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Following Trump’s announcement, community stands together MEILAN SOLLY // FLAT HAT CHIEF STAFF WRITER Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s Sept. 5 decision to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, the future of 23 College of William and Mary students protected under the act is uncertain. However, members of the community, from College President Taylor Reveley to Student Assembly President Elijah Levine ’18, as well as other campus leaders, have mobilized in support of those affected.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama launched DACA, an initiative that allows individuals illegally brought into the United States at a young age to work and study without fear of deportation, in 2012. 800,000 immigrants collectively known as “Dreamers” are currently protected under the act.

Trump’s decision is the latest in a tenure marked by a tightened border control and immigration policies, including a January executive order that banned visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries, part of a vetting plan he formed to keep out “radical Islamic terrorists.” Now, lawmakers have six months to pass a suitable replacement for DACA. However, if the currently gridlocked Congress fails to create an alternative plan in this highly debated pursuit, then the Trump administration will phase out DACA. Because of their uncertain immigration status, recipients of DACA are reluctant to be identified publicly. The Flat Hat

MISSING HALL COUNCIL FUNDS RECOVERED On Monday, Sept. 11 at 7:33 a.m., Assistant Director for Fraternity and Sorority Housing Shylan Scott sent an email to residents of Richmond Hall informing them that hall council money was missing when she checked Sunday night in the process of reconciling the funds.

At the time of her email, she said that a police report had been filed with the College of William and Mary’s Police Department, but that if the money were returned, they would move forward without pressing charges.

Later on Monday, at 12:15 p.m., Scott sent a second email to Richmond Hall residents alerting them that all of the money had been recovered, and that the investigation by the WMPD would cease. The money, in the amount of $1,600 was in fact not stolen, according to College spokesperson Suzanne Seurattan.

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status private, but in the aftermath of Trump’s election, he said he felt obligated to speak out. Within the Dreamer community at the College, there was a strong sense of helplessness coupled with fear, as the student said he and others struggled to make sense of Trump’s presidency.

“I knew I was protected under DACA,” he said. “However, my family members are not, and knowing that this man made public declarations that he was going to target groups of people [was] an attack on my family.”

As the Trump administration took office, Dreamers faced widespread uncertainty. The threat of deportation, both for themselves and their friends and family, became an urgent concern, but the junior said that support offered by the College alleviated some of this stress.

School officials contacted those protected under DACA and offered them resources including a Counseling Center support group, an online information hub and assistance from a local law firm.

The junior said that Reveley’s public declaration of support, as well as a similar statement released by the Student Assembly, further demonstrated that the College community values Dreamers.

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The Grind to undergo management change in 2018 At end of 5-year contract, Scott Owen will leave campus coffee shop The Grind NOAH PETERSEN FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

Eighteen years ago, a new round of renovations on Earl Gregg Swem Library was just beginning, the College of William and Mary’s chancellor was Margaret Thatcher, and most members of the class of 2021 had been born no more than a year earlier.

It was also 18 years ago that a group of students approached the administration about adding a coffee shop on campus, and a year later, The Daily Grind was born.

Throughout those 18 years, one face has remained the same at the College and in the coffee shop. That face belongs to Scott Owen, the general manager of The Daily Grind. Owen has been roasting coffee and serving sandwiches for nearly two decades since the restaurant’s inception, but soon he will walk away because after this year, he is retiring.

The Daily Grind is officially listed as part of the Sadler Center and operates under a five-year lease, according to state regulations.

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spoke to one of the 23 College students protected under DACA, a junior who arrived in the United States at age four, regarding his experience, but in order to protect his privacy he will remain anonymous.

When the student received DACA during his senior year of high school, it had a dramatic effect on his plans for the future — instead of entering the workforce directly after graduation as he expected, he was able to attend college.

“It sounds exaggerated, but it gives you a sense of purpose,” he said. “Because without that you really have no short or long-term goals. I could have graduated high school with my 4.0 GPA, and everyone would have assumed that I’d go on to college, but no, I would … be taking jobs in construction, gardening, restaurants, and it’s not like I would have been paid minimum wage either.

There would have been back door deals, [and] obviously I would have been exploited. That’s really hard. That’s something that really affects your self-worth and how you view yourself.”

Equipped with his first official U.S. ID card, the student enrolled at the College and immersed himself in newly available opportunities. He said he dreams of going to graduate school and eventually working with young immigrants, who he hopes to inspire with his own story of overcoming adversity.

For most of his college career, the student kept his immigration

The current lease will expire at the end of 2018, and Owen does not want to work for another half-decade.

“I’m retiring at the end of next year because I’ll be almost 62 years old, and to be honest with you, I don’t want to go till I’m 67,” Owen said. “This is kind of a bittersweet year for me because, like, this is my last class that I’ll see all the way through.”

After the group of students petitioned former Vice President of Student Affairs Sam Sadler ’64 for a coffee shop in 1999, the College granted a lease to the local company Williamsburg Coffee and Tea, owned by Todd Arnette.

Arnette, who owns The Daily Grind, originally planned to have students manage the store, but the experiment failed and the store needed a manager. “[Arnette] approached me about coming in with my retail experience and taking it over, and it was sort of an agreement between he and I that whatever I could do with the place, it was mine to do,” Owen said.

During his tenure, Owen has grown what he called a “little tiny stand with

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When a fueling system malfunction occurred Tuesday, Sept. 5, a diesel spill was reported behind the Earl Gregg Swem Library at 11 a.m. The Williamsburg Fire Department contained the scene by 12:30 p.m.

For the rest of Sept. 5, part of Landrum Drive near Ukrop and the Crim Dell was closed, and the parking lot adjacent to Swem has been closed indefinitely.

“We are grateful for the quick response of both the William & Mary Police and Williamsburg Fire Departments and thankful that no injuries have been reported,” College Spokesperson Suzanne Seurrattan said in an email.

Per state guidelines, the incident was reported to the Department of Environmental Quality, which signed off on the procedures followed to clean up the spill.

At this time, full costs of the damage and repairs are not known.

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coffee” into a popular spot on campus and in the Williamsburg area. He said he centered its image around selling organic, locally sourced produce without trying to turn a large profit.

“I am a terrible businessman, you know, I will be the first one to say that,” Owen said. “It’s nice to have money, don’t get me wrong, but I always looked at money as being the byproduct of my actions, not the reason why I’m doing [them].”

And though money has not been his goal, Owen said he still believes The Daily Grind has been a “tremendously successful” business.

“I would rather have long-term customers than short-term profit,” Owen said.

Before the lease ends next year, the College will entertain bids for the space from any interested parties. At the end of this period, the College will review all the proposals and choose the one it considers best.

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I knew I was protected under DACA. However, my family members are not, and knowing that this man made public declaration that he was going to target groups of people [was] an attack on my family.

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Tucked under the brand-new Integrated Science Center, applied science professor Joel Levine’s office lies somewhere between the sprawling modernism found in NASA’s Langley, Va., office, which was his workplace of 41 years, and the quaint brick facade of McGlothlin-Street Hall, where he’d been teaching since arriving at the College of William and Mary as an adjunct professor in 1990.

“We have a long history at the College,” Levine said. “My daughter was an English major here, and my wife got her master’s and her Ph.D. here.”

From 1990 on, during his tenure at NASA, Levine served as an adjunct professor, teaching courses on planetary and atmospheric science in the evenings, after a working full-time at the headquarters of extraterrestrial research.

He was the first climate science and policy professor at the College.

When Levine retired from NASA in 2011, he accepted a full-time position in the department of applied science, one of the only departments at the College that does not provide bachelor’s degrees. Seeking to work more with undergraduates, Levine said he advocated to teach a course on planetary science through the geology department to students seeking their bachelor’s degree.

As a past co-chair of NASA’s Human Exploration of Mars Science Analysis Group (HEM-SAG), Levine wanted to incorporate some of this research potential into the new undergraduate geology class.

“We wanted 25 percent of the grade [to be] based on … really independent and publishable research,” Levine said. “There are 58 potential landing sites on Mars, selected by the panel I co-chaired, picked because of their scientific interest. I suggested that we divide the students into teams … and have them look in detail at each site, and then identify how an astronaut landing at the site would explore the area. In other words, make up a field trip.”

Each student’s research is published online and is included as part of a published and presented research paper by Levine, who said he couldn’t choose just three teams of co-authors, as he was planning to do as an incentive when he first offered this research challenge.

“I formed a committee of myself, Professor [Christopher] Bailey and three of the top Mars engineers [whom I called at NASA to come help evaluate] ... and they all came to [each student’s session],” Levine said. “No team got below an A, and so I presented the paper with 75 co-authors at a big NASA conference at George Washington University.”

Later that year, Levine organized for a few of the Mars mission planners from the Johnson Space Station in Houston to come to the College and spend the day with the students who had co-authored the paper.

Because of Levine’s push to teach younger students, the first astronauts on Mars could walk a route developed at the College by undergraduate researchers.

“I think it’s good for the students because a lot of them are really interested in NASArelated work,” Levine said. “They’re interested in planetary missions, comets and meteors, so I’m a good resource. Everyone in the class was extremely supportive of NASA, of sending humans to Mars … and I went to Washington and spoke to the NASA administrator [about their support].”

Levine also managed to find partial funding for some of his undergraduate students to participate in a conference on Mars dust, one of the Mars Exploration Program’s “long poles,” or critical but difficult steps in any project or mission. Because some of the atmospheric dust on Mars is as pervasive and toxic as it is small, space suits and machines must be equipped to protect human explorers and their gear from its harmful permeation.

“I personally find William and Mary students outstanding,” Levine said. “I get questions in my class that I really have to think about. After 41 years of worrying about budgets and different administrations cutting programs, it’s refreshing to be with a group of very bright, young people.”

Aside from being a devoted supporter of undergraduate education, Levine and his wife, Arlene Levine, who is also a NASA scientist, are dedicated to increasing racial and gender diversity at NASA and in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.

“Whenever you see a rocket launch and you see the NASA control room, you see about a hundred middle-aged white men,” Levine said.

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Levine and his wife, who retired from NASA on the same day, decided to do something about this. His wife began investigating the lack of gender and racial diversity in the NASA

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space program. Despite NASA’s attempts to hire more diversely, it wasn’t able to fill gender and racial quotas. The preparation of students at the elementary level was key, Arlene determined. And so, in 2004, she and Joel developed a series of interactive television programs through NASA and the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) to talk about topics in space science once a month.

“We did that for six years,” Levine said.

“I was the lecturer and she was the director.

I spoke for 45 minutes and then we had questions transmitted back to us in the NASA studio live … and when we ran out of our 60 minutes, they would email them, and sometimes I would spend a day the next day answering questions.”

In addition to working with young black students in elementary schools, the Levines also worked with Native Americans living on reservations, developing a summer program for young Native-American students interested in space and science through the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES).

Levine’s adamant promotion of getting children interested in science early comes in part from the initial support he received when he expressed a fascination for the cosmos as a young boy in Brooklyn, N.Y. “My grandmother and aunt bought me a telescope, but then my grandmother saw me pursuing this, and said ‘how can you make a living by looking at Mars?’” Levine said. “My parents had no problem with my going into science … although they didn’t think I’d make a living.”

From a sixth-grader looking at the first color pictures of Mars in the 1950s to a member of the NASA Hall of Honor in 2017, Levine has many titles and roles, and being a continuing educator at the College is one of them.

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Dreamer student worries for future, Reveley addresses campus Trump announces plans to repeal DACA, students gather for protest in response DACA from page 1

In a Sept. 5 campus-wide statement following Trump’s decision about DACA, Reveley echoed sentiments he first shared after Trump’s election. “[DACA students] belong here, and we strongly believe they should be allowed to finish their educations,” Reveley said in an email. “William & Mary will keep doing all we can to support them.”

After Trump’s announcement, activist groups on campus mobilized in a show of solidarity with Dreamers.

Students gathered at the Sunken Garden Friday Sept. 8 to attend a rally organized by the Latin American Student Union and the Young Democratic Socialists with support

from groups including Amnesty International, the Asian American Student Initiative, Lambda and VOX. One of the event organizers, Billy Bearden ’19, said that the reason for the event was to show support for students currently protected under DACA. “The purpose of the rally itself is to show [DACA students] they’re not alone,” Bearden said. “There are 23 DACA recipients but 6,000 William and Mary students who are willing to stick up for them.”

AASI Co-Director Andrea Ayres ’18 added that many members of her organization are first- or secondgeneration immigrants, and this personal connection motivates their advocacy on behalf of undocumented

immigrants.

Moving forward, Ayres said she hopes students voice their outrage over DACA’s rescindment to the administration, as well as to their state representatives.

Bearden agreed with this call for activism, saying that there are many potential responses that move beyond sentiment.

The DACA student offered an additional course of action: promoting discourse in hopes of increasing tolerance.

“We feel as though we need to assimilate, and there’s nothing wrong with assimilation, but by assimilating we do give up a lot of what makes us different,” he said. “By providing this discourse, we ... can create a very

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different way of thinking, which is what we need right now. We don’t need assimilation, we need tolerance.

We need to tolerate our neighbor because we’re all human beings [and] we all have the same values.”

The future of DACA, and the country’s 800,000 Dreamers, remains unclear. Individuals whose DACA protections expire before March 5, 2018, can apply for a renewal, but applications must be submitted by Oct. 5.

The junior’s protections expire just after graduation.

With plans to attend graduate school and become a social worker in jeopardy, his future rests largely on the outcome of Congress’ efforts to replace DACA. “Right now, there’s a lot of hope,” he said. “I guess it just comes down to [whether Congress] can do something before time runs out for a lot of people.”

Dreamers may not be able to rely on the government’s aid, but as Reveley reaffirmed, the 23 DACA students at the College have the community’s full support.

“What the federal government will ultimately do with the DACA program remains unknown,” he said in an email. “What is known is that William & Mary will continue to provide our DACA students with all the help we can.”

Office of International Students, Scholars and Programs Director Stephen Sechrist further emphasized the College’s commitment to DACA students. Sechrist said that Trump’s declaration has not affected the services, advocacy and support available to students protected under DACA.

“Students with DACA are valuable members of our community,” he said in an email, “Not just the W&M community, but our community as a nation.”

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To the junior, DACA represented a reprieve from the future he had long anticipated: hiding in the shadows of the workforce, underpaid and unrecognized by the country he had always called home.

“For the majority of our lives, the U.S. has been all that we’ve ever known,” he said. “We’re American in every sense of the word except on paper.”

He said that DACA allowed him to learn what it was like to have that invaluable word on paper, at least temporarily — but without effective legislative reform, he and the other Dreamers may be the last undocumented immigrants to experience this opportunity.

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College unveils anniversary mural in Swem New art installations curated to mark 50th year of residential African Americans

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Students, faculty and community members are invited to attend four new art installations at the Muscarelle Museum of Art and Earl Gregg Swem Library which are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first African-American residential students at the College of William and Mary. From bronze masks to polyester resin sculptures, the three alumnae Lynn Briley ’71, Janet Brown ’71 and Karen Ely ’71, along with those that came before and after them, are acknowledged through the exhibits in different ways.

Visitors to the Muscarelle will find two new exhibits, titled “Building on the Legacy: African American Art from the Permanent Collection and Fred Eversley” and “50 Years an Artist: Light & Space & Energy,” which opened to the public Sept. 2.

Director and CEO of the Muscarelle Aaron De Groft acknowledged that while 50 years is a “woefully” short time, it is important for the Muscarelle to show support for the College.

“Part of the mission of the museum is to support the teaching mission of the College,” De Groft said. “We’re self-defined as simply one other laboratory of experiential learning.”

The Muscarelle’s assistant director and chief curator John Spike noted that the museum’s collection of African-American art a few years ago only totaled 19 works by roughly 20 African-American artists.

Today, however, Spike says that the collection has doubled, with about 25 different African-American artists represented in “Building on the Legacy,” which will remain on display until Jan. 18 of next year.

“Our ambition is to represent … the most widely recognized, nationally recognized African-American artists in every part of the United States,” Spike said.

According to Spike, the collection covers “a wide chronological

sweep,” with the earliest artwork on display, “Moonlit Landscape,” attributed to Henry Ossawa Tanner. Tanner, who was born in 1859 and who continued his art studies in France as a result of racial prejudice in the United States, was cited by Spike as “the first major AfricanAmerican artist.”

“It’s very good that we have an important early work by him,” Spike said.

Also on display in the collection is a 1993 photograph of Maya Angelou by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, acquired by the Muscarelle in 2015. The photograph, which Spike said in an email was “carefully retouched by the artist to deepen the shadows and enhance the delicate light on the face” was originally a part of Angelou’s own collection.

“It is a great work of portraiture that any museum would be proud to have,” Spike said in an email. “We spotted it, went up to New York City to inspect it, and brought it back home.”

The second floor of the Muscarelle will house the works of engineer and artist Fred Eversley until Dec. 10. For 50 years, Eversley has aimed to involve the viewer “in the energy of light and sound” in his art, according to a press release by the Muscarelle. Spike said that the Eversley polyester resin and acrylic sculptures were uniquely arranged in the exhibit, garnering praise from donors.

“There’s this big red one through which you sort of view everything,” Spike said. “Wherever you see one of these lenses, we put them up as sort of looking stations, and you look at the other ones. And it’s never been done quite that way in an Eversley show before.”

Along with the Muscarelle, Swem has two new installations to commemorate the anniversary. “Lemonade: A Picture of America” was unveiled Aug. 31 during a reception for the three alumnae and the community in Swem.

The mural, with its creation overseen by artist Steve Prince and completed with contributions from students of his “Workshop on Black

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Four new art installations were added to the Muscarelle Museum of Art and the Earl Gregg Swem Library in honor of the 50th anniversary of African Americans in residence.

Expressive Culture” class, is permanently displayed in the lobby of Swem.

Exhibits Manager Jennie Davy said that the space where the mural now resides was under renovation for some time.

Now accompanied by an exhibit of oral histories on the adjacent wall, Davy said that the mural helps serve as a focal point in the lobby.

“The thought process was having it someplace on campus where it could be a permanent installation and be accessible to everyone and be a shared space on campus, not belonging to a single department but someplace where it would really belong to the campus,” Davy said.

Davy, who said that she had previously worked on exhibits that addressed the College’s past as a slave-owning institution and as an exploitative employer of African Americans during the Jim Crow era, acknowledged that the mural represented the changing nature of the College’s legacy.

“It’s a powerful piece about the transformational relationship that the College has had in terms of going from a slave-owning institution to a place where our motto is … ‘everyone is welcome here,’” Davy said.

“This art piece is part of that transformational journey in terms of our relationship as an institution with an including [of] African Americans as a part of the institution rather than being the people that are … exploited.”

Prince said that he incorporated the commemoration’s theme of the Akan word “sankofa,” or what Prince defines as “looking into one’s past in order to move forward.”

“As far as the institution is concerned, it also can move forward from its slavery past,” Prince said. “It has to look very soberly, and with open eyes, and not just simply look, but it has to embrace it — what took place in the past. There’s an element in there that speaks to its magic future … what this nation could look like if it were to embrace that truly, and were to reconfigure and rebirth and go through such a rebirth of those ideas and where it could be … The other element that’s within the mural that’s central to the three women who are projecting out of it. They are a constant reminder of the power of integration and its importance to our nation.”

Swem’s second exhibit, “Brave Enough to be First: Exploring 50 Years of African Americans in Residence at William & Mary” will open Sept.

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Curator Mallory Walker said that the exhibit has three parts which will examine those that preceded the three alumnae, the alumnae’s own experiences and the atmosphere at the College after their arrival.

According to Walker, the exhibit will take the artistic representation in the mural and delve into an archival perspective.

“We’re delving into the entire history, like the entire timeline, and seeing how the first blacks on were campus — they were slaves — and going from that and seeing how it evolved and what the experiences were like for those first three women, and also where those spaces were created after they arrived for more black bodies and spaces where black people could feel safe and secure, so looking at student organizations and the ways faculty and staff have worked hard to make sure that this is a welcoming space,” Walker said.

Walker said that her exhibit is a part of the long journey of reconciliation at the College.

“It proves that William and Mary is at a point where they’re willing to put in the resources to discuss this and to celebrate the three women and to acknowledge where [the College has] gone wrong, which I think is really incredible,” Walker said.

On-campus coffee shop’s contract set to expire Dec. 2018, manager stated he will not return 18 years ago, The Grind came to the College following a decision made by former Vice President of Student Affairs GRIND from page 1

Sadler Center and Campus Center, said that the expiring lease “hasn’t been discussed yet.”

Arnette, the owner of The Daily Grind, also said he has no definite plans for next year’s expiration date.

“I will cross that bridge when I get to it … it’s not on my short-term business plan horizon,” Arnette said.

And though neither Knowlten nor Arnette knows what will happen after The Daily Grind’s lease expires, they both acknowledge Owen’s role in nurturing the store into what it is today.

“Students have been drawn to The Grind in big numbers, and a lot of it is because of [Owen’s] personality and the way he treats people,” Knowlten said. “[Owen has] been running The Grind autonomously since he’s come on board so, clearly, I’m pleased with how everything has been going,” Arnette said. “Most people think that [Owen] actually owns The Grind, quite honestly. I’m quite pleased that that is the perception because for years, he has been the face of The Daily Grind.”

And after almost two decades working at The

Daily Grind, Owen said he realizes that walking away from all his memories there will be difficult. Owen said that beyond working at the coffee shop, he had several memories where his workplace became a home for not only him, but his children.

“I raised my kids there,” Owen said. “My kids were tiny, and they’re all through college now, you know, and I homeschooled them in The Grind. I used [graduate] students to be their teachers so there’s a lot more than just a place called The Daily Grind sitting there. It’s my life.”

At the end of his career at The Daily Grind, Owen

said he is optimistic about its future at the College and “seriously doubts” that the store’s time will end with his.

“I really try to work on being as humble as possible,” Owen said. “It’s not just me, it took a lot of people to make The Daily Grind work. I came up with a vision, but a vision is a seed — it’s not a plant. So you plant a seed and the nutrients are [the students], you know, the 18 years of student bodies that have come to The Grind have been the nutrients. The customer dictates to you what they want, and that’s what I wanted it to be.”

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When the current contract expires in December 2018, Scott Owen, the manager of The Daily Grind, will retire and the College of WIlliam and Mary will open up bidding for companies interested in filling the coffee shop space.

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Defending the Coat of Arms of the College

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Ever since the College of William and Mary launched its branding crusade to remove the Coat of Arms from just about every where possible a few years ago, my heart has been left feeling increasingly conf licted ever y day.

What was so wrong with the Coat of Arms that a decision was made to stamp it out from usage a l most ever y where across campus, and is it understood why our coat of arms is still important to the College community?

The College’s coat of arms was issued in 1694 by folks at the College of Arms in England before construction of the College even began.

A series of university buildings atop a green field and underneath a golden sun, William and Mary has never truly looked the way our coat of arms has portrayed it at any point in its history.

However, that didn’t stop William and Mary from instituting the Coat of Arms as its identifying mark in the 1930s. Ever since then, it has appeared everywhere around campus, representing

the College prominently throughout the past century.

With the entrance of the 21st century and the redesigned cypher, our coat of arms has been on the brink of extinction. With only a handful of exceptions, such as the f lag and university seal of the College, the Coat of Arms is becoming harder and harder to find. The design has been pulled from all university merchandise and is off almost every sign planted on the grounds of the College.

I feel the College is making a mistake in stamping out the use of our coat of arms. The inception of the design in 1694, despite no real resemblance to the College, exemplifies the historical significance of William and Mary that makes a huge selling point in the importance of our institution. Also, dozens of graduating classes that preceded us have known and loved the Coat of Arms as our identifying mark, which is now nowhere to be found prominently displayed.

Personally, having grown up here as a permanent resident of Williamsburg, the College made a profound impact on my childhood, which I remember most commonly through the display of our coat of arms. From my James City County recreational soccer coaches to my tutors at my York County grade schools, the alumni of the College volunteered their time to the Williamsburg community to ensure citizens such as myself would succeed. Now that I am a member of the same Tribe that I received so much love and help from in my earlier years, it breaks my heart to see not only our coat of arms, but one of my most recognizable memories from my childhood, fade from existence.

Email Jack Bowden at jabowden@email.wm.edu

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We were never enlightened... we were only pretending to be. It takes a lot of hard work to overcome that [stuff]. But as to how people think that way now? Hell, you can’t slap a layer of paint on sewage and expect it to not be sewage.

— Tom Kelso on “Considering the Confederate Flag’s Past”

As an English major, I spend a disproportionate amount of my time in Tucker Hall. Generally, it’s one of the better-looking buildings on campus — even though the building looks like it was constructed as two separate halves that had to be stitched together by a structure that resembles an amphitheater because the builders couldn’t agree on where the second floor should be located.

The main lobby is beautiful, with grand marble steps perfect for photos. The amphitheater, bizarre as it is, makes a great place to work on homework and readings between classes.

The chairs in all the classrooms are comfortable and the tables give you plenty of space to spread out all of your novels, Norton Anthologies, printed out Blackboard readings and

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I’ve had quite a high number of classes in room 222, and every semester I am frustrated by the ridiculous lack of natural light in the room. notebooks. The furniture is also relatively easy to maneuver — at least easier than the chair-desks you might find in Morton.

The wheels on everything makes it possible to rearrange a classroom for discussions or seminars and then put it back for lectures.

The third-floor classrooms are cozy nooks full of natural light brought in by the charming round windows that look out over campus. In fact, most of the classrooms in the building seem to be streaming with natural light. Even the basement is decently well lit, considering it’s a basement and is mostly underground.

The one exception to Tucker’s sunshine-filled classrooms is room 222. This classroom is located in the back of the lower second floor, and you either have to know how to navigate the side staircases or go up the main stairs and down the amphitheater to get there.

I’ve had quite a high number of classes in room 222, and every semester I am frustrated by the ridiculous lack of natural light in the room. The classroom is one of the larger ones in Tucker and the tables can be maneuvered into a variety of configurations and would be a great place to have class if the windows were of a reasonable size.

The back wall of the classroom has three windows that are somehow only about a third the size of most of the windows in Tucker classrooms. This wouldn’t bother me if it was a basement classroom that only had slot-like windows at the top of the wall. It wouldn’t even bother me if the building was constructed more like Morton, with small slits of windows like the ones in my high school.

However, it does bother me. And it bothers me not just because every other classroom in Tucker is exceedingly well lit, but also because there are several feet of wall above the windows. I’m sure there is some sort of structural reason that this wall space cannot be taken up by the windows, but to the average student, it seems like there is a clear solution to the problem of room 222’s lighting, and that solution is creating larger windows.

I recognize that it’s a good thing that my biggest complaint about the building I have most of my classes in is the lighting in one specific classroom, but I can’t help being just a little bit petty when the windows are so darn small.

Email Emily Chaumont at emchaumont@email.wm.edu.

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Effect of college’s schedule on interpersonal relationships

Sarah Smith

FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

This summer I left Williamsburg’s swamps to intern in D.C., an experience that was affirming, positive and overall a hundred times better than stressing over coursework and extracurricular activities. Within a few days of saying goodbye to my daily commute (I definitely don’t miss the Metro), I was packing my minivan to return— but this time I was moving into an apartment with five of my closest friends.

While I had basically lived with two of them since my freshman year, we had never technically shared common spaces.

My other three apartment-mates I met through The Flat Hat, and I walked into this year knowing that my professional and personal lives were about to get mixed together in new, unpredictable ways.

We spent our first few days cohabitating just adjusting to the shared spaces — we organized cabinets, hung up wall art and figured out sleep schedules. We were creating a positive living experience and bonding over décor (it’s really hard for an apartment predominantly lived in by short women to hang tapestries, OK), but with the added stress of my classes and other time commitments, I was beginning to feel emotionally drained before the end of the first week.

I didn’t — and still don’t quite get — this feeling of exhaustion that has come from me navigating my interpersonal relationships these first few weeks back. College has given me my best friends.

I live with five people who support me, share their food with me (thank you, Emma), and would drop anything to make sure I feel

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While this exhaustion is just a product of college’s odd schedule — where for a few months each year, your closest friends are scattered across the country — it’s hard in the moment to take a step back... validated and loved. However, after a few months apart, hundreds of Snapchats and text messages don’t make up for months of face-to-face conversation, and there’s a lot of catching up to do.

Don’t get me wrong — I absolutely love spending time with my friends, but I am often tempted to drop my homework and other responsibilities to catch up with someone I haven’t seen since May. I’ve found myself awake way later than intended because I’ve spent hours talking with one of my apartment-mates or trying to understand how a friendship’s dynamic has changed from distance. Soon, I know I’ll be settled back into my third year here with no problems and my solid group of friends, but in the meantime, I’m tired and stretched thin. While this exhaustion is just a product of college’s odd schedule — where for a few months each year, your closest friends are scattered across the country — it’s hard in the moment to take a step back and remember to always find balance.

I’ve found peace in reminding myself that I’m not the only one who feels like everything is all up in the air. I’ve learned to cherish the moments when I come home to one of my apartment-mates sharing a crisis moment from the day and relating to the reoccurring struggles of finding textbooks, juggling time commitments and the stress culture that is all too present at the College of William and Mary.

I don’t have a perfect solution or a set strategy for moving forward, but I’ve been working on remembering to prioritize my schoolwork, set aside time for self-care and thinking about just letting go and trusting that my interpersonal relationships will balance out in the coming weeks. I’ve found joy in this exhaustion by consciously choosing to attend friends’ performances or setting aside time for a late night Wawa run with my roommate.

I know that a few months from now, I’ll be messaging in my apartment’s GroupMe reminding people to not leave hair in the shower, and my apartment-mates will be all too sick of me begging for company on my regular trips to get Wawa water; so, for now, I’m focusing on the positives of this tumultuous time and relishing the new experiences we are all sharing together.

Email Sarah Smith at sesmith01@email.wm.edu.

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Hopes for a continued community response to DACA

Kiana Espinoza FLAT HAT OPINIONS EDITOR

workers and families affected by DACA, their lives were similarly tossed upside down by a new country. After so many years without visiting, my father’s and my family’s stories of El Salvador seem to me like a dream.

William and Mary has always been, in my opinion, a place for these dreamers. Our students live on a plot of history, ready to make their own history out of whatever circumstances they may come from. Coming into this school with its majority of white students and its limited socioeconomic diversity is brave. Even on a good day, coming from such a starkly different background makes me feel out of place. I cannot imagine how it must feel to one day be worrying about classes and the price of textbooks to suddenly be told that this school — which was so hard to get to, which is so hard to do well in — could be torn away.

Everyone in this school, no matter their background, had to work to get here. Some people, because of their race, class and other marginalizing factors, had to work much harder. The dreamers are among that group of students who put their whole selves into their education. Being the daughter of an immigrant, I can hear my father’s and my abuela’s voices in my head when I get papers back and when I think about my future.

Being a student here means that I have been given the opportunity to take my family’s struggle and make the best of it. Their hard work and efforts to learn English have led me here, to this school.

I am proud to be at the College, and every day I carry the weight of knowing that someone else worked so hard for me to have this chance at a great education. For my fellow students and peers who are now living in an unstable in-between, I want to offer my apologies that the country we know as home is failing us.

If you ever need to talk to a friend, please email me. At the very least, I know I can offer a friendly voice, though I’m sure this is little consolation. I hope that this community of students will come together to show you that, though our experiences differ by chance, our support will never waver.

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

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When I first got the notification of the president’s plans to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, I was walking to class. I waited a few hours until I could read the news with a clear head.

Although I have the privilege of being one generation removed from the difficulties that come with immigration, I could not prevent a somewhat emotional reaction.

Immediately, I thought of my father who was brought to the United States when he was only seven years old. My whole life, I have grown up knowing that the long application process, the years of waiting and the distance my family members put between themselves and their homes in El Salvador was made based on a set of difficult circumstances. At the time, there was even a possibility — young as he was — that my father could be drafted into the military.

I then thought of my other family members who have worked so hard to earn the lives they have now. My tio (uncle) has only just recently reunited with his family after working in this country for years, trying desperately to earn enough money to be able to sponsor his children and wife. Although he and the rest of my immediate family went through the process legally, it cost them years of heartache, knowing that their children were going to grow up without them indefinitely.

To my father, this is his home. He has known no other, or at the very least, remembers no other. For the students,

William and Mary has always been, in my opinion, a place for these dreamers.

Our students live on a plot of history, ready to make their own history out of whatever circumstances they may come from.

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Students lead a protest of the new presidential plan to repeal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on the Sunken Garden on Friday afternoon.

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N.O.W.

on Campus

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On Januray 21, 2017 several students who were involved with reinstating the National Organization for Women chapter on campus attended the Women’s March on Washington a day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Students seek to reinstate the National Organization for Women chapter on campus LEXI GODFREY THE FLAT HAT

In 1966, while second-wave feminism was flourishing, a group of women came together to form what is now the largest organization for feminist grassroots activism: the National Organization for Women, or NOW. NOW’s mission statement is “to take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect … equal rights.”

In the 1970s, the College of William and Mary established a NOW chapter to encourage the incorporation of feminist principles into the institution through policy change, education and collective activism. Over time, however, the chapter’s involvement dwindled and eventually fizzled out. In response to the 2016 election and all the controversy surrounding it, however, a few students decided to reinstate a NOW chapter at William and Mary.

The chapter is currently in the process of seeking out new members “It’s not just women who can join, it is [for] anyone of any gender.

Feminism has no gender,” Melanie Carter ’19, the chapter’s social media coordinator and event planner, said.

The executive team of the chapter is striving for diversity among its members to promote a variety of perspectives for an intersectional approach to feminism.

The chapter aims to focus heavily on the education of feminist ideals, theories and philosophies.

“Our main goal is education, so just educating ourselves, educating the community on what feminism is, and how [one] can contribute,” Carter said.

During the chapter’s biweekly meetings, members have the opportunity to present on feminist issues that they are passionate about, such as human trafficking, the importance of being an ally, women in business and more. The chapter is adamant about member participation, and encourages members to sign up to present on topics of their choice to cultivate important

conversations at meetings.

“There are a lot of things that fall under feminism, so it’s really hard to focus on one thing, but it’s really cool when people present, and they get really into it,” Carter said. “Sometimes it’s stuff that no one really knows about, too.”

Some of the issues that the chapter focuses on include economic justice, racial justice, reproductive rights, ending violence against women and LGBTQ rights. To better understand these issues, the chapter plans to collaborate with other social justice groups on campus, such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Young Democrats, Planned Parenthood and others.

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Our main goal is eucation, so just educating ourselves, educating the community on what feminism is, and how [one] can contribute.

— Melanie Carter ’19

“This campus definitely needs a strong feminist organization to help tie everything together,” Carter said. “We could all work together and do a lot of stuff … There needs to be more of that on this campus.”

NOW is working to support and help plan events with other groups in order to start more conversations about the intersectionality of feminist issues. In 2018, the chapter is planning on hosting events with other groups on campus to celebrate the

50th anniversary of black women and the 100th anniversary of women attending the College.

Along with widespread education, the chapter works to fundraise for different national organizations that promote feminist principles through their work. Last year, the club raised money to endorse gender pay equality, women’s shelters and the increased representation of women in office with the organization Emily’s List.

Since the group is determined to support intersectionality in feminism, it has also raised money for groups that aren’t strictly feminist, such as Amnesty International. This year, the chapter plans to arrange more fundraisers for groups with missions that raise awareness of important feminist issues and intersectionality.

Another of NOW’s goals is to create a sense of community on the campus.

“One of our biggest goals with NOW is to create a community dedicated to fighting patriarchal power in its many forms,” Mari Nemec ‘17, the standing president of the club, said. “This means educating others and ourselves about not just gender inequality, but all forms of inequality, including racial and economic inequality. We hope to contribute to an already strong activist community on campus by promoting intersectional activism within our organization.”

Carter also added that the organization is committed to creating a more accepting campus. “[We] want to start the conversation more of having an open campus, a very accepting campus,” Carter said.

Students are looking forward to the new dynamic of this club on campus.

“I think it’s important because we are lacking in actual truths and realities that women face on campus and off,” Noora Abdel-Fattah ’20 said.

NOW meets biweekly Thursdays at 8 p.m. in Tucker Hall, room 222. Its next meeting will be held Sept. 21. Any questions about the organization can be directed to Mari Nemec at mcnemec@email. wm.edu.

Retro Pop on the Sadler Terrace

AMP’s Fridays at Five concert series to feature Richmond based pop band called Heartracer us,” Chris Cosby said. “We did a music video for it.

We did a kickstarter. We kind of became associated with that song.”

A few years ago, brothers Chris and Chip Cosby Bryan Reyes also added that Heartracer was were living on different coasts. Chip was working representative of the sound they had originally on his Ph.D. in San Francisco, and Chris was living been striving to create. in Richmond, Va. Chris began working on songs, “I think there’s something nostalgic about it, which he would occasionally send to Chip to get something kind of 80s-esque, which was kind of his input. From these songs, the first album of the the approach from the beginning with this project,” pop band Heartracer was born.

Reyes said.

The album, called “In Flight,” was originally a Chris Cosby, however, wants to clarify that the project created by just Chris and Chip. It was later band’s sound is not limited to just 80s music. re-released after Heartracer created more of its own Heartracer’s sound can best be described as retro music as a band. pop.

Heartracer has released two EPs: “Eat Your Heart “I don’t know if it’s as much 80s as we just kind of Out” (2016) and “Summer Gold” (2015). The band combine retro sounds with modern, contemporary is comprised of three members: keyboardist and songwriting techniques,” Chris Cosby said. vocalist Chris Cosby, guitarist and vocalist Chip In fact, whenever Heartracer is asked about Cosby and drummer Bryan Reyes. its musical influences, the band’s members All three members come from slightly different usually answer the question by breaking down musical backgrounds, but one thing they all have their influences into older and newer influences. in common is that they grew up listening to angsty The band cites The Commodores, The Police, pop music.

Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young and Simon and “I think there is a common denominator, there Garfunkel as just a few of its older influences. A few is a medium with that kind of emo, pop-punk, that of its newer influences are M83, Empire of the Sun, whole movement that we all can associate with,” Chip Cosby said. “I think we would all describe that in a different way, but I think that medium is something that actually brings us together.”

Originally the band was named Cosby, after brothers Chris and Chip. Both felt that Cosby was not a good name for a band and instead decided to name the band Heartracer, after a song on their EP, “Summer Gold.”

“We wrote a song called Heartracer down the line, which is on our EP, called “Summer Gold,” and originally that song became a signature thing for

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St. Lucia and War on Drugs.

An important component of Heartracer’s sound is the contrast between the lyrics and the instrumentals.

“A lot of lyrics tend to be a little more cynical, and there’s kind of this cool contradiction because the music tends to be more upbeat,” Chris Cosby said.

According to Chris, those cynical lyrics are an important component of their music. He feels that a lot of current pop music sacrifices substance in order to create a catchy tune. All three members say that’s a sacrifice they are not willing to make, and feel that it is also a sacrifice that they don’t have to make.

“We just want to write music with integrity,” Reyes said.

Heartracer has grown and matured as a band over the past few years. Reyes is actually the band’s third drummer. He says he feels the band is in a good place now.

“I think we’re in a place where everything feels really good … and we all just have a strong collective understanding of what it is we’re trying to put out there,” Reyes said.

Recently, the band recorded a new EP with

A lot of lyrics tend to be a little more cynical, and there’s kind of this cool contradiction because the music tends to be more upbeat.

— Bryan Reyes

a producer named Andrew Lappin, who has worked with St. Lucia and M83, some of the band’s modern influences. The band sent Lappin a batch of about 13 songs, and narrowed it down to an EP of the strongest five songs. Lappin and Heartracer corresponded over a period of six months, revising the songs, before the band flew out to Los Angeles to record the EP during the first two weeks of August.

The band recorded in two studios. The first was called Lucy’s Meat Market, which was full of old synthesizers and guitars. It also recorded at Sunset Sound, a studio where artists and bands like Paul McCartney and the Doors have recorded their music. While it was there, the band even played on Prince’s basketball hoop.

Chris Cosby said the band is still searching to find Heartracer’s sound, but he said he feels that it get closer to it with every record it puts out. The band’s latest EP will move away from 80s pop toward pop sound that feels more natural to its members.

Heartracer has also been consistently playing live shows for the past couple of years. In December 2015, Chris Cosby was wearing a pair of light-up glasses while playing a set at The National. At the end of the set, Chris took the light-up glasses and placed them on James Irby ’19, who had been standing in the front row. According to the band, Irby has been following Heartracer through social media ever since. Recently, he reached out to the band and asked if it wanted to play at the College.

“It’s kind of funny how one little thing you do … can change the events of your future,” Chris Cosby said.

Heartracer will be performing on the Sadler Terrace at 5 p.m. as part of AMP’s weekly concert series, Fridays at Five.

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ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF ALEXANDRIA PETE

From Hospital Bed to Dean’s List

Ali Pete recovered from a car accident and finished freshman year at the top

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Jan. 7, 2017, Alexandria Pete ’20 woke up on a slice of asphalt, looking into the eyes of a woman giving her CPR. After being hit by a drunk driver on the way home from the gas station, Pete wavered in and out of consciousness for a few minutes before saying a quick Hail Mary and passing out, leaving herself to be saved by medical professionals at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. “My leg was in one of the front windows and I saw my leg bleeding and I saw a big cut across my leg and I said OK, so something happened, and I knocked back out,” Pete said.

“The next thing I remember is waking up two days later in my hospital bed in the intensive care unit and a doctor came in and explained what happened. I had a really bad enclosed head injury, I had three broken ribs which was from the CPR, I had a busted lip, a broken nose and the ability to not walk. I was completely paralyzed at that time from both legs down.”

After spending 12 days in the ICU, Pete was moved to a normal recovery unit and put into rehab for a little over a week. She has been doing physical therapy ever since and gradually regained use of her left leg after she returned to the College of William and Mary in late February.

“I had gotten the ability to use my left leg but not my right leg because I had damaged femur nerves [and] a dislocated hip and I came back to school in a wheelchair which was really rough,” Pete said. “I definitely started to think how lucky people are to have the ability to use their legs. When I wake up in the morning I’m like ‘wow I can stand on both two feet and walk around.’”

Returning to campus was not a move everyone in her life

advised, but Pete’s professors were accommodating and she came to be known as ‘Catch-Up Pete.’ She returned to a course load of 17 credits, intending to major in biology. She said professors Margaret Saha, Paul Heideman and Mark Forsyth were three of her biggest sources of support and allowed her to turn in work as she completed it.

Pete is a member of Delta Gamma and said her sorority sisters were also a major source of support.

“Before first semester I didn’t do anything with Delta Gamma,” Pete said. “First semester I didn’t talk to any of them, I didn’t know a DG’s name, but second semester they really helped me out. They were there for me, they helped me move out of my dorm because my dorm wasn’t accessible in Spotswood so I had to go to Lemon. They helped me move all my stuff to Lemon, they’d take me out to eat any time.”

Having entered the College intending to major in biology, Pete briefly considered a switch to English, but charged ahead with her dream to attain an M.D. and become an OBGYN. “I hope to get a Ph.D. in Maternal and Child Health and my M.D. and become an OBGYN,” Pete said. “The goal is to go abroad with being an OBGYN because I’m a big advocate for women’s health and [I’m] pro-choice so I would like to go abroad and help women in third world countries. I’m learning a lot of different languages like Spanish and I already know French so I could go to places like Haiti and Ecuador and places that may be poorer.”

In spite of all the setbacks, Pete finished the semester as a member of the National Honor Fraternity Phi Sigma Phi and earned herself a place on the Dean’s List. Despite returning to campus so late and taking all of her final exams on the last possible day, Pete is on track to graduate with the class of 2020

with degrees in both biology and environmental science.

Pete also started work last semester on her independent research project in psychology and is currently working to obtain funding for her proposal.

“I’m doing psychology or neuroscience so basically how police brutality affects people in different races and how it’s perceived depending on the race and sensitivity factors,” Pete said.

Making her way from a hospital bed in Missouri to classrooms in Williamsburg was not an easy journey. Professors, friends and sorority sisters were there to help Pete along the way, but coming back with such little mobility was intimidating.

“They told me you can’t do this, you can’t do this,” Pete said.

“I did it and I did it by myself. Like walking — I’d get up every day even though I’d fall down in my dorm. I’d try to get back up and I had a nurse for the first three weeks I came back to school to help me shower and get dressed, then started occupational therapy so I was able to do all that by myself more and more every week so I just have the mindset like, ‘Hey, this really sucks and I don’t want my life to be like this forever.’”

The adversities she faced led her to acknowledge the mobility she had previously taken for granted. She came to appreciate life in a new way and hopes to share that appreciation with others.

“Definitely be grateful just for the really small things, like especially physical things that you can do,” Pete said. “You can move your hands, you can go to the gym if you want, you can get up and walk to class, you can write with a pencil. For everything, there’s a person that struggles to do that. Definitely think about things that are small — the small things that contribute to the big picture of yourself.”

CONFUSION CORNER

A Secret Place: Hiding away from reality

Finding a place to escape from the crowds and the realities of campus life somewhere for at least one year, it is your moral obligation to learn about your surroundings in an intimate manner and to dig your feet into the ground.

Therefore, stumbling on a spot on or off

campus that allows you to be comfortable on your own is a special and warm discovery.

There is a blissful nature to isolation and sharing silent spots. Never claim to own the area, though, for it is a place where you are

Ellie Moonan BEHIND CLOSED DOORS COLUMNIST

Sometimes I sit in crowded places and do nothing, feeling as though it is my duty to balance out the space — like my blank individual equals a room full of discussion.

It can be hard to escape the constant flow of people and conversation while living in a college environment. Upon reflecting on the start of the school year, I began to attribute most of its overwhelming quality with being surrounded 24/7 by others, especially after jumping from minimal human contact for the past few months into a swarm of unfamiliar faces and situations.

Too much of one thing can be a bad thing, though, and lately I have been finding myself running away from people toward my personal hideaway.

It may sound elementary, and that is entirely correct. When escaping to secret places, my inner child and sense of adventure come back — two traits that I do not get to fully express while studying Medieval Renaissance history.

I am a firm believer that if you live

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Retreating to a secret place provides a place for you to escape busy campus life and step away from people for a moment.

simply a friendly visitor. How lucky you are to be a guest.

Sitting in my spot (which will forever remain secret), I can finally breathe and allow myself to process all the stimuli from the week. I can be angry and frustrated without bothering to explain my thoughts to the world around me (an aspect of retreat that Emerson and Thoreau would agree on).

Sitting away from ‘civilization’ allows for a necessary checkup on myself — making sure I do not lose my sense of self as life moves quickly. When it is finally time to go back to the reality you have created, you are even more thankful and aware than before. It’s as if you are emerging from some sort of fairy otherworld, and the best part is that nobody knows. There is no need for any of us to relate that experience, because the memories are individually kept.

You have your entire life to spend talking to and meeting new people. There is no rush. Get comfortable and get to know your environment. Develop a secret crush and be awkward.

Eventually you will grow apart from this place, but at least you can leave knowing that you were just enough for each other. Enjoy the company of your childish secret hideout.

You will be surprised with what is only a midnight bike ride away.

Ellie Moonan is a Confusion Corner Columnist who enjoys retreating to her secret place in order to escape people and the practicalites and responsibilities of campus life.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

come back after an early goal,” William and Mary head coach John Daly told Tribe Athletics. “I thought we got some good chances, but we just didn’t convert them as we should.”

The Tribe’s losing streak continued Sunday in Chicago, Ill., with DePaul (4-4) defeating the College in lopsided fashion, 4-0. Blue Demons forward Franny Cerny recorded a hat trick for the hosts, opening the scoring in the 34th minute after latching onto a deflecting shot and firing the ball into the net.

Cerny doubled DePaul’s advantage just before halftime, finishing off an assist from forward Morgan Turner in the 44th minute. She then completed her hat trick in the 48th minute, beating Smith with a shot into the upper left corner of the Tribe net to give the Blue Demons a 3-0 lead.

The deficit grew to four in the 69th minute, with DePaul forward Jade Eriksen-Russo netting her first career goal after teammate Madeline Frick’s shot hit the crossbar. Eriksen-Russo quickly deposited the rebound into the net to seal the 4-0 result, the Tribe’s worst loss of the season.

In spite of the one-sided nature of the scoreline, the Tribe created several goal-scoring chances, putting six of its seven shots on target. However, DePaul goalkeepers Lauren Frasca and Vanessa Nigg combined to preserve the shutout, Frasca making five of the Blue Demons’ six saves.

The College has now been held scoreless in three of its past four games, all losses, scoring just one goal in the home defeat to Wisconsin last week.

In the four victories to open the 2017 season, the Tribe averaged 2.75 goals per contest.

The Tribe will look to get back to its winning ways next Sunday in a home matchup against UNC Greensboro, the final non-conference game of the season.

Kickoff from Martin Family Stadium at Albert-Daly is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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The College opened its season with four wins, but after losing four straight must work hard to regain control of the possession battle and get points on the board after being shut out in two straight.

College losing streak soars to four with two road losses JOSH LUCKENBAUGH FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary’s losing streak extended to four with road losses to Maryland and DePaul this week. The Tribe falls to .500 after it opened the season with four straight wins.

The College (4-4) fell behind the Terrapins (6-0-1) within three minutes of kickoff Tuesday night and never recovered, losing to Maryland 1-0.

Terrapins midfielder Madison Turner latched onto a pass from teammate Jarena Harmon in the third minute and finished from five yards out, the eventual gamewinner coming off Branton the first shot of the match.

Maryland continued to create

the majority of goal-scoring chances as the game progressed, managing 15 shots (eight on goal) compared to the Tribe’s eight (two on goal). College Smith senior goalkeeper Grace Smith kept the Terrapins scoreless the rest of the match, however, recording

seven saves.

The Tribe came closest to equalizing in the 80th minute, a strike from senior defender Elysse Branton beating the Maryland goalkeeper, but hitting the post instead of the back of the net. The Terrapins saw out the final 10 minutes to seal the victory, remaining undefeated while the College fell to 4-3.

“Despite the shot count, I thought the game was more 50-50. We conceded an early goal, and it’s always tougher to

SCOREBOARD

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College controls second half to beat GW

Football (1-1, 0-0 CAA) Sep. 9: W, William and Mary 20, Norfolk State 6

New Hampshire (2-0, 1-0)...........1.000...........W2 Stony Brook (1-1, 1-0)..................0.500...........W1 James Madison (2-0, 0-0).............1.000...........W2 Albany (1-1, 0-0)...........................0.500..........W1 Delaware (1-1, 0-0).......................0.500...........L1 Elon (1-1, 0-0) ..............................0.500...........W1 Richmond (1-1, 0-0).....................0.500...........W1 Towson (1-1, 0-0)..........................0.500...........L1 Villanova (1-1, 0-0).......................0.500............L1 William and Mary (1-1, 0-1).........0.500...........W1 Maine (1-1, 0-1)............................0.500...........W1 Rhode Island (0-2, 0-1).................0.000...........L2

Season leaders Junior quarterback Tommy McKee 22 of 39, 1233 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT 29 rushes, 203 yards, 1 TD Redshirt freshman tailback Noah Giles 22 attempts, 91 yards Senior wide receiver Daniel Kuzjak 33 tackles, 3 INT, 2 fumble recoveries Senior lineback Nate Atkins 18 tackles, 1 sack, 1 forced fumble

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Junior forward Antonio Bustamante has been critical to the Tribe’s attack this season, taking 14 shots in five games.

Tribe tops Colonials, fails to score against Dragons at home ALYSSA GRZESIAK

FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR Tuesday, William and Mary traveled to D.C. to challenge George Washington. After an uneventful and scoreless first period, the Tribe left the District with a 2-1 win. Saturday, the College competed in its first Colonial Athletics Association matchup against the Drexel Dragons.

Although plenty of shots were taken in the first 45 minutes, neither the Tribe (2-1-2, 0-0-1 CAA) nor the Colonials (1-3-0) could convert on any of their chances. The first shot was taken by George Washington midfielder Brady O’Connor in the third minute, but was saved by Tribe redshirt senior goalkeeper Phil Breno. The Colonials took another shot in the 15th minute, this time by midfielder Oliver Curry, marking another save by Breno.

The College’s first shot attempt came from freshman defender Sam Golan in the 16th minute, but the shot went wide of the goal. Another attempt came as a header shot by sophomore midfielder Reeves Trott in the 17th minute, following two fouls on the Colonials.

Senior forward William Eskay attempted a shot in the 24th minute, but Arne Hofs moved quickly and saved the goal. The next shot by the Colonials came from O’Connor again, but this time the shot went high, causing no pressure on Breno.

Following another handful of unsuccessful attempts on both sides, a yellow card was issued to George Washington forward Christian Lawal with three minutes left in the period. Lawal was subbed out for midfielder Pierce Williams.

The second period started with a quick shot by Colonials midfielder Alex Conning. Although the shot went high, Breno was on his toes and ready for the move. At the 66th minute, junior forward Antonio Bustamante took two shots. The first was saved by Colonials goalie Arne Hofs while the other went wide of the goal.

George Washington pulled off the first goal in the 69th minute. The first successful shot of the night was taken by Colonials forward Oscar Haynes Brown with an assist from Colonials midfielder Drini Redzepi.

The Tribe picked up on the Colonials’ energy and finally put one in the back of the net in the 73rd minute, with Eskay scoring off an assist by junior defender Marcel Berry.

A goal by junior forward Ryder Bell off an Bustamante assist put the Tribe in the lead 2-1 with less than nine minutes left in the contest. The score remained the same for the remainder of the match.

Saturday, the College took on Drexel (0-21, 0-0-1) for its first conference matchup of the season. The contest ultimately ended in a 0-0 tie after strong performances by both goalkeepers.

The Tribe almost doubled Drexel’s shots on goal with seven to four. Eskay took four, all of which were saved by Dragons goalkeeper Jacob Jordan.

Bustamante, sophomore back defender Tanner Shane and redshirt sophomore back defender Hristo Bustamante each delivered shots on net, but all were saved by Jordan.

The first overtime period was uneventful. The only shot taken was by Eskay with 11 seconds left in the period. The shot was blocked by a defender before reaching the goal.

The final overtime period, while more eventful, still ended without any points on the board for either side. Drexel fired off one shot to the Tribe’s two, one high by Eskay and one wide by junior midfielder John Fuquene.

Combined, the teams took 28 shots, with 11 of those on goal, but neither team scored. The match was decided in a 0-0 tie in the first game of CAA play.

The Tribe will continue its road trip in Cary, N.C., and take on North Carolina Sept. 13 at 7 p.m.

Cross country

Golf

The men will host the W&M College Men’s 6K Invitational on Sep. 15, the same day the women host the W&M College Women’s 5K Invitational.

The men will compete in the Raising Canes Intercollegiate Sep. 16-17 and the women will compete in the Pirate Intercollegiate Sep. 25-26.

Field hockey (5-1, 0-0 CAA)

Volleyball (2-8, 0-0 CAA)

Sep. 9: W, College 4, UC Davis 2 Sep. 15: at Virginia, 5 p.m.

Sep. 17: vs. Boston College, 2 p.m.

Sep. 22: vs. Pacific, 7 p.m.

Sep. 24: vs. La Salle, 12 p.m.

Sep. 29: vs. Hofstra, 5 p.m.

Oct. 1: vs. Northeastern, 1 p.m.

Sep. 15: vs. Arizona, 2:30 pm Sep. 15: vs. Illinois State, 6:30 pm Sep. 16: vs. New Mexico State, 11:30 a.m.

Sep. 21: vs. Delaware, 7 p.m.

Sep. 23: vs. James Madison (14-10), 7 p.m.

Sep. 24: vs. Towson, 1 p.m.

Sep. 28: at Elon, 7 p.m.

Men’s soccer (2-1-2, 0-0-1 CAA)

Women’s soccer (4-4, 0-0 CAA)

Sep. 5: W, College 2, George Washington 1 Sep. 9: T, College 0, Drexel 0 Sep. 13: at North Carolina, 7 p.m.

Sep. 16: vs. Campbell, 2 p.m.

Sep. 20: at Longwood, 6 p.m.

Sep. 23: vs. UNCW , 7 p.m.

Sep. 27: at James Madison, 7 p.m.

Oct. 1: vs. Delaware, 5 p.m.

Sep. 7: L, Maryland 1, College 0 Sep. 10: L, DePaul, College 0 Sep. 17: vs. UNC Greensboro, 2 p.m.

Sep. 21: at James Madison, 7 p.m.

Sep. 24: at Drexel, 1 p.m.

Sep. 28: vs. College of Charleston, 7 p.m.

Oct. 1: vs. Hofstra, 2 p.m.

Oct. 5: at Elon, 7 p.m.

New offense for Tribe football Entering the 2017 campaign, sophomore running back Albert Funderburke was the only returning rusher with significant experience. With Funderburke still out nursing an injury and junior quarterback Tommy McKee still becoming comfortable passing the football, Head Coach Jimmye Laycock ‘70 and the Tribe have been reliant on the legs of McKee through the first two games, and he has produced, rushing 29 times for 203 yards and a touchdown, an average of over 100 yards a game.

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FOOTBALL

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After a poor offensive performance in its season-opening loss to Virginia, the Tribe offense scored on three consecutive drives while its defense gives up no touchdowns against Norfolk State to spur the College to its first victory of the season.

Quarterback McKee leads College in passing, rushing yards against Norfolk State KEVIN RICHESON FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR Saturday, William and Mary matched up against its second consecutive in-state opponent. The College traveled to Norfolk to take on Norfolk State, looking to bounce back from an opening-week road loss at the hands of the Virginia Cavaliers. The Tribe (1-1) was able to defeat the Spartans 20-6 to avoid an 0-2 start to the season. Junior quarterback Tommy McKee helped lead the Tribe to victory in his second career start with a strong performance on the ground and in the air, as he led the College in both rushing and passing.

The game got off to a slow start as neither team was able to put any points on the board early. The Spartans received the opening kickoff and had the first opportunity to take the lead in the game. However, after picking up one first down, they were stymied by the Tribe’s defense. A sack by senior defensive tackle Isaiah Stephens for a loss of 10 yards was key in forcing the Spartans to punt, giving the College its first offensive possession of the game.

After a short punt by Norfolk State punter Taylor Goettie, the Tribe took over at the Spartans’ 45-yard line.

With a short field, the College had an early chance to seize the lead. McKee had a couple of clutch plays to keep the drive alive for the Tribe. Facing a 4th and 4 at the Spartans’ 39-yard line, McKee found senior wide receiver Daniel Kuzjak for a five-yard gain and a first down. Then McKee displayed his mobility when he scrambled for a 12-yard gain and another first down. However, he was sacked on a third down later in the drive, forcing the Tribe to attempt a 42-yard field goal. Sophomore kicker Kris Hooper, who made a long field goal in the previous game NORFOLK STATE WM against Virginia, VS was unable to connect on this SPARTANS TRIBE attempt, and the (1-1) (0-2) ball sailed left of the uprights, keeping the score even at zero.

The score was still 0-0 as the game moved into the second quarter. However, both teams were able to move the ball more effectively. After McKee threw an interception while the Tribe was driving in Spartan territory, the Spartans went on a long drive. They entered the red zone for the first time in the game; however, the Tribe defense stood tall and stopped Norfolk State on 3rd and goal from the two-yard line.

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The Spartans decided to settle for a field goal and took a 3-0 lead over the Tribe midway through the second quarter.

After the teams traded three-and-outs, the College got the ball back again at its own 29-yard line. Once again, McKee was able to use both his legs and arm to move the Tribe down the field. He broke off a long 28-yard run to push the Tribe into Spartan territory before being shoved out of bounds at the 29-yard line.

Later in the drive, McKee found senior tight end Andrew Caskin with an 18-yard strike for the game’s first touchdown, giving the Tribe a 7-3 advantage after Hooper added the extra point.

Once again, the Tribe’s defense forced the Spartans into a three-and-out, giving the College the ball back with less than two minutes remaining in the first half. The Tribe was able to run a nearly perfect two-minute drill that culminated in another touchdown for the College. McKee found redshirt freshman running back Jaret Anderson on 3rd and 6 for a 25-yard gain to the Spartans’ 34-yard line to extend the drive. The Tribe had another third down conversion to keep the drive going before it faced a 3rd and 6 on the Spartans’ 20-yard line. With only eight seconds remaining in the half, McKee found Kuzjak for a 20yard touchdown pass to give the College a 13-3 lead after the failed extra point.

The Tribe held this 10-point lead at halftime. At the start of the third quarter, the Tribe received the kickoff. After scoring on the last two possessions of the first half, McKee looked to keep the Tribe offense rolling. The College had moved down to the Spartans’ 39-yard line where it faced a 3rd and 7. McKee once again demonstrated his ability to run the ball as he broke off an 18-yard run to the Spartans’ 21-yard line for a Tribe first down. On the following play, McKee picked up his third passing touchdown of the day when he completed a pass to redshirt freshman freshman Tyler Crist for a 21-yard score. Hooper added the extra point to give the Tribe a three-possession lead, 20-3.

On the ensuing drive, the Spartans had another long possession but once again were unable to find the end zone. They settled for a field goal to cut the Tribe’s lead to 20-6. The Spartans had another drive into Tribe territory in the middle of the fourth quarter but were forced to go for it on fourth down at the Tribe’s 24-yard line. They were unsuccessful, as Stephens pressured Spartan quarterback Juwan Carter into an incomplete pass. The Tribe got the ball back with just over six minutes remaining and were able to run the clock out to seal a 20-6 victory.

The Tribe will look to gain momentum from its first victory of the season when the College returns to Zable Stadium for its first home matchup of the year next Saturday. The Tribe will square off with the Bucknell Bison for an evening game on Family Weekend at the College. The Tribe will look to continue to improve on offense and pick up another non-conference victory as its get closer to the start of conference play October 7 at Elon.

VOLLEYBALL

Tribe powers through Wake Forest Invitational Biniak more than doubles highest scoring opponents, Brenner passes 1,000 career assists ALYSSA GRZESIAK FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR This weekend, William and Mary traveled to Winston-Salem, N.C., to compete in the Wake Forest Invitational. The College went up against Wake Forest (5-2), the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (7-2) and USC Upstate (3-7). Friday, the Tribe (2-8) fell to the Demon Deacons 3-1, losing three straight sets after winning an intense first set 26-24.

Despite its efforts, the College dropped the final three sets 25-21 each.

Saturday, the Tribe again lost to the Hawks without a single set victory.

The invitational concluded Saturday evening with another loss, 3-2 in favor of the Spartans.

The Tribe started off strong, taking an early lead with a kill by senior hitter Sydney Biniak off an assist by sophomore setter Autumn Brenner. The score gap was never greater than four points, which only happened once, with the Demon Deacons up 13-9. A kill by sophomore hitter Casey Foote ended the six-point run and gave the Tribe some momentum again.

With the score tied 24-24, the College stole the set with a kill by Biniak off an assist by junior setter Katie Kemp, followed by another strong hit by freshman hitter Lauren Moussaid, also off Kemp.

The second set followed the same back and forth pattern as the first, the scores never more than four points apart. Wake Forest found its energy after a five-point run started by a hard hit from middle blocker Katie Moore. The Tribe’s final point of the set came from Biniak off Brenner, down 24-21. The set point came from a kill by Wake Forest middle blocker Caroline Kuhn.

A tight third set ended in favor of Wake Forest. The last Tribe point came off a block by freshman hitter Kate Dedrick. The set ended with an intense hit by Wake Forest middle blocker Caitlyn Della, ending another set with a 25-21 loss for the College.

The fourth and final set consisted of two big runs by the Demon Deacons. Moore ignited the first four-point run, putting Wake Forest up 5-1. When the Tribe came back and up 19-17, an attack error opened the door for a six-point run for the Demon Deacons, handing them a 23-19 lead over the College. They maintained this lead through the end of the set. The final Tribe point was earned off a powerful kill by Foote off a Brenner assist. The match concluded with a sharp hit by Kuhn.

Overall, Wake Forest outplayed the Tribe, averaging 80 points to 55 and 18 blocks to a mere five. Biniak carried the College on offense again this weekend with 18 kills, followed by Moussaid and Dedrick with eight apiece. Brenner and Kemp each contributed 21 assists; Brenner also added nine digs, behind Moussaid’s 16 and Turner’s 14. The Tribe only secured three service aces, one each by freshman middle hitter Julia Brown, freshman back row Katie Turner and Kemp.

“I’m proud of this team and know they are hungry for a win and will come out fighting,” head coach Melissa Ferris told Tribe Athletics. “The future looks bright for this team and I’m excited.”

Saturday afternoon, in a less eventful rivalry, the College faced off against Maryland Eastern Shore. The Tribe ultimately fell 3-0.

The first set appeared evenly matched until the score tied at 1111. The Hawks came out with a five-point run that the Tribe could not recover from. The set ended 25-18 in favor of UMES. A Biniak kill marked the Tribe’s final points of the set. In a closer second set, the Tribe retaliated with runs of its own. Throughout the set, there were eight separate three-point runs. Despite its efforts, the Tribe fell 25-21.

The final set mirrored the first. An early six-point run by UMES followed by three three-point runs was too much for the College to handle. The Hawks took the set 25-16 and the match 3-0. The final match point by the Tribe again came from Biniak, this time off a Turner assist.

The Tribe executed zero aces to the Hawks’ five, four to seven blocks and 39 to 46 kills. Biniak led with 16 kills, more than any player on either team. Brown and Dedrick each contributed six successful hits.

Saturday evening, the College took on the Spartans (3-7) in the final matchup. Despite losing the first two sets, the Tribe came back to take the third and fourth sets before dropping the final fifth set 15-8.

UPST started strong in the first set with an immediate three-point run. All three points can be traced back to Spartan opposite hitter Lily Dempsey with a kill and two service aces. The Tribe ended the first run with a kill by Brown off a Brenner assist. After a few back-and-forth points, the Tribe went on a run of its own with four consecutive kills by Moussaid, Brown and Foote, respectively. The Spartans retaliated with a four-point run of their own, ignited by a kill from Dempsey.

The Tribe managed to close the gap, down only 20-19, but could not overcome a round of attack errors and more strategic hits from

Dempsey. The set closed out 25-22 in favor of UPST. Categorized by consistent hits and four and six-point runs for the Spartans, the second set followed the same lines as the first. Moussaid contributed two service aces near the end of the set, bringing the College within three points of the Spartans. The set point came off a Spartan block by Dempsey. The Tribe fell 25-19 in the second set.

In contrast to the first two sets, the Tribe came out hot in the third.

Moussaid initiated the comeback with a first point service ace. After a series of back and forth and catchup rallies, the College took the lead 10-8 with a kill by Brown off a Brenner assist. After a few more backand-forth points, the Tribe took off on a five-point run, putting it up 1712. A strong hit by Brown followed by two intense kills by Foote earned the Tribe its first win of the contest, 25-20.

That same energy translated into the fourth set. The Tribe stole the first point on a kill by Foote. An attack by Biniak started a four-point run that the Spartans struggled to come back from. Back-and-forth play continued, but the Tribe ultimately came out on top. A precise hit

by Biniak concluded the set 25-16 in favor of the College.

Despite the Tribe’s energy and precision in the previous two sets, UPST came out swinging in the fifth and final set. The Spartans started out with a three-point run, followed by another handful of rallies later, putting them up 11-5. A powerful kill by Dedrick ended the second run, but the Tribe was unable to carry out a final comeback. A Dempsey block ended the contest 15-8 in favor of the Spartans.

Biniak more than doubled the points of the highest scoring Spartan player, Dempsey, 29 to 13. Dedrick contributed 14 kills while Moussaid added 10 to the board. Moussaid also dished out a total of three aces, along with two from Kemp and one from Brenner. Brenner surpassed 1,000 career assists during the invitational, the 13th player in Tribe history to reach this milestone.

“We have to continue to work hard to not dig ourselves into a hole,” Ferris told Tribe Athletics. “Against a good USC Upstate team, you can’t allow them to get a lot of runs of points and we did. I think we are still fighting to define who we are from point one to point 25.”

The Tribe will stay on the road to compete in the Wildcat Classic Sept. 15-16 in Tucson, Ariz., before returning home to Kaplan Arena.

Conference play will kick off when the College welcomes Delaware to Williamsburg Sept. 21 at 7 p.m.