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Moving on up College begins selection process for new fraternity housing on campus by katherine chiglinsky Flat hat news editor
Fraternities at the College of William and Mary moved one step closer in the process of selecting the new fraternity housing Wednesday. After presenting before a panel composed of faculty, administrators, housing board members and non-affiliated students, a fraternity was designated as either a top-five chapter or a bottom-four chapter. Within the top five, the fraternities will be randomly selected for the new fraternity housing spots 1-5, while the bottom four will be randomly selected for spots 6-9 at a later date. The panel chose Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Phi, Kappa Delta Rho, Sigma Chi and Beta Theta Pi as the top five while Delta Chi, Kappa Alpha, Lambda Chi Alpha and Pi Kappa Alpha were in the bottom four. Selections were based on awards, honors, community involvement, academic integrity, philanthropic and service activities, alumni support and institutional history. Last year’s Inter-Fraternity Council proposed the selection process. The new fraternity housing complex will be comprised of 11 houses and one community building. Two fraternities, Sigma Pi and Kappa Sigma, are currently not eligible for the housing process. Sigma Pi failed to identify a facility board within their chapter and also failed to produce a letter of recommendation from their national organization, two requirements necessary in order to present to the panel. Kappa Sigma presented before the panel but was not allowed to select housing due to recent disciplinary action at the College. “That doesn’t mean that they will not get housing, it just means that a decision on how and when they get to move forward will be postponed for a bit,” Assistant Director of Student Activities Jennifer Leung said. “Those are two groups that are having some conduct issues. Both groups have very good intentions on how to move forward in a positive way; they just need to demonstrate that those good intentions are producing results. In the fall, they’ll get to revisit [the issue]. They still have plenty of time — they just won’t participate in the selection that’s occurring this semester.” In order to become eligible for the new housing, Sigma Pi and Kappa Sigma can emphasize improvement in any of the following areas: scholarship, community engagement, institutional structure and philanthropic and service activities. “If Kappa Sigma and Sigma Pi do not find themselves eligible for a new facility in the Fall of 2013, the unused buildings will be converted into independent housing, much like many of the units are today,” IFC President Ishan Bardhan ’13 said in an email. Lambda Alpha Chi was one of the fraternities placed in the bottom four after See HOUSING, page 3
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Ten College professors named in top 300 Dining develops Princeton Review selects top 300 undergraduate professors, 10 from College
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Professors at the College of William and Mary have long been praised for their work in the classroom, and now they may more proof to back up the boast. A study produced by the Princeton Review in collaboration with RateMyProfessors.com named 10 College professors on the list of top 300 undergraduate professors in the United States. The professors were chosen based on a combination of factors. The initial list of 42,000 decreased to 1,000 using RateMyProfessors.com’s student assessments of professors. Further input from school administrators, students and Princeton Review surveys produced the final list of 300. The 10 professors from the College who made the list are professor of English and American studies Elizabeth Barnes, associate professor of history Philip Daileader, associate professor of government David Dessler, William R. Kenan Jr. professor of humanities Melvin Patrick Ely, adjunct professor of psychology Frederick P. Frieden, distinguished associate professor of classical studies William Hutton ‘55, associate professor of geology Rowan Lockwood, premed advisor and adjunct professor of biology Beverly Sher, associate professor of psychology Peter Vishton, and Pullen Professor of history Jim Whittenburg.
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When asked about the study, many professors took the time to praise the College faculty as a whole, saying it reflects more on the school than on themselves. “We have one of the highest percentages of faculty in the top 300 across all schools in the U.S.,” Lockwood said in an email. “I think this reflects the incredible enthusiasm and dedication that [professors] Dessler have for teaching. Many schools say they value teaching, but William and Mary actually does.” Dessler agreed, noting that the study reflects a lot about the College, especially considering its smaller size. “What’s important isn’t who was selected, but the fact that so many were,” Dessler said in an email. “It’s a tribute to the uniformly high quality of undergraduate teaching and learning at the College.” Most of the professors on the list felt that their peers equally deserved to be recognized. “There are a lot of other people on campus who deserve to be on that list,” Hutton said. This is not the first program to recognize the faculty of the College. The institution has more
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recipients of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Outstanding Faculty Award than any other college or university. The College currently ranks No. 21 on RateMyProfessor.com with an average professor rating of 3.47 out of 5. Last fall, U.S. News and World Report ranked the College No. 8 on its list of Best Colleges for Undergraduate Teaching. In describing their roles as teachers, many of the 10 professors on Princeton’s list attributed their success to their students. “No one can be a good teacher without help from the students,” Dessler said in an email. “Faculty at William & Mary are extremely fortunate to work with students who are so serious about — and capable of — being good learners. Without them, professors here could never gain the Barnes recognition they do.” Frieden agreed, describing the qualities exhibited by students at the College. “They are the best and brightest, they are thoughtful, diligent, clever, witty, fun, a pleasure to teach,” Frieden said in an email. Barnes appreciated the methodology of the
Members of the Food Service Advisory Committee are faces that students rarely see when standing in lines at the College of William and Mary’s campus dining facilities, but they are responsible for significant changes to the dining experience of the campus community. Composed of students, ARAMARK officials and College administrators, FSAC’s mission involves bridging the gap between students and dining services and addresses everything from contractual issues to student concerns and recommendations. “There is a very open relationship with members of the committee, many of the committee member not only take the time to give us input during the meetings, but many of them take the time to pass on both positive and constructive ideas in between sessions. This allows us to stay abreast of student needs constantly,” Director of Dining Services Matthew Moss said in an email. According to a member of FSAC, the student voice on the committee is particularly valued, even if that voice is not always complimentary of dining services. “At the end of each meeting the students have 10 minutes or so to give their two cents about dining,” Mary Kate Kearney ’12 said. “Regardless of how we feel about Dining [Services] ... They are really good people.” According to Sikes, regular items on the committee’s
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According to a national survey by Clemson University’s International Center for Academic Integrity, there is more evidence of academic dishonesty in states with a greater wealth disparity. Psychologists involved with the study speculated that the large divisions between socioeconomic classes lead to less trust among people, which leads to more cheating.
Busch Gardens officially announced in a written press release that their newest roller coaster, Verbolten, will open May 18. “The combination of hard work and a mild winter has put us right on track for a May 18 opening,” Larry Giles, Busch Garden’s vice president of engineering, said to the Daily Press. A reconstructed Williamsburg Pottery reopened this past weekend to a huge crowd of locals and tourists alike. In their new store, Williamsburg Pottery will sell gourmet food, including wine, cheese and peanuts in addition to its usual array of home décor and florals. Gov. Bob McDonnell, R, and Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, R, spoke at the opening, praising the store for encouraging tourism and creating of an estimated 5,000 construction jobs.
There has been this idea that, if we’re being asked to conform and asked to change our practices, shoudn’t we get something better than the Units? —Beta Theta Pi President Nick Hampson ’13 on new fraternity housing
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Student criticizes Dartmouth Greek life A Dartmouth University student, Andrew Lohse, came forward last week in Rolling Stone magazine about extreme hazing and its toleration in the Greek fraternity and sorority culture. The story follows Lohse’s published op-ed in The Dartmouth about hazing at the institution. About half the population at Dartmouth is greek, and the members of the Dartmouth community are responding negatively to the two articles. The greek fraternities at Dartmouth date back over 150 years, according to the Rolling Stone.
The Williamsburg Shopping Center, home of popular stores like Food Lion and Goodwill, will soon be losing Marshalls and Stein Mart. The loss will leave nearly half of the shopping center’s 251,000 square feet of retail space empty. However, in an interview with the Virginia Gazette, the City of Williamsburg’s Economic Development manager Michele DeWitt expressed hope for the area, discussing the merits of a complex mixed with residential and retail space. Mike Wallace, a pioneer of television journalism, died this past Saturday at the age of 93. He began his career in television by working odd jobs as a cigarette pitchman and game show host, eventually becoming the hard-hitting “60 Minutes” interviewer that he was most widely known for. His interviewing tactics were so probing and powerful that CBS once advertised that anyone hiding a secret, the four scariest words in the English language were “Mike Wallace is here.”
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Andrew Lohse, a student at Dartmouth University, recently published a story in The Dartmouth and later spoke to Rolling Stone about hazing at the school.
Elderly plagued by student loans As graduation ceremonies take place at universities across the country next month, grandparents in the audience may be carrying just as much student loan debt as their graduating grandchildren. According to the Washington Post, those over the age of 50 currently carry nearly $365 billion in student loan debt, while those 60 and older carry debts of more than $36 million. As increased numbers of students enroll in college, banks have been giving out more student loans. Often, it is the older generation that assumes these loans for their collegeage grandchildren. The national outstanding student-loan balance is about $870 billion, which is $100 billion more than the national credit card or auto loan debt. University of Colorado not to get high on 4/20 The University of Colorado, Boulder recently issued a warning to all students this week, saying that anyone who participated in the University’s infamous unofficial 4/20 marijuana tradition could be fined by or receive sanctions from the school. Thousands of students and local smokers traditionally gather on a large field near campus for the April
20 smoke-out. In an effort to decrease the use of marijuana, officials are strictly enforcing the campus ban on medicinal marijuana and are handing out $100 fines to those caught with pot. The UC Boulder student government has officially endorsed the police department’s efforts to crack down on the 4/20 celebrations, despite the event’s longstanding history at the school. According to the Huffington Post, the university has a history of making the nation’s top party school list and broadly embraces the use of marijuana. Students protest at Santa Monica Hundreds of students at Santa Monica College have been protesting on campus against tuition hikes, resulting in a recent incident involving a pepper spray demonstration by police. Students have rallied together against the president’s controversial “two-tier” pricing plan for classes, which would considerably raise the price of each credit hour. The Santa Monica Board of Trustees plans to hold an emergency meeting this week to reconsider the two-tier plan and discuss the plan’s legality. The students’ protest centers on claims that the policy counteracts the community college’s tradition of equal access.
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agenda include the dining mangers report, current topics or interests, general comments from students regarding food quality, service and any other particular student concerns. “Over the last several years, the FSAC and Dining Services worked hard to establish open lines of communication so students feel comfortable providing feedback on their experiences with the dining options on campus,” Mark Sikes, associate dean of students and FSAC chair, said in an email. This year alone, FSAC recommendations have resulted in a “to-go” option at lunch in the Sadler Center, late night fresh food options in the Sadler Center
and Dunkin Donuts coffee in the Marketplace. In the past, FSAC also made it possible to swipe twice during one meal period. “Both the to-go option and the late night Crim Deli were ideas that stemmed from our meetings with the FSAC, after several meetings to discuss possible solutions these were the result,” Moss said in an email. And Moss was glad that he turned FSAC recommendations into reality. “We have seen as many as 250 patrons in the Lodge during lunchtime, which has eased the congestion upstairs,” Moss said in an email. “We have seen great enthusiasm over all of the new items that have been introduced this semester.”
Kearney was particularly proud of the committee’s involvement in establishing a late-night option for students, an issue that has been on FSAC’s to-do list for a while. She added that FSAC was also looking to expand the Crim Deli because students are looking for something more. Currently, FSAC’s 18 members are in the process of responding to student dining recommendations and looking into the expiration of ARAMARK’s contract, which will occur this spring. For Kearney, the company’s contract’s expiration may not be such bad news. “They [ARAMARK] are truly interested in improving, I just don’t know if they are capable of
doing so as a company,” Kearney said. The committee’s future plans are taking a particular focus on greater sustainability. “[The committee] began a discussion of possible renovation plans for the Sadler Center RFOC area, continued sustainability efforts include reducing waste, sourcing locally grown products, increasing compost, identifying ways to integrate local cuisine into the menus at Commons and Sadler dining facilities, and expansion of the herb gardens,” Sikes said in an email. “Next fall, we plan to review the details of the meal plans, continue to review aspects of the dining program, and make recommendations for improvements.”
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Gender neutral bathrooms labeled in Grind Bathrooms are first on campus considered gender neutral following administration’s approval
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The fight for more gender-neutral facilities on campus won a small victory March 30 when the oncampus coffee shop, The Daily Grind, installed the campus’s first bathrooms labeled gender neutral. Other locations across campus already have single occupancy bathrooms, but these are the first two to ever be specified as “gender neutral.” Signs now label the bathrooms. Employees Moira Pelton-Owen, Laura Andrew ’12 and Charlotte Davis ’10 put up the new genderneutral signs over old “Male” and “Female” signs after Daily Grind manager and owner Scott Owen had the change approved by the College. “Bathrooms are typically identified as male or female, and if someone doesn’t identify as male or female, they are still forced to make a decision in order to use the bathroom,” Andrew said. “If you don’t fit into society’s normative description of gender you still have to decide and that makes you conform with society’s depictions of gender.”
Gender neutral is defined as those who do not conform to a gender binary, whether as transgender, intersex or gender-nonconformist. “By saying gender neutral, we’re saying that gender shouldn’t have to be a choice in a single occupancy bathroom,” Andrew said. “When you take away the gender of a single occupancy bathroom it takes away the violence that goes away with a gendered bathroom.” Owens had the changes approved by the administration first. “It’s more the students’s building, not mine. It definitely wasn’t an issue of facilities, and it seemed to be more of an issue with the students than us,” Owens said. The change was both political and practical for some students. “To be honest, I didn’t really notice it because I used all bathrooms all the time. They are making a statement, but I think it’s more out of practicality than anything,” Daily Grind regular Katherine Fegely ’14 said. While this is the first bathroom on campus
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The Grind’s new gender neutral bathroom opens its doors to those who do not associate themselves with a single gender.
labeled gender neutral, Andrew hopes to see more in coming years. “Ideally, I would like to see all the bathrooms that are single occupancy marked as gender
neutral and to see at least one on every building on campus. For example, the new fraternity complex they’re building on campus could have gender neutral bathrooms,” Andrew said.
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Campus groups try to increase sexual assault awareness Sexual assault advocacy groups struggle against misperceptions about relevance of sexual assault by ariel cohen flat hat assoc. news EDitOr
At a university that tops higher education rankings, situated in a town with higher tourism rates than crime rates, it may come as a surprise to some students that the term ”date rape” surfaced on a national scale after an incident at the College of William and Mary. The front cover of the 1991 issue of TIME Magazine featured a dark image of Katie Koestner ’94 and her story of sexual assault at the College. The national media coverage that Koestner’s incident of sexual assault generated placed the issue directly on the shoulders of the College community, often creating conflicting results. While Koestner’s freshman Resident Advisor and the campus police supported her, the Dean of Students at the time urged Koestner to get back together with her assailant. A trip to Earl Gregg Swem library even found Koestner staring at graffiti referencing her on a bathroom stall. Since the 1991 incident, the College has implemented a specific response protocol to incidents of sexual assault. Beyond policy, the College currently has four on-campus groups directly geared toward reducing incidents of and educating students about sexual assault. Eric Garrison, who acts as a health educator within the Dean of
Students’ office and advisor to Every Two Minutes and 1 in 4, and co-advisor to Health Outreach Peer Educators defines sexual harassment as using one’s gender as a means of assault, intimidation or threat. “I don’t think that it’s a coincidence that 1 in 4 was established at the College in the years following this incidence,” President of the William and Mary Chapter of 1 in 4 Cem Pence ’12 said. “After the incident, the administration probably felt a need to increase the awareness of sexual assault on campus.” Nearly 20 years following Koestner’s incident, the battle to educate about and reduce sexual assault continues, and it remains a prevalent issue on campus. According to College sexual assault statistics, women aged 16 to 24 experience the highest per capita rate of intimate partner violence, with 27 percent of College women reporting surviving rape or attempted rape. “I think that now the university is doing a wonderful job dealing with incidents of sexual assault,” Garrison said. “The policies are in place and the resources are here. But it’s not just the job of one person, one office or one vice president, it’s something the whole campus has to pull together to do. You can do everything you can and no matter what you do, things can still happen. We are doing the best we can with the resources we have.”
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pleased with the job I’m doing makes me happy.” Students were also the center of many professor’s favorite aspects of teaching at the College. “I like getting to know students and listening to students,” Ely said. “I love it when class discussion becomes a conversation among students and not necessarily filtered through me.” Sher agreed, mentioning the benefits Vishton of teaching a freshman seminar rather than a lecture class. “I have the privilege of teaching a freshman seminar,” Sher said. “It’s so much more fun than lecture classes. I can just listen to [the students].” Vishton described his joy in connecting with students over their excitement for learning and understanding the course material in the classroom. “ W h e n there is some idea that really excites me, I will typically make a point of spending time on it in Daileader
class,” Vishton said in an email. “When I see students connect with that idea and understand why it is exciting, that’s a great feeling.” Some professors were unsure of what qualities exactly set them apart, while others were certain of the qualities that distinguished them from others. “My classes are very weird. I teach classes that are based on field trips,” Whittenburg said. “My students will tell you if there’s a barbeque place to be found, I’ll find it.” Lockwood also described her classes as different than most. “In the classroom, I tend to be loud, enthusiastic, and slightly silly — constantly walking around the classroom and gesticulating wildly,” Lockwood said in an email. “I could say that it’s all part of a plan to make myself seem more approachable, but I’m really Whittenburg just goofy.” Daileader focused on his loud teaching style and its ability to grab students’s attention in classroom settings. “I teach more loudly than any other professor on campus. Volume is the key to my teaching,” Daileader said in an email.
In a recent email to the entire student body, Vice President of Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’06 alerted the campus community of an incident of sexual assault. An unidentified suspect approached a female student on Harrison Street, grabbed her and struck her buttocks repeatedly with an open hand. The student immediately called William and Mary police, but the suspect was not found. Some students still misunderstand the definition of sexual assault and thought the student overreacted. “I feel like what the man did was inappropriate, but calling the police may have been going a little too far. I’m not sure you could even be arrested for that. Maybe student affairs could have dealt with it,” Charlie Clark ’14 said. Typical sexual assault incidents take place in a partying environment, which may downplay the severity of cases outside the norm. “A lot of [incidents of sexual assault] occurs within the drinking culture, and would look bizarre or out of place in other settings,” Pence said. Sexual assault advocacy groups still battle against the perception that the issue is no longer relevant. In response, most groups have chosen to change the way their organizations work. One campus advocacy group, which originally formed to combat sexual assault
at the College nearly disbanded this past year due to dwindling members. William and Mary Sexual Advocacy Prevention Advocacy, or SAPA, downscaled to four members, but managed to recruit and regroup for the upcoming year. Their main purpose is to provide students information, advocacy and a safe haven for members of the community who have experienced sexual assault or harassment. While some campus advocacy groups have chosen to recruit more heavily, others have consolidated to expand their resources. In response to alarming sexual assault statistics, College groups such as Sexual Assault Peer Advocates, HOPE, Every Two Minutes and the Student Assembly have teamed up to create the College Sexual Assault Awareness Week from March 31 to April 5. The week includes profit-shares to raise money for sexual health and advocacy groups on campus, educational speakers and film screenings. “There is a tendency for the issue of sexual assault to slip people’s minds and this week serves as a reminder of how important the issue is,” Pence said. HOPE is a student-run organization that works with the Office of Health Education and the Student Health Center to provide community health information with a focus on sexual assault. While their main educational seminars occur during freshman orientation, HOPE aims to
spread education about healthy lifestyles throughout the year. Two other sexual health awareness groups, 1 in 4 and Every Two Minutes, hold seminars for freshman halls during orientation and provide funding throughout the year to various groups. 1 in 4, an all-male group, is dedicated to preventing rape on College campuses and educating students about sexual assault, focusing on how male students can help prevent such incidents from occurring. Every Two Minutes is a branch of the SAPA group, and serves a similar function to 1 in 4, except that it bears a female perspective. The educational aim will soon enter the classroom, bringing with it the possibility of college credit. Starting in spring 2013, William and Mary health educator and advisor to SAPA Eric Garrison will teach a class entitled Introduction to Understanding and Preventing Sexual Assault. The twocredit course will be a pre-requisite for membership in SAPA and be taught seminar style, focusing on a theoretical approach to sexual assault and forms of gender violence. “Sexual assault is not a women’s issue, it’s not a men’s issue, it’s a human issue,” Garrison said. “It’s not something we should leave up to one gender or group to be responsible for. We can all be survivors, and we can all be agents of change.”
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presenting to the panel. “In the end it’s not so much the split that’s the biggest thing — we’re all getting a house,” former Lambda Chi Alpha President Adrian Bravo ’12 said. “Yeah, I’m upset, but in the end we’re all going to get great houses. It’s going to change the whole dynamics of Greek life.” Beta Theta Pi was selected as one of the fraternities in the top five and has occupied Unit M since fall 2006. “Having this new housing and a much nicer setup will do a lot for the Greek community in creating respect with the administration,” Beta Theta Pi President Nick Hampson ’13 said. “There has been this idea that, if we’re being asked to conform and asked to change our practices, shouldn’t we get something better than the Units? When you have nicer things to respect and you have a gathering place that is a little more presentable, it makes you feel a little more like you have something to look after.” Delta Phi was also selected as one of the top five fraternities, but it has occupied a house on Armistead Avenue located next to Sorority Court since 1994. “We decided that, just with respect to the new complex, that’s where the focus of Greek life was more than likely going to be, and I think it’s important — as much as we do love that house — to strengthen those inter-fraternal bonds, and I think that comes with living by the members of the Greek community,” Delta Phi President Jullian Harrison ’13 said. “I think the whole idea, and the reason the school is doing this, is to make it so it’s looked at as a Greek community, not
just individual chapters.” The new complex will also allow the fraternity to house more members. The house on Armistead Avenue currently supports seven residents, and the new fraternity housing will feature 17-bed facilities. While Delta Phi aims to join the new fraternity housing complex, Alpha Epsilon Phi, which currently occupies a Lodge, will move into the house on Armistead Avenue. In an effort to consolidate Greek life, Residence Life now requires that all fraternities interested in on-campus housing must live in designated fraternity housing, either in the new fraternity complex or in the Armistead Avenue house. Fraternities will no longer be allowed to officially occupy Ludwell apartments or the Lodges. Assistant Director for Fraternity and Sorority Housing Shylan Scott currently oversees the Units and Sorority Court, but she has no designated authority over fraternities living in Ludwell or in the Lodges. With the new proposal, Scott would oversee all fraternities and sororities in authorized campus housing. “We’re hoping to streamline and consolidate while providing the best service possible to our fraternities and sororities,” Leung said. “The best way that we can do it is to make sure that they’re all together.” Because the new fraternity complex requires only 17 beds be filled, Pi Kappa Alpha will also return to campus, after opting out of the fraternity housing in 2009 due to an inability to fulfill housing requirements. Currently, fraternities are required to fill the 36-bed facility with at least 33 people, with each vacant spot costing the fraternity
$2,300 in extra charges. In addition, at least 29 of the 33 people must be fraternity members, while non-members can occupy the remaining spots. Three fraternities, including Pi Kappa Alpha, were forced off campus in 2009 due to an inability to fulfill those housing requirements. With the new fraternity complex, however, Pi Kappa Alpha hopes to return to the on-campus Greek community. “We’ve been around since 1871, and we’ve added a lot to the Greek community,” Pi Kappa Alpha President Phil Hart ’13 said. “Being off campus, it’s hard to see the effects of it. We want to carry on the legacy.” While smaller fraternities will not occupy the new housing due to size requirements, these fraternities will have a designated storage space in the proposed community building. The community building’s features also include a conference room for large events, an apartment for the Area Director and additional features for both fraternities and sororities. Currently, construction is underway for an additional parking lot next to William and Mary Hall to replace lost parking spots currently located in front of the Units. The Yates Hall parking lot will not be greatly affected by the construction. The ground-breaking ceremony for the new complex will be held at 11:30 a.m. April 26, but construction will not begin until after spring commencement ceremonies. “[These new facilities] will allow the fraternities to really strengthen their identity, give them a place to call home,” Leung said. “They try, but they’re really struggling to call the Units home right now. We hope it will instill in them more pride.”
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It’s almost time for students at the College of William and Mary to play their second favorite game (next to the race to registration): the housing lottery. If you haven’t already been kicked out of the game, or bumped, then prepare yourself, because at the end of the week where you will be living for an entire year all comes down to how fast you can click a button. Well, how fast can you click a button and seniority. When you enter your time slot on Banner, you will be faced with a series of choices. Remember to continually check which rooms are available before your time slot, so you don’t try to click on your dream room only to find out it has already been snatched. You need to be prepared to fight for what is still available, whether you are choosing which unit to live in or trying to decide between Tribe Square or Jamestown. For a fickle friend like the housing lottery, strategy is imperative. Plan out which dorm you would like to live in realistically. Keep a list of the nicest dorms you think you can get, but extend the list down to the worst-case scenario. Tribe Square. The Dream House. Unattainable for most, desired by all. The only realistic candidates who will get to live in the 14 four-bedroom apartments — complete with singles, bathtubs, personal kitchens and living areas — are the rising seniors with the first couple of time slots. The Lodges, a close second, also belong to rising seniors. These are located in the exact center of campus, but they require exactly seven housemates. Beware of cockroaches and of the temptation to overspend at your new next-door neighbor, the Daily Grind. Jamestown is the more realistic, but still appealing choice for upperclassmen. Jamestown North and South both feature rooms that are new, large and beautiful. They have hall and suite bathrooms, study and social lounges
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galore, laundry rooms with plenty of machines and even a piano practice room for the musically inclined. With a short walking distance to Swem and the Integrated Science Center and equal distance between old and new campus classrooms, Jamestown is a tempting choice for those with the lottery number to win it. After Jamestown, Landrum is a solid selection for upperclassmen girls. Sorry boys, the big rooms and cushy parlor study lounge are reserved for the female student population unless you want to live in the eco-house basement. If you’re dying to be in the Landrum location, Chandler is a solid second. The inside is a little gray, but a host of overcrowds and high-ceilinged rooms make this dorm a good option. Next up is the Bryan Complex, comprised of one large building and four smaller similar buildings. Another upperclassmen dorm nearby is Old Dominion. All of the dorms are relatively new. The smaller dorms in Bryan (Camm, Madison, Dawson, and Stith) and Old Dominion have hall baths, but Bryan Hall has suites for post-freshman hall friends trying to stick together hall. If you are really getting down to the wire with your options, Brown Hall and the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies, both located on the edge of Old Campus and Colonial Williamsburg, are far away for some but have spacious rooms. If you love cider walks and the Marketplace, these dorms are for you. The Randolph Complex is also not a bad idea for those addicted to the Student Recreation Center and Caf food. Randolph also boasts a small number of apartments for friends interested in living with more than one roommate. Now that we have reached the end of the preferredhousing list, I’m sorry to say that for some of you, the units will be your new home. I don’t really know how to rank these because they are all equally awful, but if you can manage to stay away from larger fraternities, you may sleep better on the weekends. Bring pesticide and beware of cockroaches. Best of luck.
The location of these apartments make them a popular choice for many students living off campus without a car. Their proximity to Wawa is a plus as well.
off campus These residences are popular largely because they provide a good compromise for those students who want to get away from campus without paying an outrageous rent, but still within a fairly moderate walking distance.
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Being bumped from the housing process seems like a tornado, a hurricane, a flood and a fire hitting you all at once. In reality, it’s not. Students who have been bumped shouldn’t despair — there are options available, and not all of them include giving up and resigning yourself to the units. Students have two choices when they have been bumped from the room selection process: You can wait, hoping for reinstatement, or you can opt out. Both can be terrifying. Either you wait and stalk the reinstatement website and will those in front of you to opt out, or you start searching for off-campus housing, which all happens to be too far away and too expensive. Despite the less-than-outstanding options, however, wait listed students are never thrown out on the streets of
Williamsburg. They always end up finding housing, one way or another. The first option, waiting, is nervewracking because who is to say when everyone else will drop out? If you’re number 170 out of 183, you’ll have a long time to wait before finally getting a room in the units. Let’s face it, most of the people who were wait listed and didn’t have a very good number ended up in the units. There are, of course, benefits to waiting. Around 75 percent of enrolled students live on campus, so, obviously, a majority of the student body understands the benefits of on-campus housing. Not only will you live in a relatively central location, depending on where you are, but you will also sidestep the headache involving the search for an apartment or townhouse. Williamsburg is not the cheapest city to live in, and most rents reflect that. You can end up saving money on housing by going off campus if
you choose the right place, but usually you have to pay for the summer as well as the school year, which means you’ll have to pay rent and utilities during months in which you are not even there. Even though there are a lot of added responsibilities when searching for offcampus housing, it may not be as bad as worrying over getting reinstated. Sometimes, it’s easier to walk away, and honestly, after getting past the initial difficulty of finding a place to live — and people to live with — everything gets easier. One of the most important factors to take into consideration is, of course, whether or not transportation is an option. The King and Queens Apartments are a great option for some students, and since it’s right behind Wawa, the location is great. Luckily, Williamsburg has a great bus system that increases the distance that students can go from campus. Lawson Enterprises owns
property on Richmond Road, and students who live there now take advantage of the bus system to get to and from campus, even if it can be a nuisance if you have to run back and forth multiple times a day. A bike can make everything a lot easier too, even though biking all the way home after a long day sometimes seems like the worst prospect in the world. Of course, the one factor that can sometimes make or break the prospects of off-campus living is a car. That’s why it’s good that sophomores are reinstated before juniors — at least juniors can have a car on campus. Moving off campus gets a thousand times easier if a car is readily available to you. Stonegate Apartments are a relatively inexpensive option located on the opposite side of Colonial Williamsburg, as are the Midland Townhouses. Both of these locations are under a 10-minute drive and close to other amenities — the
BY KATIE DEMERIA FLAT HAT EXECUTIVE EDITOR
For most students, college means freedom: sleeping for half the day, Facebook-stalking for half the night and going out on a school night. No more parents to hold them down. But in a lot of ways, dorm life comes with a lot of other inconveniences that additional freedoms do not necessarily make up for. For the students that are looking for the ultimate form of independence, moving off campus is the obvious choice. When moving off campus, students no longer have to worry about waking up in the middle of the night to a screeching reminder that they live with people who do not know how to turn the microwave off before their popcorn burns. Nor do they have to deal with overenthusiastic Resident Assistants who think that every year should be like freshman year and everyone should be best friends just because they live on the same hall. There are a lot of reasons why 75 percent of the student body lives on campus. But with the requirement for oncampus students to have a meal plan looming, it seems that a larger number of upperclassmen are going to decide to move away from this giant brick of a campus. In that case, one factor will ultimately decide where they go — whether they have a car. The College of William and Mary has a very
Housing 2012 at a glance
your next move BY KATIE DEMERIA FLAT HAT EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Off campus students will appreciate these inexpensive apartments if they have a car readily available and appreciate the benefits of living a fairly good distance from campus. And it’s on the way to Busch Gardens, which doesn’t hurt.
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For students looking for welllocated off-campus housing, these townhouses are a good choice. The drive from campus isn’t too long, and it’s close to New Town and Target.
unique setup that makes it difficult to find nearby housing. It is both a tourist town and super old. So that means that a lot of the local market is devoted to restaurants, souvenir shops and hotels rather than apartment buildings or townhouses. It also means that there are fewer places to build new residential buildings because a lot of nearby places have historical significance or are very close to locations with historical significance. All these factors ultimately mean that students who move off campus and want to remain within walking distance to classes are basically limited to two choices: the King and Queen Apartments or a nearby house. The latter option can usually be ruled out pretty quickly. Not only are local houses wildly expensive, but most are passed down through generations of clubs or friend groups, so getting one is incredibly difficult as well. King and Queen Apartments, however, are a viable option for a lot of people. They, too, are rather limited, because there are only so many spaces to choose from and they are pretty popular. But if one is available and can be snatched up quickly enough, it is one of the best options for off-campus individuals who have to live within walking distance. They are one-bedroom and on the smaller side, but for a roommate pair looking for more space and peace from the general on-campus nuisances, this is without a doubt the best choice. It is also only about a step away from Tribe Square, meaning that getting home after a late night at the Crust is always pretty easy and there’s always a quick dinner available at Pita Pit if you decide to go without a meal plan. When a car is available to off-campus students, though, the game changes almost entirely. A ton of additional options become available, and factors such as proximity to other amenities are then taken into account. If students are easily able to get around Williamsburg, some of the best options are the townhouses on Midlands Road. They are not only relatively inexpensive, but they are no further from campus than most other off-campus options. Because the houses are located off Strawberry Plains Road, students can approach campus from either Richmond or Jamestown Road, cutting down on the time it takes to reach their destination. Additionally, the Midlands are basically across the street from New Town, a popular weekend choice for students as well, which is only attainable by riding the Trolley without a car. Target is also just up the road, and a Food Lion is less than a five minute drive away. The location is perfect when taking into account the other things that off-campus students are not thinking about, and it is a perfect spot for those with a car who can easily travel around. The neighborhood is also very friendly, and seeing children and dogs from time to time can act as a healthy reminder that other people exist outside of the twenty-something population that lives on campus. A number of factors need to be taken into account when choosing an off-campus home. But for a majority of students, one of these two locations will work out, depending only on the availability of a car.
Midlands are close to New Town, and Stonegate Apartments are on the way to Busch Gardens. Additionally, owning a car may not be quite as expensive as you might think. Our campus isn’t very big. There aren’t great stretches of road between one end and the other, and you’ll still have to do a lot of walking. It’s not a secret that when the College of William and Mary was built, everybody forgot about parking lots. Usually those who have cars aren’t willing to give up the parking spots they had to fight over, so gas doesn’t become a very big issue. Both options have good and bad sides, but, in the end, what you end up doing depends on what works best for you. On-campus housing is still a viable option even if you’ve been wait listed. You just have to learn to be patient and to be cool with the units. And if it comes to it, moving off-campus probably isn’t as difficult as you might think.
Students living on campus 2011-2012
=4381, 73.22%
Students living off campus 2011-2012 Students bumped 2012-2013 Students not bumped 2012-2013
=1602, 26.78% =391, 10.55% =2786, 89.45%
= 500 students
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Opinions Editor Ellen Wexler fhopinions@gmail.com
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Spending money to decrease debt a burden on those graduates still looking for meaningful employment. This particular issue is of such importance in light of recent debates in the federal government involving relief for students straddled with debt, whether that comes in the form of delayed payments or reduced principal balances. The private sector has also taken note of this predicament in Flat Hat Staff Columnist which many students find themselves. In fact, the SmarterBank Visa debit card was recently launched for those who are concerned with their level of debt. The card offers graduates a As an out-of-state student here at the College of William and reward of up to 1 percent on purchases, which is used to offset Mary, I often conveniently forget that I am paying nearly three their student loan principal balances. While on the surface this times more than in-state students to attend this school. I choose may seem beneficial to students, upon closer examination, the to view this situation as one that is fortunate for in-state students, who should consider themselves lucky to have a multitude of elite offer seems frivolous and even detrimental to a student’s ability to pay off debt. state institutions they can attend. In any case, I shall not subject First of all, the card agreement states that only 0.5 percent you to a ranting essay about the tuition differences. The only reason I bring up tuition costs is because of my choice rewards are obtained for the first $100 spent, with 1 percent to attend a school with a relatively high tuition. Throughout the for any amount over $100. Secondly, the cardholder can college decision process, my parents were always in favor of me be slapped with fees for out-of-network ATM usage, paper going to the academic institution where I felt most comfortable, statements or “research fees” for the company to look into regardless of the cost. Their only stipulation, regardless of where information regarding the customer’s account. Beyond the I eventually chose to go, was that I would be responsible for half contract, the idea of spending more money in order to save on debt is completely contradictory. In the of the tuition and room-and-board costs. end, the old adage “caveat emptor”— let In the end, I chose the College because Upon closer examination, the buyer beware — still holds true in of its size, its liberal arts program and the relation to this SmarterBank card. reputations of its professors — and I must the offer seems frivolous Instead of relying on any sort of reward say, I have not been disappointed. and even detrimental. program, the best method to seriously The reality of my choice, however, diminish one’s level of student debt is to usually hits home when I begin the seek meaningful employment. At the end of the day, taking the search for student loans. This process reminds me of the impact time to create a budget, which includes a portion of income of accruing interest and how student debt piles up extremely that is automatically dedicated to paying off debt, is the most quickly. The cost of tuition is skyrocketing across the country, effective method to becoming debt free. This method requires which is further complicated by the dwindling financial support a certain level of discipline, but in the long run, it will save you from both the state and federal governments. thousands in deferred interest payments. Until the government Not to sound all doom and gloom, but the reality is that shows any signs of providing assistance to students strapped increasing debt is accompanied by the still-difficult job market with debt, each and every one of us faced with student loans many undergraduates face when beginning their search for will have to implement our own personal austerity measures to employment, and this often delays or inhibits their ability to begin to erode the ever-growing mountain of student debt. obtain an income. At the same time, many loan payments automatically begin six months after graduation and place Email Derek Bluemling at drbluemling@email.wm.edu.
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hen plans to construct a new fraternity housing complex were first announced, the student body’s response could be called mixed at best. Considering the College of William and Mary’s current housing crisis, many students were asking the question, “How does this help me?” As the housing lottery begins this week, many students are still frustrated by the College’s limited housing and the fact that a new fraternity complex will not significantly improve this situation; however, the money given to the school for this construction was specifically earmarked for fraternities. We applaud the College for its efforts to use this money in a way that makes the housing process more efficient so that in the future at least a few more students will be spared the frustration of being waitlisted while simultaneously seeking to improve the quality of student life on campus. Only fraternities who were able to show a history of having enough members to fill the 17-bed houses were allowed to apply for the housing. This effort will spare fraternities the financial burden of having to pay fines for unfilled beds and allow Residence Life to maximize the number of beds on campus. While this decision may seem unfair to smaller fraternities, they will still have access to a public conference center, which will enable them to increase their campus presence. Sigma Pi and Kappa Sigma were also missing from the list of fraternities slated for the new houses. Although Kappa Sigma’s probationary period has expired and they were able to present to the housing committee, the College cited past allegations as part of the reason for their housing refusal. As the houses will not be open until the Fall 2013 semester, Kappa Sigma still has the opportunity to apply and move into a house like other fraternities. By using housing as an incentive for good behavior, the College will better be able to oversee the fraternities, decreasing the potential for similar altercations in the future. We understand the College’s decision to withhold campus housing from Kappa Sigma for the time being, but we hope that Kappa Sigma is able to present to the housing board again in the upcoming year so that the decision can be reconsidered. The new fraternity housing complex should build unity among the fraternities, regardless of size. As Greek life makes up one third of students on campus, fraternities are an important part of the experience at the College. The entire student body can then benefit from a more efficient and responsible Greek system built on more cohesive inter-fraternity relations. Fraternities must recognize these new houses as the rewards that they are; in return, they must be willing to step up their accountability to both the College and the student body. With these new houses, the College has the right to ensure that fraternities are exemplifying good behavior and keeping the houses in their new condition. In turn, the student body needs to acknowledge the potential benefits that the new fraternity complex will bring to campus. Editor’s Note: Katherine Chiglinsky recused herself from the staff editorial to remain unbiased in her reporting.
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
In light of ten William and Mary professors ranking among the best in the country, tell us about the best professor you ever had.
“Rui Pereira. All of his assignments lead up to the next topic we’re going to talk about.” Gianna Baiges Parrilla ’14
“Dr. Bisconer. She does a really good job [teaching] a subject that’s really drab and boring and contextualizing it. I really respect that.” Marshall Jordan ’14
“Paul Tian. He’s such a unique professor. He made me think about mathematics in a way that I’d never thought about it before.” Ryan Gryder ’14
“Jack Martin. He was very approachable and he made me want to be a linguistics major.” Eric Gasperoni ’14
“Haulman. He connected well with his students and he made the material easy to understand.”
“Ely. He was an expert in the area and really passionate about it. He had really good stories.”
Taelor Salmon ’14
Jenny Michael ’12 — photos and interviews by Ellen Wexler
The power of persuasion: When to draw the line when deciding our friends’ futures Andrea Aron-Schiavone The Flat Hat
Tasked with the decision of where to spend their next four years, our high school senior friends are re-touring campuses and trying to glean a magic formula that will calculate their perfect match. Because we love the College of William and Mary so much, we may be tempted to sway them toward the Tribe. However, this past week I was reminded of just how personal it is to choose the perfect school. My best friend, David, toured the College’s campus last week. He is essentially a little brother to me, and, naturally, I have been trying to convince him to choose the College. Through my countless anecdotes
about my wonderful hall-mates and tales of my interesting professors, I assumed that I had him completely sold, which is why the seven words he said hit me like a punch in the gut: “I’m still going to check out U.Va…” Initially, I thought that it was because of the rivalry between the two “Jeffersonian universities” that this bothered me so much, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that the school was irrelevant. The bottom line was that any other school wouldn’t be part of “the plan.” David and I were supposed to be reunited at the College, where countless lunchdates and impromptu late-night Wawa runs would keep us together. It was supposed to mean creating countless memories with my best friend. That’s when I realized how selfishly I had been thinking. The aforementioned plan I had developed would, of course, be fantastic for me, but would David be happy?
When it comes to our friends, it is easy to assume that what is perfect for us would be perfect for them. David and I had been involved in many of the same activities in high school, so much so that people would jokingly remark that we were the same person. In assuming that the College would be his best choice, however, I overlooked the many ways in which we are different. He is definitely more extroverted than I am, and while I love the College’s small size, he may thrive at a larger school. He is also extremely passionate about marching band, which is an activity the College doesn’t even offer, but U.Va. prides itself upon. These are important factors I hadn’t even considered. It is only natural to want those whom we love to share our enthusiasm for the College. It is through this shared love that we hope we can grow closer through the memories we might create with them here. But college
decisions are like marriages — despite various pieces of advice from friends and family, the decision ultimately comes down to the personality, thoughts, preferences, interests and passions of the one person entering into a relationship with the school. While I would love for David to choose the College above all, I want him to
choose somewhere where he will be as happy as possible. No matter what our friends decide, it is extremely likely they will love their schools as much as we love ours. And David has shown me that that is far more important than “the plan.” Email Andrea Aron-Schiavone at acaronschiavon@email.wm.edu.
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Tribe suffers third straight conference loss
College’s second half comeback comes up short, falls to Delaware at home BY JACK POWERS FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER With CAA tournament qualifications on the line, William and Mary eyed Sunday’s match against Delaware as a critical, musthave game. The College, mired in a sevengame losing streak, needed to secure its first conference win of the season after dropping a pair of close matches to Old Dominion and Towson. The Tribe held the Blue Hens scoreless in the final 18 minutes of the second half and made a late rally, but the frantic finish came up short as the squad dropped its eighth straight loss with a 12-11 defeat at Martin Family Stadium. The game was made up of two entirely dissimilar segments — one dominated by the College, the other by Delaware. Tellingly, the Tribe’s supremacy spanned only the first 10 minutes, while the Blue Hens controlled the rest of the first half. “We came out strong, and I don’t know if we got too comfortable,” head coach Brooke Ireland said. “We didn’t stay disciplined and forget to communicate. I think that’s a theme, we did not communicate.” The Tribe started the game in impressive form as senior attacker Maggie Anderson delivered four tight goals in the first 10 minutes, but that would punctuate her squad’s commanding opening salvo. During this stretch, the Tribe owned possession and were nearly always on the offensive. Just as the College gained control, Delaware shifted the game back toward
the home goal and kept it there for the remainder of the first half. “We play well when we’re playing well, and we tend to play worse when things get down,” freshman goalkeeper Coleen Nofi said. After the initial 6-1 start, the Tribe looked helpless as the Blue Hens cranked nine straight goals built off precise passing and face-off skill. The College was forced to stay on the defensive as Delaware won nine of the 16 face-offs in the half. Freshman goalie Lucy Ferguson could do little to dissipate the constant onslaught of the Delaware attackers as they rattled off goal after goal. With the momentum of the game fixed against them, the Tribe went into halftime down 9-6. Ireland pulled regular starter Ferguson for Nofi going into the second half. “I don’t normally like to switch goalies, but I just felt that, Lucy Ferguson, who normally has such a large presence in goal, lost a lot of her momentum,” Ireland said. “So I wanted to take her out and put in Colleen Nofi, a very good goalie, and give Lucy a mental break. And I think she did a very good job.” The College got off to another enlivening start in the second half as sophomore attacker Taelor Salmon blew by her defender before bounding and twisting herself into a clear shot on goal and finishing with momentum back on her squad’s side. Following her teammates example, sophomore midfielder Jenny Michael zinged another one past Delaware
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Sophomore attacker Taelor Salmon scored a goal with 12 seconds remaining to bring the Tribe within one score of tying Delaware’s lead.
goalie Alex Zaugra. With the Tribe down by a mere one goal after having scored two straight, the Delaware attackers quickly neutralized the score with two quick successive goals of their own. Then, the Blue Hens conservatively held possession of the ball behind the College’s net for close to four minutes before strategically depositing it to a Delaware striker who whirled around her defender and scored a demoralizing goal. In perhaps the most instrumental aspect of the game, Delaware extended their face-off dominance in the second half, only losing one of nine. This key advantage allowed the Blue Hens to
get 33 shots on goal to the Tribe’s 18 on the game. “If we can’t win the draw, we can’t get it on offense,” Ireland said. “Then, we spend many, many minutes playing on defense.” Even with Delaware painstakingly squeezing time off the clock, the Tribe worked to come within two goals with a minute left, but Delaware’s defense made sure that the College’s opportunities were few and far between. “Delaware had a pretty good defense,” Salmon said. “Once they got it, they hold onto it for a long time and that’s why a lot of the time got away from us.”
Yet Salmon scored another energetic goal with 12 seconds left on the clock to bring the Tribe within striking distance of the tie. “At the end of the game, I felt like it was just one shot, one opportunity,” Salmon said. “The time was going down, chances were getting slim so when we have it, we had to go and take it.” The final whistle blew before she could make her presence felt again and the College left the field in a most precarious position — tied for last place in the CAA with just four games left. The College will visit Harrisonburg Friday, seeking to knock off conference foe James Madison.
Tribe defeats Old Dominion, 4-3 College overcomes early deficit, Cepeda clinches comeback effort with 7-5, 6-2 win BY MIKE BARNES FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR
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Junior Nina Vulovich fell at the No. 4 spot Friday.
If recent history is any guide, William and Mary might be wishing that they were allowed to play all their matches within the conference. After capturing the 2011 CAA Championship, the Tribe has struggled so far in the regular season, but when faced with an in-conference test, it prevailed in familiar fashion. The College (5-14, 1-1 CAA) snapped its fivematch losing streak Friday, edging out CAA foe Old Dominion in a thrilling 4-3 final in Norfolk. Junior Anik Cepeda clinched the match for the Tribe with a straight-set victory over ODU’s Juliana Pires at the No. 5 spot in singles play. Pires fought hard in the first set, but Cepeda’s consistency ultimately wore her down in a 7-5 first set. With the momentum on her side, Cepeda easily put Pires away in the second set, breezing to a 6-2 score that ultimately sealed the Tribe victory. Although the final result was favorable, the Tribe got caught in an early hole after losing
the doubles point. ODU’s Diana Ivanova and Aleksandra Mitrovska powered past sophomores Hope Johnson and Jeltje Loomans in the No. 1 doubles spot by an 8-4 margin. Junior Marlen Mesgarzadeh and senior Katie Kargl fell at the No. 3 spot to their Monarch counterparts, 8-3. Sophomore Maria Belaya and Cepeda prevailed over ODU’s Melissa Esnal Olguin and Pires in the No. 2 spot, but the Monarchs ultimately secured the doubles point by virtue of their No. 1 and No. 3 squads. Facing a 1-0 deficit, attention turned to singles play. Loomans set the comeback tone with a riveting first set return against Mitrovska in the No. 2 spot. Mitrovska had built a 5-2 lead before Loomans came storming back, forcing a tiebreak. Once again, Mitrovska struck first and built a substantial 5-1 lead in the tiebreak. Undeterred, Loomans came back in similar fashion, winning six straight points to take the tiebreak and the set. Loomans did not have to rely on her penchant for comebacks the rest of the match, as she easily prevailed in the second set, 6-0.
Belaya conquered in a tightly contested match over Ivanova in the No. 1 spot. Belaya, who won 6-4, 6-3, garnered her fourth match in the No. 1 spot. Ivanova, a previous All-CAA selection, was 13-4 in singles play this season prior to her meeting with Belaya. Junior Nina Vulovich fell at the No. 3 post to Esnal Olguin, 6-3, 6-2, allowing Old Dominion to record another point. Khmolovska gave the Monarchs more hope by downing sophomore Hope Johnson in the No. 4 spot. Khmolovska edged out Johnson 7-5 in the first set, but overpowered Johnson in the second set, 6-3. Kargl recorded a key victory in the No. 6 spot for the College. Kargl easily bounced ODU’s Faith Atisto, 6-2, 6-0, ending the overall team match at 3-3. With the match hanging in the balance, Cepeda prevailed in the clutch, allowing the Tribe to celebrate its first conference victory of the season. The College will look to continue its winning ways Wednesday when No. 56 Virginia Commonwealth visits Millie West Tennis Facility.
Baird claims sixth place College drops two of three at home TRACK from page 8
largely from junior Natalie Baird’s individual efforts. With third-place finishes in both the discus and hammer throw coupled by a sixth-place finish in the shot put, Baird accounted for 15 of the teams 44 points. “It’s been an enjoyable weekend,” Baird said. “Personally, I did best in the hammer this weekend. I was close to my PR in that. The shot and discus — I was hoping for a little better, but it’s the beginning of the season, so we’ll see.” Baird opened the meet with a hammer throw of 47.60 meters, followed by a discus mark of 43.73 meters. As the defending conference champion took the field for her final event, the shot put, Baird appeared to show signs of a tired arm. “My left arm — it likes to do its own thing, so to speak,” Baird said. “I need to calm it down in the shot put.” Nonetheless, her 12.53-meter put was good enough for a sixth-place finish. Baird’s teammates also put in strong performances, as freshman
Dylan Hassett placed fifth in the women’s 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:12.78. Fellow freshman Nina Ullum tied for first in the women’s unseeded pole vault competition. Ullum’s 3.5-meter jump ranks ninth all-time amongst the College’s outdoor vaulting records. “I thought it was a great meet, we had a lot of teams here and the weather was very conducive,” Walsh said. “We had some very good performances across the board on the men’s and women’s sides. It was a good weekend, with some really good events.” With the last home meet complete, the Tribe hit the road for numerous away meets in preparation for the season-ending conference and NCAA finals. “We had some solid things, now we just have to get some people healthy over the next three weeks and go forward,” Walsh said. The Tribe competes in the Mason Spring Invitational at George Mason in Fairfax next weekend.
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second baseman Kevin Nutter said. “We put everything we had out there across the board. It just seemed like the last two days, baseball wasn’t on our side.” But the Tribe’s bats kept things close. Senior right fielder Stephen Arcure had a big day, going 2 for 4 with a walk and three RBIs. “The key for me was getting my pitch,” Arcure said. Nutter also produced from the leadoff spot, going 3 for 5 with a run. The College took an early lead in the first when Nutter singled and Arcure drove him in with an RBI single of his own. Then, in the second, the Tribe added to its advantage with a solo shot from Williams. Delaware would respond, though, putting up three in the third with the help of Williams’s error. The momentum swung back to the College shortly thereafter, when the Tribe tied it up with an RBI triple from senior left fielder Tadd Bower in the
bottom of the inning. But the Blue Hens weren’t done either, knocking Wainman out of the game with two runs in the fifth and one in the sixth to take a 6-3 lead. Once again, the College battled back in the bottom of the sixth. Lindemuth got plunked to lead off and freshman designated hitter Josh Smith doubled to move him to third. After Forsten walked to load the bases, an RBI walk from junior center fielder Ryan Brown scored Lindemuth. Arcure then tied it up with a two-RBI double down the left field line to make it a whole new ballgame heading into the seventh. “I took a first pitch ball and then got myself in a good count and got another good pitch to hit,” Arcure said. It wasn’t until the ninth that Delaware would break through again. Jimmy Yezzo led off with a hard-fought walk on a full count, fouling off pitch after pitch from Williams — now on the mound — before the righty finally missed to put the go-ahead run on first. Joe Giacchino pinch ran for Yezzo and advanced to
second on a bunt before Leoni moved Williams back to shortstop and gave the ball to junior closer John Farrell. Two batters later, with two down, Cameron Travalini dropped a softly-hit 2-2 pitch just between Williams at short and Brown in center to score Giacchino and give Delaware the winning run. The loss came with significant conference-standing implications. With plenty of baseball left to play, the Tribe entered the weekend tied with the Blue Hens for third place in the conference. Now, the College, with its 8-7 CAA record, is looking up at a three-way tie for third between teams with 9-6 conference records. “The thing is the season’s not going to wait for us,” Leoni said. “It’s not going to wait for us to heal our psyches. We got some big battles coming up. We gotta get back on the horse.” The Tribe will return to the diamond when it hosts Richmond Tuesday before heading South to take on conferencefoe Georgia State in a three-game set over the weekend.
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The Tribe’s men’s team tied for No. 14 overall at the Colonial Relays this weekend, while the women’s team finished No. 9 overall. One hundred IC4A qualifying marks were reached by competitors as Michigan’s men and Villanova’s women took home overall victories.
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As senior Chris Tyson rounded the final curve of the third leg in the men’s 4x1500 meter relay, he saw what needed to be done. Roughly 20 meters separated Tyson from the leader. With a massive kick, the stadium announcer excitedly pointed everyone’s attention to the baton hand-off. William and Mary had just overtaken Michigan entering the final leg. That lead was all the Tribe
would need, as sophomore Rad Gunzenhauser took the baton and the surge of momentum all the way to the finish line, holding off a late Michigan charge. The College took the race in 15 minutes, 49 seconds, just ahead of Michigan’s 15:50.92 mark. “Michigan normally has some good guys, so I figured if we wanted a chance to win, I have to put Rad, who was anchoring for us, in a good position,” Tyson said. “I was feeling good enough to make up some ground and was able to do so.”
Director of track and field Stephen Walsh was also impressed with Tyson’s finish, and noted the difficulty of the event. “[Tyson] ran 44 seconds for his last 300, and he stuck in there and was just grinding away,” Walsh said. “That’s the beauty of the [4x1500 meter relay], it’s kind of confusing because you don’t really know where you are on the track sometimes, how far you have left to go and stuff. He just ground it out and timed it perfectly.” The relay victory came at the end of
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a tough two-day stretch for Tyson, who competed in the 1500 meter run the day before. Tyson crossed the finish line at 3:46.69, a time good enough for fifth place and an IC4A championship qualifying time. “It was a really fast race yesterday, a lot of really good guys,” Tyson said. “So my goal was to just get in the mix and hold on, and that’s pretty much how it went. I think I can go a little bit faster next time.” Tyson’s busy weekend was indicative of the College’s effort across the board
at the Colonial Relays. In a meet that featured an even 100 IC4A qualifying marks, the Tribe had numerous impressive individual efforts alongside solid team scores. The College’s men’s side tied for No. 14 overall with 27 points, while the Tribe women took No. 9 overall with 44 points. The Michigan men and Villanova women won the team competitions with 167 and 152 points, respectively. The women’s top-10 finish came See TRACK page 7
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Baseball players know better than anyone that in this sport of cosmic lore, counter-intuition and superstition, it is better to be lucky than good when the game is breaking your way. But it felt as though the baseball gods were on Delaware’s side Sunday when the Blue Hens used a ninth-inning bloop single to score a 7-6 win over William and Mary at Plumeri Park. After the two teams split the first two games of the series — with the College dominating Friday’s opener 10-2 and the Blue Hens edging the Tribe in a 16-14 Saturday slugfest — Sunday’s win gave Delaware a 2-1 series victory over the Tribe in the important conference matchup. “Baseball is a very, very, very strange, humbling game,” head coach Frank Leoni said. “I’m very disappointed.” The College did come within inches of tying things up in the bottom of the ninth after sophomore third baseman Ryan Lindemuth and senior pinch hitter Sean Aiken drew back-to-back, one-out walks. A deep fly-out to right from junior shortstop Ryan Williams brought Lindemuth just 90 feet away from scoring the equalizer. Senior catcher Chris Forsten then
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Junior second baseman gets caught stealing third in the College’s 7-6 loss to Delaware Sunday. Nutter went 3 for 5 with a run.