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By Rob Byrd | Staff writer On-campus dining is an omnipresent topic of conversation among university students, and strong opinions about ARAMARK food services abound. Despite physical renovations to several dining facilities over the last year and a seemingly annual adjustment to the meal plan system, student frustration remains. The origins of student concerns are rooted in escalating food prices, limited operating hours and the ubiquitous issue of overcrowding.

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ARAMARK, which is a global corporation with operations on over 600 college campuses, is hired by the university to manage all campus food services and maintains that each of these issues is consistently addressed and adapted to better suit student needs.

“The prices in the Benson Food Court have undoubtedly increased since it was renovated last year,”senior Katie Phillips said. “A wrap and fountain drink from the grille costs nearly $9 now.”

Susan Clee, the university’s resident district manager for ARAMARK, said that prices are established based on comparisons to similar food venues in the area and other ARAMARK-run institutions.

“Our pricing strategy includes intense, competitive shopping before marketing any of our items,” Clee said. “The prices of the products we serve are comparable with other university venues.”

The switch to Boar’s Head food products last year at the Benson Food Court took the pricing out of ARAMARK’s control in the same way that Chick-fil-A mandates its own prices.

“If they increase their prices nationally, we have to comply with that directive,” Clee said.

By Patrick Kelly | Staff writer The Wake Forest University Humanities Institute celebrated its opening this weekend with its inaugural symposium, “The Humanities in the 21st Century.”

The two-day event, held on-campus and at the university-affiliated Reynolda House, formally introduced the Humanities Institute to the university community and addressed prominent issues facing the evolving humanities community.

“The Humanities Institute is a community of faculty, students, staff and administrators that has grown from the grassroots on up,” Dean Franco Mary F. Foskett,

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versity last year received a $500,000, five-year challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

It was the largest NEH grant ever received by the university and the only to be awarded to a North Carolina institution in 2010.

Foskett attributes this national recognition and support to the success and rapid growth of this initiative, which now spans over 50 faculty members campus-wide. The symposium commenced with seniors explaining the humanities’ impact on their studies and their perspectives on the future of the humanities at the university.

“Wake Forest is an increasingly diverse campus with increasingly diverse interests,” senior Clint Wilson, an English major, said. “An unfortunate side effect may be a growing division between departments on campus. I hope — and expect— that the Humanities Institute will help to unify various departments and academic studies under the banner of studies in the humanities, promoting continuing faculty and student involvement.”

Edward L. Ayers, president of the University of Richmond, gave Friday’s keynote address, “The Puzzle of Innovation in the Humanities,” addressing how the humanities can work to solve some

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Humanities Institute grows from grassroots Humanities Institute director and professor of religion, said.

“What began in 2007 as a conversation among a couple of faculty about fostering collaboration across humanities departments quickly grew into a campus-wide research initiative. The Institute, the result of that groundwork, endeavors to help faculty and students make the most of the energy, intellect and creativity they bring to humanistic learning, research and teaching.”

In an economic and political climate that has put the humanities in peril of being eliminated at many colleges and universities across t h e country, the uni-

While it may place in the Top 20, students still question how their contentment factors in

Wake Forest University Schools of Business undergraduate program ranked No. 1 in the country for academic quality according to Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s rankings. The university’s business school also ranked among the Top 20 business programs nationally for the third consecutive year in a row.

The business school consistently ranks among the most prestigious undergraduate business schools and programs in the country. However, despite these impressive statistics, internal perspectives of the business school seem to have reached a low point.

While the business school has wonderful opportunities, academic quality and faculty, according to this year’s statistics, some students believe grade deflation and immense workloads are predominant issues. “I would argue that the workload is significantly greater than most other majors in the university, barring the physical sciences,” junior Richard Gerbino, a finance major, said. These recent rankings have left students wondering what the high ranking in “academic quality”exactly means.

Gerbino said he has “no idea how much weight the ranking places on academic quality or even what they define it as.” Students have found that while the business school successfully prepares them for future positions, the workload is very overwhelming at times.

“There’s a reason the term ‘Work Forest’ is popular. Going on anecdotal information based on conversations with friends at business school’s comparable to our level of quality (based on rankings), I’ve gotten the impression our workload is above average,” Gerbino said.

Senior BEM major Afton Vechery said that she would not be surprised if students were unhappy in the business school. She said she has often struggled with creating time for different types of intellectual stimulation during her college experience.

“It is hard to warrant these types of chats with classmates during group projects when there is so much work to be done,” Vechery said.

For upperclassmen searching for jobs, internship opportunities and graduate programs, grade deflation is a sensitive topic. “Though university officials may proclaim that their students are the

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Z. Smith Reynolds Library captures national acclaim for research facilities

By Brittany Coley | Contributing writer

Director of Z. Smith Reynolds Library Lynn Sutton compared it to winning the NCAA Championship for libraries.

On March 22 in the ZSR atrium, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) presented the 2011 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award to Sutton, President Nathan O. Hatch and Provost Jill Tiefenthaler.

ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA), and ZSR belongs to that division as one of its smaller members.

Lisa Hinchliffe, the ALA representative who presented the award, described how the accolade recognizes ZSR’s connection to the advancement of the mission of the university.

A $3000 monetary prize also came with the award, and Sutton said that the funds will go toward professional development.

The staff of the library works with both faculty and students to provide an extensive research library, despite being only a medium-sized institution.

Past recipients of the award have included large state institutions like N.C. State, UVA and Indiana University.

Although the university is not as large as some of the past recipients, ZSR faces a similar demand from students and faculty.

The library focuses on maintaining a balance between a small,

Excellence in Academic Libraries Award Winners: • ZSR Library, Wake Forest • Grinnell College Libraries • Luria Library, Santa Barbara City College personal college and a larger, research university.

Tiefenthaler attributes much of the library’s success to the seven years Sutton has been director.

The award was given based on the creativity and innovation, leadership, and relationships of ZSR. The library has focused on the advancement of technology to help improve the atmosphere.

Starting in 1996 with the Plan for the Class of 2000, the library staff was the primary instructors for teaching students about the ThinkPad computers.

Since then, the library has evolved to house the Bridge, a joint project between the library and WFU Information Systems, as a way to bring technology services closer to the students to better serve their needs.

In addition to the Bridge, ZSR was the first organization on campus to use social media in 2007, including Facebook and Twitter instead of Blackboard or Sakai.

Sutton believes that e-books will be where technology will go in the future.

Already, ZSR is trying to increase the number of e-book titles by buying the title after four requests for it. Sutton acknowledges that students sometimes can resist change, but the librarian staff believes that e-textbooks are the future and will help encourage students to keep the university technologically current.

In addition to technology, the library offers information literacy

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The American Library Association awarded the Z. Smith Reynolds Library with the 2011 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award in its atrium March 22. classes, Library Science 100 and 200, which help students learn to effectively research and evaluate information.

Originally, only one section was taught, but the program has expanded to meet the research needs of the students and now

more than 10 sections are cotaught each semester.

Sutton also said that a miniature auditorium will open on the fourth floor next year.

The library is also currently trying to remove older and less used collections to an off-site

location to free up more space in the library for more group study rooms. Although the award recognizes the past achievements of the library, ZSR continues to look to the future to continue providing students and faculty with the best quality library resources.

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Brieflies Campus Conservation contest promotes sustainability for students To increase awareness and the practice of sustainable behavior, a contest is being held for students to submit campus improvement ideas.

The idea judged most probable and impactful will be implemented on campus, and the first place winner will receive a complementary dinner for two at Shorty’s. The runner-up will receive 15 food dollars.

Submissions will be accepted until April 10.

Entries can be submitted through a variety of sources.

There will be tables around campus, and students can also join the group Campus Conservation Contest on Facebook to submit their ideas. There is also an online submission form available at surveymonkey.com/s/ PH85S6M. Submissions should include the student’s name, grade, email address and a brief summary of the idea, including the resources sustained and the areas on campus that will be affected.

Fulbright opportunities illuminated through workshops and lectures Faculty, staff and students are invited to join those of other universities in workshops to learn more about the Fulbright Scholarship program.

The day includes sessions for faculty, staff and students, and culminates in a lecture titled “The Pervasiveness of Corruption in Africa” by Visiting Fulbright Scholar Dr. Nuhu Yaqub.

Also featured during the day will be a lecture by Gary Garrison, assistant director of scholar programs with the Council for International Exchange of Scholars in Washington and an expert in Middle East and Northern African grants.

This Fullbright Scholarship Day will take place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 28. All events will be held in 407 Benson Student Center. Contact Linda Bridges (bridgelm@wfu.edu) or Tom Phillips (phillito@wfu.edu) for more information.

Hillel promotes Israel Week movies and discussions for community The university’s Jewish student organization, Hillel, will host Israel Week over the upcoming week. One event per day will highlight questions surrounding the nation of Israel.

The first event will be a screening of the movie Beaufort, revealing the story of a group of Israeli soldiers stationed in an outpost in Southern Lebanon before the Israeli withdrawal in 2000. This event will take place this evening at 7:15 p.m. in Benson room 407.

A demonstration offering Israeli products and food samples will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 25 at the vendor tables in Benson. Shabbat services will be offered the same day at 6:30 p.m. in the lower auditorium of Wingate Hall.

Rabbi Michael Gisser will lead a discussion on Shabbat and issues facing Jewish students in the 21st century at 11 a.m. in room 19 of Reynolda Hall. A Shabbat Kiddush with a free homemade lunch will be offered later that day at 12:30 p.m. in the lower auditorium of Wingate Hall. Finally, a Havdallah service will be offered for the end of Shabbat at 8 p.m. in the meditation room of Reynolda Hall.

The movie For My Father, which follows three Israeli and Palestinian youths in Tel Aviv, will play on 7:15 p.m.

March 28 in room 409 of Benson.

The week will end with a guest speaker from Israel Seminars lecturing on Israeli settlements 7 p.m. March 29 in room 410 of Benson.

For more information contact Rabbi Gisser at gissermi@wfu.edu.

Reynolda Film Festival to return to campus for its fourth annual show The university’s annual Reynolda Film Festival will be held from March 30 to April 2 in Annenburg Forum.

The festival includes narrative and documentary finalists, as well as many special events about breaking into the industry and a WAKE Radio exposition.

Among the notable attendees is Jason Reitman, who directed such films as Up in the Air. He is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. April 2 in Wait Chapel.

The Reynolda Film Festival was created by university students in 2007 and has brought many noteworthy speakers to campus including Spike Lee. Their motto is “entertain, inspire, challenge.”

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Charlotte business campus moves uptown

By McKenna Begin | Staff writer

In the increasingly competitive job market that pervades collegiate communities, the university has decided to expand its foundation in Charlotte, N.C. Currently, the Wake Forest Schools of Business offer both evening and Saturday classes in its Masters in Business Administration Program for Working Professionals in Charlotte, which gives students an opportunity to further their education, earning an additional degree in two years, while still gaining experience in the working business world.

At present, the Charlotte campus is located in the Morrocroft Centre in the South Park neighborhood, but it will soon move to uptown Charlotte.

The program, which started in 1995 with 30 students, now has almost 200 students enrolled. Due to major growth, the school has decided to move to a more relevant business center of Charlotte.

With almost 6,000 alumni living in Charlotte, the new location, at 200 N. College St., will provide a more convenient place for the education of current students, and also for alumni gatherings and meetings.

“Our students, faculty and alumni are the thought leaders of Charlotte,” Wake Forest Dean of Business Steve Reinemund said. “It’s only fitting that we move to the center of this vibrant business community.”

As part of the university’s nationally acclaimed Schools of Business, the Charlotte campus is under pressure to expand and remain influential in the area.

In order to provide support to its students, who are all pursuing a MBA while working full-time, the program requires study groups of five or six students, all from decidedly diverse backgrounds.

“We believe that the time is right for the academic institutions in Center City to work to-

Offering evening and Saturday classes, the Charlotte campus of the Wake Forest Schools of Business will move to a new location in the city. gether to continue to move Charlotte forward,” Yvonne Hinson, director of accountancy for the Schools of Business, said. “We look forward to growing our current offerings and expanding to new offerings by leveraging our academic strengths,” A typical first-year fall semester requires nine credits consisting of courses in financial accounting, personal development and quantitative methods.

“As we build more momentum and critical mass, we believe we are building connections between this institution of higher learning,

its faculty and our region’s center for jobs and economic development, as well as finance and energy,” Moira Quinn, the senior vice president of communications and chief operating officer of Charlotte Center City Partners, said.

“This will be a game changer for both the city and Wake Forest.”

The Wake Forest University Charlotte Center, housed in the former International Trade Center building, was leased to the university by Bank of America.

It should be open for classes starting in January 2012.

Racial divide apparent in continuing health care debate

By Yasmin Bendaas | Staff writer

The national debate over health care since the 2008 election shone a light on its continuing racial disparities.

The controversies and complexities surrounding this issue were discussed at a symposium titled “Race, Genetics, Medicine and Health Disparities” March 16.

The symposium was sponsored by the Center for Bioethics, Health and Society, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Center for International Studies, the Department of Biology and the Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity.

The symposium began with a panel discussion on race, genetics and medicine, introduced by Dr. Ana S. Iltis, director of the Center for Bioethics, Health and Society.

Participating panelists included Barry Freedman, proffessor at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine; John H. Felts, III, chief of the section on Nephrology at the School of Medicine; Pilar Ossorio, associate professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison; and Charmaine Royal, associate research professor in the institute for genome sciences and policy at Duke University.

A reception followed the panel, as well as a presentation titled “Improving Equality and Achieving Equity: Identifying and Addressing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care” by keynote speaker Joseph Betancourt, director of the Disparities Solutions Center.

“When there are discussions about race, we think we’re past (racial disparities), but we’re actually not,” Betancourt said. “There are three cultures in the room at the same time: the doctor’s culture, the patient’s culture and the medical culture.”

The panel and keynote discussion were not focused on a right or wrong, but rather the intricacies surrounding the issues.

“Certainly there’s a science to medicine, but there’s also an art to medicine,” said Betancourt.

According to the panel, the “art of care” requires effective communication with patients, which makes increasing training for healthcare professionals in cross-cultural communication, or cultural competence, essential.

Furthermore, it was made clear that cultural competence goes beyond race and into several other factors of diversity such as gender, religion, nationality, ethnicity and sexual orientation.

Speakers also discussed the importance of raising awareness and teaching basic skills of cultural competence as part of an undergraduate medical education, since the consequences of lacking crosscultural knowledge among health professionals results in poorer communication, low trust levels, patient dissatisfaction, noncompliance and inadequate health outcomes. However, speakers stressed that cultural competency programs must be careful not to reinforce stereotypes by dismissing instruction on the complexities of a culture.

Although they said that increased cultural understanding will not eliminate health disparities, it is fundamental to providing quality

care to patients, with high-quality care being safe, effective, patientcentered and timely.

Additionally, the symposium highlighted not only the importance of cross-cultural competency and the presence of stereotyping, but also the ramifications of access to care. Understanding of disparities due to various social determinants is based on limited research emerging in the 1980s and ‘90s.

It has been found that education and health are more closely linked than any other factor. “ W e want to be sure that every patient, regardless of background ,gets what they n e e d ,” Betanco u r t said.

“But I don’t think we are going to flip a switch and make things perfect. I believe in taking small steps, and it doesn’t necessarily mean rocket-science.”

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University students walk the campus barefoot for One Day Without Shoes “One Day Without Shoes” is an event being held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 5 at a table on Hearn Plaza.

At this table, students can pledge a donation to walk on the Quad barefoot for the day. Afterwards, students can either donate money or purchase a cut-out paper foot, to be placed on the bricks of the Quad.

The goal of the charity is to fill the entire walkway of the Upper Quad with these paper cutouts. The donations will go to the TOMS Foundation, which donates shoes to children in third world countries around the world. The Upper Quad will also be filled with signs about the statistics of poverty in these nations.

As well as the TOMS donations, “One Day Without Shoes” will be selling jewelry made by the children of BASICS International in Chorkor, Ghana. T-shirts from BASIC International will also be sold at this table.

In addition to all of these options, students also have the opportunity to write letters to the children of BASIC International by pulling their names from a jar.

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• A trespasser on university property stabbed a victim in the chest with an ink pen at 7 p.m.

March 14. The victim was transported to an emergency clinic to get a tetanus shot.

• The University Police responded to a large fight in progress at 1:11 a.m. March 18 in Martin Hall.

Upon arrival, there were 30 to 50 males fighting in three areas. 300 people were estimated to be present. The Winston-Salem Police Department was contacted to assist the University Police in dispersing the crowd.

• University Police officers observed a male running from a group of males at 1:07 a.m. March 20 in the area of Martin Hall. The male got into the patrol vehicle and advised that he had been pulled out of a vehicle and assaulted. He was transported to Student Health for treatment.

• Unknown subject(s) removed an unsecured laundry bag containing the victim’s laundry from a hallway at 1:05 p.m. March 14 in suite 204 of Martin Hall.

• Unknown subject(s) removed jewelry from a desk in a victim’s room at 5:25 p.m. March 14.

• Unknown subject(s) removed copper piping attached to gutters from behind a building at 11:20 a.m. March 15 in Reynolda Village. The copper piping is used to drain water away from the building.

• Unknown subject(s) removed unsecured written prescriptions for Adderall at 3:36 p.m. March 15 from a counter in Starbucks.

• Unknown subject(s) removed a GPS and iPod from an unsecured vehicle at 3:40 p.m. March 16 at Martin Circle.

• University Police responded to Lot P in reference to a vehicle unlock at 3:29 p.m. March 20.

Upon arrival, it was determined that the license tag on the vehicle was stolen from the city of Winston-Salem.

• Unknown subject(s) removed an iPod from an unsecured room in Taylor House room 315B between March 8 and 12.

Miscellaneous • University Police provided service to a victim disturbed about the way his food was delivered at 11:21 p.m. March 17.

• University Police responded to the wooded area on campus after it was reported that an unknown person had made a camp fire in the woods and left beer cans lying around at 9:07 a.m. March 20.

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Hatch hosts students for campout, s’mores and talks

By Samantha Perrotta | Staff writer

The entrance to President Nathan O. Hatch’s home combines lavish trees with open grass and a long driveway. Those of us who have made it over to 1000 Kearns Ave. in Winston-Salem most likely only stepped foot in the garage — a space groups and classes can rent for activities.

The garage is decorated in old gold, and black and finished with marble and dark wood. It is complete with a kitchen, dining area, sitting area, fire place and huge flat screen television.

However, 50 students got closer than most to the actual Hatch home when they joined President and Mrs. Hatch at a campout on the property. The house, conceived and designed in 1929 by renowned New England architect Julian Peabody, served as the backdrop for the First Annual President’s Campout.

The campout was held on the front lawn, where President and Mrs. Hatch hosted students for a night of fun, food and friends.

President’s Fellow Jermyn Davis led a team of four undergraduate students including senior Katie Russenberger, sophomore J.J. Johnson, senior Alana Wilson and freshman Alex Haddock in planning for the event. Their preparations began back in November after Hatch expressed a desire to interact with students in a more informal setting.

“Julie and I enjoyed immensely having students camp at the President’s House,” Hatch said. “It was a great opportunity to meet and visit in a relaxed atmosphere. My impression is that students had a great time and we hope to make these occasions

a new tradition at Wake Forest. Our favorite thing “Playing Catch Phrase for nearly two hours with was visiting students around the fire as we tried a group of students you’ve never met before can be our hand at making s’mores.” a surprisingly effective bonding experience.”

The night began just after 5 p.m. when the In efforts to further enhance the relationship campers received all of the neces- between students and administrators, various prosary equipment: sleeping mats, grams and initiatives have been sent into motion sleeping bags and tents. Like over the past year. most campouts, the trickiThe campout was one of the last of the series. est part was tent assembly, Other programs included a roundtable discussions which only jumpstarted with Hatch at Starbucks. the campout’s purpose of “I really enjoyed getting to know President and inter-campus bonding. Mrs. Hatch on a more personal level, in an informal Students were awarded setting,” junior Nilam Patel said. for their teamwork with “My favorite portion of the evening was eating a meal including a gour- dinner with them both in the garage, where we met burger bar, wings just talked about basketball, books and traveling.” and hot dogs.

Praise for the event continues to pour in from To give the night a true camping feel, all campout attendees. all students participated in a classic relay event Although no negative remarks were reported, including three-legged, cartjunior Troy McCarty does have one wish for next wheel, wheelbarrow, potato year. “[The President’s Campout] was pampered sack and egg-on-a-spoon camping at its best. races. Unknown to many It would have been fun if we could students are Hatch’s bashave cooked out and roughed ketball skills. it out a little more.”

Hatch, who played basThe committee and ketball competitively in Hatch hope to see the camthe past, came in second pout turn into an annual place in the night’s event. knockout tournaTo gauge areas for improvement. ment, the committee will be The campout continued sending all campers a feedback Phot os co with a showing of Meet the Parents, form later this week. urte sy of s’mores around the campfire, inflatable “It is the committee’s plan Joel Ang games and a very intense round of Catch Phrase. that this will become an annual /WF U “The campout was an opportunity to meet and event,”Russenberg said. hangout with an interesting and wide-ranging “ T h e seniors and fellow on the committee group of students whom I may never have had are confident that they will use feedback from the the chance to know otherwise,” sophomore Luke- campers to build upon the event and make it even White said. better in the future.”

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Outside the Bubble: Libya quickly spirals into war

Sarah Lischer, associate professor of political science, focuses her research on humanitarian crises, military intervention, African politics and forced migration. The following Q&A with Lischer details the issues surrounding the refugee crisis developing in Libya.

Who are the people on the move in Libya?

1. Foreign workers who are trying to get back home, mostly to other North African countries. Many are fleeing toward Tunisia and Egypt, although that is not necessarily their home country. Some are stranded at the Libyan border (on both sides).

They lack the money to get home and have lost all their capital that they had saved while working in Libya. They are also at risk of attack since Libyans think they might be African mercenaries hired by Lischer Qaddafi. There are hundreds of thousands of foreign workers in Libya, so this movement could continue for quite awhile.

2. Libyan refugees who are fleeing the fighting. These are civilians caught in the crossfire, for the most part.

3. Libyans displaced within their own borders. These internally displaced people would probably like to leave the country but are prevented by security at the border, lack of funds or other reasons.

As Qaddafi’s forces gain ground and move toward the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, will additional refugees likely cross the border into Tunisia?

Other surrounding countries?

There will be many additional refugees trying to flee, particularly as Qaddafi closes in on rebel areas. He has threatened to target all civilians as enemies, which will create panic among the population. The logical places to flee are the border states.

How does the recent Security Council vote on use of force affect the situation for refugees and the possibilities

of providing effective humanitarian aid?

There are positive and negative scenarios for how international military intervention will affect refugees. In Kosovo, massive migration (of nearly a million Kosovo Albanian refugees) did not start until NATO began bombing. The military intervention was actually the catalyst for massive refugee flows — by the people that NATO was trying to protect. This could happen in Libya. The bombing or other military action can create threats and chaos among civilians, causing unintended consequences.

If this happens, there will be negative reactions from the neighboring states who bear the brunt of population movements. This could fracture support for international action. In Kosovo, Macedonia and Albania were very worried about the destabilizing effect of hundreds of thousands of Kosovo Albania refugees.

On a more optimistic note, military action could create a safer space for aid agencies to enter. This could allow access to a population that is likely in desperate need of assistance. It would require ground troops, however, to create safe corridors for aid delivery.

Overall, however, the strategy of military intervention is a risky one.

It could spark a humanitarian crisis or

encourage Qaddafi to abuse civilians even more.

Air attacks are a blunt instrument and may not provide much protection to civilians in Libya.

Ideally, international pressure can lead to a firm cease fire, pull back of government forces and negotiations with the rebels.

How will countries bordering Libya with scarce resources of their own

handle the influx of refugees? What problems will refugees likely cause?

The neighboring states do not want to deal with a huge refugee presence, especially considering the domestic upheaval already occurring in Tunisia and Egypt. Add to the refugees, the foreign workers hoping to transit through Tunisia and Egypt are also straining resources.

According to international law, what is the responsibility of other states to the Libyans?

International law mandates that no state can forcibly return a refugee when they are at risk of continued persecution or oppression. This affects European nations as well, most of which desperately want to avoid host“This is not a humanitarian crisis.

This is a war.”

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ing Libyan refugees. Thus, Europeans states, such as Italy, can circumvent the law (the 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees) by making sure that the Libyans do not land on their territory. The United States followed similar strategies after the earthquake in Haiti, intercepting Haitians at sea and returning them home. One difference here is that the Libyans are clearly fleeing persecution and civil war. Thus, they should be automatically granted refugee status.

Internally displaced people face an even more serious situation. They have no legal protection from the Qaddafi government, especially since there is hardly any international presence on the ground to report on their plight.

How can humanitarian aid from other parts of the world help Libyan refugees? Is there a downside to providing aid?

Right now, the aid organizations cannot get into Libya. There are virtually no international agencies on the ground, with the exception of the International Committee of the Red Cross. If aid agencies can get

access, either through negotiation with the Libyan government (not a very promising avenue) or through security corridors set up to protect aid delivery, then there will be a prospect of helping civilians. At present, there is hardly any information about the humanitarian needs, although the assumption is that the situation is getting worse and more people will lack sanitation, health care and food as the crisis goes on.

What are the long term prospects for refugees returning to Libya even if the rebels succeed?

At the moment, it is too early to speculate on this. It will be more useful to wait and see how the entire situation develops.

Has any refugee situation in Africa had a positive resolution?

Many refugee situations in Africa have had positive resolutions over time. One example is the current returns to South Sudan now that the region has become an independent state. Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese are peacefully moving back after decades in exile.

What lessons from your book Dangerous Sanctuaries: Refugee Camps, Civil War, and the Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid apply to this situation?

One lesson is to prevent militarization of refugee populations. This includes protecting refugees from forced recruitment by armed groups and securing assistance from misuse by combatants.

It is important to make sure that refugee camps remain civilian zones, as outlined in international law.

There is also a need for donor states to have political engagement with the crisis so that humanitarian organizations are not left with all the responsibility.

These aid workers, both international and local, operate at great personal risk, particularly if the host government (Libya) is hostile to their activities.

As I wrote a few years ago in an op-ed referring to Darfur — this is not a humanitarian crisis. It is a war.

Outside the Bubble Middle East protests spread to the Syrian Arab Republic DAMASCUS — After initial calls for protest failed during the weeks of the Egyptian revolution, Syrian anti-government protestors took to the streets this week to demand greater freedoms.

Social networking sites dubbed March 21 “Dignity Friday” as they called for massive demonstrations across the country.

Protests that day and in the days since have been called the biggest domestic challenge since the 1970s to the Syrian government, which is notorious for being one of the most repressive in the Middle East.

Government security forces have responded with arrests, water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets.

Reports from inside Syria claim that these security forces even began skipping the nonlethal methods in favor of live ammunition.

These choices have been reflected in a rising death toll. At least 21 were killed on March 23 alone.

International organizations including Human Rights Watch have urged Syria to cease these human rights violations.

Plunging home sales spark fears of renewed recession WASHINGTON — New single-family home sales for February dipped to the lowest levels since December 2003, according to a new government report.

The Commerce Department reported a steep 16.9 percent drop in sales, the greatest drop since recording began in 1963.

The oversupply of homes exacerbated by an increasing flood of foreclosed properties falling into foreclosure frustrated a domestic economic market still in recovery.

Economists regarded these statistics as evidence that the country might be sliding into a “double-dip” recession.

Reports forecasted that the Federal Reserve would attempt to overcome this drop by stimulating the economy through purchasing bonds.

Tokyo water reveals unsafe spikes in radiation levels TOKYO — As black smoke forced the team stabilizing Japan’s earthquake-damaged nuclear plant to evacuate March 23, a spike in radiation levels of Tokyo tap water spread fears for food safety.

Since the earthquake radiation has seeped into vegetables, raw milk, sea water and tap water.

The tap water showed levels elevated beyond those safe for infant consumption.

The March 23 data revealed 210 becquerels per liter of iodine-131 — more than twice the recommended limit of 100 becquerels per liter for infants. The recommended limit for adults is 300 becquerels.

Although Tokyo officials claim that the water is still safe for consumption as long as the radiation levels decrease soon, parents have begun searching for alternative water sources for their infant children.

Bombing near bus stop kills woman, injures 30 JERUSALEM — A bomb planted in a bag exploded near a bus stop in a Jewish district of Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing a woman and injuring at least 30 people. The police blamed the attack on Palestinian militants.

The blast coincided with an upsurge of violence on the Gaza border that has led to fears of a new war between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas.

Medics said three people were seriously hurt by the explosion, which hit one of the main routes into central Jerusalem.

The attack is the first time Jerusalem has been hit by such a bomb since 2004.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel would take action against those groups who he said are testing the Jewish state’s will to defend itself.

World leaders condemned the bombing, as well as a flurry of rockets and mortars fired from Gaza into Israel in recent days.

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hroughout the fall and spring semesters, Student Government and the administration have made efforts to advertise different opportunities to socialize and interact with President Nathan O. Hatch.

The most frequent activity advocated by and the administration is “Hang with Hatch," where students can converse with Hatch in the Starbucks in the library.

Another opportunity to meet with Hatch was last week's campout taking place in his yard. Recently, Hatch has even implemented office hours where students can meet with him to ask questions concering student life and more.

Although these opportunities to interact with Hatch are innovative, it still begs the question: Why doesn’t Hatch have more of a presence on campus?

Instead of designating specific times and events where students can meet with Hatch, why can’t he be seen having lunch in the Pit more often or walking around campus talking to students on his own accord?

Although such efforts are not nonexistent, they are relatively infrequent and isolated. The large majority of our editorial board members have never encountered him in an informal environment.

Having a relationship with students does not come from having structured times to meet with them.

A relationship with students comes from sitting down with a random group of students on the quad and having a spontaneous conversation.

Hatch could increase his visibility and make students more likely to approach him with campus concerns at formal or informal opportunities by just smiling and saying hello to every student he passes on campus.

Hatch is not the only administrator that needs to improve on his informal

relationship with the student body, however.

Many students make the Dean’s List, but how many students can name the Dean of the College? Dean of the College Jacquelyn S. Fetrow could make a better effort to interact with members of the student body.

It would hold greater meaning to be on the Dean’s List if we actually knew who the Dean of the College was and what she did.

Other administrators also seem to be elusive on campus.

There are over 15 assistant and associate deans working for the university. Who are they?

With a campus that has 4,569 undergraduate students, it would make sense for the administration to have more daily interactions with students.

The administration should be seen not only at football and basketball games, but also try to see at least one game played at home by every sports team.

There are plenty of athletic events for administrators to attend, which would set an outstanding example for students concerning the significance of attendance and school spirit.

Different members of the administration can also show their support for the student body by coming out to other events, such as Shag on the Mag, the April dance performance or various a capella shows.

The few administrators who do seem to be highly visible come from the offices of Student Life and Student Affairs including Mary Gerardy, Michael Ford, Harold Holmes and Ken Zick.

Provost Jill Tiefenthaler is also fairly visible at on-campus events, yet many students are not aware of her specific role at the university.

By being more visible around campus, the administration will help create the community feeling that Wake Forest prides itself on and gives the utmost consideration.

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Personal growth supplements book learning Outside perspectives only add to academic process

Pat Kelly Guest columnist

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enowned educational and legal critic Stanley Fish lectured on campus this weekend on, amongst other things, academic freedom.

Fish devotes much of his life to this issue as a professor, author and New York Times columnist.

On academic freedom, he believes in what he calls the “just-do-your-job” approach.

That is, an academic’s lone task in teaching is “to introduce students to bodies of materials with which they were previously unfamiliar and to equip students with their discipline-appropriate analytical skills. That’s it, nothing else.”

He warned against the perils of trying to bring the idea of “for the common good” in to the classroom.

Fish believes that this inevitably leads to an educational system that focuses only on social justice that can’t find time to address the academic issues at hand.

By venturing into that realm, however subtly, a professor is undertaking “a pursuit for which you are not trained nor paid.”

“No state legislator pays academics to

Real education does not only makes us smarter, it makes us better. be therapists, political agents of change or parents,” Fish said.

For Fish, “academicizing” a topic detaches it from its real world urgency.

His beliefs are irreconcilably in conflict with the Wake Forest approach.

The university professes part of its mission as “seeking to be a place where a vibrant and diverse learning community weds knowledge, experiences and service that lift the human spirit” — and it should continue to do so.

Think of the best educator you have had in your lifetime.

The most inspiring, challenging, stimulating individual you’ve encountered in your academic career.

Chances are this educator played an integral role in shaping who you became as a person.

I’d be willing to bet you opened yourself to this formative experience not because of their competency in “introducing and equipping,” but rather because of their ability to connect to you as a human being.

This human connection between student and teacher is exactly what Fish’s advocated system removes and to me, is the foundation of a real education.

Being forced to challenge your own ideas and interact with students and professors that strongly disagree with you makes a liberal American education indispensible.

It’s what differentiates the classroom experience from an endless wealth of information accessible on the Internet.

Without the human connection, we are machines training machines.

Furthermore, the university’s Pro Humanitate devotion that permeates the classroom does not diminish our academic experience but enriches it.

One of the most impactful academic experiences I undertaken was an Urban Politics class with a service learning component.

Not only was I introduced to theoretical issues of tax codes, governmental structures and infrastructure issues, and equipped with the ability to analyze them, but I was forced to go out into the WinstonSalem community in an attempt to contribute to solving these issues firsthand.

I completed my time at Goodwill’s Career Connections Center, which helps place unemployed area citizens in the community into jobs.

Those 25 hours of community service, however minimal in impacting the big picture, widened my perspective on the issues we addressed in class and enhanced my understanding of them by allowing me to connect on a personal level with a common textbook issue.

Academicizing in conjunction with service-learning does not remove a topic from its real-world urgency, but instead forces us to confront it.

I came to college intent on being “introduced and equipped” in Fish’s sense, but will leave a completely transformed person because that was only the beginning of the intellectual journey.

The technical knowledge and skills I have acquired, however important, are meaningless in comparison to the personal growth derived from forming, maintaining and challenging human connections.

Being forced to leave the classroom and learn as a person, not just a student, creates a fuller education that Fish believes is the key ingredient for success.

For me, that’s what the student experience should be about.

Real education does not only make us smarter, it makes us better.

Pat Kelly is a junior economics major from Ambler, Penn.

“We didn’t sit down and say, ‘All right, let’s bash Mormons, how should we do it? Let’s spend seven years of our lives writing a Broadway musical so that we can rip on Mormons’.”

- Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park, discussing the controversy of his new Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon, which centers around the Church of the Latter-Day Saints. ­

“It’s the dining equivalent of creating a painting from scratch rather than painting by numbers. Young people want to eat meals where imagination hasn’t been confined to the food.”

- Ed Watson, spokesman for the High Street retailer Debenhams, referring to the recent fad emerging in the United Kingdom of buying mismatched crockery to mimic Alice in Wonderland.

“The fryer had been used all day, so it may have been generating some heat.”

- Lt. Michael Brown, spokesman for the Rotterdam, N.Y. police, explaining a recent situation in which police responded to cries for help at a pizza restaurant and found a would-be robber trapped above a fryer.

“I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars, but maybe capitalism arrived there, imperialism arrived and finished off the planet.”

- Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan president, discussing his personal belief that the emergence of capitalism caused any presence of life on Mars to fail, and that a similar situation would be likely to arise on Earth if society does nothing to stop the spread of capitalism.

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23 reasons to love Wake Forest

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advent of spring like Shag on the Mag — sundresses and bowties usher in the warm weather!

14. Tailgating- Warm weather, cornhole and tossing the football allow students to get excited about the prospect of a victory and rolling the quad.

15. Dean Shore’s Photo Albums- the unexpected Facebook notification announces Dean Shore’s work, allowing us to reminisce on great times shared with our friends.

16. Homecoming Weekend- Current students, recent graduates and older generations of alumni together remind us of what makes Wake Forest such a strong community.

17. Intramural Sports- Glory is found in a T-shirt, allowing athletes of varied skill levels to compete and establish bragging rights for the year.

18. Athletics- It is not about winning or losing; rather; it is about the spirit, commitment and tradition of the games, athletes and fans.

19. Convocations- Faculty processions and senior orations highlight the best of Wake Forest, welcoming the semester with the unified singing of our Alma Mater.

20. M&M Cookies in the Pit- Nothing ends a long pit sit better than a warm, soft, right out of the oven M&M cookie.

21. Flowers around Campus- multicolored buds lay dormant during the harsh months only to burst forth in the spring, beautifying and enhancing our campus.

22. Ed Wilson- Mr. Wake Forest, Dr. Wilson embodies the best of our university, serving as a model alum, professor and student of life.

23. Building relationships with students, faculty and staff- Wake Forest fosters relationship unparalleled across the nation, truly teaching us to appreciate our endless opportunities.

1. Sunny days on Davis Field- Frisbee, football, Baseball, sunbathing, whatever you want, Davis Field is perfect for lazy sunny afternoons with great friends.

2. Brian Piccolo Fundraisers- Students coming together to raise money for a good cause with strong WFU connections is Pro Humanitate at its finest.

3. Old Campus- Remembering our birthplace grants us the chance to delve into our rich history and appreciate those who came before us.

4. Shorty’s- Sitting on the patio or watching the big game with friends, Shorty’s provides a great atmosphere to relax and enjoy the day.

5. Deacon on the motorcycle- The revving of a motorcycle engine signals the entrance of our mascot, ready to lead our Deacs to victory.

6. Pit Sits- On a dreary morning, hours of eating and conversation in the Pit allow us to catch up on missed weekend stories.

7. Rolling the Quad- Nothing is more exciting than celebrating a Deacon win with friends on the quad while the bells play the fight song!

8. Late Night Subway- the stream of students filtering into Davis can only mean one thing — Subway is still serving delicious late night subs.

9. Manchester Plaza Magnolias- The bloom of the Magnolias not only provides beauty to our campus but also symbolizes the beginning of spring.

10. Wake the Library- Lines for study snacks form beneath the dangling decorations in the library atrium; don’t crack under the pressure of exams.

11. 5:00 p.m. bells- The bells remind us of the greater community we are a part of and the campus that we proudly call home.

12. Lunch in the Mag Room- A welcoming smile from Maria and a delicious buffet add to the camaraderie and fellowship felt by all.

To cheer thy mystic name.

13. Shag on the Mag- Nothing signals the

Budget cuts seriously threaten Governor’s School success Program may soon make students pay up Seth Collie Guest columnist

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erhaps some of the readership of this publication has heard of, or even attended, the summer program known as Governor’s School in North Carolina or in one of the other states that currently has a program in existence.

I was one of the lucky students that attended during the summer between my junior and senior years of high school.

For those that aren’t familiar with this concept, the North Carolina Governor’s School is a six-week residential program that is held at both Salem College here in Winston-Salem and Meredith College in Raleigh.

The program is divided into three sections: Areas I, II and III. Area I consists of the study of the field that the student is nominated to attend, with the list including: English, French, Spanish, Mathematics, Natural Science, Social Science, Art, Choral Music, Instrumental Music, Drama or Dance.

Area II has often been referred to by those involved with the program as the path to garnering “knowledge about knowledge.”

Students focus on philosophical ideas and learn to make connections between the various Area I disciplines. Area III involves applying Areas I and II to everyday life and takes a “self in society” approach.

However, for me and many other students that attended, the best part of Governor’s School was not any of these areas in and of themselves.

I attended for instrumental music; while I certainly grew musically, that paled in comparison to the true result of my attending: a lifelong desire to learn and grow academically.

At the Governor’s School, little if any homework is assigned, and tests are never taken.

Not having to stress about grades and GPAs lets the students focus on forming new relationships, as well as on their own personal growth and maturity.

Without the Governor’s School, students across the United States would be denied the opportunity to explore their passions in a nontraditional academic setting.

Sadly, due to last year’s budget cuts, a percentage of Governor’s School allotments were taken away, resulting in a $500 tuition charge for each student. While that may sound reasonable, the beauty of the program was that it allowed any gifted student from any socioeconomic background to attend.

Cost was not a barrier, but the charging of tuition limited the diversity that was once one of the most important benefits of the program.

Now, because of more budget cuts, the North Carolina Legislature’s proposed budget for this year includes another reduction in Governor’s School funding, but instead of a small percentage, this cut is much larger: 100 percent.

Governor’s School funding will, if this budget is passed, drop to zero, raising tuition to an estimated $1700 per student if the program even remains in existence, effectively eliminating any semblance of a diverse student body.

I speak for the thousands of students that have attended Governor’s School in the past when I say that it is more than just a summer program; it is life-changing for everyone that attends. The environment that this program provides for intellectually gifted students to learn and grow in is second-to-none and cannot be discontinued.

Cuts in the budget certainly have to be made.

But having not gone through the program themselves, legislators cannot possibly know how this program affects the lives of those who attend.

At this point, the only thing that could possibly stop this cut is our efforts. Whether you have ever attended Governor’s School or not, take a moment to send a quick email to your local legislators, if you live in North Carolina, or to the legislators that represent Winston-Salem if you do not.

Here at the university, we pride ourselves on being committed to intellectual and academic exploration. Do your part to support a program that commits to these same goals, and strives to provide all students with the ability to learn and grow in their passions and beliefs like no other.

Representatives can be found and contacted at www.ncga.state.nc.us/GIS/RandR07/ Representation.html

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Beautiful weather encourages outdoor activity Many options abound for fresh air enjoyment

Cory McConnell

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ith the changing of the seasons comes a wealth of new opportunities, as well as setbacks, for the average Wake student.

First and foremost, the weather provides a chance to enjoy the truly beautiful surroundings afforded to us here at Wake.

Whether an afternoon walk through the trail to Reynolda Village, a picnic under a tree on Davis Field, or even the ever popular Frisbee games constantly zig-zagging across the quads, the springtime offers endless chances to get outside and have fun.

This sudden change of weather also brings with it new temptations sure to cause students dilemmas of whether to study or go out in the glorious weather.

Having myself spent entire days in the library when it was incredibly nice outside, I certainly understand the difficulty of having class or holding study sessions when it’s so nice out.

Living in Martin last year, having marathon sand volleyball sessions was almost too much fun, and the prospect of skipping class to indulge ourselves was almost too much for my suitemates and I to handle.

When you walk across the Mag Quad, it’s hard not to spot countless students lying on the grass, playing soccer under the trees or even pretending to do homework at the tables in the courtyard by Tribble.

Some teachers seem to understand this dilemma, however they are few and far between. Last spring, I had a teacher say to the class on the first beautiful day of spring that it would be “cruel and unusual punishment” to keep us inside on a day like that and promptly dismissed the class to go frolic in the sun.

I won’t name the teacher so they won’t get in trouble, but what a day!

So thinking about my favorite things to do in the spring when the weather is nice, I thought I’d share a few so maybe someone with a beautiful day and nothing to do can get out there.

The first thing I do when the weather is nice is go to Pilot Mountain. This is one of my favorite places in North Carolina and is tough to beat as far as sheer beauty in this area.

Whether you want to hike all the way to the top, hike part of the way or simply “cheat” and drive up there, the view is something that shouldn’t be missed. And on a clear day, one can see for miles and miles as hawks soar nearby and the sun drapes the mountain trees in beautiful light.

So, if you are a hiker or outdoor enthusiast, or just want to see the sights with a relaxing drive up the curves of the mountain, definitely check it out and bring a camera.

Pilot Mountain, golfing and rafting down the Dan River all serve as fun warm-weather activities.

Another fun thing to do is golf. I know, golfing isn’t the first sport that most people want to run out and play when it gets nice out, but it can provide a relaxing experience that most people don’t even think of.

There are full length courses nearby like Winston Lake, as well as par-3 courses for beginners or those just looking to have some quick fun at Tanglewood Park.

Another yearly favorite when the weather is warm is to float down the Dan River on a tube, preferably with a cold adult beverage in hand — only if you are over the age of 21, of course — to make for the ultimate relaxing warm weather experience.

The Dan is a short drive away and has always been a fun getaway for stressed out Wake students.

So whatever your workload, remember that our time here at Wake is limited and that everybody could use a nice break to do something fun around the beautiful Triad area.

Take the chance when the weather is this nice and do something fun outdoors in the beautiful southern sunshine; enjoy the wonderful weather!

Cory McConnell is a junior communication major from Champions Gate, Fla.

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Breaking the Wake Forest Bubble| Hamlin’s Ramblins

Magic and mysteries of Las Vegas appeal to visitors of all ages “Wade Parade” makes their annual trip west

Hamlin Wade Staff columnist

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ast weekend, I traveled to the mecca of sports betting, the gambling haven of the world and the city that can fulfill and crush dreams in a matter of seconds.

Some know this city as Sin City and others simply call it Vegas.

Regardless of what you choose to call it, the stories and the perceptions live up to its billing, promising to astound and perplex all of those who enter, yet never exposing all the intricacies and mysteries within.

My story from Las Vegas begins with a tradition.

Each year, my father and I travel to some location to play golf and catch up.

However, this year, it seemed as though my summer would be booked with employment, throwing our tradition into jeopardy. Therefore, we proposed a weekend getaway to the West, playing golf and exploring a new part of the world.

However, it took the influence of my 81-yearold grandfather to convince my dad to go to Vegas. “Hambone,” as we refer to him, sold my dad on Sin City, explaining the “experience” and the fun that would befall us.

Therefore the “Wade Parade” set off to the West, with three generations of Hamlin Landis Wades ready to put our luck to the test and see what the buzz was all about.

As it turns out, Vegas is everything you expect.

It’s busy, grandiose and bright. There is more fluorescent and neon light than should exist in the world. Casinos welcome you in with open arms, offering free drinks and pumping in oxygen — it’s not just a myth — doing everything they can to get you to spend all your money and lay your chips on the table.

Shows vary from burlesque to Sinatra, from Cirque du Soleil to Celine Dion, offering

enthusiasts of every walk of life the opportunity to find something to fall in love with.

Everywhere you walk, Hollywood creeps into the back of your mind.

Whether it’s the loop in front of the Bellagio where George Clooney was arrested for breaking parole in Ocean’s Eleven, the lobby of Caesar’s Palace where Alan inquired about a phone bank in The Hangover or the “damn

Everyone should get the chance to experience the full Vegas: the lights, the sounds and the casinos. lobby, damn tour, damn bathroom, damn wall” tour guide in Vegas Vacation, it’s impossible not to quote movies or imagine yourself bankrolling the casino like so many great characters.

Vegas seems to maintain a larger than life persona, determined to be more grandiose and more ornate than any other city on the planet.

The Grand Canal of the Venetian seems more realistic than Venice itself. The water show in front of the Bellagio cannot be matched in elegance. And the dolphins at the Mirage, the lions at MGM and the pirate ship at Treasure Island are guaranteed to make you

stop and stare. Most people just go to Las Vegas for the show.

Very few seem to strike it rich and take the house.

My grandfather, father and I can attest, as we all returned from Vegas with our bank accounts looking a little more desolate than when we departed.

However, the true spirit of Las Vegas does not lie in the winning, but in the experience.

It isn’t about how much the blackjack table takes from you, but what you take from it. It’s in the learning of the game and the flashing lights.

It isn’t based on the sound of coins dropping but the combined and unified “ohs” and “ahs” of the passers-by. Vegas isn’t about the hotel rooms but the hotel lobbies, guaranteed to please the crowds.

No matter your age, whether you are 81, 53 or 21, Vegas has something to offer.

So, whether it’s by car, bus, train or airplane, get to your nearest mode of transportation and head West. Put on Elvis, Celine, or my personal favorite, Sinatra. And, in that vein of Frank, let’s all hope that “luck is a lady tonight.”

Hamlin Wade is a junior political science major from Charlotte, N.C.

Searching for Equality | A Citizen’s Public Duty

King hearings ignore key points of radicalism in America Lack of legitimacy disrupts meetings

Matt Moran

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0 days ago, as of this writing, Congressman Peter King held the first of what is to be a series of hearings on “The Extent of the Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community’s Response.”

The hearings and their chairmen were immediately assailed by leftwing and Muslim critics who alleged that he was carrying out a witch-hunt or returning America to the days of McCarthyism.

Critics instead urged that hearings on radicalization in America as a general phenomenon, not a strictly Islamic one be held — thereby avoiding singling out Muslims.

King has no discernable expertise in Islamic studies or the study of terrorism.

It stands to reason then that he should call experts from a wide variety of intelligence and academic communities to his hearings to dissect an extremely serious issue in a thoughtful, informative way.

Instead, King called family members of a young Muslim man who had been radicalized and asked them to speak about the brainwashing of their son, who was later found in Somalia working with the Islamist group al-Shabbab.

Also called were three other congressmen, none of who have any credentials in the study of terrorism, and a handful of non-governmental organization directors.

Notably not present were Attorney General Eric Holder and the director of the FBI, Robert Mueller. Holder had specifically contested King’s

statement that “85 percent of mosques in this country are controlled by Islamic fundamentalists,” a statement King made without citation.

King is also an interesting choice to conduct a hearing on terrorism, given his outspoken support for the Irish Republican Army in the 1980s.

He compared Gerry Adams, the head of the IRA’s political wing, to George Washington and asserted that there is a “moral equivalency between

Focus on partisan sentiments and failure to listen to experts cause hearings to lose sense of purpose. the IRA and the British Army.”

Having failed to repudiate his proIRA views, it is difficult to take his moral outrage towards radicalization of Americans seriously.

One cannot rail against terrorism when ideological enemies commit it but tacitly approve of it when it is carried out by ideological allies and expect to be taken seriously.

Like so much of the anti-Muslim

agitation, the King hearings are simply pandering to a political base who thinks America would be better off without 85 percent of its mosques.

If King refuses to even attempt to take an impartial look at the issue and appeal to a wide group of people, the heightened sense of anti-Muslim animosity will not change.

Currently, there are 11 states with bills in the legislature banning the influence of Sharia in American law.

I find it highly unlikely that the legislatures drafting and supporting this legislation actually think Islamic law could work its way into the American legal code and so must conclude that this is simple political posturing.

Unfortunately, this type of posturing reinforces the isolation American Muslims already feel as their religious codes come under attack and they are scrutinized for all being terrorists.

This is not to say that the United States does not need to have a serious conversation about radical Americans, who have in some cases attempted or carried out terrorist attacks.

Radicalization is certainly real, but understanding it requires seriousness and attention to detail that the King hearings failed to achieve.

Although terrorism from the farright continues to be a threat and has been responsible for death in the past, the principle terrorist threat today is from Islamic fundamentalism.

An effective hearing on radicalization of American Muslims would call experts in Islamic studies and terrorism to testify, not a collection of congressmen who know nothing of the subject, or a family with a tragic story to tell.

We need a serious conversation about Islamic fundamentalism, but this series of King hearings will not give us one.

Instead, we get political pandering that only isolates and denigrates a swath of the American population, and a series of contentious hearings that appears to be far from legitimate that will do nothing to solve this problem.

Matt Moran is a junior history major from Pittsburgh, Penn.

Notre Dame receives little punishment for student’s death Coach Kelly should be made more responsible for tragic fall

George Ewing Guest columnist

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eclan Sullivan. This name is one that many people probably do not know of, but this past fall he was a college student just like many people at this university.

In particular, he was a junior film student at the University of Notre Dame.

Sullivan was on top of a hydraulic lift filming the Notre Dame football team’s practice on the fateful day of Oct. 7.

Strong gusts of wind up to 50 mph were present that day and in a terrible scene of events, the

lift carrying Sullivan toppled over and he died as a result of injuries from the fall.

Sullivan had updated his Twitter account minutes before the fall, saying he feared for his life on top of the lift because of the strong winds.

Why has this story been covered so little?

And why has Notre Dame not been punished more? This was a terrible incident that could and should have been prevented.

The whole series of events brings up such

This horrific accident shows where Notre Dame lacked in safety prevention measures. questions as: why was the Notre Dame football practicing outside instead of inside on that day?

Or, who told Sullivan he was allowed on the lift?

Recently, the Indiana Occupational Health and Safety Administration put Notre Dame at fault for the death and fined the school $77,000 for putting a worker at risk through unsafe conditions.

I’m flabbergasted and disappointed at this decision.

Simply fining the school is not a strict enough punishment after the death of this student.

The safety and welfare of university students

should be the primary interest for a school, and the fact that many have brushed this event off as just another tragedy is not indicative of what repercussions the school should face.

Someone should be fired; the discussion should start with Coach Brian Kelly.

If it comes out that Kelly knew Sullivan was on the lift, than he should be let go immediately.

Putting any employee in that situation should result in someone or multiple people losing their jobs.

Accountability has been the main issue in this whole situation. No one has truly stepped up and taken responsibility.

Though the Notre Dame president, Reverend John Jenkins, has been very apologetic and forthcoming, he should launch an investigation into the entire football program and see who knew that Sullivan was on the lift.

I understand that the guilt for any person would be enough to punish anyone, but after the death of Sullivan, the university should be punished to whatever extent necessary.

A university student was killed under their watch and as a result of their policies.

I just hope that more people will learn of this story and how it could have been so easily prevented; any common sense should have said that Sullivan should not been allowed on the lift. It’s

obvious that he didn’t do it completely on his own choosing because of the Twitter updates; some sort of safety measure should be put in place to stop this kind of terrible event from occurring in the future. I feel for his family and friends who lost him.

We all know that the school has tons of money and the eventual lawsuit on behalf of Sullivan’s family against the school will never bring him back and does not punish the school enough.

All should be held accountable and the school simply paying money does not do Sullivan’s memory justice. Declan Sullivan’s life ended in a tragic accident, but that doesn’t mean that others should suffer the same fate.

Notre Dame needs to punish those accountable and deal with these situations proactively, instead of retroactively.

Simply responding to an event such as this is not enough.

Serious action must be taken to make sure that gross negligence like this does not happen again, and universities across the United States should learn from this to make sure no student has to lose his life in the same manner as Declan Sullivan.

George Ewing is a sophomore history major from Charleston, W. Va.

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Greek Work Day promotes campus sustainability and beautification

By Caitlin Brooks | Senior writer

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Students worked in teams in wooded areas around campus on Greek Work Day March 20 in efforts to promote sustainability.

More than 100 students volunteered their Sunday afternoon to give back to the university March 20.

Many groggy faces traded their dancing shoes from Wake N’ Shake the night before for a pair of gardening gloves as part Coffey of the bi-annual Greek Work Day. Members of Greek organizations as well as CHARGE Emerging Leaders program (formerly LEAD) participants join hands with the university’s landscaping staff twice each year as part of the Adopt an Area Program on campus.

Students spend several hours helping to clear debris from the vast wooded areas on campus to beautify the spaces, reduce the risk of forest fire and provide wood chips for mulch in plantings.

The program began more than a decade ago when Jim Coffey, director of Landscaping Services, and Mike Ford, associate dean of Campus Life, teamed up to involve students in campus beautification efforts.

According to Coffey, the program fulfills two needs — members of Greek organizations fulfill service requirements and the landscaping staff receives a huge surge of labor

to accomplish very time and energy intensive tasks; however the true value is immeasurable.

“We (landscaping staff members) love the day and we think that the students love to do the work,” Coffey said. “It gives you a feeling of ownership.”

Throughout the years, organizations have been encouraged to adopt particular wooded areas on campus.

These groups then act as stewards of these areas and concentrate their efforts on these places, which range from the walking trails on the Reynolda path to parking lot W. “If you are going to live here and be educated here, you ought to have some involvement in the community.”

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Director of Landscaping Services

Signs denote area sponsorship to promote awareness of the program and serve as a public reminder of the commitment of a group to the program.

Instead of staggering groups around campus, this year’s work day focused on the woods lining the Reynolda Road entrance and the perimeter of the new Welcome Center in anticipation of the ribbon cutting ceremony March 22.

Teams of students marched through the woods collecting fall-

en trees and limbs that were later ground up by a wood chipper.

In addition to the wood clearing, university participants also helped plant flower bulbs throughout the campus during the work days in the fall.

The National Panhellenic Council currently tends the areas surrounding the President’s House to ensure that the beautiful daffodils planted there blossom during each spring season.

For many students, the event provides more than just another opportunity to fulfill a service requirement.

Before participating in the program, few had interacted with any landscaping staff members.

“The landscaping employees could not have been nicer; they were so helpful and awesome to work with,” senior Kasey Sneed said.

Sneed joined the Greek Work Day for the first time this year to spend time with 18 of her sorority sisters, while giving back to the university and the campus.

“It was nice to hang out with my sisters for a couple of hours and do something both to help out Wake Forest and beautify the campus,” she said.

“If you are going to live here and be educated here, you ought to have some involvement in the community. You end up building memories and as I recall from my college days — college really is about the fellowship and the memories,” Coffey said.

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of the world’s most timely issues in the 21st century.

In the spirit of the liberal arts, the celebration of the Humanities Institute’s inauguration closed with commentary by a prominent educational critic skeptical of both the humanities and institutions.

“The humanities are fun, but are the humanities good for humanity? In my view, it is no,” Stanley Fish, Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor of Humanities and Law at Florida International University, author, and regular New York Times contributor, said. Fish argued that when academics do more than introduce unfamiliar material and equip their students with the analytical skills to interpret that material, they diminish the quality of education they are providing.

He cautioned academics against addressing “for the common good,” exhorting “that is a pursuit for which you are not trained and not paid. No state legislator pays academics to be therapists, parents or political agents of change.”

“Fish’s arguments about academia cut right against the grain of our motto, Pro Humanitate,” Dean Franco, professor of English, said. “Given his prominence, the vigor and rigor of his argument, and his national forum, we thought it would be a good idea to see if and how his ideas hold up at Wake Forest. In what ways do we need to rethink our commitment to the various off-shoots of Pro Humanitate, including vocation, service learning, moral growth and preparation for becoming a publicly engaged citizen? Or, how might we revise and even strengthen these commitments?

Bringing Fish gave us an opportunity to gather a distinguished faculty panel of our leading humanists, in order to craft a distinctly Wake Forest response.”

The university response came in the form of a panel discussion of three professors with varied per-

sonal and academic backgrounds. Professor of history Michele Gillespie responded in expressing how the humanities give us “an empathetic grasp on the human experience and its complexities,” while acknowledging that we need to rethink how to make the lessons of the humanities present not only in an academic context but also in the larger community. Professor of religion Simeon Ilesanmi introduced the term “olaju,” used by the Yoruba people of southwestern Nigeria, translating to “having one’s eyes wide open” as an example of the universal recognition of the value of the humanitites.

“The liberal arts, especially the humanities, has long served as the center of Wake’s educational mission,” Foskett said.

“As is the case with all traditions, this, too, must be interpreted and articulated anew for every generation, for that is precisely how traditions stay alive and fresh and vital. Using Stanley Fish’s presentation as the starting point for their reflection, Professors Gillespie, Ilseanmi and Rapaport helped us think seriously about the contexts and purposes that condition and shape the work we do as humanists.”

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product of a challenging academic environment and subsequently somehow more “prepared” for the real world, we simply do not look great on paper, and that puts us at, what I believe to be, an avoidable disadvantage, specifically in the context of competition for spots at top firms and graduate institutions,” Gerbino said.

Gerbino said that he believes the average GPA for a Business School major is well below that of the general college.

Vechery she was disappointed to find that because she didn’t have a 3.8 GPA, she was automatically “weeded” out of resume stacks and didn’t get interviews she was hoping for.

Although she may have struggled adjusting her first semester of college, she said she has found it to be a common problem that the university’s GPAs are not helping students find jobs.

Freshmen interested in the business school are becoming wary of applying in fear of being overwhelmed with work and under-whelmed with their grades.

Freshman Peter Butler has been planning to major in business and enterprise management since his collegiate career began. After hearing the reviews of upperclassmen in his entrepre-

neurial class, he has been second-guessing his decision. “Hearing my peers talk about the endless hours they dedicate to their work in the business school, resulting in grades they are unhappy with leaves, me wondering if my final grade point average will reflect my work ethic,” Butler said.

On the other hand, Vechery believes that the abundance of work in the business school successfully prepares students for careers in business.

She said that she has worked with students from other prestigious universities and has always been amazed with how she is able to complete her work faster, with higherlevels of motivation, and often producing a more professional product.

“At Wake, the challenge is bringing it to the next level while tying in innovation and pushing ourselves,” Vechery said.

“That is how real progress is made. We are pushed to our limits and challenged, and we are taught to function at a level where this is the norm. I feel that I, and other business school students, will enter our respective careers with this attitude and act as a tangible example of the rankings.” Vechery said she has attended many conferences both domestically and internationally, and is always proud to say she is representing the university.

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Subway on the Quad extended its operating hours to 3 a.m. at the start of this academic year but remains the only late-night dining option on campus.

The Benson food court closes at midnight on weekdays, the Pit closes at 9 p.m. and the Magnolia Room only operates during lunch hours.

“My friends at other schools have a lot more options in general than we do,” senior Grant Dover said. “But late-night options are where we are really lacking I think.”

Duke University has seven oncampus dining facilities open until midnight, one facility open until 3 a.m., and a 24-hour McDonald’s.

On Friday and Saturday nights, two additional on-campus dining locations always remain open past 1 a.m.

At Vanderbilt University, two sundries and a coffee shop stay open 24 hours per day, and Quizno’s extends its hours to 4 a.m. on weekends. “There has been some dialog surrounding the option of a 24-hour dining

facility,” Clee said. “We have been conducting focus groups, interviews and online surveys during our ‘Market Match’ process, a university-specific and customercentric master planning system that ARAMARK uses to link campus goals and customer lifestyle needs to better customize dining solutions for the future.”

The issue of long lines and shortage of seating has been an area of concern for a number of years, and space on campus continues to be a major factor as plans are considered by ARAMARK and Hospitality Services, which serves as the liaison department within the university administration.

During the 2008-09 academic year, the meal plan was adjusted so that meal equivalents could be purchased at every dining location, including Subway and Starbucks, essentially making the meal plan all-encompassing, but the plan was inexplicably nixed at the start of the 2009-10 year.

“They should go back to the meal plan from my sophomore year,” senior Lana Williams said.

“You could swipe anywhere all on the same meal plan. I don’t

understand why they got rid of that.”

Allowing use of meal swipes at more dining locations would likely aid overcrowding in the Pit and Mag Room, as students could take advantage of the Benson and Shorty’s without spending money outside of their plans.

“We added some seating in the Pit by moving the Sundry to Benson last year,” John Wise, assistant vice president for Hospitality Services, said.

“It’s a step in the right direction.”

According to Clee, a dining commission, led by junior Hamlin Wade, seeks to provide feedback from students regarding new concepts in dining services and was a driving force behind, the congestion-easing renovation of the Pit. In terms of tangible future changes, the administration and ARAMARK are remaining tightlipped.

Wise said that ARAMARK is currently engaged in a master planning process that hopes to understand venues, hours and the different options that are available. “We are currently actively

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The Pit provides the university community with buffet style food every day.

But is there a better way to accommodate the needs of a growing campus? engaged in exploring all the offerings for students, faculty and staff,” Wise said. “It’s premature to speculate about plans as we have not collected all of our data, but we know that we have opportunities to address seating in the Pit.”

Clee said that more changes to the meal plan are underway for the future.

“We listened to the students regarding the meal plan throughout the year and found that we could offer less block meals and more food dollars to allow stu-

dents to eat more in the retail locations across campus,” Clee said.

“There will also be some changes in Benson during the summer, but the process isn’t far enough along to reveal that information.”

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Football kicks off spring, looks to put 2010 behind them

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average of nearly 25 points per game, and they held just two of their 12 total opponents to under 20 points.

The team also ranked 114th in the nation in passing yards per game.

Wake suffered back-to-back, heartbreaking losses to Georgia Tech and Navy in the middle of the season, both being decided in the final minute of the game.

Despite the team’s dismal year, there were a number of positives that could carry into the upcoming season. Wake managed to notch a 34-13 victory over Vanderbilt on the road in their final game.

Defensive tackle Nikita Whitlock and running back Josh Harris were named to the freshman All-American

On March 17 and March 19, the Wake Forest football team completed their first two practices of the spring at the Doc Martin Football Practice Complex.

NCAA rules dictate that teams are required to have two full, noncontact practices before wearing full equipment.

Regardless, the practices were uptempo and head coach Jim Grobe was very optimistic.

“I was really pleased with how enthusiastic the players were,” Grobe said in a recent interview.

“I’m not sure if it’s because they were embarrassed with last season’s performance, but they are off to a good start this spring.”

Last season was a disappointment to say the least. In their nine losses, the Deacs were outscored by an

first and second teams, respectively.

“We didn’t look like a typical Wake Forest football team last fall,” Grobe said.

“And that was mainly because we had so many young players, but on top of that, not only were we physically not quite ready at a lot of positions, but we weren’t mentally ready at a lot of positions.

“What we’ve got to do is just get the kids to be really good fundamentally.”

He is referring to a squad that returns 17 of 22 starters this season.

Grobe plans on changing things up this spring to avoid an outcome similar to last season.

“We’ve typically, in the spring, just had fun experimenting,” he said.

“This spring, we feel like we need to be simpler and concentrate on getting our kids better. Just coaching

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Junior Dina Nosenko dominated the 3,000-meter at the second day of the Wake Forest Open March 19.

She finished the race in a speedy 9:41.73. Nosenko’s time was just seven seconds shy of the Kentner Stadium record, set by Nicole Stevenson in 1995.

The runnerup, junior Amanda Lapp, from East Carolina University, finished the D. Nosenko race nearly 30 seconds behind Nosenko with a time of 10:11.65.

Nosenko looks to continute her strong opening to the outdoor season when she and the Demon Deacons participate in the Raleigh Relays this weekend.

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the fundamentals, all the way from stance to read keys, all the type of things we didn’t do well last year.”

Changes in the coaching staff were made as well.

Lonnie Galloway will be wide receivers coach and passing game cocoordinator, the same positions he held at West Virginia the past three seasons.

Brian Knorr will move from coaching the wide receivers to coaching the linebackers.

Keith Henry, who worked with the cornerbacks last season, will take over as special teams coordinator.

Finally, Steve Russ will move from coaching the linebackers to the secondary.

Wake has their spring football game Apr. 16 at BB&T Field. The team opens the 2011 season in five months with a road game against Syracuse Sep. 3.

Deacs need improvement in Bzdelik’s encore

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Andrew Mooney of the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective recently decided to record the box score from the epic game in which Jordan, the Looney Toons and a couple of Jordan’s human friends defeated the villanous Monstars.

Upon close examination, it becomes evident that Michael Jordan, Pound (Charles Barkley’s monster) and Bupkus (Patrick Ewing’s monster) dominated the score sheet, with 44, 37 and 34 points respectively. That being said, Bupkus was the only player in the entire game to miss a shot.

Bugs and Lola Bunny combined for 18 points for the Toon Squad. Tweety Bird, Bill Murray and Blanko (Shawn Bradley’s monster) were the only players without any stats in the box score.

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education possible, so Wake was really a perfect fit.”

“It also helps that local athletes are able to form a relationship with Wake coaches in high school.

“I would say that being from Winston-Salem made me very accessible to being recruited,” Tate said. “The coaches didn’t have to go very far to find me. And why wouldn’t they take advantage of local talent, you know?”

Senior Kris Keiser, who joined the men’s golf team this year, agreed.

“I think being a local golfer definitely helped put me on the radar of Coach (Jerry) Haas,” Keiser said.

I won’t risk jinxing myself by saying that Wake Forest basketball can’t fall any farther next season, but I do think we will get better. Hopefully a lot better.

Head Coach Jeff Bzdelik continues to ask for our patience, and after seeing how well Colorado did (the team he ironically left for an ACC squad that should have been better), I’m inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt for at least a couple of years.

However, I, and every other Wake fan, expect to see improvement — a lot of improvement.

So to begin with our overhaul, let’s start with the position on which most plays depend: point guard.

To do this, let’s be honest with ourselves and admit that sophomore C.J. Harris is not a true point guard; he is a combo guard and a pretty good one at that.

I love watching Harris play, but not when he has to run our already shoddy offense.

So, next year I’m calling on freshman Tony Chennault to step up and start at the point and let Harris play the two spot where he thrives. Chennault won’t be a freshman anymore, so he won’t have any excuses; he has got to protect the basketball and make wise decisions.

In the 2010-11 season, our assist-toturnover ratio was 0.73, that is tied for the 309th best ratio in the country, so clearly we were lacking an effective point

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By Lauren Howell | Staff writer Amidst what has proven to be a “building” year for multiple sects of Wake Forest athletics, the Demon Deacons have often looked to the student section in vain for support during competitions.

There were a few embarrassing home football games this past fall when the visiting team visibly had more fans in their student section than out team did, and the traditionally hypnotic sway of the “Tie-Dye Nation” was reduced to a stagnant cluster at best.

But one fan base that has loyally weathered the storms of the year is the Winston-Salem community at large, much of which comes out to

support the Wake Forest athletes who have been born and bred here.

20 percent of the student-athletes at Wake Forest are from North Carolina, and 6 percent are from right here in Winston-Salem.

For many student-athletes, Wake was an ideal choice because it combined their desire to attend an athletically and academically prestigious school with their wish to stay close to home.

“I always knew I wanted to play football and that I wanted to be close to my mom,” sophomore football player Dominique Tate, who played at Carver High School in Winston, said.

“And the most important thing to (my mom) was that I get the best

Demon Deacons swept by strong Hurricane squad 11th inning meltdown dooms Wake in loss to UNC-Charlotte

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Wake Forest baseball stood at 7-9 on the season and 2-1 in ACC play after a weekend series against UNC-Chapel Hill and a victory at UNCCharlotte.

The Deacs looked to continue their inspired play with a three-game series at home against the University of Miami last weekend, followed by a rematch with the 49ers of Charlotte March 17 at Wake Forest Baseball Park.

The highlight of the week came in the opener of the series against Miami, as freshman Kevin Jordan, the recipient of Head Coach Tom Walter’s kidney, threw out the ceremonial first pitch.

“It’s nice to see Kevin out there and getting healthy,” Walter said.

Jordan is continuing his recovery in his endeavor to get back into playing shape. He met with his teammates for his first visit to Wake Forest since his kidney transplant. The Demon Deacons hoped to deliver a victory in Jordan’s return, but were swept by Miami.

Wake Forest hosted UNC-Charlotte March 22, looking for their second win of the season against the 49ers.

The Deacs grabbed an early 2-1 lead in the second inning, when freshman Jack Fischer knocked in junior Carlos Lopez, and freshman Jack Carey

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Junior outfielder Mac Williamson watches the ball fly off his bat at Wake Forest Baseball Park. Williamson and the Deacs fell 13-10 to UNC-Charlotte in extras. scored on freshman Zane Yanzick’s sacrifice fly.

Junior Mac Williamson would give the Deacs a 4-2 advantage, as he doubled to left center, allowing senior Steven Brooks to score.

The 49ers continued to chip away at Wake Forest’s lead until the seventh inning, when Demon Deacon miscues allowed UNC-Charlotte to take the lead.

A misplayed grounder by Lopez prolonged the inning, and the 49ers took advantage, scoring four unearned runs to give them a 7-4 lead.

The Deacs were down, but not out, showing resilience that would send the game into extra innings. With two outs and the bases loaded, Wake Forest would put three runs on the board, courtesy

of a Brooks walk and a single through the right side by sophomore Pat Blair.

The game remained tied at seven until the top of the 11th, when the Wake Forest pitchers struggled to get outs against the 49er hitters. Five hits and an error would result in six runs being scored and a 13-7 lead.

The Deacs came back in the bottom of the inning with three runs, including a two-run homerun by freshman Charlie Morgan, but it would not be enough, as defensive lapses proved to be the difference in the 13-10 non-conference loss. The Diamond Deacs took the field on March 20

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Tyler Pietruszka

By Calais Zagarow | Staff writer Tyler Pietruszka is a senior from Clifton, Va., and is a two-year captain of the cheerleading team. Pietruszka began his cheerleading career at the beginning of his freshman year at Wake Forest and has been a member of the team since. He is also a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity and will graduate in May with a degree in economics.

What types of athletic activities did you engage in growing up?

I was a typical kid playing a different sport every season. I played soccer, basketball and baseball in local youth leagues and played pick-up football with friends in my neighborhood. Then, when I got older, I played lacrosse and ended up winning the Virginia State Championship twice.

I also ran track in high school to keep my speed up for lacrosse and ended up going to the Northern Regional Championship for pole vaulting. Athletics have always been a huge part of my life.

How did you become a cheerleader?

When I got to Wake, I wanted to continue playing lacrosse, but I quickly realized that the club team wasn’t the same as my high school team. I still loved the sport, but couldn’t justify doing something I knew I wouldn’t take seriously.

There were two kids on my freshman hall who joined the cheer team, as well as one who was a mascot. The mascot told me that I should try out, that I’d probably make it and that I’d be considered a student-athlete.

I blew him off at first because the idea of being a cheerleader seemed ludicrous to me,

but I soon realized what a great opportunity it was. I decided to go to a practice to see what the team was like and the girls roped me in. Then, I called my friends from home to run the idea past them and they told me I’d be stupid not to do it.

Do you have any particularly embarrassing memories from your cheerleading career?

The first time I threw a girl up into a stunt was pretty embarrassing. She was supposed to sit on my hand and my hand wasn’t exactly flat when she landed on it. Basically, the new kid looked like a creep. I don’t think I’ve ever been more embarrassed in my life.

Luckily the girl and the rest of the team laughed at the whole situation and it made me feel a little better.

What has been the greatest challenge for you as a male cheerleader?

I don’t think I’ve ever participated in an activity with such a high risk of injury. When you throw girls up in the air, they eventually come down, sometimes on your face.

I’ll probably have arthritis later in life from the countless times my wrists have taken a beating from girls standing on my hands. It’s also hard to be on a co-ed team because girls and guys tend to take a different outlook on cheerleading.

The girls have done it their whole lives while the guys often played other sports in high school. The differences in attitudes toward sports and pushing yourself don’t always translate too well across the gender barrier. Guys tend to be tougher and girls tend to cry more. You also feel responsible for the well-being of the girls on the team.

If they get hurt, it’s usually because you’ve done something wrong and you can’t help but feel terrible.

What are the cheer team try-outs like for men and women?

The girls have to have experience to be on the team and have to be able to partner stunt, tumble and perform well.

Guys have to be strong enough to toss girls. Tryouts are just a methodical way of seeing what everyone’s skill level is in relation to these attributes.

What does a week in the life of a member of the cheer team consist of?

Our season runs from August through April. The guys have weights three times per week in the athlete weight room, and the girls have it twice.

We all have practice three times per week on days we don’t have weights plus whatever games we have to perform at. We also get asked to do appearances for marketing or community service events.

How has being a member of the cheerleading team contributed to your university career?

It’s given me a lot of opportunities I never would have gotten. I’ve gotten scholarships, trips to places like New Orleans, Daytona Beach and San Fransisco, and just an appreciation for Wake Forest athletics.

How do you think most people perceive male cheerleaders? How is that different from the truth?

Most people perceive male cheerleaders to be effeminate, un-athletic guys who

cheer because they want to fit in with the girls. I think this is why most people are so surprised when they find out I’m the male captain of the team.

But the guys on the team work hard to push the boundaries of our athleticism as well as our cheer abilities.

You’d be surprised by how strength in the weight room doesn’t necessarily mean that you can balance a girl who’s standing on one foot above your head. As for the effeminate side of things, I think that the coaches and every guy that I’ve cheered with at Wake have always tried to dispel or compete with the stigma that hangs over male cheerleaders. We all eat red meats, we all lift heavy weights and we’re all masculine men. The stigma is a myth.

How do you think your experiences as a cheerleader will play out into your future?

More than anything, being a two-year captain on the team has forced me to act as a leader in an environment that is very similar to a working environment.

Since the team is co-ed, I have to find an equilibrium where I can act as a leader to everyone, not just guys or just girls. I can see this directly helping me in the future.

Do you plan to remain involved with cheerleading when you graduate from the university?

The cheer world is something that I’ll probably leave behind when I graduate from Wake unless an opportunity makes it worthwhile for me to stay involved with it.

You don’t see George W. Bush with a megaphone at any of the games he attends.

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Kristen Wood

By Calais Zagarow | Staff writer Kristen Wood is a senior from Galax, Va., and is one of two captains of the dance team.

Wood made the team during the spring of her senior year of high school and has been a member ever since.

She is extremely involved on campus and takes part in extracurricular activities ranging from the Wake ‘N Shake Executive Committee and Delta Zeta Sorority, to the Undergraduate Schools of Business Student Board and Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society. Wood will graduate in May with a degree in mathematical business.

How would you describe your journey as a dancer?

I started dancing when I was very young. I did tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical, acrobatics and hip-hop.

When I lived in Florida, my life was consumed by dance.

I spent every day after school in the studio and enjoyed every minute of it.

However, at the beginning of high school, I moved to Virginia where dance was limited.

During high school, I participated in cheerleading where I could still keep up my acrobatics/gymnastics.

I found random dance studios about an hour from my town, but they were all either too far to continually go to them or just not up to par with what I knew.

The dance team at Wake was perfect for me because it was a great combination of my dance and cheer background.

Do you have any particularly embarrassing or proud memories from your early dance career?

I suppose the most embarrassing moment was during a tap dance when I was younger.

I was doing the dance in the recital and before I knew it my tap shoe went flying off and I had to finish the dance with only one shoe. For a young child, it was detrimental.

ketball season, but football season is much more predictable.

Why did you choose to try out for the dance team when you came to the university?

I watched the dance team every time I came to a Wake Forest basketball game and knew that it was something that I wanted to do.

I applied early-decision to Wake and when I got in, the first thing I did was look up the dance team and all of the requirements for joining the team. I tried out in the spring of my senior year of high school and when I made it, I was ecstatic. Dance team is so energizing and fun for me.

What has been your favorite and least favorite part of being a member of the dance team?

My least favorite part of being on the team is definitely having to wear Spandex on a regular basis.

My favorite part is performing at the games, but really I just love it all.

What are dance team try-outs like?

The dance team try-outs happen at the same time as the cheerleading try-outs, once at the end of the spring semester and once at the beginning of the fall semester.

For dance, the try-outs consist of technique across the floor, learning a routine to perform and the Fight Song.

What does a week in the life of a member of the dance team consist of?

Well, it depends which season: football or basketball.

Typically we practice three times per week for two hours with the cheerleaders along with two weight-lifting sessions that last about an hour each.

We have informal practices some weeks and team runs when the weather permits.

Games are thrown throughout the week during bas-

How has being a member of the dance team contributed to your university career?

My Wake Forest career has revolved around dance team. It helps me manage time much better and be more productive whenever I have a free hour.

What do you think of the common opinion that dancers are not athletes and dance is not a sport?

The members of the dance team are athletes in the eyes of Wake Forest and receive recognition as studentathletes from the Athletic Department. People will think what they want, but we know we all work hard and are athletes in the end.

How do you think that your experiences on the dance team will play out into your future?

Being the captain of the team has definitely improved my leadership skills and ability to work successfully in a team environment.

What are your hopes for the dance team program in the future?

I hope that things will keep improving.

The girls work really hard and they deserve to be recognized as amazing dancers and true athletes.

I have no doubt that the younger girls will carry on after I leave and keep raising the bar for dance team.

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Deac Notes Stewart granted release from Wake Forest basketball program

Anna Nosenko named ACC Track Performer of the Year

Volleyball to host opening tournament of the spring season

According to multiple sources, sophomore Ari Stewart asked for and was granted a release from the Wake Forest basketball program.

A 6-foot-7 forward from Marietta, Ga., Stewart averaged 8.5 points per game this past season. He was also second on the team with 4.4 rebounds and second in free throw percentage at 83 percent.

Stewart led all ACC freshman in 3-point percentage during the 2009-10 season.

Stewart’s playing time diminished toward the end of this season. Additionally, he was held out of the Deacons’ ACC Tournament game against Boston College due to academic reasons.

After an outstanding season, Wake Forest senior Anna Nosenko was named the 2011 ACC Women’s Indoor Track Performer of the Year. The league office announced the news on Monday afternoon.

Nosenko becomes the first student-athlete in Wake Forest history to win this prestigious award.

The award comes just a few days after Nosenko’s 9:12.02 3,000-meter run which that broke the school record and broke the previous mark set by a Duke runner in 2007. She also won her 5,000meter race with a time of 16:09.64.

Her performance at the NCAA Championships led Wake Forest to a 26th place finish out of 63 teams.

Spring is here, and along with it comes the start of Wake Forest volleyball. The team will begin its spring season with a tournament at home, as the Deacons will host 11 other teams this Saturday in Reynolds Gymnasium.

Fans are encouraged to come out and support the Deacs. Admission will be free throughout the day.

Wake Forest will play four games, some in the Reynolds Varsity Gym and some in Reynolds 403.

The Deacons’ schedule includes High Point at 9 a.m., UNC-Greensboro at 11 a.m., South Carolina at 1 p.m., and East Carolina at 4 p.m. Each match will be two sets to 25 points.

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Demon Deacons fall to Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill in elite ACC matchups

By Laven Newsom | Staff writer

UNC-Chapel Hill 4 Wake Forest 3 It was a tough weekend for the men’s tennis team as the 34th-ranked Deacs dropped back-to-back matches to in-state rivals UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke.

The weekend began with a short trip down Tobacco Road as Wake traveled to Durham to face a Top 10 Blue Devil squad that had struggled in recent matches.

The Demon Deacons got off to a good start with sophomore Danny Kreyman and senior Jonathan Wolff contining their impressive doubles play.

The pair took second doubles with an 8-5 win to run their record to 12-4 on the season.

However, the Deacs couldn’t come up with another point Hopkins in doubles; senior Iain Atkinson and sophomore Tripper Carleton lost a tough 8-6 decision at No. 1, while junior David Hopkins and freshman Adam Lee went down by a score of 8-4 at No. 3.

In singles play, the Blue Devils would continue to frustrate Wake, as Duke jumped out to an early lead in almost every match and went on to sweep all six courts on their way to a 7-0 win. With two Top 11 players in their lineup and three Top 100

players, the Blue Devils won all 12 sets in dominating fashion.

“We went in feeling confident after back-to-back wins but ultimately the loss was a mix of them being hungry for a win to get back on track and us not playing our best,” Hopkins said.

The Deacs then had a day’s rest before the Tar Heels came to town in another matchup of nationally ranked teams.

The 22nd-ranked Tar Heels brought a three-match winning streak to Winston-Salem. It looked liked it would be a repeat of the Duke “Obviously it’s disappointing to lose a close match and walking off the court, all we think about is how we could’ve done more.”

David Hopkins

Junior doubles player

match as Wake was able to win at second doubles but would ultimately lose the point.

Hopkins and Atkinson teamed up to defeat their 59th-ranked opponents, Joey Burkhardt and Stefan Hardy at No. 2 in a tight 8-7 (7-5) match.

“We just went out there and played our best; we gave 100 percent,” Hopkins said.

At first doubles, Kreyman and Wolff fought a hard match against a Top 25 team before falling 8-4, while Carleton and Lee lost 8-6 at the third position.

Going into singles, the Deacs knew that they needed a hot start early to

get back on track, and that’s exactly what happened.

Atkinson played a fantastic match at three singles, winning 6-3, 6-2 over Hardy to even the match at one apiece.

UNC-Chapel Hill would reclaim the lead and ultimately take the victory with wins at first, third and fifth singles as Carleton, Wolff and Lee all lost tough matches.

Although Kreyman and Hopkins knew that the match was over, they continued to fight.

Kreyman played a solid match and pulled out a three-set victory at fourth singles.

At the sixth spot, Hopkins also played an incredible match. The Winston-Salem native pushed his opponent to three sets before getting the win in a marathon third-set tiebreaker: 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (14-12).

“Obviously it’s disappointing to lose a close match and walking off the court, all we think about is how we could’ve done more.

“It’s a team effort and we win as a team and lose as a team no matter individual results,” Hopkins said.

With the loss, the Deacs dropped to 6-6 (0-2 in the ACC) on the season.

They will look to win upcoming home matches against Clemson this Friday at 2:30 p.m. and on the road at Georgia Tech on Sunday.

“Both Clemson and Georgia Tech are good teams and we’re going to have to be prepared, especially playing on the road in Atlanta,” Hopkins said.

“The team realizes we need these wins to get back to where we should be and hopefully we’ll come out with two big Ws.”

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Freshman Adam Lee, an Auckland, New Zealand, native, extends for a backhand. Lee plays fifth singles and third doubles for Wake.

D. Nosenko and relay teams dominate Wake Forest Open

By Riley Johnston | Staff writer

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The men’s A distance medley relay team took first place in last weekend’s Wake Forest Open. The Deacs will continue their outdoor season on Friday.

The Wake Forest Open was held last Friday and Saturday at Kentner Stadium, where many of the Deac’s took advantage of competing at home.

This was the first outdoor track event of the season for Wake Forest.

If it is any indication of how the season will play out for the track teams, the men and women should both have a standout year.

Junior Dina Nosenko had the best individual results for the Demon Deacons.

She dominated the 3,000-meter run, winning by over 30 seconds with a time of 9:41.73.

Three other Demon Deacons finished in the top 10 as well.

Nosenko was really excited just to be back with the team after an injury last spring and another one this fall.

“It was a really fun experience, and you know how it’s really fun when it’s your first meet back,” Nosenko said. “You are in front of your own crowd, it’s very nice, and I was just enjoying myself.”

In addition to Nosenko, there were several other strong finishes by the Deacons.

Freshman Erika Martin placed 15th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.25.

Martin also tied for 14th in the high jump with a leap of 5-00.25.

Another freshman, Allison Johnson, finished fourth out of 53 competitors in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.21.

“I think coach was surprised with how well everybody did,” Nosenko said. “We had a lot of strong freshmen, especially Allison ­ — she ran the 400meter hurdles and did really well. She has a great future in front of her if she works hard.”

Both the men and women teams in the distance medley relay placed first overall.

The men’s A team was led by junior Tom Morrison, who took the lead in the opening 1,200-meter leg.

Junior Alex Hill, freshman Alexander Rose and sophomore Tom Finneran finished the race with a victory in 10:09.17.

Sophomore Nate Guthals, sophomore Sean Lunkenheimer, sophomore Anthony Marois and junior Paul Loeser helped the Wake B team finish second with a time of 10:16.51.

Freshman Josh Harris ran a 10.7 100-meter dash in the preliminary round, which was good enough for third on the first day. He did not run in the finals. Senior Tyler Dodds performed well in both

the 200-meter dash and the 400-meter dash, placing 13th and 3rd, respectively.

“The upperclassmen also did really well, like Tyler Dodds, who performed well in two different races,” Nosenko said.

“It really shows the hard work that they all put in, and that will make almost e v e r y c o a c h happy if a D. Nosenko team does that.”

The outdoor season will continue this weekend at the Raleigh Relays, hosted by the N.C. State Wolfpack in Raleigh.

The Deacons are going to try to use the strong performances this weekend as a springboard for success throughout the outdoor season. “(The) outdoor season from here on out is a meet every weekend,” Nosenko said.

“If I continue to do well then hopefully you will see me again out here.

We have the Raleigh Relays next weekend, and we all just want to build on what we did this weekend and continue to improve as the season goes on.”

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“I was always biased because I wanted to go to Wake to play, and now that I have gotten the opportunity to during my senior year, it has been a dream come true.”

Many members of Keiser’s family have attended Wake Forest over the years, which was another reason he chose the school.

“I have grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins that have attended Wake,” Keiser said. “I’ve been going to football and basketball games since I was a baby and have always wanted to go here as a student.”

Senior Eli Robins, a pitcher on the varsity baseball team, said he would have come to Wake whether or not he ended up playing sports.

“Growing up here, there was a lot of good baseball around, and a lot of guys I played with were going to ACC schools,” he said.

“But I thought Wake had the best academics out of those options.”

While parents are often the biggest cheerleaders, they can also be a player’s toughest critic.

“During my first two years here, it was a lot of pressure playing in front of family and friends all the time,” Robins said.

“I would think, ‘Wow, I really have to perform because there are people in the stands that I know.’

But now that I’m comfortable and have gotten used to playing college sports, it’s definitely a plus having them there.”

Many WinstonSalem natives, such as soccer player senior Victoria Delbono, aspired to play Wake sports from an early age.

“Growing up, my club team always attended women’s soccer games at Spry on Twin-City night,” Delbono said. “So it’s funny being in the opposite position now and seeing the younger girls in the stands.”

Wake athletes that have stayed local also enjoy support from past coaches, who are excited to see their players’ athletic careers develop in the Division I arena.

“One of my club coaches played for Wake, so now we have that connection,” Delbono said.

“It’s cool that he has been able to continue watching me play over the years.”

Despite being Winston-natives, many studentathletes admit that they experienced different aspects of their hometown after coming to college, and have enjoyed exploring new areas and restaurants.

“I have classmates who aren’t from here that know their way around better than I do,” Delbono said.

“Before coming to college I wasn’t really familiar with University Boulevard and the coliseum area at all.”

“Downtown has been revitalized a lot in the past few years,” Robins said.

“Trade Street has all these great places to eat and hang out now, and it wasn’t like that when I was in high school.”

Many of the student-athletes say that

despite living close to their parents, they often are too busy to go home.

“I usually just go home if I need to wash my clothes,” laughs C.J. Harris, a senior on the men’s basketball team.

“But I’m glad I stayed in Winston ­— I like that it is small and quiet — and one of the main reasons I came here is so that I could stay close to family. I probably won’t stay here forever, though,” he said.

While many student-athletes praise Wake Forest as the perfect combination of academics and athletics, there is some uncertainty about whether or not the direction in which the university is headed will continue to attract local athletes who enjoy the school’s smalltown feel.

“I’m definitely glad I came here, but Wake is going through some serious changes right now,” said Robins, referring to the three-year on-campus housing requirement that will begin next year, as well as to the school’s plan to increase the size of the student body.

“I stayed in Winston-Salem because I like the personal feeling of a small community,” Robins said.

“That’s what sets Wake apart from other ACC schools. It’s not necessarily in a college town, and it never has been.”

Wake Forest athletes from Winston-Salem Men Eli Robins - baseball C.J. Harris - men’s basketball Brooks Godwin - men’s basketball Paul Loeser - track/cross country Turner Faulk - football Josh Strickland - football Dominique Tate - football Kyle Jarrett - football J.D. Oglesby - football Luciano Delbono - men’s soccer Kris Keiser - men’s golf David Hopkins - men’s tennis C.J. Washington - track Women Victoria Delbono - women’s soccer India Winford - women’s soccer Taylor Norman - women’s soccer Kayla Duncan - women’s tennis Mytoia Gathings - track Carmen Green - track Andrea Beck - volleyball

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Sports Old Gold & Black

Women’s tennis team unable to take down No. 3 Tar Heels

By Meredith Johe | Contributing writer

UNC-Chapel Hill 5 Wake Forest 2 When Head Coach Jeff Wyshner paired sophomore Kathryn Talbert and junior Kayla Duncan together last November for an indoor competition, he knew the duo had strong potential to win matches. He had no idea, however, just how good they could be. Talbert and Duncan, currently ranked 22nd according to the ITA, have dominated this season and are racking up wins against highly ranked opponents.

However, the greatest success of their season came during last Sunday’s match against UNC-Chapel Hill. Talbert and Duncan were able to come back from a 7-4 start against No. 5 Shinann Featherston and Lauren McHale, clinching the match 9-8 (2).

Duncan The duo started off slow on the gloomy Sunday afternoon, but both players were persistent. They knew they could win the match. “Kathryn and I got down pretty early,” Duncan said.

“But we kept trying to pump each other up. We knew we could come back, so we kept fighting. We knew it wasn’t over until the last point.”

The pairing of junior Martina Parvelec and senior Emilee Malvehy also started off slowly against UNC-Chapel Hill at second doubles.

Pavelec and Malvehy were down 3-0, but rebounded to defeat Zoe De Bruycker and Gina Suarez-Malaguti

8-4. “We were down 3-0 at second doubles and 7-4 at first doubles,” Wyshner said. “But we came back and won both of them.”

Despite winning the match 6-1, the women’s tennis team did not play as well in doubles against No. 43 William & Mary, March 19, as they did against No. 3 UNC-Chapel Hill. “It was an off day,” Duncan said.

“It was one of those matches that just didn’t quite work out. But we tried to stay positive and did our best to bounce back.”

Pavelec and Malvehy were the only Wake Forest pairing to win their doubles match, defeating Marlen Mesgarzedeh and Katie Kargl 8-4.

Pavelec and Malvehy have proven to be an unstoppable pairing, currently boasting a 6-0 record at second doubles.

Duncan and Talbert were defeated

by No. 50 Hope Johnson and Anik Capeda 8-5 at first singles. The pairing of Bercyte and Mydlowska were also defeated 8-3.

Despite the slow start at doubles against William & Mary, the team came back and was able to sweep the singles.

Wake collected victories from No. 30 Pavelec, Talbert, Malvehy, Duncan, junior Ryann Cutillo and freshman Brigita Bercyte. Duncan played exceptionally well against Anik Cepeda.

“Kayla came off of a hard doubles match,” Wyshner said.

“She stepped up against and very emotional opponent.”

William & Mary was the highest rank, non-conference victory for Wake Forest since 2008.

“Certainly it was a very important match,” Wyshner said.

“We played another team fighting to get into the NCAA Tournament.

We didn’t play well in doubles. But we came back after the break and swept the singles.”

Against UNC-Chapel Hill, Pavelec was able to continue her 12-match winning streak by defeating No. 14 De Bruycker 7-5, 6-4 at first singles.

Pavelec and De Bruycker were neck and neck the whole match, but Pavelec was able to win the key points, ultimately allowing her to take the match.

Pavelec was the only Wake Forest singles player to win a singles match.

Despite the strong start by Talbert at second singles, she fell to Jelena Durisic 7-6, 6-3.

The other singles players for Wake Forest were Malvehy, Duncan, Cutillo and Bercyte.

The final score of the match was 5-2, with UNC-Chapel Hill taking the victory despite Wake’s strong effort.

“There is a reason why they are No. 3 in the country,” Wyshner said.

“We played really well ourselves, but they just pulled it out in the close sets.”

The women’s tennis team has been climbing up in the ITA rankings. The Deacs, who were previously ranked 75th moved up to 47th, leading into their matches against William & Mary and UNC-Chapel Hill. “Off of our good week in Texas we jumped up to 47th,” Wyshner said. “This is much more in line with where we belong. We are working hard to get into the Top 40 so we can make the NCAAs.” The Deacs will host Clemson and Georgia Tech this weekend in a double header. Both Clemson and Georgia Tech are currently Top 20 teams, so the Deacons will look to use the home court to their advantage and take both of these matches.

“This season doesn’t get any easier,” Wyshner said.

“We are facing some really good Top 20 teams this weekend. We play well at our own courts, so hopefully we can use this to our advantage.”

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Junior Martina Pavelec prepares to serve in her singles match vs. the Tar Heels. Pavelec is ranked No. 30 in singles by the ITA.

Campus Recreation | Intramural sports

Intramural sports provide an outlet for non-varsity student-athletes

By Joshua Weinflash | Staff writer

Photo courtesy of Campus Recreation

Junior Tim Brady competes in an intramural volleyball match. This is one of the most popular fall sports.

With Wake Forest Division I athletics producing relatively disappointing seasons, the average sports-loving student must turn elsewhere to find good, competitive sport.

While the professional game may fill this gap for some, there is truly no parallel to the heart and camaraderie displayed by unpaid, amateur athletes. With this in mind, where should a Wake student who has a passion for sports turn? Nowhere else than Wake’s own intramural program.

Many are probably already familiar with the general intramural scene; however, the department, headed by the Coordinator of Intramural Sports T.J. Peele, has done a lot lately to improve services and variety of sports offered to students.

For one, the intramural department has rolled out a new “Weekend Series” program in which students can compete in two vs. two soccer tournaments, lowered rim basketball, and four vs. four flag football that are all completed within the duration of a weekend, rather than the full five to six week season.

Additionally, just this year, the department has integrated itself with the intramural league’s website. “This allows participants to track statistics,

communicate with other teams, and report any inaccuracies,” Peele said.

So far, the system has received positive reviews, being especially helpful in allowing teams to track their performance relative to opponents they’ll see in the playoffs.

Besides the new additions, however, intramurals still offer the classics that all college students — from freshman to seniors — value. Lively participation, team camaraderie and good old-fashioned exercise are some of the hallmarks of intramural athletics. “Intramural sports are a great metaphor for life,” Peele said.

“They offer an opportunity to experience competition, leadership and promote a healthy lifestyle through the habit of exercise.”

Students have taken notice of such benefits and many are participating in intramurals.

Through the first half of the spring semester in basketball alone there were 48 games per week, totaling for over 220 for the entire season.

And this, as Peele notes, was a marginally down year for basketball.

“Generally speaking, a certain sport’s attendance numbers are in line with the success of the Wake Forest team,” Peele said.

“Since Wake basketball has had a down year, we’ve seen attendance shift to other intramural sports, such as ultimate frisbee and tennis.”

Looking at intramural attendance on a whole, Wake Forest has one of the most involved student bodies in the ACC. In absolute terms, Wake ranks in the top half of the conference in attendance. In relative terms, the university’s participation rate is right at the top, with 80 percent of males and 40 percent of females competing in intramurals before they graduate.

Overall, it seems that intramurals are a central part of university activity. With sports ranging from flag-football to intertube water polo, competition levels from A-league to C, and team composition based on male, female, co-recreation and Greek arrangements, intramural sports at Wake Forest appeal to a vast audience.

Peele expressed this idea himself.

“If you took a heat sensor over the university, a good portion of time the activity is going to be due to intramurals,” Peele said.

“Four out of seven nights a week, in a number of different sports, there are games going on. Occasionally Snooki will come make an appearance or Wake n’ Shake will have its annual event, but intramurals at this school ... they’re a constant.”

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hoping to salvage a victory in ACC play after dropping the first two games against Miami. Junior Zach White was on the the mound for Wake Forest, still looking for his first win of the season. After giving up a leadoff double to Hurricane leftfielder Zeke DeVoss in the first, White hit his stride, retiring 13 of the next 16 Miami batters he faced.

The fourth inning brought in three runs for the Demon Deacons, all coming courtesy of a two-out rally. After a popup by Williamson and a strikeout by sophomore Matt Conway, Lopez drew Conway a walk and moved to third on a double down the right field line by senior Ryan Lloyd. Sophomore Brett Armour came to the plate, looking to drive in a run to tie the game. The transfer from Young Harris Junior College pulled a fly ball that had just enough life to clear the fence and give Wake Forest a 3-1 lead.

“I was just trying to help the team get the two runners across,” Armour said.

“I just got a good pitch and put a good swing on it.”

Armour’s first career home run was all the offense Wake Forest would muster on the

day, as Miami would take the lead in the top half of the fifth.

A solo shot from Hurricane designated hitter Rony Rodriguez, followed by a DeVoss single and Stephen Perez double, ended White’s day and resulted in a 4-3 lead for Miami.

The Deacs responded in the bottom half, as sophomore Blair and Brooks put men on first and second with none out, but two strikeouts and a fly out ended the threat and Wake Forest’s best chance to score, as the Demon Deacons went hitless the rest of the game.

Miami would add a run in the top of the seventh to sweep the series and beat the Deacs 5-3.

Wake Forest dropped two close games at the beginning of the series as well, losing 4-1 in the opening game and 4-3 in the second.

Junior Austin Stadler gave a strong performance on the mound in the opener, going 6.1 innings with five strikeouts. The Demon Deacon hitters struggled to give him support, waiting until the fifth inning for their first hit and collecting only four over the course of the game.

The offense seemed to have figured out the Miami pitchers in the second game, managing nine hits and taking advantage of numerous miscues by the Hurricane fielders.

Conway turned a lead off single into a run in the bottom of the second, stealing second, advancing to third on a groundout

by freshman James Harris, and scoring on a wild pitch to give the Deacs an early 1-0 lead.

Harris would bring Conway around again two innings later on an RBI single to right field.

An RBI single by freshman Conor Keniry in the fifth would give Wake Forest a 3-0 lead.

Sophomore Tim Cooney put in another strong start, giving up only three hits while striking out seven over 6.2 innings of work.

Miami would score the next four runs.

An RBI double by Nathan Melendres and Harold Martinez’s RBI single to right gave the Hurricanes a 4-3 lead in the top of the ninth.

The Deacons would come back fighting in the bottom half, loading the bases on a throwing error, a single by Blair and a bunt single by Brooks. Junior Stephen Schoettmer came in as a pinch hitter, hoping to knock in a run to send the game into extra innings, but he struck out, and Mac Williamson followed with a groundout to end the game.

The Demon Deacons now stand at 7-13 on the season and will look to bounce back as they travel to Tallahassee for a three-game series against the Florida State Seminoles, who are currently ranked seventh in the nation after dropping two of three games in their series against Virginia.

Upon returning, the Deacs take on Appalachian State in a neutral site game in Hickory, N.C.

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The Fifth Quarter Premiere

By Renee Slawsky | Life editor

While the most recent football season was less than admirable, the university does have a rich history of winning. One of those times was during the 2006 season, when starting middle linebacker Jon Abbate led the Demon Dea-

cons to an ACC Championship and a subsequent FedEx Orange Bowl, which they unfortunately lost. However, behind Abbate and the team’s victories was a tragic story turned inspiration.

Abbate’s younger brother, Luke, was killed in a fatal car accident the same year as his older brother’s best season. The Abbate family made the decision to donate Luke’s organs — a choice that resulted in five different hospital patients living longer, healthier lives.

In order to memorialize his brother’s death, as well as the people who he helped via organ donation, Abbate changed his football jersey number from 40 to the number 5. Then, during the season opener against Syracuse that fall, Abbate held up five fingers as the Deacs headed into the fourth quarter, in honor of his brother and the five people that he helped save.

His parents, seated nearby, did the same and soon thereafter, the entirety of BB&T Field followed suit. This became a popular trend for every football game at the top of the fourth quarter. As the Demon Deacons climbed the ACC rankings, even other schools joined the movement; the rest is history.

This moving story has been transformed into a full-length feature film that premiered at the Grand Theatre in WinstonSalem on March 17. The event was invitation-only, with many of the actors present.

The film is directed by Rick Beiber, who also directed films like Flatliners with Julia

Roberts and Keifer Sutherland and Made in America with Whoopi Goldberg.

Playing the part of Jon Abbate is littleknown actor Ryan Merriman, who has starred in films like The Ring Two and Final Destination. Other notable actors include Andie MacDowell of Groundhog Day and Four Weddings and a Funeral as MaryAnne Abbate, Jon’s mother, as well as Aidan Quinn as Steven Abbate, Jon’s father, who starred in films such as Practical Magic and Unknown.

The Fifth Quarter shows the Abbate family before, during and after Luke’s untimely death and their struggle to have pride in Jon and his achievements, while also mourning the loss of their son. The movie is also said to have great Demon Deacon football action sequences and portray life on the university campus fairly accurately.

The film focuses heavily on the university; much of it was shot on campus in 2007 and 2008. Thus, many upperclassmen students look forward to potentially seeing themselves and their friends on the big screen.

Furthermore, notable Demon Deacon names like former quarterback Riley Skinner and Coach Jim Grobe are represented in the film as well.

The story of Jon Abbate and the tragic death of his brother will be shown regularly in theaters starting on March 25. As the film’s trailer says, “From the ashes of great tragedy can come great achievement” — a perfect summation of the movie.

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Ace of Cakes star sweetens campus visit with frosted treats

By Samantha Hoback | Staff writer

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The good-humored and creative staff of Ace of Cakes serve cupcakes to their main baker, Duff Goldman, in their Baltimore-based bakery.

“You dream it. We’ll bake it. You eat it.” Charm City Cakes has become a household name since 2006, when Duff Goldman and his team of cake decorators premiered their reality show, Ace of Cakes, on Food Network. Since then, the Baltimore bakery has been famous for its show-stopping sugar creations, from a life-size motorcycle cake to an edible R2D2.

These days, it seems that every TV network has jumped on the confectionary band wagon and produced many more cake-based reality shows, including TLC’s Cake Boss and Food Network’s Cupcake Wars. But Ace of Cakes is the original.

And when Geof Manthorne, Chef Duff’s righthand-man at Charm City Cakes, came to campus last week, he made it clear that sequels are never as good as the original.

Manthorne, who is now in charge of the Baltimore bakery while Duff works on his new West Coast Charm City Cakes, didn’t attend pastry school. He didn’t finish college and worked at an architecture firm before joining Duff’s team.

Now, he creates some of the most unique and elaborate cakes on the East coast, which can cost anywhere from $750 to $100,000. Not too shabby.

Brendle Recital Hall was packed March 16 with students, faculty and members of the community eager to meet the famous Ace of Cakes mastermind. He did not disappoint.

With images of some of his most impressive creations serving as the background, Manthorne demonstrated his cake-decorating skills for the audience. His mission: make a Demon Deacon

hat out of a strawberry cake with jam and butter cream frosting. Even without all the bells and whistles of his Baltimore bakery, he had no problem carving a perfect hat shape and “dirty-icing” the form with a layer of butter cream.

Unfortunately, the cake wasn’t cooperating. Before he could layer black fondant over the form, the cake fell over, and half of the hat was lost.

Used to these type of situations, Manthorne calmly changed his plan of action: instead of a tall Demon Deacon hat, he cut the form down to a more manageable bowler hat, added black fondant, a cardboard rim and a strip of yellow fondant as the ribbon, and voila.

Luckily, Manthorne had already prepared another hat cake earlier. He invited a member of the audience on stage to show off his creation, complete with a gum paste bowtie. Although food and drink aren’t allowed in Brendle, Manthorne saved carved scraps, as well as the lost hat half, for people to enjoy elsewhere after the show.

After the demonstration, Manthorne opened the floor to questions. Audience members asked about his training and technical secrets. Of course, the question on everyone’s mind was whether or not Manthorne still enjoys eating with it for so many years. As it turns out, he still enjoys a piece of cake every once in a while. His favorite flavor: chocolate espresso. When asked what kind of cake he would order for himself, he said, “a chocolate espresso cake in the shape of a pie. I like pie.”

At times Manthorne seemed awkward, but his wit and charm won over the audience, even when his demonstration didn’t go quite as he had planned. Plus, who doesn’t love cake?

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Literary analysis provides a different take on a familiar book William Daly Staff columnist

On first inspection of this week’s book, I would have to admit that the cover was quite lacking. Now, I am not one to do as the old saying says, but as a publisher, I may add a little more flash than just having the title readThe Bible across the front cover. I think my readership and I would appreciate a few pictures, especially on the front cover where it’s most important. The Bible is a cautionary love tale told by

the infamous God: an author we have been hearing so much about in recent weeks. God, in his first autobiography, begins his epic novel with a love triangle that seems almost inescapable for this first-time author. With careful planning and a little help from an estranged co-worker, however, God finds himself again in the arms of mankind.

As a reader, you will find a definite change in tone between the early romance and the later interactions of God’s main character (Himself ) and what seems to be humanity at large.

God’s earlier attractions wax and wane with what seems to be an endless array of representatives for mankind.

Nowhere is it clearer in the novel that we as readers have in our hands an account of a complicated relationship that will stand the test of time than in

God’s interactions with his first sweethearts, the Israelites. With Abraham as their leader, God begins to put remarkable strain on their relationship: a strain that harkens its readership to remember the most trying times of their own loves.

Although, we, as impartial readers, cannot fault the emotions of God in these first chapters, humanity was quite the unloyal partner — seeing as many gods as its heart desired. With an inspiring commitment to each other’s relationship, both God and humanity promise to be true to each other.

However, as time passes, the distance and problems with communication quickly dissolve this promise. God, never being one to give up on a good thing, decides to give humanity a second chance, and puts himself very

plainly “in humanity’s shoes.” Here we find the golden years of God’s relationship with humanity.

Here we are introduced to the character of Jesus. A carpenter by trade, Jesus almost instantly seems to make God more understanding of humanity.

Together, humanity and Jesus work out many of the problems we have seen between the two in earlier chapters.

Sadly, the reader begins to see a dependent relationship develop between our two romantics, and in Jesus’ absence, the story begins to take a turn for the worse.

Communication between God and humanity begins to decrease, and humanity is at a loss for what can be done to save the relationship. Humanity becomes torn concerning how to best love God, which God clearly shows

through revolutionary authorship techniques.

The ending of this beautiful unity culminates with the return of an earlier enemy and an epic struggle to find peace. I believe any reader would be hard-pressed to find someone who could not find such a struggle in his or her own life.

All in all, God’s first work has left this reviewer wanting more. I know that I am not speaking for myself when I say that I expect great things from this talented “individual.”

Although some may find his writing style at times rather archaic, I would give The Bible a solid 9/10. If you would like to purchase a copy of this international bestseller, The Bible can be found where books are sold and everywhere else.

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The beautiful city of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is known as the cultural and metropolitan epicenter for the small Iberian nation. As a country boasts a deep history, Portugal merges its ancient culture with contemporary trends.

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Some cause happiness everywhere they go; others whenever they go.

• Lawyers recently filed legal documents claiming that Dr. Arnold Klein — Michael Jackson’s longtime doctor and friend — addicted Jackson to Demerol and another powerful narcotic. The legal team claims Klein fueled MJ’s drug dependency by giving him scores of Demerol injections in the months prior to his death.

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Weekend in Portugal overflows with country’s rich personality

By Meenu Krishnan | Staff columnist

This past weekend, I witnessed a robbery, a protest, a marathon and a television commercial shoot.

Sounds like the events in a poorly plotted mystery story, right?

Wrong. Just another weekend for a study abroad student, destination: Lisbon, Portugal. Let me first talk about the only tragic event of the four. Of all these events, this was the only one that actually happened specifically to our group.

If you guessed robbery, you are unfortunately correct. It was really the perfect storm: a sweltering, crowded tram during rush hour, and we were headed to one of the biggest tourist areas in Lisbon.

All it took was a split second for my friend to shift positions, and she had her wallet stolen by a seasoned pickpocket.

I won’t bore you with the gritty details, but I will say this: we held up the tram line until the police came and ended up spending quite a few hours in the station. Once this calamity was over, and my friend was able to regain her positivity (what an optimist), we were really able to see Lisbon. And let me tell you, this city was stunning.

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Other random reflections? Naively, before going to Portugal, I thought I’d be able to understand most of what was going on since Spanish and Portuguese are so close. While this relation is obviously accurate, especially when the languages are written, spoken Portuguese is another beast entirely. It sounded like a cross between French and Spanish and at times, vaguely German or Russian.

After almost three months in Spain, I kept trying to speak Spanish, saying gracias where I should have said obrigado and pronouncing j’s like h’s.

Another surprising fact — many of the Portuguese we interacted with preferred to speak English over Spanish. I think it might be a weird pride thing.

Furthermore, our hostel (which we only paid 27 euros for) was fantastic. It was so homey; breakfast was free and the location was ideal. Just goes to show that fun, enlightening travel can be done on a student’s budget.

Okay, I’ll stop sounding like a travel guide now and just say this: if you ever get a chance to go to Lisbon, you absolutely need to go. Despite the robbery, it is probably one of my favorite cities of all time and definitely added to my list of life experiences.

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The best way to describe Lisbon is to say it was overflowing with personality. The walls were either covered in vibrant tiles or painted with brilliant colors. The people were friendly and charming and the buildings epitomized the perfect balance between age and beauty.

While walking through the city, we witnessed the aforementioned events. Protest? Labor unions striking against unfair working conditions. Marathon?

Hundreds of sweaty runners jogging through the cobblestoned streets. TV commercial shoot? Yeah, we just happened to stumble across that. Complete with red sports car and traditional Portuguese singers. We even got to sample the national food of Portugal, bacalao or codfish. Normally, I don’t really do seafood, but this fish was on point: flaky, delicious and satisfying.

The next day, we took a day trip to Sintra, a UNESCO World Heritage site, home to a Moorish castle and a palace. We had unseasonably good weather (it was mid-’70s) and hiked up a mountain to frolic in some ancient gardens with abandoned castle ruins. The next day, we headed to the aquarium in Lisbon, where I saw some of the cutest otters on this planet.

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Book Review | The Girl Who Chased the Moon Shag on the Mag March 25 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.

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Drink of the Week Wildflower Enjoy Springfest the right way.

2 oz Gatorade 2 oz V8 splash 3 oz blended frozen strawberries 2 oz citrus soda 2 oz vodka 1 oz lemon juice Freeze the Gatorade and juice to a thick slush. Blend the frozen strawberries with the slush mixture. Add citrus soda, vodka and lemon juice. Serve with a lemon on the side.

Put a cherry on top and enjoy.

Allen novel grabs readers in a love story with a dark twist

By Kat Rohlwing | Staff writer

The Girl Who Chased the Moon is a pleasant novel that makes for the perfect summer read. The story begins with the arrival of a sensitive teenager, Emily Benedict, to the small town of Mullaby, N.C. Sent to live with her grandfather after the death of her mother, Emily hopes to learn more about her mother’s enigmatic past, but instead finds only more mysteries.

Mullaby is full of small magic and colorful misfits. Emily’s wallpaper changes with her mood and ghostly lights dance in her backyard, drawing her down a path in the woods marked by her mother’s initials. Her grandfather, Vance, is a lonely giant who keeps to himself, and her neighbor, Julia, bakes hummingbird cakes with the windows open, hoping the sugary

scent in the air will draw her lost daughter home.

At its heart, the novel is a love story.

Emily falls in love with an enchanting but secretive boy who seems to be deeply connected to her mother’s past; Julia struggles to find a way to forgive her high school sweetheart for a mistake they made twenty years ago; and through flashbacks, we see the romance between Vance and his wife.

In many ways, The Girl Who Chased the Moon is a light read.

The characters are engaging and the writing moves the story along at a quick pace.

However the story also addresses the darker side of relationships. Emily struggles reconcile the woman she knew her mother to be and the woman the town knew her mother to be. She has to find a way to live knowing her loving, humanitarian mother was once a cruel and

selfish teenager who took pleasure in later, he is still trying to repair the bullying her classmates. relationship he destroyed. These sad Julia had once been a rebellious sides to the novel give it substance and teenager, finding any way she could keep it from being just a fluffy faito regain her father’s attention after rytale. Although I had trouble getting his remarriage. These self-destructive into it at first, I thoroughly enjoyed tendencies and a teenage pregnancy this novel. I had trouble putting it landed her in a reformatory school down once it got going. The author where she was forced to give up her is clearly trying to write in a magical daughter. or fairytale realism Twenty years style, but she can later, now back in be over-the-top in The Girl Who the town where she descriptions.

Chased the Moon her was bullied and She often includes harassed, Julia is too many adjecAuthor | Sarah Addison Allen trying to forgive tives and spends Length| 304 pages herself and the too much time Genre | Chick lit, romantic people in her life on describing the fiction who hurt her. various smells in Grade | AJulia’s high the air. While she school sweetheart, tries to be unique Sawyer, is not the in her descriptions, typical romantic lead. Most romances it comes across as cliché. However, involve a strong male character who that was the only complaint I had is always a good person, and even and I could forgive the author for the when he seems to be acting selfishly, moments where her writing became is really doing everything for his love. sickly sweet, because the characters Contrastingly, Sawyer was once an were engaging. Overall, I would egotistical student whose immaturity highly recommend it, especially for and selfishness drove Julia away. Years a day at the beach.

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Event Review | The Company’s Benefit Recital

The Company’s debut performance sparkles

Band Review | OFWGKTA

Rising hip-hop collective is much more than a group of random letters

By Trevor Waddell | Contributing writer

Photo courtesy of Reynolds Hutchins

Junior Macie Soler-Sala belts out on stage during the inaugural show of The Company’s collection of showtunes.

By Aubrey Sitler | Staff writer

processes. We shall do it one memorable ballad at a time.”

(PRODUCT) RED, an organization On the evening of March 15, after over two months of rehearsals and many more dedicated to eradicating HIV/AIDS in months of planning, The Company Africa, was this years charity of choice.

On the night of the performance, over opened its inaugural Musical Theatre Benefit Recital in Brendle Recital Hall $1,100 was raised for (PRODUCT) RED, to an audience of around 300 people, all which speaks volumes not only about anxiously awaiting a performance unlike the dedication of the group’s executive board, but also to the quality of its cast’s any other on campus.

The recital was hosted by The Com- performance.

Although students like Newton and pany, a new student organization whose current president and director, sopho- Easton are clearly experienced in this more Andrew Newton, founded the genre, the recital featured pieces by more group in light of disappointment at than just seasoned musical theatre vetthe lack of musical theatre opportuni- erans. For senior Nancy Spurkeland, auditioning for The Company meant ties available at the university.

The two-hour cabaret-style perfor- branching out.

“While I have been singing in varimance featured selections from an array of renowned musicals, as well as songs ous groups since high school, I have no from lesser-known shows, such as Ordi- musical theatre background,” she said. nary Days and Bare, all performed by “I auditioned for The Company for exactly this reason a cast of current stu— it seemed like a dents. It included solos, such as a “We are more than a performing great opportunity to try my hand at memorable rendition of the infamous organization. We want to change something new.”

Given the chance, “On My Own” from the trajectory of our campus.”

Spurkeland added Les Miserables, perTre Easton that she would formed by junior The Company member participate again Macie Soler-Sala, as without hesitation. well as some ensemSpurkeland epitoble pieces, like the mizes precisely the kind of performer two selections from Rent.

Although the music and theatre that The Company seeks.

According to Newton, they want to departments collaborate every other year on a musical theatre production, find the people who may not already be Newton felt that this tradition was not involved in music or theater in order to sufficient enough given the amount of harness what they believe to be a widely untapped talent across campus. talent and interest on campus.

In addition to commending the However Newton and the rest of The Company’s members seek to do more student leadership of The Company, than just perform. In addition to deliver- Spurkeland also applauded the quality of ing quality musical theater performances performance they were able to produce.

“I don’t think the general population on campus, The Company also raises money and awareness for a charity, at Wake realizes just how musically talchosen annually by the executive board. ented our students really are, and this “Our main goal is to give to charities show gave a lot of exceptional performers that matter through doing what we love,” the chance to demonstrate that talent,” she said.

Newton said.

The Company plans to host an annual For The Company, philanthropy is just as important as performance. benefit concert each spring, in addition Sophomore Tré Easton, the group’s vice to putting on its first full-length musical president of affairs, echoed these senti- during the coming fall semester. The ments. “We are more than a perform- university can expect to see great things ing organization,” he said. “We want from The Company in the future, as they to change the trajectory of our campus fill the theatrical void on campus while — not just in regard to musical theatre, benefiting humanity one performance but in regard to mindsets and thought at a time.

Do the letters OFWGKTA mean anything to you? If not, then you probably aren’t aware of what could be the biggest thing in hip-hop right now.

The letters are an acronym standing for Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, which is the name a hip-hop collective from Los Angeles that has had enormous buzz lately in the realms of internet, TV and magazines.

The group consists of 11 members including: rappers Tyler, the Creator, Hodgy Beats, Earl Sweatshirt, Mike G, Domo Genesis; singer Frank Ocean; and producers The Super 3, Syd and Left Brain.

At first listen, the Odd Future’s music can be a lot to take in and has often been characterized as “horrorcore,” because their songs cover topics such as rape, necrophilia and murder, but in an exultant manor. After listening through their discography, it is easy to see that their sound is pure, unsaturated hip-hop.

Besides all of the videos that are posted the Odd Future blog and YouTube alike, the gang has been performing live shows at some impressive places for new artists. Tyler, the Creator and

Hodgy Beat performed two of their songs (“Sandwitches” and “Yonkers”) on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with help from The Roots.

At the end of the performance, rapper Mos Def rushed on-stage to congratulate the artists. They performed “Sandwitches” and “Yonkers” again on their set at MTV U’s Wood Awards March 16.

True to their name, the group’s performance was nothing less than odd. They opened their set with a midget dressed as Tyler, who walked around on-stage while Tyler rapped behind stage.

The group then stormed onto the set to put on an outrageous show, crowd surfing included. They closed with security carrying them off-stage. The act also performed at this year’s South

by Southwest in Austin, Texas.

Tyler, the Creator is the leader and face of the group. At the age of 20, the rapper and record producer has a onealbum deal with XL Recordings label.

In a recent interview with MTV, Tyler, the Creator boldly stated, “I’m coming for Kanye West’s head, because he’s my competition.

Tyler then went on to say that he is a big fan of Kanye West and, like Mr. West, he can rap, compose music and

direct videos. Though the statement was bold, Kanye West tweeted that Tyler’s video for the song “Yonkers” would be the video of the year for 2011.

On Christmas Day 2009, Tyler released his debut mix tape, titled Bastard. The 15 song offering was entirely produced by Tyler himself and received positive reviews from Pitch Media.

In Bastard ,Tyler expresses his feelings about being raised by his mother and the hate he has for the father who was absent in his life, as well as hate for certain hip-hop blogs. Bastard, which is the opening track, sets the tone for the entire album.

Odd Future’s music isn’t for everyone.

Their themes are dark and lyrics are ghoulish. During interviews, the group is loud and some of their responses are terribly offensive. Comedy website Funny or Die made a skit that parodied the idea of Odd Future being signed to a major label and which shows the true nature of the group.

If you aren’t opposed to gruesome yet thought-provoking sounds, be on the lookout for Tyler, the Creator’s full length sophomore offering titled Goblin, which is set to be released through XL Recordings in early May of this year.

Album Review | Angles

After hiatus, the Strokes pack a punch with new eclectic album

By Mike Kane | Contributing writer

A decade has passed since the release of the Strokes’ first album, Is This It?, an album that ushered in a new era in a rock world then dominated by the likes of Limp Bizkit.

The Strokes, along with contemporaries such as Franz Ferdinand and the White Stripes, renewed garage rock melodies and lo-fi production to create a Golden Age of indie rock in the first half of the past decade.

The band has been on a five-year hiatus since 2006’s First Impressions of Earth, during which time four of the five members embarked on solo projects, casting doubts on the future of the band.

The release of their new album, Angles, puts these doubts to rest. During the interviews the band did leading up to its release, the members detailed the new, and somewhat stressful, recording strategy undertaken to complete this album.

With singer Julian Casablancas committed to the last leg of touring for his solo album, Phrazes for the Young, the instrumentalists in the band convened in the studio to write, sending drafts to Casablancas, the usual songwriter in the band, for vocal contributions and criticisms. Each member displayed dissatisfaction with this method; however,

Casablancas insisted it was necessary due to his controlling and dominant presence in the studio during past albums.

“Under Cover of Darkness” was the first single off of Angles. It is a perfect blend of the two styles the Strokes have demonstrated throughout their 10-year career: Casablancas’ signature R&B melodies, so prevalent on the group’s first two albums, along with the complex guitar work featured on First Impressions of Earth.

The driving chorus is incredibly infectious and the guitar solo, crafted by guitarist Nick Valensi, is both intricate and engaging. Although maybe a premature declaration, the vibrant “Under Cover of Darkness” is shaping up to be the best song of 2011.

Angles opens with “Machu Picchu,” a quasi-reggae song written by Valensi.

Valensi’s first songwriting venture in the band has a catchy chorus, but the song does not escape Casablancas’ sometimes silly lyrics “Wearing a jacket made of meat/Sending a letter … so sweet.”

If Billy Joel, Lou Reed and Brian May wrote a song with Casablancas, “Gratisfaction” would no doubt be the result; a song whose chord progression sticks in your mind much like a Beatles song would. This mish-mash of sounds characterizes the album.

Angles closes out with “Life Is Simple in the Moonlight,” an almost jazzy number over which Valensi’s smooth guitar swells shimmer over staccato jabs from rhythm guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. Valensi’s guitar solo’s fantastic composition is demonstrative of a true master.

In the end, however, Angles feels disjointed. A multitude of genres, rather than creating a variety of material, come together to prevent the album from becoming a cohesive unit. The individual experiences of the four solo artists and the absence of the lead songwriter from most of the recording process may be to blame.

It seems like the five members had trouble contributing to one another’s material, drawing out each member’s individual style rather than complimenting them.

That being said, taken on an individual basis, each track on Angles shows that the Strokes have not lost their penchant for catchy hooks, complex melodies and stunning guitar work. Each has its own appeal, and few seem to fall flat.

With Casablancas’ announcement that they’ll be starting their fifth album immediately, fans can hope for this trend to continue, and hopefully Casablancas’ strong hand can mold these five styles into a truly unified work.

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Organization Review | Big Brothers Big Sisters

Having a “little” or being a “big” is not just for Greeks Big Brothers Big Sisters is an easy way for students to get involved and help

By Ansley Byers | Contributing writer Big Brothers Big Sisters is a national program designed, according to their website, to “empower children to reach their potential by continuously recruiting, developing and training mentors to provide professionally supported, one-to-one Big Brother and Big Sister relationships.”

Big Brothers Big Sisters is just one easy and rewarding way for university students to volunteer in their community by becoming a mentor.

Senior Ben Davis has been volunteering with the program since his sophomore year. “Being at Wake, we have a lot more free time on our hands than we realize and sometimes we need to stop and think about how we’re using

our time,” he said. “The benefits of the program are way above the level of commitment.”

Davis encourages all students to get involved in their community, and believes that the Big Brothers Big Sisters program is a great way to do this. “You’re guaranteed to make an impact on a kid’s life; it’s up to you whether that’s positive or not but the opportunity is definitely there,” he said.

Davis stressed the simplicity of the application process.

Students can log onto Big Brothers Big Sisters webpage and go to the volunteer site.

T h e B B B S office closest to the university is located downtown at 107 Westdale Ave., only a 10-minute

drive from campus. A studentt can fill out an online application; they will then be contacted by a BBBS representative.

The next step is to attend a brief orientation session, usually lasting about 30 minutes, at the office downtown.

This is just a time for the interested applicant to get more information about the program and decide if it is something they still wish to pursue.

After the orientation session, an interview will be scheduled and, finally, a home visit.

During the home visit, a case manager from Big Brothers Big Sisters will visit the

applicant’s residence (it does not matter if the residence is on campus or off campus) and present a prospective “little.”

The little brothers and sisters range in age from six to 16 and come from a variety of backgrounds. The case managers do their best to match children and mentors based on shared interests.

The program commitment includes spending time with your little at least once a week for at least a year with the understanding that there are times such as spring and summer break when this will not be possible. During these school recesses, it is expected that the big brother or sister will remain in contact via phone or by writing letters with their little brother or sister.

Freshman Beth Ammons has recently been matched with her little sister. She expressed that the most rewarding aspect of volunteering with this program has been investing in a child’s life.

Program coordinator Brittany Pruitt explains that Big Brothers Big Sisters is always in need of volunteers. “Typically a little sister will wait six months

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to be matched with a big sister. Little brothers will wait much longer. Often it takes up to a year or longer for little brothers to be matched,” said Pruitt.

Pruitt encourages university students to consider volunteering for this program.

“Wake students have a reputation of being great volunteers. The spirit of ‘Pro Humanitate’ that Wake Forest promotes fits the mission and goals of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Becoming a Big is a once a week commitment and an opportunity to make a difference in Winston-Salem and more importantly, a child’s life. It will be a life-impacting experience and a relationship you will never forget,” she said.

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Traditions Column | Wake Forest Traditions Council

Shag on the Mag and Springfest Popular springtime events boast long history of dancing and partying

By Emily Snow | Staff columnist Every spring for the past six years, one night on campus is marked by Southern elegance and tradition: the notes of beach music float around the university, a blooming white tent adorns the Mag Quad, and students dance the night away in Lilly Pulitzer, pearls and bowties. Though a newer tradition, this event, known as “Shag on the Mag,” has become just as integral a part of life on campus as the Moravian Lovefeast or rolling the quad.

In 2006, the Springfest chair at the time approached Kathy Arnett, director of Student Union, and asked her to envision the movie Big Fish.

His vision was to have lights strung across the quad with people in their sundresses and dancing

barefoot.

H e wanted a place where

the whole community could come out and dance under the stars. Thus began the tradition of Shag on the Mag from a Tim Burton movie. Who knew?

Many of the event’s beloved characteristics began as purely logistical decisions.

In 2006, the Upper Quad was hallowed ground used only for Commencement and Project Pumpkin, so Shag on the Mag was to take place on the Mag Quad.

The Springfest chair wanted to serve alcoholic beverages at the event, so the majestic tent so indicative of this special night was actually a necessity — not a creative decision.

Gossip abounded about this new and innovative event. The Old Gold & Black published articles that speculated about the cost of the event and ultimately doubted its chances for success.

Much to the skeptics’ surprise, the first Shag on the Mag was a wild success. The tent was overrun with people; students could not move, and the crowds quickly became a violation of fire safety codes.

Members of Student Union tore down the sides of the tent to give students room, but with the lack of a real tent, they could no longer serve alcohol.

Students were in a Jack Sparrowlike frenzy; where had the free beer gone?

Each year the event grows, “the tents just keep getting bigger and bigger and bigger. Now we are at the largest tent we can find at 1,200 people,” Arnett said.

The true maestros of beach music, The Embers, have performed for four of the last five years and will perform at this year’s event. The Springfest

chair who spearheaded the first Shag on this celebration of warm breezes and Coats-Thomas, Springfest chair, said. the Mag was a fan of The Embers and sunny days began as more or less a free- Most of the week’s events take place on arranged their first performance at the for-all on campus. Beer trucks drove the Mag Quad.

“We are giving students a variety of event in 2006. “With the shag dance, onto campus, and with the drinking you need a good shag band,” Arnett said. age at 18 years, students of all classes events to choose from so that they can be “They like coming here, and we love enjoyed the taps easily accessible outside outside and enjoy the beautiful weather,” them. It’s music people continuously of the trucks. Students skidded down Coats-Thomas said.

Traditions include: ice cream, street dance to, from the first song to the last, waterslides on Davis Field. Unwanted and we have the hardest time getting objects — old TVs, broken electronics vendors and a performer (this year, a and more — were raised into the air and comedian), all taking place on the Mag them to leave.”

Quad.

New Arnett events — or recalled one year New Springfest Traditions should we say Old Springfest Traditions future tradiwhen the tions?

— range heavens Racecar on the Quad Keg taps from a racecar opened Traditions in common Baseball tailgate Waterslides on the Quad and rain Shag on the Mag Outdoor movie with a Nascar blasted the Destroying electronics Big Springfest concert Driver, a basetent under Mechanical bull Eating-contests ball tailgate, w h i c h Ice cream Comedians Jello wrestling outdoor movie students Street vendors Short courses Tug-of-war and a mechanisought Battle of the Bands cal bull. The both shellogo for this ter and year’sSpringfest, shagging.

Everyone was barefoot and muddy. released onto the then-concrete Upper however, is very much a throwback to Students slipped on the rain-drenched Quad by a giant crane. This tradition of a 2005 poster which originated from a and mud-covered dance floor, the tent destruction has not persisted, however, 1985 Springfest poster.

“You can’t go to Wake and not go to leaked, and rain dripped onto perform- despite a few attempts to revive it by Shag on the Mag,” Coats-Thomas said. past Springfest chairs. ers and their instruments.

The mayhem of Springfest in the ‘70s “It’s just a lot of fun dancing in your In the inevitable clean-up following the rain-soaked evening, Student did not stop with cranes and beer trucks. preppiest attire. People don’t always Union members encountered a scene Students participated in eating contests, understand the grandness of the event strongly reminiscent of Cinderella, but roller-skated around campus, challenged until you see the tent going up on the with mud: girls’ shoes, discarded in the each other in Jello wrestling, tested their Quad. Then you go and it’s warm, it’s course of dancing, were anchored in the strength in tug-of-war and listened to fun, and you dance the night away.”

Flowers, beach music and shagging mud and scattered throughout the area. live music on the Quad.

This year’s Springfest looks to the may have replaced cranes, jello wrestling “Everyone still had a great time,” Arnett said. Shag on the Mag, a tradi- history of this seasonal celebration. and beer trucks, but this 6-year-old tration so elegant and classy that it stands “Springfest is a very traditional event, dition celebrates the university and its alone, is nevertheless part of another so I wanted to plan some traditional students with a certain touch that jello campus tradition: Springfest. In 1976, things, like Battle of the Bands,” Kat wrestling never quite achieved.

Health Column | aWAKEn Your Health

How to pull an all-nighter effectively and still do well on your exam

By Kelsey Korey | Staff columnist

Cramming weeks of biology or accounting material into the 12 hours prior to the exam is a prevalent trend on college campuses. It is amazing to me how many students are able to stay up all night and then take an exam. Our sleep and wakefulness cycles are governed by the circadian rotation of the earth, and overriding these cycles is extremely difficult, and so So I guess you deserve kudos for that in a semi-backwards way!

According to Dr. Charmane Eastman, director of Biological Rhythms Research Laboratory at a medical center in Chicago, what makes interrupting these cycles so difficult is that they exist even in the absence of time cues such as sunlight and clocks.

Part of the issue is that most students enter the 12-hour “all-nighter” period without having slept the previous 12 hours, so their brain is already working less efficiently.

Unfortunately, there is no way to beat the clock completely as staying up all night takes a toll on both your physical and mental performance. However, Penn State undergraduate studies say that under-

standing exactly what is happening to your body’s natural rhythms throughout the night can help all the night owls out there maximize brain power.

10 – 11 p.m.:This varies for most people but around 11 p.m., the first yawns start to occur as your usual bedtime is approaching. Taking an early evening nap will slow your body’s decline around this time.

11 p.m. – 12 a.m.: Your body temperature will begin to fall as it mimics the circadian rhythm cycle.

If the room you are studying in was comfortable, it may now feel cold. Instead of turning up the heat (which can put some people to sleep), throw on a sweater or jacket. At this point, caffeine is not your friend. It will make you feel antsy and anxious. It will also be less and less effective the later (or earlier) it gets. Reach for a light, healthy snack if you feel the urge to chug a Starbucks beverage.

1 a.m. – 2 a.m.: The best strategy is to study the toughest material first because it requires the most brain power. Save the easier work for the early morning hours as you will probably be exhausted and much less motivated. Exercise can also help with drowsiness so drop and give me twenty! Just

teasing … but going for a short walk can definitely help you feel invigorated. Relocating can also be helpful.

This is also about the time you start feeling hungry so snacking is the best way to defeat drowsiness.

Obviously, you want to avoid eating a four-course meal. Grabbing a yogurt, cottage cheese, fruits or vegetables is going to be your best bet. Iced tea, club soda and fruit juice will be more beneficial than coffee or soda. Chocolate milk is another hidden treasure as it provides both caffeine and sugar. Can’t beat that!

4 a.m. – 5 a.m.: You’re probably feeling pretty darn good at this point as the second wind is kicking in.

Shortly following this is the desire to take a “quick” nap because your biological clock is ticking quite slowly. If you have between one and two hours to spare, I would recommend taking a nap because waking up will be easier than if you just doze off for 15 minutes.

6 a.m. – 7 a.m.: Go outside and view every all-nighter’s ultimate reward: the sunrise. Grab a light breakfast consisting of some carbohydrates and protein (or one of the two) but try and avoid

as much fat as you can. Fat takes awhile to digest, which can make you feel sluggish.

8 a.m.: TEST TIME APPROACHING. A great pre-exam plan is to exercise, shower and eat a highprotein, low-fat breakfast (I would take advantage of the pit omelet station for some egg whites with veggies).

After the test is over, the carbohydrate-deprived can now binge on pasta, bread and cereal in preparation for sleep. To get your body back on track, taking a one to two hour nap will be more effective than sleeping all day. And congratulacessfully tions! You have sucdefeated your circadian rhythm!

Just don’t make it a habit.

B10 Thursday, March 24, 2011

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Season Preview | Major League Baseball

MLB opening day will feature many players in new places

By Nick Saponara | Staff writer

Throughout many parts of the country, winter is just finishing up its bite. However, we have been priviledged by beautiful weather here in Winston-Salem, which means just one thing: baseball season.

Opening day is early — April 1 — likely because the league took hefty backlashes from November World Series games the past couple of seasons.

Let’s take a look at each of Major League Baseball’s six divisions and break down the upcoming season.

NL East Even though much of baseball’s “Hot Stove” season was once again dominated by talk about the East’s AL counterpart, it was the Philadelphia Phillies that pulled off the coup of the offseason, stealthily swiping freeagent ace Cliff Lee out of the bidding war between the Yankees and Rangers.

Immediately after the news broke shortly after midnight, baseball fans everywhere began gushing over the Phillies’ new “Phearsome Phour Aces” — just one of many nicknames.

Manager Charlie Manuel has slated 2010 NL Cy Young winner Roy Halladay as the Opening Day starter, followed by Lee, Roy Oswalt, Cole Hamels and Joe Blanton.

Once you add the Phillies’ always potent offense into the mix, they are once again the favorite and my pick to win the NL East. Notable potential issues for the Phillies could be Chase Utley’s questionable status, the bullpen and the hole in right field left by the free agent departure of Jayson Werth.

Werth jumped ship to the Nationals this offseason, signing a lucrative seven-year, $126 million contract.

Werth, along with third baseman Ryan Zimmerman, is expected to be a leader for the club on and off the field while the Nationals nurse young studs Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper up to the majors.

The Braves and Marlins also made a swap this offseason, sending Dan Uggla to the Braves. The Marlins, unsurprisingly, were unwilling to give Uggla the contract extension he wanted. Look for the Braves to finish second and be in the wild card hunt, along with the Marlins.

Finally, the Mets had a quiet offseason because spending was frozen, as it was learned that the club borrowed $25

million from the MLB last season and was looking for more lenders.

NL Central The Albert Pujols saga came to a somewhat anticlimactic close in the days leading up to spring training, with the two sides unable to reach an agreement. Pujols was reportedly seeking $300 million over 10 years, making him the wealthiest baseball player ever. The Cardinals reportedly were low on the cash, not the length.

Regardless, the Cardinals should have a competitive team this year, despite Adam Wainwright’s seasonending Tommy John surgery.

The Reds are bringing back the same explosive team that took them to the postseason last year, and they are my pick to win the division.

They signed an extension with 2010 MVP Joey Votto, and you can look for a bigger role for “the Cuban Missile” Aroldis Chapman, as well as another great year from their deep, young pitching staff.

The Cubs are under new ownership and tout a new manager, Mike Quade.

The Cubbies are not defunct on talent, and so it will be interesting to see how the players react to the new skipper.

Note that they essentially swapped Derrek Lee for Carlos Pena at first base from 2010 to 2011.

The Brewers made a splash with the acquisition of Zach Greinke this offseason, and they hope to compete at a high level this year before the assumed departure of first baseman Prince Fielder via free agency. The Brew Crew’s window may be closing, so look for them to play with some fire and perhaps make some noise. It will depend on the other players, outside of Fielder and Ryan Braun.

Look for the Astros and Pirates to be bottom feeders again this year, although there has been some notable improvement this spring out of the Pirates camp.

NL West Not much has changed out west. The World Series Champion San Francisco

Giants bring back essentially the same team that took them to the promise land in 2010. The biggest question is: will this be enough for them to make it back in 2011? I’m inclined to say no. It’s worth remembering that the Giants made the playoffs on the last day of the 2010 regular season, and could’ve easily missed the boat. Also, some other NL West teams look to be a little bit stronger.

The Dodgers look to have new life this year with Don Mattingly taking over as manager, boasting a healthy rotation and a finally confident Jonathan Broxton. Remember that this team made it to the NLCS in both 2008 and 2009.

The Rockies also look about the same, although I think Troy Tulowitzki drives a nicer car now. The Rockies boast a good young rotation led by Ubaldo Jiminez, and a deep outfield that includes Carlos Gonzalez, Dexter Fowler and Ryan Spilborghs. Look for the Rockies to compete into September as well.

The Padres and Diamonbacks will likely be at the bottom of the division again, especially after the Padres “committed to long term success” AKA sacrificed this year after trading Adrian Gonzalez.

The Diamondbacks are still young and have the potential to win some games this year. Optimists in Arizona are hoping for a breakout year from Justin Upton and continued progress.

AL East Much of the talk during the last offseason, of course, centered around the Yankees and Red Sox. The Yankees are left with some holes in their starting rotation, caused by Andy Pettitte’s retirement and their loss in the Cliff Lee sweepstakes. They signed Rafael Soriano to do some late inning work, as well as catcher Russell Martin. However, the Yankees stars look to be aging, and Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada are going to need to be especially good going into their late thirties and forties if the team is going to win, as Robinson Cano, Mark Teixeira and CC Sabathia can’t do it all. They also face some steep opposition in Boston, who should take the division without much of an issue.

The Red Sox brought in both Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez to a team that already won 89 games last year. Some potential trouble areas for the Red Sox could be pitching. John

Lackey, Josh Beckett and Daisuke Matsuzaka were all awful last year, and youngsters Jon Lester and Clay Bucholz can’t carry the staff. Jonathan Papelbon was also suspect last year look for him to bounce back in a contract year. If not, Daniel Bard will take over as closer.

The Rays spent the winter shedding payroll, as they watched Rafael Soriano, Carl Crawford and Carlos Pena leave for greener pastures. The Rays brought in Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez for bargains, and you can never count them out given their bright front office.

The Orioles improved under Buck Showalter and developed even more in the offseason. Look for them to challenge for third place this year.

The Blue Jays overpaid for Jose Bautista after a major outlier season for him. Just when they shed big salaries in Alex Rios and Vernon Wells, they overpay for another outfielder. Pity.

AL Central There are many questions in the AL’s version of the Midwest. The Twins look to reclaim the crown, but Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and closer Joe Nathan are all coming off injuries. Also, their starting rotation largely over performed last year, yet they found a way.

The Chicago White Sox are a team with gobs of talent, yet they just can’t get it done. If they under perform again this year, look for manager Ozzie Guillen to be showed the door, followed by the beginnings of a personnel overhaul.

The Tigers are also probably peeking through the crack that’s left in their window of opportunity, as the aging squad has spent too much time floundering as of late.

T h e Indians are a mystery as well; they will have a

chance if Shin-Soo Choo and Grady Sizemore are effective and their young players all pan out. Finally, expect the Royals to be deep in the basement again. They have tons of young talent, but I don’t expect it to all come together this year like the Rays in 2008.

AL West The Major League’s smallest division was also its most mediocre last year.

The Mariners, following big expectations, crumbled and lost 101 games.

The Rangers rode young talent and the Cliff Lee rental through to the World Series. You will see Josh Hamilton put the team on his back and lead them to the postseason following a monster year.

For the first time in quite a while, the Athletics aren’t holding a lot of young talent. Instead, their lineup shows a bunch of journeymen who were never major league stars. This strategy looks much like the team that the Giants had last year, but the A’s pitching will not be anywhere near enough to carry the lackluster offense and defense.

Finally, the Angels are still reeling following the big losses of the last couple of years. Their offense will be mediocre at best; however if their starting pitching is healthy, they will have a great chance to win this small division with no clear favorite. Jered Weaver, Dan Haren, Ervin Santana and Scott Kazmir lead the way, all of who were aces or close to it at some point. Look for this division to be competitive early, with the potential for a favorite to emerge by the All-Star Break.

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guard and we were not making good decisions with the basketball.

It’s all on you, Tony.

N o w , let’s look to our other weakest position: center. We have two 7-footers Walker available for centers (junior Ty Walker and freshman Carson Desrosiers), something most

teams are dying for, but what does that mean for us?

With a mere 32.5 rebounds per game as a team, our centers contributed to only around seven of those boards, combined. This is a serious issue.

I’m not sure what the solution is exactly.

Walker has a body almost identical to UNC-Chapel Hill’s John Henson (he’s actually two inches taller than Henson) who averaged 10.1 rebounds per game last season and helped his team lead the country in rebounding, so it’s clear that tall, thin and lanky players can be effective.

The issue with Desrosiers is that he simply plays too far away from the basket. These two just have to learn how to play their position.

Desrosiers will benefit from weight training in the offseason, and Walker needs to master his lanky body like Henson.

As a side note, I’d be interested to see what would happen if Bzdelik played these two together; maybe they would play to each other’s strengths and weaknesses in the right way and fill in our interior defense.

I’m going to take a break from going on about what we did wrong this season and talk

about what we did right, and what we did right was freshman Travis McKie. McKie played with more consistency than any other Deac, so it shouldn’t surprise you that he led the team in both scoring (13 points per game) and rebounding (7.7 per game).

He reminds me a lot of James Johnson with his ability to drive hard into the paint, snag offensive rebounds and shoot threes when necessary.

That’s an exciting comparison.

I’m calling on McKie to keep getting stronger, improve his passing vision (one assist per game is lackluster at best from a small forward) and to

improve his jump-shooting stroke because I want to run our offense through him.

I also want to see his defense get tenacious, really aggravate shooters, stop their drives and pull down rebounds in double figures on a regular basis.

The final piece of this puzzle is freshman J.T. Terrell, and frankly, I don’t know what to do with him.

My inclination is to play him as a sixth man with extra minutes, or maybe in the three spot and move McKie to four, but ideally I’d like him as a sixth man.

That’s simply because he needs to develop, greatly improve his

shot selection and be consistent.

He has the best scoring ability on the team, and his jump shot is beautiful, but because he lacks in judgment, his field goal percentage is only .374.

Two years down the road, I think it’s very possible that Terrell, alongside McKie, could make us very competitive for the ACC title, but for next year I think he just needs to develop his overall game.

Our team has the pieces to be competitive, but it is up to the players to hone their skills and Coach Bzdelik to put them all together.

Let’s hope it works out for the team.

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