Daily Deacon

Column // Rachel Hirsch

Bar Piña, the only rooftop bar downtown in Winston Salem has opened on 770 Liberty View Court, just above the Famous Toastery.

Patrons conversed and sipped their drinks while listening to “September” by Earth Wind & Fire in dim lighting. This did not give the feel of a rooftop bar in Miami that Borawski, a bar back, said the owners were trying to go for.

The bar offers a wide variety of drinks such as craft beers and cocktails and is particularly excited for its slushies served on the rooftop overlooking the beautiful downtown stone buildings.

Hustle and Humility // Rachel Hirsch

“Hustle and humility” are Charles Bests’ two qualities that helped him be a leader and eventually become the CEO of DonorsChoose.org. On Tuesday, April 5^th students, faculty and community members gathered together in Broyhill Auditorium to listen to Bests discussion on Leadership and his nonprofit company.

DonorsChoose.org is a website Best created where public school teachers create and request classroom projects and then donors can choose any project they would like to donate to. Teachers can request anything they think will help their students, that goes beyond what the public school system can offer.

“1,776 projects have been funded in Forsyth County in North Carolina” Best said. He explained how once a project is fully funded, DonorsChoose.org purchases the particular supplies a teacher has requested and sends it directly to the schools.

David Waneenenaam, a freshman at Wake Forest University said, “I thought it was really interesting how a crowd funding website could do so well and be so useful.”

When Best was a teacher in the Bronx he discussed how he came up with the idea behind DonorsChoose.org. “In the teachers lunch room we all talked about what we wanted our students to have and what we wanted them to learn” said Best.

His students became his staff members and his classroom became his office. After a couple years of balancing being a teacher and his company, he decided to put his teaching career behind him.

Sarah Teegarden, a junior at Wake Forest University said, “Charles Best was an extremely impressive social entrepreneur not just because of his success, but because of his passion. Hearing about how he created Donors Choose from his personal experiences as a teacher and wanting to help out other teachers showed a lot of compassion.”

Best acknowledged teachers for knowing what is best for their students because they are the ones inside of the classroom, which is why he claims DonorsChoose.org has done so well.

In order for his start up to be so successful he encouraged everyone to have first hand experience and “hustle and humility.” Best described how he needed to be a teacher to experience it in order to make this company. He also said that he needed to be “crazy persistent” and to be okay with the fact that “teachers have the killer ideas, not us.”

Emily Conroe, a junior at Wake Forest University said, “I love how he shows his passion and how he wanted to help teachers so much especially ones at low income schools.”

When asked about the biggest challenges ahead for his website, he said there were two factors. Best would need to continue to find more donors to support all of the projects and to react to the criticism that has come to his attention.

Many people believe Bests’ website shows just how many problems there are within the education system, but he believes this website gives teachers a voice.

“Hearing about how he is trying to continue to make Donors Choose better showed his passion to help the schools, teachers, and kids in the long run. He’s trying to use Donors Choose to help solve the long-term problem of impoverished schools not having the tools they need,” said Teegarden.

To learn more about DonorsChoose and how you can fund teachers all around the country check out http://www.donorschoose.org.

Wake Forest Men’s Basketball Timeline // Rachel Hirsch

Food Hardship Lede // Rachel Hirsch

Winston-Salem was ranked number one in food hardship in households with children according to Food Research and Action Center(FRAC).

B Matter // Rachel Hirsch

DEM15

Democrats casted their votes on March 15th in five different states. These include Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio, which is the biggest voting day since “Super Tuesday.”

Hillary Clinton won big over Bernie Sanders a couple weeks ago on Super Tuesday. Clinton won seven of the eleven states and Sanders won four.

Sanders has done well with the votes of the younger generation; whereas, Clinton has done well with African-Americans. Bernie focused a lot of his campaign around students and Clinton is known for her work with President Obama.

GOP15

Republicans casted their votes on March 15th in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, the Northern Mariana Islands and Ohio.

Donald Trump won big over his two main competitors, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio when Republicans casted their votes on “Super Tuesday.”

Trump won seven out of the eleven states, doing well with conservatives because of his take on immigration. Cruz won three and Rubio only won one of the eleven states. Cruz and Rubio have been targeting Trump throughout the entire race.

VOTERS15

Democrats and Republicans in Winston-Salem casted their votes on Tuesday, March 15th for the North Carolina Democratic and Republican primaries.

There is a new voter ID law that requires all voters to show their government ID before they can cast their vote. This was the first vote that North Carolina has participated in where the law has been enforced.

This new voter law did not fare well with the NAACP. They claim that making a law where voters have to show their government ID is a form of discrimination. They went on to file a lawsuit against the state for targeting African Americans and limiting their chance to vote.

Analysis // Rachel Hirsch

In the Trump article, I think they did a good job showing that the race has really been narrowed down to three candidates. They also do a really good job of using quotes from each of them. I was also surprised to see at the end of the article how they got information from another source. I thought this was a good example of how people wrote things ahead of time, like we are going to do!

In the Clinton article, they really focused on the voters rather than the candidates themselves. Essentially, the article has to do with demographic voter patterns which is kinda hard to figure out from the title. I thought this article was also a good example of how they had prepared writing before too!

In general, I thought both articles were a little biased towards both Trump and Clinton, but I also think they had very strong quotes.

Reflection // Rachel Hirsch

Reflection:

Getting sources for my story turned out to be much easier then I thought it would be. I’m in a theatre class and my professor was the director of the show and two of the students I sit next to were in the play as well. Because of this it wasn’t difficult to arrange an interview with them. Last story I had trouble with the length of my paragraphs and attribution so I really tried to be better about those two components.

Meg edited my paper and really helped with a lot grammatical mistakes that occurred throughout the entire piece. I had also taken a quote from the website that described the play that I needed to say where it came from. Meg also suggested that I have a sentence earlier in my paper to say how varied the reactions really were.

WFUs Reaction to The Waiting Room // Rachel Hirsch

The Waiting Room opened on the mainstage at Wake Forest University February 12th through the 21st and was directed by their very own, John E. R. Friedenberg.

The play is focused around three women who are from different time periods and of different cultures who are all waiting in the same doctor’s office. All three women struggle to meet the standards of beauty in society. The play is described as a “dark comedy [that] will have you squirming with laughter as the characters struggle to beat the system and win at life.”

Friedenberg, WFUs Director of Theatre, explained that the play had a lot to say and he didn’t exactly know how each audience would react, but said “the main thing he wanted the audience to leave with was having seen the same play he thought was there.”

He discussed how each audience was going to be very different in their reaction from each other especially when it came to laughter which would be hard for his cast to deal with.

Lillie Burrow, who played Victoria, one of the main women described how the audience was hesitant to laugh at the beginning of the play because of the dark material, but eventually they warmed up to actually being okay to laugh at everything.

“Someone laughed at a scene that shouldn’t have provoked laughter, which was weird to handle” Burrow said.

When asked what the intended reaction of the audience to her character was she said, “I’m not too sure, but I hoped people would laugh at my lines and eventually cry when I was forced to return to my terrible, hysterical husband.”

Tyler Johnson, who played Larry, the Board of the Hospital experienced some of the same struggles as his castmember Burrow. He said, “Some nights a joke would kill and then other nights I would pause for laughter and it was completely silent.”

Heather Sullivan, who played Wanda, another main women had a different take on the reaction to the play than Burrow and Johnson. She talked about the audience members who approached her after the show rather then the reaction during the play.

“Some people told me that they laughed or cried and others said the playwright tried to tackle too many issues. Someone even told me they thought the first half was funny and then the second half took them by surprise” Sullivan said.

Sullivan discussed how out of all the plays she had done at WFU this was the play that gave her the most positive and thoughtful responses.

Sammy Moorin, a Sophomore at WFU and audience member said she loved the play and thought it was hilarious.

“I went to the play to get credit for a WGS class assignment, but I thought the commentary on the feminist struggles throughout the years was brilliantly done” Moorin said.

To see a review on the play from The Winston-Salem Journal, click here.

Digital Media Element Example // Rachel Hirsch

http://www.journalnow.com/news/state_region/charlotte-council-votes-to-extend-transgender-rights/article_81603fa1-fb80-54c1-963e-2a6811186384.html

This article includes a video of the Charlotte City Council vote on wether or not transgender people should be able to use a public restroom that corresponds to their gender identity. This video shows the real vote the City Council went through which happened to be 7-4 to approve this non-discrimination ordinance. This really helps the readers know what the vote looked like and how the observers responded to the council members after their decision.

WFU Beat // Rachel Hirsch

Five Primary Resources

President Nathan O’Hatch

Director of Athletics Ron Wellman

Dean of Admissions Martha Blevins Allman

President of the Student Union Megan Gruber

Vice President of the Office of Personal and Career Development Andy Chan

Five information sources

Administration Homepage http://www.wfu.edu/administration/

Athletics Homepage http://www.wfu.edu/athletics/

Admissions Homepage http://admissions.wfu.edu

Student Union Homepage http://su.wfu.edu

Office of Personal and Career Development Homepage http://opcd.wfu.edu

Three story ideas

1. Figure out how many students actually take advantage of the Office of Personal and Career Development. Interview the Vice President or some of the directors. – you could even make it more specific as to how many student athletes take advantage of this through Patrick Sullivan who is the liaison to the Athletic Department
2. A feature story on the number of applications submitted to WFU versus the official acceptance rate.
3. A feature story on the President of the Student Union. What exactly does she do? How she got the role of President?