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CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CLUBHOUSE FOR GOLF TEAMS ALMOST COMPLETE // Katie Dickens

An external view of the new clubhouse under construction.

Wake Forest’s rich golf history is set to be rewarded.

A new clubhouse is under construction that will house men’s and women’s golf team offices and locker rooms, a project totaling $4.4 million. The building will be named after Jesse Haddock, the golf coach that led his team to three national championships during his career at Wake Forest from 1962 to 1992.

Construction broke ground around one year ago, and if all goes according to plan, the coaches for both teams are set to move in March 15th, according to men’s golf head coach Jerry Haas.

Haas, who himself is a former All-American Wake Forest golf player, said the new golf clubhouse is going to be “absolutely spectacular.”

“Our team is number two in the country, and this has been a long time in the works,” Haas said. “I’ve been here nineteen years and I’m very lucky. I love this place and how we’re showing recruits the respect golf deserves. Now everyone can see that Wake appreciates their student athletes and gives them a home.”

The facility will house a heritage room complete with an interactive digital wall that shows Wake Forest golf’s past accomplishments and successful golfers, which include famous players like Arnold Palmer and 2012 U.S. Open Winner Webb Simpson.

Tanner Owen, a sophomore who had a breakout freshman season on the men’s golf team, said that he thinks part of the purpose of the new clubhouse is to honor those who played at Wake before him.

“As a program we have some incredible people to represent and carry through in what we do, on the course and off the course,” Owen said. “It holds us to a certain level of professionalism.”

The heritage room will include a trophy case suspended from the ceiling. The back of the building will contain a player lounge overlooking the driving range, complete with TVs. There will also be a study room and conference room for players and coaches to utilize at any time. The locker rooms will have around 15 lockers and also include bathrooms and showers.

Owen added that in addition to benefits of hanging out and studying in the lounges, he believes the new facilities will help the team communicate and work more efficiently.

“We’ll be able to spend a lot more time with our coaches,” Owen said. “Their offices are currently in Manchester, so during day we can go over and see them, but having everyone in the clubhouse will make it easier for us to communicate. We’ll also have somewhere to park and somewhere to store our clubs.”

Vinh-Hop Ngo, a sophomore on the women’s golf team, said the new clubhouse will be like her second home.

“We currently don’t have a place to have team meetings so we just sit on the floor in our putting room when we meet,” Ngo said. “So I’m most excited about the fact that we are going to have a place for the golf teams to hang out together.”

The basement of the building will include a game room with a built-in speaker system and pool table, with a Webb Simpson tribute wall framing the back side of the room.

The Arnold Palmer statue located outside golf’s current headquarters at the Dianne Dailey learning center will be moved to the front of the clubhouse, according to Barry Faircloth, associate athletic director for development.

Senior speech tradition continues – Conte

The 2016 Senior Colloquium and the Founder’s Day Convocation, events that occurred earlier this month, mark the 148^th year of celebrating senior orations at Wake Forest, according to 2016 Senior Colloquium bulletin.

After Aishwarya “Ash” Nager gave her oration, The Unexpected Chaos of Life as a Deac, at the 2016 Senior Colloquium and the Founders’ Day Convocation she was selected to present her oration one more time before she graduates. Nager was selected by faculty judges to present her oration at the Honors and Awards Ceremony, on May 15^th for the graduating class, according to Tammy Griffin, administrative assistant to associate dean for faculty governance.

The senior orations that were presented at these events included lessons learned through collegiate years, analysis of the Wake Forest motto Pro Humanitate and future plans for the years that lie ahead for these graduating seniors.

In preparation for the 2016 Senior Colloquium, which occurred on February 14^th in the Porter Byrum Welcome Center, faculty members were asked to nominate “[Wake Forest’s] finest seniors,” according to the 2016 Senior Colloquium bulletin. These seniors were then asked to prepare an essay addressing Wake Forest University through their perspective.

According to Michele Gillespie, dean of the college, a large number of seniors were nominated for this recognition as compared to past years.

About sixty to seventy-five percent of students who were nominated by faculty submitted an essay to the faculty panel, according to Griffin. The faculty panel then selected ten, out of the thirty-one submitted, to be presented at the 2016 Senior Colloquium.

The ten that were presented at the Colloquium were evaluated by faculty judges in the audience and three orations were chosen to be presented at the Founders’ Day Convocation, which occurred on Thursday, February 18^th in Wait Chapel.

The three selected orations that were presented at Founders’ Day Convocation were Enzymatic Inclusion by Sarah Fine, The Case for Generalism by Robert “Tripp” Maloney and The Unexpected Chaos of Life as a Deac by Aishwarya “Ash” Nagar.

From the three presented at Founders’ Day Convocation, Nager’s oration, The Unexpected Chaos of Life as a Deac, was chosen to be read May 15^th during the Honors and Awards Ceremony for the graduating seniors.

Nager, a Biology major with the plans of attending medical school, structured her oration as a letter to her younger brother. Throughout the oration, Nager advises her young brother on what to look for as he searches for a university for himself.

Nager described her experience at Wake Forest as “chaotic magnificence,” and more specifically Wake Forest academics as an “academic smorgasbord,” which ultimately allowed her to declare three minors in addition to her Biology major.

In her oration, Nager encourages others to carry the school motto, Pro Humanitate, wherever life may lead as she admitted to the the bittersweet sentiment of graduating from Wake Forest University.

Rogan Kersh, Wake Forest provost, ended the night with final remarks reflecting on the senior orations as a tradition and its history at Wake Forest.

Kersh expressed his admiration for the orations of the Class of 2016, saying “You have so beautifully woven your words into the years of student orations.”

Griffin, who had been organizing the 2016 Senior Colloquium since September of 2015, was impressed by the student orations.

“The words of the students make us, as faculty and staff feel proud about what we can sew into our future,” said Griffin.

Rogan Kersh, Wake Forest Provost, congratulates Wake Forest seniors after their oration presentations

Culture at WFU: Celebrating the Chinese New Year – Meg

When you first enter the Barn, you are welcomed by greeters and handed a red packet containing a chocolate coin for good luck. The walls are decorated with paper cutouts of Chinese characters and little dragon puppets. The rafters are strung with red paper lanterns and a large banner proclaiming the annual Chinese New Year festival. The smells of foreign food waft your way. The entire lower level of the Barn is filled with a mixture of Wake students and Winston-Salem natives. On the stage, traditional singing and dancing acts celebrate this important day in the Chinese culture.

Saturday, February 13, the WFU Asian Student Interest Association (ASIA) hosted its Chinese Lunar New Year Festival from 3:00-5:00PM. The event offered free admission to everyone.

This Chinese holiday celebrates the transition from an old year to a new one. It is when families gather and share what they have experienced over the past year and their hopes for the new one. The date of the New Year is from the lunar calendar and falls on a different day than the Western celebration.

While the holiday is national, it also extends to any country that was once under China’s rule, including Indonesia and Vietnam. However, within China, the activities of the day vary by region.

“In my hometown, we have the dragon dance and visit the flower market since in the South, that’s when the most rare flowers bloom,” says Jonnie Huang, a senior at Wake Forest University from Guangdong, China. She says it is important for her to attend these cultural events on campus because it gives her a chance to continue her Chinese traditions away from home.

The Chinese New Year is one of the few national holidays celebrated by all regions of China. IT includes a family reunion, watching the celebrations on TV, and fireworks after midnight.

“It’s like the Super Bowl in America,” says YoonSun Jee, a member of ASIA and sophomore at Wake Forest University. Even though she is from South Korea, Jee says she has learned a lot more about the holiday from working the event. According to her, Wake lacks diversity and the Chinese New Year Festival acts as one of the few events on campus that brings people together and offers an immersive chance to understand Chinese culture.

“Wake has a lot of international students; it’s important that we can make them feel at home and have a chance to relate to them,” says Lindsey Badgett, sophomore from Pinnacle, North Carolina. She is a member of the Japanese club on campus and attended the event to expand her exposure to East-Asian cultures.

“In my opinion, having events like this on campus is very important because the best way to understand other people is through their culture,” says Badgett.

Multimedia Article // David Blue

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/14826436/documents-reveal-peyton-manning-accuser-called-sexual-assault-crisis-center-report-1996-incident

An interesting article reporting that former University of Tennessee athletic trainer Jamie Naughright called the Sexual Assault Crisis Center the night that Peyton Manning allegedly sexually assaulted her in 1996, when he was a student-athlete there. The video is a segment from Outside the Lines, an ESPN program that investigates, reports and analyzes scandals in the sports world. The video and article provide in depth analysis and a transcript of her call to the Center from that night.

multimedia post

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/18/health/florida-palm-beach-teen-doctor-arrest/

This article is about an 18 year old who was arrested for treating patients without a doctor’s degree. It is on the short side length and detail wise, but the hyperlink to the 18 year old’s website provides great context about how serious and well designed his fake business was. Without it, it would be difficult to assess why people found him credible.

Multi Media – Todd

http://graphics.wsj.com/elections/2016/how-trump-happened/

Interesting interactive graphic about a poll about what type of people vote for different republican candidates. The interactive visual makes it really easy to follow and more engaging.

Media in Journalism Post

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14833757/chris-bosh-working-miami-heat-undetermined-medical-condition

This is a multimedia article that includes a discussion panel video, a photograph, and text about the progress of injured Miami Heat player, Chris Bosh.

Digital Media Example – Suyash Keshari

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/07/10/science/An-Image-of-Earth-Every-Ten-Minutes.html

Images from the Himawari-8 weather satellite’s first official day paint a living portrait of Earth.

Media Post by Annabel Love

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.

Media in journalism — Chris Caswell

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/us/severe-weather-threat-for-southeast/index.html

This article described the damage a severe storm caused. It has a video of the damage.