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Vol. 106, Iss. 12 | Tuesday, November 15, 2016 | The Weekly Student Newspaper of The College of William and Mary

Flat Hat staff photographer Colleen Truskey ‘17 spent two days with Dakota Access Pipeline protestors this weekend.

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RESIDENCE LIFE

Trump victory shakes campus College President Taylor Reveley extolls virtues of democratic process after heated election. Following reports of violence he exhorts campus: ‘Get a grip.’

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I exist as the antithesis of everything Trump has preached in his platform and his rallies.

I am a first generation immigrant black female. To him, I should not be educating myself. To him, I should not be able to live in this country. To him, my citizenship means nothing. To him, my color is offensive. To him, my sex is threatening.

Phoebe Mariam ‘19

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I’m stuck defending certain people in my life for their choice of presidential candidate. I didn’t vote for Donald Trump but there are certain aspects of his presidency that I am excited about, like cutting down on a lot of the waste in government that can use a business approach, but there are things we need to keep an eye on.

I’m really sad, this isn’t a result that I wanted at all. I’m worried about some of the safety of my friends, we’ll see how it goes.

It’s just sad. I’m making sure that I’m going to classes and not just sitting in my dorm room. I’m going to lunch to check up on some people to make sure they are alright.

Brandon Posner ‘17

Alexa Regnier ‘20

Reports of harassment targeting minories have been made on campus and across the country after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States on Nov. 8.

of 5-7 males banging sticks near the Crim Dell. On Nov. 14, WMPD received a report that “Go Trump” and a swastika were written in a residence hall bathroom. They are currently investigating the incident.

From Nov. 9 through Nov. 14, The Flat Hat solicited responses from community members about how the election affected them. See those responses on page 4 and at flathatnews.com.

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25.24% Trump

The night of the election, WMPD received multiple calls about a group

Index

Percentage of Williamsburg vote

68.27% Clinton

United States House of Representatives

36.42%

63.36%

Scott Taylor Shaun Brown Virginia Senate

27.55%

Thomas Holston

3.41%

John Bloom

68.86%

Monty Mason

Virginia House of Delegates

33.97%

Heather Cordasco

65.80%

Mike Mullin

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THE BUZZ

Black academics tend to publish in different journals and focus on different issues in their research than white academics or non-black academics of color. There’s more of a thematic focus on community, justice and outreach. Scholars need to appreciate these differences.

— Professor Ann Charity Hudley on being a faculty member of color

Scoring goals and saving lives

Mariah Frank ’17 shares her passion for public health, H.O.P.E.

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Mariah Frank ’17 knew that the College of William and Mary was right for her when she came to visit her older brother. She said that when she walked by the Integrated Science Center and saw a sign that said, “Please remove soccer cleats before entering science building,” she knew she wanted to spend part of her life there.

At the College, Frank spends much of her time in a chemistry research lab, serves as the president of Health Outreach Peer Educators, does service work through Alpha Phi Omega, scores goals with the women’s soccer team, encourages new students as an orientation aide, and advocates for community health with the Public Health Brigade.

“Since coming here, it has been really amazing,” Frank said. “I had the good fortune of being placed on an incredible freshman hall and I still live with my random freshman roommate. They’re all my best friends here. The people I’ve met, whether it’s through the organizations I’m in, the soccer team, the opportunities that have been given to me, have definitely changed my life for the better. I owe a lot to William and Mary.”

When she’s not out on the field or in a research lab, Frank is busy studying for her chemistry major and psychology minor.

She said that she loves the combination of chemistry and psychology, but wouldn’t major in neuroscience in order to avoid biology courses.

“My chemistry major is pretty rigorous, but it’s pretty well-laid out,” Frank said.

“The chemistry department and faculty are incredibly brilliant but super down to earth, and they are passionate not just about what they do but are there for their students. Psychology is just an interest of mine, and I’d grown up with psychologists in the family, so when I started taking those intro psych classes to fill GERs I just really loved them.”

Frank said that her academic experience shifted her interests from forensic science toward public health. Most importantly, she said that the analytical and problemsolving skills she has gained from a liberal arts education have been invaluable.

Her passion for public health has taken her across the world and into classrooms.

During her freshman year, Frank decided that because she had done mental and sexual health advocacy work in high school, she wanted to pursue her involvement in public health work through H.O.P.E. “I applied, probably stressed and pored over my application forever and got offered an interview,” Frank said. “It’s a really cool process. I took the class that’s associated with it and was in the sexual health branch of H.O.P.E. at the time, and the people were so passionate and enthusiastic about all of our topics.”

After her sophomore year, a summer abroad in South Africa helped Frank hone in on what she was passionate about.

“It was really unique in that it was one of the few programs that offered a service component,” Frank said. “In addition to taking classes at the University of Capetown,

SARAH SMITH // FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR we also went to one of the poorest and largest townships and we were able to teach students of the township math and English, but also sexual health and HIV prevention.

Seeing their response to being taught about HIV prevention and sexual health content was really incredible, because they were so willing to learn and they understood that it was a problem.”

After seeing the passion in her fellow H.O.P.E. members, Frank decided to run for an executive position. During her sophomore year, she was elected as treasurer. In the spring of her junior year, she was nominated and ran for president.

“I was so incredibly humbled to be elected,” Frank said. “I was speechless at the time, and I’m still speechless now. Having such an incredible group of people vote and want me to be part of their organization — it was incredibly humbling. I felt inspired to do right by them. My involvement with H.O.P.E. has kept me on this track perpetually being passionate about public health. If I hadn’t joined H.O.P.E. I probably wouldn’t have had all my other opportunities, so it’s been amazing and it’s been a huge part of my time at William and Mary … Reflecting on the amazing people in our organization, it’s why I joined in the first place and it’s why I’m still involved.”

Her passion for public health didn’t stop with H.O.P.E. Frank became involved with Public Health Brigades through a friend.

After getting involved, she went on a trip to Honduras to help build clean water storage, latrines, showers, burning stoves and flooring for the home of one family.

“We did a lot of education beforehand to learn about the culture, medical care system, water system and how to also perform service right and not be the ‘voluntourism’ sort of thing,” Frank said.

“The aspect of being one family and, one community over spring break was

wonderful. It was amazing … seeing those bonds form between different people working towards a common goal.”

When she graduates, Frank wants to work in the Peace Corps. She said that her experiences with H.O.P.E. and the Public Health Brigades have solidified her belief that volunteering is something she wants to do.

In her free time, Frank enjoys sitting out on the Sadler Terrace. She and her friends also have a trip to Cook Out scheduled for most Sunday nights — something she said has helped her connect with her friend group even when they’re all busy.

“Before I graduate, I have one more leg of the triathlon left, so I got to finish that,” Frank said. “I’m also looking forward to our senior game for our soccer team — it’s sad but I’m looking forward to it. Soccer has been a huge part of my life for my whole life, so finishing it with my team that I care for will be amazing.”

Frank said that she’s looking forward to the “major inconsequential” things before graduation, although she’s trying to avoid adulthood at all costs.

“I haven’t been to a mug night yet since our [H.O.P.E.] meetings are on Wednesday nights,” Frank said. “So maybe once I’m no longer president I can experience a mug night, the cliché senior things. There’s a lot left to be done. I’m waiting to meet the new people who are going to be in H.O.P.E. and getting choked up about how I’m not going to see the new Integrated Wellness Center.

There’s a million things to look forward to and only 24 hours in a day. Having a growing sense of independence comes with being a senior, and I’ll be the first one to say I’m terrified of adulthood and am avoiding it at all costs, but being able to finish my time here at William and Mary with some of the best people I’ve met is going to be wonderful.”

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Frank studied abroad in South Africa to teach students about HIV prevention and sexual education content.

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Saturday, Nov. 11 — An individual was arrested for driving under the influence on Richmond Road.

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Saturday, Nov. 12 — A hit and run was reported on Capitol Landing Road.

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Sunday, Nov. 13 — Individuals were arrested for the possesion of marijuauna on Quarterpath Road.

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Monday, Nov. 14 — A verbal domestic assault was reported on Mimosa Drive. No victims were listed.

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FACULTY

Black faculty report discrimination at high rates

Annual survey shows faculty of color more dissatisfied than white coworkers CAROLINE NUTTER FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

Nearly two-thirds of black faculty feel that they are not treated fairly according to a 2015 faculty survey. Vice President of the Faculty Assembly Cathy Forestell delivered the results of the survey to the Board of Visitors in late September.

The survey conducted during the fall of 2015 showed that 64 percent of black faculty disagreed with the claim that employees are treated fairly without regard to race, color or national origin, while only 18 percent agreed with it.

The survey also showed a high rate of dissatisfaction among black faculty. 60 percent of black faculty responded that the College does not care about all employees or treat them fairly, while 30 percent felt that the College does.

White people and non-black people of color had different responses in the survey: an average of 53 percent agreed and 15 percent disagreed with the claim that the College cares about all employees and treats them fairly.

An average of 63 percent agreed and 16 percent disagreed with the claim that employees are treated fairly without regard to race, color or national origin.

Forestell, who in addition to her position in the Faculty Assembly is a psychology professor at the College, said that the survey is as an integral tool for the Assembly’s work. Forestell explained that the survey is done completely in-house, and is voluntarily designed, administered and analyzed by members of the Assembly.

Of the College’s 632 full-time instructional staff, 19 are black or African-American, according to 2013 data from the Office of Institutional Research.

Black faculty members responded to the survey, indicating that these sentiments are representative of over half of the black personof-color portion of the instructional staff population.

Forestell said that the Faculty Assembly is very concerned about these results.

She emphasized the need to listen to the voices behind the numbers.

“If we don’t listen to them, how are we going to make our hiring more diverse?” Forestell said.

Chief Diversity Officer Chon Glover said that in collaboration with the President’s Task Force on Race and Race Relations, College administrators are looking into hiring an outside facilitator to administer focus groups that will dig deeper into specific issues that black faculty face and how to

go about solving those problems.

Currently, the Task Force is launching a $1 million initiative to recruit and hire more diverse staff, beginning with mandatory diversity training for faculty and staff and investing more money into additional staffers for the Office of Diversity.

English, linguistics, community studies and education professor Charity Anne Hudley said that being a faculty member of color can be an alienating experience.

“It can be lonely,” Hudley said. “It can be intellectually lonely, socially lonely.”

According to Hudley, one of the most important parts of academia is collaboration, especially between faculty.

She said that she asks her colleagues to ask themselves, “Have I collaborated with one of my African-American colleagues?”

Hudley also said that it is important to think about the types of classes and disciplines that professors of color are seen in.

Hudley said that as a professor who teaches social justice and community studies classes, she has observed that students tend to selfselect into her classes rather than having to take it for a major or a GER. According to Hudley, these classes tend to be

small and the students in these classes tend to be more conscious of racial tensions.

“My experience, which has been primarily positive, therefore might not represent all black faculty,” Hudley said.

Hudley said that another issue of race in academia is that some people underestimate or presume incompetence in their colleagues of color.

“Do colleagues appreciate each other’s work, or what they teach,” Hudley said. “Black academics tend to publish in different journals and focus on different issues in their research than white academics or non-black academics of color. There’s more of a thematic focus on community, justice and outreach. Scholars need to appreciate these differences.”

While the Task Force on Race and Race Relations has allocated funding for the prioritization of hiring racially-diverse faculty, Glover, Hudley and Forestell agreed that there was still one thing that would improve the climate of race in academia at the College.

“I think Anne [Charity Hudley], Chon [Glover] and I would all agree that diverse hiring is important, but also creating an environment of inclusion on campus is important as well,” Forestell said in an email.

POLITICS

After elections, international relations professors stop to discuss Trump International relations classes react to Trump’s foreign policy, international security NOAH PETERSEN THE FLAT HAT

Last Thursday, the students in Professor Susan Peterson’s international security course were given a choice: they could either proceed with their scheduled topic on the syllabus or discuss the effects of Tuesday’s election on their class’s subject matter.

Her students chose the latter.

Last week, professors throughout the government and international relations departments improvised changes to their classes to address the results of the election and how President-elect Donald Trump will change students’ perspectives.

Peterson was not surprised by her class’s decision.

“Overwhelmingly, they wanted to talk about the election and what it would mean for foreign policy,” Peterson said.

Relating the discussion back to the subject of the class was also a top priority for her.

“It wasn’t just a venting session,” Peterson said. “It was within the context of the course on international security.”

For both sections of her class on

Thursday, Peterson and her students contrasted President Barack Obama’s ideology toward foreign policy with Trump’s.

According to Peterson, the class first looked at Obama’s foreign policy legacy — opening relations with Cuba, free-trade and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and the Iranian Nuclear Deal.

After that, Peterson asked her class to focus on the future, specifically on what Trump would have to do to change these foreign policies.

Peterson also said that while the election’s effect on international security is not attracting as much attention on campus as other topics, it is still important in her field of study.

“What’s worrying people around campus the most is things like basic civil rights, anything to do with race, or sexual orientation or religion,” Peterson said.

“Foreign policy does not elicit the same sort of tears or grieving that we’ve seen in other contexts, but people are worried.”

The day before, government professor Jeffrey Kaplow dedicated his classes on international security to the same discussion.

In both sections, he said that they talked about what the election means in terms of the global security environment, not discussing the election specifically, but instead its impact on international security.

Kaplow made the decision to change plans as soon as the election results were released.

“After I saw that Trump won, I made the decision to switch for a couple reasons,” Kaplow said. “One, it was unlikely given the late night that we had on election night that the class had done the scheduled reading, so I thought, I might have a better shot of getting discussion going if I talked about what the election meant in terms of the material. It really does make a change in how U.S. foreign policy works, so I think it’s an important piece of understanding international security.”

Kaplow also said that the policies of the United States are important on the international stage.

“Because the U.S. is such a major actor, I think that it’s important when thinking about international security to think about what the U.S. is going to do,” Kaplow said.

The same day, international relations

professor Rani Mullen followed suit with her class on politics in developing countries.

She said she could sense a somber mood in her class after reading their comments on an assigned reading the night before and expected to change from the intended topic of development in India.

“I started out saying, Look, I know it’s been a long night and some of you might have not gotten much sleep, and we usually discuss current events, and I’m happy to discuss topics related to India, but if you guys want to discuss this election and what your thoughts are I’m happy to do that also’,” Mullen said.

Like the other two classes, the students chose to spend the hour speaking about the election results. Mullen said she wanted to create an open forum for students to voice their concerns.

“There was a Hispanic woman who broke down in tears because she has family and friends who might be deported under a Trump administration, and another white female student who talked about the fact that her sibling had just come out in high school and she spent

several hours the night on the phone with her sibling — her sibling was crying — talking about how hard it had been to come out and that the environment would be less accepting,” Mullen said.

Mullen said that her intention was to relieve some of the anxiety that her students were expressing by giving them a chance to talk.

“I kind of just let students just talk,” Mullen said. “I could tell there was all this frustration and worry, and I think it was cathartic in many ways just to talk about it.”

Going forward, none of the professors said that they were planning to make any changes to their syllabi or assigned readings; however, the lens through which they study international relations will not be the same for at least the next four years.

“I can imagine that our discussion of the policy options is going to change,” Peterson said. “Because we’ll still talk about what kinds of policy options are available to the United States and to other countries, to deal with these kinds of issues, but the kinds of options that we anticipate the United States choosing are different.”

POLITICS

Student groups mobilize on campus with activist efforts, brainstorming discussions Groups focusing on minority rights discuss student safety, how Trump’s policies will affect their lives YUTONG ZHAN THE FLAT HAT

Because of concerns over how some of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed policies may negatively affect their lives, members of several minority student organizations organized discussions about how they are going to mobilize and move forward from the election.

Friday, Nov. 11, the Africana House of the College of William and Mary presented the discussion “A Brave Space,” opening doors for students to express their feelings about the election and its influence on their lives.

Students of different ethnic backgrounds attended the event, and several members of the counseling center staff were also present to extend their support.

Preston Neukirch ’18 voiced his worries. He said that the unknown supporters of Trump on campus made him feel unsafe.

“I feel unsafe because I don’t know who supported Trump. I don’t know which members of this student body supported Trump and which members of the student body by association supported the very white supremacy that keeps me down every day,” Neukirch said.

“Another thing is the harassments that have been going on. I really

don’t know if somebody is going to harass me on a day-to-day basis.”

The program director of the Africana House, Aliyah Wooten ’18, also presented her opinions on campus safety.

“When I think of the safety on [the] William and Mary campus, I’m not immediately threatened.

But when we have circumstances like the Election Day results, I think the Election Day results gave people the opportunity to express how they felt. In the instances like that, there are communities starting to feel unsafe,” Wooten said.

Similar worries are shared by Latin-American students, especially those who are living in the United States without legal permission.

In the Latin American Student Union’s discussion on Thursday, Nov. 10, students were concerned about their lives both on and off campus. “[The election day result] has influenced us [Latin Americans] a lot,” one Latino student of the College who is living in the United States without legal permission said. “Now that Trump was elected, we’re all in fear that DACA [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] will most likely be taken away, and it’s hard to deal with, like, not knowing if we’re not going to be here next year or if our

parents and families who are also undocumented would be here as well. So it’s really fearful for all of us.”

Lambda Alliance Social Outreach Chair Trace Hernandez ’18 said that Trump’s administration had proven to be very unfriendly to LGBTQ communities.

“I have a more elevated consciousness of what I’m wearing and who I’m interacting with and who I’m talking to,” Hernandez said. “I’m definitely feeling wary and more alert.”

LASU has been collecting questions from Latino students.

Those questions will be sent to College President Taylor Reveley, asking what the College would do for Latino students, especially DACA students, in terms of providing scholarships and enabling students to continue their studies in college.

The Lambda Alliance plans to make activism a top priority in the future and engage in queer communities beyond the membership of Lambda to notify others about how the results would affect them and how the community would move forward in the future.

In addition, students from different minority groups said they believed that both uniting with other communities and seeking

more understanding were the key to creating a safe space on campus and moving forward in the future.

The Latino student living in the United States without legal permission also expressed the perspectives of minority groups mobilizing with the unification of

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different groups in communities.

“Everybody has to keep an open mind … to bring awareness of what we’re going through. Now all we can do is to stand together,” the student said. “We don’t really know about the future, and we don’t really know what’s coming … so in order

to keep going, we’re just sticking together. We’re coming together with other groups. We’re feeling their pain as well. We feel sympathy with others too because not just us Latinos [are] being affected. So it’s good that we’re coming together.”

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PALLAVI RUDRARAJU ‘17

VICTORIA JOHNSON ‘17

From Nov. 9 to Nov. 13, The Flat Hat asked members of the College of William and Mary community how they were doing after the election. Responses were collected through an online form, over email, and in person. They have been edited and condensed.

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I think we were all just sad, then we got word that some of our students had been verbally attacked due to their skin color, look, or ethnicity and that made things 10 times worse ... I myself being a minority was fearful in places that I’ve frequented my entire life.

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— Shanay Butler, Administrative and Technological Coordinator in the English Department

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By the staff of The Flat Hat

GEORGE VALDES-DEPENA ‘19

Future political scientists will probably look upon the nomination of Hillary Clinton as the biggest mistake of the Democratic Party in its modern history.

The election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States should serve as a kick in the pants to all members of the news media.

In retrospect, one can point to any number of reasons Trump won the election. But one we must all consider is how so many people did not foresee this outcome, including every major news outlet. Where did the media go wrong — why was the election result such a shock?

Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron told POLITICO: “From the very beginning, the press made a lot of assumptions about what would have an impact on the race. It turned out that we should be more careful about making assumptions [because] a lot of our assumptions turned out to be incorrect. So that’s a lesson for us — perhaps before we presume that certain things will have a dramatic impact on the election, we need to do more reporting and talk to more people[.]”

The job of those practicing journalism is to remain accurate, complete and fair. This requires work. An individual may unfriend whomever they want on social media, or stop talking to whomever they feel like; those who seek to inform the public must make an effort to seek out voices which are not being heard.

In light of the election results, this paper recommits itself to that job. Only by getting multiple points of view, by working not from a predetermined conclusion but from evidence from a variety of sources, can a reader have the opportunity to know what is really going on around them and make up their mind.

Though The Flat Hat made no endorsements or predictions regarding the 2016 presidential election, we recommit ourselves to seeking out all sides of the issues that appear in our pages.

In the first issue of The Flat Hat, printed in 1911, this newspaper wrote that it would stay out of political matters.

“We shall remain neutral in politics, religion and domestic disturbances. We shall not concerns ourselves with morality, religion, or ethics, nor, in fact, with any other of the lordly sciences except in the broadest sense.

We shall not discourage vice, nor extol innocence … but rather we shall take the middle course … There will be no reservation made for knockers, bromides, or sycophants — no place left for narrow-mindedness, bigotry or conceit. We shall not cater to the interests of any one sect, society, organization or association.”

This commitment has never been more urgent.

— The Flat Hat Editorial Board 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 Emily Chaumont, Tucker Higgins, Isabel Larroca, Kayla Sharpe and Sarah Smith. 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.

A lot of my fellow Chinese students are concerned about this. Most of them, their reactions are just like, when they heard that Trump wins, they were like “Should I move to Canada or find a job in Canada instead of the U.S.?”

— Nico Villarreal ‘19

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— Zilin Miao ‘18

I was really fearful because one of my best friends had said that a group of people said to him, ‘You better watch out in Trump’s America’. These aren’t just irrational fears ... I genuinely did not feel safe.

— Pallavi Rudraraju ‘17

Wednesday, November 09, 2016 was the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht was the night where Synagogues were attacked, Jewish businesses were destroyed, prayer books and books by Jewish authors were burned in the streets. Wednesday 11/09/2016 was also the night that Trump was elected president of the United States. A man who not only publicly professes hate, but whose hate has created a forum for others to be hateful and even harmful towards others ... My grandfather was a Holocaust survivor. At this time it’s extremely important for people to remember the divisiveness and detriment of hate.

— Julia Burzynski ‘17

Last night I was studying late and had to walk home after dark. The eight minutes it took me to walk from Swem to OTP were some of the scariest 8 minutes of my life. I exist as the antithesis of everything Trump has preached in his platform and his rallies.

I am a first generation immigrant black female. To him, I should not be educating myself. To him, I should not be able to live in this country. To him, my citizenship means nothing. To him, my color is offensive. To him, my sex is threatening. One needs only to watch a video of one of his rallies to know I am not lying, as he has said all these things publicly and shamelessly. I am terrified to go to class, because so many people I know have been harassed and targeted because they are part of a marginalized group. People who are not terrorists and who are not illegal aliens. Yes, I agree we shouldn’t be burning the flag or using force, but right now millions of people’s lives are in danger. A loved one of mine’s life was threatened yesterday in DC while he was at work, to the point where he wont even go back for the rest of the week because he doesn’t feel safe. I now carry my pepper spray in my bookbag, where it sits right beside my calculator. On campus, I have witnessed Trump supporters verbally threaten and harass people because of the color of their skin or what they identify as. I have spent the last four days trying to figure out how to survive in a country that has voted for ideologies that sentence POC, LGBTQ+, Muslims, women and immigrants to death. How has the 2016 Presidential Election affected me? It has made me scared to death. It has made me cry. It has opened up the real possibility that I may lose so many good people whom I care deeply for just because of the color of their skin, or who they love. It has made me mourn for the many steps we have taken backwards. But in the face of grief and frustration, it has made me even more resilient and determined to spread the message of equality, unity, inclusion and love.

— Phoebe Mariam ‘19

It was three o’clock in the morning in France and I knew it was time for me to go to bed — I would need to get up and go to class in just a few hours. But Trump was ahead by a few points, and I just couldn’t sleep. I was upset by what this could mean for U.S. citizens … but I was also upset by what this meant for the American identity abroad.

I had already spent three months studying in France and interacting with students from all over the world, and the question I had been asked the most was, “Oh, so you’re American? What do you think of Trump?” It was clearly the first thing that came to mind when international students thought about the United States. That’s because they’ve been watching us closely. They read our news. They follow us on social media.

They stay up late to watch the presidential debates. It’s sort of strange that the U.S. gets all of this attention – we probably don’t deserve it – but it does, and people care. They’ve been judging the United States and all of its citizens based on this election, which makes a lot of sense. Doesn’t who we chose to represent us say a lot about who we are?

So at eight o’clock, I was still sitting up in the same position in bed. I was shaking, from lack of sleep and from fear. Trump was clearly going to be the winner of the electoral college.

Trump was going to be our next president, and I was going to have to explain this to my newfound international friends.

I went through the motions of getting ready for the day, and eventually found myself waiting at the bus stop. There were French citizens, about my age, standing there too. “C’est incroyable” one of them said. His friend nodded and replied, “I can’t believe he actually won.” The third one said, “How stupid are they?” I looked down at my feet.

My first course of the day was French Politics, but the professor dedicated the first 30 minutes of class to the U.S. election. She asked if the American students could explain how and why Trump was elected. The five of us in that class just sat there, shaking our heads. We were in too much shock to be able to look at this from a political science perspective.

We weren’t ready to analyze voter turnout and campaign strategies. We were still processing.

So other students, from other countries, jumped in. Some talked about anti-establishment anger, others mentioned people wanting change, no matter what that change was. But the most striking response — and the one that concluded the discussion — was, “Basically half of America has been racist this whole time and now they think they can be loud about it.”

This is what European students now think of us. Of course, they realize that not every American is the same. They know that our country is incredibly divided. They realize, just as I do, that Trump supporters voted for him for a wide array of reasons. But when they think of us as a group, they see the elected head of our country as our representative. So for the next four years, no matter what great things our country has and will accomplish, the world will see us as a whining, angry, orange-colored, racist and sexist old man. And I’m not okay with that.

— Corinne Loiseau ‘18

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JULIA BURZYNSKI ‘17

The next day I was honestly pretty happy, but it’s not that I was happy because Trump won, I was happy because I was just so pleased Hillary lost, that’s really where that came from.

— Chris Harrington ‘20

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I’m terrified, but not surprised ... Although we already see some of his promises fading away, the core tenets survive, as well as his nowemboldened, violently racist, sexist, homophobic and xenophobic supporters.

— George Valdes-Dapena ‘19

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It’s just hard to even comprehend the impact ...

I mean, we’re laughing at Brexit, but look at this, this is a joke.

— Afua Asenso ‘19

I’m definitely upset, but I’m also encouraged by what I see around me, and by the people who are reaching out and recognizing pain and seeking to move forward.

I think because of that, there will be change ... but today I am upset.

— Victoria Johnson ‘17

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Behind the Scenes of WMHSMUN 30 From bagels to background guides, the intricacies of planning a MUN conference LIZZY FLOOD // FLAT HAT VARIETY EDITOR DEVON BORTZ / THE FLAT HAT

The Secretariat looks on as Professor Michael Butler delivers his keynote address, focused on the role of international diplomacy in world history, during the conference’s opening ceremonies in the Commonwealth Auditorium of Sadler.

It was 10 minutes before the closing ceremonies of WMHSMUN 30, the 30th Model United Nations conference hosted at the College of William and Mary, and there was still one major problem for Alyssa Harrison ’17 and the rest of the Secretariat to solve: Could they find a granola bar in the Williamsburg Lodge?

After a careful search, the Chief of Staff Maddie Burton ’17 managed to find one for Harrison, who over the weekend had few chances to eat.

Ordering lightsabers from Amazon, finding enough bagels to feed a staff of 144, organizing bus transportation for more than 1,378 high school students, editing 27 background guides on diplomatic issues, and preparing for any last minute emergencies that might arise over the weekend. These are just a few of the tasks that the Secretariat of WMHSMUN had to discuss in emails, Facebook group messages and meetings in the past nine months to prepare for their 30th anniversary conference.

Colleges across the nation host mock-model UN conferences that allow high school students to immerse themselves in international relations for a weekend. High school student delegates are brought and supervised by teachers from their school, who are referred to as sponsors. The delegates are led through committees where they debate historical or fictional issues, guided by their Committee Directors.

This year, 63 schools attended the 30th WMHSMUN, which took place Friday through Sunday. The conference was organized by a group from the College’s International Relations Club, who

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together compose the conference’s Secretariat.

The Secretariat is made up of 11 members. Harrison served as this year’s Secretary-General, the leader of the Secretariat.

“I’m responsible for managing all of the nitty-gritty pieces of WMHSMUN and making sure that everyone is carrying out their appropriate duties,” Harrison said about her position.

Harrison led the Secretariat in its weekly meetings to plan for the conference. She was also the main liaison to any of the College’s administrative offices that the Secretariat needed to collaborate with for the weekend.

Jack Nicol ‘18, the Director-General, helped to work out most of the major logistical details of the weekend, including organizing transportation for the delegates and reaching out along with Harrison to administration offices around campus. Burton served as chief of staff. She designed the staff application and assigned applicants to different committees and duties for the weekend.

Henry Crossman ’19 and Emily Kinney ’19 were the Undersecretary-Generals in charge of organizing the committees.

They oversaw the 35 directors of the conference and edited the background guides that each director wrote over the summer for their committees. Crossman oversaw the General Assemblies, which focus on larger-scale issues, while Kinney handled the smaller, more specific Specialized Agencies, some of which are historical and some of which are fictional.

“These [Specialized Agencies] committees aren’t typical UN committees,” Kinney said. “So we have one that’s the trade federation from Star Wars.”

It was Kinney who purchased the lightsabers from Amazon, much to her mother’s confusion, she said.

Jason Nykorczuk ’18 was the registration director and handled correspondence with sponsors before and during the conference.

The Director of Conference Development Claire Kartoz ’19 oversaw the social events for the weekend, including the Saturday night delegate dance.

Schools registered for the conference through its website, which the Director of Technology Gregory Wicks ’17 kept up and

running. Wicks also designed an app for delegates and sponsors to use over the weekend, which included a map of campus and the event schedule.

Rounding out the Secretariat were Manjari Kumarappan ’18, the conference’s media director, and Alex Nuemann ’20, the assistant media director. Kumarappan worked alongside the Undersecretary-Generals to design the background guides for delegates. She also designed the conference’s logo, and the pens and folders given to delegates for the weekend. In October, Nuemann joined Kumarappan to help work on social media and the opening and closing videos for the conference.

The Secretariat’s work for the conference started in the previous semester and continued over the summer. When the fall semester began, the Secretariat met every Wednesday night in Tyler Hall, where Harrison could take meeting notes projected on a large screen.

Every meeting would begin with the Secretariat’s best delegate contest. Each member would say something fun they did that week or an accomplishment unrelated to WMHSMUN. One member would then be selected as the “best delegate” for that week. One delegate won for purchasing a new car. Another winner took a great nap.

In the longest and second-to-last meeting before the weekend, Harrison had the staff go over everything it needed to do before the conference began. Just a few of the items on Harrison’s list were buying paper to use for awards, writing both her closing and opening speeches, talking with the keynote speaker Professor Michael Butler and running to Costco for any of the Secretariat’s last minute needs for the conference.

Every other Secretariat member had similar to-do lists, containing tasks ranging from larger duties to ironing out other small details that popped up over the weeks, such as what specific kind of bagels staff would be eating during their staff training that weekend and during the conference.

“I have bagels for this weekend,” Burton, the chief of staff who also handled food, said. “Once we see how that goes, I will order bagels for next weekend. That way if we don’t like Sadler we aren’t committed to using them.”

All the Secretariat’s work finally came to fruition over the weekend. The months of planning culminated with the swarming of delegates through the Sadler Center and the rest of campus. The delegates spent most of their time in committee, but they also had opportunities to go on campus tours and attend the conference’s two social events: the WMHSFest Friday night, which featured a photo booth and free snow cones for delegates, and the delegate dance Saturday night.

Many delegates at the conference this year had already

attended previous WMHSMUNs. Laura Chu, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School, said she has attended every year since she began high school.

“It’s better and better every time … just as part of its 30th anniversary, I think WMHSMUN does a good job of maintaining its traditions with their opening ceremonies, the videos they show, their closing ceremonies,” Chu said. “And as for me since I’ve gone here four years I keep seeing the rotation of Secretary-Generals.”

To start and end the weekend, the conference had its opening and closing ceremonies. Both provided the opportunity for Harrison and the rest of the Secretariat to be thanked for all their hard work.

The opening ceremonies, which took place in Commonwealth Auditorium in Sadler and were attended by President Reveley, included a speech by Harrison and a presentation on the value of international relations by the keynote speaker, professor Michael Butler. Arielle Hankerson ’17, the president of IR Club, introduced Harrison.

“It is my honor to speak a little bit more about the woman who has been a driving force behind this year’s conference,” Hankerson said. “There’s no one on this campus who loves WMHSMUN more than Alyssa Harrison.”

The closing ceremonies took place Sunday in the Virginia Room at the Williamsburg Lodge, a space big enough to seat every delegate, have a stage for the Secretariat to sit on top of, and for two projectors to play the closing video of the conference. After the closing video, which included a WMHSMUN version of the song “Closer,” directors distributed delegate awards.

After the awards, Harrison thanked each member of the Secretariat for their work and support. Nichol then thanked Harrison in return, crediting her for inspiring him during his freshman year when they staffed that year’s WMHSMUN. “I saw somebody that weekend who was driven, motivated, intelligent, and a strong woman, something we desperately need to see in the world more,” Nichol said.

Harrison, who had tears in her eyes, closed out the ceremony and the weekend for good by taking a quantitative look at all the work put into WMHSMUN in her time at the College.

“On three separate Secretariats, I have seen approximately 5,798 emails, 35,982 Facebook group messages, 27 other Secretariat members, three inspiring past Secretary-Generals, 3,742 delegates and, in my college career, 651 days on the WMHSMUN Secretariat,” Harrison said. “Today is that final day, so thank you all for making this my best and last WMHSMUN.” Right after that, delegates began their journey home, and after months of planning and hours of meetings and messages for all of the Secretariat, the one short weekend was over.

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Harrison gets ready as delegates file into the Virginia Room in the Williamsburg Lodge for the closing ceremonies. where select delegates were awarded with gavels.

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Upcoming mainstage productions for William and Mary Theatre lack lead female roles In the Spring 2017 semester, William and Mary Theatre mainstage productions will feature only one lead female role.

Next semester, the College of William and Mary’s theater, speech and dance department will be presenting two mainstage productions: “Asuncion” and “Baskerville.” Both shows will have relatively small casts, “Asuncion” with four characters, and “Baskerville” with nine projected characters. In both plays, the number of male students cast will outnumber the female students, despite the fact that typically far more women audition for productions than men. This can make it difficult for even talented female students to gain valuable acting experience in a mainstage production.

Madelaine Foster ’18, who is involved in the Theatre Department, has observed that generally far more females audition for productions than men.

“The audition sheets that you look at, the degree to which women outnumber men is

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opportunities for aspiring actors. Students might have greater chances of being cast in studentrun productions or other non-mainstage productions. Ivy Duerr ’17 directed a studentrun production earlier in the semester, “Top Girls.” Unlike many mainstage productions, her show had seven female characters. Duerr said that, in addition to her appreciation of the playwright Caryl Churchill and feminist theatre, she factored in the acting talent of the many female actors here on campus when she chose “Top Girls.”

“I was like … I can cast seven women — that could be really cool and there are so many women in this department who are incredible who deserve to act, who I want to act for me and I thought it was really awesome to be able to have the opportunity to involve all of them, because they need to be involved, they deserve to be involved,” Duerr said.

Even though these other productions can be great for skill-building and collaboration among

I have good friends in this department who want to pursue acting who are women and have never been cast in the mainstage.

— Haley Wenk ‘18

kind of insane,” Foster said.

This high turnout reflects enthusiasm among actresses on campus; however, these actresses often have to compete for just a handful of spots.

Haley Wenk ’18 has been involved with the Theater Department since her freshman year, working mostly on the technical side, however she is now playing the part of a young boy in the current mainstage production, “The Addams Family.” She said that talented students she knows have struggled with limited female roles in mainstage productions.

“I have good friends in this department who want to pursue acting who are women and have never been cast in the mainstage,” Wenk said.

Despite these concerns regarding mainstage productions, there are a variety of other

student actors and directors, students believe that participation in mainstage productions tends to be more highly-regarded among future employers and provide a more professional learning experience. In a mainstage production, students have the chance to perform in front of a larger audience and be led by acting and theatre professionals, culminating in what could be deemed a generally more professional experience.

Sometimes mainstage productions expand cast size or gender-bend the script’s characters.

Chair of the theatre, speech and dance department Christopher Owens predicted a possible expansion of the cast of “Baskerville,” and cited a history of cast expansion and gender-reversing, including “The Laramie

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Project” and “Addams Family.”

Such expansions have allowed for more students — particularly female students — to gain mainstage experience. However, such expansions are not always the case. The play, “Oresteia” directed by professor Richard Palmer, included three female roles. Queen Clytemnestra, the lead female character in the production, was played by male theatre professor Francis Tanglao-Aguas. TanglaoAguas said he recognized that this took a part away from female students trying to be cast on the mainstage, but believed that there were benefits to him playing that part in place of a female student.

“I just played Queen Clytemnestra in The Oresteia directed by [professor] Palmer,” Tanglao-Aguas said in an email. “(Now I know that took a role from a woman student but the director took the opportunity cost to provide the students the experience of having them act with a professional actor. In turn, I hope they saw how I took risks in crafting the role, where I also made mistakes in front of them without being ashamed etc. It had been more than 30 years since a male faculty did a female role so it is not done that often.)”

Next semester, male students will be able to audition for more roles than their female counterparts. One of next semester’s mainstage plays, “Asuncion,” has a single female character that has been set aside for an Asian female student. This designation for diverse casting and messages about diversity in the play reflect the theatre, speech and dance department’s consideration about racial and ethnic diversity on campus. But overall, a number of women auditioning for next semester’s productions could be competing for just a handful of spots.

“We as a [department] are very conscientious about the fact that we have more women in the casting pool so we try to strike a balance,” Tanglao-Aguas said in an e-mail. “It is not often that a play [only] needs three white men and one Asian woman (Filipino) but we do it [because] in the balance there are opportunities allowed by the play not done by other plays.”

The fewer number of female characters in productions goes beyond the College’s theatre, speech and dance department, according to Duerr. She notes that “Top Girls” was an exception, that there tend to be more interesting roles for men in theatre plays, which may explain why the department often ends up choosing plays with more male characters than female.

“I think what it really comes down to, that in terms of the canon and playwriting and finding good plays to produce — there just aren’t that many roles for women,” Duerr said.

Owens stressed that the faculty has tried to move away from a more director-centric play selection process, and more prominently consider the three “constituencies” of the faculty, students and audience when selecting plays, among other factors, such as variety of roles. He cited that in addition, directing a mainstage production is a professor’s research.

Yet with a student body consisting of a number of ambitious and talented actresses, lack of many interesting female characters and roles offered could affect their chances of being cast, especially in the spring mainstage productions.

Wenk noted the potential helplessness that female students trying to be cast in a mainstage production face.

“If you’re a little bit of an unconventional actress and the parts aren’t there and we’re not picking plays that have strong female casts, then what can you really do?” Wenk said.

However, students laud the supportiveness and progress-oriented nature of the theatre, speech and dance department, and are optimistic about the future.

“Theatre’s always progressing, our department is always progressing,” Duerr said. “I don’t think it’s going to be like this forever. I know that our faculty is looking out for us and I know they don’t want it to be like this.”

LEADING MEN AND WOMEN IN COLLEGE PRODUCTIONS

7 MEN | 6 WOMEN

LARAMIE PROJECT

1 MAN | 2 WOMEN

ADDAMS FAMILY

2 MEN | 1 WOMAN

ASUNCION

2 MEN | 0 WOMEN

BASKERVILLE

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A warm welcome back KAYLA SHARPE / THE FLAT HAT

Freshman guard Justin Pierce escapes for a fast-break lay-up in his collegiate debut during William and Mary’s season opener win over Bridgewater Saturday afternoon.

Rookies ball out in debut, Tribe rolls to 52-point win CHRIS TRAVIS FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR From just the 96-44 scoreboard, the fact that William and Mary dismantled an objectively inferior opponent shouldn’t mean much, especially with three road games against ranked opponents on the nonconference slate. However, the impact of two freshmen, guard Justin Pierce and forward Nathan Knight, indicates that the Tribe is a deep team with young players ready to make an instant impact.

“I thought our guys played well,” head coach Tony Shaver said. “Truthfully, we did what we should’ve done. We had more talent. We had more size. But, what was really pleasing to me is how hard we played regardless of the score.”

The Tribe (1-0) did not start the game strong, turning the ball over four times in the first six minutes, including two turnovers from junior point guard David Cohn. Bridgewater (0-1) was down just 14-7 at this point, but quickly found themselves severely undersized and outmatched, as the Tribe cruised to a 96-44 win in which it held a 56-point lead at one point.

Pierce led five Tribe players in double figures, scoring 17 points on 7 of 9 shots in 18 minutes off the bench. Senior forward Omar Prewitt added 14 points while senior guard Daniel Dixon and sophomore guard Connor Burchfield each finished with 11 apiece. Junior guard Paul Rowley knocked down two threes en route to scoring a career-high 10 points in his first start.

After the slow start, a lineup sparked by Pierce and Cohn led the Tribe on an 18-6 run to take a commanding 32-13 lead with just under seven minutes left in the half. During the run, Pierce demonstrated his versatility; crashing the offensive glass to put back a miss for his first career collegiate points, following it with a textbook cut to the rim, where he finished with a thunderous dunk. Pierce appeared pleased with his individual performance, but remains focused on the team as a whole and still sees room for improvement.

“Coming in as a freshman, I’m just going to do whatever it takes to help the team,” he said.

“Defense is the biggest Knight thing I have to work on. I didn’t have to do too much with that in high school.”

After the big run, the Tribe was still not done with the offensive barrage, pouring on a 15-2 run in the final 3:10 of the half to take an insurmountable 55-22 lead.

The second half went largely the same as the first, with the College sharing the ball and finding shots in a variety of places. Shaver was quick to insert substitutes; 12 players earned at least five minutes of playing time. No Tribe player played more than 21 minutes, a good sign since the Louisville game on Monday is a quick turnaround for the team.

The Tribe played well on the inside, with junior forward Jack Whitman and Knight controlling the paint. Each finished with eight points to manufacture a 52-28 Tribe advantage in points in the paint. Knight added five offensive rebounds, keeping plays alive and leading the Tribe to a 20-6 edge in second-chance points.

Despite Bridgewater never getting closer than a 33-point deficit in the second half, Shaver was pleased with the Tribe’s effort in a lopsided game.

“We’ve got a 30-point lead and Daniel Dixon’s diving on the floor for a loose ball,” he said. “I was really proud of Daniel, of all of the guys.”

The Tribe was efficient in their domination, shooting 54 percent from the floor and 42 percent from downtown to go along with 80 percent from the charity stripe.

The contributions and effort from the freshmen duo did not go unnoticed by Shaver, particularly Pierce.

“He’s ultra-confident, really believes in himself,” Shaver said of Pierce. “He’s a young guy that in practice, it doesn’t matter whether he perceives himself on the first team or second team. He plays the same way.”

Shaver and the Tribe hope the contributions from the emerging stars continue as the nonconference schedule intensifies. Following a nationally-televised Monday showdown with Louisville, the Tribe hosts Presbyterian at 7 p.m.

Saturday before traveling to No. 1 Duke next Wednesday, Nov. 23.

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2016 season ends with CAA finals loss Tribe downs Hofstra in semis, has best season since 2013

NICK CIPOLLA FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR After winning its quarterfinal match last weekend at Elon, William and Mary headed to Hempstead, N.Y. for the Colonial Athletic Association semifinals and finals. The No.5-seed Tribe defeated No.1seed and host Hofstra 3-1 Friday night to advance to the finals. Facing No. 2-seed Delaware in the championship Sunday afternoon, the College fell 2-1, ending the 2016 campaign.

The Tribe (12-7-2) had its best season since winning the CAA finals in 2013 by reaching the finals again on the momentum of a five-game winning streak dating back to Oct. 22. Going into Friday not having beaten the Pride (9-8-1) since 2013 as well, a big challenge presented itself.

Sophomore forward Antonio Bustamante continued to be a dynamic playmaker, scoring the first goal after finding the back of the net in the quarterfinal and senior day games. His goal came off a turnover caused by senior forward Reilly Maw, who was credited with the assist en route to a five-point night. With the score 1-0 after 12 minutes, the Pride and the College would trade possession but would not score again until the 63rd minute.

After 50 minutes without a goal, Maw scored his first of two goals for a 2-0 advantage. Hofstra found its lone goal off the foot of Pride forward Luke Brown in the 67th minute, but it wouldn’t stop the Tribe’s momentum. With five minutes left in regulation, Maw scored again after beating his defender for his sixth goal of the season. The goal established a 3-1 lead that would not be relinquished, giving the College a chance at the conference title.

“I’m very proud of the group tonight,” head coach Chris Norris said to Tribe Athletics. “We worked hard for each other and stuck to the plan.

Hofstra is a very good team, but I thought we Bustamante performed very well tonight.”

The Tribe outshout the Pride 17-14 (9-6 on goal), both teams doubling their shots after halftime. Despite Hofstra’s 10 corner kicks, the College defense and redshirt junior keeper Phil Breno held strong to allow only one goal.

Sunday’s match with the Blue Hens (12-7-1) was at a neutral site with the elimination of Hofstra. In the Tribe’s CAA kickoff during the

regular season, it fell 2-1 in double overtime to Delaware. The result would repeat itself in the finals as a big first half gave the Blue Hens the edge and the trophy.

Maw found the back of the net in the 18th minute as he struck the ball so it flew over the Blue Hen keeper to score. Two minutes later, disaster struck as Delaware’s equalizer came from a Tribe own goal on a misfired header. With the momentum shift, the Blue Hens found another opening in the 28th minute for their second tally of the night. At 2-1 with more than an hour left, there would be no more scoring.

“Once again, I’m so proud of this group,” Norris said to Tribe Athletics. “They have been singularly Maw focused on working to be the best they can be.

Today, we fought hard and performed pretty well. However, sometimes against good teams, that still doesn’t get you the result you desire. Like we’ve done all year, we will learn from this as we try to get better.”

The Blue Hens outshot the Tribe 6-3 in the first half, though both teams fired six shots in the back half. Delaware held a tight 7-5 lead in shots on goal; Delaware saved four of those while the Tribe saved five.

After the tournament finished Sunday, Bustamante, Maw and redshirt junior midfielder Riley Spain were awarded all-tournament honors.

The loss ends the College’s season, as the team did not receive an at-large bid for the NCAA Men’s College Cup Monday afternoon. CAA Champion Delaware represents the conference in the tournament with a first round match at Providence.

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Women drop home opener

St. John’s too much for Tribe JOSH LUCKENBAUGH FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER Midway through the third quarter of its season opening game against St. John’s Sunday afternoon, William and Mary pulled within two points of the reigning Big East champions. By the end of the quarter, the Red Storm lead had ballooned to 18, and the Tribe ultimately fell 73-57, showing plenty of promise as well as leaving a lot of room for improvement.

In a contest few expected the Tribe (0-1) to win, the Tribe never held the lead, but made several momentum-seizing runs which kept the game competitive. Head coach Ed Swanson was encouraged by his team’s performance, but recognized the Tribe has plenty to work on as the season progresses.

“I thought we did some really great things today, I really do,” Swanson said. “Offensively, we hit the offensive glass better than I think we’ve done in my career here, so I was really excited with the energy and the focus that we played with … but 18 turnovers for us is really uncharacteristic, and I think that was the story of the game.”

Both teams played at a frantic, up-tempo pace from tip-off, resulting in the high number of turnovers. The Tribe coughed the ball up 18 times, which led to 27 St. John’s (1-0) points, while the Red Storm committed 20 turnovers, which the College turned into 21 points. St. John’s adapted to the breakneck speed of the game quicker than the Tribe in the first half, leading by as much as 17 in the second quarter.

Despite the significant deficit, the Tribe fought back into the game with a 10-0 run from the 6:09 to 3:26 mark, and went into halftime trailing 34-26. Freshman forward Victoria Reynolds played a key role in the comeback effort, contributing seven points, four rebounds and a steal in her first collegiate game.

“Victoria’s going to be a big piece of what we do, and you saw a little bit of that,” Swanson said. “I think she had a little firstnight jitters, but she’s a player I think once she gets comfortable, and trusts her instincts a little bit more, I think she’s going to be a real special player.”

The College came out of the halftime break with a burst of energy, pulling within two points of the Red Storm with 4:54 left in the third quarter. Senior forward Alex Masaquel, who led the Tribe in points along with senior guard Marlena Tremba with 13, spoke about the team’s intensity to open the second half.

“We were just playing together with more fire, more passion,” Masaquel said. “We knew that we were just as good as them, and we just needed to push through, and I think that’s what we did in the second half.”

St. John’s reasserted its will on the Tribe as the third quarter came to a close, finishing the period on a 20-4 run. Five different Red Storm players scored over that stretch, a testament to their depth and offensive talent. St. John’s knocked down over 56 percent of its field goal attempts, including 7-14 from three-point range, with the bench scoring 30 of the team’s 73 points.

On the flipside, the Tribe struggled on offense against the length and athleticism of the Red Storm defenders, shooting less than 34 percent from the field. Knocking down three-pointers proved a particularly challenging task, as the College shot 3-17 from long distance, Tremba contributing all three.

“I don’t think I got any just catch-shot looks, I think I had to work for pretty much every shot, whether it was off the dribble or someone setting a screen for me,” she said after the game.

“They’re long and athletic, so it was pretty tough looks. I was always contested, I felt.”

St. John’s maintained its double-digit advantage for the majority of the fourth quarter, denying any hope of a Tribe comeback over the final 10 minutes to clinch the 73-57 victory.

Red Storm forward Jade Walker led all scorers with 18 points, asserting her will on both ends with seven rebounds and a gamehigh four blocks.

The Tribe will look to bounce back from this opening day defeat when the Tribe host in-state rival Richmond at Kaplan Arena Friday evening. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.

ALL-CAA SOCCER Seven William and Mary players were named to the 2016 AllCAA Men’s Soccer Team last week. Here’s the breakdown: First Team: Sophomore forward Antonio Bustamante Second Team: Sophomores forward Ryder Bell, midfielder Marcel Berry Third Team: Junior forward William Eskay All-Rookie: Freshmen midfielder Tanner Shane, forward Reeves Trott All-Academic: Junior midfielder Riley Spain

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Senior guard Marlena Tremba scored all three of the Tribe’s three-pointers.

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Junior guard David Cohn will seek to balance passing and scoring as he did last season, in which he averaged 9.6 points and 4.6 assists per game. With the loss of Terry Tarpey ‘16, Cohn also looks to take on an increased defensive role this year.

COMMENTARY

Mr. Indispensable

On a team of scorers, captain and point guard David Cohn is the key

Chris Travis

FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

On March 6, then-sophomore David Cohn’s last-second three-point attempt fell off the rim, and the Tribe lost a 70-67 heartbreaker to Hofstra in the 2015-16 Colonial Athletic Association tournament semifinals.

Now a junior and a captain, Cohn is confident he and the rest of the team have learned from the loss and are ready to make the jump to win the CAA tournament and earn a berth to the NCAA tournament.

“I think all of us have a chip on our shoulders, individually and collectively as a team,” he said. “Even though we don’t really talk about it [making the tournament], I think in the back of our minds that’s the one thing we’re all

very hungry for and motivates each and every one of us every day.”

How can one be confident in making the first NCAA tournament in school history even after losing Terry Tarpey ’16? If the Tribe couldn’t make it with phenom and NBA draft pick Marcus Thornton ’15, why would they do any better this year?

It sounds crazy, but I’m all aboard the Tribe-to-the-NCAA-tournament train. This year’s Tribe team seems to have the right mix of experience and skill. Oh yeah, and of course they have Cohn.

Undeniably the College’s most indispensable player, Cohn possesses a unique skill-set that is unmatched in his peers. This isn’t to discredit his teammates, but rather to credit Cohn’s versatility and importance.

Cohn’s passing is top-notch, as he led the team with 4.6 assists per game last season to go along with a 3:1 assist to turnover ratio. However, Cohn also established himself as a scoring threat, headlined by 37.3 percent shooting from three-point range last season,

good for second-best on the team behind NCAA leader junior guard Connor Burchfield. On a team filled with a litany of scoring threats, Cohn himself led the team in scoring on five occasions.

This season, Cohn looks to have taken further strides in his scoring.

In the Green and Gold Scrimmage, despite being the smallest player on the floor, Cohn made multiple moves to slice around and pass longer and stronger defenders to finish through contact at the rim. As such an adept passer, Cohn spoke on how he works to balance the two on offense.

“Every game is different, depending on what the defense is giving you. If someone gets hot, I’ll feed them early.

Maybe if the offense is a little stagnant, I’ll look for my own shot a little more.

It’s a feel thing,” Cohn said.

Cohn’s willingness and ability to adjust on the fly will be the key to the Tribe’s offense this season and ensure that all the scorers surrounding him will shine.

Defensively, Cohn is also a

nightmare matchup, as his lateral quickness and ability to force turnovers make him tough to shake.

He was second on the team last season with 26 steals, a number that almost certainly will increase this season. As good as he is individually on defense, Cohn recognizes that team defense will be the most important part of this season.

“Honestly, the loss of Terry Tarpey on defense is huge for us,” Cohn said.

“I mean, two-time defensive player of the year. I think the number one emphasis the coaching staff has made to us is that we need to be a great team-oriented defense. Losing Terry, we lose our best individual defender. I think that we could have a better year than last year defensively.”

Individually, it’s clear that Cohn put in the work this offseason to be ready to make huge strides as a junior.

He spoke of continuing to work on his shot, as well as preparing his body for the season.

“I tried putting on weight, and that just doesn’t work for me, so just

[focused on] getting stronger,” Cohn said. “I have gotten stronger, and that of course is important when you’re defensively, offensively taking bumps.”

Cohn’s maturity and leadership allow him to realize the road to the top of the CAA won’t be easy. But, he is ready to embrace both the challenges of conference play as well as early season matchups.

“Every kid’s dream who has ever played basketball is to play at Cameron Indoor,” he said about the nonconference game at preseason No. 1 Duke. “If that’s not enough motivation to get ready for the game and live up to the moment, then I don’t know what is.”

While the game at Duke will likely not be a Tribe win, Cohn recognizes that an occasional loss is all part of the process.

“There’s just so much energy around the opportunities that we have in front of us this year,” Cohn said. “I think you’re going to see a high level of effort, and Omar, Daniel and I will try to make sure the lows are few and far between.”

I, for one, believe in Cohn.

Regardless of the team’s performance, the lows individually for Cohn will definitely be few and far between, as I feel he will establish himself as the top guard in the conference and guide the Tribe to its first NCAA tournament berth in school history.

Some may say it’s far-fetched, but I believe.

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They are the ‘water protectors’ In recent months, thousands of protesters have made their way to North Dakota to protest the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Colleen Truskey ‘17, an anthropology major and Flat Hat staff photographer, travelled there this weekend with Professor Kara Thompson.

This is what she saw.

Words and images by Colleen Truskey

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Above: The Missouri River near Bismarck, ND, as seen from the air. The Dakota Access Pipeline will cross beneath both the Missouri and the Mississippi Rivers, potentially putting the fourth largest watershed in the world at risk.

We’re not here to fight, we’re here to protect what was once ours, all of ours.

Left: Martina One Star, an elder from New Mexico who has been at Oceti Sakowin Camp for two months, said that she was there to protect the water for her children, and as long as it needs to be protected, she’ll stay at the camps.

“They think we’re thugs,” she said of those who have accused water protectors of violence, “but we’re not — if they came here to the camps, they would see.” This sign is posted outside of her campsite.

Above: The Oceti Sakowin Camp at dusk. Within each camp are subcamps, often made up of people from the same tribal communities or with similar social backgrounds.

Above: Alana, 15, from the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, stands near Cannonball River, a tributary of the Missouri River. She said she wants to be the first Native American president of the United States, and is disheartened by what she sees as the abuse of U.S. citizens by state and federal law enforcement.

Below: Non-Native allies create a barrier around Native water protectors at the beginning of November 12th’s demonstrations at a pipeline work site near Mandan, ND. The camps encourage travel to the frontlines by all supporters and allies, so long as they are able and willing to work at the camps and join direct actions.

“Water protectors” demonstrate at a pipeline work site near Mandan, ND on November 12th. The rallying cry of “Mni Wiconi” — “water is life” in Lakota — is often heard at the camps and at direct actions.

Note from the photographer They are the “water protectors” — men and women from around the world who have converged near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to fight the Dakota Access Pipeline, a 1,172 mile pipeline that, if completed, will carry 470,000 barrels of crude oil a day from North Dakota to Illinois.

Opponents of the project, often referred to as “DAPL,” fear it will endanger water resources and destroy sites held sacred by the Standing Rock Sioux, whose treaty territory the pipeline crosses. The tribe contends they were not properly consulted, as required by U.S. law, before Energy Transfer Partners applied for the project’s permits.

In response, three encampments — Sacred Stone, Red Warrior and Oceti Sakowin — have been established along the Missouri River, a stone’s throw from the proposed pipeline crossing beneath that body of water. In early November, I travelled to the camps in the hopes of documenting this historic moment. Professor Kara Thompson, a professor at the College of William and Mary in both the English and American Studies departments, was also at the camps. We spent two and a half days in North Dakota, joining a stream of so-called “weekend warriors” who regularly arrive from places as far away as Oklahoma, California and North Carolina to support the camps’ needs and participate in demonstrations, marches, and other direct actions.

Water protectors and allies are always reminded that the camps are first and foremost places of ceremony and prayer. They are spaces of tremendous significance — the site of the largest gathering in history of indigenous peoples from around the Western Hemisphere.

I spent most of my time volunteering at the Oceti Sakowin Camp, and was present for a direct action that occurred in Mandan, ND on November 12th. My words will never serve as an acceptable substitute for listening to the water protectors themselves, and the images you see here do not adequately portray what is happening in North Dakota.

Nevertheless, I hope they inspire you to learn more.

Direct action on the Dakota Access Pipeline occured at this construction site along Highway 6 on November 11th. The construction site is located near the Standing Rock Reservation camp sites.