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In the midst of a national debate on how college campuses handle rape allegations, House Republicans have proposed new legislation to regulate the issue. The Safe Campus Act of 2015 (H.R. 3403) was introduced in the House of Representatives July 29 by Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ). The bill is currently under review in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The bill would change how federally financed colleges respond to reports of sexual offenses, as well as how they adjudicate those offenses. It also works to reestablish specific Title XI directives, which prevent colleges from forcing gender-exclusive student groups to integrate, and it mandates sexual assault education in all collegiate institutions receiving federal funding. If the bill becomes law, students alleging sexual offenses will have a choice of whether to press for a criminal investigation after reporting an incident to the school. If the student chooses not to do so, campus officials would not be allowed to launch an independent investigation or enforce disciplinary measures against the accused for conduct code violations. Should the alleged victim choose to report the incident to law enforcement, a criminal investigation would ensue, during which campus officials could establish no-contact orders, class or dorm changes or other interim measures against the accused. Only after the legal investigation would campus officials be allowed to pursue disciplinary proceedings. These proceedings would be determined through a hearing in which colleges would be required to give due process to the accused. Due process rights include the right of both the accused and the accuser to hire a lawyer at their own expense and to “safely confront witnesses,” among other rights. Schools would be allowed to choose their own burden of proof. See SAFE CAMPUS page 3
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College of William and Mary President Taylor Reveley notified the College community Aug. 14 about changes to two historic artifacts on campus. A commemorative plaque previously displayed inside the Sir Christopher Wren building was moved to special collections in the Earl Gregg Swem Library due to a Confederate flag emblem. Similar imagery was removed from the ceremonial mace. The College uses the mace during the Convocation, Charter Day and Commencement ceremonies. For the rest of the year, it is displayed in the special collections section of Swem Library. Alumni, faculty and students presented the mace to the College in 1923 as a gift. Nine emblems lie around the circumference, each marking a different period in the College’s history. Every new College president’s name is also engraved on it. Because the mace is used infrequently, discussion primarily focused on
the commemorative plaque. According to Director of Historic Campus and history professor Susan Kern Ph.D. ‘05, discussion about moving the plaque from the Wren building and changing the emblems on the Mace between her department and the president’s office started at the beginning of the summer. Kern said that the initial discussion about moving the plaque focused on the issue of physically moving the plaque without damaging it. “The idea was not just ‘let’s remove it,’ it was also ‘let’s move it somewhere else,’ so that was all with due deliberation,” Kern said. Kern commented that the plaque was noteworthy because it differed from the other plaques created in the twentieth and twenty-
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String of summer robberies strikes Peninsula Richmond Road branch of Langley Federal Credit Union targeted NICOLE WALSH FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER
A series of local armed robberies plagued the Chesapeake Peninsula this summer, coming within half a mile of the College of William and Mary. A July 9 alert streamed to the College community through email and text message contained urgent information
regarding an armed bank robbery that took place at the Richmond Road branch of Langley Federal Credit Union. This Williamsburg bank was the fourth establishment of its kind to be targeted in a series of robberies. The earliest known incidents occurred in Newport News, Va. at the Old Point National Bank and Bayport Credit Union on March 5 and April 20, respectively.
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Further robberies also occurred at two Wells Fargo locations — in Hampton, Va. June 10 and, most recently, Newport News Aug. 12. The robberies were not initially connected. “We had received notice of bank robberies that happened, but we had very little information, and there was no indication at the time that they were linked,” Major Greg Riley of the Williamsburg Police Department said. “Once our robbery happened, we were able to make that linkage.” Master Police Detective Lloyd LeGrande of the Newport News Police Department explained that accounts of the robberies described recurring characteristics of the perpetrator, such as a ski mask and a handgun. “We got together after the third robbery and, based on the MO of the suspect, the description, the way he carried himself [and] the way he acted in the bank … we concluded that there was a possibility that it might be the same person or persons that committed these five robberies,” LeGrande said. The suspect is purported to be a middle-aged black man between 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet and 175 to 200 pounds. LeGrande also cautioned that there might be more than one individual committing these robberies. The suspect stole an undisclosed sum See ROBBERIES page 4
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first centuries located in the entry hall of the building. Unlike those plaques, which recognize people who died in battles, the plaque that was moved recognized those who left the College in 1861 to join the Confederate armed forces. The commemorative plaque is inscribed “to the memory of the professors and the students who left the College of William and Mary in May, 1861 and in patriotic devotion fought in defense of the Confederate States of America,” with a list of names of faculty and students following that inscription. “It was a very thin slice of Civil War history,” Kern said. “I think that’s actually a marvelous opportunity for history because then how should we be talking about William and Mary’s See CONFEDERACY page 3
VIRGINIA STATE SENATOR IMPLICATED IN RECENT ASHLEY MADISON DATA HACK Virginia State Senator and Republican Majority Leader Tommy Norment J.D. 73, R-District 3, was recently linked to the Ashley Madison data hack, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. A customer Norment using Norment s name and personal information made three payments to the online adultery service. Norment admitted this past April to an affair with a lobbyist. He is
married. Norment serves as an adjunct professor of law and government at the College of William and Mary and is also an advisor to College President Taylor Reveley. He has served as an on-campus attorney in the past. According to Associate Vice President for Communications and University Relations Brian Whitson, Norment s role as an attorney for the College ended in 2011. Norment has not publically commented on the Ashley Madison hack. — Flat Hat Editor-in-Chief Aine Cain
SUSPICIOUS MALE REPORTED OUTSIDE GREEN AND GOLD VILLAGE William and Mary Police Chief Deborah Cheesebro sent out an email to the College of William and Mary community about a suspicious incident involving an unknown male and College student Friday, Aug. 28. The student reported that the man, who was in a vehicle parked in the area of Green and Gold village, called and/or motioned to them. In the email, Cheesebro went on to explain that this incident was similar in nature to others reported over the summer. All of the incidents reported included a description of a black male in his 40s, and most
of the descriptions of the man also included details such as balding, missing teeth and a southern accent. The description of the vehicle is not consistent. Cheesebro stated that the man has not been reported to have shown aggressive behavior. However, she warned that the incidents are nevertheless suspicious and students should be aware of their surroundings. She asked anyone with information related to these incidents to contact the WMPD immediately. — Flat Hat Managing Editor Madeline Bielski
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The idea was not just ‘let’s remove it,’ it was also ‘let’s move it somewhere else,’ so that was all with due deliberation.
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Page 2 Spotlight When United States Ambassador to Mauritius and Seychelles Shari Villarosa J.D. ’78 first enrolled in William and Mary Law School, she already knew she didn’t want to be a lawyer. “… There are two types of people who go to law school; the ones who actually want to be lawyers … and then those who are looking for graduate liberal arts degrees,” Villarosa said. “I was in the latter category.” Originally from Texas, Villarosa described herself as an “army brat” with a nomadic childhood and a passion for reading and history. She first visited the College of William and Mary on a field trip while attending McLean High School. However, she completed her undergraduate education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she majored in international studies. When Villarosa’s husband — former United States Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson — was assigned to work in Norfolk, she decided to apply to the Marshall-Wythe School of Law. Not interested in pursuing a legal career, she gravitated toward more unconventional courses, including Constitution and Foreign Policy. William and Mary Law School Dean William Spong, a former United States Senator, taught the course. Villarosa said
AINE CAIN // FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF “I loved the maze at the Governor’s Palace,” Villarosa said. “I would go back there and wander a lot.” Living in Norfolk did come with one massive drawback — a brutal morning commute. “That was the only time in my life I ever had 8 o’clock in the morning classes,” Villarosa said. “I used to drive to Williamsburg and I did not remember the trip. And I would park and was like, ‘Oh, I wonder how I got here?’” Villarosa ended up carpooling with other law students, which made the hazy drive a bit more tolerable. After law school, Villarosa worked for Congress before entering into the Foreign Service. She has served in Colombia, East Timor, Jakarta and Burma and speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Thai and Indonesian. Villarosa acted as charge d’affaires for the United States Embassy in Burma from 2005 to 2008. At the time, there was no United States Ambassador to Burma, so Villarosa was in charge of the mission during a particularly turbulent time. During her tenure, the country experienced a devastating cyclone and brutal military suppression of popular protests. Villarosa said that several people she knew and worked with were arrested. “[When you are] talking to someone who says, ‘You know, after I finish talking to you
politically stable tropical islands. However, Villarosa noted she is grateful for all her assignments. “I love living in different countries,” Villarosa said. “When you live in a country, you understand much more about different cultures, different peoples, why they are the way they are. It’s been fascinating because I’ve lived in very interesting countries. I’ve had incredible experiences. I can’t imagine that there was a better career out there for me because it’s given me the variety that I really like. It’s just given me so many good memories, where at the time I was not particularly pleased to be in one place or the other, but with distance the good things that I got out of it … It’s just an incredible life if you want to learn about different people and different cultures and make a difference.” Villarosa said she encourages students to reach out to her if they have questions or want to learn more about diplomacy. The test to enter the Foreign Service is free and can be taken as many times as one wants — Villarosa took the exam twice. She said she frequently hears from UNC students, but not students from the College, a school that she credits with giving her more than just a J.D. “The good thing about law school for someone who doesn’t want to be a lawyer
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she appreciated the small class size and admired Spong, whose election helped to dismantle Virginia’s anti-desegregationist Byrd Organization political machine. Outside of class, Villarosa volunteered at a legal aid center in Newport News, largely working to provide legal services to individuals who could not afford a lawyer. “The biggest lesson I learned is so often it was unfortunate mistakes that were made and people would take advantage of [the poor], which continues to be a problem unfortunately,” Villarosa said. Because she did not live near campus, Villarosa said she did not become extremely involved in any other extracurricular activities. To pass time between classes, Villarosa obtained a Colonial Williamsburg student pass with her student ID.
they’re going to come by and arrest me’ and knowing that they’re probably being tortured, it’s hard,” Villarosa said. “It’s really hard.” Villarosa said technology and good friends help her stay connected to home. “The nature of communications when I first came into the Foreign Service there was no Internet, it wasn’t easy to make phone calls like this,” Villarosa said. “It’s such a different experience now. You’re not quite as far away as when I went on my first tour in Bogota, Colombia. Then, even though I was much closer to the US, I was gone.” Villarosa said that she is enjoying her time in Mauritius and Seychelles, a dramatic change of pace from the crisis-prone hotspots she formerly found herself in. She describes them as beautiful, democratic and
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is it teaches you how to analyze issues,” Villarosa said. “I actually have to do that in my Foreign Service career. You deal with lots of challenging situations where there’s no right or wrong answer so you have to be able to look at all the things, consider all the possibilities and negotiate, try to find something that works…” Villarosa has been to the outskirts of Williamsburg while visiting friends, but she said it’s been a while since she’s visited the College. The law school moved from St. George Tucker Hall to the MarshallWythe School of Law building in 1980. Still, Villarosa’s favorite part of campus hasn’t been altered too much. “The part of the campus that I know the best is the old part of the campus,” Villarosa said. “That doesn’t really change.”
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Zable construction in progress for 2015 season
New concessions, seats, aisles, lighting will be complete for start of 2016 season MADELINE BIELSKI FLAT HAT MANAGING EDITOR
When football fans gather in Zable Stadium for the upcoming football season, they will notice a few changes taking shape. Zable is currently under construction, and a slew of renovations and additions are in progress. Looking at the 2015 football season, only one part of the construction will be completed: the stadium’s east side center bathrooms, which have been renovated and will be available for patron use in 2015. Otherwise, the rest of the changes being made to Zable won’t be completed until closer to the 2016 season. One of the larger attractions featured in the construction plan is the addition of a concessions building on the east side of the stadium. While the concessions building will be structurally finished by this coming season, it will not become functional and open until 2016. Access and movement is also addressed in the construction, as the bathrooms currently located in the north arcade will be removed after the 2015 season, allowing for easier access between the east and west sides of the stadium. Since bathrooms are being added during the construction, the removal of the arcade bathrooms is not anticipated to be an issue. The Zable project also includes many safety-focused updates. All of the seats will be made Americans with Disabilities Act compliant during the project, meaning the seats will be made wider and have straight backs. The stadium’s aisles will also be made wider with more handrails available. Better egress lighting will also be added. The additions include an upper bowl of seating on the north and south end, which will replace the portable stands, new restrooms, the concessions building, a new press box and a hospitality area.
Facilities Planning, Design and Construction Mechanical Project Manager Mark Ballman explained that the new hospitality area will serve many functions. “A lot of the donors that are helping to finance this project, several of them have suites in there,” Ballman said. “The main idea of that area is a wide open space that can be used to throw parties or events, recruiting capabilities.” Renovations to the field itself are not included in the Zable construction, but Ballman said the field is to be resurfaced and repainted this coming summer. In terms of progress, Ballman stated that the brick on the outside of the concessions building is largely complete, most of the structural steel is in place, and most of the concrete has been laid on the platforms. Construction should wrap up by July 2016. All of these renovations and additions are costing approximately $27 million. Around $23.4 million came in through donations, and the College will be picking up the rest of the balance. Director of Planning, Design and Construction Wayne Boy noted that this project is lean on support costs. Boy explained that the Zable construction planning began back in 2013, when all of the funds became available. Previously in 2006, Facilities Management ran a Stadium Feasibility Study that simply allowed them to understand what they could do to the stadium. Zable Stadium was constructed back in 1935 and the story of how the College obtained the funding is an interesting one. The College set out to build several new buildings across campus, petitioning the Public Works Administration under President Franklin Roosevelt; however, taxpayer dollars could not be used to create athletic fields. According to the Swem Archives, rumor says the College posed the stadium construction to appear as an agricultural project.
The last time Zable was renovated was back in 2006, with the change to a turf field, track replacement, addition of lights and the construction of the Laycock Center. Boy highlighted how Zable is unique for a stadium in this day of age. He explained that on most campuses athletic facilities are pushed to the edge, but Zable lies near the center of campus right by the Sadler Center, a hub for student activity. Boy also explained the intimacy of Zable in comparison with professional stadiums, a characteristic that will be preserved through the construction. “You’re not aloud on the floor of the stadium in most stadiums today, and in ours you are,” Boy said. “And so we are going to retain that, but we’re going to enhance it with better seats, better concessions, better restroom amenities, better sound system.” Both Boy and Ballman emphasized the fact that the construction is not aimed at creating an “over the top” fan experience. “Sports are in context here,” Boy said. Ballman said that the greatest outcome of this construction will be the enhanced fan experience for Zable stadium patrons. Associate Vice President of Communications and University Relations Brian Whitson similarly commented on the benefits afforded to spectators through the renovations. “We’re very excited to see what the renovations will do for the game-day experience for everyone,” Whitson said in an email. “From the additional safety and accessibility features (wider aisles, additional hand rails, etc.) and improved bathrooms to the upgraded sound system and enhanced entrance, there will be a lot to look forward to for Tribe fans. Zable Stadium is a beautiful venue for a football game but it was in dire need of repairs. The renovations will improve the stadium and enhance the game-day experience while also allowing us to maintain its character and charm.”
College removes plaque, alters Mace due to Confederate symbols CONFEDERACY from page 1
participation in the Civil War? … It’s much more of an open historical investigation.” The College was certainly involved in the Civil War; Union soldiers burned down the Wren Building for the third time in its history in 1862. School of Education professor Lisa Heuvel ’74 M.A. ’05 Ed.D. ’11, who co-authored “The College of William and Mary in the Civil War”, said that both sides of the war inflicted damage on the College. “William and Mary first suffered through Confederate use as a hospital and barracks,” Heuvel said. “In fact, President Ewell and the faculty unsuccessfully pursued compensation from the Confederate government early in the war. … Williamsburg was a highly contested zone
due to its history, strategic location and the strong Confederate sympathies of its residents.” The majority of the College’s students left to join the Confederate Army even before it closed for the war. “Most of the College’s students served in regiments connected to the Army of Northern Virginia, with at least 18 becoming officers,” Heuvel said. Moreover, Heuvel noted that one student left the College to join the Union Army. William Reynolds, originally from Baltimore, Md., is the only student known to fight for the Union Army. Reynolds’ name is not listed on the commemorative plaque. Spotswood Society member Emma Bresnan ’17 said that the lack of Reynolds’ name on the plaque is her favorite fun fact about the Wren Building. The
society is comprised of College students who give tours of that historic building. Additionally, Bresnan said she could imagine potential backlash against the decision based on previous experiences when giving tours. “There are definitely people who come to the Wren building who I could see being upset that that plaque is gone, so we’ll see what happens there,” Bresnan said. Kern said that her office is already receiving feedback about the decision to move it. “We are getting feedback, and it’s the full range of what you would expect: positive, negative and neutral,” Kern said. Although Bresnan said that she was initially surprised by the decision, she believes it is a step in the right direction.
“I hope that we can move toward a more progressive representation of our history because there just needs to be a lot of changes in the Wren building that need to happen, that are happening slowly, which is definitely exciting,” Bresnan said. Such changes to the building include a proposed memorial to recognize the contributions of slaves to the College, according to Bresnan. Additionally, the Lemon Project is an ongoing endeavor, which began in 2009, to recognize the College’s past with slavery and racial discrimination. The new plaque to commemorate the College’s role in the Civil War is currently in the planning stages. The modified mace sans Confederate emblems debuted during the Convocation ceremony Aug. 26. Replacement emblems for the mace have not yet been chosen.
House Republican’s proposed Safe Campus Act is currently under review SAFE CAMPUS from page 1
Current interpretations of Title XI of the Educational Amendments Act of 1972 require campus officials to investigate and persecute sexual offenses that occur on campus. However, there are no legal standards of due process, and colleges can punish individuals without any criminal charges being pressed. The Safe Campus Act would require more involvement from law enforcement, as well as more protections for the accused. This bill is part of a recent wave of legislation intended to improve campus responses to sexual assault allegations. Such legislation includes the Campus Accountability and Safety Act, which mandates support services for victims, specialized training for campus personnel, standardized campus disciplinary procedures and closer engagement with law enforcement. The act was introduced in 2014 by Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and has since received bipartisan support. At the College of William and Mary, the Safe Campus Act has drawn mixed reactions among administrators, faculty and student support groups. In an email, Dean of Student Conduct David Gilbert criticized the bill for discouraging student reporting. “If students know that they will need to report a matter to law enforcement before the university can investigate and conduct a hearing, some students may never come forward,” Gilbert said in an email. “Such a chilling effect on reporting limits our ability to address a critical campus safety issue and to meet our obligations under Title IX. More importantly, students who need support and access to community resources such as medical, psychological, and academic support, may not be connected to those services at the time they need them most.” He further argued that the bill’s due process protections were unnecessary at the College. “William and Mary exceeds these standards by providing more transparency and student participation in proceedings than is required, more time to respond than is required, and more avenues for advice and assistance,” Gilbert said. “What the legislation appears to contemplate is a very legalistic approach to resolution of students’ sexual misconduct reports; providing a quasi-court judicial proceeding as the only avenue for resolution can create barriers for students to come forward and inform the university of incidents, as many students do not wish to discuss serious and intensely private matters in a courtlike process.” In another email, William and Mary Law School professor Cynthia Ward expressed both praise and measured concern for the new legislation’s due process provisions. “On-campus student disciplinary adjudications are not criminal, or even civil legal proceedings,” Ward said in an email. “They are proceedings brought for violations of student codes of conduct, and the school’s job in that context is not to decide whether a crime was committed but to decide whether the student code was violated and, if it was, how serious the violation was and what sanctions should be imposed for the violation. So the real question that now confronts college policy makers is, when a charge of sexual assault is brought in this procedural context, how much “process” is “due”? My own answer is, “quite a lot.””
Ward said that as colleges and universities begin to increase the severity of punishments for sexual misconduct, the pressure for administrators to ensure that their ruling is correct also increases. “It is crucially important that colleges employ fair and open procedures for facilitating reports of sexual assault; that they punish such assaults with appropriate sanctions; and that they offer survivors whatever help they can give both during and after the adjudication process,” Ward said in an email. “But it is just as important that schools assure the accused person of a fair and impartial adjudicatory proceeding in which he or she has adequate opportunity to understand the process, absorb and respond to the complainant’s evidence, and present his or her case to those who will decide whether or not a code violation took place. A process that is not fair, or is not perceived to be fair, to both parties, cannot serve the interests of anyone, including the victims of sexual assault…” According to Ward, the most controversial provisions of the Safe Campus Act are the requirements for the schools to report violent sexual offenses to law enforcement officials and to allow both parties to hire attorneys, who would play an active role in proceedings. “Critics worry that mandatory involvement of law enforcement will discourage reporting and delay the resolution of cases, to the disadvantage of sexual assault survivors and of the campus community,” Ward said in an email. “Similarly, critics are concerned that allowing attorneys to become a more active part of the college disciplinary process will further complicate and slow a process that is already straining the available resources and expertise of many institutions of higher learning.” Ward said that she believes that it is impractical and likely unnecessary to allow any student accused of misconduct all the rights given to criminal defendants, but concerns about due process in these situations is legitimate. “If the [Safe Campus Act] is successful only in raising the profile of due-process concerns in campus adjudications, that will be a good thing in my view,” Ward said in an email. “From monitoring the national debate on this subject, my sense is that many colleges and universities would benefit from more, and more explicit, discussion of the proper balance between securing justice for victims and ensuring due process to those accused of being perpetrators, in the context of campus adjudications for sexual assault. In the rush to make changes that will assist victims of sexual assault, it can be easy to forget that the process will only serve survivors, and society, to the extent that it is accurate, balanced, and fully informed by both parties.” H.O.P.E. President Kelly Gorman ’16 also said she appreciated certain aspects of the bill, yet questioned others. “Mandatory education for every student about resources and bystander intervention is awesome,” Gorman said in an email. “One way this bill may aggravate stress for the survivor is in their decision to report. From reading the bill it seems like the school will only be able to take action if the victim gives consent for the case to also be investigated by law enforcement. They can still report to the school and it is great that they do have to give consent for the school to contact law enforcement or give consent for them to not contact law enforcement, but I am not entirely sure what it means for a survivor who wants to report to the school and not law enforcement, and what types of protection they would be able to get.”
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Faculty, students work on “ghost particle” experiment Physicists test neutrinos with large NOvA particle-accelerator at laboratory AMANDA SIKIRICA FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER
NOvA, the largest particle-accelerator neutrino experiment in the United States, released some of its first results in early August. Managed by the Department of Energy’s Fermilab, the NOvA experiment involves hundreds of academics across the nation, including several professors and graduate students from the College of William and Mary. Neutrinos are a fundamental particle; physicists believe neutrinos cannot be broken down into smaller particles. Radioactive decay, the sun and the Big Bang all are responsible for producing neutrinos. These particles come in three ‘flavors’ depending on the origin of the particle: muon neutrino, tau neutrino and electron neutrino. In the last 20 years, physicists have found neutrinos that transition between ‘flavors’ as they move through space. The NOvA experiment uses the particle accelerator at Fermilab, located in Batavia, Illinois, to send a pulse of neutrinos through the Earth’s crust to the Far Detector, 500 miles away. The Far Detector is located in NOvA’s lab in Ash River, Minnesota, where a large plastic structure filled with scintillator, a clear liquid that lights up
when a particle passes through it, allows scientists to detect the rare interactions of neutrinos with other particles. “This transition, or oscillation as we call it, can only happen if the neutrino has mass,” associate physics professor Patricia Vahle said in an email. “The mass is small; in fact it is too small for us to have measured it directly yet, but we know it can’t be zero.” Associate professor of physics Jeffrey Nelson and Vahle have been leading the College’s involvement in the NOvA experiment. “I was involved in building the prototype detector for the experiment … [helping] commission the real detectors while I was on sabbatical at FNAL [Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory], and most recently, I was the leader Nelson of the working group charged with doing our primary analysis, the search for electron neutrinos in our Far Detector,” Vahle said. “In this role, I coordinated the efforts of a group of [about] 10 grad students and postdocs from different universities across the US.” Professor Nelson has been involved with the
NOvA experiment during the planning stages for over ten years. Even with the help of hundreds of undergraduate students, the Far Detector took more than five years to build and began experiments less than a year ago according to the Fermilab website. “We have been able to involve a number of students in the installation and commissioning of the experiment and in collecting and analyzing the data, both undergraduates and graduate students,” Professor Nelson said in an email. According to William and Mary News, Nelson and Vahle, along with associate professor Michael Kordosky, just received the first installment of a three-year $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to continue their work on the NOvA experiment and other neutrino research. Additionally, there are several graduate students at Vahle the College involved in the experiment. Ji Liu Ph.D. ’15 is writing her thesis on the electron neutrino analysis from the NOvA experiment under Vahle. According to Liu, the NOvA experiment is significant because of the many unanswered
questions about neutrinos. “Compared to other physics subjects, it’s a very new subject,” Liu said. “We discovered the information about neutrinos in about 2000. That’s how young it is, so there are a lot of theories and a lot of unanswered questions.” Neutrinos are also some of the most difficult particles to study, and have been dubbed the ‘ghost particle.’ They interact very little with matter, thus making them difficult to detect. They can pass through matter without leaving a trace. Neutrinos are many millions of times smaller than the next largest particle and have no charge. Due to all these factors, the process to locate neutrinos requires several components. “You need a lot of neutrinos, very big detectors, and you have to take data for a long period of time, just to observe a handful of neutrino interactions,” Professor Vahle said. According to Professor Vahle, most of the processes that shaped the early universe should have created equal amounts of matter and antimatter. The antimatter and matter should have annihilated each other, leaving only energy, but the universe we know today looks much different. Neutrinos could hold the key to understanding why this is, through differences in the oscillation of neutrinos and antineutrinos.
Police connect robberies across the Chesapeake Peninsula
Suspect robbed five banks in Newport News, Williamsburg, Hampton while armed with gun ROBBERIES from page 1
of money in all five incidents and evaded arrest. At this time, police hope that someone will recognize the suspect in photographs that have been publicized in the media. “Predominantly the robberies have been in Newport News, in that area, so
I feel safe in saying that [the suspect is] on the Peninsula, but not necessarily in Williamsburg,” Riley said. Meanwhile, the William and Mary Police Department is working closely with the Williamsburg Police Department and the Virginia State Police. The WMPD has mutual aid agreements with these organizations,
which enables information sharing when appropriate. Collaboration between them extends beyond the bank robberies; for example, the WMPD recently assisted WPD with apprehending a fleeing suspect of Cheesebro vehicle break-in.
“I cannot stress enough how informative and cooperative these agencies are when it comes to the safety of our community,” William and Mary Police Chief Deborah Cheesebro said in an email. Until the suspected culprit of these robberies is identified and located, the police advise students to practice
general caution in their daily lives. Riley stressed the importance of being alert and aware of surroundings at all times, while Cheesebro reminded students of campus-specific safety apps at their disposal, like the Rave Guardian Safety App, Tip Texting for anonymous reporting of crimes and the Rave Guardian Timer.
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A change for safety
BY BRIAN KAO / THE FLAT HAT
GUEST COLUMN
Considering the Confederate flag’s past Professor Scott Nelson FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST
I grew up in the South, in central Florida, where I do not remember having seen a Confederate flag until 1978, when I was 14. That was the year I started high school, having moved a few years earlier from Sanford, a celery cutters’ town, to Orlando. My first memory of the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia (ANV) will forever be associated with the overpowering smell of marijuana. It also calls to mind three other things: pickup trucks with high suspensions, the band “38 Special” and a vague fear that I would get my ass kicked. I refer, of course, to the dreaded high school parking lot at lunchtime. The Army of Northern Virginia’s battle flag — now called the Confederate flag — was the ever-present symbol of the “stoners.” At Boone High School, the stoners were working-class white southerners who hated preppies, surfers, the Christian kids and people like me — the nerds. Most people called them stoners, but some called them rednecks. Were they racists? That is a complicated question. My elementary and middle school classes had been integrated, but at Boone High School, slightly more than one percent of the graduating class was visibly black. It was technically integrated, but practically segregated. As a mostly-white kid who had grown up with mostly-black kids, I found the nearabsence of black students at Boone High to be profoundly unnerving. For one, I had to dress differently. No long shorts, no patterned silk shirts, no striped pants, no Converse high-tops and never, ever a leisure suit. These, I quickly learned, were “black” clothes and made me the butt of many jokes during my first six months at school. Racism was wide and deep at Boone High, but it had little to do with flags. In my limited experience the most racist students were the preppies, followed by the Christians. The stoners, with their Confederate flags, had mostly grown up with black kids, and while they were hardly anti-racist radicals, I did not hear them tell racist jokes and I often saw them sharing bongs behind the bleachers with black kids. That said, I had no doubt at the time that the stoners would beat the hell out of me if I walked up to them at lunchtime. Nevertheless I associated that flag with their sense of themselves as outsiders — the kids who would not work at their dad’s office, the defense contractor down the road or at Disney World. It was not until I went to college that I learned the ANV battle flag was a symbol of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and of opposition to the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Perhaps the most important political figure to embrace it was George Wallace, the Alabama governor and eventual presidential candidate who famously said “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” in his inaugural address, and who barred the door of the University of Alabama to admitted black students. Having seen the flag used by Civil War re-enactors, Wallace
embraced it as a symbol of opposition to integration. He claimed that federal laws integrating public transportation, universities and public schools violated “state rights,” using a tangled jumble of logic that is employed to this day. A hundred years before him, Southern planters who fought a war to preserve slavery demanded federal protection for slavery, not “state rights” — but that’s another story. When I left Boone and went to college I learned that the Confederate battle flag was not just a symbol of white, workingclass rebellion against the status quo, which was how I thought of it. It was not just a romantic symbol of a lost cause, like the Imperial Russian flag or the flag of the Habsburgs. It was also a symbol that was consciously used to terrify black people in the 1920s and the 1960s. Years later, I saw the phrase “heritage, not hate” on top of a Confederate flag. That was even more confusing, because for the stoners who flew it, the flag seemed to represent juvenile rebellion, working-class angst and an “up yours” attitude toward the school administration — not some storied Confederate heritage. I learned in college that the flag is also, very strongly, a symbol of hate. This is why we need to remove it. Some people have argued that changing the mace and the concrete tablet on the Wren Building is an act of “political correctness.” Yet it was a kind of 1920s political correctness that led people to put the battle flag on the mace in the first place. It certainly wasn’t a reflection of the College’s actual history. The mace shows the flags under which the college operated. Faculty taught classes under a British flag before the Revolution, and they later taught under an American one after independence. But the College did not operate as a college between 1861 and 1865. Classes were not taught under the Army of Northern Virginia’s battle flag, much less the actual flag of the Confederacy (a big white flag with the Southern Cross in the upper-left corner). In addition, the old concrete tablet only lists the names of the Confederate soldiers who fought. The same sort of political correctness in the early twentieth century led the College to list only the Confederate soldiers who fought between 1861 and 1865, and not its Union soldiers who also died fighting in the war. Years later, the people that ensured that Boone High School and the College of William and Mary were mostly white but technically integrated did not wave any flags. They used school redistricting plans and admissions offices to do their work. Administrators and faculty played their part in making black students feel unwelcome. They did so in ways that are difficult to fully explain and sometimes difficult to see, such as the informal dress code I learned at Boone High. But to grow up and leave the horrors of the high school parking lot behind means recognizing that a symbol can appear innocuous at first but then troubling upon closer inspection. Learning to see a symbol with different eyes is our job as students and scholars and faculty. History is not just about celebrating or memorializing the past but also about learning from it, righting its wrongs, and making sure that the arc of the moral universe, as long as it is, bends toward justice. Scott Nelson is a Leslie and Naomi Legum Professor of History at the College. He has written on the topic of the Southern Railway, as well as others, and has three published books with favorable reviews and national prizes. Email Scott Nelson at srnels@wm.edu.
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Learning to see a symbol with different eyes is our job as students and scholars and falculty. History is not just about celebrating or memorializing the past but also about learning from it, righting its wrongs, and making sure that the arc of the moral universe, as long as it is, bends toward justice.
The Safe Campus Act of 2015, a piece of legislation recently proposed in the House of Representatives, would change the way colleges and universities handle reports of sexual misconduct on their campuses, most notably through procedural standards and greater law enforcement involvement. This bill lays the groundwork for defining the roles of college administrations in incidences of sexual misconduct. If a student alleges an incident, he or she has the choice of involving law enforcement. Should a student choose to not press charges and involve police, the college cannot launch an internal investigation nor punish a student with the conduct code. In this sense, college administrations are being pushed towards a more supportive role, rather than an investigative or punitive one that they are often unequipped to fulfill. Instead, this bill encourages colleges to work to support law enforcement and to provide students with resources for understanding and handling the emotional and mental repercussions of sexual trauma. Procedural standardization is also a key feature of this bill. Many colleges do not have established due process standards, and often colleges may investigate and punish students with the conduct code regardless of whether a student is pressing charges. The Safe Campus Act outlines when a federally-funded college can and cannot investigate an alleged incident, when interim measures can be taken and how to handle due process. This sort of standardization not only makes federal enforcement of procedural infractions easier, but it also eases the burden oN students. Often students do not fully understand the process of reporting an incident because it varies from college to college, and this standardization can provide some insight and guidance. However, the standardization still has some grey areas that need to be addressed. Given the emotional stress that accompanies an incident, students may feel like a police report is overwhelming or intimidating. The procedures undertaken for students who choose to not involve the police need to be clarified. The bill also says that colleges will be able to set their own standards of evidence, which is contrary to the point of standardization and leaves a large part of an investigation contingent on college policy that may have outside motives. Finally, seeing as this bill proposes more involvement of law enforcement, colleges need to focus on making a police report a good option for students, rather than an unpleasant last resort. Campus police departments need to have thorough and standard training on how to handle the sensitivity of sexual misconduct incidents properly. Colleges also need to maintain an active role in providing this training and other resources for students subject to emotional trauma. While they no longer may investigate or pursue punitive action, colleges should not take a passive role — rather, they should work to provide an extensive, supportive network for students and to help the police respond to allegations of sexual assault sensitively. 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, Áine Cain, 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.
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This is a great article. I laughed so much. However, on the coast of SC, we paint our homes in bright colors, making sure that it doesn’t match any home around us, because when the hurricane comes, you soon realize you need some way of discerning your house from your neighbors as you try to piece back together. — William Gaskins on “Eccentricity: Our love for fried green tomatoes and batty relatives”
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GUEST COLUMN
Technology troubles
Lexi Godfrey
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There is always that one kid. You know the one. The one with his or her computer out, pretending to be engaged and taking notes — but in reality, everyone in the rows farther back can clearly see this kid iMessaging four different people simultaneously. And while the professor rattles on, you can’t help but sit and stare at the silent BuzzFeed videos that play, one after the other, for 50 minutes. Then, when the people around you start to get up, you rack your brain to try and remember even one sentence the professor uttered in the last ten minutes. Unsurprisingly, you only find you sadly cannot erase the images of the “Try Guys Trying on Bras for the First Time” from your mind. Don’t get me wrong, technology is an amazing thing. It has given us insane improvements in modern medicine, instantaneous endless knowledge with the click of a button, the ability to reach someone across the globe in under a second and much more. So there is no debate whether or not technology is a helpful thing. But I do still have the lingering question in my mind: How should technology play into my education? In most, if not all, of my classes, a computer is absolutely required, whether for essays, homework, research or note-taking. Researching topics for papers is a vastly easier process now (from what I can tell from my mother’s whining) and the immediacy of homework grading is really helpful for my comprehension of material. The Internet is my Mecca for information on anything ranging from economics formulas to how to flirt, and for its existence, I am eternally grateful. So why do I feel like it is more or less a distraction half the time? It could be because I am that kid in the fourth row scrolling through Tumblr, entirely lacking in self-control. The immediacy of the Internet is a blessing and a curse. While you can easily pull up the information you need to know to pass principles of accounting, you can just as easily stalk your ex on Facebook for three and a half hours. Let’s be honest, which sounds more appealing to you? I think the use of computers in class is quite the dangerous game to play. I seriously advocate for it because I find typing more enjoyable and efficient than writing, but I am also wary for all of the reasons you would assume. A lot of people possess the will to pay complete attention while working on a computer, but then again, a whole lot of people don’t. That’s why I’ve taken to good old-fashioned notebooks for this semester, just like my poor mother had to do. If my grades don’t noticeably improve, though, you can bet that this girl is running straight back to the keyboard. Another option I found is something called “SelfControl.” It’s an online app that blacklists distracting sites that you choose for a certain amount of time. There is absolutely no way for you to turn off the app either, so even if you choose to break down and check Twitter, you quite literally cannot. I found it to be incredibly helpful, because if you lack actual selfcontrol like I do, downloading it off the Internet is a great option. I think not using technology in school would be a waste, since it’s such an incredible resource. Maybe the more specific issue of computer usage in class is the real problem. As much as it pains me to write this because I sound like such a square, it really does make sense. Even “BuzzFeed kid” has to agree with that. So, I implore you to join me, ditch the computer notes for a semester, pull out a pen and do this like our parents did. We all might be surprised at how much easier things become. Email Lexi Godfrey at algodfrey@email.wm.edu.
BY BRIAN KAO / THE FLAT HAT
A fight for a safe, yet fair drinking age
Sumner Higginbotham FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR
Show me a college student who wants the drinking age lowered, and I’ll show you a college student. I think it’s reasonable to assume that many of us here at William and Mary believe that the age of 21 is rather arbitrary on allowing consumption of alcohol. The justifications for such a viewpoint are varied. Perhaps a minor yet awkward altercation with some member of law enforcement brought the issue to your attention, or maybe a late-night epiphany in some sound-proofed (but still kinda sketchy) raternity house basement about the curiosity of one’s circumstances convinced you on the issue. Whatever brought you here, remember this: You can have a well-reasoned and mature argument for lowering the drinking age. And hopefully, it would sound something like this. Perhaps the greatest problem pertaining to the drinking age of 21 is the age of 18. At the age of 18, one becomes a legal adult. I personally recall filling out a little card known as my draft card should there ever be a time that Uncle Sam comes calling for me to take up arms. Or tanks, or artillery shells, or drones, or a position on a submarine with nuclear missiles just chilling inside — I would have a job involving these weapons. Yes indeed, the U.S. government believes that I am more qualified to handle machine guns, tanks and whatever else Uncle Sam keeps locked in his arsenal than a single can of watered-down light beer. There seems to be a slight disconnect in this thinking. However, this hypothetical pales in comparison to the reality. We have
soldiers deployed around the world willing to give their lives in the defense of this nation who are forbidden by law to celebrate the Fourth of July with a beer and a fishing trip, and would face charges by the police if they chose to do so. That is just wrong. Even if the drinking age is kept at 21, there should be an exemption made for military service. And there are additional problems. When most students find themselves out of Mom and Dad’s house for the college years, they immediately take their newfound freedom and celebrate with parties featuring alcohol as the main attraction. Why? Because it’s impossible to get elsewhere; these parties are often a nightly occurrence and easily accessible to students. These parties, due to their illegal nature, often happen in secluded areas out of the public view, and not surprisingly, these are the same types of areas where sexual assault is more likely to occur. Such a clandestine environment does not exactly foster healthy habits; 96 percent of the alcohol consumed by 18-20 year olds is via binge drinking, according to a John Hopkins Bloomsburg School of Public Health study in July 2011. It also bears repeating that the drinking age at 21 is actually a law. In 2005, a study by Monitoring the Future found that 80 percent of high school seniors had tried alcohol. These students go on to college and break the drinking law, a law that has only been in place since 1984. The same John Hopkins study found that 48 percent of the alcohol consumed in college is by underage students. As to why this matters, breaking the drinking law fosters a disregard for the law, because ignoring this law has become normal. This isn’t exactly the best way to instill good citizenship. So what’s the solution? Besides alcohol (to all my chemistry nerds out there). What if having a high-school diploma or being 19 became the new 21? It could work. We already have to show our licenses at bars; I’m sure some college freshmen wouldn’t have a problem with carrying some proof of graduation as well. Certainly not all Americans receive a high-school diploma, but such a requirement would at least keep the alcohol out of the high school hallways. With the alternative age of 19 also applied, then those who don’t receive diplomas could still hang out at the bar two years earlier than they currently do. Good intentions led to the drinking age of 21. But good intentions don’t mean good policy; it’s time for a change. Email Sumner Higginbotham at sshigginbotham@wm.edu.
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As to why this matters, breaking the drinking law fosters a disregard for the law, because ignoring the law has become normal. This isn’t exactly the best way to instill good citizenship.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR With reference to the August 15 article describing the College of William and Mary’s decision to remove symbols of the Confederacy, I wish to contradict the assertion by W&M’s president, Taylor Reveley, quoted as saying: “The Confederate battle flag has been turned irreparably into a symbol of racial hatred ...” This distorts history and suggests that
the flag had benign origins. The records of the period — public speeches, government documents, newspaper accounts, editorials, pamphlets, etc. — are replete with extensive and explicit references to the continuation — and spread — of slavery as the reason for the traitorous secession of the southern states, thus precipitating the Civil War. This, if not the definition of racial hatred, is its close cousin.
President Reveley, an educator and leader, should be admonished for such a careless use of language, and for subtly perpetrating a myth. And he should apologize to those of his fellow citizens offended by this assertion. Robert J. Anderson Email Robert Anderson at cadbob1@ verizon.net
Confronting the hidden symptoms of sexual aggression Quinn Monette
FLAT HAT OPINIONS COLUMNIST
Old Dominion University’s Sigma Nu chapter has been reprimanded after posting handpainted signs in front of one of its off-campus houses imploring parents to deliver to the house their freshman daughters. “Hope your baby girl is ready for a good time,” read one; “Go ahead and drop off mom too,” another. The ODU banners were sexist and unfunny. This much is patently true. They dripped objectification and misogyny. But are they significant? Can we draw any broader conclusions about sex and sexual violence on college campuses? Or are the signs a case of indelicate, immature and unimaginative, but ultimately harmless, joking? Such banners are neither unusual nor new. Similar messages have been displayed on
college campuses across the country and have gone without national rebuke. If the subject of sexual aggression was broached at all, any controversy was dismissed as the antics of a few young men who didn’t know any better. Any commotion was kept local. That’s changed. Now the national news media has devoted substantial attention to rape and sexual aggression on campus. Media has started addressing what was once considered an impolite topic. The public is gradually acknowledging the ingrained power gaps that run along the overlapping lines of age and sex, and how those gaps are magnified and exploited at college to the detriment of many students. The issue wasn’t talked about for a very long time even though it was incontrovertibly present. While superficially meaningless, the ODU signs betray a casual, thoughtless form of sexism all too common. The banners are stunts, sure, but they create and maintain an environment more conducive to sexual violence. And that’s significant. “Rape culture” is not some new phenomenon invented by oversensitive millennials. It has been around for a while and will continue to exist in the face of passivity. It is a term that is becoming more
popluar though as now, more people are coming to terms with the presence and prevalence of sexual aggression, which is fantastic. Attention and recognition leads to engagement, which can lead to real change. Less helpful, however, is the commodification of the problem by the media. The ODU signs were visibly and ostentatiously wrong. There was nothing subtle about them. They were screaming, look-at-me displays of sexism, which made them an obvious story for news media. The circumstances were relatively free of ambiguity, uncertainty and controversy. There is no impetus to explore the problem in depth — it’s easy to rally against the most idiotic of transgressions. Inveighing against the banners is neither difficult nor complicated. For one news cycle, at least, the banners dominated. Sexual aggression on college campuses became an unavoidable talking point, and the ODU episode was dissected and debated in agonizing detail. Every conceivable angle was weighed and accounted. And yet the issue remained a talking point, never developing further. News media fixated itself on the story, but only in a way that tapped the story’s legitimacy. Rape culture has emerged in the public consciousness only as much as it can be
tossed around and referenced for authority and viewership. The ODU situation provided such accessible cultural capital because it was so apparently, manifestly messed up. Lost in this treatment is the realization that sexual aggression is almost never a bleating banner hung for the world to see. It can be, and usually is, personal and unseen. The problem is almost never so obvious as a sign — rather, incredulity, ambiguity, lack of physical evidence and victim-blaming all plague attempts to confront sexual violence on campus. The thing is, fuzzier and less garish cases don’t lend themselves to media coverage as well. They occur too regularly and are too complex to be considered entertainment. News media demands immediate certainty on an issue from which commentary can be extracted. We need to avoid that kind of thinking. True nuance and consideration requires patience and openness. It’s useful to engage with the ODU debacle as an example of sexual aggression on college campuses, but not as a summary of the problem. It is one symptom out of many, and most other symptoms are hidden out of sight. Email Quinn Monette at qpmonette@email. wm.edu.
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Talking to a Jukebox Hero
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The band has released four albums, shared stages with artists like Jack’s Mannequin, Ingrid Michaelson and Ben Folds, and averages around 150 shows a year.
Jukebox the Ghost guitarist on college, uber-fans, choosing the band’s name SARAH RUIZ FLAT HAT VARIETY EDITOR
Not too long ago, in a college not unlike our own, a conversation was happening about a band. Ben Thornewill, Tommy Siegel and Jesse Kristin were students at George Washington University when they met. Siegel was a guitarist seeking a band and Thornewill and Kristin had an opening. The resulting combination was the piano pop group, Jukebox the Ghost.
Exclusive interview with the artist According to Siegel, the three members came from vastly different musical backgrounds. “Ben was coming at it from a very classical perspective [so] he was doing these wild classical song ideas that we were trying to adapt to a rock setting. I was coming at it from more of a classic rock, jammy guitar solo perspective … and Jesse was coming at it from being a pop punk drummer,” Siegel said. “You can imagine the first music we made was a total mess.” The band spent their college years testing the waters and trying out different styles. “The first few years of our band was just figuring out how we work together,” Siegel said. “We probably wrote three records worth of material that we just never recorded, and thank god we never did. We were just figuring out what worked and what didn’t, and college is kind of the perfect time to do that.” The group ultimately found a way to work their separate styles into a cohesive sound. “Eventually we all just figured out how to make it work,” Siegel said. “We all have really different ideas of what music should sound like when we’re listening on our own, but this funny thing happens when we all get together. We can generally agree on what the band is supposed to sound like.” The band’s name reflects that same meshing of the members’ distinct styles. Dissatisfied with their original name, The Sunday Mail, the three sat down to decide on a new one. “It was probably an over-democratic process,” Siegel said. “We were kind of mining for words. I came up with the word jukebox, Ben thought ghost would be cool and Jessie wanted us to be a ‘The’ band like The Strokes or The Killers, so we just kind of sandwiched all three together.”
The band has released four albums, shared stages with artists like Jack’s Mannequin, Ingrid Michaelson and Ben Folds, and averages around 150 shows a year. For Siegel, the best moments of those performances are the ones that allow him to step back and marvel at the wonder of playing music in front of so many people. “[It’s] that moment of awareness, where you’re not constantly thinking about the next thing and you can actually be like, ‘Oh my god I’m playing guitar on stage and all these people have paid to listen to me play a guitar and sing,’’” Siegel said. “If I can chase that kind of high at a show, that’s where it’s at.” The band has also developed a loyal base of “uber-fans” over the years. According to Siegel, the band members make an effort to get to know these fans. “We know tons of our fans by first and last name,” Siegel said. “We’re not on some kind of pedestal. I think when you get pretty famous there’s this wall between you and the fans, but we are definitely there at the merch table every night. If you want to meet Jukebox the Ghost at a Jukebox the Ghost show, you will.” Siegel said the band really stretched themselves in a different direction from their previous albums when they were writing their newest album.
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We know tons of our fans by first and last name. We’re not on some kind of pedestal. — Tommy Siegel
“It’s our most commercial record, and it’s totally the weirdest,” Siegel said. “The process of making it [was] a lot more experimental than what we were used to. Bass is really prominent on the record, which hadn’t really been featured up front on our prior releases.” Though pleasantly surprised at the path his music has taken him, Siegel admits that even if this hadn’t become his career, he would never have given up music. “I didn’t think that it was something that I could do as a career. That was a really nice surprise,” Siegel said. “But, even if we weren’t making money off of it and I was working another job, I’m sure I would still have a band. Playing music is just something I love doing.”
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Playing the swamp
Welcome Back Concert impresses MARIE POLICASTRO FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR
Amid swarms of buzzing mosquitos, Jukebox the Ghost played for the College of William and Mary this past Saturday, in what vocalist and keyboardist Ben Thornewill termed a “godforsaken swamp.” Unsure of what to expect, given the success of past concerts, I scooted my way to the front of the amphitheater Saturday night and was shocked by how many Jukebox the Ghost shirts I saw worn by students. I think you can attribute that excitement to the way Jukebox the Ghost approaches their performances and their interactions with their fans. Their show was full of light banter between Thornewill and his bandmates. They didn’t take themselves too seriously, laughing at technical errors and adding songs to their set list on the fly. They’re accessible to the audience, not only in how they act on stage, but also in their willingness to meet with fans and chat by the merchandise table. I, personally, had seen Jukebox the Ghost perform as openers on two separate occasions in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. Both times, Ben, Tommy and Jesse hung around in the crowd after the show, willing to talk to whomever for however long. Even though I had seen Jukebox the Ghost play before, this show was unlike what I had heard in those past two performances. Their newest, self-titled album is a little bit of everything, with their signature quirky keyboard and inventive melodies, but now in a way that is geared more to a conventional pop audience. Their performance last Saturday was, to say the least, anything but a conventional pop concert. Despite the muggy air and relentless cloud of insects, the concert felt like it was held in a small venue with the intimacy and casual nature of the band. The experience was like watching your older brother and his cool friends play music and reminisce about their own college experience. Looking back on their own welcome weekend, guitarist Tommy Siegel recalled a memorable laser show of hippos, which then sparked a roaring chant of “hippos” from the enthusiastic crowd. Though the band met as students at George Washington University, Seigel, a Richmond native, shared his own memories of the College. He had visited one of his best friends at William and Mary back in the day and, in true TWAMP fashion, both times were spent playing Scrabble. In response, chanting began again with a “let’s play Scrabble” from the same hippo-instigators. This time, Ben caught on as well and started vamping to the beat. The whole concert was a string of similar quips and constant audience interaction. Known as a band for doing random, odd covers (I’ve heard them cover “I Love You Always Forever” by Donna Lewis), we were treated to two different covers on Saturday. Following their cover of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now,” a plug for their upcoming “HalloQueen” show, the band whipped out a Shania Twain song, citing their rule, “If you mention Shania Twain, you have to play Shania Twain.” It was truly amazing to hear three bearded white guys sing, “Man! I Feel Like a Woman.” When I wasn’t giggling through the show, Jukebox the Ghost also tugged a little on my heartstrings, such as during the ballad, “Undeniable You,” for which Ben Thornewill went solo on the keyboard, and again when the rest of the band came back on stage to play their newest single, “The Great Unknown.” In the midst of clapping, screaming and cheering, at the end of every song I was unable to stop overhearing gaggles of girls around me gush about their newfound love for the band — Ben Thornewill in particular. But, who wouldn’t have become a fan at a concert like that? That’s how music is meant to be shared. It was an exciting performance that never felt over-the-top or too full of itself. The evening spent with Jukebox the Ghost was an entertaining ride that ignited the loyalty of new listeners and reignited it in old fans.
CONFUSION CORNER
‘Tinder’ love and care: the world of modern dating
In an age of hookup apps and dating websites, it’s difficult to establish meaningful relationships
Cameron Murphy CONFUSION CORNER COLUMNIST
In sixth grade, my best friend “went out” with a boy all year, only to suffer heartbreak when he posted on AIM: “Do I want a companion for the summer? …Nah.” She proceeded to find her current boyfriend only two years later, and they’ve been together ever since, even sticking by each other’s sides through those awkward bracesand-acne years. I wasn’t so lucky. Modern dating. Oxymoron? Perhaps. Living nightmare? Definitely. The demise of dating has been documented both by respectable publications (CNN, “The New York Times” and Elle Woods’ Bible, “Cosmopolitan”), as well as the marked rise in
hookup apps masquerading as matchmakers. The takeaway: the idea of traditional dating — think Sandy and Danny in “Grease”, minus the musical numbers and excessive hair product — is dead. Done-zo. Kaput. This means floundering for alternatives, namely casual hookups and the “dating” apps that encourage them. Admittedly, I gave Tinder a shot this summer. More telling than the numerous requests for explicit photos was my lack of surprise in receiving them; you know things are bad when you think you’ve found the one after he asks you what toppings you like on your Chipotle burrito bowl.
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So what’s to blame, our generation’s cultural mindset on romance, or perhaps the technology we’ve grown accustomed to having? I’m certain that I can blame Google for some of the cringeworthy opening lines I got on Tinder (a sampling: “My third favorite thing to eat in bed is pizza”), but it’s difficult to point to a direct cause. Are we simply too busy with school and work to put effort into a relationship that goes beyond “Netflix and chill ;)” and other thinly veiled booty calls? Or maybe we’ve been desensitized completely by a dating process that began with AIM going-away messages as relationship statuses, and we lack the communication skills
You know things are bad when you think you’ve found the one after he asks you what toppings you like on your Chipotle burrito bowl.
necessary to initiate a real-life date. Personally, my palms sweat at the mere thought of making a phone call and hearing a real human voice on the other end, and not even texting is an anxiety-free experience. It’s now a competition of “Who Cares Less,” a game in which one attempts to appear simultaneously ambivalent and interested. An alternate name is “This Is Impossible, and I Hate It.” Even defining the relationship is far from a given. Gone are “going steady” pins and rings; it’s a miracle if you reach a label more concrete than “we’re talking.” Maybe this is simply the wave of the future, and I’ve watched too many Katherine Heigl movies to have realistic expectations about romance, but I can’t help but think that earlier generations had it right. Bring back dinner and movie nights, awkward “define the relationship” talks, and most importantly, honesty! If you take away nothing else from this article, remember never to tell a girl that what you have is real only to break her heart with a cold-as-ice AIM status. Cameron Murphy is a Confusion Corner columnist who enjoys Netflix and chilling in a literal sense. She is not on Tinder.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Where in the world was William and Mary this summer? AMANDA WILLIAMS // FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR
From cultural studies to foreign languages, study abroad took the Tribe overseas
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ver 350 College of William and Mary students studied abroad for part of their summer break this year, and about 60 of those elected to study abroad through a third-party provider instead of the College. Almost half of all undergraduates study abroad at some point in their college careers, and for some, going during the summer break makes the most sense. The College offers programs in 17 countries spanning from China to South Africa to Ireland. Most of the College-sponsored summer programs are faculty led, meaning that a professor from the College joins the students abroad as an additional lecturer. The most popular of those is in
Galway, Ireland
Cambridge, England. Director of Global Education for the Wendy and Emery Reves Center Sylvia Mitterndorfer ’96 said that she believes language is a primary driver in the popularity of Western Europe. “Western Europe definitely continues to be a favorite in part because there isn’t the language barrier,” Mitterndorfer said. “Some of the other programs in Western Europe, like in France or in Germany, are actually largely focused on language acquisition so again, students who have taken the language before, and are ready, are working to develop more language skills.”
Prague, Czech Republic
From the Cliffs of Moher Kyle Frego ‘17 could see the Irish countryside: green fields, the rocky shore, the Aran Islands and the Twelve Bens — a sharp peaked mountain range outside of Galway. “Just the imagery of Ireland — I connected with it,” Frego said. “It’s not all rolling, lush green fields like how it’s portrayed, but it’s really rocky and mountainous. It’s really pastoral almost.” Frego’s studies focused on cultural understanding with a class comparing the Basque and Irish nationalisms, as well as a course on the portrayal of the Irish in film. He said that hearing Irish perspectives on their own culture and internal issues, as well as on American culture was one of his favorite experiences. Frego also said there was a generational gap in their opinions of Americans. “The kids definitely had this kind of glorified America,” Frego said. “They thought America was more like ‘Keeping up with the Kardashians’ or ‘Jersey Shore,’ but the professor was more in tune with actual social issues. He actually explained social issues here better than I’ve heard any American describe them, so it was cool to hear an outsider’s perspective on certain things.”
“We actually walked through the gas chambers at one point and it was the creepiest thing,” Gabby Negus ’17 said. “You couldn’t help but be like ‘Please don’t shut the door, please god don’t shut the door.” Negus spent six weeks of her summer in Prague, Czech Republic, studying government and history, but her most memorable experience was visiting Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, two of the most famous Nazi concentration camps. Negus said that being there, seeing evidence of the magnitude of the operation, really hit home for her. She said her favorite part of the experience were the people she travelled with. “I think the people really made the program, the people that we went with. They were all just really awesome and thoughtful people,” Negus said. “They clearly cared about why they were there, they all had their different reasons.” In addition to her classes on the politics of the Czech Republic and on Hapsburg history, Negus picked up some Czech in a two-week intensive course that she said she’s already starting to forget.
Cape Town, South Africa
Beijing, China
Hiking Table Mountain, overlooking Cape Town, South Africa, was the most memorable moment from abroad for Mariah Frank ’17. During the southern hemisphere’s winter, Frank said the hike was cold anyway, but as they neared the top and were enveloped in a cloud, it became freezing and wet. “I remember growing up as a little kid wondering what it would be like to be in a cloud and then I found out — and it’s cold,” Frank said. The College’s South Africa program focused on Religious Diversity, including white privilege and philanthropic tourism, according to Frank. The other part of the program was global studies internship in which students visited Khayletitsha, a Cape Town township, and taught English, math and life skills to 11 and 12-year-olds. “They’re so smart and have such high aspirations,” Frank said. “It was probably my favorite part because it was eyeopening and just an incredible experience.”
Jakar, Bhutan For some, study abroad means visiting historic European landmarks discussed in high school history books, while for others it means exploring an entirely new culture — one they may have never known existed. “I didn’t even know Bhutan was a country until I went and I looked it up on [the School for Field Studies] website but I read the little blurb and it just kind of stuck out,” Will Evans ’16 said. Evans spent the summer in Bhutan with the School for Field Studies, a third-party provider study abroad program. The program focused on Bhutanese development and environmental sciences, but he also spent time hiking and camping, visiting monks in monasteries, learning about Buddhism, travelling throughout the small country and catching frogs for his research project. His favorite part of the experience was the complete immersion. “You were just surrounded by everything you were learning about,” Evans said. “Going to monasteries you would ask monks to clarify things that you learned in a class about Buddhism. You were so fully immersed in everything you were learning that everything was a classroom. I thought that was really cool.”
Mandarin, Chinese is a very tonal language, according to Hannah Reach ’17, and hearing it from a native speaker makes all the difference when learning. Reach spent seven weeks in Beijing, China, working to improve the Chinese she studied for years. “I thought the absolute best way to learn it and become better at it would be to go to China where they actually speak it,” Reach said. Although she went for the language, Reach said some of her favorite memories were visiting the Great Wall, the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. She said she was also surprised by some of the differences between Chinese and American cultures. “I was surprised [by] how much the collective mentality is big over there,” Reach said. “Here we’re like ‘Be yourself, be an individual. If you’re different that’s good,’ and over there they’re like ‘no, if you’re different — not good.’ They have a saying that is something like ‘the nail that sticks out gets hammered down’ or ‘the tree that grows the tallest breaks in the storm.’”
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Milk and cookies and questions of consent Understanding consent can be as simple as sharing a batch of fresh baked goods
Mallory Walker
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS COLUMNIST
I am interrupting our usual biweekly banter about silly sex stories to bring you a more serious topic. As much as new students may not want to admit it, orientation is full of valuable information that far surpasses just showing the newest members of the Tribe where their classes will be located. And, as an Orientation Aide, I had the opportunity — some would say the privilege — to sit in on these many informative sessions. Amongst the talks of community and policy, one particular session stood out to me. It was the community values session which focused on Tribe Choices. When it comes to engaging in the orgasmic, gratifying, sex that Eric Garrison, the Assistant Director of Health and Wellness, raves about, the most important part is
understanding the meaning of consent. A quick Google search defines consent as “permission for something to happen or agreement to do something.” When you apply that term to sexual and romantic encounters, knowing exactly what constitutes consent can be difficult to grasp. Consent is not flirtatious body language and consent is not the absence of a “no.” Consent is always an affirmative “yes.” And when there’s alcohol involved, consent can no longer be given because one’s judgement is impaired. The orientation session took on the challenge of explaining consent in a way that could make sense to even the most confused individuals. So, instead of going over policies on a dull power point, they talked about milk and cookies. Because if you’ve got a freshly baked batch of cookies and a tall cool pitcher of milk, you’d only share them with a person
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who also wanted them. It’s not okay to force anyone to eat milk and cookies, no matter the situation. If someone wants milk but no cookies, that’s totally okay too. You can find a compromise and just share a glass of milk instead. If someone changes their mind after having a bite of a cookie, you shouldn’t make them finish it. And last, but certainly not least, if someone is at all incapacitated, you shouldn’t be giving them milk and cookies in the first place. I know that milk and cookies can appear a trivialized way to present such an important topic, but here’s the thing: if consent wasn’t a difficult subject for some to grasp, it wouldn’t be taught and re-explained time after time. If it helps make sure every single student on this campus understands consent, I will scream about milk and cookies until the cows come home. When people talk about making Tribe choices
It’s not okay to force anyone to eat milk and cookies.
on this campus, it’s usually a laughing remark we make as we head out to parties and bars on the weekends. But when you actually get to the point, making a Tribe choice is incredibly important. Tribe choices are about taking care of yourself, as well as understanding that your actions affect the others. Being a part of the College of William and Mary means being a part of a community, whether or not you intended to when you paid your deposit and moved yourself onto to campus in the last week. And while I would love to believe that our beautiful college is immune to the trials and atrocities seen at other college campuses around the nation, we all know that’s not true. Title IX serves as a prime example of how we’ve tried to create a safe space on campus but have fallen incredibly short. If we want to help the College be the home we want it to be for everyone, it starts with speaking out far before we are spoken to. It’s about making a stand against sexual assault, and intervening when you know something is wrong. It’s about showing support without any sense of blame. It’s about milk and cookies and making Tribe choices. Mallory Walker is a Behind Closed Doors columnist who will let you know if she wants your cookies.
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MEN S SOCCER
Gaining new footholds Young team seeking resurgence in 2015 campaign
COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS
Coming off of 2014 s six-win season, the squad will try to make the NCAA tournament as it did in 2013 when it fell in penalty kicks to George Mason in NCAA Regionals.
NICK CIPOLLA FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR After finishing with a losing record in both the Colonial Athletic Association conference matchups (3-4-1) and the overall schedule (6-11-1) in 2014, William and Mary seeks to redeem itself and make a run for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament as it did in 2013. With spring and summer training over, the Tribe is back and ready for high-level competition in both the Colonial Athletic Association and the nonconference parts of its schedule. Head coach Chris Norris returns for his 12th season along with three seniors and Norris several 2014 starters. After nine seniors graduated in May 2015, the new roster is much younger, featuring 22 underclassmen, including 11 freshmen, on the 25-man list. Glancing at the schedule ahead, the College doesn’t have an easy path to a possible playoff qualification. Six of the Tribe’s opponents are in the preseason Top 25. Notable among these matchups is No. 2 North Carolina-Chapel Hill, which the College defeated in 2013 while the Tar Heels were the top-ranked team in the nation. The 2015 slate consists of nine non-conference games and eight matches against CAA teams. Most of the games are road trips, as the Tribe only hosts six games over the 17-game season.
The home matchups are Sept. 1 vs Liberty, Sept. 15 vs Charlotte, Sept. 30 vs Elon, Oct. 3 vs Hofstra, Oct. 17 vs North Carolina-Wilmington, Oct. 20 vs North Carolina-Asheville and the regular season finale Oct. 31 vs Delaware. The CAA Championships are scheduled for Nov. 7-14 at the No. 1 seed’s stadium. Despite the youth of the team, many experienced players are returning for the Tribe. However with the new players still vying for time, there are many possible starter combinations to choose from for week one. In the front, the Eskay brothers — senior Jackson and sophomore William — return as forwards for the Tribe. William Eskay led the squad‘s scoring last year with four goals and three assists. Junior forward Reilly Maw also returns this year after scoring four goals and two assists in 2014. The forwards are rounded off by three freshmen: Marcel Berry, Ryder Bell and Christian Jones. The Tribe’s primary tactics have yet to be seen, but the midfielder spot will continue to be the crucial position to control both sides of the ball and get the College out of tough spots. Sophomore Riley Spain will likely remain the defensive force in midfield after starting Dunn every game last season. Juniors Jeff Bombelles and Chris Dunn will play key parts of midfield play once again. A quartet of freshmen has been practicing as midfielders and will more than likely get
exposure and experience through the season; those freshmen are Antonio Bustamante, Josh Cox, John Fuquene and Cole Smith. On defense, senior Ryan Flesch moves from his role as a midfielder to the backline to support a string of players with less experience as a right defender. Four team members are competing for the Tribe’s two center back slots; juniors Ryan Flesch Perry and Jordan Petitt, sophomore Alfonso Speed, Jr. and freshman Remi Frost will be utilized in the position as each player works to earn more playing time. Redshirt sophomore left back Adam Crenshaw also returns this season to the defense. Two other players, sophomore Korede Olagbegi and freshman Geoffrey Young also compete for spots in the defensive scheme. As the last line of defense, the keeper position is essential to the College’s playoff aspirations. Three players will compete for the spot: Junior Mac Phillips was the starter in his rookie season, but freshmen Logan Jones and Sam Onyeador both have a shot at the role after they redshirted in 2014. Overall, the Tribe’s mix of new and old is hard to predict, especially given the difficult schedule ahead of the team. After finishing in ties in scrimmages against Old Dominion and George Mason this August, it isn’t clear how far the team can go this season, but its goal is to make it all the way back to the Division I playoffs late in the fall.
Tribe splits weekend at Lock Haven
College takes first at Invitational EVAN DEFRAINE FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER With classes starting up for the fall semester, William and Mary put on a clinic of its own over the weekend, going 2-1 and winning eight of its 12 sets played en route to taking the season-opening Tribe Invitational at Kaplan Arena. After a difficult 2014 season that saw the Tribe finish 7-24 overall and 3-13 in the Colonial Athletic Association, there was a sense of tension during the first match of the season against Gardner-Webb Friday night. “We were really nervous,” head coach Melissa Aldrich Shelton said. “We didn’t have the best year last year so everyone was a little nervous. And it’s hard to open at home because your friends are here and your family’s here. We were definitely tentative in the first set.” The nerves were definitely apparent in the opening set, as Gardner-Webb (2-1) got out to a quick 10-4 lead and eventually took the first set comfortably 25-17. However, the College responded emphatically in the next set, jumping on the Bulldogs early and taking the set 25-14. The third frame proved the most even of the match, with both teams exchanging points throughout. The College eventually won out with a kill by senior Mallory Brickerd on an assist from junior Gabrielle Pe, one of her 19 total for the match. Shelton noted that there was a change in mindset after the difficult opening set. “The difference was our serving and how aggressive we were,” Shelton said. “We need to be aggressive. They served tough, they had more aces than us. Every server went back and served for it and we don’t do that yet mentally. We’re getting there, we’re moving forward, but it’s something you have to learn how to do.” That room for growth was on display during the next two sets, as the Tribe squandered an early lead in the fourth set and dug itself into a hole it couldn’t get out of in the fifth, losing 25-21 and 15-7, respectively. Gardner-Webb took the match 3-2. The next morning’s matchup against La Salle (2-1) would yield a more positive result, as the Tribe won in consecutive, albeit close, sets. The first set would set the tone of a back and forth affair, with the Tribe prevailing 25-22, as neither team was able to string together a run of more than a few consecutive points for the entirety of the set. The second set saw the College nearly have victory snatched from it. After going up 24-23, a kill by La Salle and an attack error by senior Carolyn Albright put the Tribe only a point away from having the match evened at one set apiece. A clutch kill by sophomore Sydney Biniak tied the game at 25. Shelton then substituted in Pe and sophomore Paige Humphrey for an immediate impact. Humphrey had a kill directly after the substitution and Pe would set up Biniak for a kill that put the Tribe one point away from victory. An attack error from La Salle cinched the set, putting the College up 2-0. The Tribe nearly blew a late lead in the third, surrendering three straight points after going up 24-20. Biniak would again prove invaluable, smashing home a set from tournament MVP sophomore Sara Zumbach and sealing the win with a shutout. In the final match, the Tribe jumped on Norfolk State (0-3) early, cruising to an easy 25-9 victory in the opening set. The next three sets would see the two teams trade off scores of 25-23, with the Spartans taking the second set and the Tribe taking the next two. Senior Dessi Koleva was an all-around star for the Tribe, notching 14 kills with three service aces and 20 digs to lead the Tribe to victory. The win also gave the Tribe a tournament triumph, as they would finish ahead of each of its three opponents with a 2-1 record. In addition to Zumbach earning tournament MVP, both Koleva and Albright made the all-tournament team. The Tribe travels to Richmond this Tuesday for a match against Virginia Commonwealth, scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
season with a 2-0 shutout by Ohio, followed by a dismal performance against a resurgent Tribe attack en route to a 4-1 victory for the College. The Tribe gradually kicked into gear against the Red Flash, notching the first goal of the season at the 25th minute with a shot from sophomore midfielder Erin Menges. Courtesy of saves by Savage and sophomore defender Booter Ellis, the Tribe preserved the early 1-0 lead at the half. With the second half, the College’s offensive barrage of the goal began to show results, spearheaded by the efforts of senior forward Pippin Saunders. Seven minutes into the second half, Saunders sliced up the middle of the Red Flash defense and fired a shot past the far post into the net. After her first goal, Saunders repeated her scoring act eight minutes later, firing the pass from junior forward Olivia Hajek into the goal. With the additional four points gained by her two goals, Saunders’ 72 career-point total catapults her into the top-10 in school history for total points. The 3-0 lead didn’t last long, as the Red Flash finally showed some life with a quick strike at the 56-minute mark. However, the Tribe quickly reestablished the lead with another score in the 60th minute by sophomore forward Emma MacLeod. lSavage persevered through three more shots and three penalty set plays to secure the 4-1 Tribe win. Up next for the Tribe is a pair of weekend home games at Busch Field: Ohio (1-1) Friday night at 7 p.m. and Central Michigan (0-2) Sunday at noon.
Women s Soccer (3-1)
Football
Season opens at 1-1 record at tournament in Pennsylvania
William and Mary (1-1) can take solace in the fact that it has quite a few collegiate neighbors struggling against the Lock Haven Eagles. With the lopsided 3-0 victory over the Tribe on Friday at Charlotte Smith Field in Lock Haven, Pa., the Eagles are now 4-0 against Virginia college teams since 2013. In the opener of the Lock Haven Invitational, the College defense held the Eagles early, but surrendered the first goal off of a penalty stroke with just two minutes remaining in the first half. Offensively, the Tribe drew five penalties and shot five times in the first period, but could not turn its opportunities into goals. After the break, the College began to falter, its shot count dropping from five in the first half to just a pair in the second. With 10 minutes to play, the Eagles (2-0) went for the throat, driving in a goal off a deflected shot at the 60-minute mark of the game before adding an insurance goal just two minutes later. Senior goalkeeper Meredith Savage rejected six shots over the course of the game, but with the inexperienced defense, she was overwhelmed by the constant Lock Haven attacks. The Eagles triumphed over the visiting Tribe by a 3-0 mark. Sunday’s matchup against St. Francis (Pa.), in the consolation bracket of the tournament, offered a chance at redemption, of which the Tribe took full advantage. St Francis (0-2) skidded into the 2015
Winning at home
SCOREBOARD
FIELD HOCKEY
SUMNER HIGGINBOTHAM FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR
VOLLEYBALL
2015 Schedule Sept. 5: at Lafayette, 6 p.m. Sept. 19: at Virginia, 3:30 p.m. Sept. 26: vs Stony Brook, 7:30 p.m.* Oct. 3: at Delaware, 7:30 p.m.* Oct 10: at Villanova, 12 p.m.* Oct. 17: vs New Hampshire, 12 p.m.* Oct. 24: vs Hampton (Homecoming) Oct. 31: vs James Madison, 4 p.m.* Nov. 7: at Elon, 12 p.m.* Nov. 14: vs Towson, 1:30 p.m.* Nov. 21: at Richmond, 12 p.m.* * = Colonial Athletic Association game
Men s Soccer (0-1) Aug. 28: L, Louisville (1-0) 2, College 1 Sept. 1: vs Liberty (1-0), 7 p.m. Sept. 4: at North Carolina (2-0), 7p.m. Sept. 12: at Coastal Carolina (2-0), 7 p.m. Sept. 15: vs Charlotte (1-1-1), 7 p.m. Sept. 19: at Longwood (1-0), 6 p.m.
Cross Country Sept 1: at CNU XC Opener Sept. 18-19: W&M Cross Country Invitational Oct. 3: at Princeton Inter-Regional, TBA Oct. 16: at Wisconsin adidas Invitational Oct. 17: at CNU Invitational Men’s 8K Oct. 31: at CAA Championships
Aug. 21: W, College 5, Seton Hall (0-2-1) 1 Aug. 23: W, College 3, Georgetown (1-2-1) 0 Aug. 28: W, College 3, East Carolina (1-2-1) 0 Aug. 3: L, Duke (3-0-1) 2, College 0 Sept. 4-6: at N.C. State Tournament Sept. 11: vs Old Dominion (1-2), 7 p.m.
Field Hockey (1-1) Aug. 28: L, Lock Haven (2-0) 3. College 0 Aug. 30: W, College 4, St. Francis (0-2) 1 Sept. 4: vs Ohio (1-1), 7 p.m. Sept. 6: vs Central Michigan (0-2), 12 p.m. Sept. 11: at Old Dominion (1-1), 7 p.m.
Volleyball (2-1) Aug. 28: L, Gardner Webb (2-1) 3, College 2 Aug. 29: W, College 3, La Salle (2-1) 0 Aug. 29: W, College 3, Norfolk St (0-3) 1 Sept. 1: at VCU (1-2), 7 p.m. Sept. 5-6: at Army Invitational Sept. 11-12: at ECU Pirate Invitational
Women s Tennis Sept. 18-20: Tribe Invitational Oct. 2-4: at South Carolina Invitational Oct. 3-11: at ITA All-American Champs Oct. 15-19: at ITA Atlantic Regional Nov. 6-8: at Kitty Harrison Invitational Jan. 15: at Navy, 2:30 p.m.
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
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Shootouts and
shutouts COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS
Tribe blanks ECU in first half scoring-frenzy, outclassed vs. No. 21 Duke Senior midfielder Barbara Platenberg muscles a goal past the Pirate keeper off an assist from sophomore midfielder Haley Kavanaugh for the final goal against ECU on Friday. The Tribe scored all three goals of the game in the 1st half.
SUMNER HIGGINBOTHAM FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR In the dusty, voluminous book of sports analysts’ clichés, the chapter for the phrase “being on the same page” is well worn and well-known. Every score or good play known to mankind can be attributed to an athlete on the same page of something with someone else, whether it’s the player next to the athlete, the caddy or the waterboy. And if an athlete makes that crucial play, then said athlete has to be on the same page as their coach. Unless, of course, that athlete is sophomore back Elysse Branton and that game-breaking play is the crucial goal in the 3-0 triumph by William and Mary (3-1) over East Carolina University (1-2-1) last Friday for the home opener at Martin Family Stadium. After 27 minutes of both teams trading ball control, Branton took possession on the Tribe side of the midfield line before slicing through the Pirates’ defense and firing from the top of the keeper’s box for the College’s opening goal. Head coach John Daly knew that type of opportunity might present itself. “We talked about the fact that the defense sat deep, I hope [Elysse] was thinking as she went forward,” Daly said. “I had said before the game, ‘If you get to the thirty or twenty-yard mark, you can go a bit further.’ I hope she did because she remembered my scouting report. I wouldn’t count on it though.” Branton saw the opportunity a little differently than Daly. “I was dribbling down the field, and space opened up,” Branton said. “[Senior forward] Sam Cordum went on a great run that took two or three defenders
with her; it was wide open.” After the previous week’s upset over then-No. 25 Georgetown, Daly expressed concern entering the Friday matchup. “Complacency and confidence, there’s a fine line,” Daly said. “That great goal by Elysse was a key moment for the game, gave the crowd a great lift, and gave the kids a great lift.” Branton’s goal broke open the game after a lengthy stalemate, though each team had a serious opportunity at the 30-minute mark. Daly attributed some of the offensive struggle to Cordum’s continued issues with a knee injury. “If Sam was close to 100 percent, she would’ve gotten us Branton some goals,” Daly said. “We’ve got goals from sources that we didn’t get last year … and we’re getting different players in there.” Two of those new sources stepped up Friday. After Branton’s initial strike, the Tribe began to gain momentum against the outmatched Pirates, dominating possession time while surrendering few opportunities. Two minutes after the first goal, senior back Meghan Musgrove launched a Carli Lloyd-esque pass from midfield, laying the high ball right inside the six-yard box while the College attack crashed onto the pass. Senior forward Katie Johnson found the ball in the melee, and fired in the second goal. Right before halftime, the Tribe had the ball in the far corner against the baseline. Junior midfielder Haley Kavanaugh navigated around her defender and slipped the ball to senior midfielder Barbara
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College hires Kader as head coach Kader ’05 to replace his old coach, Peter Daub One knows they’re in for a magical tale when it begins with the return of a son to his home. Hopefully that’s the case for the William and Mary men’s tennis team which saw alumnus Jeff Kader ’05 return to Williamsburg to take over the head coaching position for the new season. This new hire comes after the departure of former head coach Peter Daub, who retired over the summer after 22 years with the Tribe. Kader played under Daub while a student. Kader becomes the College’s 17th coach for the team. In his time with the Tribe, COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS
he was part of the spring 2005 team that won the last men’s Colonial Athletic Association championship for the school before 2015’s title. “I am incredibly excited to come back to Williamsburg and lead the program that I once represented as a student athlete,” Kader told Tribe Athletics. Excitement is not the only thing Kader brings to the table; the former CAA champion brings extensive coaching experience. Prior to his hiring, Kader worked for five years at both North Carolina State and the University of Texas at San Antonio: from 2006-2010, Kader held an assistant coaching
position at N.C. State, and from 2010-2015, he held the head coach spot at San Antonio. During his time in Texas, he led his team to the 2012 Southland conference title and 2015 C-USA title and he was awarded ConferenceUSA Coach of the Year honors in 2015. In Kader the College has found itself a passionate leader who has found a way to win at every level. Although he has big shoes to fill after Daub, he will aspire to continue his track record of success as he leads the Tribe this season.
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LEFT: Jeff Kader in 2005 as a player under coach Peter Daub. RIGHT: Kader was head coach at UTSA this past season.
Platenberg, who sprinted towards the net and scored the College’s third goal of the contest. After the first half, the action grinded to a halt. “ECU stepped it up,” Daly said. “When you’re up 3-0 at the half, it’s hard to keep the foot on the gas. We defended the ball well but we kept coughing it up.” Cordum briefly went down in the 69th minute, but was able to walk off the field. Keeping up defense but unable to produce any more goals, the Tribe took its third consecutive victory with a 3-0 margin in full time. The celebration from winning the home opener was short-lived as No. 21 Duke (3-0-1) cruised to a 2-0 victory over the College last night in Durham, N.C. The Blue Devils outshot the Tribe 10-0 in the first half. Needless to say, senior keeper Caroline Casey was kept rather busy, racking up a career-high seven
saves. In all, Casey faced a deluge of 27 total shots and 11 corner kicks. Casey now is just six saves away from the fifth-most saves in school history. Clearly overmatched, the College managed a meager four shots, all in the second half. The defense held the Blue Devils scoreless in the first half before surrendering a goal in the 52nd minute, a rebound off of a penalty kick awarded for a Tribe handball. In the 56th minute, the game began to slip out of reach with another Duke goal. Kavanaugh had an opportunity in the 72nd minute, but couldn’t capitalize on the chance, and the game finished 2-0 in favor of the Blue Devils. Up next for the Tribe is the North Carolina State Tournament from Sept. 4-6. The College will play Wake Forest ( 1-0-1) at 5 p.m. Friday before facing host N.C. State (2-2) Sunday at 2 p.m.