The Flat Hat September 17 2019

Vol. 109, Iss. 12 | Tuesday, September 17, 2019

The Flat Hat The Weekly Student Newspaper

Flathatnews.com | Follow us:

of The College of William and Mary

Not ‘out of options’ flags, that this is our reality and it is truly up to us to make the change and I think that’s going to start with the erasure of stigma in mental health.”

Following suit, the // ER T N I Wellness Center invited the E S WR student body to unify themselves by L wearing purple last Tuesday, Sept. 10.

E O AFF C T “Yet again, the jumbles of purple A S masses on campus opened my eyes to the GR AT H changes we are already beginning to make,” AT Lamoureux said. “It’s encouraging, really, L F Last week, and makes me proud that I belong to such a students at the special student body.”

College of William Alongside the special events hosted by and Mary donned purple the Counseling Center, the Wellness Center garments to commemorate National sent out promotional material offering Suicide Prevention Week, which support, tips for managing stress and selfannually seeks to highlight mental help links. The Center also offered help in health issues. Throughout the week, connecting students to local psychiatrists the Counseling Center hosted a and therapists on and off campus. series of events highlighting and “While there is plenty of support evoking discussion around on campus for students to access, we common conceptions — definitely want all students to feel like they and misconceptions — have the opportunity to go elsewhere for of mental health and help,” Julia Bland ’20 said. “No one should suicide. ever feel like they are out of options. Here B e g i n n i n g they can write referrals, connect you to Monday, Sept. 9, transportation and offer help using the offand continuing campus provider database.” through Friday, Aside from traditional methods of Sept. 13, students transportation like Uber and Lyft, the College filtered in and offers programs like Zipcar and around the lawn TribeRides to off-campus psychiatric of the McLeod and counseling appointments.

Tyler Wellness For referrals to psychiatrists Center, writing or psychological testing, messages on flags students will need to go that were stuck in through the Mental Health — Brooke Lamoureux ’23 the lawn outside. By Services Coordinator. the week’s conclusion, This year, Supportive students produced 1,100 Workshops held by the purple flags, representing Counseling Center the number of college students have aimed to enrich a in the United States who die by community of mental suicide annually. health support.

“I think that this visual display Some workshops gives a more tangible reality as to just currently being how drastic the stigma of mental health held by the Center has grown through the years,” Brooke include Beating the Blues, Lamoureux ’23 said. “Seeing all of the flags Introduction Managing Anxiety filling the lawn really shocks you. It took and Relaxation Sessions. While all me a while to process, when I first saw the workshops promote student well-being,

al s n io ent t a ev N s on d l o nti h e eve g lle Pr o C ide ic u S

individually they tackle specific struggles while offering c o p i n g mechanisms and insight on a mixture of common issues.

“When you come to William and Mary, you bring with you what you left your home with, but here, the Tribe becomes your new support system and family,” Bland said.

“And while we might not always be able to give you what you need, we will be here to help our family connect and find what they are missing.”

In the middle of the week, the campus organized together to have a deeper and more intimate discussion around mental

“

Seeing all the flags filling the lawn really shocks you. It took me a while to process, when I first saw the flags, that this is our reality and it is truly up to us to make the change...

“

See PREVENTION page 3

No one should ever feel like they are out of options.

— Julia Bland ’20

GRAPHIC BY EMMA FORD / THE FLAT HAT

STUDENT LIFE

Sadler West expansion set to be completed after July 2022

“

New three-story addition to house administrative offices, student media groups in attempt to centralize campus LESLIE DAVIS FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

Sitting in the heart of campus, the College of William and Mary’s Sadler Center has served as a hub for students to socialize, eat and attend events.

July 2022, the College will open a three-story addition to the Sadler Center and renovations to the former Student Health Center through a project called the Sadler West Addition.

Approved in the College’s 2015 Master Plan by the Board of Visitors, the addition has two main priorities, specifically consolidating administrative offices central to student life into one area and providing more shared spaces for students.

“When we think about the kind of offices that are highly active with student groups, student activity and campus life, I think about the Center for Student Diversity, the Office of Student Leadership and Development and the Office of Community Engagement, so those are the sort of functions that are in different places now on campus,” vice president of Student Affairs and co-chair of the Addition’s building committee Ginger Ambler ’88 ph.D ’06 said.

The addition aims to bring these offices and student activities together around the Student Life Walk, the brick path between the Daily Grind and the Sadler Center.

“What they’re trying to do is centralize all the student activities and tie it in with the Student Life Walk, so that you have a central place for students to gather and for services to be provided,”

Index Profile News Opinions Variety

Sports

The expansion will breathe life into the student Union. The Student Union of the University should be a gathering place where community is built, where leadership is practiced, where students engage in conversations that stretch the mind.

— Drew Stelljes

Inside Opinions 2 3-4 5-6 7-8 9-10

See SADLER page 4

Inside Variety

Individuals deserve more tabling privileges

Rainy High 80, Low 62

Project Manager Mike Terrell said. “The stated goals for the project is to connect the heart of the Sadler Center to the Student Life Walk and then have basically, when you’re on the Student Life Walk you can look into the Sadler building and when you’re in Sadler, you can look out into the Student Life Walk as well, so you’ve got this open and inviting transparent space for student life functions.”

The first floor of the addition will house student media groups currently located in the basement of the Campus Center, such as The Flat Hat and WCWM campus radio. Additionally, it will provide office space for services such as Student Accessibility Services, The Haven and Academic Enrichment.

More administrative offices, such as Student Leadership Development, Office of Community Engagement, Center of Student Diversity and Dean of Students Office, will fill the second and third floors. Other student organizations, such as Student Assembly and the Honor Council, will also have dedicated space in the new addition. The renovations to the former Student Health Center will consolidate Residence Life and the Office of First Year Experience into one building.

The addition will offer an opportunity for all students to gather, as it will have multipurpose spaces for student organizations and meetings. It will also feature outdoor spaces

Chloe Folmar ’22 says that individual students deserve more chances to promote their ventures. page 6

Renaissance man

Williamsburg community member Victor Rosello spent 30 years of his life in the army, experiencing five combat tours. Now he spends his time pursing his passions for photography, learning and music. page 7

newsinsight “

“

THE BUZZ

News Editor Heather Baier News Editor Leslie Davis News Editor Emma Ford fhnews@gmail.com

The Flat Hat | Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019 | Page 2

Our biggest goal, and what originally Stanford set out to do in initiating this CS + Social Good initiative, is to educate the community at whole about how tech and computer science can be used for social good. A lot of times, it’s easy to misconstrue tech with a very selfish thing. In reality, technology and computers should be a tool for us to help each other out, rather than a tool to help ourselves out.

— Alex Fantine ’21, vice chair of Association for Computing Machinery

THIS WEEK IN FLAT HAT HISTORY September 18, 1970 — News: The College’s new night-clerk system goes into effect to enforce a campus-wide curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Female students were not permitted to leave their dormitories during this time period; however, male students were allowed to roam freely so long as they signed out on a green ‘late’ card by the 11 p.m. deadline. This policy was intended to promote security across campus in conjunction with the parental permission card system.

September 19, 1980 — Sports: The College of William and Mary’s women’s cross country team finished second place in their season opening triangular meet at James Madison University. The College’s team was right behind East Tennessee State University, with a final score of 47-48.

September 15, 2000 — News: The College of William and Mary awaited international film star Jackie Chan’s arrival on campus, a speaker for the College’s parents’ weekend. Chan’s arrival was planned to occur after a weeklong film festival, and was intended to be a question and answer session for students, faculty, and community members.

September 16, 2005 — News: Colonel Ebrit, the College’s former unofficial green, tricorn wearing mascot, is unexpectedly retired by the athletic department leaving students and fans disappointed by Col. Ebrit’s sudden departure. Though the reason behind Col. Ebrit’s sudden departure is unknown to the campus, many suspected it was prompted by NCAA inquiries of the “Tribe” nickname’s offensiveness.

HISTORY BY KARINA VIZZONI AND SARAH GREENBERG / FLAT HAT NEWS ASSOC. EDITORS

A THOUSAND WORDS

KARINA VIZZONI / THE FLAT HAT

CORRECTIONS The Flat Hat wishes to correct any fact printed incorrectly.

Corrections may be submitted in email to the editor of the section in which the incorrect information was printed. Requests for corrections will be accepted at any time.

The Flat Hat ‘STABILITAS ET FIDES’ | ESTABLISHED OCT. 3, 1911

25 Campus Center, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. 23185 Editor flathat.editor@gmail.com Opinions fhopinions@gmail.com Managing flathat.managing@gmail.com Variety flathat.variety@gmail.com Executive flathat.executive@gmail.com Photos flathatphotos@gmail.com News fhnews@gmail.com Online flathatonline@gmail.com Sports flathatsports@gmail.com Advertising flathatads@gmail.com Copy flathatcopy@gmail.com Graphics flathat.art@gmail.com Blogs fhnews.blogs@gmail.com

Nia Kitchin Editor-in-Chief Ethan Brown Managing Editor Brendan Doyle Executive Editor Maggie More Digital Media Editor Maddie Douglas Business Manager Amelia Sandhovel Business Manager

COURTESY PHOTO / EMMA SHAINWALD

Emma Shainwald ’20 joined the Asian American Student Initiative her freshman year and has found her voice as an activist through her work with the organization.

Fighting for honesty Emma Shainwald ’20 seeks to preserve the truth as OA, activist and Fellowship recipient ETHAN BROWN // FLAT HAT MANAGING EDITOR While sauteed eggs and belonging don’t ordinarily go hand in hand, Emma Shainwald ’20 first found community at the College of William and Mary waiting in line for an omelette after an Asian American Student Initiative meeting.

After four years of pursuing activism in Williamsburg, guiding new students as a three-time Orientation Aide, and working in a Shanghai art museum, Shainwald credits that fateful omelette encounter during her freshman year as a monumental step towards finding her home on campus.

“I was standing in line for an omelette and it was after our second meeting ... and this senior girl comes up to me and she started talking to me, and I was like … ‘a senior wants to talk to me,’” Shainwald said.

Becoming close with upperclassmen during her first year was instrumental in developing Shainwald’s sense of belonging at the College. As a senior, she strives to foster that sense of belonging in other students through her various extracurricular and academic engagements.

As an active member of AASI, Shainwald recalled how formative the organization’s circle discussions about Asian-American identity were when she was a freshman, and noted how influential the initiative was in cultivating her own community on campus.

Shainwald said that last year, a large amount of students in the class of 2019 joined AASI during their final semester on campus only to discover how much they enjoyed the organization mere months before graduating. In finding community on campus, Shainwald took advantage of clubs, organizations and groups — and urges others to do the same before it’s too late.

“They always come, and they’re like, ‘I wish I had joined this organization my freshman year,’ and I was like … ‘you could have,’” Shainwald said.

During Shainwald’s time at the College, AASI has broadened its scope and membership, and now focuses on both discussion and political advocacy.

Alongside other AASI members, Shainwald

has participated in letter-writing campaigns and phone banks on behalf of several political themes, including opposition to the Trump administration’s deportations of Southeast Asians.

Shainwald’s engagement on campus extends beyond her political activism. A veteran OA with three orientation periods spent working in the Green and Gold Village and Monroe Hall, she has embraced three separate cohorts of students as they begin their college careers. Despite the job’s intense emotional and physical demands, Shainwald is proud to play a role in acclimating new students to the College, particularly when handling sensitive conversations surrounding sexual assault and diversity.

“We always have to prepare for that because you never know how your hall will react to those kinds of things,” Shainwald said. “There have been a few times where it’s difficult, but sometimes, it’s also really good.”

While orientation is designed to maximize student enthusiasm and help students feel comfortable in Williamsburg, Shainwald emphasizes to freshmen that college isn’t always easy.

She says that acknowledging potential hazards along the winding transition to college is an effective way of mitigating the sugarcoating occasionally associated with the five-day program, and that having an earnest dialogue about potentially difficult experiences on campus is ultimately beneficial.

“That’s one of the things we talk about … you always have to push that there are resources and people that are going to be there for you, and be really encouraging, but also ... to be honest … these are things you may experience on campus and you want to do that in a way that’s not terrifying to freshmen,” Shainwald said.

In tackling obstacles in college, Shainwald tells her constituents that the best thing to do is to find a community like she was fortunate enough to have as a freshman, since having a strong support system is an integral aspect of a happy, healthy life on campus.

“I think finding a community is a really big one,” Shainwald said.

Last summer, Shainwald’s passion for community carried her thousands of miles away from Williamsburg to Shanghai, where she worked in an English language school and then in an art museum for six weeks. Shainwald was one of the inaugural recipients of the College’s Freeman Fellowship award, which grants stipends to around 20 students pursuing summer internships in East Asia.

While teaching English was rewarding, Shainwald ultimately enjoyed working at the art museum significantly more because there was less pressure to exclusively speak English — and avoid speaking Mandarin — which she felt working at the language school.

“The school was teaching English, so we could only speak in English, and I was like … ‘this isn’t what I wanted,’” Shainwald said.

Unlike art museums in the United States that feature countless gallery rooms, the art museum in Shanghai was considerably smaller and more intimate with just two exhibition rooms. During Shainwald’s time there, the primary exhibit featured a diverse array of work, including pieces by an African-American artist from the Bronx, New York. However, what Shainwald found even more exciting than the artwork was the ability to form friendships with her new coworkers and develop her Mandarin skills.

“I forced my co-workers to speak Mandarin with me … I can’t speak Chinese well, but please only speak to me in Chinese,” Shainwald said.

Buoyed by influential experiences in Shanghai, Williamsburg and beyond, Shainwald is beginning her final year at the College with an open mind. While attending law school, pursuing paralegal work, and working for a nonprofit are all on her radar, her main priority is to continue focusing on the issues she’s most passionate about, regardless of which professional environment she ends up in.

“I’m really interested in immigration and APIA issues… but who knows,” Shainwald said.

Kevin Richeson Operations Coordinator Adam An Webmaster

Heather Baier News Editor Katherine Yenzer Blogs Editor Leslie Davis News Editor Kayla Payne Graphics Editor Emma Ford News Editor Naomi Gruber Online Editor Zoe Beardsley Variety Editor Claire Hogan Online Editor Adithi Ramakrishnan Variety Editor Jae Chung Copy Chief Gavin Aquin Sports Editor Zoe Connell Copy Chief Avery Lackner Sports Editor Jamie Holt Photos Editor Anna Boustany Opinions Editor Rebecca Klinger Photos Editor Chloe Folmar Opinions Editor Charles Coleman Chief Staff Writer Olivia Koenig Social Media Editor Averill Meininger Chief Staff Writer Kate Lucas Blogs Editor Alyssa Grzesiak Chief Features Writer Carmen Honker Chief Features Writer Sarah Greenberg News Assoc. Editor Kim Lores News Assoc. Editor Karina Vizzoni News Assoc. Editor Isabella Miranda Variety Assoc. Editorr Anthony Madalone Opinions Assoc. Editor Alyssa Slovin Opinions Assoc. Editor

Collin Anderson Sports Assoc. Editor Nathan Seidel Sports Assoc. Editor Griffin Dunn Business Assoc. Manager Margaret Lashley Design Assoc. Editor Katherine Stone Design Assoc. Editor Lizzie Brown Copy Editor

Kelsey Marshall Newsletter Editor

COURTESY PHOTOS / EMMA SHAINWALD

Emma Shainwald ’20 hopes to provide an honest discussion for new students during their five-day orientation to help them acclimate to the College.

Page 3

The Flat Hat

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

ORGANIZATIONS

Talk highlights intricacies of social justice

UndocuTribe, Students United collaborate to discuss oppression

CHARLES COLEMAN FLAT HAT CHIEF STAFF WRITER

Students United and UndocuTribe hosted an event entitled “When is there a time for Justice” Sunday, Sept. 15 in the Wesley Campus Ministries Fellowship room. The event was designed as a workshop that included both active audience participation and a presentation from the event’s key speaker, Women of Color Speak Out Co-founder Zarina Joshi.

UndocuTribe President Aida Campos ’20 began the event by speaking about what the goal of the event was and illustrating the importance of working together with separate on-campus groups.

“A group of us on campus felt that this would be a really wonderful workshop for us, because I feel there are so many organizations, student activists and advocates on campus and sometimes you’re all working on the same goals without realizing it,” Campos said. “I think coalition building is something that could be useful for all of us to learn from, to pull resources together and join forces because at the end we are fighting for a lot of the same goals.”

Then Kibirti Majuto ’21 addressed the audience and shared how Majuto and Joshi got in touch and provided insight as to how this event was organized.

“Zarina was touring the South and notified me that she would be coming to the South, so I said ‘you should come to Virginia, there’s so much that we could learn from you,’ and Zarina asked me to help organize at a college space and that’s how it started,” Majuto said.

Joshi, who is an avid political activist, is a co-founding member of Women of Color Speak Out and a representative of For the People. Joshi spoke on the intricacies found in climate change activism and societal and political discrimination, and the presentation focused on systems of oppression found throughout modern and historical societies that have led to both climate change and rampant discrimination.

Joshi described these forms of oppression in detail and listed out specific examples they have seen and what effects were found. Joshi specifically mentioned the ways in which the Native-American culture was destroyed and taken over by

European colonizers.

“In Climate Justice we talk about the four systems of oppression being capitalism, colonialism, racism and patriarchy … One of the ways they destroyed them is that they imposed the culture of the colonist. The reason why were all speaking English today is because the English language was imposed on all of us. … Another way that they imposed their culture is through diet … we may have taken some of [Native Americans’] crops but we don’t eat the food the way they ate it.”

Joshi further explained the specificities found in capitalism, colonialism, racism and patriarchy. Joshi detailed specifically where in American culture each system of oppression can be visible, and delineated how each factor directly related to climate change. These factors included the overproduction of food and waste from capitalistic gains and political aspects that keep portions of the world in less-than-ideal environmental conditions.

Joshi then split up the audience into three smaller groups and had them discuss the forms of oppression seen throughout multiple real-world examples. The groups each spent time sharing their thoughts with each other, describing the ways in which each example had the many forms of oppression embodied in them.

Some groups argued that colonialism never really stopped, but instead has rebranded; others indicated that the majority of the prisoner population in the United States is from minority groups for a reason. The audience members took time to carefully analyze how Joshi’s specified forms of oppression are presented, and examine how they’re hidden in modern American society.

Joshi also took time in the presentation to share both the story of Women of Color Speak Out and her own experiences as an activist. Joshi described where this specific type of activism came from and what her group has grown to do.

Joshi then shared how her own personal experiences with discrimination and harassment allowed her to further spread her message and use her voice.

“We don’t tell people what to do, that’s obnoxious, it’s patriarchy, it’s maternal, and it’s garbage, so we don’t do that; what we do is we tell our story,” Joshi said. “Is in your communities your organizing it can help to validate you to actually hear about what other people

are doing; it can also help to spark ideas.”

Joshi mentioned how Women of Color Speak Out was received by its audience and how it pushed them to continue to work to empower the minority voice.

“What we saw is that when we took our power, when we took our position of leadership, it turned out that there was a hunger for that, that people actually wanted to hear from us; people actually wanted to see people of color leadership,” Joshi said.

“That was encouraging, we said ‘okay, great, we need to keep this going forward.’”

During the presentation, Joshi described the many ways in which activism is important and where things tend to go wrong.

She mentioned how so many people try to appeal to the side of the argument against them, instead of just further uniting the people who already support them.

The presentation focused on the racial discrepancies found in activism and how the white majority was needed in activism to protect minorities and their voices, but not overpower them.

Joshi spoke on areas where society has strayed into negative habits, and discussed why our criminal justice system is failing. She shared the importance of rethinking and the understanding of new ideas. Joshi made it clear that significant climate change cannot happen without the uplifting of all voices, and the destruction of the forms of oppression found in our societies.

“What is wrong with our system is that people are harming each other; what is so wrong with our system is that people are stealing; what is so wrong with our system is [that people] take from others, harm others and exploit others; what is so wrong with our system is that we think we’re going to fix it by putting them in cages,” Joshi said. “It’s important to keep that in mind, that we have to decolonize is our minds.”

Joshi has done a plethora of activist work all over the country and spends her time sharing her story and the need for change in climate policy and activism. Joshi has a series of YouTube videos titled “Zarina Responds” that explain many of her ideas and messages that have gained thousands of views. Joshi will continue to travel and speak on the importance of minority voices in climate change and the perpetuating factors of oppression in society.

WILLIAMSBURG

Williamsburg debates plans to remove CW parking lot City in talks to create 'Goodwin Plaza' community park behind Blue Talon Bistro In recent weeks, plans granting Colonial Williamsburg supplementary funds to create a new park have attracted attention from residents throughout the Williamsburg area.

The suggested plan proposes converting the parking lot behind Blue Talon Bistro into a greenspace. Goodwin Plaza, as the greenspace would be called, includes plans for a fountain and splash pool, benches and on-trend brick walkways for residents and students at the College of William and Mary to enjoy, as well as shaded spaces to escape the heat that tourists and community members often face while visiting.

Concern has been vocalized both by local business owners and residents over the loss of convenience, as well as over giving significant funds to Colonial Williamsburg.

Director of programs and outreach at the College’s Global Research Institute and volunteer selected to the city’s Economic Development Authority David Trichler spoke about his involvement in Goodwin Plaza.

A proponent of the current plan, Trichler discussed clear reasoning behind the park and its importance to the community. Trichler explained that EDA was trying to understand how to retain greater student populations postgraduation as well as bring new populations into the Williamsburg community.

“The city has been interested for a while in how to help William and Mary students stay here,” Trichler said. “And then also how do you attract talent and families here to diversify the economy? One of the things that has been our focus for the past few years is something called ‘downtown vibrancy.’ Increasingly, experts have focused on creating a sense of place so that people gather, people engage, people shop, there’s entertainment; and we’ve been fortunate to have Colonial Williamsburg, but how do you create a bigger sense of ‘downtown’ besides

Colonial Williamsburg?”

According to Trichler, another component of downtown vibrancy is creating more flow through Merchant Square using what he terms “corridors” to increase economic returns to the city and small business owners.

“The concern that many of the businesses on Prince George and Triangle Deli have is how do you create these activating corridors?”

Trichler said. “The literature there is strong: the economic returns when you start to activate these corridors, particularly corridors in proximity to local businesses, you have economic gains between 12 and 48 percent of revenue. And in EDA, we have a responsibility also to think about revenue of the city because if the city’s revenues diverse increasingly we get to put more money into education, you can put more money into fire and police safety.”

While there are thoughts about the benefits of greenspace both to community and economic growth, many community members and business owners have expressed concerns about the loss of parking that would take place if the current plan is implemented.

Trichler said he recognized that the change would be difficult, and the element of parking convenience might not be the same, but it is something that should be weighed with the possibility of community growth and betterment. But, Trichler highlighted a different issue with parking.

“There is a perception that the other parking lots that CW owns have not been properly maintained,” Trichler said. “The city of Williamsburg doesn’t have a parking space problem, it has a parking maintenance problem.”

Additionally, the professor pointed out the benefit to ADA handicap parking.

“With parking and handicap parking particularly, they’re actually increasing the number of handicapped parking spots,” Trichler said. “You’re losing 40 spots overall, but the number of handicapped is doubling, in the latest plan. So, for people who had the concern

“

The more you know about something and the more dialogue there is about something then generally the consensus comes together.

— Ron Spangler, community member

“

AVERILL MENINGER FLAT HAT CHIEF STAFF WRITER

of handicapped access, this should actually improve their ability to access handicap spots.

This plan is looking at the overall vibrancy and what’s the best use of this space, so best per capita use of space is not a parking lot, best per capita use of space is when you activate it.”

Ron Spangler, a community member participating in what he calls a “John Dow civics journey,” has befriended Trichler after learning about the Goodwin Plaza plan.

Spangler, while optimistic about the benefit of change to CW and Merchant Square, worries that there is a lack of communication between the city and its citizens.

He also expressed his belief that there must be some middle ground where everyone can be satisfied.

Spangler started a petition against the Plaza and was able to engage his fellow citizens and start a conversation.

“The petition just said ‘We’re against the Goodwin Plaza,’ period, that’s it,” Spangler said.

“It had nothing to do with the park or greenspace — I’m all for vibrancy. I just wanted to say, let’s stop the engines here and find out what’s really going on.”

Spangler said he ran the petition for over two weeks and in a matter of seven hours, he received around 300 signatures.

From this, he could tell there was ample confusion about the plans for the Plaza and that this left residents feeling excluded from what was going on. He continued to inform himself by reaching out to city council members and EDA members like Trichler to meet with them and discuss the plans.

Spangler wants to continue developing dialogues about Goodwin in order to foster community and find a place of agreement. He feels that in many ways the city should approach the plan again, taking in public comment and reach more common ground. Spangler preaches a message of compromise and communication.

“The more you know about something and the more dialogue there is about something, then generally the consensus comes together,” Spangler said.

He argued that the city pushed for Goodwin Plaza’s construction too quickly.

He emphasized that taking time to consider all elements of the plan and develop alternatives could be beneficial.

Caleb Rogers ’20 shared how he saw the Plaza as a benefit to students.

“I think where Goodwin Plaza comes in is adding greenspace adjacent to Merchant Square,” Rogers said, “In being a private plaza, there’s a lot of opportunities for what it can be during the year, in being that open space to enjoy, but I also know that CW has a lot of cool ideas for events and programming that the plaza can hold.”

Film, student programming fosters dialogue on suicide prevention Week-long national campaign sparks intimate conversation about mental health issues on campus PREVENTION from page 1

health through screening and discussing the Netflix documentary “Not Alone.”

The film features Jacqueline Monetta and her venture to gain clarity after her best friend killed herself two years earlier.

In gaining closure and understanding, Monetta conducts one-on-one interviews with other teens who have struggled with

anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide attempts.

The interviews take place in an intimate scene, with only two chairs, sitting face to face.

Monetta, brisk and forward, takes traditional suicide talk a step further as she asks not only the reasons behind each teen’s suicide attempt, but the attempted mechanisms and locations.

As she gains more knowledge about each individual case, Monetta

confirms that there are options and that like any physical ailment, mental illnesses deserve recognition and can and should be helped.

Following the film, a facilitated conversation was opened to students.

“The conversation we had today is unlike any conversation I have had before,” Madison Howe ’19 said. “At my old school, we emphasized the value of discussing mental health, but none of the discussions we had were

as raw as the one had today. I feel like the college learning experience is half classroom taught and half experience based; today was one of those experience growing places, and I hope we continue to have them, not just on weeks like this.”

The discussion emphasized that although National Suicide Week allows for the beginning of discussion, it is only just the start and that more conversations must be had.

According to Howe, for changes to be made, these conversations will need to be replicated and implicated.

“Being a freshman is nerve wracking,” Howe said. “But knowing I have this community of support makes it bearable and more enjoyable and gives me hope for our generation and the boundaries we will push and break as we make our way forward in the discussion of mental health on college campuses.”

The Flat Hat

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Page 4

CAMPUS

Law School panel discusses democracy Event explores international constitutional challenges, protests

Friday, Sept. 13, six international panelists convened at the College of William and Mary’s Marshall-Wythe School of Law to speak about constitutions and democracy. The event was entitled, “Rethinking Constitutions When Democracy is Under Siege: A Global Perspective” and was supported by the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies.

The panelists spoke on a variety of topics related to the theme including constitutional challenges in West Africa, Latin American perspectives on presidential powers and protests in Hong Kong.

Moderator Christie Warren said that she had been working on organizing the event for a year, and she looked specifically for panelists who would provide a global perspective to the event.

“We gathered together a group of experts from different regions of the world to discuss and compare similar events that are going on in Latin America, and Asia, and Africa and Europe and in the United States,” Warren said. “You know we read in the media different reports from different news sources, but to actually get people together and talk about what is actually happening in the streets in Parliament and in the executive branches is invaluable.”

Co-Director of the Comparative Constitutions Project Zachary Elkins spoke about presidential powers in Latin America. He provided comparisons between Latin American countries with regard to executive powers granted in their constitutions, term limits, how often their constitutions were changed and how similar they were to the U.S. Constitution.

Elkins said that democratic countries often struggled to encourage public audiences to participate in constitutional revisions. However, using Cuba as a case study, Elkins showed that authoritarian settings may be more successful in obtaining public input on constitutional changes. He said that Cuba’s constitution was changed to include more liberal elements like gay marriage after the public was involved in the revision processes.

“Cuba often seems like a living museum almost — very little has changed,” Elkins said. “But interestingly enough, constitutionally, they’ve had a new constitution every 15 to 20 years.”

Delving into term limits for executives and examining how

these stipulations are often evaded by power-hungry politicians, Elkins reasoned that it is essential to build nondemocratic elements into democratic constitutions. He said that fighting fire with fire by banning parties, militaristic assemblies and fascist politics in constitutions appears nondemocratic but is necessary in order to preserve democracy.

“When a president tries to evade term limits, it sets this cycle of law breaking in action,” Elkins said.

“

You know we read in the media different reports from different news sources, but to actually get people together and talk about what is actually happening in the streets in Parliament and in

“

NIA KITCHIN FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

the executive branches is invaluable.

— Christie Warren

University of California Irvine School of Law Chancellor’s Professor David Law spoke next. He first laid out the history of protests in Hong Kong for his talk entitled, “Hong Kong and Constitutional Inertia in Asia.” Law then spoke to the complicated arrangement between Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China and how the recent protests in Hong Kong began.

Protests broke out in Hong Kong in response to an extradition

bill that, according to Law, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam pushed under the pretext of needing to extradite a criminal from Thailand to the PRC. Law said that the PRC approved of the bill but did not push for it. However, they will do anything to avoid losing face now that the protesters are pushing back.

Law then explained how the government’s refusal to compromise with the protesters has resulted in radicalized, leaderless protest. He said that the protests have created an “us versus them” mentality, with the police force and the justice system on one side focusing on protester violence — but ignoring the violence displayed by the police.

“This is an island of refugees,” Law said. “Most of the population fled the communist revolution and others came from other parts of the world. So, this is a place of refugees; they value their freedom. That’s what they went there for and they are scared that those freedoms are being eroded and undermined by Beijing, and even in the case of the extradition law, proactively by their own government, because small minded people with ambition have every incentive to try to anticipate and cater to the needs of Beijing and not to the people.” After Law spoke, two students raised questions about how Law characterized the conflict between protesters and police in Hong Kong. These students took issue with Law focusing on the police violence towards protesters and less on the protester violence toward police. Law responded that the violent protesters were being prosecuted and that he did not believe that they needed to be so concerned about protesters being punished. Law said that this interaction exemplified the discourse taking place in Hong Kong right now, and that he would spend as long as it takes to explain to these students that protesters were being mistreated.

One of the students who raised these questions, Thomas Cao J.D. ’20, said that he questioned Law about his views because he thought the information presented only told one side of the story.

“I think that the lecturer may have a little bit of a stereotyped view of mainland China,” Cao said. “So, I want to talk about or point out some other sides of the Hong Kong protest.”

Warren said that this kind of engaged discussion is supported and encouraged by the symposium.

“I think that’s a natural part of debate,” Warren said. “I mean we’re not here to preach one viewpoint. This is an academic institution we value debate and discussion. Academic institutions are where debate should happen in my opinion.”

CAMPUS

Computing clubs collaborate to code for social good New campus initiative brings mentorship, service to Williamsburg community The College of William and Mary’s Society of Women in Computing, the Association for Computing Machinery and the Google Developer’s Club are partnering on a new project entitled CS + Social Good.

Part of a national movement with chapters at other universities, the project aims to use computer science and technological skills to address community-level social problems.

The original CS + Social Good project began at Stanford University in 2015, which quickly expanded to chapters at universities including Georgia Tech, Caltech and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alex Chung ’21, a member of the CS + Social Good project at the College, learned about the movement while attending a computer science event at another university.

“We were at a Hackathon at UPenn, and they had a seminar and a workshop on using social good with CS, and there’s a chapter at UPenn that did something very similar, and I was inspired,” Chung said.

Chung emphasized that the project at the College will not be a carbon copy of the chapters present at other universities. Chung explained the value of the project as it highlights local organizations and the community.

“We want to make it unique to what William and Mary has to offer,” Chung said. “So the local companies, the local student organizations and our alumni.”

Linda Wu ’20, public relations chair for the SWC, said that the SWC was part of the CS + Social Good project since its inception. According to Wu, SWC applied to be part of the CS + Social Good branch before becoming an official club.

The project started off with a mentorship program

“

Our main CS for Social Good project so far has been a mentorship program that we do with Berkeley Middle School. We go there, we teach middle school girls the basics of coding: basically our intro class and one of our sophomorelevel classes. They actually pick it up really well.

— Linda Wu ’20

“

CLAIRE HOGAN FLAT HAT ONLINE EDITOR

between SWC members and middle school girls learning to code.

“So we’ve been a part of CS for Social Good since before it was even a national thing,” Wu said. “Our main CS for Social Good project so far has been a mentorship program that we do with Berkeley Middle School. We go there, we teach middle school girls the basics of coding: basically our intro class and one of our sophomore-level classes. They actually pick it up really well.”

SWC has seen great success with this project. In 2018 and 2019, SWC at the College won the ACM Student Chapter Outstanding Community Service Award, and members of SWC now plan to share their project on the national stage after recently being invited to speak at Grace Hopper, which is an event centered around women in computing.

Over the years, CS + Social Good grew from a small, localized project into a national organization associated with nonprofit work. However, the decision was contentious among some in the movement.

“The point behind nationalizing it was so that the national branch and organization could take political stances,” Wu said. “A lot of chapters were really hesitant about it, because when you do something like that, you might antagonize certain companies that might recruit on your campus, so we didn’t want to do that.”

With computer science and technology groups on campus joining forces on this project, CS + Social Good members hope to both educate and help the community.

“For this semester, we decided we’re going to do seminars and workshops,” Chung said. “We’re focused on recruiting, focused on outreach, so talking to nonprofits and brainstorming with them. Once that gets going, next semester, with all the networks

and connections we have, we’re going to start doing project implementation, where we actually make technical projects.”

Vice chair of ACM Alex Fantine ‘21 hopes to use the project to address food waste in Williamsburg, helping individuals who may not have access to food pair up with businesses that possess excess food quantities.

“We think that we would be able to provide technological solutions that could help them find food,” Fantine said. “There are ways to automate these processes so that it’s not one single person sitting there trying to coordinate everything, but rather they’re able to use a really simple interface or something.”

Wu highlighted the need to tailor computer science projects to those in the most dire need of assistance, and stressed the importance of using tech to improve other’s standard of living.

“If you think about it, the tech industry is really just to improve standards of living,” Wu said. “I think the point here is that we want to go back to that original point of improving standards of living for people who really need it.”

For Fantine, this type of issue extends beyond the scope of the CS + Social Good project as such a project not only helps underrepresented groups in a community, but also values those groups as people.

Overall, Fantine said that the project is about interacting with the community in a positive way.

“Our biggest goal, and what originally Stanford set out to do in initiating this CS + Social Good initiative, is to educate the community at whole about how tech and computer science can be used for social good,” Fantine said. “A lot of times, it’s easy to misconstrue tech with a very selfish thing. In reality, technology and computers should be a tool for us to help each other out, rather than a tool to help ourselves out.”

Sadler Center West project provides new home for student groups Media organizations, administration, student life offices plan move to three-story Sadler expansion SADLER from page 1

for student programming.

According to Assistant Vice President for Student Engagement and Leadership Drew Stelljes, the project will revitalize this part of campus.

“The expansion will breathe life into the student union,” Stelljes said in an email. “The Student Union of the University should be a gathering place where community is built, where leadership is practiced, where students engage in conversations that stretch the mind.”

The project is in the second

phase of its three-part design plan.

Construction will start September 2020. It is projected to cost $37.7 million and will be funded through student fees, according to Ambler.

Ambler also said that the fate of the Campus Center, where most of the affected administrative offices and student media groups are currently housed, is still unclear and under discussion.

“The Master Plan calls for that to be a space that was for some administrative function,” Ambler said. “Keeping a dining hall there, because we do need a dining hall on that side of campus to

serve student living in the Jamestown Road area. But there is this discussion about any number of things, for example, having a spirit store in there, so when prospective students finish taking their admission tours, that they don’t have to walk all the way down to Duke of Gloucester Street in order to find their spirit wear, their Tribe gear.

Whatever happens with that building will be part of another project and another study.”

Since the addition will transfer the student media groups in the Campus Center basement to the Sadler Center, the project’s building

committee has reached out to these groups for feedback and to gauge their operating needs. According to Ambler, the designers for the project are paying attention to the needs of these student organizations so they can be incorporated into the addition.

“We’ve been provided a form to fill out regarding our current operating needs, as well as what space and equipment we would need or want in the future,” co-editor and treasurer of the Colonial Echo Natalie Larsen ’21 said in an email. “Speaking specifically to the Colonial Echo, we would love some more storage space, as well as

our own meeting space. Currently, our shared space in the Media Council room meets our needs, but it’s great to have the opportunity for a more personal space in the future.”

Ambler is excited to work on this project as it unfolds, as it aims to bring the pillars of student and administrative life to the center of campus.

“We’re getting all those offices and services of the school together; it’ll make for such a robust student life experience right there in the heart of the campus where students spend most of their time, so I’m thrilled. It’s a very exciting project to be working on.”

opinions STAFF COLUMN

Individuals deserve more tabling privileges

Chloe Folmar

FLAT HAT OPINIONS EDITOR

got a lot more tricky.

Before coming to the College, I emailed the Office of Student Leadership and asked if sales like these would be possible. They told me to connect with a student group on campus. Over my freshman year, I tried to reach out to a number of organizations, but each posed a different challenge, whether it be dues, lack of response or them having too much already on their agenda. If the College simply booked tables to individual students or unofficial groups of students, entrepreneurs and altruists wouldn’t have so many problems to navigate.

More opportunities on a college campus is rarely a bad thing.

Providing students with more freedom and flexibility will help them learn from new avenues of experience and even mistakes. In addition, skills students can foster through the array of activities in which they’d be able to engage — learning how to book rooms, organize events, sell items or ideas and simply communicate with others —will undoubtedly aid them in future personal and professional endeavors.

The ability to find creative ways to accomplish novel tasks is more important than ever, especially in view of our changing economy and society. The College should be cultivating students who are innovative and entrepreneurial — and loosening up on regulating tables, posters and lecture rooms is one way to start.

Email Chloe Folmar at csfolmar@email.wm.edu.

As we all know, the College of William and Mary has a diverse array of student organizations. Walk through the Sadler Center any odd day, and you’ll be barraged by an assortment of tables, their organizers periodically yelling at unsuspecting freshmen. Thanks to tables in Sadler, on the Terrace and occasionally in Campus Center, I have become adept at avoiding eye contact and pretending I can’t hear people a couple feet away.

All jokes about overly enthusiastic “tablers” aside, I truly appreciate the College’s dedication to providing spaces for student activism and service. It’s important for students to be familiar with the diversity of viewpoints and activities represented on our campus and to have opportunities to advocate for their own. However, in order to more fully accomplish these goals, the College needs to make some changes.

Right now, everything revolves around student organizations — whether that’s tabling, hosting events or putting advertisements up around campus. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan of student organizations, and I’m heavily involved in a number of them. But the exclusive focus on these groups crowds out some other really valuable parts of student life. What if a student wants to publicize his art around campus but can’t find an organization that’s interested in sponsoring him to put up flyers or table? What if someone is passionate about a service opportunity, but she can’t gather enough people to form a group that can fundraise?

What if someone connects with a well-known speaker but none of the groups on campus want to get involved in sponsoring a lecture? I think it’s vital that individual students have space to fully explore their interests and take initiative to get things — whether it’s sales, service or speaker events — done on their own, without having to be in a student organization.

One summer in high school, I interned at a rehabilitation center for Syrian refugees where widowed women were taught skills like soap making as a form of sustainable income. When I got back for my senior year, I was excited about the talent and resilience of these women and wanted to continue my involvement in the center’s important work. I flew hundreds of soap bars back home with me and was able to sell them at school and community functions. When I got to college, however, an initiative like this GRAPHIC BY DAVID SOLINSKY / THE FLAT HAT

STAFF GRAPHIC

Lack of available textbooks at bookstore disappointing

GRAPHIC BY SARAH BRADY / THE FLAT HAT

Opinions Editor Anna Boustany Opinions Editor Chloe Folmar fhopinions@gmail.com // @theflathat

The Flat Hat

| September 17, 2019 | Page 5

GUEST COLUMN

Athletes deserve clarity on scholarship information Micah Bremer

FLAT HAT GUEST WRITER

I heard them, but I didn’t listen. I saw them, but I didn’t realize. I felt the emotion of their words, but I didn’t feel the level of their pain. To see injustice done to another, and to do nothing, is one of this world’s greatest transgressions.

It is with great sadness that I regret not speaking out sooner, for it required me to feel the impact upon myself before I did something.

What follows is the vocalization of the silent cry of many, which the few are now struggling to suppress. For the first time in recent memory, the College of William and Mary’s Athletic Department has decided to enact a scholarship freeze on current student athletes. Across a variety of sports, for an indefinite period of time, no coach will be permitted to increase the scholarship amounts earned by recruited athletes or provide scholarships for athletic walk-ons. For many, recruits and walk-ons alike, the decision to commit, compete and train for the College was based on the verbal guarantee by coaches to have the opportunity to earn increased athletic financial aid with increased athletic performance.

Why was this freeze enacted? In the words of the Associate Athletic Director Peel Hawthorne, in an email sent to the donor parents of a student athlete July 25. “This year we were presented with circumstances that required modest reductions across the board. As a result, scholarship increases for returning student-athletes were restricted to written scholarship agreements only,” Hawthorne said.

Of the many different financial reduction options available to the athletic department, it appears that the first unnecessary, unwanted expense to be reduced is providing the means for student athletes to pay for their education.

Of the many different financial reduction options available to the Athletic Department, it appears that the first unnecessary, unwanted expense to be reduced is providing the means for student athletes to pay for their education.

These pleas for help, among many others, were not heard by the athletic department. However, their voice was heard by others. Sept. 10, an online petition was published, titled “REPEAL of William & Mary Athletic Department Policy of Freezing Athletic Scholarships.” Within hours, the petition had received 133 signatures, 17 shares and 780 views. Also within hours, the College’s Athletic Director Samantha Huge had heard of this online petition. At 5:06 p.m. that same day, the director had requested a meeting with the student athlete who created the petition. Minutes later, the director, a deputy director, an assistant director and a head coach sat down with the student athlete in a large office to discuss the petition.

The silent cry of many was heard, and a single voice was raised in response — the voice of a single student.

Apparently, according to the director, this student was now disseminating misinformation.

Many questions remain. Why would an athletic department contradict itself? Why would the associate director and a head coach say one thing, and the director say another? Who are we, the students, to believe? Is there a scholarship freeze or isn’t there? Why was a meeting arranged so suddenly with this student and why were so many of the athletic department leadership present?

Many donate to the College’s athletic department for the purpose of providing scholarships for athletes. Are these donors being informed that students aren’t receiving increases in athletic aid? New recruits are visiting the College every week, are they being told that they will not have the opportunity to earn more athletic financial aid?

Are athletic walk-ons being informed that they won’t be able to receive any form of athletic financial support in the future?

I have heard their voice. I have seen their pain. I understand their struggle. I have seen injustice and will not fall for one of the world’s greatest transgressions.

Email Micah Bremer at mdpratt@email.wm.edu.

The Flat Hat

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Page 6

STAFF COLUMN

STAFF COLUMN

Sorority recruitment requires excessive commitment, intensity

College must expand number of courses eligible to fulfill COLL200 NQR requirement

Alyssa Slovin

FLAT HAT OPINIONS ASSOC. EDITOR

It’s the beginning of the fall semester here at the College of William and Mary, which can only mean one thing: time for sorority and fraternity recruitment. All that I can say is that it’s all Greek to me.

As an outsider to recruitment, it all seems extremely complicated and stressful.

For sorority recruitment, I see students who are part of recruitment literally rushing around campus to attend the weekend-long events and use the few hours to spare for classwork. Even girls who are already members of their chapters have busy weekends due to meetings, events and voting after rounds of recruitment. My roommate is already in a sorority, and she did not come back to the dorm this past Friday until 2:30 a.m. due to the all-day event and voting!

Unlike what I previously thought, fraternity recruitment is actually much different than sorority recruitment. Instead of spending each day at different events for open houses and information sessions about each chapter’s philanthropy like the sororities, the fraternities host more social events for potential new members to attend.

I have very little point of reference for fraternities, but their method does make a lot of sense to me. On the surface, it may seem shallow and based solely off partying, but in reality, they may actually get a better picture of the guys they are accepting into their organizations than sororities. They are actually testing the guys to see how they act in social situations. For example, they can see if they know how to interact with people and if they know how to treat people with respect. They will most likely get a better idea of their new members than sororities, because it is much easier to put up a pleasing facade when speaking one-on-one with a sister and less so when at social events like a date party.

The general consensus that I have heard from girls, especially last year in my freshman hall, is that recruitment is absolutely terrible.

The general consensus that I have heard from girls, especially last year in my freshman hall, is that recruitment is absolutely terrible. They are being constantly judged, and each day ends with the sisters voting for who they want to invite back. For some, it can mean intense feelings of rejection out of nowhere. Also, everyone is exhausted.

While fraternity recruitment seems very relaxed on the exterior, fraternities and sororities are not all that different.

Either way, a lot is on the line.

Fraternities structure their voting differently than sororities, but I am sure that the guys on campus experience stresses of their own.

For example, male students here at the College cannot get into any fraternity parties if they are not a brother for that specific fraternity, due to the liability of letting in guys who they do not know who could cause trouble for the party. That means that their social lives are completely dependent on if and where potential new members are accepted.

A lot of conversation about recruitment circulates around the traditions and seemingly ridiculous rules and regulations.

Some call them old fashioned. Others call them part of the college experience. I can see both sides. In regard to recruitment, I want the traditions to change because I see my friends taking the rejection personally, since it is often based off personal conversations, and I want the system to be less judgmental or based off exteriors. However, I also understand that if people do not like the traditions, then they do not have to join.

I am just glad that the College has a fairly small percentage of Fraternity and Sorority Life among students compared to other universities, so students can actually decide for themselves if they want to join or not. I know that other students at different schools do not have the same luxuries if they want to make friends.

I do not want to bad mouth Fraternity and Sorority Life, and I do not think that my article will change anything about this nationwide phenomenon. I understand the strength of Fraternity and Sorority Life and their histories. I see the importance of traditions and uniformity, but I generally think these groups are too demanding of students. The intensity of recruitment should be adjusted to actually accommodate students and make them hate themselves a little less at the start of the semester. Sororities and fraternities have to be more understanding of students’ other obligations. It is incredibly taxing to expect all potential new members and existing members to sacrifice their Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the entire day for two weekends straight at the beginning of what could be their first semester on campus.

I hope that recruitment will become more student friendly in the future, despite age-old traditions of Fraternity and Sorority Life.

Email Alyssa Slovin at amslovin@email.wm.edu.

Ethan Brown

FLAT HAT MANAGING EDITOR

When I first began attending classes at the College of William and Mary two years ago, I had bright visions for my future in the mathematics department. My older sister, a self-confessed math dork, had pursued upper-level abstract algebra and proofs-based courses during her time at the College and thoroughly enjoyed them; so as many naive freshmen do, I followed the advice of a trusted elder and enrolled in linear algebra, MATH 211, during my fall semester.

Learning matrix multiplication and delving into Euler’s Method was surprisingly delightful, and by the end of the class, I’d grown affectionate towards the mathematics department and began mapping out my quest to acquire an applied math minor. I took multivariable calculus, MATH 212, the following semester, and while I enjoyed the subject material, I found myself growing increasingly attached to the economics and government courses I’d simultaneously been taking over on Old Campus. By the time sophomore year arrived, I declared my double major in government and economics. Seemingly overnight, I transitioned from jaunting around Jones Hall to trudging around Tyler Hall.

While I do not regret taking linear algebra or multivariable calculus in the slightest, it is frustrating that these courses fail to satiate a single graduation requirement. Despite being 200-level courses in a STEM department, neither class fulfills the COLL 200 NQR domain

requirement. This is utterly nonsensical given the College’s statement regarding the purpose of the NQR requirement.

According to the College’s informational website about the COLL 200’s three ‘Knowledge Domains’, the NQR requirement challenges students to examine the natural world and physical sciences using empirical, mathematical techniques. By the very nature of being offered in the mathematics department, linear algebra and multivariable calculus clearly employ mathematical techniques. When I took them two years ago, both subjects frequently referenced their practical usages, whether it be in hard sciences including chemistry and biology or in social sciences like economics. Given these factors, as well as the relative rigor associated with 200-level university mathematics curricula, the College should recognize them as viable ways to fulfill the NQR. The College already has a track record of recognizing specific mathematics courses as sufficient in satisfying the NQR requirement, so adding more options from within the department should not be controversial in the slightest. Math-Powered Flight, which is almost universally known as an easy A among students at the College, is a 100-level mathematics course that counts towards the NQR requirement.

I would have gleefully signed up to take it to rid myself of the NQR domain, but because I have received credit for a mathematics course numbered above 210, I am ineligible to take MathPowered Flight and thus cannot check off my NQR requirement through enrollment in the course.

If the goal of the COLL 200 system is to expose students to rigorous course material and challenge our conventional thought patterns, then it makes no sense to refuse granting NQR credit for classes that are more substantively challenging than Math-Powered Flight. Since the College is willing to grant NQR credit for students taking a 100-level mathematics course, it baffles me why they decline to do so for students who have taken 200-level ones that go further beyond proficiency requirements. Revising the system to allow for greater flexibility benefits many students but harms none; I don’t need math to know that’s an ideal outcome.

Email Ethan Brown at ewbrown@email.wm.edu.

This is utterly nonsensical given the College’s statement regarding the purpose of the NQR requirement.

ASK A TWAMP

Q: What is the weekly email newsletter “All Health Breaks Loose”? What is its purpose?

A: All Health Breaks Loose is the College of William and Mary’s award-winning, Monday morning healthful news blast for over 5,000 faculty members, staff, students, alumni and guests. Some of those readers claim AHBL helped them with homesickness or that it brightens their morning. Lee DePue might say it earned him a $25 gift card for winning a Healthy Selfie contest. Though it’s all about the College now, AHBL has its roots in Manhattan.

From my desk at The New School in 2005, I took a call from our Chair of Fashion Design, Tim Gunn, who called me up to Parsons — our unbelievable fashion school — to enjoy a cup of coffee and hear his concerns about the declining health of our many overachieving, stress-glorifying, to-nowhereracing, insomnia-suffering, vending-machinegrazing, Chicken-Little-thinking, face-toface-avoiding, often-languishing, yet always awesome fashion students. On reflection, I suggested a series of chats around the opulent Tresemmé runway and then a newsletter as a counterpoint to the students’ weekends. I printed a few weekly AHBL for the lounges at our schools and eventually hooked everyone on an email copy. In fall 2009, when I chose to come back to Virginia and care for my father, AHBL was one of several ideas I brought here with me. The current version, along with my German fluency, served as a key factor in my selection last year as the closing keynote speaker at a European conference on the Okanagan Charter, a statement that fosters health-promoting universities worldwide.

In my mind, two factors make every issue important. The first is timeliness. Not only do I scour our Events Calendars, but colleagues — such as Sarah Balascio, Jenny Dunfee, Jen Floor, Becca Marcus and Rich Thompson — forward me announcements about their wonderful happenings, and I can dose those in a way that nudges the entire university in healthy directions and at a good pace. The second relates to an overarching philosophy rooted in the positive psychology work of Martin Seligman, namely his Positive, Engagement, Positive Relationships, Meaning, Accomplishment Model, and Student Affairs added Vitality to his framework a while back.

Around that same time, just as one of my Positivi-Teas was wrapping up, students and I added some Green and Gold to Seligman’s model, and…huzzah…

PERMA became Triumphs, Relationships, Importance, Boldness, Engagement — TRIBE. So, I stress TRIBE Vitality in every issue, particularly the “I” — the value of

Importance. At the top of every AHBL, readers learn that, should time be pressing, they can find that third section of TRIBE Vitality and read the rest later.

When it comes to inspiration, conversations with our football team, a listening session with College President Katherine Rowe, an impromptu office chat with a student, a BBC broadcast, a request from T Davis or Lindsey Mosvick, a VIMS visit, the Let’s Get Consensual campaign or an article from The New York Times might all move me in the weeks to come, and something else rouses me as well.

As much as I trust Strunk and White or William Zinsser to guide my form, I also rely on a higher power for my content … the Eight Dimensions of Wellness. Our hard work at the McLeod Tyler Wellness Center and Campus Recreation encourages faculty, staff, students and alumni to attend to all Eight Dimensions, including emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual dimensions.

Relatedly, AHBL honors those Great Eight, perchance not in one post but

over several. Additionally, two shadow dimensions exist that we can apply to those original Great Eight: Creativity and Social Justice. AHBL encourages me to highlight the intersectionality of social and racial justice topics, and just like cooking and teaching, AHBL offers me a gratifyingly imaginative outlet as well — a far more amusing way to use a computer than as a device for running analysis of variances —ANOVAs — and multivariate analysis of variances — MANOVAs — for epidemiology, as these hands once did decades ago.

As a closing note, readers often ask about my use of “Possums” in the weekly newsletter.

It was a gender-inclusive term of endearment from my youth. On our awakening, e.g., after a car nap, my grandmother would hail my brother and me with that word plus some great revelation. “Get up, Possums! We’re almost at our picnic spot!”

So, should you wish to subscribe to this weekly email blast, Possums, please write me.

Eric Garrison is the Assistant Director of the College’s Office of Health Promotion.

Email Eric at emgarrison@wm.edu.

If you have a question you’d like to see answered, please email it to fhopinions@gmail.com.

GRAPHIC BY KELLEY WANG AND HEADSHOTS BY KAYLA PAYNE / THE FLAT HAT

variety

Variety Editor Zoe Beardsley Variety Editor Adithi Ramakrishnan flathat.variety@gmail.com

The Flat Hat | Tuesday, September 17, 2019 | Page 7

Renaissance Man

Victor Rosello reflects on the many artistic passions that have defined and driven his life CARMEN HONKER // CHIEF FEATURES WRITER

RO SE LL O

Art and Music Festival. He also photographs for local Irish band, Poisoned Dwarf. Rosello particularly enjoys taking photos of Colonial Williamsburg, capturing the color in the world that contrasts his previous black and white life as an intelligence officer. He said he appreciates photography as a platform to keep him connected to music and other musicians even when he is not playing himself.

“Through the photography, that has helped me get closer to many musicians,” Rosello said. “And that has expanded that world of photography and Colonial Williamsburg, the world of music and musicians. So, I never really got away from it. I have never turned my back on music. It is just that reinvention process. If I’m not performing, then I want to be around them. I want to help them and encourage them through photography, kind of build them up and give them a little promotion.”

Tuesday, Sept. 17, Rosello will embark on his second journey to Santiago de Compostela, walking the Portuguese route. In 2017 he walked the French route. Rosello said he plans to photograph the hike, finding unique angles, focusing on color and simply capturing images that he will be able to keep long after the trip and share with friends.

While the Army defined a large part of Rosello’s life, he has not let those 30 years prevent him from traveling, singing, taking pictures, sampling classes and pursuing other interests.

“It has a way of making who you are, and the Army certainly shaped my values,” Rosello said. “I’ve allowed myself to also be that artist of life, the artistic side of photograph, art, music.

Going back to school, being a student, it didn’t take any of that away. I think it just built a very strong foundation of molding me character wise without infringing on the things that I love doing in life.”

Throughout his life, Rosello has evolved and developed new passions. He said that it is normal and expected to change and that life should be full of rediscovery.

“I think life is reinventing yourself,” Rosello said. “If you’re the same person you were 20 or 30 years ago, then you haven’t really developed as an individual. Your taste should change, for the better. Overall your character, the quality of your character should improve. You should be a better person, certainly wiser and more experienced. You have to reinvent yourself; you have to be a different you. What I’ve described is basically that whole process of reinventing myself, doing different things in life.”

R

Military Advisor and the Colombian Drug War,” pulling details from his last tour in Columbia.

“J.K. Rowling has nothing to worry about because this thing will never be a bestseller,” Rosello said. “It was more of just a capture piece, something to put it all on paper. If I had to write that book today I couldn’t because all the memories, the thoughts, the people, the conversations and all that, it just kind of disappeared in time. So, it was fresh in my mind and it was good that I did that.”

Since moving to the area, Rosello has discovered a long-lost love of his, music. He joined his church choir and soon began to explore the sounds of Irish and Celtic music.

He started a band with several students from the College and has played at local festivals and venues like Aromas. Rosello sings and plays the bodhrán, an Irish frame drum, as well as the hurdy gurdy. He also dabbles in Afro-Brazilian music.

“The choir … moved me to another side of me which I had discovered early in my life: music,” Rosello said. “And then it actually manifested; it didn’t manifest itself early in my life. I mean I’d take piano classes and I had recitals which I detested. Now, I was doing things on my own, picking and choosing, performing, singing, playing instruments, depending on what kind of music I wanted to play.”

Looking for ways to be connected to the community of Williamsburg, Rosello said that he has attended the Global Film Festival for nine years and that he has developed close relationships with faculty members in the Film and Media Studies department.

“I started to learn more about the world through that darn Global Film Festival and in my friendship with many of those young students and professors, this whole world of cinema, film and photography started to be part of this new experience for me,” Rosello said.

Rosello recounted that three years ago he took the bold step of taking his first class at the College for no credit, simply to learn and further his connections to the community.

“I am in heaven; I am back to learning and contributing to the discussions,” Rosello said. “I certainly provide a different outlook on things from your average 18 or 19-year-old. I was a little intimidated at first, for all the reasons that you would expect. … I still get butterflies when I start a brand-new class.”

Photography is yet another artform in which Rosello has reconnected with in recent years. He is a volunteer photographer for the 2nd Sundays

TO

A 30-year Army career is not the only thing that defines Victor Rosello. In fact, the now-retired U.S. Army intelligence officer is constantly exploring new interests and devoting himself to passion projects. Whether he is taking classes at the College of William and Mary, singing in his church’s choir, hiking the Camino de Santiago, playing Irish or Afro-Brazilian music at local venues, or photographing Colonial Williamsburg, Rosello’s desire to learn and grow guides him through life.

Rosello said that his Army years began with his father, who was a career military Army musician. It was through his father that Rosello was exposed to the world of music at a young age; however, his personal love for music developed later.

“I think it was through him I started piano classes and things like that,” Rosello said. “But back then, when I was growing up, the Army to me was just parades and concerts; that’s what he did, he was a band master. I knew somehow that music was always going to be a part of me, but it didn’t really manifest itself until later in life.”

Initially, Rosello did not want to join his college’s Army ROTC program, let alone pursue a career in the Army. However, after a year in the program, he was sold. Rosello said that ROTC helped him to overcome his severe shyness.

He knew he wanted to pursue a military career but breaking the news to his father came with some pushback, as his father warned him of the difficulties of a life in the Army.

Rosello acknowledged the challenges that come with a military career, such as the routine moving and packing and unpacking of boxes. In 30 years, Rosello said that he moved 17 times and experienced five combat tours, including Operations Just Cause and Desert Storm and stints in El Salvador and Colombia. Rosello received his master’s degree from the University of Chicago in Latin American studies.

“So, eventually all that came to an end,” Rosello said. “The Army paid for my master’s degree in Latin American studies. I became a Latin American specialist. That’s part of why ended up in El Salvador and Colombia and Panama because of that Latin American background.”

While in the Army, Rosello wrote and published 16 articles capturing his experiences to share with his peers. His interest in writing followed him after he retired, to Fort Monroe, where he took a job as a writer. In 2010, he proceeded to write and self-publish a novel, “East of the Orteguaza: The Story of an American

R COU

“

Y TES

O OT PH

S/

C VI

f to l e s y m ed w o l l a of e t s v i I’ t r a t tha also be artistic side of . life, the raph, art, music photog ack to school, ’t Going b udent, it didn . st y a a g w a n i t e a b th f o y n a take

”

The Flat Hat

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Page 8

RETURNING TO HER ROOTS American Indian Student Association President Margarita Orozco ‘21 speaks to indigenous impact on campus, goals for organization ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN // FLAT HAT VARIETY EDITOR

The Taino tribe, an indigenous people hailing from the Caribbean, was the first to meet Christopher Columbus when he arrived in Hispaniola. Margarita Orozco ’21, whose family has Puerto Rican, Colombian and indigenous roots, identifies strongly with her Taino side and recalls the consequences Columbus’ arrival had on her people.

“Since they were the first people to meet Christopher Columbus, they were the first to lose the most,” Orozco said. “There are efforts to regain the language and regain some practices again, but it’s been difficult.”

As a child, Orozco’s grandmother made sure she was aware of her indigenous history as well as the truth of what happened to the Taino people.

“As a kid, my grandmother made me read Christopher Columbus’ journals,” Orozco said. “She was like, ‘I know they celebrate Christopher Columbus Day at school, but he was very against our people. He was the first enemy of our people.’”

Orozco credits her grandmother and mother with helping her stay in touch with her indigenous roots. Growing up, her grandmother taught her about indigenous foods and practices and emphasized the native influence in her life, celebrating the mix of cultures.

“She really ingrained in me these things that I’m going to carry for the rest of my life,” Orozco said.

“She really helped me be proud of my culture and know the history.”

Being both indigenous and Latina, Orozco initially struggled to feel comfortable with both of her identities simultaneously, particularly due to a lack of understanding from others.

“Being Hispanic is an ethnicity, but if you identify as a different race within the Hispanic ethnicity, I feel like sometimes they don’t fully understand,” Orozco said.

“Like, if I’m with someone who is a white Latina, they don’t fully understand why I have such close ties to my indigenous roots and other parts of my culture.”

Home was one place that Orozco always felt that her mixed identity was embraced. Over the summer, she visited her dad’s home and family in Colombia and exposed herself to a side of her identity she had not learned much about as a child.

“I did not grow up with Colombian culture whatsoever; it was mostly just Puerto Rican,” Orozco said. “Getting to go to Colombia, I really got to see a different side of things. My grandmother on that side of my family was adopted from a tribe as well — I never got to meet her, but we have tribal roots on both sides of my family.”

Orozco’s trip to Colombia allowed her to experience a celebration of indigenous culture in harmony with her Hispanic identity.

“Just going to Colombia, I really got to see how much indigenous culture is appreciated in the overall Colombian culture, and it validated me more,” Orozco said. “So, what I’m doing is fine. My identity is totally cool, and I should not let anyone make me feel weird about it.”

Orozco is the president of the College of William and Mary’s American Indian Student Association. She joined the group as a freshman to get back in touch with her culture on campus.

“Before coming to William and Mary, I moved around a lot as a kid, and I wasn’t with my grandparents

MINT

anymore, so I didn’t really have my cultural roots as much,” Orozco said. “Coming here I was looking forward to exploring the things I love — my culture — and I stumbled across AISA.” In AISA, Orozco ended up finding a welcoming and safe place on campus, as well as some of her closest friends.

“My freshman year, they were just so kind to me, it was like a family,” Orozco said. “They really made my experience here so much better.”

As president, Orozco plays a major role in planning the organization’s annual spring powwow, an event she looks forward to every year.

“We get people from different tribes — last year, we had someone from New Jersey and people all the way from South Carolina,” Orozco said. “Everyone is always so nice, and it’s always really cool to see them interact with William and Mary students.”

One of Orozco’s goals for the year is to increase visibility for AISA on campus. The organization previously had larger upperclassman membership but has gotten smaller over the years due to graduating classes. Orozco emphasizes that anyone is welcome to join the organization, regardless of their relationship with indigenous culture.

“You don’t have to have any indigenous ties at all to be part of this club — I identify with my indigenous side, but I wasn’t raised completely with indigenous culture; I was raised in a culture that is very mixed,” Orozco said.

“I just appreciate that side a lot, and if you just have an appreciation for the culture and the history, I just want people to know that they are always welcome.”

There is a great degree of diversity and variation throughout indigenous culture; Orozco wishes that this nuance was more effectively communicated and appreciated.

“We are still here, and we don’t have to look a certain way,” Orozco said. “There are so many different tribes throughout North and South America, and we do not have the same experience.”

Orozco strives for indigenous issues to receive more awareness, both on campus and on a larger scale.

“I wish people kept us more in the forefront of their minds,” Orozco said. “I think when people think of racial relations in the United States, they think of African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, but Native Americans are often pushed to the side, and quite literally. I wish that people brought us more into the conversation. I want people to know about us.”

During Orozco’s freshman year, she recalls inviting her friends to attend AISA’s indigenous Thanksgiving event, encouraging them to go with her. A mixed response from one of her friends particularly stood out to her.

“My friend was like, ‘I feel bad,’ and I’m like, ‘Why do you feel bad about this?’ and she’s like, ‘Because of what my people did to your people,’” Orozco said.

“I don’t know if more people have that kind of feeling and that’s why they hold back on native culture or native awareness.”

Orozco elaborated on the unproductivity of guilt when it comes to indigenous issues, especially in the present day.

“I feel like it’s just very problematic; it’s something that happened so long ago, and I feel like guilt is not the

TO BE

CLAIRE HOGAN // FLAT HAT ONLINE EDITOR

CLAIRE HOGAN / THE FLAT HAT

ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN / THE FLAT HAT

right emotion to have with this,” Orozco said. “It’s more like, ‘Let’s try to make this situation better for both of us.’

I wish I’d gotten more support from others instead of the feelings of shame and guilt, especially because that happened so long ago.”

According to Orozco, it is more important for nonindigenous individuals to address past injustices with support in the present rather than continuing to live in history.

“Their people were able to move on from it, and unfortunately my community is still facing backlash from that event that happened so long ago,” Orozco said.

“So, if anything, it’s that you should help us out. You should support us.”

Last spring, Orozco, along with members of AISA, met with President Katherine Rowe to discuss both the history of Native Americans at the College and the institution’s current relationship with native students.

“We talked about the Brafferton School, which used to be an Indian school back in the day, and that’s actually where her office is now,” Orozco said. “We were talking to her about how there needs to be more recognition of that.

For incoming native students, that would make them feel very welcomed to see that William and Mary had this history with Native Americans, but now look what they’ve done to overcome that and to really welcome us.”

Orozco works as a confidential advocate at the Haven and tries to support the Latin American Student Association and UndocuTribe as much as she can. She

also has been a member of improv group Trippin’ on Brix since her freshman year.

“I like to think I’m good at thinking on my feet, and I really like my group, and they’re very supportive,” Orozco said. “At first, I was doing it because I used to do improv and theater a lot growing up … but I really stayed for the people, because they’re just great, and I always have a good time with them.”

During the group’s spring semester senior show, Orozco’s friend Louise Ferall ’19 wrote a unique sketch that was so out of left field, Orozco was the only person ready to perform it with her.

“It took place in a laundromat, I was playing this weird old rich lady, and she was a crazy old poor lady, and then we just … fight,” Orozco said. “It involved a lot of laundry puns.”

While the group was worried about the reception of the sketch beforehand, its quirky concept and the combination of Orozco and Ferall made it a success.

Orozco is deeply appreciative of her group of friends on campus, as well as the ability to be part of a cultural group. She feels that the multicultural organization experience at the College provides a special sense of community.

“I really love being part of a cultural group at William and Mary, because I get to interact with the other groups,” Orozco said. “Everyone is so awesome and supportive. We can all kind of relate to each other, one way or another. I really love that.”

Botany Club holds plant sale, discusses productive role of plant life in college life, begins planning for upcoming year At 10:50 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13, members of the William and Mary Botany Club laid out rows of miniature plants in the Sadler Center lobby.

Immediately, students descended like a pack of piranhas, clamoring over which plants to buy, and thrusting dollar bills into the fray.

Ten minutes later, only a few scraggly plants and a pile of cash remained as evidence of the Botany Club’s annual plant sale.

“We always sell out pretty fast, but this I think was a new record,” Botany Club secretary Kendall Kin ’20 said.

Botany Club’s plant sale is popular for many reasons, but the most obvious is because their plants make great decorations.

“Dorm rooms can be very plain and very spartan, and a little bit depressing, I know my freshman dorm in Griffin B in GGV was a little bit of a shoebox when we got there,” Botany Club president Hannah Call ’20 said. “The plants just really help people bring greenery into their space, and there’s a lot of studies that show that it’s really good for you mentally — they can lower your stress level.”

Call argues that plants can be beneficial to college students’ health.

“I personally think it’s very

important to have something that relies on you for care,” Call said. “So when you get an F, or a C, or a B-, and you’re like, ‘that is horrible, I am an A student only,’ you can be like, ‘my worth is not my grades, I am the mother to this plant, I water it, I care for it, I make sure it gets light,’ and that can be another way to sort of distribute your mental energy in the world in a positive way.”

All of the plants in the sale were grown in the greenhouse on the roof of the Integrated Science Center, mostly tended to by Botany Club members.

“We teach people in Botany Club how to take a plant and make five plants out of it,” Call said. “Plant sales are the result of that, because we start with a set number and we just multiply it like crazy, and then we run out of space, so we gotta sell them.”

Plants weren’t the only commodity sold at the Botany Club’s event. Scattered among the plant pots were tiny plastic dinosaurs in neon colors. With each plant sold, a student got a dinosaur, upholding a Botany Club ritual.

“It’s a tradition that started before my time,” Call said. “No one knows why it started, but people also love dinosaurs. They look great next to the

plant, because the plant looks like a prehistoric tree, and you’ve got the megafauna underneath.”

With a stack of cash left on the table, and a large Venmo balance, Botany Club has to decide what to do with their plant sale earnings.

“We make donations to the greenhouse with some of it, because the greenhouse budget is actually really tiny,” Call said.

“Other than that, we use it to subsidize stuff like going to botanical gardens.”

Members of Botany Club have a large range of expertise, abilities and interests. Some, like Kin, are looking to go into botany as a career.

“I’m majoring in biology and anthropology, and so those two tend to work together pretty well,” Kin said.

“But within biology I’m specifically doing botany, and through Botany Club I was actually able to meet the greenhouse manager and other people that I’ve been able to network with, and now I’m doing research in botany, so it’s been really helpful.”

Other members, like Finn Mayhew ‘21, simply joined the club for fun.

“I just like the social experience going on every Sunday and hanging out with friends and just playing around in dirt and repotting plants; it’s

really relaxing and calming,” Mayhew said. “I don’t know anything about plants at all, so I’m always at a loss when people ask me questions.”

Call says Botany Club is looking for new ways to reach out to students and help with any plantrelated problems. “‘Re-Pot Your Plant Day’ is something we’ve thought about, because no one has a bag of soil in their dorm room, but a lot of people actually will bring a plant from home,” Call said. “So, we’re probably going to do a day for people to come to the greenhouse, bring their plant, bring the pot they want to put it in, and we’ll supply dirt … soil, technically.”

Apart from the plant sale and some outreach programs, Botany Club spends most of their meetings in the greenhouse, where students tend to different varieties of plants while learning a bit about botany.

“You don’t even have to be a biology major or anything, we just care about plants, and we hang out in the greenhouse for an hour, and we get to grow things and see all of the cool plants that are growing in the greenhouse,” Kin said. “It’s honestly just a group of nerds who enjoy plants.”

sportsinside

VOLLEYBALL

The Flat Hat | Tuesday, September 17, 2019 | Page 9

Tribe takes 2 on road Brown leads offensive charge AVERY LACKNER FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

JAMIE HOLT / THE FLAT HAT

Junior middle blocker Julia Brown led the College with a hitting percentage of .833 in the first set against UNCG.

THE EXTRA POINT

Is London’s squad good?

William and Mary (4-4) powered past North Carolina Greensboro in the Tribe’s home opener Friday, Sept.

13, as part of the Colonial Classic tournament hosted in Kaplan Arena. Junior middle blocker Julia Brown carried the Tribe to victory with five kills and an .833 hitting percentage in the first set alone.

Brown and the rest of the offense were supported by an extremely effective Tribe defense, led by freshman libero Anna Porter who earned seven digs in the first frame, boosting the Tribe to a narrow 26-24 victory.

The second set was just as close, but Brown contributed another five kills and sophomore outside hitter Lauren Merrill added three kills of her own, allowing the Tribe to scrape by 25-22.

The third frame saw the Spartans fight back to close the gap off the strength of a .243 hitting percentage and 15 kills. The game itself wasn’t nearly as clear cut as the statistics suggest, though. The Tribe refused to roll over, and it forced four separate ties and a lead change before admitting defeat 25-21.

Brown was once again the key to victory for the Tribe in the fourth and final set. Despite holding the Spartans to a hitting percentage of just .182, the game was still tied at 23-23 when a Spartan error and a critical solo block from Brown gave the Tribe the final push it needed to end the frame 25-23, and with it the match.

As the weekend continued, the Tribe continued its trend of splitting doubleheaders Saturday, Sept. 14, defeating Iona in four sets before falling to Georgetown in three decisive frames. This win-loss pairing brings the Tribe’s record for the weekend to 2-1.

The Tribe set the pace of the first frame against the Gaels, jumping to a 6-0 lead right out of the gate, and refusing to relinquish that lead, despite a late surge by the Gaels that brought them within just four points of the Tribe. Having allowed the lead to shrink to 17-13, the Tribe went on an aggressive offensive run, putting down eight of the game’s final 10 points, including three

kills from Merrill.

Feeding off this momentum, the Tribe continued its dominance in the second set. An early Gael lead was quickly erased, and the Tribe tied things up at 6-6 before yet another 10-2 scoring run that gave it a comfortable 16-8 cushion. However, the offense was just getting started, as aces from sophomore outside hitter Anne Louise Seekford and senior setter Autumn Brenner paired with kills from Brown and sophomore outside hitter Claire Farrell captured six of the last eight points, pushing the Tribe over the edge of a 25-15 win in the second frame.

The energy waned in the third frame, and the Tribe let an early lead slip into a 20-20 tie before consecutive kills from Brown and Farrell contributed to a threepoint run that put the Tribe up 23-20. The Gaels began an offensive campaign of their own late in the game, pulling themselves even with the Tribe with a wellplaced ace, successfully rattling the Tribe’s defense, and allowing a second ace to determine the game’s outcome. On the whole, the Gaels earned five of the final seven points to take the third set by a razor-thin 2725 margin.

The College continued to falter in the opening ten points of the fourth frame, trading points with the Gaels and failing to establish a solid lead. For their part, the Gaels were only able to draw within three points of the Tribe, making the score 20-17 before junior opposite hitter Kate Dedrick put down consecutive kills to restart the Tribe’s offense, which was able to close out the game 25-19. The second match of the day saw a lethargic Tribe outpaced 14-4 by the Hoyas early on in game one. Despite some stirrings of life for the College, the Hoyas coasted to a 25-11 victory in the opening set, never in danger of surrendering their decisive lead.

The second and third sets proceeded in a similar fashion, and despite nine Dedrick kills, the College trailed the Hoyas throughout both sets, dropping both frames by a 25-17 margin, effectively handing the match to the Hoyas.

MEN’S SOCCER

Colgate win raises expectations for Tribe

Brendan Doyle

FLAT HAT EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Heading into Saturday’s football game against Colgate, there was one question on the minds of many in Williamsburg: was the optimism about William and Mary premature or misplaced?

But after a thorough 38-10 beatdown of the Raiders, there’s a new thought throughout the city: is the Tribe actually good?

Last season, the Raiders won the Patriot League and advanced to the quarterfinals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association playoffs, knocking off James Madison on its way. This year, the Raiders were ranked No. 13 in the Football Championship Subdivision preseason top-25 and were picked to win the Patriot League. For the Tribe, this was a measuring stick game to see where it matches up with a perennially solid team.

“We wanted to, kind of, compare apples to apples and see where we could compare against a good FCS program,” head coach Mike London said following the game.

It certainly looks like the Tribe measured up, and then some. Heading into the season, there was reason to think that the team would be about as good as last year, if not a smidge better. New energy, a new coach, and a new scheme were all reasons to think that the Tribe would be, at the very least, more interesting to watch.

A season-opening win against a somewhat overmatched foe in Lafayette sparked thoughts that

the Tribe might be better than anticipated, based on the performance of freshman quarterback Hollis Mathis and a veteran defense. The loss to Virginia did nearly nothing to bury those ideas.

But nobody was expecting a cakewalk Saturday.

This was a team that shut out the Tribe 23-0 in an ugly game last season. And, while the Raiders came the eight-and-a-half hours from upstate New York without a win, its two losses were to a Villanova team that is now ranked and Air Force, a Football Bowl Subdivision school. The Raiders were still receiving a considerable number of votes in the top-25 poll, although they weren’t ranked.

Then, the game happened, and it was an absolute romp. The Tribe dominated all three phases of the game, more than doubling up the Raiders in total offense, forcing two interceptions and returning a kickoff for a touchdown at a crucial moment. It looked the part of a good team.

Is it a good team?

That’s a tough question to answer at this point.

The Tribe is certainly better than it has been since at least 2016. But, it may be tough to tell just how good of a football team it is this season, if only for its gantlet of a schedule.

The Colonial Athletic Association is, by far, the best conference in the FCS. It is the Southeastern Conference of this division. But, even by those standards, the league schedule that the Tribe faces is ridiculously hard.

Of the College’s seven CAA games, five are against teams currently ranked in the top-25, including No. 2 James Madison, No. 5 Towson, No. 12 Maine, No. 18 Villanova and No. 22 Elon.

A single win against any of these teams would signal progress. But string a couple together, and the mood around this squad will begin to sound a lot like Jim Mora.

“Playoffs?”

Email Brendan Doyle at bpdoyle@email.wm.edu.

What to watch this week:

Tennis

Soccer

Men’s: at St. Joe’s, at Drexel Men’s: Duke Invt’l Women’s: at Princeton Women’s: Cissie Leary Invt’l

Volleyball At George Mason Invit’l

JAMIE HOLT / THE FLAT HAT

Freshman goalkeeper Kieran Baskett was named CAA Defensive Player of the Week after his 11 saves during the match.

Tribe ties Seahawks in CAA opener Tight match yields indecisive 1-1 deadlock for College at home GAVIN AQUIN FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary hosted North Carolina – Wilmington at Martin Family Stadium Sept.

14. Ultimately, the Tribe (0-2-2, 0-0-1 CAA) and the Seahawks (2-2-1, 0-0-1 CAA) tied in the evenly matched Colonial Athletic Association opener.

Just 35 seconds into the game, the College broke the ice against the Seahawks when freshman forward Alexander Levengood scored his second marker of the season, bringing the score up to 1-0 in favor of the Seahawks.

Senior midfielder Reeves Trott settled a long ball in the attacking third to find freshman forward

Diba Nwegbo at the top of the 18-yard line where the striker was able to give the ball to Levengood, who sent the ball into the post from eight yards out.

The Tribe narrowly missed the opportunity to double its lead in the 59th minute when Nwegbo’s attempt hit off the post and cleared off the goal line. Sophomore back James Bradley played the ball to Nwegbo from the left side of the box, after which Nwegbo cut back to the centre and shot to the far post. The ball made its way back to the center, as it bounded towards the goal, but Levengood’s rebound shot was deflected out for a corner.

In the 89th minute, the Seahawks built up pressure to compete against the Tribe when

midfielder Gabe Mercer made a run into the box, gathering the ball deflected into his path and sending a cross to the penalty area.

Preseason CAA Player of the Year forward Phillip Goodrum sent the ball into the left side of the frame from eight yards out.

The Tribe’s freshman goalkeeper Kieran Baskett played a large role in the game for the Tribe, having registered a career-high 11 saves, including three stops in the second overtime period. The 11 blocks were the most in the CAA since 2016, and the seventh most in the country for this season.

The College will head to Philadelphia for two games Tues.

Sept. 17 against St. Joseph’s and Sat. Sept. 21 against Drexel.

sports

Sports Editor Gavin Aquin Sports Editor Avery Lackner flathatsports@gmail.com @FlatHatSports

The Flat Hat

| Tuesday, September 17, 2019 | Page 10

FOOTBALL

Tribe brushes away Colgate, 38-10

JAMIE HOLT / THE FLAT HAT

A crucial change in defense proved to be critical throughout this week’s game to coincide with a rather impressive offensive performance. The Raiders, who ranked 13th in the preseason poll, appeared ultimately overmatched.

True freshman quarterback Hollis Mathis shines in third career game NATHAN SEIDEL FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary (2-1) rode a first-quarter offensive explosion to rout Colgate (0-3) 38-10 Saturday, with strong play on both offense and defense keeping momentum on its side throughout.

The Tribe began the game on offense and quickly motored across midfield with three rushes from sophomore running back Owen Wright that gained 36 yards. A quick pass to the left flat from freshman quarterback Hollis Mathis to freshman wide receiver Kane Everson advanced the ball to the Raiders’ two-yard line and a quarterback sneak from Mathis capped the 80-yard drive to put the Tribe up 7-0 with 12:02 remaining in the opening period.

After a touchback, the Tribe forced a Raiders threeand-out courtesy of key tackles from junior defensive end Will Kiely and senior nose tackle Bill Murray. The Tribe started its next drive at its own 31 and progressed into Raider territory via a 23-yard catch and run from Mathis to freshman running back Donavyn Lester.

Mathis then lofted a pass to junior wide receiver Zach Burdick to advance to the Raiders’ ten-yard line. The drive stalled at the six-yard line and sophomore kicker Jake Johnston put the Tribe up 10-0 with a field goal that deflected off the right upright and through.

The Raiders mixed runs and passes to cross midfield on their next possession, until a sack by senior linebacker Gavin Johnson forced them into a third down and 13 on their own 49-yard line. They failed to convert and, after almost blocking the punt, the Tribe began its third drive of the evening on its own 29-yard line.

A 49-yard bomb to Burdick advanced the ball into Raiders territory and on the following play, Mathis launched a jump ball into the back of the end zone, which was fought for and caught by junior wide receiver Jordan Lowery to extend the lead to 17-0 as the quarter expired.

The Tribe outgained the Raiders 219-47 in the first quarter and had ten first downs to the Raiders’ two despite running only nine more plays. Mathis threw for 155 yards while averaging 25.8 yards per

completion and Wright added 46 rushing yards.

The Raiders began their next drive with a few productive rushes to move into Tribe territory, but an attempt up the middle on third down was snuffed out by sophomore linebacker Trey Watkins and senior linebacker Nate Atkins. However, a roughing the punter penalty gave the Raiders new life at the Tribe’s 34-yard line. After three plays failed to gain any ground, the Raiders’ third punt of the game bounced into the end zone for a touchback.

The Raiders then forced a three-and-out on the following Tribe possession and returned the punt to the Tribe’s 39-yard line. The Raiders proceeded to lose one yard on three plays and downed their own punt on the one-yard line. The Tribe earned a first down, but it was forced into another punt that gave the Raiders the ball on the Tribe’s 43-yard line.

A 29-yard rush by Raiders running back Malik Twyman then advanced the Raiders into the red zone for the first time of the game and a run from quarterback Jake Froschauer was stopped at the threeyard line. The defense forced a third down and goal but a run to the left side from Twyman got the Raiders on the scoreboard, making it 17-7 with under a minute to play in the first half. The Tribe drive advanced nine yards before the half ended.

The Raiders returned the Tribe’s kickoff to their own 32-yard line to begin the second half. After an opening run, an aborted snap pushed the Raiders’ offense into a third down and 16 yards to go, which they converted with a 24-yard pass to reach midfield. They motored down to the Tribe 29-yard line and the defense forced a fourth down with less than a yard to go. A quarterback keeper earned the first down for the Raiders. Kiely’s fifth tackle of the game forced a third and goal at the fouryard line and an incompletion led to a field goal to cut the Tribe lead to seven with 7:16 remaining in the third.

Freshman safety Bronson Yoder fielded the Raiders’ kickoff at his own seven-yard line and proceeded to slice through the Raiders coverage and jet up the sideline all the way to the end zone to make it 24-10 Tribe with 6:59 left in the third. The defense built on the momentum, with senior safety Isaiah Laster picking off a Froschauer deep ball at the Tribe 30-yard line. The

Tribe’s drive then stalled and a short punt from Mathis rolled just inside the Raider 30.

The Tribe defense proceeded to force its fourth three-and-out of the game, and regained possession at the its own 19-yard line. An 11-yard dart to Lowery on the right sideline ended the third quarter with a first down on the Tribe’s 31-yard line.

After the frenetic start, the Tribe offense managed just 60 total yards and three first downs in the second and third quarters combined. The Raiders continued to lead the possession battle, logging almost 29 minutes to the Tribe’s 16.

Several Wright runs and a glimpse of the triple option with Mathis and senior running back Albert Funderburke started to regain some momentum in the opening stages of the fourth quarter, powering the offense down to the Raider 37-yard line.

More runs and option designs eased into the red zone, and a Funderburke rush to the right advanced inside the 10. On the following play, Wright found a seam up the middle and dashed into the end zone to extend the lead to 31-10 and give him 92 yards rushing on the day.

The defense kept the pressure on, with freshman cornerback Latrelle Smith nabbing the second interception of the game for the Tribe at the Tribe 45yard line. The offense kept its foot on the gas, with a short pass to Lowery and an option run from Wright advancing to the 26-yard line of the Raiders.

Raiders defensive back Collin Heard proceeded to pick off Mathis in the end zone to set the Raiders up at their own 20 with just over eight minutes remaining. A sack from Murray on second down helped stymie the drive and force the Raiders’ sixth punt of the contest.

The following Tribe drive featured runs straight up the middle of the Raiders’ defense, burning over six minutes of clock and culminating in a two-yard touchdown run for Lester to put the Tribe up 38-10 and start the engine of the Raider bus.

London credited physicality and mental resilience for the Tribe’s win after the game.

“What a great win for us in terms of where we are and see how we can compare against a good FCS program,” London said. “I was very pleased that we

played a physical brand of football that could be the mark of what we are, who we are.”

The game plan focused on stopping the Raiders’ rushing attack, which was held to 100 yards on the game.

“It was good to see there was a level of high contact,” London said. “That team was known for running the ball, and we were able to create tackles for loss, third and long situations, sacks, and were able to run the ball ourselves, and that’s the most positive thing we got out of it. You get better from the second game to this game, now the goal is to get better from this game to the next. Tonight was a good, tough, physical win for this program against a good football team.”

Wright finished with 108 rushing yards on the game and credited the structure behind and in front of him for the season-high total.

“We just want to execute,” Wright said. “Try to make no mistakes, just go out there and put points on the board. We were very effective, we slowed down a little bit before going into half, but second half we came out and just put it on them. I’d just like to thank my linemen, beautiful play calling, but we just have to execute at the end of the day.”

In addition to the physical mentality, one of the biggest turning points in the game, according to London, was Yoder’s kickoff return touchdown after the Raiders had cut the lead to seven.

“It was huge,” London said. “The ability to answer right away; he’d been close a couple times, he has the speed and ability to break it. It was one of those turning points that flipped the field, the score, maybe the momentum of the game as well.”

London hopes to build on the success and momentum as the team begins to face in-conference opponents with a rejuvenated outlook.

“This is a new team,” London said. “Our identity is new, our mindset, our resolve is to be as physical as we need to be, create turnovers, run the ball, and play a lot of players. Moving forward, we just want to keep getting better, keep playing, and put ourselves in the driver’s seat to control our own destiny.”

The Tribe returns to action Sept. 21 in Greenville, North Carolina, where it will take on East Carolina (1-2).

FIELD HOCKEY

College obliterated by Tar Heels 8-0, defense falters Top-ranked Tar Heels shut out Tribe, extending team’s early struggles with offensive consistency GAVIN AQUIN FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary travelled to Chapel Hill, North Carolina to compete against No. 1 ranked North Carolina. The College ultimately faltered on its defense and was unable to keep pace with the Tar Heels, falling 8-0.

In the first two minutes, the Tar Heels were immediately on the attack and took two shots which were kicked away by sophomore goalkeeper Kimi Jones. Three minutes in, the Tar Heels earned a penalty corner, during which they scored their second attempt to get a 1-0 lead.

Just a few minutes later, the Tar Heels raised their lead to 2-0 with two long breakaway passes. Jones was able to get a partial stop, but the ball made its way through the pads and into the goal.

By the 13th minute, the Tribe began to show its competitiveness, but it was to no avail; freshman Sally Snead took her first shot

from the high elbow kicked out by Tar Heels goalkeeper Amanda Henry and senior Woodard Hooper swiped it at the rebound, but her attempt swung wide at the post.

The Tar Heels scored an additional goal at the very end of the quarter, scoring their fourth attempt after Jones had prevented their first three point-blank attempts, bringing the score to 3-0.

The second quarter did not bode well for the College despite its best efforts. A shot on goal from sophomore Cara Menges was prevented by the Tar Heels. Despite a weak offense in the quarter, the Tribe did manage to improve its defense.

Keeping up pressure in the third quarter, the Tribe to attempted three shots and a penalty corner early on before the Tar Heels broke past its defense and brought their score up to a 7-0 lead entering the fourth.

Coming into the new quarter, the Tribe still played as if it could possibly catch up to the Tar Heels, fighting until the end despite an additional Tar Heel goal in the 49th minute. Senior Christie

van de Kamp was able to shoot from the corner; her first shot was blocked but she was able to launch it into the goal on rebound.

After an official review, however, the goal was discounted because the shot was too high and therefore ruled dangerous.

The College will stay on the road, travelling to Long Branch, New Jersey to face Monmouth Sun. Sept. 22 in a rematch of last year’s National Collegiate Athletic Association Opening Round game.

ONLINE

FH

Want more Flat Hat Sports coverage?

For your daily dose of all things Tribe Athletics at the College of William and Mary, visit flathatnews.com