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Deacon profile: outgoing president Jordan Monaghan Page 3

Opinion: Republican Party is unprepared to properly govern Page 8

Men’s Tennis holds #1 Page 11

Explore the guide to local drink deals in Winston-Salem Page 18

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Part of the fun of the annual D.E.S.K event is the joint participation by students and local elementary school students in designing and painting desks to send home with the participants. In addition to the uniquely painted desks, individual students are also given school supplies to help them succeed.

D.E.S.K. welcomes local students to campus An annual philanthropy event, D.E.S.K invites elementary school students to paint the school desk of their dreams

BY MARIE CAHALANE Contributing Writer cahama15@wfu.edu A warm, spring morning on Davis field quickly turned into a colorful, busy day as elementary school students arrived on campus with inspiration in hand. As the children approached Davis field, their visions of uniquely designed school desks transformed from paper to reality.

On March 29, D.E.S.K., one of the largest annual philanthropy events on campus, took place, sponsoring 43 students of a local Winston-Salem elementary school, Old Town Elementary, and raised over $2,000 for the school.

D.E.S.K., an abbreviation for Discovering Education

through Student Knowledge, is an event of Wake Forest students in which teams of students sign up to sponsor an individual elementary school student and create a desk with the unique design of their choice.

Elementary school students are asked to complete an application process and are ultimately chosen by their schoo based on behavior and attendance. One student, Christian, 7, said she was nominated by her classroom teacher to be a part of D.E.S.K. After arriving on campus on the day of the event, the students of Old Town Elementary were individually greeted by their assigned teams. They were presented with an empty desk that would soon be painted with their dream design with the help of their team.

“It is so cute watching their imagination flow by designing their ‘perfect’ desk,” said Sarah Averbuch, a sophomore on the planning committee for the event. “We hope that by providing students with desks and school supplies, they will be encouraged to improve their study habits at home.”

There are few guidelines to the students painting their desks, some painting animals, unique designs, names and sports symbols. However, most of the unique desks represent significant symbols in the student’s lives.

“This is one of the best days ever,” said Esdras, a 5th grade student of Old Town Elementary, while students painted his desk with tacos and a collaborative design of the American and Mexican flags representing his family.

Also present at the event was a bouncy house, pizza donated by Papa John’s, popsicles, games, music and karaoke, which brought nothing but smiles to the kids faces.

Not only did the students of Old Town Elementary get a freshly painted desk to use at home, they also received school supplies to go along with their desks, which were donated by the students and the money raised by the teams.

See D.E.S.K, Page 5

Faculty senate pushes for employee equity University responds by offering living wage toGraylyn and Aramark employees

BY BECKY SWIG, Print Managing Editor swigrr15@wfu.edu

BY ERIN STEPHENS, News Editor stepec14@wfu.edu

Last week, the Old Gold & Black wrote an article regarding janitorial staff positions being outsourced to the Budd Group starting this July.

Since the piece was published, new information has surfaced. Professors David Coates and Alan Louden met with the administration on March 30 to raise some concerns and gather more information on

the changes coming into effect. Chief Human Resources Officer Carmen Canales was also present.

“The biggest thing is that the university seems to be accepting responsibility by putting pressure on contractors [to treat their employees fairly],” Coates said. Nonetheless, custodial staff are still uncertain of their job security.

This meeting is one result of a year-long effort on behalf of faculty, staff and students to create a sense of fairness among our campus community. The conversation began among the group, Wake Forward, which usually meets once a month to focus on campus and community issues in Winston-Salem.

See Outsource, Page 4

Deacon profile: outgoing president Jordan Monaghan Page 3

Opinion: Republican Party is unprepared to properly govern Page 8

Men’s Tennis holds #1 Page 11

Explore the guide to local drink deals in Winston-Salem Page 18

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Part of the fun of the annual D.E.S.K event is the joint participation by students and local elementary school students in designing and painting desks to send home with the participants. In addition to the uniquely painted desks, individual students are also given school supplies to help them succeed.

D.E.S.K. welcomes local students to campus An annual philanthropy event, D.E.S.K invites elementary school students to paint the school desk of their dreams

BY MARIE CAHALANE Contributing Writer cahama15@wfu.edu A warm, spring morning on Davis field quickly turned into a colorful, busy day as elementary school students arrived on campus with inspiration in hand. As the children approached Davis field, their visions of uniquely designed school desks transformed from paper to reality.

On March 29, D.E.S.K., one of the largest annual philanthropy events on campus, took place, sponsoring 43 students of a local Winston-Salem elementary school, Old Town Elementary, and raised over $2,000 for the school.

D.E.S.K., an abbreviation for Discovering Education

through Student Knowledge, is an event of Wake Forest students in which teams of students sign up to sponsor an individual elementary school student and create a desk with the unique design of their choice.

Elementary school students are asked to complete an application process and are ultimately chosen by their schoo based on behavior and attendance. One student, Christian, 7, said she was nominated by her classroom teacher to be a part of D.E.S.K. After arriving on campus on the day of the event, the students of Old Town Elementary were individually greeted by their assigned teams. They were presented with an empty desk that would soon be painted with their dream design with the help of their team.

“It is so cute watching their imagination flow by designing their ‘perfect’ desk,” said Sarah Averbuch, a sophomore on the planning committee for the event. “We hope that by providing students with desks and school supplies, they will be encouraged to improve their study habits at home.”

There are few guidelines to the students painting their desks, some painting animals, unique designs, names and sports symbols. However, most of the unique desks represent significant symbols in the student’s lives.

“This is one of the best days ever,” said Esdras, a 5th grade student of Old Town Elementary, while students painted his desk with tacos and a collaborative design of the American and Mexican flags representing his family.

Also present at the event was a bouncy house, pizza donated by Papa John’s, popsicles, games, music and karaoke, which brought nothing but smiles to the kids faces.

Not only did the students of Old Town Elementary get a freshly painted desk to use at home, they also received school supplies to go along with their desks, which were donated by the students and the money raised by the teams.

See D.E.S.K, Page 5

Faculty senate pushes for employee equity University responds by offering living wage toGraylyn and Aramark employees

BY BECKY SWIG, Print Managing Editor swigrr15@wfu.edu

BY ERIN STEPHENS, News Editor stepec14@wfu.edu

Last week, the Old Gold & Black wrote an article regarding janitorial staff positions being outsourced to the Budd Group starting this July.

Since the piece was published, new information has surfaced. Professors David Coates and Alan Louden met with the administration on March 30 to raise some concerns and gather more information on

the changes coming into effect. Chief Human Resources Officer Carmen Canales was also present.

“The biggest thing is that the university seems to be accepting responsibility by putting pressure on contractors [to treat their employees fairly],” Coates said. Nonetheless, custodial staff are still uncertain of their job security.

This meeting is one result of a year-long effort on behalf of faculty, staff and students to create a sense of fairness among our campus community. The conversation began among the group, Wake Forward, which usually meets once a month to focus on campus and community issues in Winston-Salem.

See Outsource, Page 4

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“ It is important to have fairness for all campus employees This column represents the views of the Old Gold & Black Editorial Board.

As Wake Forest students, we often go about our weekdays in a mildly self-absorbed bubble. We hop from one class to the next, maybe even without looking up from our phones in between. In this bubble, we often fail to notice everybody who helps our world turn and keep our campus consistently ranked as one of the most beautiful in the country. The university and the student body would not be upholding the values of Pro Humanitate if they weren’t advocating for all members of the staff, those who keep the university running smoothly, to be paid livable wages and designated equal opportunity.

Recently, the Old Gold & Black has covered the increase in outsourcing janitorial — specifically the day porters — positions to the Budd Group, a third-party group that will allow the university to “lower operational costs and ultimately minimize staff turnover, while capitaliz-

We commend the Faculty Senate in their efforts in advocating for fair wages ... and are happy to see dialogue between the senate and the administration." ing on the efficient service levels the Budd Group has provided,” according to John Shenette, the associate vice president of facilities and campus services.

While outsourcing jobs to third-party groups does transfer responsibility of payment of livable wages away from the university, we believe that any direct or contract employee of Wake Forest should still be earning a liveable wage.

Although the Faculty Senate has been pushing for a wage of $11 an hour and has accepted the $10.48 an hour wage the administration has guaranteed for all direct employees. While the details of what will happen with contract employees and

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the current day porters of the university are still uncertain, we believe that it is crucial that any employee, whether directly employed by Wake Forest or contracted by a third party organization like the Budd Group, Graylyn or Aramark, earns a living wage.

Minimum wage of $7.50 an hour is not enough for one to sustain theirself.

Employees should not have to work on a campus with the amount of wealth and fortune that Wake Forest has and live below the poverty line.

We commend the Faculty Senate in their efforts in advocating for fair wages for all employees and are happy to see dialogue between the senate and the administration. In the recent weeks, there has been dialogue between the two groups.

While it is a tricky and complicated situation, the fact that the issue is being addressed in some form shows progress,

even though we are still at the start of the journey.

The Old Gold & Black appreciates the efforts that the Faculty Senate are making as we have grown to get to know the staff who clean our office and Benson as a whole.

We hope that all day porters of the university will be able to remain employed either by the university or the Budd Group after the Budd Group takes over the day porter positions starting July.

In the coming weeks, we encourage the Faculty Senate and the administration to continue discussing the issues at hand and listen to one another.

While it is important to do what is best for the school financially, it is also important to protect all employees and guarantee a living wage.

The only way we can make progress is if we work in conjunction with each other.

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Deacon Profile: Jordan Monaghan

BY HEATHER HARTEL Social Media Editor harthf15@wfu.edu Upon the close of his time as student government president, Jordan Monaghan is able to reflect on his many accomplishments both as a graduating senior and as the head of student government. His achievements in this role include registering individual students to vote, passing a resolution regarding paying campus employees the minimum wage and establishing the Winston-Salem presidents council with student government presidents from surrounding schools.

His final act as president? "As a surprise I'm actually introducing a resolution next week that designates me as presidentemeritus for the rest of my life. I'll be back, I'm not leaving ever."

What are the greatest lessons you learned as president?

I learned a lot during my time, but I think learning the importance of speaking to people that don’t agree with you.

It kind of ties into the general theme of making sure that there’s all types of voices at the table when a decision is being made. For me specifically, in addition to making sure there’s different types of voices there, it’s making sure I’m talking with people who don’t think the same way I do and putting myself in situations where I will be challenged by people who don’t support the same ideas and initiatives. Instead of walking away from these challenges and being disappointed or dismayed, having them really helped me discover what it is I’m truly passionate about.

For example, two of the things we did this year that were controversial were the sanctuary campus resolution and the just employment policy resolution. Specifically for the sanctuary campus resolution, I went into meetings with people who were very strong supporters of it and at that time I didn’t really realize how important it was. I didn’t really get the significance. I had to go in with an open mind and understand where the supporters were coming from.

Similarly, I had to go into meetings with others who were vehemently against a sanctuary campus and I had to allow their discontent and dissatisfaction to allow me to better understand why I was so passionate to do what we could to become a sanctuary campus. I was able to walk away with clearer reasons why I supported those decisions, but it was definitely challenging.

What is your greatest accomplishment?

In the conceptual realm, I feel like we did a really great job as an executive board of really introducing student government to issues that haven’t been discussed before in this space.

Specifically, under representation of marginalized groups on campus, introducing different opportunities available and bringing in representatives from other groups on campus.

For me, all of these efforts helped increase our legitimacy on campus; it showed student government is willing to engage in many different issues and that we can address the needs of

both undocumented students while also deciding what kind of toilet paper should be used in various facilities.

In terms of more tangible accomplishments, I did a lot of the things on my platform that I was really proud of. I loved the Winston-Salem President’s council, the voter registration, but there are so many other things that the council as a whole were able to accomplish that I’m so proud of.

Do you have any regrets from your year in office?

I mean, with a position like this, there’s always regrets.

There are always things I wish I had said or done differently.

For me there will always be the regret that I hadn’t done more.

Last week there was a panel called “Out of Wake” that I was moderating and a question was raised asking what Student Government could do to help the LGBTQ community.

For me this was one of those moments where I realized that in the past we never had specific programming focused on different marginalized groups on campus. I think it definitely relates to the fact that we’re typically an administrative body where we pass resolutions, but we don’t develop much programing. In that moment I realized maybe we should be more involved in sponsorship of groups for marginalized groups on campus, which relates to us injecting ourselves into more controversial aspects of campus.

What do you hope your legacy will be?

I would love for my legacy to be that I was able to be really open to any student that had a problem or an issue they wanted brought to the floor of student government. I would love for my legacy to be someone who really challenged the organization to help every single member grow in both professional and personal aspects.

I would also love for it to be that I was someone who was both Jordan Monaghan the president and Jordan Monaghan the senior. It was an interesting dichotomy to navigate and I have worked my hardest to show that I can be professional and get work done. But at the same time you have to let yourself have fun and relax. We’ve really tried to help people in student government understand that it’s totally acceptable to relax at Wake Forest.

Is this similar to what you think your legacy will be?

In terms of what I believe my legacy will be, it will probably be a fairly outspoken, pretty liberal, political president.

I think the engagement with politics that I brought to our organization was pretty bipartisan in terms of voter registration; I personally registered 29 individuals and our organization hosted individual voter registration events. I think I will be remembered as making the organization more focused on issues that really matter throughout the country.

How has being president changed you personally?

Being president has both aged me 50 years, while simulta-

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neously making me feel like a five year old every day. I mean it instills in you the motivation and excitement to really see things change, whether that be the addition of a new Old Gold at Chick-fil-a or a larger conversation about the future of the university I have been invigorated to no end.

At the same time, endless meetings and nights in Benson 304 until 3 a.m. have definitely taken some years off my life , but it’s a very harrowing experience. It’s really kind of shown me the dynamic nature of leadership in that there are important distinctions between when to lead from the front and when to allow others to go before you.

It’s really shown me that I need to be in politics. I can’t not want to occupy some kind of position that will impact other’s lives. I think being president has introduced me to the incredibly lucrative life that is public office, in that the power I have in this chair is power that can be harnessed to enhance the lives of students. This incredible influence has drawn me to pursue the concept of politics in my life and in my study.

Being president has emphasized my passion for speaking for those who feel they don’t have a voice.

I have also become more of a realist in the best way possible.

It has helped me understand the real parameters that exist around institutional and cultural change that can impact the student body. I have been forced to really set my focus on tangible goals. I could go on for hours about what I’ve learned as president, but ultimately it’s just allowed me to realize why I’m passionate about what I’m passionate about.

The last thing I want to say is: thanks. It’s been an incredible year to be the president of a student body, and I would not have the commitment or the passion for this position if it wasn’t for the student body and those I am able to represent with this office.

POLICE BEAT • Subject was charged with underage consumption, possession of a fake ID and resisting an officer at Last Resort. The report was filed on March 27 at 3:32 p.m.

• Subject(s) removed a laptop, phone and wallet from a study room in Worrell.

The report was filed on March 28 at 2:10 p.m.

• Subject removed cash from an unlocked room in Collins. The report was filed on March 28 at 6:46 p.m.

• Students were charged with underage possession at Last Resort. The reports were filed on March 28 at 8:52 p.m., 8:54 p.m., 8:55 p.m., and 8:56 p.m., 8:57 p.m.

• Students were charged with underage possession at Big Winston Lounge. The reports were filed on March 28 at 8:53 p.m. and 8:55 p.m.

• A student was charged with possession of two fake IDs at Last Resort. The report was filed on March 28 at 8:57 p.m.

• WFUPD responded to a call of drug paraphernalia reported in a student's room in Johnson. The report was filed on March 28 at 1:41 p.m.

• Subject(s) removed a HDMI cable from an unlocked room in Worrell. The report was filed on March 30 at 1:30 p.m.

• Subjects removed a banner outside the Kappa Kappa Gamma lounge in Dogwood. The report was filed on March 30 at 6:03 p.m.

• Subject(s) damaged a gate outside LJVM Coliseum. The report was filed on March 30 at 7:22 p.m.

• An offender had consumed alcohol underage in Davis. The report was filed on March 30 at 10:46 p.m.

• Subject(s) took a pencil box containing a calculator from a lounge in Luter.

The report was filed on March 30 at 11:25 p.m.

• Subject(s) removed an unlocked bike from Efird. The report was filed on April 1 at 3:39 p.m.

• Offenders got into a verbal argument in Lot P/Efird. The report was filed on April 1 at 9:01 p.m.

• WSPD requested assistance with investigation on an incident in Magnolia.

The report was filed on April 2 at 4:34 p.m.

• Offender was in possession of marijuana that was in plain view in Magnolia.

The report was filed on April 2 at 9:06 a.m.

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Outsource: administration addresses concerns Continued from Page 1

The question of janitorial staff pay is a concern that focuses on the intersection of these issues and has since been brought to light by the Faculty Senate.

“We’ve kind of taken these issues that we began with Wake Forward and brought them into institutionally recognized and established bodies to negotiate with the administration,” said Dr. Simone Caron, a professor of history and faculty senator.

During the meeting it was announced that starting Aug. 1, 2017, Aramark and Graylyn full-time and part-time employees will start to earn a living wage (at a minimum) of $10.48 an hour as opposed to the minimum wage in North Carolina of $7.50 an hour.

While the Faculty Senate asked that all employees of the university earn a wage of $11 an hour, $10.48 an hour is a positive step, according to Caron.

Aramark and Graylyn do not currently anticipate to decrease the number of employees due to the increase in wages.

However, there is no confirmation that the Aramark and Graylyn employees who were already earning a higher salary than the living wage will keep their salary or have it reduced to the living wage.

“Some people have been here a really long time and are making $13.50 an hour, we would like to clarify if they’re going to keep that,” Caron said. “They were afraid that they would go back to minimum wage, so at least we know that is not going to happen.”

While the Faculty Senate has brought these issues to the attention of the administration, after last week’s meeting it appears that the administration is trying to do the right things for its employees.

“From what we’ve been negotiating with them, there seems to be a lot of miscommunication,” Caron said. “We have people who are petrified of being fired, people telling us that they didn’t hear about any of this, and we have administrators saying that they have had numerous meetings and invited these workers to come.”

This meeting on Thursday was an at-

tempt to clear up any miscommunication and receive confirmation that custodial staff employed by the university would not lose their jobs and that the Budd Group would pay it’s workers a living wage.

While it is not yet confirmed, the implication is that all Budd Group employees who work at Wake Forest will earn a living wage.

Additionally, the hope is that each Wake Forest custodial employee will have a smooth transition once the Budd Group takes over the day porter jobs in July. They have been invited to a job fair and are encouraged to apply for the day porter positions contracted through the Budd Group, but there is no guarantee that they will receive these positions.

Not only did the meeting bring up what is happening, but why. The argument for contracting Budd Group workers is that there is a lot of turnover with custodial staff positions and Wake Forest does not have the resources nor time to train new people, while the Budd Group does. Caron commented on this.

“We don’t have a problem with that as long as Budd Group employees are treated fairly. They also need to make a living wage — we don’t want to be in a position where we’re going to protect the people that we have now but we’re still going to be a tiered system.”

Caron emphasized the necessity of protecting current direct employees of the school but also doing the same for any new staff that is contracted by the Budd Group. Coates echoed this, but also questioned why nothing has been done before.

To ensure future accountability, the faculty senate is asking for two things.

The first is that the chief human resources officer come before the faculty senate during the annual report that is currently delivered by the provost and chief financial officer. The second is for the university to create an office of corporate social responsibility.

“It’s a good thing that the task force is pressing the issue, but shocking that it should be necessary in the first place,” Coates said. “This is just the beginning.”

Wake Forest Debate Team continues winning streak Wake Forest Debate finds success at both the ACC Debate Championship and the National Debate Tournament

ment. The team went undefeated, defeating the University of Miami in the finals. Mitchell finished as the ACC’s top overall speaker, while Tomasi finished second.

Tomasi was also on last year’s winning team.

The topic for the debate was “Resolved: The United

BY NATALIE WILSON States Electoral College should be abolished.”

News Editor “I thought that the topic was excellent,” Tomasi said. wilsnh15@wfu.edu “It wasn’t difficult to research since there are solid arguments on both sides of the issue. We switch sides each After advancing to the final four at the National De- debate round, so some debates we argued against the bate Tournament, Wake Forest Debate also claimed its Electoral College, and other debates we argued for it. third-straight title at the ACC Debate Championship at That’s one of the most enlightening things about debate the University of Miami on Sunday, April 2. This victory as an activity.” marks the program’s longest ACC title streak.

This year’s tournament featured teams from 11 ACC Sophomore Adam Tomasi and junior Brent Mitchell schools, including Boston College, Clemson, Duke, represented Wake Forest Debate at the ACC tourna- Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh.

“The tournament hosts did an excellent job, and it was a pleasure to see old and new faces,” Tomasi said. “The tournament has its own tradition, including speech format, and it occurs after the regular season, so competing there was exciting in a very special way.”

Additionally, Wake Forest Debate’s top team of junior Charles Athanasopoulos and senior Corinne Sugino made it to the final four at the National Debate Tournament championship, hosted by the University of Kansas, on March 28. The team was undefeated in its first eight rounds and the top seed before losing to the team from Rutgers who would go on to win the final round of the championship.

“My favorite part of the NDT is the adrenaline,” Sugino said. “You get butterflies in your stomach knowing your debate career could end at any moment. Some people hate it, but I thought it made everything more exciting. “ Athanasopoulos and Sugino were also both ranked as top 10 speakers.

“Being in the final four and a top-ten speaker was really cool,” Sugino said. “When you’re in [eliminations], the whole team is working to win. Those who aren’t competKatie Cowie/ Old Gold & Black ing are helping their teammates with research, and we Brent Mitchell claimed the first place title in the ACC couldn’t have made it as far as we did without them. “ debate championship and AdamTomasi finished second.

Wake Forest Debate also holds the record for most

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Corrine Sugino and Charles Athanasopoulos ranked in the top four at the national debate championship. consecutive top-ten rankings in the National Debate Tournament results of any team in the nation, a streak which lasted from 1988-2002.

The program also had four previous final four finishes at the tournament in 1955, 1993, 1994 and 1995 and two finals appearances in 2006 and 2009. Wake Forest Debate won the overall titles in 1997 and 2008.

Athanasopoulos and Sugino qualified for the tournament through an automatic bid after being ranked the first and second place speakers overall out of over 300 individual competitors at the 2017 Northwestern Debate Tournament and almost winning against Harvard in a close final round. This type of “first round at-large bid” is only awarded to the top 16 teams in the country for that season.

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Desk: Donations give students desks and supplies Continued from Page 1

However, a difficulty that comes with the planning of D.E.S.K. is the transportation of the freshly painted desks to the individual students’ homes.

After the event last year, many desks were unable to be delivered to the individual students, as the parents lacked means to transport them from the school to their homes. Therefore, the children did not get to enjoy the personalized desks that they spent all day painting. The desks that were not able to be delivered to the participants were donated back to D.E.S.K. and repainted at the event this year. The leadership team plans to alleviate this issue by assisting families who cannot come retrieve the desks themselves.

“The desks were brought to Old Town Elementary directly after the event,” said Amanda Davis, Co-Chair of Event Planning.

“Families will pick them up there at their convenience, but the leadership team will help any families who have problems getting the desks home after the next few weeks” Old Town Elementary is lacking supplies as basic as No. 2 pencils. Wake Forest students were able donate the customized 43 desks to these students in addition to an incredible about of

school supplies through the money donated and raised for the event. Individual teams donated money towards school supplies for their sponsored student as well as a collective tilt that collected money from donors outside of campus, raising over $2,000 for Old Town Elementary as a whole.

The event was successfully run this year by three dedicated juniors, Hannah Huffman, Callie Randall and Dan Griffin, with the help of their executive board.

“I think often times Wake Forest kids get stuck in the bubble of campus and the monotony of school routines, and D.E.S.K. provides a way for students to make a real difference in the city around them,” said Huffman when asked why D.E.S.K. is such an important event.

Huffman also elaborated on how appreciative the students and their families are for the opportunities the desk represents for the future of their education.

“D.E.S.K. is one of the most education-centered philanthropy events Wake has, and as an institution of higher education I think it’s important for us to encourage children to succeed and to give Isabel Ballou/Old Gold & Black them role models to look up to early on as an example of how far Old Town Elementary students had the freedom they can go with their education.” to paint whatever they wanted on their desks.

Quad renovations promote energy efficiency The university is taking steps to reduce energy consumption and ameliorate efficiency

BY LANA METROPULOS Contributing Writer metree13@wfu.edu Students often attribute the rise in tuition to the renovations of the Quad residence halls, but what they do not realize are the strides Wake Forest is taking to reduce energy use and become a more sustainable campus.

The most recent completed renovation took place in Kitchin Hall, and as a result of improvements is more efficient in terms of overall energy consumption.

“Kitchin feels fresh, secure, put together, just nothing seems wrong with it,” said sophomore Mike Yurgelun, a current resident there. “I have no complaints.”

“We’re looking for anomalies,” said Doug Ecklund the Building Systems Manager at WFU. “There’s always an opportunity to do something better.”

While students enjoy living in this newly renovated residence hall, they do not realize the long lasting implications these improvements can have on the environment. Some students may take a class or two on sustainability, but many are not exposed to the reality of climate change.

According to the Public Library of Science, more than 70 percent of primary energy used in education buildings in the U.S. is used for heating, ventilation, air

conditioning (HVAC) and water heating.

If universities nationwide took steps to reduce their carbon footprint, we could be a part of the effort to slow the warming of our planet.

“Students are constantly wanting to move into the newest residence hall just because it has new facilities and they don’t care about the energy conservation,” said senior Sarah Landis. “Things that directly affect people are what students are going to notice more.”

“Maybe if Wake had some sort of requirement to take a class on sustainability, students would become more aware of how their actions directly affect the environment,” said senior Daria Ruiz.

According to World Wide Energy, lately many college campuses are changing over to LED lighting because it not only cuts utility costs, but also provides brighter lighting increasing the safety of students walking during nighttime hours.

“The interior lighting is LED, which uses very little electricity, has a one year payback period, and has a 10+ year life meaning we’re throwing away less light bulbs,” said Ecklund in regards to energy consumption in Kitchin.

There is occupancy sensing for these lights, which is important because students tend to leave their lights on when leaving their rooms not recognizing the impact this may have long-term.

“I lived in Poteat pre-renovation, Kitchin’s twin building, and remember a lot of people going to bed with their hall lights on,” said Ruiz.

units, the installation of reduced flow showers and fixtures and the ability of facilities to adjust room temperatures remotely during breaks.

Landis described her experience living in Kitchin pre-renovation as the air being damp so residents would request individual dehumidifiers, and remembers her suitemate having an insect problem.

“The air quality was improved with the installation of basement dehumidifiers and the re-insulation of attic spaces, building piping, and ductwork,” said Ecklund in regards to the renovation. “The university does a lot to prevent mold growth.”

Ecklund explained the Direct Digital Controls (DDC) that is connected to central campus and how it helps facilities monitor and control the efficiency of each building. In each mechanical room there are steam, water, and electric meters.

Lana Metropulos/Old Gold & Black “The retrocommissioning of building These blue meters measure and systems on campus is coming soon, an initiative to bring back design specificatrack water usage in gallons. tions and to operate as originally intend“Before and after the renovation during ed,” said Ecklund about the future of this occupied periods, Kitchin is showing a 19 campus and sustainability.

Although the sustainable efforts are not percent reduction in energy use that can be attributed to the enhancements in the being recognized as much in residence halls as in food locations such as the Pit, building,” Ecklund said. “Our goal is to it is a matter of time and spreading awareanalyze the buildings closely and focus on ness for more students to under the implithe worst ones.” cations and take action.

According to Ecklund, other improve“I’m glad these renovations can encourments made to reduce energy consump- age students to act in a way that reduces tion are the installation of variable speed our energy usage and therefore helps the fans on the room heating and cooling environment,” Yurgelun said.

WAKE IN A WEEK QWake: Coming Out at Wake Time: April 6 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Location: LGBTQ Center, Benson 311 QWake is a safe and welcoming conversation space for PGBTQ+ students at any stage in the coming out process.

The group will discuss topics from self-discovery and selfacceptance to coming out in various social circles.

Wake Archery Renaissance Faire Time: April 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Location: Waterfall Field The Wake Forest Archery Club will be holding a Renaissance Faire fundraiser as they did last year. There will be games, food trucks, various vendors, and a raffle for a bow and a set of arrows.

Let’s Talk Trump: A Dialogue Series Time: April 10 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Location: Farrell A48 This is the continuation of a dialogue series about education, immigration, healthcare, economics, law and order and other topics in the context of the Trump administration.

Resist: Poems Included Time: April 7 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Location: ZSR 404 Poems of resistance will be read by authors LC Williams, Donald Beagle, Jill Crainshaw and Sam Gladding. Books will be available for signing and sale after the readings.

Holi Time: April 8 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Location: Manchester Plaza This South Asian holiday, the Festival of Colors, marks the beginning of spring and new starts. Powdered color will be thrown around so be prepared to get messy.

Explorations of #NoDAPL Time: April 12 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Location: DeTamble Auditorium, Tribble The resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline has been widely framed as an environmental conflict. This talk will explore other things at stake for the Standing Rock Sioux.

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Dance crews put new spin on old music Five student dance groups celebrated cultural difference together through performance

BY NATALIE WILSON News Editor wilsnh15@wfu.edu

A new staff group, The Get Down Professionals, and five student crews danced for a packed and cheering Brendle Recital Hall in the third annual spring dance showcase on Sunday, April 2 at 6 p.m. This year’s theme was “Throwbacks” and while admission was free, audience members were encouraged to donate to World Relief’s refugee location efforts and “DANCE: I Do It for the Kids,” an initiative to buy toys for Brenner’s Children’s Hospital.

“This started out as a dream a few years ago with hardly anyone in the seats and now to see how big it’s gotten, and to hear how excited people get when the dance show is mentioned is a blessing,” said senior Bradley Singleton, the recruitment chair and previous treasurer for Ritmo Latino, the student Latin dance group.

The show allows the multicultural groups to share a stage and creates a dance crew community.

It is organized and co-hosted by Celina Alexander, the assistant director of the Wake Forest Intercultural Center and a recently graduated student each year.

“Celina has done an amazing job forming a dance community on campus” said senior Hannah Dobie, president of Deacon Dhamaal, the student Bollywood fusion dance team. “If it weren’t for Celina, our dance groups would not have an annual event to help plan, be a part of and perform for.”

In addition to performing their individual sets, the performance groups came together for an opening and closing number.

The show began with Beyonce’s “Crazy in Love,” with each dance crew performing to their own section of the song. It ended with a compilation of songs and choreography that had the dancers learning entirely new styles of choreography and performing with each other’s groups. This is one of the dancers’ favorite parts of the show.

“Every year the show prep gets smoother and

smoother,” said senior MacLean Lessenberry, president of Momentum Crew. “This year’s rehearsals were the best yet.”

Deacon Dhamaal performed first. Shortly after the set began, there was a technical difficulty that caused a problem with the music. The group remained confident and excited, however, and the performance went on with smiles and without a hitch to audience applause. Deacon Dhamaal’s dance, which was choreographed by Aparna Sivakumar and Ruchika Khot, was fun and upbeat and meant to emulate the spring season and Holi festival. It featured recently popular and recognizable songs from the Bollywood genre.

Lost In Translation, or L.I.T., a dance team devoted to the representation of contemporary Asian popular culture, danced to two complication sets during the show, which included both American throwbacks, Asian pop hits. The group’s performance also included chair dancing and even a humorous dance to “Gangnam Style” where one crew member wore a mask.

Ritmo Latino, founded in 2011, also performed two sets during the show, which both included partner dances. They danced to a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” and the male dancers wore sparkling gloves with their costumes. Alexander also serves as the official staff adviser for Ritmo Latino and other groups. She and the dancers choreographed their set collaboratively.

Momentum Crew, a performance-based hip hop team dedicated to inclusion and studying urban dance technique, actually performed their competition set for the season, which was choreographed by a Momentum Crew alum, Sean Taylor, with current head choreographer, Abby Jones. The set is food themed, including songs like “Chicken Noodle Soup,” “Collard Greens,” “Peaches & Cream,” “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” and a remix of the “beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes, chicken, turkeys, rabbit — you name it” song that went viral during the fall of 2016. One dancer even wears a banana suit.

“We wanted a fun theme that was cohesive, but would let us stand out against our competition,” Lessenberry said. “We threw around the idea of a ‘food’ theme as a joke, but then we all ended up actually really loving it so we went all out with everything.”

Setting the Groove, a group of tap dancers founded in 2011, performed a set of excerpts from five Stevie Wonder songs — “For Once in My Life,” “Signed, Sealed, Delivered,” “Sir Duke,” “I Wish” and “Superstition” — to fit the show’s “Throwbacks” theme.

“I immediately thought that we had to do Stevie Wonder,” said senior Janelle Thomas, the group’s president and choreographer. “I really love the intros to all of Stevie Wonder’s songs, so it was important to me that we kept some element of each

of those. Then it just came down to finding good phrasing to end with and cutting each song to be roughly 50-90 seconds, to make a six minute set.”

Thomas choreographed the first and last songs, along with a more challenging piece for the middle of the set. She worked with sophomores Maddie Jones and Morgan Eaves, who each choreographed one of the other two songs, to piece together the group’s choreography, with individual dancers also creating and improvising their own solos.

“We all had our own songs and didn’t have to worry about trying to match another person’s style,” Thomas said. “We all got to do our own thing, but it still all fit together as a set.”

The Get Down Professionals crew also performed and featured staff from the Intercultural Center, provost’s office, department of communications, office of the dean of the college, office of the dean of students, residence life and housing and three campus fellows — the fellow for campus life, fellow for OPCD and the fellow for Wake Downtown.

The show ended with a closing number that allowed dancers to choose to participate in choreography with any of the five student crews. Each dancer participated in at least one other group’s piece, allowing dancers to branch out and try new styles of dance and creating a really unique experience for the audience.

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Writing center debate designed after March Madness Various authors participated in a competition modeled after the NCAA tournament, March Madness

BY LILLIAN JOHNSON Staff Writer johnlg16@wfu.edu

The Writing Center sponsored an event called March Miscellany Madness on Tuesday, March 28. Inspired by the hype of the NCAA March Madness tournament, 16 authors went head-tohead in a bracket-style battle.

Ryan Shirey, director of the writing center, acted as the announcer for the evening. The first event of its kind, Shirey said that the tournament was intended to be treated “like watching basketball, but more intellectual.”

Typical game-day snacks, like chips and dip, were served for an added touch.

To help people discover new authors who they might enjoy, the 16 authors selected were ones who are not widely known — which is why the event was called “Miscellany Madness.”

In addition to being unknown, the readers chose authors with whom they had a personal connection. English professor Jenny Pyke, who read from author Samantha Hunt, said, “It was so wonderful to have this other space outside the classroom to talk about literature in a personal way and see the meaning that authors have to people.”

Authors “won” and stayed in the tournament based on popu-

larity determined by the audience. Little remote clickers were distributed to audience members so that they could vote electronically for an author.

Before the tournament began, Shirey reminded audience members that voting was “not a question of your friend” or “who reads with the most dramatic flair.” Instead, the audience was encouraged to vote based on which author whose work they would like to read more of.

Audience members were also provided with randomized brackets. They could fill it out in advance or keep track of winners as the tournament progressed. The flip side of the bracket listed the authors and recommendations for their work by the readers.

A mix of faculty, staff and students read the authors’ works.

Each reader was allotted a couple of minutes to read their selection of their author’s work, explain a bit about their author and their work, and what the author means to mean.

In keeping with the basketball theme, the readers were jokingly told to stay inside the semi-circle at the front of the ZSR auditorium.

The first reader was Omaar Hena, a professor in the English department. He read work from Derek Walcott’s A Far Cry from Africa. Unfortunately, he lost out to Maya Marks, who read a part of a poem by Richard Siken.

Many of the outcomes were close calls. At the end of Round 2, what seemed impossible happened — the vote came to a perfect split of 50-50. The tie occurred between poet Nikky Finney, read

by Allison Thompson, and novelist Edwidge Danticat, read by Stephanie Bennett.

Luckily, a tiebreaker rule had been prepared beforehand. Each reader had to spontaneously choose a line from their author’s work to read and then votes were re-cast. Danticat ended up

winning and moving onto the Final Four. Samantha Hunt, read

by Pyke, faced Danticat in the Championship Round. Hunt won in a landslide with a score of 95 to 5. For her win, Pyke received a book.

Those in attendance spoke highly of the event. For law student Koren Hardy, she relished the opportunity of being exposed to literature that wasn’t required for her classes.

“I really appreciated that I got to experience prose and poetry again,” Hardy said.

Sophomore Hannah Goodwin echoed the feelings of discovering unknown authors that people have personal connections with.

“I enjoyed learning of so many different authors all in one place and seeing that so many people felt the same way as me,” Goodwin said.

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The Writing Center hosted the event in a March Madness style bracket.

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Macbeth cast embraces the challenge of Shakespeare Theater students portrayed one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies in a more modern, contemporary setting

BY JULIANA MARINO Staff Writer marijt16@wfu.edu “Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble,” chant the three weird sisters as they await the arrival of the prophesized king — the one and only Macbeth.

For the Wake Forest community, the wait is over. Macbeth has arrived on campus.

The theatre department invites the community to join the cast of Macbeth and watch as a noble and revered warrior transforms into a corrupt and murderous king. Last Friday, March 31 was the opening night of the production of Macbeth.

“The show is set in 20th century,” said senior Philip Kayser, who plays Macbeth. “We all tried to bring a more modern sensibility to our characters, so that the production would be accessible to college students.”

Instead of following a traditional Elizabethan-style production, Director Brook Davis chose to create a contemporary portrayal of the play. Davis, not wanting to give too much away, described some of the production’s unique elements: unconventional witches, a set with striking design elements and Hecate, a character cut from the original play.

The choice of the spring play is a departmental decision, and this year, the theater department was looking to do a tragedy.

“Macbeth is a tragedy with a lot of great female roles, which is hard to find in Shakespeare’s plays,” Davis said.

“The play also raises interesting conversations about power, leadership, and responsibility to others.”

Auditions were held in early December. Cast members spent winter break learning their lines to prepare for rehearsals six days a week starting in January.

“Shakespeare is a pretty big challenge,” Kayser said. “We did a ton of work with our text coach to understand all the language clues. Shakespeare’s language provides clues about how you should act your character and we all spent hours mining the text for those clues to create the best portrayals of our characters.”

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Although this version is a 20th century adaptation, basic plot lines of the Shakespearian tragedy Macbeth still stand, teaching viewers lessons of leadership, grief, greed and morality.

One of the main themes Davis wanted to highlight to the audience was leadership. Hanging outside the auditorium doors is a giant black poster that reads, “What does leadership mean to you?”

Underneath the question are responses from each cast member, describing how they think their character views leadership. Audience members can join the conversation by writing their own responses on sticky notes and hanging their answers on the poster.

Davis and the cast want to continue this conversation off stage. After the final show on April 7, a discussion, Trag-

edies of Character: Leadership Lessons from Macbeth, will be held in SCALES at 9:30 p.m. Participants will explore the themes of the play, raising questions such as what can we learn about leadership and character from one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies, how might ambition, greed and power corrupt the character of leaders, and who are the “prophets” and “witches” of our time?

“I look forward to attending the performance and discussion afterwards,” said freshman Kathleen Bashur. “Both are a great opportunity for students to analyze Shakespeare outside of the classroom.”

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Sophomore Anne Peyton Brothers, who plays the role of Hecate, has her makeup applied by the members of the costume staff (left), while the rest of the cast is displayed with descriptions of their roles in the theater department, aspirations and other activities on campus.

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Wil(cox) Be Right| Change of Power

“ Party is unprepared to govern The Republican After eight years of waiting to take over the presidency, Republicans are still unprepared Amanda Wilcox Staff Columnist wilcaf16@wfu.edu

Following national security adviser Michael Flynn’s resignation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal from the Russia probe, a confidant of the president told Politico that “[Trump] is tired of everyone thinking his presidency is screwed up.”

Free advice, President Trump: The best way to disprove perceptions that you’re screwing up is to stop screwing up.

He won’t, though, and his party certainly isn’t helping him. While a plurality of the problems that currently plague our government trace back to the Tweeter-inChief, the broader Republican failure to make meaningful policy progress — despite controlling Congress and the White House — predates Trump and his manifold inadequacies.

The party that gave up hard thinking in favor of empty opposition is in charge of governing and they have already choked.”

Ironically, the GOP’s most beloved practice, gerrymandering, may well be the party’s tragic flaw.

Following the 2010 census, Republican state legislatures across the country created ideologically hegemonic districts with few dissenters.

This protected the Republican majority in the House of Representatives but also brought about a class of congressmen for whom reelection is so sure that incentives to compromise are nonexistent. These congressmen were not elected to govern but to inhibit governance; for them, obstruction has overtaken ideas.

Perhaps no one can summarize the stumbling blocks of the GOP better than its head cheerleader, Speaker Paul Ryan.

“We were a 10-year opposition party where being against things was easy to do. You just had to be against it. Now, in three months’ time, we tried to go to a governing party where we actually had to get 216 people to agree with each other on how we do things.” It was, he said,

“the growing pains of government.”

The statement shows admirable introspection on Ryan’s part. For the past eight years, the philosophy of the Republican Party was defined by indignant talking points and unrelenting ideological opposition to President Barack Obama’s agenda without a coherent agenda of their own.

As a party, they haven’t passed substantive legislation since 2005. They made few compromises with Democrats and only when necessary to sidestep government shutdowns. Sometimes, they couldn’t do even that.

Now, however, the party that gave up hard thinking in favor of empty opposition is in charge of governing and they have already choked.

For years, they protested the Affordable Care Act vehemently promising that something better was just around the corner. Trump leapt aboard the train during his campaign. “I’ll repeal and replace with something terrific,” he noted in July.

But Ryan failed in whipping votes for the half-baked American Health Care Act, which was introduced and withdrawn in a span of just 16 days and achieved the remarkable accomplishment of uniting much of Washington — though in this

case, in opposition rather than in support.

Republicans had seven years to develop an alternative to Obamacare and the end result was the worst of both worlds; enough like Obamacare to alienate the Freedom Caucus and weak enough to deprive millions of Americans — many of them working-class Trump voters — of health coverage. This legislative belly flop was no “Better Way,” Speaker Ryan.

It was an irresponsible and ignorant version of the old laissez-faire system of healthcare complete with the gouging of big pharma and insurance companies. In the words of Rep. Alan Grayson, “if you get sick, die quickly.”

Obstruction does not constitute an agenda and unless the GOP has a serious wakeup call, the country will be left with both a Congress with no capacity to govern and a president incapable of governing.

It is possible that sinking approval ratings will force Congress to govern. It is possible that the White House will learn to lead.

It is possible that tomorrow, rain will fall upwards.

Certainly, Americans and the rest of the world must hold our collective breath and pray that nothing irrevocably awful transpires. And we must wait for the elections of 2018 and 2020 to set things right.

SCOTUS ruling“on intellectual disability is monumental Tried and Drew| Supreme Court

There is now a legal precedent regarding mental disability and the death penalty Drew Finley

Staff Columnist finlag15@wfu.edu

Many groups are overlooked in the American political context and the intellectually disabled are certainly no exception.

In the aftermath of the election, there was much talk on the left and the right about different people who have been left behind or feel like their government does not represent and speak for them, but very little discussion was devoted to those who face tremendous challenges to even fit decently into mainstream society.

The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities notes that people who are intellectually

It hardly seems reasonable that a man should have to die because evaluators used outdated medical standards...” disabled suffer “significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior,” which means that “many everyday social and practical skills” are decidedly difficult for them.

The challenges that people with intellectual disabilities face in this country are many, but a much narrower issue that the Supreme Court decided last week concerned the use of outdated medical standards regarding intellectual disability to determine whether a person is exempt from execution.

In a 5-3 ruling, the Supreme Court held in Moore v. Texas that the use of such standards violates the Eighth Amendment’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment.

The result was a victory for Bobby James Moore, an intellectually disabled Texas inmate who faces the possibility of the death penalty. He will now get a

chance at a new sentencing since the Supreme Court ruled that the state court applied the wrong standards to conclude that he was not disabled and therefore could be executed.

But the ramifications of this decision extend far beyond Moore’s case.

In deciding that states cannot adhere to out-of-date standards and instead must seek out guidance from current ones, the Supreme Court redefined intellectual disability from a legal standpoint.

Before this case, there was no uniform specification which mandated that states have to look for guidance from current medical standards. Now there is, and that marks a noteworthy shift in the Court’s Eighth Amendment jurisprudence.

The holding is part of a larger story of the Supreme Court’s developing understanding of cruel and unusual punishment and it draws upon a case from 15 years ago which stated that the intellectually disabled cannot be executed even if they have been convicted of murder.

However, Justices Roberts, Alito and Thomas dissented in the Moore case last

week. They asserted that the majority’s reasoning was flawed because it established that “the determination of what is cruel and unusual rests on a judicial judgment about societal standards of decency, not a medical assessment of clinical practice.”

They also suggested that this ruling effectively turns medical learning into a constitutional mandate, which they said does not comport with a proper interpretation of the Eighth Amendment.

Yet it hardly seems reasonable that a man should have to die because evaluators used outdated medical standards which improperly assessed his condition.

This case quite literally was a life-ordeath situation for a member of society who most do not even think much about and it paves the way for people like Moore to be spared from a horrible fate that the Supreme Court has previously deemed unjust for someone of his circumstances.

The Supreme Court’s ruling is a step forward, and it also raises awareness for a segment of the American population that is all too often passed over by policy makers and citizens alike.

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“ secure a Supreme Court seat Gorsuch will Tell(efsen) Me About It| Hillary Clinton

Democrats should focus on more pressing matters than trying to stop Gorsuch’s nomination Ben Tellefsen

Staff Columnist tellbm16@wfu.edu

For more than a year now, there has been a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2015, in the fourth year of President Obama’s second term in office. Obama had the power to choose a replacement justice, which he did — he chose Merrick Garland, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

But before Garland could join the court, he needed “advice and consent” from the Senate. Typically, this means holding hearings and then a floor vote. But Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did neither, instead he claimed that the next president should decide, because there was an election going on and the American people deserved input in the process.

This is ridiculous for two reasons. First, the American people already had input in the process; they re-elected Obama in 2012 by a nearly five million vote margin. Second, the Supreme Court is not supposed to be a partisan institution. It

A Supreme Court nomination with bipartisan support would help restore faith in the decision-making of our nonpartisan government branch...” shouldn’t matter who appoints the justice; it should only matter if the justice is qualified. Obviously justices have ideological leanings, or else parties wouldn’t care about the nominations. Yet McConnell’s decision made the appointment process inherently more political.

Now, in 2017, President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Gorsuch to fill the empty seat. This time, the Republicanmajority Senate has gone forward with the appropriate hearings, and soon, a vote.

Gorsuch, who is a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, is undoubtedly eligible for the position.

His rulings have generally leaned conservative, and his hearings were for the most part uncontroversial and satisfactory.

Liberals are trying to smear Gorsuch as pro-corporate, or worry that he’ll restrict woman’s reproductive rights. But those accusations ring hollow without stronger evidence of an agenda, instead of just a judicial philosophy.

In the second round of hearings, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) questioned his dissenting opinion on a case involving a truck driver being fired due to the actions he took in inclement weather. Gorsuch’s

dissent may have been callous and “absurd,” as Franken called it, but a few situations like that one aren’t nearly enough to disqualify him.

However, the fact that this seat was “stolen” from President Obama’s nominee makes many Democrats in Congress and around the country angry, so much so that they want to stop the nomination.

There is a mechanism to do this; Democrats control 48 Senate seats, enough to fail a vote of cloture (which would allow filibustering to continue). Republicans, however, can choose to modify Senate rules, in what people are calling the “nuclear option,” that would remove the potential for minority party filibustering on Supreme Court nominees.

In other words, Democrats have very little to work with. Filibustering, which Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats have indicated they plan to do, would likely only lead to them losing their privilege and Gorsuch being approved anyway.

Instead of filibustering, Democrats would be wise to let Gorsuch pass through the Senate. They simply can’t win. Instead of fighting a losing battle, they should spend their time worrying about other issues where they have a chance of success.

If senators in liberal states fear they’d be letting down their progressive supporters, then they don’t have to vote for Gorsuch.

There are more than enough Democrats from moderate states that Trump won, like North Dakota, Montana, West Vir-

ginia and Missouri, to break a filibuster.

Another concern is that Americans are losing faith in public institutions. This has been occurring for many years, but it has only been exacerbated by the current president. A Supreme Court nomination with bipartisan support would help restore faith in the decision-making of our nonpartisan government branch, the courts.

But what about the Russia investigation? What if President Trump is impeached? An illegitimate president doesn’t deserve to make a lifetime appointment to the court.

That’s a good point. But if Trump were to be impeached, Vice President Mike Pence would become president. If Pence were implicated in wrongdoing and had to leave his office as well, House Speaker Paul Ryan would become president. Both men are more ideological than Trump. If either of them didn’t continue with the Gorsuch nomination, their own selection would undoubtedly be even more conservative.

In other words, there’s going to be a Republican in the White House for at least four years. The sad but true fact is that Democrats cannot prevent Gorsuch from joining the court. Some Republican senators may be wary of the “nuclear option,” but given enough time, it’s likely to happen.

Scalia’s seat may have been stolen, but at the moment, there’s no way for it to be stolen back.

“ not smother controversial topics People should No Weak Link| PC Culture

Social regulation has increasingly fractured society and contributed to intolerance Robert Link

Staff Columnist linkrs15@wfu.edu

With modernization came increased interaction with strangers and a change of social norms. Yet in that era’s wake, in the advent of Uber, delivery food and Airbnb, we find humanity closer in proximity while becoming increasingly fractured socially. This is a cliché, but it happens to be true. I wish here to outline a growing viewpoint among us young people that does nothing to help and that I find extremely disturbing.

Our postmodern understanding of equality, the mob-enforced viewpoints and people’s resulting self-censorship actively grind progress to a terrible stalemate, not just in our humanities and social sciences, but in our development of moral attitudes and of societal interaction. Ideas should be met with reason and debate, not with protests, chants of

Ideas should be met with reason and debate, not with protests, chants of offense and cries against intolerance...” offense and cries against intolerance that result in a greater injustice to liberty and our individual resilience than that which they seek to eliminate.

If Milo Yiannopoulos wants to claim that lesbians don’t really exist, that they would be happier with a man, it is up to those in disagreement, lesbians especially, to destroy his argument. He is only validated by the screams of students and the call for censorship. Has no one heard of the Streisand effect? This is why we are stuck with Trump and his dirt administration if you were curious. All that mumble of the silent majority turned out to be true, and it’s precisely the fault of the censor. As Michael Kinsley remarks in his Vanity Fair article about P. C. culture in Britain, Self-censorship is the most effective form of censorship. It keeps ideas inside for fear of arousing others’ sensitivities, and it leaves no footprint except that of resentment and a marked ballot come election time.

It is also no surprise to me that the protectors of state-recognized victims are the

most likely to destroy the lives of others for no greater crime than speech or an off-color tweet, just as the main callers for censorship are usually the greatest wells of hatred and rationalizers of violence. This is the form in which tolerance presents itself to us now.

This is also inseparable from the horror of a pseudo-multiculturalism, installed into our media by an authoritarian leftwing. The best models of multicultural society are known and include those in which everything may be discussed, one in which disagreements are had and resolved with reason, compromise and much deliberation, one where skepticism of everything can be practiced unashamed. We live in that reality’s nightmare; a world in which disagreements are not resolved because they are not had meaningfully. From both the far left and right we hear garbled screaming while the rest of us sit in the middle scared to be called either one.

More specific to the political left, we see a tribal group-mentality developing as causes in social justice implode. The concept of oppression naturally separates at its core to the experience of individuals, and we see this in the increasing subdivisions of victimized groups. We are all victims of mortality and tragedy. When we

lack an external cause, we turn on each other. Women stood together in want of human rights, but having achieved the most important freedoms, they now sit apart with as many or more disagreements as the rest of us.

But this kind of groupthink is not confined to the left (though it is there most matured). I have been personally told to leave the country by a close friend and right-winger because I didn’t think the pledge of allegiance should be compulsory for schoolchildren. My particular objection was the phrase “under God” as added in 1954 (67 years after it was composed) and in conflict with the section of our first amendment forbidding establishment of religion by the state. I wonder how quickly an amendment of “God” to “Allah” for our Muslim friends or to “gods” for our various polytheistic friends would be stomped out. Regardless, there are many reasons to oppose a compulsory statement of patriotism that should not be met with such intolerance.

In any case, this idea stands; top-down political movements and social regulation upon the expression of opinion have reprogrammed our minds such that even extraordinarily dull disagreements can’t be had without taking violent offense.

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“ not dismiss climate change Politicians should Bringing the Heat(h)| Environmental Policy

Shouldn’t our politicians do everything in their power to protect the American people from the detriments of global warming?”

Politicians should not endanger citizens by denying the existence of global climate change Kasy Heath

Guest Columnist heatka15@wfu.edu

As spring sets in and the weather warms, all I think about is how it’s been a hell of a winter in North Carolina.

With a sunny Christmas that warranted shorts, to unusual snow during the month of March in certain areas, North Carolina has had its ups and downs this past winter. Although the unusual temperature patterns are nothing new to this state, they are getting more and more out of whack.

Contrary to people labeling North Carolina

as having “bipolar” weather, this isn’t supposed to be the norm. The abnormal temperatures during the winter are just one example of the effects of global warming.

The effects of global warming are more catastrophic than warm Christmases in North Carolina. Natural disasters are becoming more frequent, violent and expensive to bounce back from. People in other countries are dying of thirst from droughts. Several species of plants and animals go on the endangered list each and every day. The list goes on and on.

With scientific evidence to prove global warming as the cause of these issues, there’s still a debate about government regulations in the U.S. Some politicians deny the very existence of global warming itself, whereas others shrug it off. Our very own president has denied global

warming and is taking small and quiet steps to break apart the government regulations that have been put into place to protect the environment.

What angers me about the dismantling of these vital regulations is the argument behind it that the government shouldn’t take part in environmental issues. There are many other arguments that annoy me, but this one hits home.

Written in the Constitution is the government’s obligation to grant citizen’s the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Although the Founding Fathers didn’t have environmental protections from carbon emission in mind, consideration for the environment is nevertheless applicable.

When it is projected that rising sea levels from global warming will put the city of Miami completely under water within the next 10 years, many people’s lives and happiness will definitely be compromised. That is when the government needs to take action to prevent things like this.

The government was established to create policies that protect its citizens. Shouldn’t our

politicians do everything in their power to protect the American people from the detriments of global warming?

They should, but they aren’t.

Instead, policies to protect the environment are being thrown out to appease to big companies that are contributing to carbon emissions in the first place.

It’s shameful to me that money talks louder than the pleas of protesters and scientists who are desperately trying to save our environment.

It’s also scary to me what condition our society will be in in 20; how many more disasters and lost species will there be?

Our hope at this point is to keep protesting and be more diligent in selecting leaders who care about our environment and ultimately, our wellbeing.

While I maintain my wishful thinking, I’ll keep ordering as many meals with salmon in it as I can before they end up extinct from rising water temperatures. I’ll also keep my wardrobe diverse for these “bipolar” North Carolina winters.

“ is necessary for economic stability Wealth redistribution Tomato-Tomasi| Capitalism

John Tamny’s lecture points to the negative aspects of laissez-faire capitalism Adam Tomasi

Guest Columnist tomaaj15@wfu.edu Reading last week’s edition of the Old Gold and Black, I came across a piece summarizing a lecture by John Tamny, political economy editor for Forbes, called “The Wonders of Inequality.” The lecture was sponsored by the BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism, which cosponsors the Eudaimonia Institute — more than likely a front group for the Koch Brothers.

The only “studying” of capitalism being done is the unabashed defense of laissez-faire capitalism, hardly a recipe for eudaimonia — what Aristotle defined as human flourishing.

The point of progressive taxation is not to penalize talent or hard work.

It’s to ensure that the top one percent of Americans pay their fair share.”

Tamny’s treatment of income and wealth inequality is a smoke-and-mirrors tactic. His celebration of the pursuit of inequality — straight-up greed — was packaged as school spirit. He implored our Demon Deacons to consider whether “anyone at Wake Forest” was “weakened because Arnold Palmer became the worldwide face of golf” or because Chris Paul earns millions of dollars with the Clippers. The irony of this question is that our student body is generally affluent. Of course the average Wake Forest student will not find themselves on the losing end of income inequality.

More importantly, this analogy is misleading. Tamny calls these Wake Forest legends “unequal” alumni, yet he conflates two types of inequality. No one who believes in progressive taxation is opposed to inequalities in talent. I,

like many students, admire Palmer and Paul for their athletic prowess. But that is a different matter from the subject at hand, whether these two ought to have made incomes exorbitantly greater than our hard-working doctors, professors and small business owners. The point of progressive taxation is not to penalize talent or hard work. It’s to ensure that the top one percent of Americans pay their fair share.

No person is an island. The richest Americans could not have succeeded without the support networks of society, particularly the support of government. Federal and state governments set the rules of the market under which businesses compete. Rich business owners benefit generously from tax breaks and subsidies, making them hardly the “rugged individualists” envisioned by the BB&T Center for the Propaganda of Capital.

Our economy could not function properly without strong public education and properly enforced standards for public health, safety and the environment. All of these public goods depend on public revenue, so it only makes sense that the rich should contribute a larger proportion of their income on tax day. They ought to

give back to the community, owing to it the very possibility of their success.

Tamny argued in his lecture that the rich share their wealth throughout the entire economy. This logic of “trickle-down economics” has been discredited by numerous economists, owing to its failure in the 1920s, 1980s and early 2000s. Extreme income inequality is a recipe for recession. According to Paul Gambles, managing partner at MBMG Group, “Ultimately, the narrower the wealth and income bases are, the less efficient an economy is. If a single individual owns the entire productive asset base, then the only employment is indentured slavery.”

When a small group of wealthy families, the top one-percent, own as much wealth as the bottom ninety percent, economic power is denied to the poor and working class. As the rich get richer, while incomes stagnate for the lower and middle classes, the economic mobility of the many is sacrificed for the largess of the few.

I read in the piece that one student attempted to refute John Tamny’s arguments in a Q&A period. I hope that this student knows they are not alone in the fight for economic justice.

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Where is your favorite place to hang out in the nice weather?

“Anywhere.”

Haley Savage (‘19)

“My room.”

Anthony Thornes (‘19)

“The library.”

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“Picnic tables in the science quad” Alec Jessar (‘19)

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UNC Tar Heels are the champions again After a tournament full of upsets, No. 1 seed North Carolina came out on top

BY ETHAN PERELLIS Staff Writer pereeh13@wfu.edu The NCAA Men’s National Championship game was not nearly as exciting as last year, but the UNC Tar Heels do not care. UNC avenged last year’s heartbreaking loss to Villanova in the final game by defeating Gonzaga this past Monday night in Glendale, Arizona.

Both teams advanced to the championship with difficult games in the Final Four.

The first game of the night was Gonzaga, the top seed from the West, versus South Carolina, the tournament’s final Cinderella team, with both teams making their programs’ first Final Four appearance. Gonzaga’s offense was clicking late in the first half, creating a 45-36 halftime advantage for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs continued to play well in the second half and found themselves with a 14-point lead. The Gamecocks stormed by to take a 67-65 lead with seven minutes remaining. P.J. Dozier was making most of the critical plays down the stretch for the Gamecocks as Sindarius Thornwell was inefficient from the field. Gonzaga was able to feed their post players, Zach Collins and Prezemek Karnowski who answered with the next seven points to help stabilize Gonzaga. With 12.7

seconds left and South Carolina down 75-72, South Carolina was unable to get a three-point shot before the Gonzaga fouled Thornwell with 3.5 seconds left in the game. Thornwell made the first free throw and then purposefully missed the second in hopes his team would be able to secure an offensive rebound and a quick basket to tie. Gonzaga was able to secure the defensive board and advance to the championship game.

Second-team All-American Nigel Williams-Goss was particular dominant, scoring 23 points and playing a teamhigh 36 minutes. In addition, Collins looked like a first-round NBA draft pick with 14 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks.

Oregon gave North Carolina a similar scare in the second NCAA semifinal.

The Tar Heels were up 77-76 with only a few seconds left and Kennedy Meeks at the foul line shooting two. Meeks had a career-high game 25 points on 11-13 from the field and 14 rebounds on the night, but was unable to connect on his free throws. Theo Pinson was able to bat out the ball for the Tar Heels and UNC’s Joel Berry II captured the rebound and was immediately fouled. Berry, a typical reliable free throw shooter, missed both of his shots, but Meeks redeemed himself with another offensive rebound and passed the ball to Pinson who dribbled out the clock. The breakout star of March, Oregon’s Tyler Dorsey, scored 21 points but on a poor 3-11 shooting. Justin Jackson, the ACC Player of the Year,

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After a devastating loss to Villanova in last year's NCAA Championship game, the UNC Tar Heels got their redemption with a 71-65 win over Gonzaga. contributed 22 points as the Tar Heels moved into the title game with a 77-76 victory.

The title game between North Carolina and Gonzaga was a slug fest with an abundance of fouls and of sloppy play.

Gonzaga outplayed UNC for much of the first half but could only muster a 35-32 lead going into halftime. After the break, the fouls began to pile up for both teams. Collins had four fouls with a large majority of the half still to be played. Yet, with the star big man on the bench, both teams were cold from the field and shot under 40 percent. Berry and Williams-Goss led each team as the game went back-and-forth and was tied

65-65 with a little less than two minutes remaining. North Carolina made more plays down the stretch and Gonzaga’s offense went completely stagnant. The Tar Heels won their programs sixth national championship by a final score of 71-65.

Berry was named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four, earning him the honor of receiving Jim Nantz’s coveted tie, which has become a tradition in recent years. The championship for the Tar Heels allows to them to move on from the tragic loss to Villanova a year ago and earns them their first title since 2009. As the trophy returns to Chapel Hill, North Carolina can once again enjoy the summer as NCAA national champions.

No. 1 men's tennis cruises past No. 3 Virginia In a rematch of last season's ACC Championship match, the top-ranked Demon Deacons defeated Virginia, 5-2

BY TOMMASO MONETA Asst. Sports Editor monet14@wfu.edu The Wake Forest tennis team has another thrilling win under their belt as they beat No. 3 Virginia at home this past Friday. The match was delayed two and a half hours but when the play began, it was worth the wait. Doubles play was nothing short of spectacular, since the lead continued to change on every court.

Though the Deacs never had momentum and found themselves in an early hole, they responded to take the overall point. Sophomores Petros Chrysochos and Dennis Uspensky beat their opponents in a 6-3 decision.

Though the score says otherwise, the match was closely fought.

Junior Skander Mansouri and redshirt junior Christian Seraphim battled the No. 49 duo of Luca Corinteli and Henrik Wiersholm to a tiebreaker, eventually claiming a 7-4 victory in the tiebreak to clinch the doubles point.

Since Wake Forest had won two out of the three

matches, action on court two was suspended. However, freshman Borna Gojo and redshirt freshman Alan Gadjiev were up 6-5 with Gadjiev’s three-digit serve ready to be unleashed. There was no way they would have lost that set.

Chrysochos showed critics why his name should sit at the top of the singles ranking. Other than being named ACC player of the week, Chrysochos came back from a disappointing second set to lead his team to a historic win. The team victory was the first over Virginia since 1995. The No. 2 ranked player in the country beat No. 6 ranked Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, 6-1, 2-6 and 6-3.

Mansouri, ranked No. 14 in the nation, comfortably beat No. 64 ranked Collin Altamirano. His 6-4, 6-4, victory consolidated the Wake Forest lead, since he was one of the first to finish. On a side note, he received the call to represent his native country of Tunisia for the first time in the Davis Cup. Gojo has contributed from the moment he first step ped foot in Winston-Salem only three months ago. He needed zero time to adjust to collegiate tennis and is currently ranked No. 57 in the nation.

He is playing at No. 2 singles and after his win over his opponent 5-7, 6-3, 6-1, he might challenge Chrysochos for the No 1 slot.

Uspensky continued his solid stretch of preformances

with a good win over a ranked opponent. He won 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) in a close match that should his capacity to dig down deep when needed.

Though both Seraphim and Gadjiev lost their matches, they put in a good showing ensuring that Virginia had to tough out every point.

Wake Forest returns to action for its final two home matches of the regular season on April 14 and 16 with ACC matches against Florida State and Louisville.

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No. 2 ranked Petros Chrysochos stares his Virginia opponent down as he prepares to return a pivotal serve.

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Preseason predictions for MLB awards Mike Trout of the Angels and Nolan Arenado of the Rockies are the 2017 MVP frontrunners

BY REN SCHMITT Staff Writer herlcr13@wfu.edu NL MVP: Nolan Arenado There are several more popular MVP candidates in the NL — Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Bryce Harper — but for fans of the Colorado Rockies, an MVP for Nolan Arenado would come as no surprise.

He has hit over 40 homers and 130 RBIs in each of the last two seasons, won four

straight gold gloves at third base and will once again be hitting cleanup in 2017 for a deep Colorado lineup.

Arenado’s detractors would assert that his playing at the incredibly hitter-friendly Coors Field upwardly skews his power production in a misleading way and though his slugging percentage is higher at Coors Field, he produces at an impressive level in away games as well.

Arenado even hit more home runs on the road than at home in 2015.

While Arenado is almost guaranteed to continue his success in 2017, his MVP candidacy is mostly contingent on the success of the Rockies. The MVP award should be based solely on individual per-

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The reigning American League MVP Mike Trout has been the best player in baseball for the past five seasons and hopes to win another MVP in 2017.

formance, but, realistically, the voters of the Baseball Writers Association of America will likely choose a player on a playoff team with comparable stats over Arenado if the Rockies cannot at least compete for a Wild Card spot this season.

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Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers are the frontrunners in the National League West and hope to finally make the World Series this season.

AL MVP: Mike Trout Sure, this is the obvious pick, but Mike Trout is a once-in-a-generation player. He has led the AL in fWAR for the last five seasons and barring an injury, Trout will surely do the same in 2017.

His performance truly cannot be understated, as he has posted a career 0.964

OPS, hit 169 homers, consistently played stellar defense in centerfield, and won the AL MVP twice.

By the way, he is only 25. The one problem with Trout’s MVP candidacy and career resumé is that he plays for a team that is not built to be a playoff contender and does not have a farm system that positions them to become a contender in the near future.

This has not deterred MVP voters lately, though, and Trout is poised to take home his third MVP award this season.

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Two former Deacons in Masters pursuit In the first Masters since Arnold Palmer’s passing, two former Wake Forest golfers seek a Green Jacket to honor his legacy

BY ETHAN BAHAR Sports Editor bahaea15@wfu.edu Thursday, April 6 will mark the first Masters Tournament since the passing of Wake Forest legend Arnold Palmer. It is hard to adequately quantify the impact that the four-time tournament winner and 50-time tournament participant had on the Masters and golf as a whole. The man was a true gentleman both on-andoff the golf course and served as the sport’s preeminent ambassador for over half a century.

In the past decade, Palmer, along with fellow aging superstars Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player served as honorary starters at the Masters and hit opening tee shots to kick off the tournament (last year Palmer was too frail and opted out of his opening tee shot, yet remained a starter). This year, when Nicklaus and Player step into the tee box without Palmer to hit their tee shots, one will be hard-pressed to find a dry eye at Augusta National.

The void left by Palmer is sure to leave a somber tinge at the Masters this year. However, this sentiment is certainly not the one that Palmer would wish upon the tournament. As opposed to being mourned, the happygo-lucky sportsman would want to be remembered and celebrated for his accomplishments. He would also hate if his memory took away from what is sure to be another incredible weekend in Augusta.

In the field of Masters participants, there will be two Wake Forest alumni. These include 2012 U.S. Open winner Webb Simpson and Bill Haas. Each man has a legitimate shot at taking home a green jacket.

So far this season Simpson has played in 12 tourna-

ments, making the cut in nine of them. His play has earned him $1,059,173, 461 FedEx Cup Points and a world ranking of 31. Notably, at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in early February, Simpson and Hideki Matsuyama finished the tournament tied for first at 17-under par.

Matsuyama, who is playing lights out golf this season, edged Simpson out in a sudden-death playoff that lasted four holes to win the tournament in Phoenix. The white-hot Japanese ball striker is currently the second ranked player in the world and if he can put together a competent putting performance in Augusta, he very well may be the first Japanese player to win the 83-yearold tournament.

Haas comes into the tournament after competing in nine prior tournaments this season. He made the cut in each of his showings. His play has earned him $1,657,659, 624 FedEx Cup Points and a world ranking of 19. While the 34-year-old, 13-year-PGA tour veteran has yet to win a major championship, this Masters Tournament may be his opportunity to reach this elusive milestone.

Haas’ most recent showing was two weeks ago at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play tournament where he finished tied for third place with Hideto Tanihara, behind American superstar Dustin Johnson and Spanish rookie sensation Jon Rahm. If Hass can channel the momentum that he built up in this past tournament, the Golf community would not be shocked to see him leave Augusta a Masters champion.

While a win at the Masters by a Demon Deacon would be cause for celebration for Wake Forest fans any year, if Simpson or Haas were to take home a green jacket this year, the win would be especially special. It would be a nod to the legacy of one of the greatest athletes this university has ever produced. Without a doubt, golf fans around the world will be pulling for Simpson and Haas to pull out a victory for Palmer.

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Even after his passing, the four time Masters champion’s legacy lives on at Augusta National.

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No. 17 ranked Deacs catch momentum After winning the series in Miami, the Deacs look to take on No.2 competitor Louisville in Kentucky during April 5-9

BY MCKENZIE MADDOX Editor in Chief maddml14@wfu.edu Ranked No. 17 in the nation, the Wake Forest baseball team has picked up considerable energy with a 22-8 overall record and 8-4 conference record. With 13 wins at home this season, the Deacs are hoping to carry the momentum into potential post-season tournament play.

On Thursday, March 30, the Deacs traveled down to Miami, Florida to take on the Hurricanes. Despite only having two hits the entire game, Wake Forest beat Miami 2-1 on Friday, March 31.

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Wake Forest starting pitcher Connor Johnstone has helped lead the way for the talented Demon Deacons pitching staff. The Wake Forest baseball team is 22-8 on the season and ranked No. 17.

The only runs were scored off of junior Keegan Maronpot’s single in the second inning. Senior Parker Dunshee threw seven innings and only allowed one run to score.

Sophomore Griffin Roberts got the save after throwing a scoreless eighth and ninth inning.

Yet in the game on Saturday night, April 1, the Deacs didn’t fare so fortunate against the Hurricanes. Wake Forest’s offense was never able to pick up speed and the Deacons lost 5-1.

Junior Donnie Sellers started the game for the Deacs.

But after a few errors and walks, Miami scored their runs.

On Sunday, Wake Forest bounced back from their previous loss with a 9-0 sweep against Miami in order to Photo courtesy of Wake Forest Athletics ultimately win the series.

Johnny Aiello and the Demon Deacons celThe offense dominated with runs scored by sophomore Jake Mueller, junior Stuart Fairchild, junior Gavin ebrate a March 11 walkoff win over NC State.

Sheets, sophomore Johnny Aiello, junior Bruce Steel and two runs scored by Maronpot and sophomore Logan Harvey. Connor Johnstone pitched a complete-game three-hitter and later was named ACC of the week.

After the weekend in Miami, the Deacs faced another away game at Elon’s home field. The Deac’s had a sweeping eighth inning, scoring eight-runs.

During this inning, freshman Nick DiPonzio became the first player since 2012 to hit two home runs in an inning, hitting a solo shot and grand slam. Junior Drew Loepprich started for the Deacs and struck out seven in five innings.

In the 30 games this season, the Deacs have reached a total of 55 home runs for the season. This weekend, April 7-9, the Deacs hope to continue their strong power as they head to Kentucky for a three-game series at No. 2 Louisville.

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NCAA basketball is due for a rule change The second half of the NCAA championship was ruined by numerous fouls

BY DANIEL PACHINO Sports Editor pachdb15@wfu.edu Throughout college basketball’s entire history, players have always been allowed five fouls over the course of the game before fouling out. The NCAA Champion-

ship game on Monday, April 3, between North Carolina and Gonzaga made it clear the NCAA may be due for a serious rule change. This is an idea that’s been floating around for years, but it occurred so egregiously in the championship game, putting this major issue on the biggest national stage.

This game pit the two best and most complete teams in the country against each other in what should have been an excellent and exciting game. Instead, it was an awful and boring game in which

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For all of college basketball’s history, players have fouled out of games after five fouls. However, it may be time to change that rule and make it six fouls.

the pace was entirely controlled by the officials, hardly indicative of either team’s ability or playing style.

In the second half alone, 27 fouls were called. With over 13 minutes to go in the second half, each team was in the bonus, meaning each foul from there on would send a player to the free throw line, completely altering the flow of the game. At one point, even, the referees called a remarkable seven fouls in the span of just 92 seconds (one every 13 seconds).

While bad officiating happens all the time in college sports, this completely altered the potential outcome of the game.

And not just any game, the national championship game. It did not change the game in the way one egregious call does, but it was the collection of a game’s worth of officiating that did so.

This was a game that was projected to be a battle between the two teams with the best frontcourts in the country— North Carolina led by seniors Kennedy Meeks and Isaiah Hicks and Gonzaga led by senior Przemek Karnowski and freshman Zach Collins.

Instead, each team’s big men battled foul trouble throughout the entire game and were forced to sit on the bench. Karnowski and Collins, probably Gonzaga’s second and third best players behind point guard Nigel Williams-Goss, played a total of just three minutes together in the entire second half.

The referees’ astonishing willingness to

blow their whistles on Monday night impeded either team from getting anything they wanted going. One reason for this was the constant stop-and-go pace of the game. The primary reason, however, was that due to foul trouble to nearly every important player in the game, Gonzaga and North Carolina simply did not have their best players on the floor.

One of the most pivotal moments of the game came with 15 minutes remaining in the second half when Collins, in an effort to get open on the low-block, was called for an offensive foul when he never even made contact with his defender, giving him his fourth foul and sending him back to the bench. Collins then fouled out on another questionable call with five minutes remaining.

This game made it evident that the NCAA needs to consider a serious rule change. I propose the NCAA increase the foul limit from five to six fouls before a player fouls out of the game. However, to combat this 20 percent increase in the allowed number of fouls, I would make the sixth a technical foul.

This change would allow players to actually participate in the game in instances like Monday night in the biggest game of the season when the officials decide to call a foul anytime a player breathes on another. Changing the rule would keep players like Collins, Karnowski and Meeks on the floor in not only the most pivotal game of the season, but also in just any ordinary regular season game.

Has Wake Forest landed a new French Superstar?

The addition of Olivier Sarr would lead to immediate improvements for an improving basketball program

BY CHARLIE ENGEL Staff Writer engece15@wfu.edu After his official visit on Feb. 11, reports increasingly suggest that Olivier Sarr will suit up as a Demon Deacon for the 2017-2018 basketball season. Sarr’s 4-star rating from Scout speaks to the talent that Head Coach Danny Manning and his staff have been adding to the Wake Forest basketball program each year. To compliment the talent of top35 nationally-ranked Chaudee Brown and Melo Eggleston, the addition of Sarr would be one of the more Noimportant Weak recruiting pulls that, on the national scale, Manning could make.

Sarr is already included on NBA draft websites due to his large frame and stellar athleticism. The 6’11” Frenchman is also considering Cal, Vanderbilt and Central Florida, yet recently announced that Wake Forest is his favorite. Further, sources close to him say he will likely make his commitment soon. The interest is likely influenced by Manning’s strong reputation for big-man development, as seen this year through the dramatic improvement of John Collins’ post moves and footwork.

Sarr’s playing style warrants praise from analysts for his good mobility, long arms, and athleticism. However, the Frenchman’s offensive skillset remains raw and could benefit from the coaching and development that Manning and his staff would offer. His defensive and rebounding prowess would provide the Demon Deacons a much needed talent boost.

Commonly cited as the main problem area for Manning’s team this past season, Wake Forest’s defense would, at least in the interior, improve with the addition of Sarr. His length and capability to block shots and rebound is what brought Sarr off the bench to play for France’s talented U17 team in the 2016 FIBA World Championships, and could bring

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In each of Coach Danny Manning’s three years at Wake Forest University he has been able to improve the level of talent that he adds to the roster. Frenchman Olivier Sarr may be his newest quality addition.

much-needed relief to next year’s team, especially if John Collins goes through with his decision to enter the NBA. If John Collins decides to stay, with the inclusion of Sarr, Wake Forest would have a much more dynamic shot-blocking presence. This past season, Collins provided sporadic defense. His weaknesses were exposed when he had to extend out to guard the perimeter and defend the pick and roll.

Adding Sarr into the mix would allow Collins to stick to guarding the five while Sarr would guard the four. These moves would ultimately allow the Demon Deacons to handle the pick and roll and perimeter game more effectively than they were able to handle this past season.

This past season Wake Forest would occasionally place Austin Arians at the four, which would sometimes create trouble in match-ups against bigger players in the low post.

Sarr would bring length to the four or five spot and bring

improvements in rebounding on both the offensive and defensive end.

For Wake Forest basketball fans frustrated with the lackluster defense of the Demon Deacons, the future promises to be brighter in that category if Sarr indeed joins the team. The 6’5” Chaundee Brown and the 6’8” Melo Eggleston will add the length needed to guard the perimeter, which should substantially improve Wake Forest’s chances against ACC teams that are more inclined to shoot and make the three.

If the Demon Deacons add Sarr to the team, his defensive ability on the inside, plus his quickness to guard the perimeter, along with Brown and Eggleston’s offensive abilities make this a well- rounded class. Wake Forest fans should be excited about this class, as it should continue the promising trend for Wake Forest basketball.

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Fanasy Baseball: Martinez dazzles in first start A look at the performances of three important fantasy players to start the season

BY JONATHAN BELL Staff Writer belljh15@wfu.edu It’s always fun to overreact to the first few days of baseball season, declaring that player X is on pace for 162 home runs or that pitcher y has an ERA of exactly 0.00 So without further ado let’s get into the breakout performers of the first few games of the Major League baseball season.

Carlos Martinez, SP, St. Louis Cardinals After his breakout year in 2015, Carlos Martinez followed up with an equally solid 2016 season posting an ERA hovering right around the 3.00 mark generally considered to be the threshold for the elite fantasy starter.

While no doubt above the drop line (starting pitchers who are disposable enough to be picked up to start one game and then dropped right back onto the waiver wire), many fantasy experts were picking Martinez to be one of the top 15 fantasy pitchers this season.

Martinez proved the talking heads correct in his debut start against the fear-

some Cubs lineup, going seven and a third strong innings scattering six hits, striking out ten and most importantly, giving up zero earned runs. If Martinez can continue to pick up strikeouts and innings at this prolific clip, look for him to be one of the studs in your lineup all season long.

A.J. Pollock OF, Arizona Diamondbacks Relatively unknown until his big year for the Diamondbacks in 2015, hopes were high for Pollock in 2016. However, Pollock suffered a gruesome injury, fracturing his elbow, and ended his season before it really began. For those who were unsure about how the gold glove outfielder would respond in 2017, it certainly has been a great start.

Pollock homered in his first game back and currently is batting 4-9 on the young season with a stolen base to boot. With coveted for his speed on the basepaths (39 stolen bases in 2015), power potential (20 home runs that season) and ability to hit for extra bases (40 doubles), it’s looking like that if you took a gamble on Pollock to return to 2015 form, it will pay off for you.

Masahiro Tanaka, SP, New York Yankees Despite missing some of the 2016 season with elbow tightness, the star Japanese pitcher put up a solid season for the

Yankees last year, pitching nearly 200 innings with an ERA barely above three.

Labeled as the Yankees ace, Yankees fans and Tanaka owners alike were excited to see what the righty was capable of on the opening Sunday of the baseball season.

What they were treated to however, was far different than what they could have expected. Tanaka gave up seven runs in less than 3 innings and put in work good enough for the third worst start in open-

ing day history. While early, it certainly is concerning to see Tanaka give up an amount of runs that he gave up exactly zero times all of last season.

While these three players have almost the entire season to change their fortunes (for the good or bad) and these few games by no means indicate a trend, it is always interesting to look at the opening day stars and see how they translate to the rest of the season.

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The New York Yankees’ ace Masahiro Tanaka is supposed to lead their depleted pitching staff but struggled mightly in his opening day start.

MLB: Chris Sale changes “Sox” to win first Cy Young Coninued from Page 12 NL Cy Young: Clayton Kershaw Trout may be the MLB’s best position player, but across town to Dodger Stadium, pitcher Clayton Kershaw has forged an equally impressive career for himself. Before a back injury that sidelined him for two months last season, Kershaw was on pace to post the lowest ERA of his career, and assuming his back is 100 percent healthy, Kershaw will pick where he left off in 2016.

In 2015 Kershaw struck out 301 batters and posted a WHIP of 0.881, and in 2014, Kershaw became the first pitcher since Cardinals legend Bob Gibson to win both the NL Cy Young and NL MVP. Kershaw constantly draws comparison to left-handed Dodgers Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax, and his numbers indicate that he has met and may even surpass the lofty expectations that come with such a comparison.

AL Cy Young: Chris Sale After being traded to the Boston Red Sox in the offseason, Sale is positioned as the ace of a rotation that features two former AL Cy Young winners in Rick Porcello and David Price.

Sale will benefit from being involved with Boston’s winning culture — which starkly contrasts with the culture of the White Sox — and there is no reason to doubt that he will finally receive a Cy Young award of his own this season.

After leading the AL in strikeouts in 2015, Sale seemingly regressed a bit. Though his K/9 fell from 11.82 in 2015 to 9.25 in 2016, Sale’s numbers were otherwise nearly identical, so there should be no cause for concern. Now that he is in Boston, Sale has the opportunity to turn heads on a bigger stage against excellent AL East competition.

NL ROY: Dansby Swanson During the 2016 offseason, the Diamondbacks and Braves agreed to a historically lopsided trade deal that will haunt Arizona fans for years. The centerpiece of that deal was shortstop Dansby Swanson, the Vanderbilt star and first pick of the 2015 draft.

After finishing just one at bat short of losing rookie eligibility in 2016, Swanson looks to establish himself as one of the league’s most well rounded young players and the face of his hometown team, the Atlanta Braves. Swanson does not have any one tool that is well above league average and does not hit for much power, but he frequently draws walks, plays plus defense due to his very quick hands, and has great speed and baseball IQ on the base paths. In his first full season, Dansby will likely have an OBP around .350 and hit 10-15 home runs while providing the Braves with consistent value through every facet of his game.

AL ROY: Andrew Benintendi MLB’s current number one prospect, Andrew Benintendi, boasts a uniquely well-rounded skillset.

Much like Swanson, Benintendi has no substantial holes in has game. As he matures, the Red Sox expect him to be a player who hits over 20 home runs and he has quick, simple left-handed swing that will allow him to hit for average against both left-handed and right-handed pitchers in the future.

In limited appearances last season, Benintendi struggled a bit against lefties, but once he adjusts to big league pitching, those numbers will likely improve.

Though he would be average as a center fielder, Benintendi has above average range for a leftfielder, the position he will play for the Red Sox, and thus brings defensive value to the table as well.

Overall, Benintendi is one of several exciting young talents that will grace Fenway Park in the upcoming seasons and the league will undoubtedly feel his presence in 2017.

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Atlanta Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson is a popular pick for NLRookie of the Year.

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1967: 50 Years ago in music

BY HARRISON MCCAMY Contributing Writer mccajh14@wfu.edu Fifty years ago, electric instruments and rock bands were still in their infantile stages — everything was still being figured out. These three albums provide a small glimpse into what was going on half a century ago and were chosen based on their innovation and lasting impact.

The Velvet Underground & Nico Consisting of Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker, The Velvet Underground became known for their groundbreaking musical style. There was no point of comparison for the Velvets because their music was completely new to the world. Lou Reed, who crafted a more traditional rock sound, and John Cale, whose interest in drones and classical music background created an experimental edge, were the principal songwriters. Sterling Morrison played unique guitar solos by hitting notes during the offbeat and not always abiding by traditional scales. Also, Maureen Tucker had a distinct drumming style: she would play standing up, used cymbals infrequently and relied heavily on tom toms, the snare drum and bass drum.

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by Andy Warhol, who also requested Nico join the group. While nominally their producer, Warhol didn’t alter the music, thus allowing the band to craft their intended sound.

Musically, Cale’s use of drones, repetitive piano and electric viola and Reed’s use of alternate tunings, namely the Ostrich guitar style, created a unique style on their harder and more experimental tracks.

The alternate tunings would hinder people’s ability to learn their songs and the group even tuned to the drone of a refrigerator at times.

Lyrically, Reed wrote many dense songs that shocked audiences due to their controversial nature, leading to it being banned from many record stores and radio stations. Aside from the grittier songs, Reed demonstrated his versatility as a songwriter with the album’s sweeter songs, namely “Sunday Morning” and “I’ll Be Your Mirror.”

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Pepper’s was a musical departure from the Beatles’ previous releases, mainly by creating a more experimental and production heavy record delivered by the fictional Lonely Hearts Club Band. This idea was Paul McCartney’s, and his inspiration from the Beach Boy’s 1966 album Pet Sounds should be noted. For just as the Beach Boys had done in Pet Sounds, The Beatles incorporated more instrumentation than had been used in typical rock bands — adding French horns, saxophone, harp, brass and strings. Wilson had in turn been inspired by the Beatles’ earlier Rubber Soul, as musicians are often stimulated by each other. Beatles producer George Martin has even stated that “without Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper never would have happened” and that Sgt. Pepper’s “was an attempt to equal Pet Sounds.”

Pepper’s features vocal contribution from all members, with Ringo Starr and George Harrison singing one song each, and Lennon-McCartney taking lead on the rest of the tracks.

The title and opening track, “Sgt. Peppers,” establishes their experimentation right away with the addition of brass instruments and a portion of an audience cheering and ends with McCartney introducing “the one and only Billy Shears” and a seamless segue into the Starr-sung track, “With a Little Help from My Friends.” Presumably, Starr’s “Lonely Hearts Club Band” analog is Billy Shears and his deeper delivery intertwined with Lennon and McCartney’s contributions in the form of questions is magnificent.

“Within You Without You,” Harrison’s contribution to Pepper’s, marks the group’s largest departure from their previous sound — almost exclusively featuring violins, cellos, various drums and Harrison’s sitar. Harrison had studied the sitar under the famous Ravi Shankar after becoming enamored with Indian music, and he was interested in incorporating it with traditional rock. “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” a Lennon track, is filled with psychedelic imagery, with lines such as, “Picture yourself in a boat

on a river/ With tangerine trees and marmalade skies” — with the music to match it.

Axis: Bold as Love Jimi Hendrix amazed the world with the guitar, shocking the biggest names around, not only through sound but visually as well; Hendrix was known for playing behind his head, between his legs, lighting his guitar on fire, and playing with his teeth. Axis: Bold as Love marked an advancement in Hendrix’s ability in the studio, recording backwards guitar solos and adding more effects, but that in turn made many songs difficult to play live — part of the reason the Beatles decided to quit touring. Axis features a wide variety of tracks, from the melodic and more relaxing “Little Wing” and “Castles Made of Sand”, to the psychedelic “If 6 Was 9” and “Bold as Love”, and the upbeat “Ain’t No Telling” and “Little Miss Lover.” Natural imagery fills this album, with lines like “golden rose, the color of the dream I had/ Not too long ago…

There you were under the tree of song, sleeping so peacefully.”

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TV Show Review | Shameless

Spoiler Alert: Shameless is a Netflix must-watch, listed with Friends and Gossip Girl

BY NICOLE LOFFREDO Staff Writer loffn16@wfu.edu It’s getting to the point in the semester when the workload continues to go up but our motivation just keeps sinking — finals are right around the corner and we can smell summer. At times like these, it is necessary to take the occasional break to lay in the sun, take a nap, or, my personal favorite, watch some Netflix. If you’re anything like me, you have watched all the typical series, Friends, Gossip Girl, New Girl and you are always ready for a new addiction. Well I am here to share my newest one with you: Shameless.

Shameless is a show about an underprivileged family in the South Side of Chicago, specifically six kids who were abandoned by their mother and are now left to their drunken father. Fortunately, the oldest, Fiona, takes the role of mother and raises the kids like her own. The plot is based around the struggles all the kids have to face every day. This includes struggling to get food, paying the bills and dealing with their alcoholic father — not to mention the occasional run-in with the police.

Season one begins with us getting introduced to the family and learning more about their background. At first we don’t know the relationship between the kids and we are led to believe that Fiona is actually the mother of these five children. However, when Frank, the father, is brought home by the police one night because he is drunk, we learn that Fiona is just the older sister.

In the first episode we meet Steve, Fiona’s future boyfriend, who becomes a major role in the rest of the season as we learn more about who he truly is. He is behind some major conflicts in the story and the audience is left guessing if we should trust him or not.

We also meet Veronica and Kevin, neighbors who help out a lot with the kids. Veronica and Fiona are best friends, so “V” knows a lot of the struggles that Fiona goes through. V also works in a nursing home so anytime one of the kids gets hurt, she takes care of them.

And last but not least, there are the kids themselves. There is Philip (Lip), Ian, Debbie, Carl and Liam. Lip is the oldest boy and he is a genius. He takes the SAT’s for people in his class and makes money that way. We learn that Ian is gay very early on and this topic creates problems for him throughout the season. Debbie is a young but extremely mature and intelligent little girl. She is an extremely com-

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The new season continues the story line following Frank and his family. plex character and is essential to the story line. Carl and Liam are a lot younger and pop in and out of the plot. One episode is specifically revolved around Liam as their mother comes back and wants to take Liam to live with her.

Shameless takes a depressing topic and turns it into an entertaining storyline, leaving us hooked.

BY MADISON ZEHMER Staff Writer zehmml16@wfu.edu Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why takes an unflinching look at teen bullying, sexual assault and suicide. It’s thought-provoking, unsettling and often hard to watch. The 13-episode series follows two storylines: Hannah Baker’s descent into depression and the reactions of her family and those she blames for her death. As someone very passionate about mental health awareness, I was afraid the series would either romanticize or stigmatize teen depression and suicide. Thankfully, 13 Reasons Why was made with incredible thought and compassion.

It’s intelligent, compelling and disturbing.

It sits with you for a while afterwards, as it should. These are not casual issues. 13 Reasons Why treats its subject matter with the gravity and insight that it deserves.

When 17-year-old Hannah kills herself, she leaves behind a set of 13 tapes, each one about a person who contributed to her despair. The tapes are to be passed down privately and in order or else they will all go public. When Clay Jensen gets the tapes, he’s shocked. He doesn’t know what he did to hurt Hannah and becomes consumed by guilt and anger as he tries to figure out why Hannah, someone he cared deeply about and even loved, killed herself.

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Netflix original covers important topics It’s a dark premise. I was unsettled by Hannah’s vindictive choice to record and distribute the tapes. However, considering the trauma she went through at the hands of her peers and the severity of her depression, I can understand her desire for revenge. Her choice to blame her suicide on her peers has consequences that play out as the series progresses.

The show portrays Hannah’s evolution from a new and hopeful student to a numb, desperate shell of her former self so realistically that it’s often difficult to watch.

Actress Katherine Langford is brilliant as Hannah, channelling her passionate and electrifying personality with impressive skill and nuance. Dylan Minnette is also excellent as Clay Jensen, a shy, quietly tumultuous kid whose crush on Hannah turns into rigid despair and understated anger after her death. Alisha Boe portrays the volatile and despairing Jessica quite effectively. As Hannah’s former best frenemy, Jessica begins to spiral as she realizes that something incomprehensibly awful may have happened to her. I found this to be the most heartbreaking and striking subplot. Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice veteran Kate Walsh gives a standout performance as Hannah’s mom, a grief-consumed mother on the verge of breakdown and desperate for answers.

With an impressive cast and crew, including the Pulitzer-prize-winning writer Brian Yorkey and Spotlight (2015) director Tom McCarthy, 13 Reasons Why is well done and works on a storytelling level as well as an artistic one.

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The show ultimately focuses on these substantial questions: What impact do we have on others? What do we do when we know we have hurt someone and cannot change the outcome? How do we live with the guilt and shame of knowing that we could have done something differently?

How do we come to terms with the darkest parts of ourselves and of those around us?

It’s a heavy show. It deals with issues such as bullying, slut-shaming, sexual assault, consent, alcohol abuse and suicide and depicts rape and suicide graphically. It must be watched with caution and discretion. It will probably leave you with a funny taste in your mouth like it did to me. But it’s also vitally important and exposes what we often want to stay hidden. It urges us to consider our own role in the lives of others.

13 Reasons Why is a harrowing look at the teenage experience and at teenage mental illness that disturbs and convicts.

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Trending Column | Drink Specials

Downtown bars offers many discounts Whether it’s 5:00 on Monday or Friday, there’s plenty of places to celebrate in Winston-Salem

BY ELISE DEAN Staff Writer deanea14@wfu.edu After a long week of tirelessly preparing for the impending doom that is called ‘finals week’ among the average college student, sometimes you just need to slow down and detox with a freshly cooked meal and drink specials.

Monday’s at Quanto Basta: Half priced wine by the bottle Located in downtown Winston-Salem, this Italian eatery and wine bar has taken the hearts (and stomachs) of many people with their selections of fantastic and traditional Italian cuisine dishes.

If you’re looking to get off-campus for a fulfilling meal and drink combo, visit Quanto Basta for a half-priced bottle of wine, and don’t forget to pair it with the Fire Roasted chicken on any Monday night.

Tuesday’s at Hanes Mall Village Tavern: $6 jumbo margaritas and $4.50 well drinks Although this location is further away from campus, the cheap jumbo margaritas will certainly draw a crowd. Ease the tensions from your recently submitted term paper by ordering a jumbo margarita and a plate of the Firecracker shrimp tacos. The combination of the lightness of the shrimp and the sweetness of the margarita will guarantee a happy and full stomach.

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Whether you are looking to unwind after a long week or searching for an excuse to get out with friends, Winston-Salem has a surprisingly alive bar scene for you to celebrate with different specials.

Wednesday’s at Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar: $3 NC draft beers Some people advocate for pizza and beer, but nothing can truly beat the traditional combination of a juicy burger and a cold beer on tap. Here in North Carolina, we are fortunate to be gifted with some of the best breweries, which also happen to be offered at Bad Daddy’s. Avoid the ZSR and build your own dream burger and finish off each bite with an ice-cold sip of the NC taste of beer.

Thursday’s at Silo’s Deli & Bar: $3 Tito’s Vodka cocktails If you’re getting a little tired of the cheap Aristocrat or Smirnoff, head over to Silo’s on a Thursday night for the Ti-

to’s cocktail special. It is no secret that the baked brie they serve is one of the best options on the menu by far. Order a few $3 cocktails with your brie and you will walk out feeling like a richer individual.

Friday’s at Small Batch: Any two draft beers, get a specially designed pint class Finally, the weekend has arrived and what better way to celebrate all of your achievements than to head down to the local brewery, Small Batch.

With 12 different brewed beer options and one of them named ‘Queen Cersei Blonde Ale this spot is an absolute must for an evening out on the town with your friends.

Saturday’s at Tate’s Craft Cocktails: $4 Fireball shots The local offerings present a rowdier side for your Saturday evening. Make your way down to Tate’s for a particularly special drink offering: $4 Fireball shots. Fortunately, bar snacks are offered at Tate’s, in case the taste is not to your liking.

Sunday’s at River Birch Lodge: $2 off sangria Rounding out the weekend, spend a classy evening at River Birch with some friends and sangria. Pair a glass or two of the sweet sangria with the light hickory grilled chicken. Though this may be the end of the weekend, you are still entitled to treat yourself.

Advice Column | Messy Roommates

Cockroaches are the worst kind of roommates If your roommates are leaving pizza on the floor, you may find a bunch of uninvited guests in your apartment

BY GIDEON Contributing Writer ogb.life@gmail.com Dear Gideon, So, I’m having trouble with my roommates — I know, who isn’t? But hear me out: our trash-ridden floor has recently, and shockingly, inspired a cockroach infestation. I guess I could start by asking you, “Why aren’t cockroaches extinct yet?” They multiply faster than fruit flies in the genetics lab. I’m not going to point any fingers, except maybe at the two pieces of human trash I live with:

my roommates. Okay, that was a little harsh, but I care about these people. My roommates are my friends, who, despite their pig sty like tendencies, I love. So sue me for wanting them to live happy, and healthy, cockroach-free lives.

However, these are the same friends who took the liberty to leave Domino’s on our floor for three full days — not the pizza box, just the bare slices of pizza, cheese-down on the floor. First of all, who treats a slice of pizza like that?

That’s, like, sacrilegious. What kind of messed up person does that? Okay, that’s beside the point. Pizza aside, can you blame me for wanting to live in a pest-free apartment? How do I keep my friends and a clean apartment?

Sincerely, Concerned Cockroach Colleen

Dear Concerned Cockroach Colleen, First and foremost, please invest in an exterminator — or better yet, make your roommates do it. Buy some grey jumpsuits with “Bugs Be Gone!” embroidered on the back, only address them as The Exterminator for a full day (while making cringy Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator jokes) ... hell, dare one to eat a cockroach.

Get some much-deserved payback, all in good fun, of course. After all, their untidy lifestyle doesn’t seem malicious, or even intentional. The path to hell … or I guess, in your case, cockroach breeding grounds, is always paved with good intentions.

So, what is my opinion? Once the apartment is incubated in cockroach repellent and you’ve gone outside to avoid

any long-term, pesticide-induced lung damage, talk about it.

Tell them about the cockroach that crawled across your bed and straight into your pillowcase, the nightmares you had about turning into a giant cockroach and the funeral you performed for the five beautiful and delicious slices of pizza they let go to waste and die a slow and painful death on your floor.

Serve up some justice.

I think every family sitcom written around circa 2000 will agree with my professional opinion that open communication is the key to any good relationship — including relationships with roommates. So, discuss your issues.

Maybe even over pizza.

Sincerely, Gideon

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Play Review | Macbeth

Student adaptation of Macbeth is well-done Some say it’s bad luck to speak (or write) the name of the play that theatre department is performing throughout the upcoming week

BY RAVEN MCCORKLE Staff Writer mcorc16@wfu.edu

On March 31, the Wake Forest theatre department’s production of the Scottish play opened, with cast members stunning, scaring and interacting with the many audience members that were in attendance. This dark adaptation of the Shakespeare classic was directed by Wake Forest associate professor Brook Davis.

Upon walking into the theatre, audience members see the intricate work done by scenic designer Rob Eastman-Mullins and all members of the scene shop.

The stark contrast of the black yarn against the white walls served to look like a web — ironic, for the title character makes a habit of spinning a web of lies, deceit and full out murder.

This modern adaptation of Bacmeth opens with characters dressed in military-esque costumes, a perfect nod to the battle scenes and wars that ensue. The Lady of the house’s costumes are also quite beautiful — with handmade patterns by Mary Wayne-Thomas portray images of power among Lady MacB’s character. This is extremely relevant, for she ultimately challenges her husband, thus being the driving factor that causes him to murder King Duncan, the first of many mistakes.

The witches, which play a key role in the Scottish play, were also very well done. There were no pointy hats, cloaks or hooked noses. There were no broomsticks, green skin or black cats.

These three weird sisters, played by Sierra Leslie, Suna Guo and Shane Lutz, were dressed in “street clothes,” banged on trashcans, and hissed at cast and audience members.

Hecate, played by Anne Peyton Brothers, was also included in Davis’s adaptation of the Scottish play.

This decision to keep Hecate’s character was a great one — audience members loved her presence, speaking parts, and costume that seemed to mirror the web-likeness of the set.

The live singing by the witches was also a great addition to an already well done production.

The interactions between cast and audience members was well balanced. The “comedic relief ” scene this tragedy, the porter scene, was hilarious. Played

by Kevin Frazier, the porter stepped down into the audience, which drove other audience members to laughter.

Many scenes were breathtakingly done. The dinner scene, which involves several floating objects was stunning.

Spoiler alert: as in all Shakespearian tragedies, many people die. This production was no different. When the title character, played by Philip Kayser, dies, the delivery is shocking and rather frightful. I won’t spoil it for you here — you’ll just have to check it out for yourself. The Scottish play is running this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday.

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Wake Forest theatre department is performing Macbeth throughout the coming weekend.

Remember, do not say the name, or the show will be cursed.

Podcast Review | My Brother, My Brother and Me

TV series inspired by podcast considered a success The sense of humor of the McElroy brothers offers fans a comedy show with all of the humor and none of the offense

BY MICHAEL LITTRELL Contributing Writer littmp16@wfu.edu

“What’s up, you cool baby?”

The McElroy brothers are not experts as is said at the beginning of every episode, but they sure are funny. Earlier this year, Griffin, Travis and Justin McElroy released a six-part television series on comedy streaming service Seeso named after and based on their popular podcast, “My Brother, My Brother and Me.” The weekly podcast, which first aired in April 2010 and currently has 349 hour-long episodes, is a comedy podcast centered around the three brothers answering advice questions, such as those concerning mysterious breadsticks found on a front porch, among other things.

The show takes a different format than the podcast, beginning with one advice question that they must actively endeavor to answer throughout the episode. These endeavors can range from having a tarantula expert on the show, to bringing a teenager into the woods to meet with a phone-consuming entity known only as “the Clown Box.” It’s easy to love these boys with their energy and their charming sense of humor that doesn’t rely on being offensive to get people to laugh. It’s good-natured, unscripted fun that anyone can enjoy.

The real joy of the show comes from the little tangents like the off-topic conversations and the occasional roasts.

The inclusivity of these bits adds a lot to the warm welcoming-ness of the show by making it feel more realistic.

A lot of this welcome feeling comes from the way in which they incorporate various people, such as the mayor of Huntington, WV, in a way that allows them to bring in some new sort of energy to a bit.

In addition to that, their genuine interest and respect for the people included in the show is evident. They never do bits that may make the guests uncomfortable or mock them, as many comedy shows do. As was said before, it really is good-natured, feel-good fun.

That said, it’s important to say that this show isn’t for kids. The show still includes a fair amount of swearing and jokes that may not be appropriate for a young audience. As far as adult-oriented comedy shows go, it’s fairly tame — but still not for kids.

The comedic dynamic between the three brothers (and sometimes including their dad, Clint McElroy) works incredibly well. With Griffin’s outgoing silly nature, Travis’ witty insight and Justin’s outbursts of laughter and responses that can really enhance an initial joke, the three of them form a trio that feeds off of each other and allows for hilarious comedic improv that can really draw out a bit without losing any comedic value along the way. Each brother brings an important dynamic to the show that makes the show as wonderful, charming, and funny as it is.

The show also includes guests like Lin-Manuel Miranda (who is a long-time fan of the McElroy brothers) and ends with a surprisingly heartfelt moment that wrapped the show up quite nicely.

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The three stars of the series and respective podcast are Griffin, Travis and Justin McElroy.

If you are looking for something to watch that makes you laugh and leaves you feeling better than when you started, then My Brother, My Brother and Me is for you.

My Brother. My Brother and Me streams on Seeso. The show’s page includes the main series as well as bloopers and deleted scenes. It is highly recommended.

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Realistic Residence Hall Descriptions With room selection right around the corner, it’s important to be informed about the University’s residence hall offerings. Let the Old Gold & Black be your guide to room selection, keeping in mind that you have absolutely no shot at getting into any North Campus Residence — just saying.

BY NICHOLAS DEMAYO Life Editor demanj14@wfu.edu

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Key Efird - the residence hall for those who want to keep sharing a shower with complete strangers Taylor - the residence hall for those who don’t want to walk more than a few feet for coffee Davis - the residence hall for those who want to smell like a Subway six-inch at all times Piccolo - Good luck finding it

Kitchin - the residence hall for those who mistake “kitchens” for suite-style living Poteat - the residence hall for those who really want to live at the business school Huffman - the residence hall for those who don’t want to live in an upper quad motel Palmer - (see Piccolo)