march 2008 A looser CANON Idiosyncrasy in the First-Year Seminar Program “Tales of Mystery and Imagination” “Melancholy Androids: On Emotion and Artificial Humanoids” “Otherworlds: The Monstrous and the Meaning of the Human” “Wide Open Spaces: The American Frontier and the Formation of National Identity” “Fallen Women and Fine Art: The Aesthetics of Commercial Sex” The Quarterly Magazine of Wake Forest University “American Manhood” F EATURES EDITOR Cherin C. Poovey (P ’08),
[email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITOR Kerry M. King (’85),
[email protected] 10 A Looser Canon By David Fyten DESIGN / ART DIRECTION Wake Forest’s first-year seminars expose freshmen Urena Design,
[email protected] to some fairly idiosyncratic topics while honing PHOTOGRAPHER their communication and critical thinking skills. Ken Bennett,
[email protected] CLASSNOTES EDITOR 18 Goal! Janet Williamson (P ’00, ’03),
[email protected] By Steve Phillips COPY EDITOR Men’s soccer wins the NCAA championship—a sweet Kim McGrath,
[email protected] and nostalgic victory for players, coaches, and fans. SENIOR WRITER David Fyten,
[email protected] PRINTING The Lane Press, Inc. Burlington,Vermont Wake Forest Magazine (USPS 664-520 ISSN 0279-3946) is published four times a year in September, December, March, and June by the Office of Creative Services, Wake Forest University, Box 7205, Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7205. It is sent to alumni, donors, and friends of the University. Periodicals postage paid at Winston-Salem, NC 27109, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Wake Forest Magazine Alumni Records P.O. Box 7227 Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7227. 2 A ROUND THE Q UAD Volume 55, Number 3 March 2008 36 C LASSNOTES Copyright 2008 WWW.WFU.EDU Future from our past: University celebrates Founders’ Day ROFESSOR OF PBIOLOGY Herman Eure (PhD ’74) encour- aged Wake Forest’s leaders to embrace the best traditions of the past while planning the University’s future, in remarks delivered at Founders’ Day Convoca- tion on February 7.