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STUDENT LIFE

Social fraternities, sororities make up 145 of 194 OAs for 2014 Orientation Aide breakdown

BY ABBY BOYLE // FLAT HAT MANAGING EDITOR by social fraternity Orientation Aide breakdown 2013 # Next fall, nearly 200 neon-wearing Orientation Aides will help welcome between Greek-affiliated students and Orientation Aides. by social sorority 2014 increased OAs # and acclimate new students to campus life at the College of William and “I think within any organization — Greek or not — you’re going to have 2013 # Mary. More likely than not, the students wearing the bright yellow shirts will people who talk about their experiences. … I think what we see with many decreased OAs be members of social fraternities or sororities. of our organizations that sort of have that legacy of involvement is that you 2014 increased OAs # According to data from the selected group of OAs for Fall 2014, have numbers who talk about it, who talk about their really great experience ALPHA TAU OMEGA — 1 decreased OAs approximately 75 percent of students chosen to serve as OAs are also members of social fraternities or sororities at the College. This number DELTA CHI 2 is similar to the number of Greek students in last year’s group of selected OAs. In Fall 2013, approximately 77 percent of OAs were members of Greek PI KAPPA ALPHA — 5* organizations. Additionally, eight of the ten Orientation Area Directors who will oversee OA staff for Fall Orientation 2014 are also LAMBDA CHI ALPHA — 1** members of Greek organizations.

Comparatively, about 27-30 percent of 10 the College’s student body is comprised of KAPPA DELTA RHO — 7 members of Greek life on campus, Graduate SIGMA PI EPSILON — 2 Assistant for Fraternity and Sorority Life Meghan Holton said.

10 KAPPA SIGMA — 9 Director of First 20 Year Experience Lauren 2 DELTA PHI — 3 Garrett said there could be various reasons to 10 SIGMA PI — 5 explain the overlap

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and really encourage their members to participate,” Garrett said.

Orientation Area Director Meghan Sheehan ’15 agreed, saying she promoted her experience of serving as an OA to GAMMA PHI BETA — 3 the members of organizations with which she is involved.

7 DELTA GAMMA — 10 Sheehan, a member of the Gamma Kappa Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma 9 CHI OMEGA — 4 sorority at the College, said she views the number of students involved in both Greek See ORIENTATION page 3

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These numbers are based on students who were members of Greek organizations when they were selected as Orientation Aides in Spring 2013 and 2014. 141 of 182 OAs in Fall 2013 and 145 of 194 for Fall 2014 — as listed on the College’s website — were members of social fraternities or sororities during Orientation. One student could not be accounted for. *No confirmed members of Pi Kappa Alpha are OAs for Fall 2014. **Lambda Chi Alpha is no longer recognized as an official fraternity at the College. However, at the time of Fall 2013 OA selection, one OA was a member of the now de-chartered fraternity and one former Lambda Chi Alpha is an OA for Fall 2014.

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STUDENT LIFE

The repercussions of drug use The Flat Hat series looks into consequences of getting caught with drugs

BY AINE CAIN AND ROHAN DESAI FLAT HAT NEWS EDITORS

On the more than 7,000 college campuses across the country, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration surveys from 2010 indicate that 20 percent of students used illicit substances in the past thirty days. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, the numbers show that 19.95 to 22.04 percent of people aged 18 to 25 consumed illegal drugs. Drug arrests on college campuses in the state rank in the 40th percentile of states in terms of arrests.

Students sometimes see violations and repercussions students as a grey area. Where a drug violation takes place — on campus grounds, within campus housing or off campus — can complicate the distinctions between enforcement in terms of whether it falls under the jurisdiction of College of William and Mary administrators, campus police or Williamsburg police.

The process by which students suspected of consuming drugs in oncampus housing are investigated depends on the type of drug consumed.

Without a search warrant, campus police are unable to search a student’s residence. Director of Residence Life Deb Boykin said charging students with using marijuana, the most prevalent drug on campus, is difficult without definitive evidence. According to Boykin, a Resident Assistant smelling marijuana outside a student’s dorm room does not constitute a

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preponderance of evidence.

“Sometimes what might happen is if the RAs are doing their rounds and smell what they think is marijuana, they will call the William and Mary police and the smell is gone, and there’s nothing anyone can do. … The area director will talk to the students in the room and say ‘I don’t know what’s going on over here, but there have been reports that people have smelled marijuana’ and give them a kind warning,” Boykin said.

If the incident occurs again, however, the police may obtain the right See DRUGS page 3

Certain time periods attract crowds

BY REBECCA HEINE FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

The College of William and Mary’s Student Recreation Center receives 13,000 to 14,000 visitors on its busiest days, according to Director of Campus Recreation Linda Knight. She noted that 80 percent of students at the College participate in some Rec program, whether it’s exercising in the building’s facilities, going rock climbing, utilizing personal training sessions or participating in group activities from intramurals to sports clubs. Many of these programs come with additional costs.

“Our goal is to keep the fees as low as possible, and keep the activities as low as possible, so we can be an opportunity for anybody who wants to participate in our programs,” Knight said. “Everything we take in just supplements what students already pay.”

Campus Recreation’s club sports program, which offers around 45 different clubs, is popular among students. Each club charges membership dues, but their costs are also supplemented by the Rec. The same applies to intramurals as well; there is a $30 charge per

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19.95 and 22.04 percent of people aged 18 to 25 consumed illegal drugs in 2010.

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THE BUZZ

We’re not an institution that rushes to expulsion. The reason for that is because we do believe in rehabilitation and educating our students and the fact that when you hold people accountable for making poor choices.

— Dean of Students Marjorie Thomas on campus drug culture

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Lacrosse 101 with Sumner Higgenbotham Flat Hat staff writer Sumner Higgenbotham explains the rules, positions, and equipment in the game of lacrosse. Flat Hat sports editor Chris Weber guest stars.

THE BLOG LOG Stories from Abroad: Cardiff “It’s now officially Monday here in Munich, which means that I’ll be flying back to DC in a week. It’s kind of amazing to think that I’ll be home soon. Over the past week, I’ve spent several days in France and Germany, and I do not speak either French or German.”

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Scientists and archaelogists have found evidence that suggests that Duke of Gloucester Street and the Williamsburg area were once dominated by ravines.

Richmond Road candy store to close

Archaeologists find evidence of ridges The Virginia Gazette reports that Colonial Williamsburg archaeologists have found evidence that the landscape surrounding Williamsburg was originally filled with ravines and ridges. They hypothesize workers in the 18th century filled the ravines and smoothed down ridges to create the perfectly straight Duke of Gloucester Street which survives today. In 1699, then-Governor Francis Nicholson described the street as a representation of the power and authority of the British government in the New World.

As reported by the Virginia Gazette, The Candy Store on Richmond Road will close one location at the beginning of May. Terri Morgan, Company Director of Retails Sales for parent company First Source LLC said all employees would be offered positions at their other Williamsburg location on Duke of Gloucester Street, Wythe Candy and Gourmet Shop.

First Source is a leading provider of unbranded confectionery products in the nation. A closing sale will be held throughout the store’s final days.

Woman stabs relative, charged with maiming A 47-year-old Williamsburg woman stabbed her 33-year-old relative in the leg following an argument early Sunday morning, according to the Daily Press. Police responded to the relative’s call around 1 a.m. Sunday morning and took both individuals to Riverside Doctors’ Hospital. Both received stitches, and after receiving treatment, the woman was taken to Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail where she is now being held without bail. According to Major Greg Riley of Williamsburg Police, the woman was charged with maiming.

Cake store moves to Williamsburg Cakes by Tawanda moved from its Norge location to the city of Williamsburg and opened last Tuesday, according to the Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily. The old location suffered damage after a pipe burst and, instead of repairing the building, owner Tawanda Hammond decided to relocate to Richmond Road near Chanello’s Pizza and WHRO Public Media. To celebrate the move she made a three-tiered cake honoring Williamsburg, replete with edible bricks, wooden casks and letters for the College of William and Mary.

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team added to what the Rec already pays for officials. Additionally, the Rec sells passes for fitness classes, which cost between $70 and $75.

The passes allow students access to as many classes as they’d like, with 50 options offered each week.

Knight said that other financial options have been considered in the past, such as charging more per student through student activity fees and then not having an additional cost for participating in programs.

“Our concern with that is, if we don’t charge, if everybody chooses to use that, we don’t have the space or the classes, and then you get a lot of dissatisfied students who can’t get the classes — it almost created more of a problem for us to do that,” Knight said.

There are still options open to students who would rather avoid any extra costs. The Rec Center facilities are open for working out and using the machines, and

there is no charge for the aquatics or climbing facilities. Knight said the Department of Campus Recreation has made it a priority to keep wellness options as open and affordable to the students as possible.

“My philosophy oftentimes is if a student can’t come here because [the] fees are too high, then I’m really not doing what I need to be doing here,” Knight said. “We’ll spend a lot of money on our programs, but we don’t waste any of it.”

Many students take advantage of the the Rec center. Facilities intern and Old Dominion University graduate student Kelsey Brumfield noted that certain times of day are far busier than others.

“The way the shifts work, for the [student employees], they’re broken up into two or three hours,” Brumfield said. “Consistently, the staff say that the 4-7 shift is the craziest. People are coming in. The machines are all taken. It’s a fight to get a treadmill. When you go in

the weight room, it’s packed — you can’t find your own space.”

According to Facility Supervisor Kaitlin Kressin ’15, busy days typically take place at certain points during the year.

“While both August and January are busy with FitWell pass signups, the first six weeks of the spring semester are the worst in terms of sheer volume,” Kressin said in an email. “I think it’s because students have New Year’s Resolutions fresh on their minds, Spring Break is just around the corner, and the first wave of midterms don’t start until mid-February.”

Colleen Leathrum ’15 said she believes that the College’s stressful academic climate impacts Rec Center attendance.

“Everyone is determined to be healthy and work out at the beginning of the semester but goes less regularly when academic work gets harder later in the semester,” Leathrum said in an email.

Patron Services Assistant Paul Solbis ’16 works at the front

desk in the evening. “We have basketballs that people can check out, and those’ll all be in use, so that’s an indication of how busy we are then,” Solbis said. “Usually around 7 or 8, it’ll kind of start to quiet down. It definitely has a different feel at different times of the day. I like the evening because it gives me the chance to engage with people, especially when I’m checking in fitness passes, week after week. I start to recognize the regulars.”

Knight makes a point to thank these regular visitors for their active interest and participation in the Rec. “We provide a quality program,” Knight said. “We’re very good at what we do. But it wouldn’t make any difference if students didn’t want to participate, so we’re really fortunate to have a student body that has bought into recreation as a healthy wellness behavior that they want to participate in.”

Flat Hat News Editor Aine Cain contributed to this article.

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Academics

Business school’s Businessweek rank increases Newly implemented design, finance, sustainability courses improve national rating

BY AINE CAIN FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

Bloomberg Businessweek recently ranked the College of William and Mary’s Mason School of Business as having the 22nd best undergraduate business program in the nation, raising the school up five places from last year’s ranking.

The business school’s new ranking also places it seventh among business programs at public universities.

B l o o m b e r g Pulley Businessweek ranked the College’s Business School as having the best marketing program in the nation last June.

The ranking took into account a total

of 152 undergraduate business schools.

Businessweek’s methodology focused on assigning points based on academic quality, employer opinion, median starting salary for its most recent graduating class and the “feeder school” factor — namely, which school sends the most graduates to top MBA programs.

Mason School of Business Dean Larry Pulley and Executive Director of the Undergraduate Business Program Chris Adkins released a joint statement to address the Businessweek article.

“New courses in Finance, in Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship, and in Design Thinking distinguish W&M in the competitive landscape of business schools, and have been well received by our students and employers,” they wrote in the statement. “We have been deepening our partnership with alumni and with the Cohen Career Center to expand

the professional pathways available to students. … In the last two years we have created new opportunities where our students can connect with our Executive Partners as they explore their future.”

Business school student Sang Yoon Park ’15 noted that the news indicated “high quality faculty members” and a “broader alumni network” at the business school. “[The increased ranking] means greater pride for me as a business student in the College of William and Mary,” Park said in an email. “It also means greater chances for large companies to recognize the business students from W&M and thereby recruit more students.”

Pulley and Adkins credited the business school’s faculty, advising team and undergraduate leadership team with the improvement in ranking. They highlighted Business School programs focusing on

design and sustainability, along with a new partnership with the Boehly Center for Excellence in Finance which provides students and faculty with new resources.

Going forward, they said they hope to provide more support for international study and social entrepreneurship.

“Our success is a team effort with so many different individuals contributing their unique talents to our learning community,” they said in the statement. “[We] first want to thank everyone and then [we] want to invite our students to continue to partner with our faculty and us on how we can make our programs even more valuable and beneficial.”

Business School student Jack Edgar ’15 said he believes that the new developments at the Business School — such as the Marketing Design Lab — are part of the reason for the school’s improved position in Businessweek’s ranking. He hopes to see

the school continue to raise its standards even higher and become a role model for other business programs.

“I think that the new rankings just reinforce the confidence that I have in the degree I’m earning,” Edgar said in an email. “It makes me proud to attend the Mason School of Business and prepared to be able to walk into interviews knowing it means something.”

Jonathan Roth ’15 said he is also hopeful that this news will give students at the Business School an edge in the job market for internships and careers.

“The change in ranking means that hopefully [Mason will receive] greater recognition among employers across the country,” Roth said in an email. “As the program becomes more and more well regarded, I hope that means more employers will offer more opportunities to Mason School of Business students.”

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Students at the College of William and Mary celebrated the SA and AMP’s World Expo as part of I Am W&M Week Sunday. All three floors of the Sadler Center showcased different cultures and various aspects of diversity at the College.

Conduct Council, Campus Police address student drug use reprecussions DRUGS from page 1

to a search warrant.

“If drugs are in a student’s private room, we don’t do regular searches — the only way we can do searches is if there is cause,” Boykin said. “If somebody tells us that there are drugs in the room, and it’s a reliable source, we may do an administrative search. That is something that happens extremely rarely.”

William and Mary Campus Police Department Chief Ed Schardein sometimes also deals with oncampus drug reports.

“We get calls from students saying, ‘I smell m a r i j u a n a ,’ ” Thomas Schardein said. “We go to the location, we look around and sometimes we smell it and sometimes we don’t. If we smell it, we try to use our nose[s] and track it down and then from there we create or conduct an investigation and also finalize an investigation.”

When an arrest is made, Schardein noted that the police have two avenues through which they can prosecute a non-felony drug possession. One route is referring the student to the Dean of Students Office. The other path is issuing

a summons.

“If it’s a small amount of marijuana, which is a usable, personal use amount of marijuana, we write a summons,” Schardein said. “We hand you your summons and send you on your way. We obviously confiscate the marijuana. We ship it off to the lab for analysis. They send us their analysis. Then we wait for court.”

Under conditions of anonymity, a freshman at the College mentioned how he believed the use of drugs — particularly marijuana — in dorms often leads to being caught.

“I’ve known a few [students] who’ve smoked in their dorms and been busted because of it, but it’s really rare for someone to get caught if they’re doing it outside (unless they’re in a crowded place with lots of traffic),” he said in an email.

Illicit substances that are consumed through means other than smoking are much harder for Residence Life and campus police to regulate.

“RAs aren’t trained drug counselors,” Boykin said. “Something like [a tablet drug] is going to come to our attention through rumor or something bad that happened. If you read the situation with the student that took the drug earlier the semester … we had a student who took it, had a horrible response to it, and that’s how we learned about it. It comes to our attention through something bad happening or a rumor. …

The police can only do searches [when] they have probable cause.”

All offenses, however, are brought to the Dean of Students office.

“Our students have a duty to notify us if they have been involved in situations, in terms of charges or arrests, but we come by that information as well,” Dean of Students Marjorie Thomas said. “You’re a William and Mary student wherever you are, so we do have reason to hold students accountable for their behavior even if it doesn’t happen on campus. Those reports can come from James County Police, it can be the [campus] police.”

Besides the initial primary punishment outlined by the Student Code of Conduct, the Dean of Students office may choose to impose a secondary punishment on a student found in violation.

“A secondary sanction ranges from requiring treatment to taking a basic course or seeking a drug treatment center,” Thomas said. “There are times when we ask them to do counseling. We’ve had students do community service, reflective papers, presentations.”

Students who disagree with the primary punishment decided by the Dean of Students may turn to the Conduct Council. Neal Desai ‘15 has been a chair of the Student Conduct Council for two years, serving as a liaison between the administration and the organization

as well as educating the community about students’ rights. He said that the Conduct Council provides students with an alternative option for settling cases involving violations of the Student Code of Conduct.

“This is especially important if a student does not agree with the facts the Dean of Students Office presents in a case or does not agree with the proposed sanctions by the DOSO,” Desai said in an email. “Student can opt for a conduct hearing with our members as the panel who ultimately decides whether or not a student is responsible and/or what sanctions are imposed.”

According to Desai, hearings — including those that are drug-related — typically follow the same structure. Panels, who are informed by a case administrator and information collected regarding the case, determine whether or not the respondent is responsible for the charge at hand. The College and the Boykin respondent are able to call witnesses at this time. The case administrator, respondent, and panelists can question the witnesses on the stand.

Panel members hold a closed session to determine, according to the Student

Code of Conduct, if “a preponderance of the evidence exists when a reasonable person, after a careful balancing of available information, would conclude a violation has occurred and the student/ organization charged is responsible for the violation.”

The minimum primary sanction for drug-related cases is probation. Other penalties include removal from oncampus housing, enrollment in the New Leaf Clinic, a substance use intervention program or community service hours.

Desai, along with Boykin and Thomas, agreed that violations of drug offenses should not be viewed as a punishment.

Rather, they said they believe these constitute learning moments for students to better understand the consequences of their actions, as well as to help them mature during their time at the College.

“People look at the quote unquote punishment,” Thomas said. “It’s really beyond accountability. Especially for us, we’re not an institution that rushes to expulsion. The reason for that is because we do believe in rehabilitation and educating our students, and the fact that when you hold people accountable for making poor choices and provide opportunities to learn, and learn better strategies. … Hopefully they can come back and be successful. I don’t think that gets out enough.”

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life and the orientation process as a reflection of students’ interests.

“OAs in general are very involved on campus and people in Greek life are very involved on campus, so you kind of have this large portion of people who want to be super involved,” Sheehan said. “If someone is Greek, they probably want to get out there and have this type [of] personality where they really want to meet new students and give them a sense of the school and everything. I think it’s more of an overlap of interests more than anything else.”

Sheehan, who is also a tour guide, said that she also sees an overlap between tour guides and Orientation Aides. Garrett added that many Orientation Aides also tend to be involved in community service activities on campus.

Garrett said the selection process for the College’s Orientation Aides is extremely competitive: 435 students applied this spring to fill 100 available OA spots, after returning OAs were selected in the fall.

OA applicants who have not previously served as Orientation Aides complete a written application process, followed by two rounds of interviews, which the OADs conduct.

Prospective OAs list their involvement with

campus organizations on their applications, but Sheehan and fellow Orientation Area Director Mary Beth Berg ’15 said that organization affiliations are not taken into account in the application or interviews.

“I guess a large percentage of it is Greek, but when it comes down to it, I honestly don’t know, as someone who hired them — I literally hired these people — I don’t know who’s Greek and who’s not,” Sheehan said.

Garrett and Sheehan both mentioned that the First Year Experience department and OADs advertise widely across campus in encouraging Garrett students to apply to become OAs. Using campus-wide emails, fliers and advertisements in Student Happenings, the advertising campaign begins in January.

Berg, who is not a member of a Greek organization on campus, has served as an Orientation Aide four times, twice in the fall and twice in the spring. In selecting this year’s group of OAs, she said the OADs focused on the range of the applicant pool.

“I do think it’s important to note that we do not look specifically to hire Greeks,” Berg said. “We’re looking for as diverse a pool of applicants as possible,

and ideally, we want it to be representative of the larger student body.”

She added that she does see a connection between members of Greek organizations and personality traits which may be effective in leading orientation activities.

“I think that what comes with being Greek is oftentimes a very social, a very outgoing person, and I think that works well in the orientation role,” Berg said. “It’s the people that like to be involved and like to meet new people and are used to talking to a lot of different people who they’ve never spoken to before, like new freshmen coming in, similar to the rush process or something like that. I don’t think there’s really a direct correlation, I just think … they happen to be outgoing, upbeat people. But that being said, I don’t think that not being Greek excludes you from that category of [being] outgoing and social as well.”

Kim Bond ’15, who is not a member of Greek life on campus, said that, in her view, plenty of enthusiastic potential OAs can be found outside the Greek community.

“I feel like [OAs] should be more representative of the student body,” Bond said. “Even if they do look at people who are super enthusiastic, I feel like you can find people like that who are in the general student body and aren’t involved in Greek life.”

Bond said that one of the two OAs assigned to her freshman hall was a member of Greek life. Of her two OAs, Lauren Collier ’15 said that both were involved with Greek life on campus, which she said ended up playing a role in the Orientation process.

“My OAs really did push Greek life, because they were a part of it,” Collier said. “I think it would be better to have more representation from other groups being OAs.” However, the OADs stressed that ultimately, OAs are chosen based on personal factors — such as enthusiasm, ability to work with multiple personality types, flexibility and dedication — rather than on an applicant’s on-campus activities.

Berg said that the OAs’ strength as a staff is considered more important than students’ affiliations with organizations at the College.

Berg emphasized that ultimately, OAs are chosen based on personal factors rather than on any affiliation with various groups on campus.

“As far as our applicant pool, we’re looking for quality of applicants rather than filling a quota,” Berg said. “We’re hoping for the best possible staff, keeping in mind that it should be representative of the whole student body, but knowing that in the end, the person that’s right for the position is going to be the right choice for us.”

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Outside your comfort zone or organization of our choice. I chose Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani education activist shot in the face by the Taliban. I engrossed myself so deeply into the subject that I barely left myself enough time to practice, so I was reeling with anxiety.

The day of my speech, I was given many opportunities to volunteer, none of which I took because I was afraid. I now realize this made absolutely no logical sense, because the FLAT HAT ASSOC. OPINIONS EDITOR longer you wait to do something that scares you, the more debilitating that fear will ultimately be.

My dad has always told me to do whatever scares me. Of course, When my professor eventually called on me, I walked to there are obvious, life-threatening caveats to that advice; he wasn’t the podium, wrote my name and topic on the whiteboard. suggesting I eat a live snake or climb Mt. Everest. What he meant Then, the unthinkable happened: I started giving the speech, was “do what you know you want to do, but are too scared to do.” but I stopped and couldn’t recover. It was like I was climbing Living by that advice has never been easy. In some ways I’ve failed monkey bars, and when I reached out to grab the next one, to do so because the power of the comfort zone is just too strong. It’s it wasn’t there. My mouth dried up, even though I had been a constant battle between fear — of rejection, failure, humiliation — drinking water throughout the day to prevent this. I requested and personal courage. Many of us forget to a do-over and a trip to the water fight that battle and let our fear win instead. fountain, which he granted. All I could I wanted to be a better public Whether at the College of William and Mary think in my few moments outside the speaker, but giving speeches or years past graduation, we need to keep room was that I was determined to get it terrified me. I found it amusing that fighting that battle. right. I walked back inside and gave the the general population was more This semester, one of my attempts at speech; it wasn’t pretty, but I did it. afraid of public speaking than dying. fighting that never-ending battle was taking The second speech, an informative a public speaking class. Cliched, yes, but one, was more successful. I was able to I had a dilemma: I wanted to be a better public speaker, but speak about film and television, an area of expertise, and I gave giving speeches terrified me. I found it amusing that the general myself more time to practice. Had you entered the Camm Hall population was more afraid of public speaking than dying. I’m not attic the day of my speech, you would have seen me pacing sure why. I only know that, when I’m standing in front of a class or and speaking to an enraptured crowd of empty couches and an auditorium, something changes. I love to communicate through chairs. But it worked: I spoke clearly and engagingly with more writing and with others one-on-one, but when it becomes a group confidence. I entered that trance when fear turns to comfort. or a crowd, my heart starts pounding — and that’s before I begin. My only embarrassment was that I forgot to change the slides Facing even a benevolent audience, I feel like prey; if I say the on my PowerPoint presentation. That, I could live with. wrong thing or choke up, they’ll either eat me or lose respect for me.

It’s now the end of the semester, and while I’m still terrified Maybe we feel shame is worse than death, and that’s why we’re so of public speaking, I have improved at it quite a bit. The fear terrified of public speaking. So, with crippling fear in tow, I set out will probably never go away completely, but now I know I can to conquer it. deliver a good speech. In the battle we must wage against fear, My first speech was a mixture of terror and relief. The there is no more powerful ammunition than experience. prompt was to present a fake humanitarian award to a person Email Matt Camarda at mjcamarda@email.wm.edu.

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This was really well-written, in a way that I haven’t seen in quite some time. Be very proud of your words and your choice. There is a lot to experience; don’t be too quick to narrow it all down to one love. Good luck with the journey. It’s a helluva trip.

he first students whom most freshmen will encounter on their move-in day, microwave in hand and parents lagging anxiously behind, are their Orientation Aides.

These bright, smiling, upbeat students will guide freshmen through the exhausting, overwhelming and perhaps disorienting process known as Orientation Week. Before incoming freshmen experience the College of William and Mary as students, they see it through their OAs. This underscores the need for a diverse set of OAs — for a variety of lenses through which freshmen can perceive campus life and the student body as a whole. In one way at least, OAs lack this diversity: Approximately 75 percent of the OAs selected for Fall Orientation 2014 and eight out of the fall’s ten Orientation Area Directors belong to a Greek organization.

During Fall Orientation 2013, approximately 77 percent of OAs were affiliated with social fraternities or sororities.

As eight of the ten Orientation Area Directors who interview applicants are in Greek organizations, potential for bias exists within the selection process. Some ways for potentially curbing this bias include reforming the selection process. First Year Experience must ensure that OADs are not in the same fraternity or sorority as any of their interviewees. Similarly, they should not allow OADs to interview anyone they know well. First Year Experience could implement a preliminary survey whereby interviewees are asked how well they know each OAD and whether they belong to the same Greek organization (if they belong to one in the first place). OADs would then interview those they either barely knew or didn’t know at all. Another option is to conduct a preliminary interview with an administrator who applicants would not know, which would remove some bias in the interview process.

Eliminating bias in the OA selection process will not entirely solve the problem, however, because it is likely that a disproportionately high number of Greeks apply for OA positions.

First Year Experience needs to reach out to other student organizations across campus and encourage more students to apply. Students received three emails this year reminding them to apply — and those emails can be easily disregarded. First Year Experience should heavily promote their application before its due date, holding multiple events and interest meetings to reach a wider audience.

Greek organizations serve valuable philanthropic and social roles at the College, and we are not criticizing them. However, when freshmen enter the College and interact primarily with OAs involved in Greek life, they may receive a misleading picture of the student body. While many freshmen know from college guidebooks and information sessions what percentage of the College’s students are Greek, their OAs can create a different impression. Freshmen may feel pressured to rush a fraternity or sorority if both of their OAs are Greek and if many of the students whom the OAs introduce to them are also Greek.

Becoming an OA is an extremely competitive process: First Year Experience selected only 100 out of 435 applicants this spring. Those who become OAs are no doubt extremely qualified and will serve freshmen well in their transition to College life.

However, First Year Experience needs to avoid a potentially biased selection process and seek out a more diverse pool of student applicants.

Abby Boyle recused herself from this staff editorial to remain unbiased in her reporting.

— Tom Tibbett on “Leaving the St Andrews Program”

What do you think of W&M’s policy on drugs?

“I don’t know if I’ve ever heard of the drug policy.”

“There’s a lot of attention on alcohol. There needs to be more awareness [of the drug policy].”

FLAT HAT CHIEF STAFF WRITER

Will Gooding ’15

Morgan Howells ’16

­— PHOTOS AND INTERVIEWS BY KAITLAN SHAUB

On behalf of the Matoaka Elementary School PTA, we would like to thank the College of William and Mary students who helped make the recent Matoaka Elementary School Cardinal Carnival a huge success. Twenty members of Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity spent the afternoon of March 29 volunteering to make a difference in the lives of our students. These student volunteers came to our school ready, willing and able to accomplish all tasks at hand. The success of the Cardinal Carnival was not possible without the aid of these students. Thank you, and we hope to see you again next year.

Sincerely, Marbury Abella, Sue Bornschein and Leanne Conrad PTA Carnival Co-Chairs Matoaka Elementary School

In the OA selection process, Greek is a name, not a person Kaitlan Shaub

FLAT HAT ASSOC. OPINIONS EDITOR

Looking at the new Orientation Aide staff for the fall of 2013, a variety of words comes to mind, but one word in particular seems to undermine the rest: Greek. Although it may not apply to all of the OAs, it is noticeable that a large majority of the staff is involved in Greek life. Some people like to argue that having such a large concentration of Greek OAs is a misrepresentation of the student body at the College of William and Mary. Some even take it a step further and say that such a heavy Greek presence on the Orientation staff fosters a narrow set of interests among new students. Some people are just disappointed that

they didn’t make the staff and blame the Greeks.

First, let’s dismiss the idea that all OAs are involved in Greek life. This just isn’t true. Yes, there are a lot of Greek members on the staff, but Greek life doesn’t have a monopoly over new student orientation. I myself had an unaffiliated OA, as did the hall next to me. Greek affiliation by no means guarantees a spot on the staff.

Next, let’s think about why Greeks make up such a large portion of the OA staff. If the Greek community at the College in no way makes up for an equally large portion of the campus population, why are they so represented on the competitive OA staff? The answer is simple: As individuals, they meet the criteria to be on staff.

There are two problems that need to be addressed.

Problem 1: In general, many students assume all members of Greek life are one and the same. They are not. Each Greek life member is an individual with his or her own talents and weaknesses, and those individuals shouldn’t be grouped together to assume the responsibility of all within the community. The Greeks on the Orientation staff are all different from

each other. Yes, some may be in the same sorority or fraternity, but they differ from each other in almost every other way. Greeks are not only Greeks: they are athletes, musicians, artists, volunteers and everything in between. Members of the Greek community, just like everyone else on this campus, bring their own diversity to the OA staff.

Problem 2: Many assume that Greeks are offered positions as OAs only because they know other Greeks on the staff. Many members of the Greek community tend to be outgoing and committed students, and Greek life offers a number of opportunities to develop valuable leadership skills. In conjunction, these skills meet core criteria for the OA staff, and these skills are what look appealing during the competitive application process. The Greek OAs aren’t just handed their positions because they’re Greek. They deserve them.

In the end, yes, the OA staff is made up of a lot of students in Greek life. However, these students shouldn’t be seen as any less deserving of their positions. Greek is a label, not a person.

Email Kaitlan Shaub at kcshaub@email.wm.edu.

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Business Entrepreneurship Field Consultancy Program analyzes operations at local childcare center

BY BAILEY KIRKPATRICK // FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR COURTESY PHOTO / WM.EDU

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The College of William and Mary’s Mason School of Business’s Entrepreneurship Field Consultancy Program is currently in its tenth year of operation.

Every semester, 16 second-year MBA students, 16 BBA undergraduates and three third-year law students team up to solve a few problems. Some of these projects have included clients from both the College community and far-reaching companies and are real-life scenarios for students to resolve.

“I think it’s a neat program,” Managing Director for the Alan B. Miller Center for Entrepreneurship Program Ron Monark said. “The assumption is that most of these students will work in business, so the more they can see business profits and understand how to professionally solve these problems, the better.”

One of the most recent projects was an analysis conducted by Jacob Ommen MBA ’14, Alyssa Smith MBA ’14 and Jordan Pischke J.D. ’14 on the Sarah Ives Gore Child Care Center, which is operated by Williamsburg Campus Child Care.

“Our overall goal was to reduce costs for the child care center. Costs are fairly straightforward and they translate directly into the cost of care for the children,” Ommen said. “We wanted to see where we could reduce the cost burden without impacting the quality of care. You have to be careful when you look at cost reductions, because theoretically the more you spend, the better the environment is supposed to be for the child.”

A donation by alumna and former Board of Visitors member Sarah Ives Gore ’56 provided for the construction of the child care building in the early 1990s, meeting a great need for College faculty and staff. Since then, WCCC has grown, and while it primarily serves the College community, some

families in the Williamsburg area also send their children to the center.

“This study came to be out of a discussion with the Board of Directors in terms of, ‘Where are we compared to the greater Williamsburg child care market?’” Associate Director of Auxiliary Services John Byxbe said. “We have this great resource through the entrepreneurial center, so why not use it? Since the study was completed, there has been a strong commitment from staff based on their tenure and the benefits being offered. It is performing at a very high level.”

WCCC is technically considered an auxiliary service on campus, designated as a service which primarily serves students, faculty and staff at the College. Auxiliary Services itself is a department that is comprised of multiple lines of business, including the I.D. office, dining services and the copy center. Some of these services are operated in-house and are selfoperated while others have contracted partnerships.

WCCC is a nonprofit organization operating in the Gore Child Care Center.

“Last year we were looking at providing a few more benefits for employees and realized there were budget constraints, so we needed to take a hard look at operations,” President of the WCCC Board of Directors and Assistant to the President and Provost Jeremy Martin said. “We wanted to do even better for staff and ensure WCCC was run as efficiently as possible.”

Through his contact at Auxiliary Services, Byxby, and his previous experiences working with Monark, Martin elected the Business School to complete the analysis of the WCCC’s finances.

The relationship between Auxiliary Services and the Field Consultancy Program began a few years ago

when students from the Business School conducted a feasibility study for the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to both give students real world experience as well as to leverage our internal resources as an institution to look at efficiencies and new opportunities,” Byxby said.

“Auxiliary services worked with Ron to really develop case studies that look at our various lines of business to look for areas we could enhance and strategically grow.”

Overall, the administration said that it was extremely pleased with the analysis and could not be more proud of the work currently being done to save costs at the WCCC. “We were thrilled by the work [the students] did because they helped us save a few hundred dollars here and there, but they also just confirmed the high quality of care at WCCC,” Martin said. “We discovered we are actually doing relatively well on compensation and employee benefits and just want to continue to give [employees] incentives to stay.”

Martin’s own daughter attended kindergarten at the WCCC. “My daughter loved it there and had a fabulous experience with the teachers,” Martin said. “They go down to Colonial Williamsburg, play in [the] Sunken Garden, and walk to the library. To my knowledge, WCCC is the only center that offers opportunities like those. As parents, my wife and I were thrilled with the experience there. It is a really great resource for the community.”

Aside from field trips and numerous educational opportunities, the child care center also provides hot meals, yoga and many other special activity classes, and even allows parents and volunteers to join in

classroom activities.

For Ommen, however, there’s one thing about WCCC that particularly stands out.

“What really impressed us the most was the tenure of the faculty. It is almost double compared to other child care centers,” Ommen said. “Teachers have been there a long time, and all the studies we looked at showed the faculty tenure is a huge indicator of quality in child care, so we wanted to propose ideas that could continue to foster tenure and incentivize employees to stay on.”

The Entrepreneurship Field Consultancy Program is not the same as simple case analysis.

Instead, it utilizes real problems with real companies and businesses to help Mason School of Business students gain real world experience in their chosen fields. Other recent projects included devising wireless consulting company business plans, looking at future business prospects for a company that provides due diligence for banks who are lending on commercial properties, and reorganizing a company in Hampton that makes items for very specific purposesin order to maximize profitability.

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The WCCC received a positive review from the program.

CONFUSION CORNER

On the importance of messing up (as much as possible) Look back at your college years and appreciate all the times you fell on your face

Ariel Cohen

CONFUSION CORNER COLUMNIST

The three weeks leading up to freshman orientation, I didn’t sleep a wink. Late at night, I’d pace around the room, organizing and reorganizing, writing haikus. Basically being completely and utterly useless. Call it nerves.

That summer, someone had told me that college was the kindergarten of adult life. So really, I shouldn’t worry.

He promised that these next four years would be as simple and fun as it could or would ever get.

In college, everyone is still figuring “it” out — figuring out what they want to study, figuring out which friends they want to call family, figuring out what they want to do with their lives, figuring

out who they are today and who they will become tomorrow.

The best part is, here in the kindergarten of life, it doesn’t matter how many times you screw up. You can always try to restructure or reshape tomorrow; heck, some kids even repeat kindergarten. College is a blank slate for scribbling.

Each year was ours for the taking, each semester a new dawn, every day an opportunity to make new mistakes.

Take a look back at your underclassman self. Oy vey. Now come back, come back quickly. Who was that person? That wide-eyed 18-year-old version of yourself had no clue what was coming. But thank goodness you evolved.

Throughout college, we all keep on messing up until we find the “just right.”

Some may call it the Goldilocks effect of the College of William and Mary experience.

Who among us hasn’t majorly screwed up on a test? Who hasn’t

asked a professor a dumb question?

Who hasn’t invested time in the wrong group of friends? Who hasn’t gone on an absolutely awful date? Who hasn’t questioned what was in that jungle juice?

Who hasn’t felt that complete red-hot embarrassment of failure and shame?

But more importantly, who hasn’t stood up, brushed themselves off and changed direction?

Those out-of-character moments where we fall flat on our faces serve us better than the stretches of smooth sailing. In those moments we are thinking, learning, changing. This is really what we come to college for, isn’t it? That learning thing.

Over the years, we discover the right friends, the right classes, the right passions, activities and routines. We all discover what makes us happiest and what makes us our best selves.

Now that we’ve finally reached our “just right,” after embarrassing ourselves and failing so many times, we have to start all over again. We are

being forced to surrender our precious, created happiness for the complete unknown and there is nothing we can do to stop this from happening.

A cruel joke, indeed.

As graduation looms on the horizon — about three weeks away, actually — those nerves I experienced the summer before college creep back.

This time they present themselves in their cruelest form: senioritis.

Whoops?

Come finals time, I’m sure I’ll look at these past few weeks as a mistake.

Shoot, I really should have spent more time in Earl Gregg Swem Library and less time laughing on the terrace, enjoying great company at mug nights, or embarking on Tuesday night adventures.

But it’s not too late to make and learn from our final college mistakes.

Let’s go out with a bang. Yes, we need to study and turn in those final papers.

But who says that the last mistakes can’t be the most valuable ones? Now is

the time to make some memories.

The fear is real. Graduation is coming. We will leave this place in less than three weeks. Somewhat subconsciously paralyzed by fear and plagued by senioritis, what should you do?

FREAK OUT. Just kidding, please don’t do that.

Harness those inevitable fears, because this time around, we know how to do so. The nerves mean we’re on the brink of something challenging, thrilling and bigger than we know. Yes, it’s going to be more difficult than we can currently understand. We are all going to screw up and fall on our faces.

But hey, that’s okay; at least, I like to think it is. We’ve learned from the kindergarten phase of our lives, and now, we’re only on to first grade.

May we always continue learning.

Ariel Cohen in a Confusion Corner columnist and she would like to thank you for reading The Flat Hat these past four years. It means the world to her.

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FROM THE FILM BLOG

“The Expendables 3” — August 15 “The Expendables” return once again to cause more destruction with a band of action movie legends. This time around, they find themselves caught in a battle within, as Expendables cofounder Conrad Stonebanks aims to destroy the group.

“Godzilla” — May 16 Starring Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the legendary Godzilla returns in this film, which is meant to be a reboot of the franchise.

With this film, the filmmakers have decided to make Godzilla a horrifying monster, like in the original Toho films, as opposed to the cheesy hero it has morphed into in recent years.

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“22 Jump Street” — June 13 Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill get back together in this sequel to the popular “21 Jump Street.” This time, the characters find themselves in college investigating a crime syndicate within a fraternity.

SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW

Introducing the blockbuster movies that will make your summer

BY WILLIAM PENIX // FLAT HAT BLOGGER

For more summer movies, check out the complete preview at Flathatnews.com.

“X-Men: Days of Future Past” — May 23 In this sequel to “X-Men: First Class,” the X-Men from the original trilogy join forces with their younger selves to save their future. With only Adam Sandler’s new film “Blended” to contend with, grabbing the number one spot in the box office should be easy.

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“Neighbors” — May 9 Director Nicholas Stoller (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Get Him to the Greek”) teams up with actor Seth Rogen in this comedy about a family with a newborn child experiencing difficulties with the fraternity that has moved in next door. Nothing like ending the school year and welcoming summer with a movie about college.

“Edge of Tomorrow” — June 6 Starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, this new science fiction film depicts two soldiers, Cruise and Blunt, teaming up to defeat an invading alien race. Cruise keeps returning to the same ill-fated battle through a time-loop. The film is based on the Japanese light novel “All You Need is Kill,” and will no doubt draw comparisons to “Groundhog Day.”

“Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” — July 11 In this sequel to “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” the apes, led by Caesar, are threatened by a band of human survivors, and both sides must fight to determine the superior species. I will be looking for another marvelous performance from Andy Serkis as Caesar.

“Transformers: Age of Extinction” — June 27 Michael Bay directs and Mark Wahlberg stars in the fourth film of the “Transformers” film franchise. Cue the repetitive robot-on-robot violence.

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY / IMDB.COM

FROM THE MUSIC BLOG

Mary And The Williams’ Sheer Musicianship Student band showcases the jazz chemistry of four different musicians

BY GREG TAYLOR FLAT HAT BLOGGER

On March 29, I had the pleasure of hearing Mary and the Williams, a four-piece, all-student jazz band, perform an hour-long set in the Wren Building during the Front Porch Society’s “March Jazzness.”

The light was fading on the dreary Williamsburg day as Mary and the Williams prepared to take the stage, but a buzz permeated the crowd. Whether it stemmed from the excitement of being in such a historic venue or the hype that preceded the event, Mary and the Williams harnessed the crowd’s energy and elevated it through their hour-long set.

As they played through their set, I noticed a few things which make Mary and the Williams a special group. The sheer musicianship of each member was the first thing to impress me. With Ian “E-Man” Lewis ’14 on saxophone, Christian Northover ’14 on drums, Rachel Hyneman ’14 on the stand-up bass and Stephen Roach ’16 on the organ, this band is stacked with four incredible musicians. Each one had impressive command over their instrument, and jazz is the perfect setting for each of them to showcase their talent.

Lewis switched between alto and baritone sax, but he shined particularly brightly during the band’s cover of Radiohead’s “National Anthem,” for which he played his preferred baritone sax. After the show, he explained why he preferred the baritone,

describing its deep, rumbling tones as more expressive than those of the alto. Hyneman ripped into a few bass solos which were certainly high points of the show. Their drummer, Northover, looked as casual as he would if he were drinking a cup of coffee, even as he pulled off impressive, crowd-pleasing drum solos. Last, but certainly not least, Roach played an interesting role in the band. His instrument was not as prominent in the acoustic mix as the others, but his dexterous keyboard work did not go unnoticed.

The crowd could not help but pay attention as his fingers nimbly graced the keys during his solos.

While each musician was individually impressive, it never felt as though it were a competition, which is another thing that makes Mary and the Williams an appealing band. Their chemistry is flawless. As with many jazz bands, most of the show was improvised. The fact that they sound like a unit is a testament to their individual talent as well as their band dynamic. When I spoke with Lewis after the show, I learned the band had arranged their “National Anthem” cover mere hours before the show. I may be partial to Radiohead, but many others and I considered that song a standout in their set. That they performed a song they had barely practiced with such grace and confidence impressed me to no end.

Whether jazz is your genre of choice or you only know of Miles Davis, Mary and the Williams is a band that appeals to anyone who appreciates live music.

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY / AARON BUNCHER

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BASEBALL

Tribe sweeps Northeastern in Boston

Late runs, strong pitching performances fuel three narrow wins for College against Huskies

BY SAMANTHA COHEN FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS

Senior third baseman Kevin Nutter was awarded the CAA Player of the Week after the sweep.

William and Mary traveled to Boston, Mass., to face Colonial Athletic Association foe Northeastern in a weekend series. Late-game rallies became the norm, as the Tribe (25-14, 9-2 CAA) swept the Huskies (15-21, 4-8 CAA) by virtue of lateinning drama.

Friday’s 5-3 win came after a two runs in the top of the tenth inning.

Freshman shortstop Tim Hoehn and senior third baseman Kevin Casey each recorded hits in the decisive extra inning.

Junior Jason Inghram lasted nine innings, giving up just three runs on six hits alongside seven strikeouts in the win. Heading into

Saturday, head coach Brian Murphy sent senior John Sheehan to the mound.

Sheehan threw seven innings, allowing two runs on eight hits. A run in the eighth inning cemented the College’s series-clinching 3-2 win, thanks to Casey’s groundout, which drove home senior second baseman Ryan Lindemuth.

With the series win sealed, the Tribe went for the sweep Sunday. A come-from-behind rally, highlighted by a two-run ninth inning, earned the Tribe an 8-6 victory.

After a scoreless first inning, sophomore catcher Ryan Hissey scored the first run for the Tribe. The lead, however, didn’t hold. The Huskies answered with two runs in the bottom of the second for an advantage they would maintain through the

seventh inning.

The prospect of a Tribe victory looked dim as the Huskies led 6-2 heading into the eighth inning. The Tribe stormed back with six runs in the last two innings to capture the road victory.

Hissey scored in the top of the eighth, followed by Casey, who scored after Hoehn reached on an error. Two subsequent unearned scores by senior first baseman Kevin Nutter and Hoehn evened the scoreboard at the top of the eighth.

The Tribe clinched the win in the ninth inning, when Hissey scored after Casey singled up the middle.

Sophomore right fielder Josh Smith scored soon after, giving the Tribe a two-run advantage.

Northeastern could not answer in the bottom of the ninth.

Poor fielding proved to be

the downfall for the Huskies.

Huskie pitcher Michael Foster allowed six runs over seven innings, allowing only one earned run. The Huskies totaled three errors.

Despite their fielding woes, the Huskies still had plenty of opportunities. Northeastern stranded many base runners, leaving a total of 17 on base compared to the Tribe’s 12.

Nutter was named the CAA Player of the Week Monday, following his strong weekend performances against the Huskies.

Head coach Brian Murphy’s squad has yet to drop a series against a conference foe, and is currently in second place in the CAA. The Tribe faces conference foe Hofstra Friday with the first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m. The next six games will be played at Plumeri Park.

MEN’S TENNIS

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Charleston defeats College, Belaya Season ends After first round win over Drexel, College falls in CAA semifinals

BY JACK POWERS FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR A once-promising season marred by injuries ended Saturday afternoon at the Millie West Tennis Facility in a semifinal match of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament. One year after claiming the CAA crown, third-seeded William and Mary fell 4-0 to second-seeded College of Charleston.

Friday evening, the Tribe came back from losing the doubles point against sixth-seeded Drexel. Senior Maria Belaya, sophomore Leeza Nemchinov, freshman Melanie Roy, and freshman Nabila Farah won their singles matches to give the College the victory and a spot in the semifinals. Belaya’s performance was especially encouraging for Tribe fans, as she won in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 at the No. 1 spot. The Tribe’s quarterfinal victory came after a dispiriting eight-match losing streak.

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Sophomore Leeza Nemchinov garnered the Tribe’s only set win during singles play against Charleston.

The win sparked a hope that the reigning champions might be able to pull it together for the tournament.

Those hopes were quickly put to rest.

The Tribe found little success the following day against the higher-seeded Cougars.

Nemchinov and sophomore Julia Casselbury won their doubles match over Samantha Maddox and Jamie Harrell — their only win all season as a doubles pairing — but the Cougars won each of the other two doubles matches to capture the first point.

Already facing a deficit, the Tribe looked overmatched during singles play. Belaya, Roy, and Farah were dispatched in straight sets by their opponents as Charleston advanced to the tournament final. Senior Sydney Smith, Casselbury, and Nemchinov did not finish their matches since the Cougars had already reached the requisite four points to claim the event. Only Nemchinov won a single set by the time the action was called.

In a matchup between two All-CAA first team selections, Belaya struggled to compete with Charleston’s Kelly Kambourelis. After winning the CAA Player of the Year award last year, Belaya’s season started strong in the fall but has been plagued by nagging injuries for most of the spring season. Kambourelis downed Belaya relatively easily Saturday afternoon, winning 6-4, 6-2.

Saturday’s match marked the end of Belaya’s distinguished career for the Tribe.

Although they dominated the Tribe Saturday, Charleston fell in a close match to top-seeded North Carolina-Wilmington 4-3 in the championship. With the season complete, the College awaits the start of next season.

The Tribe finishes its season with a 4-15 record.

Basic introduction to women’s lacrosse

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Transitional lacrosse occurs after turnovers and draws or after a goalie makes a save and tries to “clear” the ball to teammates.

In these situations, oftentimes the attacking team will outrun the defending team, leading to a temporary advantage. These “fast breaks” can determine the outcome of the game; with a few precise passes, an attacker can end up one-on-one with a goalie.

If a ball hits the ground, play continues. Lacrosse heads have a slanted top, allowing for a shovel-like function to scoop up the ball. Groundball advantage refers to which team is better at scooping up the ball and is a telling indication of which team

enjoyed more time of possession.

PENALTIES The most complicated part of lacrosse consists of the arcs and penalties. A quick refresher — the crease is around the goal.

In front of the crease, but well before the restraining line, are two arcs: the eight-yard arc and the twelve-yard fan. If a penalty is committed within the eightyard arc, the player gets a “freeposition shot.” The game is paused and defenders must be five yards away from the athlete with the ball. The offensive player stands on the eight-yard arc with a clear lane to the goal, where the goalie waits. To top off the unholy combination of sports examples

in this article, the free-position shot is more like a free throw in basketball than a penalty kick in soccer, based on positioning. As soon as the whistle blows, the defenders collapse on the open lane as the ball carrier rushes to shoot.

To wrap it all up, here is a quick list of penalties. Women’s lacrosse players are required to wear a small cage around their eyes, leaving most of their head exposed, for reasons unknown.

Any checks near a player’s neck or head are illegal. Body checks that are not on the hips are also illegal.

Standing alone in front of the goal for prolonged periods of time is also illegal, except for goalies, for whom it’s another day at the office.

Checking too close to a player’s

hands also merits a penalty.

For most penalties outside the arcs, the whistle is blown and play stops. The player who committed the penalty and her teammates must be five yards away from the ball carrier. Then the whistle blows again and play resumes. Particularly egregious penalties result in yellow or red cards. Since it’s easier to commit penalties on defense, the team with the most penalties probably had to play more defensively. The number of penalties can thus be indicative of time of possession.

With a better understanding of lacrosse, there isn’t any reason to not enjoy the sport. The College plays at Martin Family Stadium — go impress with knowledge of a formerly mysterious sport.

Charleston takes semifinal

BY JEREMY RELLOSA FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER Typical Williamsburg rain set the mood for the Colonial Athletic Association tennis tournament last weekend, as William and Mary ended their season with a semifinal exit.

The Tribe (17-9, 2-0 CAA) claimed a solid quarterfinal win over Hofstra (6-7, 1-2 CAA), but fell to the College of Charleston (16-5, 1-1 CAA) in a hard-fought battle during Saturday’s semifinals at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.

In the quarterfinal round, Hofstra struggled to keep up with the College. With energy and urgency, the Tribe swept Hofstra 4-0 while not dropping a single set in either singles or doubles.

Successive wins over Hofstra opened the doubles play.

Senior pair John Banks and Ben Hoogland defeated the Pride’s Matthew Gemmell and Leo Pires in a dominating 8-1 win.

Quick matches became a trend. Junior pair Aaron Chaffee and Will Juggins finished right after the senior duo, earning an 8-3 win over Hofstra’s Ari Richman and Adrien Bailly.

In singles, the Tribe allowed Hofstra a total of 6 games. At the top two spots, Hoogland and Juggins shared a pair of 6-1, 6-1 straight set wins over Richman and Bailly, respectively.

At the No. 6 post, Chaffee rolled past Pires, 6-0, 6-0. Play ended early at the Nos. 3, 4, and 5 positions due to the College clinching the match.

With confidence and a hot streak of wins in the quarterfinal round, the Tribe went into the CAA semifinals against No. 65 Charleston. Banks and Hoogland racked up an easy win at the No. 3 doubles spot, defeating Charlie Ghirskey and Zack Lewis, 8-1. Freshman Addison Appleby and senior Ben Guthrie won the early Hoogland doubles point for the Tribe with an 8-5 win over Crescente Lesser and Rodrigo Encinas.

The momentum took a turn in singles play, as the scores began to lean in Charleston’s favor. Guthrie retired at the No. 2 spot halfway through the second set and dropped the match 6-2, 3-0. Juggins lost in straight sets to Lesser, 7-6 (3), 6-4 at the No. 3 position.

Following a pair of losses, Brice Allanic of Charleston took down Hoogland in a three-set grinder. Hoogland claimed the first set in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (5), but went on to lose the next two, 4-6, 1-6. It was a tough exit for the senior from Illinois, who ended his career with 72 singles wins.

Continuing his win streak at No. 5, freshman Damon Niquet fought to a three-set win over Charleston’s Zach Lewis. Niquet claimed the first set 6-3, but lost the second in a long series of games that resulted in a tiebreaker — 6-7 (9).

Niquet responded with a convincing 6-2 third set victory, defeating the Charleston Banks sophomore with a final score of 6-3, 6-7 (9), 6-2. Niquet topped off his season with a 22-9 record in singles, the highest winning percentage on the Tribe’s roster.

Banks, the senior from Charlotte, N.C., claimed the first set at the No. 6 spot, 7-6 (1), but was stopped short in the second, as the deciding 5 spot match determined the Tribe’s semifinal loss. Banks had 63 wins in his time at the College, with 20 wins and 14 losses in singles this season.

Charlie Ghriskey was the dagger in the loss. Sophomore Scott Huang fell to Ghriskey in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Huang ended his season with 22 singles wins.

The Tribe finishes its season with a 17-9 mark, an improvement from last year’s 12-15 record. Next season begins in September against North Carolina at the Duke Fab Four Invitational.

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TRACK AND FIELD

Stites shatters school record, leads at Mt. SAC relays

Balouris finishes fourth as Stites posts fastest 10,000-meter time by American women, tenth overall, in 2014

BY CHRIS WEBER FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary took first place at the Christopher Newport University Captain’s Classic and posted a number of qualifying marks at the Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton. Despite the success, those accomplishments paled in comparison to the individual efforts put forth by three distance runners at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif.

Freshman Trevor Sleight joined two of the program’s most talented and decorated runners — senior Elaina Balouris and sophomore Emily Stites — in competing in the 10,000-meter race at the prestigious meet.

Stites came within 300 meters of claiming the women’s top section,

finishing second overall with a time of 32 minutes, 41 seconds. The time marks the best in program history by more than a minute; Stites blew past her own mark by 90 seconds. She now holds the school record in both the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter races.

In addition to rewriting records, Stites qualified for the United States Track and Field National Championships this summer. Stites’s run currently ranks third among all National Collegiate Stites Athletic Association times and tenth in the world this year.

Stites owns the fastest American time in 2014 to date.

While Stites competed for the top spot, Balouris led for much of the beginning stages of the race. Crossing the line in 33:31.59, Balouris finished fourth overall, 12 seconds ahead of her personal best — the school record entering the race.

Balouris’s time ranks her No. 14 among 10,000-meter NCAA athletes.

Sleight ran the first 10,000-meter race of his collegiate career, finishing No. 23 in the Olympic Development heat.

Sleight crossed in 30:40.35, good for an Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America qualification.

Back on the east coast, the College’s track and field programs split between the Christopher Newport University Captain’s Classic and Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton. Both the men and women won the Captain’s Classic, while a number of

athletes posted high marks at the Larry Ellis Invitational, including an IC4A qualifying time.

In Newport News, Va., freshman Savanna Craib finished second in the high jump with a 1.60-meter jump to lead the women’s side. Sophomores Katie Johnston and Rochelle Evans took first and second, respectively, in the discus throw.

Rounding out the field events, freshman Susannah Philbrick took the second spot in long jump with a 5.03-meter mark.

Sophomore Becca Eudailey won the 3,000-meter race in 10:25.25, just ahead of second-place finisher freshman Carolyn Cunniffee, who crossed in 10:32.84.

Sophomore Breanna Brukalo, freshman Erika Garrison, junior Brittany Biagi and freshman Laura Klosterman took second in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of

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50.29 seconds.

At Princeton, freshman Molly Applegate finished third in the 3,000-meter race, posting a time of 10:12.86. Fellow freshman Rachel Rabbitt crossed in 10:15.83, earning the fifth position.

On the men’s side, the College defeated Longwood and Hampton at the Captain’s Classic. Freshman Reider Strehler took the 3,000-meter race in 9:04.67. Sophomore Taylor Frenia won the shot put with a put of 15.38 meters. Frenia placed second in the hammer, throwing 49.05 meters.

At Princeton, senior Rad Gunzenhauser led with a 14:23.92 5,000-meter run, qualifying for the IC4A Championships.

Both the men and women will return to action Thursday, competing in the Penn Relay Carnival in Philadelphia, Pa.

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65’ 10’ Twelve-yard fan The crease

Tribe rallies in overtime over Drexel

Midfield line

BY CHRIS WEBER FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

Restraining line

Eight-yard arc

100’

Lacrosse 101 For an American sport invented over 300 years ago, more people should know something about lacrosse. The game is team-oriented, fast-paced, and features athletes wielding metal sticks — what’s not to love? Despite its attractive attributes, however, lacrosse remains relatively unknown.

Today that changes.

Some history will frame what will become a lesson in lacrosse. Invented by Native Americans sometime in the 1600s, lacrosse often settled tribal disputes in lieu of war. Since then, the sport has evolved to include cleats and mouth guards, and still settles conflicts, although with fewer deaths.

Water bottles might also have an impact on the drop in fatalities.

But what is lacrosse? It depends on who is answering. The rules for women’s and men’s lacrosse differ significantly, even more so than softball and baseball. Let’s start with the universal basics, beginning with the field.

THE FIELD The field is 120 yards long and 65 yards wide.

Two goals sit 100 yards apart, meaning 10 yards of space sit behind each goal. Think hockey with more room. These goals are slightly bigger than hockey goals, six feet tall and six feet wide with narrow pipes.

That leads to a simple question. When a player

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Senior Jenna Dougherty demonstrates the art of lacrosse.

College turns in split weekend

BY SUMNER HIGGINBOTHAM // FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

Everything women’s lacrosse in one place: answers to all the questions

says, “That shot went off pipe,” what does he or she mean?

A. The shot went off the goal pipe B. The shot hit a fan who was smoking a pipe C. The shot hit the pipe of the fan who was smoking but not the fan D. All of the above (trick shot) Easy question, easy answer. Don’t overthink it.

Back to the field.

Around each goal is a small circle where the offensive players cannot go. The word “crease” brings khaki pants to most people’s minds, but this circle has the same name. The goalie spends most of his or her time in the crease, although defenders can also move through it. In the middle of the field is an aptly named midfield line. There are two lines on either side of the midfield line known as the restraining line. More on that later.

THE STICK With a general idea of the field, let’s get to the sticks. The formal name for a stick is a “crosse.”

In both sports, regulations require the stick to be approximately three feet long. The netted end of the stick, called the head, is roughly triangular and holds the ball with a series of strings. There is essentially another book of rules for the heads that details how deep the ball rests, how wide the head is and so on and so forth. If a referee declares a stick illegal, odds are the sixth string from the middle is a little worn out so the pocket is a hair too deep.

Men’s lacrosse sticks have a deeper pocket, meaning the ball is farther down in the netting than in women’s lacrosse. Since William and Mary has a varsity women’s program and not a men’s program, let’s focus solely on women’s lacrosse.

Everything about a women’s lacrosse stick is designed to make catching the ball nearly impossible. Athletes need a lot of skill to catch and throw. To keep the ball in the stick while running down the field, players create a centrifugal force by rotating their stick back and forth rapidly.

This motion is known as cradling. Since women’s lacrosse sticks have shallower pockets, the ball can fall out easily even without the players’ body-

checking each other. Thus, the rules are designed to minimize contact between players.

That’s not to say women’s lacrosse isn’t actionpacked. Far from it — a player is allowed to check an opposing player’s stick at or near the top of the head. Defenders can push off the ball carrier’s hips, which is crucial to defending an offensive player who is trying to dodge.

What’s a dodge? It’s not about wrenches or truck commercials. A dodge is when an attacking player jukes, spins, outruns, or uses basically any movement to get free of a defender and shoot.

They are, in essence, “dodging” the defender. If a defender gets beaten, another defender has to stop the ball carrier — that’s called a “slide.” It’s not a random defender, but instead a complicated defensive system.

On to the game itself. A lacrosse game begins with the ball at the middle of the field, with a single player from each team inside the circle at midfield and two more from each team at the edge of this circle. The setup is very similar to a soccer kickoff.

The ball is placed at the middle, between the heads of two opposing players’ sticks, which are pressed together tightly. At the whistle, each player tries to flick the ball to his or her teammates in what is called the “draw,” like a faceoff in hockey. It might help to think of lacrosse as the result of hockey and soccer being thrown together in a blender. Maybe with a butterfly net too.

The other seven players of each team (excluding goalies) are behind the restraining line on either side of the field. Once a team controls the ball, they head toward the opponent’s side, which runs from the restraining line to the endline. However, not every player can go in this area. Lacrosse has 22 players on the field at the same time, which can certainly create a crowd. To prevent this, only seven players from each team are allowed between the endline and the restraining line. When an offense controls the ball in this area, the situation is called “settled lacrosse.” Most of the game takes place in this area as seven vs. seven lacrosse.

Transitional lacrosse is aptly named for when the teams are transitioning from seven vs. seven offense to seven vs. seven defense, or vice-versa.

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A fifth consecutive loss Friday quickly faded into memory as William and Mary rallied for a double overtime win Sunday. After falling to Hofstra 10-5 Friday, the College rebounded and recorded its first conference win — its third overall — by virtue of an 11-10 decision over Drexel.

The weekend series brought an end to the Tribe’s conference slate, as the College finished with a 1-4 record.

While Friday featured a result similar to the majority of the season, Sunday offered an exclamation point to the end of Colonial Athletic Association play.

Junior midfielder Alexi Farmakis found the net twice and sophomore attacker Zoe Boger scored once to build an early 3-1 lead over Hofstra Friday. The Pride responded with four unanswered goals to enter the break with a 5-3 advantage.

Hofstra’s run didn’t end with the halftime whistle, however, as the Pride added four unanswered goals to open the second half. Senior attacker Taelor Salmon finally broke the scoreless streak, netting a goal with 10:24 remaining in the game.

Farmakis added a game-high third goal off a free-position shot, but the two goals were as close as the Tribe would get to the Pride’s commanding lead. All told, Hofstra held the College’s offense scoreless for just over 38 minutes.

Statistically, the Tribe recorded five more draw controls than the Pride, but fell short of Hofstra’s ground balls and shots (24-19). With the loss, the College had only Sunday’s game remaining to secure a win in the conference.

Unlike Friday, the College took the lead into the break. A 5-1 run over the final 16:23 of the first half allowed for a 7-4 advantage over Drexel. Five players scored in the opening frame.

After the second-half whistle, Drexel balanced the game and scored five of the first six goals. The College attempted to rally for the reminder of the half, drawing even at nine apiece before falling behind 10-9.

With 46.1 seconds remaining in regulation, junior midfielder Amanda Johnson tied the game at ten apiece off a free-position shot. With the final whistle seconds later, both teams prepared for overtime.

Neither team scored in the first frame. Following a missed Farmakis shot, head coach Hillary Fratzke called a timeout to draw up a final play. 10.8 seconds remained in the second overtime.

Junior Kaleigh Noon gathered possession behind the goal and fired a pass to junior attacker Ellen Shaffrey. A quick shot settled the game, as Shaffrey recorded the game winner.

The College led in a number of categories, including an 18-7 draw control advantage, 19-18 ground ball advantage and 36-25 shot advantage. Freshman Abby Junior earned conference Rookie of the Week accolades. Junior is tied for fifth in the CAA with 1.47 caused turnovers per game, highlighted by four caused turnovers over the weekend.

The Tribe’s season concludes with a Saturday nonconference matchup with in-state foe Old Dominion. The match is set to begin at 1 p.m.

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Saturday marked the Tribe’s first conference win of the season.