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Career Night: its Diverse Impact on Male and Female Student-Athletes//Karlee Spirit

When Wednesday, February 3^rd arrived, athletes of every sport were frantically running out of practice, showering and putting on their best professional clothing.

The time had come again for Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s (SAAC) annual Career Night, where student-athletes had the opportunity to market with employers and businesses from all around the state. Students also had the chance to attend informational workshops ranging from how to shake a hand properly to budgeting money to performing a proper interview. As most can understand, the copious process of preparing for this night is slightly more extensive for the female student-athletes. As every female can attest to, perfecting hair, applying make-up, ironing blouses, and squeezing into heels seems and sounds a bit different from the idea of a male getting ready. It is that same tedious and long process that women undergo that carry over to their career paths after Wake Forest athletics.

All Wake Forest student-athletes not only decide to become a Demon Deacon to represent a great university through athletics, but commit to receiving a great education and graduating with a prestigious degree. In general, the majority of male athletes, especially at Wake Forest, are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to continue their sport after college. On the contrary, female student-athletes of Wake Forest have to undergo a much different process upon graduation.

This is why the idea, benefits, and the entirety of Career Night tends to be much greater for female student-athletes as opposed to males.

Wake Forest men’s soccer forward and sophomore, Jon Bakero, said that he attended the event mainly because it was mandatory. “It was a great event for those who want to make connections with businesses and have the urge to do so. For people who need it after their Wake Forest career, it’s good for finding places to work and making the most out the resources and people at and around Wake,” Bakero said. A Barcelona native, Jon is planning on graduating in December of 2017 and entering the draft to pursue his dream of playing professional soccer.

While male student-athletes tend to have the upper hand when it comes to life after graduation, females make the most of all the University has to offer.

Brooke Taylor, an academic advisor in the student-athlete department works with both Wake Forest men’s soccer and women’s basketball. Taylor comments on what she feels is the biggest trend amongst working with female student-athletes. “I feel like my female students utilize the campus resources a ton, including tutoring, study sessions, and meetings with professors. They are very inclined and tend to be group leaders and coordinators.”

A member of the Wake Forest women’s soccer team, Sarah Medina, found Career Night as an outlet and source of excitement for her future past her athletic career. “I feel like Career Night is a great opportunity to see what employers are looking for when they “recruit” or employ athletes to work for them. Just like our coaches who picked us for certain qualities like work ethic and enthusiasm, our employers are looking at us for the same things.”

Story #2 Ideas- Karlee Spirit

1) The Chainsmokers Concert: April 8th at 7:00 at LJVM Coliseum

I would like to cover the preparation and excitement leading up The Chainsmokers performing at the LJVM Coliseum in the beginning of April. I would be interested in bringing to light the Wake Forest Student Union’s process in preparing for the event and the process in which they got them to agree to perform here. I would also include the students, faculty, staff, and even alumni’s excitement and opinion on the American DJ/producer duo.

3)Sophomores Declaring Majors (Spring Term)

I would be interested in covering the process, preparation, and thoughts of the sophomores who declared their majors this past week. I would dig into why they declared the majors they did, how they declared their majors, and how they plan on using their majors in their careers after Wake.

Rachel Hirsch Profile//Karlee Spirit

Seven year old Rachel Hirsch was destined to be an elementary teacher. She didn’t know it yet, but her experiences during her senior year of high school would prove it to her.

“I decided to shadow a first grade class for my senior project my senior year. There was a little girl struggling so I took her aside and helped her in the right direction. Once she finally got it, it was the most rewarding feeling I had ever felt.”

Hirsch, a resident of Louisville, Kentucky, is a sophomore at Wake Forest University majoring in elementary education and minoring in creative writing. Her focus in creative writing and love for teaching has motivated her to take on the challenge of journalism.

While teaching is an art of thinking on your feet and taking on whatever is thrown at you on that day, Hirsch believes journalism is of paralleled tasks and responsibilities.

A motivation backed by an enjoyment for writing and a challenge for a new angle of writing, she figured being a journalist would allow her to be creative in a different way. She finds journalism as a stepping stone for bettering her skills for down the road, but admitted to her difficulty in being able to fully embrace the art of being a journalist.

“The test for me is going to be able to change from essay style to using the active voice, while being short and to the point and not providing tons of details.”

Hirsch finds numerous similarities in being a journalist and studying journalism to her process in becoming a student teacher, teacher’s assistant, and hopefully one day a teacher.

3 Injured 1 Dead in Main Street Homicide, report says- Karlee Spirit

Local authorities responded to an incident near the Nitty Gritty Restaurant and Night Club this morning where there were three injured and one killed. Just before 2:00am, police found one victim shot outside the club while two had been shot inside the club. A fourth victim was reported to have been immediately rushed to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

According to the recently released police report, victims were identified as 20 year old Cortez Smith, 20 year old Carmen Simmons, and 23 year old Barry Richardson, all residents of Winston-Salem. According to the police report, Smith is listed as being in stable condition, Simmons is in critical condition and Richardson is in serious condition.

An unidentified black male who was inside the club was determined to be deceased. Detectives within the Police Department are withholding information of the deceased at this time.

Questions:

1) When were other victims taken to the hospital? and How?

2) What is the background of the shooter?

3) Any other listed incidents near the restaurant/night club?

POLICE IN SEARCH FOR ARMED ROBBER IN HANES MALL- Karlee Spirit

Police are in search for a suspect involved in an armed robbery at the Hanes Mall on Silas Creek Parkway. After 10:00 last night, authorities reported details that two BUCKLES employees were approached by the suspect armed with a handgun demanding a bank deposit bag. According to the police, the suspect was last seen running towards the Days In.

Following the incident, an extensive K-9 track was performed but named unsuccessful. The employees of BUCKLES, identified as Amanda Eversole, 23 of Clemmons and Deidra Power, 19 of Winston-Salem were said to have identified the suspect as 6′ tall and 150-170 pounds and dresses in a black hoodie and black sweatpants.

The Winston-Salem Police Department requests that anyone with information regarding the suspect or the crime would contact the crime line at 727-2800.

Questions:

1) Were the employees injured?

2) What is the status of the search for the suspect?

3) Were there any bystanders? If so, interview them.

GOP Debate- Karlee Spirit

Wake Forest students who watched the GOP debate Thursday night expressed a theme of two common issues: A disturbance with the moderator’s questions and their steered direction and the candidate’s avoidance of fully answering the questions asked.

“The candidates were not entertained by the moderator’s questions and were pinned against each other when they would have rather talked about the issues,” says Wake Forest freshman Catherine O’Connor. While sophomore Emma Vivlamore said “They would get asked a question then go off on a tangent about something completely different.” “It’s hard to see where candidates stand on certain issues when they don’t actually answer questions…”

While some students had a change of opinion after Thursday night’s debate and some were confirmed of their views and fan favorites, it was believed that Trump, Cruz, and Rubio were the winners of the debate.

GOP Republican Debate Post- KS

The theme of last nights GOP Republican Debate was primarily fueled by the media and audience. The questions were not on the issues of foreign policy, the economy or healthcare as one would expect, but were rather provocative and pointed. This was simply because of the media forum and style of debate (commercialized and drama filled) and the entertainment value that it added, as the audience saw the candidates character come to light. Catherine O’Connor, a Wake Forest freshman from England expresses her thoughts, opinions, and concerns about the said debate by stating, “The candidates were not entertained by the moderators questions and were pinned against each other when they would have rather talked about the issues.”