The Flat Hat April 18, 2017

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This past week, the Books Not Bombs campaign at the College of William and Mary launched a week of events in partnership with Amnesty International to urge the College to “save seats” for Syrian refugees in the undergraduate admissions process.

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Campaign calls for College to lower barriers for Syrian refugees SARAH SMITH // FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR Sunday, April 16, students gathered on the Sunken Garden for the Rise for Refugees Vigil, ending a week of events designed to encourage College of William and Mary students to support “saving a seat” for students displaced by conflict in Syria. This week was in support of Books Not Bombs, a growing campaign at the College.

In an event advertised as a vigil, students gathered to demonstrate what saving a seat would actually look like.

Nairuti Shastry ’17, the founder of the College’s Books Not Bombs campaign, got her inspiration for the initiative while studying abroad in Belgium. There, she worked with primarily disadvantaged, Middle Eastern populations, many of whom were refugees. After a terrorist attack in Belgium, she said that many of the people she was working with changed how they treated the disadvantaged populations, which upset her because she was working with an organization that highlighted values such as diversity and inclusion.

COLLEGE SEARCHES FOR 28TH PRESIDENT April 11, Provost Michael Halleran sent a campus-wide email informing the College of William and Mary community about the presidential search commmittee and open forums for community members.

The committee is comprised of multiple members of the Board of Visitors, Class of 2018 President Laini Boyd ‘18, former SA President Yohance Whitaker ‘16, Director of the William and Mary Tax Conference Eric Chason, Africana studies Professor Iyabo Osiapem and chair of the English department Suzanne Raitt.

This committee is responsible for conducting the nationwide search to replace College President Taylor Reveley, who will retire June 30, 2018.

In Halleran’s email, he also announced that Wednesday, April 19, the College would be hosting forums for students and faculty to discuss the search.

There will be three sessions, one for staff, one for faculty and one for tsudents.

The presidential search committee will meet for the first time Friday, April 21, while the BOV is in session.

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Books Not Bombs is a student-led campaign that goes along with the Institute for International Education and the Syria Consortium, which was founded in 2012. The Institute for International Education is made up of 75 universities and advocates for students seeking admission at colleges and universities.

If the College were to join the Institute of International Education, it would “save seats” for Syrian refugees in the undergraduate and graduate admissions process. According to Shastry, this would lessen educational barriers for those students displaced by the conflict.

“This is to make sure we are living up to our values of a strong, liberal arts institution with a strong international focus,” Shastry said. “We need to be true to our community of Tribe Pride.”

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Tom Perriello visits College, advertises gubernatorial campaign Former U.S. representative discusses Sanders’ endorsement, Affordable Care Act in visit NIA KITCHIN FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

Friday, April 14, at an event co-hosted by the Young Democrats and VOX, Virginia gubernatorial candidate Tom Perriello said that he would not have chosen to run had Donald Trump not won the presidential election.

A former U.S. representative of the 5th congressional district of Virginia, Perriello spoke of forming an opposition to hate and creating a positive agenda for change.

“I think we also need to not just resist, we also need to offer a positive vision that will leave no one behind,” Perriello said.

“We always want to continue to work on transformation of hearts and minds.”

A self-described pragmatic populist, Perriello’s last-minute campaign has excited crowds and garnered national attention.

He received the endorsement of Bernie Sanders April 4, and he continues to lead a tour around the Commonwealth, including in coal country. Meanwhile, his opponent, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam, has received the endorsement of nearly every Virginia elected official. The two will go head-to-head in the primary June 13.

The reason for Sanders’ endorsement became clear as Perriello described his

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When she returned to the College, Shastry, who is an immigrant herself, decided to start an initiative that focused on refugee populations, particularly one that would lower institutional and financial barriers that refugees face.

“We did a lot of research, and we stumbled upon Books Not Bombs,” Shastry said. “It has a lot of university affiliates across the country, including big names like the University of Virginia, Dartmouth and Columbia. I didn’t see William and Mary though.

We wanted to bring this campaign to our campus since we have such a strong international focus, and we work with lots of organizations that are committed to social justice.”

According to Shastry, 11 million people have been displaced because of conflict in Syria. The United Nations considers 4.5 million of these people to be refugees. Within the United States, there are 12,000 college-aged Syrian refugees and 2,500 collegeaged students unable to pursue higher education due to financial barriers.

plans for economic and educational change in Virginia, including a $15 minimum wage, two free years of community college or career and technical training and a detestation for trickle-down economics.

He also emphasized that he wants to invest more in people, green energy and infrastructure, and he did not shy away from mentioning the possibility of raising taxes.

“We should wake up in the morning with a sense of urgency,” Perriello said. “We have a system right now that’s not investing in people.”

Perriello also spoke about Virginia’s outdated criminal code. He said that the Commonwealth has a code that is 50-60 years out of date, underpaid public defense attorneys and extremely high bail levels, all of which lead to extremely high numbers of imprisoned people. He said that Virginia needs to focus its resources on crimes that actually threaten public safety.

“In Virginia we make it a crime to be poor,” Perriello said.

Faisal Alami ’20 raised concerns about the Affordable Care Act and how Perriello would go about helping the uninsured.

“Many people are still underinsured or uninsured because private healthcare companies carry a lot of power,” Alami said.

Perriello agreed and said he believes fights like this can be won not in Richmond

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that it is possible right now because of the momentum progressives currently have.

“We can win this thing because all the intensity is on our side,” Perriello said.

“When I talk to Trump supporters now there’s not a lot of fist-pumping, no ‘He really stuck it to the refugees today.’”

Haley Arata ’17 said she also feels the excitement of Perriello’s campaign. The Virginia gubernatorial race has traditionally been a test of the new president, as it is the first election to follow any president’s inauguration.

Arata volunteered on Perriello’s campaign for Congress but said that she especially feels the momentum of this race given current events.

“When Perriello announced his candidacy it was like a breath of fresh air,” Arata said. “This is what democracy is about.”

Perriello said that given the extremism of the White House, now is the time to capitalize on traditionally Republican voters. He said he believes that given the choice of voting party-line or voting for the needs and well-being of their families, Virginia Republicans will switch over.

“People don’t identify with the extremism,” Perriello said. “We need to See PERRIELLO page 4

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but in Lee County and Wise County and areas that are not as populous and powerful as Richmond. He also emphasized that he wants to treat addiction as a disease and not as a crime.

“Hopefully if the circus about whether or not to keep the Affordable Care Act is over we can focus on how to strengthen it,” Perriello said.

Perriello discussed gerrymandering and how he would veto any gerrymandered proposals for redistricting, even if they were bipartisan. He also spoke about voting laws in Virginia and said that they make voting extremely difficult.

“We are the birthplace of American democracy; we are also the birthplace of slavery,” Perriello said. “Why on earth are we still voting like it’s the 18th century? I’ve literally been in war zones with easier and more efficient voting than here.”

When asked about money in politics and how he can bring other progressives in on his coattails if he wins, Perriello said he believes the House of Delegates is in play, and that he would much rather have a slate of more diverse candidates than more money. He said the amount of money in politics is “ridiculous” and “corrupt,” yet admitted to benefitting from it himself.

Perriello said that any reform in Virginia would be a step forward, and

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From the moment Hannah McKiernan ’17 was brought home from the hospital in a College of William and Mary onesie to now, a few weeks before she walks out of the Christopher Wren Building in her graduation robe, the College has been a central part of her life.

While McKiernan spent this year serving as the Student Assembly vice president, her involvement with the College started a bit more simply. Her father graduated from the College in 1982, and McKiernan said he brought her to Williamsburg every year.

While she wasn’t set on following in her dad’s footsteps, a visit during her junior year of high school settled her fate.

Now, after almost four years at the College, she’s ready to graduate with her dad in the audience. A few months ago, however, she wasn’t sure that would happen.

“My dad was really sick last year, all summer and a lot of last semester,” McKiernan said. “My family’s thing has been to just get to graduation. He almost died and there was this moment where he was like ‘If I don’t get to see you graduate, that would be the worst.’ He said, ‘I’m living to see you graduate’ because this school means so much to him. That has been the whole thing since my dad has gotten better. Everyone’s going to be there, so I have been looking forward to that because my dad is going to be there in his William and Mary tie and is going to be so proud.”

With her graduation plans set, McKiernan is looking forward to wrapping up her term as vice president and finishing up her classes before she heads to Prince George’s County, Md., to teach preschool or kindergarten with Teach for America. However, during her four years at the College she has worked to discover what she’s passionate about and to keep going when her father was ill.

Before McKiernan was sworn into office after winning an election with her running mate, former SA President Eboni Brown ’17, by a margin of 39 votes, she was figuring out what she was inspired by with the help of friends and professors at the College.

“I definitely think that I have changed in that I figured out what I am most passionate about,” McKiernan said. “I do think William and Mary has helped me figure out what I am most interested in. There are so many options when you get to college, especially at William and Mary with a million clubs, professors and internships. I am very much the kind of person who wants to try all of it, but I realized that I was way overstretching myself and had to figure out what I was most passionate about.”

For McKiernan, cutting back on her extracurricular involvements meant finding a home with Alpha Phi Omega, the College’s service fraternity. Once she joined APO, McKiernan said that she found herself joining the Young Democrats, which helped her volunteer in what she has ended up being most passionate about — education.

“APO is my service fraternity which I love dearly,” McKiernan said. “It helps form the servant part of servant leadership, because I really do believe the only way we can be effective leaders is to serve each other. I am extremely proud of everything APO has done.

It’s an amazing organization that doesn’t get enough recognition, but it was the most impactful organization that I joined at William and Mary. It has led me into a lot of different things.”

One of McKiernan’s favorite experiences with APO is Campus Escort, a service that provides golf cart rides to students in need of transportation after dark.

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SARAH SMITH // FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR “What has made me so passionate about APO is seeing the love that our brothers bring to the organization and the things that we do, especially Campus Escort … I am very passionate about it and I think it is extremely important,” McKiernan said. “The brotherhood is ready to fight for Campus Escort. We see the need on campus and we are the ones who do it every single night, we are ready to fight for it even when we see that no one else is. That’s the most impactful thing for me, seeing how much our brothers care … see how they’re willing to go the extra mile for something they believe in.”

When she’s not serving the campus via golf cart or presiding over the SA senate from her podium, McKiernan is probably spending her time focusing on education.

Her passion for education led her to declare a government major, and she has dedicated time to working for the department through her work-study with professor John McGlennon, who she said is her “de facto grandpa.” She has also spent time with the College’s Washington D.C. program, as an intern in the leadership and community engagement program and then as a teaching assistant for the same class.

While she has interned with the D.C. public school system and for the late Virginia Sen. John Miller’s campaign, McKiernan said that she has learned to accept that she excels at her passions, but not necessarily at test taking. For her, this is one of the most important lessons that she’s learned from her time at the College.

“I came here knowing that I wasn’t going to be the top of the class, that I wasn’t going to make Dean’s List all the time,” McKiernan said. “I don’t know if I’ve necessarily struggled in school, but test taking doesn’t come easily to me. I’ve had a hard time with that, always, forever. I just tell myself that I’m here for a reason, and the things that I’m really passionate about I perform really well in.

There’s this assumption that people who are highly involved and active are also the ones who make Dean’s List every semester, that they have this infallible academic reputation, which is just not true at all. I’ve been pretty open about my struggles academically because at a school that is constantly focus on how you are performing, it’s ok to be like ‘I’m not that great at this, but I do well at what I’m passionate about.’”

What she is passionate about is her involvements with student organizations.

Before she was SA vice president, she was a

member of the Roosevelt Institute, a member of AMP’s music committee, the campaign coordinator for the Young Democrats, APO’s executive vice president and the undersecretary of public affairs to Richmond.

For McKiernan, one of the biggest challenges was her role as SA vice president.

She said that although she felt ready when she was elected, her leadership style was new to the senate.

“It’s definitely been a challenge, that’s hard to deny,” McKiernan said. “I feel like I was ready for it, but I don’t know if other people were ready for me. I think that my leadership style is very loving and caring, I’m very much the motherly type. However, as mothers tend to do, when the law needs to be laid down, I’m not at all afraid to do that and speak my mind and do what I think is right. I think in past years, SA has tended to be pretty unwelcoming of people who are new, or outside of the typical SA mold.”

Breaking this mold has, in McKiernan’s opinion, been one of the biggest of her and Brown’s accomplishments. She also credits their Chief of Staff Sahil Mehrotra ’17 with this as well.

“So I think we kind of changed the dynamic a little bit in terms of who runs for these top of the ticket positions,” McKiernan said. “We were three, at the time, non-Greek people.

Two of us were people of color, two of us were women. I don’t even think we were trying [to be diverse], it just kind of happened. I hope that more people like us get involved. I don’t think that APO or the Young Democrats had been touched for SA stuff and last year they were just so excited. I feel like there are so many corners of campus that aren’t touched

by SA elections. I hope that this is something we have left behind.”

Now that she’s done being behind the podium and will have her father in the audience when she graduates, she’s following his advice one more time — to be a teacher.

“My dad’s a teacher, my mom’s a school social worker, pretty much everyone in my family is involved in education in some way,” McKiernan said. “If you ask anyone what gets me most fired up, it’s vouchers and charter schools. I want to work in this educational policy realm, but my dad always told me that you can’t legislate education until you’ve taught a kid to read, so I’m going to go teach kids for two years or more, because I think I’m going to fall in love with it and not want to move. Either way, I’ll be doing what I want to do, working with public schools.”

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Freedom University provides education for immigrants Inspired by freedom schools of Civil Rights era, university strives to educate tuition-free ALYSSA GRZESIAK FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

Wednesday, April 12, the College of William and Mary kicked off the third of three campus COLL 300 presentations on “Inclusion and the University” with a presentation by Executive Director of Freedom University Emiko Soltis. Soltis was accompanied by Rafael, Mileidi and Irene, three students from Freedom University whose last names are being withheld because they are living in the U.S. illegally. The theme of this session, coordinated by Hispanic Studies Program Director and professor Silvia Tandeciarz, was “unrest.”

Freedom schools were alternative, temporary free schools in the South for African-Americans during the Civil Rights Movement. Freedom University is inspired by these schools and provides a tuition-free education for undocumented students banned from higher education in Georgia.

“I started teaching as a volunteer professor back in 2013 and my experience specifically with student labor activism and civil disobedience came in handy when students wanted to be more engaged in terms of coming out of the shadows, not just going to a secret school,” Soltis said. “I have 40 incredible students in my life every semester who change me, and I also have the opportunity to have a really big impact on their life, not only as a teacher but as somebody who absolutely affirms their humanity and their dream of going to college — their dream of doing anything that they want.”

Soltis discussed the foundation and principles of the university. Freedom University provides tuitionfree, college-level classes, application assistance and leadership development for students living in the

United States illegally who are denied higher-level education. Its mission statement begins, “We believe that all human beings — regardless of race, ethnicity, class, religion, gender, sexual orientation or citizenship status — have a right to education.”

The university first opened its doors in 2011 to combat the passage of Georgia Board of Regents Policies 4.1.6 and 4.3.4, which ban youth living in the United States illegally from attending Georgia’s top five public universities and from receiving in-state tuition. According to their website, the implications of these policies are a prime example of modern era segregation in southern educational facilities.

Soltis joined Freedom University in 2013 as a volunteer professor and is now the executive director for the university. Having spent most of her twenties working with immigrant communities fighting for immigrant rights with migrant farmworkers, Soltis said she was more than qualified to take on a role fighting for students living in the United States illegally.

“I think what’s also rewarding is being able to see that it’s not just theory of social movements or that young people can change things, but to actually be a part of a movement that’s transforming a national dialogue on a very important issue: creating change step by step though changing private university admission policies to winning gains on these discriminatory laws to changing culture,” Soltis said.

During the presentation, the presenters, who were all born in Mexico, shared a glimpse into the life of students living in the United States without legal permission.

Irene crossed the U.S. border first at age one, then again at age three. For her second journey to the United States, she and her mother used borrowed Visas: Irene,

per her paperwork, became a boy and her mother became her aunt.

Rafael, who crossed the border around the age of six, said he recalled always being aware of his lack of documentation. He said it robbed him of childhood pleasures and socialization as a young adult. Rafael said that while getting pulled over while driving is next to nothing for most people, for him it would have resulted in being ripped from the arms of his family and dumped in a country he knew nothing about.

Mileidi discussed similar feelings as Rafael, particularly the embarrassment that came from constantly fabricating excuses as to why she could not do seemingly normal things and the fear that accompanied everyday actions.

Irene said her visit to the College was “what would have been the college experience for me.”

As a result of the Georgia laws, many youths who entered the country illegally do not get a college experience. The plan for many of these students is to go straight into the work force after graduating from high school. The presenters said that the Georgia Board of Regents Policies 4.1.6 and 4.3.4 deny the human right to education to students living in the United States illegally.

“Freedom U is an institution that helps undocumented students get into college,” Mileidi said. “It teaches about activism and how we can become more involved in our communities, how to successfully plan and execute an event. It brings a sense of community to undocumented students; it helps us feel more normal, more like students.”

The Freedom University students were housed and accompanied by students from the College’s

Border Studies Program. Students like Grace Norwaldy ’17 went on a one-week trip to Tucson, Ariz. to learn about the border crisis first-hand. The students talked to lawyers and activist groups, and visited a detention center to get an “on-the-ground perspective” of the issue.

“The organization that sponsored us, they’re kind of motto is, ‘Come to Tucson, see what it’s like here, then go back home and act somehow’,” Norwaldy said. “This was our action when we got back, to host the Freedom University students. I think what’s been really striking to all of us is that they’re — I don’t want to call them normal kids, but like they’re anyone I would know here.”

During a question and answer session at the end of the presentation, one individual brought up the possibility of professors at the College teaching classes online for Freedom University. The panel said that the best way for people to get involved and assist the movement is to be informed allies — to research and read up on immigration conditions and laws, then sit down with family, friends and peers and spread the knowledge.

“No matter who you are and no matter where you are there’s something you can do to help,” Norwaldy said.

At the end, Freedom University representatives thanked the faculty and staff of the College. The thanks were complemented by pleas for those in attendance to sit down with someone and discuss what they had learned from the presentation and spread the word of Freedom University and its mission. “[People] should just treat us like humans,” Irene said. “Have respect for other people, do not just assume they are immigrants. Treat us normal, because we are all human beings.”

Students smash scales to fight eating disorders, start conversation Experts, students speak on professional opinions, personal eating disorders HEATHER BAIER FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR

Eating disorders, carrying the highest death rate out of any known type of mental disorder, affect 20 percent of college students nationwide and have a 13.1 percent mortality rate, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. Veritas Collaborative, a specialty hospital for the treatment of eating disorders, teamed up with Southern Smash to bring a scale smashing event to the College of William and Mary campus April 12.

Clinical and staff psychologist at the College Colleen Reichmann said the event was hosted in order to bring awareness to eating disorders on campus.

“The whole idea was just to kind of build awareness about eating disorders, body image on campus,” Reichmann said. “We were thinking that maybe there wasn’t a lot of talk, open conversation about eating disorders on campus so we thought this was a really loud, kind of brave, in your face way to just start the conversation.”

Southern Smash is named for its signature scale-smashing event. The non-profit provides college campuses with scales, and students smash them in order to raise awareness about eating disorders. The College’s event attracted a wide variety of students, as well as members from local organizations that are part of the fight against these disorders.

A partner with Stay Strong Virginia Beth Ayn Stabs came from Richmond, Virginia in order to support the scale-smashing event.

“What we do is raise awareness and educate and get individuals that are impacted by an eating disorder connected with resources … to raise awareness not just about eating disorders, but I think everyone’s general relationship with food because we become a little obsessed and its hard to fully engage in life when you’re thinking about numbers and size and portions” Stabs said.

In the evening after the scale smashing, Reichmann hosted a panel

with eating disorder experts and survivors. The panel discussed treatment methods for eating disorders and their prevalence on college campuses.

A notable takeaway from the panel was the notion that eating disorders are blind — they affect people of all different ethnicities and sexualities.

Alex Winkowski ’17 battled an eating disorder during their first years on campus, and they said they were surprised by the diversity that they encountered in their first treatment group.

“When I walked in the room the first day I noticed that this was not a room filled with what people would think people with eating disorders looklike at all,” Winkowski said. “Walk in, there were queer black women in there, there were Muslim women, there were gay men, there were straight men, there were the cis-gender white women.”

Winkowski said that conquering eating disorders could not be accomplished by simply targeting one population.

“They were all different body types, and you know when I walked into that room, I realized that eating disorders don’t discriminate,” Winkowski said.

“This is not something that we can just tackle by targeting one population; it has to be very holistic.”

According to the National Eating Disorder Association, 42 percent of men who have eating disorders identify as gay and are seven times more likely to binge eat. In a different study, African-American females consistently scored higher on Eating Disorder Inventory scales than white females.

Executive Director of Virginia Veritas Collaborative Elisha Contner Wilkins said she has encountered professionals who also misunderstood the reach of eating disorders.

“I first was getting into treating eating disorders in the late ’90’s, early 2000s, and I was working at a place in Florida … and I remember the clinical director said to me, ‘Well I don’t understand why you’re getting into eating disorders because you know that’s just a rich white girl’s disease,’” Wilkins said. “I was like, ‘Eating disorders don’t discriminate.’

The other important thing about eating disorders as well is that we don’t treat eating disorders in isolation.”

Winkowski agreed, saying that when they returned from treatment they joined a campus fraternity and their brothers have been imperative to their ongoing recovery.

“I think the biggest factor in my recovery was having a support system and having people who were willing to hold me accountable for eating and for having a healthy relationship with food,” Winkowski said.

According to the earlier study, members of the gay community were better able to avoid eating disorders if they felt connected to their peers.

However, Winkowski said that even in an environment as accepting as the trans community, there are still standards as to what the ideal body should look like.

“Me as someone who’s gender fluid, you would think like okay well they’re non-binary so then they shouldn’t have to conform to either standard, and that is just incorrect and its really interesting because I feel like I’m pulled in both directions,” Winkowski said. “It’s really upsetting that in a community that is supposed to be so inviting and so inclusive that there is this kind of divide, and there’s this idea of what a trans person should look like, and it’s really interesting, and I’m still kind of navigating it.”

Samantha Nichols ’18 also battled an eating disorder and presented her journey during the panel as a story entitled “Two Mirrors and a Mountain.”

She ended her story by saying she was grateful for the lessons her eating disorder taught her, and she is ready to raise awareness for the fight against what had previously consumed her life.

“Overall, the emotions I feel now are stronger, more colorful and propel me to do greater things than my eating disorder ever believed I could,” Nichols said. “So, this is not to say I am grateful for eating disorders, I hate them and I think they belong in the deepest level of hell, this is instead to say that I’ve climbed a lot of mountains and I want to talk about it.”

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Assembly Senate to rally support for the Books Not Bombs Resolution, which was passed by a vote of unanimous consent. This resolution codified SA support for the initiative and was sponsored by Class of 2020 President Kelsey Vita ’20.

Vita said that she believes it is SA’s duty to send a message that the College is in support of all students, including international students and refugees.

“I strongly believe it is our duty as a representative body to send a loud, clear message that William and Mary is a place where every student that works hard and wants to pursue a higher education will have the opportunity to succeed,” Vita said. “This resolution addresses an issue that is concerning not only to activist student groups on campus, but also the world as a whole, and furthers our mission as a college to ‘instill in its students an appreciation for the human condition, a concern for the public well-being and a lifelong commitment to learning.’”

Shastry said she worked with Associate Dean of Admission and Director of Global Recruitment Deborah Basket to figure out details of admission and finances. Shastry said that Basket emphasized that if the College joined the Consortium, it would not create a quota system for admissions. Most likely, Shastry said, the College would set aside money for refugees, and if qualifying students were accepted, they would receive money to attend.

“A lot of other universities have joined the Consortium,” Shastry said. “I would imagine we would have to talk to the Board of Visitors and

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I strongly believe it is our duty as a representative body to send a loud, clear message that William and Mary is a place where every student that works hard and wants to pursue a higher education will have the opportunity to succeed.

assume that there would be some tuition assistance through the financial aid department, but I do see a lot of private scholarships being sponsored by the BOV or student organizations on campus to cover other associated costs of attending of college.”

This past week, Books Not Bombs partnered with the College’s chapter of Amnesty International for their “Rise for Refugees” week. Books Not Bombs held their own events at the end, including a documentary screening of “White Helmets,” a roundtable discussion of students and professors and the vigil for Syrians on Sunday night. Shiyam

Galyon, one of Books Not Bombs’ national coordinators, also attended the vigil.

If the College were to join the Institute for International Education, administrators would fill out an application on the Institute’s website. Each university explains its admissions requirements and what they’re looking for in students. Then, the Institute guides each university through the process.

“I just want to emphasize that this is not associated with the quota system,” Shastry said. “This is not reserving a certain number of seats. If you don’t meet the requirements, you’re not accepted. This is to reduce the logistical barriers. It’s saving a seat in the metaphorical.”

—Kelsey Vita ‘20 NAIRUTI SHASTRY / COURTESY PHOTO

Kelsey Vita ’20 symbolically saves a seat for refugees, part of the student-led Books Not Bombs campiagn othat was held on campus.

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SA funds talk on ending sexual assault Sofie Karasek, Annie Clark visit College from End Rape on Campus organization CARLEY SCHANCK FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

April 13, Student Assembly sponsored an event entitled “How to End Rape on Campus” as a part of the College of William and Mary’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Speakers Sofie Karasek and Annie Clark cofounded a national group called End Rape on Campus, which inspired the creation of the documentary “The Hunting Ground.”

Karasek herself is a subject in the documentary, as well as an advocate for victims of sexual assault. Much of her work has been featured in national media, such as New York Times and the Washington Post. Clark is also an advocate of sexual assault awareness and has presented work on women’s issues to the United Nations.

Additionally, she was listed alongside former U.S. President Barack Obama as one of the most influential figures in higher education.

Karasek attended the University of California, Berkeley and got involved in a student organization, went on an off-campus retreat and then was sexually assaulted by one of the leaders of the organization.

“We found out shortly after I came back to campus that he had actually systemically been doing this to first year girls in this particular club that he was on the board of,” Karasek said.

Karasek said she attempted to have the perpetrator resign from leadership of the club, but this did not end up happening. Less than a month later, she said

he sexually assaulted another club member. Karasek said that at this point, the university was aware of the situation, but told her to keep quiet about it.

“We ended up reporting him after the latest assault, and the university didn’t end up investigating it,” Karasek said. “They put him on disciplinary probation and let him graduate earlier. As a result, he now attends Harvard Law School.”

Clark grew up in Raleigh, N.C. and attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She said that she was used to having control in her life.

“I knew what I wanted to study, I knew I wanted to play sports,” Clark said. “I could control a ball on the soccer field, I could control how I studied in class and my grades ... but I was not prepared for what happened to me.”

When she was first sexually assaulted, Clark said that she tried to push the experience to the back of her mind, but eventually needed help. It was at this point that Clark said she experienced a common response of victims of sexual assault: victim blaming.

“I reached out to a university employee who should have known what they were doing,” Clark said.

“This employee told me that rape was like a football game, that I was the quarterback and in charge of my situation.”

Karasek and Clark went on to address common myths about sexual assault, including the belief that it only happens to females.

“One in six boys will be sexually assaulted before they’re 18, and actually as a man you’re more likely to be sexually assaulted than to be a perpetrator of

it,” Karasek said. “So this is very much an issue that impacts everyone.”

They also cited statistics that showed racial and sexual minorities are sexually assaulted at higher rates over the course of their lives. 18.8 percent of black women, 34.1 percent of Native American women, 21.1 percent of Latina women and 50 percent of bisexual individuals will experience sexual assault in their lifetimes.

Another myth Karasek and Clark tried to “debunk” is that some extraneous factors such as alcohol consumption or revealing clothing can be the cause of sexual assault. Karasek and Clark said that the only true cause of sexual assault is the person who commits the assault. They argued that rhetoric about not going out late at night or watching one’s drink should be replaced with efforts to prevent sexual assault.

“Don’t tell us not to get raped, tell people not to rape,” Clark said.

In terms of making a change, Clark said it comes about on an individual level in instances of everyday life.

“If you’re sitting around watching March Madness or whatnot and there’s a commercial that comes on, and it is degrading to women or it’s racist or it’s in some way problematic, it’s calling that out … this is something anybody can do,” Clark said. “You don’t need to stand on a stage and talk about this to make a difference.”

Karasek and Clark also addressed how to help a friend who is a victim of sexual assault. “[It is important] to recognize that people are at all

different spaces and stages and need different things and to offer support instead of judgment and trying to play the investigator,” Clark said.

Karasek added that it is easy to feel pressure to fix the situation, but it is necessary to remember that listening goes a long way.

Sen. Brendan Boylan ’19 wrote a bill that went along with SA’s Survivor Solidarity Resolution to provide the funding necessary to bring Clark and Karasek to campus.

“This is a huge problem and we need to tackle it and we can do it right here at William and Mary where we do have those problems, but we can do better,” Boylan said.

Boylan spoke about the importance of the issue of rape on college campuses, adding that he was surprised by the statistic that 40 percent of colleges nationwide have reported zero instances of sexual assault.

“There’s no such thing as zero percent,” Boylan said.

College President Taylor Reveley also attended the event, and said that it was important to him as part of the College’s larger effort to pay more attention to sexual assault.

“It’s very important because we’re really working hard at William and Mary to prevent sexual assault, sexual harassment, and if we can’t prevent it, to respond quickly and effectively,” Reveley said. “I think we’ve made a huge amount [of progress]. First of all, it’s just gotten a lot more focused attention and we’ve put more staff resources on it, more programmatic resources, we’ve created the Haven, and I think we’re really ... beginning to get peoples’ attention.”

VOX, Young Democrats host gubernatorial hopeful Perriello discusses his pro-choice belief, support for addressing structural inequalities PERRIELLO from page 1

stand fiercely in opposition to hate.”

When asked about his controversial vote for the Stupak-Pitts amendment to the Affordable Care Act, an amendment which would prohibit the use of federal funds to pay for abortions except in special cases, Perriello said that he had made a commitment to his constituents at the time to not support any health care reform bill that allowed for public funding of abortions.Perriello said he has always been pro-choice and that this vote was a mistake. He also

said that he has evolved on the issue of public funding for abortion and now understands the structural inequalities that it encompasses.

Perriello also addressed another controversy: the fact that he once had an A rating from the NRA and that it had endorsed his reelection campaign.

He said that it had become a “nut job extremist” organization and was not what it was in the past.

Talia Schmitt ’17 asked how Perriello was planning on uniting an extremely diverse and disparate state.

Perriello said that his campaign is visiting many red counties for this

reason. He said he hopes to unite the Commonwealth over shared family issues because the two groups most likely to use the community college system he is promoting are people in rural communities and people of color, the two groups Trump wants to set against each other.

President of the Young Democrats Sahil Mehrotra ’17 said he was grateful to have had both Democratic candidates for governor on campus.

“I think it’s just great that we can have valuable conversations about what it means to be a Democrat and be a part of the Democratic Party and what the future of the party is,” Mehrotra said.

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A dignified ending to Reveley’s time in office

Eric Nubbe

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progress greatly during his tenure. He is beloved by a large part of the student body, and just mentioning his name around campus elicits hushed stories ringing of awe and wonder. I am eternally grateful to President Reveley for the time that he gave to the school, but I think it is time to look at the future of the College with hope and anticipation. I think that a new president will bring with him or her the opportunity for progress. The social issues at this school will see new light under new leadership, and any time power changes hands there is the possibility of real, tangible change.

Let’s all be real here for a second: the Black Lives Matter meeting with Reveley did not go well, on either side. No one left that conversation feeling justified or content, and I think we can all agree that it was not a good look for the College, regardless of who we feel was right.

Reveley’s message of, “It hasn’t been fixed before, so it can’t be fixed now,” was inappropriate and disheartening.

I think that this was a good indicator that it is time for change, and I think we should all be ready for it.

President Reveley was a great president of the College, and I think he should be remembered this way.

But no one can keep their job forever, and there is no better time than now for change. I will remember Reveley’s final two years here fondly, but I have hope that the next two after him will be even better. I hope that the new president makes diversity a priority, and I am confident that the search committee will do their job well. Changing a culture takes a community, but a new president is a good start. Let’s make William and Mary shout “I love our colors,” not “I’ve got color too!”

Email Sam de Vignier-Awad at sdevignierawad@email.wm.edu.

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I am excited for Reveley’s retirement. There, I said it.

Hate on me all you want, but I think that this is a promising time for the school. Throughout my freshman year at this school, I’ve had some of the best experiences of my life. But I have also noticed that there are some underlying problems within the student population, especially concerning issues of race. Now before anyone jumps to conclusions, I am not pinning race issues on Reveley, nor am I saying that the College of William and Mary is the only place suffering from these problems. But we all saw the swastikas that popped up on campus after Trump’s election, as well as the heckling that both the LGBTQ and minority communities experienced throughout the year. I think this all culminated in the Black Lives Matter movement’s meeting with President Reveley, and I think that his responses to their concerns made me look forward to change in the future.

Taylor Reveley pulled this school together in a time of instability and helped the College

I am excited for Reveley’s retirement.

There, I said it.

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To enjoy nice things, one must contribute to the commons. Find me a historic area that does not have some fees associated, maintenance and restoration takes money. There are also people who support this as their livelihood and are not on a college life style. This is the real world, not the bubble of college life.

— Joshua Pagonis on “Colonial Williamsburg must stay fee-free”

I’ve heard a lot of different reactions to President Taylor Reveley’s decision to retire next June: happiness, confusion, surprise, sorrow. I was as shocked as anybody by his sudden announcement, but I can’t say that I feel sad.

Let me clarify. I am not happy that Reveley is leaving this school.

He has done more for this school than I can fit in this article.

Beyond that, he has always been a friendly, approachable president who loves talking to students and making goofy videos with the Griffin. Of course I’ll miss him.

However, Reveley has been president of the College of William and Mary for nearly a decade. A decade is a long time, no matter who you are. 10 years ago, I was over a foot shorter than I am now and still learning how to spell the names of all the months. (Where does that first “r” in February come from, anyway?) Before he was president, Reveley was dean of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at William and Mary. Since 1998 — the year I was born

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Reveley would have to leave William and Mary at some point, and I think we should be glad that he’s leaving on his own terms.

— Reveley has been working hard to make William and Mary a great school. And now, Reveley says that “I want to enjoy a few years of retirement” and “figure out what it is that I would like to do.” If Reveley wants to finally retire and relax after such a long career, I can’t get upset. Being sad seems like the wrong reaction to something that Reveley is clearly looking forward to. Besides, the image of Reveley sunbathing on a tropical beach somewhere makes me too happy to be upset over his retirement.

Some of you might think that I do not feel upset over Reveley’s retirement because I haven’t been here long enough or that I never got to talk to him. That statement is partially true. I am a freshman and obviously haven’t interacted with Reveley as much as some students. However, that does not mean I don’t feel connected to Reveley. I’ve listened to him speak on many occasions. I’ve seen him walking down Jamestown Road and strolling by the Sunken Garden. I trick-or-treated at his house on Halloween. Even before I arrived at William and Mary, my older brother told me how Reveley was always willing to stop and take a selfie with a student. But things change. Reveley would have to leave William and Mary at some point, and I think we should be glad that he’s leaving on his own terms.

As President Reveley starts his last year at the College, we should definitely celebrate his many achievements and reminisce about his long tenure at this school. But when Reveley finally packs up the President’s House next June, we should be smiling right along with him.

Email Eric Nubbe at enubbe@email.wm.edu.

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This conversation with the city of Williamsburg and the Foundation has been going on for YEARS (if not decades), it is not a chosen path or set in stone.

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Condemnable but charming: The case for preserving beloved Morton Hall

Sarah Smith

FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

Morton Hall is the academic building that everyone loves to hate. When the College of William and Mary finished renovations of Tyler Hall, government and economics majors flocked to the new and improved building, complete with a sunny entrance way and a prime location on the Sunken Garden.

I might be bitter just because I’ve yet to have any of my many international relations and economics classes in the beautiful building, but I’m a big fan of Morton and would argue that it’s one of the most endearing spots on campus.

Sure, the building definitely has some structural issues. Several government professors cite memories of the basement level flooding and of facilities maintenance workers pouring cement into the foundation when the building started to settle.

Morton’s physical appearance isn’t necessarily the most appealing, but it houses such an eclectic and charming group

of faculty and programs, I’d be sad if I went a semester without having to trek up and down the Morton steps three or four — or 12 — times a week.

See, I not only love Morton Hall for its lovely basement that has housed some of my favorite IR classes, but also the bonds I made with people over shared discomfort.

There was nothing like hiking there from GGV my freshman year in the snow for an 8:00 a.m. international security class, only to immediately start sweating upon entering an overly heated building. All jokes aside, I really did look forward to the familiar feeling of those basement classrooms.

What I really love about Morton, and why it found a place in my heart as the best academic building on campus, is its charming third floor. I recently declared my gender, sexuality, and women’s studies major, and absolutely love the small classroom at the end of the GSWS hallway in which I’ve spent countless hours taking classes. There’s lots of sunlight, thought-provoking posters on reproductive justice, and there’s nothing like seeing a bunch of students packed in a classroom, sitting on couches and chairs in the corner when the center table starts to overflow.

Some of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned in college have been in that classroom. It might take me an embarrassingly long time to hike up all of the steps — let’s face it, there’s no cute way to catch your breath once you hit the third floor landing — but I’ve learned to challenge the way I view the world.

The conversations with peers and professors in that GSWS classroom have shaped my beliefs on intersectional feminism and activism, things that I hold as integral to my identity. If you

still want more reasons to love the building that may or may not be in a sinkhole, there’s the stuffy — but oh so wonderful — classics library just down the hall.

A thick wooden table dominates the room and the walls are filled with translations, Latin dictionaries and odd knickknacks that professors and the Classics Club have collected over the years. My friends ask me regularly why I’m still taking Latin — no, I’m not majoring in it, no, I don’t need it to fulfill my language proficiency — but honestly, the happy bubble that is the classics library is a good enough reason why. There’s something about being surrounded by such a passionate group of students (seriously, like think about who would be taking 400 level classes in Latin), and a rainbow of bound books that makes the hours of translation and 90 minutes spent inhaling whatever’s in the air in Morton so worth it.

I’m not saying you have to take four semesters of Latin, or even try a GSWS class – although both programs are fantastic – but find a tucked away classroom for a small program in Morton and think about giving it a chance.

Morton hosts a diverse group of classes — Africana studies, Asian and Middle Eastern studies, sociology and global studies — in addition to the ones I’ve already mentioned.

There’s definitely a home for you on one of the building’s floors. Whether or not you fall as deeply in love with this boxy brick building as I have, I can guarantee you won’t find me jumping for joy if the College ever moves ahead with demolishing Morton.

Email Sarah Smith at sesmith@email.wm.edu.

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Students competed for eternal glory in Triwizard Tournament inspired challenges COURTESY GRAPHIC / WKIMEDIA COMMONS

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What might have seemed at first glance like an elaborate game night with friends Friday, April 14th turned out to be none other than the waiting room of the College of William and Mary’s Triwizard Tournament. Students sat cross-legged on the carpet, playing board games like Twister, Jenga and Pit, while excitedly shouting “two for two” and “three for three” as they reached over each other and slammed cards on the carpet. The Harry Potter soundtrack swelled in the background, floating above the towering Quidditch posts. On black tables shone gold coins, plastic Harry Potter glasses and jars of jelly beans; in the corner, potions swirled with glitter, fizzing over the tops of their jars.

The Triwizard Tournament is the magical competition from the “Harry Potter” series, where select students from the wizarding schools Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang face off in three challenges. AMP recreated this event for students of the College last Friday.

A main feature of the evening was the two escape rooms based on the Tournament’s dragon challenge and maze challenge. An AMP member read a series of chronological clues to help students look for items in the room. Each led up to the final clue that would reveal where the ultimate objective was hidden. Harry Potter-themed prizes were available for the team with the best escape time.

“For the dragon room, we have the goal of finding the egg and defeating the dragon, and for the maze room, the goal is to find the trophy,” head of AMP’s Late Nite committee Anh Tran ’17 said. “But if you’ve watched the movies or [if ] you’ve read the book, then [you’ll remember that] you encounter Voldemort in the graveyard, right? So, the ultimate goal is actually finding the spell that defeats Voldemort.”

The Wizards and Muggles Club first proposed the Tournament using AMP’s online co-sponsorship form. Once

AMP received the request, it was circulated among AMP’s nine student-run committees until Tran and AMP Interns committee member Mags Assaf ’18 decided to pick it up. “[The Wizards and Muggles Club] just reached out broadly to AMP [and] … people on my Committee also were interested in doing something with Harry Potter, so it was just a natural match,” Kevin Nelson ’18, the chair of AMP’s Interns committee said. “Our committee kind of picked it up with the Late Nite committee … so we had two committees interested, and we said, ‘Ok, let’s work together on this.’”

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When I was first applying to colleges ... I chose which schools to apply to [based on] if they had a Quidditch team or not.”

— Mimi Clemens ’17

Once the Late Nite and Interns committees agreed to sponsor the event, members from both groups began to work with the Wizards and Muggles Club on planning the details. The organizers decided to have a waiting room area filled with Harry Potter-themed snacks and activities for Harry Potter fanatics — and casual fans — to enjoy.

“We have a photobooth in here, and I brought in my own

robes [and] I brought in two interactive wands, and I have my Hufflepuff scarf,” Assaf said. “Not everyone on the [AMP] Committee likes Harry Potter, but enough do and it’s a big enough thing where people can come and have fun, and even if they don’t watch the … movies or read the books, they can pose with the wands [or] our 9 3/4 wall.”

Many of the activities in the waiting room would appeal to anyone, not simply die-hard Harry Potter fans. Assaf reached out to the Quidditch team and invited them to collaborate on the event, so members of the team handed out frothy glasses of Butterbeer, made from their secret recipe, to thirsty competitors. The team also displayed some of their brooms, posts and other equipment to encourage students to consider joining the team.

“When I was first applying to colleges … I chose which schools to apply to [based on] if they had a Quidditch team or not,” Vice President of the Quidditch team Mimi Clemens ’17 said. “I’m always [at Day for Admitted Students] manning the Quidditch booth with a bunch of other Quidditch players, and every year we always get, like, five or six incoming freshman who say, ‘When I applied for William and Mary, I checked [that] they had a Quidditch team.’ … It seems like a very peculiar … thing … but how I thought about it was more like, if they have a Quidditch team, they must be … pretty accepting of nerds.”

Despite the fact the Triwizard Tournament was originally a competition, this event involved many different types of collaboration — within the different AMP committees, between AMP and the various clubs involved and between the Harry Potter fans running the event and students who are new to the series. As Assaf commented, one of the appeals of AMP is that it works with groups on campus who are interested in hosting an event but lack the funds to pull it off, and it helps them to create a magical night.

“It’s really fun for me, to actually be passionate about something and plan it out,” Assaf said. “Like, we did a Triwizard Tournament. Who else can say that?”

A noteworthy accomplishment at the College

Kira Perzel Mandell writes notes of encouragement to leave in students’ mailboxes GABRIELA MONTESDEOCA FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR

Random acts of kindness and love surprise us throughout our college experience, such as a compliment from a stranger, care packages from friends and family or the odd letter from grandparents. Now there is one more act to add to the list. One of the new joys that has graced campus is the appearance of positive cards in students’ mailboxes, all thanks to the wonderful Kira Perzel Mandell ’18.

The idea of positivity cards struck Perzel Mandell her freshman year but in a different format. She initially started by making small business cards and handing them out, but that process made distribution difficult. After participating in the 24 Hour Play Festival, Perzel Mandell developed a new system.

“If you act or participate in it, the theatre secret society sends you a little note on an index card to your mailbox. I was like, ‘What? This is the coolest thing,’” Perzel Mandell said.

A new idea and lots of free time meant she could move forward with the plans.

“For fall break my sophomore year, I was just sticking around campus because I didn’t have anywhere to go,” Perzel Mandell said. “I ended up writing a few hundred [cards] to my friends or Facebook friends.”

All of the cards were written anonymously.

After reading through the now defunct “Overheard at William and Mary” page to see people’s reactions, she became really excited to see how many people she had been able to

positively affect and to see people try to find out who she was. Perzel Mandell realized that people needed a pick-me-up to help them through all the stress of college life.

“A big thing that was important to me was having it be a little bit personal,” Perzel Mandell said. “You get all these ‘Hey you’re great’ sticky notes on the wall and those are good for some people, but I think by addressing them to specific people, it feels more personal to that person.”

She came up with 300 different positive

messages, making sure to use different combinations of marker colors to differentiate them.

The initial attempt at sending the first batch involved trying to cram large stacks into the student mail slot and getting her hands stuck in the process. Noticing her trouble, one of the postal services workers pointed out she could hand them to the front desk instead of risking two important body parts.

Over time, the process of writing the cards has

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Perzel Mandell came up with 300 different messages and typically writes 1,000 cards per week to send each semester.

become more “systematic” or professional. She now typically writes them in batches of 1,000 per week and sends them each semester in order to avoid missing anyone who’s only here for one semester. Perzel Mandell has noticed a peculiar evolution in how she draws her hearts.

“So, they used to be really nice hearts, and now they are just like could be a heart, could be a scribble,” Perzel Mandell said. “I feel like it’s become more me; you know how you practice writing your signature a million times and eventually it becomes something; I feel like it’s like that. Definitely not a perfect heart but it’s a very ‘me’ heart now.”

Her goal in continuing this endeavor is simply to reach more people with the notes and to continue to do so personally.

“It so cool to feel that I’ve personally reached 4,700 people, it’s so exciting,” Perzel Mandell said.

“Now I just want to do more.”

She hopes that the notes let students know that someone is looking out for them. One hope is that the positive cards will pull people out a little bit from the stress of college life and give them a random reason to smile. The cards have positively contributed to how she sees herself as a person.

One person can positively affect their surroundings. By following through on her idea, Perzel Mandell has brightened the days of many students and has shown the need for positive messages in everyone’s lives. Her favorite message to share is “Don’t let stupid little things ruin your happiness,” especially in relation to twamp culture and how students get bogged down by miniscule things.

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Tunes with Tradition

Appalachian Music Ensemble performs old-time melodies in campus concert music he had been listening to in his community, like jazz, blues and gospel music. He created a more performance-driven style of music that is known today as bluegrass.

“There’s a saying that kind of wraps it up,” Johnson said. “It’s a cliche, but there’s some truth to it. Old-time musicians use their skill to show off the tune. Bluegrass musicians use the tune to show off their skill.”

Like many other music genres, there is an element of improvisation to Appalachian music.

dulcimer. Johnson said that it is not uncommon to hear a cello as well. There was even a cello at the ensemble’s most recent concert.

Anyone passing through Ewell Hall Saturday, April 15, would Appalachian music in many ways is also an oral tradition. have been treated to a free serenade from the William and Mary Music has been passed down from person to person, sometimes Appalachian Music Ensemble, which was holding a concert without being written down. Johnson said that one of the in the recital hall. The concert opened with a rendition of the challenges he faces is teaching students how to step away from traditional American folk song “O Shenandoah,” played by one sheet music. of the ensemble’s small groups. Throughout the night, groups “Getting away from the paper is really scary,” Johnson said. within the ensemble played a variety of “Part of it is teaching them how to learn songs for the audience. a tune by ear.”

The ensemble, which practices every While it is unclear what year the Monday night, plays Appalachian Appalachian Music Ensemble was tunes and songs. The current director, founded, Johnson believes the Tripp Johnson, described Appalachian ensemble has been around for at least music as southern string band music.

15 years. When Johnson took the job The ensemble explores a broad range as director in 2009, the ensemble of Appalachian music, including had 11 members. Now it has around genres like bluegrass, Irish music and 45-50 members. Johnson said that old-time music. membership has increased throughout According to Johnson, most people the years largely through word of think about bluegrass when they see mouth. banjos and fiddles. However, Johnson “I’m really big on word of mouth, labeled the term bluegrass as a generic making sure that everybody’s having word used by many people who are fun and that they’re excited about it,” unfamiliar with different types of Johnson said. “That goes much further Appalachian music. He explained that than any kind of advertising or anything bluegrass is actually rooted in a much like that, that we could do.” older genre called old-time music.

Students have joined the ensemble “Old-time music is essentially for different reasons. Many were taking Scotch-Irish melodies that came over lessons with Johnson, who encouraged here hundreds of years ago and when them to consider playing for the those melodies met up with the banjo ensemble. you get the birth of old-time music “I was taking lessons with [Johnson] which eventually gave way to early and he said, ‘Hey, if you want to get country, bluegrass, etc.,” Johnson said. better at this music you should take Johnson also added that old-time the class because it’s not meant to be music was more about providing a played by yourself,’” Sarah Grady ’17 service. said.

“Old-time music was never about For some students, playing in the performing,” Johnson said. “It was ensemble gives them an opportunity to more providing a service. It would stay connected to their homes. be musicians getting together to play “I love playing music that comes from COURTESY PHOTO / KATIE STAHL for their own entertainment, their own One of the Appalachian Music Ensemble’s small groups practices outside of Ewell Hall. The ensemble includes around 45-50 members in total. my home,” Mariah Vaughn ’19 said. “I’m amusement … If you played music in from the mountains of Virginia and I public, it would have been, again, providing a service. You “It’s very simple music,” said Sarah Grady ’17, who joined the want to stay connected to that in an artistic way. The tradition would have been playing for a wedding, a funeral or a dance. It ensemble her sophomore year. “What makes it cool and fun is of old-time is so rich and meaningful to me and I love it.” wouldn’t have been about the musicians. They would have just that people embellish it in their own way. They kind of add their The ensemble typically performs a few dances and concerts been doing a job.” own flavors to it.” each year. Student groups often ask them to play at different This aspect of old-time music was later changed by Bill Appalachian music incorporates a variety of instruments, campus functions. The ensemble’s final concert of this year will Monroe in the early ‘40s. Monroe combined the style with other such as the fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, autoharp and be April 28.

AKEMI TAMANAHA FLAT HAT VARIETY EDITOR

CONFUSION CORNER

The last rant: computer courtesy in Swem

If you are taking up a space at one of the public computers, stay off your laptop William and Mary’s refined taste. Instead, I would like to make a real impact with my last article and there is one change on campus I have longed to see my entire career (well, the other is retiring soon). I am talking about Swem computer usage. Here it is: I beg of you, please do not sit in front of a Swem computer working on your laptop without being signed in to the computer.

Seriously, I want to murder you when you do this. A lot. When I see this, I experience Emily Gardner CONFUSION CORNER COLUMNIST a visceral fury more intense than when I see someone bite into an ice cream cone. What Alas, we must part with such sweet sorrow, kind of monster does that? I know this seems as this is my terminal Confusion Corner harsh. After all, no one really likes those article. This is my gargled epitaph to two hulking dinosaur Dells that are just modern years of oversharing and dad jokes with a enough so that the school will neglect to wonderful audience that was kind enough to update them until long after I actually own a accommodate my absurd rants. But mourn Roth IRA account. Despite my obvious Mac only for my loss (which is very tragic for pretensions, I can’t help but disdain every you); there is nothing to fear as I leave you in absent-minded, self-centered library patron the very capable hands of a truly delightful who parks their sleek, new little Apple in front creature: Ellie Moonan. of these fixed, dusty resources. This egregious As I was “preparing” to do this, I considered act demonstrates either a complete lack of writing a piece where I add my own unique critical awareness for the needs of others, spin to the old cliched graduation sendoff. You or worse, an extreme and dangerous deficit know, the one where the senior talks about in empathy. William and Mary students being afraid yet hopeful and then spreads are supposed to be some of the most selfsome inspirational guidance to “roll with sacrificing and kindest people that anyone the punches” and “just be you.” However, I can find outside of a knitting circle for littlerealized that, just because I am having a hard old retired Canadian grandmothers who are time talking about anything but my looming all named Betty. Yet, this horrific misuse of departure, it would be selfish to recycle an computers is the most abhorrent and obvious article you could find in any other April counter example of this general tendency student newspaper. That’s too mainstream for and serves as a daily reminder of our darker,

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If I can’t turn in my report on time because you wanted to watch Netflix on your laptop, things are not going to end well ...

selfish side.

Of course, this language may seem a bit extreme, but only if you fail to grasp the gravity of computer scarcity. You must understand that the public-use computers in Swem are not just old hunks of plastic and silicon chips to a great part of our student body. For far too many, these computers are the only resource and outlet available to them to complete their work and chase those fat A’s. Alas, I too am behooved to these great tabulating beasts. As a psychology major, I have a lovehate relationship with the Swem computers because they are the only computers through which I have access to SPSS. I love being able to do some killer data crunching with an amazing software that otherwise costs $2,690 or more a year, but I hate that I am chained to Swem and the few select labs on campus that have public computers. And I am not alone; almost every major requires an advanced program that would normally be far out of the reach of any reasonable student budget in order to complete the more advanced coursework for juniors and seniors, whether it be a film and media studies major with Photo Story or a sociology major with Stata. Those of us needing these special programs are all prisoners to the finite computers of Swem.

Moreover, there are those who just need to print. I can’t count how many times I have found myself near tears because I have 10 minutes to get to class and sprinted to Swem to just print one vital document only to find that there were no “free” computers that I can print from. If I can’t turn in my report on time because you wanted to watch Netflix on your laptop, things are not going to end well.

Finally, there are those students who do not have a functional laptop. It is easy to forget when you are so privileged as to have numerous options and devices for accessing the internet that there are many students on campus who do not share this luxury.

They may not be able to afford a laptop, WiFi at their off-campus house, or may have a laptop that simply isn’t up to snuff because they haven’t been able to replace it since the 10th grade. Can you imagine if you were still working on the old 10-inch Dell on which you

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wrote your history report “Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad: Goin’ off the Wheels of a Crazy Train!”?

In the end, when you are so inconsiderate or mindless as to occupy a public-use computer and gallantly flash your amazing laptop, with its lightweight design and extended battery life, you are saying you don’t understand or don’t give a flying hoot about the needs of others. That just doesn’t seem right to me, even if those lime-green swivel chairs that you so smugly occupy are very comfy.

If I have done nothing else for this campus, I can depart satisfied if I know that I have managed to reverse the trend of this behavior, even if it is only slightly. And I plea to all the incoming freshman: I know you don’t understand what I am talking about yet, but please for the love of everything right in world, just find a table to work at.

Thanks for listening, Emily Gardner Emily Gardner is a Confusion Corner columnist who will be dearly missed by the Flat Hat staff, but not so much by Swem computer hogs.

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| Tuesday, April 18, 2017 | Page 9

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Tribe swept by East Tennessee State

Losing streak grows to season-high six as College struggles to find offense

KEVIN RICHESON FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER The Tribe traveled west to face off against East Tennessee State in a three-game weekend series.

The College was looking to bounce back from two mid-week losses in Norfolk to Old Dominion and Norfolk State and to end its three-game skid that spanned back to the final game of the home series against Elon. However, the Tribe was swept by the Buccaneers, and its losing streak grew to a seasonhigh six games. Struggles on the mound doomed the College, as the Buccaneers used their highoctane offense to bury the Tribe.

Thursday, the Tribe (1819) was demolished by the Buccaneers (18-15). East Tennessee State scored early and often en route to a 15-3 victory. The Buccaneers racked up 17 hits, including Ryan three home runs. In the first inning, freshman Cullen Smith hit a two-run home run to right center field as a part of a four-run inning for the Buccaneers to give them an early 4-0 lead. After adding another run in the second inning, second baseman Blake Rowlett hit a two-run shot to push the lead to 7-0.

With a 9-0 lead in the sixth, the Buccaneers added another six runs to give them their largest lead of the day, 15-0. The Tribe finally got on the board in the top of the seventh inning, but was unable to cut the deficit to single digits. Freshman second baseman Patrick Ryan hit a three-run home run to narrow the gap, but that was the only Tribe score Large of the day in the eventual 15-3 loss.

Friday, the College lost badly to the Buccaneers again, falling 9-3. Once more, the Tribe fell behind

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The College must get better on both offense and defense to turn its season around as the regular season continues.

by a significant margin early. The Buccaneers scored in each of the first four innings to jump out to an 8-0

lead. Their instant offense would prove to be more than enough to outscore the Tribe. The Buccaneers

scored one run in the first and fourth innings and three runs in both the second and third innings.

Catcher Hagen Owenby was a key contributor for the Buccaneers, with three RBIs on the day.

His offensive production included a solo shot as a part of the Buccaneers’ three-run third inning. The Tribe was able to claw back in the game with three runs in the top of the fifth inning. However, the Ameer College was unable to score for the remainder of the contest and lost 9-3.

Saturday, the College wrapped up its series with the Buccaneers. It was a much closer game than the previous two, but the Tribe was still unable to come away with a victory, losing 8-6. Down 3-2 in the third inning, the Tribe took the lead on a three-run bomb by senior right fielder Charles Ameer. The College still led 5-3 when junior second baseman Cullen Large stepped to the plate in the top of the seventh inning. He blasted a home run of his own to stretch the lead to 6-3. However, with the score 6-4 in the bottom of the eighth, the Buccaneers put up four runs to steal a victory from the Tribe. Left fielder Caleb Longley had the eventual game-winning two-RBI double for the Buccaneers. The Tribe could Miconi not bounce back in the ninth inning, losing 8-6.

The Tribe will play another five games this week and will look to take advantage of four home contests where they have found success all season.

Tuesday, the College will conclude its six-game road trip when it takes on Richmond. Wednesday, the Tribe will return to Plumeri Park for a game against Maryland, who it narrowly lost to on the road earlier this season, before playing a threegame Colonial Athletic Association series over the weekend against James Madison at home.

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College continues road woes

Monarchs, Spartans crush Tribe in midweek games

KEVIN RICHESON FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

William and Mary had two midweek games Tuesday and Wednesday in Norfolk against Old Dominion and Norfolk State, respectively.

The College’s struggles on the road continued, with its record dropping to 3-12 on the year with losses in both games. The Tribe fell to Old Dominion for the second time in as many games this year, 6-3, and lost 9-3 to the Spartans the following night after beating them at Plumeri Park earlier this year.

Tuesday, the Tribe (18-16) took the field against the Monarchs (259), seeking revenge for an 11-6 defeat at home a few weeks earlier. Senior pitcher Chase Bailey started on the mound for the College, while the Monarchs sent out southpaw John Wilson for the start. The Tribe got off to a slow start, failing to score in each of the first four innings and falling behind early by way of a leadoff solo home run by third baseman Nick Walker in the bottom of the first inning.

Old Dominion maintained their 1-0 advantage until the top of the fifth inning when the Tribe managed to get on the board and take its first lead of the game.

Senior center fielder Charles Ameer led off the inning with Bailey a single into left field. The next batter, senior designated hitter Ryder Miconi, roped a double into right center field, allowing Ameer to cross the plate for the game-tying run. Miconi was credited with the RBI on the play. After two consecutive outs, sophomore third baseman Zach Pearson stepped up to the plate for the College. Pearson came through with an RBI single through the right side that plated Miconi for the

go-ahead run. The Tribe headed back out on defense with its first lead of the night, 2-1.

The College was unable to hold its lead for very long. The Monarchs bounced back with a four-run inning in the bottom of the fifth to take a 5-2 lead which they would not relinquish for the rest of the game. With one out and nobody on, the Tribe’s defense began to falter. Walker reached base safely on error, before advancing to second on yet another error, this time on a pick-off attempt. The defensive woes continued as sophomore shortstop Kyle Wrighte made his second error of the inning, allowing second baseman Jared Young to get to first base safely, with Walker advancing to third on the Socher play. The next batter, shortstop Zach Rutherford, blasted a double to right center field, scoring both Walker and Young. After a walk and a hit-bypitch, center fielder Culver Lamb came to the plate with the bases loaded. He delivered with a two-RBI double to extend the Monarchs’ lead to 5-2. The Tribe was unable to recover after that inning and ultimately fell 6-3.

Wednesday, the College returned to the diamond, looking to complete a season sweep of Norfolk State (1514). The Tribe jumped out to a quick lead with a three-run inning in the top of the first. Sophomore right fielder Owen Socher drew a leadoff walk and advanced to third on a single up the middle by Wrighte. Socher scored on a sacrifice fly to the center fielder by junior left fielder Ryan Hall, putting the Tribe up 1-0. The next batter, Miconi, ripped a two-run home run to right field, also scoring Wrighte on the play.

The College came out from the bottom of the first with a 3-0 cushion.

In the bottom of the first inning, the

Spartans put up three runs of their own to even the game once again.

The Tribe would not hold another lead the rest of the night. With a man on second and two outs, the Spartans’ offense came Wrighte to life. Second baseman Alex Mauricio stroked a single into right field, scoring center fielder Andre Moore on the play to cut the deficit to 3-1. After a walk, an error and a stolen base, Norfolk State had men on second and third for third baseman Justin Burrell, who laced a two-RBI single into center field, tying the game at 3-3.

The Spartans grabbed the lead for the first time with a huge four-run fifth inning. With a man on third and one out, Moore reached base on a bunt single, with shortstop Johnny Mayer scoring the go-ahead run on the play for the Spartans. Later in the inning, with the bases loaded and the score still 4-3, Moore dashed home to extend the lead to 5-3 on a wild pitch. First baseman Roger Hall then hit an RBI single to push the lead to three runs.

A second wild Hall pitch cost the Tribe yet another run later in the inning, and the Spartans were able to take a 7-3 lead. They added on two more runs in the sixth inning and left with a 9-3 victory over the College.

The Tribe had a quick turnaround due to the holiday weekend, starting its weekend series Thursday. The College travelled to Johnson City, Tenn., for a matchup against East Tennessee State, getting swept.

Looking Ahead Following midweek losses to Old Dominion and Norfolk State, Tribe baseball looks to rebound in their upcoming games.

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WOMEN’S GOLF

College falls 4-3 Sixth place finish Tribe drops final matches to Rams, Monarchs Tribe posts score of 931 ( +67) in CAA Championship

ALYSSA GRZESIAK FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR Wednesday, the William and Mary men welcomed Virginia Commonwealth (11-11) to the Millie West Tennis Facility. The Tribe (9-11) fell just shy of victory, losing 4-3 to the Rams.

The College had a rough start, losing the doubles point to the Rams. Senior Addison Appleby and sophomore Tristan Bautil fell 6-2 at the No. 1 spot and junior Christian Cargill and senior Damon Niquet were crushed 6-1 at the No. 2 spot. Junior Lars de Boer and senior Aidan Talcott’s match at the No. 3 went unfinished.

“When you lose [a doubles match], the momentum is really switched into the opponent’s side,” Cargill said. “It’s tough to get it going, but it’s just one of those things you have to do and look at it as only one point out of four.”

Talcott earned the first point for the Tribe, defeating Rams opponent Daryl Monfils 7-6 (5), 6-0; however, his win at the No. 1 spot was not enough for the College. The Tribe suffered losses at the No. 5, 3 and 6 spots, calling the match in favor of VCU. Despite the team loss, Cargill and junior Alec Miller posted singles victories for the College.

Cargill defeated Rams foe Marten Jonsson in a long-winded third set 2-6, 7-6 (4), 10-7 at the No. 2 spot.

“I think everyone has improved a lot on the quality of the tennis,” de Boer said. “I think we can definitely pull that [confidence] through to CAAs, and I think we should have a really good chance. I think we can make it a good tournament.”

Miller’s victory over Vitor Lima 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5) at the No. 4 spot closed play for the day.

This marked Miller’s third win in the past four matches, improving his season record to 11-10.

Sunday, the Tribe played its final match

before the Colonial Athletic Association Championship.

For its Senior Day, the Tribe hosted Old Dominion, dropping a close contest 4-3 for its third loss in a row.

This was the seventh time in 10 years that the Tribe-Monarch matchup was decided by this scoreline.

“I thought it was definitely better than the last match,” head coach Jeff Kader said. “Our last few matches here definitely prepared us for conference.”

All three of the doubles matches were decided 6-4. Despite Cargill and senior Ryan Newman’s victory at the No. 1 spot, ODU stole the doubles point with wins at the No. 3 and No. 2 spots.

The Tribe did not gain the momentum it needed to overpower the Monarchs. The College fell at the No. 1, 3 and 4 spots, handing the win to ODU 4-0.

Niquet’s 7-5, 6-1 triumph at the No. 5 spot marked the beginning of the Tribe’s upward trend. Cargill and de Boer both stole intense third sets.

Cargill defeated Monarchs foe Michael Weindl 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the No. 2 spot. At the No. 6 spot, de Boer followed Cargill’s lead, triumphing over ODU’s Aziz Kijametovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. The contest ended 4-3 in favor of the Monarchs.

The Tribe will head to the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center in Elon, N.C., April 21-23 for the 2017 CAA Championship. The men won their last conference contest in 2015.

“If we can all show up, compete, have the good team spirit, that good team energy, for three straight days down there then I think we’ll be in good shape,” Kader said. “Whatever the results are from there, I’m fine with, but if we can bring that, that’s what I’m looking for.”

KATIE KOONTZ FLAT HAT VARIETY EDITOR This weekend, the William and Mary women competed in the three day Colonial Athletic Association Women’s Golf Championship. The College finished in sixth place with an overall score of 931 (+67).

“It was actually kind of nice, convenient because my parents and my friends got to come, so that was really sweet,” junior Katie Edelblut said. “But also a little bit more difficult to get in the tournament mindset, not what you want especially for Conference, so mixed feelings.”

The Tribe came in with the momentum of consecutive second place finishes in its past two events. Competing in the conference championships, however, brings a new dynamic to the game.

“We try not to think of it as too different, but it definitely is different,” sophomore Liz Choi said. “I would say it’s more so the pressure that comes along with it. But it’s golf so you’ve got to play your own game.”

After a testing first day of play, the College sat in seventh place out of the eight teams in the conference.

With a 34-over 322, the Tribe finished 26 strokes behind the College of Charleston’s leading score of 296 (+8).

During round one, Choi was the only member of the Tribe to finish in the top 20, tying for 19th with a score of 6-over 78. Senior Mia Zanghetti was two strokes behind, tying for 24th with an 8-over 80 finish. Freshman Allison Olberding and sophomore Riley Corona both shot 10over 82s to tie for 29th, while Edelblut followed by one stroke to tie for 33rd at 11-over 83.

“It’s hard but you just got to just keep grinding. I mean even after a bad first round there’s still a lot of golf left to play,” Zanghetti said. “It’s cliche, but anything can really happen out there.”

In the second round, the Tribe came back to shoot the third lowest score of the day with a strong 305 (+17).

Edelblut fired an even 72, her fourth lowest collegiate round, while Zanghetti shot a 3-over 75. Olberding trailed by three to finish the day at 78 (+6), followed by Corona at 80 (+8) and Choi at 81 (+9).

Going into the final round, Delaware had an overall score of 601 (+25) and UNC-Wilmington 603 (+27). The Tribe, at 627 (+5), was only three strokes behind sixth place team Elon, whose two-day total was 624 (+48).

After day three, the Tribe jumped into sixth to end the tournament, thanks to its best finish of the weekend at 304 (+16). The Tribe ended with a total score of 931 (+67), six shots ahead of seventh place finisher, Elon, at 937 (+73). Delaware remained in first, finishing at 896 (+32).

Zanghetti ended her fourth and final CAA Championship with the Tribe’s best individual score, tying for 15th overall at 231 (+15).

“Mia has played great for this team for four years,” head coach Ed Teer said. “She worked really hard this year at getting better, she asked for extra help, she really did good things this semester.”

Edelblut ended the tournament tied for 17th with a three-day score of 232 (+16). Choi trailed by one point, finishing in a tie for 19th at 233 (+17).

“I have three more years, so we’re going to get our revenge sometime,” said Olberding. “I’m taking away that I, at least for me personally, am very close to where I can be at an elite level. Just working on a couple things, mental game, other than that I’m very happy with how I performed.”

Olberding finished her first CAA Championship tied for 24th with a 237 (+21), and is confident about the future for both herself and the team.

“This was my first CAA, so it was a cool experience just to see how the whole tournament worked,” she said.

“Obviously there’s a little bit more pressure, you put a little more pressure on yourself and count it as being a bigger tournament, but you also try and keep in mind that it’s also just another 18 holes, and you play 18 holes all the time.”

After a very strong spring season, Teer said he is optimistic for the College’s potential for the future.

“I think we can be highly competitive in the CAA,” said Teer. “We just have to prepare a little better for the bigger events.”