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Vol. 102, Iss. 35 | Friday, February 15, 2013
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When students enter the College of William and Mary, the Honor Code is one of the most respected traditions they encounter. However, when the voter turnout for the Undergraduate Honor Council for the 2013-14 term came in Jan. 24, only 23.84 percent of the student body cast ballots. Despite the small turnout, this was an increase from 20.4 percent in 2011. “From my experience, it’s risen a tiny bit steadily over the past few years,” Elections Committee Chair Alice Shaughnessy ’13 said.
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Still, less than one quarter of the student body cast a vote in the recent election. “It’s kind of disheartening, especially because it is so easy to vote. And it’s hard, because you don’t know the candidates,” Incoming Council Chair Erin Hills ’14 said, comparing the numbers to similar turnouts for Student Assembly elections. “I think that all elections on campus face the same issues.” The recent rise may be due in part to See council page 4
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Every year, the Last Day of Classes ends the spring semester with a bang. This year, the Student Assembly, AMP and their collaborators came together to provide an LDOC eve concert featuring Kendrick Lamar and Big Boi. “I’m really excited that the concert’s happening,” SA Madame Chair Kendall Lorenzen ’15 said. “I think it’s going to bring great publicity to I AM W&M diversity week, as long as we make sure that [we] keep the concert about diversity and integrate what Kendrick Lamar and Big Boi bring. … [Kendrick Lamar] talks about actual issues and in dealing with diversity; it’s important to talk about things. Even his big song right now, Swimming Pool, is about his uncle’s battle with alcoholism. He just adds a huge degree of depth.” The concert will mark the end of I AM W&M Week April 15 in William and Mary Hall. I AM W&M Week is a yearly event celebrating the diversity of the College of William and Mary student body. Due to the date of Lamar’s concert, the week will run longer than usual. “I think it’ll be really fun,” Assistant Director of Student Activities Trici Frederick said. “I think one of the reasons this was possible is that we did secure a donor for Charter Day, so a lot of the funding we would have had to use for Charter Day we were able to move that over to this concert. … We had a pop artist and now we have a hip-hop artist, so it’s a better variety of music.” Selection of the I AM W&M concert was a collaborative effort between organizations on campus and administrators. SA President Curt Mills’ ’13 email announcing the concert highlighted the efforts of SA Secretary of Diversity Initiatives Neal Chabra ’14, WCWM Station Director Todd Van Luling ’13, AMP Music Chair Phil Basnight ’13 and Frederick. “First of all, a big attraction with Lamar is that he is somewhat close to our age, so that made more sense,” Mills said. “Secondly, he’s just on fire right now; the number two album in the country. … And after we signed him, he literally hosted SNL.” The SA hopes the concert will bring the diversity week program to the forefront of the minds of students. “In years past, I AM W&M has definitely had a presence, See lamar page 3
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One in Four changes name, message
College plans renovations of Tyler Hall
Aims to become more inclusive
Crews outline floor plans for a new fourth floor using current attic space
by ariel cohen flat hat staff writer
by bailey kirkpatrick flat hat assoc. news editor
One in four females experiences attempted sexual assault during her time in college, but sexual assault is not limited to women. Men and transgender people experience this tragedy as well. As such, College of William and Mary students decided it was time to recognize this common fallacy and expand sexual assault prevention groups on campus. “This is a human issue, not a gender issue,” President of Someone You Know Tim Lee ’13 said. “That’s what we were thinking about when we were renaming the organization. Our old name, One in Four, was gender specific, found in a study that applied to women. We wanted a more open message and to be more empowering to everyone on campus.” Last week, the student-run group formerly known as One in Four recently made the unanimous decision to break ties with the national One in Four group and to create a more inclusive student group dedicated to sexual assault prevention for all students, regardless of gender. The new group will be called “Someone You Know.”
Tyler Hall, the current home of the College of William and Mary’s English and psychology departments, is now the subject of renovation discussion still in it’s early stages. When considering building design, public colleges and universities must receive approval from the state government before completing concept designs and commencing construction. “We have finished the first step of the process, which is the schematic design, or how we divide up the existing floor space, set up adjacencies, and calculate the cost,” Director of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction Wayne Boy said. “We are currently having conversations with [the state government] about what the budget for the project should be.” A number of reasons triggered
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Tyler Hall will become the new home for the economics, government and international relations departments once renovated.
the renovation discussions, two of which are the age of building and the conditions of the building’s systems. “We want to bring [Tyler] to modernity, include more sustainable building practices and features,
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create a pedagogy to support modern teaching methods, make the building more accessible to all, and update it so [that] it complies with building code requirements,” Boy said. Once completed, the renovated
Technology may increase the speed at which we communicate, but the substance of our conversations is getting lost. page 5
Tyler Hall will house the government, economics and international relations departments, as well as the institute for public policy. The English See Tyler page 3
Spring season set to kick off
Tribe baseball and lacrosse kick off this week. We break down both teams and the challenges they face in 2013. page 7