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“These are the things we need to catch and fix and address, and that’s an example of a breakdown of the information as to how it should work,” Crace said.

Counseling Center Director Warrenetta Mann said that the website is currently being reviewed.

“The website is under major review and because there is so much information there, it is taking some time to get it reconfigured,” Mann said in an email. “My apologies about the links that go nowhere.”

Assistant Director of Fitness and Wellness at Campus Recreation Jenny Fisher was the former faculty sponsor of CARES. When she arrived at the College in 2004, the group was already established on campus. According to Fisher, CARES used to sponsor a program called Love Your Body Week. The group eventually dissolved due to decreased student attendance at events and a lack of student leadership.

Fisher said she supported students who want to become involved with eating disorder awareness and advocacy.

College of William and Mary student Colleen Heberle ’18 is currently running for an open seat on the Williamsburg Soil and Water Conservation District, a local board of commissioners who work to promote environmentally-friendly practices to improve water and soil quality.

Soil and Water Conservation District Manager Brian Noyes said the SWCD is essentially a political subdivision of state government.

“We work to improve water quality in nearby rivers and streams and the Chesapeake Bay, and what we do is provide incentivebased programs to try and get practices on the ground to reduce pollutants like nutrients and sediments flowing toward the bay,” Noyes said.

To become part of the SWCD, candidates must collect petitions and confirm their residence in Williamsburg to appear on the local general election ballot. These elections, which include votes for various local offices, take place Nov. 3.

Heberle said she took on a campaign for local office in addition to her College coursework because she wanted to make realworld positive changes regarding the environment. Like many commissioners, she said she originally took interest in this position because of a passion for the environment and an interest in the issues that affect it.

“My entire childhood was spent outdoors, so I developed a strong love and respect for the environment early on,” Heberle said in an email. “As time has gone on I have become increasingly interested in conservation efforts and feel this position would be a good way to aid in these efforts.”

The SWCD works to make an impact on soil and water quality by incentivizing sustainable practices. Managing waste production in an environmentally-conscious way can be expensive for businesses, so the SWCD provides financial support to encourage the adoption of such practices.

According to Noyes, the SWCD is not a widely-recognized office in Williamsburg government, due to both the approach of its programs and a general lack of public interest in ensuring high soil and water quality.

“By nature, when it’s an incentive-based program, if you put a practice on the ground then you’re deemed to be a partner,” Noyes said. “We try to further incentivize implementation by recognizing

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I think eating disorders are an extremely handsoff topic due to stigma surrounding the topic.

— Keaton Ackerman ‘16, organizer for a Williamsburg National Eating Disorders Association Walk

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According to the 2015 National College Health Assessment, 5.8 percent of students at the College of William and Mary reported experiencing an eating disorder in the past 12 months.

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According to the 2015 National College Health Assessment, 5.8 percent of College of William and Mary students reported experiencing an eating disorder within the last twelve months, a rate which has remained constant since 2012. However, the College’s website, First Year Experience programs and the Counseling Center lack resources that specifically target students with eating disorders.

In terms of online resources, the Counseling Center’s website has a page providing information on binge eating and starving.

On the College’s webpage for Health Education Resources on the Web, the only link under Eating Disorders reroutes to a student organization called the Student Collegiate Awareness Regarding Eating Smart Team. CARES was listed as an initiative that the Office of Health Promotion currently coordinates or participates in. The most recent update on the Student CARES website dates to Oct. 30, 2010.

Associate Vice President for Health and Wellness Kelly Crace said he was not previously aware of the website’s link to the defunct

SAM JONES ’75 CLARIFIES COLLEGE’S DRONE POLICY Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chair of the Emergency Management Team Sam Jones ’75 sent a campus wide email Friday, Oct. 30 about the College of William and Mary’s developing policy on unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly called drones.

Jones specified that drones are not allowed in or around Zable Stadium, citing safety concerns.

In the campus-wide email, Jones said that there have been a number of instances of drones flying around campus.

Most recently one flew over last weekend’s Homecoming game, forcing a stoppage of play, according to Jones.

Jones said in the campuswide email that the College is working on a broader policy to incorporate rules for drones on the rest of campus, including considering special cases for research or academic reasons.

According to Director of News and Media Suzanne Seurattan, the College did not have any policies

regarding usage of drones before now. She said in an email that there have been known instances of drone use in locations on campus other than Zable.

Last Thursday, the College used a drone at the launch of its For the Bold campaign on the Sunken Garden. Seurattan said in an email that the organizers of that event sought out permission from the William and Mary Police Department beforehand.

“The operator was a commercial operator licensed in the use of the UAV,” Seurattan said. “Also, the path of the drone was approved and monitored by WMPD.” Jones encouraged those who wish to use a drone on campus to contact the WMPD to get authorization and ensure they would not violate any regulations.

Jones said in the email that violators of the policy are subject to arrest and charges by the William and Mary Police.

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Mason, Overy debate district matters Issues discussed include transportation, education, gun control SARAH SMITH THE FLAT HAT

The League of Women’s Voters held a debate at the Williamsburg Regional

Library Thursday, Oct. 29, between Democratic incumbent delegate for the 93rd district Monty Mason ’89 and Lara Overy ’08, this year’s Republican challenger for the position.

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Mason has served as delegate since 2014, and he also is a current senior director at Visa. Overy is the director of development at Thomas Nelson Community College.

The debate focused on several issues specific to the district. According to Mason, a heavily talked about issue this year has been transportation, especially the planned expansion of I-64 between Richmond, Va. and Newport News, Va. “I think the completion of the three phase widening of interstate 64 up to [route] 199 is something I hear a lot about,” Mason said. “The second phase is funded through lower 199 [exit 242], but at this point, the money is not yet on the table to move to upper 199 [exit 234]. I think this will make 199 a parking lot. A good thing now is transportation organizations are looking at it as one full project, which will raise congestion for third phase and help us get it funded. We have to look at other comprehensive solutions for traffic like mass-transit and a third rail line to

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From the Comedy Club of Williamsburg to Hollywood blockbusters, comedian and actor Patton Oswalt ’91 has made people across the country laugh. In addition to his work in stand-up comedy and short videos, he has starred in movies such as PIXAR’s “Ratatouille” and “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” as well as appearing in television shows ranging from “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” to PBS Kids’ “Word Girl.”

Oswalt got his start in comedy while studying at the College of William and Mary, performing at a local club and producing a comic strip for The Flat Hat. However, working for the paper was not his primary focus.

“I was very much a dilettante when it came to working on the paper. I would just kind of drop by and hang more than work,” he said. “I was so half-assed about it and then I just really got into comedy very quickly after my freshman year.”

In addition to working on The Flat Hat, Oswalt was also a member of the social fraternity Phi Kappa Tau. Although he always focused on his comedy experience over parties and nightlife, Oswalt said he got some of the stereotypical college experience

when he lived off campus with his friends.

“Every Friday we had a thing called the 5:00 Club where people would come over and start drinking,” Oswalt said. “It was like a little salon of idiots.”

Oswalt said that comedy sucked him in early and drew him away from the rest of his college experience.

“College was a bit of a blur for me,” he said. “By two years into it I just wasn’t really focused on college life like other people. My focus was on getting out on the road and doing sets. It was great; it just wasn’t a huge focus for me after a while the way I think it was for other people.”

After his freshman year, Oswalt spent most of his weekends away from the College in order to get his name out in the field of stand-up and to gain experience. He majored in English, although his memory is vague. He commented that his weekends performing at comedy clubs in other cities solidified his interest in stand-up.

“I really started doing open mics in downtown D.C. and that was the thing that clicked for me,” Oswalt said. “That was the thing that I wanted to do. It was kind of all that I wanted to do.”

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However Oswalt’s experience in comedy wasn’t limited to these weekend ventures to Washington, D.C. He also had roles on stage in Williamsburg and at the College.

“I had a regular spot every Wednesday in town at a place called the Comedy Club of Williamsburg where I would do standup,” he said.

Oswalt credits the comedy club gig with fostering his early comedic development because of the commitment involved.

“It really helped me develop quickly because I knew I had to be onstage every week,” he said.

In 1990, Oswalt opened for comedian Jeff Foxworthy when he performed on campus.

As a student comedian, Oswalt said he was given this opportunity because he had already gained a bit of a following in the Williamsburg area through his performances at the Comedy Club. Oswalt realized early on in his college career — sometime between his freshman and sophomore year — that his future was in comedy.

“I was cursed and blessed with knowing what I wanted to do with my life kind of early on and I just kind of ran with it,” Oswalt said.

He said that although he loved the College and was happy with his experience, school was not his focus and his heart was not always on campus.

“I was always out working and doing comedy, so my best memories of my college years tend to take place outside of college,” Oswalt said.

Oswalt said that building experience is the most important step to achieving one’s dreams in comedy.

“I just kept doing enough shows until it became my lifestyle,” he said. “Just mindlessly keep going on stage no matter what. Do that every single night and everything else will become clear. Don’t worry about what you wear or what you say; just go on stage and I guarantee you, you will figure it out.”

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Steer Clear to launch new app on campus Developers rejuvenate previous attempt to modernize transportation service DOMINIC BURKETT FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

Steer Clear is releasing a new app that allows students to request a ride and provides a time estimate of its arrival. The app will be available for download beginning Nov. 9.

The project, which aims to simplify and modernize the service, was first initiated by a graduate student in 2012 and was revisited by the Steer Clear administration this fall.

The app involves a new way to alert Steer Clear drivers of a requested ride and register the locations of drop off and pickup; it is all via GPS location, done through the College of William and Mary’s secure and confidential authentication system. While the van is not actually tracked — for the safety of the students and drivers — there is an estimated time of arrival available for ride requests.

Safety and efficiency remain key concerns for Steer Clear, and the app only works to simplify their service, according to Steer Clear Director Jomar Aryee ‘16.

“They’re able to get GPS location from their position to the location, to the pickup location and to the drop-off location, and they’re able to check it off that it’s done,” Aryee said. “And, we also got this funding approved for text messages to be sent. So it’s kind of like a honk; the driver says ‘we’re here’ with a button, and within a minute you get a text message that your ride is here.”

Developers Uli Santos ’16, Ryan Beatty ’16, Corynne Dech ’16, Nathan Owen ’17, Kelvin Abrokwa ’18 and Miles Peele ’16 provided the computer science muscle to put the app together. Peele is a computer science major and android specialist. He developed the app for all android platforms.

“Instead of being one giant project for one person we wanted to split up the work between people ... so that job is done very effectively [and] right,” Peele said. “We have other members of the team from IOS to Apple, and then the server back inside. So there’s a lot of different people working on the project and making it easier.”

The task took the developers around three full weeks to

complete, not including later adjustments and minor changes upon completion. Peele said this app is a crowning achievement for him, as it is his first android project completed for the College’s use.

He talked about the difficulties surrounding the design and changes to the app, citing customization for prolonged use as the primary challenge.

“It was mostly essentially building everything so that it could be customized very easily,” Peele said. “I can go in and say if I need to change a text field or a color or an animation or anything complex — this is an easy three or fours line code change — and then it’s a easy fix.”

This need for an easy fix is why development of the app took a long time, as the developers and Steer Clear said they wanted a final product that could be easily operated and maintained by later generations of Steer Clear leadership and developers.

Outreach for the app, in preparation of the release date, has been underway for some time. Aryee said the hope is that if students understand the ease of the app’s use it will eliminate the phone services of Steer Clear and evolve the entire service to save students money and become more efficient.

Steer Clear’s Public Relations Chair Becca Eudailey ’16 said social media was one platform through which they are trying to alert people of the coming app.

“So far we’ve used Facebook and Twitter, and you can see that just by following our pages,” Eudailey said. “We posted a quick little video on how to use the app and we’ve posted a few screenshots of what the screens are going to look like … We’ve been trying to get the word out through Facebook and Twitter that it’s coming and giving people a little information on how to use it so they’ll try and be aware of what’s coming.”

In preparation for this new app, iPads were purchased for Steer Clear drivers so they could have full use of the new technology.

“It’s been this vision for a long time,” Aryee said. “So it’s a very nice, very cool powerful feeling to have this thing that was an idea and now I have it on my own phone.”

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“I think it would be nice if there was a group who wanted to get the movement started again — something to get the students talking about it,” Fisher said. “Because what’s unfortunate about CARES being dissolved now is there’s just not as much positive talk going on that gives students a sense that there is something being done about it. I think before it’s not like we were changing anything administratively, but it gave people a sense that it was an issue being talked about, that people cared about. It’s definitely not the case that people don’t care about it. I care about it — we just don’t have a group anymore.”

Although Fisher said she was passionate about body image and eating disorder awareness, she also stated that she was not a professional psychologist or therapist.

“It’s a big project to take on, and it would be nice if there was a specific team on campus that could specialize in eating disorders, but I know our Counseling Center is understaffed as it is, and they have a hard time seeing the students, the demand, as it is, so unfortunately with any really specific mental health issue, they have to refer out,” Fisher said.

A junior who wished to remain anonymous said he did not find the help he needed for his eating disorder through the College. After he started restricting his food intake during the first semester of his freshman year, he saw a therapist at the Counseling Center during the spring and early fall of 2014. He stated that during his discussions with a Counseling Center therapist the words “eating disorder” were never used.

“I had the symptoms; I pretty much knew what I had. When I looked online, the symptoms were there,” he said. “[The Counseling Center] didn’t really diagnose me with anything. I think we kind of talked about it in terms of disordered eating, just, like, behavior in general, not the actual diagnosis, and really that wasn’t even brought up.”

He began to see a counselor in the Williamsburg

community, and during winter break of his sophomore year, he was hospitalized in an inpatient facility.

“I don’t know if I would have ever gotten better if I just went to the Counseling Center for the next couple months; that wouldn’t have helped,” he said. “I didn’t get the kind of treatment I needed. It took me until actual treatment to realize it. They just didn’t have the knowledge there at all. They didn’t seem like they had the means to effectively treat someone with an eating disorder.”

Psychology professor Meghan Sinton-Miller discussed the importance of early intervention in students with eating disorders.

She said that early diagnosis and treatment could help prevent long-term medical and psychological effects.

“The more prolonged starvation comes into play, the more severe or pronounced the situation can be and Sinton-Miller may require hospitalization, medical stabilization; sometimes going on a feeding tube can be pretty complicated, so the earlier you can catch something like that, the less advanced or pronounced those biological complications are,” Sinton-Miller said.

According to Mann, the Counseling Center works with students individually to figure out the best treatment plan for them, whether that involves treatment through the Counseling Center or offcampus solutions.

“In general the Counseling Center works on a very individualized basis with students,” Mann said in an email. “This includes students living with eating disorders, body image issues, and exercise disorders. We utilize some of our groups in house, individual therapy, and the campus nutritionist when appropriate. Other students may be referred out to a specialist if that is what is indicated. It really depends on that students individual needs. With any student

we will meet with them to determine the best plan for them.”

A freshman, who spoke to The Flat Hat on the condition of anonymity, said she has been seeing a therapist at the Counseling Center about her anorexia. She is transitioning from individual to group counseling and said she enjoys the support of a new group of friends who understand her and her struggle with anorexia, which began in late middle school.

She said she was never formally diagnosed and did not receive formal treatment because her parents did not support therapy. She said she had to do her own research and battled with recovery herself.

As a student who recently completed her last First Year Essential Initiative, she discussed her experiences at the required orientation and postorientation sessions.

“We all know the signs of depression now,” she said. “They go over them over and over and over again. We know signs that someone’s been sexually assaulted or abused — that’s very focused on in the William and Mary sessions they had for us, but maybe just a sliver of that attention given to eating disorders could help someone identify a problem with their friend and even something as simple as that could help save someone’s life.”

As a facilitator for one of the First Year Essential Initiatives, the junior was aware of the events that freshmen attended. He said that it is important to raise awareness for both eating disorders and healthy eating during that time.

“There should be required programming about [eating mindfully], because eating is such an important part of living, and in order to lead a healthy life you need to know how to properly nourish yourself, so I’d love to see it in orientation for freshman,” he said. “It wouldn’t be that hard to add it in; orientation’s already crazy enough as it is, but one more hour about nutritious eating would just be really great. I think that’s the biggest cause of eating disorders. I didn’t even know I had a problem.”

Crace discussed the possibility of orientation

programming addressing eating issues, but he said adding another program presents difficulties.

“We already get student feedback complaining about the intensiveness of orientation, trying to cram too much information into a short period of time,” Crace said. “To add another program on such a complex issue as eating disorders would be something that would be very difficult to do given the nature of our current program and how intense it already is.”

He went on to discuss the current availability of wellness electives during orientation and programs over the academic year.

“Those programs are out there, and they are offered, and they’re advertised to the student body,” Crace said.

Keaton Ackerman ’16 recently organized one such program, a National Eating Disorders Association Walk that will take place Nov. 7. This year’s fundraising goal for the walk is $10,000 for awareness about eating disorders. Ackerman took over organizing the event this year from a former gymnastics teammate who hosted it previously. He said he has encountered various gymnasts with eating disorders over the years.

“I think that eating disorders are an extremely hands-off topic due to stigma surrounding the topic,” Ackerman said. “Because of this, I found it extremely important that we raise awareness in any way that we can. Spreading the word and allowing people to see that there is support around them is important to the message we are trying to convey.”

Crace discussed the future of treatment for and prevention of eating disorders at the College.

“We always have room for improvement, and we need to continue to serve the students that are struggling with their relationship with food or are struggling at a critical time in their life where their well-being must be the paramount thing,” Crace said.

He said that he believes the new Integrative Wellness Center that will open in the fall of 2016 will provide the means for improvement in treatment of mental health in general.

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our partners rather than being recognized ourselves.”

This can lead to a lack of public knowledge, which can affect SWCD elections in favor of prospective candidates such as Heberle.

Often, there are more seats available on the board than there are names on the ballot.

“If you’re on the ballot in many of our jurisdictions, that’s pretty much all you need to get elected, because unfortunately there’s not a lot of people who know much about the District,” Noyes said.

The SWCD has had a history of participation from the College by

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both professors and students.

“Even though some of our board members haven’t had practical experience, we need experience from all different perspectives, and we can also use the perspective of a younger generation,” Noyes said.

Heberle said she hopes to contribute a new perspective to the board. If elected, she says she will help link students’ ideas and concerns about the local government and environment with Williamsburg officials who provide avenues for action.

“My approach to campaigning has been focused on engaging students, as they are a largely untapped voting population in Williamsburg,” Heberle said in an email. “Not only am I trying to rally student support, but I hope they continue to take an interest in their local government … I have received an overwhelming amount of support from William and Mary students regarding my candidacy, which has been incredibly motivating.”

Williamsburg City Councilman Scott Foster ’10 J.D. ’14 ran for the City Council for the first time in the spring of 2010, before graduating from the College, and then ran uncontested for re-election in 2014.

Students at the College have only been allowed to register to vote in Williamsburg since 2007, according to Foster. In order to vote in local elections, a student has to be registered in Williamsburg.

“Voting in Williamsburg has kind of become a new William and Mary tradition,” Foster said. “They’ve played a significant role in every election ever since [the 2008 presidential election] … William

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Heberle is an SA senator and is the former political director of The StudentImpact.

and Mary students love being involved and taking on important issues.”

Over the years, students at the College have served in several bodies of Williamsburg’s government.

“There are students now sprinkled throughout the city committee and commission structure in a way that there has never been,” Foster said. “The city structure is now very representative of Williamsburg’s true population.”

News Editor Amanda Williams contributed to this article.

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NAACP hosts student debate about election

Young Democrats, College Republicans discuss gun control, reproductive rights DAVID JENSEN THE FLAT HAT

In preparation for upcoming local elections, the College of William and Mary’s NAACP chapter hosted a debate between the Young Democrats and College Republicans Oct. 26.

The purpose of the event was to inform students before election day. Members of the Roosevelt Institute, a non-partisan policy institute, moderated the one-hour debate. Topics ranged from education to reproductive rights and included questions submitted by the audience via Twitter.

Students represented four local candidates on the stage.

Mark Matney J.D. ’92, a lawyer from Newport News, is running as a Republican for the Virginia Senate seat against Democratic incumbent John Miller. In the race for the Virginia House of Representatives seat, Democrat and freshman incumbent Monty Mason ’89 faces Republican Lara Overy ’08, an administrator at Thomas Nelson Community College. Mason, Matney and Overy studied at the College, and Overy is currently working on her master’s degree in business at the Mason School of Business.

College Republican Nathan Ritchie ’16 represented Matney while Young Democrat Hannah McKiernan ’17 represented his opponent Miller. Young Democrat Jakob Stalnaker ’16 represented Mason and College Republican Brendan Zehner ’15 represented Overy.

On stage, the representatives tried to accurately portray the politicians they were speaking for, according to Ritchie.

“Honesty was the focus,” Ritchie said. “We tried to present the views of the candidate rather than of ourselves.”

In preparing to represent the candidates, some speakers referred back to previous interactions they had with those they were portraying. McKiernan said that she works for Miller and was an intern in his Miller’s office during the past legislative session.

The debate itself began with opening statements from each of the speakers. The first topic of expanding job opportunities for veterans largely saw agreement from both sides. “[It is] a bipartisan issue, one that delegates and senators can agree we need to work harder on,” McKiernan said.

Differences became clearer after the question of gun control was introduced. Matney’s platform states that he is proponent of the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

“We must resist the pressure to just do something about guns for the sake of saying we did something,” Ritchie said.

Stalnaker responded with a different point of view.

“I disagree that we can’t just let our emotions guide our legislation; sometimes the most important legislation we get is from our emotions,” Stalnaker said.

Zehner then traded barbs with Stalnaker about Mason’s track record before being cut off by the moderator. The environment was the next topic for the speakers. Each speaker agreed that it is important to maintain the ecological health and welfare of the

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Members of Young Democrats and College Republicans participated in the College’s chapter of NAACP’s student debate representing the local candidates on stage Oct. 26.

Virginia Peninsula.

Stalnaker emphasized the need for unity on protecting the environment. Mason’s platform states that he is a strong advocate for protecting natural resources. He received a 100 percent rating for pro-environmental votes from the Sierra Club earlier this year.

“You don’t pay attention to partisan politics with things like coasts going underwater,” said Stalnaker. “These are real things; these are people’s lives.”

The bipartisan feeling was quickly lost again as the topic of education was introduced, specifically the future of K-12 school choice programs.

Virginia’s tax-credit scholarship program, the Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits Program, serves students unable to afford a private education.

Zehner expressed support for expanding students’ options.

Overy’s platform states her support for school choice, affordable access to college and higher pay for good teachers.

“We agree we shouldn’t pick and choose who gets a seat in our society, but we already do based on what school district you’re born into, and if you’re of low income, you’re stuck,” Zehner said.

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Education was a large focus for much of the debate, especially issues like bringing charter schools to the district, creating a universal preschool system, school safety, and student homelessness and poverty. For Overy, a continued focus on education and funding for the school system was an important issue.

“I have knocked on over 6,000 doors personally and I keep hearing the same things: jobs, education and transportation,” Overy said. “I think I am uniquely qualified to address the issues of jobs and education here in our community. I have identified, after talking to a number of businesses, that we have a real skill gap. I would really like to focus on promoting work force training programs, working with counselors in high schools, parents and students to make sure they know about career opportunities. I also want to work with displaced workers, those getting out of the military, and those who are laid off from the shipyard, to make sure they have the skills they need.”

The candidates also discussed campaign finance reform, an expansion to Medicaid, gerrymandering, starting schools before Labor Day, charter schools, drones, and what it means to be a graduate of the College of William and Mary. For Mason, he said being an alumnus of the College has been the reason for every opportunity he has had.

“I don’t put my William and Mary bona fides up, that’s up to you. I loved the school, it did everything for me,” Mason said. “I applied early decision and didn’t apply anywhere else. I [was] a government major and a history minor. Every opportunity I’ve had, everything I’ve gotten has come from there. You know what one of the biggest ones was, it taught me that I’m not that bright. I got to learn more about every topic that comes around, and there’s always

someone out there who knows more.”

Another important issue focused on during the debate was gun control, specifically whether or not background checks should be required when purchasing guns from gun shows.

“I was a victim of violent crime that involved a gun,” Overy said. “There is no piece of legislation that could have prevented what I had to endure. I think there needs to be responsible gun ownership and it needs to be legislated in a fair way. We need to make sure people in our community have good jobs and good education, because then crimes go down. We need to focus on mental health in our community.”

Additionally, candidates discussed whether people should still be required to provide a reason when requesting an absentee ballot. Mason said that it should be removed, as access to elections is important in his opinion, while Overy focused on the integrity of elections.

“I do not think we should change the absentee voter laws,” Overy said. “One of the greatest things about this country is our right to vote ... that needs to be taken very seriously; we need to hold this to high standards. We can’t just throw away votes. We need to uphold the integrity of the process.”

Both candidates gave closing remarks focusing on how they would best serve the district in the coming term if elected.

Some students of the College were in attendance at the debate, including Sarah Mehaffney ’19.

“I feel very passionate about local elections,” Mehaffey said. “Most laws are passed by our state legislatures, so we need to be aware of all of the policies that are going on, and all of the candidates actively engaged in local and state governments. I went in knowing who I was going to vote for, but I was surprised by how much common ground they shared, and the amount of legitimate claims on both sides.”

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Lara Overy ’08 and Monty Mason ’89 are the two candidates for the 93rd district seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Stalnaker disagreed on the issue of school choice.

“You have people, and you’re just giving them money to go to a corporation-sponsored private school,” Stalnaker said. “[It] Incentivizes some people to get those over other people, and you have to let education be a right for everybody, not just some people.”

Another rapid back and forth erupted between Zehner and Stalnaker before the moderator intervened again.

The final topic of the night was reproductive rights. It included the second question from the audience asking about how to deal with the economic effects of a pro-life or pro-choice stance.

“We shouldn’t punish a woman for having a child,” Ritchie said.

“We shouldn’t punish a woman for having an abortion. So we should try to take economics out of the equation as much as possible.”

Debaters had one minute to present their candidates’ overall platforms.

McKiernan reminded the audience not to conflate the two democratic candidates together and to make fully informed decisions at the polls next week.

Elections for Virginia’s 93rd District will be held Nov. 3.

Flat Hat News Editor Amanda Williams contributed to this article.

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It’s a hookup culture, not a rape culture

Thomas Briggs

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Sexual assault has undoubtedly entrenched itself deep within the minds and lives of college students everywhere. Naturally, such a broad toxification demands attention and remedy; regrettably, efforts which attempt to address the notorious substanceinduced assault have been starkly misguided and ill-informed. I am referring a specific, yet undeniably large component of what is considered rape or sexual assault on college campuses — two people, of indeterminate drunkenness, engaging in sexual activity.

The prevalence of this type of sexual assault nationwide has given rise to several prominent narratives which try to identify the origins of this disease, namely the notion that we, as college students, are a part of a broader “rape culture;” a culture prevalent in and promoted by the media, judicial processes and public attitudes. I want to suggest that the rape culture narrative is not only wrong, but completely off the mark. It has been aggressively conflated with what is actually “hookup culture,” and the evidence for this can be found not only in nations with “real” rape cultures, but through examining our own culture as well.

According to the Toronto Sun, in 2006, a 19-year-old Saudi woman was gang raped by seven men. Through an unforgivable perversion of justice, a Sharia court resentenced her to 200 lashes and six months in jail. What was her crime? Being in a car with a male and having been seen by what I hesitate to call seven other “men.” Not only did the sentencing occur after an appeal, but the Saudi Arabian government defended the decision to punish the victim, saying she was at fault. This is rape culture, seen in such other places as the courts of India and Pakistan. A victim is held at fault; the victimizers are held in

acclaim. Not only by isolated groups, but by significant portions of society and its government.

Obviously the fact that other countries have it worse does not mean we do not have it at all. But everywhere I’ve looked, I cannot seem to find it. What aspects of our society lie within the realm of a rape culture?

There is simply no systemic tolerance for rape, no prosecution of victims and the general disgust for rape and rapists may only be trumped by the general disgust for pedophilia or murder; indicating that it is not, contrary to what many say, an institutionalized part of our “culture.” Outlier events of injustice are just that, outliers, and are not indicative of any culturally normative problems.

What is institutionalized, however, is hookup culture. The media promotes it, Greek Life promotes it, hell, everyone promotes it, and the qualities present within it give rise to portrayals against which those who shout “rape culture” protest. Some say rape culture exists in the portrayal of women in our media. Looking at the media of the aforementioned regions where rape culture is an alarmingly pervasive phenomenon shows that similarities are practically nonexistent. In those areas, the ideals of a rape culture are perpetuated by stripping women of their sexuality. It is not only seen as forbidden, but damaging and corrupting. Instead, what we see in our media is young adults bombarded with suggestions — no, coercions — to “let loose,” to drink, to lower boundaries and to not worry about what might happen tomorrow. This is not a sign of rape culture, but of hookup culture.

In shifting the responsibility for the abundance of ambiguous rape cases onto nonexistent problems in society, we completely overlook the true contributing factors in these instances: alcohol and the disregard for personal responsibility and safety that hookup culture so shamelessly advocates. I hope the dangers of trying to tackle the problem of rape within a rape culture context — when in reality the issue exists in a hookup culture context — are now frighteningly clear. The current attempt to reconcile the ambiguities of consent existing in hookup culture with effective prosecutions of rape is not only naive, but impossible. The legal system in our country operates under the assumption of innocent until proven guilty, a system wholly incompatible with the ambiguities of hookup culture. I suggest we all collectively look inward, rather than outward, for solutions to problems that are so pervasive in our temporary homes.

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I want to suggest that the rape culture narrative is not only wrong, but completely off the mark. It has been aggressively conflated with what is actually ‘hookup culture,’ and the evidence for this can be found not only in nations with ‘real’ rape cultures, but through examining our own culture as well.

The College of William and Mary is fortunate to host a wide range of health-oriented initiatives, many student run, that bring awareness and support to the issues its campus faces. Notably, sexual and mental health issues have raced to the forefront of the student body’s agenda, with organizations such as Health Outreach Peer Educators and The Haven championing educational and awareness-based campaigns.

While the increased attention to these incredibly important issues is completely warranted and necessary, it should not come at the expense of other equally important issues, albeit issues that affect less visible populations.

Healthy eating and eating disorders, however, are two such topics that have seemingly slipped through the cracks.

The accessibility of information about eating disorders and mindful eating indicates its lower prioritization on campus. When searching through the William and Mary Health Promotion webpage, healthy eating is not listed under the health topics. Moreover, the only eating disorder link provided under the Resources and Links page directs students to the Collegiate Awareness for Eating Smart page, an organization that no longer exists on campus and whose webpage bears a 2010 expiration date.

Most telling of the attention paid to eating disorders is the fact that not only is the Health Promotion office’s link defunct, but the Health Promotion office itself was unaware of the issue that it was providing outdated information.

The Counseling Center’s webpage — which lists information on binge eating and starving, the signs and symptoms of eating disorders and advice on how to help friends dealing with anorexia and bulimia — represents essentially the most substantial resource and only encompasses a single webpage.

Budgetary and resource constraints obviously affect the decision-making process regarding which issues to champion. However, the relatively simple maintenance of an informational webpage should not be neglected; it is the most basic form of service the College can provide. While the College has many issues it must divide its attention between, the fact that this most basic service was overlooked is incredibly telling of how much focus eating disorders really garner.

The school should be providing as much useful and accessible information in all areas as possible regarding this issue while working within its budgetary constraints.

The challenge is to strike a balance of distributing attention across the spectrum of health topics. While the efforts to promote issues that have recently garnered higher levels of attention at both the national and local level is commendable, the College should remain conscious of addressing issues that affect smaller populations. The effects of eating disorders on the lives of students are just as real as the effects of any other health issue, and those students deserve the same level of quality care as any other student. The College should strive to establish low-cost programing and basic services to continue to address the issue of eating disorders on campus.

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Appropriately allocating funds: athletics against academics

Jenny Cosgrove FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

At the start of this homecoming weekend, the College of William and Mary made a grand announcement to begin a campaign to raise $1 billion. The campaign, “For the Bold,” is a remarkably large effort, the largest in the College’s history. The details of the fundraising efforts are on the website, and I implore each student to investigate for themselves. Why? Upon browsing the page, I came across the distribution of the $1 billion. The third largest receiving program?

Athletics.

Athletics will be receiving $145 million, which is $60 million more than the William and Mary Law School, $115 million more than the William and Mary School of Education and $120 million more than Earl Gregg Swem Library. Athletics even beat out the all-

encompassing area of Arts and Sciences. I found an undeniable irony in this prioritization. During my freshmen convocation, President Reveley, speaking of the impressive academia of the College, noted an incident long ago when they chose to direct money toward educational purposes rather than a large football arena. Oh, how the times have changed (quickly too, I might add).

Now, I will admit, there is a large incentive for the College to strengthen our athletic programs. Successful athletics are massive money makers for universities in today’s market. Better athletics means more alumni participation, bigger donations, more applicants to the college, etc. So yes, I will concede to the importance of good athletics. However, should a school like ours be funding this expansion so rapidly and with such high priority? Are there other routes for drawing more attention and money to the College?

My answer is yes, there are other routes to draw attention and money. There are various prestigious schools that serve as excellent examples of this. Look at the Ivy League schools

with only a few successful teams, yet a large base of loyal alumni and an even larger applicant pool. Look at Emory University, with no football team at all, yet ranked highly amongst U.S. colleges due to its esteemed and specialized undergraduate programs. If we truly and effectively invest our time, effort and money into specialized, modern and attractive academic programs, we will certainly gain long-term (not seasonal or fair-weather fan based) support from alumni and the public in general.

Call me a twamp, but I believe the forced shift into a larger athletics program undermines what the College has long been.

There is a quaint prestige within these brick walls, one that can speak for itself without the need of mainstream sports coverage. It is this silent force of a powerfully intelligent school that attracted me here a year ago, in a surprising change of heart from previously wanting a big school with even bigger game days. But whatever your opinion may be, what is important is to advocate for it. The direction our college heads should be a team effort (no pun intended).

Email Jenny Cosgrove at jrcosgrove@email.wm.edu.

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However, should a school like ours be funding this expansion so rapidly and with such high priority?

Are there other routes for drawing more attention and money to the College?

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Phubbing: The virtual third wheel that ruins relationships awkward silence that falls during that dreaded lull in conversation, or even just developed as a bad habit. The use of our phones as virtual third wheels, adequately termed phone snubbing or “phubbing,” has worked its way into everyone’s lives.

Phubbing has become a recent problem in today’s technology-obsessed world. Between texting, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and a never-ending list of other social media sites and apps, there is just so much that can absorb your attention.

There is a constant impulse to keep up with what people are doing online, whether it’s your next-door neighbor, that cute guy in your class or the girl who has become your sworn enemy.

Although being able to keep in touch with people is a great benefit of cell phones, it can also be a major factor in ruining a relationship. It is not just harmful to your romantic relationships, but also to your close friendships, casual acquaintances, business partnerships and family relationships. Whether you have known the person for years or just met them, phubbing them is going to damage your relationships in the long run.

When you are paying more attention to the person on the other side of your phone, how do you think the person you are hanging out with is feeling? Most people will probably feel a little hurt if you are more interested in a lit-up screen than them.

You may not even be conscious that you are

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Hannah Strouth

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Walking around campus it’s easy to see how attached people are to their devices — just glance around between classes. Chances are you do the same and often find youself about to walk into someone because you can’t tear your eyes away from the latest uploads. The next time you’re on the terrace or grabbing a bite to eat at Sadler, take note of how many people are using their phones while simultaneously trying to hold a conversation. Or, see how many people are using social media for conversation material. In this age it’s almost too easy to forget how to just be alone with another individual.

All of us are guilty of doing it at some point.

We have even been the victims of it, too. It has just become commonplace as an escape from the

Spending time with someone has now become so impersonalized, that you might as well consider your phone your most loyal friend; after all, it is always by your side when you neeed it, just like a best friend is supposed to be.

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habitually checking your phone. It has become a rude habit that impedes real interaction between you and everyone around you. When the conversation becomes dull or grinds to a halt completely, it is easy to log in to social media or send a quick text to escape the oppressive, awkward silence. But even when the conversation is lively and interesting, you still unlock your phone often to check recent social media updates or reply to texts. It has become a nasty habit that needs to be broken.

Spending time with someone has now become so impersonalized, that you might as well consider your phone your most loyal friend; after all, it is always by your side when you need it, just like a best friend is supposed to be. Let us be the first ones to reach out and re-personalize relationships by removing the virtual third wheel. Next time you go to grab Aroma’s with your best friend or go to dinner with your significant other, take the time to actually talk to the person who you are choosing to spend a part of your day with. Put away the phone and talk about each other’s day. You would be surprised how interesting someone can be in person. People are a lot more dynamic in real life than in 150 characters, whether they use emojis or not.

Email Hannah Strouth at hmstrouth@email. wm.edu.

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Systematic flaws in housing up-keep Finding alternate routes to success

Jenny Cosgrove FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

It is Saturday afternoon, and like clockwork, my hall bathroom is out of toilet paper, paper towels and room in the trashcans — an inevitable problem when you have more than 20 girls sharing a living space and housekeeping that doesn’t come in on the weekends. Now usually my disposition would lead me to live on in acceptance of the situation, to “tough it out” every weekend. However, I am usually not paying large sums of money to dwell in a supposedly wellmaintained residence hall.

There are expectations that come with housing fees, and having toilet paper on the weekends is certainly one of them.

This leads me to another unmet expectation: air conditioning. It wasn’t until college began when I realized that airconditioned dorms for freshmen are as rare a commodity as bananas in Sadler. What is to blame for this? What are the brave souls who ask told about it? Building incompatibility with the air conditioning systems? It certainly can’t be lack of funds when somewhere a rarely-full stadium is getting extra seating. Whatever the reason for both unmet expectations, change is needed. Housing

improvements for freshmen need to become a priority. My fellow classmates will not stand, nor pay, for housing hazing. We will no longer blindly accept housing inequality based simply on our status at the college. Is this all too much to ask for?

Quite frankly, these issues should not exist, as they have simple solutions. One easy fix would be to leave the hall storage rooms fully stocked and available to the residents of each hall, or perhaps just the resident assistant. This way we can solve our limited resource problem without the extra expenses and troubles that come with an additional workday for our housekeeping staff. This is a small solution for a big problem, one that should be respected by those receiving thousands of dollars in housing payments from a hall without toilet paper. The solution for lack of air conditioning?

Installing room units for all halls. Yes, it will be an expense. However, I think the College can afford it, what with my own out-of-state tuition costs raking in around $52,000 a year.

A system as large as college management will inevitably have its flaws and blind spots. There are small issues management teams cannot foresee, or large ones that administrators choose to ignore. It is up to the student body to pay attention, challenge and better the way our beloved college runs.

We can be the catalysts of change for this school, and we should be. The moral of the story? Keep a skeptical eye out, kids. No one gets better from being told that they’re already great.

Email Jenny Cosgrove at jrcosgrove@email. wm.edu.

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There are small issues management teams cannot forsee, or large ones that administration choose to ignore. It is up to the student body to pay attention, challege and better the way our beloved college runs.

Abby Berry FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

Success is good. Personally, I love success.

Who doesn’t?

Success creates a feeling of accomplishment and worth that most of us are continuously trying to find. Upon receiving an acceptance letter to the College of William and Mary, I was so excited because I recognized the prestige and intelligence associated with the College. In some sense, I believed that attending such a respected university would set me along a path to success that, quite honestly, I otherwise had no idea how to find.

This is certainly not untrue; 95 percent of students at the College stay for their second year, and 90 percent then successfully graduate, on average. Beyond the statistics, students here are intelligent, creative and, for the most part, extremely successful. The College is a great place to be.

At the same time, attending such a highlyranked school with statistics that point toward success does not make us “better” than any one else at any other university or those who decided not to attend college at all. Crazy, I know.

In today’s world, college seems to be a measure of intelligence. It’s hard not to deem someone with a doctoral degree as smarter than

a recipient of a bachelor’s. And in some cases, this would probably not be a false assumption.

But intelligence is not a measure of how many years are spent in school, and those who do not attend college are in no way “worse” than those who do.

Statistically, college graduates do have a higher chance of finding employment. This no doubt plays a large role in why so many of us are here. However, times are changing. In a recent Huffington Post article, Donna Harris discusses the massive contribution of technology to our economy. Many jobs that used to be maintained by humans can now be filled by computers.

With such a loud technology presence, Harris wonders about what is left for us.

Her answer is creativity. The world of today is becoming less about what we know and more about how we think. The world needs entrepreneurs: it needs people with a capacity for creativity and an ability to innovate. And for some people, that doesn’t mean going to college.

This is not to say that we should call it a day and drop out. It’s simply a reminder that we need to stay true to our own desires.

Am I here just because the world told me I needed to be, or am I here because I genuinely want to learn, create and achieve? It might be a combination of both, and that’s okay.

At the College, we are leaders. But leadership does not equal superiority. Leadership means recognizing what’s best for us and going after it, while at the same time remembering our place is just one among many. Instead of focusing on the future and the need for success, let’s be the best versions of ourselves we can be.

Let’s be devoted to learning and passionate about creating. At the College, we can do that.

Email Abby Berry at aberry@email.wm.edu.

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The world needs entreprenuers: it needs people with a capacity for creativity and an ability to innovate. And for some people, that doesn’t mean going to college.

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Abandoned dorm holds a secret history SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

A little under a decade ago, students had the option of living in a group of dorms with a checkered history. Once, those buildings housed the nurses of Eastern State Hospital, the nation’s first public mental health hospital.

Now abandoned, the Dillard Complex is home to architecture, history and even few ghost stories.

The complex is located about two miles away from main campus, and is comprised of two large halls — Hughes Hall and Munford Hall — as well as four smaller houses known as the Gault houses.

According to Senior Planner in the office of the Senior Vice President Martha Terrell, the College of William and Mary acquired the buildings from Eastern State Hospital due to a housing need.

“The hospital deeded the property over to the college, and by the early 1970s we had students live there,” Terrell said. “Basically Eastern State determined that they did not need the space. The College was very interested because they needed new housing for students.”

Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Deb Boykin ’76, M.Ed. ’82 said that, in their time, Hughes and Munford were truly beautiful dorms to live in.

“There were huge beautiful lounges on the first floor and beautiful lounges upstairs,” Boykin said. “There were also really large singles in the two halls, they were just really beautiful dorms.”

While many students loved the opportunity to have a large single or to keep their car on campus, others felt removed from main campus. Students without cars relied on the Green Machine, The College’s own bus system. Boykin said this was part of the reason the dorms were eventually abandoned.

“There was a bus service, probably up until the 1990s, that students called the Green Machine,” Boykin said. “It would do a loop through campus and then go back to Dillard. However, the buses

stopped at a certain time, which was usually midnight. We didn’t want students walking far distances back at night to dorms that were far away.”

In 2006, with the creation of the Barksdale dormitories, later renamed Jamestown North and South, the Dillard Complex was emptied of students. According to Director of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction Wayne Boy, the complex was vacated, and kept vacant, because the cost of renovation was too high.

“Every building on campus is built to building codes, but the renovation costs to bringing the Dillard Complex up to code would be very high,” Boy said. “They have very low ceilings, and it would be very hard to go in to fix those. Also, the egress passages were narrow, they don’t have enough protection against fire.”

The 2015 Campus Master Plan lays out a plan to demolish the Dillard Complex, and calls for moving athletic facilities out to those fields.

“Right now the soccer field is out there as well as the Plumeri baseball facility,” Boy said. “Right now we are building an indoor pitching facility.

So we will be moving the soccer pitch and turning it, and we will move the track around it. We want to build locker rooms for those facilities. There will also be storage buildings that will house library storage, geology storage and potentially, a storage building for anthropology.”

Although some students didn’t like the long commute to their classes, according to Assistant Director for Community Development Jess Raymond — who was the area director for the Dillard Complex from 1999 to 2006 — the students who did like the complex made it a wonderful community.

“It was absolutely fantastic being area director there,” Raymond said. “The students that were out there after room changes really wanted to be out there. It was a fabulous community, one of the most intense communities I’ve ever been in. They were some of the best years of my

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The Dillard Complex has been abandoned since 2006, and is slated for demolition in the College’s 2015 Master Plan.

professional life. I have been doing this for 20 years but Hughes and Munford are still of the most special buildings I’ve ever worked in.”

Although the abandoned, shuttered dormitory may be especially spooky now, decades-old student lore has said that the buildings were host to some spirits, due in part to its previous ownership by Eastern State. Raymond said that she too, has heard many rumors of ghosts, as well as tapping late at night on the windows. Her only direct run-in with these rumors was after the buildings were emptied.

“There was a group of police that had search and rescue dogs, and I was there once watching them,” Raymond said. “A cadaver dog kept picking one room, and kept going back to the room. They bring cadaver pieces and hide them for the dogs to find, but they didn’t have anything in that room. It was Munford 119, I remember that room very clearly.”

However, Raymond doesn’t believe any negative spirits lived in the complex. To her and her students who lived there, the buildings felt warm and comforting.

“Students always told me they had a feeling of safety there,” Raymond said. “I’ve been told more than once by students that they felt like they were being hugged by the buildings.”

For Raymond, the demolishing of the complex is bittersweet since the historical significance of the buildings is very personal to her.

“It breaks my heart, but from an operations standpoint I understand,” Raymond said. “The costs to renovate are just too high. I wish it didn’t have to happen. Unfortunately for the buildings, they’re just built so well that it’s hard to get in there to fix things. I’m not going to chain myself to the buildings, but I’ll be there. I’d love to see them come down. They served the College well for 40 years.”

Hidden past buried beneath the Wren Building HANNAH STROUTH THE FLAT HAT

New students at the College of William and Mary stand in the Wren Building’s Great Hall to take the sacred honor pledge and walk through the center hall during Opening Convocation. However, there is another feature of the historic building lurking beneath the foundations of the centuries-old Wren Building. It is none other than the Wren Crypt — known by many, but seen by few.

The word “crypt” probably brings to mind a dreary, dark and eerie chamber filled with skulls, coffins and spooky tunnels. The Wren Crypt, however, is not a stereotypical crypt.

“I think when they [visitors] hear that there is a crypt underneath, I think they are thinking about something like in National Treasure in the first movie … when they are in the Old North Church and they enter into the chamber and they find the treasure,” Spotswood Society proctor Tara Amrhein ’16 said. “I have to explain it to them that it’s kind of like a cemetery underneath the chapel.”

The crypt was not constructed to be an actual room that a person could enter.

“We talk about it now as a crypt, but it’s not a crypt. It wasn’t built to be entered from below. It just happens to be a burial place that is below the floor of the church,” Executive Director of Historic Campus Susan Kern ’05 said. “If you were coming in the 18th or 19th centuries to pay your respects to someone who was buried here, you would come into the chapel, because this is where the markers are to a couple of the people who are buried here. This is as close as you get to the burial space.”

According to Somayah Allibhai-Mawani ’15, who did her honors thesis on the crypt, the south wing that houses the chapel was not part of the original Wren Building, which was then known as the College, due to a lack of funding. When the wing was built onto the building from 1728 to 1732, it included a space below the floor that would become what is known today as the crypt.

The crypt contains the remains of people who had ties to the College.

There are 12 individuals thought to be buried there, including Sir John Randolph and his wife and children, other members of the Randolph family, Governor and Board of Visitors member Lord Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, several College presidents and a student who drowned on campus.

Kern said the chapel was left in ruins when the Wren Building burned in 1859. Part of that destruction included the marble memorial plaques hanging on the walls of the chapel that are engraved with the names of individuals who have been buried in the crypt or otherwise contributed to the building’s history.

“Their descriptions of the marble tablets on the walls basically turn[ed] to dust.,” Kern said. “And all of the burials under the floor were exposed at that time. So, the floors and the burials have been disturbed,” Kern said.

Additionally, there were grave robbings following the fires of 1859 and 1862 when graves were left exposed. Diaries document a Union soldier happening upon the exposed graves and removing some of the hardware from Governor Botetourt’s coffin. The silver hardware was taken to New York, but it was returned to the College in the 20th century and is now on display at the DeWitt Wallace Gallery in Colonial Williamsburg.

Although many major events in the College’s history have affected the

crypt, it is not the most well-known feature of the campus.

“I think it’s more of an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ thing,” Amrhein said.

“The Wren Building is one of the most important buildings on campus and it’s still a living building. Students are constantly in the Wren Building for classes, meetings with professors, special events, concerts and things of that nature. So, when they are going to the Wren they are seeing it as the modern academic building.”

The College’s policies also ensure that the crypt remains mysterious.

“Today, very few individuals are given access to the crypt space because it is a fragile environment,” Allibhai-Mawani said in an email.

“All visits are scheduled by and must be approved by Historic Campus.”

According to Allibhai-Mawani, grave-robbing and unauthorized visits have occurred frequently throughout time and still happen today.

“The mysterious nature of the crypt and its intentionally limited access encourages people to inquire about what truly lies below the chapel, but it is quite sad to imagine how much history has been removed from the crypt based on curiosity. Many visitors over the years have taken artifacts from the crypt, including bones, coffin plates, etc., and many have also left their mark on the crypt, in the form of graffiti,” Allibhai-Mawani said in an email. “In my opinion, these actions figuratively and literally mark the space much more than the visible vaults today — leaving and environment very different from that originally intended.”

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Madness of men

Caesar: New take on classic tragedy KAYLA SHARPE FLAT HAT ONLINE EDITOR

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Presented by the chemistry club, the annual one-hour magic show mixed music, fire and science together to entertain their audience in the ISC.

Music, magic, molecules

Chemistry Club puts on explosive performance KEXIN LI THE FLAT HAT

If a genie gave you three wishes, what would you wish for? Members of the Chemistry Club at the College of William and Mary proved this past Tuesday that anyone can create their own magic with a strong knowledge of chemistry.

On October 27, around 200 students and families from the community gathered in the ISC lecture hall to watch a one-hour chemistry magic show.

Presented by the Chemistry Club, the show mixed music, fire and science together to entertain their audience.

According to the club’s social media chair, Kaelyn Warne ’17, the show is intended to be a fun way for students to let off steam.

“The chemistry magic show happens every fall,” Warne said. “It’s traditionally the week before Halloween, so it’s the last week of October. [It’s ] normally on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday … we want it to be a nice study break for the students.”

The tradition was started a few years ago but was put on hold for a while due to dwindling club membership. It was resumed under the supervision of chemistry professor Dr. Doug Young in 2012, and this year marks the fourth year of the showcase.

Each year the club has made changes to the set list of chemical tricks, and freshman members are encouraged to bring in ideas for new tricks. According to club member Tim Putnam ’16, however, some tricks are returning fan favorites.

“There are a lot of ideas of tricks out there and some of them get repeated,” Putnam said. “But you really kind of make the trick your own; the trick is the same but what it means to the audience could differ.”

To keep each new show fresh and exciting, the club picks a theme and weaves the tricks into a story. This year the audience was treated to a chemistry parody of Aladdin, with each trick representing a wish the performer had made to the genie (otherwise known as Dr. Young).

In keeping with the theme, the show opened with a live musical rendition of songs from Aladdin, performed by Bobby LaRose ’16 and Myles Sullivan ’16.

“I think it’s lot of fun, especially in

the show — they really, they make it work really well, combining the music and the chemistry,” LaRose said. “They made chemistry lyric adaptations of famous musical songs.”

Warne said she had been considering turning the magic show into a musical for a couple of years, inspired by her theatre minor.

Exchange student Konstantin Ladurner said the club members did a good job performing the show and maintaining a sense of humor when things went wrong.

“I like the jokes most; the jokes are funnier than the experiments,” Ladurner said, “The show was better because of the jokes and because of the humor.”

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Each experiment represented a different wish the genie could grant, including rainbow dinosaurs.

Desperation, ambition and loyalty can drive a man to madness — all of these forces were explored this weekend in Shakespeare in the Dark’s production of Julius Caesar.

One of several plays by William Shakespeare centered on events from Roman history, the show revolves around the assassination of Julius Caesar by those who wished to save Rome from his ambition, and the regret and guilt that plagues his former allies. Shakespeare in the Dark presented this classic tragedy in the setting of a mental institution as the characters grappled to come to terms with the consequences of their actions and the hidden desires of those around them.

Co-directed by Molly Earner ’16 and Abby Russo ’18, the production gave a unique take on the play. The show’s makeup added to the performance by transforming the actors into haunting specters, gaunt addicts and vindictive schemers, while costumes highlighted the show’s themes and emphasis without restricting the actors’ movement. While some actors lacked conviction at times, the cast managed the complex language and heavy themes, such as suicide and drug use, with aplomb.

The cast was able to convey a sense of tension and unease in their mannerisms that lent the show an overlying sense of urgency and discomfort that was immersive and fitting, despite linear and rigid staging. While most actors were easily audible, the actors’ screams during intense and climatic scenes had the tendency to drown out subsequent lines.

Shakespeare in the Dark’s strong acting talent continued to be its greatest asset, with many of the cast portraying strong and distinct characters. Ryan Vaughn ’19 presented himself as a menacing villain with his delivery and intimidating idiosyncrasies, while Daniel Burruss ’16 proved to be the show’s most physical and humorous performer. Additionally, Isabelle Baucum ’17 demonstrated the depth of her acting talent as both a loving wife and an impassioned citizen of Rome.

Trembling and pacing upon the stage, Isabel Steven ’17 carried the production as Marcus Brutus, her conviction and bodily presence playing well across from the treacherous Becca Stymes ’19, whose every move as Caius Cassius was dripping with dominance and careful calculation, adding polish to her performance. Jason Via ’16 succeeded in his performance of Mark Anthony by delivering one of the show’s most memorable monologues with a fiery conviction that resonated throughout the theater.

Sticking to their general aesthetic, Shakespeare in the Dark presented Julius Caesar with a minimalistic set. While some larger furniture pieces helped to set the scene, they often hindered actors’ movement about the stage. The technical aspects proved beneficial overall in that they emphasized the actors without distracting from the gravity of the play.

Shakespeare in the Dark took on the challenge of this weighty production and reinterpreted it in a manner that was both intriguing and compelling.

While this unique take didn’t quite connect on all levels, the cast remained consistent, resulting in numerous stand-out moments that spoke to the power of student-led theater at the College.

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Shakespeare in the Dark presented this classic tragedy in the setting of a mental institution.

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

To send or not to send? The nude photos question

In the age of Snapchat, remember that nudes aren’t mandatory in a relationship

Mallory Walker

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS COLUMNIST

In my experience, there are two types of people in the world: those who send nudes and those who don’t. I’m not a nudes-sending kind of girl, but I do think the world of sending and receiving nudes is a particularly interesting one.

In the blink of an eye, the advent of the camera phone has moved our society from a culture of porno flicks and dirty magazines, to one of personalized pics of titties sent via

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Snapchat. How did we get there? Where are we going?

I may not have all the answers, but I’m determined to find out.

If you’re wary of snapping a pic of your privates, you’re certainly not alone. Sure, I can take a hot selfie of my face, but if you want me to get a flattering angle of my butt — think again. I don’t even know what filter to use when Instagramming a shot of my Aromas sandwich, let alone what photo settings will properly emphasize the contours of my behind.

I’d much rather catch a glimpse of someone’s nether regions up close and personal, not via a 10 second mirror pic.

Besides, I may know how to send a text or open up an app or two, but other than that I have no understanding of technology.

Where do nudes go once they’re deleted?

Do they go into a giant internet landfill where internet trolls can mass email them to everyone in the world once I finally receive my Nobel Peace Prize? I don’t know, but I’m not willing to find out.

So instead of focusing my energy on mastering the art of the butt pic, I have instead mastered the art of the no-nudes rejection. I

usually take two different approaches: the ghost and the fool.

First, let me explain the technique of the ghost. If you’re chatting with your honey before hopping in the shower, for instance, and they shoot you a “can I see (;” text, simply send them a quick “no” and never speak to them again.

If you’re really willing to commit, fake your own death and actually pretend to be a ghost.

Halloween might be over, but going ghost is appropriate no matter the time of year.

If you’re more interested in playing the fool, do a quick Google search for some pictures of your favorite shades of nude.

Next time your boo thing says they want a nude, just whip out that photo of your fav nude nail polish. Seriously, never feel the need to shoot your gal or guy a nude if you don’t want to. While my techniques might be a little unorthodox, a simple “no thank you” might also suffice.

If nude pics are your thing, however, I have consulted with an expert on the best way to approach the situation.

And when I say an expert, I mean a coworker.

But trust me, guys, she knows what she’s talking about.

The most important thing to remember is to be upfront. No one wants to be sent unexpected and unsolicited nudes.

Ask them how they feel about nudes. See what makes them feel comfortable. And always, always warn them before sending a nude Snapchat — surprising dick pics are not as fun as they may seem.

When it comes to keeping yourself free from any maliciousness, my expert advises that sending a nude sans face is key. Remember those internet trolls I mentioned earlier?

Sometimes those trolls are really just angry exes, waiting to mass text your personal pics to all their friends.

I don’t see any problem with a little photo fun every now and again — and ultimately the choice is always yours. But it’s important to be safe and smart in any sexual act, whether it’s sending a nude or having sex.

And if you’re ever pressured to send a nude pic when you know you don’t want to, just imagine me, as a grandma, wagging my figure at you disapprovingly.

Mallory Walker is a Behind Closed Doors columnist who does not care to master the art of the carefully crafted butt pic.

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CROSS COUNTRY

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The men’s cross country team seized its 16th straight title, with junior Saris Fakallah finishing second overall. The women’s team claimed its sixth straight conference title in dominant fashion; the College claimed four of the top five finishers.

Another year, another sweep

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Stites leads No. 24 women to 4th straight CAA crown, men defend title for 16th year in a row crossed. At 20:48.9, senior Meghan McGovern finished the podium sweep in third. After James Madison’s Carol Strock took fourth to interrupt a top 4 sweep, sophomore Molly Breidenbaugh finished at 20:56 as the fourth Tribe point-scorer.

Redshirt sophomore Molly Applegate finished in 12th as the final member of the 2015 All-CAA team with a time of 21:24.9.

2014 CAA individual champion redshirt senior Carolyn Hennessey finished right behind Applegate at 21:35.2 in 13th, just missing All-CAA honors. The final member of the College’s top 7 was senior Leanna Eisenman, who rounded out the

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UP

UP

After beating No.10 Elon, the Tribe nosedived with losses to James Madison and Northeastern, two teams with losing records.

This week’s loss to Delaware ended the season, but the mid-season losses doomed the team.

DOWN

Tribe still alive for CAA playoffs Win against Delaware provides slim postseason hopes

Down 19-18 in the third set with the match against Delaware tied 1-1, the Tribe knew it needed to finish strong to turn the tide.

Head coach Melissa Shelton called a timeout, allowing the Tribe to regroup. From there, the College surged to win the set, and with the ensuing momentum, secured a rare road win on Sunday by taking the fourth set as well, beating the Blue Hens 3-1 in Newark, Del. The game ended up being somewhat of an upset as the Tribe improved to 9-16 overall (3-9 CAA) while the Blue Hens fell to 12-13 (4-8 CAA).

Delaware stands at No. 6 in the Colonial Athletic Association, with a tentative hold on a final conference playoff berth, while the Tribe ranks No. 7.

William and Mary employed a balanced attack to beat Delaware. Four players had 10 or more kills to lead the team.

Freshman Heather Pippus finished with 13 kills, as well as 11 digs and four blocks. Senior Dessi Koleva had a strong outing with 13 kills, 18 digs and a pair of blocks. Redshirt junior Michelle Heath and sophomore Sydney

Coming off a knee injury, Rhodes was a non-factor against James Madison, and is 7th on the team in solo tackles with just 17 in 2015. Rhodes has not registered a sack or pick, and the rush defense has struggled as a unit.

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Men’s Soccer

Senior, middle linebacker

Junior, defensive end Can you spell clutch?

Gryder recovered not one but two fumbles in the Tribe’s victory over JMU, one on kickoff return when the Tribe trailed 13-2, and another to seal the win.

times of the event.

However, the main difference is that William and Mary did not take the individual title, which went to Elon rookie Nick Ciolkowski, who finished 1.3 seconds ahead of Tribe runner-up junior Faris Sakallah’s 24.23. In the 2014 championship Elon also had the first place finish while the Tribe held the title win.

2014 conference runner-up senior Ryan Gousse took third at 24:33.6 and was followed by junior Trevor Sleight and senior David Barney to round out the top 5. Sleight finished fourth in 24:41.7 while

Luke Rhodes

Peyton Gryder

Senior, defensive tackle Claytor tied an NCAA record for blocked PATs in a game with 2 on Saturday. The plays made for a four point difference, and the Tribe won by four.

Claytor had another block called back.

top 20 finishers at 21:57.3 in 20th place.

The women’s squad finished with 23 points and all seven point scorers in the top 20 in the field of 89 participants.

Runner-up JMU scored 54 points, while third-place Elon had 66 points. The Tribe’s spread of finishers was 1:24.8, one of the larger gaps among the teams, but the average time was 40 seconds less than the rest of the racers.

The men’s championship 8,000-meter race that took place later that morning had some similarities with that of the women’s team, namely winning the team title and having four of the top 5 finishing

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WEEKEND UPS / DOWNS

Saturday morning, William and Mary competed at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships, where both the men’s and women’s squads continued their respective streaks of dominating the competition.

Held at Laurel Hill Plantation in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., the start time of the women’s 6,000-meter race preceded that of the men’s race. As it has all season, the nationally-ranked No. 24 Tribe blew away the other runners to earn the conference title for the fourth-straight year and the NCAA top 3 record 21st overall title for the program. Four of the race’s top five finishers were members of the College, led by senior Emily Stites in first overall. Stites, a six-time All-American, won the championship 10 seconds ahead of the rest of the field with a meet record-breaking time of 20:00.2. The former record was broken by 4 seconds from Ali Henderson ’04’s 2003 finish of 20:14. The win is Stites’ first conference individual title of her career.

After 10 seconds of no additional finishers, sophomore Regan Rome crossed the line at 20:10.6. Another gap in competition showed how dominant Stites and Rome are in the CAA, as over 30 seconds elapsed before the next runner

Barney took fifth in 24:44.7, four seconds ahead of the sixth-place finisher. The rest of the top 7 Tribe finishers were all in the top 12 to make the All-CAA team as freshman Evan Woods took seventh at 25:00.7, sophomore Ryan Thompson took ninth at 25:07.6 and sophomore Dawson Connell took 11th at 25:12.7.

The squad finished in first place with 21 points, 46 points ahead of secondplace Northeastern and 60 points aheawd of third-place Elon. The spread of the top 7 was the lowest of the conference with only 37.7 seconds between Sakallah and Connell. The average time for William and Mary was 24:41, 48 seconds faster than that of the rest of the six teams. The win marks the 16th consecutive CAA Men’s Championship title, a streak that has been ongoing since 2000. The streak is now in the NCAA top 5 of all-time winning streaks for men’s cross country.

Next week, William and Mary participates in the Massey Cancer Center 5k in Williamsburg, Va., before heading to the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships Nov. 13, held in Charlottesville, Va. Last year, the women’s team won the regional for the first time in the program’s history, in an upset over four teams ranked higher in national polls, while the men took 12th to upset three teams ranked higher than them.

Biniak each had 13 kills and a block, while Biniak also added eight digs.

The Tribe went on a quick 15-4 run to close the first set, breaking out of a 9-9 tie to win 25-13.

Delaware responded with a strong win of their own, beating the Tribe 25-15 to win the second set. Tied 1-1, a third set victory would be critical for the College.

Down by a point, the Tribe called for a timeout. They fought back to tie it once at 19-19 and then again at 20-20. Sophomore Sara Zumbach delivered a huge ace for the Tribe, giving them a lead they would not relinquish in the 25-21 win. Pippus Pippus dominated the closing moments of the set, finishing the Blue Hens with the last three kills.

The fourth and final set was tight from start to finish.

William and Mary led 24-22 and appeared to be on the verge of closing out Delaware, but the Blue Hens fought back to tie it 24-24. Biniak rallied her team and sent home two straight kills

to finish the fourth set 26-24.

Accurate passing was an important part of the Tribe attack. Sophomore Austyn Ames brought an ace, 23 assists and 14 digs. Junior Gabrielle Pe finished with seven assists and seven digs, while freshman Katie Kemp finished with 16 assists.

The Tribe finished the game with a .263 hitting percentage (.349 in the three sets they won) to Delaware’s .176. William and Mary also had a big advantage at the net, finishing with 9.0 blocks to the Blue Hens’ 1.0.

The win was encouraging for the young team, who will look to build on their success to finish the regular season on an upward swing. The Tribe has had just two victories in their last 10 games; Sunday’s win snapped a 4-game losing streak.

The College will continue its road trip with a visit to the North Carolina at Wilmington at 7 pm on Nov. 6. From there, the Tribe will immediately travel to play the next day against the College of Charleston, which starts at 7 p.m, the third to last regular season game.

No. 12 Football (6-2, 4-1 CAA) Oct. 31: W, No. 17/16 William and Mary 44, No. 9 James Madison 41 Colonial Athletic Association Richmond (7-1, 5-0)...................0.875...........W7 William and Mary (6-2, 4-1).......0.750...........W4 James Madison (7-2, 4-2)...........0.778............L2 Towson (5-3, 3-2)........................0.625...........W3 Villanova (4-4, 2-2).....................0.500...........W1 Maine (3-5, 3-2)..........................0.375............L1 New Hampshire (4-4, 2-3)..........0.500...........W1 Delaware (3-5, 2-3) ....................0.375............L1 Elon (3-5, 1-3).............................0.375...........W1 Albany (2-6, 1-4).........................0.250............L4 Rhode Island (1-7, 1-4)..............0.125.............L2 Stony Brook (2-5, 1-5)................0.286.............L5

Season leaders through eight games Junior quarterback Steve Cluley 139 of 227, 1739 yards, 10 touchdowns Junior tailback Kendell Anderson 160 rushes, 1046 yards, 11 touchdowns Sophomore receiver DeVonte Dedmon 35 receptions, 366 yards, 5 touchdowns Senior free safety DeAndre Houston-Carson 65 tackles, 4 interceptions, 1 sack 2 blocked kicks

Cross country

Swimming

Oct. 31: CAA Championships No. 24 Women: No. 1 (field of nine) Men: No. 1 (field of six)

Men (1-0, 1-0 CAA) Oct. 10: W, College 161, Towson (0-1) 101 Women (1-0, 1-0 CAA) Oct. 10: W, College 152, Towson (0-1) 110

Field hockey (7-12, 1-5 CAA)

Volleyball (9-16, 3-9 CAA)

Oct. 30: L, Hofstra (14-5) 3, College 2 Nov. 1: W, College 3, Georgetown (8-11) 1 Regular season ends, as Tribe eliminated from playoff contention after Oct. 23 loss. finishes 6th in CAA.

Oct. 28: L, Elon (6-20) 3, College 0 Nov. 1: W College 3, Delaware (11-12) 1 Nov. 6: at UNCW (18-6) 7 p.m.

Nov. 7: at Charleston (14-12) 7 p.m.

Nov. 13: vs Northeastern (4-22) 7 p.m.

Men’s soccer (7-8-2, 2-6 CAA)

Women’s soccer (13-3-2, 7-1-1 CAA)

Oct. 28: W, College 2, VCU (4-9-4) 0 Oct. 31: L, Delaware (9-6-3) 3, College 1 Regular season ends with loss, Tribe finishes season in seventh, missing postseason.

Oct. 27: W, College 2, Elon (9-8-2) 0 Nov. 6: CAA semifinal vs UNCW Nov. 8: CAA Championship Nov. 13-15: NCAA first round

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Upset achieved

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After flawless execution of the nohuddle offense throughout the entire game, James Madison quarterback Bryan Schor finally looked like a second-string player in the final 35 seconds when his team was down three points with a pair of timeouts remaining. Standing alone in the backfield of a five-wide shotgun set, Schor frantically tapped his helmet, motioned to his receivers, and barked pre-snap reads to his offensive linemen, but failed to take the snap prior to the delay of game. With the next play in the same formation, Schor called out his reads, and as he turned to his receivers, the snap flew by his facemask.

Sophomore defensive end Peyton Gryder raced to the fumble first, marking No. 16/15 William and Mary’s first takeaway via fumble recovery of the 2015 season, and more importantly, sealing the 44-41 victory over Colonial Athletic Association and in-state rival No. 9 JMU (7-2, 4-2 CAA) in a premier conference matchup Saturday at Zable Stadium in Williamsburg, Va. The win propels the Tribe (6-2, 4-1 CAA) to second place in the CAA standings, overshadowing the mistakes committed by the College during the game.

“It’s Halloween, it’s James Madison,” senior defensive tackle Tyler Claytor said after the game. “It’s going to be weird.”

Off the opening drive, the College defense looked helpless against the hurry-up offense, with the Dukes operating solely out of the shotgun.

JMU utilized several combinations of read-options, running back draw plays, and play-action passes — a lethal combination given Schor’s ability in the option to tuck and run, as he finished the day with 15 carries for 76 yards and a touchdown. In 16 plays, James Madison cashed in its first touchdown on the ground and lined up for the extra point.

The Tribe special teams had other plans. Claytor broke through the line to block the kick, and senior free safety DeAndre Houston-Carson scooped up the ball to run all the way back for a two-point conversion, spinning away from the kicker to cross the goal line.

The 6-2 disadvantage quickly became a 13-2 deficit, as junior quarterback Steve Cluley’s first pass was intercepted and returned 35 yards for the touchdown. With Cluley’s first pick-6 of the season, the Tribe’s chances at the upset looked dim.

This was compounded by the fact that freshman receiver Jack Armstrong fumbled on the kickoff return, though Gryder again recovered the fumble.

On the following drive, the College’s offense kept composure and relied upon the most consistent piece of the unit — the offensive line.

“The offensive line did a hell of a job opening holes for the running backs,” Cluley said. “I didn’t get hit all day. I owe the credit to those guys.”

Senior tailback Mikal Abdul-Saboor capped off the Tribe’s first touchdown drive with a 21-yard run up the left sideline, stiff-arming the Dukes’ safety

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44 TRIBE

(6-2, 4-1 CAA)

OFFENSE: 227 passing yards 233 rushing yards 4 rushing TDs 1 passing TD

1 fumbled snap D/ST: 1 pick-6 0 sacks 0 blocked kicks

JMU

41 (7-2, 4-2 CAA)

DUKES

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from the 5-yard line all the way to the end zone. Success on the offensive side of the ball was a familiar story for the Tribe, as the College notched 234 yards of rushing and 235 yards through the air in a very balanced attack.

“We’re going against the No. 1 offense in the nation, and we outgained them,” head coach Jimmye Laycock ’70 said. “That’s pretty good.”

The defense however, continued to struggle throughout the game; James Madison finished the day with 460 yards of total offense compared to the Tribe’s 469. The Dukes promptly answered the Tribe’s scoring drive with one of their

Scenes from Saturday’s 44-41 William and Mary victory over James Madison, featuring celebrations, top rushing plays, big tackles and one of the two blocked kicks over the course of the game at Zable.

own just 1 minute, 25 seconds later. Schor rushed ahead for 24 yards, hurried to the line, and threw a 42-yard strike on a slant-route with the Tribe secondary out of position.

Schor scored one two yard run on 2nd and goal.

JMU’s special teams experienced deja vu on the next extra point, as the kick appeared to be blocked by Claytor again and returned for two points by Houston-Carson. However, a flag was thrown on the play, and the Dukes were allowed to replay the down. This call was made despite major controversy, as the block in the back occurred after

Willaim and Mary women’s soccer earned a share of the Colonial Athletic Association regular season with a 2-0 shutout over Elon last Tuesday.

The weekend before, the College solidified its claim on the No. 2-seed for the upcoming CAA Championship Tournament, earning a first-round bye.

The tournament is hosted by No. 1-seed and Co-CAA regular season champion Hofstra in Hempstead, N.Y.. Quarterfinals were held Sunday at the campus of higher-seed. Setting up the semifinals, No. 3-seed North Carolina — Wilmington defeated No. 6-seed Delaware 4-0 in regulation while No. 4-seed James Madison defeated No. 5-seed Northeastern with a golden goal penalty kick in first overtime.

The Tribe, which had its NCAA record 35th consecutive winning season (which includes every year the program has existed), is scheduled to play UNCW Friday, Nov. 6, in the semifinals. The championship game will be held Sunday, Nov. 8.

William and Mary won its last CAA tournament title in 2011. The Tribe looks for its 12th tournament title and 24th NCAA Women’s College Cup appearance.

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D/ST: 1 PAT return 1 INT 1 sack 2 blocked kicks

COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS

ON TO THE POSTSEASON

OFFENSE: 235 passing yards 234 rushing yards 6 rushing TDs 11-16 3rd downs

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the kick had been blocked. The Dukes went for two and converted, leading the Tribe 21-9.

The Tribe offense stalled out on the next drive, but the defense finally forced JMU to punt on the subsequent drive.

Cluley found a favorite target in senior receiver Christian Reeves, finishing 3 of 3 to Reeves for 36 yards on the Tribe’s next drive. Reeves went down with a hamstring injury when reaching for the goal line, fumbling on the play, but sophomore receiver Daniel Kuzjack recovered the ball at

the JMU 1-yard line. Abdul-Saboor punched the ball in, and the Tribe trailed 21-16.

James Madison wasted no time in answering, going up 27-16 on a Schor 6-yard pass after an eight play, 75yard drive in just 1:43. Claytor blocked the extra point again, tying the NCAA record of two blocked PAT attempts.

Sophomore wide receiver DeVonte Dedmon returned the ball to the William and Mary 48-yard line, giving Cluley excellent field position to orchestrate the next Tribe touchdown drive. Kuzjak filled in well for Reeves, and he finished with 4 receptions for 50 yards. Abdul-Saboor and junior running back Kendell Anderson formed an excellent tailback tandem of speed and power, with Anderson scoring the Tribe’s third touchdown from seven yards out.

“This game goes to the offensive line,” Anderson said. “My hat goes off to the offensive line, makes it easy for me and Mikal, and they gave Cluley all day to pick apart the defense.”

The first half ended with the Dukes leading 27-23, as the defense shut down the Dukes’ offense for the last two drives before halftime.

The second half slowed down considerably, with each team punting away their first possession. The Dukes finally extended the lead to 34-23 after a missed 51-yard field goal from the Tribe set them up in good field position.

The College stormed right back with an eight-minute drive featuring Anderson grinding through the defense, scoring from two yards out to cut the lead to 34-30.

Under pressure, Schor overthrew his receiver in the fourth quarter, a fateful throw as Houston-Carson made the interception, shifting the momentum of the game. The Tribe took its first lead of the game with another long drive, as Abdul-Saboor put the Tribe up 37-34 with a 15-yard run on the five-minute drive.

Schor executed the next drive to perfection, running the no-huddle en route to another scoring drive. With five minutes remaining, James Madison held a 41-37 advantage.

“We had what we wanted, we had it in striking distance, all we had to do was go all the way down the field and score,” Laycock said of the final drive.

William and Mary took over at its own 16-yard line, with three timeouts and 5:12 to play, down four points in a crucial game. Cluley remained calm with the game on the line.

“I trust the coaches … they call the plays and I execute them,” Cluley said.

In a methodical, 13-play drive, the Tribe rushed eight times for 43 yards behind the dominant offensive line, burning the clock down to 41 seconds as Anderson crossed the goal line from 2 yards out.

The Dukes’ offense choked on the final drive, and the Tribe claimed the 44-41 victory, putting the College in second place in the CAA and, with three games to play, in the driver’s seat for a Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth.

Up next for the Tribe is a Nov. 7 road game against Elon, the No. 9 team in the 12-team CAA. Kickoff is set for noon and will be broadcast on Comcast SportsNet.