VARIETY >> PAGE 5
SPORTS >> PAGE 7
An evening of comedy
College dominates Towson
Comedian Jasper Redd entertains student audience in Lodge 1 Friday
Vol. 102, Iss. 11 | Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Tribe offense overwhelms Tigers, notches five goals, keeps Towson scoreless
The Flat Hat The Twice-Weekly Student Newspaper
of The College of William and Mary
f f o s e k a t n io t c u Constr transportation
Newport NewsWilliamsburg Airport begins facelift with $10.2 million
by casey lewis the flat hat
The Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport received a $10.2 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration with the hope of attracting larger airlines and increasing air traffic. The FAA project is expected to take a year and a half and $11.3 million to complete. The new additions aim to improve fueling stations and taxiways in need of repair. The Department of Transportation also awarded a $950,000 grant to the Peninsula Airport Commission. The Commission is responsible for the economic development of the airport. The DOT money is intended to regain airport service from the Newport News Airport to both the Boston Logan International Airport and the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Currently, US Airways, Frontier Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Allegiant Travel Company use the airport. AirTran Airways discontinued its services to the airport in March, resulting in a drop in flights and leaving many out-of-state students looking for travel alternatives. People Express Airlines hopes to pick up the empty spot left by AirTran in 2013.
graphic by patricia radich / THE FLAT HAT
The addition of new flights and the improvements intended for the airport are expected to have a very positive impact on the College of William and Mary student body. “I’m going to take the flight to JFK now instead of the train, because the plane ticket is cheaper and more convenient,” Maggie Corry ’16 said. The location of the Newport News Airport, also known as Patrick Henry Field, is closer than that of Richmond International Airport,
which makes the airport more appealing to College students. “[It’s a] smaller airport, but well-run for its size,” Abhi Goyal ’13, who has used the airport three times, said. “It is very efficient.” The Student Assembly has been running a shuttle service for the past few years from campus to Norfolk International Airport, the Richmond Airport and Patrick Henry Field. The student activity fee pays for the service, and Bill Horatio, head of parking services, is in charge of scheduling and driving. There has been four times the amount of interest in shuttles than in previous years, according to Secretary of Student Life Dallen McNerney ’14. “We have a huge number of students that are interested in going,” Dallen McNerney ’14 said. “I think a lot of people are starting to realize that this is a really cool service to use.”
careers
greek life
Phi Mu alters rush process Alumni form organization Sorority foregoes formal rush for unofficial recruitment
Arts students gain networking opportunities
by Aine Caine the flat hat
bY katherine Chiglinsky Flat hat news editor
The College of William and Mary’s chapter of Phi Mu has withdrawn from the formal Panhellenic rush process in favor of organizing an alternative recruitment program. While the move may seem unprecedented among Panhellenic organizations at the College, Director of Student Leadership Development Anne Arseneau described the switch as a proactive recruitment strategy. “When Phi Mu began to explore the idea of withdrawing from formal recruitment, they acknowledged that it was a calculated risk,” Arseneau said. “However, this chapter knows how to do continuous open recruitment at a high level, so why would they participate in an expensive, timeconsuming process that isn’t yielding results for them?” Phi Mu waived the formal rush process and instead conducted a less intensive open continuous recruitment. According to Hilary Adams ’14, membership director of the sorority, Phi Mu’s National Headquarters suggested that the chapter opt out of formal recruitment. “Phi Mu National Headquarters actually put forth the idea of using this informal style of recruitment for Gamma Alpha chapter after W&M’s formal recruitment last fall,” Adams said in an email. “They acknowledged that we perform better using this alternative method, so in order to improve our odds of success, they strongly recommended that we take this route, which, of course, we did.” The Gamma Alpha chapter of Phi Mu at the College is the only chapter of the organization that has opted out of formal recruitment. Adams explained that the switch is an attempt to appeal to a different niche of potential recruits. “At the end of last year, we decided that we needed to revamp our recruitment process,” Adams said. “Now we use dynamic recruitment tactics to get to know women. It’s a much more low-key, open-house style of recruitment.” Phi Mu President Katrina Pickering ’13 expressed excitement over what she perceives to be a more personal method of drawing in new recruits. “I feel that we get to know potential new members better though an informal setting rather than the formal recruitment process,” Pickering said. “It is the relaxed,
A chance conversation between a television executive and a Tony Award winning producer in New York City eventually led to the historical triangle and the College of William and Mary, the school they both had called home for four years. As two alumni working in the same industry and in the same city, Jimmy Finn ’00 and Jennifer Isaacson ’06 recognized a lack of connection among College alumni in the arts and entertainment industry. Consequently, in spring 2011, Finn led the charge to put together the College’s Arts and Entertainment Alumni Council. The group received the green light Friday and was officially approved as one of the first official industry-based alumni organizations. Finn noticed that the College had limited opportunities for alumni in the arts and entertainment industries to connect, but networking among alumni with a strong base in the industry would benefit all involved. “We just needed to light the spark that brought them all together,” Finn said. The council serves as a constituent group of the William and Mary Alumni Association and is governed by a 30-member Board of Directors that includes alumni such as Patton Oswalt ’91 and Bill Lawrence ’90. Members come from all different types of professions, including lighting designers, producers, novelists and even a comedy club owner. Finding alumni based in the arts and entertainment industry proved challenging. “We reached out to the theater department,” Isaacson said. “We scoured the Alumni Association directory and spread it just through word of mouth, too. There wasn’t really one centralized list that included everyone. We had to do a little digging.” The group hopes to connect alumni, current students and faculty in order to provide students with career and academic advice.
Index
News Insight News Opinions Variety Variety Sports Sports
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Today’s Weather
john anderson / THE FLAT HAT
The Gamma Alpha chapter of Phi Mu opted out of formal recruitment.
non-structured conversations that show potential new members what Phi Mu is about on a day-to-day basis.” Arseneau praised the Gamma Alpha chapter of Phi Mu for its value-based atmosphere and expressed her belief in the arbitrariness of the Panhellenic system’s standards. “They are a strong organization with a great sisterhood. On average, they’ve not always been at the sorority-designated level of ninety members,” Arseneau said. “However, I’m hesitant to use the formal recruitment benchmark as the only measure of a sorority’s success.” Adams agreed that informal recruitment is a promising opportunity for Phi Mu. “This is by no means a permanent change,” Adams said. “Informal recruitment is just what’s working for See greek page 3
Inside opinions
A scholarship for foregoing college
If a person has an extraordinary idea, why not do everything possible to achieve success? page 4 Cloudy High 83, Low 70
In the beginning, Finn reached out to the heads of the theater, speech and dance departments, hoping to gain insight into the needs of students at the College. He also collaborated with the Sherman and Gloria H. Cohen Career Center and the Alumni Association to emphasize the need for students to gain career advice about the competitive industry. “Alumni events that also offer professional benefits like networking are the future,” Executive Vice President of the Alumni Association Karen Cottrell ’66, M.Ed. ’69, Ed.D. ’84 said in a press release. “We can better engage alumni in the life of the College if our programs have the added benefit of advancing their careers.” Finn also noted that the council hopes to begin a career program similar to the Mason School of Business’s “Dog Street to Wall Street.” The council would connect students Finn with an alumnus in the arts and entertainment industry who students would shadow in New York. Many of the group’s ideas are still in the works, but the date for its inaugural Arts and Entertainment Conference held at the College has been set for Nov. 8 and 9. The theme, “Arts and Entertainment in a Digital Age,” will include speakers from motion picture, television, theater, advertising and news industries who will discuss the future of entertainment. Alumni will return to speak at the event, including Reebok’s Head of Global Media David Abramo ’96, screenwriter for “Thor” and “X-Men: First Class” Ashley Edward Miller ’94, and Vice President of Creative Advertising for Nickelodeon Pete Johnson ’91. The event is free for students with a See alumni page 3
Inside SPORTS
Tribe trumps Georgia State
College utilizes combination of punishing ground game and opportunistic defense to earn first win of the season page 8
newsinsight “
“
ONLINE TODAY
News Editor Katherine Chiglinsky News Editor Meredith Ramey fhnews@gmail.com
The Flat Hat | Tuesday, October 2, 2012 | Page 2
THE BUZZ
I like Cuban culture, the warmth of her people, their constant laughter, even when something hurts.
—Maria Elena Perez, Instituto Superior de Arte in Cuba
BEYOND THE ‘BURG
In our weekly “That Guy” video, Flat Hat Managing Editor Vanessa Remmers sits down with David Alpert ‘13 to talk about his time interning for the Middle East Institute, his thoughts on the middle eastern riots and free speech, and his time as a brother in Sigma Chi. Have a suggestion for a senior we should interview next? Email flathat. online@gmail.com
From “cultural encounters,” a blog by Humzah Nasir ‘15 Poverty aside, Bosnia has much to offer. The most popular dish in the country is called “chevappi” and consists of a little pita with meat filling and a side of onions. Niazi’s personal favorite food item was “burak,” which is a swirly pastry that may contain meats, cheeses or potatoes. Bosnian coffee is the most popular
drink in the country. It is served in small cups with a plate of Turkish delight and it is very similar to Turkish coffee. “I wasn’t a fan of the Bosnian coffee only because the flavor was really strong,” Niazi said. Instead, she would enjoy “chokata,” a drink that can best be described as blue lychee flavored Fanta.
Don’t have time to read the full print edition? Check out “The News in 90 Seconds,” a new video series that gives a brief recap of each issue’s top stories.
COURTESY PHOTO / DIGITALUNION.OSU.EDU
Two online courses are planned for 2013 through a partnership between the Ohio State University College of Pharmacy and the online learning platform Coursera.
A THOUSAND WORDS Student editor kept from publishing article Alex Green, editor of the student newspaper of Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn., was kept from publishing an article last Monday regarding a professor’s leave from school. Green learned the professor was arrested last June for attempting to meet with a minor. Bryan College’s President Stephen Livesay told Green not to publish the article. Green printed and distributed the story himself, saying he wanted to bring the details of a potential scandal out in the open. According to the Washington Post, Livesay later said that keeping Green from publishing the story may have been a mistake. Colleges vie for Silver Spring campus According to The Washington Post, Georgetown University and Montgomery College are both looking to purchase the land of National Labor College, which is selling its 47-acre Silver Spring, Md., campus. Georgetown plans to use the area for varsity sports and meeting spaces. Montgomery College, which enrolls 60,000 students in community college programs, is looking to expand. Spokeswoman for Montgomery College Elizabeth Homan said that more high school students are looking to experience campus life at community colleges, which requires additional space. National Labor College plans to stay operational, either in a different location or as a tenant on its current campus.
Shareholders sue company for recruiting strategies A group of shareholders in the Education Management Corporation is suing executives of the company for not addressing excessive student-recruitment policies, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. The shareholders claim that Education Management Corporation, the second-largest for-profit college company in the nation, pays its recruiters based on how many students it enrolls, which contributes to very aggressive recruiting strategies. Executives of the Education Management Corporation said the claim is baseless and that they pay employers based on five factors in addition to how many students they enroll. Free online courses gain momentum According to The Chronicle for Higher Education, faculty are concerned about the ways in which Massive Open Online Courses will affect their institutions. Faculty at Yale University, for example, formed a committee to reflect on the future of online courses. Other campuses, like the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, have quickly signed on to a partnership with Coursera. Coursera is an online education company that enrolls 1.35 million students in its free online courses. Brown University and Columbia University are among the schools that have a partnership with Coursera, a five-month-old company.
jung hyun lee / the FLAT HAT
CORRECTIONS
CITY POLICE BEAT
Sept. 28 to Sept. 30
In a Sept. 28 article titled “Teicher wins 2016 presidency,” the Flat Hat incorrectly stated that 30 percent of the freshman class voted in the Student Assembly elections. Fifty percent of the class voted for freshman class president.
Friday, Sept. 28 — A case of shoplifting was 1 reported on Richmond Rd.
The Flat Hat wishes to correct any facts printed incorrectly. Corrections may be submitted by e-mail to the editor of the section in which the incorrect information was printed. Requests for corrections will be accepted at any time.
Sept. 28 — An individual was arrested for 2 Friday, being drunk in public on North Boundary St.
5
The Flat Hat
Sept. 29 — A case of domestic assult was 3 Saturday, reported on Richmond Rd. in the early morning. Sat. 29 — An individual was arrested 4 Saturday, for assault and battery of a family member on Richmond Rd. Sept. 30 — An individual was arrested for 5 Sunday, disorderly conduct on Richmond Rd.
‘STABILITAS ET ET FIDES’ FIDES’ || ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED OCT. OCT. 3, 3, 1911 1911 ‘STABILITAS
25 Campus Campus Center, Center, The The College College of of William William and and Mary, Mary, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Va. Va. 23185 23185 25 Newsroom (757) 221-3283 — Advertising Dept. (757) 221-3283 / ads@flathatnews.com Newsroom (757) 221-3283 — Advertising Dept. (757) 221-3283 / flathatads@gmail.com Editor editor@flathatnews.com Editor flathat.editor@gmail.com News news@flathatnews.com News fhnews@gmail.com Sports sports@flathatnews.com Sports flathatsports@gmail.com
Opinions opinions@flathatnews.com Opinions fhopinions@gmail.com Variety variety@flathatnews.com Variety flathat.variety@gmail.com Photos photos@flathatnews.com Photos flathatphotos@gmail.com
Mike Barnes Editor-in-Chief Jill Found Editor-in-Chief Becky Koenig Managing Editor — Jill Found Executive Editor Vanessa Remmers Managing Editor — Katie Demeria Executive Editor Ellie Kaufman Chief Staff Writer Katherine Chiglinsky News Editor Katherine Hoptay Copy Chief Katherine Chiglinsky DeBusk Opinions Editor Meredith RameyNews NewsEditor Editor Elizabeth Stephanie Hubbard Copy Chief Stephanie Hubbard Copy Chief Vanessa Remmers News Editor Abby Boyle Variety Editor Anita Jiang Photo Editor Hoptay CopyEditor Chief HaileyCaspari Arnold Variety Sarah VarietyEditor Editor Katherine Jung Hyun Lee Photo Gabro Photo Editor Katie Demeria Mike BarnesVariety SportsEditor Editor Michelle Zach Hardy Online Editor Hickey Online Jared JaredForetek ForetekSports SportsEditor Editor Walter Michelle Gabro ChiefEditor Photographer Ellen Wexler Opinions Editor Elizabeth DeBusk Editorial Writer Betsy Goldemen Copy Editor Ariel Cohen Assoc. News Editor Chris McKenna Chief Staff Writer Chase Hopkins Assoc. News Editor Ken Lin Assoc. News Editor Ken Lin Assoc. Maggie Kern Assoc. News News Editor Editor Bailey Kirkpatrick Meredith Ramey Assoc. Assoc. News News Editor Editor Chris Weber Rob MartyAssoc. Assoc.Sports News Editor Editor Natalie Ferenbach Chris McKennaAssoc. SeniorVariety News Editor Writer Alex Bramsen Copy Editor Chris Weber Assoc. Sports Editor Colleen Copy Editor Abby BoyleLeonard Assoc. Variety Editor Garrett Hendrickson Copy Editor Bailey Kirkpatrick Assoc. Variety Editor Liz McGlynn Copy Editor Sarah Caspari Assoc. Variety Editor Copy Editor Sophie Megan Mason Elmore Assoc. Variety Editor Ellen Wexler Assoc. Opinions Editor Elliott Hay Assoc. Opinions Editor Alex Bramsen Copy Editor
Claire Hoffman Copy Editor Colleen Leonard Copy Editor Meredith Luze Copy Lauren Becker Copy Editor Editor Allison Cartoonist MeganHicks Elmore Copy Editor Molly Adair Cartoonist Meredith Luze Copy Editor Rachel Cartoonist Rachel Brooks Steinberg Copy Editor Rachel Cartoonist Allison Pulley Hicks Cartoonist Nara Manager MollyYoon AdairBusiness Cartoonist Karin Krause Social Media Manager Rachel Brooks Cartoonist Patricia RadichCartoonist Graphic Designer Rachel Pulley Noah WillardEditorial GraphicWriter Designer Alex Cooper
Nara Yoon Business Manager Karin Krause Social Media Manager Anita Jiang Assoc. Photo Editor
News in brief Professors recieve Fellowship Awards
Chesapeake hatchery welcomes graduates
Allison Larsen ’99, Irina Novikova, Amy Oakes, Elena Prokhorova and Nicole Santiago received Alumni Fellowships from the College of William and Mary Alumni Association Sept. 27. Each year five young professors at the College are awarded the Alumni Fellowship for demonstrating excellence in teaching. Swimming Coach Matt Crispino ’02 was named Coach of the Year by the Alumni Association for the success of his team and for being a mentor and motivator for his swimmers. College of William and Mary Police Chief Don Challis received the Faculty and Staff Service Award for his sustained involvement at the College.
Marga Morris, Nicole Dunleavy, Elyce Whatley and Christopher Smith graduated from the Oyster Aquaculture Training Program at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. The recent graduates will bring their newly acquired knowledge to the growing oyster aquaculture industry in the Chesapeake Bay. Participants in the program gain experience by working in the hatchery from April through September with a team from the Aquaculture Genetics and Breeding Technology Center. The trainees were paid to participate in the program in order to populate the expanding field of oyster aquaculture.
BOV plan to include faculty raises The Board of Visitors recently approved an update to the six-year plan. The plan’s greatest priority is raising funds for meritbased faculty salary raises. Currently, the College of William and Mary has been marked in the 14th percentile among peer institutions for faculty salary; the plan aims to move the College into the 60th percentile. Other goals of the plan include increasing graduate and undergraduate financial aid, as well as increasing undergraduate enrollment by 50 students each year. The plan will be funded by money from the College, state and reallocated revenue.
Page 3
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
The Flat Hat
academics
Conference draws international crowd Philosophers from across the world gathered at the College for Strawsonian discussion by beatrice loayza the flat hat
Philosophical minds from across the country gathered at the College of William and Mary Sept. 27 and 28 to participate in the “Responsibility and Relationships” conference in recognition of the 50-year anniversary of P.F. Strawson’s essay, “Freedom and Resentment.” Participants from Harvard University, Princeton University, University of California Los Angeles, University of British Columbia and several other universities came together during this two-day workshop to discuss Strawsonian themes of free will and moral responsibility. “Alumni from the Philosophy Department, Theresa Thompson ’67 and Michael Foradas ’78, donated money to the department specifically to be used for a conference of this nature — so that the department could get extra funds, become more well-known to the rest of the community and to share knowledge,” associate professor of philosophy and event-organizer, Neal Tognazzini, said. College professor Laura Ekstrom provided comments to University of California, Riverside Professor John M. Fischer’s presentation titled “Peter Strawson and the Facts of Agency.” “It was really awesome finding out that an
old professor of mine played a big role in this conference,” Felix Feng ’15 said of Professor Ekstrom. “I took her freshman seminar last semester and never really got more involved with philosophy. I had only came to go with a friend that was required to attend one of the sessions for his philosophy class, so it was a nice surprise and definitely eye-opening to see my old professor go up to speak at such an important event.” In addition to the College’s entire philosophy department, students and professors from other College departments attended along with 75 guests from Richmond, North Carolina, Delaware and California. With the support of alumni, the conference was also able to pay for the plane tickets of international guests from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and South Africa. According to Tognazzini, planning for this year’s philosophy conference began in October of 2010, when his proposal was chosen from among other faculty submissions. “Responsibility and Relationships” is the third conference held by the College philosophy department. The other two, held in 2006 and 2008, covered issues concerning the future of democracy and studies of the human self, respectively. Although the conference was meant to take place every two years, administrative
benoit mathieu / THE FLAT HAT
University of California, Berkeley professor R. Jay Wallace presented at the “Responsibility and Relationships” conference.
difficulties prevented it from happening in 2010. “[The conference] is important because it exposes our philosophy department faculty to other philosophy scholars and engages them with the rest of the Williamsburg area,” President of Philosophy Club Thomas Mattesich ’14 said.
“[This event] is a great experience for students to see what contemporary philosophy is; in class we’re mostly exposed to historically important or classical philosophers, so it’s very interesting to see all these different modern thoughts in progress here.”
academics
Marriage Act debate criticizes legal precedent
Law professor Jim Dwyer fails to attend debate and Jordan Lorence defends Marriage Act by ken lin flat hat assoc. news editor
The debate scheduled for Thursday afternoon at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act abruptly became a single-sided affair. According to members of the College of William and Mary Federalist Society responsible for organizing the debate, law professor Jim Dwyer was supposed to argue for the unconstitutionality of the Act but was unable to appear. That left Jordan Lorence, senior counsel and senior vice president of the Alliance Defending Freedom organization, to make his case before a packed lecture hall. Overwhelmingly passed by Congress and signed into law by former President Bill Clinton in 1996, the Defense of
Marriage Act defined marriage as a “legal union between one man and one woman.” The Act has been criticized as a violation of equal protection laws, while preventing same-sex couples from qualifying for government programs such as employment benefits and hospital visitation rights. The act further allows states without same-sex marriage legalization laws to refuse to recognize legal marriages of same-sex couples from other states. “I think that a lot of the arguments that are being made against federal DoMA are essentially public policy arguments,” Lorence said. “I think that it should be worked out by the public policy process, lobbying Congress and electing members of Congress … rather than converting this into a constitutional argument that’s essentially this non-
sequitur syllogism.” Lorence pointed out that the politicization of Section 3 of DoMA has led the Department of Justice under the Obama administration to enforce all the Act’s provisions while simultaneously refusing to defend the same provisions in federal court, requiring congressional lawyers to step in. “I think it was an irresponsible act for this reason. They’re setting a precedent,” Lorence said. “Let’s say Gov. [Mitt] Romney is elected president in this election in November, and he says, ‘Oh, our Justice Department is going to follow the precedent of the Obama administration, and even though a law was passed by Congress and signed into law, we’re not going to defend that when we can have this lame argument that there’s ‘no basis
to defend it in court.’ … They’re setting up a principle where the president and the DOJ can decide not to defend a law they don’t like.” Lorence also argued that many cultures and societies around the world have defined the institution of marriage similarly and that the U.S. government’s passage of DoMA and definition of marriage is necessary to establish clear guidelines for the legal practicalities that families face. Lorence did not address critiques of the act that charge it as discriminatory until the question-and-answer session. A law student identifying himself as a former U.S. military officer asked Lorence why federal law should deny spousal benefits to homosexual soldiers under his command. “These people, whether it’s a choice
international studies
Documentary exposes poverty in Cuba Cuban filmmakers reveal poor living conditions in film “Solar 11” by vanessa remmers flat hat managing editor
There is a place in Havana where the drains run brown and green sludge gathers around an old refrigerator at the water’s edge. A onesie dries on a clothesline as a child grabs a rusted window frame to swing over a cracked pipeline. Some say this was where the rich kept their horses before the Revolution — a family now lives where a trough once stood. Others say this is where the slaves lived. But for Duniesky Canton Fernandez, this place was once home. For his father, it is still home. Fernandez’s father is one of 155 inhabitants living in the 43 units of Solar 11, a public housing unit declared uninhabitable by the Cuban government. Forty-seven of Solar 11’s inhabitants are 15 years old or younger. “I already was familiar with this solar, as my father lives there and one of these tiny places actually belongs to me, and I wasn’t surprised at all at the living conditions because I was raised in a solar,” Fernandez said in an email. Fernandez, now 30 years old, returned to his childhood home in order to film a documentary that draws attention to the living conditions of a population quickly disappearing from Cuban and international attention. Fernandez filmed the documentary, “Solar 11,” along with his Instituto Superior de Arte classmate Maria Elena Perez. Although the living conditions did not surprise Fernandez, an interview with Maritsa and Yasser, a couple four years younger than Fernandez and living in Solar 11, stuck with him. “[Both] live a life of necessity but still conserve happiness and charisma typical of the Cuban,” Fernandez said in an email. Perez, 25, comes from a different
background than Fernandez. She describes her family as an orchestra, her father a documentary filmmaker and her mother a dentist. When she stepped into the world of those who live in the solar, she was stepping into a new world. “My reaction was like an explorer who sits at home and has not seen the elephant in her garden. Because the place is huge and more than 155 people live there,” Perez said in an email. One of the last images of the documentary is an old woman painting the words “Live Fidel C.D.R. #11” while she notes that 101 of Solar 11’s 155 inhabitants are 15 to 64 years old. CDR, the Committee of the Defense of the Revolution, was a network of neighborhood committees established by Fidel Castro in 1960 to root out anti-revolutionary activity immediately following the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista. Fernandez says that, ironically, the organization has created an atmosphere of neighbor spying on neighbor. For some of the Solar 11 inhabitants who lived through the revolution, the public housing and the CDR operating within the solar are not so bad. Yet some of the younger Solar 11 inhabitants dream of getting out. “Generations have lived different stages of the same process, so the older generation has declined [to move] in their faith and courage to stay there,” Perez said in an email. “On the other hand, the new generation is experiencing the transformation of the place because of its growth. They don’t recoil from their existence there, it’s part of their daily lives.” When the documentary won an American University contest, Duniesky and Perez were granted a trip to the United States, making them two of the first Cuban students to visit America. The Middle Passage Project at the College of William and Mary, which explores the
effects of the transatlantic slave trade and is spearheaded by Professor Joanne Braxton, sponsored the student’s trip to the College. Perez entered the College classroom with a large smile and a loud, “Buenos tardes.” Fernandez was quieter, but offered a polite “hola” as their American University host introduced them to the College students whose class they were shadowing. “The opportunity to show a Cuba different from the one the world imagines,” Fernandez said of his desire to come to America. Although both Fernandez and Perez appreciated the freedom of expression and information while in America, both thought the United States should change its role in regard to developing countries like Cuba. “Politics is not my forte, but I understand that if someone big wants an apple, we should all cling to the tree where we live. So a change of role would not hurt,” Perez said in an email. The materialism of America was another culture shock. “The biggest difference is the money,” Perez said in an email. “I think some people are as connected to their environment as they are to their own lives. Others lack this connection, because they see only the surface of the culture they are supposed to emulate, like being good students or reaching the pinnacle of success in their careers.” Perez and Fernandez returned to Cuba last week. Perez hopes to revisit Solar 11, but this time with the goal of advocating for better living conditions. Fernandez plans to continue to improve the collective reality through documentary work. “Cuba is my mother and a mother is accepted. I like Cuban culture, the warmth of her people, their constant laughter, even when something hurts,” Perez said in an email. “Cuba needs a mental revolution … an exorcism of her ills. I’d like to change what hurts. What she does not see.”
or it’s some immutable characteristic and they can’t make another choice, are denied rights that I have … and to me, there’s a fundamental sense of unfairness,” he said. In response, Lorence argued that loosening the definition of marriage to accommodate sexual orientation could easily be used to approve polygamy and other types of relationships without legal bounds. “I think instead of marriage equality, you’re talking about something more [like] marriage deconstruction or marriage chaos, and that to choose marriage [is] something up to you and who are we to judge … and that marriage is up for grabs … If the right is to marry the person of my choice, why is it limited to one person?” Lorence said.
Alumni foster careers ALUMNI from page 1
valid student ID and $85 for non-students. “We wanted to get the alumni back to campus to interact with the students, especially at one of these conferences,” Finn said. “At some point, we want to grow it so it’s a little bit like a small version of South by Southwest.” The group is also working on collaborations with student organizations, including the William and Mary Film Festival and AMP for a comedy show Nov. 8. “I always love coming back to William and Mary,” comedian Sara Schaefer ’00 said. “I’ve only been back a few times since I graduated. The last time I performed at William and Mary, it was the best night of my life.” Schaefer also serves on the council’s board of directors and will speak at the conference in November. The council’s goals don’t stop with career advice and conferences. Following the recent announcement about the postponement of a new arts complex, Finn expressed his desire that the council advocate for the artistic and creative fields at the College through fundraising and activism. “One of those things that we hope to make a point of with the administration is that you’ll attract more candidates from New York, Chicago and Boston to come to the Mason School of Business if you have a performing arts center that can host larger tours,” Finn said. “It will be good for the city of Williamsburg in tax revenues and it’ll be great for attracting undergraduate students. Through that, there’s ways of raising significant revenue.” With the November conference, the group hopes to kickstart its time at the College by connecting alumni, students and faculty with an interest in the arts. “I really loved William and Mary and I wish I had had more people in my business that I could reach out to and talk to,” Schaefer said. “This helps me give back a little. I can help someone who didn’t have the same opportunities I did.”
Phi Mu opts for informal recruitment GREEK from page 1
Phi Mu right now. Why spend the money on the rush process if it’s not going to pan out for us?” Pickering echoed this optimistic perception. “Throughout this process we have become a closer
sisterhood, and I expect to see continued success due to these recruitment changes,” Pickering said. “Phi Mu’s three core values are love, honor and truth. Going forward, our chapter will continue to embody these values through our vibrant sisterhood.”
opinions
Opinions Editor Ellen Wexler fhopinions@gmail.com
The Flat Hat
Editorial cartoon
| Tuesday, October 2, 2012 | Page 4
Staff Editorial
Alumni advocacy A
Foregoing college: The value of an idea indignation coupled with more than slight jealousy. “How dare they assume they can make it in the world without first spending an unhealthy amount of time in Earl Gregg Swem Library?! The nerve of them to think that they can become successful, fully-functioning adults without taking British Literature I!” Interestingly enough, this was not the case. The Flat Hat By creating this scholarship, Thiel has financially recognized something that has been well known since the time a few clever troglodytes figured out that perhaps food is better when There’s a certain 44-year-old billionaire you may have heard hot and surfaces are easier to move when round. Thiel has of, and if you haven’t, you’ve certainly heard of what he’s done. His name is Peter A. Thiel, and before he became Facebook’s first recognized that our world is moved and shaped by ideas, and by the bright men and women who have them. At the risk of independent investor, he co-founded the payment processing service PayPal. Thiel is currently offering a coveted scholarship to sounding a bit more objectivist than I’m comfortable with (please, for the love of all that is good and just and true, don’t prospective students, but, if you’re reading this, it’s highly likely think I’m an objectivist), I think he’s right. that you’ve already nullified your chances of winning it. From the moveable type which originally would have It’s actually quite simple: Thiel is willing to give you $50,000 a allowed you to read The Flat Hat, to the Apple computer year for two years, as long as you don’t go to college. on which I am writing this article, everything we use in our I assure you, you read that correctly. daily lives is the product of someone’s ideas. Sometimes a Now, you can’t just waltz into Thiel’s office, declare your plans person who has an idea — an idea so powerful that it could to live your life cap-and-gownless, and expect to walk away completely change the way we live, like $100,000 richer than before. First, you a revolutionary form of solar power or have to have an idea. Thiel is recognizing that our anti-aging techniques— simply has the A good idea. world is moved and shaped by misfortune of being born 30 years younger An extraordinarily good idea. ideas, and by the bright men than the typical angel investor, and, I think this is a brilliant move on and women who have them. through no fault of their own, that person Thiel’s part. Here we have a highly invites the investor’s ageist skepticism. successful businessperson investing in Thiel is trying to correct for that discrepancy. the futures of bright would-be innovators, all the while turning Let us, for a moment, work under the assumption that the up his nose at academia in a move so beautifully executed that doctrine of Eternal Return is wrong. This means that people no one, no matter how small their contrarian streak, could help only have one shot at life and that they only have one chance but be impressed. to succeed. Don’t get me wrong — college can be wonderful, Let the ideas of the Thiel Scholars, those who have won the and I certainly don’t regret my decision to enroll. However, I scholarships, speak for themselves. One of the scholars has could also never be a Thiel Scholar — I simply don’t have a designed a solar panel that moves as the sun moves during the good enough idea. day and is already experimenting with her prototypes in Uganda A lot of us don’t. Not yet, anyway. and Tanzania. Another scholar is interested in the aging process But if somebody has an idea, an idea that they truly believe and whether it is possible to combat senescence. A third scholar can revolutionize life for the better, and if Thiel is offering is working on economic development within poorer nations. them the chance to make it happen, why shouldn’t they at Thiel has invested in all of their ideas. least try? As a student currently attending a traditional four-year Why wait? university, I would have assumed that my first thought upon hearing about Thiel scholarships would have been terrific Email Zachary Frank at zsfrank@email.wm.edu.
Zachary Frank
“
The staff editorial represents the opinion of The Flat Hat. The editorial board, which is elected by The Flat Hat’s section editors and executive staff, consists of Katherine Chiglinsky, Elizabeth DeBusk, Katie Demeria, Jill Found and Vanessa Remmers. The Flat Hat welcomes submissions to the Opinions section. Limit letters to 250 words and columns to 650 words. Letters, columns, graphics and cartoons reflect the view of the author only. Email submissions to fhopinions@gmail.com.
“
Street Beat
Does the College do a good job of involving alumni with the student body?
Comments @theflathat
“ “
You know when I was in high school we didn’t have what you guys have today. I feel like it has given me an edge, but also hurt me.
“The Alumni Association puts on events that engage people such as the ice cream social during Orientation.”
“I’m sure there are areas where it does, but more on an individual level than on a campus wide level.”
Sean Rogers ’16
“I’d like to say the specific groups do well ... but in general it seems disconnected.”
Kaitlin Jones ’13
Paolo Jasa ’13
“I personally haven’t had much interaction with the alumni, so I would say based on that, probably not.” Jacobi Hines ’14
“ “
By Rachel Pulley, Flat Hat Cartoonist
t the College of William and Mary, we encourage students to learn for the sake of learning. This is certainly admirable, but most seniors also share another goal — finding a job after graduation. We are excited to hear about the novel idea to create an industry alumni group for arts and entertainment that will include several big name professionals, including Patton Oswalt ’91. Because the new Arts and Entertainment Council is organized through the College’s alumni association, it is in a unique position to benefit the College in two ways — through career services for students and advocating for the arts at the College. The alumni association has partnered with the Sherman and Gloria H. Cohen Career Center at the College to organize an arts and entertainment seminar that will inform students about careers in these fields and will provide networking opportunities. Unlike students pursuing careers in business fields, students in this sector of the College may not be fully aware of the opportunities available to them. The development of the council will help make students aware of and prepare them for careers. We hope that these seminars follow the model of the Career Center’s Ferguson Publishing Seminar, which has helped cultivate the College’s strong reputation in the publishing industry. The council also hopes to give students opportunities to shadow alumni in the industry. Students would have a chance to apply the skills they’ve developed at the College in the real world. Shadowing also provides yet another opportunity to network. In addition to helping students find careers after graduation, the group would also benefit the College. Plans for a new arts complex were curtailed during September’s Board of Visitors meeting due to lack of funding. The council could not only advocate for the arts but also help with fundraising, which would alleviate some of the College’s financial burden. Furthermore, the council hopes to make a new arts complex profitable by building facilities suitable for hosting big name events. We believe that this goal is realistic given Williamsburg’s tourism and the city’s demographics; while not every resident in Williamsburg may be interested in hearing the Roots perform at William and Mary Hall, the average resident would likely be interested in seeing “The Lion King” or a major ballet performance on tour. The group would also be able to help the Muscarelle Museum of Art book major exhibits through alumni connections. We are excited to see what this council has in store for the College, and we believe it will be hugely beneficial to the arts program. We hope that other less-publicized industries, such as journalism and museum studies, follow the arts and entertainment sector in forming alumni groups specifically to improve student opportunities at the College. Editor’s Note: Katherine Chiglinsky recused herself from this editorial in order to remain unbiased in her reporting.
—Roxy on “What we lose by using technology”
Buying/eating local is a great idea. Food tastes better, and is more nutritious.
— Mark Worley on “From their farms to our forks”
— photos and interviews bY Zachary Frank And Ellen Wexler
When it comes to academics, grades should not be the end of the story Gabriella Hafner The Flat Hat
The days leading up to a big exam can be stressful. As a student, I’ve spent countless hours before an exam trying to cram as much information into my head as possible. After taking the test, I wonder was all that hard work for nothing? Sure, maybe I got an A, but did I really learn anything? The emphasis has slowly but drastically shifted away from true learning toward simply pursuing that A. To say that this approach is one many students at the College of William and Mary have taken this approach with regards to their schoolwork would not be much of a stretch. They are not to blake: that’s simply the way schools are
set up. Success is measured by the grades students receive. The objective in their schoolwork, thus, is not truly to learn, but to receive that top grade. Students want success — if learning occurs along the way, it’s merely a bonus. Even before enrolling at the College, a good part of our acceptance here is based on a number — our high school GPA. As such, it is not hard to see why we have come here with a grades-first mindset. But grades force students to neglect their own personal exploration, and instead make them abide by specific grading parameters, purely out of a fear of failure. In theory, a student should be getting A’s if they are truly learning the material, but this is only partially true. Ask any A student a question that was on a test they took for a class only a semester ago, and the likelihood that they will answer correctly, in addition to actually being able to explain and elaborate on that answer, is rather slim.
The pressure to get good grades while in college remains in students’ minds because without those grades, life after college becomes very challenging. Many students who graduate from the College aim for more than just a bachelor’s degree. They apply to medical school, law school, and graduate programs. All of these programs rely heavily on GPA and grades to determine acceptance. It may be that we base success at the college level on grades because the programs that students will later pursue do the same. This makes sense. After all, grades paint a standardized picture of a person. But people are individuals; they are not the same, and cannot be standardized. Students fail to focus on learning, and instead direct their efforts toward achieving an A because that is the way our school system is designed. I am not so bold as to propose another system entirely, but surely the current system could be improved. It is a system that
praises memorization and regurgitation instead of true learning and mastery of a subject. Reforming the system might be a bit idealistic, but it’s the reason we come
to college — for real self-exploration and learning, not just for a grade. Email Gabriella Hafner at gmhafner@ email.wm.edu.
Graphic by Allison Hicks / the Flat hat
variety
Variety Editor Abby Boyle Variety Editor Sarah Caspari flathat.variety@gmail.com
The Flat Hat
| October 2, 2012 | Page 5
An engaging but uneven routine
Comedian entertains with observational humor, but untimely jokes miss the mark BY BRIAN BOLT THE FLAT HAT
The lights dim in Lodge 1, and the audience is teetering with expectation. The man on stage plucks the microphone from its stand, clears his throat and says, “TWAMP. They told me to say TWAMP.” This provokes unrestrained laughter from the assembled crowd at the College of William and Mary, hitting them in the middle of their collectively bookish funny bone, and right at the outset, Jasper Redd’s comedy show is off to a good start. For the next hour, the comedian kept the crowd entertained, sticking mostly to a combination of understated observational comedy and exaggerated ethnic humor. While none of Redd’s revelations were mind-blowing — although he did think of a unique way to avoid parking tickets — he gave a consistently enjoyable performance. Highlights included a tirade against individuals who snore like ancient reptiles and a recount of a particularly objectionable visit from the Tooth Fairy. Redd, who has appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly and Lopez Tonight, had a very affable stage presence, and at times he even asked the audience direct questions about the College. He groaned melodramatically upon discovering the Tribe’s football record and he reassured the crowd by saying that at least we still have our academic record. Although this was clearly a ploy to gain common ground with the students, Redd managed to go about it in a way that suggested genuine interest. Interestingly enough, the comedian refused to take potshots at his audience, even when a discernibly intoxicated girl in the front row kept shouting at him, insisting that the after party was at her place. Redd kept his laid-back demeanor intact and, with professionalism, focused on the rest of the audience. This was probably a wise decision — as Daniel Tosh
proved over the summer, nothing sours the mood of a show more than a comedian verbally assaulting a member of the audience. With a slow and deliberate method of delivery, it wasn’t so much the punch line of a joke as Redd’s delivery that made every joke comical. The comedian had obviously spent a lot of time rehearsing the cadence of every group of syllables, always hiding his intense concentration with a seemingly lackadaisical chuckle at the end of every comedic yarn. This fed into his otherwise languid approach and allowed the audience to have fun with him. However, most of the evening was spent on what I can only assume were recycled jokes. The feeling of rehashed material permeated the majority of his routine. The time frame for the routine felt unusually specific, as if no new jokes had been created in the past two years. Redd meditated on the marriage of Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom as if it were a current event and not 2009’s tabloid fodder. The rest of the routine felt just as dated, as he checked off yesteryear’s pop culture buzzwords, including Justin Bieber, the Dougie and, most unfortunately, Myspace. Although the comedian did spend a sizable amount of time on President Obama, there wasn’t a single joke that couldn’t have been
made before the inauguration. Mitt Romney and the 2012 election were nowhere to be found, even though a college crowd would’ve gobbled down political satire faster than a Parisian inhaling a buttery croissant. Redd’s one attempt at addressing contemporary issues was his commentary on the Colorado shootings, saying that he would take extravagant safety measures when buying “The Dark Knight Rises” on DVD. The punch line elicited merely a smattering of anxious titters from the audience and proved to be an unnecessary risk in an otherwise very safe routine. If Redd were going to bring up something as horrific as the shooting in a safe haven of levity, the joke should have been nothing short of exceptional. Instead, it was mediocre and was stated with only a half-hearted intensity. The result was, regrettably, lackluster. For the majority of the show, however, Redd delivered solid laughs. Griping over the time frame of the jokes may seem trivial, but one of the comedian’s primary tasks is tapping into the vein of a contemporary society. That being said, Lodge 1 was packed with students who left the event with their evenings brightened just a bit more than when they arrived.
ALL PHOTOS BY JOHN DAVID KENNEY / THE FLAT HAT
Comedian Jasper Redd, who has appeared on multiple TV shows, brought his routine to the College of William and Mary in a show at Lodge 1 last Friday.
DCSI fellows earn W&M credit by studying with a W&M professor, networking with experts and alums through guest lectures and site visits – and working in a guaranteed internship at a dynamic DC institution. Summer 2013 Institutes Leadership and Community Engagement Institute Taught by Professor Drew Stelljes National Security Institute Taught by Professor Kathryn Floyd New Media Institute Taught by Professor Ann Marie Stock Information Session: Wednesday, October 3rd 6:00pm Sadler Center, Tidewater B
Applications Online: www.wm.edu/dcs Available 9/10 – 10/17
Page 6
Friday, October 2, 2012
The Flat Hat CO U
RT
ES
YP
HO
TO
/
TH EP T AT
ER SO NF
OU
.O ON ATI ND
RG
KATIE DEMERIA / THE FLAT HAT
Rachel Carson film commemorates “Silent Spring” BY CLAIRE GILLESPIE THE FLAT HAT
Recent sustainability efforts at the College of William and Mary channel the same ideals Rachel Carson, the woman commonly credited with starting the environmental movement, promoted 50 years ago. A documentary on Carson’s life was presented Tuesday, Sept. 25 in Earl Gregg Swem Library’s Botetourt Theatre and was followed by a discussion proving that interest in sustainability is very much alive at the College. Following the 50-minute film, professors, students and community members discussed issues raised by the movie with assistant professor of English Melanie Dawson M.A. ’90, assistant professor of government Mark Buntaine and professor of economics, public policy and law Sarah Stafford. Professor of chemistry Lisa Landino was also slated to participate but was unable to attend due to illness. Rachel Carson influenced such fields as environmental science, public policy and women’s rights, most prominently through her book “Silent Spring.” This year marks the 50th anniversary of the book’s original publication. “We thought it would be nice for us to put together an event where we could bring to the forefront some of the work Rachel Carson did across a variety of disciplines,” College Sustainability Fellow Patrick Foley ’12 said. “We didn’t want it to just be environmental sciences and policy. We wanted to incorporate the hard sciences, social sciences, public policy, as well as women’s rights.” Following the film, Dawson commented on the movement of ecofeminism, a response to the dual domination of nature and of women. Carson is a figure often
mentioned in the study of this movement. “If you look at the research she did, Rachel Carson was so victimized by the press for being a woman,” Foley said. Carson’s main area of research for “Silent Spring” was the effect of pesticides on the natural world. Despite evidence that pesticides, specifically DDT, were deadly to wildlife, they were still used widely, often sprayed over entire towns. Children even played in the pesticide spray as it covered their streets or playgrounds. “There were dangers inherent in pesticides that people didn’t realize were there,” Foley said. “Her work laid the groundwork for a variety of issues that people are looking at today within the sciences, specifically in air quality, wildlife preservation and the field of ecology.” Carson argued that humans have a fundamental right to a healthy environment. The only reason this was not in the U.S. Constitution, she said, was because “our forefathers could conceive of no such problem.” “Prior to ‘Silent Spring’ being written, there were regulations regarding pesticides, but they were pretty minimal,” Stafford said. “After ‘Silent Spring,’ there was a push to think more about how the pesticides were disposed of in particular.” “Silent Spring” was serialized in The New Yorker in 1962. Upon its release, 60,000 copies of the book were sold. It became a bestseller in two weeks. “If you [study] when governments adopt new policy, oftentimes it is in response to what we call focusing events — there is some highly public, sensational event that causes some policy change,” Buntaine said. “Finding leaders that can really spotlight events that capture people’s imagination, get people interested in topics, and generate an emotional response to topics is still a very important part of generating policy change.”
Carson entered Pennsylvania College initially as an English major, but ultimately studied biology. She received a scholarship to study zoology in graduate school at Johns Hopkins University. Carson worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, eventually becoming editor-in-chief of all its publications. “Silent Spring” was her fourth book. “She was trained in science,” Stafford said. “She had that understanding of the environment she was writing about and the scientific method. She knew what a science journal looked like and how to get information from it. She was also just a wonderful writer. She did combine the disciplines, which was what we wanted to mimic in our panel.” Following the documentary and discussion, a reception was held in the Botetourt Gallery. One of the sponsors of the event — along with Swem, the department of environmental science and policy and the Jefferson program of public policy — was the committee on sustainability. This committee has a number of other initiatives, including lending recycling kits to organizations that request them, science librarian Karen Berquist ’83 said. The Student Assembly collects “green fee” money from students each year, which is used to fund student projects relating to sustainability. For example, the water bottle refilling stations seen around campus were funded through these fees. Additionally, the gardens located behind the Integrated Science Center and the Commons Dining Hall received funding from the Student Assembly. Other sustainability projects include an eco-village plan that will make the lodges and the Daily Grind energy-independent from the rest of campus. A solar garden will provide the energy needed to sustain the lodges in the future.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Exchanging whispers and euphemisms for open dialogue Comfortable conversation eliminates stigma and ensures more positive sexual experiences
Elaine Bevington
BEhind closed doors columnist
Let’s talk about sex. This is a sex column, after all — that’s what they pay me to do. Ha, as if I get paid for this. Obviously I have few qualms about sex talk, in private or public. When I first told my friends that I was doing this column, the response of the overwhelming majority was, “Why on earth would you write about your sex life?” For a while, I didn’t know how to answer that question. “Because I want to,” didn’t seem to ease anyone’s horror. Finally, over coffee with a friend last week, I blurted out an answer that actually turned out to be true: “Because if you can’t be comfortable just talking about sex, you can’t be comfortable having it.” I grew up in a very prudish
household. I seriously wonder sometimes if my dad is even aware that I now wear a bra. I had one very awkward conversation with my mom, when I was about 11, the day that we watched The Movie in school — you know, that movie that all the girls watch in one room and the boys in another that causes both groups to blush and giggle inexplicably when they are reunited. The parents must have received a letter telling them what we’d be doing that day, because when I got home from school, my mom asked if I had any questions. Of course I did, but none that I wanted to discuss with my mother, and so that was the end of that conversation. It wasn’t until my junior year of college that I really started to talk openly about my sexual escapades, past and present. The more I talked to friends, the more comfortable I became talking to partners, which only made me more comfortable actually having sex with said partners. Talking about sex with your partner is key to having good sex. But for some reason, that’s easier said than done.
Why is it so hard to say “penis” and “vagina?” We have no problem throwing around words like “dick” and “pussy” as insults, but suddenly our vocabulary dries up when we talk about actual body parts. Why do we lower our voices when saying “blow job?” If you can’t say the words out loud without embarrassment, you probably shouldn’t be giving them. Why do we use sports euphemisms and vague terms like “hooked up” — which, based on informal polling of the nearest 6 people, can range in meaning from making out to having sex — to talk about sex rather than say what we mean? Of course there is a time and a place to talk about sex; explicit details of your sex life needn’t be shared out loud in class or over dinner. Personally, I am terrible at following this rule; I’m notorious for dropping f-bombs in family restaurants and talking way too loudly about my vagina in public. Still, if we can’t even talk openly with friends without awkwardness or embarrassment, I think that indicates a problem. I say this because I myself am
guilty of whispering, of leaning in conspiratorially, of dropping my voice an octave when discussing my sex life, as if it were all a dirty secret that should not be voiced out loud. But as Dumbledore taught us — yes, I am about to reference Harry Potter here, so feel free to wonder how I ever get laid at all — fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself. Being afraid to talk about sex only reinforces the
GRAPHIC BY LINDSAY WADE / THE FLAT HAT
idea that it is dirty or scary, or that our desires are something to be ashamed of. This is simply not true. And that is why I write this column — to replace a bit of the awkwardness and discomfort that generally accompany sex talk with openness and comfort. Elaine Bevington is a Behind Closed Doors Columnist and she has been banned from several Williamsburg restaurants for dropping the f-bomb.
sportsinside
The Flat Hat | Tuesday, October 2, 2012 | Page 7
MEN’S SOCCER
College fails to slay Dragons, falls 3-0
Tribe offense shut out after lightning delays kickoff BY JACK POWERS FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER William and Mary lost its second straight decision Friday night, falling to Drexel 3-0 at a rain-drenched Martin Family Stadium. With the loss, the College falls to 0-1-1 in Colonial Athletic Association play and 2-6-2 overall. The match was scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m., but the weather had other ideas. Lightning and
COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS
Junior back Will Smith and the Tribe fell to 0-1-1 in the CAA.
rain were the twin culprits of an hour-and-a-half delay. While the weather was bleak, the Tribe’s performance did little to brighten the mood. Head coach Chris Norris was blunt about his struggling team after the game. “The big problem for us right now is that we don’t know how to compete and to be intense,” he said. “At times, we were just content to sit back and hit the ball backwards and sideways. I mean, I don’t think we even had one offsides.” After the clouds parted and the storm passed, the game was a messy affair with both teams playing very tentatively on the soggy field. The first 30 minutes of the game were marked by numerous errant passes and few scoring chances from both sides. Junior midfielder Chris Perez registered the first shot on goal in the 25th minute, but it was cleanly saved by Drexel goalkeeper Tim Washam. The game started to get out of hand just after the first half hour of play as Drexel scored on a nifty penalty kick right outside the box. The penalty was given after a questionable tripping call on sophomore midfielder Marcus Luster that raised the ire of Norris. Drexel forward Pena Guido tapped the ball to a partner who passed it right back, setting Guido up for a shot that that made its way through the defenders and past sophomore goalie Bennett Jones. Trouble defending set-pieces was the theme of the match for the Tribe as their typically solid defense broke down repeatedly on penalty kicks. “We had watched some tape of their set pieces and stuff earlier in the week,” junior defender Roshan Patel said. “But we were just a step slower on everything today. I think it was more a mental thing than anything else.” Besides the penalty kick goal, the first half was a relatively even affair with neither team generating much real offensive. Going into the second half down one, a potential victory seemed to be fully within the College’s grasp. But that hope was effectively dashed less than ten minutes into the second half when Drexel scored on yet another penalty kick right outside
Tribe downs Panthers
JOHN DAVID KENNEY / THE FLAT HAT
Senior midfielder Ben Anderson recorded one shot Saturday against Drexel. Anderson has registered 10 shots this season.
the box. This time the goal involved less trickery as Drexel midfielder John Grosh simply lined it up and sent a scorcher past Jones and the rest of the Tribe’s bewildered defense. “They had two very well-executed free kicks and those sorts of goals change games,” Norris said. The College then opened up their offense much more after Drexel’s second goal. In contrast to the Tribe offense’s anemic two-shot performance in the first half, it was able to notch 16 shots in the final 45 minutes. However, out of those 16 shots, only a few were on real scoring chances. Throughout the game, the Tribe offense relied upon long balls to generate opportunities. But this
tactic did not create very many chances since many of the deep passes were off-target. “There’s a bit of an emphasis on deep passes right now because we have been too far in the other direction,” Norris said. “We’ve been not even looking to play forward passes, we’ve been content to play the ball sideways and backwards and it was more of a way to try to establish an aggressive mentality.” Adding insult to injury, Drexel scored again in the 89th minute on a breakaway when the outcome of the game was already painfully apparent. The Tribe plays North Carolina-Wilmington in Williamsburg this Wednesday, looking to bounce back from Friday’s stormy defeat.
FIELD HOCKEY
Ortiz claims first victory as starting quarterback
FOOTBALL from page 8
recorded an interception of his own Saturday, said. “This week, we wanted to change what we’ve been doing and really have fun out there. … We got a lot of picks and fumbles by running around and having fun.” The Tribe’s stellar defensive performance often put the offense in good field position. Four of the Tribe’s five touchdowns were the direct result of Georgia State turnovers. Regardless of its starting field position, the College produced its most commanding offensive performance this season, relying heavily on the running game. McBride led the College with 163 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries. Sophomore tailback Darnell Laws was also effective in a limited number of carries, running for 67 yards on six carries, including a 26-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. “I think we did really well on the ground,” McBride said. “The offensive line blocked really well; they opened up some holes. As a running back, it was our job to gash them and really reward those guys. I was proud of how we ran
the ball today.” Sophomore quarterback Raphael Ortiz earned his first win in three starts Saturday. Ortiz turned in a decent performance in the air, going 8 of 13 for 101 yards and no interceptions, but his best work was done on the ground. Ortiz rushed for two touchdows for 24 yards on 12 carries, showing his prowess as a mobile quarterback. Laycock was impressed with Ortiz’s continued improvement. “I thought Ortiz played really well. I saw a lot of things out there that he did out there that people wouldn’t have seen,” Laycock said. “We had a couple of little gadget plays called that he checked us out of because they just weren’t set up right. … I’m becoming very confident in his ability to manage the game.” The Tribe will look to build on this victory and put another complete performance together next weekend when it travels to Philadelphia to take on UPenn. “We’ve got something now,” Laycock said. “... I give a lot of credit to the seniors for stepping up this week and saying, ‘Enough’s enough. Let’s step it up, and let’s get it going playing.”
COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS
Senior midfielder Leah Zameznik recorded three shots on goal in the College’s 2-1 loss to Richmond, but none found the back of the cage.
Spiders squash College, 2-1
Richmond notches two first half goals, withstands Tribe offensive in second half
BY MIKE BARNES FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER
JUNG HYUN LEE / THE FLAT HAT
Sophomore quarterback Raphael Ortiz rushed 12 times for 24 yards and two touchdowns.
After successfully dispatching Delaware in a lightning-plagued contest Friday night, No. 19 William and Mary traveled up Interstate 64 for a Sunday matinee with in-state rival Richmond. The Spiders (6-4) slipped two goals past the Tribe defense in the first half and hung on for a 2-1 victory in Richmond. The loss drops the College to 9-3 on the season. With the two teams locked in a defensive battle, points were precious. The Spiders got on the board first. After nearly 27 minutes of scoreless action, Richmond’s Rebecca Barry took the ball, knifed through the defense, and passed it along to Taylor Deitrick, who slipped the ball past senior goalkeeper Elizabeth Frey,
putting Richmond up 1-0. Just four minutes later, the Tribe responded. Senior defender Christine Johnson made her way through the Richmond defense, and fired the ball toward the goal. Richmond goalkeeper Anna Zarkoski and the Spiders defense skillfully blocked the ball away, but freshman forward Pip Saunders collected the ball for the Tribe. Saunders launched the ball past Zarkosi and into the back of the net for the College’s first score of the day. With the count even at one goal apiece, play resumed. At the 23 minute, 7 second mark, Richmond struck again. Richmond’s Chelsea Davies scored on an unassisted goal, giving Richmond a 2-1 advantage heading into the intermission. The second half was a defensive struggle in which neither team
managed to score. The College had its chances in the final period of play but was unable to capitalize on any of its chances. The Tribe had three shots and five penalty corners but could not convert any of those opportunities. While the offense struggled to find its way, the defense played well in the second half under adverse circumstances. The Tribe played down a player for 10 minutes, and was without another player for another two-minute span. Regardless, the College kept the Spiders from scoring, and remained within striking distance. Frey split time at goalkeeper with freshman Meredith Savage who made one save in her first taste of collegiate action. The Tribe will look to rebound against No. 20 Drexel when the Dragons visit Williamsburg Friday.
sports
Sports Editor Mike Barnes Sports Editor Jared Foretek flathatsports@gmail.com
The Flat Hat | Tuesday, October 2, 2012 | Page 8
FOOTBALL
ALL PHOTOS BY JUNG HYUN LEE / THE FLAT HAT
At long last, Tribe dominates
Left: Redshirt sophomore Keith McBride celebrates his 36-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Top right: The Tribe defense battles with the Panthers’ offensive line. Bottom right: Sophomore safety Ivan Tagoe had an interception and two tackles Saturday.
Keith McBride leads the way as College pounds winless Georgia State 35-3 for first win of the year BY MIKE BARNES FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR Winless in its last four tries, William and Mary desperately needed a victory Saturday night. Midway through the fourth quarter, the Tribe held an 18-point lead, but that wasn’t enough. The College needed a big score to ice the game and secure its first win of the season. Enter Keith McBride. The sophomore tailback took the handoff at the Georgia State 36-yard line and started running along the right side of the offensive line. He found a hole, saw daylight, and broke through the first line of defenders. A pair of Georgia State defenders sprinted at him, pushing him toward the sideline. McBride sidestepped both, breaking a leg tackle, and churned all the way to
the end-zone for the score, effectively putting the game away and sealing the Tribe’s first victory of the year. William and Mary (1-4) took out its frustrations on Georgia State, earning a 35-3 victory in Williamsburg Saturday in a battle of winless teams. The College benefited from a very opportunistic defense that forced seven Georgia State turnovers — the most in one game since 2009. The Tribe offense did its part, putting up 35 points, the team’s highest offensive output this season. “I thought we played pretty hard tonight — a lot of enthusiasm — played with some excitement, and made some things happen,” head coach Jimmye Laycock said. “I think, defensively, we set the tone with the amount of turnovers they got. That’s what we’ve been talking about and stressing, and they really swarmed around and
set the tone for everything. And then offensively, our running game got on track tonight. … It was a good solid win, a good win, and finally, we got one.” The Tribe defense held the Panthers to 249 yards of total offense, but the story of the day was the amount of turnovers. The Tribe collected four interceptions off Georgia State quarterback Ronnie Bell. Bell, a slippery quarterback with an ability to scramble, consistently unleashed illadvised passes that the Tribe gladly converted into interceptions. After a lethargic performance last weekend against Delaware during which the College gave up 51 points, it responded extremely well against the Panthers. The Tribe swarmed to the ball, hit hard, and forced three fumbles, all of which were recovered by the defense.
“That’s been a point of emphasis all week, just coming out with intensity and excitement that creates turnovers,” senior safety Brian Thompson, who
recorded an interception of his own Saturday, said. “This week, we wanted See FOOTBALL page 7
ground game The College amassed 312 yards on the ground by using five backs. Here is a breakdown of the top three rushers.
carries yards touchdowns long average
Raphael Ortiz
Keith McBride
Darnell Laws
12 24 2 6 2.0
25 163 2 36 6.5
6 67 1 26 11.2
WOMEN’S SOCCER
College cruises to win over Towson, dropping Tigers, 5-0 Tribe notches 25 shots while holding Tigers to just five
BY BLAKE HUNT FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER William and Mary improved its record to 3-0 in league play Sunday, steamrolling visiting Towson, 5-0. The Tribe dominated possession from start to finish, using an aggressive, attacking style to put on an offensive clinic that saw head coach John Daly’s team fire off 25 shots on goal. Towson managed just nine shots of its own and never really threatened freshman keeper Caroline Casey, who notched her sixth shutout of the season. “We played very well from start to finish,” Daly said. “We could’ve easily been up by three or four in the first half.” As it happened, the College carried a two-goal lead into the first intermission. The early lead was established when senior midfielder Cortlyn Bristol intercepted an errant Towson back-pass and roped in a shot from the middle of the area just eight minutes into the action. Senior forward Mallory Schaffer netted her team-leading eighth goal of the season 10 minutes later. The goal was the product of a nifty buildup, with Bristol heading the ball down perfectly to sophomore midfielder Dani Rutter, who then played in Schaffer for a point-blank shot. The goal broke a rare, albeit brief, scoreless streak for Schaffer, who Daly says still finds other ways to
make her teammates better even when she’s not in top goal-scoring form. “[Schaffer] could’ve have a couple more today,” Daly said. “She hasn’t scored in a few [matches], but she still does a little bit of everything and leads by example.” With a 2-0 lead, and his team dominating the run of play, Daly opted to give minutes to multiple reserves in the second half. The young subs did not disappoint. Freshman forward Samantha Cordum scored her first collegiate goal in the 58th minute thanks to a timely through-ball from fellow freshman standout Nicole Baxter. The College also got quality minutes from reserves Lauren Gough, a junior midfielder, and senior forward Jackie Blake-Hedges. “[The reserves] have been playing really well in practice,” Daly said. “They’ve shown a lot of resilience and it was good to be able to get them some playing time.” The Tribe blew the game open in the 82nd minute, when sophomore forward Anna Madden crossed to junior striker Audrey Barry, who calmly slid the ball in past the keeper for a 4-0 lead. Six minutes later, Blake-Hedges scored her first career goal for the College, heading home a swerving free-kick off the foot of senior defender Kiersten Harpe. Daly also praised his defense for a tenacious effort that often left Towson struggling to get the ball
COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS
Senior midfielder Cortlyn Bristol opened the scoring against Towson, scoring off a turnover just eight minutes into the game.
over midfield. A backfield combination of Harpe and sophomore Emily Fredrikson, along with the speed and intense play of freshman Leci Irvin, frustrated the Tigers throughout the match. “The defense was really solid,” Daly said. “Harpe and Fredrikson are really working well together.” The coach also characterized the specialized
role of freshman Irvin as a disruptive force to the opponent’s offense. “[Irvin] usually takes [the opponent’s] most dangerous forward and shuts them down,” Daly said. The Tribe will look to keep its perfect conference record intact when North Carolina-Wilmington visits Williamsburg Thursday.