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—Director of Latin American Studies Bickham Mendez

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Students learned about illegal immigration policies on either side of the line by michael thompson flat hat staff writer

As the U.S. Congress and the White House shift their attention to immigration reform, students at the College of William and Mary are preparing to make their own contribution to the national debate.

Director of Latin American Studies Jennifer Bickham Mendez and Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Robert Sanchez led nine students on

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teachers and students, and to figure out or to get a sense of what it is like on the ground,” Sanchez said.

Before departing on the trip, students read material to familiarize themselves with border issues.

The students, who are currently enrolled in classes related to border issues, are preparing to host a day long symposium in Washington D.C., Apr. 19 to continue spreading understanding of border related issues.

The symposium will consist of three

panels with one student from the trip serving on each panel. The students are considering which policy makers, activists and other professionals involved in immigration related issues they should invite to sit on the panels.

On its trip, the group participated in activities facilitated by Borderlinks, a bi-national, nonprofit educational organization. Activities included a demonstration about the cost of living See BORDER page 4

HEALTH

College invests in energy stocks Alumna suggest divestment by katherine downs flat hat staff writer

The earth has a fever. According to the International Energy Agency, the planet humans call home is on a trajectory to warm by six degrees Celsius, or 10.8 degrees Fahrenheit, by the year 2100.

“If you think about it as the temperature of the planet, when a person has a temperature that goes up six degrees, they’re brain dead,” environmental activist Cher Gilmore ’65 said.

To combat Earth’s current path of aggressive warming, colleges across the United States are running campaigns asking their administrations to divest from the fossil fuel industry. Divestment involves stopping investments “that include fossil fuel public equities and corporate bonds,” according to http://350.org, a national organization working to reduce hydrocarbon emissions to safer levels. Colleges and universities use profits from investments — including those made from energy companies such as ExxonMobil, Shell and Peabody Coal to grow their endowments.

This semester, the College of William and Mary’s Student Environmental Action Coalition will join this national movement as part of their Energy Justice Campaign to encourage the College’s Board of Visitors to divest from fossil fuel industries, primarily those involved in extraction.

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a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border from Jan. 6 to Jan. 13. During their week long visit, the group met with migrants, activists, a public defender, U.S. Border Patrol agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in order to learn and witness first hand what is happening along the U.S.Mexico border.

“One of the reasons [we went on the trip] is to figure out what the immigration issue really is, what we can do in our limited capacity as

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Campus flu numbers remain low Health Center credits flu shot, Garrison leans towards presentism as cause by annie curran FLAT HAt assoc. news editor

Grace Hu ’16 woke up last Friday with a runny nose and cough.

Thinking it probably had to do with smoking cigarettes and lack of sleep, she didn’t give her symptoms a second thought. By Sunday, she had a worsened cough, fatigue, and a fever of 101 degrees. Hu had the flu.

She had decided in the fall not to get a vaccine.

“I didn’t think getting the shot would prevent me from getting the flu,” Hu said. “[Looking back,] I probably would have gotten one because it could have prevented this or lessened the symptoms.”

According to the Center for Disease Control, the flu is currently widespread in the commonwealth of Virginia. The peak flu season is Jan. and Feb., but it can last until May. A person carrying the virus becomes contagious a day before symptoms appear and remains so for five to seven days after they appear. When students are living in close quarters, the virus can spread easily. As

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The Health Center continues to offer flu shots to students for a $20 fee. The flu is widespread in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

reported by http://www.flu.gov, the most common symptoms are a fever over 100 degrees, coughing, a sore throat, a runny nose, headaches, chills, fatigue and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea.

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The College of William and Mary’s Student Health Center offers students flu vaccinations.

According to the center’s website, the vaccinations cost $20 and there is no appointment needed. The

College “encourages everyone to get the flu vaccines.”

Hu has made the decision to rest and miss some classes, which hasn’t See FLU page 3

Uncovering his history

Dr. Lawrence Jackson speaks at the College about researching his genealogy, as he documented in his book, “My Father’s Name.” page 7

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ALL THE NEWS THAT’S UNFIT TO PRINT

According to the Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily, a man working on the 700 block of North Henry Street was hospitalized this week after the cherry picker he was working in malfunctioned. A spokesperson from the Williamsburg Fire Department said he was in the bucket when the mechanics failed, causing the lift to fall on top of a nearby car. The company, ABC Professional Services, was hired to trim tree branches away from power lines.

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I was very lucky, it was a great combination of learning in the smaller classroom environment and then, being the ’60s, experiencing things in the streets.

— Represenative for Nevada’s 3rd , Dina Titus ’70

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The Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily reported that $1,500 worth of boat-building lumber was stolen from the Watermen’s Museum in Yorktown sometime in the last few weeks. Rain and low temperatures had temporarily stalled the boatbuilding and restoration projects, which created a window of time for the wood to go missing. A news release from the museum said the stolen wood is a specific type of pine specifically used for building boats.

Admission fees at Historic Jamestown may rise from $10 to $14 as the National Park Service outsources admission collections to Preservation Virginia, according to the Virginia Gazette. Tickets would provide admission to either Jamestown or the Yorktown Battlefield for up to seven days. “Modification of the fee structure will support the highly significant archaeological research at Historic Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America, as well as facilitating enhanced educational programs and operations,” the Park Service and Preservation Virginia said in a joint release.

The Virginia House of Delegates cleared a piece of legislation that would allow home-schooled students to participate in public school athletics. The bill is nicknamed the “The Tebow Bill,” alluding to NFL player Tim Tebow who was homeschooled but allowed to play on a public high school team. Critics argue that home-schooled students would not be subject to the same academic requirements and participation rules, which would be unfair to other student athletes.

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IBM Watson played jeopardy at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. IBM is advancing Watson in images, videos and emails.

Watson goes to College

Boston College wants to toss IRA tapes ruling

IBM announced Wednesday that it will send a Watson system to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, CBS News reported. IBM awarded a grant to RPI to operate Watson for three years. Course work for the computer will include English and mathematics to sharpen its skills. Researchers at RPI hope to improve Watson’s grasp on mathematical concepts and the meaning of words. Additionally, the group of researchers plans to advance Watson’s ability to process images, videos and emails on the Web. Images, videos and emails compose the unstructured information of the Internet and are harder for Watson to process.

In 2011, Northern Ireland police took legal action against Boston College to obtain audiotaped interviews with Dolores Price, a former member of the Irish Republican Army. The police believed the interviews might contain information regarding unsolved crimes, such as the 1972 kidnapping and murder of Belfast widow Jean McConville. According to The Boston Globe, lawyers for Boston College filed a motion Monday that stated that the recent death of Price means that she can no longer be the subject of prosecution. Last year, U.S. District Judge William Young ruled that the college must hand over audiotaped interviews with seven other IRA members. Prosecutors have yet to file a response with the court.

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According to Business Insider, college students vomited on the ice rink at the “College Olympics” relay games during the intermission of Rapid City Rush hockey game in South Dakota.

The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Black Hills State University were chosen to participate in the contest which involved running, spinning and chugging four beers. The puking occurred during the intermission where contestants competed for a ticket deal. The Huffington Post reported that the intermission competition was “usually reserved for fraternity house basements.”

The “College Olympics” ultimately left the stands full of irate fans.

Student using social media to pay for college A former student at Howard University, Corey Avinger, has dropped out of school for financial reasons. However, Avinger, a native of Greensboro, N.C., has started an organization called “4 to 14,000” that may end up turning his financial situation around. Avinger owes $14,000 to Howard University and is asking for $4 donations through social media so that he can return to the University. Avinger has already raised $2,600 in this manner.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Taylor Nelson awarded Monroe Prize

VIM celebrates diversity

Alumnus donor passes away

The College of William and Mary will honor Taylor Nelson ’13 on Charter Day as the recipient of the 2013 James Monroe Prize for Civic Leadership. The award is presented annually to a student “who has demonstrated sustained leadership of unusual quality, leadership combined with initiative, character, and commitment to leveraging the assets of the College community to address the needs of our society.” Nelson grew up volunteering at her mother’s Northern Neck Free Health Clinic and has continued her volunteer work with Lackey Free Clinic in Yorktown, Va.

The graduate students at Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences hosted their second annual International Potluck Dinner to celebrate the diversity of their student body.

Dishes included Colombian rice pudding, Korean beef bulgogi and southern fried okra. The dinner included faculty, staff and students from VIM. VIMS’s Office of Academic Studies sponsored the dinner to recognize the contributions that international students, faculty and staff bring to the institute. Guests had the opportunity to view pictures and learn the traditions associated with the food.

College of William and Mary alumnus Sherman Cohen ’42, L.H.D. ’09 passed away on Jan. 22. The New York City real estate developer and philanthropist’s contributions made the construction of the Sherman and Gloria H. Cohen Career Center possible.

Cohen received a Doctorate of Humane Letters from the College in 2009 in recognition of his long relationship with the College. Cohen and his two brothers, who began their careers in a Newport News men’s clothing store, became the youngest Oldsmobile dealers in the United States after World War II.

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Honor Council elects 15 new members Nine members return to Honor Council after election for 2013-2014 term

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Fifteen new members and nine returning members were elected to serve on the College of William and Mary’s Undergraduate Honor Council for the 2013-14 term last Thursday. The elections were conducted electronically and 23.84 percent of the student body voted.

Pending upcoming changes to the Student Code of Conduct from the Honor Systems Review Committee, the new council enters a year with a bit more uncertainty than previous councils.

“It will be training intensive on our part,” Honor Council chief justice Erin Hills ’14 said. “You are not only dealing with people who haven’t been on council at all, but you are dealing with a whole new set of rules. … It is truly going to be a team effort for us understanding this, seeing how we are going to apply it in practice, and communicating it to the community that it is a good change.”

The Honor Systems Review Committee was appointed by College President Taylor Reveley to update the Student Code of Conduct. The committee, led by government professor Clay Clemens, has worked on updating the code for the past two and a half years.

Once the changes are agreed upon, the committee will release a plan to the community and finally, to Reveley.

Former chief justice Justin Duke ’13 serves

as the Honor Council representative to the committee.

If changes are implemented, Hills believes the Honor Council mission will stay the same, but some logistical and necessary updates will be included in the new code.

“There might be some small nuances or small logistical matters that may change, but overall, we will serve the same purpose,” Hills said. “I think [the code] will be more clearly defined.”

With 15 new members on the council in the upcoming year, Hills foresees a focus on training and understanding the code as a priority regardless of the possible changes to the code.

“I think it is going to be an interesting year because we are going to have a lot of training regardless,” Hills said. “We are excited about the upcoming year.”

Mellie Ligon ’16 decided Honor Council was an organization she wanted to be a part of while taking the honor pledge during orientation.

“I just realized how important it was to me in making my college decision,” Ligon said. “It was something I really wanted to do. I want to set an example of holding the honor code as a standard for the community.”

After spending a year away from the council and a semester abroad in France, Richard Murphy ’14 returns to the council after this recent election with former experience.

“When I was a freshman, the rising

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Class of 2014 Class of 2015 Dylan Frendt Maria Ali Michael Gibbons, CFO Caroline Chalko, Secretary Erin Hills, Chief Justice Chris Dong Emmy Newcomb, Vice Chair Stephen D’Alessio Montana Osler Kristen Hennessey Jake Prest Phoebe Lin Elizabeth Scott Kaitlynn Menoche Lynn Nakamura seniors were the people that I looked up to the most in my first term,” Murphy said.

“They were who I would always turn to for help. … Now I feel like I have reached the age where people are going to look at me like that.”

Hills believes the high number of new members has less to do with the organization itself than it does outside factors. If students choose to study abroad, they must exempt themselves from serving on the council for the entire

Class of 2016 Constantin Fabin Rachel Johnson Mellie Ligon Sarah Perry Kacie Rettig Genevieve Spuhler Nicole Walsh Michael Walker year. As a result, many rising sophomores and juniors refrain from re-election.

“I don’t necessarily think it is a function of our council but a function of students being interested in pursuing other opportunities,” Hills said.

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SA incorporates clothing drive into tabling effort SA representative to BOV Chlan resigns, O’Sullivan appointed as replacement

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SA senators discuss poverty in Williamsburg and the potential of a clothing drive on campus.

The Student Assembly Senate discussed homelessness in Williamsburg and upcoming initiatives in their meeting Tuesday, Jan. 29.

Madame Chair Kendall Lorenzen ’15 proposed beginning a clothing drive for the area’s homeless. She asked the Senate if they would support incorporating this philanthropic initiative with the preestablished “What Can the SA Do for You” tabling at the Sadler Center.

“We’re going to be tabling anyway,” Lorenzen said.

The Senate discussed possibly receiving donations as well, but ultimately decided to keep the drive to clothing only. Debate also centered on how to improve the poverty situation in the area and future initiatives and goals that may aid the community.

The city of Williamsburg does not have a homeless shelter and many who work in the area at low-income jobs commute from the Newport News area.

“I do believe that the Student Assembly can provide great financial and moral support,” Senator Yohance Whitaker ’16 said.

Lorenzen made a presentation to inform the Senate of the intricacies of

the approval of next year’s budget. The Executive Appropriations Committee, a group of students suggested by Secretary of Finance Brett Prestia ‘14 last semester and not affiliated with the SA, is currently conducting deliberations hearings to discuss the budget proposals they received at the beginning of this semester.

Due to the resignation of Drew Chlan ’13 as SA representative to the Board of Visitors, the Senate confirmed Elections Committee Chair T.J. O’Sullivan ’13 as his replacement for the last two BOV meetings with the current administration.

“I have nothing but kind words to say about him,” Senator Colin Danly ’15 said.

“His work with the Elections Committee was exemplary and I think that will transfer over to the BOV.” According to SA President Curt Mills ’13, Chlan’s resignation was for personal reasons. Senator Drew Wilke ’15 updated the Senate on the state of the Indecent Disclosure Resolution Act which furthered the efforts of the SA to work with the administration on possibly altering the Arrest Disclosure Policy established this past summer.

“Unfortunately, [according to Ben Migdol ’13], the administration is not budging much on this policy,” Wilke said.

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Arrest policy remains under review

Rule states that students report arrests with 72 hours of occurrence

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Administrators are continuing to discuss the arrest disclosure policy initiated in the student handbook last fall with students.

The policy, which students have cited as overly broad, requires that students report arrests to Associate Dean of Students and Director of Student Conduct Dave Gilbert.

“There is enormous interest these days in keeping campuses safe,” College President Taylor Reveley said. “Every time you turn around, something else happens that reaffirms the need to do things that in the past nobody would have thought necessary.”

As the policy currently stands, students must report arrests within 72 hours of the arrest. A quick Internet search leads to an online form where students fill out basic information, the arrest date, the charge, the location and a description of the incident.

“All that happens is … Dave Gilbert looks

at it and sees if anything further needs to be done,” Reveley said. “It doesn’t go on the person’s record, and there’s certainly no publicity of it.

SA members, concerned with the policy’s broad nature and its potential to threaten students’ right to privacy, met with administrators last semester to address concerns.

“There’s a small working group of us who are taking another look at the policy, how it’s worded. ... Students aren’t looking at those FAQs, and there’s a lot of misinformation,” Vice President of Student Affairs Virginia Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’ 06 said. “I think there’s room for us to clarify the policy and define its scope clearly and articulate that to students so that there isn’t so much ambiguity, and we’re working on that. … I expect that is something we will be sharing with the students later in the semester.”

Failure to report an arrest is a Student Conduct Code violation. While administrators will not search student

arrests, they are public record. In the past, people have mailed newspaper accounts of student arrests to the College. Parents have even informed the College of their child’s arrest.

“All of us have certain rights to privacy, whether we’re in schools or in offices or walking down the sidewalk,” Reveley said. “Where the right to privacy runs into society’s legitimate interest in seeing to it that health and safety are protected generates some difficult and interesting questions. But you can’t say I have a right to privacy that precludes people knowing that I’m actually dangerous.”

The policy currently states that students must disclose all arrests other than minor traffic violations.

“We are in the same boat as the administration,” Senate Policy Chair Colin Danly ’15 said. “We want to protect the students, but we also have to draw the line somewhere. There’s always going to be a struggle between rights and safety.”

2 Act which will continue last semester’s initiative. In order to save funds in the SA Reserve, Wilke opted to hold the event every other Sunday rather than every Sunday.

“I know that fiscally we’re more constrained right now,” Wilke said. “That being said, it’s a service we did last semester that I think we should continue to do this semester. … It’s great for tabling.”

Lorenzen tabled discussion of the Student Health Act to decide how to fund free STI testing on campus. Lorenzen is contacting other oganizations who may aid in the financial subsidization of the program. She also announced that the SA is continuing to celebrate free STI testing week, which began on Monday and ends today. This was made possible due to the remaining money in the STI testing fund.

Lastly, the Senate also introduced the proposed Publications Council Contract.

The Publications Council creates and manages the budgets of the 29 student publications on campus including The Flat Hat, WCWM and the Botetourt Squat. The Council’s contract is renewed every three years with a set amount allocated each year. The current contract is requesting $170,000 to run these 29 publications and will be discussed at the Senate Finance Committee meeting Sunday at 1:00 in the SA House on Jamestown Road.

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been easy.

“It stresses me out,” Hu said. “I’m already taking a lot of classes, and I have a stressful schedule, so the flu is just making it worse.”

By staying home, Hu is avoiding presenteeism, the act of attending work or class while sick, which exposes peers to an illness. However, it is common in lecture classes to hear the sounds of students coughing or sneezing. This contributes to the spread of the flu around campus.

Eric Garrison, a health promotion specialist and an advisor for the Health Outreach Peer Educator at the College, says washing hands frequently can prevent the spread of the flu. Garrison’s tip is to wash your hands for the length of time it takes to sing your ABC’s twice. He tells students that they need to get flu vaccinations, even if they’ve already had the flu this season. Garrison says that even the strongest and healthiest students are most likely carriers and can get others sick.

“You’re actually taking care of the herd,” Garrison said. “A Tribe choice is a healthy choice. Make the healthy choice of looking after yourself and everyone else. It’s not an either or [situation]; it’s both.”

Garrison recommends that students talk to professors if they are sick.

Professors may be able to email classwork to students or even Skype them into class. He is dismayed when he sees a clearly sick student in the classroom.

“They’re feverish; they’re achy; they’re tired,” Garrison said. “I’m not getting anything out of it when students come sick to my class. It’s disappointing when students come sick because they kind of did the greedy thing.”

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Students in school and work balancing act

To make money, students can work a maximum of 20 hours a week during the academic year

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While some students dance and celebrate during King and Queens Ball, others, like Jake Silver ’15, work behind the scenes with Campus Catering, preparing and serving food and drinks.

Silver, like many students across the nation, joined the workforce to offset rising college costs.

According to the National Survey of Student Engagement Rising, tuition costs and recession troubles are forcing more and more college students to find a balance between part-time employment and academic pursuits.

While finding a job may be necessary in order to afford college, the study also found that working more than 21 hours a week directly interferes with studies.

At the College of William and Mary, the Financial Aid office is responsible for managing student employment.

Assistant director at the office of Student Financial Aid Ginia Anderson explained that the office strives to help families afford education through financial aid packages and employment opportunities. While understanding students need for extra cash, she encourages students not to rush the employment process.

“One thing we’ve found is that freshmen have the most difficulty [finding employment], because upperclassmen have already sewn up many of the jobs,” Anderson said. “The first semester is critical for them to get acclimated. You can always [start] your second semester.”

Silver expressed appreciation for his job’s flexible hours and encouraged other students to carefully consider part time employment.

“I waited till the spring semester to get a job, to see if I would have the time for it,” Silver said. “I definitely think that it’s something that you have to think about. It’s another big thing that you’re going to be involved in, and they

expect you to work.”

In compliance with school regulations, students with on-campus jobs may work a maximum of 20 hours per week during the school year. During breaks, the limit is set at 40 hours per week. Students employed at the College are less likely to experience the detrimental scholastic effects of working too many hours a week than students who work off campus without these limits.

Jocelyn Williams ’13 who works at the information desk in the Sadler Center, stressed that time management skills are critical to a successful balance between academics and employment.

“I don’t feel that the job interferes with my studies,” Williams said. “I can always get my work done behind the desk.”

Students can seek a variety of oncampus jobs at the Student Recreation Center, the Office of Student Activities, the Sadler Center, Dining Services, Earl Gregg Swem Library and the Athletics Departments.

Funds Compliance specialist of Student Employment Cathy Jacobs explained the perks of oncampus work.

“I think most departments that hire undergraduates realize that students’ priorities are their schoolwork,” Jacobs said. “They’re not going to tell them, ‘You can’t have that time off to do your work.’”

The survey also found that onethird of the seniors and one-quarter of the freshmen interviewed declined to purchase all of their required academic materials due to the high costs of textbooks. Anderson advised students to shop for bargains and consider renting or buying used. She also urged students to thoroughly read their syllabi to determine which materials are specifically required in order to avoid incurring unnecessary expenses. Anderson attributed the high percentages in the survey to less than thorough financial aid programs. “[The College’s] evaluation of the cost of attendance is all-inclusive,”

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Students work at the Media Center in Swem and help students sign out equipment, such as video recorders, MacBook Pro laptops and DVDs.

Anderson said. “You have your room, your board, your tuition fees, your books and supplies, your personal expenses, and your travel costs. Other campuses may just take into account tuition fees, room and board. That may impact some of the students working, who are going to need those funds to take care of their books.”

The cost of textbooks prompted Nick M. Hoffman ’16 to work at the Rec Center as an intramural sports official.

He encourages students to find work that they enjoy in order to find balance.

“I work nights mostly, so I will often get home at midnight with homework/ reading to do,” Hoffman said. “Don’t feel like you have to take more hours

than you can handle.”

It may be harder to regulate the number of hours that students can work off campus. Jacobs explained that the Financial Aid Office still attempts to present undergraduates with as many options as they can.

“We are contacted about a lot of jobs that are open off campus,” Jacobs said.

“We refer [potential employees] to a website called WilliamsburgFamilies. com, which has a classifieds section for students and employers.”

Sophie Mason ’15 plans to study abroad this semester and is working as a hostess at the Fat Canary to fund her plans. She acknowledged the tradeoff, citing long but flexible hours, and

noted that, while the job requires a lot of energy, she enjoys the work. Mason hopes that the part-time employment will allow her to cover living expenses and spending money for her upcoming semester abroad.

“If you decide to get a job while in college — whether by choice or necessity — make sure that it is worth it to you,” Mason said. “The college experience is about more than the 4.0 GPA, and I think having a job can, in some situations, help a student more than, say, analyzing a poem by John Donne or reading about public policy in Tasmania. You’ll gain relevant life experience and learn more about yourself.”

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Alumna re-elected as representative for Nevada Titus previously served as a professor of political science and government at the University of Nevada

By Ariel Cohen Flat Hat Staff Writer

Dina Titus ’70 continued the College of William and Mary’s political legacy this past January.

She, along with hoards of legislators and elected officials, joined President Barack Obama in taking the oath of office.

Titus was elected to the 113th U.S. Congress after serving as a Representative for Nevada’s 3rd, then 1st districts. Prior to her election to Congress, Titus was a professor of political science and government at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

Titus did not follow the path that most students take when applying to the College. After completing a summer course on campus, she was immediately

admitted — even though she hadn’t completed high school.

According to Titus, the 1960s was a very active time in Williamsburg for the Civil Rights movement and the struggle for women’s rights.

“I was very lucky, it was a great combination of learning in the smaller classroom environment and then, being the ‘60s, experiencing things in the streets,” she said.

Titus’s political aspirations grew during her time at the College due in part to the proximity to the national’s capital, along with staying informed about national politics.

“Williamsburg is the heart of American democracy so it’s kind of hard to resist when you’re sitting there in the [Sir Christopher] Wren

Building learning about our nation right there in the heart of American history,” Titus said.

While on campus, Congresswoman Titus studied government and history. She remembers government professor George Grayson as one of her favorite professors.

“She was a great student — keenly interested in politics, always prepared for class, articulate in her written and oral presentations, and tolerant of students’ ideas that did not jibe with her own,” Grayson said.

During her senior year, Titus lived in an apartment a block away from Duke of Gloucester Street.

“I remember spending many afternoons sitting on the wall by the President’s House,” Titus said.

“It was such a beautiful and fun place to spend my

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“We are trying to start conversations with the administration to try to get a sense of where the College’s money is right now, where economic power lies on that front, and to just get a conversation started between students and the administration,” SEAC member Jackie Carroll ’13 said.

Divestment as a strategy was most successful during Apartheid, when 155 colleges and universities divested from South Africa. South African social rights activist Desmond Tutu credited divestment with helping to end South Africa’s segregation laws.

While fossil fuels present an environmental problem, some see the issue through a moral lens as well.

“We’re destroying the world for everyone, but the people who are going to be most affected are the people who can least protect themselves against it,” Gilmore said.

“Bangladesh, which is one of the poorest countries in the world, is

at sea level. Their whole country is going to be underwater.”

Critics point out that pulling investments from oil giants like ExxonMobil is unlikely to have a significant economic effect. SEAC argues divestment is more about political capital.

“On another level, and a lot of schools say this is more important to them, it’s a political choice, so it’s about showing solidarity to other businesses and other people divesting from these industries,” Carroll said. “It’s not so much about the actual economic impact of having universities divest — it’s a little more symbolic than that.”

The administration is skeptical that divestment is a feasible option at this time. Domestic stocks make up 18.4 percent of the College’s investment portfolio, which includes the S&P 500 Index, a group of stocks of which 12 percent are in energy.

Energy stocks make up 10 percent of the MSCI World Index and 12.5 percent of the MSCI Emerging Market Index, both of which are included in the College’s portfolio.

According to Vice President of

Finance Sam Jones, cutting out energy stocks means a lower rate of endowment growth.

“Limiting investment options limits potential investment return, lowers the rate of growth of the endowment, and ultimately impacts our ability to invest in and support our educational programs. …

Excluding such stocks as investment options would most certainly have an impact on investment return, and ultimately our programs,” Jones said in an email.

Jones cited the Committee on Sustainability and its efforts to increase efficiency as ways that the College is addressing hydrocarbon emissions closer to home.

However, according to Carroll, divesting does not necessarily mean losing money.

“It’s important to remember that divestment isn’t about removing investments — it’s about relocating investments,” Caroll said. “It’s not about making the College lose money on any front; it’s about making smarter investment decisions that are good for the College and also good for the environment.”

college years.”

After graduating from the College with a B.A. in government, Titus went on to earn a Master’s degree from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. from Florida State University.

In the House of Representative, Titus serves on three committees: Education and Labor; Homeland Security; and Transportation and Infrastructure. She is particularly sympathetic to nuclear issues and has written two books on the subject.

“I always have a William and Mary lamp on my desk in my congressional office,” Titus said. “I’m very proud to have gone there. I think studying government at William and Mary put me on the track to where I am today.”

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in border cities like Nogales, Sonora, desert walk on a trail used by migrants and a federal district court proceeding of Operation Streamline, an expedited judicial process that targets undocumented entrants apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border.

“We saw a lot of hard stuff but [Operation Streamline] was kind of the hardest,” Louis Elkner-Alfaro ’14 said. “It was a bunch of [migrants] who had crossed not that long ago. They were still in tattered clothes and disheveled and chained because they were put in jail. It was about 70 of them in the court room. In groups of 10 they’d bring them up, and everyone had to say that they were guilty because it makes more sense, as far as trying to get back to Mexico, to say you’re guilty rather than innocent because if you say innocent and try to petition your case you’ll spend more time waiting [in jail] for your court hearing.”

In Tucson, Arizona, Operation Streamline convicts up to 70 migrants per day. The apprehended migrants are charged with a misdemeanor for illegal entry. Migrants who are found guilty face stricter and longer penalties if they are caught attempting to cross again.

On the U.S. side, the students spent time in the Arizona towns including Tucson, Douglas — a border town — and Green Valley, a town located in the desert where migrants often attempt to cross the border. On the Mexican side of the border, the group visited Sonora in the border cities of Nogales and Agua Prieta.

“Education through immersion and faculty-mentored research are valuable and in alignment with the university’s mission,” Bickham Mendez said. “There’s something about actually being there and walking in the footsteps, which we quite literally do by walking in the desert. It seems like in … today’s era of communication technology that we should just be able to read about these things, but there is something about sitting down for a week over and over again with all these different people ... from landowners who just happened to have the human remains of three individuals found on their property, to the Samaritans who leave water in the desert, to defense attorneys who work in the federal court in Tucson, to Border Patrol whose headquarters we visited this time in Douglas, to ICE agents … who all give testimony to what their experience has been in a daily way.”

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One ability our generation could work on then making broad, over-generalized claims about our selfaggrandizing younger generation acts in opposition to that end. It won’t teach young people to make accurate judgments; rather, it will only enforce the idea that their abilities can be judged in broad, over-generalized ways instead of through actual individual analysis.

Flat Hat Opinions Editor The same problem exists on the other side of the spectrum, with those who espouse the idea that everyone is exceptional, that success is possible if only you believe in yourself and There’s one life skill that is impossible to master completely, proceed through life with overwhelming confidence. But again, but at the very least, it’s one that we need to become much, much this idea just encourages another form of self-delusion — which better at: analyzing our abilities objectively. is what we need to be moving away from in the first place.

According to an annual study of college freshmen conducted As a result of either of these two mindsets, a person’s by the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, most students have unrealistic perceptions abilities begin to seem like a sort of hazy, intangible, indefinable concept — almost as if these capacities can be altered simply of themselves when it comes to academics. This year, 69 percent through belief. But wouldn’t it be better to encourage young of freshmen ranked their academic ability as being either above people to think about their abilities as parts of themselves that average or in the top 10 percent compared to their classmates. In they can access and understand — and as a result, things that the “drive to achieve” category, this statistic jumps to 76 percent of they can improve? freshmen.

If our generation better understood both the expanse College freshmen are either defying the laws of statistics or and the limits of our abilities, we could becoming increasingly self-deluded. more accurately approximate what we The problem at hand is a simple A person’s abilities begin are capable of accomplishing. Those who one: Young people’s perceptions of their to seem like a sort of hazy, overestimate themselves would become abilities don’t match up with reality. intangible, indefinable concept. a bit less arrogant, and those with lower To alleviate this discrepancy, our goal self-esteem — admittedly a minority, should be to improve our ability to if the study is accurate — wouldn’t lack accurately recognize our own strengths confidence when striving toward goals they know they’re and weaknesses. capable of achieving.

This solution seems simple, but most conventional wisdom Objective self-analysis is terribly difficult, certainly much ignores this goal altogether. easier said than done. But in order to start getting better, we Indignation is an instinctive response to findings such as these. need to recognize it as a goal worth working toward. Think For instance, a recent Fox News editorial’s take on the matter of it this way: The hurdles and nuances and intricacies we’ll can be summed up rather nicely in its title, “We are raising a encounter in our lives are very real, tangible challenges. It will generation of deluded narcissists.” The solution, it argued, is for not help for a person to think, “I know that I’ll succeed/make us to “get a plan together to combat this greatest epidemic as it an impact because I’ve just decided so,” or, on the other hand, takes shape.” Ah, and how exactly should we respond to this call to think that, “with all of the extraordinary people in the world, to arms? Perhaps we could initiate a valiant effort to deflate young there’s no way that I could possibly do anything significant.” people’s egregiously large egos and sense of self-importance. We And whenever a person tries to overcome these challenges, the could tell them they don’t matter. That their thoughts about the results will vary: They could be magnificent, but it’s also entirely world, ideas about how it works and dreams about how they’ll possible that they will be no better than mediocre, or even spend their extraordinarily limited time in it are no different ridiculously insignificant. from thousands of other thoughts and ideas and dreams from This is inevitable — but it’s also exciting. Because the more thousands of other idealistic youths just beginning to find their objectively self-aware we are, the more effectively we can place in the world. navigate those challenges, and the more control we’ll have over All of that is true. But saying so will only make the problem the results. worse.

If the goal is to learn to analyze our abilities objectively, Email Ellen Wexler at eawexler@email.wm.edu.

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ne week ago we applauded the College of William and Mary for terminating its contract with adidas because the company’s actions were not on par with the College’s standard of ethics. This week we urge the College to continue that same line of thinking when considering its investments in fossil fuel companies. Unlike the adidas contract, these investments have a major stake in the College’s endowment. Nevertheless, we believe the College must strive to partner only with companies that have the same ethical values.

Sustainability is not a fad. As the feasibility of fossil fuel alternatives continues to become a reality, fossil fuel use will decline. The College needs to invest in economically sustainable options in order to stay competitive in the future.

Immediately divesting from fossil fuel companies, however, is not a practical path. The College is constantly limited by its lack of funding and dropping these investments would severely limit growth. To ensure the College is able to remain economically secure while distancing itself from fossil fuels, we must establish a clear and pragmatic plan for change.

We suggest the College start moving away from these fossil fuel agencies through its own research. We need to learn more about our financial tie to these fossil fuel agencies. Once we understand how exactly we are tied to them, we can look for financially responsible ways to reinvest the College’s money in environmentally friendly agencies.

This process can start at the student level. Instead of making signs to oppose the College’s ties to fossil fuels, students should take classes on environmental ethics and conduct their own independent research in order to understand the intricacies of the situation. Then we can work with the College to promote change.

Students at the College should look into creating a committee, in the same way that they formed a committee from the Student Ethical Fashion Organization. This committee can then weigh the pros and cons of severing ties with fossil fuel companies. Outside of the endowment, there could be a multitude of consequences, such as fluctuations in donor input. The committee can collect research and data so that when the College does act, we will have anticipated the effects of these actions.

The campus has shown a commitment to the environment through the Student Environmental Action Committee and student opposition to the Surry coal plant. We believe the student body values environmental advocacy, and we are proud of the College’s commitment to sustainability.

Any shift in the College’s investments is a major change that no one should take lightly. The most important step the College can take right now is not to immediately divorce itself from fossil fuel companies but to establish a plan of action.

Students and administrators must work together to figure out a way for the College to put its money where its mouth is and eventually cut ties with environmentally unethical practices.

With a carefully thought-out plan, the College will be able to both grow and divest from fossil fuel companies.

The staff editorial represents the opinion of The Flat Hat. The editorial board, which is elected by The Flat Hat’s section editors and executive staff, consists of Katherine Chiglinsky, Elizabeth DeBusk, Katie Demeria, Jill Found and Ellen Wexler. The Flat Hat welcomes submissions to the Opinions section. Limit letters to 250 words and columns to 650 words. Letters, columns, graphics and cartoons reflect the view of the author only. Email submissions to fhopinions@gmail.com.

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How the professional world will accomodate Millennials and their technology Derek Bluemling Flat Hat Staff Columnist

It is not uncommon for someone of an older generation to lament how today’s youths are constantly engrossed in various forms of technology. The other day, one of my professors remarked that students spend their time walking around campus “staring at little boxes,” by which she meant our smartphones. I won’t disagree with her assessment, as I’ve nearly collided with many people who were entranced by a text message or their Facebook newsfeed.

Although many students here at the College of William and Mary would prefer to ignore this fact, we are all bound to graduate in the near future with many of us moving on to take jobs in

the real world. These jobs, however, do not have breaks between classes where we have time to shoot off a quick text or tweet. Thus arises the issue of how employers deal with a generation whose lives are fully integrated with various forms of social media. A classic method in curtailing technological distractions — one which always frustrated me in elementary school when I wanted to play games on school computers — is to deny access to social networking websites.

This strategy is a simple way to ensure that our work hours are spent working productively for our employers.

A new Huffington Post article entitled “Millennial Workers: Understand or Lose Them” argues that managers should consider flexible policies that find a middle-ground between cutting off all access to technology and permitting its use at the expense of productivity. I agree with the need to permit at least some access to technology and social media in the workplace. Completely denying

our generation access to technology that is part of our daily routines will only lead to dissatisfaction, which will most likely result in passive resistance and a disinclination to perform at our fullest potential. At the same time, however, we need to ensure that our use of technology and social media is not engulfing our worktime, not only because that hurts the employer but also because our career advancement depends a great deal upon interpersonal relationships that we develop over the course of a career.

In the end, the best way to handle this issue is simply to set expectations. Technology in the workplace should not be viewed as a “fixed-pie” approach whereby increased utilization means decreased productivity. If both the employer and the employees have a mutual agreement regarding the appropriate utilization of social media and smartphones, workers will be happier and provide the employer with a higher

level of productivity. Additionally, our understanding of new technologies will allow our employers to access new customer bases and generate more revenue. In the end, successful companies will embrace technology

and social media, while businesses that fail to do so will lose out on the talented younger employees that help fuel their bottom line.

Email Derek Bluemling at drbluemling@email.wm.edu.

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Schaefer and Glaser’s road to MTV started when they began broadcasting podcasts from Schaefer’s apartment in early 2011. The podcast series, called “You Had To Be There,” quickly grew in popularity, especially after the two posted a fake public service announcement on YouTube.

In the black-and-white video, Schaefer, Glaser and their friends beg Justin Timberlake to return to music, featuring overly dramatic one-liners like “children are dying — probably.” The video now has over 500,000 views and earned a tweet from Timberlake himself.

In their first Nikki & Sara Live episode, their Justin Timberlake obsession was referenced in a bit focusing on his newly released single.

“She has done a lot of podcasts, and we looked at a lot of that, and it was hilarious,” Moore said. “We decided that we would go ahead and use those podcasts in the planning of the event and try to get people enticed and see how funny she really is. I know when she was here, she was pretty involved on campus and very funny. Supposedly she went to New York and had a hard time at first, and I think being a 2000 grad, having finally gotten up and rolling, she’s more than thrilled, and we are for her, too.”

Schaefer started in comedy as a stand-up performer at night. She went on to become the host of AOL’s online hybrid music and comedy webisode series, “The DL.” In 2009, Schaefer snagged the role of head blogger for Jimmy Kimmel, which earned her two Emmy awards.

While at the College, Schaefer performed in what is now called the 7th Grade sketch comedy club, founded in 1998.

“I was in 7th Grade, was an RA/PA, worked on theatre productions both onstage and backstage, and was a Kappa Alpha Theta,” Schaefer said in an email. “I think my favorite memory has to be when I joined 7th Grade sketch comedy (at the time it was called Etch-a-sketch). We had so much fun that night and every night after.”

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“Shoutout to Dupont!” Sara Schaefer ’00, the newest host of MTV’s late night talk show, Nikki & Sara Live, said.

Schaefer double majored in English and theater at the College of William and Mary, which was one of the first steps on her road to co-hosting her own comedy television show.

The show premiered Jan. 29 and will broadcast Tuesdays at 11 p.m. Schaefer co-hosts the show with comedian Nikki Glaser.

“I think the fact that there are two hosts sets us apart,” Schaefer said in an email. “It changes the rhythm and feel of the show, and also provides two voices to make one unique one emerge. We also are different because we are live — not taped a few hours before — actually live.”

In honor of the show’s premiere, the Student Alumni Council hosted a viewing party in the Alumni House.

“We just wanted to make sure that the Alumni Association supports all of our alumni and make sure that we raise awareness for the Alumni Association, as well as in honor of Sara,” Jessica Moore, assistant director of Alumni Events, said.

Schaefer and Glaser filmed a special message for members of the Tribe, which was shown at the viewing prior to the episode.

“Thanks so much for watching the show. Thank you for making me who I am. Thank you for all your support. I love you guys,” Schaefer said.

The fast-paced show borrowed concepts from other late night shows, with on-the-street interviews and a clip called “Who Wore It Bestest.” Time was split between bits, giving the hosts ample opportunities to make a variety of jokes.

Ke$ha was the show’s first guest, and she revealed her plans for her own TV show, “My Crazy Beautiful Life,” as she cuddled a kitten.

Schaefer said via email that she enjoys “poking fun” at “The Bachelor,” and her dream guests are Katy Perry and Justin Timberlake.

“The show reminded me of Chelsea Lately a little bit,” Moore said. “They discuss a little of what’s going on in the media, from what I could tell, but they also poke fun at some of the celebrities and themselves.”

“I think it’s right on par with [other late night shows],” Marisa Reed ’13, who attended the viewing party, said. “I think they haven’t had time to completely develop their personas, obviously, but once they’ve established their presence, they’ll be right on par.”

The show received a good response from those present at the viewing party.

“I really enjoyed it,” Reed said. “I thought it was very funny, and it’s really great seeing women on comedy shows.”

Kendra Jackson ’14 said she was excited to see an alumna on screen.

“I love supporting people who are passionate about anything, and it’s awesome that she’s from William and Mary,” Jackson said. “I’m so proud.”

Both Jackson and Reed said they think they’ll

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The Global Film Festival will present a PreGet moving this Friday — and earn money for a great cause. Habitat for Humanity is fundraising Festival Family Film Matinee showing of “Bugsy for its spring trip to El Salvador with a basketball Malone” this Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Williamsburg Regional Library. tournament open to all Th e 1976 of campus. Interested? musical is a Assemble a team of British-American five and sign up at the gangster film Sadler Center. Habitat set in 1929 New for Humanity will be York City, but the tabling from 12 p.m. – gangsters are all 2 p.m., and registration played by child for a team of five is actors. The film only $10. For an extra stars Scott Baio $2, each team member as Bugsy Malone will get a t-shirt. Check and Jodie Foster the Hoops for Habitat as Tallulah, the Facebook page for times girlfriend of one and additional details. of the gangsters.

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Weathering the winter Dasha Godunova

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Lawrence Jackson discusses the difficulties he faced in tracking down his family’s geneaology. Through painstaking research for his book, Jackson discovered the history of his ancestors.

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“In spite of the magnitude of American slavery, since it was more than a century in the past I was forced to conclude that my slave-born ancestors would ever remain a complete mystery to me,” Dr. Lawrence Jackson, a professor of English and African American studies at Emory University, said.

Despite scarce records, Jackson managed to uncover his genealogy and learn about his forgotten relatives — black Virginians whose lives were deeply affected by slavery and the Reconstruction period. His recent book “My Father’s Name” couples historical research on slavery with Jackson’s personal discoveries. Tuesday, Jackson chronicled this research process to students at the College of William and Mary as a joint William and Mary Scholars Undergraduate Research Experience and Community Studies event.

His journey began in Richmond where he sought out information on his father, Nathanial Jackson, born in 1932. By chance, Lawrence Jackson was able to see the original county form — an index card from 1932 with information regarding his grandparents had not appeared in the computerized records.

Jackson referenced author Stephanie Smallwood’s book, “Salt Water Slavery,” to help explain his goals in writing and researching the book. Smallwood used primary sources such as letters and journals to bring to life the conditions on slave ships in the Middle Passage. Likewise, Jackson personalized and contextualized the historical records he encounters on his search for his genealogy.

“I wanted to do something similar [to Smallwood] with the census … in terms of breathing life into the records,” Jackson said.

In the ensuing search for more records on his ancestors, Jackson explains the difficulties inherent

in conducting this type of historical research. Jackson laboriously pieced together bits of information from diverse sources including appliance bills, country records, marriage licenses and account books. In the process, he strings together a historical narrative of what life was like for his ancestors.

Throughout his presentation, Jackson projected slides of images of the primary source documents he unearthed and placed each image in its historical context. For example, the 1860 census counted African Americans as three-fifths of a person and included boxes to indicate whether the individual was a fugitive of the state, or incapable of working.

Ten years later was the first time that black Americans were counted as people in the census.

“The 1870 census is the watershed for African Americans,” Jackson said.

His explanation of the personal stories behind these documents were made an impression on students at the College, several of whom are currently learning about slavery in courses such as “Literature of Slavery.”

“It gave a new view for me on how people were treated after slavery and the first census — and how big a deal it was in 1870 to be actually considered a human by the government,” Erika Jensen ’16 said.

However, Jackson emphasized that these documents are not simply historical artifacts that shed light on a particular time and place in U.S. history. They are part of a deeply personal search for his identity and genealogy.

“I thought it was interesting because generally, with historical accounts before the contemporary period, you get very depersonalized accounts, and that’s very much the end of it,” graduate student Sean Kelleher ’14 said. “It’s very rare to get personalized accounts … to such an extent; I thought that that was very refreshing and interesting.”

Anne Charity Hudley, associate professor of

education, English, linguistic and Africana studies at the College, organized the talk and hopes to see more research similar to what Jackson’s accomplishment in writing “My Father’s Name,” with its contribution to the academic community.

“The book is important for students to hear about because Professor Jackson calls for more scholars, particularly African-American scholars, to put our own histories and narratives at the center of our research and intellectual thought,” Charity Hudley said.

Jackson discussed the ironies of having to turn to a slaveholder’s records for information on his family. He made a research breakthrough at the University of Virginia’s Special Collections Library.

There, Jackson found an original account book held

by Griffin Dickenson, a well-known slaveholder in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, where many of Jackson’s relatives lived. With this information, Jackson was able to identify his great-grandfather, a skilled blacksmith who was sold to a slave trader in 1860 for $1,690, one of the highest prices for a slave at that time.

“Slaveholders knew things were going to change with [President] Lincoln and may have accelerated their sales in anticipation … this was the moving finale of the book,” Jackson said. “I’d never dreamed of finding my grandfather’s father … but once I got that knowledge, the knowing, it wasn’t uplifting.

It’s useful, very important and powerful. There was something more difficult, something thornier about knowing.”

“My Father’s Name” brings to light the story of Jackson’s family’s past and his heritage.

Jackson confronts the tendency to eliminate uncomfortable parts of our history, and constructs a narrative on the realities of life for a black family living in the American South during the nineteenth century.

If past experience is any indication, I predict that the next two weeks of weather will fluctuate from below freezing to tsunamis, and then back to icy rain that seeps into even the most waterproof coats. In fact, if the city of Williamsburg invested in a groundhog for Feb. 2, he would be on a direct one-way flight to the Florida Keys before we ever even saw a glimpse of him.

Don’t get me wrong: There is nothing I love more than Virginia weather — excluding California’s temperatures and all of the weather in proximity to the equator. I love the fall and spring on this campus, especially the beauty of the colorful leaves and flowers that the seasons unfailingly bring us. But, at least during the month of January, the weather has been consistently failing to give me a reason to get out of bed.

When winter does settle in on Williamsburg, it usually brings with it the cold, biting winds and a wintry mix that can keep away even the bravest of tourists. I also sometimes notice that I am part of an unhappier student population.

On the first day of spring semester classes, it seemed that syllabi, icy rain and a lack of overrides combined to create a day awful enough to make anyone want to pack up his things and request that at least another month be added to our short winter break.

But complaining won’t bring any sunshine.

Thinking about all of those college students who live out west or above the Maryland state line — like the resilient Bostonians who brave temperatures below freezing for the majority of their semesters — reminds me that there are millions of students who are currently much colder than I. However, for those of you from Texas, California and Florida, I apologize sincerely for the high school tours that made you fall in love with the College in April, as it turns out, we have less sunshine than Seattle. As my fellow Virginians, although the northerners make fun of us for using umbrellas when it is snowing, our state is neither north nor south, so we might as well get used to being outcasts anyway. If you are from the Midwest, however, I would say that you are the luckiest of all, because every temperature that Virginia can throw at you will still leave you a hefty 20 degrees warmer than the mildest of Wisconsin and Michigan winters.

On the bright side, no matter what kind of weather February ends up throwing our way, I have learned in my astronomy class that thankfully, spring and summer are inevitable.

The earth will not stop turning, and one day soon, we will once again skip our classes to spend a wonderful day at the beach tanning our chronically pale winter skins. Our winter jackets will finally be tucked away in the darkest corner of the closet, and the shorts already on sale at J. Crew will finally leave the shelves.

Until then, I wish you warmth and luck, my friends — because in this upcoming month of February, we will most certainly need it.

Dasha Godunova is a Confusion Corner columnist and enjoys sloshing through the deepest mud puddles on her way to class.

Law school alum discusses LGBT legal issues, advocacy

Equality Alliance, American Constitutional Society team up to organize Richmond attorney’s visit

BY AINE CAIN FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR

If television crime dramas and legal thrillers are to be taken at face value, a lawyer’s career is comprised of one intense courtroom showdown after another. Rarely does fiction unveil the critical sub rosa work that attorneys and law firms do in order to support their clients.

Richmond attorney Marc Purintun JD ’00 emphasized the latter approach as a method of assisting the LGBT community through legal work in his lecture at the College William and Mary’s Marshall-Wythe School of Law Tuesday.

The event was co-sponsored by the Law School’s American Constitutional Society and LGBT Equality Alliance.

According to ACS President Violet Boggs J.D. ’15, the lecture gave students a glimpse into the essential legal activities that work outside of litigating LGBT-related cases.

“I personally want to go into litigation,” Boggs said. “The biggest takeaway for me is that there’s a lot of work that needs to be done that has nothing to do with litigation. I don’t always think about all of that transactional stuff that you have to deal with.”

Purintun stressed the importance of interpretive and transactional pro bono work for aiding LGBT organizations. His examples ranged

from straightforward legal advice to the analysis of corporate documents and tax exemption identification for gay rights advocacy groups.

Fledgling activist groups often consist largely of volunteers who may struggle to grasp federal laws and tax codes. Legal assistance in complicated and tedious matters such as IRS filings allows such parties to develop into effective and efficient factions and avoid an early demise due to legal troubles and corporate confusion. Pro bono work can mean the difference between an advocacy organization thriving and disbanding.

In addition to advice on behind-the-scenes pro bono work, Purintun also offered his thoughts on dealing with difficult clients, representing individuals versus associations and banishing discrimination in law firms.

“So, I was supposed to give this exciting, upbeat discussion on being an advocate,” Purintun said.

“I think that you should be an advocate for LGBT rights, but I don’t think it’s always exciting or upbeat. But, I think you can still move the ball forward.”

The small audience listened quietly to Purintun’s lecture and raised few questions at its conclusion. The group was largely composed of first- and second-year law students. Boggs had hoped to see more third-year students in attendance, but was pleased by the speech’s informative nature.

“I think the takeaway was how, as you go into your legal profession, pro bono cases are very important,” Boggs said. “You can enhance your community through legal work.”

Equality Alliance Secretary Beth Budnick J.D. ’14 explained that the talk was intended to advise future lawyers on balancing a successful legal career with continuing support of LGBT rights.

She noted that guest lecturers’ real life experience provides law students with helpful insight on the legal world.

“We have this big conference in the fall that we’re going to try to do every other year. We have a lot of speakers come down, that’s another thing,” Budnick said.

Budnick expects these speakers to shed light on ways for gay members of the legal community to handle oppression from their jobs without giving up their identity. Members of the LGBT community working in law might face prejudice in a number of ways, including a legal firm’s lack of an anti-discrimination clause.

Purintun described the advances that the world of law has made in terms of LGBT equality in recent years. Corporate equality index rankings evaluate individual law firms on their LGBT equality status.

Due to the competitive nature of the business, many firms strive to score consistently higher on such scales and enact equality-promoting policies in order to achieve better scores.

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Marc Purintun JD ’00 , an attorney working in Richmond offered advice to law school students in a talk on Tuesday.

Despite encouraging law students to advocate through legal representation, Purintun asserted that attorneys should only reveal their personal feelings and agendas to clients if asked to do so. “[In certain settings], I think it’s important for attorneys to be able to step up and to be able to express your opinion,” Purintun said. “Sometimes, you have to ask, not only what is the legal thing to do, but what is the right thing to do?”

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

College toppled in Delaware Thornton’s 22 not enough as Tribe falls

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Sophomore guard Marcus Thornton’s 19 second-half points weren’t enough for William and Mary to overcome an abysmal first half on offense as the Tribe (8-12, 2-7 CAA) fell to Delaware (10-11, 5-3 CAA) by a score of 66-56 Wednesday night.

Poor shooting from both sides defined the opening of the first half as Delaware led by a mere two points through the first five and a half minutes. But as the period wore on, the Blue Hens found their stroke while the College continued to miss, scoring just four points in almost seven minutes in the middle of the half.

Following a buzzer-beating three from Thornton (his only points of the first period), the first 20 minutes came to a close with the Tribe shooting just 29.6 percent from the field and 2 of 12 from behind the arc as the Blue Hens led 27-19.

“When you go on the road, you have to be really sharp in everything you do; you’ve got to have all your kids playing at a high level…” head coach Tony Shaver said. “But offensively we just were really poor tonight. Other than Marcus, who started going in the second half, we really had very little going in our way.”

Delaware’s Kyle Anderson knocked down a three-ball to open the second while the Tribe continued bricking from all areas, going scoreless through the first 4:26 of the half until junior guard Brandon Britt buried a threepointer with 15:34 to go. By that time, though, the Blue Hens had built up plenty of cushion, leading 37-22.

Britt, who started at point guard for much of the season but has come off the bench for the last three games, finished with five points on 2 of 4 shooting.

After a jumper from Delaware’s Devon Sadler — who finished with a team-high 19 points — the College’s offense finally came to life, almost exclusively through the shooting of Thornton.

First, he converted a three-point play to make it 39-25, then the sophomore was fouled while hitting a three-ball less than a minute later. After completing the four-point play with the free throw, the Tribe was back in the game, down 3929 with 13:26 to play. Finally, a fast break layup from Thornton cut the Delaware lead down to seven with 11:23 left.

It was Thornton’s second lopsided performance in three games. Last week at Northeastern, the sophomore who leads the team averaging 18.2 points per game — scored all 23 of his points in the second half. But uneven as it was, Wednesday was the 22nd consecutive game that saw Thornton score in double-figures and the eighth game this year in which he went over 20.

“We got to have him be a little more aggressive the whole game,” Shaver said. “For whatever reason, in the first 20 minutes he wasn’t looking to score [and], he wasn’t aggressive with the

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Tracking the Tribe’s big three: Sophomore guard Marcus Thornton (top) led all scorers, junior center Tim Rusthoven (left) added 13 while junior guard Brandon Britt (right) struggled against Delaware.

basketball, and he was in the second half. And clearly, we can’t have a one-man show, and in the second half we had to call everything for him because nobody else could score the ball tonight.”

Seven was as close as the Tribe would get, though, as the Blue Hens would outscore the College 13-5 over the next 4:36, leaving the Tribe in a 56-39 hole with 6:25 remaining.

Following Thornton was junior center Tim Rusthoven, whose 13 points on 6 of 13 shooting were overshadowed by an abysmal and uncharacteristic 1 of 8 performance from the free throw-line.

The loss — the Tribe’s ninth in 10 games — comes on the heels of its home win over Towson and further highlights its offensive inconsistency, from half to half and game to

game. Over its last three contests, the College has shot just 32.9 percent from the floor in the first half and 49.4 percent in the second.

Wednesday night, the second period saw the College improve to shoot a respectable 45.2 percent, but that wasn’t nearly enough to make up for its 19-point showing in the first.

The College will return to Williamsburg to face Hofstra Saturday at noon.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Late game execution cues Tribe victory over Seahawks

Hilton scores 15 as College withstands late UNC-Wilmington rally to capture third straight victory

BY MIKE BARNES FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

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Senior forward Emily Correal led the Tribe with seven assists.

Don’t look now, but William and Mary is on a roll.

After a season full of near misses, the College reeled off its third straight victory Thursday, withstanding a furious late rally from UNCWilmington to escape Wilmington, N.C. with a 63-61 victory.

The Tribe held a comfortable seven point lead with 1 minute, 12 seconds left on the clock after a jumper by senior forward Emily Correal. The Seahawks did not panic, however, and nailed two consecutive three pointers to cut the College lead to just one with 37 seconds remaining.

The College executed the final plays of the game with near perfection to preserve the victory.

Senior guard Janine Aldridge and the Tribe offense held onto the ball for the length of the shot clock,

winding the clock down to 5 seconds before Aldridge put up a three-point attempt. Senior guard Taylor Hilton corralled the offensive rebound, forcing UNC-W to foul with 1 second on the clock.

Sophomore center MacKenzie Morrison went to the line with a chance to put the College up by three.

Morrison missed her first attempt but hit the second, allowing the Tribe to take a two-point lead, effectively icing the contest. The clock then ran out, preserving the 63-61 College victory.

While the College shot just 34 percent from the field on 70 attempts, it benefited from a balanced offensive performance. Hilton led the College with 15 points and nine rebounds.

Correal added 12 points and seven assists, while Aldridge finished with 11 points. Four other Tribe players scored at least five points.

As balanced as the Tribe was offensively, the Seahawks had four players in double figures. UNC-W

shot 38 percent from the field and 38 percent from three-point range.

The Seahawks worked the ball inside against the College, scoring 24 of their points in the paint.

While the College ultimately captured the win, the Seahawks got off to a hot start. The Seahawks were led by forward Karneshia Garrett, who netted 17 points by converting 50 percent of her shots from the field.

In addition to Garrett’s contributions, guard Tawanna Lee added 13 points, guard Jessica Freeman scored 12 and guard Dana Brown also netted 11 for the Seahawks.

UNC-Wilmington’s stable of shooters outgunned the College early, racing out to an 11-point lead with 8 minutes, 50 seconds.

From that point forward, the Tribe went on a 9-0 run over the next 2 minutes to cut the Seahawks’ lead to two points.

Hilton and Correal both made jumpers and Aldridge sank a three to bring the Tribe within striking distance.

Neither team gained much of an advantage the rest of the first half. The Tribe took a brief four-point lead near the end of the half, but the Seahawks scored five points within the final 45 seconds to take a one-point halftime lead.

The win avenges a Jan. 8 loss to UNC-Wilmington earlier in the year in Williamsburg. The College blew a 14-point second-half lead in that contest, allowing the Seahawks to come roaring back en route to a 61-52 victory.

The UNC-W loss was at the beginning of a painful 11-game losing streak for the College, which it snapped Jan. 24 with its win against Towson. Since then, it’s been positive turnouts for the College, as the squad has notched three straight.

The Tribe will look to keep its newofund winning streak alive Sunday when Colonial Athletic Association front-runner James Madison visits Williamsburg.