The Flat Hat April 24, 2018

Vol. 108, Iss. 9 | Tuesday, April 24, 2018

The Flat Hat The Weekly Student Newspaper

of The College of William and Mary

Williamsburg Police ‘THE NEWS OF THESE Department arrests 10 individuals in culmination of first phase of monthsARRESTS WAS BOTH long investigation SURPRISING AND DISAPPOINTING’ SARAH SMITH // FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

According to WilliamsburgJames City County General District Court documents, the Williamsburg Police Department, in a joint drug investigation with the Tri-Rivers Task Force, used a confidential informant to purchase drugs at various locations around the College of William and Mary’s campus, including two residence halls. This was part of the first phase of a several-month-long investigation that resulted in 10 arrests connected to the College.

What happened in the investigation?

These 10 people — including eight students, one professor and a dining services worker employed by Arby’s and Sodexo — were arrested April 17 on multiple accounts of narcotics possession and distribution. According to WPD Major Greg Riley, this investigation began when information was received about unreported sexual assaults due to an increase in drug activity on and around the College’s campus.

“We received information from a variety of sources, community reporters, who advised that there was a rise in sexual assaults that were unreported, so we don’t actually have victims or incidents of sexual assault being reported to us,” Riley said. “We were being told that there was a rise in these things that occurred because of drug activity on or around the college campus involving parties. We decided to tackle the narcotics side of the

investigation and focused on [offcampus allegations].”

Riley said he believes these reports were of people unknowingly consuming intoxicants at parties and then being assaulted, although he does not believe the intoxicants used were typical date-rape drugs. He said the Tri-Rivers Task Force’s role in the investigation was to help the WPD identify individuals distributing drugs that he believes were fueling sexual assaults.

However, none of the individuals arrested have been charged with offenses related to sexual assault.

Riley said he does not know how in the course of the investigation the suspects arrested were identified, but they were targeted because they were dealing drugs. Riley said more arrests and more charges are possible in continuing phases of the investigation.

“The genesis of this was the information we received,” Riley said.

“We decided to target illegal drug activities. I can’t say specifically … that these are the ones providing drugs to the parties … in targeting that particular activity.”

Criminal complaints from the 10 arrests date as far back as Dec. 7.

The majority cite offenses beginning in February 2018. These complaints reveal at least one informant bought drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, LSD, steroids and amphetamines, including from rooms in residence halls such as Brown and Barrett halls.

The court documents also indicate

that police used drug-sniffing dogs to detect these substances, while other controlled purchases were recorded by surveillance. Riley said he was not familiar with the specifics of either, and could not comment further on the use of drug-sniffing dogs and controlled purchases.

The WPD seized LSD, cocaine, psilocybin (mushrooms), opioids, amphetamines, steroids, hashish and marijuana. In one suspect’s room, they also recovered approximately $14,000 in cash.

While the WPD ran the investigation jointly with the TriRivers Task Force, which consists of police departments from places like Matthews County and Gloucester County, the William and Mary Police Department was not involved in the investigation and was not notified of the arrests until the day they were made.

According to Riley, the WPD did not notify the WMPD because the sexual assault allegations that prompted the investigation referenced off-campus locations, which he said meant their participation was not required. He also said that the WPD notified the WMPD the morning before officers made arrests.

College spokesperson Suzanne Seurattan said the news of these arrests was not expected by College officials.

“The news of these arrests was both surprising and disappointing,” Seurattan said in a press statement.

“We know the university is not immune

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CAMPUS

Wren plaques recognize women, African-American students College acknowledges role of students in shaping history, progress in moving forward SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Just days before College of William and Mary President Taylor Reveley read an official apology on behalf of the Board of Visitors for the College’s role in slavery and segregation, he unveiled two new plaques on the Sir Christopher Wren Building’s piazza. One plaque commemorates the College’s 24 first female students, the other commemorates Lynn Briley ’71, Karen Ely ’71 and Janet Brown Strafer ’71, M.Ed. ’77, the College’s first three African-American students in residence.

In a ceremony Thursday, April 19, Briley, Ely and Strafer — known as the Legacy 3 — and the descendants of the first 24 female students walked through the doors of the Wren Building, leading the rest of the crowd to see the plaques for the first time. Before this, Executive Director of Historic Campus Susan Kern, Chair of the 50th Anniversary Committee Jacquelyn McLendon and Co-Chair of the 100 Years of Coeducation Committee Valerie Cushman gave remarks.

Reveley said that he believed the day of the unveiling would be an important one for the College and that the addition of these new plaques

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shows the College’s commitment to acknowledging its past.

“By the plaques on the wall on the Wren just erected, we are recognizing the role of African Americans and of women over the vast sweep of William and Mary’s history,” Reveley said. “They played significant parts since the beginning. The parts they will play going forward will only continue to grow.

Indeed, for William and Mary to thrive in this century and succeeding centuries, the parts played by African Americans and women at William and Mary must not just continue to grow. They must grow robustly, vibrantly. It’s good and long overdue that we are here today.”

Kern’s job was to work with McLendon and Cushman’s committees to develop the content of the plaques and to oversee their creation and installation.

In her speech, Kern said that in examining the history of the College, it is important to acknowledge that women, both free and enslaved, played a role in shaping the College before they were admitted as students. She also said that women were at the forefront of the movement to create some of the Wren Building’s other plaques through the formation of a regional preservation society.

“Like most other early American institutions, William and Mary has a long history entangled with slavery, Jim Crow and

resistance to change,” Kern said. “Like other seeming bastions of male privilege, women underpinned the fabric here also. What these tablets do is mark the moment when William and Mary promised change, the moment when first white women, and, almost a half century later, African Americans, entered here under the assurance they could be students, scholars, professionals — in short, they could be peer and equal to the men served at this fountain of knowledge for its first 2 1/2 centuries.”

McLendon, who chairs one of the committees that sponsored the plaques, said that they represent a commitment to diversity and inclusion on behalf of the College.

She also said that it is important that these plaques are hung on the Wren Building, which to her is the soul of the College.

She added that this symbolic connection is important because of the role that the concept of soul plays in African-American culture.

“It is particularly fitting that the names of the three women — Lynn Briley, Karen Ely and Janet Brown Strafer — who were the first African Americans to be fully integrated into the academic life of this university, along with a reference to earlier pioneers who had been denied full access but played a key role in the process of integration,

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BOARD OF VISITORS

Reveley reads BOV apology College acknowledges its historical role in slavery, segregation LEONOR GRAVE FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

For close to two centuries, the College of William and Mary used slave labor.

The College admitted its first AfricanAmerican residential students in 1967.

Friday, April 20, the Board of Visitors voted unanimously to approve a resolution apologizing for the university’s role in slavery and segregation at their full board meeting.

“The Board of Visitors acknowledges that William and Mary enslaved people, exploited them and their labor and perpetuated the legacies of racial discrimination,” College President Taylor Reveley said, reading from the resolution.

“The Board profoundly regrets these activities, apologizes for them, expresses its deep appreciation for the contributions made by the African-American members of its community to the vitality of William and Mary then, now, and for all time coming, and commits to continue our efforts to remedy the lingering effects of past injustices.”

Almost a decade ago in 2009, the BOV formally acknowledged that the College had a role in exploiting slave labor and failing to resist segregation during the Jim Crow era. At this time, the BOV also supported the establishment of The Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation.

The Lemon Project — named in honor of a man once enslaved by the College — has led the effort to both conduct research into the history of African Americans and to carve a path of reconciliation. Today’s resolution also arrives at the end of a symbolically resonant year marked by the commemoration of 50 years of AfricanAmerican students in residence at the College.

The resolution acknowledged the work of history professor Robert Engs, whose scholarship was instrumental in the foundation of The Lemon Project and of history professor Jody Allen, its director.

Engs conducted research about the history of African Americans at the College and how to further the study of that history.

Allen’s research focuses on the College’s role in slavery and Jim Crow.

Another step the College has taken toward reconciliation was the creation of the Race and Race Relations Task Force and the Implementation Team in 2015. Task Force Chair Fanchon Glover M.Ed. ’99, Ed.D. ’06 presented the Implementation Team’s final report at the BOV meeting, in which she noted the recent hiring of Deputy Diversity Officer Dania Matos at the Center for Student Diversity, the hiring of nine faculty members of color over the last two years and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ vote to move forward with the COLL 199 curriculum requirement. The Implementation Team will no longer formally exist.

BOV member Warren Buck M.S. ’70, Ph.D. ’76, D.Sc. ’13 praised the apology resolution as an important step in moving toward an equitable future.

“It warms my heart that William and Mary, being essentially ground zero for a time that African people were enslaved in this country almost 400 years ago, to have this resolution approved by the Board,” Buck said. “This university has been a leader in creating this country. … It’s time that this university does step up and the greatness of William and Mary will shine for all time coming with the passing of this resolution. This is a journey. It’s not over.

But I think it sends a signal to everyone in this country and around the world that we are serious about inclusion and equity.”

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be prominently and forever integrated into the soul of the College with the installation and dedication of this beautiful plaque,” McLendon said. “We will continue to build upon the richness of their legacy not just for this academic year, but for all time.”

When it was time for Cushman to give her remarks, she spoke about the history of how the first female students came to be at the College. She said that because of World War I, there was a shortage of students leading to a shortage of revenue from tuition, which caused the administration to consider admitting women as students. In February 1918, legislation passed allowing for co-education.

Cushman also read excerpts of articles published in the Virginia Gazette, The Flat Hat and the Virginia Informer from 1918, offering different opinions on this decision to move toward co-education.

“Those first 24 women all were pioneers and all allowed William and Mary to claim a spot as the first public or private formerly all-male institution in Virginia to admit women,” Cushman said. “Today, built on their shoulders, William and Mary has over 55,000 alumnae who are doctors, scholars, teachers, entrepreneurs, actors, members of Congress, world-class coaches and university presidents.”

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THE BUZZ

By the plaques on the wall on the Wren just erected, we are recognizing the role of African Americans and of women over the vast sweep of William and Mary’s history. They played significant parts since the beginning. The parts they will play going forward will only continue to grow.

— College of William and Mary President Taylor Reveley on the historical significance of the two plaques placed on the Sir Christopher Wren Building piazza honoring the first women and African-American students in residence

Fighting the stigma of an ostomy

POLICE BEAT

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Molly Atwater ’17, M.S. ’18 turns to MollyOllyOstomy Instagram to share her story SARAH SMITH // FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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Wednesday, April 18 — Disappearing act: A missing person was reported on Capitol Landing Road.

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Thursday, April 19 — On the run: Police responded to reports of a runaway juvenile on Merrimac Trail.

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Friday, April 20 — Shady deal: Melinda Mac Parker was arrested on the charge of obtaining drugs by fraud on Commonwealth Avenue.

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Saturday, April 21 — Tipsy tricks: Police arrested Stephanie Marie Fisher for public intoxication and swearing on Prince George Street.

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Sunday, April 22 — Unwelcome guest: Antony James Fulton was arrested for defrauding a hotel of less than $200 on Richmond Road.

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Molly Atwater ’17, M.S. ’18 was told by her surgeon she needed an ileostomy the day after graduating summa cum laude from the College of William and Mary.

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In just a few weeks, Molly Atwater ’17, M.S. ’18 will walk across the stage at Commencement with her master’s degree in computational operations research. One month later, she will undergo surgery to have her colon removed. This last year for Atwater has been filled with medical procedures, graduate classes and a lot of ups and downs.

Now, she has finally rung the Sir Christopher Wren Bell and is looking forward to graduating and moving to Washington, D.C. to begin a consulting job.

Atwater’s path to the College of William and Mary was marked by her family history. The college search process left her comparing everywhere she toured to the liberal arts college in Williamsburg where her parents met. She first visited the College in 2003, and she said she’s had Tribe pride flowing in her veins ever since. Her family’s contemporary history is tied to the College, as well. Her dad, Peter Atwater ’83, is a professor in the economics department, and her younger brother is an undergraduate student.

When Atwater started as an undergraduate, she knew she wanted to be a math major because she loved logic puzzles. She said that her dream major would have been one specializing in logic puzzles, and then, she stumbled upon a fortuitous topic on the math department’s website.

“I ended up doing some sleuthing on the math website and I came across operations research,” Atwater said. “I was like ‘OK, I think I found what I was supposed to be doing.’ I was one of those very annoying freshman who wanted to know how to set myself up for the future, so I talked with professor [Lawrence Leemis] in the math office and I planned out my entire five years. The computational operations research — we call it the COR program — is a two-year master’s, but because of the AP credits I had acquired in high school, I did half of my master’s as an undergrad. I knew I loved William and Mary and I didn’t want to leave the swamp, so I stuck around for an extra year.”

As an undergraduate, Atwater also completed a minor in linguistics after stumbling upon The Study of Language class to fulfill a GER requirement. When she realized that linguistics was a way to look at the logic behind languages, she said she found a passion for it and ended up completing a minor just by taking classes that were interesting to her.

Leading up to her senior year, Atwater worked as a fitness instructor at the Campus Recreation Center teaching body combat classes, was a member of the Pointe Blank Dance Company, and once participated in a Sinfonicron show. However, she said Campus Recreation was her biggest time commitment.

“One of the things that I loved the most about being a group fitness instructor was meeting people where they were,” Atwater said. “As the instructor, you’re supposed to be on top of your game and be able to do the class to its fullest, but you’re supposed to bring the people who [the class] might not be their strong suit on the journey with you. … I loved watching people who never thought that they could do it reach their goals and surpass them.”

As the summer before her senior year wound down, Atwater was ready for her last year as an undergraduate to be the best year of her college experience. In the fall, she started training for a Spartan Race — a notoriously difficult terrain obstacle race — in Dallas, Texas that she was preparing to run with her then-boyfriend, now fiance, Thomas Pulisic ’16.

A week before the race, she woke up with abdominal pain that she thought was due to food poisoning. This pain would mark the start of the medical process Atwater said has been one of the biggest parts of her time at the College and something that has shaped her more than anything else.

“I was maddest because I missed a day of training and I kept texting my mom and boyfriend ‘I have to go to the gym, I have to run the race,’’’ Atwater said. “I kept on getting worse and worse and my mom came down to take me to the emergency room. They did all sorts of scans and found a ton of inflammation in my large intestine. It is Wednesday, I am supposed to be on a plane Thursday morning and I am getting admitted to the hospital to have a colonoscopy at Sentara.”

After that colonoscopy, they diagnosed her with Crohn’s disease and started prescribing steroids and anti-inflammatories. However, she kept getting worse and ended up spending 13 days in the hospital.

Eventually, they took away the first diagnosis and one doctor said it could be runner’s colitis. These early diagnoses brought no relief, and Atwater went home the week before Thanksgiving, receiving incompletes in all of her fall courses.

As her condition was still getting worse, and at one point was unable to eat anything but Jell-O, she visited Virginia Commonwealth University’s hospital to see a gastroenterologist, who, after running tests, found 5.5 feet of stool sitting in her colon. Just a few days before graduation, she sat in his office again as he told her that she needed surgery.

“At this point I am finishing taking 29 credits because I was stupid enough to say I still wanted to graduate on time, so I finished the five courses I was taking in the fall, the four courses I was taking in the spring, wrote 45 pages of original research the last week of college,” Atwater said. “I didn’t ring the Wren Bell, I didn’t go to Blowout, that big monumental senior year I was so desperate to have I never got. I lost friends because I couldn’t eat anything and they didn’t understand what was going on. I was up in Richmond for diagnostic testing the Thursday before I graduated and they scheduled me for surgery consultation. I walked across the stage at 2 p.m. on a Sunday graduating summa cum laude and 23 hours later I sat in my surgeon’s office and learned I needed an ileostomy.”

An ileostomy is a procedure where a small opening in the abdominal wall is made, and the end of the lowest part of the small intestine, the ileum, is brought through the opening to form a stoma. Then, waste comes out of the stoma and into a bag worn on the stomach.

“I went from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows, finding out I needed life-altering surgery that would probably be the beginning of several surgeries to deal with this problem,” Atwater said. “I ended up having surgery in June, and I woke up from my surgery with my ileostomy, Olly. Olly and I are buds. There is massive stigma out there about ostomies that you can’t wear cute clothes, that you are going to smell bad all the time, that only old people have them. It’s poop, no one wants to deal with that all the time. But I took a look down and there was Olly and we were in this together and we were going to make the best out of anything that came our way.”

After her surgery, Atwater said she felt called to change the conversation about ostomies, so she made an Instagram account, @MollyOllyOstomy, to share her experiences after the initial procedure. Since then, she’s been diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, a condition that affects blood flow, as well as another condition that means her body can’t regulate the collagen — such as that in her colon. For her, these diagnoses explained the symptoms leading to her ileostomy procedure and all of the ones she has dealt with since then.

“If William and Mary taught me one thing, it’s that you don’t stay silent,” Atwater said. “If there is no voice, then you become the voice.”

Atwater talks about these diagnoses and her daily life on her Instagram, which she started as something for herself but has since gained over 7,000 followers. Atwater said she uses this account to show that young people have ostomies and to fight the stigma against ostomy patients.

“I get messages and comments from people all over the world, all ages, 12 year olds, 80 year olds, just sharing how my experiences have impacted them and given them a more positive outlook on life,” Atwater said. “I have always tried to take my experiences and not let them weigh me down. I have awful, awful moments and I never let myself wallow in self-pity for more than 24 hours. Then, you pick yourself back up and keep on trucking and finding what you can do instead of what you can’t, and that’s pretty much what’s led me to this point. I am a strong believer that life doesn’t give you anything you can’t handle, and I must have shown that I can handle a lot because this is something that would definitely break other people, but I am fortunate to have the willpower and the support system in place to tackle almost everything.”

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STUDENT LIFE

College compensates student for photography After reaching agreement with university, Rosenberg sells rights to photos SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Danny Rosenberg ’17 set out one evening in April 2015 around midnight to take a long-exposure photo of the Sir Christopher Wren Building. As he sat out for three or four hours experimenting with star trails — a type of photograph that that seeks to capture the apparent motion of stars — he didn’t know that in just a few months, he would be seeing his photo everywhere.

Now, months after receiving compensation for the photo he took three years ago, he said he’s learned a lot about being a student artist at the College of William and Mary and about the risks those who make their artwork publicly available face.

“I sent them to a couple of people including my adviser, I don’t know the exact steps of who got what or how, but it was forwarded around and someone asked me if they could put [my photo] on the myWM page and it was exciting to have my photo recognized like that,” Rosenberg said. “That was the only time [the College] asked to use my photo.”

While he rode through the initial excitement of having his photo featured on one of the College’s web pages, he began to notice over the next year that the artwork was popping up in other places. He saw it on

branding materials for the “For the Bold” campaign, including the fundraising effort’s website. He learned that it was featured at the lighting of the Empire State Building Sept. 29, 2016. Then, he learned that the Washington Center had a print of it hanging in an office. In all of these locations, his name was not associated with the photo.

“It got to a point where it was being used as branding and identity and to specifically make money,” Rosenberg said. “… It’s easy to forget who made that art and who it belongs to, and whether or not you need to or should give them credit. The College prides itself on the fact that we don’t lie, cheat or steal and I feel like my photo was stolen.”

Rosenberg then gathered up the information about where he had seen his photo — or where he had heard about it being displayed — and contacted the College’s office of University Advancement to ask for some form of compensation. After an initial meeting, he said he received a “final offer” — one that he had not negotiated. Over the next year, he worked to find a lawyer and research copyright law, all while struggling to maintain contact with University Advancement.

However, when Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88, Ph.D. ’06 put Rosenberg in contact with Vice President for University Advancement Matthew Lambert ’99, his situation took a turn.

“It was only through that route that we came to an agreement and settled everything this past fall,” Rosenberg said. “The biggest thing I’ve taken from this is that I don’t want this to be a drama, I don’t think that anyone necessarily did anything wrong, at least when this thing started. I am incredibly disappointed with how the school handled a copyright issue, which is a legal issue, and something involving a student and highlighting student work.”

Lambert and Rosenberg reached a mutual agreement on how they would move forward.

Rosenberg sold the rights to the photo, as well as the rights to a similar star trail photo he took, to be used at the College’s discretion. Lambert said he decided to help Rosenberg because he, and his staff, believes and respects the right of artists.

“Danny is a very talented photographer and I am glad I had the opportunity to sit down to talk with him,” Lambert said in an email. “It is important for all artists to be informed of the steps they can take to protect their work and to be educated about industry best practices. We believe in and respect the rights of all artists and we have taken measures to ensure we secure the direct permissions required for the use of materials created by others (in this case we had received permission via his professor). His work is

exceptional and we are grateful that we have been able to continue our working relationship with him, among other talented alumni photographers.”

Rosenberg said that he put in a lot of time and effort on this project to understand the situation involving his photo, and for the most part, he is happy that everything is finalized. He said this process has helped to educate his friends and other student artists, which he said has been one of his most important takeaways.

“I guess in some ways, another thing that I have done unintentionally has been to educate a number of people through my friends and also classmates that were involved in photography and art and other things like that where people could potentially use their work,” Rosenberg said.

“I was able to speak to how someone might be able to handle getting credit or compensation.”

Now, Rosenberg said that he thinks all student artists should be conscious of how others might use their artwork once it is on the internet.

“I would love to see the administration continue using student art,” Rosenberg said. “I don’t want this to be a deterrent to keep them from pursuing using student artwork. They can just say, ‘Can I use your work and make sure you get appropriate credit?’”

BOARD OF VISITORS

BOV resolutions address faculty resignations, out-of-state tuition In April 18-20 meetings, Board passes 34 resolutions, honors Reveley’s decade as president SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The College of William and Mary’s Board of Visitors met April 18-20 to discuss topics including faculty retirements, admissions deadlines and the accomplishments of the Task Force on Race and Race Relations. These discussions resulted in the presentation and approval of 34 resolutions.

Resolution 1: The Richard Bland College Committee dealt with this resolution about appointments to fill instructional faculty vacancies in closed session.

Resolution 2: The Richard Bland College Committee dealt with this resolution about appointments to fill professional faculty vacancies in closed session.

Resolution 3: This resolution dealt with academic promotion and the Richard Bland College Committee discussed it in closed session.

Resolution 4: The Richard Bland College Committee passed this resolution to acknowledge and express its appreciation for Chuck Moore, the director of athletics and the head men’s basketball coach. Moore began working at Richard Bland in 2012.

Resolution 5: The Richard Bland College Committee acknowledged the retirement of Lois Wray, who worked at Richard Bland for 41 years. Since she joined the staff, she has served as the secretary to the registrar, the assistant to the registrar, the campus bookstore manager and then as an administrative staff specialist in the Office of the University Registrar.

Resolution 6: The Richard Bland College Committee acknowledged the retirement of and sent well wishes to Gregory Taylor, who is retiring after 30 years. He began his time at Richard Bland as a housekeeping worker and was later promoted to the position of grounds worker. In 1991, he returned to working in a housekeeping position.

Resolution 7: The Richard Bland College Committee approved a revised College Weapons on Campus Regulation. This revision expands the prohibition of weapons at all events and activities on college property and in all outdoor areas. This revision also adds that individuals in violation of this policy may be subject to arrest for trespassing.

Resolution 8: The Richard Bland College Committee approved a revised Richard Bland College Open Flames on Campus Regulation policy, which will be considered for final adoption in September 2018. This policy states that open flames are prohibited on all college property, including within college buildings and facilities unless a permit has been obtained for an approved event.

Resolution 9: This resolution, discussed by the Richard Bland College Committee, approved the fiscal year 2018-19 tuition and fees.

Resolution 10: This resolution, also discussed by the Richard Bland

College Committee, finalized the 2018-19 operating budget.

Resolutions 11-16: These resolutions were all discussed in closed session and dealt with matters such as designated professorships, faculty leaves of absence, academic tenure and faculty promotions at the College.

Resolution 17: This resolution discussed the resignation of kinesiology lecturer and Recreation Class instructor Randall Drake. He officially resigned because his contract with the College ended, making Drake ineligible to continue teaching in the fall. Drake’s contract is ending because the College will no longer offer activity-based kinesiology classes in the same way next year. Although it will be offering some activity courses, Drake was ineligible to teach in the fall because of Virginia laws mandating that there be a gap between the end of one contract and the start of another.

Resolution 18: This resolution discussed the resignation of Raymond A. Mason School of Business professor James Haltiner. Haltiner began his career at the School of Business in 1976 and was promoted to the status of a full professor in 1988. In 2016, he also became the co-director of the Boehly Center for Excellence in Finance. Most recently, he has taught courses on financial management.

Resolution 19: This resolution discussed the resignation of Kenneth Moore, who serves as a professor at the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences.

Moore first joined the College community in 1973 as a research scientist with a background in chemistry and coastal plant ecology. He has since been promoted to the status of a full professor. According to the BOV, he has played a vital role in the state and the nation’s coastal management programs.

Resolution 20: This resolution discussed the resignation of Raymond A. Mason School of Business professor Philip Shane. He joined the School of Business in 2013. His research interests include the economics of financial reporting, incentives and financial statement analysis. Following this resignation, he will be a KPMG professor of business emeritus.

Resolution 21: This resolution discussed the resignation of Kim Whitley M.Ed. ’91, Ed.D. ’96, another of the College’s kinesiology instructors for activity-based courses. Whitley began his career teaching in 1986 and has since taught Adventure Sports Leadership, Rock Climbing, Backpacking, Adventure Games, Canoe Camping, Flatwater Canoeing, Mountain Biking, Outdoor Leadership and Ski/Snowboard Maine.

Resolution 22: This resolution contains the final text of the amended weapons policy for the College. This policy was first introduced in fall 2017 and was also discussed by the BOV in February 2018. This policy expands the prohibition of weapons and also adds that those in violation of the policy might face arrest.

Resolution 23: This resolution contains the final text of the amended open flames policy for the College. This policy was first introduced in fall 2017 and was also discussed by the BOV in February 2018. These amended

policies came about from a desire to address potential safety concerns. This policy requires all individuals to obtain permits for open flames on campus.

Resolution 24: The BOV voted on the College’s operating budget for fiscal year 2018-19. This budget comes as part of the Six-Year Plan that was previously approved by the BOV. Resolution 25: This resolution addresses the changes in student tuition for fiscal year 2018-19. It maintains that the William and Mary Promise will be offered to in-state students. For FY 2019, the in-state tuition for new students will be $17,434. The out-of-state tuition for incoming new students will be $38,734.

Resolution 26: The BOV also voted on the operating budget for VIMS. The state appropriation for fiscal year 2018-19 is $23 million in general funds support. Total revenue for FY 2019 is $48,262,754 and total expenditures is $48,222,754.

Resolution 27: This resolution amends the bylaws of the BOV. These amendments include adding a new section for student representative members of committees and correcting the title for the vice president for strategic initiatives and public affairs position.

Resolution 28: The Richard Bland College Committee approved leaves of absences for art professor Michelle Delano and English professor Elizabeth Rescher for the 2018-19 academic year for purposes of study and reflection.

Resolution 29: This resolution approved the hiring of a two-year postdoctoral fellow for The Lemon Project in partnership with the Omohundro Institute.

Resolution 30: This resolution discussed the College’s decision to adopt an Early Decision II admissions program, in addition to the current Early Decision I and regular decision admissions programs.

Resolution 31: In this resolution, the BOV commended English professor Jacquelyn McLendon for her work as the chair of the 50th Anniversary Committee as well as the work of Dawn Lambert, the administrative assistant to the committee.

Resolution 32: This resolution confirms the acceptance of a historic gift of a sterling silver and enamel badge of office to be worn by the College president. No such badge or chain has been worn by a College president since 1987. This badge will be added to the official regalia and will be worn at all official programs.

Resolution 33: This resolution honors College President Taylor Reveley and his wife, Helen Reveley, for their service to the College. It also confers upon the couple the titles of president emeritus and first lady emerita.

Resolution 34: The BOV issued this resolution as an apology for the College’s historic role in slavery and segregation. It also serves as a salutation to the work of late history professor Robert Engs, The Lemon Project and Lemon Project Director Jody Allen.

SA email voices concerns about lack of transparency from WPD Student, professor court dates set for April through June, most who were arrested free on bond DRUG BUSTS from page 1

to crimes that affect all of society but as an institution and a member of this community, we take the issue of drugs — and all matters of crime prevention and safety — seriously. When we learn about issues on our campus we investigate promptly, take legal action as necessary and provide resources to anyone in our community dealing with drug use problem or addiction. It is an issue we must and will continue to focus on as a university.”

Student Assembly President Brendan Boylan ’19, SA Vice President Samir Tawalare ’19 and SA Chief of Staff Rachel Becker ’19 sent a campuswide email April 19 sharing their concerns that the WPD did not give the WMPD further notice.

They also said that they were upset about the release of suspects’ names and photos.

Police departments are required to release details about arrested individuals, such as names, ages and pictures if available.

This is mandated by the Virginia General Attorney’s office through the Freedom of Information Act. “Neither President Reveley’s office nor the

William & Mary Police Department were made aware of the operation and were in no way involved,” Boylan, Tawalare and Becker said in the email. “They have made their feelings of frustration and disappointment known to the City of Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Chief of Police. To add insult to injury, WPD sent out a press release that 1) made a disgusting and erroneous claim that the operation was in response to ‘unreported sexual assaults due to an increase in drug activity,’ 2) released the names and pictures of the students involved, and 3) thanked ‘community partners’ for their cooperation, in spite of leaving their most important community partner, the College, completely in the dark regarding the operation.”

Who was arrested?

Keegan Paugh ’18 was charged with one count of marijuana distribution, one count of selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school, four counts of possession of a Schedule II drug, which are substances defined as drugs with a high potential for abuse, one count of possession of a Schedule III drug, which are drugs with moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence, and one count of

marijuana possession.

Daniel McBride ’20 was charged with two counts of distribution of a Schedule II drug and two counts of selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.

Bilodliddin Tulamirza ’21 was charged with one count of felony distribution of marijuana and one count of selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.

Shannon Cannaday ’19 was charged with one count of felony distribution of marijuana and one count of selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.

Nicolas Manuel ’18 was charged with one count of distribution of a Schedule I drug, a drug that has no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse, and one count of selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.

Devin Moore ’19 was charged with five counts of distribution of a Schedule I drug, two counts of distribution of a Schedule II drug and five counts of selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.

Alexander Foley ’19 was charged with one count of distribution of a Schedule II drug and one count of selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.

Jacob Selmonosky ’21 was charged with two

counts of distribution of a Schedule II drug and two counts of selling drugs within 1,000 feet of a school.

Biology professor Gi Sang Yoon was also arrested and charged with two counts of felony distribution of marijuana and one count of possession of hashish.

Timothy Pryor, who, according to the court documents, works for Sodexo, was charged with one count of felony distribution of marijuana.

The police took all 10 individuals to the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail where they were all booked and processed.

All of those arrested are free on bond except Tulamirza, who was released on his own recognizance as no bail was set for him.

Moving forward Cannaday, Manuel, Tulamirza, Selmonosky and Yoon are scheduled to appear in the General District Court April 24. McBride, Moore, Paugh and Pryor are scheduled to appear May 31. Foley’s court date is June 7.

While Seurattan said the College cannot comment on specific matters of student discipline, any criminal complaints can trigger the university’s student disciplinary process.

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STUDENT LIFE

Hillel brings pro-Israel speaker Olga Meshoe to campus Remarks aims to counter narrative that Israel operates as apartheid state MADELINE MONROE FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

April 17, 2018, students from the College of William and Mary’s Hillel chapter invited the CEO of Defend, Embrace, Invest, Support Israel Olga Meshoe to speak at an event in Morton Hall. Meshoe, who does not support the movement to call Israel an apartheid state, discussed her involvement in speaking out against the movement and responded to Students for Justice in Palestine’s Israeli Apartheid Week, which occurred March 26-30.

Originally, the event was co-sponsored by the College’s Africana studies program; however, this sponsorship was dropped. Africana studies Program Director Artisia Green declined to comment on this decision.

The talk began with Meshoe’s discussion of the use of the word apartheid to describe the state of Israel, which she deemed inappropriate.

“What I think is very interesting and in fact very sad is if you do in fact look at history, the type of verbiage, the type of rhetoric, the terminology that’s used to try and evoke emotions is the same type of tool that was used back in the day that currently is used now by colonialists, by terrorists in order to intimidate so they can silence, and frankly, it’s also a form of oppression,” Meshoe said.

Meshoe, discussing Israel’s relationship with the countries of Africa, said that Israel was involved in the affairs of multiple African countries from the 1950s to the 1970s. According to Meshoe, these countries then were forced to cut ties with Israel after pressure from Egypt, bribery from outside countries, pressure from pro-Soviet regimes and pressure from Arab and Muslim countries, which then resulted in these countries’ economic declines, as she believed Israel had become a key partner in the African continent’s prosperity.

Meshoe then turned her attention to unnamed organizations at the College who she said had been trying to portray her in a way that did not fit who she was, and asked them what they had been doing to help solve some of Africa’s problems as she talked about the issue of slave trading.

“You can find yourself, a healthy African man, as a slave in broad daylight for a whole $200,” Meshoe said. “And what does the world do?

Apart from having a social media campaign … that lasted a whole two weeks, maybe three weeks, the world says nothing.”

While she acknowledged that the state of Israel is not perfect, she feels that the negative attention paid to Israel takes away from pressing problems in African countries.

“But to demonize her in the way that she is being [demonized] and in so, also in that sense, turn attention away from what’s going on [in Africa], you better believe that it gets me angry, because who cares about us?”

Meshoe said.

Meshoe said that although Palestinian refugees are the highest-funded refugees in the world, it doesn’t make sense that the condition of the Palestinian refugees has not improved and suggested that this might be linked to leadership.

“Over $1 billion is the budget for [the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees, which is specifically set up to take care of the refugees,” Meshoe said. “… Where does the money go to? The [Palestinian Liberation Organization], the highest-funded nonprofit organization.”

The PLO’s chairman Mahmoud Abbas was elected in 2005 for a fouryear term, designated to end in 2009, but still maintains his leadership position. Meshoe said that she was concerned with how differently dictatorship is perceived in African countries.

“So why is the world not calling him out and saying what he is — a dictator?” Meshoe said. “What happens when you look at Africa’s leaders who don’t want to get out of power, what does the world do? You call my leaders dictators — and they are. So why aren’t we holding the Palestinian leadership to the same account? We aren’t — why? Because the world has been able to take this nation called Israel and have the world only focus on Israel so that they can continue to suffer.”

When asked a question about why Israel would not allow the approximately 750,000 Palestinian refugees at the time, now numbered at over five million, who were created after the 1948 and later 1967 wars, back into Israel, Meshoe addressed the unique definition applied to Palestinian refugees, who, according to Meshoe, are born into refugee status. She then theorized why Israel would not want to allow these refugees to cross back over its borders.

“If [the Israeli government was] going to say five million people can go into Israel, and all of us five million are speaking the same language or similar language, and our language is, ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine shall be free,’ what’s going to happen when they step into that state?”

Meshoe said. “There will be no Jewish state.”

Students for Justice in Palestine Executive Board member Layanne Abu Bader ’21, who attended the talk, said the members of her organization believed the event was conservative and knew that before they attended based on information they had gathered about the speaker’s viewpoints beforehand.

“I came because I wanted to hear what was being said and then wanted to honestly put pressure on the people talking because I have heard their standpoints before and many of them were not very factual or lacked any evidence, and a lot of her points today also lacked evidence and was very generalized which is why I tried to ask as many questions as I could,” Abu Bader said.

Abu Bader said she and Meshoe engaged in a good conversation, but said that she believed Meshoe’s stance was biased and that she found some of her comments regarding Palestinians offensive.

“The things that she did say about Palestinians were offensive in a lot of parts when she said that the five million Palestinians who are refugees shouldn’t be allowed in because they want to kill Israelis and she used the terrorist excuse way more often than she should have,” Abu Bader said.

“It made me feel uncomfortable because I am Palestinian and it does not reflect how I believe and I didn’t like the rhetoric that was being used at this past events.”

Abu Bader said that, despite Meshoe’s presentation, her view had not changed, and that Israel should be seen as an apartheid state.

“I’ve never believed it was as bad as it was in South Africa obviously, but Israel’s laws do fit the definition of apartheid — there are laws that segregate Palestinians from Israelis, even if it’s not on the bus, they segregate the communities, they make it harder for them to vote, especially in the West Bank it’s even worse then because they don’t have Israeli citizenship,” Abu Bader said. “The fact that she flat out just stated that it’s not apartheid without giving an example was not helpful to the argument.”

ACADEMICS

Biologists of a feather flock together: Byrd, Shermer, Watts spot eagles Trio of biologists from College, VCU document increase in Cheseapeake eagle population KARINA VIZZONI FLAT HAT NEWS ASSOC. EDITOR

For two and a half decades, a trio from the Center for Conservation Biology — Caton “Captain Fuzzzo” Shermer and College of William and Mary biology professors Bryan Watts and Mitchell Byrd — has been surveying the bald eagles in the Chesapeake region of Virginia. The three have worked together since 1993, documenting eagle activity on the James River.

Shermer, a former fighter pilot, has a distinct birdspotting method. His technique involves flying a plane high enough to obtain an adequate aerial view, but low enough to view eagles’ nests.

“We fly up all the tributaries and we’re searching for new nests and checking on nests we know about, and documenting breeding events,” Watts said. “We go and check all the nests that have been active and count the chicks and age the chicks in the nest.”

Watts and Byrd join Shermer annually for this surveying process. The CBC is a research group run jointly by the College and Virginia Commonwealth University.

This year, the group is searching for signs of peaking eagle populations around the Chesapeake region.

“My feeling this year is that the productivity will be down,” Watts said. “There were three winter storms that hit in late February, first half of March, and that’s a really bad time for the eagles.”

In the 1970s, there were no eagles in the James River.

The trio of scholars has documented the increase in the size of the eagle population since then.

“We have been on a downward trend since the late 1990s,” Watts said. “It’s one of the main reasons why we continue to do the survey, even though eagles have recovered. … We’ve had exponential growth, but as you know that can’t continue indefinitely.”

In addition to the recent storms, the number of intruder species has increased since the 1990s, putting pressure on the population and causing the subsequent decline. According to Watts, this decline is unlikely to continue.

“So the population continues to grow slowly, but productivity has been declining, and ultimately will lead the population to become more stable,” Watts said.

The biology community at the College recognizes the success of the research team. Biology professor Daniel Cristol, who is also an ornithologist, said that the trio’s methodology leads to more in-depth research results than scientists would be able to obtain via satellite.

“Counting eagles is one thing, and could probably be done from satellite photos frankly, but CCB gets data on reproductive output, which is a much more important result,” Cristol said in an email. “I think they are more likely to get useful information by flying low enough to see the number of chicks — remember that when eagles nearly were extirpated there were still lots of eagle nests, but the eggs were not hatching. Just counting from high in the sky doesn’t get the whole story.”

The team’s results have provided evidence for the upward trend in eagle populations and their recovery from the 1970s.

“Now that eagles are doing much better in terms of reproductive success and numbers, it would probably be OK in five years or so,” Cristol said .

Bird lovers at the College are not solely concentrated among faculty members — the College’s Bird Club provides an outlet for undergraduates interested in ornithology. The Bird Club organizes nature bird walks and field trips and is working on coordinating a bird strike program to ensure birds aren’t hitting windows. In regard to the CCB trio’s work, Bird Club President Megan Massa ’18 said it is crucial to studying bird patterns.

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Biology professor Mitchell Byrd has been part of the team surveying bald eagles in the Chesapeake region since 1993.

“The work that the CBC does is really important in understanding recovery through time,” Massa said.

During their nature walks, members of the Bird Club are able to observe eagles flying as well as eagle mating displays, allowing them to see firsthand how common the once-endangered bird is now and how successful the eagles’ recovery has been.

In recent years, the eagles have reached their last chapter of recovery since their lowest point in the 1970s.

“We’re committed to it, have been for decades,” Watts said. “It is now one of the best population

databases in the world.”

In addition to the population database being a resource for biological research, Watts pointed out the implications it has for students close to home for students on the College’s campus.

“One of the things that the students should be aware of is that we live in a really fantastic time in terms of seeing eagles,” Watts said. “It wasn’t that many decades ago that there were none to be seen. … Just listen and look up, you can see eagles virtually every day. The recovery is here around us, and it’s to be seen and enjoyed.”

BOARD OF VISITORS

Richard Bland selects six faculty members to teach Promise Scholars Program evaluates candidates for admission to its transfer program for in-state students MADELINE MONROE FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

At a Board of Visitors meeting April 18, Richard Bland College, the College of William and Mary’s junior college located in Petersburg, revealed its progress with the Promise Scholars Program, which is currently evaluating potential candidates for admission into its transfer program for in-state, Pell Grant-eligible students, and has already selected six faculty members who will teach them.

Richard Bland mathematics professor Matt Smith, who has taken a leadership role in developing the program, said that the admission process is rolling. At the time of the meeting, eight out of 15 students have been admitted under the program. These students will make up the first cohort next fall.

One of those students, Rachel Freeman, said she graduated high school a couple years ago and did not know the direction she would take in life until a backpacking trip with a friend in Europe allowed her to grow more confident. She

then decided to enroll at Richard Bland.

“When I came back, I went to Richard Bland … I have a family that lives paycheck to paycheck,” Freeman said. “Richard Bland is a really affordable, amazing school.”

Psychology professor and Dean of Undergraduate Studies Janice Zeman, who could not attend Wednesday’s meeting, was in charge of faculty recruitment. Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Henry Broaddus said that one of the concerns brought up during the project’s conception centered on who would be recruited.

“When we were first promoting this, one senior faculty member, whom I always trust to raise more concerns than even I could possibly think of … said, ‘We have to make sure we send our best,’” Broaddus said.

According to Zeman, students will receive instruction from two College faculty members who have been designated as Promise Fellows and will act as the students’ academic advisors.

Though only two professors were required to start the first cohort, Broaddus said that because they had such a large

pool of professors, they went ahead and committed to hiring all six that applied as Promise Fellows.

Africana studies and linguistics lecturer Iyabo Osiapem will teach How Rastafari Moved the World to Promise Scholars. After sitting on the Presidential Search Committee last year, she learned of Richard Bland’s relationship with the College and thought about how she could get involved.

“I have advised students who have transferred here in the past and they just run into some of the biggest issues just trying to get into classes, literally getting around campus — they kind of miss all that introduction stuff that freshmen tend to get, and I felt for them and I advise them, so when I found out about this, I was wondering how I could be a part of that transition process,” Osiapem said.

Chemistry lecturer Bev Sher also said she felt inspired to become a part of the project because of her previous experiences with transfer students. She will teach Emerging Diseases, a COLL 150 course currently offered at the College that Sher originally conceived of a decade ago

as a seminar for transfer students.

Religious studies professor Annie Blazer will teach a COLL 100 course for the scholars. Because she is currently on sabbatical, the course will be based on her research as she investigates the effects of gentrification on religious communities in the east end of Richmond, Virginia.

Students will visit three field sites during the course, which are Cedar Street Church, East End Fellowship and East End Cemetery.

“What’s exciting to me about this class is that I get to bring students to field sites that I’m engaging with and we get to look at this big question of how does gentrification impact religious communities,” Blazer said.

Blazer cited impactful interactions with the first transfer student she taught at the College as the reason why she decided to become a Promise Fellow.

“My first year at William and Mary, I had a transfer student in one of my classes who had encountered all of the challenges and the advantages of being a transfer student at William and Mary and became one of the most inspiring students that I worked

with, so I am excited to see what comes of this program,” Blazer said.

Sociology professor Kathleen Jenkins, who said she worked with transfer students and was a transfer student herself when she returned at the age of 30 to Brown University, will be teaching Self Help and Therapeutic Culture as a COLL 100 course.

One of the other fellows, chemistry professor Randy Coleman, will teach Chemistry of Emotion and Behavior as a COLL 150 course. He said that he felt that his role as a former dean of Academic Advising prepared him to be a Promise Fellow.

Psychology professor Meghan SintonMiller could not attend the meeting. As a Promise Fellow, she also will teach Body Image in Children and Adolescents, which will examine the nature of school dress codes and the message that they send.

“It’s remarkable that something that started as the first concept paper only really last summer, now we have real students, we also have real faculty who are associated,” Broaddus said. “We are very excited about that.”

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GUEST COLUMN

Saying goodbye to WM

Taylor Reveley

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY PRESIDENT

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Blowout: A day where students can let loose, celebrate the conclusion of spring semester

Anthony Madalone

FLAT HAT OPINIONS ASSOC. EDITOR

Things move fast at the College of William & Mary.

Students here are constantly intertwined with studies, extracurriculars and social life, stuck in a constant struggle of what to focus on, who to focus on, and how to manage the short amount of time in a day.

Since the people here are so great, it’s hard to figure out which ones to commit your time to, and since everyone is so involved, it is easy to push people aside altogether in order to get work done.

Sometimes, when things get really down to the wire, it seems like even the most important people in your life disappear.

At the College, however, the hope of returning to one’s social life is never fully eclipsed.

Even in the darkest hours of a semester, one day lies as a light at the end of the tunnel, a day where even events academic and extracurricular exist for a purely social purpose. I am, of course, talking about Blowout.

People often use Blowout as a day for heavy drinking.

There are no if, ands or buts about it. If you walk around campus any time of day on Blowout, there is an extremely

high chance are you will see at least one person intoxicated.

However, throwing Blowout under the bus simply because people use it as an excuse to drink is like throwing Christmas under the bus for its rampant consumerism: What makes the day so special is what it means to us.

During the last day of the spring semester, it is hard to not miss all of the wonderful people met throughout the academic year, and Blowout gives the perfect excuse to see them all again. Having a day devoted to having fun not only forces students at the College to socialize, but also subtracts the guilt of forgoing Swem for one designated day. It is a time to remember days gone by, the life that used to be, and to pray that friendship never runs dry.

Additionally, the fact that Blowout exists in the first place speaks volumes to how driven our students truly are.

At the College, a day devoted entirely to social activities (sober or otherwise) is by far the exception rather than the rule.

Even on the wildest of weekends, it seems like most students at the College save their entertainment for the nighttime. By virtue of there being an argument against Blowout in the first place, Blowout justifies itself.

I have had no absence of busy times at the College.

Balancing classes, being an editor here at Flat Hat, and acting in multiple productions this year has taken out quite a large chunk of my time. So cheers to those times of work, to the ethic of the College, and most of all to you Blowout. Let us spend the day with friends, and work another day.

Email Anthony Madalone at asmadalone@email.wm.edu.

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Additionally, the fact that Blowout exists in the first place speaks volumes to how driven our students truly are.

At the College, a day devoted entirely to social activities (sober or otherwise) is by far the exception rather than the rule.

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Absolutely agree!! My daughter raves about how nice the staff is but the food is horrible. This has been an ongoing problem. This is a disgrace because they charge way too much for the meal plans to serve such awful food. Thankful she will be a senior next year!

— Denise Mason on “Dining halls need change” on Facebook

Dear Students, Jobs, pride and thanks: Let me opine about each.

I washed up on William and Mary’s shore in August 1998, almost 20 years ago. I came to be dean of the Law School. Before arriving, I belonged to a large law firm for 28 years, nine as its managing partner. That was after being an assistant professor of law at the University of Alabama for a year and clerking for Justice Brennan at the U.S. Supreme Court for a year. Two years into practicing law, I took a leave from my law firm for 13 months to work on a book about war powers. These powers concern the division of authority between the President and Congress over the use of American armed force abroad. After the leave, I went back to the law firm and stayed put until coming to William and Mary for what proved to be two jobs first dean, then president.

So what’s the point of this shaggy tale? It’s this: All told, I’ve had seven different jobs. In my view, having a lot of different jobs is not only ok, it’s positively invigorating.

Now at some point of course it is vital to establish that you’re stable and can stick with one job or another for more than a year or two. It’s important to settle into something and stay with it for a reasonable period of time before moving on to till another vineyard.

So my three really short-term gigs came relatively early in my vocational progress, while each of my runs as a practicing lawyer, managing partner, dean and president lasted for a reasonable time.

But, in my judgment, there is no need right out of college to know want you want to do for the long term (I thought my future was politics) and settle right into it (I didn’t).

When it comes to jobs, and much else in life, it’s vital to be resilient, to be able to thrive amid constant change and some real uncertainty. This takes a taste for lifelong learning, a finely honed capacity to think and communicate, the breadth of perspective that comes from exposure to the liberal arts, and real appreciation for diversity. In other words, it really helps to have gone to college at William and Mary and gotten the sort of education available here and very few other places.

Your alma mater is a magnificent institution! It is one of a tiny handful of American universities that is genuinely iconic by dint of its deep roots in America’s past, its powerful tradition of producing leaders for communities, states and nation, and its possession of most of the oldest academic architecture still standing in America: the Wren (1699), the Brafferton (1723) and the President’s House (1732). Harvard has one equally historic building; it’s younger than the Wren and older than the Brafferton.

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When it comes to jobs, and much else in life, it’s vital to be resilient, to be able to thrive amid constant change and some real uncertainty.

This takes a taste for lifelong learning, a finely honed capacity to think and communicate, the breadth of perspective that comes from exposure to the liberal arts, and real appreciation for diversity.

William and Mary is also one of the tiny handful of colleges that have become research universities without throwing their undergraduate programs under the wheels. As one of our professors puts it, William and Mary has the brains of a big research university and the heart of a small liberal arts college. That’s a dynamite combination. Professors at William and Mary actually know students by name, mentor them and care about how they’re doing as people.

And William and Mary’s campus is amazingly lovely with its rolling terrain, lush foliage, red brick walks extending in every direction, spectacular Sunken Garden, and marvelous historic buildings lining the Wren Yard. Truly, too, what other campus in the galaxy merges at its western tip into 700 acres of College Woods, protected by our own corps of Druids, while to its east flowing into a living reincarnation of the 18th century.

William and Mary will be an enduring part of your identity until you shuffle off your mortal coil. It’s seemly to be extraordinarily proud that you belong to the Tribe. Not in the way the graduates of some other schools bray about their alma maters, but with cheerful, robust confidence, you can and should sing the praises of yours wherever you find yourself in the world.

One of the delights for me first at the Law School and then throughout all William and Mary has been students. Year after year, you’ve been remarkably able, hardworking, and collegial. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being in your midst. Thank you for welcoming me first as dean and then as president. You’ve stuck with me faithfully since 1998. This has made William and Mary home for me in myriad of ways. I will always be grateful. And, yes, I do bleed green and gold.

You have my very best wishes. Go Tribe!

Taylor Reveley

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

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GUEST COLUMN

Venue of upcoming CNN town hall poorly chosen

Reid Champlin FLAT HAT GUEST WRITER

It’s not every day that the most polarizing man in the United States visits Williamsburg. James Comey ’82 will visit the College of William and Mary April 25 for a televised town hall to discuss his new tell-all book surrounding his embattled tenure as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This promises to be a can’t-miss event, but unfortunately, it seems too many will have to miss it.

Hundreds of promising students were denied access to this event due to the College’s use of a lottery system to determine who the ticket holders would be. However, I will not be criticizing that system today. This system has already been roundly condemned by those students who were unlucky enough to not receive tickets. More importantly, it is not the source of the problem. Rather, the lottery system is a solution to the true problematic aspect of this event: venue. The College made a poor choice in selecting Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall as the location for the town hall, and Kaplan Arena would have been a superior choice for safety, accessibility and aesthetics.

Obviously, with a speaker as mired in controversy as James Comey is, security is a paramount concern. However, Kaplan has long hosted high-ranking government officials and celebrities without incident. Just this year, recently inaugurated Virginia Governor Ralph Northam visited the College and spoke to a large group of students in Kaplan. The staff of Kaplan, alongside police and Northam’s bodyguards, were on hand to ensure the safety of the governor, and the event went smoothly. This has been yet another year in which Kaplan has served as a perfect venue for prominent speakers without any security glitches.

Having addressed that concern, let’s consider the capacities of PBK and Kaplan. Kaplan can host nearly 10,000 students, teachers, faculty, alumni and other guests, while PBK has only 763 seats. The College unnecessarily limited the number of students who could attend this event by choosing to host it in the significantly smaller building. If this event had been hosted in Kaplan, not only could every student who entered the lottery have been given a ticket, but every single student at the College could attend in addition to 4,000 other guests.

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The College made a poor choice in selecting Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall as the location for the town hall, and Kaplan Arena would have been a superior choice for safety, accessibility and aesthetics.

The College’s main problem with their selection of PBK is simple: image. This event will be hosted on CNN and televised to the entire nation. Given the recent controversy surrounding Comey and his ability to attract attention that is perhaps only rivalled by the president himself, millions of viewers will be tuning in. But the focus is not on Comey alone. The College, too, will be featured and placed in the spotlight of the national media for the entire country to see.

Students will ask questions, the camera will pan over the faces of the audience, and each comment by Comey will be met with the variable reactions of the crowd, ranging from laughter and applause to reverential silence. For many, this will be their first introduction to the College, and we, as a university, have the responsibility to ensure that we make a good impression. How do we do this? How do we show the nation what the College is all about and what image should we put forward for all to see?

There is no one answer because the College doesn’t have one image. It is 6,276 images, worlds and perspectives merged into one, a collision of beliefs, experiences, heritages and irreplaceable life stories. Each student is a unique and irreplaceable component of the College and is a vital part of the place we call home. No one can fully understand the College from merely a subset of its students. We are too diverse, too different and often too diametrically opposed from one another to be understood from only one segment of our population. By limiting this event to only a few hundred students, we give the nation only a partial view of our community overall. That is an incomplete image that will remain long after the cameras stop rolling.

Email Reid Champlin at rjchamplin@email.wm.edu.

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Sexual assault used as unfair ruse for drug bust

Release of student mugshots is undignified, disrespectful

Josh Messite

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Over the past month, the Williamsburg Police Department and the Tri-Rivers Drug Task Force transformed many bystanders in the war on drugs into targets of the war on drugs. Pretending to address the issue of rampant sexual assault, they spent most of March harassing students of color, sending K-9 units into freshman dorms and swarming campus. Tuesday, the police declared success by publicly humiliating the eight students, dining services employee and faculty member that were rounded up in the sweep and making their identities publicly available to the press. After framing the arrests as a safety measure, the College of William and Mary’s spokesperson believed it was appropriate to supply newspapers with the hometowns of the students, even though they are yet to be proven guilty.

According to a Sexual Misconduct Climate Survey that the College conducted last year, 21 percent of students at the College have experienced physical sexual violence, which equals about 1,835 students. Not one of the people arrested in this bust is accused of sexual misconduct. Sexual violence is a far more serious threat to safety than drug crimes, so where are the high-profile sexual assault arrests? These warped priorities make our campus less safe, and this irrational focus on stopping drug abuse at the expense of addressing legitimate dangers is a key component of the war on drugs.

The majority of our student body has enjoyed relative impunity from the war on drugs until now. According to The New York Times, the average student at the College is in the 84th percentile of income. Only two percent of students here come from the bottom 20 percent, while 73 percent of students are in the top 20 percent.

Only seven percent of the freshman class is African American. This means few of us have ever visited a loved one who’s in jail for drug possession, witnessed a SWAT raid or been stopped and frisked, all of which are occurrences in many communities.

This is because the war on drugs is not evenly distributed. From the very beginning, it has been targeted at impoverished black and Latino communities. Although there are five times more white Americans than black Americans in the United States and both groups use drugs at basically the same rate, the American Civil Liberties Union found that 55 percent of those who are convicted for drug possession are black and 74 percent of those imprisoned for drug possession are black. Latinos use and sell drugs at lower rates than whites and yet they face far higher chances of serving time in prison for drug charges.

There must also be a shift in funding away from drug crackdowns and investigations toward drug treatment. About $30 million a year of the 2018 Virginia budget is specifically allocated toward policing drug use. State funding for local jails, local police departments, state prisons, Virginia State Police, and sheriff’s offices adds up to $600 million a year. On the other hand, Virginia annually spends $102.6 million on Community Substance Abuse Services and $44 million on drug treatment and rehabilitation in prisons. Additionally, Virginia spends $5.5 million a year on domestic violence and sexual assault resources. Instead of promoting the lie that policing drug use is a response to sexual assault, take the money spent on drug crackdowns like the one the College just experienced and direct it towards programs such as hotlines, sexual assault crisis centers and educational campaigns.

Just as the crackdown on our campus and the public shaming of members of our community must be recognized as pointless injustices, the racial nature of the policing of drug use must be recognized and condemned. Now that our campus has been on the receiving end of the war on drugs, we have no excuse to look the other way at the daily horrors it imposes on marginalized communities. We can’t only care when it happens to us. Millions of lives have already been destroyed, and our community must play a role in bringing this to an end. We need to call on the General Assembly to legalize marijuana, severely slash funding for drug investigations and crackdowns and drastically increase funding for far more useful health and safety programs.

Email John Messite at jbmessite@email.wm.edu.

Robin Bradley

FLAT HAT GUEST WRITER

April 17, 2018, eight students at the College of William and Mary, along with a dining hall employee and visiting assistant professor, were rounded up and arrested for the distribution of various drugs. These substances included marijuana, LSD, mushrooms, steroids and cocaine.

Although some media outlets have dubiously identified the involved parties as a “drug ring,” there is little evidence to suggest that those convicted were part of any organized crime group.

This event is a major milestone, rather than a conclusion, of an ongoing joint operation between the Williamsburg Police Department and the Tri-Rivers Drug Task Force. In the weeks leading up to the arrests, students at the College became aware of an increased police presence on campus and perceived a crackdown on student drug use. Student discussion on the issue reached a peak after some freshman dorms were raided by K-9 police units.

In the wake of the abrupt and shocking arrests, the College community felt left in the dark by the WPD. The Student Assembly, under the leadership of Brendan Boylan ’19, sent out a formal statement via email, condemning the WPD for releasing student’s names and mugshots, and for claiming that the arrests were in response to unreported sexual assaults.

“The way in which WPD handled the arrests was egregious and unacceptable, with a complete disregard for the integrity of our partnership with the City and dignity for the individuals involved,” Boylan said in the email.

According to the Virginia Attorney General, police are required to release the names of an arrested suspect, as well as the mug shot if it is available. There is a long-standing debate on the ethics of releasing mug shots, and many scholars argue that such an action violates the Freedom of Information Act. The WPD may have been obligated to make this information public, but this fact bespeaks a larger issue in the American legal system: those arrested should be afforded basic privacy measures to protect incriminating mugshots from being made public. This necessity is particularly apparent in the case of these specific arrests. All 10 people arrested are no longer at large, committed no violent crimes, and most were very young.

The WPD’s assertion that these drug-related arrests were a response to sexual assaults appears nebulous at best.

“This investigation began when the Williamsburg Police department received information from various concerned sources that there were unreported sexual assaults occurring because of increased drug activity on or around the college campus,” Major Greg Riley, the WPD’s media contact, said in an email. “We did not receive any specific information about actual sexual assaults.”

While sexual assault is unquestionably one of the most paramount issues facing colleges today, the WPD’s decision to combat sexual violence by targeting dealers of the most commonly found drugs on American college campuses is not effective. None of the narcotics distributed or possessed by the suspects are conventionally associated with sexual assault cases. The WPD’s mention of sexual assault seems to be more of a post-operation justification for the arrests rather than the initial catalyst.

The College community should have been better informed by the WPD following this atypical and surprising incident. The arrested students were not treated with dignity, and WPD’s perceived causality between personal drug use and sexual assault is questionable. Students should keep in mind that the WPD and Tri-Rivers Drug Task Force’s collaborative operation is ongoing, and another bust could be right around the corner.

Email Robin Bradley at rwbradley@email.wm.edu.

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here is an immense amount of work and preparation that goes into successfully producing a theater production at the College of William and Mary. Behind any good performance is a diligent production staff that works tirelessly on all aspects of the show. From sets, props and costumes to every other moving feature and technicality in between, the production staff is there behind the scenes each step of the way.

Stage Management: Sofia Quinteiro ’20 Sofia Quinteiro ’20 was one of the three assistant stage managers for W&M Theatre and Dance’s spring musical production of “Into the Woods.” Quinteiro is well-versed in the realm of stage management at both the high school and collegiate levels. Her first interaction with theater was through acting, but Quinteiro said that she discovered in high school that although she loved the performance aspect of acting, she did not enjoy some of the other parts, such as auditioning and being judged constantly by observers. Knowing that she still wanted to have theater in her life, Quinteiro got involved with other aspects of production. She acted as assistant stage manager for her first show at the age of 16 and ended up really enjoying the experience.

For “Into the Woods,” she served as the backstage left assistant stage manager, a role with great responsibility that she did not take lightly.

“Essentially my job is to assist the stage manager,” Quinteiro said.

“Our stage manager is Ann Fitzgerald who graduated last year, who came back and was hired for this production specifically. Just basically to assist her with anything that she needs ... and just kind of keeping track of everything that needs to happen back there.”

Quinteiro had some additional roles that she said fall under her jurisdiction specifically for the production of “Into the Woods.” For Quinteiro, these additional responsibilities included knowledge of pyrotechnics. She went through a pyrotechnic training and was the backstage individual in charge of looking after this technology.

The role of an assistant stage manager is vast and may include the responsibilities of giving place calls to the actors, making sure there is constant communication between the people stationed backstage and those in the booth, keeping track of props and problem solving if anything goes wrong unexpectedly.

“There is a whole bunch of stuff that is going on, but generally it falls under the category of anything that happens backstage,” Quinteiro said.

Quinteiro has been an assistant stage manager before and said that her role in the productions has varied greatly depending on the type and needs of the production.

“It just kind of depends on the needs of the production,” Quinteiro said. “There have been productions [for which] I have done not a whole lot. It really just depends on what everyone needs.”

Another vital role of the stage management team is communicating with the other sectors of the production staff. In addition to the report, with written notes, that the stage management team generates at each rehearsal, weekly production meetings fuel communication between departments.

“Any concerns of the actors or anything that we see during rehearsal that either doesn’t look safe or doesn’t look right, go from stage management to whatever department [they apply] to,” Quinteiro said. “Usually that is our job, to make sure those conversations are happening. Sometimes there are a lot of things going on, and things slip through the cracks, but it is our job to make sure that we work through it and make sure that we have a show.”

Looking to the future, Quinteiro expressed her aspiration to take her love for theater further, in the form of owning her own theater company.

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Costumes and Wigs: Katie Dezern ’20 Katie Dezern ’20 was a costume shop assistant for “Into the Woods.” For the production, she also completed an independent study focused on wig making and styling. Dezern’s responsibilities included assisting with the making of costumes and wigs and helping to facilitate quick wig changes throughout the duration of the performance.

Dezern had to complete a lot of research and preparation as part of her independent study.

“We then started thinking about how we wanted each of these characters to look and what we wanted them to do,” Dezern said. “In my class, we had to look up different hairstyles because the costume designer had a specific time period look she was going for with the characters. So, we had to find hairstyles that would work for them.”

The costume-making process is a collaborative effort with the actors themselves, as the costume designers are dependent on the actors to know of any particularly difficult movement that has to be done in given the costume.

“We have to have the actors come in for fittings because we need to make sure the costume pieces fit them, won’t fall off and can stand up to some of the movements they are doing,” Dezern said. “They’ll come in, we get their measurements, we make the pieces or alter pieces, and then they come back and try them on, and we are like, ‘You do something really tricky. Do that. Make sure you still can spin around with this big skirt on.’ The costume designer depends on the actors somewhat for knowing about their characters, and knowing how their characters react and their personalities, so she can accurately design.”

The director may also sit in on costume fittings and oversees their design, giving feedback and suggestions when needed. “Dress Parade” takes place near the opening of the show and involves the actors standing on stage in various light settings with the director and costume designer taking note of any changes that need to be made prior to the show opening.

Additionally, the costume department communicates with the lighting crew in instances of shiny fabrics. Dezern commented that it is really helpful for people in both departments of production to know this information. Communication between the set and costume teams is also crucial to prevent the colors on set pieces from clashing with the costume materials.

Dezern has a great passion for the pieces she is involved with constructing and said that she gets excited to see them in use on stage.

“Everything is cool with what you make,” Dezern said. “When it goes on stage, it’s like, ‘Wow, I did that.’”

Props: David Garrett ’18 David Garrett ’18 was the properties master for “Into the Woods.”

Garrett returned to the College this year to complete his senior year.

Regarding his transition back into the life of a college student, Garrett said that after the first few months of the school year, in which he just continued to show up and volunteered to help build things, he was easily

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The properties and set production for “Into the Woods” was no simple task and required a lot of intense planning. Early on, the scenic designer, director and properties master gathered to discuss dimensions and figure out how to construct the needed items.

“The director has a vision for how actors will behave in the space, and properties become part of that behavior system,” Garrett said.

Garrett said that the College has large stockrooms of material from past productions, which the staff can sometimes repurpose toward the new productions. There are storage and work spaces for properties staff to utilize in both Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall and the Dillard Complex.

“William and Mary, given the longevity of the program, has huge volumes of properties; they have an archive,” Garrett said. “Costume is the same, [and so is] scenic components ... So, the first step is just figuring out what you have in inventory. ... The people who have worked the position prior to me have all done a really great job with cataloguing what is here. It is really organized. You feel like you’re on a really strange shopping trip.”

After determining which materials can be used from existing inventory, construction begins. For “Into the Woods,” Garrett particularly focused on several key items first.

“Once you figure out what you already have — or things that you have that you can easily make work for the show, that you can transform — from there, it is time to begin manufacturing,” Garrett said. “In talking with Professor [Matthew] Allar [scenic designer for “Into the Woods”], we very early in the process identified that the witch’s staff, the harp and the hen that lays the golden eggs were going to be big-deal props.

These were not items that we were going to find already in existence; they were items that were going to have to be built, and so with his encouragement, I prioritized those in the build, to get them done first. ... I have a tiny little corner in the scene shop that I kind of just annexed.”

Garrett said that he enjoys watching the transition of the props from maker to actor, and that often, the actor uses the prop in a unique and unexpected way.

“The next stage is getting these things to the actors, putting them in their hands, ... and just seeing the ways I thought something was going to be used, and how the actor ends up using it, is completely different,” Garrett said. “... The actors are all very loving of the things that you make for them. It is really neat to see how they end up using stuff. It is like, ‘Oh, I would have never thought you were going to do that with that, but OK, it works.’”

In his professional career, Garrett currently works as the assistant theater manager at Thomas Nelson Community College and has worked in theater for the past six years. He said that the work he has done with students both in his career and here at the College has been particularly rewarding.

“I find that it is super rewarding,” Garrett said. “... When you have been doing this a long time, it is very easy for you to just choose the path of least resistance, to just go for what gets it done, and students tend to approach things with an ‘I’ve never done this before, so this is how I think I might do it,’ [attitude] and in that conversation space, in that process, some really amazing stuff comes out.”

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Cleaning, eating, blooming

Goats spend a week eating harmful species surrounding Crim Dell Bridge RENEE NAPOLIELLO // FLAT HAT VARIETY ASSOC. EDITOR A small crowd of people eagerly watched twelve goats squeeze through a trailer door into the brush of the Crim Dell Sunday, April 15. The group, consisting of police officers, college students, a geology professor and the owners of Goatworx, a nearby family farm, then dispersed to either electrify the surrounding white netting or pitch a tent nearby. As odd as the scene may have been, it was the site of a coordinated effort to promote sustainability and nature on campus, and the culmination of years of work by a little-known campus group – the Crim Dell Restoration Committee.

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the Crim Dell – invasive plant species. When a non-native species is introduced to an area where it has no checks on growth, it can quickly overtake and choke off the native plants. According to geology professor and sponsor for the committee Linda Morse, the Crim Dell suffered for years from this problem, notably from bamboo and English ivy. These plants not only destroy the natural area, but also negatively affect the campus aesthetic.

“English ivy is horrible for our Public Ivy,” Morse said.

According to committee member Maura Finn ’20, goats naturally strip away invasive species up to five feet tall, leaving the larger plants and trees untouched.

Because of their voracious efficiency, the goats could clear the brush within the week they were on campus.

“They will eat all day with only a [brief ] break,” Megan Stewart, a daughter of the owners of Goatworx said.

The goats even stayed overnight. Although there was an electric netting to provide safety and containment for the goats, concerned students in the committee took temporary guardianship a step further. For the entire week, the students camped out in rotating two-hour shifts.

After the goats cleared out the greenery, the students can pull up the roots to prevent future growth and lay down mats that reduce erosion.

Pesticides and heavy machinery could also eliminate the problem, but at much higher cost to environmental health.

Goats avoid all the problems of toxins and other environmental disruptions; according to Finn, their waste is biodegradable and acts as a natural fertilizer. Therefore, the goats even promote the natural growth of native species which is the ultimate goal of Crim Dell Restoration, as they focus on the ecosystem services provided by native plants and animals, such as birds.

Murphy hopes that being near a healthy, green native area will bring people closer to the environment and make them more inclined to protect it.

What initially prompted the students to seek this goal? It started with a snowstorm. Morse was working in her office facing the Crim Dell when she happened to glance out the window.

A recent ice storm had blanketed the area, bending back the throngs of bamboo choking the woods. She realized that she could see the Crim Dell bridge. Then she began to consider how exactly she could translate that into reality.

In October 2014, when the College was looking for on-campus student projects, Morse brought up the idea of removing invasive species from the Crim Dell, and the Bird Club volunteered to help. In March 2015, Student Environmental Action Coalition took over the project and secured a Green Fee — funding provided by the Office of Sustainability — to buy tools to get rid of bamboo.

“The Crim Dell was infinitely better once we destroyed the enemy,” Murphy said.

After countless work days during which students ripped out the offending plant, the Crim Dell demonstrated ecological improvements.

“The project has since expanded to include a rock garden … and erosion

control mats on the steepest slope,” Jesse Smyth ’18, a student that helped turned the project into a Student Environmental Action Coalition campaign, said.

In 2016, the group received an additional $11,000. A year later, a committee member was on a rock-climbing trip when she noticed a group of goats hired to clear away kudzu, another invasive plant, from the area. She eagerly shared the possibility of doing something similar on campus. The students agreed, and re-appropriated some of the 2016 money to hire Goatworx farm, the owners of which had also stumbled upon the idea of goatmediated plant-removal. Rick Stewart, company owner, noticed

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how his farm’s goats loved to eat up his poison ivy and kudzu.

He took them to friends’ homes to clear away their greenery, and the friendly favors later evolved into the business that arrived on campus during Earth week.

Stewart’s goats may have been on campus for a week, but the effort in restoring the Crim Dell was years in the making. It was the collective vision of environmentally-conscious farmers, concerned students, bird enthusiasts and dedicated professors.

“I always believed you should leave something better than you found it,” Stewart said. “And this is how I do that.”

Comey’s higher loyalty: Life’s lessons, mistakes

From bullies to daily terrorism briefings, Comey talks ethical decision-making ALYSSA GRZESIAK, MAGGIE MORE // FLAT HAT EXECUTIVE EDITOR, FLAT HAT VARIETY ASSOC. EDITOR From childhood jobs and bullies to the culture of lying to the infamous 2016 email investigation, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership” takes its readers on the American journey that is the life of James Comey ’82. “A Higher Loyalty” goes beyond a simple impugnment of government officials over the years (although it doesn’t lack in that department) to discuss how Comey developed his code of ethics and personal definition of true leadership. From the shelves of Harry Howell’s grocery store to the halls of Barack Obama’s White House, “A Higher Loyalty” is a detailed account, seemingly directed toward college-aged students, of Comey’s personal journey from graduating from the College of William and Mary to stepping into the spotlight of America’s greatest stage.

Part I: Ethics Typing the name “James Comey” into Google at any point results in hundreds of headlines related to the 2016 presidential election, accusations in relation to government officials and offices and at least one reference to recently linked memos. What doesn’t pop up on the screen is the story of a teenage Comey coming face-to-face with death or learning compassionate leadership from a high school parttime job.

Comey uses the first half of “A Higher Loyalty” to talk about the parts of his life that led up to becoming the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and finding himself thrown into the relentless political battlefield. He outlines his idea of ethical leadership and describes the people he met throughout his life who shaped that conception, all politics aside.

In the early pages of the novel, the reader learns of Harry Howell, the owner of the grocery store where a young Comey worked. Howell is described as one of Comey’s finest bosses because he “loved his job and was proud of his work” and “had power, and he wielded it with compassion and understanding.”

Having pride in your work and using your power to do the right thing are reoccurring themes throughout the novel, from the simple task of stacking milk cartons in a grocery store to evaluating the Central Intelligence Agency’s information extraction tactics.

Comey uses these stories to emphasize how the best leaders exercise their power in order to achieve the highest quality of work, and how he strived to do the same throughout his career both as a lawyer and as the director of the FBI. “A Higher Loyalty” makes a stark comparison between Rudy Giuliani and Helen Fahey. The first was a boss who was resented by his employees for his egotistic ways and whose confidence, encroaching on arrogance, went unchecked, while the second was someone to whom Comey claims to “owe his entire career in leadership.” Where Giuliani used his position of power to further his own career and aspirations, Fahey used hers to build up those around her and to allow them to make their own names alongside her. The way Comey describes and contrasts these strong influences in his life leaves the reader comparing Comey’s own displays of leadership to the two and deciding whether he follows the code of ethics he preaches throughout the novel.

Comey incorporates a range of humorous stories, tragic events and tender moments to deliver what he considers ethics and leadership. While this may not be what some readers expected from his book after all the buildup, “A Higher Loyalty” goes beyond stating the facts that everyone already knows by including information about Comey’s past. It helps readers understand who he is off the political stage and gives them a peek into how he became the man he is today.

Part II: Politics Comey’s recent legacy means that much of the public attention directed toward his book focuses on its malignment of political figures like Hillary

Clinton and President Donald Trump. In reality, these opinions are not really the point. Instead, his discussions of political leaders are only one part of the message of “A Higher Loyalty,” and they are more like tools used to illustrate his arguments about ethical leadership in general than they are opinions for opinions’ sake.

Comey’s main purpose is not in making absolute moral judgements on political figures as people, but in showing how their leadership style is or is not beneficial to the people around them. Comey’s warm or cold feelings toward the people in the book are not because of their politics; they are because of their leadership methods.

As a result, the way Comey evaluates the actions of political figures and the propriety of his and the FBI’s response to them is fairly refreshing. Readers on either side of the political aisle who are frustrated by the lack of dialogue on partisan issues will appreciate his approach. Comey usually acknowledges both political opinions in his conclusions about a person or event, often ending up somewhere in the middle.

The book itself works — and for the most part, succeeds — as the opposite of what Comey calls a “Washington listen,” the phenomenon where “words [are] reaching ears, but not getting into a conscious brain.” However, it in no way avoids discussing the polarizing issues that brought the man himself into the headlines.

Comey uses many examples of crime families, ethical and unethical leadership, actions under pressure and various responses to partisanship.

The entire time there is the unspoken sense that he adds each of these stories as a piece of evidence, slowly building a case that culminates in two things: his explanation of his own leadership during the 2016 email scandal and his opinion of Trump’s leadership.

The first is handled with a steady, logical clarification of facts that will probably surprise

readers, based on the overarching narratives surrounding the email scandal in most media.

Comey’s recollection of the FBI’s behind-the-scenes work in the investigation helps readers understand why the investigation played out the way it did.

Those frustrated by what seemed like a needless re-thrusting of Clinton into scandal right before the election get an explanation of why the FBI had to reopen the case as it did. On the other side, those frustrated by the lack of a criminal charge against Clinton get an explanation for why the FBI could not legally do such a thing given the information it had.

The book makes little mention of Comey’s personal opinion of Clinton. He states that he had “never met Hillary Clinton, although [he] tried” in 2002 when he was a district attorney in New York. As such, there are no personal accounts of Clinton’s behavior or words.

The second is perhaps more influenced by Comey’s personal thoughts on the current president; his descriptions of his interactions with the president before he was fired as FBI director betray a strong dislike of the man for reasons that include, but also stretch beyond, the professional.

Trump is, throughout Comey’s account, compared to a Cosa Nostra mob boss, shown to not understand what the word “calligraphy” means, and stated to “never [stop] talking,” which “pulls all those present into a silent circle of assent.” Despite Comey’s alternating exasperation and distaste for these qualities, he concludes that his “encounters with President Trump left [him] sad, not angry” because it is how the president’s leadership affects the country that matters most.

Comey’s conclusions are very strong after his book-long preparations; it would be challenging to read “A Higher Loyalty” without rethinking at least one strongly held personal opinion, political or otherwise. However, were the book only about Comey’s political experiences prior to the 2016 election, it would still remain fascinating.

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Kopec’s rookie season to remember ‘It’s really fun to play with goalies.’ Attacker talks college debut, 15-goal season

JULIA STUMBAUGH FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

When freshman attacker Sophie Kopec took the field for the first time in her college career, her entire body was shaking. Kopec had been slotted into the starting lineup because of an injury to junior attacker Eloise Gagnon, the regular starter. William and Mary was playing Maryland, a lacrosse powerhouse that claimed the National Collegiate Athletic Association championship just last year.

It was an intimidating debut to make for someone who had never played a match at the college level.

“We got the ball on attack and I dropped my first pass ever because I was so nervous,” Kopec said.

Just a few games later, Kopec went from a replacement player with shaky hands and dropped passes to one of the most important offensive pieces on the team. That transition included a six-game goal streak that Kopec capped off with a five-goal performance in a single game, earning her the title of Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week April 9.

But despite her success, Kopec never takes her role on the team for granted.

“I’ve been getting more playing time,” Kopec said. “But everything’s always subject to change.”

The adjustment to college lacrosse her freshman year has been quite a journey for Kopec. She started her athletic career as a point guard on the basketball team in her hometown in Georgia, but she eventually fell in love with lacrosse, a sport

that she saw as extremely accessible to newcomers.

“If you want to get good at it, you can really put the time into it,” Kopec said. “Work on your stick skills if that’s something you need to perfect. You can work on your fitness if that’s something you need to work on. You get out of it what you put into it.”

Freshman year, Kopec moved from Georgia to play at the College and went from a place where lacrosse was a niche, highly regulated sport to a lacrosseobsessed state where the referees were not as stringent with calls. Kopec compared practice here to “street ball;” whatever happens, happens, and you play on.

Even more difficult to adjust to than the rough play has been the higher level of skill. Kopec had 65 goals as a senior at her high school, where she holds the school record for most career goals and assists, but she’s found it notably more difficult to score against college teams.

“The defenders at the college level are always keyed in to what’s going on on the field,” Kopec said. “Learning how to slide your way in between all of those has definitely been an adjustment, and it’s been difficult.”

If college-level defense is slightly improved, then college-level goaltending is on another planet in terms of skill.

“Typically in high school, I could just do a hard power shot and it would go in,” Kopec said. “Here, you have to really fake the goalies, and really fake them with your whole body, not just your stick. That’s been an adjustment.”

But that adjustment hasn’t bothered Kopec at all — in fact, she has enjoyed it.

When she talks about shooting, she can’t stop smiling.

“Faking is one of my favorite things,” Kopec said. “I think it’s really fun to play with goalies. So that’s been fun for me.”

That fun has involved a lot of scoring.

It only took Kopec two games to net her first career tally, when she put two goals behind Longwood’s keeper Feb. 20. She now has 15 goals and 19 points on the season, both of those totals second only to senior attacker Abby Corkum on the team.

Corkum, the core of the College’s offense, is about to break the 100-point mark for the Tribe in her fourth season, which is one of Kopec’s career aspirations.

Kopec’s favorite point on the season came in the College’s home match against Virginia Commonwealth University. The Tribe was down 4-3 to the Rams halfway through the first period when Kopec got the ball behind the net, drawing two defenders toward her and away from where senior midfielder McKinley Wade was waiting, wide open. Kopec looped a bucket pass over the goal, where Wade caught it and scored to tie the game.

“It was such an easy connection between me and her,” Kopec said. “It was so hype, because we’d been working on it in practice. To see the play actually pan out was really fun. We freaked out afterwards and had the biggest celly.”

Kopec’s favorite goal celebration is a classic — throw the stick on the ground, find your nearest teammate and jump into their arms. And the Tribe was doing

quite a few of those cellies in the first half of the 2018 season, when it went 4-4 over its first eight matches. For its first four home games, the team was undefeated here in Williamsburg.

“We call [Albert Daly field] ‘the madhouse,’” Kopec said. “When we’re in our huddles before the games, we’re like, ‘This is our house, we have to protect it.’ You can just feel the energy from the whole team.”

Part of that energy comes from the team’s pregame routines, which involve turning off all the lights in the locker room and dancing to “Bang It to the Curb.”

Freshman midfielder Annelise Kotz and Kopec complete their own special dance routine before every game. And no pregame ritual would be complete for Kopec without a listen to Gucci Mane’s “Drop Top Wop.” After all, when you love the sport as much as Kopec does, even the intensity of preparing for a game is fun.

“I love the amount of passion that every single person has for the sport,” Kopec said. “To have practice every single day, as well as conditioning, as well as lift — it takes so much dedication and time out of your day, and then at the end of the day to just be so happy to be doing it is a culture I really embrace.”

But after its strong season start, the Tribe fell into a rut. With its loss to Delaware this past weekend, the team has now dropped eight games in a row and remains winless within the conference with just one game remaining in the regular season.

“A typical pattern that we’ve seen this

season is that we’ll get down by two or three goals and the team will just mentally give up and we’ll end up losing by a good amount, 10 goals or something, when it really should have been a close game the whole time,” Kopec said.

But even in the rough spots, the team has been there for Kopec. Teammates will shout, “Sophie, you got the next one!” at Kopec during games when a pass falls short or a play goes awry.

“They help me know that it doesn’t matter if I just made that mistake, people are relying on me and I need to make another move,” Kopec said. “I rely on my teammates as much as they rely on me.”

That help from teammates extends beyond the field. Kopec has received help from teammates on everything from easing her homesickness to perfecting her plays to acing her freshman biology class.

Even when the team is in a rough spot, the players still look out for one another.

“We just have so much pride to be wearing the Tribe jersey and representing William and Mary,” Kopec said. “And we love to represent [it] as best we can.”

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FOOTBALL

Spring game tests team depth First look at lineup exposes strengths, weaknesses

Brendan Doyle

FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

Head coach Jimmye Laycock ’70 and William and Mary came into this offseason looking for answers.

Last year’s winless conference slate, Laycock’s first in his 37 years at the helm of the Tribe, certainly raised a few questions.

Saturday’s Green and Gold Spring Game, the culmination of the football program’s offseason practices, offered few of the answers the College was looking for. Instead of sorting out the battle for the quarterback position, it may have muddled it further, and instead of revealing go-to playmakers on the offensive side, no clear stars emerged.

However, the team clearly showed what its identity will be this season – the type of old-school, smashmouth football Laycock’s teams have been known for when they are at their best. Running the ball and stopping the run will be key to the Tribe’s success Even for a running team, though, everything starts and ends with the quarterback position. Laycock felt that while each showed their strengths and weaknesses, no players stood out more than the others.

“They all showed good things, and they all showed things they need to work on,” Laycock said. “It’s good for them to all play in a semi game-type environment.”

Sophomore Shon Mitchell started at quarterback for the first-stringers, but went three-and-out on both of his first two possessions. Then, on his first possession back in the game in the second half, he misfired on a deep pass, leading to an interception by redshirt freshman safety Gage Herdman.

“I have to be disciplined,” Mitchell said. “Just a simple mental mistake. I just have to be stronger and more disciplined than that.”

Junior quarterback Brandon Battle, in his first possession behind center with the second team, was picked off by redshirt freshman cornerback Jaden Barnes, who returned it for a touchdown. In his second, however, Battle bounced back, connecting on a couple throws before the Tribe offense’s drive stalled out.

Sophomore Dean Rotger took over at quarterback in the second quarter and, after throwing his first pass away, quickly completed two passes to move the offense down the field. Redshirt freshman running back Owen Wright converted a fourth-and-one to help the cause. An ill-advised lob down the sideline almost turned into a pick, but the Tribe offense converted on its good field position as redshirt freshman kicker Jake

Johnston knocked his kick through the uprights from 40 yards out. In the second half, Rotger completed the Tribe’s longest pass of the day to redshirt freshman receiver Amonyae Watson for just over 45 yards.

“Brandon, he conducted some drives and put some drives together, that was good,” offensive coordinator DJ Mangas ’12 said. “He made some throws. All of them looked like they were fairly decisive, for the most part. Looking at [Ted], you know, you could say the same thing for all of them. They made some throws … they did some good things, but each and every one of them made some mistakes as well.”

Even with the inconsistency at the quarterback position, the running game showed its strength.

Junior running backs Albert Funderburke, Jr. and Brehon Britt, along with sophomores Noah Giles, Jaret Anderson and Evans, all got meaningful touches.

Funderburke, who saw a reduced role last season as he was returning from a serious knee injury, showed flashes of his freshman year, when he was a tough player to bring down. Anderson and Evans both were good options as receivers out of the backfield, an important task for a team who lost safety blanket Andrew Caskin from the tight end spot, who is graduating this year. Britt showed off his speed, busting through the defense on a run that would be called back on a holding penalty. And Giles, who had the most carries last season for the Tribe, converted on a few short-yardage situations.

“I thought [the running backs] had a really good spring,” Laycock said. “It’s so good to see Albert [Funderburke] back in there … Thinking about the identity on offense, today we threw the ball a lot more than we ran the ball. Now, whether that’s going to be us or not I don’t know.”

Come summer, the five of them will be battling for the role of primary ball-carrier. However, chances are that the Tribe will roll with a rotation of backs.

On the defensive side of things, the Tribe looks just as strong as they were last season. The defensive line, led by juniors Gavin Johnson and Joe Suarez, got consistent pressure on the quarterback.

At the same time, the secondary looks primed to make big plays this fall. Alongside the two interceptions, the cornerbacks and safeties broke up a number of passes.

“Defensively, I think we’re probably about where we should be,” Laycock said. “Offensively, we’ve got to pick it up a little more.”

It’s never a good sign for your offense when the defense wins a scrimmage in which the only way they can score is a defensive touchdown. But it’s important to note that in the offseason, a football team’s defense is often furthest ahead in its development. This isn’t a good look for the Tribe offense, but we’ll have to wait for the fall to see whether the sputtering offense is a sign of greater issues or just a bump in the road.

One thing is clear: if the Tribe is going to win games this season, it’s going to have to run the ball.

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Win some, lose some

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Junior Lauren Goodman and the Tribe took home the CAA title, breezing through opponents to its 26th championship.

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The No. 1-seeded Tribe lost in the CAA tournament final to UNC-Wilmington, after beating Delaware and Drexel to get there.

College easily defends conference crown Tribe falters in title match to Seahawks CATHERINE SCHEFER FLAT HAT SPORTS ASSOC. EDITOR

After a successful regular season, William and Mary headed to Elon to defend its Colonial Athletic Association tournament title. The Tribe did just that, dispatching three opponents on the way to the conference crown once again.

No. 1 seed William and Mary opened its CAA tournament with a decisive 4-0 victory over No. 8 seed Towson Friday morning.

The Tigers (12-12) started strong and claimed a victory over the Tribe (17-9) at the No. 1 spot during doubles play. Senior Olivia Thaler and sophomore Rosie Cheng turned the tables with a 6-4 win at the No. 2 spot. Meanwhile, junior Clara Tanielian and sophomore Charlotte Madson secured the doubles point for the Tribe with a 7-5 victory over Barbora Vasilkova and Lucy Gloninger at the No. 3 spot.

Thaler remained victorious during singles and made short work of Gloninger in a convincing 6-2 victory at the No. 2 spot. Sophomore Natalia Perry and Cheng both finished with wins of their own during singles. Perry lost one set to Gomer in the second match but claimed a 6-0, 6-1 victory, while Cheng beat Nicole Shakhnazarova 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 1 spot to solidify the overall victory for the Tribe.

Saturday, the College faced off against Elon in the semifinals in a fight for a spot in Sunday’s finals. The Tribe outplayed the Phoenix (14-13) to advance into the finals with a 4-2 victory.

Cheng and senior Olivia Thaler dropped the match at the No. 2 spot to Olivia Lucas and Erica Braschi, 7-6 (2). Sophomore Madson and Tanielian followed shortly with another loss at the No. 3 spot to Suzanne Zenoni and Kristen Ward, 7-6 (6). The match in the No. 1 position was abandoned as the Phoenix claimed the doubles point.

The Tribe came back to claim four points during singles matchups. Thaler made short work of Ward at the No. 6 spot to claim the first victory for the Tribe

6-3, 6-2. The Phoenix fought hard at the No. 4 spot and claimed their second and final point of the day, but at the No. 5 spot, senior Ekaterina Stepanova won a match up against Alex Koniaev, 6-3, 6-4.

Cheng followed up shortly with 7-6 and 6-2 victories against Lucas in the top position.

Tanielian finished out the match at the No. 3 slot with a three-set victory. After winning the first set 6-3, she dropped the second in a quick 6-2 defeat. Tanielian came back to take the third set 6-4 over Zenoni to solidify the Tribe’s advancement to the finals.

The Tribe then advanced to the CAA finals against James Madison Sunday, April 22, marking the 21st time in the past 24 years that the College has made it to the championship round.

Sunday, the College faced off against JMU in the CAA championship. The Tribe defeated the Dukes (21-4) in a 4-0 victory.

The Tribe began its four-point run with a doubles win. Madson and Tanielian outplayed Dylan Owens and Jona Roka at the No. 3 position with a score of 6-2. At the No. 2 spot, Thaler and Cheng secured the doubles point with a 6-4 victory over Emma Petersen and Anna Makarova.

Continuing her winning streak from the semifinal match, Tanielian pushed the Tribe to a twopoint lead with her singles victory at the No. 3 spot.

She claimed two consecutive sets over Roka 6-0, 6-4.

Thaler, at the No. 6 spot, dropped her first set 6-3 to Kimmy Herrock, but refused to accept defeat. She stood strong in the second and third sets and claimed the singles point, 6-1, 6-1. As all other positions moved into third sets, Perry sealed the victory for the College at the No. 2 spot. After a favorable 7-5 start, she lost the second set 5-2 to Makarova. Perry fought back in the third set and, after being tied at five, pulled ahead to claim the match.

With this victory, the College claimed its 26th CAA champion title. The Tribe is set to make its 19th National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament appearance May 1 at 5:30 p.m.

ALYSSA GRZESIAK FLAT HAT EXECUTIVE EDITOR

William and Mary traveled to Elon, North Carolina this weekend to compete in the Colonial Athletic Association championship. The Tribe entered the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center as the No. 1 seed. After plowing through the competition sweep after sweep in a repeat of the 2017 conference championship, the College was unable to upset reigning CAA champion North CarolinaWilmington.

Friday, the Tribe dominated Delaware, seeded at No. 8 in the conference, in a 4-0 washout in the quarterfinals.

Freshman Michael Chen and sophomore Brenden Volk triumphed over Nathan Benyowitz and Laurenz Lankes 6-1 at the No. 2 spot. The duo of senior Christian Cargill and freshman Louis Newman followed suit with a 6-4 victory over Justice Jones and Curran Verma at the No. 3 spot, claiming the doubles point for the College.

The Tribe was relentless against the Blue Hens in singles play. Freshman Finbar Talcott stole the first singles point for the College with his 6-2, 6-0 victory over Blaise Casselbury at the No. 5 spot. Cargill commanded the No. 1 spot, sweeping Dustin Britton 6-0, 6-2. Senior Lars de Boer clinched the match victory for the Tribe with his success at the No. 4 spot, winning both sets against Jones, 6-1.

With this, the College moved on to play Drexel in the semifinals.

Saturday, the Tribe carried out another 4-0 sweep against the No. 5-seeded Dragons.

Volk and Chen were, again, the ones to ignite the College’s strong performance in doubles play.

The duo’s 6-3 victory over Balaji Lakshmanan and Sanil Jagtiani marked the pairs ninth win of the last 10 contests. Cargill and Newman again came out on top at the bottom spot with a 6-3 success over Xandy Hammitt and Hamza Laalej. The Tribe, like

the previous morning, went into singles play on top of a 1-0 advantage over the Dragons.

Freshman Sebastian Quiros was the first to claim a singles point for the College. At the No. 5 spot, he took down Bernard Tefel 6-3, 6-0. Talcott followed with an easy victory over Jagtiani with two sets of 6-2, putting the Tribe up 3-0. Volk finished off the sweep at the No. 6 spot, defeating Youssef Lahlou 6-3, 6-2.

Cargill’s success at the No. 3 spot in doubles marked the 84th win of his career. This improves his position on the Tribe’s doubles victories list to a tie for seventh with head coach Jeff Kader ’05.

The Tribe went on to face off against No. 3 seed and defending CAA champion UNC-Wilmington.

Sunday, the College fell to defending CAA champions UNC-Wilmington 4-2 after a long and hard-fought battle in a repeat of last season’s heartbreaking season end.

For the first time in the tournament, the College was unable to jump to an early lead with the doubles point. Chen and Volk lost at the No. 2 spot for the first time over the weekend in a tight 7-5 matchup against Michael Morphy and Andres Torres.

Down for the first time this weekend, the Tribe fought to make a comeback. Cargill found success at the No. 1 spot, defeating Torres 6-4, 6-1. In a back-and-forth battle for the lead, Seahawk Agustin Savarino defeated senior Alec Miller 6-2, 6-4 at the No. 2 spot before Volk came back with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Morphy. The Tribe managed to tie the contest up 2-2, marking as close as it would come to the CAA crown this year.

UNC-Wilmington’s Daniel Groom defeated Quiros 6-3, 6-4 at the No. 5 spot. Newman suffered a loss to Ignasi de Rueda at the No. 3 spot, 7-6 (3), 7-5, bringing the championship to a close.

Despite suffering this loss and saying goodbye to its seniors, the Tribe and its underclassmen had a strong showing that the team looks forward to carrying over into next season.

PROFILE

Tribe legacy: record-setting athlete to relatable coach

After playing for Tribe, Jeff Kader ’05 shares his perspective on each side of player-coach relationship ALYSSA GRZESIAK FLAT HAT EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Halfway through a comment of praise for his team after a tough match, Jeff Kader ’05 is interrupted by a small voice asking, “Dad, can I have a Gatorade?” Kader smiles softly at his son, nods his head, looks back and asks, “You can edit that out, right?”

Most people know Kader from his current role as the head coach of the William and Mary men’s tennis team. What most don’t know is that he himself was not only a member of the Tribe, but also an athlete of the same program that he now coaches.

During his time at the College, Kader was named four-time AllColonial Athletic Association selection in singles play, winner of the Blue-Gray Classic Sportsmanship Award in 2005 and named the CAA Tournament’s Most Outstanding Performer for his play in the 2005 conference championship — a first in program history — when he defeated his Virginia Commonwealth opponent at the No. 1 spot.

Kader says that the experience of playing an individual sport for a team is a unique one. Being able to play for something greater than himself is part of what made him so fond of the Tribe.

“I mean, I love it. I loved everything about it,” Kader said. “The team at that time was really what got me interested in coming here. They were such a tight-knit group … it was definitely a family atmosphere. So, coming here and playing, playing with them, was just an incredible experience.”

Fresh out of college, Kader jumped head first into the world of coaching as an assistant men’s tennis coach at North Carolina State from 2006-10. He then moved on to his first head coaching position at Texas-San Antonio, where he led the team to success from 2010-15.

“And it just so happened that I was very fortunate with kind of my path into college coaching,” Kader said. “I got into it right away, but it was at that time, kind of after that first year, that I said, ‘I’m pretty sure this is what I want to do for my career.’ … After one year in it, that was

when I knew that this is what I needed to be doing.”

After spending 10 years away from Williamsburg, Kader returned to the College to take over for Peter Daub as the 17th head coach of the Tribe men’s tennis program.

Kader says that his relationship with Daub was a positive one. It helped him develop his own coaching philosophy: You can’t coach each player the exact same way.

“I have a very good relationship with him,” Kader said. “I still call him to this day and ask for coaching advice from him, and it is really helpful that, obviously, he was the coach here. He understands the policies and procedures and kind of what goes into it. So that’s very helpful for me to have him for a mentor, as well.”

Part of Kader’s decision to return to the College as a coach came from the values that the institution instills in its student-athletes. He believes that being a part of the Tribe really sets the athletes up for success and helps them grow as people.

“I firmly believe in really everything that the school stands for,” Kader said. “It had just such a great impact on my life … And all of the athletes really live by [the College’s values], and I really just believed in the values that the athletic department has.”

This season, Kader’s third as head coach, the Tribe went 2-0 in conference play, earning it the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.

Kader led the Tribe all the way to the championship round after complete sweeps of the opposing teams leading up to the final day, only falling to repeat Colonial Athletic Association champions North Carolina-Wilmington.

Outside of the world of tennis, Kader loves spending time with his wife, Morgan, and their two sons, Harrison and Davis. Kader says that he and his family spend a lot of time in Colonial Williamsburg because it’s such a family friendly area.

“I love Williamsburg more now probably than when I was here,” Kader said. “We just walk around. We take the kids down there — they either ride their scooters or ride their bikes.”

Sometimes, Harrison and Davis even get a trip to the McCormackNagelsen Tennis Center or the Millie West Tennis Facility on game days.

These visits are a fun experience for everyone involved, but especially for the boys.

“They like it simply because, not even for the tennis or for anything, they just like going to where I work,” Kader said. “They’re literally there because they get to go into my office. And they turn on the TV, and they say, ‘Yeah, I’m at dad’s work.’ So [I’m] trying to get them a little more involved in the actual tennis side, but they very much just enjoy going to dad’s work. And the guys on our team are awesome with them, you know.”

While there are too many rewarding moments for him to recount, Kader genuinely enjoys being a part of his players’ lives as they go through their time at the College.

“It’s going to sound cheesy, but it really is seeing the growth of the guys from their freshman year to their senior year, and then knowing that you’ve at least had some part of helping them really mature as a person,” Kader said. “Since I’ve been here, every single player that’s been here is incredibly driven. They’re incredibly motivated, they’re incredibly smart. They all come in here knowing what it is they want to do, so I really feel like half the time I’m just kind of out there monitoring.”

At the end of the day, the fact that Kader has been exactly where his players are makes him the coach he is now. Having graduated from the same college and played for the same team in the same program, Kader serves as a constant reminder that it is possible to get through each day, each practice and each season while constantly improving.

“There isn’t a whole lot that they can throw at us where we can’t come back and say, ‘We know exactly what you’re talking about,’” Kader said.

“It might be different in how it’s going about, but what is expected of you and how you are meant to handle things between the academics, the athletics, whatever it may be, we went through that exact same thing.”

Backed by a history of hard work and success, Kader has taken the Tribe further than it has gone in years, with nothing but opportunity on the horizon.