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WAKE FOREST’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1916 VOL. 105, NO. 14
T H U R S DAY, A P R I L 2 5 , 2 019 “Cover s the campus like the magnolias”
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Psychologist Steven Pinker speaks at WFU Pinker spoke on his work surrounding human nature at an event in Wait Chapel BY CAROLINE WALKER Asst. News Editor walkct18@wfu.edu Renowned psychologist Steven Pinker spoke at the Second Annual Noesis Lecture on Tuesday, April 23 in Wait Chapel. The Eudaimonia Institute began the Noesis Lecture Series to provide the Wake Forest community with an opportunity to learn from a leading intellectual who has made significant achievements and contributed to genuine human flourishing, or “eudaimonia.” Continuing the tradition of the inaugural Noesis Lecture that featured Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, the Faculty Advisory Board of the Eudaimonia Institute selected Pinker as the speaker for the Second Annual Noesis Lecture.
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Members of the crowd watch as second-year divinty student Alexx Andersen shares her experience as a person of color on Wake Forest’s campus. She discussed multiple instances where she was the victim of racial slurs.
ARC hosts speak out on campus The event gave students of color a chance to share their experiences at Wake Forest BY OLIVIA FIELD News Editor fielor17@wfu.edu
With a sign reading “End WFU’s White Supremacy” centered in the background, students took to a makeshift stage on Manchester Plaza to share their experiences as persons of color on Wake Forest’s campus and to advocate for two new demands put forth by the Wake Forest University AntiRacism Coalition (ARC). The event, which was hosted by ARC on Monday evening, was the result of their boycott of the community conversation hosted by the university administration on April 17 (To learn more about the event and the boycott, refer to the article titled “Administration hosts community conversation” on Page 4).
After students of color shared testimonies, a representative from ARC, who did not self-identify, called for President Nathan Hatch, Dean of Admissions Martha Allman and Associate Dean of Admissions Kevin Pittard to come up onto the stage and apologize. Hatch, who was present for the entirety of the event, did not speak. Although the ARC representative stated that the three administrators were “notified beforehand,” Hatch said in an interview with the Old Gold & Black that he was not contacted prior to the event and asked to speak. “This was a time for persons of color to speak,” Hatch said. “If I had been asked to say certain things, I might have questioned it because of the nature of the evening, but I could have done it. However, I didn’t feel like, in the spur of the moment, I could have adequately conveyed something.”
Further, Hatch discussed how he was unsure of the nature of the apology ARC was requesting. “I wasn’t sure what the apology should be. I’ve apologized to [ARC] and I’ve apologized in public to the college faculty and to the senate,” Hatch said. “When it was asked for [Allman’s] dismissal, I made the institutional judgment that she would be retained, and I conveyed that decision in the form of accepting her apology, and I don’t think that was the right way to do it. So, I am sorry for the quick acceptance of the apology, that was not mine to accept … I came [to the speak out] to listen, so I was not prepared to speak. I was just surprised.” Although Hatch, Allman and Pittard did not speak that evening, ARC cited that the event aimed to address the previous apologies from the administrators.
See ARC, Page 4
Deacs capture two ACC Champoinsips Women’s golf and men’s tennis both won national championships this weekend BY SAM WEXLER Sports Editor wexlsn17@wfu.edu In a weekend that saw four Wake Forest sports teams vie for ACC Championships, the Demon Deacons won half of them. The men’s and women’s golf teams along with the men’s and women’s tennis teams competed in the ACC tournaments to finish a strong year of conference play. The women’s golf team won the title, leading wire to wire, and sophomore Emilia Migliaccio won the individual title. The men’s tennis team won the ACC title a few days later, their second consecutive ACC Championship. The women’s golf team led from the start at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. when the tournament began on Thursday, April 18.
See Deacons, Page 11