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Rising student interest limits spots in classes for computer science majors

BY STUART MAPES THE FLAT HAT

During last week’s class registration, a shortage of seats left many Computer Science majors and minors shut out of classes.

“It’s a pretty simple case of too many students and not enough space in classes,” Computer Science Department Chair Professor Robert Lewis said in an email. “A particular challenge is ensuring that senior and junior CS majors graduate on time.”

According to Lewis, many majors and minors who tried to register for classes necessary to graduate were unable to do so because the classes closed too quickly. Almost all of the computer science classes, upper and lower level, were affected, c r e a t i n g registration difficulties for many students in the department, Lewis said.

Several students in the department attribute the problem to a shortage of professors.

“The solution would be to hire more faculty,” computer science major Timothy Cohen ’14 said.

Lewis addressed the root of the problem: in 2010, only 12 computer science majors graduated. This year, 53 majors will

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graduate. Lewis said department has not been able to hire enough new professors to match the incredible growth in demand for the program.

“The computer science department is a victim of its own success,” Cohen said.

“It’s grown massively and now it’s having problems with that.”

Cohen said that the biggest problem with the class shortages is with the introductory classes. Since the upper level courses often require prerequisites, if students are unable to take those courses they will be unable to take classes they need in the future.

“The juniors and seniors seem to be a lot more sheltered from the problem because we’ve taken a lot of those intro courses already, and we have more versatility in what we can take,” Cohen said.

Intended computer science major Victoria Goldsby ’16 also worries that some students in the department are in danger of not graduating on time.

“It’s hard when people have to take a semester off from computer science and they get behind,” Goldsby said.

Goldsby added that she has considered the possibility of transferring to complete a computer science program in four years.

Computer science minor Neal Garrison ’14 said he thinks that the department is working to address the problem.

“The faculty usually takes care of things,” Garrison said.

Right now students are waiting for the department to add seats to full classes and bannerstalking for any newly available seats.

The department released slots available to each social class during registration and has restricted upper level course registration to majors only. Additionally, there are waitlists for students who still have not gotten into the classes they need.

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RANKINGS

College tops abroad rank 45.7 percent went abroad

BY ABBY BOYLE FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

The College of William and Mary ranks first for the percentage of undergraduates participating in study abroad programs among public universities in the Institute of International Education’s Open Doors 2013 Report on International Educational Exchange.

The report — which took into account the number of students who studied abroad in the 2011-12 academic year and summer — found that 45.7 percent of undergraduates at the College participate in study abroad programs before graduation. This includes the 653 undergraduates from the College who studied abroad in 2011-12.

“The ranking is a huge honor,” Steve Hanson, vice provost for international affairs and director of the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies, said. “It’s really exciting to be at a university that is so committed to international education.”

Hanson Hanson said part of the College’s strategic plan involves reaching 60 See ABROAD page 3

STUDENT ASSEMBLY DISTRIBUTES “KNOW YOUR RIGHTS” CARDS College of William and Mary President Taylor Reveley approved revisions to the Honor Code in August. The revisions were the first changes to the code since 1997. Student Assembly President Chase Koontz ’14 and Undergraduate Honor Council Chair Erin Hills ’14 recently delivered a letter introducing these changes and the potential impact they may have on College students to each student’s CSU along with a “Know Your Rights” card sponsored by the SA. The card includes highlights of the Student Conduct Code and Undergraduate Honor Code, as well as contact information for students with any questions.

CRIME

CRIME

Crime report released Man stabbed, robbed on Scotland Street

Alcohol infractions most common

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BY ANNIE CURRAN FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

The recently released annual campus and fire safety report outlines the number of crimes which recently occurred on campus and indicates that the College of William and Mary holds a clean slate for most criminal offenses.

The report, compiled by the campus police and organizations at the College, contains statistics for criminal offenses on campus over the past three years. It is published every year in compliance with the Clery Act, a federal statute named after a college student who was raped and murdered in 1986.

The report highlights relatively frequent occurrences of burglary, liquor and drug law violations on campus.

“As for general safety on campus, it is a very safe campus, safer than the community around us,” William and Mary Police Captain Edgar Schardein said in an email. “But crimes hat injure people do happen.”

Over the past three years, combined data shows that under-age drinking has been one of the largest issues facing the College, as many intoxicated students are hospitalized each year. There have been 150 arrests and 761 referrals due to liquor law violations.

Additionally, there have been 27 arrests and 30 referrals.

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Early Nov. 8, a man was stabbed in the 700 block of Scotland Street. The victim has been treated and is fully expected to recover from his injuries.

The incident occurred close to the College of William and Mary’s residence hall One Tribe Place as well as the local bars Green Leafe Cafe, Paul’s Deli and Brickhouse Tavern.

“The William & Mary campus, and Williamsburg in general, are very safe communities,” Director of News and Media Suzanne Seurattan said in an email. “This incident is a reminder, however, that we are not immune to crime. Fortunately, this occurred off campus, no students were harmed, and there was no danger to campus.”

After police were called, ambulances and police cars parked near One Tribe Place and the bars.

“It’s very unfortunate, but we definitely don’t want to have any issues like that going on around

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The stabbing occurred in the 700 block of Scotland Street shortly after 1 a.m. on Nov. 8.

here,” George Tsipas, owner of Paul’s Deli, said.

According to a media release from Major Greg Riley of the Williamsburg police department, the victim was walking home when he was approached by a man asking for a cigarette. As he handed him a cigarette, the victim was struck

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in the head from behind by another man. The two men began to wrestle the victim for his backpack, which they successfully stole before fleeing. Following their departure, the victim

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The ranking is a huge honor. It’s really exciting to be at a university that is so committed to international education.

— Director of the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies Steve Hanson on the College’s first-place rank among public universities for students studying abroad at public universities.

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new edition of “the flat hat insider” In the Nov. 8 edition of “The Flat Hat Insider,” WMTV’s Tanner Russo and Mary Kate Winebrenner discuss Terry McAuliffe’s victory over Ken Cuccinelli in Virginia’s gubernatorial election, Monty Mason’s win over Mike Watson for Williamsburg’s seat in the House of Delegates, the James River getting a “C” in a recent environmental report, and the College’s addition of an international Security minor. Watch the video at www.flathatnews.com.

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A raid on the America’s Inn on Richmond Road Friday led to three arrests for the manufacturing of methamphetamine. The investigation is ongoing.

Three alleged drug manufacturers arrested

Vote recount prolongs election

A task force of Williamsburg Police and Virginia State Police officers carried out a raid on the America’s Inn on Richmond Road. They arrested three men for allegedly manufacturing methamphetamine, according to the Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily. Search warrants were carried out for multiple rooms in the hotel as well as for several vehicles in the parking lot. Nathan Lewis Dudash, 23, Jonathan Rob Sladek, 38, and Michael Anthony Darnette, 36, were all charged with felonies. Major Greg Riley of the Williamsburg Police Department told the Williamburg-Yorktown Daily that some parts of the investigation are ongoing and that there may be others connected to the three men arrested.

The Virginia Attorney General’s race is down to just a 17vote margin, according to the state’s Board of Elections. With more than 2.2 million ballots counted, Republican Mark Obenshain’s lead is down to just 17 votes over Democrat Mark Herring. The numbers on the Board of Election’s website Monday morning showed Obenshain with 1,103,443 votes and Herring with 1,103,426. The change from election-night figures is a result of provisional ballots being counted. With some votes still to be tallied, the election seems destined for an official recount, which wouldn’t conclude until later next month.

On-time high school graduation rates rise in Virginia

License plates dismissed for being offensive

Virginia high school students are graduating on time more often and dropping out less frequently, according to data from the Virginia Department of Education published in the Daily Press.

The 2013 on-time graduation rate — of students who graduate after four years — of Virginia students rose to 89.1 percent from 88 in 2012. The high school dropout rate fell from 6.5 percent to 5.9 in 2013. In 2011, the on-time graduation rate was just 86.6 percent and the dropout rate was up to 7.2 percent.

An Iraq War veteran’s plea to keep an offensive license plate was dismissed by Chesapeake Circuit Court Judge John Brown, according to the Daily Press. The personalized plates, which read “ICUHAJI,” were taken from Sean Bujno by the DMV in 2011. When said out loud, they read “I see you, Haji,” a derogatory term used for Arabs. Bujno was told that the plates could be denied because they are “obscene in nature and encourage or condone violence.” Brown agreed.

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News in brief Music professor plays to honor retiring mentor Applied music professor Thomas Marshall performed at a retirement ceremony for his mentor Marilyn Mason, a professor and organist at the University of Michigan. Mason is retiring after 66 years of educating students. Many of her proteges attended her retirement celebration; Marshall was one of four former students honored with an invitation to perform.

Marshall chose to perform “Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in B minor,” as well as an original piece written for the event, “Dance of Celebration.” Marshall coaches organ students here at the College.

Columbia professor wins BrighamKanner Prize Columbia Law School Professor Thomas W. Merrill was awarded the 2013 Brigham-Kanner Prize by the William and Mary MarshallWythe School of Law Property Rights Project.

Chancellor professor of law Lynda Butler of the College’s law school recognized Merrill at the 10th annual property rights conference.

Merrill is not only a prominent property rights scholar in academia, but also a practitioner in the field. Besides his achievement in scholarship, he also previously served as the legal advisor to Senator John McCain (R-Az.) and contributed as the deputy solicitor in the United States Supreme Court.

High schoolers research, work in College labs Local high school students are working as interns in College of William and Mary labs on campus and the College’s Applied Research Center in Newport News. Professors selected these students for showing a strong personal interest in science. Several students have won national scholarships and awards for their projects.

Hoping to continue their work in College labs, many high school students choose to apply to the College. The program allows students to hone their research skills before they graduate from high school. They also have experience to put on their resume.

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DINING

Dining services aims to conserve food College works to promote charity, sustainability using leftover dining hall food

BY ELEANOR LAMB FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

Campus Dining serves nearly 5,000 meals a day — which translates to an average of 50,000 meals a week. However, at the end of each day, it must deal with leftovers.

Over the last few years, the College of William and Mary’s Dining Services has worked to promote sustainability and charity with its leftover food by partnering with Natural Organic Process Enterprises, a Richmond-based organization that collects food waste from the dining halls three times a week.

NOPE composts the waste and then supplies the College with renewed fertilizer. This fertilizer is used in both the campus garden, located behind the Commons Dining Hall, and the herb garden, behind Campus Center.

Food Service Director of Marketplace Kathleen Myers said she is excited that the College uses NOPE’s fertilizer.

“In the spring, we’ll be able to use fresh herbs right down the hill,” Myers said.

The College also uses a computerized system to calculate the amount of food necessary to create a menu for each meal, furthering its efforts toward sustainability. Marketing Manager Faren Alston said this allows the chefs to forecast how much food to prepare, thus limiting waste.

Chefs also cook smaller batches of food throughout the meal period to conserve food rather

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The College of William and Mary’s campus Dining Services uses its leftover food to promote sustainability and charity. They also work to conserve the amount of food served.

than preparing a large portion right at the beginning.

Although Dining Services works to reduce overproduction, it also uses other strategies to promote sustainability. When overproduction does occur, Dining Services tries to work the food into another recipe. Alston said an example of this

is when they turn left over roast turkey meat into homemade turkey noodle soup.

“We have made great strides and still continue to reduce our environmental footprint and align with the mission and vision of the College,” Alston said in an email.

The College has also donated over 500 pounds of food to the Grove Christian Outreach Center, which was founded in February 2013. “[Sustainability] is important because it helps set a standard of accountability for students,” Ashley Williams ’16 said.

ADMINISTRATION

Summs named new director of Office of Economic Development Alumna plans to connect with outside organizations, community in new role at College

BY ROHAN DESAI THE FLAT HAT

The College of William and Mary appointed Julie Summs ’92 as the new director of the Office of Economic Development and Business Innovation to continue the College’s promotion of economic development in the commonwealth.

“In the search for a new Director, we wanted someone who had background in economic development and knew how to make connections at the regional and state levels,” Vice President for Strategic Initiatives James Golden said in an email. “We looked for someone who had experience in the

private sector, ideally someone who had run a company or had experience managing a business. … We picked Julie Summs because she had all those qualifications.”

As director, Summs’ will initially focus on facilitating interactions with regional and statewide economic development agencies and informing relevant groups of economic development at the College.

Golden added that the Office of Economic Development and Business Innovation already acts as the College’s connection with the private sector around the region.

“The Office has played a key role as a catalyst in the creation of New

Town, the acquisition of the old Sentara hospital site for the School of Education, the creation of the VIMSIndustry Partnership Committee, and the creation of our Technology and Business Center,” Golden said.

Summs will also connect faculty and students with local and regional companies for research and c o n s u l t i n g opportunities.

Additionally, she Summs will be responsible for the College’s efforts in improving its internal business processes, using

peer institutions as a benchmark and a source of innovation.

She said that, in her view, cooperation is key to economic development.

“Economic Development has always been a team effort for any organization and no doubt will continue to be into the future,” Summs said in an email.

“We participate [with] a number of key organizations like UBED (University Based Economic Development) and others that allows us interactions and collaborations with economic development allies,” she said in an email.

She added that she also hopes to reach out to the larger community.

“While I am sure there will be a lot of direct interactions through meetings,

email and the telephone, traditionally the Director has also released an e-newsletter and has a website where information and updates can be shared,” Summs added.

Summs, who graduated from the College with Bachelor of Arts degrees in anthropology and psychology, said she is willing to engage in talk about economic development with anyone in the community.

“My door is open to students past and present,” Summs said. “I welcome the chance to talk about economic development, local government and business innovation with my fellow William and Mary alum and the community at large.”

Reves strives for 60 percent in 2018

Man stabbed on Scotland Street

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percent undergraduate participation in study abroad programs by 2018.

He emphasized that he views the College’s percentage of study abroad participants as particularly impressive given that it is a public university.

“For a public university like William and Mary to have over 45 percent participation in study abroad — because we are a diverse university with people doing all sorts of activities … to get these numbers at the College is a really stunning accomplishment,” Hanson said.

Sam Schooler ’15, who studied abroad with Semester At Sea last year, said that he would encourage students at the College to spend time abroad despite the many activities they may be involved in on campus.

“It was really one of the best experiences of my life, and I think everyone should go abroad at some point, whether it’s during summer or during the school year,” Schooler said. “I know a lot of people feel like they have obligations on campus and can’t go, but I think the benefits outweigh the missing out on things, for sure.”

Hanson also mentioned that one of the most important aspects of encouraging study abroad is the College’s ability to provide support to interested students. Last year, the Reves Center had over $300,000 for study abroad scholarships.

In addition to financial aid, Hanson said the Reves Center offers other resources to facilitate study abroad, such as peer advising and orientation sessions. The Reves Center also gathers and provides materials to students on study abroad programs outside of those offered by the College.

Molly Teague ’15, who is spending her fall 2013 semester in France, said she appreciated how the College helped her prepare to study abroad.

“Starting freshman year, we’re encouraged to start considering going abroad and planning how to fit it into our schedules,”

Teague said in an email. “The school really makes an effort so that no matter what they’re studying and where they want to go, abroad can be a feasible option for them.”

Specifically, Teague said she attended workshops with students who had previously studied abroad in France, which she found particularly helpful.

Hanson said he views the ranking as a positive reflection on the Reves Center’s offerings and programs.

“Essentially, we’re the place to come for understanding all of the options that are available, and we’re thrilled to see this kind of statistic because it shows that people are coming into the Reves Center and exploring all of the options that are available to them,” Hanson said.

realized he had been stabbed.

The victim was transported to Riverside Hospital in Newport News to be treated for a possibly life-threatening stab wound to his right abdomen. He later identified the first assailant as a 6-foot tall black male wearing a black Steelers hoodie. At this time the police have no other information concerning the attackers or their possible motives.

Chair of Emergency Management Anna Martin said in a campus-wide email that Williamsburg police had been in touch with campus police and determined the stabbing to be an isolated incident, which “did not foreshadow a broader threat to the

campus community.”

Glenn Gormley ’84, M.BA ’89, the owner of the Green Leafe Cafe, received a call from his staff at 1:30 a.m. Friday regarding the incident.

He was informed that his employees were attending to a stabbing victim behind the restaurant.

Gormley said that he has met the victim and identified the victim as Martin an employee of Paul’s Deli.

“He’s always been nice to us,” Gormley said. “I felt very sad for the young man.”

Gormley said he is pleased with how his staff, many of whom are

students at the College, handled the situation.

“They conducted themselves very well. I was very, very proud of them for reacting as quickly as they did,” Gormley said.

The Green Leafe gave Williamsburg Police footage from their exterior camera to review the incident. Gormley said that, although he has no idea what happened, he has faith in the police.

“The city police department is real good. I can’t imagine they won’t get to the bottom of it,” Gormley said.

If you have any information on this incident, contact Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP or the Williamsburg Police Department at 757-220-2331.

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Students participate in a study abroad activity in Tangiers, Morocco while studying in Spain this summer.

Burglaries and theft have also been problems on campus. Bicycle theft is a particularly frequent crime, with 64 total thefts reported in the past three years.

Schardein believes that when it comes to reducing c r i m e Garrison frequency, personal responsibility is key.

He thinks the Honor Code and standard of trust can only do so much to deter criminal activity.

“We realize that there is trust

among our students, but not all students abide by the code of conduct or laws of Virginia, and there are visitors that come on campus and commit crimes,” Schardein said.

There are, however, ways to remedy these continuing problems at the College. Schardein notes that burglary on campus can be prevented by taking away the opportunity to commit them in the first place. Locking doors, hiding valuables and investing in a quality U-bolt lock can help in preventing some of these crimes on campus.

Regarding the problem of illegal substance use, health promotion specialist Eric Garrison believes that bystander intervention is the best answer.

“We can all recognize the signs and symptoms of substance abuse and be that wonderful human who intervenes,” Garrison said in an email. “And we do it because helping is part of the W&M culture.”

Overall, the College’s administration believes the report is no cause for alarm. The police department recognized that the crime rates in recent years have been consistent with those of years past, and some students agree with this opinion.

“I do think [the College] has its fair share [of crime], but I do feel safe walking around campus even with Williamsburg’s reputation as a historic visit for tourists,” Virginia Lee ’14 said.

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Thinking outside of class Elizabeth Jacob THE FLAT HAT

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the ethical implications of lab work, and the depth of information needed to validate a belief, students comprehend the implications and presumptions that formulate their decision-making process. When integrating themselves into foreign cultures, students expose themselves to a broader spectrum of beliefs that allows them to consider various perspectives and backgrounds before articulating a claim.

But do the hours we spend poring over lab reports, hyperventilating about exam results and zombifying ourselves in Earl Gregg Swem Library detract from the progression of our critical thinking skills? Notably, students and faculty have a tendency to overemphasize the importance of academics. This negatively affects student development, as the college experience is defined by sociability, experimentation, amusement and exploration just as

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The College was recently ranked first in percentage of students who studied abroad for public universities.

Is studying abroad more valuable than solely studying at the College or taking a vacation?

much as academic rigor.

Supplementing an intense course load with a tutoring program at a middle school or a cultural organization heightens education out of class while increasing fact-based, decision-making skills.

So challenge yourself; expand and complement your education past lectures and PowerPoint slides. Don’t underestimate the power of enjoying lunch with a professor, attending a play, or taking a class that perplexes, excites and invigorates you.

As quickly as you would seize the opportunity to enjoy a lovely autumn afternoon by Lake Matoaka, dare yourself to take full advantage of the experiences, people, ideas and perceptions before you ring the Sir Christopher Wren Building Bell.

Email Elizabeth Jacob at erjacob@ email.wm.edu.

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t’s 7 a.m. and Banner has just opened. You have all of your CRNs lined up: some major requirements, a GER, that creative writing class you always wanted to take. You copy and paste them frantically, praying that if the system does not crash, you will get what you want. As you wait, a cacophony of profanity erupts throughout your hall; the lucky are satisfied but silent. To your disappointment, most of what you wanted was closed, but worse — so were classes necessary for your major. The full College of William and Mary experience would not be complete without this happening at least once. Sadly, this is the norm for many students, especially those in majors like computer science, where the lack of teachers makes it harder for students to get into classes that fulfill their major requirements. Funding for professors has been a perpetual problem at the College, but that should not prevent students from getting into classes for their major, nor should it restrict them to classes solely for their major.

A scarcity of openings for required courses hurts students as well as the College. This could force computer science majors to graduate late or even transfer, resulting in a loss of talent and tuition money for the College. In other departments where the situation is less dire but still visible, there is a broader problem: Classes fill up instantly, preventing non-majors from taking them. A liberal arts education should let students take a broad range of classes; a government major should be able to take a film class, for instance, or even a computer science class. We are constantly encouraged to take classes outside of our comfort zone and become well rounded, but how can we do so if we are closed out of those classes? It’s a disappointment when four years go by and interests are left unexplored.

We understand that, with limited funding, maintaining quality pay for current professors is a challenge. However, an expanding student body necessitates changes. One short-term solution may be to temporarily expand class sizes to accommodate demand. The College would have to consult advisors and professors, who may receive requests for overrides and find non-registered students sitting in on their classes on the first day.

This would not solve the problem, but it would create more opportunities for students, who would likely accept slightly larger classes if they could actually take the classes they wanted. The U.S. News and World Report college ranking system’s emphasis on teacher-student ratio might deter the College from making such changes, but if not enough professors are hired to accommodate the increasing student body, that ratio will increase anyway.

The College has made some fantastic improvements in the past year to its dorms, academic buildings and dining halls. While those improvements beautify our campus and make our living experience more pleasurable, they matter little if the College cannot satisfy the intellectual and academic demands of its student body. A lack of classes and professors poses a problem not only for majors struggling to satisfy their requirements, but also for students who want to expand their skill sets and discover new passions. For the College to remain a truly elite liberal arts university, it needs to address this issue.

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 Abby Boyle, Matt Camarda, Katherine Chiglinsky, Meredith Ramey and Ellen Wexler. 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.

COMMENTS @THEFLATHAT

“Yes, because [on vacation] you aren’t as focused on learning things as being shown things.”

Rob Powers ’17

“I think for education purposes William and Mary is just as good of a university, but it is great to get away from our little town of Williamsburg.”

Laura Godwin ’14

“Definitely. I had to learn the language to immerse myself in the territory. It made a difference to ... understand the people.”

Katharine Fegley ’14

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You are free to be apathetic towards voting, as long as you are willing to be apathetic when your leaders don’t care about your problems.

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Have you ever wondered what preconceptions your professor brings to class, and how they may influence the direction of your class’s discussion?

Have you ever pondered why you always seem to think about Ritz crackers while walking by the Crim Dell?

If so, congratulations; you’re already unintentionally improving your critical thinking skills.

Eugene Fram, a professor at the Saunders College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology, published an article Nov. 8 in the Huffington Post asserting that most college graduates lack vital critical thinking skills valued by the job market.

Although most students at the College of William and Mary do not formally learn critical thinking skills, students often unconsciously learn this manner of decision-making, both in and out of the classroom.

Critical thinking emphasizes analyzing, evaluating and formulating balanced information-based viewpoints.

In other words, critical thinking skills encapsulate the overarching goals of the College’s liberal arts curriculum.

By infusing major requirements with general education requirements, the College seeks to instill broad perspectives from the sciences, arts and humanities into students.

While interdisciplinary academics may promote critical thinking skills, the real edge to our graduates’ decisionmaking abilities are the skills they gain from their engagements beyond the classroom. Students take pains to defy the constraints of time to participate in activities such as student-driven research projects and studying abroad — experiences that augment their critical thinking skills. By considering

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—Nathan Ritchie on “Election 2013: My vote wouldn’t have made a difference, and neither did yours”

When we bragplain we forget why we’re here: Maintaining our perspective is key Andrea Aron-Schiavone FLAT HAT ASSOC. OPINIONS EDITOR

To anyone who engaged in a conversation with me last week: I am sorry. I apologize, because if you had the courtesy enough to ask me, “How are you doing?” I likely complained about how crazy my week was, specifically mentioning the one paper and two exams that were on my plate. In short, I took part in the act of bragplaining.

Bragplaining — a combination of bragging and complaining — is a phenomenon that reduces a summary of an individual’s weekly outlook at the College of William and Mary to a series of academic tasks: tests to study for, papers to write and projects to complete.

The sneaky part of bragplaining is that we often don’t realize we are doing it, and how it negatively affects our well-being. People at the College are often very humble and aren’t typically boastful. But when a friend tells you all that she is working on this week, you understandably feel the need to reciprocally share. Soon, an unspoken competition has been initiated: Who has the most unreasonable workload? Who is the most stressed? The highest number of pages for a paper combined with the most tests within the shortest period of time and with the least hours of sleep makes you the winner.

As I was bragplaining for the majority of last week, I continually devalued my experience here.

I was identifying my very state of being in terms of what I had to get done by the end of the week — reducing my answer to “How are you doing?” to a series of assignments.

I realized the extent to which my bragplaining had negatively influenced my outlook near the end of the week when I heard a mother speaking about her loving, imaginative sweet daughter who has been diagnosed with an Autism spectrum disorder. As she described this compassionate young girl, her face lit up with joy, as any proud parent’s would. The woman’s face clouded a bit, however, when she expressed concern about whether her daughter would be prepared to have the full college experience and be able to handle living independently away from home. The fact that she was unsure whether her daughter would have this chance was heartbreaking.

That’s when it hit me: I had forgotten how lucky I am. There are people who are bright and creative and full of potential who, for reasons outside of their control, may never have the opportunity I do — to have this complete college experience. Besides individuals who have to overcome innumerable personal challenges, there are also people living in underdeveloped countries with broken education systems, or places where they must work to support their families instead of going to school. I had gotten so caught up in bragplaining that I lost sight of the true blessing of being here. Here, you have the chance to be challenged, to learn more about what you love, and to grow academically and

personally by being surrounded by people who inspire you to be a better person.

When assignments pile up and we feel overwhelmed, it can be easy to get so caught up in meeting deadlines that we forget the bigger picture; we lose sight of the forest for the trees.

We should certainly not feel restricted in sharing our worries and stresses with our friends, and we should continue to support each other when we feel overwhelmed — but while sharing our stresses in the hopes of being comforted and

encouraged by others, it could make us feel a little better to remind each other of why we are here. Here, we are learning how to best use our talents, and we are accumulating knowledge, insight and understanding to enrich our own lives, and the lives of those we will meet. We can help each other step back from the individual, towering trees to see the beautiful forest that we are traveling through together.

Email Andrea Aron-Schiavone at acaronschiavon@email.wm.edu.

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This Century Art Gallery sponsored the Buddy Art exhibition, which ran in the James City/Williamsburg County Recreation Center up until Nov. 2. The artwork was created by special needs children with the help of the College’s Campus Buddies.

Disabled children display inner Picassos with help from volunteers and local art

BY MORGAN DODDS THE FLAT HAT

For 15 local children, Saturday afternoons mean a trip to the College of William and Mary, paint splatters and messy fun with the student volunteers from the College’s Buddy Art program.

These kids possess a range of mental and physical disabilities, and the volunteers seek to establish a friendly environment within which they can socialize and create art.

“The volunteers come in, set up art stations and then wait to be paired up with a child buddy,” Buddy Art President Maggie Skorup ’15 said. “There are 8 to 10 different art stations, ranging from coffee filter projects to clay. The most important part is that the child buddy decides what to do at their own pace. We try to stay away from using the word ‘no,’ unless the situation becomes dangerous,

and instead try to foster a judgment free environment where the children are comfortable being themselves.”

Every Saturday, the children buddies come in, meet the college volunteers and get right down to business. They hop from station to station, creating one project after another.

“It is an awesome opportunity to not only show their creative side, but also gives them the ability to really make some friends,” volunteer Katie Greenberg ’16 said.

One child, Sam, is known to get particularly messy. Instead of painting with his hands, he actually paints his hands. After he is satisfied with the coat and color, he walks around the room shaking people’s hands and cracking up when they humorously realize that their hands are now painted too.

“His face just lights up and it is so fun to see him playing with everyone,”

Skorup said.

Each Saturday session is about an hour long, but the volunteers agree that at some point the children all stop the art projects to blow bubbles or collectively play a game of duck-duck-goose.

“When my buddy was picked as the goose this one time, she let out such a shriek of excitement I smiled and laughed along with her,” volunteer Megan Tatum ’15 said.

Skorup’s child buddy’s name is Katie.

Every time she comes in to Buddy Art, she makes another item for the imaginary restaurant she created.

“It is called ‘Snazzy Burgers,’” Skorup said, “She has made many individual burgers, complete with buns, lettuce tomato and a patty. There are also menus and milkshakes. Each day she comes in, I can’t wait to see what she decides to create.”

Skorup has been paired with Katie for

two years now. In the beginning, Katie was very shy.

“She got overwhelmed by other people, but after a semester of working with her she came out of her shell a bit and even came in one Saturday and gave me a little thank you card that she had made,” Skorup said. “That was one of my favorite Buddy Art moments.”

The children create all sorts of different projects at these sessions and this year their art was put on display at the Prince George Art and Frame Gallery Saturday, Oct. 19. Tatum called the event an hour of fun.

“You could tell the parents loved to see the buddies’ artwork hung up,” Tatum said. “There were just a lot of smiles and laughter.”

The program hasn’t always been this successful. A graduating group of College students founded the Buddy Art Program in the spring of 2008. Buddy

Art had actually been a program run by the Office of Community Engagement.

The organization suffered due to lack of support, leading to inconsistent meetings. That changed when the current on-campus group formed to specifically support the Buddy Art program.

“I could not do it without them. It was the best thing that has happened to this program,” Buddy Art Coordinator Karen Schwartz said. “Everyone has agreed to a consistent time and it just wonderful for the parents to see their children having so much fun.”

As opposed to a more formal school setting, Buddy Art seeks to allow the children to express themselves freely.

“Working one on one with the volunteers means a lot to the buddies,” Skorup said. “The environment makes them feel comfortable and there is no doubt that we are always excited to see each other.”

New club explores out-of-the-box thinking

Student organization promotes unconventional thinking, solutions for business and art

BY IAN KIRKWOOD THE FLAT HAT

Twenty or so students gathered around artschool style high tables in the Mason School of Business design studio stared intently at a tiny black box on its own elevated platform in the center of the room.

The box was hollow — only a metal frame — empty except for a tiny platform and a needle shaped nozzle that hung down from the top. As the box started to make quiet rumbling sounds, students stood up, camera phones in hand, and circled around it. Slowly, at first, the nozzle started moving, heating up some magical material inside it, and it began to form an object out of nothing.

Friday, Nov 1. the College of William and Mary’s brand new Design Thinking Club hosted its first public event. Professor of operations management and information technology James R. Bradley gave a presentation called “3D Printing: Additive Manufacturing Goes Mainstream” to a full room.

The Design Thinking Club, despite being formed in mid-October, arranged this event in two weeks,

allowing Bradley to display his 3D printer.

VP of Marketing and Public Relations for the club Eva Colberg ’16 was pleased with the turnout and remarked about the indication it gave for the future growth of the club.

“I hope that we will become established enough that everyone on campus knows what the term ‘Design Thinking’ means when they hear it,” Colberg said. “I would like for the club to continue to be an educational resource, bringing in speakers and hosting workshops, but by that time I hope we would also have accumulated a resume of ideas that had actually been implemented, be it by us on campus or as part of a broader collaboration such as an IDEO challenge.”

Design Thinking is a school of thought that emphasizes creativity and consumer empathy to solve problems. It has a strict, scientific process that allows people to approach problems from a different perspective. The club was created after some of the club’s founders took a Sustainability Inspired Design course in the business school.

A variety of students, ranging from business majors to art majors and everything in between,

showed up for Bradley’s presentation — but all were interested in Design Thinking.

During the presentation, Bradley argued that traditional manufacturing processes were going to be overcome by newer, more innovative ones.

“Manufacturing processes are historically ‘subtractive.’ [You have to] create a rough form through casting and gorging, and then you reduce it to a … more proper shape,” Bradley said. “3D printing is additive … which makes it less wasteful.”

Two evenings prior, at the club’s third executive meeting since its creation, four of the six board members met in a conference room in Alan B. Miller Hall. President and founder Beverly Wang ’14 described the club as all-inclusive and for students that thought of themselves as “creative types.”

“Design Thinking is a process of problem finding and problem solving,” Wang said. “It requires collaborative work of people from different fields, so we encourage all majors from both undergraduate and graduate programs to join our club.”

As the tiny nozzle in the black box moved back and forth Friday, Bradley explained that

the printing process is done through the use of different materials. Liquid resin lasering, plastic resin extrusion, metal powders and even a paper/ glue combo were all cited as different processes possible. The printer that Bradley brought along used plastic resin, which was melted by a heating unit and layered little by little until it formed a oneinch cube.

In the same way that the 3D printer creates materials by adding to a base layer after layer, the Design Thinking Club has started off with a small foundation and has been slowly adding layers.

Wang felt that the amount of people who showed up to the event was a good sign and commented on the club’s hopeful future.

“We have many passionate and dedicated students working together and we really want to make an impact on campus,” Wang said. “As more collaborative courses focusing on design, sustainability and business are offered at William and Mary, we hope to create more opportunities for students to learn more about solving creative problems in order to better adapt to a fast-changing world.”

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VERITAS forum tackles questions of faith

BY EMILY STONE FLAT HAT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR

Ninety minutes wasn’t enough time for the two VERITAS presenters to fully answer questions on God’s existence despite a world full of suffering. However, that hour and a half was enough time for a deep, thought-provoking discussion between a pediatric oncologist, who deals with insensible suffering daily, and a philosophy professor.

“VERITAS means truth,” organizer and host Molly McMahan ’14 said.

“That means we’re here for an honest discussion. VERITAS aims to create events that are engaging for all those who come to them, from all religious backgrounds.”

Hundreds of students flocked to the event seeking answers. VERITAS originated at Harvard University in 1992 with the intention of addressing important questions of life and faith,

which are oftentimes overlooked in university lecture halls.

This is VERITAS’s second year on campus. Last November, an MIT physicist discussed science and faith. This year’s forum “Wishing For God: Is there really hope in suffering?” took a different track.

“We spent a long time trying to discern what we should do as a topic,” VERITAS organizer Robin Crigler ’14 said. “Last year we did something that was very science oriented, and I think that’s a common thing that people go to when you discuss faith in a modern context. A more fundamental problem, for me especially, is suffering — and more so, insensible suffering, suffering that isn’t traceable to a human cause. It’s something that touches everybody, and something that everybody has to make sense of, whether or not you’re a religious person.”

As students entered the Tidewater rooms, text-to-respond polls were

projected on a screen. Questions such as “What gives you hope in the face of suffering?” and “How does God relate to suffering?” provoked discussion between audience members.

Dr. Ray Barfield opened the discussion with his personal story. Barfield is a professor of pediatrics and Christian philosophy at Duke University. In addition to his teaching, he works closely with children with cancer and their families.

“There’s no way to have this conversation in a genuine sense completely abstracted from our personal stories,” Barfield said.

Thus, he talked about “Ali,” one of his patients who had been battling neuroblastoma for most of her life. It was Barfield’s job to make a final attempt to perform a life-saving transplant for Ali. Although the transplant was successful, he watched as it ate away at her body,

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Pediatric oncologist Dr. Ray Barfield and associate professor of philosophy at the College Neal Tognazzini discussed suffering, faith and religion.

eventually leading to her death.

“She’s the kid who brought the reality of pain and death into my life,” Barfield said.

Neal Tognazzini, an associate professor of philosophy at the College of William and Mary, sat down with Barfield for further discussion.

“Jesus could say ‘God’s plan’ to explain suffering, but most kids can’t say that.

How do you think those cliches come into your work?” Tognazzini said.

Barfield reflected on the true meaning of prayer.

“At least in the Christian tradition, we’re told to pray. But as these parents are praying, their children are still dying,” Barfield said. “We need to think more deeply about what prayer is and what we’re hoping for and asking for. Our general

relationship to each other drops — which I think is a gift from God — drops away. In 1960, we could treat 5 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and now we can treat 90 percent. It’s not because God became more interested in curing kids. It’s because we used our minds and our gifts.”

The two pondered the dated view that pain brings the sufferer closer to God. Tognazzini asked Barfield why people like Ali are subjected to long and arduous paths to death, while some people are able to slip away without pain.

“The idea that the suffering Ali went through linked her to gains in her spiritual life — it’s a dangerous path to go down,” Barfield said. “The idea that God inflicts suffering in order to achieve that kind of good is going to be an extremely partial accounting if it accounts for anything at all. This is me struggling in front of you, not me delivering answers.”

One of Barfield’s most surprising answers was in response to Tognazzini asking if it is rational not to believe in God. “There was a long period in my life where I was an atheist, not driven by philosophical questions, but by my experience of suffering,” Barfield said.

“When you’re a theist, you lose a sense of comfort when you see suffering in the animal kingdom. When you’re an atheist, you have a problem with the problem of good. How can a random collection of molecules be deserving of love, or experience joy?”

Anna Rich, a national representative of VERITAS, responded positively to the discussion.

“When we talk about suffering and hope, at least for me, I went to my personal space in that question,” Rich said. “It’s not just the philosophical things, which is why I love the way Ray and Neal approached it. It gets personal, and I can think of my hurts and the way I’ve hurt other people. It isn’t just the question of the Odyssey that stays in the ivory towers. It’s my life, and it’s your life, and it’s people that we know and love that are hurting.”

Remedial dating: The TWAMP edition Counseling Center-sponsored dating workshops encourage healthy romantic relationships

BY SANG HYUN PARK THE FLAT HAT

Dating is not exactly at the top of a TWAMP’s priority list. Instead, TWAMPs have built substantial reputations as bookworms glued to their seats in the library, religiously devoting time to their studies.

With so much of their time spent on academics, the hard workers of the College of William and Mary may need to think twice about the opportunity costs. Dr. Starlain Saldana, a staff psychologist at the Counseling Center, believes that a key part missing in their lives is a significant other.

“Dating [and] relationships [are] something everyone wants to experience, and it’s such a vital piece in our lives,” Saldana said.

It is for this reason that Saldana, on behalf of the Counseling Center, has hosted several dating workshops for all students at the College to attend. These workshops, which take place in the York Room of the Sadler Center, have focused on topics such as communication, conflict and the

relationship life cycle.

“At this developmental age in society, where do we learn about dating [and] relationships? My hope is to offer advice on improving relationships,” said Saldana. “Relationships are a big part of our lives, and even if you are not in a relationship, it is still applicable as you may one day be in one.”

Saldana talked about the ups and downs that mark a relationship life cycle, the characteristics that define a healthy relationship, and the role social media can play during Tuesday’s workshop.

Those who attended the workshop were free to share their thoughts and experiences throughout the course of the session.

Elisa Davey ’14 noted how she had been drawn to the workshops mainly out of curiosity.

“I didn’t expect to be told ‘this is what you have to do,’ but I just thought that it would be interesting to know more about dating,” Davey said.

The workshops have been acclaimed for giving advice that tends to be different from the usual dating tips people hear. During the talk on social media, many voiced their interest regarding

Saldana’s point about the impact that social networking sites such as Facebook can have on relationships.

“It can have a negative impact on relationships,” Saldana said. “It makes more people involved in the relationship and makes it more complicated.”

Dating may not particularly strike TWAMPs as being intellectually challenging, or even necessary in their lives. Indeed, the social perception of relationships in the College community certainly does not help. They are commonly regarded as a separate entity from those who engage in romantic relationships.

“I often hear that there are five types of people in William and Mary: super-geek, super-Greek, super-God, campus couples and people still in relationships from high school,” Dale Golden ’15 said.

However, the in-depth discussions about dating and relationships that have taken place in the workshops have provided new ways of discussing dating within the College community.

For the more studious members of the College, a

greater supply of non-pressured workshops like these may encourage students to engage in more discussions about dating relationships, albeit at a more academic angle.

“We should have a forum or some sort of academic debate about what dating is, perhaps in the psychological, biological and evolutionary perspectives,” Golden said. “William and Mary people would be more interested if it is more based in academia, because many are afraid to admit they want to know more about dating for its own sake.”

The typically hard-working students of the College may benefit from thinking more seriously about the relationships that they are missing in their lives. At the end of the day, the biggest take-home message that Saldana would offer to TWAMPs at the College is that when it comes to creating romantic relationships, the answers, for once, will not be found in books.

“Relationships are not about academics,” he said. “The struggle is that there is so much ambiguity and unknown that we can’t capture.”

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MEN’S SOCCER

Albiston sends College to semifinals

Tribe defeats Hofstra in quarterfinals

BY JACK POWERS FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR A capacity crowd screamed and stomped on the steel bleachers while William and Mary defeated Hofstra 1-0 (8-7-3, 2-3-2 CAA) in the quarterfinals of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament, extending its whirlwind season by at least one more match.

Saturday’s victory reserves the Tribe (10-4-2, 4-2-1 CAA) a date in Thursday’s semifinal match with North Carolina-Wilmington, a team it tied 2-2 on the road last week. The semifinal round is the farthest the program has reached since winning the tournament in 2010, senior captains Roshan Patel and Will Smith’s first year.

Patel and Smith, both defenders, made it clear they want their collegiate careers to come full circle. Tireless patrolling along the back line, led

by Patel and Smith, and gutsy saves by freshman goalkeeper Mac Phillips helped the College earn its second straight shutout and ninth on the season. All the Tribe needed was one goal for the win.

Junior midfielder Chris Albiston provided just that in the 37th minute. Freshman forward Reilly Maw, who received a long pass from senior Ben Coffey, found Albiston in the goal box unchallenged. With just the goalkeeper to beat, Albiston buried the ball in the lower left corner of the net.

“The goal kind of came out of nothing,” Albiston

said. “It was really Reilly’s goal; he worked his butt off to get the ball up. It was a right place, right time sort of thing, and I just slid it past the keeper.”

In the season finale against James Madison, the Tribe scored one goal and then was able to coast off of its stifling defense to earn the result it wanted. Saturday’s outcome followed the same pattern. With Hofstra fighting for its season, however, the Pride would not go down easily.

Phillips recorded three of his six saves in the second half as the Pride pressed hard into the College’s side of the field. Hofstra launched 10 shots in the second period, many of which came dangerously close to being the equalizer. On one particularly close shot, Phillips had to dive to snatch a header that was goal-bound. Once safely corralled, the relief of the fans in attendance was palpable.

Although they attempted eight shots in the second half, the Tribe’s offensive players failed to manufacture many scoring chances. Hofstra’s two goalkeepers, Roberto Pellegrini and Patric Pray, made just one save in the second half, as most of the Tribe’s shots sailed well over the crossbars.

Due to Hofstra’s aggressive formation following the first-half goal, the College found itself with plenty of room for the counter-attack. But each one was squandered with a misdirected shot.

“We probably deserved more than a goal, but a lot that came down to our finishing just not being clinical enough,” head coach Chris Norris said.

“The second half was just kind of crazy.”

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Senior midfielder Ben Anderson recorded one shot Saturday against Drexel. Anderson has registered 10 shots this season.

As the scoreboard ticked down closer and closer to the 90 minute-mark, tensions between the two teams flared. There were 10 fouls in the game, but none as contentious as those in the final minutes. Hofstra’s players seemed to goad the College’s players into making mistakes. The Tribe, however, held strong and didn’t betray its composure until the end.

The Tribe applauded its fans following the final

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Season ends in painful defeat Northeastern prevails over Tribe in penalty kicks to reach final

BY MICK SLOAN FLAT HAT ASSOC SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary’s season came to a bitter end Friday afternoon with the twoseeded Tribe losing in penalty kicks to three-seeded Northeastern. The loss was the second consecutive semifinal exit for the Tribe (8-3-7, 5-2-2 CAA), which rallied from a 2-1 deficit but could not find a gamewinning goal in Harrisonburg, Va. “It’s painful, ask anyone who’s played the game; the one way you don’t want to lose is on penalty kicks,” head coach John Daly said.

The match began quite well for the Tribe.

Two minutes into the contest, senior forward Dani Rutter controlled a deflection on the right side of the box and crushed a shot into the net to give the Tribe an immediate 1-0 advantage.

The Tribe held the lead for the rest of the first half, with the defense smothering the Huskies across the board. By halftime, the Huskies had mustered just one shot attempt, with the College’s defense in excellent form. However, the Tribe struggled to find an offensive groove early in the match, managing only four shots of its own after Rutter’s early score.

The Tribe nearly extended its lead in the 52nd minute, but Huskies goalkeeper Paige Burnett cleanly saved a header from sophomore forward Katie Johnston. The game turned just minutes later, when Northeastern forward Haley Sinclair gathered a through ball and fired a goal from directly in front of the net. The goal tied the game 1-1 and gave the Huskies new life in the 55th minute.

Just one minute later, the Huskies struck again. Hanna Terry, who had just assisted Sinclair’s equalizer, received a pass on a breakaway. Terry sliced her uncontested shot past sophomore goalkeeper Caroline Casey into the right corner of the net, giving the Huskies a sudden 2-1 lead.

The scoring frenzy continued just moments later in the 58th minute. The goal came courtesy of Tribe junior forward Anna Madden, who corralled a loose ball in front of the net and struck it into the upper left corner of the goal. The goal pulled the Tribe into a 2-2 tie with the Huskies and set the stage for an intense conclusion.

The Tribe had multiple scoring chances in the second half, but the Huskies’ defense stood firm. Three different Tribe corner kicks into the box were deflected away by Northeastern defenders, and Burnett came up with four saves in the second half. The Tribe defense, despite its brief struggle, regrouped to allow just one shot in the final 30 minutes of regulation, forcing overtime.

The two overtime periods featured a pair of shots for each squad, but neither side was able to break through with a game-winning goal. It was deja vu for the Tribe, which was forced into penalty kicks for the second straight year in the semifinals.

“We really had enough of the ball and enough good situations to have won it,” Daly said. “We just weren’t able to get that good finish, that one opportunity to win it.

Once it got to penalty kicks, it just [became] a lottery.”

Just as in 2012, the lottery came up empty for the Tribe in the shootout. The Tribe struggled immediately, as Rutter, senior defender Ali Heck and junior defender Emily

Fredrikson all missed their attempts.

In contrast Northeastern’s Mackenzie Dowd and Morgan Hilby scored to put the Huskies up 2-0. Although Madden got the Tribe on the board with her shot, the Huskies’ Bianca Calderone scored a third goal for Northeastern which finished the Tribe off. The final score of the shootout was 3-1, Huskies.

The match was a bitter end to a promising and successful Tribe season.

The College started out 8-1-4 overall and 5-0-0 in the CAA, but it ended up going 0-2-2 in its final four matches.

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Senior forward Dani Rutter provided one goal.

whistle. The fans, in turn, gave the Tribe a rousing ovation to send the team out of Martin Family Stadium with full support going into the final stages of the tournament.

“We feel pretty confident going in the postseason now,” Albiston said.

The College will face UNC-W in the semifinals of the CAA tournament in Philadelphia, Pa. Thursday. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY

Upset bid thwarted Season ends with loss in CAA semifinals

BY SAMANTHA COHEN THE FLAT HAT William and Mary’s season came to a close Friday with the Tribe losing in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament semifinal.

No. 17 Delaware defeated the Tribe (8-11, 3-3 CAA) 2-4 to end its up-and-down season.

Delaware went on to defeat Northeastern in the finals, snagging the title of 2013 CAA Champions.

While the Tribe outshot Delaware during the first period 9-8, the Blue Hens scored three goals in the first half. The Tribe appeared in control of the field for the first few minutes of the game with two consecutive penalty corners from sophomore forward Pippin Saunders.

H o w e v e r, Delaware forward K a s e y Prettyman was able to score off a penalty Saunders corner on the opposite end at 12 minutes 54 seconds. Prettyman’s goal energized her team and, five minutes after, fellow Delaware forward Michaela Patzner shot a goal past sophomore goalkeeper Cate Johnson.

Delaware goalkeeper Sarah

Scher kept her net untouched with seven saves in the first period until junior forward Lindsey Buckheit was able to make an unassisted goal off a rebound 32 minutes in. In response, Blue Hens forward Meghan Winesette managed to score once more before halftime Delaware spared no time in compounding its lead in the second period. Less than two minutes into the second half, Blue Hens forward Esmee Peet scored on a shot 10 yards straight up the field. The Blue Hens outshot the Tribe 15-3 in the second half and 23-12 total. Johnson defended fiercely with nine saves in the second and a total of 12 saves throughout the game.

By the time sophomore midfielder Esty Byrd scored a shot from 15 yards away 67 minutes into the game, the prospect of a Tribe win was all but out of the question.

Delaware immediately brought the ball back to the Tribe’s zone, and the game ended with an unsuccessful shot on a penalty corner.

So ended the Tribe’s challenging season in which it played unevenly throughout.

However, head coach Tess Ellis was awarded the CAA Cocoach of the Year for her team’s improvement in her first year as head coach, replacing long-time coach Peel Hawthorne.

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up the ball off the ground and dashed unopposed for 51 yards to tie the game.

“I saw that Jared [Velasquez] hit him and the ball looked a little wobbly,” Couplin told Tribe Athletics. “When it popped out, I started running with it, didn’t hear a whistle, so I kept running.”

While the defense garnered most of the headlines, it was a banner day on both sides of the ball. John Carpenter gave the Tribe a 10-7 advantage with a 47yard field goal, the longest of his career, in the waning seconds of

the first quarter. Junior wideout Tre McBride earned his fifth touchdown of the season on an incredibly resourceful catch to put the Tribe up 10 points heading into halftime.

Senior quarterback Brent Caprio lofted the ball into the endzone slightly behind McBride, who had a Blue Hens defender draped over him.

McBride kicked the ball off his right foot to keep it in the air and bide him time before swerving behind the defender to grab the ball and complete an improbable reception.

In his second start of the

season, Caprio had another solid performance, contributing two touchdowns and an interception.

Sophomore running back Mikal Abdul-Saboor, who was limited in last week’s game against New Hampshire due to an injury, returned to his starting role and was instrumental in the College’s offensive output. Abdul-Saboor finished with 147 yards rushing with an average of 4.4 yards per carry.

Sophomore linebacker Luke Rhodes, last week’s Colonial Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Week, made sure the Tribe didn’t falter coming out

of halftime. Rhodes intercepted Delaware quarterback Trevor Sasek, last w e e k ’ s Colonial Athletic Association Offensive Player of the Week, at the Rhodes Delaware 43 and ran to the 30, giving the College’s offense its best field position all night.

“We know our defense has our back, and we try to do the same, have their back when we go out there,” Abdul-Saboor said.

Caprio and company didn’t squander Rhodes’ gift. On the first play of the possession, Caprio hit junior wideout Sean Ballard for a 30-yard touchdown completion to put the College up 24-7.

A week earlier, Delaware had scored two touchdowns in the final minute of play for an improbable comeback win over Towson, making the Tribe’s 17-point advantage seem not so large. After Delaware notched a field goal at the end of the third quarter, the first points the College had allowed since the first quarter against James Madison two weeks ago,

sophomore cornerback DeAndre Houston-Carson handed Sasek his second interception of the game, snuffing out a promising drive. The interception was the Tribe’s third forced turnover of the game and its fifth over the past eight quarters.

Opponents are averaging 12.2 points per game this season against the College, best in the FCS. Couplin garnered the CAA Defensive Player of the Week award for his six tackles and his fumble return for a touchdown.

The Tribe returns to Zable Stadium to face No. 10 Towson Saturday.

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On Swanson’s first year at the College:

Swanson: “I think the challenge is the unknown, and that’s one of the things I really think any coach has when they take over a program at any level. And to the players’ credit on this team, they’ve been a welcoming group to what we’re tying to do. I think we have a terrific foundation here.”

On graduating five seniors:

Swanson: “It’s okay that we’re starting off kind of fresh so we can mold the players into how we want them to play.

Now, we lost 68 percent of our scoring and 51 percent of our rebounding, and that’s a lot. But there are a lot of candidates to make up for that. This team has an opportunity to be a good team, maybe not as successful as some individuals in the past, but a good team. And that’s what we’re trying to focus on right now.”

On a new style of play:

Swanson: “Organized chaos is probably a good term. We’re going to try to use the full 94 feet, and we’re not going to give up easy baskets. We’re going to switch defenses up a good deal throughout the course of the game. For an opposing team, that’s challenging because they need to figure out what we’re doing. We’re going to try to cause a chaotic brand of basketball for the other team. Meanwhile, we’re going to be as organized as we possibly can.”

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College basketball returns to Kaplan Arena today. The Flat Hat Sports desk sat down with head coaches Ed Swanson, Tony Shaver, junior guard Marcus Thornton and senior forward Kyle Gaillard to preview the 2013-14 season. Find the full interviews online at Flathatnews.com.

On the offense:

Swanson: “A big part of our offense will be our defense.

I’m hoping that we can rebound, get the ball into [junior guard Anna Kestler’s] hands as fast as possible and get up the floor to [junior forward Jazmen Boone and junior guard Kyla Kerstetter] who can attack the rim. In the half-court set, the post players have to get touches. If you don’t score the ball inside and your shot’s off a little bit, you’re going to have those long lulls in your offense where you can’t put points up.”

On Swanson’s expectations:

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Swanson: “My expectation is the same every year: to be playing our best basketball that first week in March ... I just look at how we’re playing on a weekly individual game basis. I want us to stay the course, continue to get better and get ready to explode that first week in March when it really counts.”

On the offseason trip:

Thornton: “I always talk about how close knit of a group we are, but stuff like that — you can never be too close. It brought us together a lot.

It was great for our freshman to have that, the preseason practices, and basically get a jump start this year in college basketball. We had a fun time, on and off the court, and won some games out there.”

Shaver: “It was a great trip. We had a great trip — the basketball was good. One of the neat parts of the trip was the ten days of practice beforehand. We got to work the four freshman in a bit, and played four games over there and had some success in those games too. And we had some fun too — took the team snorkeling.”

Gaillard: “It was just a great experience. I’ve never done anything like that, and I think it was the first time for Coach Shaver. It was great.

We got 10 days of practice beforehand, so that was really good to get some extra work in as a team. The trip itself was amazing. On and off the court, it was a great experience.”

On the loss of Matt Rum ’13:

Thornton: “[Rum] was a great leader, very vocal, great defensive mind. He didn’t shoot the ball that well last year, but was already our rock for us defensively. We’ll definitely miss that, but we have some guys who can step up.”

Shaver: “[Rum] was one of those glue guys. He’s one of those good leaders who did everything well for us ... it’s a loss certainly. I don’t necessarily look for a replacement for [Rum] as much as a guy to bring his own quality traits to the team, to the starting lineup. After one game, Terry Tarpey has been that guy. [Tarpey] can be a good defender, a very good rebounder, good feel for the game — maybe not quite the shooter [Rum] was from the perimeter. We think a lot of Terry, and think he’s going to have a very good future for us.”

On home-court advantage: Shaver: “We’re real excited, and we’ve been excited about this season for a long time. It makes a whole lot of a difference. To get the decisive home court advantage is really a neat thing in college basketball. We’d love to see everyone come out and support us.”

Gaillard: “It means a lot. Our fans are great — when we get that place filled up, it’s a great atmosphere and environment for us to play. It really motivates us to play hard. We love it.”

On the defense: Shaver: “Making teams uncomfortable to play against us. We just want to be more aggressive on the defensive end, take more pride on the defensive end, because ultimately that’s what’s going to win us ball games.”

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THORNTON LEADS WITH 21 POINTS AS TRIBE FAILS TO KEEP PACE FRIDAY

LONGWOOD’S LATE-GAME RUN PUSHES LANCERS PAST COLLEGE, 59-52

William and Mary had three players in double figures, but not its three leading scorers from last season. Despite this solid bench production, the College’s (0-1) starters couldn’t keep pace with Hampton (1-0) Friday night, dropping the season opener 77-69.

Junior guard Marcus Thornton led with a

William and Mary dropped its season opener 59-52 last night, as Longwood (1-0) used a late run to secure the win. The Tribe (0-1) led 50-49 with four minutes left, but was outscored 10-2 down the stretch.

Senior forward Kaitlyn Mathieu led the Tribe with 18 points and eight rebounds, but the College shot 29 percent from the

game-high 21 points alongside a career-high six assists. Freshman guard Omar Prewitt shined in his college debut, recording 15 points and seven boards in 30 minutes of action.

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— Flat Hat Sports Editor Chris Weber

field, hampering any offensive rhythm.

The Tribe will take the court against East Carolina on Friday night at 7 p.m.

— Flat Hat Assoc. Sports Editor Mick Sloan

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FOOTBALL

No. 16 Tribe tops Delaware

Couplin, defense hold Blue Hens to negative rushing yards

BY JACK POWERS FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR Power is the ability to coerce another individual to do something they don’t want to do. If the University of Delaware’s negative 35 yards rushing was any indication, the William and Mary defense is at the peak of its power.

“I think anytime you hold Delaware, or any team in this league, to negative yards rushing that’s pretty significant,” head coach Jimmye Laycock told Tribe Athletics.

The Tribe’s (7-3, 4-3 CAA) defense outscored the Blue Hens’ (7-3, 4-2 CAA) offense 7-3 Saturday, leading the College to a 24-10 upset win at Delaware Stadium, where the Blue Hens hadn’t lost all season.

The Tribe’s victory marked its third straight win over a ranked team and set up a legitimate chance to qualify for the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs — a possibility that seemed an impossible dream following a 34-20 drubbing

to Maine three weeks ago.

“Our players should be congratulated; our coaches should be congratulated for preparing them well,” Laycock told Tribe Athletics. “It was a big win. We’re pleased.”

The contest got off to an incongruous start as Delaware speedster return man Travis Hawkins cut through the Tribe special teams on the way to a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

Delaware Stadium erupted during the run, but steadily became quieter and quieter as the game unfolded.

Sophomore safety Jared Velasquez got the Tribe rolling Velasquez moments after the kickoff return. Velasquez forced the ball out of the hands of a Delaware receiver with a punishing hit, and senior safety Jerome Couplin capitalized. Couplin scooped up the ball See FOOTBALL page 7