The Peace TimesVolume 16, Issue 2 The Student Newspaper of Peace College, Raleigh, N.C. Thursday, October 20, 2011

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Find out what’s happening in Raleigh. see page 8 See “Raleigh” pg. 2

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WPU students joined the SCT NOW Raleigh Walk on Sept. 25 in an effort to bring awareness to the issue of child trafficking

Iconic fountain repaired and back on campus

Child trafficking awareness walk at WPU Raleigh ranked top US city

By Katie Barrett and Samantha PendergraftTimes Staff Writers

The famous Peace fountain has been restored and is back in place in front of Main Building.

At the beginning of the summer, the middle tier of the fountain started to crack.

“The fountain has had issues for several years” said Julie Riccardi, Vice President for Engagement, referring to

the numerous pipe and water flow prob-lems the school recently encountered upon attempting to restore it to its former glory.

“The university really sees that it needed to get the fountain right because of what it meant to all of the people,” said John Cranham, Director of Buildings and Grounds.

Originally a gift to the school in the early 1900’s, the fountain over the last hundred years has suffered not only

pipe damage but rust, decay, and even a crack.

Reviving the beloved fountain, un-fortunately, was no easy task.

WPU had to sort through many ven-dors who specialized in cast iron to see who could repair the unofficial symbol of our school to the closest authenticity and strength for prolonged use.

“We want to fix it now so we don’t have to do it again within the next hun-dred years,” Riccardi said.

At the beginning of the school year, a company was located that could make the pieces.

On Sept. 30, they began putting the fountain back together.

The project was not only compli-cated and time consuming but quite expensive as well.

The price tag of the project was nearly $10,000.

By Rachel HouseTimes Staff Writer

Businessweek.com recently an-nounced that Raleigh has been ranked as America’s Best City to live in.

The online magazine said that it spent months comparing the data that included looking at a “range of positive metrics around quality of life, counting up restaurants, evaluating school scores, and considering the number of colleges and pro sports teams.”

The news quickly started trend-ing on Twitter and Facebook, which is where Luis Rosa, 24, and a student at Wake Technical Community College found out about Raleigh’s latest ac-colade.

“I didn’t realize Raleigh had so much to offer,” he said.

When considering a city offering “a wealth of culture, entertainment, good schools, low crime, and plenty of green space many people might opt for obvi-ous choices such as New York or San Francisco,” the article said. But the data suggests other cities are even better, and Raleigh came out on top.

Rosa moved to Raleigh from Puerto Rico in 2008 because he has family here.

See “Walk” pg. 2

By Asia SanchezTimes Staff Writer

Many people, from all walks of life, gathered on Bingham Hall lawn before the SCT Now Raleigh walk on Sept. 25 to raise awareness of child trafficking.

SCT Now’s Lynette Lewis said the heartbreaking stories of people, a lot of them children, kept her up at night.

“I got tired of hoping for a change. I decided to stand up to make a change happen,” she said. “They need us to stand up and fight to stop child [human]

trafficking now, not tomorrow, but right now.”

The United Nations defines human trafficking as “the exploitation of any person, for labor to sexual gratification, by force, coercion or other means.”

“Human trafficking is a crime against humanity”, states the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime.

William Peace University sponsored SCT Now’s Raleigh Walk, as well as put together a team to walk and raise awareness.

Freshman, Samantha Davis said, “I’m walking because child and human trafficking is disgusting, and I want to support the efforts to make it STOP.”

Like in the case of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis of Fayetteville , North Carolina, human trafficking is happen-ing in our backyard. Legal experts say that North Carolina is actually a prime location for human trafficking because of its major roadways and agriculture

See “Fountain” pg. 2

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“Walk”Continued from page 1

“Raleigh”Continued from page 1

He also has family in New York and in Florida but said the better job market and employment opportunities led him to Raleigh.

“When I read the article of Busi-nessweek.com, I felt like all my reasons for choosing Raleigh were reaffirmed,” he said.

Sofia House, 22, a senior in business and religion at Peace, says the article has made her rethink her plans after graduation.

“I always thought I would move to New Mexico where my mom’s family lives,” she said. “But, maybe Raleigh isn’t so bad after all.”

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business.Lewis said, “Our mission is to stop

the predators by exposing and bringing them to justice. They are the main driv-ers in this sick industry.”

SCT Now’s slogan is, “Rescue a child with your sole”, and many Peace Students are stepping up to do just that. If you are interested in assisting Peace in its efforts to end human trafficking, please contact students Taylor Boyd, Khira Winston or Samantha Davis.

Some alumnae made donations to help lighten the load.

“Hopefully, the students and tradi-tions will keep on going, and the new students will see it in a new format and embrace the traditions and come along like the other ones have,” Cranham said.

Many students and alumnae say that they are ecstatic to see the fountain being restored.

“After convocation, we sang the alma mater,” said Allison Leggett, Class of 2001. “We threw roses in it at our two year graduation. Even after our four year graduation, we threw roses towards the fountain from the balcony.”

Questions about the fountain or restoration process can be addressed to Riccardi or John Cranham.

“Fountain”Continued from page 1

Photos from WPU Facebook page

LEFT: The fountain in front of Main Building underwent renovation due to pipe and water flow problems. TOP: Workers install the renovated fountain.BOTTOM: The fountain was back in place in early October.

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By Faith InmanTimes Staff Writer

The future success of a college or university relies heavily on the guidance and organization of its admissions office.

Over the past year, the admis-sions office at WPU has undertaken a lot of transformations.

Kelliann Miranda-Baltimore, a 2011 Peace graduate and new admissions counselor, emphasized the importance of having more ad-missions counselors on staff.

“We’ve hired new counselors who are relatable to the students they are designated to generate,” she said.

With a greater number of coun-selors, they are now able to di-versify the office and have better communication with people from diverse backgrounds.

Nicole Fleming, a ‘09 Peace graduate and the Senior Enroll-ment Operations Coordinator, said that a television and refrigerator had been added in the front office.

The television and fridge are avail-able to prospective students and their family members for them to watch a slideshow of student activities that occur around campus while enjoying bever-

ages and snacks. Miranda-Baltimore said, “We have

a new focus on smaller things that go a long way and I truly believe that the small touches are going to solidify the success of our institution.”

Fleming highlighted the fact that they are striving to get Peace’s name out, not only throughout North Carolina, but also along the entire East Coast.

She explained that even though WPU is undergoing a lot of changes by reaching a new demographic, they are still promoting it as a small school with great involvement where students can get one on one attention.

“We want them to feel that this is the best experience that they’ve had compared to the other colleges and universities they are visiting,” she said.

“Our goal is to help the school grow more so we can offer more programs in the future.”

As the new Vice President of Enrollment in admissions, Amber Stenbeck explained that she always wears a WPU pin while she is out in public in the hopes that she will have people ask her about Peace.

She said the office is maintain-ing a “Customer Service Philoso-phy.”

At the most recent Open House, a red carpet was laid across the hall-way in admissions.

Stenbeck said the goal in admis-sions is to make the students feel important and go the extra mile for them.

Two other changes include, in-creasing the minimum requirement to be accepted into WPU and re-cruiting students by their majors by partnering them with professors.

One of Stenbeck’s key objec-tives is to make the students happy not just while they are touring campus but during, and after they graduate.

She explained, “I want them to hold us accountable, that we don’t just talk the talk but we walk the walk so when we say we’re here for you, no matter what, we truly are because students always come first.”

The Admissions office rolls out the red carpet

By Haylee DamatoTimes Staff Writer

A place to assist, excite and enter-tain students outside of the classroom: that’s where you’ll find Student and Academic Services here at William Peace University.

Student and Academic Service (SAS) is the area of campus that con-centrates on student life on and off campus.

SAS is a department that deals with Residence Life, Student Activi-ties, Campus Life, Student Health and Counseling Services, Academic Advis-ing, Career Services and Tutoring.

The importance of SAS is the fact that the department revolves around empowering students to have a voice, step out of their comfort zone, to ex-plore and find new interests.

SAS employees say each student is important. Everyone involved works diligently on making William Peace University a fun, safe and convenient campus for all students.

Dawn Dillon, Assistant Dean of

Campus Life at said, “Our mission is to assist students in being successful at Peace and to facilitate the development of an exciting and engaged campus

community”. Lara Lee King is the Director of

Student Activities. She plays an important part of

campus life because she is responsible for advising the Campus Activities Board and Class Council, coordinating orientation programs and assisting with students organizations.

Whether it’s Pacer Orientation Camp during the summer or Karaoke night during the fall semester, the SAS team says they are always striving to create the excitement you find at these events.

“If there is an activity they want to see happen, we can assist with that,” says King.

Dillon says SAS always tries to go above and beyond to utilize the sources and facilities here at WPU.

“I really want students to be em-powered on campus and to know that we can help them exercise their voice,” she said.

For more information on SAS or if you have a desire to become more engaged with campus life their office is on the second floor of Belk.

Spotlight on SAS: Student and Academic Services

Photo by Njima Murphy

Nicole Fleming and Kelliann Miranda-Baltimore are working to bring more students to WPU.

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Student pose with their paintings of Main at a “Mystery Trip” event organized by SAS.

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Spotify: The new way to download and share musicBy Nedda ParangiTimes Staff Writer

If you’re a music lover on a tight budget, there is a new way to legally enjoy your music for free.

It’s called Spotify and it has recently spiked in popularity in the last couple months.

At first being an invite only site, Spo-tify has now opened up to anyone who has a Facebook account.

Spotify is a website that streams mu-sic and allows you to make playlists and share music with your friends via social media sites.

After being invited by a friend to try it out, I was skeptical. How could a website stream all my favorite artists for free? But to my surprise they had almost every musician I could possibly think of-

even the smaller breakout artists.

Spotify al-lows you to lis-ten to your fa-vorite artists for free from a com-puter or for a small fee ($4.99 or $9.99) from you r Smar t -phone.

After listen-ing to my favorite music on the site for free, it had me questioning how artists actually make money from the site.

According to Muztec.com, Lady Gaga received the biggest payment than any oth-er artists on the site, which was only $165 after her song “Poker Face”, hit a million

views in five months.

Though artists are not getting a lot of money from Spo-t i fy, they are getting more from the site than from people i l l e g a l l y

downloading their music. “As a musician, the royalties [from

Spotify] aren’t as strong as with iTunes, however because our band is still in a de-velopment period, I think it’s a great tool to use for new fans who haven’t heard of us yet” Anthony Li, the guitarist for the

pop-rock group “Action Item”, said. “It’s less of a commitment to stream a song than to buy it.”

There is an overall positive review of the site. “Instead of taking forced music recommendations like with Pandora, I can quickly glance at what other people are listening to via Facebook,” said Samantha Stanyon, a senior at WPU.

“The specific song that I want to hear opens up when clicking on a friend’s Fa-cebook post,” she said.

What it all comes down to is to actu-ally support and buy the music that you love.

Spotify is just a platform for people to discover new artists and see what ev-eryone is listening to.

By Jami UpchurchTimes Staff Writer

It’s that time of year again. Now that you have racked your

brain for the last month on what to be for Halloween and getting a costume together, it’s time to decide on what to actually do.

The Raleigh area throws an annual great time around Halloween. In this college town Halloween isn’t just one night - it is a whole week: costume contests, creative party ideas, and a hike that is different from the rest.

With the luxury of downtown Raleigh at the fingertips of WPU stu-dents, Halloween events should not be missed.

Every year Raleigh is home to the Hillsborough Hike. If you are just a spectator wanting a good laugh or a zombie wanting to dance with your friends, the Hillsborough Hike is always enjoyable.

The Hike is usually the weekend be-fore Halloween and consists of dressing up in your most creative costume and bar hopping from one end to Hillsborough Street to the other.

The Hike is a college students’ Halloween staple. Not only NC State students participate, but you’ll also find students from WPU, Meredith, Shaw and other Raleigh campuses in the mix.

If successfully done you will end up Downtown Raleigh where many other bars and clubs will be catering to your fun-filled Halloween needs.

Age is a main factor in Halloween decision-making, narrowing down many students’ plans on where to go.

Twenty-one-year-old WPU student,

Katie Barrett says, “I have a lot of friends that are younger than me so even though I may be 21 and can get in [to clubs and bars] my friends are unable to. If I plan on going out I would want it to be a place where I can enjoy it with all of my friends.”

Halloween college nights are some of the most popular events of the year.

With FUBAR and the Downtown Sports Bar and Grill being the closest college nights for WPU students, many consider it convenient and safe -- just a simple R-Line ride or a few bucks for a cab and you’re there.

The Downtown Sports Bar and Grill on South Glenwood will be hosting their

Halloween college night the Wednesday before Halloween with inexpensive ad-mission and many different sponsors.

DJ Rye will be on the turn tables, so make sure your costume can keep up on the dance floor.

In case you didn’t make it out the night before, you can always check out FUBAR located on East Davie Street.

They will be hosting their Hal-loween party the Thursday before Hal-loween with a discounted admission fee with college IDs. They will be hosting a costume contest with prizes so dress to impress

For those of you not concerned about age, the options for your Hallow-

een itinerary are endless. Spy Bar on East. Davie Street will be

hosting a “CarnEVIL” party sponsored by Live Work Play and Halloweenex-press.com.

Dress up as your favorite “Carnie” on October 29th from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. General Manager, Josh Vitale says, “We will be having tons of giveaways and spooky drinks with ‘DJ Animal’ and special guest, ‘Mystery DJ’. There also will be a costume contest for cash.”

For more information you can check out Spy Raleigh on Facebook.

Also at one favorite neighborhood bar, The Bison Bar at Whitaker Mill Road and Wake Forest Road, there will be Halloween events going on all month long.

Celebrating Halloween weekend including Halloween night, there will be a pumpkin carving contest with a $100 cash prize.

They are also featuring their new Night-owl shot machines. They are the only ones on the East Coast to have it and works with dry ice and smokes when a shot is poured.

The Bison never has a cover mak-ing it easy to enjoy your night without emptying your pockets. The Bison says they plan on owning Halloween as they are spending over a thousand dollars on decorations.

For more information on Halloween events check out Facebook or Twitter for any club and bar located around the Raleigh area.

Trick or Treat: Halloween fun for the college crowd

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There’s more to Halloween than trick or treating. Raleigh venues offer many opportunities for college students to have some Halloween fun .

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By Viper AllenTimes Staff Writer

As fall and winter dawn upon us, the Raleigh art show season opens up once more.

Groups of crafters, designers, and artists of all mediums come together in these shows that seem to pop up each weekend in the fall, and while each is under a different name, with different features, it strengthens both the artistic community and the spirit of independent businesses in our city.

The first of note to occur is The Handmade Market comes to Cobblestone Hall in Moore Square.

The Handmade Market is a collec-tion of local designers and crafters who come together and collaborate to sell their wares.

Some notable designers attending The Handmade Market include Cephalo-pod Ink, a pottery brand who creates functional mugs and bowls decorated with images of sea creatures, Ergane, a

jewelry label whose theme pieces revolve around vintage stamps and clock parts, and Lazy Muse Productions, whose

crafter creates amigurumi in the shapes of pets, sea animals, and severed body parts.

The Handmade Market also features kiosks from local bakeries and tea and coffee brewers.

The following weekend brings the previously featured Designer’s Down-town Market, which is described on its website as a moderately sized show that “features fine locally made arts and crafts with an outdoor big city feel.”

As in the past, the market takes place in the parking lot of Ornamentea (509 N. West St.), within easy walking distance of WPU.

Some of the artists attending include Revamp, a clothing label based in creat-ing new garments out of old recycled pieces, Curva, a jewelry brand that creates wire-wrapped pieces based on Tree of Life images, and Nexos, whose functional bags and pots boast a Latin-American flair.

The Designer’s Downtown Market occurs on Saturday, November 12.

Fall is art show season in downtown Raleigh

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Artists show off their work at The Handmade Market at Cobblestone Hall in Moore Square.

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The amazing rewards of having an internship

By Anna WingoTimes Staff Writer

As we all know, college is the step-ping stone we use to prepare us for the real world.

When I applied here, I was amazed at the rate of students that had jobs in their career field. Yet, no one can truly express the stress and frightfulness of transition-ing from college to the workforce.

Although I have done many mock interviews, I am still worried about the real interview I will soon be doing in a few months.

Some say you may never be com-pletely prepared, but I asked a few people who have some experience to give a little advice to those of us about to begin our next chapter in the real world.

Dr. Teresa Holder, Professor of Com-munication, said, “I think it’s important to be interested in the world around you and to be an interesting person. Read, read, read and have something to talk about. You don’t have to know everything about what you want to do, but have some kind of strategy.”

When I was younger, I thought you had to know exactly what you wanted to do when you left college.

Even after four-and-a-half years of school, I am still trying to figure out ex-actly what direction in my major I want to go. But it is comforting to know that we can figure it out along the way.

Holder said, “Base your job search on

a deep understanding of what energizes you, what matters to you, and what you bring to the table.”

A friend once told me that when thinking of what I want to do as a career, I should go back to my childhood and think of what I liked most.

I did that and now that I am at the point of having to venture out into the workforce, as hard as it seemed then, it now appears to have been the easy part. However, I asked Barbara Efird, Director of Career Services, the same question and she provided a more detailed list of to-do’s to actually prepare a strategy here on Peace campus. She advises myself, or

• Meet with Kathleen or Barbara in the career center to formulate a job search strategy: What do you want to do? Where do you want to work? How can you find a position there? Who can assist you in finding it?

• Network with Peace alumnae- www.collegecentral.com/peace; select- find a mentor; password is students; 100+ alumnae are on this web site to offer you advice and information about various careers and industries.

• Attend all Career Center events- Ca-reer Connections- Nov. 3. two jobs fairs- Feb. 15 and March 30, and bi-weekly Job Search Networking meetings in the career center for further assistance. The Senior Alumnae Etiquette Seminar and Networking Reception on April 23.

• Create a new resume for each po-

sition you apply for- tailor each resume for that specific position and write a dynamic cover letter that will jump out at the reader!

• Register on College Central Net-work- www.collegecentral.com/peace; and be sure you have a current email address on it and you have selected-”full time job” ; Any job postings that come into the Career Center will be automati-cally sent to you if you are registered and selected you are interested in full time jobs.

• Follow career services on twitter- peacecareerctr- for a job search tip of the day! Friend us on Facebook

• Practice, practice and practice again- interviewing!

• Formulate your two-minute- el-evator speech- who are you and what would you like to do- emphasize your skills- tell everyone who asks and any-one who will listen to you- that you are a dynamic Peace College graduate with experience in (fill in the blank) and look-ing forward to starting your career path.

Although this seems like a long list to follow, it gives different ways to prepare yourself.

Yet with all of this information re-member that it will all work out. As much as we all stress, life is an adventure and life after college is just the next part.

Making a plan to land that post-graduation job

By Felicia HiltonTimes Staff Writer

William Peace University requires all students to obtain an internship and learn about the inner workings of the internships selected.

It helps students to decide if the area of their choosing is what they want to seek out in the real world for a career.

I decided that I wanted to obtain an internship in the en-tertainment industry that would allow me to utilize my business background.

It was just my luck that G105 decided to accept me as intern for the Bob in the Showgram Morn-ing Show.

The opportunities presented are limitless and include learn-ing the day-to-day operations of radio broadcasting, Federal Communication Commission regulations, and aiding with promotional events.

The prospect of getting to know the radio personalities and understanding the restrictions of what can and be said on-air is also an interesting bonus.

The rewards of being an intern at G105 are amazing and a little exciting. I have had the opportunity to work a promotional event with Britney Spears and Sean Paul.

The experiences helped me to decide that this is the place that I want to be. There is tons of inter-action with fans of the station and the fans of the artists that provides a sense of unity that makes working the event even more appealing.

Even though I am not done with my internship I have to say that so far this has been one of the best experiences in my life.

I have so much more to learn and I look forward to.For more information about in-

ternships and internship opportunities, contact Career Services.

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Anna Wingo, pictured here, was featured in the “Peace Strengthens” ad campaign.

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WPU student Felicia Hilton posing with artist Sean Paul at her internship at radio station G105.

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Campus fashion: “The sidewalk is my runway”By Clarissa ThompsonTimes Staff Writer

Autumn is amongst us and that means it is also time to go fall shopping. This season’s fashion trends are both chic and comfortable. But where does that leave the average WPU student, who would much rather dress down when heading to English class than going all out?

That’s the beauty of fall fashion, it doesn’t necessarily mean “going all out” but it simply means making a statement, looking cute, and being cozy in class all simultaneously.

WPU students also share some of their fall fashion tips. Freshmen, Khira Winston and Taylor Boyd, share that it gets no better than “lace and leather.”

Also, think “pearls and vintage floral, tribal prints in techno colors, and colle-giate pieces.”

While junior, Elizabeth Wurtzel, advises, “Neutral is always best. Also, make sure your socks match.”

A typical day for freshman, Hayley Hedgepeth would be “a flowy shirt, boot-cut jeans, and cute sandals to match.”

It is obvious that students here love to express themselves and one of the easiest ways to do exactly that is through fashion.

Shelbi Guions, freshman, shares, “the sidewalk is my runway.” And though that same self-confidence can be found on campus, many students still settle for a sweat suit and Uggs.

Winston protests this and wants to “spread fashion to the masses because they are lacking.”

So, whether you decide to wear a faux fur vest, a knit sweater, a solid color cardigan, or the typical sweats before go-ing off to class, remember that cute can always be casual and vice versa.

Photos by Clarissa Thompson and Njima Murphy

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Shelbi Guions, Khira Winston, Taylor Boyd, Elizabeth Wurtzel and Haley Hedgepeth show off their campus fall fashion style. Jessica Becker in fall colors. Sarah Osborne’s outfit is complimented by a scarf in rich colors. Samantha Pendergraft models her flower embellished top.