On February 3, 1834, Wake Forest College was founded in the town of Wake Forest, North Carolina. In the spring of 1956, Wake Forest College moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The people, books, furniture, events, traditions, and personalities made the transfer to the Winston Salem Campus. Since 1956, some buildings have stayed the same but they have also gone through tremendous changes.
Released today is information from FRAC that reveals Winston-Salem as being ranked the highest metropolitan area that struggles with food hardship.
This year’s Wake and Shake raised over $302,000, which is a 50% increase in funds compared to last year. In 2015, Wake and Shake raised a total of $200,040 for the Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund, which supports cancer research at the WFU Cancer Center.
Wake and Shake is a 12-hour dance marathon held every spring at Wake Forest University. For 12 hours the Wake Forest community comes together with their dance moves and ask for donations to support all of those affected by cancer.
There were several factors contributing to the significant increase in funds raised. Michael Ford, the advisor of Wake and Shake, says it was so successful because “there was a diverse and high performing WnS Leadership Team (26 students total), a more robust marketing plan and better Pre-event fundraisers, and a new and improved website with individual dancer profiles that recorded how much money each person and team raised.”
Lydia Pappas, a co-chair says “this year we really worked on fixing the website to make it easier to donate and user friendly and make sure that there was a structured schedule with fun activities that people would enjoy.”
Throughout the event, there was food, games, prizes, live entertainment, and champion speakers that talked about their experiences with cancer. Mary Winston, a member of the Entertainment Committee, says “we planned everything in 5 minute intervals to keep up with the momentum and keep the energy high and positive.”
Stevie Eagan, a participant in Wake and Shake, said that her favorite part was “the final hour with the student testimonies, the glow stick remembrance of loved ones by all the dancers, and the final big circle song by Cold Play.”
Ellie Hamilton, a senior participant, noticed that this year the event ran “smoothly and efficiently and the new and improved website was incredibly user-friendly compared to previous years.”
Wake and Shake is a Wake Forest tradition that started in 2006 that brings together a diverse representation of students to share fun, pain, love, memories, and raise funds to help find a cure for cancer.
In the final words of Hamilton, “Wake and Shake is like Christmas and an event that I will definitely miss when I graduate.”
Voter ID B Matter:
The photo ID requirement was set to go in effect for 2016 under a larger elections bill passed by the GOP-controlled state legislature in 2013. The new voter ID law in North Carolina says voters will need to show acceptable photo ID to vote in person at the polls.
Voters who are unable to obtain an acceptable photo ID due to a reasonable impediment may still vote a provisional ballot at the polls.
Examples of reasonable impediment include but are not limited to the lack of proper documents, family obligations, transportation problems, work schedule, illness or disability, among other reasonable impediments faced by the voter.
The ID provision along with other voting restrictions were challenged by civil rights groups in a federal court in Winston-Salem.
Those opposed to voter ID laws say low-income voters, seniors, students and those with disabilities can be disenfranchised by these policies, even if free IDs are provided, given the cost of taking time off work to go to the DMV or the challenges of tracking down missing birth certificates.
The state defends its law as necessary to prevent voter fraud and keep public confidence in the electoral process.
Democratic B Matter:
The Democratic race’s two front-runner candidates are Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Clinton was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2001 and later became the 67th U.S. secretary of state in 2009, serving until 2013.
Sanders started his political career as the mayor of Burlington Vermont in the early 80s and has served 16 years in the House of Representatives making him America’s longest-serving independent politician in Congress.
In the past primaries, Clinton has won in Iowa, Nevada, and South Carolina. On the other hand, Sanders has won New Hampshire.
After Super Tuesday, Clinton won Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia and although Massachusetts was tight Clinton prevailed there for her 7th win. The other 4 states were taken by Bernie Sanders, as he won the caucus states of Colorado and Minnesota as well as Oklahoma and his home state of Vermont.
Republican B Matter:
For the Republican nominee, it is a three-person race between Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio.
Trump is best known for being a businessman and real estate mogul. Cruz worked as an attorney and served as an advisor on the 20000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush. In 2012 Cruz won election to the U.S. Senate in Texas. Rubio won a Florida seat in the U.S. Senate and is running as a Republican for presidency.
In the past primaries, Trump has won New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada with Cruz winning in Iowa.
Donald Trump strengthened his status as Republican frontrunner on Super Tuesday, winning 7 of the night’s eleven contests.
Trump swept the Southeastern states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia and Tennessee, as well as New England (Massachusetts and Vermont) and Virginia. Ted Cruz won his home state of Texas, neighboring Oklahoma and Alaska. Marco Rubio got his first victory of the campaign, winning the Minnesota caucus.
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The first article, “Trump wins South Carolina Primary in Runaway” is about the victory of Donald Trump and background information regarding the South Carolina Primary. Schuyler Krpof makes it prominent that this is a “three man race”. Kropf focuses on the three candidates that have a chance at presidency: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio. Memorable quotes from these three front-runners were included in the article. This article addresses the record voter turnout with “more than 725,000 voters.” Kropf also makes it obvious that Bush is not doing well even after visits from his “popular brother and mother.” The only two candidates that we did not hear much from were John Kasich and Ben Carson. Overall, I thought that it was a strong article with powerful quotes from significant people. However, I would have liked to seen less bias and emphasis on Trump and more of an inclusion of all the candidates and more opinions from voters.
The second article, “Black turnout boosts Clinton in a big way” by Robert Behre emphasizes Hilary Clinton’s victory and the role that African Americans have in helping her win. Personally, I thought that the article was bias towards Republicans in the sense that it talked to the republican turnout as “being driven by a theatrical screaming match, featuring childish and insulting behavior” and comparing it to a “circus.” I also think that it focused too much on Hillary Clinton and not enough on the other candidates. I would have liked to seen quotes from Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. However, I do think that the article did a good job in providing plenty of background information and comparing it to previous presidential primaries. Overall, I thought that Behre did a good job with laying out basic information and interesting facts but I would have liked to seen less bias and more emphasis on other candidates.
In conclusion, I enjoyed reading these two articles and learned a lot about the South Carolina Primary. I thought that they both provided strong background information and engaging quotes from candidates and voters. I also enjoyed the media that was included because I think that the powerful images helped convey what the articles had to say.
A panel discussion called Truth Lies and Politics: Ideology, Rationality, and Choice in an Election year was held in the Wait Chapel on February 16. Members from the Wake Forest community and people from the area came to listen to these panelists discuss important issues regarding the upcoming election.
Dr. Melissa Harris Perry, Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest, was the moderator for the event. She challenged the panelists by sparking conversation regarding climate change, the effect of media, political gridlock, and ideological differences.
Two out of the three panelists could not attend the discussion due to weather conditions and airfare. Jed Purdy and Keith Payne filled in the places for Dr. Anthony Appiah and Dr. Dan Kahan. According to the office of sustainability, the two substitute panelists were connected to faculty members that were familiar with their work.
Hannah Slodounik from the office of sustainability said, “it was a quick change of events and was not what we planned, but the outcomes from the event were exactly what we were hoping for.”
The discussion started with talking about polarization and whether or not it is problematic to see the world in profoundly different ways. Jed Purdy a Professor of Law at Duke University argued, “the constitution is composed of our long history of disagreeing over the meaning of equality and the meaning of liberty. In democracy you have to respect the competing voices because that is what national elections are all about.”
Dr. Lucas Johnston, a religion professor at Wake Forest, said that he “enjoyed how the conversations kept evolving and reflecting on bigger issues.” He mentioned that he appreciated Naomi Oreskes and her insights on climate change.
Naomi Oreskes Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University argued, “Climate change is not a scientific disagreement it is a political disagreement.” Climate change can be scientifically proven but it is a political disagreement about what to do about it. Her research focuses on the earth and environmental sciences and has noticed that if we don’t reduce carbon emissions we are going to have a serious problem.
Dr. Keith Payne, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at University of North Carolina mentioned “no one wants to have a conversation with people that want to change your worldview. However, we need to start talking more about politics, religion, and money around the dinner table with the Uncle that doesn’t agree with us and start talking about these issues with mutual respect.”
Stephanie Eagan, a Wake Forest student with a Politics and International Affairs major, enjoyed that the panel was interactive among panelists and between the panelists and the audience. “I thought that they did an impressive job in encouraging us to think of important issues in a new light and I enjoyed the conversations that arose with my friends after the event.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/02/24/the-enduring-mystery-of-who-shot-down-malaysia-airlines-flight-17-nearly-two-years-ago/
This article is about the mystery of who shot down the Malaysia Airlines Flight that killed everyone that was on board. This article does a good job in writing about the incident and what they have found in the investigation. However, by incorporating the video into the article showing us what we do not know about the downing of Malaya Airlines Flight 17, the video helps us get a better picture and actually understand what happened. The video makes the incident more real and the article more tragic because one is able to see firsthand what occurred.
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First glance at Molly with her tail wagging and chocolate puppy eyes staring at you, and this dog will have your heart (even if you are a cat person). Molly, a three-year old terrier, stole Julianna Miller’s heart and changed her life for the better.
Juliana struggles with severe anxiety and depression and when interviewing her she said, “before Molly I was not in a great place. I was overbooked, overworked, stressed, and not happy.” Her therapist was helping her talk through her problems, but she was feeling as if that was not enough. She would wake up unhappy and go to bed with a pit in her stomach. She needed something else. Something that would make her want to wake up and feel loved and appreciated. During the interview, she said, “this past semester was especially really challenging because all of my friends were studying abroad and I felt lonely and isolated at Wake.”
Her doctor suggested that she look into getting a dog on campus. He said that it might make her happier and he has had success with other patients getting therapy dogs. She has grown up with three dogs and they have always helped her with her anxiety in the past so she was open to the idea.
She went to Residence Life and Housing to get the dog on campus approved and she said that “it wasn’t an easy process but I qualified for it and it was something I really wanted to do, so it went along fine.” Juliana is not alone in this quest for using therapy pets to help relieve anxiety and soothe her depression. When talking to Residence Life and Housing at Wake Forest, Adam, in charge of animals on campus, has noticed an upward trend of animals as therapy pets on campus. He mentioned “there has been more and more people with service animals on campus.”
After getting her dog on campus, her mood slowly but surely started changing. She was feeling more positive, energetic, and loved. Molly “gave me purpose and forced me to take time for myself. She makes me so happy, right when I walk through the door,” Juliana said with a smile on her face just thinking about her four legged feline friend.
Her suitemate, Courtney Toll, noticed differences in the way Julianna was acting now that she had Molly. “She was just so much happier and whenever she walked into the suite, Molly would run up to her and it would put the biggest smile on Julianna’s face,” said Courtney Toll. She talked about how high Molly’s energy is and how that positivity has helped Julianna. “Molly has been the best thing to happen to suite 301, I even love petting Molly when I have had a bad day,” said Courtney.
With the help of Molly, Julianna’s mood has changed for the better. She has said that it has even changed her Wake Forest experience. I love taking Molly around because “people usually just walk around with headphones in or busy on their phones. It’s nice that Molly gets strangers to sop and smile or even start up a conversation.”
Cover speech
I plan on attending Truth Lies and Politics this Tuesday February 16th at 7:00 pm in Wait Chapel. The speakers are Naomi Oreskes, Anthony Appiah, and Dan Kahan. They will be discussing rationality, choice, and ideologies in an election year. I think this will be an interesting event to cover since we are in the midst of an election year and they will offer a different perspective and their thoughts, which I am excited to hear.
TEDX at Wake
Another idea I have is to cover Wake Forest’s 5th annual TedX event speakers on Saturday February 20th from 12 to 4 pm in Wait Chapel. This year’s theme is Haven where speakers will be talking about what it means to find security and peace in their fields of expertise. This would be fun to go to because it is a big event that many people have been talking about so I would love to be apart of it.
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