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Poet, civil rights activist, author to serve as I Am W&M Week keynote speaker

BY CLAIRE GILLESPIE FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

Maya Angelou will speak at the College of William and Mary Tues., April 15 as keynote to the Student Assembly diversity initiative I Am W&M Week.

Angelou, 85, is noted for her poetry, essay collection, and autobiographies.

She published her first autobiography — “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” — to international acclaim in 1969. Angelou was awarded the Presidential Medal of Arts in 2000 and has received three Grammy Awards.

In 1993, she recited her poem “On the Pulse of Morning” at former President Bill Clinton’s inauguration. Angelou also campaigned for Senator Hillary Clinton in 2008.

“As we dedicate ourselves to celebrating the many voices and faces that make up our campus community,

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RESIDENCE LIFE

Students join White House task force Students fundraise to Eric Garrison, HOPE members participate in national sexual assault committee

BY ARIEL COHEN FLAT HAT SENIOR STAFF WRITER

According to the White House Council on Women and Girls, one in five students will experience sexual assault or rape during their time in college. In response, students at the College of William and Mary have stood up, and the White House is listening.

William and Mary Stands with Survivors founder Hannah Boes ’14 and Vice President of the Healthy Relationships branch of HOPE Jordan Taffet ’16 spoke to a newly formed White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, along with Sexual Assault Prevention Specialist Eric Garrison.

The White House recently published a memorandum detailing the goals of the task force.

“The prevalence of rape and sexual assault at our Nation’s institutions of higher education is both deeply troubling and a call to action,” the memorandum said. “Although schools have made progress in addressing rape and sexual assault, more needs to be done to ensure safe, secure environments for students of higher education.”

The task force, led by Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, looks to change the culture of sexual assault and rape on college campuses. In order to do so, Biden has said he will hold listening sessions with his White

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House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault before tabling his official recommendations in April. The first of these sessions was last week.

The White House contacted Garrison approximately two weeks ago to see if he and two students would be interested in attending the discussion.

While Garrison did not partake in the talks, as only students were allowed in the room, he said he felt very positively about the discussion.

“I have never under any leadership seen this much reform,” Garrison said. “There is the Cleary Act, there is the Dear Colleague Letter and other things leading up to this. But this task force is historic. They were grandstanding, they weren’t whitewashing. They really listened to us.”

Although Biden was not present at the discussion roundtable, both Boes and Taffet, along with students from other universities, spoke with the vice president’s advisors.

Going into the meeting, Boes said she was focused on responses to and support for sexual assault survivors on the university level. She said she felt that nationally enforced standards could improve the culture surrounding responses to survivors.

In the past year, the College community has dealt with various highly visible instances of sexual assault and rape. Sexual assault is among the most underreported crimes on college and

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university campuses, according to Williamsburg Chief of Police Don Challis.

“Following the discussion, I have no doubt that the people in charge of this task force have the very best of intentions and a serious commitment to working seriously on sexual assault prevention and intervention in academic institutions,” Boes said in an email. “The discussion also communicated to us that people at the very top are listening to our voices. … I returned from it ready Garrison to bring the fight back to William and Mary more than ever before.”

While the specifics discussed at the meeting are confidential, Taffet said the meeting covered policy issues at the administrative level. Both Taffet and Boes expressed hope that administrative changes will translate into changes on the student-to-student level.

The roundtable also discussed initiating sexual assault education programming before students enter college.

Boes said she also pushed for firm and clear requirements for institutions on educating students, faculty, administrators and staff about sexual assault, as well as for requirements for colleges to provide and disseminate information

When students learned that Jefferson Hall custodian Shelly Givens was unable to continue working in the building due to an injury, they started a fundraising effort to remind other students of the wider College of William and Mary community.

“For New Years, I just texted Shelly out of the blue and just said, ‘Happy New Year! Hope everything’s going well,’” Kendall Lorenzen ’15, a resident assistant in Jefferson Hall for the 201314 academic year, said. “Then she texted me back and [she] let me know some of the things that had been happening. … She told me that she had been injured right before the start of the semester in Jefferson Hall, [that] she fell down some stairs and injured her leg and had been on bed rest for the rest of the semester.”

After speaking to Givens, Lorenzen learned that Givens had to move out of her home and was now living with her mother.

Since the incident, Lorenzen said Givens has returned to her work in Jefferson Hall, but could still use financial aid to recover from her semester away from the College.

“She’s such an active part of Jefferson and to William and Mary in general and it just made me really sad to see any member of the Tribe suffer,” Lorenzen said.

After contacting last year’s Jefferson Hall Council President Seth Opoku-Yeboah ’16, Lorenzen said the pair began a campaign to raise money and show support for Givens.

Through hall council visits, tabling at the Sadler Center and

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THE BUZZ

For me, one of the things I find most impressive about her and her story is really just how open and honest she is with her past [and] with her opinions [which] she conveys in such a respectful but open and sincere manner.

— Student Assembly President Chase Koontz ’14 on Maya Angelou as the I AM W&M Week Speaker

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CAMPUS GOLF 2014 IN FILM On Feb. 22, the Alpha Pi chapter of the Kappa Delta sorority hosted their annual Campus Golf philanthropy to support the Avalon Center for Women and Children. Nearly 2,500 participants teed off on the Sunken Garden to warm weather and clear skies. Check out this week’s video as students share their costumes, golfing skill and enthusiasm at Flathatnews.com

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The Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport is looking to provide a new low-cost airline to compensate for the loss of AirTran this year.

Williamsburg chef named Chef of the Year

Local girl will not be prosecuted for pornography charge

Travis Brust, Executive Chef at the Williamsburg Inn in Colonial Williamsburg, has been named the 2013-14 Virginia Chef’s Association’s Chef of the Year, according to the Daily Press. Brust recently competed in the World Food Championships in Las Vegas. He has been the Executive Chef at the Williamsburg Inn since 2011.

A James City County girl will not be prosecuted for tweeting nude photos of herself in January, according to the Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily. The girl faced one count of distribution of child pornography, a felony which could have resulted in her registration as a sex offender. The decision not to proceed was made by the juvenile intake section of the Williamsburg James City County courthouse.

Airport searches for new low-cost airline The Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport is looking to regain some of the revenue it has lost since AirTran left in 2012, according to the Daily Press. The plan is to lure a lowcost airline and provide more flights, particularly to big hubs like New York. More than 500,000 passengers have been lost since the AirTran’s departure. People Express, an airline that has yet to fly, announced that it would be establishing headquarters in Newport News, and the hope is that the airport can attract the startup.

Petco to move to Settler’s Market The Petco store in the Williamsburg Marketcenter on Mooretown Road is moving to the new Settler’s Market shopping center in March, according to the WilliamsburgYorktown Daily. Grand opening sales at the new location are planned for March 29 and the original store will be shutting down March 23, with the Settler’s Market location opening the next day.

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Hamoudi to serve as 2014 Kraemar Scholar-In-Residence

The 2014 Kraemar Scholar-in-Residence will be Haider Ala Hamoudi. The Kraemer Middle East Distinguished Scholar-InResidence program was created in 2009 and brings scholars of governance and law in Islamic States to the College. The program was created by a donation from Carole and Richard Kraemer ’65, but is currently funded by the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies and the Program in Comparative Legal Studies and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding at the Marshall Wythe School of Law Hamoudi serves as an associate professor of law and associate dean of research and faculty development at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law .

“Voyage” boasts new technology

Local press seeks out professors

The College’s Department of Theatre used new technology in its production of Tom Stoppard’s “Voyage” this weekend. The production team incorporated projection technology to create different backdrops for the scenes. Assistant professor of theatrical design Matthew Allar revealed that the use of this projection technology was to accurately portray the great scope of the play’s setting — rural 19th century Russia.

To create convincing images, those involved in the play sifted through old books, slides, photographs and paintings for ideas. The team also experimented with blending images together to create the sensation of seasons changing and to display the interior and exterior of buildings.

Professor of applied sciences Joel Levine and associate professor of psychology Constance Pilkington were recently interviewed by the Daily Press for an extensive article on the exploration of Mars. Levine previously worked for NASA and Pilkington is an expert in relationship dynamics. She discussed which human personality types would be crucial for landing on the red planet, revealing that risk-taking would be one of the best traits for the job. Levine discussed the possibility of life on Mars, saying that the planet used to be much more like Earth. He also said that sending people to Mars would be one of the greatest adventures mankind could ever experience.

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New seafood restaurant to open Sal’s By Victor owner, co-partner to open environmentally sustainable restaurant in town

BY SARAH CASPARI FLAT HAT CHIEF STAFF WRITER

Cooking high quality food the natural way is important to Sal’s By Victor owner Victor Minichiello. That is why his restaurant kitchen is filled with fresh vegetables and healthy ingredients, and why regular patrons can expect the same standard at his new restaurant, the Fat Tuna.

Not to be confused with the Fat Canary, a restaurant on Duke of Gloucester Street, the Fat Tuna is a new seafood establishment opening in early April on Richmond Road where the Legends Bistro used to be. Coowners Minichiello and Ken Brown, who is also the chef, began plans for the Fat Tuna about seven months ago, when Minichiello approached Brown about going into business together.

Minichiello and Brown, who have known each other for over 20 years, envision a restaurant that is not only financially successful but also environmentally

sustainable. They are looking into an ecofriendly method of waste disposal and are installing insulated windows for the sake of energy efficiency.

They also plan to keep purchases local to ensure freshness: produce will come from nearby farms, the seafood itself will come from the Chesapeake Bay and other meat they do use is butchered locally.

Minichiello has always been mindful of the health and environmental consequences of the food industry, and insists on quality over quantity.

“Anybody can make the food more spicy or more flavorful, but what kind of price [is there] to pay afterwards?” Minichiello said.

He and Brown will also be introducing a Neapolitan-style pizzeria next door to the Fat Tuna, in collaboration with Billy Fallen, baker and founder of Billy Bread, the bakery that supplies bread for Sal’s and the two new restaurants. The pizzeria — whose name has yet to be decided — will have a wood-fire brick oven. When it opens, Billy

The Fat Tuna Grill and Oyster House will be located on Richmond Road, near Chipotle and next to a Neopolitan-style pizzeria.

Bread will also expand its operations.

“Right now we’re just wholesale, so once the building is completed and the restaurant is open we’ll have a bakery and coffee shop and everything in that space as well, probably in about two months or so,”

Angelou revealed as diversity speaker Organizations collaborate to bring writer to College ANGELOU from page 1

lifting up, and celebrating the diversity that defines our human experience.”

Entitled “A Conversation with Maya Angelou,” Angelou will speak at 7:30 p.m. at Kaplan Arena April 15 about her life and writing, according to the SA’s Secretary of Diversity Initiatives Dylan Frendt ’14.

Frendt began organizing Angelou’s visit to the College last fall with the Department of Diversity, who suggested Angelou as a speaker for I AM W&M week.

“Her life story is so compelling,” Frendt said.

“Her writing is compelling. Her views on life are compelling. Her childhood and her life in general — not the narrative of what she’s written — but just her existence is so compelling and to me is the definition of diversity because it deals with racial diversity, it deals with overcoming adversity, it deals with recognizing Ambler the diversity in others and celebrating life and empowering people — not just because of the color of their skin but the things inside of them that are unique and make

them struggle. Her message is a message of unity and uniting people and to me, that’s what diversity is about.”

The Student Assembly, AMP, Student Leadership Development Office, the Center for Student Diversity, the Office of University Development and the President’s Office contributed financially to the event.

“For me, one of the things I find most impressive about her and her story is really just how open and honest she is with her past [and] with her opinions [which] she conveys in such a respectful but open and sincere manner,” SA President Chase Koontz ’14 said.

According to Frendt, 2,500 to 3,000 of the seats will be available to students for free in a lottery system. The rest of the seats will sell for $10 on the floor and $5 above for students and staff and $20 on the floor and $10 above for the general public.

“Constantly on this campus — whether it’s on individual levels or on broader community levels — we have dialogue and a lot of times it can be on difficult issues, such as the Town Hall… I think we can learn a lot not only from her message but by the way with which she delivers her opinions and her thoughts and her story,” Koontz said.

Other I AM W&M Week events include a pride festival, world fair, and dance event.

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Maya Angelou spoke at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Va. in January 2013. She shared poems and stories from her life.

Fallen said.

While the snow has delayed construction and deliveries for the Fat Tuna, once the restaurant opens it will remain so yearround. The owners hope that not having an “off-season” will appeal to a larger clientele

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and that the casual environment will be a draw for customers.

“We want it to be comfortable,” Brown said. “We don’t want it to be overpowering.

We want people to be able to relax, to enjoy it.”

STUDENTS SWING FOR CHARITY The Alpha Pi Chapter of Kappa Delta sorority hosted its annual philanthropy event, Campus Golf, this Saturday.

This year’s theme was: “The Game Where Everything is Made Up and the Points Don’t Matter.”

Sign-ups to participate begin as early as two weeks in advance, allowing students time to gather teammates. Additionally, Kappa Delta hosts various profit shares at local vendors for Campus Golf sign-ups to raise money for charity.

Teams composed of four to five students, alumni or community members spend the day playing golf while Kappa Delta sisters act as their caddies.

Tee-times start at 8 a.m. and continue until 5 p.m.

The course is located on the Sunken Garden

and spreads throughout Old Campus,. Buckets placed around various academic buildings serve as the holes.

A popular aspect of Campus Golf is the highly encouraged costume dress code, with each team devising its own clever costume theme.

From dressing as sports teams to ’90s TV shows to high school cliques to favorite foods, the possibilities for costumes are endless and often outrageous.

All proceeds benefit Prevent Child Abuse America, which works to ensure the healthy development of children nationwide, as well as Kappa Delta’s local philanthropy, the Avalon Center for Women and Children. Avalon provides support to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in the Williamsburg area. By offering tools for safety, self-sufficiency and empowerment, Avalon works to break the cycle of abuse and create a positive future.

This year, Kappa Delta raised about $26,000 for PCAA and Avalon combined.

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about reporting sexual assaults.

Furthermore, Boes said she hopes that the College will implement requirements to ensure that each sexual assault survivor receives an adequate response from all corners of the College — from peers and faculty to staff, campus police and administrators.

“I would love to see the White House commit to funding for education, prevention, intervention and innovation on this subject,” Boes said. “Providing funding and enforcing standards are two things our federal government has access to in ways that many campuses don’t but would respond to positively. “ Taffet said the White House discussion encouraged him to continue to push for comprehensive sexual assault education and reform on campus.

“I think that there is a resistance at William and Mary to change things up because we have always done things [a] certain way,” Taffet said. “But we can change things up; we can hold ourselves, the administration and the world to a higher standard here.”

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Hannah Boes ‘14, Jordan Taffet ‘16 visited the White House to address assault.

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Facebook and email campaigns, the group has raised over $700 as of Monday.

“The employees — they mean a lot, they care about us. Even within Sadler or the Caf, these people are the nicest people you meet in College,” Opoku-Yeboah said. “I don’t think we should overlook them. … I think it’s good that we have these relationships so when they’re in trouble we can help them out because we do have these resources. We can do a lot of things; it’s just a matter of knowing.”

Alongside the financial support, Lorenzen and Opoku-Yeboah are encouraging students to make Givens cards.

“We thought that it was really important to show her that we supported her in a lot of different ways rather than just financially. … I think that really the important thing is that she knows that we care and that we stand behind her,” Lorenzen said.

Although Givens knows about the support campaign, Lorenzen and Opoku-Yeboah have yet to reveal the total amount raised in support for her.

“I am so thankful for the love and support of the students here at the college,” Givens said in an email.

The pair plans to present Givens with the cards and funds soon, potentially at the upcoming ice cream social event put on by the Jefferson and Barrett hall council on March 12.

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Mushrooms: More than just fungus Why would they? Even the most die-hard fungus-fan would have a hard time swallowing the raw, cardboard-textured mushrooms available at the salad bars of the Sadler Center and the Commons Dining Hall. Moreover, it is uncertain whether these mushrooms have been grown in ultraviolet light, which is how vitamin D production occurs. From time FLAT HAT ASSOC. ONLINE EDITOR to time, one can stumble across large cooked mushrooms at the Commons — but rarely.

Virtually every weekday, the Sadler Center’s grill I would like to qualify all of the health-based claims that I features grilled chicken, hamburgers and sausage. Why make in this article by saying that I am in no way a health or not mushrooms? They are easy to cook — requiring the fungus expert. I have taken one science class throughout my two-and-a-half years as an undergraduate. My understanding same amount of preparation as is needed to grill chicken or sausage — and hard to mess up. I have successfully grilled of nutrition is less than basic.

For the most devoted TWAMPS, the recent sunny skies can palatable portobello mushrooms before, and I am certainly be satisfactorily appreciated from the confines of Earl Gregg no Mario Batali.

In addition to being high in vitamin D, mushrooms Swem Library. Or can they? Sun and exercise are the primary source of vitamin D for most people. Consuming insufficient contain more protein than most alternative vegetables.

Therefore, serving cooked vitamin D can decrease serotonin levels, mushrooms would be a way for and as a result, overall brain function.

There is a plant that can mitigate the College to better cater to the Luckily, for the most lucid Swemmers, the effects of insufficient sun nutritional needs of its vegetarian there is a plant that can mitigate the effects eaters. of insufficient sun exposure: mushrooms. exposure: mushrooms.

While the College’s dining The amount of vitamin D that a services do offer vegetarian person’s body requires varies from person to person, however, the National Health Institute has found options, the selection is sparse and repetitive. Mushrooms that “average intake levels for males from foods alone ranged could help solve this problem. There are many different from 204 to 288 International Unit (pharmacological unit types of mushrooms, all varying in taste, cost and what they of measurement)/day depending on life stage group; for are best served with. From portobello sandwiches to porcini females the range was 144 to 276 IU/day.” Meanwhile, certain pasta, there is a dish for every mushroom and a mushroom mushrooms (including Dole’s portobellos) contain 400 IUs for every dish.

I am not a vegetarian and I exercise outdoors quite a bit of vitamin D per 3-ounce serving, according to health.com.

A fairly standard serving size of mushrooms cultivated under — meaning I probably consume a high amount of vitamin the right circumstance can far exceed both males’ and females’ D without having to eat mushrooms. However, I will admit average intake. It is worth noting that there is such a thing as that my reasoning for urging the College to grill up some too much vitamin D. Although to exceed a healthy dose, one ’shrooms is somewhat selfish: I think they taste good when cooked. Cooking quality mushrooms would be a good way would probably have to consume more than 4,000 IU/day.

Allow me to venture a guess: Whether or not you are aware for the College to diversify its dining options, cater to its vegetarian eaters, and make students healthier. of the many benefits of mushrooms, very few of your meals at the College of William and Mary include mushrooms.

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resident Obama’s new sexual assault task force held its first listening session regarding the culture of sexual assault and rape on college campuses. The sexual assault task force aims to increase communication and support among students and faculty.

While this is a positive gesture from President Obama, we hope the task force can do more to promote national recognition of the problem of sexual assault on college campuses, advise policies which will make it easier to report attacks, and cultivate a more respectful, sensitive environment for survivors.

The problem of sexual assault has become unavoidable for both good and bad reasons. A greater willingness to discuss sexual assault openly brought startling evidence of its pervasiveness on campuses. College culture is nowhere near as open as it needs to be; in some cases college communities actively suppress reports of sexual assault, leaving justice undone. Here is one way President Obama’s task force could impact student’s lives: by providing a national mouthpiece for sexual assault survivors and student organizations like Stand with Survivors. Presidential backing of such organizations could increase the salience of sexual assault — an issue that should be devoid of partisan leanings — and convince more survivors to come forward.

Reporting incidents of sexual assault should not be an institutional nightmare. One should not have to endure more humiliation on the path to justice; rather, let us reserve that for the perpetrators. Obama’s task force must also address how colleges handle sexual assault. That means working with state governments, colleges, student organizations and survivors to develop better policies that streamline the process of reporting sexual assault, and encourage survivors to press charges and states to prosecute. The task force itself may not have legislative power, but it can breed new ideas that could become federal or state law or college policy.

We would also like the task force to recognize the complex and varied nature of sexual assault. It can happen between straight or gay couples, friends and strangers. There may be fewer male victims of sexual assault, but that doesn’t lessen their trauma or make them less deserving of respect. President Obama’s task force needs to emphasize that sexual assault can happen to anyone and be perpetrated by anyone — regardless of their clothing, physical state, gender, sexual orientation or relationship status. It may take conservative political flak for recognizing the sheer diversity of sexual assault experiences, but it will set a necessary precedent for all future administrations.

What the task force must do above all is keep the issue alive.

Students generations from now will still face the threat of sexual assault and possibly suffer as today’s survivors do, but they need not face hostility, indifference or incompetence from the people charged with ensuring their safety and justice. If the problem is not consistently addressed, the nation will grow complacent leaving millions vulnerable to sexual assault, and leaving survivors in the dark. The president has his limits, though: We are all responsible for preventing sexual assault and treating survivors with the respect they deserve.

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Snow days give students a day off, but create stress for administrators Kaitlan Shaub

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Sometimes I get the impression that people from Virginia don’t know what snow is, or at least not how to deal with it. Vice President of Administration Anna Martin, along with those who receive the supposed “blame” for not cancelling class during inclement weather, are not among those people. So far in this academic year, the decision to cancel class or to keep campus open has been perfectly adequate for the circumstances of the weather.

Those who think otherwise should go spend their winter months in Canada and see what kind of

weather is a legitimate reason to cancel class.

The incessant complaints received by the administration about the campus remaining open at the sight of a single snowflake strike me as unnecessary and out of line.

Our administration, including the Emergency Management Team, is more than capable of determining when the weather may make going to class dangerous.

Students need to understand that as an academic institution with a mission to educate, it’s not an easy decision to cancel or to hold classes when the weather is being fussy.

Students and faculty alike come from different areas where weather inevitably varies from polar vortex to near-tropical, making the ease of getting to campus variable as well.

Moreover, weather is unpredictable until it actually happens, and

human error is a very real aspect in decisions regarding weather. These factors make it nearly impossible to make a decision that affects everyone equally.

That being said, the email from Provost Michael Halleran is only a reiteration of how students and faculty should already treat inclement weather. As an adult, it is your personal responsibility to decide what is safe for you, and personal safety should absolutely drive your decisions of whether to go to class in bad weather.

I do not, however, think that students should be given a “get out of class free” pass just because of the weather. Provost Halleran’s message claiming that students should not be penalized for missing class due to weather conditions has an obvious flaw: Professors have no way of knowing just how much the

weather affects students’ ability to get to class, thus making it easy for students to skip with weather as an excuse.

If campus remains open, then students and faculty should continue to operate under the expectation of showing up to class. If weather poses an actual safety concern for a student, that student shouldn’t expect a professor to assume that the weather was a valid excuse.

The student is responsible for communicating their safety concerns with their professors and subsequently catching up on any missed work. Professors should continue to expect students in class if they choose to hold class, and should be allowed to mark absent those students who don’t communicate a safety concern.

Email Kaitlan Shaub at kcshaub@ email.wm.edu.

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Off-Campus Housing Edition

When on-campus life seems too mainstream, students give opinions on life off campus

City Green

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BY EMILY STONE FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR

Peppertree Brown

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BY BAILEY KIRKPATRICK FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR

Many people would expect a college town to have more than just a few off-campus housing options, but Williamsburg tends to cater more toward the elderly crowd. I think the fact that we have a Cracker Barrel Old Country Store says it all. And unfortunately, we have all experienced the grueling process of trying to find the perfect off-campus fit.

Down Jamestown Road, where it intersects with Route 199, a light blue housing complex faces the road. The Peppertree Condominium complex has multiple sections of two-bedroom flats, each with one full bath, a kitchen and a living room space.

Each is privately owned, so instead of dealing with the bureaucracy of the typical property management company, one can consult directly with the landlord of each apartment.

Its close proximity to campus, and the ready availability of buses for those without vehicles, makes Peppertree’s location optimal for students.

Many of its residents even walk to campus. The apartments, while a little shady-looking from the outside, are spacious and a perfect fit for two, or even three.

Although apartment complexes abound in the area, few host as many residents of the College student variety as Peppertree does. This housing development hosts a mix of familiar faces as well as some Williamsburg natives. Sometimes one can even hear the next-door neighbors through the walls — it’s an intimate setting to say the least. Just ensure that you don’t get my current neighbors — they have a tendency to yell at each other at all hours of the night.

No apartment is going to be perfect, and Peppertree has a few cons, but it is a perfect transitional apartment for a College junior or senior. Some of the best times I’ve had in my college career took place in this apartment, and I wouldn’t exchange a little yelling for anything — they are actually nice ladies.

Residents are always coming and going, and plenty of units are available, especially in the summer. While sometimes overlooked because of their odd location, these apartments provide the perfect setting, one of the cheapest rents in the area, and comfortable living arrangements for the average student. Definitely look into them when searching for an off-campus home.

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BY MARSHALL JORDAN THE FLAT HAT

I originally moved off campus after I was bumped from housing for my junior year, so I moved to the Lawson apartments, and that was quite an experience in itself.

Needless to say, the quality of a City Green apartment is nothing less than amazing. I live with a couple of other people, and I still have my

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the parking lot to the grocery store if I ever need anything, or I can walk right outside my front door if I’m running late to a meeting and want to grab some Qdoba to go.

My favorite thing about the location: My friends and I can still go out at night or on the weekends without relying on Steer Clear or a friend to drive us; we’re just a five-minute walk from the bars on Richmond Road. All of the residents

here are students, so it really doesn’t feel like you’re that far off campus.

Both the landlord and the property management staff are very nice and incredibly helpful; I always feel comfortable and well cared for. There really is nothing negative that I could say about life at City Green — it’s a great place to be and all of my friends are jealous of how nice my apartment is. And when you think about it, that’s what it’s really all about.

(Subpar) Houses

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BY SARAH STUBBS THE FLAT HAT

Kings and Queens

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BY Brianna Coviello THE FLAT HAT

The King and Queens Apartment Complex sits behind Wawa on Scotland Street. Its convenient proximity to campus, the bars, Tribe Square and Wawa make it one of the most desirable off-campus housing options for undergraduate students.

On an average day, you can walk by the complex to see a resident crashing his or her car, thanks to the King and Queens’ unbelievably complicated parking lot.

King and Queens was originally a motel.

The sign still hangs on the back of the building to prove it, and the carpet harkens back to its original motel days.

Included with your $510 monthly rent is one free parking pass (for two roommates); bare, white walls; one bedroom; one small bathroom

BY LINDSEY STROUD THE FLAT HAT

But... Parking

own bedroom, complete with a walk-in closet, suite-style bathroom and a ton of space to have a bunch of friends over and just hang out. The apartments here are all extremely secure, with coded locks on the exterior doors.

It is a fantastic location — far enough away from campus to be completely independent, yet still close enough to feel connected to the community. I can walk right across

The lovely lack of parking for commuting students at the College of William and Mary is never fun.

There are four student parking lots on campus. One of them doesn’t count — nobody wants to walk from William and Mary Hall to James Blair Hall carrying history textbooks. Other daystudent lots include a parking garage near Morton Hall, some

that may or may not have mold; a shared living room; a dining room; and a kitchenette.

As of last year, William E. Wood Realtors began charging for utilities in addition to rent, which can cost up to an extra $200 each month.

The walls are paper-thin, so expect to hear every conversation from the apartments around you. You will get used to having no privacy and to falling asleep to noise very quickly.

Despite the thrill of living off-campus, the location and one free parking pass, consider finding somewhere else to live or even sticking with the dorms.

The required payment for utilities makes this housing option not worth its overpriced rent. At this rate, consider Sterling Manor Apartments. You will get so much more — even a pool — for the same price.

spaces in front of Morton, and a lot in front of the football stadium.

Richmond Road also has two-hour parking slots, but apparently the Williamsburg Police patrol those spots frequently. If you park there and plan to stay beyond the time limit, check your tire for a white mark and move your car before they come back.

From my experience, the parking garage across from Morton is the best place to park, but you need to coordinate your class

When you live in the real-life cliche of a hilariously dilapidated off-campus house, you learn to see the silver lining of every Natty Lite-soaked cloud. These houses balance proximity to campus and lower rent with extenuating circumstances that may test how much you are willing to tolerate. The dim, malodorous basement with black mold sprouting from the pong table is a great place to play games because no one cares how dirty it gets. The off-hinge bathroom door facilitates unity between housemates as they get used to peeing and showering with the door ajar. See those ants swarming over the crusted food in the cupboard left by the house’s previous inhabitants? At least they’re not cockroaches.

When you enter dorms after months of living off campus, you find yourself marveling over their cleanliness. Instead of sending a quick message to the dorm staff when something is broken, off-campus denizens must spend weeks pestering absent-minded landlords. However, one aspect of an off-campus house cannot be underestimated: That space is yours. You don’t have to listen to an RA, and you have your own kitchen to store dishes and food. If you want to move toward a more independent and grown-up approach to college living — despite the broken heater and water-turn-off notice — then off-campus housing is for you.

schedules based on the availability of spaces. You’re going to be battling for the last parking spaces after 9 a.m. After 1 p.m. you should be able to find a few spaces, but may have to drive around a few times, desperately waiting to find that coveted empty space.

You just need to face the realization that you are going to be in the Morton Parking Garage and will lose all respect for your fellow classmates. That’s okay; you’ll be doing this with your coworkers

soon enough.

My advice for students facing the horrors of parking at the College is to always plan ahead, especially if it snows. Look for students walking around and ask them if they’re leaving. I’ve had one of these students actually give her space to me instead of the guy ahead of me. Also, after 8 a.m. do not plan on parking in the day student lot in front of Morton; business school students monopolize those spots.

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Flat Hat staff settles business in campus golf

The Flat Hat

A day in the life of your campus golf caddy 6:00 a.m. Your caddy hits the snooze button on her alarm — five more minutes of sleep couldn’t hurt anyone.

6:15 a.m. Your caddy’s roommate physically pulls your caddy out of bed.

7:00 a.m. Your caddy rolls up to Wawa, eager to stock up on snacks for the day.

7:07 a.m.

As he rings your caddy up, a Wawa employee gives your caddy a onceover, wondering why she is wearing several layers of beads and has several shamrock temporary tattoos on her face.

7:15 a.m. Your caddy rushes to Tyler Hall, the home base for the day, to make roll call and to grab food before it is devoured by the hoard of hungry caddies.

7:30 a.m. Your caddy receives her schedule for the day. She wonders how the team #getweird will be dressed.

8:00 a.m. The first teams get ready to tee off. Your caddy almost misses her first team’s tee time because she is caught up serenading another caddy to the tune of the Backstreet Boys song that is blaring down the Sunken Garden.

A team runs down the Sunken Garden, dressed as characters from Monty Python’s Holy Grail — coconuts included.

8:48 a.m.

11:20 a.m. A team of masked animals loiters near the tent at the far end of the Sunken Garden. The monkey in lederhosen particularly scares your caddy.

11:30 a.m. A girl dressed as Olaf from Frozen tells your caddy how much she likes warm hugs and proceeds to hug your caddy.

12:00 p.m.

The team your caddy is currently caddying for is almost overtaken by pirates, complete with a pirate ship.

12:55 p.m. Your caddy demolishes two pieces of pizza in Tyler Hall while she tests out which Instagram filter looks best with this year’s orange Campus Golf shirts.

1:45 p.m. Your caddy accompanies a team of close friends quietly around the course. They take a few pictures, exchange fewer words, and complete the course in record time.

2:20 p.m. Your caddy tries to contain a rowdy team of gentlemen. They only make it three holes into the course before half the team decides to leave, their attention drawn elsewhere.

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Students at the College of William and Mary brought out their clubs, costumes, and sense of humor out to campus golf Saturday afternoon.

BY CHRIS WEBER FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

Drew Carey wasn’t standing in the limelight, but the adage held true.

Everything was made up and the points didn’t matter as members of The Flat Hat took to the Sunken Garden Saturday afternoon.

With News editors Annie Curran ’16 and Abby Boyle ’15 questioning whose line it was (anyway), up-andcoming Variety editor Aine Cain ’16 was determined to upset the Sports section’s recent stranglehold on the event.

“I’m not going to lie, I was a bit intimidated by the Sports Desk,” Cain said.

“Abby Boyle, Stevie Nicks and my sister really helped motivate me for this.”

With Boyle coaching in one ear and a playlist of all-time greatest hits playing in the other, Cain hit a golf ball about as far as anyone can with a too-short golf club and won the match in a landslide.

“I broke the chain of Sports supremacy,” Cain said. “It’s a dream and I’m never going back again. I don’t want to know what the Sports Section has to say about this.”

Current Sports Desk Editors Jack Powers ’15 and Chris Weber ’15 declined

to comment on anything other than their Hawaiian shirts. Powers found a deal at Goodwill.

“I was a big fan of the Sports Desk’s shirts,” Boyle said. “I thought it was creative and representative of their personalities in a way that other clothing may not have been. The only thing I can compare my love of these to is Taylor Swift.”

With Cain literally running through the course, the rest of the field languidly worked though a sporadic, uneven and terrible round of golf.

“Every year I know The Flat Hat is a team I have to prepare for. They wore me out — by the end of the day, I lost my voice and my bones ached,” caddy Ariel Cohen ’14 said. “They were committed to the game, but they were miserable. Some of them didn’t even know how to hold a club.”

A gaggle of associates and some guys no one knew eagerly followed Curran through the course. The only player with golfing experience, Curran was the oddson favorite.

“Every time I went to hit the ball, I was distracted by the Sports Desk’s dazzling, florid shirts,” Curran said. “I choked.

Counselor Tom at Pine Crest Summer Golf Camp for elementary school kids

would’ve been disappointed.”

Curran wasn’t the only one to fall apart down the stretch. Current Managing editor and incoming Editor-in-Chief Meredith Ramey spent more time ignoring warnings from multiple caddies than attempting anything resembling golf.

“She literally ruined 500 years of golf history in 15 minutes,” Online editor Zachary Frank said. “Who let her onto the course? Honestly, wasn’t there an application to play? No? There should have been. No respect for the game.”

After multiple attempts to contact her, Ramey refused to comment on her dismal performance.

Katherine Chiglinsky ’14 and Jared Foretek ’14 ended their collegiate Campus Golf careers Saturday. Legends in their own right, Chiglinsky and Foretek — alongside Cohen, April Smith ’14 and Rebecca Marshall ’14 — leave behind a tradition of excellence.

“I don’t think I could ever match the talent and nuanced skill of the seniors,” Executive editor Ellen Wexler ’15 said. “I wish our theme was Wuthering Heights instead.”

Chiglinsky left the course only after delivering a gut-wrenching speech.

“Stabilitas et fides, y’all.”

A golf club is spotted flying through the air near James Blair Hall.

Luckily, the thrower of said club has terrible aim and no injuries are sustained.

3:00 p.m.

3:15 p.m. Your caddy still has two more teams to caddy. She wonders how this is possible.

3:52 p.m. Team #getweird shows up and, thankfully, they aren’t that weird.

They are dressed as the characters from Clueless and find that throwing the balls is more effective than using the golf club.

4:30 p.m. Your caddy’s ankles feel heavy. Actually, her everything feels heavy.

5:00 p.m. Your caddy has finished caddying and starts cleaning up.

6:00 p.m.

Your caddy demands to be taken to get Mexican food.

Her friends oblige.

7:00 p.m. Your caddy takes the longest shower of her life.

Your caddy falls asleep to the noise of Gossip Girl on Netflix. She sleeps like a rock and dreams of all the good Campus Golf has done for Prevent Child Abuse America and Avalon.

8:00 p.m.

— Flat Hat writer Sky Sprayberry

CONFUSION CORNER

Dinner Dates with Reveley: It’s a suit and tie affair Kappa Delta sorority’s homecooked meal with President Reveley and his coral tie Ariel Cohen Confusion Corner columnist

In the time since, a lot of people have asked how it happened. How we made it work. What we ate. What he talked about.

In all honesty, the entire experience is still a blur. But, in this column, I will do my best to truthfully record the events that led up to that fated evening when College of William and Mary President Taylor Reveley sat at the Kappa Delta dinner table.

Sometimes on a Wednesday, one feels particularly bold. Maybe it’s the “hump day” ambiguity; maybe it’s the colonial

wind. On this particular Wednesday, upon seeing Reveley on ancient campus, I asked him if he would be interested in coming to the Kappa Delta sorority house for dinner.

“I would be most honored,” he replied.

After some email exchanges with his executive assistant, we had a date locked down. Tuesday, Feb. 18. Six days. Help.

Only seven of us could fit around the table. But what would we make? Most of us were only accustomed to making mac and cheese. What dishes would we use?

What would we wear?

The weekend before the dinner we took a trip to Trader Joe’s. We found plates and forks that sort of matched and cleaned the pen marks off the dining room table. We felt ready.

That Tuesday afternoon as I ran home to help with the meal’s preparation, I

realized that I’ve rarely put so much forethought into an actual date.

Whatever, this dinner was going to be way more important than any awkward evening at DoG Street Pub. Reveley walked through the door around 7 p.m., looking dapper in a black suit with a coral tie along with his signature horn-rimmed specs and dry humor. He remarked that he had never been to most of the houses in Sorority Court.

As much preparation as we put into the evening, the meal felt like eight old friends sitting around a round table, sharing good food and trading college stories.

At the beginning of his college years, a young Reveley traveled to Princeton University alone by train, arriving in New Jersey in the middle of the night. Upon

walking into his freshman dorm, he saw that his room was not equipped with any furniture. Including a bed.

Reveley described his freshman living situation as “intimate,” occupying a randomly assigned quad. The group did not hit it off. By his junior year, Reveley joined the social eating club known as the Quadrangle, where he found his closest friends.

By the time we moved onto the main course, Reveley began regaling us with stories of his travels.

On a safari in South Africa, he feared that wild beasts might consume him whole. So, Reveley struck a deal with the animals — he wouldn’t eat them if they didn’t eat him.

As we dished out the vanilla ice cream, the whole room felt alive with laughter.

Reveley joked about how the new

fraternity houses would likely be trashed within a year, whereas the sororities have kept their houses relatively pristine for decades.

We asked if he had been to many of these types of dinners before. He couldn’t recall having been invited to a student house for an evening meal in recent years. A home-cooked meal was a nice change to the usual catered food and meals out.

He left an hour and 45 minutes later, and we laughed at how normal it felt.

Such a mystique surrounds Reveley on this campus. But really, he’s just a nice guy who is really worth getting to know.

Try to do so before you graduate.

Ariel Cohen is a Confusion Corner columnist and likes long walks on the beach, coral ties and offering college presidents homecooked meals.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Thornton leads Tribe to Senior Day win

Tribe’s shooting bounces back after poor display at Charleston with 43.5 field goal percentage

BY JACK POWERS FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

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Junior guard Marcus Thornton posted 25 points, four assists.

Playing its fourth game in seven days, William and Mary capped off a turbulent stretch Saturday afternoon by defeating Northeastern 81-67 at Kaplan Arena.

The team’s seniors were honored for their dedication to the program before the game started, and they put on quite a display once the whistle blew.

Senior center Tim Rusthoven finished with a team-high five assists along with 12 points and five rebounds. Senior guard Brandon Britt added 11 points, while senior guard Julian Boatner had eight points. Senior forward Kyle Gaillard had an uncharacteristically off day from the field, but he still chipped in five rebounds and a steal. “[It was a] really, really nice win,” head coach Tony Shaver said. “I’m pleased with a lot of things. I’m obviously pleased for this senior

class to have a good win on Senior Night and [to] have them play so well.”

Junior guard Marcus Thornton’s revival was key to the Tribe’s victory, as Thornton poured in 25 points on 9 of 14 shooting. The performance came one game after Thornton scored just nine points in a lopsided loss at Charleston.

“I think I was just more aggressive and tried not to think too much because I think that takes a toll on my game,” Thornton said. “Never losing my confidence but just playing more freely. Trusting our offense, I think, helped me out a lot today.”

Following a common theme this season, the Tribe amassed nearly twice as many assists as its opponent.

The Tribe’s stellar ball movement guided it to 20 assists, as compared to Northeastern’s 11.

“We really pride ourselves on sharing the ball, being an unselfish team,” Thornton said. “We really like to make defenses work. Being able

to share the ball and have multiple guys contribute just makes it easier for us to get wins, so it’s great to be able to do that.”

Britt set the tone early, hitting a three-pointer on the Tribe’s first possession of the game. Thornton followed up shortly thereafter with three-pointers on two straight possessions to stretch the Tribe’s lead to 10-3.

The Tribe went into halftime with a 33-24 advantage, buoyed by additional three-pointers from Boatner and freshman guard Daniel Dixon. A far cry from its 12.5 percent three-point shooting at Charleston last Wednesday, the Tribe would go on to shoot 43.5 percent from beyond the arc against the Huskies.

After the Tribe sustained an 8-2 run to start the second half, Northeastern gradually climbed back to within five points of the lead with just under 10 minutes remaining. Northeastern guard T.J. Williams nailed a three, part of his

team-leading 16 points, to punctuate the Huskies’ comeback bid.

The surge didn’t last. Thornton matched Williams with a three of his own on the subsequent Tribe possession, and Rusthoven impressed with a nice jump-hook seconds later to extend the lead back to double digits.

The Tribe maintained its double-digit advantage for the rest of the period.

After the seconds Rusthoven ticked away and the Tribe walked off with an 81-67 Senior Day victory, several of the team’s veterans were mobbed by excited fans.

The Tribe will play its penultimate regular season game at home tomorrow night against Hofstra. The Tribe’s previous matchup with the Pride ended in a 77-60 loss. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BASEBALL

College springs upset on UD

Pitching struggles follow Inghram’s strong eight inning performance Friday

BY SAMANTHA COHEN FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

BY CHRIS WEBER FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

William and Mary (7-18, 4-9 CAA) won its first road game of 2014 Sunday at Delaware (9-5, 17-8 CAA), the second-place team in the Colonial Athletic Association conference, 68-64.

“The fact that it was against Delaware, who is ranked second in our conference, I think, shows that we can play anyone in our conference,” freshman guard Marlena Tremba said to Tribe Athletics. “And I think it shows great toughness and that we’re starting to turn the corner that coach always talks about.”

Tremba was named CAA Rookie of the Week, marking the third time she received the award this season. She led the team with 21 points. Junior point guard Kyla Kerstetter followed with 15 points in the win over the Blue Hens.

“I thought my teammates set me up really well,” Tremba said to Tribe Athletics. “Kaitlyn [Mathieu] hit me with a great pass at the end for my last three, and I thought we ran the sets great and I was just getting good open looks. … The crowd was really loud, especially during my last two free throws, so I was a little nervous but I stuck to my form.”

Senior forward Kaitlyn Mathieu scored seven points and led two charges against Delaware.

“We’ve been missing those six plays down the stretch that I call ‘winning plays,’ and Kaitlyn Mathieu took two charges that were really game changers. … So as much as we get credit for putting the ball in the basket, I think Kaitlyn’s two charges were huge in this game,” head coach Ed Swanson said to Tribe Athletics.

While Delaware outrebounded the Tribe 39-27, they gave up 25 turnovers as the Tribe managed 16 steals. Junior guard Jazmen Boone made five of those steals and totaled four assists.

“We’re really playing four guards and one post player,” Swanson said to Tribe Athletics. “So we have to get the game away from the basket, and although we get outrebounded, the turnover margin is big for us and, obviously, [the] steals.

The kids are really starting to look for chances and look for opportunities; we just played a tremendous defensive game.”

Delaware center Kelsey Buchanan was a major threat to the Tribe defense, scoring 16 points before halftime and 24 total.

The Tribe answered by crowding the Blue Hens defensively.

“We were the aggressors,” Swanson said to Tribe Athletics.

“We were the first ones to the basketball and I thought when Kelsey Buchanan got that big rebound down the stretch we crowded her a little bit and forced her into that stepping out of bound situation.”

The Tribe will face Northeastern Thursday at Kaplan Arena at 7 p.m.

William and Mary’s tendency for late-inning drama continued in its three-game weekend series against High Point.

Senior second baseman Ryan Lindemuth blasted a two-run homerun to send the Tribe (3-4) past the Panthers (3-4) in the 10th inning Friday night before the Panthers won Saturday’s matchup 6-3.

More drama ensued Sunday, as the Tribe clawed back from a five-run deficit to force extra innings before the Panthers used a sacrifice fly to escape with the 9-8 win.

“You have to credit William and Mary for coming back and tying the game but our team showed great character,” High Point head coach Craig Cozart told the program’s athletic department.

Junior pitcher Jason Inghram turned in another solid outing Friday, lasting eight innings

Tremba stars High Point takes series from Tribe and giving up just two runs on seven hits.

Lindemuth sparked the Tribe’s offense, hitting two two-run homeruns to account for all of the Tribe’s runs.

Sophomore Mitchell Aker took the mound for the start of Saturday’s contest, but failed to make it past five innings. Aker allowed four runs on eight hits and took the loss.

The Panthers’ four-run third inning helped it build a 6-1 lead heading into the ninth inning.

Lindemuth and junior left-fielder Michael Katz each singled before junior pinch-hitter Devin White drove both home with a double to the gap between center and right field.

Still trailing by three, the Tribe’s rally fell short thanks to a turned double play. With the series tied at one apiece, the Tribe looked to claim the series rubber match Sunday for the second weekend in a row.

Much like Saturday, the Panthers raced out to a 6-0 advantage after six innings. Struggling against the Panthers’ bats, head coach Brian

Murphy utilized five pitchers that collectively gave up 16 hits and nine runs.

Still, the Tribe rallied. A three-run seventh narrowed the deficit to 8-3 heading into the top of the ninth. Senior third baseman Kevin Casey singled before senior centerfielder Derek Lowe and freshman pinch-hitter Ryder Miconi reached on a hit-by-pitch and walk, respectively.

With the bases loaded, senior designated hitter Kevin Nutter singled to bring home Casey.

Senior first baseman Willie Shaw singled before Lindemuth’s sacrifice fly made the score 8-6.

Sophomore catcher Ryan Hissey’s two-run single to right evened the game before Casey struck out.

Despite the momentum, the Tribe couldn’t produce any more runs. The Panthers won the game on a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the eleventh inning.

The Tribe hosts the University of Maryland ­­— Baltimore County for a three-game homestand.

First pitch is slated for 4 p.m. Friday.

LACROSSE

Louisville drops College in second half Tribe’s comeback attempt falters as Cardinals race through 8-0 stretch

BY SOFIA ANDREOLI FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER William and Mary (0-2) fell to Louisville (3-1) 18-5 at Martin Family Stadium Sunday afternoon.

Regardless of the loss, the Tribe stayed competitive in the first half and held a groundball advantage throughout the entire game.

In the first half, the Cardinals started with a 3-0 lead, but sophomore attack Zoe Boger managed to put one in the back of the net with an assist by senior midfielder Bridget Brown. With

20 minutes left in the half, Brown scored with an assist from Boger.

After another goal for the Cardinals, senior midfielder Taelor Salmon kept the Tribe within striking distance with a goal in the remaining 10 minutes.

A minute after Salmon’s goal, junior attack Ellen Shaffrey tied the score 4-4 with an assist from junior attack Kaleigh Noon. Despite a hard fight from the Tribe for a comeback, the Cardinals scored six more goals.

The score at the end of the half was 4-10.

“I wouldn’t call us

inexperienced, but we are a young team with a lot of young talent: We have multiple freshman and sophomores getting a lot of playing time,” senior defender Hannah Clarke said. “There also have been a lot of position switches as we’re getting into the season.”

The Cardinals did not let up in the second half. In the first 10 minutes of the second period, they started with eight more goals, making the score 18-4. Freshman midfielder Shannon Quinn was able to give the Tribe another goal. However, the effort proved futile as the Tribe

lost with a final score of 18-5.

“I think it was a confidence thing today,” head coach Hillary Fratzke said. “I don’t think it’s a matter of lack of talent, I really think it’s just a lack of me, to mentally prepare them and to show that talent.”

The Cardinals had a 17-8 draw advantage. The Tribe had a 14-13 turnover advantage and a 17-15 groundball advantage.

The Tribe will play Coastal Carolina at home Saturday at 1 p.m.

Flat Hat Writer Sumner Higginbotham contributed to this article.

Holmes’ background offers useful tool to recruiting in Midwest for Tribe RECRUITING from page 8

basketball, but at the same time get an elite education.”

Of course, high school students don’t choose where they’re going to spend their next four years based solely on one or two criteria, but because the College has so much to offer, recruiting becomes that much easier. Every player’s decision is different, yet each found ample reasons to look past the hard-luck reputation of the program and commit to the Tribe.

“I had three things I was looking for when I went to every school: a good education, a good basketball situation, and

then a good Christian community on the team and on campus,” senior center Tim Rusthoven said. “I found all of those things here so it wasn’t a very hard decision.”

Holmes said he’s proud of every player he has helped bring to the College over his six-year tenure and is more than happy to show them off to recruits. The Tribe’s coaching staff emphasizes direct meetings between recruits and players on the team; they see these encounters as the best tool to convince young men that the College is the right team for them.

“I think our team is so tight-knit, and I think some teams have to fake that on recruiting trips, but we don’t have to,”

Rusthoven said. “I know all of us like to hang out on the weekends, play N64, whatever. We’re a really close-knit team, and it shows to the recruits.”

Prewitt, one of the standouts of the Tribe’s freshman class, testified to the importance of meeting the team in making his decision to join the Tribe.

“The other schools that I visited, I mean, I liked the guys, but here I really felt like I connected with them from the start,” Prewitt said.

Recruitment isn’t just about obtaining the best players possible ­ — it’s about configuring a team that works well together. Holmes said he believes that the

team’s recent success and that of the new recruiting classes is demonstrative of the way each player complements the others within Shaver’s system, which is precisely what is intended in the recruiting process.

“I think one of the things that we’ve developed is that cohesiveness and chemistry,” Holmes said. “I really like the puzzle we’ve put together with this group.

Style of play is really important for us and I think the guys on our roster fit that to a ‘T,’ which is largely why our team has had some success.”

A recruiter’s job is never done. There’s always a new class to work on, another recruit to contact, another high school

game to go to, whether in Virginia or Minnesota. Even during the season, Holmes and his fellow coaches work to build relationships with recruits that they hope will someday translate into a green jersey and a few extra wins. ““Recruiting is a lot like breathing – it’s constant,” Holmes said.

No matter the outcome of this season, the Tribe’s coaching staff will stay vigilant molding the next one and the one after that. The next Marcus Thornton could be shooting hoops right now in any high school gym in the country.Shaver, Holmes and the rest of the coaching staff want to find him.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Destination Williamsburg

Recruiting coordinator Jonathan Holmes helps find student-athletes who thrive on and off the court

BY JACK POWERS FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR Stick around a William and Mary men’s basketball game long enough and you’ll likely hear a common refrain, usually preceded by a dazzling play or a gaudy overall performance, but always uttered in exasperation: “How the heck did we get that guy?”

Why would a respected high school player choose an academically-strenuous school in a torn-apart conference? Why choose a program with the dreadful distinction of never having made the NCAA Tournament? Surely not because of the customary brochure, full of highfalutin’ facts and obligatory Jon Stewart ’84 quotes that hook everyone else.

Recruitment forms the life-blood of any

collegiate program, taking many forms and demanding near-constant attention from a group of dedicated assistants.

Associate coach and recruitment coordinator Jonathan Holmes distills the discipline into one clear objective.

“It’s just about building relationships, forming a relationship with the kid, forming a relationship with the family, the coaches; because my thing is, if a family is going to send their son to come to William and Mary, the relationship must be there, the trust factor,” Holmes said.

Over the years, the College has cultivated relationships with potential students from across the country.

Geographically speaking, the Tribe’s recruits have been more corn than cornbread, with eight of the team’s current players hailing from the Midwest. Three of

the Tribe’s four current freshman are from that region: forwards Omar Prewitt and Jack Whitman are from Kentucky, and guard Mike Schlottmann is from Indiana.

The key to the puzzle is Holmes’ background. Raised in Indiana, Holmes’ father is the legendary J.R. Holmes, who has coached high school basketball in the Hoosier State for the past 43 years, the last 33 at Bloomington South High School — senior Ben Whitlatch’s former school.

While Holmes’ upbringing allowed the College to get its foot in the door, it was upon head coach Tony Shaver’s request that so much emphasis was placed on recruiting in the Midwest.

“When I got here, it was an area that Coach Shaver thought we could expand our recruiting,” Holmes said. “I think it’s a great area for several reasons.

Academically, the school systems are really good, both public and private, and I think Midwest basketball … IQ there is very high. A lot of those kids have [been] playing since they were five years old in organized basketball, and [I] think that for us, where we emphasize high basketball IQ … it’s really been a good fit for us.”

The initiative has borne fruit for the program ever since, and Holmes claims there isn’t much added challenge in selling the College to an out-of-state player.

“I think we’re a national brand,” Holmes said. “You can go to Texas, to California, to Indiana … people know what William and Mary is. I think that that was one of the things that helped me as I was starting out, was talking on the phone with people and them saying, ‘Oh yeah, you guys are a great school.’”

The College’s strong academic reputation, often cited as an excuse for its athletic program’s historic failings, has been a substantial recruiting tool for attracting potential players to the program from across the country. Rather than viewing it as a detriment, Holmes sees the school’s academic rigor as one of his most effective selling points. While admission requirements might reduce the overall pool from which the Tribe’s coaches can recruit, high academic standards selfselect certain players for their intelligence and character.

“I definitely think it helps us because you do have kids that are in search of the best of both worlds,” Holmes said.

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FOOTBALL

College Tops UTSA, Longwood in doubleheader

Boone resigns, heads to Nevada as Coordinator

William and Mary defeated Texas-San Antonio 6-1 before downing in-state foe Longwood by the same score in Sunday’s doubleheader. The College (9-6) lost just two singles matches and one doubles match in the dual wins.

The success comes as part of month-long revival. Following a five-game losing streak to close out January, the College has won seven of its last eight to improve to 9-6 on the season, a far cry from its 2-5 record Jan. 30.

“Texas-San Antonio is a good team, and I thought we played our best match of the season: physically, mentally and emotionally,”

William and Mary’s defensive coordinator Scott Boone announced his resignation Monday, accepting a post at the University of Nevada. Boone has coached the linebacker corps for the past 10 seasons and has served as defensive coordinator for the past three seasons.

Boone’s defenses consistently ranked among the best in the nation.

“It wasn’t like I was actively looking at Nevada or any other position,” Boone told the Daily Press. “But we played great all year, which gave us some national notoriety and people noticed. That prompted a conversation and it went from there.”

Boone will coach the linebackers and coordinate

head coach Peter Daub told Tribe Athletics.

“Hopefully, it is a standard we can keep as we go through and compete in each match with confidence, belief and a passion to play to our fullest.”

The College doubles teams will head to La Jolla, Calif. to compete in the Pacific Coast Doubles Championship while the rest of the program will take on Pepperdine in Malibu, Calif. this weekend.

The College’s first conference match is set for March 23 against James Madison.

— Flat Hat Sports Editor Chris Weber

Nevada’s defense, filling a void left when former coordinator Scottie Hazelton signed on with the National Football League’s Jacksonville Jaguars.

“We wish Coach Boone the best of success as he moves into his new role,” head coach Jimmye Laycock said. “Scott was a part of two conference championships and three NCAA playoff appearances in his time on campus and was a significant contributor to our success.”

Laycock hasn’t named a successor, but hinted at hiring in-house. Current defensive backs coach Tom Clark served as coordinator from 2001-03, headlining a strong candidacy pool.

— Flat Hat Sports Editor Chris Weber