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College hires Fundraising record broken College raises over $100 million for third consecutive year psychiatrist

Patricia Roy to join staff

EMILY MARTELL // FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR M.B.A. ’80 included an overview of the College’s 2015 financial performance and the entire Fiscal Year 2015 financial report.

By the end of FY 2015 June 30, 2015, the consolidated endowment .08 Mill - Students of the College totaled $811.2 million. Although Jones said .11 Mill - Faculty/Staff the improved economy and good asset allocations were instrumental in growing the endowment, market factors were not the only reasons for the new levels. .68 Mill - Other “So the success of getting it to the $811 million is really fundraising, which, particularly now that 2 Mill - Parents we’re in campaign mode, we’re talking with lots 2.4 Mill - Family Foundations of donors, we’re getting significant gifts, and we hope a good portion of them come into 9.2 Mill - Foundations endowments,” Jones said.

Along with raising a record-breaking 34.4 Mill - Alumni $105.8 million in gifts and commitments, FY 2015 was the third consecutive year the 3.9 Mill - Friends College raised over $100 million.

Although Vice President for University 3.5 Mill - Corporations Management Matthew Lambert ’99 said that the improved economy contributed to the new high in fundraising levels, he said that there was a more important factor: the College’s For the Bold: The Campaign for William and Mary.

“There were a lot of people who knew we were actively undergoing a campaign, but we didn’t speak openly about it; we were always quiet about it,” Lambert said. “So, for instance, at the end of each fiscal year, we would announce how much money we had raised, but we didn’t state that we were in a campaign.”

Although the Campaign for William and Mary was not publicly launched until Oct. 22, 2015, months into the July 1 GRAPHIC BY ALEX WALHOUT/ THE FLAT HAT Data about fundraising demographics is taken from the 2015 President’s Report. start of FY 2016, the College had already been actively speaking with top donors about an upcoming campaign launch.

The College of William and Mary raised $105.8 million, “The way university campaigns work is you have what you surpassed all records for alumni involvement and reached new officially call the quiet phase or the leadership phase of the levels of endowment funding during the 2015 fiscal year. Still, as campaign,” Lambert said. “And during the leadership phase, what state support for the College’s operations continued to fall, in-state you accomplish is you get those donors who are most engaged, most tuition reached a new high last year. supportive, most generous, to make their own leadership gifts first The College released the 2015 President’s Report with a message and then when you come out and publicly announce the campaign, from President Taylor Reveley Jan. 4. As part of the report, Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration Samuel Jones ’75, See FUNDRAISING page 3

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The College of William and Mary has hired Patricia Roy as a fulltime psychiatrist. She will begin working at the Counseling Center by the end of February.

The Counseling Center first sought approval for the position in the fall of 2014. After receiving the go-ahead from the Division of Student Affairs, they engaged the psychiatry recruitment firm Monroe and Weisbrod to search for applicants in the spring of 2015.

The hiring of a full-time psychiatrist has been a charged issue on campus. There was a part-time psychiatrist who worked seven hours a week through the Student Health Center, but he was a member of the military who was called back to serve on active duty. Student Health Center director Dr. Virginia Wells previously said that his appointments were consistently booked. The organizers of a sit-in that occurred over Homecoming weekend outside the Sir Christopher Wren Building demanded that the College hire a full-time psychiatrist.

Associate Vice President for Health and Wellness Kelly Crace said that a national shortage of psychiatrists made it difficult for the College to offer a competitive pay. He described the yearlong process of sifting through applicants.

“What we were looking for, and what we were really stingy about, was we wanted someone who was very experienced in psychiatry and the complexity of psychiatry as it relates to what we typically see in a university setting, but that … also seeks to understand the individual behind the symptomatology,” Crace said. “We were looking for a psychiatrist that didn’t define someone by their symptoms, but really wanted to understand the uniqueness of the individual who also happened to have a mental health condition.”

Crace said that he also wanted to hire someone who was excited about the Integrative Wellness Center, and who could potentially facilitate the eventual adoption of a psychiatric residency program at the College.

“More than anything, I was looking for a colleague that will invest in the community,” Crace said. “Not someone that clocks in, does clinical work, and clocks out. I wanted them to invest in the Tribe.”

Crace said that Roy was an excellent fit for the role. She attended medical school at Drexel University and interned in internal medicine at Lennox Hill Hospital in New York City. Roy said that she first realized she wanted to be a psychiatrist during this internship.

“I found that I was drawn toward disorders of the mind because they See PSYCHIATRIST page 3

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Key loss costs College Harris-Perry talks at commemoration more than $500,000 Speech reflects on Black Lives Matter movement, social media Set of master keys was lost in August LEONOR GRAVE THE FLAT HAT

A lock re-core project is underway which affects all residence halls on the College of William and Mary campus, with the exception of One Tribe Place. This project follows the announcement in the fall semester from William and Mary Police Chief Deborah Cheesebro about a lost set of master keys that was never recovered. The College Facilities Management Department is coordinating the effort to ensure the safety of residents of halls affected by this key loss.

Department of Facilities Management Director of Operations and Maintenance Gregg Shipp said that the replacement of the approximately 3000 cores in residence halls,

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which include individual student rooms as well as exterior residence hall doors, will cost the College an estimated $399,444. To prevent a similar loss happening in the future, 20 electronically-controlled master key storage boxes are to be installed. According to Shipp, these boxes are meant to improve the management of residence hall master keys. These boxes will cost the College $162,346, which brings the total cost for the re-core project up to $561,790.

“This project only effects [sic] residence halls,” Shipp said in an email. “There are plans in progress to change some of the cores on [Education and General] facilities, but they are not yet finalized.”

In an email sent out Dec. 4, Residence Life assured hall residents that ensuring safety is a See KEY page 4

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Wake Forest University professor and MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry spoke at the College of William and

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Melissa Harris-Perry spoke about Dr. King’s legacy in the context of current events and social media.

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Part of her talk analyzed how Dr. King would have used social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat to further his activism and display his humanity.

“You just know he would have been good at [Twitter],” Harris-Perry said. “You know at various points he would have just beat back the trolls, and he would have been loving. People would have retweeted him and he would have been trending for days.”

Another major theme of Harris-Perry’s talk was the importance of remembering Dr. King as a fallible human. She reminded the audience that while it is good to reflect on the work of Dr. King, it is also important to continue to have courage and move forward.

“If you think that the 1960s movement for human and civil rights had one set of goals, one agenda that was uncontested, you will think that something bad is happening right now, something that is unsustainable,” Harris-Perry said.

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Mary’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration program Jan. 21. The program was hosted by the Center for Student Diversity.

Harris-Perry’s talk focused on Dr. King in the context of Black Lives Matter.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education recently released a report on how to improve the college admissions process. Read one student’s take on how this will help future applicants. page 5

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Christopher Bram ’74 always knew that he wanted to write. In high school, he started writing several novels, but his experiences at the College of William and Mary, he said, encouraged him to write more.

After living in a small, suburban town outside of Norfolk all of his life, Williamsburg was a new experience.

“For me, going to William and Mary was like going to a big city,” Bram said.

Bram grew up in Kempsville, Va. and said that he had visited Williamsburg many times as a young kid and fell in love with the College’s campus.

He applied early decision and was accepted. He said that the College appealed to him because he had heard only good things about the school, and it lived up to its reputation, in his opinion.

“William and Mary is both intimate and smart … a brainy, friendly school with a lot of serious scholars,” Bram said.

Bram said he made many friends at the College and took his education very seriously during the academic year.

“I lived at Swem Library,” Bram said, “I had access to many books in a world-class university library. It is a wonderful place and was a real joy.”

In the time he could find outside of classes, reading for pleasure, watching movies and writing fiction, Bram chose to participate in clubs and organizations that interested him.

While at the College, he was involved with the literary magazine — which is now the William and Mary Review — and the film society.

At the time he was a part of the literary magazine, which was then primarily a student publication, but is now more of a national magazine.

He joined the literary magazine to meet fellow writers on campus and gain experience in the literary world. Bram said the William and Mary Review encouraged him to write more, as he was pushed to publish almost every week.

Bram was also interested in film and he became involved with the Festival Film Society. “[The Festival Film Society] was the only way I could see the movies I wanted to see,” Bram said. “I got to choose what we showed. Remember, this was a time before streaming or DVDs or even videos.”

One of Bram’s favorite professors, David Clay Jenkins, gave him this control of the film society. Bram had Jenkins as a professor for an honors seminar titled Novels Into Films and two other creative writing courses.

Bram said that Jenkins was a role model to him, but in an unexpected way.

“He was an erratic teacher: confused and woolly and unpredictable,” Bram said. “He was your classic absent-minded professor, a world-class eccentric, and a great character. It was a privilege to know him.”

Bram said Jenkins supported him in the English department, but also that his support went further than just his undergraduate academics.

Jenkins provided funding for Bram to enroll in a class with a writer-in-residence after he graduated in 1974.

Bram attributes to Jenkins many characteristics of what he considers to be a good teacher.

“Generosity and openness and a willingness to be foolish are all good traits in a teacher,” Bram said. “Remembering David Clay Jenkins helps me to relax around my own students.”

After graduating, Bram stayed in Williamsburg for three years working as a motel clerk and writing his earliest novels.

Bram moved to New York City in 1978. He said he thought living in New York would allow him to be freer and more expressive than he would be able to be in Williamsburg.

“Real writers are supposed to live in New York,” Bram said.

He said his inspiration comes from his life-long love of writing.

“I like to tell stories,” Bram said. “I enjoy day-dreaming on the page.”

Bram has authored a total of twelve novels — the twelfth, The Art of History, is to be released in July by Greywolf Press. He also has penned many essays, articles and a few screenplays.

In 1998, director Bill Condon adapted Bram’s novel Father of Frankenstein into the film Gods and Monsters. In 1999, the

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movie was the winner of an Academy Award for Best Screenplay Adaptation.

Bram said that when he heard the news that the movie based on his novel was the recipient of the Oscar, he was a writer-inresidence at the College.

Bram was satisfied with the outcome of the movie. He said he felt that Condon kept his dialogue and changed very little.

“The movie turned out really well,” Bram said. “It’s great to hear words you wrote spoken by Ian McKellan.”

In 2001, Bram became the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, which is awarded to individuals who exhibit exceptional skill in scholarship and the arts. He was one of 200 chosen from a pool of almost 4,000 applicants.

Bram was awarded the 2003 Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement, which recognizes LGBTQ authors who are nominated for making significant bounds in his or her career.

“It was nice to be acknowledged for that,” Bram said. “These were my peers.”

However, Bram said that he considers two other successes to be his biggest life achievements.

“It’s a toss-up. It’s either making a career as a writer and publishing a dozen different books,” Bram said. “Or it’s the life I made with my partner, Draper Shreeve. We’ve been together for thirty-six years, inventing same-sex marriage for ourselves long before it was legalized in New York and the rest of the country.”

Today, he is a professor at New York University.

Bram said his experience at the College was great and that the school still means a lot to him. He said that while his first impression of the school lived up to the College’s prestige, this impression came to mean something more for him.

“I thought it was a bunch of super smart kids who were more sophisticated than I was,” Bram said. “Hey, there were students from New Jersey. But by the time I graduated I understood that we were all over the map, that there are many kinds of smartness, and sophistication is just a disguise. The school was a wonderful mix of the curious and foolish and wise and silly. In a smallish school like William and Mary, it was easier to see how varied people are.”

Offering advice to current students, Bram said that they should embrace the flexibility they have while in college.

“My chief advice is try different things, experiment … Now is a good time,” Bram said. “Be loose, have fun, and ‘follow your bliss’ as Joseph Campbell once said.”

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Christopher Bram ‘74 has written 12 novels, one of which was turned into a film.

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Friday, Jan. 22 — An individual was arrested for driving with a suspended license on Quarterpath Road and 199.

Saturday, Jan. 23— An individual was arrested for being drunk in public and profane language at Braxton Court and Scotland Street.

Saturday, Jan. 23— An individual was arrested for driving with a suspended license on Richmond Road.

Jan. 24 — An individual was arrested 4 Sunday, public drunkeness on Scotland Street.

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Price disparities found in campus dining Product prices differ at Tribe Market, Student Exchange, Swem Aromas ELEANOR LAMB FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

A student interested in purchasing Amy’s Lasagna, a frozen dinner offered at convenience stores around campus, can expect to pay over a dollar more for the product at the Tribe Market than at the Student Exchange.

Certain identical items provided at campus convenience stores vary in price from one store to the next. For example, Amy’s Macaroni and Cheese costs $3.99 at the Tribe Market, which is located in the lobby of the Commons Dining Hall, while the

same item costs $4.59 at the Student Exchange, located on the ground floor of the Sadler Center.

Amy’s Lasagna is priced at $5.99 at the Tribe Market and $4.59 at the Student Exchange.

The discrepancies in price are unusual because both the Tribe Market and the Student Exchange are self-operated locations and, as such, typically have standardized prices. This means that Dining Services manages the products and the prices at both of these stores, as well as at Zime, Boehly and Dodge Room. Because these stores’ goods are regulated by Dining Services, the prices across those stores tend to be the same. The discrepancies

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Amy’s Lasagna is among the food products listed at different price points at the Student Exchange and Tribe Market.

in the frozen dinners are an anomaly.

“Dining Services operates two different types of retail locations as part of the meal plans: selfoperated locations and sub-contracted locations,” Director of Auxiliary Services Cynthia Glavas said in an email. “Retail locations such as Marketplace, Student X-Change, Tribe Market, Zime, Boehly, and Dodge Room are self-operated locations while Aromas in Swem and Tribe Square are subcontracted.”

For this reason, the products found in the Earl Gregg Swem Library-based Aromas, though sometimes identical to the ones provided in campus convenience stores, cost differently. The items in Swem’s Aromas are priced by Aromas’s food supplier; the items in campus stores are priced

by Century Distributors, the school’s supplier.

For the most part, the prices of goods in the campus convenience stores are the same. Products such as Kind Bars, Chex Mix, Oreos, ice cream, chips and various sodas are among the many items that cost students the same amount of Dining Dollars whether they are standing in the Tribe Market or the Student Exchange. The Amy’s frozen dinners are an exception. According to Resident District Manager Jeff McClure, these prices will soon be equalized.

During the last week of winter break, the College of William and Mary took on Century Distributors as its new food supplier. In the process of adopting this new supplier, Dining Services is evaluating the price of all items sold in the convenience stores to make sure they are equal to one another and competitive with local stores that are not affiliated with the College. This means that dining officials check the prices of items at nearby stores, such as Wawa, to determine the price of the goods that line the shelves of the Student Exchange. McClure

stated that the prices should all be the consistent by next week. “[Dining officials] are going through prices right now,” McClure said. “We’ll make them the same.

We want to meet everyone’s needs.”

McClure stated that he wanted to move to a new supplier because it offers a diverse “market basket,” or selection of goods. He said that Century Distributors provided more organic offerings than were available previously, in addition to increased dessert foods and smaller quantities of a given product. For example, students now have the option to purchase Ritz crackers by the singlesleeve, rather than by boxes that contain four sleeves of crackers.

“The new supplier is more advantageous because it offers more variety to students,” McClure said.

Throughout the semester, McClure stated that Dining Services will continue to expand the menu offered at the dining halls. Last semester, easels were set up in the Sadler Center, on which students could write suggestions for meals. McClure stated that all suggestions were subsequently incorporated onto the menu, which is made mostly from scratch. He said that similar easels will be set up this semester.

According to Campus Dietitian Julie Nance, another goal for Dining Services is to improve communication with students and options for healthy eating. Nance stated that 60 percent of the offerings in dining halls will be from what Dining Services calls the “Mindful Menu,” which includes healthy options.

“Good nutrition is important not only for your body, but for your brain,” Nance said. “We’re trying to make sure healthier options are available. That’s always where my mind goes, and my heart.”

Decreasing state support leads to rise in tuition cost College proposes implementation of an Arts Quarter with Assembly funding

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$500 million. As the deadline neared, gifts to the university increased.

“Getting across the $500 million mark was a huge threshold for us, and then we had quietly, amongst the senior team on my staff, set a goal of surpassing $517 million, because that was the final total of the last campaign,” Lambert said. “And we wanted to be able to say when we launched this campaign, we had already surpassed the entirety of the last campaign.”

Not only was the College able to raise $517 million, but also due to an anonymous $50 million commitment, on the Oct. 22 launch, the College could claim $532 million toward the new campaign.

The College also surpassed all previous alumni participation rates with 27.1 percent, or over 16,800 of undergraduate alumni giving back. This year the College seeks to raise alumni participation to 30 percent and then to 40 percent by 2020 as a component of the campaign.

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Development and Campaign Director Mark Begly said that although the billion dollars is a large component of For the Bold, the College also seeks to increase the percent of alumni giving back.

“We actually have three goals in our campaign,” Begly said. “The first goal is that we want deeper and richer alumni engagement back to the alma mater and one another, strengthening alumni engagement. The second goal is a 40 percent alumni participation, and actually the third goal is a billion dollars.

That’s the thing that gets the publicity, because a billion is a big number, but it really, what we’re trying to do at William and Mary is to try to build a culture of engagement and philanthropy and 40 percent participation would put us in the top 3 or 4 schools in the country for alumni participation.”

While alumni giving reached new heights, in-state tuition rose to the highest levels in the College’s history as state support declined by 5.7 percent during FY 2015. In 1980, the Commonwealth of Virginia supported 42.8 percent of the College’s operating

budget. The percentage declined to reach a low of 12.8 in 2015.

Jones noted that declines in state funding have largely coincided with national recessions. However, even after the economy recovers, state support does not return to its previous levels.

“As money comes back into the system, higher education is a pretty good priority, but it never recovers as much as you were cut,” Jones said.

Declining state support has been coupled with tuition increases.

Although the Board of Visitors introduced the William and Mary Promise in 2013, guaranteeing a flat tuition for in-state students over their four years at the College, each incoming class of in-state students faces a considerable increase in tuition.

Tuition has increased by 34 percent over the past three fiscal years, with the Class of 2017 paying $10,428 dollars, the Class of 2018 paying $12,428 dollars, and the class of 2019 paying $13,978.

Jones agreed that the College is not an inexpensive model.

“If raising that price allows us to

keep a great professor or bring in a great professor who values teaching and working with students just as much as they value the research that they do, then that’s a win for the university and it’s a win for the students,” Jones said.

With decreasing state support, the importance of alumni donations increases. Secretary of the Board of Visitors and Campaign Chair Sue Gerdelman ’76 discussed the increased role of alumni contributions at the College.

“It’s important for our alumni to understand about the decreasing state support, because, take someone like myself who went to school here in the 70s, the College was supported much more greatly by the state and you knew your education was being subsidized,” Gerdelman said.

“You didn’t necessarily see a need to donate back to your college because you thought it was taken care of by taxes and by tuition.”

The College underwent significant capital building projects and proposed new projects during the fiscal year.

During FY 2015, the ISC3 entered its last phase of building, and the

renovation of Tyler Hall continued. The College is now shifting capital funding to the College’s arts programs and the proposed phased implementation of an “Arts Quarter.”

The proposal includes four phases.

The first phase will construct a new music building next to Phi Beta Kappa Hall, the second phase will renovate Phi Beta Kappa Hall, the third phase will renovate Andrews Hall, and the fourth phase will expand the Muscarelle Art Museum.

However, the first phase cannot begin until the College secures funding from the Virginia General Assembly.

“We have a request into the state right now; they’re in session, and we’ve told them to authorize the planning for the music building,” Jones said. “If they authorize the planning, it’s highly likely that they will ultimately fund it.”

The General Assembly convened for its 2016 session Jan. 13 and will meet until March 12. Jones said he hoped the assembly authorizes the planning during the session.

“I’m really excited about it,” Jones said. “It’s clearly a need for the campus.”

Patricia Roy to serve as College’s new full-time psychiatrist New psychiatrist will primarily perform clinical services at the Counseling Center PSYCHIATRIST from page 1

affect our thoughts, feelings, perceptions and behaviors essentially who we are,” Roy said in an email. “I really enjoyed getting to know patients and taking the time to sit and talk with people. Psychiatry allows me to that.”

She then completed her residency in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, and also completed a fellowship in mood disorders and served on the faculty.

For the past four years, she has been the medical director of the Behavioral Health Department at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va. “I really enjoyed working in academics during my time at Hopkins,” Roy said. “I greatly value education and I consider it a privilege to support others in pursuit of education. William and Mary is a wonderful school.”

Crace said that upon joining the staff in February, Roy will primarily perform clinical services.

The number of students she takes on will depend on the complexity of the cases she encounters.

She will join a team of three psychology doctoral interns, three psychology doctoral practicum students and 10 other professional staff members.

Crace said the now 11 member professional staff includes seven clinicians with doctorates in psychology, one with a graduate degree in counseling,

one with a graduate degree in social work, one with a doctorate in sport psychology and now Roy with her MD in psychiatry.

Crace said that the Counseling Center has recently reduced its practicum student and intern staff and increased its professional staff.

Student Assembly President Yohance Whitaker ’16 released a statement saying the hiring of a full-time psychiatrist was a historic and proud moment for the College. Whitaker’s campaign last spring included a focus on improving the College’s health services.

“Dr. Roy’s hiring marks a wonderful development in our efforts to advance health services,” Whitaker said in a statement. “I am excited for the work she will do here. It is important to note, however, that the job of expanding health services on campus remains our combined responsibility. At the end of the day this is our family and it is up to us to support each other.”

SA Undersecretary of Mental Health Delaney McAleer ’18 also weighed in on the hiring.

“The hiring of William & Mary’s first full-time psychiatrist is a tremendous step forward in our community’s continued efforts to provide stronger mental health resources to students,” McAleer said in an email.

Roy said that her first task will be getting acquainted with the College community.

“I have a strong clinical background in psychiatry working with a variety of mental health problems

in a variety of settings but I have to get to know the students at William and Mary to best understand particular concerns and frustrations,” Roy said. “I

have been very impressed with the professionals at the Counseling Center and look forward to joining the team.”

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The College’s Counseling Center has taken steps to address student concerns by hiring Roy as a full time psychiatrist.

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

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Prison health group receives $50,000 grant Healthy Beginnings Project from College, VCU assists pregnant inmates SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

In December 2015, the College of William and Mary’s Healthy Beginnings Project, which helps incarcerated women have healthier pregnancies and babies, received a $50,000 grant from the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation.

Healthy Beginnings was founded in 2012 by psychology professors Danielle Dallaire and Catherine Forestell. They started the project with the goal of providing nutritional counseling and

support to incarcerated pregnant women.

“I have been with the project since the summer it started,” Constance Hull ’16 said.

“It was formed with the intention of providing support for incarcerated mothers by professors with developmental and nutritional psychology backgrounds. They developed nutritional counseling with a registered nurse, and since then, the project has expanded to offer these women different forms of support.”

The project was started through a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and later

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The Healthy Beginnings Project provides incarcerated women with assistance, including diaper drives and pregnancy tests.

received funding from March of Dimes. Recently, the College, in collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University, received the Anthem grant to provide further medical care to the women in the program.

The project now supports approximately 200 women incarcerated in prisons within an hour of Williamsburg.

“This funding is incredibly important,” Dallaire said in a press statement. “It allows us to continue to provide services to these women and expand partnerships with VCU and local health departments.”

Most prisons do not screen inmates for pregnancy, which can keep women from beneficial prenatal care.

Healthy Beginnings provides local prisons with pregnancy tests. Additionally, members of the Healthy Beginnings team conduct interviews with inmates and teach classes on maternal health and nutrition to the women in the program.

Additionally, since the fall of 2014, Healthy Beginnings has been a nationally registered diaper bank, providing the participating prisons with diapers.

With funding from the new grants, researchers from the College will now partner with medical staff at VCU to further care through delivery.

Healthy Beginnings will provide the names and due dates of the women to the labor and delivery unit at VCU Medical Center.

For the most part, the undergraduate students on the team assist in interviewing the women in the program and entering data into the Healthy Beginnings database. However, the students have also undertaken projects like the diaper bank to expand the support offered by the project. One member of the team, Nickole Medel ’16 assisted in research on prisons’ usage of shackles while

pregnant women are transported and even in labor.

“There’s a trend that when women are transported to and from the hospital, and even sometimes when they are in labor, they will be shackled,” Medel said. “That shouldn’t be happening to pregnant women because it puts stress on their bodies, it puts stress on their babies. It can be harmful to their healthcare. It just provides discomfort and stress that’s really not necessary. When a woman is in the hospital in labor, she is really not a flight risk.”

Under Virginia state law, doctors can ask for handcuffs and shackles to be removed if they believe it hinders medical care. As part of the new grant, Healthy Beginnings researchers can work with medical staff at VCU to make sure they are informed of these laws to further help the women.

While outreach to the women after they deliver their babies and leave the prisons is often difficult for team members, the new grant improves their outreach capabilities as it allows them to partner with the VCU Hospital and refer them to doctors who are informed of the women’s rights.

After the women give birth, they can choose to remain in contact with the program and its resources. Healthy Beginnings research is being done to see how to make these women less likely to be rearrested after being released. This grant money furthers the project’s capabilities to help once the babies have been born.

“I think Healthy Beginnings is important because I don’t think people realize how big of issues these are for incarcerated mothers,” Ashley Woodards ’16 said. “I think it raises awareness and it exposes William and Mary to new issues. These women are not just a study, they are people we care about, and this grant is important because it will help us help them.”

MSNBC host speaks at MLK Commemoration

Melissa Harris-Perry addresses intersectionality, activism, Black Lives Matter COMMEMORATION from page 1

For many audience members, like Isabel Jabaley ’19, this was one of the most important takeaway moments from the commemoration.

“I think what she was saying about all of our heroes being fallible is really important,” Jabaley said. “We need to see these people as people. I think that this is something great to take away because once we see these people as humans, and you know that you too are human, you can start to make a difference.”

Harris-Perry also addressed a common critique of Black Lives Matter activists: that King would not approve of what some have called their violent tactics. For Nana Amoh ’19, linking the remembrance of King with the Black Lives Matter movement helped put things in perspective.

“I think this was important because there’s a lot of things I see where people attack the movement, saying Dr.

King would not want violence,” Amoh said. “Most of the protests are nonviolent. The protests that happened at the University of Missouri or at Yale are seen as disruptive, but that’s what Martin Luther King Jr. did too.”

Additionally, Harris-Perry talked about the history of the Black Lives Matter activists, and she went through the names of the black individuals that were lost to police violence or gun violence in the last years.

Part of her work at Wake Forest University focuses on the intersections of race with other demographics.

One of the last topics she discussed was what it means to be ontologically black.

Harris-Perry said that some bodies, including those of black people, are seen as being problems to society. In addition, she discussed how the bodies of women, the bodies of disabled people and the bodies of transgender people are also seen as problems or burdens to society.

Harris-Perry ended the commemoration with a quote from Maya Angelou, urging the audience to have courage as they continued forward.

Harris-Perry attended Wake Forest for her undergraduate years, and while she was there, she was mentored by Angelou, who was a student of Dr. King.

Harris-Perry reflected on a quote from Angelou, which urges people to be brave so that they might consistently have other virtues.

“We are going to have to get creative, and in getting creative we are going to have to follow the young people,” Harris-Perry said. “These young people are encouraging us to disrupt the world in new ways, new ways that I suspect Dr. King would have liked, but that doesn’t matter because some of what we are going to do is not going to be right; some of it won’t work. But that doesn’t matter because courage is the most important virtue. Without courage, we cannot practice any other

virtue consistently.”

Following her commemoration talk, she answered questions and discussed more issues within the national conversation on race such as the recruitment and retention of diverse faculty and students and the twitter

hashtag #OscarsSoWhite.

Her speech was part of a week of commemoration events that included three service trips through the Office of Community Engagement and a day of learning and service around Williamsburg.

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The week’s commemorative events included Davison Douglas’ discussion on civil disobedience.

College to replace approximately 3,000 residence hall locks Old keys to be sold as surplus, recycled as scrap metal once doors are re-cored KEY from page 1

priority.

“The contracted locksmiths who will be completing the re-coring are all bonded and insured and will be escorted by security personnel,” ResLife said in the email.

Additionally, all old keys and cores will be turned over to the College.

Residents are expected to return their old keys in exchange for their new ones.

As old keys and cores are returned, they are to be sold as surplus for use by another organization or recycled as scrap metal.

They will not be disposed of in a landfill, minimizing the potential waste pollution caused by this project.

As each building is re-cored, students within that building will be notified via email.

New keys will be issued to ResLife staff and to the College locksmith.

“A note is left for any room unoccupied with instructions to the student on where to retrieve their new keys,” Shipp said in an email.

The Dec. 4 email from ResLife said that the staff hoped to complete this project over the semester break to minimize disruption to residents.

However, a follow up email sent Jan. 12 said that they were unable to accomplish this.

“Due to delays from the manufacturer Facilities Management was unable to complete the core

changes over the winter break as anticipated,” the email said.

The project is projected to extend into the spring semester and, as of yet, there is no definite date for expected completion, as the schedule is highly dependent on the external contractor.

“The plan is to work Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. systematically through one hall at a time,” Shipp said in an email.

Facilities Management hopes to minimize as much as possible the inconvenience to students.

The snowstorm delayed maintenance this past Friday, but the project is expected to continue on schedule this week.

Residence Life Director of Housing Operations Chris Durden stated that lock changes have been completed in Ludwell Apartments, Reves Hall, Hunt Hall, Taliaferro Hall and Brown Hall, as well as the Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chi Omega and Chi Omega sorority houses.

“We are planning to complete the Sororities on Monday and then progress through at a fairly rapid clip,” Durden said in an email.

According to Durden, the last time a similar situation occurred on campus was in the 198990 academic year when he was working as an Area Director.

At that time, they switched out the key system.

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Necessary progress

BY BRIAN KAO / THE FLAT HAT

A more dynamic college application

Isabel Larroca FLAT HAT EXECUTIVE EDITOR

It’s easy once you have actually become a college student to forget all the drama of the application process. My initial memories of applying are all of writing and rewriting essays, consulting my college advisor about what schools to look at, going on various tours and logging into the Common Application too many times to count. In truth, the admissions process began as far back as my time in middle school. That was when our school counselor first brought up how our academic and extracurricular choices could affect what colleges were open to us in the future — and that’s when the stress began.

Going into high school, I knew what academic track I would follow: AP classes freshman and sophomore year, followed by the IB Programme. By junior year I was attending regular SAT prep classes and planning out when I would take the exam and additional subject tests. Then there was the barrage of tours and essay drafts, culminating in an early decision application to the College of William and Mary. By December of 2013, I knew where I was going to spend the next four years of my life — the fever dream that was the college application process had come to an abrupt halt.

It’s incredible to me how easily I forgot the stress of applying to college (and that high school students are going through that same stress right now). That period of intense anxiety was something everyone accepted as the norm — until now, perhaps. Last week, the Harvard Graduate School of Education released its report, “Turning

the Tide,” about how to improve the college admissions process.

Endorsed by universities across the country, the report puts forth numerous suggestions for changes to what colleges should look for in prospective students. These, according to USA Today include: — A decrease in emphasis on standardized testing — A greater emphasis on student engagement in “meaningful” and “sustained” community service — A greater appreciation for contributions students make within the home — An emphasis on quality of extracurricular activities over quantity — A greater encouragement for students to look for schools that work best for them, not schools that are the most “prestigious” One of the main goals of these changes is to make the application process fairer for students from lower-income households. Despite the incredible workload applying to college burdened me with, I was much luckier than most students; my parents were able to afford a college advisor to help me with essays and SAT classes to help me boost my score. I had the free time to participate in multiple extracurricular activities, as I was not needed to help out at home. By giving greater appreciation to the responsibilities and difficulties faced by lower-income students, colleges can avoid overlooking applicants’ real potential.

Another goal of the report’s suggestions is to help lessen the stress placed on students to outcompete each and to look for real commitment to specific interests and causes. This is an improvement that would have benefited me directly – the strange irony of my application experience was how little it felt like it was about me.

Here I was making an incredibly important decision about my future, and all my thoughts were directed at what college’s wanted, from my academic work to how I spent my free time.

By bringing the focus away from test scores and checklists of honor societies and clubs, both the college and the student benefit. The student finds a place that appreciates and supports their passions — they find the “best fit.” And when you’re picking where you’ll live, work and study for your semi-adult years, isn’t that what everyone — both student and college — should want?

Email Isabel Larroca at imlarroca@email.wm.edu.

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By giving greater appreciation to the responsibilities and difficulties faced by lowerincome students, colleges can avoid overlooking applicants’ real potential.

The College of William and Mary has recently hired a full-time psychiatrist to serve as part of the team at the school’s Counseling Center. Dr. Patricia Roy is an experienced physician with residency and work experience at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Virginia Hospital Center, where she served as the director of the Behavioral Health Department.

The hiring of Dr. Roy is an important step toward the advancement of mental health services at the College. As a psychiatrist, Dr. Roy can prescribe medication to her patients and offer significant experience and the potential for new perspective on how to continue improving assistance for students seeking help from the Counseling Center.

It is important to not let this significant achievement remove focus from the issue of improving mental health services on campus. It was in part thanks to the collective voice of the students online and on the ground — through efforts such as the sit-in protest held at the Sir Christopher Wren Building last semester — that thrust the issue of mental health into the spotlight.

While concerns have been addressed in regards to the need for a full-time psychiatrist, there is still room for improvement.

Transparency between the Counseling Center and students is crucial to building trust and encouraging students in need of help to seek it. The more available and comprehensive information is about the resources available at the Counseling Center (such as the fulltime psychiatrist), the more likely students will be to utilize them. How the Counseling Center functions, who can talk to students, and information about how confidentiality works are all valuable bits of information for the student body.

Instead of going to the Counseling Center with no idea how their situation will be addressed, students will be able to evaluate their options and seek help in an informed manner. Asking for help with mental health issues through the school won’t be a process shrouded in mystery — it will be a process most students are aware of.

An example of a good way to start improving upon transparency issues can be found in the recent posting of informational fliers on sexual assault resources around campus. These fliers, found in bathroom stalls and academic buildings, provide multiple resources for those who have been sexually assaulted. They list the phone numbers and locations of the available outlets for confidential discussions, as well as providing numbers for students who want to report an incident. Each flier ends by assuring the reader that assault is never the fault of the victim.

This kind of transparency with regards to the Counseling Center (and its new psychiatrist) can only serve to increase the trust between students and the College. The hiring of a full-time psychiatrist, along with the Integrative Wellness Center, is a major step forward. Students should be made aware of the resources available to them.

It is our hope that the hiring of Dr. Roy can fulfill these important goals, and more importantly, serve to advance and accelerate the collective mind of our student body.

The staff editorial represents the opinion of The Flat Hat. The editorial board, which is elected by The Flat Hat’s section editors and executive staff, consists of Emily Chaumont, Isabel Larroca, Miguel Locsin, Quinn Moette and Kayla Sharpe. The Flat Hat welcomes submissions to the Opinions section. Limit letters to 250 words and columns to 650 words. Letters, columns, graphics and cartoons reflect the view of the author only. Email submissions to fhopinions@gmail.com.

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A perfectly imperfect time for students to study in Europe

Thomas Briggs FLAT HAT ASSOCIATE OPINIONS EDITOR

When something becomes a popular topic in the news, there is a good chance it is due to either an uncertainty as to whether things are going well, or a certainty that things are going poorly.

Either way, without apprehensions and negative convictions, the news would not have much to print. Judging by the sheer volume of articles, videos and posts I have seen, it would appear that Europe is currently experiencing the unpleasant mixture of uncertainty and certainty that is so common in times of upheaval and change.

How did this uncertainty arise? To start, the Syrian refugee crisis is presenting unique challenges to the established economic, cultural and political status quo. Nationalist parties have been

on the rise since 2010, mostly due to austerity measures and immigration. The passport-free Schengen Area, a great benefit to those seeking to travel in the region, may be close to its breaking point. Furthermore, fears of terrorism, anti-Semitism and a spike in sexual assaults have led to an overall increase in security measures, especially in high-traffic areas and places of historical and cultural importance.

This is not to suggest that anyone should fear studying abroad in Europe. I doubt that a student would encounter the sort of situations that are provoking this wave of unrest, and Europe remains one of the safest regions in the world. However, all of these developments naturally call into question whether Europe remains an ideal location for students to study abroad, and more specifically, how this new environment affects the quality of education.

I would like to suggest that these developments actually reinforce the educational worth of any European study abroad program. When is a better time to experience

a different culture than when it is trying to understand itself and define its future? The debates occurring across Europe are closely similar to the ones sweeping college campuses in the United States — the economic viability of socialism, what it means to be multicultural, and the place for right-wing politics in the current political climate.

Perhaps the greatest learning opportunities present themselves most candidly in times of unrest.

If this is true, then I would implore everyone to give greater consideration to the European study abroad programs than they previously have. Many majors will be immersing themselves into some of the most heated and universally relevant political, economic and cultural debates, which is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime educational opportunity. My advice would be to take it.

Email Thomas Briggs at tdbriggs@email.wm.edu.

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Perhaps the greatest learning opportunities present themselves most candidly in times of unrest ... I would implore everyone to give greater consideration to the European study abroad programs than they previously have.

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Post-grad panic ANNIE CURRAN FLAT HAT BLOGGER

“What is your plan for after you graduate?”

This dreaded question rings in the ears of college seniors for months, causing feelings of panic, frustration and defensiveness.

To be honest, its only emotional equivalent is the age-old, family-gathering staple of “Are you dating anyone?”

For me, I’m still putting my plan together. I’ve got a couple things in the works, but I don’t want to jinx anything yet. I’ll just say post-graduation could be an exciting time, but I haven’t ruled out Mom and Dad’s basement quite yet. However, since I don’t have a concrete plan, this blog will not be about my answer to the aforementioned question, but rather how I have noticed my friends finding their answer to that question.

I have deduced that there is a spectrum for how college seniors maneuver their way through this tricky time. On one end of the spectrum, you have the Cohen Career Center frequenting, constantly working on a new cover letter, “so-and-so” is flying me out to “X City” for another interview cohort. This group also includes those who have frantically applied to 10 plus graduate, law or medical schools. Since our school attracts a competitive breed, I’m going to venture a guess that we have a higher percentage of this type of student than other universities. I have one friend who submitted over 40 applications just in the month of September. I’m not judging, because she’s received three offers and now has committed to her post-grad job. But man, being around this peer is sometimes very stressful.

On the other end, you have the people who really haven’t thought about it, or at least, they say they haven’t thought about it. But don’t immediately jump to the conclusion that this is out of laziness or apathy. There are many fields that don’t hire this far in advance, so for certain students, they don’t need to worry until next semester. However, there are some in this category who are just in denial about graduating.

I think that I fall somewhere in the middle of these two poles, as do most students. I care about my future and I want to have a set game plan, but my ideal types of jobs are not hiring at this point in the year. It will be interesting to observe how people begin to trickle over into the more intense cohort as the year progresses.

But let’s get into the numbers for a minute, shall we? A case study for the panicked college senior has manifested itself into the LinkedIn profile. Now this is a completely non-scientific observation — I begrudgingly made my LinkedIn profile during the summer after my freshman year, and, to be honest, I have not used it much during my time in college. But I realize now that I need to update it in order to be a competitive job candidate in the 21st century. This will be one of my Thanksgiving break projects. LinkedIn notifications to my emails have been pretty sparse for the past three years. I probably received a notification once a week.

Now, I get multiple “invitations” to add people to my network every week. This proves the panic to get a post-graduation job is real. Many of these invitations come from other College of William and Mary students or people I have worked with professionally, but a fair amount have come from people with whom I haven’t spoken since high school or middle school. I mean, you weren’t acting very professional in eighth period gym, Taylor; are you really asking me to endorse you for leadership skills?

At the end of the day, we are all dealing with this uncertain time in the best way that we possibly can. All my life, I’ve known what is coming next. I’ve known from elementary to middle to high school, and I was lucky enough to come from a home where college was not only expected, but also economically attainable. This is the first time I don’t have someone telling me the next step. It is scary. It’s really scary. But it’s also exciting and intriguing.

So friends, even if you do not yet have an answer to the quintessential question “What is your plan for after you graduate,” that’s okay. I don’t have my plan either. We’re going to figure it out, and we’re going to be alright.

Email Annie Curran at arcurran@email.wm.edu.

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A flawed ideology: free college that isn’t free

Jenny Cosgrove FLAT HAT OPINIONS EDITOR

As we draw close to Iowa, the 2016 presidential election inevitably leaks into every timeline, stream and feed on my phone. A popular strand of shared articles I cross belong to the ideological realm of Senator Bernie Sanders and his supporters, arguing for the policy of free college. Specifically, the idea proposed by the Vermont senator (and presidential hopeful) is to make tuition free for all students at four year public institutions.

Now, if there is anything I learned from Intro to Microeconomics, it is that nothing is free. What would be “free” for the student body of say, the College of William and Mary, would cost taxpayers over $75 billion every year. To put that number in perspective, the National Health Institute, one of the world’s foremost cancer research centers, has an annual budget of around $30 billion. This is not to say more obtainable education is not a cause worth such a dramatically large budget. However, with taxpayers carrying the financial weight of this plan, shouldn’t we ensure it effectively targets the problem?

What Sanders proposes is simply an overall cut at public

college tuition. The plan will affect every student from every background, leveling all tuiton to zero.

While well-intentioned, the flaw in Sanders’ plan is that unobtainable higher education does not fall on the backs of the entire student population. Tuition specifically burdens those of low and moderate income backgrounds. Statistics from The White House show that half of all people from high-income families have a bachelor’s degree by age 25, while just 1 in 10 people from low-income families do. This is an unacceptably large educational gap, and it highlights even further the need for a more targeted approach.

Now, if you are wondering, as I did, why need-based financial aid isn’t leveling the “paying” field for public college tuition, it is because the government has been decreasing state support for public institutions. According to the Center on Budget and Policy priorities, 13 states have continued to cut funding in the past year.

Another shocking fact: in almost all of the states, support for higher education remains below what it was in 2008, at the onset of the Great Recession.

This continual retraction of state funds is placing further financial burden on low to moderate income students, reflected in the 29 percent rise in annual tuition at four-year public institutions since the 2007 school year.

Catharine Hill, president and professor of economics at Vassar College, largely disagrees with the policy of Sanders and his constituents. Hill argues that the most efficient approach to obtainable education is simply “stronger needbased financial aid policies and wellstructured borrowing.” Once the states prioritize funding for higher education that is specifically geared toward assisting low to moderate income students, we will see the decimation of education inequality.

Email Jenny Cosgrove at jrcosgrove@email.wm.edu.

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... Nothing is free.

What would be “free” for the student body of say, the College of William and Mary, would cost the taxpayers over $75 billion dollars every year.

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Two parties, one election and low voter turnout

... I agree about the recent glorification of Athletics at an institution that [in my honest opinion] should be focusing on academics ... Of course the college is going to pass those costs (new soccer field, new baseball stadium, football stadium upgrade) on to students. The question is: is it really necessary? We are not a sports powerhouse nor should we be. We are not Ohio State.

— “JimmyJoeJimBob”

Ishaan Thakran FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

that most of the GOP candidates hold. And of course, many also feel that their party has been dominated by an inexperienced demagogue who promises to make America great again.

If primaries are about connecting with the base of one’s party, why haven’t the GOP candidates reached out to the next generation of voters? One possible reason is the turnout rate; our age group does an awful job of turning out to vote, with only 40 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 24 showing up during the 2012 election, versus a 70 percent rate amongst seniors. The lack of youth turnout is apparent even at the College of William and Mary, with a recent email from the student government highlighting that only 23 percent of the student body is registered to vote — a number that is shockingly low.

Of course, turnout is not a problem exclusive to any one party, but it may explain why politicians neglect the very group in which the future of this country resides.

The conflict and disconnect felt within either political party may contribute to a certain fatigue amongst younger voters, contributing to such low turnout. If there is no candidate we really feel in touch with, then why bother? And despite the staggering amount of youth support that Sanders has attracted, what use is that if it only manifests itself in hashtags and Facebook posts, as opposed to actual political participation? When I have asked people around campus how they plan to vote, there exists no clear trend but one: a general lack of passion for modern day politics. But what we have to realize is that our vote has the potential to become influential — that participation in the process may be the key to improving it.

If we showed up as much as older voters, then maybe we will see a decline in the politics of the past, and the rise of a political environment that we can actually relate to.

Email Ishaan Thakran at igthakran@email.wm.edu.

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Democrats and Republicans across this campus face a serious decision as we move closer to the primaries.

For Democrats, the choice is between Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders. When it comes to authenticity and enthusiasm,Sanders’ is superior. But when it comes to experience, Clinton appears to have the advantage.

Indeed, this clash is not just one facing the odd young Democrat, but one facing an entire generation of liberal voters. Further, it is not just a dilemma between two candidates, but one between two clashing approaches to the politics of our time.

Paradoxically, the opposite could be said for most young Republicans I speak to.

Rather than being conflicted between two influential candidates, many tell me that they feel disconnected with the direction of the modern GOP as a whole. This is primarily because, while most Republicans at college are fiscally conservative, they find it harder to relate to the more conservative social views and foreign policy stances

When I have asked people around campus how they plan to vote, there exists no clear trend but one: a general lack of passion for modern day politics ... what we have to realize is that our vote has the potential to become influential.

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Founded by College alumni, the Virginia Beer Company will open in March with four beers on tap year-round, and four on rotation with a new addition each week. One of their staples is Wrennish Rye, in homage of Sir Christopher

College alumni bring craft beer tourism to the ‘Burg with new brewing company

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taproom decorated in wood salvaged from a local 1907 barn, three natural gas fire pits outside and fresh brewed craft beer await those who will visit The Virginia Beer Co. when it opens its doors this March.

Co-founders Robby Willey ’05 and Chris Smith ’07 met at the College of William and Mary while working for Phonathon raising funds for University Advancement. They solidified their friendship over pints at The Green Leafe.

“We discovered a wide world of beer beyond Anheuser Busch,” Willey said. “The Green Leafe was one of the first places in Williamsburg that really offered any selection that wasn’t just the golden lager, and so that kind of led to interest and kind of finding out what kind of beers were out there.”

Although both moved on to jobs beyond Williamsburg and the Leafe, that interest never tapered off. Willey started home brewing in 2008, followed by Smith in 2009. After working in the financial world post-graduation, both decided to make brewing a full-time gig. According to Smith, they talked about locations up and down the east coast, but never seemed to consider Williamsburg.

“Williamsburg seemed too obvious, it seemed too much like we’re just trying to find an excuse to go back to our college town and drink at The Green Leafe more often,” Willey said.

The plan started to take shape in 2010, when talks of opening their own brewery turned serious. By 2012, Smith moved back to the area, and by 2014, Willey joined him. Brewmaster Jonathan Newman joined the team in 2014, migrating north from SweetWater Brewing Company in Atlanta, Ga. The search for the perfect location took a grueling two years until late 2014 when they finally found an old car garage two miles from downtown Williamsburg.

“There’s really no space like this, it’s a pretty unique concept for Williamsburg,” Willey said.

“There are definitely breweries in the area, there are definitely pubs, … but to put it all together and have a big event space — the ability to host large groups, live music, live entertainment — the ability to have outdoor space that’s comfortable both in

warm weather and cold weather and kind of bring the community together, we felt like this was really a unique opportunity and it’s not something you see around Williamsburg, so hopefully we’re filling a need.”

The garage has since been transformed into a brew house, taproom and beer garden. The taproom will be full of tables of all shapes and heights, made of the same 1907 barn wood that covers the walls.

The patio is made more accessible by a large roll-up door and will feature picnic tables and fire pits.

“We actually have two brew houses,” Smith said.

“We have a big brew house for production beer for kegging, canning it, sending it out to market and then we have a small, five barrel brew house, so 10 kegs at a time, and we did that because we want to basically have a new beer in the taproom every week, which keeps people coming back.”

One addition unique to the patio is a food truck pull-in. Many breweries around the country feature food trucks or take out menus because they don’t serve food. Smith said they chose to add the pull in close enough to the patio so people wouldn’t have to put their beer down to get food because they weren’t actually leaving the drinking area — something he said is unique for Williamsburg.

to sell beer in Colorado, but it’s a lot easier now for a brewery in Virginia to sell beer in Virginia. People like local.”

Competition is also fierce in hops, a key ingredient to flavoring beer, some varieties of which are being contracted out as far as 2022, according to Smith.

Within Williamsburg however, Willey said they’re

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on a red background with the letters of “Virginia” curved around the word beer — inspired by a certain bridge on campus. In one of the designs, the Crim Dell Bridge was actually drawn in its entirety, but the image was too complicated for a logo.

Willey and Smith said they have discussed future options for donating a portion of proceeds from

There are definitely breweries in the area, there are definitely pubs, ... but to put it all together and have a big event space ... we felt like this was really a unique opportunity and it’s not something you see around Williamsburg so hopefully we’re filling a need.

— Robby Willey ‘05

The Market Smith said they recognize that the craft brewery market is only getting bigger — and more crowded.

The Washington Post counted 1,447 craft breweries nationwide in 2005, a number that grew to 2,033 by 2011 when The Virginia Beer Co. was in its early stages. In York County, The Virginia Beer Co. will be competing with local staple AleWerks Brewing Company as well as Brass Cannon Brewing, which is relocating from Toano to a new facility on Mooretown Road this March.

“Luckily in this area, I don’t think we’re worried at all about crowding Williamsburg or the Peninsula,” Smith said. “There’s still plenty of room for more breweries and that goes for the whole country, you’re seeing the problems come into play with distribution. It’s a lot harder for a brewery in Virginia

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A transformed car garage just outside Williamsburg houses the company’s brew house, taproom and beer garden.

excited for the opportunity to make York County a destination for craft beer lovers. Brass Cannon’s Master Brewer Scott Kennedy said he isn’t worried about another brewery entering the Williamsburg market — he’s also excited about the tourism it could bring.

“I think it’s good to have more craft beer in the area,” Kennedy said. “Now that Brass Cannon is moving we’re going to be even closer to where they’re opening up and it’s going to be more concentrated. That should help get a lot more tourism in the area and all these craft beer people coming in and being like, ‘Hey, this is a cool place for craft beer lovers.’”

The College The return to Williamsburg for the two alumni wasn’t just for the Leafe’s great beer; it was for their connection to the area. Willey said that not only does the beer have to taste good, but there has to be authenticity behind it. As small business owners, they said they hope to eventually be able to give back to the community, including the College.

“One of our draws as alums who have come back to the area is to stay involved with the College both on the annual giving board that we’re both members of, but also as reunion co-chairs,” Willey said. “We think there are a lot of great opportunities especially from the perspective of senior class gift events — there’s always a wine and cheese event at the Muscarelle, so why couldn’t we do a beer and cupcake event at the brewery?”

In addition to hiring students and hosting College-related events, a certain campus icon has become integral to their logo. The design went through many redrawing’s, some more intricate than others, but Willey and Smith finally landed

a possible William and Mary-themed beer to a scholarship fund at the College. One of the beers they will be opening with in March is the Wrennish Rye, an homage to Sir Christopher Wren.

The Beer The Wrennish Rye is a dry-hopped rye amber ale which will have a green and gold color scheme to it.

The Rye will be one of the four beers the pair plans to have on tap year-round. The other three include an oatmeal stout called Elbow Patches, a citrus wheat dubbed Saving Daylight, and an IPA, or India Pale Ale. IPAs are the most popular beer in the industry right now, but Willey said that their IPA features Azacca hops that give it tropical notes and Chinook hops for a piney, spicy addition, a combination that leaves it less bitter than most on the market.

In addition to the four staples, The Virginia Beer Co. will also have four beers on rotation, ideally with a new one out each week. Because of the two brew houses, it means they can make as many as 60 different beers a year — 60 beers that each need a new, fun, creative name.

“One of the reasons we chose our name is so we didn’t have to have a theme,” Smith said. “We weren’t interested in anything enough to kind of have that kind of theme, so we really like the flexibility of having not a clever name and not a funny name — our brewery name is what it is and then we can go from there and be a little bit creative and playful.”

Their distribution plan is to stay local — for now.

Once open, eight beers will be available in the taproom at 401 Second Street in Williamsburg. In time perhaps the Wrennish Rye or Free Verse could also have a home on one of the Leafe’s 42 distinct taps.

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WCWM plays on

Kiss and tell:

College radio showcases student DJs

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Sinfonicron delivers

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“Kiss Me, Kate” explores the relationship of a divorced couple playing opposite each other in the Shakespearean comedy “The Taming of the Shrew.”

Romance, Shakespeare and the Mafia collide on the stage KAYLA SHARPE FLAT HAT ONLINE EDITOR

With a complicated love story, a debt to be paid and absolute chaos upon the stage, Sinfonicron Light Opera Company proved that what happens in the theater doesn’t necessarily stay in the theater in their recent production of “Kiss Me, Kate.”

Since its Broadway premiere in 1948, “Kiss Me, Kate” has enjoyed a London production, multiple revivals and won the 1949 Tony Award for Best Musical. The fast-paced show delves into the complicated relationship between actor, director and producer Fred Graham (played in the Sinfonicron production by Aidan Smith ’16) and his commanding ex-wife, Lilli Vanessi (Christine Jacobs ’16) as they play the love interests in William Shakespeare’s comedy, “The Taming of the Shrew.” When a romantic misunderstanding boils over and tensions between the pair rise, the cast and crew scramble to save their opening night before chaos erupts on and off the stage.

Director Tyler Bell ’16 showcased his eye for detail and polish in this thoroughly enjoyable production. Each member of the robust cast demonstrated a great deal of commitment and infectious enthusiasm that led to numerous captivating scenes and very few dull moments.

The use of spacing and levels by choreographer Keaton O’Neal Hillman ’16 to create dynamic patterns added flair and momentum to musical numbers such as “Too Darn Hot.” Costumes designed by Maddie Dippold ’16 simultaneously captured the style of the 1950s and each character’s unique persona. The orchestra, under the direction of Arjun Malhotra ’17, was powered by a bold brass timbre and admirable precision throughout the production.

While every member of the cast gave a commendable performance, several actors presented their characters with especially memorable resonance, including Conor Wilson ’19 as Fred’s endearing assistant, Paul; Dereck Basinger ’16 as Lilli’s rigid and politically ambitious fiance, General Howell; and Lauren Burnett ’18 as the cool under pressure stage manager, Ralph. Undoubtedly, the most surprising and pleasing performances came from Jacob Miller ’18 and Alex Bulova ’19, two gangsters who find themselves thrust into the spotlight, but jump at the chance to sing, dance, crack jokes and the occasional skulls in “Brush Up Your Shakespeare.”

As the less than harmonious love interests, Jacobs and Smith never failed to deliver sharp lines that elicited constant chuckles from the audience. Jacobs’ strong operatic voice and impressive range proved fruitful in “I Hate Men,” while Smith proved a worthy counterpart in “Where is the Life That Late I Led?” Gillian Giudice ’17 showcased her flirtatious dancing skills and singing voice

as Lois Lane in “Always True To You In My Fashion,” while Tiger Ricchetti ’17 as Bill Calhoun played off her energy to produce several sultry moments.

Despite a repeated microphone issue that distracted from several scenes, the technical aspects of the show ran smoothly. Lighting elements were appealing and operated in sync with the orchestra and stage crew during scene transitions. An appealing variety of props and furniture added a richness to each scene.

With an abundance of spirit, Sinfonicron Light Opera Company put forth a performance that combined all of the deliberate nuances that define quality theater. With a great deal of talent, the director, cast and crew proved that determination and an eye for detail are the greatest assets any production can have.

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Grahams and Jacobs played the roles of the actor, director and producer and his Hollywood starlet ex-wife, respectively.

Hidden in the basement of the Campus Center, tucked away in what used to be a two-lane bowling alley that’s now filled with stacks of vinyl, is WCWM, the College of William and Mary’s very own radio station.

The station was chartered in 1959 as the result of a petition from a communications major. In the beginning, WCWM was linked with the theater department and was located on the second floor of Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall.

“I’ve heard that it was such a meeting spot in PBK,” programming director Sarah Henry ’16 said. “You would spend almost every hour in PBK as a DJ. That was their social scene, people would just spend all of their time there.”

In the 1960s, WCWM’s primary function was educational. Faculty members were involved with the radio station, using it to engage with the community by primarily playing classical music.

In the 1970s, however, WCWM broke ties with the theater department and joined the publications council. Over the last few decades, the station has evolved from rock ‘n’ roll to punk and beyond. Since the early 2000s, WCWM has shifted its focus to fringe music and has reinterpreted their original role to encompass personal music education.

Currently the station’s DJs play genres ranging from alternative music to punk, pop, folk and the occasional talk show.

Station manager Caroline Creasey ’16 said that the station offers a community for those who love all kinds of music.

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A big part of the beauty of college radio is that it doesn’t have to be as structured as a normal radio station.

— Caroline Creasey ’16

“I got involved with WCWM first thing my freshman year,” Creasey said. “I have always really liked music and I was curious to meet others who did too. I’ve stayed involved all four years because the group of people is really fun. Everyone has such a diverse music taste.”

Since its beginning, the station has expanded to broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Students go through a three part process for DJ training before signing up for a weekly time slot.

“A big part of the beauty of college radio is that it doesn’t have to be as structured as a normal radio station,” Creasey said. “Anyone can go through DJ training, they just help out at the station and learn how to do their own shows. It’s all very easy, most people who go through training end up doing their own shows.”

In 2011, the radio station hosted the very first WCWM Fest, a day-long music festival. Since 2013, the music festival has become a regular event. In the past, groups like the Mountain Goats, Real Estate, the Dodos and the Last Bison have headlined the festival. This spring’s festival is scheduled for April 2.

WCWM is well known for its vinyl collection, so last year, Henry undertook a project to catalogue all the vinyl, discovering many first-press albums in the process.

“We have such an amazing vinyl collection,” Henry said. “It is really a big privilege to have that at such a small school. Last year I decided that we were wasting such a cool collection, so I did a lot of research with the Swem Music Library to decide what the best way to preserve the records was. I filled our backroom with vinyl.”

According to Henry, some of the standout vinyl in the collection include a first press of “Hound Dog” by Elvis Presley and rare records from the early 1960s and 1970s.

The station not only has an extensive vinyl collection, but it also holds a history rich with anecdotes from hours and hours of radio shows.

“I think one of the coolest stories I’ve heard is that our first female station manager was chosen the same year they lifted the curfew for women on campus,” Henry said. “Before, she couldn’t do the late night shows, because it wasn’t an extension to the curfew, but as soon as the curfew lifted, she became station manager.”

According to events director Jim Burns ’18, whether cataloging decades of vinyl or planning concerts and festivals, the members of WCWM have come together over their shared love of music.

“The best part of being involved with WCWM is the music,” Burns said in an email. “I have made so many lasting relationships by joining WCWM and it certainly has shaped my outlook. However, to be dramatic, the music those individuals have shared with me keeps me sane. In a college of academic rigor I find solace in listening to some totally rad tunes.”

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Riding the crimson tide despite period taboos The truth behind all of the ups and downs of living a menstruation-filled life

Mallory Walker BEHIND CLOSED DOORS COLUMNIST

While campus is sprinkled with a lovely dusting of crisp white snow, I thought it would be a good time to talk about painting the town red. Specifically, we’re getting down and dirty to talk about the lovely Aunt Flo. For a lady with a vagina that bleeds on a monthly basis, the ins and outs of menstruation might seem like common knowledge, but for others, some of the period myths out there might seem a bit more plausible. So for all of those period newbies out there — men and women alike — get ready to learn the bloody truth.

I feel like a lot of people out there think that periods equate to gallons of blood gushing from

one’s vagina for seven full days every single month.

According to Wikipedia, you’ll only produce one to six tablespoons of menstrual fluid during a period.

Also, while periods typically occur monthly, they can last anywhere from three to 10 days. Here’s the kicker: women don’t need to have their period once a month. Hormones are a wild thing, and sometimes the female body doesn’t necessarily need to shed its uterine lining every 20-some days. So whether or not a lady is on the pill, they could be experiencing the red sea anywhere from once a month to a handful of times a year.

With this in mind, it seems like a wise idea to add that everyone can have varying experiences when it comes to their periods. I have friends who experience extreme nausea, migraines and cramping throughout their period, while others have three days of light bleeding coupled with just a pimple or two. Hormones are incredibly mischievous and tend to strike in ways you’re not exactly expecting.

The biggest misconception I’ve experienced when it comes to Big Red has to do with sexual relations. I’ve found that people tend to place period sex in their top five of sexual taboos when

it shouldn’t even be a factor. I dare y’all to get busy while you or your significant other is experiencing a little menstruation. For one, period sex can help relieve menstrual cramps. From the occasional dish with my gal pals, I’ve found that many women are the horniest while they’re menstruating. Plus, there’s nothing like a little bit of menstrual fluid to

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And I’m betting that if your vagina isn’t attracting a school of sharks while you’re out swimming, it’s also not going to attract the Cullen clan.

aid in the lubrication process (gross but entirely true). Throwing down a towel might be necessary for getting wild while riding the crimson wave, but if it makes you feel more comfortable, go hog wild.

Our third and final period myth is probably the most ridiculous one. Despite popular belief, being on your period is not going to attract sharks or other various wild animals. I don’t actually know the real reason behind this, but I have a feeling that it has something to do with the fact that menstrual fluid isn’t straight-up blood; it’s a combination of uterine lining and blood. So if you’re out hunting with your buds, there’s no need to stress about whether the stench of your vagina will attract a slew of wild beasts. And I’m betting that if your vagina isn’t attracting a school of sharks while you’re out swimming, it’s also not going to attract the Cullen clan.

I know periods can seem wildly terrifying to those who experience it and those who don’t, but as long as you’re aware of the truth, it can make the experience — whether monthly or tri-annually — much easier to handle.

Mallory Walker is a Behind Closed Doors Columnist who thought the biggest plot hole in

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Triple losses give way to triple double

Three game CAA slide ends with Rendle’s historic triple double vs UNC-Wilmington

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Sophomore center Abby Rendle posted the first triple-double in women’s program history against UNCW, with 24 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 blocks.

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the College (12-5, 3-3 CAA) stopped its freefall in conference standings at the No. 5 position, while UNCW (5-12, 1-5 CAA) remains at the bottom of the CAA. Despite trailing for all but five minutes of game-time, the Seahawks put up a strong fight against the Tribe, particularly off the boards where UNCW won the rebound battle 4034, including an 18-7 advantage in Rendle offensive rebounds.

“Our defense and our rebounding has to get a lot better,” Swanson said. “We knew it was going to be a hard-fought game, [UNCW] is physical

In the midst of a three-game slide in the Colonial Athletic Association after starting the season 11-2, William and Mary was provided with a rare opportunity to break the losing streak and regain control of the season in a favorable home matchup against CAA bottom-dweller North Carolina — Wilmington Jan. 22. The College took the victory 77-65 at Kaplan Arena.

“It was like the Super Bowl for me,” head coach Ed Swanson said. “You [‘ve got to] win your home games to have a chance in this conference, [it was] a mustwin early in this season.”

With the first victory in two weeks,

and quick.”

Though the Seahawks had an abundance of second-chance opportunities and consequently managed an 82-69 advantage in number of shots, UNCW consistently failed to finish shots, with just a 32 percent shooting conversion.

Sophomore center Abby Rendle played a huge role in that statistic. While the incoming snowstorm paralyzed traffic in Williamsburg, Rendle shut down the Seahawks offense inside of Kaplan to the tune of 10 blocks, five times the number of blocks by the entire UNCW team.

Rendle’s defensive success in the paint propelled her to a historical performance, as the sophomore registered the first triple-double in the history of the Tribe women’s program with a superb stat-

COMMENTARY

Post-break courtside update What happened in the College’s last 17 games SUMNER HIGGINBOTHAM FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

William and Mary has long been at work on the courts, playing a total of 17 games over the course of winter break. While readers can read each game story at flathatnews.com, we at the Sports Desk would like to give you a quick update on what to watch for as the College pushes through the conference schedule. Here are the quick hits from Tribe basketball.

Men’s team Complete player: Junior guard Daniel Dixon certainly shone on the court last season, knocking down the game-winning threepointer in the Colonial Athletic Association semifinal game last year against Hofstra in double overtime.

However, this year, Dixon has shown his prowess from all over the court, emerging as a versatile offensive player for the Tribe. Dixon is second on the team with an average of 14.2 points per game, up from 11.1 last season. Dixon has already surpassed his assist total from last year, notching 33 assists in 19 games after posting 32 assists in 20142015 season with 14 more games of action.

Dixon’s rebound average is up from 2.8 last year to 3.7 this season, and he also drives into the paint far better than he did last year as purely a three point specialist.

By the way, he can still shoot threes: Dixon leads the team with 50 triples in 19 games, shooting at 41 percent from beyond the arc.

Beneath that rough exterior: The Tribe is not what one would call a big team. Beyond the arc, the Tribe has the best three-point conversion rate in the CAA at 37.9 percent, and also leads the conference in field goal percentage at 48.5 percent.

However, the hot-shooting

Tribe suffers major deficiencies in physical, post-up basketball in the paint. The Tribe’s offensive rebounding ranks No.7 of the tenteam CAA, defensive rebounding is No.5. The Tribe defense relies upon the dynamic play of senior forward Terry Tarpey, who has a conferenceleading 45 steals and 26 of the Tribe’s CAA-leading 96 blocks. Senior center Sean Sheldon far from dominates in the physical battles under the basket, as he’s only the No.3 rebounder for the Tribe with 4.6 a game, behind Tarpey and junior guard Omar Prewitt. Sheldon’s 14 blocks aren’t bad, but sophomore center Jack Whitman already has 13 in limited minutes. Conventional wisdom suggests that Whitman is the better defender, while Sheldon is more of a shooting center. Neither matches up well with the CAA’s best.

Car sick: The College is a horrendous 4-6 on the road, including an ugly upset loss to Howard, which does not even hold a winning record. Since the N.C.State win, the College trailed Liberty University at half before waking up, turned the ball and the game over to Virginia 67-52, nearly blew a 21-point lead to the College of Charleston in CAA win, forgot how to play defense against UNCW in a 97-94 loss, and finally was blown out by 28 by Hofstra this past Sunday.

The Tribe has to come through on the road against CAA opponents to keep regular-season title hopes alive. At home, the Tribe is a stellar 9-1.

Women’s team: A

double-double machine:

Junior forward Alexandra Masaquel’s consistency has not gone unnoticed by head coach Ed Swanson, who referred to Masaquel as “a double-double machine” after she did not reach that particular

statistic in the win over UNCW. Masaquel earned her first of the year Dec. 1, and proceeded to earn three more over the course of break. Masaquel is first on the team in rebounds (7.8 a game), fourth in steals with 27, third in assists, and second in blocked shots with 18.

Her role on the team parallels that of Terry Tarpey for the men’s team, as both have emerged as team leaders on the court. Masaquel also has the highest shooting percentage on the team, knocking down 55 percent of her attempts.

Beginner’s luck: Freshman guard Bianca Boggs has transitioned into the starting lineup seamlessly, already the fourthleading scorer with 7.2 points per game, and a team-high 39 steals this season. While Boggs struggles with foul trouble, leading the team in that category, her contributions to the team have eased the blow of losing Jazmin Boone ’15 to graduation. Boggs is the third-most efficient three-point shooter on the College’s roster.

Hot and cold: William and Mary tied the best start in program history at 8-1, and then finished the non-conference slate of games at an impressive 11-2. Last season the College stood at 6-5 in the middle of a seven-game losing streak. The Tribe still slipped up in conference play after opening with two wins, one of those a huge overtime victory over James Madison in Williamsburg. The Tribe hadn’t beat JMU since the 2009-2010 season, breaking a 0-9 streak since then. Yet the College lost three straight in the CAA, and losses to Drexel and Hofstra were not pretty.

Last week’s win over UNCW broke the slide, but it is anyone’s guess as to how far this young team goes, or how far they fall.

line of 24 points, 15 rebounds, and a suffocating 10 blocks.

“Over the past couple of games, our team chemistry has really improved, which helps me a lot in the post,” Rendle said. “The outside players have been able to get the ball inside to me more, and I [shoot] or I pass it out so that team chemistry plays a part in [the triple double].”

Swanson, though pleased with Rendle’s performance, had a slightly different take on the stat-line.

“I wish Abby wouldn’t have as many blocks, because I feel she’s blocking players who are going by our guards,” Swanson said. “She’s blocking for shots, which takes her out of position to rebound. We have to a better job guarding on the perimeter so Abby doesn’t have to block.”

The College defense put up 16 blocks on the game overall, a usual area of dominance for the team as William and Mary is the top-ranked blocking team in the conference. However, the Tribe’s usual success in creating turnovers while limiting their own, as it still holds the No. 1 rank for turnover margin in the conference, was not part of the storyline Friday night. Both UNCW and the College posted 15 turnovers.

As a result, the Tribe never distanced itself from UNCW, and the pattern of the game began to emerge with hardly any runs.

UNCW’s only lead at 6-2 disappeared midway through the first quarter, as the Tribe shot 50 percent both from the field and from the arc for the first half of play.

The opening 10 minutes ended with a 2214 advantage for the Tribe. Fueled by 11 points off turnovers, the College notched the highest scoring quarter for either team.

The second quarter started to get

interesting as UNCW cut the Tribe lead down to 25-22. However, the College offense had other ideas, regaining the lead 38-28 behind the efforts of freshman guard Bianca Boggs.

Boggs finished her night nearly perfectly, notching 16 points via a perfect 3 of 3 from the arc and 5 of 5 Boggs from the field.

Only a free throw blemished her shooting percentage.When asked how she was able to shoot so well against the Seahawks, Boggs credited her teammates.

“I think it was to keep my confidence up.” Boggs said. “Especially after not shooting well in the last couple of games, [I] just kept shooting the opportunities I was given, especially the skips, and [I tried] to be ready.”

The Tribe concluded the first half with a 41-33 lead.

Although UNCW narrowed the gap to just three points early in the third quarter, the College stayed ahead the rest of the night. When Boggs fouled out, Swanson was forced to put in two point guards at the same time. Sophomore guard Jenna Green is usually not on the court at the same time as junior guard Latrice Hunter.

Poor shooting by the Seahawks combined with solid late free throw efforts by the Tribe put the game away in the fourth quarter. The College went on to win 77-65. The Tribe is now 6-0 in games where the team has hit 70 or more points.

Up next for the Tribe is a CAA road matchup against Delaware on Jan. 26, postponed from the weekend due to Winter Storm Jonas. Delaware is currently the No.4 team in the CAA. Tipoff in Newark, Del. is set for 7 p.m.

SCOREBOARD Men’s Basketball (13-6, 5-3 CAA)

Women’s Basketball (10-11, 4-6 CAA)

Colonial Athletic Association James Madison (16-5, 6-2).............0.762........W5 UNC-Wilmington (14-5, 6-2).........0.737........W5 Hofstra (14-6, 6-2)..........................0.700........W2 William and Mary (13-6, 5-3)........0.684..........L2 Towson (14-7, 5-3)..........................0.667........W1 Charleston (12-7, 4-4)....................0.632........W2 Northeastern (12-9, 4-4)................0.571..........L2 Elon (12-9, 3-5)...............................0.571..........L2 Drexel (3-16, 1-7)...........................0.158..........L4 Delaware (5-14, 0-8)......................0.263........L11

Hofstra (15-3, 6-1)........................0.833........W5 James Madison (12-5, 5-1)..........0.706.........W9 Delaware (9-8, 4-2)......................0.529..........L1 Drexel (8-9, 4-2)...........................0.471.........W2 William and Mary (12-5, 3-3).....0.706.........W1 Elon (10-7, 3-3)............................0.588.........W1 Northeastern (7-10, 2-4).............0.412..........L2 Towson (5-13, 2-5).......................0.278..........L3 Charleston (6-11, 1-5).................0.353..........L1 UNC-Wilmington (5-12, 1-5).....0.294..........L3

Average Scoring Leaders Omar Prewitt................16.6pts, 47% FG, 31% 3pt Daniel Dixon................14.2pts, 45% FG, 41% 3pt Terry Tarpey.................10.6pts, 51% FG, RB 7.7

Average Scoring Leaders Abby Rendle................. 13.2 pts, 49% FG, RB 7.3 Marlena Tremba..........12.9pts, 37% FG, 34% 3pt Alexandra Masaquel....11.8pts, 55% FG, RB 7.8

Jan. 15: W, Charleston 61, College 63 Jan. 16: L, College 94, UNCW 97 Jan. 21: W, Elon 67, College 89 Jan. 24: L, College 63, Hofstra 91 Jan. 28: at Delaware (5-14,0-8), 7 p.m.

Jan. 31: vs James Madison (16-5. 6-2), 7 p.m.

Men’s Tennis (1-2) Jan.15: W, College 4, Yale (0-1) 3 Jan. 16: L, College 3, Harvard (3-1) 4 Jan. 18: L, College 2, Brown (1-1) 5 Jan. 31: vs Coastal Carolina (0-0) 12 p.m.

Jan. 31: vs Howard (0-4) 4 p.m.

Feb. 5: vs Radford (0-0), 3 p.m.

Gymnastics Men: Feb. 1 at Navy

Finished No. 2 (field of 2) Women: Jan. 31 at N.C. State Finished No. 4 (field of 4)

Track and Field Men: Jan. 22-23 CNU Captains Invitational

Finished No. 2 (field of 5) Women: Jan. 22-23 CNU Captains Invitational Finished No. 1 (field of 5) Both teams will send athletes to these events Jan. 29-30, Patriot Games, TBA Jan. 29-30, John Thomas Terrier Classic, TBA

Jan. 10: L, Drexel 67, College 50 Jan. 15: L, College 68, Northeastern 39 Jan. 17: L, College 45, Hofstra 75 Jan. 22: W, UNCW 65, College 77 Jan. 26: at Delaware (9-8,4-2), 7 p.m.

Jan. 29: vs Charleston (6-11. 1-5), 7 p.m.

No. 46 Women’s Tennis (3-1) Jan. 15: W, College 7, Navy (2-1) 0 Jan. 17: W, College 4, Penn State (1-2) 3 Jan. 23: L, College 1, Georgia Tech (3-1) 4 Jan. 24: W,College 4, DePaul (0-2) 2 Jan. 29: at Elon (0-2), 1 p.m.

Jan. 30: at N.C. State (0-0), 11 a.m.

Swimming Men: Jan. 31, W, College 166, E. Carolina 96 Feb. 7-8, UNC College Cup, 10 a.m.

Women: Jan. 31, L, E. Carolina 150, College 111

Feb. 7-8, UNC College Cup, 10 p.m.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

One step forward, one step back

Tribe defeats Elon 89-67 Thursday at home before 91-63 setback at CAA favorite Hofstra

NICK CIPOLLA FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary returned home to Kaplan Arena for a Thursday night matchup against Colonial Athletic Association opponent Elon. The Tribe picked up the victory 89-67 by way of defensive pressure and high-accuracy shooting through the second half. Three days later, the College went on the road to Hofstra in Hempstead, N.Y., Sunday afternoon for a battle for the No.1 spot in the CAA. However, the Tribe lost control of the game late, as William and Mary (13-6, 5-3 CAA) fell to the Pride (14-6, 6-2 CAA) by a 91-63 score, keeping the Tribe in second place.

Thursday’s game against Elon (12-9, 3-5 CAA) began evenly, with both teams putting points on the board. Senior

forward Terry Tarpey had the Tribe’s first six points as teammates missed some early shots before finding their marks. In Tarpey’s run, the Phoenix took an 8-6 run before junior guard Omar Prewitt sank a three-pointer to take the lead 9-8. The game tied at 14 points before the College scored six straight for a 20-14 lead at the 11 minute, 54 second mark. Though the scoreboard said otherwise, the Tribe defense was shaky in the first half, leaving crucial spots open for Elon’s top shooters as well as being in the wrong place to grab rebounds. However, by the late minutes of the half, problems appeared to be sorted out, as the College completed the final 7:16 on a 19-7 run, moving from the lower side of 27-23 to a substantial 43-34 lead by the buzzer. Sophomore guard Connor Burchfield missed a threepointer at the two second mark after

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Sophomore guard Connor Burchfield went 6 for 7 in three-point attempts Thursday against Elon.

making one earlier in the half, a stat that would come to have some significance by the end of the game. Burchfield would prove to be the most important piece of the Tribe in the second half.

In a game with six first-half lead changes and three ties, the second half bore no resemblance to the first with the Tribe leading throughout.

The College established its first 10-point lead of the second half via a jumper by sophomore guard David Cohn at 17:13, making the score 50-40.

Elon fought back, but the Tribe began to answer each basket with one of its own.

With 12:26 to play, Burchfield began a 12-point run through four consecutive shots beyond the corner beyond the arc.

At 10:09, the last of the four went in, the Tribe now holding a 65-51 lead. After the game, he led the entire nation in threepoint percentage, with 59.5 percent, after converting 6 of 7 shots on Elon from the three-point line, and 7 of 8 overall.

“My teammates had a lot of confidence in me, and they did a great job of finding me when I was open,” Burchfield said.

The Burchfield 12-point streak was interrupted by a layup from junior guard Daniel Dixon, another top scorer from Thursday. After sitting out in the Tribe’s last game, an overtime loss at North Carolina Wilmington, Dixon returned to put up 18 points, just under Burchfield’s game-high and career-high 20 points.

William and Mary ended the game with a 20-6 run over the final 7:13, including six straight points from 2:57 to the buzzer. The game ended 89-67.

Though offense was a heavy producer in the second half, the defense also contained Phoenix forward Tyler Seibring to a lone three and one field goal after the Phoenix player fired 5 for 7 on the floor and a perfect 5 for 5 from range in the first half.

“We just stuck to our principles,” Dixon said. “I think in the first half we got away from that and let them get a few

easy [points]. Second half we made those adjustments and I think [Elon] had a little bit worse shooting half.”

Looking at statistics, the Tribe dominated all facets of the game: a 40-26 advantage in rebounds, a 36-18 advantage in bench points, 17-0 in fast breaks and 34-26 in the paint. Elon did score more points off turnovers at 17-12, but the Tribe turnover margin was low, losing the ball just nine times. Behind Burchfield and Dixon’s points, forwards senior Sean Sheldon and sophomore Jack Whitman had a combined 16 rebounds.

“Terrific night by the post, I thought both played very well,” Shaver said. “I’m so proud of Sean … he’s turned into a great finisher ... Really leading this team in so many ways right now.”

The importance of teamwork was not lost in the point leaders, who were thankful for the opportunities to shoot due to quality passing, seen in the statistics in the assist column, where the College outperformed Elon 27-15, with Dixon, Prewitt and Cohn all notching five or more dimes on the night.

“Really fine performance tonight, I thought our guys played well,” Shaver said. “I thought the last 30 minutes of the game we defended really well. We made a lot of defensive mistakes early, but did a much better job [in the second half]. I think we beat a fine team.”

After the home win, William and Mary traveled for a matchup at preseason CAA-favorite Hofstra. With the weather delaying the game from Saturday to Sunday, anticipation rose for the rematch of last year’s CAA tournament semifinal, where the Tribe won off Dixon’s lastsecond three-pointer in a historic double overtime game. The tables would turn this time around, with the College falling for the first time since 2013-14 to the Pride. The score would be 91-63, a significant regression from last season’s high-scoring wins for the College of 10079 at home, 80-78 in Hempstead and 92-

91 in Baltimore.

The first half and second half looked like two different games. As the first half began, the Tribe appeared to perform how it did against Elon — strong and able to make runs. This is seen by the score at 15:22, where the College led 12-5 after a Dixon three-pointer. A seven-point lead would be the largest for another 11 minutes before the visiting Tribe took a 31-22 advantage at 4:39. The Pride fought back, steadily cutting the lead to a tie at 35 with 1:16 left in the first half. A Pride three made it 38-35 with 19 seconds, but Cohn made a layup in the paint for the onepoint deficit heading to the locker room.

At the break, the score was 38-37, Hofstra leading by a lone point.

After exchanging the lead for the first six minutes, the Tribe gave up its final lead at 13:50 when the game tied at 48.

The Pride would then go on to lead by 28 points at the end of the game, the College suffering massive scoring droughts as Hofstra achieved a 9-0 run to make the score 57-48 from the tie. A combination of poor shooting and facing a strong defense doomed the Tribe, which was outmatched 53-26 in the back half.

“We just really got outplayed on the road by a much better team right now,” Shaver told Tribe Athletics. “I think they’re the team we’ve got to shoot for.”

Cohn led the Tribe with 16 points, Tarpey led in rebounds with eight, and Prewitt led in assists with four. In shooting, William and Mary was 22 for 51 on the floor, 8 for 21 from range, and 11 for 21 from the charity stripe. The bench, integral to the Elon win, was contained to a single point in the second half. Losing the turnover battle, the College lost the ball 15 times, only getting it five times.

Hofstra guard Juan’ya Green scored 30 points to lead all scorers.

Next for the Tribe is a trip to Newark, Del. for a midweek tilt at CAA bottomdweller Delaware, scheduled for Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.

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