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With the highest freshman election voter turnout in the last four years, 57.49 percent of the class of 2017 voted yesterday and elected Phoebe Galt ’17 as president of the class of 2017. “I’m still kind of shaking,” Galt said. “I feel relieved and very happy.” Kelvin Abrowka-Johnson ’17, Jacqueline Zhang ’17, Shannon Caietti ’17 and Emily Thomas ’17 won senator seats. Emily Heath ’17 won class secretary, Giorgio Caterini ’17 won class treasurer, John Yoest ’17 won vice president of Advocacy, and Eboni Brown ’17 won vice president of Social Affairs. Matt Ernesto ’14 won vice president of Social Affairs for the senior class. Galt won the presidency with 264 votes, or 31 percent of the vote. Augustine Haam ’17 came in second, with 209 votes, at 25 percent. Galt’s campaign focused around six words: open, honest, committed, organized, vivacious and ready. Galt put photographs of these words on a Facebook page and used posters to publicize her bid for president. As the only female candidate of the nine presidential hopefuls, some of Galt’s posters featured herself in the one armed flex of Rosie the Riveter. “Do you see this level of diversity?” Secretary of Diversity Dylan Frendt ’14 said. “I think that it is a strong testament to our freshman class. I am absolutely ecstatic that so many women won.” Besides running as the solo female presidential candidate, Galt is the only female president elected by freshmen in the past four years. Additionally, Caietti, Thomas and Zhang end the era of this year’s all-male senate. “My R[esident] A[ssistant] … had told me there was a lot of males,” Thomas said. “I definitely tried to incorporate that into my campaign to get females elected.” Caietti was unaware that the senate was completely male. “I’m excited,” Caietti said. “I’m glad that there’s finally some women in leadership.” Galt, who has moved around throughout her life, calls China home when not attending the College of William See ELECTION page 3
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Glenn Close answered questions during the Arts and Entertainment Festival.
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About 40 years after graduating from the College of William and Mary, Glenn Close ’74 returned to mentor theatre students and speak with members of the College’s community. During her visit to campus to accept the Cheek Medal Award as part of the Arts and Entertainment Conference, Close held an open conversation in the Sadler Center. “I think it was really great that students had the opportunity to ask questions,” Arts and Entertainment Council Board of Directors
Member Jimmy Finn ’00 said. “Glenn was once in the same position that all the students here are in. She really serves as a great role model.” As an undergraduate, Close starred in numerous productions, acted in supporting roles, and worked in costume design and production. To Close, focusing on the craft of acting is more important than the celebrity aspect of her work. “When I started, people talked about wanting to learn to act,” Close said, “Now people talk about wanting to be famous and walking the red carpet and ‘What am I going to wear?’ And I really think that it is a strange
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state of affairs for our culture.” Although Close had many starring roles at the College, she was not immune to failure. She recalled one of her theatre professors referring to her as “a big fish in a small pond” while at William and Mary. “I came to William and Mary to do theatre — I knew what I wanted to do,” Close said. “In the beginning there were many rejections, but you have to get up. You have to get up and keep going.” Close began her freshman year at the See CLOSE page 3
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Nelson’s book on John Henry inspiring play Full BOV passes Professor’s book, play explore historical figure’s life, legacy in folklore myths
Funds three endowments
BY Annie CURRAN Flat hat news editor
Professor Scott Nelson expected nasty reviews when he published “Steel Drivin’ Man: John Henry, The Untold Story of an American Legend” in 2006. He says he broke many rules of history books by discussing his research process, his sources and what he was thinking when he did the research. Instead, the book received rave reviews, spurred a rapper to get a tattoo, and got Nelson invited backstage at a Bruce Springsteen concert. His book is now being incorporated into a stage production in Pittsburgh. The Hiawatha Project is producing a play with the working title “JH: Mechanics of a Legend.” It incorporates parts of the book, which argues that Henry was a real man and not just folklore. “[The play] deconstructs the converging events of the 1870s that destroyed the historical man John Henry and gave rise to an iconic folk hero,” said the Hiawatha Project website. The goal of the Hiawatha Project is to create “original performances exploring specific social questions through myth, free association and movement.” “It was very exciting,” Nelson said. “I’ve
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The full Board of Visitors convened Friday to pass resolutions regarding new endowments, construction funding and changes to the Board’s bylaws. The Board’s Committee on Development discussed the three new endowments during their meeting Thursday and the full Board approved the new scholarships Friday morning. The Board also approved changes to their bylaws, following new laws passed by the General Assembly regarding Board of Visitors at public universities in Virginia. During the meeting, Rector of the BOV Todd Stottlemyer ’85 briefed the Board on his recent visits to campus, saying that conversations about the William and Mary Promise, EVMS and partner benefits dominated his visits. He cited a strong freshman class and praise in national rankings as contributing to the overall positive feeling on campus.
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Professor Scott Nelson and his family had the opportunity to meet Bruce Springsteen, who endorsed Nelson’s book.
always liked that book. I’ve written a bunch of books, but that one meant a lot to me.” Nelson says that he was initially surprised to find out that the book was being made into a play
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Thousands of Hampton Roads’ residents are employed by the military, meaning that the area may be heavily affected by the government shutdown.
CORRECTIONS The Sept. 27 article in The Flat Hat on the Student Assembly Senate meeting incorrectly stated that the Student Assembly’s Review Board will now be called the High Court. The change has been proposed but has not yet passed. The Sept. 27 article in The Flat Hat on the Board of Visitors’ Committee on Academic Affairs meeting incorrectly stated that the College of William and Mary was ranked first by U.S. News and World Report for undergraduate education among public institutions. The College was ranked first for undergraduate teaching, not education.
Virginia to start e-ID services
No action taken into McDonnell’s probe
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the state government is developing a master identity database of Virginia residents using Department of Motor Vehicle records as its core source of information. This database will help state agencies detect fraud and aid residents in conducting business with the state electronically. In response to growing public concern with electronic privacy, identity theft and government intrusion, officials noted that the e-ID initiative will be limited in scope and access. State officials say participation in the e-ID system is voluntary. As an incentive to participate, they aim to increase participants’ opportunities with online government services.
The investigation into the finances of Gov. Bob McDonnell, R-Va., is unlikely to produce any charges before Virginia’s November election. The Washington Post reports federal prosecutors are looking into gifts and money given to the governor’s family by Star Scientific Chief Executive Jonnie Williams Sr. Authorities obtained new documents through a closed courtroom dispute with McDonnell’s legal team. The crux of the prosecution’s case lies in McDonnell’s failure to disclose the gifts from the Star Scientific CEO. Virginia law requires elected officials to disclose all gifts worth more than $50, but does not require gifts to immediate family members to be disclosed.
Festivals, fairs draw thousands to Richmond
Hampton Roads federal workers fret as shutdown looms
Richmond saw 4,600 young runners from more than 10 states at Sports Backers’ Maymont X-Country Festival Sept. 27 and 28, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. Food festivals, fairs, parties, games and athletic events — including 5ks and an 8-mile run — drew thousands of people from across the region to eat, drink, dance and compete. The Richmond metropolitan area spends approximately $2 billion annually hosting sporting events and conventions; these events help to bring more than 7 million people to the region each year.
As Congress argues over an impeding government shutdown, Hampton Roads employees and retirees wonder how their jobs, paychecks and retirement benefits will be affected. According to the Daily Press, not all government functions will halt Oct. 1. Social Security checks will be mailed, the military will remain at guard and veterans’ hospitals will stay open. With more than 157,000 government employees living and working in the region, Hampton Roads is expecting to be hit hard by the shutdown. More than 71,000 residents are employed by the military, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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In the Sept. 27 staff editorial, The Flat Hat incorrectly stated “The men’s soccer team defeated the No. 1 and No. 24 teams in the Colonial Athletic Association. It should have said that the soccer team defeated the No. 1 and No. 24 teams in the country. The Flat Hat wishes to correct any facts printed incorrectly. Corrections may be submitted by email to the editor of the section in which the incorrect information was printed. Requests for corrections will be accepted at any time.
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News in brief Discussing civic engagement
VIMS study reveals fish hotspots
Conference to feature childrens’ authors
Law students at the College of William and Mary’s Marshall-Wythe School of Law participated in a discussion called “The Importance of Civic Participation.” The event, which was moderated by Laura Vleig J.D. ’14, focused on civic engagement and ways to address voter non-participation. The event featured a panel, which included former Virginia governor George Allen, Williamsburg mayor Clyde Haulman, as well as Newton Family Professor of Government C. Lawrence Evans. All three discussed the perception that civic engagement is on the decline, while noting that in fact, participation is not extremely low.
Professor Emmett Duffy and graduate student Jon Lefcheck, researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, have been investigating fish biodiversity. Tropical coral reefs have been considered the most diverse bastions of marine life. However, recent research using alternative parameters of classification revealed new hotspots of species richness in more nutrient-rich waters such as those of the South Pacific. The South Pacific is one environment where there is a small number of species which fulfill a variety of roles in the ecosystem. This research provided a new way to identify areas of diversity and has important implications for the conservation of diversity.
The College of William and Mary School of Education will host an all-day conference Friday, Oct. 11. The conference, which is titled “Joy of Children’s Literature and Literacy,” will feature children and young adult authors Steve Shenkin, Don Brown and Susan Stockdale. Additionally, numerous literacy experts will be attend the conference. Conference attendees must RSVP and will be served breakfast and lunch. Participants can also buy featured books and have them signed by the authors in attendance. The theme of this year’s conference is nonfiction literature. The events will take place in the Education School’s Professional Development Center.
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BOARD OF VISITORS
Committee discusses six-year plan
BOV’s Committee on Financial Affairs reviews investment portfolio’s performance
BY ZACH HARDY FLAT HAT CHIEF STAFF WRITER
During the meeting of the Committee on Financial Affairs, the Board of Visitors was presented with an overview of the College of William and Mary’s investment portfolio. The members also discussed the College’s six-year financial plan. Since 2002, the portfolio has increased by $40 million, which is an average investment gain of 8.2 percent per year. T. C. Wilson of Wells Fargo Advisors said not many changes will be made in terms of investment allocation given how well the portfolio has performed in recent years. A mark of this success was the College’s outperformance of Yale University and Princeton University’s portfolios in this past year. “We anticipate strong gains in the equity market. That’s why we won’t
recommend any significant changes in the portfolio,” Wilson said. “We think the underlying fundamentals of the economy are improving so we think the diversity of the portfolio is good the way it’s positioned.” College President Taylor Reveley praised the management of the portfolio and said it will put the College on track to further increase its endowment. “The way portfolios really grow is by investment gains,” Reveley said. “You get gains when you pick the right asset classes and the right managers within those classes. There are a lot of variables, but you guys have done just that.” Vice President of Finance Sam Jones spoke about the College’s six-year plan. The plan details the College’s finances and was required by the Virginia state legislature. Jones said the plan consisted mostly of information about the William and Mary Promise.
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The Board of Visitors’ Committee on Financial Affairs discussed investments and the six-year plan at their meeting Friday morning.
After the plan was drafted, representatives from the College met with state representatives to inform
lawmakers on the school’s plan to increase tuition, professor salaries and financial aid.
“We are pushing them to move the state where this board has already moved the college,” Jones said.
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and Mary. She said that she appreciates all the support she received. Galt did not do any additional campaigning since the scheduled election date last Thursday besides talking to people. “I think the outage may have actually increased voter turnout,” Election Commission Chair Ryan Brophy ’14 said. “We were very pleased.” From 2010 to 2012, freshman voter turnout has varied from 44.92 to 46.29 percent. Roughly 20 percent of the senior class voted for the contested vice president of Social Affairs position. Because no one ran for the class of 2014 secretary position, Class President Grace Martini ’14 will appoint a secretary. “I feel ecstatic,” SA President Chase Koontz ’14 said. “It’s so much fun to see the new members of the Student Assembly, to celebrate with them. They all ran great campaigns.” The newly elected Undergraduate Council members and senators will attend their first meeting today in Blow Hall at 7 p.m., where they will be inaugurated.
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Student Assembly President Chase Koontz ‘14 congratulates Phoebe Galt ’17 after she was elected freshman class president with 264 votes in yesterday’s election.
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material, but I can see now that it speaks to things I hadn’t really thought about when I wrote the book,” Nelson said. “Like the plight of workers who are undocumented or convicts or other things like that. It has a deeper message that resonates. I knew it resonated in the 1920s, and I knew it resonated in the 1930s and 40s with people, but it’s exciting to see the song come back.” He said for modern audiences, Henry’s story could also relate to the current issue of immigrant rights. “John Henry wasn’t an immigrant, but that experience of being kind of an outsider and struggling against the odds is something that I can see would resonate,” Nelson said. Nelson’s interest in Henry was an “accident.” His first book, “Iron Confederacies: Southern Railways, Klan Violence and Reconstruction,” explored the creation of the southern railroad. His adviser encouraged him to write something on the legend of Henry. Initially, he tried to research why railroad workers sang “The Ballad of John Henry.” He published an article on this in 1999. “As I was finishing the article, I sort of figured out — this is a real person. I knew where he died and what railroad he
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worked on when he did it,” Nelson said. After five more years of research, Nelson wrote the book. He said the response after it was published was shocking and unexpected. The rapper Soul Khan got a tattoo that includes an image from the cover of Nelson’s book. In the song Rusted Ghost, he rapped about why he got the tattoo. “Left arm’s John Henry, hammer in hand. A tribute to the indisputable impact of a man,” Khan’s lyrics read. Bruce Springsteen was so impressed with the book that he wrote an endorsement for the paperback version and invited Nelson backstage after a concert. “Written at the crossroads where American myth and reality intersect, Steel Drivin’ Man is a tribute and requiem to the real steel drivin’ men who built this country,” the endorsement said. Meeting Springsteen backstage was an exciting moment for Nelson. “I was kind of stage struck when I saw him. Usually I’m pretty good at talking to people, but it was the Boss,” Nelson said. The play is set to open in August 2014, although the exact date and time are still to be announced. Nelson will fly out to Pittsburgh to see the production.
“It’s great to be on campus. ... It was very positive. There is even a little bit of a swagger going on right now which I think it’s good for the College of William and Mary to have some swagger,” Stottlemyer said. College of William and Mary President Taylor Reveley also addressed the Board, saying the past year was a great time for recruiting and philanthropy. “In the light of history, the 320th year will be seen as one of the great years in the College’s life,” Reveley said. Citing the passage of the William and Mary Promise during April’s Board meeting, Reveley credited the past year
with helping to stabilize the College’s financial future by combining more earned income with gains in productivity and philanthropy. “If you get those three streams of revenue in gear, all of a sudden we have enough money to begin to move again,” Reveley said. Dean Davison Douglas of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law also reported to the Board about the Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic at the school. Law students and lawyers at the clinic help veterans file disability claims with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Over the past year, the clinic has received national recognition, as both Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and officials at the
White House have asked the clinic to assist in backlogs with the system. After meeting with officials at the White House, leaders of the clinic were charged with producing a 50-page document in three weeks that detailed how the clinic handled claims. The clinic has since partnered with approximately 15 other universities and plans to continue to reach out to additional law schools. “We’re in the process of setting up a series of conferences … where we train other law schools how to do these veterans’ benefits clinics so we can expand this outreach,” Douglas said. The Board concluded their September meetings and will meet again in November.
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College at the age of 22 with the intent of becoming an actress. Along the way, she picked up a double major in theatre and anthropology. “I always thought it was really cool to have a strong theatre department in a liberal arts school,” Close said to the audience. The liberal arts education impacted her in various ways, Close noted. “By seeming more intelligent, [I was] able to talk to people about things other than theatre,” Close said. Despite having entered the celebrity realm, Close continues to make an effort to give back. “She clearly loves the College. There are
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Rapper Soul Khan apparently decided on a John Henry-inspired tattoo after reading Professor Scott Nelson’s book on the historical figure.
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alumni at every college who are more of a challenge to bring back,” Finn said. “It’s great that we can give her the Cheek Award, but even greater that she wants to give back and to talk to students and be a mentor.” Close ran a master class Friday for students in the theatre department. A handful of students were selected to read monologues for the famous alumna and she provided feedback. Theatre minor Celeste Hall ’14 observed the class. “You could tell she was very invested and committed to the students,” Hall said. “For the six students who performed, it was really neat to see how their monologue changed based on the feedback they received. At the end of the class, she gave us advice about acting and auditioning.”
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Have the facts before you take a stance found that in 1979 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a statement that said the American people shouldn’t expect privacy of telephone records and, therefore, the Fourth Amendment’s requirement of warrants does not apply. Because the Supreme Court was created to be the voice of the Constitution, which said phone records were not the flat hat private property, the NSA is acting constitutionally. This 1979 statement isn’t common knowledge, but it is Researching issues is like brushing your teeth: Nobody important knowledge to have when taking a stance on the wants to do it, but it’s important. Before you take a constitutionality of the NSA’s actions. If I had not done stance on any issue, you should do extensive research. further research, I would have had to rely on my best The issue of the National Security Agency’s intelligence guess as to how constitutional the NSA’s actions are. Another resource I used when conducting my research gathering is one of the best current examples of this. After extensive research, I have found that people who claim was interviews available for public viewing. Interviews the NSA is performing unconstitutional acts and obtaining are helpful for obtaining information because you are not information illegally are under informed. Just a few months receiving the information from a single source, but rather ago, the country boiled over in heightened discontent hearing a back-and-forth between two sources at once. with the NSA’s actions as Edward Snowden, a former NSA I found an interview of Bryan Cunningham, a former contractor, told the world the NSA was spying on U.S. lawyer for the National Security Council and the Central citizens by gathering telephone records. Joel Brenner, a Intelligence Agency. He pointed out that the telephone former NSA inspector general, challenged this statement records the NSA has obtained are “turned over voluntarily by the telephone companies to in a PBS NewsHour interview with Judy When conducting research, it’s the government.” This interview Woodruff. shows the NSA would not have “The idea that the NSA is compiling important to use sources that to go to court to legally obtain dossiers on people the way J. Edgar Hoover are as non-biased as possible. and look through the records, did, or the way the East German police did, Typically when the source is which means the NSA is acting that’s just not true,” Brenner argues. unbiased, the information is legally. This helped me to make The lack of true information people have unbiased as well. a more informed decision about obtained and the small number of researched facts the media gives the public are the real problems the legality of the NSA’s actions. This issue is one of many that the public is vastly with the NSA intelligence issue. It is no longer enough to simply watch the news to obtain enough information under informed about simply because the facts are to take a stance. The media often leaves out incredibly not common knowledge. Yet, this information holds important information about issues that could turn many enough importance to reshape an opinion or discredit arguments upside-down. In my personal research, I found an argument. There are so many facts about the NSA, or a handful of facts that drastically impacted my stance on even about intelligence agencies in general, that have been swept under the rug, played down or skewed. Such the intelligence gathering issue. actions have caused a misinterpretation of fact, which has When conducting research, it’s important to use led to misinformed opinions. Anyone attempting to take sources that are as non-biased as possible. Typically an informed stance on an issue must perform extensive when the source is unbiased, the information is unbiased research first. as well. To find more information on the subject, I turned to PBS’s NewsHour, which is one of the most Email Katie Kellenberger at kakellenberger@email. unbiased media sources out there. In my research, I wm.edu.
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Over the weekend, actress and alumna Glenn Close visited campus. What else could the College do to promote the arts?
“I think the College does a fairly good job of promoting the arts. However, I feel that they could do a better job of promoting creativity in all its forms.” Paul Botelho ’17
“I feel like they do a pretty good job of that already. Maybe having things at times more students could go to (such as on a weekday night).” Meghan Herlihy ’14
“I think if we brought in more people like Glenn Close, even if they aren’t alumni.”
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ast week, actress and alumna of the College of William and Mary Glenn Close ’74 visited campus during the Arts and Entertainment Festival and spoke to students about her experiences. The star of “Fatal Attraction” and “Damages,” Close’s visit was well received and provided many students in the arts with a unique opportunity to connect with one of the College’s most famous alumni. Without the Arts and Entertainment Council — the College’s first industry-based alumni group — this experience would not have been possible. Hopefully this success leads to visits by other prominent alumni, collaboration between the Arts and Entertainment Council and Sherman and Gloria H. Cohen Career Center and the creation of future industry-based alumni groups for other fields. The Arts and Entertainment Council has attracted several alumni in the arts including Sara Schaefer, a comedian and writer who currently hosts a show on MTV, and Ashley Miller, a screenwriter for “Thor” and “X-Men: First Class.” While holding events for students and prominent alumni is helpful, the Arts and Entertainment Council could expand its efforts to include networking with many of those alumni. The Arts and Entertainment Council provided literary and cultural studies majors the excellent chance to have lunch with Close. Continuing to arrange such events would provide more opportunities to students and alumni to connect, allowing students to gain knowledge and build valuable relationships with successful graduates of the College. This will hopefully lead to a fruitful cooperation between the Arts and Entertainment Council and the Career Center. The two could work together to expand options for arts students, who may be limited by the lack of viable career choices and the Career Center’s primary focus on other non-arts-related fields. The strength of the Career Center’s resources combined with the untapped networking potential of the Arts and Entertainment Council could be extremely beneficial for arts students. In addition to helping students and alumni come together, the Arts and Entertainment Council could become an advocate for arts programs and buildings, specifically, the unfinished plan to update arts facilities. While the Board of Visitors originally hoped to fund the construction of an integrated arts complex, the $350 million price tag prevented it from doing so. The Board has since decided on a piecemeal approach that could benefit from student/alumni input. The resulting facility could be a source of pride not just for arts students, but also for the whole campus community. It could also attract talented prospective students and funding from alumni who see that the College places value on the arts. The success of the Arts and Entertainment Council should encourage the establishment of industry-based alumni groups in other areas of study. The creation of such groups could expose students to interesting research done in the social and physical sciences by alumni not working at the College. This could give alumni the chance to showcase their work, and afford students the opportunity to see how their interests and aspirations could produce real-world effects. The College’s first industry-based alumni group is to be commended not only for getting a terrific actress to visit campus, but also for creating the potential for lasting and productive studentalumni relationships. The Arts and Entertainment Council can do great things, and the College should look forward to its continued success.
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Emphasizing history’s human factor will teach students more than what happened Matt Camarda
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It’s a shame many Americans find history boring. I can understand why; the way it’s taught can often be reduced to a simple “that happened, then this happened, then the South seceded from the Union, and Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves.” An overreliance on bland, lifeless and safe retellings of history through committee-approved textbooks, a fear of parent backlash, and an obsession with test scores has rendered students apathetic and ignorant of what shaped their world. If we are to rescue history — and ultimately our nation — we must take a different approach to teaching history: one that emphasizes the human element and critical understanding, over rote memorization and dull description.
I took a history class last semester called “Global History since 1500” with professor Frederick Corney. I was skeptical of the class at first because I was required to read textbook chapters that initially felt too broad and uninvolved. What I took to quickly were the primary sources and Corney’s lectures, which gave the textbook readings immediacy and life. I won’t presume to say I felt one with the oppressed Incas worked to death by the Spanish in the Potosi silver mines or with the Kenyan Mau Maus herded into British concentration camps during the dying days of European colonialism, but I understood the humanity and horror of it and was forced to grasp the necessity of dealing with the darker aspects of one’s past to build a better future. Americans are dangerously lacking in this capacity. A lifetime could be spent studying the darkest parts of America’s history, which is why many Americans get so defensive when any of it is mentioned. A nation incapable of coming to terms with its past, or even understanding it, is
ill equipped for the future. For example, in order for America to deal effectively with Iran, it must remember that in 1953, the CIA arranged to overthrow the democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, and replace him with the Shah, a ruthless dictator who was utterly despised by most Iranians. Thus, Iranians’ hatred of America makes sense through a historical context. I learned this in high school; I suspect scarce few Americans have. A typical rebuttal of this argument is that if we teach students the worst parts of our history, we’ll be teaching them to hate and to be ashamed of their country. History taught with the humanity of all its actors in mind is not in danger of engendering shame. Only through human lenses can we see more clearly the acts of greed, cruelty and brutality but also those of generosity, goodness and heroism that shaped our nation. Americans who understand this will rarely be bored by history or want for patriotism. Email Matt Camarda at mjcamarda@ email.wm.edu.
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characters on display “Glenn Close: A Life in Costume” features outfits from Close’s Hollywood and student productions.
Close was a double major in theatre and anthropology and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor fraternity.
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“Fatal Attraction” to “Damages”: Muscarelle debuts costume collection BY ARIEL COHEN FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR
As an undergraduate theatre student, Glenn Close ’74 had a small dog named Penny which she brought with her to every rehearsal and performance. 22 years later, Close played the role of Cruella De Vil, a puppy-hating villain. The new Muscarelle exhibit, “Glenn Close: A Life in Costume,” showcases both sides of the actress’s career. The exhibit displays costumes from Close’s roles in famous films and television shows such as “Fatal Attraction,” “Stepford Wives” and “Damages,” among others. Additionally, the exhibit tells the tales of her days as a student actress at the College of William and Mary and has a separate room featuring her costumes from “101 Dalmatians.” This is the first exhibit of its kind in the Muscarelle. Upon entering the second floor showroom, visitors walk through the odyssey of Close’s acting career as told by her costumes. Each costume has an accompanying quote from the actress or a movie line to bring the garment to life. “I think for the most part actors inhabit their costumes, like puppets hanging on a hanger waiting to come alive,” reads a Close quote on the wall of the exhibit. Close’s personal stylist, Chuck
Thomas, attended the gallery opening. According to Thomas, Close has kept a collection of costumes since her early days in film. “It’s pretty amazing that Glenn had the foresight to collect these costumes early in her career,” Thomas said. “I think that even from her early years at William and Mary she had that connection to the costumes and that’s carried on throughout her film career.” Thomas also emphasized Close’s strong connection to her costumes, no matter what the role. “She studies the character like every actor, but in the clothes fittings, that is the part of the process that brings the character to life,” Thomas said. The exhibit was created in collaboration with anthropology professor Danielle Moretti-Langholtz. She aimed to reveal the story behind each costume by placing characters’ quotes and photographs by each outfit. “I tried to make it not about the movies, but about the characters,” Morietti-Langholtz said. The opening room of the exhibit showcases costumes from Close’s time as an undergraduate acting on the College’s stage. In addition to showcasing costumes from her leading roles in “Anthony and Cleopatra” (’72), “Brigadoon” (’73) and “The Seagull” (’73), the room holds
mementos of the actress’s time at the College, such as theatre programs, Flat Hat articles and graduation photographs. While at the College, Close completed a double major in theatre and anthropology. As an upperclassman, she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa honor fraternity. Theatre and dance professor Patricia Wesp helped curate the exhibit’s room on Close’s theatre experiences at the College. Close starred in productions and acted in supporting roles, in addition to doing work in costume design and production. Although Close came to the College
as a 22-year-old freshman with some professional acting experience, she remained very much involved in the College community. “Absolutely, she was as much a part of the family and the community,” theatre professor and classmate of Close Patricia Wesp ’72 said. “She’s a very real person. Very idealistic about some things and very pragmatic about others. A typical William and Mary student in that sense.” The exhibit’s main room flaunts Close’s personal costume collection, featuring the infamous outfits of characters such as Alex Forrest, Albert Nobbs and
Close acted in starring and supporting roles during her time with the College’s theatre program.
Claire Wellington. Most costumes were accompanied by accessories from the film. “What a character wears has everything to do with who that character is,” a quote from Close on the wall of the exhibit read. The last, and possibly most majestic, room in the exhibit showcases Close’s extravagant costumes from her role as Cruella De Vil in “101 Dalmatians” and “102 Dalmatians.” The three furry and sparkly costumes stand in a room covered in red, black and white Dalmatian spots. The sharp talons on the fingernails of Cruella’s gloves emphasize the pure evil of the character. The sleek dangling cigarette holder speaks to the character’s high fashion. The glitter radiating off of her red feathers has a devilish glamour. “You’ve won the battle, but I’m about to win the wardrobe,” hangs behind the larger-than-life costumes. The exhibit is the first costume exhibit the Muscarelle has ever hosted and will be on display until the end of the semester. “A costume exhibition is very different from what we’ve done here, especially going from Michaelangelo to Glenn Close,” Muscarelle marketing intern Kaitlin Noe ’14 said. “But costumes are different than art in that they really appeal to everyone.”
Tyehimba Jess explores scope of three dimensional poetry Poetry Ambassador to Ghana showcases newly invented poetry form, ‘syncopated sonnet,’ at poetry reading
BY TUCKER HIGGINS THE FLAT HAT
During an accolade-filled introduction for poet Tyehimba Jess — during which it was revealed that, in addition to teaching at the Juilliard School, winning numerous prestigious awards and publishing a book in the National Poetry Series, Jess had also served as the Poetry Ambassador to Accra, Ghana — someone in the second row started laughing. “Who is this guy?” the audience member asked. Seeing the man in the audience, Jess started to laugh as well. The audience member was Tim Siebels, a famous American poet and National Book Award nominee, who once taught Jess at a poetry workshop called Cave Canem (Latin for “beware the dog”). “Once the teacher, now the student,” Siebels said, describing his evolving relationship with Jess. Like their relationship, Jess’ poetic style has changed over the years. Once a performer at The Green Mill in Chicago — the birthplace of the “slam” movement in the 1990s — Jess has not slammed since 2001. Instead, he began to work on his book, “leadbelly,” which tells the story of Huddie Ledbetter, a convicted murderer and celebrated blues player, from the perspective of dozens of people and objects which surround him. The book — his first thus far — was published in
2004 with the National Poetry Series and won much acclaim. Shortly after it was published, the National Endowment for the Arts offered Jess a grant. When Jess came to the College of William and Mary’s St. George’s Tucker Hall for the inaugural reading of the Patrick Hayes Writers Series, he had something new to present. After reading six poems from “leadbelly,” Jess projected a new poem, “Christine and Millie McCoy,” onto the screen at the front of the room. Before he began to read, it was clear that the new poem was different, at least in form, from anything that had come before it. This is because the poem was laid out in a style that Jess invented — the “syncopated sonnet” — to symbolize the anatomy of its subjects, pygopagus twins conjoined near the abdomen. The sisters were born into slavery in 1851, and like many of the real-life characters in Jess’ upcoming work, they lived largely unrecorded lives of intrigue and adversity. As Jess revealed, “Christine and Millie McCoy” could be read using just the lines on the left side of the page or just the lines on the right; it could also be read from bottom to top, or using just the lines that were in the middle of the page connecting the two sides. Each manner of reading produced a slightly different poem. Associate professor of English Hermine Pinson, who arranged the event, said that this form offers the reader agency.
“One can listen to the music of Jess’ lines, but one benefits as much from reading them in their multiple trajectories that practice in their very form the depth and multiplicity of meaning that is the poem’s trademark,” Pinson said. Damian Carpenter, an adjunct professor of English at the College, said that Jess’ development of form is “groundbreaking.” “Whereas ‘leadbelly’ showed hints of significant innovation in poetic form, Jess’ recent work goes far beyond merely making the form fit the subject matter,” Carpenter said. “Jess has made poetic form a cultural statement.” Tentatively titled “Olio,” the new collection is named after the second part of a typical minstrel show, in which white actors in blackface would make political speeches. Jess said his interest was in “dealing with a lot of folks whose lives were never recorded but whose experiences were embedded deep in the national consciousness.” “I try hard to empathize with the people I’m writing about in a way that will enlighten me and readers,” Jess said. In addition to the McCoy sisters, in “Olio,” Jess also writes about Bert Williams and George Walker, an African American comedy duo who, at the turn of the 20th century, co-opted the minstrel show. “Bert Williams / George Walker Paradox,” as the name indicates, is written in a more complicated form than the syncopated sonnet, called the
“syncopated ghazal.” A syncopated ghazal is written in two columns of text, which may be read left to right, column by column, backwards or diagonally. After Jess read from “Paradox,” which also was projected onto a screen, he showed the audience examples of how one might read his poem in a three-dimensional format. He had two paper cutouts in the form of cylinders and one as a Möbius strip, a shape whose paradoxical properties were discovered in 1858, which can be formed by taking a band of paper, twisting it 180 degrees, and connecting the edges. Carpenter said the necessity for instructions is a weakness in Jess’ poetry, particularly at a time when many readers have grown accustomed to “read[ing] tweets of the most inane thoughts and doing.” “But the power of Jess’ new work is that one can’t help but be amazed at the word magic he performs within such a strict form,” Carpenter said. Almost 100 years before Jess handed out his three-dimensional poetry, and more than eight decades before he participated in the slam poetry movement in Chicago, E.E. Cummings famously said, “the day of the spoken lyric is past.” At The Green Mill, Jess and his slammer companions proved that the spoken lyric will not go away quietly. On Thursday in Tucker Hall, Jess showed that Cummings’ second hope, a belief in a modern poetry that “builds itself, three dimensionally ... in the consciousness of the experiencer,” may exist alongside it.
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WizMug Club sorts new recruits into Hogwarts houses in Wren Hall ceremony BY RACHEL BROWN FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR
Potterheads come in a variety of breeds. There’s the casual fan — the one who has only seen the eight movies. There’s the average fan — the one who has read all the books and has dressed up as Harry Potter or Hermione Granger for Halloween at least once. There’s the dedicated fan – the one who knows every character’s birthday and was devastated when the letter from Hogwarts never arrived. Then there’s the “go-Hogwarts-or-go-home” fan. These are the ones who get sorted into the Wizards and Muggles Club at the College of William and Mary. 52 students at the College officially became new members of WizMug on the night of Sept. 25. Each new recruit was sorted into Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin based on their personality. Anastasia Rivera ’17 is a new member who began reading Harry Potter when she was 12 years old. “I found out about it when one of my hall mates actually told me about this club, and then I just really liked it when I came to the first meeting,” Rivera said. “They seem like really cool people.” Rivera was excited about the prospect of being sorted into any house, although she favored Gryffindor the most. “I don’t really have a preference, but I feel like I fit
Gryffindor the best,” Rivera said. “Mainly because I don’t fit the rest of them … and I just love people.” Priya Pannapula ’17 participated in a Harry Potter club at her elementary school, so she was also happy to discover WizMug and be sorted. “I’m so excited,” Pannapula said. “I don’t have a favorite [house] right now just because the club environment is so great.” To the 52 incoming first years, the sorting ceremony may seem as easy as magic. Outside the Wizarding World, however, lots of preparations are needed to prepare for a sorting ceremony. President of WizMug, Headmistress Christina Hartless ’14, is a Hufflepuff who was sorted with about 40 people the year before. She explained the behind-the-scenes aspect of the sorting ceremony. “It’s a lot of people this year,” Hartless said. “You fill out a sorting quiz beforehand and it has questions like, ‘What house traits do you see in yourself?’, ‘What would you see in the Mirror of Erised?’, ‘What would your Patronus be?’ — just different things like that to really get a handle of what your personality is since we sort where we think your personality fits in the canon house qualities.” After the prospective members have filled out the quiz, the upperclassmen in the club deliver letters stating exactly when and where the sorting ceremony will take place.
Deciding where the first years should go is not an easy task. The Heads of Houses and the Executive Board make the touch calls after they read their answers from the sorting quiz, and they try to maintain an even number for all the houses — although at times there is controversy. “Sometimes, someone is really in between two [houses], and it’ll be split. We’re not necessarily fighting over it, but it’s like a ‘Hey, where’s this person going to go?’” Hartless said. “Trying to decide gets a little difficult with some of them ... We have a hard time getting Slytherins to stay.” The new students were instructed to meet on the Crim Dell Meadow, and they were led in alphabetical order to the Great Hall by Deputy Headmistress Destiny Douglas ’16. Douglas, a Ravenclaw, explained how the ceremony, which takes place in the Great Hall of the Sir Christopher Wren Building, operates. “Christina is headmistress, so she presides over the ceremony, and she reads their names and announces which house they are in,” Douglas said. “The hat gets put on their heads.” Although it doesn’t talk or sing as it does in the books, the sorting hat is a replica of the one from the movies — and incoming first years were eager to place it on their heads. As Headmistress Hartless announced each
person’s fate, cheers erupted from the prospective house, and the new members joined their houses’ tables in the Great Hall. Douglas really likes having the ceremony in the Wren Building and then having a feast afterwards in the basement of the Great Hall. “[The Great Hall] kind of makes it feels more Hogwarts-ish,” Douglas said. “After sorting, we go downstairs … to have food and feast, essentially. All the Heads of Houses do sorting goodie bags for their new members.” The sorting ceremony is a big event for WizMug, but they also hold other events, such as a Death Day Party on Halloween in memory of Lily and James Potter, a Yule Log Ceremony in February, and a House Cup at the end of each school year. With almost 600 people on its listserv, WizMug helps the College top the list of top campuses for Harry Potter fans. Albus Dumbledore would be happy to know the club is making magical dreams come true. In “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,” Dumbledore said help would always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it without specifying any house in particular. Pannapula, who was sorted into Gryffindor, realized the truth behind that statement. “Hogwarts is my home, not a house,” Pannapula said.
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Students purchased discounted tickets and attended Busch Gardens Day on Friday Sept. 27. During the park’s Howl-OScream event, ‘monsters’ chased frightened park visitors.
The fake monsters at Busch Gardens provided scares and thrills as students navigated the amusement park after dark.
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Terrified students fled from chainsaw-wielding, costumed Howl-O-Scream performers on Busch Gardens Day on Friday.
CONFUSION CORNER
If Newborn Babies Could Speak: Twitter’s philosopher king Jaden Smith offers capitalized, relatable insight on life, reveals prevelance of educational brainwashing
Zoe Johnson
Confusion Corner Columnist
The problems within America’s education system are similar to Wawa Pam’s attitude at 2 a.m. on Fridays: No one knows how it got so bad, or quite how to fix it, but we all love talking about it. The brightest minds in America from politicians to educators and other liberal arts majors are exploring and debating these issues to seemingly no avail. Perhaps their lack of success stems from an inability to grasp the main problem in our education system (i.e. the most detrimental issue and the one that required a solution two decades ago). The following issues are wrongly considered top priorities: 1) Lack of funding for schools: Come on, when has this ever been an issue? 2) Not enough dedicated teachers: No. 3) Wealthy Americans have access to better schools: Don’t blame the wealthy,
you socialist. Are you stumped? If not those three or ones from a similar vein, then what is the most pressing issue? Let Jaden Smith spell it out for you: “School Is The Tool Used To Brainwash The Youth.” The 15-year-old son of actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith tweeted this epiphany in early September, just as millions of American youth began heading back to their subpar schools. It is tempting to write off his thoughts as angst, but don’t do so too quickly. The Karate Kid starts each word with a capital letter, indicating his seriousness and, frankly, he could have a point. Learning and brainwashing are two sides of the same coin. There is no finer example of this than the College of William and Mary’s General Education Requirements, affectionately known as GERs and un-affectionately known as the worst thing ever. How many times must I suffer through math and science related courses before I know I that don’t care? I believe the first five minutes suffice, but the College believes four courses do the trick. Is this for my benefit? Or is this a part of some larger scheme to
brainwash me? In addition, what is with all the tests and quizzes? Attending class is clearly enough to learn the material, yet professors are attempting to drill this knowledge into our heads every chance they get. Are you starting to smell the brainwash in the air? I do not have all the answers, but Jaden Smith is starting to make a great deal of sense. The young starlet followed his initial education tweet with two others equally as thought provoking. Smith claims, “If Newborn Babies Could Speak They Would Be The Most Intelligent Beings On Planet Earth” and “If Everybody In The World Dropped Out Of School We Would Have A Much More Intelligent Society.” More words with capital letters — Jaden wants your attention, folks. Okay, Jaden Smith, we are listening. In fact, if I am going to listen theories about life and education from any 15 year old, it’s absolutely going to be the son of Will Smith. Growing up in Hollywood with a multi-millionaire superstar as your father definitely humbles your opinion and makes you a very relatable person in all facets of life. In this regard, I feel comfortable bestowing the title “voice of
our generation” to Jaden Smith. As a literary and cultural studies major, I find his aforementioned tweets to be quite relevant to my course of study, as the tweets philosophize about culture and society. I am not sure what that says about my major choice, but I do know that Jaden Smith is again revealing truths. Have you ever stared into the eyes of a newborn baby? Have you ever noticed how the baby stares intently back at you? That baby is studying you, critiquing your every move with fresh eyes. If you need someone to speak to candidly, look no further than a newborn baby. Without learning social norms, white lies do not exist and this baby’s honesty is 100 percent real. Your breath stinks, you’re ugly, and that outfit has got to go; a newborn baby will not hold anything back. Furthermore, did you struggle with your ninth grade biology homework? Imagine having a newborn baby as your tutor; fresh out the womb, this baby can remember the inside of the human body like it was just yesterday. Jaden is right; the benefits of a talking newborn baby could change lives. Lastly, his final tweet questions our definition of the word
“intelligent.” Do we define intelligence as finishing a doctoral thesis or knowing the difference between a staple gun and a handgun? We should define intelligence somewhere between those two extremes, and dropping out of school is the only way to ensure this balance. Why study abroad or take classes in a field you have never considered when you can just quit altogether? Jaden Smith, your brilliance is wise beyond your years. Even if you’re daring enough to disagree with the voice of our generation, it would behoove you to seek out and listen to various theories about education. This way you will learn what your own concept of “being educated” is, how you will get there, and perhaps how you can help others get there. I set my standards to those of Jaden Smith’s, so goodbye William and Mary. You can find me somewhere in hospitals listening to the murmurs of newborn babies. Intelligence is upon me. Follow Jaden on twitter @officialjaden (or don’t, whatever). Zoe Johnson is a Confusion Corner columnist and consults babies for life advice all the time.
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
Tribe victorious in first CAA matchup
Rutter, Camper score as College defeats Dukes, extends unbeaten streak to eight games BY MICK SLOAN FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary opened Colonial Athletic Association play Saturday with a sharp 2-1 win on the road against James Madison. After playing four consecutive overtime matches, the Tribe (41-4, 1-0 CAA) needed only 90 minutes to dispatch the Dukes and extend its unbeaten streak to eight games. “We didn’t play as well as I would have liked, but we defended very well and we didn’t give them a lot of opportunities,” head coach John Daly evaluated. Saturday’s victory marked the Tribe’s tenthstraight win in its CAA-opener. The streak goes back to the 2004 season, when the Tribe defeated Delaware. The College is 18-3 over the last two years. The victory came at a key part of the College’s season. Although it has not lost since its opening game, the Tribe has been held to just five goals in its previous five games. The team needed a win to start off CAA play — and they delivered. JMU challenged the Tribe from the beginning, notching the game’s first four unsuccessful shots. The Tribe finally had an opportunity in the 11th minute with an on-target strike by senior forward Dani Rutter that was narrowly saved. The Dukes had a near goal off a header by Haley Miller, but sophomore goalie Caroline Casey secured the save to keep the game scoreless. The Tribe offense finally struck in the 42nd minute, when Rutter’s shot was blocked and ricocheted to junior forward Emory Camper. Camper headed the rebound into the open net to stake the College to a 1-0 lead at intermission. The
goal was Camper’s fifth goal of the season. Despite the Tribe’s lead at halftime, JMU largely controlled the game in the first half. The Dukes out-shot the Tribe 11-4, however all four of the College’s shots were on goal. The hosts also held the College without a corner kick in the opening period. The Dukes opened the second half with a pair of shots, but both sailed harmlessly wide of the net. Camper nearly struck again for the College in the 65th minute, but her header cleared the crossbar to keep the Tribe’s lead at 1-0. The Dukes continued to threaten the Tribe with two shots on goal just three minutes apart. However, Casey deftly stopped both attempts short to bring her total to four saves on the day. After over 30 minutes of scoreless play to open the second half, the College finally earned a much-needed insurance goal. Junior forward Anna Madden whipped a through ball up-field to Rutter, who maneuvered past the goalkeeper for her second goal of the year and a 2-0 Tribe lead in the 86th minute. The Dukes finally earned their own goal when forward Kelly Kerrigan fired in from the box in the 89th minute, cutting the College’s lead to 2-1 with barely a minute left in the contest. The Dukes were unable to muster another shot against the visitors, and the Tribe captured a win in their first CAA game. The Tribe won despite being out-shot 16-9 — largely because five of its attempts were on target. Casey, who is averaging less than one goal allowed per game, was typically strong between the pipes, and the Tribe defense only allowed four shots on goal to help earn the narrow conference victory. Daly was particularly pleased with his team’s
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Senior forward Dani Rutter scored the College’s second goal and assisted in junior forward Emory Camper’s goal.
complete defensive effort. “Caroline made a couple of good saves when they threatened … everyone really combined and worked hard to neutralize them … we kept our focus and determination at a high level and just denied them the opportunities,” Daly said.
The Tribe will continue CAA play when they face off against Drexel Thursday night in Philadelphia. The team will then return to Williamsburg for a four game home stand, opening with a 2 p.m. game Sunday against Delaware at Martin Family Stadium.
FIELD HOCKEY
CAA schedule starts with victory over JMU Saunders scores two goals before Hajek scores game-winner in the last five minutes of nail-biter BY SAMANTHA COHEN FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER William and Mary (3-5) triumphed 4-3 in a tense Colonial Athletic Association contest
Sunday against James Madison (5-5) in its first conference game of the season. Tribe sophomore forward Pippin Saunders scored a goal three times in the game against
JMU, with an assist from junior midfielder Emma Clifton, rising out of a counter-attack into JMU’s unprepared defense. Shortly after, despite sophomore goalkeeper Meredith
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Saunders scored her thirteenth point of the season, with two quick goals in Sunday’s win over tense victory over JMU.
Savage’s attempt to clear it, JMU midfielder Rosalie Becker launched the rebound ball into the Tribe’s goal-cage before Savage could recalibrate. The Tribe quickly regained its lead after another impressive Saunders goal off an offensive corner at the 10 minute mark. The Tribe maintained its lead over JMU with some great defensive playing. Savage deflected several shots on goal with some consequential clearing. Savage took over the goalkeeper position Sunday after sophomore Cate Johnson, who notched an impressive shutout against Davidson last week, suffered a concussion in practice Monday. “We actually have had her in the training room all week, and she was only cleared just before the game to do practice on Monday,” head coach Tess Ellis said. “So at the moment Meredith [Savage] stepped up to the plate, which was great. … She played with a lot of aggression, which she hasn’t shown before as a young
goalkeeper, so I was pretty happy.” Despite the strong barrier, JMU managed to pull through with another game-tying goal by midfielder Loes Stijntjes on a corner play. Stijnties scored once more against the Tribe in a seemingly identical play 3 minutes later to put the Dukes in the lead. JMU’s lead was short-lived. Tribe sophomore midfielder Esty Byrd answered right back in the last seconds of the first half, scoring against JMU on an offensive corner with assists from Clifton and Saunders. Tied 3-3, the second period was an intense battle for a coveted conference win. The first half was a defensive one for the Tribe with JMU notching 10 shots, while the Tribe only had five. The statistics reversed in the second half as the Tribe had 10 shots on goal compared to JMU’s two. With less than 5 minutes remaining and the scoreboard still even, the pressure to score was at an all-time high for both teams. The prospect of overtime was anticipated until the Tribe’s
duo of freshman forwards broke through. Olivia Hajek scored the decisive goal off a deflection with an assist from Maria Pastor. JMU continued to apply offensive pressure in vain. The game ended with a futile Dukes’ offensive corner, giving the Tribe a 4-3 victory. Ellis and the players were excited to start off their conference slate with a win, especially considering the results of last year’s conference standings. “I think it sort of says to the rest of the conference we’re not the team we used to be. … Meredith Savage, our goalkeeper, played excellent, made some key saves,” said Ellis. “It was great out front, great in the midfield. We just played really well and executed what we wanted to do so we’re very happy with that and hopefully we can keep it going. Last year we didn’t play so well so it was great to come out here on our own turf and get a win, it meant a lot to us and the coaches I know.” The Tribe will play its next CAA game at Delaware Friday.
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shutouts in seven games and having beaten two number ones and all those things. But he’s handling it really well.” Although he admitted he has been impressed with his team’s play so far this season, Norris was adamant about a few areas where the team needs to improve in order to be successful in the second half of its season. “We need to keep improving on our shot percentage,” Norris said. “We’ve been pretty good so far this season, but when we’ve had our best games our shot percentage has been somewhere in the 12-13 percent range and right now we’re at 10 percent. That’s an area that we talked
about all through spring, and it’s an area that we’re really going to try to improve upon.” Taking down three ranked teams in three games brings with it heightened expectations, as well as a heightened chance to fall short of those expectations. However, Norris was quick to assert that his players would not let their season be defined by non-conference upsets, and that they are focused on entering CAA play. “It’s human nature to get excited for games like Creighton and UNC because they’re ranked teams that are big-name programs,” Norris sad. “We have the fortune and the misfortune of having a very difficult season last year, and I think that the memory of that is still fresh in
our minds. But we want to make sure that we continue to have the sort of feeling that we have right now of excitement and people talking about us and really enjoying playing with each other. So it’s an on-going process of really just trying to focus on having good performances in training and then translate that to the games.” Saturday’s loss at Drexel was a reminder that all great streaks must end, but then again, Norris and his players have proven that they are capable of starting another one at any time against anybody. Even though the CAA is a tough conference, if the Tribe falls short this season, it certainly won’t be because of intimidation or a lack of talent. Just ask Creighton. Or Elon. Or North Carolina.
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Head Coach Chris Norris has watched his team defeat three ranked teams to start season.
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of everything we’re doing and that’s set the stage for everything we’ve been able to accomplish.
—Head coach Chris Norris on his 2013 squad’s early season achievements
Once is a mistake. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is a habit. William and Mary defeated No. 1 Creighton, then defeated No. 24 Elon and rounded out last week’s play by defeating the new No. 1 North Carolina. Despite its 2-1 loss to Drexel Saturday, the Tribe (4-3-1, 0-1 CAA) has more than proven itself to be a capable team and one with legitimate Colonial Athletic Association championship and National Collegiate Norris Athletic Association tournament aspirations — a large departure from last season. “We started the season with the goals of winning the conference championship, which is obviously still attainable for us,” head coach Chris Norris said. “On a larger scale, we have the goal of making it to the NCAA tournament.” The most remarkable aspect of the three upsets was that they came from a team that won all of four games last season. According to Norris, the most pivotal difference between the present
and past teams so far is attitude. “We’ve established a competitive mentality as the foundation of everything we’re doing and that’s set the stage for everything we’ve been able to accomplish,” Norris said. Offensively, the College struggled last season to put points on the board. This season, however, the attack has been much more dangerous. With mostly the same lineup, the Tribe
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scored for the College so far. More importantly, the College’s offense has shifted away from its dependence on set pieces for goals and can now score through more traditional play, including combinations in the box, cuts and long-range shots. “I think what it mostly has to do with is just the natural maturation of players, and we’re at a good point right now in our program where most
Jackson Eskay and junior forward Josh West has helped propel the Tribe. Eskay and West share the team lead in goals with three apiece. Starting 12 games his freshman campaign, Eskay showed flashes of immense potential but wasn’t able to fully display his talent until this season, most memorably highlighted by his game-winning goal against No. 1 North Carolina. Eskay was at minimum a fixture for the College last season,
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I think what it mostly has to do with is just the natural maturation of players, and we’re at a good point right now in our program where most of our attacking players have a lot of experience.
—Head coach Chris Norris on the program’s historic upsets
scored three goals against top-ranked Creighton, a far cry from its 20 goals over 18 games last season. The offense averages 1.38 goals per game this year, as compared to last season’s 1.11 goals per game. There is no single player to credit for the offensive rebirth; instead, the Tribe relies on a diverse group of attackers to grind out goals. Six players have
of our attacking players have a lot of experience,” Norris said. “They know what it takes to succeed. We don’t have one guy carrying the load for us offensively, which can be a blessing and a curse. We have a number of players who can look dangerous in any game.” Although the Tribe’s offense takes a very holistic and team-based approach, the emergence of sophomore forward
while West started only two games before his breakout 2013 season. As surprising as the Tribe’s offense has been this year, the real key to its success has been its defense. Senior captain Will Smith has led the experienced back line for two years and, in his position as center-back, has shown profound confidence and maturity, keeping freshman goalkeeper
Mac Phillips well-insulated from opposing attackers. Fellow standouts senior right-back Roshan Patel and junior left-back Michael Teiman have also helped contribute to the College’s dazzling .88 opposing goals per game mark. “Our team defending has been fantastic, and a lot of that comes down to our mentality, with players being willing to do the dirty work,” Norris said. “Also, as a team, we have some great leadership in the back with guys like Will Smith, Roshan Patel and Michael Teiman, and all of that has benefitted Mac, who has done very, very well.” Phillips has manned the goal every minute of every game this season with startling success following last season’s redshirt assignment. In the rare instances when opponents have gotten past the backline, Phillips has proved a tough test, having made 29 saves compared to just seven conceded goals. “Last year, in essence, he was the number four goalkeeper and probably hoped that he would be in this position,” said Norris. “But he maybe didn’t have really high expectations of being the number one right now, and if he was the number one, maybe not See COMMENTARY page 7
MEN’S SOCCER
After historic run, College falls in conference debut
Tribe can’t respond after Drexel scores two in first half BY YONNIE IYOB FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER Enjoying one of the most prolific winning streaks in program history, William and Mary (43-1, CAA 0-1) seemed long overdue for a setback. After defeating three straight top-25 opponents, including two No. 1 teams in a week, the College allowed two unanswered goals in a 2-1 loss to unranked Drexel Saturday. After enjoying a spectacular three-game run, the College looked to transfer its momentum to the Colonial Athletic Conference, opening the conference slate at Drexel. The Tribe scored first when junior midfielder Chris Albiston played a high cross into the box in the 17th minute. Junior forward Josh West received the ball and whipped it on frame, scoring from almost 10 yards out. The goal was West’s third of the year and was good for a share of the team lead. Albiston’s assist marked his team-leading fifth. The Tribe’s advantage disappeared almost immediately. Ninety seconds later, Dragon midfielder Nathan Page crossed a low ball into the Tribe’s box, finding Dragon defender Marty Brennan. Brennan slipped around a Tribe defender to score on an out-of-position redshirt freshman keeper Mac Phillips. The goal tied the match at one apiece. It didn’t take long for Drexel to turn the match
on its head, grabbing a one-goal lead over the College. In the 30th minute, Dragon midfielder Ken Tribbet fired a massive attempt from 25 yards out. As the ball sailed toward the goal it was aided by a Tribe deflection and found the back of the net for the 2-1 lead. The Dragons’ ability to generate more pressure than the College was evident through the first half with their 10-7 advantage in shots. Each team had two corners. In the second half, the Tribe sought desperately to level the score and take back the momentum. In the 47th minute, Albiston had another chance to score, but was stopped by Dragon goalkeeper Tyler Afferbach. In response to the challenge from the Tribe, the Dragons generated three opportunities within a short four-minute span. Three shots — one each by the Dragons’ midfielders Michel Pataia and Tribett, and forward Mark Donohue — either found Phillips’ gloves or sailed harmlessly wide or high. After this flurry of activity, the College’s chances to equalize came less and less frequently. The Tribe’s last solid chance came in the 88th minute when sophomore forward Jackson Eskay’s attempt was fired too high and floated over Drexel’s crossbar. Although the College was outshot 16-14, it did grab a 6-4 advantage in shots on goal. The teams
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Junior forward Josh West scored the Tribe’s first goal at Drexel Saturday morning, connecting on a long cross from Albiston.
were equal on corners with five apiece, while the Dragons’ goalkeeper recorded five saves to Phillips’ two saves. The Tribe returns home to Martin Family
Stadium at Albert-Daly Field on Saturday, Oct. 5 after a season-long five game road-trip. Head coach Chris Norris and company will face CAA opponent College of Charleston. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m.