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Mental health on campusAnxiety, depression and peace of mind

In a 2010 survey, the American College Health Association found that 45.6 percent of surveyed students reported feeling hopeless, and 30.7 percent reported feeling so de-pressed that it was difficult to function during the past 12 months. Five years later, Dr. Gregg Henriques, direc-tor of the Combined Clini-cal and School Psychology Doctoral Program at James Madison University, argues that a mental health crisis has swept the millennial generation.

“We need nationwide movements educating folks about the nature of human nature, the nature of emo-tions and how to deal with negative emotions. We also need to help folks under-stand the core need to be known and valued by self and important others,” says Henriques.

For Henriques, the rising mental health problem on college campuses is a soci-etal problem not exclusive to college students. How-ever, Wofford’s counselor Perry Henson suggests that a college campus can fuel anxiety and other mental health problems because it’s a constantly changing environment with less sta-bility than students would

experience at home. Fur-thermore, the college life-style, which often includes sleep deprivation, prevents students from functioning as well as they should.

“I would say take good basic care of yourself. You really need to be doing well

physically, emotionally and mentally to be doing well academically. If you start off with the basics, then a lot of the time the other things come more easily,” says Wofford counselor Kelly Buckner.

In regards to what dis-

tinguishes mental illness from more ordinary mental health issues, Henriques says that the line is blurry. Buckner acknowledges that the most common mental health issues that students face are anxiety and depres-sion, oftentimes temporary

struggles with external causes.

Lena Strayer, a junior at Iowa University, takes Pro-zac for her anxiety. Strayer’s anxiety is both aggravated and perpetuated by her academic work.

“During midterms, I lose

so much weight,” says Stray-er. “I have panic attacks, and I can’t eat when I get really stressed out.”

Strayer’s panic attacks leave her overwhelmed and unable to study.

“I want to make good grades so that I can get a good job,” Strayer says.

Junior Addie Lawrence took antidepressants well into her freshman year at Wofford, though her symp-toms were not connected to her academic work.

“I started to feel like I was acting all the time because I couldn’t feel genuine emo-tion. Then, I started to feel extreme, debilitating sad-ness. I was crying a lot and spending hours staring at the wall. I had no motiva-tion or interest in anything. It was so frustrating. I got caught in a cycle between sadness and numbness, and for months I couldn’t feel anything that resembled happiness. I sort of resigned myself to it,” says Lawrence.

“I have old journal entries where I would just write “It’s okay” or “breathe” over and over again because I was so paralyzed. That’s something that I don’t think people expect: how hard it is just get yourself to move,” says Lawrence.

Lawrence no longer takes

antidepressants, though she says that her circum-stances are not typical.

“It’s not something that I can control,” says Lawrence. “It’s not something that anyone can control.”

At Wofford, all students can schedule counseling appointments by contact-ing Henson or Dean As-sociate Dean of Students Beth Wallace. Emergency appointments can be made immediately during office hours for crises situations. Outside of office hours, stu-dents should contact cam-pus safety for emergencies. Health Services also offers an extended counseling network where students may be referred.

“If you have doubts about whether something is ap-propriate for therapy, just come in and ask. If it’s not appropriate for therapy, then we can point you to other resources. We’re hap-py to do it,” says Buckner.

“Being open with people definitely helped. Knowing that I have a support system is very reassuring. Being able to reach out to oth-ers, even if they can’t help, is very empowering,” says Lawrence.

by Caleb Pierce, Contributing Writer & Addie Lawrence,

Staff Writer

Wofford professor takes part in CNN documentary seriesMcCane expertise tapped in ‘Finding Jesus’ starting March 1

Wofford College religion professor Dr. Byron McCane has done his share of dig-ging for archaeological finds in the Mid-dle East and giving his students those experiences from time to time.

Now, he will be sharing his expertise with a national audience as he par-ticipates in a CNN documentary series, “Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery,”

which begins airing at 9 p.m. Sunday, March 1.

The six-part series examines six ob-jects purported to be from the time of Jesus, an area of expertise for McCane, the Albert C. Outler Professor of Religion at Wofford. The producer of the series, Emmy-nominated Hugh Ballentyne, called on McCane to participate because

of his expertise in lands of the Bible and burial rituals in the times of Jesus.

The items have some “sizzle among pop culture in the public’s eye in the re-cent past,” McCane explains, “but they are ‘unprovenanced’ objects – mean-ing none of them come from controlled archaeological excavations. The series takes a close, deep look at each object

and tries to arrive at how serious it is. What’s the takeaway?”

McCane took Ballentyne’s call in Au-gust 2014 and quickly found himself filming abroad and conducting classes via Skype for two weeks. He spent two weeks in Israel in September taping for the series. He will be included in five of the six segments.

The series is “about Jesus and archae-ology, and it’s all shot in Israel – in or near Jerusalem, by the Jordan River, the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee,” Mc-Cane says.

“I was attracted by the opportunity to work with CNN, a news organization where evidence and logic still matter,” McCane says. “As a ‘news documentary’ – that is, a fact-based presentation at the cutting edge – the series will intro-duce viewers to some of the latest dis-coveries.”

The topic of archaeology and Bible fascinate people, he adds. “Of course, they have lives and careers and commit-ments, so they’re probably never going to travel to Israel or go on a dig. In this series, we try to do the next best thing: to give our viewers a ‘behind-the-ropes’ experience at the sites and face-to-face meetings with the experts. It means a lot to me to be able to play a small part in making that possible.”

McCane is no stranger to controlled archaeological digs and items with provenance, and he’s no stranger to ap-pearances on nationally televised docu-mentaries. When he’s not teaching at Wofford, he likely is on archaeological digs in the Middle East, such as Israel’s Beth Shemesh, Zippori, Khirbet Qana, Yotvata and Italy’s Forum Romanum. He has appeared on documentaries for the History Channel, Discovery, National Geographic and more. “The last one, ‘Who Was Jesus?’, was five years ago. I thought the genre had moved on,” he says, “I had fun doing them, and I thought they were great, but I thought

that time was over” – until Ballantyne called.

McCane has taken Wofford students on some of his digs, though none was involved in the CNN project. “Archaeol-ogy gives us a glimpse into what was or-dinary and typical in the ancient world,” he says. “It complements biblical studies by showing us what the biblical writers took for granted and thus didn’t bother to say. We don’t dig to prove or disprove the Bible; we dig to enrich our under-standing of the world of the Bible.”

He’s found everything from pottery shards to skeletons on archaeological digs.

In the CNN project, McCane was not involved in the finding or excavation of any of the six objects. “My role is to take the viewer from place to place and to help introduce the viewer to the places and sites relevant to each object.

“None of these objects came from controlled digs, so they have to be ex-amined in different ways for the pro-gram,” he adds. “It’s very different deal-ing with objects where no one knows the archaeological context, and they’re trying to figure out whether it’s genuine at all. In some cases, it is not.”

McCane emphasizes that he is not the “star” of the series, only a part of it. “I was really impressed by the quality of scholars who are involved,” he says. “Being asked to participate was like be-ing invited to sit with the cool kids in the lunchroom. My hope is that it will be in-teresting, entertaining and informative.

“Oh,” he adds. “I just hope I can look half as good as Chaser,” the famous bor-der collie belonging to Wofford profes-sor emeritus Dr. John Pilley, who has taught her more than 1,000 words, lead-ing to her being dubbed “the smartest dog in the world.” Chaser and Pilley have been featured nationally and interna-tionally in news media.

Courtesy of Wofford News Services

Wofford’s Wellness Center is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Dr. Byron McCane, professor of religion at Wofford College, was interviewed on a hillside overlooking the Palestinian village of Silwan and the valley of Kidron near Jerusalem for the CNN documentary series “Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery.” that is airing on CNN.

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Annual Relay for Life event set for April 16Student organizers hope to “Celebrate. Remember. Fight Back.”

Spring semester holds many traditions for the Wofford community, including some newer tradi-tions among the old. This is especially true for the annual Relay for Life event, known affectionately as “Relay” by some, which has been a Wofford tradi-tion for about five years. Students, faculty and com-munity members will spend hours walking around the Horseshoe behind Old Main, and the air will be filled with music and the smells of food in a festi-

val-like atmosphere. Why? The event raises money for the American Cancer Society (ACS), says Lauren Crawford ’17.

“ACS funds millions of dollars for cancer research, and Relay for Life contributes a huge portion of that,” she says.

Crawford is one of three sophomore students who are co-chairs for the event, planning and or-ganizing this year’s Relay. Crawford, Rebecca Mc-

Gregor and Annie McDermott have already started holding planning meetings, working with college staff and coordinating teams, and they are now in-viting the Wofford community to get involved.

The event will be held April 16 from 5 – 11 p.m. behind Old Main, and for six hours, each team will have at least one member walking on the track to reflect one of Relay for Life’s slogans: “Cancer Nev-er Sleeps.” At larger events, Crawford explains, this slogan makes more sense because the Relay is held overnight. Nevertheless, the event seeks to make a powerful difference in the fight against cancer through various outlets, says McGregor. Partici-pants form or join teams that raise money prior to the Relay by sending emails to friends and family and asking for personal donations, but teams also raise money at the event.

Teams continue their fundraising efforts by cre-ating booths with a subtheme that corresponds to that year’s bigger theme, says McGregor. Last year, for example, the theme was movies and each team was a different movie. “Booths can sell food, host crafts or games – anything that’s related to the theme and raises money,” says McGregor.

“Being part of a team is one of the coolest parts of Relay,” says Crawford. “You get to fundraise to save lives, and you get to hang out with others both inside and outside of your organization. There will be some competitions among the teams too, so it’s a lot of fun to be a part of a strong team.”

Relay will also feature a survivor/caretakers lap, a survivor testimony, a silent lap in which luminarias are lit in remembrance, a “Jail and Bail” game in which participants are “jailed” until enough money is raised to break him or her out and other fun, new competitions, which have yet to be finalized, says Crawford. The event raised about $9,000 last year and the goal this year is to reach $10,000.

“The best way for anyone to become part of the event is joining a team,” says Crawford. “One of the most important parts of Relay for Life is the fund-raising, so the more participants we have and the more money we raise, the better.”

Anyone can join a team by Googling “Wofford Relay for Life” to see a list of existing teams, says McGregor.

“If your organization is not [listed] there or if you are a leader of a Wofford organization, then you are an excellent candidate to create a team. To create a team, start at the Wofford Relay for Life event on the Relay website (relayforlife.org) and create a team from there.”

There is no minimum or maximum team size. “If you have an organization or just a group of

people who want to help fight cancer, you should definitely start a team,” says Crawford.

Individuals may also sign up for the Wofford Re-lay event without joining a team.

“If you’re really interested in Relay for Life, come to one of our planning meetings. They’ll be held ev-ery other Monday starting March 2. We’d love for anyone who feels passionate about Relay to join us,” says Crawford.

These planning meetings will be publicized in the Daily Announcement emails.

“Relay for Life is a great opportunity to truly make a difference in a lot of lives. It’s easy, it’s fun and you are actually saving lives through your con-tribution,” says Crawford. “If you’ve never heard of Relay for Life or you just want to learn more, con-tact any of the event co-chairs; we’d love to tell you more.”

For more information, please email crawfordlv@email.wofford.edu

by Sarah Madden, Contributing Writer

St. Patrick’s Day in the southeastS t r e e t f e s t i v a l s a n d c e l e b r a t i o n s

St. Patrick’s Day began in the fifth century to commemorate St. Patrick during lent with a feast. The day and its traditions have transformed dramatically in modern day America. St. Patrick’s Day is highly associated with pa-rades in the United States. Ac-cording to the History Channel, the tradition of parades and fes-tivals on St. Patrick’s Day in the United States can be drawn back to the Irish immigrant population in America and a growing patrio-tism amongst Irish Americans. The International Business Times calculated in 2014 that about 11 percent of the U.S. population claims Irish ancestry. Not only Irish descendants recognize the day, however. Some of the big-gest celebrations in the United States, hosted in Boston, New York and Chicago bring in hun-dreds of thousands to millions of people in attendance. To-

day, there are over 100 parades across the nation celebrating a day that has become associated with the color green, four-leaf clovers, parades, beer and festi-val style celebration.

Many South Carolinians are familiar with the celebration in Columbia, S.C., known as St. Pat’s in Five Points. The street festival is one of the largest celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day in the south-east, bringing in around 40,000 people. This year the celebra-tion will be held Saturday, March 14, with gates opening at 9 a.m. The schedule includes the Get to the Green running race 10K / 5K / Family Fun 1-Miler at 7:30 a.m. Participants in the road race will be able to enter the festival for free, and it will feature cash awards for age division winners as well as awards for those who are best dressed as leprechauns. Following the race, the Annual St.

Pat’s Parade will begin at 10 a.m., which is free viewing on Devine Street. At noon the festival kicks off Shaggin’ on Santee as well as live music from Four Stages. Fi-nally the festival will finish with a

DJ from 4-7 p.m.Although a slightly farther

drive from Wofford, Savannah, Ga., also hosts an exciting and vibrant St. Patrick’s Day parade and celebration. The parade has

been an event in Savannah for 190 years and features festivals, Irish ceremonies and celebra-tions. The city fountains will be dyed green on March 13 to help color the city green. A festival

on River’s Street on March 14 will feature vendors of restau-rants and bars, music which is played early in the day and into the night, and an overwhelming amount of green worn by festi-val attenders. During the day on Saturday, the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs hosts a Tara Feis Irish celebration to highlight Irish culture through dance, arts and crafts and inter-active activities.

For those interested in mak-ing the drive for a weekend of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Columbia or Savannah, visit their websites at stpatscolumbia.com and savannah.com/savannahs-st-patricks-day-celebration/. Re-gardless of traveling or staying in Spartanburg, everyone can en-joy the holiday the traditionally American way by throwing on something green on March 17.

by Michelle Green, Senior Writer

Relay for Life celebrates cancer survivors while funding research to beat cancer for good, saving more lives in the process. All Wofford students are invited and encouraged to join this effort!

Campus Union on Yik Yak A Resolution to Affirm Support of a Strong Campus Community and to Condemn Hateful DiscourseWHEREAS,

1. Wofford College seeks to provide an academically enriching environ-ment in which to live and learn, and, as a leading liberal arts institution, Wofford College should be a community welcoming of diverse people and ideas, and

2. The right to free speech is fundamental in our society and of special importance to institutions of higher learning for the sake of academic freedom, and

3. Anonymous social apps like Yik Yak have been used as bullying plat-forms and avenues for derisive language that detract from an academi-cally enriching environment and a welcoming community, and contin-ued cyber-bullying serves only to tarnish the honor of our fair college and needlessly damage the Wofford community,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Wofford College Campus Union affirm our support for a hospitable campus, close-knit community and an environment that encourages academic exploration and enrich-ment.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Wofford College Campus Union strongly condemns the use of Yik Yak, and other mediums, for the purposes of cyber-bullying and promoting derisive language that fos-ters discord in our community, as such actions have no place within a college committed to honor and integrity; and we urge our fellow students to follow in the tradition of a liberal arts education by com-municating with respect.

FURTHER, that the Wofford College Campus Union affirms our belief that the bedrock of an academically enriching environment is freedom – of thought, speech and expression, and to that end do not support efforts to ban the use of Yik Yak or other social media platforms on our campus.

Proposed by: Members of the Wofford Community

Sponsored by: Allen Lollis, Drake McCormick on Feb. 23, 2015 The Old Gold and Black staff distributes newspapers rain, snow or shine.

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Wo f f o r d A r t i s a n M a r k e tU n i f y i n g t h e c r e a t i v e a c r o s s c a m p u s

Wofford Artisan Market is one of 10 project finalists that will take the stage at Wofford’s third annual Impact and Launch Competition on Saturday, March 28, from 5 - 9:30 p.m. The project, led by seniors Sarah Baldwin and Mills Brown, supports student artists and entrepreneurs and gives them a platform to branch out and sell their merchandise. As artists and members of The Space to Im-pact, Baldwin and Brown wanted to put together a not-for-profit project that would benefit Wofford’s growing art community.

Baldwin and Brown have always been interested in the arts and plan to continue to pursue careers in business and the arts after graduating in May. Brown has been a part of The Space to Impact for the past three years, and Baldwin has been a part of the program for the past two years.

For busy student artists, Baldwin and Brown’s project is an enormous aid in getting their creations out to the public.

“We both realize how difficult it is to balance academia and a personal business venture,” says Baldwin. “So we wanted to create a unified platform for student artists to showcase and promote their craft without feeling intimi-dated or overwhelmed.”

With the help of Courtney Shelton in The Space, they were able to get their idea up and running.

The two were inspired by the recent growth of the arts at Wofford, and began promoting the project through the daily announcements and at the interest fair last fall. They also created an Instagram and Facebook page to further promote the project and direct audiences to the blog. Selected artisans are interviewed and images of their work are collected. All of this is featured on the blog at woffordartisanmarket.wordpress.com. Baldwin and Brown try to feature at least one student artist a week, and they hope to begin featuring professors and alumni in the near future. So far there are 10 artisans featured on the blog with crafts ranging from making bread to re-furbishing typewriters.

Wofford Artisan Market has proved that creative talent is abundant in the Wofford community, and that the need for the Center for the Arts is great. Although this started off as a project for Wofford students, Baldwin and Brown are looking into collaborating with a few off-campus or-ganizations. One idea is to have an off-campus market where students can sell their creations to the public.

“Wofford Artisan Market is a support group for creative minds,” says Brown. “Our mission is to share Wofford’s artistic talent with the campus and the community. We hope Wofford Artisan Market will inspire students to con-tinue creating and promoting their work!”

by Jewell Singleton, Staff Writer

Wofford in the snow

Sarah Baldwin and Mills Brown market and promote student artists in the Wofford community.

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Walking in a Wofford WonderlandIt is difficult to deny the beauty of Wofford’s small but mighty cam-

pus during any season. The bright colors of spring or the warm colors of fall make this campus a sight to behold. Regardless of the angle or the time of day, whether it’s walking to class in the afternoon, ventur-ing home from the Row at midnight, or dragging yourself and your books away from Milliken in the wee hours of the morning, the beauty and grandeur of Old Main is always striking. Yet, whenever there is snow on campus, something even more magical happens. With a fresh blanket of pure white snow, the campus transforms into a winter won-derland or, if you will, a Wofford Wonderland.

Any time snow is in the forecast feelings of excitement and joy emerge with the promise of sledding, snowmen and beautiful flurries. But as we in the South tend to dramatize any and all weather situa-tions that waiver from sunny and warm, snow brings feelings of panic, caution and often a declaration of a State of Emergency. South Caro-lina Governor Nikki Haley declared such a State of Emergency for 31 counties in the Upstate, Pee Dee and Midlands of the state on Feb. 25. While most people around South Carolina rushed to the store for the essentials (milk, bread, water and hot chocolate) to prepare for the impending “snowpacolypse”, in typical Terrier fashion, Wofford stu-dents were busy brainstorming ideas for making the most of their time with the snow. Rumors flew of cancelled classes, plans for campus wide snowball fights were made, talks of building a Phase VI of The Village entirely out of igloos were in the works. As the first enormous fluffy white snow flakes fell, the excitement in the air was palpable. Then, the email came that Thursday classes would be delayed a whole two hours and the party really began.

Snowballs flew all across campus, from porch to porch in The Village, across the horseshoe, between the freshman dorms and even in the parking lots. Some students channeled their inner Michelangelo and

sculpted snowmen, such as the Snow Jedi equipped with a light saber that was created by senior and snowman enthusiast, Worth McMillan. Senior Leah Hunter took a more adventurous route by choosing to sled in Gibbs stadium, a task that she says she’d always wanted to do.

“It took me four years but I finally managed to cross sledding at Gibbs Stadium off of my Wofford bucket list. Although, since we used a plastic storage bucket lid, I’m not quite sure you could really call it sledding – more us just pushing each other down the hill.” Regardless, sledding, pushing and flopping at Gibbs Stadium is a legendary Wof-ford tradition all students hope to experience.

As with most traditions at Wofford, how students choose to spend their “snow day” hasn’t changed much over the years. Dean Bigger recounted similar experiences from a snow day in 1981 when she was a Wofford Student.

“Like today’s students, my friends and I loved when it snowed,” says Bigger. “First, because it made the campus even more beautiful. Second, because one or two of our classes were cancelled because a professor could not get to campus. Third, it broke up one’s weekly routine and you may find yourself playing in the snow with students with whom you normally did not cross paths.”

Regardless of what students choose to do, whether it’s snuggling up in your dorm with a cup of hot chocolate or making snow angels in front of Old Main, there is something magical about snow days at Wofford. Even though classes continue, tests are taken and studying is unavoidable, students manage to find the beauty, and especially the fun, in experiencing Wofford in the snow. Though it may not get them out of classes, what snow at Wofford does do is present the students with an opportunity to see and experience their beloved campus in an entirely different light – a brilliant bright white light that makes the campus sparkle and shine unlike anything imaginable.

by Sara Frances Koontz, Contributing Writer

3 . 1 0 . 1 5 O G & B 4 S P O R T SSenior Spotlight: Lauren DunbarThe senior hopes that her last tour with the Terriers is the best one yet

After notching two wins in tournaments in the fall, Lauren Dunbar is determined to make this spring her best season yet. The senior averaged 77 a round during the first half of the season. Her two victories this season mark the first time she has fin-

ished at the top spot since the 2011-2012 season. In her career Dunbar has 11 top 10 finishes and a career low round of 70. At the Bearcat Classic in Oc-tober, which she won, she shot a 71 – one stroke off her career best in college. Before the season kicks in to full-gear, Dunbar took the time to reflect on her athletic career at Wofford and reveal what is to come in her near future.

What got you interested in golf as a child? I use to imitate my dad’s and frandfather’s swing

growing up. My dad would cook dinner and prac-tice his golf swing in the kitchen, and I would copy him. My parents saw my interest and bought me some plastic clubs to start out. I fell in love with the game then.

What is the intensity level of the final few holes of a tournament you have a chance to win?

You can definitely feel some nerves if you know you are in contention, but it is also an exciting and fun feeling to be in that position. It shows that the hard work you have put in is paying off, which is a great feeling by itself.

Did you experience that in your two wins so far this school year?

Both tournaments were cut short. In the first tournament we played in rainy and cold conditions. I knew I was playing some steady golf in the tough

conditions, but I stayed in the process and was able to put up a good score. It just so happened that the tournament was shortened to one day, and I was leading.

The first round of the second tournament was canceled, so going into the second day of the tour-nament everyone knew that it was going to be just an 18-hole event instead of a 36-hole event. I didn’t have any nervous feelings. I was just trying to make some pars and finish my round strong. The condi-tions were cold and windy, and the scores were higher than I thought. My score ended up being good enough. I just tried to stay patient with the wind throughout the day, and it paid off.

How much do you practice weekly to keep your golf game consistent?

I practice about six days a week. I work on dif-ferent drills to keep my ball striking consistent and different short game drills to continue to improve my game around the green. Golf is an up and down sport, so there are times when your game is on and there will be times when you will be struggling, but as long as I learn from my mistakes and struggles, I know I will become a more consistent player.

What is your favorite club to hit with? I love my pitching wedge. It is a club that I have

used for a lot of drills, and I feel if I am hitting it well that it will carry through the other clubs in my bag.

How much of a team sport is college golf? College golf is a team sport, but also individual

at the same time. Each teammate is competing against one another to travel to a tournament. It is competitive, but we are still supportive and encour-aging of each other. It helps us to become better players and people.

How has your role changed, as you have become one of the more experienced, older golfers on the team?

I don’t think my role has changed much. I try to pass on as much knowledge that I can to my team-mates on school, golf, time management or any-thing else they have a question about. I just try to set a good example.

Funniest moment with the team? We have all types of personalities on the team,

so there is never a dull moment when we are all together! The funniest moments probably happen on the bus rides, which include some singing and dancing at times.

What’s next after college for you?I plan to follow my dreams to play professional

golf! I plan to go to Q-school in the fall to start my professional journey. One day I hope to start some type of environmental foundation to merge my two passions: environmental protection and golf.

by Kyle Hofmann, Contributing Writer

While the season is still underway, Dunbar is staring down an opportunity to play professionally after school.

Photo courtesy of Mark Olencki.

Wofford baseball achieves strongest start in team’s Division I eraT h e c l o s e - k n i t g r o u p o f p l a y e r s s h o w s p r o m i s e f o r t h e 2 0 1 5 s e a s o n

Last year, Wofford’s baseball team fell to Samford in the semi-finals of the Southern Conference tournament. The team complet-ed their season with a record of 32-28 overall, achieving their first winning record since 1992 and their first since becoming a Divi-sion I program. Head Coach Todd Interdonato has even higher ex-pectations for this season.

“Last year we made a jump for-ward instead of a step forward. We expect to be better this year than we were last year,” Interdo-nato says.

This year the Terriers began their season with a 7-0 winning streak, which is the strongest start in the team’s Division I era. Interdonato attributes a large part of the team’s early success to the players’ offseason individ-ual work.

“I could tell that nobody took any time off,” Interdonato says. “[The players] actually had im-proved from the end of the fall to the beginning of the spring instead of plateauing out or tak-ing a step backwards. They were better than they were when they left for Christmas break, and they really held themselves account-able.”

The team’s defense has always been strong; however, the Terri-ers have been more successful with their offensive game thus

far. “We haven’t played quite as

sound of defense as we would’ve liked so far, but I think that will be a strength for us as we get into the rhythm of the season. We have been doing better of-fensively than we anticipated,” Interdonato says.

Senior pitcher Connell Ander-son agrees.

“One thing that has been a pleasant surprise is that we’ve

been hitting for power a lot more than we expected to,” Anderson adds. “We’re hitting a lot of dou-bles and more homeruns than usual.”

Interdonato also says how im-portant team chemistry will be to having a successful season.

“There’s so much downtime in baseball that team chemistry is of the utmost importance. I think one of our advantages is how well our players get along.”

Anderson adds how the team is particularly close this year.

“This is the probably the clos-est group we’ve had in my four years. Guys are a little more con-fident in themselves and in each other.”

Concerning conference play, Georgia Southern, last year’s conference champion, has left the conference as well as Elon, Appalachian State, and David-son. Mercer, ETSU, and VMI have

joined the conference. Interdo-nato believes that the Terriers have a great opportunity to be successful in the new confer-ence.

“I think the preseason polls were pretty jumbled because nobody knows what to expect. Having last year in the back of the players’ heads will help them have confidence both individu-ally and collectively,” the coach says.

However, Interdonato explains the importance of not dwelling on last year’s success too much and turning focus to the season that lies ahead.

“We just try to wipe the slate clean and build from step one again because you have to lay a good foundation every year.”

In addition to having new teams join the Southern Confer-ence, the Terriers have added new personnel to the coach-ing staff. J.T. Maguire joined the coaching staff in the fall as a vol-unteer assistant and has been contributing to coaching the mental side of the game.

“J.T. has been a really good sounding board for our guys and talks to them about the men-tal approach and how to handle failure, success and how to think through everything,” Interdonato says. “Baseball is a very thinking-man’s game, we have an incred-

ibly intelligent team.”Anderson explains exactly how

the coaches help with the mental aspect of baseball.

“Something the coaches preach is taking it one pitch at a time, one inning at a time, one game at a time, and focusing on your immediate next step.”

Interdonato explains his eager-ness to see the team chemistry, mental side of the game, and the skillsets of the players come to-gether throughout the season.

“I am most excited about see-ing what this team is going to look like late in the year. I think we have a chance to be a good team; we’ve gotten off to a pretty good start, but I’m most excited to see when everyone gets more comfortable and develop deeper relationships what it looks like.”

Interdonato encourages the Wofford community to come out and support the team this spring.

“I think we play an exciting type of baseball,” Interdonato says, and he is not wrong; the Terriers led the nation in sto-len bases last year with 153. “If people come out and watch, they will see how excitable and ener-getic our dugout is. The players create an electric atmosphere.”

by Tanner Kaplan, Contributing Writer

Senior James Plaisted at bat against Boston College. The Terriers won the game 8-4.

Wofford Women’s Tennis shows promising start for 2015 seasonA f t e r s t r o n g e s t s t a r t s i n c e 2 0 0 8 , t h e t e a m c o n t i n u e s t o g r o w

Last year Wofford’s Women’s Ten-nis team fell to Furman in the second round of the Southern Conference tour-nament after defeating Davidson in the first round. The Terriers completed their season with a 6-16 record overall and a 1-8 record in conference play. This year, the team had their strongest start since 2008 after achieving a four-match win-ning streak and a record of 4-2 overall. Head Coach Krissy Hall sees the team beginning at a very high level.

“I see us developing perfectly through this first month of the season,” Hall says.

Despite Davidson breaking the Terri-ers’ winning streak, Hall sees the team continuing to grow.

“I saw us doing the right things, and if you can do what you do in practice and transfer that to a match, eventually you’re going to see the results that you want. We didn’t get the win [at David-son], but I really feel like we got better.”

Last year’s Southern Conference Champion, Elon, has left the conference, and Mercer and ETSU have joined the conference. Hall says that this transition is an exciting time for the team and the conference as a whole.

“It’s kind of wide open right now. There’s not a favorite going in,” Hall says. “It’s really exciting to see how we’re go-ing to push each other as a conference, and I think we’re all going to make each other better.”

This year, the women’s team is par-ticularly young with just one senior, Au-drey Coventry, and one junior, Mareli Sanchez. Hall believes that the young age level is a positive contributor to the team dynamic.

“I think being a young team is awe-some. There’s so much potential in these women, and I really think they’re all just so excited to be at Wofford. The excite-ment level and the energy level has been great so far, and I attribute that to the younger players and the upperclassmen as well. If the younger girls don’t bring that excitement level in, then the dy-namic is not the same.”

Coventry also sees benefits in having a young team.

“You would expect the only senior to feel a lot of pressure to step up, but the whole team is really mature and has a lot of leadership and motivation,” Cov-entry adds. “Sometimes they might look to me for example, but I look to them for an example to follow as well.”

Concerning goals for the season, Hall explains the team’s decision to not set any outcome goals.

“We are not going to say, ‘we want to beat this team’ or ‘we want to finish in this place in the conference.’ We are go-ing to take care of what we need to take care of on the preparation side and not focus so much on who we are playing.”

Coventry adds how the choice to not

set outcome goals can benefit the team.“I feel like we’re not under as much

pressure if we don’t set outcome goals,” the senior says. “If we go in with expec-tations of how many matches we should win, we’re going to go into those match-es feeling really nervous, and that never

does any good. So now we just need to focus on being positive and the results will come.”

Hall says that the team has already shown a lot of growth and believes that the team can have great success this year.

“I think the biggest change I have

seen so far is in our mental training. All of these girls have so much talent, and it’s just them realizing that they can compete with anyone if they have the right mindset.”

by Tanner Kaplan, Contributing Writer

Sophomore Taylor Carlson is one of the many underclassmen that contribute to the team’s success.

3 . 1 0 . 1 5 O G & B 5 A R T S & C U L T U R E S

Buenos observations from Buenos AiresA look at a slower state of mind

The time zone is not the only difference in time be-tween American and Latin American cultures. In a world that has become obsessed with the instantaneous, Ar-gentina has found a way to press pause.

In general, schedules are not as strictly defined by time as they are in the United States. If you plan on something taking one hour, it’s completely acceptable if it takes an hour and a half instead. If you set a meet-ing time for some activity, being 10 minutes late, or even more, does not reflect upon one’s personality as lazy or apathetic like it would in the United States. Not accomplishing things according to the time limit they were intended to follow is not a cause for frustration or anxiety. Sea lo que sea.

But more specifically, people do not rush through the day simply to accomplish activity after activity. You can pay for a drink in a café and stay all day. The waiter will

not passive aggressively slide you the bill, silently en-couraging you to move along. In fact, he won’t bother you at all until you ask him for your check.

Being a city comparable to the size of Chicago, get-ting from place to place in Buenos Aires involves sub-ways, buses and a good pair of walking shoes. Walking across several lanes of one-way traffic is a common oc-currence on any typical route, but you will not see any power walkers. You may see a mother casually pushing her baby in a stroller or an elderly man crossing with his cane, but nobody in a rush to get out of the way of the hundreds of cars. The most efficient person you will find crossing the street will be on a bike.

Even the meals reflect this easier-going state of mind. Dinner is normally between 8 and 9 in the evening (which, by the way, is a very hard thing for an American to adjust to). No one is in a hurry to finish their day, and

I have to wonder if it’s because their days are slightly less miserable than those of us who barely breathe be-tween the time we wake up and the time we go to sleep – if there’s even time to sleep.

Wofford is a very internationally minded college. Stu-dents are encouraged to study abroad because living in a different culture and experiencing other people’s realities allows you to have a better grip on your own. This is exactly what Buenos Aires has done for me in the mere four days I’ve been here. I have already been challenged to slow down and enjoy even the moments that seem insignificant. Enjoying your time shouldn’t be a country specific practice, so I extend this challenge to the entire Wofford community. Chao.

by Katie Sanders, Staff Writer

Coffee is an anytime drink in Argen-tina. When you’re at lunch at your

favorite corner café, you can grab a cappuccino like this one for an after-

noon pick me up.

D i s e a s e d b y D u b l i nThe internal monologue of a sick student abroad

The faculty of any study abroad program always emphasizes that a student abroad should fully im-merse themselves into the culture of the country they will be living in for the entire semester. Taking this to heart, I found that there is such a thing as having too much immersion of a culture, and that line is crossed when you start to catch their sick-nesses. As always, the following examples in no way reflect my personal experiences because as a professional traveler-extraordinaire, I know how to take better care of myself. Please take note as you read the thought process of a sick student abroad:

Day 1: I feel sick but I am going to pretend that I am actually okay because I can’t waste time being sick: I have to go touch the Eiffel Tower and climb the Guinness factory and take a selfie with Michel-angelo’s David. If I pretend my sickness does not ex-ist, then it will go away and then I will be free to lick the Leaning Tower of Pisa or roll around in the snow of Denmark. I do not think this plan will backfire at all. I am confident in my abilities to not be sick, similar to my abilities to successfully find the right gate at the airport. Except for that one time. But I digress.

Day 3: My refusal to accept my condition contin-ues on. Sure, I am falling asleep in my classes only to wake myself up with my own coughing. If I were to describe how I felt on a scale between shattered glass and fluffy puppies, I would probably fall un-der “used gum found on the ground.” However, I still push onward. I make sure to post a charming photo of Dublin onto my Instagram so everyone knows I am having an awesome time. I sneeze so hard though that I drop my phone and almost step on it. I must be more careful next time.

Day 4: I have been offered to go on a trip this weekend. Since I am NOT sick, I accept. Whatev-er my sniffles are, they will be cleared up by next weekend. I am not worried.

Day 6: I am now moderately worried. The oth-ers are starting to suspect something is wrong with me. The word “doctor” has been flung around care-lessly. I will not see a doctor in a foreign country.

They could shove things up my nose. That may be their custom. I said I would integrate myself into their culture, not my nostrils. My stubbornness has won out for now. I attempt to go through an entire day of classes but have to leave halfway through my second class. I have now moved on from “used gum found on the ground” to “moldy Peeps left in microwave for too long.” Despite the joy one may receive from Peeps, this is actually a downgrade. My throat is so sore that I feel like there is a sword constantly attacking it. But again, I am completely fine. No worries here. I am always full of energy, es-pecially after I take unexpected four hour naps each day. Yes, I am as healthy as can be.

Day 8: My denial has at last reached its breaking point. I am on the floor, staring up at the ceiling. Every inch of me aches. My head feels like it might explode. Could I truly be sick? My roommate gazes down on me from her chair. Go to bed, she says. I tell her I will be fine in five minutes and then I can go to class. She rolls her eyes. I think she knows now officially. I have been found out. I cough, which makes my throat hurt, which makes me groan in pain, which makes me cough, which then makes my throat hurt. It is a vicious cycle I live in.

Day 9: Everyone has left for the weekend except for me. Since I feel so much better today—I success-fully walked from my bed to the kitchen without feeling like I was going to pass out—I have decided to stay home in Dublin to speed up my recovery. It will be fun, I’m sure of it.

Day 9, later: I miss seeing people. What do hu-man voices sound like? I go on YouTube to remind myself of what civilization looks like.

Day 10: I am out of food. But I have no energy to get food. I stare sadly at a jar of Irish peanut butter, mediocre in comparison to my home coun-try’s recipe. In fact, I start to think more about my home country. What is it called again? I laugh at myself because I am my only friend this weekend. The laughter makes me cough. The cough hurts my throat. I groan. I cough. I wince. I can’t even recall what was so funny. All I want is my bed in America

that doesn’t have three springs stabbing me in the back constantly throughout the night.

Day 11: The others have returned. I calmly beg everyone to let me see them. I believe no one sus-pects that I missed them greatly, for that would be quite embarrassing. Sure, I squeal and jump up and down as well as I can with my sickness when I am reunited with my humans, but again, I am sure no one suspects a thing.

Day 12: I go to the doctor. The abroad staff mem-bers were worried about me and kindly forced me to go. The doctor is nice and laughs with me, or per-haps at me, as she tells me I have tonsillitis. I hold my throat. Fear strikes me—do I have to lose my or-gans now? The doctor continues to laugh at me as she prescribes me some fun drugs to calm down my apparently party animal tonsils. After having medi-cation, I realize how much pain I was in. Perhaps I

was a bit stubborn about being sick. Maybe even a little bit stupid. Or a lot a bit stupid. I now see a light at the end of the tunnel, a world where I can eat solid food and stand up for more than five minutes at a time. I journey onward.

Being sick abroad is not the most fun experience, but it is still an interesting experience to have. Who knew doctors in Ireland thought tonsillitis was so funny? Certainly not me. I mean, I would have gone immediately to the doctor as a responsible adult would do because this story in no way reflects my experiences in Dublin. Even so, the moral of the story is that while opportunities may be waiting for you at Wofford or out in the world, you should not pretend that your tonsillitis is just a passing cold so that you do not miss out. It is not worth it in the end, not even for the sad meal of Irish peanut but-ter you slowly eat by the spoonful.

by Elaine Best, Staff writer

The survival kit of a student who is sick abroad, varying from the good and healthy to the good and hearty.

Leap of faith Cliff jumping in Majorca, Spain

One foot on the edge of the cliff, weight forward and poised to fall, I watch the dark ocean waves break against the rocky Mediterranean shore.

“Keep your head straight,” says Miguel, our guide. “It keeps the water from rushing your face.”

He motions with his hands in case his words are buried in his accent.

The ocean expands into the horizon and the clear sky, a miraculous day of sunshine in an otherwise cloudy forecast. The heat radiates off of our wet-suits and hovers under our helmets and life jackets. The water looks refreshing.

I count to three in my head. The ground disap-pears beneath my feet. I step off the ledge, cross my arms over my chest and for a few seconds I’m free falling.

I plunge into the water before my life jacket rips me from the depths. I’m struck by the initial chill, my bare hands going numb. But when I break the

surface, I’m laughing and choking up seawater.I have to fight against the waves and bring myself

to the shore to climb up the cliff face, preparing to jump again.

“Oh my God,” says Miguel, our guide, as I struggle to grasp a hold on a blind turn. I hang off of the cliff, my hands scratched and sliced by the sharp, rocky exterior. I use the full force of my pathetic American noodle arms to swing myself around the bend, all while keeping an eye out for sea urchins. My feet scrape the rocks.

Miguel moves with ease, holding on with one hand. His companion guide Ferdinand is silent until I lose my balance.

“Aquí, aquí,” he says, gesturing to the rocks that I need to grab.

When we finally reach the top of the cliffs, it’s time to jump again, higher this time. The process repeats itself.

Majorca is an island off of the coast of Spain. Feb-ruary is the rainy season when the almond trees explode into bloom. The capital, Palma, sits on a rugged coastline. Ancient Arab baths, drained and cracked, are nestled into the stone streets. The ca-thedral and its gardens spill into the city center, and small tiendas sell postcards on every corner.

Bar Coto, a bright, hot-pink themed restaurant grabs our attention. Decorated with posh pillows, bowls of fruit perched on wooden tables and paint-ings of Frida Kahlo, Bar Coto serves a mixture of Indian and Italian food. Our German waiter speaks Spanish and a little bit of English. We’re served hot and spicy soup, shrimp pasta and sangria all at once.

A wooden train runs from Palma to the nearby Soller, a town surrounded by looming mountains rolled in fog. Soller itself is deserted, as all the shops close at one. The rain falls light and steady.

Every road ends in a dead end. Orange groves and lemon trees speckle the deep, greenish-gray fields of the countryside.

We spend an afternoon wandering the empty streets, stopping in the only open cafes to pass the time and watch the rain fall. There’s simply nothing else to do.

Away from civilization are the cliffs. Miguel him-self has cut the foliage away to make a road.

Abseiling down the cliff side, I lose my footing and slip into the rocks. I’m grateful for the ropes this time. My feet finally touch the ground, a steep incline of a cave in the cliff face. I unhook my cara-bineers and send the ropes back to the top. I rest in the cave and wait for my friends to join me, watch-ing the waves break and send salty white spray over the rocks, a constant rise and fall.

I’ve never seen this side of the ocean.by Addie Lawrence, Staff writer

In the off-season, the Majorca beaches are largely deserted. In the summer, they’ll be filled with tourists. Almond groves blossom in February and populate the space between Palma and Soller

WHAT’S UP AT WOFFORD6 O G & B 3 . 1 0 . 1 5

March events at Wofford CollegeConcerts, lectures, exhibitions highlight month’s activities

March will be filled with Women’s History Month events, music, lectures and gallery exhibitions at Wofford College, along with other activities.

Thursday, March 12 Executive Speaker Series: “Marketing for the NBA” Speaker: Kent Christian ’00 11-11:50 a.m., The Space in the Mungo Center

Thursday, March 12 Faculty Talk: “The Behavioral Economics of Incentives” Speaker: Jer-emy Henkel, assistant professor of philosophy 3:45-5 p.m., Gray-Jones Room, Burwell Building

Thursday, March 12 Opening Reception: “Sustaining and Spreading the Revolution” exhibi-tion 4-6 p.m., Martha Cloud Chapman Gallery, Campus Life Building

Thursday, March 12 Troubadour Series Concert: Gohar Vardanyan 7-8 p.m., Leonard Audi-torium, Main Building

Friday, March 13 Women’s History Month: SCATE Night 7 p.m., Campus Life Building.

Tuesday, March 17History Lecture: Dr. Lydia D. Murdoch, Vassar College4-5:30 p.m., Olin Teaching Theater, Franklin W. Olin Building

Thursday, March 19 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture: Dr. Susan Griswold 11 a.m., Leonard Audito-rium, Main Building

Thursday, March 19 Women’s History Month: Lady Parts Poetry Reading 6:30 p.m., Hub City Bookstore, downtown Spartanburg

Friday, March 20 Women’s History Month: “Feminism and the Legacies of Armed Strug-gle in Kurdistan” Speaker: Susan Benson-Sokmen, University of Toron-to 4 p.m., Olin Teaching Theater, Franklin W. Olin Building

Wednesday, March 25 World Film Series: “Love” 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Olin Teaching The-ater, Franklin W. Olin Building

Saturday, March 28 The Space Impact & Launch Competition 4-10 p.m., The Michael S. Brown Village CenterTen talented, motivated Wofford students will pitch their businesses or social-good projects for a chance to win $20,000 in cash and prizes. The public is invited to come out and support their favorite students as they compete before a panel of judges.

Tuesday, March 31 Conference on Gender 4-8 p.m., Montgomery Room, Burwell BuildingUndergraduates from Wofford College, Converse College and the Uni-versity of South Carolina Upstate will present examples of excellent writing and research on issues of gender.

GALLERY EXHIBITIONS:Sunday, March 1, through Tuesday, March 31 “Sustaining and Spreading the Revolution: Cuban Political Propaganda Posters from the Collection of Lindsay Webster” Martha Cloud Chap-man Gallery, Campus Life Building, and Sandor Teszler Library Gallery

Following the Cuban Revolution, the new Communist government used political posters to convey important revolutionary themes, such as anti-Americanism and solidarity with anti-colonial movements around the world. The vivid and creative designs of the posters dem-onstrate how Cuban artists were able to develop their own style to ex-press these ideas. This is a unique collection of rarely displayed Cuban political posters generously loaned by Lindsay Webster. The opening reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in the Martha Cloud Chapman Gallery in the Campus Life Building.

Sunday, March 1, through Tuesday, March 31 Women’s History Month: “Women at Wofford: Images from the Ar-

chives” Sandor Teszler Library

Sustaining and Spreading the RevolutionNew exhibit combines politics with art

After the recent announcement revealing the reinstate-ment of diplomatic relations with Cuba, the Sustaining and Spreading the Revolution art exhibit conveniently provides the background for the political turmoil and instability ex-perienced within the country. The exhibit opened March 1 at the Martha Cloud Chapman Gallery features Cuban posters of revolutionary themes such as solidarity and anti-colonial/anti-American movements and the importance of the communist movement worldwide. These posters will be presented in conjunction with Dr. Rachel Vanderhill’s government class, which focuses on the study of violent and non-violent revolutions around the world and transi-tions to democracy or regime change.

The exhibit was planned last semester when Vanderhill and Arts Coordinator Youmi Efurd attended a lecture given by the collector, Lindsey Webster. Webster has been col-lecting political posters for several years and has lent a por-tion of this collection to Wofford. The works in this exhibit were largely produced in the 1960s and 1970s, which was the period of peak production for political posters. Fea-tured pieces include work by Félix Beltrán and Rene Made-ros, both internationally acclaimed artists.

“I appreciate how the posters graphically depict the ideo-logical conflicts of the time period,” says Vanderhill. “The posters demonstrate how Cuban artists developed their own visual style separate from the social realism of Soviet

communism. The political messages are very direct and powerful in many of the posters.”

Similarly, Efurd’s favorite aspect of the exhibit is the indi-vidualized artistry of the many posters.

“I love their artistic creativity with attempting to convey the theme of Cuban assistance of anti-colonialism through-out the world. Mostly printed by the Organization of Soli-darity of the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America, the posters exhibit unique designs and vibrant colors, and they were distributed in four languages to 87 countries.”

Vanderhill is excited for the exhibit as it allows students to study and think about the Cuban Revolution and its glob-al impact in a tangible and unique way.

“The posters visually demonstrate how the Cuban gov-ernment used themes of international solidarity and anti-Americanism to gain legitimacy and maintain its rule fol-lowing the Cuban Revolutions,” says Vanderhill.

On March 12, the opening reception for the exhibit will be held from 4 – 6 p.m. at the gallery and will feature talks from both Vanderhill and Webster. Refreshments will be served. Students are also encouraged to view the Sandor Teszler Gallery as it will house a continuation of the Sustain-ing and Spreading Revolution exhibit. The Teszler Gallery works will relate to gender-oriented themes in honor of Na-tional Women’s History Month, such as the roles of women during revolution.

by Kelsey Aylor, Contributing Writer

Many of the posters feature simplified forms and figures with vibrant colors and engaging backgrounds.

When prospective students go on a college tour, they always ask the same questions. “How are the social events? What’s the academic rigor like? How is the food?” College life tends to center around the dining hall, and for good reason – students have to eat. Burwell, being the col-lege’s main dining hall, recently had new life breathed into it, with new lighting and new photographs. But, what about the food?

Freshman Reid Schuster finds him-self eating at Burwell seven to eight times a week. Still he admits that he tries to “avoid Burwell whenever pos-sible, usually by going to Zach’s” or by eating off campus. Schuster shares a common love of Burwell breakfast, but would appreciate Burwell being open for a longer period of time, as well as “making sure any meat pre-pared is not excessively dry and taste-less.” Schuster also complains that the food in Burwell is repetitive and finds himself sick of it, and it’s only his first year on campus.

Sarah Peters, a sophomore, rarely finds herself even eating on campus. She eats frequently at Panera Bread or Moe’s, and she consistently sup-ports downtown Spartanburg eater-ies like: Cribbs, Groucho’s Deli, Lime Leaf, Wild Wings, Wild Ace’s, Dela-ny’s, Monsoon Noodle House and Mi-yako Sushi Group. When Peters does eat on campus, she eats at Phase V.

“I would like to see tastier food op-tions and an accurate menu,” says Peters of her Burwell experience. “I would like fresher and healthier food options, and more choices.” Peters says that over her two years at Wof-ford, the food has remained “sub-par.”

Senior Alex Dunlap says he rarely, if ever, eats in Burwell. Dunlap fre-quents Phase V and Zach’s on cam-pus, and constantly finds himself eat-ing off campus.

“I want better quality food, less salt and less grease. Eating campus food shouldn’t make me feel sick,” says

Dunlap. “I’ve been to Burwell once my senior year, and it was still terrible. I wish they spent all the money they did redecorating it on buying us ed-ible food.” Over his years at Wofford, Dunlap has seen the food degrade in quality and is upset about the end of the traditional “wing night.”

You may have heard the recent buzz on campus following a petition to im-prove the dining options at Wofford. Within a few days of Interim, the “Ac-tivism” class went from listening to a guest speaker talk about immigration reform to posting an official petition on the food at Wofford.

Junior Holten Fields describes the process:

It was a very organic process. It started with a lobbyist who came in to talk to us about immigration reform. He started off talking about this and had a whole case study that he was going to show us, but then he said, almost off hand, ‘So what is some-thing on campus that you would like to change?’ And, of course, the class was mostly football or basketball players, both girls and guys, and they all said the food in Burwell. Everyone chimed in and that is when he started writing it down. Everyone jumped on board. And he said, ‘You know what? Forget about the case study, let’s just talk about this and how to advance this cause.’ So that is where it started. Before you knew it, a week and a half later we had a petition with 500 sig-natures. The petition was the result of everyone in the class. It was also thanks to our professors Dr. Laura Barbas Rhoden and Dr. Beate Brun-ow. After three days, the petition had about 489 signatures. At that point, we were contacted by someone in the President’s office saying that Dr. Samhat wanted us to move forward and do something about the food on campus and encourage more student involvement in the process. I always wanted to make a difference when it comes to committees on campus and making real change. So I got togeth-

er with two others and actually met with the Executive Assistant to the President Amanda Gilman, Aramark Management, the college’s Vice Pres-ident for Marketing Annie Mitchell, and Provost Dennis Wiseman.

The class also created a Twit-ter called “WoCo Food4Thought,” which can be followed at @WCFood-4Thought. The Twitter account takes student’s comments and complaints and makes them public on one wall. The petition can also be found on the Twitter account.

The petition surprised Jason Da-vidson, general manager of Burwell, as he had not received any negative comments or feedbacks previously.

“We are always pleased to hear from students so we may continue to provide the campus community with quality, convenience, value and vari-ety. In order to receive feedback from the Wofford community, we survey students, faculty and staff each year and use this feedback across our op-erations.”

Davidson reminds students that there are comment cards located at all dining facilities, student feed-back sessions and social media pag-es geared toward hearing students’ opinions (@hearmearamark on Twit-ter and @WoffordDining on Insta-gram).

“Most importantly we hope stu-dents, faculty and staff will speak to our managers on duty while they dine with us so we may receive real-time feedback and give us the ability to immediately address any issues,” says Davidson.

The Old Gold and Black encour-ages students to reach out to David-son and other staff with thoughts on Wofford’s current dining options – or, write to us and tell us what you think.

by Maude Porter, Contributing writer

What’s for lunch?Wofford students sign petition to make on-campus dining options better

3 . 1 0 . 1 5 O G & B 7 WHAT’S UP AT WOFFORDWofford’s third annual Impact & Launch CompetitionWhat is it, when is it and why you should attend

Wofford’s third annual Impact and Launch Com-petition will be Saturday, March 28, from 5 - 9 p.m. The Impact and Launch Competition is hosted by The Space, and it is a demo day for student entre-preneurship and social good projects. The Impact and Launch programs are open to students of all majors and emphasize real-world, hands-on learn-ing.

As in years past, the competition is free to attend and includes dinner and a cash bar. Students who are not current participants of the programs are en-couraged to attend the event.

“It’s a Saturday night, and you get to come to

this event to hear what your peers are doing on campus. Let the projects challenge you in different ways. The projects themselves might have nothing to do with what you do on a daily basis, but they can challenge everything you do on a daily basis and give you creative ways to approach that. Come see what students are doing and let that challenge your marketing for your fraternity or sorority, let that challenge you in a classroom or in an inter-view,” says Shelton.

“You have to approach the competition with a willingness to ask questions. You have to be willing to ask your peers hard questions and see how that

relates to you and how that is going to help you get where you’re going” says Boeh.

Besides being an opportunity to learn from peers, the competition is an opportunity for students to network as well.

“I would say that is one of the really exciting parts about this event. It feels professional and also very fun. It feels light hearted, but it also feels like you are in New York. You are hearing these students talk about these really cool things, which allows for an atmosphere for discussion. There is also a bulk of professionals at the event, so you get the oppor-tunity during the dinner to walk around and meet with them and speak with them,” says Shelton.

The New York atmosphere has been an artistic vision for the event since the first competition. The venue at Phase V gives the Impact and Launch Competition an industrial and modern feel, which Shelton and Boeh believe is an incredible location to achieve their desired atmosphere. They explain that part of the atmosphere this year will be in-spired by student projects.

“The venue matches the projects. We play around with different layouts, food, the structure of the program and event works. The projects inspire the venue atmosphere. The programs and crews that help us set-up the event read the projects and look at pictures from the past and try to match that,” Shelton explains.

Ten of the projects will be competing for cash prizes on the event stage, pitching their projects to judges. Five of those will be from the Impact pro-gram and five will be from Launch. The competition will display all of the students’ projects, however, in an expo format. For Boeh, this is the most exciting part of the competition.

“The most exciting part is that everybody gets to showcase their idea. Even if you’re not a finalist you still get time to showcase your idea. A student

attending the Impact and Launch Competition may run into a friend and learn about their project that you never knew they were doing. At most colleges the focus would only be on the 10 finalist—we fo-cus on every student. And we have even more stu-dents involved this year—more of the general stu-dent body are participating,” says Boeh.

Senior Kathryn Tacy remembers this being an ex-citing part of attending the competition.

“It was really inspiring to go to the competition because I could see all of the projects that my peers created—both to help the community and launch a business. I was really impressed with their creativ-ity, and it made me very proud to go to a college that encourages students to start their own line of bowties or an organization to help disabled chil-dren in the Spartanburg community.”

Senior Annie Currin enjoys the event with a simi-lar attitude.

“I love how the competition both raises aware-ness and gets the Wofford community involved in all of the exciting new organizations students are starting,” says Currin. “It is interesting to watch how many of the student programs and businesses have grown from freshman year until now.”

The Impact and Launch Competition will take place at the Michael S. Brown Village Center. The schedule includes Impact Pitches from 5 - 6:30, din-ner and expo from 6:30 - 7:45, Launch Pitches from 7:45 -9:15, and an after party and dessert recep-tion from 9:15 - 11. The winners will be announced at 9:45. Those attending the event may register for raffle prizes at each expo station to win prizes at the competition. If you are planning to attend, you will need to register online at wofford.edu/impact-LaunchComp/register.aspx.

by Michelle Green, Senior Writer

The Space’s Jeremy Boeh, Courtney Shelton, Scott Cochran, Lisa Ware, Kelly French, Rebecca Parker, and Jennifer Dillenger at the Impact and Launch Competition in 2014

Zeta Tau Alpha’s 6th annual Shag-A-ThonFeaturing low country jam-balaya, live music and more

The sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha would like to extend an invitation to the entire campus to our annual philanthropy event. From 6 – 10 p.m. on March 25, we will hold our yearly Shag-A-Thon right here on campus, in Phase V. There will be a live band, catered low coun-try jambalaya, desserts, raffle prizes, a shagging competition and a chance to honor the people in our community that have survived cancer, the disease that hits close to home for so many.

Philanthropy is an integral part of Zeta’s presence on campus, and we are committed to upholding the virtue of service that we proclaim. The proceeds from this event will help us reach our goal of raising $30,000 to donate to the Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation, which promotes breast cancer awareness and education.

This year, we are making many new improvements to the already successful event. We will have a “survivor walk,” in which various organizations around campus can sponsor a survivor to be honored on stage at the ceremony. We will also have a more formal shag-ging competition, featuring judges from the campus community. The contest will be open to all who are interested, but each pledge class of ZTA will also be nominating a male to represent their class in the competition. The winning couple will be crowned King and Queen. Additionally, this year t-shirts are now available to the entire community – not just the sisters – and II Samuels, a local Spartanburg catering company, is providing low country jambalaya for all guests.

Tickets are available online at ztashagathon.eventbrite.com, or through any Zeta sister on campus. Please contact Elizabeth Mills (millsem@email.wofford.edu) with any ques-tions. We look forward to seeing you there!

Hank Davis reflects on his year as Campus Union presidentWhen Hank Davis took

office in March of 2014 he knew that he had a special opportunity as Campus Union president. The as-sembly recently decided to move the election from March to May – mean-ing that Davis would be president for 14 months. Davis says that the sched-ule change created an in-teresting situation for his term.

“It’s been a blessing and a curse. The job has been fun, and I have enjoyed getting to be a part of the process and be in the know of what’s going on at Wofford.”

Davis has had to adjust to some of the difficulties of the long term though.

“The longer that you are in this job the easier it gets to become apathetic about the process. I came in thinking I was going to change a lot of things on this campus, but there are a lot of political realities you run into.”

The challenges that Da-vis is talking about stem from the complicated process of solving campus problems.

“It is frustrating to say the least. You run into so much red tape with col-lege policies and attorneys and it really slows the pro-cess down,” Davis says.

Davis works hard to combat the apathy that grows from the challenges.

“You have to stay posi-tive. I try to find things that I know we can do, even small incremental changes that make student life bet-ter.”

Davis has plans for sev-eral more small changes before the end of his term.

“We are working on adding fire pits to The Vil-lage and getting lights for the beach volleyball area, things like that.” Davis also says Campus Union is working with other groups to fund a speaker system for the renovation of The Galleria in the Michael S.

Brown Village center. Davis has a few months

left in his term and has some goals.

“We have some great ideas; we just need some support from offices on

campus like Development, and that’s a beast in itself.”

Beyond the changes to The Village, Davis says his last few months will be de-voted to changes in food services and a redesign

of the game room in the Campus Life building.

“The biggest thing is that we are forming an ad hoc committee to review the judicial process at Wof-ford. It has been unpopu-lar with the judicial com-mittee because they think Campus Union is trying to start a power grab, but that is the furthest thing from the truth.”

Davis says that the com-mittee will try to ensure that students are receiving fair treatment.

“There is a feeling on campus that if you get in trouble you are ‘guilty until proven innocent’ and that is really messed up. That should never be the case.”

Davis is hoping that Campus Union’s commit-tee can improve the sys-tem for students.

Despite his issues with the bureaucracy that sometimes slows down ac-tion in Campus Union, Da-vis is confident about the body’s future.

“The future of Campus Union is bright. It is one of the longest lasting and healthiest organizations at Wofford. It is still the best way to get plugged into being an active participant in student life at Wofford.”

Davis’ biggest worry about the future of the body is apathetic repre-sentatives.

“People get elected just to pad their resume and they don’t participate in meetings. I wish that I could kick those people out.”

Davis is confident that there are plenty of good options for candidates to succeed him as president.

“We have a great ad-viser in Dean of Students Roberta Bigger. We have a big budget. I wish we could simplify the process for the future.”

Campus Union elections will take place in early April, and Davis will turn the gavel over later that month.

“It has meant the world to me. Besides my fraterni-ty, it is the best thing that I have been involved in at Wofford,’ Davis says.

Davis will look back proudly on his year as president and says that he doesn’t regret his often blunt opposition to some college decisions.

“I’ve always wanted to be honest and truth-ful and speak my mind. I speak bluntly and plainly because I don’t want what I say to be misconstrued.”

Davis thinks his frank-ness has helped him along the way.

“If you don’t say what you mean, how are you ever going to inspire change? It may have hurt me sometimes, but I wouldn’t change a thing.”

by Joe Brook, Senior Writer

Hank Davis has enjoyed his lengthened term as Campus Union President.

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Why you should read a newspaperI n d e f e n s e o f a d y i n g a r t

Before I start this editorial I will ac-knowledge my obvious bias. Since my childhood, both of my parents have worked for The State newspaper in Co-lumbia. So I love newspapers. To me they are just as essential to every morn-ing as coffee and a shower. The problem is that newspapers, as almost anyone can tell you, are failing and closing.

The reasons for these closings seem legitimate. Newspapers cost money and the economy has been down. On top of that we all have access to free news on

the Internet. It’s possible that there were too many

papers at some point, but the ones that are left should be valued, and read.

No one needs to save The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal. These papers will always have readership. But local papers are even more important.

A local paper keeps you involved in the place where you live. The reason that the Internet cannot take the place of these papers is because the Internet makes you want to leave where you are.

You will always be caught up in what is going on thousands of miles from where you are on the Internet. It can make you forget that you should be happy to be right where you are every day. The Spartanburg Herald-Journal is a work of art every day, every two weeks the Old Gold and Black chronicles the great sto-ries that are going on around us every day at Wofford. Every print newspaper has a beginning and an end, and a finite amount of space. Everything in the pa-per is there because it was high quality

enough to make the cut. You can spend hours and hours on the Internet reading different things with no chance of seeing the end. The wonder that the next thing you find might be just as interesting is a curse more than a blessing, and it makes it impossible to find satisfaction in the world of Internet news.

When we stop reading newspapers this coverage will not be replaced. The Internet is about volume rather than quality, and local news doesn’t gener-ate the type of volume that can produce

enough Internet ad money. The sad truth is that in the case of news, you get what you pay for, and free news is more about tricking you into visiting a website than starting an intelligent conversation. When I have a permanent address, one of the first things I will do is subscribe to the local paper. The small price is well worth supporting such an important part of our society, and in the end the benefit is far greater than the cost.

by Joe Brook, Senior Writer

Liquid Networksby Dr. Laura Barbas-Rhoden and Dr. Anne Rodrick

Liquid networks. Steven Johnson, a bestselling author who writes about change, points to what he calls liquid networks as the spaces where “let’s try something” and “let’s imagine something” happen, and ideas get born, developed, adapted and then widely adopted. At the heart of liquid networks are people, the relationships among them and the way those people cluster around challenges with optimism and resourcefulness (and lots of coffee). In his book Where Good Ideas Come From, John-son cites 19th-century examples like Darwin and Edison, thinkers and inventors deeply embedded in networks that we associate with genius ideas.

When we read Johnson’s book together, we thought, “Our college campus, open to the world beyond our gates, is just this thing.” And we asked ourselves, what if our campus took the ethos of relationships-and-people-first that gives Wofford its community feel? And through this created more connections and cultivated more relationships, so as to draw people together to solve community challenges on all sorts of scales, from the local to the far away? And what if more of us told problem-solving stories the way Johnson does, emphasizing not the solitary geniuses grade school textbooks misremember as stand-alone geniuses, but rather the resourceful, hardworking networks of people

whose good ideas solve challenges?Those questions are part of what motivated us

to experiment with a learning community this past fall. Our goal was to link an established space for community-based learning in the Spanish program to a class focused around the problems faced by 19th century civic leaders who were trying to solve almost impossibly big questions about poverty and wealth and the mutual obligations of living in an overcrowded urban space. We wanted to ask our-selves, “How can we draw lines of connection be-tween the past and the present, and between an enormous urban center—Manchester, England, one of the earliest modern industrial spaces of Eu-rope—and our own smaller city in 2014? What do they have in common? What has changed about the ways we try to address the problems of urban growth and poverty?”

So we linked one HUM101 section with one SPAN 303 section, and professors, students and commu-nity interlocutors began to explore big questions. It turns out that there are a lot of similarities in the ways people have thought about poverty and com-munity development over time, even as there are some enormous differences between the world of 1850 and the world of today. Over and over again, we found connections that surfaced because our

classes were networking with each other and with diverse groups in the larger Spartanburg commu-nity.

That experience exemplifies for us what makes Wofford special. We are all part of a liquid net-work—part of a community that is constantly changing, engaging and challenging us. Impromptu conversations in hallways or coffee shops grow into new curricular and co-curricular opportunities. And as our world of conversations and interlocutors ex-pands, the possibilities for learning multiply.

Collaboration is exhilarating because no one member of the network knows all the answers or has the perspective. In fact, in our own personal ex-periences as professors, we know we often don’t even know the right questions to ask, and talk-ing about our limitations honestly with students, community members and fellow colleagues helps connect us more meaningfully to them. When members of a network have a mindset of listening and learning, everyone’s perspective, everyone’s strength, finds a space to contribute.

Then, amazing work happens, and it’s not bound by who we are or who any individual partner, stu-dent or civic leader is. The ideas are as good as our networks, and that’s very, very good. For example, the Arcadia Volunteer Corps leadership team de-

signed the Nutrition Now healthy eating initiative for the ARCH after-school program as part of a liquid network. Students built on input from after-school program directors about budgets and kids’ tastes, drew on the learning they gained in psychology classes about incentives and decision-making and finally used the scaffolding of the ARCH program that had been developed in the community-based learning work that students do in Spanish 303. And on a much, much larger scale, networks of grass-roots citizen leaders like the Northside Navigators, former mayor Bill Barnet, current city administra-tors, student volunteers and non-profit leaders are transforming the neighborhood across the street.

We all have stories of working together, of ask-ing questions that nudge us to build something unexpected or nurture a small idea into a big proj-ect. We’ll never see a marketing slogan that says, “Wofford: A Liquid Network,” but that’s really what we mean when we say “Wofford: It’s Your World.” What liquid networks are yours, readers, that may-be you haven’t noticed? And with whom else can you expand them, so that you’re all learning, grow-ing, doing? How big is your world?

S2S: Connecting you to Arcadia Volunteer CorpsCampus organization helps students in the Arcadia community

Often times when people think of volunteering in the Arcadia community here in Spartanburg, they automati-cally associate it with taking the Spanish 303 course in the modern languages department or having to have some ability to speak the Spanish language in order to volunteer. But fear not; don’t worry about having to either frantically enroll in the 300-level course next fall or brushing up on your Spanish in order to serve. Take part in volunteering with the Arcadia Volunteer Corps (AVC), a Wofford service organization geared toward helping in the Arcadia commu-nity, just down the street from campus. I sat down with volunteer coordinator – sophomore Rebecca McGregor – to talk more about Arcadia Volunteer Corps and what impact the organization has on the greater community of Spartanburg.

Could you give us a little background as to what AVC is and what you all do in regards to service?

AVC stands for Arcadia Volunteer Corps, which is an or-ganization that coordinates all of the volunteering in the Arcadia community. Arcadia is about 10-15 minutes from Wofford, and it’s an area within Spartanburg that is very under privileged. We focus in the area around Arcadia El-ementary School where over 90percent of students are on free or reduced lunch. A lot of our volunteering is either in Arcadia Elementary or in ARCH, which is a first grade afterschool program located down the street from the el-ementary school. The kids go to ARCH afterschool where they have a snack, go outside, do homework and come back for dinner then leave to go home. We are doing work there where we are spending time with the kids, working on their reading skills and tutoring them in other subjects.

How long have you been involved with AVC?My first semester of freshman year, I was in Spanish 303,

a course that required a service-learning component. We were talking about the Hispanic community, so we spent time either at Arcadia Elementary School or ARCH, the first grade after-school program down the street. I fell in love with the kids at ARCH pretty quickly, and I continued volunteering there after the course was over. After that, I found out about Arcadia Volunteer Corps, which was start-ed about three years ago by Wofford students Laura Kate Gamble and Lindsey Perret. I joined the leadership team

because it gave me a way to help others connect to the Arcadia community, and I now serve as the Membership Coordinator.

What upcoming projects do you all have planned?We just had a Wofford and Me event where we part-

nered with Alpha Phi Omega during their rush week. Dur-ing Wofford and Me, the 40 ARCH kids come to Wofford and we have different activities around campus and re-mind them that college (specifically “Waffle College” as they call it) is something to which they can aspire. We are having a party at ARCH on March 27 where we will go to ARCH and have games and crafts around a theme. In addi-tion, we are developing a new program now called Nutri-tion Now where we will fund and prepare healthy dinner for the kids at ARCH.

Do you have to know or understand the Spanish lan-guage to participate in AVC?

Absolutely not! This is a huge misconception because of our link to the Spanish department, but you do not have to speak Spanish. All of the children know English and will speak to you in English.

If you could describe AVC in one word, what would that be and why?

Dedication. AVC volunteers give up several hours of their afternoons to go work with low-income children who need academic assistance, but also simple love and support. We always have students who jump in whenever we need someone to lead a game or craft or help cook dinner at the last minute. In the hectic life of college, it means a lot that these students are willing to give up their time to serve others.

Do you all take volunteers on a rolling basis during the semester or do you have to wait until the fall to serve?

We take volunteers whenever volunteers come to us. We will have our first AVC meeting of the semester on March 8 at 6 p.m. so anyone is welcome to come if they are interested in finding out more. We have people that go into the community every day and would love to provide a ride if you need one!

If you have any questions about Arcadia Volunteer Corps, feel free to reach out to Volunteer Coordinator Rebecca McGregor via email, mcgregorre@email.wofford.edu

by Jonathan Franklin, Staff Writer