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Wake ‘N Shake raises money, awareness Eviction controversy continues By Jenn Kimbal | Asst. news editor
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The controversial eviction of faculty and staff from the apartments on Allen Easley Drive will be delayed until June 2009 for most residents, the university told them March 3. Three of the 10 buildings, however, will still be renovated starting May 26 and converted into student housing for the fall semester. Residents of those buildings, number six, seven and eight, must move out by May 25, either to another of the buildings or off campus. If they choose to leave, the university will compensate them a total of $3,000, in addition to local moving expenses. The majority of residents, those living in buildings 1-5 and 9-10, have the option to move out by June 30 and receive $2,500 plus moving costs, or they can choose to stay until May 25 at the latest. At that point, all the apartment buildings will be made into student housing. “We were never asking for money. We want respect and openness in decision making and real commitment to fostering community,” wrote a group of apartment residents in a statement given to the Old Gold & Black March 5. “Dr. Hatch, please publicly admit that you and your administration were wrong to carry out discussions whose implications were so far-reaching, without consulting those to be affected.” In a campus-wide e-mail sent the day prior, March 4, Hatch said, “Whether we should have alerted residents at the moment it became an idea can be argued, but what we do know now is that it is our best available option to meet urgent student housing needs. Further, it would have been presumptuous to have alerted residents of the Faculty/ Staff Apartments to the possibility of the the change before our trustees had received reports concerning the apartments and related matters.” Contention began last month when the university announced in a Feb. 11 letter its intent to convert all the faculty and staff apartment buildings, requiring the eviction of all tenants in less than four months time. The move angered residents, as well as other faculty and staff, not only for the loss of on-campus faculty living and the disruption caused by the short notice, but for the manner in which the administration made and announced the decision. Residents began circulating a petition and
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The third annual Wake ‘N Shake dance marathon benefiting the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund took place March 1 in Reynolds Gym. Students stayed on their feet for 12 hours straight, from noon to midnight, to raise money and awareness for the fight against cancer. Over 400 university students participated in the event this year. At the start of the day participants were divided into four large teams, each designated by a different T-shirt color. This created camaraderie and spirit amongst the teams. Throughout the day the teams competed in activities such as Jeopardy, relay races, singled out and limbo. At the end of the day there was a tie between the orange and green teams, but the green team came out on top as they had the most members present at 11:30 p.m. Kappa Delta led the student organizations with the most registered dancers followed by Sigma Chi and Chi Omega. Junior Caleigh Jooste, entertainment chair for this event, worked in conjunction with several university and non-university groups to make Wake
turing Chuck Folds (brother of Ben Folds), performed. Another local band, To the Nines, “kept the energy up for the dancers,” Jooste said. The university’s Dirrrty Dancers also performed. The Bouncing Bulldogs, a local youth group, came to perform their award winning jump rope routine. Kristy Younker, co-chair of Wake ‘N Shake, said, “It was the most ridiculously entertaining thing I’ve seen in my life.” Another surprise guest was President Nathan Hatch who performed Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” dance for the crowd. Throughout the day various games and competitions were set up, such as pie-eating contests and dance-offs. Members of the men’s and women’s soccer and field hockey teams came out to support the cause. “We were thrilled to have ACC athletes involved in Wake ‘N Shake this Haowei Tong/Old Gold & Black year,” Jooste said. Students danced for hours on end at Wake ‘N Shake March 1. The Members of the hospitality commitevent raised money for Comprehensive Cancer Center. tee, responsible for providing food to ‘N Shake an action-packed event. Jooste said. Head Football Coach Jim participants, sought donations from “In past years, there were lulls in the Grobe opened the event with a moti- various restaurants and grocery stores entertainment so this year we wanted vational talk and countdown to the in the greater Winston-Salem area. to make sure that there was never a commencement of Wake ‘N Shake Dancers received three full meals and minute that when by when there wasn’t 2008. something for the dancers to be doing,” Rubberband, a musical group fea- See Wake, Page A3
Fund provides opportunities for third-world research By Caitlin Brooks | Staff writer
After a “life-changing” trip to Africa with Professor Slyvian Boko in 2007, senior James Beshara decided to take action in under-developed countries by creating The Dvelo Fund. Dvelo, short for “development,” is a program designed to provide financial assistance to undergraduates across the country wishing to study development issues in under-developed nations worldwide. “We (the Dvelo Fund) are not setting up an orphanage in Kenya or helping with a subsistence system for farmers. We are not that type of nonprofit,” Beshara said. “The fund is designed to get young Americans involved in the world around them and for them to come back with their own projects. That’s how it works as a non-profit.” “My experience (last summer) would not have been possible had it not been for a grant from Wake Forest,” Beshara said in a press release. “Sadly, many universities are beginning to cut funding for study-abroad research grants because of the extreme expense. My hope is that the Dvelo Fund will offer students the same opportunity I had, and in turn, they might return from their experience and feel compelled, as I and so many others have, to continue to assist those who need it most.” Beshara works with co-founders Sylvain Boko, associate professor of economics, and sophomore See Dvelo, Page A4
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Senior James Beshara, with the help of Associate Professor of Economics Sylvain Boko, created the Dvelo Fund to help undergraduates to study underdeveloped nations.
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Professor investigates happiness By Molly Nevola | Staff writer
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Secrest Artist Series presented Apollo’s Fire, the Cleveland baroque orchestra, with special guest mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore March 5 in Wait Chapel.
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In a nation addicted to happiness, he calls for the pursuit of sorrow. But it is a call to a contemplative life – a life of peace and one of hope. The university’s very own Thomas H. Pritchard Professor of English Eric Wilson has taken a stand, criticizing the nation’s overemphasis on joy at the expense of sadness in his newly acclaimed book Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy. The book, which has generated public heat in reviews across the country, has a two-fold purpose, according to Wilson. He noted that first, it challenges what he sees as America’s addiction to happiness Second, it explores the power of forcing oneself to divorce the conventional and find the
self-revelatory power of melancholy. “About 85 percent of people say they are happy or very happy,” Wilson said, “And this is a statistic I find strange, due to all the tragedy in the world.” But this professor of American and British romanticism by no means fails to distinguish between depression and melancholy, nor does he make light of the medical condition. Rather, he challenges an America desirous of a self-help fix, of constant contentedness. “When we are melancholy, we have a deep yearning for a richer experience, an intimacy with the world and more creative and innovative ways of seeing the world,” Wilson said. When asked about what led him to draft the book, Wilson pointed to his own personal experience.
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“During certain pivotal times in my own life, my melancholy has led me to insights that I never would have gotten otherwise,” he said. Wilson grew up in Taylorsville, N.C. where he was groomed to be a fine young man, he said. The star quarterback of his high school football team, Wilson was encouraged to be popular, but felt as if he led a double life. He would return home from school and listen to the music by the likes of John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen and read the works of Franz Kafka by night. After graduating high school, Wilson went on to the United States Military Academy at Westpoint, where he suffered a period of doubt and sadness. “I realized I didn’t want to be there – the values I had been brought up See Happiness, Page A4
Opinion | A6 Standing firm Osteen argues that students should fight to keep Campus Grounds a university tradition.
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Brieflies Professor Maya Angelou to teach spring class The program in humanities announced that Professor Maya Angelou will teach a course this semester, HMN 337 World Poetry in Dramatic Performance (1.5h), from 3-5:30 p.m. on March 24 and 26, April 2, 7, 9, 11 and 14 followed by a rehearsal on April 16 leading to the final performance in Brendle Hall on April 18 at 3 p.m. Students who are interested in adding the course should go in person to the administrative assistant for the humanities department, Ms. Alice Goodman, in room B6 of Tribble Hall between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. beginning March 3, to obtain an application form.
Joseph Bathanti to read fiction in DeTamble Joseph Bathanti is the author of four books of poetry, the most recent of which, This Metal, was nominated for the National Book Award. Also, he received the 2006 Novello Literary Award for his two novels, East Liberty and Coventry. He currently teaches creative writing at Appalachian State University. His fiction reading will take place at 7:30 p.m. March 19 in DeTamble Auditorium. All are welcome and there is a reception to follow. For more information contact John McNally at mcnalljr@wfu.edu.
Career services to sponsor lecture on publishing Interested in a career in publishing? The Office of the Chaplain and the Office of Career Services are working together to bring Reverend Laura Alexander Elliot, communications and development director for the Experiment in Self-Reliance lecture from 5-7 p.m. April 2 in Benson 401A. RSVP on ECHO by clicking on Career Events and then on Pro Humanitate for Work or sign up in the Office of Careeer Services, Reynolda 8.
Summer registration to begin For those undergraduate student taking summer classes, registration will take place all day March 17 using WIN. For more information contact the office of the registrar.
Book signing in university bookstore to feature Southern author Sarah Colton’s book, Tilt 68, brings the late 1960’s to life through the profound changes experienced by one southern woman who dares to look at her own life with open eyes. Colton will be signing her book from 2-3 p.m. March 18 in front of the University Bookstore.
Professor to give lecture on comic book superheroes Professor Saylor Breckenridge will give a lecture on “Superheroes in US Comics: Competition, Regulation, and Culture” from 4-5 p.m. on March 20 in room 404 of the library. This event is sponsored by Z. Smith Reynolds Library. For more information contact Mary Reeves at reevesmw@wfu.edu.
University to host open house for prospective students The university will host an open house from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. March 24 in the Welcome Center. This event will feature talks from faculty, current students and campus tour.
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E.J. Dionne talks about career, book By Molly Nevola | Staff writer
Political commentator and veteran columnist for the Washington Post E.J. Dionne, Jr. was no stranger to the world of journalism even during his childhood in Fall River, Ma. Dionne, former New York Times reporter and current twice-weekly editorialist for the Post, was fascinated by politics and news at an early age, landing jobs at local presses and writing for his college newspaper. He has worked in political journalism ever since. In a phone interview Feb. 29, the university’s 2008 commencement speaker recounted his experiences, political and religious values and connections to the university while offering guidance to graduates, a generation that he praises for its political engagement and commitment to service. Dr. Dionne, what sparked your interest in the world of journalism, and how did you break into this field? I grew up in a household where my dad would get four Sunday newspapers. I read news all my life and was always fascinated by politics and journalism. My first paid job, I helped pull papers off the press at my local paper, wrote for my college paper and the Standard Times in New Bedford, but I didn’t know at the time that this is what I was going to do for a living. When I was an undergraduate, I got to know folks at the Times and even tried to sell an article to the New York Times magazine. When I was a senior, I had written my senior thesis on Italians in East Harlem and racial and ethnic change in the neighborhood. He didn’t want to buy that, but I was going to Oxford for a couple years for grad school and mentioned that I was going to be kicking around Europe. I took the night boat train over to Paris one time and ended up getting offered a job in the Paris Bureau. I worked that summer and then was hired by the Times, they helped set up what became the NYT CBS poll, and so I got into journalism partly just from a love of journalism and also through my interest in polling. I did a lot of polling and public opinion work in Britain. I worked on the 1976 campaign, started covering state and local politics, covered presidential campaign, went back to Albany, NY, then was bureau chief and was sent back to Europe. I had a job where if there was a disaster somewhere, I covered it. So I joke, I got to cover the French Open, the Cannes Film Festival and then the war in Lebanon. Then I was sent to Rome, which was fantastic because I got to cover Italy and the Vatican with a focus on religion and politics, two topics that are of great interest to me. Tell me about your new book, Souled Out. So far I’ve been very lucky on all the reviews I’ve received so far, including the New York Times’. Religion and politics are subjects that have engaged me pretty much my whole life — I joke that I grew up in a household that violated the rules that you’re never supposed to talk about them at the dinner table, but we always did at our house. I was raised and still am Catholic. I wrote all sorts of papers on this subject; I took a course on Soviet history – wrote a paper on Stalin, Spanish mystics and anarchists, McCarthyism. I once hitchhiked to the Brooklyn public library from Boston to do research. So this is something that’s
always engaged me, and then I did cover the Vatican, and that plays a role in the book. I’m editor of a series on religion and public life — this is a subject that I’ve been engaged in forever and had written about it a fair amount in my column, and I decided I wanted to write a book that pulled together what, in some ways, I’ve done over the last 25 years. Broadly speaking, I’m on the liberal or center-left side of politics, and it bothered me when the liberals showed prejudice against people who weren’t. We’re supposed to be against prejudice. We’re very proud of that as progressive, so we should also be against prejudice against religious believers that we disagree with. At the same time, I was troubled that there were people on the right who were implying that the only fair reading of the Gospel is a conservative reading. And some of this is comes out of the book — I think there is an exhaustion with religion used in a narrow political way … so that’s what Souled Out is. You have a regular discussion on National Public Radio with David Brooks. As you know, Brooks spoke to the graduating class of 2007 at last year’s commencement. What do you and Brooks have in common, and how do you see things differently than him?
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I’m going to call David, and I’m Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne will speak at the univergoing to have to study up on what he sity’s commencement ceremony this coming May. said. I really like and admire him very much — one of the reasons we like to have a real impact are those that stick very much resembled the progressive debate and discuss politics so much with it. So I hope that the sense of era at the turn of the century — we is because he is a conservative who excitement that exists now will stay were going from farm to factory, from grew up in a liberal family, and I am with you. I mean, what it really feels urban areas to rural areas, and now we vice versa. We have a certain affection like is the early ‘60s: joining the Peace are moving from industrial to a high for the other side. My household in Corps, staffing the civil rights division tech economy, to a more service-oriin the justice departmet, you know, ented economy. In that kind of period general was more conservative. We have a respect for the other side. really made a huge difference in our people are looking for a new set of rules We both have baseball playing sons; country’s life. You run into these folks to reach economic growth on the one his son is a great baseball player. We now who are in or approaching retire- hand but within a framework where both have a fascination with the sub- ment and they really had this deep opportunity is shared. That’s when urbs; we’ve spent a lot of time out there concern that came from the earlier people turn to progressivism, when WWII generation. they are looking for a new set of rules in the suburbs. I think that this to make the system work. That’s why You know, we like “What I would say is, be in is real — getting I think there was a call for reform in a style and admire the spirit of William this for the long haul. Politics excited about the the progressive years which eventuof ally led to the New Deal, and I think F. Buckley, whom can be exhilarating, but it can possibilities government again. there is a similar call to reform now. David once worked also be disappointing. The There’s a role for In a funny way we see that in both for, and I, although public action and parties because McCain is the closest generations that have real my politics are difprivate action. I thing to a reform-oriented republican. ferent, have always impact are those that stick think that your I do think an era of reform is what admired how he did with it..” generation may the country is looking for. what he did. You can E.J. Dionne have the balance disagree with somefor it. This year’s graduating class will Washington Post columnist one without hating see a more troubled economy than them, which I think In 1996, you previous classes. What do you think is a good thing in wrote They Only will happen next, and how should life. I also think both of them like to step out and be analyti- Look Dead: Why Progressives Will graduates prepare themselves for cal and candid about what’s going on. Dominate the Next Political Era — what’s to come economically? And even when David and I have a were you wrong or just 13 years too You know, if I had a 100 percent political disagreement, we often over- early? answer to that, I might start a consultlap analytically. You know, I think the underlying ing business. I think the first rule to He’s just a very warm person on top thesis, I would defend all along. I joke answering the world out of college is of that. with friends who give me grief about to figure out how to follow your head In this very important election it, saying Al Gore did win a plurality and heart at the same time. People year, what would you tell people of of the vote in 2000, so I don’t think tend to be most successful pursuour generation in regards to politics? the trajectory was all to the right even ing work they love. And there are What is most interesting about this in this period. And I point out in the constraints on that, you also have to book, if you look at what was hap- pursue work that allows you to earn election to you? pening in politics, throughout the you a living. But I don’t think that One of the most interesting things democratic world you had this effort rule of finding that medium changes about the year is the engagement of to find this new kind of progressive with the economy. I think that this your generation and that you have politics – sometimes called the Third service orientation that you have may made an enormous difference in the Way. But in a lot of countries in the actually serve you well. For a brief period, the private econDemocratc primaries. Without this world, you had this effort to figure engagement, I don’t think Barack out how to have social justice in a suc- omy may be harder to find footing in, Obama would be where he is in the cessful market economy. Now having and there are a lot of younger people Democratic race. It’s been forever said all that, the core argument which who start out in all sorts of service from since younger voters have played this I thought was right then and is now the Peace Corps to Teach for America, kind of role, maybe unprecedented, in being proven out more than people and I think having some experience an election campaign. What I would say it was earlier, is that in a global doing service of some kind can be say is, be in this for the long haul. Poli- economy, people sort of want a new set immensely valuable both personally tics can be exhilarating; it can also be of rules, teams to work, to make sense and as a matter of public contribution disappointing. The generations that of the world they are in. These years and in terms of experience.
POLICE BEAT Drug and Alcohol Violations • University Police charged a student at Kitchin Residence Hall Feb. 29 with public display of alcohol and failure to comply after he carried a bottle of beer onto the sidewalk and refused to provide his identification card to an employee. Information about the incident was provided to Harold
Holmes, associate vice president and dean of student services.
when a person who bought it called and offered to return it. No charges were filed.
Theft • An unattended cell phone valued at $200 was reported stolen from a book cart in the ZSR Library Feb. 25. University Police recovered the phone
University Police responded to 38 calls from Feb. 25-March 2, including four incidents and investigations and 34 service calls.
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Trip aims to give aid to Nicaraguan businesses Students to educate others while gaining field experience By Katie Phillips | Staff Writer Sixteen students from the university’s Babcock Graduate School of Management are spending this Spring Break in Nicaragua. The students, along with two faculty members, will be sharing their knowledge and learned skills of business management with Nicaraguan business owners. Established as a two-way system of learning, not only is this beneficial to the business owners, but this opportunity gives the students a rare experience outside of the classroom. The trip is from March 7-14,
and it is the fourth trip made by Babcock students in the past year to Nicaragua. This also marks the one year anniversary of the first seminar that was held in Managua, which is the base for the university’s ongoing business project, Project Nicaragua. Started in the fall of 2006, Babcock students were bound by the promise of making a difference. The project’s faculty advisor, Sherry Moss, says that the students’ goal for the approaching trip is to “scale up the seminars.” The seminars will be serving almost double the amount of people compared to previously, and the goal is to make them more personal and specific. “They are going to offer two simultaneous business seminars,
making it possible to keep the Managua and has been for the intimate classroom environ- past year. ment, but serving twice as many Yuko arranges the trips for the people,” Moss said. faculty and students who are The students will also be work- coming to host the seminars. ing closely with returning busiYoko is currently a student ness owners, monitoring their in the Babcock school and the progress and Nicaraguan enhancing program “We are looking to establish a skills. director. video conference center, which “They (the He has students) are arranged for will allow us more continues also going to 40 business direct contact with the network work oneowners to be of businesses in Nicaragua.” on-one with present at the several of the seminar, putChris Yuko returning ting the ratio Project founder participants of owners to before and students at after the seminars in an effort to almost 2:1. sharpen their consulting skills “We are very proud of the while helping the entrepreneurs impact we have had on these with their specific challenges.” business leaders of Nicaragua,” One of the project founders, Yuko said. Chris Yuko, currently is based in “There will now be more effort
put into staying in contact with the business owners after the students have left and come back to Winston-Salem. Now we desire to take it to the next level and find a way to quantify the impact we are having.” “We are looking to establish a video conference center, which will allow us more continued direct contact with the network of businesses in Nicaragua.” “Student teams at Wake Forest will be able to speak directly with their businesses and continue two-way learning and transfer of knowledge that takes place during the trips to Nicaragua.” Beneficial to both sides, the business leaders will have the opportunity to discuss future endeavors and present issues with knowledged students. In turn, the students at the university will now have the
chance to continually learn from the experiences of the businessmen. This will be a mutually beneficial exchange for both the business leaders and the students. The trip aims to help both parties. More than 30 students are currently working through Babcock on the project. Half of these are attending the trip next week. Neela Rajendra, a second year Babcock student, is about to make her second trip to Nicaragua. “Project Nicaragua allows students to learn that we, as future business leaders, have a responsibility to society,” Rajendra said. “These experiences cannot be duplicated in the classroom. The impact that we have on the Nicaraguan business owners is small; the impact they have on us is much greater.”
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By Chantel O’Neal | Staff Writer
For third-year law student Jeff Wolfe, the much anticipated Spring Break will be a well-deserved hiatus from what has been a demanding year. Amid the demand of classes and closing of his final semester, Wolfe has been helping organize the upcoming Special Olympics North Carolina Basketball and Cheerleading Tournament. The event is being held, for the first time, in Winston-Salem from March 7-9. This tournament is one of six state-wide events held by Special Olympics North Carolina. Approximately 1,000 athletes and 500 coaches from across the state will be participating in the various competitions. Wolfe has spent the last six months making arrangements for the tournament and enlisting volunteers. “It is just a matter of being efficient with your time. I took it as a challenge to figure out how to balance it,” Wolfe said. “It has definitely been a busy year, but I think I’ve handled it all pretty well.” Involved with Special Olympics for nearly two and a half years, Wolfe first offered to help with the 2005 Fall Games. “I just remember thinking that this would be a great opportunity to get involved in the community,” Wolfe said. Since that time, he has helped with six other state-wide games. This year, he was offered the role of Volunteer Games Director. Honored, Wolfe accepted the position and the number of responsibilities it entailed. Most importantly, he oversees the Games Management Team, a group of 60 leadership volunteers. Together they help supervise the competitions, as well as the other 500 volunteers that are needed. “Jeff has been a key contributor in every step of the planning and preparation for this event,” Keith Fishburne, president and CEO of Special Olympics North Carolina, said. “The time and effort he has put in over the last several months to ensuring this event is a success is a testament to his dedication to Special Olympic athletes.” See Olympics, Page A4
snacks throughout the twelve hours. Kristy Younker and Andrew Borum were co-chairs for this event. “I got involved with the Piccolo Organization through my sorority and appreciate its efforts because my dad is a leukemia survivor,” Younker said. For over 25 years students have been raising money for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund through events sponsored by student organizations. Steve Hirst, the Director of Greek Life and Co-Advisor for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund, ensured that Wake ‘N Shake ran successfully. “Most people in here have been affected by cancer and additionally it is a wonderful Wake Forest tradition,” Hirst said. “Students want to be part of an event that benefits a good cause in the name of Wake Forest,” Hirst said.
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Music and dancing abounded March 1 in Reynolds Gym during Wake N’ Shake, an event hosted by the university that raises money for cancer research.
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met with President Hatch on Feb. 28 to air their grievances. “We have listened to your concerns about the move, about the original timetable proposed, and about the manner in which the original policy decision was communicated to you,” wrote Ken Zick, vice president of student life, in a March 3 e-mail to residents informing them of revised plans. “As a university, we want to meet those concerns in a generous and sensitive way.” There will be rooms available for all residents to have their choice among the options, according to Kevin Cox, assistant vice president for public affairs. “They’ve already done the calculation with current vacancies and people who had scheduled to move. We already know we have the space they need,” he said. The three buildings will undergo construction to upgrade plumbing, electrical work and security systems, improve appearances and laundry facilities, as well as install air conditioning. The Delta Zeta sorority will also move into apartment building six for the fall semester, with both a lounge and block of housing for members. No other Greek organizations are scheduled to relocate to the apartment buildings, according to Cox.Residents of the private houses on Bell Vista Court and Aaron Lane, which abut the apartment
complex, have expressed grave concern that their new student neighbors will cause disturbances and ultimately degrade the value of their property. President Hatch responded directly to this in his March 4 e-mail. “We believe the presence of resident of resident advisers and the increased capacity to monitor student behavior will help ensure that undergraduates are good neighbors,” he wrote. “We will be diligent in our efforts to see that the neighbors are not adversely affected.” In their statement to the OGB asking for an apology from the administration, faculty apartment residents asked that nearby homeowners be compensated. “... in recognition of the fact that their property values will fall, regardless of any claims you may make about closely monitoring student behavior and risks,” they said. They also asked the administration to seriously consider new facilities elsewhere on campus, “to replace what is being lost on Allen Easley Drive.” “Respond directly to these requests and stop trying to avoid the real issues,” they said. “I feel awkward asking people to be concerned about something so petty and selfish,” said one resident of the apartments who asked not to be identified. “Most broadly, this is about how T:3.75 inthe university makes decisions, which is just abominable. There is so much secrecy ... it’s a very closed process.”
“This is not about housing,” he said. “We’re standing on principal.” “I agree with a lot of what President Hatch has been saying,” he continued. “He’s got a tough job, I’m very sympathetic. But at least some of his top people don’t understand the problem with secrecy ... Secrecy, as any precocious 8-year-old understands, is used when you have something to hide. “In this case, probably some incompetent planning.” An apology would go along way, according to this resident. “We just want to be treated with respect,” he said. In the March 4 e-mail, Hatch wrote, “Because it is my practice to share information with you frequently, I wish that we had been in a position to give more than four or five months’ notice to residents, but it was not feasible ... Sometimes, the congruence of circumstances dictates the timing and sequence of decisions, and the housing challenge was such an occasion.”
Staff writer Molly Nevola contributed reporting to this article. Read Hatch’s full letter to the community and the complete statement given to the OGB by apartment residents at www.oldgoldandblack.com
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“As a teacher and a mentor, it is always inspiring to see students who dedicate themselves to improving the human condition,” Boko said in a press release. “James Beshara is one such student. In creating the Dvelo Fund, James plans to give other students the opportunity to discover the world beyond the boundaries of their immediate surroundings … This is a forwardlooking project, which impresses me in its creativity and innovation,” Boko said of the fund. Wheeler joined the initiative shortly after its inception through a friendship with Beshara. He primarily works with the fund’s Web site, ensuring that it is always functional as well as inviting. He spent much of his young life touring third-world countries with his family. Wheeler said that he was first inspired to work in the developing world after a trip to Tanzania at age seven. “It was that trip to Tanzania that did
it; I was so young, but ever since then, all my focus has been international studies,” he said. “I really couldn’t pin it down; I think it was just being in the country. We were on a camping safari; we were by no means doing anything to help the people there.” Wheeler hopes that the Dvelo Fund will help others understand this sort of experience. “It’s a totally different experience being there (in an under-developed country),” he said. I think anyone who travels to a developing county will get the idea and be able to further understand and want to make a difference.” The fund currently relies primarily on donations from Beshara’s friends and family. The total pledge amount encompasses some $65,000, though the bank account for the organization currently holds $15,000. The co-founders have yet to request donations from the university. That $15,000 can go a long way in helping students pursue their socially minded aims.
Because applicants can request funding up to $4,000, the fund can provide anywhere from four to 10 students opportunities to travel and research. A portion of the money is allocated to a special guest speaker each semester. On Feb. 28, the organization paid for a visit from William Easterly, a professor of economics at New York University and one of the foremost development economists in the world. They have not yet selected a speaker for any subsequent semesters. Interested students may be enrolled in any undergraduate university and must be at least 18-years-old to apply. Candidates must design their own proposals and submit them along with their applications. Though Beshara’s focus is on microfinance and its effects on the developing world, applicants can pursue any field related to development. This has proven to be very successful. For more information and an application, visit www.dvelofund.org.
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According to Wolfe, recruiting workers has been one of the most challenging tasks. Volunteers help keep score, monitor the competitions and escort the athletes as the teams rotate on and off the courts. As of now, there are only 250 volunteers, but others are welcome to show up during the tournament. “If there are any students around, it would be a great opportunity for them to help,” Wolfe said. However, it occurs during the beginning of the university’s Spring Break and many students will have already left. While the students may be away enjoying their break, the university is assisting in other ways. Various events take place on campus, including the opening ceremony, held in Wait Chapel and several competitions in Reynolds Gym.
Coach Dino Gaudio, head coach of men’s basketball, will be speaking at the opening ceremony. Other famous faces, such as university sportscaster Stan Cotton and Naz-T Deacon will also be present. “It is great to have Wake Forest supporting this. There have been a lot of people in the administration that have been really helpful and wanted to get as involved as they could,” Wolfe said. As the tournament draws near, Wolfe anxiously waits to see the results of everyone’s hard work and effort. Wolfe said that he enjoys working with Special Olympics, but the part that he looks forward to the most is yet to come. “You walk into the gyms and the atmosphere is electric.” “You look around and see how many people are volunteering their time to help, and you see the effort that the athletes are putting into the games. It is just something powerful to witness.”
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with, I realized may not have been as good as I thought they were.” Wilson left the academy after a month, an action of which his parents were surprisingly fully supportive. He went on to study literature and philosophy at Appalachian State University. This experience, however, shaped Wilson’s life for the better. “It was my unease in relation to society’s expectations of me, my agitation that led me to find out more about myself,” he said. Melancholy, Wilson said, was able to create a rebellion against what was expected of him by his culture, society, hometown and family. Wilson came to realize how important the pensive state of melancholy was and became particularly interested in writers who explored the idea. He began to study English poet and philosopher Samuel Coleridge as well as fictional novelist Herman Melville, both of whom suggest that melancholy
acts are more meditative and contemplative than acts of those people who are continuously happy. “My wish is that it brings a message of hope,” Wilson said, “that it shows people who are feeling sad, time to time or even all the time, that it’s OK to feel this way because you may be finding out essential things about yourself.” Wilson found inspiration for his book from several influential poets and philosophers and sites his teaching at Wake Forest as an integral part in his writing. “Many of the ideas in the book I have explored in classrooms … teaching has been absolutely essential,” he said. He primarily sites famed English poet John Keats for influencing his work. Keats expresses a connection between joy, beauty and melancholy in his “Ode to Melancholy,” a connection which many of Wilson’s ideas originated. Following a positive review in the Wall Street Journal, Against Happiness faced vicious attacks, many by people who have trouble with an attack on happiness. “People ask, ‘why would you attack
happiness?’ But it’s a certain kind of happiness — American happiness — and if we sit with our sadness, it could lead to joy,” Wilson said. Others have trouble with Wilson’s atypical writing style. “It’s not a tradebook kind of style; it has some literary qualities that some reviewers find offputting,” he said. Still others attack Wilson’s perception of American happiness, the concept that he expressly challenges in the book. Wilson set the record straight: “For me American happiness is a desire to smooth out the rough spots of life; we often do that with all sorts of technologies,” he said. But in the end, Wilson is pleased that the book has received the attention that it has and that the message is being spread to a large audience. “I’m a private, solitary person so it’s kind of weird to be exposed to the media; I’ll be happy to return to my normal life,” he said. Alison Cox/Old Gold & Black These things come and go, Wilson said, but the work has been gratifying and he Eric Wilson, Tom H. Prichard Professor of English, has received national is, ironically, quite happy. acclaim for his first commercial book, Against Happiness.
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Two students sample the international flavors at International Day Feb. 29 on Manchester Plaza. The event was sponsored by multiple campus groups.
The Old Gold & Black won two awards at the Associated Collegiate Press National College Media Convention held Feb. 29-March 2 in San Francisco. The newspaper won third place in the four year weekly broadsheet “Best in Show” category. The Feb. 21 issue of the Old Gold & Black was ranked behind The Orion of California State University-Chico, which came in first, and The Nevada Sagebrush of the University of Nevada-Reno, which came in second. “I’m proud that our newspaper was awarded the honor,” Editor in Chief Kell Wilson said. “It shows our improvement over the year. Hopefully we can continue with our high standards of journalism, both in print and online.” Photography Editor Kelly Makepeace, Managing Editor
Mariclaire Hicks and News The Old Gold & Black’s Web Editor Elliot Engstrom attended site, www.oldgoldanblack.com, the conference on behalf of the came in 10th in the category of Old Gold & Black. newspaper Web site. The Web “The consite was up ference was a against those great place to of both daily “I’m proud that our newspalearn about all and weekly per was awarded the honor. of the latest newspapers’ developments online sites It shows our improvement in newspaper from around over the year. Hopefully we photography, the country. can continue with our high as well as “We’re gratiother forms of fied to be recstandards in journalism.” multimedia,” ognized as one Kell Wilson Makepeace of the best, Editor in chief said. even compet“Hopefully, ing with much the knowllarger papers edge that we with many took away from the conference more resources,” Contributing will help to move us up to an Editor Kevin Koehler said. “We even higher rank at next years hope to continue to grow and ACPs.” Each of the staff members offer bigger and better things for attended meetings that pertained our readers online.” to their sections and particular Koehler, last semester’s online areas of interest. editor, led the redevelopment of “It was nice to get recognized the site last year. The staff plans on a national level,” Hicks said. to make an effort to continue “The conference also offered a to bring readers well-packaged great opportunity to meet with and informed information about others working on college news- news, sports and other events on papers around the country.” campus.
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Can we have our Starbucks (coffee) cake and eat it too?
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e are of two minds about the coffee prospects for the library. The student body, we suspect, feels much the same. On one hand, Campus Grounds has real and irreplaceable value for the community. The student-run enterprise is a fine end onto itself, but it also creates an atmosphere of collegiality we all desire more of on campus. Furthermore, as an operation not devoted solely to monetary profit, it has the ability to cater specifically to students and faculty. A lot of students have put in a lot of work over the years to keep their coffee shop going and it retains a significant, loyal patronage. On the other hand, Frappuccinos are yummy. Starbucks has the resources to meet some desires that Campus Grounds doesn’t match. The typical location is more efficiently operated. The Starbucks brand boasts superior taste and a variety of products which frankly beat Campus Grounds’ current offerings. Starbucks also could likely sell tastier snacks than stale bagels and leftover pastries from the Pit. Some on campus object to Starbucks’ arrival because it is a corporation, and as such must surely be evil. That
position is as preposterous as it is naive. Starbucks should sell more Fair Trade coffee than it presently does, but in the grand scheme of things, they run a fairly responsible business. People on both sides of this conflict seem overly devoted to minor issues. Campus Grounds should be willing to take on university support as long as students still have control within the operation. Library officials should realize that keeping a shop open for a few people who may stop by during breaks should not be a top priority, nor is it a need that only Starbucks can fulfill. In fact, we seriously doubt a Starbucks would stay open into the early morning hours as Campus Grounds now does, a highly popular convenience for students. We desire a reasonable compromise. Would a Starbucks necessarily drive Campus Grounds out of business? Perhaps the competition could help Campus Grounds improve. Could a shop sell a range of Starbucks products but be controlled by us? The students in charge say they are willing to adapt. Is the administration? Are both willing to go far enough? So far, they’ve just been talking past each other.
Finally, faculty get a fair deal for apartments
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t remains unseemly to evict faculty from their apartments to make room for more students who will make teachers’ classes even more overcrowded. However, at least the administration has seen the light and offered them options and more reasonable compensation. This is not a bad deal. It is what should have been done in the first place. It boggles the mind that officials did not realize how highly
inconsiderate and downright insulting their initial proposition would be. We further remain unconvinced that the move could not have been announced sooner. Universities are always overly resistant to change. As strategic plan initiatives move forward, we must not be too afraid to make strides. But they must be more openly discussed, not kept secret. We hope the administration has learned that lesson today.
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type of organization they want to. I believe that the administration’s decision to take away one such organization (that was both initiated and is maintained by students) would send mixed signals to the student body. I sort of apologize about calling Starbucks a “corporate monster of a sellout” before. That was a little harsh and in all honesty, I do sort of like Alex Osteen Starbucks. However, there is concern Opinion editor that students who work at Campus verybody on campus has heard Grounds would lose their jobs in a about it, some fanatics care transition. Some people worry too about about it but most are generally how Starbucks’ coffee isn’t fair trade indifferent to the whole thing. I’m coffee and poor people are getting ripped of course talking about herpes. Just off. Also, there are a bunch of Starbucks kidding. I’m actually talking about shops within spitting range of campus, the plan to replace our student-run so if Campus Grounds has to go, why coffee shop, Campus Grounds, with not put in something really exotic like a a corporate monster of a sellout, real Spanish cafetería? Finally, let me say Starbucks. I would normally be that perhaps our continued dependence infuriated, but I have tests to study on consuming name brands nonstop for. Nonetheless, means that we’re the following is my missing the subtleties opinion on the whole What really needs to happen in life. issue. I suppose I’m from this point in the debate Elliot Engstrom willing to make the forward is students need to be said in his article, trade-off of perfect thoughtful and open-minded “Campus Grounds service for studentshould cater to student interaction. about the issue and speak up. students, customers” But that said, perhaps (Feb. 28) that “if the current general Campus Grounds controversy should made coffee that I thought was in the influence the management of CG to least bit decent, then I would support tighten up their policies and get serious them.” Well, am I really the only person about taking care of the details when it on campus who actually thinks that comes to their current service. Campus Grounds’ coffee actually tastes What really needs to happen from this all right? I mean, I’m not paying $500 point in the debate forward is students million for it, so I’m not expecting it need to be thoughtful and open-minded to be direct from Heaven, but it does about the issue and speak up. Student the trick. Perhaps Engstrom needs to Government and the administration open his mind and his taste buds to a should listen and judge the pulse of broader palate, then join my “camp” that campus. Then the most agreed upon thinks that “Campus Grounds is both and best coffee shop should be decided a university tradition and a precious upon. It should be the one that offers student-run business.” the best service and quality of product Also, contrary to his opinion, I am while maintaining a venue suitable to/ actually very satisfied with Campus appropriate for campus life. Maybe we Grounds’ hours. I’m not so sure there will all one day soon realize that this is is any guarantee that a Starbucks on not really such a big deal. campus would have such extended hours What probably needs to happen in the evenings. is that we, as students, need to start As Engstrom so dutifully pointed out, thinking more about the bigger global there are other student-run “businesses” picture. Why am I not writing about on campus and he is part of one. But I Darfur or China and why aren’t you out am too, obviously, and because of it, I volunteering for Habitat for Humanity have come to think highly of studentor the Red Cross right now? run things. In fact, one of the big selling points of the university is the possibility Alex Osteen is a junior economics and of students getting involved in whatever Spanish major from Highlands, N.C.
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I have to hope the “Faculty Forced from Apartments” (Feb. 28) article was intentionally written a little over the top. Unnamed faculty said “How will I do my research? How will I work if I cannot live on campus?” “Where am I going to go?” Perhaps these befuddled faculty could ask the people they
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work with every day how to face these challenges: their graduate students. We get paid a fraction of a faculty salary and have to handle our own housing and transportation while working longer hours. International graduate students face more hurdles since many can’t drive. There’s nothing wrong with treating grad students this way, and there’s nothing wrong with expecting well
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educated adults to google “winstonsalem apartments” (330,000 hits). So I apologize if I have trouble feeling sympathy for faculty getting paid a $500-$2500 bonus to move, plus a salary increase, in exchange for having to venture a half mile from their walled garden to one of the abundant nearby affordable apartments. Ryan Best Graduate student in physics
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Bands chosen based on polls, funding Caroline Conese
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had a chance to read Jeff Merski’s article, “Opting for Mraz: poor choice” (Feb 28). Although I know he was just giving his opinion, I do not think the accusations he made against Student Union and the Student Activities Fee are justified. I am surprised that, as a senior columnist, he did not do any research and talk to the people involved, or even mention the organizations involved, before writing this opinion piece. I would like to address some of the issues he brought up in his article, and educate him and the rest of the readers about the concert process of which he is misinformed and unaware, as I am a member of both the Student Union and the Student Activities Fee board. Also, the Jason Mraz concert is not even scheduled during the week of Springfest. First, I would like to discuss the poll on The Student. Although not every student uses The Student daily, the poll was up for a week
and 1,740 students voted—almost half of the moved to the next on the list: Jason Mraz. He student body. I believe that there would be a was willing to accept an offer from us, so we far smaller number of responses if we walked then applied for Student Activities Fee money to around asking people their supplement the designated opinions. The results of the Student Union budget poll on The Student went allocated for attractions, in The purpose of SAF is to allocate as follows: Ben Harper, 31 order to pay for the artist funds to a wide variety of organipercent; Jason Mraz, 26 fee (which is the fee to percent; Wyclef, 25 percent; zations to bring diverse program- which Merski referred). In and Gym Class Heroes, 18 addition to that fee, there ming to the entire student body. percent. are numerous additional Second, I would like to costs unknown to most address the process in which people including the finders bands are chosen. The process begins with fee, production, rider requirements, security, Student Union’s Attractions committee that labor union, facilities management, chapel fees, brainstorms ideas of bands it thinks the student etc., which extends the total cost by thousands body would like. Then four bands within a of dollars. workable budget for Wait Chapel are chosen The purpose of SAF is to allocate funds to a to be on the poll, based on tour availability. wide variety of organizations to bring diverse After the results are in, we contact agents about programming to the entire student body. availability and make an official offer based on Although preference is given to events with large the order of student preference. Unfortunately appeal, it must also satisfy the needs of other Ben Harper did not accept our offer, so we students on campus that would prefer a smaller
specific event versus a large concert. So, yes, although Merski and a large number of students would like a bigger name concert, the money has to be balanced against at least 50 other events that take place during the year. Barring these money issues, I appreciate that he calculated the potential revenue from a soldout concert—but it is exactly that—“potential.” We cannot guarantee that a chapel sellout will occur, so therefore cannot take that into consideration when submitting an offer for an artist. With the generosity of SAF funds, we are able to keep the ticket prices as low as possible. After all this, I would like to extend an invitation to Merski to join the Attractions committee, so that he can have more of an impact on the events that happen on campus, and so that he can learn all the ins and outs of the business before he judges. I hope we can avoid these misconceptions in the future. Caroline Conese is a senior business major from New Canaan, Conn.
Seeking Middle Ground | Right Says
Surge crucial to Iraq success
Defense, American casualties have decreased each month since the initial troop surge. Iraqi citizens are seeing differences. Victory in Iraq would provide an abundance of advantages. A democratic Iraq would dispel Benjamin Lynch the notion held by many that Guest columnist democracy cannot thrive in the Middle East, and it would n April of 2007, Senate extend hope to others who Majority Leader Harry experience limited personal Reid (D-Nevada) freedoms due to oppressive proclaimed that the war in Iraq governments. was lost. Democratic leaders Afghanistan is one such called for the immediate nation in which critics withdrawal of military forces thought democracy could from Iraq. However, not not be achieved. Successes of to be deterred from victory, legitimized government and President Bush increased the increased female participation level of troops in the Middle correlate with the demise of Eastern nation in what is Qaeda control. Afghanistan popularly referred to as the not only allows women “surge.” Championed by the to attend universities but now-presumptive Republican the Central Asian nation presidential nominee Senator boasts high levels of female John McCain (R-Arizona), the involvement in parliament. surge received mixed support. Similar successes can be Some Senate leaders thought realized in Iraq. A stabilized such military action was Iraqi government provides overdue while others remained stability for the region and skeptical of the effects of protects its citizens from additional troops. Skepticism the atrocities committed by and a desire for Saddam Hussein. withdrawal led Victory in Iraq Victory in Iraq is esthose in the ensures that the sential and would majority party state sponsored to question provide an abundance terrorism endorsed the integrity of by Iran and Syria of advantages. A General David will not spread democratic Iraq would throughout the Petreaus. Once region. dispel the notion help adequate time Representative by many that democwas permitted, Brian Baird racy cannot thrive in the Senate (D-Washington) began to provides a the Middle East. reassess their convincing initial reactions argument, saying to the troop “We are making surge. As soon as August, real and tangible progress on Senator Richard Durbin the ground, for one, and if (D-Illinois) conceded that we withdraw, it could have a the surge had “led to military potentially catastrophic effect progress in Iraq.” Senator on the region.” America has a Hillary Clinton (D-New York) responsibility to Iraqi citizens admitted to the Veterans of to facilitate and assist their Foreign Wars that “We’ve democracy build a formidable begun to change tactics in foundation. Leaving Iraq in Iraq and … it’s working.” the midst of a civil war could In November of 2007 be detrimental not only for the Representative John Murtha nation but the entire region. (D-Pennsylvania), a leading Such a conflict within Iraq anti-war voice on the Defense could promote a dictator worse Subcommittee, returned from than Hussein. An immediate a trip to Iraq and reported that withdrawal without victory the “surge is working.” would undermine the successes In December of 2007, in building democracy in Senator Reid reversed his Iraq and combating Taliban opinion of the troop surge, insurgents. acknowledging that “… the The increased success of surge certainly hasn’t hurt. It’s the military in Iraq will only helped. I recognize that.” allow the Iraqi government to As conditions continue to become stronger. Democracy improve, critics of the Iraq War rests at the foundation of will focus on the initial reasons American principles. The for involvement. American spirit has embodied One aspect often overlooked the principle of freedom from is America’s need to maintain oppressive regimes since the legitimacy in international signing of the Declaration of politics. Had Iraq continued Independence. Victory in Iraq its disregard for the treaty is of utmost importance to signed after the Persian Gulf continue to allow the principles War, United States credibility of democracy to flourish and would have suffered and other freedom to thrive. international agreements bearing America’s signature Benjamin Lynch is a junior would have been devalued. political science major from American casualties continue Thomasville, N.C. to decline in Iraq and conditions continue to improve Seeking Middle Ground is a as a direct result from the weekly face off between College increased military involvement. Democrats and College Republicans According the Department of on a given topic.
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SG biased towards College Reps Randy Paris
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n the past week budgets were allotted by Student Government to the student-run organizations on campus. College Democrats received around $2,600, a little short of the requested $3,300. This failure to meet this goal, however, was not entirely noteworthy, as money given is almost always less than what is formally requested. The utterly shocking part of the College Democrats’ budget is that it is roughly half of that which was given to College Republicans. While the College Dems received a 5 percent increase in funding, College Republicans got an inexplicable 73 percent boost in their financial support, giving them well over $5,000 for the upcoming semester. This overt message sent by Student Government is downright deplorable. Firstly, College Democrats is far more active than its counterpart. For example, the College Dems has weekly meetings consistently attended by 20-25 people including a mix of members of the student body, faculty and surrounding Winston-Salem community. It would be generous of me to give College Republicans credit for two meetings a month. Second of all, the College Dems have been restless in dedicating themselves to the planning of enticing events that reach beyond the confines of the university’s community. For example, in just the
last month they hosted the first annual to the success of Kenneth Starr’s speech North Carolina Federation of College and the group’s potential to get similarly Democrats Convention which was renowned conservative speakers in the attended by hundreds of College Dems future. However there are multiple from around the state, not to mention flaws with this argument. First of all, countless state politicians and the likes. the Republicans pulled from multiple As if that’s not enough, financial sources to pay for their last couple such an expensive speaker. Wake Forest is supposed meetings have been They received money from personally attended the Student Activity Fee to be a liberal arts school by both Democratic and, more ominously, from which promotes an egalicandidates for Forsyth private donors. The College tarian sharing of beliefs, County’s congressional Republicans should hardly seat and a candidate be financially rewarded by values and viewpoints. It’s for the United the school for their ability time SG’s actions reflected States Senate. Last to pull significant amounts that. year, College Dems of money from conservative gained the attention coffers. The fact that there of local TV stations are no wealthy donors and newspapers when they planned waiting in the wings to sponsor College a community-wide Iraq War protest. Democrats events further proves our need Equipped with community connections, for adequate funding from the school. focused leadership and the election year Is it really fair that Democrats are tenacity of its members, the College fiscally punished for an inability to bring Democrats are poised to be successful prominent speakers which the school on a level no one could have previously doesn’t help us pay for? This article exists imagined possible at Wake Forest. not as an assailment of a conservative The audacious message sent by Student administration with a hidden political Government only gives onlookers proof agenda, but as a plea for equality among of the institutional hurdles liberals political groups on campus. Wake Forest face at Wake Forest. Surely, Student is supposed to be a liberal arts school Government has a politically correct which promotes an egalitarian sharing of answer to the question of why a flat, beliefs, values and viewpoints. It’s time uninspired College Republicans group SG’s actions reflected that. deserves two times more funding than their energized counterpart. Student Randy Paris is a sophomore political science Government would most likely point major from Pittsburgh, Pa.
Word on the Quad | Your voice on what’s going on Do you approve of converting faculty apartments to student residences?
“I think it would help. Housing is already hard for us.”
“I wish they were doing it before my senior year: it’ll help students.”
“I’m against it— I think it is unfair to the faculty.”
“Yes, I do. The campus needs a change to improve overall.”
Jennifer Beeler Sophomore Martinsville, Va.
Troy Pellom Senior Atlanta, Ga.
Margot Lamson Junior Hilton Head, S.C.
Sam Kruse Junior Potomac, Md.
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Faculty evictions necessary but not considerate most ire from the collective university community. In fact, so much negative publicity came about from this announcement that university President Nathan O. Hatch had to send out a campuswide e-mail on March 4 to give his response to these growing criticisms. I agree with Hatch that this was a necessary move. However, I disagree with how this whole episode was played out. His argument in regards to renovating existing dormitories is a legitimate one. We are currently in our 51st year on campus, and several of the dorms are similar to the day that they opened. I remember looking at various dorm rooms on the college tours that I took several years ago, and most of these schools (if not all of them) had much more spacious rooms than this university. Overall, the dorm rooms in the houses in the Quad and in Johnson and Bostwick Halls (the oldest dorms on campus) are pretty cramped and at the very least could use a new look.
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ver since the university announced the multitude of changes that await students in the 2008-2009 academic school year, there has been a massive public outcry. A large portion of the complaining was not about the rise in tuition, the added fees or the fact that the Benson University Center food court was going to be closed for renovations next semester (although to be fair, all of these received some degree of discussion). From my viewpoint, the university’s announcement that faculty apartments would be converted to student living space was the announcement that drew the
If the university were to do major renovations on these dorms, it would take longer than just a summer break. Thus, there needs to be a replacement for these dorms, as new dorms can’t be built overnight, and there isn’t that much open space on campus to currently do so. Eventually, the land currently occupied by the baseball stadium could be used once they relocate to Ernie Shore Field next season, but that would essentially mean that a new dorm in that location would not open until August 2010 at the earliest, and that’s assuming that the stadium is torn down immediately after the season ends and construction on the dorm starts relatively soon afterwards. A realistic proposal would have this land converted to dormitory use by August 2011 at the absolute earliest. The other potential places for land to be used for dorm space on campus are otherwise limited to Poteat Field (which has been mentioned as a possible location for the long-desired recreation center by students), Davis
Field, a popular spot for students to hang out in warmer months, or Water Tower Field, which is an essential component of the popular Intramurals program. Thus, there is a need for converting Faculty Apartments to dormitory space to be able to house students that would be displaced by any potential renovations. Add in the fact that the Board of Trustees approved an increase of 80 students for the Class of 2012 (the expansion is worthy of a different column at a separate time) and there is a need for this space. However, the way that the administration handled this could have been better. Having a deadline of moving out by May is concerning not due to the fact that it is less than three months away (many apartment complexes have termination clauses of 30 days) but because WinstonSalem/Forsyth County Schools are still in session at this time. It would have been better to possibly hold off a few weeks until school is dismissed for summer so that these faculty,
many of whom have children in the public school system, can have them finish up for the year and then start renovations to faculty apartments. The university could have also increased the compensation to the displaced faculty members. Some will note that the faculty is fortunate enough to be getting local moving costs and a small amount of compensation, but there is more that the university could do. Over the past few years, I’ve noticed what seems to be a frosty relationship between the administration and the faculty/staff over several different issues. Instead of working as adversaries, there are solutions to this problem (and the others) where a positive relationship can be fostered. By working with the faculty/staff on this issue and helping affected residents, they can help to create a better relationship between the two groups. Jeff Merski is a senior political science major from North Andover, Mass.
Student Government should listen to students’ opinions Elliot Engstrom
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orrect me if I am mistaken, but I have always been under the impression that Student Government exists to represent the interests of university students. If you agree with me on this, then you may be surprised to know that at the most recent Student Government general assembly, which occurred Feb. 19, Student Government passed a bill to support the moving of Campus Grounds into the library instead of Starbucks. I find this interesting, considering the results of an April 15, 2007 poll conducted by The Student. The poll asked the question “What
is your attitude toward having Starbucks on campus next year?” The Starbucks would have replaced Shorty’s. The possible responses to the poll were “One venti latte please!”, “How will Campus Grounds be affected?”, “What about Shorty’s?”, “I don’t drink coffee, so I don’t care,” and “I hate Starbucks!” In total, there were 2,717 responses to the poll. The most popular response was “One venti latte please!” which received 882 votes, or 32 percent. The next closest response was “What about Shorty’s?” with 575 votes, or 21 percent, and in third – let me repeat, third – came the option “How will Campus Grounds be affected?” with 549 votes, or 20 percent. The poll took place less than a year ago, and it dealt with an issue similar to that which we now see on campus. According to this poll, the choice which obviously garnered the most support was that for Starbucks, even though I will admit that it was not a majority. From the viewpoint of Student Government, it might appear as though students want Campus Grounds to stay on campus. Why? Because the students who want to keep
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Campus Grounds are a very, very loud minority on campus who feel like they’re fighting for some noble cause. People always get loud when they feel like they’re fighting for a cause. So, here’s the cause. Let’s get rid of the sub-standard coffee shop that we have now, and in its place bring in a professional coffee vendor that will offer better hours, better coffee and a significant addition to the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. However, while there is a loud minority that are in favor of Campus Grounds, a poll is still a poll. If Student Government was truly representing the views of students, then they at least would be keeping the issue open for debate. Instead, they obviously are pressing forward their own desires for the campus community, without fist listening to the student body. In the April 26, 2007 article “Starbucks construction postponed,” Whitney Marshall was interviewed about the postponement. The article reads, “Marshall said she was really happy with the way senior Shannon Philmon, outgoing Student Government president, and other student leaders handled the situation, because without
them working to rally students behind the cause, a Starbucks would have been here in the fall. ‘It’s really reassuring,’ Marshall said. ‘Students can make a difference.’” Yes, a Starbucks would have been here, and the largest block of students who have an opinion on this issue, according the poll on The Student, would have been appeased. Note that this article was printed almost two weeks after the poll from The Student. Either Marshall completely ignored the poll, did not care or she simply was not aware of it, as I understand that Student Government members are human beings like the rest of us, and sometimes things just slip past unnoticed. Students in favor of Starbucks need to speak up. If we do not, we are going to end up stuck with the same terrible coffee shop with the same terrible hours that we have had to deal with for years, and at a university of the caliber of Wake Forest, this is simply not acceptable. Elliot Engstrom is a sophomore French and history major from Matthews, N.C.
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Baseball bounces back, ties for first at tourney By Jeff Merski | Senior writer
The baseball team rebounded from a tough opening week, winning three of four games to tie for first place at the Screentech Wireglass Classic tournament in Dothan, Ala., before its March 4 game at Winthrop was postponed and beating UNC-Greensboro on March 5 by a score of 13-6. “We had confidence, especially in the upperclassmen pitchers,” Head Coach Rick Rembielak said. “You have to forget (about those games) and move on.” The Deacs opened up the tournament by pounding the Kennesaw State Owls 16-0, behind a strong pitching performance by senior starter Ben Hunter, who went seven innings,
allowing only three hits while striking out 11, to earn his first win of the season. The offense was equally effective against the Owls, with every position player scoring at least one run. Junior first baseman Evan Ocheltree led the Deacs by going 4-for-5 with three runs batted in and scoring two runs. The Deacs scored early and often, putting up runs in each of the first four frames of the game. In the second inning, the Deacs plated seven runs, with Ocheltree getting a single and double in the inning as the offense batted around. In the eighth inning, the Deacs received some help by way of four Owl errors, leading to an additional five runs as the Deacs sent all nine
men to the plate for the second time in the game. On March 1, the Deacons faced the Troy Trojans, who entered the Saturday doubleheader undefeated. Junior pitcher Garrett Bullock rebounded from a difficult start against Pepperdine on Feb. 23 to pitch 6 2/3 innings, allowing eight hits and three runs (two earned) to earn his first win of the season. “We knew we had to win,” Bullock said. Sophomore relief pitcher Phil Negus finished Bullock’s effort by pitching 2 1/3 innings of hitless relief. While Bullock let up a run in the first inning, he settled down after the See Baseball, Page B5
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Junior southpaw Garrett Bullock hurls a fastball in the team’s season opener at Pepperdine. Bullock got the win in a 8-3 victory over Troy.
Naz-T De ac The story of the man behind the crazy dance moves.
By Connor Swarbrick Asst. sports editor
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He might be more of a staple at Deacon basketball games than the players and coaches. He dons the signature tie-dye T-shirt and matching hat, along with his Demon Deacon glasses. During a timeout late in the second half his music comes on and all 29,382 eyes looks his way. He brings the stadium to life. He is “Naz-T Deac.” While Deacon fans may only know him as “Naz-T,” his friends and coworkers call him Noel. Noel Shepherd, a 1990 graduate, has been attending Wake Forest sporting events ever since he stepped onto the campus as a freshman. Simply put, he loves this place. While Shepherd has been attending games for the last 22 years, “Naz-T” has only been around for the past five. The routine started by coincidence. When Skip Prosser arrived on campus, he and the marketing department had a goal of energizing Lawrence Joel Memorial Coliseum. They wanted to create a true ACC home court. The “Screamin’ Demons” played a big role in that. Shepherd had always been vocal, but inspired by the new atmosphere that Prosser was creating,
he decided to take his game to a whole new level. When they began to play “Jump Around” during timeouts late in the fourth quarter, Noel would start dancing around in his seat and getting the people around him involved. One day, someone had to get out of their seat during “Jump Around,” so Shepherd courteously moved out of the way. In doing so took his dance moves into the aisle. And the rest, as they say, is history. “I was dancing and people on the other side started egging me on. So I was like, okay, I’ll put on a little show,” Shepherd said. “I just kept doing it and it was amazing because every single game it was like one more section would notice and people would start yelling and screaming at me, so I just kept on doing it.” Shepherd says he has always loved rap and R&B, and those musical genres are the inspiration for both his nickname and his dance moves. In college, the name “Naz-T” began as a rap-inspired nickname that was a joke among his friends. It was a knock off of popular artist “Ice-T.” As for the moves, Shepherd explains that they are to the product of twin passions – dancing and making people laugh. “You look at a short overweight bald white guy and all of a sudden he starts busting some moves and it makes people get into it, laugh and have a good time,” Shepherd said. See Naz-T, Page B6
Deacs look to ACC Tourney Don’t neglect the Deacs in the spring after losing four straight Trying to stop the bleeding after their loss to UNC-Chapel Hill, the Demon Deacons began their final week and a half of ACC play with hopes of making the NCAA tournament still alive. These hopes have almost disappeared with three straight losses, including two on the road, to Maryland, Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech. In their final push to reach .500 in the ACC, Wake Forest traveled to Blacksburg, Va., March 4 to face the Hokies of Virginia Tech. This was not to be as was evident in the opening minutes of the first half. On the Hokies senior night, they could do nothing wrong and the Deacons could not get any momentum. Virginia Tech jumped out to a 25-9 lead just over 10 minutes into the half. The drive did not stop there as the Hokies took a 21 point lead. The Deacs shot a dismal 27.6 percent in the first half to Virginia Tech’s 50 percent shooting.Wake Forest could not get any momentum going in the second half either, despite the Hokies sitting on the ball. The Deacs did not come within more than 18 points of their opponents, falling 80-58. For the second game in a row, freshman James Johnson struggled on the court, scoring only three points in 16 minutes of play. Freshman Jeff Teague led the Deacs in scoring with 25 points on the night, including a perfect 10-10 from the charity stripe. To start off their final road trip of the season, the Deacs traveled to Atlanta, Ga., to face the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
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Maryland Terrapin James Gist shoots over freshman James Johnson for two of his career-high 31 points. Gist also collected 11 rebounds. “We were hoping to get off to a good start, but we did not,” Gaudio said. “They were reeling a little bit, they were 4-8 and 11-15 coming in, and we thought we could jump on them a little bit and maybe we could put them away. But we’re the ones who struggled a little bit.” The Yellow Jackets outperformed the Deacs in every category but steals and turn-
overs in the first, which helped them to a seven-point lead at the half. After a dismal performance against Maryland, Teague led Wake Forest in the first half with 13 points. He was followed closely by sophomore Chas McFarland with 10 points. See Men’s, Page B6
As we approach Spring Break, men’s basketball season has nearly ended, along with the period since our arrival on campus back in August to witness our two major revenue sports compete. However, just because basketball season is coming to a close, it doesn’t mean fans should just hold off on cheering for the Deacs until the football team takes the field next season. There are still plenty of reasons to go out and support the Deacs in the spring. One major reason is spring football practices. Like all of the football team’s practices during the regular season, these sessions are open to the public in the spring as well. The team often practices at their on-campus facility, and spectators can line the wall alongside the Manchester Athletic Center and watch the Deacs practice. With Head Coach Jim Grobe’s policy of generally redshirting freshmen, these sessions can give spectators a chance to see some players that will have the chance to get some playing time next season, such as freshman running back Brandon Pendergrass, who looks to join redshirt freshman Josh Adams as a featured back next season. Also, there are several players in next fall’s recruiting class that have already enrolled on campus – freshmen offensive linemen Chance Raines, Joe Looney and Garrick Williams and tight end J.T. Dixon.
This will be the first chance for the Deacon faithful to see these players wear the black and gold. Spring practice culminates with the annual Spring Game that will be held on April 19. In this simulated game, the Deacs scrimmage against each other in an environment conducive to a game and is a wellattended event on campus each spring. If you can’t make it out to any of the practices, then try to head out on April 19 to get ready for what promises to be an exciting year for the football team. If you’ve never been to a baseball game at Hooks Stadium, I encourage you to head down there at some point this year. Friday afternoon games against ACC opponents are a great environment, with many students relaxing along the right field foul line to watch the Deacs play. The atmosphere at Hooks is very cozy, and there honestly isn’t a bad seat in the house. This is the last season for the Deacs at Hooks Stadium, as they move over to Ernie Shore Field next to BB&T Field next season in a muchneeded facilities upgrade. Still, with this being the last season at Hooks, head on over to the stadium after class with your friends to catch some sun and watch the Deacs compete against a tough ACC schedule this year.
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ophomore Steven Forman graduated from high school a semester early to come to Wake Forest in the middle of the academic year. He jumped right into the men’s tennis team last winter and immediately became an integral part of the men’s tennis team, with an impressive 2007 season personal record of 20-8. Currently, he is ranked at No. 73 in the nation and No. 2
the men’s team’s national ranking of No. 20. If he continues to play and win as he currently is, his dream of going pro might not be that far away. The Old Gold & Black’s sports editor Allison Lange caught up with Forman after the Deacons faced N.C. State on March 5 to discuss his personal and team goals for the season, coming to Wake a semester early and his favorite aspect of the game.
Coming last winter has given me more experience. I now feel like I can lead more on the team because I was here last year. On his favorite aspect of tennis: I’m a really competitive person, so I like how it’s a really competitive sport. When you get in the heat of the moment with the competition its really fun. On why he started playing tennis: I started playing tennis in my backyard and just
" I want to advance as far as possible. " on the team. Forman is currently on an eight game winning streak in singles play, going 9-2 so far this spring season and beating two ranked opponents in singles play. Forman is 6-4 with doubles partner junior Cory Parr this year and the pair is ranked No. 31 nationally in doubles play. Forman’s contributions and leadership on the team have definitely led to
DEAC OF THE WEEK
Ocheltree
Junior Evan Ocheltree’s six RBIs boosted the Demon Deacons to their third win in as many days. The Deacs defeated Penn State March 2 in the Screentech Wiregrass Classic in Dothan, Ala. Ocheltree was 3-6 on the day with a run scored in addition to his six RBIs. He gave the Deacs a 2-0 lead in the top of the second with a double
into right field. Ocheltree again provided the spark in the top of the seventh. He tripled and opened an 11-3 lead. The left-handed right fielder is hitting .320 on the year and slugging .560 with 10 RBIs. In 2007 Ocheltree started 57 games and played in 60 games total on the season. He hit .282 with seven home runs and 35 RBIs while slugging .458. He had an on-base percentage of .357 and led the team and tied for eighth in the ACC with four triples. The Richmond, Va., native helped the Deacs go 3-1 in the round robin tournament. The Deacs defeated UNC-Greensboro March 5 and improved to 5-4 on the season. Ocheltree and company will host Clemson in a three game series March 7-9.
On his personal goals for this season: I just want to make the NCAAs in both singles and doubles. I want to advance as far as possible as I can in the tournament. On playing a doubles match with anyone: I’d play with Cory Parr, my doubles partner. On coming to Wake Forest a semester early: I really liked the team and I liked the guys. I felt comfortable coming early and I was ready.
caught on and liked it. I just kept playing from there. On his ambitions: If I’m not playing tennis after college, I’d like to open up my own business, but I’m not sure what kind yet. On team goals for this year: We want to go as far as we can in the postseason this year. We’re a talented team and I think we’ll do a good job this year and go far.
DEACON NOTES Deacon signee to compete at Field hockey reveals promising 2008 USA Hoop Summit 2008 recruiting class Wake Forest signee Al-Farouq Aminu has been named to the 2008 USA Basketball Junior National Select Team that will compete in the 11th annual Nike Hoop Summit April 12 in Portland, Ore. The USA Select Team and the World Select Team will face off at 4 p.m. in a nationally televised game on Fox Sports Net. Aminu was named to the 10-man USA roster along with several other top prep players across the country. Georgetown, North Carolina, UCLA and USC also have signees named to the team. Aminu has also been selected as a 2008 McDonald’s All-American and will play for the East Team on March 26 in Milwaukee, Wis. He has been invited to play in the 2008 Jordan Brand Classic on April 19 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Aminu will be coached by Douglas Mitchell of North Central H.S. in Indianapolis.The selections were made by the USA Basketball Men’s Junior Development Committee.
The Wake Forest Field Hockey team has announced its list of 2008 signees, which features eight top-tier athletes. Head Coach Jen Averill is extremely excited by the character and talent of the incoming class. Cristen Atchison a midfielder/back from Virginia Beach, Va. Atchison helped lead her team to their second consecutive State AAA title in 2007. Faith Adams, a midfileder/forwad is from Great Falls, Va. She received back-to-back First Team All-State honors. Dara Downs, a native of Fairfax, Va., led her high school team with 16 goals and six assists. Kerry Ergen, hailing from Littleton, Colo., is a forward who earned First Team All-State honors. Lauren Greenwald of Carlsbad, Ca. played with the U.S. National U-16 Team and will join the U-19 team this summer. Adelaide Knott from Perthshire, Scotland previously spent three years with the Millfield First XI. Kaitlin Poisa from Lehighton, Pa., is a National Field Hockey Coaches Association of America
All-American. Julia Young, a goalkeeper from Washington, D.C., rounds out the list. She was junior Olympic gold medalist in 2006.
Grobe announces changes in his coaching staff Head football coach Jim Grobe has announced where new coaches Brian Knorr and Steve Russ will fit into the staff. Former Deacon quarterback Tom Elrod will coach the quarterbacks as a result of Jeff Mullen’s departure to become the offensive coordinator at West Virginia. Elrod previously coached the tight ends and fullbacks. Russ will now take that position. Brad Lambert, previously the linebacker coach will assume defensive coordinator responsibilities in the wake of Dean Hood’s departure. Hood became the head coach at Eastern Kentucky University. Tim Billings, Wake’s wide receiver coach the last two years, will shift to the defensive side of the ball where he will coach the secondary. Knorr will now work with the wide receivers.
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Women’s basketball finishes season 15-14
Lady Deacs lose final regular season game; seeded 11th in conference tournament By Matt Six | Staff writer
The Wake Forest women’s basketball team headed to Blacksburg, Va., March 2 to round up their ACC regular season at Virgina Tech. They lost to the Hokies 61-56, splitting the season series. Freshman Brittany Waters led the Deacs with 15 points and five rebounds. Junior Corinne Groves added 13 points and 10 rebounds, and sophomore Mekia Valentine had eight points and 11 rebounds. “It is a fun environment to play in,” Waters said in reference to playing on the team. “Being 11 hours away from home, my team is like my family so it helps me gel with my team.” Waters has been at the top of her game against the Hokies. During the last match-up, Waters earned her first collegiate start and posted a career-high 15 points in a Deacon victory. She matched that total in this most recent match up. The first half seesawed back-and-forth with five ties and five lead changes within the first nine minutes. Unfortunately the Deacons could not extend the lead once they obtained it. The Hokies were able to lengthen their lead to 11 points at the half, 42-31. Virginia Tech’s run started with 11 minutes remaining in the first half. Wake’s scoring was evenly spread out with Waters and Groves leading the team with eight points at the half. The Lady Deacs started the second half with a 6-0 run. This cut the Tech lead to five at 42-37 at the first media timeout.
Game of the Week Baseball vs. Clemson March 7-9 Hooks Stadium Winston-Salem, N.C. The ACC schedule begins for the Demon Deacons with a three game series against the Clemson Tigers. Last season, the teams split their four matchups, with each team taking two games. The Deacons had the last laugh, eliminating Clemson from the ACC Tournament with a 3-2 victory. The series winner will earn a leg-up on the rest of the ACC Atlantic division, as no other teams have yet played conference games this season. This is the only time this year the two teams will meet in the regular season and each conference game is essential when it comes time for ACC Tournament seedings. The Deacs come into the Clemson series with a 5-4 record, coming off a win against UNC-Greensboro, 13-6 on March 5. Freshman Ryan McGrath earned the win in the 13-6 victory over UNC-Greensboro, after coming on in relief of starting pitcher, Joel Ernst. Junior Evan Ocheltree will look to stay hot after going 3-5 with a home run, double and three runs scored on March 5.
The run was dampened by foul trouble as Wake picked up six team fouls for the second half with more than 15 minutes remaining. Head Coach Mike Petersen called a timeout at this time to tell his team to step up the defensive pressure and to avoid committing unnecessary fouls. Junior Alex Tchangoue and sophomore Courteney Morris accumulated four fouls with 12 and a half minutes remaining. Groves had three fouls at this time as well. The Deacons typically only play seven player rotation, so having three starters in foul trouble – and ultimately having two of them foul out – proved detrimental to their chance at a victory. Tech went on an 8-0 run starting at the 14:38 mark, after a Groves jumper had cut the lead to four. Tchangoue fouled out with four minutes remaining in the game. At this time the Deacs were down 10. They refused to give up, as they cut the lead to six with a quick 4-0 run immediately after Tchangoue fouled out. Ultimately, Wake’s foul troubles and turnover woes led to their downfall. The Deacons committed 22 turnovers, most coming in the second half. The Hokies only committed 12. Wake lost despite outscoring Tech 25-19 in the second half. The Deacons also had the rebound margin over the Hokies (44-31), and they shot better from behind the arc at 38.9 percent (7-18). The loss turns the bottom of the ACC into a logjam with Wake, Virginia Tech and Miami — all having two conference wins. Wake Forest holds the tie-breaker over Miami because of its win over the Hurricanes 50-45 at LJMC Feb. 24. There was a coin toss to settle the 10th place tie with Virginia Tech. The Wake Forest women’s basketball team drew the 11th seed in the upcoming ACC tournament in Greensboro, N.C.
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Juniors Alex Tchangoue and Corinne Groves defend against the Virginia Tech offense. The Deacons are seeded No. 11 in the ACC Tournament and will face No. 6 Florida State. “Going into the tournament, I feel as though we have grown as a team and that our chemistry is a lot stronger,” Waters said. “Everyone on the team has something to bring to the team, which will help us accomplish what we are trying to do.”
The Demon Deacons will face the sixth-seeded Florida State Seminoles on March 6 in the Greensboro Coliseum. Wake lost their only game this year against Florida State, falling 80-54 in Tallahassee, Fla., on Jan. 17.
Scoreboard Wake in the Ranks Women’s basketball standings 1. North Carolina 2. Maryland 3. Duke 4. Virginia 5. Georgia Tech 6.Florida State 7. Boston College 8. N.C. State 9. Clemson 10. Virginia Tech 11. Wake Forest 12. Miami
ACC 14-0 13-1 10-4 10-4 7-7 7-7 7-7 6-8 4-10 2-12 2-12 2-12
All 27-2 29-2 21-8 22-8 21-8 17-12 19-10 18-11 11-18 15-14 15-14 9-20
Women’s tennis standings 1. Florida State 2. Duke 3. Georgia Tech 4. Virginia 5. Virginia Tech 6. Miami 7. Clemson 8. Maryland 9. Boston College 10. N.C. State 11. North Carolina 12. Wake Forest
ACC 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
Men’s basketball standings All 5-4 8-3 7-1 5-1 4-1 7-2 7-2 7-4 5-3 3-2 4-6 2-5
1. North Carolina 2. Duke 3. Clemson 4. Virginia Tech 5. Maryland 6. Miami 7. Wake Forest 8. Florida State 9. Georgia Tech 10. Virginia 11. Boston College 12. Georgia Tech
ACC 13-2 12-2 9-5 9-6 8-7 7-7 6-9 6-9 5-9 4-10 4-10 4-11
All 28-2 25-3 21-7 18-11 18-12 20-8 16-12 17-13 12-16 14-13 13-14 15-14
ACC Leaderboard Women’s basketball Points/g
1. Brittany Cook (Virginia Tech) 2. Monica Wright (Virginia) 3. Khadijah Whittngton (N.C. State) 4. Kristi Toliver (Maryland) 5. Janie Mitchell (Georgia Tech)
Cook
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Women’s tennis National Rank
1. Aurelija Miseviciute (Arkansas-Fayetteville) 2. Amanda McDowell (Georgia Tech) 3. Ani Mijacjika (Clemson) 4. Maria Mosolova (Northwestern) 5. Krista Miller (Georgia Tech)
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1. Greivis Vasquez (Maryland) 2. Sean Singletary (Virginia) 3. Ty Lawson (North Carolina) 4. Ishmael Smith (Wake Forest) 5. Tyrese Rice (Boston College)
Vasquez
6.73 5.77 5.68 4.89 4.81
Singletary
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Captains meetings for softball, tennis and racquetball will take place March 24 in Reynolds Gymnasium.
With the intramural third session coming to a close, it is time to start thinking ahead to the upcoming softball, tennis and racquetball season. After Spring Break, basketball playoffs will continue where they left off this week in Reynolds Gym. Indoor soccer season is over, and the captains meetings for the final session of sports will take place March 24, the second Monday we get back from break. The indoor soccer championship game was a thriller March 2 as Sigma Nu and Theta Chi went into overtime penalty kicks. In a rematch of the fall outdoor soccer season championship, which Sigma Nu won, regulation was not enough. Four players from each team lined up for penalty kicks, and the first three from each team scored. Then, the Sigma Nu player missed his shot, leaving the championship to be decided by one Theta Chi kick.
Sigma Nu goalie Dan Patterson made the save, which forced a one-onone shootout between the two goalies to decide the championship. Patterson blasted his shot past the keeper, then saved the attempt sent his way, giving Sigma Nu the championship for indoor soccer. Have a relaxing spring break and don’t forget to come watch the indoor basketball playoffs taking place in the Reynolds Varsity gym upon our return!
Compiled by Brett Noble
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Women’s tennis stumbles in Texas two-step By LK Davey | Staff writer
The Lady Deacons’ tennis team recorded losses against Texas A&M March 1 at College Station, Texas and then again against Baylor on March 2 at Waco, Texas. The Deacons, ranked No.19, lost to the No. 32 Aggies 6-1 and No. 4 Bears 4-0. The Aggies swept doubles in all three competitions with victories of 8-4, 8-2 and 8-4. In No. 2 singles match sophomore Sasha Kulikova captured the lone Deacon victory of the weekend over Texas A&M’s Anna Blagodarova (6-2, 4-6, 6-1). Kulikova now has a record of 6-1 since the season opener against William & Mary on Jan. 26. Juniors Alex Hirsh and Sierra Poske as well as freshman Emilee Malvehy, playing at No.1, No. 4 and No. 5 respectively, extended their matches to three sets but were unable to capitalize with victories. The Deacons did not manage a single victory in their match against the Baylor Bears. The match was played in a “first to four” format with singles
played first. The Bears only needed four singles matches to assure victory. No. 24 Zuzana Zemenova defeated Kulikova (6-1, 6-1). No. 18 Lenka Broosova defeated junior Christian Tara (6-0, 6-2). No. 37 Jana Bielikova defeated Poske (6-2, 6-1). Karolina Filipiak clinched the match for Baylor by defeating Reveche (6-2, 6-1). Hirsch and Malvehy did not finish their singles matches and none of the doubles games were neccessary. The Baylor Bears have four athletes ranked in the ITA Top 40, including No. 18 sophomore Broosova, who is 8-0 this season at the number two and three slots. Broosova and her partner Zemenova are ranked No. 4 nationally in doubles and hold an undefeated record at the top of the Baylor doubles lineup. Next the Deacons will host a midweek match with Texas Christian March 6 before opening ACC competition with Virginia and Virginia Tech at the WFU Indoor Tennis Center on March 8 and 9.
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Freshman Emily Malvehy prepares to return the ball in an indoor meet. The team lost two matches against Texas schools March 1-2.
Ahrens vaults into record book at ACCs Weather By Connor Swarbrick | Asst. sports editor
The Wake Forest track and field team made the trip to Chapel Hill, N.C. to participate in the 2008 ACC Indoor Championships March 1-2. Both the men’s and the women’s teams finished in the 10th position overall. Virginia Tech claimed the women’s crown while Florida State claimed its sixth consecutive title on the men’s side. Last year the Lady Deacs finished 10th and the men’s team finished eighth. This year marks the 49th annual Men’s Indoor Championships and the 46th that the Demon Deacons have participated in. On the women’s side, 2008 is the 22nd annual Indoor Championship and Wake Forest has participated in 21 of them. S e n i o r Melissa Council placed fourth in the finals of the 400m dash with a mark of 55.48. Ahrens Freshman Jessica Barton took a 10th place finish in the mile run, finishing in 5:05.28. Senior Caitlin Chrisman led the Deacs in the 5000m with a time of 16:55.56. In the 4x400m relay, senior Michelle Loyd, sophomore Alex Gove, sophomore Nicole Castronouva and Council teamed up for a fourth place finish, completing the event in 3:46.89. Senior pole-vaulter Jill Ahrens set a personal best and new Wake Forest program record with a 12-01.50 pole vault performance, placing third against ACC competitors in the event. For the men, senior Kevin Marion led the team placing fifth in the finals of the 60m dash with a 6.82 finish. Sophomore Jon Reid added a third place mark in the 400m dash.
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Senior Caitlin Chrisman runs in the home meet last year. Chrisman participated in the 500m run for the Deacs at the ACC Indoor Championships in Chapel Hill, N.C. He recorded a time of 48.32. Freshman Allan Lunkenhemier came in sixth in the finals of the 400m run at 49.33. Lunkenheimer, Marion, Reid and junior Phillip Warsaw finished in second place in the 4x400m relay, with a mark of 3:15.44. Freshman Greg Billington placed in two events.
He took ninth place in the 5k with a 14:43.99 mark, and 10th place in the 3k with a mark of 8:25.42. Former Deac Nolan Swanson set the meet record in the 3000m run with a mark of 8:03.50 in 1999. Last season, junior Brent LaRue set a new record in the heptathlon with 5617 points.
Next up on the Demon Deacons schedule will be the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, held in Fayetteville, Ark., March 14-15. The track and field team begins the outdoor season March 20 at the Clemson Combined Events Meet, held in Clemson, S.C.
The Deacons traveled to Spartanburg, S.C., March 3-4 for the Diet Coke Wofford Invitational. The event was held at the Carolina Country Club’s par 72, 6,701-yard course. The team was represented by sophomores Erin Boyle, Jessica Boney and Laura Ormson. Ormson and Boyle came out strong in the first round of competition. Ormson looked terrific through the first nine holes where she shot a 36 and was contending for a top 10 spot. However, she shot 43 on the back nine which dropped her several spots. She posted a 79 (+7) for the round which tied her for 15th overall. Boyle carded an 81(+9) which tied her for 23rd over- Boney all. This was Boyle’s second appearance of this young season. She first played in the UNC-Greensboro Starmount Fall Classic where she shot a 167 (+25) and tied for 61st. Boney rounded out Wake’s first round performance shooting 88 (+16). It tied her for 43rd overall. The Deacons were not able to build on their first day success. The final round, which was scheduled for March 4, had to be canceled due to poor weather. Lightening was detected within 10 miles of the course, a condition that requires the NCAA to cancel play.The final round was not rescheduled. As a result, the standings after the first round are final. Elon was named the team winner out of the nine team field. The Phoenix had three girls scoring in the top 10. Jacksonville’s Danielle Gib finished number one overall after scoring 73 (+1) in the first round.
Tennis drops match 4-3 to Michigan, beats State 4-3 By Alex Botoman | Staff writer
The men’s tennis team split two matches on Mar. 1 and scored a close win against N.C. State on March 5. The Deacons were powered by Steve Forman who won all three of his singles matches and extended his team high winning streak to eight matches. The Deacons opened ACC play with a home match against N.C State on March 5. The Wolfpack boasted the No. 6 doubles team in the country in Nick Cavaday and Jason Weinacker. The Deacs got off to a slow start in the doubles matches. Adamski and Wolff, playing together at the No. 2 position, fell behind early and dropped their match 8-4. At the No. 1 position, Wake’s Parr and Forman took on N.C. State’s highly touted team of Cavaday and Weinacker. March 5 proved to be a day for upsets as, Parr and Forman went up two breaks early and held on to win 8-5. At the No. 3 spot, Morgenstern made his doubles debut as he partnered with Salmon. With the Deacs up 6-4, Morgenstern faced a break point on his serve, but rallied to hold and go up 7-4. After a long rally on match point, the Wolfpack player whiffed a volley and the Deacons won the match 8-4, clinching the doubles point. The singles got off to a rough start for Wake Forest. At the No. 3 position, Wolff got smoked 6-1, 6-0 to knot the match at 1-1. No. 73 ranked Steve Forman put the Deacs back on top with a 6-3, 6-4 win at the No. 2 match. At No. 1 singles, No. 53 ranked Parr came out on the wrong end of two tight sets, losing 6-4, 6-4. In the No. 4 match, Adamski was down 5-2
in the first set, but didn’t give up and rallied to win the set in a tiebreak 7-6. In the second set, he pulled away, winning easily, 6-2, to put the Deacons ahead 3-2. At No. 5 singles, Morgenstern came out strong, dominating the first set and taking it 6-2. However, he started to lose momentum and dropped the set 6-4. In the final set, Morgenstern completely collapsed, and his opponent took the match with a 6-1 win, bringing the match score to 3-3. Salmon played the deciding No. 6 singles match for the Deacons. The first set was an emotional one that Salmon dropped in a tiebreak 7-6. He went on to win the second, 6-4 and the third, deciding match ended with a Deacon victory, 7-5. In their first outdoor match of the year, the Deacs dropped a 4-3 decision to the No. 19 ranked Michigan Wolverines. Michigan fielded three doubles teams that were each ranked in the top 50 in the country. At the No. 2 position, Wake’s team of senior Mariusz Adamski and freshman Jonathan Wolff lost 8-6 to Michigan’s 29th ranked team of Jason Jung and Mike Sroczynski. Michigan clinched the doubles point with an 8-6 win by the No. 46 team of Andrew Mazlin and Chris Madden over sophomore Andrew Brasseaux and junior Carlos Salmon at the No. 3 spot. The No. 11 ranked team of Matko Maravic and George Navas completed the doubles sweep for the Wolverines with an 8-7 win in a shortened match over Wake’s No. 42 ranked duo of sophomore Steve Forman and junior Cory Parr at the No. 1 position. Michigan extended their lead to 2-0 with a
6-4, 6-1 win by Sroczynski over Adamski at the No. 3 singles spot. The Deacons evened the match at 2-2 with a 6-3, 6-1 win by sophomore Jason Morgenstern over Navas at No. 5 singles and a 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 win by Forman over Maravic at the No. 1 position. The Wolverines jumped ahead again courtesy of Mazlin’s 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 win over Wolff at No. 4 singles. The Deacons’ Parr took down Jung 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 at the No. 1 spot to knot the score at 3-3, and put the fate of the dual match in the hands of the No. 6 singles match between Wake Forest sophomore Andrew Brasseaux and Michigan’s Chris Madden. Madden closed out a decisive 6-3, 6-2 victory to win the match for the Wolverines. In their second match of the day, the Deacons swept Davidson 7-0. Parr and Forman posted an 8-5 victory at No. 1 doubles and Adamski and Wolff picked up an 8-6 victory at the No. 2 position. Salmon and Brasseaux added an 8-6 victory at No. 3 doubles. The Deacs stormed through the singles matches without dropping a set. Parr won 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 singles and Wolff chalked up a 6-4, 6-3 victory at the No. 2 spot. Adamski cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 3 singles, and Morgenstern added a 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 4 singles. Salmon won his second singles match of the year with an easy 6-2, 6-1 win at the No. 5 position, and Brasseaux finished the sweep with a 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 6 singles. The Deacs will travel to Texas to take on Texas A&M Mar. 10 and TCU Mar. 14.
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Freshman Jonathan Wolff returns the ball during the Louisville match Feb. 23.
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To begin the spring season, the women’s soccer team traveled to Cary, N.C. March 1 to play two back-to-back games against Duke and Florida. The Deacons tied the Blue Devils 0-0 in the first game. Duke finished the fall season 7th in the ACC with an overall record of 3-3-4. Last season, the Deacs had an overtime win and tie against the Blue Devils. There were few scoring chances for either team. “In practice we only had enough girls to play 6-on-6, so the change to full field was a challenge we had to adapt to,” said senior Kristina Hanley. Hanley led the defensive effort in her first game back after an injury that occurred in early September. Sophomore goalkeeper Laura Morse added a shut out to her record. Sixty minutes later, the Deacs geared up to face Sadow Florida. The two teams last met in 1999, where Florida posted a 1-0 victory against the Deacs. The Deacons got revenge in this match with a 2-0 victory over the Gators. The Deacs’ first goal came off a cross from sophomore Sarah Winslow. Sophomore Allie Sadow finished the cross with a 10-yard shot that landed in the back of net. Building on its first goal, the team dominated the second half of play. Freshman Victoria Delbono crossed a ball to Winslow who scored the team’s final goal. “Our primary goal this spring season is to develop into a National Championship team. It starts with the spring – with winning and passionately competing every game,” said Hanley. The Deacs will travel down to August, Ga., March 29 to face two strong SEC schools – Georgia and Tennessee.
Deacs scored in the second on a two RBI double by senior outfield Brett Linnenkohl, who led the offense by going 3-for-4 with two RBIs, one run and five stolen bases. “I just got fortunate enough to get on base with no one on ahead of me and I just went,” Linnenkohl said about his stolen bases. The Deacs built on their lead in the third inning, with freshman outfielder Steven Brooks and junior third baseman Allan Dykstra each picking up an RBI to build the Deacs’ lead to 4-1. The Deacs would later add runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to pad their lead. The Deacon offense struggled in the nightcap of the doubleheader, getting shut out 1-0, spoiling an exceptional pitching performance by redshirt senior pitcher Charlie Mellies, who went 7 1/3 innings, allowing one run on six hits while striking out eight. The Deacs did have their chances, getting the tying run to third base in both the eighth and ninth innings with only one out. In the eighth, senior outfielder Ben Terry tripled; however, Brooks and senior outfielder Willy Fox were unable to bring him home. In the ninth, Dykstra walked and moved over to third base on a Linnenkohl single; however, Ocheltree and sophomore catcher Mike Murray could not push Dykstra home to tie the game. The offensive struggles were left behind for the Deacs’ 15-4 victory over Penn State on March 2. Ocheltree again paced the offense, going 3-for-5 with six RBIs. The bullpen combined for the eight-inning victory, with junior pitcher Joel Ernst earning his first victory of the year, relieving freshman Mark Adzick with the bases loaded to preserve a 6-3 Deacon advantage in the third inning. The offense put the game out of reach in the
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Junior first baseman Evan Ocheltree makes a putout in the March 5 game against UNCGreensboro. Ocheltree was 3-5 with a home run and two RBIs in the game. seventh inning, with all nine batters coming up to the plate, with Ocheltree’s two-run triple breaking the game open. On March 4, the Deacs were rained out for the second time this season, with a storm that rolled through Rock Hill, S.C., postponing the game against Winthrop to a later date. The Deacons faced off against the UNC-Greensboro Spartans on March 5, posting a 13-6 victory on the heels of freshman outfielder Steven Brooks’ grand slam in the fifth inning, breaking open a 5-3 game at the time.
“I was sitting change-up and he threw me a fastball away and I was able to get to it,” Brooks said. Freshman pitcher Ryan McGrath relieved starter Joel Ernst in the fourth inning, pitching a perfect 2/3 of an inning to earn his first collegiate victory. The Deacons open up ACC play on March 7, with a three game series against Clemson. Wake plays seven of their next eight games at Hooks Stadium, including an ACC matchup against Maryland as Spring Break concludes.
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The defending national champion soccer team also has a spring schedule, with four games to be played at Spry Stadium in late March and early April. ACC Rivals Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill come to Winston-Salem on March 20 and April 4 respectively, with High Point and New Mexico also competing against the Deacs at Spry. If you want a sneak peak at a team that could bring back the
College Cup to Winston-Salem next December, head on out and watch the Deacs. The women’s soccer team also plays against Davidson at home in April and hosts the ACC Spring Tournament at BB&T Field as well in April. Both the men’s (No. 17) and women’s (No. 19) tennis teams are ranked nationally right now, and with the weather warming up as we move into spring, many matches will be held outdoors at Leighton Tennis Stadium next to Reynolds Gymnasium. Watching tennis in person is exponen-
tially better than watching it on television and the Deacs should be very competitive this year on the court. Just because the two major sports on campus this year are pretty much done doesn’t mean there aren’t other athletic activities going on around campus. Many of these student-athletes live in the dorms with you and are in your classes, so make an effort to and support these athletes as they try and earn glory in their sport.
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“So I don’t mind sacrificing my body for that.” When he is not doing his signature sprinkler move and riling up Tie-Dye Nation, Shepherd works for the local NBC affiliate WXII. He is in advertising sales for the station and Wake Forest is one of his clients. This is yet another way for Shepherd to immerse himself in the Wake Forest atmosphere. He even works on video board production. Shepherd uses this time to get to know the players and coaches he so ardently supports. “Everybody is so fantastic, the people are phenomenal and that’s one of the reasons I love everything about Wake Forest,” Shepherd said. Working with the team also gave Shepherd a chance to get to know the late Skip Prosser. “It was very touching to me when they honored Skip Prosser this year because I knew Skip outside the court too,” Shepherd said. “I considered him a friend and he was always so great to me. He would always joke with me and say ‘hey, maybe one day I can be as famous as you are, Noel.’” Prosser, known for his great sense of humor, once thanked Shepherd for sacrificing so much for Wake Forest by explaining that he knew that as a consequence of Shepherd’s unwavering support there was no woman that would ever go out with him. Shepherd says that is when he realized why he isn’t married yet. Shepherd has seen upsets of the Blue Devils and great players like Tim Duncan, Randolph Childress, Josh Howard and Chris Paul and he has even seen ACC championships. But perhaps Shepherd’s favorite moment did not come at a game where he was a fan. It came in a pick-up game in Reynolds Gymnasium his freshman year.
Shepherd said he had a miserable game and probably got the ball stolen 50 times. But, it didn’t matter because his opponent was his idol: Mugsy Bogues. Bogues was a senior and guarded Shepherd during that pick-up game that he will never forget. “I was just smiling the whole time because this was my idol coming into Wake Forest and I was playing pickup basketball with him; I could care less what I was doing during the game,” Shepard said. Shepherd is not just a basketball fan. He also attends all the football games and you can frequently find him in the stands at baseball, volleyball, soccer or for that matter, any other sporting event were there are Deacons competing between the lines. “I just think we are so lucky to have the people that we have right now. To me this is kind of wrapping around a golden age of Wake Forest athletics because we have taken off in some sports and we are really starting to take off in others. It’s just fantastic,” Shepherd said. He also believes that the small school environment creates a special atmosphere. “The atmosphere is small enough to the point where you feel like you have a personal connection,” Shepherd said. As for the “Naz-T Deac” routine, Shepherd says he plans to continue doing it, under one condition: that people continue to enjoy it. “I don’t mind being a fool as long as people like what I’m doing. It really gets me excited to see little 8-year-old kids coming up and showing me how they do the sprinkler move and at the same time a 70 or 80-year-old couple will tell me how much they love to watch me dance because it makes them laugh. That’s the kind of thing I really enjoy,” Shepherd said. “So if I can add to the atmosphere, that just makes me really happy.” And it is what makes Deacon fans everywhere happy too.
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Naz-T Deac, also known as Noel Shepherd, poses with the Deacon at a home game. Shepherd has assumed the role of crowd motivator, using his dance moves at home games.
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Georgia Tech increased its lead to as many as 13 points in the second half but the Deacs scrapped their way back into the game. Wake tied the score with 44 seconds left in regulation, forcing the game into overtime. Their determination seemed lost in overtime as Georgia Tech went on a 14-4 run. “We just kept climbing uphill,” Gaudio said. “Then we got into overtime. I thought it would help us – five more minutes – a fresh start. Let’s get this thing done now, but we weren’t able to do it.”
McFarland proved instrumental for the Deacs despite the loss. After being plagued with foul trouble, McFarland played 38 minutes and recorded a career high in points with 28. His 12 rebounds also gave him the second double-double of his career. Before their loss at Georgia Tech, Wake Forest played Gaudio host the University of Maryland Terrapins Feb. 28 in its second to last home game of the season.
The two teams fought for the lead for the majority of the first half, but the Terrapins finally gained control of the tempo in the waning minutes of the half to go into the locker room up seven on the Deacs. “Our defense in the first half was poor, that’s why they got the seven point lead,” Gaudio said. “For some reason, we didn’t have that same bounce coming out of the locker room to start the game that we usually do, and that’s my fault.” Wake Forest came out of the halftime break determined to make its way back in the game, and they did so by tying the score at 49 points apiece just over five minutes into the half. The Deacs could not turn this tie into a lead though
and Maryland quickly jumped out to yet another double-digit lead. Thanks to some quick points from Johnson and McFarland, the team climbed back into striking distance of the Terrapins, but this was to no avail because of a Deacon scoring drought in the last two minutes of play. Johnson managed his eighth double-double of the season with 25 points and 14 rebounds, but the Deacs lacked the punch of another high scorer to pull them through. With the losses, Wake Forest falls to 16-12 overall and 6-9 in the ACC. The Deacs play their final game of the regular season March 8 against N.C. State.
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Pack your Vogue and your dignity Mary Beth Ballard Senior columnist
Here are some tips before you head out for Spring Break So it’s almost Spring Break, and if you happen to have picked up this lovely collegiate publication before setting off on your hedonistic adventures to the land of light beers and sunning, I salute you, oh faithful OGB reader. This column intends to address the aspects of Spring Break that one might overlook in the hustle and bustle to get out the door and away from the university bubble for a while. Simple reminders on how to enhance your week of bliss is all I’m offering – nothing terribly profound. I’ll save that for an upcoming senior uber nostalgic/imparting wisdom treatise. First and foremost, every Spring Break needs a stellar playlist to carry you and your friends through the week. The playlist is absolutely crucial to setting the tone for the infamous road trip, so choose wisely. If you’re in charge of creating the P-list, make sure to keep your friends’ tastes in mind … or it just might turn out to be an act of audio self-indulgence that satisfies your ears alone. But don’t misunderstand me, definitely make your own mix too, but for public listening, all-inclusive tunes are key. Bring workout attire and accessories (i.e. Frisbee, tennis racket, yoga mat, ping pong balls, beach balls for multipurpose usage). As if this campus wasn’t health conscious enough, we should still take exercise with us wherever we go, be it back home or Cabo San Lucas. But why, you might ask, when all I want to do is relax? Well, for one, do you really want to defeat in one short week the hard work
you’ve put into getting in “Spring Break shape”? Also, exercise will increase your endorphins (scientifically proven) and contribute to your feel-good attitude that will last throughout the entire vacay. And lastly, anyone who’s ever traveled in groups knows that spending too much time with the same people, even your best friends, can get annoying. We all need “me” time each day. Why not take that 45-minute run on the beach at dusk to be by yourself before joining up with friends before dinner? Grab some escapist lit – whether it’s the trashy romance novel you hide from your roommate, the 600-page and 800-pound Vogue, an intellectual New York Times Bestseller, a left-leaning Rolling Stone or the latest issue of Maxim. Lounging and pleasure reading go hand in hand. If anything, at least you can be reminded that important writing does indeed exist outside of textbooks and obligatory reading lists. Don’t forget to have actual cash in your wallet. Thanks, Dad, for pounding that advice into my head every single time I take a trip. But seriously, in a world of imaginary money (a.k.a. Deacon Dollars), it’s easy to forget that cash is a legitimate way to purchase things. You never know when that ice cream stand oasis suddenly appears and only takes dolla dolla bills, such as Zach’s Fro Yo, and you’re screwed with your feeble sliver of (now meaningless) plastic credit. Pack plenty of hangover-reducing meds to ease your nights (and/ or days) of debauchery. Band-aids are always a good idea as well for UDIs (Unidentifiable Drunken Injuries) that may be incurred at various points along your journey. Lastly, on spring break don’t forget to take your dignity. As Herman Melville once said, “They talk of the dignity of work. The dignity is in leisure.” Oh, spring break and the search for one’s dignity … slightly profound, but more or less impossible to achieve.
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Music Review | Discipline
JJ’s new CD revives former glory By Alisha Talbot | Staff writer
Janet Jackson never fails to reinvent herself with every album she comes out with. However, the roots of this album have come from the old school Janet. She used her funkiness of the ‘80s to give Discipline the edge it needed to become a hit. The songstress released the first single, “Feedback,” which did decent on the album charts but didn’t quite reach the level of success she is accustomed to. Despite that minor glitch, it’s still a fun, catchy first single, but nothing compared to other songs on the album such as “Rock With U” and “Luv.” “Rock With U” has a cyberdelic feel to it with a Jamiroquai flare. She takes us straight back to the days of “Virtual Insanity.” The beat is hot and of course she doesn’t forget her sex-kitten voice that is second nature to the diva. “Rock With U” is her second single off the album and for good reason. It will surely be playing in clubs and lounges throughout Miami and Manhattan. So when you’re on Spring Break and you hear a hot, new Janet Jackson song in the club,
this very well might be it. “Luv” definitely has that same funky feel to it, and the beat gets you right from the start. “2night” is one of the hottest tracks on the album, and it is perfect for getting ready to go out on a Friday night. Try not to miss her sexual lyrics throughout the song, because some of them will make your mouth drop: “My body’s here, I’m soakin’ wet, I wanna give you somethin that you wont forget.” Despite her bluntness, she’s able to keep her sultry voice, downplaying the shockingly forceful lyrics, which somehow makes them even hotter. All three of these songs make you want to get up and dance – or at least go out and party. One of my favorite slow songs was Can’t B Good, which is an obvious shout out to Mr. Jermaine Dupri. Nevertheless, it’s a feel good song with a sexy beat. The majority of the slow songs are nothing new, but they give a nice break from the non-stop party sound that most of the album has. There are a few downfalls to the CD. Although Jackson has resorted back to her original-
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Despite the mediocre success of her past two albums, Janet Jackson’s latest release promises to be a hit. ity, the album became rather predictable half-way through, which had a lot to do with a total of nine interludes throughout the disk. The songs were either on the raunchy side or swooning over a lover; and a few of the upbeat songs sounded quite similar to one another. Regardless, it is clear she wanted to mix her 22 track album with both hot beats and slow jams, and you have to give
the woman some credit – she knows what she’s doing. The eclectic pace of music throughout the album is perfect no matter what kind of mood you’re feeling. Discipline is without a doubt a stomp on her past two albums, which have only done so-so. It has a sexiness to it that only Janet Jackson is able to deliver to her fans. Overall, the CD is definitely worth the buy.
Event Review | University Orchestra Concert
Soloists deliver strong performances By Elizabeth Martin | Staff writer
College students are keen concert goers, eager to camp out for tickets to get good seats when their favorite artist comes to town or impress a date by heading to the symphony. What if you could attend a concert where the person in the spotlight holding the audience riveted was the guy that sits behind you in chemistry? Such a classical concert would undoubtedly be one met without yawns. The University Orchestra concert, held Feb. 28 in Brendle Recital Hall, featured the winners of last November’s Concerto Competition. The opportunity to be accompanied by an orchestra and be able to soar on top of the rich texture it provides is every soloist’s dream. The usual accompaniment for routine recitals and auditions is a piano, which adequately performs the role of backing up the soloist but is often merely a reduction of the original score for the orchestra. The competition was fierce, with each student frequenting the practice rooms more than usual as competition day drew near. Five soloists were chosen to perform with the orchestra in the February concert. Since November, the chosen ones maintained a practice regime even throughout winter break. The concert opened with Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide. One exquisite part of this circus-like work consists of one theme that suddenly starts to overlap with itself as some of the orchestra starting the theme a measure behind. The first soloist was senior Julie Savage, playing Robert Ward’s Concerto for Tenor
Sax and Orchestra. Entrancing the audience with soaring ethereal lines, Savage’s opening performance was nothing less than stunning. Next up was senior Jim Zoll, who charmed the audience with Weber’s Concerto No. 1 for Clarinet and orchestra. A sprightly work, the concerto is full of surprise forte moments designed to ensure that the audience continues to pay attention. Quick passages called for a delicate balance of breathing and fingering technique, both of which Zoll easily mastered in his performance. Senior voice major Johanna Young then entranced the audience with her performance of “Ain’t It a Pretty Night” from Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah. This scene finds protagonist Susannah emotionally devastated after being accused by the church of a crime she never committed. The tragic women is then seduced by the preacher and continues to face pressure from the church elders, who want to cast her out of the community. Young describes Susannah at this moment as simply “tired and worn out from (her) loss of innocence,” now grasping for comfort in the beauty of the night and “dreaming of possibilities” for her future. She poignantly portrayed the desperate Susannah from the piece’s serene opening through its stunning climax, piercing the hearts of the audience as they sympathize with this young lady’s plight and distress. Closing the first half was junior Virginia Browne followed the opening’s Candide theme by performing Bernstein’s boisterous “Glitter and Be Gay.” A woman desperate to stay optimistic
despite the dire circumstances surrounding her, this character calls for dramatic presentation and vocal mastery, both of which were nailed by Browne. Careful and attentive listeners would have recognized the reappearance of themes introduced in the overture that opened the concert. The final, impressive concerto left the audience stunned. Sophomore Daniel Ruehr performed the third movement of Bruch’s Concerto No. 1 for Violin and orchestra. The magnificent work demands the utmost concentration and skill from any soloist. From poignant chords and wild double stops to the passionate lyrical lines, Ruehr easily held the audience captive. The sophomore transferred to the university last fall from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, a prestigious music school in Ohio after deciding to pursue his interest in business. Ruehr is eager to continue his violin studies now purely for enjoyment. The university’s department of music is certainly enjoying reaping the benefits of his work. The concert closed with a lush work that includes clever musical depictions of waves: Wagner’s Siegfried’s Rhine Journey. Conductor David Hagy appreciated the work that was done in a short amount of rehearsal time. He feels the works were played “very well” and is pleased with the fact that the orchestra was able to play “compellingly.” He enjoys organizing the concerto competition, always eager for the chance to showcase some of the university’s best musicians.
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Former childhood legend becomes Hollywood darling Ryan Coons Staff columnist
Mt. Hood, Ore. After 21 long years, Waldo has finally been found. A group of teenagers skiing Mt. Hood Meadow’s Heather Canyon expert run found the famed children’s book character stuck in a crevasse. The young skiers decided to explore a closed off section of the mountain for some “fresh powder,” and there they found Waldo clinging to life.“It was crazy, this dude was just stuck there, all
he had on was a long sleeved shirt, jeans, and a ski cap. “I don’t know how he’s still alive but the whole thing was unreal,” Timothy Winter, a 17-year-old Portland native, said. Waldo was immediately transported by ski-patrol to the base lodge, and from there he was airlifted to OHSU hospital in nearby Portland where he was treated for severe hypothermia and delirium. Waldo went missing in 1987 when he set off on a hike from his apartment in Hampstead, a suburb of London. He had gone missing shortly afterwards. An intense manhunt was conducted by the London police, and aside from several camping supplies which apparently fell out of his backpack en route (including but not limited to; a snorkel, walking stick, kettle and his sleeping bag) Waldo was nowhere to be found.
The search was called off several weeks later, with Waldo presumed dead. This has been proven not to be true, and to the delight of children everywhere, Waldo has made his triumphant return. “It was a horrifying ordeal, but I’m just glad to be back and look forward to blending back into the background of life.” Waldo said while being treated at OHSU. Doctors kept him overnight for monitoring but the next morning he was released and disappeared behind a bush outside the hospital. Since then Waldo has moved to Los Angeles and renewed his classic reluctance to be photographed, much to the chagrin of eager paparazzi. “He’s become a sort of ‘Deadliest Catch’ for us. “He’s close to impossible to find, but once you do, the payoff is enormous,”
Adnan Ghalib said. Waldo has been less than enthusiastic about his newfound celebrity. This was made abundantly clear when he punched a paparazzi outside of a local REI who was trying to photograph him while shopping for new camping equipment. This incident has painted Waldo as Hollywood’s new “Bad Boy.” Colin Farrell was not immediately available to comment. Despite his requests to be left alone, Waldo has been enjoying his elevated status. Last weekend he was found in attendance at the Oscars, hobnobbing with Hollywood’s best actors and actresses in movies most people have never and will never see. TMZ has a less than flattering picture of him at the after party getting a little
“In stores next Tuesday!” too familiar with actress (using the term loosely) Lindsay Lohan. So what’s next for Waldo? According to sources he is working on his memoirs, which are tentatively titled Finding Myself: One Man’s Search for Autonomy in a Crowded World.
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B8 Thursday, March 6 , 2008 Meredith Grey spends her free time shopping for yellow purses and watching Disney movies.
She Said | A girl’s guide to getting it on
Play like a champion during break Kelly Curran Staff columnist
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If you find yourself bored during Spring Break, several movies are coming out on DVD March 5 that offer a wide range of viewing choices. Childhood favorite 101 Dalmatians is being released from the Disney vault. Sean Penn’s Into the Wild probes into one man’s decision to abandon civilization and survive in the Alaskan wilderness.
TV Show Start Dates MARCH 17 How I Met Your Mother (CBS) Two and a Half Men (CBS) MARCH 24 Greek (ABC Family) CSI: Miami (CBS) APRIL 3 CSI (CBS) APRIL 10 30 Rock (NBC) The Office (NBC) APRIL 13 Desperate Housewives (ABC) APRIL 20 Brothers & Sisters (ABC) APRIL 21 Gossip Girl (CW) APRIL 24 Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) Ugly Betty (ABC) APRIL 28 House (FOX)
Do you like my... yellow handbags? Celebrities including Mary-Kate Olsen, Rihanna and Rachel Bilson have been spotted toting the bright purses in anticipation of the warmer spring months. After online shopping, the top bags are Marc Jacobs’ Posh Turn-Lock Convertible Clutch ($298, Bergdorf Goodman), Kate Spade’s tarrytownquinn tote ($395, Nordstrom), the Oslo bag ($425, J.Crew), the marigold Legacy Duffel ($58, Urban Outfitters) and the 4 Poster bag ($29.99, Isaac Mizrahi for Target).
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Enjoy the sun and fun on your spring break. Actually being at the beach isn’t necessary. Ingredients: 2 oz peach vodka 1 oz Raspberry liqueur 3 oz cranberry juice Lime juice Ice Directions: Pour vodka and raspberry liqueur over ice. Add cranberry juice, and the freshly squeezed lime juice. Stir and serve.
Spring Break is upon us, and with that comes sunny beaches, drinks adorned with umbrellas and lazy days on the beach. If you’re one of the lucky students going somewhere tropical, this could be a spring break to remember – if only you could remember anything past 10 p.m., that is. Have a margarita for me, since I’ll be up in my frozen tundra homeland of Connecticut, wishing I could be burning my Irish skin to a crisp on the beach. Spring Break gives you a chance to be as wild as you want to be for a whole week, before returning to the worker bee lifestyle at the university. You can do something totally out of character and not worry about the entire campus knowing about it within hours, thanks to a certain
guilty pleasure gossip Web site we all love to hate. Sidenote: this is the camera disclaimer. Spring Break actions can come back to haunt you thanks to camera phones and other sneaky technology. So if you find yourself in a wet T-shirt contest on stage at a huge party of Spring Breakers, don’t be totally shocked if the video finds its way online – you’re smart enough to see that coming. It’s not that hard to finagle a Spring Break hook up, but there are some things you can do to make it easier on yourself. I now present the steps to the perfect Spring Break fling! You know those shirts in the back of your drawer? Yes, the ones from Forever 21. The ones you are too embarrassed to wear out on a Friday night because it’s backless, strapless, and/or cleavagey? Pack it. Tequila. It’s a fairly simple step – a little bit of liquid courage, but not enough to turn you into the sloppy mess everyone makes fun of the next day. Get too drunk and you’ll end up with a “coyote ugly” situation in the
morning and no one wants to be faced with gnawing off their own arm to escape an awkward morning with a formerly-cute guy. Create an alter ego. Everyone lies somewhat during Spring Break because no one is really being themselves. It’s one of the few times you can shed your image and let loose. So instead of being your regular self, be Bianca Stratford, Savannah Babcock, or Trixie – no last name. They certainly sound like fun! And if you get busted, oh well, try your alter ego elsewhere. Dance. Simple enough – stand at the bar all night and you’ll just spend all your money and seem boring. Wedding Crashers rule #6: Do not sit in the corner and sulk. It draws attention in a negative way. Draw attention to yourself but on your own terms. Sidenote #2: this is a stupidity disclaimer. Don’t be dumb, watch where your drinks come from, who you’re with and where your friends are. We have all heard far too many horror stories about date rape drugs and vacations gone wrong, so protect yourself. Use your friends as a filtering system – chances are that if they are
pulling you off of some guy, there’s a reason. Particularly if your friends are more sober then you are, go with what they say. The tall, dark and handsome stranger might be more akin to a shady, skeezy creep if you could take off your beer goggles. This might be superficial, but judge the potential Spring Break fling by his friends. If they’re cute and fun it makes him even more cute and fun. If they’re sketchballs or jerks, chances are that he is too, but just better at hiding it if need be. Spring Break is the perfect time to go for that guy you are attracted to but see no future with. The burn-out surfer isn’t exactly who you would bring home to mom and dad, but he’s the perfect spring break boy. You never have to worry about seeing him again … especially if he tries to Facebook stalk Savannah Babcock. “She Said” is a bi-weekly column that presents one guy’s perspective on the college sex scene. You may contact her with your feedback or ideas at currkm4@ wfu.edu.
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Movie Review | The Other Boleyn Girl
Cast and writing disappoint in film adaptation By CeCe Brooks | Life editor
The first regret I have about writing a review of The Other Boleyn Girl is that I have not read the Philippa Gregory novel on which the movie is based. It might be better if I had read the book so that I could see if the movie’s problems were the faults of the producers and screenplay writer or the story itself. The powerhouse cast and writer of The Other Boleyn Girl would normally indicate a great movie, but this is not necessarily true in this case. The cast is headlined by Natalie Portman as the infamous Anne Boleyn, Eric Bana as The Other Henry VIII and Scarlett Boleyn Girl Jo h a n s s o n Starring | Scarlett Johansson, as the lesserknown Mary Natalie Portman and Eric Bana Boleyn. Director | Justin Chadwick I thought Who’s it for? | Fans of historical it was ironic fiction and sad endings. that in a Running Time | 1 hrs 55 min. movie about one of the Rating | (out of 5) most famous English kings, none of the major stars are actually British. Peter Morgan, the writer, also boasts an impressive resume, writing the screenplays for the award-winning The Queen and The Last King of Scotland. For history majors and Tudor aficionados, the plot line may seem like common knowledge in some parts and ludicrous, soapy fiction in others. The movie starts off with the three Boleyn siblings as young children running in a field while their parents, Sir Thomas Boleyn and Lady Elizabeth, discuss a betrothal request for Anne. Sir Thomas offers the boy’s family the younger Mary instead because he insists she is simpler and will make a good merchant’s wife. Next we see the Boleyn estate the day of Mary’s marriage to William Carey (Benedict Cumberbatch). Anne, although older (this is one of the film’s many inaccuracies as most historians maintain Mary was the elder Boleyn), is still unmarried and eyes the wealthy yet already betrothed Henry Percy (Oliver Coleman). The film shifts to the royal Tudor palace, where Queen Catherine of Aragon has just given birth to another stillborn baby. Lady Elizabeth’s brother, the Duke of Norfolk, heads to the Boleyn estate to tell his brother-inlaw of the fortuitous opportunity for the family to present the king with a suitable mistress. The Duke and Sir Thomas decide that Anne is the Boleyn for the job and tell her she will help the family’s social standing and her ability to marry well.
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Mary (Johansson) helps Anne (Portman) prepare for her “audition” to be the king’s mistress. LIttle do they know that Mary will actually be the king’s choice. However, Anne’s attitude causes the plan to falter, and surprisingly the king becomes enamored with Mary. Despite Mary’s initial reluctance, she eventually falls in love with him and becomes pregnant. While she is confined to her bedroom during her pregnancy, Henry loses interest in her and begins to actively pursue Anne. She refuses to sleep with him unless he marries her and crowns her queen. We all know this part of the story: the Pope refuses to give Henry an annulment so he breaks from the Catholic Church. Eventually when Anne also fails to give him a male heir and their relationship declines, Henry has Anne and her brother George (Across the Universe star Jim Sturgess) imprisoned for treason and incest. Mary comes to court to try to save Anne, but the king ignores her request and Anne is beheaded (which they showed unnecessarily). There is then a brief montage explaining how all the people from the story ended up and then a description of how Mary basically lives happily ever after. The previews make it out to be a lot better than it actually is. Gregory’s novel is a best seller, but the writing and the acting fail to make a great movie out of what I’ve heard is a great book. The other big issue I had with this movie was imbalance.
Although the part of the story involving Anne’s relationship with Henry is very well known and documented (evidenced in Showtime’s outstanding television series The Tudors), the extreme focus on the beginning of Henry and Anne’s relationship and the rush through its demise seems off. One of my personal frustrations was with the lack of focus on certain characters and actors. I barely even noticed that Jim Sturgess, who has just blown up with Across the Universe, was even in the movie. His only noticeable point was when his character, George Boleyn, agrees to sleep with Anne to get her pregnant (gross I know) so Henry won’t notice she has had a miscarriage, but then backs out (an important note is this is pure fiction and is founded on baseless claims). Also, you would think Henry VIII would be a major part of a movie about the women whom he had affairs with, but in this case he was not. I thought Eric Bana’s importance was extremely minute considering his character. If I had to summarize The Other Boleyn Girl in one word, I would have to say: average. It wasn’t terrible (I’ve definitely seen worse), but it wasn’t amazing either. If you like history, have read the book or perhaps have a crush on one of the actors, I would say go see it. If you do not fit into one of these categories I would not suggest spending your money.
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Restaurant Review | South by Southwest
Mexican restaurant serves up delicious comida By Lukia Kliossis | Staff writer
and tomatillo salsa is a must-have appetizer. However, I would love to try Excited to try a restaurant off the beaten path for a univer- their other starters, such as the sity student, some friends and I outlaw nachos ($8.75) or friheaded over to South by South- jolemole ($7.25), a black bean west for dinner and were pleas- dip with melted jack cheese, pico antly surprised by its upscale, yet de gallo and sour cream served reasonably-priced, southwestern with corn tostados, on a second visit. cuisine. Besides the Since it was a Friday night, South by Southwest t r a d i t i o n a l tacos, fajitas I expected we Location | 241 S. Marshall Street and enchilawould have Hours | Tues. - Sat 5:30 - 10 p.m. das, the menu to wait for a Serving | Mexican also includes table, but we some of the seemed to Dress | Casual chef ’s own crehave timed it Price Range | $10 - $20 ations, includright and were (out of 5) ing the pepita p r o m p t l y Rating | crusted salmon seated upon al carbon walking into ($16.75), a salmon fillet topped the restaurant. Decorated in a traditional with toasted pumpkin seed pesto, southwestern décor without chipotle-pinenut sauce, peppercrossing the line to tackiness, cactus-corn relish served with the restaurant is divided into beans and rice, and the filet several small dining rooms and al chipotle ($22), pan-seared medallions of beef tenderloin has a good-sized bar. Unlike your typical Mexican with mushrooms and tomatillojoint, you do have to pay for chips chipotle sauce served with vegand salsa ($6), but their generous etables and rice. With so many options, we basket of colored chips with both blackened tomato-chipotle salsa had a hard time deciding what
to order but were all impressed with our choices. The blue corn and smoked chicken enchilada ($11.95), consisting of hickorysmoked chicken in a blue corn tortilla served with black beans, was incredibly tasty. The sierra campfire chicken Fajitas ($13.95), smoked chicken with pan-seared vegetables, pico de gallo, black beans and posole, were equally pleasing and yielded enough for leftovers. Since their entrees are so generously portioned, an appetizer can be a great alterative if you’re looking for a smaller meal. One of my friends ordered the night’s appetizer special, the shrimp and goat cheese fundito ($9), which was served with warm tortillas and proved to be a completely satisfying meal. South by Southwest also features several salads, including a seared tuna salad ($9.95), in addition to some spiced-up traditional house and “Caezar” salads that can be topped with chicken or salmon for another entrée alternative. Our service did not quite live up to the quality of the food. When we asked questions about the
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South by Southwest offers authentic atmosphere, 19 different kinds of tequila and a great alternative to your typical cantina. menu, she was not very knowledgable on the descriptions of the food. I think she had too many tables — we had to ask for refills, which are key with spicy food! South by Southwest also offers a wide variety of beer, wine and
cocktails, as well as an impressive 19 different types of tequila, including a tequila sampler. We opted to go for the traditional margaritas ($5.50), which were first-rate. Though the prices are higher comparatively speaking to other
restaurants, South by Southwest is reasonably priced considering the caliber of its cuisine. So if you want to venture out of your comfort zone, I encourage you to give South by Southwest a try for a dinner that will not disappoint. Graphic by Allison Lange/ Old Gold & Black
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Book Review | Playing for Pizza
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Pizza falls short of Grisham’s past works By CeCe Brooks | Life editor
I don’t know if anyone else had this problem on a family road trip, but every time I went on a long trip with my parents, they ALWAYS listened to annoying books on tape. Of course, they also played them at ridiculous decibels because they’re old and going deaf, so it was impossible to ignore. The reason I mention this little fact is these experiences were how I became familiar with John Grisham’s books. Although I wish I wasn’t forced to listen to said tapes, Grisham’s weren’t half bad. As a former lawyer, Grisham’s stories were interesting and often suspenseful stories revolving mostly around law. I have only read one of his non-legal novels, Playing for Pizza, but (in this novel at least) Grisham fails to create the same captivating story he usually does. Continuing with his tradition of drawing from his real-life interests, Pizza is a football story. Rick Dockery is the kind of athlete that we tend to forget about: the player who is good enough to make it to the next level (college, then professional), but as he transitions from each level, Rick becomes less and less of a star. He goes from being a high school star quarterback, to relatively successful firststringer at Iowa and finally to the NFL, but here he begins to fall behind the curve. He is the quintessential third-string quarterback. He has been to six teams in seven years and at his last gig for the Cleveland Browns, Dockery makes such a mockery of himself he must say goodbye to the NFL forever. After an embarrassing performance in a playoff game that cost the Browns the league championship, Dockery is a laughing stock and unemployed. His agent somehow manages to find a team
that wants him. The only catch is it is in Parma, Italy. Rick is one of only a couple of paid players, the rest of whom play for the joy of the game. Rick must adjust to many things: life in another country, a completely different environment (football is so unpopular they play in a rugby stadium) and his new role as team savior. Surprisingly, Rick really finds his niche in the Italian Football league and eventually finds peace with himself. I cannot say the book was terrible because I did read it until the end. Grisham’s main problem in Pizza is that he provides great characters and interesting story background, but the story doesn’t have the traditional and necessary plot arc. There is no real climax or turning point, nothing to make the reader want to know more. The only thing I kept reading for was to see if the Parma Panthers ever won the Italian Superbowl. Grisham has come up with an interesting background for a great story, but the great story never comes. If I was an aspiring novelist, I would actually be kind of irritated with this novel because I really believe that if Grisham did not already have a successful background no publisher would have published this. Considering A Time to Kill (a great story) was initially slated for only 5,000 copies, it is ridiculous that this extremely inferior work was automatically expected to be a top-seller just because of the author’s reputation. It’s the same with movies, just because Meryl Streep has had 14 Oscar nominations, it doesn’t mean Prime is a great movie. Basically, Playing for Pizza is like a B-movie of books, it would be suitable as an airplane read or something to put you to sleep, but it isn’t something you would be dying to read. If you like Grisham’s other work, don’t get to discouraged, his latest book, The Appeal, returns to his legal strengths and promises to provide a much more intriguing storyline.
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