The Flat Hat October 18, 2016

Vol. 106, Iss. 8 | Tuesday, October 18, 2016

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Swem purchases Quran manuscript Quran dates back to early West African slaves in United States YUTONG ZHAN THE FLAT HAT

College, once built by slaves, names building in their honor TUCKER HIGGINS / THE FLAT HAT

On Saturday, Oct. 15, the College dedicated and renamed the Jamestown dorms as Lemon and Hardy in honor of two African-Americans, one a slave of the College.

Lemon dorm named for slave owned by College ALFRED OUYANG THE FLAT HAT

was more to come.

“The names of Lemon and Hardy now grace two of William and Mary’s most elegant and engaging residence halls, and I think the names will lead the ways for all the other buildings on campus that will be named for people of color during the generations to come — the Lemon and Hardy Halls comes first,” Reveley said.

The Lemon Project, established by the Board of Visitors in 2009, is an ongoing research initiative to explore the College’s involvement in slavery, segregation and its ongoing relationship with the African-American community.

In April 2016, the College of William and Mary’s Board of Visitors passed a resolution renaming Jamestown North and South Halls as Lemon and Hardy Halls, in memory of a former slave owned by the College in the 18th century named Lemon, and a later honorary AfricanAmerican dean named Carroll Hardy.

On Saturday, Oct. 15 the College held a dedication ceremony for Lemon and Hardy Halls in front of Jamestown field. College President Taylor Reveley, Hardy’s family, alumni and students attended.

In a speech at the start of the ceremony, Reveley said there

Discussing the Lemon Project, Reveley said Lemon

BOV RESOLUTION ON LEMON PROJECT, 2009 WHEREAS, the College of William and Mary acknowledges that it owned and exploited slave labor from its founding to the Civil War; and WHEREAS, the College acknowledges that it engaged in the discrimination and exclusion that characterized educational institutions during the era of Jim Crow and disfranchisement and that it failed to challenge these hurtful policies; and WHEREAS, the legacy of that era has encumbered the College’s relationships with the Williamsburg and Peninsular African American community, many of whom are descendents of antebellum slaves and many more of whom have worked for or attended the College since that time; and WHEREAS, as a preeminent institution of higher learning we are dedicated to understanding the truth of our past and the impact that past may have had on us and on the community; and WHEREAS, only of late have we learned of an African American named Lemon who was owned by the College during the late 18th and early 19th century, served it well, and, remarkably, carved out a life of his own in Williamsburg.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary heartily supports the creation of the Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation that will be a long-term research project under the sponsorship of the Office of the Provost, involving College faculty, staff, and students as well as members of the Greater Williamsburg community, to better understand, chronicle, and preserve the history of blacks at the College and in the community and to promote a deeper understanding of the indebtedness of the College to the work and support of its diverse neighbors.

Swem Special Collections purchased a 19th century Quran manuscript Sept. 19, the only Quran manuscript owned by the College.

This West African Quran manuscript is expected to unveil more details about enslaved Muslim African Americans and to diversify the collection of documents at the College of William and Mary.

Special Collections purchased the Quran manuscript on eBay at the request of religious studies professor Oludamini Ogunnaike and it arrived at Special Collections Sept. 30.

According to the description online and preliminary analysis, this manuscript was written during the 19th century in what is now Nigeria.

Because of its centrality to Islamic life, the Quran is considered the crucial text for the study of Islam.

For Muslims, the Quran is the literal word of God, and everything about it is sacred, including the calligraphy and the paper itself.

Beyond its religious significance, this manuscript could also play a crucial role in further research on African Muslims.

Ogunnaike said that the individuality of the manuscript could provide more information about African Muslims, which could not be easily found out through reading a printed Quran.

“The way in which this Quran had been divided up [in 60 parts] might tell us something about the particular West African understanding of the Quran and how it was used, which we don’t know about.” Ogunnaike said. “Also some of the facts, that the word ‘Muhamad’ was in red and nothing else in the text was in red, might tell us something about the particular beliefs and interpretation of Islam.”

In addition, Ogunnaike said he believed the unique features discovered in this Quran will contribute to the understanding of enslaved African Americans.

“If there are some unique things which we can learn about West African Muslim practice from this Quran, then we could by extension conclude or hypothesize that some of these special things would also apply to enslaved African American Muslims,” Ogunnaike said.

Religious and American studies professor Maureen Fitzgerald also discussed the value of this hand-written Quran.

“Evidence of Muslim activity early in American history has been spotty and difficult to use. We know, certainly, that African Muslims were enslaved and brought to Western hemisphere,” Fitzgerald said in an email. “Yet See QURAN page 4

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College mourns death of Austin Zheng ’18 Zheng was interested in health, cultural arts SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

Austin Zheng ’18 died Oct. 15 sometime after 2:00 a.m.

According to an email from Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88, Ph.D. ’06, Zheng died after medics and the Williamsburg Police Department responded to a 911 call about a student in cardiac arrest at an off-campus location. He was then transported to Riverside Doctor’s Hospital.

At the College of William and Mary, Zheng was studying biology and art. He was also an active member of Kappa Alpha Fraternity. He had a self-described special interest in both health and cultural arts.

“Austin’s passions were as diverse and interesting as himself,” Skip Estes said. “Loved by his Kappa Alpha Order fraternity

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brothers and all who knew him, Austin will be dearly missed.”

The William and Mary Police Department are offering assistance to those who were closest to Zheng. Additionally, the Dean of Students Office, the Counseling Center, Residence Life, campus ministers and the Department of Student Affairs were on-call throughout the weekend and will be at the beginning of this week.

At this time, no details about funeral or memorial arrangements are known. Ambler said she would send a follow-up email later in the week once those services were finalized.

“Today’s tragedy reminds us of how close we are to one another at William & Mary,” Ambler said in an email. “What affects one of us affects us all. I know you join me in extending our heartfelt sympathies to Austin’s family and his many friends.”

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Students have been placing signs and flowers in front of the Crim Dell as a memorial to remember student Austin Zheng ’18 after his death on Oct. 15.

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I felt like I was part of that cycle where you do all the research and you know what’s wrong, you know how to fix it, but you just don’t advocate for it, and so I didn’t want to fall into that trap.

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Eight decades of green and gold Ruth Tillar ’45 returns for her 76th homecoming weekend

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During the days of World War II, Ruth Tillar ’45 went out dancing almost every weekend, some nights, she wore three different dresses. When she wasn’t dancing, however, she was editing The Flat Hat and helping the College of William and Mary support the nation’s war effort.

At the College, Tillar studied home economics, particularly clothing and textiles, but admitted that she was more interested in the social aspects of college life.

“I was especially interested in the social life and I went to a lot of dances,” Tillar said. “That was 1941 and we had a dance in Blow Gym every Friday night.”

Since riding in her first homecoming parade with Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority in 1941, Tillar has returned every year since, for a total of 76 consecutive homecoming weekends.

In 2012, she rode in the parade again to receive the Alumni Medallion.

Tillar said that her experiences from her first few days on campus as a freshman solidified her love for the College.

“Somehow I got very busy from the first week I was there,” Tillar said. “I loved orientation week and learning all about the campus, and from then on I was as happy as can be and still am. It was just great to make new friends … every memory I have of William and Mary is a happy one.”

Tillar’s first year was not spent in a typical freshman dormitory.

The College ran out of student housing for women, so they placed her and other students in faculty and administrative housing.

That meant that for a year, Tillar lived with the family of Wilfred Lambert ’27, who was the College’s Dean of Admissions at the time.

For Tillar, college was different than it is for the students today.

Besides juggling her work as managing editor and then editor-in-chief of The Flat Hat, as a sister of Kappa Alpha Theta and as a member of the German and French clubs, Tillar lived as a young adult during the war.

According to Tillar, she only had a few months of being a “normal co-ed” because of the war.

“All the boys were leaving after Pearl Harbor,” Tillar said. “So we would go to the train station to wave goodbye to the boys when they left and then we organized the WAMs, the War Activity Members, and we started doing any war-time work that we could do. We used to go in the Methodist church tower to spot aircraft and we had booths on campus that sold war bonds and stamps for war bonds. We would say, ‘Please buy our war bond and stamps and lick the other side.’”

Tillar said the WAMs also ran a childcare agency for military personnel, worked with the United Service Organizations and the Red Cross, and hosted dances for the war effort.

At these dances, men who were stationed near Williamsburg would come for entertainment.

SARAH SMITH // FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR One of these men in the armed services, who Tillar would later marry, played a major role in ending the war in the Pacific Ocean.

She said it all started when her friend’s cousin came home on leave and Tillar was asked to “break a date” and spend time with him.

“He wanted to take my friend out to dinner but she had a date that night,” Tillar said. “I had a date too, but I broke my date and went out with him on a Friday night, so he asked me to go out Saturday night and then Sunday afternoon. So from then on when he wasn’t off fighting the war, we were dating. We became engaged my senior year and married a year later in 1946.”

Tillar added that when her husband was in the service, he was a fighter pilot whose plane was shot down.

He was rescued by Filipinos, who told him where Japanese soldiers could be found.

Later, the United States military rescued him with an amphibious plane and the things he learned about the Japanese were passed on to admirals, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and General Douglas MacArthur.

Tillar also said that The History Channel filmed a documentary on his experiences in World War II. The war also shaped Tillar’s work at The Flat Hat. Leading up to World War II, there had been almost no female editors.

However, Tillar said that in her first year as a staff writer she picked up all the skills she needed to edit the paper.

“We had a nice room in Jefferson Hall that had our tables set up for us,” Tillar said. “I write something for the Alumni Magazine or for my local newspaper, I still use the same format. Working as editor-inchief during those years was really great.”

Although Tillar admitted that she stayed busy, she said that she loved spending her free time going to football and basketball games, even the off-campus ones — which she had to get special permission from her parents to go to.

“I went out of town quite often to football games for the away games,” Tillar said. “In 1942 I went to Dartmouth College and we won that game. I went to Annapolis and we

won that game — but we didn’t win it again for 20 years. I went to the University of North Carolina and we won that game. We won every game that year, it was terrific.”

When Tillar graduated, she moved to Blacksburg, Va. and worked as a teacher in the local high schools.

She now lives in Emporia, Va. and still writes for her local paper, covering the hospital’s auxiliary services, the Daughters of the American Revolution and local book clubs.

Tillar’s husband isn’t the only one who has been documented on film. The College has made two DVDs about Tillar’s experiences at the College, particularly what it was like attending school during the war.

She also scrapbooked her years at the College, which Special Collections at the Earl Gregg Swem Library is now interested in featuring in an exhibit.

Tillar’s experiences were also the basis for a class taught in the religious studies department.

One year, a student in a class on World War II invited her to come to the class, so for five years she attended the class and its programs.

Once, students spent a weekend at her house to do research on her life and past experiences.

“It was a really nice experience having them stay at my home and I still keep up with them,” Tillar said. “It was really a great thing to see years after I graduated.”

Beyond coming back for Homecoming, Tillar has also served on the Olde Guarde Board through the Alumni Association since her 50th class reunion and after a few years served as the chair.

Looking back on the last 76 years, Tillar said that it has been hard for her to notice change because she has never been far removed from life at the College.

“I don’t see much of a change because through the years I’ve always stayed with the alumni,” Tillar said. “We had different rules, but they didn’t bother us one bit. We had to be in by a certain time at night, but we never even thought about it. It was just part of the college life to us, so I know that’s changed a lot. I think there are times that things just need to be changed and that’s definitely happened here.”

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Ruth Tillar ’45 has come back to the College of William and Mary for 76 consecutive homecoming weekends.

POLICE BEAT

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Thursday, Oct. 13 — A larceny was reported at Richmond Road.

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Friday, Oct. 14 — An individual was arrested for being drunk in public on Richmond Road.

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Sunday, Oct. 16 — A hit and run was reported on Capitol Landing Road.

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Sunday, Oct. 16 — A larceny was reported on North Boundary Street.

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REAL ESTATE

James Monroe’s home larger than experts thought

Monroe’s Highland is only U.S. president’s home owned by a university TALIA WIENER THE FLAT HAT

New discoveries at James Monroe’s Highland, the fifth United States president’s estate located in Charlottesville, Va., shed light on the architectural features of the founding father’s home while also providing a new perspective on Monroe himself.

The estate, bequeathed to the College of William and Mary in 1974 by philanthropist Jay Winston Johns, who received an honorary doctorate from the College in 1967, is the only U.S. president’s home owned by a university.

Monroe’s home was, until a few years ago, assumed to be a surviving wing of a two-wing house, with a two-room lobby entrance typical of area plantations during that time.

According to Executive Director of Highland Sara Bon-Harper, this falsehood long pre-dated the College’s research.

“The misunderstanding of the standing house as Monroe’s main house is not new,” BonHarper said. “That didn’t come about just when the College inherited the property. My research colleagues have showed me newspapers articles dating back to 1885 saying that what is standing is the wing of Monroe’s main house.”

When Bon-Harper was hired in September 2012, she said that she was eager to revamp archaeological efforts at Highland.

Unsatisfied with the current explanations, she began a campaign to discover the truth.

“I was really looking from the ground up,” BonHarper said. “Out came the questions of what we know and why we know them. Really examining the current knowledge and the sources of current knowledge.”

Efforts at Highland are controlled by both a president’s advisory commission, which meets quarterly, and the Monroe Legacy working group, a body created to promote Monroe and his career, ideas and accomplishments.

Both organizations focus on identifying funding opportunities for Bon-Harper’s research projects.

While the College does contribute to the Highland’s endeavors, the grants do not meet the amount needed to fully fund the research.

“The Monroe Commission and the Legacy group unanimously and strongly supported me in furthering this research and really showed great courage in saying, ‘Yes, you really need to do the research and you need to find out the truth,’” Bon-Harper said. “If it’s an awkward truth, we’ll deal with that when it happens. But whatever it is, we need to know the truth.”

After receiving the necessary funding, BonHarper and her team at Highland discovered a deposit of architectural debris in the front yard of the standing house, containing nails, window

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James Monroe’s Highland is partially owned by the College of WIliam and Mary and the College’s Real Estate Foundation.

glass, wall plaster and more.

This discovery spurred a larger effort, which involved dendrochronological experiments that linked the remains to the year 1818.

“I wanted to be very, very sure that if we were revising our long-held history of this property that we were as absolutely careful as we could be,” Bon-Harper said. “And I could imagine scenarios where rafters or roofing had been replaced.”

Samples taken from other areas of the home confirmed the original results that the house dated back to 1818.

This conclusion coincided with a letter Monroe had written that had already been used to interpret a part of the estate but had, until this point, gone partially unexplained.

“I have a new house just below the present one,” Monroe wrote, sharing news of his latest addition, speaking later in the letter of plans to convert a former slave quarter into a guest home.

Bon-Harper’s and her team’s discoveries changed many previous notions of Monroe and his home.

“I think we have been sort of lured into the understanding of Monroe as humble and living within his means and perhaps not that ambitious,” Bon-Harper said. “Whereas having a house really much larger and more significant than previously seen is important and gives us a chance to say, ‘Ok, let’s look again and see what we might have been overlooking based on this humble architecture.’”

Member of the Monroe Legacy working group and of the Board of Visitors Chris Little is a fan of Monroe, and displays a portrait of the former president above the fireplace in his home. Little also said that the exploration of Monroe and the publication and the dispersion of this new perspective will take time.

“It’s not going to happen overnight,” Little said.

“But seems to me, there is no more logical place to be a center of study of that period of history than William and Mary.”

Little and the rest of the Monroe Legacy working group have created a master plan for Highland that recently was unanimously passed by the College’s Design Review Board, Administration, Buildings, and Grounds Committee and then the Board of Visitors — a credit, Little said, to the importance of the movement.

The plan includes an archaeological

exploration of the site of the house, the construction of a pavilion over the dig sites to protect from weather and allow visitors to observe the ongoing exploration, and the creation of a visitor center for Highland.

Aside from these goals for the estate, Little

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I think we have been sort of lured into the understanding of Monroe as humble and living within his means and perhaps not that ambitious.

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Bon-Harper

emphasized the need for additional efforts to aid in the expansion of Monroe’s legacy.

“His papers need to be digitized,” Little said.

“It’s very important to expanding scholarship and study of Monroe. In today’s academic world, scholars studying a particular period spend a lot of time in front of their computers easily accessing materials that weren’t available to scholars 30 years ago, and Monroe’s papers are not available that way.”

According to Little, there is talk of the creation of a doctoral fellowship program in the history department at the College, for the studying and teaching of Monroe and his period of history.

This is something unprecedented at the College.

“Like the mature Monroe, William & Mary seeks to enable students to see complex, often divisive, issues from many perspectives and to work toward practical, unifying solutions in the public interest,” College President Taylor Reveley said in a press statement. “This isn’t easy to teach or easy to do, but it is essential to the national good.”

ACADEMICS

College weighs in on global political trend of illiberal democracies Professors discuss populism, nationalism in year-long series of interdisciplinary lectures HENRY BLACKBURN THE FLAT HAT

The global rise of populism, nationalism and illiberal democracies is taking hold of the College of William and Mary — in the comfort of a lecture hall.

A series of lectures called The Global Rise of Illiberal Democracies, co-sponsored by the government department, the Dean of Arts and Sciences and the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies, covers the rise of populism and nationalism in democracies throughout the world. Government professor Rani Mullen hosts these lectures.

“There was a lecture in the spring of last year, I think March or so,” Mullen said. “We posed the rise of liberal and illiberal democracies.

A bunch of us went to dinner afterwards and said, ‘It’s really quite worrisome that this is not just a U.S. phenomenon. How do we understand it?’ So we broke down some of the questions that were posed at that time and decided to discuss these individual questions in a series of lectures.”

These lectures host professors from multiple disciplines at the College. Theatre and Asian and Pacific Islander American Studies professor Francis Tanglo-Aguas discussed the growing nationalist sentiment in the Philippines. He also weighed in on the rise of President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte.

“We’re all specialists in other areas, but it’s interesting in these cases and with our different knowledge together to say, ‘How do we understand this? What’s driving this? Are there commonalities?’”

Mullen said.

Priya Ponnapula ’17 and Nick Petrihos ’17 help Mullen to organize the lectures. Ponnapula is an international relations and economics double major and has taken all of Mullen’s previous classes.

“I’m in her student seminar on Afghanistan right now, it’s great,” Ponnapula said. “It’s really inspiring, and I really wanted to help her out with these [lectures].”

Petrihos, a government and business analytics double major, is also in the Afghanistan seminar and, like Ponnapula, has taken some of Mullen’s previously offered courses. “[Mullen] asked Priya and I to help with these events,” Petrihos said. “She held them last year and they got big turnout. I help organize the events so I book the rooms, catering, take photos, print name tags, make, hang and change flyers. [Priya] takes care of the actual hard work, which is to find panelists and organize the discussion.”

The lectures also present research opportunities to students interested in illiberal democracies.

“We’re asking students to come in and share their ideas and thoughts,” Mullen said. “William and Mary has become so international and people can bring their experiences to their research.”

Petrihos said that he hopes to launch an independent study in the spring on a similar topic.

These lectures on illiberal democracies will extend through this spring semester, but their structure and focus are subject to change.

It is not yet decided what the lectures will focus on in subsequent academic years, or if the series will continue.

“Just getting six or seven lectures together is a bit of a challenge

because everyone is just so busy,” Mullen said. “The idea is that during the election year here, because it is such a phenomenon, we’ll see how it goes and see the feedback we get from these panels, and then re-evaluate them based on that for next semester.”

While students are encouraged to attend, these lectures are also open to the Williamsburg community.

Petrihos discussed what he saw as an encouraging turnout at the first lecture, saying that the wide variety of people who came made the lecture feel more inclusive and widespread.

“We get people who are not just students, but professors and a lot of members from the community too, which I think is great to see,” Petrihos said. “It’s not just a conversation between professors and students, but a campus community and Williamsburg too.”

The first lecture introduced the topic of illiberal democracies and debated whether illiberalism is on the rise in the United States. The 2016 presidential election and Donald Trump’s campaign formed the backbone of the discussion.

Mullen said she values the different perspectives that are presented at these lectures, believing that they offer a unique look at the changing global political climate.

“I see this as a communal endeavor,” Mullen said. “People from China, the woman who was talking was from Poland, they bring that discussion of, ‘I don’t quite understand what’s going on.’ It was interesting the more people would talk about it happening in Eastern Europe and Western Europe. Students were asking how similar it is to the U.S. case. It’s to put the U.S. in a global perspective.”

The next lecture, scheduled for Nov. 15, will cover the rise of global inequality and its relation to the rise of populism.

College formally dedicates Lemon, Hardy Halls during homecoming ceremony Buildings renamed after Board of Visitors passes resolution in Spring 2016 to honor African-American contributors DEDICATION from page 1

Americans, known and unknown, who helped sustain the College’s development and pushed it forward.

Lemon’s name became the name of the College’s initiatives to help lead the way towards atonement and reconciliation.

Chief Diversity Officer Fanchon Glover discussed the enormous significance of the renaming of these two residence halls.

“Today we add a new chapter to the history book of William and Mary,” Glover said. “For the first time in history, we are naming two buildings for African-Americans, that in itself is

worth the celebration … We join a very small and unique group of universities who have actually named buildings after enslaved persons. I am very proud that we are in that group, as we named Mr. Lemon.”

Later in the ceremony, Hardy’s brother John Stuart gave a memorial speech for his sister.

“She was an amazing woman,” Stuart said. “She was like a mother, a grandmother to my children and my family. Carroll treated all people with dignity and respect, and that is something we all should do. She treated people with such kindness and love no matter what are your backgrounds and ethnicities, she gave her heart all the

time.”

Carmen Anthony ’00, who was once a student of Hardy, discussed her experiences with Hardy.

“Dean Hardy had made huge impacts in my life,” Anthony said. “She made numerous efforts towards raising the consciousness of racial diversity on campus. I should and have to be here today for her.”

President of the Alumni Association Cynthia Jarboe ’77 said she regarded the renaming of the Lemon and Hardy Halls as a phenomenal achievement for the College.

When asked about her general feelings about the efforts the College had made throughout the years, she

said she had witnessed great progress.

“It is so rewarding to see that there is an increasing number of minority student leaders on this campus,” said Jarboe. “As the president of the Alumni Association, I got time to spend with those great leaders that were minorities … It was just simply wonderful.”

Current resident of Lemon Hall Greg Akerman ’18 said he has been looking forward to this day for a long time.

“As a resident in this hall, I always hear great things about those two figures in the history of William and Mary,” Akerman said. “I want to pay my respects to these two great people in the history of our college that made my life now possible.”

Lemon Hall also houses the Mosaic House, a living option for undergraduates of the College who are interested in an ongoing intellectual exchange about culture, diversity, interracial communities and sexuality.

The dedication ended with the plaque unveiling ceremony in front of the two buildings.

Two plaques were established in front of the Lemon and Hardy Halls, which each had Lemon and Hardy’s life biographies and contributions to the College enscribed on them.

The College also presented Hardy’s family members and the Lemon Project’s staff with duplicates of the plaques.

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CAMPUS

Campaign to save birds takes flight at College Students propose Green Fees for window-tinting film to prevent bird death KATHERINE WEBER THE FLAT HAT

Window-related bird deaths plague campus each year, provoking student and faculty pushes for reform.

Nick Newberry ’17 was a freshman living in the Green and Gold Village when he first saw a dead bird on the ground by Kaplan Hall. He has seen multiple bird deaths caused by glass windows in many different ways around campus since that day, and he described the experience of finding dead birds as “jarring, every single time.”

Newberry has been collecting data on bird deaths since his freshman year.

“We estimate between 500 and 2,000 birds per year die from hitting windows, and it could be much higher than that,” Newberry said.

Newberry and others associated with the Bird Club, which Newberry founded the spring of his freshman year, have been trying to obtain Green Fees.

These funds, designated by the College of William and Mary for sustainability purposes, would finance the installation of special films on windows around

campus to curb window-related bird mortality.

These sometimes-fatal window collisions, caused by reflections that give birds the impression of safe passage, could be prevented by the window treatments.

The birds are typically harmed around what Newberry called “hot-spots” on campus, such as certain windows at the Earl Gregg Swem Library, the Muscarelle Museum of Art, Small Hall and Kaplan.

Despite the issue being generally confined to the fall and spring due to migration patterns, Newberry noted that there is an anomaly to that trend here on campus.

“There’s a window at Muscarelle that kills birds year-round,” he said. “Between 75 and 150 birds per year at minimum die from trying to go through that passageway.”

To collect this kind of data, Newberry, Bird Club President Megan Massa ’18, Ohad Paris ’17, a graduate student studying biology, and others check throughout the week for dead birds near these particular hot-spots.

“I find [dead birds] all the time,” Massa said. “It’s

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The Bird Club works to map the location of bird deaths on campus. This map represents those birds killed in the last year.

very unfortunate that some of the rare birds or the birds that would be really interesting to see here don’t make it out of here.”

Once, Newberry found a Painted Bunting dead

by Small Hall, a kind of bird that he had never seen before. It was only the 15th time one had been sighted on the peninsula, he said.

Newberry, other Bird Club members and faculty had had enough experiences finding dead birds around campus to keep the issue dormant in data sets.

“I felt like I was part of that cycle where you do all the research and you know what’s wrong, you know how to fix it, but you just don’t advocate for it, and so I didn’t want to fall into that trap,” Newberry said.

The club was granted a Green Fee during the spring semester of 2016.

“The Green Fee we were awarded … was for an experimental trial phase of the project, so they wanted to see beyond a shadow of a doubt if this treatment actually affects birds in a way that makes it so they don’t hit windows,” Newberry said.

This trial phase involved a treatment of a window at Swem. Paris said that these changes have already lowered the number of bird collisions.

But the process has not been simple, and windows continue to kill birds each week.

“Cats and habitat destruction kill more birds than windows, by far, but these injured populations need to be protected from any preventable mortality,” Cristol said in an email. “We are not getting rid of cats anytime soon, and habitat destruction will always be increasing as human populations grow, so stopping the slaughter at the windows is a very feasible way to help these disappearing birds.”

Paris said that there was another untreated window at Swem that recently killed a bird. He said he knew which window had hurt the bird because he

could see a stain from where it had crashed, a kind of “watermark” sometimes left when their feathers hit the glass.

“These are young birds, they were born just a few months ago,” Paris said. “That’s one of the reasons they hit windows — they don’t understand buildings yet.”

As the issue persists, Newberry and Paris push for more Green Fees and recognition of the problem around campus.

Newberry said the club had difficulty communicating the importance they perceived in resolving the issue.

“Another issue for this problem is that people don’t know about it on campus, and that’s just as much an issue as the birds dying themselves,” Newberry said.

This observation provoked Newberry to create a Facebook page titled: “For the Birds: A Campaign to Save 10,000 Birds at William & Mary,” which he described as a spinoff of the College’s campaign called “For the Bold: A Campaign to Raise a Billion Dollars Over 10 Years.”

As fatal window collisions persist, these students and faculty continue pushing for current treatments but look towards future campus construction as well.

“We’re trying to treat building by building right now, but eventually we want it to be in the policy of the College going forward to every single new building that’s built, it’s built with birds in mind,” Newberry said.

Newberry recalled an experience in which he found two dead Red-eyed Vireos at Swem. He said this instance particularly motivated him to address the problem.

“One of them had been stepped on and sort of brushed to the side … that just kind of sent me over the edge,” Newberry said. “I was just like … I have to do something about this.”

STUDENT LIFE

VSFS eInterns partner up on foreign service projects State Department virtual internships help students overcome barriers to work experience ABHI CHADHA THE FLAT HAT

Through a digital internship with the U.S. Department of State, Brooke Cox ’19 is learning to mobilize her community around the Syrian refugee crisis.

The Virtual Student Foreign Service program, which allows students across the United States to get involved in virtual projects with the Department of State, was first announced in 2009 by Hillary Clinton in a commencement address to New York University. In the address, Clinton called for young students to get involved in public service across the country. This initiative is part of the Department of State’s effort to update its mentoring process for the 21st century through digital programming.

According to Asha Beh, a member of the public relations team for VSFS, the program began with traditional Department of State interns working on 44 different projects from Washington, D.C. Since then, the program has grown to about 800 students from across the United States, working on a variety of projects.

One endeavor by VSFS in a foreign service capacity was in China. The U.S. consulate in Guangzhou aimed to perform a study on pollution in the region.

However, due to Chinese restrictions on internet access to certain websites, it became difficult for the consulate staff to acquire data.

To bypass this issue, the consulate had eInterns through VSFS conduct research domestically.

Bringing foreign service closer to home, Cox has been working

on a project known as No Lost Generation, which looks to heighten awareness regarding the status of refugees. This particular project has over 70 students at 35 different campuses across the country.

Cox is currently working to develop a branch of No Lost Generation on campus at the College of William and Mary. In this role, VSFS provides her with flexibility to design this project in a way she thinks would be most impactful. Moving forward, Cox said she hopes to establish connections with the City of Williamsburg City Council and other Virginia state schools to heighten awareness on the status of refugees.

The VSFS program has expanded far beyond the Department of State, with over 30 participating agencies across the government.

These agencies range from the Central Intelligence Agency to the Smithsonian Institution.

Sherifa Atwa ’17 is involved with educational outreach in the United States Geological Survey, a particular agency working with the VSFS program. She works with two other interns, one stationed in Washington, D.C. and the other in California. The team works together to develop a series of lesson plans to be used by USGS scientists to introduce geology to students in K-12 schools.

Atwa said she sees a clear link between the work VSFS allows her to do and a future career path.

“I’m primarily focused on education outreach in the geosciences,” Atwa said. “I’m a geology major and an environmental science minor, and my main interest is environmental justice and just educating and creating a more diverse and productive geosciences workforce.”

Quran to add to Swem’s diversity Copy shows history of U.S. Muslim activity QURAN from page 1

their practices, or generalizing about the persistence of African Muslim activity in what became the United States has been quite difficult, largely because their numbers were small and many were enslaved. Enslaved people had varying levels of control over their lives and property, but on the whole substantially less than free people of any background. A surviving text of this kind is very, very rare.”

According to Special Collections staff, this Quran adds diversity to the College’s collection of historical documents and will prove a benefit to students.

Swem’s Head of Research Don Welsh said that the Quran manuscript will add to the religious diversity of materials found in Special Collections.

“We try hard to support the curriculum, so there are a lot of courses in this area, very much interested in colonial history.” Welsh said.

“There are many books and papers in that area, but most of the history was the history of the western Christian history. So this [the Quran] is a nice supplement to fill out the history of other people here.”

Director of the Special Collections Research Center Jay Gaidmore also addressed the contribution of acquiring this Quran to Special

Collections.

He said that since the College is a historically white institution, the College has a lot of papers from white Virginian families but few from African American origin.

“We work very hard to diversify our holdings of African American history,” Gaidmore said.

“This is a great fit for us to diversify our holdings and have something really cool to show.”

In addition, Gaidmore said that materials like this could give students the ability to explore primary sources for themselves.

“Students can go to the source themselves and be able to experience what the Quran manuscript in 19th century was … to see that kind of stuff first hand,” Gaidmore said. “There may be copies scanned available and they can engage online, but there is nothing like seeing the original and turning the pages.”

Religious studies professors are working with off-campus experts to analyze the calligraphy of this hand-written Quran in order to identify the exact time and place where it was written.

More information of the scripter as well as other newly discovered features will also be the subject of future research.

Special Collections is also cooperating with professors to catalog and scan the copy to make this document available to more students in the near future.

Atwa said she sees her work as beneficial to minorities, the populations least likely to become involved with the geosciences. “[Getting more people involved] starts with reaching out to these diverse populations and these underrepresented populations within not only STEM but also within Geosciences and creating lesson plans as a person of color,” Atwa said.

Connor Glendinning ’19 is engaged in social media outreach as an intern with the Office of the Historian for the Department of State. In this role, he sorts through volumes of documentation and identifies pieces pertinent to current events.

Glendinning takes these articles and summarizes them into 140 characters, preparing tweets for the Office of the Historian to send out. He said that the work has taught him to skim materials and make quick judgements.

Erica West ’17 is also engaged with social media, but works with the VSFS directly. She works on the Communications and Social Media team, specializing in using social media to spread the word about the work being done by the eInterns.

“I see it as an opportunity for people around the world, and specifically the United States, who are expected to have internships, but don’t always have the means to do internships,” West said of her non-traditional role in the Department of State.

West and Beh both discussed how many students, when interning with the Department of State, are required to move to Washington, D.C. or overseas. With VSFS, however, that cost and travel is eliminated, making the government more accessible to students passionate about public service.

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GUEST COLUMN

A lesson from Fall Break: Appreciate what we have

Noah Petersen

FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

COURTESY PHOTO / SEAN WILLNER

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Why every eligible student should vote

Sean Willner

FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

In 2012, only an estimated 57.5 percent of eligible Americans turned out to vote. In that same year, only 41.2 percent of citizens ages 18-24 voted. In Williamsburg, there was an overall voter turnout of 57.91 percent. Quite frankly, all of these numbers are depressing, and we can do better. This upcoming election has incredibly high stakes and very real implications for young Americans, yet too many students, including people at the College of William and Mary, might not vote. If you’re one of those people, I hope to change your mind.

I’ll do this by addressing three of the most common arguments against voting.

Argument 1: I’m not interested in or wellinformed about politics, so why should I bother voting?

Almost everyone will agree that politics can sometimes seem a confusing and sleazy enterprise. Thus, it is understandable that some people might avoid it for the sake of their own sanity.

However, there is a lot to gain from understanding what is happening in Washington. Whether you follow what politicians are doing or not, the actions they take have real implications for you and everyone you know.

They play a role in deciding how you pay for college, how much tax you pay and how your tax money is spent (and those are just a few examples). Living in a democracy like that of the United States means that we have the opportunity to impact these decisions. By educating ourselves about the candidates and choosing the ones we like most, we get to mold our country into the kind of place in which we want to live. That is

incredibly powerful, and it is a right that many people around the world are literally risking their lives to acquire. For all these reasons, although it might not always seem appealing, there is tremendous value in staying informed about politics so you can do your part as an educated voter.

Argument 2: I dislike both of the candidates.

You’re not alone. According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll, Clinton and Trump are the two most unpopular candidates in the last thirty years, with 56 percent of voters viewing Clinton unfavorably and 63 percent viewing Trump the same way. However, this does not provide an excuse to avoid voting.

Regardless of what you think of the candidates, you are going to have to endure at least four years of one of their presidencies.

Thus, you may as well help ensure that the person you like best (or dislike least) is elected into office.

Argument 3: In our broken political system, my vote doesn’t really make a difference.

It’s true that one vote alone likely won’t change the outcome of the race. But if every unregistered student at the College registered and voted, their combined impact would be very real. Alternatively, if the 42.09 percent of Williamsburg residents who did not vote in 2012 had voted, they could have impacted a close race in Virginia.

It is also true that big money and lobbyists hold a great deal of sway over our political system. However, voters still get to choose the politicians who interact with those interests and ultimately make legislative decisions. Thus, although voting may not give us the same level of sway as the Koch brothers, our votes still mean something.

If you had not intended on voting, I hope you will rethink your decision.

In this election, the contrast between the two candidates could not be any greater, nor could the stakes be any higher for our generation; eventually, we will have to deal with the ramifications of electing whichever candidate is chosen.

So, let’s make sure our voices are heard in that choice by sending every eligible student at the College to the polls in November.

Email Sean Willner at stwillner@email.wm.edu.

Around campus in the days leading up to fall break, the consensus seemed to be that everyone could not wait to get away. Some went home and others stayed in their dorms, but generally, students were excited to take a break from midterm stress and spend a few days relaxing. In fact, I heard more than one time from my friends that they could not wait to get off of this campus.

When everyone returned Tuesday, I heard many different stories, but they all shared a few common themes: very little work was done, it felt good to spend some time away, and by the end of the three days, everyone was ready to come back.

Admittedly, not everyone’s experiences are the same, but the people I know have formed close relationships in their time here. They were not shy about how eager they were to leave before fall break, but, upon returning, they were happy to see one another again. One girl told me that on her own bed, in her own house, she found herself wishing that she could come back home.

This brings me to my point: Many of us complain about different things we experience around campus, but it is important to remember what we really have. College lasts for four years — four years that only come once in our lifetimes. No matter when you graduate, you need to take advantage of the opportunities you have now. It is strange that a

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It is time to find a new perspective, not to get lost in the work ... but to appreciate the community we share.

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This upcoming election has incredibly high stakes and very real implications for young Americans.

simple break of only four days could remind us about so much we have to be grateful for.

So, as we finalize our transition back to life on campus and begin another full week of classes, do not take what you have for granted. All of us have unfinished business that needs completing, relationships that need cementing, memories that need creating. In the years to come, I know that I do not want to look back on my four years of college and feel a sense of regret, and I do not think that I am the only one.

So I hope that we as a student body can learn something from our time away from classes — no matter how little other work we completed. It is time to find a new perspective, not to get lost in the work, stress or challenges we face, but to appreciate the community we share. Despite the fact that it has become cliched, we are “One Tribe, One Family.” So why not take advantage of that for as long as you can?

Email Noah Petersen at njpetersen@email.wm.edu.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: To the editor, I am a retiree living in James City County and unaffiliated with The College. By chance I picked up the October 4th edition of The Flat Hat, and I wanted you to know how impressed I was with the quality of reporting, most particularly with your coverage of the shooting at the Crust and the broader subject of gangs in the Williamsburg area.

I’ve not seen anything half this good from our local newspapers. You and your staff have bright futures in journalism, if this edition is a fair representation of your work.

Congratulations, John Haldeman, Penn State ’69

To the editor, I’d like to commend you for your outstanding reporting in Crust shooting tied to local gangs, above the fold on Tuesday 10/4’s issue. I’ve just finished the piece and I’m impressed with the amount of ground you covered - this is a big story, and I hope you’ve been getting a lot of positive response.

I think it’s courageous of you to directly contradict on-the-record statements from Grey Riley, the WPD Spokesperson, and I appreciate your willingness to call out his error.

Are you willing to speak to your beliefs as to whether or not the WPD, W&MPD, or other local organizations attempted to mislead you (or the public)? Do you consider the fact that the WPD omitted any reference to gang activity in its press report regarding the August shooting at The Crust an honest error, or an attempt to deceive?

It seems to me that the aforementioned groups have an interest in downplaying local gang activity — ­ I was surprised that I had never heard of CAGIN before.

Thanks very much for your efforts, and I look forward to reading more of your work in the future.

Sincerely, Sean Sukol, ’13

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Don’t suppress campus speech

Bryan Burgess FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

Freedom of speech, as defined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “The right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” This is, along with right to life, liberty and security of person, possibly the most important right any person possesses. It allows us to think freely and question others. It’s the flow of ideas, exchange and thoughts. It’s the only way we can grow.

But, in response to Noah Peterson’s claim in “Ending Stereotypes” (October 3, 2016) that “College is a time when people should feel comfortable sharing their views and supporting them without judgment”: no, it really is not.

Countering and interrogating the views people express, especially when you disagree with them, is the point of college.

Freedom of speech means you cannot be fined or imprisoned for the things you say or the opinions you hold, it does not mean that I have to agree with you or support what you are saying. I do not even have to listen to what you are saying. Expecting me to listen or expecting an organization to give you a platform to speak from is imposing limits on them; the College of William and Mary not inviting David Duke to come speak would not be limiting David Duke’s freedom of speech, it would be the College recognizing that we are not interested in being a vehicle for his racism and hate.

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Countering and interrogating the views people express, especially when you disagree with them, is the point of college.

Another thing: There seems to be a lot of concern over personal attacks. Calling someone who peddles bigoted speech a bigot is meeting words precisely as they should be met, with words. This does not mean that the person is devoid of worth as a human, or that threatening violence upon them is justified.

But it does match cause and effect — oppressive actions do not just come out of the ether; someone is behind them.

Similarly, assuming that because I am a white dude, whatever will come out of my mouth is oppressive would be false. But, the understanding that many of the experiences that inform my worldview and the privileges I get to enjoy in writing this come as a result of systems that continue to oppress others for who they are is an important prerequisite that I should be held responsible for knowing. It is not unjust to point this out if and when it informs oversights or prejudice. For instance, I know that I did a terrible job in this piece of speaking to/about identity politics and the mechanics of oppression, but I hope that means that someone will critique me and add to this discussion.

There is a difference between attacking individuals because of who they are and because of what they say or do. Attacking people for who they are is bigotry; it is how people have oppressed people of color, women, trans people, queer folks and many, many more. This is different than attacking someone for what they choose to believe and write about on the internet. And I get it, it is difficult to parse these out when our identities are tied up in political allegiances. You cannot change the way you were born, but you can change your opinions. (Is that not why the crux of the point that we have open minds and hear different arguments?) I can judge you negatively because of your words and actions. These words or actions can make you a bad person.

But you were not born a bad person, you got here by your own choice.

You act in a way consistent with your worldview, I get it, but if your worldview is based upon a fundamental inequality of human beings, I am going to have to take you to task for it. People condemning you for being prejudiced is not un-American.

The Senate condemned Joseph McCarthy, and that was maybe the most American decision ever taken. Campus could just as easily condemn liberal voices, and it would not be a freedomof-speech issue. Openness to ideas, my listening to your ideas, again, is not the same thing as freedom of speech, and it is sheer laziness to exaggerate unwillingness to be open to conservative ideas (which can be critiqued in its own right) to the point of calling it “censorship.”

Ultimately, freedom of speech is an exercise in having an ounce of self-criticism and a pound of self-awareness. I have a lot of unsavory opinions, for instance that Father John Misty is a hack, and I will never be able to care about Tame Impala, but the difference is that I have the self-awareness to not feel the need to take all those ideas to the internet. And when I do say them, especially on a college campus, I know that there will be blowback. Freedom of speech is hard: It demands that you back up your arguments and for you to be willing to face the blowback when it happens.

Email Bryan Burgess at bvburgess@email.wm.edu.

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The case for GGV as the best freshman dorm

Varun Desai

FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

They’re fondly (or sometimes rather not fondly) known as the Units, and they are filled with bugs, cockroaches and ants. Sometimes they are even called a “hellhole”. But it’s still home, my home. It is the Green and Gold Village, the largest, and according to me, the best freshman dorm on campus. This is widely debatable, but hear me out.

Let’s start off with the name itself — Green and Gold. The phrase means a lot to College of William and Mary students, because those are Tribe colors. Those are your Tribe’s colors. Regardless of where you go in the world, the Green and Gold will continue to remain an intricate part of you. Let’s compare it to a dorm like Botetourt. What kind of a name is Botetourt? It’s not even “Bote-tourt”, which sounds French; it’s “Bot-e-tot”.

George Bernard Shaw correctly stated, “There is no sincerer love than the love of food.” And that’s especially true to the average college student — food is life. And when you want to eat, where do you go? To the cafeteria. Commons Dining Hall, where you can find all sorts of goodies like cookies and brownies or the Caf, is not more than two minutes away from GGV,.

Once you’ve finished downing those delicious chocolate chip cookies and you now want to burn off those calories, where do you go? To the Rec, which, once again, is not more than two minutes from GGV. You might say that the Rec and the Caf are all well and good, but academics are far more important. Guess what? GGV is not too far from your classes.

Earl Gregg Swem Library, Adair Hall, Morton Hall and William H. Small Hall are all very close. Also, I’d rather live in GGV than in, say, Monroe Hall — imagine trying to head back to Monroe from the Rec after an hour-long lower body workout. I’m sure your legs would simply give up under you.

During orientation there was a particular dorm that had a very popular chant. “We’ve got AC.” Guess what, Yates?

Now that winter is coming, not only is that dorm chant worthless, but also, more importantly, the AC is gone — it’s a thing of the past, and I’m sure you no longer remember it.

There was another chant at orientation — “We’ve got Tribe Pride, yes we do, we’ve got Tribe Pride, how ‘bout you?”

And the opposite dorm, or the opposite team if you will, say Taliaferro, will chant the same cheer back to you. Then both dorms will each boast that “they’ve got more.” When both dorms chant it together…who’ll be louder? That’s correct, it’ll be the Green and Gold Village, because we are the largest freshman dorm on campus. Size matters.

Most importantly, GGV is home.

We’ve bonded together as a family.

President Reveley pointed out at orientation that 66 percent of all freshmen would feel homesick, while only 34 percent would not.

The Green and Gold Village falls under the 34 percent who’ve found home here at the College. We’ve cheered on our athletes (who also happen to be our dorm mates) at their soccer games, we’ve celebrated dorm mates’ birthdays at the Cheese Shop, we go for dinner together, and we’ve even created our own intramural soccer teams. Simply put, GGV embodies “One Tribe, One Family.”

The Green and Gold Village brings energy, passion and charisma. I remember reading on the William and Mary Class of 2020 Facebook page, “The Green and Gold Village is gonna be lit.”

‘Lit’ it has been, and ‘lit’ it will be for the rest of the year.

Because who are we? GGV. Email Varun Desai at vmdesai@email.wm.edu.

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Simply put, GGV embodies “One Tribe, One Family.”

Improving the College’s climate of honor

Shannon Caietti

FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

Our climate for honor at the College of William and Mary is unlike any other. Being fortunate enough to have served on the Council since my freshman year, I have been able to attend various out-of-state conferences, connecting with both undergraduate and graduate institutions. During my years on Honor Council, I have learned that not every school has an honor code. In fact, Harvard just instituted their first honor code a few years ago.

Boasting the oldest collegiate honor code, it comes as no surprise that the College stands without peer for our climate of integrity. We are fortunate to have honor deeply ingrained into our community.

It is advertised on tours to prospective students and students are permitted to test with take-home exams — honor is even prevalent in private interactions. While we are by no means perfect, we serve as an example for so many colleges across the United States.

Delving into these imperfections in the realm of academic integrity, we as the Honor Council recognize room for improvement. The most frequent violations we have seen over the past three years include cheating via unauthorized assistance or collaboration, and cheating via plagiarism. Some common themes arise when reviewing these cases. For unauthorized assistance or

collaboration, many violations occur surrounding perceived gray areas in class policy. In some cases students are hesitant to ask for clarification about what is allowed, and end up committing a violation without malicious intent. Others choose to help a friend out in a time of need, even when doing so may violate a prohibition on unauthorized assistance. In regards to plagiarism, the typical case involves paraphrasing without any citation, usually emerging in instances where one completes the assignment just hours before the deadline. No matter the violation, when a student comes before the council it is commonly the result of an impulsive decision, not a calculated or deceitful one. We see great students who make unfortunate mistakes.

There are easy ways for students to avoid potential honor violations: (1) Communication. Ask your professor for clarification on syllabus policy, proper protocol or anything regarding specific assignments. No question is a stupid question. (2) Ask for extensions if you encounter difficulty. Don’t be afraid to ask for extensions on assignments or turn them in a day or two late. It is better to act with integrity and receive a lower grade than to plagiarize an assignment in the hopes of meeting a deadline. Sacrificing your integrity and facing those set of consequences is much more severe than a bad grade. Professors here are extremely approachable and willing to grant extensions if circumstances allow. The College also has numerous resources to help you learn to manage time, such as the workshops offered by Academic Enrichment.

The College is full of students, professors and faculty who act with integrity every day. We are lucky to live in a community of trust that is as strong as ours. As members of the Tribe, we can continue to push each other to be better in all facets of our lives.

The Undergraduate Honor Council invites you to learn more about our honor system, celebrate those who live honorably everyday, and have some fun this Integrity Week.

Email Shannon Caietti, Vice Chair of Honor Council, at smcaietti@email.wm.edu.

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Recreating History AMY OLEJNICZAK / THE FLAT HAT

Da-Veia, an Orientation Interpreter, welcomes guests into the world of Colonial Williamsburg. Other interpreters will help guide guests through a series of stores and trade shops to give them a glimpse into what Williamsburg used to be.

Colonial Williamsburg interpreters combine enthusiasm for the past with technical skills MIA NAPLES FLAT HAT INTERN

Past a sea of backpacks, laptops and headphone-wearing students, about half a mile from the heart of campus, Jenny Lynn continues to manufacture tin products the way Americans did in the 18th century. Along with her co-workers, such as Emma Cross, who is a leather worker, and Aislinn Lewis, an apprentice blacksmith, Lynn is an example of Colonial Williamsburg’s living, breathing history.

“We’re keeping it alive,” Lynn said. “We’re keeping it going.

We’re perpetuating it. We’re setting up, as apprentices, a way to have more generations of tradesmen come through and learn how to do it the same way and keep that trade alive.”

These interpreters are part of a large community of historians within Williamsburg. They essentially live in the 18th century for 12 hours a day, five days a week, not including weekend events.

Their full-time schedule gives them a unique understanding of what it means to be an interpreter, rather than a reenactor.

“Reenactors are more hobbyists,” Lynn said. “They are the ones who go out on their own time. Here at Colonial Williamsburg, we’re doing the professional branch of that. What we’re doing is historical interpretation as a profession.”

Each of these particular interpreters works in a trade that was traditionally dominated by men, which often confuses their visitors.

“People get confused when they see us, as women, in the shop,” Cross said. “They think it doesn’t fit in the historical context.”

Researching their roles as women in the trade adds to the already huge amount of research the interpreters are required to do.

“People think we’re doing this just as volunteers, that we’re not professional historians, or that this is a place you can come work if you’ve got nowhere else to go,” Lewis said. “Really, we’re all academics, we’re just working in a different medium.”

This extensive historical immersion is part of what makes Colonial Williamsburg unique in its approach to maintaining

authenticity and accuracy. Interpreters have both the responsibility and the desire to physically reproduce history. Their work has produced items authentic enough to be accidentally sent to antique shops only for experts to discover that they were made by interpreters.

For Lewis, working on the details is one of the best parts of her job.

“It gives you a bit more scope for your trade,” Lewis said. “You’re able to experiment with things people wouldn’t have been doing back then. It’s an aspect that most people don’t think of. They think of blacksmiths as being dirty, gruff, and smelly, which we are, but they can also make really detailed and delicate objects.

There’s a lot of finesse in the work, as with any trade.”

Lewis, Lynn and Cross all agreed that balancing their constructive trade-work and talking to visitors is one of the more difficult aspects of their jobs.

“In the field that we’ve chosen, you can’t really have one without the other,” Cross said. “You can’t really accurately talk about what

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Female interpreters can now also work in the blacksmith shop as apprentices.

you’re doing unless you’ve actually physically practiced the trade.

On the other side of that, if you’re not talking to people about it, you’re not furthering the trade.”

Lynn added that accommodating the range of people they talk to can be challenging.

“We can, in a space of 10 minutes, get a bunch of three-yearolds and then a bunch of college kids, and you have to be able to talk to everybody,” Lynn said.

Lynn also expressed the struggle to jump back and forth between centuries.

“When I get back into the twenty-first century, and I’m sitting in my air-conditioned house after I’ve taken a shower after being out in the mud all weekend, I have a hard time getting back into the twenty-first century,” Lynn said. “You kind of have to ease yourself back into it.”

Even so, Lewis wanted to make it clear that at the end of the day, her job is still a job.

“We’re not escapists,” Lewis said. “We don’t wish we lived in the 18th century.”

In order to push through those challenges, all of the women said that fostering a love of history for future generations makes the work especially worthwhile.

“When I’m in the shop, and I’m having a conversation with a young kid, and the light bulb goes off, and they get it,” Cross said.

“I remember being that age and coming to Colonial Williamsburg and having that same moment. I love seeing that light bulb go off and thinking, ‘Oh, did I just inspire a love of history forever and ever?’”

One of the most important aspects of the interpreters’ job is doing justice to the past. Lewis said that a common task for her is defending the actual colonial tradesmen that she emulates everyday.

“I think there’s this idea that people in the past were somehow dumb because they weren’t like how we are now, that people back then were dirty and stupid and living in squalor,” Lewis said. “Well no, they were just as intelligent and hopeful and thoughtful as we are now. They just happened to be born at a different time.”

CONFUSION CORNER

Your guide to the picking the right Halloween costume

Whether you go for sexy or clever, there are some scary implications to consider

Emily Gardner

CONFUSION CORNER COLUMNIST

I have to apologize that this column is of a disappointingly lower quality than my last one, but my male ghostwriter quit so it was up to my inferior woman brain to write this one. And I’ve decided it’s time to address a very important seasonal conflict.

No, it’s not the debate over how undervalued the apple is now that pumpkin has monopolized the market for artificial flavoring. The issue: Choosing the right Halloween costume. This cuts deeper than basic-ness taking over our supermarkets because it is paramount to surviving the paranormal festivities. However, it’s not the ghouls one has to brace themselves against; it’s the time-honored, alcohol-fueled sexual aggression of this otherwise exceptional holiday. Selecting a costume that dissuades unsolicited attention is particularly difficult because one has to balance the desire for

fun with the seemingly reasonable request to not be groped by a “sexy” Trump imposter.

The most popular apparel choices are sexualized professions and characters. The capitalist beneficiaries of Halloween have managed to transform every profession known to mankind into something sexy. Amongst their most imaginative feats include sexy food-service, sexy non-profit managers and sexy sanitation workers. There are also “hot” versions of any identity one could assume, no matter how offensive (e. g. Native Americans) or absurd (e. g. sexy Republican senator). Similar to TLC shows about parents forcing their children to fulfill their own unsatisfied dreams of stardom, these costumes are guilty pleasures that are trashy but far too fun to abstain from completely. Sadly though, I don’t have to go into any detail as to why a costume that has even the faintest whiff of innuendo or suggestion will open you to an onslaught of unwanted attention, if not worse. So we can just eliminate three-fourths of the selection off the bat.

The next option is the clever costume. This initially seems like a safe bet. It’s easy to become the physical manifestation of a pun without showing any skin. Unfortunately, going as a critique of global capitalism or the overused 404 error message will show that you put thought into it, which means you were trying to have an enjoyable holiday. And we all know wanting to enjoy yourself clearly means you want to be catcalled or have your

personal space violated. Logic. Perhaps it is possible to fight creepy with creepy. Seems feasible; after all, most people aren’t about to talk to the girl making “Grudge” gurgles in the corner. Sadly, you will run into the same problem choosing the creepy or the clever costume unless you are actually possessed by a demon, and even then, that girl from “The Exorcist” was pretty hot once you got past all the vomit.

With all of the traditional options eliminated, it’s time to get creative. You could go as an animal. I don’t mean a costume crafted from a little face paint or fuzzy ears; I mean a full-body mascot suit. Maybe go as the Griffin, or take the butt end of a horse costume. In theory, this is the perfect solution.

No one can see your face or body, and no one knows who or what is in the endangered Chinese Giant Salamander costume (besides someone who deeply cares about the impending doom of a very important species). Unfortunately, a full-body costume is often seen as a piñata filled with a mystery sex prize in the mind of some more perverted folks. You could just not dress up.

Nothing deadens the mood more than someone who clearly did not try for the best holiday of the year. In theory, this should raise your odds of random degradation down to their normal levels.

In practice, you’re likely to be mistaken as ironic or a sitcom character, which exposes you to the

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same vulnerabilities as a clever costume. That leaves wearing a paper bag over your head or just going as a classic bedsheet ghost. Unfortunately, a paper bag can have some pretty lurid angles, and sheets invoke the thought of beds, so both wrinkled costumes and the anonymity that come with them can still arouse unwanted attention.

So, what is left? I guess we can just all stay home until rape culture ends and eat candy with our friends. After all, no one can control the inappropriate actions of others with clothing.

Happy Halloween.

Emily Gardner is a Confusion Corner columnist who on Halloween night will be passing out candy from her dorm room.

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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ex-creative director returns to help with homecoming

AKEMI TAMANAHA FLAT HAT CHIEF FEATURES WRITER

Few people can trace the start of their successful career to selling underwear at a Macy’s. William Schermerhorn ‘82, the former vice president and creative director of the Macy’s Parade and Entertainment Group, is one of those people. Schermerhorn returned to the College of William and Mary this fall to help with the homecoming parade.

Before Schermerhorn became the director of thousands of actors, actresses and musicians in the streets of Manhattan he was just a student interested in theater at the College.

“I was pretty much a theater baby,” Schermerhorn said. “I was at Phi Beta Kappa most of the time. I was a history major, but really theater was my love because I knew I wanted to be an actor.”

In fact, he was so busy with theater that he had little time to participate in homecoming activities. The 2016 homecoming parade was the first homecoming parade Schermerhorn attended.

While at the College, Schermerhorn performed in several plays.

“It was fun working on things like St. Joan that we did with the Canterbury Players because we actually performed it in the Wren building,” Schermerhorn said. “It had a whole different feel than when you perform in a theater ... And when we did Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat we performed it in Andrews in the art gallery there.”

In addition to his history courses and theater work, Schermerhorn said he particularly enjoyed his dance classes.

“It was just as much about life as it was about movement,” Schermerhorn said. “They really taught you to embrace and be positive and be ready for life. They were just wonderful classes to be part of and the creativity that could flow out of them was terrific.”

When he wasn’t working on plays, Schermerhorn enjoyed studying in the Palace Gardens and taking road trips with his friends.

“I was lucky,” Schermerhorn said. “I had a 1968 Mustang Convertible, so me and my friends, we would be able to drive down to Virginia Beach and take road trips. It was a lot of fun.”

During his summer breaks as an undergraduate student, Schermerhorn worked at the Mac-Haydn Theatre in Chatham, N.Y. He acted and technically assisted the theater, which put on 10 musicals in 10 weeks. Schemerhorn would later return to New York after his time at the College. In fact, within three weeks of graduation, Schermerhorn was already living in New York City.

“I was trying to be an actor and I was fortunate to have an agent,” Schermerhorn said. “I was going out on auditions for things like children’s shows like The Electric Company and Big Blue Marble and a few commercials and soap operas.”

While working on a play in Brooklyn, Schermerhorn got a parttime job at Macy’s to help pay the rent. A friend suggested that he work in the parade office. He met with the parade director at the time, Jeanne McFadden, who convinced him to work at the parade

office full time.

“Creatively, it was exciting to be part of such wonderful events like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Fourth of July Fireworks, which is the largest fireworks show in the country, working on Santa Land, and at the time in the 80s we were doing all kinds of store openings around the country,” Schermerhorn said. “I saw America parking lot by parking lot.”

At the time, there were very few people working in the parade office. Schermerhorn did everything from answering phones to altering scripts. He worked his way up the ladder until he became the creative director of the office.

“It all grew very organically I guess you could say,” Schermerhorn said. “I’ve had a wonderful career here at Macy’s.”

Schermerhorn was able to incorporate his love for theater into his work at Macy’s.

“I always kept the theater going,” Schermerhorn said. “We always did the window unveilings for the big, animated Christmas windows and I was fortunate to work with everyone from Whoopi Goldberg to Laura Osnes who was playing Cinderella at the time. I kept the theater that I always loved as part of my career.”

He even incorporated his knowledge as a history major into the Fourth of July Fireworks Show. This knowledge helped him turn these events into not just productions, but statements.

“It was always important in my events not just to do an event but to

say something,” Schermerhorn said. “Especially with Fourth of July.

I think it’s important for everyone to be a citizen and if I could say you need to be part of the democratic process or you need to take responsibility to make this country a better place, I would get to do it in an entertaining way.”

When working on the scripts for the parades and other productions, Schermerhorn always tried to keep in mind how people came together as a community.

“That’s one of the things these great events do,” Schermerhorn said. “The same thing homecoming does. It brings us all together as a community and we all celebrate in a way that we are all one on that day or in that moment in time.”

Schermerhorn had a 34-year career at the Macy’s Parade and Entertainment Group. During his time at Macy’s, four of the songs he wrote for the parade were nominated for Emmy Awards, and two won. He just retired in July.

Schermerhorn considers himself lucky to have been able to follow an unorthodox career path.

“I was fortunate,” Schermerhorn said. “I understand times change, but I followed my heart. It led me somewhere I never expected to be, but then I got to stand there on the middle of 34th Street with the NBC directors and producers.”

Schermerhorn will return to the College in the spring to workshop his own script with the theater department.

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Schermerhorn assisted in the direction of this year’s homecoming parade. He worked for Macy’s Parade and Entertainment Group for 34 years before retiring in July.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S SOCCER

Returning starters Cohn, Dixon, and Prewitt ready to lead team

Tribe dismantles Big 10 opponent late

Tribe poised to excel in 2017 Michi-can’t beat us

Chris Travis and Jacob Ross FLAT HAT SPORTS

We were in attendance at the annual Green and Gold scrimmage on Saturday in Kaplan Arena. Here are our five takeaways:

1. Death, taxes, and Connor Burchfield will make threes

Prior to the beginning of the scrimmage, the Tribe ran drills and conducted a brief shoot-around. Watching Burchfield warm-up from behind the arc was like watching a movie after reading its plot summary on Wikipedia. You just knew what was going to happen. He would release, the ball would spiral through the air in a graceful arc, and then it would soar through dead center of the hoop. The net hardly wavered.

The junior sharpshooter led the NCAA in three-point percentage last season, converting 56.3 percent of his attempts from beyond the perimeter, and looks to continue this impressive clip in an expanded role this season.

Despite his immediate scoring boost, Burchfield was a defensive liability at times last season, which made it difficult for head coach Tony Shaver to justify playing him down the stretch. In brief flashes during the scrimmage, he looked more reliable defending on the perimeter. However, he still seemed slightly uncertain of what to do with the ball on the offensive end when a shot wasn’t immediately available. Burchfield showed distinct improvement from last season, and with an improvement in decision-making and defensive footwork, he could be a crucial piece to the Tribe’s 2016-2017 season.

2. David Cohn looks sharp

You can’t ask for too much more from starting point guard David Cohn. He’s an excellent passer. He seldom makes mistakes: His assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.88 was the 26th best in the NCAA last season. He’s a relentless defender who can change gears rapidly and blow past defenders to get to the rim. He can finish at the rim through significant contact. He never seems indecisive when the ball is in Cohn his hands; he’s either setting up his offense at the top of the key or moving where he wants to go. He can really shoot it, too. Cohn shot 50 percent from the field and 47.2 percent from downtown in Colonial Athletic Association play last season.

The crazy thing about Cohn’s role is that it looks to expand in 2016-2017. With the graduation of Terry Tarpey ’16, the ball will be in Cohn’s hands at the end of possessions a lot more. While he was primarily a distributor last season, Cohn looks to continue his impressive passing game while taking on an increased scoring load. Cohn averaged just 9.4 points per game last season, a testament to his dedication to getting his teammates involved.

However, his offensive efficiency indicates his scoring is primed to take a leap with increased opportunities.

3. Matt Milon will be a huge addition — in 2017

Milon played his first collegiate season at Boston College

before announcing his decision to transfer to William and Mary last spring. The 6’4” guard appeared in 30 games for the Eagles, earning three starts and averaging 16.6 minutes a contest. Milon’s best game would come against eventual Final Four participant Syracuse in Atlantic Coast Conference play. He erupted for 25 points, burying 8 of 12 from the field and 5 of 7 from distance.

NCAA transfer rules require Milon to sit out the upcoming season, but he gave Tribe fans in attendance Saturday plenty of reasons to be excited when he becomes eligible to play in fall 2017.

Milon can flat-out shoot the basketball. He is lethal from three-point range. He shot 49.4 percent from downtown last season to record the fifth best three-point shooting percentage in the NCAA. And he’s not just a catch-andshoot player; Milon can create his own shot opportunities with the ball in his hands. Several times throughout the scrimmage, he created ample space between him and the defender with a wicked step-back move. Once free, he didn’t hesitate and buried shots from all over the court.

Dixon

4. Daniel Dixon demonstrates no regard for human life

After being hampered by injury for a significant portion of last season, Dixon looked like a different player on Saturday as his explosiveness was on full display. During one offensive possession, the senior bolted past his defender down the baseline, leapt into the stratosphere and dunked all over an anonymous guard — the Flat Hat protects the identities of poster victims — triggering a roar from those in attendance.

Dixon showed why he’s an absolute terror to opposing defenses throughout the duration of the scrimmage. The 6’ 6” shooting guard possesses the size and explosiveness to easily penetrate and get into the lane. And teams simply can’t afford to give Dixon space to operate on the perimeter. He fires away from behind the arc at a career 39.2 percent clip.

Now back to full health, look for Dixon to make his final season his best one yet.

5. Omar Prewitt will probably be the best player in the CAA

Omar Prewitt is very good at basketball. The 6’ 7” senior is the most complete and versatile player on the Tribe roster. While the contributions of other players will undoubtedly be important, the fate of this season’s Tribe campaign rests largely on Prewitt’s shoulders. He’s proven he can score, pass, rebound, and defend. He can play multiple positions. A first-team All-CAA selection last season, Prewitt finished third in the conference in scoring, Prewitt averaging 17.8 a game.

Despite his past success, Prewitt showed even more promise for this season in Saturday’s scrimmage. On one possession, he took the ball down the lane and drew a double team, as he likely often will in the future as the focal point of the Tribe’s offense. Rather than pass the ball back out to reset the offense, Prewitt looked more comfortable with the ball than last season as he slipped a pass between the outstretched hands of a defender and to a wide open teammate under the basket. This glimpse of Prewitt’s improved passing game is a telling sign that his game has matured and that he has even more to offer this season.

JOSH LUCKENBAUGH FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

William and Mary got back to its winning ways Saturday night, shutting out Big Ten opponent Michigan 4-0 in the friendly confines of Martin Family Stadium after dropping two straight matches on the road.

The Tribe (7-5-2, 1-3-2 CAA) had their foot on the gas pedal for the majority of the match, consistently creating scoring opportunities against the Wolverines’ defense. By the end of the 90 minutes, the College had outshot Michigan (2-8-4, 1-4-1 Big Ten) 22-4.

“I think we were very good from beginning to end,” head coach Chris Norris told Tribe Athletics. “I thought that our mindset was great right from the start.

The guys did a terrific job of trying to carry out the plan … I thought it was, for my money, one of our best performances of the season.”

Despite seizing momentum early in the match, the Tribe did not put the ball in the back of the net until the 40th minute. The College manufactured several golden opportunities throughout the first half, but more often than not Wolverine goalkeeper Braden Horton was there to make the decisive stop. Horton recorded nine saves over the course of the match, five coming in the opening 45 minutes.

Horton and the Wolverines did eventually concede, however, as the Tribe breakthrough came courtesy of sophomore forward Ryder Bell. Senior forward Reilly Maw sent a pass across the penalty box, which Bell collected before lashing his shot home for his sixth goal of the season. Maw and Bell, both regular starters, came off the bench Saturday night and made a big impact, tallying a combined three goals and three assists.

“We thought that for reasons of balance in the group we wanted to put a couple guys in the starting lineup that haven’t always started this year for us, and use Ryder and Reilly in roles where they were coming off the bench to try and give us a boost from an energy and athleticism standpoint, and they did a tremendous job,” Norris said to Tribe Athletics.

The Tribe went into halftime clinging to their 1-0 lead, and in the second period once again did not add to their advantage until late in the half. Michigan nearly equalized in the opening seconds of the second half, but junior goalkeeper Phil Breno stopped the shot, his lone save of the match.

The game began to open up as the Wolverines pressed for a goal, and the College took advantage with a string of three goals over a span of less than five minutes to put the match to bed. Sophomore forward Antonio Bustamante doubled the Tribe’s lead with a goal in the 81st minute, receiving a clinical pass from Maw on the break and tallying his seventh score of the campaign. Maw then scored less than a minute later, controlling a long ball from Bell and finishing past a defenseless Horton, his third goal this season.

Bell provided the final touch to the 4-0 scoreline in the 86th minute, taking a pass from Bustamante on the right side of the penalty area before finding the back of the net to bag his brace and match Bustamante with seven goals in 2016.

After this convincing Homecoming victory, the Tribe will head to Charlottesville, Va. today to take on No. 15 Virginia. The match against the Cavaliers is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m.

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Sophomore forward Antonio Bustamante scored his seventh goal of the season Saturday.

SCOREBOARD

CROSS COUNTRY

Tribe women 7th, men 8th at Penn State College starts slow, but finishes strong in stacked invitational JACOB ROSS FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

William and Mary cross-country turned in exceptional performances at two different meets over the weekend.

The men’s and women’s varsity line-ups made the trek north to run in the Penn State National XC Open in State College, Pa. In Happy Valley, junior Regan Rome placed fourth in a 20:17 clocking to lead the Tribe to an 8th place finish in the women’s 6K race. The NCAA All-American started off at a more conservative pace than the early leaders and planned to gradually reel them back in over the later stages of the race. But Rome ended up running out of real estate and had to settle for fourth.

Penn State’s Tessa Barrett, Elizabeth Chikotas, and Jillian Hunsberger swept the top three Rome places to help the Nittany Lions defend their home course and capture the team title. Barrett won the individual race, recording a time of 20:06.

“My race didn’t really go to plan,” a disappointed Rome said to Flotrack af-

ter her race. “I was hoping to go out a little easier and catch but I was just a little too far back in the race and was never able to make contact with the leaders.

So, I’m a little bummed out with my race today, but hopefully I can learn from it.”

Junior Molly Breidenbaugh had a strong run to place 28th in 21:00. Juniors Molly McKenna and Audrey Gordon placed 51st and 65th in 21:23 and 21:40, respectively. Senior Molly Applegate rounded out the scoring for the Tribe in 73rd (21:46) to secure seventh place for the College. Charlotte Kowalk (22:14) and Rachel Snyder (22:16) crossed the finish line in 101st and 103rd to complete the varsity line-up.

In the men’s 8K race at Penn State, sophomore Ryan McGorty paced the Tribe with his 33rd place finish in 25:44.

The Tribe had an excellent 1-5 spread to finish a solid eighth in the team race, with only 19 seconds separating McGorty and freshman JP Trojan, who crossed the finish line in 54th. The other scoring runners for the Tribe included Dawson Connell (25:49) in 40th, Faris Sakallah (25:56) in 46th, and Trevor Sleight (25:57) in 48th place. Christopher Hoyle (26:14) and Cooper Leslie (26:27) finished in 66th and 75th to complete the varsity line-up. The College recorded a score of 221 points;

Oklahoma State narrowly won the team title over Ole Miss by scoring 47 points.

The Rebels were a close second with 49, led by MJ Erb’s individual victory in a smoldering 24:49.

Head coach Chris Solinsky McGorty evaulated his race plan for his athletes after the race and noted to Flotrack that he had them start out a little too slowly. But he was pleased with how well they worked together as a pack to move up.

“My fault is having them start out a little too far back today but they worked through the field really well as a pack,” Solinsky said to Flotrack. “We were 19-second spread one through five, just over 31 through six, so they executed perfectly. It was just my fault having them go a little more conservatively, but that’s something we can remedy going forward.”

The Tribe will next head to Newark, Delaware on October 29th to compete in the Colonial Athletic Association Championships. The men will look to clinch their 17th consecutive title while the women will look to seize the CAA crown for the fourth straight year.

Football (3-4, 1-3 CAA) Oct. 15: W, William and Mary 24, Delaware 14 James Madison (6-1, 4-0 ).............0.857 Stony Brook (4-2, 3-0)...................0.667 Richmond (6-1, 3-1)......................0.857 Villanova (5-2, 3-1) .......................0.714 New Hampshire (4-3, 3-1)............0.571 Maine (3-3, 2-1).............................0.500 Albany (4-2, 1-2)............................0.667 Elon (2-4, 1-2)................................0.333 William & Mary (3-4, 1-3).............0.429 Delaware (2-4, 0-3).......................0.333 Towson (1-5, 0-3)..........................0.167 Rhode Island (1-6, 0-4)................0.143

Cumulative Statistics Through seven games Senior quarterback Steve Cluley 112 of 188, 1233 yards, 6 TD, 10 INT Senior tailback Kendell Anderson 107 rushes, 521 yards, 3 TD

The Week Ahead MSOC at UVA, Today, 7 p.m.

VB vs. Hofstra, Friday, 7 p.m.

WSOC at UNCW, Friday, 7 p.m.

FH at JMU, Friday, 6 p.m.

Swimming at Va. Tech Quad, Fri/Sat

VB vs. Northeastern, Saturday, 7 p.m.

MSOC vs. Charleston, Saturday, 7 p.m.

FH at VCU, Sunday, 1 p.m.

WSOC at Charleston, Sunday, 1 p.m.

VB vs. Elon, Monday, 7 p.m.

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FOOTBALL

COMMENTARY

Saved by the secondary Swinton, onside kick salvage Tribe

Chris Travis

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Redshirt junior cornerback Aaron Swinton falls in the endzone with freshman safety Corey Parker as a celebration of Swinton’s 63-yard pick-6.

Fourth quarter comeback ends College’s losing skid NICK CIPOLLA FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR In a 10-minute span in the fourth quarter of William and Mary’s homecoming game at Zable Stadium Saturday, the College flipped the script with three unanswered touchdowns to take a late lead to beat Delaware, ending a three-game losing streak dating back to the last home game Sept. 24.

Following a 7-3 halftime deficit, the Tribe (3-4, 1-3 CAA) found its footing from two late interceptions by redshirt junior cornerback Aaron Swinton and a successful onside kick recovery. When the onslaught was finished, the final score read 24-17, the College earning its first Colonial Athletic Association victory of the season right before its bye week.

“It was good to get a win, good to get a win at home, good to get a CAA win and good to get a win going into the open date too,” head coach WM Jimmye Laycock ’70 said.

Both the Tribe TRIBE and the Blue Hens (2-4, 0-3 CAA) scored on their opening drives; the College completing a 42-yard field goal from redshirt freshman kicker Kris Hooper before Delaware reached the end zone with a nine-yard rushing touchdown. With almost 20 minutes in the first half remaining, the scoreboard would remain 7-3 through the break.

There were few chances for either team during the second quarter. With 11 minutes, 18 seconds before halftime, the College had a short drive that was set to end with senior punter Hunter Windmuller punting from the Tribe 48-yard line. His attempt was blocked and recovered by Delaware, giving the Blue Hens possession at midfield while injuring Windmuller and taking him out for the remainder of the game. The defensive response was formidable as the Tribe allowed just seven yards and forced a punt, preventing Delaware from padding its lead just yet.

After the break, Delaware scored on its second drive of the third quarter via a 34-yard rush by Blue Hens quarterback Joe Walker, putting the score at a daunting 14-3 deficit for the home squad. Both of the Tribe’s third quarter drives ended in punts, giving Delaware possession as the fourth quarter began.

Continuing a long, rush-heavy drive, Walker was intercepted by Swinton in the end zone on a 14-yard passing attempt, giving the College a huge momentum swing with 14:11 remaining in the game. Senior quarterback Steve Cluley, who has had problems with consistency in the passing game this season, utilized receivers redshirt freshman Jalen Christian and junior DeVonte Dedmon to make it from the Tribe 20-yard line to the Delaware 1-yard line, where senior running back Kendell Anderson punched in the last yard for the touchdown.

“Any time we get a turnover it helps us get back on the field and change the momentum, and I think [the offense

hasn’t] been doing great in the turnover margin this year and [the defense] has been doing a great job, and they did a great job today putting the ball back in our hands and letting us go do something,” Cluley said.

With 9:05 left and the score 14-10, the game became more manageable and Laycock took the risky path of calling for an onside kick. Hooper kicked 11 yards, just over the necessary distance for a Tribe player to grab it, and sophomore receiver Jack Armstrong got a hold on it for the recovery, giving the College possession again on its own 46-yard line. With any momentum Delaware had pulled out from under it, the Tribe marched downfield — even making a fourth-down conversion on the way — to have Cluley rush the ball himself for a 4-yard touchdown to take a 17-14 lead.

The Blue Hens attempted to get a drive going, but the Tribe defense kept gains short. On 3rd and 6 and with less

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yards and the rushing touchdown. His throwing success was complemented

by Christian and Dedmon, who led the receivers with 83 and 45 respective yards, including a 29-yard bomb caught

by Christian in the fourth quarter.

“I thought [Cluley] was a little erratic in the first half,” Laycock said. “Just wasn’t getting himself set to make some throws and being confident in firing the football, setting his feet, doing some things like that. He kind of regrouped there in the second half and I thought he played very well.”

Anderson remained a force to be reckoned with in the trenches, pushing right through the heart of the Blue Hen defense for 115 yards on the ground in 27 carries with one touchdown. The offense stayed composed, with no turnovers for the first time all season; the line also stood strong and only allowed one sack.

Defensively, Swinton stole the show with the monumental DELAWARE four th-quar ter interceptions. He also had a solo BLUE HENS tackle and a pass breakup. Swinton commented on the details of the pick-6 play.

“I saw in film and from studying that [Delaware] likes to run those hitches at the yardsticks, so I knew it was coming and just waited there and he threw the ball. From that point on, my team did a great job blocking and we got it done.”

Senior linebacker Stephen Lubnow led in tackles with eight solo tackles and one assist, while junior defensive end Xavier Roscoe had six solo tackles and the lone sack for the Tribe.

The Tribe now heads into its bye week on a high note after the struggles that have plagued the season to this point.

“Going into a bye week on a win is huge,” Cluley said. “It makes everything that much better, we’ve got to carry that momentum, make sure we don’t lose that momentum … get healthy, that’s the biggest thing … We come back and we have a four-game stretch where we have to win four games.”

After the bye, the College returns to Zable Stadium to host Maine Sept. 29.

Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

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than two minutes on the clock, Swinton snatched Walker’s pass attempt at the College 37-yard line and sprinted through for a 63-yard interception return for a touchdown as the defense blocked several Delaware players in Swinton’s path. The pick-6 secured the Tribe’s comeback victory with the score at 24-14. The Blue Hens would complete a 41-yard field goal with eight seconds remaining. With hopes to send it to overtime, Delaware attempted an onside kick and Hail Mary pass, but Anderson — usually not a special teams player — recovered the attempt, allowing the Tribe to take a knee for its second consecutive homecoming victory.

“I don’t know if we played great at all times of the game, but we sure played great when we needed to, coming down the stretch in that fourth quarter we made a lot of plays and we looked good there,” Laycock said. “Very pleased with how our players hung in there.”

On the stat sheet, Cluley looked similar to his mid-2015 form with a 24 for 31 passing rate, 204 passing

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Redshirt freshman wideout Jalen Christian celebrates a catch on the 2-yard line late in the game.

Down and out. By the opening minute of the fourth quarter on Saturday, William and Mary was trailing a mediocre Delaware team 14-3 and found the Blue Hens knocking on the door once again. When Delaware quarterback Joe Walker hoisted a pass down the right sideline and into the end zone, it felt certain the Blue Hens would score and the Tribe would watch its chance of making it back to the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs dwindle away. Instead, junior cornerback Aaron Swinton had other ideas, perfectly timing a leap to intercept Walker’s pass as he fell to the ground in the end zone.

Swinton’s crucial interception sparked a Tribe rally for the ages, as a bumbling offense led by the previously struggling senior quarterback Steve Cluley came alive to engineer two straight touchdown drives and take a 17-14 lead with just over four minutes remaining. The second of these drives came after head coach Jimmye Laycock ’70 chose to roll the dice and attempt an onside kick. In what was the gutsiest coaching decision of the season thus far, Laycock opted to place the likely fate of the game on the foot of redshirt freshman backup kicker Kris Hooper, who was filling in for the injured junior Nick Dorka.

Hooper, whose struggles have been in the spotlight this season, was coming just two weeks off a poor performance at New Hampshire, in which he missed field goals from 32 and 35 yards, managed to punt the ball only 17 yards and added on a missed extra point for good measure. Nevertheless, Laycock trusted him.

Saturday, Hooper righted his wrongs and gave the home team a huge boost of momentum when he executed an onside kick to perfection, kicking the ball down to give it a nice hop that sophomore wide receiver Jack Armstrong got underneath and recovered.

Laycock’s gamble paid huge dividends for the Tribe, keeping the nowthriving offense on the field and allowing them to march down the field to take the aforementioned 17-14 lead.

On the following possession, Delaware woke up and reasserted itself, breaking through tackles at the line and bursting into the secondary on rushing plays. In just six plays, the Blue Hens moved 30 yards up the field with little resistance, marching into Tribe territory to set themselves up for the potential winning drive.

On the following play, Swinton made sure that we hadn’t forgotten, despite all the onside kick chaos, that he was the one who had saved the game for the Tribe. Swinton anticipated a short route perfectly, jumped in front of the receiver for his second interception of the day, and dashed 63 yards down the right sideline to put the game out of reach at 24-14 with under two minutes remaining.

The star of Saturday’s homecoming win came from quite an unexpected source. At the start of this season, the College’s secondary was largely a question mark. Senior cornerback Trey Reed returned, but there were still massive holes to fill around him. The graduation and subsequent NFL career of DeAndre Houston-Carson ’16 meant this year’s Tribe secondary was tasked with replacing one of the most dynamic defensive players in program history. Swinton himself, who missed all of last season after suffering a serious knee injury in the opener against Lafayette, was an unlikely hero.

Against all odds, Swinton and the have established themselves as one of the team’s strongest position groups and certainly the most critical one moving forward.

Of the Tribe’s four remaining regular season games, three come against undeniably-strong passing attacks. Three quarterbacks — Maine’s Dan Collins, Towson’s Ellis Knudson and Richmond’s Kyle Lauletta — have already passed for over 1000 yards this season and will present a challenge for the Tribe.

Luckily, there are plenty of signs that indicate Swinton will have help.

Redshirt freshman safety Corey Parker has had a tremendous rookie campaign, with 46 total tackles, three interceptions and a pair of fumble recoveries to his name through just seven games. Reed has also performed well and has 32 tackles and two picks on the season. True freshman safety Isaiah Laster has also shown flashes of promise, as he did with an interception earlier this season against Hampton and a critical deep pass defended on Saturday.

With a weak start to the season and a difficult portion of the schedule still yet to be played, the future still couldn’t be called bright. The Tribe likely needs to win all four of its remaining games in order to be seriously considered for a bid to the FCS playoffs. While offensive inconsistencies and injuries on the defensive front make this goal likely unattainable, Swinton and the Tribe secondary delivered a clear moment of hope on Homecoming Saturday.

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Senior running back Kendell Anderson had another 100-yard game as well as a touchdown.