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The College of William and Mary has yet to join the national trend toward providing gender-inclusive housing options on college campuses.

Early in the fall semester, the Residence Hall Association partnered with the Lambda Alliance and its policy branch William and Larry to gauge campus perception of gender-inclusive housing. The organizations administered a survey that received over 1,300 responses, falling just shy of 15 percent of the College’s total enrollment.

The results suggest that a majority of students who completed the survey support the implementation of a gender-inclusive housing option at the College. Seventy-three percent of students responded as either strongly in favor or in favor of genderinclusive housing, 12 percent indicated that they were either strongly opposed or opposed and the remaining responses were either neutral or abstaining. Furthermore, 333 students indicated that they would be very likely or likely to use this option were it to become available.

According to survey responses, students were most commonly concerned that gender-inclusive policies would change living situations, such as bathrooms being used by the opposite gender, or that couples living together could create problems. Co-President of William and Larry Julie Santanna ’17 and RHA President Marianna Stepniak ’17 stressed that the former concerns would not arise, as the proposed system is consent-based, and similar policies at other universities discourage couples from living together.

“I think people are much more concerned about couples living together and breaking up than they are about the mental health and well being of students who really need this policy,” Santanna said. “It really becomes a question of safety and mental health. … there’s also students that, who through no choice of their own, are put in a position where they really need this. That’s the biggest obstacle, demystifying this to be not something that is frivolous but something that is very integral for the well-being of students who live on this campus.”

RHA, Lambda Alliance and William and Larry have shared the results of the survey with Director of Residence Life Deb Boykin, Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ‘06 and Associate Director for Diversity Education Margie Cook. At this See HOUSING page 3

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The College of William and Mary publicly launched its $1 billion fundraising campaign, titled For the Bold: The Campaign for William and Mary Thursday evening. Over $532 million has been raised since the campaign’s inception in 2011. For the Bold emphasizes fundraising for scholarships and widespread participation in alumni giving.

College President Taylor Reveley said that the campaign is ambitious and that he had to be persuaded to believe the College could achieve such a goal. The College is the smallest public university to embark on a billion dollar campaign.

“Pretty frisky for such a small school,” Reveley said. “We don’t have a medical school, we don’t have an engineering school, and medical schools and engineering schools attract money like honey attracts bees. We don’t have either. We’re not a private university any longer since 1906. Private schools have always done better than the publics in raising money. We haven’t traditionally had, since the Revolutionary War, a disproportionately wealthy alumni body. When you put it all together, to go for a billion dollars is to say, we really believe in this place, we think it’s rolling, we can do this but it’s going to be a stretch.”

This public phase of the campaign began with a gala on the

Sunken Garden Thursday evening. Speaking to attendees, Reveley discussed the College’s turbulent finances throughout history.

“It’s exciting to think about where William and Mary would be today, had its fortunes continued to burn as brightly as they did during colonial times,” Reveley said.

The event also featured remarks from former College President Paul Verkuil ’61, former College President Timothy Sullivan, Chancellor Robert Gates ’65, Murray Scholar Hannah Kwawu ‘18, geology department chair and professor Chuck Bailey ’89 and Kaylee Gum J.D. ‘16.

At the launch event, Campaign Chair and Board of Visitors Secretary Sue Gerdelman ’76 announced a $50 million anonymous commitment. This gift is the largest in the school’s history, surpassing the $23.9 million donation from the Zable estate. The $50 million will largely go towards scholarships, especially those pertaining to the Marshall and Wythe School of Law and the Raymond A. Mason School of Business.

“This couple shares an interest in our top campaign priorities of teaching and scholarships,” Gerdelman said.

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Students organize mental health sit-in College Chancellor talks Protest targeted alumni on campus for Homecoming Weekend ERIC PETERS THE FLAT HAT

More than 100 students gathered at the Sir Christopher Wren Building Friday, Oct. 23, for a sit-in to raise awareness

about mental health on the campus of the College of William and Mary. The protest targeted alumni in particular, many of whom were on campus for Homecoming Weekend.

The organizers, Taylor Medley ’17 and

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Liz Wolfe ’18, encouraged students to speak at the protest. Some talked about waiting times in excess of two weeks for appointments. Others discussed the dearth of clear information from the administration about the mental health resources available on campus, the lack of funding for the counseling center, and the general sense of alienation that many students feel as a result of pursuing mental health resources.

“Mental health is just like physical health,” Corey Strickland ’17 said. “If something’s broken, you need to help fix it, you can’t just go on without it, and that’s why the two to three week period is so detrimental, I think, because it only lets the injury persist, and get worse. … [It’s] just like having a broken leg and having to wait for the doctor for two to three weeks, it’s going to be extraordinarily more difficult to recover after that.”

Strickland also mentioned the benefit of hosting the protest during Homecoming.

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NYT reporter interviews Gates on campus AINE CAIN FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Former United States Secretary of Defense and College of William and Mary Chancellor Robert Gates ’65 sat down for an interview with New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker in the College’s Phi Beta Kappa Hall Oct. 23. They covered a wide range of topics pertinent to U.S. foreign policy, including the 2012 Benghazi attacks, Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Syrian Civil War and the Obama administration’s overall strategy in the Middle East.

Regarding the Benghazi hearings, Gates said that he agreed with current Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s assessment that there was no opportunity for U.S. military intervention in Libya.

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people don’t want to ask, because of the loss of the ambassador’s life, is was it really necessary for him to be there in the first place?” Gates said.

Gates said that he has not taken the time to listen to the testimony at the hearings. However, he said that the pertinent questions for the investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attacks that left U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens dead involved the requests made to the State Department to increase the level of security at the facilities in Benghazi.

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Blake Erickson ’14 discusses launching an international sport NICK CIPOLLA // FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

For Blake Erickson ’14, stress about finding a job post-graduation only lasted for a few months before he found his calling.

Few people throughout history can say they helped launch an international sport, yet Erickson would be on that hypothetical list.

After graduating from the College of William and Mary with a bachelor’s degree in international relations and a minor in French and francophone studies, he soon became the Chief Marketing Officer and registered co-founder for Futchi, Inc., the United States’ subsidiary of Swedish company Aracne AB. The company created the sport of Futchi, a game that combines elements of soccer and squash and that involves a custom net, a small court and a ball. Erickson first encountered the sport while coaching an Under-16 girls’ soccer team from Seattle, his hometown.

“The girls are very good players, and they actually got accepted to the Gothia Cup, which is the world’s largest youth [soccer] tournament that takes place every July,” Erickson said. “It attracts about 500,000 people, and they have lots of expos for new products. Adjacent to one event I was at was the Futchi event … I had some free time and thought it looked fun. My dad and I went up with no idea what Futchi actually was, so we start playing … and I find out there’s a tournament as well.”

During a trip to the Gothia Cup, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, he met the three founders of Futchi after entering a tournament held at the Cup’s product exposition. The tournament consisted of approximately 2,000 people of all ages. After almost 200 games, as the sport’s scoring system allows games to be wrapped up within 10 minutes, Erickson was declared the inaugural Futchi World Champion, having won all of his games.

“After [being named champion], the three founders invited me out to drinks out in town, and I guess that relationship just became more professional naturally because I had a few ideas for the concept and where they could take it … I officially started working with them right in September,” he said.

The journey to joining a team that develops and markets a completely new sport came on the latest stop of his physically active lifestyle, as evidenced during his time at the College, as well as his childhood. According to Erickson, his childhood in Seattle gave him lots of opportunity to try new sports.

“There’s a lot of access to pretty much everything, and that’s something I’m really lucky to have experienced,” he said. “I grew up ski racing, swim racing, soccer, gymnastics … imagine every sport other than basketball and baseball and I’ve spent a long time doing it.”

When he got to the College, Erickson competed on the Division I men’s gymnastics team for two and a half years, participating mainly in all-around competition. He received the Provost Award from the athletics department in 2012.

After leaving the College gymnastics team in his junior year, Erickson walked on to the men’s soccer team, played rugby and was a member of the SMILES Crew, the College’s breakdancing club. For Erickson, joining

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the Futchi team seemed like a natural step, although he stated that making a sport does not come without its own set of challenges.

Erickson worked with a team consisting of himself, two men from Gothenburg and one in Rio di Janiero.

“There are a few variables you need to cover, such as making an official rulebook and getting that copyrighted, which we’re in the process of right now,” he said. “Honestly, we didn’t realize it had the potential to be a sport until we started having people play, and it was just exciting to see people enjoy it. We thought we had something special and it’s so simple … that’s the beauty of it. At least at this point in the world, developing a sport that’s complicated as soccer or football would be very difficult.”

Putting his degree in international relations to work, Erickson has been working to make the sport a global phenomenon while traveling to places such as Mount

inspired me until I saw the one on the Great Wall of China, and I was like ‘that’s a really great opportunity, it’s a challenge, and I don’t know if I can do it’ and that’s what keeps you motivated,” Erickson said. “So I started training, and I quickly realized this was an opportunity to potentially get other people active along with me and also to give back, so I decided if the Plant-A-Billion is meaningful for me, why not do something for that as well.”

Erickson raised money for the planting of 190 trees with his training and completion of the marathon, the running of which he described as an emotional experience.

“The marathon was quite an amazing experience,” Erickson said in an email. “I’d describe it as an emotional journey. Hit the wall a few times but kept pushing. [The temperature] was well over 100, and the last three miles of the race it was incredibly painful to even step lightly, but I made it in

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Erickson first played Futchi at a tournament in Sweden and was declared inaugural Futchi World Champion.

Everest and China. Erickson is giving back through charity — specifically the PlantA-Billion Foundation. Futchi gives the foundation funds to plant two trees every time a net is sold.

“One thing that we realized early on is that one thing we need to do is deliver happiness and find a way to give back, and we’re all soccer players, we all love being outdoors, hiking around and so we realized we wanted to give back to nature,” he said. “With the Futchi net, it was really interesting because we made some new mounting solutions after that tournament to make it able to attach to trees, and then we said wait a second, for the net you need two trees to mount it so why not donate to the Plant-A-Billion Foundation.”

Erickson himself contributes to the same foundation, but in a different way. He ran his first marathon May 16 along the Great Wall of China, and he raised money for the foundation as he trained for the event.

“I had this vision around New Year’s to run a marathon this year, and nothing really

around 5.5 hours. I’ve never been this proud of myself for accomplishing something before. I don’t really know how to put it.

Tears were shed. I also realized that the more walls we break through in our lives the larger our reservoir of potential becomes.”

With the marathon completed, Erickson’s next moves include the official launch of Futchi on Amazon this winter, as well as keeping up with an app made to show local Futchi games near the user, which launched in June of this year. Although he is the only College alumnus involved with the company, he encouraged current students to pursue non-traditional paths after graduation and to persevere when it comes to pursuing their goals.

“I’ve never been this confident about really anything in my life, and I’m really excited to see where it takes me, and hopefully it inspires other students to fulfill their dreams as well because all it takes is working hard and eventually you get lucky,” Erickson said.

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Task force addresses faculty, staff training Subcommittee recommendations suggest changes to College-specific process MEILAN SOLLY FLAT HAT REPORTER-AT-LARGE

Following criticism of the faculty and staff sexual assault and harassment training module, the faculty and staff training subcommittee of the College of William and Mary Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Assault and Harassment recommended creating a more goal-oriented, College-specific training, as well as revisiting several elements of the training process.

According to Senior Administrative Assistant in the Office of the President Carla Costello, the subcommittee’s charge from President Taylor Reveley was to measure the success of the current training system, educate the campus community about sexual assault and harassment, and recommend methods for more effective prevention and education.

“Faculty and staff members at William & Mary are often the most trusted advisers for our students,” Reveley said in a January 2015 email to faculty. “Thus, it is essential that each of us be trained to support those W&M students who confront sexual violence or harassment, as well as any other sort of harassment. We also need to be aware of other ways in which we can help ensure that W&M remains a supportive, harassment-free environment for faculty and staff.”

Subcommittee members included Costello, subcommittee chair and Chief Diversity Officer Chon Glover, Human Resources Director of Training and Development Babs Bengston, associate government professor and president of the Faculty Assembly David Dessler, assistant biology professor Helen Murphy, associate English and women’s studies professor Jennifer Putzi and Radha Yerramilli ’16 As the only student on the committee, Yerramilli said she was able to tailor the discussion to the needs of students.

“One of the most wonderful things about the W&M community is the relationship students have with their professors,” she said. “My role on the subcommittee was to facilitate conversation so that we created procedures and recommendations that give professors the resources to support their students in every way possible.”

After several months of discussion, the subcommittee provided 13 recommendations.

One recommendation suggested revising the faculty and staff training module in order to make it more specific to the College.

According to the report, feedback suggested that the module did not meet expectations, as it was deemed too easy, superficial and cartoonish.

“Because the training was provided by Workplace Answers, there was some concern that it was not as specific to W&M as it could have been,” Costello said in an email. “There were specific places where we could insert specific W&M information, note who our Title IX Coordinator is, and indicate where students can receive help. But, we were limited in how W&M specific we could be with this module.”

The module, which was used through June 2015, was an interactive, online training experience that discussed workplace discrimination and all forms of harassment. Topics included faculty and staff responsibilities, campus security reports and confidentiality.

Training also highlighted the College’s Sexual Harassment Policy, which has information on reporting procedures and employees’ obligation to report sexual harassment complaints. At the conclusion of training, faculty and staff took a “Mastery Test” to gauge their understanding of the material.

“Because faculty and staff are often the most trusted advisors for our students, it is essential that they be trained on ways to support student[s] who confront sexual violence or harassment,” Glover said in an email.

The subcommittee recommended dividing future training into two sections: education/training and campus and community resources.

While the specifics are still being decided, Costello said a coordinating committee will work with the College’s Title IX coordinator, Kiersten Boyce, to make further training decisions.

One option is to use a new online training system released by EverFi, the company that produces the AlcoholEdu and Haven modules used by incoming students for orientation training.

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In addition to revising mandatory faculty and staff training, the subcommittee recommended offering more than 20 hours of advanced training for faculty interested in learning more about protocol, processes and adjudication.

Murphy said there were two guiding thoughts behind the extra training.

First, there are some faculty members who would like to learn more information regarding sexual discrimination, assault and harassment in order to be more prepared if they are ever approached by a community member who has experienced a violation.

Additionally, the subcommittee found there were faculty members who reported numerous students confiding in them regarding instances of sexual assault or harassment, and these faculty members struggled with their duty to report the incidents. To aid these individuals, the subcommittee suggested considering an intensive training program that would allow faculty to be designated as a confidential resource.

“The first type of training could be similar to the Safe Zone format, in which faculty participate in a workshop tailored to this topic,” Murphy said in an email. “The second form of training would need to be ongoing and include the latest research surrounding these issues.”

Remaining recommendations touched on a variety of topics such as clarifying confidentiality in the context of faculty and staff and student relationships, providing additional training to faculty who will lead study abroad trips, and conducting mandatory campuswide training every two years.

“Overall, the subcommittee sought to support [faculty]/staff in their relationships with each other and students,” Yerramilli said in an email. “We recommend greater access to trainings in a variety of different ways.”

Since the release of the task force report in June, the administration has implemented three of the recommendations: oversight of faculty and staff training has been shifted to the Office of Compliance and Equity; the new sexual violence website, including a tab for information for faculty and staff, has been launched; and campus-wide posters detailing resources have been posted.

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for public and private universities. The College’s rate previously increased “They want to make sure we attract and from 23.6 percent to 27.1 percent from retain top teaching talent to inspire and 2011 to 2015, putting the College 16th prepare our students to go out into the for undergraduate giving out of top world and do great things. They want universities. to make sure those students are able to Lambert explained that the College’s choose William and Mary, regardless of high watermark for undergraduate what their financial situation is.” alumni giving was 29 percent in 2005, Vice President for University when College President Tim Sullivan Advancement Matthew Lambert also ’66 retired. He said that the For the emphasized the focus on providing Bold campaign goal is bucking against financial aid for students and the national trend amongst public and competitive salaries for faculty. In total, private university of deemphasizing the school hopes to raise $350 million alumni participation. for scholarships.

“Most universities have given up on “This campaign is focused on participation, and they just focus on a people,” Lambert said. “Our number smaller number of very large gifts and one goal is scholarships … This is really put all their effort into those very large not as much about lots of new buildings gifts,” Lambert said. “President Reveley, on campus, it’s really about making since the time he has taken over, has sure we can get the very best students focused very heavily on annual giving and the very best faculty and that we as an important part of our overall can support them once they come here strategy. In other words, every gift to William and Mary.” counts.”

According to Vice Lambert explained that President of University over the last several years, Relations Brian Whitson, the combined sum of gifts the campaign will also help less than $250 has reached to fund an Integrative over $2 million.

Wellness Center, “When somebody We want them to which is slated to makes a gift to alma be built where the mater, it’s a vote think of William Lodges currently for the school … and Mary as a place every one alumnus stand. The Center will where, throughout and every alumna house the Student Health Center, the their lifetime, they matters to William Counseling Center, and Mary,” Reveley stay connected.

Health Promotion said. “So the act and elements of of giving back is — Vice President for Campus Recreation. significant in and of University Advancement The campaign also itself.”

Matthew Lambert intends to increase The College’s last undergraduate alumni fundraising campaign giving from 27.1 percent to 40 percent occurred between 2000 and 2007 and by 2020. A 40 percent giving rate would raised $517 million for the school. Other put the College 4th overall in giving campaigns include the Campaign for

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College President Taylor Reveley and Board of Visitors member Sue Gerdelman ‘76 announced the For the Bold campaign to students at the Wren.

the 4th century, raising $153 million in the 1990s, and the Campaign for the College, $20 million in the 1970s.

Lambert said that this campaign is more sustainable.

In past campaigns, the College would hire staffers and lay them off once the campaign concluded. This time, the campaign is less focused on simply achieving a specified dollar amount.

“We’re not just focusing on the billion dollar goal,” Lambert said.

“We’re focusing intensely upon an enhanced and strengthened alumni engagement, making sure all alumni feel connected to the institution.”

The leadership phase of the For the Bold campaign began July 1, 2011. The

leadership phase refers to a period of time during which the College solicits campaign gifts from top donors.

The university has received over 80 gifts and commitments worth $1 million since the leadership phase of the campaign.

Lambert said that university campaigns have run from 7 to 13 years.

He said that universities typically wait until they have raised 35 and 50 percent of the total campaign goal before launching an announcement.

“Otherwise, you can’t launch it with all the tubas and trumpets triumphantly sounding,” Reveley said. “You just look a little silly.”

Reveley and Lambert said that the goal is to have the campaign conclude

in 2020. Lambert said that the College will encourage students to give to the school, noting that last year the senior class achieved a rate of nearly 70 percent giving, with the freshmen, sophomore and junior classes reaching about 20 percent each.

“If you get them giving back on a regular basis, then in the long run, they continue to give back,” Lambert said.

“We want them to think about William and Mary as a place where, throughout their lifetime, they stay connected. They attend our alumni events, they come back for reunions and homecomings, they give back every single year, and then ultimately when they become zillionaires, they remember William and Mary.”

Gender-inclusive housing survey elicits over 1300 responses More than 300 students reported willingness to live in gender-inclusive housing if available HOUSING from page 1

time, the organizations have not heard back from the administration.

“We know other schools in Virginia and across the country have implemented programs for gender inclusive housing and we continue to learn from their experiences,” Boykin said in an email. “We have received the proposal from RHA and William & Larry and will need time to explore it fully and discuss it with university leadership. This will take time so at present no decisions have been made related to the proposal.”

Boykin The gender-inclusive housing survey is one of many initiatives the Lambda Alliance has been working on for

several years. For example, Lambda Alliance created a general proposal for transgender-inclusive policies in 2014, which includes issues ranging from healthcare to gender markers on school documents.

Also, Residence Life now offers a policy that allows transgender students with documented need to live in a single with a private bathroom.

As of fall 2015, the College has designated single-occupancy bathrooms in most campus buildings as gender-neutral. The Integrated Science Center has one on each floor, and every dorm now has at least one gender-neutral bathroom. Lambda Alliance spoke earlier in support of the bathrooms There is some concern among students about how this would transfer to single-gender halls in dorms.

“We encourage our membership, the larger W&M queer

community, and our queer allies to keep up with the survey’s results and maintain their interest in these issues,” Lambda Alliance Co-President Kyle Lopez ’17 said in email. “Change will come about if and only if we continue to pay attention.”

Ultimately, although gender-inclusive housing has been picking up steam in Virginia — peer institutions such as Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University and Virginia Tech have created Lopez similar policies — the creators of the survey said they are worried that the decision rests with the Board of Visitors and hope that they will take student opinions into account.

News Editor Amanda Williams contributed to this article.

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Honor Council statistics reveal violations

Advisory committee publishes highest number of infraction reports in 10 years NATE WAHRENBERGER FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

College of William and Mary students were found responsible for 46 Honor Code violations out of 61 reports during the 2014-15 academic year.

With the recent release of the spring and summer 2015 semester data, the Honor System Advisory Committee was able to report statistics for the entire 2014-15 academic year. These statistics summarize the combined activity of all six honor councils, which exist for students in the undergraduate programs, the Arts and Sciences graduate program, Mason School of Business graduate program, the School of Education, the Law School and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

“Unauthorized assistance or collaboration” was the most common offense for which students were found guilty; 22 students were found responsible in those cases. According to the report, responsible students committed this infraction in a variety of ways, ranging from a student using a cheat sheet on his or her phone to a student consulting a classmate’s exam during a testing period.

Students were charged with lying most frequently, followed by plagiarism. However, more students were found responsible for plagiarism. In many cases, the two infractions overlap, since students confronted for plagiarism sometimes initially denied their guilt.

Dean of Students Marjorie Thomas noted that Honor Code violations occasionally overlap with Student Code of Conduct violations, a situation that requires a special decision as to whether the Honor Council will handle adjudications.

In the past academic year, the most common primary sanction for an Honor Code violation was suspension, 16 of which were

issued. Sixteen students were also given an F in a course, making an automatic failing grade the most likely secondary sanction.

Associate Dean of Students Dave Gilbert, who advises and trains the members of all six councils, said that Honor Code violations have spiked in the last year.

“Last year we experienced the highest number of reports in my ten years here,” Gilbert said in an email. “We are currently studying the results to determine what we can learn and where we will target our preventative efforts.”

Gilbert promised serious efforts to survey students and faculty in order to improve college policy.

“The Honor System Advisory Committee also will be spearheading a campus-wide survey assessment of students and faculty to determine where we are doing well and where we have remaining challenges,” Gilbert said in an email. “In the spring semester, I expect the committee will identify key areas where we need to focus our efforts with the faculty and student populations, respectively.”

Thomas said that the high number of recent reports might be the result of factors other than student misconduct. She suggested that outreach efforts on the part of the Honor Council have encouraged community members to report infractions.

“I think we’re seeing more folks coming forward, in terms of faculty or even students, when they’re concerned about either what they’ve observed as a bystander or what faculty themselves have experienced,” Thomas said. “I think the Office of Student Conduct, in addition to the Honor Council members themselves … have been doing a lot more in terms of outreach and communicating the importance of maintaining academic integrity and standards in our community.”

She also added that efforts to educate students about academic

ethical standards have helped students from different educational backgrounds comply with the Honor Code.

Vice Chair of the Undergraduate Honor Council Audrey Scruggs ’16 mentioned certain steps that students can take to avoid committing violations.

“Most of our casework involves academic integrity,” Scruggs said in an email. “Our Council finds that when students seek resources on campus, such as the Tribe Tutor Zone or the Writing Resource Center, and reach out to their professors for clarification regarding citations and rules surrounding collaboration, they avoid potential honor code violations. In addition, increased use of technology (specifically smart phones) has played into a number of our cases.”

Gilbert emphasized the importance of peer accountability for the student-led honor council.

“Peer accountability can be a powerful tool to ensure that all students are protected under a common code,” Gilbert said in an email.

“My anecdotal experience is that peer influence is a more powerful tool than messaging from faculty or staff. I also believe it is important for students to view behavior through their own lens — we all live within the community here at William and Mary, but for students, this is their academic, co-curricular, and living experience, so one could argue that the community is experienced most powerfully by them.”

Thomas said that a student-led Honor Council enhances accountability, but it also reflects a student culture that is concerned with academic integrity.

“I am a believer that when members of a community have the opportunity to uphold not only our values but our community expectations … with your peers, it does make it stronger and it makes it more intentional about who we are and how we conduct ourselves, not only in spirit but also in practice,” Thomas said.

Mental health protest intended to raise awareness SIT-IN from page 1

“If we could make [alumni] knowledgeable about where the money’s going, and how the students are quite honestly floundering due to a lack of help not on the Counseling Center’s fault — but a lack of funding,” Strickland said.

Many students said they found the lack of funding to be an indication that the Counseling Center was not wholly equipped to help students with a variety of mental illnesses. Speakers expressed issues with going off-campus to seek care.

“Don’t have enough money for outside help?

Too bad, tough luck,” Kalyn Horn ’16 said. “The Counseling Center does a lot of good, but there’s a lot more good it could do if it expanded itself, and offered resources to the students who have more severe issues than situational depression, midterm stress and stuff like that.”

Medley invited speakers into the center of a semi-circle, some of whom shared intimate stories of their mental health experiences.

“You could see that [the students] had tears in their eyes,” Medley said.

Outside of the central protest area, students handed out letters to alumni and students, and encouraged them to listen in on the stories being

shared as part of the sit-in. The letters listed out the group’s demands, including shorter waiting times and the hiring of a full-time psychiatrist for the Counseling Center. According to the organizers, the event saw mixed success with alumni. Medley said that some alumni joined in, listened and even offered to donate to the Counseling Center.

Gender, sexuality and women’s studies Professor Jennifer Putzi attended the protest.

“I think the students are doing a really important thing, today, in trying to remind the alumni and remind the administration about their concerns on campus,” Putzi said. “I still have students who are having a hard time getting into the Counseling

Center, it’s taking entirely too long for them to get help if they need it.”

Although fewer students participated in the event than initially anticipated, organizers said those present were very involved. Even as the event came to a close, Medley said that it was clear to her that there were still more students who wanted an opportunity to speak and for their voice to be heard. According to Medley, this was just one step in sustaining a conversation about mental health that many students want to have with administration, and bringing about the pressure necessary to result in meaningful changes.

Gates discusses foreign policy GATES from page 1

regions like Iraq, Libya and Syria.

“My worry is that since the beginning of the Arab Spring we have looked at each of these situations independently,” Gates said. “I think the result of these conflicts is that we face a generational conflict in the Middle East. I think we’re going to face a lot of violence, turbulence, instability there for 20, 30 years, maybe longer.”

Gates discussed the bipartisan policy of containing communism during the Cold War, saying that the United States needs a similarly cohesive, long-term plan for operating in the Middle East. This strategy includes identifying and supporting allies in the region and encouraging friendly authoritarian governments to embrace reform.

Gates focused on Syria, saying that he believed there had been a brief window in the early months of the country’s civil war when the United States could have possibly had more of an influence on the situation.

“If we had acted quickly and with agility and sent in to the opposition weapons, much as the CIA did to the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan, we may have been successful in either forcing him out or forcing some kind of political settlement or even driving him out,” Gates said. “I think that window closed a long time ago.”

One of Baker’s questions touched upon the viability of a no-fly zone in Syria and Russia’s intervention in the Syrian conflict.

Due to the humanitarian crisis in the region, Gates said he would propose establishing a no-fly zone without attacking Assad’s air defense.

“My view of the Russians, that’s the point where we say, ‘We’re not anywhere near Assad’s turf, so just stay the hell out of the way,’” Gates said. “That allows us to push back against the Russians, but in a way that doesn’t threaten their interests.”

Gates also spoke of his

relationship with current President of Russia Vladimir Putin, noting that he had previously interacted with Putin’s KGB bosses.

“He and I had a very interesting relationship and I think he saw it very much as CIA and KGB,” Gates said. “We would talk to each other with a bluntness, a directness that horrified some of our diplomats.”

One such interaction involved Putin and Gates working with maps that predicted the range of Iranian missiles.

“He shoves [the map] across the table at me and says, ‘This is what our intelligence says the range of the Iranian missiles are,’” Gates said. “I took a look at it for a second and I pushed it right back at him and said, ‘You need new intelligence.’ And he actually kind of laughed.”

Baker asked Gates to give his opinion on whether Putin saw President Barack Obama as weak. Gates said that Putin is an opportunist who likely views the current administration’s unwillingness to get further entrenched in conflicts in the Middle East as an opportunity for Russia. However, he said that Putin’s aggressive foreign policy decisions would backfire in the long-term and likely cause NATO nations to increase their defense budgets. Gates said that NATO should not necessarily set up permanent bases in Eastern Europe, but definitely position equipment and engage in robust troop rotations to discourage Russian expansion.

An audience member asked Gates to give his position on the Iranian nuclear deal. Gates said that he does support aspects of the deal, such as the fact that Iran will dispose of 97 percent of its enriched uranium and make drastic changes to its nuclear facilities. However, he said that monitoring whether or not Iran is meeting the terms of the deal will likely cause wrangling between the White House and the intelligence community.

“Now that the agreement has

been signed, I think it would be a mistake to overturn it,” Gates said.

“I think that what’s missing in this whole thing … is a strategy on how to deal with a more aggressive Iran that has billions more dollars to spend on disruption in the events in the Middle East. The Iranians have made it clear that their foreign policy is not going to change one whit, because of this agreement they are still going to be our antagonists every place …

Now it looks like we just wanted an agreement so badly that we’d give up anything.”

In regards to the Obama administration’s policy in the Middle East, Gates also recollected about the military raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden.

Gates said he had been concerned that Pakistan would cut off the U.S. military’s supply lines in retribution for the raid. According to Gates, Vice President Joe Biden had also been concerned about the political fallout a failed raid would cause. Gates also discussed the now-famous photograph of the presidential cabinet seated around a table watching the raid progress.

“Shortly after that photograph was published, I got a photoshopped copy of it back, with all of us dressed in superhero costumes,” Gates said. “So Obama was Superman, Biden was Spiderman, Hillary naturally was Wonder Woman. For some reason I’m the Green Lantern.”

Gates said that he used the photoshopped photograph to argue against releasing photos of bin Laden’s dead body, saying that circulated photos could be manipulated to incite anger and possibly cause harm to American troops stationed in the Middle East.

Gates also said that he was not considering pursuing any more government work. An audience member asked Gates if he had any knowledge about a political action committee formed in support of him running for president.

“Nice try,” Gates said.

SA Funding for Student Organizations

Mandatory Pre-Budget Workshops: Thursday

Nov 5

4:30 p.m.

Tuesday

Nov 10

4:00 p.m.

Wednesday

Nov 11

4:00 p.m.

Campus Center Little Theater

Student organizations planning to request funding from the SA for 2016-2017 mark your calendar. To be eligible to apply for funding you MUST have a representative attend one of these workshops to register and pick up the budget information. Requests will not be accepted from organizations who do not participate in the workshops.

For more information contact Anita Forrest anita@wm.edu

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Directing donations

BY BRIAN KAO / THE FLAT HAT

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Hello, My name is Timothy Davis and I would like to take this opportunity to announce my candidacy for Sheriff in the upcoming election for the City of Williamsburg and the County of James City.

I think the William and Mary student body is an asset to the city of Williamsburg and its economy. They represent almost a third of the population of the city, and they need to be treated as residents who have a stake in the city and its well-being. As evidence of this, Scott Foster ‘10 J.D. 14’ was elected to city council as a new student candidate and for the last several years has worked to benefit the students and the citizens of Williamsburg. His leadership on the city council is a direct reflection of the education he received from William and Mary.

I was instrumental in working with Williamsburg drawing up policies for active shooter situations. I was also liaison officer between Williamsburg and William and Mary and worked closely with Chief Donald Challis. I have lived in both James City County and the City of Williamsburg for the past 25 years with my lovely wife. I recently retired from law enforcement after 22 years of service, and I am the proud father of three wonderful children.

After careful consideration and feedback from our local community and law enforcement professionals, I wish to apply my training, experience, knowledge, and education to the Williamsburg/James City County Sheriff ’s Office.

I obtained a bachelor’s degree in accounting from West Virginia Tech University in 1988. I later moved to Virginia and became a deputy with the York County Sheriff ’s Office in 1992. I then transferred to the Williamsburg Police Department, where I rose to the rank of lieutenant. In 2011, I transferred to the New Kent County Sheriff ’s Office before retiring in 2014.

I have held numerous certifications as a law enforcement officer, and I have served as an instructor in areas such as Active Shooter, Drug Enforcement, Firearms, Advanced Search and Seizure, Driving, and Bike Patrol. As a shift Lieutenant, I managed a squad of four to five police officers responsible for the safety of the entire City of Williamsburg that encompassed 12 square miles and a

diverse population of over 12,000 people, not including visiting tourists.

As a community volunteer, I have taken great pride in coaching the girl’s softball team at Bruton and Lafayette High Schools and several youth baseball teams, as well as football with Toano Middle School and the Williamsburg Hornet organization. For 20 years I have had the opportunity to not only coach various sports, but also teach life and civic duties to the youth in our community.

I received numerous awards and commendations during my years of service, including the Outstanding Deputy Award (York County), Officer of the Year (Williamsburg PD), MADD award for DUI enforcement and a Community Service award from James City Parks and Recreation.

While the current sheriff has done an excellent job protecting our local courthouse, it is my belief that our outstanding deputies have more to offer the community. During these difficult fiscal times, it is apparent that local government must do more with less.

The top priorities of the sheriff ’s office should continue to be the safety and security of the courthouse and ensuring smooth civil processes for our community. However it is also clear that our deputies want and should take on a more active role in supporting our hard working and dedicated local police departments. I am confident that my experience as a law enforcement manager, my education and my training will allow me to lead this Sheriff ’s Office into a transparent, fiscally responsible and bright future of continued community service.

I look forward to meeting with the community to outline my plan to accomplish these goals. As a husband, father and retired law enforcement professional, I believe it is important to have an open and honest discussion on how we manage our local law enforcement professionals. I look forward to the coming weeks and months as I hope to meet as many of our citizens as possible to hear your experiences and gain your input.

Sincerely, Timothy Davis Email Tim Davis at davis4sheriff@verizon.net

Last week the College of William and Mary publicly launched its official fundraising campaign: “For the Bold: The Campaign for William and Mary.” The fundraising campaign is embarking on the ambitious goal of raising $1 billion, $532 million of which has already been received since the campaign’s inception in 2011.

For the Bold also aims to increase alumni engagement, with a target of a 40 percent giving rate for undergraduate alumni by 2020.

Currently, the alumni participation rate via donations hovers around 27.1 percent.

While it’s not uncommon to hear a bit of grumbling over colleges seeking donations, it should be understood that this campaign is in fact a positive move on the part of the College.

Higher education funding in general, at both the state and federal levels, is low; the College receives about a mere 12 percent of its budget from the state, enough to barely retain a public university classification. With this laughable gift from the state, the College must raise money.

Given the growing budgetary constraints in all departments of the College, any amount of fundraising helps anyone at the school either by indirectly freeing up other resources or directly contributing.

The ambition behind this campaign is also admirable. Because the College is technically a public institution, there are caps to how much money it can raise itself without losing any of its state funding. But, as explained above, the money from the state is small and continually dwindling. The scope of this project is to raise much needed funds predominantly for scholarships and hiring staff, and an ambitious goal of $1 billion recognizes the importance of these areas and reaffirms the College’s commitment to prioritize their funding. The school should be trying to raise as much money as it can without losing its state funding, and the choice of $1 billion as its target should be commended.

Students and other members of the community should not be jaded about the College asking for money. Too often the question arises of “If X gets funding why doesn’t Y?” The frank answer to that question is because alumni have priorities for what is important to them.

However, often the grumbling also comes from uninformed opinions of how money is allocated and assumptions over these alumni priorities.

Students should not be quick to assume that donations will only service the athletics program over the English department. Instead, they should use the resources the College provides, such as the breakdown of the $1 billion, to inform their opinions of allocation and donor priorities.

After establishing a decent understanding of this breakdown, then a decision can be made over how appropriate allocations are given the needs of the College, and the issue of alumni and donor priorities can be discussed. Generally speaking, however, the process of raising money should not be dissuaded or condemned as a slimy bit of alumni schmoozing by ill-informed ideas of where money may or may not be going.

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 Madeline Bielski, Emily Chaumont, Kaitlan Connor and Isabel Larroca. 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.

GUEST COLUMN

Addressing a lack of on-campus mental health resources

Madison Hauser FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

College is hard.

I knew that, even coming from almost 2,000 miles away, there was a certain prestige associated with the College of William and Mary, an indefinable, incandescent quality that instilled within you a sense of pride, belonging and intimidation. To be accepted is thrilling. To be an actual member of the Tribe is to be glorious, to be celebrated, to be eminent. You are not here for simply a degree; you are here to leave a legacy that will shape future generations. You are here to make a mark on history. You are not here to fail.

Many struggle with the weight of these expectations. Every day I question whether or not I made the right decision to attend. And every day I watch as those around me piece their lives together, while I am

left flailing, lost, wondering why it is taking me much longer to adjust. I find myself not wanting to admit that I might need help — and realizing if I did, it wouldn’t come readily or easily.

The College simply doesn’t have the resources to help everyone. We need more options.

Currently, the University of Michigan has established an embedded model approach to mental health that will broaden the scope and impact of their counseling resources by making them one thing the College’s are not: accessible.

By stationing specialized counselors in various academic fields, the university hopes to meet the increasing demand for mental health services demonstrated by students in recent years. The idea is to tailor each counselor’s focus to include the academic and social pressures of students pursuing a specific major. Not only are counselors intimately familiar with the college itself and its unique stresses, they have also personally worked with faculty members and students and been subjected to the same high-risk

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We should set the example, raise the standard, defy the stereotype and challenge the societal norm that it is unacceptable to ask for help. So why haven’t we?

environments. The counselors are fully embedded within the community.

And, for the University of Michigan, they have become an integral part of the community. Although it’s difficult to tell the results of the program, there has been a definite improvement in outreach to students, especially to those who would not have normally sought help, who could not get the attention they deserved and gave up trying.

The College leads. We were the first college to staff a complete faculty, the first to establish an intercollegiate fraternity, the first to institute an honor system. We were the first college to become a university and the first college to be conceived.

Naturally, we should take the first step. We should set the example, raise the standard, defy the stereotype and challenge the societal norm that it is unacceptable to ask for help.

So why haven’t we yet?

Because our resources are limited. And that needs to change.

Email Madison Hauser at mjhauser@ email.wm.edu.

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GUEST COLUMN

An electoral crisis

Alex Wallace

FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

Full disclosure: I ran for senator for the class of 2019 and for the President of the Botetourt Hall Council. I lost both elections. I write now to expose flaws in the electoral system here at the College of William and Mary.

Many say that the founders of our democracy would be appalled at how the current election season is so focused on personality rather than real issues.

Donald Trump, with his vague promises and rhetoric, stands as the shining example of this problem.

However, there are issues that are important; this allows the campaign to have a substantial quality, beyond bread and circuses. Having been a candidate and a voter at the College, I believe that the flaw of the campus electoral process is that campaigning must be personality-based rather than issue-based.

Candidates advertise themselves, not ideas.

Take the obvious example: campaign posters. I recall feeling offended at seeing posters condescend to their electorate, as if they were talking to children.

There were common elements between multiple posters: a picture of the candidate smiling in what appeared to be an approachable manner, brightly colored art, pop-culture references (including one that referenced Obama’s iconic portrait), the colors of the College, and positive adjectives such as dependable, committed, etc. What were lacking were actual proposals regarding the issues at hand and credentials to provide qualifications. Therefore, you do not see a candidate; you see a crafted image that could be deceptive. I may be jaded after having grown up near Washington, D.C., but when I see images like those I think of deceitfulness, dishonesty and hunger for power. This is what the current system requires for victory, and what the College encourages by extension.

Take another example: candidate meet-and-greets.

At these events, candidates must give impromptu speeches filled with buzzwords. Many are in business attire, attempting to evoke an aura of authority. Most striking is the lack of interaction between candidates in a formal setting: they do not write speeches and their ideas are not subject to criticism. This is not a real consideration of ideas; this is a competition in image-making.

The reason for the promotion of this image-based campaign is simple: there is not enough awareness of the issues. Reading The Flat Hat’s editorial page, indeed the whole paper, shows that the campus is abuzz with different ideas about how the campus ought to be run. Despite this, there is no effort to show that the Student Assembly can actually affect change. I know that it does things, but these are uncomfortably vague, explained away dissemblingly.

The electorate is therefore ignorant As a candidate, I had to do these things. An opponent for the Botetourt Hall Council was charismatic and sociable, but his rhetoric was light on actual discussion. I countered with credentials; I did not put my picture on posters. Mine were plain, including descriptions of my qualifications through experience in high school student council, among other things. However, this is image-making, not proposing ideas; it is a qualified image, but it is an image. I could not do otherwise, for the issues were so nebulous I could not comment on them.

In Hall Council elections for freshmen, a deterrent to issue-based campaigning is timing; they are too early for issues to emerge. Freshmen are adapting to dormitory life and an abundance of new and interesting people. Issues take time to develop, as conflicts appear and opinions clash. They are therefore susceptible to image-making, the product of concerted effort of image-building. Hence, images, not ideas, win votes.

The answer to this issue of image-based campaigning would have to be multifaceted.

The candidate meet-and-greets must become national election-style candidate debates, with a neutral moderator with knowledge of issues and qualifications, as well as the ability to dissect insubstantial statements. Candidates should be required to give a pre-written speech detailing their positions and qualifications. Campaign posters must be required to have policy statements. The campaigning seasons should be extended to at least two weeks, to allow both the development and examination of issues.

The College educated, and was run by, great minds of early America. Knowing that, one could expect a commitment to democracy. Rather, the process is so opaque that I find the student council of the elementary school I attended was more issue-based than our system: it allowed speeches to the school.

With our system, an onlooker would conclude that the Student Assembly thinks its electorate is stupid.

This is not the case; students attending a public Ivy are not stupid. This attitude is not only sad, it is an embarrassment.

Criticize the current national political climate as much as you want, but be aware that it allows for issues to be discussed and used as a basis for voting, something that the College just does not do. Donald Trump may be a bully and a blowhard, but he has a tax plan.

Email Alex Wallace at arwallace@email.wm.edu.

BY BRIAN KAO / THE FLAT HAT

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A campaign for restoring our education systems

William Moncure FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

Virginia is home to some of the most highly-regarded universities in the United States, including the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and, of course, the College of William and Mary itself. The commonwealth is also home to many highly-regarded K-12 systems. These schools attract students from around the nation and from around the world. Therefore, we are competing with the best students on a global scale — we need to sustain and expand upon our current level of achievement in order to remain competitive and continue to provide world-class educational opportunities for our students.

One of the most basic elements that must be in place to maintain and improve a successful education system is sufficient funding. Although we acknowledge that funding does not automatically solve problems, it is a basic prerequisite to any other reform. During the 2000s there were massive cuts to higher education funding in Virginia. However, there have been pushes to restore needed funding to our public universities in recent years. Local representatives Delegate Monty Mason (D-93) ’89 and State Senator John Miller (D-1) have been among those leading the charge. Although the Republican-controlled state government had been cutting funding every year for some time, Mason and Miller held the line and played a key role in successfully preventing any further cuts this year.

Both Mason and Miller support increasing the amount of funding that our institutions of higher learning receive from the state, and wish to increase the level of funding to at least as much as it was before the Great Recession. Until funding is restored to our state institutions, we will continue to see skyrocketing tuition costs.

In 2000, tuition at the College for an entering undergraduate was $2,300 a year. Now, incoming freshmen and transfer students must pay nearly $14,000 a year in tuition. Given the student debt crisis on the horizon, and the importance of accessible education to allow people to improve their lives and achieve social mobility, we need people like Mason and Miller to represent us and keep our higher education system funded.

Both politicians have also been leading proponents of K-12 education reform. Since Miller was elected to the State Senate, he has worked to reduce the number of SOL tests that the Commonwealth requires. Last year he was successful in eliminating five SOL tests that elementary and middle schoolers would have had to take. Mason also supported the bill, and Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe signed it into law. The bill passed with the support of school boards from around the state and numerous education advocacy groups. Both representatives also supported repealing an A-F grading system that would have assigned schools a letter grade based on testing results. This initiative soon went on to gain significant bipartisan support.

There are many reasons that these reforms should be applauded. Younger children need more flexibility in their schedules to accommodate emerging individual differences in achievement and personality. Eventually, students must decide whether they want to be invested in their education and whether they will be intellectually curious for the rest of their lives. Forcing them to worry about taking four tests in third grade is not the way to do this.

Thankfully, with these reforms third graders will be spared two of those tests.

Miller continues to push for further reductions in the number of required tests. The letter grading system for schools would also have been problematic because it would send a negative message to children who attend those schools, and also label the surrounding neighborhoods as undesirable, thus tanking home values in neighborhoods that often already have high poverty rates.

Our school systems should be a place where teachers have more time to address individual needs and where children can feel happy. The improved attitudes that students will develop toward learning and education will carry them further in life than worrying about an excessive number of tests or being told that they attend an “F” or a “D” school. For their efforts, Miller and Mason have received numerous awards from educators’ associations and groups that support educational reform. The Virginia Education Association has given both candidates their “Solid as a Rock” award for their unwavering support of public education, and the Virginia State Reading Association has twice recognized Miller with their “Friend of Literacy” award. We would encourage everybody to go out and vote for both Mason and Miller on Election Day this Nov. 3.

William and Mary Young Democrats meets every Wednesday in Washington 301 at 8 p.m. We meet every Saturday at noon on the Terrace in front of the Sadler Center to canvass for Miller and Mason.

This piece was a collaboration within the William and Mary Young Democrats. Email the Young Democrats at youngdemocrats@email. wm.edu.

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... we need to sustain and expand upon our current level of achievement in order to remain competitive and continue to provide world-class educational opportunities for our students.

GUEST COLUMN

Leading the charge: Mason relates to students

Greg Akerman FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

When Delegate Monty Mason spoke in front of a group of 35 students on Oct. 15 at McGlothlin Street Hall, one of the first questions he had was about housekeeping: “Anyone here from The Flat Hat?” When no one raised their hand, he looked disappointed: “What do I have to do to get in there?”

Certainly, Del. Mason has been very busy recently. Elected in 2013 to the Virginia House of Delegates after defeating then-Del. Mike Watson, Mason continues to fight for the issues that matter most to him. Near the top, he says, is higher education. When he met with students at the event hosted by Virginia21, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on advocating for student issues, much of the discussion was focused on matters relating to the College of William and Mary students and young people. As a member of the class of 1989 and the father of two elementary school-aged children, Mason often highlighted his own experiences and the interactions he has had with his constituents.

Among the topics discussed were higher education funding, student homelessness, sexual assault legislation, health care and gerrymandering.

As a member of Virginia21, I was happy to see these issues being discussed. Virginians have seen tuition for public four-year universities double in the past decade. Undergraduate education is slated to cost the average family 46 percent of its yearly income. Every year members of the General Assembly promise to do their best for students, and yet every year both tuition and class size increase. The quality of college education is decreasing, making the achievement gap harder to close.

As students at the College, we demand much from our public officials but take anything we can get.

And Del. Mason has been doing his best. He patroned a bill that makes in-state tuition available to students working in Virginia and members of the Virginia National Guard. He patroned another bill that required Virginia community colleges to award credit for military service.

And it’s not just about money and college credit. It is estimated that one in five women are victims of sexual assault in college — more than 80 percent of sexual assaults go unreported. Del. Mason spoke about a bill he cosponsored establishing mutual aid programs at universities so that only felony criminal sexual assaults had to be reported to the commonwealth attorney. This was part of a compromise with those in the General Assembly who were adamant that all assaults be reported to the commonwealth attorney. Such measures, Del. Mason noted, made it less likely for survivors to report their assault.

Many students have heard the platitude about getting involved in their community. Del. Mason believes it. He made a plea for students not only to vote, but also to be active in issue-based campaigns such as Virginia21 and OneVirginia2021. The latter is an organization that advocates for nonpartisan redistricting. Right now, even though Democrats hold all five statewide elected offices, Republicans have gerrymandered the state to control both the House of Delegates and the Senate. However, Del. Mason says neither party can be trusted to redistrict fairly, since he grew up during a time when Virginia Democrats in the state legislature drew district lines to their own advantage.

That is why we need nonpartisan redistricting. Other states have done it, and the practice has recently gotten a clean stamp of “Constitutional” from the U.S. Supreme Court. There are currently 13 other states that have some form of either nonpartisan or bipartisan redistricting commissions. Del. Mason wants Virginia students to lead the charge in its favor.

Here is one more platitude: vote on Nov. 3. For more information about Del. Monty Mason, visit his website at http://masonforvirginia. com. His challenger, Lara Overy, was invited to participate in the meetand-greet but declined to attend.

Email Greg Akerman at gsakerman@email.wm.edu.

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Game on: club hosts fierce “Smash” bash

William and Mary Smash club gives gamers a social setting to hone their skills

CONNER KNUTSEN THE FLAT HAT

In the depths of Tazewell Hall, a group gathers around a few old CRT televisions. What follows is an experience that causes sweat to flow and hands to become sore. This is Smash.

Many students at the College of William and Mary have either played, or at least come across, Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. at some point in their lives. Super Smash Bros., or “Smash” as it is more commonly known, is Nintendo’s 2D fighting game franchise first created in 1999. Since then, it has become one of Nintendo’s bestselling video game series.

Smash involves characters from a variety of other Nintendo franchises that players can choose to fight with. The game’s objective is to knock your opponent out of the arena and to achieve the most damage possible in the shortest amount of time, without suffering damage yourself.

The members of the College’s Smash club have varying levels of skill and experience.

“I was the best player in my high school,” Jigglypuff player Will Siegmund ’19 said. “I was a big fish in a tiny pond, whereas now I am a little fish in a big pond.”

This is the Smash club’s first semester as an official campus organization, though it existed unofficially last semester. The Smash club unofficially began when members of the discontinued Competitive Gaming Club decided that they wanted to form a club dedicated specifically to playing Super Smash Bros.

Now it has roughly 100 members, with a core of around 30 dedicated players who run the day-to-day business of the club. Seigmund said he decided to join the club when he challenged club president and Princess Peach player Arjun Malhotra ’17 to a one handed match.

“I thought I would win easy,” Siegmund said. “He crushed me. People don’t realize how hardcore this game can get.”

The club has weekly sessions on Friday in the basement of Tazewell that last from 2 p.m. until 2 a.m., and club members will drop in when convenient to play. There are also impromptu sessions during the week that usually are organized through the

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... Smash club members said they bond over the competitive drive and the love of the game.

club’s Facebook page.

Every Saturday during the semester, members attend a regional Smash tournament. As Super Smash is geared toward one-on-one gameplay, attendants in the tournament compete as individuals, coming from around the area.

According to Malhotra, these tournaments are a key part of the Smash club.

“The whole point of the club is to teach players how to play competitively,” Malhotra said. “We teach our new members terms and techniques necessary for playing Smash on a competitive level.”

Whether a member is a Fox player who utilizes hit and run tactics or a Captain Falcon player who uses powerful attacks and excellent combo ability to punish their opponents, Smash club members said they bond over the competitive drive and the love of the game.

“Smash has a very big social component because there is no online gameplay, meaning you have to play against other people in person,” Falco player Ciaran Lowell ’19 said. “My favorite thing about Smash club is hanging out with the guys.”

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Celebrate getting laid with your own parade

Inject a little positivity into your sex life and abandon the idea of the “walk of shame”

Katelyn Reimer

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS COLUMNIST

The “walk of shame”is a phrase used to describe the act of returning home the morning after spending the night with someone else, usually implying sexual activity has occurred.

I cannot stand the entire concept of the “walk of shame.” It is charged with negative energy, and I like to live my life with positivity. So, naturally, I scoured the internet for a phrase that would bring some positive energy to this phenomenon.

The internet did not disappoint. I came upon the gloriously joyful phrase “got laid parade.” I love this phrase. Let me break down for you why you should join me, and make a vocabulary shift

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from “walk of shame” to “got laid parade.”

First and foremost, there is absolutely no reason we should be shaming anyone simply because we see them walking home in the same clothes they were wearing the night before. If I’m wearing the same clothes I wore last night, I already feel gross enough and I just want to shower. I don’t need or want to feel ashamed of myself on top of that.

Also, 50 percent of the time that I wear the same clothes two days in a row, it’s just because I didn’t get up early enough in the morning to shower and put on nice things. Approximately 95 percent of the time that I walk home after spending the night at someone else’s place, I am wearing fresh clothes and am freshly showered because I packed a bag and showered at their place. Here’s my point: the clothes I am wearing as I walk home in the morning tell you nothing about what I was doing the night before, so let’s stop making assumptions.

Second of all, just because I did not spend the night in my own room does not mean I was getting it on. It’s possible I stayed up all night in Earl Gregg Swem Library (my personal record on that one is 4:30 a.m.), or that I had a sleepover with a friend because sleepovers are great. Maybe I was out of town for the weekend. It is even within the realm of possibility that I stayed over at my partner’s place but did not have sex with them. I know, I know, that’s pretty shocking. I’ll give you a

moment to process that information.

Okay, ready to move on? Good. Before we do, I’m going to repeat that because it’s important: you can spend the night with your partner without

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walk home after a night of sexy times, I think of the “got laid parade,” which makes me think: “Wow, I had a great night. Everyone else wishes they had as great of a night as I did.” I hold my head a

There is nothing shameful about having consensual sex. Period. The end.

necessarily having sex with them. It is a real thing that happens and it’s great.

On to my next issue with the “walk of shame.” there is nothing shameful about having consensual sex. Period. The end. It doesn’t matter whom you are having sex with, when you are having sex with that person, where you are having sex and it especially does not matter if you spend the night afterward. There is nothing shameful about having sex if that is what you want to be doing. By using the phrase “walk of shame,” we perpetuate the idea that having sex is a shameful activity, whether or not we believe that to be true.

If we use “got laid parade” instead, we remove the element of shame. Not only that, but we give the act a sexy confidence to it. Personally, when I

little higher. I am reminded that I am confident in my sexuality, my relationships and my choices and that I have no reason to feel otherwise. Most importantly, I’m reminded that it doesn’t matter what other people think of me, and no one — absolutely no one — has the right to make me feel ashamed of myself for my sex life and having a positive attitude about it.

So next time you find yourself in last night’s clothes, walking home in the morning, put on some headphones, play some music that makes you feel confident and walk your beautiful self home to the beat of your own personal parade.

Katelyn Reimer is a Behind Closed Doors columnist who won’t let anyone rain on her parade.

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Non-traditional students embrace College ERIKA BOSACK THE FLAT HAT

Exploring colonial history

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Headed by husband and wife duo Drs. James and Carolyn Whittenburg, the NIAHD staff specializes in the history of the early years of America.

NIAHD field trips, classes foster connection with past ELISE BARBIN THE FLAT HAT

For students who wish to visit grand plantation houses, explore far-flung parks and museums and delve deeper into the often-turbulent history of colonial America.

In partnership with the College of William and Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, NIAHD uses field-based learning to take students back in time to the Colonial era.

Located here in Virginia’s Chesapeake region, the organization offers classes and field trips to the area’s abundance of historical sites, including some located in the College’s own backyard, such as Colonial Williamsburg.

Headed by husband and wife duo Drs. James and Carolyn Whittenburg, the NIAHD staff is comprised of professors, archeologists and historians who specialize in early America. Since 2001 the Institute has said that it is committed to fostering a love for American History in high school and college-aged students.

The organization itself includes several different programs rooted in the study of colonial America, all hosted on campus. Open to high school students, College students and undergraduate and graduate students from universities all over the country, these programs take an interdisciplinary look at history through lenses of material culture and museum studies, traditional lectures, field work and internships.

The goal of the program is to create a tangible connection with the past while preparing students for careers in teaching, museum work and history.

NIAHD also aims to build relationships between professors and students. According to Carolyn Whittenburg, the staff and participants in the Institute have formed a tight bond.

“Because my husband and I started it together, we’ve always felt NIAHD was a family,” Carolyn Whittenburg said. “Because of the field trips, being in a van with people all day, working in the dorms 24 hours together, it becomes a real family.”

Long time NIAHD student, Aly Myers ’16 said that the out-of-class experiences helped form those lasting bonds.

“My favorite memory through NIAHD is the connections that I have with not only the wonderful professors, but also the bonds and relationships that I form with my classmates that I have never been able to experience in other classes,” Myers said. “Many of the NIAHD courses are field tripbased, and you really begin to bond with people in the van after being stuck with them for a six-hour roundtrip adventure to Monticello or North Carolina.”

According to James Whittenburg, NIAHD reminds the College of our historic roots and builds connections not only between participants, but also between our community and our past.

“I would say that the development of NIAHD and the NIAHD courses I teach have been the most rewarding and just plain fun things I have done in my career at William & Mary (39 years and counting),” James Whittenburg said in an email. “To be at the convergence of social/political history, material culture, archaeology, and architectural history in the ways that NIAHD has brought them together is almost a fantasy, yet my wife and I have lived it. Still, the association with more than 1500 NIAHD students (including the Pre-Collegiate Summer Program alums) over the last 13 years has been the high point.”

From program alumni returning to serve as instructors or resident advisors for the program, to the recent Homecoming Reunion of students

and instructors, Carolyn Whittenburg said that the program is really made possible by the high level of support that runs throughout the Institute.

“We started out, and no one quite knew where it was going to go. We’re going into our 15th year now,” Carolyn Whittenburg said. “And so I think this is going to continue for a long time; that’s certainly our hope. The people who have worked here … they’re dedicated to the institute. When you have that type of dedication, everyone wants to make it succeed. People who work with us give us so much of their time and talent. It’s a lot of work, but it’s a loving type of work.”

Program instructor Dr. Susan Kern said that the most important support the institute receives is from the Whittenburgs themselves.

“Carolyn Whittenburg’s contributions to the NIAHD collegiate courses are in the form of unyielding support for the faculty who get to exercise historical inquiry anywhere it should happen,” Kern said.

As for the future of the program with her impending retirement, Carolyn Whittenburg said she is looking forward to the new directions the Institute will take.

“Changes will come about in the future, and with William and Mary’s support we’ll look forward to new adventures and experiences to come while continuing what we’ve done with new directions,” Carolyn Whittenburg said.

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NIAHD allows College and high school students to visit places like the Jamestown settlement.

Every student at the College of William and Mary has a unique story, but that is especially true for non-traditional students. Many people assume that they are not students at all. Non-traditional students are commonly mistaken for faculty, staff or visitors by both students who started college as 18-year-old freshmen, as well as professors.

The official definition of a nontraditional student is an undergraduate student who is over the age of 24. This includes people who did not go to college directly after high school, as well as those who began their higher education and took some time off from school before going back to finish their degree.

Although their age may vary, nontraditional students commonly have a clear goal for their college experience.

Patrick Eberhardt ’17 said he is planning on completing a Master’s program in English, so he can teach at the high school level.

“I know exactly what I’m working toward, and having that focus is making this a better experience for me. I feel like I’m getting a lot out of the experience” Eberhardt said.

After attendeding James Madison University, he took time off to work various jobs, including bar and restaurant management. After a family tragedy, he decided to go back to community college and was encouraged by a sponsor of a leadership program there to apply to the College.

“I have a different outlook on life at this age where I really enjoy experiences and meeting people,” Eberhardt said.

“Every opportunity to do anything is an opportunity for learning, learning about things around me and learning about myself.”

Living independently and having to support oneself financially adds a level of maturity to the college experience as well.

“Going to work and seeing what’s out there really does prepare you for college,” Bette White ’16 said.

White said that because of these additional real-life experiences, nontraditional students can focus more on school.

“We can have more focused goals because we’ve had to go through a lot to come here,” White said.

After high school, White went to secretary school and then started a family, at which point she focused on her daughter’s education. Before coming to the College, she worked in the public school system with learning-disabled children, and is now working toward teaching English in public schools.

In order to work toward her degree, she resigned from her job and made other major changes.

“I upset my entire life,” White said.

“I’ve gone down the rank and ladder a little bit and now I’m working my way back up, but it’s something that I’ve wanted to do for so long that I feel really blessed to be here.”

Non-traditional students experience simultaneous assimilation and alienation from the rest of the student body. As full-time undergraduate students, they take classes alongside people who can be more than 20 years their junior. Depending on where they

are housed, they can have traditionalage roommates and the same meal plans as traditional students.

The size of the age gap and the personality of the student can affect the student’s ability to integrate comfortably into extracurricular groups.

“Everybody’s been really nice about joining clubs,” Eberhardt said. “I don’t think being a non-traditional student has been a problem with that … and if people have been weirded out they stay away from me.”

On the other hand, it can be uncomfortable for non-traditional students to join organizations and go to events principally run and attended by younger students. When members of the College community are not familiar with or open to the idea of non-traditional students getting involved in more than just academics, it can make the older students uncomfortable.

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I haven’t done what I wanted to do yet.

I’m just a late bloomer.

— Bette White ’16

“I feel funny going to student things,” White said. “Age discrimination is a real problem.”

Currently, the College does not have any specialized groups or programs for non-traditional students.

“In the early 2000s, a program called Prime Tribe was created for non-traditional students as a club to identify people who have that shared experience,” Assistant Dean of Students Ben Boone said. “The presence of Prime Tribe has varied by year depending on what students feel like they need out of it.”

During orientation — in which nontraditional students are grouped with transfer students — the program is introduced in a reception specifically for students over 24 years old.

This year, however, according to Boone, the organization is waning and the reception was cancelled. For nontraditional students who would benefit from an established network of similar students, Prime Tribe could serve as a precedent or be revived.

By and large, many non-traditional students said that an unconventional academic career has been beneficial to them. Instead of staying in semisatisfactory careers or working toward retirement, these students said they recognized that it is never a bad time to keep learning.

“Retire from what? Retire to what? If you’ve been in some job you hated, I can see why it would be a milestone,” White said. “I’m not there yet, I haven’t done what I wanted to do yet. I’m just a late bloomer.”

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Senior forward Jackson Eskay scored two of William and Mary’s three goals in Saturday’s victory over the Drexel Dragons.

FIELD HOCKEY

Tribe eliminated from CAA playoffs Loss to JMU excludes College from contention

William and Mary (6-11, 1-4 CAA) had an up and down weekend with a pair of home games.

First, and most importantly, the Tribe fell in a 6-2 losing effort against James Madison (11-4, 5-0 CAA) on Friday. Despite this devastating loss that knocked the Tribe out of Colonial Athletic Association playoff contention, the team recovered in a win against rival Virginia Commonwealth University (5-11, 2-4 A10) on Sunday.

James Madison came into Williamsburg unbeaten in CAA play and ranked No. 19 nationally. The Tribe looked desperately outgunned in the first 20 minutes of the match.

While the six shots by Tribe players were fired to no effect — three off target and three saved by James Madison goalie Sarah Kraeutler ­— both shots from James Madison’s Taylor West, coming at 3:44 and 13:35, easily found their mark. Kristen Reitano scored a third goal for good measure just four minutes later, as JMU continued to pressure the Tribe, outmaneuvering the defense as the goal was empty of a defender on the second and third goals.

Despite deterring the Dukes’ last five attempts in the first period, the Tribe was not able to create any shot attempts before the half and found itself between a rock and a hard place down 3-0.

“We knew they were a conference game that we had to win, so we wanted to come out and show them what we had,” sophomore midfielder Erin Menges said. “They’re a really good team and I think we didn’t play as well together as we could have.”

The second period started off in much the same way. Two more saves from James Madison’s Kraeutler on shots by sophomore forward Cammie Lloyd and junior midfielder Amanda McAteer in the 40th and 41st minutes were answered immediately by the Dukes’ offense. James Madison’s Melissa Wilkens and West put in shots past sophomore goalie Meredith Savage just 14 seconds McAteer apart from each other.

Despite being down 5-0, the Tribe played a much-improved game in the final 27 minutes, led by senior forward Pippin Saunders.

Constantly on the offensive and in position to handle the ball for the Tribe, Saunders took 6 penalty corners through the rest of the game and was a constant headache for the Dukes, helping create shot attempts for her teammates.

Wilkens still managed to add another goal with

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Going down with a fight

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20 minutes left.

“What is really nice about this team is that even when we were 6-0 down [James Madison’s Wilkens brought it to six at 60:37] against JMU this team just wants it: and they just keep coming back,” head coach Tess Ellis said. “Pippin is definitely a marked woman but when you put her on the forward line and she has only one or two lines to beat you can create danger, and teams know it.”

Saunders’ efforts provided returns twice off of assists from sophomore midfielder Booter Ellis, hammering them both in from the same spot left of the cage at both 66:16 and 68:21. However the effort was too little too late, and the Tribe fell to its conference foe 6-2, guaranteeing that the Tribe will miss the CAA playoffs.

“Not making conference, we know that next weekend is our last weekend,” Tess Booter Ellis Ellis said.

The Tribe faced Virginia Commonwealth Sunday in a rivalry game. Despite an almost uneventful first half with no scores and few good shots, Tess Ellis made a major adjustment that had effects on the play of both teams for the rest of the game. Instead of a traditional approach, the Tribe began to constantly throw nine to 10 players on the offensive in order to overwhelm the Rams.

“I think that created panic for their backfield when they knew we were going to come with numbers at them and defend with three,” Tess Ellis said.

This strategy backfired with a score by Virginia Commonwealth’s McNamara at 45:23 who was one-on-one with Savage. However the pressure eventually paid off, and the Tribe evened the score 1-1 with a Lloyd score off a Saunders assist at 55:17.

The game winner came from an unusual shot attempt. Emma McLeod pounded a shot off the Virginia Commonwealth keeper that bounced high into the air, and Menges knocked it out of the air for the goal. ”We’ve been struggling with corners all year so it was nice to score off of that,” Menges said. “I think it was we had a good hit from Peyton and then there was kind of a scramble in the middle and then get it up and Emma … she set me up for a good finish.”

The Tribe was able to close out with the win.

The College is now 17-3 at home all time versus Virginia Commonwealth.

William and Mary finishes the season next weekend with home games at Busch Field — first against Hofstra Friday at 6 p.m. and then against Georgetown Sunday at 1 p.m.

William and Mary’s playoff potential is largely nonexistent mathematically but hopes of a winning season continue as the Tribe defeated Drexel 3-0.

The College started strong Saturday, ultimately dismantling a much weaker opponent in Drexel during an important conference road game. The Dragons (2-13-1, 1-6-0 CAA) stood no chance, as the Tribe won in a 3-0 shutout to improve to 6-7-2 (2-5 CAA) on the year.

From the start, it was clear that Drexel could not handle the College’s attacking front, led by senior midfielder Jackson Eskay, often supported by a pair of freshmen — midfielder Marcel Berry and forward Ryder Bell.

Eskay was aggressive from the start and challenged Drexel goalkeeper Tyler Afflerbach in the third minute. Afflerbach managed to save Eskay’s shot, as well as one from Bell moments later.

The breakthrough came in the eighth minute, when Berry made a beautiful run down the left sideline. He cut across the box, finishing with a wellplaced shot that found the left side of the net. With this goal the Tribe led 1-0 with no signs of slowing down.

The offensive bombardment continued as Bell rocketed a shot from the left side of the box that gave Afflerbach everything he could handle. The Drexel goalie made an impressive diving save to keep the College from doubling their advantage.

Eskay extended the William and Mary lead when he scored a beautiful goal in the 36th minute. Junior forward Reilly Maw sent a well-placed cross from the right sideline. Eskay corralled the pass and faked a shot. The fake gave him the right amount of time he needed, as he composed himself and curled a ball that landed in the bottom right corner of the net.

With this goal the Tribe led 2-0 and the possibility of a Drexel comeback grew much weaker.

The Dragons couldn’t produce nearly the same offensive success. They managed only one shot

on goal in the first half, which was saved by junior goalkeeper Mac Phillips in the 45th minute.

Head coach Chris Norris was pleased with his team’s first-half showing.

“Scoring early gave us confidence,” Norris told Tribe Athletics.

As the second half began, the Tribe had to be careful not to be overconfident and allow room for a Drexel comeback. Showing that they have become more consistent as a team, William and Mary held strong to start the half and continued their high level of play.

Eskay doubled his goal tally when he scored in the 58th minute. He dribbled skillfully into the box and unleashed a powerful shot that flew in just under the crossbar for a 3-0 Tribe lead.

Even with a three-goal lead, William and Mary was relentless in its attacking. In the span of a minute, the Tribe forced Afflerbach to make two saves. Freshman Christian Jones fired first and Eskay shot second.

For a team that has not been the most consistent, the relentlessness of the attack was impressive. The Tribe showed they could maintain a high level of play for longer than just a few minutes or a half, which has been the case in other games.

William and Mary finished the game with a 2111 shot advantage over Drexel and a 13-3 advantage on shots on frame. The Dragons finishing with just three shots on goal is a testament to the strong Tribe defense, which prevented any significant offensive developments for Drexel.

Phillips confidently handled all three shots he faced, and as a result was rewarded with his second shutout of the season and 11th career shutout.

“We are very pleased with tonight’s performance and happy to get a result,” Norris told Tribe Athletics.

“We were able to get a shutout, which was important for our group.”

William and Mary looks to carry this momentum into its next match, where it hits the road to face VCU on Oct. 28 in Richmond, Va. The game is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. The season finale is Oct. 31 at Martin Family Stadium against Delaware.

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SCOREBOARD No. 16/15 Football (5-2, 3-1 CAA) Oct. 24: W, No. 17/16 William and Mary 40, Hampton 7 Colonial Athletic Association Richmond (6-1, 4-0)...................1.000...........W6 James Madison (7-1, 4-1)...........0.800............L1 William and Mary (5-2, 3-1).......0.750...........W3 Maine (3-4, 3-1)..........................0.750...........W1 Towson (4-3, 2-2)........................0.500...........W2 Delaware (3-4, 2-2) ....................0.500...........W1 Villanova (3-4, 2-2).....................0.500............L1 New Hampshire (3-4, 1-3)..........0.250............L2 Albany (2-5, 1-3).........................0.250............L3 Elon (2-5, 1-3).............................0.250............L3 Rhode Island (1-6, 1-3)..............0.250.............L1 Stony Brook (2-4, 1-4)................0.200............L4

Season leaders Junior quarterback Steve Cluley 116 of 191, 1504 yards, 10 touchdowns Junior tailback Kendell Anderson 130 rushes, 896 yards, 8 touchdowns Sophomore receiver DeVonte Dedmon 32 receptions, 346 yards, 5 touchdowns Senior safety DeAndre Houston-Carson 49 tackles, 3 interceptions, 2 blocked kicks

Cross country

Swimming

Oct. 31: Colonial Athletic Association Championship in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. No. 24 Women: 10 a.m.

Men: 11 a.m.

Men (1-0, 1-0 CAA) Oct. 10: W, College 161, Towson (0-1) 101 Women (1-0, 1-0 CAA) Oct. 10: W, College 152, Towson (0-1) 110

Golf

Volleyball (8-15, 2-8 CAA)

Men: Oct.19-20 Georgetown Intercollegiate

Finished No. 5 (field of 12) Women: Oct. 12-13 Pinehurst Challenge

Finished No. 6 (field of 19)

Oct. 22: L, JMU (21-3) 3, College 0 Oct. 24: L, Towson (21-4) 3, College 1 Oct. 28: at Elon (5-19), 7 p.m.

Nov. 1: at Delaware (11-12), 1 p.m.

Field hockey (6-11, 1-4 CAA)

Women’s soccer (12-3-2, 6-1-1 CAA)

Oct. 23: L, JMU (12-4) 6, College 2 Oct. 25: W, College 2, VCU (5-11) 1 Oct. 30: at Hofstra (13-4), 6 p.m.

Nov. 1: at Georgetown (8-9), 1 p.m.

Oct. 23: W, College 3, Towson (7-8-4) 2 Oct. 25: T, College 1, JMU (11-6-2) 1 Oct. 27: at Elon (9-7-2), 7 p.m.

Nov. 6-8: at 2015 CAA Championships

Men’s soccer (6-7-2, 2-5 CAA)

Men’s Tennis

Oct. 20: W,College 4, UNCA (5-8-1) 2 Oct. 24: W, College 3, Drexel (2-13-1) 0 Oct. 28: at VCU (4-8-4), 7 p.m.

Oct. 31: vs Delaware (7-6-3), 7 p.m.

Nov. 7-14: at 2015 CAA Championships

The Tribe ended its fall tournament slate at N.C. State over the weekend. Sophomore Alec Miller and freshman Michael Ruamthong reached the third round while freshman Tristan Bautil reached the second round.

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Sophomore kicker Nick Dorka Jr. had a career day against the Pirates, knocking in his career long on a 47 yard conversion and also tying his career-high for total field goals in a single game with four, as the Tribe offense frequently stalled.

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Junior quarterback Steve Cluley rolled out to his left, the entire offensive line shifting protection along with him, save for a pulling guard to the right for the counter. Junior running back Kendell Anderson took the handoff and followed the block untouched down the right side of the field for what appeared to be a 74yard touchdown — except it wasn’t.

Three yards before the end zone, Anderson dropped the ball, thinking he had scored. The fumble bounced out of the back of the end zone, giving Hampton possession of the ball at its own 20. It was an incredible blunder, a demoralizing play, a blown opportunity. And it didn’t matter at all, as William and Mary easily trounced the Pirates of Hampton 40-7 on

a breeze of a homecoming game at Zable Stadium Saturday afternoon, despite several missed opportunities for the Tribe.

“I thought our defense played really well, and offense did what they had to do,” head coach Jimmye Laycock ‘70 said after the game. “Offense started a little sporadically, but I think the story of the day is the effort of our defense.”

The College (5-2, 2-1 Colonial Athletic Association) got off to an anemic start against Hampton. After shutting down the Pirates’ first drive, Hampton shanked the punt, providing the Tribe with possession at the Pirate 41-yard line. Anderson couldn’t find space up the middle, and Cluley’s 3rd and 3 pass fell incomplete.

Standing at the 34-yard line, Laycock decided to go for it. However, Christian Reeves dropped a bullet pass at the 20yard line, and the College turned the ball

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Junior quarterback Steve Cluley dives for the pylon on a 14 yard touchdown rush in the victory.

over on downs.

What might have been a great opportunity for other teams dissolved into another punt for the Pirates. Hampton’s offense was lackluster at best the entire first half, registering 35 yards for the first 30 minutes of play compared to the Tribe’s 385. The second drive netted negative 17 yards as senior linebacker Marcus Harvey registered a sack on 3rd and 10.

The Tribe offense continued to sputter, as Anderson picked up quality yards down to the Pirate 23-yard line before the drive stalled out. Junior kicker Nick Dorka Jr. connected from 37 yards out for the first points of the game with 9:29 left in the first quarter, as William and Mary took the lead 3-0.

Yet Dorka did not connect as well on the subsequent kickoff, earning a penalty for kicking the ball out of bounds. Pass interference on senior safety DeAndre Houston-Carson moved Hampton all the way to midfield.

But Hampton quarterback David Watford was simply incompetent against the Tribe defense. A zone blitz on 3rd and 7 and Watford found himself being chased by Harvey once again. Watford chucked the ball down the field to awaiting sophomore defensive end Matt Ahola with no receiver in the area. On the interception return, Ahola ran the ball down to the Pirate 29-yard line.

However Dorka trotted out once again

for a 25-yard field goal after another drive 16-0 became 23-0 as Cluley threw a pair of strikes to sophomore wide receiver stalled.

Hampton’s next drive earned a first DeVonte Dedmon, including a 16 yard down and evidently encouraged the post route for the touchdown.

After another Hampton punt, coaching staff so much that Hampton ran a fake punt on fourth down with 12 Anderson broke his 74-yard run with the yards to the first down marker. The punter disheartening fumble before crossing the kept the ball and dashed left, meeting goaline. Yet Watford handed back the three Tribe defenders behind the line of momentum with an underthrown deep ball straight to Houston-Carson. Cluley scrimmage.

Yet a personal foul on the Tribe pushed picked apart the Pirate secondary in the two-minute drill to put the the drive back to its own score at 30-0 at halftime.

49-yard line rather than The second half was the Hampton 34. With STAT CHECK much like the first, though 55 seconds left in the DEVONTE DEDMON the Tribe rotated in backup first quarter, Dorka once players, with Dedmon again strode onto the YARDS noticeably absent. field, hitting a career“He’s got a rib injury; I long 47-yard field goal HAMPTON 1ST HALF OFFENSE don’t know what the extent as the College failed to of it is,” Laycock said. find the end zone once YARDS The shutout was spoiled more. The Tribe led 9-0. by a pair of broken tackles, Even with the injury allowing a catch and run for to middle linebacker Luke Rhodes, the College didn’t miss a 48 yards and a score. But the outcome was beat or a tackle on rush defense, as senior never in doubt, as the Tribe prevailed to linebacker Zach Fetters stepped up in win 40-7 on Homecoming weekend.

Up next for William and Mary is a Rhodes’ position. The Tribe allowed just huge CAA matchup against conference 27 yards on 21 total carries.

With the defense playing lights out, powerhouse No. 9 James Madison (7-1, it was only a matter of time for the Tribe 4-1 CAA) at Zable Stadium. Prior to this offense to get going. Cluley got in rhythm weekend’s narrow 59-49 loss to Richmond and Anderson started to wear down the in Harrisonburg , JMU was No. 4 overall in defense, smashing into the end zone the Football Championship Subdivision. three minutes into the second quarter. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m.

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College seizes No. 2 seed in CAA with one game till playoffs

Tribe dispatches Towson 3-2, knots James Madison 1-1 to pass UNCW in conference standings JOSH LUCKENBAUGH FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR

In two matches on the road against Colonial Athletic Association opponents Towson and James Madison, William and Mary attempted a combined 38 shots, while the Tigers and the Dukes took just 15. Constantly pressuring and attacking its competition’s goal, the Tribe looked poised for a deep playoff run, earning a 3-2 win and a 1-1 draw over the weekend to claim the No. 2 seed in the conference for next month’s playoff tournament.

The College (12-3-2, 6-1-1 CAA) took no time asserting its superiority over Towson (7-8-4, 1-6-2 CAA) Friday afternoon, scoring within the first four minutes. Freshman midfielder Mackenzie Kober tallied for the second game running, receiving a pass in the box from sophomore defender Haley Kent and maneuvering around a defender before slotting the ball home.

The Tribe scored two additional goals in the first half, taking 13 shots, but not before the Tigers equalized in the ninth minute. Towson forward McKenzie McCaull fired a shot toward goal that bounced oddly off the turf past senior goalkeeper Caroline Casey and ended up in the back of the net. Despite only allowing two shots over the first 45 minutes, the College conceded a goal, breaking the running streak of shutouts, which lasted fourand-a-half consecutive games.

Unfazed, the Tribe offense continued to attack the opposition’s back line and retook the lead through sophomore forward Sami Grasso just four

minutes after McCaull’s goal. Senior midfielder Nicole Baxter fed Grasso the ball 13 yards out and Grasso went for an ambitious chip shot. Her decision paid off as she lofted the ball over the Tigers’ goalkeeper Taylor Sebolao and into the net, scoring for her fifth goal of the 2015 season.

William and Mary scored again right before the halftime whistle. Junior midfielder Haley Kavanaugh found sophomore midfielder Rachel Moore, who found the back of the net for her third goal of the season and the Tribe’s third of the match. The College went into the locker room with a 3-1 lead, a relatively even score line given the Tribe’s lopsided advantage in chances created.

But Sebolao kept Towson in the game, coming up with four of her game-high six saves in the opening 45 minutes.

Sebolao’s first half heroics paid off in the 62nd minute as the Tigers pulled a goal back through forward Hollie Garber, whose drive from Kober 15 yards out beat Casey for the fifth and final goal of the match. Both teams pressed for another goal but neither found one, as Sebolao and Casey kept the score line at 3-2 for the remainder of the match. The scoreboard and stat sheet told two drastically different tales, as the Tribe held a 20-6 advantage in shots but only won by a single goal. Nevertheless, the College claimed the all-important victory before traveling to Harrisonburg, Va. to face James Madison (11-6-

2, 4-2-2 CAA).

Sunday’s statistics told reflected the same story of the Towson match, with the Tribe doubling up the Dukes in shots 18-9. However, after the regulation 90 minutes and two 10-minute overtime periods, the teams stayed knotted at 1-1.

The College created plenty of chances in the initial 45 minutes, but James Madison goalkeeper Ellen Forrest denied the Tribe four times. Moore and Grasso attempted five shots, but all five either sailed high or were blocked by a Duke defender.

Ultimately, it was the hosts who opened the scoring in the first half in the 40th minute against the run of play. James Madison defender Kylie Hegemier lifted a cross into the box, and Casey came off her line to claim the ball. Unfortunately for Casey, she was beaten to it by Dukes forward Alyssa Zurlo, who buried her shot in the back of the net to put the College behind 1-0 heading into halftime.

Forrest continued to frustrate the Tribe attack in the second half, recording four more saves in the period. However, she was powerless to stop senior forward Barbara Platenberg in the 68th minute.

Platenberg beat the James Madison back line to Baxter’s long ball, took a few dribbles then slotted home to tie the score at 1-1.

The College appeared the more likely team to find the winner before the full time whistle, but Forrest and the Dukes repelled the Tribe’s relentless pressure to force extra time. The first overtime period saw only one shot, but it nearly ended the match. James Madison forward Ashley Herndon

KEEPING UP THE TRADITION Adding another pair of saves on Sunday against JMU, senior keeper Caroline Casey moves into second on the all-time career saves list for William and Mary.

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Amy McDowell Caroline Casey Kellie Fenton Meghan Walker Michelle Horbaly

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put a header on frame with eight seconds left on the clock, but the crossbar preserved the deadlock and sent the game into a second overtime.

Both teams created goal-scoring opportunities in the final 10-minute period, but the College could not put their shots on target and Casey saved the Dukes’ lone effort in the 104th minute. It was her 288th career save, giving her sole possession of second place in William and Mary history.

With the win and the draw the Tribe earned a first-round bye and No. 2 seed for the upcoming CAA playoffs. The team faces Elon on the road in its regular season finale this Tuesday, Oct. 27, with a win giving the College a share of the regular season conference title in a split with Hofstra. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.