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WILLIAMSBURG
City lacks affordable housing
Over 200 Williamsburg residents identify themselves as homeless by claire gillespie flat hat assoc. news editor
In Williamsburg, 238 people — the approximate number of students living in DuPont Hall — identify themselves as homeless. This census data figure from 2008 demonstrates the lack of affordable housing in the area. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development defines affordable housing as lodging that costs less than 30 percent of a family’s income. November 2011 statistics from Campus Kitchen reported 40 percent of Williamsburg’s workforce earns less than $400 a week. In order for their housing to be considered affordable by HUD, these residents should pay about $480 a month for housing. However, the average rent in Williamsburg is $1,007 a month, over twice the HUD prescribed amount. “[Williamsburg’s] industries are mainly hospitality and tourism, which are very seasonal and not permanent and may be parttime and very low-wage,” senator Danielle Waltrip ’14 said. “That’s the main source [of income], plus the College. And the College also has a lot of low-paid jobs.” For years, students have complained about expensive offcampus housing issues, including the three-person rule that forbids renters from allowing three nonrelated people to live in the same house, a policy currently under review. Additionally, the density cap has limited the number of people who can live in a certain area but was recently eliminated in certain areas of the city. City Outreach Coordinator Roy Gerardi does not think changing
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these rules will get to the heart of the problem. People who are homeless usually possess other underlying issues like substance abuse or anger management. “We try to find out what are some of those underlying factors then bring along professional help,” Gerardi said. “The best thing students can do is volunteer. Most of the kids I encounter don’t have any positive role models, male role models in particular.” Still, poverty plays a much greater role in Williamsburg than in surrounding communities. 20.3 percent of people live below the poverty threshold, according to
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Campus Kitchen. In James City County, that number rests at 7 percent. “This isn’t uncommon in college towns, for instance, because demand drives up cost and in Williamsburg, the demand for student housing and the demand for other housing is high, which means that the cost goes higher,” CEO of United Way of Greater Williamsburg Sharon Gibson-Ellis said. “I think Greater Williamsburg could do a better job at understanding why it’s important for us to embrace those who serve us who want to live among us. What is it that we can do to ensure that they can live among us?”
City Director of the Department of Human Services Peter Walentisch, who has worked with about 500 people who are homeless in the last two years, says that Williamsburg faces the same problems that every city does, especially coming out of the recession. “Williamsburg has a higher standard of living,” Walentisch said. “You always have a population that’s commuting into the area. But that’s the case everywhere. You look at any city in the country — Charlottesville, I’m sure, has some of the same issues. You have people commuting
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The Student Assembly’s sexually transmitted infections funding mishap continued Tuesday as the SA senate debated and ultimately unanimously passed the Student Health Act. Effective Wednesday, Feb. 6, the act subsidizes the four most common STI tests administered to College of William and Mary students by $9, institutes a $500 freeze limit to the account, and charges SA Secretary of Health and Safety Jake Lewitz ’13 to update the senate on the account’s funds weekly. The $500 freeze limit was added to the Student Health Act at the Tuesday senate meeting in response to previous miscommunications with the Student Health Center. After returning from winter break, the SA’s STI fund fell to $1,800. To reassess the spending of this account alongside other SA financial problems, the SA froze the STI accounts and stopped administering free STI testing while the Student Health Act was being written. According to Madame Chair of the senate Kendall Lorenzen ’15, however, the SA did not communicate this freeze to the Health Center, and the center continued to administer STI tests to students for free. This, coupled with the planned Free STI Testing Week in January, resulted in the Health Center spending the remainder of the STI fund and accumulating about $2,100 in debt for the SA. In total, the Health Center spent $3,900 on free STI testing in January for 29 individual students. “[SA President] Curt [Mills] sent out an email to [Student Activities Accountant Anita Forrest], Jake [Lewitz] and myself, and I think that it never got communicated to the Health Center that they needed to See STI page 3
BOV coverage inside For information on the Committee on Student Affairs and Committee on Athletics see page 3.
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In celebration of the 320th birthday of the College of William and Mary, today’s Charter Day ceremony will take place at William and Mary Hall at 4 p.m. The ceremony will include a speech from Chancellor of the College, Robert Gates ’65, and students will read excerpts of the Charter. Honorary Alumna Lois Critchfield ’06 will receive an Honorary Degree, and the recipients of the Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award, James Monroe Prize in Civil Leadership and the Thomas Jefferson Prize in Natural Philosophy will be awarded. For more information on the award recipients, see page 6. Today’s Charter Day ceremony is free to the public. Saturday’s Charter Day concert, featuring Gavin Degraw, will cost $15 to students and will be held at 8 pm.
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Until coming to college, the idea of someone regularly attending church seemed foreign. This sort of exposure to unfamiliar ideas and beliefs is essential. page 5
Women’s basketball loses in Atlanta
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THE BUZZ
ALL THE NEWS THAT’S UNFIT TO PRINT
According to the Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily, Colonial Williamsburg experienced a 3 percent decrease in paying visitors from 2011 to 2012. Because many visitors opt to walk around the area on their own without a ticket, it is hard to measure exactly how many tourists the area sees in a year. Colonial Williamsburg’s tourism department are faced with the dilemma of convincing visitors that tickets have more to offer than a walk through the Historic Area. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, however, announced a 59 percent increase in donations during the same time period. These 18,400 new donors contributed $63.7 million to the foundation gift total. About 16 percent of all donors were Virginians.
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BEYOND THE ‘BURG
The landscapes of new developments in James City County may shift after this spring, the Virginia Gazette reported. These changes come after the formation of the Citizen Landscaping Committee. The committee raised concerns that the current ordinances require an unhealthy number of trees, shrubs and plants. It suggested recommendations be made early so landscapers can come up with a plan to be weighed by officials and the public. The committee’s proposals will be put before the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors before they are put into action this spring. A simple traffic stop led state troopers on a chase that ended in a Thomas Nelson Community College classroom, the WilliamsburgYorktown Daily reported. Ravi Marquise Banks failed to pull over for an HOV lane violation on Interstate 64. Instead, he led the police to a Farm Fresh parking lot and proceeded to run toward the community college. Banks was found in an audio visual room and charged with the HOV violation, speeding, felony pursuit, obstruction of justice, possession of marijuana and his third offense of driving while his license was revoked. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, a Los Angeles prosecutor has called for Chris Brown’s community service to be redone. Brown initially completed his 180-day community service requirement in Richmond, but his work there has been called “inconsistent and unreliable.” There are several instances potentially proving that Brown did not, in fact, complete his community service. Richmond police, for example, reported that Brown worked eight hours in downtown Richmond Oct. 23, 2010, when he was actually in Washington for a charity event.
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Robert Nkemdiche makes a tackle for the University of Mississipi, who he signed for on Feb. 6. Nkemdiche was the top recruit for universities.
Mayor Bloomberg protects students’ freedom of speech
Colleges participate in football’s National Signing Day
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg stepped up to defend Brooklyn College students in their decision to co-sponsor a panel calling for sanctions against Israel. The panel will sponsor the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement, a pro-Palestinian group that calls itself “a truly global movement against Israeli Apartheid.” Although a supporter of Israel, Bloomberg spoke out against the attempts to stop the panel, citing freedom of speech on campuses. The panel was scheduled to take place this past Thursday at Brooklyn College in conjunction with their political science department.
Colleges and universities across the nation participated in football’s National Signing Day to commit new team members Feb. 6. The nation’s top recruit, Robert Nkemdiche, chose to sign with the University of Mississippi, the New York Times reported. Texas A&M also excelled during the signing process, recruiting 16 new four-star recruits. The University of Arkansas finished last place in the SEC this past year and gained no new recruits to bolster their prospects, while the SEC gained 11 of the nation’s top 25 recruiting classes.
German University revokes education minister’s doctorate
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Scholars at Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf, Germany recently voted to revoke the doctorate of the country’s Education Minister, Annette Schavan. Bruno Bleckman, a dean at the university, claimed Schavan plagiarized her dissertation defense written over 30 years ago. Many believe the accusations to be a politically motivated falsehood rather than an academic assessment of the minister’s research. Since accusations were raised by a blogger last year, many fellow Christian Democrats support Schavan in her attempts to appeal the ruling.
College senior founds T-shirt company Jerry Seitz, a senior at Claremont McKenna College in California, founded Serengetee — a company that designs T-shirts with pocket squares made from fabrics and sells them to college students — just weeks after returning from a semester abroad. Each fabric comes from a partnership with a cause local to the fabric’s place of origin, and 13 percent of profits return to the country of origin. In the company’s early days, the Serengetee “factory” was in Steitz’s dorm. A year later, the company began using social media to increase sales. Today, Serengetee is run out of a Los Angeles warehouse and has over 150 campus representatives.
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NEWS IN BRIEF Bestselling author to Visit Campus
Kim takes her creativity research global
Bestselling author George Saunders will visit the College of William and Mary as a part of the Patrick Hayes Writing Series later in February. The annual series, hosted by the English Department, invites a professional writer to visit campus and share his or her writings and experiences. Even though he majored in geology, Saunders found his calling in fiction writing. In recent years Saunders has written two New York Times bestsellers. Saunders will speak in Andrews Hall Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.
College of William and Mary professor of educational psychology Dr. Kyung-Hee Kim presented her research at the Annual Teachers Conference in Nice, France and at the International School of Paris this past November. In the months that followed, she presented to students and teachers in 45 different African countries. Kim focuses on the “creativity crisis” in American culture. According to Kim, creativity has been declining since 1990, but not all hope is lost. If people encourage creativity in schools and homes, Kim says, creative thinking will flourish.
College named Top Value The Princeton Review named the College of William and Mary the “fourth best value” among public college and universities in its annual report. The report ranked 150 schools based on their academic excellence, cost, financial aid and other factors. Last year the College was ranked No. 6 in the same category. This ranking comes just a month after Kiplinger’s Personal Finance named the College No. 4 on its list of top colleges and universities for “outstanding education and economic value.”
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RANKINGS
College falls one spot in Peace Corps’ rankings Remains a top producer of Peace Corps members with 30 undergraduates currently serving BY ELLIE KAUFMAN FLAT HAT CHIEF STAFF WRITER
The College of William and Mary fell one place on the Peace Corps’ recently released list of the top 25 volunteer-producing colleges in the medium school category, moving from No. 8 to No.9. With 30 undergraduates currently serving overseas, a total of 588 graduates from the College have served in the Peace Corps since its inception. “The recent Peace Corps ranking is more evidence that people come to William and Mary wanting to change the world and then go on to lead lives of purpose and meaning,” Assistant Vice President for Student Engagement and Leadership and Director of the Office of Community Engagement Drew Stelljes said. The Peace Corps compiles an annual Top Colleges list based on the previous year’s fiscal data. In the medium school category, which includes schools that have a total undergraduate population in between 5,000 and 15,000 students, the College ranked between other Virginia colleges including American University in second, George Washington University in third and Georgetown University in eighth. “Some of the characteristics that make top colleges are schools that have a global focus, and schools that have active service learning components,” Peace Corps Acting Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet said. “As a result of the top notch education young people receive in schools like our top colleges, they are educated to serve as an international leader.” Allen Koji Ukai ’10 is one of the 30 graduates of
the College currently serving overseas. Stationed in El Salvador, Ukai is working to install a portable water system for a village of 500 people. “William and Mary provided me with a great opportunity to learn and practice leadership skills,” Ukai said. “I learned a lot about organizational dynamics in several different environments. My majors in sociology and public policy also provided me with a great background to the various socioeconomic issues I see on an everyday basis.” Ukai is one of 25 volunteers currently serving in El Salvador. He works as a community organization and economic development volunteer. While he primarily focuses on the water system, he also volunteers on smaller projects pertaining to the environment and the education in his community. “Life in El Salvador is heavily influenced by immigration to the United States and remittances that are sent back to families,” Ukai said. “While at William and Mary, I went on a research trip to the Mexico-Arizona border with Professor Mendez in the sociology department, and this trip provided me with very valuable exposure to the difficult conditions immigrants face, giving me context to many of the challenges in my village.” Ukai believes his post-graduate decision to join the Peace Corps correlated with his experiences as an undergraduate. “My decision to do Peace Corps was a natural extension of what I did on campus,” Ukai said. “I wanted to make a difference out of a sense of responsibility. As American citizens, we enjoy a lot of benefits that people in countries such as El Salvador don’t.”
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Allen Koji Ukai ’10 serves in Ecuador for the Peace Corps and volunteers as a soccer coach in the local community.
Hessler-Radelet highlighted the Peace Corps as an opportunity for volunteers not only to serve as international leaders but also to come home at the end of service and serve as domestic leaders. “Peace Corps is making a difference in the lives
of college graduates across the country,” HesslerRadelet said. “In today’s highly competitive job market, Peace Corps volunteers have a high advantage. They are creative thinkers who have found solutions to the most pressing needs.”
BOARD OF VISITORS
BOV updated on new staff changes in Student Affairs Director of Athletics Terry Driscoll updates Athletics Committee on the effect conference changes
Committee on Student Affairs BY CLAIRE GILLESPIE FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR
Anne Arseneau ’89 M.Ed. ’92 will lead the newly dubbed Office of Student Leadership Development, Vice President for Student Affairs Virginia Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’06 told the College of William and Mary Board of Visitors Committee on Student Affairs Thursday, Feb. 7. “Anne has worked with student activities since 1997, here at William and Mary for 16 years, and she’s been in national fraternity and sorority advising and leadership,” Ambler said. “She is going to be overseeing all the areas that have been included in student activities, to include formal leadership training, all the clubs and organizations, our student programming board, the student publications area, which is a significant area of responsibility, as well as continuing to work with fraternity and sorority life.” Additionally, Ambler informed
the BOV that the College’s Student Health Center gained another three-year term of accreditation, an accomplishment that less than 10 percent of collegiate health centers can boast. Ambler also detailed the student affairs budget. State funding provides $2.6 million to student affairs, most of which goes to the Sherman and Gloria H. Cohen Career Center and the Dean of Students. Tuition money contributes to Residence Life, counseling, the Health Center, Campus Recreation and the Sadler and Campus Centers. Residence Life receives the largest chunk of auxiliary funds at $25 million. Student liaisons T.J. O’Sullivan ’13 and Kylee Ponder ’11 M.Ed. ’13 outlined the structure of the Student Assembly for the BOV and talked about recent activities, including the Road to Richmond, working with the City of Williamsburg on adjusting parking provisions, and informing students of the College’s medical
amnesty policies and current mental health issues. “The issue of mental health is increasing … not just across the nation but primarily around William and Mary given the past couple of years,” O’Sullivan said. “The Department of Health and Safety is working very hard to promote the facilities offered by the counseling center and creating a dialogue around speaking out about health, particularly mental health issues.” The SA’s next big project is I AM W&M diversity week in April. “The purpose of I AM W&M week in general is to promote and foster diversity within our campus community,” Ponder said. “That includes racial diversity, diversity of sexual orientation, diversity in religion, all kinds of diversity and really wanting to let William and Mary students know that they each have their own diversity to bring to campus. We’re really excited for that to happen.”
Committee on Athletics BY ANNIE CURRAN FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR
Ryan Williams ’13 may be a varsity athlete at the College of William and Mary, but he does not tell prospective players to come to the school solely because of the athletics. “You can’t beat the education,” Williams said. “You can play at the highest level of athletics but still get an amazing education.” Williams was the guest speaker at the Board of Visitors Committee on Athletics, a joint meeting between the committee and the College of William and Mary Foundation Board Feb. 7. Following the conclusion of Williams’ speech, he answered questions from committee and foundation members. Current members were then shown videos from http://www.TribeAthletics.com after it was introduced by Athletics Director Terry Driscoll. The site is trying to incorporate more interviews, preseason updates and postgame reviews on the website. In one review, Women’s tennis head coach Tyler Thompson discussed a recent victory over Mississippi State. “You can’t show opponents any chinks
in the armor, emotionally or physically,” Thompson said. Driscoll introduced the most recent endowment figures. Barbara Garrison, the parent of a former student of the College, gave $125,000 for men’s track and field in the name of her late husband, William Garrison. By Sept. 30, 2012, the College had received a total of $52,210,457 in athletic endowments for the year. The committee discussed conference changes that will take place next year. Georgia State University and Old Dominion University will leave the Colonial Athletic Association. The University of Albany and Stony Brook University will join the football conference, while the College of Charleston will join the all-sport conference. “Losing ODU will be a revenue issue because we always sold-out that game and travel costs were low,” Driscoll said. Before the meeting concluded, the members discussed upcoming events, including the Lord Botetourt Auction, the Celebration of Women in Athletics, the Scholarship Luncheon and the Athletic Hall of Fame Inductions.
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stop [administering free tests],” Lorenzen said. In light of this incident and other miscommunications between the SA and
the Health Center, senators questioned the continued withdrawal of money from the STI account by the Health Center, referencing the earlier retroactive charge they received at the beginning of the semester, a major cause in the current low
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Student Assembly members also voted to change the Code in regard to upcoming SA elections.
levels of the budget. “I’m in favor of this [bill]; it’s just that we’ve had a kind of dicey relationship with [the Health Center] that puts me a little at ease, and I don’t think that this bill is going to cut it,” Senator Colin Danly ’15 said. “I don’t think this bill is strong enough to communicate to the Health Center that [they] can’t keep charging us. …The last thing I want to do is [create] more bureaucracy and more red tape… [but] we just lost $2,100 that we could put to this and instead we’re in debt. … It’s embarrassing for the Student Assembly and the [Health Center].” Senator Drew Wilke ’15 suggested freezing the account when a $500 balance was reached. This would give the senate time to reassess the STI subsidization policy and determine whether to refund the initiative at $9 or implement a new plan to continue to save limited SA funds. Wilke’s idea was added as Clause Five to the approved bill. Following debate, the senators also added to Clause One in order to require Lewitz distribute a weekly update to the senate on the financial state of the STI account. Despite the change to the STI fund, senators opted to keep the $3,800
allocation with the plan and to reassess STI funding policy later in the semester. “When I had originally written the bill, I valued it at $3,800… assuming that since we had frozen the account we would have [$1,800] to work with [as well as the $3,800 from the bill],” Lorenzen said. “Right now I think that keeping it at $3,800 is the best option so then we can reevaluate later this semester.” Senators believe the change from free STI testing to subsidized STI testing will result in fewer students requesting tests as well as curb the habitual use of STI tests by students. “I think that the subsidy, for better or worse, is going to greatly reduce the testing,” Senator Daniel Ackerman ’16 said. Lorenzen used STI test statistics from last semester to project that a $9 subsidy would result in about $4,950 in funds spent on STI tests this spring. She calculated that at least $1,000 of the $1,800 would remain in the STI fund when the senate passed the act. She included this $1,000 in her prediction and drafted the originally proposed Student Health Act to allocate $3,800 to reach a total of at least $4,800 to subsidize STI tests for the rest
of the semester. Instead, the SA will use part of the $5,000 marked for the Charter Day Ceremony and concert that went unused to pay the $2,100 owed to the Health Center and the $3,800 from the bill to subsidize STI testing for the rest of the semester. “It’s better to address those upstream issues rather than just saying, ‘Fine you can get 1000 free STI tests a semester,’” Lewitz said. The senate also changed the SA Code with the Election Information Session Act. The code originally stated that the election information sessions needed to be held 14 to 20 days before the election. With this year’s SA election scheduled for March 21, the original requirement would put the information sessions in the middle of Spring Break. The approved act will change the wording of the code to allow information sessions to be held one month to 14 days before the election. Lastly, Senator A.J. Sapon ’13 commended Secretary of Finance Brett Prestia for pursuing and receiving a refund for the miscellaneous charge of $400 that appeared in Prestia’s financial update earlier this semester.
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New student apartments ready to rent Renovated hotel offers alternative housing option that boasts perks such as pool, rec room, wifi
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The new student housing apartment complex, City Lofts, opened its doors to potential renters this past week, with plans to complete construction this in May and start leases in June. The 118-bedroom former hotel located on Richmond Road now sports 75 two-bedroom and 15 one-bedroom apartments. Located between IHOP and High Street, the former Quality Inn and Suites used to be an under-performing hotel. For real estate developer Demetrios Florakis and real estate agent Sandy Garber, the project of City Lofts the aim for the City Lofts project is to revitalize the property. “We look at this as a great re-adaptive project,” Garber said. “This hotel wasn’t the highest and best use [of the building space] for the city.” Revitalization has been a key word for Williamsburg recently, with City Council adopting the 2013 Comprehensive Plan in January. The new plan removed the previous density cap that restricted the number of residents in certain parts of the city. City Council members lauded the plan for its emphasis on redevelopment, an issue on which the City Lofts developers
focused that the developers of City Lofts focused on for their project. Florakis noted that redeveloping an old hotel has its complications. “If I could sum [the project] up in one word: challenging,” Florakis said. “But it had great bones and was a solid building to work with.” The great bones of the hotel are its concrete floors and ceilings, providing residents with sound-proofing which soundproof different levels of the building. Apartments incorporate full baths, kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms, and some apartments located on the fourth floor include a Jacuzzi bathtub. Rent for the apartments ranges from $895 to $1,400 and varies based on square footage of the apartments. Students can rent the apartments with a 12-month lease. For $50 more per month, the complex will provide furnished apartments that include bedframes, dressers, end tables, a coffee table and a kitchen table. The complex sports an indoor pool, bike garage, fitness room, laundry room, mail room and general sitting room complete with televisions, couches and wifi. The vending machine area will provide residents with pizza, fruit and other options. One hundred forty-eight parking spaces surround the complex,
offering increased parking options. The developers have also contracted with Swan Cleaners, a local dry-cleaning company in Williamsburg, to pick up laundry from the complex on Wednesdays and return it on Fridays for an extra fee from participating residents. Additionally, developers are working with the College to install the ID swipe system into City Lofts, which would students to get into the building with their student IDs. Creating student-friendly housing is not a new venture for Florakis. He worked as one of the developers of City Green, the eco-friendly condominiums located behind Qdoba. Developers incorporated the lessons they learned in building City Green into the City Lofts project. The developers for City Lofts built off some of the lessons learned in building City Green. “If you have something good, you want to replicate it and even improve it,” Garber said. City Green and City Lofts both serve as alternatives to single-family houses in the neighborhoods near the College. The controversial three-person rule, which limits the options for students in neighborhoods, makes the availability of off-campus apartments particularly necessary.
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City Lofts sports a lounge with couches, tables and wifi. Apartment kitchens include appliances.
“The city wants people to not occupy the single-family houses,” Florakis said.
“So this is another option for students to live together in an off-campus option.”
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Vietnamese government releases activist Marshall-Wythe School of Law professor Linda Malone speaks on her role in securing Quan’s freedom by katherine downs flat hat staff writer
Dr. Nguyen Quoc Quan was released by the Vietnamese government Jan. 30 after spending nine months in prison on subversion charges. Now at home in California with his family, his pro-bono counsel Professor Linda Malone of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law discusses information regarding Quan’s release via email. Last time we talked, you were skeptical that Quan would receive a fair trial. Do you think he ultimately did or did not receive a fair trial? Why? A: Dr. Quan did not have to go through a trial at all. His trial, which was scheduled in January, was without explanation canceled (not unusual) and I was doing all I could to find out if there was another date set because this is often a way of imprisoning dissidents without any determination
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What was Quan’s reaction to his release? A: Dr. Quan called me shortly after his arrival in California. In such circumstances, nothing is more important than a person’s return to family and the U.S. He was joyous, appreciative, and still committed to democratic peaceful reform in Vietnam. I could hear his family and friends on the phone ecstatic that he had returned home. Human rights advocacy is not an easy avenue to pursue, Malone but when the outcome is this, it is more than enough to inspire advocates to continue.
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of probable cause, much less guilt. That he was released without going through the sham of a trial was extraordinary, as the last time he was imprisoned and released he did go through a oneday trial, was found guilty, but released for time already served. How did his release come about? A: It is impossible to know the many factors that might have led to the Vietnamese government allowing his release. There is, however, no question that the media attention his case received, and the public outrage and efforts of our State Department, were instrumental in his release. What was your primary role in the case? A: Quan’s release was a group effort on behalf of human rights. My contribution was to bring U.S. and international attention to the human rights violations of his imprisonment and indictment.
Room Selection 2013 If you plan to live in campus housing for the 2013-2014 academic year and want to participate in any part of the Room Selection process, you must pay the $200 non-refundable Room Reservation Deposit by the
Friday, February15, 2013 deadline.
This includes students who plan to live in Greek Houses, Language Houses, Africana House, Community Scholars House, EcoHouse, Mosaic and Reves Housing, Students with Special Needs and those planning to live with student staff or apply for a student staff position. Students on full scholarship, including full scholarship athletes, must complete paperwork at the Office of Residence Life before the February 15 deposit deadline to be included in the Room Selection process. Special Interest Houses will conduct their room selections prior to spring break; all others who submit a deposit will select their rooms during Room Selection in March or April. Make checks payable to: The College of W&M Payment Location: The Cashier’s Office in Blow Hall
Or mail to: The Cashier’s Office, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 Or: Pay on-line using an e-check or credit card from the room selection website. Please note that VISA is not accepted. IMPORTANT NOTE: POSTMARKS WILL NOT BE HONORED. DEPOSITS MAILED AND/OR RECEIVED AFTER FEBRUARY 15TH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
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Will Quan return to Vietnam to continue his activism? A: His wife has said she hopes not until Vietnam has changed, and there is nothing I can add to that. I can only hope that if Vietnam wishes to be an accepted participant in the global community that it
will recognize for that reason as well as its own selfinterests that there must be democratic reforms for it to be recognized and even to exist. What do you think the outcome of his case means in the future for Vietnamese or Vietnamese-American democracy activists? A: As U.S. citizens, we are extraordinarily protected as any citizen should be in terms of international law. I cannot say enough about how every U.S. citizen should appreciate what a privilege it is to claim that status. As a number of Vietnamese are still charged with attempting to overthrow the government for peaceful, written, advocacy of democratic reform in Vietnam, I hope that the Vietnamese government will recognize from all of the many examples of peaceful dissent in the world today that criminal prosecution and violent repression of such dissent leads to destabilization of any state, when the option of peaceful communication is still possible.
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into Charlottesville who might not be able to afford to live in the [city] limits.” The City of Williamsburg worked with organizations like Campus Kitchens, United Way, Avalon and the Salvation Army to run a scattered-site model shelter system, incorporating motel rooms, transition housing and public housing to provide shelter for the homeless. “This area is built on partnerships,” Walentisch said. “In the Historic Triangle, people who do human services and social services and community services are partners with each other in major ways. … The churches have organized ecumenically in order to address some of the social needs of individuals and families here. They’ve done an outstanding job rallying to the cause. It’s that kind of thing that the area thrives on.” Local churches have teamed up to provide shelter to the homeless for one week each this year from November through March. Last year, the City Government provided a bus to take residents to a similar Newport News-based program. “What typically happens is in the winter months, hours get cut from forty to sometimes fifteen hours a week,” GibsonEllis said. “That’s when [workers] fall into crisis and can’t pay their rent.” Now through Feb. 23, the Student Assembly is hosting a clothing and goods drive in the Sadler center. Students can contribute basic necessities like toothbrushes, floss and sunscreen in addition to items such as extra clothing and boxed food. These items will be donated to a shelter in Newport News.
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SA Secretary of Student Life Alicia Moore ’14 emphasizes the need for students to volunteer in Williamsburg.
Students can also volunteer in the upcoming Hands Together Historic Triangle, a one-day event that provides services, such as haircuts, to community members. “We are all, to some extent, leaders within the community,” Secretary of
Student Life Alicia Moore ’14 said. “This is our home. I feel like it’s my duty, as a leader, as a student and as another human being, not just to look after the well being of others but to help create a system where these disparities don’t occur to the extent at which they do.”
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As a student at the College of William and Mary, this injustice weighed on my conscience. While I was reaping the benefits of a first-class college education, kids just a few miles down the road were struggling in a low-performing academic setting. I wanted to find a way to help expand educational opportunity for our 16 million children Guest Columnist growing up in poverty. We are currently at the halfway point in our school year, and Martellous has made a year and a half of growth in I was inspired to share my story after reading the recent Flat Hat article, “McDonnell plans to bring TFA to Virginia.” reading. With hard work and dedication, the sky is the limit Earlier this month, Gov. Bob McDonnell spoke at Goochland for his future dreams and ambitions. We recently visited Middle School about the importance of expanding educational the Dixon Gallery, and he studied porcelain figurines opportunities for students across the commonwealth. He with scholarly intensity and asked deep questions about proposed a number of changes designed to empower parents the creation of the pieces. The excitement in his eyes as and educators, including more informative school report cards, he ran back and forth between the pieces and me, telling fewer administrative hurdles and changes to the state’s teacher me everything he had learned and read about his favorite certification legislation that would pave the way for alternative works, was more gratifying than any test score he could certification programs like Teach For America to come to ever achieve. Martellous is beginning to realize that there’s so much Virginia. I was encouraged to hear the governor address the more out there and that through importance of giving every child an his own hard work, and with the excellent education because it’s one While I was reaping the help of educators that believe in of the most pressing issues facing him and challenge him, he’ll be our generation and one that we all benefits of a first-class college able to obtain the education that have the power to influence. education, kids just a few miles he — and every child in Memphis, I’m currently in my second year down the road were struggling. in Virginia, and in our nation — teaching third grade in Memphis, deserves. Tenn. Every day I look at my students, For too long, one’s zip code and family income has and my heart hurts for them; it hurts for their struggles, and it hurts that they haven’t received the education that they defined educational destiny. But we know that with an deserve. Take Martellous, for example. When Martellous came all-hands-on-deck approach, educational inequity is a to me at the beginning of third grade, he could not read on a solvable problem. Even though the Teach For America corps commitment kindergarten level. Martellous’ previous teachers told me that he was going to be a constant behavior problem, unable to do lasts only two years, the impact of teaching kids like any work, and I wouldn’t be able to change that. After getting Martellous lasts a lifetime. As members of our school to know Martellous and visiting his home, I discovered that community, my fellow corps members and I work we adults weren’t setting him up with the tools he needed. alongside other teachers, parents, administrators and He didn’t have access to books or writing implements, which community members in the pursuit of excellence for our made it nearly impossible for him to do his homework or students. I can see the difference I am making in the lives of my students and know the transformational impact they practice his reading. are having on me. Martellous’ story is all too common among students Knowing what’s possible with these kids and with this growing up in low-income communities. When kids movement, I simply can’t walk away from this work. growing up in poverty enter kindergarten, they are already academically behind their wealthier peers. By the fourth Emily McMillen is a 2011 Teach For America corps grade, they are on average three grade levels behind and half member teaching in Memphis and a 2011 graduate of the of them will not graduate from high school. College of William and Mary.
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ince the purpose of the Student Assembly at the College of William and Mary is to allocate student funds, the primary power of the SA rests in its money. Right now, however, it does not have very much. The SA’s finances nearly dipped into the red zone when it failed to tell the Student Health Center it would no longer provide free STI testing to students. We are disappointed in the SA’s failure to manage its funding this year. After a year of massive spending, we are sorry to hear that STI testing is being reduced to only subsidies for four tests. Issues that affect students’ health on campus, such as mental healthcare and STI testing, should be prioritized above other spending, even big name speakers, such as His Holiness the Dalai Lama — and especially above frivolous purchases, such as koozies. While not everyone will benefit from services like STI testing, concern for the health of the Tribe community should come first. Students should be able to know their peers have access to those services when in need. In the end, however, the SA should not have to choose between big events like the Dalia Lama and free STI testing if funds are managed properly. The SA is now in debt because senators failed to accomplish something as menial as notifying the Health Center of its decision to stop fully funding STI testing. Many of the SA’s financial woes have resulted from miscommunications, such as Parking Services providing too many free shuttle trips to the airport or the Health Center using funding for the Gardasil vaccine. These were undoubtedly mutual misunderstandings; however, the SA must be responsible for monitoring its money. The SA’s inability to account for all of its money seems to be a disturbing trend that has continued over many years. In previous years, SA members have simply misplaced money. Every year, each student at the College pays $98 toward SA funds. We do not believe we are asking for too much when we ask that the SA be held accountable for making the best use of this money — and certainly not when we ask that it keep track of where the money is going, at the very least. The SA must learn from its mistakes because it cannot help the student body if it has no money. This trend is not the fault of the current SA, but they need to start a culture of accountability so these same slip-ups do not continue. With SA elections on the horizon, we ask that students consider what they want from their candidates, both in personal attributes and in how they prioritize funding. Students who are considering running for the SA should also begin to develop a plan for what they want to accomplish as members of the SA and should detail how they intend to achieve their goals so they will be prepared before the election. Each student at the College funds the SA, and each student should hold the SA accountable for that money.
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The ability for two people to look at the same world and see it in two radically different ways is likely the most awesome and terrifying thing about humanity. One person may see a world full of grace that, although flawed, exists and will continue to exist exactly as it was meant to be — blessed by something divine. Another person may see none of that. He may see this imperfect world, with its brutal violence and natural disasters, as nothing more than an arbitrary fluke. Here I am at the College of William and Mary, surrounded by people who
pray and go to church every Sunday, people who hate religion, people who don’t even care, people who know exactly what they believe and what it all means, and people who are still trying to figure it all out. Imagine our parents. For 18 years they could guide us in the direction of their choosing and attempt to keep influence of the outside world to a minimum. Not here. Not anymore. At the College — at most colleges, really — we’re free. It’s a scary thought, isn’t it? I suspect it’s much harder for the devout; they have to work at it. Or maybe I’m dead wrong. Maybe they don’t consider it difficult at all. Maybe it’s the easiest thing in the world for them. Perhaps they believe it’s the non-believers, like myself, who have it hardest, who have no direction without faith in their life — and who might even be condemned to hell, although they’d never admit it to our faces.
And I love that all of us, regardless of our differences, are forced to live together at least for a year or two and possibly even in the same room. I don’t care what you are: Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Buddhist, Atheist, Scientologist — there is nothing worse than only spending time with people who share your beliefs. How can your beliefs be tested if not through encounters with the foreign and unfamiliar? How can I, as an agnostic, be taken seriously if I don’t attempt to understand other people’s beliefs? Just look at the atheist sub-page on Reddit for enough belligerent ignorance to last a lifetime. This sort of exposure has been rewarding for me. I haven’t changed my views, but my assumptions have been challenged. For some reason, I had a vague notion that once people my age left the nest they would all just abandon religion. I was wrong. The
idea that someone my age would go to church voluntarily or pray regularly was foreign and unfamiliar to me — you can tell I’m from the North. We
could all use a bit of the foreign and unfamiliar. Scratch that; we need it. Email Matt Camarda at mjcamarda@email.wm.edu.
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Students and faculty receive Charter Day honors
Four awards to be presented for community service, research, teaching BY EMILY NYE FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR
For most students at the College of William and Mary, molecular genetics and neural development are not terms thrown around in casual conversation. In fact, the idea of navigating a laboratory in search of the genetic factors affecting human development maturation can often be described as daunting. However, for Brian Rabe ’13, the lab is home, and molecular biology is a language in which he is fluent, and he considers fun.
Rabe is one of two students to be honored during today’s Charter Day Ceremony. Rabe, a biology and chemistry double major, will receive the Thomas Jefferson Prize for Natural Philosophy. The Thomas Jefferson Prize for Natural Philosophy is an honor annually bestowed upon a deserving undergraduate student. The prize is endowed by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation of Charlottesville, Va. and aims to identify and recognize students who have achieved excellence in the sciences. “There are so many great scientists here
at this university, in all of the departments,” Rabe said. “I know that there were a lot of really qualified people in line for this award, and I know they were really splitting hairs there at the end.” Rabe began his research career at the College early, beginning during the first semester of his freshman year, which he spent doing research with Dr. Randolph Coleman. During the second semester, he began work with Dr. Margaret Saha, with whom he still works today. His work with Saha focuses on the molecular genetic aspect of neural development. His name
has since been listed on two publications. Post-graduation, Rabe plans to attend graduate school. He is currently in the middle of grad school interviews, and most recently interviewed with Harvard, where he is looking into the P.h.D. program for developmental neurobiology. Upon completion of his studies, Rabe plans to become a professor, both teaching and conducting research at the university level. COURTESY PHOTO / WM.EDU
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More than 20 years ago on the verge of graduation, Mike Tierney ’87 sat in a small office in Morton Hall, struggling to choose a future. Today, Tierney, a George and Mary Hylton associate professor of international relations, will receive the Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award. Sitting in that cramped office, Tierney jumped from idea to idea, trying to decide what to do once graduation arrived. He mentioned government jobs and even the Marines before his academic adviser, government professor Joel Schwartz, gestured to the room
around them and said, “What about this?” The idea stuck. After working with Schwartz to determine the necessary steps, Tierney attended graduate school at the College and went on to receive a Ph.D. from the University of California San Diego. Over the years, Tierney became assimilated into the world of academia. In the last decade, he has published two books and numerous articles while also finding time to attend international relations conferences throughout the U.S. He also co-founded and directs two College research initiatives — AidData and Teaching, Research and International
Policy — despite refusing the bulk of the credit. “Almost all my good ideas for research came from conversations with students,” he said. The origins of AidData, a research program that analyzes the allocation of foreign aid, can be traced back to a night at the Green Leafe with former students. As for TRIP, a research program that studies the relation between instruction, research and politics of international relations, Tierney merely instructs others to “blame James Long.” James Long ’03 is a former student whose questions about the way international relations is instructed led
Tierney to undertake the project. His focus on students is also reflected in his disapproval of the “fad of distance learning,” as classrooms grow so large that students are forced to squint down at professors from stadium-like lecture rooms. Instead, he described his preference for a much different education system. “Small classrooms where faculty get to know their students by name [are ideal],” Tierney said. Dialogue between teacher and student, he said, and between students themselves, can bring about better results than the traditional lecture and response format.
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For many of us, our favorite childhood memories include playgrounds, monkey bars and sandboxes, but Taylor Nelson’s ’13 memories are a little different. Nelson, who was just three years old when her mother became the director of the Northern Neck Free Health Clinic, spent much of her childhood in an environment filled with community service and giving back, something she cites as the beginning of a lifelong love for
community engagement. Nelson, a sociology major and community studies minor, will be receiving the James Monroe Prize for Civic Leadership today. The James Monroe Prize for Civic Leadership is an honor annually bestowed upon an undergraduate student. The prize, endowed in 2005, is awarded to a student who has demonstrated leadership abilities and given back to the College and the surrounding community. Nelson has also been selected as the 2013 James Monroe Prize
recipient. She cites a long career in community involvement as one reason for this award. “I have always been passionate about community service, especially growing up with my mom,” Nelson said. “I’ve sort of always been in that role of giving back to the community.” She continued community service throughout high school and into college, where she began her freshman year at the College as a Sharpe Scholar. Nelson combined her passions for cooking and healthcare to create a research
project that helps measure how combining education and cooking can help reduce childhood obesity. Nelson said her time at the College has greatly affected her outlook on academics. “Before I came to William and Mary, I completely thought that academics and community engagement had to be separate,” Nelson said. “It wasn’t until after I got here that I was able to see how powerful they are together, how important it is to work within communities and do community based research, how important
it is to have that one-on-one connection with your community. Engaged scholarship plays a very large role in helping shape the world. If it wasn’t for William and Mary, I don’t know how long it would have taken me to realize that.” Post-graduation, Nelson plans to enter the work force and hopes to apply for a master’s in social entrepreneurship in the next three to five years, focusing on international development. COURTESY PHOTO / TAYLOR NELSON
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Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies Teresa Longo had a variety of career options from which to choose. However, once she experienced college life, she knew that was what she was meant to do. “The classroom was a place where I always belonged,” Longo said. “I just loved it ... it was inspiring.”
Longo, who is set to receive the Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award this afternoon, apparently made the right choice. Each year, the award is presented to a professor who has “demonstrated a deep devotion and outstanding service to the College [of William and Mary] and whose life, character and influence on the College exemplify the principles of Thomas Jefferson.” Longo came to the College
fresh out of graduate school at the University of Wisconsin. Longo initially helped her colleagues transform the Hispanic studies department into a more expansive program. The changes she made were geared toward increasing interdisciplinary focus within the department, with an emphasis on backing up literature with realworld events. “We brought to light something we were already doing — putting culture into context,” she said.
“Academic fields change ... we articulated in writing the kinds of change[s] [taking place in these fields].” In terms of her administrative work at the College, Longo — now the Arts and Sciences dean of curriculum review — considers herself to be a “big-picture person.” However, she holds an academic specialization in Mexican culture and the relationship between the United States and Latin America. As a professor, Longo
encourages responsibility, analysis and creativity in her students. “My lectures and questions are to provoke [students] to learn,” she said. This is not Longo’s first recognition from the College. She won her first Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award in 1996. However, she described her reception of the upcoming award as “daunting,” a feeling that stems from her respect for past recipients.
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Williamsburg’s Pita Pit makes top four in franchise-wide competition
Tribe square location to offer free unlimited pitas if selected as “Battle of the Pita Pits” competition winner BY DEVON IVIE THE FLAT HAT
Start clearing space in your refrigerators and coolers, ladies and gentlemen, because a day of unlimited free pitas may be on the horizon. The College of William and Mary’s Pita Pit, located in the Tribe Square complex on Richmond Road, is one of four finalists in what has been declared the “Battle of the Pita Pits.” The competition began with a pool of 64 locations. Sponsored by the official Pita Pit Fan Page on Facebook, the final winner will be crowned the “Best Pita Pit Ever” and will offer its customers free unlimited pitas on a day that is yet to be determined. During each round of the competition, one voting fan will be selected to win free pitas for a year. Brandon and Kimberly Twine, the married co-managers of the Richmond Road Pita Pit since it opened in December 2011, are doing outreach on campus and in Williamsburg community to increase the vote count. “I’ve talked to RAs, sororities, fraternities, and we’ve reached out to local newspapers,” Kimberly Twine said.
“We’ve told all of our friends and family.” Brandon Twine added that they are also depending on their clientele to spread the word. “We tell every single customer,” he said. “Any time we take a delivery and I see somebody who I think can talk to 50 more people, I’m like, ‘Hey, vote.’” The Twines have used social media to raise awareness of the promotion, explaining that they know the success of the Williamsburg location is due to its proximity to the College’s campus. Frequent Facebook posts, Twitter updates and a retweet from the College’s official Twitter page are having a positive effect — the Williamsburg location is currently in first place. During the last few days of the competition, the Twines will even be setting up computers in the store to increase the vote count. Kimberly Twine also clarified that if the Williamsburg location wins, the pitas will in fact be free and all-you-can-eat. “[There will be] unlimited, all you want pitas,” she said. “You can eat 100 pitas if you wanted.” Pita Pit shift leader Virginia Hart said she is excited about the prospect of the winning store and commends her bosses
for their leadership. “Our bosses have come in ensuring that we’re letting the customers know to vote for us, especially our customers that come in every day,” she said. All Facebook users have permission to vote, which can be accessed after “liking” the Pita Pit Fan Page on Facebook. Voting is unlimited per user, but only one vote is allowed every 24 hours. The Williamsburg Pita Pit’s main rival for the coveted prize is a Claremont, Calif. location that, similarly, is in a college town — in this case Pomona College, a liberal arts school on the outskirts of Los Angeles. The other locations rounding out the top four include an Indiana, Pa. location — bordering the Indiana University of Pennsylvania — and a Spokane, Wash. location, with close proximity to the Washington State University, Spokane. Tracy Carbonneau, the Director of Marketing for Pita Pit USA, said the “Battle of the Pita Pits” originated from acknowledging the passionate customers and the natural competitiveness and uniqueness of the stores. “Franchisees often kid with each other about being the best Pita Pit in
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Tribe Square’s Pita Pit is in the running for the title “Best Pita Pit Ever,” an award which will give the restaurant the opportunity to offer customers free pitas for a day.
our franchises system, and we thought this Facebook contest would be a great way for franchisees to prove who really is the best,” Carbonneau said. “Getting customers and Facebook fans to vote just seemed like a natural thing to do, as we’re always trying to encourage engagement with our fans.” She added that Pita Pit has every intention to continue the contest as an annual event, and that many of the locations are already planning their
strategies for the 2014 competition. There are currently over 300 Pita Pit locations in both the United States and Canada, and the company is currently experiencing rapid growth and expansion. The franchise was founded in Canada in 1995 under the motto “Fresh Thinking, Healthy Eating”. The final-two “showdown” began this morning and lasts a full week. The winner will be revealed Feb. 15 on the Pita Pit Fan Page.
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The Muscarelle Museum of Art’s collection is on display from Feb. 9 to April 14. His drawings depict a range of subjects, from Cleopatra to the Madonna, and reflect many themes.
Rare Michelangelo drawings on display for Muscarelle’s 30th anniversary BY ZACH HARDY FLAT HAT ONLINE EDITOR
Michelangelo is one of the most well-known artists in the world. The elegant “David” and the sweeping “Creation of Adam” are two very renowned pieces of Renaissance art. The Muscarelle Museum of Art’s newest exhibition explores another side of the artist: the perfectionist, anxious side that destroyed his unfinished work to protect his reputation. “Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti” opens Feb. 9 and will run until April 14 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Muscarelle Museum of Art. The subjects portrayed in this 25-piece collection are as diverse as his reputation, ranging from studies of human figures to schematics for church floor plans. Planning for the exhibition began in 2010 when the museum displayed a smaller selection of the drawings under the theme of architecture as anatomy. Professor Emeritus Miles Chappell and Museum Director Aaron De Groft maintained their relationship with Pina Ragionieri, director of Casa Buonarroti, which enabled them to help plan a larger exhibition. Over the next few years, the museum formed a partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to help cover costs and to work on the collection’s accompanying book. “One thing that helped us put this on is the history and prestige of the College [of William and Mary] in Europe,” DeGroft said. “Another is personal relationships. They don’t have any motivation to send these works to any museum, but Pina is our friend. She’s been to Williamsburg several times and has good relationships here, and that makes it gratifying.” The collection’s theme reflects the divide between the divine and the earthly. A wall of text introduces this idea to visitors upon their entrance into the exhibit. It explains that the tension between the sacred and the profane is a fundamental aspect of western culture going back to prehistory when Adam
and Eve first roamed in the Garden of Eden and when the first humans made shrines, specifically cornering off the holy from the mundane. The theme is also personal. These drawings are from the middle part of Michelangelo’s life, when he was struggling to surpass his own genius. Several centerpieces in the exhibit highlight this tension. The first, which is located at the front of the exhibit, is an allegorical portrait of Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt who seduced Julius Caesar and Marc Antony with her Venus-like beauty. By combining mythology and symbols, Michelangelo attempted to capture a feeling of divine beauty. “She was described as having [the] beauty of a goddess. … [Renaissance artists] still lived and drew on mythology for their understanding of concepts,” Assistant Director and Chief Curator at the Muscarelle John Spike said. “One of the approaches of Michelangelo is that he thinks he has the ability to make things of otherworldly beauty, so he doesn’t try to make things natural — how could that possibly be supreme beauty? He has these ideas, or archetypes, and one of these is the serpentine figure. He, after considerable study, was convinced that [it] is the most beautiful possible form.” About 25 years ago a drawing on the reverse side of the drawing of Cleopatra was discovered, bringing the tension between sensuality and destruction into focus. The reverse side shows the same Cleopatra drawn in decayed, hurried strokes. Her eyes lack the solemnity of the front, expressing shock and sadness. “It serves as a warning,” Spike said. “In admiring and remembering what Cleopatra did we remember the pitfalls of falling for sensual allure.” In the “Madonna and Child” drawing, the first layer is a basic black chalk outline, upon which the infant Christ is drawn in with a much bolder red chalk. To mimic the definition and solidity of a sculpture, the baby’s body is smoothed and polished. “Why he would show a child with this classical looking, sculpturesque body is that in the opinion of Michelangelo, human figurative art never got closer
to the divinely beautiful than the ancient Greek and Roman statuaries,” Spike said. “So when he has to show that the child is a divine child he uses forms of classical statues.” In addition to human subjects, the contrast between the divine and the earthly can also be observed in Michelangelo’s architectural drawings. Drawings that plan out the design of churches include elaborate, ornate symmetry, representing the divinity of the space. When designing fortification for Florence’s city gate, he consciously avoids symmetry. Michelangelo and his contemporaries believed war was the lowest and most irrational of human phenomena, which is reflected in the dissonant and hectic drawing. Despite the beauty of the displayed drawings, they represent only a small selection of the drawings he produced, and many of them are unfinished. “We must keep in mind [that] these are projects. The real tragedy is that Michelangelo, at the end of his life, burned many, many of his drawings. Now we know these are great masterpieces, but he thought they were only projects, and he wanted only finished pieces to survive,” Ragionieri said. “In his work we see a certain existential feeling: At a certain point he looks and sees in his work something so beautiful that he cannot go on. We call this in Italian ‘non finite.’” The Muscarelle is hosting another exhibit for its anniversary on the first floor of the building, celebrating the Renaissance painter Mattia Preti. De Groft said the museum soon plans to announce their next big exhibition soon. “We will hopefully have an announcement for our next big thing by the time this exhibition closes, and I think people will be truly shocked,” De Groft said. See more on this story at
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“It’s like if you asked Beyonce out on a date. You know she’s going to say no, but you still feel disappointed when she does.” Across the table, one of my oldest friends holds a cup of red wine in her hand. She is eating Spaghettios that took three minutes to heat up. I am eating two-minute prep Pad Thai from Trader Joe’s. We first met each other in a lap lane in a swimming pool the summer before we started high school, but now we sit here together, well into our collegiate careers. I look at her and know exactly what she’s talking about. I have received similar rejections this week. Every time I see an email from a job, internship or other program I have applied for that doesn’t read “Congratulations!” I get the same sinking feeling; it’s the feeling of being rejected by one of our country’s true national treasures in the form of a beautiful, long-legged goddess. To me, Fulbright and Beyonce are really one in the same. Both are unattainable and fierce, a picture of perfection all wrapped up into one. If you took the time out of your busy Sunday evening to watch the Baltimore Ravens win the Superbowl, then you saw Beyonce reunite one of my personal favorite childhood groups, Destiny’s Child, while singing a medley of her top hits from her career, proving just how bootylicious she really is. However, my Sunday night was so filled with studying that I lived had to watch a 14-minute Youtube video of the halftime show and read an influx of tweets and Facebook statuses about the game. Currently the object of unattainability — a job — hovers in front of me just like Beyonce’s presence on my dorm room television screen. It’s right there, hanging just barely out of reach in the limbo space of satellite waves. I can see other people getting them. I can imagine what it would be like to have one. I can learn the “Single Ladies” dance, but, so far, no matter what I do, I just can’t be as graceful or as captivating as the woman herself. Beyonce may be unattainable, which she makes more and more evident through her famous lyrics, but — no, I can’t handle this. I do want you to be my hero, Beyonce. I also want you to send me an email telling me you have the perfect job for me. Oh, and it pays more than minimum wage? I’m sold. If I can’t be her or have her goldenbrown locks, I assume I will have to settle for channeling her. Instead of formulating grammatically correct and convincing cover letters, I will now only submit them in the form of mash-up style lyrics of Beyonce’s greatest hits. You want someone who has good communication skills, knows how to use four different types of software and also has three years of previous experience? Well, I can name the titles of all of Beyonce’s albums in chronological order. She does say that girls run the world, so maybe there is a place for me out there after all, even if I only feel the sting of rejection right now. Ellie Kaufman is a Confusion Corner columnist and, instead of working on job applications, she spends most of her spare time practicing the “Single Ladies” dance and plotting to seduce Jay-Z.
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The Filipino-American Student Association will hold its annual culture night Friday, Feb. 8 in the Commonwealth Auditorium of Sadler Center. Doors will open at 5 p.m. with the event beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 in advance and $10 at the door. The show will include an original play written by club members, w a r r i o r dances and a traditional candle dance. Food will be served after the show.
Get ready to dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge at the Campus Center Friday night. AMP’s Late Night committee will be hosting Dodgeball in the Dark starting at 9 p.m. in Trinkle Hall. The free event will feature black lights, music and plenty of neon decor. Participants will also be provided with glowing refreshments. Students may form teams of up to six people. Team members are also encouraged to wear plenty of bright colors, lest they be rendered invisible by the COURTESY PHOTO / WEBSTERJOURNAL.COM lighting.
Does the William and Mary Global Film Festival 2013 have you feeling creative? The 24 Speed Filmmaking Competition offers the perfect outlet for you to showcase your talents in writing, editing and shooting. The competition is the joint project of the Swem Media Center and the film studies major. To make things more exciting, each team will be given a prop and a line, both of which must be incorporated into the short film. The film must also fit within a specific genre. The competition begins in the Swem Library Ford Classroom at 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 9.
Spend Sunday afternoon at the theater enjoying the Lemon Project Celebration of Dance. Kicking off the third annual Lemon Project Symposium, the event will be an hour-long performance at the Kimball Theater at 3 p.m. The Lemon Project is a College of William and Mary initiative “to rectify wrongs perpetrated against African Americans” during the Civil War and Jim Crow eras. The dance show will feature the choreography of Associate Professor of Dance Leah Glenn and the performances of students, alumni and faculty. Tickets are free, but they must be reserved in COURTESY PHOTO / FILMFESTIVAL.WM.EDU advance.
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JMU’s second-half surge sinks College, 81-71 BY MIKE BARNES FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary has its fair share of shooters. It’s what head coach Tony Shaver’s coaching tenure has largely been known for — a plethora of small, accurate perimeter sharpshooters who prefer threes to twos. The gameplan for so many years has been to beat teams with dead-accurate shooting, to the frustration of opposing coaches. However, the College got a taste of its own medicine Wednesday against conference foe James Madison. JMU guard A.J. Davis scored 27 points off the bench, including seven second-half three pointers, to sink the Tribe 81-71 at the JMU Convocation Center. Sophomore guard Marcus Thornton led the College (9-13, 3-8 CAA) with 22 points, but the Tribe offense could not keep up with the Dukes (14-11, 8-4 CAA) in the second half. “I’m not pleased with our play,” Shaver said. “Our team has to get balanced, we can’t have one-and-ahalf guys play well and expect to win on the road. We weren’t sharp mentally tonight, but again, give [JMU] credit for the way they played.” The game began with a series of small runs by either team, eventually ending in a 30-30 halftime tie. Both teams had moderate shooting success in the first half, and neither squad led by more than four points. When play resumed, however, both teams put on offensive displays. The Dukes — who failed to convert a three-point attempt in the first half — suddenly came alive from beyond the arc, hitting 9 of 14 attempts. Davis accounted for seven of those nine three-pointers. Led by Thornton, the College made a similar second half charge, shooting 60 percent from the field, including eight threes. The Tribe made 15 three pointers on the day, the fifth-best single game display in team history. With both squads shooting well, the game came down to defense. “I wasn’t pleased with our defense,” Shaver said. “A guy like Davis makes a couple, we’ve really got to guard him. Our scouting report on him was to make him put it on the floor and I think he had seven threes ... so, we didn’t pay attention to detail in certain situations, but I would give him credit for making the shots too.” The College’s defense buckled in a crucial
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Freshman guard Terry Tarpey and the Tribe kept pace with conference contender James Madison in the first half, but the Dukes overpowered the College defense in the second half.
stretch midway through the second half. With 14:33 remaining, Thornton hit a three to cut the Dukes lead — which had swelled up to eight — back down to three points. It was at this point that the Dukes’ sharpshooters took over. JMU guard Ron Curry connected from downtown, and after a turnover by junior guard Brandon Britt on the other end, Davis began to take over. Davis hit a three at the 13:20 mark to give JMU a nine-point lead, and after Thornton scored a three of his own on the other end, he responded with another triple, restoring the Dukes’ nine-point advantage. Thornton turned the ball over on the other end, and JMU guard Devon Moore converted a three-point play
for the Dukes to take a 12 point advantage. When it was all said and done, the Dukes’ 15-6 run in the span of four minutes was enough to put JMU out front for good. The College continued to score, but wasn’t able to corral the JMU shooters, and the Dukes maintained their advantage for the rest of the contest. The College committed 14 turnovers on offense, and the Dukes capitalized, scoring 25 points off turnovers. In addition to Thornton’s 22, junior center Tim Rusthoven added 11 points and three rebounds. Junior forward Kyle Gaillard and Britt both added 10 points for the College. After the game, Shaver was impressed with his
team’s improved shooting from beyond the arc, but thought three-point theatrics were for naught without good defense. “We kind of wasted a lot of them tonight,” Shaver said with a smile. “I thought we’ve shot the ball better in the last couple of games, but defensively, we can’t give up 51 second-half points and be successful. We worked so hard on the defensive end, and for 20 minutes we were pretty good — not great — but pretty good, and then just stopped paying attention to shooters, and we’ve got to do a better job.” The Tribe hopes to regain its defensive prowess Monday as CAA leader Northeastern visits Williamsburg at 7 p.m.
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Second-half rally comes up short as Tribe falls to Panthers Correal leads with 22, but paltry 4 of 21 three-point shooting performance derails College in Atlanta BY JARED FORETEK FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR
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Junior forward Kyla Kerstetter notched 12 points and two assists Thursday.
Close losses are losses all the same, and despite fighting hard all night, William and Mary reached the 15-loss threshold Thursday, falling at Georgia State, 57-52. Senior forward Emily Correal led the way for the College (9-13, 3-8 CAA), turning in a stellar 22-point, eight-rebound performance. Sophomore guard Kyla Kerstetter also had a big night, coming off the bench to score 12 on 3 of 8 shooting, grab three rebounds and dish out two assists. But perhaps the Tribe’s most significant individual performance was that of senior guard Janine Aldridge. Usually the Tribe’s go-
to sharp shooter and the team’s second-leading scorer, Aldridge was off, going just 2 of 13 from behind the arc en route to scoring eight, pulling down three rebounds and giving away three turnovers. With four seconds left, Aldridge had a chance to send the game into overtime but couldn’t connect on a three-ball. It followed a furious Tribe comeback that saw the College climb out of a 15-point second-half deficit after the Panthers (11-10, 3-7 CAA) scored the first 10 points of the period. Between the 14 minute, 12 second-mark of the second and the 5:37-mark, the College outscored Georgia State 22-5, taking a 4745 lead on a transition three from Kerstetter. The Panthers then regained
control, going on an 8-1 run of their own to grab a 53-48 with 3:30 to play. With 1:49 left, Georgia State’s Kayla Nolan knocked down a jumper to stretch that lead to five, but the College wasn’t out of it, responding with a Correal layup. Trailing 55-52 with 14 seconds to play, head coach Debbie Taylor used a timeout. Aldridge got the three-point attempt with four seconds remaining, but it was off. Two free throws from Georgia State’s Kendra Long on the other end sealed the win for the Panthers. Nolan led the charge for Georgia State, finishing with 17 points on 6 of 13 shooting and six rebounds. Neither team was at all capable from beyond the arc Thursday night, as the College went 4 of 21
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from distance and the Panthers hit just two of their 16 deep attempts. Georgia State finished the night at 32.8 percent from the field, while the Tribe shot a sub-par 29.5 percent. The loss drops the College to sole possession of ninth place in the conference, one game behind UNC-Wilmington. The Tribe will return to action when the Tribe heads to George Mason — the Colonial Athletic Association’s fourth-place team — Sunday for a 2 p.m. tipoff.
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Tribe signs 13 to the Class of 2017 Head coach Jimmye Laycock announced William and Mary’s 2013 recruiting class Tuesday. The class includes 12 students, eight of which are from Virginia. Laycock and his staff strategically selected players to fill the College’s position needs. Six members of the Class of 2017 are spotlighted to the right.
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Jhalil Mosley
Jonathan Dunn
Chris Durant
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Position: QB Vitals: 6”0’, 185 lbs. Hometown: Keswick, Va. Chose Tribe over: James Madison, Virginia Military Institute
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Position: RB Vitals: 5”9’, 192 lbs. Hometown: Springfield, Va. Chose Tribe over: Wake Forest, Fordham, Hampton, Old Dominion
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Position: OL Vitals: 6”4’, 286 lbs. Hometown: Oakton, Va. Chose Tribe over: James Madison, Ohio, Old Dominion, Yale
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Xavier Roscoe Position: LB/DE Vitals: 6”3’, 218 lbs. Hometown: Woodbridge, Va. Chose Tribe over: James Madison, Virginia Military Institute
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Jesse Santiago
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Position: WR Vitals: 6”1’, 190 lbs. Hometown: Yorktown, Va. Chose Tribe over: Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Tech (walk-on offer)
Position: DB Vitals: 5”6’, 196 lbs. Hometown: Olney, MD. Quote: “I am dedicated to the sport of football.”
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