The Flat Hat April 25, 2017

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Vol. 107, Iss. 12 | Tuesday, April 25, 2017 | The Weekly Student Newspaper of The College of William and Mary

Hundreds of students raised over $8,000 as they walked Saturday morning in the second annual Out of Darkness walk at the College of William and Mary. page 4

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Environmental protest fills Duke of Gloucester Street March focuses on EPA budget cuts MADELINE MONROE FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

Saturday, April 22, student activists, College of William and Mary faculty and community members took to Duke of Gloucester Street to support science and to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency and threats to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

Catherine Carey, a resident of Williamsburg, organized the event in conjunction with Democracy First, a local progressive organization of which she is a member.

“We’re all here today because science is so important in our lives,” Carey said. “I mean, it keeps us healthy, it keeps our environment clean and I think everyone here is disappointed that the administration hasn’t recognized the importance of science. We want fact-based policies to support our children and our communities.”

The DoG Street protest was one of approximately 600 taking place Saturday worldwide alongside the

March for Science in Washington, D.C. The March for Science emphasizes “the very real role that science plays in each of our lives and the need to respect and encourage research that gives us insight into the world,” according to its website.

According to Carey, approximately 60 people were expected to participate in the local protest. Because Democracy First did not have a permit, protesters were restricted to units of 15 individuals.

Waverly Garner ’17 said he believed that the protests signify the resolve of the scientific community and its supporters to come together and “speak their minds.”

“If you don’t communicate with somebody, with anybody, you’re never going to be able to have a conversation,” Garner said.

“That’s how people learn things — from each other. I actually think that’s a dialogue that really needs to happen. We need to be more vocal and listen but also speak and make sure it is a conversation See EARTH DAY page 4

Party elicits response Annual PIKA event prompts student reports SARAH SMITH // FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

More than 10 years ago, members of the College of William and Mary’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity promised local reporters that they would rename their annual “Vietnam” party, after VietnameseAmerican students raised concerns that the party was offensive.

When the party was first held in 1964, it was done as a send-off for College students leaving to fight in the Vietnam War. In 2006, Nam Ly ’06 told the Daily Press [SS1] that it was an offensive depiction of Vietnamese culture, because the party featured bamboo huts and camouflage costumes.

Now, the fraternity has pushed efforts to re-brand the party as a “camo party” at the end of their Military Appreciation Week — their spring philanthropy event.

However, this too has raised student concerns.

To Student Veteran Association President Tim Beck ’17, this party is an offense to veterans who have served in the U.S. military, especially those who live in the City of Williamsburg and fought in the Vietnam War. For this reason, Beck said he chose to report this year’s party to the College’s Student Leadership

Development office, and that he hopes the Interfraternity Council and the SLD office will take action.

“Essentially the big picture here is that the efforts I have made on campus as the president of the veterans group on campus, [are] to help student veterans and traditional students understand each other and blend into the same community as one,” Beck said. “When we have veterans that are coming back from combat that our traditional student body doesn’t understand, we have aided that blending with storytelling events, our military appreciation games, encouraging our veterans to get involved — we created an intramural sports team so that they can meet each other — you decrease this stigma that is associated with being a combat veteran. When we have these events, like the PIKA ‘Vietnam’ party, it derails all of the progress that we’ve made.”

As of the 2016-2017 academic year, there are 32 undergraduate student veterans at the College. Overall, there are 251 student veterans, although the majority of them attend the Mason School of Business and the Marshall-Wythe School of Law as

graduate students. According to research done by the Veterans Task Force, between one-third and one-fourth of the student body is associated with the military; this means that these students are active duty, in the reserves or have parents or children who have served.

Beck said he first heard about the party last year when he saw fraternity members promoting it on Twitter. He said he did talk with PIKA members last year, but that they were unwilling to make changes to the event. This year, he and other Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets ran into PIKA members the night of the party, and he said he told them why them wearing military uniforms was offensive to him and potentially offensive to other veterans.

“I told them that what they were doing isn’t acceptable and that the military doesn’t appreciate it,” Beck said. “No one is fooled by this cultural appropriation.

It’s a disgrace to the uniform, it’s a disgrace to the people who died while wearing this uniform. It is also a disgrace to the veteran population living in this See PIKA page 3

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Researchers propose solutions to higher ed challenges April 21 CWA lowers Privatization, social mobility topics discussed at College’s education conference EMILY MARTELL FLAT HAT COPY EDITOR

The past 35 years have witnessed rising costs of higher education, dwindling public spending for universities and a widening wage gap. With this backdrop, researchers presented federal and state solutions to higher education challenges at the College of William and Mary School of Education Saturday, April 21.

The events were held as part of the Conference on Higher Education and Social Mobility held at the College April 21-22, which brought in academics, administrators and policymakers to discuss and debate topics in U.S. post-secondary education.

The first presenter of the morning was Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute Sandy Baum, who discussed her research question: Does federal financial aid facilitate social mobility?

To motivate her question, Baum said that even though the federal government spends billions of dollars on need-based financial aid, low-income kids are still less likely to attend college.

“Money, in the form of a voucher when you’re ready to go off to college, is just obviously not the only answer,” Baum said.

“We have much bigger problems than that and there’s no way that you can hand

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people money when they’re 18 years old and expect their outcomes to be the same as the outcomes of people who have grown up in entirely different circumstances.”

Instead, Baum posed an alternate financial aid system where the federal government would contribute, for example, $1,000 per year to a savings account for each child in a low-income family until the child reached college age. “We’re not going to solve all of their problems, but let’s think about how to structure the federal financial aid system so it does a better job, Baum said. “And that means thinking about what happens to children when they’re young and how we prepare them for college, how we help them make choices about college, and how we provide structures that help them to succeed when they’re in college.”

Discussing her research, Senior Vice President of the Division of Government and Public Affairs at the American Council on Education Terry Hartle discussed a paradox of recent higher education; over the past 50 years, even as the federal government has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into higher education, economic inequality has increased.

Hartle said that, according to the Pew Mobility Project, just over half of working class voters believe their children will fare better than they themselves did.

For working class whites, the figure is 42

percent. Moreover, less than half of working class whites think that having a college degree would make a difference in their lives.

“It would not deal with the other problems, Hartle said. “It wouldn’t make sure that they had access to good elementary and secondary schools. It wouldn’t necessarily help them choose the right institution. Indeed, it might make them easier prey for institutions that saw they had a lot of money to spend on postsecondary education.”

The second presenter of the morning was assistant professor of economics from Temple University Douglas Webber, who discussed a risk-sharing plan — a plan in which the federal government would financially penalize colleges for poor outcomes, such as high student loan default rates and low graduation rates.

“This deceptively simple proposal says, let’s take a percentage of that and charge a penalty to the school. It’s going to target schools where lots of students that take out loans, those loans are very large and those students have poor labor market outcomes.”

Speaking to an audience mostly either employed by or attending public and private non-profit universities, Webber said he wanted to assure everyone that the risk-sharing plan would predominantly affect for-profit institutions, a sect of higher

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Scholarships, classes to be cut HEATHER BAIER FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR

The Christopher Wren Association, a lifelong learning program affiliated with the College of William and Mary, recently increased their membership prices due to budget constraints.

The CWA provides educational opportunities to members of the Williamsburg community through its Town and Gown series and regularly scheduled courses.

The Association is an independently funded arm of the College that provides learning opportunities to approximately 2,200 community members.

The financial troubles started after current CWA President Bill Riffer had to move $45,000 from the program’s reserve to cover extra costs endured the previous year.

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education notorious for poor outcomes.

The discussion then transitioned from the federal to the state level. Harvard professor of public policy, education and economics David Deming presented his research, which concerned the impacts of price and spending subsidies on higher education outcomes.

Deming said that students essentially get a discount on their educations — by and large, universities spend more per student than they do in tuition.

Vice President for University Advancement Matthew Lambert ’99 presented findings from his book “Privatization and the Public Good.”

Lambert described the “highly-charged word” privatization as the process in which public universities begin to resemble private universities. He called this an apt description of what has been and is currently happening in higher education.

Much of Lambert’s research for the book involved meeting with state legislators, who he said have considerable control over funding for public universities.

“I found that [legislators] are at once, the most important owners of these public institutions, owners having a variety of meanings in their mind, but they’re also the least knowledgeable about the public agenda and about higher education broadly,” Lambert said.

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As College of William and Mary Provost Michael Halleran works from his highceilinged office in the Brafferton Friday, April 28, he will enjoy his favorite College tradition for the eighth time: the ringing of the Christopher Wren Building bell by seniors.

To Halleran, the activity is both individual and collective, representing both the student and the institution.

“You’re ringing it individually, but I’m experiencing it all day long, so I like that,” Halleran said. “Also, I am told, that sound never fully disappears; it simply dissipates.

And that somewhere out there, are the echoes of the bells that were once rung.”

Now with a tenure at the College twice the length of a conventional senior, Halleran has overseen the implementation of the William and Mary Promise, the expansion of eLearning, the creation of the Interdisciplinary Fellows Program, the establishment of the Confucius Institute, the increase in the joint degree programme with the University of St Andrews and most recently, the introduction of the COLL curriculum.

Although becoming an administrator wasn’t initially on Halleran’s horizon, being involved in academia was.

“I always assumed I wanted to teach,” Halleran said.

Taking beginners ancient Greek “on a lark” while an undergraduate at Kenyon College in Ohio, Halleran said he fell in love and simply kept going. Immediately after graduating, Halleran attended a master’s program and then a doctoral program at Harvard University, focusing his scholarship on the Greek and Roman classics.

Halleran taught for two years at Connecticut College, then moved to Seattle to the University of Washington, where he chaired the classics department and then became the divisional dean for the arts and humanities. In 2005, he, his wife and three sons moved to Miami, where Halleran assumed the role of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami.

“I discovered … I was fairly good at administration — I had some aptitude — and I enjoyed dealing with people,” Halleran said. “As a professor, there are these intense periods of engagement when you’re teaching. You’ve gotta show up, and you’re talking to 10 students, 200 students, whatever the format is, but when you’re not teaching, it’s a fairly solitary life.”

Although he said he enjoyed teaching, Halleran also said he preferred the interpersonal nature of administrative work.

Halleran then became provost of the College in July 2009. Under his purview is the College of Arts and Sciences, the Mason School of Business, the School of Education, the Marshall-Wythe School of Law and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

“I have one constituent — it’s not the president, it’s not the rector, it’s the College of William and Mary,” Halleran said.

“That’s the only constituent I have. That’s a very large, complex, highly variegated constituent, but my job is to advance the distinctive educational excellence of William and Mary. That’s what I try to do.”

Even as he thinks broadly about the College, Halleran said a big part of his job is making things possible for individuals.

For this, Halleran said he has internalized

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EMILY MARTELL // FLAT HAT COPY EDITOR advice from his father, who he said is an internist and a “really good diagnostician.”

When Halleran inquired about this skill, he said he recalled his father simply saying, “Oh it’s easy. You just have to listen, and people will tell you.”’

As an academic diagnostician, Halleran said he tries to figure out what peoples’ end goals are and find ways for them to attain them.

“A lot of constraints that we see are imagined constraints,” Halleran said.

“There are always regulatory constraints, and there are budgetary constraints. Sure.

There will always be constraints. But we also imagine more constraints than there really are, because of habit, and so part of what I try to do is to help individuals see beyond the imagined constraints.”

One group of individuals Halleran said he has helped eliminate constraints for are non-tenure-eligible faculty. Until five years ago, these individuals were restricted to the period specified by their contract.

Now, NTEs can be promoted and have their stays extended.

Although some were concerned that this change would degrade the value of tenure, Halleran said that it improves working conditions for NTEs, potentially allows the College to get a better NTE applicant pool and improves the quality of education NTEs can provide.

Halleran identified two ongoing processes that will shape the College over the next several years: the diversification of faculty and the presidential search.

On the former, Halleran said that student diversification has been a notable success of years past, but faculty diversification has

paled in comparison. The gap between the two, he continued, will remain a pressing issue, as he believes it will for nearly every university in the country.

Halleran recalled what he considers one of the three best speeches of former U.S. President Barack Obama: “A More Perfect Union,” delivered by the then-Senator during the contest for the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

“That’s what we’re trying to do here, is to build a more perfect union,” Halleran said.

On the latter, Halleran said that the College will want a president who is and can do everything, but there is no such person.

Halleran said that he or she must appreciate what is done at the College, understand higher education, relate to everyone, be comfortable in his or her own skin and have a sense of humor. But, Halleran continued, nobody will have these attributes in equal measure.

Regardless, Halleran said he has full confidence that the College will have a great new president.

As for the spirit of his single constituent, Halleran said he finds it to be extremely agreeable — hard work is celebrated, learning is encouraged and students have the freedom to pursue their passions.

“I think of [the College] as a place with very few sharp elbows. I think most of the competition is not you against him or her, but it’s you against yourself, where there are schools that no, there are very sharp elbows,” Halleran said. “I don’t think we have many jerks on campus. … And studying, being smart, being intellectually inquisitive, those are all fine. You don’t have to hide that.”

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Saturday, April 22 — An assault of a police officer was reported on York Street.

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Monday, April 24 — A hit and run was reported on Merrimac Trail.

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Monday, April 24 — Karen Minisi was arrested on a charge of assault and battery at Battery, Williamsburg.

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STUDENT ASSEMBLY

Brown, McKiernan reflect on year in office As 2016-2017 year comes to a close, outgoing administration offers advice SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

Over the course of this year, outgoing Student Assembly President Eboni Brown ’17 and Vice President Hannah McKiernan ’17 have advocated for Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, hosted speakers from End Rape on Campus, supported the allocation of SA funds for blue books, purchased water for Jefferson Hall and pushed for a rewording of the alma mater.

“We’ve had a pretty successful year, not to toot my own horn,” Brown said. “We got done a lot of the things we set out to accomplish. We were able to do a lot of the things that we wanted to do in the beginning … the inclusion, the advocacy and the collaboration. I think we’ve had a difficult year in terms of dealing with things on campus … but Hannah and I and our team and the administration have worked together to get a lot of things done. Looking back from when I was first starting out, I never would have imagined getting as much done as we have.”

McKiernan said that she, too, believes that their campaign was successful, but that she underestimated how difficult some of their campaign would be, such as starting conversations on campus.

“A lot of our platform was just focused on starting conversations,” McKiernan said. “I probably was pretty naive in coming in and thinking that we could have this conversation and change it. That’s not really how things work, and while it hurts and can be really hard and disheartening to deal with, I think we did a good job of reframing what success meant to us. … Obviously we aren’t going to be able to change everything immediately.”

McKiernan and Brown said that they each struggled in different ways throughout their terms, but were united in remembering that things were bigger than the two of them.

According to McKiernan, whose responsibilities included presiding over the SA Senate, one of her biggest challenges came from trying to blend her leadership style with the atmosphere she found in the senate. She said she struggled to feel valued by SA at first, but that she has learned to be assertive for what she thinks is right.

Brown said for her, one of the biggest challenges was trying to please everyone.

“It’s hard to toe that line being your representatives,” Brown said. “There’s this idea of servant leadership, I don’t think people understand what it is. It’s a pretty term, but it requires understanding that so much of the stuff we do is bigger than us. It doesn’t matter whose name is on the bill, at the end of the day what matters is the result. Our face doesn’t need to be on anything, but if we’re continuing to work that’s what servant leadership is. It’s removing yourself from the equation to make sure everyone else’s voice is amplified. I think that’s something I grew frustrated with, because at every twist and turn people were capitalizing on the chance to have their face or name on something.”

Together, the two said they learned how to be leaders and represent all of their interests and passions.

They agreed that going into their roles as president and vice president, they feared they would have to silence or not acknowledge facets of their identities.

For McKiernan, this meant that she initially was worried that when she came into SA, she’d have to cover up parts of her identity because she felt that she

did not fit in with others who had been in SA for longer.

“I came into this thinking that I was going to have to put on my SA hat and cover up who I am as a person to get work done and make those relationships and just kind of ignore some of the things that make me who I am,” McKiernan said. “I didn’t do that. It’s not fair to me to be quiet or agreeable all the time. I have to be myself. Literally it was just this recognition that I had that it was okay for me to be exactly who I am around people.”

Brown said for her, this often meant struggling with a feeling of not racially fitting in, depending on the situation.

“I felt that sometimes I had to toe the line, being a black student on this campus but also working with administration,” Brown said. “Sometimes I felt too white to be black, but sometimes I was surrounded by whiteness and I was too black to be white. I have to be a student and I have to be a student leader. I have to be the voice of the administration that gets them to listen to what I’m saying, but that’s sometimes not as harsh as I want to be. I’ve been trying to balance my blackness and my opportunity to lead with me being a person.”

As of April 10, Brown and McKiernan’s official roles in SA ended, as SA President Elijah Levine ’18 and SA Vice President Annelise Yackow ’18 were inaugurated.

However, McKiernan and Brown said there was advice that they wanted to pass on to Levine and Yackow.

McKiernan said that she wanted to advise Yackow not to get too caught up with senate responsibilities, and to remember that SA vice president also comes with a duty to the larger campus community.

“Annelise has a lot more SA experience than I did

coming into the position,” McKiernan said. “She knows people in senate, she knows who to work with; she’s coming in with a lot more institutional knowledge than I did. But I would tell her that as VP, things get pushed to you. Being on your game in those moments is really important … I think [I would say] not being afraid to do that and trying to stay focused on what you’re interested in and not letting yourself get bogged down in senate and realize you’re here to do things for the campus community.”

Brown said she wanted to tell Levine to always remember what motivated him to run for president and what he initially wanted to change on campus.

“You always have to remember what was your ‘why,’” Brown said. “There are times when you will feel like you are ready to give up. There have been countless nights where I just went home and cried or yelled or was angry. If I had allowed those emotions to consume me, I would have gotten nothing accomplished. You have to remember the people who voted for you, the people who didn’t vote for you. You have to be, and stay, motivated by the little things you do and don’t accomplish. This has been a long year. It’s bigger than you, you need to be working to make everyone’s voices heard.”

After they graduate, Brown and McKiernan will be pursuing similar paths in different states. They both have accepted jobs with Teach for America and will be pursuing master’s degrees through Johns Hopkins University.

“We’re both doing the same thing in different places because we can’t escape each other,” McKiernan said. “Eboni is teaching middle school math in North Carolina and I’m teaching kindergarten in D.C.”

Lecture explains Asian-American perspective, discusses white narrative Professors, students speak about Asian-American history, present-day goals CARLEY SCHANCK FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

Friday, April 21 Africana studies and history professor Chinua Akimaro Thelwell gave a lecture entitled “Marginality by Design: An Asian-American Perspective.” He emphasized from the outset that he was not attempting to speak on behalf of all AsianAmericans: his presentation was an Asian-American perspective, not the sole Asian-American perspective.

The focus of the lecture was how Asians, among other minority groups, have been routinely and specifically pushed aside in an effort to create a white-only American narrative.

“Asian marginality is something that happens quite often, but furthermore, Asian-American marginality is often by design,” Thelwell said. “It’s often intentional, and it’s often one of the byproducts of a kind of nation-building project that was largely about creating a white national identity.”

He began his presentation with four historical examples of the intentional exclusion of Asians, one of which was a photograph taken at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869 at the completion of the transcontinental railroad, where the two companies that started on opposite sides of the country finally met. One of the companies was the Central Pacific Railroad Company, of which 80 percent of the workers were Chinese.

However, not a single Chinese worker was allowed into the historical picture depicting the railroad’s completion.

“In order for a white national identity to be created, oftentimes racial others have to be left out of the story … because the simple presence of racial others disturbs the neat and tidy narratives of racial nationalism, racial purity and cultural purity,” Thelwell said.

Thelwell explained that he drew heavily from critical race theory when forming his perspective on the issue of racial

marginalization.

“Critical race theorists argue that law plays an important role in constructing racial identities,” Thelwell said. “We know that race is a social construct … each generation has to learn to see race. And what critical race theorists argue is that law is one of the major discursive mechanisms working to construct racial identities.”

As an example of this, he cited the 1790 Naturalization Act, which prohibited anyone who was not white from becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen. Almost a century later, a series of laws were passed with the intention of restricting Chinese immigration to the United States, including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which used ethnicity as a means of preventing Chinese workers from immigrating. Around the same time, California passed an anti-miscegenation act prohibiting the marriage of white people with “Negroes, Mulattos, or Mongolians.” Thelwell explained that during this period of time, “Mongolian” was used to refer to Asians.

However, times are changing. While in 1965, Asians made up half of 1 percent of the U.S. population, largely as a result of efforts to exclude them from the country, as of 2016, Asian-Americans are the fastest-growing racial group, making up 6 percent of the population.

“Every day our country grows by about 8,000 people, almost 90 percent of whom are people of color … and so a more racially diverse America is coming whether we want it to or not,” Thelwell said.

Thelwell cited research that said that marginalization of minority groups played a role in the recent presidential election.

“There was a recent study that was published in The Nation and it used regression analysis to interpret the voting patterns in the 2016 election,” Thelwell said. “Scholars found that fear of diversity made people more likely to vote for Trump.”

Thelwell argued that the Asian-American response needs to be

one of action that directly opposes the concept of Asians as the “model minority” who are silent, passive and stay out of politics.

“In my opinion for Asian-Americans in 2017, silence is not an option,” Thelwell said. “Our marginalization is by design, and if we stay silent, we miss a chance to defend multiracial democracy. If we stay silent, we increase the chances that our marginalization will continue. And if we stay silent, we actually marginalize ourselves.”

Public health major Wei Chang ’17 said that she was intrigued by the title of the lecture when she saw it on Student Happenings, in part because of her personal connection to the topic.

“I lived in Taiwan until I was 12, and then I moved to Virginia … so I’m always kind of thinking about where I fit into this AmericanAsian identity and so this topic, talking about marginality by design, was just really interesting to me,” Chang said.

Chang said that the lecture inspired her to both think differently and to take action.

“I want to really continue learning more about Asian-American history … Silence is a way of marginalizing … I think my first step is learning a lot more about this history and where this is going, and then speaking out,” Chang said.

Sociology professor and incoming director of Asian and Pacific Islander-American Studies Deenesh Sohoni was part of a core group of faculty that decided to have a series of speakers relating to this topic.

Relating to this topic, he spoke about what he and the other faculty wanted students to take away from the lecture.

“There’s this kind of marginalization that ignores that large historical role of Asians,” Sohoni said. “In fact, if you look at immigration law and naturalization laws, a lot of it was designed and reflective of efforts to keep out Asian-Americans … A large part of this series is to get people to realize the significant role that Asian-Americans have played in American history.”

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area. Why is it ok to do this here and not in Newport News? The answer to that is because they know they can get away with this here. William and Mary lets kids do things that are offensive without calling them out.”

When Beck first reported this incident to Assistant Director for Student Leadership Development Joe Wheeless, he was told that he needed to gather witness statements and impact reports, which Beck said he and other ROTC cadets are working on currently.

Since then, Beck has also gone to the Dean of Students, Student Assembly President Elijah Levine ’18 and to College President Taylor Reveley.

Levine, who ran much of his campaign on calling out problems such as racism and sexism in Greek life, said that while he knows the fraternity has tried to rebrand it as a “camo party,” he believes that if students are saying it’s offensive, he is not in a place to disagree with them.

“When someone speaks out, I am in no position to go against that,” Levine said. “It’s just a question of supporting that. If someone with the experience says that’s a desecration of the uniform, I’m in no place to question that. … It’s tough because I remember my freshman year that it was still called ‘Vietnam’ officially and that is totally reprehensible. I think it’s important to definitely continue being vigilant and calling out these overt instances, but not to let them distract us and make us think that it’s some segmented problem. It’s large scale. It’s a case where such a privileged community is able to not see the implications of their own actions and the things they take for granted.”

Levine said that moving forward, he believes that the role of SA in handling instances like this should be to promote larger conversations about issues in Greek life. He also said he believes IFC is an organization that would benefit from racial and implicit bias training.

Wheeless similarly said that the role of his office is to promote conversations on prevention and to help teach “cultural competency” to members in organizations that may not have as much knowledge about sensitive topics. He also said that he regularly talks with IFC organizations about yearly issues, such as reminding members of Delta Phi fraternity to use medical waivers for a hot chili pepper philanthropy event. PIKA’s yearly party, Wheeless said, is also something he has regularly discussed with brothers.

“We support all students,” Wheeless said. “There may be students who are multicultural and in the IFC and then there might be conflict that ensues. We try to empower students, work together with them, with the outcome of promoting an environment of inclusion, which may look different for every student.”

To Pallavi Rudraraju ’17 and former Co-Director of the Asian-American Student Initiative Aastha Uprety ’17, this party, regardless of re-branding efforts, is racially offensive to Asian-Americans.

Rudraraju said that before this year’s “camo party” she tried to meet with the fraternity’s president, Adam Illowsky ’18 to schedule a meeting. She said she hoped to get an apology for previous years, have the fraternity condemn anti-Asian rhetoric and make a promise of inclusivity and respect. However, Rudraraju said that she was unable to meet with them.

To her, some of the most racially offensive parts

of the party were the rhetoric that was anti-Asian, the discussion of Vietnam, and party decorations such as bamboo.

“As an Asian American woman who has been constantly dealing with micro-aggressions and blatant unchecked racism, I’ve been very disturbed by this party happening every year,” Rudraraju said in an email.

“When we found out that bamboo had been used again as a party prop this year, we felt sickened, resigned and betrayed. We had mentioned explicitly to them that despite them calling the party a ‘Camo Party’ last year, they still used bamboo as a party prop, which is racist.

Since we had told them this, we assumed we would not see bamboo used again this year. They had also promised to make a public statement before the party disavowing the ‘Nam’ rhetoric, which did not happen.

In light of this, in light of the lack of response from PIKA, I drafted a lengthy and detailed impact statement and have sent it to necessary people in the administration.”

Moving forward, Rudraraju and Uprety put together a letter on behalf of AASI and Asian American Pacific Islander students that they plan on releasing today at 5 p.m.

So far, student organizations including the Lambda Alliance, the Middle Eastern Student Association, the Hindu, Sikh and Jain Students Association, the Muslim Student Association, the Student Environmental Action Coalition, the Real WM, VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood, the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program, Gadfly Media, the Young Democratic Socialists, the Japanese Cultural Association, the Metal Club, Student Partnership for Aid and International Development, the National Association

for the Advancement of Colored People, the Young Democrats, Hermandad de Sigma Iota Alpha, Inc., Amnesty International, Rocket Magazine, Team Blitz, Greeks for Respect, Inclusion, and Diversity, Swing Club, The Meridian Coffeehouse, the Black Student Organization, Afrodite, the Korean American Student Association and Pi Beta Phi sorority have all joined the letter as signers.

Wheeless said that once Beck and other students submit their impact statements, administrators will decide whether the case will go to SLD or to the IFC. If it goes to the IFC, PIKA could be called in for a hearing, and then given sanctions such as a probation period or a ban on social activities for a set amount of time. All decisions to remove a fraternity’s privileges to be on campus or to have on-campus housing would come from Residence Life and that fraternity’s national organization.

“There are two possibilities here,” Beck said. “The first is that these students are just ignorant and they don’t know that this is offensive. The action there would be to educate them on what it means to serve in the military. … The other possibility is that they know it’s offensive but they just don’t care, which just means they are apathetic to the military … I’d like to see them get kicked off campus. I think that any group that year after year after year engages in such a gross and disgusting appropriation on the level that they do just can’t be tolerated anymore. There needs to be an example set. With or without IFC’s disciplinary actions, I most reasonably expect our campus to denounce their actions and to pressure them away from doing things like this.”

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Out of darkness walk aims to raise mental health awareness Students, faculty walk for suicide prevention, speak about personal experiences, perceived stigmas NOAH PETERSEN FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

A week before final exams begin, hundreds of students and faculty at the College of William and Mary gathered to support mental health awareness.

Several student organizations collaborated to host the second annual Out of the Darkness Walk Saturday, April 22. The walk is part of a nation-wide campaign led by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

College President Taylor Reveley and Associate Vice President for Health and Wellness Kelly Crace opened the event by speaking on the importance of building a community at the College that recognizes and supports students’ mental health needs.

The walk began at the Rec and travelled on a loop down Jamestown Road and around the Sunken Garden. The event raised over $8,000 for AFSP. Danny McNeil ’19 is a psychology major and one of the event co-chairs. He became involved in the walk through his fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega, which was one of the walk’s sponsors. He said he was also motivated to raise

awareness about mental health because of his past experiences.

“Growing up, suicide really affected my family,” McNeil said. “One of my best friends — her brother committed suicide, and some of my first memories, actually, were having nightmares about that. I think it’s one of the most horrible things, you know. It has affected my whole life.”

McNeil said he thinks that mental health is a nation-wide problem on college campuses and views the walk as a sign that the College is making progress in its support programs.

McNeil thinks students and faculty need to change the way that they view mental health issues to remove the stigma associated with seeking help.

“What this event is really showing is that we have got to treat mental health like a disorder, like a disease,” McNeil said. “Just like you would go to a doctor if you broke your arm, you should go to the doctor if you’re not feeling well mentally or if you’re having thoughts about suicide or having thoughts about depression — that it’s perfectly normal to seek help.”

The other event co-chair, Zack Thornburg

’19, said he believes that poor mental health is relevant to every person on campus.

“I feel like if you don’t know someone who’s been affected by suicide or depression, you know someone who [knows someone] and that’s too many people,” Thornburg said.

He said he thinks that the size of and collaboration process behind this year’s walk set it apart from last year’s.

“We knew from the get-go that we wanted to make the walk bigger,” Thornburg said. “Every year you want to make an event bigger. We thought it would be nice to have other groups on campus involved who were also part of this cause.”

Chair of the Senate Alaina Shreves ’18 was the Student Assembly sponsor for this event. She said she thinks that the walk will help encourage students preparing for their final exams.

“Going into finals you also feel like the school, like, hates you and is doing all these things to make you suffer,” Shreves said. “The school has these resources, and they are going out of their way. The administration and professors are all behind you. They do want to make you succeed, not just academically but in all of your life.”

She views sponsoring the walk as a way to take mental health issues past the campaign rhetoric of SA elections.

“For me it’s not just something I want to say in my campaign, but it’s actually what I wanted to do,” Shreves said. “Changing that conversation for one person would definitely be the impact that I need.”

Her vision for the walk was to develop a sense of solidarity on campus around shared experiences with mental health issues.

“I think everyone during their time here at William and Mary will have some sort of episode where they’re feeling down, or they’re feeling like they don’t want to be here anymore,” Shreves said. “We are all here, and we all support that.”

McNeil said he agrees with that and believes that a stronger sense of community is the first step toward finding solutions.

“That’s one of the main reasons that we have this walk,” McNeil said. “It is to have an event that tells our community that we’re here for each other, and we’re going to walk for the future, for hope, and to really talk about the issues.”

DoG Street marchers call for climate justice, reliance on science Students, community members rally together during time of environmental security uncertainty

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and not just a one-sided attack on either side.”

Carey said that one of the DoG Street protest’s main concerns was the proposed budget cuts the Trump administration would make to the EPA and the National Institutes of Health, which face cuts up to $2.6 billion and $5.8 billion, respectively.

Some protesters said they were worried how Trump’s budget cuts would affect the region. Lonnie Mattis, a resident of Williamsburg, walked alongside her mother, Barbara Wilson of St. Augustine, Fla., out of concern for the impact that the new president’s policies would have on

the Chesapeake Bay, which she said is just starting to improve.

“If [the Bay] starts going back downhill, everything, from the fisheries to the recreation to hotel industries, the economic impact will be horrible to say nothing of the animal life, the fish life, birds, the marsh grasses,” Mattis said. “It could sink so fast again.”

Stephen Gurley ’17 feared the impact the budget cuts could have on the career prospects and production of scientists because scientists take time to produce.

“If you do something now, that’s going to have a domino effect for the next 10 years in the production of scientists,” Gurley said.

Gurley, a biology major who will attend medical school next year while pursuing a master’s degree in public health, noted that he was especially concerned with the cuts facing the NIH as he seeks future employment.

“Another thing that is basically almost going to be eliminated all funding for is the NIH’s Fogarty International Center for Global Health,” Gurley said. “A lot of those things are poorly funded to begin with but then also they’re drastically cutting the budget.”

Concerns extended beyond the economic impact that Trump’s policies might have. Garner, who will enter the College’s School of Education next year

after completing his major in biology, said he was worried about the negative effects the administration’s anti-scientific rhetoric could have on the students he will teach.

“Some of my fears are cutting funding for education and especially science education or having that public perception heightened when I’m going into the classroom and trying to teach students about really important concepts that are crucial to science, and especially in the field of my passion which is biology and of course, evolution,” Garner said.

Biology professor Stanton Hoegerman agreed, adding that anti-scientific rhetoric could affect the mentality of those who depend on the scientific industry for

employment.

“Perhaps in the long run, the major threat is the psychological one of ‘Come around or have no funding, change fields, don’t study controversial topics,’” Hoegerman said. “That’s a real problem.”

Garner, however, said he believes that the perception of science is the most at risk.

“Encouraging potential viewpoints of science that are extremely negative in a sort of blanket way in which people become distrustful of science itself as an institution … is very terrifying, because science is many different things rolled underneath the umbrella term of ‘science,’ and I think it’s extremely important not to demonize that word,” Garner said.

CWA burdened with expenses from last year Combined costs of new software, old bills drive CWA to raise prices CWA from page 1

“I came on as the president last May in 2016, and the first thing that I noted was that we were going to have to move $45,000 from our ready cash reserves in order to cover shortfall in our budget from the year 2015-2016,” Riffer said.

After the previous year’s extra costs had been taken care of, the CWA had to purchase new class registration software. The previous program crashed during initial registration almost as soon as the registration period opened and the process had to be prolonged for days.

Riffer said the new program requires a larger staff to maintain it, and, combined with the costs of the software, the budget fell to pieces.

“So, we hired new staff, bought the new software program and that’s what blew our budget all apart,” Riffer said.

The only consistent source of revenue that the CWA receives is membership tuitions. The program also receives endowments from various donors; however, CWA Director Scherry Barra said they generally do not use these funds to pay for general expenses.

“For most of the years of our existence we never did use [endowments]; we just let the money roll back over in to the principle amount and continue to grow,” Barra said.

The CWA is staffed entirely by volunteers except for five staff members, one of whom will be leaving in the coming months and will not be replaced.

“What we did do was compromise with the board that they gave us a dollar amount to use toward temp help so that at our busy peak times, they would not use those labor hours,” Barra said.

In addition to increasing membership dues, the CWA cut the number of Town and Gown lectures from eight to six, increased prices for parking passes and temporarily suspended grants to the College.

Riffer said these cuts were difficult to make but received a great deal of attention and were not made lightly.

“We decided to take a look at spending,” Riffer said. “The going-in argument on that discussion was we were not going to cut anything that threatened the actual core program … In the end, we ended up saving somewhere around 50 grand or so. Some of those cuts were very, very painful.”

However, even with cuts to spending, Riffer knew membership tuitions would have to increase. He said a team was brought in to analyze the market value, and they found that their program was very low-priced compared to the number and quality of courses they offered.

“It was clear that that wasn’t enough. We were going to have to raise rates,” Riffer said. “We all heard how

good the program is; how what a good deal Christopher Wren is compared to other lifelong learning institutes. … So, we actually asked for a formal analysis of how we stack up … and what came out of that analysis was that the average tuition for somebody in a lifelong learning institute in that population was 157 dollars for a semester, and at that time we were charging 100. So, we were way underpriced.”

Charles “Chuck” Buell has been taking courses with the CWA for 17 years. He said he has enjoyed his classmates and the wide variety of courses that the CWA offers.

“I moved down here about 17 years ago, and I started taking classes then, and I take a large variety of classes — medical, financial planning, history, photography — just about everything you’d think of,” Buell said. “I’ve really enjoyed the classes very much. One of the best parts of them are the people in the audience — that they come from such a wide and varied background.”

Buell said the courses offered by the CWA and the connections he has made with members of the Williamsburg community are very important to those enrolled in the program.

“It gives them involvement with each other,” Buell said. “The Town and Gown series — sit down at the table and meet people and hear a good speaker. Just the people you meet.”

Buell said he supports the membership price increase and said he can’t image having to end the program. “[I] strongly support it,” Buell said. “I’m heavily involved, and I know the whole thing is kind of a bare bones operation, and a small staff and a lot of volunteers, and I just can’t imagine having to end it.”

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Finding beauty in Millington’s demise

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Students benefit from not having reading week

Alfred Ouyang

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reading would help students with nothing but teaching them procrastination, which is neither beneficial now or in the job market.

A week without classes means a week without obligations.

I have heard from many of my friends who go to colleges with reading weeks that few of them see this as a chance for a bit of rest, recuperation and studying. Instead, most of them spend this week traveling, going home or simply procrastinating.

Do not fool yourself — deadlines are the key to productivity. Extending the deadline by one week achieves nothing. Who wouldn’t spend more time in bed with Netflix when given one more week with no class and no homework?

Furthermore, it is better to suffer short-term pain rather than long-term torture. We all know it is most stressful just before finals week; why ask for an extra week’s pain?

Our college is notorious for a competitive environment and high stress level. One more week of studying would only drive more people to the brink of emotional collapse.

Our professors never tire of adding more materials to their already dense syllabi. Extending the semester for one more week would only encourage them to assign extra work to the students.

Currently, professors understand our limited preparation time and tend to accommodate us by either making finals not cumulative or shortening the length. If we add an extra week for studying, professors would take this opportunity to make exams harder.

All in all, who would want an extra week of school when you can have an extra week of summer instead?

Email Alfred Ouyang at souyang@email.wm.edu.

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Finals week is coming again. Yes, it is stressful and torturous. There are many methods that the College could adopt to take care of its students and alleviate their stress levels. However, it is clearly a no-brainer that adding an extra week of studying and procrastinating would be no help.

The best way to prepare for finals is to not prepare at all. When we think about finals, we conjure up images of all-nighters, stressful cramming and countless cups of coffee. Nonetheless, this is not what finals aim for. Finals are designed to test knowledge learned throughout the whole semester. The exam system is meant to cultivate students’ memory of material gained while learning. Preparing for finals shouldn’t be as stressful if you follow a constant study routine.

The exam system prepares students for the job market by allowing them to practice finishing a challenging task in a limited time. This skill applies seamlessly to your future career no matter what you do. Adding one more week of

The best way to prepare for finals is not to prepare at all.

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How much did the College or the community have to shell out to Mr. Snowden for the privilege of listening to treason?

— Alex Bramsen on “Snowden joins campus via livestream, talks national security, privacy”

The sound of heavy machinery whirred as white smoke drifted across the brick path connecting Sadler to Swem.

The thick mesh of steel wires that once held the concrete in place now hung bent and split at odd angles. Rubble fell periodically as the excavator worked on the foundation.

Other people lingered, taking in the scene. The demolition of Millington Hall was being completed.

I was coming back from French class, riding my bike from Landrum, when I saw a view: a beautiful view of new campus. For so long, Millington had blocked Swem Library and its gorgeous east wing, a scenic injustice if ever I saw one. The use of glass and white siding on our library flows perfectly with the modern ISC III also in shot. I realized that this part of campus, that for so long was an eyesore and an inconvenience, had become quite beautiful. The aesthetic now produced was, in my view, thoroughly worth the slight vexation of construction areas. It exemplified a natural continuation of this school’s first and enduring aesthetic: balance and proportion.

The spacing between Swem, Small and ISC I form three sides of a square centered on the sundial. The inclusion of Millington produced a lopsidedness from which the

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As you guard your face from the drifting smoke and plug your ears to the sound of heavy machines and the hum of industry, think on all that the construction offers our college. collective setting suffered. Plans have been made to build another integrated science center, ISC IV, which, in my view, only heightens this balance by evoking our historic architecture on Old Campus. The Wren Building sits in similar relation to the President’s House and the Brafferton, as Swem will sit in relation to Small and ISC IV — both three sides of a square.

Nearly 320 years separate the Wren Building’s construction and Millington’s demolition, yet this founding philosophy of balance and proportion can be seen as a common thread between the two. I believe the new architectural direction being taken by our school would make our founders proud.

It is even more reassuring that this aesthetic is being kept in regards to the construction of more science buildings — a discipline that has been viewed as a counter to the more artistic disciplines. The wedding of the two is hopefully symbolic of this institution’s continued insistence on wellrounded education.

And so, in the coming weeks, as you pass those construction sites on campus, as you guard your face from the drifting smoke and plug your ears to the sound of heavy machines and the hum of industry, think on all that the construction offers our college.

The benefits extend beyond having newer buildings and amenities. What we gain is a lesson from our history, an architectural design that radiates a founding philosophy of balance and proportion.

Email Benjamin Halkowski at bhalkowski@email.wm.edu.

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A Message to all W&M Students from the William and Mary Counseling Center

At WMCC we are committed to your success and well-being. We recognize that the end of the semester is a

time when you may find yourself particularly susceptible to stress and anxiety related to academic pressures.

Fortunately, there are healthy strategies to help you manage stress during tough times. Please take a minute to look at these self-care tips.

First, stay connected with those around you. When we isolate ourselves we tend to feel and think things are even worse. So reach out and ask for help when you need it.

Second, take some personal control by directly confronting stressors and creating a plan. Write down your situation as well as specific solutions within your control for addressing those stressors.

Third, identify and change unhealthy coping strategies. Stress can lead us to start doing things we know are not healthy (such as eating poorly or using alcohol or other drugs). It can also lead us to stop doing things we know are healthy (such as excercising or going to bed on time). While it can be tempting in the short run to rationalize such behavior, the result is usually an increase in our stress rather than a decrease.

Last, but not least, know there is help available if you need it and know that asking for help is a strength and not a weakness. Below are campus resources and links to resources that can assist you in responding to personal stress. ­—Talking with your professor or advisor directly about any academic concerns can be very helpful and is strongly encouraged.

—Eat well: Visit https://ww.mindful.sodexo.com/ for more information on healthy eating.

—During finals week SWEM library will be having several stress relieving sessions available to you. Stop by for a place to study and to take a relaxing break.

—Visit calm.com for online relaxation recordings.

—If you become distressed after-hours call the Counseling center at 757-221-3620 to talk with one of our afterhour counselors.

We hope that you find this information helpful. All service and activities are free and accessible and you are invited to take advantage of these opportunities. Best wishes as you complete your work for the semester!

With love,

The staff of the WMCC (757-221-3620) & WM Libraries

Thursday, April 27- Crim Dell Amphitheater (Rain location: Trinkle Hall) End of Semester Drum Circle (The Lemon Project & Counseling Center) 12pm.

Give me a break: Finals week activities at Swem Library Take a minute each day during final exams to recharge with these free activities at Swem! All events will take place in the first floor Lobby area.

Sunday, April 30 Yoga (Campus Recreation) 4 - 4:45 p.m.

Wednesday, May 3

K-9 Connection Therapy Dogs 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 5 - 7 p.m.

Chair Massage (Campus Recreation) 5:30 -7:30 p.m.

Monday, May 1

Thursday, May 4

Study Break Activities (Counseling Center) 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Coffee & Donuts (Tribe Athletics) 7 p.m.

Chair Massage (Campus Recreation) 12 - 2 p.m.

Snack Break (CRH Vending & Pepsi) 4 p.m.

Tuesday, May 2 Therapy Dogs 11 a.m. - 1p.m.

Monday, May 8

Therapy Dogs 2 - 6 p.m.

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream cart 3 p.m.

Study Break Activities (Counseling Center) 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

All Week Relaxation station with coloring sheets, LEGO blocks and free study supplies! Earplugs will be available at the circulation and research desks.

Final Week activites at Sadler Center: De-Stress art therapy (Counseling Center) 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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a n s d h c M r a u n s i o c M Despite the gloomy weather on Saturday, April 22, students and families flocked to the Sadler Terrace and the Crim Dell Meadow to celebrate Earth Day at the Monarchs and Music Festival. Attendees enjoyed live music, booths with information about environmental movements, a documentary screening, greenhouse tours, games, face-painting and a butterfly tent. A booth, run by the Walshingham Academy, handed out Milkweed plants, which are essential to the lives of monarch butterflies, for students to take home and plant. Attendees got the opportunity to observe the butterflies up-close inside the butterfly tent, and butterfly expert Lincoln Brewer was on hand to answer any questions people had. In addition to the live music, President Reveley also read Dr. Seuss’ “The Lorax.” The festival was a product of the combined efforts of William and Mary Sustainability, AMP and William and Mary Monarch and Milkweed Research.

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I really loved that there were butterfly tents, examples of the beauty of nature, and after seeing those you tend to notice more life around you, like all the butterflies we have around campus, so I just really appreciated that.

—Jenny Fielder ’20

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“Baskerville” dazzles with a comedic twist on a timeless tale Williamson ’20, who played Dr. John Watson, successfully animated the typical traits we associate with such wellknown characters, yet both added a bit of their own stylistic If you were looking for a howl over the weekend — either flare, so observing their characters proved a refreshing and from a dark, creepy hound or from your own laughter — then engaging experience for Sherlock fans. LePage’s interpretation you needed to search no further than the riveting and hilarious of Sherlock wonderfully accentuated his character’s show “Baskerville,” put on by William and Mary Theatre April scintillating severity while Williamson expounded brilliantly 20-23. upon his character’s bumbling charm. As a duo, the two “Baskerville,” written by award-winning playwright Ken were deftly in sync, bouncing off each other’s humorous Ludwig, is a comedic rendering of the famed Sherlock Holmes portrayals (sometimes in perfectly hilarious choreographic story “The Hound of the Baskervilles” by Sir Arthur Conan synchronization) winning the laughter of the audience. LePage Doyle. The play follows the detective Sherlock Holmes and seamlessly enunciated Sherlock’s long-winded, complex lines Dr. John Watson as they grapple with the mysterious death of of dialogue and Watson fluidly executed his character’s lines Sir Charles Baskerville, who is found dead on his estate near and mobility through varying settings in the play. abnormally large canine footprints. Holmes and Watson begin Finally, the play’s technical elements, while sometimes to suspect that a curse has been placed on the Baskerville extravagant, did not overshadow, but rather connected family by an extraordinary, vicious hound in the countryside, well with the actors navigating them. The show’s fast-paced leading the main characters through urban and back-country nature did not seem to faze the technical accuracy, which was Britain as they try to untangle this bizarre mystery. nearly always on cue whether it was the sudden sound of a The show maintained a lively comedic and dramatic energy throughout, buoyed by the fluid transformations of the actors and set design. Despite having to navigate many different tactical setting elements and complex characters, the show’s production team and cast kept up the fast-paced feel of the plot without allowing for too much confusion about the play’s events and without masking some of play’s subtle meta-theatrical elements. The show’s costumes had a halfauthentic, half-aggrandized feel, contributing to the dramatic comedy of the characters and plot. From Sherlock’s colorful, extravagant robe to the cowboy-esque garb of Texan Henry Baskerville, the costumes accurately matched the personalities of the characters wearing them. The men’s slick, gelled hairstyles seemed to embody the quintessentially immaculate British gentleman of the period, and the memorable props, like Watson’s silver revolver and a strange naturalist’s large butterfly fit very well with the show’s comically engaging kinesthesis.

While the first characters you tend to think of in a Sherlock Holmes story are, of course, the pop-cultural icons Holmes and Watson, the supporting actors demonstrated a laudatory depth of skill. Whether they were lip-syncing opera singers, grungy urban British boys or stoic figures in large paintings, KATHERINE WEBER FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR

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vicious hound amid a creepy fog or yellowish light falling on a woman’s face exactly as she drew the curtains of an invisible window.

The set also played with space to add complex layers at certain moments without confusing the plot. The setting easily transformed from the stony streets of London and 221 Baker Street to topographical countryside settings, giving an impression of authenticity.

Despite having a somewhat complex plot and host of characters to keep track of, the cast and production crew of “Baskerville” put forth an engaging, hilarious performance with many distinctive elements without overwhelming or confusing its audience.

The humorous, memorable performances of the actors combined with the show’s grandiose aesthetic components were consistently strong and were certainly far from “elementary.” The performance took the audience back in time and across an ocean into the entertaining world of Sherlock Holmes.

The show maintained a

lively comedic and dramatic energy throughout.

the actors had to navigate many hilarious and unforgettable roles. Six supporting actors shape-shifted continuously throughout the show into a wide array of character personalities and did so with a striking perspicacity. These metamorphoses often required them to speak in a host of different accents. Aside from the obvious British accent, the audience was struck for example with hearty and nativesounding Russian, Texan, German and Italian accents as these actors transformed into different personas while mostly maintaining audibility and linguistic clarity in their speech.

Clive LePage ’18, who played Sherlock Holmes, and Michael

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William and Mary Theatre performs Ken Ludwig’s “Baskerville,” a comedic twist on the Sherlock Holmes tale, “The Hound of the Baskervilles” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Sick of the single rider lane: The case for Busch Gardens For a stress-free study break, take a ride on the wild side at local theme park

Ellie Moonan BEHIND CLOSED DOORS COLUMNIST

It is nearing the end of the school year, and I have one last question for the College of William and Mary community — why won’t anyone go to Busch Gardens with me?

If I could, I would go to Busch Gardens every single weekend. It is one of the best theme parks out there. In comparison, the rides at Six Flags are always permanently closed due to technical problems, and Disney has too many gift stores.

Busch Gardens, however, is a beautiful green park with killer rides. I may have a bit of a bias since I have been traveling to Busch Gardens nearly every year since I was four years old.

Some of my earliest and happiest memories include spending six hours in the hot sun getting dizzy in the queue for a three-minute ride. It’s the rush — the pure and joyful rush of feeling like your stomach is defying gravity — that appealed to me the most.

Also, if I am being honest, Busch Gardens is one of the many great benefits of William and Mary’s location. So you can imagine my frustration that I have only been to the park a

total of three times this entire year — all of those times being with my family when they come to visit.

Why am I so questionably passionate about this park? Busch Gardens can take your mind off of the daily stress that college may cause, and it can take you back to a time when rollercoasters were monsters you conquered.

At the park, you are transported into a new land, seemingly hours away from Williamsburg.

Granted, the places you are transported to are mockup stereotyped countries in Europe, but the essence is still there. There are Clydesdales and wolves and popcorn that is way too salty for any human being to consume. If roller coasters aren’t your thing, the park is great to just walk around and people-watch. And all of this is simply 15 minutes away from your dusty old dorm room!

The downside of Busch Gardens to an average college student is undoubtedly the price. Single-day tickets are about $80 normally.

Therefore, I understand why going to the park with me could be unattractive. However, $80 is also the same amount for a season pass, and so, if you get a season pass and manage to go three or four times that year you are actually spending about the same amount of money as a trip to Food Lion. The math is there, folks.

In an ideal world, we all automatically would have season passes just for going to William and Mary — and I am not just talking about the discounted single-day ticket that Student Assembly blesses us with. With season passes for all, the motivation to go and have pure,

whimsical fun would be significantly greater.

Think of a student body that has unlimited access to roller coasters. It sounds dangerously beautiful.

Money aside, whenever I ask about the possibility to go to Busch Gardens, the response is always, “I have to study” — perhaps the saddest excuse of them all. That is not to discourage studying — by all means study and enjoy learning. But also know when to stop studying and take a break. We are lucky enough

to live mere minutes away from an alternate universe full of popcorn and loops-the-loops.

Why wouldn’t we want to escape every now and then?

I’ll close out this wild semester with the hope that I will be luckier next year. Please, just someone go to Busch Gardens with me so I don’t have to write more columns about it.

Ellie Moonan is a Confusion Corner columnist who is looking for a fellow Griffin to ride the Griffon.

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| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 | Page 9

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College sweeps Dukes in CAA matchup Tribe advances to 7-5 in Colonial Athletic Association play and 22-20 overall KEVIN RICHESON FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER Last weekend, the Tribe took on James Madison at Plumeri Park for a threegame Colonial Athletic Association series. The College was looking to bounce back from its shutout loss to Maryland on Wednesday and advance its 4-5 record in conference play. The Tribe swept the Dukes by way of strong offensive performances, comeback wins and two walk-off victories.

“We were just trying to get back to playing better,” head coach Brian Murphy said.

Friday, the College (22-20, 7-5 CAA) utilized an offensive explosion to fend off the Dukes for a 14-8 victory. The Tribe got off to a fast start to take an early lead on the Dukes (18-20, 3-12 CAA).

Junior right fielder Ryan Hall came to the plate with one out and one man on in the bottom of the first. He launched a pitch to right-center field that hopped over the fence for a ground-rule double to give the Tribe a 1-0 advantage. With two outs, two consecutive batters were hit-by-pitch for the College, loading the bases for sophomore shortstop Kyle Wrighte. Wrighte stroked a single into right field, leading to two runs scoring on the play. The Tribe headed to the second inning with a quick 3-0 lead.

“I was trying to get a pitch to hit, put a good swing on it, and just hit the ball hard,” Hall said.

The Tribe and the Dukes each scored two runs in the third inning. After the Dukes closed the gap to one run at 3-2, the College quickly responded in the bottom half of the inning. Senior designated hitter Ryder Miconi led off the inning with a double to left-center field. Up next to bat was sophomore catcher Hunter Smith, who blasted a two-run home run to center to push the Tribe’s lead back to three runs at 5-2.

The Tribe maintained its three-run lead until the top of the fifth inning when James Madison put up six runs to take an 8-5 lead. The Dukes used six hits to spark the big inning.

The College responded in the bottom of the sixth to retake the lead. After two walks and a hit-by-pitch to start the inning, Hall hit a fly ball to left field for a sacrifice fly with a run scoring on the play to cut the deficit to two runs. After a Miconi RBI single made the score 8-7, Smith hit an RBI single to right field to tie the game at 8-8. Junior second baseman Cullen Large crossed the plate for the game-tying run. Senior center fielder Charles Ameer added another RBI single to put the Tribe up 9-8. The College would not relinquish this lead the rest of the game. It was able to add

another run in the bottom of the sixth before scoring two runs in both the seventh and eighth inning en route to a 14-8 comeback victory.

Saturday, the Tribe required extra innings to knock off the Dukes 8-7 in ten innings. This was supposed to be game one of a doubleheader, but the second game was postponed until Sunday morning due to rain. The Dukes got on the board first, scoring a run in the top of the second off a sacrifice fly to center field. The Tribe answered with a sacrifice fly of its own in the bottom of the third inning, off Hall’s bat.

The Dukes retook the lead in the top of the fifth inning with a three-run inning to take a 4-1 lead. In the bottom half of the inning, the College responded immediately with three runs of its own to even the score at 4-4. Hall and Miconi each had RBI singles. The College was aided by a Dukes error that extended the inning and allowed another run to score.

After the Dukes had once again taken the lead, the Tribe took its first lead of the day in the bottom of the seventh.

Hall blasted a two-run home run to right field, scoring both he and Large on the play, and giving the College a 6-5 advantage. However, the Dukes fought back with a home run of their own in the top of the ninth. Junior third baseman

Bradley McKay ripped a two-run home run to left field to put the Dukes up 7-6 going to the bottom of the ninth.

Three outs away from losing, the College came up with a game-tying rally in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extra innings. Miconi doubled to lead off the inning, but the next two batters were retired. Wrighte came to the plate with Miconi on second base and two outs. Wrighte laced a single back up the middle for the game-tying RBI and to force extra innings, with the score 7-7.

After giving up no runs in the top of the tenth, the Tribe was able to score the game-winning run in the bottom of the inning. With the bases loaded and one man out, Miconi came up with a walkoff single up the middle with freshman left fielder Brandon Raquet crossing the plate for the game-winning run.

“I was just trying to see something up in the zone and get a good swing off and fortunately it got through and we were able to win the game,” Miconi said.

Sunday, the Tribe returned to the field looking to sweep the Dukes. The College once again found itself down late in the game, but completed its third straight comeback to snag a 7-6 win over the Dukes. The series finale was another back-and-forth battle. After the College grabbed a 2-1 lead after three innings, the Dukes were able to surge

ahead with three runs in the top of the fourth. The two teams traded runs in the fifth inning, leaving the Dukes with a 5-3 advantage.

In the bottom of the seventh, the College took advantage of a couple wild pitches by the Dukes’ pitching staff. The Tribe was able to even the game with both runs scoring on wild pitches. However, the Dukes got back on top in the top of the ninth inning.

Junior catcher Zach Tondi came up with a one-out RBI single to put the Dukes in position to secure the victory. The College fought back in the bottom of the ninth. Large scored the game-tying run with one out on an error off of a Smith ground ball. With the score tied 6-6 and two outs in the inning, freshman first baseman Patrick Ryan laced a walk-off RBI single into left field, scoring Miconi on the play for the game-winning run.

The College will look to continue the momentum of a strong week and a series sweep when it travels to George Mason for a mid-week in-state matchup. The Tribe will then travel to Towson for a conference showdown in a three-game series from Friday to Sunday.

“I’d like to see our starters get back on track, hopefully our bullpen can continue to pitch well, and we can have the type of at-bats we had this week,” Murphy said.

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LACROSSE

Tribe posts strong finish in Colonial Athletic Association play

College unable to stop 14-straight Hofstra shots

College comes in eighth Tribe falls to Pride KATIE KOONTZ FLAT HAT VARIETY EDITOR William and Mary finished in eighth place at the 2017 Colonial Athletic Association Men’s Golf Championship, with an overall score of 880 (+16). The 54-hole, three-day tournament was held at Salisbury Country Club in Midlothian, Va. from April 21-23. Despite challenges due to inclement weather, the College of Charleston claimed the top spot with an overall score of 841 (-23).

After the first round, the Tribe sat in eighth with a team score of 293 (+5). Senior Davis Morrison led the team with a 1-under 71, tying for 12th. Freshman Walker Campbell, sophomore Will Stewart and junior Sam Aronoff all tied for 25th with a score of 2-over 74. Senior Austin Morrison ended the first day with a disappointing 13-over 85.

Charleston led the field after the first round, finishing with a strong 274 (-14). At the top of the individual leaderboard, the Cougar’s Parker Derby and Towson’s Spencer

Alexander tied with 6-under 66s.

To adjust for the weather forecast, the CAA decided to play rounds two and three Saturday. During round two, the Tribe scored 290 (+2) to remain in eighth. Stewart and Davis Morrison finished in a tie for 25th after shooting an even 72 and a 3-over 75, respectively. Campbell’s 1-over 73 placed him at T30 after the first 36 holes. With an 8-over 80 in the second round, Aronoff fell to 41st in the leaderboard. Despite finishing in a tie for 42nd, Austin Morrison had a strong comeback in the second round, shooting a 2-under 70.

Charleston remained at the top of the leaderboard after a secondround finish of 283 (-5). It had a sixshot lead over second-place team Towson going into the final round.

With a 2-under 70, Derby took the outright lead after the first 36 holes.

Round three began Saturday, but the tournament was completed Sunday due to a rain delay. The Tribe remained in eighth place after a 297 (+9) finish in the third round.

The Tribe’s only top-20 finisher, Davis Morrison, fired a 3-under 69

to tie for ninth with a 54-hole score of 215 (-1). Campbell shot a 6-over 78 in the last round, coming in 34th with a 225 (+9) overall score.

Austin Morrison shot a 1-over 73 to tie for 36th with a 228 (+12).

Stewart shot an 11-over 83 to finish in 40th with a 229 (+13) total.

Aronoff rounded out the team with a 5-over 77 to tie for 41st with a total score of 231 (+15).

Three-day leader Charleston finished with a 284 (-4) in the last round of play. It ended the tournament 13 strokes ahead of second-place finisher UNCWilmington.

The individual leaderboard featured a close race for first; however, Derby finished on top with a 54-hole score of 208 (-8).

This was the fourth and final CAA championship for twins Austin and Davis Morrison, as well as Davis Morrison’s best CAA championship finish.

Stewart competed in his second consecutive Championship, while it was the first for both Campbell and Aronoff.

BRENDAN DOYLE FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR With the regular season winding down, William and Mary continued its tough Colonial Athletic Association season. In its last away game of the year, the College took on the Hofstra Pride. The Tribe (3-13, 0-5 CAA) took an early lead, but was not able to hold on. Hofstra (8-7, 2-4 CAA) dominated the last 25 minutes of the first half, taking an 11-goal lead into halftime.

The College was not able to recover the massive deficit, falling 18-6 to the Pride.

The Tribe, looking for its first CAA victory of the year, came out firing. Two goals scored one minute and 38 seconds apart by junior attacker Alexandria Specht, split by a Hofstra goal in between the two, gave the College a 2-1 lead with 26 minutes left in the first half of the game.

Things quickly went downhill for the Tribe.

Sparked by a goal by Pride midfielder Drew Shapiro, Hofstra rattled off 12 straight goals going into halftime. The Pride led 13-2 at the break, led by five goals from Shapiro. Hofstra doubled the Tribe up in shots in the period, 2211, while turnovers were 9-6 for the College.

The second half started with another Hofstra goal, extending the Pride’s lead to 12. Finally,

freshman midfielder Annalise Lower broke through for the Tribe to end the run. However, the College could not muster enough offense to get back into the game. The rest of the way, the two teams each scored three goals.

Two of the Tribe goals in the second half came from Specht, giving her a total of four in the game. Those four goals set a career high in a game for Specht. Her preceding single game record was three scored in the previous game against Drexel.

After a quiet last 10 minutes, with only two goals scored, the loss was finalized for the College, losing 18-6 to the Pride. Overall, the Tribe was outshot 34-21, while the Pride put 26 on net compared to the College’s 11. Hofstra corralled 18 ground balls, while the Tribe collected eight.

For the College, Specht was the leading scorer. Lower pitched in a goal, as did freshman midfielder Nikky Price. The only assist for the College came from sophomore attacker Eloise Gagnon.

The Tribe’s loss was its sixth in a row and eighth out of nine games, including all five CAA contests thus far. To wrap up the College’s season, it will host the Elon Phoenix on Saturday, April 29 at 1 p.m.

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Showcase Weekend

Tribe delivers strong showings in two big meets JACOB ROSS FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

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Senior Davis Morrison lines up a shot. He tied for ninth with a 54 hole score of 215 (-1) in helping the Tribe to finish in eighth place.

William and Mary recorded a number of strong performances over the weekend at two different meets. The majority of the squad traveled south to Durham to compete in the Duke Invitational, while the Tribe distance contingent headed to Charlottesville to compete in the Virginia Challenge.

At Duke, junior Kacey Wheeler placed 12th in the 400-meter with a quick 55.78. In the 400-meter hurdles, senior Ashley Woodards clocked in at 1:02.47 and sophomore Margaret Sullivan finished in 1:02.58, finishing seventh and eighth, respectively. Sophomore Grace Becker finished second in the high jump, clearing 1.68 meters (5-6). Junior Leia Mistowksi landed second in the hammer throw with a toss of 59.99 meters, while senior Rochelle Evans had big throws in both the discus (44.24 meters) and shot-put (13.27 meters) to place seventh and eighth, respectively.

On the men’s side, sophomore Cole Clark set a personal best time in the 800-meter, running a swift 1:52.87 to place 16th. Junior Dylan Andersen placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles in an impressive 52.77 clocking. Taylor Frenia had a big day in the throws, placing second in the shot-put (17.83 meters), third in the hammer (53.44 meters) and first place in the discus (55.52 meters). Junior Tucker Rizzi finished runner-up in the javelin with a toss of 65.05 meters.

At the Virginia Challenge, juniors Regan Rome and Molly McKenna placed seventh and 25th, respectively, in the 5000-meter. Rome clocked 16:10 while McKenna finished in 16:41.

On the men’s side, freshman Cooper Leslie placed 46th (3:52.11) in the 1500-meter. Senior David Barney finished 23rd in the 5000-meter in 14:23. Seniors Trevor Sleight and AJ Tucker ran well in the 10000-meter, finishing eighth in 30:06 and 13th in 30:17, respectively.

The College is back in action next weekend at the Penn Relays at Franklin Field.

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| Tuesday, April 25, 2017 | Page 10

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Tribe drops last round of CAA Championship

College wins championship third consecutive year

ALYSSA GRZESIAK FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

ALYSSA GRZESIAK FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

Final round falter CAA Champions This weekend, the William and Mary men began Colonial Athletic Association Championship play.

Friday, the Tribe slayed the Drexel Dragons 4-0 in the quarterfinals. Saturday, the College upset Elon in a 4-1 semifinals victory. Despite its resilient start in the championship, the Tribe ultimately fell to UNC-Wilmington 4-2 in the CAA Championship matchup.

Friday, the Tribe hit the court hot with a 4-0 shutout against Drexel. The College took an early 1-0 lead with the doubles point. Senior Addison Appleby and junior Lars de Boer kick-started the contest with a 6-2 victory over Balaji Lakshmanan and Daniil Ginzburg at the No. 3 spot. Sophomore Tristan Bautil and senior Aidan Talcott followed suit in the No. 2 spot with another 6-2 triumph over Dragon opponents Hamza Laalej and Kashyap Ashok. Junior Christian Cargill and junior Ryan Newman’s match at the No. 1 spot went unfinished.

The Tribe stayed relentless going into singles play. Cargill handed out the first Drexel defeat to opponent Lakshmanan, 6-0, 6-2, at the No. 2 spot.

Talcott soon followed at the No. 1 spot, defeating Laalej 6-1 in both sets. This marked Talcott’s fifth win in the past six matches and advanced his season record to 15-10 overall and 11-7 at the No.1 spot. Senior Damon Niquet’s win 6-1, 6-2 win over Dragon opponent Ginzburg ended semifinals play and secured advancement for the Tribe.

Matches at the No. 3, 4 and 6 spots, respectively, went unfinished.

Saturday, the College faced off against Elon.

The Tribe started off strong, securing the doubles point and, again, sporting an early 1-0 lead. Cargill and Newman defeated Elon duo Mario Paccini and Petar Tomic 6-2 at the No. 1 spot. Bautil and Talcott dropped the contest 6-3 at the No. 2 spot,

but the Tribe came back with a 7-5 victory at the No. 3 spot by de Boer and Appleby to secure the doubles point.

The College started strong in singles play with Talcott defeating Felipe Sarrasague 6-2, 6-0 at the No. 1 spot. Elon followed up with a win at the No. 3 spot by Salvador Mijares over Appleby 6-2, 6-3. This would be the Phoenix only point of the semifinals.

Miller answered with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Elon’s Tomic at the No. 4 spot, putting the Tribe up 3-1.

De Boer finished off the matchup with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Jacob Bicknell, improving his record to 6-2 at the No. 6 spot. This was de Boer’s fifth win in the past six matches. Cargill and Niquet’s matches at the No. 2 and 5 spots, respectively, went unfinished.

Sunday, the Tribe rallied against UNCWilmington, but fell 4-2 in the CAA Championship.

This was the College’s 11th time in the championship and second time in the past three years.

The College gave up its early lead for the first time in this year’s CAA Championship play. Cargill and Newman defeated Agustin Savarino and Ignasi de Ruea 7-5 at the No. 1 spot, but the Tribe fell to the Seahawks at the No. 2 and 3.

The Tribe tied the match up 1-1 with Talcott’s 6-0, 6-1 victory over Andres Torres at the No. 1 spot. After being defeated in doubles, UNCWilmington’s de Ruea came back and defeated Appleby 6-3, 6-2 at the No. 3 spot. The College responded with Miller defeating Raphael Calzi 7-5, 6-4 at the No. 4 spot to tie the contest up at 2-2, the Tribe’s final point in the championship.

Seahawk Michael Copeland defeated de Boer 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in a tight third set at the No. 4 spot. UNCWilmington’s Savarino, who also lost in doubles play, came back and defeated Cargill 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 in another close third set at the No. 2 spot. Niquet’s match at the No. 5 spot went unfinished as UNCWilmington took the CAA title.

The William and Mary women kicked off the Colonial Athletic Association Championship with a quarterfinal victory over Drexel Friday. Saturday, the Tribe downed James Madison in a semifinal matchup. Sunday, the College overpowered UNCWilmington and was named CAA Champion for the third year in a row.

Friday, the Tribe took an early lead over Drexel by winning the doubles point. Freshman Natalia Perry and junior Cecily Wuenscher defeated Dragon opponents 6-4 at the No. 2 spot. Freshman Rosie Cheng and junior Maria Groener’s 7-1(1) victory at the No. 3 spot secured the doubles point. Senior Marie Faure and sophomore Lauren Goodman’s battle at the No. 1 spot went unfinished at 6-6.

Cheng started the College’s singles win streak with a triumph at the No. 4 spot over Drexel’s Lea Winkler 6-4, 6-0. This marked Cheng’s 11th win in the past 12 matches. Junior Ekaterina Stepanova followed suit with a 6-1, 6-4 victory at the No. 1 spot over Honami Yazawa, her 50th career win.

After a hard-fought first set, Goodman ended the quarterfinals with a 7-5, 6-0 win at the No. 5 spot over Dragon opponent Clary Rodriguez Cruz. The matches at the No. 2, 3 and 6 spots went unfinished as the Tribe advanced with a 4-0 conquest of the Dragons.

Saturday, the Tribe faced off against JMU. The Dukes led the College 1-0 after they secured the doubles point. At the No. 2 spot, Dukes Dylan Owens and Jona Roka defeated duo Perry and Wuenscher 6-1. The Tribe retaliated with a 6-2 win

by Faure and Goodman at the No. 1 spot, pushing the duo to 11-5 at the top doubles position. Duo Cheng and Stepanova fell to opponents Emma Petersen and Rebecca Harris 6-4 at the No. 3 spot, surrendering the doubles point to JMU.

Despite the early lead, the Dukes ultimately fell with the doubles point as their only success. Faure started the Tribe comeback with a victory at the No. 2 spot over Peterson, winning both sets 6-1.

Stepanova came back from her doubles loss with the 6-4, 6-1 defeat of the Dukes’ Timea Guibe, putting the College up 2-1. Stepanova’s victory advanced her season record to 16-12 overall and 11-8 at the No. 1 spot. Goodman defeated Owens 6-4 both sets at the No. 5 spot. Cheng ended the semifinal battle with a victory over JMU foe Kimmy Herrock in an intense 6-0, 7-6 (9) contest.

Matches at the No. 3 and 6 spots went unfinished as the Tribe advanced to the CAA Championship with the 4-1 triumph over JMU. Sunday, the College took on UNC-Wilmington in the CAA Championship. The Seahawks got an early 1-0 jump on the Tribe, winning the doubles point with victories at the No. 1 and 2 spots.

Stepanova and Cheng defeated Xandra Fougner and Celeste Matute 6-1 at the No. 3 spot before the Seahawks stole the point.

The College, similar to the semifinals, came back in singles play. Goodman kicked off the comeback with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Sabrina Barisano at the No. 5 spot. At the No. 3 spot, Perry dominated UNC-Wilmington’s Alix Theodossiou, 6-1 both sets. Cheng defeated Xandra Fougner 6-1, 6-3 at the No. 3 spot, putting the Tribe up 3-1.

Stepanova fell in close contest to Seahawk Madara Straume 6-3, 7-5 at the No. 1 spot. Faure closed out CAA play with a third-set victory over Annika Sillanpaa 2-6, 7-5, 6-3, securing a 4-2 win over the Seahawks and the College’s CAA Championship victory.

The Tribe will advance to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament, its 18th appearance in the past 22 years and the fourth in five years under head coach Tyler Thomson. The NCAA Regional Championship is set for May 12-14.