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Moving up one spot, the College of William and Mary now sits at No. 32 of the U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 list of universities — making it the sixth highest rated public institution in the country. It has also nabbed the top spot for public universities in undergraduate teaching.

“While these rankings never capture the true excellence of William & Mary, it’s always satisfying to see them move in a positive direction, as they did this time around,” College President Taylor Reveley said in a press release.

“It remains amazing that William & Mary achieves such an extraordinary high level of quality with such a modest set of financial resources, as these rankings make clear.”

For overall rankings, Princeton University took the top spot. University of CaliforniaBerkley is the top public university and ranks 20th on the total list.

For the ranking of “strong commitment to undergraduate teaching,” the College ranks

third in the nation. Dartmouth College and Princeton University take the first two rankings, respectively, which makes the College the top public university for undergraduate teaching.

Last year, the College was sixth on this specific ranking.

The College is tied with eight other schools, including the University of Virginia, for 21st in a ranking created by information from high school counselors. The College moved up one spot from 2012’s ranking.

While Reveley mentioned the lack of financial resources, U.S. News took note of that as well. The College fell from 112th to 114th for financial resources. William and Mary News reported that the 82-spot gap between overall quality and financial resources is the largest discrepancy of the top 50 schools.

Despite this, the alumni giving ranking is up from 33rd to 29th. This is due in part to the College’s recent record-breaking fundraising year of $104.3 million.

The magazine released its annual rankings today.

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Business school to offer online course Professors discuss e-learning

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Beginning this fall, members of the College of William and Mary community working from California, Florida, Massachusetts and other locations will be enrolled in the same course at the Mason School of Business. The class, “Managing Small Projects Successfully,” will be taught entirely online.

Adjunct professor of operations and information technology Rex Holmlin, who is teaching the course, said it is aimed at people who have already obtained degrees or are working in fields where they can apply their knowledge. The course consists of several pre-recorded lectures that students will watch on their own time and three “avatar-to-avatar” sessions in which participants and Holmlin will interact in a virtual classroom.

The business school’s Center for Corporate Education is offering the two-session course. Between the two, Holmlin said 34 people have enrolled. Participants’ careers range from specialized graphic design to jobs in the healthcare industry and in communications firms.

“It’s a lot of fun using these new platforms — particularly the virtual world platform is exciting,” Holmlin said. “For me — because I like projects — it’s interesting hearing about the things [students] are arm-wrestling with on a daily basis.”

“Managing Small Projects Successfully” is just one example of thousands of online courses offered by universities around the country. However, Holmlin does not define the class as a massive open online course (MOOC), given that it does not enroll thousands of participants and that it costs $995 per student. Most MOOCs at other schools are free.

Owen Youngman, Knight professor of digital media strategy at Northwestern University, is offering his first MOOC class this semester, titled “Understanding Media by Understanding Google.” He said he believes online learning’s role in higher education will only continue to grow. “[Online education] gives universities access to students who otherwise can’t travel to their campuses, as well as exposure to the ideas of people we normally wouldn’t run across, if we do a good job of engaging with them online,” Youngman said.

“We can’t predict all the changes that will occur or all the applications, but getting involved early — like Northwestern is trying to do with this course — is a good way of understanding

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Before Saturday’s football game, students tailgated on campus, made possible by the One Tribe, 19 Tailgates Act, which the Student Assembly passed last semester.

Students, organizations tailgate before first home game SA’s One Tribe, 19 Tailgates Act funds spots for student groups

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Hundreds of students from different organizations came out to tailgate in front of William and Mary Hall Saturday, Sept. 7 before the Tribe’s 31-7 win over Hampton University.

Tribe Tailgating at the Reserve, the new lot next to William and Mary Hall, was made possible by the One Tribe, 19 Tailgates Act, a bill that passed unanimously through the Student Assembly senate in April. Former Class of 2014 President John Bracaglia ’14, one of the bill’s sponsors, said he wanted to cultivate stronger pride and support for the College of William and Mary’s athletic teams.

“Even schools that don’t have great teams still love to come out because they can tailgate, hang out, then go to games,” Bracaglia said. “We want to create a culture of enthusiasm for William and Mary and our sports.”

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe spoke at J. Sargeant Reynold Community College while touring Virginia community colleges.

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Historic Triangle Residents Appointed to State Board

York County Votes for Mixed-Use Development

The Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily reports Gov. Bob McDonnell, R-Va., appointed three Historic Triangle residents to the Board of Directors of the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority. The Yorktown residents each play a major role in industry; they include the president of Newport News Shipbuilding, a senior scientist at Jefferson Lab and the CEO of Dominion Generation. The Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority, which is tasked with making the state a global leader in nuclear energy, was created in the 2013 General Assembly session.

The York County Board of Supervisors voted to designate two tracts of land in Upper York County as suitable for mixed-use development, according to the WilliamsburgYorktown Daily. The contentious debate leading up to the vote still elicited conflict between groups that wish to see the land developed and those who oppose such actions. The two areas are located near the intersection of Interstate 64 and Route 199 and the intersection of I-64 and Colonial Parkway.

A permit, as well as the Board’s approval, must be attained before any mixed-use activity can occur on the land.

McAuliffe makes final community college visit

Mistake leads to unwarranted State Workers’ disclosures

Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe concluded his tour of Virginia community colleges with his 23rd and final stop, speaking at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College in suburban Richmond. The former Democratic National Committee chairman set out to tour around every one of the commonwealth’s community college campuses as part of his campaign. He faces Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli , R-Va., in the race for governor.

Efforts are underway as Virginia officials are working to improve general security after 13,000 state employees’ personal information was mistakenly sent to 11 state human resource and payroll workers. The personal information included the employees’ Social Security numbers. According to The Roanoke Times, the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management announced the disclosure.

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News in brief Professor spreads health awareness

Kool DJ Red Alert talks hip-hop

VIMS monitors algae bloom in York River

Scott Ickes ’04, assistant professor of kinesiology and health sciences at the College of William and Mary, received the Reves Faculty Fellowship in March 2012 as a result of his development of the East and Southern African Nutrition Initiative and his research surrounding health and wellness in Africa. Ickes has long been committed to promoting health education in Africa, including information about proper nutrition. Through the Reves Fellowship, Ickes has been able to continue his work, especially with the help of the student population at the College. Many students, both undergraduate and graduate, have joined Ickes to do their own research or to develop other data-collection projects that can help maintain health awareness.

In honor of hip-hop’s 40th anniversary, hip-hop pioneer Kool DJ Red Alert and DJ Bee came to the College to discuss the origins of hip-hop with a group of American studies students. In the 1970s, Jamaican immigrant DJ Kool Herc became interested in the different parts and backbeats of popular funk songs while attending parties. Together with MC, or rapper, Coke La Rock, DJ Kool Herc began putting on shows in New York. These shows encouraged the development of the art of break dancing as a result of listeners wanting to show off their dance moves.

After the music was recorded, lyrics were added to the cassette tapes, which were circulated and finally caught the attention of record labels interested in the new sound.

Not far from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, a bloom of harmful algae called Alexandrium monilatum resides in the York River. The algae originated from a different type of protozoan dinoflagellate than is normally associated with blooms of algae in the Tidewater region. This diverse species of algae began to bloom in late August. VIMS professor Kim Reece and her colleagues have been studying the DNA sequences of the harmful protozoan since the summer to determine if it is the same species that persisted previously. Throughout the experiment, no fish have died and no humans have had any negative side effects; however, the algae produce a toxin whose potential negative impacts are still largely unknown.

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Blackboard database malfunctions IT remains uncertain about underlying causes of crashes, creates temporary fix

by Katherine Chiglinsky Flat hat editor-in-chief

Blackboard’s database malfunctioned last Wednesday, Sept. 4, leaving students and faculty without the popular resource for readings, grades and papers.

For Emily Dawson ’14, Blackboard’s crash forced one of her classes to revamp its lesson during its session last Thursday. The course, “Sustainability Inspired Design,” taught by Mason School of Business professor Michael Luchs, relies heavily on readings and resources posted on Blackboard.

Paxton Long ’16 uses Blackboard to access readings in her biology 220 class, since her book was backordered. She said it was “stressful” when Blackboard crashed and caused her to fall behind in homework.

Last Wednesday, students received an email from the College of William and Mary’s Director of Systems and Support Chris Ward, noting that Blackboard’s services were temporarily unavailable. Service was restored later that day, but the system crashed again Thursday. Officials were able to fix some problems with the system and restore service later Thursday.

“We’ve done things that we believe now will stabilize it,” Director of Enterprise Information Systems at the College Rachel Pace said.

Pace explained that a problem with the program’s database initially caused the crash. She noted that three database administrators and four engineers began monitoring the system 24/7 to ensure that students can access the site.

The College purchased the software for Blackboard from a vendor and the College’s own Information Technology department manages the program. But the problem with the database was new to the IT engineers. Pace said IT believes the system should function normally for now, but it plans to work with the vendor to address the underlying cause of the crash.

Problems with sites associated with the College tend to occur after major changes to the College’s network, but Pace said no changes that occurred this summer appear to have caused this problem.

“Nothing major has changed this summer which is one of the puzzling pieces about it,” Pace said. “We did a very small patch, but it should’ve been very quick and easy, and nothing that would have caused this type of thing.”

She suggested one possible cause of the

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Blackboard crashed on Sept. 4. and left students and faculty unable to access readings, grades and papers.

malfunction might be the increased use of the site.

The College’s database has increased by one-third since January, she said, and any increase might impact how the program functions.

“There are some things that are being used more heavily in Blackboard than in the past,” Pace said. “The adoption of it as a tool in classes has

skyrocketed over the past few years.”

While IT’s engineers investigate the underlying causes of the crash, Pace noted that the temporary fix to the system should keep it from crashing again.

“I’m not really concerned about it going down right now because I think we’ve done things to keep it stable,” Pace said.

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Film studies adds media segment, new classes Expanded major will add production requirement, showcase new, expanded courses online for 2014-15 By eleanor lamb Flat hat assoc. news editor

The College of William and Mary’s film studies program is widening its lens.

Currently, the discipline focuses largely on how film and television have shaped Western culture, but it is implementing a number of changes this semester. The program leaders are deeming this revamped major “film and media studies,” and it will examine the digital age and its effect on cultures.

“There was a sense among us that

media studies is something we need to pay attention to,” English and film studies professor Richard Lowry said. “This felt right. It fits with the direction the College was going.”

Lowry, along with a few other professors, was one of the main voices in shaping this new program. The film studies program worked closely with the literary and cultural studies program, which examines different works of literature and explores the theories behind them. By expanding the field, the professors spearheading the film and

media studies program hope to apply that analysis to television, digital culture and social networking.

New introductory courses will be offered with the major along with modified existing classes. The department will move away from unmediated courses solely in literature and will also introduce a production requirement for students.

“This [program] will be pretty rigorous,” Lowry said. “The creativity of faculty never lets you down.”

The film studies program faculty

decided to pursue the new major in 2012 and will showcase the classes online next year. English and American studies professor Arthur Knight, one of the key builders of the new program, said the team is now in the process of lining up introductory courses. Knight said the program will be similar to literary and cultural studies but will depart from analyzing books.

“Over the centuries, [the book] has been joined by a host of other media forms,” Knight said. “We’re eager to start.”

The current film studies program

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is taught by professors hailing from a variety of backgrounds such as English, world languages, art history, Russian and post-Soviet studies as well as literary and cultural studies. Modern languages and post-Soviet studies professor Sasha Prokhorov said he hopes the film and media studies program will have an influence on other departments at the College.

“Film and media studies is a powerhouse for cultural theory courses,” Prokhorov said. “It brings fresh theoretical blood into my program.”

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what’s going to happen.”

Holmlin said he is glad many departments at the College are already utilizing technology in instruction.

“There’s a lot of e-learning going on at William and Mary,” he said. “A number of faculty at the College are using blogs or wikis, using short video clips to show particular problem-solving methods or to expand on the material in class. … I think the real future of e-learning is in enhancing our face-to-face instruction and there’s a number of faculty at William and Mary who are doing that now.”

Provost Michael Halleran said the College’s professional schools will take the lead in developing online programs.

“At W&M, e-learning won’t replace the high-touch, faceto-face, engaged learning that characterizes our education, but can complement and strengthen what we do and in some cases help to control the cost of education,” Halleran said in an email.

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361 girls received bids to join the nine different sororities at the College. They celebrated and were given t-shirts on the Sunken Gardens yesterday afternoon.

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An example of Mason’s virtual classroom.

Students gather in front of William and Mary Hall before Hampton game One Tribe, 19 Tailgates, passed last year in SA, promotes student participation in athletic events on campus TAILGATE from page 1

The legislation designated one spot for graduate student activities. The bill also requires organizations that are serving alcohol to also serve non-alcoholic beverages. $6,800 was designated for fencing, trashcans and event security guards.

Tailgate spots are awarded to organizations via a raffle.

Attendees of the first tailgate include the Young Democrats, College Republicans, the International Relations Club and several Greek organizations. 36 organizations were initially awarded spots.

“We want all different types of student life to show up, and create a casual atmosphere where everyone hangs out on a Saturday and enjoys each other’s presence,” Bracaglia said.

One student said he was glad to see the SA try to rally support for

the College’s athletic teams.

“It’s no secret sports here aren’t that popular, so it’s definitely good they’re trying to encourage people to care more,” Mengda Liu ’15 said. “Plus tailgating is always fun.”

Tribe Athletics donated three additional rows of 15 parking spots to be used for the tailgate, three of which were designated specifically for Tribal Fever. Senior Associate Athletic Director Bobby Dwyer said the athletics department will donate more spots as the demand for them increases.

“We really want to support student spirit in any way we can. The student tailgate seemed like a big success and I thought students were terrific at the game,” Dwyer said.

The next home football game is against Rhode Island Saturday Sept. 21.

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A 1947 alumni tailgated before the football game. She got her ticket.

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By Brian Kao, Flat Hat graphic designer

Between politically correct and the truth his wife with a rod no wider than his thumb and, provided he obeyed this “rule of thumb,” he would not face legal

repercussions.

So where does “illegal immigrant” fit in? It lacks the history of “holding down the fort” and “rule of thumb,” so why is it offensive? Have UCLA and the media taken political Flat Hat Opinions columnist correctness a little too far? Are they waltzing around the truth with alternate terms such as “undocumented” and Last week The Huffington Post published an article regarding “unauthorized”?

The New York Times, one of the few major news the University of California at Los Angeles’ ban on the term authorities that continues to use the term, thinks so. “illegal immigrant.” In putting this ban in place, the university “It is clear and accurate; it gets its job done in two words joined the ranks of some of the United States’ most acclaimed news networks, including the Associated Press, CNN, ABC News that are easily understood,” Public Editor Margaret Sullivan said, in The New York Times. and NBC news.

The New York Times is not the only one that disagrees.

The weird part? I never knew “illegal immigrant” was Many see the ban as excessive, and even worse, an problematic. impediment to the First Amendment.

What’s wrong with it? It’s accurate, unlike the partially taboo However, the UCLA resolution says allowing the term “Indian,” so why have numerous institutions and organizations conflicts with other constitutional rights. “[T]he racially placed a ban on it? The reason seems obvious: The truth hurts. derogatory I-Word endangers basic human rights including Let’s try not to offend. the presumption of innocence and the Great, there’s another one to add to right to due process.” That is, the very the never-ending vortex of political Whether we agree with UCLA term “illegal immigrant” goes against the correctness. and the Associated Press’s mantra “innocent until proven guilty.”

Where does it ever end? According decision, it’s important to Similarly, The Huffington Post, to the Global Language Monitor, be mindful of our language, which uses the term “undocumented it’s becoming less acceptable to say especially as we begin to look for immigrant,” points out that the banned “Columbus Day,” something I’ve noticed jobs. term criminalizes the people in question, on my own. These past few years, more rather than their actions. One cannot be and more people have bitterly wished me, “Happy Bring-Smallpox-to-Millions-of-People-and-Wipe-Out- inherently illegal. Therefore, it’s acceptable to say “illegal immigration,” at least, according to the Associated Press.

Whole-Civilizations Day.” The College of William and Mary itself has not banned the Well, that’s a downer. (By the way, the alternate — and term; however, because The Flat Hat follows Associated Press supposedly more acceptable term — is Explorer’s Day.) style, “illegal immigrant,” along with other words nixed from Some common phrases are also under attack. The U.S. that stylebook, including “homophobia” and “Islamist,” have State Department Chief Diversity Officer John Robinson been dropped. said it’s probably best to kick “hold down the fort” from your Whether we agree with UCLA and the Associated Press’s vocabulary. decision, it’s important to be mindful of our language, “To ‘hold down the fort’ originally meant to watch and especially as we begin to look for jobs. Obviously, we want to protect against vicious Native American intruders. In the West, avoid offending potential employers. Likewise, we want to be Army soldiers or settlers saw the ‘fort’ as their refuge from their professional. Then there’s cultural sensitivity and awareness; perceived ‘enemy,’ the stereotypical ‘savage’ Native American we need to demonstrate that we are familiar with social tribes,” Robinson wrote, in State Magazine. issues, as well as conscious of how our words portray them.

Another interesting one is “rule of thumb,” supposedly offensive to women. Way back when, a husband could beat Email Samantha Farkas at sbfarkas@email.wm.edu.

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I’ve just returned to W&M after having been away from the College on medical leave for about 11 years. I hadn’t heard of Prime Tribers until reading this, but perhaps I am one. ... I still feel as if I slipped in the backdoor, and it’s quite a surreal experience. ... I am very happy to be back taking classes. I’m not sure what else there will be, but whatever it is will be gravy.

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William and Mary’s MOOCs across the online course country

[ ] The College of William and Mary recently unveiled a business school online course:

Cost of course:

Cost of a traditional MOOC:

$995 $0 34 370,000

“Managing Small Businesses Succesfully.”

Here’s how it stacks up against online courses across the country.

he College of William and Mary has been reasonably resistant to the small but growing trend among upscale universities to offer massive open online courses, known as MOOCs, to the general public. In February, Provost Michael Halleran said the College created a committee that would explore possibilities for online learning but that, “MOOCs do not work.

They have been shown to lose money.” This fall, the College is offering an online course at the Mason School of Business. The course is not considered a MOOC because it costs money, and most MOOCs are free. While many MOOCs can have thousands of participants, only a small number of students are enrolled in the School of Business’s online course. Nevertheless, it is encouraging to see the College has decided to experiment with online learning at all.

Online courses benefit the College by expanding its name and influence. Arguably, it isn’t enough anymore to be a great school; you need a brand, and these courses can help develop a better “William and Mary” brand. Allowing adults who are looking to further their education online to experience the College may increase the chances that those adults will encourage their children and others to apply to the College.

On principle, attempting online education, if only to gauge the potential for future sustainability and effectiveness, is good for the College because it signifies the desire to innovate. Online courses haven’t made it to the mainstream yet, and the College taking the initiative before most schools allows it to make more objective, informed policy decisions about them. The College is unlikely to become the face of online education — the importance of this one course shouldn’t be overemphasized — but other universities could learn from our successes and failures. That said, the College’s reluctance to offer them is understandable, and it will also be understandable if it decides not to expand them beyond the School of Business — or to implement any real MOOCs. As Halleran said, they aren’t profitable. Schools like Harvard University and Yale University can afford to provide MOOCs cheaply and at a loss — the College will likely never be able to do this. The School of Business is offering its online course, “Managing Small Businesses Successfully,” at $995. Although it’s expensive for a one-month class, the College might not otherwise be able to offer it. And the College should charge for its services — traditional MOOCs are often entirely free, which devalues the worth of college courses, in addition to the services of the professors teaching them.

Online classes themselves may not even turn out to be an optimal method of education. They have the potential to limit student-professor relationships as well as student interaction and community. And education should encourage students to refrain from being insular, to meet new people, and to have new experiences. Courses taken exclusively on a computer don’t necessarily promote these things. In order to become more knowledgeable about the world, it’s important to see more of the world than the top of your desk and the screen of your computer.

The College may find that online courses are unsustainable or that to make them sustainable, it would need to offer them at unaffordable rates. Either way, the College is to be applauded for exploring something that could be of great benefit to many. And when online courses do become part of the mainstream in the higher education world, the College will, at the very least, have a bit of preliminary experience with them.

Abby Boyle recused herself from this staff editorial to remain unbiased in her reporting.

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A quick crash course on party etiquette for the beginning of the fall semester Benming Zhang FLAT HAT ONLINE EDITOR

We college students party. We like to have fun, especially with the stresses of everyday classes, challenges and situations. This is a fact, no matter how much it makes administrators cringe. However, every party carries potential serious legal and academic repercussions, so any partying is risky.

Alcohol will likely be involved at a party; although, dry parties do exist. Given the risks, all you can do as either a host or guest is to act responsibly.

Heed appropriate caution when partying on campus. I consider this to be the riskiest of the riskiest for

partying. Resident Assistants are obligated to look around at big social functions and write you up. This leads to the most fundamental rule: Strictly abide by the capacity rules (it’s the law), unless your party has been registered.

If you choose to party on campus, be sure to follow all the school rules and be honest with the RAs or school officials when questioned.

Then there are off-campus parties.

Extra legal purview is included with school policies so take extra caution.

A good party practices proper risk management. Should alcohol be served, ensure that at least one person is sober and is checking on people moving in and out of the building. I suggest you safely avoid a party from which large crowds of people swarm out without a host keeping tabs on everything. Noise can easily get out of control with music, alcohol and a large number of people.

At any party, you will be confronted by an array of situations. It will be very tempting to try new things, and I caution you in two ways. First, never give in to peer pressure. Sure, everything amounts to choice, but it must be your choice alone; know that all choices have consequences. Second, go with friends, and watch out for each other — anything unexpected can happen. Should your friend become incapable of making his own decisions, accompany him back to his residence.

If the situation is worse, and someone is seriously ill, call 911. If you are on campus and dealing with this situation, still call 911; the College’s amnesty policy is there for a reason.

Cops are not stupid. Do not taunt or talk back to an officer when confronted — lying to an officer can be worse than admitting the truth. Cops aren’t on the scene to be party predators. As law

enforcers, they uphold responsibility, and expect you, as a host or guest, to be responsible as well. In the end, this leads to a more general piece of advice: Be respectful of others. It’s cool to have

the time to wind down from a busy week, but we also have to be mindful of the effects of our actions on others.

Email Bengming Zhang at bzhang01@email.wm.edu.

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September opens with tribute bands and roller coasters and ends with a major Closer

Parrots of the Caribbean Parrots of the Caribbean, self-described as the “#1 Jimmy Buffet tribute act in the country,” will be performing at Lake Matoaka. Tickets go on sale at the gate at 5 p.m., and the show begins at 6 p.m.

Sep. 14 Busch Gardens Day

Enjoy Busch Gardens’ Halloween experience at a more affordable price. Tickets are $23 for students and $33 for faculty and staff, and the park is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Color the Town 5K Starting off with a white shirt, runners race through New Town, encountering paint sprays throughout the 5K to color in the white shirt. Color The Town 5K starts at Sullivan Square in New Town at 8 a.m.

Sep. 29

Donate blood at the Red Cross blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Brinkley Commons at the Mason School of Business. To participate, sign up online at redcrossblood.org and enter MSBWM as your sponsor code.

Sep. 16 Family Weekend Picnic luncheons, a football game versus Rhode Island and lantern tours of historic campus dot the schedule for Family Weekend. A capella showcases and faculty series will help entertain parents and family members alike.

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Six-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close ’74 will host a panel for the 2013 William and Mary Arts and Entertainment Festival to share her experiences in the movie industry and her secrets to perfecting the Cruella de Vil role. The event will take place 3-4:30 p.m.

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CONFUSION CORNER

Friendship, fire burritos and an ode to the Marketplace Tips on navigating the former best place to eat on campus, and why you should always hide your bacon

Ariel Cohen Confusion Corner columnist

This year, when it comes to dining options, the talk usually revolves around the gloriously renovated Sadler Center or the hummus bar at the Commons Dining Hall. But there are those of us who have been around long enough to remember the bleaker times — back when Marketplace was the best dining option on the meal plan. Yes, the Mongolian station is exciting and new, but we should all pay some homage to an old favorite. At the end of the day, who doesn’t love some Zoca?

Since the first day of class freshman year, my friends and I have found our way to a long table in the back every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1:00 p.m., without fail. Here are a few

lessons and insider secrets we’ve learned along the way.

1) Establish a spot and avoid trouble.

The Marketplace has many televisions, so it’s always best to sit near enough to see what’s going on, but far enough away so the noise doesn’t overpower your conversation. The televisions play anything from the mid-afternoon news to BET, so pick your spot strategically.

As a side note, if the staff ever appears to be congregated around their favorite soap opera, do not, I repeat, do not attempt to change the channel. You will never be graced with the gift of free guacamole again.

2) Hide your bacon, stuff the broccoli.

Sadler and the Commons take an all-you-caneat approach, and you’re telling me that if I get a simple salad for lunch, I have to pay extra in flex dollars because there’s too much broccoli in my container? I have a friend who hides the bacon on his bacon-turkey-cheddar sandwich every single day because he refuses to pay the extra charge. My goodness, just let the people eat.

3) Crack a smile in the Zoca line.

Known for suspect ground beef and what my friends like to call “kill your arteries nachos,” the greasy, cheesy goodness of Zoca rarely disappoints. But I would have to say that the primary hallmark of the Zoca assembly line is the staff’s sternness. No tomatoes on a quesadilla. No more than one type of salsa on your nachos. And certainly no guacamole with your veggie burrito unless you want to pay extra in flex.

All hope seemed lost until, one fateful day last April, the unthinkable happened. The quesadilla maker started to smoke and burn. The Zoca lady threw the flaming quesadilla from the hot press into the trashcan, and proceeded to douse the charred lunch in Diet Coke. It all happened so fast. What to do now? The next student in line took a step forward.

“Hey baby, what can I get for you?”

“I’ll have one of the fire burritos specials,” he said.

The Zoca lady erupted in laughter reached out and gave him a hug and some extra cheese.

Never underestimate the power of a good laugh.

The ladies at the Marketplace are usually just

looking for some fun as much as we are.

4) Make friends with the staff.

Gloria and I became acquainted freshman year in the sandwich line. By my sophomore year, she was telling the other members of Marketplace staff to make sure there were plenty of vegetarian options. During Passover she made me a special “matzah pizza.”

But what’s been better than the food is the friendship. She tells me stories about her life and advises me to “behave over the weekend” when I see her on Friday afternoons. The other day she remarked, “Girl, I remember when you first came here. Wow, were you clueless!” Thanks, Gloria.

Next time you roll up to Marketplace for lunch, take these humble tips into consideration.

Who knows what may happen. If you’re there on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday at 1:00 p.m. and have any questions, look toward the back for that loud table of about 15 upperclassmen. We can help you out.

Ariel Cohen is the Confusion Corner columnist and likes her nachos nice and cardiovascularly dangerous.

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On the Record

Adventure Club and Le1f perform for AMP’s annual “Welcome Back” Concert

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Electronic dance duo Adventure Club visited the College of William and Mary Saturday night. Based out of Canada, the team of Christian Srigley and Leighton James remixes popular songs as well as performs some of their own singles. New York-based rapper Khalif Diouf, better known as Le1f, was another artist to hit the stage at Lake Matoaka Ampitheater. He’s an openly gay rapper who implements unusual production styles.

Latest from Franz Ferdinand, Smith Westerns

This is the “Right” stuff “Soft Will” proves a mature, strong homecoming

BY DEVON IVIE FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR

It’s been four years since Franz Ferdinand released its third album, the electronica-heavy, nihilistic “Tonight: Franz Ferdinand,” to lukewarm reviews. Fans and critics alike worried the quartet’s roots in danceable, groovy post-punk with hints of bad boy glam would be lost in its shift toward a heavy dub sound. Thankfully, the time for worrying is over: The Glasgowian lads are back to their old tricks.

“Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action,” released on Aug. 27 through Domino Records, is as reminiscent of Franz Ferdinand’s eponymous debut album as it is memorable.

These 10 songs bring back the band’s emphasis on pounding guitar riffs and witty, sardonic lyrics for what seems to be a far too short period — 35 minutes.

The album opens with the band’s lead single, the raucous post-punk hit “Right Action.” Anyone looking for a “Take Me Out” 2.0, this one’s for you. Lead singer and guitarist Alex Kapranos is as lucid and sexual as ever despite recently turning 41, while rhythm guitarist Nick McCarthy churns out consistently catchy riffs. “Sometimes I wish you were here / Weather permitting,” Kapranos drawls. “Evil Eye,” the funk-punk follow-up, draws inspiration from both religious imagery and sexual innuendo, while “Love Illumination” is as exasperatingly catchy as it is seductive. The song’s accompanying music video is particularly kooky and bewildering.

In addition to an eclectic mix of club-worthy tracks — “Bullet,” in particular, draws major parallels to the addictive “Do You Want To” — the band snuck a few reflective tracks onto the album. In “Stand On The Horizon,” a James Joyceesque poetic treat, Kapranos debonairly harmonizes: “The North Sea sings ‘Won’t you come to me baby?’ / The North Sea singing ‘Won’t you come to me?’” while synth beats groove in the background. Equally as appealing is “Brief Encounters,” which cheekily lampoons suburban swingers’ parties and “The Universe Expanded,” the longest track on the album, which rewinds a failed relationship to its previous happiness.

The very last line in the album, from the song “Goodbye Lovers and Friends,” ends abruptly: “You can laugh as if we are still together / But this really is the end.” For our sake, let’s hope Kapranos isn’t true to his word.

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At this point, it’s barely worth mentioning Smith Westerns’ first album. The Chicago band recorded their debut in their drummer’s basement while still in high school. It was a squeaky, static-ridden power-pop affair full of the bright-eyed spunk of the lo-fi movement into which the band was lumped. The hooks on the debut were good enough for the band to get their foot in the door and to give them a studio. They relished in their newfound resources. On “Dye it Blonde,” the band’s 2011 sophomore album, the band became what they wanted to be: glitzy, grand, smooth and pretty.

“Dye it Blonde” is a glamorous affair, full of expansive arrangements and retro bombast. T. Rex synths and cheesy guitar solos are all over the place. “Soft Will” is seemingly more of the same, yet none of the songs on this album could have possibly made sense on the last. Smith Westerns haven’t really expanded their sound; they seem to have been re-inspired to make the same kind of music for a completely different reason.

Band members Cullen and Cameron Omori and Max Kakacek are all 23 years old.

They lived their college years touring around the world for “Dye it Blonde.” The striking

contrast between their first two albums is likely nothing compared to that of the band members’ lives before and after “Dye it Blonde.” By the end of the tour, reports had the band looking weary, tired and sucked dry from life on the road. To think that some kids in their early twenties had partied themselves into a melancholia was far from unreasonable.

Given how wide-eyed and lovestruck the band’s music had been, prospects for their third album seemed a little grim.

“Soft Will” opens with “3am Spiritual,” a song imbued with an inescapable sense of finality.

The sunburst of noise and group chant halfway through, the wind-swept guitar solo that finishes the song — it seems as if it’s the end of something. But the ending here is not of the band, but of the malaise that once glazed over this group’s great big eyes. Omori sings that “It’s easier to think you can’t go on,” in his best John Lennon voice over lullaby synths and a jangling acoustic guitar before a “Whooooa yeaaaaeeaaah” softly swoons through the piece.

The song carries on slowly and assuredly in its 60’s-flowerpower-everything-is-hope vibe before shooting up into the clouds, announcing that Smith Westerns are back, and they are OK. The guitar comes in like a supportive pat on the back.

The whole song is somehow

maternal; it’s uplifting, it’s the guileless, friendly face these kids have needed for so long.

The rest of the album continues at the opener’s behest, glad and gentle. “Idol” opens with soft but firm power chords and has Omori addressing the cynicism he may have fallen victim to. He sings, “They said it was a joke, and there’s no one else to believe in,” but the band seems steadfast on believing anyway as the next song, “Glossed,” opens with smooth, glittery guitar interplay. Instrumental “XXIII” distills pretty much every song on the album into four minutes of stately piano and drums, slow-dance synths then big cosmic noises and a deep guitar. The song trots along as confident as ever, both in its sound and its destination.

Smith Westerns sounds more confident than anybody had any right to expect from this band-on-the-brink to be. “White Oath” is a four-minute, teary smile where Omori is conscious of his own sadness, isolation and futility, and even though he’s “not a genius,” “he wasn’t always wrong,” and he’ll “try his best to carry on.” A righteous, triumphant guitar solo crashes into the soft rock sheen at the end of the song, with Omori “trying to catch his breath.”

“Best Friend” would be the perfect soundtrack to a flying dream; “Cheer Up” would be the

song at your first prom that got you to slow dance with the date you were still afraid of; “Varsity” reflects the chintzy aftermath of when you successfully landed one on her winsome lips, and she kissed you back. The chorus on “Only Natural” mixes the guitar on top of the vocals, and it sounds like Omori’s sprinting through a thunderstorm, throwing his head up in the air to greet the rain tumbling from above.

Where was he running?

This record sounds like Smith Westerns came back home from touring, shacked up in their parents’ houses, and became really happy about being back where they grew up. It felt like they had returned to where they belong after a long, difficult hiatus. “Soft Will,” fittingly, was released on Mom + Pop Records, and soft rock hasn’t sounded more inspiriting in a long time. You might be surprised after listening to their lush and gentle album to know that Kakacek and the Omoris are big dudes, six foot plus and square jawed and not a group of cute, sympathetic looking Jason Schwartzmans.

But once again they’ve decided to channel their soft side and written an overwhelmingly pleasant and secure album, one that heroically wrenches joy and hope from the grasp of oncoming adulthood with fireworks at its back.

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MEN’S SOCCER

Tribe downs Monarchs 4-0 for first win College’s rejuvenated offense scores four goals for first time since September 2009

BY YONNIE IYOB FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

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Junior forward Josh West notched an assist and a goal Saturday night, contributing to the Tribe’s first and last goals in a 4-0 win.

Few could have predicted William and Mary’s offensive explosion against Old Dominion, especially considering High Point held the Tribe scoreless in its season opener last week. The Tribe (1-1-0) found its stride and responded to a tough 1-0 decision in its home opener by crushing rival Old Dominion (1-1-0, CAA) 4-0 Saturday evening.

The College rode its balanced offensive attack to victory, striking goals early and often despite the Monarchs boasting a 20-12 shot advantage.

Saturday’s output might have foreshadowed a muchimproved offense over last season, when the Tribe scored just 16 goals in 18 games. The College’s ability to convert goals from inside the opposing team’s 18-yard box was pivotal toward the outcome Saturday.

In the fifth minute, junior forward Josh West crossed a ball into the box that was eventually located by sophomore forward Jackson Eskay on the far post.

Eskay gained control of the ball and struck it past Monarch goalkeeper Matthew Sanchez, setting the tone for the rest of the game.

Not finished yet in the first half, the Tribe continued

to apply pressure against the Monarchs. From a set piece in the 31st minute, courtesy of junior midfielder Chris Albiston, senior midfielder Chris Perez hit a pretty volley that careened into the back of the net to make the score 2-0. The goal was Perez’s first of the season.

By half-time, each team registered seven shots, with the Monarchs even having a 3-2 advantage with shots on goals.

However, redshirt freshman goalkeeper David Phillips protected his net with aplomb and veracity, plucking out Monarch threats time and again.

The College’s last line of defense provided a spectacular effort, stopping all three shots on goal by the Monarchs in the first half and totaling seven blocks over the course of the game.

In the second half, the Tribe continued to play aggressively. It scored its third goal of the night in the 66th minute. Countering a Monarch set piece, Eskay found Albiston behind the Monarch defense, flashing down the field. One-on-one with the

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goalie, Albiston converted an impressive finish to notch the College’s third goal of the game, but the show was still not over.

The Tribe topped off its shutout victory in the 74th minute. Sophomore midfielder Ryan Flesch found West inside the box, who barreled the ball past Sanchez and into the back of the net, thus putting the finishing touches on an impressive victory for the Tribe.

With its four goals, the College scored its most goals in a game since the Sept. 26, 2009 victory against Towson.

While the College still has yet to prove whether the four goals Saturday were a misnomer, Tribe fans can’t be blamed for being extra hopeful for the season after this smashing result. The Tribe has five more non-conference games before Colonial Athletic Association play starts.

The Tribe returns to Martin Family Stadium at Albert-Daly Field Tuesday, Sept. 10 against N.C. State in search of its first home win of the season. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m.

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Leading 10-0 with 2:45 until halftime, Graham launched a 41yard pass to junior wide out Sean Ballard. An acrobatic mid-air adjustment gave well covered Ballard room to haul in the only passing score of Graham’s night.

“Offensively, we were kind of sporadic,” Laycock said. “We had the one big play there in the first half, the shot to [Ballard].

We came back and showed a little more consistency in the second half.”

Consistency came in the form of the College’s offensive line.

Not allowing a sack, the line protected Graham and opened holes for the run game to the tune of 383 total yards.

“You know, one of the things in a game like this we focus on is coming off the ball, staying low and staying on our blocks. I think we did that pretty well for most of the game,” senior offensive lineman Trevor Springman said. “For us it’s about finishing — finishing blocks and finishing games.”

Springman led a line featuring two redshirt freshmen.

Although they are relatively inexperienced, Springman sees a bright future.

“I think those guys have come along quite a bit. We’re very happy they’ve integrated themselves into the lineup seamlessly so far,” Springman said. “These guys are going to be good players for a couple years to come.”

The College’s trio of tailbacks — sophomore Mikal AbdulSaboor, redshirt freshman Kendell Anderson and junior Keith McBride— each finished with more than sixty yards. “[Anderson’s] powerful and over 200 pounds and very strong.

Abdul-Saboor is very quick; he’s got good quickness,” Laycock said. “[McBride] is strong and he’s got a lot of speed; he might not have the lateral moves Abdul-Saboor has, or even [Anderson] has.”

Abdul-Saboor led the way with 111 yards and a score.

Anderson powered his way to 97 yards and a score, while McBride added 63 yards. Combined, the backs averaged 5.9 yards a carry, gashing the Pirates’ defense for 277 yards on 47 carries.

Leading 31-0 in the fourth quarter, the College wanted to update the date of the program’s last shutout. Hampton began its final drive on its own 10-yard line, making the Tribe defense’s goal very plausible.

Forcing fourth down three separate times, Couplin and company couldn’t find a stop. Hampton’s quarterback Jaylian Williamson found wide out Jorrian Washington for the score to end the drive.

“As a defense, our goal was to finish the game with a shutout. Unfortunately, we did give up the touchdown at the end,” Couplin said. “We have to take that — look at that because later on that situation might come up again.”

Allowing 24 points the last two weeks, the Tribe’s defense has impressed in spite of an inexperienced secondary.

“We forgot about playing defense that last drive,” Laycock said. “Other than that, I think they played really well. We broke on a number of passes, but couldn’t get the pick like we wanted to. We gotta get more turnovers, but they’re getting better.”

With conference play two weeks away, Couplin knows the importance of staying sharp against non-conference teams.

“We just gotta stay aggressive and keep coming every day.

We’re just trying to get better. We played pretty good these last two games and we gotta keep going to play these next two games,” Couplin said. “We need to come in, keep our alignments, our assignments, and just focus on doing our jobs.”

The College heads to Easton, Pa. to face Lafayette at 6 p.m.

Saturday in the Tribe’s final road non-conference game.

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Sophomore Luke Rhodes was a pivotal part of the College defense’s commanding performance.

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and scored four touchdowns. Overall, the College notched 277 yards rushing with each of the three running backs garnering over 60 yards on the ground.

Much of the credit for the Tribe’s irrepressible rushing attack goes to the big guys up front who dominated the line of scrimmage and created space for the backs. Fifth-year seniors Matt Crisafi, James Johnson and Trevor Springman lead an offensive line that has played phenomenally well through the first two games of the season, giving

up just one sack and paving the way for 379 total rushing yards.

However, the success of the College’s offensive line was far from a certainty coming into the season, as Crisafi, Johnson and Springman are joined by two redshirt freshman starters, Domenic Martinelli and Jerry Ugokwe.

It’s been remarkable to see how the unit has overcome the inexperience of its two youngest members to catalyze the Tribe’s offense.

“I thought we did alright with protection and, honestly, the run game was working so well that at certain

parts of the game we didn’t need to pass it,” said Springman. “So on the stats sheet it might look like it was a little slack, but I think the run game was able to make up for that.”

If possible, the superlatives were even more pronounced on the defensive side of the ball. Hampton didn’t come within 30 yards of the College’s end zone before its last-gasp touchdown in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter. It took three fourthdown conversions for the Pirates to finally capture a view from the Tribe’s end zone; but, by that point, the

Tribe’s defense had already thoroughly embarrassed Hampton’s offensive personnel.

Senior safety Jerome Couplin led the team with eight tackles, further adding to what could be an illustrious season.

The Tribe’s defensive line reflected the dominance of the offensive line by controlling the line of scrimmage and snuffing out the Pirates’ rushing attack. The Hampton offense looked bewildered all game in the face of a surging defensive unit that gave nothing up easily.

Because there were so many

great signs in the College’s homeopener, it seems cruel to harp on the one downside. But, after suffering through the miasma of last season, it’s hard not to be troubled by the continued uncertainty of the College’s quarterback situation. We don’t know how healthy Caprio and junior quarterback Raphael Ortiz are, but the Tribe can’t afford for Graham to be so spotty when Colonial Athletic Association play starts.

I get the feeling that this could be a very dangerous CAA team, if the Tribe could find consistency at quarterback.

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FOOTBALL

COMMENTARY

Win overshadows quarterback woes Graham fails to produce

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our gaps and we were able to stop the run.”

Holding Hampton to negative rushing yardage well into the second half, the College nearly found itself rewriting its own record books. The Pirates’ tailback Marcus Hampton, however, scampered for 22 yards with 11 minutes left in the third quarter to finally put his team’s rushing yardage out of the red.

“We feel pretty good about [allowing 24 yards].

But, we let a 22-yard gain in the third quarter we shouldn’t have given up — it was a big play. We like to have negative yards,” Beerhalter said.

Offensively, Graham’s lackluster nine of 21 passing performance featured a lone highlight.

Saturday’s game featured so many victories that it’s easy to forget about the one negative.

This was an early-season game, so it is difficult to know which is more telling.

Senior quarterback Michael Graham couldn’t capitalize on an excellent first-week performance, completing just 9 of 21 attempts for 106 yards Saturday night. William and Mary’s passing attack was dysfunctional for the majority of the game, most notably in the second half when Graham threw for a total of four yards. Some balls were under thrown, some were overthrown and some just landed with a lazy thud on the track — 10 yards outside the field.

True, it wasn’t all bad: Graham and his receivers connected on a few uplifting sequences, such as junior wide receiver Sean Ballard’s 41-yard touchdown reception in the first half. For the most part, however, Graham looked hesitant and unsure, especially when pushed out of the pocket and forced to throw on the run.

It’s yet another disturbing development in the College’s never-ending quarterback saga.

Graham, a week after playing so convincingly against a powerful Football Bowl Series defense, appeared lackadaisical against a far lesser opponent. It’s unknown whether head coach Jimmye Laycock’s decision to pull Graham for Graham senior Brent Caprio in the closing minutes of the game was merely a ploy to give Caprio some playing time after coming back from a foot injury or if it was a vote of noconfidence for Graham.

Of course, this all took place in a game that the Tribe won 31-7. While the passing game was stunted, the College’s three-headed rushing attack of junior Keith McBride, sophomore Mikal Abdul-Saboor and freshman Kendell Anderson was busy tearing through the Hampton defense. Five-yard gains were taken at will all the way down the field — the Tribe’s running backs averaged 5.9 yards per carry

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Freshman wide out Jesse Santiago runs through warm up drills with the rest of the College. With the win over Hampton, head coach Jimmye Laycock has won five of the last six home openers.

College pounds Hampton, racks up 277 rush yards in 31-7 home opener win

BY CHRIS WEBER FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR Leading 17-0 at halftime, William and Mary still hadn’t converted a third down. Hampton rushed 15 times for a net loss of five yards.

Senior quarterback Michael Graham, coming off a strong performance against West Virginia a week earlier, threw six times for four yards in the second half, watching five of them land innocently on the turf.

In a game of abnormal statistics, one thing remained the same. Perfect in his first three games against Hampton (0-2), head coach Jimmye Laycock kept his record clean as the College (1-1) won 31-7.

“By and large, it was a good solid win for us.

We played pretty hard and, for the most part, we played pretty well,” Laycock said. “It was pretty evident early on that our defense was controlling their offense, so that set the stage.”

Senior safety Jerome Couplin led the Tribe with eight tackles, helping hold Hampton to 185 yards. The Pirates rushed 27 times for just 24 yards.

“The main thing we were harping on all week was stopping the run and making them pass the ball, make them uncomfortable. We just said upfront we had to control the line of scrimmage,” senior defensive lineman George Beerhalter said. “We didn’t do any exotic blitzes; we basically went straight forward and played

WOMEN’S SOCCER

College wins, draws in Nike Classic Johnston nets game winner before College ties Rutgers in double overtime

BY MICK SLOAN FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary earned a win and a draw in its two games in the Virginia Soccer Nike Classic in Charlottesville, Va. this past weekend. The Tribe (2-1-2) blanked Seton Hall 1-0 Friday evening and battled to a 1-1 tie with Rutgers Sunday afternoon.

The weekend’s games marked the Tribe’s third and fourth one-goal games so far in the season, as well as its third overtime game.

The College struggled to attack in the first half against Seton Hall. Although the Tribe did manage a shot on goal by senior midfielder Dani Rutter in the 20th minute, it mustered just two other shots in the opening frame and rarely ignited a genuine threat on goal.

However, the College’s defense was formidable, not surrendering a single shot on goal in the entire contest to keep its opponents scoreless.

Both offenses markedly improved in the second half. The Pirates were inaccurate but nonetheless imposing after halftime, firing eight shots to keep the Tribe defense uneasy. As the game passed the 70th minute mark, the outcome remained uncertain.

The Tribe offense caught a break when Rutter took a corner kick in the 71st minute.

The senior sent the ball to junior forward Emory Camper, who set up sophomore forward Katie Johnston for a header that ricocheted into the net and gave the College a 1-0 lead.

The Tribe defense held strong for the remaining 19 minutes of the game and sophomore goalkeeper Caroline Casey

earned her second shutout of the young season. The narrow victory gave the Tribe momentum going into Sunday’s showdown with Rutgers.

The Scarlet Knights proved to be a more challenging opponent. They pressured the College from the onset, firing five shots in the first half and 17 in the match overall, including seven shots on goal.

Rutgers struck a blow in the 39th minute when forward Maria Gerew slammed a shot past Casey to give the Scarlet Knights a 1-0 halftime lead. With the Tribe managing just one shot in the entire opening half, it appeared that the Tribe was overmatched by its opponents and sure to fall short.

Casey, however, refused to fade against the constant assault of Rutgers shots. The sophomore, putting together a strong start to her season, stopped six shots in the match to keep the Scarlet Knights from expanding their lead past a single goal.

The Tribe offense finally came through in the second half, when Camper received a pass from Rutter and slipped a shot past the Rutgers defense. After struggling the entire game, the goal gave the College a second wind just 29 seconds after halftime.

The tension of the tie shrouded the rest of regulation. Rutgers had a number of opportunities to seize the win in the second half, but the College’s defense thwarted each chance. When Rutter’s shot in the 89th minute failed to convert, the two teams headed into overtime.

Rutgers dominated the first extra period, denying the Tribe from attempting a shot and sending three of their own. However, Casey stopped the only on-target chance to

keep the teams even.

The Tribe responded strongly in the second overtime period, nearly grabbing the game winning goal on Camper’s second shot of the game, but Rutgers goalkeeper Jessica Janosz made the save and sealed the 1-1 draw. It was a moral victory for the College, which was out-shot 17-7 and still avoided the loss.

The Tribe will play a much-deserved three-match home stand, beginning Thursday against George Washington at 7 p.m. at Albert Daly Field.

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Sophomore forward Katie Johnston scored Friday.