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Vol. 105, Iss. 27 | Tuesday, April 26, 2016

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ADMINISTRATION

Data reveals gender pay gap in College salaries

SEXUAL ASSAULT

Data collected from the 2014 census and salary information indicate the presence of a gender pay gap at the College of William and Mary. The gap is slightly less significant than the one in Virginia, where, controlling for hours worked, occupation, college major, employment sector and other factors conditional to pay, median full-time earnings for women were 79 percent of the median full-time earnings for men.

Out of vice provosts, vice presidents, deans and department heads, women at the College are paid 85 percent of what men in these positions earn.

Out of 38 department heads, only 12 are female. Out of 13 vice provosts, vice presidents and deans, only four are female.

The College has only had one female provost, and has never

DIVERSITY

Assault BOV passes leads to first diversity expulsion resolutions College records

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had a female president. Out of the 10 highest earners at the College, only one is a woman.

Assistant Director of Institutional Research at the College Sophy Feng, said that gender could affect salary at the College.

“A lot of factors affect one’s salary — gender may or may not be one of them,” Feng said.

Feng explained that, particularly at institutions of higher education, it is difficult to isolate gender as a variable. The salary of a professor, department head and even dean depends significantly on the discipline. Salaries for medical sciences such as biology and chemistry, law, engineering and computer science tend to be significantly higher than humanities and arts salaries.

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Fewer female than male employees have administrative positions as department heads, vice presidents, vice provosts and deans and are paid less.

Jamestown dorms to be renamed SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

The College of William and Mary expelled a student for sexual assault last fall for the first time since at least 2000, according to available records.

An expulsion is a primary sanction and is an involuntary separation from the College without possible future enrollment and is noted on a student’s transcript. A student can also voluntarily resign from the College prior to adjudication, which must be approved by the Dean of Students Office and results in the same consequences, according to Associate Dean of Students and Director of Student Conduct Dave Gilbert.

Gilbert said that one student opted for a permanent resignation in spring 2013.

That student was also investigated for non-consensual intercourse.

Health Outreach Peer Educators President Mariah Frank ’17 said that, while it is disheartening that there was an incident of sexual assault requiring expulsion, the administration’s actions are a step in the right direction.

“Prevention is one end of the spectrum and it is the area about which HOPE aims to educate the William and Mary community,” Frank said in an email.

“Adjudication is the other end of spectrum for which the administrators in the Dean of Students office and other offices are responsible. After such a long time, it is really good to see that our views of zero tolerance for sexual assault at William and Mary are beginning to line up and reflect

College of William and Mary President Taylor Reveley sent out a campus-wide email Tuesday, April 19 saying the College would pursue the first 10 shortterm recommendations to address racial problems at the College from the Task Force on Race and Relations. As the next step, Chief Diversity Officer and Task Force Chair Chon Glover M.Ed. ’99 Ed.D. ’06 presented the Board of Visitors with a summary of the Task Force’s mission and findings.

Although Thursday’s BOV committee meetings covered a range of topics such as neurodiversity and Student Accessibility Services, building resolutions and updates to the faculty handbook, at the start of the full board meeting, Reveley said that the most acute problem the College faces is the experiences of African Americans on campus.

“Think back to an occasion when you weren’t quite sure you were welcome and you didn’t feel included,” Reveley said. “I think just about everyone has had a few of those occasions … When you’re not sure you’re welcome and you really don’t feel included it takes a bite out of your quality of life and you certainly can’t do your best work, and I really believe deeply that those at William and Mary want it to be a campus where everybody does feel welcome, does feel included and can get on with doing their best work … Because of our history of slavery, secession during the Civil War and segregation after the

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HOUSING

Long path to gender neutral housing delayed by politics Political firestorm of 2009 delayed action on the policy, seen as lightning rod by admins TUCKER HIGGINS FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

The gender neutral housing that students have fought to bring on campus for a decade will arrive this fall with an initial group of 38 students — but it may have come far earlier, College of William and Mary President Taylor Reveley said, were it not for an accident of politics involving a transgender Homecoming queen, a nude photography exhibit and an art show featuring the performances of sex workers.

All three events shook the campus within a few months of each other in 2009, the same year the College received its first detailed plan for gender neutral housing.

The Sex Workers’ Art Show stirred the most controversy, gaining national media attention and threatening to destabilize the College at a time when universities across the country were losing government funding. At nearly the same time, a portrait gallery that included images of nude minors sparked a legal review by the Virginia Attorney General. The crowning

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of Jessee Vasold ’11 as Homecoming queen, the first transgender Homecoming queen in the school’s history, also gained national attention that year.

“It was a pretty frisky time,” Reveley said. “The first thing that I had to do as president was bring everybody back together again, calm everybody down.

And that ran across the political spectrum.”

In September 2008, Reveley succeeded President Gene Nichol, whose divisive resignation followed a controversy involving the College’s removal of a cross from the Wren Chapel and an earlier showing of the Sex Workers’ Art show.

Virginia lawmakers at the time had called members of the Board of Visitors, the College’s governing board, to the Virginia State Capitol to account for Nichol’s decisions.

“2007, 2008, and 2009 were interesting times, especially for those who work in government relations for a living,” College Vice President for Government Relations Frances Bradford said in an email. “[T]he university needed to focus on its priorities, including working with the state on a

sustainable financial foundation.”

Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of Residence Life Deb Boykin ’76 M.Ed. ’82 said that the delay over gender neutral housing involved both ensuring that the policy would be implemented appropriately for the College and considering the public image.

“We were not going to be the first school in Virginia,” she said. “Not that we didn’t want to be the first school, but it was a question of what the reaction of the public would be.”

George Mason University became the first public college in Virginia to implement gender neutral housing in the fall of 2014. Soon after Virginia Tech announced they would roll out a similar policy the same semester. Virginia Commonwealth University announced in the fall that they are anticipating an LGBTQ-friendly housing program to begin fall 2016.

The University of Virginia does not have a program in place, but handles genderneutral housing on a case-by-case basis.

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House, at least 202 colleges offer gender neutral housing. When the policies took effect at GMU and Virginia Tech, the number was 150.

History professor Leisa Meyer, who is researching the history of the LGBTQ experience on campus, said the College moved too slowly on the issue of gender neutral housing.

“I would say that William and Mary moves glacially,” Meyer said. “We always pause too long before we make changes that need to happen because we are concerned over what might happen, so we self-censor.”

While the College only receives about 12 percent of its funding from the state, Meyer said that the state’s ownership of the land the College is built on gives the government outsized influence.

“William and Mary sold the land to the state government, so they own it, and so that is the biggy,” Meyer said, referring to the 1906 purchase of the College grounds by the Commonwealth of Virginia. “12 percent [of funding] from the state, we could maybe fundraise enough to get out of

that reliance, but we can never repurchase the land. It’s just too expensive.”

Director of Advancement Matthew Lambert ’99 said the school is moving to decrease its reliance on public funding for its operating costs, but that there are no plans to buy back any capital.

“I don’t think it’s anything anyone wants, but it’s reality, and I think that President Reveley has tried to be very realistic with people that we will take every bit of public support we can get, but the reality is there’s just a diminishing pool of state funds to support higher education,” Lambert said.

Emails obtained by The Flat Hat through a Freedom of Information Act request sent between senior Residence Life employees, including Boykin, do suggest a wariness of press attention on the issue of gender neutral housing. These emails show that administrators had to choose their words carefully, as they were reluctant to attract unwanted scrutiny from political actors including the Board See HOUSING page 4

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Former Vice President of Student Affairs Sam Sadler ’64, M.Ed. ’71 arrived at the College of William and Mary in the summer of 1960, just as Hurricane Donna swept across campus and tore the roof off Jefferson Hall.

Sadler remembered being herded out of the rain and wind into Blow Gymnasium for the welcoming program. His orientation group ended up near the front row as the Dean of Students rose to greet the newcomers.

“He talked about how … we should look to the left and look to the right because one of us wouldn’t be there in four years … I remember feeling like he was looking right at me when he said that,” Sadler said. “It scared the heck out of me.”

Sadler was struck by this negative introduction to the College. The memory would go on to influence him in his own career in student affairs.

Sadler was the first person in his family to attend college and he had little guidance regarding higher education. He nearly attended Randolph-Macon College instead, encouraged by a full scholarship. Sadler changed his mind when he received a partial scholarship to the College and learned that his best friend — along with nearly 20 other classmates — had been admitted as well.

In the early 1960s, the College consisted only of Historic Campus, Old Campus, the Bryan Complex and Phi Beta Kappa Hall. The College’s culture was also far more restrictive, he said.

Sadler recalled an incident in Sorority Court one rainy night during his freshman year. Along with several hall mates, he left the dorm to see what was causing a commotion in the courtyard. From across the street, he saw a man in pajama pants and a trench coat, brandishing a black umbrella and striding toward a group of students in the court. It was the Dean of Students. The group of male students had apparently been in Sorority Court after hours.

“He would walk up, tap someone on the shoulder and put a flashlight in their face,” Sadler said. “And he’d say, ‘Be in my office in the morning at eight o’clock. Packed.’ And those people were gone the next morning.”

Sadler said he avoided trouble with the administration and became heavily involved on campus, joining the Nu Rho chapter of the service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega, eventually becoming president sophomore year. He recalled working on projects with future United States Secretary of Defense and College Chancellor Robert Gates ’65.

Sadler majored in government and planned to become a minister after graduation. When he wasn’t studying, Sadler socialized with his friends. Social life on campus was much more sedate in the early 1960s. Alcohol was harder to come by. Students, women in particular, saw every aspect of their lives constrained by the administration, from curfews to incredibly specific dress codes (women could only wear shorts under a trench coat coming from a physical education class).

For scholarship students like Sadler, food options were also restricted. He was required to eat in the cafeteria. One day this prompted an experiment with one of his friends, whose father worked as a chemist for a food quality agency in Washington, D.C. “We were all sure that what they were serving us was poisonous,” Sadler said. “They used to serve us liver about once a week. It was so ugly. It looked iridescent. So one day, all of us gave up our liver happily — I hated it — and put it into a little box and shipped it up to her father and asked him to analyze it.”

The food situation eventually prompted Sadler to take drastic action and give up his scholarship so he could prepare his own meals.

His senior year, Sadler began to experience extreme fatigue.

Things came to a head during a home football game against Navy when Sadler was head cheerleader. The cheerleading squad’s routine saw each cheerleader bouncing over one another on a mini-trampoline. Soon, it was Sadler’s turn.

“I took a good run and I got on the minitrampoline and the next thing I know I was seated up against the wall of the stadium,” Sadler said. “I’d passed out in mid-air and landed on top of all my friends.”

A local doctor didn’t think anything was

wrong, but Sadler’s condition had deteriorated even more by December. Running a 102 fever, he slept through the day and missed two weeks of class. Some of the freshmen in the second floor of Brown Hall became concerned for his health.

When the Dean of Men summoned him, Sadler was terrified of losing his position as an RA. Instead of firing him, the dean called his parents. Sadler was subsequently hospitalized for 10 days and diagnosed with mononucleosis and glandular fever.

“I was a lot sicker than I knew,” Sadler said.

“I remember I got out of the hospital just before classes ended.”

He returned to campus in time to catch the Choir’s Christmas concert. Instead of singing, he sat with Mary Liz’s mother.

Sadler managed to scale back on his many commitments, catch up on his missed work and graduate. That summer, he proposed to Mary Liz. One year later, they were married in the Sir Christopher Wren Chapel, one of Sadler’s favorite spots on campus.

“So many important things in my life have happened there,” Sadler said. “Weddings.

Ceremonies. Initiations. For me, that’s always been a very special room.”

By then, Sadler had switched his intended career path from ministry to higher education, a decision brought on by the Kennedy assassination. Sadler had first heard the news about the president’s death on the stairwell of James Blair Hall. In the aftermath, the school shut down for three days.

“I can recall vividly sitting in my room in Brown Hall thinking about life, thinking about what I wanted to do in life,” Sadler said. “I knew at that point that if I could do the work that I saw the deans do that it would be the greatest gift I could give another person. I decided then that somehow that’s what I should do with my life.”

Initially, he wasn’t quite sure how to go about fulfilling his new goal and ended up heading out to Oregon with his wife to work for a health organization. Three weeks after their wedding, the Sadlers flew out West and stayed there for two years.

A call from a fraternity brother about a vacancy at the College’s admissions office drew Sadler back to Virginia. Sadler had played handball with the Dean of Admissions his senior year. He got the job in 1967 and began working toward a master’s in higher education at the William and Mary School of Education.

“I was only going to stay three years,” Sadler said. “Do my master’s. Get a 4.0. Go to the best higher education program in the country. Get a PhD and become a college president.”

The late 1960s saw the rise of turbulence on college campuses, as students became active in the civil rights movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement and women’s liberation.

Students began pushing against the precedent of universities making personal decisions for students. Federal court cases began setting limits on the power of universities. Sadler said that during this time he empathized more with students than with his fellow administrators.

Upon returning to campus in 1967, Sam and Mary Liz Sadler had former classmates still in school.

During this time, students voiced their unhappiness with former College President Davis Paschall ’32’s picks for the position of Dean of Men. To calm the situation, Paschall changed course. Over a holiday weekend in the summer of 1970, Paschall called Sadler and offered him the temporary position of acting Dean of Men, which Sadler accepted.

Two years later, Thomas Graves succeeded Paschall as president of the College. Sadler resigned, having received a fellowship to pursue his PhD in higher education at the University of Michigan.

The following week, Sadler came home to find his wife and daughter missing from their apartment in Sorority Court. Looking through the mail, he opened a letter from the University of Michigan.

It said his fellowship had been withdrawn due to United States President Richard Nixon’s cancellation of the National Defense Scholars Act. A few minutes later, Mary Liz returned and revealed she had been at the doctor’s office.

She was pregnant.

“I went running over to the President’s House and said, ‘Do you still have that

resignation? Can I have it back?’” Sadler said.

“So he set me down and he said, ‘You may have it back. And I want you to know that if you stay, I have something very good in mind for you.’”

About a month later, Graves named Sadler Dean of Students. Taking over in the spring of 1974, Sadler worked to build a new staff and research cutting edge programs at other schools. As the decade went on, restrictions on student life fell away and the school began to take more steps to become more diverse.

Sadler, who had once had ambitions of becoming a college president, said he quickly realized that he preferred talking to students over fundraising.

“I enjoyed it as much my last year as I did my first,” Sadler said. “The opportunity to sit with a person at a crucial time in their life and sometimes do nothing but be there, I know in my own life what a precious gift that can be.”

Sadler said the administration gradually became less severe over time. During Yule Log, Graves became the first College President to dress as Santa and read “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” He even put antlers on his Chihuahua and introduced him as Max, the Grinch’s dog. Sadler began reciting the “Night Before Finals” poem, a tradition continued by his successor Ginger Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’06.

Other traditions established during his tenure include the walk from the Sir Christopher Wren Building to William and Mary Hall during Commencement and the Candlelight Ceremony — two ideas Sadler admits he borrowed from Brown University.

Sadler also reestablished Convocation, which had died out during the 1960s, during the tenure of College President Tim Sullivan ’66.

Sullivan had been in Sadler’s orientation group when he was an Orientation Aide.

In 1989, Sadler became Vice President of Student Affairs. Sadler said one of the biggest changes over the course of his 41-year career involved altered perceptions about the College’s prestige.

“Dr. Paschall used to say, ‘William and Mary is the Princeton of the South,’” Sadler said. “I made him furious one day when I asked, ‘Why doesn’t Princeton say they’re the William and Mary of the North?’ That was a dumb thing to have said to him. But we thought of ourselves as second class but good.”

Sadler said credit for the College’s improved student life and academic standards should go to the policy of student self-determination and the increase in size and quality of the faculty. In 2008, Sadler retired. He received a major surprise at Commencement that year, news that Sadler said was concealed from him through “extraordinary subterfuge,” as he was responsible for writing the script for Commencement himself. Only a few weeks before the ceremony, he had gone to College President Taylor Reveley with concerns that the Board of Visitors was terrible at keeping secrets.

Closer to Commencement, Reveley told Sadler he would have to say a few words at the ceremony, much to his dismay. To coax Sadler into making a short speech, Reveley revealed he had won one of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards.

Commencement rolled around. After a short, emotional speech, Sadler moved to step down. College Rector Michael Powell ’85 blocked him from leaving.

“He steps to the microphone and says to the audience, ‘He’s got to stand here for one more minute,’” Sadler said.

The Board of Visitors announced that they had voted in secret to rename the University Center in his honor. Sadler, who had chaired the building committee for the structure, was shocked.

“I still can’t call it the Sadler Center,” Sadler said. “I call it the University Center. To me it’s still not real … I joke with people and tell them I go in there every day to clean the bathrooms because it’s the only way to keep my name on the thing. I got so much out of what I did that any kind of additional reward is unimaginable.”

Sadler still lives in Williamsburg and often goes for walks on campus.

“It’s one of the most beautiful places in the world, and has touched my life in such powerful ways that it feels like home,” Sadler said. “Even with all the changes, it feels like home, and I would hope that for anyone who went to the College.”

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At every level of government, the economy becomes a central issue during election season.

For the City of Williamsburg, the economy is an issue that ties together the five City Council candidates’ platforms.

Specifically, the candidates are focusing on redeveloping the economy, balancing traditional tourism with sports and food tourism and bringing new business ventures into the city.

Incumbent candidate Vice Mayor Paul Freiling ’83 said that he believes the city’s economy has greatly improved since the recession, but that the city needs to work on increasing tax revenue to help fund future projects.

According to Freiling, one way to improve the economy is to recruit technology-oriented businesses. The City of Williamsburg does not have the infrastructure for manufacturing, but has the initial technological infrastructure needed.

“Williamsburg is ideally situated in the center of a mega region from Richmond to Virginia Beach,” Freiling said. “If there’s going to be interregional business, why not have it be in Williamsburg? So I think we need to be looking down the road for transportation and infrastructure.”

In terms of tourism, Freiling identified the older motels in the city as a challenge. In the past, these properties have been sold at bottom prices and used for what he said was “inappropriate” housing. To combat this, Freiling said he would like to see the City Council do what they did with the Super 8 motel, which they purchased and held until they found a complementary tourism use.

Local landlord and candidate Greg Granger said that, to him, issues related to economic development are important because of his personal experiences working with business owners and those looking to relocate to the area.

“I drive up and down Richmond Road from Duke of Gloucester Street to the Sno-2-Go, and I see a lot of businesses that are closed for sale or for rent,” Granger said. “That’s a problem, that’s a sign there is something wrong in our economy right now, we need to understand those signs and chart a new course to correct those things.”

Granger said that building community appreciation for the Architectural Review Board would be an important step in attracting more businesses to the area.

Currently, he said that many people have been turned down by the Board and are frustrated. To fix this, Granger proposed designing an interactive website for the board, which would allow people to explore different design and improvement options .

“My heart goes out to some of the businesses; I’ve had four or five businesses open up in the arts district and they are excited to open up and think it’s going to be marvelous, and they come to me and want to open up a space, but they don’t understand that there aren’t that many people walking around the arts district,” Granger said. “That’s heartbreaking for me, they take their inheritance and invest it. I have firsthand experience with those businesses that have

opened and closed and I feel for those people. I think that gives me insight that other folks don’t have, they don’t have personal contact with those people spending their inheritance.”

Longtime Williamsburg resident and candidate Barbara Ramsey ’75 believes fiscal health is important, but prefers to look at the economy through what she sees as a realistic lens. According to her, many people do not realize the limitations of what City Council can do. For example, she said that, although the City Council approves the budget, the City Manager prepares that budget.

“I think that the City Council is there to provide suggestions and to work cooperatively,” Ramsey said. “City Council is cohesive group, it is not one person … I do think regardless of age, background and gender that those on City Council need to have fiscal responsibility and stay current on what is going on in the world and in different cities.

Williamsburg is completely unique, there is not another city like that, and you won’t be able to do certain things like manufacturing. It is the only city that has a college and a living museum.”

Ramsey also addressed tourism, saying that it is an important industry to Williamsburg. To do this, she proposes greater synergy with the College of William and Mary’s Global Film Festival and the businesses in Colonial Williamsburg to coordinate tourism events.

Benming Zhang ’16, the only student candidate, said that the City of Williamsburg’s approach toward land use policies regarding development is one of the most important economic issues during this election.

“I think the City is taking good steps towards addressing the issue,” Zhang said. “In matters of redevelopment, it should be handled on a case by case basis, but council members and planning commissioners are expressing interest in that direction and I will continue to be open to doing so.”

In terms of tourism, Zhang said he wants to see a more concerted effort with Colonial Williamsburg,.

“Since coming here, I have learned a lot more about this community and I have devoted time to learning the history,” Zhang said. “I got this support because I know the community, I have built relationships with them as my neighbors, friends and people I have seen at church. I would be a better listener than other candidates because I know and I am aware that I haven’t been here as long … Given where I come in, at 2016, I think it is necessary to have a guy with a fresh pair of eyes to carry the city beyond the past.”

Public policy and economics professor Elaine McBeth, who has lived near the College for many years, said that furthering redevelopment in certain neighborhoods is one of her primary economic goals.

“A key feature here is that we were hit pretty badly by the recession and were in hindsight, late coming to the redevelopment of High Street relative to New Town,” McBeth said. “Right now, it’s critical that we have this guided push that we make sure as we come out of the recession that we keep on growing and that we have viable projects that many people worked on for a long time.”

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Some of the primary issues in the City of Williamsburg’s City Council Elections, which will be held May 3, are the status of off-campus housing for College of William and Mary students, and the relationships between student renters and longterm Williamsburg residents. Although town-gown relations have improved in recent years, a history of noise complaints and general friction between students and residents still exist.

City of Williamsburg Vice Mayor Paul Freiling ’83, who is running for re-election, noted the potential value of housing students and senior Williamsburg residents in the same building.

“It’s neat to put people of different age categories in the same apartment complex because that creates more diversity,” Freiling said. “Having the types of housing where it can be intermixed is always better, because older people and younger people can help each other in different ways.”

Local landlord and City Council candidate Greg Granger has a different perspective on integrating students and residents. According to him, Williamsburg residents do not want to live alongside student renters.

“I’ve had people who’ve said, ‘You rent to William and Mary students, I’m not going to vote for you,’ and a couple of them were professors and I was like, ‘In what world does this make sense?’” Granger said.

“I feel so bad for William and Mary students because you get such a bad rap. Things like these tell me that people don’t like William and Mary students and they don’t want them in their neighborhoods.”

Granger said his bid for City Council is a way to advocate for a change in Williamsburg’s attitude toward student housing. He said that he has faced resistance within Williamsburg regarding the construction of Griffin Arms Apartments, which he intended to serve as off-campus housing for students.

“When I built Griffin Arms, I didn’t tell anyone that it was going to be student housing,” Granger said. “I didn’t name the project Griffin Arms publicly until I knew it was going to be approved. The attitude of ‘we can’t have more student housing’ just has to change. The students are going to be here; let’s plan for them.”

To Barbara Ramsey ‘75, the biggest issue students face in finding off-campus housing isn’t city resistance — it’s feeling like part of a community.

One of the changes she cited to improve the offcampus living experience is a website in the works that would allow students to rate their landlord based on responsiveness, respect, cleanliness and safety. This website will be launched as a project through Student Assembly.

“We felt it was necessary for students to get a feel for what types of landlords and housing situations were available,” Ramsey said. “We believe it will be much more comprehensive if it’s based on the landlord as opposed to the property.”

Ramsey spoke about the annual picnic her neighborhood holds in order to allow students and residents to get to know each other and build relationships.

Ramsey is a member of the City’s Neighborhood

Relations Committee, and she said that, if elected, she would work to involve the Committee more deeply in conversations and foster better relationships between students and residents in all Williamsburg neighborhoods.

Student candidate Benming Zhang ‘16 had a different view of the NRC. He said that, although the work they do is important, they don’t make themselves accessible to students.

“We have a committee that was created to address town-gown issues, but it meets Saturdays at 8 a.m. all the way out at the Quarterpath Community Center,” Zhang said. “Going door-to-door speaking with students, some of them want to be at the forums, but they won’t wake up to go to these forums … I would like to have a neighborhood council here on campus or somewhere where it is walkable.”

Zhang owns a house in Williamsburg himself and currently rents rooms out to friends. Similar to Freiling, Zhang spoke about the three-person rule, but he said there are steps that can be taken to amend the rule to be better for students living off campus. He said that being able to evaluate how many residents a home could handle on a case-bycase basis would be more effective than the current method.

“I would just like to open up discussion between council members,” Zhang said. “Certain homes, given their property size, I think we can determine how many residents should live there. We should match residents to the size of the house.”

While public policy and economics professor Elaine McBeth said she sees the overall relationship between student renters and Williamsburg residents as positive, she expressed concerns about the quality of some students’ off campus living situations.

Although she said that the homes in her neighborhood are well-cared-for, McBeth has served on the City of Williamsburg’s Planning Commission and said that this has exposed her to the living conditions in other neighborhoods.

She said that she has seen situations with people living in crawl spaces, which not only does not comply with city codes, but also poses a safety issue.

McBeth said that the City Council should work on better making students aware of what to do about poor living conditions.

“I think there is a real health and human services network that the City should promote,” McBeth said. “We don’t want people living in unsafe or deteriorating conditions because it is cheap housing.”

To McBeth and the other candidates, the most important thing is to not think of students and residents as uniform entities that must always be in conflict with one another.

“I don’t think there are ‘students,’ I think there are people,” McBeth said. “Some people want to live in the community, other people want to have very nice apartments and some people want different things.

I don’t think there is this monolith of what students want.”

A common theme throughout the candidates’ views of off-campus student housing is greater understanding. Whether or not students and residents choose to live alongside one another, the candidates advocate for greater collaboration and flexibility.

DEMOGRAPHICS

City Council candidates focus on retaining College graduates EMILY MARTELL FLAT HAT CHIEF STAFF WRITER

For real estate owner and life-long resident Greg Granger, the City of Williamsburg needs “absolutely, absolutely without hesitation” to improve retention of College of William and Mary graduates.

After their four years of college, Granger said students are ready to go out and conquer the world, but he thinks they should look a little closer to home — right here in Williamsburg. However, Granger admitted that Williamsburg may not be the most attractive place for recent graduates, citing a housing shortage and need for more business opportunities.

On the housing side, Granger supports investing in apartments and other housing that is attractive to young professionals. In terms of business, Granger said he sees a greater place in Williamsburg for something the College already excels at: research.

“I think we need to talk about inviting some more business models to the community for research, various types of research,” Granger said. “I think research is just a great avenue to explore because it doesn’t put a lot of strain on the infrastructure of the community ... Brainpower is a great asset.”

Another issue to Granger is downtown life.

Williamsburg does not currently have a great social scene for millennials, he said. To smooth out the demographic imbalance among residents, Granger supports facilitating a more vibrant downtown scene and expanding other events like the Winter Blues Festival.

To Vice Mayor Freiling ’83, the only incumbent in the race, building the right housing is critical.

Since millennials cannot typically afford singlefamily homes right after graduation, Freiling said Williamsburg needs living space more attractive and feasible for that younger population.

“What we don’t have a lot of are the closely coordinated, safe, small, apartments which are within walking distance of shopping, dining, entertainment,” Freiling said.

Another deterrent Freiling cited is the lack of a social scene, which College graduates can currently get more easily in bigger cities.

“It’s about having a sense of community; it’s meeting people, it’s making new friends, it’s feeling like a part of something, and you can’t really have that until you have a critical mass of customers,” Freiling said. “So we need to get more folks to stay here so we can get more businesses coming in to cater to them, and I think it all tends to then build upon itself.”

To attract and grow these businesses, Freiling sees a greater role for Williamsburg in supporting startups and research opportunities, citing successes with AidData and Launchpad: The Greater Williamsburg Business Incubator, a joint venture between York County, James City County and Williamsburg.

Benming Zhang ’16 sees two main issues in attracting young professionals to the city: affordable housing and job opportunities.

“Right now, the housing stock around town is not conducive for young professionals or even young grads to want to live here,” Zhang said. “We need to find ways and incentives from the city to encourage young grads to want to live here.”

To Zhang, if Williamsburg wants to keep more graduates of the College, it needs to take action

before Commencement: Williamsburg should focus on involving and engaging current students in local government.

“I think the city needs to come to campus,” Zhang said. “This campus represents 50 percent of the city’s total population.”

Agreeing that the disconnect between students and Williamsburg makes it difficult for Williamsburg to retain recent graduates, Zhang said that while in office he would make sure Williamsburg hosts town halls, meetings and workshop sessions right on campus. Local resident and landlord Barbara Ramsey ’75, who is also running for a City Council seat, prefers a more realistic assessment of City Council’s ability to correct Williamsburg’s demographic imbalance.

“Part of that goes back to what the role of City Council is,” Ramsey said. “City Council’s role is to set policy, it’s not to implement it ... You have to take into account too as far as Williamsburg and the size and what it’s capable of.”

Ramsey said that Williamsburg’s low number of young professionals is due to a combination of housing, downtown life and other issues. Continuing to discuss her personal experience as an alumna, Ramsey said connection with the College is an important way to retain College graduates.

“I think that it’s creating an environment that is an open environment, and one that, when students have had an opportunity to go to other places, that they want to come back,” Ramsey said.

When asked whether she had particular policy ideas for smoothing out the demographic balance, Ramsey said she supported the current City Council’s work.

“I think that the city and City Council is fairly realistic. I think perhaps some of the candidates who are running for City Council may not be in that same mindset,” Ramsey said. “I think that, you know, everyone who graduates from William and Mary isn’t going to want to come back here.”

Economics professor and member of the Williamsburg Planning Commission Elaine McBeth said she recognizes many students of the College will move away after graduation; instead, Williamsburg should focus on attracting a young professional force regardless of their origin.

“I don’t think it’s an issue of keeping our undergraduates here, but providing good jobs and housing opportunities so that we can encourage that demographic that is mid-20s to mid-30s — people that are moving into careers and finding places to live — to actually stay here,” McBeth said.

Although pointing out that Williamsburg does have millennials working in the city, McBeth noted many are opting to commute, living elsewhere.

To counteract this, McBeth proposed that Williamsburg should work more closely with the human resources offices at large employers to retain the middle demographic.

Recalling her own experience as a 26 year old moving to and living in Williamburg, McBeth noted that there is a role for more mixed-use housing — most young people will have a difficult time affording Williamsburg’s single-family homes.

As for Williamsburg’s current attempts to foster an environment attractive to millennials, McBeth agreed that Williamsburg is working hard, but that there is still much to do.

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GOVERNMENT

Students gather signatures for Mason ’89 With special election approaching, Monty Mason campaigns for senate EMILY MARTELL FLAT HAT CHIEF STAFF WRITER

Before Virginia Delegate Monty Mason ’89 (D-93) launched his campaign for the Virginia Senate Thursday April 21, College of William and Mary student supporters took to the Williamsburg neighborhoods, gathering the 250 signatures necessary for Mason’s name to be put on the ballot.

After the unexpected death of Senator John Miller (D-1) earlier this month, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe called a special election primary for June 14 and a general election coinciding with the presidential election to fill Miller’s seat. Young Democrats President Kathleen Bryant ’18, who also served as a finance intern for Mason’s 2015 House of Delegates bid, was one of these student signature collectors.

“I’m supporting Delegate Monty Mason because I can’t think of a better advocate in Richmond for the Williamsburg Community and The College of William & Mary,” Bryant said in an email. “As a resident of

Williamsburg and an alum of the College who can frequently be found on or around campus, Monty has always been incredibly accessible and receptive to the concerns of students.”

Because of Mason’s support for the Sierra Club, NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia and LGBT Democrats of Virginia — progressive causes Bryant said matter to her — Bryant said that she would be voting for Mason June 14. Mason said that even a month ago he would have laughed if someone asked him to run for Miller’s seat. Although initially approaching the prospect of a Senate bid with mixed emotions after the sudden death of his friend and mentor, Mason decided running was something he “needed to do.”

“We had the same issues of importance to us — education, the environment, non-partisan redistricting, we were so much in lock-step over so many things that I think it’s a very natural progression and I’m excited for the challenge,” Mason said.

Mason has already received endorsements from Williamsburg Mayor Clyde Haulman, Newport News Vice Mayor Rob Coleman, James City

County Supervisor John McGlennon and Delegate Marcia Price (D-95).

Assistant to the President and Secretary to the Board of Visitors Michael Fox mentioned Mason’s accessibility on campus and in the Williamsburg community. Although College policy prevents him from endorsing a candidate, Fox agreed Mason’s close relationship with the College is an asset for the school.

“The familiarity I think for any elected official with institutional knowledge of a place like William and Mary is always beneficial for that institution,” Fox said. “Higher [education] is a tough issue to understand ... so having some awareness of that background coming into office is certainly a big plus to have someone who understands higher [education] I think as well as Delegate Mason does.”

Representing the first district of Virginia in the Senate would give Mason some continuity: 70 percent of his current House of Delegate territory overlaps with the Senate district for which he is now campaigning.

In response to whether or not he would continue to support the College in the Virginia Senate, Mason replied with one word: absolutely.

Salaries of top College administrators vary by gender

Pay breakdowns reveal that out of top ten highest paid employees, one is female GENDER from page 1

At the College, this is often the case, with the highest department-head salaries in physics, biology and chemistry, in addition to disciplines such as government and international relations. Gendered trends in both students and faculty in the various academic disciplines exist. Although there are more female science majors than male, the chemistry, biology and physics department heads are all men.

Mathematics and computer science have a majority male faculty and both have male department heads.

The Global Studies department, which consists of four area studies departments, should theoretically have similarly-paid department heads for each area study as all fall under the same department. In reality, European Studies, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and Russian and Post-Soviet Studies each have male heads of department who are all paid approximately

$80,000. However, the head of the Latin American Studies department, who is female, is paid around $8,000 less, at $72,000.

In the employee climate survey conducted in 2015, male and female employees responded unfavorably at equal rates when asked about their pay, with the rate at approximately 33 percent. Responses regarding merit-based advancement and fair compensation were more gendered, with female employees rating the College about 10 percent less favorably in both areas. 41 percent of women said they believe they are not fairly compensated for their work, as opposed to 33 percent of men. Likewise, 34 percent of women believe advancement at the College is not based on merit, as opposed to 23 percent of men.

In professional roles, such as senior administrative positions, fair compensation questions elicited less of a gendered gap, but responses from women in professional roles regarding advancement based on

merit showed a 20 percent more unfavorable answer rate when compared their male counterparts’ answers.

Chief Human Resources Officer John Poma ’86 discussed these disparities. The College has a lot of tenured professors, making hiring new and more diverse faculty, especially for higher-paying and more prestigious jobs, difficult.

“It limits the ability of individuals to move into those positions,” Poma said.

Although recent female hires in the highly-paid senior administrative positions make a difference in closing the gap between male and female salaries there are still things to be done, according to Poma.

“Just like society, there are areas that we need to improve upon,” Poma said.

Economics professor Peter McHenry specialises in United States labour economics.

“There is discrimination in the U.S. labour market,” McHenry said, “But I’m not happy saying [there is

discrimination] at William and Mary.”

In his research on faculty pay at the College McHenry found that, controlling for department and rank, salary disparity between genders does not exist. He did find, however, that there was a negative correlation between the number of women in a department and the average salary level of the department as a whole. He said the problem could be that women are either hired more often or choose to pursue lower-paying disciplines more frequently.

Looking at female-to-male ratios in each rank of a department, the tenured professors in higher ranks tend to be older males. However, when you follow the ranks down to the graduate level, regardless of discipline, the ratios become much more even.

Poma said both the Human Resources Department and the Provost’s Office are working toward a more equitable system, with the goal of a more diverse and content workforce at the College.

First College student expelled for sexual assault, records show This fall’s expulsion marks the first permanent dismissal since 2000, when records became available SEXUAL ASSAULT from page 1

each other.”

Students can also be permanently dismissed for Honor Code violations — mostly lying and plagiarism. Since 2000, there have been 15 expulsions due to Honor Code violations and 13 permanent resignations. Gilbert noted that sexual assaults are often underreported.

“One of our goals in recent years, including a key priority and recommendation of last year’s Task Force, has been to provide our campus more awareness, more education, and more resources on how and where to report these crimes,” Gilbert said in an email.

“We have seen a difference, including a

significant increase in reported cases.”

From 2011 to 2014, there were 107 reports of sexual harassment and misconduct at the College, according to the Title IX report. Title IX data from fall 2011 to April 2016 shows 69 reports of non-consensual sexual intercourse.

Gilbert reviewed College records dating back to 2000 and said he found no other instances of permanent dismissals for sexual-assault-related violations. He said earlier records were not maintained using databases and are thus not readily available, nor could he confirm that they are complete. A 1991 Washington Post article reported former College Vice President of Student Affairs Sam Sadler ’64, M.Ed. ’71 as confirming that one

student had been expelled for sexual assault between 1989 and 1991, but Chief Communications Officer Brian Whitson said that after speaking with him, Sadler could not confirm the information referenced in the article was true, due to the 25 years that have passed. Suspensions are the most common sanction for nonconsensual intercourse. Of the Title IX data from fall 2011 to spring 2015, eight of the nine students found responsible for a policy violation were suspended.

According to Gilbert, suspensions typically last through at least the graduation of the survivor(s). To be allowed to return to the College, the suspended student must have a reinstatement hearing that will determine whether they can return

to campus and what kind of conditions might be attached. Suspension notations on transcripts are removed once the student has completed the suspension.

As for other Virginia universities, Christopher Newport University, which had a fall 2015 enrollment of just fewer than 5,200 students, has expelled eight students since 2001 for sexual assault violations. Virginia Tech, with a fall 2015 enrollment of 30,000 students, had permanently dismissed four students as of 2015. Radford University, with 9,700 students enrolled, has expelled three students for sexual misconduct since 2011. According to a 2014 Daily Progress article that looked at data since 1998, the University of Virginia had not

expelled any students for sexual assault.

U.Va administrators did not respond for comment to The Flat Hat. 16(IX)3 Co-founder Abbey Childs ’17 said that the lack of expulsions at the College baffles her. 16(IX)3 shared their petition for improved sexual assault reporting and action at the College with the Board of Visitors last week.

“We’re all fortunate enough to be at William and Mary, and if you continue to violate that community of trust and violate — literally — another person, at a certain point it’s too much,” Childs said. “I think the fact that the administration finally decided, ‘Here’s our hard line,’ … the fact that they’ve taken a stand in some case, that’s a really promising sign.”

Reveley reflects on College’s 2009 decision to not allow gender neutral housing Following this year’s announcement of gender neutral options, administrators say there has been no negative blowback from BOV HOUSING from page 1

of Visitors and the Virginia Legislature.

“Ginger [Ambler] had mentioned there was a reaction from the BOV so I would want to be sure to walk the [line] appropriately,” reads one email sent by Boykin to head of the College’s media relations office Brian Whitson and Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88 M.Ed. ’06, about an upcoming interview with the Virginia Gazette.

In February 2011, Boykin responded to an email from Greg Henderson, Ambler’s assistant, about an upcoming speech she was to give about gender neutral housing to the diversity committee.

“I won’t have a lot to say about gender neutral

housing but will explain how it works on other campuses. I will need to be careful about what I say about why we aren’t implementing it here,” she wrote.

The emails also show Residence Life employees reviewing the implementation of gender neutral housing options at schools across the country as early as 2011, years before the College would begin its program.

In May 2012, Assistant Director of Residence Life Holly Agati sent an email to Boykin after listening to a presentation about gender neutral housing at Columbia University.

“I listened too…and learned very little,” Boykin responded in an email. “But, then, I’ve spent countless hours researching this topic. Columbia is a much more

liberal school and setting. We’re just not there yet.”

Just before Thanksgiving break this semester, after receiving the latest proposal from a group of students, the emails show that Reveley personally gave tentative approval to move forward. Jan. 20, he gave it his official approval.

“I wrote to Taylor this afternoon for a final green light — we have it! Go ahead with preparing the informational materials :),” Ambler said in a Jan. 20 email.

Reveley said the decision was made at a time when there would be no negative response from the public.

“A lot of it has to do with the timing of when you take steps that could create collateral damage,” Reveley said. “It’s all a question of timing.”

Whitson said that there has been no blowback from the BOV or the Virginia Legislature. Boykin said that some students might be upset that it took so long, but that ultimately, gender neutral housing was part of the school’s commitment to having students decide their own housing options. She said she was not tired of talking about gender neutral housing — just happy that she is no longer talking about it as a possibility.

Jan. 27, a week after the policy was approved, Ambler responded to Associate Vice President for Health and Wellness Kelly Crace, who had thanked her for the new policy.

“I can’t tell you how excited I am about this and how inspiring Taylor’s support has been,” she said in an email. “I might need a drink to celebrate.”

During discussions of inclusivity at BOV meeting, Reveley said race was most acute challenge faced at the College Members of the Board of Visitors voted to pass resolutions renaming Jamestown Residence Halls, allocating funding for Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity TASK FORCE from page 1

Civil War, the most acute challenge we face concerns race and the experiences of African Americans on this campus. It became clear last year that we really needed a task force to think seriously about racial matters at this campus, what the current situation is and how we can do better in the real world.”

Since March 2015 the Task Force has held six forums for faculty, staff and both graduate and undergraduate students. The Task Force is made up of four subcommittees: recruitment and retention of diverse faculty and senior administrators, campus climate, education, and prevention and responding to incidents of bias.

Now that the Task Force report has been published, Reveley will select individuals to serve on the Implementation Committee, which will set the time frame for carrying out the report’s 51 recommendations.

Glover’s presentation at the BOV meeting focused on the prioritized recommendations — the 10 recommendations Reveley determined to be short-term and easy to implement. These include a $1 million campaign to recruit diverse faculty and a resolution to rename the Jamestown Residence Halls after African Americans who were historically important to the College.

Members of the board voted to pass both resolutions Friday.

Another of these short-term recommendations involves hiring an external consultant to work with facilities management staff. Related to this, the report also recommends paying facilities management staff a living wage. Concerns related to these staff members arose as the result of staff forums and an employee climate survey that found that African American staff members were more likely to view the College as an unfavorable place to work than white staff.

“We heard that we needed to do more for our staff, and it was really brought to our attention that a large percentage of them are African American,” Glover said. “It was very important for us to recommend that it be an outside person. We didn’t want there to be the perception that it would be someone internal that

would cause mistrust. We wanted someone external who could assess the issue and would cause no fear that the person has an agenda to produce a report.”

Members of the board addressed the recommendation to establish a mandatory class through the COLL Curriculum that would teach students how to engage in conversations related to diversity.

Former Student Assembly President Yohance Whitaker ’16 referenced a set of similar classes at the University of Richmond that are mandatory for students to take prior to graduation.

“I think students are demanding that this be part of their academic experience to be taught dialogue,” Whitaker said.

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GUEST COLUMN

The need for student courtesy at Wawa

Daniel Rosa, Ellen Dando FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNISTS

It is no secret that Wawa is not only an integral part of the College of William and Mary community, but for many of us, it is a second home that holds fond memories of freshman hall bonding, mac and cheese and latenight coffee runs. It is cheap, available 24 hours and for many students the college experience would not be the same without it. That is why when Wawa approached the College about problematic behavior displayed by students during late night weekend hours, the Student Conduct Council wanted to take on this issue.

Anyone that has been to Wawa late at night on the weekends knows that it is incredibly busy. Overcrowding has always been a problem, but as of late, employees have expressed concerns about increased disrespectful behavior. This includes stealing, yelling at workers, loitering and fighting inside the store. There have even been reports of customers directly insulting some of the employees. This behavior is unacceptable. Many of us on the Council as well as in the College community have worked in the food and service industry before, and understand that the public can sometimes be difficult to handle.

Unfortunately, many of us have experienced disrespect in these positions first-hand and can empathize with Wawa employees.

It would be unfair to generalize all students at the College as people who might be engaging in this kind of behavior. With that said, the minority of students who are engaging in this behavior reflect on the College in a way that many of us are not happy with. The large William and Mary presence at Wawa implies that even if students are not directly responsible for this behavior, they are probably witnessing it.

In other words, this becomes about accountability. We as a community need to be more self-aware and mindful of our behavior, not only as students at the College, but also as compassionate human beings. The College’s values include being respectful and empathetic to others, both of which are crucial in cultivating the unique One Tribe, One Family environment that makes us who we are as a campus.

With that being said, it should not be a matter of adhering to these institutional values but should be a matter of embodying basic human values. Kindness, courtesy and civility are universal concepts that everyone can understand and support.

Wawa is, without a doubt, an integral part of the College community. It holds a special place in many of our hearts and for that reason should be nurtured, cared for and treated properly. The bottom line is, Wawa employees do not deserve this kind of behavior, and we as a campus need to recognize that. If you would like to learn more about this topic, visit the William and Mary Student Conduct Council’s Facebook page for our whiteboard campaign and video about students’ reactions.

Email the Student Conduct Council at sbschnorrenber@email.wm.edu.

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Wawa employees do not deserve this kind of behavior, and we as a campus need to recognize that.

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As part of a heterosexual couple who live off campus with my boyfriend (now husband of 15 years) my Junior and Senior years at W&M, I will say I would have LOVED the option to live on campus with him. It would have been cheaper for us as well as allowed us to remain part of the on campus community. So regardless of whether LBGT students are the ones taking advantage of this option or if it is only heterosexual couples, I applaud the College’s decision.

— Lanette McDowell on “38 students opt to use gender neutral housing”

In a 2007 interview for US News and World Report, a college administrator — male, like most of them — defended admissions practices that appeared to set a higher bar for women. Our school is named the College of William and Mary, not the College of Mary and Mary, he said. But looking at the decisionmakers on campus nearly a decade later, one would be justified in saying that a fairer name for the school we attend would be College of William and William.

Using data collected from the 2014 census and salary information, an article in this issue demonstrates that at every level of the College’s bureaucracy, positions of power are disproportionately occupied by men. It is worth quoting: “Out of Vice Provosts, Vice Presidents, Deans and Department Heads, women at the College are paid 85 percent of what men in these positions earn.”

“Out of 38 department heads, only 12 are female. Out of 13 vice provosts, vice presidents and deans, only four are female. The College has only had one female provost, and has never had a female president. Out of the 10 highest earners at the College, only one is a woman.”

These numbers are bleak. In the light of our student body, they’re an outrage.

Nearly six in 10 students at the College are women. Among them are future business leaders, physicists, journalists and politicians. We can’t speak for all of them. But none of them deserve to work for 85 percent as much as their male counterparts. Yet that’s exactly what the female leaders

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It is not easy to quickly change salaries or the employee population of an institution as large as the College. But it’s 2016.

This should have been fixed years ago. employed by the College do now.

Ellen Stofan graduated from the College in 1983, and today she is the chief scientist at NASA. If Stofan ever wanted to return to her alma mater to do research, the data published today suggest the College would not be able to welcome her to an environment that valued her contributions as much as her male colleagues’. This wasn’t acceptable in 1983 — and it isn’t now.

Shanta Hinton found out Feb. 5 that she would be the first minority professor offered tenure in the natural sciences at the College. But Hinton, who is black, prefers to focus on her research, not on the details of her race or gender. Hinton, and every woman employed by the College, should be able to focus on their job without having to worry that they are being paid less to do it because they are a woman. Today that’s not the case.

Women at the College, whether working on research, teaching or serving in the administration, contribute equally to this institution. An individual’s salary, to some extent, is representative of how much an institution values them. by paying women less, the College is sending a sign — not only to the women it pays, but to all the women who are part of its community — that they are worth less than men.

It is not easy to quickly change salaries or the employee population of an institution as large as the College. But it’s 2016. This should have been fixed years ago. That it has not even been addressed suggests that the College’s decision makers, from its President to its provost to its head of human resources — all men — might not have a stake in this issue.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR William and Mary students are a motivated collective, driven by a desire for action and a thirst for positive change. Benny Zhang is one individual who stands out from the crowd.

Having made Williamsburg his home since entering William and Mary in the fall of 2012, Benny has demonstrated what a love of community and an attitude of conscientious change can bring about.

Electing Benny Zhang to Williamsburg City Council May 3 is an important vote for student representation and for real community-based change. In his time at the College, Benny has done more than scratch the surface of what it means to be an engaged community member and a dedicated agent of change: he redefines the very categories.

Not only will Benny represent student interests within City Council, but he will work to serve the needs of other underrepresented populations in Williamsburg. Benny has been working for years with traditionally underserved sectors of the Williamsburg community, and to great effect. His work with the Public Housing Advisory Committee and his initiation of the Merrimac Mentors program at the local juvenile detention center are a few such demonstrations of his ongoing and present commitments to bettering our community.

Come out to the polls May 3 to support my neighbor Benny as he supports our community.

Email Phoebe Galt ‘17 at pagalt@email.wm.edu.

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Hall naming progress

Thomas Briggs

FLAT HAT ASSOCIATE OPINIONS EDITOR

The Board of Visitors recently decided upon several measures to address the racial climate here at the College, all of which were taken from a more comprehensive list of suggestions put forth by the Task Force on Race and Race Relations. Three were chosen to be implemented immediately: allocating one million dollars toward the hiring of new diverse faculty, renaming the two Jamestown residence halls after notable African Americans with ties to the College and hiring an external consultant to address the working conditions of the Facilities Management staff.

With regard to the first suggestion, all I can say is that I hope the money is spent wisely; one million dollars has the potential to effect an immense amount of change, but making sure the change is lasting will require going beyond throwing money at a problem. The other changes, which seemingly address two different concerns, are actually quite related — they make visible certain parts of our community that all too often go unseen.

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There are reasons for memorials and memorializing — they elicit a sense of belonging and solidarity, of purpose in a broader community.

The decision to rename the Jamestown residence halls was met online with what one would expect any sort of change to be met with online. There were of course many positive comments, but I saw some dismiss it as a purely symbolic gesture with no meaning. To that I say yes, it was a symbolic gesture, but not without meaning, and certainly not without effect.

There are reasons for memorials and memorializing — they elicit a sense of belonging and solidarity, of purpose in a broader community. I do not mean to suggest that African American students cannot look to the statues of the Founding Fathers for a sense of American camaraderie or heritage. But the present state of our nation, as well as its broader history, is marked with racial issues. We are not yet a post-racial society, and what does a whitewashed campus tell any student that is not, well, white?

Secondly, and likely more important to the immediate wellbeing of our community, is addressing the concerns of the Facilities Management staff. It should not be taboo to discuss openly and plainly the potential effects of having what appears to be a service staff divided along racial lines. Is it any surprise that they report unfavorable working conditions and unequal treatment? Before the recent Flat Hat article detailed the reports of unfavorable working conditions for black staff, I had not heard or seen anything address this issue. Both the report and the decisions of the Board of Visitors are bringing it out into the open, where the College can address it candidly.

It would be wonderful if the overwhelmingly white memorials and the overwhelmingly black service staff had no effect on anyone’s morale, student or otherwise. However, imagining myself faced with these realities produces no other conclusions than the ones I have drawn above. The College should continue to make well-founded and researched changes, and the comprehensive final report of the Task Force and the actions taken by the Board of Visitors show a promising start.

Email Thomas Briggs at tdbriggs@email.wm.edu.

GUEST COLUMN

What The Flat Hat didn’t say about 16(IX)3

Abbey Childs

FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

Editor’s Note: The Flat Hat does not have an attorney on staff, so the legal claims made in this column could not be verified. In the interests of free expression, the Flat Hat has decided to run this article as submitted.

Thursday morning was crucial for 16(IX)3. We spent prior months refining a petition to make essential improvements to the College of William and Mary’s current sexual misconduct policy. We surpassed our goal, gathering over 1,100 signatures.

We planned to attend the Board of Visitors Audit and Compliance meeting on largescale policy and efforts to improve campus safety. Unfortunately, we were denied entry to that meeting.

The College’s actions on Thursday morning were illegal. For a government body to deny entry to a public meeting is a violation of the Freedom of Information Act. Our rights were violated as students and members of the public. A formal complaint is being filed.

We gave an interview to the Flat Hat the same afternoon, trusting the reporter to tell the truth, even in the face of administrative efforts to cover up the illegal action. The article was botched, riddled with egregious factual inaccuracies. We contacted the Flat Hat with our concerns, listed below.

Despite their assertions: 1) We were not afforded the opportunity to present to the full Board.

2) Rather than being asked to wait due to a space issue, we were denied entry under the guise of a space issue.

3) Callisto does not automatically report to the Title IX coordinator. The survivor may report whenever they are ready.

Further, Callisto is unique for its matching system, which gives survivors the option to allow the school to open an investigation if the same perpetrator is named by another survivor.

4) 16(IX)3 was not founded in response to the Office of Civil

Rights investigation, but rather in response to ongoing issues with the College’s sexual violence policy.

5) The notification policy already covers assaults occurring on campus. We petition to expand the current policy to include offcampus assaults involving a student.

Unfortunately, Friday’s article and subsequent email correspondence made clear that the Flat Hat is either incapable or unwilling to report honestly about Thursday’s events or about 16(IX)3’s efforts. After reviewing our concerns, the Editor-in-Chief did not find “a substantial basis for issuing a correction.”

For that reason, we are telling our own story. Below, we have provided a timeline of Thursday’s events: 7:30 — 7:45 a.m.: Members of 16(IX)3 are denied entry into the Board of Visitors Audit and Compliance Meeting because of “space issues.” A high-level College administrator says there is not enough room, while simultaneously welcoming other members of the public into the meeting. Three members of 16(IX)3 go into the meeting while seven are barred.

7:45 a.m.: Board of Visitors Audit and Compliance Meeting begins.

8:00 — 8:45 a.m.: The excluded members go to the Brafferton to inquire about why they are barred from a public meeting. They speak to staff assistants to the Provost.

8:30 a.m.: The same College administrator offers the empty seats to members of 16(IX)3. Moments later, the open meeting ends. The administrator asserts that 16(IX)3 “cannot say [they] were denied entry.”

8:35 a.m.: Members meet with the Rector, discuss concerns and the petition.

8:40 a.m. — 9:15 a.m.: Members share a similar discussion with a Chair of a BOV committee. The Chair mentions being called in on short notice to quell the situation, and indicates that she did not receive the hardcopy packet 16(IX)3 provided the day prior. She requests a digital copy of the petition packet to read into the record at the afternoon session.

11 a.m.: 16(IX)3 emails all BOV members the petition packet.

1:30 — 3:30 p.m.: 16(IX)3 attends afternoon session. The Chair makes a brief comment about 16(IX)3, but does not read the petition into the record.

We ask that you, the College community, review the above facts. Think critically. Ask questions. It is easy to fall complacent.

To take for granted centuries of tradition. To let student publications delude you. To let administrators scare you into silence.

Be better.

Email 16(IX)3 at 16ix3wm@gmail.com.

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We ask that you, the College community, review the above facts.

Think critically.

Ask questions.

Abandoning adventure: the loss of a beloved class option

Carley Schanck FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

Do you love zip lines, low and high ropes courses, and being outdoors? Then Adventure Games would be a perfect class for you — except that it will no longer be offered starting in the fall of 2017. This one credit course, typically offered twice a week for an hour, has an excellent reputation as an engaging, unorthodox way of learning.

The class begins with an array of group activities and teamwork-building games that

allow students to get to know each other.

Eventually, the professor transitions to low ropes course elements involving simpler skills such as balance. The class culminates in a unit on high ropes course elements, which is more complex and involves belaying and climbing. Additionally, students get the opportunities to zip line across Lake Matoaka and rappel down the side of the parking garage.

Rebecca Gore ‘16, former Adventure Games student and current Adventure Games teaching assistant, noted that the program is an opportunity to instigate bonding between students. A sense of camaraderie is established as they work together to solve the problems presented to them by the class.

The reason for the cancellation of Adventure Games is unclear, except that the administration seems to have a different vision.

This termination is a pity because, although academics are important, a liberal arts college should cater to the individual as a whole.

Opportunities for physical exercise certainly

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exist with intramural, club and varsity sports here at the College of William and Mary, but Adventure Games was a wonderful intersection between academic and physical domains because students received credit for the course.

Gore discussed how much she loved having an outside class, and how it offered her a different experience than any other course at the College. The outdoor games and rope courses offered her a different challenge than the mental one most classes pose.

The zip line, low ropes course and high ropes course hidden in the woods near

Lake Matoaka are unique features to the College’s campus that many other colleges and universities do not have. Without Adventure Games, it is unclear how those spaces will be utilized and whether the equipment will simply remain unused.

The reputation of the class was excellent, with great experiences and recommendations coming from its former students.

It’s unfortunate that such a widely enjoyed class is being cancelled, and it will be interesting to see if Adventure Games is replaced by something similar in the years to come.

Adventure Games was a wonderful intersection between academic and physical domains.

Email Carley Schanck at ceschanck@email.

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Getting our ducks in a row The lush life of everybody’s favorite on-campus duck family LIZZY FLOOD // CHIEF FEATURES WRITER GABBIE PACHON / THE FLAT HAT

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f next week on the way to one of your finals, you walk by the Crim Dell, spot the ducks and jealously think to yourself, ‘Those ducks have it easy,” you won’t be wrong. With plenty of food, strong bonds with each other and students and faculty to look out for them, the Crim Dell ducks are living the good life.

The ducks that students see in front of the Crim Dell and the Grim Dell are mallards, one of the most common breeds of duck.

According to Bird Club President Megan Massa ’18, they most likely also have some amount of domestic duck in them — the breed of duck that is raised for human consumption.

Mallards have adapted to living near humans over the years, making the Crim Dell ducks at home on a college campus.

“They are the most hunted species of waterfowl,” biology professor Dan Cristol said in an email. “Yet they move right in with their enemies and make themselves at home in places where hunting is not allowed.”

Massa said that the fact that students often feed the ducks makes them happy to be living on the College of Wi l l i a m and Mary’s campus.

“You see it a lot in any kind of bird that’s in an urban area,” Massa said. “Since they interact with people so regularly they aren’t quite as skittish, and the reward of getting handouts from people is definitely something that makes them want to be less afraid of people.”

Although the ducks are happy when people give them food, Massa said students should be careful about what they feed them. Most students on campus bring bread to the ducks, but according to both Massa and Cristol, this is not great for the ducks’ health.

Sarah Seeberger ’16, who has gotten involved with the ducks over her time on campus, had been making the mistake of feeding the ducks bread before she realized the harm it caused.

“I fed them bread, which is a big no-no,” Seeberger said. “I didn’t know that at first. So after I started feeding them, I was like, ‘You know what, if my diet was entirely bread that probably wouldn’t be good.’ So I did research, and it’s actually the same for ducks. There’s no nutritional value to bread, so if your entire diet is that, it’s not good.”

Massa said giving bread to ducks could also be bad for the water on campus and could even lead to a permanent disability for the ducks.

“Bread isn’t really good for the digestive system,” Massa said. “Which can lead to them having digestive problems, which can lead to water pollution, and there is a condition called angel-wing. Their wings get messed up if they

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eat bread enough. It hasn’t happened [to] any of the Crim Dell ducks, but it’s a concern for any kind of animal that you’re feeding bread.”

Massa said students could feed the ducks vegetables as a healthier alternative.

However, Seeberger said that she experienced some difficulties when she made the switch to vegetables for the ducks.

“So I did some more research on what to feed ducks,” Seeberger said. “And they like seeds and vegetable, and like corn, things like that. I tried to feed them that, and they didn’t like it because so many people had been feeding them bread, so they’re just so used to being fed bread by students, which isn’t good.”

Seeberger actually bought real duck feed from a Tractor Supply store that she currently uses to feed the ducks. The ducks have responded more positively to the feed than the original vegetables, according to her.

Seeberger feeds the ducks regularly and said that students should also be considerate of the ducks by not making sudden movements around them. As long as students avoid that, they should feel

free to interact with the ducks, which Massa and Seeberger have both done.

“Some of the ducks are very, very trusting.

I will feed them and they will eat it right out of my hand,” Seeberger said. “They will literally approach you if they think that you have food.”

Cristol also said that students should feel

comfortable approaching the ducks, though they should avoid outright touching the ducks. Students also shouldn’t worry too much about the ducks’ health and safety, he said, as they are adapted to and comfortable in their environment, although predators do exist in the area.

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. . . these ducks live in paradise . . .

— Dan Cristol

“Nature is red in tooth and claw, and a fox or an owl could grab a duck any night of the week,” Cristol said in an email. “On the positive side, though, unlike other ducks, these ducks live in a paradise free of human duck hunters with shotguns and with abundant food thanks to the over-fertilization of the Sunken Garden, which creates an abundance of algae for them downstream.”

Cristol also said students had nothing to worry about in regards to the male duck that has been seen limping on campus. Several students posted photos of the duck on the Overheard at William and Mary Facebook page this semester.

Seeberger actually had posted about the duck in late March and contacted several animal rehabilitation centers about it. The St. Francis Pet Resort and Rehabilitation Center in Williamsburg was willing to take the duck in, but transporting the duck was up to Seeberger.

“Nobody was willing to come get the duck. I

was going to have to capture the duck myself,” Seeberger said. “And me and one of my friends — she’s pre-vet — she and I actually went out in the morning with a duck box and were ready to capture the duck and bring him to the rehab center.”

Seeberger, who calls the duck Nemo after the movie character, could not find the duck that morning. She talked to Cristol that afternoon, who told her that it was best to leave the duck as he is, in an environment with food and his friends.

“He can swim with his other foot, he is not starving and the other ducks aren’t ostracizing him,” Cristol said about the duck in an email. “In fact, if I lost a foot I’d probably retire from teaching and go join him.”

Massa also said that the duck would be best left on campus.

“In the habitat that he’s in, that bird, he walks fine, he swims fine, he flies fine and he’s in a habitat that’s incredibly bountiful with food,” Massa said.

Cristol also added that sending the duck away from campus might do more harm than good because of the kind of life he would have after leaving.

“I think if he were captured and sent to an animal rehabilitator he would spend the rest of his life in a 3x3 foot cage with a few hours a week in a kiddie pool,” Cristol said in an email. “He’d never be released because that foot is not functioning at all, probably has no feeling in the limb at all. If ‘rescued’ he’d have no chance to sire offspring and carry out his biological imperative, no poker night with the turtles, no fun at all, no adventure, just endless years in that cage.”

Undoubtedly, this duck will take it all in stride, like water off his back, as the College is a fitting home for these mallards.

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The Crim Dell mallards, the most common type of duck and most hunted waterfowl, are at home at the College as hunting is not allowed and there’s always free food.

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Contemplating genius with comedy COURTESY PHOTOS / GEOFF WADE

The play’s main source of success lies in the talent of its actors, who expertly portray characters like Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein. With every actor maintaing complex pace throughout the show, it was hard to tell who was the star.

Picasso at the Lapin Agile delivers deep thoughts, superb acting and loads of laughs CORT MAYS THE FLAT HAT

An artist and a physicist walk into a bar. To hear the punchline and many others, all you had to do was visit Phi Beta Kappa Hall April 21 through 24 to see the William and Mary Theatre’s brilliant production of “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.” The play itself first debuted at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois on Oct. 13, 1993 and has garnered several successful runs in major American cities.

The play is written by Steve Martin and presents a fictional encounter between Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a small Parisian bar called the Lapin Agile (Nimble Rabbit). Both are on the verge of discovering their major contributions to the 20th century’s artistic and scientific scene. In meeting, they orchestrate a lengthy debate about the value of talent and the source of genius. Surrounded by a cast of eccentric characters, their conversations turn from the serious to the silly with no missed opportunity for a thunderous laugh or a soft-hearted lamentation for the coming future.

The small, interior nature of the production does the cast well, and the detailed bar brings an aura of authenticity to the jovial nature of the production. The small space allows for passionate confrontations and comedic agility, which every actor navigates to great effect. After watching these characters for some time, it’s clear to see the mastery they demonstrate in their comedic pace and timing is apparent and adds a layer of enjoyment to an already great production. The witty writing is spoken by sharp tongues and every cast member exudes strong energy and dynamism.

The play is all about the characters and would have failed miserably had the lead actors not possessed the talent that Bruno del Alamo ’17 (Pablo Picasso) and Andrew Perry ’16 (Albert Einstein) so clearly demonstrate. With every step and every

word, Perry and del Alamo demand the audience’s attention in exchange for many hard and sincere laughs. Their talent is potentiated by the earnest chemistry between themselves and

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An artist and a physicist walk into a bar.

CONFUSION CORNER

Swem: a microcosm of college culture Is there even a world outside of the library?

Sarah Salem

CONFUSION CORNER COLUMNIST

Only at the College of William and Mary would the library, of all places, be a cultural phenomenon. Every time you walk into Earl Greg Swem Library, you don’t just meet stacks of books or librarians with pointed glasses: you enter an entirely different world.

Swem Library is one of the prime meeting spots on campus, to the point that it has a societal structure to it.

There’s a place to buy food and drink, a place to sleep (hello massage chairs that lull me into a nap every time I use them) and a place to exercise. There is even a backward code of fashion where you are shunned if you walk in looking like you put any effort into your outfit (Sweatpants?

More like SWEMpants, am I right?).

Members of this cult-like society, “the Swemmers,” fall into several different social groups. Some book it upstairs to third floor, seeking company only with the graffiti on the desks, and aren’t heard from again until the sun rises. Others just need peace and quiet while they put the finishing touches on a paper, and therefore seek second floor — a more moderate option. But then there are the first-floor Swemmers, who will mosey on in with LateNight in their hands and a smile on their face. Solely in the vicinity to hang out, the first floor crowd is completely oblivious to their strung-out partner in conversation struggling to finish an assignment. The first floor of Swem is the Times Square of campus. If you don’t believe me, come talk to me when the place doesn’t smell like a pizza joint.

Everyone is in Swem all the time, at every hour. Planned a dinner date, but the other half of the equation hasn’t shown up yet? They haven’t stood you up. They’re probably just at Swem. Close friend not returning your text? Swemming. Is it getting close to 2 a.m. and your roommate still isn’t back

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Picasso at the Lapin Agile stars a hilarious script and multitalented cast of actors.

yet? No worries. They should be back soon, right after the voice of Swem whispers sweet nothings into their ears and tells them to get out before they’re locked in.

This should be common knowledge by now, but I didn’t fully realize how integral Swem is to the social lives of students here … until they put a treadmill on first floor.

It’s official: if you truly wanted, you would never have to leave this place. They provide food, water, human contact and massages, and now you can skip going to the Rec by walking three miles per hour on the treadmill (which I have unofficially named the Swemmill).

Somehow, Swem manages to hold thousands of people inside of it for large portions of the day (and during finals, all portions of the day). Does the building have magical powers? Did Earl Gregg Swem cast a spell on this place when he served as a librarian here, dooming us to be lured into the building until long after we graduate? Who knows.

But we’re so hooked on Swem that we would easily stay there on weekends, too … if it didn’t close at 8 p.m. as a subtle way of telling us all to get a life.

Again, I ask: why, of all places, do we seek refuge in the library? Not just to do homework, but to get coffee, to find friendship, and now apparently to get a workout?

We live by a philosophy here at the College where it’s not only okay, but encouraged that you hole up in the library for hours at a time. Unfortunately, we’ve lived by this philosophy for so long that hours spent at the library turn less and less productive the longer they stretch on. The longer we stay, the more we get pulled into the stressful energy that consumes the building, causing us to want to stay more to try to work off the stress. That, right there, is the spell Earl Swem cast that makes this place so addicting.

I’m not telling you to stay away from Swem — ­ I’m literally sitting in Swemroma’s as I write this — but know that you won’t be shunned for getting some sunlight or sleeping in your own bed instead of Swemromas for once. We may be a small campus, but we aren’t that small. So find a balance.

Go outside. Seek social interaction elsewhere. Explore what else this campus has to offer, i.e. academic buildings, mediocre dining hall food, and (surprise) an actual gym with an actual treadmill. You won’t be disappointed.

Sarah Salem is a Confusion Corner columnist who has seen the light. No, really. There’s this thing outside called the sun and it’s really bright.

the characters around them. Not a single part was miscast, and while not every actor landed each joke perfectly, the consistently complex pace these actors produce is exemplary.

It is incredibly difficult to tell who is the star of the show when so many are worthy of absolute attention. Kaelyn Warne ’17 in her role as Suzanne, a confident and sensuous lover of the charismatic Picasso, was a constant source of enjoyment with her myriad emotional expressions and confident stage presence.

Even short-lived characters such as Adam Howard ’19 as Charles Dabernow Schmendiman, the proud inventor of an inflexible and brittle building material, Joseph Biagini ’16 as Sagot, an expressive art dealer, and Henry Hines ’17 as The Visitor, a time travelling Elvis Presley, made their presence known and their impressions long-lasting.

The talent of the actors is mirrored by the quality of the space and costumes they inhabit. Subtle lighting cues are manipulated to great effect and are used expertly to deliver a strong finale.

The costumes are vibrant and detailed, while also matching the personality of their wearers. The hair and makeup department should also be applauded for their successful conversion of Alex Bulova ’19 into the much older Gaston, a regular of the bar who never fails to earn a laugh, except when he rushes off stage to use the restroom. The eclectic style of the Countess, an admirer of Einstein played by Lydia House ’16, the simple appearance of Freddy, the bartender played by Maxwell Sorger ’16, and Germaine, Freddy’s girlfriend played by Ivy Duerr ’17, add charm to the play with costumes and performances.

With a hilarious script and a multitalented cast of amazing actors, William and Mary Theatre’s production of “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” is a must-see for fans of great theatre and thoughtful comedies. Congratulations and commendation cannot be given enough and what a truly spectacular production to draw this season to a close.

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Editor Jack Powers takes stock of the year that was, complete with awards ALISON COHEN / THE FLAT HAT

Flat Hat Sports desk evaluates the 20152016 Tribe season

NICK CIPOLLA / FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR Coach of the Year Director of swimming Matt Crispino ’02. Crispino epitomizes what it means to be a championship-level coach.

After the men’s team won the Colonial Athletic Association last season for the first time ever, this year became the first time in program history where the Tribe swept the CAA, not just winning the meet but dominating the competition.

The men’s team took the title for the second consecutive season with 969.5 points, setting conference meet records for most points and largest margin of victory, 397.5 points ahead of second place Drexel. The women’s team earned the title for the first time since 2007, breaking the program record for points scored at 731.5, 50 ahead of the runnerup.

The CAA also recognized Crispino for his efforts this year, awarding him the Coach of the Year distinction for both the men’s and women’s awards.

This is the first time he has earned the women’s coach of the year award and the third year in a row for the men’s team award. In a year of several top CAA performances, he sets himself apart by not just having a dominant team but one that improves each year.

Female Rookie of the Year Freshman guard Bianca Boggs. Boggs was a welcome addition to the women’s basketball roster this year. Coming to the College from Waldorf, Md., she played in all 30 games and played an average of 26.7 minutes per contest.

Although she wasn’t the team’s highest

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Photo of the Year: Senior forward Terry Tarpey throws down a monster slam dunk in William and Mary’s season-opening 85-68 blowout of N.C. State.

scorer, she averaged 7.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. She became an integral part of the squad, starting in 24 games as a freshman. Boggs largely fills the gap made by the departure of Jazmen Boone ’15 at the guard slot.

Additionally, her 68.6 percent shooting rate from the charity stripe is middling for the team until looking at the stat sheet, where she took 102 attempts from the line, making 70, the second most on the team besides junior guard Marlena Tremba (90 for 112). Several of those free throws defined games, such as the game-winning foul shot in the Nov. 23 game against Loyola-Maryland.

Boggs led the Tribe in steals this season with 56, an average of 1.9 per game.

Her breakout performance this season was Jan. 26 against Delaware when the rookie put up 18 points for her careerhigh followed by the next game, Jan. 29 against Charleston when she posted her first career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Boggs was especially useful in the later half of the season when sophomore center Abby Rendle (our 2014-15 Female Rookie of the Year) was out with injury and head coach Ed Swanson was forced into using more of a small-ball lineup. She should be on the rise next season and is expected to remain part of the starting five this November.

Male Rookie of the Year Freshman forward Ryder Bell / Freshman golfer David Hicks. Bell and Hicks both deserve recognition

for outstanding performances in their rookie seasons, both coming in clutch in their respective sports. On the men’s soccer team, Bell is part of a young squad still in the process of rebuilding from the success of a few years ago and packing the stat sheet while doing so. On the golf team, Hicks has been the definitive player, consistently finishing near or at the top of the Tribe leaderboard throughout the fall and spring.

With veterans around him in front like the two Eskay brothers, Bell often rounds out the top three in several categories with them. He finished the season with 17 points, seven goals, three assists, 40 shots (18 on frame) and a pair of game-winning goals. His points and shots-on-goal rank as third-best on the team while the goals and gamewinners rank at no. 2 for the College.

In addition to his stats, on the pitch he appeared to have strong awareness of player setups as well as seeing those slim opportunities for striking at the net.

His game-winners came in the Sept. 1 game against Liberty, a 4-2 win, and the Oct. 20 game against North CarolinaAsheville, also a 4-2 decision. One of the defining moments of his rookie season was opening the scoring against No. 4 North Carolina in the 44th minute, the only Tribe goal in what would eventually be a 1-1 draw against one of the highestranked squads the College played in 2015.

Newcomer Hicks blasted onto the

Tribe golf scene in the fall, tying the program record with seven rounds at or below par during the first semester of his collegiate career. In all 29 rounds the team played this year, he led with 13 total rounds at or below par through the whole year, hit a team-low 2105 strokes and had the only two top-five finishes in a tournament. His top finishes were at the Georgetown Intercollegiate in late October where he took third and the Wyoming Cowboy Classic earlier this month where he tied for fifth place.

Additionally, he finished in the top 10 three times and had the highest win percentage, beating out 77.9 percent of the competition he faced. Hicks shows promise for the Tribe golf program in the coming seasons.

Game of the Year Football vs James Madison (Oct. 31, 2015). The 44-41 win over rival James Madison was GOTY material even when it was still happening. It was a matchup between two top 15 teams in the Football Championship Subdivision who would both compete for the CAA title and make the playoffs, a game with myriad implications for the rest of the season. On a chilly Halloween night, the home crowd at Zable Stadium and the intense competition on the field made it an instant classic. The College began in a 13-2 deficit due to an early Dukes touchdown as well as a pick-six, junior quarterback Steve Cluley’s first of the season. Without CAA Offensive Player of the Year Vad Lee at quarterback, the

Dukes started second-string quarterback Bryan Schor, who still proved a threat.

The Tribe was on the rise entering the game, while JMU had just lost to Richmond while hosting ESPN’s College Game Day a week before. Facing the No. 1 defense in the FCS, senior tailback Mikal Abdul-Saboor and junior tailback Kendell Anderson combined for six rushing touchdowns, including the final touchdown with 41 seconds left in the game. Not to be outdone, the defense and special teams shined as well. Senior defensive end Tyler Claytor tied the NCAA record for blocked PATs with two, one of which was scooped up for a defensive conversion by senior safety DeAndre Houston-Carson. HoustonCarson also made a crucial interception of Schor late in the game, allowing the Tribe to take a 37-34 lead in the last quarter. The final drive of the game really makes this worthy of best of the year, as the College held the slim 44-41 lead while Schor and the Dukes had the opportunity to get in field goal range.

However, the crowd noise level appeared to be too loud to hear proper signals, Schor missing the snap and watching the ball fly past him and be scooped up by junior defensive end Peyton Gryder to seal the win. The crowd erupted as the upset of No. 9 JMU was completed by the No.16/15 Tribe, effectively punching a ticket into the NCAA playoffs at the end of the season. For players, students and others in attendance, it was an unforgettable experience.

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College experiences triumph, heartbreak in up-and-down year Tribe claims seven CAA titles, including long-awaited football crown, but battles inconsistency elsewhere NICK CIPOLLA FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR This top stories from the 2015-16 William and Mary athletic season: Return to glory William and Mary went to the NCAA FCS playoffs for the first time in five seasons, making it to the second round before falling to Richmond for the second time in the season. The regular season resulted in a slice of the CAA crown after the Capital Cup went to the Spiders, giving the Tribe rings for the first time in any current players’ careers. Dominating higher-ranked opponents like Villanova, New Hampshire and James Madison showed a strength and effort not seen in recent seasons that had looked worse in 2013 and 2014. Special teams shined, highlighted by sophomore kicker Nick Dorka’s almost perfect field-goal percentage including making a seasonlong and career-long 51-yarder during the regular season finale. The team had a six-game winning streak, impressive in the fierce Colonial Athletic Association. In this year’s game against an FBS team, the College nearly defeated Virginia at Scott Stadium, holding momentum for essentially the whole first half but falling short in the final minutes. With all the seniors leaving, the team could be rebuilding or it could remain dominant if some of the returners and newcomers step up to the challenge.

Colonial dominance Seven is considered a lucky number in many cultures. In the world of the College, it marks the number of CAA Championships the school brought back to Williamsburg this year. Sweeping cross country and swimming while also taking football, the women’s soccer regular season and most recently the women’s tennis title, the Tribe now owns about one-third of the CAA trophies for the year. Not only are the teams winning, but they are crushing competition with large score gaps in many of the championship matches, such as the record-setting performances of the swimming and cross country teams as well as the combo of defensive and offensive production in soccer and football. In tennis, the Tribe easily dispatched JMU 4-1 in the finals, not even close to losing the crown. The year is not done, as the baseball and track and field titles are still on the horizon for the year.

Playoff hearbreak One of the most infamous things about the Tribe is the zero appearances by its men’s basketball in the NCAA Tournament. This year wouldn’t change that, as top seed Hofstra proved too much for the Tribe in the CAA Tournament semifinal. Reliving last year’s semis, when then-sophomore guard Daniel Dixon hit a game-winning three in double overtime, the Pride got away from the College in regulation this March. More CAA tournament drama played out in women’s soccer, as the Tribe blew a two-goal lead to fall to James Madison in the final. The College still received an at-large bid for the NCAA Women’s College Cup, where it fell in a blowout to Florida, ending the collegiate careers of eight seniors.

Rebuilding time Despite the seven championship teams, there were several who were rebuilding this year, whether that was due to injuries during the season, needing fresh talent or just facing tough competition it couldn’t outmatch. Men’s soccer, women’s basketball, field hockey, volleyball and lacrosse appear to be in a transition period.

Men’s soccer went 7-8-2, only winning two of its eight CAA games. However, the team is only losing three seniors and the underclassmen provide a more experienced squad this fall. Additionally, the Tribe proved it can fight with the best of them by drawing with No. 4 UNC and defeating No. 10 Elon in 2015.

Women’s basketball hit .500 at 15-15 including the loss in the CAA quarterfinals to Elon. The season began with promise as the non-conference slate ended 9-3, including a win over Atlantic Coast Conference team Clemson. With the loss of Rendle, the Tribe lost rhythm during conference play. The team is still doing better than in the past few years, winning more of its close games. Only graduating one player, the team should be decent next year if it stays healthy.

Field hockey went 7-12 overall and 1-5 in the CAA. The Tribe had no luck on the road at 1-7 away from Busch Field. Losing key figures such as keeper Meredith Savage and forward Pippin Saunders will take a further toll, making next season a period of rebuilding.

Volleyball improved greatly, but that doesn’t say much as its record was still 10-20, 4-12 CAA. This team barely scraped its way into the CAA tournament, where it quickly was sent home heart

broken. However, this team shows great potential as the head coaching position is currently open after former coach Melissa Shelton ’91 and the College parted ways in February.

Finally, lacrosse is still going on, but the season is mostly over. After winning three straight to end the non-CAA games, the College is 0-5 in conference play with only one game to play. This

team, like men’s soccer, is mainly underclassmen, as many seniors graduated in 2015, so it is still in an improvement phase.

Overall, the state of the Tribe at the end of the 2015-16 seasons has a wide disparity in competitiveness. About half the teams are championship caliber, while the rest are rebuilding or just striving to get to that level for the first time.

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William and Mary won a share of the CAA title for the first time since 2010, but could not get past archrival Richmond.

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THE 2015-16 ALL-TRIBE ATHLETE BRACKET

(1) DeAndre Houston-Carson

Elizaveta Nemchinov (1)

Nemchinov (1)

(1) Houston-Carson

Dessi Koleva (10)

(10) Pippin Saunders (9) Christian Cargill

(10) Saunders

(1) Houston-Carson

Nemchinov (1)

Stover (9)

Brittany Stover (9)

(1) Houston-Carson Jackson Eskay (6)

(6) Alessandra Liu (6) Liu

(5) Omar Prewitt (4) Jessie Ustjanauskas

Eskay (6)

Caroline Casey Champion

(5) Prewitt

Shannon Quinn (5) Quinn (5)

Caroline Casey (3)

(3) Derek O’Connell (3) O’Connell (7) Alex Masaquel

Casey (3)

Casey (3) (3) O’Connell

Brian Waterfield (7)

Casey (3)

Jeremiah O’Donnell (2)

(2) Regan Rome O’Donnell (2)

(2) Rome

Charley Gould (11)

(11) Nick Van Dyke (8) Kendell Anderson

Terry Tarpey (4)

(8) Anderson

GRAPHIC BY NICK CIPOLLA. PICTURES COURTESY OF TRIBE ATHLETICS

Tremba (10)

Marlena Tremba (8)

2015 - 16 ALL-TRIBE ATHLETE Senior goalkeeper Caroline Casey.

With no Marcus Thornton ’15 to sweep this category as he did the last two years, Casey rose above as the top studentathlete at the College this year. The final four was close, with senior safety DeAndre Houston-Carson, senior tennis player Elizaveta Nemchinov and senior pole vaulter Derek O’Connell making the semifinal on this year’s bracket.

Houston-Carson is one of the toprated NFL prospects the Tribe has had in years, switching from corner to

safety for his final collegiate season and dominating the defense with tackles, interceptions, defensive conversions and more. While captain this season, the defense became a force to reckon with. One of his finest moments was the program-record 94-yard pick-6 against No. 16/14 Villanova in October.

Nemchinov was part of the CAA Championship-winning women’s tennis team this week, her second in as many years. She also was player of the year for the CAA each of the last two years and

was consistently ranked on national polls in both singles and doubles. She went 13-7 this year, all at the No. 1 spot.

O’Connell is statistically the best pole vaulter in Tribe track and field history, earning All-American distinction at the NCAA Indoor meet earlier this semester.

He has the top four performances in the outdoor season, posting a high clearance of 5.20 meters. In the indoor season, he cleared a program-high 5.42 meters.

Finally, we get to Caroline Casey, this year’s award winner. A member of the

CAA regular season title holding team that made it to the second round of the NCAA tournament, she is one of the best keepers in Tribe history. No one else started for her during her tenure in the box, playing every game all four years. Her senior year in fall 2015 was one of the best, as she kept opponents scoreless in 11 out of 18 regular season games, then recorded two more shutouts in postseason play. In October 2015, she posted four straight shutouts — six hours of gameplay with no goals. Earning

first-team All-CAA and Defender of the Year honors, the Tribe’s season could have looked much different without her contributions. She had 86 saves her senior year, adding to her total of 301 career saves, good for No. 2 all-time. She was also First-Team All-America in 2015.

With her collegiate career complete, she was drafted by Sky Blue FC of the National Women’s Soccer League, where she made the roster after training camp and has already made a few starts.

—Flat Hat Sports Editor Nick Cipolla