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Students grow political activity Will focus on civic action ROHAN DESAI FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR
Marching for climate change
StudentImpact, a student-founded political action committee (PAC), launched its presence on campus Sept. 22. Founded to improve College of William and Mary students’ involvement in Williamsburg politics, the PAC intends to raise general civic awareness among students, with the ultimate goal of increasing College students’ representation in Williamsburg politics. “Initially the idea was started by Benming Zhang [’16]. What Ben had in Longley mind was to get more students involved in student government,” Communications Director Henry Longley ’15 said. “As more people got involved with the project, we figured more ways people could get involved with the project.” Longley added that the group’s focus soon shifted to educating College students on general issues in the area. “I see one of the greatest missions of this PAC is raising general issues to the student body of campus. … If you have an informed campus, they’re going to make informed decisions,” Longley said. StudentImpact’s Political Director Trevor Parkes ’15 noted that the PAC’s greatest strength will come from the student body. “My main job is to try and mobilize the resources we have,” Parkes said. “The biggest resource we have is that we have so many students here. The problem is that not everyone is ready
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Students from the College of William and Mary marched at the record-breaking People’s Climate March in New York City on Sunday. The march attracted over 400,000 people.
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Recent research suggests that the number of international students attending U.S. colleges and universities is growing — and the College of William and Mary is no exception. In 2013, the Institute of International Education released a report stating that the number of international students studying at United States colleges and universities increased by 7 percent, reaching an all-time high. Over the last ten years, the number of international students at U.S. colleges and universities has increased by 40 percent. At the moment, the College is home to 664 international students. With admissions for the Spring 2015 semester, Director of International Students, Scholars and Programs Stephen Sechrist said he expects that number to rise to about 685. According to Sechrist, the number of international students at the College has doubled over the last five years. “W&M’s relatively small size and attention to the individual student coupled with our holistic approach to liberal arts education really sets us apart from other top-ranked universities,” Sechrist said in an email. “While the Reves Center is the international ‘hub’ of the university and works to support them across campus, international students are W&M students first and foremost and so all offices on campus have a hand in educating and assisting them.” At the same time that international student populations have increased across the country, studies show that retaining those students can be problematic for some colleges and universities. A recent Shorelight Education report took into account the top 200 nationally ranked universities and the schools’ international student populations. According to the report, the average on-time graduation rate for international students at these universities was 70 percent, with “on-time” defined as within 150 percent of the average time it takes students to obtain a degree. See INTERNATIONAL page 3
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30-day lease allows coffee shop to expand, use new building as a preparatory space
Aromas signed a 30-day lease to operate in Williamsburg’s Triangle Building, located at the corner of Prince George Street and Armistead Avenue. “This is a short lease to assist an existing business until they complete needed additional space at their current location,” City Director of Economic Development Michelle DeWitt said in an email. DeWitt added that the space will be used for food preparation and will not be open to the public. The lease marks Aromas’ third expansion since co-owners Don and Geri Pratt opened the Prince George Street location in 2000. After opening a location at Oyster Point in Newport News in June 2006, Aromas began operating at Earl Gregg Swem Library in August. “It was an immediate necessity. The day the College [of William and Mary] came back into session it became absolutely clear that we needed to make some changes,” Aromas Corporate Chef and Manager Dave Burchett said. “We literally over-doubled the production from this building. We’re running two restaurants out of one kitchen.” According to Burchett, Aromas will use the Triangle Building as a preparatory space for its Swem location. “Basically, we needed extra refrigeration
and horizontal surfaces in order to prepare for meals at the College, at the new Swem location,” Burchett said. Space in the Williamsburg Redevelopment Housing Authority-owned building became
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NEWS IN BRIEF Alumnus donates $3 million to establish scholarship fund, gallery
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Former rector of the College of William and Mary Henry C. Wolf ’64, J.D. ’66 and his wife, Dixie Davis Wolf, donated $3 million dollars to the College. The funds will go toward establishing the 1779 Scholars Fund and The Wolf Gallery of the History of the College of William and Mary. The 1779 Scholars Fund will provide scholarships for students at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law. The gallery will be housed in the Muscarelle Museum of Art and display artifacts from the College’s history, including a trophy Amelia Earhart presented to the College.
Drew LaMar, a member of the College’s Biology department, is a principal investigator on a grant from the National Science Foundation. LaMar is a part of the National Science Foundation’s Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis initiative. The College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Pittsburgh are all collaborators with the initiative. The grant LaMar is working on is focused on creating a QUBES digital “hub,” which will make a space where mathematicians and biologists can share their ideas and quantitative approaches.
College appoints new director of Internal Audit Kent Erdahl ’83 has been named the College of William and Mary’s new director of Internal Audit. Erdahl’s position will entail creating an annual audit plan and making recommendations to the College on improving governance. He will report directly to Board of Visitors’ Committee on Audit and Compliance. Erdahl succeeded Michael Stump in July, as Stump is now a professor at the Mason School of Business. Prior to holding this position, Erdahl worked in the private sector as president of internal audit and risk management at St. Joe Company in Jacksonville, Fla and as a senior audit manager in Richmond, Va.
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Peace Corps amends application process Organization’s application made shorter with optional area-specific aspect MEREDITH RAMEY FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
The Peace Corps unveiled changes to its application process in July, including the shortening of the application, the addition of “Apply By “ and “Know By” deadlines, and increased student choice in programs and countries. “We launched a new, shorter, online application that takes only one hour to complete. … Already the response to these new initiatives are tremendous,” Peace Corps Director Carrie HesslerRadelet said. According to Hessler-Radelet, the Peace Corps saw its highest number of applicants in a single day after implementing these changes to the application process. She said that the new process will allow students to apply in a timely manner and, if accepted, start their volunteer program with the Peace Corps shortly after graduation. Katie Gehron ’12, a current Peace Corps volunteer in Burkina Faso, offered her opinion of the previous Peace Corps application process and compared it to these new changes. “The application process when I applied was long with multiple parts about our technical experience and medical history. … My application experience was quicker than the average applicant at the time, but it still took about five months from me applying to getting my invitation to serve,” Gehron said in an email. “The streamlining of the application process I think will be a good change. … The process gives the
freedom for William and Mary students to apply at the same time that they would be applying for jobs their senior year, instead of applying a year in advance to start around graduation.” The Peace Corps currently operates in 66 countries. Applicants can apply to one, two or three specific programs at a time or opt to go to wherever they are needed most. In the past, applicants could not apply to serve in specific countries or programs. Gehron said that she hopes applicants consider letting the Peace Corps place them in the countries which have the most need, rather than focusing on those they know. “I studied French and focused my studies on food security while at William and Mary,” Gehron said. “Even though I wanted to go to a Francophone (French speaking country) and I wanted to work in a good insecure country, I never looked at Burkina Faso. … When I got my invitation to serve in Burkina Faso, I was nervous, but I quickly learned about Burkina Faso and realized that it was exactly the country that complimented my skills and was what I was looking for. … One of the Core Expectations of the Peace Corps is to ‘serve where the Peace Corps asks you to go,’ it is where there is the most need and where we will be the most effective.” Susan Nelson ’15 plans to apply to the Peace Corps this year. She said the option to choose the program or country influenced her decision to apply. “I would love to engage with issues that I have already had experience with or studied, because I feel as though I’d
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Allen Koji Ukai ’10 served in Ecuador for the Peace Corps and volunteered to work as a soccer coach for children in the local community.
be able to bring more to the table and further my career goals, as opposed to an area which I don’t have a background in,” Nelson said in an email. Nelson plans to apply to programs in Jordan or Tunisia, where she has visited in the past, she said she is passionate about the issues the populations of these countries face. Traditionally, the College of William and Mary ranks among the top 25 medium-sized schools — between 5,001 and 15,000 total undergraduate populations — for total alumni serving as volunteers for that year. Last year, the
College ranked 22nd with 17 alumni serving as volunteers. This constituted a 12-place drop in rankings, as the College ranked ninth among medium-sized schools in 2013 with 30 alumni serving as volunteers. When asked if the changes to the Peace Corps application could affect the number of accepted applicants from the College, Hessler-Radelet said that more colleges are showing interest in having alumni join the organization and that the process may become more competitive. “We are very excited about having a strong, diverse pool of applicants. …
I think it’s going to be a little bit more competitive than it has in the past,” Hessler-Radelet said. About 7,200 Peace Corps volunteers are currently in the field, and HesslerRadelet estimates that about 3,500 volunteers join the Peace Corps each year. “We have room to grow and, in the future, there may be more slots available,” she said. In 2012, William and Mary News stated that 576 alumni had served in the Peace Corps since the Kennedy Administration established the program in 1961.
International students discuss experiences adjusting Using that time scale, the College was just one of four universities listed with a 100 percent graduation rate for its international students. Other schools with a 100 percent graduation rate include the Colorado School of Mines, the University of Pittsburgh and Stanford University. “W&M has an incredibly talented international student population,” Sechrist said. “Admission to W&M is competitive for in-state students and even more competitive for the out-of-state (including international) population.” Sechrist also cited the many resources — academic and otherwise — available to international students at the College, which he said can help them in a variety of ways. He listed the Writing Resources Center, Tribe Tutor Zone, Global Education Office and Academic Advising programs as resources that international students take advantage of. There are also programs through the Office of Community Engagement, Residence Life, Center for Student Diversity and Cohen Career Center that Sechrist said give students skills to succeed academically, socially and professionally. The Reves Center for International Studies collaborates with each office to assist them in working with international students. Additionally, Sechrist said this year, the Reves Center piloted the International Freshmen Advantage Program, a summer program designed to prepare international freshmen for their first year at the College. Sang Hyun Park, an international
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student who spent his freshman year at the College before transferring to Cornell University, said taking advantage of the various resources proved beneficial in acclimating to life in Williamsburg. “The Reves Center is essential to international students for the practical resources they offer, with anything from getting a social security number to making trips to groceries that sell foreign products,” Park said in an email. “Cultural organizations help international students feel at home and keep in touch with the things they miss back home.” The Shorelight Education study did not appear to take into account the number of students who transferred to other institutions. In May, Nafsa: Association of International Educators released the findings of a study looking at colleges’ and universities’ retention of international students. Using a World Education Services survey, the researchers compiled responses from international undergraduates and college administrators. The results showed that the most common reasons institutions give for international students’
Students form StudentImpact PAC to poll students on Williamsburg-related topics PAC from page 1
to turn out to vote. … We’re going to try and do things and raise turnout and participation. Not necessarily voting, but awareness in general,” he said. According to the PAC’s press release, StudentImpact conducted a survey of 151 respondents at the Student Organizations and Activities Fair Aug. 26. The survey found that less
than half of College students are not registered to vote, and 76 percent said they were interested in receiving notifications about upcoming voting opportunities. The release stated that StudentImpact will poll students on Williamsburg-related topics that affect the College, as well as track city policy. Some of the committees StudentImpact will track are the Public Housing Advisory
Committee, Economic Development Authority, Neighborhood Relations Committee, and the Williamsburg Area Transportation Authority. Beginning this week, policy trackers from the group will attend Williamsburg Area Transportation Authority meetings. “We feel that if there’s a competition and we can open up a productive discourse, then we can make headway and make policies that are broader and help the most amount of people in Williamsburg,” Parkes said. “We see students as stakeholders and residents of the community. … The whole part of this is to try and raise civic awareness. We obviously hope that any students who have any interest in the area will get involved. … The idea is that we’re all students trying to make a better environment and community.”
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leaving before graduation are the desire to find a “better fit” institution, financial reasons and academic difficulties. However, students’ reasons for leaving a school were lack of access to jobs, affordability, lack of scholarships, dissatisfaction with the food, or with living arrangements. David Ji ’16, an international student originally from South Korea, said he sees lack of employment as the biggest struggle international students face at the College. He added that others may struggle more with the language barrier or with fitting into American culture. “It’s actually a bit strange going to another country and mingling with other people,” Ji said. “It might sound easy but when you actually face it, it becomes overwhelming.” Park echoed this sentiment. “Because my origin was so different from the vast majority of people at the College, it was hard not to feel out of place,” Park said. “It was challenging to figure out my role and place in the community. It was also hard to find people with whom I could
relate … because of the relatively small presence of international students at the College.” Ultimately, Park said this seemingly small presence of international students contributed to his decision to transfer. While Ji said that international students’ experiences differ, he has seen several friends transfer for another reason: a desire to find a more academically rigorous school. “[Many international students] always want more in terms of academics,” Ji said. “They want to go to a better school, get better academics; they pay attention to school prestige. When they look for that, there are a lot of colleges that are better than William and Mary in terms of rankings. If they are not satisfied with William and Mary’s academics, they choose to transfer. I know some people who went to other schools — Duke, Rice, UVa. They transferred to go to a higher-ranked school. I’ve never seen anyone who went to a lower-ranked school when they transferred.” No matter the school, Park said he would encourage any international student studying in the U.S. to take advantage of the resources available to them at his or her institution. Ji said that above all, he would encourage new international students to seek help from others who may have had similar experiences adjusting to life at the university. “Take advantage of your peer international students,” Ji said. “They are your resources. Talk to them as much as you can.”
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of both units, nearly 5,400 square feet, and began showing it to potential tenants. The Jewish Mother had opened the deli in one unit this spring before closing the entire space early this summer. Originally slated for a grand opening March 1, The Jewish Mother owner Scotty Miller cited payroll and management as reasons for the restaurant’s delayed opening in an August interview with the Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily. In the same interview, Miller said the restaurant was “dealing with the inspection process” regarding kitchen apparatus. The Jewish Mother location in Norfolk, Jewish Mother Backstage, has closed, while the Virginia Beach location closed before reopening as The Jewish Mother and VB Taphouse in May. While Aromas Triangle-Building is slated for a 30-day lease, DeWitt noted a clause where a new tenant could take over the space from Aromas. “We are marketing both spaces to lease to tenants,” DeWitt said. “The Aromas lease has a condition that they will vacate if we find another tenant.” For its part, Burchett said Aromas is actively seeking a more permanent solution. The Prince George Street location is 100 years old, Burchett said, and the building’s age limits the possibility of in-house expansion or renovation.
“We are looking at other locations in order to expand. There’s not a whole lot we can do here,” Burchett said. “The Triangle location is temporary; it is on a 30-day lease. I think we have the ability to go further if we want to. A new location will be solely based on the needs of the College location.” The Triangle Building currently houses MAD about Chocolate. With Aromas filling the former Jewish Mother deli space, a third unit remains unoccupied. The building has not been fully occupied since 2011.
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Desperately seeking my Qdoba The smell is the first thing that hits you, and it hits hard: a wave, not a fog. The smell is meaty, but carries sublime hints of tortilla, maybe even lime. A feast has been laid out just for you. There’s succulent beef and sweet, creamy queso. There are beans of every two kinds imaginable, and pico de gallo dotted with pungent cilantro. You’ve been wandering in a world where all too often it seems like your path has been predetermined, but in Qdoba you’ve discovered a haven of opportunity. White rice? Brown rice? The possibilities are endless. Qdoba is the only truth. It’s material, THE FLAT HAT it’s warm, and it’s yours. But what’s this? The doors are shut. The smell has evaporated. Panic descends like a fog as you exit Earl Gregg Swem Library. The counter, whose compartments should be overflowing It falls as a slow-moving miasma as you shrug on your backpack, with foods of vaguely exotic taste and texture, sits empty and poised to envelop your body from the head down. It ricochets unaccompanied. Are you even in the right place? Is Qdoba here unsettlingly in your mind, sending tremors through your shoulders anymore? Will it ever be here again? Maybe the strain of academic and into your back and arms. It consumes you. “Just a short break,” life has gone to your head. Perhaps Qdoba is some extravagant you think. “Just a short break and I’ll write the invention of your frayed mind. It’s probably last page of that IR paper; I’ll outline that last only open when you’re not there, teasing you ‘Just give me a sign, chapter of biology.” It’s dinnertime, at least into ontological insanity. If only the hours were Qdoba,’ you wail, ‘or at according to your phone’s clock, and you should least a clear and visible public knowledge… “Just give me a sign, Qdoba,” be getting hungry by now. The sun’s just starting you wail, “or at least a clear and visible list of list of your hours of to dip, and a deep, incomprehensible chill sets your hours of operation.” Someday, there will operation.’ in. Surely your wide-ranging ancestors didn’t be a reasonable universe in which you can seek live like this. They were up at dawn with the herd and down to sleep out a release to your stress without the hindrance of obscure, again at sunset. You haven’t seen the sun since it shone over Jones seemingly arbitrary, opening and closing times. In that perfect Hall after 3:30 lecture. timeline, the administration will provide us with large boards “Who am I?” you ask. “Who am I?” as you step into the Sadler proclaiming the news of Qdoba’s arrival. Center and grasp for your ID. “Who am I?” as the blue mass in Deprived of any noticeable indication of Qdoba’s opening, you your periphery crystallizes into the atrium’s cobalt-hued couches. decide to move on. You’ll probably go back to the library for a bit, You stagger around in some blank imitation of reality void of putter around on your laptop just enough to convince yourself that purpose or affirmation. Nothing substantive materializes. You you’ve accomplishing something, and then go back to your dorm wonder what you’re really trying to accomplish here. A job, a room and make ramen before passing out at 12:44. The refuge of house, some fulfillment, and maybe some money on the side? cathartic gluttony that is Qdoba has been closed to you just when “No,” you think, “there has to be some deeper significance, you needed it most. You slink away, returning to your daily search something worth striving for.” And then you turn the corner and for meaning. Maybe Qdoba will be here tomorrow, or the next day, look through those swinging glass doors, and there it is. There is or the next. Maybe. Qdoba. Email Quinn Monette at qpmonette@email.wm.edu.
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“My parents came here and did a lot of the activities, but I was back home at a bachelor party.” Spencer Pigg ’15
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he College of William and Mary attracts more international students every year — so many that the College has turned its international student programs into selling points. But while the College’s international success is impressive and should be touted, the College should not promote every positive statistic associated with that success, regardless of its accuracy or legitimacy. Sept. 19, the College’s Facebook page posted a link from a report published by Shorelight Education stating that the College was among the four universities in the country whose international students had all graduated within a reasonable time. This statistic is misleading; it does not appear to account for transfer students. Additionally, Shorelight Education, though reliable, is a relatively obscure source. The College should be eager to advertise its international student programs — the number of international students has doubled in the last five years to 664. On-campus academic resources like the Writing Resource Center and the Tribe Tutor Zone are better at accommodating international students who speak English as a second language. The Office of Community Engagement, Residence Life and the Center for Student Diversity help integrate those students into campus life. Last year, the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies started the International Freshman Advantage Program, which helps international students adjust to American cultural and academic expectations. That said, what concerns us about Shorelight Education’s report (and the College’s decision to advertise it) is that it ignores important questions about the number of international students who transfer from the College. A recent study by NAFSA: Association of International Educators found a significant gap between the perceived reasons why international students leave before graduation, and their given reasons for leaving. Administrators listed school reputation, finances and academics as the top three reasons, while students reported lack of access to jobs and internships, affordability and availability of scholarships. The College’s quality resources for international students have improved graduation rates, but how is the College addressing the problem of international students who transfer — especially when administrators and students nationally do not agree on the source of the problem? When the College markets itself using questionable information, it appears desperate and deceiving, especially when its international student programs are among its greatest strengths. The College should promote itself using more accurate data. Abby Boyle recused herself from this editorial to remain unbiased in her reporting.
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The College’s ampersand: embodying the green & gold Vayda Parrish THE FLAT HAT
The College of William and Mary is a university defined by the ampersand — punctuation’s allinclusive curlicue. The symbol exists to encompass and to incorporate, to embrace and to combine. Such is the lifeblood of America’s second oldest college. The College’s passionate student body personifies an inexplicably cohesive diversity. The ampersand is purposefully used to exemplify the school’s heterogeneous mix of intellectual, social and extracurricular life. This visual representation of “and” dates back to ancient Roman linguistics and traditional Latin conjugations. An ampersand denotes the fusion of “and per se and,” two common English words and a Latin phrase meaning “inherently fundamental.” Every aspect of the College is integral. You will rarely
find “and” spelled out anywhere where the school’s name is written in full. The ampersand carries more weight. The College represents two royal figures who came together as one to charter what would become a hub for the American liberal arts. This university’s focus on academics is apparent, but its encouragement of intermingling education with laughter, conversation and friendship embodies its true achievement: Inclusion. Harmony. Everyone belongs. Everything has a place. Each brick around campus is perfectly laid, even the ones that trip us up. Perhaps the school bears two names because it’s a place of community rather than a oneman show. Each bright mind that crosses the threshold of the Sir Christopher Wren Building at convocation has something to offer: ideas, jokes, a beautiful singing voice. The ampersand lends itself to the Tribe because it’s natural. It evokes a sense of not just fitting in, but contributing. It combines and conquers. At the College, there is always something to be added. Add a class, add new friends on Facebook, add a club sport into an already busy schedule. The College is special because it’s immersive & inclusive. Green & gold. Loved & old. Email Vayda Parrish at vcparrish@email.wm.edu.
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MEN’S SOCCER
Tribe shut out in DC
No. 13 Georgetown secures win with first-half goal MICK SLOAN FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR
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All appeared right with William and Mary’s offense Sept. 5. The College had scored eight goals in its first three games, including a 4-0 rout vs Pittsburgh at Martin Family Stadium. In the four games since, however, the Tribe has four losses and not a single goal to its name. The skid continued Sunday afternoon, as the College fell to No. 13 Georgetown, 1-0, in Washington, D.C. “We fought hard and executed our plan pretty well against a Georgetown team that I believe is a national contender,” head coach Chris Norris told Tribe Athletics. “If we don’t allow our current frustrations to get the better of us, and play with the same determination with which we did today, I’m confident our fortunes will turn.” Norris’ optimism couldn’t have been much consolation on Sunday. The Tribe (25-0) managed just one shot on goal and only seven in total, barely threatening the Hoyas (4-3-1). The College’s defense was steadfast against Georgetown’s attack, allowing just eight total shots, but once again the defensive effort wasn’t enough to lift the struggling offense. The Tribe generated the first shot of the game, as junior midfielder Jackson Eskay fired a strike past the Georgetown net in the sixth minute. Senior forward Chris Albiston also threatened in the 17th minute, but the shot sailed harmlessly wide of frame as the game was scoreless for most of the first half. The College nearly earned its first goal in 16 days in the 31st minute, when Eskay launched an on-target shot towards the goal.
Georgetown goalkeeper Tomas Gomez cut off Eskay’s strike, however, keeping the game at a 0-0 deadlock with his only save of the day. Just moments later, in the 34th minute, the Hoyas notched a goal with a complex offensive sequence. Georgetown’s Josh Turnley sent a long cross to forward Alex Muyl, who slipped the ball to substitute Arun Basuljevic. Basuljevic, who played just 41 minutes in the game, fired the ball past Tribe senior goalkeeper Bennett Jones to give the Hoyas a 1-0 lead that the team carried into halftime. The College’s offense battled throughout the second half, but was unable to get a shot on goal. Eskay misfired a header in the 48th minute, and sophomore forward Reilly Maw’s attempt soared over the crossbar in the 51st minute. Albiston sent a shot toward the Georgetown net, but the Hoyas’ defenders knocked the ball off course. The 75th minute deflection turned out to be the Tribe’s last chance to tie the match, and the game ended in a 1-0 shutout loss. The loss was the College’s fourth in a row, continuing a skid that has derailed the early stage of its season. The Tribe has allowed just five goals in that span — thanks in part to Jones’ 17 saves — but the offense has been devoid of any spark. With 11 games remaining on the Tribe schedule, the College has time to turn its season around, but it will have to start that process soon. The College’s road trip continues on Wednesday, when the squad faces UMBC in Baltimore, Md .at 7 p.m. The Tribe returns to Williamsburg Friday, where it will host UNCWilmington. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Martin Family Stadium.
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Junior Jackson Eskay and the Tribe’s offense failed to amount scoring opportunities at No. 13 Georgetown.
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FIELD HOCKEY
Tribe struggles, falls to No. 3 Duke 3-0
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William and Mary fell to No. 3 Duke, 3-0, at Busch Field Sunday. Duke gained a stranglehold on the match by burying two goals in the opening 10 minutes. The Tribe (1-7) was unable to score, despite a good fight for possession throughout the game and a few close shots on goal. Duke (7-1), of the Atlantic Coast Conference, came to Williamsburg to shake off the first defeat of their spotless season, as the Blue Devils fell to Virginia Friday. Duke redeemed itself, shutting out the Tribe. Blue Devil forward Ashley Kristen scored the game’s first goal, and her second goal of the season, four minutes and 41 seconds into the first period. She scored on a high shot that junior goalkeeper Meredith Savage couldn’t reach. The ball slipped past Savage’s glove and into the back of the net, granting the Blue Devils an early advantage. Blue Devil forward Martina Chichizola expanded Duke’s lead with another goal just Savage three minutes later, using the same technique after a pass from Kristen. Tribe head coach Tess Ellis attributed the loss to a lack of focus during the first quarter. “I was just saying to the team that if we can clean up the first ten minutes of our games we can compete with the top ten in the country,” Ellis said. “I truly believe that if we can seriously just figure out our structure a little bit quicker and anticipate, that we will take on the top ten in the country and we will start pulling some points against them.” The Tribe couldn’t respond to Duke’s early lead or keep pace offensively. Duke out-shot the Tribe 9-2 in the first period. Despite the somewhat even possession, the Tribe couldn’t break through the Blue Devil’s defensive line. The College also failed to capitalize on several goal opportunities, specifically on the four penalty corners. Ellis credited Blue Devil goalkeeper Lauren Blazing for the Tribe’s shutout. “[Blazing’s] very good. … I had actually spoken to the coaches at ODU and they said the difference
[between Duke and] ODU was their goalkeeping,” Ellis said. “We got shots on them, which is great because I’ve watched film of other schools that certainly didn’t threaten their goalkeepers; whereas she had to come up with some big saves.” Blazing made a total of three saves during the game, two coming in the second period. Savage alleviated the magnitude of the Tribe’s loss with some powerful stops of her own. Savage tallied nine saves, helping to keep Duke’s total from increasing even more. Chichizola added another point to Duke’s score off a rebounded save near the post, just three minutes before the finish to make it 3-0. The Blue Devils finished the game having outshot the Tribe 18-4. Ellis remains positive about the team’s status despite the lopsided record. “The girls are still in a really good place … it’s not that they can place and go ‘Oh well we’re playing No. 3 in the country, or a team who won the National Championships last year,’” Ellis said. “They’re angry with themselves, which is a great sign because it gives us something to work on at practice this week.” The Tribe will soon face its first conference opponent, Towson. Ellis addressed the forthcoming conference game. “I think a few people in conference are probably going to hopefully underestimate us and I’m fine with that,” Ellis said. “I don’t mind being the underdog coming into our first conference game. We got ranked sixth in conference for the pre-polls so I’m ready to show people that they underestimated us from pre-season right until now.” The Tribe plays at Appalachian State and Davidson Friday and Sunday, respectively. The College will face Towson at home Oct. 3.
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College slumps Tribe drops three in Raleigh CHRIS WEBER FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary dropped three consecutive matches at the Wolfpack Invitational in Raleigh, N.C. this weekend. The losses extend the College’s losing skid to seven matches. The Tribe (4-9) opened against Howard, falling 3-1 Friday night. Both North Carolina State and Coastal Carolina moved past the College Saturday, each winning 3-0. Junior Mallory Brickerd led the Tribe against Howard (7-7) with 14 kills, seven of which came in the opening set. After dropping the first set 27-25, the College rallied to a 25-23 second-set win. The Bison, though, won both the third (25-13) and fourth (25-21) set to seal the game. Junior Dessi Koleva finished with 10 Brickerd kills while junior Carolyn Albright led the Tribe’s defensive effort with a team-high four blocks. All told, the game saw 28 tie scores and 13 lead changes. The College found less success against N.C. State (11-1) Saturday afternoon. Unlike the Howard match, the Wolfpack and the Tribe traded leads just three times. Sophomore Gabrielle Pe recorded eight digs and two assists in the effort, while freshman Austyn Ames logged nine assists, four digs, two kills and a block. Less effective than she was against Howard, Brickerd still managed six kills and five digs while Koleva added a team-high seven kills and five digs. Having dropped the first two matches, the College entered Saturday’s contest against Coastal Carolina (6-8) with a chance to secure a win in the last match of the season’s longest road trip. Coastal Carolina, though, downed the Tribe in three sets. Brickered again led the College, this time with seven kills alongside an ace and a block. Koleva chipped in six kills and a block while freshman Sara Zumbach led the defensive effort with seven digs. After four tied scores and three lead changes in the opening set, the Tribe failed to amount much resistance thereafter. Coastal Carolina cruised to a first set victory (25-12) before claiming both the second (25-15) and third (25-14) sets. The College’s cumulative offensive statistics fell with the results, as the Tribe currently outperforms opponents in only one category — serve percentage (.910 to opponent’s .889). Defensively the Tribe leads opponents in solo blocks (22 to opponent’s 10), block assists (160 to opponent’s 142), total blocks (2.1 to opponent’s 1.7) and blocks per set (2.1 to opponent’s 1.7). The College returns to action Tuesday, hosting in-state rival Virginia Commonwealth. The match is set for 7 p.m. at Kaplan Arena.
SCOREBOARD Football (3-1, 0-0 CAA)
Blue Devils score twice in opening minutes as Tribe shut out SAMANTHA COHEN FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER
VOLLEYBALL
Sept 20: W, Lafayette (1-2), 19 vs William and Mary (3-1), 33 Colonial Athletic Association Albany (3-0, 1-0) ......................1.000..........W3 New Hampshire (2-1, 1-0)........0.667..........W2 Villanova (2-1, 1-0)...................0.667..........L2 William and Mary (3-1, 0-0).....0.750..........W3 Delaware (2-1, 0-0)...................0.667..........W2 Towson (2-2, 0-0)......................0.500..........W2 Maine (1-2, 0-0)........................0.333..........L2 Elon(1-2, 0-0)............................0.333..........W1 Stony Brook (1-3, 0-0)..............0.250...........L1 James Madison (2-2, 0-1).........0.500...........L1 Richmond (2-2, 0-1).................0.500...........L1 Rhode Island (0-3, 0-1).............0.000..........L3
Cumulative Statistics Through four games Sophomore quarterback Steve Cluley 37 of 82...550 yards...two touchdowns...INT Junior tailback Mikal Abdul-Saboor 47 rushes...258 yards...three touchdowns Senior Receiver Tre McBride 13 receptions...234 yards...one touchdown Senior Defensive End Mike Reilly 18 tackles...four sacks...blocked kick
Men’s Soccer (2-5, 0-0 CAA)
Tennis
Sept. 16: L, North Carolina (5-2) 2, College 1 Sept. 21: L, College 0, Georgetown (4-1-3) 1 Sept. 24: at UMBC (3-2-2)
22nd Tribe Invitational (Sept. 19-21) Senior Jeltje Loomans won three singles matches. See page 6 for coverage.
Volleyball (4-9, 0-0 CAA)
Golf (Wolf Run Intercollegiate)
Wolfpack Invitational (0-3, Sept. 19-20)
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Field hockey (1-7, 0-0 CAA)
Women’s soccer (6-1-1, 0-0 CAA)
Sept 21: L, Duke (7-1) 3, College 0 Sept 26: at Appalachian State, 3 p.m.
Sept 21: W, Princeton(1-3-2) 1, College 4 Sept.26: vs Northeastern, 7 p.m.
Tribe in the National Football League Sunday’s primetime matchup featured two William and Mary alumni — Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Sean McDermott ’97 and Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin ’95 met in the Steelers’ 37-19 win. Tomlin played wide receiver for the Tribe from 1990-94, while McDermott played safety from 1994-97. The two were teammates for the 1994 season, in which the College finished 8-3. — Flat Hat Staff Writer Sumner Higginbotham
Cross Country William and Mary’s undefeated start to the 2014 campaign has received national attention. The women’s program is ranked No. 23 by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches ssociation. The ranking marks the 14th consecutive ranked week. The men’s side received votes. — Flat Hat Sports Editor Chris Weber
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Sophomore quarterback Steve Cluley breaks free for a 60 yard run in the third quarter. The College trailed Lafayette 19-9 at halftime, but finished off the Leopards with a 24-0 run.
Cluley sets pace with 252 offensive yards as Tribe defeats Lafayette JACK POWERS FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR Two halves and two visions of William and Mary’s potential future unfolded against Lafayette Saturday night: one fire-and-brimstone and the other pure bliss. The No. 12 Tribe (3-1) sputtered to a 19-9 halftime deficit before a scintillating second half ended in an emphatic 33-19 victory. Two factors led to the turnaround and, while one was routine, the other was almost revolutionary. The College’s long leaned-on defense suffocated the Leopards (1-2) in the second half, allowing 54 yards. Even more conspicuously, the Tribe quarterback definitively led his team to victory, an uncommon sight in recent program history. “We know we’re capable of being a great team,” sophomore quarterback Steve Cluley said. “We went into the locker room and just basically said that. We’re better than these guys. We got to come out and be more physical, be smart, and do our jobs. And we came out and did that.” Cluley achieved some success throwing in the first half, including a 73-yard bomb to senior wide receiver Tre McBride on the first possession. However, Cluley dominated the second half with his speed on the ground. The quarterback rushed for 111 yards, almost all of which came in the second half, to lead the Tribe’s rushers. Cluley’s 60-yard read-option run early in the third quarter led to a touchdown and a team with a very different attitude. “They were giving it to us. I mean we probably should have done it in the first half,” head coach Jimmye Laycock said of the read-option. “We had it in the game plan; it was part of the offense. We
decided to just break it loose and go with it.” Sophomore running back Kendell Anderson, who received most of the handoffs Saturday due to junior Mikal Abdul-Saboor’s concussion symptom-induced absence, nabbed his second touchdown of the game with a one-handed grab off a four-yard loft-pass from Cluley later in the third quarter. The score not only put the Tribe back within striking distance, 16-19, but also signaled a shift in momentum that carried through the rest of the contest. Laycock and offensive coordinator Kevin Rogers gave Cluley the go-ahead to pick apart the Leopards’ defense with his feet following the read-option’s success. Cluley scored two rushing touchdowns during the final five and a half minutes of the third quarter, giving the College a comfortable 30-19 lead heading into the fourth. With the offense clicking, the defense responded in kind in the second half. After giving up just six points to Lafayette last season, the Tribe surrendered 347 yards and gave up an average of 8.6 yards per carry in Saturday’s first half. The second half was a different story. The defense allowed two first downs and 11 yards on 15 carries in the entire half. Reilly Senior defensive tackle Steve Sinnott and senior defensive end Mike Reilly both forced turnovers, and the Tribe recovered both. “Whenever the offense is scoring, we can really rally around them,” Reilly said. “We really love it. It gives us a little more fire on defense. Cluley had a great game out there, especially in
the second half. I think he really grew up, and we really loved it.” Senior kicker John Carpenter tacked on three insurance points with a career best 49-yard field goal to put the Tribe up 33-19 with 8:10 remaining. Although the College continued to threaten, neither team scored again. The Tribe’s victory sealed a successful non-conference slate that began with a 34-9 Cluley drubbing at Virginia Tech and ended with a three-game win streak over solid Football Championship Series opponents. Abdul-Saboor wasn’t the only Tribe player to miss the game due to injury. Senior outside linebacker Airek Green and senior tight end Bo Revell (out for the season), among others, were unable to suit up Saturday night, but Laycock praised his staff’s work in spite of the injuries. “Well, we were without our leading rusher, we were without our tight end, we were without left tackle, we were without our left guard, so yeah it was a little bit different,” Laycock said. “And we were without a linebacker, and then our backup linebacker went down for a while, so then we put the third linebacker in there. We were patchwork in a lot of areas. I give the coaches a lot of credit for being able to hang in there, because that’s tough to do when you got a lot of good players who aren’t playing.” The College’s Colonial Athletic Association schedule kicks off Saturday at Stony Brook (12), which is coming off a win over American International, its first win of the season. The game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.
William and Mary hosted the 22nd Annual Tribe Invitational this weekend. The nine-team event featured both singles and doubles competition across the Millie West Tennis Facility, the Commons Tennis Courts and the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. Dartmouth, Indiana, Marshall, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth and Wake Forest all took part in the Invitational, which traces its roots to 1993. This rendition broke from the traditional singles format — the “hidden dual” style more-heavily emphasizes team competition. “It’s one of the best tournaments on the East Coast,” head coach Tyler Thomson told Tribe Athletics. “We’ve had it for over 20 years and we’ve always had a nice variety of teams coming.” While the fall season focuses more on tournamentstyle play, the spring offers more team-style competition. For Thomson, the Tribe Invitational provided a well-timed training opportunity. “We’re not going to get caught up in whether we win or lose matches, we’re going to get in whether we’re incorporating things we’ve been practicing,” Thomson told Tribe Athletics. “We want them to learn how to support one another, how to play as a team and incorporate the things we’ve been practicing.” The College opened the tournament Friday, facing Marshall. The No. 1 pairing of senior Jeltje Loomans and freshman Olivia Thaler downed Marshall’s Derya Turhan and Maddie Silver, but the Tribe conceded the doubles point after dropping both the No. 2 and No. 3 matches. In singles, junior Jackie Lee fell to Marshall’s Anne Gulsrud, 8-1. The rest of the College faced Maryland in singles play. Loomans led with a 7-5, 6-4 win in the No. 1 court, while sophomore Melanie Roy and freshman Cecily Wuenscher rounded out the Tribe’s two additional wins. Maryland won the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 courts to even the spread at three apiece. Saturday saw the College fall in a doubles competition with Pennsylvania, two matches to one. Indiana’s Sarah Baron and Alecia Kauss topped the College’s Lee and temporary partner Nicole Berkman (Pennsylvania) in the fourth doubles match. Dartmouth and Virginia both faced the Tribe in singles, with Loomans again leading with a win, this time 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 over Dartmouth’s Taylor Ng. Others courts saw Dartmouth win three matches and Virginia claim two. The College recorded a win over Dartmouth, as junior Leeza Nemchinov defeated Dartmouth’s Julia Schroeder 6-3, 6-4. The College put forth its strongest effort Sunday, earning five singles victories over Marshall. Loomans won her third consecutive singles match, but fell shy of the all-tournament team by virtue of a tiebreaker. The Tribe returns to the courts Oct. 10-12 in New Haven, Conn. for the Bulldog Invitational.
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Senior Jeltje Loomans played in the 22nd Tribe Invitational.
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Tribe returns to Williamsburg, dominates Princeton in 4-1 win Cordum scores twice as the College picks up fifth straight win, improves to 6-1-1 on season SUMNER HIGGINBOTHAM FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER It looked just like any other normal pass back to the keeper, as a Princeton defender tried to get the ball back to reset the offense. But where Princeton saw a routine, junior forward Samantha Cordum saw an opportunity. Sprinting from midfield, Cordum raced against the keeper and stole the pass, sending in her second goal of the match, the third for William and Mary as the College (6-1-1) triumphed 4-1 over the Princeton Tigers (1-3-2) Sunday at Martin Family Stadium. “Princeton is a much better team than the score indicates,” head coach John Daly said after the match. “They are well coached, and well organized, but we were able to keep them under control.” The fifth straight victory certainly didn’t come easily for the Tribe, as the first half featured physical defense on both sides. Though shots were few and far between in the first half — six for each team — Princeton controlled the ball on the
Tribe’s side, using a high defensive line in an attempt to draw the College offsides whenever it took possession. However, the strategy was only partially successful. “Offensively, we definitely did a good job adapting to their defense,” Cordum said after the game. “We got the through balls that we needed [to score] against their high line.” It was on such a play that the Tribe earned its first tally of the afternoon. Junior midfielder Nicole Baxter sent a long ball sailing over the Princeton defense. Cordum and two Princeton defenders converged on the ball near the top of the box, but Cordum got the step ahead and slipped a low shot past the advancing Tigers’ keeper for a 1-0 lead at the twenty minute mark. However, the Tigers were not so easily discouraged. Forty seconds after the Tribe goal, a Princeton forward took the ball down the far sideline off a free kick, then crossed the ball to another Tiger for a textbook header into the right side of the net. It was the first goal William and Mary conceded since its Sept.
10 matchup against Richmond. Overall, Daly said he was pleased with the defensive effort, but still sees room for improvement. “I was a little disappointed we conceded that goal, and though we haven’t conceded goals, we have conceded a lot of chances,” Daly said. The College nearly took back the lead in the 21st minute, as Cordum received a perfectly placed pass from freshman forward Sami Grasso. The ball skipped past the diving keeper, but sailed just wide of the net. A similar chance came at the 26th minute on another through ball from senior forward Anna Madden, but Cordum’s shot sailed high. Finally a Tribe attack hit home with a through ball to Cordum at the 30th minute. Once again, Cordum raced against two Princeton defenders for the ball, colliding at the top of the box. A defender crashed to the ground, while the other hesitated, surprising Cordum. “I definitely expected to hear a whistle,” Cordum said. “But I saw the keeper wasn’t in a good position,
then I saw Anna was wide open.” Cordum recovered quickly from the impact, and sent the ball over to Madden streaking down the near sideline. Madden fired the shot in stride, propelling the Tribe to a 2-1 advantage. Junior goalkeeper Caroline Casey made a terrific save in the 38th minute to keep the College lead. The Tribe outshot the Tigers 13-4, with Cordum’s second goal effectively sealing the game. Senior forward Emory Camper added an insurance goal in the 76th minute off a pass from freshman midfielder Elysee Branton. The Tribe owned the possession time, and did not allow Princeton to gain any momentum. Cordum was named CAA Player of the Week for her performances against Davidson and Princeton. She recorded seven points total, with five of those points coming against Princeton in a career day for the junior. Up next for the Tribe is Colonial Atheletic Association opponent Northeastern (5-3-1), this Friday at 7 p.m. at Martin Family Stadium.
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Junior forward Samantha Cordum scored two goals Sunday.
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Foot stomping, slow burning
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Save the Arcadian, a band of students from the University of Mary Washington, is incredibly well-rehearsed, according to Greg Taylor. “You could tell that each member knew what the other was going to play even before they played it,” he said.
Despite a struggling stage presence, Save The Arcadian put on beautifully executed show Greg Taylor THE FLAT HAT
with touching lyrics and beautifully-executed cello parts over lush piano melodies. For me, “At
The End” was the highlight of the show. The song was reminiscent of the supergroup Bad Books
Save The Arcadian, a budding band of students from the University of Mary Washington, played the most recent of AMP’s Fridays at Five show. The six-piece folk rock outfit created a dexterous wall of sound that weaved its way through their set of mostly original songs. It was clear from the beginning that this band was incredibly wellpracticed — you could tell that each member knew what the other was going to play even before they played it. Some notable aspects of their performance included the quick-fingered piano player and the vocalist who sounded like a budding Kevin Devine. They also employed a varied range of instruments. Their guitarist played the mandolin, and one of their members switched back and forth between cello and violin. They appeared to be a “typical” folk-rock band, but I still cannot bring myself to simply dump them into that category. It seemed as though there were two subsets of Save The Arcadian’s original songs. Some of them were foot-stomping, rootsy songs in cut time with three part harmonies. These songs were less than three minutes long, and the band Courtesy photo / BERKLEY SCHMIDT ripped through them with the precision of an Save the Arcadian, a folk-rock hybrid, used a varied range of instruments, including cello, violin and mandolin. “They appeared to be a “typical” folk-rock band, but I still cannot bring myself to simply dump them into that established pop band. Others, most notably the two-part “At The End,” were slow burning ballads category,” said Greg Taylor.
(an amalgamation of Manchester Orchestra and Kevin Devine) with its somber melody, almost whispered vocals and a song structure that rose and fell like an ocean wave. Luckily, it can be found on their EP, “That Bright Tide.” It is this side of Save The Arcadian’s set that keeps me from calling them a typical folk rock outfit. During these songs, it felt like they were a few electric guitars and a synthesizer away from an indie rock group in the vein of Local Natives or even Broken Social Scene. The only complaint I had about their performance was their stage presence. It took me a while to realize how much I was enjoying their music, simply because of their somewhat lackluster energy on stage. Many bands who have a “laid back mystique” on their recordings still manage to bring a strong energy to their live performances, and I think it would do Save The Arcadian well to find that balance. Other than that minor setback, their set was full of enjoyable originals alongside some well-chosen covers of bands such as Passion Pit. Personally, I’m rooting for these guys. Maybe it’s the How I Met Your Mother reference in their band name, but it’s probably the thoughtful songwriting and the lush texture that this talented group of musicians manages to bring to their original numbers. I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing Save The Arcadian again if they ever come back through Williamsburg — and I hope they do.
CONFUSION CORNER
Living with the roommate from hell Loud. Messy. Annoying. But, like a GER, with enough effort you might just learn something you never planned to.
Sky Sprayberry
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We have all heard them — roommate horror stories. Potentially worse than the campfire stories you refused to listen to as a kid, these stories can chill even the coldest of people to the bone. They range from insignificant to explosive, and a large percentage of the college population has them. Most of us have been lucky enough to escape the bad roommate. We all have minor “incidents” with our roommates, which is natural when living with another person. More common with the
randomly assigned roommates we live with freshman year, these stories usually stem from a set of annoying habits the other person has. While you may be clean, they are messy. They clip their nails so loudly that they wake you up. They never throw out the garbage. They are always FaceTime-ing their longdistance significant other when you get back to the room after Swemming all night. They have apparently never heard of headphones. You like to sleep in, they get up early — and, without fail, they leave the lights on. How fantastic! Who needs sleep anyway?!
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These seemingly inconsequential habits build up over time and suddenly you feel like you’re ready to explode. But, miraculously, you don’t. Instead, you roll with the punches, look over these small annoyances, and attempt to get on as well as possible with your roommate for the sake of not seeming like a total jerk. Then there are the roommates from hell — the real, “I’mgoing-to-actually-die” horror stories. They come in many different forms. It could be the roommate who goes way too hard for your taste or the roommate who doesn’t approve of your seemingly
commonplace drinking activities (and won’t let you forget it, of course). Perhaps it’s the roommate who is in the room at all hours of the day. Or worse, the “extra roommate” — aka your roommate’s significant other — who’s always, without fail, in the room hanging out on the futon. We’ve all heard of these types, and some of us have had the unfortunate experience of living with them. There really isn’t much you can do when put in these uncomfortable situations, except try your best to work through them. But fear not, there’s a good side to
While you may be clean, they are messy. They clip their nails so loudly that they wake you up. They never throw out the garbage.
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these stories, too. These experiences shape us into better people. You have to learn to live with someone, which, in turn, makes you more patient and easier to live with. It also serves as a reminder that we aren’t perfect. For every annoying habit your roommate has, you most likely have one — or more — habits that they also have to put up with. So for anyone struggling with roommate issues, whether they’re a string of small annoyances or a truly insufferable situation, think of it as a part of your college education. You could even consider it an honorary GER, but with more practical benefits. And just remember, with time these stories will turn from horrifying to hilarious — or at least mildly entertaining. Sky Sprayberry is a Confusion Corner Columnist who dearly loves her roommate despite her early morning nail clipping sessions.
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On Sept. 21, more than 400,000 people convened in the streets of New York City for the People’s Climate March, the largest climate march in American history. Among the throngs of people demanding environmental action were 43 students from the College of William and Mary. Haley Arata // flat hat Staff WRITER
TRIBE TAKES NYC Colorful signs in tow, students from the College boarded a bus to New York City at 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning for the seven-hour drive, marched for about five hours throughout the Manhattan streets, and returned to campus early Monday morning. Organized by SEAC member Anne Davis ’16, the group included students ranging from freshmen to seniors, all gathering to promote clean energy and a sustainable future for our planet.
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‘It takes everyone’ The march stretched for up to five miles, and students of the College marched alongside demonstrators with the Socialist Party, Green Party, Amnesty International and hundreds of other initiatives. 1,500 organizations partnered to organize the People’s Climate March, and many high-profile environmentalists like former vice president Al Gore and actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo participated in the event. The lineup of the march was divided into six thematic sections: The Forefront of Change, We Build the Future, We Have the Solutions, We Know Who is Responsible, The Debate is Over and To Change
Everything, It Takes Everyone. Whereas the Forefront of Change section included contingents of indigenous peoples, housing justice and domestic workers, the We Know Who is Responsible section included contingents of anti-corporate campaigns, antifracking allies and tar sands bloc allies. Together, individual and group activists told the story of the current climate movement. The rally occurred a few days before the United Nations climate summit, during which 120 world leaders will convene in New York to discuss ways to combat carbon pollution and other environmental threats.
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43
The number of students who attended the rally
I’m marching for my grandchildren. I want them not to be swimming in the sea. I want them to have some dry land for themselves. —Robert Cummins ’16
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