The Flat Hat October 9, 2018

Vol. 108, Iss. 16 | Tuesday, October 9, 2018

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WAITING FOR HELP

During the College of William and Mary’s Board of Visitors meeting on Audit, Risk and Compliance Sept. 27th, Chief Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator Pamela Mason presented the annual data on Title IX reports and investigations for the 2018 fiscal year.

The number of Title IX reports increased between 2015 and 2017, then decreased slightly from 2017 to 2018. In 2016, there were 99 total Title IX reports, 32 of which were investigated; in 2017, there were 167 total reports with 32 investigated; and in 2018, there were 142 total reports, with 29 investigated. Among the subcategories of reports, there is a notable increase in relationship violence between 2016 and 2017, from two reports in 2015 and 4 reports in 2016, to 19 in 2017.

At the Board meeting, Mason’s presentation focused on the data from the reports and what the College could do to lower the number of reports it receives. New to this year’s presentation was the inclusion of trends over several years for reports and investigations going back to 2015.

The College has collected and kept data on Title IX reports for many years, under compliance with the Clery Act of 1990. The act requires that any college which participates in federal financial aid programs keep and make public certain statistics about crime on campus. This includes sex offenses, which constitute Title IX violations on the basis of discrimination.

The Violence Against Women Act also dictates what universities must keep track of, as it specifies how such crimes can be prosecuted.

The 2017-18 academic year was only the third since the most recent amendments of VAWA and the Clery Act. The amendments caused many universities, including the College, to update their reporting standards and definitions of Title IX violations. As a result, there are more data categories on which reports can be compared.

“We’re actually just getting to a place where we have comparative data,” Mason said in an interview a few days after the Board meeting. “We might be looking at … reporting in general, and what are trends in reporting. So, trying to get more philosophical with [the Board of Visitors], than just numbers and data oriented and have them be thinking about what’s the best response.”

Several factors contributed to the variance in the number of reports over the years. From federal policy changes to the updates in the College’s definitions for acts violating Title IX, to more awareness of sexual assault on campus in general, the reasons are more complex than just an increase in instances of misconduct.

For example, prior to the College’s policy update, sexual misconduct constituting a violation of the school’s policy was defined as “sexual harassment, non-consensual sexual contact, non-consensual sexual intercourse, and sexual exploitation.” The handbook provided examples and limited definitions of the listed items, but there was no mention of dating violence, domestic violence or stalking.

Furthermore, the College’s definition of sexual assault was split into the definitions of non-consensual sexual contact and nonconsensual sexual intercourse, but sexual assault as a broader term was not yet used.

This meant that reports could depend on things like each individual’s definition of terms like sexual intercourse, complicating incident categorization for the Clery report.

“The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of [2013] said [that by 2014], we had to start counting for our Clery/[Annual Security Report], the sexual assaults, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking,” Mason said. “Not that they weren’t violations, but those became much

Counseling Center offers ‘triage’ appointments as students report longer than 40-day wait times for initial visits TALIA WIENER // FLAT HAT ONLINE EDITOR

Hope Duke ’19 has a big smile that lights up her face. If you met Duke, that bright smile would stick around while she talks about her love for geology club, Pod Save America and her dog, Moose. It would also hide how overwhelmed she has been feeling lately. School work, senior thesis research and the fear of letting her advisor down have continued to pile stress upon Duke. She had resigned herself to powering through until a few weeks ago when she received some news: A friend from home had taken their own life.

Duke spoke with friends and family, and one person suggested she take the leap and make a counseling appointment in honor of her friend’s struggle with their mental health. Thursday, Sept. 20, she walked into the College of William and Mary’s Counseling Center and was told she would have to wait 40 days for the earliest available appointment: Oct. 30.

Nationwide, universities are facing record-high numbers of students seeking campus mental-health resources. The College

is no exception — as of Sept. 27, it has seen a 25 percent hike in individual counseling appointments between this fall semester and the 2017 fall semester by the same date.

According to the Counseling Center, 10-12 percent of a student population seek campus counseling on average. At the College, 15 percent of students are utilizing Counseling Center resources.

Counseling Center Director Carina Sudarsky-Gleiser traces the increased desire to seek professional mental health help to a variety of factors. According to her, the political climate, stress and an over-reliance on technology are all to blame. At the College, students most often seek counseling for anxiety, depression and relationship concerns, according to Sudarsky-Gleiser.

“We used to talk about how one out of every four people experience mental health issues,” Sudarsky-Gleiser said.

“The truth is four out of four.”

The increased student interest in counseling has led to longer than usual wait times for initial appointments. In the 2014-15 academic year, average wait time for a consultation appointment was six days. In 2015-16, it was nine days. In 2016-17, it was 11 days. In 2017-18, 12 days. According to Sudarsky-Gleiser, the average wait time for the 2018-19 academic year so far is 14 days.

However, students are experiencing wait times much longer than the current average. Duke waited 40 days.

Grace Gilbert ’20 called the Counseling Center for an initial appointment Oct. 1 and was told the first open spot was Nov. 12, 42 days later.

The Counseling Center offers three types of initial appointments for students. These appointments are essential to student treatment and include an assessment of the student’s mental state and the creation of a future counseling plan. The first, and most common, is a regular consultation, the type of appointment that found Duke and Gilbert waiting six weeks to be seen. The second is a walk-in or emergency consultation, reserved for students who are in a crisis and are a threat to themselves or others. These consultations ensure that students are able to meet See COUNSELING CENTER page 3

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THE BUZZ

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POLICE BEAT

Oct. 4-6

Amanda Sasina ’20 takes semester off from college to thru-hike Appalachian Trail LEONOR GRAVE // FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

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Thursday, Oct. 4 — Watch your wallets: Police reported a charge of credit card fraud at 10:13 p.m. on South Mount Vernon Ave.

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Friday, Oct. 5 — Abduction thwarted: Joshua McGraw was arrested on charges of abduction and kidnapping on Richmond Road.

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Friday, Oct. 5 — Mayhem at Mimosa: Williamsburg Police reported a charge of destruction of property and vandalism at midnight on Mimosa Drive.

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Over the course of almost five months, Amanda Sasina ’20 hiked 2,200 miles from Georgia to Maine, meeting people from all walks of life along her path.

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The first time Amanda Sasina ’20 visited the Great Smoky Mountains, she was 12 years old. After laying her eyes on a sign that signaled 1,900 miles to Maine, she decided then and there that she would hike the Appalachian Trail one day.

“It’s always been a dream,” Sasina said. “And it’s always felt really distant.”

After completing the fall semester of her sophomore year, Sasina withdrew from the College of William and Mary to hike the Appalachian Trail in its entirety, starting in Springer Mountain in Georgia and ending 2,200 miles later in Mount Katahdin in Maine. She began the hike March 6 and completed it, four months and three weeks later, July 27.

Only about 20 percent of people who attempt a thru-hike on the northbound trail complete it successfully. As Sasina prepared to make her way, some people responded to her decision with skepticism.

“A lot of people said, ‘Yeah, right. You’re a woman. You can’t do that. You’re stupid,’” Sasina said. “But most people, like my family and everybody, they were really supportive. And they weren’t surprised because they knew I’d been wanting to do it.”

Despite the odds being against her, Sasina knew this hike was something she wanted to do and wanted to do then, not after she graduated or retired.

She said that after experiencing a tough freshman year to have a change of pace — and terrain — would be beneficial to her.

“I just wanted to feel strong and capable again,” Sasina said. “I was questioning my ideas of self-worth, and I was feeling not great. … It was time to really do something and make a decision for myself. So I kept my head down, finished the semester and I withdrew, and I started planning it.”

While Sasina did not complete extensive physical training for the hike, a lot of work went into planning what she would bring along with her on the trip, and keeping six months’ worth of supplies in a single backpack was no easy feat. The four essential items were the pack itself, a sleeping bag, a sleeping pad and a tent. Everything else was somewhat of a luxury: one pair of hiking clothes, one pair of sleeping clothes, a first-aid kit, a hairbrush, chapstick, a toothbrush, toothpaste and a portable phone charger rounded out her supplies.

Initially, Sasina was not nervous to embark on a solo hike, hoping there would be enough fellow hikers on the trail to be able to help her in case of an emergency. However, she wasn’t quite prepared for the often overwhelming loneliness she felt while on the trail.

“I should have been more afraid to do it alone, because I had never experienced that kind of silence and loneliness,” Sasina said. “Being out there at night when it’s two degrees and you can hear everything, miles and miles from civilization, it’s very humbling and really reminds you how small you are.”

Yet, Sasina found ways to cope with isolation on the trail, including using whatever phone battery she could save to listen to Norah Jones or even just talking to herself to fill the silence. However, she was rarely completely alone on the trail. Many people who hike the Appalachian Trail talk about developing trail families, affectionately dubbed “tramilies.”

“I’d always heard about the trail community, like the people, but it really surprised me how incredible they really were,” Sasina said. “The people that end up making it the whole way are so positive.”

On the trail, she met a hiker named Stephanie Lorenz, who went by Sunshine, and whom she still keeps in touch with regularly. Sasina’s trail family grew when she reached Pearisburg, Virginia, where she began hiking with Johann Hedlund, aka Raindance, and Bennet Varrichione, aka One-T.

On the trail, Sasina went by Spoons, a nickname she earned when she broke three camp spoons in the first two weeks.

Varrichione, whose nickname is due to the fact he wore the same T-shirt for the entire hike, had actually crossed paths with Sasina the very first day of her hike, but she thought she would never see him again. However, another chance encounter at the same campsite proved serendipitous — they began to date on the trail and have been together ever since.

The journals she kept during her hike recount adventures along the trail, including a particularly delightful anecdote about picking up water-laden marshmallows from the side of a Maryland highway and chucking them at cars for hours to watch them explode. One especially emotional moment on the trail for her was crossing the Virginia border into Maryland. She actually missed the border itself because she was walking through a thunderstorm at night, but the experience of leaving the South, where she was raised, and her home state behind proved emotionally resonant for her.

“I thought I’d start, make it a day and then do something stupid and get hurt,” Sasina said. “I never thought I would make it all the way out of my home state.”

There were a lot of unexpectedly heightened emotions on the trail for Sasina. Every emotion she had was emphasized by the conditions of the trail.

Being hungry was different — instead of driving to the closest grocery store, she might find herself rationing one Pop-Tart over two days.

“I cried a lot on the trail, because I was just really overwhelmed with what I was doing,” Sasina said. “And I don’t cry a lot, you know, in the ‘real world.’

But out there, everything was just so extreme. If I was happy, I was extremely happy. Nothing was just average, everything was just really powerful.”

After she finally completed the trail, life back outside of it brought some unexpected readjustments along with it. After she stepped off the trail, the adrenaline wore off, and the exhaustion kicked in. Even things that used to be mindless tasks, like using public restrooms or being in crowds, became difficult to return to after months of living on the trail.

“And I’m still adjusting,” Sasina said. “I’m still really trying to figure out how to be a normal person again.”

Part of figuring out how to be a normal person again entailed re-enrolling at the College and coming back to life as a student in Williamsburg. Sasina is a geology major, and after she graduates, she is hoping to possibly work for an outdoor recreation company or go into environmental consulting or even become a farmer — anything that would allow her to remain connected to the outdoors. While her four-month endeavor hiking the Appalachian Trail was exhausting, Sasina doesn’t rule out doing something similar again in the future.

“I think if I had that kind of time again, I would way rather do the [Pacific Crest Trail] or explore a different trail, but I would absolutely do it again,” Sasina said.

Sasina is proud of her experience and happy to have made the decision to take time off from college when she did. Though the initial prospect was frightening, she encourages anyone thinking of doing it to just go for it.

“People ask what I was scared of a lot,” Sasina said. “I was scared of lightning, hypothermia and norovirus, but honestly the scariest thing about the trail is failure. ... Withdrawing from school, risking my education and career, spending my life savings, doing it alone, all with no guarantee of finishing or even getting far, was absolutely terrifying. But it ended up being the best, most empowering decision I have ever made.”

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Most of Sasina’s preparation for the trip involved deciding what she would pack in her bag. During the hike, she would journal every day to pass the time.

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STUDENT LIFE

Community responds to Kavanaugh hearings Amnesty International calls on Rowe to publicly support survivors SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

STATEMENT FROM COLLEGE PRESIDENT KATHERINE ROWE

The U.S. Senate confirmed Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh Oct. 6 in a 50-48 vote. This vote sparked a national conversation. Late in the summer, allegations arose that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford when they were both in high school. These allegations, and others that arose, were at the heart of the confirmation hearings.

On campus, this national conversation took many forms. A few students and staff members walked out of classes Sept. 24. Others participated in a government and gender, sexuality and women’s studies panel discussion.

Then, 272 students signed an open letter drafted by the College of William and Mary’s chapter of Amnesty International. This letter called upon College President Katherine Rowe to show her support for survivors of sexual assault.

Amnesty International Co-Presidents Patrick Salsburg ’21 and Sam Berkrot ’19 worked with the organization’s My Body My Rights committee to draft, edit and share an open letter. The letter was finalized Oct. 2, before Kavanaugh was confirmed, and focuses on the concerns students shared during the hearings and desire to support Ford and other survivors of sexual misconduct and assault.

“We recognize that we are asking you to address a highly politicized issue,” Amnesty International said in the letter. “However, we believe it is not political to support the protection of human rights, which in this context is the right for students, staff, and faculty to know that sexual abuse is being addressed appropriately at William & Mary. We also believe that it is not political to remind your community that you are listening to them, that you believe them, and that you stand with them. President Rowe, as the leader of our historic institution, we feel it is imperative that you, personally, publicly stand with survivors of sexual abuse and affirm that your leadership will be just, empathetic, and bold.”

Amnesty International began to share the letter Wednesday, Oct. 3 and sent it to Rowe Friday, Oct. 5 at 9:15 a.m. In that time period, they collected signatures from 272 individuals and 21 student organizations.

These organizations include the National Organization for Women, VOX: Planned Parenthood Generation Action, ROCKET Magazine, Front Porch Society, Muslim Students Association, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Asian American Student Initiative, Middle Eastern Student Association, American Indian Student Association, Lambda Alliance, Human Engagement, Awareness, and Response to Trafficking, Students for

As Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler said in a campus-wide message earlier this week, William & Mary steadfastly supports survivors of sexual violence: “Conversations among students and colleagues over this last week leave no doubt that fellow members of our Tribe are experiencing particular pain and anguish as survivors of sexual assault. Now more than ever, we affirm this community’s support for survivors.”

I understand that many members of this community are hurting. William & Mary has been working in earnest for some time on issues around sexual assault and sexual harassment, including a presidential task force. We have made substantial improvements in awareness, education, process, resources, staffing and support. We also know we have further to go. Sexual violence and sexual harassment are antithetical to our core values and mission; they damage the bonds of mutual trust and responsibility on which a learning community depends. All of us have a role to play in building the kind of culture we want at William & Mary.

So I am grateful for the dedication to these issues expressed by the members of the William & Mary community. I am fully committed to continuing this work.

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“We felt that, in light of the Kavanaugh hearings and Dr. Ford’s testimony, it was important that President Rowe expressed empathy for our community and came out strongly against sexual assault,” Berkrot said.

According to Salsburg, the main goal behind releasing an open letter was starting a direct conversation between students and Rowe about sexual assault.

“Initially, we would like to see President Rowe make a statement affirming that she stands with survivors on campus and does not tolerate sexual assault,” Salsburg said in an email. “But this is just a first step.”

After the letter was shared with the campus but before it was sent to Rowe, Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’06 sent a campus-wide email, advertising a “Chat and Chew” lunch hosted by the Center for Student Diversity focusing on healthy relationships and calling upon students to care for each other.

“At a time when the issues of sexual assault and harassment are so much a part of the national dialogue, caring means remembering there are many in our midst — students, faculty, staff — whose lives or whose families or friends have been touched directly by such violence,” Ambler said in her Oct. 4 email. “Conversations among students and colleagues over this last week leave no doubt that fellow members of our Tribe are experiencing particular pain and anguish as survivors of sexual assault.

Now more than ever, we affirm this community’s support for survivors.”

In this email, Ambler also shared information about confidential reporting options including The Haven.

Rowe responded to the letter after it was sent to her, sharing a statement that addressed sexual violence and survivors during this time. The College’s web page on Sexual Violence was also updated with a statement from Rowe.

“I understand that many members of this community are hurting,” Rowe said in a written statement. “William & Mary has been working in earnest for some time on issues around sexual assault and sexual harassment, including a presidential task force. We have made substantial improvements in awareness, education, process, resources, staffing and support. We also know we have further to go. Sexual violence and sexual harassment are antithetical to our core values and mission; they damage the bonds of mutual trust and responsibility on which a learning community depends. All of us have a role to play in building the kind of culture we want at William & Mary. So I am grateful for the dedication to these issues expressed by the members of the William & Mary community. I am fully committed to continuing this work.”

Berkrot said that they will continue to engage in conversation with Rowe and that the group has also received positive responses from other students on campus.

ACADEMICS

Professors discuss gendered politics of Senate hearings Faculty panel discussion correctly predicts Kavanaugh’s confirmation, draws comparisons to Anita Hill ABA TIEKU THE FLAT HAT

Thursday, Oct. 5, government and gender, sexuality and women’s studies professor Claire McKinney, government professor Christine Nemacheck, and gender, sexuality and women’s studies and English professor Jenny Putzi gathered in Tyler Hall to discuss Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh, nominated to the Supreme Court by U.S. President Donald Trump, stands accused of sexual assault by several women. Most notable among them is Christine Blasey Ford, who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Sept. 27. In her testimony, Ford alleged that Kavanaugh and his classmate attempted to assault her during a high school pool party in the summer of 1982.

The idea to host a discussion began with McKinney and Putzi, who realized through their own conversations that students needed a space where they could think through the Kavanaugh hearings.

Nemacheck offered to join after hearing of her colleagues’ plans for the discussion.

Each professor brought her own perspective to the issue. McKinney conducts research involving the #MeToo movement and issues of mass mobilization, direct action and sex and sexual coercion, especially where it concerns women. Nemacheck studies judicial politics and federal court nominations. Putzi’s

academic expertise does not directly translate to the confirmation hearings, as she studies 19th-century poetry written by women, but her personal life experiences are relevant. She was sexually assaulted in high school, and like many survivors has been forced to confront her emotions regarding her own assault as a result of the hearings.

The discussion covered a wide range of topics and was led largely by inputs from students. Among them was the lingering question of whether or not Kavanaugh would be confirmed. As all three professors predicted, Kavanaugh was confirmed by a narrow margin the afternoon of Oct. 6.

Several of McKinney’s responses to the student questions dealt with Kavanaugh’s confirmation process as part of a larger trend of political polarization throughout the country.

“When we are talking about sexual assault, the demands for evidence are set such that they can never be met,” McKinney said. “The framing of this has been either we should treat this like a job interview or like a criminal proceeding. Depending on what sources you read, you’re going to see one of those two frames. These frames are actually partisan. If you read the National Review, they’ll say, ‘It’s innocent until proven guilty.’ If you read something like The Atlantic, it’s, ‘This is a job interview’ — and that’s not a mistake.”

Nemacheck explained Kavanaugh’s rise to power as part of a larger effort by the Trump administration to

control the courts in a way that no administration had done before.

“There was a deal made during the election that Trump’s coalition in particular — evangelicals and those who care a lot about socially conservative issues, and thus the courts — that Trump would keep them on board as long as he did right by them with the courts,” Nemacheck said. “There was cooperation among two interest groups, [The Federalist Society and The Heritage Foundation], prior to Trump ever being elected to develop a shortlist of 26 candidates from which he promised to choose candidates for the Supreme Court. That has never happened before.”

Putzi noted the performance of gender taking place within the hearings and the media.

“Ford is commended for her performance of femininity, right?” Putzi said. “Her sadness, her quavering voice, her desire to help. He comes up, performs this aggressive white masculinity, and is rewarded with a Supreme Court seat.”

Though they spoke on different aspects of the confirmation hearings, all three professors mainly focused on what their understanding of the confirmation hearings means for the future. McKinney focused on understanding the hearings’ influence on the future of #MeToo. Nemacheck wondered how Kavanaugh’s presence on the Court would affect its legitimacy. Putzi questioned what message it would send to sexual assault survivors, allowing someone

accused of sexual assault to sit on the highest court in the land.

Students shared similar views. Isabel Cooper ’21, who found out about the discussion through the prelaw listserv, was interested in the impact of the hearings on the Court.

“I’m really interested in judicial institutions and the lasting impact that stuff like this has on the Court,” Cooper said. “I’ve been reading news articles and listening to podcasts and all that stuff, and you know those are good sources and you can get good information, but I thought it was interesting to talk about this with professors who are more intellectually informed about what’s going on.”

While much of the discussion focused on the impact of the hearings, there seemed to be a consensus that as contemporary as the #MeToo movement appears, much of Kavanaugh’s hearings were influenced by the past. The conversation drew on the confirmation of Justice Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill’s accusations of sexual harassment 27 years ago. McKinney called the Kavanaugh hearings “a return to a previous era.”

“The analogies of Anita Hill are salient in a lot of ways, not just because we’re talking about accusations of sexual coercion of a Supreme Court nominee that are late breaking and required new hearings, … but also because this feels like a return to the idea that we can’t fully trust women whenever they talk about their experiences,” McKinney said.

Students unsatisfied with Counseling Center look for help in Williamsburg College employs one therapist per 900 students, currently looking to hire one more full-time psychologist COUNSELING CENTER from page 1

with a professional the same day that they request the appointment.

The third type of appointment, a triage appointment, was created and instituted this September to help cut down on long wait times for students. The triage appointments serve as an abridged regular consultation and help to create a plan for the student in a more expedited process. These appointments target students who are not in a crisis, but who feel that the wait for a regular consultation is unmanageable.

Once referred to therapy during the initial appointment, students are offered twice-monthly appointments through the end of the semester.

However, many students do not end up attending a semester’s worth of appointments. Olivia Spencer ’20 had a walk-in consultation after her freshman resident assistant and her roommate submitted a care report on her behalf. Spencer’s session was filmed — for counselors still in training, meetings are filmed to be used later as a learning tool for that counselor.

The filmed meeting is only seen by the counselor and their instructor, but the interaction left Spencer feeling uncomfortable. She was then paired with a counselor and attended a few appointments. According to Spencer, this counselor strongly encouraged her to join group therapy or to seek outside resources. Unable to afford private counseling, Spencer has since chosen to not seek counseling.

“I ended up repressing whatever I was dealing with because I was like, ‘OK, you guys aren’t going to give me the resources that I need,’” Spencer said. “I’ll just deal with this at a later date.”

Many students do seek out private counseling in the greater Williamsburg area, but off-campus options can be expensive and inaccessible. The average price for one appointment in Williamsburg is around $100, and many providers do not accept insurance. Often, students need a referral to get a foot in the door, and it helps to have

already identified the specific mental health care they require.

Carlyn LeGrant ’18 connected with her therapist at the Counseling Center and enjoyed her appointments. However, her counselor, still in training, left the College, and LeGrant met with an employee at the Counseling Center to be paired with a new counselor. According to LeGrant, the employee repeatedly encouraged her to seek group therapy, even after she made it clear that she was only interested in individual counseling. LeGrant was frustrated by her experience at the Counseling Center and pursued other options.

“I went to go deal with a very traumatic situation that I had opened up to some friends about, who ultimately were very unhelpful,” said LeGrant. “So to then go to the Counseling Center, seeking help, and have them ignore the severity of my situation, it did make it a lot worse.”

Some students avoid the Counseling Center altogether. For Tommy Rubino ’18, the twice-monthly appointments did not meet his needs.

Rubino wanted more frequent appointments and was seeking a diagnosis.

Through private counseling from both a therapist and a psychiatrist, Rubino did receive a diagnosis of narcolepsy.

Rubino is satisfied with his choice to seek private counseling and is sympathetic to the Counseling Center’s struggle to meet students’ needs.

“It’s tough to meet the demand of students that have already started therapy, who need to continue and want to continue, and then also support the students that are ready to take on this long-term prospect as well,” Rubino said.

Though Rubino did not seek help from the Counseling Center, he found other resources on campus to help in his mental health journey. He worked with the Center for Student Diversity and Active Minds, a student neurodiversity group through which he now organizes events on campus to spark discussions about mental health.

“Student groups are an awesome opportunity to talk to other people that

you feel comfortable talking to,” Rubino said. “You meet people and talk about your experience in a way that’s not like therapy. You’re not going to try to figure out what the problem is; you know there’s a problem.”

The International Association of Counseling Services recommends one therapist to every 1,500 students on college campuses. The Counseling Center at the College staffs eight full-time clinicians, one part-time therapist and two therapists who each offer services one day per week. There is one therapist employed per 900 students. There is currently an opening for one full-time psychologist at the Counseling Center, but according to SudarskyGleiser, the search failed and led to two part-time therapists being hired instead. The position will be re-advertised this November, and SudarskyGleiser hopes this search will result in a hire.

“We don’t want to hire someone who we believe is not going to be the best therapist for our students,” Sudarsky-Gleiser said.

The initial position opening came at a time when the university was not hiring for many other new positions according to Sudarsky-Gleiser.

She said the additional funding for a new position at the Counseling Center shows a strong commitment to mental health resources, especially under the College’s new leadership.

“It’s not ‘tell me what you need, and you will get it,’” Sudarsky-Gleiser said. “But for that [new position], I didn’t have to fight.”

For Rubino, the issue of addressing students’ mental health concerns is complicated. He does not see any quick solutions and does not think the Counseling Center will be able to meet the growing student need. But Rubino wants students to have the mental health resources they deserve because getting professional help has made such a large impact on his life.

“It’s tough to think about sadness, obsession in your head, as a sickness when you feel so alone and haven’t spoken with a medical professional who can tell you this is a sickness,” Rubino said. “That legitimacy made a world of difference for me.”

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

WILLIAMSBURG

Mellow Mushroom opens in Williamsburg

Restaurant offers increased dining options, work opportunities MADELINE MONROE FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

The grand opening of Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers occurred Monday, Oct. 8 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony taking place at 11 a.m. Williamsburg Mayor Paul Freiling ’83, Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers General Manager Jessica Grimaldo and other community members cut the ribbon of the City’s latest food establishment. The pizza chain is located behind the Cheese Shop and Berett’s Seafood Restaurant and Taphouse in the Henry Street Shops buildings.

Mellow Mushroom’s opening was spurred by a $150,000 economic development grant to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 2017, according to the WYDaily.

During the opening ceremony, Freiling said he discussed owner Gray Nelson’s first encounter with Mellow Mushroom in 2002, when in Destin, Florida, Nelson and his wife stopped by the establishment because Nelson liked mushrooms on his pizza.

“He had what he believed was the best-tasting pizza he’d ever had,” Freiling said. “And this is someone who has lived all over the world — Italy, Chicago and New York, so I guess that’s saying a lot, speaking from experience.”

After his first visit to Mellow Mushroom, Freiling said that it became the Nelsons’ dream to open their own Mellow Mushroom. The couple had to wait for their dream, however, as Nelson still served in the U.S. Navy. “… [T]hey had to put that on hold for about 13 years because Gray was [an] active duty officer in the U.S. Navy, and he was busy defending us and our freedoms while holding on to his dream,” Freiling said. “Thirteen years later, in 2015, they opened their first location in Newport News. Based upon the success of that, they’d thought Williamsburg would be their next destination, and that’s why they’re opening a store here.”

The décor of every Mellow Mushroom is different and is based upon the surrounding community, according to Freiling. The design of the Nelsons’ Mellow Mushroom in Newport News pays homage to life in the navy. Freiling said Henry Street’s Mellow Mushroom reflects Colonial Williamsburg’s revolutionary history, British influence in the 1960s and 1980s and the College of William and Mary’s presence.

“The brickwork is definitely evocative of the historic area,” Freiling said. “If you look in certain places, there’s green and gold tilework — it’s pretty subtle but it’s definitely a nod to William and Mary. In the montage mural that’s out in the hallway … two of the images there

are of King William and Queen Mary. Gray even has his father’s William and Mary diploma hanging in the restaurant.”

In an interview with the WYDaily, Nelson said that the 229-seat restaurant borrows from the 1980s, with rock ‘n’ roll décor and music to match.

“It’s a modern English interpretation of British rock and our connection to England, targeting the 80s,” Nelson said.

Freiling doesn’t think Mellow Mushroom will live up to the “mellow” in its name, as he’s expecting large, constant crowds of people who will be encouraged to eat alongside each other.

“One of the things that I find particularly encouraging about this is it’s the type of eating establishment that will appeal to students, to visitors and to other residents alike, and it’ll be a nice place for all those groups to come together in social settings,” Freiling said. “The outdoor areas are fantastic, and when the weather’s nice, it’ll be pretty hard to find a seat out there.”

Grimaldo said she estimated that the establishment had seen over 250 customers by noon.

“Everyone [has been] trained over a week so the staff has been prepared for today and everything’s going smooth right now,” Grimaldo said.

According to Grimaldo, almost a dozen employees are College students. While there are daily lunch specials, Grimaldo does not foresee Mellow Mushroom adding options for student discounts in the future but did say that the restaurant currently accepts military discounts.

Grace Murray ’19 has yet to visit Williamsburg’s Mellow Mushroom, but said she has high hopes for the restaurant after visiting another location in Charlottesville.

“I went to Mellow Mushroom for the first time in Charlottesville and I was instantly jealous of UVA that they had such an incredible dining experience available [to] them,” Murray said. “I am super pumped that William and Mary now is able to offer the same as our greatest rival. The Mediterranean pizza at Mellow Mushroom makes my heart and soul sing and I have already made plans this week to go and get one.”

With The Crust’s closure in 2017, Murray said that she and other students are grateful to have another option for pizza available near campus.

“I think a lot of students are excited to have that opportunity again to go grab a quick slice at some place other than Domino’s,” Murray said. “I know a lot of people are already making plans to go [to Mellow Mushroom] as soon as possible.”

STUDENT ASSEMBLY

Class of 2022 elects student body representatives

Freshman class elects Suhas Suddala ’22 president, votes in four new senators SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Thursday, Oct. 4, the College of William and Mary’s class of 2022 reached for their phones and laptops to vote for their Student Assembly representatives. As the evening came to an end, Suhas Suddala ’22 was named class of 2022 president.

“I was beyond excited when I found out,” Suddala said in an email.

“But honestly my first thought was ‘Did I really win?’ This was something that I wanted so badly that it was crazy when they called me. All the ideas and plans I had for helping our community were suddenly much more of a possibility and it was an amazing feeling. While I was walking around campus that night surrounded by the rest of Student Assembly, I was the happiest I’ve been since coming to college.”

Suddala received approximately 22.14 percent of the vote, after 190 of 858 total participating students voted for him. Henry Philpott ’22 received 158 votes, Litzy Morales ’22 received 148 votes, William Weston ’22 received 107 votes, Tom Plant ’22 received 89 votes, Philip Andoh ’22

received 68 votes and Sana Slotbloom ’22 received 67 votes.

“Right now I have many ideas but I am not completely sure about the SA process just yet,” Suddala said in an email. “... Everyone I’ve talked to in SA has a motivation to do something at William and Mary and that makes me look forward to all the great things we are going to accomplish together.”

The class of 2022 also elected four class senators that will sit along with Suddala in weekly senate meetings. Together, the five newly elected representatives will vote on bills and help plan SA events for their class.

Mark Smith ’22, Meghana Boojala ’22, Jahnavi Prabhala ’22 and Vicky Morales ’22 will serve as senators for the class of 2022. Smith received 390 votes, Boojala received 355 votes, Prabhala received 323 votes and Morales received 282 votes. Moralas said she was anxious about the elections, and inititally confused when she saw a group of SA members gathered excitedly in the Jefferson basement lounge.

“It wasn’t until [Sen. Kyle Vasquez ’21] came up to me and asked if I was Vicky, that I noticed that I had won. I felt so relieved after stressing out all day and then the adrenaline kicked in and I was ecstatic. Not only

had my hard work paid off, but the efforts and votes from my friends and classmates had paid off too.”

Moving forward, Prabhala said she is looking forward to many things that come with being an elected representative, including interacting with students and advocating for change.

“Especially in a time when our political arena is so volatile and polarized, it is time to think differently and make changes that will leave lasting impacts on not only this [College] community but our broader community as a whole,” Prabhala said in an email.

Boojala said she is looking forward to introducing new initiatives and helping other senators with ongoing initiatives.

“I think it’s important to address the impact of stress culture on the student body,” Boojala said in an email. “I want to set realistic academic standards, promote support systems, and initiate discourse about leading a healthy academic and social life, particularly with underclassmen who are still acclimating to college life.”

The class of 2022 representatives will sit in their first official meeting Tuesday, Oct. 9.

STUDENT LIFE

Lead for America looks to recruit recent graduates to program North Carolina-based nonprofit organization aims to encourage youth involvement in local government EMMA FORD THE FLAT HAT

As graduating undergraduate and graduate students alike begin their search for careers and internships in the technology, medical and engineering fields, one new upstart is hoping to get students interested in local government.

Lead for America, a nonpartisan two-year paid fellowship program, plans to place 50 fellows in local governments nationwide. Forty of those fellows will be based at the nonprofit headquarters in the North Carolina Fellowship program. An additional 10 will be placed throughout the United States in the Hometown Fellows program.

LFA’s fellowship program targets graduating college seniors or recent graduates. The nonprofit is particularly interested in attracting students from the College of William and Mary.

“William and Mary is one of the colleges that we are most interested in attracting applicants from, particularly given its reputation and its large community

of students from all academic and cultural backgrounds who are engaged with public and community service,” Lead for America Chief Executive Officer Joe Nail said.

Nail graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill with a degree in political science and entrepreneurship and created LFA when he realized many students interested in public service jobs were not entering those jobs post-graduation. Nail wondered how he could incentivize students to enter the public sector rather than the private sector.

Government professor John McGlennon believes that a large majority of government majors do enter jobs related to government and public service, working these jobs at the local, state and federal levels. The lack of participation among young adults, according to McGlennon, stems from student’s lack of awareness in the wide variety of jobs available in local government.

“In local government, there is a lot of talk about the Silver Tsunami — the impending retirements of many local government officials who have been working for decades,” McGlennon said. “Many students are not aware of the wide range of jobs in planning, economic

development, transportation, finance, health and wellness, administration and many other fields in local government, and the very strong need for people to fill coming vacancies.”

McGlennon has seen the lack of youth participation at the local level through the small number of participants in the Local Government Institute, a program offered by the College’s government department.

Public policy program director John Gilmour has also seen a decline in youth participation, noticing that there has been a downward trend in the last few years in applications to public policy programs.

The nonprofit plans to use North Carolina as its model of success, expanding the state’s fellowship program to 100 fellows, and then expanding to five states by the fall of 2021. Each fellow will interact with their assigned local government based on the needs of that specific area.

“Areas like Wilson, North Carolina are looking for fellows who can work on attracting small businesses and create a rural innovation hub, while areas like Pearson, North Carolina are looking for fellows who can

work on improving mental health promotion and on combatting the opioid epidemic,” Nail said.

According to Cohen Career Center Director of Public Service Careers Tonya Nations they have seen a rise in participation in fellowship programs among the College’s student body, with 10 percent of students participating in a post-grad internship, fellowship or research experience and several holding the title of fellow.

“A few examples of employers with which the Class of 2017 held post-bacc fellowships are the National Institute of Health, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute on Aging, Jill’s House, College of William & [Mary], and the National Audubon Society,” Nations said in an email.

LFA hopes to get in contact with the College’s Sherman and Gloria H. Cohen Career Center as well as other groups on campus to introduce students to its fellowship program.

“Lead for America hopes to connect communities who need help and bring together young people dedicated to public service,” Nail said.

Administrators cite increased awareness as factor behind upward trend of Title IX reports College policy now aligns with changes to Clery Act, VAWA as on-campus programs promote information about relationship violence TITLE IX from page 1

more defined by that VAWA act in [2014]. So [the increase in reports] was really driven by federal law that said we had to have that in the policy.”

This update in the policies of the federal government and the College coincided with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights’ audit of the College’s Title IX policies in 2014. This audit also increased the Compliance and Equity Office involvement on campus.

While the previously unmentioned violations were always against student conduct policy, the fact that they were not defined under sexual misconduct meant that the Student Conduct Council, and other departments, dealt with some reports rather than them all going to the Compliance and Equity Office.

This change further contributed to the rise in numbers for Title IX reports.

The College’s increased clarity of reports, greater distinction for which faculty departments are mandated to report Title IX incidents and streamlining of what happens to reports once they are made, likely all contributed to the increased numbers. This theory is reinforced by the plateau between the numbers from 2017 and those from 2018. Now that the system is more stable, the numbers have also stabilized.

More than anything else, Mason attributes the rise in reports to a correlated rise in awareness on campus of issues of sexual misconduct. Mason said

she suspects that this was also the main reason for the slight increase in relationship violence reports over the past two years. She also stressed that if the increase was not primarily due to awareness, the Compliance and Equity Office would have found ways to address the problem earlier on.

“The bigger jump comes from awareness programs, more so than policy, I think,” Mason said. “[For example] the red flag campaign and people coming from backgrounds that realize [the warning signs for domestic violence.]”

Vice President of Healthy Sexual Relationships and Sexual Violence Prevention for HOPE Leslie Weber ’20 confirmed that her division of HOPE had several events dedicated to raising awareness of situations that could lead to Title IX reports.

“We give a presentation to all the freshmen about healthy relationships and sexual violence prevention,” Weber said. “We also do the Red Flag campaign every October, which is about identifying the red flags in relationships…”

Among these programs is Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April, during which HOPE hosts Take Back the Night according to Weber.

Even with all the factors that increased the number of reports, a large percentage of reports still go uninvestigated. Details, like names of victims and perpetrators or the location of an incident, are sometimes not included in reports. While this is usually to preserve anonymity on the part of an accuser, it also often makes it difficult for the Compliance and Equity Office

to formally perform an investigation, let alone count it under the Clery Act as a prosecutable on-campus crime.

“So, we had a total of 140 [Title IX reports in 2016-17], 47 sexual assaults reported,” Mason said. “My guess is, if you look in our Clery report, we had about eight. So why the discrepancy? Eight were on campus. So, we got reports of other assaults that happened at an off-campus property, or didn’t disclose where the location was, and the Clery says even if we can kind of assume … we still don’t know for sure.”

Taking all factors into account, 16 percent of Title IX reports were investigated by the Compliance and Equity Office in the 2018 financial year.

The number of investigated reports was mitigated by reports that were passed to different departments, such as Human Resources or the Dean of Students. Other factors, like a third party making the report without knowing all the details, or the survivor specifying that they don’t want to take any investigative action, lower the number that can be investigated. Haven director Liz Cascone emphasized the importance of respecting survivors’ wishes as far as investigations go.

“If staff and faculty are aware of sexual misconduct being perpetrated in our community they can be instrumental in preventing further acts of misconduct if reported to trained professionals who can respond,” Cascone said in an email.

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Bikes are efficient for riders, but dangerous for pedestrians

Christian Borio THE FLAT HAT

GRAPHIC BY JAE CHO / THE FLAT HAT

Breaks make new students’ transitions difficult, increase importance of College community

Manaswi Alagani THE FLAT HAT

When the abrupt “hurrication” sent me back to New Jersey three weeks ago, I caught a glimpse of my high school in full swing: traffic circled the building, students crowded the entrance and teachers gossiped in the parking lot. I was in utter disbelief — they started school without me?

My ongoing denial of being a freshman at the College of William and Mary instead of a senior at Montgomery High School is largely due to the short amount of time spent separated from home. Nineteen quick days were all freshmen had to grasp the reality of being a college student before the mandatory evacuation thrust them back to familiar air-conditioned bedrooms and home cooked meals. Returning to my house after a few weeks on this beautiful campus felt like hopping off a plane from Hawaii; I was done with my “vacation” at the College and more than ready to revert back to my previous lifestyle.

Even when settled back into Williamsburg after the “hurrication,” we continue to escape reality when our developing routines are interrupted with visits from loved ones.

Students’ families frequent the College for Family Weekend, football games or simply to check in. As sincere as these visits may be, they make it difficult for freshmen to take the giant leap into adulthood.

I appreciate my dad driving four hours from his job in Maryland solely to spend time with me, but his inability to let

go only prohibits me from becoming truly independent.

Without a doubt, fall break provides the relief that students need from the daunting “midterm season.” For the members of the class of 2022 who plan to leave the campus, however, the break comes with a cost. Although we were given 27 more days to convince ourselves that our home is the College, uncertainty continues to cloud our new lives.

The fresh experiences and exciting opportunities of higher education rival the warming memories of high school and our friendly neighbors that overcome us when we return to our hometowns. While I am eagerly making arrangements for a weekend in New Jersey, I have grown concerned for my readjustment following the days after Oct. 16. Will the longing for familiarity weigh me down and affect my attitude for the rest of the semester?

To avoid the possible repercussions of fall break, I advise freshmen to put down roots in Williamsburg. For the next few days, immerse yourself in extracurricular activities, sit next to someone different in class and grab a bite to eat at Chick-fil-A. Bottom line, spend less time in your room staring at the pictures on the wall of life before college and find your place here. It may take some extra effort, but there’s a big payoff — an easier transition period postfall break.

“Summer camp” is how the freshmen described Orientation week, which meant the freedom, friendships and peculiar surroundings all seemed fleeting. Moving into college was one of the most drastic changes we’ve ever faced, so naturally, we equated it to a concept more fathomable. However, the sooner we grasp that we’ve arrived at a new, more permanent stage of our lives, the happier and more focused we’ll be. So instead of counting down the days to this Saturday, I’m going to focus on how I can improve my life in Williamsburg with the time frame given to me.

My goal for the upcoming break in New Jersey is this: look back at my high school with fondness, but long for the comfortable community of the College.

Email Manaswi Alagani at malagani@email.wm.edu

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To avoid the possible repercussions of fall break, I advise freshmen to put down roots in Williamsburg. For the next few days, immerse yourself in extracurricular activities ...

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As a naïve and lowly freshman, I haven’t spent enough time here to develop such a staunch opinion on bicycles as my elder compatriots at The Flat Hat. To be honest, I didn’t know that people had an opinion on bicycles at all. I mean, they’re bikes, what is there to have an opinion about?

It was at this point that I discovered two distinct groups, harboring either deep resentment or unquestionable loyalty to these bi-wheeled machines. As a neutral party that has neither been seduced nor traumatized by the bicycle, I will try to address this inflammatory issue neutrally.

Bikes can be a useful way to get around campus, especially for fellow freshman sequestered into the godforsaken lands of the Green and Gold Village. A number of my hallmates with bicycles have the luxury of visiting Marketplace on a whim, or perusing the shelves of Food Lion and Target with ease.

For those unlucky students who have classes in Morton, a 10-minute sprint to another class can be annoying and impractical, arriving negligibly late and soaked with sweat from the Williamsburg humidity. In short, bicycles allow better mobility and flexibility for those with difficult schedules or extracurricular activities, especially when located at the polar extremities of campus.

But bicycles come with their downsides. More often than not their riders come screaming down hills and sharp inclines, hellbent on keeping their brake-pads intact by seemingly never using them.

They duck and weave through pedestrians like it’s some kind of game, threading the needle as if we’re expendable casualties.

Cyclists take an almost sadistic pleasure in seeing us stunned and confused, staring wide-eyed like a deer in the headlights, prisoners to their callous disregard of the pedestrian’s sacred rights.

Whereas cars understand that if they hit pedestrians there will be serious repercussions, cyclists live with the mistakenly held belief that they cannot do significant harm to merit reprisals.

The nature of this issue forces cyclists onto the defensive, attacked by those who have been wronged by the negligence of others. The remedy to this unhealthy relationship between mounted cyclist and foot-based student is twofold.

While bikers do bear the brunt of the responsibility, it’s important to understand that pedestrians should be aware of their surroundings and not totally oblivious, living in their own internal bubble of headphone-induced seclusion.

Take the earbuds out and look at people for a change, maybe smile and say good morning like a decent human being. Staring blindly at the ground and walking like half-conscious zombies is part of the problem.

Cyclists bear the burden of being the powerful vehicle, having the force to do some serious damage to us fragile meat-sacks.

Ring a bell or say something while passing, otherwise it feels like a startling burst of motion emerging from the corner of my eye.

So, there you have it. I started this piece neutral and optimistic, hopeful that both parties can cooperate and live together in harmony.

But now the cynic in me is showing. Cyclists and pedestrians are both terrible and both at fault.

Don’t blame cyclists because you refuse to keep your head up and prefer your own internal world. Bikers need to avoid killing pedestrians at all costs, but act with a heartless indifference to our safety or sanity.

Cyclists shouldn’t be derided just because they chose a quick and efficient mode of transportation, but the actions of a few bad apples have left an unsavory taste in the mouths of many pedestrians on this campus.

And it wouldn’t hurt to wear a helmet every once and awhile.

Email Christian Borio at cmborio@email.wm.edu

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ERA RATIFICATION NOT POSSIBLE IN STATE LEGISLATURE I read with interest Paulina Farley-Kuzmina’s letter to the editor in the October 2, 2018, edition of The Flat Hat. I applaud her “civic engagement,” which I relentlessly advocate in my W&M classes — regardless of a student’s political persuasion.

I do, however, take umbrage with her ridiculous and ill-informed assertion that, “… Norment has showed [sic} a blatant and repeated disregard for the women in classroom, his co-workers and the women of Virginia...” I am respectful to all of those women, regardless of their ethnicity or political views.

The opportunity to pursue an education at William and Mary is a “gift.” The gift insists on intellectually pursuing the facts, which I will share for the benefit of Ms. FarleyKuzmina.

In her enthusiasm for her position, Ms. Farley-Kuzmina failed to note a crucial stumbling block to ERA ratification: the proposed amendment is not currently pending before the states.

Like the 18th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th Amendments to the Constitution Congress set a seven-year deadline for ERA ratification in 1972. Thirty-eight states failed to approve it by that deadline, so Congress extended it for three additional years.

The three-year extension granted by Congress in 1979

Ms. Farley-Kuzmina closed her letter by encouraging students to “organize sit-ins or protests” in my classes.

I have an alternate proposal, one I sincerely hope she will accept.

Why not sign up for my class instead?

is the only example of a ratification deadline ever being altered for a proposed constitutional amendment, and it was challenged in the federal courts. Ultimately, that challenge was ruled moot by the United States Supreme Court in N.O.W. v. Idaho, which cited the government’s position that the proposed amendment had “failed of adoption.”

Of the over 10,000 amendment that have been proposed to our Constitution, only 33 have been approved by Congress and only 27 have been ratified by the states. But even by those standards, the history and circumstances surrounding the ERA are extraordinary.

There is still a way to successfully enact ERA. The 230-yearold process of amending the Constitution of the United States remains valid. Having failed to win ratification by the original deadline does not preclude another attempt for ratification.

But, that process starts in Congress, not the state legislatures.

Ms. Farley-Kuzmina closed her letter by encouraging students to “organize sit-ins or protests” in my classes. I have an alternate proposal, one I sincerely hope she will accept.

Why not sign up for my class instead? There you can learn firsthand — and with hands-on experience — about the operations of our government. And, you’ll have a front-row seat to history in the making.

Senator Thomas K. Norment, Jr. tknormet@wm.edu

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Essential first year initiatives create lasting bonds for students

Olivia Koenig THE FLAT HAT

GRAPHIC BY SARAH BRADY / THE FLAT HAT

Aldi: Williamsburg’s best grocery for price, produce

Kiana Espinoza

FLAT HAT OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

Lately, campus has been buzzing with excitement about the new Publix coming to Williamsburg. As an older student with a car and a reduced meal plan, I rely on grocery stores to supplement my diet with healthy and cheap options. But the more I hear about new grocery stores, the more I’m sure I will hold true to my favorite: Aldi.

While it is a decent couple of miles from campus, the singular-dollarsign and 4.6-star Google rating is absolutely worth it. Every time I go, I am amazed again by how efficient this place can be — crowded, but still efficient. I start my rounds on the left side of the reasonably sized store and make a full trip around the outer circle. As soon as I walk in the door, I am greeted by a respectable selection of $2 wines (cabernet, pinot, Moscato and rose — for starters). Even if you don’t like drinking wine, at two whole dollars, it’s a great way to start experimenting with cooking wine.

My roommate makes some excellent portobello mushroom burgers that simmer in a red wine sauce and are topped with caramelized onions. For the price, everyone can be that savvy with wine in the kitchen.

Next is the bread. Now in most grocery stores, I brace myself for the

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amount of money I will be spending on sandwiches. At Aldi, I pay less than $1 for my regular honey wheat, but if you want to get fancy for $2, be my guest. My roommate likes the ciabatta buns that are about in that two-to-three dollar price range.

I’m a big fan of fresh produce, which is usually difficult to afford on a college student budget. But if you’ve been keeping up with this article so far, I bet you could guess produce is not hard to buy at Aldi. My roommate once found 49-cent avocados. With the 89-cent green onions and $1 garlic and tomatoes, can you afford to not make guacamole? One of my favorite splurge items is just past the produce in the cheese section: $2 goat cheese, which you can get flavored with honey, herbs or just plain. While I appreciate Trader Joe’s and its extensive cheese selection, I challenge you to show me a goat cheese from its stores for a $1.99.

Finally, I get to the meat aisle, which — quite honestly — I don’t always recommend. You have to be careful about the meats you buy overall, and Aldi’s chicken is much fattier than I prefer. That said, try its salmon or the tilapia, which you can get pre-seasoned with herbs and fresh-sealed ready for use. I prefer my Aldi herb tilapia sautéed in olive oil, with lemon slices cooked alongside it in the pan. I cook some white rice (which is also super cheap because it’s rice … from Aldi) with lemon zest and serve it with the final product. Dinner in 30 minutes for around $8. The power of Aldi might just turn you into the undergrad Rachael Ray if you play your cards right. Or maybe it will just bless you with the wonders of cheap Moscato. Who knows?

I welcome the Publix to Thrilliamsburg, but I will always stand by the grocery store that has been nice to my wallet for years. I hope to see more college students in the aisles of my favorite grocery store preparing their own $10 feasts.

Email Kiana Espinoza at kaespinoza@email.wm.edu.

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Kavanaugh’s confirmation shakes campus

But still no Arabic major? Interesting.

I ran or oversaw voter registration for the Student Assembly from 2012-2014. Ahead of every election, people complained about how persistent and annoying we were, yet, on every Election Day, at least one student would ask us how to register to vote (by which point it was too late). Glad to see registration efforts are as persistent as ever.

— Zachary Woodword ‘14 on “Voter registration

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MA and PhD in Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture Students at Bard Graduate Center in New York City study the cultural history of the material world from the arts of

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— Luke Schwenke ‘19 on “Board of Visitors approves resolution to introduce new undergraduate major, updated masters program in psychology”

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On a weekday evening, two dozen sleep-deprived girls from my freshman hall piled into a musty classroom in the basement of Morton Hall. Characterized by its cinder-block walls, an abundance of steep staircases and strange odors, Morton is often a source of complaints from students at the College of William and Mary.

We left the comfort of our dorm rooms in order to complete one of our Essential First-Year Initiatives — a series of small-group seminars attended by every new student. Having missed our first session during the hurricane evacuation, none of us really knew what to expect from this mandatory event. With midterms and major essays quickly approaching, we were irritated by this interruption of our study time.

However, in spite of these sour feelings, every resident showed up on time and ready for what was to come from the first Essential First-Year Initiative. The session began with an introduction from the two upperclassmen who facilitated the discussion, as every attendee was given a pin with our preferred pronouns.

The theme of this session was diversity advocacy and education. Having the entire freshman hall together in one room reminded me of the various community sessions throughout Orientation, which often covered topics like inclusion, mental health and healthy relationships.

Flipping through a PowerPoint packed with information, the diversity peer educators tried their best to keep us engaged (and awake) with questions and dynamic examples.

While the presentation was somewhat informative, the activity afterward had an incredible impact on many of us.

We were invited to share our truths and “step in” to the circle with those we related to. Insecurities, personal struggles, identities and feelings were poured out in the circle, although these admissions were largely self-guided.

Although awkward silences were prevalent, our hall bonded over our shared experiences and benefited greatly from the format of the session. While I don’t think any of the information presented was new, bonds between hallmates were absolutely strengthened as a result of the Essential FirstYear Initiative.

Email Olivia Koenig at ojkoenig@email.wm.edu.

Noah Petersen FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

My family lives around Williamsburg, and on Sundays, I go to church with my mother and younger sister. Last week, with just 10 miles to go on the ride back to campus, my mother asked me about Judge Kavanaugh, and I replied that I believe Dr. Ford.

There was silence, and then she asked if I was serious. I said yes. She asked if I watched his testimony. I said I had seen some of it. Then she asked me how I thought what I did ... and I explained. Her voice was rising, tensing up. My sister was losing patience. They told me I was wrong, and they couldn’t believe that I doubted him. They knew he was innocent.

They had watched him testify and knew it. He was a good man, and this story was concocted to keep him off the bench and ruin his family — this good man’s family. In that moment, I felt that they hated me.

My sister lost respect for me. She told me I was ignorant. The car stopped at my dorm, and we were silent. I opened the door and thanked them for the ride and the breakfast my mother had packed. They wished me a good week, and I thought about saying “I love you,” but then I didn’t and walked away.

I don’t know if Judge Kavanaugh is innocent or guilty. I don’t know how he is as a husband or a father or how he was in high school or college. Neither do the senators, despite — what many say. He knows, his accusers know, but he and his accusers have different stories, so we will probably never be sure.

Being sure is a luxury we don’t have, not just because it would confirm or deny this judge, but because the different sides wouldn’t be able to hate each other as easily. If it were certain, the question would be one of right and wrong, but in the confusion, this whole thing is just about what sticks.

For a time, it looked like what Dr. Ford and Ms. Ramirez said would stick, but after two weeks of testimony, questions, scrutiny, small talk, certainty, doubt and everyone’s opinions, it didn’t — at least not enough. As I write this, senators are near a final, confirming vote, and we are here again, just as we were two weeks ago.

In this ambiguity, everyone feels sure that they are right and even more certain others are wrong. We can argue with each other and testify to the things we know and raise our voices until we end up in the same place as we were before, just as the Senate did. Except now, we end up more angry and disappointed that we took this path.

The accusations against Judge Kavanaugh matter. The experiences of Dr. Ford and Ms. Ramirez matter. It’s a shame sexual assault was debated this way, and it’s a d— shame that their lives were ruined, and we ended up right where we started.

I’ll see my mother and sister again this Sunday and ask them, smiling, how school is going and respond when they ask me the same. Maybe we’ll go for bagels after the service. I hope we will.

My life returns to normal after this — that’s a part of my privilege — but just like everyone else here, what the Senate does is out of my control. In this position, I can only try to do the things I ask of others: believe survivors and be respectful, responsible and honest.

The decisions made in Washington, D.C. affect us all, but we all have our own lives and people we love. And this Sunday, no matter what we talk about, I won’t step out of the car before I tell my mother and sister that I love them.

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

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Vagabon, Lucy Dacus headline concert; students bond through music LAUREN COHEN // THE FLAT HAT

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“I first saw the lineup announced on Facebook and really liked the two headliners,” Wright said. “I was really excited to see both of them again.”

Other students were familiar with the headliners and attended the event for a chance to see them play live. As an AMP event, the festival was completely free to students at the College, an offer that, for many fans of indie and alternative music, is hard to pass up.

“I had been wanting to see Lucy Dacus in concert for a while now,” Quan Chau ’21 said. “So, of course [I] jumped at the opportunity to see her live for free. Who wouldn’t?”

Talk to Plants is a student band made up of five seniors.

They have been playing together since their freshman year at the College.

Talk to Plants guitarist and singer Ben Fox ’18 said that the band performed at WCWM Fest two years ago as well and had a lot of fun. He said he enjoys performing because it is really cathartic and he can release a lot of energy. Fox said that his favorite song to perform was the last one in the band’s set, called “The End Is.” It is a 10-minute-long song during which Fox plays the trumpet. He said that the song is a weird, Rockabilly, epic creation that he thoroughly enjoys sharing with audiences.

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lthough most students at the College of William and Mary do not make it down to the Martha Wren Briggs Amphitheatre at Lake Matoaka on a regular basis, they filled the stands Saturday, Oct. 6 for the annual WCWM Fest hosted by the College’s own WCWM 90.9 FM and AMP. Viewers spread out on the grassy amphitheater tiers and enjoyed a breezy night filled with the sweet sounds of student bands and headliner artists alike.

The event started with student bands such as Ruth, Talk to Plants and a local artist, Shormey, followed by headliners Vagabon and Lucy Dacus.

The idea behind the festival this year was to have women artists as the headliners, complimenting the College’s 100 years of coeducation landmark.

The opening artists set the tone for the night and engaged the crowd as students mingled amongst picnic blankets and twinkly lights set up by the WCWM members.

Shouts of, “I love you!” while Talk to Plants jammed out onstage and squeals from the stands as Ruth and Shormey played brought students together and built up excitement for the artists to come.

Vagabon’s soft yet powerful voice swept over the amphitheater and brought chills to listeners, while Lucy Dacus and her band got the crowd up on its feet moving along to the beat.

It was clear that students were fond of these artists, and many of them had seen them perform live before. Kelsey Wright ’22 said she had seen both of the headlining acts in concert before and was drawn to the event because of how much she liked them.

As the night went on, students inched closer to the stage, and by the time Lucy Dacus made her entrance, everyone was up and dancing at the front. Students came together, whether they knew each other or not, to enjoy the music.

The openair atmosphere of the event encouraged students to sit back, relax and dance.

Julia Bullard ’20, who has been attending WCWM events since her freshman year, said she likes attending these events because they are one of the calmer social atmospheres on campus.

In years past, the festival has been moved indoors due to bad weather, but this year no weather inhibited the outdoor festival plans. Bullard especially enjoyed that the festival was outside this year, because she said she liked the outdoor festival vibe.

WCWM member Tori McCaffrey ’21 commented that festival is no easy task to organize. She did a lot of the planning and setup for the event, while station managers Elizabeth Stephenson ’19 and Varvara Troitski ’20 reached out to artists. All WCWM members woke up at 8:30 Saturday morning to set up barricades, mic stands and lights. The members were also in charge of post-event cleanup.

WCWM also tabled all last week on the Sadler Terrace, advertising with posters and stickers that boasted the event’s logo. The festival itself also had merchandise featuring the event and different bands. McCaffrey said that the time spent advertising really paid off in terms of spreading information about the event and hopefully increasing turnout. She said that her favorite part of the evening was seeing all of the students who came.

“It was really nice seeing people come in who might not have otherwise come if we hadn’t reached out to them,” McCaffrey said.

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by theater professor Artisia Green, cast actors to be inclusive of multiple ethnicities, genders, sexual identities and body types. In this production, the two women who run the school, Karen and There’s something wrong with Mary Tilford, and everyone seems to know it. The young protagonist of “The Children’s Hour,” Martha, are played by black actresses — Divinity Summers ’20 and Neonna Ferebee ’20, respectively — as is Martha’s aunt Lily a play originally written by Lillian Hellman in the 1930s, seems Mortar, played by Arika Thames ’19. intensely diabolical, at first glance, for no reason. However, the According to Green, this production was inspired by “black College of William and Mary’s Department of Theatre, Speech aesthetic practices,” which was evident in choices ranging from and Dance’s Oct. 4-7 production of the play, performed at the the set, to costumes, to hair and makeup, to the musical choices.

Kimball Theatre, was less concerned with vilifying Mary and more The deconstruction of the original text’s ethnic heterogeneity adds preoccupied with exploring the nuances of the play’s themes of nuance to the production.

Instead of being about the fallout of race, gender, sexuality, authority and truth.

Mary’s behavior, it becomes a study in how ethnicity, class and Mary, played by a buoyant Anna Boustany ’21, is a student heterosexuality carry with them explicit authority and privilege. at the Wright-Dobie School for Girls. One day, after being Though Boustany identifies as multiracial, her character and reprimanded for breaking mundane school rules, she accuses her the character of her grandmother are staged to emphasize their headmistresses, Karen Wright and Martha Dobie, of being lovers. privilege, both in terms of class and race. Amelia herself first Mary’s grandmother, Amelia Tilford, played by Hannah Brown ’20, appears on stage in a satin nightgown, and the aristocratic drawl responds to these accusations by convincing the other students’ Brown performs with further contributes to the overall affectation families to take their daughters out of the school. This accusation of wealth and entitlement. ruins Karen and Martha’s reputation, deprives them of their main In an emotional moment, Martha pleads to Amelia to be source of income and sets off an emotionally fraught sequence of reasonable, telling her, “You’re not playing with paper dolls events for all parties involved.

— you’re playing with people.” For a contemporary audience, In most adaptations of the play, white actors are cast in every living in a country so distinctly synonymous with a history of role, despite the fact that the real court case that inspired the racial injustice, especially against African Americans, this plea play saw a multiracial girl leveling the accusation against her directed at a wealthy white woman from a self-made Africanheadmistresses. However, the College’s production, directed

Children’s Hour production explores race, gender, class

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American woman carries an added weight.

While the mandatory evacuation for Hurricane Florence cut down on the production’s rehearsal time, the cast and crew still managed to put together an elegant and powerful production that did justice to the source material’s weighty themes.

The ensemble cast features strong performances as well. The girls at the school add some levity to the ultimately thematically dark play. Lily Greenwald ’19 drew laughs as the melodramatic Peggy Rogers. Brennan McCray ’20 portrays Rosalie Wells, the target of most of Mary’s bullying and manipulation, with humor and empathy. Jayqua Williams ’20 also steals every scene she’s in as Amelia Tilford’s nosy, no-nonsense maid, Agatha.

Even by the play’s conclusion, when the libel suit is settled in Karen and Martha’s favor and the truth finally comes out, Amelia does not fully get her redemption arc. The damage has been done, and the play does not just leave her character with impunity. In a powerful moment in the play’s final scene, Karen tells Amelia she won’t be her confessor. Her guilt is her own to bear.

Editor’s Note: The Flat Hat would like to clarify that Anna Boustany ’21 is an Opinions Associate Editor for the paper. Her involvement with The Children’s Hour event is not on behalf of the paper’s interests.

Nell Scovell fields questions, talks women in media

Television writer, director discusses her diverse career obstacles, successes OLIVIA HENNESSEY THE FLAT HAT

Wednesday, Oct. 3, television writer, director and producer Nell Scovell hosted a Question and Answer luncheon for College of William and Mary students and faculty members at Blow Memorial Hall.

Scovell was invited by gender, sexuality and women’s studies director Elizabeth Losh.

Losh met Scovell through their undergraduate network at Harvard University.

Losh explained that she believed Scovell would be the perfect guest for the College community.

“A lot of our students have been talking about the #MeToo movement, and she has just published an opinion piece in The New York Times about #MeToo,” Losh said. “And because she is in journalism and entertainment and entrepreneurship working on ‘Lean In,’ she seemed like a perfect match for the interdisciplinary interests of our students.”

Scovell also has a special personal connection to the College: her parents met here and were

married at the Sir Christopher Wren Building Chapel.

Attendees were seated in a semicircle around Scovell and asked her questions about a variety of topics, ranging from her writing inspirations, television writing experiences, advice for new writers and the #MeToo movement.

Students expressed contentment for the freeflowing and open format of Scovell’s talk.

“I was expecting a lecture where she was just talking at us and afterwards we would have a short Q&A, but it was really great to just have this circle where we could just ask her questions,” graduate student and blogger Raveynn Stringfield Ph.D. ‘21said.

The first thing asked was what the common thread throughout her many careers has been. Scovell said it has been her curiosity and willingness to accept whatever challenges presented themselves.

Scovell began her career as a journalist in New York and did not begin writing for television until her friend and former editor suggested she try it.

“I went on staff at ‘Newhart’, which is a sitcom,

and I hadn’t watched that many sitcoms before,” Scovell said. “I had only written two scripts at that point, but I asked questions. … I learned to say ‘yes’ to everything, ‘cause you never know where something will lead.”

Her TV writing credits include “Late Night with David Letterman,” “It’s Gary Shandling’s Show,” “The Simpsons,” “Newhart,” “The Wilton North Report,” “Coach,” “Monk,” “Murphy Brown,” “Charmed” and “NCIS”. She is also known for being the story editor of the last season of “Newhart,” considered one of the most memorable final seasons in television history.

Scovell’s more recent work includes co-writing the best-selling feminist book “Lean In” with Sheryl Sandberg. Scovell recounted how she felt after listening to Sandberg’s Ted Talk “Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders” in 2010.

“In those 12 minutes, I learned more about myself than I had in years of therapy,” Scovell said.

On a more serious note, she shared an anecdote about how she behaved in a very shy and subservient manner during her first TV writing job.

“Our culture forced me into that position,” Scovell said. “It really wasn’t a choice.”

Scovell believes that this is an opportunity for men to ally with women and invite them to the table.

During the lunch, Scovell got a chance to read a part of her own memoir published this year, “Just the Funny Parts: … And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking into the Hollywood Boys’ Club,” in which she describes pitching ideas to Larry David for his show “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” one of which became an actual episode of the show.

Scovell said that she felt compelled to write “Just the Funny Parts” after seeing women in the entertainment industry like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Mindy Kaling write memoirs. She explained that she wanted to show how someone could get into comedy behind the scenes.

“One of the reasons I wanted to write my book … is that not everyone wants to be on camera,”

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Scovell said.

A student asked Scovell what her favorite thing that she had ever written was. Scovell responded with a screenplay she had written that had never been produced.

“I wrote a screenplay called ‘Fred and Freida,’ which was a bit like ‘The Princess Bride,’ where these characters live in a village where all the men look the same and all the women look the same, so you judge people for who they are, not what they look like,” Scovell said.

The lunch ended around 2 p.m., and as some guests filed out, others got the opportunity to stand by and speak to Scovell one on one.

Overall, attendees seemed greatly satisfied by the opportunity to hear and speak to Scovell on an intimate level.

“I didn’t know how conversational it would be, and I thought it was really interesting how we had questions about both feminism and current events as well as questions about writing and writing careers,” Marriya Schwarz ’20 said.

Attendees also expressed happiness that they could apply the things they learned from Scovell in their own lives.

Stringfield, who wishes to be a professional writer, shared the most helpful piece of advice she took from Scovell’s talk.

“In order to be a good writer you have to write a lot and you need to put yourself out there to be judged,” Stringfield said. “Seeing that it [success] can happen as long as you’re persistent and keep doing things that scare you.”

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MEN’S SOCCER

Tribe ties second CAA game of year

In back-and-forth match, College draws Huskies, 2-2 REID CHAMPLIN THE FLAT HAT

Hooper notches hat trick JAMIE HOLT / THE FLAT HAT

Junior forward Woodard Hooper had her first career three-goal game Friday as the Tribe ran over Towson 6-0. The win pushed the College to 3-0 in the CAA.

Ellis collects 50th victory as Tribe destroys Tigers, 6-0 BRENDAN DOYLE FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR Behind junior forward Woodard Hooper’s first career hat trick and junior defender Christie van de Kamp’s goal and two assists, William and Mary continued its strong start in Colonial Athletic Association play as it topped Towson Friday. The Tribe (6-4, 3-0 CAA) raced out to an early lead against the Tigers (1-10, 0-3 CAA) and never let up en route to a 6-0 victory, the 50th win of head coach Tess Ellis’ tenure at the College.

“It’s certainly nice when you have a game plan, and the girls just stuck to it,” Ellis said. “…

To come out on a Friday night and have that kind of energy, it just shows the growth of the team so far this year.”

The Tribe started the scoring right away, putting a goal up on the board just over 14 minutes into the contest. Sequences of sustained pressure by the College began to wear the Tigers down when junior midfielder Annie Snead found senior forward Jenny McCann down the field. McCann slid the ball past goalkeeper Mackenzie Peacock to give the

Tribe an advantage it would hold for the rest of the match.

Seven minutes later, van de Kamp found the back of the goal off a penalty corner, scoring for the third time this season. Then, in the 25th minute, the Tribe upped its lead to three when senior midfielder Jenna Cutilli tallied a goal, the first of her career.

The Tribe didn’t let up in the second half, as Hooper would add her three goals. Just over five minutes into the period, Hooper nabbed a rebound and put it into the goal to put the Tribe up 4-0. In the 60th minute, Hooper deflected a penalty corner in for her second of the night.

Van de Kamp tallied an assist on the play. Then, not even four minutes later, Hooper finished off the hat trick, again assisted by van de Kamp off a corner.

“It was just a team effort,” Hooper said. “I don’t think I got a lot of shots off; I was just cleaning up in front. So, it’s really nice. It’s really easy for me when we get a lot of shots off from the backfield.”

Behind the College’s flashy offensive performance was a shutdown defensive game.

The Tribe limited the Tigers to just one shot

the entire game, which freshman goalie Kimi Jones saved.

Meanwhile, the College piled on 32 shots, 21 of which were on cage. Peacock was forced to make 15 saves, but that would not be enough to turn the night into a winning effort for the Tigers.

“I think our defensive line had really good communication for the whole thing,” van de Kamp said. “It’s kind of what helps push everyone else up. It’s something we’ve been working on a lot throughout the season, so now that we can use that in our game and push [a defender] back up to kind of generate more attack is cool for us.”

Friday marked Ellis’ 50th win with the Tribe.

Ellis, in her sixth year at the College, is the third coach to reach the milestone at the school.

“I think it’s always a compliment to the program when you actually get those 50 wins in five years,” Ellis said. “… Anything like that, I always give it back to the program, that the program’s moving in the right direction.

The Tribe will travel to California over fall break, taking on Pacific Saturday before facing Stanford Monday.

As William and Mary senior forward Antonio Bustamante streaked back to midfield late in the first half, arms extended, it seemed like the Tribe was on track to secure a victory after a series of tough Colonial Athletic Association matchups.

It was not to be, as by the end of the match, the Tribe (2-6-2, 0-2-1 CAA) would draw even against Northeastern (3-5-1, 1-1-1 CAA), 2-2.

“The start to the second half is not what we hoped for or expected,” head coach Chris Norris said. “When the other team is down, you have to expect that they’re going to raise their intensity level, and they did. … we didn’t do a good job defending, passing, keeping the ball in midfield. They punished us for it.”

The elation of Bustamante’s early score was shattered by two Northeastern goals, one in the top right corner and the other an own goal by the Tribe. Hope was restored for the College in the 62nd minute, when a curling shot from senior forward Ryder Bell found its way to the back of the Huskies’ net.

With the game tied, the Huskies bit back, matching the Tribe’s physicality with their own unflagging play. Shots rang out from midfield, missing just left, just right and just above. Elbows, players and cards — seven yellows in total — went flying.

The end of regulation saw the stalemate hold, and two golden-goal overtime periods saw little action to speak of.

After 110 minutes of battle, neither team was able to avoid a 2-2 draw.

This is the Tribe’s second tie of the season, continuing a winless streak that has lasted since Sept. 11. The Tribe sits third from the bottom of the CAA, its conference record only beating out those of Elon (3-6-1, 0-3-1 CAA) and Charleston (3-7-2, 0-3-1 CAA).

Bustamante’s early goal moved him into a tie for the 10th-most tallies all time for the Tribe. His total sits at 33 through his four-year career.

“It’s an honor to be part of such an elite group,” Bustamante said. “I never saw myself scoring this many goals. I’ve been fortunate enough to take advantage of my chances.”

Bell, making his return following a three-game absence due to concussion, maintained his spot as the Tribe’s top scorer.

His goal moved his total to five on the season and kept him among the most productive players in the nation in terms of goals per game.

Senior goalkeeper Sam Onyeader also made his second consecutive start following a lengthy hiatus due to injury, tallying three saves on the night.

Conference action continues Wednesday as the Tribe hosts CAA leader James Madison.

VOLLEYBALL

College wins first conference game over Delaware, falls to Towson

After five-set victory against Blue Hens for College, Tigers top Tribe in three consecutive sets

ALYSSA GRZESIAK FLAT HAT EXECUTIVE EDITOR Friday, William and Mary returned to Kaplan Arena after a three-game road trip, welcoming Colonial Athletic Association foe Delaware (7-11, 1-5 CAA). Though the Blue Hens gave the Tribe (5-10, 1-5 CAA) a run for its money, the College was able to claim its first conference win in an exciting fifth-set victory.

The Tribe and the Blue Hens kept the score close in the first two sets, with the College ultimately taking them 25-21, 25-20, respectively. The game appeared to be decided going into the third set, but the Tribe lost its vigor, falling 25-16. Despite being up 2-1, the College could not overpower the Blue Hens, falling 25-11 in the fourth set.

Tied 2-2, the fifth-set race to 15 began. Delaware went on an early run, taking a 4-1 advantage. Neither team held the lead for long, as back-and-forth scoring continued throughout the set. The Blue Hens took the lead 13-12 off a kill by opposite hitter Bailey Pearlman, their final point of the match. The Tribe ended the set and the match on a three-point run featuring two powerful hits from freshman outside hitter Anne Seekford.

“This is the first time that we’ve had players in the same positions for an extended period of time, and that level of comfort in working with the same setter and having the same passers around you, like that matters a whole lot just for the comfort level,” head coach Tim Doyle said.

Seekford led the College’s offense with 10 kills, followed by freshman outside hitter Lauren Merril with nine and freshman middle blocker Madeleine Bertz with eight. Sophomore libero Lauren Moussaid contributed two aces, while Merril and senior setter Katie Kemp added one each. Sophomore setter Autumn Brenner had 23 assists, trailed by Kemp with 15 and Moussaid with five. Of the Tribe’s five blocks on the night, sophomore

middle blocker Julia Brown had a hand in three, while Bertz and freshman outside hitter Claire Farrell assisted with two.

Saturday, the College was unable to maintain the previous night’s success, falling 3-0 to Towson (8-11, 3-3 CAA). “[We didn’t] see the same level of focus, effort, intensity that we saw last night,” Doyle said. “They came out ready to play and [we] just didn’t have it tonight.”

The Tribe fell 25-10 in the first set, with only four points coming from front-row attacks and the other six from errors by the Tigers. The College started out strong in the second set, the most competitive of the evening, taking an early 6-3 lead. Despite its efforts, the Tribe could not hold on to any advantage for long, as Towson took it back and went on a run of its own each time. A powerful kill by Brown off a Kemp assist put the Tribe up 21-19, its final lead of the set. The Tigers finished off the set with a hard block on Bertz by opposite hitter Jocelyn Kuilan, middle blocker Silvia Grassini and outside hitter Annie Ertz, 25-22.

“Last night, I think we just had like such a strong mentality, such an aggressive mentality,” Farrell said. “…

Working as a unit, we needed that mentality.”

The College went into the third set strong, taking an early 2-0 lead thanks to two service aces by Seekford.

The Tribe held its own for the beginning of the set but was unable to get ahead after its 12-11 advantage, thanks to a kill by Farrell. A kill by Towson’s Kuilan ended the third and final set, 25-17.

“I thought last night was really great,” Kemp said.

“We kind of lost the momentum in the third and fourth set, but we came out in the fifth set really strong. I think that was a really defining moment for our team, and the freshmen stepped up big time.”

The Tribe ultimately fell to James Madison (14-3, 6-0 CAA) Monday night, 3-0. The College will continue its homestand as it welcomes Elon Sunday, Oct. 14 at 1 p.m.

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Sophomore middle blocker Julia Brown and the Tribe split a pair of conference matches this weekend.

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Tribe beats Albany, 25-22 Comeback victory ended streak of three blowout losses, earned the College its second season win KEVIN RICHESON // FLAT HAT SPORTS ASSOC. EDITOR

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After leaping out to a 7-0 lead over Colonial Athletic Association matchup Albany (2-3, 0-2 CAA) Saturday, William and Mary (2-3, 1-1 CAA) fell behind and appeared in danger of remaining winless in the conference. However, the College stormed back in the fourth quarter to erase a 12-point deficit and claim a 25-22 victory.

The weekend prior to the Albany matchup, the Tribe lost its first home game of the year against Colgate. The College has been held scoreless in each of its last two games, losing 51-0 to James Madison and 23-0 to Colgate. The Tribe last scored Sept.

8 in its road game at Virginia Tech. Albany also came into the game winless in the conference, but entered on a two-game winning streak.

Contrary to other games this season, the Tribe jumped out to a fast start against the Great Danes with a touchdown on its opening drive. The College picked up two first downs to move the ball to midfield before sophomore quarterback Shon Mitchell connected with senior wide receiver DeVonte Dedmon. Mitchell hit Dedmon in stride inside the five-yard line, and Dedmon lunged into the end zone for the College’s first touchdown in three games. Junior kicker Kris Hooper tacked on the extra point to give the Tribe a 7-0 advantage with 12 minutes, 42 seconds remaining in the opening quarter.

At the start of the second quarter, the Great Danes were able to cut into the Tribe’s lead with a 32-yard field goal. The Great Danes benefited from a short punt by sophomore punter Will Michael, setting them up at the College’s 35-yard line.

However, they were unable to cash in with a game-tying touchdown and settled for a field goal by kicker Ethan Stark to pull the Great Danes within four points with 14:56 to play before the half.

The College got the ball back, only up 7-3, and once again failed to pick up

a first down. This time, the Great Danes were finally able to capitalize on the Tribe offense’s inability to move the ball. They picked up a key third-down conversion.

Two plays later, running back Elijah Ibitokun-Hanks burst into the clear for a 36-yard touchdown run. Ibitokun-Hanks’ touchdown gave the Great Danes their first lead of the afternoon, 10-7 with 10:31 left in the second quarter.

The Great Danes continued to benefit from a starting field position in Tribe territory. Michael’s punt was partially blocked, allowing the Great Danes’ drive to start at the 37-yard line. Nevertheless, the College’s defense stood tall and kept the Great Danes out of the end zone. Stark nailed his second field goal of the game to push their lead to 13-7 just before halftime.

However, the Tribe answered back with a 39-yard field goal at the end of the first half to cut its deficit to 13-10 at halftime.

The Great Danes scored a second-half touchdown to give them their first twopossession lead of the game. The drive started with Testaverde completing a 42yard pass down the right sideline to wide receiver Jerah Reeves. The Great Danes then used a strong rushing attack to move the ball down to the one-yard line. The Tribe defense stopped the Great Danes on first and second down, but running back Karl Mofor walked into the end zone on third-and-goal. The extra point was blocked, but the Tribe still trailed 19-10 with just over 12:00 left in the game.

The College put together a four-play touchdown drive covering 73 yards.

Dedmon had two long receptions on the drive, a 42-yard catch on the first play of the possession and a 17-yard touchdown grab to cap the drive.

“As an offense I really think we were the best unit we’ve had since I’ve been here,” Dedmon said.

Hooper added the extra point to pull

the Tribe back within five points, 22-17, with 5:17 remaining in the conference matchup.

“I know I was fully confident, and I felt like the rest of the team felt that way, too,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell completed his first four passes of the drive before the Tribe faced a third down at the Great Danes’ 34-yard line.

Sophomore running back Nate Evans burst through on third down and picked up a first down on an eight-yard run.

A roughing the passer penalty put the ball at the six-yard line, setting the Tribe up for a first-and-goal with 56 seconds remaining. Mitchell called his own number and wiggled his way through the defense for a four-yard touchdown to give the College its first lead of the second half.

The College successfully attempted a twopoint conversion that put it up 25-22 with 0:50 to play.

“For a young team that hasn’t [come from behind], that’s hard to do,” head coach Jimmye Laycock ’70 said. “It was pretty special.”

The Great Danes picked up one first down, but Testaverde threw an interception, and the Tribe held on for a 25-22 victory.

The College picked up its first win in the CAA since 2016 with help from strong efforts by Mitchell and Dedmon. Dedmon had seven catches for 138 yards and two touchdowns. Mitchell threw for 263 yards on 24 of 32 passes. He had two passing touchdowns and one rushing score.

“It feels great,” Mitchell said. “I mean, you see the smile on my face. We have full confidence and trust in each other, and that’s just a testament to how today turned out.”

The College will hit the road next week for another CAA matchup against Towson, when the team will look to maintain the momentum from the comeback win over the Great Danes.

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