Every Tuesday morning, Greg Barnett at- tends his 8 a.m. finance class in Kirby Hall, the soon-to-be second-best academic build- ing on campus. But the sophomore finance major need not worry, because starting next fall, he’ll be taking classes in the best build- ing. Set to open just a decade after its predeces- sor, the $53 million Farrell Hall will serve as the new home for the Wake Forest Schools of Business beginning with the fall 2013 term. Ranked 19th in the nation by Bloomberg Businessweek, the business school serves as the one of the university’s biggest draws and enjoys significant resources, including the $10 million contributed by Mike and Mary Farrell to the cost of the upcoming 130,000-square-foot complex. “I like that the university is doing whatever it takes to stay competitive with other top national business programs,” Barnett said. While the amount of resources the business program In a March 18 email from President Na- than O. Hatch, it was announced that the university intends to purchase the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum from the city of Winston-Salem. e stadium complex hosts a wide array of events for the Winston-Salem community and is also well known on the campus and in the surrounding area as the home arena for the Demon Deacons basketball program. e complex will be 24 years old this Au- gust and the main arena seats approximately 15,000 individuals. According to the university athletic direc- tor, Ron Wellman, the university has been talking with the city about purchasing the facility for the past three years. “We’ve been talking with the city for about three years about some type of different management structure and it has taken the form of many different conversations,” Wellman said. “So we have settled on the idea of possible own- ership.” Wellman also said that the ownership of the facility could transfer from the city to the university as soon as this summer if the city council approves the timetable that was THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013 VOL. 96, NO. 24 WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY oldgoldandblack.com Purchase of Joel possible See Joel, Page 6 The university hopes to begin the process of enlivening and repairing the coliseum if purchase is approved & OLD GOLD BLACK Graphic by Elizabeth Ropp/Old Gold & Black The Schools of Business, ranked 19th in the nation, has been a large draw to the university and received a $10 million donation for new facilities. Graphic by Kristi Chan/Old Gold & Black The Joel Coliseum, owned and operated by the city, may have a new owner as the university begins the process of purchasing the arena from Winston-Salem. The university has been seeking this deal for years. BY IAN RUTLEDGE Executive News Editor [email protected]New business school adds to tensions BY NICK WELDON Asst. Sports Editor [email protected]See Business, Page 5 Funding towards construction of Farrell Hall strains relations between business students and other undergraduates LIFE NEWS SPORTS OPINION Professors work on Diabetes treatment Page 4 University athletics tackle concussions Page 5 An interview with baseball “iron man” Page 11 Previewing the NCAA Tournament Page 11 A Carolina Cup survival guide Page 16 Buying high art in the Big Apple Page 20 Students should be grandfathered into tuition prices Page 7 Beware of those YouTube fads Page 9 BLOGS Read the latest news from March Madness oldgoldandblack.com
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Every Tuesday morning, Greg Barnett at-tends his 8 a.m. finance class in Kirby Hall, the soon-to-be second-best academic build-ing on campus. But the sophomore finance major need not worry, because starting next fall, he’ll be taking classes in the best build-ing.
Set to open just a decade after its predeces-sor, the $53 million Farrell Hall will serve as the new home for the Wake Forest Schools of Business beginning with the fall 2013 term.
Ranked 19th in the nation by Bloomberg Businessweek, the business school serves as the one of the university’s biggest draws and enjoys significant resources, including the $10 million contributed by Mike and
Mary Farrell to the cost of the upcoming 130,000-square-foot complex. “I like that the university is doing whatever it takes to stay competitive with other top national
business programs,” Barnett said. While the amount of resources the business program
In a March 18 email from President Na-than O. Hatch, it was announced that the university intends to purchase the Lawrence
Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum from the city of Winston-Salem.
The stadium complex hosts a wide array of events for the Winston-Salem community and is also well known on the campus and in the surrounding area as the home arena for the Demon Deacons basketball program. The complex will be 24 years old this Au-gust and the main arena seats approximately 15,000 individuals.
According to the university athletic direc-tor, Ron Wellman, the university has been talking with the city about purchasing the
facility for the past three years. “We’ve been talking with the city for about three years about some type of different management structure and it has taken the form of many different conversations,” Wellman said. “So we have settled on the idea of possible own-ership.”
Wellman also said that the ownership of the facility could transfer from the city to the university as soon as this summer if the city council approves the timetable that was
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Graphic by Elizabeth Ropp/Old Gold & BlackThe Schools of Business, ranked 19th in the nation, has been a large draw to the university and received a $10 million donation for new facilities.
Graphic by Kristi Chan/Old Gold & BlackThe Joel Coliseum, owned and operated by the city, may have a new owner as the university begins the process of purchasing the arena from Winston-Salem. The university has been seeking this deal for years.
Funding towards construction of Farrell Hall strains relations between business students and other undergraduates
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Professors work on Diabetes treatmentPage 4
University athletics tackle concussionsPage 5
An interview with baseball “iron man”Page 11
Previewing the NCAA TournamentPage 11
A Carolina Cup survival guidePage 16
Buying high art in the Big ApplePage 20
Students should be grandfathered into tuition pricesPage 7
Beware of those YouTube fadsPage 9
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staff of the Old Gold & Black has decided to craft an advertising policy. On March 7, the Old Gold & Black ran an advertisement purchased by Firebz.com (a website with statistics about head basketball coach, Jeff Bzdelik’s record).
After much deliberation and discussion, we decided to run the advertisement in the newspaper. There is a large sentiment among the Wake Forest community that change is necessary in the basketball department. We felt that as a platform for our community’s voices, we could not silence these opinions.
Many years ago, the Old Gold & Black published a much more inflammatory advertisement that specifically targeted a group of people in a negative light. Since then, our editorial staff has become more prudent in its choices of which ads to run in our issues.
The ad in the March 7 issue was based purely on statistics and facts, had no obscene language or graphics, and was truthful and accurate.
The advertisement met our standards of quality and appropriateness, so we felt we had no reason to cut it. As an editorial staff, we all agreed that we are a platform for free speech and cutting this ad would set a dangerous precedent.
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These stories focused on the fact that fans are upset enough to take out an advertisement with the school newspaper. Firebz.com also purchased an advertisement with the Greensboro News & Record during the ACC Tournament. As Wake Forest’s only student newspaper, we would have missed an opportunity to continue a conversation about the state of our basketball program if we did not run the ad. Despite the feedback received, we still support our decision to run the Firebz.com advertisement.
This situation did however, lead us to create an advertisement policy. With the policy in place, we will continue accepting all advertisements that meet our standards of appropriateness despite potential controversy.
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from which I can be heard and hopefully “felt” is very special to me, and it reminds me of my role on the team (supporting and motivating the team on the court in practice and applauding the team from the bench on game days) almost 20 years ago. I believe that positive vocal support could go a long way to helping our team become more successful, and it could create a real home court advan-tage. It makes me feel great to be courtside as I try to make any difference that I can to help the team succeed and to let them know that their hard work and effort are very appreciat-ed. We improved significantly this year, and I am excited about our team’s future.
Those who were watching the game chris-tened you #IntenseWakeFan on Twitter. How does it feel knowing that the tag was trending worldwide during and after the game?
The reaction on Twitter and from fans around the country on March 14 was fun. I have been cheering for the Deacs with incredible passion for 30+ years. When I played at Wake, one of my biggest contribu-tions was motivating the team and cheering for them as we battled the greatest teams in
Kenneth Herbst (’97) is an associate profes-sor of Marketing in the Schools of Business at Wake Forest University. Herbst has a Masters and Ph.D. from the University of North Car-olina at Chapel Hill. He also is an alumnus, receiving his B.A. in 1997. While at Wake Forest, he played basketball as a walk-on on back-to-back ACC Championship teams in 1995 and 1996. On March 14, during the 2013 ACC Tournament, Herbst became a worldwide trend on Twitter under the hashtag #IntenseWakeFan. Everyone watch-ing the Wake-Maryland game noticed the energetic and passionate person standing just feet from Jeff Bzdelik and the rest of the team.
What were you feeling, watching the Deacs play? What was it like inside the coliseum right behind the team?
As I always do when I watch the Deacs play, I felt a great level of pride cheering on the Deacs March 14, the opening night of the ACC Tournament in Greensboro. Be-ing present to support the Deacs in a seat
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South Korea suffered a major cyber attack on March 20, crippling three television network computer systems in addition to two large banks. Although the initial assump-tion was that the attack was instigated by North Korea, the South Korean government was unable to determine the cause.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, the South Ko-rea police launched a major investigation and the national army’s threat level was raised. Sources within the govern-ment have indicated that the attack had been planned in advance. The incident comes at a time when tensions are already historically high in the Korean peninsula.
South Korean army raises alert level after alleged cyber attack
Obama meets with Israeli leaders to kick off Mid East trip
Senate gun control bill will not include assault weapons ban
President Obama began his trip to the Middle East March 20 with his first visit to Israel since taking office. Meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres, Obama vowed to continue the US’s sup-port of Israel. “I see this visit as an opportunity to reaffirm the unbreakable bonds between our nations,” Obama said upon his arrival. Discussing issues including Iran’s nuclear weapons program as well as the ongoing civil war in Syria, Obama maintained that all options are being considered.
Obama will also visit the West Bank to meet with Pales-tinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan for talks with King Abdullah later in the week.
Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced March 19 that a federally mandated assault weapons ban has been dropped from the gun control legislation set to come before the Senate next month.
With growing opposition from Senate Republicans, it be-came clear in recent days that it would be difficult, if not impossible, for Democrats to bring the bill to the Senate floor, let alone pass it.
In a statement, Reid explained that decision was a neces-sary sacrifice, pointing out that the final draft of the bill must draw enough bipartisan support to pass both the Sen-ate and the House to go to the President.
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the country night after night. I was born in Winston-Salem, and my parents and I have been going to Wake games since I was five years old. Cheering with enthusiasm is not a new thing for me, and so the reaction from fans and the media around the country that night was really surprising but fun. I think the reason that this became somewhat of a story was because I was in a seat in which I could be seen and from which I could be heard. I hope that my applauding the team for their great effort makes a difference.
Many professors aren’t too passionate about Wake Forest athletics. What sets you apart? Do you feel it’s important to support the team? Why?
I am not sure that most professors feel a lack of passion for Wake athletics. I suppose that this may be true, but several of my col-leagues are very interested in the team, and they follow our guys very closely. What may set me apart from a typical Wake profes-sor is that I have a very personal tie to the men’s basketball program given that I was a walk-on on the basketball team in the mid-1990s. So, my Wake pride has really deep roots.
Yes, it is very important to support the team. My view is that if the players and coaches have “Wake Forest” written across their chest, then I will support them — win or lose.
Our support can only help. I have encour-aged my students to attend the games and to cheer loudly early and often. I believe that we will get back to where we all want to be more quickly if we all pull together as students, faculty and fans to support our team and to create an atmosphere in the Joel Coliseum that makes defeating us in the Joel incredibly difficult.
Are you planning on watching the NCAA tournament, even though the Deacs will not be appearing?
I enjoy college basketball, and so I watched several conference tournaments. I really en-joy March Madness. The two opening days of the NCAA Tournament are my favorite sports days of the year.
Watching March Madness without the Deacs is, unquestionably, less exciting. Still, I will be watching the NCAA Tournament as I anticipate this year’s “Cinderella” story and unforgettable game endings.
I’ve heard that you were a walk-on when you came to the university. What was it like, playing for Wake Forest on the court?
The walk-on experience at Wake was very exciting, and given my childhood fondness for Wake Forest and my love for all of my childhood “heroes in Wake jerseys,” it was wonderful in many ways.
I still remember the first time that I ran out of the tunnel and onto the floor at the Joel Coliseum as the band played our fight song. I literally had goose bumps. I will never forget that. It was an exhibition game, but we could have been playing Duke or North Carolina as far as I was concerned — what a thrill!
I did not play often in the games, but I did not expect to play. I was a solid high school player, but I knew that playing in games in the ACC was quite a reach. Ran-dolph Childress and Tim Duncan were fun to guard in practice, and as a walk-on, you simply needed to know your role. My role was to help the team prepare for games as a scout player for the opposing team. It was such an honor to wear the black and gold and to be a part of three teams — two of which won ACC Championships in 1995 and in 1996.
Why did you choose to come back to the university as a professor?
The reason that I went into academia was, in part, because of Mark Leary, a psychol-ogy professor who was here at Wake.
He taught Research Methods, and he was such a dynamic speaker and professor. He was my role model in academia, and I think that the way that I teach is a combination of Mark and several of the coaches and men-tors that I have had at Wake Forest, in grad-uate school and at other universities.
I am happiest when I am teaching, and I hope to make a difference in the lives of current students at my alma mater in a way that my professors had a lasting effect on my career.
In addition, although I did not have the opportunity to play for Coach Skip Prosser, he still managed to have a profound impact on my life. I found Coach Prosser’s love of teaching and scholarship to be very refresh-ing. He always invited me to practices when I was back in town visiting family.
I saw Coach Prosser and his wife six days before he passed away.
I was leaving a concert in Greensboro. Fifteen to 20 feet from the exit, I heard my name yelled loudly and clearly. “Ken-ny!” I looked down the concourse and it was Coach Prosser. “Just wanted to say — welcome home. You are going to do great things at Wake Forest.” That was our final communication.
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According to the 2011 National Diabe-tes Fact Sheet, 1.9 million people are diag-nosed with diabetes each year and 79 mil-lion people are pre-diabetic. People with pre-diabetes have elevated blood glucose levels after time without food and are at a greater risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Pre-diabetes can be reverted through loos-ing weight, improving diet and physi-cal activity.
With such a high number of pre-diabetics, there has been a great initia-tive to create programs that will reduce the amount of pre-diabetics.
In 2002, the Diabetes Prevention Pro-gram (DPP) set the benchmark for diabetes prevention studies with the most successful results thus far. “The study changed the way we view Type 2 diabetes prevention and even treatment as well as putting the high-light on lifestyle weight loss being the key factor in reducing Type 2 diabetes,” Jeffery Katula, assistant professor health and exer-cise science, said.
Katula and his research colleagues cre-ated a new preventative diabetes program, Healthy Living Partnerships to Prevent
Diabetes (HELP PD). Katula’s goal for the study was to replicate the DPP program, but to minimize the cost.
The DPP costs $2,631 per person, due to a highly individualized program re-quiring lots of medi-cal workers HELP PD cuts the cost in one third, just
$850 per person, while achieving the same rate of adherence, weight loss, and changes in blood glucose as the DPP.
The main difference between the DPP and HELP PD is the format of pro-
grams. HELP PD used community health workers (CHWs) rather than numerous
doctors, dieticians and nurses. The CHWs, supervised
by registered
d ie t ic ians from the diabe-tes care center, led the partici-
pants in the peer based weight loss
program. Katula cred-ited the inter- active
group environ-
ment as the reason
the partici-pants stayed moti-
vated and empowered. “Our model is a little bit different
than previous attempts at weight loss in that we focused more on an empowerment based approach and problem solving,” Kat-ula said.
The CHWs were selected by registered
dieticians and were required to have well-controlled diabetes.
Katula credits the CHWs as the key to the success of the study.
“They are just amazing individuals,” he said. “I think that is probably our greatest success. That we were able to attract quality CHWs, train them, get them to deliver this, and keep them.”
Katula and his colleagues are currently working with the North Carolina Division of Public Health and the Department of Diabetes Prevention and Control to scale up the model.
HELP PD is now set to be implemented in five other counties across North Carolina and even in some parts of Mississippi for further use.
The group hopes to get added funding and to increase the number of counties in-volved.
In the future, Michael Lawlor, director of the Health Policy and Administration Program in the Department of Economics and lead author of the HELP PD cost-effec-tiveness paper, hopes HELP PD will reduce the future cost that insurance is paying for diabetes.
“Typical types of complications from dia-betes are losing feeling of lower extremities, eye problems of multiple kinds, heart at-tacks and strokes. The worst cases are am-putated limbs and blindness,which is really high cost. This is designed to delay or keep that from ever happening,” Lawlor said.
Professors fight Type 2 diabetes in communityUniversity professors release new study showing that there are cheaper ways to prevent metabolic disorder
Wake Forest football continues with its strict and successful concussion treatment and education for student-athletes amid mounting national concerns over long-term brain damage.
“I don’t have a concern because we really have had no need to change,” Don Steel-man, assistant athletic trainer in charge of football, said. “The rates [of concussions] may be a little bit higher, but that is a result of better education of the athletes. They’re not hiding it anymore, they’re not trying to be tough and doing something dangerous. All the publicity about the NFL has con-tributed to that awareness as well.”
President Obama recently said that with the long-term damage caused by repeated concussions, the game will have to change at the risk of seeming less entertaining. With evidence of a link between concus-sions and chronic traumatic encephalopa-thy, a degenerative brain disease, lending to the number of damage suits by National Football League retirees reaching 4,000 and counting, the NFL has begun issuing rule changes.
The NFL Players’ Association has just proposed adding independent, possibly ‘unbiased’ neurology specialists on the side-
lines during games for concussion issues. “Independent neurologists on the sidelines are not fruitful, they are actually a huge problem,” Greg Collins, Wake Forest’s as-sistant athletic director of Sports Medicine and head athletic trainer, said. “The team physicians have developed relationships with athletes so they would see the little be-havior changes that are often the first signs of concussions. You can’t see the evidence if he’s not your athlete.”
Collins and his colleagues monitor play-ers closely, especially ones with a history of concussions.
Once diagnosed, a player must follow precise, proven rules for gradual recovery.
“If an athlete has a concussion, he is not allowed to return to the team for at least a week,” Collins said.
“That is extremely controversial with oth-er schools’ programs. Other teams use other reasons for a player’s injury, like ‘Oh, he just hurt his neck, he’s fine.’ It’s the same in the NFL. It places the athletes and the team at risk.” Cody Preble expresses his opinion on the way the coaches and trainers treat con-cussions.
“I think they handle concussions the right way,” Preble, a sophomore football center who suffered the second of his two docu-mented concussions during a practice at Wake, said.
Players follow a certain recovery process to decrease recovery time.
“Players really begin to shut the brain down, not just limiting physical activity but also mental activity such as … watching TV, Basically they need to rest their brains so they sit looking at their white walls and
are bored to death,” Steelman explained. “It does seem to decrease the amount of recov-ery time.”
Wake football also participated in a hel-met study two years ago which tried to see a correlation between the magnitude of spe-cific hits and increased concussion chances, even appearing with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center employees in a commercial by Toyota, a sponsor. The helmets had sen-sors that would elicit a warning to comput-ers on the sidelines if a certain threshold was passed, and the staff would watch those players more closely.
“They set the threshold because they did seem to see more of an increase in concus-sions at that level,” Steelman said. Some athletes don’t worry about concussions.
“I’m not worried [about my future health],” Preble said.
“I’ve never had a concussion where you forget everything and then you get too be-hind in football, which is what none of us want.”
However, coaches still seriously consider the side effects that may become a factor, and exactly how many concussions consti-tute too many.
“One of the greatest questions we’re try-ing to deal with is how many concussions is too many?” Collins continued.
“Six or seven minor concussions? No one knows what the magic number is,” he said. “It may not affect you now but it will at 50 when you’re done playing.”
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BRIEFLIES
3 to 4 Ounces, the university’s undergraduate literary mag-azine, is hosting a coolest cooler competition. The competi-tion is open to anyone painting a cooler for mountain week-end. The winner will receive a $100 prize and their cooler will be featured in the spring edition of 3 to 4 Ounces. The magazine is accepting other submissions of poetry, prose and art. Poetry should be under a page. Art submissions should be submitted as a photograph of the artwork. Sub-missions are due March 31 and can be sent to [email protected].
3 to 4 Ounces seeks submissions, coolest coolers for magazine
The Big Tent Project facilitates intercultural conversation
Multicultural affairs joins in a partnership with the uni-versity art department and student leaders to host the Big Tent Project.
Students and campus groups will use collaborative art projects to express their ideas and opinions about diversity and inclusion among a small group of their peers. Students are invited to engage in the innovative approach to inter-cultural conversation through the creative project.
The Big Tent Project will be held at 5 p.m. March 27 on Manchester Plaza.
5K race raises support for health of communities in the area
The first El Buen Camino 5K will be held 9 a.m. April 6 on Davis Field. With sponsorship from Wake Forest Bap-tist Medical Center, the race will build relationships and improve the health and wellbeing of low-income Latino families in Forsyth County.
Preregistration for the race will cost $20, registration be-tween March 23 and April 3 will be $25 and day-of regis-tration will be $30. Registration is due 3 p.m. on April 2. Register for the event at elbuenpastorlcs.org/ElBuenCami-no5K.
University athletics tackles concussion concernsWith concussions rising in collegiate sports, the university has taken steps to alleviate head injury concerns
receives does not surprise most students, some undergraduates believe its increasing prominence is creating tension between business majors and other disciplines.
“People I’ve talked to do see those in the business school as arrogant or having an aura of entitlement,” said Jelani Ince, a ju-nior with a double major in English and French.
Sophomore business major Alexis Tsa-voussis attributes this entitlement to the os-tensible difficulty of business classes coupled with their heavy workloads. She believes that this, in turn, leads business students to negatively judge their non-business coun-
terparts. “Sometimes business majors look down on people with majors that aren’t nec-essarily as analytical, or those that are more creative,” Tsavoussis said. “I find this to be a shame as I believe all students should play to their strengths and study what they really enjoy.”
Ince and Tsavoussis place the majority of the blame on the arrogance of business stu-dents, whereas Barnett thinks that the issue is resentment coming from the other side. “I think that the general college students are a little jealous of the attention the business students get from the university,” Barnett said.
Despite accounting for just over a tenth of the student body, the roughly 500 business students will benefit from two buildings
constructed just 10 years apart. Meanwhile, other academic departments can do noth-ing but sit and wait for the possibility of an upgrade.
Salem Hall, the home of the chemistry department and one of the oldest build-ings on the Reynolda campus, has been in the process of ongoing renovation since the biology department moved from Salem to Winston Hall in 1960.
“It is very difficult for me to walk by Far-rell everyday knowing that I have to go back to Salem,” Sarah Kosakowski, a sophomore chemistry major, said. “If the school can de-vote so much money to the business school, it should be able to do the same for the sci-ence program.” While there are certainly detached students on campus who are not
bothered by the issue, many see tension be-tween business and non-business students as a quickly developing reality.
And students like Barnett do not see it go-ing away any time soon.
“The university is going to keep devoting a lot of resources to the business school be-cause of how important it is to our national recognition,” Barnett said.
“I think the attention is completely justi-fied considering that business majors have a more rigorous workload than the average Wake student.”
Some students disagree with this senti-ment.
“Honestly, if he said that to my face, I’d probably laugh,” Ince said. “That statement is saturated with ignorance.”
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The NFL began to issue rule changes after evidence of a link between concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
presented to the city finance committee March 18.
“The timeline as discussed at Mon-day’s finance meeting would transfer the property on July 1,” Wellman said. “Whether we can meet that schedule remains to be seen, but that is the time-table that was presented to the finance committee.”
Should the city council approve the university’s purchase of the Joel, it will likely cost the university approximate-ly $8 million, according to President Hatch, which is the remaining debt the city holds on the facility.
“For some time the city has been losing money on the coliseum,” said Hatch, “and amidst the array of things they’re responsible for I think they made the decision that they didn’t want to be in the coliseum business or that the
cost of renovating a place that is over 20 years old was such that they would have a hard time doing it. So I believe that’s what led to the discussion with the uni-versity.”
Both Hatch and Wellman stressed that if the university takes control of the fa-cility, it will still host community events and be a resource for the larger commu-nity.
“We’re committed to this facility be-ing a public facility,” Wellman said. “We want this facility to continue to be an asset not only for Wake Forest Univer-sity and Wake Forest basketball, but also for the region in which we live. That’s our vision for the facility and its critical to us.”
Hatch said, “From the point of view of the city, by the university taking over and the athletic department bearing financial responsibility for the com-munity, you are bringing private sup-port to bear for public good. That’s the advantage for the city; you’re still going
to have a wonderful coliseum but it is the university drawing upon athletic re-sources to support it.”
Hatch and Wellman also both stated that if the university takes ownership of the Joel complex, there would be a long-term plan to complete needed renova-tions that the city has been unable to perform due to budgetary restraints.
“We want fans, when they see that fa-cility, to know that that’s where Wake Forest plays basketball,” Wellman said. “We want fans, when they walk into that facility, to recognize the greatness of Wake Forest basketball, the tradition of Wake Forest basketball and get excited about just coming to an arena that is Wake Forest basketball.”
However, some students are still di-vided on the issue of whether or not the purchase of the arena will be benefi-cial to the university and the basketball team.
“With the home crowds the way they were recently in some of the bigger
games this season, I don’t think buy-ing the Joel would make it any more of our basketball home,” sophomore Alec Wasilewski said. “It already is our home and I don’t think the purchase would make all that much of a difference in morale or pride.”
Other students think the move could raise student excitement for the basket-ball program. Sophomore Alex St. Clair said, “I definitely think we need to up our enthusiasm for Deacon basketball, and if the administration thinks that the purchase of the coliseum is the way to do it, go for it.”
Hatch maintains, however, that the university’s purchase of the facility will be beneficial to the university and the community. “We hope to make a more attractive venue for students, fans and everyone,” Hatch said. “I think it will help in building better basketball pro-grams and I think it is a nice public pri-vate relationship. This is a good thing for both sides.”
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14,665 Number of seats in the
main arena for basketball games
$8,000,000Estimated amount the
university will pay to acquire the coliseum
Graphic by Kristi Chan/Old Gold & BlackInformation courtesy of ljvm.com and Nathan O. Hatch
The numbers behind the Joel
SG GENERAL ASSEMBLY
I. Constituent Concerns
The desire to resurface the tennis courts was expressed. Graduating seniors are con-cerned about the fact that only one major and one minor can appear on a diploma. More mats in the gym are desired. The awk-ward placement of the new piano on the Upper Quad was addressed.
II. Committee Reports
The Academic committee is still working on the Experimental College and how to in-volve more faculty in the process. They are also still working on revising the advising system and freshman orientation.
The Appropriations and Charter commit-tee announced they had no bills for this as-sembly.
The Campus Life committee reported they are planning a Last Day of Class Cel-ebration. A band, free food and other activi-ties are in the works.
The Judiciary committee is getting ready for the upcoming elections.
The Physical Planning committee report-ed they are working on improving shuttle hours.
The Public Relations committee an-nounced a PR push starting next week.
There will be a Shorty’s night on March 25 and meet and greet with executive board. The new issue of Stall Street Journal is out. They also began the vote for an ARAMARK employee of the year award.
III. New Business
Bill 27 — ARAMARK Appreciation Award: The bill provides for an ARAMARK Appreciation Award to be given to an employee(s) who have exhibited outstand-ing service. Rossalyn of Starbucks and Der-rick from the Pit were the winning recipi-ents. The bill was passed.
IV. Announcements
The president announced that spring elec-tions will be April 9. All executive applica-tions will be live on March 23.
His State of the Student Body address will not take place because of scheduling con-flicts in Wait Chapel.
The speaker of the house is still working on administration flow charts.
The secretary announced next week’s PR push.
The treasurer asked for volunteers for stu-dent government’s DESK team. The chief of staff announced that there will be a sneak peak of the election packet online.
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Tré Easton, PresidentCleo Johnson, Speaker of the HouseStorm Saponaro, TreasurerDave Samsel, SecretaryTaylor Harvey, Chief of Staff
While calling the recent tuition increase unnecessary is questionable, a fact remains: the unnecessary exertion of power by our “superiors” (the Trustees) who venture to Wake multiple times a year, who suppos-edly know and understand the perils and concerns of a common student, is not only a disservice to themselves and to their posi-tion but it is an irreconcilable point of con-tention. If the honorable Trustees spent a night in the mildew infested rooms of Davis or any other half-century old “dormitory,” they would, hopefully, better understand Wake. For example, I wish every Trustee would be slapped with nice juicy $150 fine ($75 for improper time and $75 for an im-proper place parking ticket) because they didn’t move their car in time regardless of
the snowstorm. But regardless of snow-storms, the validity of my argument lies in law conceived two thousand years ago and affirmed by our own constitution. Ex Post Facto is a retroactive law concerning previ-ously passed legislation.
For example, if the state of North Caro-lina passed a law today banning brick build-ings, then from henceforth no brick build-ings would be allowed.
But, since Wake is made entirely out of brick, the law would not affect it. In our pre-dicament, I would most certainly hope the Trustees raised the tuition bearing in mind the negation of common and civil law. Now given the nature of Wake as an institution, a private entity, they are within their rights.
It does, without a question, go against the taste of decency to say the least. Addition-ally, the directory issued to us a fledging freshman, is our academic bible. Even if a major requirement changes by 30 hours, we are held to the requirements as stipulated by handbook of our entering year. In the 2011-12 directory, under the procedures section on page 21, it states tuition is $42,700. It also stipulates “the University reserves the right to change without notice the cost of instruction and other services at any time.”
If only Dr. Hatch would have told me that before I signed on the dotted line a committed not only four years, but arguably four of the most important years of my life.
Martha Allman in the admissions office tells perspective students about how Wake is an intimate community and it is, above all, a family.
The quoted section above hardly seems like caring family. I wonder what else I might find in the student handbook or directory. But I dare not look, for fear of other dis-tasteful practices and inevitable lies within.
My plea grounds itself in legal continu-ity deriving justification from jurisprudence doctrines. These Ex Post Facto and grandfa-ther stipulations illustrate not only the im-portance but the need for such laws to be in existence to ensure continuity and equality. I find the quotes in the Old Gold & Black several weeks ago by Ms. Neal and Ms. Pu-gel (“Tuition increase announced,” Feb. 14) are not only nauseating but are quite banal. I submit myself to the arbitration of the reader when I plea for equality to prevail and the clash of Benjamin’s and Grants to not supersede the common law and all other matters illustrated in our governing docu-ments.
I beseech the Trustees to consider infus-ing our practices with some continuity. The tuition increases, if indeed necessary, should affect the first incoming class and forward. But not the students who so willingly en-ter into a contract with this institution only to find distasteful practices to surface in the midst of fulfilling their obligations.
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Tuition increases to affect current students despite laws against such practices
Administration abuses rights
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“I think programs like Greeks Go Green are effective.”
Kathleen DeGeode (‘15)
As I sit at my desk, wrapped in a wool cardigan and enjoying a glass of ’12 Italian Barbera (man, if you’re looking for some-thing smooth), I prepare for my Forest de-parture with a story and simple words …
Anyone who knows me recognizes that any characteristic, attitude and perspective on the world can most often be attributed
to coming from a large family. As number eight of nine children, I’ve seen all my sib-lings succeed and screw up, fight and com-promise, grow and develop.
Needless to say, I grew up faster than I would’ve liked to. Upon my arrival at Wake Forest, most of my life lessons were learned and my perspectives set in stone. Or so I thought. Yes, I was a very proud fresh-man. It’s not that I had a holier-than-thou outlook, but I figured I had been through hardships that the Wake Forest commu-nity — compiled of the financially stable, the privileged and the spoiled, in many cases — would never quite understand. So I thought, “What the hell could the bitch called Life throw at me that I either hadn’t already seen or didn’t know how to handle?”
As most seniors will vehemently tell you, the answer to that question: um, a lot. But who more can I learn this from other than my family? They seemed to have taught me everything. The moment I fully realized who I could turn to came when I performed poorly on an accounting exam my junior year, and I read into the outcome maybe a little too much.
Thankfully, my accounting professor —the sweetest, smartest and most optimistic elderly chap I know — put everything in perspective for me. After a long conversa-tion about the importance of failure, learn-ing from mistakes and the negligible mo-ments in the big scheme of life, I came away wishing that I had known my grandparents. I spent most of my impressionable years learning Baby Boomers, Generation Y and the Millennials, but I couldn’t help but yearn for the wisdom of even the Greatest Generation and beyond. And that’s why now, I pass down a learned lesson: take kindly the counsel of the years.
Regardless of the generation, we have seen since prehistoric times that the elderly members of a society have often been con-sidered the most knowledgeable. In times of crises, these were the people tribes and cul-tures turned to when life was getting them down. My proud and undefined Millennial generation should take note. Our elders have been through the ebbs and flow of life, trials and tribulations — what in the world could possibly make us think that we know anything at all?
Wisdom comes with time and enduring moments inconceivable to most youths, especially in an accumulating matter: loss, illness, death, war, heartbreak, grief, even simply the difficulties of old age. In times of hopelessness and misdirection, consult those who have seen the good, the bad and the ugly sides to life, who have ventured without a roadmap and who have endured more than any of us can imagine. Talk about value. I’m now on my last sip. Cheers, and don’t take these words for granted.
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Of Wine, Wool and Simple Words | Lessons from a Graduating Senior
Respect the knowledge and wisdom of your eldersThe counsel of the older generations can help when enduring life’s challenges
“Our elders have been through the ebbs and flows of life ... what ... could possibly make us think we know anything?
I’ll confess straight up, I’m an Internet geek. I love wasting should-be-study time on YouTube, Facebook, Memebase and the occasional news site (oftentimes to read the hilariously atrocious comments found at the bottom of articles). So when it comes to the latest internet fads, I feel like I am on the ball.
In high school it was planking. In college it has been Gangnam Style and the Har-lem Shake. I tend to enjoy these as they are harmless, fun to watch and enjoyable to partake in.
I even got to participate in a ‘Harlem Shake’ video earlier this semester. But every now and then I get a glimpse of the double-edged sword that YouTube has the potential to be. How with the slew of escapist visuals that are harmless, there are those that are not.
Enter ‘Gallon Smashing,’ the latest ‘hi-larious’ internet fad where, as defined by Bliss Bowman Wade on waff.com, “young people walk down an aisle holding a gal-lon of milk, orange juice or other liq-uid, and smash them on the ground or into shelves.” Now, I have watched a plethora of stupid YouTube vid-eos. So I can safely say that this is quite honestly one of the dumb-est trends I have ever seen. But the lack of intelligence ‘Gallon
Smashing’ demonstrates is not the only is-sue.
According to Wade, if ‘Gallon Smash-ers’ are apprehended in Florence, Ala., they could face a penalty for criminal mischief. In addition to this, a Minnesota CBS site reported a teenager getting arrested for the stunt, charged with both property damage and disorderly conduct. St. Paul police sgt. Paul Paulos said, “From damaging product,
to spending time cleaning it up, and all the products the milk comes in contact with, it’s a mess. And people can slip, creating the potential for a severe injury.”
So these videos have many negative reper-cussions.
They are not a joke. They are not funny. They are stupid, wrong and ought to be dis-couraged. To my relief, some people have left comments vocalizing their distaste with this trend on YouTube, Free Republic and other sites.
Unfortunately, there are many others that not only applaud the video-maker, they mock those that raise concerns, saying that they lack a sense of humor. After all, if it
gets a laugh, the ends justify the means. It’s just ‘comedy’, right? Wrong.
Sadly, but not surprisingly, these videos have received a significant amount of popu-larity.
A blog post in the Los Angeles Times states how one gallon-smashing video from mid-February has already garnered millions of views. Chances are as more people hear about this trend, that number will likely grow. Granted some might view the video just to bask in its stupidity (I too am guilty of this), but others will certainly see it as comic gold.
Unfortunately, cases like this are nothing new. In an online piece he wrote in Certifi-cate Magazine, Daniel Margolis mentions how there has been recurring instances of YouTube being used to post malicious acts. A few years ago, a video was posted show-ing a young girl in Florida getting assaulted by six others. In addition to this, a woman used YouTube in order to attack her soon-to-be ex-husband through the sharing of private information about their relation-ship and his family.
From these instances, it is clear that giving people the power of publicity has had many negative consequences.
I’m not writing this article to seem like a grouchy old man brandishing a cane from his front porch yelling ‘get off my lawn you whippersnappers!’ I’m writing this as a young, concerned, YouTube-loving indi-vidual who feels that the negative aspects of the site need to be better discussed.
As I’ve said before, YouTube is a double-edged sword. I know people will say that with this article I am giving these people more attention than they deserve, that it is
best to ignore them since they crave at-tention. However, I also feel it would be
a great mistake to continue sweeping this problem under the rug.
If we do not combat this now, trends like this, demonstrating
a complete lack of respect for others, will continue.
Our generation is inundated with infor-mation from social media tools that give us snip-its of the news. We are expected to learn about what is going on in the world in 140 characters or less. The age of sitting down with a morning coffee to read long, analytical and investigative stories are be-hind us. We do not just get the news with
our morning coffee anymore — we hear news all day long.
We are privileged to have this constant flow of information to our email inboxes and phones, but do we really understand the depth of this news? The process of flip-ping through Twitter seems comparable to cramming for an exam the night before. The journalism industry is meant to spark con-versations and create change, but how can we do this in 140 characters or less? We owe it to ourselves to take a minute to breathe and absorb the overwhelming amounts of information around us.
It is undeniable that journalism is chang-ing. Staff cuts are an unfortunate epidemic affecting major newspapers across the coun-try. Some newspapers are even disappearing from shelves and appearing online only. In fact, online newspapers officially surpassed their print counterparts in ad revenue in 2010, according to Media Bistro’s website. This brings us back to the question at hand, how will journalism play its role in our vir-
tual world if we are not taking the time to fully read the news?
As students, we should strive to contrib-ute to these conversations and let our opin-ions be heard. We are after all the youth, and all eyes should be on us. Older generations have labeled us as technology-obsessed, and are they wrong? According to How Stuff Works’ website, our generation uses “social media and text on their cell phones significantly more than older generations.” Unsurprisingly, they found that Millennials are also more likely to view technology in a positive light. So we are plugged in. This should not be an excuse to let the headlines fly in one ear and out the other. In fact, now that the future of newspapers is on the In-ternet, we have no excuses to sit out of these
imperative conversations. We are students of a prestigious university, which acts as a hub for research and academics. So what is stopping us from taking part in these con-versations? We should be debating Obama’s gun control policies and questioning why the former Pope announced his resignation two days before Ash Wednesday. We should be concerned that there was an armed-rob-bery at a student’s home and a car stolen on campus in the same day.
We can’t let ourselves be overwhelmed with the constant information being thrown at us. We must sift through the headlines to find the most profound news and read the whole story. We have an obligation to par-ticipate in the virtual conversation.
Instead of knowing tid-bits of informa-tion, we should challenge ourselves to read stories in depth. That way we can contrib-ute to the virtual conversation with knowl-edge and informed opinions. We have the opportunity to let our voices be heard, let’s not let 140 characters or less stop us.
The breadth of the info we obtain exceeds depth
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It was a season of hope and heart-break. The 2012-13 campaign for the Demon Deacon men’s basketball team was an up-and-down ride that included two stormings of the court but ended with a losing record and no postseason trip for the third con-secutive year.
The squad began the season with hope for improvement from last season’s disappointing 13-18 season and 4-12 in the ACC. Difficul-ties began, however, for the Deacs
before the season even started. The Deacons lost sophomore forward Daniel Green with an ACL injury in an exhibition game against Brock University. Green was expected to be a leader in the Wake frontcourt and was forced to redshirt the season.
The Deacons showed early in the season that they could hang with the nation’s best, however, as they nearly defeated then No. 23 UConn 77-71 in the Paradise Jam held in St. Thomas.
Things would turn for the worst, however, as the Deacs’ next game in the tournament was a disconcerting loss to Iona, in a game where Wake once trailed by an astonishing 30-3.
The Demon Deacons would finish their non-conference schedule through the months of November and December with a 7-5 record, including a 66-59 victory over
the Xavier Musketeers in the Skip Prosser Classic.
Wake started their conference schedule Jan. 5 with a matchup against the then No. 1 Duke Blue Devils, which ended in an 80-62 defeat.
The Deacs would then, as would become a trend for the rest of the season, win both their home games and fall in their two away games.
This all led up to the Jan. 22 meet-ing against N.C. State at the Joel, where the Deacons shocked the No. 18 Wolfpack with an 86-84 victory that ended with the students rush-ing the floor for the first time since January of 2009.
Wake would then enter a bit of a slump as they would drop four con-secutive games, including a tough
The day was Sept. 6 1995, and it would live in Major League
Baseball glory forever. When Cal Ripken Junior, one of the greatest baseball players to ever step up to the plate, took to the field at Camden Yards, the Baltimore Orioles home ball-park, it would rank among the most watched baseball games of all time.
It marked the 2,131 consecutive game that Ripken com-peted in, surpassing the legend Lou Gehrig, who had taken the field in 2,130 consecutive ball games.
“Fans’ feelings were more towards the game of baseball, and I was simply the beneficiary of it,” Ripken said.
“It wasn’t just celebrating a game-streak in baseball. It was celebrating a value saying that it is important to show up and to stand for something.”
The momentous game brought President Bill Clinton and his Vice President Al Gore to attend only to see Ripken re-ceive a 22-minute standing ovation before the game. Out of respect for the game, Ripken did his famous lap around the ballpark high fiving fans. It was safe to say the game did not start on time.
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Sophomore gives a preview on what to look for from the 2013 college basketball tournament
With the 2013 NCAA Tournament set to begin today, the March Madness frenzy is in full force and this year it’s crazier than ever.
The No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, the Louisville Cardinals, had a three-game stretch in the middle of the season during which they lost three games. Last year’s No.1 overall seed, Kentucky, lost just two games the entire year.
Five different teams held the top spot in the Associ-ated Press poll throughout the season, and the tourna-ment selection committee indicated that as many as seven teams were considered for the four coveted No. 1 seeds. Three teams from the six power conferences managed to capture both the regular and post-season
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Players returning to the Demon Deacon squad for next season
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Senior Evan Beck of the men’s golf team earns Deac of the week.During the final round of the Tiger Invitational
in Opelika, Ala., Beck was able to secure a top-5 finish. This is his third of the season.Beck’s performance helped the Deacs finish tied
for eighth in the 15 team field.His scores for the tournament were 70 for round
one, 75 for round two and 76 for round three, giving Beck a total score of 221.
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“As these young men grow up, get bigger and stronger, they’re going to turn those close games into great wins. They really are.”
-Head basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik after loss against Maryland March 13
Wins against Atlantic Coast Conference opponent
Wins against opponents ranked in the top-25 this season
Players earning Atlantic Coast Confer-ence honors
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conference title in their respective leagues. Two of those teams, Louisville and Miami, are the squads I think will be vying for a spot in the national title game once the Final Four round begins on April 6.
The Cardinals rebounded from their Janu-ary losing streak to win 13 out of their final 14 games. Their only loss in that remarkable stretch came in a five overtime loss to No. 23 Notre Dame on the road.
Miami being given a No. 2 seed is more of a testament to the weakness of the ACC this season rather than their talent level. After suffering two ugly losses early in the year, the Hurricanes recovered to rattle off 14 straight wins, before our own Demon Deacons upset them in Winston-Salem.
Their run included two victories over North Carolina, and wins over both No. 1 Duke and No. 19 N.C. State.
Before Louisville has to chance to compete for the national championship, I believe that they will have to face off against Ohio State. The Buckeyes have perhaps the easiest road to the Final Four, given that Gonzaga, the No. 1 seed in the West region, could easily lose to the winner of the likely Wisconsin/Kansas State matchup.
I personally would like the Badgers to knock off the Bulldogs in the Sweet Sixteen round. Wisconsin is certainly a risky team; I don’t think anyone would be too shocked if they lost to No. 12 seed Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the opening round.
However, Bo Ryan’s team has the 10th stin-giest defense in the nation and managed six wins against top 25 teams. Two of those wins came against No. 1 seed Indiana and neither game was in Madison.
The remaining region, the South, is defi-nitely the most difficult to predict. The top five seeds are all legitimate contenders and No. 8 seed North Carolina is always a threat.
Ultimately, I believe No. 3 Florida to emerge from the region, despite fading slightly down the stretch.
The Gators are still led by two-time national champion coach Billy Donovan and dropped just a single game to nationally ranked com-petition in the regular season.
In the instate matchup of Florida v. Miami, I choose the Hurricanes to prevail and reach the title game.
While the Gators have played brilliantly at time this season, they have ultimately come up short in big games.
On the other side of the bracket, I think that Rick Pitino’s Cardinals will outlast the Buckeyes and advance to the finals.
Louisville’s run to the end the season was unmatched by any other team, and it helps to have a Hall of Fame coach leading your team.
In the championship game, I think that Lou-isville, the No. 1 overall seed, will knock off Miami to win the tournament and, for once this season, the expected will become reality.
75-70 loss to No. 5 Duke where the Deacs nearly pulled off another home upset.
The remainder of the season saw the Deacs go a disappointing 3-8, but was highlighted by arguably one of the biggest wins in Wake Forest history Feb. 23.
The Deacons took down then No. 2 Miami in dominating fashion with an 80-65 vic-tory, which ensued in another storming of the court. Senior guard C.J. Harris led the charge by connecting on all five of his 3-point shots.
Wake’s season ended in a disappointing loss in the first round of the ACC Tournament to
Maryland by a 75-62 final score.
The Deacs ended the season with a 13-18 record, matching last season’s mark. Wake did improve their conference record, however, as they went 6-12.
In his final season with the Demon Deacons, Harris led the team in scoring at
15.4 points per game and led the conference
shooting just under 85 percent from the free-throw line. The Winston-Salem native also received honorable mention All-ACC honors along with junior Travis McKie.
McKie earned the honorable mention for the second consecutive season, averaging 13.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game.
While many freshmen stood out for the Deacs, none did so like Devin Thomas. The Harrisburg, Pa., native was named to the Coaches All-ACC Freshman team averag-ing 9.1 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. An emotional leader on the floor, he led all ACC freshmen in rebounding and blocked
shots and undoubtedly had his best game Jan. 22 against N.C. State when he had his first double-double with 25 points and 14 rebounds.
The team will hope to improve next season, but will lose lone senior leader C.J. Harris as he will be graduating.
They will add two players to the roster next season in 6-foot-6 forward Greg McClinton and 6-foot-4 guard Miles Overton.
It was a season full of excitement and disap-pointment for Wake Forest basketball, but one where there were certainly glimpses of hope for the young Demon Deacons.
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M. Basketball: Season struggles overshadow progressContinued from Page 11
Press Box: Louisville to take home a titleContinued from Page 11
Rick Pitino has been the head coach at Louisville since 2001.
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Over spring break, the Wake Forest women’s tennis team started their eight game road trip with two losses, to No. 70 South Florida and San Diego.
On March 10, the Bulls swept the Deacs 7-0 in Tampa, Fla. The South Florida Bulls quickly captured the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and 3 positions. Freshmen Xue Zhang and Andrea Retolaza were dropped 8-1 and sophomore Karen For-man and junior Brigita Bercyte fell 8-2.
Senior Kathryn Talbert and freshman Kasey Gardiner were trailing 5-4 at first doubles but opted not to finish the match.
In singles, the Bulls came out swinging. At No. 6, Bercyte lost 6-0, 6-2. Forman at No. 4 was bested 6-1, 6-4. Talbert at No. 1 battled, but was defeated in a tight 6-2, 7-5 decision.
Both Gardiner and Zhang playing No. 2 and 3 respectively, started off slowly, losing the first set 6-1 and 6-2. They both picked up their level of play forcing their matches into second set tiebreakers, which they both ended up losing 7-3. At No. 5, Retolaza conquered the first set 6-2, but the momentum changed when she lost the second set tiebreaker. The Bulls op-ponent took the super tiebreaker that decided the match 10-5.
On March 15, looking to rebound, the Demon Deacons traveled across the country to face off against San Diego. The
doubles matches were tight from start to finish. At No. 3, Ber-cyte and Retolaza finished first with a critical 8-6 victory. This win was equalized with a tantalizingly close 8-6 defeat of No. 1 Talbert and Gardiner.
This left No. 2 as the decisive match. Tied at 8-8, Forman and Retolaza came up clutch with a 7-5 win in the tiebreaker, giving the Deacs a 1-0 lead. This marked the first time Wake Forest won the doubles point since Feb. 23 versus Long Beach State.
However, the Toreros came out strong in singles, dispatching Gardiner at No. 2 6-2, 6-0 and defeating No. 4 Forman 6-3, 6-4. At No. 1, Talbert evened the score with a strong 6-4, 6-3 win. The win gave Talbert 99 victories in her Demon Deacon career.
The final three matches went three sets, the Deacs needing two for the victory. At No. 5, Retolaza claimed the first set 6-2, but was outmatched 6-3, 6-4 the rest of the way. Though, Zhang’s impressive performance squared the match at three. After losing the first set 6-3, Zhang rallied to win the second set in a tiebreaker, 7-4. In the third set, she continued her clutch play, with a crucial break of serve to win the final set 7-5.
The match was up to Bercyte at No. 6. After cruising in the first set 6-1, her opponent rebounded conquering the second set 6-3. After a back-and-forth third set, the Torero seized con-trol winning the set 6-4. This gave San Diego the 4-3 overall victory.
Coach Jeff Wyshner said, “I saw some improvements, espe-cially in the doubles, but we are still not where we want to be.”
After winning their first match of the year, Wake Forest has dropped 11 straight, with an overall record of 1-11. The De-mon Deacons continue ACC play, taking their road trip to Tobacco Road on Sunday, March 24 to face the Duke Blue Devils, the No. 2 team in the nation.
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Junior Brigita Bercyte earned a 8-6 vic-tory at No.3 doubles against San Diego.
Women’s tennis team swept by No. 70 South Florida and then later taken down by San Diego on the road
Even though it was just the second event of the spring season for the Wake Forest men’s golf team, se-nior Evan Beck performed with very little early season rust.
The Virginia Beach, Va., native earned his third top-5 finish of the season and his second top-5 finish in two events of the spring season when Wake Forest competed in the Tiger Invitational. The tournament transpired March 11-12 and was hosted in Opelika, Ala.
Beck shot 3-under par on the first day, but was un-able to stay under par on the other two rounds of the two-day tournament.
“Evan really started to play well again,” head coach Jerry Haas said.
“He was chosen as an All-American his sophomore year. He made a couple mistakes with four double bo-geys, but he is really close to breaking through. I’ve talked to him, and I feel like something really great is going to happen to him in the next couple months. He’s swinging really well, and has turned into a great player.”
He finished in fifth place on the leaderboard at 5-over par for the tournament. Beck finished nine shots back of junior Chad Ramey of Mississippi State, who is a very accomplished collegiate golfer. Ramey
and his teammates from Mississippi State took home the first place prize with Memphis and Auburn taking home second and third place, respectively.
Wake Forest tied for eighth place among some of the best teams in the country with a number of talented squads from the South composing a 15 team field. Other schools, including Yale, Kentucky, Houston and East Carolina, helped to compose the field.
“Eighth place looked bad in the final standings, but we were high up on the leader board for a lot of the tournament,” Haas said. “We’re not playing all that bad.”
Haas, who graduated from Wake Forest in 1985, was proud that his Deacons finished ahead of their rivals from the Uni-versity of North Carolina. The Tar Heels entered the clubhouse in 11th place, which was three slots behind the Demon Deacons.
“It’s great to beat UNC, but in golf you worry about yourself,” Haas said. “If you play well, you get the credit and if you don’t play well, it is your responsibility. UNC is rebuild-
ing, and they will be pretty good very soon.”Other top finishers behind Beck that Wake Forest
brought included senior Charlie Harrison and junior Thomas Birdsey, who placed tied for 22nd place and 41st place, respectively.
“I appreciate the kids that come to Wake Forest,” Haas said. “The character on our team is really strong, and we should make a nice run this year and beyond.”
Beck will try to notch his third top-5 finish in a row when the Demon Deacons head to the Hootie at Bulls Bay tournament which begins March 24.
“The Hootie is a really fun tournament, and we’re looking forward to competing,” Haas said.
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Clare Stanton/Old Gold & BlackJunior Thomas Birdsey, a transfer from Kansas State University, tees off for the Demon Deacons.
Ripken: Orioles’ legend visits WakeContinued from Page 10
“The ovation kept going on, and I was embarrassed that the game kept being held up,” Ripken said.
“Rafael Palmero and Bobby Bonilla pushed me out there, and it became really enjoyable experience.”
With 162 game seasons, this means the 19-time all-star (every year from 1983-2001) did not miss a single game in over 13 years of playing professional baseball.
“It wasn’t my intention to break the record,” Ripken said.
“It just happened. You have a sense of willingness to come out and play, and the reason why it happened was just because the manager chose me. Along the way, I figured out that I could play less than 100 percent.”
“The Iron Man” would keep the streak alive for another four years when the legend voluntarily ended his streak at 2,632 games, one that appears will live forever.
Since the last time Ripken was penciled into a Major League lineup, he has acted as an ambassador for the game of baseball in addition to his philanthropic ef-forts.
The long-time Oriole has donated to research for Lou Gehrig’s disease, cofounded Athletes for Hope, was in-ducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and watched his son grew up before his eyes.
To the dismay of head coach Tom Walter and the Wake Forest baseball program, Ryan Ripken chose to play at the University of South Carolina, who repeated in National Championships in 2010 and 2011 before losing in the championship to Arizona in 2012. There is no doubt that Ryan Ripken will be playing among
the best athletes in the country. However, since Ryan Ripken’s recruiting days have terminated, his father keeps in touch with Walter.
“We came here to look at the school with my son Ryan, and we got the chance to meet Tom [Walter],” Ripken said.
“I was very impressed. We kept and touch, and when he asked me to come to visit, I jumped at the offer.”
Ripken now visits the Wake Forest baseball program annually, and speaks at banquets for the team.
One can only wonder: Is the next stop on the iron horses’ train a managerial position?
“I love the strategy of the game, and in some ways you can put what you learned as a player into practice as a manager,” Ripken said.
“I’ve been happy in the kids business, but there is a side of me of that wants to test what I have learned at the highest level. A managing job has some appeal to me.”
Given his legacy, passion, knowledge of the game and the genuine nature, major league baseball clubs would be foolish to look past Ripken when hiring a manager.
However, whether Ripken is able to fulfill his dream as a manager has no bearing on the legend and hero this man has become.As Babe Ruth said, “Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.”
Since Ripken’s playing days have ceased, fans still feel his spirit that culminated in that warm summer night in 1995.
That feeling will never leave Camden Yards, and Rip-ken’s legacy will never die.
Despite a top-5 finish by senior Evan Beck, the Deacons ended the tournament in a tie for eighth place
Graphic by Lauren Lukacsko/Old Gold & BlackCal Ripken Jr.’s stellar career, which included 19 straight all-star games, ensures he has a spot in Cooperstown.
Ripken
It just happened. You have a sense of willingness to come out and play, and the reason why it hap-pened was just because the manager chose me.”Cal Ripken Jr.Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee
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The opening of ACC Conference play was not a pleasant sight for the Wake Forest baseball team. The Deacs (12-11) struggled to find their footing over the weekend, dropping two of three in a home series against No. 17 North Carolina State and finishing the week with a tough 7-6 defeat at the hands of Coastal Carolina. Wake Forest started redshirt senior Austin Stadler March 15 to open the series with the Wolfpack, but the left hander could not fool the N.C. State hitters en route to a 12-6 loss. The redshirt senior surrendered nine runs, six of which were earned in just five innings of work.
The Wolfpack totaled 19 hits in the afternoon against Wake Forest pitching and N.C. State pitcher Carlos Rondon fanned eight Deacon hitters in six innings of work. The bright spots of the evening for Wake Forest were corner infielders redshirt junior Matt Conway and senior Mark Rhine, both of whom tallied two hits. Second baseman Jimmy Redovian belted his first career home run in the bottom of the fifth inning.
The Deacs returned to Gene Hooks Field on Saturday, March 16 and evened the series with a 13-4 thrashing of the Wolfpack. The offense was fueled by redshirt junior Jack Carey’s first ca-reer grand slam, a blast over the left center field wall,which was his fourth bomb of the season.
Senior righthander Justin Van Grouw was effective on the hill, giving up just two earned runs (four total runs) in six in-nings, while striking out three Wolfpack hitters. The perfor-mance was good for his second victory of the season.
Junior Nate Jones tossed three perfect innings of relief to pick up his second save of the campaign.
In the series finale, the Deacs failed to muster much offense, collecting only six hits in a 5-2 defeat.
The top four hitters in the Wake Forest lineup combined for all of the team’s hits on the afternoon, including another two hits from Rhine. However, N.C. State starter Ethan Ogburn limited the rest of the Wake Forest offense, striking out four and not surrendering a single earned run in 5.2 innings.
Sophomore righthander Matt Pirro took the loss for the Deacs, surrendering four earned runs in 4.1 innings. The loss dropped his record to 3-2 on the season.
On Tuesday, March 19 the Deacs closed out their homestand against in-state foe Coastal Carolina. Despite leading 6-4 en-tering the top of the eighth inning, Wake Forest surrendered two runs in the inning and the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth to drop the contest by a score of 7-6. Sophomore reliever Connor Kaden (0-1) suffered the loss, despite giving up one unearned run in two innings of work.
The result spoiled a successful outing on the hill by Conway, who pitched a career-high five innings, giving up four runs on five hits. Redshirt sophomore Kevin Jordan was red-hot at the dish, going 3-3 with a double and a triple. He also scored two runs, had an RBI and finished the contest a home run short of the cycle.
Junior Evan Stephens picked up three hits that afternoon as well, walking twice and stealing two bases. He is now 7-7 on the base paths this season. Over spring break, Wake Forest struggled against formidable competition, getting swept in a three-game home series by No.1 North Carolina.
The Deacs followed the tough series with two successful results in non-conference play, defeating Rhode Island and Gardner-Webb in back-to-back contests.
Wake Forest will look to improve upon its 1-5 ACC record when it travels to Maryland for its first conference road series of the season. The Deacs will finish the week March 25 when they take on Western Carolina at Gene Hooks Field.
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Ann Saliares/Old Gold & BlackThe Deacons hope to rebound against Maryland after their shaky start in ACC play.
In-state rival N.C. State handed the Diamond Deacons two losses in the three game series played over the weekend
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ACC Coaches give senior Harris, freshman Thomas to All-ACC honors
Senior C.J. Harris was named, by all 12 ACC coaches, to the All-ACC third team while fresh-man Devin Thomas was named to the All-ACC freshmen squad.
Harris finished the season averaging 15.4 points per game while making an incredible 84.7 percent of his free throws. He finished his collegiate career with 1,613 points in 124 total games played.
Thomas led all ACC freshmen in rebounds and blocks as he averaged 9.1 points per game, 7.5 rebounds per game and 1.4 blocks per game.
Deac NotesFootball team started five week spring training program March 19
The Wake Forest Football team began their spring progression on Tuesday, March 19.
The team will practice on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, but will begin their spring season with an altered schedule until Easter weekend.
On April 6 and April 13, the Deacs will play intrasquad scrimmages at BB&T field at 10 a.m.
The annual spring game will be held on April 20 at BB&T field. Kickoff is at 1 p.m. and the game will include free admission along will activities outside of the stadium for young Deacon fans.
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Spring break has come and gone, the flowers are starting to bloom and the preppily-clad students of the Forest are itching to bring our their J-Crew seersucker shorts, Vineyard Vines ties and Lilly Pulitzer dresses. With so much springtime anticipation in the air, it can only mean one thing: its time for the 81st annual Carolina Cup!
For those of you who don’t know, Carolina Cup is a horse race that takes place in South Carolina every spring. The Carolina Cup website describes the event as a “thrilling sport of steeplechase horse racing amid a flurry of spring fashions and elaborate tailgate parties.” This quotation describes the event well – except, of course, for the fact that most college students that attend the event will not even come close to seeing an actual horse.
Instead, Carolina Cup is essentially a large-scale tailgate during which the South’s finest scholars come together for a day of well-dressed drinking.
While this may sound like a harmless day of fun in the sun, this event raises several concerns as well. Spending the entire day drinking out in the sun results in dehydration, excessive-drunkenness, and health hazards for many students at the Cup. Police reports revealed that 225 students were arrested at last year’s cup, and countless more were taken to the hospital after passing out or being dangerously intoxicated.
So, with this event only a short week away, here are a few tips on how to enjoy Carolina Cup but also avoid the potential dangers that the day can bring.
Tip 1: Bring food and water. Just because you’re getting up at upsettingly early hours of the morning doesn’t mean that you can opt to skip breakfast. Make sure to eat breakfast before you leave and bring a granola bar or other snack to eat on the bus before you arrive. You should also bring a water bottle and, if possible, try to keep one handy throughout the day to avoid dehydration. I would suggest bringing a plastic bag with some water bottles in it and hiding it somewhere around whatever tent you go to. Having water throughout the day will help you to avoid dehydration, and also help you not to get overly intoxicated. Also, if you’re going with a fraternity, most will have tents setup with food, so make sure to eat some! Some tents will even be catered, and senior Zena Zweber cites “Getting to eat Bojangles there” as one of her favorite parts about Carolina Cup the past three years.
Tip 2: Implement the Buddy System. Whether you are going on a fraternity bus or driv-ing down independently, make sure that you have at least one friend to be your designated buddy for the day. Thousands of students come to the races each year and it’s easy to get lost in the mayhem of the crowds. Make sure you and your buddy look out for each other throughout the day, and stay by each other’s sides as much as possible. As sophomore Lau-ra Crummie said, “Don’t wander away from all of your friends because it will be extremely difficult to find them again.” Her friend sophomore Emily Bryant quickly added, “and the police will find you before your friends do.” The buddy system is key for not getting lost, and also for not getting arrested.
Tip 3: Be smart about your drinking. Technically if you’re under 21 you shouldn’t be drinking at all during the races, but most of the college students there, even those under-age, will be drinking. No matter what your age, make sure to keep track of how much you’re drinking and stop if you feel like you’re getting too drunk. It is also important to stay by your tent.
The police aren’t likely to come into the tents and start carding or arresting people, but if you wander away from tents and over into the open field, you’re fair game for police inter-vention. As Zweber warns, “Make sure you walk straight in front of the police.”
Tip 4: Never go to the bathroom alone, and make sure to use the port-o-potties. Drunk-enly wandering over to the bathrooms alone makes you an easy target for the police, and they won’t hesitate to arrest you for public urination. For you boys especially, this is the time to ignore your primal instincts to lift your leg on the nearest tree, and opt to head over to the port-a-pottys instead. Beware though: the bathroom lines can be long at times, so it is not advisable to wait until it’s an absolute emergency before sprinting over to relieve yourself.
Tip 5: Finally, don’t bring anything that you’d be upset about losing. With thousands of drunken college kids running around, nothing you bring is really safe. Even if you leave your stuff on the bus, you can’t be guaranteed that it’ll still be there when you get back. If you have something you absolutely must bring, such as an ID, put it in a closable pocket or cross body bag. As for phones, you won’t get any cell reception there anyways, so I’d recommend leaving all cell phones behind.
So, spring-time-Deacons, put on your favorite sundress or pastel-colored shorts and fol-low these five tips to have a fun — and safe — Carolina Cup ‘13!
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On March 18, federal officials announced that they know who is responsible for the biggest art heist of all time. 23 years ago, two thieves stole $500 million worth of artworks from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
The stolen artworks were created by masters like Rembrandt, Vermeer and Degas.
This infamous heist inspired author B.A. Shapiro’s latest novel The Art Forger. The novel follows struggling artist Calire Roth. Roth is extremely talented and creative but, after being part of a controversy, she is an outcast in the Boston art world and cannot get her work into any galleries. Therefore, she is forced to recreate famous artworks for Reproductions.com to make a living.
Roth would do anything to step out of the shadow of scandal.
So when Aiden Markel, an influential gallery owner, approaches her with a proposition, Roth is more than willing to listen.
Markel offers her the opportunity of a lifetime, a one woman show at his respected gallery.
But the offer comes at a price. In order to get the show, Roth must use her expert skills in reproducing famous works to copy an undisclosed painting that Markel will deliver to her apartment.
Reluctantly, Roth agrees and the mysterious painting that she needs to copy is delivered to her.
When she opens the painting, Roth is surprised to see one of the works that was stolen from the Gardner Museum. The painting is “After the Bath,” a fictional work created by Impressionist master, Edgar Degas.
Markel claims that creating a reproduction of the painting will help him return it to the museum, where an empty frame hangs waiting for it’s return.
But as Roth examines the painting and begins her reproduction, she beings to question whether this Degas is the original that was stolen on that fateful evening in 1990.
Shapiro alternates the narrative between Roth in current time and Roth three years ago, giving a back story to the controversy
that caused her exile from the Boston art community. Also woven into the narrative are fictional letters from the eccentric Isabella Stewart Gardner to her niece Amelia. In reality, Gardner burned all of her correspondences before her death.
As the controversies are unveiled and the mystery of the painting is solved, the readers are sucked into the world that Shapiro creates.
Her writing takes the reader through the realms of the Boston art world and gives a clear picture of the life of a struggling artist.
The Art Forger is a must read for anyone even slightly interested in art or art history. Shapiro provides interesting historical context for the novel and gives detailed explanations for the artistic process.
For those not interested in the art aspect of the novel, there is plenty of intrigue, scandal and romance to make The Art Forger an entertaining read.
And while the reader uncovers the fictional mystery of Claire Roth and “After the Bath,” the FBI is diligently continuing to work to return the 13 masterpieces to the blank frames that still hang on the walls of the Gardner Museum.
“Are you ready to meet some hot, young singles in your area?”
It’s a question we have all been asked, at one point or another — perhaps on the movie-streaming website you used to illegally watch Silver Linings Playbook, alongside the animated game that promised you a $500 iTunes gift card if you punched a duck in the face hard enough.
But, seriously. Do you want to meet some **~H0t $iNgLe$~**? Maybe one day you were asked this question, and you declared, “Yes. Oh, yes. I definitely would. Bring me those hot singles right now!”
If this sounds like you (or like a “friend of yours”), there is a fun, new activity for you called “Tinder.” It’s a smartphone app that works precisely as its title would have you believe.
How, you ask, does this orgy of love begin? To find out, I downloaded the free app, strictly out of curiosity and journalistic integrity.
Upon installation, my iPhone flat-out rejected it. Literally, it panicked. The screen flashed and then shut down for fifteen minutes, which I am assuming it spent dreaming of 2006 — a simpler time when all a phone had to do to be “hip” was be a pink Motorola Razr.
However, when it powered back on, Tinder was ready to rumble! Hooray.
Immediately you are asked to log onto your Facebook to verify that you are actually a human, which is understandably horrifying.
Perhaps knowing the panic attack that comes with this question (we can’t have our thousand closest, most personal friends knowing that we are on a quest for love, after all), Tinder gently assures you that it won’t share your information, so you take the leap of faith and press on.
Past this point, the logistics are pretty simple. Pictures of potential lovers within 50 miles of you pop up showing their age, mutual friends, or interests with you.
There are two things you can do with them: “like” them or say “nope,” because middle ground obviously cannot exist on Tinder. Saying “nope” banishes them into oblivion, theoretically. But if, by chance,
you both happen to “like” each other you can get some sparks to fly in a chat box that opens between you and your match.
In it, you are free to discuss your hopes and dreams and/or sext at will. It’s a “fun way to break the ice,” Tinder’s website blithely states.
And oh, what fun it is. And what ice there is to be broken on Tinder, you will find truly excellent people such as Nic, 18, who describes himself as a “rly nice guy just lookin for a hot girl ;-)”.
As you can see, the possibilities are endless.
So, what are you waiting for? Go find some hot singles, you hot young thing!
Shit Wake kids
Never say
“There’s always a treadmill available when I need one!”
“I had a pretty sober spring break.”
“The people at Boar’s Head were so friendly today!”
“The class registration system is so simple.”
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This Saturday, I awoke early for a whirlwind tour of the Jordan River, Dead Sea and Ma’in Hot Springs.
I found that the bodies of water in Jordan are as spectacular as they are scarce. I departed from Amman that morning and arrived at the point on the River Jordan where Jesus Christ was most likely to have been baptized (according to Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI).
Although the group of students with whom I was travelling come from diverse backgrounds, the modern churches and extant archaeological features of the site afforded an opportunity for each of us to consider the immense religious, cultural and historical significance of the site in our own way.
We were also able to wave at visitors in Israel just across the river. It was an unique experience interacting with the Israeli inhabitants near this historical waterway, and seeing their culture.
It’s no secret that the Jordan River has seen better days.
So, our visit also functioned as a firsthand case study of water policy in Jordan. In keeping with this idea, we spoke with an expert from a local environmental NGO (called Friends of the Earth Middle East) dedicated to rehabilitating the Jordan River.
He impressed upon us the legacy of regional hydrological mismanagement that has endangered the Jordan River (or as he insisted calling it, the Jordan “Creek”).
Today, the Jordan flows at about 2 percent of its natural volume, which threatens not only its survival but that of the terminal lake downstream — the Dead Sea.
The diminished flows of the Jordan have left the Dead Sea thirsty. It is actually shrinking at a staggering rate of one meter per year.
There are a myriad of problems that accompany the Dead Sea’s ‘death’, including the contamination or displacement of bordering freshwater aquifers and sinkholes in the land around the sea.
We topped off our tour with a visit to another of the Dead Sea’s sources. This time, we were able to explore the Ma’in Hot Springs.
We bathed in the steaming mineral spring and stood beneath the assortment of both small and large waterfalls which cascaded and trickled into the hot pools in which we sat taking advantage of a rare opportunity to relax.
Exploring Jordan’s historical waterways
Derosa delves into the rich history of the Jordan River and learns about the literal and figurative death of the Dead Sea.
Photo courtesy of Joseph DeRosa
Abroad Column | Greetings from the Middle East
A visit to waterways in the country reveals severe social and political problemsBY JOEY DEROSAContributing [email protected]
The summer before I started my freshman year at The Forest, I had my first date (I was a late-bloomer; don’t judge). A mutual friend had arranged for our date — we had never set eyes upon each other. We simply chatted briefly on the phone the night before our rendezvous, and that was all the interaction we had.
And the all-day date went perfectly: a few hours at the Pittsburgh Zoo, a light dinner, chilling at a used bookstore, walking around the Waterfront, catching “Up” at the movie theater, and a relaxing stroll through Frick Park (yes, like the Mac Miller song). It went swimmingly, and he and I are still fantastic friends to this day.
No Google search engines consulted. No Facebook stalking. No research required whatsoever (except what our mutual friend divulged about him).
In this day and age, social media and search engines play an irreplaceable role in our dating and relationship lives. Facebook and Google consultations preceding a first date have become as vital to courtship as buying a new dress or asking “What do you do for fun?”
But is this idea of “pre-dating” really essential? Granted, there’s nothing wrong with doing your homework on someone, but to what end, and is technological snooping really the way to do it?
Back in the day, there may have been a brief introduction where numbers were exchanged, and the first date acted as a
means of discovering common interests and gauging chemistry and connection. Fast-forward 50+ years, and now a near majority of singles could recite intimate details about a potential partner before ever meeting him or her.
According to a Match.com survey of over 5,000 singles, about 48 percent of women research a partner on Facebook before a first date (compared to 38 percent of men).
To further stress the emphasis many place on this process, 49 percent of women said they would cancel the first date based on something they found online about their partner. Barney Stinson refers to this as the fatal “Oh” moment. Or, maybe it’s just pickiness.
Many deem this stalkerish behavior almost necessary, as a means of protecting oneself. Sure, researching allows you to dodge the predetermined doomed-date bullet. But what makes people think that compatibility can be measured by spending 14 hours in front of the computer screen clicking and clicking and clicking, rather than the alternative: meeting the person in the flesh and judging for yourself?
Professional New York matchmaker Amy Van Doran believes that too much information can be “detrimental” to a long-term relationship because it “makes it hard to fall in love.”
As I wrote in a former article, “Technology alters the way genders communicate,” the beauty of starting relationships lies in the initial stages, when you know nothing and are spending time learning about each other in person.
As a culture, we have a habit of treating dating and relationships like shopping, eliminating potential partners based on certain features: too short, not photogenic, he likes country music, probably an alcoholic, etc. All this information comes from pre-dating. By engaging in this
behavior, we have a tendency to judge unfairly, and misconceptions of people run amok.
Just as machines cannot substitute for humans, Facebook and online media cannot substitute for physical interaction, presence, body language and someone’s overall aura.
There’s a lot to be said for giving the benefit of the doubt. Instead of allowing your feelings to be prematurely tainted by misjudgments born of web-surfing, sit down with him or her, have a drink, and start talking.
You may be surprised at how strongly you connect.
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On Wednesday, March 20 Theta Chi fraternity hosted their philanthropy event, “Rent a Puppy.” Students got the opportunity to play with dogs from the Humane Society on Magnolia Quad. Students and dogs alike got some much-needed cuddling.
Campus Happenings | Puppies on the Quad
Photos by Molly Dutmers/ Old Gold & Black
Last week, while many of us were relaxing at home with family or spring breaking in the sun and sand, a group of dedicated students traveled to New York City to continue a 50 year old Wake Forest tradition known as the Art Buying trip.
They battled snow, St. Patrick’s Day parades and 10-hour long days of gallery visits to bring home some big names in contemporary art to add to the Wake Forest Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art. And they’ve returned victoriously, with three exciting selections.
Studio art students Emma Hunsinger, Jon Rowe and Kelsey Zalimini and art history students Caroline Culp, Laurel McLaughlin, Mattos Paschal and Katie Winokur flew to New York on March 13 after six months of researching and discussing possible acquisitions.
Under the guidance of professors Jay Curley and Joel Tauber, the students went on roughly five gallery visits each day in pursuit of the next works to join Wake Forest’s collection. They were also honored guests at a special fundraiser benefitting the endowment of the collection, hosted by Catherine Woodard (‘80) and Nelson Blitz, Jr.
The students selected three works — all large photographs — that they believe represent what is important in the contemporary art world but will also resonate with the student body. The photographs draw out interdisciplinary themes like scientific and technological development, political issues, urban decay and the sublime. They will be displayed starting next fall, joining other works from prominent artists like Roy Lichtenstein, Christian Marclay, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns and Pablo Picasso in Wake Forest’s Collection.
The first is a large-scale photograph by German photographer Thomas Struth, entitled “Grazing Incidence Spectrometer”. This image of a complex, puzzle-like machine in a nuclear power plant imparts a sense of visual overload.
“It’s incredibly powerful to see in person because it’s so hyper-focused,” Winokur, a junior, said. McLaughlin added, “Struth and this photograph series have been written about by art historians, so he’s already a well-known name. It’s pretty amazing we have him in the collection now.”
Their second acquisition shows what happens when film is struck with an electric current — it’s a black and white image of a feathery bolt of lightning. “Lightning Fields” by
Hiroshi Sugimoto is part of a series displaying the artist’s experiments with this non-traditional style of photography. The students chose this work because they admire both the detailed construction and the complete randomness of the image, which represents Sugimoto’s body of work as a whole.
“It’s a visual record of electricity itself, and it’s not just art, but science and art,” Culp, a senior, said. “We have a huge scientific population at Wake Forest and this work really speaks to that.”
“Courtyard, Cass Tech” by Andrew Moore is the last photograph purchased on the buying trip. The dilapidated, vandalized Detroit school in the photograph is part of a larger series called “Detroit Disassembled” that shows different perspectives of the city’s modern-day ruins.
In this specific image, the students say, each broken window of the abandoned school is its own ruin with its own story, like a photograph within a photograph.
“It’s highly applicable to what’s happened in Detroit since the last buying trip four years ago, bringing up very contemporary issues,” Paschal said. “I think this last work will especially appeal to Wake Forest students.”
Choosing just three pieces out of hundreds seen at over 14 gallery visits was no easy task for a group of students undertaking work normally done by curators, Ph.D. students and professional art buyers.
Most impressive in this endeavor was the amount of control the students had over the decisions being made — the university believes that its Art Buying trip is the only one of its kind in the nation.
“We wanted to guide and empower the students, not direct them,” Tauber said. “They made their schedule, they did all the negotiations — that was all them. They even kicked us out during their deliberation!”
Curley added that the most important takeaway for the students, in his eyes, was the amount of professionalism they developed through the experience. “The students really learned how works [in a museum] are acquired … and the gallerists were surprised and amazed that there was this group of students making the decisions. It’s an incredible program.”
“It’s really important to us that this was an educational experience that has accumulated into something other than a grade,” Culp said. “We put in hundreds of hours together and instead of getting a grade or class credit we’re getting something tangible, something that’s going to be with us forever.”
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Over break, six students and two professors traveled to New York City to purchase art for the Student Union Collection of Contemporary Art
