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Junior Emily Stites broke the school record in the 10,000-meter race at the Mt. SAC Relays.
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Social fraternities, sororities make up 145 of 194 OAs for 2014 Orientation Aide breakdown BY ABBY BOYLE // FLAT HAT MANAGING EDITOR by social fraternity Orientation Aide breakdown 2013 # Next fall, nearly 200 neon-wearing Orientation Aides will help welcome between Greek-affiliated students and Orientation Aides. by social sorority 2014 increased OAs # and acclimate new students to campus life at the College of William and “I think within any organization — Greek or not — you’re going to have 2013 # Mary. More likely than not, the students wearing the bright yellow shirts will people who talk about their experiences. … I think what we see with many decreased OAs be members of social fraternities or sororities. of our organizations that sort of have that legacy of involvement is that you 2014 increased OAs # According to data from the selected group of OAs for Fall 2014, have numbers who talk about it, who talk about their really great experience ALPHA TAU OMEGA — 1 decreased OAs approximately 75 percent of students chosen to serve as OAs are also members of social fraternities or sororities at the College. This number DELTA CHI 2 is similar to the number of Greek students in last year’s group of selected OAs. In Fall 2013, approximately 77 percent of OAs were members of Greek PI KAPPA ALPHA — 5* organizations. Additionally, eight of the ten Orientation Area Directors who will oversee OA staff for Fall Orientation 2014 are also LAMBDA CHI ALPHA — 1** members of Greek organizations. Comparatively, about 27-30 percent of 10 the College’s student body is comprised of KAPPA DELTA RHO — 7 members of Greek life on campus, Graduate SIGMA PI EPSILON — 2 Assistant for Fraternity and Sorority Life Meghan Holton said. 10 KAPPA SIGMA — 9 Director of First 20 Year Experience Lauren 2 DELTA PHI — 3 Garrett said there could be various reasons to 10 SIGMA PI — 5 explain the overlap
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and really encourage their members to participate,” Garrett said. Orientation Area Director Meghan Sheehan ’15 agreed, saying she promoted her experience of serving as an OA to GAMMA PHI BETA — 3 the members of organizations with which she is involved. 7 DELTA GAMMA — 10 Sheehan, a member of the Gamma Kappa Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma 9 CHI OMEGA — 4 sorority at the College, said she views the number of students involved in both Greek See ORIENTATION page 3
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These numbers are based on students who were members of Greek organizations when they were selected as Orientation Aides in Spring 2013 and 2014. 141 of 182 OAs in Fall 2013 and 145 of 194 for Fall 2014 — as listed on the College’s website — were members of social fraternities or sororities during Orientation. One student could not be accounted for. *No confirmed members of Pi Kappa Alpha are OAs for Fall 2014. **Lambda Chi Alpha is no longer recognized as an official fraternity at the College. However, at the time of Fall 2013 OA selection, one OA was a member of the now de-chartered fraternity and one former Lambda Chi Alpha is an OA for Fall 2014.
STUDENT LIFE: INTO DRUG CULTURE SERIES
STUDENT LIFE
The repercussions of drug use The Flat Hat series looks into consequences of getting caught with drugs BY AINE CAIN AND ROHAN DESAI FLAT HAT NEWS EDITORS
On the more than 7,000 college campuses across the country, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration surveys from 2010 indicate that 20 percent of students used illicit substances in the past thirty days. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, the numbers show that 19.95 to 22.04 percent of people aged 18 to 25 consumed illegal drugs. Drug arrests on college campuses in the state rank in the 40th percentile of states in terms of arrests. Students sometimes see violations and repercussions students as a grey area. Where a drug violation takes place — on campus grounds, within campus housing or off campus — can complicate the distinctions between enforcement in terms of whether it falls under the jurisdiction of College of William and Mary administrators, campus police or Williamsburg police. The process by which students suspected of consuming drugs in oncampus housing are investigated depends on the type of drug consumed. Without a search warrant, campus police are unable to search a student’s residence. Director of Residence Life Deb Boykin said charging students with using marijuana, the most prevalent drug on campus, is difficult without definitive evidence. According to Boykin, a Resident Assistant smelling marijuana outside a student’s dorm room does not constitute a
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preponderance of evidence. “Sometimes what might happen is if the RAs are doing their rounds and smell what they think is marijuana, they will call the William and Mary police and the smell is gone, and there’s nothing anyone can do. … The area director will talk to the students in the room and say ‘I don’t know what’s going on over here, but there have been reports that people have smelled marijuana’ and give them a kind warning,” Boykin said. If the incident occurs again, however, the police may obtain the right See DRUGS page 3
Certain time periods attract crowds BY REBECCA HEINE FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR
The College of William and Mary’s Student Recreation Center receives 13,000 to 14,000 visitors on its busiest days, according to Director of Campus Recreation Linda Knight. She noted that 80 percent of students at the College participate in some Rec program, whether it’s exercising in the building’s facilities, going rock climbing, utilizing personal training sessions or participating in group activities from intramurals to sports clubs. Many of these programs come with additional costs. “Our goal is to keep the fees as low as possible, and keep the activities as low as possible, so we can be an opportunity for anybody who wants to participate in our programs,” Knight said. “Everything we take in just supplements what students already pay.” Campus Recreation’s club sports program, which offers around 45 different clubs, is popular among students. Each club charges membership dues, but their costs are also supplemented by the Rec. The same applies to intramurals as well; there is a $30 charge per
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19.95 and 22.04 percent of people aged 18 to 25 consumed illegal drugs in 2010.
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