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Trustees to consider rec center funding By Tim MacPhail

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Among the items the board of trustees will consider in its meeting Feb. 5 is a proposal for a new on-can:ipus recreation center, which was discussed by Student Government for two years and has become a major initiative last semester.

Senior Ryan Patrick, the SG secretary; said that SG's goal right now is to gauge student interest in a new recreation center and relay this feedback to the administra­tion and board of trustees. "If student sup~ port seems to be high, then we can start; worrying about issues like funding and location," Patrick said. · .

In a recent SG student survey, approxi-~ mately 70 percent of questioned students; said that some type of new recreation center

AlthoughSG and members of the Ath­letic Depllttitent have spent considerable time researching the need for a recreation building and proposing features of the fa­cility, debate over financing the building

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SG with design concepts By Brad Gunton

Old Golq and Black Reporter

Although the university allows all students to have a car on campus, those students who choose to do so quickly realize that finding an available parking spot is a difficult task. A proposed parking deck could help alleviate this problem, however:'

Student GovernmentaskedRence Callahan ofWalter, Robb, Callahan, and Pierce Archi­tects and Bill Sides, the director of facilities management, to present ideas for a parking deck. The company has done work on campus before, and it has also constructed parking decks on several other college campuses.

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would improve the quality of student life," Patrick said, noting that the facility would provide an alternative social activity on campus.

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Despite SG 's backing and substantial lev­els of student interest, the feasibility of a new center remains in question. According to James Bullock, an assistant vice presi­dent and director of major gifts, the funding for such a facility, if approved as a priority, would come from outside sources through a capital campaign.

In order for a new recreation center to be included on the list of funds being sought in the upcoming campaign, the Capital Plan­ning Committee would thus have to adopt the facility as among the top priorities for the university, Bullock said.

The facility, which could cost as much as $25 million, would compete for funds with other university expenses, such as faculty salaries and scholarships. Although the Athletic Department has been involved with the project's conception, its construction would not be separately financed by the department. "Ultimately;·th\l.-(donors that the Athletic Department) calls on are some of the same people the university calls on," Bullock said.

Max Floyd, the director of intramurals

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SEAC secures flatware

By Travis Langdon Assistant News Editor

Astheresultofacampaignrunby the Student Environmental Action Coalition to reduce the amount of waste created by students, ARAMARK will return silverware and china to the Pit on Feb. 8.

The effort to provide this alterna­tive to students was organized by sophomore Ria Battaglino last Sep­tember as part of a project with an environmental committee of Stu­dent Government. Once Battaglino became involved with SEAC, she found the support she needed to mobilize the project, and began cor­responding with ARAMARK.

Working closely with Mike Bellefeuil, ARAMARK' s food ser­vice director, SEAC focused much of its energy during the fall explor­ing the technicalities of implement­ing non-disposable utensils in the Pit. Callahan and Sides proposed two variations

of a parking deck, each of which would be located behind Collins Residence Hall where there is currently a parking lot that holds 375 cars. In addition to providing additional park­ing, Callahan said he was concerned about the aesthetic effect to the campus.

Students toliet paper the Quad after the Demon Deacons 85·72 upset fourth-ranked Maryland. The Deacs broke a five-game losing streak with the win, giving students a reason to celebrate.

"There was a general concern that I noticed when I ate in the cafeteria

"Right now, there's a jungle of cars behind Collins," Callahan said. "But there are ways to create attractive parking decks and blend them into the environment."

The first possibility is a rectangular parking deck three or four stories high. The building would have a notch cut out ofthe southwest comer in order to minimize the removal of trees. This design could be made to look like other buildings on the campus.lt could poten­tially hold 1124 cars, although the number depends on the width of the parking spaces.

The other possibility discussed was an

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More men go Greek than in previous years By Jay Cridlin

Old Gold and Black Reporter

The university wrapped up Fraternity Rush last week, with 175 students pledg­ing to the 13 national fraternities around campus.

This year's Rush was one of the most successful in recent years, with 314 men registering- an increase of 34 over last

year's total. "I think overall, there was increase in men who registered and par­ticipated in Rush, as well as members who pledged," Mike Ford, the director of student development said. "I think people, whetner they pledged or not, enjoyed the Rush period - to get out, meet people and socialize."

During the week, men rushing fraterni­ties got to attend numerous functions,

during which students and fraternities got to know one another. Events ranged from dinners to dances to bowling, and fonnal smokers and other mandatory events.

As usual, largerfratemities such as Sigma Pi fraternity (23 pledges), Sigma Nu fra­ternity (21) and Sigma Phi Epsilon frater­nity (20) garnered the most new brothers, although practically every fraternity was pleased with its Rush.

"There were a lot more people than I'd really ever seen out," Josh Burrus, Sigma Pi's Rush chainnan, said. "It was a great Rush -there was a great bunch of guys out there. 1 got to meet a bunch of great people, and we added a lot to our frater­nity just from the single pledge class."

Another one of the winners of Rush

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Soyinka speaks out for'oneness of humanity' By Heather Seely

News Editor

In his Founders' Day Convocation ad­dress, Wole Soyinka, the 1986 winner of the Nobel Prize for literature and the Robert W. WoodruffProfessoroftheArtsatEmory University, focused on dissolving cultural lines and creating a "oneness ofhumanity."

''The goal is toward the oneness of hu­manity," he said. "For those who consider themselves humans, there is no higher goal."

nation would prefer to associate only with tribal societies."

Despite its relative peace, Soyinka said the United States faces its own problems with cultural diversity. "It is a wonder that real cultural wars have not broken," he said.

Soyinka said there is "no greater force for tearing apart our humanity" than religion. He said spiritual institutions are opposed to cultural relativity.

Many countries are tom by religious wars.

failing to think the unthinkable," he said. Soyinka said the ideal would be an "open

market place of both ideas and faith." Soyinka said he found it "refreshing" that

the w1iversity was trying to teach its stu­dents about cultural diversity and different religions.

President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. awarded Dr. Mary Anne Taylor the university's high­est honor- the Medallion of Merit.

Omicron Delta Kappa, presented the Kulynych Family Omicron Delta Kappa A ward for Contribution to Student Life to Bob Evans, an associate professor of edu­cation.

Paul Escott, the dean of the college, awarded Jeff Lerner, a visiting assistant professor of history, the Reid-Doyle Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

Peter Brubaker, the director of the car­diac rehabilitation facility and an associate professor of health and exercise sciences, won the A ward for Excellence in Research. Soyinka said cultural diversity divides

many nations and not just underdeveloped ones. "The United Kingdom is only so in name," Soyinka said. "In the past decade or so, it witnessed levels of carnage that that a

Snyinka suggested having a community of nations like the United Nations control coun· tries like Israel that are tied to many differ­ent religious histories. But Soyinka said this will not happen. "Eventually the world community will realize what it has lost for

Dr. Taylor, who graduated from the uni-. versity in 1960 and the medical school in 1964, worked in Student Health Services until1991.

The university named a wellness center in the new Student Health in her honor.

Senior Eli Salatich, the president of

Ralph Peeples, an associate dean of the law school, presented Joel Newman, a pro­fessor oflaw, with the Joseph Branch Ex­cellence in Teaching Award.

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Two· vocal groups branch outof:Agape split ..

"Treating people with human dignity is a "We want fellowship with other service~ By Lauren McSwain Contributing Reporter

After Agape, the all-female, Christian Jocal group on campus, dissolved last se­nester over disputes about its mission state­nent and purpose, two new all-female vo­:al ensembles currently are evolving.

The decision to disband, which occurred 1t the close of last semester, was a very iifficult one to make. Fall1998 was the frrst :imc the group had enjoyed "official" status m campus, with a charter, outside financial mpport, performance attire and a growing ·eputation as Chi Rho's counterpart.

"In One Accord has a scripturally based goal," said sophomore Kristen Stewart, one of the founding members.

"Ourmission is to be a Christian women's vocal ensemble, a group of believers uni­fied in the desire to seek Christ and share the Christian faith with others in the Wake Forest, Winston-Salem and surrounding communities."

About seven women of In One Accord are former Agape members, and the re­maining women were interested friends who joined by invitation at the beginning of this semester.

"Our mission is to be a Christian women's vocal ensemble, a group of believers unified In the desire to seek Christ and share the Christian faith

with others in the Wake Forest, Winston-Salem and surrounding

communities."

noble coq,cept mo$t definitely not associ- ··oriented groups, to·bring the inspiratipn of ated only with the Christian faith. It doesn't· music to service-oriented organizations matter .what your affiliation is. It is' beyondtheboundariesoftheuniversityand everyone's responsibility to serve in unity. . to live lives that embody the ideals of Pro It is the Year of Globalization and Diver· Humanitate, service and universal ac;cep· · sity, after all," she added. tance of the human family."

This new group is interested in singing Thewomenbeginningthisensemblewant f9r events such as the City of Joy Benefit, a group. of singers representative of those the Peace Vigil and Honduras ·Outreach emphases, with a fully diverse member· Program Exchange, the Honduras service ship, of color, background and experience,

Kristen Stewart Founding member of In One Accord

project, but it will remain less focused on Membership in the group_ would entail a performance and more on service. four-hour per wee~ commitment- for the

Currently this group has no name, no first three weeks, four hours of rehearsal, official faculty sponsor and is financially 1111d from then on, two hours of rehearsal supported by Socrates, Neal and Scott. What and two hours of community service with Although the women sought counseling

md joint mediation, the group was unable :o reach a compromise. "We just differed," ;aid senior Jennifer Kembrell.

One group, of approximately 12 women, 1as selected the name In One Accord, a ·eference to a passage in Acts of the Bible.

No auditions were held, and membership is closed for the duration of the 1998-99 school year.

The other group is not as far along in its development and is in the process of mem­bership selection. Sophomores Aileen Socrates and Brittany Neal, former mem­bers of Agape, and Latayna Scott, a mem­ber of the Gospel Choir, are working to establish a singing group with a focus dif­ferent from any other at the university.

"The evolution of this particular group is going to be slower because we want to be very, very careful about what our purposes are. Our group's emphasis will be more holistic and community-service oriented," Socrates said.

it does have is an idea of a mission. the group. Socrates said, ··we wantto promote sis- Potentialmembersareencouragedtocon-

terhoodthroughcommunityserv,ceprojects tact Socrates, Neal or Scott. Socrates said, and exploration of various genres of vocal "We are trying to find the kind of girl music and to encourage spiritual growth interested in sisterhood, service, and sing­within an environment of unconditional ing.

With a directed mission statement and :lear, stated purpose, the women hope to )egin where Agape ended.

"It will be a kind of ministry, but differ­ent from Agape. It will be a ministry to the soul."

acceptance for all members to pro-actively "We would like as diverse a representa· uphold the fundamental value of human tion as possible. Our goal here is real dignity in song and in service. multiculturalism."

Leaders' program welcomes new class

By Whitney Brooks Contributing Reporter

What does it take to be a leader? This semester 70 eager freshmen and sopho­mores will learn how to enhance their leadership skills through a I 0-week pro­gram titled Leadership Excellence Appli­cation and Development.

The objective of this program, which began Jan. 30, is to teach students some basic leadership principles and skills and to have a special focus on how the stu­dents could become stronger leaders around the campus and in the community. Students become involved in the LEAD program through an application and se­lection process in November.

Mike Ford, the director of student de­velopment, is in charge of the LEAD program. He describes the program as being "a personal and leadership devel­opment program for freshman and sopho­mores."

"It also is great because it really brings people together, and is a diverse gather­ing of students who truly want to make a difference," he said.

He said he is especially proud of the program because it is student-run. A stu­dent committee of four upperclassmen helps to design theprogramanddesignate its main objectives each year.

Camp Hanes, where they took part in a ropes course and came up with their own group skits. "The ropes course was very interesting. It is a greattime to getto know the group and build trust among each other," Harrison said.

Now that the group has completed its initial meeting, it will begin an eight-lab session in which the memebers will ''par­ticipate in hands-on activities, look at case studies, and draw out some basic principles of leadership and develop­ment," Ford said. They will also bring some student leaders from around cam­pus and a few leaders from the commu­nity.

Also, a very large part of the program involves the students forming their own proposals for the improvement of the campus. For example, LEAD groups in the past have come up with the ideas for the Student Shuttle service, the calendar in the back of the Student Handbook and freshman mentor program.

"I'm really looking forward to the hear­ing the ideas for campus life," Harrison said. "I'm also very excited about ex­panding my circle of friends. That is a very important part of the program for me." Harrison said that she has already met many new and unique people in the short time that the group has been to­gether.

The LEAD program will end in April with its final meeting taking place April 7. This meeting will be a banquetto honor the participants in the program. A fitting dedication

Sophomore Erika Harrison, a partici­pant this year, said she is especially inter­ested in the program because "it deals not only with leadership on campus, but people really get a chance to learn to apply their skills elsewhere in the com­munity."

From Jan. 30-31, the 70 LEAD stu­dents participated in a weekend retreat to

Harrison recommends this program to other students. "Students who don't par­ticipate are really missing out. They can still be a leader, but LEAD is very benefi­cial."

Senior Stacy Schmitt and Dr. Cecil Price, the director of Student Health Ser1ices, unvealed portraits during the dedication of the new Student Health Center Feb. 2. The center is named in honor of George C. Mackie, an alumnus who served as the college physican.

BRIEFLY Campus organizations may have their announcements listed by sending e-mail to news@ogb.wfu.edu, faxing to Ext. 4561 or writing to P.O. Box 7569. The deadline for inclusion in each week's paper is 5 p.m. Monday.

Law School needs student volunteers

The Law School will be the re­gional host for the National Trial Competition Feb. 5 and Feb. 6. Stu­dents are needed to serve as wit­nesses and bailiffs.

Forty-four witnesses and II bai­liffs are needed from 8:30 a.m. to noon Feb. 5.

Students are not required to stay the entire time.

The same number of students are needed from I :30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 5.

The following day; 16 witnesses and four bailiffs are needed from 8:30 a.m. to noon and eight wit­nesses and two bailiffs are needed from I :30 to 5 p.m.

Anyone interested in participat­ing may contact Linda Michalski at Ext. 5 719 or e-mail at Imichalski@law.wfu.edu.

Students invHed to eat dinner with strangers

The student alumni council is in­viting students to participate in "Din­ner with Twelve Strangers."

Students will eat dinner with seven other students, a faculty member

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and alumnus atthe facultv member's house. •

Applications are available in Reyno Ida 306 and should be mailed to the Alumni Office, Box 7208, Winston-Salem, NC 27109 by Feb. 6.

For more information, call Holly Langmuir at Ext. 1161.

Psychology starts Colloquium Series

Karen Lyn Roper, an assistant professor of psychology at Spelman College in Altanta will speak at 3:15p.m. Feb. 8 in Winston Hall, Room Cas part of the psychology department's Colloquium Series.

Roper's lecture is titled "How to Tell People and Pigeons- 'Forget It!'"

Discovery Series begins spring season

The Discovery Series wi II start its spring season with "Fathers and Daughters" at II a.m. Feb. 9 in the Benson University Center third floor lounge.

Guests will include Mike Ford, The director of student develop­ment; Paul Ribisl, the chairman of

health and exercise science depart­ment; Simeon Ilesanmi, an assis­tant professor of religion; and Linda Nielsen, a professor of education.

Slide show, meeting to detail Venice 2000

There will be an information meeting, including a slide show, for the spring semester 2000 program in Venice at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 9 in Tribble Hall A209.

Olga Valbuena, an assistant pro­fessorofEnglish, and Peter Kairoff, anassociateprofessorofmusic, will take the group.

Speak Out seeks submissions for event

Policy Group for Rape Educa­tion, Prevention and Response in­vitesstudents to submit anonymous testimonials of an instance of rape and/or sexual assault for consider­ation for reading at the annual Speak Out, a candlelight ceremony, at 7 p.m. Feb. II in Wait Chapel.

The Speak Out is the culminating event of Tie-A-Yellow-Ribbon Week (Rape Awareness Week).

Testimonials should be no more than one to two pages double-spaced

and should include no identifying information.

Testimonials may be personal accounts of an experience of rape/ sexual assault, your feelings about the experience of someone close to you, a poem or any other creative fonnat.

Mail typed, anonymous testimo­nial to Betsy Taylor, of the Univer­sity Counseling Center, P.O. Box 7837 or bring it to the Counseling Center in Reyno Ida 118.

MBA school to hold information session

The Babcock Graduate .School ofManagement will hold an infor­mation session for its evening arid executive MBA programs from 10 · a.m. to noon Feb.20 at the Worrell Professional Center, Room 117.

Honor Society accepts applications

Tri-Beta, the biology honor so­ciety, is accepting applications for membership.

Applications and information can be found online at www .students. wfu.edultribeta and in the foyer of Winston Hall.

Applications are due at 12 p.m. Feb. 19 in the biology department Office in Winston 226.

Applications available for Royall Scholarship

The department of classical lan­guages is accepting applications for the William Royall Scholarship, established in 1991 by a gift from the family and friends of Royall and his son, William B. Royall.

Royall came to the university in 1859 as a professor of classical languages and later was the first full-time professor of English.

Royall's son was a professor of Greek for 63 years.

The scholarship provides an award of $500 for excellence in

· classical studies with preference given to students who plan to travel abroadto classical sites.

Applications are available in the department of classical languages, and the deadline is March 5.

Applications available for Hearn scholarship

Applications of the Thomas K. Hearn Jr. Scholarships for Excel­lence in Leadership and Service are available in theVolunteer Services Office and by the Benson Univer­sity Center Information Desk.

Rising seniors who'have demon­strated leadership and service to

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The deadline is 5 p.m. March 16. Applications should be submit­

ted to the ProvostOffice in Reyno Ida 204 or sent to P.O. Box 7688.

Correction The Jan. 28 issue incorrectly reported the performance time ofLiky Afshar. She will per­form at 8 p.nm. Feb. 4 in Brendle Recital Hall.

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Cardinal Francis Arinze, one of the Ro­man Catholic Church' smostrenownedlead­ers, will deliver the university's 1999 com­mencement address May 17.

Arinze, who was named a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 1985, is frequently mentioned as a possible successor to the pope. He is presidentofthe Pontifical Coun­cil for Interreligious Dialogue, the Vatican's office for promoting mutual understand­ing, respect and collaboration between Catholics and other religions.

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tion and Diversity," said President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. "The Wake Forest community is fortunate and grateful to have Cardinal Arinze as our honored guest."

Hearn extended Arinze an invitation to speak at commencement during a visit to Rome. "We left with a sense of his deep piety, keP.t~ intellect and wann engaging personality," Hearn said of the visit.

"His work as president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue brings ideal conclusion to

this Year of Globalization and Diversity."

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ference of Nigeria and the vice president for Africa of the United Bible Societies.

In 1985, Arinze was appointed president oft he Secretariat for Non-Christians, which was later re-named the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. He also serves on several congregations, including the Doctrine ofthe Faith, the Causes of Saints, and the Evangelization of Peoples. Arinze is also part of a group planning Jubilee 2000, the church's millennium celebration.

"His work as president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue brings ideal conclusion to this Year of Globaliza-

A 1998 WallStreetJournalarticleplaced Arinze "near the top of the Jist" among papacy canilidates. Ifelected,Arinze would be the first black pope since the reign of St. Gelasius I ended in 496. The article also described Arinze as ''theologically conser­vative, with a charismatic personality."

Born in Nigeria, Arinze became an or-

dained priest in 1958, a bishop in 1965 and an archbishop two years later.

In Africa, he served as the regional Catho­lic education secretary for eastern Nigeria, the president of the Catholic Bishops' Con-

Arinze's nephew, Niki, is a sophomore member of the men's basketball team. Ifeanyi Arinze, Niki's father and a profes­sor at Meharry Medical College in Nash­ville, is a member of this university's Parents' Council.

Cardinal Francis Arinze has served the Roman Catholic church around the world.

SG Student Government meets at 7 p.m. every Tues­day. The entire legislature met this week. Executive officers may be reached at Ext. 5293 or Box 7292.

SG might adopt road near campus

Student Government discussed two major issues at its meeting Feb. 2 -the creation of a parking deck and adopting a street in order to keep it clean.

Because Polo Road and other roads adjacent to the university are residential, SG could not adopt them, so instead SG is considering adopting Long Drive, which con-nects the north entrance of campus to University Parkway.

The goal in adopting Long Drive is to promote goodwill between the students and nearby residents. Each SG committee wiD be responsible for picking up trash along the road once a year.

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The proposal to adopt Long Drive was met with considerable support among the legislators.

Campus life Campus Life is compiling sur-

veys they took recently concerning the hours of the Benson Fitness Center. They will use the surveys to adjust the hours that the center is currently open. They also said that they would not be able to move nicer equipment into the fitnesscen-ter because ofthe treatment of the equipment currently in place.

Public Relations The Public Relations Committee

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is continuing to promote the Recre-ation center. It is also revamping the SG Web page.

Physical Planning There are three main projects on

which the Physical Planning Com-mittee is currently working.

First, it wants to place drinking fountains by the tennis courts and by the basketball courts near Collins Residence Hall.

The fountains are expected to be in place in the summer or perhaps as early as this spring.

Second, it wants a fountain placed in front of the library, which is al-ready being planned.

Third, it wants to put the recy-cling containers back in Davis House. Another issue it is currently

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Academic The Academic Committee plans

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It is interested in gathering input from freshmen about the difficulty of the seminars and gauging how successful the courses have been.

Also, the committee is reviewing the goals in the Plan for the Class of 2000. It hopes to assess which goals are being met and which are not. A particular concern is salaries offac-ulty members.

Judiciary The Judiciary Committee is ad-

dressing the issue of the honor code being placed on blue books used for testing. The code, which had been on the books previously, was re-cently taken off. The Judiciary Com-

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Bills Six bills were read at this assem-

bly, and each was passed. The first bill will establish and maintain a monthly calendar to be placed in the Benson University Center.

The second bill will have the Cam-pus Life Committee evaluate Stu-dent Health Services each fall se-mester as deemed necessary and will then bve the Campus Life Committee discuss the evaluation with Student Health in the spring.

The third bill recommends that student representation exist on the committee on first-year seminars.

The fourth bill provided $400 for the Kung Fu Club.

The fifth bill expressed the stu-dent body's appreciation and grati-tude for Wayne Calloway, who was the chairman of the board of trust-ees until he died last summer.

The sixth bill appointed 11 new legislators, who were then sworn in.

Committee honors food service workers

As an effort to show the dining service workers how much their services are appreciated, the Advi­soryCommitteeonDining Services is sponsoring a campus wide cam­paign in search of the employee students deem most helpful.

The committee will collect bal­lots for "ARAMARK Ace" from Feb. 8 to Feb. 26 in the Benson food court, the Pit and the Infonnation Systems Building food court.

Students may vote for workers in any of those locations or the Sundry Shops, Magnolia Room and Shorty's. Students may vote only once and are asked to find the name of the employee, write it on a ballot and drop it into the one of the three voting boxes.

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about the amount of needless trash that we created," Battaglino said. "I knew that it could be changed, so I started talking with the people in ARAMARK to see what the available options were. We ran into a few difficulties at the beginning, but once we established that there was substantial sup­port among the student body, Mr. Bellefeuil was very receptive."

One of the problems that arose in the early stages of planning was the expense. Bellefeuil said that the Pit bad offered silverware in the past, but, for a number of reasons, the supply was quickly depleted.

However, Bellefeuil said be was eager to consider SEAC's proposal if the orga­nization could detennine a way to con­vince students to take responsibility for their waste.

The group accomplished this by collect­ing more than I ,500 signatures of students supporting the effort and agreeing to help by not discarding permanent silverware. After seeing the results, ARAMARK quickly took action.

"Once we found out that there was an interest among the students, we had to actually decide whether to pursue the idea,'' Bellefeuil said. "Last August we had 4,500 pieces of flatware, and it had all disap-

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peared within eight days. People were taking their food back to their room, or going to sit outside or even just acciden­tally throwing away their silverware. We can't afford to keep replacing nice silver­ware, so we had to make sure that students were going to make an effort to see that it gets returned after they eat. We already have the flatware in; right now it's just about raising awareness."

SEAC promoted the idea through a se­ries flyers posted around campus. Battaglino also worked with Kristie Bell, ARAMARK's marketing director, to dis­cuss other ways to publicize the environ­mental aspect of the project.

One of the ways that the group decided to do this was through a reusable mug that they created in conjunction with Aramark. Designed by SEAC, the mug will be avail­able later this spring.

The mugs can be purchased with Dining Dollars, an aspect of the project that Battaglir.o considers integral in the appeal they will generate.

Fifty percent of the proceeds generated by the mugs will go to funding for future SEAC projects.

Battaglino said she is excited about the project's success and amazed at the group's ability to concentrate its efforts so effi­ciently.

"I couldn't believe that we were able to get it done in one semester," Battaglino said. "The people in SEAC and SG that supported the idea really made it possible.

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Everyone in SEAC helped out with the petitioning process, and (sophomore) Erin Butler was especially helpful in publiciz­ing the project. We also got a lot of help from (senior) Eric Roberts, who helped us convince ARAMARK that the idea was also economically beneficial."

lftheproject runs smoothly, ARAMARK expects to reduce its expenditures substan­tially in the future.

"Right now we go through about $1,300 worth of paper products on an average week. The cost of the silverware and china is $5,000, which is the smallest amount that I could buy," Bellefeuil said. "Since this is sort of an experiment we didn't get too much, but, in theory, this order should last for close to the rest of the semester."

Although ARAMARK expects some of the flatware to break, it should be able to cut its consumption of paper products by 25 to 50 percent, Bellefeuil said.

Because the Benson University Center is not equipped with a dishwasher, it will continue to offer only plastic silverware. Also, to accommodate students who are in a hurry, the Pit will continue to offer dis­posable utensils.

Bellefeuil said that he is enthusiastic about the plan, and hopes to see a positive response from students.

"I'm hoping that this will be well-re­ceived, and I think it will even add a nicer touch to the dining hall. I'm also very pleased about the environmental implica­tions," Bellefeuil said.

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El Ni~o chases migrating butterflies from Mexico MEXICO CITY-· The Mexican govern­ment blames El Niii.o for the massive deple­tion of the butterfly population this year.

The butterflies migrate from Canada and the United States every year to their, winter home in Mexico's western mountain mnge, and although two years ago they could be founcl inhabiting an area of 42 acres, that number dropped to 32 acres last year.

However, a Mexico-based environmen­tal group called the Group of I 00 .said that the enonnous amount of butterfly death is ac~ally a result of damage comlnitted to the ,Mexican fir forests.

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town of Agra was unofficially renamed when a mischievous character climbed the water tower and painted a "v" and an "'i" in front of the Agra. "As far as I'm con­cerned, it'll be thereuntil (the water tower) gets painted again," Mayor Merle Barnes said. "I'm not going to go up there and paint it."

Man ordered to pay bill for biting troopers' dog MUSKOGEE, Okla.-Marvin Stemmons was ordered to pay $2,263 to the Okla­homa Highway Patrol for a veterinary bill.

Troopers had stopped Stemmons and allegedly discovered four kilograms of co­caine in his car. Stemmons tried to escape, but Dak, the troopers' dog, bit him in the ear. Stemmons retaliated by kicking Oak, then biting his head, shoulder and underportionofbis chin. Stemmonspleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine.

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sion and I efta message on the screen at approximately 12:40· a.m. Jan. 27.

tween 4:30 p.m. Jan. 24 and 2:30 p.m.Jan.27. Thevehiclewasparked in Lot J, behind Collins.

lounge on Jan. 29. This incident was forwarded to the dean's of­fice.

Theft

Underage students found drinking alcohol

University Police responded to a call about an unconscious student lying under a tree on Magnolia Court at I :04 a.m. Jan. 30.

29 and 6:40 a.m. Jan. 30. Damage was estimated at $500.

A wooden sculpture belonging to a student was damaged between 5 p.m. Jan. 29 and 6:15 p.m. Jan. 30. The sculpture was located near Lot Q, adjacent the Scales Fine Arts Center.

A student's university identifica­tion card was stolen from an office in Reyno ida Hall between 3:30p.m. and 5 p.m. Jan. 22.

A student was issued a state cita­tion for leaving the scene of an accident after backing into another student's vehicle at 1:40 p.m. Jan. 29.

A student was getting out of her car, which was parked along Gulley Drive, whenanotherstudentbacked into her car and drove away. The student recorded the license plate number and contacted University Police. The incident was forwarded to the dean's office.

An unidentified person attempted to enter a Faculty Apartment resi­dence through a window between 11:30 p.m. Jan. 25 and 12 a.m. Jan. 26.

A student entered a Davis room through a window between 8:50 p.m. Jan. 29 and 3:47a.m. Jan. 30. Nothing was reported missing from the room. The incident was for­warded to the dean's office.

Several incidents of underage drinking were reported to Univer­sity Police, all of which were for­warded to Harold Holmes, an asso­ciate vice president and the dean of student services.

In the first incident a student found another student who was sick from consuming alcohol at IO:l4 p.m. Jan. 29 in Collins Residence Hall.

In the third incident, a resident advisor in Polo Residence Hall found an intoxicated and ill student sitting against the wall in a hallway at I :04 a.m. Jan. 30. A water hose, which was turned

on, was put into the exhaust pipe of a student's parked vehicle at ap­proximately I: I 0 a.m. Jan. 31. The vehicle was parked in Lot Q.

Damage A bench was turned over and trash

was scattered around Poteat House courtyard between 3:30 p.m. Jan.

In Bostwick Residence Hall, an unidentified person used a student's computerwithoutobtainingperrnis-

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Gifts belonging to a university employee were taken from a locked office between 12:30 p.m. Jan. 22 and 8 a.m. Jan. 25. The items were worth $25.

Miscellaneous An unidentified driirer hit a

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A student living in Efird Resi­dence Hall received a threatening voice mail between 3:22a.m. and 6 a.m. Jan. 31.

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Houses unite dents Theme housing offersiunique • expenence

By Brad Gunton Old Gold and Black Reporter

For students wishing to pursue an interest that they share with their peers, tlteme houses offer the op­portunity for a group of students with a common bond to live to- · gether.

According to Connie Carson, tlte directorofResidence Life and Hous­ing, the theme houses were estab­lished witlt tlte purpose of promot­ing interests that developed among students.

"The idea behind the theme houses wastoconnectstudents' resi­dential and social lives with an in­terest area," Carson said. "In some cases the interest area is academic and in otlters it is a special interest."

Carson said that the theme houses offer students a way to meet people who have something in common.

"The tltemes provide anotlter op­tion for students looking fora close­knit community," Carson said.

The number of themes varies from year to year, with some years fea­turing several language theme houses and other years having spe­cial-interest themes. The current tltemes are fme arts; Nia, which is

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students' residential and social lives with an interest area."

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named after a principle ofK wanzaa meaning "purpose;" Students Housed In Substance-Free Theme; the German house; and Huffinan Residence Hall for students who have a high academic interest.

Sophomore Paige Arrington, a member of SHIFT, said tltat she decided to join the :theme because she wanted to Jive with students who shared her standards.

"It's an environment where 1 could be with other people who hold similarmorals," Arrington said. "We've got a unique setting where we can get to know everyone on the hall because we all have something in common, whereas a normal hall probably wouldn't have that bond."

There are four theme houses, each located on Polo Road. SHIFT, be­cause it has 65 members, is housed

in floor of Luter Resi-dence tfall.

A gr?up of student atltletes on the baseb~l team has applied to be­come a theme for the next school year. I,

According to sophomore Adam Heaps, 'iving in the tlteme house would ~enefit them because tlteir sport demands that they keep diffi­cult hours,1witlt practices and away games, and non-athletes have trouble adjllsting to that.

He said tie thinks that if tltey live together, · tieir schedules will not conflict wilh each other and they can help ea~h other study.

"Wewanl:d to have a theme house because th~ seven of us guys have become pr~ close, and we're all interested "in academics, so we wanted to htve a place to hang out together," Heaps said. Applicati~s for theme houses

were due Fe9. I. Among other ques­tions they needed to answer, appli­cants had to ~stablish a pwpose for their theme, set goals and say how their theme Will benefit the Jmiver­sity community.

The final d¢cision about who will live in the theme houses will be made sometime in February.

Speaking up Dr. Kim Kirkpatrick, a research assoiciate from Brown University's department of psychology, speaks in Winston Hall Feb.2. Kirkpatrick's lecture was titled "Stimulus and Temporal Factors in Classsical Conditioning."

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volunteerism is a real thing in today's students. They want to have some contribution to their society and their alma mater," he said.

and club sports, stressed that solidifying a need for the facility is more pertinent than negotiating financial aspects. "Right now, we're making sure the need is real and felt, and that (a new athletic center) should be a part of our recreational facilities," Floyd said.

To think that students would show little interest in a project without seeing the finished product is mis­guided, he said. "I think that would be cutting the quality of students that we get a little short," Floyd said.

Patrick said he has the same expectation of students. "I am hoping that students will have some vision for the future and for the betterment of·.Wake Forest. If stu­dents want it, it has a good chance of happening," he said, adding that he realized the decision would even­tually rest in the hands ofthe board of trustees and other administrators.

Although current undergraduates would likely not be university students when a new facility would be completed, Floyd said he feels that student initiative is still crucial to the proposal's acceptance. "We have been given an opportunity to give unselfishly," h~ said, referring to the notion that efforts of current students will benefit future s':udents. "Do we want Wake Forest to continue to hold its national prominence in all areas of the academic experience?" he asked.

Floyd is confident that students will view the situa­tion as he does. "You have to be a realist, but

"(SG's) job is to relay student interest," he said. Beyond this, students must have confidence that the trustees will treat the matter appropriately, he said.

As for the financing, Patrick hopes a new recreation center would not conflict with other possible university fiscal priorities such as salaries or a parking deck. "Pursuing one initiative doesn't mean eliminating an­other," he said.

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"That is really good, because they had five last year," Ford said. "They'remaybenotoneofourlarger fraternities, but their quality is at Despite the large number of stu­

dents who rushed, many consider this year's to be a very safe Rush.

the top. I would say that they had a week was Lambda Chi, a smaller very successful Rush." and newer fraternity that is el)joy- "We'renolongerthe 'newkidort ing an increased presence on cam- the block' to a lot of people," said pus. junior Sam Newlands, Lambda

"Fortunately, I don't think any- · one hadanyactual Rush violations," Burrus said, ''which is always a good thing. People ran a safe Rush, and they know that the penalties around here are pretty tough."

The fraternity admitted nine Chi'spresidentandRushchairman. pledges for the spring semester, "The freshmen who came here now making this year's Rush the sawthisasestablished:We'rehere.

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L~haped design, which would look more like a normal parking deck and less like other campus buildings.

This structure would have fewer stories but would cover more ground.lt could potentially hold I 074 cars, based on a width of eight and a half feet per space.

Another feature ofthe parking deck would be access to Wingate Road.

The area of Memory Lane in front of Collins would be more pedestrian-friendly, as it would have less traffic.

Two major issues were raised in the assembly re­garding the parkint:; deck.

The first was a matter of security. The new deck would have windows in the stairwells and have glass-

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A second issue concerning tlte parking deck was interim parking. The parking deck would at best take 15 months to complete, during which time students would have several hundred fewer parking spaces available to tltem. Both Callahan and Sides acknowl­edged that satellite parking would be necessary while the parking deck was under construction, but they had not established a definite location for it.

Though legislators were concerned about security and interim parking, overall they seemed responsive to the idea of building a parking deck.

"I think it's a very good idea, as long as we address the issue of where we'll park in the meantime," fresh­man Caleb Rogers said. "I personally think that making it look like other buildings will make it more popular with the facultv and students."

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OPINION This column represents the views of the Old Gold and Black Editorial Board.

Cost of facilities outweighs need

E verywhere you tum on this campus there it is, that bright yellow flyer with the sumo wrestler, or the golf ball or

even the weight lifter (among others) and the oh-so-captivating slogan "[rec center] Spread the word."

Presently Student Government is pushing for two new construction projects on our campus -a new recreation center and a parking deck.

Many students may be thinking "Wow, if we get a new rec center we can have sumo VI<Testlers at our campus!" but unfortunately there are many more weighty issues than sumo wrestlers to consider when deciding to build a $30 million rec center.

As usual, SO's intentions are good. A brand new rec center would be an attractive addition to our campus, providing alternate forms of entertain­ment such as pool tables, a climbing wall and more for students uninterested in the Greek party scene. Also, a parking deck would solve the parking crises of all those who choose to have a car on this campus.

However, both of these additions are non-essential items that may be on the student body's dreamy wish list, but in reality are not feasible.

Student Government must look at the larger picture. Beyond the call for a rec center and a parking deck lies a grim reality - our campus is presently experiencing a financial crisis.

The university is having to make cutbacks in every department, and the university has been forced to break its promise made in the Plan for the Class of 2000 which promised faculty salaries would be raised to the average national level.

After constructing three new buildings and implementing an all-encompassing technological plan across campus the university has overshot its budget.

Now considering that we already can not easily afford the three new buildings we have on campus, we should build yet another even more expensive building because ... ?

Beyond the cost of the rec center, the proposed cost for each space will be exorbitantly large. Although most students may feel that they themselves have paid enough in parking tickets to deserve their own personal space, building a parking deck at this present moment would be an extremely expen­sive venture.

Other flyers (not featuring our favorite sumo wrestlers or weight lifters) distrib­uted by SG praise the amazing rec center recently built at Duke University and hold it up as a standard towards which our university must aspire.

However, there is an essential fact SO is overlooking when comparing our school's capabilities to that of Duke

University -we are many times smaller than Duke and our tuition is several thousand dollars less than Duke. Basi­cally, they can afford a massive rec center, and maybe even a couple of parking decks if they so choose to build them, but we can't.

Now, any good SG representative would tell you that all these problems could be easily solved in one simple way, the Capital Campaign.

Through the Capital Campaign SG plans to raise all the funds needed for these two constructions via donations from alumni; thus, our university's financial crisis would not be affected, right?

Well, here's a crazy idea. Why not, instead of pouring time and energy into collecting funds to build two superfluous new structures on campus, use the Capital Campaign to pay for what is more than a dreamy wish but an actual, dire need on our campus - competitive faculty and staff salaries?

Instead of raising money to build a rec center and a parking deck, which are only brick and mortar, SG should be focusing on investing money at the heart of this university.

Because students do not come to college to work out or to fret over parking, they come to college to learn, to be taught, and that would not be possible without the faculty.

Because even if the money for these facilities is acquired through donations, those are donations that will not be there when the university calls the same alumni asking for assistance to hold on to their teaching staff.

Students want a parking deck so they don't have to walk as far to their cars and a rec center so they can walk and work out a whole lot more than they already do, all the while putting the university under tighter economical restraints and ignoring the plight of our faculty and staff.

One of the main reasons SG is pushing for the new rec center and the parking deck is that it would make the university more attractive to perspective students.

However, one of the main reasons our university has dropped in national collegiate standings has not been because of lack of new buildings or technology; it is because of our faculty.

Because of the underpaid status of our faculty, our campus cannot attract the high-quality professors it needs, nor can it keep the talented professors it already has. Due to this dilemma, the quality of education at our campus is decreasing.

If we want to attract students to our campus, focus on the education, on the teaching, because the highest quality education will speak for itself and attract the most serious-minded and intelligent student~, unlike another sweat shop and a couple of slabs of stacked concrete.

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Distant travels reveal new world views.

B efore I left to study abroad in Australia last July, a friend gave me a travel journal with a picture of a crescent moon on

the front. The quotation printed under­neath the picture read: "I am not the same having seen the moon shine from the other side of the world." I kept notes on

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my experien{e in the journal and at the end of my five-month stay, when I went back and reread the journal I realized how true the words on the front were.

Everyone I have spoken with who has studied abroad has claimed to have had an amazing, life-altering experience. I believe that everyone who studies in another country has a unique experience and returns a slightly different person. The five months that I spent in Australia constituted the best five months of my 20 years and changed me in more than one way.

Australia is an amazing country. The prospect of going there had appealed to me since I used to watch "Captain Kangaroo" on the television as a young child. In reality, the country surpassed my highest expectations.

The remote city of Perth became my home and my favorite place in the world. A beautiful place, located on the Swan River in western Australia, Perth is the most remote city on earth.

The university system differs in that all Australians have the opportunity for a

~niversity education without immediate payment. After graduating and once obtaining a job over a certain salary, the government automatically takes out a small percentage each year to pay back the low tuition costs. The system works well, and the Australians cannot believe how much Americans pay to attend a university.

I thoroughly enjoyed my classes at the University of Western Australia. The learning atmosphere was very relaxed; the professors wan~d to be called by their first names. Small assignments or "busy work" was not given, and the assessment was usually based on one test and paper.

The professors were all wonderful . and genuinely interested in my under­standing of the materiaL

:Even though some of the lectures vrere large, the professors all got to kpow me by name. One of my profes­sors invited the entire class over to his hbuse in groups of two or three for a home-cooked meaL They were passion­ate about what they were teaching, and their enthusiasm was contagious. ' I lived in a "college," which is a

residential facility not affiliated with the \~Diversity. Out of the ISO students living at the college, there were five Americans, while the rest were Austra­lians and international students. . Coming from our campus' homoge­peous population, it was a change to live among such diversity, but a welcome change that I learned to love.

f had to laugh at the perceptions others have of Americans. My friends asked me how many stabbings I had witnessed and ifl owned a gun. They got their ideas of America from televi­sion shows, such as NYPD Blue.

I would laugh at them, but soon realized that I also had false ideas of Australia and once a friend convinced me that she used to ride a kangaroo to

the bus stop. I got to know all different types of people, many who I normally would never have gotten to imow, and I realized how caught up Americans are with stereotypes and images.

I once tried to explain the Greek system to a group of friends, and they could not fathom the idea in the least. Everything Australians thought about America was not that off base. Many people asked me why Americans are always in a hurry and why they view time as money. It is true, in Australia nobody is in a particular rush, yet they get things done. At first this lifestyle drove me crazy, but soon I realized that getting stressed about things and running around trying to do everything usually only-ends up wasting time.

I learned to enjoy free time, and adapted a more laid-back approach to

. everyday life- although J could never be as laid-back as my Australian "mates."

Now, I am back in America, and back here on campus. As I do my daily rounds on the quad and stop at the post office, I am pleased sometimes to receive a letter or postcard from Australia, Singapore or Malaysia.

I miss my friends. more then anyone can understand, and I miss my life on the other side of the world. In many ways, the culture shock that I experi­enced returning to school was more difficult then the one I had going over there. The campus seems smaller then it was when I left, and I somehow feel older. ·

However, I enjoy being able to go through my every-day life here with a more laid-back approach and a fresh perspective. And ifl ever feel myself starting to get caught up in the hurried "American" attitude that I used to live by, I stop and look at the moon, remem­bering how it looked on the other side of the world.

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Year 2000 bug is spreading rapidly Millennium hype is out of control.

T he millennium bug is catching. Not the computer bug that's going to shut down the world because computer experts had

no foresight, but a bug like a sickness, a craze or a trend. Businesses and market-

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world was going to make it to 2000. No · · ~ounted down for 1999 this way, but

the instant you tack three zeros on the end, everyone in this country goes berserk.

The f'aCt that people refer to the year 2000 .as ''Y2K" is so juvenile, like referring to teen heartthrob Jonathan Taylor Thomas as "ITT."

In fact, some.overzealous entrepre-

We'll be giving out "Y2K Barbie" for Christmas and eating the official fruitcake of the millennium as everyone prepares for the big

countdown. One would think we were counting down to the end of the world.

neurs are trying to patent phrases like America has been waiting. Bring us into "Y2K," "Year 2000," "millennium" and the new century, "brick of the millen-"2lst centUry." nium!" . Ttie U.s:.Patent and Trademark Office This school's Web site has a page received over 4,0op applications to dedicated to keeping students infonned patent post-January l, 1999, catchwords. of their "Y2K compliance." Although

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Bloomingdale's in.The King of bunch of numbers and dashes. Now next screensaver, IS-page paper and save-Prussia Mall, PA, has a huge electronic year are you going to sue everyone that worthy e-mail I've ever downloaded will clock, precisely counting down the days, writes a check on Jan. l? have vanished. It's taken me two years to hours, seconds and minutes until the big This frenzy has increased since the make my computer the cyber work of art moment. year has progressed, spawning the . ·it is, and I just have this feeling I'll be

Everyone knew si,nce the year 1, that, official (yes,.paid-for and official) brick, ' left with a barren wasteland of a laptop barring a huge planetary disaster, the air freshener and vending machine of the after the new year. year 2000 would come. It's not like we new millennium. Another reason why I'm dreading the were just this last year informed that the I'm sure this is the change for which ball dropping next New Year is the

school's list of priorities when it comes to smoothing out blemishes accompanied with this millennium bug. According to the Web site, the library business system is low priority on the fixing-it scale. The next time I'm in Z. Smith Reynolds Library searching for articles on some horribly obscure topic, and the computers are unable to pull anything up on a search, I'll be wishing the school had made the library's computer system higher on the totem pole than processing campus parking tickets.

I'm sure the computer problems of the slowly approaching year 2000 will be solved as the hype and trend of the year 2000 increases inversely proportional. We'll be giving out "Y2K Barbie" for Christmas and eating the official fruit­cake of the millennium as everyone prepares for the big countdown. One would think we were counting down to the end of the world.

And even if all the technological complications are solved, I'm still taking all of my money out of the bank, making second copies of all my personal records and hiding out in a shed until Jan. 14 until the disorder is situated and the craze has died off. I'm scared of the new millennium. And I don't want to catch this bug that's going around either.

Remember those who are less fortunate The starving need students'attention.

For those ofyou who have read my column the few times it's been here, you know that I have a tendency to find the deepest

meaning in the most mediocre stuff (note the sarcasm). It's happened again. Only this time, the realization I came to was

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· realization because it has opened my eyes to a problem that we here in America hear a lot about but almost never get to experience for ourselves.

I am talking about hunger. I, like many other Christians, as well as

the members of any number of religious sects, practice regularly the ritual of fasting.

I don't tell you this to impress you with my "super-spirituality"- believe me, I'm about the worst Christian there is - but rather to set up a s.tory for you. I fast when I have a big prayer request.

That is not the concern here, however. Fasting is a unique experience. I hadn't

done it in quite some time, and when I resorted to the practice again last Thurs­day my eyes were opened. I was walking through Benson on my way to one place or another, and as I walked through the food court I was looking at the food that people were bringing from the line. My stomach grumbled with hunger at the smell of one of the pretzels or orders of chicken tenders that students were bringing to tables to eat.

I watched as a hundred college stu­dents blindly shoved food into their faces, and was stricken with how much we take food for granted.

Simple nourishment has become such a routine patt of our lives, we are never faced with the possibility that some day it simply might not be there. I was taken aback by the simple texture of food, suddenly the phrase "That looks good" took on a whole new meaning.

I flashed to the many commercials for world hunger I'd seen in my time. W~'ve all S!':en them. A well-dressed former[ star is strolling the streets of a horrid-looldng slum pleading with you to help little' Michelle, whose wide, pleading eyes and drawn face elicit pity for a moment until you change the channel to see if"Celeb­rity Death Match" is on.

I am as guilty of this as anyone. , Somehow, seeing Sally Struthers along­side these kids has always managed to take my pity for them down to a manage­able level. It feels just far enough away

I watched as a hundred college students blindly shoved food into

their faces, and was stricken with how much we take food for granted.

Simple nourishment has become such a routine part of our lives, we are

never faced with the possibility that someday it simply might not be there.

that I don't have to concern myself with it. Mer all, we here in America have a vision of hunger shaped by our parents' nagging reminders that "there are starving people in China."

I suddenly realized how it must look from the outside for those starving children whose every day is a struggle, not for equality or political indepen­dence, not for another day's wage or a good education, but for simple survival.

I hadn't eaten for 24 hours. I couidn 't imagine how it must feel to go for weeks on end without food. I had a cold for one week. I couldn't imagine the intolerable pain of having to endure tuberculosis for weeks or months without medical care of any kind. And to be honest, I don't think I'd have lasted another day without food. Oh, I'm sure I would've lived, but my headache would've been worse than I could bear and I'd be too weak to go to class.

I realized how lucky we all are. The

next day, after I'd greedily devoured a large breakfast, complete with generous helpings of all four food groups, I prayed. I asked God, "Why does it have to be this way?" His response: "Nathan, it doesn't have to be this way."

Some students have, for the past couple years, organized a project called "30-Hour Famine." Last year, partici­pants in this project raised over $7,000 to combat world hunger. Imagine what that money meant to someone who hadn't eaten in days or weeks.

ln this project, students pledge not to eat for 30 hours, and they take donations. I urge you all, in light of our amazingly blessed lives (because believe me, we are amazingly blessed) to participate in this project. Make the commitment not to eat for 30 hours. At the very least, donate to someone who has made that commit­ment. Try fasting, despite your religion or beliefs.

You may find that you see that which we take for granted a little differently. You may stop justifying a lack of action with the common mantra "One person can't make a difference."

You may understand just what a difference one person can make to another by sharing that with which they've been given. I know I did, and I am thankful for that realization.

Hunger is a problem that is not going to go away, and until we understand exactly what the hungry must endure every day, we cannot truly relate to or help them.

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Religious tolerance is a must

Convocation should include all faiths.

A s a junior at this university, I have had six opportunities to attend convocation, including this last Feb. 2.

Convocation is one of the many events on campus that is truly a unique collegiate opportunity that should not be overlooked or passed by in apathy. Only on such an

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affluent college campus could you hear such extraordinary speakers aS James Earl Jones, Bill Moyers and most recently Wole Soyinka without having to travel or pay a cent. More important than any homework assignment, any lunch date or any hour of sleep, these events offer students the opportunity to hear inspired thought from the people who are moving and changing the world as we know it.

Ten years from now alumni will not look back and say, "That hour of sleep I got Feb. 2 was one of the best in my life." Yet I bet in l 0 years many students will remember the day they heard and took to heart the words of a famous actor, an inspirational journalist, a Costa Rican presi<f.ent or a Nobel Prize-winning writei. Then why, over three years and six chances to attend Convocation have I been present only 50 percent of the time?

I have no doubt that Wole Soyinka would know the answer to this question. Soyinka's speech, titled ''Not Yours, Not Mine, ONLY OURS!" was a masterpiece, truly touching on the heart of our theme of Globalization and Diversity. The speech focused on the need for religious toleration, for belief without condemna­tion of other faiths and other peoples.

As Soyinka said in his touching speech: "Take religion, especially. I believe there is no greater force that exists today for tearing apart our humanity; and that is why we must constantly applaud all sincere attempts to counter the menace of suspicion, intolerance and lack of under­standing towards the religion of others." There was a lot of applauding at Convoca­tion on Feb. 2, but it certainly had nothing to do with Soyinka's proposed "sincere attempts" of religious toleration.

The first time I attended Convocation at this university I was confused and began to wonder if I had missed Convocation and instead had stumbled in on a Baptist church service. You see, Convocation as I knew it, and as it is defined in Webster's Dictionary, means "an assembly." Nothing in this published and personally held definition included the idea of a Christian sermon or church service.

On Feb. 2, while listening to Soyinka speak I suddenly became very embar­rassed for our university. I realized that Wole Soyinka, who practices Islam and who was professing the need for religious acceptance of all religions, had just been forced to sit through half an hour of purely Christian hymns, scripture read­ings, prayers and responsorials. Ifl were Soyinka I would have been laughing inside at what this university considers to be an expression of the Year of Globaliza­tion and Diversity. I am not professing that the long-held tradition of religious expression during Convocation should be brought to an end. Instead I, like Soyinka, am asking for toleration.

"The key word, of course, is tolerance," he said. "Tolerance means humility, not daring to presume that one has found the ultimate answer or that one constitutes in his or her own person or sect the only gateway to truth. All religions, the so­called world religions, that are built on such claims have inflicted competitive adulates on soci~ty since the dawn of time."

The university should not dare to presume that it has found the ultimate answer in Christianity; it should respect the religions beliefs and even atheistic beliefs held by its own students, faculty and staff. Convocation is a special event that should draw all students to its doors whether they are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Islamic, Hindu, atheist or otherwise. It should build community and not be "tearing apart our humanity," or specifically our college community. I hope, in honor of Globalization and Diversity that the university will change the long-held tradition of a solely Chris­tian-based Convocation into an event that is "not yours, not mine, only ours."

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Charlotte native, rated 6th best QB in nation, chooses Deacons over Fighting Irish By Sean Blue

Assistant Sports Editor 27th best football player at any po­sition in the nation.

opportunity to get to know him and Along with Leak, the Deacons him an opportunity to get a feel for have signed nine other players to our program, our players and our · the 1999 freshman class. The class coaches." is small because the Demon Dea-

218-pounderfromGlenAllen, Va.; Obi Chuckwumah, a 6-foot-2-inch, 180-pound from Columbus, Ohio; Ricky Perez, a 6-foot-l-inch, 170-pound from Bedford, Ohio; Josh Warren, a 6-foot-4-inch, 230-pounder from Big Stone Gap, Va.; and Tarence Williams, a 5-foot-1 0-inch, 181-pounder back from Wilmington.

The Demon Deacons stunned the college football world Feb. 3 when C.J. Leak, ranked sixth in the nation at quarterback, signed a national letter-of-intent to play under Head Coach Jim Caldwell.

"He'soneofthemosthighlyrated quarterbacks in the nation and will certainly give our program a great boost," Caldwell said.

"He's an outstanding person and an outstanding player."

Leak comes to the Deacs at a conshadonly IOscholarshipsavail­great time, with the graduation of able.

It had been widely reported that Leak would sign with Notre Dame, but the high school senior from Charlotte decided to stay close to home and committed to the Deacs.

Leak had been recruited by other nationally recognized programs such as Florida State, Nebraska and Penn State.

Leak was ranked as the sixth best quarterback in the country and the

In high school, Leak passed for 5,884 yards, 63 touchdowns and a mere 12 interceptions. Leak also rushed for 1,425 yards and 36 touch­downs. Fox Sports ranked Leak as the best quarterback in the South.

"We found out (about Leak's de­cision) at the same time as Notre Dame - at the press conference," Caldwell said.

"(Leak) came to our summer camp last season, and it gave us a good

Deacon standout and multiple "Only having 10 scholarships to record holder, senior BrianKuklick. give out was good in that we were Theonlyquarterbackwithanyplay- able to be extremely selective be­ing experience currently on the cause we knew we only needed a Deacs' roster is junior Ben Sankey, small group," Caldwell said. who has had little game-time expe- "We were able to keep our pros-rience as a backup to Kuklick. pects small and keep our weekend

"The 'situation is really keen for visits pretty small. It allowed us to us," Caldwell said. "Ben (Sankey) bereallypersonalwiththerecruits." is a good quarterback with a lot of The other signees include five run­talentandsomeexperience.Interrns ning backs and receivers and four of talent level (Sankey and Leak) lineman and linebackers. will create some real problems for The running backs and receivers our opponents next year." are Nick Burney, a 6-foot-2-inch,

The lineman and linebackers in­clude Jamaal Argrow, a 6-foot-1-inch, 205-pounder from Savannah, Ga.; Marcus Nesbitt, a 6-foot-1-inch, 205-pounder from Clinton, Md.; Chad Rebar, a 6-foot-3 inch, 290-pounder from Throop, Pa.; and Dion Williams, a 6-foot-l-inch, 217- pounder from Stone Moun­tain, Ga.

www.cnnsi.com QB C.J. Leak threw just 12 in­terceptions in high school.

ACCseason marked with strong play

By Paul Gaeta Sports Editor

With only half the ACC schedule remaining for conference teams, let's take a look back at who have been the hot and not-so-hot perform-

ers thus far in the I 998-99

-~PRESS year. t- The Untouchables: Duke ~BQ· X It'sk. indofano-bralner,but &a. · ·· regardless, what Duke has

· 7"., • doite tliis season shouldn't go without mention. At the end of this week, Duke will finally make it to the top of the national polls, dethroning former mainstay Connecticut after its loss Feb. I to visiting Syracuse. But if you ask me, it has been a long time coming.

Aside from one minor flaw this season in their lost to Cincinnati, the Blue Devils have looked like one of the most fundamentally sound and talented teams ever to play college hoops. . , .·;·.·

What Happened to These Guys?: Clemson Preseason rankings had Clemson rated as

fourth best in the ACC. And through late De­cember, new Head Coach Larry Shyatt had moved his team up the national polls all the way to 12th in the country. Going strong, right? Think again.

January was the cruelest of months for Clemson, and a month after many experts thought the Tigers would by vying with Mary­land and Carolina for second place in the ACC, the team has done a downward spiral that has buried it six-feet under. Losers of six straight, Clemson is just 1-7 in the ACC, becoming the conference cellar-dweller.

Looking to Replace Jordan?: Trajan Langdon

1 hate to say it, but Trajan Langdon has been the con­ference MVP so far this year. His supporting cast, as mentioned before, is excellent, but it is Langdon who has been the glue that keeps this Blue Devil team winning and winning and winning. He's money from

long range, tops from behind the free-throw line and overall, your typical Mike Krzyzewski­bred player. Without the Alaskan Assassin, the Blue Devils would be chasing both Maryland and Carolina instead of running away with the ACC regular season title.

Rookie in Name Only: Chris Williams Forget all the jokes you've heard about 12-10

Virginia, the weakest ACC team in years. Chris Williams has arrived, and in him comes the future ofthe ACC. Of course, he's been able to play on an under-manned Cavalier team that lacks any serious scoring threat. Regardless, he's been exceptional.

So what sets Williams apart? His 17.8 points per game, for one. That leaves him tied with Brand for tops in the ACC.

Not too bad for a rookie. He is the top rebounder for a freshman in the conference with 7.6 a game.

And he's also tops among rookies in blocked .shots, steals, points and minutes played.

Inconsistent Deacons toppled by Cavs, 64-54 Three days after beatingfourth-ranked Maryland Deacons go back to their old ways against UVa.

How sweet it is

By Paul Gaeta Sports Editor

Question of the day: How can a team defeat the fourth-ranked program in the country, and then, just three days later, lose to a squad that needed to find several walk-ons at the beginning of the season just to have enough players to scrimmage in practice?

If you're looking for an answer then you might as well ask the Demon Deacons.

Coming off the biggest win the program has enjoyed in several seasons, an 85-72 beating at home over fourth-ranked Mary­land, the Deacs (12-10 overall, 3-7 ACC) looked like a different team at Virginia (13-10 overall, 3-7 ACC), dropping the contest, 64-54.

Although no win in the ACC is an easy win, the game against the Cavaliers was as easy as they come.

Virginia lost several key players and head coach Jeff Jones last year, and when former Providence coach Pete Gillen took over this season, he was left. with less than a full deck.

In fact, Gillen had to take several walk­ons just to make a team that could have full-court scrimmages in practice. This sea­son, the lack of manpower has been quite evident for the usually-strong Cavalier team.

Fans mob sophomore forward Rafael Vidaurreta after the Demon Deacons posted a huge win over then fourth-ranked Maryland. The win was one of the school's biggest in recent years and ended a tough Deacon losing streak that had seen them fall in conference standings. The enthusiasm from the win, however, was short lived as the squad fell at Virginia Feb. 3, 64·54 in a game many believed the Demon Deacons would win.

But, if you asked the Demon Deacons that, they would have no idea.

Continuing a Jekyll-and-Hyde act that has plagued their mediocre season this year, the Cavs looked like one of the best teams in the ACC against a Demon Dea­con team unaggressive and uninspired in a significant ACC contest.

Men's hoops ink Howard, · 6-6 forward from Glenn

By Paul Gaeta Sports Editor

The Demon Deacon football team wasn't the only program with some significant recruiting success this past week.

The men's basketball team inked Josh Howard, a 6-foot-6 forward who played high school basketball at nearby Glenn, as its first recruit for next season.

averaged 15.2 points and 7.1 rebounds. "He's been able to raise his intensity level

since we've had him," Scott Shepherd, head coach at Hargrave, told the Winston-Salem Jour­nal. "We play a pressure system, a pressing man­to-man, and he's flourished in that situation."

Howard was also offered scholarships from Old Dominion, College of Charleston, Virginia Commonwealth and UNC Wilmington. N.C. State, Virginia and Clemson were also on the recruiting trail.

The Deacs battled the Cavaliers to a 31-31 tie in the first half.

The Deacons were up by seven points with a few minutes remaining in the open­ing session, but two three pointers by Cavalier junior Willie Dersch allowed Virginia to sneak back into the game.

The second half, however, like so many times this season, was a different story for the Demon Deacons.

And when the team needed to put its game into high gear, it just stalled.

The Demon Deacons managed to score only four points in the first 14 minutes oi the second half, as the Cavaliers went on a 22-4 run that stretched their lead to 53-35.

Almost in desperation, the Deacs fi­nally stepped up their game with five minutes left.

Freshman Antwan Scott single­handedly broughtthe Deacs back from the 18-point deficit.

The forward scored eight points in two minutes, two of which came on a thunder­ous slam to slice the lead to single digits, 55-46.

The Deacs had an opportunity to cut the lead further, but a questionable offensive foul call on sophomore Rafael Vidaurreta gave Virginia the ball when the Deacs looked to have had possession.

The Cavaliers took advantage as Donald Hand nailed two free throws to stretch the lead back to seven points.From then on, the Demon Deacons resorted to fouling, and Virginia remained calm, icing the victory, 64-54. Freshman Darius Songaila and sophomore Robert O'Kelley led the Deacs in scoring with 12 points each. Vidaurreta grabbed II boards in the game.

Broderick Hicks, a pure point guard for the Demon Deacon basketball team, might not be the biggest guy on the court, but against Maryland he played like it. Though his 10 points were key in the upset, it was Hicks' motivated play that truly set him apart from the rest of the com· petition. He handled the ball well against the fierce Terp press and at times seemed to be all over the floor at Joel Coliseum. It was his heart that helped make the win one of the biggest in the history of the program. Howard was one of the top players ever

to come out ofForsyth County as he aver­aged 26 points, 13.3 rebounds and 5.9 blocks per game at Glenn. This past season, Howard played at Hargrave Military Acad­emy (20-2) in Chatham, Va., where he has

"Wake Forest was the school he wanted from the start," Shepherd said. "He likes the coaching staff and Wake Forest's style of play. He was having to return a lot of (recruiting) phone calls, but Wake Forest was where he wanted to play."

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Kemper to compete against country's greatest athletes

Hunter Kemper, '97, a fonner Deacon standout in track and cross country, has been nominated for the Florida Professional

Athlete of the Year Award.

Kemper is considered one of the nation's pre­miere tri-athletes, but he will be competing for the award against such great athletes as Pete Sampras, David Duval, Mark O'Meara and Jackson­villeJaguarrunningback

Fred Taylor, among others. As a Demon Deacon, Kemper's exploits earned himAil­ACC honors.

Volleyball team announces three signees for rebuilding

The Demon Deacon volleyball team has announced three signees for the freshman class of 1999.

Jessica Doss, Ashlee Phillips and Amanda Tiller all signed national letters-of-intent to play for the Deacs, Head Coach Mary Buczek announced Feb. 3.

Doss was a four-year starter at outside hitter for her varsity team at McCallum High School in Austin, Tex. During her high school career Doss earned all-district hon­ors three times and was named the district MVP her senior year. She was also named to the All-Tournament team at the Northwest Invitation in Fort Worth twice and earned Most Outstanding Offensive player in 1998. Doss also stared in the classroom as a four­time Academic All-District selection and All-State academic team member her senior year.

Phillips was a setter for her Marina High School team in Huntington Beach, Calif., and led her team to back-to-back Sunset League Championships her junior and se­nior years. Phillips helped lead her team to a third-place finish at the Division I Califor­nia State Finals as a senior. Also as a senior, Phillips was a first-team All-Sunset League selection, leading her team to a second­place finish at the Division I State Tourna­ment, Southern Region.

Tiller, a star athlete at Tennessee Higl1 School in Bristol, Tenn., was a two-time, first-team All-State selection and a three­time All-District, All-Region and All-Con­ference pick. As a senior she was named District Player of the Year. Tiller also re­ceived All-Conference honors in basketball and softball. At the university's volleyball camp in 1998, Tiller earned MVP honors. She holds Tennessee High School records for most kills, with I ,234, and most blocks with 322. Tiller is also a memberofNational Honor Society and ranks first in her class of 243.

Women's basketball team to hold free youth clinic

The women's basketball team will hold a free youth clinic for students in eighth grade or younger from I 0:30a.m. to noon Feb. 12 in Reynolds Gymnasium.

The clinic will feature hands-on instruc­tion from Deacon players and coaches.

Individual athletes honored at Fall Sports Banquet

The Deacon's seven fall sports teams and their leading individual performers were honored at the "Fall Sports Banquet" held

Jan. 19 at Bridger Field House.

Most Valuable Play­er awards in each sport were presented by their respective head coa­ches. Recipients in­cluded junior Stephan Pro for men's cross country, junior Janelle

Kraus for women's cross country, senior Amy Marchell for field hockey, senior Desmond Clark for football, senior Kyle Bachmeier for men's soccer, junior Anne Shropshire for women's soccer and junior Katie Home for volleyball.

Senior JeffFlowe received the Bill George Award presented each year to the football team's most outstand­ing lineman. This was the first time

that a function had been heldatthe mid-point of the academic year, but the growing popularity

of Deacon athletics and addition of two sports necessitated the change.

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Deacons down fourth-ranked Terrapins By Scott Payne

Associate Managing Editor

In the midst of a five-game conference losing streak the last thing the Deacons needed was to see the fourth­ranked Maryland Terrapins come rolling into town, especially after the 92-69 shellacking the Terps dished out Dec. 3. On paper it looked like another long day for the Deacs, but as a wise man once said, that's why they play the game.

"Let me tell you something about this winning and losing deal. Anybody that says they know what's going to happen, they'renottellingthetruth. You can't. If you knew what was going to happen beforehand you wouldn't play the game," said Head Coach Dave Odom, follvwing his team's 85-72 upset of the Terps Jan. 31.

Utilizing a combination of harassing defensive pres­sure that held Obinna Ekezie to a single point, high­quality shot selection that led to a season-high pointtotal and a career-high 32 points from sophomore sensation Robert O'Kelley, the Deacs did the unthinkable and pulled off one of the biggest upsets in school hist01y­that couldn't have come at a better time.

until the 14:03 mark, when Francis sank a pair of free throws. Although struggling from the field, a couple of three-pointers late in the half brought the Terps within seven points at halftime at 28-21.

"We certainly were fortunate that we caught Maryland on a day that was less than their best. It was obvious early on; it was not obvious we were going to win early on, but it was obvious that they were not having their best day early on," said Odom, whose team improved to 12-9 overall, 3-6 in the conference.

After intennission, the Terps stonned back to within three points fvllowing a lay-up by Terrence Morris and an alley-oop dunk from Terrell Stokes to Laron Profit.

But the Deacons were able to answer with a run of their own on a jumper from freshman Craig Dawson, a lay-up by freshman Ervin Murray and a follow by sophomore Rafael Vidaurreta, pushing the lead back to nine points and forcing a Maryland timeout. After the timeout, 0 'Kelley banged in a three-point bomb, giving the Deacs a 37 -26lead, which would prove to be more than enough insurance, squelching the only serious Terp threat of the half.

"Well obviously, I think there were two things fairly obvious. Wake Forest had its best day and Maryland did not. As to how much we had to do with Maryland not having a great day, I'd like to give my guys some credit. I think they deserve it. They've been through a lot," Odom said.

"I think it was at that time that, if you have to look for a turning point or a convincing point in the game, that allowed us to win the basketball game or gave. us the chance to win the basketball game, that was it. I think that we scored the next three straight possessions, which gave everybody a chance to breathe, including our players," Odom said.

Freshman Ervin Murray quickly passes the ball in the Deacs' 85·72 trouncing of the Terrapins.

Although O'Kelley shined more than most hitting 14 of 17 free throws and blowing by Maryland guard Steve Francis to the rack for several lay-ups, it was an all-out team effmt by the Deacons for the entire 40 minutes that carried them to victory, with all nineplayerswho took the floor scoring points.

After the initial run by the Terps, the Deacons con­trolled the game for the rest ofthe second half, opening up a 20-point lead with a little more than five minutes remaining. The Terps tried to crawl back into the game by forcing the Deacons to the foul line, but the Deacs were up to the challenge, hitting 32 of 40 attempts from the charity stripe as a team.

contest the Terps' pressure was not as effective, mainly because they did not have as many opportunities to use it.

The Deacons jumped all over the Terps right from the opening tip, racing out to a 1 0-point lead, as Maryland was clearly out of sync, committing a flurry of turnovers in the opening minutes of the game, remaining scoreless

In the loss to the Terps in December, Maryland used its full-court pressure defense to race out to an insurmount­able lead in the opening moments of the game. But in this

"As far as attacking their press, if they're not scoring its not quite as easy to get to the press. Now they were able to get to it some because we were getting the ball back because they turned it over and they were able to set it up, but still they weren't coming off of emotion," Odomsaid.

Injury-ridden team loses to Tribe, Hoosiers By Jared Klose

Assistant News Editor

It was a Demon Deacon tennis team ravaged by injuries that took to the courts for the O'Charley's/Vol Tennis Classic at the Goodfriend Tennis Center in Knox­ville, Tenn., Jan. 30-31.

As a result, both oftheirunrankedoppo­nents were easily able to defeat the 58th­ranked Deacs in matches that did not look like the upsets they were on paper.

With four of their top six players out, including their top two, the men's squad was clearly hurting on the first day of play, as William & Mary swept all three of the opening matches for the doubles point. At No. I doubles, Trevor Spracklin and Lee Harang ofWilliam & Mary defeated Dea­cons Andres Guzman and Rick Phillipp, 8-4.

ln No.2 doubles, Tribe players Patrick Brown and Brian Lubin teamed up to beat Justin Kaufmann and Hayes Calvert, 8-5. At No.3 doubles, the Tribe'sTim Csontos and David Kenas beat Raul Munoz and Brett Mauro, 8-3.

"Not many teams can do well when you take away four of their starters," Deacon Head Coach Jeff Zinn said.

"For sure it's the injuries that are hurt­ing us, but one good thing we have is depth. Some schools wouldn't have even been able to field a team if they had as

many guys out as·we do." Disappointments continued for the team

in singles play. The No. 4 singles match wasthefirsttofinishas William& Mary's Brown defeated Calvert, 6-4 and 6-2. Spracklin beat Mauro in No. I singles

play: 6-4. 3-6 and 6-3 to give William & Mary another win.

In No. 2 singles, the Deacons gottheir only win of the day as Kaufmann beat Harang, 7-5 and 6-4, in a match that proved to be one of the few Deacon

highlights of the tournament, according to Zinn.

The No.3 singles match was the clincher for the Williamsburg, Va., team as Mehdy Karbid defeated Guzman 4-6, 6-1 and 6-2. Following the clinching match, the matches at No. 5 and 6 singles were suspended. Kenas was playing the Dea­cons' Michael Berger at No.5 and Lubin was playing Phillipp at No. 6.

The following day, Indiana took ad­vantage of the much-weakened squad, as the Hoosiers defeated the Deacs 4-1 in the consolation round of the tourney. Despite digging a hole for themselves early on, the Hoosiers took four straight singles matches to clinch the victory.

A positive for the Deacons was their ability to dominate doubles play. At No. I doubles, theDeacs' Guzman and Phillipp beat Gabriel Mantilla and Rahman Smiley, 8-4. In No.2 doublesplay,Kaufmannand Calvert defeated IU's Milan Rakvica and Paul Jacobson, 8-4. Munoz and Mauro completed the sweep for the Deacs by beating Ricardo Jordan and Ian Arons, 8-6. · With a 1-0 lead heading into singles

play, however, the tables soon turned as Indiana countered with four singles vic­tories to take the win. Arons was the first to finish as he rolled to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Mauro in No. I singles.

Rakvica then downed Calvert 6-1, 6-1 in No.4 singles to give the Hoosiers a 2-llead. In No.3 singles, Mantilla defeated Kaufmann 6-2, 5-7 and 6-4. At No. 5 singles, Jacobson beat Phillipp 6-4,6-3 to give the Hoosiers their fourth point and the win.

All in all there were some good things to come outofthetwomatches,Zinn said. "Sweeping the doubles matches against Indiana and Kaufmann winning his match at number two were both big. For a fresh­man that's almost unheard-of," he said.

Until more of their starters are able to return to the line-up, however, the team isn't counting on having too much suc­cess.

"We're just gonna try to get healthy

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Senior Michael Daul was inspired by his philosophy of religion class. They were discussing Descartes' idea ofthe perfecttriangle metaphor for God- it is possible to imagine a perfecttriangle, but there are none in the physical world. However, since the concept is conceivable, the idea must have come from somewhere. The same concept applies to God. Since God is conceivable, the idea of Him must come from somewhere. Daul used this principle to make his "Clear and Distinct," what he says is an aesthetic piece. One of his seven triangles was broken in half last week.

"To be packed inside a 2 x 2 x 2 cube may seem a frightful predica­ment upon first evaluation. But after getting acclimated to the cubicle, some might find it a rather comforting place to be," says the description beside senior Jimmy Hilburn's "Packed." "Break­ing out of the box requires courage and a sense of adventure."

Sculptures enrich campus despite vandalism ·

Senior Curtis Thompson's "Avoid" hangs in the Benson University Center Rotunda. The piece was placed so it "sneaks up" and invades the audience's vision. Thompson used pure pigment to achieve the thickest black possible and to eliminate any reflection. An identical oval hung in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library on the east-west axis so that it eclipsed the sun. The class created a Web site that explains their art further.

By Katie Venit Perspectives Editor

In the middle of the Benson Rotunda, three men are trapped in boxes, yet they seem strangely comfortable.

Senior Jimmy Hilburn imprisoned these gentleman as part of assistant professor of art David Finn's intermedi­ate sculpture class. The piece, titled ''Packed," explores the paradox between being cozy and being claustrophobic.

Eight students, seniors Heather Chappell, Michael Daul, Craig Fansler, Jimmy Hilburn and Curtis Thompson, juniors John Mosca and Chance Welfare and sophomore Jim Argenta, attended the class, which is offered biannually. They each designed similarly enigmatic pieces and positioned them around campus.

Examing the pieces, it's clear that they have nothing in common with each other, being composed of different materials and embodying vastly different themes. Finn said he did not tell the students how to focus their projects or give guidelines on what the projects should mean. However, he did ask that the projects reflect many different levels of associa­tion.

"Meaning is something that is gener­ated in my different ways," Finn said.

"Contemporary art has a huge, huge range of approaches to its audience and meaning and how relevant it is to an audience," he said.

The students were not completely free from guidelines. An ad hoc committee formed to evaluate the projects stipulated that the works be appropriate to the campus, that they are safe and durable and that they meet with the approval of the buildings and grounds in which they are situated. The students are also responsible for their upkeep and for their removal after the spring semester is over.

Unfortunately, some of the students are removing their works early.

Mosca's piece, "Abnormal Split," which stood in the Magnolia Court, had to be removed early because it was damaged. Mosca is not sure whether it fell apart because of the weather or because of students, but he expected both possibilities when he designed the piece.

Daul is certain "Clear and Distinct" was damaged by students. His piece, which graces the pathway to Polo Residence Hall, was built and installed to withstand adverse weather. He said that the public arts class discussed the problem of vandalism when they planned their projects. Two years ago when Finn first taught the class there were also cases of vandalism and Finn wanted the students this year to be prepared for the possibility that their term projects could be destroyed.

Fansler built his "Submerged Book" so it would be impossible to uproot from its spot in front of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. He said he took the possibility of vandalism into account when he designed

the piece. Fansler doesn't believe that the destruction of his classmates' pieces was premeditated, calling the events "random acts of alcoholic haze."

Finn thinks the destruction also involves ignorance and intolerance on the part of the vandals, who don't understand the purpose of the works and don't respect them.

"It takes an effort to understand (art) and learn about it. It doesn't just come out of the blue," he said.

He said if students knew the artists and knew how much work they put into their works, then they would show the pieces more respect.

"Maybe people don't understand that these are their semester projects," he said. "When they're knocked down, it is like erasing a term paper off of a hard drive."

Another factor in the destruction is the nonmainstream elements modem art brings. Finn said that students may feel threatened by the unconventional art, that

it doesn't fit with the image they have in mind for the campus. "Their vision of Wake Forest is more of a Sparta than an Athens," Finn said.

Regardless of what their motivations were for destroying the artwork, the motivation for the class was to beautify the campus.

According to a statement the class made on the Website, it was the arists' hope "that outdoor installations of student art will enrich the campus landscape and that our efforts will be rewarded with respect and tolerance. We hope to incorporate general public forums on campus during the spring to explore issues raised by the works and to deter­mine whether public projects on campus should be continued next year." The site's address is www.wfu.edu/Aca­demic-departrnents/ Art/exhibits­publicart.htrnl. This site also includes descriptions of some of the pieces and photos of all of them.

Photos by Kirsten Nani2/0id Gold and Black

Senior Craig Fansler's "Submerged Book" was meant to be amusing. "It's kinda odd to see this book popping out of the ground," he said. Fansler didn't intend a specific meaning when he designed the piece. He said he works in the library and loves books and so found the book form appealing and humorous when placed in front of the library.

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Sponges, fruit, paint, photographs would seem nary art materials, but tt hibit in Scales Fine A brings new meaning to tomary appearance. "Mal shows these standard m used in ways that are u 'their size and combinati~ dia.

Ava Gerber, Jeffrey Drew Shiflett and Susanna Starr are four New York artists who have impro­vised to "make up" this new art exhibit.

Gerber, an Ohio native, graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design and went on to the Pratt Institute. Her creation, Notions, is a

.. hanging piece constructed of colored fabric and wire.

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In Cityscape, Shiflett h a city from fabric, wood, andothernatural objects.

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Vladimir Spiakov, solo violinist, will perform

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Sponges, fruit, paint, fabric and photographs would seem to be ordi­nary art materials, but the new ex­hibit in Scales Fine Arts Center brings new meaning to their cus­tomaryappearance. "Making It Up" shows these standard art supplies used in ways that are unusual for 'their size and combinations of me­dia.

Ava Gerber, Jeffrey Gurecka, Drew Shiflett

"Utilizing the accidental, the informal, the offhand is a talent shared by these four artists."

David Finn Assistant Professor of Art

is freestanding and is almost four feet tall.

Born in Chicago, Shiflett gradu­ated from Columbia College and the Maryland Institute.

Starr's Soakup consists of a 12 square foot black

and Susanna Starr are four New York artists who have impro­vised to "make up" this new art exhibit.

sponge saturated with bright green paint. Starr is a native of Michi­gan who gradu­ated from the Maryland Insti­tute and the Yale School of Art.

rary photographs that relate to the university's Year of Globalization and Diversity theme. Themes such as gender, race and sexuality will be seen through humor and contro­versy.

Scales' new exhibitfeatures Gurecka's decayed pump­kins and oranges in Still-life #10(1eft and above) and Shiflett's Cityscape (below).

Gerber, an Ohio native, graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design and went on to the Pratt Institute. Her creation, Notions, is a

.. hanging piece constructed of colored fabric and wire.

Gurecka's Still Life #10, is also a hanging work. This piece consists of a wooden crate filled with de­cayed and dned oranges. The pho­tographs of eyes on the oranges give the art a surreal appearance. Gurecka is from Pennsylvania, and he graduated from Clarion State University of Pennsylvania and the Pratt Institute.

In Cityscape, Shiflett has created a city from fabric, wood, cardboard and othernatural objects. This piece

"Utilizing the accidental, the in­formal, the off­hand is a talent shared by these four artists. From Shiflett's sub­lime orchestra­tion of everyday stuffto Starr's ex­periments with huge pools of

paint on giant sponges; from Gerber's fragile evocations of self, .to Gurecka's meditation on decay, the artists in 'Making It Up' are all· masters oft he illusion of spontane­ity," said David Finn, an assistant professor of art and a curator of the exhibit.

In addition to this exhibit, an­other exhibit titled "Assumed Iden­tity" will be opened in the upper level of the gallery.

This exhibit displays contempo-

Curators of the exhibit, seniors Christine Calareso and Curtis Th­ompson, visualized this idea and obtained funds forthe exhibit. They hoped that the exhibit would help students explore students' identi­ties through global artists and sub­jects.

"Assumed Identity" is sponsored by the Division of Student Life, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Women's Studies program and the Student Union.

"Making It Up" opens Feb. 12 in the Scales Fine Arts Center gallery withareception5-7p.m.Feb.l9.In addition, Gerber will present a slide lecture on her art 3 p.m. Feb. 18 in Scales 009.

"Assumed Identity" also opens Feb. 12 and a reception will take place 7 p.m. Feb. 19. Admission to the opening receptions, lectures and gallery are free.

The gallery is open weekdays 10 a.m.-5p.m.and I p.rn.-5p.rn. week­ends. For more information, call Ext. 5585.

Gerber, one of two women included in the exhibit, created the hanging artwork Notions (far left) from fabric and wire. She will present a slide lecture on her art 3 p.m. Feb. 18 in Scales 009.

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Plays makes big debut in small space Old Gold and Black Staff Report

The London theater trip, an exciting event on its own, takes on even more adventure this year with the approaching millennium. The trip, scheduled for Dec. 27, 1999-Jan. 8, 2000, covers New Year's Eve, for which hotels around the world are already booked. The popularity of the . time slot creates the need for earlier de­posits on all segments of the trip. The deadline for registration and the $665 hotel deposit is Feb. 19.

Because of the length of time between February andnextJanuary, Donald Wolfe, a professor and the chairman of theater, recommends taking out trip insurance to guard against non-refundable deposits. He also suggests obtaining or renewing

World Sensation

Vladimir Spiakov, solo violinist, will perfonn

with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra 3 p.m. Feb. 7 in Wait

Chapel. Peter Kairoff, an associate profes­

sor of music, will lead a lecture "Russian

Musical Language." The lecture will take

place 2:15p.m. Feb. 7 in the Balcony Room

of the Chapel.

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passports as soon as possible. The 12-day, 11-night trip costs $2600 and includes airfare, a double-room at a four-star hotel, all breakfasts, eight plays, a day trip to Stratford and airport transfers. The group will stay at the Reubens Hotel, located across the street from Buckingham Palace and two blocks away from Victoria Sta­tion.

During the trip time exists for students to take day trips, see other shows, enjoy shopping and take in London's culture. Academically, the trip is also worth two credits.

Questions about the trip should be di­rected to Wolfe at Ext. 5294, and checks for the hotel deposit should be made out to WFU London Trip and sent to Wolfe at P.O. Box 7264.

Studio Series.kicks off its season in the Ring Theater with two one-act plays By Suzanne DuBose Editorials Editor

Once again, the Spring semester Studio Series plays are a hit. Feb. 1 and 2 the first two of 1 0 short plays ran at the Ring The­

Ring Theater.

ater. J?.evieW The annual Stu­. dio Series allows

students to both direct and act in numerous small one-act perfor­mances at the

"The Ring has always been a place for more contemporary production," Studio Series director Nick John said. "It's inter­esting to see each student's style of perfor­mance."

Preparation time for these plays is gener­ally much shorter than an average univer­sity production, truly testing participating students' acting abilities.

"We only had two weeks before opening. ... It's a little different. For The Fantasticks, the last performance I did, we had four weeks. It was a nice change," junior Matt Mundy said.

Seniors John and Drew Droege both had an opportunity to direct one of the shows. "I thought both the shows went really well. I was very pleased with how it carne out," John said.

Edward Albee's The Zoo Stmy featured seniors Jeff Schoenheit and Drew Rush.

Both a minimal stage and cast were used in this play, as only two park benches two actors and a trash can were to be seen on stage.

Although sparse and small could describe the stage and cast the audience's reaction was nothing but large and loud. The perfor­mance was captivating with a constant flow of action and movement defying the set's limits and engaging the audience. /'

Although sparse and small could describe the stage and cast the

audience's reaction was nothing but large and loud.

In less than an hour, both Schoenheitand Rush put on stellar performances captivat­ing the intimate Ring audience.

"The Ring is a great place to see a perfor­mance like this because it adds an interest­ing perspective that makes it seem more realistic by not catering to one direction," junior Scotty Hoopes said.

The story centered around a man sitting in Central Park, casually reading a book who is approached by a stranger who wishes to chat

What was a originally just another quiet, sunny day in the park ends in bloody trag­edy.

Following this astounding performance wasRichOrloffs/ Didn't Know You Could Cook.

"I thought it went really well. Working with Eddie Childress and Nick John our director and Jelisa Castrodale our stage manager ... enabled us to put together a really good show. We didn't know what to expect," Mundy said.

Mundy played a homosexual paraplegic searching for his brother's acceptance. The performances by both Childress, who played the brother, and Mundy were outstanding.

"Although a lot of people view Eddie as more of a technical person, he's got a lot of talent as an actor as well," John said.

The intense emotional drama found within the performance was captivating, but well balanced by a strong comedic line through­out the play. ·

Also, Mundy's movements across stage in his wheelchair lead one to believe he had never walked a day in his life, making the

performance all the more intense and pow­erful.

"Matt worked a lot to get a really natural feel for the wheel chair," John said.

The Studio Series has only just begun. The next two plays in the series,Akhmatova and Identity Crisis, will run 7:30p.m. Feb. 15 and 4:30p.m. Feb. 16."Students should come oat because the types of shows we're going to do (in the Studio Series) are the types you'll never be able to see again because they're not Broadway shows," Mundy said. All Studio Series shows are in the Ring and cost $2 for students.

"The Studio Series is a great opportunity for students and it's really cheap so every­one should go," Hoopes said.

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CALENDAR To have your event listed, send e-mail to arts@ogb.wfu.edu, fax to (336) 758-4561 or write to P.O. Box 7569.

ON CAMPUS

Exhibits

Re-Nawlng: Recycling in a Shrinking World. The exhibit looks at how cultures recycle artifac1s from other cultures to make new creations. When: Through March 20 Where: Museum of Anthropology Info: Ext. 5237

Games

The Newlywed "Not" Game. Campus couples compete against one another to see who knows each other the best. When:'7p.m. Fet>-.,11 Where: Pugh Auditorium Info: Sign up to compete in Benson 335 before Feb. 10.

Lecture

The Russian Musical Language. Peter Kairolf, an associate professor of music, will talk about the music of Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. When: 2:15p.m. Feb. 7 Where: Balcony room of Wait Chapel Info: Free

Movies

Higher Learning. Students from all backgrounds are forced to deal with controversial issues on a college campus. When: 9 p.m. Today Where: Pugh Auditorium Info: Free

Schumann's Ward

Beloved. Oprah Winfrey produced and stars in Toni Morrison's prize-winning novel about a woman dealing wHh the ghost of the daughter she killed. When: 9 p.m. Feb. 5, 5 and 9 p.m. Feb. 6·7 Where: Pugh Auditorium Info: $2

Much Ado About Nothing. An all-star cast stars in Shakespeare's play about two men looking finding women to marry. When: 9 p.m. Feb. 9·11 Where: Pugh Auditorium Info: Free

Music

Secrest Series. The Russian State Symphony Orchestra. Virtuoso violinist Vladmir Spivakov will lead the orchestra in an all-Russian program. When: 3 p.m. Feb. 7 Where: Wait Chapel Info: $12.50 students. Ext. 5757

Guest Recital: Diane Thornton. Thornton is a mezzo-sorprano who will perform songs by'Brahms and Britten. When: B p.m. Feb. 5 Where: Brendle Recital Hall Info: Free

Theater Hedda Gabler. A clever woman rebels against her boring life by taking advantage of every one around her for her own benefit. When: 8 p.m. Feb. 12,13,17-20.2 p.m. Feb. 21 Where: Mainstage Theater Info: $5 students, $1 0 adu~s

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Cat's Cradle. Feb.4: Notes from Home Show wHh Pinetops and Semicolon. Feb.5: Sloan and Glad Hands. Feb.&: Hobex and Charlie Mars Band. Feb. 7: Semisonic and Remizero Feb.9: Clutch and Drown. Feb.tt: Moe. Where: 300 E. Main St., Carrboro Info: (919) 967-9053

Zlggy's. Feb.4: Derek Trucks. Feb.5: Stuck Mojo with Nothing Face and Viewpoint. $1 0. Feb.&: Jump LH!Ie Children. $6. Feb.9: Fuel and Local H. $10. Feb. tO: Moe. $12. Where: 433 Baity St. Info: 7 48-1 064

Exhibits

Pipes, Pedals, Keys and Bellows. Each day pieces of the largest surviving organ by David Tannenberg will be assembled by organ builders George Taylor and John Boody. When: Through March 14 Where: The Gallery at Old Salem Info: $3

Music

Die Fledermaus. A comical Viennese operetta in three acts written by Johann Strauss performed by students from the North Carolina School of the Arts. When: 8 p.m. Feb. 5 and 2 p.m .Feb. 7 Where: Stevens Center, 405 W. Fourth St. Info: $10 Students. 721-1945

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