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Sydney MaHan ’16 was intrigued to learn how Ifill handles politicians while maintaining objectivity. “[Learning about] how she does her reporting is interesting just because it gives us a new perspective from someone within the industry,” MaHan said. “I think it was a good idea [that she came to campus] just because through engagement we learn more about not only what the school’s initiatives are, but what other people in the profession are doing.”

Ifill said she enjoyed the student meetings as well.

Ifill also said one of her favorite aspects of visiting the College is that she gets to learn something. By listening to and interacting with students in a casual setting, she can hear their observations

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s Task Force on Combating Sexual Violence, created in September 2014, released draft recommendations March 18. Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’06, chair of The College of William and Mary’s Task Force on Preventing Sexual Assault and Harassment, believes that the College is on track with the governor’s recommendations.

The Governor’s task force is split into three subcommittees: Law Enforcement, Prevention, and Response. The College’s task force has similar committees in place, but it focuses on the College community and lacks a law enforcement division.

“My biggest observation as I’ve been going through the governor’s recommendations is that many of them are things that we are talked about, some of them are things we’ve actually already done,” Ambler said. “We weren’t going to wait until the end of our term — until the report was done in June — to start making changes that we knew needed to be changed.”

One of the points in the governor’s Response subcommittee is that online portals need to improve to facilitate the reporting process and increase resource awareness among the student population. Currently, the College has multiple different pages where students can find the necessary resources after experiencing a sexual assault, but not one single portal. The page that addresses “Helping a Victim of Sexual Assault” is rife with information but resources are not found until the bottom of the page. The Dean of Students page has two buttons in a sidebar, which are the most direct route to two different pages with a more concise presentation of information. Ambler aims for redundancy, hoping that resources will be easily accessible regardless of which webpage a student lands on.

Alex Greenspan ’15 is a student on the task force and agrees that the online information and resources need to be more accessible for students, especially for those in a crisis. Access to resources has been a priority for the task force. The most recent mass email, alerting the college of an off-campus rape, included resources along with the notification to target this goal.

“That’s something we talked about in the task force, was how those emails should go out — not just saying ‘a rape happened’ but to intrinsically tie it with ‘here are resources’ … and to make it not feel

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Ifill, the co-anchor of PBS NewsHour, visited the College March 30-31 and met with various classes, answering student questions on the world of media.

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Gwen Ifill, co-anchor and co-managing editor of PBS NewsHour and the College of William and Mary’s 2015 Hunter B. Andrews Distinguished Fellow in American Politics, met with the College community March 30 and 31.

In addition to working with PBS NewsHour, Ifill serves as a moderator for PBS’ “Washington Week,” a 30-minute roundtable discussion of current, major stories in politics that airs every Friday.

During her visit to the College, Ifill visited multiple classes, including “Media and Society,” fielding students’ questions as well as making inquiries of her own.

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With two weeks before online room selection begins, Residence Life said that there will be no waitlist for on-campus housing this year, crediting the addition of Chandler Hall, which is coming back for the 2015-16 year. ResLife stated that campus will be receiving new washers over the summer, and that residents of Landrum Hall and Jamestown North may be receiving rent rebates due to inconveniences caused by construction.

3,126 students made housing deposits this year, according to ResLife.

That number is consistent with past years.

Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of Residence Life Deb Boykin explained that the number of deposits often does exceed the number of beds available. Some students choose to drop the housing process, however, often because they find out about study abroad decisions.

The decision to renovate Chandler Hall was made by a group of departments at the College, including Facilities Management, Facilities Design and Construction, and Residence Life, according to Director of Housing Operations Chris Durden.

Planning, Design and Construction Director Wayne Boy explained that Chandler Hall is being renovated to meet current building codes due to its age. The renovations underway are focused on updating fire safety features, adding new building systems like plumbing and wiring, as well as adding ADA adaptations.

“Nothing will change floor plan-wise in [Chandler], besides a little accommodation for some ADA adaptations on the first floor. It will be an entirely all new building [system], new wiring, new plumbing and so

Last spring, Giana Castellanos ’16 began work to establish a chapter of Smart Woman Securities at the College of

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non-profit organization that educates college-age women about investments and finance. Founded at Harvard University, Smart Woman Securities now has chapters at 15 universities.

Castellanos has been working with five other students since October 2014 to launch their chapter at the College. After a thorough application process, the group found out they became a prospective chapter in January.

“We have so many [General Education Requirements] at this school, but one of them is not finance,” Castellanos said.

“Investing is a key skill to have. That’s what we’re here for.”

Castellanos found out about Smart Woman Securities at a networking event in New York City from a woman who attended Georgetown University.

She reached out to Associate Professor of Economics and Finance Katherine Guthrie and Director of the Boehly Center for Excellence in Finance Julie Andrew and began contacting the national chapter of Smart Woman Securities about her plan to start a chapter. Guthrie and Andrew currently serve as faculty advisors for the prospective chapter.

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I just have to say that it’s important, and I was reading the paper — your paper — on the way over because I always pick up the local paper wherever I am on college campuses but it does me good to see an actual newspaper that’s still covering hard news.

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In this week’s edition of Snapchats from Students, students are disgusting. Someone barfed in Sadler and sent a picture to us of it. Another student has dots for eyes. It also seems he has the rare quadra-brow aka four eyebrows. Also, a foot has been spotted on campus.

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Science blogger Carly Martin is back with another edition of Alma Matter. She checks out the Computer Science Lab and learns about technology being developed to fix bugs in computer apps.

This week, Washington D.C. blogger, Daria Grastara has much needed spring break. She visits Disney World with her parents and gets an exciting email about meeting the Prince of Wales.

“Your computer crashes as you bookmark a page, your iPad freezes when you select “Mayfair” on Instagram, and the GPS on your phone loses its coordinates every time you cross Jamestown Road. These irritating technological hiccups are the result of ‘bugs,’ or faults, in the source code of applications. Source code is essentially the two dimensional, extended series of alphabetical and numerical code that your phone, computer or any device uses to run software.

Bugs like these spell doom for software developers; flawed applications go straight to last place in sales in the cutthroat app marketplace. The ability to identify where bugs are hidden in source code is extremely valuable. Users describe the problem they have with a device to a developer and it’s the developer’s job to find the affected region and fix the problem. Right now, software companies spend about 80 percent of their resources on maintenance rather than development, and Dr. Denys Poshyvanyk’s computer science lab is working to address this disproportion.

“I have never appreciated a spring break more than I did this semester.

With Ronald Reagan National Airport within walking distance from the program’s Crystal City apartments, I booked a last minute ticket to Orlando, Florida to meet my empty — nester parents living it up in Walt Disney World. While I should have taken this time to relax, sleep-in, catch up on school work and mooch off homecooked meals and free laundry service, the fast-paced lifestyle I’ve become accustomed to from living in D.C. made me eager to go to every Disney and Universal park, despite the awful spring break herds of college students and families. I felt removed from my 9-5 work day as I was immersed in quality family time and a stressfree environment. I refreshed my email while waiting for a ride at Universal Studios, where I realized I got an email from Jaime Settle, Professor of my D.C. program, with the subject line reading, ‘Want to meet His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales? (I’m so serious right now.)’’

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NEWS IN BRIEF McSweeney appears on radio Law Professor Thomas McSweeney was featured on public radio’s “With Good Reason.” McSweeney spoke about the legal legacy of the Magna Carta, a document that will reach its 800th anniversary this year. “With Good Reason” will be broadcast across the state until April 4. McSweeney, a specialist in legal history, wrote part of the chapter “Magna Carta and Civil Law,” which appeared in the Magna Carta and the Rule of Law journal published late last year by the American Bar Association. Before coming to the College, McSweeney taught for two years at Cornell Law School.

Nonprofits seek city funding According to the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, the Humane Services Committee asked the Williamsburg City Council for $416,432 to support 13 nonprofit organizations for the 2016 fiscal year, which begins July 1. Many nonprofit organizations, which operate independently, rely on funds from the City of Williamsburg. They are asking for $10,379 more than they received last year. The nonprofits seeking funds provide assistance to literary education, victims of domestic violence and the homeless. The Human Services Committee will determine how to allocate funds based on public need and money requested.

VIMS researcher goes to D.C. Virginia Institute of Marine Science researcher Molly Mitchell visited Capitol Hill to deliver a presentation on coastal flooding.

Mitchell was took part in an event organized by the American Meteorological Society.

She briefed staffers from nine Senate, five House offices and representatives from the World Bank, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Smithsonian and several other institutions. Mitchell was lead author of the VIMS 2013 report to the General Assembly on recurrent flooding in Tidewater Virginia.

She also works with the Virginia Coastal Policy Clinic, a partnership between VIMS and the Law School.

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“I Am WM Week” renamed “We Are WM Week” Student Assembly hopes to engage more students through Table Talks, We Are WM Week AMELIA LUCAS FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

The Student Assembly Senate unanimously passed the We Are W&M Week Act during its meeting Tuesday.

The bill’s name changed from the I Am W&M Week Act to the We Are W&M Act. Sponsor Sen. Nadia Ilunga ’15 explained the change as an attempt to encourage engagement between members of the student body.

“In the past, I Am William and Mary [Week] has been something very much where you just go and watch a show,” Ilunga said. “What I really appreciate about the thought that has been put into We Are William and Mary Week is that … it gives people a chance to engage and broaden their perspectives.”

Taylor Mack ’15 spoke during the bill’s allotment for public comment. Mack is co-organizing the Black Lives Matter conference, which is set to take place in tandem with the We Are W&M Week. The conference plans to host three speakers: Broderick Greer, Crystal Lewis and Ethelbert Miller. Mack said the cost of the

speakers would be between $2,500 and $2,750 and asked the SA to fund all of the speakers.

“We really feel that these speakers will kick off the event in the correct way and contribute to the overall atmosphere that we want for the conference,” Mack said.

Secretary for Diversity Initiatives Hannah Kohn ’15 also spoke during public comment to explain the week’s activities. The Culture Night will include at least seven student cultural clubs that will provide dishes to represent Kohn their culture. The bill also includes funding for tablecloths for the Table Talks and a ball pit. The ball pit will recreate the popular SoulPancake video “Take a Seat — Make a Friend” and encourage students to have conversations with each other.

Kohn provided the senate with an update about the Department of Diversity’s recent initiatives earlier in the meeting. She focused on the progress of the Table Talks series. Wednesday’s talk addressed appropriation versus appreciation, and future talks

will encompass privilege and the idea of community.

Kohn asked that more senators attend the Table Talks.

“In light of the resolution that was passed several weeks ago, it would be really great to see more senators there or members of Student Assembly to show that we are listening to our student body and are trying to understand what experiences they’re having,” Kohn said.

Additionally, the senate passed the Freshman Cookout Act by unanimous consent. It allocates $112 from the Student Assembly Reserves to support the class of 2018’s April 10 cookout on Yates Field. The bill, originally introduced during new business, was moved to old business because of the time restraint on chair and table rentals.

Chairman of the Senate Daniel Ackerman ’16 introduced the Approve the Budget Act. This bill introduces the budget for the 2015-16 academic year and recommends that the Student Activities Fee equal $98, the same amount as last year.

Ackerman assigned the bill to the finance committee, but requested that all senators look over the proposed budget.

Sen. Danny O’Dea ’18 introduced the Mental Health Awareness Act. The bill funds the Health and Safety Department’s poster campaign about the appropriate amount of sleep for college students.

Ackerman assigned the bill to the outreach, finance and student life committees.

Sen. J.C. LaRiviere ’17 updated the Senate about the follow-up to the Medical Amnesty Reform Resolution. A meeting with the administration will be set up now that the resolution has the approval of the Senate. Depending on the success of this meeting, he will begin an outreach initiative to raise awareness.

President of the College’s Student Bar Association Scott Krystiniak J.D. ’16 spoke to the senate about the Student Bar Association’s purpose and goals. The group serves as a liaison between the law students and the administration and funds different student groups at the College of William and Mary Law School. Last weekend, it held the Barristers’ Ball.

Sen. Chase Jordan ‘15, sponsor of the TedX Fundraising Act, informed the senate that the TedX conference sold out. Videos of the talks will be posted online within the next few weeks.

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“Personally, I think one of the reasons the organization is so important is that in today’s society women must be able to secure their own financial well-being,” Agnew said in an email. “If you read the research, women across the world score lower in financial literacy tests.

Therefore, it is imperative that women improve their understanding of finance and take responsibility for their future.”

Through guest speakers, seminars and group projects, the prospective chapter’s mission is to empower women by providing them with financial literacy in an industry that is largely dominated by men.

“Part of it is correlated to comfort and confidence,” Lyons said. “This is useful to anyone. It’s important information.”

At an information session on Tuesday, the founding team announced a 10-week seminar series that will take place this upcoming fall. The seminars, which are set to start in September, will feature lectures, workshops and simulations; the series will culminate with a project. The series is open to women of all majors.

To become a member of Smart Woman Securities, participants must attend seven of the ten sessions. Once they have completed the program, members will have the opportunity to participate in research projects and will be put in touch with professionals who may serve as

potential mentors.

“We want to instill confidence,” Goss said.

In the near future, the prospective chapter will host the final event for their “soft launch” stage. This event, to be held April 10, will feature a question-and-answer panel with professionals, a networking lunch and subsequent breakout sessions.

The founding team will be notified if their group has achieved status as a nationally-recognized chapter April 30.

“We want to cater events to students at all levels of knowledge,” Lyons said. “[We’re] preparing for the birth of this demographic of financiallyempowered women.”

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forth. And of course new interior finishing, because we have torn it up,” Boy said.

Durden highlighted another feature being added to Chandler, an auxiliary laundry room on the first floor, in addition to the one located in the basement. This laundry room will be more accessible to students that might be disabled.

Chandler’s renovations are to be completed in July 2015.

Other housing options that are returning include the Moncure House located on Armistead Street.

Pi Beta Phi currently occupies the house, as their house is being renovated thanks to a private donor.

Pi Phi will return to their house in sorority court in the Fall and the Moncure House will be available to independent students.

Other changes to housing include relocating the Eco House to Jamestown and Delta Sigma Theta to the Bozarth House located on Richmond Road. Ludwell quads will be triples this coming year. Quads will still be available as an overcrowd option, however.

While there are no other major renovations planned to dorms in the next year, there will be small aesthetic updates occurring over the summer.

Durden explained that all of the washers will be replaced over the summer. The washers will remain front-loading, as they are more environmentally friendly. Some of the buildings in the Bryan Complex will also be receiving new furniture.

Various dorms will be repainted and two of the Graduate Complex buildings will be receiving new fire alarms.

“We will be continuing to use the front-load

washers. They’re more economical, they are more environmentally friendly because they use less water,” Durden said.

Construction of the ISC-3, which is to be completed by March 2016, has caused some noise issues for residents of Landrum Hall and Jamestown dorms. This past Monday construction lasted into Tuesday morning as crews were working on pouring a floor of the building. The process takes approximately 17 hours, according to Boy. Students were not notified of the late night construction this past week due to miscommunications. According to Boy, there are approximately five more days of floor pouring left, which Residence Life will notify students of going forward.

Residents of Landrum and Jamestown North received an email Tuesday from Durden about

the noise. Residence Life is looking into offering a rent rebate to residents of the affected dorms.

This rebate would entail returning a portion of the students’ rent.

“What we do is we look at what are the days of inconvenience, what is the impact of that and then we take a portion of the student’s rent and basically give it back to the student,” Durden said.

In regards to the room selection process Boykin stated her support for students living on campus.

“I think living on campus is an incredible experience,” Boykin said. “You will never ever have another opportunity to live in this kind of environment with your fellow students … Living with your fellow students who are your age, have the same drive and commitment to academics, and just the sheer opportunity to live with an amazing group of people.”

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so that she may better connect with them as a journalist.

“I am very keenly aware of the fact that what I do every day doesn’t always necessarily trickle down to college student-aged people,” Ifill said.

“I also know it’s important that I figure a way to speak to them so I get that by gauging what they’re interested in and what they respond to about what I say and what kind of questions they have and it invigorates me, it gives me something to take back.”

Ifill is often recognized for her contribution to journalism. She recently won the American News Women’s Club “Excellence in Journalism” Award and has visited many colleges and universities, usually as a commencement speaker. Ifill has also received more than 20 honorary doctorates.

Andrews Fellows are chosen for their contribution to American politics through journalism, academics or politics.

“I’m really quite honored. It’s one thing to be invited to come and speak on a college campus, but it’s another thing to get the opportunity to actually get involved and engaged on many different levels,” Ifill said. “I speak on a lot of college campuses, but I don’t get to spend time, so this is really a nice little break.”

Ifill not only impressed students, but also Associate Vice President of Communications and University Relations Brian Whitson. Whitson said he has been a fan of Ifill for years and was excited to bring her to campus.

“She is such a respected journalist and someone we can all learn from. The Hunter Andrews Fellowship allows our students to interact directly with journalists, politicians and scholars who are at the very top of their fields,” Whitson said in an email. “What an honor to be able to spend some time with her. It has been a great opportunity for everyone on campus.”

In addition to her contribution to the craft as a journalist and editor, Ifill is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and serves on the advisory board of the Committee to Protect Journalists, as well as on the board of the News Literacy Project.

According to Ifill, the News Literacy Project

targets high school-aged students who are just forming their opinions about journalism. It aims to teach them what to expect from the media and features professionals who practice strong journalism.

Ifill said that she joined the project because the public didn’t seem to know what “real facts” were anymore, and it was the journalists’ responsibility to correct that.

“I’m not sure anyone ever loved journalists because nobody ever loves anyone who asks hard questions, but I do think we have contributed to our own bad view because we’ve allowed what true journalism is to get confused with faux journalism — people who just talk of people who just express an opinion, who don’t necessarily do anything to actually make a real difference,” Ifill said. “Real journalism is supposed to shed light and not just create heat, and as a result, people can be forgiven for thinking that we’ve lost our way, so it’s our responsibility to find our way back.”

Freelance journalist Stephanie Hanes was on campus over the weekend to speak at the College’s TEDx event. Her talk focused on public fear caused by the media and the responsibility she believes the journalism business has to correct it.

Like Hanes, Ifill has several ideas about what the media could be doing better.

“I want us to focus on the reason we’re there, the reason they let us in the room, the reason we have the privilege of having the ear of the American public and to tell stories that don’t get told, tell them well, [and] to try to hear unheard voices,” Ifill said. “How do we expose, and listen to, the voices of people who won’t get heard otherwise?”

Ifill believes the consumer bears some of the responsibility for the news they choose to consume and the way they opt to view it — exactly what the News Literary Project aims to address.

Past journalists honored as Andrews Fellows are former Washington Post columnist David Broder and journalist, author and Supreme Court scholar Linda Greenhouse. The 2014 recipient was former U.S. Senator Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.).

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hopeless when someone hears about a rape or sexual assault,” Greenspan said.

There is concern over the response committee’s suggested database detailing circumstances for which students have been expelled or dismissed from a university to prevent them from entering another with a clean record. In a addition to the database, a bill recently passed the Virginia General Assembly which would require a transcript notation signaling when a student has been suspended, expelled, or has withdrawn while under investigation for a code of conduct violation. Some believe this is a good idea, including Kelly Gorman ’16, president of HOPE. “The data tells us that most assaulters don’t assault someone just once, that they do it many times. … In the reality of many cases, the perpetrator could just move colleges and go somewhere and start with a clean slate, and for me that’s kind of terrifying,” Gorman said. “I think that’s important information for people to know so that [perpetrators] don’t just continue doing it and continue that pattern.”

Ambler confirmed that the College does make a notation on a student’s transcript if they leave under suspicion of a serious conduct code violation. Because transcripts are used throughout a person’s life, for future careers and school acceptances, Greenspan worried that the

policy could have unintended consequences.

“Some of the administrators were sensitive to the fact that just the general nature of these cases, sometimes it’s not malignant, it’s not malintent, and someone, through misunderstanding or whatever is given a conduct charge that isn’t even necessarily suspension, but where they want to leave the school,” Greenspan said. “There are a number of these cases that come from lack of understanding on what consent is and effects of alcohol that really it’s not black and white.

A policy like this could, if it were too hardline … chill reporting rates — if the person was an acquaintance and the survivor was worried about [the perpetrator’s] chances of getting a college education they might not report.”

The College’s task force released a survey in November, which has helped them inform its recommendations, Ambler said. The data will be publicly released later this month.

“What I want is for the data to highlight where we have work to do, and we have work to do,” Ambler said.

Reveley’s task force will present preliminary findings and a draft of recommendations at its May meeting, and publish official recommendations in June. Ambler expects there to be a College committee to follow up on the progress after the task force disbands, which follows suit with the governor’s advisory committee plan which will follow the end of his task force.

COURTESY PHOTO / FLICKR.COM Governor McAuliffe announced the findings of his sexual assault task force March 18. Reveley will announce the College’s findings in June.

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GUEST COLUMN

Political opinions aside, we’re all human

Arkady Silverman FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

What does one wear to visit a concentration camp?

Certainly not stripes, I thought to myself as I dressed that morning.

In mid-March, I visited the death camps Auschwitz and Birkenau.

Though I have been desensitized to the Holocaust over time (due to books, museums and classroom discussions), this visit freshly traumatized me. Not as a Jew, but as a human, I was traumatized.

I felt a similar trauma when, several months ago, I read an end-of-year list of political developments for 2014 and saw “the recurrence of mainstream anti-Semitism.” Again, not as a Jew, but as a human, my heart sped up.

In the past months especially, the IsraeliPalestinian conflict has inflamed many people in the West. My fellow students have even argued against the creation of the state of Israel in the first place.

Well, I can confidently say that after visiting Auschwitz and Birkenau today, I feel the UN was right to create Israel. The gas chambers are long cleansed of the stench of death, but the marks of fingernails scratching at the chamber walls remain. After the concentrated murders of millions of innocent people with faces and names, the establishment of a safe space for Jews seems only moral. However, Israel has not been a safe space.

Anti-Semitism has flared recently over the disproportionate killing of Gazans by Israel — although it’s important to note the firing of rockets from Gaza directed at Israel I understand that many in the world — including so many of my fellow students — are, in their compassion, angry at Israel for the impoverished, stateless condition of Palestinians. While I am angrier with Hamas for squandering the land given to them and making war rather than building safe livelihoods for their people, I am angry with Israel too — despite the fact that I identify as Jewish. But Israel needs to exist, and there is no reason to hate Jewish people simply because you disagree with the current government of Israel.

The point I want to make is that political opinions about the

Israeli-Palestinian conflict should not be expressed through antireligious sentiment, be it anti-Semitism, Islamophobia or any form of xenophobia. On both sides of this conflict, the main troublemaking groups are small subsections of the population. Even if they claim religious justification for their actions, they must not be regarded as representative of the religions as a whole. Extreme right-wing Jews are a small minority of the Israeli populace. Hamas assassin-martyrs do not represent all Palestinians.

This lesson should be familiar: Don’t judge a book by its cover.

Although the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems to inextricably link politics with religion, as humans, we should know better. Political opinions should not translate into hatred of a group of people, or a so-called “Jewish race.” We all form part of the human race.

After visiting Auschwitz and Birkenau, I am reminded of just how easily human nature can spiral into horrific, nearly inconceivable actions, especially when groups deny their common humanity. As humans, we need to recognize how unfounded antiSemitism is, and how dangerous it is to link support for Palestinian statehood to hatred of Jews worldwide.

This sentiment is timely — a mob attacked a synagogue in London this week, not just vandalizing the property, but ripping prayer books and assaulting the people inside. It is unclear if the incident was completely motivated by anti-Semitism, but reports say members of the mob chanted “Kill the Jews!” Anti-Semitic events leading up to 1939 began in much the same way. A recent article in the Huffington Post reported that 54 percent of 1,157 Jewish students surveyed experienced anti-Semitism at American universities in the first half of the 2013-2014 year. These incidents were largely from students themselves, and sometimes in clubs or societies.

Concerning Israeli-Palestinian politics, I note Amnesty International’s recent report that outlines war crimes committed by the Gaza leadership against their own people. Israel is also accused of war crimes, based on their military response, though Israel’s attacks are in response to Gaza rockets. I find it hard to pity Hamas when it uses its own citizens as a shield to blame Israel for creating collateral damage, or when the Palestinian leadership has refused to sign onto numerous peace-and-land agreements over the past 60 years. However others may interpret these facts, the ultimate point point is that these are political considerations that should never be translated into hatred for a religious group.

At the end of the day, after my death-camp visit, I above all feel an immense fear at the darkness of human capabilities, and revulsion that anti-Semitism is on the rise once more. Please consider that it is okay to dislike Israel’s current political position towards the Palestinians. It is not kosher to hate Jews — or anyone.

Email Arkady Silverman at casilverman@email.wm.edu.

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Political opinions should not translate into hatred of a group of people, or a so-called “Jewish race.”

overnor Terry McAuliffe’s Task Force on Combatting Campus Sexual Violence recently released a draft of recommendations focused on preventing and responding to incidents of sexual misconduct on college campuses. Some of the recommendations, while forward-thinking, are questionable in practice and should be further considered.

Some of the recommendations are acceptable. The Response Committee proposed using technology, such as smartphones and online portals, to help reduce the constraints of reporting an incident of sexual assault. The College of William and Mary’s sexual assault webpage is long, detailed and difficult to navigate. For someone in a crisis situation related to sexual assault, the page is an ineffective and overwhelming resource. Unfortunately, people often are unaware of this until they need the resource. Streamlining these resources to make them more accessible and effective to students in crisis situations is a productive step in encouraging reporting while also more easily conveying support.

A second recommendation was to create a database of students who were expelled or suspended in connection with sexual misconduct. This database would prevent perpetrators from flying under the radar when transferring into other schools — this would consequently protect the community from a possible unknown threat.

This database is similar to recent legislation in the Virginia General Assembly which proposed a “prominent notation” on a student’s transcript when that student is suspended, dismissed or withdraws while under investigation of sexual misconduct.

The idea of flagging perpetrators via database or transcript is great in theory, but its practical implementation is complicated. Both of these processes would rely on a school’s conduct and honor processes, which are inherently flawed. False accusations could lead to entry into a database or notation on a transcript. In the event of either situation, the incorrect flagging of an individual could prevent them from an education and change that student’s life forever.

Lastly, the task force recommended more training of staff and faculty to handle individuals who have encountered trauma. While again this is a productive idea, the reality is that professors and staff are not trained in their careers to handle traumatized individuals.

While all employees of an institution should have basic, human understandings of how to handle the emotional experiences of the lives of those around them, they should not be expected to be comprehensive resources for traumatized individuals. Resources put towards training an extensive number of faculty and staff should be allocated to providing greater access to actual professionals whose job is to handle trauma and crisis situations and who have no incentive to uphold an institutional reputation.

The staff editorial represents the opinion of The Flat Hat. The editorial board, which is elected by The Flat Hat’s section editors and executive staff, consists of Madeline Bielski, Áine Cain, Tucker Higgins, Kaitlan Shaub and Kat Turk. The Flat Hat welcomes submissions to the Opinions section. Limit letters to 250 words and columns to 650 words. Letters, columns, graphics and cartoons reflect the view of the author only. Email submissions to fhopinions@gmail.com.

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Taking steps to remember the Civil War in Williamsburg

Frank Fucile

FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

In a press conference at Kingsmill last Tuesday, Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced that the AnheuserBusch Foundation is donating 65 acres of land to the Civil War Trust, the largest section of the Williamsburg Battlefield set aside for preservation yet. It is hard to imagine who might be opposed to such a move, and potential benefits touted by McAuliffe and others include increased tourism, the educational enrichment of Virginia residents and students, and the conservation of undeveloped land. Still, the ultimate goal of a Williamsburg Civil

War Battlefield Park is a long way off, with some 400 acres left to preserve.

As James Lighthizer, president of the Civil War Trust, pointed out, “the Civil War is not something to be celebrated.” More precisely, it is something to be remembered and commemorated, not merely as a time of unprecedented suffering but also as the event through which “the United States of America truly became the United States of America…one country…the greatest nation on Earth.” The fact that Anheuser-Busch, a corporation founded by two Union veterans, has played a significant role in the preservation of the Williamsburg Battlefield is both appropriate and interesting.

It is an interesting coincidence that InBev, Anheuser-Busch’s parent company, brews Stella Artois (which might be referred to roughly as Europe’s Budweiser) in Leuven, Belgium, a city occupied by the German army during the first month of World War I. Sections of the city, including its famous university library, were burned. In commemorating the Civil War’s Battle of Williamsburg, it is similarly worth mentioning that,

following the battle, detachments of the Army of the Potomac occupied Williamsburg for the duration of the war. As anybody aware of guerrilla warfare might surmise, the departure of the regular Confederate Army did not mean the Union soldiers who remained in Williamsburg were completely safe.

Like many occupied wartime territories, sections of Williamsburg were destroyed as well. This includes the Sir Christopher Wren Building, which was put to the torch by renegade Union soldiers (perhaps emboldened by drink) who were tired of being shot at by snipers hiding in its towers. Their commanding officer, at worst vexed by the breach of protocol, was probably not annoyed by the removal of a secure vantage point over his encampment.

If any of this is depressing, you may wish to imbibe the products of your local brewery, whether you find yourself in Williamsburg or Leuven. I mention this story in the hope that the College of William and Mary will take a more active role in the commemoration of the Civil War as it occurred in Williamsburg. Sadly, this might include laying to rest the misconception that the Wren Building is

the oldest academic building in continuous use in the United States, unless we expand the definition of “continuous use” to include its use as a sniper’s nest and improvised field fortification. The Wren Building can still hold its title of “oldest college building still standing in the United States,” but the story of its (third) demise during the Civil War probably merits more than the single sentence it gets on the official website.

Again, the Civil War is not exactly something to be celebrated, but it is necessary for it to be remembered. I hope that the movement to preserve the Williamsburg Civil War Battlefield will encourage the town and the College to take further steps to commemorate not only the Peninsula Campaign itself but also the somewhat murky history that followed.

Frank Fucile is a PhD candidate in the American Studies Program at the College of William and Mary.

He worked on the archaeological excavation of the Union Civil War camp in front of the Brafferton House in the summer of 2012. Email him at fafucile@ email.wm.edu.

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Acting, banana stands f o t r a e h t and chasing your dreams

Golden Globe-winning actor Jeffrey Tambor encourages students to pursue their passions, no matter how absurd they seem EMILY NYE FLAT HAT CHEIF STAFF WRITER

March 31, the College of William and Mary played host to an incarcerated patriarch, Larry Sanders’ sidekick, King Neptune and a recently retired transgender college professor. It may sound like an eclectic group of people, but in reality, it was just one man — Golden Globe-winning actor Jeffrey Tambor.

In an interview before the show, Tambor expressed his excitement over speaking at the College.

“I’m just thrilled to be here,” Tambor said. “I go around the country, and I love to go to colleges. I love to talk to young people, and I have something to say, just a real talk from my heart. I was in college. I made mistakes. I had a diploma in my hand. I’m very interested in what the education dilemma is now — when one holds a diploma and there are less and less places to go.”

Before Tambor was the award-winning actor he is today, he was a professor. He explained that the reason he gives this speech is because he wants to encourage students not to give up their dreams just because they’re worried about what they’re “supposed to do.”

“I’m really interested in why people don’t [follow] their dream,” Tambor said. “I’m interested in why people settle for less, including myself at times. I find that young people right now, they have these dreams, and then they sort of, sometimes, defer their dreams a little bit as the economy changes and they get married or fall in love and have children. I’m curious about that. I know I did.”

Currently, Tambor is taking his “Performing Your Life” speech tour to colleges and universities across the nation, in addition to working on a book. In two weeks, he will be traveling to Germany to promote his show “Transparent,” for which he won the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series. Tambor will soon be starting production of season two of “Transparent,” and he recently finished filming a movie called “The Accountant” — set for release in 2016 — with Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick and J.K. Simmons.

Every year, AMP’s Contemporary and Cultural Issues Committee strives to bring one big speaker to the College. In the past, the committee has helped to bring such speakers as the Dalai Lama and Maya Angelou, although Angelou had to cancel due to health issues.

“As a committee, we were thinking of who we wanted to bring,” Natalie Scavuzzo ’15, chair of the Contemporary and Cultural Issues Committee and member of the Executive Board for AMP, said. “We had a list of people — we have a few agencies that we are familiar with that have some speakers that we know of. When it came down to it, we just chose Jeffrey. We thought he was a different direction, and we thought he was fun, enlightening and appropriate for our campus.”

Tambor’s appearance was part of the Atwater Lecture Series and was made possible through donations by the Jane and Peter Atwater Lecture Endowment. Mr. and Mrs. Atwater were in attendance for Mr. Tambor’s speech. “[The Atwaters] expressed their appreciation of Mr. Tambor’s funny and thought-provoking lecture and especially his commitment to stay after the

lecture to take photos with students,” Kaitlyn Schmitt, Coordinator for Programming in the College’s Department of Leadership Development, said in an email.

When Tambor stepped on the stage, there was a burst of applause from the audience in Phi Beta Kappa Hall — an energy that continued throughout Tambor’s speech, right up until the standing ovation that immediately followed Tambor’s closing line: “There’s always money in the banana stand.”

Tambor’s speech, entitled “Performing Your Life” or “What’s Keeping You?”, examined dreams and potential, more specifically — why is it that we don’t end up doing the things that we love? Tambor’s speech, delivered with enthusiasm and, of course, comedy, touched on everything from his own complicated relationship with his parents, to the impact his children have had on his life, and the tendency for college seniors to put off their dreams in favor of a more stable career path. At the mention of the latter, the change in atmosphere in the hall was tangible.

During the speech, Tambor called upon the aid of two student actors from the College. The students, Tom Kalnas ’16 and Brittany Liu ’16, read lines on stage with Tambor under several different character guises.

Liu, whose mother was in attendance, was told to read the lines as if she were her mother when she was angry. Kalnas was made to jump up and down while saying the lines. Slowly, as Tambor worked with the students, they stripped away their guards, and a new, raw performance emerged, which illustrated the point Tambor was trying to make.

“It was kind of like the movie ‘Whiplash,’ in which he wanted to push me to my limits and unlock certain things about me which I would not personally unlock,” Kalnas said. “With his influence, I was able to expand my horizons a little, which was awesome. Beforehand, he didn’t tell us anything about what was going to happen, or anything like that, so we were just walking in blind. It was super scary, but it really paid off.”

Kalnas went on to explain how the experience showed him just how much he was capable of as an actor.

“One of the things that I took away was that there are certain aspects of what I’m capable of that can be unlocked if I just don’t care about outside influences, and just realizing that these things need to happen and that I have the power to unlock these sorts of things regardless of outside influences really shapes how I would act as a professional actor and what I would do in the future,” Kalnas said.

When asked what he hoped students at the College took away from his speech, specifically with regards to fear and reaching full potential, Tambor explained that he hoped students live in the moment and don’t waste their youth.

“I believe in fear,” Tambor said. “I’m not an enemy of fear.

Fear is human. Don’t worry, and adore everything because this is the good time. Everyone is waiting on the paycheck, and the paycheck is not the answer. In fact, it can be the problem. Now is the good stuff — being broke, staying up all night, studying for the midterm, having boyfriend trouble, girlfriend trouble, this is the COURTESY PHOTO / PIXSHARK.COM good part. Enjoy this.”

CONFUSION CORNER

SA campaigns bring the peculiar to politics

Awkwardly posed photos, relentless ‘Facebook politics’ and Sadler Terrace small talk galore

Zoe Johnson

CONFUSION CORNER COLUMNIST

In my four years at the College of William and Mary, one annual event has never ceased to confuse me. No, it’s not Yule Log — come on, it makes perfect sense to stand in the cold while a man dressed like Santa Claus reads us a children’s book. Nope, it’s definitely not the call for room reservation deposits — seriously, who wouldn’t want to pay $200 to the College directly after the holidays? Tired of guessing? For me, the most confusing annual campus event is the Student Assembly election. I totally understand the treasured democratic process of casting my equal vote to welcome a new leader, but certain trends and traditions about this event sincerely puzzle me.

To begin, the campaign materials for each presidential and vice presidential pair are

quite odd. Why does each pair commission a professional photographer to take these model shots of them for their posters? Some of these pictures seem like they belong on the cover of “Vanity Fair” rather than on campaign material for a university election. This is the same campaign material that will likely get pinned to some wall in Millington and never be seen again.

What I’m saying is, what’s the point of this fancy photo trend? I want to see your personalities in campaign photos. Show me your best mirror selfie, or maybe what you look like leaving Earl Gregg Swem Library at 2 a.m. I’m not sure when this trend of posing by trees and squirrels in business casual attire became a thing, but I’m over it and ready for something new.

If you’re going to use photography to promote yourself, let us see a balance of semi-professional and semi-personal you.

I am also very confused how each pair of candidates convinces their friends to change their Facebook default pictures of these aforementioned professional headshots. I can barely convince my friends to follow me on Twitter, let alone make my face their Facebook default for weeks. Do the candidates promise them something in return? Or is this purely the

ultimate display of love and loyalty? Is this a prime example of the millennial generation’s use of “Facebook politics”? Does love on Facebook translate to love at the ballots?

These are questions which consistently cross my mind during SA elections, and I would like answers at some point. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with this current system; I just think it’s something we all do without questioning why we’re doing it. The only true downside of this trend is the decision your friend has to make if you lose the race: should your friend take down your photo and accept the defeat, or keep your photo up to show support and solidarity? This is a lose/lose situation either way and one that I imagine is very awkward for the friend. Truly, all that the Facebook default pictures tell me is that this person is a friend of the candidate. It doesn’t make me want to vote for said candidate or change my opinion of the candidate in any way.

Finally, on the last day of the election, each pair of candidates stands side by side on the terrace in an attempt to have some final small talk with those passing by, a tradition that is intimidating for an awkward student like me. I understand that if one team is already out there, you have to match their enthusiasm for meeting

students – that’s common sense. What I don’t think the candidates realize is that this puts a lot of pressure on students who dread small talk.

Even more uncomfortable is that passersby are put on the spot and made to decide which pair of candidates they’re going to speak with. I’m aware that I’m turning this friendly situation into an overly dramatic scene written by Shonda Rhimes, but it’s all about perspective.

I’m not a political scientist or a campaign manager by any means, but I do believe it’s interesting to consider what factors make SA candidates more or less appealing outside of their platforms. Clearly, each pair of candidates ascribes to the same model of how to win votes.

I wonder if we could push the boundaries and change this structure on our campus. We’re in something of a social bubble on campus; we can test new ideas regardless of the dominant model of politics where image and personality trump ideas. If you take my advice, run for office, and subsequently lose, please remember that I’m just a liberal arts student with ideas, not a professional.

Zoe Johnson is a Confusion Corner columnist and certified expert on the art of dodging candidates on the Terrace.

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BASEBALL

On the road again

Evaluating Tribe baseball

Nick Cipolla

FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

If anything, the 2015 performance of William and Mary baseball can be called consistently inconsistent as it reaches the midpoint of the season.

After breaking its six-game losing streak last weekend in the second game against Elon, the College entered another midweek slump with two consecutive losses this week, defeated by both Radford and Old Dominion — squads of fairly average talent. The regular season is 25 games in and has 26 left before the Colonial Athletic Association Championships, and the Tribe sits at 12-13, one game under 0.500.

Last year, the Tribe fell to Charleston in the CAA Championship game in a 6-4 decision. The College also won the regular season in 2014 with a stellar 15-5 conference record. Yet already this season, the Tribe is 4-2 in the CAA after losing one each to Hofstra and Elon, not a promising indication of good things to come. The College is now tied for third with Elon behind leader Charleston and second place UNCWilmington.

So, what makes the team inconsistent this year? Almost all facets of the College’s game, from fielding to batting to pitching, need improvement to secure more wins.

In batting, it’s important to look at the hits statistics. Specifically, I looked into how many players per game have multiple hits and how often the Tribe loses when only a few players have multi-hit games. After tallying up the hits, the College has had 11 games where one or fewer players have contributed multiple hits, and it is 2-9 in these games. It’s possible, albeit unlikely, that the Tribe has just been unlucky with excellent pitching from the opponents, but the accuracy of its bats clearly needs work.

The Tribe’s pitching could use work as well. The Tribe has struck out 207 times this season compared to only 146 strikeouts by its pitching core. The batting average of the College is 0.249, eclipsed by the 0.303 of its opponents. Additionally, the team has stranded 192 men on base during the season, showing that many of the close games could have gone the other way had the batting been more consistent at the plate. After seeing the Tribe play a couple of games at Plumeri Park this year, I believe the players need to have more patience at bat and not swing so early — and also get to first base faster.

Strikeouts are important but not the only important part of the position. The Tribe has three pitchers in its main starting core while rotating other pitchers in. The starters, sophomore Nick Brown, junior Aaron Fernandez and senior Jason Inghram, have a combined earned run average of 3.76, significantly better than the opponent average of 5.05. The starters are 5-6, which is consistent with the Tribe’s overall record as it is also just under 0.500. They’ve contributed 76 of the 146 strikeouts but also have put men on base from adding up four balls for the opposition 43 times. Another surprisingly high statistic — the College has put opposing batters on base 30 times through hitting the batter with a pitch.

Brown is currently the Tribe’s best starter and, as a sophomore, brings optimism for Tribe pitching in seasons to come. The College has not shut out any opponents this season, but has also only been shutout once, in its most recent loss at Old Dominion.

The last area that needs improvement is fielding. The main problem in fielding this year has been errors. There have been 35 errors this season, and the team has made at least one error in 19 of its games. College-level players aren’t perfect, but errors in the infield have led to giving up runs that otherwise may not have come across the plate.

Some of the problems with the team likely stem from inclement weather. Rain and snow have definitely been a factor this year, as the school shut down several times early in the semester, leaving athletic teams unable to practice as the facilities were closed. The Tribe’s season began with postponed games and cancellations in six of its first nine games. Four additional games have been postponed or canceled since those games for rain delays. Due to weather, the College has played seven doubleheaders in just 25 games, making 14 games, or 56 percent of the season, played in doubleheaders. Doubleheaders are a rarity in professional play, and it is understandable how they take away from the performance of the players. The Tribe is 7-7 in doubleheaders and has won two, lost one and split the remaining four.

Other than weather and doubleheaders, the inexperience of the team is also a factor. 20 of the 32 players are freshmen and sophomores, meaning each rained out practice or snow day robs these younger players of valuable practice time.

Looking forward, the College has six conference series and several midweek games remaining before the championship tournament, held May 20-23 in Charleston, S.C. At the halfway point of the season, the Tribe has a lot to work on but has time to improve by the end of the season to get a winning record again as it did before it lost eight of its last 10 games.

TRACK AND FIELD The 50th annual Colonial Relays are underway this weekend till Saturday.

The throwing events are being held at the Dan Stimson Throwing Events Area while the running and other field events are taking place at Zable Stadium.

The event brings in athletes from almost 70 collegiate teams as well as over 30 high school teams, making it the biggest track and field event hosted by the College.

Last season, the women took fourth in team standings and the men took ninth. Check out our coverage in Tuesday’s issue and online at Flathatnews.com.

— Flat Hat Sports Editor Nick Cipolla

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Freshman second baseman Cullen Large brought in the College’s only run in the midweek games with a single to plate sophomore right fielder Porter Reinhart.

Tribe kicks off road trip with losses to Radford, ODU JOSH LUCKENBAUGH FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER The College of William and Mary began its road trip with a pair of losses Tuesday and Wednesday, falling 4-1 at Radford before losing 4-0 at Old Dominion. At nine games, the road trip is the longest the team has taken this season.

The College (12-13, 4-2 CAA) opened the scoring on Tuesday against the Highlanders (16-11, 5-1 Big South) in the top of the third inning.

With one out, sophomore right fielder Porter Reinhart roped a double to left center field. Freshman second baseman Cullen Large followed with a single, plating Reinhart from second, bringing in the Tribe’s first and only run of the contest.

The Highlanders answered in the bottom of the fourth inning.

Radford’s Josh Gardiner led off the inning by reaching first on a passed ball following a strikeout. Gardiner stole second, advancing to third on a fly out by the Highlanders’ Shane Johnsonbaugh. Patrick Marshall then swatted a two-run home run for Radford off freshman starting righthanded pitcher Robert White, putting Radford ahead 2-1.

The Tribe offense mustered next to nothing for the rest of the game, failing to get a runner on base in the fifth through eighth innings. The Highlanders pushed to extend their lead in the sixth and the seventh, but the Tribe defense came up with key plays, throwing out a runner at home for the third out in both innings.

Radford finally broke its scoring drought in the bottom of the eighth as it loaded the bases with no outs on freshman right-handed pitcher Charlie Fletcher. Marshall pushed across a run with a fielder’s choice to second. After a pop out, the Highlanders’ Danny Hrbek drove in the game’s final run with a single, chasing Fletcher and increasing Radford’s lead to 4-1.

The College got a runner on base in the ninth as junior catcher Ryan Hissey singled to right field with one out. Hissey advanced to second on junior first baseman Charley Gould’s groundout. The Reinhart rally stopped there, however, as senior designated hitter Devin White grounded out to the pitcher and Radford claimed the 4-1 victory.

Robert White took the loss for the Tribe, dropping him to 2-2 on the season. He pitched five innings and gave up two runs, one earned and one unearned, on three hits while striking out three. Zack Ridgely

earned his first win of the season for the Highlanders, striking out six while surrendering one run on three hits over six innings of work.

After the loss, the Tribe traveled to Norfolk, Va., to take on Old Dominion. After four scoreless innings, the Monarchs (14-12, 3-6 C-USA) took the lead in the bottom of the fifth inning. ODU’s Jason McMurray reached second on a throwing error by senior third baseman Willie Shaw, advancing to third on a groundout. The Monarchs’ P.J. Higgins brought McMurray home with an RBI groundout to shortstop.

Old Dominion added another run in the next inning on a sacrifice fly by Derek Francis to increase its lead to 2-0.

The Tribe offense continued to put up zeroes, getting runners on base but failing to plate them. The College left two runners on base in the fifth, sixth and eighth innings, unable to provide its pitching staff with any run support.

“We took some decent at bats,” head coach Brian Murphy told Tribe Athletics. “We just had a really hard time getting runners on at the beginning of innings, and we had a really hard time stringing at bats together. But I thought the quality of our at bats was better than last night … but obviously the results weren’t there.”

The Monarchs padded their lead in the bottom of the eighth.

McMurray singled with one out. After stealing second, he advanced to third on a throwing error by Devin White. ODU’s Nick Walker then blasted a home run over the left field fence, stretching Old Dominion’s advantage to 4-0.

The Tribe mounted a comeback effort in the ninth inning, but once again couldn’t push across a run. Shaw walked with one out, and then Reinhart was hit by a pitch. However, the next two batters struck out, and the Monarchs completed the 4-0 shutout, the first time the Tribe has been shutout in 2015.

“I think as a whole right now, we just need to get back to the process of just taking good at bats.” Murphy told Tribe Athletics. “We’ve got a lot of guys who are frustrated with good reason, but I don’t think you get out of it all at once. Every day we got to get a little bit better, and continue to trust what got us here.”

Freshman right-handed pitcher Michael Toner was tagged with the loss, pitching four innings in relief, allowing an unearned run on two hits and walking one. Sam Sinnen won his second game of the season for the Monarchs, pitching six innings of four hit, no run ball, walking one while striking out two.

Friday, the Tribe begins a three-game series against Colonial Athletic Association opponent Towson. The game is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.

WOMEN’S GOLF

College hosts tournament, takes third Liu led field with first-place individual three-round total ABOU KAMARA FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER Windy conditions at Kingsmill Resort’s Plantation course were no problem for the College of William and Mary earlier this week, as the Tribe hosted the Middleburg Bank Intercollegiate and earned a third place finish.

The College shot a 57-over 921 over the three rounds of the tournament. The Tribe’s performance was a mere four strokes out of first place. The top three finishers all managed to break the previous tournament record of 60-over par.

Monday, the College completed the first two rounds of the event. Scoring a 305 and 309 respectively in the two rounds, the Tribe finished the day in second place at a 38-over 614, six strokes behind conference opponent Delaware.

The third and final round on Tuesday

moved the College to third as Eastern Michigan took the lead to win the team title with a score of 917. Delaware took second with 918, three strokes over the Tribe.

Individually, junior Alessandra Liu took the title with a 3-over 219 after the three rounds. It is the first event a Tribe women’s golfer has won in six years, and the first home contest won since 2001. After the strong performance Liu was awarded her third Colonial Athletic Association Golfer of the Week award of the season. Liu shattered Liu the tournament record by five strokes and ranks as the secondbest Tribe score in a 54-hole event. Her season win count of 720 takes fifth place in the College’s history. The dominant performance was vital in the Tribe’s

acquisition of third place overall.

As strong as Liu’s performance was, the team also depended on her teammates’ performance in order to take third. Not to be outdone, senior Kellie Edelblut tied Liu in the third round with a 4-over 72 to finish her final home appearance of the season in 10th overall. Senior Anna McMullen had a strong third round, finishing with a 6-over 74 to take 13th in individual standings.

Senior Kelly Okun took 26th to finish just ahead of Kellie Edlebut’s younger sister, freshman Katie Edelbult. Although the younger Edelblut ultimately finished in 27th place she matched her sister for a weekend-best score of 76 in the final round.

Sophomore Mia Zanghetti and junior Tina Chang finished in 38th and 42nd place, respectively.

Up next for the Tribe is the Lady Seahawk Intercollegiate hosted by North CarolinaWilmington in Wallace, N.C., April 11-12.