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Innovating Steer Clear New application uses algorithm to reduce student wait times, optimize routes by VERONIQUE BARBOUR THE FLAT HAT
A recent Student Assembly bill provided funding for a new Steer Clear mobile website application that will allow Steer Clear to give students a more accurate wait time. “What we do is we seek to provide a safe means of travel on the weekends at night to prevent essentially bad things from happening. Our mission is first and foremost to prevent drunk driving, but secondary to prevent people from walking home unaccompanied at night,” Steer Clear Director Mark Moran ’14 said. Many hope the new bill will solve problems Steer Clear has recently faced. “I think some of its main problems were inefficacy and long wait times,” Kendall Lorenzen ’15, chair of the Senate for Student Assembly, said. “There were problems with accessibility and availability. Also, transparency on the way Steer Clear works [was a problem], because they had two vans and they wouldn’t really coordinate how they would work and sometimes they would pass each other going to the same group and this technology will greatly improve that aspect.” The act will also provide two tablets for Steer Clear drivers to use to access the website and to utilize GPS for directions and more efficient routes to reach students. “This app is going to use the lowest possible wait time on average through
this mathematical equation to send the vans to the people who will make the wait time the lowest as possible,” Moran said. SA Senator Colin Danly ‘15 remarked on what the program will mean for Steer Clear users. “It really makes the facilitation of getting people and bringing them safely to their destination a whole lot quicker. It will make security and safety on this campus a whole lot better,” Danly said. Use of the website and student service requests are free. The Drop Tables Programming Guild, also known as the Programming Club, created the website for Steer Clear. “There are many features that we hope to add that will not be in the first version of the app. We definitely hope to continue to develop for a long time, using feedback from Steer Clear and passengers in order to improve the app,” Programming Club member and Steer Clear project manager and driver Nathan Schaaf ’15 said. This website is estimated to be released to students by the end of the semester, and after some time, Steer Clear will be able to see the results of the program and judge its effectiveness. “After they institute the program, they will be able to access data which is really important for the coming years because they will be able to [better] understand when the peak and the flux times are,” Danly said. The SA Facebook page and Twitter account will announce when the new applications are in place.
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Alcohol law cases increase Auto theft also increases in the 2011 College crime statistics by matt esporrin the flat hat
WHAT: Phone application with new algorithm technology WHY: To increase effeciency and decrease wait time WHEN: estimated release by end of the semester HOW: Student Assembly funding
The College of William and Mary has a reputation for being a relatively safe campus, which has been confirmed by the recently released 2011 crime statistics. Although there were some fluctuations, all of the crime rates remained low. However, the one area of the recent crime report that has significantly increased is the amount of liquor law disciplinary cases. These cases are based only on the grounds of school policy and do not include driving under the influence and public intoxication arrests. In 2010, there were 198 such cases, while, in 2011, there were 278 cases. William and Mary Police Chief Don Challis thinks that most of the incidences were caused by underage possession of alcohol. Although these cases did not involve police, Challis feels that the increase in reports exhibits the community values of the College. “It is a reflection of a caring community when students call for medical help for their classmates who Challis may be in a dangerous condition. The rise in the numbers of reported incidences probably has to do with worried students trying to help their classmates,” Challis said. Challis also acknowledged that the campus police department’s number of alcohol-related arrests did not fluctuate in the same way that the liquor law disciplinary cases did with the College administration. “Each year, we tend to have alcohol-related arrests in the high-teens to low-twenties in terms of quantity,” Challis See STATISTICS page 3
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Loan policy limits student recipients
Panel discusses history of voter suppression
Students discuss plan changes
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Jim Crow Lives panel members converse on racially based voter ID policies
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President Barack Obama’s changes to the income-based repayment plan will only marginally help its touted benefiters, low-income students, while high-income students with large debts will reap most of the benefits, according to a report released last Tuesday by the New America Foundation. As the income-based plan currently stands, borrowers pay back up to 15 percent of their annual incomes per month and can expect loan forgiveness by the government in 25 years. Obama’s plan reduces the monthly cap to 10 percent and payment time to 20 years. These changes were set to start with borrowers in 2014 but now may take effect as early as this year. That may not be soon enough. “It won’t apply to anyone who started repaying just as the recession was coming on, so it’s not going to help the bulk of the people who are in trouble because of the downturn,” Professor David Feldman, College of William and Mary economics department chair, said. Although the program was advertised by the Obama administration as a way to ease the financial burden on lower and middle class students, low-income borrowers will see only a 5 to 20 dollar decrease in monthly payments, while high-income students with large amounts of debt from graduate or professional schools will see potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt forgiven after 20 years. “I don’t think I agree with the fact that people’s loans are being forgiven after a certain amount of time because I feel like it’s part of personal responsibility — that if you decide to go to law school, you’re going to have to pay for that,” Erin See loans page 3
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Eleven states passed voter ID laws since 2011 requiring voters to present valid ID at the polls. With the 2012 election approaching, many have begun to argue this is not an attempt to stop voter fraud, but a return to voter suppression and the Jim Crow era. The Africana Studies Mellon Panel Series presented Voter Suppression: Jim Crow Lives Oct. 18. The panel — including Lemon Project Co-Chairperson Jung Hyun Lee / THE FLAT HAT and Managing Director Jody L. Members of the Africana Studies Mellon Panel Series discussed new voter ID requirements and resulting voter suppression. Allen, Co-Director of the Election Law Program Rebecca Green, of the new era in American exist, no action has been taken to that white people will become the minority in this country,” and Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow politics where African American correct it. “This is really inexcusable Thelwell said. of Africana Studies Chinua citizenship is going to be fully The Republican Party is reThelwell — discussed the history protected took a major blow behavior for a 21st century of voter suppression in America during the presidential election of democracy, in my opinion,” sponsible for passing almost evand the continued presence of 2000. There were, indeed, many Thelwell said. “It is important to ery piece of voter ID requirement violations of the Voting Rights Act note that there was no smoking legislation. Because most minorisuch policies. gun. Investigators were unable ties in America identify with the “Voter suppression is not new; of 1965,” Thelwell said. 14.4 percent of all African to uncover a conspiracy to Democratic Party, this pattern it’s been around for a long time. We know that there is a consistent American votes in Florida were suppress the black vote. American has raised suspicion. “Some Republicans have attempt to maintain power, and rejected, while only 1.6 percent democracy didn’t work for a large one of the ways to do that is to of non-African American votes section of African American voters decided that the best way to deal with the population that is were rejected. Inadequate voting in Florida.” suppress the vote,” Allen said. Many attribute this return to unlikely to vote Republican is to More recently, political technology in African American unauthorized voter suppression to changing put legislation in place that makes analysts have found evidence neighborhoods, of suppression of the minority police roadblocks and other demographics of the American it more difficult for that population to vote,” Thelwell said. vote in Florida during the 2000 obstacles were put in the way of population. “By the year 2050, most black voters. Although evidence presidential election. “For many people, the narrative of this voter suppression does demographers have predicted See voting page 3
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According to The Washington Post, Gov. Bob McDonnell defended Gov. Mitt Romney’s “binders full of women” comment during a talk with CNN’s Soledad O’Brien. “Mitt Romney’s point was that he actually affirmatively went out to make sure that he had great, competent, qualified women in his cabinet,” McDonnell said. “I think at one point, he had more women in his cabinet than any governor in the country.” He also stated that women are concerned about the economy and government, not just about social issues.
The rate of auto theft is still low. It is not like a chop shop opened up outside of campus. Four of the stolen vehicles were scooters and another was a golf cart.
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The Virginia Gazette reported that four homes in Kingsmill have been burglarized in the past four months. “In [all] cases, someone reportedly entered the residence at night while the residents were asleep,” James City County policeman Stephen Rubino said. The robbers reportedly took small objects such as wallets, laptops, other electronics and prescription drugs. Kingsmill Police sent out an email to homeowners urging them to ensure their homes and vehicles are secure. The Virginia Living Museum is asking for funding from the City of Newport News in order to fill its budget gap, according to the Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily. The VLM lost state funding in 2000, which began its financial troubles. In 2009, it was required to pay back $9 million in loans, and it has had two serious floods in the past year. Currently, $500,000 of the museum’s $4 million budget comes from the city. In order to tighten operations, the VLM has recently made budget cuts, eliminated positions and increased event rentals. “There are a million possible solutions [to VLM budget needs], and we are being proactive right now,” VLM Executive Director Page Hayhurst said. According to The Daily Press, a 30-year-old man drowned off Yorktown Beach early Sunday morning. A spokesman for the Virginia Marine Resources Commission said the man was fishing with friends when he jumped off the boat to swim to a bar. Investigators said he attempted to swim back to the boat several hours later. He was found dead at 3:30 a.m.
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Drum major Robert Champion’s 2011 hazing death sparked criminal charges against a dozen members Florida A&M University’s Marching 100 Band.
Student wins city alderman seat
Illegal bonus for ex-president of CT college system According to The Hartford Courant, the former president of Connecticut’s state university and community college system received at least $100,000 more than his stated salary for 13 months. He resigned earlier this month after he admitted to awarding $250,000 in pay raises to staff over the past year without the approval of the Board of Regents. Kennedy is also criticized for his nine-week absence from the university during the summer. Green Mountain College to slaughter oxen According to NPR, a small college in Vermont plans to slaughter two oxen that reside on the campus’ Carridwen Farm and serve the meat in its dining hall. The oxen, Bill and Lou, formerly worked the campus farm, but Lou stepped in a gopher hole, injuring his leg and forcing the pair into early retirement. While a petition to save Bill and Lou has attracted more than 30,000 signatures, the college cited sustainability as the reason to slaughter the pair. The head of Green Mountain College’s Farm and Food project stated that the project has always been focused on sustainability at the farm. Additionally, school officials say meat from the oxen will supply more than a months’ worth of hamburger.
Frankie Dakin, a junior at Rhodes College, won an alderman seat in his hometown of Millington, a suburb of Memphis, Tenn. In February, the city’s mayor Richard Hodges was indicted on bribery charges. According to USA Today, Dakin attended the city meeting during which the mayor resigned. After the meeting, he vowed to make his city better by running for political office. He beat the city’s longest-serving incumbent alderman, 58 percent to 42 percent. The 20-year-old political economy major will take office in January 2013. Florida judge to sentence college band member A judge sentenced former Florida A&M University band member Bryan Jones in the hazing death of college drum major Robert Champion, according to the Chicago Tribune. He was sentenced to six months of house arrest and two years of probation. Champion was beaten to death during a marching band hazing ritual on a trip to Orlando Nov. 19, 2011. His death was ruled as a homicide as a result of a hemorrhagic shock caused by blunt force trauma. Bryan Jones is the first of 12 members of the college’s Marching 100 to face sentencing. Both the band director and the university president resigned as a result of the event.
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CORRECTIONS An article in the Oct. 19 issue called University Archivist Amy Schindler a “self-described historian.” While Schindler said that she is personally interested in 20th century history, she does not consider herself a historian.
Oct. 8 to Oct. 15 Oct. 8 — A painting was stolen from the 1 Monday, Sadler Center at an estimated value of $150. Oct. 12 — A bicycle was stolen from 300 2 Friday, Ukrop Way at an estimated value of $350.
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Oct. 15 — Two flags were stolen from 3 Monday, House 11 at an estimated value of $217.
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News in brief College’s women speak at forum The Sadler Center hosted a group of nearly 200 women who work at the College of William and Mary Oct. 18 so they could openly discuss many of the things going on in their lives. They discussed their concerns, recent achievements, recognition for others and family life. Women attending the event included Geology Professor Rowan Lockwood, the co-chair of The Women’s Network, and newly hired associate director of strategic communications and outreach for Swem Library Tami Back. The Women’s Network sponsored the forum as a way to get women together and empower them to talk about the issues they face or simply wish to talk about everyday.
Annual College Raft Debate The College’s Office of Graduate Studies and Research will again be holding its annual Raft Debate Nov.7 in which three of the College’s professors — the supposed survivors of a shipwreck — debate why each of their areas of study is the most valuable to their collective survival. Community studies professor Anne H. Charity Hudley will be debating as the humanist, government professor Christine Nemacheck will be representing the social scientists, associate professor of biology Oliver Kerscher will play the role of scientist, and associate professor of american studies and English Arthur Knight will be playing the devil’s advocate in the scenario.
Professor Zahavi-Ely producing opera College professor of Biblical Hebrew Naama Zahavi-Ely attends every performance of the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv Israel when she visits there and has developed a passion for opera. Zahavi-Ely now has succeeded in bringing the opera she adores so much to Williamsburg by putting on her own opera, and for the first time, putting together her own cast, crew, wardrobe and set. Her opera, “The Elixir of Love,” will debut at the Kimball Theatre in Colonial Williamsburg Oct. 26. With the help of the organization she founded, Opera in Williamsburg, ZahaviEly hopes to put on many more operas and make opera a more integral part of the Williamsburg artistic scene.
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Offices merge to spearhead diversity efforts Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity formed to increase efficiency, reduce redundancy by ANNIE CURRAN the flat hat
The College of William and Mary’s Office of Community and Diversity Initiatives and Office of Equal Opportunity have merged. In an announcement Oct. 8, the College stated that Chon Glover will serve as head of the new Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity. “The office will spearhead the university’s affirmative action and diversity efforts and help achieve the university’s high expectations for equal opportunity and fair treatment,” the College said in the official statement. According to the official announcement, Glover has served as Assistant to the President for Diversity and Community Initiatives under College President Taylor Reveley. While no resources from either department have been cut, additional resources have not been allotted because the merger is still in its early stages. Chief Compliance Officer and Title XI Coordinator Kiersten Boyce believes that
having one office handle diversity and equal opportunity issues is very common. “At many universities — including many of our peers — diversity and equal opportunity are united in the same department,” she said. Glover says that while each of the offices will retain their previous roles, they will now work closely to achieve shared objectives. “Whether [in] a workplace or classroom environment, it is important for individuals to be respected and feel valued,” Glover said in an e-mail. “I’m excited about the possibilities that will emerge from this merger to benefit both current and future William and Mary students and employees.” Assistant Director of Equal Opportunity Sharron Gatling is looking forward to Glover’s involvement and leadership. “What’s going to make the difference is the person who is leading this,” Gatling said. “She is going to be very instrumental in moving the two offices further.” Glover will be working closely with Boyce and Gatling in the new
office. Boyce does not work in the new office, but will collaborate on certain tasks including promoting awareness of discrimination and conducting internal investigations if a student or employee makes a formal complaint. Glover is looking forward to working with Gatling and others. “I am a strong believer in collaboration, and this new alignment will both provide and require many connections across campus,” Glover said. She believes that the merger will make both offices more efficient because of increased support. “There were efforts that each office was focused on separately, such as the diversification of our faculty, and now we can align more intentionally,” Glover said. “In collaboration with the Office of Human Resources, we can provide greater assistance to academic and administrative offices in both their recruitment and retention efforts.” Boyce also believes that the merger will allow the College to pursue these efforts more effectively and efficiently. “There are also efficiencies in the
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The Office of Equal Opportunity, located in the Hornsby House, will join the Office of Diversity.
investigation area,” Boyce said in an e-mail. “For a university of W&M’s size and budget, it is more efficient to focus investigative capacity, which requires skills and training quite different from that needed for other equal opportunity functions, in one office, rather than trying
to develop and maintain it in two.” Gatling has high praise for the College’s decision to merge the offices. “It is [an] absolutely great move for the college to make,” Gatling said. “Some of those goals and initiatives, they do overlap.”
Professors talk loan plan
Panel notes suppression prevalence
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Hills ’14 said. These benefits for high-income borrowers who earn upwards of $100,000 year does not seem fair to Johanna Hribal ’13, currently studying at the School of Education. “If I’m a teacher, I work hard too,” Hribal said. “But I’ll only be making at most $40,000 a year, so it’s going to be a lot harder for me than for them.” Economics professor Robert Archibald wasn’t sure the policy was unfair. “I don’t know if it’s a matter of fair or not,” Archibald said. “It’s just a matter of if you are worried about people with excessive loan burdens, then you develop a program and you say anyone
who has excessive loan burdens can come in.” Feldman argued that the focus of the student loan debate lies too much on the outliers, those with significant amounts of debt. “The idea that we have this national catastrophe because the average student is coming out with debt equal to the cost of an economy car is laughable. 90 percent of borrowers don’t have $45,000 worth of debt,” Feldman said. But students are still worried about the results. “That’s if you’re not incurring any extra debt. In this day and age you can’t get a job with the undergraduate level that’s long lasting. So instead of me buying that midsized Toyota Camry, I’m now buying the upscale Lexus that I can’t afford,” Hills said.
There are other potential causes for the rise in voter ID legislation. “What is the motive behind passing these voter ID laws? One is that it’s straight up racism; the motive is to prevent minorities from voting,” Green said. “The other possibility is politics. The third possibility is sincere concern for voter fraud.” According to Green, there is widespread doubt that the prevention of voter fraud is the goal of these laws. “It is important to note that if you require someone to bring a voter ID to the polls, it is a very narrow class of election fraud that you will prevent. All you will be able to prevent is voter impersonation. No one has come up with many examples of that happening,” Green said. Many states have passed voter ID legislation that will not be enacted in time for the 2012 election, which may cause confusion among voters. “It’s not clear that people are going to know what they’re supposed to do, and there are people who may not have the proper ID and might not be able to vote on Election Day,” Green said. This issue has proven to be difficult to resolve
as the two political parties maintain opposing views on what the legislation aims to accomplish. “It really has come from a deep distrust on both sides of the aisle. One side believes very strongly that what is going on here is voter suppression. The other side believes that what’s going on is massive voter fraud,” Green said. Many residents of Williamsburg came out to hear the panel and join the discussion. “It’s really sad in America, the greatest country on Earth, that men and women, no matter your ideology, would go to these lengths to prevent people from voting. I’m very saddened by that. That’s not the kind of country we want our children and grandchildren to grow up in,” Carlton Stockton, a Williamsburg resident, said. According to Thelwell, no matter the motives behind these pieces of legislation, many minority voters are being disenfranchised around the country regardless. “Jim Crow lives. The strategies used in order to suppress the vote have changed post-1965; they have evolved into new kinds of race-neutral legislation [and] new kinds of technology. Voter suppression is less harsh — it is less overt today — but it still exists,” Thelwell said.
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said. “We try to provide a safe environmnet and we are not out to catch students for the sake of arresting people. We have no quota for arrests we need to make each year.” Motor vehicle theft also increased. In 2009, no motor vehicles were reported stolen from campus, and there was only one vehicle stolen in 2010. However, in 2011, there were seven vehicles stolen. Challis does not feel that last year’s relatively high rate of auto theft is a problem that will continue to escalate. “The rate of auto theft is still low. It is not like a chop shop opened up outside of campus. Four of the stolen vehicles were scooters, and another was a golf cart,” Challis said. The rate of burglary in on-campus student housing
doubled between 2009 and 2011, increasing from eight to 16 reported incidences. Challis felt that this increase has resulted from multiple factors. “There are more things to steal from dorms today because of electronics. Laptops and iPods are commonly left out in unlocked dorm rooms,” Challis said. “Also, students should treat their dorm room as they would their house; they should lock up before they leave.” Drug abuse arrests were one of the decreasing trends on campus over the past year. Although there were just six such arrests made in 2010, there was only one in 2011. “I think students are finally getting the message that being caught with drugs is most likely going to result in a temporary dismissal from campus at the minimum, and the students know that the risk is too great,” Challis said.
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What’s wrong with higher education? If learning to think critically isn’t the point of college, what is? It sounds like a broad, abstract question, but the answer is pivotal. If the general paying public and those setting the price and curriculum of college can agree on a singular idea of what college should be, then perhaps an agreeable price can be found to help lower that “crisis” status. Flat Hat Assoc. sports Editor So, what’s the point of college? Apparently not critical thinking. It must be learning to live independently. College teaches you how to do your own laundry, scrounge for food at high-quality As Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama light up media eating institutions like Wawa, dress yourself and function all by cycles and outline their platforms, there’s an issue that’s been swept yourself, away from your parents. That seems good. under the rug: the state of higher education in America. But, wait. How was your fall break? I hope it was good, and I There have been whispers of America’s declining education system hope you saw your family. If you did, that’s proof that college isn’t for years now, but are they substantiated? Are we in a state of crisis? all about independence. More importantly, attending an institute How do we fix it? of higher education isn’t the best way to learn independence. A new study by Time and the Carnegie Corporation New York Here, you depend on the college to provide food, shelter and surveyed “1,000 U.S. adults and 540 senior administrators at public something to do. If you want to be independent, go camping. and private two- and four-year colleges and universities” with We’re back to square one. What’s the point of college? It surprising results. 89 percent of U.S. adults and 96 percent of higher can’t be learning to think critically. And it’s not learning to live education administrators ranked the state of education as “in crisis;” independently. Well, it must be learning how moreover, roughly 40 percent of both parties to network! said the crisis is “severe.” If the point of college is indeed Networking gets you contacts, contacts get Obviously, there is a problem. to learn to think critically, you jobs, jobs get you a house and 2.5 kids! Any number of factors enters into then we’ll need a major Talk to any older person who has played this this crisis — student debt, not receiving game before — they’ll all tell you it’s about an adequate education for the cost of paradigm shift in society. who you know. This is great advice. education, inaccessibility of college to the But wait. College isn’t the only place to underprivileged, money, money, money. network. Look at millions of people who never attend college and The list continues. I’m not an economics major, but it seems as if all end up happy and employed. That can’t be it. these factors have a basic motivating factor beneath them. Back to square one again. What’s the point of college? It’s Up to 80 percent of the general population stated they do not not learning to network, it’s not learning to live independently, believe that the education students receive reflects the cost to attend and according to 74 percent of the population, it’s certainly not a college or university. A division between the U.S. population and thinking critically. higher education administrators arises; somewhere along the line But wait. What if it is? Thinking critically allows you to live there’s a fundamental difference. In fact, per the study: “Only 26 percent of the general public ranked independently, network and gives you a vast number of other amazing benefits. ‘to learn to think critically’ as either the most important or second If the point of college is indeed to learn to think critically, then most important reason people should go to college, compared with we’ll need a major paradigm shift in society. Only when the close to two-thirds of college leaders, 62 percent, who included general public and higher education administrators get on the critical thinking in their top two choices.” same page about the point of attending a university can we nix this On one hand we have the general population who says that “crisis” in the butt. learning to think critically isn’t a main priority of higher education. On the other, we have the administrators who say it is. Email Chris Weber at cmweber@email.wm.edu.
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n a struggling economy, one thing is clear: Education does not come cheap. Tuition costs at the College of William and Mary seem to be in a never-ending upward spiral. Pair that with the increased difficulty in finding jobs and growing demand for masters degrees, and it should come as no surprise that student debt is rapidly rising. President Barack Obama’s proposed plan to help students shoulder this debt involves loan forgiveness after 25 years. Affordable education is necessary for closing the opportunity gap; however, the plan’s flat-line basis for loan forgiveness does not help low and middle-income students, and it is laden with negative consequences for the federal government’s budget. Obama’s plan assigns loan forgiveness based on how much debt students have acquired, so a high-income student with higher debt from graduate school could receive more forgiveness than a low-to middle income student. Loan forgiveness that is assigned on a bottomline basis is inherently unfair and would mean that the problem of soaring student debt would only be solved for some. Professional schools like medical school and law school are expensive, but students in these schools tend to make more money after graduation than someone attending a graduate school for anthropology or classical studies. Furthermore, because this plan promises loan forgiveness, it removes any incentive on the part of colleges to strive for a low cost of tuition. With this plan, colleges could argue that students will not be affected by rising tuition rates and therefore justify increasing the price tag. Ultimately, this act will hurt students who must pay back their loans for the first 25 years. Such large debt will force students to make the maximum payment possible for that time. After the 25 years, the debt will be passed off to the federal government. If students are no longer able to pay the price of tuition, then the federal government will be left shouldering this massive debt — and if the current federal deficit is any indicator, the U.S. government cannot afford to take on this cost. At the College, Obama’s plan has very real consequences for the tuition cost that students pay. Since it is a public school, the College’s tuition is determined primarily by the commonwealth of Virginia. If the state government decides that because of the debt forgiveness program, a rise in tuition will not hurt students, the state could dramatically cut the amount of funding it gives to the College and let the price of tuition skyrocket. Ultimately, the federal government would be left cleaning up the mess of unpaid debts resulting from a situation they have helped create. Student debt will not be solved by loan forgiveness; rather, this problem needs to be addressed before students graduate. The only practical solution is to strive for lower tuition costs, which will lessen the burden of debt for everyone. At the College, this means doing everything possible to get more funding from the state and to make the most efficient use of the funding that the school receives. 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 Katherine Chiglinsky, Elizabeth DeBusk, Katie Demeria, Jill Found and Vanessa Remmers. 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.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Campaign to stop dating violence To the Editor: The Red Flag Campaign is a national campaign dedicated to raising awareness of dating violence on U.S. college campuses. The Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance, along with college students and personnel, designed the campaign as an awareness project to encourage everybody to speak out against red flags. Starting Thursday, Oct. 18 the Healthy Relationships/Sexual Aggression Prevention Branch of [Health] Outreach Peer Educators is bringing the Red Flag Campaign to the [College of William and Mary] campus. This is an important campaign for our campus, as research shows that dating violence, both emotional and physical, occurs in roughly 1 in 5 college partnerships. A red flag is anything from a sign of emotional abuse and control, to an experience of sexual aggression and violence. As members of the W&M Tribe, we each have the
power to prevent dating violence and to encourage awareness of potential red flags. In our community, it is unacceptable to be a passive bystander and not work to improve the relationships on our campus. By refusing to speak out and act against red flags in relationships, we send the message that the behavior is acceptable and that it is not okay to stand up against dating violence. The Red Flag Campaign is all-inclusive: It is for every gender identity, sexual identity, and for all types of relationships. On Wednesday Oct. 24 in Tidewater A from 7:00-8:30pm we will show a bystander intervention video and host a discussion of the Red Flag Campaign on the [College’s] campus. This event will be a chance to take part in an ongoing dialogue about how each of us can make the [College’s] campus a better place to live and thrive. Please look for the schedule of events listed in the Facebook event “Red Flag Campaign Week at WM.” The change starts with you!
—Katie Stiffler ’13
Liberal arts and the real world: A vocational degree isn’t necessary for success Emily Kelley
Flat Hat Staff Columnist
Major in something that genuinely interests you. Treat your undergraduate years as a chance to explore a variety of areas. Learn about the world from as many angles as possible. There will be time for vocational training later. These were among the many pieces of advice my parents reeled off as I loaded up the car for college and my mother began to panic at the thought of all of the things she’d forgotten to teach me. I don’t want to thank them too soon — I haven’t begun applying for
jobs yet — but as graduation draws nearer, I can say that I’ve appreciated their support in my decision to major and minor in liberal arts subjects, especially when others have told me with confidence that I’ll be “screwed” when I enter the real world. With the competition for postcollege jobs getting fiercer each year, students are piling on the work and extracurriculars in an effort to give their resumes an edge over others’. This includes double majors. Top schools are now seeing 30-40 percent of students graduating with two degrees. What’s more, there has been a growing trend toward occupational degrees, such as business, and away from the liberal arts. I have nothing against majoring in these subjects. But I do recommend avoiding taking on a certain major or a
crushing workload with tunnel vision toward potential post-college careers. We’re here for a brief four years, a time that we’re often told is the best of our lives. If it’s not the best, this much can be said for it: It’s the time we spend our teenage years looking forward to, and the rest of our lives remembering. It’s a source of anecdotes, of diehard dedication to our alma mater, of friendships that last into old age. It seems a shame to waste our time buried in textbooks about subjects which we don’t even find interesting. You have the rest of your life to work. Enroll in classes all over the map, and pursue the subjects that you enjoy. Take note of what you find yourself doing in your free time, and find a way to do it for pay. Go out and work for a few years before choosing a path; and
then go to graduate school and train for it. Learn to think and explore and be open minded — that’s college. Postcollege is forever.
If nothing else, we need to relax. Responsibility is scary, but so is regret. Email Emily Kelley at emkelley@ email.wm.edu.
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PETER CHANG
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nless you’re already familiar with his name, you may not know that one of the most revered, sought-after and, according to some, mysterious Szechuan chefs in the United States has quietly set up shop in Williamsburg, just blocks from campus. Do a little research (actually, just Google him), and you’ll find that Peter Chang — the man whose name now proudly adorns the otherwise unspectacular restaurant front at 1203 Richmond Road — is in many respects, a hero in foodie circles. The New Yorker published a long piece on his journey from restaurant to restaurant in 2010, and food writer Todd Kliman once called him “the perfect chef.” With hype like that, one might think that the former chef of the Chinese embassy is now just sitting back and cashing in on his name, opening up restaurants (he already has restaurants in Richmond and Charlottesville) he’ll hardly ever wield the wok. Not so. When we walked in to Peter Chang’s China Cafe one afternoon, the man himself was there to step out of the kitchen and greet us before squeezing in a quick nap between the lunch rush and the dinner rush. And when you taste the food, you’ll know that Chang and his team of chefs — all of whom trained with him in China — are doing anything but resting on their laurels. Take, for instance, the fried eggplant: it is deep fried quickly and then thrown into a wok with cilantro, pepper, scallions and other spices. The result is a delicate, tender and, above-all, tasty appetizer. Gen Lee, Chang’s business partner and former Goldman Sachs banker, says Chang’s passion for food began out of desperation. “In America, people say, ‘I want to be an Iron Chef,’” Lee said. “Chang is from a very poor village; he just wanted food to eat, that’s why he wanted to be a chef … he would practice his cutting skills on newspaper.” Another of Chang’s best dishes is the sham city chicken, in which tiny chunks of chicken
are paired with Sichuan chiles for a very delicious — and very hot — savory entree. The crispy pork belly is another outstanding dish, perfectly crispy and infused with an incredible smoky flavor. For the relative quality of the food, the prices are very reasonable. Most appetizers are priced in the $8 range, while main courses are around $15. No, you can’t get it all buffet-style for $11, but you also can’t find authentic Szechuan cooking like this anywhere else in Williamsburg. Lee says the chef — who cycles between his three restaurants — likes college towns because of the open-minded people he finds in them. “He wants to educate Americans,” Lee said. “Show them what real Chinese food is like.” What better way to do that than to serve them top-grade Chinese food? Unquestionably, some will be turned off by a few seemingly exotic dishes and the fact that most require a certain tolerance for heat. But if your sinuses can hold up, you’ll be rewarded with some of the most unique and delicious food in the Williamsburg area.
Lee says that Chang — who previously bounced around small Chinese eateries along the East Coast, cultivating in each a devoted following before picking up and leaving for reasons unknown — has finally found a business arrangement that best suits him. Food bloggers loved to speculate about why he never stayed in one place for long, but Lee says the truth is a lot less spectacular than some of the conspiracies. “If you read some articles, they’d say the mafia was after him, immigration was coming for him,” Lee said. “He would just fight with people because they only wanted money. Now, it’s no shortcuts. [Our goal is] not to make money today; we want to do it right first.” Lee said that they’ve been turning some would-be patrons away because they haven’t built the restaurant’s staff up to where it could operate to Chang’s standards on busy nights. Good help, Lee says, is hard to come by. But if Chang and his chefs continue to work their magic in the kitchen, they won’t be able to keep people out of the dining room for long.
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Chef Peter Chang adds Williamsburg to his list of restaurant locations. His goal is to introduce Americans to authentic Chinese cuisine.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
OKTOBERFEST
Going in through the back door
If it fails to seduce, you might be doing it wrong
Elaine Bevington
BEhind closed doors columnist
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The German Studies Section brought Oktoberfest to the College of William and Mary Saturday, Oct. 20. The event featured traditional Oktoberfest foods such as bratwurst and Bouletten, and took place outside of Giles Hall, where the German language house is located.
Let’s talk about anal sex. It’s a topic I have delicately avoided for ages because it scared me, and grossed me out a bit, truthfully. The consensus among my girlfriends when sex conversations start to veer in that direction is that we just won’t go there, unless we’re talking about Dan Savage and Rick Santorum. Lena Dunham went there in the pilot episode of “Girls.” She writes for HBO, so she can. Dunham’s treatment of the subject seemed to summarize how we, as a society, are supposed to feel about anal sex. If you are a boy, it’s the holy grail of sex that you would be lucky to convince a girlfriend or partner to agree to. If you are a girl, it’s the awkward and somewhat perverse kind of sex that you would be lucky never to be asked to perform. See BACK DOOR page 6
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Comedian Rob Gleeson, who has performed onstage around the country as well as on TV shows, brought his routine to Lodge 1 at the College of William and Mary last Saturday .
Diverse styles of humor make Rob Gleeson’s routine a success BY CLAIRE GILLESPIE THE FLAT HAT
In a routine in which he compared station wagons to fanny packs, made fun of freshman halls and told stories of one student’s stuffed-cat care package, Rob Gleeson inspired laughs from the audience during his performance at Lodge 1 last Saturday evening. Gleeson, brought to campus by AMP, stars as the character Keith in the final season of Nickelodeon’s “iCarly” and has a role on Fox’s new show “Ben and Kate.” Gleeson, who tours colleges when he is not acting, is a Midwestern native and a graduate of the University of Denver, where he studied economics and Chinese. He is a current Los Angeles resident. “He was really funny because he didn’t do only bits,” Karthik Ilakkuvan ’13 said. “He was interacting with us. I’ve never seen a comedian that has been so audience interactive.” Indeed, Gleeson did tailor specific comments to the student audience. He joked that the Dalai Lama was a tough act to follow and referenced the College of
William and Mary’s rivalry with the University of Virginia. “What, did Thomas Jefferson decide he was going to found a school for kids who aren’t as smart?” Gleeson said. Gleeson also told stories about awkward interactions with children, talked about his annoyance with people who claimed to be addicts just by adding “holic” to the end of words and questioned pumpernickel bread and the necessity of twelve grains. Several jokes pertained specifically to his life. “Turns out, I’m a real sucker for cougars,” he said. “You could call me a poacher. Last week, I had a cougar ask me, ‘Young man, do you have any money?’ Sweetheart, if I had money, I’d be talking to women my own age. If you’re a cougar and you’re broke, in my book, you’re a coyote.” At one point, Gleeson asked about freshman halls on campus. From the roar of the audience, he picked out the name Gooch Hall, which he deemed a terrible name for a dorm. “Gooch? Maybe I could transfer to Sac,” Gleeson said.
Other bits involved Gleeson playfully making fun of himself. “Puberty is like a tunnel, and my car broke down in the middle,” Gleeson said. “My nipples are like a Venn diagram. You could play checkers on my chest. Is that sexy? No. Practical? Yes.” He also asked the audience about the craziest care package item they had ever received. Answers ranged from tequila in an Easter basket to chicken in a can, but Gleeson’s story of a student at a different school topped both. The student’s cat had recently died, so his mother had had it stuffed and shipped it to him at school. “I try to be disciplined about [writing jokes], but if something happens, I’ll make a story about it,” Gleeson said. “There are jokes I want to get to and make sure I tell.” Gleeson is one of several comedians AMP is bringing to campus for free over the course of this semester. Comedian Adam Mamawala will be performing at Lodge 1 Nov. 17 at 9 p.m. Mamawala has performed in New York, Broadway and Gotham Comedy Clubs and was the winner of the 2007 New Jersey Comedy
Festival. “It can be hard, especially in Williamsburg, to find things to do on a Friday or Saturday night when we are working on a college student budget,” AMP Comedy Chair Gabriela DeCuir said. “Bringing this free entertainment right to campus is something that students, I think, are appreciative of, and it is an integral part of the campus community.” DeCuir saw Gleeson perform last spring at a conference and thought his comedy style was compatible with humor styles at the College. “He had a really great delivery, but most of all he interacted with the crowd,” Charlie Miller ’16 said. “The bits about Gooch were great. And self-deprecation is always the best kind of humor.” Gleeson added that comedy keeps him from taking anything too seriously. He said his advice to students is that nothing is too big of a deal. For aspiring comedians, he said they should keep the punch line short and try not to spend too long on the setup when telling jokes. “Brevity is the soul of wit,” he said, quoting Shakespeare.
Zilify looks to facilitate, alter housing search
Business school group creates new company aimed at students BY AINE CAIN THE FLAT HAT
Shelter may soon be just a click away for students seeking off-campus housing. Zilify, a website created by a group of students from the Mason School of Business at the College of William and Mary, aims to streamline the offcampus housing process and provide prospective buyers with more options than ever before. Co-Founder and Co-CEO Todd Saunders ’13 cited one particular search for off-campus housing as the inspiration for his current endeavor. The summer before his sophomore year, he was prepared to rent a house ideally close to campus. “I had everything ready to go, but the landlord voided the lease for one reason or another,” Saunders said. “I searched [http:// wmoffcampus.com] and Craigslist, filtering through houses that were five miles away from campus. Some listings even included the option of ‘feeding the chickens every day to get free rent.’ I ended up living in an apartment far away from campus and literally having to commute to class every day.” Hank Couture ’13, co-founder and co-CEO, explained that Zilify’s appeal comes from in its listings of conveniently located and reasonably priced houses. “We wanted to come up with a website with the best quality houses in walking distance,” Couture said. “That way, we could make the off campus housing process structured and fair.” In the near future, students will be able to create a Zilify account and browse nearby residences that are on the market. By entering
a price range and a number of occupants, users can view properties with corresponding minimum prices. Landlords are then expected to contact prospective buyers who match their specifications to work out a deal. Couture expressed his belief that Zilify’s simplified program will allow students to save time and aggravation. “Zilify makes it simple,” Couture said. “You don’t have to call landlords, and you don’t have to ask around to see if your friends know about any houses up for sale. You just see a picture of the house, read the description and see if it’s something that you’d be interested in.” In addition to price listings, Zilify provides students with pictures, owner specifications and a downloadable PDF of the house’s lease. Research has been conducted on over 250 houses in close proximity to the College. Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Chris Crisalli ’13 distinguished Zilify from other sites by stressing the company’s lack of involvement with auctioneering. “We’re not a real estate agency,” Crisalli said. “We are a company that provides an efficient medium for students to look at and potentially contact the owners of off-campus housing. We’re bringing houses to students that they’d never have thought they’d have the chance to get. There are going to be houses that you see on the website that have belonged to the same organization for twenty years.” Couture also noted the difficulties that students face living in an area where legacy rather than the market can dictate many residential transactions. “We kind of think it’s an unfair process,”
Couture said. “Houses constantly get passed down within organizations and between friends. It’s all about who you know, and if you don’t know anybody, you can’t find anything.” Saunders echoed similar concerns with the College’s organization-dominated off campus housing market. “You have to go through multiple different websites to find housing, but the truth is, the best houses are always passed down by friends,” Saunders said. “These houses are never listed on websites.” By uncovering some of these hidden property gems, Crisalli argues that Zilify will allow students to become more familiarized with the neighborhood. “You learn an incredible amount about the community, the landlords and the student body and how they interact with each other,” Crisalli said. “We think that we’re sitting on a great service for not only the students, but the community as well.” According to its founders, Zilify will be running within a week or two. Once the website’s last few technical issues have been addressed and taken care of, students will be able to create their own accounts and begin browsing through the catalog of houses that will be available on the website. Crisalli expressed his hopes that the company will revolutionize the off campus housing process. “We’re trying to open the market up, and we think that it’s going to be a fun and exciting process,” Crisalli said. “We have a dream that, one day, Zilify will just become a verb. Like, ‘I’m going to go Zilify that house.’”
I think one of the many reasons anal sex is so taboo is because of its inherent associations with homosexuality. Anal sex is associated with gay men’s sex, and sex between men still makes a lot of us uncomfortable, including many of us who are gay rights advocates. Men marrying men and men humping men are two different ideas, and the former is a lot easier to swallow (pun intended). I took a class called Literature & Homosexuality — or “homo lit” as my friend and I affectionately and inappropriately called it — this past spring. One of our assignments was to read Neil Bartlett’s book, “Who Was That Man? A Present for Mr. Oscar Wilde,” in which he wrote about, among other things, the gay code of the ‘80s — phrases like, “Do you like a bit of brown?” And there it was, crude and impossible to ignore, the other reason anal sex is so taboo — because it involves putting a penis in the place where poop comes out. I don’t want to rag on Lena too much, since I cringed when I read that line in Bartlett’s book. My first exposure to the idea of anal sex did not encourage me to ever consider it again. I first heard about guys who want to put it in your butt hole from a friend who had a friend who tried it and subsequently “shit white for three days.” Now I realize that unless her partner was a racehorse, a volume of semen that lasts three days is quite unlikely. A few years later, I read an article in the U.K. version of Marie Claire on a plane. I have hoarded a collection of women’s magazines from overseas airports because the European versions are always deliciously dirtier than American ones. Most women have anal sex twice in their life, the article reported jokingly: the first time just to try it, and the second times to see if it was really that bad. The majority opinion of the British Marie Claire readership was enough to sway me — if it was that bad, I counted myself in the percentage of women who would never try anal sex. Fast-forward to a less virginal, college me, whose boyfriend was much more enthusiastic about backdoor sex than I was. To be clear, he did not force me into having anal sex with him, but with the pressure of his willing-to-try-it ex-girlfriend hanging over me, I caved to my own internal idea of being the perfect girlfriend and consented. I hated it. It hurt, it smelled, I felt completely unsexy, and worst of all, there was a bit of brown. I was mortified, even though my boyfriend didn’t think that it was a big deal. We cleaned up, and I tried to laugh the whole thing off as killing my chances of ever winning a future game of Never Have I Ever, but then I swore him to secrecy because I was embarrassed about being one of “those girls” who would even agree to try it in the first place. I tried to put the whole thing behind me. Recently, after getting over my embarrassment enough to admit I’ve tried it, I had a conversation with a gay friend about anal sex. “No offense, but you probably weren’t doing it right,” he told me when I said that it had hurt. “Most people don’t use enough lube.” He’s probably right — it did hurt, but mostly it was just uncomfortable, and more lube could have made it much less so. Clearly anal sex can be enjoyable for some people, so they must know something I don’t. “It’s so much work though, and planning … like, I couldn’t be eating this Mexican food right now if I wanted to have sex tonight,” he said. And there we were again — back to poop. Back to the part that probably scares me the most. I realized that with proper planning, the right timing and a good amount of lube — and obviously the right partner — maybe, just maybe, I would be willing to join those Marie Claire readers who try it twice. That day has yet to come, but I haven’t closed the door on the idea this time — as long as I haven’t had Mexican food for lunch. Elaine Bevington is a Behind Closed Doors columnist and does not expect to win a game of Never Have I Ever at any party she attends in the near or distant future.
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REBUILDING THE CAA (one step at a time)
Conference will survive latest shakeup, but needs to look to future
Mike Barnes
Flat hat sports editor
You may not have heard any rumblings or felt any reverberations, but there was an earthquake in Richmond this summer. The Colonial Athletic Association, of which William and Mary is a full member, underwent a seismic change, losing two cornerstone programs in Virginia Commonwealth and Old Dominion as well as newcomer Georgia State. CAA commissioner Tom Yeager hunkered down in his Richmond offices, withstood the barrage of media criticism, and began to set to work rebuilding his conference, a task much easier said than done. Months later, the fruits of Yeager’s labor have surfaced and the CAA has restocked its cupboard. To address losing ODU and Georgia State — who both fled the CAA in search of Football Bowl Subdivision glory in Conference-USA and the Sun Belt Conference, respectively — Yeager recruited a pair of solid northern Football Championship Subdivision schools in Stony Brook and Albany. In order to lessen the pain of losing a pair of basketball cornerstones in ODU and VCU, who left for basketball powerhouse conference Atlantic-10, Yeager courted a pair of southern hoops gems in the College of Charleston and Davidson. Last week, news came that Davidson declined the CAA’s advances, but that Charleston likely will join the conference. With these three moves, Yeager has righted the ship and successfully restocked the football league to 11 members and the basketball membership to 10. All three schools are upstanding academic institutions and will fit well within the CAA’s geographic boundaries. All that being said, there still are a few issues with the “new CAA.”
First and foremost, like most other college conferences, regional rivalries are now significantly lessened in the CAA. For better or worse, the CAA was the unofficial collegiate conference of Virginia for many years. At one time, William and Mary, Virginia Commonwealth, Richmond, George Mason, James Madison and Old Dominion all inhabited the conference. As such, every major university in the commonwealth except Virginia and Virginia Tech belonged to the CAA, and as a result, the rivalries were fierce. Students had friends at other universities and while the CAA was still a small time conference compared to the SECs, ACCs and Big Tens of the world, regional rivalries helped strengthen conference connections and make the CAA a fun regional league. With the departure of Richmond to the A-10 for all things except football in 2001 and the more recent departures of VCU and ODU, the conference’s regional rivalries have been significantly blunted. Yeager did what he had to do, pacifying northern football programs Rhode Island and Villanova by adding a pair of northern football members in Albany and Stony Brook, and adding a successful basketball program in Charleston, but it will take a while to adjust to life in the CAA without ODU and VCU, especially during basketball season. Secondly, and arguably more importantly, the CAA is still tinkering with an interesting and potentially dangerous model in terms of balancing its football membership. The CAA has gained nationwide notoriety as a powerhouse mid-major basketball conference due to its plethora of memorable NCAA tournament runs in recent years, begging the question of identity: Is the CAA a basketball-driven league or a football-driven league? For the time being, it appears as though the conference wants to be both — a FCS powerhouse and a competitive mid-major — and that strategy has worked in the past for the CAA and may very well work again, but specialization could have been
the better option, especially considering basketball scenarios. For example, if the CAA wanted to be the preeminent mid-major basketball conference, it could have more aggressively courted basketball schools such as Charleston and Davidson much earlier in the process. Imagine a conference with Charleston, Davidson, VCU, ODU, George Mason and Drexel and tell me that wouldn’t be one of the most powerful mid-major conferences. While concentrating more heavily on basketball could have been painful and resulted in lost football revenues, it could have moved the conference in a new direction. Football in the CAA has hit a glass ceiling for the time being — it is already the best in the FCS realm, and opportunities for making it much better are few and far between. Moreover, is the CAA stretching too much to maintain football? Of the 11 schools that will suit up for CAA football play next season, seven are associate members. As such, only William and Mary, JMU, Delaware and Towson will be full time members in both football and basketball. At that point, if only four out of 10 full time members play football, is it really worth hosting a football league? The answer for the time being appears to be yes, but such a philosophy could easily come crashing down if JMU or Delaware moves up to FBS play. All in all, Yeager did the best he could and the CAA will ultimately weather the storm just fine. The CAA maintained its integrity by refusing to hastily add a bunch of schools that would have fit poorly. Instead, the CAA took its time and added just three new members, but members that strengthen the conference’s base and add new dimensions. Yet as Yeager and CAA athletic directors plan the conference’s next five years, they must hope that their most recent moves put the conference in a stronger bargaining position in preparation for the next major conference shakeup.
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Senior forward Ashley Kyle recorded one shot Sunday.
Tribe wins in OT W. SOCCER from page 8
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Delaware
JMU
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JMU
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JOINED 1984
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William and Mary’s offensive struggles continued Friday when the Tribe dropped its second straight contest, falling on the road to unranked James Madison, 3-0. With two games remaining in the regular season — both against Old Dominion, the top team in the conference — the loss moves the College (10-6, 3-3 CAA) to fourth place. Neither the Dukes nor the College were able to generate too many scoring opportunities on the night, but unlike the Tribe, JMU was able to capitalize on set pieces, scoring all three goals off of penalty corners. After nearly 20 minutes of scoreless play, the Dukes opened up a lead when JMU’s Jenna Taylor sent in a corner that found Dana Allaband, who played it off for Courtney Versfeld to blast a low shot that deflected off senior goalkeeper Elizabeth Frey and into the back of the net. After that, it didn’t take long for the Dukes to double their lead. In the 26th minute, Loes Stijntjes played in a penalty corner to Taylor West, who beat Frey to give JMU a 2-0 advantage. A few minutes later, Frey — who had made five saves to that point — was pulled for redshirt freshman Cate Johnson. The Tribe finished the half with just five shots to JMU’s eight, generating three penalty corners while the Dukes garnered four. Twenty minutes into the second period, JMU sealed the win with another penalty corner. This time, it was Dukes defender Amy Goldstein who served the ball in to Allaband, who slowed it down for Versfeld to slap it into the back of the cage for her second goal of the night. Senior defender Christine Johnson and senior attacker Leah Zamesnik led the way for the Tribe, logging two shots apiece, while Johnson finished with two saves in 42 minutes, 16 seconds of action. But on the game, the Tribe was outshot by JMU, 16-11, and the Dukes finished with a 6-4 advantage in penalty corners. The College has scored just five goals in its last three games. The last two games of the regular season will be a tough test for the Tribe as both are against Old Dominion, a team that’s still undefeated in conference play and an impressive 12-4 overall. The home-and-away series will begin Wednesday when the College heads to Norfolk.
than anything, and I went back in and made it my job to just try harder.” In a scary moment, Schaffer would be forced to come off a second time at the very end of regulation, after her near-miss on a header resulted in a violent collision with the Hofstra keeper. After lying motionless for a few minutes, the senior walked-off gingerly and went to the locker-room for evaluation. Her return seemed questionable at best, but a determined Schaffer returned just two minutes into the first extratime period. “I wanted to go back in right away, but they wouldn’t let me,” Schaffer said, adding that she wasn’t about to miss the final minutes of a match that had significant implications for her team’s postseason hopes. “It was [definitely] a huge game for us. We had to win this game if we want to potentially host [in the postseason].”
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
College trumps Pride in overtime Tribe secures conference tournament home-field advantage BY BLAKE HUNT FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER Sunday’s game marked the final home regular season contest of standout senior forward Cortlyn Bristol and midfielder Mallory Schaffer’s respective careers, and both went out with a bang, leading William and Mary past Hofstra, 3-2, in overtime. The win puts the College in sole possession of first place atop the Colonial Athletic Association with one match remaining in the regular season, and also gives the Tribe home-field advantage during the upcoming CAA tournament. In a game not lacking in drama and controversy, the Tribe needed nearly every minute of regulation to overcome a one-goal deficit, and then 15 minutes in extra time to score the golden goal and avoid a draw that would have left it tied with Hofstra at
first place in the standings. Short a player for the majority of the match after senior captain Brooke Bendernagel was sent off amid controversy in the 24th minute for arguing with an official, Hofstra clung to a 2-1 lead through the 87th minute. With three minutes remaining, freshman midfielder Nicole Baxter played Schaffer into the box perfectly, and the All-American tucked a shot just inside the right post past a charging keeper for the equalizer. The late-game scramble knotted the score at 2-2 to ensure overtime. “At that point we were pretty desperate; we were all pushed forward,” Schaffer said. “I took a glance up and saw the far corner of the goal was wide open and I just passed it there, and it went in.” The golden goal came off the foot of Bristol in the fifth minute of the second extra-time period. With the College flooding the box in search of the game-
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Senior forward Cortlyn Bristol scored the game-winning goal in overtime to beat Hofstra, 3-2.
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winner, sophomore forward Emory Camper fired off an attempt from 15 yards that was deflected back into the box. Both Schaffer and Bristol had a chance at the rebound, but Bristol called for it and one-timed the decisive goal home to end the match. “Mallory was there, but I told her to leave it, and just hit it with the inside of my foot, and it was right there,” Bristol said. The Pride scored first in the 20th minute when Hofstra midfielder Jeanine Molleda blasted a shot that freshman keeper Caroline Casey could not keep out of the net despite a sprawling attempt. Four minutes later, Bendernagel got ejected and the College looked to take advantage of its short-handed opponent. A flurry of missed chances ensued, with both Bristol and Camper missing wideopen volley attempts from the middle of the area. But the Hofstra defense was on its heels, and eventually the College got on the scoreboard when Camper headed home a cross from Bristol to tie the game 1-1 going into halftime. A resilient Hofstra emerged undaunted in the second half to score the go-ahead goal in the 59th minute despite playing short-handed. The goal came after Casey knocked down a linedrive shot from 18 yards out but failed to smother the ball. Casey could only watch helplessly as Hofstra’s Brittany Fariella tapped it in for the lead. That
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Senior midfielder Mallory Schaffer celebrates her equalizer with three minutes left Sunday.
lead would hold for the next thirty minutes of play until Schaffer could once again demonstrate her trademark finishing touch in the final third. The clutch goal came despite her not being in top form, and a conservative Hofstra side that was playing defensive soccer to preserve the win. “[Hofstra] was settling for a draw,” head coach Jon Daly said. “We played very, very poorly, and [Bristol and Schaffer] were struggling.”
Daly subbed for both his star seniors midway through the second half, challenging them both to play with more aggression and energy. The rare tactical tweak proved effective, as an invigorated Bristol and Schaffer took the cue to provide late-game heroics. “When I came out, I thought maybe I wasn’t playing as hard as I could,” said Bristol. “I just wanted to go back in more See W. SOCCER page 7