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Demon Deacsin the Dominican Republic Page 12 Julie Huggins/Old Gold & Black The CDC has reported that prescription narcotics abuse is rising, a trend that includes college cam• puses, where the risks of abuse and misuse are high because of the prevalence of binge drinking. Controlled narcotics are often "It hurt, but I was functioning," Interrante to health care providers increased more than said. "I didn't think I needed the Vicodin, 300 percent since 1999. College football prescribed by SHS despite but I wasn't going to complain." While Cecil Price, director of the univer• bowl advertising Vicodin is a high-strength painkiller, the sity's Student Health Services, acknowledges serious risks of overdose most widely prescribed class of medication the growing trend in overprescribing pre• Page 12 in the U.S. While the Drug Enforcement scription painkillers, he maintains that Stu• BY LAURA MAZURACK Administration (DEA) has categorized most dent Health is prudent in its use of Vicodin. Contributing Writer prescription painkillers, like Percocet and "The majority of what we do for pain is [email protected] Oxycontin, in the highly restricted Schedule ibuprofen and other anti-inflammatory How to keep New II category, Vicodin is one of the few that medication, but we look at the circum• Senior Mary Kate Interrante wasn't falls under the less regulated Schedule III stance," Price said. "If a student tells us those Year's resolutions shocked when the university Student Health class. Due to its lower status, Vicodin is the medicines aren't helping, then we would Page 16 center gave her a prescription for Vicodin. easiest painkiller to prescribe, though it's no think about using a narcotic." After all, it was the fourth time she had re• less addictive than its Schedule II counter• But Price is also aware of the dangers of ceived a controlled narcotic from Student parts. The prevalence of prescription pain• narcotic abuse, especially the combination Recappingthe Health Services. killers has been on the rise, aided in part of alcohol and painkillers - a dangerous Interrante was suffering from an ear infec• by ease of access to Vicodin. According to problem on a national scale. The CDC has Golden Globes tion, and though she was in pain, the Vico• a recent Center for Disease Control (CDC) Page 19 din prescription seemed extreme. press release, sales of prescription painkillers See Drugs, Page 7
Where do we go Job market slowly inches forward after the Newtown shootings? Despite market upswings, Page 10 students still face rigorous job search in senior year Getting the most BY MARY HARBOUR out of college Contributing Writer Page g [email protected]
Many seniors are anxious about landing a job after graduation, and whi~ethe econoi_ny Emma Lingan: is certainly not booming, thmgs are begin- ning to look up. . Boehnertested by "I have seen some reason for cautious op• his own party timism," Patrick Sullivan, assistant director of career education and counseling at the oldgoldandblack.com Office of Personal and Career Development, 1 Clare Stanton/Old Gold & Black said. The Office of Personal and Career Development aims to facili• According to the Bureau of Labor Statis• tate the job search with Deacon Source anti onsite interviews. tics, the unemployment rate for those with a bachelor's degree or higher was only 3.8 a marketing company located in Charlotte, needs had since doubled. "In pockets, things percent in October of last year, down from N.C., held on-campus interviews in Octo• are improving," Sullivan said. 4.4 percent in October 2011. As a prime ber and then returned in November to hold example, Sullivan said that Red Ventures, . rp.ore. ,iQtervic;ws,,. citing that . their hiring See Jobs, Page 4 This column represents the views of the Old Gold & Black Editorial Board. Student Health's overprescription of narcotics raises concern
While the national debate on the over• After all, narcotic pain killers do exist Upon evaluating these points, the earlier For instance, some law enforcement now prescription of narcotic drugs ensues, our for a reason, and they are effective question of whether or not Student Health's requires the use of triplicate prescriptions campus has joined in as it deals with its and relatively harmless when taken actions should be further regulated rises for pain killers, in which one copy remains own questions about the nature of students' •• responsibly. again. with the physician, one copy goes to the access to these substances. After all, narcotic pain killers do exist for pharmacist administering the drug, and the Concern has arisen over whether Student a reason, and they are effective and relatively final copy is sent to the Drug Enforcement Health's prescription of painkillers, such in their desire for and use of prescription harmless when taken responsibly. Agency. as Vicodin and Codeine co students has painkillers. The first step Student Health should take While such measures may appear extreme become too liberal and whether or not it On the other hand, the threat of abuse is is to reevaluate its criteria for prescribing now, they may help to avoid potential should be further regulated. real and should not be ignored. In addition, pain killers. accusations against our Student Health In dealing with sensitive issues such as patients and doctors occasionally encounter Which is the bigger priority, the pain officials of being "script" doctors, who only chis one, it is pertinent to evaluate chem difficulties with communicating the true itself or the cause of chat pain? How severe prescribe such medications for profit, or as from a cost-benefit standpoint. nature and severity of the pain the patients muse a headache, or any "ache" for chat of being "well-intentioned" doctors who On the one hand, many individuals do are experiencing. College students, in matter, become before it warrants the use are naive or out-of-couch with che medical suffer from chronic, unbearable pain, and particular, are no exception to chat rule. of something stronger than Tylenol? These community. sometimes a strong sedative is the best and Moreover, with the equally troubling and other similar questions should not The OGB staff acknowledges the reality fastest solution to whatever problem they prevalence of binge drinking on college be ignored by our campus's most trusted chat some students do require and benefit are dealing with. campuses, university students are probably medical professionals. from the use of prescription painkillers, but People suffering from certain conditions, the demographic of which it is most Additionally, it might not be a bad idea we also support a healthy well-being and such as cancer, osteoarthritis, severe burns beneficial for chem to have the least access for our Student Health officials to mirror quality of life that does not encourage an and severe migraines are usually justified to these substances. the activities of their national counterparts. abusive and unstable campus culture.
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Mark Welker, currently the William L. Poteat Professor of Chemistry, has previously served as Associate Provost for Research and Vice Provost in addition to holding the posi- tion of Interim Provost last year. . Welker received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Florida State University. After post-doctoral work at the University of California at Berkeley, Welker joined the fac• ulty in 198 7. Last November, a treatment for prostate cancer developed by Welker, George Kulik, professor of cancer biology a~d Fred Salsbury, professor of physics, along with their student co-workers, was featured on the cover of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.
You were the Interim Provost last year. What was that experience like?
On the whole, very positive. I got to work with an even broader group of Wake Photo courtesy of Ken Bennett/ Wake Forest University Forest people both inside and outside the volved in triggering apoptosis (programmed I liked teaching from graduate school and I I would say I like teaching the undergrad• university. I like working with our faculty cell death), and then we targeted these in• wanted to be at a place where I could teach uate organic chemistry course because it is and staff and helping them do their jobs. In hibitors to prostate cells specifically by at• and do research. I grew up in North Caro• something that is important to understand education, we started our first online degree taching a protein sequence to them which lina but had lived in Florida, Georgia and for students who are interested in going programs and hosted two big conferences, is recognized and cleaved by a prostate cell California after undergraduate school so I into the health professions, particularly if "Words Awake!" and "Rethinking Success." specific enzyme (a protease) called prostate knew I liked North Carolina also. they have any interest in molecular medi• In diversity, we admitted our most diverse specific antigen (PSA). cine areas. class yet and established an LGBTQ Cen• This compound we made is called a pro• As an undergraduate, why did you choose At the senior and graduate student level, ter. We continued our emphasis on inter• drug because it has to be converted into the to study chemistry? I like teaching a class in transition metal disciplinary work and iPLACe [Interdisci• active drug by a protein hydrolysis (cleav• organic chemistry because it's an area of plinary Performance and the Liberal Arts age) reaction that happens at prostate cells. Like a lot of people, probably because of chemistry that modern organic chemists Center] has now been established. Once that prodrug is cleaved into drug in• a good teacher in high school. I took two need to understand to be successful in their hibitor and peptide by PSA the drug is at years of chemistry in high school from a field. What was most challenging about it? the prostate cells. strong teacher, so I knew I liked it and I was good at it before I came to college. I knew When you are not working, researching Most challenging is that as an interim According to your best estimate, how I liked math and I found I liked economics or teaching, what do you like to do? your job is largely to keep the ship headed long will it take for the treatment to go to a lot. When I started college, I ended up in the right direction rather than develop• pre-clinical and clinical trials? taking all the classes you needed to major For the last few years I have tried to run a ing new directions. in chemistry or economics up through the half marathon each spring and each fall, so I Most humans don't like uncertainty, and Right now George Kulik's lab has proven spring of my sophomore year when I had to try to run several times a week with a group most of the people you work with are un• that the prodrug works in prostate cells and pick a major. I distinctly remember think• here on campus and one organized by the certain about who they will work for the does not affect breast cells so that is a good ing that if I majored in economics, I would Fleet Feet store here in town. I like to work next year so staying calm and focused in the result in cells. But it needs to work in whole end up in a job where I had to wear a tie outside with plants, and I have five beehives face of uncertainty is a challenge. animals next, and we need grant money to every day so I picked chemistry instead. so I try to keep those girls happy so they will pay for those whole animal studies. That just goes to show that the mind of a help our fruit trees and bushes. You have been working with Dr. Kulik 19 year-old male is sometimes a very scary My grandfather and father were good and Dr. Salsbury on a treatment for pros• Moving into your background, why did place! No regrets though, chemistry has woodworkers, and I am decent at it. So in tate cancer. What has your research un• you come to Wake Forest? been a good choice for me. addition to building some things for myself, covered? I volunteer with the Home Repair Program Wake wanted to build its chemistry pro• You have taught at Wake Forest for over that the Shepherd's Center runs here in We've made some enzyme inhibitors (ki• gram, and it was attractive to me to be in• 25 years. What has been your favorite town, and I serve on their Board of Direc• nase inhibitors) that bind an enzyme in- volved in and help lead that process. I knew class to teach at the university? tors.
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• University Police was contacted by the Winston-Salem Scan this code to visit police. wfu. edu Miscellaneous Police Department to help find two individuals who had fled and had entered campus. • University Police responded to a call in reference to a One of the individuals was apprehended by university suspicious person near Winston Hall. . officers. Officers made contact with the individual and it was The report was filed at 8:32 p.m. Jan. 10. determined that the offender had previously trespassed on • Unknown subject(s) entered an unsecured room in university property. . Babcock and removed money. The report was filed at The offender was cited for second degree trespassmg. 10:41 p.m. Jan. 13. The report was filed at 3:43 p.m. Jan. 8. . ' . . . Page4 Thursday, January 17, 2013 University launches Faculty Fellows program Initiative aims to facilitate gram would serve as a more immediate and personal source of support for students as faculty-student relationship opposed to other organizations such as the Office of Academic Advising or the Univer• beyond the classroom sity Counseling Center. Specifically, plac• ing faculty in the freshmen residence halls BY JACKSON SOULE could help first year students adjust more ContributingWrit er smoothly to the struggle of assimilating into [email protected] college life. "I think if first year students know faculty As an academic institution, the university on a more informal basis and interact with seeks to "embrace the teacher-scholar ideal them in numerous ways - recreational, and, above all else, student-faculty engage• academic, cultural and such - many mi• ment," according to a statement on the nor but significant problems that arise can school's website. Recent developments have be resolved before they grow into major Chelsea Tamura/Old Gold & Black indicated that the university seeks to take and significant problems," Sam Gladding, Kersh has helped create a new program that will assign faculty the relationship between students and fac• chair of the counseling department and a to a freshman residence hall to develop student programming. ulty to the next level, beyond the classroom prospective Fellow, said. Despite the fact entirely. Beginning next semester, the uni• that most students were unaware that the built-in support system, but faculty could together have been around for more than a versity will launch the Faculty Fellows pro• program was going to be introduced next as well by learning more about the students. century, and currently schools like Vande~• gram in which each freshman residence hall fall, reactions to the news were generally "The experience will hopefully inform bilt, Yale, Rice and NYU are yielding posi• will be assigned three non-residential fac• positive. [faculty's] teaching and make the classroom tive results using this approach. Student ulty members. The program is designed for "I think that this program would definite• experience even better for students," Col• concerns centered on whether bringing faculty and students to foster more mean• ly make faculty more accessible and easier lins said. The university has also established faculty into the residence halls would in• ingful relationships through interactions to get in contact with," senior Matthew a programming budget to fund for events trude on upon student privacy. Although within an informal and stress-free setting. Murphy said. including guest speakers in order to further the program will not create a residential "Many students didn't feel that they had "I hope that this program will be more facilitate the interaction between students college system where faculty live with the a solid relationship with a faculty member like the resident adviser program and less and faculty. Faculty Fellows will cooperate students, the administration, led by Provost until they elected a major," Jennifer Col• like the academic adviser program," sopho• with RAs to see to the success and involve• Rogan Kersh, has been considering at that lins, associate provost for academic initia• more Laura Flynn said. Not only could stu• ment of these hall events. Programs that use possibility. "It could happen at some point tives, said. The Faculty in the Fellows pro- dents benefit from the program through a residence halls to bring students and faculty in the future," Collins said. Jobs: Falling unemployment fuels optimism
Continued from Page 1 am not excited to look for a full time job." going to graduate Recent College Graduate Unemployment Rate Many students also believe that graduate school on the premise school is being used by some seniors as a of a weak economy is said. Aaron Green, a senior business major way to avoid entering the job market. risky because you still who has already accepted a position with Emerson said she thinks many seniors "might not know what the management consulting firm Accenture who struggle to find a job before gradua• you want to do with in Dallas, Texas, agrees with Sullivan. tion apply to Wake Forest's master's degree that second degree." "I rhink that the market is slowly start• in management program. Peter Gauss, a senior ing to recover," Green said. "If people from "I feel like a lot of people use when they political science major, Wake work hard, they're qualified enough get to a point where they don't know what thinks that undergrad• to gel jobs." to do," Emerson said. uates are catching on Green landed his job this summer after Green said rhat more students are going to the idea that gradu• interning with Accenture. Students agree to graduate school when they don't have ate school is not the that it takes considerable hard work and the necessary qualifications to get the jobs best answer. "I think dedication to land a job after graduation. they want. "It gives them a chance to bol• people are really ques• "It's very time consuming, whether it's ster their resume and delay entering the job tioning the benefit of studying or preparing for interviews," Paige market," Green said. these degrees," Gauss Emerson, a senior communications major, However, Sullivan warns that considering said. According to the said. "I would say it takes more time than a graduate school in an attempt to avoid ap• university factbook, class." Emerson recently accepted a job with plying for jobs is risky. 38.5 percent of stu• Sept. 2010 Sept. 2011 Sept. 2012 AlphaSights, an information services firm, "Going to graduate school in order not to dents from the class Information courtesy of Bureau of Labor Statistics through on-campus recruiting. enter the job market is not a good idea," of 2009 went to graduate schools. This Graphic by Daniel Schwindt/Old Gold & Black John Clark, a senior economics major, Sullivan said. number fell to 31.7 percent for the Class added that the job search is also quite stress• Xizi Liao, a senior business and enterprise of 2011. Regardless of how many university students is that you genuinely have to work ful. management major, says that the decision students apply to graduate schools, there are at this," Sullivan said. "You have to take the "I remember the internship search last se• to attend graduate school is, for many, a always more students applying for full-time time to learn about yourself and the fields rnester being overwhelming," Clark said. "I way to try to avoid reality. Liao adds that jobs. "One of the things I've been telling you want to pursue."
Hanes Art Gallery to present Center for International Studies Museum of Anthropology to new 2013 faculty exhibitions hosting study abroad fair Jan. 29 open new international exhibit
From Jan. 17 through Feb. 21 the Hanes Art Gallery will From 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Jan. 29 in Room 401 in From 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 22, the Museum of be presenting "Faculty [III] 13," a new exhibit of university Benson, the Center for International Studies will be host• Anthropology will be opening a new exhibit featuring the faculty art. ing a study abroad fair. photography of Robert Radin, a renowned photographer Works of arc from Leigh Ann Hallberg, lecturer of arc, Representatives from both affiliate and university study and world traveler. Greg Murr, visiting professor of arc, and Joel Tauber, as• abroad programs will be on campus to share information The coll~ction ~ontains images of the people and land• sistant professor of art, will be a part of the new exhibition. and answer questions about their programs. scapes of six continents, a presentation of Radin's life work The Hanes Art Gallery will also be holding a reception For more information, contact Nancy Metcalf, adminis• selected from more than 6,000 photos. Admission is free. from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Feb. 21. For more information, trative assistant for the Center for International Studies, at For more information, contact Sara Cromwell at moa@ contact Marcus Keely at [email protected]. mercalfgwfu.edu. wfu.edu. Advertisement I Old Gold & Black Thursday, January 17, 2013 I Page 5 Page 6 I Thursday, January 17, 2013 Old Gold & Black I Advertisement
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make great strides towards excellence,"Jack• Since its 1963 opening, the son said. "Although formally established in museum has seen over 618,000 1963 under E.P. Banks, the history of the museum can be traced back to the efforts of visitors and 60 exhibits a single student who arranged for the dona• BY JULIE HUGGINS tion of a used display case to show prehis• News Editor toric Indian artifacts in 1957." [email protected] Since opening, the museum has had over 60 short term exhibits, including one on Sitting behind the Miller Center is an un• Queen Anne's Revenge, the flagship of assuming brick building, with only a sign Blackbeard the pirate. The curators of the to identify it. Most students pass it by with• museum have worked with many different out a thought, but inside the building lies departments on campus to create interest• a unique fixture at the university: the Mu• ing and interdisciplinary exhibits for stu• seum of Anthropology,the only anthropo• dents to enjoy. logical museum in North Carolina to focus "Any class that you are taking, you can find a resource in the museum for the cur• on global cultures. riculum," Bryner said. "If we don't have an This year, the museum is celebrating its artifact on display, students can easily find 50th anniversary with multiple events and it in our virtual collections." special exhibits. A student-curated exhibit The museum has served over 618,000 pa• of the museum's history, "Celebrating 50 trons since opening, and usually sees about Yearsof the Museum of Anthropology," is 1,000 university students per year, accord• currently on display and will remain until ing to Bryner and Sara Cromwell, the mar• Oct. 26 of this year. keting and membership coordinator for the Two university students, junior Demone museum. Jackson and senior Kathryn Rohlwing, Called the "Museum of Man" when it first worked under Kyle Bryner, registrar and opened in the basement of Tribble in 1963 collections manager, to develop the exhibit. under the guidance of E. Pendleton Banks, Both Jackson and Rohlwing also serve as in• the chair of what was then the department terns with the museum. of sociologyand anthropology,the museum The pair researched in the museum's in• has grown and changed significantly over stitutional archives to choose artifacts to the years. Clare Stanton/Old Gold & Black feature, selected and scanned photographs, The initial product was a small collection Senior Holly Hinshelwood and Salem College student Victoria composed the text for the exhibit and, fi• of artifacts used for the department to edu• Smith view the student-curated anniversary exhibit at the museum. nally, created the layout. The exhibit gives cate students of the importance of anthro• a timeline of the museum, featuring his• pological studies. These programs still remain and have served feature over 29,000 artifacts, all of which torical photographs from the archives along Twelve years later, the museum moved over 320,000 students to date. are now available online. with artifacts from the different exhibits to Reynolda Village and dedicated itself to In 1987, the museum completed the move "It is important that we preserve these showcasedover the years. educating not just the Wake Forest commu• to its current location and re-opened as the objects for the greater community," Bryner "The Museum of Anthropology has seen nity but also the general public through ed• Museum of Anthropology. Since then, the said. "We're stewards of these artifacts for a lot of tough times, but still continued to ucation programs tailored to local schools. permanent collections have grown and now future generations." Drugs: Students question prescription practices
Continued from Page 1 "I thought I wasn't going to be able to ing to a Student Health Services' employee sleep," she said. "Right when I got there I at the school. Otherwise, those controlled started crying." substances are kept out of the hands of the declared that deaths from painkiller Couture was prescribed a bottle of 10 pills general student body. overdoses are at epidemic of Vicodin by a nurse, who told her not to In those instances, students sign a con• proportions, an an• give away any of the medicine. tract to indicate their understanding of the nouncement that wor• "In the moment I was relieved but then I prescription's terms. ries Price. thought, 'Oh wow, that's aggressive,"' Cou• Debra Howenstine, an assistant profes• In particular, Price ture said. sor of family and community medicine at focused on the "It seemed odd to me. They probably the University of Missouri, said that she has dangers of mixing could have just given me Tylenol." never prescribed a controlled substance for narcotics with al• strep throat or other bacterial infections in cohol. If someone looks miserable, that's a over 20 years of practicing medicine. ''Any medicine time when you're very happy to pre• "That's not the standard of care for the that's sedating, physicians I practice with," Howenstine scribe a narcotic. we would say ab- said. "That's probably way outside standard solutely don't use it '' Cecil Price care in general." with alcohol." Price Director of Student Health Services Howenstine understands that there is a said. push in the medical community to ensure "I would hope that some• that pain is controlled, bur she cautions one would tell you that." Compared to Wake Forest, other student against overprescribing. Accordingto Price, Student Health health centers across the country have dif• "Prescription painkillers need to be used may prescribe a narcotic to a student ferent approaches to the prescription of very judiciously and very cautiously," How• with a painful case of strep throat, sinusitis painkillers. enstine said. or another bacterial infection since it takes "The school has an informal policy that "Especially with the student population, antibiotics a couple of days to start working. does not usually prescribe prescription because there's more risk for abuse and shar• "If someone looks miserable, that's a time painkillers," Jane Reno-Munro, College of ing of medication." when you're very happy to prescribe a nar• Charleston'sdirector of Student Health Ser• Despite the differences between the uni• cotic that's going to help someone feel bet• vices, said. versity's Student Health Services' prescrip• ter," Price said. "That'sj ust part of our prac• "Giving a patient Vicodin for strep throat tion policies and those of other universities, tice style." or an earache would almost never happen Price agrees with Howenstine's assessment Senior Masin Couture remembered one within the medical community." of the painkiller problem. night as a sophomorew hen she went to stu• The Universityof Missouri only prescribes "It's better to not use prescription pain• dent health for an excruciating case of strep controlled medicines, such as Vicodin, to killers at all if you can," Price said. "Or at throat. its students for chronic conditions, accord- least to try and minimize their use." THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013 PAGE 8
ONLINE AT www.o/dgo/dandb/acl<.com . EDITORS: Kristopher Kolb, l Citizens have the liberty day in order to keep others from feeling of- •• So the next ti me someone says to fended. ~~ you, 'Happy fill-in-the-blank,' just different. We have that freedom, and.oth~s have the freedom to respond to it JO a Y to USe holiday greetings While I do understand respecting the be- respond with a smile or a thank • • liefs of others, I do not understand how say- you, or even reciprocate. way they want. I Of their choosinq ing the word "Christmas" offends people. Other countries do not give their peopde Christmas was started as, and is supposed that right. Some people are persecute ' to be, a religious holiday, but there are many your desire that they enjoy themselves thrown in )0ai l, or killed for what they chohose "M . 1 say to believe. We have the right to t hito kw at- people who celebrate Christmas in a merely erry Christmas" because that is what I about ever the heck we want to and b e vocal commercial way; they do the presents, the celebrate, b.ut I am not assuming that who• tree, the cookies and the eggnog, but they it if we so choose. h . t ever I say It to also celebrates it. For me "C ns - do not attend a church service or read the I am not saying that the wor d f December means Christmas, so that is wha~ Ashley Burdin Bible. mas" should be everywhere with picti;{e~ill• I sat I am telling others that I celebrate Guest Columnist I am a Christian and absolutely love the baby Jesus plastered on walls an Chnstmas and that I hope they h tbere- [email protected] d fi . ave a woo- b oards; however, people shou Id no Christmas, but if someone came up to me er ul time, no matter what they d 0 and said, "Happy Hanukkah!" then I would fth ~ ~ stricted from saying what they want to say. o e reasons the United States is a country Each person should get to choose. ·d " simply reply "Happy Hanukkah to you, that ~eople want to come to and in which During the winter break, as I wandered too!" and genuinely mean it. If you want to say "Happy Hoh ays, Amencans take pride is the freedom. ' "Merry around southern Florida, I noticed some• I understand that to that person, Hanuk• then go for it. If you want to say, t . We have religious freedom, so we can de• Christmas," then please do. If you jus:tand thing that bothered me a bit. Everywhere I kah means something to them and that cide for ourselves what we want to b 1· went, the people and the signs always said, they would like to share the joy they feel e ieve: to say, "Screw you!" then say it lou an we have t he freedom of speech, so we can "Happy Holidays," or something to that over the holiday with me. I am not offended proud. It is, after all, a free country. k to sa~ what we wane to say (with some limi• So the next time someone rema~, s. st extent. by the word "Hanukkah" or the fact that it ta~1ons, but that's really a violence/cl Very rarely did I see or hear anything is a Jewish holiday. thmg). anger ward you, "Happy fill-in-the-blank, JU or you about Christmas, Hanukkah or any other It is not about trying to push your beliefs respond with a smile or a than k you, li day " So why shouldn't we be allowed to sa at someone or hitting them over the head can even reciprocate with whatever ho t• religious-related holiday wishes. !"ferry Christmas"? A declaration w!s a with a Bible or a menorah; it is just a way you celebrate. Don't be offended; beeff;rt It has become a rule, implied or stated, signed, and a war was fought so that we that one does not mention a specific holi- of wishing someone well and expressing could say exactly that or someth1'ng . 1 tere~ that they are putting for~ the that. entire y to wish you happiness and leave it at Word on the Quad Political Cartoon I Gun Regulation Do you believe gun regulation should be stricter to avoid more mass shootings? Why or not? Ho~ding Sensible Gun Control Legislation Hostage "No. Shootings are more of "Yes. It won't fix the problem, but a mental health issue!' neither will unnecessary gun use." Katie Woodworth ('15) Jenna Eisenberger ('14) "Yes. Assault and hunting rifles "No. Murder and assault can still should be regulated more." occur with other weapons." Andrew Camp ('15) Nick Toebben ('15) . Gold & Bfack - -Cartoor, l)y.Qanie~Scl:lwmdt/O/d Opinion I Old Gold & Black Thursday, January 17, 2013 I Page 9 ~1 y!...... ~:-.;::m~ust Me I I'm (Almost) a Doctor i;.""' :-.~<~'I Students should be willing to take risks an M.D. in order to buff your med school No matter what, you're going to Mrs. Frizzle taught me at a very young The depth, not the breadth resume. That experience is useless to me have some form of an interview to age to "take chances, make mistakes, and because I'm not your typical undergradu• get to the next level, so try and at get messy." of college activities might ate student. I'm not even an undergradu• least figure out what that level is. It's why I decided to write a column de• '' spite thoroughly despising writing anything ate student anymore - I'm a white coat dictate future success · bearin', stethoscope-wearin', Hippocratic• non-scientific. It's why I packed up my bags Oath-swearin' med student. This was something I thought existed only and moved to UVA during my gap year to Really, I'm barely six months into what because I watched Doug growing up. do research. may end up being 10 years of training, but Was he against me starting my personal Admittedly, these were low-risk things, that doesn't prevent me from making cool statement with the phrase "potty training but it helped me answer the question, Jeremy Steinman rhymes about myself is the bane of my existence"? I responded "How do you know that you really want to Guest Columnist "You did a lot of [stuff] in college, didn't with, "That I did." What an answer. be a doctor?" [email protected] you?" were the first words to come out of On the surface, that sounds like arguably If you stopped reading and Googled "pan• the mouth of my first interviewer of my the blandest thing anyone could say with• systolic murmur" to see why it's relevant, first interview day - he didn't say "stuff' out quoting a romantic dialogue from Star chances are you're at least quasi-interested either. wars. in medicine. The sentiments didn't exactly catch me off It's the socially awkward cousin of "it is If you get the letters "A," "N" and "E" in If you learn nothing else from this col• guard because it was, in fact, true. During what it is." It was a throwaway statement Words with Friends and are excited because umn, it's to put a summary near the top the school year, I ran a movie committee, that could have been said with sarcasm, but there is a good chance you can play a hydro• of anything you write because nobody ever wrote a column, double majored in two sci• I was able to acknowledge his "point" and carbon as a word, you're probably a chemist. reads the entire thing. ences, picked up a minor in Spanish and imply that I wanted him to move forward If you got frustrated with my inane tran• "I just heard something cool! I heard a had to cut activities to get under the max with the process. I didn't try at all, but this sitions in this column, you're probably an pan-systolic murmur!" I exclaimed to my of 15. just came out organically because I had English major. mother, a nurse, because it was the first The interviewer's tone caught me by sur• practiced similar scenarios. Whatever it is, you've got a four year ride time anything I learned had been used in prise because I was unsure how to interject. Funny thing when you spend countless to do lots of"stufF' in college and figure out the clinic where I shadowed. Was this a good thing that I was involved in hours writing something and practicing what you want to do (or more likely, don't By "shadowing," I mean I spend 32 hours so much? Did he dislike something else on spouting back that information in a dif• want to do). a week with a physician and give educated my application? Did the time I got caught ferent way that highlights what you want No matter what, you're going to have guesses on what I think might be wrong stealing a rubber snake out of a toy store (note: NOT memorizing a phrase), it isn't some form of an interview to get to the next with a patient. It is not your typical experi• when I was five show up on my permanent hard. Spoiler alert: I didn't get into that level, so try and at least figure out what that ence where you are a mouth-less shadow to record? school, but they sure loved my interview. level is, if not how to get to it. Tate's Plate I Farewell to Bias The fiscal cliff causes debate and polarization Overall, the many problems that that will actually happen or not. Whether members of Congress, whether he likes do• Legislative and executive face the nation in the coming year one believes President Obama is doing a ing it or not. are going to challenge leaders good job or not, one must have been at Obama seems to be most comfortable branches must adjust their within [both parties]. least somewhat disappointed with how he and effective when he is on the campaign '' handled the entire fiscal cliff talks. On one trail touting the benefits of his proposals plans to fix the economy hand, there is no doubt that some blame while lambasting Republicans for the op• Ideally, the two parties should have been should go to both parties. position that he feels is unjustified. George able to work together to adopt a com• Republicans deserve fault for the waf• Nonetheless, a time comes when the promise that included a combination of fling among their leaders regarding the in• campaigning needs to end, and where the Ewing spending cuts and tax increases on the very come threshold where individuals should be president actually needs to put his rhetoric Senior Columnist wealthy. taxed at a higher rate than others. At first, into action. [email protected] However, what actually transpired re• it seemed that Republicans would not agree Overall, the many problems that face the sulted in much more of a patchwork deal to any tax increases, even on those making nation in the coming year are going to chal• and cop out from Congress, simply putting over a $1 million a year. lenge leaders within the Republican and off some of the major problems facing the This line of thought simply will not work Democratic Party to put ideology aside and Over the course of the next year, there nation for a later time. for many in the American population, who make compromises that work for the bet• will be a number of significant challenges Our political system operates under an may be opposed to taxing those who make terment of the American people. facing the Obama administration, includ• incentive structure that further complicates over $250,000 at a higher rate, but do not Obama's first term was marked by an ing effective tax rates, government spending the many issues tangentially related to the have the same thought when it comes to initial two-year period where he got many and possible reforms of entitlement pro• fiscal cliff. Political leaders do not need to those who pull in over a million dollars a of the changes that he wanted, while then grams. take immediate action on these matters be• year. moving into the next two years which were Assessing these issues leads one to won• cause they know that they can wait until On the other hand, Obama deserves marked by Republican opposition and po• der: who will actually take charge and ini• the last second to hopefully get something some blame for not taking a more active litical deadlock. tiate deals that are best for the American done. role in the discussions. Obama would be most effective in his people? In addition, gridlock and opposition are Obama seems to be a political leader who second term by not trying to operate un• The recent fiscal cliff deal has shown that incentives for parties to get what they want enjoys delegating his power in negotiations der a "mandate" from the American people polarization among members of both par• at the expense of what is best for the coun• with Congress related to tax increases and and taking a Bill Clinton-type approach ties is as extreme as it has been in recent try. government spending. to work together with Republicans to get memory. The American people are looking for Yes, I personally would not be a person things done. The term "compromise" is a taboo word leadership and initiative from both parties who would enjoy engaging in the back-door I remain cautiously optimistic that the in Washington nowadays, simply ensuring to solve the problems facing the nation in dealing and rigorous debate that is required parties will be able to work together, but the that members of Congress who work across the coming year. of most political leaders. sheer magnitude of the issues that the na• the aisle will face a primary challenge in However, based on the recent fiscal cliff But as president, Obama needs to be tion faces may simply be too much for there their next election. negotiations, it remains to be seen whether more assertive and willing to work with to be effective reforms over the next year. KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFER FROM FOOD POISONING. Check your steps at FoodSafety.gov Page 10 I Thursday, January 17, 2013 Old Gold & Black I Opinion LoveJunkie I National Concerns Nation should reftectafter mass shootings and Facebook status has already addressed. No human being, no matter how better research for the most effective treat• Discussion should focus on many ... handguns he or she has I am referring to what I would call the na• ments, both pharmaceutical and therapeu• tional crisis of mass shootings. I must first stored away ... is immune to the piercing blow of a speeding bullet. tic. gun regulation and mental disclaim any notion that I am a statistician, Not to mention better parity laws for an expert on any arms-bearing laws or an '' these mental health treatments so the peo• health diagnosis process expect on mental health (though I do some• ple who need them can actually afford them day hope to become one). to bear arms during altercations outside of for as long as they need. However, I do possess all five of my senses, the home since the passage of the first of Trust me, these reforms would be in ev• as as a solid general knowledge of the those laws in 2005. Remember Trayvon well eryone's interest, and the public should be world and an ability to make observations Martin, anyone? willing to pay for insurance to cover it if and to reflect on what they might mean in Statistics aside, as many homicides as have Ade llesanmi they want to protect their lives and that of che grander scheme of things. occurred, many living, breathing individu• 6~ Opinion Editor their progeny. The unfortunate truth is that mass shoot• als possess handguns and other similar artil• [email protected] If we want to scratch the surface of these lery and have never felt inclined to use them ~·~ .. .. ·,.·~.·~ ings are unpredictable and that they can oc• shooting "epidemics" and give the super• ~ ·J : . 'I against another human being. . cur virtually anywhere. No human being, ficial remedy of better gun control, there's ' ·. I no matter how many rifles and handguns So what then is the cause of this crazed nothing stopping us. Maybe it will be effec• or she has stored away in his or her home brutality against the innocent? I am sorry he tive for a little while, maybe not. Probably AB the nation embarks on a new year and or back pocket, no matter how many self• co say that one of the blaring failures of our not. a newfound sense of unity in light of recent defense classes he or she has taken, no mat• society is its reluctance to acknowledge the People who are sick, really sick, will still tragedies, we as a body may experience the ter how piously or she prays, is immune fact that mental health is a real problem he find away to destroy lives. tendency to take on the "do over" or "fresh co the piercing blow of a speeding bullet. that needs to be taken more seriously from And, where is the common man's place in start" mentality, in which we forget about as early as when kids start school. I say this neither to encourage an agora• all of this? What little can we do for our yesterday's woes and embrace tomorrow's phobic attitude coward the world nor co ne• In all honesty, it probably took years of brother and our sister on a daily basis? This opportunities for growth. neglect, of misunderstanding, of incompre• gate the importance of securing individual is where the "humanity" to which President While this positive, willing attitude, char• safety and the safety of those in public areas, hension of whatever pain Adam Lanza was Hatch referred in his reflection of the Sandy acteristic of every January, is both inspiring but we must be realistic. Should today not feeling for darkness to invade his mind to Hook tragedy plays a role. and necessary for any group desiring some be che day finally open our eyes? the point where he could point a gun at a we These shootings were extreme cases, yes, measure of progress, it is also important to What can as a collective, corporate six-year-old child and pull the trigger, re• we but the people became sick to the point that maintain a spirit of reflection and the ca• body do co ensure chat when - because we peatedly, without hesitation. they are without inhibitions and remorse• pacity co learn from errors of the past rather must be realistic - another incident like I don't want to assume his actions were less in their actions needed to know from than co file away those experiences into our that at Sandy Hook, in Aurora, at Virginia without remorse because he did commit early in life that they were loved, that they historical archives. Tech or at Columbine occurs again, we are suicide in the end, a very powerful demon• were meaningful people, that they were spe• Progress, after all, weds two notions - ready? stration of guilt. I am not excusing his ac• cial and that everything would be okay, not tions, but must recognize that this event that there must be some ideal for which to Better yet, what can we at lease try to do we always perfect, but okay. strive, yes, but that there muse also be some to ensure that this issue is eradicated before and its precedents were, to some extent, What does it mean to be "humane" to• failure, some injustice on our part as a na• future generations must face it? preventable. ward one another? It is one thing to be tion, from which co depart. Just as with any epidemic or pandemic We've become so obsessed with curing patient, another to be kind. However, we Moreover, it was this very tendency to that has reared its ugly head at our country and preventing the visible signs of illness must also listen to one another. We mustn't bury the unspeakable, the forbidden and in che past, prevention is better than a cure. - cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS - that the shy away from the inevitable part oflife that the darkness that remains an undeniable health of the mind has become less of a pri• We must examine the root cause(s) of these is darkness any longer. aspect of humanity in holes of secrets and tragedies. Could it very well be the wide• ority. Not to say that these causes are not We need to share in each other's pain as denial that led to the horrors that unfortu• important, but mental health has, without spread availability and the easy accessibility well as our joy, not only that of our friends, nately capped the previous year in che first of handguns, as many individuals are argu• a doubt, fallen to the bottom of the totem but that of our enemies as well. We need to ing? pole on which it was never that high to be• place. decide as a body what it means to live life gin with. That being said, while I don't find beating After all, an NPR radio broadcast on Jan. to the fullest. dead horses pleasurable, I feel it is impor• 2 announced that homicide rates have in• Where do we begin? We need better fund• After all, when we really come to value tant to address an issue that every newspa• ing for research to screen for predispositions creased 7 to 9 percent in states such as Flor• our lives, having additional time becomes per article, television broadcast, blog post ida that have passed laws allowing the right to certain mental disorders earlier, as well as less important than having quality time. Moving is the best medicine. Keeping active and losing weight are just two of the ways that you can fight osteoarthritis pain. In fact, for every pound you lose, that's four pounds less pressure on each knee. For information on managing pain, go to fightarthritispain.org. ~ARTHRITIS • ilaFOUNDATION® '. Advertisement I Old Gold & Black Thursday, January 17, 2013 I Page 11 0 ew. U ed. eta b THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013 PAGE 12 ONLINE AT www.oldgoldandblack.com E DI T 0 RS: Ty Kr an; a k, k rant r 11@ w f u. e du; Max Woh/muth, [email protected] OLD GOLD & BLACK Deacs in the Dominican Republic Press Box I NCAA College football gone wild Tostitos Fiesta Bowl highlights the drastic changes affecting the current bowl game landscape BYlY KRANIAK ,., Sports Editor . ;:,. [email protected] Photo courtesy o WFU Athletic Communications Diamond Deacs find themselves in the The seven-day excursion to the Caribbean nation featured I was one of the lucky ones. Close to $500 tanked, a 3-3-1 record for the Demon Deacons, and a focus on both and I had scraped our three nosebleed tickets to the heart of one of the biggest producers game play and community service. Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Jan. 3 between No. 4 Oregon When the Deacs touched down in the Dominican Repub• and No. 5 Kansas State. . d of baseball talent in the world lic, they headed straight for Boca Chica, a port town known The thought of just attending the game trself had for its scenic beaches. However, the Wake ballplayers went carried me through final exams, and it was pred1cte BYTY KRANIAK straight to work with their first practice on a local field Dec. to be an impeccable game with a lot of offense. The Sports Editor 16, the same day the team, which was still recovering from jet atmosphere was electric, and drunken and rowdy [email protected] lag, landed in the country. The Deacons' practice drew quire a Oregon Ducks fans sitting near me made it an inter• crowd and created a buzz in the local community. esting experience altogether. When finals finished last semester, students poured out of After the ream's first practice, Dec. 17 marked Wake's first It was a close game much of the first half until the the university with one thing on their mind: relaxation. How• day of competition with a double header against Escogido "Quack Attack" was unleashed. ever, the student athletes of the Wake Forest baseball team and the National Police Team of the Dominican Republic. However, amid the speedy Oregon Duck offense used the first half of the winter vacation for something dif• Wake was able to squander a 6-4 victory over the policemen. that obliterated a bewildered Kansas State team 35-17, ferent: a trip to the Dominican Republic to play baseball and engage in community service. See Baseball, Page 15 See Press Box, Page 13 f· {BY THE NUMBERS 1· . {DEA( OF THE WEE.Kl ·~ . {DEACON QUOTE'.} freshman on the squad, representing half Thanks to another sparkling performance by "I really want to thank our fans. We 6 of the entire team senior point guard C.J. Harris, the Deacons sneaked ~ by Boston College with a three point victory. appreciate their support and I really z More losses than wins for the Deacons z Harris turned just 13 shots into 29 points, includ• see a connection beginning to take LIJ against nationally ranked opponents ing a run of 11 straight when the Deacons were I• place here. " V) Win-streak for senior Arnogh Prabhakar, down 13-2. He also hit 5-of-6 attempts from the who has a 13 5 record on the season free-throw line. LIJz 3 :::e After being named to the third All-ACC team Doubles wins for Prabhakar and David Harris last season, Harris has continued his reign as the - Head Coach Jeff Bzdelik, attribut• l lopkins, five more than any other pair Deacons' leading scorer. ing Men's Basketball's recent suc• cesses to reemerging fan suP.P.ort Deacons push themselves to 2-2 in the ACC WAKE FOREST (9-7) 1:he Deacs, who were looking to Tigers also stepped up their defense . h J·ust CLEMSON ( 10-6) validate close wins against confer• on Wake, blocking 11 s ~ts, CC ence foes Virginia and Boston Col• two shy of a school record 111 A 2 Final lege, struggled on the offensive end play. The Deacs would come no 21 23 44 nearly all night. closer than 1 Oas Clemson ran away Early on the two teams remained with a 60-44 victory. . 31 29 60 close, as Wake took an 11-9 lead 2 4.6 Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson. S.C. The Deacs finished with a the seven minutes into play. This would percent field goal percentagwake be the last advantage the Deacons lowest since percentage by a . g BYMATIPOPPE would have in the game as the Tigers team sm· ce a 20 percent shoounals o Online Managing Editor answer~d with a 15-2 run, as well [email protected] night in 1964, incidentally as holdmg Wake without a basket against the Clemson Tigers. . ts for nearly nine minutes. Wake Forest was riding high The Deacons only had three j51~e Clemson would take control in in the game, but outrebounde r coming into their ACC matchup the remainder of the first half as Tigers 42-36. the against Clemson with an impressive the Deacs shot a dismal 25 percent two-game winning streak in confer• Wake fell to 9- 7 overall on from the field. Wake saw just three year, and 2-2 in ACC play. pea- ence play. However, their streak was players score in the half, as the other J unior Travis McK.ie led thd bie abruptly halted Jan. 15 as the Tigers Deacons went 0-15. 0~d Jeremy Hefter/Old Gold & Bia.ck cruised past the Demon Deacons cons with his third double- The second half was no better of the season, posting 12 points Senior C.J. Harris from Winston-Salem l~d the D~acons m for a 60-44 victory in Littlejohn for the Deacons as they continued scoring against Boston College Jan. 12 with 29 points. Coliseum. 13 to struggle in their shooting. The See M. Basketball, Page Sports I Old Gold & Black Thursday, January 17, 2013 I Page 13 Men's tennis takes second, blanks Winthrop In the first event of the 2013 freshman players. "They're very hardwork• an impressive 6-2, 6-0 victory over Peter ing, and they push us, and that's great for Nagovnak. The match was tight in the campaign, the Deacons took us and great for them, and I think it's good beginning with a 2-2 split, but Prabhakar for our program overall." pulled past Nagovnak to succeed. second at WFU Spring Invite The Demon Deacons followed their suc• "We're very excited to start off the year cessful weekend with a 7-0 sweep against right. .. we've got some good guys, a lot of Winthrop in their season opener on Jan. seniors and juniors and some very good BY JULIET BECKSTRAND 14. freshman," Prabhakar said. "It's a good way ContributingWriter The Demon Deacons won at the No. 1 to start the season, to have something to [email protected] and No. 2 doubles positions, and contin• build off of, and we're looking forward to ued to win the match in singles with three the rest of the season." The men's tennis team started the new straight-set wins by Bloom, junior Adam In a final two-set match, Hopkins won year strong, taking second place at the Lee and Prabhakar. 6-1, 6-1. Wake Forest Spring Invitational, which In the doubles matches, Lee and fresh• Playing the only three-set singles match took place Jan.11-13 at the Wake Forest man Jon Ho had an 8-2 victory over Win• of the night, senior Danny Kreyman won Indoor Tennis Center, and defeating Win• throp players Juan Pablo Boada and Mi• at No. 3 singles against Winthrop player throp 7-0 Jan. 14. chael Chen. Yuta Hirokawa. Kreyman pushed through At the Wake Forest Spring Invite, the The No. 1 duo of Hopkins and Prabha• a first set loss at 2-6 to an overall win at Demon Deacons reached the singles and kar finished their match with an 8-4 vic• 2-6, 6-2, 6-4. doubles finals, with freshman Sam Bloom tory over Dylan Comerford and Steven "Every match is new, and we have to ap• taking second place in the singles tourna• Patrick, closing out the doubles point for proach each match as if it is the last one ment after falling to Hunter Reese of the the Deacs. we play. If we play hard, and are focused University of Tennessee. After his second place win at the Invita• and dedicated, I think we will do great," In the doubles final, freshmen Anthony tional, Bloom fell behind early in his No. Prabhakar said. Delacore and Morgan Mays lost to senior 5 singles match against Boada, but came A double header is coming up for the De• David Hopkins and senior captain Amogh back to win 12 straight games to clinch a mon Deacons, taking place at 10:00 a.m. Prabhakar. 6-2, 6-0 victory. Lee won a singles victory Jan. 16 against UNC-Charlotte, and 5:00 Photo courtesy ofWFU Athletic Communications "They're all very hungry and really want at No. 6 against Boada 6-2, 6-2. p.m. against East Tennessee State Univer• Senior Amogh Prabhakar from to play, and they'll evolve into great play• Prabhakar, now ranked No. 59 in the na• sity, both at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Bangalore is 13-5 this season. ers," Prabhakar said, when asked about the tion, claimed the win for the Deacons with Center. Press Box: Bowl game advertising is out of control there is more to college football. Col• Continued from Page 12 That's why college athletic depart• ments charge money for tickets. lege football is about, above all, teach• Bowl game advertising has gotten ing lessons to the players themselves. there was a different storm brewing. out of control. There was a time in These include hard work, determina• At everyTV timeout, advertisements which there werejust a fewbowl games tion, fortitude, discipline, and much spewed over the general PA system, named out of originality such as the more. and there was a Tostitos logo in every Cotton Bowl,Rose Bowl, Peach Bowl To be honest, I don't mind that NHL direction I looked. etc. The PeachBowl is now named the boards have advertising, although it ~ostitos even put free samples of Chick-Fil-ABowl. There is a Meineke does make the rinks look uglier. But, ch~ps and salsa at every seat. While Care Car Bowl,a Little Caesar's Bowl turning college football into a large this was slightly excessive,I did abso• and a Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. scale business at the expense of the lutely love the freehalftime snack, and Corporate identities partner with game is inherently wrong. hence, will not banter too much on bowl games to help their PR. How• Take Oregon. The team is sponsored the chips and salsa. Thanks for the ever, these partnerships are turning by Nike, who acts as a Santa Claus food, Tostitos. into ownerships. to the Ducks. New uniform combi• With college athletes running the Even the RoseBowl, one of the most nations for very game, underwater field, corporate America was running storied bowlssteeped in tradition, fell. treadmills, and so on. are bestowed the game. It is now the Rose Bowl Game Pre• upon Oregon. Don't get me wrong. Although sented by Vizio. What a shame. Youname it, and they have it. Why? extremelyover-priced,the FiestaBowl These are still terrific games played Money. While this can be used to nail Was an incredible experience, and one by incredible athletes. However,it was top-recruits, the influence of money that I would not trade. Oh wait, I the same way in the past without all in college football must be kept to a forgot to call it by its real name: the of the hoopla and" in your faceadver• minimum. Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. tising" associated with modern day To corporate America, pick a differ• Across all college football games, bowl games. ent sport. There are some of us that there is advertising. Money has to pay We all know money dominates still believe in the magic of college ~or coach's salaries; it has to pay air• sports. . . football. Ty Kraniak/Old Gold & Black lines tickets, and many other expenses It is after all an entertamment indus- Plus, didn't your mother always tell Kraniak's view of the Tostito's Fiesta Bowl at the associated with college sports. try. Yet, the optimist in me believes you, money doesn't buy happiness? University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. M. Basketball: Deacs racking up wins in the ACC Continued from Page 12 Harris had led the Deacs with a career-high 29 points on 10-13 shooting. Harris was unable to mimic his success in the Clemson of the season, posting 12 points and pulling down 11 comest, scoring just eight points. rebounds. It was just the third time that the Winston-Salem native Freshman Devin Thomas was the only other double-figure was held to less than double digits in scoring this season. scorer for the Deacs, scoring 11 points and grabbing six Wake will return to action Jan. 19 as they will again be rebounds. on the road, traveling to Blacksburg to take on the Virginia Thomas has been key to the Deacons' rebounding success, Tech Hokies. The Hokies are fresh off an overtime thriller Photo courtesy of shakininthesouthland.com averaging over 10 rebounds in the last five games. victory over Georiga Tech Jan. 12. The Deacons hope to rebound from their recent The Deacon's previous game had been a 55-52 nail-biter The Deacs look to stay competitivein theACCwith a win loss against Virginia Tech on the road. against the Boston College Eagles, where senior guard C.J. over the Hokies. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. at Cassell Coliseum. Page 14 I Thursday, January 17, 2013 Old Gold & Black I Advertisement pring Into Style! stores. wfu.edu The Deacon Shop 336. 758.5606 Sports I Old Gold & Black Thursday, January 17, 2013 I Page 15 Deacs' four game win strealtends against Duke BY MIKE MCLAUGHLIN had to step up. This includes junior Lindsy with 22 points. The formula for the win was StaffWriter Wright who had a career-high in rebounds a season-high 33 turnovers that led to 36 [email protected] with 12. Asia Williams though, played hero Deacon points. The turnovers helped Wake as she sank a free throw with less than a sec• roll to a 77-54 win. · Over winter break, Wake Forest played ond remaining to give Wake a 64-63 win. Wake's first conference victory came against seven games against several ACC foes as well Against Virginia Tech though, Wake was N.C. State, and once again, Douglas led all as teams from other conferences. overmatched by the combination of Hokies Deacs in points, shooting 7-of-13 from the Overall, Wake fared well going 5-2 in this Monet Tellier and Uju Ugoka, who togeth• floor and 4-of-6 from behind the arc for 21 stretch, improving their record to 9-7, in• er provided 51 points. The Deacons were points. The game was dose until the Dea• cluding a 2-2 conference record. The Dea• put an early hole in the first half, shooting cons went on a 12-3 run in the second half cons began their games over break against 8-25 (32 percent). The 73-52 loss for Wake that pushed their lead to 14 points with five the Seton Hall Pirates Dec. 8 at the Joel was not without positives as senior Lakevia minutes to play. Wake was able to keep this Coliseum with a thrilling 64-63 victory. Boykin provided 14 points, which gave her lead, winning 69-56. Wake then traveled to play conference foe 1,007 points for her career, making her the During the seven game stretch, Wake's big• Virginia Tech Dec. 22 in Blacksburg, Va., 20th Deacon to achieve this accomplish• gest win was an 80- 72 upset over No. 18 but lost 73-52. ment. Florida State in Tallahassee. Tue Deacs then rattled off four consecu• Wake however, proved too strong an oppo• The Deacs caused Florida State to com• tive wins, defeating Campbell 84-68 Dec. nent when Campbell came to the Joel Coli• mit a season-high 23 turnovers, and Boykin 29 (Joel Coliseum), Nevada 77-54 Dec. 31 seum Dec. 29 as several Deacons achieved scored a career high 34 points. (Joel Coliseum), North Carolina State 69- double-digit scoring outputs. Wake trailed at 36-33 at the half, but 56 Jan. 6 (Joel Coliseum) and Florida State While Wake was out rebounded 48-35, Boykin scored the final 13 points of the half 80-72 Jan. 10 in Tallahassee. However, the a quick six points to start the second half for Wake. The Deacons regained a lead they winning streak came to end Jan. 13 versus pushed Wake's lead to 51-38. This increased would never relinquish with a 9-0 run with Duke with a 73-44 loss. offensive efficiency ultimately proved too 13:28 to gain a 47-46 lead.The momentum Wake Forest and Seton Hall exchanged much for the Campbell defense. from the Florida State win ended when several lead changes throughout the second In the Deacon's 84-68 win, sophomore Duke traveled to *e Joel and won 73-44. half, particularly down the stretch. Begin• Dearica Hamby added a career high 25 Duke used a series of runs and strong shoot• nin~ the game though, the Deacons stopped points, Boykin added 19 points, Williams ing (48 percent) to defeat Wake who only their trend of slow starts, building a 7-0 lead provided 16 points and junior Chelsea shot 38 percent from the floor. When Wake Douglas added 13 points . cut the lead to 19-17, Duke responded with over the first 3:55 of the game. Adrian Martino/Old Gold & Black, . However, to overcome runs by Seton Hall The strong shooting continued against Ne• a 13-3 run and kept this comfortable lead. like the one starting the second half that gave vada who, like Campbell, proved to be over• Wake's next game is Jan. 17 at the Joel Col• Forward Dearica Hamby scored Seton Hall a 41-40 lead, several Deacons matched. This time, Douglas led the way iseum versus Clemson. 25 points against the Blue Devils.· Baseball: Wake's adventure more than sports Continued from Page 12 All-Scarsecond baseman Robinson Cano to win in 10 innings, and the Air Force of the New York Yankees, who serves as a took the second game by a score of 5-2. role model to many aspiring ballplayers. Dec. 22 marked Wake's final in the However, they were unable to muster a On Day 5 (Dec. 20), the Deacons finally Dominican Republic, and the team run and were blanked by Escogido 2-0. got a day off from baseball. used it to host a youth baseball clinic After splitting the double header, the However, they were still working hard where nearly 100 children were taught Deacs toured the Colonial Zone Dec. with a 7:00 a.m. lower body workout on technique through a number of baseball 18, which was the oldest settlement of the beach followed by an excursion to drills. As soon as the clinic finished, it' the Americas, before a game against the Isla Saona where the team played beach was back to the United States for the National Navy Team that resulted in a volleyball and relaxed. Even with their team. Throughout the week, new talent tie. After the event, the team headed to demanding schedule, the Deacs still surfaced for Wake Forest as many fresh• Guajabo to paint a house and deliver found time to give back to the com• men saw action. It will be interesting to hygiene packets to many homes in the munity by visiting Josiah's house, which see how the talent in the Dominican Re• area. The following day, Dec. 19, Wake serves as a home for destitute boys. public matches up with ACC play. Only Forest fell to an affiliate team of the Kan• The final day of competition (Dec. 21) time will tell. Yet, no matter what the sas City Royals 5-2 before posting a 2-0 for Wake Forest featured another split. win-loss column looks like, it is dear victory over the National Army team. The Deacs squared off against the Na• head coach Tom Walter has his eyes set Lauren Eagen/Old Gold & Black After the day's double header, the team tional Air Force Team this time around on something greater than baseball, de• The Deacs hope to build off their trip to headed to a local Dominican Winter rather than the Army or Navy. In the veloping young men to serve those less the Dominican Republic this season. League night game and was able to meet first game, the Deacs came from behind fortunate than themselves. New look ACC impacts Deacons' Diamond Deacs reel in a 12 man schedule in the 2013 season recruiting class for 2013 campaign The recent changes to the landscape of the ACC As part of the 2013 class, baseball head coach will affect Wake Forest football as soon as next Tom Walteran nounced the signing of 12 recruits. season. Four of the players are right-handed pitchers Now the Demon Deacons will play six oppo• that will devote most of their playing time to the nents in the Atlantic Division and just two in the mound. Three other right-handers also make up Coastal. This means Syracuse becomes an annual part of the class, but this group will also spend opponent as the Orangemen have become the time in the field. Atlantic Division's seventh member. The remaining five players include two catchers, Wake will continue to square off against Duke an infielder, an outfielder and a utility player. The every year while the remaining Coastal Division gem of the classis Will Craig, a 6-3 two-way player match up will rotate amongst the six other teams. that was a three time All-Conference selection. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013 PAGE 16 ONLINE AT www.oldgoldandblack.com EDITORS: Molly Dutmers, [email protected] Amber Burton, [email protected] ------OLD GOLD & BLACK------ , ' ' , eat a lot in order to be able to drink more. Attacking smaller personal goals Drink less! On top of that, watch what you can make achieving a NewYear's drink. It's hard to say you won't drink, but you can minimize how much and what you're resolution more realistic drinking. Punch? Terrible idea. You go back home lace at night and it's been BY NIKI MAKK!NE.IAP about six hours since you've eaten so natu• Staff Writer rally you're hungry. Don't order Papa John's [email protected] because it's "free." Just drink water and go to sleep! Year after year, people make New Year's res• Also, at a campus like Wake, I find it ab• olutions - whether it is to lose weight, eat surd chat so many people still make their healthier or work on their personal downfalls. resolutions revolve around weight. Have you It seems like people make the same resolu• looked in the mirror lately? You're so much tions year after year, and eventually life takes skinnier than most people. Why are you replaces desire to change yourself. Seeing as wasting your time trying to get your bones though most people lose sight of their resolu• sticking out? That's not attractive. Make your tions, I figured it was better to focus on ones resolution deal with happiness instead. that may be easier to fulfill. Acknowledge the fact that we go to Work Many people relate their resolutions to Forest and are not robots. We need to relieve health, whether it is to lose weight, work stress, otherwise we'll just crash and burn. out more, or eat healthier; all three things Instead of spending time refreshing Face• go hand in hand. People who regularly go to book and going through all the poses on your the gym know that at the beginning of the mini-feed, go hang out with your friends. year there are many more people going and Spring is on its way and the days are getting as the days, weeks and months go by, they longer, so instead of spending so much time weed out. locked up in your room or the ZSR, set 30 So instead of wasting money and time do• minutes aside to do something that helps you ing something you'll drop in a few weeks, accomplish your New Year's resolution or why not just take baby steps instead of huge that makes you feel good, happy and gets you leaps in lifestyle changes? There are many out and about. different ways to be healthier or lose weight Making resolutions shouldn't be about try• without dropping hundreds of dollars on ing to do something you can't do - it's about gyms, personal trainers and groceries from improving yourself and what's important to Whole Foods. you. So many of my friends have made resolu• It's about reflecting on your past and find• tions to lose weight. Not to be pessimistic, ing small things you can change. So my best but you can't do this easily at a college cam• advice to chose who made big New Year's res• pus. Everything is working against you! You olutions, whether it deals with weight or not, are drinking, eating unhealthy, constantly is to think about this past year and see if your snacking on fatty foods and getting little to resolution is reasonable. no exercise. Another thing you can do is write it down Your resolution to work out more and lose - that's what my parents always made me weight is not going to stick here - I can guar• do. Things appear more black and white antee that. So instead of setting something once they are written down. unrealistic, why not make your resolution to If you have more than one resolution, don't just be healthier, even if it is something small. try and cram it all in at once. Space it out, So next time you go co that frat parry, do not what's the rush? !d&Bfack raphic by Molly Dutmers/O/d Go Life I Old Gold & Black Thursday, January 17, 2013 Page 17 Sound Judgement I Top Albums of 2012 Wake Radio's top albums from 2012 BYYASMIN BENDAAS It's Frank Ocean's world, and we're just peers. The result? good kid, m.A.A.d city Staff Columnist living in it. has put the hip-hop world on Kendrick's [email protected] back with the edict to lead a stable of Kendrick Lamar, good kid, m.A.A.d promising youngsters to take the billion In honor of the new year, the staff of city dollar genre back into the past - a past Wake Radio reveals three of their favorite where the rhymes outshined the beats and of albums of 2012. Rap has been waiting for its rebirth. This the message overshadowed the rhymes. is an era of Drake crying and bragging Frank Ocean, Channel Orange over the airwaves at the same damn time, Grizzly Bear, Shields while Big Sean & Co. use their verses to George Orwell once said, "In a time of tell listeners "I can't believe I made it, Watch the critics on this one, because far deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary (Mornl)" - leading us to marvel at the too many of them will be busy attempting act." And revolutionary is one of the many exact same thing. However, salvation to label Shields rather than appreciate it words to describe Frank Ocean's revelatory awaits: six years after the legendary Queens for what it is. What is that exactly? All I R&B masterpiece. Part manifesto, part MC Nas titled his album Hip Hop is Dead, know is that with regards to their previous confessional, Ocean's Channel Orange is Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar releases efforts, this creature's not as primitive as not only one of the most brutally self• an instant-classic LP flurried with verbal Horn of Plenty, not as hypnotic as Yellow reflective albums in recent years, it morphs panoramas as insightful as Biggie's Ready House, and not as easily accommodating the musical sounds of soul stirring R&B to Die or Nas' Illmatic. as Veckatimest. Perhaps it's a subtle with hip-hop sensibilities and lyrics that Hearkening back to the illustrious mixture of all three - a statement that create a sound that is completely and storytelling and religious influences of would be high praise considering the uniquely Frank Ocean - destroying all rap's past, Kendrick issues an allegory of masterful compositions that make up of his peers in his wake. Compton compartmentalized into 12 their previous works. Regardless, Shields Perhaps the greatest testament to this tracks. The depictions of the dystopic is still an extraordinarily haunting and album's staying power is the fact that with results of unfettered loyalty, teenage beautiful addition to the Grizzly Bear each additional listen, something new and naivete and economic disenfranchisement catalogue. wonderful is found behind every corner. through the eyes of a mostly well• Nick Reichert, Logan Healy-Tuke and There is not much that can be said about intentioned youth have led K-Dot to Kory Riememperger also contributed to this this album that has not already been said. nearly universal approval among his article. Movie Review I Django Unchained Tarantino delivers another hit 5. Escape Salon 952 W 4th St # 104 is also (and I stress this) absurdly violent. Truthfully, there is little, if anything, that This saloh specializes in hair coloring DirectorOuentin Tarantino's latest It's no surprise really - he is a filmmaker could hold up as evidence for belittling and styling. Western DjangoUnchained may known for his attachment to somewhat the idea of slavery. more than vivid representations of Like almost every other Tarantino film soon become a cinematic classic violence on screen. before Django, there is a river of blood for Let's return to Spike Lee's comments, critics and criticizers alike to sail upon. Shit Wake kids say BY KORY RIEMENSPERGER which address the film's handling of Two slaves fight to the death, people are Staff Writer slavery. From his Twitter feed: "American shot, exploded and eaten by dogs. It's first day of class [email protected] Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone Spaghetti violent, but then again it should be clear Western. It Was A Holocaust." by now that Mr. Tarantino doesn't like to "I always get Lost in.Tribble." There's been some rumbling recently It's almost as if he and I watched a pick fights he cannot win. about Quentin Tarantino's latest project different film. Mr. Tarantino's script deals The brilliance of this and similar motion 'l. ca n't believe that professor assigned Django Unchained and its handling o( carefully with the most disgusting aspects pictures is the attractive combination of homework for the first day." a number of sensitive topics. Spike Lee of slavery. two mutual opposites - humor and spoke his mind on the movie's supposed I actually hesitate to list each one violence. He certainly does do everything ''Should we Write this down?" racism - and then Mr. Tarantino flipped because of the revolting nature of the to exploit the entertaining and sometimes out when an interviewer questioned him historical allusions which could certainly humorous power of violent fiction, and ~·~canltbetievet ori(y gi:!t two absences on a possible relationship between violent compare to Lee's idea of a "holocaust." that makes for one heck of a ride. in on~of 'Jl.Y classes." film (as a cause) and 7iolent behavior ,, (as a result). The truth is that both the is narrative and setting of Django do raise "l hope Talented actors from both film and Bigelow'sZero Dark Thirty, the TV movie Day Lewis' portrayal of Lincoln. Zero Dark nominations, but no wins. Past favorites Game Change, the miniseries Political Thirty followed with four nominations, at the Emmys and Golden Globes such television gathered Jan.13 for the Animals and the popular television drama, but no wins. Game Change took home the as Modern Family and Downtown Abbey 70th annual Golden Globe Awards Homeland television awards for Best Television Movie were passed over in favor of Homeland and Lincoln received seven nominations and Best Actress in a Television Movie, HBO's comedy series Girls. !lY KATHRYN ROHLWING including for Best Motion Picture-Drama, while Homeland received the awards for The biggest win of the evening went to StaffWriter Best Screenplay and Best Director, though Best Television Series, and Best Actor and Ben Affleck, who won Best Director for [email protected] it only took home one award for Daniel Actress. Political Animals received two Argo. Affleck was not nominated for an Oscar for Best Director, and many have For the first time in three years, the considered that the biggest snub this year. Golden Globes were hosted by new faces. LLU When Affleck won the Golden Globe, he In 2010, 2011and2012, British comedian received a standing ovation. Ricky Gervais hosted the award show. AWA~ The best speech of the night was Anne Gervais' jokes were controversial, crude and Hathaway's tribute to Sally Fields after politically incorrect, but always funny in Hathaway was chosen over Fields for Best a painfully true kind of way. By last year, Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. though, Gervais seemed to be running out She thanked Fields for showing her that an of steam and he was criticized for not being actress can break out of typecasting to take funny enough. Gervais declined to host the on bolder roles and succeed. Fields started award show a fourth time, and Amy Poehler out as the flying nun, while Hathaway (Parks and Recreation) and Tina Fey (30 became famous for her role in the Princess Rock) were brought in as the new hosts. Diaries. The speech creating the most They quickly proved themselves a nice buzz is Jodie Foster's acceptance for the change from Gervais' biting sarcasm. They Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement had written good jokes that, while tamer Award. Foster's dialogue tended to ramble than Gervais', were no less funny, and as she gave scathing criticisms of reality they had an easy, charming charisma that television and paparazzi, but it was also engaged and entertained jhe audience. funny, nostalgic and a touching tribute to After their stints on Saturda.y Night Live, the her mother who is suffering from dementia. two comedians seemed at ease in front of The controversy over it has come from the the crowd, and the biggest complaint about fact that it is her first major coming-out the award show seems to be that they were speech and that she seemed to be saying not given enough screen time. that she is retiring from acting for good. This year's collection of Golden Globe Overall, the award show offered a great nominations and wins showed the growing night of entertainment, due mainly to Amy Popularity of political dramas in film and Photos courtesy o tempta ia.com & okmagazine.com Poehler and Tina Fey's contributions. The on television. Academy Awards on Feb. 24 will have a Nominations and wins were given Megan Fox and Amy Poehler demonstrated two popular trends hard time meeting the high standards set to Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, Kathryn on the red carpet, champagne dresses and plungmg necklines. this past Sunday. Page 20 I Thursday, January 17, 2013 Old Gold & Black I Advertisement Yes. It's as intense as you expect. Tough projects. Tight deadlines. It can be scary. But the growth is Real challenges. incredible. Because you have the support of your peers, the guidance of a mentor and the wisdom of partners to Unreal rewards. see you through. All of whom never forget they started out just like you. 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