years old this year, has been on an emotional roller coaster since her husband of seven years died suddenly, and unexpectedly in 2008.

Jazz saxophonist Jason Rae, whom she met and while she was a student at the University of Leeds, was found dead on March 22. His death was attributed to an unintentional overdose of methadone and alcohol.

Rae responded to the tragedy with a break from her career, and basically did nothing for months. When she was finally ready to face her broken heart and shaken nerves, she returned to music as her means of therapy and hope for healing.

The result, The Sea, is an album about loss, grief, and having the courage to be vulnerable.

While it may not be as marketable or easy to dance to as her previous album, The Sea reveals an artistic maturity in Rae that cannot be taught, only learned from intense life experiences.

Rae describes the difficulty of dealing with her tragic loss: “It just sort of takes ages to sink it. You feel it and then you don’t feel it; you know what’s happened and then you don’t really know what happened…”

She channels her feelings of uncertainty into her music, with the result manifested in a series of raw, organic tracks that don’t put on a façade of happiness or fake perkiness.

She isn’t ashamed of her sadness and isn’t concerned about candy-coating her pain.

The metaphor of the sea, with its tumultuous waves and unpredictable behaviors, is representa-

tive of the unexpected twists and turns her life has taken recently.

It is clear from her lyrics that Rae is still searching for a way to move on, while constantly struggling to accept reality.

The CD’s opening track echoes over and over again the words, “Are you here / Are you here /Are you here,” that are reminiscent of happier days with her husband.

The next song, “I’d Do It All Again,” addresses an unnamed second party, remarking, “You’re searching for something, I know, won’t make you happy…” with wavering vocals and a tone of melancholy.

The majority of the songs on the album deal with the loss of her husband and her resultant grief, communicated by subdued instrumentation and minimal hooks.

Rae does, however, throw a few edgier songs into the mix.

“Paris Nights/New York Mornings” and “Paper Dolls” both provide a brief respite from the common thread of melancholic nostalgia with their sultrier vocals, lighter lyrics and punchier rhythms.

In her second album, Rae has broken out of her coffee house image and come into her own as a more soulful, serious artist.

Her songs won’t necessarily wake you up in the morning or get you pumped before going out at night, but if you’re in the mood for some thought-provoking tunes, Corinne’s your girl.

Picture yourself in a trendy Los Angelos club: hot neon colors flashing across the smoke-lit room, the floor vibrating from the pulse of the electro party mix, strobe lights.

This is the general ambience that The Black Eyed Peas have created through their fifth and latest studio album, The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies). In the last decade, The Black Eyed Peas have thrived in the pop musical mainstream through their ever-energetic mix of underground hiphop beats and pop-funk melodies.

And with the ‘80s throwback sounds of the foursome’s newest album, the Black Eyed Peas are sure to exceed the successes of any previous albums.

The album is relentless in its intensity, throwing listeners into a constant spiral of mindless lyrics and energetic beats.The E.N.D. begins with the words that we’ve all heard numerous times, whether we’ve wanted to or not. “I like that boom boom pow / Them chickens jackin' my style / They try to copy my swagger / I'm on that next, sit now.” Although incredibly overplayed, there’s something unique in the hit single “Boom Boom Pow” in that it draws listeners in while simultaneously driving them insane.

The equally popular song “I Gotta Feeling” has the same effect, as it seems to reinforce the concept of a “good night” many more times than necessary. However, if you can move past the abhorrent hype of those two songs, the rest of the album is destined to win you over, or at least get you ready to frat hop.

Sure to gain popularity are the songs “Meet Me Halfway” and “Imma Be.” Although the latter repeats those same two words a minimum of 150 times, the beats are strong and the underlying creativity of the hiphop rhythms will definitely add another Black Eyed Peas song to the charts. As always, the most entertaining factor in the foursome’s music is the compelling voice of sole female singer, Fergie. Although her usual strategy of mindless entertainment through incredibly non-poetic lyrics seems desultory, her quirky and animated voice throughout The E.N.D. grasps the attention of the audience more than the background contributions of the other Peas.

Fergie especially shines in “Out Of My Head,” a funky techno mix that clashes a slow melody with a quick beat. With their adventurous turn into obscure and uncharted pop territory, The Black Eyed Peas shake up the music industry once again. If you can stomach the lack of intelligent lyrics and appreciate the raging current of ‘80s hiphop beats, this album is definitely going to be a great addition to your party playlist.

With that, we send a “Mazel Tov” right back to the Peas as they continue on their journey to commercial pop success.

Traditions Council | Keeping the Old with the New

Brian’s Song screened in honor of football great Elizabeth Garret Staff columnist

The Traditions Council is on a mission to keep the spirit of, what else, tradition, alive within our campus. In order to ensure that we students stay connected to the university’s rich history, the organization has and will continue to sponsor a wide variety of events, some already established and others that we hope will catch on to one day

become a tradition. On Jan. 27, the Traditions Council partnered with Student Union to show the 1971 film Brian’s Song. The movie, as many of us are probably aware of, chronicles the life of legendary university alum and athlete Brian Piccolo.

I think it’s safe to say that every student who has matriculated through the university has heard the name Brian Piccolo a good 500 times. But how many of us have ever taken the time to watch the movie and really get to know the touching story of the man for whom the campus’ largest charitable initiative is named? Probably not that many of us.

So, in response to this sad state of affairs, the Traditions Council has set out to educate students on one of the most famous alums and will now begin annually screening the true-life drama in an effort to increase the connection between the university’s

past and present. The film narrates the friendship between Piccolo and his black teammate Gale Sawyers, both of whom played for the Chicago Bears.

Despite the racial prejudice which ruled American society in the 1960s, when the two were playing pro ball together, Piccolo and Sawyers forged a strong friendship that helped support Brian through his devastating battle with cancer. As Brian’s Song so poignantly portrays, Piccolo’s character was one marked by courage and determination. After seeing the film, it’s easy to understand why even 40 years after his death, Piccolo’s legacy still impacts the university community in a profound way.

The most significant and tangible manifestation of Piccolo’s legacy is the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive, which was formed by a group of students in 1980 to raise money and awareness for cancer treatment and research. Since the fund’s incep-

tion, student organizations have hosted a variety of events, the more well-known being Hit the Bricks and Wake ‘N Shake, to raise money for this unique charity that serves to unify our campus community.

To date, over $1 million has been raised to help fight what is one of the most devastating diseases of our time, and the success rate of the type of cancer that claimed Piccolo’s life has increased to a remarkable 80 percent.

Whether it be in film, in a charitable institution or in the memory of those who simply knew of him, Piccolo’s remarkable legacy lives on. So before you graduate, set aside a mere hour and 13 minutes to watch this film, and I can guarantee that once you do, you too will view Piccolo as more than just the name of a dorm – you’ll see it as a name synonymous with hero.

B8 Thursday, February 4, 2010

Old Gold & Black Life

The onset of eye disease may not be as visible as the appearance of new wrinkles. An eye doctor can spot the early warning signs of vision problems like glaucoma and macular degeneration, as well as other serious health conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. Early detection is key.

For men and women over 40, it might be wise to look into your eyes. For more infor mation, visit checkyearly.com. A public service message from Vision Council of America and AARP.