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Vol. 104, Iss. 26 | Friday, January 30, 2015
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Admins weigh in on party incidents Reveley, Ambler express concern KJ Moran Flat hat assoc. news editor
Administrators responded to concern over a “Gangsters and Golfers” mixer between the Alpha Eta Chapter of the Sigma Pi Fraternity and the Beta Lambda Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, as well as a Phi Beta chapter of Kappa Delta Rho’s “War of Northern Aggression” party. College of William and Mary President Taylor Reveley released a statement regarding the events. “It is very disappointing that a number of students participated in parties over the past week that included racially insensitive themes and costumes,” Reveley said in the statement. “When it comes to cultural understanding and civility on campus, we have more work to do. I hope and expect that we will proceed to do it along the lines sketched in my message to the campus last Reveley December. Student Affairs staff and others in the administration are talking with everyone involved with last week’s parties. It is important that we have direct, candid conversations about the damage done. A William & Mary community in which all are welcome and respected is crucially important.” Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’06 also released a statement on the incidents. “Listening to our MLK speaker last night, I recognized that his message applies not just to our nation and to realizing the highest ideals of American democracy, but also, it applies more immediately, to us — to William & Mary and to the beloved community we dream of creating in our own time and place,” Ambler said in a Ambler statement. “In the context of last weekend’s student organization parties that featured racist costumes and offensive themes, I find myself returning to Dr. Hill’s call to ‘deep listening.’ When it comes to addressing difficult and painful social issues, there is indeed an abundance of talking and a dearth of deep listening. Meaningful dialogue requires both. My hope is that we each take seriously Dr. Hill’s challenge to talk less and listen more.” After multiple attempts to contact the Interfraternity Council, See RESPONSE page 3
Reflecting on King’s dream
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Around 100 students at the College of William and Mary attended Dr. Marc Lamont Hill’s “The Dream: Post-Ferguson” talk in Commonwealth Auditorium.
Dr. Marc Lamont Hill discusses Ferguson, Civil Rights kj moran FLAT HAT assoc. news editor
Over 100 students gathered in Commonwealth Auditorium Wednesday, Jan. 28 for the Center for Student Diversity and Black Law Students Association’s annual commemoration of the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This year, Dr. Marc Lamont Hill served as the keynote speaker. Hill is the host of Huffpost Live, professor of African American studies at Morehouse College and a political commentator for FoxNews, CNN and BET. His hour-long remarks, which were entitled “The Dream: Post-Ferguson,” were his own reflections on the manifestation of King’s “dream” and its connection to the Civil Rights Movement, President Obama’s election and the events of Ferguson, Mo. Administrators Dr. Vernon Hurte,
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Margie Cook and Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’06 were in attendance. “Dr. Marc Lamont Hill was the perfect person to speak to these young people and talk about our stake in the social justice movement,” Symposium Chair of the Black Law Students Association Belema Idoniboye J.D. ’15 said. “At times, there are cultural misunderstandings — deep-seeded sentiments that come from ignorance — so I think there is a responsibility to educate those who are unaware of the hurt or harm that can come from being culturally insensitive. Dialogues go on all the time at the College of William and Mary, and it’s vital to our community that everyone participates in that process and we do indeed become one community.” See HILL page 3
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23 students elected to Honor Council Students explore Elections fail to fill all Honor Council seats, see decline in voter turnout Road to Richmond meilan solly FLAT HAT Assoc. NEws Editor
In a Jan. 28 election, students at the College of William and Mary voted 23 of their peers to serve as the next members of the Undergraduate Honor Council.
The Undergraduate Honor Council works to uphold the College’s Honor Code by investigating and hearing various Honor Code violations. Of 10 candidates from the Class of 2016, eight — Audrey Scruggs, Mellie Ligon, Sarah Perry, Cayla Sherrell, Nicole Walsh, Taylor
Honor Council Election Results
23.72%
23
of students
voted in the election, down from 32.7% last year.
of 24 places on the Honor Council filled.
Jacobs, Constantin Fabian and Doo Hyun Nam — received a plurality of the votes and were elected to the council. Sherrell led the race with 834 votes, while Scruggs received the next highest number of votes at 777. Typically, 24 students — eight each from the sophomore, junior and senior classes — make up the council, but this year only seven students from the Class of 2017 ran for office. These seven candidates — Caleb Ebert, Shannon Caietti, Philip Holzknecht, Emma Zahren-Newman, Jacob Young, Rachel Smith and Liana Abramson — were all elected to the council. Smith received the most votes at 853, while Ebert received the second highest number of votes at 832. Of 11 candidates from the class of 2018, eight students — Ava McClain, Jacob Nelson, Madison Folmer, Alexandra Bate, Michelle Hermes, Oliver Stayrook, Zhaoning Liu, Ashley Witmer — were elected. Nelson and McLain tied for the highest number of votes, with both receiving 634. Brian Fuller ’15, Honor Council election chair and chief financial officer, said that the majority of new council members are freshmen, as many sophomore and junior members were re-elected.
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Students visited Richmond Jan. 27 to lobby on behalf of the College of William and Mary as part of the College’s annual Road to Richmond event. Students were split into groups of two to speak with legislators about issues like additional funding for College programs and a bill that would require public colleges to report sexual assault cases to police. Jan. 26, College President Taylor Reveley briefed students on specific proposals the College would like to request from the state: funding for the Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic; a new e-learning platform; graduate financial aid and fish surveys. He also told students to discourage legislators from supporting the sexual assault bill, saying it would limit victims’ options. Students met Delegate Monty Mason Mason ’89, D-93, who spoke about his experience in the General Assembly and echoed Reveley’s disapproval of the mandatory reporting bill, citing the experience of his wife, Pamela Mason, as Deputy Compliance Officer for the College. “She believes that up [to] 60 [to] 80 percent of the people who come forward may or may not come forward if they knew they
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