The Flat Hat Oct. 4, 2016

Vol. 106, Iss. 7 | Tuesday, October 4, 2016

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SANE nurse arrives in Williamsburg Move follows multiyear student push SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

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Dominique Wallace, one of those charged in the Aug. 27 shooting at The Crust for gang related crimes, is pictured in white. Faces of those who could not be identified were blurred.

Crust shooting tied to local gangs Previously undisclosed gangs escalate feud near campus TUCKER HIGGINS // FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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HE SHOTS SEEMED TO COME FROM NOWHERE. Witnesses heard five of them, one after the other. Some were fired above the heads of those in the crowd. A few did damage to student housing. One struck a security guard in the back. Three days later, the security guard, who goes by “Lord,” wrote on his Facebook page that he knew he had been shot when he felt the heat and the pain running up his back. He prayed not to be paralyzed or to die. And then, he wrote, he was no longer afraid.

A local repairman cleared away the damage to Tribe Square two days after the shooting, but Lord, who was still under special protection in the hospital, would have to keep the bullet lodged in his body for the rest of his life.

To students, the shooting seemed random. In four years, there had been only five shootings reported to the Williamsburg police. According to Williamsburg Police Department Spokesperson Greg Riley, there had never been a shooting like this: a weekend night, an establishment frequented by students, bullets hitting campus.

In an interview the day after the shooting, Riley said the shooting involved two groups who had gotten into an altercation. William and Mary Police Chief Deborah Cheesebro published an opinions article in The Flat Hat a few days later in which she said the shooting was — Dawn Taylor, whose son an “isolated incident involving was killed in an alleged gang individuals in a dispute.”

An investigation by The Flat incident this summer.

Hat found that the shooting at The Crust was neither an isolated incident nor a random act of violence.

In fact, it involved two local gangs well known to the Williamsburg Police Department and likely also known to the WMPD, which receives gang intelligence from the WPD. The shooting at The Crust fits into a pattern of escalating violence between two gangs, both with roots in Williamsburg, which are known to commit crimes such as shootings, witness intimidation, drug trafficking and homicide.

The gangs, which refer to themselves as 143 and Centerville after the neighborhoods they are based in, have been feuding for years.

As summer ended, tensions were especially high because of the July shooting of 18-year old Kameron Stanley, a York County resident who had friends in 143. According to his mother, Dawn Taylor, Stanley worked both in dining services at the College of William and Mary as an employee for Sodexo and also at the Triangle.

Sodexo Resident District Manager Jeffrey McClure did not respond to a request for confirmation emailed Sept. 23 or a voice mail left on his cell phone Sept. 30. Sodexo Human Resources Manager Keith Carr did not respond to an email sent Oct. 2. The Triangle could not be reached for comment Oct. 3.

To conduct its investigation, The Flat Hat collected dozens of public records, interviewed sources with ties to local gangs as well as multiple individuals present at The Crust the night of the incident, reviewed footage of the event taken hours before the shooting, and reached out to police departments in six nearby jurisdictions.

The Flat Hat also reviewed social media postings made by

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“I want people to know that gang violence is real.

A lot of people in our community think it does not exist.”

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members of both gangs and spoke to an independent expert in campus security. The Flat Hat has decided to use the names of both gangs, which appear for the first time in print in this article.

This article also appears to be the first to identify the Colonial Area Gang Intelligence Network, or CAGIN, an informal organization directed by a member of the WPD that comprises 20 agencies, including the WMPD. The organization, which has expanded since its founding in 2007, is dedicated to facilitating communication between police departments and correctional facilities about gangrelated activity in the colonial area.

Aug. 29, two days after the shooting, the WPD issued a press release naming John Johnson as a suspect. Another press release was issued two weeks later, indicating that Johnson had turned himself in. Neither press release noted that the police department suspected the shooting was gang-related.

While the WPD would later say that they had no knowledge of Johnson’s gang ties at the time of the incident, the shooting at The Crust was not Johnson’s first encounter with the police.

Two years before, Johnson was arrested for allegedly shooting a man with a 9 mm pistol on the 100 block of Merrimac Trail.

After that shooting, court documents available in the WIlliamsburg James City County Courthouse show Johnson admitted to the crime. He was never convicted: News reports in the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily show that an uncooperative witness led to the failure of the prosecution. A source with knowledge of the incident, who asked not to be named in order to avoid retribution, said that the victim in the crime was threatened with violence See GANGS page 3

JOHN “MULLAH” JOHNSON Alleged Crust shooter — Johnson, 22, has been living in Williamsburg for five years.

—In press releases, the Williamsburg Police Department described him as a Newport News resident.

— In this photo posted to his Facebook page, Johnson, an alleged member of the gang 143, is making a hand sign associated with the group.

— Court documents show the WPD had extensive knowledge of Johnson’s gang ties before he was named as as a suspect. They did not mention them in initial releases.

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During last week’s Student Assembly senate meeting, SA Vice President Hannah McKiernan ’17 announced that the Riverside Regional Hospital in Williamsburg now has a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

These nurses are certified to administer forensic examinations and give special services to survivors of sexual assault.

This announcement follows a push by student groups like Health Outreach Peer Educators, 16(IX)3 and Haven volunteers for increased resources for sexual assault survivors.

Additionally, SA representatives to the Board of Visitors J.C. LaRiviere ’17 and Rachel Smith ’17 presented the priorities of students in regards to sexual assault to the BOV last week.

According to SA Secretary for Public Affairs Jakob Stalnaker ’16 J.D. ’19, this change came from the work of SA in conjunction with City of Williamsburg Mayor Paul Freiling ’83 and other City officials.

Stalnaker, McKiernan and SA President Eboni Brown ’17 worked with these officials and administrators at the College of William and Mary.

“I have several friends who have daughters away at college,” Freiling said in a written response. “My older daughter will go to college next year.

A parent’s worst fear is that call that might come in the middle of the night.

Unthinkable is the prospect that help might not readily be available.”

As of Sept. 27, City Manager Marvin Collins said that there will now be SANE forensic services provided constantly at the Williamsburg hospital. Additionally, Fire Chief Pat Dent established protocols to transport patients in need of forensic nursing services to Riverside.

Prior to this announcement, students seeking Physical Evidence Recovery Kits or the services of a SANE nurse had the option of traveling directly to the Newport News location of the Riverside Hospital or to receive services from Riverside Hospital mobile units of SANE nurses based in Newport News.

“After we talked to Mayor Freiling he wanted some information, some numbers about this issue,” Brown said. “I’m really happy with the product of having a SANE nurse no longer as a mobile unit but as a fulltime nurse when students need them.

I think it was a collaboration with not only the administration, or with the City of Williamsburg, but with groups on campus that a lot of people have wanted and a lot of people have asked for.”

While it is not clear whether this decision required the allocation of funding, Brown and McKiernan believe that this decision was made without funding, as the nurse employed at the Williamsburg location of Riverside comes from the Newport News branch.

“A lot of times student groups get discouraged because we want to act so quickly because we see such urgency, but administration and bureaucracy doesn’t always move as quickly as we want them to,” McKiernan said. “It is something that is important on campus and to the City as a whole.”

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Message to JCCPD & YCPD IM NOT IN NO GANG I AM A FRAUD ALL MY STATUESES ARE LYRICS FROM GANGSTER MUSIC. LEAVE ME ALONE PLEASE.

— Alleged Crust shooter John Lee Johnson in an Aug. 23 tweet

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Life for Delta Gamma President Sarah Carlsen ’17 may be organized into hourly to-do lists and weekly goal charts, but she said that the experiences she’s had at the College of William and Mary have exposed her to new perspectives that reshaped her life.

“The experiences I’ve been exposed to since I’ve been here are just so different from back home,” Carlsen said. “I met very similar people in high school — where everyone was white and pretended to be straight — and I’ve really gotten to see different perspectives. Being here really makes you question yourself and what you believe in.”

Carlsen came to Williamsburg from Dallas, Texas, where she said the southern stereotypes of sorority life had almost turned her away from going through the recruitment process. She said that when she got to the College and met other women in sororities, she decided early on in her freshman year that she wanted to go through recruitment.

“I met all of these amazing women in Greek life and then I knew pretty soon that I wanted to do it,” Carlsen said.

During her first year as a member of Delta Gamma, she took on the title Vice President of the Panhellenic Council. After taking on this position, Carlsen went to a national training meeting in February 2015 as part of her role on the Panhellenic Council.

At that meeting, she said she realized that her sorority had invested a lot in helping her develop her personal leadership skills and that she wanted to give back in some form.

When she returned from national training, Carlsen decided to apply to be president of Delta Gamma. After applying and meeting the requirements, the chapter and then a nominating committee elected her.

She began her term in January 2016 and will serve in this position through December.

“Being a president of a sorority here really gives you a chance to shift things and help push your chapter in a good direction,” Carlsen said. “I really think that we’ve moved towards transparency — there’s no reason why we all can’t be on the same page. We’re all 18 to 21-year old women. I’ve really tried to open up lines of communication.”

According to Carlsen, one of the challenges of being a sorority president is drawing the line between being a friend and a leader.

Carlsen said that she has learned that working with positive members of her chapter has impacted her life.

“Delta Gamma has made me feel more comfortable in my time at the College,” Carlsen said. “When I got here, I was still asking that question, ‘Who do I want to be?’ and I was floating around. Joining a large group like that forces you to confront things about yourself. It’s also a level of support, they give you this feeling of unconditional belonging. On bid day, you

SARAH SMITH // FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR haven’t done anything but they are so excited and so supportive of you.”

While being the president of a sorority at the College involves balancing chapter meetings, Panhellenic responsibilities and helping peers, Carlsen says that she finds her title to be an honor.

“It’s definitely challenging, but it is such an honor to be chapter president,” Carlsen said. “It is sometimes hard to enforce rules on your peers, because they are your friends and you want to help them. You want to do the best you can, not for you, but for them.”

Beyond Sorority Court, Carlsen finds herself within the walls of the Christopher Wren Building, where she works as a tour guide for the Spotswood Society.

When Carlsen is giving tours to community members and prospective students, she said she finds herself in a unique place.

“When I’m giving tours, I find myself not trying to sell Greek life to everyone,” Carlsen said. “Since I went through the process as a sophomore, I had a year without it and know that other people find different things to value. It’s something that has added value to my time at the College, but it might not be for everyone.”

When Carlsen isn’t busy leading her chapter or giving tours, she can be found in classes for her two majors: history and English.

She said she values “depth over breadth” and tries to commit a lot of her time and energy into a few things. In the realm of academics, she is also a member of the Order of Omega Honor Society, the all-Greek honor society, and the National

Society of Collegiate Scholars.

Based on her love for history and an interest for the Latin language that she gained in high school, Carlsen also has an official minor in classical studies.

“One of my favorite experiences has definitely been taking Professor Pope’s class on Nubia and American Thought,” Carlsen said. “It sort of looked at how Africa is perceived by people in the United States and I was so inspired. It even gave me my pipe dream of being an archaeologist.”

For Carlsen, her one regret so far at the College has been not studying abroad, as she chose to stay on campus her junior year to apply for the position of Delta Gamma president.

However, she said she hopes to study abroad after graduation, although her plans for that “change every week.”

Currently her plan is to go into highereducation and work in an admissions office, and then consider going to graduate school or law school in a year or two.

“If I work in admissions, I feel like the door is open for graduate school,” Carlsen said. “It would be great to help students grow in their own way like I did. If I did admissions I would love to help them or just see them change.”

Before she graduates, Carlsen said that she is most excited to wring the bell in the Wren building because she feels closely linked to the history of that tradition.

On the last day of classes in April, it is a tradition for graduating seniors to ring the bell.

“I am so excited to ring the bell,” Carlsen said. “It is really a neat tradition that would be coming full circle for me.”

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Sarah Carlsen ’17 attended a national conference representing the Epsilon Mu chapter of Delta Gamma.

POLICE BEAT

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Thursday, Sept. 22 — An individual was arrested for indecent exposure after masturbating in public on Gooch Drive.

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Saturday, Oct. 1 — An individual was arrested for driving under the influence on Richmond Road.

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Sunday, Oct. 2 — An individual was arrested for being drunk in public and using profane language on Scotland Street.

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Sunday, Oct. 2 — A hit and run was reported on York Street.

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Local gangs, feuding for years, bring confrontation near campus Nearby police departments started a network in 2007 to monitor gang activity

GANGS from page 1 COURTESY PHOTO / GENERAL XO

Tensions were high between local gangs before the Aug. 27 shooting because of the July shooting of Kameron Stanley. Faces of those not identified have been blurred.

GANGS from page 1

was threatened with violence outside a pre-trial hearing and fled the city.

As late as August 2016, Johnson, who goes by the nickname “Mullah,” appeared to claim credit for the incident on his Twitter feed, referring to the victim by name. Johnson, through an employee of the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail, declined a request to comment. The victim in the incident could not be reached.

Johnson, who has posted about his involvement in 143 both on Facebook and Twitter, also posted a tweet a few days before the shooting at The Crust about what appeared to be investigations by the James City County and York County Police Departments.

“Message to JCCPD & YCPD IM NOT IN NO GANG I AM A FRAUD ALL MY STATUESES ARE LYRICS FROM GANGSTER MUSIC,” Johnson wrote in the Aug. 23 tweet. “LEAVE ME ALONE PLEASE.” York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Dennis Ivey, Jr. would only confirm that they were aware of the gang 143 and were actively monitoring its activities. The Flat Hat is still negotiating with the James City County Police Department for documents related to Johnson, though the department has said they will not waive the fees to process the records, which they said could cost more than $5000. Open records laws do not require police departments in Virginia to provide documents containing criminal intelligence, though those departments may do so voluntarily.

Both of the gangs whose members were at The Crust the night of the shooting are identified as gangs in multiple court documents available at the Williamsburg James City Courthouse.

“All four suspects admitted to associating themselves with the gang of the accused,” one written criminal complaint said. “Police also located and interviewed members of the specific, identified rival gang.”

Riley said that the press releases he issued after the shooting did not include information about Johnson’s alleged gang affiliation because the department did not have the information at the time of the incident.

“At the time we began investigating this particular offense, none of the gang association information was known to us,” Riley said.

The information contained in court documents suggests that the WPD had extensive knowledge of Johnson’s gang ties.

In affidavits for search warrants issued the day after the shooting, available through the Williamsburg James City Courthouse, WPD investigator Lang Craighill wrote that Johnson’s gang affiliations were well known.

“Police have extensive gang intelligence concerning Johnson, indicating he is a member of a specific, identified criminal street gang,” Craighill wrote in the document that was signed Aug. 28, a day before the first press release was issued. “Police have obtained information as part of this investigation that Johnson typically resides with two of his fellow gang members[.]”

Court documents also show that the WPD was actively investigating another occupant of Johnson’s Williamsburg residence for gang activity.

In mid-September, the WPD filed its first gang-related charges related to the incident. Sept. 16, Johnson was charged for gang activity, while six more individuals were charged three days later, including Travis

Campbell, Jamel Young, Dominique Wallace, Kajoun Johnson, Eric James and Malik Born. Unlike the first charges, which were just related to shooting and firearm violations, no press release was issued immediately after these charges were filed.

Sept. 30, The Flat Hat sent a request to Riley asking whether Dominique Wallace and Travis Campbell were suspects in the case.

Within an hour, the WPD issued a release to the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily naming Dominique Wallace and Travis Campbell as suspects in the shooting at The Crust, in addition to four others. That release was the first to make public that the WPD was filing gang-related charges in the August shooting.

Riley said he was not aware the investigating officers had obtained the warrants until the evening of Sept. 29. Riley said he sent out the release after receiving the first request for information.

WMPD Lieutenant Don Butler said he did not have any information about the gang-related charges involved in The Crust shooting.

“I think that it’s accurate to say that this was a dispute between individuals,” Butler said, referring to the article that Chief Cheesebro had written using similar language. “It may have been inappropriate for us to put out any more [information] than that at the time.”

The WMPD was not told to withhold information about gang activity, Butler said, adding that the police department does not provide information about other departments’ cases unless that information is necessary.

“We can’t change the fact that the event happened and we reacted to it in the way we did, which we think was absolutely appropriate,” Butler said.

Gang violence is not included in the 2016 Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report, released Sept. 29 by the Provost’s office. Butler noted that statistics for the 2016 report are based on crimes that happened in 2015, and that a number of different factors go into deciding what is included in the narrative section. Discussions held by the College’s Threat Assessment Team, Butler noted, were confidential.

Independent Campus Security Consultant Daniel Carter noted that the College would not be legally obligated to divulge information about gangs, but that it is the type of information that could be useful to provide to a campus community.

Original reports of the shooting didn’t include the fact that Johnson was a resident of Williamsburg, listing him instead as a resident of Newport News.

Both of the original releases referred to Johnson as a resident of Newport News. Based on court documents and social media postings, Johnson appears to have come to Williamsburg from Newport News five years ago. While he is listed only as a resident of Newport News in press releases, in dozens of court documents going back to 2014, the WPD lists only his residence in Williamsburg, with the exception of one warrant issued the day after the second press release, which lists an address in Newport News.

Riley said that the WPD used the address for Johnson listed in its database, but did not explain why that address is different from the one officers used in court documents.

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“Police have extensive gang intelligence concerning Johnson,” reads this affidavit, written Aug. 28 by Williamsburg Police Department Investigator Lang Craighill.

On social media, Johnson said that he has lived in Williamsburg for five years. That claim is consistent with a 2014 bail form, which notes that Johnson had at the time been living in Williamsburg for three years, and was employed at the Kentucky Fried Chicken on Richmond Road.

Of the six other suspects in the incident, five live in James City County and one, Wallace, lives in Williamsburg.

While the exact cause of the dispute is unknown, sources close to the gangs have said that the argument that preceded the shooting was related to the July shooting of Kameron Stanley, in which three teenagers, who sources allege have ties to Centerville, shot Stanley outside his home.

Dawn Taylor, Stanley’s mom, said that even though she doesn’t believe her son was in a gang — he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, she said — it doesn’t make his death any easier.

“He had seen the good in everybody,” Taylor said.

When asked about the toll that gang violence takes on the Williamsburg community, Taylor said that over 500 people came to Stanley’s funeral, including the friends he had known since his days in Little League and an elderly neighbor whose grass he had cut growing up.

General XO, who was deejaying the night of the shooting, said in 10 years of deejaying in Williamsburg, he had never seen any gun violence before the night at The Crust. XO, who is aware of 143 and Centerville, said he doesn’t consider them gangs, because they are more of a neighborhood phenomenon. Noting that 143 and Centerville are both named after entire neighborhoods, XO said the word “gang” gives the wrong impression: A few people committing acts of violence are not a gang, he said.

“I don’t consider it to be a gang thing, as I said before. It’s more a, my friend, neighborhood thing,” XO said. “There are no gangs in Williamsburg.”

But XO said he has repeatedly asked the WPD to provide security at parties, both before and after the shooting at The Crust.

“A lot of people are going to come out to a party or situation,” XO said.

“The best deterrent is to have a police presence there. But the police say they won’t do that.”

Riley said that an officer working off-duty could create a conflict of interest.

“Our Administrative Orders require an off-duty officer to act in his official capacity if he/she becomes aware of an incident which requires police action and time is of the essence to safeguard life or property,” Riley said in a written response.

Gang activity in Williamsburg is not new, though it is milder than the kind of gang activity found in major metropolitan areas, Riley and Butler said.

In a 2011 address to the Williamsburg Kiwanis Club, Craighill, who is a member of the Virginia Gang Investigators Association, laid out the challenges he perceived in preventing gang violence in Williamsburg.

“Our success against gangs will be won or lost in our ability as a community to be clear and firm in our response,” Craighill said, according to prepared notes, “and not allow any room for escape or to hide for gangs, both directly in terms of members within and among us, and indirectly — in rejecting this concept of gangs as a ‘mainstream’ or acceptable thing on any level.”

According to Riley, gang violence within Williamsburg has increased since then. James City County Police Department Deputy Chief Steve Rubino said that gang-related violence in James City County has remained about constant.

Riley said that Williamsburg gangs are loosely affiliated with national organizations like the Bloods and Crips. A source familiar with Williamsburg gangs said 143 and Centerville have not obtained recognition from those organizations, though, the source said, they do draw inspiration from the two organizations. Butler, who previously supervised the gang unit in Portsmouth, Va., noted that the area around campus is particularly safe compared to more populous cities.

“In my time here, I have never seen a student on campus victimized by gangs,” Butler said.

According to Craighill, who has worked at the WPD since 2000, the area’s first gang crimes occurred in 2005. In 2007, because of the perception of increased gang violence in the area, Craighill established an informal network to facilitate communication about gang violence between neighboring jurisdictions.

“In January 2007, the Colonial Anti-Gang Network (CAGN) was devised in response to the perceived threat of organized criminal activity, in particular, in the form of criminal street gangs, in the City of Williamsburg and the greater Williamsburg area,” Craighill said in an email.

Craighill said that, although gang activity continues, the network has been effective and now contains 20 agencies and 100 members, including members of the WMPD, who attend its monthly meetings. In 2010, the network changed its name to the Colonial Area Gang Intelligence Network.

“The threat and reality of gang related criminal activity in Williamsburg and the greater Williamsburg area has not abated,” Craighill wrote in an email.

Since its inception, the network has been replicated by police departments around the state, Craighill said. In addition to preventing crime, he said, the network also operates to assess public perceptions of gang crime in Williamsburg.

In 2009, after the arrest of a member of MS-13, The Flat Hat reported on increases in Hispanic gang activity seen in the area. Recent gang violence, however, appears to be separate. The most recent FBI annual crime report showed street crime rates are increasing around the country, particularly in major cities. Taylor said she hoped that more people would acknowledge the damage that gang violence is capable of, and said that she thought Stanley did not die in vain.

“I want people to know that gang violence is real,” Taylor said. “A lot of people in our community think it does not exist.”

The case against Johnson will continue Oct. 4 in the Williamsburg James City County courthouse. The Flat Hat was unable to reach the other suspects related to this incident, but will continue to attempt to do so as the cases move forward.

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ACTIVISM

Standing Rock protestors speak on panel Students, professors, Lakota activists advocate against Dakota Access Pipeline ANTONELLA NICHOLAS THE FLAT HAT

Friday Sept. 30, a crowd of linguistics students, professors and other interested parties gathered in Commonwealth Auditorium to learn about the ongoing Standing Rock protest and the attempt to revitalize the Lakota language.

The event, coordinated by the linguistics department with support from the American Indian Student Association, included a documentary, a Skype conversation with a protester at Standing Rock, a panel discussion and a question and answer session.

The panel was composed of Standing Rock resident and Lakota speaker Kevin Locke, Executive Director of the Language Conservancy Wilhelm Meya and Director of Linguistics at the College of William and Mary Jack Martin.

The documentary, “Rising Voices,” describes the efforts of the Lakota people to reinvigorate their language and culture.

Experts featured in the documentary said that by 2050, only 20 indigenous languages would exist. Currently, 6000 people, at an average age of 70 years old, speak Lakota.

According to the documentary, Lakota natives worry that their language will disappear, and with it, their culture.

The slow disappearance of the Lakota language was, in part, spurred by United States policy. In the 1800s, native children were sent to boarding schools to assimilate into United States culture, where they were punished if they spoke Lakota.

Currently, fluent Lakota speakers are attempting to prevent Lakota from dying out by attending a Summer Institute at Sitting Bull College in North Dakota, where they learn how to teach Lakota to non-speakers.

Lakota immersion schools encourage young children to learn their native language from an early age.

“In order to bring back language, you need to build unity and you need to build a team of people who trust each other,” Meya said. “We spend a lot of time building that cohesive group through our summer institutes and building a movement

around language, a movement for change — a positive movement.”

Martin, who specializes in language documentation and revitalization and native languages of the American South, said that the pipeline controversy is connected to other issues, such as the extinction of languages.

“This allows us to step back and raise larger issues of the connection between the environment and other changes happening around the world,” Martin said.

Martin said that as countries choose official languages, other languages are pushed out of schools.

“Half of the world’s languages will disappear in your lifetime,” Martin said.

According to Locke, the number and diversity of indigenous languages gave rise to communication through a “silent language,” a type of sign language.

Locke taught students the Lakota words for “grandfather,” “great spirit,” and “to give thanks,” and demonstrated the corresponding movements.

The Language Conservancy looks at many different endangered languages and works with communities to create dictionaries, workbooks and cartoons to give them, as Meya put it, “the tools they need to succeed.”

Meya, prompted by a question of how a small community might reinvigorate its language, encouraged communities to learn as much as they can about their language and to maintain their passion for their culture.

“Don’t give up, even in hopeless situations,” Meya said. “Language is a powerful vehicle for change.”

Alayna Eagle Shield skyped from Standing Rock to the auditorium to answer questions about the pipeline protest. According to Eagle Shield, over 7,000 protestors have shown up to Standing Rock, which straddles North and South Dakota, in solidarity.

Eddie Santos, who works with Locke and was present at the event, said that Native American unity has sprung from the protest.

“Nobody’s ever heard of Standing Rock, but

now these tribes from across the country are driving out in droves to support the unity of Native Americans and the unity of one voice,” Santos said Eagle Shield joined the Lakota Education Action Program, enrolled her children in an immersion school and learned the Lakota language.

Eagle Shield said that her family has greatly benefitted from immersing themselves in Lakota and that she wants others in the camp to have the same opportunity.

Taking the suggestions of other residents and protesters at Standing Rock, Eagle Shield organized a place for children who were present at the camp to learn about the Lakota and their culture.

When asked about the protesters’ needs, Eagle Shield said that the residents of Standing Rock are preparing for the winter and appreciate supplies such as “tents, heaters and stakes.”

Eagle Shield encouraged non-natives to be open-minded when evaluating the Dakota Pipeline controversy. She said she wanted non-natives to consider past laws which have prevented natives from passing down their way of life to their children, and asked non-natives to reject stereotypes.

President of the American Indian Student Association Vanessa Adkins ’19 said she hopes that the audience understood that Native Americans will fight for things they believe in.

“It is empowering to know that people support you,” Adkins said.

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The Sept. 30 event was coordinated by the linguistics department with support from the American Indian Student Association.

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Lemon Project holds consortium for visiting colleges Universities gather to discuss history of racism in establishment of higher education HEATHER BAIER THE FLAT HAT

Today, residents of Brown Hall at the College of William and Mary live directly above the forgotten Bray School, which was founded in 1760 as a charity institution to provide education for enslaved and free children in Williamsburg. Uncovering the Bray school is only a small part of the work of the Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation.

The Lemon Project, founded in 2009, is an ongoing effort to uncover the College’s racial past.

Managing Director of the Lemon Project and history professor Jody Allen, along with graduate students Sarah Thomas and Ari Weinberg, runs the Project, which studies the enslaved people that were once owned by the College.

This weekend, the Lemon Project held a consortium for a group of universities studying the history

of slavery and the establishment of higher-education institutions.

Representatives from other colleges met in Williamsburg from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1 for this event.

Lemon, the namesake of the Project, was a slave held by the College who passed away in 1817.

The College is not the first school to revisit its complicated racial past in recent years.

Other Southern institutions, including Georgetown University, Washington and Lee University and the University of Virginia have come together to form Universities Studying Slavery, a group which seeks to better understand the role slavery played in the establishment of their respective universities.

“We have a saying, ‘One Tribe, One Family,’ and quite often students say, ‘Not my family,’” Allen said. “We want students to feel like they’re a part of this.”

One of the goals of the Lemon

Project is to institutionalize Lemon’s story and the study of slavery and racial injustice at the College.

A similar process is underway at U.Va., according to associate professor of history and Assistant Dean at U.Va. Kirt von Daacke.

“This education question is really important to us at U.Va.,” von Daacke said. “We designed a two-part course for first and second year students … and we called it ‘Slavery and Its Legacy’ … We’re now developing an advanced seminar course so students can actually dig deeper into slavery and its legacy.”

In 1838 Georgetown University sold 272 slaves for a total of $3.3 million in order to pay off its debt.

Representing Georgetown, Eric Woods said that Georgetown is working to find a balance when discussing racial injustice.

“We’re trying to figure out how to have discussions without making one class feel guilty and another feel like

they have to carry the burden of the past,” Woods said.

Moving forward, programs like the Lemon Project are trying to involve more students from their own institutions and draw in members of the local community to drive the project’s efforts forward.

This is a crucial project for expanding awareness of the history of the College, according to Lemon Project participant Edith Herd.

“If we don’t do this we are going to lose a lot of the history for Williamsburg,” Herd said. “We have to make sure we keep our history alive … There were Irish, there were the Quakers. We all built America, okay?

So we need to get together, put your little piece in, put your little piece in, and let’s become a group. Because when the chips are down, we’re going to have to get together.”

Herd is very active in bringing members of the community onto campus to talk to her and Allen about

their lives and to give oral histories.

Herd described a time when she drove an elderly couple to the front door of Earl Gregg Swem Library to speak about her experiences growing up in Williamsburg.

“Everywhere I go I talk about [the history], and it’s something that I think we all should talk about,” Herd said.

“This is not a secret, because it’s about people and things that happened. And it’s a beautiful history, really, it’s a beautiful history and it’s not as ugly as people want to make it.”

According to participants in the Universities Studying Slavery Consortium, projects like the Lemon Project require passion and a stubborn determination.

“I had a desire to make a difference in African-American youths’ lives because I strongly and passionately believe that if we know our histories, we can be stronger individuals because of it,” Allen said. “I came with that kind of passion about getting the word out.”

STUDENT ASSEMBLY

Class of 2020 elects Vita class president with 41 percent of vote Kelsey Vita ’20 joins Student Assembly as new representative with four class senators SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

On Thursday, Sept. 29, 881 of the 1513 members of the Class of 2020 voted for their class president and four Student Assembly senators. Kelsey Vita ’20 was elected for the position of Class of 2020 president.

“I was really excited, I wasn’t sure what to expect,” Vita said. “I’ve been nervous about it all day but I am so excited that I was elected.”

This election saw a voter turnout of 58.23 percent, lower than last year’s turnout for the class of 2019’s fall elections.

Winning 41 percent of the vote for a total of 360 votes, Vita beat out the other seven contenders for the role of class president. In comparison, Class of 2019 President Jonah Yesowitz ‘19 ran against eight other students for class president for his first term. He won with 27 percent of the vote for a total of 250 votes.

Joining her in the class of 2020’s four seats in the SA senate are Ellie Thomas ’20, Noah Ferris ’20, Sarah MacPhee ’20 and Clare DaBaldo ’20 in the role of senators.

These four senators were elected out of 18 senate-contenders.

Thomas and Ferris each received 10 percent of the vote, Thomas with a total of 351 votes and Ferris with 333 votes.

MacPhee received nine percent of the vote with 301 total votes and DaBaldo received eight percent of the vote with a total of 288 votes.

MacPhee said that leading up to tonight, she didn’t know what to expect.

“I’m just really happy to be able to serve the College,” MacPhee said. “It’s a really great feeling.”

After votes were counted, it was determined that Ferris and Peter Sanderson ’20, who ran for class president, would each be fined $20 for a class one elections violation.

Ferris and Sanderson co-sponsored a Snapchat geofilter for the day of elections that said “Sponsored by SA.” The inclusion of this comment resulted in a fine.

According to Sanderson, the two met with the SA Elections Commission in the days after elections and decided that the terms of the fine would be addressed during the Commission’s next meeting.

Sanderson said that he was not immediately made aware of the fine and did not learn of it for multiple days. Ferris, who was present

when the fine was determined, was informed in person.

The Elections Commission was made aware of this code violation through an anonymous tip sent to their official email that included a screenshot of the Snapchat geofilter.

Welcoming the new members to the SA senate were members of the Elections Commission as well as SA executive representatives, class presidents and senators. SA President Eboni Brown ’17 sand SA Vice President Hannah McKiernan ‘17 were in attendance at the celebration.

Brown said it is exciting for her to see more women involved in SA, as 80 percent of the new members are women. Brown also said that she is looking forward to having new senators contribute to the work of the senate.

“It’s great to have them here finally,” Brown said. “I am thankful to have them be a part of SA, we have a great bunch here. I’m excited and they are so passionate. It’s great to have fresh blood in Student Assembly and fresh ideas. I am excited to work with them and to see that the class of 2020 is represented in the best way possible.”

Newly elected members will attend their first senate meeting Tuesday, Oct. 5.

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Discussing controversial campus arguments

Hank Blackburn

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It takes a Village: The good and bad of GGV

Rachel Wilmans

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Which is the best freshman dorm? Is it Yates with its prized air conditioning? Or Monroe with its prime location on campus? Everyone has their own opinion about which living situation is the best, but when it comes to which dorm takes last prize at the College of William and Mary, there is usually a clear consensus: the Green and Gold Village.

Built in the 1960s, GGV used to be fraternity houses that have since been renovated into freshman housing.

The buildings are beginning to show their age, however, as freshmen living in the Units have suffered a myriad of problems from rampant ants to rumors of mold in the basement, and have shared their horror stories with fellow students. Issues of this nature have won GGV the reputation of the worst dorm on campus.

For example, the washing machine in Griffin C recently broke, meaning that the students living there had to share facilities with the freshmen in Griffin B. To fully comprehend the seriousness of this problem, it must be noted that Griffin B already had 36 residents using its one washer and dryer set. The additional 30 or more students in Griffin C pushed the ratio into truly insane proportions for over a week before the machine in Griffin C was fixed.

There have also been problems stemming from the recent rain, like minor flooding in the basement so that Griffin B residents cannot use their study lounge on that floor. Some students have leaking ceilings in their rooms as well. Maintenance has been fixing some of these problems as they arise, but they can take weeks to be resolved.

However, despite these and other problems with the facilities at GGV, residents in each unit maintain that they may live in the worst complex, but they have the best dorm. Why this distinction? As I have found out during my time at the College, it’s not the building that makes the dorm; it’s the people in it. GGV’s situation is a prime example. The small units create a small, close-knit community among the residents of each complex, and to them, the people with whom they live make the antridden, possibly mold-infested building somewhere they can call home.

The same has been true of my own experience in Taliaferro Hall. When I first walked into my tiny, stuffy room with a slanting ceiling that was too low to accommodate the loft my roommate and I had purchased, I thought that there was no way that I could learn to like, much less love, my dorm. Everything from the complete lack of water pressure in the showers to the pocked couch cushions in the lounge was telling me that I was in for a long year.

Once I met the other people living in Taliaferro, however, things changed. After a late night of board games with everyone in the lounge, my slanted ceiling became charming rather than oppressive, and after the Taliaferro Twisters’ first intramural soccer win, the rips in the couch were more quirky than creepy. Each person I met and each experience we all shared as a dorm made the building’s flaws fade a little bit each time.

Living in Taliaferro and visiting GGV has showed me that the College definitely will not be winning any prizes for the best freshman residence halls in the nation, and, especially in GGV, there are many problems that should be resolved. Despite all that, there is a reason that each hall on campus claims they are superior: It’s easy to take pride in the people with whom you live. Even Griffin B, the most problem-ridden unit in the GGV, is having t-shirts made to show their hall pride, proving that once your dorm becomes more than leaky ceilings and humid hallways, there is no question about which freshman hall is the best.

Email Rachel Wilmans at rgwilmans@email.wm.edu.

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When it comes to which dorm takes last prize at the College of William and Mary, there is usually a clear consensus: The Green and Gold Village.

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Diversity and tolerance are too often code-words for “my perspective only” just the opposite of their true meanings.

There is certainly plenty of hate in all corners; whatever your position, no, “your” side isn’t more justified in their hate. But examining different viewpoints is healthy, not hateful.

— Juliet Benda Thomas on “Lip Service Paid to Political Diversity, but Nothing More”

Students at the College of William and Mary have found that a new round of debates on the validity and social acceptability of certain ideas has taken hold of campus. Just in these past two weeks, a student at the College published a controversial article on the role of trans politics in Greek life. This sparked a campuswide debate on the role of fraternities and sororities in creating a more inclusive campus. Some Greek organizations have readily embraced the thought of transgender students joining their ranks.

Some students have expressed distaste at the idea of men and women joining the same fraternity or sorority.

This conversation about Greek life has not been the only one we have witnessed. Increased antagonization between political opposites and the tug-of-war between those who promote safe spaces versus those who promote the freedom to say things how we please are just two of the polarizing topics being discussed on campus right now.

I think these discussions are good to have. They are not fun, they can be painful and uncomfortable for some students, and they can polarize large groups of people. But we need to have them, as unsavory as the ideologies attached may be.

We cannot brush these ideas aside and hope they go away. We have to confront them, head on, and not jerk away when someone says something that does not fit our understanding of social acceptability. We must talk about it with these people and try to gain an understanding of what they believe.

These conversations allow us to reevaluate what we hold dear

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Flame wars that are full of ad hominem attacks and character degradation belong to our parents and relatives on Facebook. I think students at the College are above that. in our society, and we can only become more progressive by challenging our beliefs and assumptions. National protest and discussion helped prompt the creation of the Civil Rights Act. The very core of our country comes from a group of people sitting down in a room and saying, “This isn’t right.” Discussion spurs action.

These conversations also help us grow as people. We learn to not attack and tear each other down, but debate ideas and preconceptions instead of character traits and people’s backgrounds. Our community is not the best at this. A student here was verbally torn apart for an article he wrote, and some students targeted him for being straight, white, privileged and cisgender.

Nothing is wrong with dissecting his opinion and stating why you think it is incorrect/reactionary/whatever, and it is ok to explain to someone why you think their background might make them biased against other thoughts. But there is no reason to consider him sub-human and undeserving of basic respect. I think his belief is outdated and incorrect, especially in our community.

I think he should re-evaluate what he thinks the role of Greek life on campus is. But he is still a member of the College community, and he is still a member of my Tribe.

Flame wars that are full of ad hominem attacks and character degradation belong to our parents and relatives on Facebook. I think students at the College are above that.

Email Hank Blackburn at hsblackburn@email.wm.edu.

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Ending stereotypes

Noah Petersen

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“He’s not a Trump supporter, is he?” — my friends in the lounge of our freshman hall asked me this question with disbelief on their faces.

They wanted to know whether or not my roommate was a supporter of the Republican nominee this year, whether these rumors they had been hearing about him were true.

Their level of concern and subsequent relief after I told them that the gossip was false made an impression on me.

They were viewing a preference for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton as a character flaw.

This is a trend that I have noticed across campus in my relatively short time here.

Coming from a very conservative and right-wing background, I began to get tired of political stereotypes years ago, and I was hoping that I would find a different kind of community at the College of William and Mary.

Unfortunately, that does not seem to be the case.

Even for someone like me, a Republican who has many issues with his party’s candidate, I feel like I would be looked down upon if I expressed support for anyone besides Clinton this year.

One of the hallmarks of our student body is its dedication to supporting diversity.

We have students from all over the world, with all kinds of different backgrounds. We put much effort into respecting diversity of race, sexuality, social class, etc., but we can do better respecting political ideology.

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College is a time when people should feel comfortable sharing their views and supporting them without fear of negative judgment.

College is a time when people should feel comfortable sharing their views and supporting them without fear of negative judgment.

Having implicit biases against one side only reduces the number of constructive conversations people can have across campus and reduces the opportunities for people to express their true opinions.

Granted, this election is just about as polarizing as they come, with two very unorthodox candidates.

However, we cannot let ourselves fall into the trap of associating all the attributes of one candidate with those of their supporters.

People on both sides of the spectrum are treating their opponents as bigots, liars, cheaters, racists; the list goes on and on.

That kind of perception only makes the problem worse.

It creates the false impression that the voters of another side are somehow dangerous or at least less intelligent than you are.

The presidential debate last Monday showcased some of the very worst of our political system.

Despite that fact, our hall spent the evening watching it together, laughing at the ridiculous quotes and the terrible manners.

Republicans and Democrats in the room; there were people of different ideologies mixed in with one another, but everyone got along.

I believe that we need more nights like these, where we distinguish the candidates and the voters from each other and respect one another as friends.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said in her famous TED Talk, “The problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.”

No matter what side you support, avoid stereotyping the out-group.

The last thing we want here at the College is a divided campus or issues that are taboo to bring up.

Instead, we want there to be an open forum for discussion and an invitation to express personal opinions candidly.

We want one complete picture and not just a collection of snapshots.

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

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Issues with the early closure of academic buildings

Gabriela Montesdeoca FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST

Studying is a hassle; studying in your room is even more so. You start off motivated, invigorated and ready to do work but then as time goes on the bed starts to look inviting, it feels extremely comfortable, and then the struggle of staying concentrated begins. The lure of my bed is one of the reasons I love studying in places that aren’t my dorm room but so is getting fed up with it. I love my dorm room but I spend a lot of time there, both during waking and sleeping hours, and often I need to find another place to chill out and get some work done.

The hall lounge is always an option but it can get crowded and filled with distracting conversations from hall mates you’re just itching to jump in and be a part of. Earl Gregg Swem Library is always nice but depending on where you live it’s a bit of a trek and then after you are slightly winded, tired from walking and dying to set your stuff down, there is always the search for a comfortable seat which you’re never guaranteed to get. All the times I’ve gone to Swem and the couch is taken and no comfy chairs are available have been upsetting.

There is one holy grail of studying places and that is any academic building. An empty class room filled with seats, air conditioning, and the ability to choose a building close to wherever you are, make academic buildings a perfect location for studying alone or for having a study group.

Academic buildings used to be my favorite places to study; I would go there with a group of my hall mates whose main goal was to work.

We would talk and laugh but still manage to finish what we set out to accomplish; this system worked wonderfully until the unthinkable happened: the invaluable and precious academic buildings have unjustly started closing at earlier times.

I, and many other students, have been robbed of a preferred spot for studying. It is absurd for the College to have taken away such a valuable spot for students to comfortably study in.

The College is a place meant to educate us and it should support all aspects of education, including studying.

I understand the security concerns associated with allowing access to the buildings late at night, but requiring students to swipe in to the buildings is enough for me.

It is unfair to limit students’ options in studying locations, especially since Swem can get crowded and finding a seat turns into a scavenger hunt and takes up a lot of valuable time.

The closing time for the academic buildings should be reverted back to what it was before and students should be given the option of using the buildings that our tuition pays for.

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It is unfair to limit students’ options in studying locations, especially since Swem can get crowded.

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Email Gabriela Montesdeoca at gabrielamontesdeoca97@yahoo.com.

National And State Parks To Visit While At William & Mary Johanna Flashman FLAT HAT BLOGGER

As we start the semester and the weather moves from hellishly hot to tolerably temperate, it is the perfect time to enjoy the beautiful outdoors that Virginia has to offer. From beautiful sandy beaches to forested mountains and picturesque views, the Virginian natural landscapes are not to be missed.

Luckily, not only can we enjoy our own lake Matoaka right on campus, but we have a number of fantastic national and state parks even just a twenty-minute drive away.

Here are some National and State parks that would be great for weekend trips, day trips, or even just a couple hours on study break.

York River State Park York River State Park is just a twenty-minute drive from campus and offers boating, hiking, biking, canoeing or just hanging out at a picnic site. The park has a full calendar of established events including hikes and kayak trips on the York River. Additionally, from May to October the park leads moonlight canoe trips on evenings during the full moon and starlight canoe trips during the new moon.

Shenandoah National Park About a two-hour drive from William and Mary, the Shenandoah National Park is the farthest park from campus on the list but is worth the drive. The park flaunts 200,000 acres of protected land with woods, waterfalls, and incredible views that would make any weekend getaway better.

The park has over 500 miles of hiking trails, rock climbing

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opportunities for all levels, and some beautiful waterfalls to check out because who does not love a good waterfall?

The Grand Nature Preserve The Grand Nature Preserve is a 45 minute to an hour drive away from campus and with its 2.5 mile, sandy, bay front beach it is great for a warm beach day.

COURTESY WIKIPEDIA This 500-acre reservePHOTO holds a /number of different environments including marsh, woodland, and beach front providing diverse possibilities for all different kinds of animal sightings.

While working hard on campus, remember to take some time outside especially since we don’t know how long the good weather will last.

Email Johanna Flashman at jiflashman@email.wm.edu.

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a ride inside the golf cart

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At the College’s Homecoming Parade last year, APO brothers and pledges gathered in costume and decorated the golf cart they use to drive students around at night to lead their procession for the event.

Every night, APO’s Campus Escort provides students with free rides across campus KATIE KOONTZ ASSOCIATE VARIETY EDITOR

There are no quiet nights for Alpha Phi Omega’s Campus Escort program. This semester has seen a significant increase in the number of people using their golf cart service, which allows students to get rides around campus at night for free.

Campus Escort is the main service program run by APO, the College of William and Mary’s service fraternity. They operate from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. on weeknights and from 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. on weekends. Brothers are responsible for completing twelve hours of Campus Escort service each semester, during which they log calls and drive students to and fro across campus.

“We share the SA house, and we go in at 9:00,” Service Vice President of APO Rose Richardson ’17 said. “There [are] at least three brothers — usually there’s more but three is our minimum, and we wait and hang out in the house. Once we get a call, one person stays at home, and we have a log on our Facebook page, and we log all the info on it, and then, two brothers go out on the cart.”

Those two brothers bring a walkie-talkie with them on their rides, radioing back to the house when they pick up their passenger and again when they deliver them to their destination.

Because the golf cart runs on a rechargeable battery, it has been known to run out of power fairly often. APO Service Coordinator Emily Lynch ’18 said there was one time when superhuman strength was needed to rescue the powerless golf cart.

“We drove the Escort car to the activities fair, to advertise for APO, and something went wrong with the cart while we had it parked outside, and it pretty much died immediately,” Lynch said. “I was the one driving it back from William and Mary Hall to the Escort house, which is on Jamestown Road near Griffin,

so very far away from William and Mary Hall … So me and a couple of other people that were also there, a couple of brothers, started to push it. It was going to be a long way. We were calling other brothers to come help us.”

Luckily, some members of the College’s Nerf Club were there to help. “[Nerf Club] helped us push the cart all the way back, for probably 15 or 20 minutes, just pushing this dead cart back,” Lynch said. “And it was so amazing. It reminded me of how great William and Mary students are.”

That was not the only memorable time the cart broke down far away from the Escort house. Kaitlin Opie ’18, a brother and

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Campus Escort manager, said her most memorable Escort run was after picking up a group of girls from a sorority formal and bringing them to the Ludwell Apartments.

“We could feel the cart dying the whole way there,” Opie said.

“But we really wanted to deliver them all the way. So we got them to their door, and then, the cart died right there. It was quite an adventure pushing it back to the Escort house, but we were proud we made it all the way.”

The Campus Escort program has been around for several years, and its popularity continues to grow. So far this semester, APO has given almost fifty more rides than they did by this time last semester. According to Pledging Administrator Dana Baraki ’18, this increase in traffic could be due to either changes in advertising or to heightened safety concerns.

“My speculations would be that, one, we advertised a lot this year,” Baraki said. “We advertised all through Orientation about Campus Escort. We have a sign in Swem, so a lot of people see that on their way out. Also, I think the shooting at the Crust had something to do with it. That was unusual for our campus, and I think that really shook people up.”

Many students who use the service are coming from studying at Earl Gregg Swem Library or exercising at the Rec and want to avoid walking through the woods alone at night. Sometimes students are injured and use Campus Escort on a regular basis to get around campus through their recovery. One Tribe Place and the Ludwell Apartments are also popular destinations for Campus Escort passengers.

“You get some people who you end up driving a lot,” Richardson said. “That’s always interesting because then you get to know them.”

Whether a student is a repeat customer or has never called before, Richardson said Campus Escort is eager to help.

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Leave both your clothes and your shame at the door Don’t let others make you feel self-conscious when you want to rock your birthday suit

Katelyn Reimer

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Being naked is great. I love taking naps naked. I love brushing my teeth naked. I love cuddling naked. In fact, there is not a lot I wouldn’t love to do naked. 10/10 would recommend being naked at all times.

I love being naked so much that I have always been intrigued by the idea of nudist colonies.

A place where people can just be naked always? Sign me right up. I always give some pause, however, because I don’t want to live in isolation.

Why can’t we have a nudist colony that exists everywhere at all times? In other words, why can’t we just feel free to be naked all the time?

Okay, before we move on, I realize that my concept of a “nudist society” is all kinds of problematic. I am not actually advocating for everyone to be naked anywhere they want at

any time. Nevertheless, I think my question raises a valid issue: Most people do not feel the freedom to be naked.

I have never felt any shame in baring my naked body in front of others. I tend to attribute this to my background in musical theatre and dance. When you’re in a show, and you have to make a costume change in under a minute, you generally do not hesitate to strip the second you get off stage, regardless of who is around you. Specifically, at my high school, there were essentially no boundaries, even when your costume change did not have to occur at an absurdly fast speed. Dressing room doors were generally left open, and guys would stroll into the girls dressing room whenever the

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spirit moved them (or when they needed help putting on make up), and vice versa.

In that environment, you get pretty used to people of all genders seeing your naked body, and, let me tell you, it is pretty remarkable how freeing that is.

My comfort around being openly naked may have originated with my theatre experience, but my lack of understanding about feeling ashamed about nakedness existed well before that. I remember being in middle school, and all of the other people in the girls’ locker room would change their bras by pulling their sports bra over their underwire bra and then pulling the underwire bra out from underneath the sports bra because they so feared their breasts

. . .our conversations, our media and our culture in general perpetuate this widespread belief that our naked body is something to be ashamed of.

being exposed. I did it too—but only because I watched everyone else do it. If I had been left to my own devices, I would have just taken off one bra and put on the other, and I probably would have been on time to gym class more often.

Even now, in college, people may not go to such elaborate measures as the bra layering technique, but people definitely are selfconscious about revealing their naked bodies, even in their own living environments. Please do not misunderstand; I am not demanding that people be less self-conscious. I simply detest that some things make people feel ashamed about being naked.

That is what stops people from feeling comfortable in their nakedness: shame. There is nothing inherently bad about nakedness.

After all, we were all born naked. Yet, our conversations, our media and our culture in general perpetuate this widespread belief that our naked body is something to be ashamed of.

I have found a lot of freedom in resisting this shame, and I would love to see more people embrace their naked bodies.

There is an undeniable culture of shame around nakedness, and, frankly, I think its stupid. Bodies are awesome. Naked bodies are awesome. Every body is beautiful, and there should be no reason to feel ashamed about being comfortable in your own nakedness.

Katelyn Reimer is a Behind Closed Doors columnist who is saving up for that post-grad vacation to a nude beach.

Singing for a cause

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The Delta Omicron Music Fraternity hosts their first Fall Fest benefiting Music for All RICK STEVENSON THE FLAT HAT

A cheer erupts as The Gentlemen of the College launch into an arrangement of Panic! At The Disco’s “Death of a Bachelor”. To their left, members of The Masaharu Effect begin unpacking and assembling their equipment on a second stage. In the corner, a small crowd gathers to watch two friends with hands behind their backs desperately try to eat donuts off a string.

All these events and more were part of Delta Omicron Music Fraternity’s first music festival, which took place Saturday in Trinkle Hall. The event raised money to support Music for All, a nonprofit group dedicated to furthering music programs in secondary education. The event kicked off Delta Omicron’s renewed mission of philanthropy and community outreach, two tenets held central to the group since its organizational overhaul this past spring.

“Last semester DO sort of reinvented itself,” Delta Omicron Philanthropy Co-Chair Hope Wright ’18 said. “We had a lot of meetings about what we want to do in the future and what we think is really important.”

Out of this revitalization came the idea of a mass collaboration among the College of William and Mary’s various music groups, ultimately culminating in Saturday’s festival.

“We saw this as a great way to get our name out there a little bit more and meet several aspects of our philanthropic mission,” Kika Sahai ‘18, Delta Omicron’s other philanthropy co-chair, said.

Entry to the event was free, but attendees could purchase tickets to interact with the ten booths scattered around the hall.

A different campus organization manned each booth, which ranged from a cappella group Common Ground’s face painting station and the Nu Kappa Epsilon Music Sorority’s hot chocolate bar, to Phi Mu Alpha’s donut challenge.

Supporting Music for All became very important for Delta Omicron as a part of its new philanthropic focus.

“Often in secondary education, music is the first thing to be cut,” Sahai said.

The music festival’s fundraising plays a key role in Delta Omicron’s recent revitalization, supplementing an increased emphasis on community service, such as volunteering at a local childcare center and teaching music at Matthew Whaley Elementary School.

“We also try to draw attention to musicians in our own community,” Sahai said.

Other groups participating included The Accidentals a cappella group, the Russian Music Ensemble and the Bel Canto Brass Quintet, among others. The goal was to bring attention to the wide array of music stylings and opportunities available at the College.

“Since it’s kind of at the beginning of the year, students who are just coming in, you know, freshmen and transfers, can learn more about the music community,” Wright said.

Saturday’s festival held weight for more than just the College community.

“For this we were actually awarded a grant through our national fraternity,” Chapter President Maya Loehr ‘17 said. “DO in general nationwide is very small, [and] we are actually the largest chapter…we want to be an influence for those other groups.”

Saturday’s event carried a lot of weight in setting a standard for national Delta Omicron, and its combined outreach effort with fellow music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha and sorority Nu Kappa Epsilon.

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From top left: The Gentlemen of the College perform. Nairuti Shastry ‘17 of Accidentals performs a solo. The music fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha, hosts a donut eating challenge.

“I think it would be nice if this became an annual event,” Wright said. “It all depends on how this trial run goes.”

It didn’t take long for Trinkle Hall to fill up once the event began. Groups of students wandered from booth to booth, sat to watch the various acts or just congregated in the middle of the room to socialize. Families and children from the community came to enjoy the event as well, taking advantage of the bake sale and face painting in-between sets.

As the Masaharu Effect finished its sound check, lead singer Kristen Merritt ‘17 stepped up to the microphone. As the band

began to play, the crowd gathered around to see the show.

“We’re gonna start slow, and then we’re gonna pick it up as we go along,” Merritt said.

Saturday started what Delta Omicron hopes will be a formative period for their organization. Like Masaharu, they plan to pick it up as they move forward this year. Current members like Sahai said they have high hopes for Delta Omicron’s philanthropic efforts.

“Hopefully all goes well, and this will continue on in the future and get more groups interested,” Sahai said.

CONFUSION CORNER

An argument against the mingling of the sexes

Baby fever, mathematics and other reasons boys and girls shouldn’t be friends

Emily Gardner

CONFUSION CORNER COLUMNIST

Recently a College of William and Mary student wrote a very opinionated piece in The Federalist arguing that any gender-inclusive recruitment policy would be the end of America’s most sacred and wholesome college tradition: Greek life.The gist of this argument was that the essential purpose of Greek life — to make lasting friendships — would be rendered impossible if male, females and non-gender binary individuals were thrown together because of the inherent biological sex differences between genders.

This raises the old philosophical quandary that has been intensely debated in countless dinner parties, sitcoms and daytime talk shows: Can men and women be friends? The answer is obviously no.

Before a Chavez-guerrilla army of antiAmerican fem-nazis smother me with their armpit hair and egalitarian dogma, let me inform you that I come from a place of deep personal experience and am therefore automatically correct. For many fruitless years, I bought into the ridiculous notion that people are just “people” who have the

capacity to genuinely regard each other with deep admiration and empathy regardless of gender.

Fortunately, I have been the shown the error of my ways (I had a man explain it to me) and it is now apparent that men and women just have irreconcilable differences that are more than skin deep. Why, it’s basic biology! But for years, I lived in denial of this fact and just tried to “be one of boys” by keeping up with my male “friends.” Too many times I found my delicate female body and paralyzing ovary spasms holding back my team in what would have been a rousing, but not arousing, game of football. I was always a liability to every team I was on. There were other star-crossed pursuits as well. I just couldn’t get the hang of binge drinking or random acts of violence, the wholesome cornerstones of masculinity. I even gave my hand at math. That was a crazy month.

Along the way, I also realized that the men in my life were painfully deluding themselves by assuming feminine company. I have seen countless men that I have invited into my domestic sphere struggle under the crushing boredom of listening to the womb-centric women chatter from me and my loquacious baby-crazed friends. Unfortunately, we just can’t help it. Every 12 seconds a woman gets overwhelmed by a flood of hormones released by her uterus and her mind

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is overcome by the need to nurture something. It was even harder to witness all of the men around me battle to suppress their animalistic desires in the presence of my overpowering seductive feminine guile. I am not trying to be an unbridled temptress, but I am. And it makes any hope for a platonic attachment impossible.

Honestly though, this shouldn’t even still be a question because it has already been answered by the most trusted and accurate depiction of the human experience: the sitcom. If delightfully quirky and charismatic duos like Pam and Jim in “The Office” or J.D. and Elliot from “Scrubs” couldn’t manage to traverse the inevitable sexual tension to remain as just friends, then why would you be able to? For Reveley’s sake, Ross and Rachel couldn’t do it, and their show was called “Friends.”

Now, of course you ask, “Emily, our clairvoyant wordsmith, aren’t there people who don’t fit nicely into society’s gender norms?” Nope.

Science says so. Of course, you could argue that friendship is more fundamental and beautiful than any gender divide and that there are innumerable people in the world that can transgress arbitrary and antiquated gender norms in order to value other people for what is in their hearts and not what is between their legs. But,

For Reveley’s sake, Ross and Rachel couldn’t do it, and their show was called “Friends.”

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I simply refuse to acknowledge the existence of such people because it is inconvenient for my fixed world views. These people must be lying to themselves. I realized a long time ago that all of those times I was pushing my inferior baby factory to chase after the old pigskin, that I was really just chasing after marriage. It’s only natural.

It’s time to accept it; a woman’s arms and a man’s constitution are just too weak to hold together a mutual bond of respect and friendship.

Emily Gardner is a Confusion Corner Columnist whose baby factory is seeking a new foreman.

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FOOTBALL

trend since the end of last season, threw an interception to UNH cornerback Casey DeAndrade, who, in last year’s game at Zable Stadium, had a 90-yard punt return for a touchdown.

Fortunately for the Tribe, DeAndrade couldn’t return due to the way he caught the ball, but the interception shifted the momentum strongly away from the College. The first quarter ended after an exchange of punts gave New Hampshire the ball again.

In the second quarter, the Tribe had a long, clock-burning drive midway through, though it again resulted in no points on the board. Cluley and the offense made it into UNH territory after starting from their own 23-yard line, though the Wildcats would stuff the run and break up pass attempts downfield to end the drive with a turnover on downs after a failed 4th and 4 play.

New Hampshire took a lead on the next drive as Knight used his dual-threat nature and rushed four times to push the ball down the field, with the fourth rush scoring a touchdown with a 28-yard routing of the Tribe defense. With the PAT good, the Wildcats held a 7-6 lead they would never relinquish. The score remained the same entering the break.

Following a defensive stop after the break, the impact of injured players was felt. Anderson started the drive with a strong 30-yard gain to the 50yard line, but following that rush were small, single-number gains that took lots of energy and momentum from the offense. The absence of redshirt freshman Albert Funderburke — out with an ACL tear — clearly showed Saturday, as the Tribe desperately needed the tailback depth on which it usually relies. The Tribe opted for a field goal attempt from 35 yards out.

With Dorka out, Hooper once again failed to convert, as the kick sailed wide left.

New Hampshire took over at its 22yard line and began a nearly sevenminute drive that stretched into the fourth quarter. The slow pace worked for the Wildcats, who scored via a 1-yard rush from running back Dalton Crossan. After a successful PAT, the

College Crumbles COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS

Senior tailback Kendell Anderson rushed for 138 yards on 25 carries in Saturday’s 21-12 loss to New Hampshire, including a 36-yard touchdown run.

Tribe struggles on offense, falls at New Hampshire NICK CIPOLLA FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR After its weekend trip to Durham, N.H., No. 19/17 William and Mary came back empty-handed, suffering its second Colonial Athletic Association loss of the season as it fell to New Hampshire 21-12 Saturday afternoon.

Amidst turnovers and an otherwise unproductive offense, the Tribe (2-3, 0-2 CAA) dropped to a losing record overall and remains winless in conference play as the unranked Wildcats (3-2, 2-0 CAA) overcame a slow start to quell the College’s chances of victory.

“Obviously we’re not pleased with their performance,” head coach Jimmye Laycock ’70 said to Tribe Athletics. “Made a lot of mistakes, and then again we had some opportunities to capitalize on, some especially early and we weren’t able to do it, so very disappointing.”

The matchup began with a long,

turnover-ridden first quarter for both teams. The College began with a three-and-out opening drive, redshirt freshman placekicker Kris Hooper — standing in for senior punter Hunter Windmuller and junior kicker Nick Dorka, who were both inactive Saturday — punting just 17 yards to give the Wildcats possession in Tribe territory.

The New Hampshire drive wouldn’t last long as the first turnover occurred on 2nd and 5 when junior defensive tackle Isaiah Stephens stripped the ball carrier to force a fumble, which was recovered and returned 38 yards to the Wildcat 15-yard line by freshman safety Corey Parker.

The fumble recovery, though impressive, would ultimately not lead to any scoring as UNH held strong on its own goal line to force a Tribe field goal attempt. From just 32 yards out, Hooper’s kick flew wide left for no points. The College’s defense let the Wildcats through for several small

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rushes on the subsequent drive, but before the home squad crossed midfield, UNH quarterback Trevor Knight threw his only interception of the game, a pass that was picked off by senior cornerback Trey Reed, who returned the pick 16 yards to the Wildcat 39-yard line.

After that long series of back-andforth possessions, the Tribe made its mark on the scoreboard first as senior running back Kendell Anderson found holes in the defense for a 36-yard dash to the end zone down the right side of the field. Hooper’s PAT kick missed, putting the score at 6-0 with six minutes, 40 seconds remaining in the quarter.

Following the touchdown, the College’s defense kept the momentum as Parker had another fumble recovery on the subsequent drive after junior cornerback Aaron Swinton forced a fumble. However, senior quarterback Steve Cluley, following his alarming

VOLLEYBALL

College drops to 0-4 in CAA

SCOREBOARD Football (2-3, 0-2 CAA)

Tribe falls against Northeastern and Hofstra JOSH LUCKENBAUGH FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER William and Mary extended its losing streak to four over the weekend, remaining winless in the Colonial Athletic Association after defeats at the hands of conference foes Northeastern and Hofstra.

The Tribe (6-11, 0-4 CAA) played competitively for the majority of Friday against the Huskies (135, 3-1 CAA), but failed to win a single set on their way to a 3-0 loss. In all three sets, the College trailed by 21-19 but could not orchestrate a late comeback in any of them, falling 25-20, 25-19 and 25-22, respectively. The Tribe could not match Northeastern’s attacking prowess, with the Huskies enjoying a 53-39 advantage in kills and besting the College in assists 47-36, all while out-hitting the Tribe .287 to .197.

The most productive member of the Tribe was freshman outside hitter Casey Foote, who contributed 13.5 points with a double-double of 12 kills and 15 digs while also adding an ace to her statline. Other top scorers included junior outside hitter Sydney Biniak, who led the Tribe with a .391 hitting percentage and contributed 11 kills, and freshman outside hitter Alex Stein, who managed eight kills and an efficient .368 hitting percentage.

Junior defender Sara Zumbach highlighted the College’s defensive effort with a match-high 17 digs, while freshman setter Autumn Brenner recorded 34 assists and two aces. Northeastern was buoyed by the stellar play of Huskies outside hitter Jamie Bredahl, who led all scorers with 16 kills.

After losing in straight-sets Friday, the Tribe traveled to Hempstead, N.Y. to take on Hofstra (12-5, 2-2 CAA). While the College did manage to squeak out one set, it was not enough to take down the Pride, who ultimately triumphed 3-1.

Hofstra claimed the first set in lopsided fashion, 25-14, but the College stormed back to narrowly win the second, 26-24. Once again, the Tribe faced a 21-19 deficit, but this time it chipped away at the Pride lead until both teams were tied at 24. A Hofstra attack error broke the deadlock, and Foote followed with an emphatic kill to clinch the set for the College.

The Tribe could not build any momentum after the nail-biting second-set victory, dropping the next two sets 25-16 and 25-7 to seal a fourth consecutive defeat. The College was on the back foot in almost every statistical category against the

Oct. 1: L, New Hampshire 21, No. 19/17 William and Mary 12 Colonial Athletic Association

Pride, managing a meager .061 hitting percentage.

Biniak and Stein led the Tribe attack with 15 and 10 kills, respectively, while Zumbach once again led all players with 18 digs on Sunday. Hofstra right side hitter Laura Masciullo dominated the College defense, recording a double-double of a matchhigh 17 kills to go along with 10 digs.

With these two losses, the College remains at the bottom of the CAA standings along with Delaware, holding an identical 0-4 conference record with the Blue Hens. The Tribe will play its first home matches since Sept. 13 at Kaplan Arena when the Tribe hosts CAA opponent College of Charlestion Friday at 7 p.m., followed by a 2 p.m. match against reigning conference champion North Carolina Wilmington Sunday.

James Madison (4-1, 2-0).............0.800..........W2 Villanova (4-1, 2-0 CAA) .............0.800..........W4 New Hampshire (3-2, 2-0)...........0.600..........W2 Albany (4-0, 1-0)...........................1.000..........W4 Stony Brook (2-2, 1-0)..................0.500............L1 Richmond (1-1, 4-1).....................0.800..........W2 Elon (2-3, 1-1)...............................0.400...........L1 Delaware (2-2, 0-1)......................0.500............L2 Maine (1-3, 0-1)............................0.250..........W1 William & Mary (2-3, 0-2)............0.400............L2 Towson (1-3, 0-2).........................0.250............L2 Rhode Island (1-4, 0-2)................0.200..........W1

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Freshman Autumn Brenner had 34 assists in Friday’s match.

score was 14-6.

Struggling to find a rhythm, Cluley threw an interception — his second of the game and ninth of 2016 — on the very first play of the following drive, giving UNH possession at the Tribe 23yard line even without a pick return.

“We had a guy running wide open down the middle and we underthrew him,” Laycock said to Tribe Athletics.

“Kind of the way the game was.”

Knight scored again within three minutes, the score now 21-6 with 10 minutes remaining. After that score, the College managed to find the end zone again for Cluley’s fifth passing touchdown of the year, a 9-yard pass to junior wideout Daniel Kuzjak on 4th and goal. Down 21-12, the Tribe attempted a two-point conversion, but it failed. The final 6:28 left on the clock were bled off by New Hampshire to seal its upset over the College a year removed from the Tribe’s upset win over the Wildcats in Williamsburg.

The two interceptions and two missed field goals catch the eye first on the stat sheet, but the College’s passing and rushing stats are equally worrying.

UNH managed 118 passing yards to the Tribe’s 61, doubling the efforts of the visiting team. In the ground game, where both teams usually put forth strong numbers, the College had 174 yards, which doesn’t look too bad until seeing that New Hampshire had 252 yards rushing, a difference of 78 yards that made all the difference. Cluley went 8 for 20 with the two picks and was sacked three times to boot. Anderson led the rush with 168 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries. Defensively, Parker shined with the two fumble recoveries while Reed had the pick, and redshirt freshman linebacker Nate Atkins led with 11 tackles.

“Hampshire is a good program, good team, we know that, but again I wish we could have played better. I really do,” Laycock said to Tribe Athletics.

The College continues what is likely its hardest road stretch of the season next week in Harrisonburg, Va., where it will play No. 7/6 James Madison (41, 2-0 CAA) this Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.

Cumulative Statistics Through five games Senior quarterback Steve Cluley 74 of 137, 872 yards, 5 TD, 9 INT Senior tailback Kendell Anderson 49 rushes, 257 yards, 1 TD Junior wideout DeVonte Dedmon 21 receptions, 375 yards, 3 TD Redshirt freshman safety Corey Parker 33 tackles, 2 INT, 2 fumble recoveries

Field Hockey (4-6, 1-1 CAA)

Volleyball (6-11, 0-4 CAA)

Sept. 25: L, Liberty (3-6) 3, College 2 Sept. 30: W, College 8, Towson (2-9, 0-2) 1 Oct. 2: L, Delaware (10-2, 2-0) 3, College 2 Oct. 9: at Northeastern (6-5, 0-1) 1 p.m.

Oct. 11: Virginia (8-4) 5 p.m.

Oct. 14: Drexel (6-6, 1-0) 6 p.m.

Oct. 16: Wake Forest (5-5) 1 p.m.

Oct. 21: at JMU (7-3, 1-1) 6 p.m.

Sept. 21: L, JMU (10-7, 2-2) 3, College 0 Sept. 25: L, Elon (15-4, 2-1) 3, College 0 Sept. 30: L, N’Eastern (13-5, 3-1) 3, College 0 Oct. 2: L, Hofstra (12-5, 2-2), 3, College 1 Oct. 7: Charleston (11-5, 4-0) 7 p.m.

Oct. 9: UNCW (12-4, 2-2) 2 p.m.

Oct. 14: at Delaware (6-11, 0-4) 7 p.m.

Oct. 16: at Towson (14-3, 2-1) 1 p.m.

Men’s Soccer (6-3-2, 1-1-2 CAA)

Women’s soccer (7-5, 1-2 CAA)

Sept. 20: L, North Carolina (7-1-1) 4, College 1 Sept. 24: T, College 1, UNCW (6-1-1, 1-0-1) 1 Sept. 28: T, College 0, JMU (0-8-3, 0-2-2) 0 Oct. 1: W, College 7, N’Eastern (2-8, 1-3) 1 Oct. 8: at Hofstra (6-3-1, 4-0) 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 12: at Elon (4-2-3, 0-0-2) 7 p.m.

Oct. 15: Michigan (2-6-3) 7 p.m.

Oct. 18: at Virginia (4-2-3) 7 p.m.

Sept 23: W, College 3, JMU (5-8, 2-2) 0 Sept. 25: L, Towson (5-8-1, 2-2) 2, College 1 Oct. 2: L, Elon(7-5-1, 2-1) 3, College 0 Oct. 7: at N’Eastern (8-5-1, 3-1) 6 p.m.

Oct. 9: at Hofstra (6-6-1, 0-4) 1 p.m.

Oct. 14: Delaware (3-10, 2-2) 7 p.m.

Oct. 16: Drexel (7-5-1, 3-1) 2 p.m.

Oct. 21: at UNCW (7-3-2, 1-1-1) 7 p.m.

Cross Country

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Oct. 14: Penn State Open 10:45 a.m.

Oct. 15: CNU Invitational 11:45 a.m.

Oct. 29: CAA Women’s Cross Country Championships 11 a.m.

Nov. 4: Massey Cancer Center 5K TBA Nov. 11: Southeast Regional Championships 11 a.m.

Nov. 19: NCAA Cross Country Championships 11 a.m.

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MEN’S SOCCER

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Tribe faces CAA setback vs Elon

College falls 3-0 at home

JACOB ROSS THE FLAT HAT

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Sophomore midfielder Marcel Berry jumps in the air, surrounded by his team, after scoring one of his two goals that made up the seven-straight goals in Saturday’s victory.

A beautiful game

Sophomores shine in 7-1 home victory over Northeastern HENRY TROTTER FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR In the biggest triumph since a 7-0 win over Richmond in September 2009, William and Mary bounced back from a four-game winless streak and earned its first conference victory by dominating Northeastern in a 7-1 win Saturday night at Martin Family Stadium.

The College attack was spearheaded by a trio of sophomores: Sophomore forwards Antonio Bustamante (3) and Ryder Bell (2) and sophomore midfielder Marcel Berry (2) combined to score the Tribe’s 7 goals. Thanks to his three-goal performance — the first of his college career — Bustamante took home the Colonial Athletic Association’s Player of the Week award.

The Tribe (6-3-2, 1-1-2 CAA) cruised to an early lead with two goals in the first 10 minutes.

Berry crossed the ball from the right, and Bustamante was there to knock the ball into the left side of the goal after just two minutes. Berry turned goal-scorer himself just five minutes later, receiving a pass on the left side and dashing into the box before sweeping a shot home inside the left post.

Having avoided the sloppy start that doomed it against North Carolina-Wilmington, the College continued to attack with verve.

Bustamante scored his second goal of the day with a well-taken finish following a cross from redshirt sophomore forward Christian Jones.

The Tribe smothered Northeastern (2-8, 1-3 CAA) in the first half, only allowing two shots, and was sitting pretty going into the second half.

In the second half, the floodgates opened as the College put away four goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half. Berry and Bustamante in particular showed their

chemistry, playing a one-two to set up Berry for goal five, and then combining for Bustamante’s hat-trick goal as well. All of the Tribe’s goals were relatively easy, which head coach Chris Norris said was a testament to the College’s attacking fluidity.

“Our unselfishness tonight was the key,” Norris told Tribe Athletics, “and when we do that, you can see that we have guys that are just hard to deal with.”

The Tribe generated 14 shots-on-goal, and played some intelligent pass-and-move soccer.

Bustamante’s third goal was the epitome of the excellent Tribe attack, as Bell let Berry’s cross run through his legs, so a wide-open Bustamante could tap the ball in. Norris reserved a special level of praise for Bustamante, who has been one of the Tribe’s chief attacking forces this season.

“He reads things well, and he works hard to get on the end of things. He’s been kind of due, so it’s good to see,” Norris told Tribe Athletics.

Prior to the game against Northeastern, Bustamante only had tallied two goals and one assist, but has now already matched his total goals from his rookie season last year.

The dominant win also allowed Norris to put in some of the Tribe’s lesser-known players.

Senior defender Jordan Pettit, redshirt freshman midfielder Josh Cox, redshirt freshman forward Cole Smith, and redshirt senior goalkeeper Mac Phillips all made their first appearance of the season, and every member of the roster made it on the field. Phillips was in the net for most of 2015, though redshirt junior keeper Phil Breno has received the starting nod in all matches thus far in 2016.

“It was great for some of those guys to have an opportunity to be rewarded for their hard work in training,” Norris told Tribe Athletics.

The Tribe has the week off before beginning a two-game road trip, facing Hofstra Saturday, Oct. 8 before traveling to Elon next Wednesday, Oct. 12. After the road trip, the College hosts high-profile Big 10 opponent Michigan Saturday, Oct. 15, during homecoming weekend.

Sparked by Phoenix forward Taylor Paradoski’s two goals and assist, Elon handed William and Mary a frustrating 3-0 loss Sunday afternoon at Martin Family Stadium. With the victory, the Phoenix improve to 7-51 overall and 2-1 in the Colonial Athletic Association standings, while the Tribe falls to 7-5-0 and 1-2 in conference play.

The College threatened to score throughout the game, taking seven shots on goal to Elon’s four, but struggled to find the back of the net. A series of narrow misses by the Tribe and impressive saves by Phoenix goalkeeper Taylor Mohr held the Tribe scoreless for the first time this season.

Paradoski notched her first goal 37:33 into the first period, sprinting left around the Tribe defense to score.

Her second goal would come just a couple minutes later following an Elon free kick. Elon forward Sue Anderson sent the ball into the penalty box and Elon midfielder Rakel Jonsdottir redirected the ball backwards in front of the Tribe goal. Paradoski got to the ball first and sent a rocket into the net to secure a 2-0 Phoenix lead heading into half-time. The Phoenix padded its lead 20:37 into the second period when Elon forward Tori Balatico scored after receiving a through-pass from Paradoski.

Head coach John Daly wanted a more competitive first half from his players and was not pleased that Elon dictated the pace of the game.

“We played very poorly in the first half. We didn’t compete,” Daly said. “We allowed them to play the way they wanted to play. We didn’t play the way we wanted to play ... We can’t play for 45 minutes and expect to win games; it’s just not going to happen.”

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We played very poorly in the first half. We didn’t compete ... We can’t play for 45 minutes and expect to win games, it’s just not going to happen.

— Women’s Soccer Head Coach John Daly

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Sophomore forward Antonio Bustamante had three goals.

After a second consecutive loss to a CAA foe, the Tribe will seek to regain confidence before heading north next weekend for matchups with Northeastern (8-5-1, 3-1 CAA) Friday, Oct. 7, and Hofstra (6-6-1, 0-4 CAA) Sunday, Oct. 9. Daly believes increasing the pace at which the Tribe plays is paramount to success.

“It’s a case of trying to build confidence again by reemphasizing about what we need to do,” Daly said.

“Because when we don’t do it, we struggle. And when we take four, five, six touches on the ball, opponents close down the options we have and we didn’t play anywhere near quickly enough today. They dropped back, they made it difficult for us, and we weren’t able to solve it because we played much too slowly. We got to put the emphasis back on playing the ball quicker, finding the targets, and work on our finishing.”

Sunday’s game was a physical affair, and spectators voiced their disbelief at the absence of a whistle on more than one occasion. But on the field, Tribe players remained calm and collected.

“We ask them not to retaliate, but I also ask them to play,” Daly said. “And to play hard. And we didn’t play hard. The referee, he puts a marker down, he shows you what he’s going to accept. And if you don’t go to that level, it’s like the basketball player who never fouls. Is he really playing hard enough if he doesn’t get one foul?”

FIELD HOCKEY

College demolishes Towson, falls to No. 10 Delaware Conference slate opens at home to the tune of 8-1 win, solid showing against ranked team CHRIS TRAVIS FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary swung its season in the right direction this past weekend, blowing out Towson 8-1 on Friday before narrowly falling against No. 10 Delaware 3-2 Sunday. With eight games remaining, the Tribe now sits at 4-6 (1-1 CAA) just after the halfway point of the season.

Friday, the College quickly asserted itself and put Towson in a hole just 23 seconds in, when junior midfielder Estelle Hughes launched a shot into the upper right corner of the goal. In the 10th minute, Hughes struck again to bring the Tribe lead to 2-0 after tapping a long pass from junior midfielder Erin Menges past Towson goalkeeper Emilee Woodall.

Less than two minutes later, Towson showed signs of life as Tigers midfielder

Sabrina Davis put a shot past freshman keeper Morgan Connor, bringing the score to 2-1.

Menges continued her aggressive offensive play, and it paid off in the 20th minute when she elevated a shot above Woodall and into the back of the net after corralling a pass from freshman forward Annie Snead to give the College a 3-1 lead going into halftime.

The Tribe really began to pile it on in the second half, scoring three more times in the first seven minutes of the half to drive the margin to an absurd 6-1 lead.

Menges struck again in the 39th minute, striking the ball while it was mid-air after a pass from sophomore midfielder Jenny McCann. Senior midfielder Amanda McAteer scored just two minutes later after corralling a rebound off a missed shot from junior forward Cammie Lloyd.

Lloyd found the back of the net for herself

in the 43rd minute, capitalizing on a long pass from junior midfielder Booter Ellis.

After allowing six goals, Towson elected to pull Woodall, even though she had made 16 saves on 22 shots on goal.

However, a new goalie in the opposite net did nothing to slow the Tribe attack.

Snead scored twice within a 10-minute span to push the score to its final tally of 8-1. Her first came in the 55th minute as she chipped a pass from senior forward Olivia Hajek over the goalkeeper. The final goal of the night came in the 63rd minute as Snead redirected a shot from Lloyd straight into the goal.

The Tribe offense was just as dominant as the scoreline, as it held a ridiculous 45-2 advantage in shots and an astounding 30-1 advantage in shots on goal.

Friday’s strong win gave the Tribe

momentum heading into Sunday’s showdown with Delaware, the No. 10-ranked team in the nation.

Just like against Towson, the College made a statement in the opening minutes, as Lloyd buried a long shot for a 1-0 lead just 3:29 into the contest. The Delaware offense responded quickly, peppering the Tribe defense with a series of shots before Blue Hens midfielder Greta Nauck gathered the rebound of her own shot to tie the game 1-1.

Just over two minutes later, Lloyd answered in a big way. Off a corner, freshman midfielder Cassidy Goodwin slotted a pass to Menges, who dropped it off for Lloyd, who calmly placed it in the back of the net.

In the final sequence of the first half, Delaware struck back, after the third shot of the possession proved unstoppable to knot the game at two going into the

break.

After halftime, defense dominated, and despite 12 shots from the Blue Hens and five from the Tribe in the second half, the game remained deadlocked at 2-2, requiring 7 vs. 7 overtime.

The Blue Hens controlled the brief sudden-death overtime period, as Nauck scored her second goal of the afternoon on an impressive top upper corner shot from a distance to give the Blue Hens a narrow 3-2 victory.

Despite the loss, Connor was terrific for the Tribe Sunday, coming up with 10 saves. Lloyd led the College with four shots while Hajek added two. Overall, the Tribe was out-shot 26-10 and 15-5 in shots on goal.

Looking forward, the Tribe hits the road to play Northeastern Sunday at 1 p.m. before returning home to face Virginia Tuesday at 5 p.m.