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Emails link N.C. officials to Duke Energy Page 6 Baseball spotlight: Aaron Fossas Page 14

Q & A with Tony Dungy Page 16 Newspapers aren’t PR Page 9 Heartbreak in Teen Wolf Page 10 Gender doesn’t define love Page 11 Grand Budapest Hotel is a must see Page 20

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While the university has made great strides in certain areas of sustainability, it lags in others

BY DI CHUNG Staff Writer chundl0@wfu.edu The university’s environmentally sustainable policies have long been a topic of debate.

With Wake Forest now offering a graduate degree in sustainability and the larger role that the Office of Sustainability plays in campus life, the university seems to be making environmental policies a more significant priority.

The university participates in Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System

(STARS), a self-reporting service that measures a college’s sustainability performance in areas such as education and research, operations, planning and engagement.

The possible ratings include bronze, silver, gold and platinum. In 2012, the university earned a silver rating. Comparatively, UNCChapel Hill also holds silver, while Duke University holds gold. The STARS rating for Wake Forest is up for renewal, and Dedee Johnston, director of the Office of Sustainability, predicts that it is most likely that the university will achieve gold.

Campus sustainability is a broad concept that takes into account a variety of factors that include energy use and efficiency, waste management, transportation, food purchases and a host of other components. One substantial fea-

ture of a sustainable campus lies in its design.

Many of the newer buildings on campus, like Farrell Hall and the Barn, hold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for new construction and are currently in their performance period.

The older buildings, however, are not currently LEED certified, nor are there plans for them to become so, but rather, the focus is on maximizing energy and water efficiency through various means.

Initiatives that have already been implemented include changing out shower heads and replacing washers and dryers in the residence halls. A new air handling system in Salem Hall

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NewYorkTimeseditortospeakatcommencement Jill Abramson, the paper’s controversial executive editor, will deliver the 2014 commencement address on May 19

BY AUSTIN COOK News Editor cookar12@wfu.edu In a press release on March 18, the university announced that Jill Abramson, executive editor of The New York Times, will deliver the 2014 commencement address to graduating seniors.

Since 2011, Abramson has served as the legendary newspaper’s chief executive, overseeing bureaus and reporters across the United States and the world. In 2012, Forbes ranked

Abramson fifth on its list of the world’s most powerful women.

Abramson joined the Times in 1997 after leaving The Wall Street Journal. In 2000, she was named Washington Bureau Chief and became the paper’s managing editor in 2003. She succeeded Bill Keller as executive editor after he stepped down in 2011, the first woman to hold that position.

President Nathan O. Hatch expressed his enthusiasm at Abramson’s selection.

“In an industry undergoing monumental change, Jill Abramson’s ability to manage and evolve one of the most widely read and respected news outlets demonstrates the need for creative and visionary leaders,” Hatch said in the press release. “Her significant achievements as

a journalistic pioneer provide a stellar example for Wake Forest graduates as they prepare to embark on their own journeys.”

It was also announced that Melissa Rogers, special assistant to the President and executive director of the White House Office of Faithbase and Neighborhood Partnerships, will will be this year’s Baccalaureate speaker.

In 1995, Abramson coauthored Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas, which chronicled the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

In 2006, Abramson testified in court as a defense witness in the perjury trial of Scooter Libby.

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“ Bzdelik should not overshadow players This column represents the views of the Old Gold & Black Editorial Board.

The Wake Forest community has made no attempt to hide its displeasure with the performance of head basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik.

There are billboards and social media accounts with the hashtag #BuzzOut that beg the university to fire him, and students and alumni alike have called for his replacement.

After four years as head basketball coach, most people have settled into a hearty disdain for Bzdelik that often overwhelms any support for the athletes themselves.

When the basketball team beat Duke in the final home game of the season, many people’s first reactions were not excitement over the enormous upset but fear that it would leave an impression of a successful season for Bzdelik, which could mean that he may not get fired.

Again, when the Deacs defeated Notre Dame on March 12 and advanced to the

second round of the ACC Tournament for the first time since 2007, people were more likely to complain about Bzdelik coaching one more game than celebrating the success of our basketball team.

Regardless of how people feel about the current coach, the players deserve more respect and loyalty from their fans.

Even before their remarkable end of the season game against Duke, the Deacs also defeated state rivals UNC and NC State, bringing home the coveted “Tobacco Road Sweep.”

It is a shame that the community’s hatred of Bzdelik completely overwhelms any supportive conversations about the team.

Aside from the team’s wins and losses, the players deserve respect and loyalty from their fan base.

The beauty of being at a small school like Wake Forest means that students know the basketball players personally.

Regardless of how people feel about the current coach, the players deserve more respect and loyalty from their fans.

Unlike at bigger schools where athletes typically achieve celebrity status, Demon Deacons are not just players on the court but our friends, peers and classmates.

As such, the Wake Forest community must come together to respect the players enough to set aside their distaste for the coach long enough to celebrate the team’s accomplishments.

It is currently still unknown whether or not Bzdelik will remain at Wake Forest for another season or not.

Despite the community’s extreme backlash against his four-year involvement in the basketball program, it is possible that he will stay for yet another year.

If this is the case, we as a community must remain supportive of our basketball team — at least for the athletes, if not for the coach.

We cannot continue to ignore the success of the players with overwhelmingly negative comments about Bzdelik.

There is nothing wrong with expressing dissatisfaction about a sports team; this paper itself did this last semester with the article entitled: “The glory that used to be Wake Forest athletics.”

But negativity reaches a point where it is no longer constructive criticism and instead becomes unjustifiable hatred.

The fan base has continually made its voice heard and now the final decision rests with director of athletics Ron Wellman.

Regardless of what he decides, the community must not forget that the people that drive this program, like any other, are the players.

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Deacon Profile: Max Messinger

BY LAURA MAZURAK Staff Writer mazulk11@wfu.edu Max Messinger figured out a while ago that plans can change, goals will be revised — but things work out as they should. Even though Messinger entered Wake Forest in 2009 with an interest in medical school, he’s emerged an expert in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology.

Messinger’s change of heart occurred the summer after his sophomore year, when he began working alongside biology professor Miles Silman, a climate change researcher. Silman was looking for a cost-effective way to collect data on climate induced changes in the Amazon rainforest canopy, and UAVs provided a cutting edge solution.

UAVs, also known as drones, are new to the science world, so Messinger and Silman spent a year modifying the DeaconEye to fit Silman’s research needs.

Now a graduate student, Messinger has become an expert at customizing and programming UAVs for scientific use. This December he’s scheduled to present UAV research at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco.

Tell me a little bit about your transition from pre-med freshman to UAV expert.

I guess I have to back up and tell the whole story.

In high school I was repelling and fell about 20 feet and broke three vertebrae.

That was a transformative experience with my intentions — I decided I wanted to be a doctor, because I was almost paralyzed.

When I was here I realized, for one, my notions of saving the world as a doctor were a little overly romantic, and also that I could make a significant difference in people’s lives in other ways. So that was where the change came in.

I started working in the lab the summer after my sophomore year and the rest is history.

Does that mean you have grand, idealistic ambitions when it comes to UAV technology?

I would say, to get them universally applied in science. Changing that will open up possibilities for cheaper research to be done in more places.

If we can put (UAVs) into the hands of Peruvian and Brazilian universities and places where the money is not there to get these high-caliber research tools, we can empower researchers all over the world who

don’t have NSF to give them half a million dollars.

[They would be] able to learn more about their own environment, which is just something they deserve to have, this kind of ownership for their home.

Do you think there’s a Western slant to research conducted globally?

It depends upon how you identify that.

Certainly issues of climate change may be more important to us than people living in Peru right now, whereas issues of mercury in the environment — which is a big issue with gold mining — are less looked at, because we’re less likely to be interested in a local problem than a global problem.

But by empowering scientists (to research) what matters to them, you may see a shift in what’s being looked at.

Even though you’re a biology major and not a computer science major, you’ve been able to program the different UAVs that have come through this lab. You must be pretty adept at picking up tech skills.

I have a background in computers — I worked for an IT company in high school.

Part of it is just having the mindset of a tinkerer.

Things are not going to go well for you much of the time and you just have to be motivated enough and interested in making it work.

So was a lot of the development of the DeaconEye trial and error?

There was quite a bit of trial and error, just figuring out where the problems can arise and how to prevent them.

There’s not really any manual on that kind of thing. There’s information on how to get them set up, but nothing on how to keep them in working order.

Is that why UAVs appeal to you — the constant exploration?

I think so, it keeps me busy. There’s always something to do, there’s always another task to work on when I finish one.

It’s exciting because there’s no other system like it — you can’t go out and buy the (DeaconEye), we’ve brought it to this point.

It’s funny to watch you talk about it because you keep saying “it’s very exciting,” but you’re a very mellow person so it’s all in this very measured tone. I feel like

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your composure and patience must be an attribute in all of this.

Have you ever had moments where you think, “I just screwed everything up?”

Well, when I got interested in medicine I got my ERT (Emergency Response Team) certification and started working for EMS. I worked for campus EMS for four years and a few county agencies. When you do that long enough you get that level expression.

That usually comes after it hits the ground. That’s when you start worrying about it. Generally not while we’re flying, even if things are going badly.

You can’t think about it too much while it’s in the air because you have two options: you can either try to get it back down in one piece or you can just let it crash — those are the two alternatives.

Do you think that helps when working with the UAVs? I do — stressful situations are stressful situations, whether it’s someone else who’s sick or hurt or a $10,000 machine that may fall out of the sky, the pressure is on either way. Being almost level-headed to the point of uninterested is helpful.

So I see you have a bottle of wine by your computer. Is that celebratory wine or “Oh crap it crashed, give me a drink?”

Well, we’ve also got beer in the fridge and I usually drink the beer. But it’s usually celebratory or it’s just, “I’m still here on Friday at 5 p.m.”… so I have a beer.

Taste of Reynolda hosted by Reynolda Village March 21

Ninth Annual Wake ‘N Shake to be held on March 22

I Told Jesus, Change My Name: Film Screening March 25

From 3:00 until 6:00 p.m. on Friday, March 21, the Reynolda House Student Advocacy Council and Wake Forest Student Government invite students and faculty to visit Reynolda Village, House and Gardens to explore different shops and restaurants.

The whole event is free, and many different stores will be setting up booths that feature free food, raffle prizes, crafts, and other give-aways for those who attend. Wake Forest a cappella groups will be performing and Reynolda House will provide dessert for attendees as well.

The ninth annual Wake ‘N Shake fundraising dance marathon, Wake Forest’s biggest philanthropy event, will be held from noon until midnight on Saturday, March 22.

This year’s theme is superheroes, and the six different “champions,” cancer survivors from the nearby area who are the reason for the event, each represent a different superhero team, from the Green Lantern to Batman.

Proceeds go towards the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund, named after a Wake Forest alum who passed away from cancer in 1970. Last year’s event raised $147,000.

Filmaker Edgar Arceneaux’s film I Told Jesus, Change My Name will be shown at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25 in the Annenberg Forum in Carswell Hall.

The film, part of the Reynolda Film Festival, shows Arceneaux’s mother singing a spiritual whose origin can be traced back to slaves in the United States. The woman is desperate for change, and she sings in different ways throughout the movie, focusing on the reactions and suggestions of her son.

Afterwards, Arceneaux will give a talk about his work.

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WFUPD’s policies, procedures evaluated

Photo courtesy of Regina Lawson

WFUPD was most recently re-certified with the IACLE in Charlotte, N.C., in 2010; University Police must meet 210 standards to be re-accredited.

University Police was evaluated by the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement

BY MORGAN SCHICK Asst. News Editor schimo13@wfu.edu

On March 17, the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement (IACLE) conducted an evaluation on Wake Forest’s campus to assess campus public safety under the Wake Forest University Police Department.

“In our final debriefing, we were told that both assessors will recommend us for reaccreditation,” said Sgt. Lesia Finney. “It will

not be confirmed officially until the lead assessor has submitted the full assessment evaluation.”

According to Police Chief Regina Lawson, WFUPD will receive official re-accreditation in Montreal, Canada this June at the annual IACLEA Conference.

The IACLEA represents law enforcement, security and public safety departments at more than 1,200 colleges and universities, and accredits campus police departments.

Accreditation recognizes that a university conforms to the highest personal standards for campus law enforcement and protective services.

Wake Forest became the first agency accredited by the IACLEA in 2008, and was reaccredited in 2010. Originally, five “pilot program” agencies were selected to participate in the accreditation process, but Wake Forest was the first agency to finish the complete process. IACLEA awarded the accreditation in 2010 in Charlotte at the 50th anniversary celebration of the organization.

To become accredited, the university must meet 210 standards involving 18 chapters of policy and procedures, administration, operational procedures and support services.

“If an agency is accredited, it demonstrates to the university that the department conforms to the highest professional standards for campus law enforcement,” said Finney.

“It provides a more professional agency and a better quality officer that is trained and geared to a campus environment.”

The accreditation process also involves a highly organized system to provide ongoing verification that the standards are being met. IACLEA reviews proof of compliance with these standards through the Total Ac-

creditation Management and Evaluation System (TAME), which provides the accreditation manager the ability to request supporting documentation from the various units within the department.

The current cycle for verification is every four years, but the standards are reviewed on a daily basis throught the TAME system.

The assessment team is composed of law enforcement professionals from out of state with experience in campus security.

Assessors are reviewing materials, interviewing individuals and inspecting various facilities.“To be accredited is an achievement of commitment, dedication and professionalism for the employees of the department,” said Finney. “It can be compared to any other department within the university that meets a high, professional standard. They have an accreditation with an association in their particular field.”

During the accreditation process, members of the community were also invited to provide insight on campus security.

WFUPD held an open forum in Benson Monday, and the team took comments over the phone from for several hours on Monday.

Written comments were also taken into consideration. Comments are still being reviewed. “We are always assessing and evaluating our services and programs to improve them and keep pace with our community’s needs,” said Lawson.

“Our recent community survey that was sent to students, faculty and staff helps provide feedback on what our community perceives as problems on campus, and we also have a Campus Safety Task Force composed of many campus representatives.”

Commencement: Students react to 2014 speaker Continued from Page 1 Abramson has faced criticism since taking over at the Times for her managing of the organization.

In a POLITICO story that ran in April of 2013, members of the Times’s editorial board, speaking on the condition of anonymity, criticized her for being “stubborn and condescending.”

One member of the Times’s staff went as far to say that the newspaper was “leaderless,” and that Abramson was “very, very unpopular.”

Still, under her leadership, the paper has seen gains in total circulation, having surpassed that of USA TODAY in April of 2013.

The Times has also reported profits amid growing revenue and shrinking operating costs in recent months.

Student reaction to Abramson’s selection has been mostly positive thus far.

Senior Hannah Rudder is looking forward to the commencement address on May 19.

“I’m personally excited to hear from a woman who has reached such a high level of success in a male dominated industry,” Rudder said.

“I’m hoping she will lend an interesting perspective and insight into life and work after college.”

Senior Chet Zalesky is also excited to hear Abramson’s address to the class of 2014.

“I’m really excited that they picked someone who isn’t just business,” Zalesky said. “She works in the news, so she covers a lot of different areas, and I think it’s really good to get a different perspective on things.”

Senior Wade Collins said he was pleased that such a significant figure in the news industry would be delivering the address, pointing out that the Times has such a large presence in the media.

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Abramson began her tenure as executive editor of The New York Times in 2011, the first woman to hold the position. Under her management, the paper’s circulation has begun to rebound.

“Initially, I’m very pleased,” Collins said. “I think it’s a good news source.”

Senior Erica Bower is glad that the university’s speaker is not catered to students beginning careers in business.

“I think it’s great that we have someone who’s not just

representative of the business school,” Bower said.

“I think it’s great to have someone with a unique perspective. Also, I think it’s great that she has a global influence — The New York Times is huge and she has an influence on how the world learns about news.”

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Sustainability: University’s green policies evaluated

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provides close to 25 percent of energy use for the entire building. “We are always looking for ways to enhance efficiency,” said Johnston.

However, energy use and efficiency remains a considerable area of concern for some students.

“I don’t feel that we are fully sustainable, especially in reference to electricity,” sophomore Niara Michael said.

“A lot of times, the lights, as well as the TV’s in the Pit and other buildings remain on throughout the night.”

The Sustainability Strategic Plan is Johnston an outline of strategic goals for campus sustainability set to be achieved by 2015.

According to the most recent progress report, it seems that the university is on its way to meeting its goals and hold comparable statistics with nearby universities.

For example, while Duke has a 43 percent recycling rate, Wake Forest has a 44 percent rate.

Moreover, the university has seen an 11 percent decrease in water usage while UNC-Chapel Hill’s usage increased by seven percent and Duke decreased by percent.

Universities’ Sustainable Purchases Wake Forest University : 4 percent Duke University: 29 percent University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: 25 percent

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However, the university seems to lag behind other schools in sustainable food purchases.

In 2010, it was reported that out of all of the University’s food purchases, four percent are sustainable purchases compared to Duke’s 29 percent and UNC-Chapel Hill’s 25 percent.

We should pay for what’s fair and what it actually costs. If it’s cheaper, it usually means someone else is paying.”

Dedee DeLongpré Johnston

Director of the Office of Sustainability

This means that only four percent of Wake Forest’s food purchases have originated from within 250 miles of the university’s campus.

Johnston notes that sustainable food purchases are important because it both supports the local economy and lowers our carbon footprint.

For her, the origin of the food should be higher prioritized than its price.

“We should pay for what’s fair and what it actually cost,” she said. “If it’s cheaper, it usually means someone else is paying.”

As of fall 2013, Wake has increased its sustainable food purchases to 16 percent, which is much closer to the goal of 20 percent.

In order to create an sustainable way to deposit the food, the University has been partnering with Gallin’s Family Farm, a composting program that turns waste into a compost product that is sold locally.

“We collect all pre-consumer food waste from ‘The Pit,’ coffee grounds from the two Starbucks locations on campus,” Megan Anderson, Manager of Waste and Recycling, said.

“And we recently added all pre and post-consumer food waste from the new dining hall and the north side of campus.”

It is clear that sustainability involves continual improvements and for a community like Wake Forest, it relies on its members.

Some students cite education as integral to improvement.

“In terms of improvement, I think that we can better educate students about ways that can help to conserve water and energy as individuals,” said junior Maeghan Livingston.

Sustainable practices start with each person and so, sustainability campaigns are based on changing behav-

SG GENERAL ASSEMBLY

BY ISSABELLA BASCO SG Beat Reporter bascil12@wfu.edu I. Committee Reports The academic committee held an info session for people moving to New York — well attended. They also have another session tomorrow of “Study Smarter, Not Harder,” in ZSR Room 357.

The appropriations and charter committee approved Wake Saturdays, the Public Relations Club and the Southeast Asian Student Organization to become chartered organizations.

The Buzzocracy committee dealt with Lilting Banshees controversy about their posters. More information is to come about that.

The campus life committee announced the “Taste of Reynolda,” event with the Student Advocacy Council to have free samples for Wake students from restaurants, retailors and businesses in Reynolda Village like

Vineyard Vines, Village Tavern and Monkee’s. Acapella groups will be performing.

The deadline for Zick’s artwork is this Friday and email Mimi Bair or drop it off in the Student Government office.

The Judiciary committee is re-working the Constitution and will be voting on it in General Assembly.

They also are working on changing the name of Student Government from Student Government to the Senate.

The Physical Planning committee is setting up the downtown shuttle to start this weekend.

Tate’s, The Last Resort and Benson had the highest data for where they should stop.

Alex Haddock is working on getting a meeting set up with President Hatch about setting up a Deacon tailgate community.

The Public Relations committee is holding their first event. It will be from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. and has cookies, lemonade, trail mix as well as cups and pens. Their next big event is at Shorty’s for the shuttle launch party. Jacqueline Sutherland, President, is

Photo courtesy of sustainability.wfu.edu

The Sustainability Strategic Plan offers a plan to increase environmental friendliness on campus. ior. Johnston cites a framework called community-based social marketing (CBSM) as the key to “fostering sustainable behavior.”

A branch of social marketing, CBSM involves four steps: identifying benefits and barriers, developing a strategy that uses the tool shown to change the behavior, executing the new strategy and evaluating the strategy once it has been implemented.

“It’s a systematic way of rolling out a campaign based on what you learn from your specific population. It’s what they perceive, such as their benefits and barriers,” said Johnston.

“People behave based on their perceptions. There’s evidence that people act more based on what they perceive of their friends’ opinions than of scientific reports.”

MARCH 20 also planning on having a “Sit and Sip” event.

of Wake Forest students above their own.”

The bill was approved.

II. New Business

III. Announcements

Bill 27-A bill was proposed for the Student Life Committee to grant a charter to Students of AMF (Actively Moving Forward), an organization that aims to “provide support for college students grieving the illness or death of a loved one and empower the campus community to take action through service.” The bill passed.

Bill 28-A bill was proposed to revitalize the principles and values laid forth in the Honor Code.

Dean Buckley supports the bill because of her desire for the honor code to be more respected. The bill passed.

Bill 29-A bill was proposed for the Student Government Legislature to recognize the campus employees who “experienced personal sacrifice and grueling working conditions during the semester’s wintry weather and put the safety and comfort

Sutherland is working on her “Gold and Black” campaign and is having her “Sit and Sip” from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Campus Grounds with free coffee. She encourages students to talk to her and other student government members.

Speaker of the House Lydia Sandy announced for freshmen running for executive positions to have office hours in their buildings from 4 to 6 p.m. and answer questions that fellow freshmen might have.

William Readhead announced appeals will start and is hoping to finalize the budget a month from now on April 15.

The credit card system is going well except for a logistical error.

Student Government Executive compensation packages will be re-worked. Kaplan is doing a free practice test session this Sunday for MCAT’s and LSAT’s.

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New emails link state officials to Duke Energy

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New emails that have been made public which show coordination between state environmental regulators and representatives of Duke Energy are raising questions over the McCrory administration’s relationship with the company.

New information regarding the company’s relationship with N.C. officials is released

BY RACHEL WALLEN Asst. News Editor wallrs12@wfu.edu

In the midst of investigations of the recent coal ash spill in the Dan river, emails have come to light that demonstrate coordination between Duke Energy and North Carolina state environmental officials.

Discussions with the energy firm over pol-

lution began last year, when the Southern Environmental Law Center filed in its intent to sue Duke Energy for violations of the Clean Water Act in January of 2013.

As a result, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources worked privately with Duke Energy lobbyists to reach a settlement and excluded citizen activist groups from participating in the deal, according to the emails discovered.

The proposed agreement was labeled a “sweetheart deal” by environmentalists, as it charged the company $99,111 for violations but included no requirements that it stop the pollution that was occurring.

After the spill began on Feb. 2, regulators faced harsh criticism from state environmental groups and quickly put the proposed deal on hold.

Environmentalists have long been suspicious of the level of cooperation between energy firms and the state, particularly since Gov. Pat McCrory worked for Duke Energy for over 28 years before beginning his run for governor.

Since the spill, officials from Gov. McCrory to Senate Leader Phil Berger have called for Duke to thoroughly clean up the spill and face severe ramifications for the damage.

Many environmental activists hope that an investigation on such a large scale will cause Duke Energy to make the chances necessary to clean up the pollution they have caused and prevent it from happening again.

“Duke Energy has been getting away with this pollution for too long,” said senior Halston Kirkpatrick.

“There need to be enough consequences for this that they actually start complying with regulations.”

Sophomore Bella Velasco agreed. “The pipeline break wasn’t something they could necessarily have foreseen,” she said.

“But I think [Duke Energy] should use the full extent of their resources to fix the problem they created to ensure that no one else is adversely affected by the spill,” Velasco said.

Criminal investigations began soon after the spill. Since then, prosecutors have issued at least 23 subpoenas to various Duke Energy and state officials, seeking emails and reports related to the many spills that have occurred throughout Duke’s 14 power plants in the state.

A grand jury has been formed to determine whether there was criminal activity involved in the spill.

They will hear evidence and decide future consequences for Duke Energy.

Presentations of the evidence commenced on March 18 at 9 a.m. and are set to run through at least Thursday, March 20.

Trustee, alumna loses in Fla.’s special election Some political analysts have labeled the race an indicator of results for the upcoming 2014 midterm elections in Nov.

BY AUSTIN COOK News Editor cookar12@wfu.edu Alumna and trustee Alex Sink (’76) was narrowly defeated by republican David Jolly in Fla.’s special election for the state’s 13th congressional district on March 11.

The race was fiercely contested between both national parties as well as various outside groups who poured money into the race to fill the seat held by the late representative Bill Young, who passed away in October 2013.

According to the Sunlight Foundation, which tracks campaign funds, over $11 million was spent the race — a massive sum, especially for a single congressional election.

With nearly all of the district’s precincts reporting, Jolly had won 48.5 percent of the vote to Sink’s 46.7 percent.

Both the Republican and Democrat Parties had invested heavily in the race, expecting it to be an indicator of the outcomes of the upcoming midterm elections this Nov. The district in question is fairly evenly split ideologically.

President Barack Obama carried the district in both 2008 and 2012, while voters simultaneously re-elected Young, a Republican, to represent the district in Congress.

The race could be a prequel to struggles Democrats will face in trying to reclaim control of the House of Representatives while also trying to defend their fragile majority in the Senate.

Jolly, a lobbyist who formerly worked as an aide to Young, attacked Sink for her support of the unpopular Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), more frequently referred to as Obamacare.

Much of his campaign strategy revolved around linking Sink to the law, which remains politically toxic in many places. Jolly’s victory has therefore given hope to Republicans heading into the midterm elections, as many candi-

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David Jolly was sworn in as the new representative for Florida’s 13th Congressional District by Speaker of the House John Boehner on March 13, two days after he defeated Alex Sink (‘76) in a special election. dates plan to run against the president and his unpopular healthcare overhaul.

After his victory that night, Jolly delivered a warning to Democrats running for office across the country.

“The president’s healthcare plan has hurt the people in this county, and a number of people came out to the polls today to express that concern to the president and to Congress,” Jolly said in an interview with FOX News.

Sink, who previously served as Chief Financial Officer for the state of Florida, attacked Jolly for his history of lobbying for companies and political groups that supported privatizing social security and other dramatic reforms to various entitlement programs. She also tried to counter attacks on Obamacare by arguing that Jolly wanted to return to a situation where health insurance companies deny people coverage due to pre-existing conditions.

She had embraced a plan to “keep what’s right and fix what’s wrong.”

Provost Rogan Kersh, a professor of politics and international affairs, feels that the ACA is currently impacting

election outcomes, but points out that circumstances could change before the elections in Nov. “The Affordable Care Act was electoral poison for Democrats in the 2010 midterms, less salient in 2012, and then returned as an issue for 2014 following the glitch-marred launch a few months back,” Kersh said. “Anxious Democrats are dusting off their talking points about ‘fixing’ the Act, while Republican critics are again sounding the trumpets of repeal. Eight months is an eternity in politics, though; as more and more people sign up for the exchanges, if their experiences are positive this will begin to fade as an electoral issue.”

Because the race was a special election to complete the rest of Young’s term, Jolly is only guaranteed his seat until January and will have to run again in the fall to earn a full two-year term.

He has already declared his intention to do so. Sink has said that she is keeping her options for the future open, and has not yet indicated whether she will challenge Jolly again in November.

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Faculty discuss faith, mental health in open forum On March 19, students and faculty held a forum to talk through the relationship between health and faith

BY ANNIE JOHNSON Senior Writer johnae0@wfu.edu A crowd of 60 people gathered Wednesday night for a panel discussion regarding the complexities surrounding faith, religion and mental wellness.

The Mental Health and Faith forum was sponsored by Active Minds, a student group that empowers students to speak openly about mental health in order to enlighten others and encourage discussion and helpseeking.

The knowledgeable panelists for the program included Gail Bretan, Director of Jewish Life, Imam Khalid Griggs, Assistant University Chaplain, Heath Greene of the psychology department, religion professor Ronald Neal, communication professor Michael Hyde, counselor Sam Gladding and Nina Poe of Transformed Minds.

The moderator for the event was Bob Mills, founder of Transformed Minds, a digital consortium of Christian resources and information on mental health.

The audience was comprised of a mix of university students and community members searching for answers to some very difficult questions, like how someone who struggles with mental illness can reconcile with religion amidst their suffering.

Every one of the panelists, even with their “riches of experiences,” as Mills labeled it, admitted that there is no definitive answer to that question.

“It’s a challenging theological question,” said Neal. For him, “the Christian tradition provides a place where people do not have to suffer in isolation or silence.”

Greene, who is both executive director of Associates in Christian Counseling and a Wake Forest psychology professor, agreed.

“Faith offers hope and a space to wrestle with that question,” said Greene.

Every panelist agreed that each religion envelopes a multitude of opinions on the topic.

While religion can provide a spiritual healing space, it can also be a detriment to who feel shamed by the negative stigma my cultures have of mental illness.

“There are 1.6 billion Muslims in this world, and there are 1.6 billion attitudes towards mental health,” said Griggs.

His view is that “illness is not a punishment or curse but a test. God would not place an illness, mental or physical, on a person or family that is greater than they are able to bear.”

55,635 Despite the range of religions and faiths, overall there was a hopeful attitude towards the role of faith in combating mental health challenges.

“It was interesting that everyone came from a different religious or educational 43,835 perspective but there are still similarities among all religions in their efforts to treat mental illness and the importance of integrating a person’s beliefs into their recovery,” senior Nikki Sullivan said.

Audience members came prepared with insightful questions regarding issues like when faith and family become a source of stress, the stigma of mental illness or the tension between religious truth and scientific fact.

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Those who attended the forum sponsored by Active Minds came from a 45,327 wide variety of religous backgrounds to discuss views on mental illness.

40,337 Several members of the audience felt empowered enough by the event to share their own personal struggles with mental health and faith, and commended the panel for opening up discussion to this often-overlooked subject.

“Culture must be more conducive to this kind of conversation,” said Hyde.

Active Minds Vice President Christa Har-

42,731 ris expressed her happiness with how the event turned out overall.

“It was a great turnout and listening to all the stories was enlightening and inspriing,” Harris said. “Faith has a lot of power to influence people and it’s nice knowing that, based on the religions represented tonight, are accepting and willing to lift up those suffering from mental illness. ”

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PAG E 8 O N L I N E AT w w w. o l d g o l d a n d b l a c k . c o m E DITOR: Ade Ilesanmi, ilesao11@wfu.edu

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“ is ALWAYS needed Support for basketball Letter to the Editor

Allow me to preface this by saying that I intended to write this piece regardless of a Wake Forest win or loss, so this is by no means my emotions getting the better of me.

I am absolutely not an endorser of this season’s overall basketball performance nor have I ever slightly believed that Jeff Bzdelik is a fantastic coach who deserves another chance to guide this basketball team. I’m not even a fan of wearing tie-dye.

However, the fan support for this basketball team is atrocious and completely unappealing for any possible advancement of this basketball program.

On senior night against Duke the student section was pathetically filled (or empty), and at tip-off there were arguably more Duke fans at the game.

Let’s look at some possible excuses: Oh well it’s midterm week … are you kidding me; people can’t take two hours out of their “busy” week to support their school? People spend hours and hours this week procrastinating, so please stop with that.

Oh well why should I support this struggling basketball team?

Part of being a fan of a team is that you

support them during both the good and bad times.

I’m sorry but if I am a potential Wake Forest basketball recruit, I would not even consider this school over the majority of ACC schools due to the lack of loyalty for this program.

Recruiting and building a solid basketball program relies heavily upon fan support and tradition, and this school is ruining that once storied tradition at a rapid pace thanks to fair weather bandwagoners.

This is a vicious cycle that Wake Forest basketball needs to avoid now by supporting your school.

Regardless of wins and losses you should be supporting your school, especially on senior night.

Speaking of supporting your school and loyalty, how about showing up Wednesday night for Travis McKie? Although he probably could have transferred amidst these difficult seasons like everyone else in his recruiting class, McKie decided to remain loyal to the school that he initially committed to.

Starting every game for four years, he has endured some painful seasons, while being

Recruiting and building a solid basketball program relies heavily upon fan support and tradition. a steady anchor for young teams. This man embodies loyalty and deserves much better than he received on senior night. Students here should take after McKie by supporting and remaining devoted to the university they committed to as well.

I had a ride waiting for me after the game Wednesday night, so I was one of the first people out of the Joel and back to campus.

When I got back the quad was already almost completely rolled.

Apparently a bunch of posers decided that they were too good to attend the game, but they had no problem immediately supporting the team by rolling the quad after the team won.

Other people thought it would make them cool and popular to tweet or post on Facebook about the win even though they didn’t go to the game. That is the definition of a fair weather fan.

That is the definition of a bandwagon fan.

I have no problem with non-sports fans not going to these games; you should be able to endorse your personal interests at Wake Forest.

However, there are plenty of people that magically become Wake Forest sports fans whenever a team experiences success.

This basketball program has potential and it is improving, but a disloyal fan base can seriously slow down or even inhibit its progress.

Students need to be there to support these players and bring back the passion that attracts recruits and future coaching candidates.

The last few years have been a tough time for the Deacons on the court, but we cannot just abandon these guys or the University that we are a part of.

Just don’t come crawling back when the program turns the corner and the team becomes too good to storm the court.

Respectfully, Zachery Nelson Class of 2015

Word on the Quad | Bzdelik Should Wake keep Bzdelik as the head basketball coach, or is it time for a change?

“Maybe he would be a better coach for another sport at Wake Forest, like ping-pong.

“We need a coach that is going to win games, and if that is not him, then we need a new coach.

“Fire him. If you’re not going to be a good coach, then you shouldn’t be a coach at all.”

“It’s a shame that he’s not a good coach because Wake is known for basketball.”

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The role of“newspapers is not a PR service Escaping the Rut | Editorial Integrity

To maintain integrity, any newspaper should keep its contents professional Ian Rutledge

Print Managing Editor rutlig11@wfu.edu

Over the past few weeks I have begun to notice a growing sentiment that some members of the campus community feel that the Old Gold & Black is too negative and does not portray the university in a positive enough manner.

While I cannot speak on behalf of the entire Editorial Board, I feel that this is an issue that needs to be addressed.

The OGB is a newspaper that strives to be as professional an institution as possible.

We hold ourselves to the same ethical standards as any major publication and hold a similar goal in mind, to shed light on any issue that faces our community and report the news.

It is during such unfettered times of having just yourself when we have the most opportune moment to ... reflect.

In fact, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines journalism, in part, as, “writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation.”

This is what myself and the other members of the staff are constantly trying to provide to this campus.

It is unfortunate when we have to write a story that may not portray the best image for the university.

However, what kind of a news organization would we be that turned a blind eye to negative issues facing our campus? Should we just ignore when a fraternity gets kicked off campus for hazing? What about when the number of students going to the hospital due to alcohol poisoning increases? Or when faculty fringe benefits get cut because of a budget deficit?

If we were to ignore these issues completely, what would distinguish us from the university’s Office of Communications and External Relations? We would simply be another branch of the university’s public relations system.

Trust me, I would much rather our front

page always consist of stories about our national ranking improving and our basketball taking down one of the top nationally ranked teams. Nevertheless, this is not a realistic expectation of the type of publication we endeavor to be.

We hope to be a truly professional news organization that provides a newspaper that provides necessary information to the Wake Forest community.

We are a necessary component of this campus so that students know and understand decisions and concerns facing the university they pay over $60,000 to attend each year.

Yes, we do make mistakes from time to time, and this is to be expected since this is a learning experience on top of a job for all of us on staff.

However, I ask the Wake Forest community to reflect on the values of having an editorially independent student newspaper. Think about what it would mean for the campus if there was

no media outlet willing to raise the negative concerns of the members of our community. This outlet allows for students to voice their concerns about the university and learn about the issues facing this campus and university.

And despite what it may look like and what you may think we are here to serve the campus and improve the university, not destroy it.

“ in the competition Don’t let yourself get lost Living College to the Max | Competition

It’s important to support others, even in the heat of competition Max Floyd

Guest Columnist floyd@wfu.edu

I love competition. Whether it is commercial fishing for sockeye salmon just east of the Bering Sea in Alaska, facing down a 95 mile per hour fastball in a batter’s box or going for the ‘A’ in a class that no one gets ‘A’s’ in, I love the tension of a contest.

Even though the competition may be taking place in 30 foot Alaskan seas, on a hardwood basketball court or behind a presentation podium, I am always intrigued by the mental, intellectual and physical stresses which accompany healthy competition.

Over the years, I have played in and organized hundreds of competitions.

In some cases I have arranged individual duels such as tennis, table tennis and rac-

quetball matches. In other settings I have helped to pit team against team similar to those observed in the intramural basketball championships held in the Joel a couple weeks back.

Regardless of the format of these oftentimes epic battles, there is something in particular that I enjoy which encircles the arena of competition. I enjoy seeing the cast of friends, mentors and fellow competitors who show up and root from the sidelines.

Whether it is an important presentation, a special event or sports contest, you can tell those who are truly in the participants’ corner.

In these very competitive situations, these backers prove their care by what is thought about in their hearts. Competition doesn’t just build character for those in the game, it reveals the character of those watching as well.

A father and his son had played many rounds of golf against each other over the years. But this one day in particular, the results of the match had the potential of being something very different. Up to this point in these golf duels, the outcome had always been the same.

The dad had never lost to his son. Match after match, month after month, the son had never taken the title away from his dad.

He had played to a tie several months back but he had never beaten his dad. However,

Competition doesn’t just build character for those in the game, it reveals the character of those watching as well.

on this one day all of this could change. On the 18th hole, the father and his son were dead even. A made putt by the son and miss by the dad would be the first ever win for the son.

The son was the farthest out. He had a very difficult 16 foot putt. After measuring the lay of the green, finding just the right angle, pulling back with just the right pace, the son putted the ball. The ball followed the son’s line perfectly falling directly into the middle of the cup. The son jumped into the air in celebration.

It was now the father’s turn. He was just inside the son laying about 15 feet away from the cup. Crouching behind the ball and then standing over the ball, the dad began his final preparation before striking his challenging putt.

In complete quiet, the dad drew back his putter and struck the golf ball. The ball started straight but then rolled slightly off line.

However, at just the last second, the golf ball veered back into line and found its goal dropping innocently into the cup. The dad had sunk the putt beating his son once

again. After shaking hands, the dad pulled the son close and put his arm around his shoulder. He then leaned in tight and asked his son a question. The dad said, “Son, when your dad was lining up that putt and getting ready to hit it, were you pulling for your dad?” With a smile on his face, and care in his eyes, the son looked up to his dad and said, “Dad, I always pull for you.”

Friends, on the field of competition, when colleagues are in the heat of the battle, please remember the role that you can play in many people’s lives.

Remember that for some they are feeling the stress of competition, feeling that they have to always make the putt and be successful. Others may be feeling isolated, thinking that all they are getting from life each day are just the negatives. You can play a very important role in this game of life.

You can make a difference whether in the game itself or on the sideline watching from afar. What better words can be spoken on the way back to the car, the house or the residence hall then when a friend says, “I always pull for you.”

As we strive for excellence, as we strive to give it all we’ve got, as we strive to make a dent in the universe, look around and ask yourself this question, “Who am I pulling for? Is it only myself or is it countless others?” Looking forward to seeing you on the golf course of life. It’s your putt.

Have an Opinion? Email column submissions and letters to the editor to Ade Ilesnami at ilesao11@wfu.edu.

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“ led to disaster Lack of waste regulation College Democrats | Deregulation Disaster

Deregulation of toxic waste dump-sites had lasting effect in coal-ash spill

William Booth Guest Columnist bootwc11@wfu.edu

In 2013, lobbyists from Duke Energy went to the North Carolina legislators and convinced them to loosen regulations on the storage of toxic waste. Governor McCrory, after deregulating toxic waste dump-

sites, claimed that it ended burdensome regulations. What he didn’t say was that the bill would release Duke Energy from their responsibility to adequately maintain dangerous materials; dangerous materials that would shortly find their way into the Dan river.

After meeting with Duke Energy lobbyists, Republican legislators in the North Carolina House and Senate passed a bill that contained a small, hidden amendment. Before this law, companies created a compliance barrier around their waste sites that monitored the contamination of the groundwater around the dump. If the groundwater at the barrier became contaminated, regulations forced the company to clean the entire site of all contaminants.

This regulation meant that if poison was seeping towards our water supplies, the companies who owned the poison were responsible for cleaning it up. The amend-

Because of the bill the Republicans passed ..., Duke Energy was able to sidestep their legal obligation.” ment passed by the Republicans in North Carolina guts the power of this regulation, allowing companies to disregard the compliance barriers intended to protect public water supplies.

Instead of being forced to clean the site after contaminants reached the barrier, Duke Energy was now allowed to push that barrier back and postpone cleaning up their waste sites.

Duke Energy did the math. They believed it would be more profitable for them if they could dodge the regulations instead of investing in safer storage facilities. Because of the bill the Republicans passed in North

Carolina, Duke Energy was able to sidestep their legal obligations.

Less than a year later, in February of 2014, Duke Energy announced that a coalash storage facility it owned leaked tens of thousands of tons of coal ash and millions of gallons of contaminated water into the Dan River. Duke Energy owns many coalash ponds located near important North Carolina waterways. Because of the spill and their inadequate storage procedures, Duke Energy is now being investigated on suspicion of criminal wrongdoing.

This is a simple case study in how deregulation can quickly lead to disaster. In a representative democracy, the people of North Carolina are supposed to be represented by our legislators in the state congress. Our legislators should not be passing secretive laws that benefit campaign contributors at the expense of the safety of the state’s residents and environment.

“ mourns a hero “Teen Wolf” community The DeLutz Edition | Teen [She] Wolf

The supporting female actress became a strong asset to the MTV show Shane Lutz

Assistant Editor lutzsb13@wfu.edu It’s not easy surviving high school. It’s especially not easy surviving high school when you’re entire group of friends are supernatural beings that have to save the entire Tri-state area every night.

Sounds like a generic plot to another lovesick novel about vampire romance, but in this case it’s the absolute opposite. With every media outlet vomiting up a tragic tale of paranormal romance — from the “The Vampire Diaries” to “Twilight” — it’s safe to say that if any of us have to watch another damsel in distress orbit a new mythological creature, we’ll assemble a mob with torches and pitchforks.

Through all of this, MTV’s “Teen Wolf” offers a weekly respite from the teen girl deluge. And for those members of the wolfpack (which is still a better fandom name than the unoriginal “One Directioners” and rightfully underrated “Potterheads”) who tuned in to this week’s penultimate episode, we had our hearts ripped out as the heroine of the series, Allison Argent, died.

Despite the hunky werewolves and the characters’ unrealistic high grades in spite of fighting other supernatural studs seven days a week, the show is remarkably powerful for a series aimed at teenagers. However, one of its most significant accolades is its representation of commanding and influential female characters in a man’s world like Alli-

son Argent, who is more of a feminist figure than Bella Swan or her fellow subordinate foils will ever be.

However, most books, shows and movies featuring these distressed damsels appeal to young teenage girls regardless of the subservient role they portray.

While being human amidst a zoo of vampires, werewolves and God knows what else remains remarkable, every one of them has to be constantly saved by the hero, and the few who evolve to paranormal status are yet still defined by conflicting relationships or the presence of their male counterparts.

Even The Hunger Game’s own heroine, Katniss Everdeen, harbors an internal struggle between Peeta and Gale the entire series.

Female figures are defined by men.

But Allison Argent was not, and after the entire “Teen Wolf ” community violently threatened the show’s writer, Jeff Davis, there came a mutual mourning for our heroine which was met by scoffs and eye-rolls by those who were lucky enough to avoid the heartbreaking episode. However, they failed to truly realize that Allison’s sphere of influence stretched beyond the show’s boundaries. She was an icon. Not a very popular one, of course, but an icon nonetheless.

Here was a character introduced in the first season as a supporting role whose sole purpose was to orbit around her boyfriend, Scott, as he bounded through the woods like a good little werewolf.

Through her chaotic relationship, she discovered his lupine identity only to later be informed that her family belongs to a long line of werewolf hunters that murdered her boyfriend’s pack leader’s family. And still got straight A’s.

But Allison was no damsel in distress. We were offered precisely one moment of weakness from her and after that she trained endlessly in all areas of combat — specializing in archery — to never be afraid again. She rapidly rose in the power hierarchy that the

[T]hey failed to truly realize that Allison’s sphere of influence stretched beyond the show’s boundaries. other characters were attempting to scramble up and took down several of them in the process.

And not only that, but she rewrote her hunter family’s purpose, declaring that they would now protect those who could not protect themselves.

And all of this from a feminine role built to follow suit to every other supernatural sidekick.

Despite the heart-wrenching break-up, once Allison accepted that there was a life outside of Scott, we no longer watched a girl struggling to find footing in her collapsing world. We saw a warrior.

So to answer the question of why Allison Argent matters and why her death shook the “Teen Wolf ” community so powerfully,

it’s because she was so very special. She was human. She was just a girl who met a boy and her life changed forever. But she could have played a thousand roles easier than the one she chose, yet she became not only just a powerful feminine figure that challenged every manner of masculine authority, but a champion.

She laughed and cried, loved and lost, lived and died. She was strong. And she did it all for the betterment of others. As she lay in Scott’s arms before her final breath, her first words were to ask if they had managed to save her best friend. She died protecting those who could not protect themselves, and that alone is an example to follow.

So yes, she was a fictional character, but she represented so much more. She was a friend, a daughter, a lover, a fighter and a hero. And in her, we all saw ourselves. To quote Henry Clay, “Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.”

And Allison Argent glowed with it.

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State of Gracie | Sexual Identities

Sometimes love defies gender binaries Pansexuality can be a tough concept to grasp, but it is an all-encompassing love Gracie Harrington Guest Columnist harrgk11@wfu.edu

Greetings, Wake Forest community!

Since entering Wake Forest University in the fall of 2011 as a freshman, I have seen significant positive change within the student body’s view towards the LGBTQ community.

Although we still have a ways to go as a community and institute of higher education, in the words of Provost Emeritus Edwin Wilson, “we are in the right direction.”

I firmly believe that change on this campus has not only been due to social movements across the United States, such as the legalization of same-sex marriage, but also through education.

Therefore, I would love to spread knowledge about a rather unknown kind of sexual orientation, called pansexuality.

Pansexuality is closely connected to bisexuality. According to the Tumblr “Queer Dictionary,” pansexuality is defined as “a sexual orientation characterized by a potential aesthetic attraction, romantic love and/or sexual desire for anybody, including people who do not fit into the gender binary of male/female implied by bisexual attraction.”

While bisexuality implies an attraction to only men and women, pansexuality includes people who do not conform to the usual definitions of male and female.

For example, many members of the queer community decide to not be addressed as a “he” or a “she”, but instead as a “they” or “zhe,” both of which are non-gender conforming pronouns.

In short, people that are pansexual are not romantically or physically attracted to people specifically because of their gender; they more or less are in love with the whole package!

Although I came out as bisexual last

spring, I really see my sexual orientation as more aligned with pansexual. I see people for the beauty of their souls and spirits. It’s easy to focus on the “haters,” but I know that in my heart there is nothing wrong with love.

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After a decisive win over Notre Dame, Wake was sent packing

by ACC newcomer Pittsburgh

BY EMMA LINGAN Sports Editor lingej12@wfu.edu

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Deacon players cannot bear to look during their season-ending 29-point loss to Pittsburgh in the ACC tournament.

The Demon Deacons’ departure from the Greensboro Coliseum on March 13 was the end of an all-too-familiar story. Once again, they faced off against a conference opponent away from Winston-Salem, and once again, they dug themselves into an insurmountable hole.

The only difference this time was that it happened in the second round of the ACC Tournament instead of the first.

A decisive victory over Notre Dame in the opening round last Wednesday advanced the Demon Deacons to the second round of the Tournament for the first time since the late Skip Prosser’s final season as head coach in 2006-07. Wake Forest’s six-year one-and-done streak was tied for the longest in school history.

“It’s not about any of us,” head coach Jeff Bzdelik said after the win. “It’s about Wake Forest, tradition, history, how much it means to so many people, this tournament. And it’s something that

is greater than ourselves, so we need to honor that and just leave it all out there and play as well as we possibly can.”

The No. 12-seeded Deacons shot 61 percent from the floor and won the rebounding battle 33-23 on their way to defeating the No. 13 seed Irish 81-69. Sophomore forward Devin Thomas tallied 19 points, 13 rebounds and five assists, while fifth-year guard Coron Williams went 7-of8 from the floor to score a season-high 25 points.

The Demon Deacons’ dominant first-round performance seemed a departure from the seasonlong norm in almost every way. After repeatedly crumbling under pressure this season, the Deacs staved off every attempt by the Irish to overcome the deficit. Thomas and Williams delivered clutch three-pointers, as did freshman guard Miles Overton and sophomore forward Aaron Rountree, who rose to the occasion despite mediocre-at-best performances from beyond the arc during the regular season.

Yet when the Deacs tipped off against the Pittsburgh Panthers in the second round the following day, their opening-round success appeared to be little more than a fluke. Pittsburgh wasted no time and jumped out to an 11-2 lead from which the Deacs would never recover. The Panthers scored 40 points in the paint and 20 off of Wake Forest

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Living life like a marathon, not a sprint Time’s not on her side, but one studentathlete finds a balance

BY NICK WELDON Online Managing Editor weldnr11@wfu.edu As March fades into April and the sun shines a little brighter each day, the blanket of snow that once enveloped campus has almost entirely melted away. For those accustomed to mild North Carolina winters, this is welcome news.

But for one Wake Forest runner, the cold spell might have made her feel just a little closer to home. A native of Richmond Hill, Ont., ju-

nior Kaitlyn Oliver found her way to Winston-Salem after a standout career at Aurora High School. She left the Toronto suburb after earning gold medals from the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations in both cross country and the 3,000-meters, the equivalent of winning a state championship in the United States.

While running became her passion, Oliver initially intended to focus on swimming as her primary sport. After joining a running club in the sixth grade, she shifted that focus, using swimming as a method of cross-training, which she still does today.

When competing at the collegiate level became a clearer part of her future, Oliver chose to leave her

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6 this season (17 overall wins this year) season-best shooting percentage in 61 Deacs’ the first round of the ACC Tournament starts at Wake Forest for senior 127 Career Travis McKie wins away from Winston-Salem in 3 ACC four years under head coach Jeff Bzdelik

home country and come to the United States.

“I just loved the balance of academics and athletics at Wake,” Oliver said. “I really liked coaches Millar and Hunt as well as all the girls on the team. Also, the NCAA is more competitive than our collegiate system at home.”

Oliver had little time to adjust to the American college life once she arrived on campus. She raced in all six meets during her freshman cross country season, including the ACC Championships and the NCAA Southeast Regional.

When cross country wrapped up in the fall, she then competed in indoor track in the winter and out-

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Conference wins for the Demon Deacons

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Competing at the ACC Indoor Championships in Clemson, S.C., Oliver finished 17th in the 5,000-meters.

Freshman Danny Guise shot his lowest round of the season and tied for third overall at the 13-team Lamkin Grips San Diego Classic on Tuesday in San Diego, Calif.

Guise came into Tuesday’s round at 1-under par after shooting rounds of 72-71 on Monday. The Greenwich, Conn., native finished Tuesday with a 5-under-67.

{ DEACON QUOTE } “Give Pittsburgh a lot of credit.

They hit us right between the eyes and we were on our heels throughout the entire game.”

— Head coach Jeff Bzdelik after Wake Forest’s 84-55 loss to Pitt in the second round of the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament

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McKie deserves praise for commitment Senior staff writer points out McKie’s example despite depressing four years for men’s basketball

BY JENN LESER Staff Writer leseje @wfu.edu Four years in college basketball is a very long time. It’s enough time to watch a program go from something to nothing, or to build a strong program from the ground up. It’s enough time to change, to find your mistakes and hopefully fix them.

But that hasn’t been the case for Wake Forest in the past four years. As a senior, I’ve been looking back at a lot of things lately — and one thing that stands out is the consistency of the basketball program. And that consistency isn’t meant as a compliment. With Jeff Bzdelik being hired as the head basketball coach my freshman year, I’ve had four years to watch this program struggle. From a NCAA tournament appearance in 2009, to a 2-32 conference record on the road, the Deacs saw a pretty big change and it wasn’t a positive one.

The one bright light these past four years? Travis McKie. The only remaining member of his five-person recruiting class, McKie watched his teammates and friends transfer one by one until he was left alone. And for all of his impressive accolades in his four years here, his commitment to Wake Forest is arguably the most admirable. He could have left, and frankly at some points, he should have left. But the fact that he played until his senior day shows dedication that wasn’t necessarily deserved by this basketball program. His

jersey should be raised in the rafters immediately — not years after his graduation. While his stats will stand out as some of the strongest in Deacon history, they’ve come at a time when fans won’t be excited to look back.

The year before Travis’s class came, Wake was in the NCAA tournament. In his four years? Not even close.

Road games were essentially automatic losses. Home games against cupcake teams weren’t even surefire wins. And no one, aside from Travis, seemed to have any sort of loyalty to the program, as the rest of his class transferred until he was the last one standing.

Travis McKie deserves to be remembered for his commitment, his dedication and his unwavering support — something that most of the fans have not shown over the past four years. Senior night against Duke was just sad, with the stands largely empty. Yes, it was midterms but taking two hours to cheer on the Deacs wasn’t going to make or break your grades. That’s the biggest takeaway from these past four years.

The basketball team? They’re students just like the rest of us, except they’re incredibly athletic and taller than everyone else on campus.

Wake Forest is great in large part because the athletes are a part of our community, and we should do a better job of appreciating that. For the past two years, the team has come to various chapter and organization meetings to ask for fans to show up, and that shouldn’t happen.

At other schools, students camp out for days to get tickets.

Lately, we can’t even fill the lower half of the student section.

That’s not the support our athletes deserve.

The past four years haven’t been all bad, but there certainly hasn’t been a whole lot of good. But that doesn’t ruin my experience. I would have loved to see more wins and see a

team that looked as capable as I know them to be. I would have loved to see the Joel filled with fans regardless of the day of the week or what else was going on. I would have loved to see the quad rolled more often.

But as I’m sadly done with Wake basketball as an undergrad, I’m still grateful for the experience. So it ended on a high note, with a shocking upset of No. 4 Duke with an 82-72 final score, and the first ACC tournament win since 2007.

That doesn’t make up for four years of inexcusable losses, heartbreaking close games and unwatchable blowouts. But it helps.

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Despite watching teammates come and go, McKie stuck with Bzdelik and Wake Forest.

Press Box: The Madness will live up to expectations With Florida, Arizona, Wichita State and UVA as top seeds, one of sports’ best tournaments begins

BY MAX WOHLMUTH Web Editor wohlmj11@wfu.edu

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UVA guard Joe Harris has led his team to the overall No. 3 seed going into NCAAs.

Every March, one of the greatest college sporting events rolls around, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, also known as March Madness. Teams compete hoping to win just six games and cut down the nets after the championship game. Although many teams come to the realization they probably won’t win, every one of the 68 teams technically has a chance in this tournament. Yet, what makes 2014’s tournament so different?

This year’s bracket could feature “major” upsets all over the place. But the madness simply didn’t start with the bracket, the regular season was just as exciting. Generally, a few teams remain consistent throughout the regular season leading up to Selection Sunday. However, this year the only team that remained in the top-ten was the University of Arizona. Further, only Arizona, the University of Kansas, Syracuse University, the University of Florida and Wichita State University were the only teams that remained in the top-20 throughout the season.

With so much inconsistency from a majority of programs throughout the country, is it possible there is a safe pick to win the tournament? I would argue no, there is not.

Looking at the brackets, each region seems stacked with championship contenders. In the South region, we have Florida as the No. 1 seed, Kansas at No. 2 and Syracuse at No. 3. Even at No. 6, Ohio State is a contender. All of these teams at one point were ranked in the top-3 in the country during the regular season and two of them held the No. 1 spot for a while as well.

Switching over to the West, No. 1 seed Arizona may run into its own troubles, even though the Wildcats held the No. 1 ranking longer than any other team in the regular season.

At No. 2 is Wisconsin who reached No. 3 in the country for a week in the season.

Third seed Creighton, fourth seed San Diego State University and even the ninth seeded Oklahoma State University

are all teams who reached the top-10 sometime this season and could challenge Arizona for a trip to the Final Four. One might question how all of these teams could be featured in one region, but because of the inconsistency throughout the regular season, it came to fruition.

Moving to the Midwest, we find possibly the toughest region of them all. We have the first seed Wichita State, a team many fell in love with after their Final Four run last year. At No. 2 is the University of Michigan, at No. 3 is Duke University and at No. 4 is the University of Louisville.

How does a bracket like this even happen? Many analysts are picking Louisville to make the Final Four and eventually win the tournament, which also begs question as to why the defending champions are a four seed.

Even the eighth seeded University of Kentucky could be dangerous and might take on Wichita State in the second round. Of all the teams that reach the Final Four, the team from the Midwest might have to overcome the toughest tournament schedule overall.

Finally, in the East, we find ACC regular season and tournament champion University of Virginia as the number one seed. Below is the second seed Villanova University, third seeded Iowa State University, fourth seeded Michigan State and fifth seeded University of Cincinnati, all of whom reached the top-10 during the season. Making the region even deeper is the University of North Carolina, a team that defeated the top-four teams in the preseason poll, a feat no other team has accomplished before. Like all other regions, the East will prove difficult.

Overall, 24 different teams reached the top-10 at one point this season. All of these teams are somewhere in the tournament waiting to make a run for the Final Four, and hopefully a championship. Each region features its own set of great teams. Although many analysts are picking Louisville to take the crown as mentioned earlier, and a majority of the general public are taking the overall No. 1 seed Florida, it seems like it could be anyone’s tournament. Only one team needs to get hot to take home the championship.

With such tough regions across the board, every team in the Final Four will be battle tested and the tournament champion will face a very tough road. Knowing all this, I don’t believe any team is safe from an upset and because so many team seem to be ranked lower than they should be, Cinderella may not have the same glamour as past years. Yet it should still be a very exciting tournament as always.

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Aaron Fossas

BY MIKE MCLAUGHLIN Asst. Sports Editor mclamj12@wfu.edu

and quickly found out that pitching was the way to go. I wasn’t going to cut it here as an infielder. It was not until here at Wake Forest that I decided to become a pitcher.

Aaron Fossas is a redshirt sophomore and the starting closer for the Demon Deacons. Growing up in New England, Fossas originally played hockey throughout the whole year but was sold on baseball when he met some of baseball’s great players due to his uncle, Tony Fossas, who was a professional pitcher. From that moment on, baseball took over Fossas’ life and the draw of playing ACC baseball and receiving a Wake Forest degree convinced him to attend the university.

Why did you choose to come to Wake Forest?

In the recruitment process, Coach [Dennis] Healy was awesome and I visited Wake Forest one time and this was the place I wanted to be. What can you ask for more than ACC baseball and the degree that you get at this institution?

What influenced you to start playing baseball?

My uncle playing professional baseball was a factor.

My family is from Cuba and in Cuba, baseball is in your blood. My dad played baseball in high school, and my uncle went on to play baseball for the Yankees and Red Sox. I actually played hockey originally, though, but baseball was always there. I eventually quit hockey and then baseball took over my life from there on.

When did your family move to America?

My uncle was around 11 and my dad was about six.

They came to Florida from Cuba and went from Florida to Boston. All my family on my dad’s side is now back in Florida but mine remained in Boston. It was right when Castro began to take power so they were allowed to fly over. They had nothing but the shirts on their back and built their lives from the ground up.

Being from New England, who was your favorite team growing up?

I’m a Yankees fan. My uncle pitched for the Red Sox when I was a baby, in 1992. By the time I was old enough to know what was going on, he pitched for the Yankees and ended his career in 1999 with the Yankees. They won the World Series and I remember as a kid going to a game at Fenway Park. I brought my glove and our hockey team to the game. He brought me on the field and I met Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and from that point out I was sold.

It was baseball from there on out.

How was it being a Yankee fan in Red Sox country?

My entire life was an uphill battle fighting against Red Sox fans, proving my point that the Yankees are the best franchise in baseball. I was that kid that went to school with all my Yankees’s gear when they won. And when they lost, I still wore it. But I took a beating for it.

Your uncle was a relief pitcher as well. Is that what you wanted to be growing up?

In high school I was an infielder. I didn’t began pitching until my junior year of high school and it was limited then. I came to Wake with the hopes of trying to do both

Wellman receives criticism for snubs on Selection Sunday Athletic Director Ron Wellman was in the hot seat last weekend as chairman of the selection committee for the 2014 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Several of the seedings drew criticism, most notably the exclusion of Southern Methodist University, which had been ranked No. 25 in the country, from the tournament field.

“In SMU’s case, their downfall, their weakness, was their schedule,” Wellman told Sports Illustrated.

SMU’s non-conference schedule was ranked 302nd, which Wellman said hurt its postseason chances.

Redshirt Sophomore But if it does, I would love the opportunity. It is definitely something I am striving for.

What do you want to do after baseball?

I would love to stay in baseball or athletics, although I do not know at what capacity that would be. I would want to do something that incorporates my faith [Christianity]. Going back to closing, I am able let go of failure easier because of my faith. I understand that there is something bigger than the game going on.

Did you expect to redshirt your freshman year and how did you use that year to prepare yourself for ACC baseball?

I wanted to play that year and if it was my choice I would have played but I completely understand why I was redshirted. Looking back, it was beneficial. Being an infielder coming out of high school, I was able to take that one year and focus on pitching and take that year to catch up to guys who had been pitching their entire lives.

It was beneficial, but as a competitor and as an athlete, you never want to not be playing.

It takes a special combination of skills and mindset to be a closer. Do you think you have that ability?

As a little kid you grow up thinking bases loaded, ninthinning, full count. The game is on the line and that is when I want to be pitching. That is when it is fun to me.

Closing is all about that short-term mentality, letting go of failure quickly. You have to focus on pitch to pitch. You are going to win some and you are going lose some, but you have to focus on winning more than losing.

When it’s the bottom of the ninth, and you are walking to the mound, what is going through your mind?

I enjoy it. I think of it as a challenge. I go to the mound and get my sign and think I am going to win this pitch.

I’m not going to lose this pitch, this pitch is mine to win.

Then I win this pitch, and you say ‘all right, let’s do it again.’ I do not think about the big picture. I do not think about winning or losing the game. I think about trying to focus on each and every individual pitch.

What are your team goals?

Everyone on this team has bought into the goal that we want to make the ACC tournament, win the ACC tournament and want to make a regional. We then want to go as far as we can with the ultimate goal of making it to Omaha. We have a lot of confidence right now and we think that’s a highly attainable goal.

How far do you want to take baseball?

My goal is that I want to play as long as somebody is willing to put me out there. I would love to play professionally; I don’t know if that is going to happen or not.

Photo courtesy of Dean Shore

Personal Profile Hometown: Dudley, Mass.

High School: Holy Name Central Catholic Position: RHP Birthdate: Sept. 2, 1992

Deac Notes

Demon Deacons impress NFL scouts at Pro Timing Day

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Nine members of the 2013 senior class braved the snow and ice to work out in front of 22 NFL scouts at the Doc Martin Football Practice Complex on March 17.

The NFL hopefuls showed off their skills and hoped to turn heads prior to the draft in May. The players participated in the 40-yard dash, the pro-shuttle, the 3-cone drill and several other position drills. They also bench-pressed 225 pounds in the weight room and had their vertical leaps measured.

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Deacs downed by Oklahoma, Texas, UNC A tight win is short lived as Bresky and his men fall to staunch top-ten opponents with ACCs approaching

BY JENN LESER Staff Writer leseje0@wfu.edu All season long, the Wake Forest men’s tennis team has been saying how they enjoy playing against the top 20 teams in the country. But this past week, the No. 18 ranked Demon Deacons didn’t quite fare as well as they hoped against the four top opponents.

A visit to Oklahoma had mixed results for the Deacs, as they cruised to a 4-1 win over No. 21 Oklahoma State.

Once they headed to the No. 1 University of Oklahoma, however, weather got in the way and forced the teams indoors, leading to a slow start and a disappointing 5-2 loss.

Despite the final score, sophomore Romain Bogaerts picked up the biggest win of the year as he beat No. 2 Guillermo Alcorta.

“Whenever you’re playing a top 20 team on the road it’s going to be tough,” Head Coach Tony Bresky said. “We got off to a slow start in the doubles match, came pretty close to getting back into those matches but unfortunately couldn’t.”

From there it was back to Wake, as the Deacs prepared to host No. 8 Texas in a rematch from earlier this season.

After falling 4-3 to be knocked out of the ITA National Indoors Championships in February, the team was looking for revenge — and for a bit it looked like they would get it. Clinching the doubles point to go up 1-0, the Deacs

seemed to have it all under control. But then things just fell out of reach, as they would drop another heartbreaking 4-3 match.

“We got off to a great start, we won the doubles which was good,” Bresky said. “We actually got off to a pretty good start in singles, won three of the first sets but unfortunately we ended up losing one of those matches and another match when we came back, two of the matches that we came back to get the third set, we ended up losing those.

That was a tough loss. We certainly had our chances and didn’t take advantage of them.”

Back in North Carolina, the Deacs headed up the road to take on No. 6 North Carolina in the ACC Opener. The Tarheels cruised to pick up the doubles point, blanking Wake on the way, and it looked like the Demon Deacons just couldn’t find their fire throughout the singles matches.

A slow start and a slow finish would doom Wake to a 6-1 final score in the loss.

“We didn’t play very well in doubles,” Bresky said. “I felt like that momentum carried over to singles, we got off to some slow starts and it probably wasn’t our best match that we’ve played so far this year.”

The lone point on the scoreboard for the Deacs was from junior Nicky Kunz, picking up his first win of the season in his first match of 2014. “I felt pretty good,” Kunz said.

“I’ve been practicing well all season, all semester so I felt pretty ready to play and I was excited for the chance to get to play against a good team like North Carolina.”

The good news for the Deacs is that a little sunshine is definitely headed their way. After dealing with a number of unplanned weather problems, they’re preparing to take their talents to somewhere a little warmer. They’ll take on No. 72 Miami on March 21 at 4 p.m. before traveling to No. 16 Florida State on March 23 at 12 p.m.

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Bogaerts topped Oklahoma’s top player Guillermo Alcorta, ranked No. 2 in the NCAA this year.

Oliver: Balancing athletics and academics Continued from Page 12

Photo courtesy of Kaitlyn Oliver

Oliver, with teammates Samantha Jones and Kristin Weisse, at the ACC Championships.

door in the spring, as is typical of all cross country runners.

This year-round competition means that Oliver, and her teammates, have no real offseason.

“It does get tough, never having the downtime,” Oliver said. “Some sports can choose to make one semester easier than the other, but we don’t really have that luxury. But you just kind of find a way to manage your time and get used to it.”

Time management is something Oliver has had to familiarize herself with quickly, as she participates in the business school’s Finance/MSA (FINM) program. She must complete the undergraduate courses required of both finance and accountancy majors before entering into the MSA program after her senior year.

“I was always really interested in business, specifically the numbers side of it,” Oliver said. “I was kind of torn between finance and accounting, so when Wake offered both, it made my life a lot easier.”

While Oliver’s decision was made easier, the FINM program, widely considered among the most rigorous at the university, is anything but easy. Since entering the business school, some of Oliver’s professors have taken notice of her dedication to academics.

“There are many things I respect about Kaitlyn,” said Jon Pinder, an associate professor of management. “Foremost is her consistent class participation — she was always ready

to participate — and did so in a very calm, steady and selfassured manner.”

With the intensity of the course load ramping up in the business school, Oliver continued to post strong results for the cross country and track teams.

In her first race this past fall, she finished first among Demon Deacon runners and 16th overall at the Wake Forest Invitational. During the indoor season, she captured a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter race at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet.

At the ACC Indoor Championships, she secured 17th overall in the 5,000-meter race, crossing the finish line six spots behind sophomore teammate Samantha Jones.

Looking toward the future, Oliver hopes to start her career in the accounting industry, specifically in transaction services.

“There’s a lot of work with valuation and mergers and acquisitions, so it’s a huge finance component of accounting,” Oliver said. “I’d probably start in that, and then depending how it goes, either continue in that field or maybe move into investment banking.”

Until then, there is still plenty of time for Oliver to leave her mark on the university. Though for Pinder, she has already left a long-lasting impression.

“I admire how she trains so much, carries the Wake Forest brand outside of the university and prepares for classes so well,” Pinder said.

“It’s students like Kaitlyn that make me proud to be a Wake Forest professor.”

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Tony Dungy: Leading on and off the field

University will host legendary NFL coach to kick off new Leadership Project on campus next week

BY EMMA LINGAN Sports Editor lingej12@wfu.edu The university announced last month that its new Leadership Project will present bestselling author and legendary football coach Tony Dungy to speak at its inaugural event in Wait Chapel on March 26. The Leadership Project is an initiative that will encourage students to discover who they are and understand how to become effective leaders by engaging in meaningful conversations with leaders from a variety of career paths.

Dungy played three seasons in the NFL from 1977-79 before making his foray into coaching. He held assistant coaching positions with his alma mater, the University of Minnesota, the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings.

Dungy was hired as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1996 and went on to become the most successful head coach in franchise history before taking over the head coaching position with the Indianapolis Colts. He led the Colts to a Super Bowl victory in 2007, the first such win for an African American coach. He also set a new NFL coaching record with 10 consecutive playoff appearances.

Dungy retired from coaching in 2008 and now serves as an analyst for NBC’s Football Night in America. He is also involved in several charitable organizations, including the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Athletes in Action, Mentors for Life, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys & Girls Clubs, the Prison Crusade Ministry and All Pro Dad. Dungy and his wife, Lauren, have seven children.

You have worn many hats in your career, including athlete, coach, husband, father, author, broadcaster, and mentor. How have you managed to strike the balance among faith, family, and football in your life? Do you think you have mastered it?

I don’t know that I have, but I think it does go back to my college years. My coach was a gentleman by the name of Cal Stoll, and he amazingly had been the head coach at

Wake Forest, he went to Minnesota from Wake, and one of the first things he talked about to us as a freshman group when I got there was that you needed to develop the whole person in all ways. You needed to develop as a total person in college; otherwise, you were wasting your experience. So he said his goal was to help us develop not only athletically, but to develop academically, socially, and spiritually as well.

I never forgot that — I’ve thought that it is important, and that’s always been my message to not only the people I coach but also now as a speaker, people I come into contact with, especially young people. Don’t just develop one way.

It’s great to develop academically, but if that’s all you do and if that’s your only development, then you’re going to shortchange yourself. So developing in all ways, including leadership, I think is so critical.

I had a lot of encouragement to do that — to branch out and think outside the box, not just to think about one area of life — and I can’t say that I would have ever dreamed of being an author or even a public speaker. That never crossed my mind, but I just didn’t close the door to it and I think that’s what I try to encourage young people to do. Explore everything, don’t close the door to anything, and see how you can develop in these different areas.

How do you prioritize all of your pursuits? Did you ever consider leaving football to pursue community service full time?

You go through different phases in life, when different things are important, and God gives you a different path at a different time. I knew that I wouldn’t be a football coach forever. I didn’t think I’d be coaching into my 60s and 70s.

Five years ago, I just got a feeling of some different things being important. I wanted to branch into working with young people a little bit more. I never thought the books would take off the way they have, but now it’s given me more time to write and explore that. I guess I’m more passionate about that now than I am about coaching, and 20 years ago, I would have never thought that would be the case.

Your list of coaching accomplishments with the Buccaneers and the Colts is impressive in itself. As a coach, you were paid to win, but in your opinion, what else does the coaching profession entail?

I’m very fortunate. As I said, I played for Coach Stoll, and then I went to Pittsburgh, where I played and then worked for Chuck Noll. Coach Noll was very much that same way; football was part of his life, but it wasn’t his entire life. He didn’t feel that as players or assistant coaches it should be our entire life. So we knew it was our profession, that we were paid to deliver on the field and paid to win. But I think I always looked at the other side of it: the platform that it gave me, especially when I started coaching, to work with young men and help them develop in a multifaceted way the way my coach had always helped me.

I always thought that was more important. Obviously, you have to win and you have to do your job well, but I wanted to make sure that I was helping people grow. I guess I always looked at it that way, and it became the thing that I really enjoyed about coaching: building relationships, getting to know people, getting to help them.

It was great if I could help a young man become a better player or learn a skill after a couple of years with me, but it was much more gratifying to see these men years later doing things in life and growing as people and being better people off the field, because that was always going to be the long-lasting thing. If they were fortunate, I would get them at 21 years old. If they were really fortunate, they’d still be playing at 30. Eight or nine years is probably the maximum you’re going to have them, but they’re going to function as people for decades.

Some say leaders are born, while others say they are made. In your experience, which of these do you believe to be true?

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I think it’s a combination of both. I think we’re born with leadership traits, but I think leaders are developed and leaders are either encouraged or discouraged. I think one of the great things we can do as a teacher, coach or instructor is to help develop those leadership skills. Everybody has them to a certain extent, and if we encourage rather than suppress

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them I think you develop good leaders. To me that was part of what football was all about and part of what my coaching career was about — not just to develop players, but to develop men who could be leaders on the field but also leaders in the community, leaders in their home, and lead the right way.

I wanted to show them a different model of leadership.

Sometimes we tend to think the leader is the most aggressive person, the person who’s always going to be in charge, the type-A personality. To show that you could lead in a different way and be successful was important to me as well.

If people didn’t necessarily have that aggressive personality, they could still be effective leaders.

Do you think you have this less aggressive personality?

I think so. I think I’m an introverted person naturally. I did recognize early on that I had some leadership skills, and my parents encouraged that. I played quarterback, which always kind of puts you in a leadership position. But it had to be developed for me, and it was something that had to be encouraged in my life.

You played quarterback in high school and college, but you were a defensive back in the pros. Was it difficult making the transition to the defensive side of the ball after calling the shots for so many years?

When I went to the NFL, I then had to learn how to be a follower. I was learning a new position. I was in a position where there wasn’t as much leadership that you could exhibit, but it also showed me people that I wanted to follow and who was effective in leading me. That gave me some background when I did get back into coaching and building a team and trying to encourage leaders all over, not just the quarterback position.

Many young people today believe they do not hold leadership positions, and therefore that the development of leadership skills does not apply to them. What would you say in response to these individuals?

What I learned from Coach Noll and what I learned from my 31 years in the NFL is that the best leaders I’ve seen are the leaders that help their team, their group, be better.

When you look at it that way, as ‘how much can I help?’ then you take it out of the context of ‘how effective can I be?’ and I think that opens it up. Leaders really are helpers. That’s what Coach Noll told me when I first joined the coaching staff: I want you to help our players be better. I felt I could do that. If he just said I need you to do this, I need you to do that, I need you to be the one that they’re following, I might have felt a little intimidated. But I knew there were a lot of ways I could help players be better, and that really let me know that that’s what leadership in coaching is all about. So it wasn’t as intimidating, and it did make me broaden my horizons a little bit.

For the complete interview with Coach Dungy, please visit oldgoldandblack.com.

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Women’stennis has mixed results at home The Demon Deacons defeated Elon after falling to No. 71 Winthrop in a non-conference homestand

BY GRIFFIN KURZIUS Staff Writer kurzgd11@wfu.edu Without first singles player Andrea Retolaza due to injury, the Wake Forest women’s tennis team needed a strong team effort to defeat challenging foes Winthrop and Elon at home.

On Saturday, the Demon Deacons started off well against the No. 71 Eagles.

The Deacs offset the loss of sophomores Kasey Gardiner and Xue Zhang at first doubles with two impressive victories. No. 72 Luisa Fernandez and Samantha Asch fell down a break early in the match but broke back to get to 4-4.

Feeling the momentum, the freshmen took four of the final five games to win 8-5. Meanwhile, upperclassmen Karen Forman and Brigita Bercyte closed the match with an 8-5 triumph.

Singles play started off well with the Deacs as Forman won a routinely 6-3, 6-3 at sixth singles. Moving up to fifth singles, Zhang was defeated in a close 7-5, 6-4 affair. But Gardiner gave the Deacs a 3-1 lead with an impressive 6-4, 6-4 win at fourth singles.

The Deacs were only one point away from defeating another ranked team.

After looking dominant in the first set, Guerin slowed up Old Gold & Black Archives and the momentum shifted. Playing first singles, Guerin was Bercyte (above) and Forman won the deciding defeated in a heart throbbing 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 affair. Moments match at No. 3 doubles against No. 71 Winthrop. later another stone fell for the Deacs. After conquering the

first set herself, Asch lost her consistency and feel and was bested 5-7, 6-4, 6-2.

Now knotted up at three, Fernandez needed to win to give Wake Forest the scintillating victory. After losing a close first set 7-5, the freshman came back with a convincing 6-2 second set. But her opponent came back with vengeance and eked out the decisive set 6-4 and give the Eagles the 4-3 victory.

After a rough loss, Wake Forest came back to the court rejuvenated against Elon.

After falling at third doubles, the ranked pair of Fernandez and Asch overpowered their Phoenix opponents 8-4. After falling into an early hole, Gardiner and Zhang broke serve to send the match into a decisive tiebreaker. In the race to seven, the poised duo won the first six points in route to a 7-3 win.

“We’re very proud of what Kasey and Xue did for us today,” said head coach Jeff Wyshner. “To come from two match points down in such an important match really set the tone for the rest of our day.”

Using momentum from the doubles action, the Lady Deacs jumped on top of the Phoenix in singles. Showcased at fourth singles, Gardiner sped her way to a 6-0, 6-2 win. Soon after, Guerin recovered with an impressive 6-2, 6-1 victory at first singles. Needing one point for the victory, Fernandez came through at second singles with a 6-4, 6-0 display.

With the match complete, Asch was defeated at third singles 6-2, 6-4. But moments later, Forman completed a wire-to-wire victory 6-1, 6-3 at sixth singles. Playing at fifth singles, Zhang closed out the win with a 6-2, 7-6 (2) triumph of her own.

“Today was a really great effort,” Wyshner said of his team’s performance.

“We had a tough day yesterday, and we all talked before the match that we had to come out and have a strong answer for that. Everyone played a great match, top to bottom, in both singles and doubles today.”

Men’s Basketball: Deacs look lost in final game Continued from Page 12 turnovers on the way to an 84-55 thumping of the Demon Deacons. The loss was just one point shy of matching Wake Forest’s worst defeat in ACC Tournament history, a 103-73 loss to Duke in 1966.

The Deacs were able to narrowly dodge the 30-point margin only by refraining from attacking the basket after Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon emptied his bench in the final minutes of the game. In what was a far cry from their blazing performance the previous day, the Demon Deacons struggled for the entire 40 minutes of play against the Panthers. They were down by double figures less than six minutes into the game, and their lethargic defense allowed the Panthers to score on seven of their last eight possessions. “[Due to] the inability to make some shots and to score, we just lost some confidence,” Bzdelik said. “We’ve been fragile with that throughout the course of the year at times.

You got the score that you got.”

The Deacons’ loss on Thursday only fueled the alreadyrampant accusations that the team lacks not only maturity, but toughness. “That was the issue this year,” said Williams, who once again led the Deacs with 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting against the Panthers.

“We weren’t tough in adverse situations. We’d get on a run and be up by nine or 10 points and then they’d get on a run. But their run would be a 20-2 run. We weren’t very

good in adverse situations. Toughness is a big part of that.”

Bzdelik has frequently been blamed for failing to effectively teach his players to perform under pressure. As the clock wound down, chants of “Five more minutes” and “Bye-bye, Buzz” echoed throughout the Coliseum.

Asked about his future with the team in the postgame press conference, Bzdelik replied, “I’m just going to answer questions about the game.”

Bzdelik, who has one year left on his contract, finished his fourth season at Wake Forest with a 56-71 overall record.

This, along with the Demon Deacons’ 17-51 conference record during his tenure have given critics plenty of ammunition to advocate for his firing.

Even as the Demon Deacons finished the 2013-14 season with a winning record last week (17-16), another anti-Bzdelik billboard popped up along Business 40 in WinstonSalem. The players, for their part, have made it clear that they want Bzdelik stay.

Williams, who has used up his eligibility, had only positive things to say about Bzdelik’s impact on him during his brief time with the Demon Deacons.

“Buzz is a very caring guy,” Williams told Scott Hamilton of the Winston-Salem Journal. “I can’t say that for a lot of coaches because they just throw you under the bus.

But when you’re hurt, he really goes out there to make sure you’re all right. He brings so much as an X’s and O’s guy.

A very, very intelligent guy, and I’m hoping he does [come back].”

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Codi Miller-McIntyre and Devin Thomas ended their sophomore seasons with a loss to Pitt.

Three student-athletes rewarded

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The ACC announced the 2014 recipients of the Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship, and the list of 44 student-athletes features three Demon Deacons.

The trio includes Aubrey Bledsoe and Katie Stengel of the women’s soccer team, and Evan Stephens of the baseball team.

Over her four years, Bledsoe set the program record for career shutouts, compiling a 57-25-12 record. She earned consecutive spots on the Academic All-American

team. Through the fall 2013 semester, she holds a 3.88 GPA. Stengel finishes her career as the record holder in goals scored with 50. She was a three-time member of the All-American team, including an appearance on the first team in 2011.

Finance major Evan Stephens was the 2012-13 Edward G. Wilson Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He is a two-time member of the Academic All-District team and boasts a career .449 on-base percentage.

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BY MOLLY DUTMERS Editor-in-Chief duttmk11@wfu.edu

This is a good wine to sip throughout the evening or at a pregame, as it is smooth and crisp. Make sure to serve it chilled.

When most college students walk into the wine section of the grocery store their decisions are dictated by mainly one thing: price.

Does the shopper want to save or splurge (and by splurge I mean spend more than $10)?

Unfortunately, quality wine bought on a budget is not the easiest thing to find. To help with this dilemma here are eight highly drinkable wines that are available for under $8.

Trader Joe’s Coastal Chardonnay Price: $4.99 at Trader Joes This chardonnay is fruity and flavorful. It has a little bit of a harsher finish than most chardonnays so try pairing it with a meal, especially a chicken or fish dish. It is very light for a chardonnay and is reminiscent of a lighter white wine.

Villa Sonia 2013 Pinot Grigio Price: $4.49 at Trader Joe’s Trader Joe’s is known for their selection of inexpensive wines especially because of the wildly popular Charles Shaw, also known as “Two Buck Chuck.” But for just a few dollars more, you can upgrade to the Villa Sonia pinot grigio. This Italian wine is far less acidic than the Charles Shaw and has a much smoother finish, with notes of fruit and citrus. This is a perfect light, dry white wine to pair with food or feature during a wine night.

Woodbridge Merlot 2011 Price: $7.99 at Lowes Foods While Woodbridge chardonnay can be a tad too acidic, their merlot is very well balanced. This wine is perfect for a night in as it is a little too

Lindeman’s Bin 65 Chardonnay Price: $5.99 at Lowes Foods This Australian chardonnay is a definite step up from the popular choice, Yellowtail. Lindeman’s is refreshing, crisp and surprisingly flavorful. This chardonnay is definitely a good value and anyone you serve it to will not notice that it is a budget friendly vintage.

bold to drink throughout an evening. With a smooth finish, this wine as notes of berries and chocolate.

VINTJS 2012 Paso Robles Petite Sirah Price: $6.99 at Trader Joes This vino is extremely bold and fruity. It has a strong berry and plum flavor. Some might find these notes to be overpowering, so this is a good wine to choose if you are only looking to have a glass or two for the night.

Rex Goliath California Cabernet Price: $6.49 at Lowes Food This wine has a full body and spicy finish. At a low-end price range this is one of the most flavorful and drinkable wines on the market. It would be a great accompaniment to a pasta dish, steaks or burgers.

Meridian Cabernet Price: $5.97 at Total Wine This wine, with its rich, dark color and aroma, has an elegant feel. It is truly a bargain, as it is one of the cheaper red wines you can find in most stores.

The next time you’re searching for a classy way to celebrate a birthday or pre-game a party, try one of these wines that won’t empty out your wallet. Drink responsibly and only if you’re of age!

Columbia Crest Two Vines Sauvignon Blanc Price: $7.99 at Total Wine This sauvignon blanc is light and refreshing.

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Music Column | SZA

New artist’s music crosses many genres SZA manages to create an original style with creative lyrics, and is impressing many fans of music from alternative to R&B

BY ZOE GONZALES Staff Writer gonzzi11@wfu.edu Everyone, meet SZA. Her work, including the extended plays See.SZA.Run and S (part one of a trilogy), often gets placed in the R&B category, though it only partially fits under this label. SoundCloud labels her as alternative.

To complicate matters, she’s the sole singer at Top Dawg Entertainment, a recording label known for producing rappers. That leaves only one category into which she neatly fits: her own.

What makes SZA’s (pronounced Sizza) sound so irresistible is her authenticity, which perhaps facilitates her transgression of musical classifications. Despite deeply poetic lyrics and eclectic beats, she proves in every interview to be a normal person. Behind every track is a just a young woman from “small town, USA,” keeping us up to date on current suburban life. Her music encompasses her whole person, and that person is someone the average people of the world can relate to. Perhaps her chill, down to earth personality comes from a humble upbringing in St. Louis, and later the suburban town of Maplewood, N.J. Her father was a strict Muslim, so the young SZA (born Solana Rowe) was restricted mostly to jazz including Miles

Davis, John Coltrane, and Ella Fitzgerald. Later on, after discovering Björk, her musical influences began to diversify.

Check out any track off either EP you’ll see why it’s so difficult to place her sound. A few of my favorites are “Country,” “Aftermath” and “Once Upon a High.” SZA incorporates everything from sound bites (Eartha Kitt’s voice and an excerpt from Rosemary’s Baby) to ‘80s pop beats to slow, smooth vocal sections that make you feel like you’re floating along as she streams out the emotion.

Her songs tackle issues such as drug addiction, identity and sensitivity in a world that’s always demanding us to “grow a thicker skin.” The latter can be found in the track entitled “Julia,” in the lines “Mama says I’m sensitive/I gotta work on that.”

The words come across as simple and direct, but they leave a lasting sting. Again in “Advil” she brings uncensored emotions to the lines, “Pain reliever/Fever reducer/Ten to the head/Does that makes me a loser?” Finding another current female artist that addresses issues so far removed from romance and heartbreak proves challenging. Arguably, SZA is one in a million.

Then there’s “Aftermath,” boasting over 200,000 plays on SoundCloud, which opens with “I apologize for waiting to tell you for so long/I am not human/I am made of bacon, fairy tales, pixie dust, I don’t feel.” These lines took me so completely off guard. After a few repeats I thought, “How does she know how I feel and how can she express these feelings in such a bizarre, creative way that works so well?”

I was sort of confused but also mesmerized. That’s what SZA’s music will do to you if you give it the chance. Her

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The new artist SZA has two extended plays, and a new one dropping on April 8. voice together with the sound effects create a mysterious, other-worldly aural experience. She’s like a modern day, hip-hop Titiana, queen of the beat fairies. How else can one explain the auditory enchantment present in See.SZA. Run. and S? Naturally, I had to find out when her newest stuff comes out. Luckily, Z is bound to drop on April 8 of this year. 19 days. Until then, we’ll just have to sit back and listen.

To check out tracks from g See.SZA.Run and S, visit soundcloud.com/justsza.

Quad Fashions | Colorful Pants

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Brightly colored pants welcome Spring

Diann Low Freshman “I got these pants from Macy’s.

There was a rack of colorful pants. I decided to get a pair.”

Ben Marple Senior “I like these pants mostly because they were so cheap. They were only $3 from Salvation Army!”

Sarah Repko Sophomore

Lizzie Stothart Senior

“I like these Anthropology pants “I’ve had these pants for a while, because they go with a lot. and they’re a great go-to. I can They’re pink, but not obnoxious.” even pair them with rain gear!”

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Movie Review | The Grand Budapest Hotel

Anderson film shines amid winter flicks

The Grand Budapest Hotel, starring Ralph Fiennes andTilda Swinton, is a relief during post-Oscar drudge

BY MADDIE STONE Contributing Writer stonmt12@wfu.edu Upon first viewing the trailer for The Grand Budapest Hotel, I felt hesitant.

Anyone who is familiar with director Wes Anderson’s films knows that he operates within certain boundaries, and the trailer for Grand Budapest made me feel as though Anderson was treading old territory rather than moving in a new direction. For those who aren’t familiar with Anderson: his films are quirky, bordering on pretentious and Grand Budapest at a glance felt pretentious.

My hesitancy has been disproved, however — The Grand Budapest Hotel is dazzling.

The film starts in the late 1960s when a young writer travels to the once-lustrous Grand Budapest Hotel in central Europe.

Dismayed at how the hotel has fallen on such hard times, the young writer asks the hotel’s current owner, Zero Moustafa, (F. Murray Abraham) why he bothers to keep it running.

We are then taken back to the Grand Budapest Hotel’s glory days: the winter of 1932. The hotel is run by the charming Monsieur Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), who maintains the grandeur of the hotel while also sleeping with the majority of the Grand Budapest’s female clientele. When

one of Gustave’s elderly lovers, Madame D (Tilda Swinton) is mysteriously murdered, however, he is blamed for her death and thrown in jail. Gustave employs the assistance of Zero (Tony Revolori) — who, at the time, is but a lowly lobby boy — to help prove his innocence and break him out of prison. What ensues is the kind of wild goose chase that only director Wes Anderson can procure.

Amid the late-winter dreck of films like Endless Love, The Grand Budapest Hotel is exceptional. Perfectly casted and paced, the film never once suffers from a dull moment.

Each scene is intricately laid out and shot.

As meticulously detailed as Wes Anderson films are, however, The Grand Budapest Hotel is not without its faults. With so many carefully planned details within the plot — and so many characters on the screen — the story can get convoluted at times. Especially in the middle, the chase scenes are so elaborate that it’s not hard to forget why exactly Gustave is on the run.

Watching the pursuit of Gustave, however, is so fun that it’s easy to forgive the film for its more muddled moments.

Grand Budapest’s greatest achievement, however, is its cast. Anderson has pulled together both his usual players and actors new to the Wes Anderson canon to create the perfect storm of talent. Notable above the rest is Fiennes as Gustave.

It is a wonderful change of pace to watch Fiennes portray a character that is womanizing and mischievous without being horrifically terrible. Although the film takes place from Zero’s point of

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Wes Anderson’s newest movie, set in the 1930s, tells of a mysterious murder during the glory days of the Grand Budapest Hotel. view, Fiennes as Gustave truly carries the film, especially in areas where young Zero (played by newcomer Tony Revolori) falls flat.

Unfortunately, we do not get more insight into Gustave’s character throughout the film — most of the characters in Grand Budapest are two-dimensional at best. But you can tell that these characters still have a heart, and that makes them all the more enjoyable to watch. I would argue that

not many people are familiar with Wes Anderson’s body of work — his films are not mainstream for a reason. For those not well-versed in the wacky world of Wes, however, The Grand Budapest Hotel could be a good starting point. It’s got murder, intrigue, first loves, last loves — it’s pure entertainment with a whimsical twist.

For those who know and love Wes Anderson well, though, Grand Budapest will be sure to impress.

Humor Column | The Kardashians

Keeping up with the krazy Kartrashians The clan’s famous reality show is very addictive, and it turns out that not keeping up with the Kardashians is harder than it sounds

BY ERIN PATTERSON Multimedia Editor pattee12@wfu.edu As a recovering Kardashian-holic, I try to avoid gossip columns with headlines like this. It’s like dangling a Tequila Sunrise in front of a recovering alcoholic.

For example, did you hear that Kim Kardashian got a “fun new haircut?” Did she go blond again, like she did for her baby-daddy Kanye West’s weird music video? Or did she make the plunge into insanity and shave it all off like Britney Spears? (Spoiler alert: she just dyed it jet black again and chopped a few inches off. Surprise, surprise.)

The hardest gossip to avoid was when Khloe KardashianOdom dropped her hyphenated name and got divorced from hunky basketball player Lamar Odom. I still don’t know the “reasons” behind the split — and “reasons” is in quotes because they’re most likely fabricated lies to cover up whatever actually happened.

I never meant to get so obsessed with the KardashianJenner family, but I got sucked deep into their bizarre antics and their huge houses stylishly decorated in black and white. Even at the height of my obsession, I knew that I was getting dumber with each episode I watched. Words like “literally,” “Bible!” and “disrespectful” kept creeping into my vocabulary at extremely inappropriate times. I even started to imitate the pinched, nasally sound of their voices

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Kim, Kourtney and Khloe’s wild lifestyles are one of the easiest things to binge watch. and their strange Beverly Hills accent. But I couldn’t stop.

Part of the obsession was due to my friends at the time.

We would sit around at lunch and during study halls talking incessantly about the Kardashians. I probably

wouldn’t have kept watching the show as long as I did if it weren’t for all those conversations, and I probably wouldn’t have been friends with those girls if I didn’t watch the show.

I’m not proud of this phase in my life, but it happened … unfortunately.

Mainly, though, I was fascinated with their stupidity. Who names their child Penelope Scotland Disick? Why would a woman who can’t be taller than 5-foot-2 marry a six-footnine basketball player in a highly publicized, ostentatious wedding and then split up 72 days later? What family televises their family therapy sessions? They were a train wreck and I could not look away. Fortunately, once I got accepted to Wake at the beginning of my senior year, I knew that I was safe from ever becoming that dumb.

After my first semester at college, I quit cold turkey. I un-followed every Kardashian and Jenner on Twitter and Instagram, and I stopped watching the shows. “Trash in; trash out,” I thought to myself. “If I’m filling my head with Kardashian trash, I’m going to spew out Kardashian trash every time I talk.”

It was a good step forward, but as with most recovering addicts, I stumbled a few months later. I was talking with a big group of friends, and somehow the conversation turned towards the Kardashians. I tried to stay out of the conversation, but the lone male in the group got confused and tried to say that Scott Disick was the father of the Kardashian Klan. I tried to tell him that actually Bruce Jenner, the ex-Olympian with the multiple botched plastic surgeries, is the patriarch of the group. But then the poor guy got confused about where Kris Humphries had gone, and just like a recovering addict, I relapsed and yelled, “You have to KEEP UP with the Kardashians!”

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Concert Review | Lorde

Lorde has an impressive stage presence One of the youngest pop singers showed her performances are almost as good as her songs

BY IAN KIRCHNER Staff Writer kircid12@wfu.edu A single beam of white light shined upon Lorde as she took her place on the stage of New York City’s renowned Roseland Ballroom for the first time March 10.

“Now we’re in the ring, and we’re coming for blood…”

As she sung the final line of the pre-chorus, the sold-out crowd of 3,500 couldn’t wait.

Feverish screams of anticipation filled the brief moment of silence as the stage cut to black and the instrumental faded away. Then, built by her introductory verses, Lorde launched into the chorus of her latest single, “Glory and Gore.” With bravado, she strutted energetically around stage and sung each word with intoxicating passion and tenacity.

As the track came to a close, the audience roared in approval. Ready to take them on an hour-long, 14-song journey, Lorde couldn’t help but boast a huge smile.

With a Grammy for Song of the Year under her belt and over 1.5 million copies of her debut album, Pure Heroine, sold

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If Lorde keeps up her crowd-pleasing performances, she might actually be as wealthy as a royal, even though “it don’t run in her blood.” the worldwide, it only seemed fitting for her to play what will be one of Roseland Ballroom’s final shows before the venue’s early-May closing.

Her enthusiasm for having the privilege to do so came through from the very beginning. The audience’s eagerness to see her and her reciprocal excitement and appreciation brought an intimate level to the show that the grandiose, big-budget live extravaganzas of her modern-day

contemporaries will never capture. Lorde’s between-song banter, ranging from taking “tea time” to soothe a mild cold to calling out patrons texting in the balcony, showed the confidence, wit and humanity of an artist truly unafraid of being open to herself and her fans.

One especially resonating moment came before she went into her song “Ribs,” a warmly surreal reflection on her fear of getting old. Lorde described the song’s

inspiration: an insane house party she threw while her parents were away and a deep and reflective early-morning conversation afterwards with her best friend. Afterwards, she thanked her fans for the amazing feeling of writing a song to which so many relate. It made the subsequent performance of the track raw and real.

Creative versions of Lorde’s songs in a live setting also brought a unique flair to the show.

Her voice stood out even more when singled at the beginning of “Royals” and layered over the instrumental as it built piece by piece. A captivating cover of The Replacements’ “Swingin Party” traded the original’s swinging-rock feel for a beautifully smooth and ambient vibe. In “Team,” the powerful chords underneath the boom-clap style beat were drawn out before the last chorus, building to a thematic, confetti-filled climax as Lorde belted the song’s last lines.

On the big stage, Lorde exhibited composure and finesse well beyond her years. Her infectious enthusiasm spread throughout the Roseland and created an atmosphere in which it was impossible not to dance and scream the lyrics out with her. She hit all the right marks, delivering a performance cementing her place at the throne of pop music and proving that she can indeed be called “Queen Bee.”

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Tech Column | “Spritz”

App enables speed-reading New app, “Spritz,” has developed technology to help people read faster than normal

BY EMMA SKEELS Life Editor skeeer12@wfu.edu As an English major, I hear a lot of complaints about how people would read more, but they just don’t have enough time! Well, if all you lazies out there don’t want to waste all of your precious Netflix time on something so slow-moving and time-consuming as a novel, there’s a new app for that.

It’s called “Spritz,” and it will soon be able for the Samsung Galaxy S5. The basic idea is that words flash in front of your eyes one word at a time, in rapid succession. “Spritz” uses RSVP, or Rapid Serial Visual Presentation, a method of speed reading in combination some research if their own which enables people to read anywhere from 250 to 1000 words a minute. To put this into perspective, the average pace a college student reads at a pace between 200 and 400 words a minute. The more you read using the app, the more quickly you build up your ability to speed-read.

Other speed reading apps have been available for a few months, but “Spritz” is different in its approach to speed reading.

Rather than just flashing the words on the screen, each word has an “Optimal Recognition Point (ORP).” While you’re reading, your eye moves from ORP to ORP, which in most words is usually immediately to the left of the middle.

When your eyes find the ORP, they register its meaning. Only 20 percent of the time you spend reading is devoted to processing words; the other 80 percent is spent moving your eyes from word to word. “Spritz” makes the ORP letter red as the word flashes on the screen, which enables people to read much quicker than usual.

“Spritz” has even worked on developing a specific font that is supposed to be very easy to read. You can also spritz in English, Spanish, French, German, Russian and Korean, and is working on developing algorithms for Chinese and other languages.

“Spritz” is working on enabling you to read anything from email to digital books. However, the website stipulates that the app is probably not best used for reading novels; they believe that reading novels too quickly might detract from the writing or plot.

Although some protest that speedreading might negatively impact comprehension, many studies show that retention level remains about the same, and sometimes is even higher if you read while spritzing. Although tests remain to be run, people have reported that they

Not too hot, not too not, but not just right.

1. YouTube videos of people singing Frozen’s “Let it Go” From the one with 25 different languages to the Disney impersonators, they’re starting to all blend together. People should stop now.

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2. The 100th episode of “Glee” I swear to God if they do another mashup.

believe spritzing helped increase their normal reading pace, as well.

Despite “Spritz”’s claims that the app aids reading comprehension, experts say that comprehension may take a toll if more time is taken to actually understand what one is reading.

“Spritz” originated from a Bostonbased company of the same name. The company plans to move from Android, to the web,and eventually to iOS. Try out this new app to see how fast you an read!

3. The Month of March Just an in-between month to fill the time between winter and spring.

New technology uses ORPs to increase the pace of reading.

Run away from the Miller Center

BY TY KRANIAK Staff Writer krantr11@wfu.edu Don’t like going to the Miller Center?

Tired of hoping on the elliptical, or don’t like the workout machines there? No problem. Fortunately, Wake Forest is a campus that is conducive to other forms of working out. Here are a just a few…

Pick a sport, any sport Grab some friends and your Jordans, and head over to Reynold’s gym and ball up. Running up and down the court while nailing some shots makes for a great cardio workout. If basketball is not your sport, invest in a tennis racket and pop open a can of balls. Even if you don’t have a tennis buddy (which shouldn’t be much of an issue at Wake), hitting the ball against the wall will give you a great workout. Just try to avoid hitting yourself, beacuse if you do, you won’t be running much.

Stair-master amped up If you’re tired of the stair-master in the Miller Center, why not try the real thing?

Jog over to Kentner Stadium and try jogging in between the stairs and then sprinting up and down the rows of stairs. Switch things

up by trying plyometric by jumping up and down the same step repeatedly. Believe me, you’ll be sweating in no time.

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!

If it was not for Pros vs. Joe’s most of us wouldn’t know it’s there. But, yes, Wake Forest does have a swimming pool and it’s located on the first floor (or basement, depending on how you look at it). Whether you are trying to lose weight, tone up or develop those beach abs, swimming is a good option, although it may not be the most fun workout, especially if you need music to exercise with.

Run, Wake Forest, Run! We have a number of beautiful running trails around campus, and as the weather heats ups, why not enjoy the great outdoors?

Some great running avenues around campus include: running through the Reynolda Bird Trails, scampering on over to Graylyn and some of the surrounding communities, or a short trot down Polo Road. Beware, the longer you spend on campus, the more honks and texts you’re going to get!

Spring is for sprinting Don’t like long distance? Looking to burn fat? Pick a field (or a gym) and do a number of 40-50 yard sprints. Sprinting, in comparison, with long distance running really helps burn fat, and some find it more enjoyable. It may just be for you. Nothing starts a morning like 40 yard sprints 20 times.

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The “Meh” List

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If you are tired of the Miller Center, branch out and try one of these great workouts

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4. The Name “Gareth” Just why would you put your child through that pain? It’s like Garrett, but with a lisp, an ever-present lisp.

5. “Happy” by Pharrell Williams What was once an uplifting song has been overplayed and is making our ears burn with ambivalence.

6. Lilly Pulitzer It all looks like the same, confusing floral jungle, even if it is in your sorority’s pattern.

Tweets @WFU_Pit “New management here.

And I solemnly swear I am up to no good.” @WFGirls “I’ve seen like 5 girls wearing dresses today and I just want to know why they thought that was a good idea.” @liltingbanshees “So this Malaysian Airlines plane is lost and no one has any idea where it is? ... Have we checked tribble?”

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Instead of your usual gym routine, try exercising outdoors.

The writers’ take If you want an intense and “hybrid” workout that combines the best of both worlds, and is one of my personal favorites, try what I call the “Super 8.” This tough and grueling workout consists of eight laps around the track, where the straight parts get sprinted, and rounded parts of the track are jogged. After eight, it’s finally over.

So, next time when the Miller Center does not sound appealing, try one of these workouts. With springtime around the corner, make these words into actions.

The Weekend in Winston-Salem Taste of Reynolda

This Friday, March 21, head down to Reynolda Village and get some free samples from shops and restaurants.

Steve Aoki Concert

Aoki, a famous house musician will perform on Saturday, March 22 at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds.

The Winston-Salem Light Project

This half mile installation changes the pathway to mirror the motion of pedestrians and bikers.

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Trend Alert | Baseball Caps

Striking hat fashion hits a home run Everybody’s taking their hats off for the newest headwear trend: baseball caps. Here’s your guide to wearing this new spring staple

BY LIZ KUEHN Staff Writer kuehea12@wfu.edu One, two, three strikes you’re out … is what I used to want to shout at people wearing baseball caps. I absolutely hated how they covered people’s faces and never looked cute with any outfit. By name baseball caps are new and improved and incredibly in style.

This spring, baseball caps are trendy for boys and girls alike and can conform to a wide spectrum of styles. These old school caps have the ability to look sporty, preppy or fratty while making a fashion statement at the same time.

The traditional function of baseball caps is clear: baseball.

But even off the field, baseball caps can make you look sporty with a chic twist. If this is the look you are going for, pick a baseball cap with a college or a favorite sport’s team across the front.

The vintage style caps work best here because it gives off a more fashionable vibe, rather than solely a functional one; you want to look sporty, but not like you literally just walked off the baseball field.

Show some school spirit with a vintage Demon Deacon baseball cap worn with jeans and Chucks, and you’ll be pulling off the trendy jock look effortlessly.

More recently, baseball caps have become the perfect addition to a preppy outfit. Walk into a J.Crew and you’ll see the caps lined everywhere around the store — a true sign

Photos courtesy of jcrew.com

Getting baseball hats in vibrant colors or funky patterns is an easy way to change the hat’s sloppy stereotype and make it a cute, fashionable addition that can spice up any outfit. it’s a popular prep trend. Baseball caps with color blocking can brighten up any outfit with bursts of pastels paired with neutral colors. Also, dare to experiment with some classic preppy materials and patterns such as chambray, Liberty of London prints and animal print caps.

Take the prep look one step further and get your cap monogrammed to add a personal touch. Pairing one of these caps with a sundress gives a casual twist to a classic look.

Baseball caps are also a simple way to show your love for your Greek organization or love of partying. Bright yellow, pink, orange or green neon caps are a fun energetic look regardless of gender. Get the cap adorned with your Greek letters or favorite party phrase and you’re sure to be

the center of attention at a college party. It’s no secret that Wake students tend to dress incredibly casually while going out on the weekends, so a party-loving baseball cap is the perfect addition to liven up junky frat clothes. However, make sure these caps are made out of durable material that can be washed easily since they are bound to fall on the sticky basement floor at some point.

It doesn’t matter what your go-to style is, there will be a baseball cap for everyone. It’s one of the only styles both genders can embrace equally (although I doubt I’ll see many guys with a monogrammed baseball cap walking around campus).

Whether you’re on the field, walking to class or raging all night, you can find a way to add a cap to your look.

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Old Gold & Black | Life

EAT THIS NOT THAT

Living on campus presents many opportunities to eat unhealthily. Here are some helpful tips to help you choose what to eat and what to avoid.

BY LAUREN FRIEZO Staff Writer friele11@wfu.edu Most everyone I know at Wake is a fan of “healthy eating,” yet eating healthy can be trickier than it seems.

With a few small changes of choosing this and not that in the Pit, Benson or P.O.D Market, you can fuel your body with foods that help you feel better, study better and look better, too.

In the Pit EAT THIS: Buttermilk Pancakes, Hard-Boiled Egg and Fruit Breakfast truly is the most important meal for prepping your body for the day ahead.

Breakfast should always consist of a protein, carb and fat. A hard-boiled egg is great because you can be sure that the egg hasn’t had anything added to it by the Pit chefs (read: sugar or salt). To fulfill your carb and fat requirement, grab two buttermilk pancakes and toss some pineapple and melon on top.

NOT THAT: Scrambled Eggs and Home Fries or French Toast Eggs aren’t really ‘scrambled’ but rather blended with milk and butter. To get the protein you need, stick to an unaltered egg. While home fries always sound good, they lack any genuine nutritional value. The same thing goes for French toast. Not to mention, both items have high sodium percentages that will leave you thirsty all day.

Chick-fil-A’s Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich isn’t a bad choice if you’re dining in Benson.

According to the Chick-fil-A website, the sandwich only has 310 calories and 3.5 g of total fat. Just don’t order fries and avoid pouring on the Polynesian sauce (that little tub is 110 calories!) Grab some carrot and lettuce sticks from the Sundry to munch on as your side.

NOT THAT: Chick-fil-A Class Chicken Sandwich There’s just nothing healthy about this golden-fried chicken patty. Avoid the bloat and dehydration and order grilled.

In the P.O.D EAT THIS: Kind Bar Blueberry Pecan + Fiber Energy bars are a great way to keep your stomach from grumbling between classes.

However, not all energy bars are created equal. Kind Bars are ideal because you can see just what you’re getting — almonds, blueberries, brown rice and honey are all visible through the clear packaging.

NOT THAT: Luna LemonZest I don’t see any bits of lemon in the Luna LemonZest bar. Ingredients include soy and vegetable glycerin … no thanks. It may be less caloric, but it’s also less wholesome. Stick to the Kind Bar and be kind to your body!

EAT THIS: Roasted Herb Turkey, Baked Sweet Potato and Spicy Spinach Making use of the Southern Kitchen is a no-brainer way to eat healthy. There’s always some sort of meat (or tofu), starch and vegetable at the station. The wide variety of steamed and sautéed vegetables keeps your plate colorful while providing you with needed doses of vitamins A and C, calcium and potassium. Not to mention, this station is a quick fix…even faster than grabbing a slice of not-so-healthy-pizza.

In Benson EAT THIS: Mesclun Mix, Chick Peas, Carrots and Cucumbers with your Protein of Choice If you’re at Forest Greens, take a few seconds to look at all the ingredients in the glass case and choose your four wisely. Remember, your salad, if it is a meal replacement, should always have a protein component like chicken, steak, tofu or shrimp. It doesn’t hurt to add chickpeas for a fiber boost. The more colorful and vibrant the salad, the healthier it is for you. Add carrots, red peppers or cucumbers. Onions are low-calorie and perfect for a flavor kick.

NOT THAT: The salad above PLUS crispy items from the “Bowls” and Ranch Dressing While what goes in your salad is important, what you put on it is even more so. Croutons, fried onions and fried noodles are empty calories that sabotage the healthy meal above. The same goes for cream-based dressings like ranch and thousand island. If you cover your salad with these fat-laden freebies, you might as well be eating a quesadilla from Moe’s!

EAT THIS: Chick-fil-A Chargrilled Chicken Sandwich Grilled is always superior to fried, in terms of nutrition. Even though it’s still ‘fast food,’

Graphic by Chelsea Bellomy/Old Gold & Black

NOT THAT: South of the Border Enchilada The Grill is a breeding ground for sodium, fat and saturated fat. Most items are sizzled with some sort of oil. While the South of the Border Enchilada may satisfy your spicy craving, one piece packs 661 calories. Note: 661 = the calorie count for one enchilada alone and doesn’t factor any sides or extras you may add to your plate. Instead, opt for the options mentioned above. You can squirt a bit of Sriracha on your sweet potato to add heat!

All nutrition info for the Pit is derived from CampusDish.com