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Months in, still no SA website

Einstein’s prediction proved AMANDA SIKIRICA FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

College’s website, the page contains only a brief description of the role of the SA and a notice that they are in the process of developing a more in-depth website.

SA President Yohance Whitaker ’16 said that the website is under construction. “[The Student Assembly website] has, as it stands now, shallow information, but we’re thinking certainly by the end of February it’ll be more robust.” Whitaker said.

Whitaker cited bureaucratic obstacles to uploading content. He also said that monthly Cascade training sessions were difficult to coordinate for SA officers whose job it is to manage content for the website.

“Now as is just the nature of having a website and a page on the internet, the process of updating the information to make sure it is accurate and relevant, that is all a continual process and so truly in the business of having pages on the internet, there is no point when you can say the project is complete,” Whitaker said. “But you can say that the project is up-to-date.”

In the past, SA teams have routinely promised and failed to create a stable, online platform.

In 2011, then President Kaveh Sadeghian ’12 said he wanted to publish the minutes of Student Assembly meetings and other

Several College of William and Mary professors, graduate and undergraduate students helped usher in a new era of astronomy Feb. 11 with the announcement of the detection and interpretation of gravitational waves. The Laser Interferometer GravitationalWave Observatory team, which announced the discovery, comprised more than 1,000 scientists.

Physics professor Eugeniy Mikhailov spent three years at a LIGO Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before setting up his own laboratory at the College. Along with physics graduate students Mi Zhang and Gleb Romanov and undergraduate Hunter Rew ’16, Mikhailov has been named as a co-author in LIGO’s paper published Thursday in Physical Review Letters.

Gravitational waves are disturbances in space-time caused by massive releases of energy.

“The only information about the universe we’ve gotten has been electromagnetic radiation. Even the first humans saw stars through EM radiation … for the first time in human history, we will get information from a completely new type of radiation,” physics professor Marc Sher, who did not participate in the project, said in an email.

The detection of gravitational waves fulfills a prediction Albert Einstein made in the early 1900s and is an experimental milestone.

But, more importantly to Mikhailov, the signal is interpreted as coming from the merger of two black holes, 1.3 billion light years away.

“If it was only the part of the detection by itself, it would be like if I switched to Russian,” Mikhailov said. “You would hear something, there would be a person talking to you, but you wouldn’t understand … But you understanding me, this is the important part.”

This ability to interpret the signals allows for the birth of gravitational wave astronomy. As a whole new way to look at nature, gravitational wave astronomy might even have some significant advantages over other areas of astronomy because of how quick and tiny gravitational waves are. Their interactions with matter are very weak, and therefore the wave has very little effect on what it passes through. Thus, scientists could potentially see the inside of a star.

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SA President Yohance Whitaker and Vice President Catie Pinkerton are not the first team to promise a working website during their presidential campaign.

Exec promised website by early November 2015 NATE WAHRENBERGER FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

The Student Assembly has yet to finish the website promised by President Yohance Whitaker ‘16 and Vice President Catie Pinkerton ‘16 in their campaign last spring, despite saying as recently as October that the site would be done by early November.

In October, Pinkerton told The Flat Hat that the website would provide students with resources as well as ensure the accountability of the Student Assembly.

“On the webpage there will be information about the student assembly like meeting times and contact information for representatives,” Pinkerton said in an email at the time. “Other resources will be available as well, like useful links for students in crisis.”

A March 28, 2015 archive of yohanceandcatie.com, Whitaker and Pinkerton’s now-defunct campaign website, repeats a similar commitment.

“We pledge to make the Student Assembly and William & Mary websites more navigable and user-friendly. Increased transparency means that students can reach resources in one click of the mouse,” the website said at the time.

While the College of William and Mary’s student government organization has a rudimentary web page hosted through the

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Ambrose appoints new Student announces bid for council seat Class of 2017 senator Benming Zhang ’16 obtains enough signatures to get on ballot Camper will be inducted Tuesday night

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Benming Zhang ’16, who announced his candidacy Sunday night for the upcoming Williamsburg City Council elections, has obtained 215 signatures from registered voters in the city as of

Class of 2017 President Katherine Ambrose appointed Olivia Camper ’17 senator to the Student Assembly Senate Feb. 9, filling a seat that had been vacant since Sen. T.J. Soroka ’17 announced his resignation late last semester.

Following senate procedure, Ambrose sent out an email Dec. 15 to the junior class explaining that Soroka had resigned and that she was looking for a new senator. The email asked each applicant to send in a resume for the Class of 2017 senators to review.

“I chose to apply because I used to play on the women’s soccer team and I am a huge Tribe fan but because I just recently got into the business school and knew I wanted to double major, I made the decision not to play because the time commitment it takes to be a Division I athlete is a lot of time,” Olivia Camper ’17 said. “However, I wanted to focus on my future and do something that would help me in the future. I knew I wanted to double major in government, and I felt like this would fill that void and be something of substance for me to do.”

Camper was one of the top three applicants chosen for an interview.

During the interviews, Ambrose and the other senators asked questions such as “Why are you interested in being involved in Student Assembly?” and “What are some things that you would like to see happen in the junior See SENATOR page 4

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of the Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary and Williamsburg Planning Commission member Elaine McBeth.

Zhang is expected to graduate in May with a degree in public policy. Originally from New York, he came to the College in 2012 and has lived off campus since March 2013. According to Zhang, his experience as both a resident and a student, as well as his prior work in Williamsburg politics, make him qualified to serve.

Scott Foster ’10 J.D. ’14 was the first College of William and Mary student ever to be elected to the city council, and was elected by a landslide. Zhang’s campaign is following a similar playbook, with face-toface interaction at its center. When Foster ran, he said he had a primarily studentrun campaign and was not involved in Williamsburg politics before the election.

He emerged as the front-runner in 2010 with nearly double the amount of votes as the next candidate.

“I was just a regular William and Mary student,” Foster said in an email.

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While Zhang would not be the first student to gain a spot on the council, he would be the first with experience in Williamsburg politics. With three seats open, Zhang is running against four others so far, including Associate Director

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After graduating from the College of William and Mary, many return throughout the years to teach or celebrate Homecoming and Charter Day. Seldom, however, do alumni return to coach one of the College’s Division I sports, let alone replace the coach who once coached them. Former player and current men’s tennis coach Jeff Kader ’05 fits that exact criteria, as he replaced 22-year veteran Peter Daub after Daub announced his retirement at the conclusion of the 201415 season.

Kader was a member of the men’s tennis team at the College from 2001-2005, capping off his career with a Colonial Athletic Association championship at the end of the 2004-05 season.

Coming from Ohio, Kader first heard about the College from a handwritten letter in 2000, before the age of recruiting via internet.

After visiting, he said he fell in love with Williamsburg despite mostly looking at Big Ten schools in the Midwest.

“I got the letter from Coach Daub, and my parents were really adamant about looking at this one,” he said. “I took four official visits to Big Ten schools, and for my fifth one I said alright I’ll check [William and Mary] out ... I shocked myself with how much I actually liked Williamsburg itself ... I ended up getting the opportunity [to come here], and I’m very glad that I made that initial contact.”

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, Kader continued his interest in tennis, leading to a short professional career overseas in France and some small-time coaching gigs before breaking into Division I collegiate coaching.

“As soon as I got done playing here in 2005, that first year I went and started working with some very young kids, right after playing competitive tennis, and realized that wasn’t going to be for me,” Kader said. “I ended up working at a tennis academy in South Carolina and working with some of the top juniors in the country, and I did enjoy that, but even at that point in time I said you know if I want to stay in tennis, then I think I would like to work at the college level.”

After leaving the tennis academy, Kader made calls to many coaches, eventually landing an assistant coaching job at North Carolina State in 2006, just one year after finishing his collegiate playing career. A member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, a Power Five conference, N.C. State provided a prestigious career platform for a tennis coach, to which Kader attributes somewhat to luck.

“I kind of lucked out in that regard, going into the ACC as an assistant coach right away, but it was a great experience, and through that is how I knew I wanted to stay in coaching,” Kader said.

After leaving the Wolfpack, Kader moved to Texas for his first head coaching position at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

He held the position for five years, his team winning the Conference-USA championship and Kader himself winning Coach of the Year for C-USA in 2015. In the summer offseason, Kader was alerted to the open position at the College and immediately took action to apply when Daub announced his retirement.

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Jeff Kader ‘05 will have his first opportunity to coach a team in the CAA tournament April 22-24 in Elon, N.C.

… I kept in contact with him quite a bit, he’s still one of my best coaching friends, kind of a mentor, someone that I still look up to and talk to quite a bit about college coaching as well as everything else,” Kader said. “When I saw [Daub’s announcement], a little bit of a shock at first but definitely a lot of excitement that this would be my chance to get back to William and Mary. The process of going through interviews and the hiring process felt like three years when in reality it took probably about five weeks.”

Eager to get back to his alma mater, Kader was announced as Daub’s replacement officially in late August. Going from reigning C-USA champions to taking over the reigning CAA champions, Kader said that he felt that it was both a challenge to take over an established team but also not a challenge due to his familiarity with the program.

“It certainly helps that I know what the players have gone through,” Kader said.

“I know that Coach Daub always recruits very talented players and he always recruits very good guys, so I knew coming in there weren’t going to be any conflicts, any issues, personality-wise … but you never know how you’re going to mesh with everyone. They’re not players that I recruited, so you never know how they’ll respond to you; they don’t know how I’m going to respond to them.”

Kader and the team appear to be meshing exceptionally, posting a 7-2 record for the dual match season that began in January, including a perfect 6-0 at home in McCormack-Nagelson Tennis Center. In a world where the strictness of collegiate philosophy is a hot topic, Kader spoke about how he uses a system that largely allows for self-determination and being responsible for oneself without a harsh code of rules.

“I like to give the guys a lot of ownership of their own game,” he said. “Not just tenniswise, but also kind of in life. My general rule is don’t be an idiot, as broad as that sounds … I don’t sit there and say can’t do this, can’t do this, can’t do this, I just say think before you act … There is a baseline of what everybody does, and from there, some freedom and ownership of yourself in the classroom, on the court, and in public. My main goal is to get these guys ready for the real world.”

Kader’s time at the College shaped much of his coaching style, both in play and off-

court philosophy. He said he believes the challenges of being a student-athlete with the Tribe provide a solid starting point for life, whether continuing in sports or not.

“It’s definitely challenging, the academics are very difficult … but [William and Mary] is not recruiting kids that can’t handle,” Kader said. “It’s a lot of tennis, it’s practice, it’s weightlifting, it’s conditioning, on top of all the studying ... It’s difficult, but it is manageable … a perfect opportunity for life after college.”

Kader spoke about how different the College is from just 11 years ago. He said what changed the most was the amount of buildings as well as the change to using athletics as a way to build the College up.

“Definitely a lot more buildings, but it still has the feel of William and Mary, he said. “It doesn’t feel overcrowded or overpopulated, everything is still there, which is what makes William and Mary such a special place. … They’re putting on the [For the Bold] campaign right now, and athletics actually has a piece in there. That shows, I think, that athletics is getting exposed a little bit more.

College athletics is a business, and it is a great way to reach out to people who may not have heard of William and Mary before.”

Kader said the 2005 championship was the highlight of his time at the College, a culmination of the team’s efforts of four years trying to make it to the NCAA tournament. The finals match against Virginia Commonwealth (who left the CAA in 2012) was an upset of the No. 2 team over the No. 1 team for the first Tribe CAA championship since 1990.

“We had a great doubles point, our guys stepped up in singles, and we were finally able to beat them,” Kader said. “VCU kind of owned the CAA back at that time. To beat them in the finals in the last chance for us to actually make NCAAs and finally get it done was very exciting.”

Now, a decade after his historic moment, he holds the coaching spot, where he says he feels at home achieving a longtime dream to coach at the College.

“It’s definitely what I had always wanted,” Kader said. “Once I had gotten into the college coaching field and knew that’s what my profession was going to be, this is where I wanted to be. To actually have the opportunity to be back here, I’m definitely loving it.

William and Mary is pretty much my home.”

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Thursday, Feb. 11 — An individual was arrested for assault on York Street.

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Thursday, Feb. 11— An individual was arrested for driving with a suspended license at the intersection of Scotland Street and Armistead Avenue.

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Thursday, Feb. 11— An individual was arrested for assault and battery on Merrimac Trail.

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Friday, Feb. 12 — An individual was arrested for possessing marijuana on North Henry Street.

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FACULTY

Three new professors to join College faculty

Board of Visitors recommends faculty for promotions, tenure, new positions EMILY MARTELL FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

Three new faculty members will join the College of William and Mary in the fall as assistant professors.

The Board of Visitors Committee on Academic Affairs, which is responsible for instructional faculty affairs and appointments, approved the three new professors at its February meeting, the first session of the 2016 year. The BOV also recommended faculty for promotions, tenure and distinguished professorships, as well as reviewing plans for retirement.

Associate professor and chair of the psychology department Joshua Burk discussed what separates good candidates for an assistant professor position from the best candidates.

“The one additional aspect that I feel is important is how well the candidate’s research interest complement our existing interests,” Burk said in an email. “Ideally, you want a new faculty member who can develop her/his line of independent research, but who will also develop new research collaborations with other faculty in our department and on campus. These new collaborations can be exciting for students who want to become involved in research.”

Andrea Wright, a visiting scholar at the Institute for South Asia Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, will be joining the anthropology and Asian and Middle Eastern Studies departments in the fall. Wright completed her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in August 2015.

Not only does she hold degrees in anthropology, art history, social sciences and history, Wright also speaks several languages — French, Hindi, Urdu and Arabic. Wright, who learned Hindi, Urdu, and Arabic as an adult, said that being able to do research in translation and speak to natives now is incredibly rewarding and valuable.

“I really like talking to people, and I realized that through learning a language, it opened up a door to a whole new culture,” Wright said.

Wright said she is currently learning Farsi as she works on her book “Migratory Pipelines”, which studies the development of the oil industry in the Arabian Sea. Wright said she sought to center her research directly from the perspectives of people when she traveled to India and the United Arab Emirates.

“Usually when we think about the Middle East, we think it has a lot of oil, but not enough workers to extract the oil,” Wright said. “And when we think about Southeast Asia, we often think there’s a surplus of workers, but there’s not much oil. So what I wanted to do is I wanted to think about Southeast Asia and the Arabian Peninsula as part of one unit.”

Wright has been researching for her book since 2009, and said she expects to be working on it for a couple more years before publication.

The assistant professor position at the College will be Wright’s first teaching position. She said she was thrilled to find a joint position advertised for both the anthropology and AMES departments at the College.

“When I first got the job, I was just so excited about having a position that was for anthropology, which was the discipline that my Ph.D. is in and also in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, because one of the things that the areas of studies do is encourage people to think interdisciplinary,” Wright said.

The only one of the three new faculty already affiliated with the College, Elizabeth Raposa will become an assistant professor in the psychology department. After growing up in Pennsylvania and receiving a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, Raposa began teaching psychology graduate students as an adjunct faculty member at the College during the fall 2015 semester.

As an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania, Raposa double majored in psychology and comparative literature. In response to why she chose such different disciplines, Raposa said both topics caught her interest early on at Penn.

“As I got to the end of my undergraduate career, it was really difficult for me to pick what discipline I wanted to go into a doctoral program for,” Raposa said. “I was really interested in both, but in the end, I really liked the opportunity that psychology gave me to apply some of what I was learning practically and use it to help solve some of the problems I was seeing with emotional health in the people I was working with.”

After choosing to pursue psychology, Raposa researched the effects of early life stressors on mental and physical development.

Expanding upon that research, Raposa later began studying the effect of mentorship on mitigating the negative effect of early life stress.

She said her findings about the power of close relationships have impacted her own teaching.

“Researching mentoring has actually led me to think a lot about how I mentor undergraduate and graduate students,” Raposa said. “Just thinking through different ways that the relationship develops and how one person can support another person as they’re trying to figure things out or deal with different stressful things that come up in their lives. So I do think about that a lot.”

Raposa said she was excited to become an assistant professor at the College because she would be able to do two things very important to her: have close relationships with students and maintain an active research program.

Claire McKinney will join the College’s faculty as an assistant professor of government and gender, sexuality and women’s studies.

After completing an undergraduate degree at the University of Texas, Austin and working for a couple of years, McKinney received a Ph.D. in

political science from the University of Chicago in June 2014. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in American Intimacies in American Culture Studies at the Washington University in St. Louis, which she will complete this year before coming to the College.

During her undergraduate career, McKinney said that being part of the policy debate team helped her grow intellectually years in a way that a three or four-month semester class would not provide.

“I think in the competitive nature of debate, but also in its openness to experimentation, I was able to find an intellectual trajectory that has stayed with me to today,” McKinney said.

Although McKinney had been studying government and political science since her undergraduate career, it was not until her doctorate work that she began researching abortion and feminist theory. Specifically studying the role of the American Medical Association in abortion restrictions, McKinney said she saw medical authority as the missing actor in discussion about reproductive politics.

McKinney went on to discuss opposition to reproductive policies, both from the conservative side and those who see it as an issue for only heterosexual women. However, she said she saw the pushback as a helpful force to develop feminist thought.

“I think that anybody who’s interested in politics and is afraid of opposition has a tough road to follow,” McKinney said. “So for me if you think of opposition as an opportunity of dialogue, then there’s a lot that you can get out of that.”

As an assistant professor, McKinney says she will be teaching Contemporary Political Theory in fall 2016 and Politics of Reproduction in spring 2017.

“I’m thrilled,” McKinney said. “From what I’ve seen of William and Mary and who I’ve interacted with, this is a fantastic place to be.”

ADMINISTRATION

College presidents elaborate on service year goals Administrators create year of service action plan at summit hosted by JMU ALLISON ROHRER FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

College of William and Mary President Taylor Reveley and Assistant Vice President Drew Stelljes attended a summit about expanding opportunity for a year of volunteer service for Virginia college students Feb. 9 at James Madison University. The College hosted the first Virginia summit about the topic last fall.

The summit established a year of service implementation plan of action and created a more flexible definition of a year of service, which will allow institutions of higher learning to incorporate a year of service more easily. Board of Visitors member Karen Shultz said that plans from the summit were flexible enough with the summit’s mission statement, but concrete enough to inspire action. According

to Co-Chair of Service Year Alliance John Bridgeland, the first summit in Williamsburg led to the creation of the Virginia College Compact, a pledge that outlines how colleges can expand service opportunities for students.

The event was a collaboration among Virginia universities, Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe and her staff, Service Year Alliance and Virginia’s Office of Volunteerism and Community Services.

Reveley and Bridgland delivered a review of accomplishments and future vision statements. Other key speakers included JMU president John Alger, McAuliffe and Virginia Commonwealth University Provost Cathy Howard.

“As late as the morning of the summit, people were contacting us to ask to be included because they had heard about it from other colleagues,” Alger said in an email. “We have seen that there is a deep and widespread

interest in, and commitment to, service as a component of the educational mission and to the service-year model.”

SYA’s national goals include increasing service year opportunities from 65,000 to 100,000 in the next few years.

Bridgeland stated that expansion will come from college programs like the College’s Fellowship or JMU’s Valley Scholars, as well as the growth of PeaceCorps, Vista and Americorps. Howard stated that statewide collaboration through the community partnership network VA Engage is possible, and Alger stressed the importance of collecting and sharing data and stories about service projects to get more people involved.

Doug Bunch B.A. ’02, J.D. ’06 spoke about a possible model for the service year based on College students’ participation in yearlong service projects with Global Playground, which

SA website promise set back Disclosures compliant with Code, President says WEBSITE from page 1

publish the minutes of Student Assembly meetings and other relevant information on student blogs.

Two years later, then-President Chase Koontz ’14 said that the Student Assembly’s web presence did not live up to the SA’s own internal guidelines.

“A stronger website could create a larger platform for students to make connections with organizations and could be a great resource for students,” he said.

Should Whitaker’s team follow through on its promise, it will be the first time SA has had a permanent website that can be transferred to new groups.

Content for the website is to be managed by SA Secretary of Outreach Hope Thompson ’16 with assistance from Staff Advisor and Associate Director of Student Leadership Development Trici Frederick.

Thompson promised a number of features to be created for the benefit of the student body that will be included in the new website once it is made available online.

She said the site will include contact information for all members of SA, as well as times, locations and minutes for all meetings.

“One thing we’ve really been trying to work

on is transparency this semester and I think it’s really that accessibility that comes from letting students know what we’re all about and how we can help them,” Thompson said. “I think that if we’re going to try to help them it’s important, and to serve them in whatever way they need, and the best way we can do that is for them to understand what we do.”

Frederick said in an email that, once it is available, the website will replace Facebook as the SA’s primary communication tool.

“The purpose of the website is to provide constituents with additional information about the organization,” Frederick said in an email.

“Right now the primary mode for this information sharing is through Facebook, but as I’m sure you’re aware that not everyone utilizes Facebook.

A comprehensive website will help to disseminate better information.”

The Student Assembly Senate Code includes a section stipulating that the Student Assembly must release quarterly reports, which are linked to the Student Assembly website.

In a text message, Whitaker claimed that Student Assembly remains in compliance with the Code through the distribution of weekly email updates.

He said that meeting information is also updated to a publicly available Google Drive.

he co-founded. Global Playground is nonprofit that builds schools in developing countries and places teaching fellows at them for a year at a time. Three current and former College students, Kendall Lorenzen ’15, Amanda Cordray ’15 and Scott Gemnell-Davis ’17, currently volunteer as teaching fellows with Global Playground.

Global Playgrounds’s service year model reimburses volunteers expenses and provides them with a living stipend payed for by alumni donations. Bunch said he hopes to expand the model of connecting students with alumni donations.

Director of the Virginia Office on Volunteerism and Community Services Gail Harris stated that students can grow personally by working with people with challenges different from their own. According to Bridgland

and Alger, completing a year of service has the possibility to affect students positively in a variety of ways, including preparation for entering the workforce and creating awareness about community challenges.

“Service Year is the embodiment of putting what we want to see from our incoming students and those same students as our graduates,” Shultz said in an email. “Look at the mission of W & M - Service is embedded not only in the mission but the strategy, vision, and goals of our schools and departments.

Not only is it a good fit - It IS W & M.” Reveley said he was encouraged by the accomplishments of the second conference.

“We’re beginning to get some real traction among the public and private schools in Virginia about the importance of service,” Reveley said in an email. “This is quite wonderful.”

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GREEK LIFE

Phi Mu, Phi Kappa Tau to return to campus

Greek organizations recruit new members in effort to rebuild campus presence LEONOR GRAVE THE FLAT HAT

Greek Life at the College of William and Mary will see some significant changes in 2016, with the reestablishment of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity this spring semester and of the Phi Mu sorority in the fall.

Recruiters from the national Phi Kappa Tau organization have been on campus reaching out to unaffiliated men to reestablish the Alpha Theta chapter after several months of communication with the administration. New member bids for the fraternity were extended this past Thursday, but total membership numbers will not be known until Feb. 17 when bids are formally accepted. In a vote held this past Sunday, the Panhellenic council voted unanimously to extend the opportunity to return to campus to the Gamma Alpha chapter of Phi Mu, and the national organization is expected to bring its recruiters to campus this fall.

Both organizations have a long history at the College, with Phi Kappa Tau established in 1926. The Phi Kappa Tau chapter at the College had its national charter revoked in February 2012, in response to a string of reported hazing incidents. The National Council shut down the College’s chapter of Phi Mu in May 2013 because of declining membership.

Both chapters now have the opportunity to start over at the College.

“There was … a waiting period to let the former

members of the chapter either graduate or leave our school, in order that they could start fresh here,” Interfraternity Council President Seroja Boyakhchian ’17 said.

Phi Mu’s return in the fall follows a similar reasoning.

“They asked us when they left what would be our feasible timeline, and the Panhellenic at the time agreed on fall of 2016,” Panhellenic Council President Kendall Carter ’17 said. “That way all of the people who were in Phi Mu at that time would have graduated by this time.”

The process to decide to reestablish a chapter differs for fraternities and sororities. The Interfraternity Council is not involved with the decision to allow a chapter back.

“When a chapter leaves our campus and they have some sort of agreement with the administration as to when they’ll come back, that’s entirely up to the school and the national organization,” Boyakhchian said.

The Panhellenic Council, however, is more closely involved with the decision to bring a sorority back.

The Council had originally established a timeline in 2012 for Phi Mu’s return, held a vote again in 2013 to confirm they still supported that original timeline, and held the final vote this past Sunday.

According to Carter, the process is thorough to ensure the sorority’s success.

“We’ve had a lot of very in-depth conversations,

and people are looking at a lot of different facets of this,” Carter said. “They really want to make sure that Phi Mu will be successful, and they’re a lot of people involved in this obviously, because they want to make sure it’s going to be good for their members, Phi Mu’s members, and the William and Mary community.”

With the establishment of a new chapter comes a unique set of challenges.

“It’s difficult for any new student organization to start up on campus,” Boyakhchian said. “For Phi Tau specifically, there are a lot of established fraternities on campus who already have their established membership, and it’s easier for students to connect with other students.”

Just as Phi Tau has been recruiting unaffiliated men using national recruiters, the recruitment process for Phi Mu would also be conducted by national Phi Mu recruiters, and would therefore not be a part of formal sorority recruitment.

“They are recruiting in a different way and looking at other ways to bring women into the community, so I think that might be a challenge, because it is a different way of recruiting, so people are not necessarily used to it if they’ve gone through formal recruitment in the past,” Carter said.

Kyle Rutledge, one of the Phi Kappa Tau national recruiters, said that building up a chapter comes with challenges unique to the College, such as students’ tendency to be heavily focused on academics.

“The only challenge, I would say, is presenting

the opportunity as not a burden, but something that enhances your college experience,” Rutledge said.

“Most William and Mary students are very active and involved, so trying to present something new to add to their plate is kind of a challenge, but that’s the kind of thing we try to get across, that it’s only here to enhance your experience. It’s not here to take away from the academics or your ability to be involved in other clubs; it’s supposed to enhance that and give you more opportunities.”

An advantage offered by new chapters is the opportunity to create a new community that isn’t marred by a prior reputation.

“With a new fraternity that literally has no existence yet, there is the opportunity to shape it the way that you want it to be,” Boyakhchian said. “That’s a great opportunity, I think, for people who feel that they want to create their own community, their own group of people, and shape it the way that they want to.”

Despite any possible hurdles, Boyakhchian and Carter both said they are optimistic about the new organizations’ futures at the College.

“William and Mary Panhellenic is excited for the opportunity to be working with Phi Mu,” Carter said.

“Greek life at William and Mary is different because there is this kind of Panhellenic love that’s shared among the chapters, and there really isn’t the kind of inter-sorority tiffs that we see at other schools. I think William and Mary will be open and be welcoming.”

LIGO announces discovery of gravitational waves

College physics professor Eugeniy Mikhailov contributes to major findings WAVES from page 1

“You look at your own body and you don’t know much about what’s inside,” Mikhailov said. “You can probably push a little bit, but all we can see is the skin. But

then ultrasounds appeared, and now we can look at babies growing inside of their mothers. We would be able to look inside of the object which is not accessible to us by any other means.”

The signals LIGO is looking for are

unfathomably tiny, and there is a lot of random noise that the detectors pick up. Mikhailov’s research with students is addressing the problem of noise in several ways, including a process of modifying light. Mikhailov calls this “squeezed light,”

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The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory team announced the discovery, detection and interpretation of gravitational waves Feb. 11.

meaning it suppresses quantum noise.

Much like how a professor walking in a class can quiet chatty students, squeezed light should help quiet random noise so meaningful signals can be heard.

Beyond members of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, several College undergraduates have been involved in LIGO summer research projects.

Astronomy Club co-president and physics major Eve Chase ’16 worked at the Laboratoire AstroParticule et Cosmologie in Paris in the summer of 2014, coincidentally modeling an event similar to the one eventually detected by LIGO. “I created an original computer program to model the expected gravitational wave signal of two black holes spiraling around one another and eventually colliding, releasing immense energy in gravitational waves,” Chase said in an email.

Similarly, Melissa Guidry ’17 worked this past summer at the European gravitational detector Virgo in Cascina, Italy. She was gathering data on what

signals from magnetic fields look like, so the signals could be compared to and removed from the noise picked up by detectors, further refining the signal such that gravitational waves could be seen more easily.

“I operated a large, bazooka-looking magnetometer, carrying it from site to site. At one point I even traveled through Tuscan mountains to measure a very quiet signal,” Guidry said in an email.

After the announcement Thursday, the Physics Review Letters website crashed, as it was overloaded by visitors. A viewing of the press conference was held in William H. Small Hall, where students and faculty gathered to hear the news. Media coverage likened the discovery to Galileo’s invention of the telescope.

“To be a part of something so huge, something so beyond yourself that will benefit humanity so tremendously, is incredible …. Solving a problem and having the world take delight in it reminds you that science is much larger than your lab bench,” Guidry said.

Olivia Camper ’17 appointed to fill seat in SA senate SENATOR from page 1

class?” following these final interviews, the senators decided to appoint Camper.

Besides being a former member of the College of William and Mary’s women’s soccer team, Camper is a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, a marketing intern for Tribe Athletics, the Vice President of Communications for the Student Marketing Association and leader of a high school girls’ small group at the Williamsburg Community Chapel.

“In the end, the senators and I decided to appoint Olivia due to the confidence we had that she could truly succeed in the senator position,” Ambrose said in an email. “Her personality was bright and positive, one that we hope will energize the senate and quickly learn the ropes. We appreciated her extensive marketing experience as attendance at and advertising for SA events can be a real challenge. Additionally, we thought her connections and background in the athletic community were a real strength, as SA would love to facilitate more collaboration and involvement

from that side of campus life.”

Besides her marketing and athletics experience, Camper said she has an interest in pursuing more initiatives related to mental health on campus. After losing a high school soccer teammate to suicide, she became an advocate for mental health and believes it should always be a top priority on all campuses.

While Camper was introduced to the rest of the SA senate on Feb. 9, she will be formally sworn in to the senate on Feb. 16 and at that time will receive senator privilege.

“Olivia comes to Senate with unique experiences from her marketing background and her time as an athlete,” Sen. Eboni Brown ’17 said. “The athletics community is one in which SA does not reach out to as strongly, and her experience in this area will help to make sure that the athletics community and its issues are heard and we can work to improve the College community as a whole. It feels good to have someone passionate and real to work on-board with our class, and we look forward to continuing to do great work in the Senate.”

Benming Zhang ’16 focuses campaign on student registration CITY COUNCIL from page 1

“I knocked on nearly every door in the City, listening to their concerns and asking for their vote. Once people met me, even if they didn’t vote for me, they at least felt comfortable that I wasn’t here to support radical change.”

Unlike Foster, Zhang is not new to Williamsburg politics.

He has served on the city’s Public Housing Advisory Committee since his freshman year and is eligible for reappointment in September 2016.

He said he recognizes that having the label of student will make it difficult when reaching out to the Williamsburg community because of the reputation students have as loud partiers. He said the challenge is getting the Williamsburg population to take him seriously.

Student input on city policies is his primary issue, according to Zhang.

Similarly, Foster said improving communication between the city and

the College was a focus in his campaign and something that has been a success since he was elected.

Zhang said that communication is still a goal.

“We should be able to guide policy direction with the city and kind of mold the city in a way that we want to see fit,” Zhang said. “Not every idea is going to be accepted but … in my opinion we’re not even trying to push for greater student input.”

Zhang said he would be serving as a more official avenue for student ideas in local government.

Skip Estes ’17, a recruiter for Zhang’s campaign, said that Zhang would help improve the relationship between students and the Williamsburg community.

“Williamsburg has a lot of laws in the books that are kind of almost targeting students in a way,” Estes said. “By having a student like Benny on the city council, he can hopefully reevaluate the relationship that regular

citizens of Williamsburg has with the students and instead of it being ‘us and them,’ it can be more cooperative.”

Although not involved in the campaign, Sam Glover ’16, who attended Zhang’s official announcement for his candidacy, said he supports Zhang because of his continual support for, and investment in, local politics.

The two worked together on The StudentImpact, a student run political action committee that has worked to integrate students into the local political community and encouraged voter registration.

Zhang is also a student blogger for the College and worked as an editor at The Flat Hat early in his college career before being dismissed from his position.

According to 2014 U.S. Census data, the City of Williamsburg had 14,691 residents, while the College currently boasts 8,437 total students.

Assuming those numbers are still

representative of the population, College students account for just over 57 percent of the city’s population.

Although students could sway the vote, a problem candidates run into is that most students are not registered in Williamsburg, but instead register in their hometown.

Zhang said that students need to

realize that their vote can make a difference in Williamsburg because of the large student population.

According to Foster’s campaign, 67 percent of his votes were from students at the College.

The election is May 3, the second day of final exams for the spring semester.

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Benming Zhang ’16 announced his bid for City Council at a launch event in Andrews hall on Feb. 14.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

SA found lacking Despite a campaign filled with buzzwords like “transparency” and “continuity,” Student Assembly President Yohance Whitaker ’16, Vice President Catie Pinkerton ‘16 and the rest of the Student Assembly have failed to come through on a promise to put up a working website for the organization.

The lack of a website has been a long-running issue for the SA. Virtually every election SA candidates cite the need for a lasting, consistently-updated website, but the organization’s years of effort have produced only “error” and “server not found” messages.

Why does it matter? The SA isn’t the most visible group on campus, after all.

However, that’s exactly the problem. According to its placeholder site, the SA intends to “represent and advocate for the interests of the William & Mary student body.” How can it work as a representative and advocate for students of the College of William and Mary without a necessary medium of communication?

The SA maintains an email account, a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account and a Google Drive account that students are able to access. But these options lack the breadth and depth of information a website could provide. Students should

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Super Bowl ad stays true to history

Madison Ochs

FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

I remember exactly where I was on September 11, 2001.

For some reason, the detail that sticks out most is the fact that my five-year-old self was extremely confused about why I was being hustled into my mom’s car in the middle of my snack break. I did not even get to fully zip my ScoobyDoo lunch box before being swept up by my teacher. I do not remember being told what happened, or why it mattered. I do not remember why everyone seemed so disoriented, or why the phone rang so frequently. There is not a distinct moment in time where I learned the significance of that day in history, but I grew up in a world that was irrevocably changed as a result of a single, incomprehensible tragedy. My life changed, my world changed, my country changed, and its history changed.

Colonial Williamsburg’s Super Bowl 50 advertisement has come under fire due to its use of footage from 9/11. Many people were outraged, and accused the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation of exploiting a tragedy that shattered the lives of countless American citizens. Much of the criticism rushed in real-time via Twitter, with comments that characterized the advertisement as macabre, embarrassing and shameful. The footage is jarring, there is no disputing that fact. But if one is to truly reflect on history, especially that of the United States of America, one must be prepared to relive, understand and acknowledge events that stir up uncomfortable and upsetting emotions.

I admire and applaud the advertisement’s use of footage from 9/11, as it is an absolutely crucial factor in how the United States developed into the nation it is today. Rewinding

the destruction was not disrespectful, it was deliberate. It is impossible to imagine what the world would be like today had the Twin Towers not been struck down, and had our nation not been rocked to its core by one of the most violent terrorist attacks in our history. In the words of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s CEO, Mitchell Reiss, “… the America we know was not inevitable” and never will be.

I believe it was absolutely critical for Colonial Williamsburg to acknowledge the tragedy of 9/11 amidst its montage of other iconic moments in American history. To not do so would mean that the Foundation chose to gloss over one of this country’s, and the world’s, most defining moments. To those who criticized and balked at the commercial, why?

Why should we as a nation and a people shy away from and be offended by challenges and tragedies? Why should we gloss over moments of intense suffering just to save ourselves the pain of remembrance? A defining characteristic of the United States is its resilience in the face of impossible odds, and the Colonial Williamsburg advertisement celebrated not only our nation but our infallible spirit’s effect on its history.

Tom Brokaw’s profoundly eloquent narration reflects on the many layers that contributed to the United States of America I know today. He acknowledges “our sacrifices, our breakthroughs … our heartbreaks” and marvels at how “an entire country came to believe anything is possible” despite the challenges, mistakes and tragedies the American people have faced in our few hundred years as fellow countrymen. The strength of the American spirit is a truly remarkable phenomenon, and Colonial Williamsburg’s advertisement beautifully showcases its growth and depth.

With images that portray the best of times and the worst of times, it presents viewers with an unapologetically honest picture of American history.

Rife with symbolism and respectful nods to the events that have shaped our nation, the advertisement accomplished exactly what Colonial Williamsburg Foundation spokesman, Joe Straw, says it set out to do: “Our ad is meant to walk viewers backwards through time, challenging them to reflect on how our collective history and struggles shape who we are as Americans today.”

Email Madison Ochs at meochs@email.wm.edu.

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It was absolutely critical for Colonial Williamsburg to acknowledge the tragedy of 9/11 amidst its montage of other iconic moments in American history.

How can [the Student Assembly] work as a representative and advocate for students of the College of William and Mary without a necessary medium of communication? know what the governing body they elect does on a week-to-week basis.

A website could be a vital tool for spreading knowledge and for interfacing with students. Websites are accessible and provide information in an organized, easy-to-use fashion. Right now, the SA is defined by how little students know about the purpose it serves or the actions it carries out.

Websites are relatively simple to make; in fact, SA candidates regularly make them to campaign. Theoretically, the construction of a website for the SA could be completed in a matter of hours, not months. The current lack of a site, while not absolutely crucial in itself, is indicative of either apathy or disarray. It does not inspire confidence in the capacity of the SA to do meaningful and effective work on behalf of students.

If the SA truly cares about what it does, and considers its task essential to improving student life, it has to present itself in an open and accountable way. This means taking campaign problems seriously and being forthright about its accomplishments.

There have been SA websites before, but none have been maintained with any continuity. The SA needs a site that will stay up across years and changes in leadership.

Consistency is critical to building trust with the student body.

It would be in the best interest of the organization to establish a point of reference and communication with the greater community.

The SA has a stated purpose — student advocacy — and a system in place to address that purpose. It has the potential to become a powerful voice for the broad array of people that make up the College student body. But to realize its mission and to fulfill its indispensable role, the SA needs to take concrete steps towards greater transparency.

The staff editorial represents the opinion of The Flat Hat. The editorial board, which is elected by The Flat Hat’s section editors and executive staff, consists of Aine Cain, Emily Chaumont, Isabel Larroca, Miguel Locsin, Quinn Monette, and Kayla Sharpe. The Flat Hat welcomes submissions to the Opinions section. Limit letters to 250 words and columns to 650 words. Letters, columns, graphics and cartoons reflect the view of the author only. Email submissions to fhopinions@ gmail.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Colonial Williamsburg recently came under some criticism for its Super Bowl ad containing film of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. We asked the Colonial Williamsburg public relations department what their response would be to complaints coming from students at the College.

We chose to make a statement about the role of history — ­ and Colonial Williamsburg — in the everyday life enjoyed by Americans today by concentrating some of our resources on the Super Bowl audience in the Foundation’s strongest visitor markets: New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. The gamble, if there is one, is that we are not selling hotel rooms or attractions. We are promoting the notion that our exceptional nation was not inevitable. Certainly not all of the images depicted in the Super Bowl advertisement took place in Williamsburg, and other factors rightfully have their role in the development of America. Above all, we hope to convey the message that the America we know was not inevitable. It took courage. It took leadership, COURTESY PHOTO / DAVE DOODY

pain and sacrifice. This thought-provoking ad takes the viewer backward through time, down the many roads and tributaries of America to its original source — the revolutionary issues, debates, acts and peoples that defined 18th-century Williamsburg. Williamsburg’s role in the formation of America’s institutions and spirit is undeniable, and it threads through all of our experiences as Americans.

The nation has persevered due to the character of individuals and to the fundamental ideals forged in the halls, streets and taverns in Williamsburg two and a half centuries ago.

With this ad we sought to underscore the undiminished relevance of our nation’s history and to foster a broader conversation about its complex and ongoing story, of which we are all a part. The range of spirited responses demonstrates that the ad is having its intended effect.

— Joseph Straw Manager, Public Relations The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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GUEST COLUMN

A new way to learn

Carley Schank FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

Imagine college without classrooms and lectures.

What if the college experience no longer came with general education requirements, professors with tenure or majors?

Dean Christine Ortiz plans to make that concept a reality when she steps down from her prestigious position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in order to create a new kind of university. This new school will be shockingly different from all of the existing colleges in the United States.

The defining feature of the new university will be a focus on depth, rather than breadth, of learning.

The institution will be run more like a graduate school, with students working on focused, longterm projects. Lectures will be exchanged for online, interactive forums. In place of classrooms and typical academic buildings, Ortiz says the learning environment will essentially be “one integrated giant laboratory.”

While Ortiz clearly has a vision, many of the details of her plan have not been finalized, such as where funding will come from and whether prospective students will be attracted to a completely new, untested form of education at a university that lacks the prestige of other higher education institutions.

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[Ortiz’s plan] would rob most students of the opportunity to explore various subjects before picking an area of specialization.

Aside from logistical issues, there are questions to be raised about the concept itself. Along with many colleges in the United States, the College of William and Mary values a liberal arts education.

At its core, this a liberal arts education supports the idea that by exposing undergraduate students to a variety of subjects throughout their college career, they will be able to bring a multidisciplinary perspective to their field of specialization.

Liberal arts schools like the College are especially valuable because, oftentimes, students enter college completely unsure of what they want to do. The College’s General Education Requirements and new COLL curriculum enable students to dabble in a wide range of subjects while finding their interests.

This exploratory process is often the very mechanism by which students discover where their passions lie.

Ortiz’s new university would completely eliminate that valuable process and require students to specialize immediately. While this may be advantageous for the small portion of students who enter college knowing what they want to do, it would rob most students of the opportunity to explore various subjects before picking an area of specialization.

If Ortiz’s vision is realized, it is clear that the new university would be a revolutionary form of higher education. However, logistical issues must be solved and the concept needs to be refined before this new form of education can truly be put to the test.

Email Madison Ochs at meochs@email.wm.edu.

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GUEST COLUMN

A Republican stance: Why Trump won’t win

Johnathan Nowakowski FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

moderate, and fewer identify as evangelicals. According to Nate Cohn of the New York Times, one of the main reasons the GOP usually nominates the establishment candidates is the sheer number of delegates allocated by blue-state Republican voters that go toward the establishment candidate.

The second development is the method of delegate allocation will change. Early states almost exclusively allocate delegates proportionally. This method resulted in Ted Cruz only getting eight out of 30 delegates from Iowa, despite winning the state.

This is important because Trump and Cruz will eat into each other’s numbers, as they did in Iowa, in the Southern states where they are directly competing. This will keep their delegate totals low.

More importantly, most of the later and bluer states allocate their delegates via a “winner-take-all” method, where the winner of the state gets all of the delegates. So for example, if Rubio wins New Jersey by one vote, he gets all 51 delegates.

In June, California and New Jersey will allocate their combined 223 delegates, or 18 percent of delegates needed to win the nomination via the winner-take-all method. It may take a while, but given the schedule, the establishment candidate should be able to amass enough delegates by winning large blue states.

That being said, the most important day in the primary is March 15. Both Florida (99 delegates) and Ohio (62 delegates) award their delegates by winner-take-all. According to Dave Wasserman of Cook Political Report, if any candidate wins both states, then it becomes challenging for another candidate to overtake the winner. Importantly, establishment candidates have fared well in both states. In Florida, establishment candidates came close to or exceeded 50 percent of the vote in both 2012 and 2008. So an establishment candidate can mount a quick comeback, if the field shrinks.

Finally, a poll released by Public Policy Polling earlier this month showed Rubio beating Trump by one point nationally in a three-way race between Rubio, Cruz and Trump. Given the moderate bent to later states, Rubio, or anyone else, should be able to win enough delegates in these larger, winner-take-all states to secure the nomination, given the current horse-race numbers.

It might be wishful thinking that the establishment field will consolidate, but if it does, Trump and Cruz will be sent packing, and order will be restored to the universe.

Email Johnathan Nowakowski at jnnowakowski@email.

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Welcome to the 2016 GOP primary, a bizarre world where a former (probably still current) liberal hair visionary just won New Hampshire by 20 percent and looks likely to win South Carolina. In the other corner is a Canadian who shut down the government, along with the supposed savior of the GOP (Senator Marco Rubio), who just finished an embarrassing fifth place in New Hampshire.

Despite early results, it is still unlikely that either Donald Trump or Senator Ted Cruz will win the nomination.

Despite the hysteria over Trump and Cruz, it is important to note that the “establishment” lane for the nomination remains crowded with three candidates: Rubio, Governor John Kasich and former Governor Jeb Bush. In New Hampshire, the establishment candidates combined received just less than 50 percent, almost 15 percent higher than Trump — the establishment lane remains large enough to beat back the two insurgent candidates.

Another reason why neither Trump nor Cruz will win is simple: math. To win the nomination, a candidate needs a simple majority (1,237) of delegates. Despite early success, Trump only has 17 delegates — 1.4 percent of delegates needed to win. Cruz has 10 delegates — 0.89 percent of delegates needed to win. Overall, just 2 percent of delegates have been allocated.

Over the next few weeks, the calendar is chock-full of Southern states, many of which are clustered on Super Tuesday (March 1). This should benefit Trump and Cruz, who do well in states with significant populations of very conservative and evangelical voters. However, beginning in mid-March, two important developments take place that favor more establishment candidates. First, the calendar shifts north to the Rust Belt and blue states. These Republican voters are more

Despite the hysteria over Trump and Cruz, it is important to note that the “establishment” lane for the nomination remains crowded.

GUEST COLUMN

A socialist perspective: Reasons for reluctantly feeling the Bern

Billy Bearden

FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

2016 will be a big year. According to The New York Times, the American political scene has never been more polarized, even prior to and immediately after the U.S. Civil War. The election of a Head of State is always a momentous occasion and an invitation for alternate history writers to go wild with divergences, but this year features a situation that could lead to four entirely different political realities and destinies for the United States.

In evaluating candidates for an office such as the President of the United States, I look for one thing: what (or who) are they in it for? Policy is important, of course, but one can hardly hold a candidate to their stated policies before they are elected, as political situations can block them from being implemented. Candidates can rattle their swords and

promise the closing of a prisoner camp in another country, but eight years later, it still might be open.

What are they in it for? Fame? Fortune? Glory? Fatherland?

The poor? Justice? I can sense the general motivations of the four leading candidates. Granted, I cannot read minds, but from their words and actions it can be deduced with some level of confidence.

Donald Trump is an interesting character, and with all of his bellicose ramblings, sexist sneers and racist threats and insults, he seems to be in it for the Fatherland (a fittingly fascist term for a neo-fascist candidate). Warped and twisted as his moral compass is, he seems to be in it for something besides himself. Whoop-dee-doo, he still proposes a neardystopian future for so many millions of human beings the world over.

I’m not particularly afraid of him, however. At least, not compared to one of his Republican competitors. Senator Ted Cruz is a shrewd politician, unlike the blunt and easily-read Trump. He orchestrated the 2012 Government Shutdown as a freshman senator. His policies stop at nothing short of a racist theocracy bent on reestablishing an old-world patriarchy (the lingering effects of which we’re still working through today) based on martial might and self-righteousness. He is, frankly, terrifying. I hope I never live to see a superpower lead by a man such as him.

Hillary Clinton is nakedly ambitious, and her pandering is more obvious than a skyscraper in an open field. She seems

to be entirely in it for herself (she’s lusted after the office for more than a decade now) and her corporate interests. If it came to it, I’d vote for her but only reluctantly, and I won’t be able to bring myself to do anything for her campaign.

This leads me to the last of the Big Four, Senator Bernie Sanders. Unlike the previous three mentioned, the senator is quite clearly fighting for something bigger than himself while also maintaining the rights and liberties of our most beleaguered citizens. His foreign policy is one that eschews the American unilateralism that has plagued vast regions of the globe for so long and replaces it with an internationalism that would mend fences with our allies the world over.

We need a diplomatic person in office right now, and of the four candidates, Sanders stands in the best position to ensure international tranquility from the side of the United States. Is he perfect? Obviously not. I, along with the rest of the College Socialists, believe for the most part that he doesn’t go far enough in some regards and that the system itself is flawed (the method of counting votes is pretty dodgy in itself, and he is not a “proper” socialist). But as a huge, fundamental change is unlikely before November, pragmatism must reign over ideology. Thus, I shall be placing a check next to Sanders’ name in the Virginia primary.

Disclaimer: this does not represent an official endorsement of Sanders by the College Socialists nor does it represent the entire group’s opinions.

Email Billy Bearden at wtbearden@email.wm.edu.

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a hack job well done SAM DREITH // FLAT HAT VARIETY EDITOR

Students put their app-making skills to the test and win big bucks Five students hacked their way to a $20,000 scholarship earlier this month in a two-day race to create an app beneficial to college students.

This doesn’t involve any illegal activity or sleek black turtlenecks like hacking in pop culture, however. In computer science, hacking is uing something in a way it’ not necessarily meant to be used, according to contestant Kelvin Abrowka ‘17.

Dominion Enterprises, a marketing services company in Norfolk, hosted a hackathon competition in which local college students from six different universities in the region compete in 10 teams of four or five for the grand prize. At this event, known as HackU, teams from the College of William and Mary won both the first and the second-place prizes. First-, second- and third-place winners respectively received a $20,000 scholarship, an Apple TV and an Amazon gift card.

Associate Director at the Cohen Career Center Don Snyder was responsible for getting the word out about the hackathon to students.

“It’s a great way for them to develop their skills and teamwork and showcase their skills in front of employers,” Snyder said.

The winning team consisted of students Abrowka, Nathan Owen ’17, Ulises Giacoman ’16 and Ben Dykstra ’17. Their app, Astute, allows students to find study groups near their location in order to help combat procrastination and get work done.

The app features individual “stutes,” which represent study groups. When looking through each stute, one can see the number of people attending, a description, a time and a location with the option to join the study group.

“Astute is as studious as you are,” Owen said. “As you use the application more and more it will remember the different classes,

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COURTESY PHOTO / NATHAN OWEN

College of William and Mary teams won both first and seccond prize in the Dominion Enterprises Hackathon, HackU. First prize was a 20,000 dollar scholarship.

We did everything we could short of breaking any rules in order to be as competative as possible.

“Nate’s mom had an office not too far away, so we all went to the office,” Abrowka said. “No one slept. I had about an hour nap because I had to drive.”

Aside from a 4 a.m. Denny’s run, the team worked through the night and accomplished a lot of their work in that time period, from combating bugs to selecting designs.

“We were maybe the only team that was up the entire time,” Owen said.

The team decided on a minimalist design for Astute.

“It was a very specific choice, because our application focuses

—Nathan Owen ’17 departments and courses that you have attended before and the stutes will show up in the order of relevance to your previous usage.”

The team brainstormed a dozen different ideas before choosing Astute, which they felt could be particularly beneficial to the community at the College.

“I think at William and Mary this particular app would be very useful just because of the study cultures that we do have here,” Owen said. “People do socialize so much through the act of studying, just being in Swem and working on stuff together. Certainly there was a need we were fulfilling with the app.”

The idea was only the beginning, however, as the team then had to execute their plan in a well-designed app and present it before a panel of judges. The competition began at 9 a.m. on Thursday morning and lasted through the night until teams presented at 3 p.m. the next day, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t significant planning beforehand.

“I think the rule for the competition was that you can’t have any code down, but we ensured that we hit the ground running,” Abrowka said. “We even divvied up tasks.”

Dominion Enterprises even contacted the teams weeks before the event, advising them to start thinking about the hackathon.

“We knew exactly how we were going to implement it. Technologies were chosen, general overarching design decisions were made,” Owen said. “We did everything we could short of breaking any rules in order to be as competitive as possible.”

Though the team was prepared ahead of time for the event, some changes had to be made due to the short nature of hackathons.

“The color palette that we had chosen changed. The user flow changed a little bit, and obviously tons of features had to get cut just as a factor of time,” Owen said. “But the general idea of what the application was and how we were going to market it and why it was useful stayed consistent.”

Tasks were divvied up at the event, and most of the basis for the app was completed early on the first day.

“We had stuff very early in the game, especially the backend; Nate rolled that out lightning speed; I got whiplash,” Abrowka said.

A lot of the team’s time consisted of crushing bugs that would pop up throughout the contest. All teams were kicked out of the Dominion Enterprise building at 11:30 p.m., though they could continue working as long as they wished.

COURTESY PHOTO / KELVIN ABROWKA

The winning app, Astute, allows students to search for study groups nearby.

on one particular goal: we want to match you with a study group as quickly as possible, and we don’t want to distract you with a bunch of unnecessary functionality,” Owen said.

All members being either computer science or math majors, the role of design was a collaborative effort.

“The reason it looks so pretty is because Kelvin put it together, and the reason why he had something to put together was because Uli had a solid base,” Owen said.

After working until 2 p.m. on Friday, the teams then had one hour to turn around and present their projects in front of a panel of judges at 3 p.m.

“A very large portion of the competition was our presentation, so in addition to creating an application that was relevant, we also had to prove to the audience and the judges that this was something that was actually marketable in a business sense and realistic in an implementation sense,” Owen said.

Five other teams had similar ideas to Astute, so the presentation and marketing was a large part of the team’s win.

“One of the things that I am proud of is that we were able to take something that wasn’t a super-flashy idea or hyper original and still make it very marketable and attractive,” Owen said.

Another contributing factor to the group’s victory was the full implementation of the project. According to event co-chair Daniel Burke, many of the other apps were just mock-ups or designs.

“One of the things we found very impressive was not only the level of polish in a very short amount of time ... but quite a bit of ingenuity, fully functioning,” Burke said.

This is not the first time some of the team members have collaborated together, as Owen, Abrowka and Giacoman all worked on the SteerClear app. Giacoman and Owen have also attended hackathons in the past.

“We’ve gone to enough [hackathons] and we had enough experience under our belt to feel like we had a shot. And because we felt like we had a shot I think we would have been remiss if we hadn’t taken the shot,” Owen said.

The fruits of their labor were not just for the competition however, as Owen plans to carry on the app in a class project.

The second-place team, consisting of students Zhaoliang Duan Ph.D. ’18, Dara Kharabi ’17, Michelle Chen ’17, Alton Kim ’17 and Divya Bathey ’16, created an app called HapU, which alerts students when they are near an event that they might be interested in. The events can fall into different categories, ranging rom sports to food.

If there’s nothing interesting near you, then you can also make your own.

“There are lots of apps out there that help you find events, but the innovative aspect of our app that we were aiming for is that events find you instead based on your personal preferences and what you’re interested in going to,” Bathey said.

Chair of the Computer Science Department Michael Lewis sees most computer science majors as he teaches one of the required classes, and believes hackathons are an important part of students’ extracurricular life.

“They’re out there representing the College, they’re out there representing the computer science program. I’m just pleased as can be about these kind of outcomes,” Lewis said.

Kelvin Abrowka has contributed to The Flat Hat’s blog Crim Bell Curve.

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Taking college out of the equation

Student leaves the College in pursuit of real world experience in policy COURTEST PHOTO / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

ERIKA BOSACK FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR

When Aharon Logue left the College of William and Mary, he was looking for the kind of experience you can’t get in a classroom.

Logue was originally on track to double major in government and philosophy at the College, with the ultimate goal of a career as a legislator. But learning from lectures was not the type of hands-on experience Logue felt he needed, so he made the decision to withdraw from school to study policy on the frontlines.

“One of the reasons that I was taking the year off — that I’m taking this time off, it’s probably gonna end up being two years now — is because [for] the areas that I’m interested in, being government, and within government I’m interested in policymaking, I felt that to understand what policy is and what policy does, it seems as important as learning things in the classroom,” Logue said. “I wanted to have an understanding for myself of what policy means for people outside of just the analysis of what policy is in the literature.”

Logue spent his past year working for the Baltimore Algebra Project as a math literacy specialist, where he teaches math and does advocacy work. The Baltimore Algebra Project is an alternative education program geared toward underprivileged students who have fallen behind in their credits, often due to insufficient learning environments or other extenuating circumstances.

“You can’t come home from abuse, you can’t have been shot at the day before and then suddenly you’re in the classroom and you can just separate everything out and do some algebra,” Logue said. “If you want a student to learn, the student has to be in a place where they’re able to learn.”

The Project advocates for high quality government services and more attention in policy for students whose socioeconomic status can inhibit their education.

“The Baltimore Algebra Project was originally started as just the Algebra Project in the south by a civil rights leader, Bob Moses,” Logue said. “The idea behind it was that math was going to be the … gatekeeper to economic access for a lot of people in the same way that literacy was in the early 20th century. If you couldn’t read at that time, you would not have access to a lot of jobs that were being created, especially the higher paying jobs. And now, with the information technology age, unless you have that understanding of mathematics and algebra in particular, being able to access the overall economy is much more difficult.”

The program takes a non-traditional approach to math in an effort to give students a more fundamental understanding of mathematical concepts. According to Logue, this method can be considered radical.

“In this case, what radical means is kind of the original definition,” Logue said. “Being able to break something down to the base so fundamentally that instead of getting just a thought process, or a

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process of step-by-step that happens a lot in math, the idea is to give students an understanding of the math to a degree that they would be able to use that themselves.”

Logue had previous experience with the Baltimore Algebra Project as a tutor in high school, as well as connections within the organization, but when he left the College he had no idea he would be working for them. He said his lack of degree hasn’t set him too far behind his colleagues. “[It] wasn’t a huge impediment,” Logue said. “The way that the school is set up — because of the population, some of the behavior issues that they’ve had — there are actually three math teachers in the classroom, so it wasn’t just me without any kind of advanced math knowledge coming into a classroom trying to teach. Not having a degree definitely made it more difficult, but in terms of doing things in the classroom I was able to pick it up pretty quick, and because there were other people in the classroom during that time I was still picking things up, the students didn’t have to suffer.”

According to Logue, working with his students has given him firsthand experience with the people who could be helped by policy, and the advocacy portion of Logue’s job allows him to see what making policy would be like.

“I’ve been talking with other people doing activism and … seeing what that process is like, in terms of if I was a legislator, what will I actually have to be doing, who am I gonna have to be talking to, what are the kind of meetings that I’m gonna have to have, what do I need to be thinking about and what information should I have at my disposal?”

Logue said. “I think being able to see what happens when you become a sociologist or see what you do when you become a nurse or something, I think that’s a really helpful thing.”

The Baltimore Algebra Project is run by youths, which the city defines as people 25 years old and younger, so the position is temporary by nature. According to Logue, this allows him to form new goals for his eventual return to college. “[I took time off] to specify what I was learning and what the purpose of me learning it was, because going to college I had the feeling — I think this is something that a lot of students have going to college — that I was going to college because that was the thing that you do after high school, as opposed to having the understanding that college is a resource,” Logue said. “College is a large group of people with varied interests in one place who want to do different things and a bunch of professional researchers with extreme knowledge in various territories.”

According to Logue, this combination allows a student with focused goals to learn what information they need to use in their job, realize what they still need to learn and get advice from experts in those various fields; adding real-world experience to that makes a student ready to use their knowledge and career to make a lasting impact on the world.

TUCKER HIGGINS / T HE FLAT HAT Logue plans to return to college after working for the Baltimore Algebra Project.

Aharon Logue has contributed to The Flat Hat.

The idea behind [The Baltimore Algebra Project] was that math was going to be the ... gatekeepeer to economic access for a lot of people in the same way that literacy was in the early 20th century.

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Sexiquette: be considerate when you’re intimate

Neighbors getting loud while getting down is actually nothing to shout about

Katelyn Reimer BEHIND CLOSED DOORS COLUMNIST

Today I would like to cover another sexiquette (sex-etiquette) topic: noisy sex. Can you be as loud as you want when you’re making love?

As I mentioned in my last column, I am not an advocate for quiet, scheduled and subdued sex. Sex should be enjoyable and liberating; suppressing noises of passion can make your experience feel restricted and not nearly as pleasurable. I don’t want any of you to feel restricted in your sex life.

That said, being as loud as you want can have some consequences outside the bedroom. I think it is safe to say that many of us have had the pleasure (or displeasure?) of hearing other people having sex. Most people I know find this to be an extremely uncomfortable experience.

I always wonder why it is that people feel so uncomfortable hearing others having sex. I like to go to bed at 11:30 p.m. most nights, and if people nearby are having a particularly noisy romp in the sheets at that time, I will certainly be upset. However, I also get upset when my sorority sisters are talking really loudly in the kitchen (which is on the other side of my bedroom wall) when I am trying to fall asleep.

I’m more annoyed with the volume of the noise, not the type of noise being made.

If I can hear people having sex in the middle of the afternoon, I’m not usually bothered. In the first place, it is easy enough for me to put on my headphones and block them out if I’m trying to focus. Second, I think it’s pretty great to know that people are enjoying themselves. My mental response to sex noises is usually something along the lines of: “Yaasssss get it!”

Finally, I don’t let it bother me because I

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know it’s absolutely none of my business, and I have zero interest in making it my business.

The people I am hearing are having an intimate experience that I am not a part of, so I just keep going on with my life.

I think that is the reason most people are uncomfortable, though; they feel awkward intruding on someone else’s intimacy. This is perfectly understandable. I think it’s important to remember, however, that unless you are pressing your ear against the wall to get a better listen, or knocking on their door to ask them to quiet down, you are not actually intruding. If you let it go and continue on with your life, you are not intruding.

We tune out background noise all the time.

I’m currently tuning out the sound of a lawn mower outside and someone vacuuming by listening to Beyonce. I hate to admit that I’m actually also tuning out Beyonce, but I am. I’m

The people I am hearing are having an intimate experience that I am not a part of...

listening to my own inner dialogue with myself, and Beyonce has become background noise.

I recommend doing something similar when you can hear people becoming intimate. If you can just ignore it, that’s great. If you need to pump up some jams, that’s great too. You are fully capable of blocking out unwanted noise. So when you can hear the bed squeaking above you, simply blocking it out is the easiest solution for everyone.

Nevertheless, if you are the one making the noise, you should at least be considerate of quiet hours. It is significantly harder for someone to tune you out when they are trying to fall asleep, and there are some light sleepers who could easily be woken by your high noise level. Also, be mindful of the fact that a lot of screaming could cause alarm. If you are absolutely screaming your head off (props to you), there is a distinct possibility that someone around you may think that you are in pain or danger.

All things considered, I think my best advice for everyone, on both sides of the wall, is to be considerate and respectful.

Katelyn Reimer is a Behind Closed Doors columnist with the one-of-a-kind ability to tune out Beyonce.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

William and Mary was aggressive and worked hard to get the ball to Masaquel, who capitalized by scoring time and time again in the paint. After a layup from freshman forward Ali Engelhardt, the Tribe trailed by just five, 54-49, with 3:22 remaining. From there, Hofstra executed well and knocked down free throws, halting the College’s comeback attempt and dealing them a tough loss.

Masaquel’s performance was terrific, but she had little support from her teammates. Masaquel finished with a career-high 24 points to go along with nine rebounds and three steals. The next highest Tribe scorers were Green and Engelhardt, who each finished with six points off the bench.

“Unfortunately, we only had one performance really, and that was Alex [Masaquel],” head coach Ed Swanson said. “I thought she played a complete game.”

The College also continues to feel the impact of the loss of sophomore center Abby Rendle, as they were again beaten on the glass. Ultimately, they were COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS out-rebounded 49-37. Swanson was Freshman guard Bianca Boggs tries to recover possession as sophomore guard Jenna Green goes to help. The College has lost four CAA games in a row. displeased with the work on the glass, but was quick to credit Hofstra.

“They did a great job of beating us up inside,” Swanson said. “We missed a few key rebounds down the stretch.”

Against Delaware, the Tribe did not come out strong defensively. In the first quarter alone, the Blue Hens knocked down four open three pointers in route to 28 first quarter points. Even though William and Mary was effective scoring The first College bucket of the third quarter Masaquel was dominant for the Tribe, CHRIS TRAVIS scoring six points in the period. With did not come until Green connected on a the ball, the defensive lapses created what FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER the scored tied at 19 with just over four short jumper with 4 minutes 23 seconds would ultimately be an insurmountable to go in the period. deficit. Masaquel was again the primary Two terrible quarters, the third against minutes remaining in the second quarter, Even though the scoring threat, putting up six for the Hofstra and the first against Delaware, cost the College took over, closing the quarter scoring drought quarter. The Tribe entered the second William and Mary two important Colonial on an 11-2 run to take a 30-21 lead into was over, William quarter down 28-19, but it went downhill Athletic Association contests in Kaplan halftime. Again, Masaquel was the catalyst and Mary could from there.

Arena over the weekend, dropping them for William and Mary. She scored the first The College offense struggled in the do nothing to stop to 13-11 (4-9 CAA). On Friday, the Tribe five Tribe points of the run. After that, the Pride, getting second quarter, while Delaware kept up its fell 61-53 to the Pride after a third quarter sophomore guard Jenna Green delivered outscored 27-6 in hot shooting start. By the end of the half, collapse. On Sunday, the College fell to the a beautiful pass to senior guard Brooke the third period the Blue Hens’ lead had ballooned to 17, Blue Hens 69-53 after digging a huge first Stewart, who buried a three to extend the Gaumont and entering the with the score at 45-28.

College’s lead. quarter hole.

The Tribe opened the second half with To start the third quarter, the Pride final quarter with a 48-36 deficit.

Against Hofstra (18-6, 9-4), the game In the opening minutes of the final a change in the starting lineup, inserting was competitive from the start. The picked up their intensity. The Tribe simply teams traded baskets and the first period couldn’t match it. Hofstra started with a period, the Tribe looked as if they were Green. The team that started the second ended tied at 11. Junior forward Alexandra 15-0 run that lasted over half the quarter. going to come back to take the win. half showed significantly more defensive

Late-season collapse Tribe drops four straight, trying new rotations

STORY OF STATS The impact of sophomore center Abby Rendle’s injury.

Avg. Rebounds

Avg. Scoring

Avg. Assists

40.0 Opponents 37.6 Tribe

60.3 Opponents 64.1 Tribe

12.3 Opponents 16.2 Tribe

Women’s basketball with Rendle ( 18 games) Women’s basketball without Rendle ( 6 games) Avg. Rebounds

Avg. Scoring

Avg. Assists

43.6 Opponents 31.8 Tribe

62.8 Opponents 55.2 Tribe

12.3 Opponents 11.0 Tribe

Rendle

LACROSSE

Massacred in Maryland Tribe opens vs defending national champs again DOMINIC BURKETT FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

For the second consecutive season, William and Mary (0-1, 0-0 Colonial Athletic Association) faced off against No. 1 ranked Maryland (1-0, 0-0 Big Ten) for the seasonopener for both teams, as the Tribe traveled to College Park, Md. for the Valentine’s Day matchup. Last season, the College welcomed the Terrapins to Williamsburg to start the season, losing 15-5 to the eventual national champions. As for William and Mary, the 2016 season is off to a similarly dismal start to last season, as Maryland consistently dominated in a 19-7 blowout.

The Tribe had a slow start to a rough game, allowing the first goal of the season 58 seconds into the action. Junior midfielder Shannon Quinn put the Tribe on the board with a score off an assist from sophomore midfielder Danielle Palmucci four minutes later, although the Terrapins still held a 2-1 advantage. The ensuing 4-0 run allowed Maryland to stay ahead for good just over nine minutes into the first half.

Yet the Tribe started to climb

back.

Sophomore midfielder Emma MacLeod, also a member of the field hockey team, notched the fourth goal for the College on a free position shot. Her goal was the second off a Terapin mistake, as sophomore attack Abby Corkum scored the third goal in a manup situation a minute earlier.

With MacLeod’s tally 18 minutes, 21 seconds into the game, the scoreboard stood at 7-4. Maryland responded by starting a 10-2 run at 15:21 that lasted until there was only 7 minutes, 50 seconds left in the game.

The Tribe suffered a 17 minute, 40 second scoring drought in the second period that definitively sealed the game.

With the Tribe’s history of struggling against ranked opponents, the Terrapins, seeking to three-peat as champions after national titles in 2014 and 2015, proved far too tough an opponent on opening day. The Tribe hasn’t won a season opener since 2013.

Quinn and sophomore attacker Abby Corkum combined for five of the Tribe’s seven goals on the day. Junior defender Abby Junior, a preseason All-CAA Team choice,

led the Tribe by recovering four ground balls.

Maryland simply dominated on the offensive, pouring on 32 shots on goal (in comparison to the Tribe’s 12). The Tribe also lost the turnover battle, acquiring 13 to the Terp’s 21.

Despite the overall statistics, the Tribe’s effort was not quite the train-wreck the score implies, as there were some legitimate highlights. The Tribe held respectably strong on draw controls, winning 13 of the 27 total in the entire match. With the last season’s departure of Ellen Shaffrey ’15, this development in draw controls is encouraging for the 2016 Tribe. Shaffrey set the school record in the category, and one of the questions entering this season was how the College would compensate for her production.

However, this minor parity in possessions could not save the day, and the Tribe fell 7-19.

The Tribe will look forward to its next chance for their first win of the season against GardnerWebb in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, Feb. 17 at 5 p.m.

intensity. Swanson was clear that first half performance would determine who started the second half,.

“We’re trying to look for players that had played with energy in the first half,” he said.

While the defensive performance was significantly better in the second half, the offense still struggled. Certainly not helping this case were the three thirdquarter fouls called on Masaquel. By the end of the third quarter, the Tribe had not managed to cut into the Delaware lead, as they trailed 54-39.

In the final period, William and Mary again struggled to find offense, resulting in a 69-53 loss.

Masaquel finished the game with 14 points on an impressive seven for eight shooting. Junior guard Marlena Tremba finished with 11, but shot just four out of 15, including one of eight from three.

The College Masaquel was again outrebounded, 3723. In fact, Green, who stands just 5’7, was the Tribe’s leading rebounder with six.

Apart from Green, the entire Tribe team will need to pick up the rebounding in the coming weeks. Four of the five opponents remaining for the Tribe boast superior rebounding margins.

Despite the four-game losing streak, Swanson was encouraged by the play of sophomore forward Jeanne Gaumont, who was inserted into the starting lineup against the Blue Hens after missing three weeks with a hurt ankle.

“Jeanne has been doing a great job finishing off defensive plays. She leads us in taking charges and she’s becoming much more of an energy-type player for us,” Swanson said. “We’re looking at a lot of different things, and her in the starting lineup was pretty good. I thought she had a great stat line.”

The Tribe will hit the road for two straight conference contests, facing conference leader James Madison Friday at 7 p.m. and the College of Charleston Sunday at 2 p.m.

SCOREBOARD Men’s Basketball (17-8, 9-5 CAA)

Women’s Basketball (13-11, 4-9 CAA)

Colonial Athletic Association UNC-Wilmington (20-5,12-2).......0.800......W11 Hofstra (18-8,10-4).........................0.692........W2 James Madison (19-8, 9-5)............0.704..........L1 William and Mary (17-8, 9-5)........0.680..........L2 Towson (18-9, 9-5)..........................0.667........W1 Charleston (16-9, 8-6)....................0.640........W1 Northeastern (14-13, 6-8)..............0.519........W2 Elon (14-13, 5-9).............................0.519..........L1 Delaware (6-19, 1-13)....................0.263..........L1 Drexel (3-22, 1-13).........................0.158........L10

James Madison (18-5, 11-1)........0.783.......W11 Hofstra (18-6, 9-4)........................0.750..........L1 Drexel (13-11, 9-4).......................0.542.........W1 Elon (10-7, 3-3)............................0.625..........L1 Delaware (15-9, 8-5)....................0.542.........W2 Northeastern (10-14, 2-4)...........0.417.........W2 Charleston (9-14, 4-8).................0.391..........L2 William and Mary (13-11, 4-9)...0.542..........L4 UNC-Wilmington (7-17, 3-10)....0.292..........L2 Towson (6-18, 3-10).....................0.250..........L1

Average Scoring Leaders Omar Prewitt................17.7pts, 51% FG, 35% 3pt Daniel Dixon................13.4pts, 42% FG, 37% 3pt Terry Tarpey.................10.6pts, 49% FG, RB 7.9

Average Scoring Leaders Marlena Tremba.........12.8pts, 36% FG, 35% 3pt Alexandra Masaquel......12.4pts, 51% FG, RB 8.0 Bianca Boggs................. 8.2 pts, 29% FG, 31% 3pt

Feb 11: L, Hofstra 86, College 80 Feb. 13: L, College 82, UNCW 99 Feb. 18: vs UNCW (20-5, 12-2) 7 p.m Feb. 20: vs Drexel (3-22, 1-13) 2 p.m.

Feb. 25: at Elon (14-13, 5-9), 7 p.m.

Feb. 27: at James Madison (19-8. 9-5), 2 p.m.

Feb 12: L, Hofstra 61, College 53 Feb. 14: L, Delaware 69, College 53 Feb. 19: at James Madison (18-5, 11-1) 7 p.m.

Feb. 21: at Charleston (9-14, 4-8) 2 p.m.

Feb. 26: vs Towson (6-18, 3-10), 7 p.m.

Feb. 28: at Drexel (13-11. 9-4), 2 p.m.

Men’s Tennis (7-2) Feb. 5: W, Radford (0-2) 0, College 7 Feb. 7: W, Penn (3-6) 2, College 5 Feb. 18: W, Binghamton (4-4) 1, College 6 Feb. 13: W, Villanova (1-2) 0, College 7 Feb. 21: at Penn State (6-0) 12 p.m.

Feb. 28: vs Bucknell (3-2),10 a.m.

Gymnastics Men: Feb.13 at Peach Tree Invitational

Finished No. 1 (field of 3) Women: Jan. 31 at Sweetheart Invitational Finished No. 3 (field of 3)

Track and Field Men: Feb. 12 Liberty Quad

Finished No. 3 (field of 3) Women: Feb. 12 Liberty Quad Finished No. 2 (field of 6) Both teams will send athletes to these events Feb. 19-20, Virginia Tech Challenge Feb. 28, Mason Last Chance, TBA

No. 41 Women’s Tennis (5-3) Jan. 29: W, College 6 Elon (1-5) 1 Jan. 30: L, College 3, N.C. State (4-1) 4 Feb. 6: W, South Carolina (5-1) 2, College 5 Feb. 7 : L, Wake Forest (9-0) 6, College 1 Feb. 20: at Bringham Young (1-4), 1 p.m.

Feb 21: at No. 10 Texas Tech (8-1), 11 a.m.

Swimming Men: Feb. 7-8, UNC College Cup. 4 all-time

records set. Men 7-3 on season.

Women: Feb. 7-8, UNC College Cup. 2 personal

bests in competition. Women are 6-5.

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MEN’S TENNIS

College remains perfect at home Men finish homestand 6-0 HENRY TROTTER FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

Too much for the Tribe

COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS

The Towson Tigers completed a sweep of William and Mary for the 2015-16 season Saturday as the Tribe defensive strategy collapsed and never recovered.

College falls 99-82, 0-2 vs. Towson on season JOSH LUCKENBAUGH FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR Following his club’s 76-69 home loss to Towson earlier this season, William and Mary head coach Tony Shaver told Tribe Athletics that the College “got punked,” referring to the Tribe’s inability to match the Tigers’ intensity and physicality on both ends of the floor. Heading into the game Saturday at Towson, Shaver and his players knew exactly what they needed to do to get the win — play physical on offense and defense. However the game plan never came to fruition, as the College turned in its worst defensive performance of the year, falling to the Tigers 99-82, their second straight conference loss.

“Very disappointed in our club tonight, no doubt about that,” Shaver told Tribe Athletics. “We allowed a team averaging 66, 68 points a game to score 99 on us. We don’t have a lot of heart defensively right now … Towson’s a very tough, physical team, and obviously Shaver that play really bothers us, and we really got manhandled.”

The Tigers (18-9, 9-5 Colonial Athletic Association) came out of the gate hot on the offensive end, jumping out to a 20-11 lead after eight minutes of play. The strong shooting continued for the rest of the game, as Towson knocked down 55.6 percent of their field goal attempts and over 46 percent of their shots from beyond the arc, well above their season averages. Whether it was just an uncharacteristically good shooting

night for the Tigers or weak defense from the Tribe (17-8, 9-5), the College nonetheless gave up 99 points, which they haven’t done in three years.

Towson guard Mike Morsell particularly plagued the Tribe, tallying his career-high with 34 points, doing damage from inside,

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Very disappointed in our club tonight.

We allowed a team averaging 66, 68 points a game to score 99 on us. We don’t have a lot of heart defensively right now.

— Men’s basketball head coach Tony Shaver

outside and at the free throw line. After the game Shaver emphasized his team’s failure to execute the defensive strategy, particularly in regard to containing Morsell.

“Our scouting report on Morsell is that he can get really hot,” Shaver told Tribe Athletics. “Our point of emphasis was not to give him open shots early, and allow him to gain his confidence. And he got two or three open threes early in the ballgame, and so once again we weren’t really paying attention to detail. We allowed a kid

averaging 12 a game to get 30, I believe.”

By the end of the first half the score was 46-37 in favor of the Tigers. the College shot less than 35 percent from the floor but kept pace due to its 16 made free throws. The charity stripe proved to be one of the Tribe’s best sources of offense, providing William and Mary with 28 points, as their trademark outside shooting struggled to get going.

“We drove the ball reasonably well,” Shaver told Tribe Athletics. “They foul a lot, which is typical for their physical style of play. For every foul that was called there were probably two or three that could have been called. It’s the style they play, and they’re doing it very well right now.”

The Tribe briefly came to life in the second half, cutting the deficit to three with a little over 13 minutes to play. Five minutes later, however, Towson’s lead has ballooned to 15, a string of turnovers costing the College dearly. For the game both teams had the nine turnovers, but the Tigers made more of these takeaways, scoring 16 points off turnovers to the Tribe’s six.

When the final horn sounded, the scoreboard read 99-82 as Towson swept the Tribe on the season to Shaver’s considerable frustration. Within a game of first place when the week started, William and Mary sits in a three-way tie for third place, a home matchup with conference leaders North Carolina Wilmington, winners of 11 straight games, looming Thursday. The game is scheduled to tip-off at Kaplan Arena at 7 p.m. and will broadcast live on CAA.TV.

William and Mary men’s tennis stayed hot this weekend, sweeping a home doubleheader Saturday with wins against Binghamton and Villanova. The two victories take the Tribe’s winning streak to six consecutive dual matches, following its impressive victories over Radford and Pennsylvania last weekend. The team only dropped one indivudual match Saturday, and several players extended impressive runs of victories.

Neither result was ever in doubt. In the morning matchup against the Bearcats (4-4), who were coming off of a Friday thumping at the hands of Virginia Commonwealth, the College (7-2) never looked back after dropping the first doubles set 6-0. Sophomore Alec Miller and senior Scott Huang teamed up for a 6-2 victory, and a combo of sophomore Christian Cargill and junior Damon Niquet brought home the doubles point with a 6-1 victory, taking the pair to 6-0 alltime at the No. 3 doubles spot.

Cargill dominated the No. 1 singles match 6-3, 6-2 to kick off the Tribe’s dominant singles day. The reigning Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Year has won six matches in a row at No. 1 singles, and has only dropped one set since his loss to Brown’s Greg Garcia Jan. 18.

Junior Aidan Talcott and Niquet also brought home straightset victories at No. 5 and No. 6 singles to end the day with three matches left to play. After the Tribe clinched, Binghamton’s hot hand Eliott Hureau defeated Miller, a week after Hureau upset the No. 56 ranked Lucas Hejhal of St. John’s. Sophomore Lars de Boer and junior Addison Appleby also achieved impressive come-frombehind wins, each dropping the first set of their matches before rallying to win in three sets. De Boer has only lost one dual match on the year, taking his record to 6-1.

William and Mary carried its dominance over into the late matchup with Villanova (1-2). Shortly after the first serves went up at 5 p.m., the Tribe clinched another comprehensive win. No singles player lost more than 5 games in their match, and only the No. 1 doubles team of Miller and Huang was beaten. Perhaps rust was a factor, as the Wildcats had not played a match since Jan. 17 after a Jan. 23-24 tournament was postponed due to inclement weather.

However, the Tribe has also never lost to Villanova, who went 5-18 last year.

Nevertheless, Huang dropped only one game en route to a 6-0, 6-1 win, Talcott improved his unbeaten singles dual-match start to 8-0, and Cargill, Miller, Appleby and Niquet also won their singles matches.

The College hits the road next weekend after a long home stand, facing a challenging matchup in No. 47 Penn State. Especially tested will be Tribe star Cargill at No. 1, as Penn State’s No. 1 singles player, Leo Stakhovsky, is ranked No. 47 nationally and has not lost yet this season. They face off at 12 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21.

REGULAR SEASON DOWN TO FOUR GAMES Just four games remain in the regular season for William and Mary men’s basketball. Thursday’s game against UNCWilmington and Saturday’s game against Drexel are the final games at Kaplan Arena for the season. The final road games are next Thursday at Elon and next Saturday at James Madison.

COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS

Sophomore Christian Cargill has won six straight matches at No. 1 in singles.

TRACK AND FIELD

Tribe continues record-breaking performances on the road

Men, women each post championship qualifiers at Liberty, Iowa State meets VANSH BANSAL FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER The Tribe came away from a splitsquad weekend with solid results: The men competed at both the Iowa State Classic and against Liberty and Gardner-Webb in a three-team quad meet, while the women also visited Iowa and participated in a six-team quad meet in Lynchburg, Va. The men finished third overall in the three-team meet, but were only 19 points away from second place despite having half the number of runners.

Redshirt-junior Derek O’Connell stole the show Friday as he shattered the William and Mary pole vault record,

positioning himself for a possible bid to the NCAA Championships later this year. O’Connell’s outstanding performance has him 12th in national rankings, and his 5.36 meter result puts him on the cusp of qualifying for the national championship meet.

The College earned strong contributions in the weight throw events as well. Redshirt-junior Taylor Frenia qualified for the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America Indoor Championships with a second-place throw of 17.34 meters, while redshirt-freshman Preston Richardson finished just behind Frenia at 16.24 meters. In Iowa, redshirtsenior Brian Waterfield finished third

behind three-time Olympian and North Carolina senior AJ Hicks by a mere centimeter, scoring 21.45 meters on his throw.

On the track, the Tribe blew past several previous records. Sophomore Davion Hutt finished first in the preliminary round and the finals for the 60-meter dash. Hutt nearly broke his own school record, timing in at 6.84 seconds, good for second in the College’s history.

For the women, All-American sophomore Regan Rome crushed her lifetime best 5,000-meter race by almost half a minute, and she now ranks 11th in the national rankings with her 15:58.07 mark. Senior Meghan McGovern came

in 20th in the event, joining Rome as a qualifier for next month’s Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championships.

At Liberty, the College finished second out of six teams and also came away with several individual honors.

Sophomore Leia Mistowski claimed first place yet again in the weight throw, throwing 17.08 meters. Redshirt-junior Rochelle Evans set a lifetime best with a 16.41 meter, good for fourth place, then took second in shot put with 14.24 meters. Mistowski and Evans now sit first and second in school history respectively, and both qualified for the ECAC Indoor Championships.

Sophomore Jacqueline Meeks also

qualified for postseason competition, eclipsing the pole vault qualifying mark a third time.

In the high jump, sophomore Abby Jones tied for first, clearing the bar at 1.65 meters. Junior Savanna Craib and freshmen Grace Becker and Brianna Miller all set lifetime bests in the pentathlon. The three runners occupy the 12th through 14th place rankings in school history. Furthermore, junior Susannah Philbrick took a silver medal in the long jump and placed fourth in the triple jump event.

Both the men and women compete next weekend in the two-day Virginia Tech Challenge in Blacksburg, Va., Friday and Saturday.