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VOL. 91, NO. 3
“Covers the campus like the magnolias”
Presidential Increased ticket demand spurs change online plan ball slated New for student ticket distribution in place for October By Liza Greenspun | News editor
University attempts to install new tradition of formal dance for entire community By Meg Upton | Contributing writer
In the fall of 2005, when University President Nathan O. Hatch first came to the university community, an Inaugural Ball was held to celebrate his arrival. It was so successful that another ball is being planned for this fall. The Presidential ball will be held from 9 p.m. - 1 a.m. Oct. 13 at the M.C. Benton Jr. Convention and Civic Center downtown. The theme for this ball is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s seminal novel The Great Gatsby. Daniel described the event as a 1920s, swanky throwback night. This year’s ball will be free, although it is a ticketed event, similar in that sense to the Secrest Artist Series held each year. The tickets are meant to give the planners an idea of the number of attendees. Invitations will be disseminated to the whole community, chair of public relations and invitations senior Will Daniel said. “Everyone’s going to get something in their box wherever that is,” he said. As with the Inaugural Ball held two years ago, the entire university community, including undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, maintenance workers, ARAMARK employees and more will be invited. He said the ball committee hopes the event will be held every other year. The first ball was well-attended by about 4,000 people from every area of university life, and the planning committee is hoping for the same great turnout this year. “So many students and faculty and alumni loved the event that they wanted to see it come back,” said committee member Carolyn Harbaugh. Much detailed planning is required to create an enjoyable event, and the committee is working on bringing different bands to suit different tastes, as well as arranging transportation for students without cars, Daniel said. The Inaugural Ball featured a more low-key band on the upper level of the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum as well as a main stage with a band geared more toward students. The layout worked well so the committee is trying to recreate it this year. The Inaugural Ball was held two years ago to commemorate Hatch’s inauguration as the university’s 13th president, taking over the position from President Emeritus Thomas K. Hearn Jr. Hatch himself decided to throw an event for the entire university community including alumni, undergraduates and graduate students. About 50 students dreamed up the ball at a leadership retreat. The catered event took over the Joel and transformed it into a ballroom with live bands, including Snackbar Jones and a jazz quartet. Kathy Arnett, the associate director of Benson, helped start the project and felt strongly about repeating it.
A new policy for student football ticket distribution has been implemented this season due to an increased student interest in attending games after last year’s success. Students are able to attend football games as a member of Screamin’ Demons, or by reserving tickets online through Student Government at http://sg.wfu.edu. According to a Student Government statement, this new system has been implemented to ensure that every student who has either a Screamin’ Demon pass or a paper ticket will be guaranteed a seat at the game. In the past, every student has received an athletic pass that would allow students to enter any football game. However, due to an overflow of people at games last season, a new system is in place, beginning with the Nebraska game this Sept. 8. Non-Screamin’ Demon members
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Students congregate in Shorty’s Sept. 1 to watch the Demon Deacon football team take on the Boston College Eagles. The success of the event is evidence of excitement among students for the season. must now have a paper ticket, as well as their own valid student ID card. Each Sunday night beginning at 12 a.m., students can reserve their paper tickets online. However, there are only a limited number of tickets available. While
athletic passes have been distributed to all students in the past, SG officials said, the athletic department has never had enough seats for every student to attend the games. “If each student was guaranteed a seat, then we would have more empty
seats than desired in the stadium, which creates a negative game environment both for our school and our team,” SG said in a statement. Craig Keilitz, associate athletic See Tickets, page A2
Emergency plan reviewed, revised
Virginia Tech shooting warrants new policies for crises at university By Lizzie Rosen | News editor
In response to the April 16 Virginia Tech shootings, the university’s Crisis Management Team spent the summer reviewing emergency preparedness measures and focusing on enhancing emergency preparedness to address emergency communications and response mechanisms. “Now that we have had a chance to read the government reports and such, it was important to spend the summer reexamining our response to a full blown disaster and put in practices of prevention like identifying troubled people and providing them assistance,” Ken
Zick, vice president of student life, said. The CMT, which meets monthly, is comprised of members representing departments campus-wide, including university police, Student Health Service, the University Counseling Center, facilities management and others. It includes members such as Zick, Lawson and Director of Student Health Cecil Price. This summer’s goal was to establish enhanced mass notification systems and procedures to alert the community in the event of a significant crisis or emergency.
Police will be meeting with academic and administrative departments throughout the semester to discuss emergency preparedness practices. “We are doing some brief presentations that talk about what to do in the event of emergencies in the classrooms or office suites, basically trying to standardize area responses,” Lawson said. “You’ve got response within the building, response within your department; you’ve got a response within the classroom, so we are going to cover some common See Emergency, page A3
Ziggy’s sold, will relocate to downtown Winston-Salem in winter By Molly Nevola | Staff writer
Ziggy’s Tavern, the premiere live music hangout located at 433 Baity St., will close its doors Nov. 25 and move to a separate location downtown on the corner of Fourth Street and Liberty Street, according to owner Jay Stephens. Stephens said he hopes to open the new bar, which will be located in the old Woolworth’s building, by Dec. 1 this year, but that the full services including multiple bars, a larger stage and other amenities will be up and Alison Cox/Old Gold & Black running in full by September 2008. Stephens sold the bar to Quantum Ziggy’s, a student hangout renowned for its live music scene, is currently lo- Real Estate Capital, a private Wincated on Baity Street. The bar has been sold to Quantum Real Estate Capital. ston-Salem real estate development,
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three weeks ago. Mike Horn, a spokesman for Quantum developers, said that the company is in no way affiliated with the university, even though the university does lease some office space in Quantum’s building located at 520 Deacon Blvd. Stephens said that this was not the first time he had been approached about selling. In 2005 the university, who had been buying locations in and around Baity Street, approached him about Ziggy’s. Now, however, the university is primarily interested in acquiring Ernie Shore Field where the Warthogs play, Kevin Cox, director of media relations, said.
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At this time it is unclear as to what Quantum will do with the property Ziggy’s occupies, but Stephens said that all signs currently point to the demolition of the building and use of the land. For 16 years, Ziggy’s has been just minutes away from students on Baity Street, providing live music and college nights that feature musical talent from bluegrass to rock ‘n’ roll. In the 1970s, under its former name White Horse Pub, which was located on Deacon Boulevard, Ziggy’s was an ever-popular live-music venue for the Winston-Salem community. Ziggy’s moved to Baity Street in See Ziggy’s, page A2
Opinion | A4 Smart Payoff Merski writes that changing the name of the football stadium to BB&T Field will pay dividends for the football program.