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Vol. 103, Iss. 26 | Friday, December 6, 2013

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Debate over state quotas Loudon County lobbies state

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By summer 2016, the College hopes to move faculty and students to a new science facility. The third installment is currently awaiting state code review. The building will include an academic computing center, auditorium and interdisciplinary lab space.

BY Bailey Kirkpatrick Flat Hat Assoc. News Editor

While the College of William and Mary’s two Integrated Science Center buildings house the biology, chemistry and psychology departments and their respective labs, the buildings may gain reprieve from the number of students and classes through the addition of an ISC-3.

The College hopes to move faculty and students into the new building by summer 2016. Construction drawings for the third building will soon go to the State and Code Review for approval.

The state will review the design, looking specifically at cost measures, and confirm a final budget for the

Williamsburg

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Woods face deer overpopulation

Behind Morton’s sunken myths History filled with problems caused by foundational issues, building settling

Neotropical migrant birds suffer BY kaitlan Shaub The FLat Hat

The biology department is currently studying the changing aspects of local wildlife, especially in the College Woods located behind the Recreation Center.

Biology professors Matthias Leu and Martha Case and their students are studying the impact of deer browsing on the College Woods. Deer browse among the leaves, twigs and buds of forest plants, which are staples of the traditional deer diet. Because of the interconnectedness in an ecosystem, deer browsing has many adverse effects on the entire woods.

Case, who studies lady’s slipper orchids in the area, has watched her research disappear as the deer have eaten all of her specimens.

According to Case, what once was a large population of about 200 specimen has dwindled to only a handful of individuals.

Leu “Under normal circumstances with a deer population that is not so dense, the deer would be eating stuff anyway, it’s just they wouldn’t be eating everything,” Case said.

Case noted in a preliminary estimate that nearly 40 percent of the species in the woods could have been wiped out due to deer browsing. The inability of See DEER page 3

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College on the project. Similarly, a team of code review officials will look over the detailed construction drawings to ensure it is compliant with code for all building systems and structures. These construction drawings are the final phase before actual construction begins.

Throughout the planning process, there has been a back-and-forth discussion of how much the state is willing to pay for the project. Some of the design has already been cut down in order to lessen the cost, but the College hopes to save what is left in the design scheme and begin construction in 2014.

“We want to try to build this as quickly as possible

About 65 percent of the College of William and Mary’s student body comes from Virginia and nearly half of those students are from northern Virginia. Legislators from Loudon County in northern Virginia are now lobbying state lawmakers to increase the number of in-state acceptances in public Virginia colleges and universities.

According to The Washington Post, the initiative has proven controversial as many northern Virginia families feel spots at elite public schools should be reserved for in-state students. But, most higher education institutions schools need the revenue from higher out-of-state tuition rates to fund some of their programs.

Dean of Admissions Henry Broaddus said that, at no point, does the school reject well-qualified in-state students in order to make room for out-of-state students.

He also said the College does not use admissions quotas to determine how many students from a certain high school or area they will accept.

“We are fortunate enough to attract an applicant pool with far more qualified students than we could accommodate without growing the Jones enrollment in a way that does real harm to the scale of a William and Mary experience, the hallmarks of which are personal attention from faculty and a close-knit community,” Broaddus said.

Vice President of Finance Sam Jones said that he does not see Virginia changing the amount of out-of-state students admitted to schools anytime soon.

The College has a need-blind admissions process, which means that students are accepted without consideration

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Morton’s myth may be built on faulty foundations, but that doesn’t mean the building itself is without fault.

“This [building] is not very functional and not very aesthetically appealing,” government Professor Clay Clemens ’80 said. “It’s not very attractive looking and all sorts of little features of it just don’t work.”

Morton Hall, the College of William and Mary’s home for the economics, sociology and government departments, has been known for its complications on campus since its construction in 1973.

To Clemens, the largest problem Morton has faced over the years has been its faulty foundation, which, at one point in time, appeared to be sinking. About 15 years ago, it was discovered that Morton’s foundation was settling, causing the building to be essentially pulled apart, a phenomenon evident in the cracks that line the

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Morton’s foundational issues have caused cracks in the walls and empty space beneath the basement was found in the past.

basement walls. To monitor the cracks, Facilities Management installed small meters that measure the shifting of the buildings foundation, which can

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It’s not the deer’s fault, but we have created a predator-free zone filled with their favorite foods, so they bred and bred and bred and now they have little left to eat.

—Biology Professor Dan Cristol on the overpopulation

of deer in the College Woods

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AROUND THE ‘BURG

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The Stryker Building, constructed in 1967, will be replaced with a new building. Three teams of architects will present proposals for a new buidlling.

Gas leak near Kingsmill Resort More heavy machinery news: A boring machine hit a gas line by the Kingsmill Resort Tuesday, according to the Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily. Two crews from Virginia Natural Gas repaired the two-inch line. A James City County Fire Department spokesman said nearby residents were not in danger, and the exact cause of the incident remains unknown.

Stryker Building to be replaced Tuesday, three teams of architects unveiled their proposals for replacing Williamsburg’s Stryker Building, which contains the city council chambers, according to the Virginia Gazette. the city council has approved $5 million in bonds to fund the demolition of the current building, built in 1967, and the construction of a new one.

Black Friday influences gun sales Black Friday brought some good business for Virginia’s gun sellers as 3,902 guns were sold in the state. The Virginia State Police reported that the number was a new record, surpassing the previous mark set by Black Friday of last year, according to the Daily Press. Gun sales for the year are certain to surpass the state’s previous annual record.

Sales are up 17.5 percent from this time last year. There is speculation that the election of Democrat Terry McAuliffe as governor and possible gun legislation may be responsible for driving the sales.

Tomlim faces fine Newport News native and William and Mary alumnus Mike Tomlin ’95 — head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers — was fined $100,000 for sideline interference in the team’s game against the Baltimore Ravens last week. This hefty fine will effect the Steelers’s position in obtaining new drafts. Baltimore’s Jacoby Jones was returning a kickoff up the Steelers’ sideline, seemingly headed for the endzone, when Tomlin stepped on the field, causing Jones to change direction and get tackled.

Tomlim apologized for his behavior, but claimed he lost his place on the sideline.

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News in brief Alumna monitors climate change in Africa

Merchants Square hosts events

Katherine Potter ’04 works at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Global Change Science, where she leads the investigation for the Rwanda Climate Observatory. Potter trains local staff and builds the observatory located on Mt. Karisimbi in northwestern Rwanda.

The observatory collects atmospheric observations to forecast the weather and monitor climate change and the observatory builds scientific, engineering and educational opportunities in Rwanda.

When completed, the observatory will join the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment.

Merchants Square is working closely with the William and Mary Bookstore to organize the fourth annual William and Mary night, which will occur Dec. 5. As part of the event, the bookstore will be running a canned food drive for the Foodbank of the Virginia Peninsula.

Students are encouraged to donate to the food drive, and the first 400 participants to donate three or more items will receive a free holiday T-shirt. In addition to the food drive, the event will also include chili and cider booths, photo opportunities with Santa, and Christmas carols by the Williamsburg Waites. Attendees with a College of William and Mary ID will receive discounts at neighboring stores.

Ibes to teach Science Communication Mellon Environmental Postdoctoral Scholar Dorothy Ibes will teach a class called Science Communication this spring.

In the class, she hopes to unearth untold stories of science. Her goal is to relay complex scientific ideas and stories to a broader audience. As a member of the postdoctoral program, Ibes will be teaching for a two-year term. Ibes has filled the class’s 16 seat capacity and plans to meet with each of her students before the course begins.

She revealed that the class will include two writing projects and workshops in which students can explore storytelling through radio, photography and video.

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WILLIAMSBURG

Hire a Student program works to find students jobs www.WilliamsburgFamilies.com aims to connect community, residents with student workers

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From babysitting to pet sitting, bartending to personal shopping, Hire a Student connects students at the College of William and Mary to potential job opportunities in the community.

As part of www.williamsburgfamilies. com, the Hire a Student program began in 2010 when the previous student information system ended. Much like Craigslist, the initiative acts as a public notice board on which local residents and businesses can advertise jobs. It also serves as a place for students to

advertise their expertise.

Ginny Gasink ’01, co-owner of the website, helped launch the Hire a Student program to connect assistanceseeking residents of Williamsburg with job-hunting students.

An alumna of the College, Gasink said she regretted not taking advantage of the job opportunities in Williamsburg while she was an undergraduate. Gasink encourages students at the College to use the website to network in the community and possibly to kick-start future careers.

“Think of Hire a Student as a resource for the long-term, rather than just a job

to get money right now,” Gasink said.

Some students at the College have also found the Hire a Student program beneficial.

Hannah Ritsema ’15 saw an advertisement for Hire a Student on the Williamsburg trolley during the summer and decided to give it a try.

During the summer and at the beginning of the academic year, Ritsema received various job offers for pet sitting, babysitting and tutoring. Although the frequency of offers waned when school began, she said she still keeps up with contacts in the area.

“It’s a great way to connect with the

Chatfield-Taylor spent most of his time moving heavy items and landscaping and said he only found the Hire a Student program marginally successful.

“I cleaned a pool once, that was really sweet. I was that ‘pool boy,’” ChatfieldTaylor said. “But it didn’t pay the rent.”

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Professors discuss Morton’s issues

OBITUARY

AUSTIN “GUS” DEEDS That force of nature known as Gus Deeds died on November 19, 2013. He was born Austin Creigh Deeds on May 6, 1989, the son of Pamela Miller Deeds of Lynch Station and R. Creigh Deeds of Millboro. At the time of his death, Gus was taking a break from school and residing in Millboro with his father.

Gus was a lover of life, a writer of songs, a composer of musical scores, an avid outsdoorsman and a friend to all he knew. He made friends easily, named every animal he came in contact with, gave nicknames to everyone he knew, was interested in Celtic Deeds mythology and languages.

He had a deep knowledge of history and could speak any language he put his mind to learning.

At an early age, Gus showed an interest in music. He participated in band throughout elementary and high school, and was active in all phases of the band at Bath County High School.

He won a number of awards as trombone player.

He loved the harmonica, keyboard and stringed instruments as well and was well known as a skilled clawhammer banjo player.

Gus played soccer throughout elementary school and two years of varsity soccer at Bath County High School.

He was valedictorian of his high school class, achieving numerous academic awards.

He matriculated to the College of William and Mary, eventually deciding on a major of music. He participated for two years in a bluegrass band and composed a number of works in his third year. He was a Dean’s list

community,” Ritsema said.

For others, however, the experience was not as rewarding.

Matthiessen Chatfield-Taylor ’16 received job offers from his advertisement for “odd-jobs,” but he did not find them profitable in the long term.

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student at the College.

Gus was baptized at Windy Cove Presbyterian Church on Christmas Eve, 1989. When he died he was a member of Millboro Presbyterian Church but had many friends at Goshen Baptist and Eden United Methodist. He took his faith very seriously and had an intense knowledge of the Bible.

One of the great influences of Gus’ life were the summers he spent at the Nature Camp in Versuvius. His natural curiosity and interest in the natural world, his love of native Appalachian music and his relationships with people were deepened intensely through the many summers and lifetime friendships he developed at the Camp.

Gus was predeceased by his grandfather, Hugh E. Hicklin and by his paternal grandfather, Robert L. Deeds, Jr. In addition to his parents, he is survived by three sisters, Amanda Deeds of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., Rebecca Deeds of Charlottesville, and Susannah Deeds of Farmville. He is also survived by his maternal grandparents, Gerald and Patty Jo Miller of Harper, W.Va. and his paternal grandmother, Emma Tyree Hicklin of Millboro, and his stepmother, Siobhan Deeds, also of Millboro.

He is survived by three uncles, Frank R. Miller of Parkersburg, W.Va. and Greg Deeds and Edward Hicklin, both of Millboro. He is also survived by an aunt, Sandy Maiolo of Beckley, W.Va. and numerous cousins and friends.

A celebration of Gus’ life will be held in the future. It is requested that memorial gifts on his behalf be sent to The Nature Camp Foundation, P.O. Box 265, Studley Va. 23162 or a charity of your choice.

suspended over six feet of empty space.

“Facilities Management halfseriously said we shouldn’t plan on holding any square dances, because they were worried about the foundations,” Clemens said.

The foundation was temporarily propped up with metal supports and the foundation was eventually filled with liquid cement, ultimately ending the problem.

Beyond foundation issues, Morton has also faced problems with flooding over the years.

John McGlennon, chair of the government department, began teaching in Morton in 1974, only one semester after the building opened.

“My earliest memories of this building included seeing the chairman of the department at that time, a lovely lady named Margaret Hamilton, with a mop and pail and her pearl necklace, cleaning up after the floods,” McGlennon said.

Since Morton’s foundation has stabilized, flooding has occurred less frequently and is no longer is a major problem.

Beyond physical flaws, Morton is often the subject of

some criticisms concerning its aesthetics. Carpeted walls, a windowless room, faulty air conditioning and an elevator that is infamously slow are just a few of these imperfections.

“It’s very drab in appearance,” Clemens said. “If you look at it from the front it has a big kind of nose sticking out. All of that is very unsettling. [There are] some wonderful trees that just look like something out of Disney’s ‘Fantasia.’”

Professor Carlisle Moody has taught in Morton Hall since the building opened and said he finds the building’s overall layout itself to be a problem.

“The way the building is designed, it’s in a ‘Y’ shape, which means it has no central core,” Moody said. “It puts people away from each other rather than bringing them together.”

Despite Morton Hall’s flaws, there are a few qualities left which give the building some advantages.

“This building has one advantage over all other building’s on this campus and that is that it has a huge parking lot right outside,” Moody said. “That’s its main attraction.”

Morton Hall celebrated its 40th birthday yesterday.

“It’s a building that suggests that the human spirit can accomplish great things even in the most miserable surroundings,” McGlennon said.

— Information courtesy of the Deeds Family

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these plant populations, the fundamental producers of the woods, to regenerate can have cascading effects on subsequent populations in the woods and “change the whole forest dynamic,” according to Case.

“It’s not the deer’s fault, but we have created a predator-free zone filled with their favorite foods, so they bred and bred and bred and now they have little left to eat and are ruining the habitat for themselves and all other wildlife, while increasing our risk of disease,” biology professor Dan Cristol said in an email.

According to Cristol, the deer need to be fenced out or hunted to prevent further environmental consequences.

Leu says one consequence of the large deer presence is the decline in neotropical migrant bird species. However, this decline is not solely due to deer. Leu and his students are also researching the effects of

urbanization on the woods.

One of their studies involves attaching radio transmitters to wood thrushes, a declining species, to see how they respond to urbanization by tracking the overlaps of their habitats and urban areas. Leu and his students have also studied the effects of forest fragmentation on frog populations that breed in ponds that may be eradicated due to urbanization.

Invasive species, such as Japanese stilt grass, are also weeding out the native wildflower populations in the woods. In the face of this, as well as climate change, edge effects, the effects from what happens around the edges of the woods, and deer browsing, the woods face a torrent of challenges.

“The thing that concerns me is I don’t think the public has an awareness of the connections between different kinds of species in the woods,” Case said.

Both Leu and Case agree that preserving the woods is important.

“As long as we don’t expand into the College Woods, if we can preserve the College Woods as is, then I think we’re making actually a huge contribution to the conservation of biodiversity,” Leu said.

Case also noted the importance of lessening the trampling of inhabitants of the woods by cutting back on the number of trails.

“We have too many trails in the woods. Having community support for maintenance of the main trails and elimination of superfluous trails would be a good conservation effort,” Case said.

According to Case there is no formal conservation plan for the College Woods because the magnitude of the problem is still not well understood.

However, the Board of Visitors did pass a resolution in 1994 that determined the College Woods and Lake Matoaka would “be considered a natural preserve, to be used with all due care and consideration.”

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Morton Hall may not be sinking, but it has faced issues including flooding and foundational instability over the years.

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The College Woods has a large deer population, which has led to various environmental consequences on campus.

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STUDENT ASSEMBLY

Senate wraps up business for semester’s end

SA passes Code Revision Committee Act, talks “Humans of William and Mary” page

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At the final meeting of the fall semester Tuesday night, the Student Assembly senate unanimously passed the Code Revision Committee Act, which focuses on updating the SA’s current code.

The act calls for a committee composed of senate, undergraduate council and graduate council members who will evaluate the current code and make suggestions for how to make it more comprehensive. The senate created the committee last year and is continuing the tradition.

“I love this bill. I think the code revision committee is one of the best things that we did last year,” Sen. Colin Danly ’16 said. “I hope that future senates will continue our kind of tradition of bringing this up every year. The code in my mind is a living document. It’s very dense and takes a lot of time to really synthesize it all and really revise it to keep up with the times.”

During the meeting, the senate moved to table the Publications Contract Act that renegotiates the SA’s contract with the Publication Council passed by last year’s senate, after it was revealed that last year’s SA President Curt Mills ’13 and Publications Council Chair Justin Miller ’13 signed the wrong contract.

Senators also raised concerns about a clause in the bill dealing with permanent funding for publications. A discussion arose about whether publications receive that money from the Executive Appropriations Committee as stated in the bill or from the Publications Council. The clause was eventually deemed unclear, so the act was tabled.

Undersecretary of Religious Affairs Hannah Kohn ’15 introduced the Religious Diversity Act. The bill allocates $1,000 to go toward a survey

that aims to increase understanding of diversity, religion and spirituality.

“What I want to do with [the survey’s results] next year is use this information to really make programming engaging and relevant and important for our campus and it will also be used in conjunction with faculty training … so it will be used in a lot of different venues on campus,” Kohn said.

Senate Chair Will McConnell ’14 assigned the bill to be discussed in the student life, outreach and finance committees.

Senators also discussed the Charter Day Concert Act, and the performer should be announced during the exam period.

“We do have a contract that’s out in the works and we are waiting on [the artist] to sign it,” Secretary of Outreach Kendall Lorenzen ’15 said.

“We are planning on announcing it at the Yule Log Ceremony.”

Secretary of Health and Safety Alicia Moore ’14 presented her monthly update to the senate, reviewing the expenses of the subsidized STI testing funded by the SA. For the 2013 fall semester, $3,334 was spent on the subsidized testing, leaving $16,252 in funding for next semester.

“The subsidy is fine. It definitely decreases the barriers to testing for some students,” Moore said. “And for those who still can’t afford it at that reduced price … that’s why we think that doing a free [STI testing] week once a semester is a good idea.”

Secretary of Diversity Dylan Frendt ’14 spoke about the SA’s Department of Diversity’s project in conjunction with student photographers “Humans of William and Mary.” The project is based off the “Humans of New York” movement and aims to tell the stories of William and Mary students. The movement is already gaining prominence on campus after only being active for

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The Student Assembly held its last meeting of the semester Tuesday night and passed the Code Revision Committee Act.

two days.

“The ‘Humans of William and Mary’ page has garnered 1,534 likes in less than 48 hours,” Frendt said. “We could very soon be the biggest ‘Humans’ college campus in America and the world.”

Lastly, senate Secretary Jimmy Zhang ’15 tendered his resignation Tuesday, as he will be studying abroad for the spring semester in La

Plata, Argentina. He received a standing ovation by the senate after the announcement. Zhang has served on the senate since his freshman year.

“I’ve given it considerable thought,” Zhang said. “I thought that this would probably be my only chance to go abroad and have that experience. … It’s been such a great pleasure to be a part of the senate.”

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in order to finish construction by spring [2016] and begin to occupy the building the summer of 2016,” Wayne Boy, director of planning, design and construction, said. “It is the same company, WhitingTurner, who built the business school, and they have a great reputation.”

Einhorn Yaffee Prescott produced the schematic and construction designs for the structure. The company is known for its frequent design partnerships with educational institutions, according to Boy. This third installment looks to bring new things to the campus, including an academic computing center in the basement and a new auditorium to replace Millington 150. The applied sciences, the remainder of the biology department in Millington and elements of the psychology and chemistry departments will have a home in the ISC-3 building.

“If we don’t have to cut it out due to budget constraints, there will also be a central commons area in which students and faculty can gather,” Boy said.

The building will finish the triangle that has been started by ISC-1 and ISC-2, and the building will stand exactly over the current storage shed between Landrum Drive and the existing ISC structures.

On the top floor there will be an interdisciplinary lab space. In the middle of it there will be, what the facilities department is calling, a “machine for science.” This is essentially a very flexible lab space that can be reconfigured in a multitude of ways. Because the space is designed to be quite large and the utilities designed to interlace instead of pile on top of one another, it makes the space easier to maneuver.

“This will be the most flexible lab space we’ve ever built on this campus and it will have all the necessary utilizes to operate,” Boy said. “Most teaching is done through research, and a lot of research is interdisciplinary. This ‘machine of science’ was included in the design in order to facilitate this.”

Nick Udell ’15 said he looks forward to seeing what the new building will offer.

“I think the ISC-3 addition is a great step towards legitimizing this school’s science department even further,” Udell said. “As someone

who took [introductory] biology, I know how terrible Millington is.

Putting this building up is really going to be an upgrade for all the biology majors.”

out-of-state balance

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The ISC-3 will be built in between Millington and the ISC-2.

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The ISC-3 will include an academic computing space, auditorium and interdisciplinary lab space. The College hopes to break ground in 2014.

of their monetary needs. Many universities have moved away from need-blind admission to ensure that they do not admit a student for whom they cannot provide enough financial aid.

“Your ideal is that you have need-blind admissions and that you meet 100 percent of needs that qualify,” Jones said. ”But obviously, most schools can’t do that. … Every year the legislature shifts the other way, pushing for more in-state students, but I don’t see that shifting.”

Among undergraduate students in 2012-13, 36 percent of in-state students and 36 percent of out-of-state students qualified for need-based financial aid.

“The average grant for an out-of-state student is higher than the average grant for an in-state student,” Broaddus said. “Of course, that’s mostly a function of the full cost of attendance for out-of-state students being nearly double the full cost of attendance for in-state students, and the total amount of grant aid awarded to in-state students still exceeds what’s awarded to out-of-state students.”

The College is not able to meet all financial needs for out-of-state students like it can for Virginians, because tuition rates are much higher. As a result, out-of-state students with the greatest financial need must borrow more if they choose to enroll at the College.

Nathan Huet ’17, who is from Loudon County, said he felt that Loudon parents were out of line in seeking a cap for out-of-state students because he feels that Loudon County

Public Schools notoriously inflate grades and have wealthy students that feel entitled to an acceptance to an elite school.

“There were some people who didn’t get into their top choice and were really bitter about it,” Huet said. “They have to blame [their rejection] on something, and that sometimes is the out-of-state students. A lot of people didn’t get into a school like U.Va. or William and Mary and felt like they had to let their anger out in some way.”

Huet said that the ratio of instate and out-of-state students at the College is a good mix because the College benefits from the increased tuition dollars it receives from out-of-state students and from the increased diversity those students bring to the school.

“Out-of-state students bring different perspectives to the school. It would be much more boring here if everyone was coming from the same exact area,” Huet said.

Another freshman from northern Virginia, Venu Katta ’17, agreed that the College has an ideal balance between in-state and out-of-state students. He also felt that in arguing for more seats for in-state students, Loudon county residents demonstrated a feeling of entitlement. The commonwealth, he argued, should instead focus its energies on improving education in areas like southwestern Virginia.

“If we think shutting outsiders out of our schools in favor of locals is solving anything, we’re lying to ourselves,” Katta said. “[In doing so, we] wouldn’t actually address the problem of getting better schools and educational opportunities in communities that actually need them. And for counties that don’t really need this leg-up, like Loudon, we’re just catering to entitlement and privilege.”

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Depression isn’t just in your head

sort of imprint on you. However, it can go into remission, and you can shake off the perpetual melancholy.

How to help: You have to figure out your method for coping; everyone’s different when it comes to choosing how to go about this daunting task. You can choose to reach out (1-800-273-TALK), see a therapist, get medication, become Flat Hat Guest Columnist passionately engrossed in your sport, or run away and perform in the circus. Do whatever works for you (as long as it’s healthy), and do not apologize for it. If it’s healthy, and it It is an injury; you wouldn’t just tell yourself that your broken helps you feel whole, it will give you a reason to overcome this, arm is “all inside my head.” and you can overcome this to the point where it won’t hurt It is an illness; you wouldn’t expect yourself to go about your you anymore. regular routine if you’re plagued with a horrible flu.

Myth No. 3: “My depression is not a problem because it Yet, why is it that depression — a severe injury that leaves you only affects me.” crippled, and an illness that sickens your mentality — is treated Fact: Yes, you do suffer the most from your depression, but by society as such a mundane and almost fictional entity despite there are many others who are affected by your illness as well. the innumerable publications of textbooks, pamphlets and How to help: It wasn’t until I reached my lowest point that I articles? realized that my illness, not me, is what causes those who love I believe that people are still ashamed of owning depression.

I am scared, in part, to admit to this in writing, because by me pain. There will be a point, early, late or even throughout some flawed logic in my mind, this makes it real, but the saying your path towards recovery when you do not want to reach a Mom used to tell me that got me through my darkest days is, healthy and happy state for yourself, and that is okay. Do it for “Acknowledge the fear, then do whatever it is that scares you someone else. Personally, I do it for my beautiful teammates and brilliant coaches who are relying on me not to hinder anyway.” our goals as a unit. I do it for my family So here goes. members who have fought through it In my mind, I own my depression. Some Acknowledge the fear, then do with me, and my friends, who haven’t days it owns me, and while it does not stopped loving me, even when I stop define me, it builds on my identity. It is the whatever it is that scares you loving myself. There are a thousand reason why I care so passionately about anyway. reasons to recover from whatever you everyone I meet, and it is the reason why I face. Make a list of the people who made you feel happiness, have found friends in my life that are my soul mates.

In your life, you’re going to face some form of depression, print a photo of that genuine moment where you felt on top whether it be manifested in your co-worker, professor, father, of the world, and keep them in your wallet to look at on the go roommate or your own mind, so here are some personal things I when you feel hopeless. They are your reasons.

Myth No. 4: “This is my fault.” wish more people understood about the disease: Fact: Stop. Stop that right now. All the logic in the world to Myth No. 1: “Depression is just extreme sadness. You’re not support the belief that this illness is your fault is wrong and looking on the bright side of life! Just change your outlook and irrational. learn to appreciate the little beauties of the world.”

How to help: I don’t want to blame my depression. I don’t Fact: This is like telling a blind person to just try really hard to want to use it as an excuse for why I can’t meet a deadline, see colors. It isn’t an outlook or a personality type. Depression is why I cancel plans some nights to stay in alone, or why I a mental state of being, and the brain chemistry of a depressed individual dictates that no matter how many puppies you cuddle, can’t focus as well as the other TWAMPS in my study group.

At the same time, clinically, depression is to blame. This is how many summer nights you spend watching the stars, or how depression’s fault, not yours. many loving people are in your life, you will not feel surrounded Cut yourself some slack. If you, or someone in your life by any beauty in the world. is facing depression, please acknowledge that the origin of How to help: Listen, or tell your story. I go out of my way to it is beyond your control, and has already happened. Now hear the stories of others. Depression can trap you in a cyclic you must move forward, and whatever blame you place on victimized state, but I find that when I talk to people who have yourself, you must recognize it is irrational. experienced other clinical mental illnesses and I see how they’ve Lastly, if you are like me and often read the first few coped, I learn my many options and feed off the strength of these sentences of any article and skip to the last part, this is the incredible people. Hear their story, tell yours, and appreciate the most important offering I have to anyone facing depression: ability you have to even vocalize your thoughts and acknowledge Forgive yourself. You are here because you are strong, the strength you have to talk, because that is one of the most courageous and brave: a warrior. beautiful things in the world, and it’s inside you.

Forgive yourself and treat yourself kindly.

Myth No. 2: “It’ll pass; just give it time.”

Fact: Depression will always exist once it manifests itself in Email Daniella Aron-Schiavone at draronschiavon@email. you, because it forever changes your outlook and leaves some wm.edu.

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s it time to panic yet? Wait. Now it’s time to panic. The semester is over; finals are here, and in an effort to stave off sequestration in Earl Gregg Swem Library, we’re going to discuss how great this year was and how it could have been even better.

First, College President Taylor Reveley’s contract was extended into 2017. Knowing that he will spend at least four more wry, succulent years at the College of William and Mary is cause for celebration.

The College received a record-breaking number of alumni donations this year. Thanks to dedicated employees, student volunteers and generous alumni, the College is able to stay open. To students going home for the holidays, tell your parents: “Guys, you don’t need to get me anything for Christmas this year.

Instead, donate to the College. You can be the gift that keeps on giving. At least until you get my tuition bill.” (We’re kidding.)

The College also kicked butt in the almighty U.S. News and World Report college rankings this year. We are ranked No. 1 in undergraduate teaching for public universities. We already knew they were great; now we’ve been validated.

Who didn’t enjoy having Glenn Close visit? We’re secretly hoping the Arts and Entertainment Council can nab Jon Stewart next year. Unlikely, but we can dream.

Housing changes for the College have also paid off. One Tribe Place residents certainly enjoy sleeping in hotel-sized beds and telling their friends outside the College that they live in a hotel.

Residents of the new fraternity complexes have updated, highquality housing to immortalize in whatever way they see fit; in the Green and Gold Village, freshmen can develop a passion for archaeology, digging up relics of their home’s debauched past.

Not everything went smoothly, however. Mold in OTP forced many to be bumped to Chandler Hall, which was supposed to go offline for this academic year. The promise of working laundry machines has been illusive at OTP, with many lugging their dirty clothes to the Bryan Complex. Also, the fraternity complex’s community building was not completed in time. More prioritization and focus could have improved these outcomes.

The College could have also done without bike theft. Unless you’re trying to re-enact Bicycle Thieves — and we’re not sure why you would do that — lay off the bikes. The same goes for anyone considering crashing cars into people’s houses. That has happened enough this year, and frankly, it’s just plain rude.

A Flat Hat editorial would not be complete without calling attention to the College community’s fight for faculty same-sex partner benefits. The Faculty Assembly’s unanimous resolution, former rector Jeffrey Trammell’s ’73 very public advocacy (and super awesome marriage in the Supreme Court), the gaystraight alliance William and Larry’s potential and the passionate involvement of thousands of students have made this issue unavoidable.

That said, among top public universities, the College is still ranked dead last in same-sex domestic partner benefits for faculty. There is only so much the College can do if the state does not get its act together.

We should remember the hard work so many put into making this semester a blast, and we should strive to make the next one even better. Until then, study hard and enjoy break.

—Mike C on “Calculating the cost of classes at the College”

I think this “eLearning” initiative may just have a future!

—80sFratGuy on “Focusing on eLearning”

Don’t let finals week be your final week: Be sure to stay healthy while studying Andrea Aron-Schiavone flat hat assoc. opinions editor

Finals: two syllables that inspire fear and terror in the souls of students at the College of William and Mary.

Sometimes, we meet finals with an unhealthy mindset, becoming so overwhelmed that we are reduced to puddles of anxiety. Motivated by a fear of failure, we commit ourselves to inhuman marathons of flashcard making and memorization, convincing ourselves that if we devote ourselves exclusively to studying, we will feel more prepared.

But this kind of mentality does more damage than good.

I learned this the hard way my freshman year.

I (shamefully) confess that I helped institute the “no sleeping overnight in study rooms” policy now enforced by Earl Gregg Swem Library. Armed with fleece blankets, flashcards, and even my toothbrush,

I felt destined for surefire success. What could be a better exam preparation regimen than committing to do nothing but study (and live, essentially) in a library?

I was wrong.

Throughout finals week, I did not feel prepared.

Instead, I felt groggy, despairing and quite miserable.

Honestly, I did not feel human — more like a zombie that couldn’t remember its Russian case endings (or much else).

That year, I learned that no matter how determined you are, you are not a robot who can study more or less nonstop and go into the exam feeling alert and fully knowledgeable.

Finals are like a dance recital, a theatrical performance or athletic event. They are a culmination of your hard work and sustained efforts.

Even by doing a few readings or attending only some lectures, you have somehow been preparing for this moment all semester. You are in the last stage of intense preparation, the dress rehearsal of the performance, the last workout before your big meet.

The truth is, you have been preparing for months before now. You know more than what you are reviewing in this last stretch.

Please do not deprive yourself of adequate nutrition, good sleep (read: not on a library floor), human interaction and overall mental health. What you sacrifice in the “overall wellness” department cannot be transferred over to the “feeling prepared” department. Being ready for an exam is about more than knowing the information; it is about being in the right physical and mental state to perform well.

Remember: Your exam grades may not accurately reflect your knowledge or efforts. Like forgetting your lines on opening night even after many excellent rehearsals, the time that seems to matter most is sometimes not what you had hoped. And that is incredibly frustrating.

But these will not be your only grades here. And even if they were, grades are just one (sometimes, not the most accurate) way to measure what you’ve learned. I often wish we could focus more on the incalculable markers of accomplishment as sources of pride, such as personal growth, dedication, discipline, perseverance and work ethic, regardless of the outcome. These will serve us in the real world.

If you feel discouraged, just remember how sweet it will be to get that bouquet of roses thrown onstage at your performance’s end by two of your biggest

encouragers, winter break and freedom.

Email Andrea Aron-Schiavone at acaronschiavon@email.wm.edu.

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Resurrected Flight Club hopes to once again soar to staggering heights

BY ELLEN WEXLER FLAT HAT EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Eighty years ago, there was an airport at the end of Airport Road.

The College of William and Mary built the airport, and it owned a fleet of planes, too. Students could take flying courses for credit through the College’s flight school, and Amelia Earhart, who was an honorary member of the school’s Flight Club, spoke at the College in 1933.

The airport was called College Airport, and College student aviators used it for practice.

“The last hanger collapsed maybe five years ago,” Evan Brandolino ’16 said.

“I don’t know what it is, but it’s not there anymore.”

The College hasn’t had any sort of active aviation program for decades.

Brandolino is trying to change that.

Nov. 11, two licensed private pilots, one licensed commercial pilot, one student pilot and a few students who like planes but have never flown before gathered in a Tucker Hall classroom.

With Brandolino presiding, the Aviation Club held its first meeting in almost 80 years.

‘Whatever you do, do it right’

On the wall of Brandolino’s bedroom, there is a framed picture of a refurbished DC-3 that his great-grandfather once flew. On the picture, his greatgrandfather wrote the words, “Whatever you do, do it right,” and signed his name.

Brandolino has had that picture since he was in elementary school.

“My great-grandfather was a pilot;

he was one of Delta’s first pilots,” Brandolino said. “He ended up being their vice president of operations before he retired. And he was also a pilot for the Army in World War II, and I just always respected him a lot, because I heard about all the things he had done.”

When he became old enough, Brandolino interned at United Airlines for three summers. There was only one problem: He was afraid of flying.

“I felt out of control, and you are when you’re on a plane; you’re putting your life in the hands of pilots,” he said.

“One of the reasons I wanted to learn was because not only had I had an interest in aviation for awhile, but I thought if I learned how to fly myself, I might feel less anxious about it.”

Brandolino started flying lessons this past summer. He usually flies about twice a week, and he has logged 20 hours of flight time so far — which means he’s halfway to getting his private pilot’s license. He flew his first solo flight just a few weeks ago.

Now, he wants to recreate a community of College students who are interested in aviation. If all goes according to plan, Brandolino sees club members attending airshows, touring air traffic control towers, participating in flight days, conducting philanthropy events, and going to the WilliamsburgJamestown airport for cookouts.

Up in the air

It is 10 a.m. on a clear Wednesday morning, and Brandolino is in the flight school’s building at the WilliamsburgJamestown airport. Apparently, it’s a

wonderful day for flying — Brandolino has said so a few times already.

He isn’t flying today. Daniel Ryan ’12, an alumnus of the College and a licensed flight instructor, is taking up two passengers already. While the plane he will be using holds four, the plane was recently refueled, and it is safer to limit the weight until some of the fuel runs out.

So Brandolino waits inside while Ryan goes through the pre-flight procedures.

“It’s not just like hopping in the car and turning the key,” Ryan said. “You take a lot of precautions because, once we’re up there, we can’t just pull over to the side of the road.”

Ryan and his passengers each take a headset. It is loud in the air; they will use the headsets to protect their ears and to communicate with each other.

When Ryan drives the plane over to the runway, he sits on the right side of the front seat. Pilots usually sit on the left, but Ryan is a flight instructor, too, and instructors sit on the right. When he takes off, he points out everything around him: There’s the School of Education. Over there’s Colonial Parkway. That’s Jamestown Island on the left.

“It really changes your perception of scale, how things become a little bit closer when you’re up in the air,” he said.

Ryan started flying when he had to leave the College football team because of an injury. He was looking for something to occupy his time, so he looked up “learn to fly” on the Internet and found out about the WilliamsburgJamestown Airport.

“I had no idea this place was here,” he said.

‘A bastion of knowledge’

Despite its obscurity, the Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport is the heart of the local aviation community.

“People that are interested in aviation, they hang out there,” Brandolino said.

“There’s a restaurant there. People get lunch there.”

Apart from Ryan, Brandolino and a few other students at the College, most of those people are older adults. Aviation is only about 100 years old — which means that a lot of those older adults started flying near the beginning of aviation history.

Ryan talks about Norm, an older pilot who hangs out at the airport. Norm designed a mechanism to lighteningproof airplanes. He also invented the technology that allows pilots to get weather information in their cockpits.

And then there’s Tuck McAtee, who was an F-16 test pilot.

“He has a really cool airplane here,” Ryan said. “That thing is beautiful … He flies that airplane like it’s a fighter jet.”

Garrett Hendrickson ’15, who is a licensed commercial pilot and vice president of the Aviation Club, met an astronaut through his involvement in the aviation community. Now, the two are friends.

“I just email him. We’ll talk about aviation-related things,” Hendrickson said. “I usually let him know if I’m working on getting a new pilot rating or if I recently flew a really cool airplane.”

According to Brandolino, the

consensus among the aviation community is that not enough young people are getting involved in the field.

A lot of that has to do with the cost — aviation is an expensive hobby. Whenever younger people do express interest, seasoned aviators are typically willing to talk to them and to tell their stories.

“This place is a bastion of knowledge,” Ryan said.

New beginnings

Hendrickson thought about trying to restart the Aviation Club his freshman year, but he eventually abandoned the idea. When Brandolino contacted him this year, Hendrickson was willing to help him however he could.

As of now, Hendrickson is the most experienced pilot in the club.

“If we decide to go flying, at least starting off, for the first little while, I’ll be the guy that does the flying,” he said.

Hendrickson is a licensed commercial pilot. Someday, he wants to fly for the Coast Guard.

For now, he and Brandolino are focusing on rebuilding the aviation community at the College. It’s true that not many young people are expressing interest in aviation — but in Brandolino’s opinion, most people either don’t know that aviation can be a hobby, or have never thought of trying it. Flying, for them, is a means to an end.

“For a lot of people, aviation is getting in a commercial jet and taking a trip,” Brandolino said. “You don’t get to see how it works. You don’t get to see cool World War II planes. You don’t get to control it yourself.”

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Tour guide Brendan McNamara ‘16 leads a visiting family on a tour around Old Campus at the College of William and Mary. The guide selection process is extremely competitive.

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Campus tour guides share stories and surprises from past tours

BY SARAH STUBBS THE FLAT HAT

Instead of the usual picturesque road curving past the Crim Dell, ugly orange construction mesh glared at the group of prospective students and their nervous tour guide.

Richard Murphy ’14 knew he had to tell the story of the Crim Dell Bridge and get his tour group across the road to show them Earl Gregg Swem Library; the problem was how. As it turned out, the only way to get past the construction was to walk through the trees and over the famed bridge itself.

“Some women were mad about walking through the woods, but some others were Richard fans and were into it,” Murphy said. “I told the story about the bridge and said, ‘We are all going to be best friends forever.’”

Murphy’s recounting of the story of the Crim Dell Bridge, in which lovers who kiss on the bridge will be together forever, was less than enchanting for some irate members of his group, who had not wanted to walk through the woods. However, after the tour, one of the “Richard fans” approached him and said, “I’ll never forget this.”

“I was like, wow. It made an impact,” Murphy said. “That’s a big splash to make.”

“A big splash” aptly describes the role of tour guides, who show off the College to hundreds of prospective students every semester and summer. Although there are currently 67 tour guides in the program, the higher-volume spring season typically employs around 100 students.

A tour of the College begins with an

information session at the admissions office, then winds its way through Old Campus and the Sunken Garden. From the very beginning, when tour guides introduce themselves with the wackiest fact that comes to mind during the information session, tours are steeped in personal stories.

“Being full of facts and figures makes [a tour] insincere,” Senior Assistant Dean of Admission and Director of Multicultural Recruitment Tish Lyte said. “Nobody tells [our tour guides] what to say. It’s supposed to be their story.”

Guides make the tour as individual as possible, and there is no specific set of facts they must say on their route.

“There’s a fine line between giving a tour and showing a place off. A tour is not as personal,” Colin Danly ’15 said. “The best tours are when I don’t map it out and can interact with people and not get too bogged down in details.”

Guides give two tours a day during the summer, sometimes to groups of 50 or more. That adds up to walking over three miles backward in the dripping Williamsburg summer heat.

After browsing Old Campus, tours visit the Jamestown dorms, the Integrated Science Center and Swem. This is where a guide may talk about a science major or his or her favorite experience in Swem.

The aspect of personal stories is only one way in which the College tour program is different than other schools’. For example, all that walking backward and looking cheerful does not garner payment. The program began as a volunteer program and has never offered a stipend.

“I hope we never pay,” Lyte said.

“Guides come in because they want to,

and it lends authenticity.”

Despite the lack of monetary benefits, the College’s tour guide program thrives.

Members often joke that it is harder to become a tour guide than it is to get into the College. Kate Fitzgerald ’14 pointed out that 200 people applied to be guides this season, but the program only accepted between 35 and 45 new guides.

To be a College tour guide, you have to really want it. This high standard drives up the stakes every year for applicants.

Senior Assistant Dean of Admission Justine Oakerton, who works in campus programming, emphasized that tour guides need to be able to connect with people one-on-one, but also have the presence to talk to groups of 50 people at once.

“We look for spark and passion, but especially the ability to craft a story,” Oakerton said.

Crafting a story can be harder for freshmen, who have spent less time on campus. For Sofia Chabolla ’14, the third time applying was the charm.

“I started tour guiding as a junior.

I applied in freshman year and didn’t get in, then got to the second round sophomore year,” Chabolla said. “I’m still passionate about it.”

When hiring tour guides, Lyte and Oakerton try to reflect the entire campus body by picking students with different majors, backgrounds and interests, so that as many prospective students as possible will find a guide to whom they can relate.

Once tours have seen Swem, they continue to the Sadler Center and the Crim Dell. Guides may talk about the Terrace and the sparkling Career Center,

which must seem a distant future to prospective students. Regardless, it is a beautiful building and part of a beautiful campus where nothing goes wrong. At least, that is what tour groups want to hear, which creates pressure for tour guides who strive to be honest, but who want to make their groups want to attend the College. Parents and prospective students often ask what the tour guide does not like about the school.

“There’s nothing to trash [about the College],” Victoria Chaitoff ’15 said. “I keep it honest. You can give the student consensus, but spin it in a positive light.”

Chaitoff and Danly agreed that the dining halls’ food is one aspect that students complain about, but which guides can positively spin. However, some questions require more delicate phrasing. Occasionally, people ask about the school’s suicide rate. Some tour guides believe, in this case, honesty is the best policy.

“It’s not a suicide school, but it can happen,” Fitzgerald said. “But there are lots of services for students to help them. I’m aware that not everything is perfect and I’m not trying to make it seem perfect.”

After visiting the Sadler Center and the Crim Dell, the tour guide leads his or her group to Monroe Hall, where they glimpse a “typical freshman dorm room,” an uninhabited showroom on first floor of Monroe. This gives potential students a greater connection with the school as they imagine this being their room.

Striving to create a unique experience for every tour can get exhausting, and every now and then guides, give bad tours.

Sometimes no one in a group wants to ask

questions, make comments or laugh at jokes, giving the guide little to work with.

Other times, unpredictable situations arise to test guides’ reactions. Chabolla described a day over the summer when a girl had a seizure during a tour. On a more amusing note, a tour Danly was giving got a little weird as they walked by the Sunken Garden.

“It was like a scene from a movie,” Danly said. “Some students ran up and party-boyed the tour. People were smoking hookah on the Garden and playing instruments in trees. All three at once was just a lot.”

The final step of a tour, and the part that many guides list as their favorite, is a trip to the Wren Building. Here guides talk about why they chose the College. For Chaitoff, it’s a funny story about initially hating her trip to Williamsburg and then abruptly falling in love with campus. For Danly, it’s a capitulation of the themes he has emphasized throughout his tour: tradition, community and genuineness.

For Murphy, it’s about pride as he takes his group into the Wren Building and talks about the Honor Code.

However, guides choose to spin it, tours are an opportunity for them to display what they love most about their school. Common to all these guides is a singular passion for the College, and an equal passion for sharing it.

Chabolla admitted that she often thinks about how her tours affect who attends the College. This pressure was vindicated one afternoon when a freshman approached her.

“You’re my tour guide,” Chabolla said, recalling the freshman’s words. “You’re the reason I came here.”

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

You can talk to me, you can set your secrets free, baby

Effective communication is the key to keeping relationships sexy and healthy: You can’t take back the words you never said

Kalyn Horn

Behind Closed Doors columnist

A couple weeks ago, I had the plague.

For eight days, I was a sniffling, coughing and sneezing mess — practically exuding displeasure.

Halfway through my illness, my mother — bless that woman — drove up to Williamsburg to take me to dinner. She treated me to Olive Garden’s bread sticks and soup to soothe my soul and throat, respectively. Afterward, she helped me carry supplies into my room, and, of course, she couldn’t leave until she’d made an attempt to clean my room, as mothers are wont to do.

That’s when she saw the dildo box.

My mother shuffled a few things around before asking, “Kalyn, why do you have a vibrator?”

I froze. The dildo box sat, forgotten and

discarded, under my bed, with the dildo itself tucked into a drawer of my desk. A partner — and that’s a whole story in itself — had ferried the dildo in question, packed safely in its box, and its harness to my dorm for a little foray weeks before, and she left the former with me.

“It’s not a vibrator. It’s a dildo,” I instinctively corrected her, my brain not quite processing the turn in the conversation. I’m not sure what possessed me after that, maybe a burning need to over-share every facet of my life or a fit of temporary insanity. “I have a vibrator, too.” Once I realized what I had just word-vomited, I tried to recover with, “Didn’t you read my column? You should know the difference!”

In hindsight, it wasn’t the best recovery and instead only worsened my accidental confession.

She took my admission in stride, although I’m sure one day my spontaneous confessions will be the death of her. Consumed by the nosiness and the morbid curiosity that characterizes our family, she then asked who “used” the dildo and why we even needed it, as homosexuals.

I floundered my way through a response, and,

just like that, the conversation moved to safer waters regarding the College’s lesbian population.

(Nonexistent, I informed her. They’re like unicorns.)

And finally, here’s this week’s segue: communication.

Communication is key to relationships, whether they’re familial, platonic or sexual in nature. In an uncomfortable three minutes, I both embarrassed myself and educated my mother by over-sharing.

I expanded her horizons a little bit and informed her that penetration is not an act monopolized by heterosexual couples.

But, more importantly, communication is vital to good sex. If you don’t tell your partner what you want, how are they going to know? Guessing and testing? This isn’t math class. Experimenting and learning a partner’s body can be an exalting experience, but it won’t always be the most liberating experience for you, especially if they mistake unhappy grunts for pleased moans. If you want it slow and soft, tell them. Conversely, if you want rougher sex, tell them. If you don’t want sex at all, tell them. Do you see a pattern here?

And especially don’t be afraid to communicate

more sensitive desires to them. Spanking, dildos, anal — the human imagination is endless, and there’s nothing wrong with any of it. If you want your partner to collar you and treat you like a dog, ask them respectfully, and maybe you’ll wind up with something new in the bedroom. However, don’t get angry if they refuse, unless, of course, they treat your request as something bad or abnormal.

Let’s get something straight: No sex is abnormal.

Sex is natural and awesome and more than slightly entertaining, even if it is also really bizarre when you consider all the bodily fluids and the concept of penetration. Yet we, as a species, can accept sex’s inherent, gross faults to revel in it — so why can’t we accept the other, atypical things our partners and peers come up with?

I charge all of you to keep an open mind and a tactfully loose tongue. Suggest something new to your partner and see where it takes you. Just hide all the evidence once you’re done with your sexual adventures, for the sake of your roommate and mother.

Kalyn Horn is a Behind Closed Doors columnist who now realizes the importance of clean-up time.

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Tribe can’t keep pace, falls to high-tempo Spiders 71-60

BY MICK SLOAN FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR

Sports Editor Jack Powers Sports Editor Chris Weber flathatsports@gmail.com

The Flat Hat | Friday, December 6, 2013 | Page 8

Rally

short falls

William and Mary seemed so close to completing a brilliant rally against visiting Richmond. Instead, the College was held to a single basket in the final eight minutes and left Kaplan Arena with a disappointing 71-60 defeat Wednesday.

The Tribe seemed unable to compete with the Spiders for most of the game, falling behind 46-32 before using a 23-4 run to thrill the home crowd with a 55-50 lead in the second half. Ultimately, however, Richmond held on to the tail end of the game.

“Tonight we were very clearly inconsistent from five minutes to five minutes. To be a really high-level team, we have to play every possession like it’s the only possession of the game,” head coach Tony Shaver said. “And we haven’t learned that lesson yet.”

Junior guard Marcus Thornton scored 26 points and hit six three pointers to lead the Tribe. Freshman forward Omar Prewitt added 10 points off the bench, while senior center Tim Rusthoven was held to just two points and four rebounds.

The Tribe struggled throughout the first half. After an early 7-4 lead, fueled with three pointers from Thornton and senior guard Julian Boatner, the Spiders took control of the game. Richmond held the College to just one field goal over a six-minute stretch that saw the Spiders build a 20-14 lead.

The Tribe rallied back, as a long three from Thornton sparked the College offense. A 12-6 Tribe run in the middle of the first half tied the game at 26-26. Richmond responded sharply, using a high-pressure defense to hold the College without a made shot for the final eight minutes of the half. Richmond built a 36-30 lead entering the break.

After the intermission, a blazing 10-0 run to pushed the Spiders’ lead to 46-32.

When all seemed lost, the College found a spark. Prewitt hit a three from the corner to fire the offense. Then, Thornton took over the game.

Thornton scored 13 straight points, hitting all five of his shots in a four-minute stretch. Boatner’s open three pointer, set up by Thornton, gave the Tribe a 51-50 lead to complete the stunning comeback. The Tribe finished off a 23-4 run to take a 55-50 lead and regain control of the game.

“We were getting stops defensively, we started clicking a little bit on offense and got better shots … and we weren’t turning the ball over,” Thornton said. “Those two things combined were the key to that stretch.”

The momentum didn’t last, as the Tribe fell apart and the Spiders took over. Richmond guard Kendall Anthony erased the Tribe lead with two straight triples, and Richmond went on a 19-2 run to seize a 69-57 lead, finishing off the College.

During the seven-minute stretch, the Tribe did not score a single field goal and deteriorated defensively. Even though Thornton hit his sixth three pointer of the night, breaking the drought and pulling the College within nine points, Richmond cruised through the final minute to claim a 71-60 victory.

The Tribe hit 46 percent of its three pointers and 76 percent of its free throws but was otherwise stagnant on offense. Outside the 23-4 run, the College struggled to keep pace with the Spiders, committing 18 turnovers. Richmond shot 50 percent from the field, scoring 32 points in the paint and 24 points off turnovers.

The Tribe travels to South Carolina to take on Wofford Saturday.

COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.

Junior guard Marcus Thornton led the College with 26 points in the loss.

COMMENTARY

August potential energizes season Fall slate offered promise of greatness, difficult losses, memories

Chris Weber

Flat Hat Sports editor

Sophomore tailback Mikal Abdul-Saboor walked into the press conference and took the seat farthest from the camera and reporters.

Abdul-Saboor’s 215-pound frame slumped in the chair, discouraged and sore.

Towson had just finished off a 15-9 win over William and Mary in a game of nationally ranked conference foes. Despite his 105-yard performance, Abdul-Saboor didn’t say a word. No one dared ask a question, anyway.

Abdul-Saboor took the first opportunity to leave, dipping under head coach Jimmye Laycock’s dead stare.

Something about Abdul-Saboor in that moment captured so much of what was the fall sports season. Disappointment on the heels of incredible potential, left as dry and apparent as the letter Bob Hale ’49 penned following the New Hampshire football game in November.

“There were twice as many New Hampshire fans as there were William and Mary students at the football game Saturday.

What a disgraceful display of support for the Tribe football team!!! SHAME!!!!” Hale wrote to The Flat Hat. Or maybe redshirt freshman goalkeeper Mac Phillips embodied that feeling more aptly, lying completely and utterly still, collapsed on the field at Martin Family Stadium. George Mason had just pulled out

an upset win, in penalty kicks, in the first round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association College Cup. No one approached Phillips. While the Patriots stormed the field and College fans filed down the aluminum stairs, Phillips didn’t move. It wasn’t until moments later that Phillips slowly, ever so slowly, rose to return to the bench.

Something there, too, spoke of the fall season. But there was more: frustration countered with exultation.

There was Randy Hawthorne, president of the Spiked Shoe Society of William and Mary, and an impassioned note slid under The Flat Hat office door, hoping the women’s cross country team would be so good that The Flat Hat Sports Desk would be forced to cover it.

Hawthorne was right. Sophomore Emily Stites won the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship and broke a course record previously set by an Olympian in the process, calling it all “a nice surprise.”

Senior Elaina Balouris was next, crossing the line at the NCAA Championship meet to finish 11th in the nation. In the nation.

Watching Balouris come across on the livefeed video — there was something else of the fall season.

Somewhere between the high of three nationally ranked programs and the lows of head coach John Daly falling short of the Colonial Athletic Association Championship lies the fall season.

Unparalleled joy in upsetting the nation’s best (here’s to you, men’s soccer and field hockey) juxtaposed against the crash of a hopeful finish (the volleyball program dropped its final four games).

There were the quirks, too. Junior Alex

Hicks knocked in the third ever hole-in-one in program history. That’s hitting a golf ball into a hole that measures four and a quarter inches in diameter from 170 yards.

There was some of the same. The doubles team — seniors Maria Belaya and Jeltje Loomans — continued their string of phenomenal success. While nationally ranked programs stole headlines, Belaya and Loomans quietly rose to the seventh-best doubles team in the nation.

Belaya, ranked No. 99 nationally, took down players well above her in the rankings.

Through it all, Belaya and Loomans still had time to take to Busch Field, tossing around a Frisbee with the team after practice.

Something of a blurry sun setting low over the west end of Albert-Daly Field in late August told of the season too. The lights flickered on and the coaches paced constantly as Tribe soccer prepped for its season opener. A nervous potential filled the air alongside cheap popcorn and the ever-present humidity.

There, and at Zable Stadium and at the Rec Center pool and at Kaplan Arena, the potential hung until the bitter loss at Richmond ended Laycock’s schedule and closed out the fall season for every program.

Abdul-Saboor collapsed in a chair.

Phillips unable, unwilling, to move. Balouris striding across the line. Belaya and Loomans perfecting the Frisbee toss. From bitter disappointment to celebrations, the fall season proved the best and worst of the tantalizing potential that comes every August.

Now, as Kaplan Arena opens its doors to juniors Marcus Thornton and Kyla Kerstetter and the winter season, the same potential lingers.

Embrace it.

BASKETBALL

Upcoming slate College schedule toughens as programs near conference play

BY JACK POWERS FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR MEN’S BASKETBALL

West Virginia // Dec. 29 // Morgantown, W.Va. Travelling to West Virginia, William and Mary takes on the Mountaineers. The College is 1-0 against major-conference foes so far this year after defeating Rutgers 72-62. The Mountaineers are 7-2 and hold an 18-point scoring margin. Sophomore guard Eron Harris leads the Mountaineers, making over half of his three-point attempts. The Tribe must shoot well to compete with West Virginia.

Old Dominion // Jan. 1 // Williamsburg, Va. The Tribe kicks off 2014 with a showdown against the Monarchs at Kaplan Arena. Old Dominion, a founding member of the Colonial Athletic Association, bolted from the conference last season after 34 years of conference play. Now a member of the Conference USA, the Monarchs will pose a tough test for the Tribe.

Drexel // Jan. 8 // Williamsburg, Va. The College opens up conference play against the Drexel University. The Tribe lost 59-48 to the Dragons last year in the midst of an eight-game losing streak. The Dragons have been impressive so far this season, playing within five points of No. 4 Arizona and No. 22 California-Los Angeles. Both Drexel and the College recorded wins over Rutgers University.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Old Dominion // Dec. 21 // Williamsburg, Va. The Tribe only narrowly lost to Old Dominion in the two teams final intra-conference matchup last season. The Monarch’s hold a 5-4 record, which includes double-digit losses to Bowling Green and Marist. The Tribe will face the Monarchs after two attainable games at home against La Salle and Radford and could enter the matchup at Kaplan Arena with momentum.

Saint Louis // Dec. 28 // Ames, Iowa The first game of the Cyclone Challenge, hosted by Iowa State, pits the College against Saint Louis. The Billikens have had a disappointing season, holding a 3-5 record thus far. Much like the College, Saint Louis brings a young, largely inexperienced team to the tournament. Freshman forward Erin Nelson leads the Billikens with 16.8 points per game.

Delaware // Jan. 9 // Williamsburg, Va. Swanson will play his first conference game against defending champion Delaware. Led by second-overall Women’s National Basketball Association draft pick Elena Delle Donne, the Blue Hens finished last year with a 32-4 record and reached the Sweet Sixteen of the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament. Even after Delle Donne’s exit, the Blue Hens have played excellently so far this season, holding a 6-1 record. Swanson’s team will enter as an underdog.

BASEBALL

Pinzino resigns, Murphy promoted Jamie Pinzino resigned after a year as head coach Monday, leaving to accept a position as pitching coach at the University of Oklahoma. Athletics Director Terry Driscoll named Brian Murphy the program’s new head coach Tuesday.

Murphy served as the team’s hitting coach last year after a three-year stint as Brown University’s pitching coach and recruiting coordinator.

“In Brian Murphy, we have a rising young coaching talent to lead the program. Brian’s list of accomplishments over the last 11 years speak for themselves, most especially what he has achieved in his time at William and Mary,” Driscoll told Tribe Athletics. “I am excited to see him continue to move the program forward.”

Pinzino’s short tenure as head coach encompassed arguably the most successful season in program history.

The Tribe ended its season with a program-record 39 wins and earned the program’s first at-large bid into the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, where the team reached the regional final after defeating the University of Mississippi twice.

Following its historic run, the Tribe was ranked No. 28 in the nation by Sporting News, the first ranking in program history.

“I am honored and thankful to have this opportunity. To coach at Oklahoma is to have the chance to work with some of the best players in the country and compete for a National Championship every year,” Pinzino told Oklahoma Athletics.

“Coach [Pete] Hughes is a proven winner and I look forward to the chance to work with him and the rest of the Sooner staff and players. I am eager to get started with practice, and to see what we can accomplish in the next few seasons.”

Pinzino Murphy coached the Tribe’s batters to a .376 on-base percentage and 377 runs last season, fifth in the Colonial Athletic Association. After being hired to fill Pinzino’s vacancy at head coach, Murphy expressed his gratitude.

“I am very excited to get the opportunity to build upon the positive momentum surrounding Tribe baseball,” Murphy told Tribe Athletics. “Our staff is very excited for the upcoming season and eager to get to work. Lastly, I am very thankful to have had the chance to work with Jamie Pinzino again and wish him tremendous success at Oklahoma.”

Pinzino offered thanks and reflected on two years at the College.

“I would also like to thank Terry Driscoll and the administration at William and Mary for the opportunity to coach in Williamsburg for the last two seasons,” Pinzino told Oklahoma Athletics. “I truly enjoyed my time there and wish Coach Murphy, his staff, and the Tribe players continued success in the future.”

The College returns the majority of its starters and opens the season Feb. 14.

— Flat Hat Sports Editor Jack Powers