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SA presidential race kicks off Candidates launch campaigns by meredith ramey FLAT HAT assoc. news editor
As spring break draws to a close, campaign posters are beginning to sprout up across campus, drawing students’ eyes to potential Student Assembly presidents and vice presidents for the 2012-13 academic year. The race officially begins today, and the list of potentials is diverse. Dallen McNerney ’14 and Stacey LaRiviere ’14, Noah Kim ’13 and Sky Sprayberry ’15, Curt Mills ’13 and Melanie Levine ’13, Grace Colby ’13 and Alyssa Zhu ’14, David Alpert ’13 and Meghan Moore ’13, and Andrew Canakis ’13 and Andrew Salamone ’13 are all running as candidate pairs for president and vice president. McNerney is involved in various positions within the SA Senate and LaRiviere is undersecretary of Public Affairs and vice president of Scholarship for the Pan-Hellenic Council. The pair met in Yates Hall and emphasizes the importance of making the SA more accessible to the student body. Stressing a “grassroots” approach, the two state the SA operates too much from the top down, and instead should take a bottom up approach and hear the needs of students. “[The students] don’t know or care about the SA,” McNerney said. “That’s a problem with the SA. We do a terrible job advertising and looking out for students’ interests.” Kim and Sprayberry also will be running on the same ballot. Kim is currently chair of the senate and was chair of the Senate Finance Committee for the 2010-11 school year, while Sprayberry is the 2015 vice president of Social Affairs. The pair’s platform focuses on increasing transparency in the SA, as well as the importance of responding to the needs of the student body. “If we are elected, we will be able to work as a team; to support each other as well as challenge each other,” Sprayberry said in an email statement. Neither Mills nor Levine are current members of the SA, but both have held positions in the past. The two stress their diversity as a ballot, with both candidates coming from different backgrounds on campus but sharing a feeling of discontentment with SA productivity. “The SA this year has taken great strides in many areas in its purview. However, on many issues, the organization has simply fallen short,” Mills said in an email. “The SA Senate this year stands to pass the least number of bills in years, and the College has failed to produce a candidate for the Williamsburg City Council, among other shortcomings … Melanie and I feel we can use the SA to create a new, stronger sense of campus unity.” Colby has served as Senate Finance and Budget Committee chair, while Zhu is undersecretary of student services. Alpert previously served as the class of 2013 president. These campaings, along with the ticket of Canakis and Salamone, were unable to be reached for comment at press time. Elections will take place Thursday, March 22.
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Residents of affected areas turned out to speak against the construction of the new coal plant. Despite opposition, the Dendron Town Council approved the plan.
Up in smoke
Citizens, SEAC unable to prevent coal plant construction plan by ellie kaufman / FLAT HAT chief staff writer The prospect of the largest coal plant in the state of Virginia being situated a ferry’s ride away from Williamsburg has led some town residents and College of William and Mary students to speak out at town council podiums in disapproval. Their concerns were disregarded, however, when the Dendron Town Council members voted unanimously March 5 in favor of allowing the Old Dominion Electric Cooperative to build the coal Despite strong opposition from area residents, the town council approved two measures previously recommended by the Surry Zoning Commission that laid the groundwork for the coal plant’s construction. The first measure called for Dendron, a small town located across the James River from Williamsburg in Surry County, to be re-zoned as a commercial and industrial space. The second measure recommended a conditional−use permit for the coal plant. Both were approved by the seven-person town council a week later. This approval dealt a serious blow to the College’s Student Environmental Action Coalition, which has been campaigning in opposition to the coal plant for two years.
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Crapse enters the race Incumbents have a challenger
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Another candidate has joined the race for a Williamsburg City Council position at a time when the ballot has changed rapidly, leaving only incumbents. Changing the ballot is exactly what the new candidate, Ginger Crapse ’89, intends to do. “Much to their [the incumbents’s] dismay, I am running,” Crapse said. “No election should occur without some challenger. It is very difficult to challenge issues when only incumbents are in the race.” Of the five city council positions, three are up for reelection in May. The other two seats, one held by Scott Foster ’10 J.D. ’14, will be up for reelection in 2014. Crapse successfully filed to declare candidacy by the March 6 deadline, according to Williamsburg’s voter registrar Win Sowder. Candidates were required to complete a petition with 125 signatures, among other forms. See crapse, page 2
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Jaclyn Carroll ’13, who has been working closely with SEAC on the Surry Coal Plant Campaign, has seen evidence of local opposition since the beginning of her involvement. “On one level, there is massive opposition to this project locally,” Carroll said. “When you go to a hearing and you see so many people speak in opposition to a project and you see the town council unanimously vote for it, you wonder why.” Fifteen people spoke in support of the proposed plant at the town council meeting and 55 people spoke against
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VT shooting survivors lose gun battle
Governor signs bill lifting restriction on handgun purchases bY maggie kern Flat hat assoc. news editor
Restrictions on handgun purchases loosened in Virginia after Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) repealed relevant legislation, despite opposition from the families of those affected by the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. McDonnell signed a bill Feb. 28 that repealed legislation passed in the early 1990s that limited an individual’s handgun purchases to one per month. The bill was signed after McDonnell met with the families of students who were killed or injured during the Virginia Tech shooting. The families asked McDonnell to veto the bill, arguing that public safety may be put in danger when guns are made more accessible.
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“I had a very emotional, a very informative discussion with the families, who told me why I should veto the bill,” McDonnell told
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While advocates on both sides of the issue argue over job creation and environmentalism, the true solution is somewhere in the middle. page 4
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The Roanoke Times on Tuesday afternoon, See gun bill, page 3
Gooch Drive brings sexy back
Maxim magazine has recently voted Williamsburg Gooch Drive — which runs by the Grind and the health center — the sexiest in America. page 5
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THE BUZZ
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According to the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, the Virginia legislature commissioned a study that would examine cigarette smuggling in the state. Virginia levies a 30 cent tax per pack of cigarettes, the second lowest in the nation behind Missouri, which collects 17 cents per pack. The low rate has resulted in a sizable black market of Virginia-purchased cigarettes in neighboring states with much higher taxes such as Maryland ($2 per pack), New Jersey ($2.70 per pack), D.C. ($2.50 per pack), and New York ($4.35 per pack). Local architectural historian and Newport House Bed & Breakfast owner John Millar is writing a book called “First Woman Architect,” in which he chronicles the life of Lady Elizabeth Wilbraham, according to The New York Times. After nearly 50 years of research, Millar is making the case that Wilbraham developed a passion for architecture during her travels of Europe in the 1650s and then had males execute her architectural designs. He also argues in his book that Sir Christopher Wren may have been one of her pupils, citing timing and architectural evidence. Wren scholars have been critical of Millar thus far, stating his book is largely based on speculative claims. The Daily Press reported that Colonial Williamsburg’s paid general admissions dropped by 2 percent in 2011, from 686,000 to 670,500. However, open-area visitation remained the same at 1.7 million. “The uncertain economy and political gridlock in Washington, as well as both an earthquake and hurricane turned out to be unusually challenging,” Colin G. Campbell, president and CEO of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, said in a statement. Colonial Williamsburg hopes to attract more paying visitors in 2012 with new exhibits and closer relations with Historic Jamestown.
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The majority of people at all of the hearings, including what I have seen myself, have been opposed to it, so the planning commission and town council are just blatantly ignoring the people. ... It is a disregard for what the people want. —SEAC member Sharon Hertzel ‘14
BEYOND THE ‘BURG
Maryland student arrested for online threats According to Fox News, a University of Maryland honor student was arrested for threatening to “kill enough people to make it to national news.” Several students reported the threatening message posted online, and campus police apprehended the student Sunday. Alexander Song is a 19-year old sophomore. He was not armed at the time of his arrest and no weapon was found in his dorm room. Song currently faces a misdemeaner charge for disturbing school activities. The initial threat appeared on Reddit.com and two other threats were reported by individuals chatting with Song on Omegle. com. Song reportedly told readers to “stay away from the mall,” a reference to a central lawn on the Maryland campus.
Busch Gardens will open a new rollercoaster late this spring. According to their website, the ride will use the same queue and space as the Big Bad Wolf, a popular coaster retired in 2010. The coaster will feature two high-speed launches, an indoor segment and an 88-foot drop just above into the “Rhine River.”
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Alexander Song, a University of Maryland sophomore, posted online threats, prompting campus police to arrest him Sunday after unanimous reports.
Virginia Tech continues defense of 2007 actions According to the Huffington Post, the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre was the deadliest shooting by a single shooter in United States history. The tragedy ended the lives of 33 individuals, including the shooter, and wounded 25 others. For four days, Virginia Tech defended their actions during the mass shooting in a lawsuit led by the families of two of the victims. The suit seeks $100,000 for each of the victim’s families as well as an apology and a full official account of the tragedy. The two families believe Virginia Tech did not respond correctly. They said if the school had responded immediately after the initial two killings, their children would not have died. This follows a previous settlement of $11 million divided among the 32 families, which the two families, who were eligible for compensation, refused the money. Towson student group criticized for racism According to The Baltimore Sun, a Towson student organization called the Youth of Western Civilization is
continuing to draw criticism from fellow students over alleged racist action, including chalking “White Pride” on campus sidewalks. Minority students say this makes them feel concerned and unsafe. The school held a meeting Thursday, which helped moderate the debate. Advocates and members of the club claim they were expressing their First Amendment rights. Towson is reviewing the chalking policy and encourage students to promote dialogue rather than conflict across campus. Texas offers cheaper tuition opportunities According to the Huffington Post, the state of Texas is working to offer cheaper four-year degree opportunities for students. Texas A&M University San Antonio will offer a $9,700 information technology degree with an emphasis on cyber security. Students will begin their junior year of high school, complete one year at community college, and then complete the degree at the university. Governor Rick Perry (R) is emphasizing the need to offer degrees for less than $10,000, though some officials are skeptical of the practicality of the goal.
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Crapse qualifies for city council election CRAPSE from page 1
Describing herself as very fiscally conservative, Crapse advocates for change and transparency with city expenses, down to the penny. A supporter of zero-sum budgeting, she said that city expenses for the previous year are totally irrelevant and should be reevaluated each year that the new budget is crafted. “I think we have a very moral responsibility to look at every penny spent,” Crapse said. “You limit the opportunities of students when you don’t justify every penny.”
The number of city clerk employees and the number of crosswalks in Williamsburg were sources of concern for Crapse. On issues regarding College of William and Mary students, Crapse was critical of the threeperson rule, but advocated for greater government oversight over safety inspection of offcampus residences. “If we are going to talk about town-gown relations, we need to put our money where our mouth is,” Crapse said. She went on to note that when she was living next to students, it was not the number of students
next to her that mattered, but the quality of the students. Crapse has a B.A. in history and government from the College, and served as a government and history teacher in Newport News for 13 years. She has also been involved in administrative and marketing programs in hotel and retail businesses throughout the Williamsburg area. “Not a lot of people know me because I haven’t been on the big committees that everyone knows about,” Crapse said. “But I will be at every budget hearing this week, scrutinizing every decision.” Crapse joins the race days after
Felix Schapiro ’15 and Christina M. Carroll ’05, J.D. ’10 removed their names from the ballot, which saddened Crapse. “I think that Felix was a very bright and mature student and I was very disappointed to see him leave the race,” Crapse said. Crapse will face the three incumbents left on the ticket for the election, all of whom also have ties to the College. Incumbents include Mayor Clyde Haulman, a former professor of economics at the College, Vice Mayor Paul Freiling ’83 and Judith Knudson, a former College assistant dean of admissions.
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STudent assembly
SA approves student activities fee increase
STI testing and exam blue books also receive additional funding from assembly by meredith ramey flat hat Assoc. news editor The student activities fee will increase by $6 to $98 next year as a result of a measure passed by the Student Assembly in a budget meeting Feb. 28. Finalizing the budget required the approval of different organizations and political bodies in addition to the SA Finance Committee. There was some contention regarding proposed amendments to the budget and a number of other issues, including blue books and speaker funds. The Senate voted unanimously in favor for increasing the money allocated to subsidize STI testing for students. The amendment was spurred by the necessity of topping off the fund during this academic year. Blue books, however, incurred greater debate among senators, prompting questions of necessity and variability of use for the product. “The amount of use of the blue books by students is very variable. Science students have probably never seen a blue book,” Senator Grace Colby ’13 said. “Departments should be paying for them.” However, the policy’s popularity resulted in a positive vote of 13 to six. “We pay for things that are somewhat unconventional but that are extremely popular to the
student body,” Senate Chairman Noah Kim ’13 said. “Exam blue books are among the most popular things we do.” The proposed Let the Students Decide Who is to Speak Amendment did not meet such approval. The amendment would have taken money from AMP’s speaker fund and reallocated it to the Student Activities Fund, allowing groups other than AMP to apply for funds to bring in speakers. “If we make more money possible for these student groups, you’d see a higher caliber and more applications from student groups [for speakers],” senator Joe Mehan ’12 said. Questions arose regarding ability of groups to procure prominent speakers. “The reason AMP gets so much more money for speakers than other clubs is because they have the ability to bring in more speakers,” Colby said. “I don’t think lowering [AMP’s speaker fund] will help any other groups bring speakers. I think it would just hurt AMP.” After approving the budget and its two amendments, the Senate unanimously approved the Thomas Jefferson 250th Anniversary Act. The act allocates $5,000 to help pay for a campus wide AVAdventure in celebration of Jefferson’s birthday. “We haven’t had a big campus [AVAdventure] in a long time,” Student Body President Kaveh Sadeghian
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The senate also approved the Free Room Act to start a free thrift store where students can donate items that they no longer need.
’12 said. “We are looking to do this event with AMP as well to help with advertising and things like that.” The Senate also approved the End the “R-Word” Day Funding Act. This act allocated funds to aid in the establishment of a day to raise awareness about the derogatory use of the word “retarded,” but some senators were not convinced the issue necessitated such a cost. “I don’t think [the word “retarded”] is used to the point of spending this amount of money,” Mehan said. “I just don’t think a whole day dedicated to this
is a worthwhile event.” Other senators spoke out on the necessity to pass the act in accordance with moral implications. “People with disabilities are still people, and a lot of times we ignore them,” Senator Ben Huber ’12 said. “That is exactly what you’re advocating for when you try and take this off the table.” Lastly, the Senate approved the Free Room Act, which provides funding for a room where students leave items they no longer want and pick up anything others leave behind, similar to a thrift store.
Governor McDonnell approves repeal of handgun restrictions McDonnell met with families affected by the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 before signing the legislation GUN BILL from page 1
before his office announced that he had signed the bill. McDonnell’s decision to sign the bill came as no surprise — before the legislation process began, he said that he was against gun rationing. He also explained that more extensive background checks and new laws pertaining to handgun purchases would help maintain public safety. McDonnell and fellow Republican legislators who approved of the bill also questioned whether having legislation
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that limited handgun purchases actually deterred criminals from obtaining them. However, the public has remained largely supportive of the law that was established in 1993 when Virginia was a key armory for East Coast crime. Students have expressed mixed opinions about the bill. Some students feel less safe knowing that restrictions on obtaining guns have been repealed. “I feel less safe knowing that anyone could buy any amount of guns. ... It is kind of unnerving,” Amy Roberts ’13 said. “They say that there are background
checks that are successful in protecting the public, but a lot of people buy guns every day to cause harm to others, and you can’t always catch that.” Other students agree that the repeal makes them uncomfortable. “The fact that there is no restriction on the amount of guns someone can buy seems crazy. ... I definitely feel less safe knowing that,” Lana Hill ’12 said. Some students who remember the shootings at Virginia Tech felt that McDonnell should have heeded the pleas of the families who were personally affected by the incident.
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“The repeal almost seems to lend less significance to the fact that the horrible shootings at Tech happened so recently,” Roberts said. “Especially when the families tried to persuade the governor to keep safety in mind first.” Not all students are uncomfortable with the new bill. “I, personally, am okay with this,” Johnathan Malbon ’13 said. “I am a gun advocate, but at the same time want to feel safe on campus. I think maybe a law depicting an age where you can purchase as many guns as you want in a month would be a common ground.”
Malbon believes that the repeal will not immediately affect safety. “I’m not saying that the Virginia Tech families are wrong for not wanting as many guns purchased per month — they have gone through something I doubt many of us have imagined,” Malbon said. “I personally don’t feel that this law will show an increase in shootings on campus and same vice versa if a law permitting a specific number was passed. We also know that just because someone can’t purchase a gun, doesn’t mean they won’t be able to get their hands on one.”
Student groups attempt to stop coal plant COAL from page 1
it. From the town of Dendron itself, two spoke for the coal plant, while 11 spoke against it. Eleven Surry County residents spoke for it, and 20 were against. “The majority of people at all of the hearings, including what I have seen myself, have been opposed to it, so the planning commission and town council are just blatantly ignoring the people,” SEAC member Sharon Hertzel ’14 said. “It is a disregard for what the people want.” The Surry County Planning Commission reviewed and recommended the proposed coal plant project on behalf of the town of Dendron. “Surry County supported the town of Dendron with our planning commission review of the project on behalf of the town,” Director of Planning and Community Development Ronda Mack said. “The local decision-making is complete, so now there are a number of environmental and other permitting activities that occur at the state level that have to be approved before the project can move toward construction.” ODEC began the construction process in 2008, but encountered a number of obstacles. For almost two years, a decrease in demand for energy slowed the pace of the project. In addition, ODEC was waiting for the release of new EPA standards for
coal emissions. When the project restarted in 2010, ODEC sought approval from the town council, but when the council vote was held without announcement at the preceding meeting — in violation of regulations — a local lawyer sued ODEC. The council decision was vacated in December and the process had to begin from scratch. “They announced at the meeting before that they would not vote at the next meeting, just that it would be open for public comment, and then they voted,” Hertzel said. The hearings last week put the fate of the coal plant back into the hands of local politicians for the second time, and SEAC attempted to redouble its efforts to sway the council. “We have been working with organizers in Virginia to help oppose it. We have had a presence at public hearings,” Hertzel said. “We have been working with local officials in Williamsburg, and we got Williamsburg to write a letter of concern about the plant. A couple of different counties have written letters of opposition, so that would be the next step for us.” Last semester, SEAC began a petition on campus against the coal plant and collected 200 signatures against the project. “We were collecting signatures all of last semester and then at the end of last semester they announced that it was illegal,”
Hertzel said. “We are going to regroup after these hearings.” SEAC hopes to draft a letter of concern directly from the College itself. “The ideal goal would be for the College to write a letter of concern about it, but a huge part of petitioning is getting the word out to students,” Hertzel said. According to ODEC, the plant will omit 3,000 tons of sulfur dioxide, more than 3,000 tons of nitrogen oxide, 44 pounds of mercury, and 11.74 metric tons of carbon dioxide every year. Critics of the coal plant point to these numbers as evidence that the coal plant is more detrimental than beneficial to the surrounding communities. “It is going to have a detrimental impact on our environment and on the health of the people who live in it, both in Surry County and all of the downwind areas — of which we are one,” Hertzel said. In addition to their environmental concerns, some residents argue that the coal plant will be useless to the community, since ODEC is a cooperative and energy produced at the plant will not go to the people living in or around Dendron. “It is going to be built in an economically disadvantaged community,” Hertzel said. “The energy that is going to be created there isn’t even going to that community. In addition to taking advantage of the community, they have already proven to be a bad corporate neighbor.” Some locals worry that the jobs ODEC has promised to create will not materialize. “I think that there have been a lot of promises that ODEC has made and then not put on paper, about jobs and about tax revenue and about peoples’ property values going up, but they have not established [these] on paper in any of their processes,” Carroll said. “The town council hasn’t pushed for them.”
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Mining for a compromise on coal plant than individuals can be seen in the debate over taxes imposed upon corporations and high net worth individuals, as well as the proposed “Buffet Rule.” One does not have to search for long to find myriad debates across the country featuring similar points to those raised in the Surry Coal plant battle. Being from Pittsburgh, Flat Hat Staff Columnist I am constantly immersed in the debate over Marcellus shale oil drilling and the process of “fracking,” which seeks to extract large reserves of recently discovered natural gas The words I seem to hear most when I’m listening to the news are “economy” and “recovery.” Since the 2008 financial crisis, these from the Western Pennsylvania region. Environmental groups have been quite outspoken about the negative effects of words have become inescapable, and the upcoming 2012 election fracking on local waterways and their ecosystems. Natural — accompanied by the Republican debates — has only served gas companies, on the other hand, have been aggressively to amplify their usage. There is no doubt that the United States is promoting their cause at a variety of venues with ads almost still on the road to economic recovery nearly five years after the exclusively highlighting job creation and economic growth in housing bubble burst, evident by the most recent unemployment the region. numbers, hovering around 8.3 percent of the labor force. Given The debate over the Surry Coal plant is not specifically these circumstances, it is only natural that politicians have chosen unique to the region surrounding Williamsburg. These types to focus their rhetoric and legislation on job creation. of conflicts seem to intensify in harder Locally, this debate is relevant to the economic times, when the prospect of proposed construction of a coal plant in The best solution comes new jobs is appealing to politicians and Surry County by the Old Dominion Electric individuals in the local community. In the Cooperative. Proponents of the plant cite in finding a middle ground end, recessionary periods make it more job creation as one of the major benefits between the two camps. difficult to balance the long-term viability of the construction, which is an appealing of a particular region with immediate motivation to allow ODEC to operate the coal plant in the region. Opponents of the coal plant, including the employment and cash flow benefits. When it comes to the construction of the plant, the best College of William and Mary’s own Student Environmental Action Coalition, are lobbying hard to prevent the plans from moving solution will be finding a middle ground between the two forward, citing first and foremost the potentially devastating effects opposing camps. Job creation cannot come at the expense that the plant could have on the local environment and ecosystem. of the local ecosystem, but we can promote both causes at Furthermore, groups opposed to ODEC are claiming that the the same time. Experience has shown that organizations Cooperative is primarily motivated by corporate greed without any such as ODEC do not have the incentive to operate their plants in such a way that minimizes negative environmental concern for the impact of their actions on the local community. effects. If, however, the local government ensures that This ongoing battle contains a multitude of political hot there are enough regulations in place, ODEC will be forced button disputes that have been circulating at the national level — to operate the plant in a manner that minimizes harmful including job creation versus environmental impact — as seen effects on the environment. in the debate over the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Additionally, the concern that corporate lobbyists have greater political influence Email Derek Bluemling at drbluemling@email.wm.edu.
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t the College of William and Mary, students spend a large portion of their time talking about and promoting social justice. With the potential construction of a coal plant across the James River in Surry County, students do not have to look far for a cause. This coal plant would not only prove detrimental to the environment, but it would also be incredibly harmful to the community. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative is planning to build a coal plant in Dendron, Virginia. The process to build the plant began in 2008; however, the electric company did not use the proper channels to gain permission for the plant, resulting in the town suing the company. Old Dominion Electric has now restarted the process of getting the town council’s permission to build the plant. The planning commission for Dendron approved Old Dominion Electric’s new, legal proposal on Feb. 27. At a March 5 town council meeting, 15 individuals spoke in favor of the coal plant while 50 spoke against it. Regardless of the obvious citizen opposition, the town council voted in favor of the plant. The process has just begun for the creation of the plant, but there are more stages prior to construction, including analysis of the plant’s affect on various environmental factors and the possibility of poorer in air quality in the area, including that of the city of Williamsburg. Old Dominion Electric claims the plant will help the town and surrounding area, but this doesn’t appear to be the case. The energy produced by the plant will be used throughout the East Coast, and the company claims the plant will produce jobs, but while this is true for construction, the company will most likely bring in their own specialized workers to run the plant. It will also bring the obvious environmental hazards of burning coal. Most importantly, the plant may not even come to fruition. As stated by the proposal approved by the town council, the company has the right to decide to use the property for a landfill rather than a plant. The landfill, of course, would not bring anything to the town other than decreasing property value. The social justice issues surrounding the coal plant are numerous and should be taken seriously. The Student Environmental Action Coalition obtained a letter of concern from the City of Williamsburg and is currently attempting to obtain a letter of opposition from the College. SEAC also compiled 200 signatures on petition, but stopped once the law suit began and the process stopped. Now, with the renewal of the process, SEAC is beginning the petition again. We urge students to take part in the campaign against this coal plant. It will affect the College’s air quality, but more importantly, it will impact a community within our region negatively. It is a chance to speak out against a company which has done wrong in the past and a chance to speak up for environmental, health, economic and social concerns. The citizens of Surry do not want this plant built, and we at the College can help the citizens in their mission. We ask the College to send a letter of opposition to Old Dominion Electric and the Town of Dendron, and we encourage students and faculty to support the campaign against this coal plant. Editor’s Note: Ellie Kaufman recused herself from the staff editorial due to a conflict of interest. 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 Jill Found, Ellie Kaufman, Elizabeth DeBusk and Alex Cooper. 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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Legislation to improve student mental health
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To the Editor: Virginia 21 joins the College of William and Mary community in sorrow over the tragic death of Tribe member Troy Pelish ’15. We extend our most sincere condolences to the family of Troy and to all those who were close to him. As we express our regret that such tragedies occur, we wish to bring attention to recent pieces of legislation that seek to improve the mental health of students at Virginia’s institutions of higher education. Recent bills such as HB852, HB853, SB375, SB458 [and] SB623 already have made their way through one of the chambers of the Virginia General Assembly and are under consideration in the second chamber. Students can track the progress of this legislation on Virginia’s Legislative Information Services website, leg1.state.va.us. As legislation of this type is important to
the general well-being of college communities, we hope that the commonwealth’s legislature will take appropriate action before the end of the 2012 Legislative Session. Should any of the above bills be enacted and signed into law, we hope that the resulting policy will keep the interests of students in mind and work to improve mental health at colleges and universities throughout the commonwealth. Tragedies of mental health are often incredibly personal and deeply distressing for members of a close-knit community like our campus. As the General Assembly recesses for the year and our alma mater continues to recover from the loss of Pelish, we hope that our representatives in Richmond will keep in mind the importance and sensitivity of this issue and aim to prevent any further tragedies on Virginia’s college campuses. — William L. McConnell Vice President Outreach, Virginia 21
Moderation in education: A four-year degree is not always a necessity Elaine Oestreich
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When Rick Santorum recently called President Barack Obama a “snob” for urging all Americans to go to college, I was initially turned off by his implication that not all Americans deserve the chance to continue their education and pursue a college degree at a school like the College of William and Mary. Obama, however, meant not just four-year colleges and universities, but also vocational schools. In the end, I decided that while I do not agree with Santorum’s labeling of Obama as a “snob,” I believe that not all Americans should go to college, and that such a
statement urging all citizens to pursue higher education negatively affects those who choose not to. That being said, our education system does need to do a better job of preparing students for college, regardless of whether they take that path. Taking into account Obama’s original statement, I am more willing to agree with his notion of encouraging some form of higher education for all Americans. I do think it is beneficial to encourage people to consider the various types of education available after high school, including vocational training. After all, not all Americans are cut out for a four-year college degree, for while some people’s talents lie in academic studies, others possess skills that are more connected with certain trades. It is essential to the well-being of our society that we have citizens working at a variety of jobs.
There are already problems with college graduates finding work. Do we need to be encouraging even more people to attend college when there might be a more successful, alternative route for them? As students at the College are probably aware, there is a lot of pressure to attend college in today’s culture. In fact, students who choose to attend trade school or postpone college for the time being are often looked down upon. While this is a cultural problem concerning how we view our fellow citizens, I don’t think having every single person go to college is the solution. However, I do wish we could improve our education system to better prepare students for higher education. A student may be of naturally high intelligence that lends itself to the academic world, but if he was unfortunate enough to attend poor schools, he may have missed out
on the chance to develop those skills. Overall, we need to give all students a fair chance to reach their potential, whatever that may be, and better prepare them to achieve success in whatever path they choose to take. If we could improve in
this area, rather than simply encouraging all Americans to attend college, the quality of life may begin to increase for people in all types of jobs. Email Elaine Oestreich at ecoestreich@email.wm.edu.
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Maxim magazine names Gooch Drive the Sexiest Street in America BY SARAH CASPARI FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR
For 319 years, the College of William and Mary has received accolades for its accomplished alumni, its myriad traditions, its historical location and its distinguished academics. Until recently, however, one of the College’s most noteworthy attributes has gone largely unnoticed: its sexy geography. Maxim magazine named Williamsburg’s Gooch Drive the Sexiest Street in America in its March 2012 article, “The Sexiest Things in America.” The article was conceived as a result of Maxim’s annual Hometown Hotties competition, in which readers voted Florida native Dominique Storelli the 2012 Hometown Hotties champion. In light of this selection, Maxim was inspired to scour America for other sexy things it has to offer. “We were considering her [Storelli] the sexiest girl next door, and so then we thought, since we have her, why don’t we think about — around the whole country — what are some of the other sexiest things?” Maxim Entertainment Director Patrick Carone said. “Not just people, but also everything that you see on the list, from bands to rock formations to cars to sculptures … everything under the sun.” Gooch Drive — home to the Daily Grind, the Student Health Center, the Jimmye Laycock Football Center and the lodges — is not sexy because of its history, its residents, or its appearance; it is sexy because of its name, which is slang for perineum. According to the article in Maxim, “students at the College of William and Mary can’t help but snicker when they stroll this street.” “Gooch Drive — that one was actually found by our intern, whose name’s Susanna Gooch, and we thought that was funny,” Carone said. “We used to call her ‘The Gooch.’ She was doing some research, and she found out that there was a street by William and Mary called Gooch Lane [sic]. The
word ‘gooch,’ we think it’s funny because it’s a funny part of the human anatomy, plus it’s a word that goes by so many different names. That’s why we decided to name it the Sexiest Street in America.” In spite of all this, Tribe pride for this accomplishment seemed to be lacking in the College community, which generally felt that Gooch Drive, double entendre and all, is anything but sexy. “I don’t think I would necessarily say ‘sexy’ would be the right adjective, but I definitely think that there’s a lot of charm on Gooch Drive,” Rachel Quinones ’13 said. “There’s a bunch of cute lodges, and I know a lot of people that live in the lodges and they’re fun places to hang out, and the Grind is a wonderful spot to do work, and mostly to not do work.” Daily Grind manager Scott Owen felt equally perplexed by the choice. His experiences with lost shipments for the Grind suggest that many people cannot even locate Gooch Drive, let alone single it out. “Gooch Drive is one of those streets that most people don’t know it’s called Gooch Drive,” Owen said. “If I put it in for shipment, they always come back and say, ‘We can’t find that.’ It’s nice, but sexy? Even if you take the literal [definition] — even if that’s the reason why — I still don’t get the sexy part of it. I mean, maybe for some people, but not for most people.” Carone worked closely with Editor-in-Chief Dan Bova and the rest of the Maxim staff to compile the “Sexiest Things in America,” which included predictable titles such as, “Sexiest Beach” (South Beach, FL) and “Sexiest Strip Club (Safari Showclub, Portland, OR), along with more unusual ones, such as, “Sexiest Ice Cream Truck” (Aphrodisiac Ice Cream, Miami, FL) and “Sexiest Place of Worship” (Winners Church, Queens, NY). Carone’s personal favorite title was “Sexiest Rock Formation” (Arches National Park, UT).
“God must have had a real sense of humor,” Carone said of the phallic-shaped geology. While the College may be able to boast about the Sexiest Street in America, it is not unique in its sexiness: Louisiana State University snagged the “Sexiest College” title. “We’ve been hearing from a lot of people; people have been sending us emails,” Carone said. “Louisiana State University was particularly excited about being
named the sexiest school, and I actually spoke to someone from one of the newspapers over in Baton Rouge about it — they were excited about that.” As a whole, Gooch Drive and the other Sexiest Things in America have elicited a positive reaction from Maxim readers across the country. “It’s been getting a very good response,” Carone said. “People seem to be connecting with it — they like that we see sexiness everywhere we look.”
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Walter J. Zable Stadium is located on Gooch Drive, along with the Daily Grind, Student Health Center, Jimmye Laycock Football Center and the lodges.
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Former Trellis owner launches chocolate dessert shop BY SARAH CASPARI FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR
Walking down Armistead Avenue, students at the College of William and Mary are half-heartedly greeted by fading storefronts, dark windows and empty lots. Here and there, a “Coming Soon” sign hangs in a window, seeming to apologize for the area’s distinct lack of activity. What passersby cannot see is that behind one of these sleepy facades, a chocolate haven that would make Willy Wonka proud is being built. Dessert connoisseur Marcel Desaulniers, former owner of the Trellis restaurant, returns to the Williamsburg food business with his wife, Connie Desaulniers ’75, with a new dessert shop: Mad About Chocolate. “We wanted to do something else, and chocolate’s always been my passion,” Marcel said. “All the desserts at the Trellis were pretty much all chocolate-oriented, and having written so many books about chocolate and cookbooks, we decided that this was sort of a good fit.” Marcel, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, is the author of ten cookbooks, eight of which feature dessert recipes, and has also hosted several television cooking shows, including one entitled “Death by Chocolate.” He will head the baking team at Mad About Chocolate.
“There’s a lot of identity with us and with chocolate,” he said. Strategically located between Merchants Square and Tribe Square, Mad About Chocolate will offer a variety of Marcel’s signature desserts, including some that have previously been served at the Trellis, such as cheesecake and white chocolate ice cream. In addition, the shop will serve coffee and hot chocolate, as well as savory and vegetarian dishes. In an effort to make itself student-friendly, Mad About Chocolate will be accepting W&M Express and will offer a to-go option. The Desaulnierses are also interested in providing baked goods to student organizations for fundraisers. “We really want it to be College-friendly,” Connie said. “In fact, we have set up a College Facebook page, and it’s just being started, but we really want College students to feel welcome to [come] here. We don’t have a lot of space; we won’t have WiFi — this is a place to have fun, not to surf or anything, but we really want the students to feel comfortable coming in here.” Connie, an artist and the General Manager of Mad About Chocolate, has played a significant role in designing the interior of the store. Her aim has been to use the colors, patterns and materials to create an environment reminiscent of chocolate. Her own artwork, self-described as “quirky,” will
also be displayed throughout the store. “It will really be a fun place,” she said. “Marcel’s desserts are so different and over the top, so that’s the main component, but we want to have the whole place reflect how exciting these desserts are.” In addition, Mad About Chocolate will feature an open kitchen, so customers will be able to see the baking team create everything from scratch. “It’s sort of theater at the same time. You’ll be able to see what you’re going to eat — see it in action — which is entertaining but also comforting,” Connie said. Caitlin Goldblatt ’12 was one of the first nonbaking employees hired to work at Mad About Chocolate. An aspiring chef herself, Goldblatt will be responsible for front-of-house work and is currently involved with marketing and publicity at the College. “I was really attracted to Mad About Chocolate because it seemed very fun,” Goldblatt said. “Connie and Marcel are incredibly creative people and I also used to work at the Trellis, but after Chef Everett bought it from them. So there was still the Death by Chocolate lingering around. I had been to the old Trellis before, and I just thought the idea of a patisserie was really great.” Goldblatt hopes that Mad About Chocolate will serve as a link between the College and the greater Williamsburg community.
“There’s not that much student-friendly local business here, and I think that with Tribe Square and with the upcoming arts district, Williamsburg is changing a lot for the better,” Goldblatt said. “I’ve been to other college towns — I mean, Charlottesville and Asheville, they’re all so different and there’s so much more stuff that suggests that the town-gown relations are a lot more positive and that business is more receptive to students, and a lot of that’s about getting capital from students flowing into the town, but also it’s about making students feel welcome and like they don’t just have this insular community on campus to hang out in. So, I think that with places like The Crust having a lot of student involvement and a lot of crossover with different student organizations, and with DJ nights at the Leafe, things like that, I’m just hoping this will add to the local business that students patronize.” Later this year, construction work will be done on the surrounding area to make it more pedestrianfriendly. In the meantime, Mad About Chocolate is scheduled to open the first week in April. “I think that food can really mean something,” Goldblatt said. “I know it sounds weird, but I think that it can reflect a culture and remind you of home and comfort you. I think this is what this place is going to do. I think it has the right attitude for this area and it’s going to add something new.”
Miss Manners should always be present in the bedroom Remember to say please and thank you during intimate interactions Krystyna Holland
BEhind closed doors columnist
Let’s talk about etiquette. Put forks on the left of the plate, hold the door for the person behind you and say please and thank you when asking for oral sex. Wait, what? Miss Manners hasn’t yet written about the proper way to handle oral sex. If you want it, do you ask for it? Do you try to hint at it? Or do you wait for your partner to want to perform it? It can be a point of pretty serious contention. A friend of mine was in a new, whirlwind
relationship, but she quickly put on the brakes when her partner asked her for head. When I asked her why, she said it was just such a turn-off that he would ask and then expect her to do that for him, especially after such a short time. I’ve been lucky because I have never been with a person who expected oral sex from me, nor with anyone who treated it like something to be bartered. This is especially important to me, because, truth be told, I don’t love giving head. It’s been said before: When I first started hooking up, I thought genitalia were gross. I didn’t particularly like my own, but I was downright terrified of penises. They change size, shape and color, they’re hairy, and they can have a pretty distinct smell. The first time someone broached the subject of oral
sex with me, I stopped him immediately. I was nervous, I was curious, but mostly, I was not ready to reciprocate. He knew about my acute penis aversion. I told him, “You don’t have to do it back.” He replied, “But I want to. Is that okay?” Bless him for saying that. And bless him for eating me out for months afterward without reciprocation of any kind. Eventually, I did get past my penis fear — shocking, I know. Maybe part of it was mere exposure. Maybe part of it was the guilt I still kind of felt. Maybe part of it was the societal pressure from my girlfriends who all proclaimed to love giving head. It turned into this weird competition of who could get their partner off the fastest. I personally don’t find stopwatches sexy, but that might just be me. But even now, I have lukewarm
feelings on the topic. I still think some of the same things about penises; after all, they do change color and shape and size. They are hairy, and they can smell funny. I found that giving head can sometimes feel a little impersonal because the rest of your body is far away from the action. Pelvic thrusting can be a hit or miss move, and it’s more miss than hit when the object thrusting is right at eye level. And God help you if you try to move my head with your hand — I’m liable to bite. Those things aside, I’m also secretly a little afraid of doing it wrong. No one wants to be that person who botched a blow job. And so, instead of following organic clues during oral, I think a lot about what I’m doing, and it can end up feeling a little like a choreographed performance — tongue swish here, hand stroke there, moan at the deepest part.
My internal dialogue takes the sexiness right out of it for me. So, what’s to be done? If my partner wants his whistle wet, should he ask for it? On one hand, I’m all about sexual openness: How will your bed buddies ever know what you want if you don’t tell them? On the other hand, only one person’s needs are fulfilled. I think I’ve learned to compromise. My own brain gets in the way of my pleasure a lot less if the action is reciprocated simultaneously, so the 69 position means we both get what we want. And so long as you don’t put your elbows on the table, I think Miss Manners would approve. Krystyna Holland is a Behind Closed Doors columnist and always has polished manners in every situation — even the most personal ones.
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Tribe no match for Northwestern
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Junior Anik Cepeda won her doubles match before falling in her singles match to Wisconsin’s Nova Patel Sunday.
College drops Wisconsin, 4-3 Kargl’s win in fourth tiebreaker gives Tribe the edge BY JARED FORETEK FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR
William and Mary scored a home victory Sunday, topping visiting Wisconsin 4-3. The College (4-9) grabbed the first point of the match on the strength of wins by its top two doubles pairs. Sophomores Hope Johnson and Jeltje Loomans teamed up to dominate their Wisconsin counterparts for an 8-0 victory at the No. 1 spot while junior Anik Cepeda and sophomore Maria Belaya pulled out an 8-5 win at the No. 2 slot. The pairing of senior Katie Kargl and sophomore Sydney Smith fell in its No. 3 matchup, 8-3, but the loss proved meaningless as the 2-1 victory in doubles play gave the Tribe a 1-0 overall lead heading into the singles contests. It then looked like the College would run away with things at the start of singles play, as Belaya quickly dispatched Wisconsin’s Nicky Stracar, 6-0, 6-3, in the No. 1 matchup and No. 3 sophomore Kayla
Rizzolo dropped Hannah Berner, 6-4, 6-1, to give the Tribe the first two singles matches. The Badgers wouldn’t go down easily, however. Johnson suffered a 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, setback to Wisconsin’s Sarah Loebel in the No. 4 slot and just minutes later Loomans — playing in the No. 2 singles match — fell to Wisconsin’s Alaina Trgovich 1-6, 6-3, 7-6. With two matches still awaiting a conclusion, the Tribe held a narrow 3-2 lead. But Wisconsin tied it all up when the Badgers’ Nova Patel defeated Cepeda 3-6, 7-5, 7-6, in the No. 3 spot. The entire match came down to the No. 6 pairing of Kargl and her Wisconsin counterpart, Angela Chupa. Kargl took the first set, 6-4, but Chupa battled back, winning the second set on two tiebreakers, 7-6. With the match in the balance, the third set went back and forth, but the College’s senior pulled it out in the fourth tiebreaker. Next up, the Tribe will travel south to take on North Carolina State in Raleigh Thursday.
College outscored the Northwestern 4-1, but could not cut into the Wildcats’ large lead. Sophomore attacker Jena Dougherty scored an unassisted goal and Noon netted her second unassisted goal of the day. With six seconds remaining, freshman attacker Ellen Shaffrey scored off freshman attacker Amanda Johnson’s assist to close the scoring for the College. Northwestern led every offensive statistical category, holding an 18-11 advantage in draw controls and a 17-14 lead in ground balls. The Wildcats also went 5 of 12 off free-position shots, while the Tribe failed to garner a single free-position opportunity all game. Freshman goalie Lucy Ferguson made seven saves in net for the Tribe. Aside from failing to produce offensively, the Tribe had difficulty with the Wildcats’ style of play, accumulating 17 fouls in the first half and 16 fouls in the second half. Senior defender Denise Lenihan rounded out the physical play with a yellow card at the 26:17 mark in the first half. Saturday wasn’t the first game of the season in which the Tribe took on a nationally highranked team. The College opened its season
against Duke — which, at the time, was ranked No. 5 in the nation — and lost before falling to No. 2 Maryland on the road. The season won’t get much easier anytime soon. The College’s next two opponents are ranked in the top 10. The team’s next game will be against No. 8 University of Virginia at home Wednesday. After that, the Tribe will stay in Williamsburg to host No. 5 Florida.
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Northwestern outshot the College 34-9 Saturday.
Tribe win streak stopped by NU BASEBALL from page 8
singled to right, driving in the two baserunners to give the Tribe an early 2-1 lead. The College added another in the third when senior catcher Chris Forsten singled, stole second and came around to score on an RBI single from senior left fielder Stephen Arcure. Then, in the third, Brown, Lindemuth and Bower led off the inning with three consecutive singles to load the bases. Freshman first baseman Michael Katz then lofted a fly ball to left deep enough for Brown to tag up and score, giving the Tribe a 4-2 advantage. After his shaky start, Davenport cruised the rest of the way, allowing just one more run on two hits in the fifth en route to getting the 4-3 win on a complete game, seven-hit performance. The righty struck out five without walking a batter as the College evened the series at one game apiece.
But the Tribe’s shaky defense would once again cost the squad dearly Sunday. After Nutter scored on an RBI groundout by Lindemuth in the first and the College doubled its advantage in the third, the Huskies took the lead in the fourth on a two-out rally made possible by an error by Nutter. Northeastern capitalized, going on to put up three unearned runs on junior starting pitcher Matt Wainman in the inning. The Huskies then took a 4-1 lead in the eighth after junior pitcher John Farrell gave up a solo home run. Brown scored on an RBI fielder’s choice by Forsten to pull the Tribe within a run in the eighth, but Northeastern closer Michael Foster shut the door in the ninth. Wainman took the loss, going seven and a third and allowing three unearned runs on five hits while striking out five. The College returns to action Tuesday when it hosts Quinnipiac.
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“It was very symbolic that our senior, Katie Kargl, clinched the match. Especially that she has battled through injuries for much of her career, she never gave up and found a way to win.” — Women’s tennis head coach Meredith Geiger-Walton on senior Katie Kargl’s tiebreaker win that sealed the Tribe’s victory over Wisconsin.
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Northwestern placed 18 more shots on goal than the Tribe en route to a 19-7 win over the College. No. 1 Northwestern dismantled the Tribe, outshooting the visiting team 34-9.
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Tribe vs. Quinnipiac 7 p.m. Tues., Williamsburg The Tribe took a seven-game winning streak into its weekend series with Northeastern at home, but the Huskies promptly put an end to it, taking two of three from the College in the Tribe’s first conference series of the year. Quinnipiac, of the Northeast Conference, will come to town Tuesday for a two-game series on a streak of its own, but not a good one. The Bobcats have lost five straight and are currently 1-6.
lacrosse Tribe vs. Virginia 7:30 p.m. Wed., Williamsburg The College returns home to face No. 8 University of Virginia, coming off a loss to No. 1 Northwestern over the weekend. Despite a 2-4 record, the Tribe boasts the CAA’s best assists per game and draw controls per game, recording 4.33 and 12.0, respectively. U.Va. leads the all-time series against the College with a 28-17-1 record. U.Va., however, is coming into the game on three-game losing skid. Watch for freshman attacker Kaleigh Noon to continue her hot play, coming off a two-goal performance against Northwestern.
Men’s GOLF Tribe at Bash at the Beach Tues., Myrtle Beach, S.C. The College finished day one of the Bash at the Beach 10 strokes off the lead. Heading into the final two days of the tournament, the Tribe is currently in seventh place in the 15-team field. Sophomore Will Smith is leading the squad with a 70 (-1) round on Sunday. yards on passing the web per game
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The College’s bats were silenced in the series-opener as the Tribe fell 8-0 to Northeastern Friday. The College then notched its first conference win of the year Saturday before losing the rubber game of the set.
Tribe’s win streak snapped at home by Northeastern in first conference series BY JARED FORETEK FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR
William and Mary’s seven-game winning streak was promptly stopped this weekend when the Tribe fell to Northeastern 8-0 Friday before dropping two of three in a weekend series to the CAA-foe Huskies. After besting Virginia Military Institute both at home and on the road, sweeping a four-game set in Williamsburg against the New York Institute of Technology and then dealing George Washington an 11-1 beatdown, the College’s offense stalled over the weekend, losing its conference season-opener and dropping the series while scoring just seven runs in three games. The Tribe (10-7, 1-2 CAA) rebounded
to notch its first conference win of the season 4-3 Saturday before losing the rubber game by the same score Sunday. The Huskies (7-4, 2-1 CAA) opened the series by jumping all over senior starting pitcher Cole Shain, tagging the southpaw for two runs in the second, third and fourth innings. Shain wouldn’t come back out to pitch the fifth, finishing the day with five earned runs on nine hits. His counterpart, Northeastern starter Andrew Leenhouts, was lights out from start to finish, going the distance in a four-hit shutout while striking out ten and walking just one. The Huskies got to freshman relief pitcher Jason Inghram for two more runs — one earned — in the sixth before finishing the day with 12
hits. The Tribe committed four errors in total. Senior starting pitcher Matt Davenport took the hill for the second game of the series, which looked like it’d be more of the same when Northeastern got on the board with two runs on one hit and an error in the top of the first. But after its dismal Friday at the plate, the College got the bats going early Saturday. Junior second baseman Kevin Nutter was hit by a 2-1 pitch to lead off the first before junior center fielder Ryan Brown reached second on an error, moving Nutter to third. After sophomore third baseman Ryan Lindemuth struck out swinging, senior designated hitter Tadd Bower See BASEBALL page 7
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Tribe blown out by Northwestern, 19-7
Top-ranked Northwestern jumps out to 11-3 halftime lead and never looks back BY CHRIS WEBER FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR
William and Mary saw its two-game win streak snapped as the Tribe lost to No. 1 Northwestern in Illinois, 19-7. The undefeated Wildcats controlled the game from start to finish, never allowing the Tribe to take a lead. Northwestern (6-0) opened the scoring with a two-goal salvo in the opening four minutes and 46 seconds, getting unassisted scores from Taylor Thornton and Jessica Russo. Graduate attacker Maggie Anderson responded for the College (2-4) to bring the game within one at the 24:09 mark, finding the back of the cage off sophomore midfielder Katie Stillwell’s assist. That would be as close as the Tribe would get all day, as Northwestern then went on a 9-2 run to finish the half with a comfortable 11-3 lead. Sophomore attacker Taelor Salmon and junior attacker Krystin Mackrides scored for the College but Thornton and Russo each added two more goals, and the Wildcats’ Shannon Smith also contributed two scores before the halftime whistle. Kelly Rich, Alyssa Leonard and Kara Mupo all netted one apiece as well to round out a huge firsthalf offensive effort for the Wildcats. Coming out of the break, Northwestern ripped off another long run, scoring seven unanswered goals to extend the lead to 18-3. Mupo and Rich each added their second goals of the match while Erin Fitzgerald found the back of the net twice, and Beatrice Conley, Brooks Lawler and Ali Cassera all chipped in one goal apiece. Cassera’s goal at the 4:51 mark topped off the Wildcat’s scoring at 19 goals. The Tribe was held scoreless from halftime until 7:09 remained in the game, when freshman attacker Kaleigh Noon scored an unassisted goal. From Noon’s goal until the final whistle the FILE PHOTO / THE FLAT HAT
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Senior defender Sarah Mulvey logged three ground balls and two turnovers in the College’s 19-7 loss to top-ranked Northwestern.