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By Sylvia Shank | Contributing writer In his junior year, Matthew Smith-Kennedy (‘98) calculated it would take 36,667 bags of Quikset concrete to pave the Quad.

“The Quad-turned-parking-lot would lose its appeal for the prospectives visiting campus,” SmithKennedy wrote in the Old Gold & Black, “but at least they would be able to park somewhere.”

On Feb. 28 James Alty, Associate Vice President and Chief Facilities Officer, told students they would lose 350 parking spaces. The email (subject: You are eligible for a parking refund) did not say when the spaces would go. It did say why: “two new residence halls...will provide much needed space to accommodate the university’s new three-year residency requirement.”

Construction crews fenced off half the Polo lot last week and, by the end of spring break, will commandeer all of north lot Q’s 250 spaces.

At a townhall meeting on Tuesday, March 5, Alty said that Facility and Campus Services has worked hard so “[the transition] won’t be quite as traumatic.”

About 25 people came to the townhall led by Alty and Alex Crist, director of Parking and Transportation. Following the 25 minute powerpoint, they took questions. One question posed by a student asked, “Why wasn’t there more parking built — or

New payment options, facility changes expected in fall 2012

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Demolition of parking Lot Q has begun cutting down on the number of available on-campus parking spaces, causing frustration for many students. a solution found — before they decided to build new dorms? Already, I’ve gotten so many tickets because I can’t find a spot and I have to get to class.”

During the often-heated Q&A period, graduate student Jason Smyth piped up. “Of the six universities I’ve been at, the parking here is the worst,” he said.

Alty and Crist responded by emphasizing the positives of their plan. “It’s all voluntary,” Crist said, referring to students’ option to either receive a refund for their parking permit or opt out and

maintain their campus pass. “And the Zip Cars are still on campus for those who want to use them.”

Still, they need to get 350 cars off campus by spring break. And when students return from break, all traffic — foot, car or shuttle — will be different.

Junior S.J. Moon learned about the parking changes through an email he received at 6 a.m. from Facility and Campus Services. Due to the imminent construction, the email said Moon had

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A journalistic partnership Pulitzer prize-winning journalists to visit Wake in effort to place focus back on written media

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Students should prepare for prices to go up, yet again. Another mass email was sent to inform students that next year the university is increasing the prices of all meal plans. However, this increase is due to an increase to the variety of meal plan and dining options, something that has often been the subject of negative discussion.

Thus, a lot of dining options are set to be altered to match the increase students will face.

One of the modifications to the new dining plan is the introduction of Old Gold swipes, a flexible swipe that can be used in multiple places on campus only, including Chik-Fil-A, Forest Greens, Starbuck’s, Moe’s and Subway.

“Students have expressed a strong desire for meal swipes to be used in more places than the Pit and Mag Room. Based on this feedback, The Old Gold Swipe program was developed to provide more flexibility to the meal plan program,” John Wise, assistant vice president of hospitality services, said.

“The Old Gold Swipe program was developed to provide more flexibility to the meal program.”

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By Daniel Schwindt | Asst. news editor Over the past decade, the world of journalism has been shaken by the fear that the age of print news is swiftly coming to an end, but while daily papers are shuttering across the country, the university’s journalism program is taking a leap forward.

On April 3, Stephanie Sinclair and Cynthia Gorney, a photographer and journalist from National Geographic, will come to campus to meet with students and faculty during the day and then to present their acclaimed work on the child bride ritual where young girls from poor families are illegally married to men far older than them. Their work was published in a 2011 feature in the magazine.

But the National Geographic presentation is just the beginning of a larger partnership between the university and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

The Pulitzer Center focuses on reporting events that generally do not receive wide coverage in the mainstream media.

With newspaper heavyweights like the New York Times and The Washington Post closing their foreign bureaus, the Pulitzer Center aims at increasing foreign coverage by subsidizing freelance writing. Justin Catanoso, director of the journalism program, first encountered the Pulitzer Center last May during a faculty training program in Washington, D.C.

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Returning students can expect a 7.8 percent increase in the cost for the lowest priced dining plan once the changes are implemented.

“Meal plan prices were compared to peer institutions and have been historically in the lower cost tier,” Wise said. “Meal plan prices were going to increase, and we felt adding value in conjunction with these price increases created an opportunity to address some of the expressed student concerns.”

But many students remain unclear as to what constitutes an Old Gold swipe and how it will change meal plans.

“I really have no idea what an Old Gold Swipe is, and I think the name is a little silly,” sophomore Emily Zier said. “I still don’t know why they had to change the meal plan or how the inclusion of this swipe is going to make my dining experience better in any way.” She expressed her frustration with the increased prices and extraneous changes “Really, the only good thing about the announcement was the notice that Subway is going to be open 24/7,” she added.

Zier isn’t the only one confused about the changes; students across campus have been wondering about the new flexible swipe plan.

“The Old Gold Swipe is equal to a meal swipe in the Pit,” Wise clarified. “Based on your selected meal plan, the number of meal swipes will be established and all of those swipes can be

See Dining, Page A8

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Renowned religious scholar emphasizes need for acceptance of all faiths in Voices of Our Time lecture

By Brandon Monteith | Contributing writer

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On a quiet, meditative night during one of Muhammad’s visits to a cave on Mount Hira, the archangel Gabriel appeared and commanded him to recite verses from the Quran proclaiming the goodness of Allah.

After returning home to his wife Khadija and receiving no answers, she directed Muhammad to her cousin Waraka — a Catholic priest with a vast knowledge of sacred scriptures. It was Waraka who recognized Muhammad’s call to prophecy as authentic.

After declaring Muhammad the prophet of his people, Waraka re-

mained a Christian as well as one of Muhammad’s lifelong companions.

This story, among others, was related during Eboo Patel’s lecture on Thursday, March 1. “At the very founding of my faith is what made me an interfaith leader,” Dr. Eboo Patel said, a practicing Muslim.

“Knowing this story changed me for the rest of my life.”

During his speech, as part of the university’s ongoing Voices of Our Time lecture series started by President Hatch in 2006, Patel not only showed the audience that there is a call to interfaith cooperation deep within the Islamic faith — he also expressed the dire need for Christians, Jews and people of all faith backgrounds to find common ground.

“Dr. Patel really challenged me to appreciate and learn more about various aspects of other religions,” Kendall Hack said, an active Christian and Fellow in the Provost’s Office.

In addition to serving on President Barack Obama’s inaugural Advisory Council Patel on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships, Patel is the founder and president of Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based

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Brieflies Students may enter lottery to attend former Secretary of State’s lecture Members of the Wake Forest community are invited to enter a ticket lottery in order to receive a ticket to hear former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speak on the state of America and higher education. Students have until March 15 to be eligible for the lottery. Individuals selected in the lottery will be notified by email no later than April 1 with information about ticket pick-up. For more information, visit www.wfu.edu.

Rising juniors and seniors may now apply for President’s Aide position Rising juniors and seniors are invited to apply to become a President’s Aide.

President’s Aides are student leaders who serve as representatives of the Wake Forest student body in a variety of events throughout the academic year. Successful applicants will have a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA, have demonstrated leadership, will be a junior or senior in the 2012-13 academic year and commit to participate as a President’s Aide for no less than one academic year.

Applicants will be notified of final decisions in late April. New President’s Aides will begin responsibilities at the beginning of the fall 2012 semester.

New date set for Morgan Judd memorial service on March 22 in Wait A new date has been set for a memorial service for Morgan Judd, a Wake Forest student who died unexpectedly in December. The memorial service will be held March 22 at 5 p.m. in Wait Chapel. Originally, the service was to be held in early March.

OLAS hosts Latino Awareness Week from March 19-22 The Organization of Latin American Studies (OLAS) will be hosting “Latino Awareness Week” from March 19 – 22. At 7 p.m. on March 19 in DeTamble Auditorium, OLAS will be presenting a talk on “The Challenge of Poverty and Education in Latin America” by Luis Roniger, Reynolds Professor of Latin American Studies, and junior David Inczauskis.

At 7 p.m. on March 20 in Greene 162, the executive members of El Cambio will speak on the Immigrant Education Experience.

At 7 p.m. on March 21 in ZSR Auditorium, OLAS will be showing the documentary “Crossing Arizona”.

At 7 p.m. on March 22 in DeTamble Auditorium, Paul Dix and Pam Fitzpartick will be presenting a lecture named Nicaragua: Surviving the Legacy of U.S. Policy.

University Police encourages students to utilize Silent Witness program Silent Witness is an anonymous electronic crime reporting program offered by University Police.

The program allows you to submit confidential information from any computer to the police and report suspicious activity or crimes, on or off campus.

Tips about campus activity are investigated by University Police, while off campus activity is reported to the law enforcement agency in which the crime occurred.

University Police has offered this reporting service for more than a decade, and it has been successfully used to solve crimes and recover stolen property. Silent Witness provides a reporting mechanism for anyone who has information to offer but for a variety of reasons is not comfortable revealing their identity.

Inaugural Words Awake! conference lauds Wake Forest writer alumni Words Awake! is a celebration of Wake Forest writers and writing that will bring to campus dozens of alumni who are professional writers.

The event will include the inauguration of the Wake Forest Writers Hall of Fame and networking opportunities for students. The event will be held the weekend of March 23-25. Students are encouraged but not required to register.

For questions, contact Tom Phillips at phillito@wfu. edu or (336) 758-5180.

Lecture explores life and times of political figure Frederick Douglass The English Department will be presenting a talk

by Robert Levine on “The Lives of Frederick Douglas” at 3:30 p.m. on March 20 in Tribble C-216.

Robert Levine is an influential writer in American and African-American literature.

His prominent publications include 2008’s Dislocating Race and Nation, 1997’s Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the Politics of Representative Identity, and 1989’s Conspiracy and Romance: Studies in Brockden Brown, Cooper, Hawthorne and Melville”.

For questions, contact Judith Madera at (336) 7585383.

Corrections In the March 1 issue, the graphic for “Deacs Mean Business” did not have a credit. It should have been attributed to Josh Strickland.

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By Lauren Gensler | Contributing writer Dr. Sally Barbour, assistant professor of French, joined Wake Forest in 1985 after receiving a B.A. in Spanish from Maryville College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in French Literature from Cornell University.

Today, she not only is a professor in the French department, but also is an active faculty member in the Women’s and Gender Studies department and instructor of African and Caribbean literature in the Humanities department.

Have you always been interested in Romance Languages?

Well I grew up in Florida so Spanish was my second language really, and a lot of my neighbors were recently from Cuba at that point.

I was initially going to be an English major but I did not make a good grade in freshman English, which my advisor pointed out to me.

So I did Spanish instead and also took French.

I used to blame her for that but I realize now that she really did me a favor.

You have a very interdisciplinary presence on campus. How did that develop?

I guess it’s a little eclectic. What do they say?

Jack of all trades, master of none? I’ve always been drawn to the interdisciplinary. Teaching literature, language and culture lends itself well to that.

When I first came here, women’s studies was really petitioning to have a program, so I became involved right away because I had been involved at Cornell so I guess it’s just always been in my blood a little bit.

When I was first here, I have to say, attending those meetings was when I felt most at home.

It wasn’t that anyone was unkind to me; it’s just that I felt that I was with people who felt and talked and perceived things the way I did.

In the mid to late 90s, I was starting to branch out from French métropole and looking at African and Caribbean writers. That was when Francophone studies was kind of coming into its own.

What other experiences have helped shape your interests, both professional and personal?

Travel for one thing. I went to Hong Kong to teach English before graduate school. I went with someone I was involved with, and we went to Asia in part because the Vietnam War was going on and we were anti-war.

We wanted to see what Asia and Southeast Asia were like. I also wanted to see if I wanted to teach. I hit Ithaca for graduate school at a

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What is the best part about going abroad with students?

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I’ve been to Dijon four times and Morocco once and, again, it’s opening somebody’s eyes.

Anytime you get participate in mind-opening and eye-opening experiences is a real joy because it opens you too.

We see great art, great architecture, great landscapes, we learn about the wine and the food, and we get to see the things we are reading about.

What has been your favorite class?

I couldn’t help but notice all the vibrant photographs and posters in your office. Are there any in particular that stand out to you?

Do you have any advice for students looking to develop their own curiosities?

I think developing your own curiosities is stopping and asking what things are. Don’t be impatient. If you don’t know something, find out.

It’s hard to say. I guess Humanities 222, which is African and Caribbean literature, because that’s where I meet a lot of different students.

There’s a lot of conversation, a lot of discussion, a lot of getting to know one another because the literature is so engaging and so personal.

Last semester was a little too autobiographical almost!

There’s one picture of a student I had when I first came here, Julie Coyne.

She went on to study Spanish in Guatemala and has now started this enormous thing called Education and Hope.

I mean she’s got an endowment now. She did this all by herself!

General Assembly

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By Eva Ward | Contributing writer I. Committee Reports Academic Committee began reports by discussing their ongoing work on Campus Connect. The tech forum originally planned as part of Campus Connect has been rescheduled for another time, but the rest is proceeding as planned.

Appropriations and Charter mentioned the bill they were sponsoring to be voting on later in the meeting and had nothing else to report. Campus Life reported on the various events taking place; the Farmer’s Market was a success.

SG is working on a time for Farmer’s Market to return to campus.

SG will be having a team participate in Wake ‘N Shake on March 24, as well as organizing a voter registration drive on campus from 11 am to 4 p.m. on on April 10.

The voter registration drive will have stations in various campus locations such as ZSR, Benson and the Pit, and will be part of a concerted effort to increase voter registration at Wake.

There will also be a SG team for DESK, and SG is working with the Offices of Sustainability on a clothing swap for April 26 and 27.

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fice of Sustainability and exchange II. Executive Reports them for different ones.

The Judiciary Committee folStudent Body President Nilam lowed with their report on the SG Patel commenced reports by diselections coming up after spring cussing the success of Puppies on break. Physical Planning discussed the Quad and thanked volunteers. the improvements made to cam- In addition to this, about 200 repus, in particular fixing the swings. funds for parking passes have been They also reported on the ongo- requested and they would like to ing parking situation. see about 150 more.

They are continuing to look Following a short discussion on into long-term parking solutions more of the parking issues, the as well as working on a fountain. 50th anniversary of desegregation Public Relations concluded the at Wake and the events relating to committee reports by discussing that were briefly mentioned. Sectheir work on the Farmer’s Market and their future work on Campus See SG, Page A8 Connect.

POLICE BEAT Underage Consumption • WSPD officers were working a special assignment at Old Staley’s Bar and Grill when they noticed several students drinking underage or giving alcohol to underage students. The report was filed at 10:13 a.m. on March 1.

• University Police found a subject sick in the bathroom of the Barn after drinking alcohol. The victim was taken to Student Health. The report was filed at 12:33 a.m. on March 4.

Property Damage • An offender had driven a vehicle behind the Barn, getting it stuck. There was landscaping damage. The report was filed at 8:08 a.m. on March 1.

• University Police observed broken glass and blood on the exterior door of a suite in Kitchin.

The victim was found to have consumed alcohol and did not need medical attention. The report was filed at 1:31 a.m. on March 1.

• Facilities workers found broken glass in a laundry room in Taylor. The responding officer stated that the glass was broken with a blunt object from the outside because it was inside the laundry room. The report was filed at 9:12 a.m. on March 2.

• University Police was dispatched to Kitchin in reference to a broken pane of glass at the entrance to the Baptist Student Union. Facilities was contacted for repairs. The report was filed at 2:03 p.m. on March 4.

• University Police was dispatched to the entrance to Efird Hall in reference to a broken glass. When the officer arrived, he noticed that the Lot A side entrance door to Efird Hall had been busted. Facilities was contacted to do repairs.

The report was filed at 8:51 a.m. on March 4.

Miscellaneous • University Police responded to a call about a fight on Hearn Plaza. When officers arrived, the suspects had left the scene. An officer spoke to one

of the victims who stated that he was punched in the face while trying to break up a fight.

He stated that the other victim was being kicked in the face.

Officers located the second victim who denied that the fight had occurred.

Victim two stated that his injuries were accidental. Neither victim identified a suspect. The report was filed at 2:13 a.m. on March 3.

• University Police responded to a hit and run call. The suspect had run off the road over a sidewalk and into a tree.

The suspect drove away from the scene and left the vehicle at a nearby residence hall.

Suspect was located the next day and charged criminally. The report was filed at 4:07 p.m. on March 3.

• University Police responded to a silent witness tip about the presence of drugs.

The offender admitted to having marijuana and turned it over to police.

The report was filed at 10:47 p.m. on March 4.

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By Trevor Greene | Contributing writer

Entertain. Inspire. Challenge.

The motto of Wake Forest’s very own Reynolda Film Festival applies not only to the films and events taking place during the festival, but also serves as the driving force for the creative team behind the event.

Entirely student-organized and run, the festival will be celebrating its fifth anniversary from March 19 to 23.

“We wanted to make this one special,” the festival’s Executive Director Connor McCarthy said. “Our marketing team made some great new designs and we’re introducing some new events.”

This year’s edition of the festival will feature a new segment devoted solely to content produced by Wake Forest students.

“We want to emphasize in the fifth year that this isn’t a festival for Win-

ston-Salem or for North Carolina,” Lauren Mahomes, marketing coordinator, said. “It’s predominately for Wake Forest.”

Wake’s newest addition, the Documentary Film Program, will also be represented with a panel and showcase to be followed by a special documentary event to be held on March 20, demonstrating the goal of keeping the festival Wake-oriented.

Three panels will also take place, one featuring prominent Wake alumni, during the course of the week.

The panels will consist of “industry professionals that will be able to talk to Wake Forest students about a field that doesn’t get a lot of recognition around campus,” McCarthy said.

In addition to the special events, there will be several feature film screenings.

The features coordinator, Cory McConnell, has acquired some great films that have been making the

rounds at more famous festivals such as Sundance.

According to McConnell the films will include ReGeneration, a documentary narrated by Ryan Gosling about activism in the millennial generation, and Silver Bullets, a new feature from mumblecore auteur Joe Swanberg. Swanberg will also be hosting a Q&A after his screening.

A special midnight screening of The Hunger Games was also announced for the festival. Tickets for the special screening went on sale Wednesday and quickly sold out by the end of the day.

The festival will culminate with a keynote address by prolific documentarian Morgan Spurlock, adding to the emphasis on documentary in this year’s festival.

As one of the most recognizable and controversial documentary filmmakers working today, Spurlock should serve as a first-rate final event.

Reynolda has put together remarkable festivals in the past years, but their fifth is shaping up to be something special.

With the addition of the Documentary Film Program and an upand-coming undergraduate production program, Wake Forest is making a name for itself in the film world.

Reynolda Film Festival mirrors these developments and demonstrates the expanding relevance of film as an art-form within the university.

Over the past years, the festival has been quietly becoming one of Wake’s most notable traditions.

“There is a budding film community here,”Mahomes said.

“The Reynolda Film Festival is one of the many events that are helping to fan the flames of this movement.”

This year should continue to boost the standing and popularity of the festival and should not be missed.

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six hours to move his car out of north Q — or be fined. Moon moved his car in time. But finding a new spot took 45 minutes, an unplanned detour on a day with both an exam and paper due. Senior Sarah Wheeler is still adjusting to the shrinking parking. Wheeler was late to class this week when she had to circle the parking lot five times and still came up empty. So she parked illegally.

In the Pit, junior Brett LaPrad and his friends discussed parking. “It’s already impossible to get a spot if you move your car,” LaPrad said, “but finding a spot now is going to be atrocious.”

LaPrad isn’t angry; he just wishes there’d been more communication.

“If they’d given us more notice, it’d of been better,” he said, “but still not good.”

At the town hall, Alty and Crist expressed regret about the late communication. “In a perfect world,” Alty said, “we would have wanted to com4.25" municate [this] weeks ago. But it took time to develop the plan that is being implemented.”

Alty and Crist, who oversee the planning and construction for the new freshman dorms, said they didn’t learn exactly how many spots they’d lose until the end of January.

“We were surprised at how much parking we lost due to the new buildings,” Alty said.

Alty and Crist said that about 200 students have accepted the refund and returned their permits.

But since they don’t anticipate getting the 350 necessary spots from students, next week they’ll open the offer to faculty and staff for whom parking is already free. Anyone willing to park off campus will get 300 dollars.

During the town hall, one staff member asked, “What’s the contingency plan if not enough people take the offer?”

Their contingency options are up in the air until they know how many parking permits remain. A gravel lot in Davis? That’s a 50,000 dollar project.

Alty and Crist say that 50,000 dollar on gravel is a poor investment because the lot will erode or be removed. Still, they’re keeping the option open.

There is no final plan yet, and that means the next few months provide an unusually democratic opportunity for students and staff to make comments and suggestions.

Lauren Corbett, Director of Resource Services in ZSR, attended the town hall. Her biggest concern is the long-term. She suggested studying schools like Emory that have unique parking and transportation models.

Corbett interviews job candidates for the library and she hears how most have trouble finding parking.

She posed this question to Alty and Crist at the town hall: “When you’re trying to bring people in for a job, if they have trouble finding a place to park then how much are they going to want the job?” Another professor echoed this sentiment,

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Jim Alty gave a presentation to students and faculty at a meeting on March 5.

asking, “What will that do to our ability to recruit new faculty and staff?” The university’s parking situation mimics many institutions. It even looks luxurious beside schools like Canada’s Dalhousie University which has 2,000 parking spaces for 20,000 students and employees.

Dalhousie may be “the most nightmarish campus parking in North America,” according to the October Chronicle of Higher Education in an article about a professor who stormed out of the parking office and resigned.

The professor told reporters he got to campus by 7 a.m. just to get a spot for his 2:30 p.m. class.

When Special Collections librarian Megan Mulder read the article, it helped (if only a little) give some perspective. “It makes me feel a whole lot better about Wake Forest,” she said.

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Significant dining changes welcomed by students

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he recent announcement of changes to the dining plan has echoed through the student body. The expansion of options and increase in quality is something that many students applaud.

All of them implemented beginning Fall 2012, the largest change will occur regarding the addition of “Old Gold Swipes.”

These will allow meal plans to be used at Subway, Moe’s, Starbucks, Chik-fil-a and all other on-campus dining options.

In other words, wherever food dollars are currently used, there will be the added option of using swipes for certain meals.

We truly appreciate the administration’s willingness to listen to students on this issue.

The recent dining changes are an exemplary example of studentadministration collaboration and demonstrate the potential of cooperation between the two groups.

The expansion of hours caters to students’ hectic schedules.

This expansion, along with the addition of a Moe’s, should lead to more satisfied students. However, it is important to note that these

changes don’t come without a cost, as students have likely already recognized.

The minimum dining plan for next year represents a 7.8 percent increase. Some students might express dismay at this price increase, particularly given the overall tuition rise for next year.

However, in this case, we must recognize that we must be willing to pay for increased on-campus food quality.

This example, unlike the parking situation described below, however, truly represents the students’ desires. Students were administered a survey over the past semesters regarding what they wanted to see in campus dining options. Students asked for more variety, healthier options and extended hours for campus dining.

And they got it.

So before complaining about the meal plan price hike, we should recognize that these were changes we asked for.

We look forward to the changes in dining that will kick off with the launch of Moe’s later this semester, and we appreciate the chance to offer student input on this significant issue.

Admin’s parking town halls provide too little, too late

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n March 5, Jim Alty, Vice President of Facilities and Campus Resources, led a town hall in Pugh Auditorium on the parking and construction changes occurring on North Campus.

During the town hall, Alty reiterated the parking changes and refunds that are currently being implemented and allowed time for students to ask questions about the changes as well as voice concerns about the project.

We would like to applaud the administration for taking the steps to allow for open discussion on this project of enormous relevance to the student body.

However, we believe that the university failed to adequately obtain student input on the subject and communicate its plans on the matter by having this town hall after the final decision had already been determined.

During the town hall, Alty even acknowledged that there was a considerable lapse in communication with students

and that the situation was poorly handled in that respect.

Furthermore, the university should have consulted with more student leadership members rather than just the Student Government executives.

Moreover, it was conceded in the meeting that the current plan is not sustainable and there is also no contingency plan for the new setup. We question how the university can justify moving forward with construction when it didn’t adequately prepare for the disruption the construction will inevitably cause.

We would have thought that the university would at least consider the needs of its current students before moving ahead with a plan that would so greatly disrupt the lives of the students.

We can only hope that when it comes to future construction projects, the university will be more proactive in consulting students and preparing for its considerable effects on the campus community.

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Generational differences don’t signify apathy

Technology provides a voice to the youth

Hamlin Wade

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ur generation is often scolded for being too passive. We passively sit by and let great opportunities for civic engagement carry on without us.

We are known for being self-centered and egotistical, putting ourselves before the common goal.

We are often ridiculed for being indifferent and lazy. It seems, according to the elder generations, we are letting the world pass us by while we sit in the waiting room.

There are numerous adjectives to describe the current college generation, many of which seem rather unfavorable.

We have been called the Me-Generation, the Internet-Generation

By no means do I think our generation is somehow inferior or lazier than generations past, but we are simply conditioned to live in a very different manner. and the Coddled-Generation. We have been known for our passivism and not our pacifism.

However, maybe we are just different.

Maybe we aren’t as lazy as one might think, but rather, we are simply doing things in an entirely different way.

My parents always bemoan the advent of texting. My mother constantly berets me for spending too much time on my phone and my father can’t seem to understand why I would rather text someone than “pick up the phone and give them a call.”

As the technology of our society advances, it seems obvious that the generational gap continues to increase.

In our parents’ day, if you wanted to find a friend, you would ride your bike (uphill both ways of course) to the end of the street and ring the doorbell. Or, if you were feeling particularly bold, you would dial the landline and ask Mrs. Williams if Tommy could come over and play.

Our generation has done it differently.

Instead of calling a landline, we text our friends to see what they are doing.

Instead of riding down the street, we

surf the internet and ask someone over G-Chat whether or not they want to throw the Frisbee.

By no means do I think that our generation is somehow inferior or lazier than generations past, but we are simply conditioned to live in a very different manner.

Take for example the recent flexing of social media muscles. The Egyptian Revolution was unified through Twitter.

In 140 characters or less, a nation of young adults changed their lives forever.

In fact, all the events of the Arab Spring were somehow impacted by these new devices.

Smartphones were used to track locations of individuals, Facebook protestors spoke their opinions with decreased fear of persecution and the world was able to watch YouTube feeds of the revolution in real time.

Even Wake Forest has seen the impact of our generation’s civic might.

As the parking fences went up last week, students took to Facebook and Twitter to air their grievances.

Overnight, the pictures of friends at a party and complaining about exams was replaced with images of “Mr. Hatch, tear down this fence” and toilet paper words sprawled across the chains blocking walkways.

In his work “Bowling Alone,” Robert Putnam suggests that social capital in the United States is declining. He argues that the number of civic societies and organizations are losing membership and thus the electorate is becoming less active and less involved.

Maybe Putnam is right. Maybe our generation just doesn’t care as much about civil rights and protests.

Maybe we are coddled — we’ve been led to believe that we are always going to get our way and will always receive a pat on the back, no matter how menial the accomplishment. Or maybe, we are simply evolved. The world has not stayed stagnant over the last one hundred years. Why should its youth? If we are to develop alongside the world, if we are to adopt the new technologies and new policies of our time, we must also adopt the trends and practices of our day.

Something that is new and different doesn’t automatically mean it is better or worse than the methods of the past. It simply means it is different. We should accept these evolutions with open arms and learn to be citizens of a globalized world.

Take a leap and blaze your own path for the next generation.

Just because our parents walked ten miles barefoot through snow to school each day doesn’t mean that we have to follow in their frozen footsteps.

After all, cars and snowplows were made for a reason.

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

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Cameron Atwood Guest columnist

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his past week, Wake Forest has seen the latest in a long line of questionable changes to campus life.

The recent parking debacle, which stands to permanently strip students of 350 parking spaces, is likely the single most discussed current campus issue, and with good reason.

Considering the overcrowded parking situation, which merited the drawing of several new spaces in the lot behind South Hall only a few months ago, the announcement of parking reduction could not have come at a worse time.

While, in the eyes of the administration, this may be a necessary evil in the construction of the new residence halls, students see things differently.

To the returning student facing a tuition deposit deadline in the near future, this parking reduction seems like little more than poor planning and a lack of consideration for student interests.

Prospective students may see the residency requirements and lack of convenient parking as more confining than community building.

The “informative” website linked to in the email students received stated that the administration was aware that a parking issue would be created by the construction project, but deemed it less important than the new dorms and proceeded with the plan.

Interestingly, cost of construction on a new parking deck is cited as the reason no further parking is being added to replace what is lost.

Perhaps we students are missing some vital piece of information, but this monetary explanation falls short of appeasement.

The main issue is that the funding apparently existed to construct the Barn, a new business school complex and two new dorms in a span of two years, yet none can be scraped together to replenish parking destroyed by construction.

While students certainly appreciate not having to pay higher parking costs or face yet another tuition increase to build new lots, the impact of frugality is lost when you consider how much it is costing students to construct the new dorms in the first place.

Add in the fact that many Wake students are still grumbling about the increased residency requirement that necessitated the new dorm

construction, and this all seems like a drawnout form of punishment rather than a step towards a safer and more unified campus community.

Taken alone, this parking issue is relatively minor.

When combined with the recent tuition increase, residency requirement increase, and meal-plan price jump, however these factors take on a different, more worrisome significance.

According to the university, the changes are all meant to increase safety and the sense of community.

Indeed, this is one possible reward to the new measures.

A sense of belonging to a community of like-minded peers, of truly being at home on campus, and has long been one of the greatest advantages of being a Wake student.

The problem is, the new policies may have exactly the opposite intended effect.

Prospective students may see the residency requirements and lack of convenient parking as more confining than community building.

Incoming freshmen are, for the first time in their lives, entering into a world of both freedom and responsibility.

Most of them yearn to go forth and explore their own limits, to get their first taste of living as an adult.

It is hard to imagine such freedom when faced with a three-year residency requirement and a 30-minute walk to and from your car, provided freshmen will be even allowed to bring cars at all in future years.

One bright point did emerge from all of this; a townhall meeting was held to discuss the parking situation.

While far from a direct solution, this move by the university at least demonstrates consideration for the thoughts and interests of students.

Only time will tell if this was a legitimate attempt to reach out and listen to student ideas, or merely a show put on to pacify student complaints.

Whether the multitude of recent changes realizes the community-oriented goals set by the university, plunges freshmen enrollment, or simply comes and goes without effect, it is impossible to know yet.

Much of the future depends on how well the university listens to and handles student criticism and how dedicated current students are to maintaining the sense of home that is the core of the Wake experience.

Cameron Atwood is a junior psychology major from Ennice, N.C.

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“Master Plan” needs presence of college town Drew Loveless

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ith all the hubbub regarding the construction of the new residence halls, questions are being raised about the direction in which the school is going.

As we see the Master Plan being carried out around us, a very important factor is left unaddressed.

The notion to expand the campus and enrollment will have a key impact on the social environment on campus.

In last week’s article regarding the parking changes, Associate Vice President and Chief Facilities Officer James Alty was quoted saying, “Parking at the core of campus, over time, will go away” and “The idea is to make the core of the campus more pedestrian friendly.”

These statements seem semi-contradictory when read in light of the social structure of campus.

Whether the school likes it or not, alcohol draws people off campus. If the school wants to keep parties on campus, there needs to be to alcohol outlets beyond Shorty’s.

Having access to a car is a key advantage to getting outside the bubble, and getting rid of core campus parking would further complicate students’ ability to get off campus.

At the same time, if the school is going to make the campus more pedestrian friendly, it also needs to do something to alleviate the necessity to drive everywhere.

By this, I mean have bars and restaurants within walking distance, and specifically for Reynolda Village to cater more towards a college crowd.

The path to Reynolda Village is superfluous if students don’t have any reason to go there, and, by my estimations, people only use it because it’s a scenic route for a walk or run.

Given that it is so close to campus, it seems even inappropriate for Reynolda Village to not cater to the college crowd.

A combination of dive bars, greasy spoons and slightly more refined counterparts would provide a counterweight to offset the need to park far away from your dorm — you simply wouldn’t need your car as often.

Whether the school likes it or not, alcohol draws people off campus.

If the school wants to keep parties on campus, there needs to be alcohol outlets beyond Shorty’s.

A college bar with cheap drinks would be ideal.

And as far as Shorty’s is concerned, it could be restyled in the image of the original one at the old campus.

While I would like to see this take place immediately, it may only be viable with a larger student population.

In order to have any variety or multiplicity, a larger clientele would be needed to supply the business to make the venture possible.

I think that without some type of “mini college town” within walking distance then the Master Plan may be in for a world of hurt.

With more people on campus, more people are going to go off campus.

It would just result in a more densely populated bubble than we have now.

Drew Loveless is a junior philosophy major from South Charleston, Ohio.

Importance lies in learning school’s spirit songs Kalyn Hamilton

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very year, a new group of freshmen enter this glorious community that we all call home.

They endure the relatively standard list of orientation activities with a nervous excitement and forget them all by the first few weeks of classes.

These activities, presentations and exercises fade into the dim obscurity of irretrievable memories in favor of hall mates, professor severity, Pit failures and Greek stereotypes.

And though most of these misplaced memories have no real day-to-day impact on us past those first few weeks as a Wake Forest student, I believe that there is one loss that is tantamount to punching the Deacon in the face, and it is this long-lost memory that I would like to remind you all of today: the Wake Forest Fight Song and Alma Mater.

For too long I have watched students (at least the few students who take the time to attend games and support our teams) sit idly by when they hear the Wake Forest Fight Song.

The few “dedicated and enthusiastic” students kill a calorie by standing and clapping and maybe even shouting “Go Deacs!” in the right place, but such a large majority just sit (or maybe stand) there chatting with their

neighboring friend. In my opinion, this is unacceptable: lack of participation during the fight song is not only unsupportive, but also disrespectful and embarrassing.

And when it comes to our Alma Mater, our steadfast, enduring and beautiful anthem praising the school we have all come to love and cherish, I consider it horribly inadequate that

I consider Wake Forest a fantastic university, full of life and intelligence and fantastic people. But this single shortcoming of the student body I consider one of paramount importance: one of Wake Forest spirit. all the student body can muster is “Mother, So Dear.”

George Paschal wrote our Alma Mater in 1892. I think that these eight lines deserve a little attention and respect.

By not knowing it and not participating in it (and especially leaving a game or event before the Alma Mater is played) you are turning your back on our beloved university and what it really means to be a true Demon Deacon.

I consider Wake Forest a fantastic university, full of life and intelligence and fantastic people.

Have an opinion on campus life?

But this single shortcoming of the student body I consider one of paramount importance: one of Wake Forest spirit.

Instead of supporting all our athletes through thick and thin, we only show up for the men’s Carolina or Duke basketball game. Instead of knowing and exemplifying these foundational lines to our school, we disappoint them.

So how do we define ourselves as Demon Deacons? What do we consider to be our Wake Forest student identity?

And furthermore, how can we call ourselves constant and true Demon Deacons if we do not know the foundations of our school?

How can we epitomize the values of this university if we do not herald the story?

How can we call ourselves her sons if we do not know our own humble lays? So here they are, for those readers who after reading this article will cast it aside and let it fade into another irretrievable memory, I copied the Fight Song and Alma Mater below.

I implore all of you to commit 10 minutes of your day to memorizing these few words – Facebook can wait. You have more important things to do.

Fight Song Verse 1: Oh, here’s to Wake Forest, a glass of the finest Red ruddy Rhennish filled up to the brim.

Our sons, they are many, unrivaled by any, With hearts o’erflowing, we will sing a hymn.

Cheer: Rah! Rah! Wake Forest, Rah! Old Alma Mater sons are we!

We’ll herald the story and die for her glory Old gold and black is ever waving high!

Verse 2: As frosh we adore her, as sophs we explore her, And carve our names upon her ancient walls.

As juniors patrol her, as seniors extol her, And weep to leave for’er her sacred halls.

(Repeatss)

Alma Mater Verse 1: Dear old Wake Forest, Thine is a noble name; Thine is a glorious fame, Constant and true.

We give thee of our praise, Adore thine ancient days, Sing thee our humble lays, Mother, so dear.

Verse 2: Dear old Wake Forest, Mystic thy name to cheer; Be thou our guardian near, fore’er and aye.

We bow before thy shrine, Thy brow with bays entwine, All honor now be thine, Mother, today.

Kalyn Hamilton is a junior psychology major from Stoneville, N.C.

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Gas prices not an indicator of national economy

Issue has been heavily politicized in the election Danny Wadler Guest columnist

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o answer a very pressing question I’ve been asked several times recently — yes, I remember a time when oil prices were less than two dollars per gallon.

Of course, I wasn’t old enough to drive yet, but the memory is just as pervasive.

I pulled into the gas station with my father and saw from the passenger seat a big bold number “$1.96 9/10” next to the big bold word “regular.”

This low gas price put my father in such a good mood that he offered to buy me an orange soda from the Exxon convenience store.

Now, who wouldn’t remember something like that?

It was the day before Barack Obama’s inauguration in January 2009 and the national average cost for a gallon of gas was $1.82 9/10 (which looks significantly less intimidating

than $1.83, of course). But in the three years since that glorious day of the orange soda, those gas prices have shot up to over $3.74 9/10.

Why would President Obama cause gas prices to shoot up so high?

Why did he blatantly refuse to fix our national economy?

Obama is not to blame for the recent spike in oil prices, but rather an unfortunate combination of the free market, foreign control and national dependence.

Obama is, after all, chief diplomat, commander-in-chief of the military and the leader of the free world, so naturally he must have unequivocal control over the oil market.

Okay, maybe not.

I concede that I can remember splendidly low gas prices before Obama took office, but I can remember horrifyingly high prices as well. About six months prior to the glorious

orange soda, the Exxon closest to my home was charging over $4.50 per gallon. I remember these prices well, too.

I remember seeing them and then resentfully deciding I’d never want to own my own car.

I was receiving a weekly allowance of five dollars at the time, so I wouldn’t even be able to afford more than one gallon of gas per week, anyway.

But the gas prices fell, much to my relief.

Then they rose. And then they fell again.

Now they’re on the rise once more, but my instinct tells me it’s not permanent.

The prices are fluctuating, like prices do in a capitalist society.

Obama is not to blame for the recent spike in oil prices, but rather an unfortunate combination of the free market, foreign control and national dependence.

In 1963, a gallon of gasoline cost $0.30 on average.

We’ve seen four Democrats and five Republicans in the oval office since then, and no one administration can be called singlehandedly responsible for the past 50 years of inflation.

Petroleum is a limited natural resource and the earth’s supply is quickly becoming depleted.

Until alternative energy sources are further

developed, the price of gasoline will continue to rise, regardless of foreign intervention or the global economy.

Nevertheless, politicians have made the price of gas a keystone for the upcoming presidential election.

Instead of worrying about gas prices, Democrats should emphasize the number of jobs created since November 2008, and Republicans should inform me how many of those jobs are minimum-wage positions being occupied by underemployed bachelor degrees.

The gas pump is not an indicator of either the national economy, or the quality of the current presidential administration.

It is merely an inevitable product of Adam Smith’s invisible hand.

When addressing the economy, I want politicians to tell me real information: Will I have a job out of Wake Forest?

Will I be able to attend graduate school?

Will I be paying off student loans until I’m 40?

After I vote in the general election for the first time this November, will I be able to celebrate afterwards with an orange soda?

Danny Wadler is a freshman from Potomac, Md.

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used in the Pit or an assigned portion of those swipes can be used in the Old Gold Swipe program.

“The combo meal will be of an equivalent price and appropriate for each type of venue.”

“This means that a salad and beverage from Forest Greens will be equal to a chicken sandwich, fries and a beverage from Chik-Fil-A, or a meal in the Pit.” To make it easier, signage will be developed at each location accepting the Old Gold swipe, so students can tell which establishments take these equivalency plans.

“I think it’s great that Wake is now offering meal swipes as an alternative to food dollars,” sophomore Cynthia Huang said.

“I think offering more options will ultimately allow students to choose the food they want to eat rather than be forced to eat at the Pit to conserve their money.” Other dining changes will also be taking place on campus.

The Mag Room will offer a reservation-only dinner one night a week.

Subway will be open 24/7 and will gain seating capacity of about 50 students for sit-down dining. Also, the Pit will be open 24 hours during the 10 day student exam week. Another change is the change to Shorty’s schedule.

Shorty’s will be open later every day of operation to better accommodate students’ busy class schedules and to broaden dining options.

“The other areas where students have expressed opinion are in having a meal plan that is more flexible, provides venues with hours of operations that match student habits, and “The new meal plan program is a component of our desire to meet the students’ stated expectations.”

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that provides more variety,” Wise said.

“I know the dining program is a critical component of the overall student experience. In the recent months, we have taken several steps to improve venues focused on exceeding the expectations of the students,” Wise said.

“With the addition of Forest Greens and the soon to open Moe’s, we hope we are moving the dining program in the right direction.”

“The new meal plan program is a component of our desire to meet the students’ stated expectations.”

New Options Include: Old Gold Swipes These swipes can be used for meals at Moe’s, Starbucks, Subway, Chik-Fil-A, Forest Greens, and Take Two

Late Night Options Subway will be open 24/7 Shorty’s late night grill/breakfast menu will be served 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.

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Increase in jobs may be sign of recovering economy The recently released jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that United States corporations added 216,000 jobs in February. Other data also showed that wages grew faster than the rate of inflation signifying good news for consumers, especially with gas prices rising rapidly.

The jobs report has been held up by many economists and government officials as a signal that the United States economy will soon see more growth and a return to a more normal level of unemployment.

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President of the Interfaith Youth Core, Eboo Patel, came to the university on March 1 to discuss religious diversity.

organization building the global interfaith youth movement.

He is also a frequent media contributor, an admired public speaker, and he is known across the country for his model of “building bridges” of pluralism among people of all religious beliefs.

“Everyday I’m striving to be more like Jesus,” Sonia Kuguru said, a freshman speech-goer who respects Patel’s purpose.

“Looking at a person and loving them the first time I see them will hopefully allow me to be a bridge builder one day.”

According to Patel, there are three main characteristics of a successful bridge builder: framework, knowledge and skill.

He believes that we have the correct framework if we view America as a country of equal dignity and mutual loyalty. However, if we believe one faith should dominate and all others

should suffocate – we need to open our eyes to the growing diversity right in front of us.

“It’s not always important to see new landscapes, but instead to see with new eyes,” Patel said.

Patel also expressed that having an appreciative knowledge of other people and their traditions ­­— what he calls interfaith literacy — is essential to developing the necessary skill to build bridges between people of differing faiths and backgrounds.

In order to bring about positive change, he believes that faith communities need to be involved in service like never before – and his purpose calls for everyone’s effort to come together and form the arch of the bridge, stone by stone.

“I may happen to be at the microphone,” Patel said, “but the ‘s’ on voices?

“That’s us. That’s you.

“We are the bridge builders.”

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“They are this roving, flexible, fluid foreign operation and I thought, ‘Wow. That’s amazing. That’s so cool. I’m in, we’ve got to have this,” Catanoso said.

Part of the partnership includes a student fellowship where one student from the university will be chosen to receive a 2,000 dollar scholarship to pursue an overseas project. The student must be either a junior or a senior and must propose some specific overseas project before being selected.

The applications are online and are collated by the Pulitzer Center, which allows the university to then select the winner.

“It’s an incentive for students who do have that kind of interest in global stories and global journalism to write about something that’s under-reported, something you wouldn’t hear in our news every day,” junior Yasmin Bendaas said.

The Pulitzer Center will also pair that student with a mentor who will guide the student with their project. The mentor’s involvement is designed to help encourage student writers to develop their journalistic skills.

“Because you’re starting you want to continue to be encouraged, not discouraged,”Bendaas said, “and to be able to think you can write stories on issues that people don’t hear about that are still significant, it adds to the fact that the story needs to be written the right way and the journalist needs to be put in a situation that encourages them to write.”

“It’s really significant that a student would have that kind of opportunity to take on something like a story which isn’t covered normally,” Bendaas said.

Partnering with the Pulitzer Center also offers opportunities for the university’s journalism program. The hope is that the opportunity to receive funding will attract students to the program and help build interest within the student population as well as add more connections to the journalism program.

“I am an anthropology major so I know we have a ton of research funds if I wanted to do something to continue working with anthropology,” Bendaas said, “I didn’t see that happening in journalism before this opportunity arose.”

Catanoso agreed. “We have never really gotten very much visibility. One of my goals is to raise the visibility of the journalism program and get students to understand that journalism isn’t dying; it’s just changing,” he said.

“There are lots of opportunities in these niches, both domestically and internationally,” Catanoso said, “and by affiliating with the biggest brand name in journalism, Pulitzer, it sends a signal that we’re serious and it sends a signal that this is going on.”

Journalism students also feel that the program will serve as a beacon to attract attention to the university’s burgeoning journalism program.“It gives people an incentive to look at the Wake Forest program, although it’s small, as something that has more connections outside of the school,” Bendaas

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Last year National Geographic covered the age-old ritual of child brides, a practice common in poorly developed areas of the world such as South Asia. said. The world of daily papers may not last much longer. The world of journalism has changed, but the hope for the program is that partnering with

the Pulitzer Center will establish new connections and relationships to build up the 17 year-old journalism program.

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retary Tre Easton continued reports by seeking volunteers to help with voting booths and by discussing the Student Government event on March 22,“Tell SG what you want”, a town hallstyle meeting at 7 pm in Pugh Auditorium.

Chief of Staff Hamlin Wade concluded reports by discussing the dining changes to take place next year.

As stated in the email sent out to the student body last week, these changes will include a return of Old Gold swipes, an expansion of Subway hours and seating and expansions to other

campus dining facilities such as Shorty’s, which will have extended hours of operation.

Moe’s construction is still on schedule and should be open sometime after spring break.

III. Bill 19

Bill 19, sponsored by the student body Secretary, would allow for the reorganization of the Experimental College governing structure. Namely, it would expand the size of the current executive board of the Experimental College. The bill was passed unanimously.

IV. Bill 20

Bill 20, sponsored by Student Body Treasurer V.J. Cerniglia, was the Student Government budget for 2012-2013.

The budget included allocations for all chartered university student organizations and totaled approximately $600,000.

Following some questions for the Treasurer, the budget was unanimously passed.

V. Bill 22 The Students for Education Reform brought a bill before the General Assembly asking to be

granted a charter. After a short presentation on the nature and purpose of the organization by the president and vice president thereof, as well as some questions from legislators, the charter was granted unanimously.

SG Executive Board 2011-2012 Nilam Patel, President Ben Strickler, Speaker of the House Tré Easton, Secretary V.J. Cerniglia, Treasurer Hamlin Wade, Chief of Staff

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{ NATIONAL STAGE } Davidson dancing again For the first time since 2008, the Davidson Wildcats punched their ticket for the “big dance” (NCAA tournament).

In 2008, the Wildcats’ road ended in the Elite 8 that was played in Detroit.

Davidson’s run categorized a true “cinderella story” of the tournament and were led by junior phenom Stephen Curry who now plays for the Golden State Warriors.

This year, Davidson topped the Western Carolina Catamounts in a double overtime thriller by a score of 93-91.

Although Davidson was in the lead for the majority of the second half, however, a late surge by the Catamounts pushed the game into overtime.

In the first half, the Wildcats were trailing by 12 points at one point, but they also held a 13-point lead in the second half before the Catamounts’ comeback.

Wake Forest (11-4), Valparaiso (4-7)

The Diamond Deacs kicked off a four-game series against Eastern Michigan and Marshall, including a standout performance from junior pitcher Brian Holmes who threw a no-hitter. Junior right-handed pitcher Justin Van Grouw gave up five runs in the first inning against the Eastern Michigan Eagles but settled down, giving up only one run over the next five innings and striking out three through six.

The Deacs’ bats stayed silent until the sixth inning when senior first baseman Carlos Lopez had an RBI double that scored junior center fielder Mac Williamson.

Lopez Relieving Van Grouw was junior Niko Spezial who pitched two innings, giving up one run and striking out one batter.

Junior second baseman Mark Rhine sparked a rally in the eighth inning with a single and a steal, and Lopez earning a walk. With the bases loaded, redshirt sophomore Jack Carey brought two runners home with a two-RBI single and redshirt freshman

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Junior left-hander Brian Holmes was named National Pitcher of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association after his performance.

Grant Shambley scored Lopez with an RBI single.

The runs didn’t stop there at 7-4, as sophomore Evan Stephens had an RBI single, and junior Pat Blair walked to load the bases as Rhine came back up to the plate.

His second hit of the inning, a double, scored both Shambley and Stephens, tying the game at 7-all. Despite striking out swinging, Williamson took

advantage of Michigan’s catcher losing control of the ball to reach first, allowing Blair to score the game-winning run.

Strong pitching from senior closer Michael Dimock in the ninth earned him his third save of the season and Spezial earned the win, his first of the season.

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Tournament Sinners or Saints?

Preview New Orleans is just one of many NFL teams caught for promising “bounties” for unnecessary roughness

By Bart Johnston | Staff writer

Today marks the beginning of the 59th Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, affectionately referred to as the “Granddaddy of them all,” in Atlanta, Ga. This elite status was based upon the 1953 decision the ACC made to host a conference tournament at the end of the season to determine who would represent the league in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Most conferences based their champion upon the winner of the regular season, but the Atlantic Coast Conference decided to depart from this tradition. In 1961, the bylaws of the conference were changed to reflect this perspective and the only team entitled to declare themselves “conference champion” is the winner of the March event.

While the recent conference expansion dating back to 2005 when Miami and Virginia Tech left the Big East to join the ACC has dulled some of the excitement and status of the modern ACC tournament, it is still a tournament unlike any other. The camaraderie between the fanbases, many of which have been in the same conference for over 60 years, is unmatched and the excitement of the “anything can happen” mantra sparks eternal optimism for even the most dejected and depressed fan.

The 2012 installment of the tournament promises to be no different. Despite the fact that the Wake Forest Demon Deacon basketball team has struggled this season, limping into the tournament with a 13-17 record, there is still hope that the team can go on a magical run and lift the tournament trophy on Sunday, granting the team an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.

The favorites this year hardly depart from historical trends.

The North Carolina Tar Heels claimed the regular season title by defeating their arch rival Duke Blue Devils in the conference finale for both teams. Duke snagged the two seed in the tournament and the general consensus remains that these two teams will battle it out for a third time this year in the Sunday championship game.

The other two teams to claim a first round bye, the Florida State Seminoles and Virginia Cavaliers, hope to have something to say about that. The Seminoles dealt North Carolina a crushing 90-57 blow in Tallahassee earlier this season and

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To cap off a very successful week, sophomore guard Chelsea Douglass was named to ACC All-Tournament Second Team for her efforts in helping the Demon Deacons during the ACC Tournament.

In the Deacs’ three tournament games, Douglas reached double figures in scoring during each contest.

The Rock Hill, S.C., native put up 21 points in Wake Forest’s opening contest against Virginia Tech.

Following the Douglas win, Douglas continued her strong performance by posting an impressive 18 points when the Demon Deacons upset the No. 2-seed Miami Hurricanes.

In the Deacs’ final game against Maryland in the tournament semi-finals, Douglas finished strong with a 14 point performance.

Douglas is currently Wake’s second leading scorer with an average 11.1 points per game.

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By Scott Frankel | Contributing writer An investigation by the NFL revealed on March 2 that former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams had set up an illegal bounty system for more than 20 defensive players during the 2009 through 2011 seasons.

The bounties promised financial compensation to players for big plays, such as 1,500 dollars for a “knockout” or 1,000 dollars for a “cart-off.”

Numerous sources confirmed that Williams, now the defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams, established similar programs with his former teams, including the Washington Redskins and the Buffalo Bills.

In a statement following the report’s release, Williams said “it was a terrible mistake, and we knew it was wrong while we were doing it. Instead of getting caught up in it, I should have stopped it.”

What Williams did was wrong. I don’t doubt that. However, I do question if Williams has simply become a scapegoat for a deeper-rooted issue.

Williams coached former Houston Oilers linebacker, Al Smith.

“That’s the theme across the league,” Smith said.

“It was never ‘Go blow this guy’s knee out and you’ll get paid.’ It was just football. It was a defensive mentality thing.”

Smith’s argument is clichéd but well supported.

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Deacs make strong ACC tourney run

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Prior to the start of the 2012 ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament, Head Coach Mike Petersen said that if the Wake Forest Demon Deacons could defeat Virginia Tech and Miami he did not see how the NCAA Tournament committee could leave the Deacs out of the field.

While it seemed a long shot at the time considering Miami was the No. 2 seed in the ACC Tournament and ranked No. 7 nationally, the Deacs did just what Coach Petersen ordered and knocked off both Virginia Tech and Miami on back-to-back nights to reach the ACC Tournament semi-finals.

Wake Forest, the No. 7 seed in the tournament, defeated the No. 10 seed Virginia Tech game 80-74 on March 1 in a game that was much closer than the regular season finale 68-39 beat down that the Deacs laid on the Hokies on Feb. 26.

The Deacs then followed it up with one of the biggest, if not the biggest, win in Wake Forest women’s history as they knocked off the No. 2 seed 81-74 the next day.

“We beat a great team today…and I can’t sit here and tell you that we just had this wonderful game plan,” Petersen said. “We took a really good basketball team out there tonight and beat a really good basketball team in Miami.”

The Deacs then faced the No. 3 seed (and No. 6 nationally) Maryland Terrapins, where Wake played the Terps close but fell by a score of 73-58 to the eventual ACC Champions.

To get to the chance to play the Miami Hurricanes, the Deacs had to knock off a Virginia Tech

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Senior guard Brooke Thomas leads the team in assists with 119 this year.

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Charlie Harrison Junior

By Kelley McGrath | Contributing writer With the Wake Forest men’s golf season well underway, junior Charlie Harrison has helped lead the Deacons to a third place finish in the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate Golf Tournament in Mobile, Ala. and a second place finish in the Seahawk Intercollegiate Golf Tournament in Wilmington, N.C. The 21-year-old Atlanta native balances schoolwork with the pressures of being a Division I athlete, and is confident that the team will be a powerful contender for this year’s NCAA championship run.

When did you first start playing golf?

I’ve been around the game my whole life, but I didn’t start playing seriously until freshman year of high school, which is abnormally late for someone who plays in college.

I played both baseball and golf, but they were in the same season so I ended up having to choose.

My dad and granddad are both really good, but my dad was the one that got me into it as I saw how much fun he had with the game.

What made you decide to come to Wake Forest?

I looked at a few different schools, but Wake was the total package. At some schools, the coach and players were great, but the facilities were sub par, and at some schools the players and facilities were great, but the coach would be a bit cantankerous.

Coach Haas is without a doubt the greatest golf coach, the guys on the team are my best friends and the facilities are second to none.

What makes golf different from other sports at Wake Forest?

Golf is different because practice isn’t something you loathe; we actually really enjoy it. We usually practice until the sun goes down and then go get dinner together as a team.

How has this golf season changed for you from your previous seasons with the team?

This year more so than any other year we have a deep team. I think everyone has the ability to shoot 67s or 68s, and that has definitely not been the case the last two years. In tournaments, you have what you call a “throw out” score. Of the five posted scores, you take the low four scores and throw out the fifth one.

The high this year has usually been around 74 or 75 whereas the past years it has been in the high 70s or low 80s.

What are your predictions and goals for the season?

We’ve had two tournaments so far in the spring.

We have three more regular season tournaments, and then hopefully ACCs and NCAAs. We finished third in the first tournament and third in the last event. It’s a really positive way to start spring especially since we haven’t been playing the best golf individually.

When we’re playing our best golf, we will be very difficult to beat. I definitely think we’ll qualify for the NCAA championship through regional qualifiers.

Everyone wants to win a national championship, but this year I legitimately think we have a shot.

How do you balance golf with your schoolwork as a religion major?

It’s really important as a student athlete to be good at compartmentalizing. You have to be 100 percent there on the golf course and 100 percent there in the classroom.

You have to have the ability to be in the moment, and it helps too to have professors that are friendly to athletes and understand when you have to be away.

What was your most memorable match or tournament moment and why?

During my sophomore year, in the second tournament of the spring, I had a two shot lead with eight holes to play.

It was an insanely windy day, and I let the conditions get the best of me.

I ended up playing my last eight holes eight over par to shoot six over par for the first round and three over for the tournament.

I finished in third place. It’s not a moment that most people would pick, but over time I’ve seen it as memorable because it’s taught me the importance of staying in the moment, how fast everything goes and how important it is to take things slow in situations like that.

It made me a better player. I got to see what it takes for the next time, and I won’t make the same mistakes.

What are your goals for after graduation?

I’d definitely like to turn pro. I’m planning on moving to south Florida when I graduate.

A lot of PGA Tour pros live down there, and the warm weather would be conducive to a lot of great practice.

There are a thousand ways to get a PGA pro card and I’m hoping to stumble on one of those avenues.

It’s been my dream since I was a little kid, and I can’t see myself doing anything else.

If you could play a round with any player, who would it be and why?

I would play a foursome with my dad because he’s my hero, my roommate Evan because he’s my best friend, and probably Rory McIlroy because I think he handles himself so professionally on such a big stage and at such a young age.

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Deac Notes C.J. Harris and Travis McKie receive AllAtlantic Coast Conference honors When the Atlantic Coast Conference announced the allconference teams for men’s basketball on March 5, two Wake Forest Demon Deacons were included.

Sophomore Travis McKie was named to the Honorable Mention squad. McKie is currently averaging 15.9 points per game which qualifies for sixth best in the conference.

Junior C.J. Harris earned third team all-conference honors.

Harris leads the ACC in playing time with 35.1 minutes per game.

Harris is second in the ACC with shooting 85.6 percent from the free throw line and also averages 16.8 points per game.

Cross Country and Track & Field announce strong recruiting class for 2012 season On March 5, Director of Track and Field John Millar announced the signing of six future Demon Deacons to his program.

The women’s recruits include: Samantha Jones, Meredith Kilburn, Kendal Knous, Caitlin Krol, Jessie Merckle and Sydney White. The group is a highly talented class with various strengths in different events.

Meredith Kilburn was named Gatorade South Carolina Cross Country Player of the Year.

Knous was a three-time state champion in the 600 meter event and ranks No. 10 in the nation with a time of 1:34.

Stengel makes huge impact on U.S. Women’s Under-20 National Soccer Team Sophomore Katie Stengel recently netted two goals for the United States in the U.S. Under-20 National Team routing of Cuba 6-0 on March 4.

It took just five minutes for Stengel to net her first goal of the afternoon, which put the Americans in the lead 1-0 over Cuba.

The game was the Americans’ second match as part of the CONCACAF Championship that is currently being held in Panama City, Panama.

Katie Stengel also netted a goal in her international play debut against Guatemala on March 2.

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“That’s just football” is a popular argument among die-hard fans, who don’t like to see the game softened every year by rules which are meant to protect vulnerable players.

Such comments hint to the fact that Williams’ case is unlikely an isolated one. Coaches at all levels of sports face pressure in trying to balance “winning at all costs” and “winning the right way.”

Unfortunately, the two may often be mutually exclusive.

It is a coach’s job to motivate his players to give their maximum effort.

For a football coach, that includes making sure his players fully embrace a tough and sometimes brutal sport.

Reports indicate, too, that New Orleans Saints’ Head Coach Sean Payton — a local hero in New Orleans — knew about but did not stop the bounty system.

Should the media and the public hold Payton similarly responsible for his inaction as they did the late Joe Paterno following the recent Penn State scandal?

Does this in some way tarnish the Saints’ 2009 Super Bowl-winning season?

Matt Bowen played for the Redskins under Williams. “I don’t regret any part of it, I can’t,” Bowen wrote in a column for the Chicago Tribune on March 2.

“Your [NFL] career exists in a short window… If Payton making a play to impress a coach or win a game pushes that window up an inch before it slams back down on your fingers, then you do what has to be done.”

This honest statement reflects how many players may feel – trapped. As in any hierarchical job, higher-ups have the final say.

Sure, an individual player could reject the system, but perhaps not without ruining their reputation within the league.

After all, what good is a player who’s “soft” or insubordinate to his coaching staff?

It’s easy to imagine why Bowen and other players must be hesitant to not accept a coach’s controversial tactics.

“If making a play to impress a coach or win a game pushes that window up an inch before it slams back down on your fingers, then you do what has to be done.”

Matt Bowen

Former NFL safety

Any scandal, whether it’s sports related, political or otherwise, tends to point to a scapegoat — a man to fall on his sword for the greater good.

Williams looks to be that man in this case. However, punishing him will not fix the bigger issue — that locker room mentality, where the harder the hit is the better hit, is to blame.

Researchers tack on new information each day that support troubling long-term impacts of concussions in sports.

In theory, new rules may fix concerns for injuries, but what good are rules if they are not followed?

Sports fans in our society are hypocritical. Kids grow up hearing “sportsmanship, sportsmanship, sportsmanship.”

After all, parents teach their children that sports should be fun. Somewhere down the line, the same society that preaches sportsmanship for its youth jumps up in excitement when a grown man gets “jacked up!”

Until we fix this discrepancy, there will remain more than one Gregg Williams with a professional coaching job.

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Junior C.J.Harris has made 51 of his past 52 free throw attempts and ranks second in the ACC at 85.6 percent this season.

The Demon Deacons culminated their regular season on March 3 when they traveled to Atlanta to take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Despite holding a lead midway through the second half, the Deacs could not hold on and lost 69-62 in both teams’ regular season finale.

Wake entered the contest against the Yellow Jackets looking to earn a season sweep after beating Georgia Tech 59-50 on Feb. 15 at the Joel Coliseum.

The Yellow Jackets, however, looked to end the regular season on a high note.

In the early going, the Yellow Jackets were on-target from beyond the arc with five of their first made shots coming off 3-pointers, giving them a 17-12 advantage over the Deacons.

Wake responded however, going on a 9-0 run over the next two and half minutes to take a 21-17 lead.

Georgia Tech, however, continued to shoot well from outside and used a staggering eight 3-pointers in the first half to take a 32-28 lead into the break.

The first half saw an unusual absence in blown whistles as the Deacs committed

just three fouls, with their first coming with five minutes to play in the half.

The two teams also combined for just six turnovers in the first half of play.

The Deacons came out of the locker room ready to play and opened the second half on an 11-2 run using three consecutive triples to take a 39-34 lead.

The two teams fought back and forth, but it was Georgia Tech who would push ahead midway through the half.

Yellow Jacket sophomore Jason Morris hit three of his career-high 22 points to give them a 49-48 lead over the Deacons, and from that point on they never looked back.

Georgia Tech again used their outside shooting and strong post play to pull ahead as they finished with a season-high 11 3-pointers and won by a 69-62 final.

“The difference in this game was simply the second half,” Head Coach Jeff Bzdelik said.

“I believe they had eight offensive rebounds and 20 points in the paint. When we did get them to miss, we simply Mescheriakov gave them some second chance points. That was the difference.”

Despite shooting over 46 percent from the field, the Deacs were outscored 26-3 in bench points and 17-6 in points off turnovers.

Redshirt senior Nikita Mescheriakov had 12 points, a team-high seven assists and a team-high five rebounds in his final regular season game for the Deacs.

Junior C.J. Harris led the scoring for the Deacons with 17 points including 6-6 from the free-throw line.

Sophomore Travis McKie also had a solid performance with 16 points and four rebounds.

Harris and McKie were also honored on March 5, with All-ACC accolades for their performance this season. Harris, the ACC’s fourth leading scorer, was named to the All-ACC third team and McKie, the sixth leading scorer, was named an honorable mention All-ACC. After finishing the regular season with a 13-17 record and a 4-12 conference record, the Deacons will now look forward to their return to Philips Arena in Atlanta on March 8, when they will take on the Maryland Terrapins in the first round of the 2012 ACC Tournament.

Wake enters the tournament as a No. 9 seed and will take on the No. 8 seed Terrapins in the tournament’s first matchup, with the winner taking on No. 1 seed North Carolina. This marks the first time that Wake Forest has been a No. 9 seed in the tournament.

“We’re just excited about the opportunity to play and looking forward to it,” Bzdelik said.

“We’re working hard to make sure that give a great effort not only in terms of physical, but playing the game the right way for all 40 minutes.”

The two teams last met on Jan. 11 in College Park. Md., with the Terps getting the better of the Deacs by a 70-64 score. Wake will look to avenge the loss and extend their season.

“Both teams have established an identity in terms of how they’re going to play,” Bzdelik said.

“I think both teams are executing better. Players have gained more experience. I know we’re a lot better than we were the first time around.”

Tipoff for the first round game is set for 12 p.m. on March 8 at Philips Arena.

Women’s tennis continues to struggle, drop to 1-7

By Maggie Cancelosi | Staff writer

With only three days of rest after playing the first ACC face-off of the season against N.C. State, the Wake Forest women’s tennis team hit the road with a tightly-packed schedule against No. 13 North Carolina, William & Mary and No. 42 VCU. Unfortunately, the team dropped all three of the matches. The Deacs are now 1-7 with an ACC record of 0-2.

For freshman Karen Forman the March 1 match against North Carolina marked her first dual-match singles victory at the No. 5 spot.

In a true test of endurance at the competitive ACC level, Forman defeated her opponent 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (4).

Forman’s win was the only point posted for the Demon Deacons, who fell 6-1 to the Tarheels.

The team remained resilient and fought hard in singles. No. 66 senior Kayla Duncan competed at the No. 1 spot and started off confidently by winning the first set 6-1 against her opponent, Zoe De Bruycker, ranked No. 31.

De Bruycker took control of the following matches winning 7-5, 1-0 (7).

At the No. 6 spot, sophomore Brigita Bercyte took the second set victory, but lost the tiebreak point.

On the team’s trip to Virginia on both Saturday and Sunday, the Deacs were forced to forfeit at the No. 3 doubles spot and No. 6 singles position due to the absence of junior standout Kathryn Talbert. Talbert holds a 6-3 singles record and 15-4 doubles record this season.

“Kathryn [Talbert] is a huge part of our team, and you can’t replace someone like her,” senior Kayla Duncan said.

“Unfortunately things like that happen, so it’s understandable — every-

body goes through it at some point in their life. We definitely missed her, and we definitely could have won with her, but on the other hand we fought as hard as we could with what we had, and it was a good result given the circumstances,” Duncan added.

On Saturday’s match against William & Mary, the Deacs had the repeated misfortune of a 6-1 loss. Duncan confidently defeated her opponent, Jeltje Loomans 6-0, 6-3 at the No. 1 spot.

Duncan currently holds a 12-9 season record in singles, and a 15-8 record in doubles. At the No. 3 spot, freshman Rebecca Siegler stayed focused, but dropped the point 7-6, (5), 6-3. The “Kathryn [Talbert] is a huge part of our team and you can’t replace someone like her.”

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following day, the Deacs headed to Richmond to face off against VCU. Despite still being down a player, the team tallied all three of their points in singles, all in three sets.

“This week, we’re just going to train really hard and try to focus on a few things that we can improve on from the last couple of matches, and hopefully being at home will help us as well — having the home crowd behind us, and hopefully the hard work will pay off,” Duncan said.

Coming through with tiebreak victories, Duncan and Rebecca Siegler demonstrated resilience against the Rams.

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Senior Kayla Duncan from Winston-Salem holds a 13-9 overall record this season. She is also 4-5 against nationally ranked opponents. nent Ana Bara 6-3, then fell 6-7 (8), and rallied 1-0 (8).

Posting her first win in the top half of the singles lineup, Siegler took down Daria Yakauleva 6-7 (8), 6-1, 1-0 (9).

At the No. 2 spot, senior Ryann Cutillo

moved past Alex Bara 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. The three singles victories weren’t enough, and the Deacs dropped the match 4-3.

The women’s team will play three matches over the university’s spring break, starting off with a double-header

against Brown and ETSU on March 11 hosted at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex. The Deacons will then travel to play UNC-Wilmington on March 15.

They will then return to WinstonSalem to take on Duke on March 18.

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Sophomore Chelsea Douglas was named to the ACC All-Tournament Second Team.

team that they had thrashed just five days earlier.

Coach Petersen knew that the Hokies would play a much better game in the tournament than they did at the Joel, and he was right.

Wake Forest got out to an impressive start, riding the hot hand of junior Lakevia Boykin, to lead the Hokies 19-11 at the 10 minute mark of the first half.

Unlike the game in Winston, the Hokies fought behind the shooting of Monet Tellier to close to within 21-19 at the under 8 timeout.

The teams went back and forth over the rest of the half and the Deacs led 36-35 at the half.

Making a point to get the ball inside and get Virginia Tech into foul trouble, Wake was able to stretch the lead out before the Hokies closed the gap once again and tied the game at 47.

From there, it was all about sophomore Chelsea Douglas as she ignited Wake Forest to a 61-49 lead that would prove to be just about all the Hokies could handle.

Despite getting some 3-pointers from Tellier late in the game, Wake made their free throws

and held on for the 80-74 win. From there Wake Forest was able to play Miami to get the win that Coach Petersen said they desperately needed.

It looked as if the Deacs were over-matched to the Hurricanes from the start as Miami jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead after two 3-pointers and a point-blank missed layup from senior Brooke Thomas.

Wake fought back in a hurry and took a 9-8 lead into the half, once again relying on Douglas to provide a spark off the bench.

The score was 21-19 again at the under-8 timeout when the Demon Deacons finished the half on a 17-4 run to take a 38-23 Garcia lead into the half, capped off by a sensational three-point play by junior center Sandra Garcia.

In the second half, the Hurricanes made a furious rally to take a 66-64 lead, but a technical foul by Miami’s Krystal Saunders gave the Deacs free throws (which they converted) and the ball. Behind the fantastic guard play of

Thomas, Boykin and Douglas, the Deacs would score nine of the next 13 points of the game to take a 75-68 lead that they would not relinquish, finally winning the game 81-74 to move on to the semi-finals.

Once again, the Deacs let the opponent jump out to a hot start as the Terrapins took an early lead. Wake Forest would battle back to make it 20-19 but the Terps stretched the lead out from there to take a 34-28 lead in the half.

ACC Player of the Year Alyssa Thomas demonstrated why she is highly regarded and finished the game with 18 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Terps to a 73-58 win over Wake Forest.

From here the Deacs will now await their postseason fate.

They will definitely be playing more basketball this year, but it is yet to be determined whether or not it will be in the NIT or the NCAA Tournament.

The NCAA brackets will be announced on Sunday, March 11.

Coach Petersen believes that the Deacs have done enough to make their second NCAA Tournament appearance in school history, but only time will tell if that is the case.

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Old Gold & Black Sports

Kristindottir shows vast improvement for Deacs

By Nick Weldon | Staff Writer

Photo courtesy of Media Relations

Freshman Allison Emrey finished the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate tied for 27th place at 9-over par for the tournament.

While star Cheyenne Woods has struggled of late, the story of the Wake Forest women’s golf team has been sophomore Olafia Kristindottir’s vastly improved play.

Kristindottir has cut almost four strokes from last year’s average of 79.0. Most recently, she earned a top-20 finish this past weekend at the Darius Rocker Intercollegiate, held at the Long Cove Golf Club in Hilton Head, S.C. “I was pretty satisfied with my performance this week,” Kristindottir said.

“We were playing on a course with Bermuda greens, which isn’t my strongest field.”

With a pair of 75s, Kristindottir shot a team-leading 150 and helped the Deacons to a ninth-place tie with Tennessee.

She credited her improved score partly to a recent change in equipment.

“I just started using a new Taylor Made putter, and so far it is really working well for me,” Kristindottir said.

In addition to her success on the course, the King Fisher Society recently named Kristindottir their Student-Athlete of the Week.

A prospective economics major, Kristindottir is second on the team in scoring this year and has earned three top-20 finishes.

“It was great to be recognized for doing well both in school and on the golf course,” Kristindottir said. “I was initially caught off guard by the face-toface interview, but I enjoyed the whole process.”

Freshman Allison Emrey also delivered an impressive performance at the tournament. The Charlotte native used a pair of birdies in her second round to propel herself to a 4-over 75.

She opened with a 76 on Friday and finished tied for 27th place.

Senior Cheyenne Woods rounded out the top-three for the Deacons, finishWoods ing with back-toback rounds of 76.

Despite three consecutive top-20 finishes earlier in the year, Woods has slipped recently.

She made three of her four birdies on Sunday, but also tallied six bogeys and one double bogey.

If Woods can turn around her play, she is a good bet to secure her place on the All-ACC team for the third-straight year.

Freshman Marissa Dodd placed fourth for the Deacons and 43rd overall, returning to the clubhouse with a 13-over par

175. Dropping to fifth was junior Greta Lange, usually the team’s number three seed in tournament play.

She shot an 81 on Friday and an 85 for her second round, good enough for 76th overall.

Senior Hunter Ross, competing as an individual for the Deacons, also placed 76th with rounds of 86-83.

Out of the 15 teams in the tournament, Alabama was the only one to shoot an entire round under par. The Crimson Tide tallied a 1-under 283 in the second round and captured the team title.

Second place North Carolina finished 11 shots behind them.

Stephanie Meadow led Alabama with a bogey-free 67 in her opening round.

She followed this up with a 70 in her second, finishing at 5-under par overall.

Not returning to action until March 30, the Deacons will have over three weeks to prepare for the home stretch of the season.

They then play three tournaments in as many weeks, beginning with the Liz Murphy Collegiate and concluding with the ACC Championship. In between, they host the Bryan National Collegiate.

“We have a month now to get some good practice sessions in and prepare ourselves for a tough grind,” Head Coach Diane Dailey said. “We need to try and find some consistency, and hopefully we peek at the right time.”

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“It was a great win for our team,” coach Tom Walter said.

“We had some great at bats off the bench, which is huge. Jack Carey came up with a great at bat, Grant Shambley had a great at bat, Mark Rhine had two big at bats, all off the bench, which was great to see from these guys.”

After a come-from-behind win the day before, the Deacs were back in action on March 3 against Marshall. Junior left-handed pitcher Tim Cooney, last week’s ACC Pitcher of the Week, started off the game strong, striking out two of the first three batters he faced.

“It’s easy to hit when Tim Cooney’s on the mound — all of the hitters feel much more confident, knowing that the stress level is down,” Lopez said.

Lopez continued his hot hitting streak with a home run in the second with no outs, putting the Deacs up 1-0. He would repeat this in the fourth, scoring himself and Williamson, his sixth multi-home run game of his career.

Williamson and Lopez would continue leading the offense, as Cooney struck out seven more batters and only gave up one run through eight innings, winning 6-1.

“When Timmy’s on the mound pitching well and Mac, Pat and Carlos play well, we’re going to win a lot of games,” Walter said.

Starting Sunday’s doubleheader against Eastern Michigan, the Deacs were led on the mound by redshirt freshman Chris Willson, who pitched five strong innings, striking out five and giving up two runs. Willson was helped greatly on offense by Lopez who

tied a career-high with six RBIs, along with Blair’s three-run home run and Williamson’s solo homer.

Sophomores Conor Keniry and Charlie Morgan, and freshman Kevin Jordan recorded three, two and two hits respectively to help the Deacs to a 12-3 victory.

“We got a great start out of Chris Willson,” Williamson said. “It makes it a whole lot easier to play as a hitter when you know you have pitching on the mound. You’re really not under any pressure.”

The Diamond Deacs continued later that day against Marshall with junior lefthanded pitcher Brian Holmes throwing a no-hitter through nine “It makes it a whole lot easier to play as a hitter when you know you have pitching on the mound.”

Mac Williamson

Redshirt junior outfielder

innings, only giving up one run and no hits.

“I just went out there and competed,” Holmes said.

“My arm didn’t feel the best it’s ever felt, but I just went out there and tried to do the best I could for my team.”

Morgan had an RBI single during the first to give the Deacs a 1-0 lead early on, and they never looked back, ultimately piling on four more runs from two sacrifice RBIs from Lopez and Williamson in the fifth, and Rhine contributed an RBI single and Lopez scoring on a wild pitch in the eighth

to give the Deacs a comfortable lead that Marshall couldn’t hope to match.

Holmes’s no-hitter was only the fourth in school history, and the first since 2000, earning him the National Pitcher of the Week title from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

“It’s huge [this win],” Holmes said.

“No-hitter aside, it’s just great.”

“It’s a great team win and a great weekend.”

The Deacs continued action on March 6 against Valparaiso, giving freshman right-handed pitcher Matt Pirro his first career start, going three innings and giving up the only four runs scored by Valparaiso. Sophomore righthanded pitcher Jack Fischer earned his first win of the season in the 13-4 victory, where the Deacs recorded a seasonhigh 16 hits as a team.

Lopez continued his dominance with three RBIs and two doubles, with junior Brett Armour contributing an RBI and a double and Morgan hitting two triples, the first recorded for the Deacons this season. Jordan had his first-career home run to help the Deacs to victory.

Their second game against Valparaiso on March 7 saw the Deacs win their 10th straight game.

Sophomore right-handed pitcher Nate Jones picked up the win after six solid innings where he had one strikeout and gave up five hits, with Dimock earning his fourth save of the season.

Sophomore James Harris had a home run, an unearned run and an RBI double to lead the Deacon offense.

The Deacs’ next outing is 6 p.m. on March 9 against Maryland at home, where they continue the rest of their homestand with five more games.

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Redshirt freshman Chris Willson has appeared in five games this season and is third on the team with 15 strikeouts.

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Although unlikely, surprise teams could go far in the ACC Tournament like the Connecticut Huskies did in last year’s Big East Tournament.

boast a physical lineup headlined by their multiple zone defensive scheme.

Virginia is led by super senior Mike Scott, who was named First Team AllACC earlier this week and under the guidance of third year Head Coach Tony Bennett will look to slow the game down and make a run at the title.

Perhaps the greatest criticism of the post-expansion ACC tournament is the contention that the tournament beginning with four games on Thursday has diluted the quality of play.

There might not ever be a better support of that argument than this year when four of the eight teams playing in the first round are ranked worse than 100 in Ken Pomeroy’s ranking system (Maryland, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, and Boston College).

Since the advent of Ken Pom’s statistical system in 2003, the ACC has only had three teams ever enter the ACC tournament worse than 100th, and this year there are an astounding four.

Boston College’s rank of 253 will threaten Wake’s 251 finish from 2011, the worst ever.

Despite the bleak outlook of the teams playing, there will be solid play contested and at least two teams will look to substantiate their tenuous claim to an NCAA tournament bid: the Miami Hurricanes and the N.C. State Wolfpack.

Both of these teams enter the tourna-

ment nearly squarely on the bubble and need one win, probably two, to feel good on Selection Sunday.

The Thursday matchups will pit the No. 8 seeded Maryland Terrapins against the No. 9 seeded Wake Forest Demon Deacons (who won a fourway tiebreaker to finish 9th instead of 10th-12th).

The 5th seeded Wolfpack will face off against the 12th seeded Boston College Eagles at 2:30.

The No. 7 seeded Clemson Tigers will lead off the night session against the 10th seeded Virginia Tech Hokies at 7 p.m., and the nightcap will be the 6th seeded Hurricanes against the 11th seeded Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

It is relatively unlikely that any of the eight teams taking the court today will make a run to the finals in Atlanta to claim the title, but it is certainly possible as seen in other conferences.

Last year the Connecticut Huskies were seeded No. 9 in the Big East and led by junior Kemba Walker won five games in five days to win the conference title.

Three weeks later the Huskies would end their season on the highest note of them all by winning six games in a row in the NCAA Tournament to add the national title to their mantelpiece as well.

The only thing more unlikely than one of these eight teams making it to the ACC title game is one of them making hoisting the NCAA trophy at

the beginning of April, but one can most certainly dream.

Despite the loss of the “greatest conference tournament” status over the past few years to the 16-team Big East, the ACC tournament remains one of the most elite tournaments in the nation.

This is reflected by the wall-to-wall coverage of the tournament on the ESPN family of networks, and the top names which continue to turn out to witness the event.

The 2012 edition most likely marks the final time the tournament will host 12 teams as the conference prepares to add Syracuse and Pittsburgh.

With the addition of these two teams the conference tournament may very well be back on its way to the top of the hierarchy.

Regardless of the national exposure, the media attention or the perception of the conference having a “down year,” the ACC tournament will forever be held dear in the hearts of ACC traditionalists.

Many of these fans make the yearly pilgrimage to the tournament site to live and die by their team’s chances, but also to revisit old friends and meet new ones from other teams.

The ACC tournament might not always be the greatest competition, but it will always remain unmatched in the passion exerted on the court, in the seats, and in the parking lots outside the arena where tailgating is always abundant.

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A legacy continued...

A look into the presence of historically Black fraternities and sororities on campus

By Amber Burton | Asst. life editor “There is one up by Martin Lounge, but I don’t know its name…”

A look of ignorance creeps across university students faces when asked what they know about Black fraternities and sororities on campus.

Taking the question as a challenge, students scrape their minds to recall what they know about the organizations.

A few seconds pass, and a light bulb blinks on.

“They’re nationally historic, right?”

Ignorance might be too strong of a word for this common response.

Instead, one may more accurately label the lack of knowledge as a result of limited exposure to this minority group of Greek organizations on campus.

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. all currently hold charters on the university’s campus, and all reside under the large umbrella of the National Pan-Hellenic Council, which houses the nine total historically black sororities and fraternities.

“There’s more to it than stepping and twirling canes,” junior Lomar Osbourne, president of Kappa Alpha Psi, said with a sigh. Attempting to address the uneducated student body proves to be a hard task.

Delta Sigma Theta President senior Carmen Green recalled a recent experience requiring her to inform white students about her sorority.

“I took it upon myself to educate as they looked upon the building of the garden,” Green said. “‘Let me tell you about my organization!’ I would exclaim.”

“They are not quite as visible as other organizations on campus, partly because of the size,” Jonathan Cox, assistant director of Multicultural Affairs and member of Kappa Alpha Psi, said in response to why the majority of students are so ill informed. “I wouldn’t say that they are well represented, but I would say that the members represent the organizations very well.”

Steve Hirst, director of Student Leadership and Organizations, has observed that the numbers in the three sororities and fraternities have fluctuated an average of five students in recent years.

It is easy to say that there is a difference between these historically Black Greek organizations and the other 21 predominantly white Greek organizations on campus, but putting a finger on the distinction is often difficult. The differences go far deeper than aesthetics and extend all the way back to their founders.

“Generally, historically Black fraternities and sororities were all formed for similar reasons,” Cox said. “NPHC organizations are all service oriented.

They almost all were founded in times when blacks were not readily or easily admitted into white fraternities or sororities. It was a way for students to reach out to their community.”

That being said, it is easy to see why a different group of traditions have been developed through the years.

“Stepping, for instance, goes back to African dance — there is meaning behind a lot of this stuff,” Hirst added.

“We’re all service and faith based,” senior Tesia Oliver, president of Alpha Kappa Alpha, said.

“It’s a lifelong thing, [and] it’s not going to stop once I graduate.”

“What makes NPHC organizations different than other Greek life organizations, is that when we join we pledge for life,” Cox said. “It is a lifetime commitment. This puts a different perspective on how they view their membership. You go into the organization knowing that you are committing for life.”

It is because of this “lifetime” commitment that their distinctive application process is so rigorous.

Delta Sigma Theta has the highest GPA requirement for a Greek organization at the university with a 2.75 minimum.

“Since it is a lifetime commitment, we want to make sure each and every member is qualified with recommendations and a history of community service,” Green said.

The high standards and intensity make the already small pool of typical applicants at the university even smaller.

“The organizations have pretty rigorous GPA requirements, which might be easier to obtain at other schools, but not so much at Wake Forest, which is known for their students with rigorous course loads and difficult classes,” Cox said.

“What makes NPHC organizations different than other Greek life organizations is that we pledge for life.”

Jonathan Cox

Assistant director of multicultural affairs

Members of NPHC organizations are encouraged to have a strong sense of traditional values, self and the community surrounding them in order to go forth and have the opportunity to make a difference in the future.

“I have to make sure that where I come from, that people can be on the level I am,” senior J’Taime Lyons of Delta Sigma Theta added. “I can’t take my education for granted … whatever I’m achieving is not for me, it’s for the AfricanAmericans, minorities, and low income to support the disadvantaged population. And as a Delta, every day I strive to make sure that I’m fighting for disadvantaged populations.”

The heavy commitment to service has carried over into NPHC members even after their time at the university. Jade Holmes (‘11), a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, shared that the importance of service instilled in her by the organization was one of the main reasons why she founded Purses with Promise, a non-profit organization that collects purses for women who are emerging from correctional institutions.

“I don’t have to pay for advertising because there are over 600 members in my D.C. graduate chapter,” Holmes said. “If each person brings a purse to chapter meetings, my goal is accomplished.”

While they may not be very familiar with NPHC fraternities and sororities on campus, students can acknowledge that they are hard at work helping their communities.

“It’s about so much more than your undergraduate experience,” Cox said. “The benefits you get for yourself and the opportunity to give back and help somebody else, you could be doing that for the rest of your life. The possibilities are endless.”

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Movie Theater Releases for March 9 A Thousand Words John Carter Silent House Attenberg Bending the Rules The Decoy Bride Friends with Kids

Shit WF students say “Aww, someone got you Edible Arrangements...can we soak the fruit?”

“My biggest regret in life is hooking up with someone wearing a JC Penny shirt.”

“Puppies on the Quad is on my birthday. My life is now complete.”

“Wait, when did the parking lot get demolished?”

“At least your roommate didn’t narc you out to the WFU PD. “ “I wish I didn’t have to darty today.”

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Celeb Juice: Your weekly gossip update

A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.

• Is Snooki finally growing up and leaving her Jersey Shore cast behind? It has been rumored that the reality star is pregnant and the assumed (but not verified) baby daddy is boyfriend Jionni LaValle. Photographers have also caught the star sporting rock on her wedding finger while strolling in Jersey City. It seems that there could be a wedding in the future!

• Teen Mom Janelle Evans can’t seem to keep herself out of trouble for long. The star was arrested in North Carolina after being charged with harassing an unknown person. It has been discovered that Evans also has an outstanding warrant for cyber stalking. Now that’s a whole new low.

• Lenny Dykstra, baseball legend of the New York Mets, has been sentenced to three years in a California state prison for grand theft auto. The former outfielder has been on a downward spiral since his retirement, as he has been pressed with various charges throughout the years.

Dykstra now also looks forward to facing a bankruptcy charge later in the year.

Student Union

Hunger Games Premiere March 22, 12 a.m.

The Grand Theatre

Drink of the Week Lemon Verbana Spring Fling Cocktail Midterms are over, and spring break is finally here! We deserve a toast! ½ cup fresh lemon verbena ½ a lemon 2 tbsp. simple syrup 2–3 oz. gin Club soda Combine the lemon verbena, fresh lemon juice and simple syrup in a tall glass. Add the gin and top with crushed ice on top. Top off with club soda, and garnish with a slice of lemon.

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Movie Review | Wanderlust

New comedy provides lackluster display

By Allison Cacich | Contributing writer

Nudity, pot, a crude and dysfunctional brother, nudity, a band of weirdos, a cliché plot and even more nudity.

Are you seeing a pattern here? Wanderlust, Jennifer Aniston’s latest attempt at comedy co-starring a disappointing Paul Rudd, features the two as George and Linda, a down-and-out New York couple who are forced to go live with George’s bigoted older brother Rick when George loses his job and the means to support their New York lifestyle.

On their way to Rick’s home in Atlanta, the two stop to sleep at a B&B that just happens to double as a hippie commune filled with a tiresome cast of characters, including one nudist, who became annoying and irrelevant within the film’s first 15 minutes.

It is impossible for viewers to accept this type of a world because of the absurd behavior displayed by

Wanderlust Rating | R Director | David Wain Who’s it for? | Fans of raunchy comedies Running Time | 1 hr. 38 mins.

Grade | D

these hippies, behavior that no sane person would ever tolerate.

Would you allow a stranger to watch you on the toliet?

Unless you’re in a mental institution, I would suggest you run for the hills if that ever happens to you.

Yet the nonsense-filled commune isn’t even the worst part.

The nauseating banter between Aniston and Rudd exposes a weak script that even these veteran actors can’t begin to save.

While a few jokes scored amongst audience members, most brought about a consistent feeling of discomfort that made me want to cover my eyes just to avoid the inevitable train-wreck.

In one scene, Rudd gears up for a sexual encounter by talking himself up in the mirror.

His dialogue is littered with references to genitalia, enough to make even the most unfazed human being blush.

And the repeated shot of a still-attached placenta would make any moviegoer put down his or her popcorn in an effort to keep it together.

But despite a dull and uncreative script, the acting overall is not bad.

Although she plays the same character over and over again, Aniston is a pro at making herself likeable, despite her character’s many flaws.

This was certainly not one of Rudd’s best films as his typically effortless comedic ease was replaced with a rather lackluster display.

But the two had enough chemistry to make their union believable.

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Even seasoned comedic stars Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston could not overcome Wanderlust’s weak plot and uncomfortably crude jokes.

Linda Lavin was the true scene-stealer as the couple’s uptight yet surprisingly inappropriate realtor.

She garnered the most laughs from the audience, even though her screen time totaled less than five minutes.

For those curious to see Aniston’s off-screen boyfriend Justin Theroux in action, don’t get your hopes up. As the leader of the commune, his bearded guitar-playing hippie is as stereotypical as they come.

I was half-expecting him to sleep in a tree and befriend forest insects. Oh wait, he does do that.

Overall, Wanderlust is anything but imaginative or unique. It’s just stupid. With an ending that can be predicted before the movie even begins, don’t waste your time or money sitting through this mess.

That being said, I wonder how Jennifer Aniston’s next movie will be? Needless to say, I’m not expecting much.

Music Review | Kisses on the Bottom

Beatles star delivers with a new jazz album

By Geoff Weber | Contributing writer

“I’m going to sit right down and write myself a letter,” croons Paul McCartney croons on the opening track from his newest studio album Kisses on the Bottom.

Released on Feb. 7, this record provides a very easy and relaxing listening experience.

Quite different from the classic Beatles recordings we have gotten used to from McCartney, the record covers commonly overlooked early American jazz songs while seamlessly intertwining two of his own cover songs.

In the liner notes, McCartney recounts memories of his father playing many of these songs on the piano at New Year’s gatherings, while guests at these parties would join in and sing along.

After a first listen, one wouldn’t guess this is the McCartney we have grown accustomed to from countless radio plays. This album is much more intimate and simple than one would expect from the former pop star, especially in comparison to other music being released today.

These songs are simple by nature, and the appearances of electric instruments are few and far between.

It is also worth noting that Eric Clapton appears twice on this record, playing acoustic guitar in one of McCartney’s originals “My Valentine,” and made an appearance on electric guitar on “Get Yourself Another Fool.”

As far as musicianship on the album, the producers did an exquisite job selecting musicians for the album.

Specifically, Diana Krall delivers an exceptional piano solo on “Ac-CentTchu-Ate the Positive.”

Music connoisseurs can easily appreciate the quality of the rhythm section, the accompanying London Symphony Orchestra on a few of the tracks and McCartney’s “jazz voice.”

Though not typically a jazz vocalist himself, his jazz influences are present

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Paul McCartney’s latest album Kisses on the Bottom focuses on early American jazz as opposed to his familiar (and extremely famous) British rock n’ roll roots. in Beatles songs such as “When I’m Sixty Four” off of the legendary, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

There is something for everyone in this album, further adding to its appeal.

While it provides a great, easy listening experience by itself, any of these songs would surely add a touch of class to any coat-and-tie social gathering.

Feel free to open a bottle of the

bubbly while enjoying these songs to fully embrace the listening experience.

For those with an ear for jazz, the accompanying musicians are surely top notch.

While McCartney only does vocals and acoustic guitar on a few select tracks, the soloists and rhythm section is extremely well rehearsed regardless of whether or not you have heard their names as you read over the credits.

For the audiophiles and computer nerds in the listening audience, this album is available on heavy 180 gram vinyl, as well as in a 24 bit/96khz lossless digital format (at hdtracks.com).

Of course, it is also available in redbook CD format as well as an mp3 download from online music stores like iTunes and Amazon. (Kisses on the) Bottom Line: I would recommend this to a friend.

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Life Old Gold & Black

Health Column | aWAKEn Your Health

Got milk? Exploring the many varieties in your fridge There are different types of cow’s milk: whole, 2 percent, 1 percent and skim. One cup of skim contains about 90 calories while one cup of whole has 150.

Soy Milk

Kelsey Korey Staff columnist

Remember back in the day when milk only came from a cow? No? Me either. The definition of “milk” is definitely more liberal now than ever before.

We should probably call up Merriam-Webster and tell them to exclude the phrase “mammary glands” from its current definition of the word “milk.”

There are several different types of milk available at almost any grocery store, but what exactly is the difference?

You probably understand that almond milk does not come from cows, but I want to dig a little deeper and delve into some important nutritional differences.

Dairy Milk Yes, this comes from the mammary glands of female cows. Americans consume approximately 583 million cups of cow’s milk per years, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Cow’s milk is packed with calcium and Vitamin D (one cup provides about 30 percent of the daily requirement). It also has protein and phosphorus to build strong bones and teeth.

This is a popular milk alternative for those who either can’t or won’t tolerate cow’s milk.

It’s made by soaking soybeans and grinding them with water to create a milky liquid.

Soy milk comes in all kinds of flavors including vanilla and chocolate. It is a great option as it offers protein without any saturated fat.

According to the Food and Drug Administration, soy protein may aid in the prevention of heart disease.

Unfortunately, soy milk does not contain the high amounts of calcium that cow’s milk does so make sure to purchase a fortified gallon.

One cup of soy milk has about 100 calories.

For you Starbucks lovers, the soy latte is made with vanilla soy milk and is delicious without adding any extra sugar!

Almond Milk This might be my all-time favorite kind of milk.

It’s made by soaking ground almonds and is a terrific option for those who are lactose intolerant or have dairy or soy allergies.

It too comes in flavors like chocolate and vanilla but, personally, I like the original as it has a smooth nutty flavor without being too sweet.

Almonds are a natural calcium source that makes almond milk a much better source of calcium than even cow’s milk.

It’s extremely low in calories and saturated fat (original almond milk has between 40 and 60

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Milk no longer just comes from a cow. Learning the differences among various types of milk can benefit your health while surprising your taste buds. calories per cup). The only bummer is the lack of protein and B vitamins you can get from soy and cow’s milk.

stead containing healthy, monounsaturated fats.

Unfortunately, rice milk offers only one measly gram of protein per serving (compared to the eight grams in cow’s milk) and is a carbohydrate.

Yes, cow’s milk is also a carbohydrate, but rice milk offers twice the amount of cow’s milk. One cup contains about 120 calories.

I hope I cleared up some of the mysteries behind all the different types of milk.

If you just can’t decide which one to try first, I suggest switching it up. Each variety offers its own health benefits. Be adventurous!

You can’t go wrong here with all of these great choices.

Rice Milk I have to be honest and tell you I’ve never tried rice milk. I’ve heard mixed reviews. What I can tell you is that it’s made from ground rice and not thick like cow’s milk.

Rice milk comes in a vanilla flavor and is more commonly found on the shelf than in the refrigerated section of a grocery store. It’s a great option for dieters as it has no saturated fat, but in-

Sex Column | Spring Break

Never fall in love on Spring Break: typical scenarios encountered

By Morgan Schutte | Staff writer

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that next week is spring break. For many students this means a week of endless drinking, dancing and promiscuous sex, or at least a few good DFMOs (dance floor make outs).

One of the best parts about spring break is being surrounded by thousands of other college kids who do NOT go to Wake Forest. It’s a whole new social scene. Most of the people don’t know anything about your past and don’t care about your future.

All of these factors help to create the perfect environment for three kinds of sexual escapades: the one-week romance, one-night stand or the flirtatious tease.

The “One-Night-Stand” The one-night stand is pretty selfexplanatory. It’s one night with one person who you’ll never see again. To be honest you may never even speak to them again, but you’ll always have that night. This type of interaction is prefaced with lots of alcohol and some friendly encouragement from your less-than-sober friends.

A one-night stand scenario will most likely unfold like this: you make it to the club, you spot a mysterious hottie across the room, and something clicks.

You’re locked in on your target, and suddenly you decide you won’t be going home alone. First things first, play like a champion. The person you’re on to is most likely on your level so be confident.

You want to get the person’s attention without being an annoying spaz.

The spaz move will most likely send him running into the mosh pit away from you. Stay cool.

Make a pass, and make sure that the person sees you. This can be achieved with a flirty wink, a boob adjustment, a seductive smile or maybe a nonchalant bicep flex.

Once you have the attention, don’t be awkward, be friendly. Say hi and if you’re feeling it, move things to the dance floor. Boys, don’t go right in for the kiss. That just seems desperate.

Girls, make him work for it. I’d say wait at least 60 seconds before lip locking. Your body can do a lot without the help of your lips and the longer you grind the better the kiss will be.

So things are going great, you’re feeling it, and you’re ready to move things along. Hopefully your friends are all having a great time and aren’t ready to leave.

If you’re planning on heading back to your room then you want to beat them back so you can have the room to yourself. If your room’s not available there’s always the beach (bring

a blanket), the pool or maybe even a bungalow.

WARNING: These scenarios should definitely be approached with condoms. While one random night can be fun, there are also consequences that you might not want to deal with.

These include and are not limited to: babies, STDs, regret, disappointment, emotional trauma and a potential stage five clinger.

The “Sling” Let’s move on to the second and perhaps less promiscuous one-week romance, also known as a “sling,” or steady fling. This type of romance begins at the beginning of the week.

You meet someone during the day and you really enjoy hanging out with them because they are fun, sexy, tan and so much more.

Before you know it you’re crushing like a sixth grader. You spend the week getting to know each other.

You’ll probably end up having some pretty steamy kisses and may even climb into bed. It’s definitely as serious as things can get for spring break.

When the week is over you’ll text and FB chat, but things will eventually fizzle out.

These flings are fun but remember, you came to Spring Break to hang with your friends.

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What other time in your life will you be surrounded by thousands of college students who are also making bad decisions?

You don’t want to regret ditching them for some random guy or girl who, in the end, really won’t matter.

The Flirtatious Tease Last but not least is the flirtatious tease. These are the most innocent relationships because they never get intimate. You meet someone, you flirt, you joke, you may even share some sexual caresses, but that’s as far as things go.

This may be because you are too preoccupied taking shots with your friends to worry about an insignificant guy or girl. However, you may have a boy-

friend or girlfriend that you left back home, and this is the most you can do without troubling your conscience. Be careful here.

If you’re really into someone at spring break but have a significant other back at school, make sure you don’t get yourself into any awkward situations.

It’s just not worth it, and if you think it is then you probably should be single and ready to mingle. No matter what kind of relationship you stir up over spring break, make sure you are being as safe as possible. And always remember that sexiling your spring break roommates is just rude.

Fashion Column | Discovering your personal style

Finding inspiration all around you for a unique fashion style

By Chakayla Taylor | Staff writer

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Use anything around you to encourage your own fashion style.

Fashion Week 2012 was a standout event that displayed most of the winter and spring trends.

Fashionable men and women paraded around the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts combining modern trends with their own personal styles.

Merging what’s popular and what’s chic, Fashion Week 2012 created a winning combination of personal and tailored styles.

Creating a look that’s all your own while making a statement is an easy route to follow. Use these tips to find your personal style and become the stylish, college chic-men and women we all know you are!

Trust me, there are no rules or limits when it comes to fashion. In fact, rules dilute the fashion process. In order to find your own style, you must disregard what others say and just do you, meaning if you want to sport a fur vest with a pair of leather scalloped shorts with Jeffrey Campbell Tardy boots, then go for it!

If fashion designers like Marc Jacobs or Betsey Johnson looked for approval from their friends and family, their careers would have ended a long time ago. First things first, find inspiration for your personal style. This could be anything! For instance, I love Frida Kahlo, a Mexican painter with a style of her own.

An iconic image that I hold close to my heart is her 1938 French Vogue magazine feature.

Kahlo was the representation of artistic women who mixed cultural traditions with their personal take on fashion.

This is the most important tip to consider when searching for what you consider to be your personal style. When finding inspiration you do not have to limit yourself to what’s popular or what’s trending. Throw trends out the window when making your own personal style statement.

In the great words of Yves Saint Laurent, “Fashion fades, style is eternal.”

You have to connect and understand what interests you. Some great advice would be to create an online lookbook or scrap book full of images that inspire your personality.

These images can be from Google, underground fashion magazines or even art or political magazines. It’s all about the image you want to convey for yourself. Never do things to make others comfortable, as this is a recipe for unhappiness.

Ladies, ladies, ladies, and men, please know your body type. A size 10 squeezing into a size two is never sexy. Be comfortable with your body type and dress it accordingly. Fashion is not limited to any size!

Finding gorgeous fabrics and different cuts that complement your figure are a sure way to turn heads. Many people who search for what’s “fashionable” or “what’s in” believe you must show cleavage or hips, but the sexiest thing about a well dressed individual is confidence.

Once you continue to sharpen your fashion eye, it will be easier to figure out what works on your body and what just doesn’t. Confidence speaks volumes with whatever you wear.

Even if you wear a pair of PINK sweats and Michael Kors sneakers, when you know you

look good, everyone else will think so too! The best addition to any look is a side of strong confidence. Though public opinions do not matter, it doesn’t hurt to have others believe in your strong personal style.

Fashion is more than a materialistic matter, it is an expression of your personality and personal outlook on life. Fashion is an outlet that allows you to be true to who you are and leave insecurities behind.

Fashion is an ever evolving industry, meaning your inspirations will continue to grow as your personality develops. The Internet is a treasure trove of inspirations, so there are endless possibilities that will help you cultivate your personal outlook on what’s cool.

The beautiful thing about fashion is that you can be anyone you want to be at any day.

Whether you are mixing and matching prints with the beautiful inspirations of spring and summer or rocking an incredible thrifted pair of leather slacks, fashion is all about what you love to wear. Follow what you think is hot, trending or all around awesome.

Never be afraid to wear what you think is cool! Never let go of your staple items, as they have the most character and will add dimension to your personal style.

Let loose and embrace what others may think are strange. When you take the time out to evolve inside and out, this is something others will begin to appreciate about you.

Aspire to be different, dare to dream outside the box and be uniquely you!

B8 Thursday, March 8, 2012

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PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC

Feature | Student recording experiences

Seniors Grant Livesay and Stephen Shepherd share insights from their recording experiences

By Lauren Friezo | Contributing writer

How many of us secretly cling to a childhood dream of being a recording artist? Whether you love singing in the shower or hard core air-drumming while driving, there’s no debate that the opportunity to record music is one that many of us would kill for.

If you’re like me, when you think of recording an album in a studio, you picture gold-plated walls with platinum record plaques adorning them, a fully stocked buffet table and a shiny diamond encrusted microphone.

Well, at least that’s what I used to picture, before I got the inside scoop on the real world of recording. Truth is, those who picture recording as a fabulous and effortless feat may be surprised that it takes a little more grit and a little less glam.

Believe it or not, two members of the Class of 2012 have had experience in recording music, and I sat down with them to get the low down on what really goes on in the studio… or in the dorm room.

Senior Stephen Shepherd recently had the opportunity to record in Atlanta’s Tree Sound Studios. He played the drums while his good friend, Andrew Makepeace, recorded vocals. Shepherd, who also had preconceived notions of recording, was surprised by some aspects of the experience.

First off, he said it took an entire hour to set up 15 to 20 microphones around his drum set and the recording room (FYI: none of them were diamond-encrusted). Before he spent time in the studio, Shepherd defined recording as “the process of performing straight through a song.”

Yet after only an hour in the studio, he reformed his previous definition.

Recording is “the process of creating the sounds that you want as envisioned by a composition.”

I was surprised when Shepherd told me that different parts of the song are recorded separately and at different times. “The grand piano was ‘laid down’ first. Two takes were recorded

of each song’s piano part, and we went with the best take,” Shepherd said.

“Then that recording was fed into my earphones and the bassists’ earphones while we played through each song about four times.”

The more I learned about recording, the more challenging a process it seems. Shepherd said he and his fellow musicians were lucky to have been rehearsing their parts for many weeks, which enabled them to make it through the full songs with little error.

The more Shepherd told me about his recording experience, the more I began to wonder if the artists we hear on 102 JAMZ go through similar challenges in the studio. I mean nowadays, I can’t be in the car with my dad without him complaining about “autotune” and repeatedly remarking that Lil’ Wayne’s rap verses are not real music.

When I asked Stephen if he encountered any “musical help” while recording, his answer surprised me once again. Stephen said that though he was expecting a lot more “unfair” enhancement of the songs from the engineer, he instead noticed that most of the enhancement centered around recording everything correctly. For example, he could go back and add hits or sounds that didn’t turn out quite right, but in the end, he had to do it for himself.

Stephen’s experience was so eye opening that it even went so far as to change how he listens to music today. “Listening to many songs on the radio, I can now tell that many artists may be singing over themselves two, three or even four times subtly in the background of a song,” Shepherd said.

Senior Grant Livesay is another Deacon who has had experience with recording music.

Unlike Shepherd, the setting for his musical escapades did not take place in a professional studio, but rather in his own dorm room (in Huffman, to be exact).

When recording in his dorm, Livesays’s challenges start even before music

gets involved. He often has trouble simply trying to find enough space to fit several guitars, a bass, keyboard amps, an electric grand piano, numerous synthesizers, multiple laptops, drum machines, microphone stands and zillions of cables in his stuffy Huffman basement single (which also contains a bed, chest of drawers, desk and a little micro-fridge that Livesay describes as “chatty and anachronistic”).

Luckily, Livesay said that space is no match for the unadulterated enthusiasm brought in by the recording artists he works with. Livesay even suggested that not being in a professional studio environment invites those involved to let loose.

I mean, wouldn’t you feel more comfortable belting “Rolling in the Deep” in your car than in front of the one and only Adele herself?

Livesay totally agrees, and says that being in professional studio environments can occasionally be very intimidating, especially for younger artists who are new to the scene.

The issues that Livesay dealt with are a bit more rudimentary than Stephen’s.

For example, they didn’t have anything to do with the quality of the recording artists, but rather with “random noises” that included (but were not limited to) screaming hallmates, slamming doors, nearby toilets flushing, passing cars outside, and occasioned sounds of fornication emanating through the university’s paper-thin walls.

But Livesay, who sees the glass half empty, believes the background noises added an undeniably collegiate and youthful aesthetic to the songs he recorded.There’s no doubt about it — recording music is hard work. But there’s also no doubt that great music knows no boundaries.

Whether in a professional studio or in your very own dorm room, awesome collaborations can occur, and Stephen Shepherd and Grant Livesay are two of our very own who can prove just that.

Photos courtesy of Stephen Shepherd and Grant Livesay

Seniors Stephen Shepherd and Grant Livesay both received eye-opening looks into the recording industry.

Abroad Column | Portugal

Trip reveals Portuguese resilience despite economic crisis

By Josh Garrett | Contributing writer

Portugal is my favorite European country — cheap, multicultural, architecturally delicious, rich in history and rife with crime and drugs. I love it.

Consequently, I opted to spend my entire first break traveling around the other Iberian country.

I flew into Lisbon last Friday, March 2, and Hugo (remember him from Venice?) and I left for Viseu the same night. Viseu, an ancient city, claims close ties with Viriathus, who led the Lusitanian people in their struggles against the Romans before he was infamously betrayed by his own men.

Hugo and I ducked in and out of cathedrals walked around the winding cobble stone streets of the historic city center, and toured the Grão Vasco Museum, but the real highlight of the trip, the place we spent the most time and money was Lanxeirão.

Lanxeirão is a restaurant not far from Hugo’s apartment in Viseu that is simply without comparison. Lanxieras cost one euro and are basically chicken and sauce or ham and cheese rolled up into thick, doughy bread and baked.

We probably ate close to 20 each the two days we were in Viseu, and we bought some before we left to eat for dinner.

Needless to say, they didn’t even make it to the highway.

Making our way back down to Lisbon, we stopped in Bustos to have dinner with Hugo’s mother.

I had really been craving mashed potatoes because, like most Americans, potatoes are the staple of my diet.

Since I’m Hugo’s mother’s preferido, she willingly cooked mashed potatoes and pork chops for me.

She also served whipped bacalhau with potatoes, but I’m not big on fish, especially since Dr. Ribisl, professor of Health and Exercise Science, has been showing us documentaries about how much mercury is in fish, how unsustainable fishing has become, and so on.

After dinner, we played Sueca with his mother and niece, ate dessert and washed it down with some Bailey’s.

It was a good night. We left Bustos for Batalha, a short drive that seemed like a lifetime, because Hugo decided to sing along with Celine Dion for two hours, without any reprieve for me whatso-

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By leaving his new home abroad in Venice, Garrett discovered the eye-opening benefits of staying in less-than-luxurious accommodations with people who see the best despite Portugal’s depressed economy. ever. Batalha, one of 13 world heritage sites in Portugal, was built after the Portuguese reestablished their independence from the Spanish.

The unfinished chapels and the tombs of the Portuguese kings are absolutely amazing. We took hundreds of pictures, none of which quite capture the beauty of the late Gothic structure.

Opting to stay in picturesque Landal for the evening, to facilitate travel to Alcobaça and Óbidos, we journeyed through the hilly, rustic terrain of central Portugal.

Hugo was on the phone with João, whose house we were staying at in Landal, so thankfully I was spared another Celine concert.

João warned us that the house had been closed for almost a year, but we had all three Ice Age movies and were ready for a night in, regardless of the house’s conditions — well, that was before we arrived.

I’m not going to lie: when I turned on the faucet and no water came out, I was ready to go.

I kept looking for the bedroom, opening doors that only housed brooms and dust, before realizing there was just a living room/kitchen and a bathroom, and I was in no mood to sleep in a chair.

The spider that was used in the film Arachnophobia chasing me out the bathroom sealed the deal.

Hugo and I packed up his recently unpacked car and headed to the modern comforts of Western living awaiting us in Mafra.

Mafra, famous for its massive convent that almost bankrupted Portugal in the 18th century, is now where Hugo calls home. We went out with his friends in Lisbon — in the neighborhood of Bairro Alto, of course — went to the beaches close by and guided some fellow Casa Artom resi-

dents around the livelier parts of the Portuguese capital.

I enjoyed my trips more than words can express.

I am exhausted, but it was definitely worth it. I met so many genuinely nice Portuguese people, and I’m starting to develop a greater appreciation for the Portuguese people.

Their country is in a major financial crisis, their salaries are pitifully low, families are being split as many leave for better opportunities in Brazil or Angola but the Portuguese remain friendly, hopeful and welcoming.

They continue to live life.

I think they are a resilient people, capable of amazing feats — independence from larger neighboring Spain, monuments such as Batalha and the monastery at Mafra, lanxieras — and I think that Venice and the Venetians need to step up their game. Ate logó.