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According to Duane Ludwig, the VA NORML Communications Director, there are many reasons that cannabis laws should be

As Thanksgiving Break approaches, so does the deadline to propose a Living Learning Community.

Approximately 10 percent of student housing is set aside for Living Learning Communities, which fall under the category of Special Interest Housing. This category also encompasses housing for sororities and fraternities, which are allotted an additional 15 percent of the total on-campus housing. In addition to other special interest housing, there are currently 12 Living Learning Communities on campus, including Sharpe Community Scholars, Monroe Scholars and substance free housing.

Each Living Learning Community must be connected to a specific academic department and have a faculty member as its designated advisor. Due the Friday before Thanksgiving Break every year, LLC proposals must include the written approval of faculty members who will be involved with administrative and advisory duties, in addition to a list of students committed to living in the space.

“A proposal will come in … the [Special Interest Housing] Committee will review it and then the committee makes a recommendation to Vice President Ambler to accept or not accept,” Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of Residence Life Deb Boykin said. “[Ambler] makes the final decision. Typically she goes with whatever the committee recommends.”

Prospective Living Learning Communities must submit evidence of financial support, evidence of support from an academic department, a mission statement, and a list of its goals. They must also include a plan for achieving those goals, a description of how special interest housing factors into those goals, a plan to measure the group’s progress, a description of the kind of space the group wishes to occupy, and a statement of how the group will impact the surrounding community.

Living Learning Communities must include an academic component, and they must be coed. Boykin said that a women’s music group once requested special interest housing. “[The request] was denied because it was all women,” Boykin said. “It also didn’t have a strong enough connection

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The two-day conference at the Fort Magruder Conference Centre and Hotel was held to promote reform regarding marijuana laws in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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In light of election season, the Virginia chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws hosted a conference this weekend in Williamsburg.

The two-day conference, held at the Fort

Magruder Conference Center and Hotel, aimed to educate and connect individuals who feel that laws regarding cannabis should be changed.

Cannabis laws in the Commonwealth of Virginia include bans on possession, selling, growing and paraphernalia. The primary aims of the organization are to make the state’s

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Although students at the College of William and Mary probably know Vice President of Administration Anna B. Martin only by her campuswide emails, she characterizes her time at the College by the human connections she has made over the last 14 years.

Martin will retire early in the spring of 2015. After she received her master’s degree from Virginia Tech, she searched for a small liberal arts college with a supportive environment and found her match in the College in 2001.

“The kind of community that William and Mary has is very rare,” Martin said. “I don’t think the loyalty of the faculty, staff, students and alumni is found in as many places as it is here. It’s really quite strong and quite different.”

Of the nearly 580,000 applicants to the national service organization AmeriCorps, only 80,000 hopefuls will be accepted and go on to serve the nation.

For those who are unsuccessful, students can find other alternatives through the AskNot Program. The College of William and Mary is the host of the program’s inaugural chapter.

AskNot is an infant organization dedicated to creating opportunities for students looking to give back to their community and country. Brianna Buch ’15, founder and co-president of AskNot, said the organization fills a previously vacant but necessary role in the area of national service.

“There are a lot of students who want to serve, but there are not necessarily positions where they are applying,” Buch said. “So we are highlighting opportunities that aren’t necessarily

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those main ones students would know, as well as working with the campus and the community to create more of those positions.”

Given that service groups like Teach for America have acceptance rates that rival those of the Ivy League, Buch said AskNot’s main goal is to remove obstacles for students hoping to serve, while also providing them with alternative opportunities.

“Something that we are working toward for the future is clearing up that pathway of how to get involved,” Buch said. “A lot of students have that desire, but not as many know how to make it happen, so the purpose of this organization is to show [service] opportunities and highlight them.”

AskNot is hosting a series of discussions advocating student involvement in national service.

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Martin said she is ready to move on to different experiences, but is proud of her work at the College.

“I believe there’s an arc to every job, and I believe that I’ve accomplished what I was meant to accomplish here,” Martin said. “It’s a good time to go.”

Martin worked in the areas of emergency management, human resources, and campus construction at the College. She also led the implementation of a new Human Resources System to better support the employees.

Martin said that 80 percent of the budget goes to the people, because they’re the College’s greatest resource.

Martin also oversaw the expansive addition and renovation of buildings all over campus, including Alan B. Miller Hall and the expansion of the Campus Recreation

Center. Senior Planner Martha Sheets has worked with Martin since she came to the College, and said these construction projects, which cost more than $600 million in total, transformed the College.

“It’s an expansion of campus square footage by more

than 30% — a phenomenal accomplishment!” Sheets said in an email. “The College had not seen such growth and progression since the creation of the ‘New Campus’ in the 1960s. It’s remade William See MARTIN page 3

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“College kids are the most exploratory, experimental age … but still old enough to be charged as an adult and get this on their record. It’s unfortunate when someone’s educational career gets side-tracked by something like that.

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Oxford study abroad blogger Will Emmons discusses the difference between the academic calendars at Oxford and at the College of William and Mary. Also, did we mention he attended a Narnia-themed ball where they drank vodka out of an ice sculpture in the shape of Aslan’s head? To read this and all other Stories from Abroad, visit flathatnews.com.

“A massive ice sculpture of a lion’s head stood on the table in the main ballroom. Its mouth was open in a fierce roar and its fangs dripped throughout the night as the ice slowly melted. A hole ran through the lion’s head and, eventually, the catering service poured vodka shots down it for people to drink through its open mouth.

This was the annual charity ball, and the theme was Narnia. The sculpture was meant to be Aslan. Oxford’s entire Town Hall was covered in decorations evoking the magical world of C.S. Lewis — lampposts, snow, ivy, knights and even fawns. There was a main dance room with bars and a live band, a movie room where the Narnia films played, a dessert room with a photo booth, and even a poker room. The whole thing was pure fantasy, an escape from the work we do during the day. Oxford is a bubble, nothing like the real world — but this was even more removed from reality. None of the ball’s grandeur was necessary, but we can’t say we didn’t love it.

We had never seen anything like it. After a few hours, of course, we had to leave. We had work to do the next day.”

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Students at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law will answer voters’ questions through W&M VOTEline, which will run today. VOTEline is a non-partisan service run by the William and Mary Election Law Society and serves to help local voters who have questions about the voting process.

The hotline’s phones will be answered from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The annual W&M VOTEline was started in November 2007. Students are available to answer questions on any part of the voting process, including acceptable forms of photo ID, which have changed under the Commonwealth’s new Voter ID law.

Dalton Bennett ’09 received the BaxterWard Fellowship during Homecoming at the College. The fellowship is awarded to alumni of the College’s government department and is funded by donations from alumni and friends of the department. Bennett is a video journalist for the Associated Press. He has covered various topics of international interest, including the Gaza War, the conflict in Ukraine and the Scottish Referendum vote. Bennett shared his perspective as a former College student with students and faculty. The Associated Press bestowed Bennett with the Oliver S. Gramling Award for Journalism this fall.

Dining Services kicked off its participation in Sodexo USA’s Global Chef Program Oct. 20 and 21 when Chef Sergey Malyshev visited the College to share his knowledge of Russian cuisine. Malyshev, who was born in a town near St. Petersburg, joined Sodexo in 2006. The Global Chef Program offers a month-long residency to a Sodexo chef, allowing the chefs to travel the world to share international flavors and foods. While at the College, Malyshev offered a tasting of braised beef with sauerkraut and cranberry juice at Marketplace. He also prepared dinners at the Commons and Sadler Dining Halls. The menu included baked eggplant, chicken chakhokhbili and Leningrad rassolnik.

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Out of the several thousand undergraduate students at the College of William and Mary, an even smaller number within the population is designated as Monroe scholars.

Members of the James Monroe Scholar Program represent the distinguished top students of the College, less than 10 percent of all undergraduate students.

“Every student who applies to William and Mary is automatically considered to be a Monroe scholar,” Director of the Charles Center and Dean of Honors and Interdisciplinary Studies Joel Schwartz said. “It certainly includes standardized testing, grades, how demanding of a high school curriculum they took, any signs of academic interest beyond just classwork.”

The most common way to become a Monroe scholar is to be admitted into the program during the freshman application process, but some students become Monroe scholars after entering the College.

“The way we invite students to apply as rising sophomores is almost completely based on grades, the students with the highest GPAs,” Schwartz said. “It’s much more targeted on the things the Monroe program actually does than the entering freshmen.”

After spring grades are finalized, a select number of rising sophomores are invited to apply to the program. Whereas rising freshman do not need to fill out an application, rising sophomores must send in a personal statement, details about their involvement on campus, letters of recommendation, and a proposal for a summer research project.

A committee of faculty members reviews these applications.

“For the first many years of the program, the only way to be a Monroe scholar was as an entering freshman,” Schwartz said. “I was always aware of the fact that this designation is not a science and that … having a second chance is a good idea.”

Since the application is so detailed, it is due around mid-November. This gives the applicants time to connect with professors about possible summer research projects.

“Exploring ideas and figuring out what I wanted to do with my project was very exciting,” Katie McGhee ’16, who became a Monroe scholar during her sophomore year, said.

McGhee based her research on a subject she was already interested in: special education. She interviewed local elementary schools to figure out what does and does not work when teaching students with high-functioning autism in general education classrooms.

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Members of the James Monroe Scholar Program include less than 10 percent of all undergraduate students. Some choose to live in Monroe Hall.

“Doing the project has been really eye-opening and it’s caused me to change the course of classes that I want to take,” McGhee said. “I wouldn’t have traded that time for the world, it’s probably been one of the most rewarding experiences of college so far.”

Freshman Monroe scholars receive grants for two summer research projects: one for the summer after their freshman year, and another for a summer after sophomore or junior year.

Since rising sophomore applicants get only one summer grant, a proposal is part of their application to make sure

they are prepared to complete it in advance.

“I don’t feel disadvantaged [coming in late to the program],” McGhee said.

“The only thing I can think of would probably be not having the environment of going into it together and having that support system living in a freshman dorm together.”

About 120 students become Monroe Scholars during the freshman application process with 30 more admitted after freshman year, leaving each graduating class with 150 Monroe Scholars.

Other than the summer research projects, the program includes supplementary advising to help the students apply to post-graduate and other programs as well as help connect them with professors who can possibly assist with their research. There is also a Monroe Scholars lunch seminar series to introduce events and projects happening around campus.

The program started in 1982 with the Presidential Scholars program and was changed to the Monroe Scholars program in 1992. Invitations to eligible sophomores began eight years ago.

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involvement in national service.

According to co-president Yohance Whitaker ’16, the purpose of these lectures is to give students a new perspective on service.

“One of the things we are about is connecting with people who may not traditionally consider doing a service year, so we are looking for people who are very focused on their career, and showing that there is another option,” Whitaker said. “We are trying to show them that national service isn’t them taking time off from pursuing their dreams — it’s something that will enhance them.”

The discussions will begin at 5 p.m. every Wednesday leading up to Thanksgiving break. Speakers at these events range from recruiters from prominent service organizations like the Peace Corps, to alumni Skyping in from current service locations to share their experiences.

The organization’s plans for the future involve reaching beyond the College’s borders to encourage students across the country to become dedicated to giving back. Daniel Reichwein ‘15, a consultant from the Office of Community Engagement, said he would like to

see AskNot attend several citizenship conferences in the coming months.

“There is a service entrepreneurship conference coming up that we would like to be involved in, and there is also another conference run by the OCE called the Active Citizens [Conference] and we would like to play a big role in that as well,” Reichwein said.

According to Whitaker, AskNot will represent the student voice in the national service landscape. “[We] advocate for youth in the national conversation about national service, because it is a large discussion and it wouldn’t be right if there were no student voices in the discussion,” Whitaker said. “It wouldn’t be as genuine or as authentic without young people involved.”

Buch said she hopes that as AskNot grows, it will open minds to the possibility of national service as a fulfilling experience.

“On the whole I just believe a lot in this, especially for people who start off coming to college and saying, ‘I just want to make a pile of money and go to investment banking,’” Buch said. “My dream would be that those people would take a second thought before going down that route, because I really do think that it changes your whole life.”

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Hannah Boes ’14 spoke to students at a recent AskNot talk. AskNot launched earlier this year.

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Mary. This is not the same university that it was 15 years ago — it’s incredibly better.”

One of the most challenging aspects of Martin’s job was dealing with emergency and threat management, which extends from inclement weather to cyber security. Emergency Management Coordinator Kenton Towner said that Martin’s efforts to address emergencies and threats facing the College have made the campus a safer place.

“Through her efforts and leadership, William and Mary adopted formal all hazard emergency planning processes, began using national standards for emergency organization and communication, and implemented a training and exercise program that better prepares the university’s administration to manage emergencies,” Towner said in an email. “She also brought technology supporting student safety to campus by introducing two mobile apps, Guardian and In Case of Crisis. … Ultimately, the campus is a safer place to live, study and work because of Anna Martin’s dedication to public safety.”

Students at the College are likely most familiar with Martin’s snow day emails, which she acknowledges are the medium through which she connected with the student body the most. Martin said she understands the student reaction to her emails may not always be favorable, but that ultimately,

safety comes first.

“I understand that I have my own Twitter account that I didn’t create, so it seems to be what I’m most known for by the student body,” Martin said. “You get backlash if you cancel classes and you get backlash if you don’t. So you always [have] to think about what’s the best thing to do in the moment and you use the best information you have to make those decisions. You’re never going to make everybody happy, but we hope we do the right thing and make the right call.”

Until recently, Martin’s message at the end of her emails was a quote from Tom Brokaw’s commencement speech at the College on May 17, 2009: “It will do us little good… to wire the world, if we short-circuit our souls.”

Her choice to end even her sometimes disappointing snow day emails with this quote demonstrates Martin’s belief in the importance of human connection, especially with the prominence of technology in our lives. Martin said her experience at the College has been rewarding because of these connections.

“It’s a combination of the people and the accomplishments — the things we’ve built together, and I mean built in the broadest sense,” Martin said.

When asked what her middle initial stood for, she kept silent.

“I’m not going to tell you. ... It’s still a mystery,” Martin said.

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promptly reformed. “[From a medical standpoint], it is very effective for a huge range of conditions,” he said.

Ludwig also explained how VA NORML works closely with organizations like the NAACP. “Over 20,000 [individuals] a year in Virginia are charged with possession… and it’s even more troubling when you look at the rates of who gets charged,” Ludwig said. “It’s disproportionately minorities who end up being convicted … and everyone uses it at almost the same rate. A lot of people involved in the cause feel that that’s a main issue.”

Ludwig also said these changes could be relevant to students at the College.

“College kids are the most exploratory, experimental age … but

still old enough to be charged as an adult and get this on their record,” he said. “It’s unfortunate when someone’s educational career gets side-tracked by something like that.”

Jeremy Grandstaff, interim president and conference facilitator, said he strives to include students in the advocacy and education goals highlighted at the conference.

He also emphasized that students can be proactive about getting involved in pushing for reform.

“It’s going [to] take more. … It’s going [to] take a student coming in and saying to their legislator, ‘I need you to represent me, too,’” Grandstaff said.

Grandstaff said Sen. Adam Ebbin, D-VA, is expected to introduce a bill relevant to college-age students, which limits a first-time marijuana offense to a fine.

“Since these would be reduced to a fine, it wouldn’t put students in a position where they’re in danger of losing educational or employment opportunities,” Grandstaff said.

Emily Fernandez ’18 said she supports the reformation of cannabis laws in Virginia because she believes the state can benefit economically.

“If we legalized pot and put a high sales tax on it, we could generate a lot of revenue for the state,” she said. “Plus, high costs could deter people from choosing to do it.”

Ludwig said the nature of the state is something to take into account.

“We’re fully aware that as a conservative state, we’re not going to go full out like Colorado and legalize it within the next year,” he said. “We’re okay with that. Baby steps are the way to do it.”

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to the music department. It was more of a social group. And that’s not what these Living Learning Communities are about.

There needs to be an academic piece.”

Closely connected with the Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Hall is a Living Learning Community with a global focus. Residents of Reves Hall participate in a one-credit course titled “The Global 21st Century,” travel to Washington, D.C. in the spring to meet with policymakers, and discuss global affairs with distinguished guest speakers from around the world. Recently, residents had special sessions with Ecuadorian Ambassador Nathalie Cely and Prince

Turki of Saudi Arabia. They also participate in diverse cultural activities.

“The founding director … envisioned it as a living learning community in the first place, as a gathering spot for William and Mary students who were fascinated with the rest of the world and who did study abroad and wanted to have a place to bring that home to their living experience,” Vice Provost for International Affairs Steve Hanson said.

Reves Hall may be very focused on international affairs and relations, but prospective residents do not have to be IR or Global Studies majors. Last year approximately 40 students lived in Reves Hall, but the directors cut the number to 20 to foster a more intimate, close-

knit community. Residents are admitted through a competitive admissions process.

“There is something special about a Living Learning Community,” Hanson said. “It’s different from just being an IR major or a Global Studies major. It gives you a chance to really live it and immerse yourself in it. And plus there’s been a long tradition of housing some exchange scholars together with the American students here so you really get that kind of global community.”

Just as Reves Hall is committed to fostering global diversity, the Mosaic House is a Living Learning Community that focuses on cultivating discussions about sexuality, race, gender, community

and diversity. Housed in the Jamestown complex, the Mosaic House started with less than ten students. Now it receives over 60 applications per year for 20-30 open spots. Associate Professor of English Christy Burns helped conceptualize the Mosaic House and bring it into existence.

The Mosaic House is a special living option for students who are interested in, as Burns put it, “learning across differences.”

“We had a small group of about four or five of us who sat down and talked about what we wanted to do. ... This would be a space that wouldn’t be explicitly a Gender/Women’s Studies Space but the kind of place where students can explore differences and be more creative about it,” Burns said. “So initially it was kind of

conceptualized as a queer space.”

Although the first proposal for what was eventually to become the Mosaic House failed to get off the ground, the second proposal succeeded, due in part to the massive amount of sociological research it presented.

Once a group is approved, however, the work is not done.

“There is a review process that is on a four-year cycle,” Boykin said. “Every year we are reviewing somebody. If you think about the four-year cycle, in years one, two and three we’re doing a third of fraternities and sororities. In the fourth year, we do all the Living Learning Communities.

This [year, we are reviewing] a third of the fraternities and sororities.”

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What the Senate race means for student voters

To the left: Vote, but don’t stop there

Michael Payne

Flat Hat guest Columnist

There’s a widespread belief, particularly among those on the left, that our political system is fundamentally broken. In an era of hyper-partisanship, unlimited campaign contributions and ineffectual policies, it often appears there’s no hope of a politician effecting positive social change. Cynicism replaces hope and voters choose to not participate in elections, dropping out of the political process.

Indeed, I’d have to be dishonest or a poor observer of politics to claim that our country’s political and economic institutions are not deeply dysfunctional. Over $4 billion will be spent on this year’s midterm elections; the North Carolina senate election alone cost over $113 million. In addition, the 2014 midterm elections involved at least $100 million in undisclosed campaign expenditures from political “non-profits.” However, it’s difficult to know the exact number because these organizations are not required to report donors or total expenditures. And this campaign spending protects particular people’s interests: In the United States, the wealthiest 1 percent provides roughly 98 percent of campaign contributions.

And our economy? As of 2007, the wealthiest 1 percent of people in the United States has roughly $19 trillion of wealth; the bottom 40 percent has $119 billion of wealth.

In other words, 1 percent of Americans own 34.6 percent of the country’s wealth. For working families, wages have been stagnant for decades. Unionization has been all but outlawed and the private sector union membership rate is 6 percent. According to Pew, the median wealth of black households in the U.S. is $5,677; the median wealth of white households is $113,149. For context, this is greater than the wealth inequality between white and black households in South Africa during apartheid.

And what issues have dominated the midterms? Were candidates talking about a wealth tax? Did any senator present a plan to restore unions’ right to organize? How many candidates made robust campaign finance reform a central campaign issue? Was there serious discussion of subjecting large financial institutions to serious regulation?

Given the magnitude of the problems facing our country, it’s easy to understand why people don’t see the utility of voting in this year’s midterms. And yet it’s a misplaced cynicism. For better or worse, we have the political institutions we have. The U.S. has a winner-take-all, single-member district electoral system; due to our nonproportional representation, voting outside the dominant two-party coalitions is strategically useless and will have no effect on the country’s policies. Therefore, change must occur through the two-party system,at least at some level.

So I’d say to the disaffected left: Vote on Tuesday. But don’t stop there.

If you want campaign finance reform, greater unionization or reduced inequality, we’ll need Democrats in Congress. But voting isn’t enough. Elected Democrats need to be subjected to constant critique through agitation, protest and organized lobbying as a method of pushing America’s discourse leftward. While we need to vote, we also need to remind Democratic candidates how disappointing they usually are. It’s not necessarily as fun or easy as dropping out of the political process, but it’s the only way we can shape our country into a more equitable, representational and democratic polity.

Email Michael Payne at mkpayne@email.wm.edu.

This Election Day, right-leaning columnist Henry Longley and left-leaning columnist Michael Payne are writing columns on their preferred candidate for Virginia Senate and the issues at stake for college students.

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Gillespie’s five-point plan proves success

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Last Saturday night, Ed Gillespie visited the College of William and Mary for a BBQ cookout behind the Campus Center. It was a chilly night — starting to feel like late autumn — and people were gathered around the giant grill to get a plate of pulled pork and to stay warm. But everyone was in good spirits, and the food was excellent. Good country music was playing out of an open truck door, and the atmosphere was casual and refreshing.

The election is this Tuesday, and Virginia is a pretty big state, so I was very impressed that Gillespie took the time to come to our college for an event like this. When it was time for his stump speech, Gillespie stepped up on the grill trailer, introduced his wife and, with a love-filled grin, told the story of how they met. He spoke confidently about his plan to jumpstart the economy, appealing to the college students by reminding everyone that economic growth translates into more job opportunities for young people.

I’ll be graduating in May, and Gillespie’s message resonates with me.

Gillespie’s pro-economic growth platform tackles the real issues affecting Virginians. The problem right now is that a lot of folks are facing headwinds.

Hours are being cut, take-home pay is going down, and healthcare costs are rising. These devastating conditions are the effect of incumbent Senator Mark Warner, and his blind adherence to the Obama agenda. But Virginians should not accept this as the new normal. Ed Gillespie’s pro-growth policies will make the economy strong, so that Virginians can feel good about the future.

Gillespie’s five-point plan for economic growth will repeal and replace the un-Affordable Care Act, strive to make the United States energy independent, cut regulations and reform the tax code, expand school choice and encourage education innovation, and balance the nation’s budget.

Gillespie’s healthcare replacement has been called a credible alternative to Obamacare. His proposal will continue to protect patients with preexisting conditions. His plan, which includes considering employee insurance benefits as taxable income after the $20,000 tax break ceiling is met, has been analyzed by independent groups like the Center for Health and Economy, and is projected to save upward of $1 trillion over ten years.

Folks who buy their own insurance would be offered age-adjusted tax credits and a one-time credit of $1,000 to encourage every household to begin building a health savings account. Gillespie’s plan would save money, give power back to the consumer, and remove the threat of an employer mandate, which has been ironically postponed, although it has already cost millions of Americans hours of work and take-home pay. The structure of Gillespie’s replacement plan is more advantageous for the young and healthy, who under the ACA are unfairly burdened with much of the program’s cost.

Gillespie supports an all-of-the-above energy plan. He wants the U.S. to become energy independent. I agree with him; as a matter of national security, it is in our nation’s interest to have secure access to vital energy resources. Gillespie supports the construction of the Keystone Pipeline — an issue that Warner balked on, but that is important to our country’s success.

Gillespie supports the formation of charter schools and believes that students and their parents should be able to make decisions regarding education. The quality of our school system will continue to improve through innovation and school choice.

Gillespie understands the effects of globalism on business. Instead of berating companies that are relocating for tax purposes, and penalizing companies that courageously stay despite the uncompetitive tax environment, Gillespie believes that we should be attracting businesses by reducing our nation’s marginal business tax. As Senator, Gillespie will vote to pass a balanced budget and will target wasteful spending to ensure our country’s financial solvency.

I encourage you to look up Gillespie’s policies for yourself, as well.

Gillespie is focused on improving conditions for Virginians. His pro-growth policies are what we need to get the economy going. I’ll be voting for Gillespie Nov. 4; let’s get Virginia back to work.

Email Henry Longley at hwlongley@email.wm.edu.

Staff Editorial

AskNot contributes to our service-seeking student body

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he College of William and Mary ranks number one in graduates pursuing service careers.

That is quite a feat, considering this generation of students’ intense commitment to public and community service. Building on this legacy is AskNot, a new student run program that aims to inform students about lesser-known public service organizations and careers. But while AskNot has a lot to offer students, it needs to be more visible on campus.

As increasing numbers of millennials

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participate in giving back, the large organizations traditionally associated with service — groups like AmeriCorps, Teach for America and the Peace Corps — have become so attractive that their acceptance rates are comparable to the Ivy League’s. This may dishearten many service-oriented students, but it is also why AskNot can make a real impact on students not accepted to these competitive programs. Introducing these students to a wide spectrum of service organizations will motivate them to keep searching in the face of rejection. At its best, it could give unsure students the chance to explore opportunities they would not have initially considered, leading them to rewarding service careers and, perhaps, experiences that could help them figure out what they want.

Students will further benefit from AskNot because it is a student-run program. Relationships with alumni and career counselors have greatly helped students, but AskNot could provide direct links between current students and employers. Bringing

students and alumni together in this way could create more immediate, personal connections.

Still, AskNot should involve the Cohen Career Center and the academic departments. Currently in its third week and having partnered with the Office of Community Engagement Services, AskNot is not well known on campus.

In order to succeed in its goals, AskNot will need to reach the entire student body — including both the students already determined to serve, as well as those who are not.

The Career Center already promotes public service jobs; partnering with the Career Center could expand AskNot’s reach and effectiveness while expanding alumni networks.

It would also help the Career Center by increasing the availability of public service internships, jobs and information to students year-round, going beyond AskNot, which ends the Wednesday before Thanksgiving break.

Furthermore, public service encompasses more academic fields than many students realize: Economics,

psychology, sociology, engineering, mathematics and chemistry are just a few. Information about public service should be available to students and professors in every department.

AskNot has the potential to empower less-prominent service organizations eager to hire highly qualified graduates, making public service an even more integral part of the College. AskNot’s resources could aid students lacking direction and those wanting to serve.

We hope that AskNot will make the necessary connections within the College to ensure that every College student is able to access these opportunities.

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, Zachary Frank, 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.

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Turning the ‘red zone’ green Groups across campus are working to prevent sexual harassment between orientation and Thanksgiving HALEY ARATA FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

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he “red zone” on college campuses, which spans the period from orientation to Thanksgiving break, is marked by a higher risk of sexual assaults and sexual violence. Many colleges, in particular the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, promote a violencefree environment with programs about consent, bystander intervention and support for survivors of sexual assault.

As the various emails from the College of William and Mary’s administration have detailed, there has been a recent revamping of the College’s sexual misconduct policy and procedures.

Proposed changes include clearly defining consent and incapacity, developing a specific investigation process and creating a board made up of students, faculty and staff.

Senior Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Care-Support Services Dr. Donna HaygoodJackson is closely involved in editing the policy and procedures. A therapist by trade, HaygoodJackson has experience working with sexual violence, trauma and recovery. Aware of the “red zone” and the dangers associated with this time period, she emphasized how sexual assault awareness needs to be a campus-wide objective.

“It is a community issue — one person can’t do the work. It takes all of us to be willing to do our part,” Haygood-Jackson said. “And all of those little parts add up to a huge amount.”

This concept of creating a board of students, faculty and staff was channeled into creating the Task Force on Preventing Sexual Assault and Harassment. The Task Force is made up of 21 members and four subcommittees: campus climate, prevention and education, training for faculty and staff, and investigation and adjudication. Each subcommittee works to

develop programs and administrative actions relative to its topic. To move forward in pursuing these efforts, the task force began climate assessment with the campus-wide survey. They will continue to compile data throughout the year in order to create programs and influence policy in a way that is specific to our campus.

The Task Force includes faculty from a wide range of departments. Associate professor of geology Rowan Lockwood joined the task force this past August and is a member of the campus climate subcommittee.

Lockwood pinpointed the controversial Sigma Chi email that surfaced last spring as her inspiration for joining the task force. After this incident and the Office of Civil Rights’ investigation, the Women’s Network — a coalition of female employees at the College — wrote a letter to College President Taylor Reveley detailing suggestions on how to address sexual assault and harassment issues evident in our community.

“The Sigma Chi email for me was a real wakeup call,” Lockwood said. “I hadn’t realized there were these attitudes at William and Mary and that they were being openly shared.”

Incidences of sexual assault and harassment are not limited to the student body, and Lockwood highlighted how education outreach to faculty, staff and students is crucial to de-stigmatizing these issues.

The training for faculty and staff subcommittee is faced with generating a creative and effective way of reaching out to faculty and staff, and will be gathering data from peer institutions about ways to tackle this endeavor.

Although the task force has only had a few meetings so far, Lockwood is ready and eager for all of the preventative, educational and investigative measures to take root and impact change.

“I would love it, we would all love it, if we could be one of the first colleges to get a handle on this, to really bring some of that creativity, some of that originality that we brought when we let in women 100 years [ago] to bear to solve these problems,” Lockwood said. “I would really love to say William and Mary is at the forefront of this.”

From programs during freshman orientation to tabling about sexual education in The Sadler Center to tackling issues associated with relationship violence, the last few months have been marked with many student efforts to combat the nature of the “red zone.”

HOPE runs the Red Flag Campaign, an annual event that tackles issues about dating violence, relationships and hook-up culture. This year, the campaign lasted one week and included a movie night, panel discussion and the opening of the Haven, a safe space for those impacted by sexual violence and harassment.

Jordan Taffet ’16, Vice President of HOPE’s Healthy Relationships branch, emphasized the necessity of increasing student awareness of relationship violence.

“College is where we discover who we are and who we’re going to be for the next 30, 40, 50 years, so teaching people how to have healthy relationships now will make sure they know how to continue to foster those relationships in the future,” Taffet said.

The Red Flag Campaign helps students identify indicators of unhealthy relationships and encourages them to be active bystanders. Being an active bystander involves not only being able to identify the red flags of an unhealthy relationship or dangerous situation, but also intervening in these types of situations or bringing in help from an official.

The topic of bystander intervention was also highly stressed during the Domestic Violence Awareness Panel held by the Alpha Chi Omega

sorority this week.

After a brief presentation on types of relationship abuse, the floor opened up to a discussion between the audience and the panel.

The panel was composed of health promotion specialist Eric Garrison, officer Erica Silva-Carl from the Williamsburg Police Department, Dr. Charles Anderson from the counseling center and Juanita Graham from the Avalon Center for Women and Children.

The audience’s questions addressed a range of topics relating to relationship violence, the definition of consent, the legal process associated with sexual assault cases, abuse through technology and ways in which to heal from emotional and physical distress.

In past years, Alpha Chi Omega’s philanthropy has focused solely on raising money for the Avalon Center for Women and Children.

This year, however, after the creation of the philanthropy committee within the sorority, the focus has expanded to include raising awareness on campus.

Colleen Reynolds ’17, domestic violence awareness chair of the philanthropy committee, said that she hoped that the event would be informative in both directions — that those who attended would learn from the specialists on the panel, and that those on the panel would learn about the questions circulating within the student body.

“A lot of people don’t understand what constitutes an unhealthy and/or [abusive] relationship, and it’s important to have open and honest conversations about these issues on campus,” she said.

The Office of Student Affairs will be accepting comments on the proposed changes to the sexual misconduct policy and procedures until Nov. 7, and the National Sexual Misconduct Campus Climate Survey will be open until Nov. 17.

Sophomore illustrator gives life to a brave Corgi

Yuming Cao picked up digital art for the first time while illustrating ‘Cora Cassidy and the Craven Corgi’ Emily chaumont THE FLAT HAT

While having a job during college is not unusual, Yuming Cao ’17 is not quite the typical employed college student.

Last semester, Cao’s life drawing professor sent students in the class an email about an opportunity for an illustrating job with Freedom Forge Press. Cao took this opportunity and, over the summer, created the illustrations for “Cora Cassidy and the Craven Corgi,” written by Val Muller ’04.

This children’s picture book is about a corgi that triumphs over her fears and finds freedom in the beauty and excitement of life.

“I have been drawing my whole life.

Mostly in traditional styles, but also manga and anime,” Cao said, referring to two drawing styles that are popular

in Japan.

Before this job, Cao had only worked with physical materials, usually preferring pen or pencil and colored pencil to create her drawings.

However, this book required her to learn about digital art and how to create illustrations on a computer rather than on paper.

“Using digital art was hard but I felt accomplished to see my characters being liked by the publisher and by the writer,” Cao said.

Cao worked on the illustrations during the four months of summer break while she was at home in Beijing, using a tablet and stylus on a program called Painter to create her drawings before sending them via email to the publisher.

In addition to teaching herself how to create digital art, Cao had to collaborate with Muller and Freedom Forge Press from China. This proved

somewhat difficult, Cao said, because she was unable to sit down with Muller to discuss the meaning of the story.

Instead, Cao had to glean what she could from the text itself and from email conversations to make her drawings fit the personalities of the characters.

At first, Cao was nervous about sending in her illustrations to the writer and publisher because it was a big challenge for her to convey the events and meaning of the story through pictures.

Cao said she thinks it is harder to illustrate books than to create a drawing from her own imagination, because her personal drawings can depict anything she wants, but her illustrations have to show the meaning of the text.

“Everybody will imagine the story in a different way and sometimes I can’t come up with any ideas for drawings

from the words,” Cao said.

However, after working for much of the summer on her illustrations, she said she feels her final product conveys the message of the story and the personality of Muller’s characters.

Cao said she didn’t feel it was her best work, however.

“I’m not quite satisfied by what I’ve come up with but I think it was the best I could do when I was working on it,” Cao said.

To Cao, illustrating books is a way to continue learning about art in general and about her own abilities and preferences.

She said the experience was good for exploring her options and varying ideas for what she wants to do in the future, but that illustrating isn’t her ultimate goal.

“I want to keep doing it — I like this job — but I think illustrating is going to be more of a hobby than a career for

me,” Cao said.

She is currently planning to major in biology with a possible double major or a minor in studio art. She has thought about combining her passions for science and art by illustrating textbooks.

“My friend told me there is also ‘bio-art,’ where they use the fungus or microbes to do art,” she said.

She wants her love for art to remain a significant part of her life as she moves into the future.

At present, she says illustrating books and taking art classes is the best way for her to actively develop her craft so that she can put it to further use in the upcoming years.

For the next book she illustrates, Cao said, “I would like to try another style of drawing because this [book’s] style is in my comfort zone. Maybe something less cute and with more mystery, like the Japanese style.”

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Tweet tweet Twice a week, students take a moment to appreciate the aerial creatures of Williamsburg SAM DREITH // THE FLAT HAT

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Some students interested in Williamsburg wildlife come together twice a week for birding walks and the appreciation of other animals and vegetation. Entering its second semester, the club looks to add more events to their schedule.

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Sometimes we’ll show up on Yik Yak with ‘I hope those people aren’t cloud watching.’”

— Bird Club president Nick Newberry ’17

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f you ever happen to stumble upon a large group of students all craning their necks up to the sky, know that they aren’t crazy — they’re just members of the Bird Club taking their morning walk.

The College of William and Mary’s Bird Club goes on bird-watching walks two mornings each week. Starting from the terrace, the club searches for interesting birds. The club also has destination birdwatching field trips, and even the occasional spontaneous chase when a rare or elusive

There have been around 50 participants in the biweekly birding walks since last spring, ranging from beginners to birdwatching experts.

“Over 90 percent of the people have never done it before,” Newberry said.

“What’s exciting for me is to really introduce them for the first time to it.”

Club social chair Catherine Cleary ’16 has been a member of the club since its inception. Prior to joining, Cleary had no experience with bird-watching, and

field trip in order to get a glance at a Sabine’s Gull. The Sabine’s Gull is a bird that usually lives in the Arctic Circle and migrates miles off the coast when it flies south.

“Two weeks ago there was a very special gull from Canada that was flying over, just for three days, so we rode the ferry to Surry back and forth four times to find this gull,” Cleary said. “We finally did see it.”

The bird club will be adding more events to its schedule — as its numbers increase — from field trips to the Eastern Shore to more

cloud-watching.’”

Erin Chapman ’16 joined the bird club as a continuation of her work at a wildlife center where she learned a lot about medical procedures on birds, owls and raptors.

“I went into [bird club] knowing how to do an eye exam on a bird,” Chapman said.

“But I didn’t know how to identify species or what their calls were like so it’s very interesting to see the natural side of it.”

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bird is nearby.

Nick Newberry ’17, the current Bird Club President, founded the club during the 2014 spring semester.

“The point of it is to introduce birdwatching and bird conservation to different people, because there’s not a whole lot of opportunities for people to be introduced to it anywhere really,” Newberry said.

“Especially for younger people our age.”

A club-wide email and Facebook post are sent out at the beginning of the week in order to let the members know which days they will be going on their walks.

believes it’s great for beginners to join.

“Even if you don’t know what something is, having an extra set of eyes to say, ‘Oh, there’s a bird’ is helpful too,” Cleary said.

Bird Club vice president and publicity chair Marco Cunicelli ’15 had only a mild interest in bird-watching before joining the club, and broadened his knowledge about birds even more by going on the walks.

“I was in a class called animal behavior in the spring and you can see the class brought to life through the birds,” said Cunicelli.

Earlier this semester, some of the club members participated in an impromptu

social events.

“We tried, this semester, to do more stuff, like social stuff to make it like a real club,” Cleary said. Quote????

The club publicizes through word of mouth, Facebook and fliers. Its most effective form of advertisement, however, may turn out to be its walks through campus.

“We’ll be walking around campus during busier times and people will just stop and be like, ‘What’re you looking at?’, ‘Whats going on?’, and we can show them,” Newberry said. “Sometimes we’ll show up on Yik Yak with ‘I hope those people aren’t

becoming a club for naturalists, not just bird-watchers, where members will be able to look out for more things during their nature walks, apart from different species of birds.

“We got really excited about lichen and fungus on our last outing so it’s pretty much anything,” Chapman said. The club will continue its biweekly walks, and beginners are free to join. No equipment is needed for new members, as Newberry brings binoculars and guidebooks.

“I’m excited for where the club is going for the future,” said Cunicelli.

CONFUSION CORNER

Solve some problems, NFL, starting with the Redskins

The College made a change to fix its non-problem, and Washington’s football team should do the same

Zoe Johnson

Confusion corner columnist

Can you think of a problem you have that, in theory, shouldn’t be a problem?

It’s a “non-problem,” something that has an obvious solution, which, for whatever reason, you choose to ignore.

Maybe you have an ant infestation because you won’t take out the trash.

It happens, girl; go buy some Raid.

Or maybe you’ve been exhausted all day because you stayed up until 4 a.m. watching Beyonce dance tutorials on YouTube. I totally get it — those are important goals. These non-problems plague our lives and, generally speaking, all logical people

will follow the obvious solution and fix these problems, putting an end to their unnecessary suffering. The operative word here is “logical,” a quality the leaders of the National Football League and the Washington Redskins seem to lack.

I won’t pretend that I know much about the actual sport of football. I do know, however, that the business of football in America is a big f­------ deal and that the queen bee of this billiondollar industry is the NFL. Like all other big businesses in our capitalist society, the NFL cares about two things above all else: its players’ safety and compensation. Silly rabbit, try again.

Revenue and profits? Ding-ding! That’s pretty much all there is to it. Most companies make decisions with those two end goals in mind and the NFL is no different. That’s why it is shocking and confusing to me (and millions of other Americans) that the NFL continues to ignore the infamous issue of the Washington Redskins name. Yes, the NFL has taken several measures to

“prove” that the name isn’t racist, but if the issue isn’t solved, it’s a good as being ignored. Here lies the NFL’s nonproblem, because it has such a simple solution. Change the name. Why is this even a debate anymore? Why spend all the legal fees battling back and forth?

Why have your brand’s name dragged through the mud, and those associated with it decried as racists? Change the name and admit you were wrong so we can move on to the next crisis.

I mean, jeez Louise, NFL, what is the big deal? Is it that you can’t think of another name? How about the Washington Zoe Johnson’s? For the right price, my name could easily be up for franchise. How about the Washington [insert literally any other word besides one that is historically racist and derogatory]? Is the problem that it’s going to cost a lot of money to re-trademark a name, make all new promotional material, and train announcers not to say “Redskins?” That last one is probably the trickiest one out of all of these because it’s not like

you don’t have the money, or the ability to borrow it. Look, if you need help figuring out how to borrow money from the government, again: Give me a call.

I have a talent for this — just check my student loan debt. All jokes aside, the fact that the NFL is continuing to make huge profits off of that disgusting name is a real shame, especially when it’s a non-problem with an easy solution.

Why should we, as students of the College of William and Mary, care what the NFL does regarding this issue? Because like it or not, we are residents (or at least pseudo-residents) of Virginia, where the Washington Redskins headquarters is located.

When you’re screaming “Go Redskins!” or decorating your room with a weird representation of a Tribal Chief, do you realize what you’re condoning? On more than one level, you are condoning the continual misrepresentation of a marginalized group. Sure, you can still be a fan of Washington’s team and love the game of football. I’m not saying you can’t. What I’m saying is that maybe we

should step back and truly consider the words we say and the images we wear.

Simple. Additionally, since mid-term elections are upon us, consider how Virginia’s candidates for Senate have reacted to this issue and whether you agree with that reaction.

The College knows all about this kind of problem. We used to be called the Indians, we had feathers all over the College’s paraphernalia, and we still do some sort of tomahawk dance with our arms when the football team scores a touchdown. However, we did what any logical institution does when faced with a non-problem — solved it! We changed our name and got rid of the feathers, and while the tomahawk dance is a part of that legacy, at least the leaders of our school had enough sense to put a formal end to the offensiveness. That’s a final score of William and Mary 1, Washington Redskins and the NFL 0.

Zoe Johnson is a Confusion Corner columnist and has considered changing her name to The Columnist Formerly Known as Zoe Johnson.

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FOOTBALL

Heartbreak in Harrisonburg

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Junior running back Mikal Abdul-Saboor rushed for 124 yards on 27 carries in Saturday’s 31-24 loss to James Madison. The Tribe had led 24-13 earlier.

Tribe loses late 24-13 lead, falls on road to JMU MICK SLOAN FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR The sun had set in Harrisonburg Saturday evening, and sophomore quarterback Steve Cluley was trying to keep William and Mary’s season alive. With 10 seconds remaining and the ball on the James Madison 23, Cluley took a final snap, but the Dukes promptly swarmed Cluley and sacked him to end the game. It was an anticlimactic end to a crushing defeat, as the College fell to James Madison 31-24.

For the Tribe, the stakes were high going into the contest. The College (5-4, 2-3 CAA) effectively needed to

win its final five games to secure a spot in the Football Championship Subdivision, and the road matchup with the Dukes (6-3, 3-2 CAA) loomed as one of the Tribe’s toughest games.

The College was looking for its first victory in Harrisonburg since 2004.

Cluley Still, the Tribe was in excellent position, taking a 24-13 fourth quarter lead after sophomore running back Kendell Anderson’s brilliant blocked punt return for a touchdown. But the

Dukes patiently drove downfield for a field goal on their ensuing possession, then cut the deficit to 24-23 with Vad Lee’s 20-yard touchdown pass to Daniel Brown.

The Tribe suddenly had the ball with nine minutes left in the game and desperately needed either a score or a defensive stop to hang on to a rare victory in Harrisonburg.

The College couldn’t earn either.

Cluley drove the College to the JMU 21 yard line, but missed a throw to junior running back Mikal Abdul-Saboor to bring up fourth down. Freshman kicker Nicholas Dorka, filling in for senior kicker John Carpenter, missed a 38-yard field goal, giving the Dukes

College loses 19th of last 21 Falls to Elon, UNC-Wilmington over weekend William and Mary had a busy weekend, playing two matches in just three days. Unfortunately for the Tribe (6-21, 2-10 CAA), it lost both matches, falling on the road to Elon (6-21, 1-10 CAA) 3-2 Friday and to North Carolina-Wilmington (18-8, 8-4 CAA) Sunday. The College failed to win a set in Sunday’s match, falling to UNC-Wilmington 3-0.

Friday’s match was a high scoring affair, as the Phoenix won the first set 30-28. Junior captain Dessi Koleva had seven kills during that set, but it was not enough for the Tribe to pull out a win. Koleva finished the day with 19 kills, the most of any player.

The College took the second set 25-23, while Elon won the third set 25-21. Needing a win in the fourth set, the Tribe delivered, playing its best set of the day. Freshman Sydney Biniak and Koleva combined for 11 points, and the Tribe won handily, 25-19.

The teams were tied 2-2, and it appeared the College owned the momentum heading into the final set. However, that set saw Elon defeat the College 25-11, handing the Tribe a loss for the day.

The victory was Elon Volleyball’s first-ever CAA win, as this is the Phoenix’s first year in the conference.

Despite the loss, several players gave standout performances. Junior Carolyn Albright led the team with five blocks and exceeded 300 blocks for her career. Sophomore Gabrielle Pe had 19 assists and nine digs.

Unfortunately for the Tribe, the second game of the weekend was not quite as close. UNCWilmington won in straight sets, and the College was never able to build any momentum. The Tribe only surpassed 20 points in the first set, and the Seahawks rolled 25-16 and 25-12 in the second and third sets.

Offensively, the Tribe struggled in the loss.

It finished with just a 0.041 attack percentage, well below the team’s season average of 0.148. By contrast, UNC-Wilmington boasted a 0.236 attack percentage.

As in the previous match, although they lost, the College certainly had some strong performances.

Koleva had 11 kills, as well as eight digs and two blocks. Pe had another good game, with eight assists and two service aces. Freshman Sara Zumbach had a match high 21 digs.

UNC-Wilmington, who ranks fourth in the

that gave the College a 24-13 lead at the start of the fourth quarter.

However, it wasn’t enough, and it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly why the Tribe lost. Abdul-Saboor battled for 124 yards on 29 carries, consistently moving the chains as he has all year. Cluley finished with 14 completions on Abdul-Saboor 25 attempts for 172 yards and a touchdown pass, but he missed multiple throws in the first half that kept the Tribe from pulling away.

The Tribe’s game plan was more aggressive, featuring play-action passes and deep attempts on first down that was visibly absent in last weekend’s win over Delaware, but the offense still fell a score short.

The defense was more confounding. Although the College dominated JMU’s offense for much of the game, it was helpless against Lee on the Dukes’ 18-0 run. Lee finished with 324 yards and three passing touchdowns, and regularly kept plays alive against heavy Tribe pressure. Of JMU’s 445 offensive yards, 197 came in the second half.

Ultimately, the College needed either one touchdown on its final three possessions or one defensive stop on JMU’s final three possessions. It came away with neither.

The loss struck a harsh blow to the College’s postseason hopes. While a win would have moved the College to fourth in the Colonial Athletic Association, the Tribe instead sits at eighth in the hierarchy.

Three games remain in the College’s season, but this heartbreaker in Harrisonburg may prove to be the moment in which the Tribe’s hopes for a place in the FCS playoffs officially collapsed.

The College takes the field against Elon Saturday at Zable Stadium.

Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

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the ball on their own 21.

From there, the Tribe defense fell apart, as Lee methodically moved the Dukes down the field. The deathblow was on third-and-1 from the Tribe 9-yard line, where JMU sent out five receivers and an empty backfield, and Lee knifed a touchdown pass to DeAndre Smith. After a two-point conversion, JMU completed its rally with a 31-24 lead. As the College’s last minute drive stalled, the comeback victory was sealed.

Despite the result, the game actually began favorably for the Tribe, as it drove to the JMU 6-yard line to take a 3-0 lead on Dorka’s field goal.

After the Dukes tied the game at 3, freshman receiver DeVonte Dedmon returned a kickoff 77 yards, setting up Abdul-Saboor’s four-yard sweep for a touchdown that gave the Tribe a 10-3 Tribe lead.

After the teams exchanged punts for the next eight possessions, the momentum shifted. Cluley led the College to the JMU 38 late in the second quarter, but missed open senior receiver Sean Ballard on third-and-5. The Tribe punted, and the Dukes hurried down the field to cut the Tribe’s lead to 10-6 before halftime.

The Dukes appeared to seize control of the game when wide receiver Brandon Ravenel capped off an 80-yard drive with a 23-yard touchdown, putting the College at a 13-10 deficit. But the Tribe struck back without hesitation, as Cluley completed four of five passes and found Dedmon streaking up the middle of the field for a 30-yard touchdown, giving the Tribe a 17-13 lead.

After JMU’s next drive stalled, the game took a surprising turn. As JMU’s Gunnar Kane attempted to punt to the Tribe, Anderson tore into the backfield untouched. Rather than blocking the punt, he caught the ball as it left Kane’s foot and barreled into the end zone. The play was a stunning display of instinct and athleticism

Colonial Athletic Association, appears to be on a bit of a surge, winning its last three games. This loss was the Tribe’s fourth in a row. This weekend, the Tribe seeks redemption with two home matches, as Towson visits Friday and Delaware arrives Saturday.

Both matches are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at Kaplan Arena and will be the College’s final home games of the season.

Football (5-4, 2-3 CAA) Nov. 1: L, James Madison (6-3, 3-2 CAA) 31, William and Mary (5-4, 2-3 CAA) 24 Colonial Athletic Association New Hampshire (7-1, 5-0).............0.875........W7 Richmond (7-2, 4-1).......................0.778........W5 Villanova (7-2, 4-1).........................0.778.........L1 James Madison (6-3, 3-2)...............0.667........W4 Delaware (5-4, 3-2)........................0.556.........W1 Stony Brook (4-5, 3-2)....................0.444.........L3 Albany (5-2, 2-2).............................0.714.........L1 William and Mary (5-4, 2-3)..........0.556.........L1 Towson (4-5, 2-3)............................0.444........W2 Maine (3-5, 2-3)..............................0.375........W1 Elon (1-8, 0-5).................................0.111.........L6 Rhode Island (0-9, 0-5)..................0.000..........L9

Junior tailback Mikal Abdul-Saboor 174 rushes, 831 yards, 8 TD Senior wideout Tre McBride 44 receptions, 578 yards, 3 TD Senior defensive end Mike Reilly 36 solo tackles, 9 sacks

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Nov. 1: CAA Championship Men finished No. 1 (field of six) Women finished No. 1 (field of nine)

Men: Nov. 7-9 Tribe Invitational

Williamsburg, Va. Women: Nov. 7-9 Kitty Harrison Invitational

Chapel Hill, N.C.

Golf

Volleyball (6-21, 2-10 CAA)

Men’s Soccer (6-11-1, 3-4-1 CAA) Oct. 21: L, Old Dominion (8-5-1) 1, College 0 Oct. 25: W, College 1, N’Eastern (7-10-0, 4-3-1) 0 Oct. 29: L, JMU (7-7-4, 3-3-2) 2, College 1 Did not qualify for postseason play

Field hockey (7-11, 4-2 CAA) Oct. 26: W, College 2, Drexel (10-8, 2-4) Oct. 31: W, College 5, Hofstra (12-7, 3-3) 3 Nov. 3: L, N’Eastern (14-4, 5-1) 4, College 2 Nov. 7: vs. Delaware (11-8, 4-2), 5 p.m.

FCS Ranking

Junior Dessi Koleva scored 18 kills in the Tribe’s two matches.

Sophomore quarterback Steve Cluley 122 of 218, 1537 yards, 8 TD, 3 Int

Cross country

Men: Oct. 20-21 (finish after presstime)

Georgetown Intercollegiate Women: Oct. 13-14 Lady Pirate Intercollegiate Finished No. 5 (field of 18)

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Cumulative Statistics Through nine games

William and Mary remains in the top-25 with a No. 24 ranking after Saturday’s loss.

Oct. 26: L, Charleston (18-9, 10-2) 3, College 1 Oct. 31: L, Elon (6-22, 1-11) 3, College 2 Nov. 2: L, UNC-W (18-8, 8-4) 3, College 0 Nov. 7: vs Towson (23-4, 9-3), 7 p.m.

Women’s soccer (12-5-1, 5-4 CAA) Oct. 24: L, JMU (12-7, 7-2) 1, College 0 Oct. 26: L, Towson (6-9-4, 3-4-2) 2, College 0 Nov. 2: W, College 2, Drexel (7-9-1, 4-3-2) 1 Nov. 7: at N’Eastern (12-4-3, 7-1-1), 6 p.m.

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Tribe sweeps championships ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF TRIBE ATHLETICS

Men take 15th consecutive CAA title, Hennessey paces women to CAA crown EVAN DeFRAINE THE FLAT HAT For the 15th straight year, the William and Mary men’s cross country team claimed top honors in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Tribe women’s team followed suit with its third straight championship and 20th overall position, claiming victory by an 11-point margin.

“It has become an expectation to go out and do it, and it is a lot to do,” men’s head coach Stephen Walsh said. “But I think the guys have really stepped up to it and have done a great job. Every year there’s someone different coming at us

and trying to knock us off.”

Wind gusts of up to 35 miles per hour, combined with temperatures in the 40s, made for less than ideal racing conditions, but the Tribe didn’t appear to be too hampered by the sour weather.

Junior Ryan Gousse led the way for the men with a time of 25:04 for the 8-kilometer course, finishing in second place behind Elon’s Luis Vargas.

It was the College’s group running that sealed the victory, however, as freshman Mackenzie Haight headed a five-man pack that claimed spots seven through 11 for the Tribe.

The College’s five scoring runners all

finished within the top 10, and all seven members of the team finished inside the top 16. Runner-up Northeastern, who also hosted the meet, was unable to match the Tribe’s firepower and finished 12 points behind the College Hennessey 36 point mark with a total of 48.

Junior Carolyn Hennessey took first in the women’s race with a time of 20:45 for the 6-kilometer course, five seconds ahead of Northeastern’s Lucy Young.

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Tribe drops season finale, 4-2 College advances to Friday’s CAA semifinal vs. Delaware In the final two games of its regular season, William and Mary beat Hofstra 5-3 in Long Island Friday but lost to Northeastern 4-2 in Boston Monday, clinching a spot in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament in the process.

To earn a place in the CAA tournament, the Tribe needed to win against either Hofstra or Northeastern.

Defeating both opponents would have allowed the Tribe to host the CAA tournament.

Less than two minutes into Friday’s game, Hofstra midfielder Charlotte Loehr scored the first goal of the match with an assist from forward Jonel Boileau to take a 1-0 lead. In the ninth minute, however, the Tribe tied the game 1-1 with a goal by senior forward Pippin Saunders.

Head coach Tess Ellis substituted Saunders for sophomore forward Maria Pastor in the 14th minute.

Pastor immediately assisted freshman midfielder Emma McLeod, who scored at the 14th minute mark.

This was McLeod’s fifth goal of the season — a total that leads all CAA freshmen this year.

Two minutes later, freshman midfielder Booter Ellis continued the Tribe’s scoring streak with her first goal of the season. Sophomore midfielder Mary Flick assisted. After senior forward Brittany Hopkins scored unassisted from the top of the circle near the end of the first half, the Tribe entered halftime with a commanding 4-1 lead.

In the 49th minute, Pastor, assisted by Clifton, scored her fourth goal of the season to push the College’s lead to 5-1. Hofstra, in a vain attempt to challenge the Tribe’s lead, quickly generated three shots — two went wide, one was stopped by senior defender Jesse Ebner — before a shot by Hofstra defender Simca Schoen deflected off of a Tribe player and found its target in the 66th minute to cut the Tribe’s lead to 5-2.

Though Hofstra added a late goal, the Tribe held strong in the final two minutes of the game to secure a 5-3 win.

The Tribe attempted 20 shots over the course of the game. Six were blocked by the defense, four were off target, five were saved by the goalie, and five went in for a total shooting percentage of 25 percent.

In Monday’s game, which was rescheduled from

we needed to have some strong individual performances, but it was mostly to come in, to win it, and to get some momentum going toward regionals in two weeks.”

Both the men’s and women’s teams will head to Louisville, Ky. Nov. 14 for the Southeast Regionals. A solid performance could land the Tribe a spot in the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships.

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“It means a lot,” Hennessey said. “I’ve put in a lot of hard work the last three years, and it’s great to finally reap the rewards.”

Women’s head coach Natalie Hall was impressed with her top runner’s performance.

“Carolyn has had a great season so far,” Hall said. “She’s really confident, really strong. Each week she’s getting stronger.”

The women runners performed one point better than their male counterparts, scoring a total of 35 points to outpace runner-up Elon’s 46.

“Our idea is to be the team to beat every year coming into this,” Hall said.

“The women came into this knowing that

Sunday due to snow, the Tribe shot at both the sixth and tenth minutes, but failed to score each time.

Assisted by defender Kate Carlson and forward Vanessa Pryor, Northeastern midfielder Caroline Judge scored the first goal of the game at the 17th minute off a penalty corner by forward Kelly Dunn to hand the Tribe a 1-0 deficit.

Seconds after Judge’s goal, Ebner took a shot off of Saunders’ first penalty corner of the game and hit the post; although she rebounded the ball and took another shot, Northeastern goalkeeper Becky Garner made a save and left the Tribe scoreless.

In the 26th minute, Northeastern forward Emma Lamison scored an unassisted goal to give Northeastern a 2-0 lead. Less than two minutes before the end of the first half, Judge took the ball off of Lamison’s penalty corner and passed it to Dunn, who subsequently scored. Northeastern ended the first half with a formidable 3-0 lead.

Early in the second half, Saunders drove to the goal only to be blocked and tripped by three Northeastern defenders, earning a penalty stroke. Senior defender Navneet Singh took the shot and scored the Tribe’s first goal of the game, cutting the deficit to 3-1.

Over the next eighteen minutes, the Tribe shot seven times and Northeastern shot five times; still, the game remained static at 3-1. Dunn broke through at the 59th minute and, assisted by Lamison, scored her second goal of the game to give Northeastern a 4-1 lead. Three minutes later, freshman midfielder Emma Menges scored an unassisted goal for the Tribe in an attempt to even the score. Despite shooting six times in the final minutes of the game, the Tribe failed to challenge Northeastern’s lead. The game ended 4-2 in favor of Northeastern.

The Tribe outshot Northeastern 22-13, scoring only twice. Three of the College’s four unsuccessful shots were blocked by defense, two hit the posts, and Garner saved 15 of them. Compared to the Tribe’s shot percentage of 9 percent, Northeastern had a shot percentage of 31 percent. Savage saved three of the seven shots fired on her for a save percentage of 43 percent; Garner saved 15 of 17 shots for a save percentage of 88 percent.

The Tribe is now the No. 3 seed in the CAA tournament, which No. 1 Northeastern hosts in Boston. The College will face No. 2 Delaware in the CAA semifinals Friday at 5 p.m.

College defeats Drexel Victory advances Tribe to CAA semifinals

SUMNER HIGGINBOTHAM FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER William and Mary — after a few tough weeks of shutouts and fluke goals — overcame an early deficit and stormed back against Drexel for a 2-1 victory in the first round of the CAA playoffs. On a windy Sunday afternoon at Martin Family Stadium, the Tribe (12-5, 5-4 CAA) secured a playoff victory and a semifinal date with Northeastern.

The College powered through a rough streak of dropping three games out of four — two of which were shutout losses to CAA opponents, the other an overtime 3-2 loss at home to Drexel. To make matters worse, the previously high-powered offense looked to be sputtering out right at the final stretch of the season. Backing into the playoffs, it was looking like a one-and-done for the Tribe “It’s been difficult ... especially when we lost our most dangerous and fastest forward [in junior forward] Samantha Cordum,” Daly said. “But we had an outstanding effort. … [Junior forward] Leci Irvin was outstanding today.”

Daly For the majority of the first half, the Tribe dominated time of possession, keeping the ball entirely on the Dragons’ half. Freshman back Haley Kent, playing up in the midfield, and senior forward Emory Camper alternated in crossing the ball into the Drexel goalie box throughout the half.

Although there were a number of close calls, the Tribe’s attack couldn’t quite hit home.

Then disaster struck. In the 13th minute, junior goalkeeper Caroline Casey dove sideways to bat away a shot off of a header, and the ball bounced just outside the goal box. Two Tribe defenders converged from different angles and tried to clear the ball away, but instead counteracted each other’s efforts. The ball skidded awkwardly to the side, and a Drexel attack flew in for the goal. With flashbacks to the 1-0 loss due to the fluke goal at JMU, the Tribe found itself down 1-0, much to the dismay of Tribe head coach John Daly.

“I just stood there on the sideline hoping that wouldn’t be the goal to end our season,” Daly said after the game. “It would’ve been heartbreaking.”

The deficit did not last long, however, as Irvin struck for the game-tying goal in the 41st minute. Junior midfielder Meghan Musgrove

crossed in a high ball from the far sideline, as freshman forward Sammi Grasso jumped for the header. Grasso barely mistimed the jump, and instead of sending in the goal, the ball continued its lateral trajectory. But Irvin sprinted up to head the ball, securing the equalizer and tying the game 1-1. When asked what was different in the match as opposed to the Tribe’s loss against Drexel in October, Irvin didn’t hesitate.

“It was a new mentality, with a new offensive format,” Irvin said. “We wanted it today.”

In the second half, the new offensive scheme, which Irvin summarized as Camper playing farther forward as a distributor to the midfielders, really began to pay off. In the 63rd minute, senior midfielder Aly Shaughnessy broke free down the near sideline with a pass from Irvin, but her shot narrowly missed the far goalpost.

Just a minute later, Camper dusted her defender as she raced down the near sideline, rocketing a cross to a diving Baxter and nearly missing the goal. With momentum on its side, the Tribe attack was honing in, hungry for the lead.

In the 67th minute, junior midfielder Nicole Baxter, Camper, and Irvin raced down with the ball, each with a defender to beat.

Baxter, on the far left, crossed the ball to Irvin in the middle. Instead of kicking it, Irvin let the ball slip through to Camper, who had a step advantage on her defender. Camper fired a clean strike past the goalie to take a 2-1 lead with her 10th goal of the season.

“When I saw the pass, I called Leci to leave it,” Camper said. “Then I got the clear shot, bottom corner off the goalie’s fingertips” With 23 minutes to play, the Dragons fought valiantly to tie the match. But Casey had other plans. Although Casey registered five saves on the match, that number doesn’t really reflect her defensive effort. In the final eleven minutes, Casey interfered to punch away or catch crosses from Drexel five different times.

“Caroline did very well coming out for balls. … She had a terrific game” Daly said.

With the quarterfinal victory, the No. 4 seeded Tribe advances to CAA semifinals against No. 1 seeded Northeastern (12-4-3, 7-1-1 CAA) in Boston Friday at 6 p.m. This this game is crucial to the College if it is to advance to the NCAA tournament, as Daly told the Virginia Gazette that winning the CAA is likely the only route into the tournament for the Tribe.