The Flat Hat September 18, 2018

Vol. 108, Iss. 13 | Tuesday, September 18, 2018

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CAMPUS

College evacuates for hurricane Precautions taken for Florence include class cancellations, campus shutdown

Richmond Williamsburg

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hile the path of Hurricane Florence shifted away from Williamsburg once classes were cancelled after 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, students, faculty and staff of the College of William and Mary faced delays extending into Sept. 16 which affected academic, work and operational procedures.

According to Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration Sam Jones, the emergency management team started watching Florence’s path the previous week. After recognizing its threat to the Hampton Roads area, they met Monday, Sept. 10, to develop a plan of action.

“Recognizing that it would take some time for students to leave ahead of the storm, the President and Provost approved the EMT recommendation to end classes mid-day Tuesday with students being out of the dorms by Wednesday at 5,” Jones said in an email.

“All of this was student safety driven based on the then current weather forecast and the likelihood the campus could lose power.”

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam issued a state of emergency Sept. 8 and then ordered a mandatory evacuation of coastal, flood-prone areas of Zone A Sept. 10. Zone A included areas of Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore.

Northam also selected the College’s McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center as a state-run evacuation site for evacuees from Zone A. The evacuation order for Zone A was lifted by Northam Sept. 14, and, after consulting with EMT, College President Katherine Rowe and Provost Michael Halleran decided to allow classes to resume Monday, with residence halls opening at noon Sunday, Sept. 16.

To facilitate students’ return, Jones said that College officials worked with a bus company to shuttle students to and from Northern Virginia. In an email sent to faculty members, Halleran asked for professors to be accommodating of students who are unable to return to class on time.

“Just as it took a while for our students to evacuate the campus, it will take a while for them all to return,” Halleran said in an email. “Amtrak is overwhelmed with reservation requests and other modes of transportation are also stressed. So not all of our students will be back on campus for the resumption of classes. I ask, as always in such circumstances, that you exercise your good judgment in accommodating these students, especially in relation to tests, due dates for projects, etc.”

According to Halleran, no changes will be made to the academic calendar for lost days of instruction, though changes may become more likely if another hurricane threatens the College this fall.

The evacuation order also caused some concern for the College’s hourly workers, as evidenced by a petition that arose Sept. 15 on Change.org. But Chief Human Resources Officer John Poma said that while hourly workers at the College were unable to work their scheduled hours, the impact to them will not be significant.

See EVACUATIONS page 3

Williamsburg businesses change staff, hours after students leave

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MADELINE MONROE // FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

As students at the College of William and Mary were forced to evacuate from Myrtle Beach residence halls by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.

12, in anticipation of Hurricane Florence, local businesses had to adjust to a decline in customers.

Eric Christenson, owner of vegetarian restaurant LOKAL, said that the Prince George Street business has slowed as a result of the student evacuation order, and has had to cut its staff as well as its hours.

“Staffing has been reduced,” Christenson Amount, in millions, of said.

“We’ve also cost to Virginia taxpayers adjusted our hours for Hurricane Florence because we usually stay open to support student preparations in the past studying.

[Saturday], two weeks we’re going to shut down at 4:30, 5 o’clock, just because there’s nobody around.”

The evacuation order, which was given Tuesday, Sept. 11, was made at a time when Florence was predicted to affect the Hampton Roads area.

Original forecasts Tuesday anticipated that the hurricane would deluge Williamsburg and the surrounding areas with 5-15 inches of rain, according to the WYDaily. The order also cancelled classes from 12:30 p.m. through the rest of the week and closed not only residence halls, but the rest of campus by 5 p.m. Wednesday.

While the threat to Williamsburg waned by Thursday as the hurricane’s path drifted further south along the Carolina coast, businesses saw a severe drop in customers from the day

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the evacuation order was put in place until Sunday, Sept.

16, when students were allowed to return to campus.

Manager Mirella Minichiello of Sal’s by Victor off of Richmond Road also noted that the Italian establishment had been quiet last week and that the slowdown was reminiscent of ones caused by other hurricanes over the years. Unlike LOKAL, Sal’s did not make as many alterations to its operations.

“We didn’t change our business hours,” Minichiello said. “We had some staff reductions.”

Operating Partner of Green Leafe, Paul’s Deli and College Delly Michelle Elliot said that all three businesses have seen a lower turnout in student and faculty customers as a result of the evacuation order but have seen evacuees from outside of Williamsburg visit instead.

“Being that the students were evacuated or asked to leave Wednesday at 5 p.m., those who were able to stay living off campus are still coming in, but those who obviously left are not,” Elliot said. “As far as it being quiet, yes it’s definitely quiet, but we are getting guests that are coming in who evacuated to Williamsburg. So definitely still seeing the traffic of locals, visitors and some students.”

Off-campus students who stayed made time to visit local establishments, including gyms, nearby bars and restaurants in New Town, Virginia. Hannah Caffacus ’19 said she decided to stay in Williamsburg along with her housemates because the original forecast predicted similar impacts for her hometown of Richmond, Virginia, and she did not feel safe driving with other evacuees.

“I mostly just hung around and worked out and did homework while I was here,” Caffacus said. “I visited my gym, which is Drachen Crossfit. We went to Paul’s, and I went to the Green Leafe. … My gym was pretty normal because most of the people who go there live here in town and aren’t students. But when we were at Paul’s and the Green Leafe, they were definitely, totally empty.”

Kelsey Creech ’19, who is a local of Williamsburg, said she evacuated to her house near campus and spent some time with friends.

“I stayed home and went out with some of my friends from high school who also got evacuated and we went out Thursday,” See BUSINESSES page 4

GRAPHIC BY MADELINE MONROE / THE FLAT HAT

Today’s Weather

Index Profile News Opinions Variety

Sports

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Inside Opinions

Removal of guest swipes is annoying surprise, makes accommodating visitors more challenging

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Stormy, High 87, Low 70

Anna Boustany ’21 says that the removal of guest swipes from meal plans is a frustrating inconvenience for students and visitors alike. page 6

Surprise Vacation

Students not affected personally by Hurricane Florence enjoy the unexpected time away from campus by exploring the East Coast. page 7

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THE BUZZ

We’re looking for men who aren’t trying to join a stereotypical fraternity. William and Mary doesn’t have a stereotypical Greek life. Men join a fraternity thinking they’re [going to] get a certain experience and they get into trouble. We’re recruiting men of better character and quality and those men become leaders on campus.”

— Lambda Chi Alpha Senior Educational Leadership Consultant Jonathan Gottwald on the the fraternity’s recruitment goals

Rocking ‘n’ rolling with the punches

POLICE BEAT

Sept. 10-16

After 40 years Jay Nedry ’18 graduates, pursues career teaching music SARAH SMITH // FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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Sept. 10, 2018 — In a haze: Police reported an incidence of marijuana possession at Lafayette Street and Virginia Avenue.

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Sept. 13, 2018 — Shenanigans on Scotland: Police reported a charge of public drunkenness on Scotland Street.

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Friday, Sept. 14 — Danger on the road: Ernest Wilson, 46, was arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended or revoked license on Richmond Road.

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Sunday, Sept. 16 — Not sharp on the wheel: Kristopher Byrd, 29, was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol on York Street.

POLICE BEAT BY SARAH GREENBERG, KARINA VIZZONI / THE FLAT HAT

A THOUSAND WORDS

COURTESY PHOTO / THE ROADDUCKS

Jay Nedry ’18, who still tours with his band, The Roadducks, is enrolled at George Mason University, working on a master’s thesis on the history of rock and roll.

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CORRECTIONS An article published in the Sept. 4 issue, “College to honor enslaved people through memorial,” misstated the date by which memorial concept submissions will be sought. The memorial competition will run through Oct. 12, not Oct. 28.

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Each week, The Flat Hat profiles one person — a student, faculty or staff member, or alum that is deeply connected to the College of William and Mary. This week, The Flat Hat presents its third profile in a series about nontraditional students on campus.

In the fall of 1969, the United States was in the middle of the Vietnam War, the legal drinking age was 18, and Jay Nedry ’18 was beginning his first semester at the College of William and Mary. What should have been a two-year stint in the College’s ROTC program turned into almost 50 years of traveling, taking classes and playing plenty of rock music.

Nedry went to high school in Staunton, Virginia, at the Staunton Military Academy. When he graduated, he had two years of ROTC credit, which he says made doing the ROTC program at the College an obvious choice. However, in December of 1969, he sat waiting to find out whether or not he’d be drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. Changing times on campus “They needed so many guys to go to Vietnam that they said, ‘We have to make this fair to everyone, and we’re going to have a lottery,’” Nedry said. “Every boy who was born in 1950 [picked] a lottery number. … We gathered in the basement of Yates Hall, and we watched them pick our fate on national television.”

Just a few weeks later, on a trip down to Florida to see Led Zeppelin, Nedry was in a car accident that broke his back and changed the direction of his life. Over the next few years, Nedry broke his back several more times — in April 1972, Nedry was still working on course work to complete his first year at the College. Then, he broke his back again.

In the meantime, Nedry was not oblivious to the changing times on campus. He saw the end of visitation policies — College rules forbidding men and women from visiting each other’s dorm rooms — as well as changes to alcohol policies on campus. During this period, he visited a bar in Blow Memorial Hall that would serve students. He also witnessed a major historical moment in the student body’s reaction to the Vietnam War. “In May of 1970 … kids were protesting the Vietnam War, and four of them got killed at Kent State,” Nedry said. “So many students gathered in the Wren Courtyard two days after it; almost half of the student body was in the Wren Courtyard.

We went out on Richmond Road between the driveway at the Bryan Complex and Paul’s Deli. We sat in Richmond Road and blocked traffic coming into Williamsburg … Richmond Road was the only way to get into Colonial Williamsburg at the time.”

Nedry said that prior to the Kent State shootings, he felt that not as many students were active in protests against the war. However, he said that afterward, the campus community was much more involved. After the sit-in on Richmond Road, the College ended the semester ahead of schedule, sending students home early and postponing exams until the fall semester.

The Roadducks hit the road After Nedry’s final back injury, he transferred to James Madison University, which was called Madison College at the time. For approximately two years, Nedry attended JMU, but then he dropped out to travel the country with his band, The Roadducks.

Nedry started The Roadducks with friends he made during his freshman year at the College, including Bob Gaynor ’74.

The Roadducks are based out of West Springfield, Virginia, and Nedry has played 5,470 shows with the band, lived in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and New Haven, Connecticut, and toured for over 40 years. Nedry has also run nightclubs, booking acts he’d

previously toured with and other bands he admired.

When Gaynor passed away in April 2014, Nedry saw that as a chance to, as he said, “get serious.” For Nedry, this meant finishing his degree back where he started it.

“I didn’t want a college education — I wanted a William and Mary education,” Nedry said. “I didn’t want a college degree — I wanted a William and Mary degree because it’s the best.

The faculty is phenomenal. I hadn’t been in school for 40 years, didn’t know how to turn my computer on … but I wanted to see if I could compete academically or intellectually, compete against the best.”

Nedry started full-time at the College in the summer of 2016 and graduated two years later with a GPA of 3.82 — something he said he’s proud of because he learned to work seriously and didn’t miss a single class.

“I’m taking The History of William and Mary with [Executive Director of Historic Campus Susan Kern, Ph.D. ’05]. She runs The Brafferton, the Wren Building, the President’s House,” Nedry said. “I’ve had classes with [Leisa Meyer]. I went back to William and Mary to get my ass kicked by teachers like that. I got an A in all three classes I took with [Meyer]. I earned that, and that’s why I went back. To learn how kids are learning today.”

Even though Nedry graduated in 2018, he’s not done taking classes at the College. This semester he’s enrolled in two: Kern’s The History of William and Mary and a Victorian literature course with English professor Mary Melfi.

“I’m not through educating myself,” Nedry said.

Mastering his craft Nedry is also still touring with his band and is enrolled in a master’s program at George Mason University. His goal is to teach history at a community college after he graduates. He’s also working on research for his master’s thesis — a look at the history of rock and roll from 1950-70.

“I got a little transistor radio in the 1950s — they became quite a phenomenon,” Nedry said. “A transistor radio is like a bicycle; it provided you freedom … you could sit in your treehouse or your fort and you could listen to rock and roll, the stuff you couldn’t listen to when you’re home. ... My generation grew up with the [Brown v. Board of Education] decision.

Schools were segregated, and then they were integrated; I grew up with Jim Crow. I’ve watched a lot of these things change, and I’m going to be able to teach my students this, going to be able to give them the context of this. I’m going to use the music of the period as the soundtrack.”

Now, Nedry spends time in Northern Virginia taking his graduate classes and working as a teaching assistant at the Northern Virginia Community College’s Loudoun County campus and in Williamsburg taking undergraduate classes purely for the sake of education. When he’s not in the classroom, he’s still out touring with his band, which he’s sworn to keep alive for as long as possible.

“I started going to William and Mary when I was 13,” Nedry said. “I went to band school for a month in Monroe Hall. I’ve been associated with the College for 54 years. I’m like a little kid that’s been given a do-over, and I’ve taken full advantage.

I’ll always hope to be able to take classes here.”

Nedry said he is very thankful for the people he’s met at the College and the relationships he’s been able to form, including a friendship with former College President Taylor Reveley. He said he treasures a photo he has of himself with Reveley after he received his diploma.

“If I’m not the happiest William and Mary graduate, then I am certainly in the top three,” Nedry said. “I’ve never been happier than when I’m back in Williamsburg.”

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STUDENT ASSEMBLY

Student Assembly creates ride-sharing plan Google form helps students find transportation off campus, evacuate for hurricane When the College of William and Mary notified students Tuesday, Sept. 11 that all residence halls must be empty by 5 p.m. the following day, members of Student Assembly began brainstorming what they could do to help. The result was an online form that students could fill out if they needed a ride or had extra space in their car.

According to Class of 2021 President Dave DeMarco ’21, he had the idea for the form almost as soon as the first TribeAlert message was sent that day.

“I was eating at Sadler at the time, and in realizing how myopic my evacuation plan was, I looked around the dining hall and quickly figured I was not alone,” DeMarco said in a written response. “With everyone frantically calling their family and grasping for last-minute rides, I knew it was our job as SA to create a support system to facilitate the evacuation and aid our poorly thought-out emergency plans. It is simply our job to serve.”

All classes were cancelled after 12:30 p.m.

Sept. 11, and students were encouraged to prep their rooms and common spaces of their residence halls for evacuation. The TribeAlert message also contained a check list for students living in basement or first-floor rooms, including advice to clear windowsills and pick up extension

cords that were on the floor.

After this alert, SA class presidents sent out the form on various social media platforms and through class Listservs. The form was also posted in the Facebook page “Swampy Memes for Twampy Teens.”

“All of the class presidents sent out emails to their class listservs asking people who needed

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I was eating at Sadler at the time, and in realizing how myopic my evacuation plan was, I looked around the dining hall and quickly figured out I was not alone.

— Dave DeMarco ‘21

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SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

rides to fill out a form and people who were able to give rides to fill out a form,” Class of 2019 President Sikander Zakriya ’19 said in a written response. “We also used Facebook groups such as TribeRides, our class groups, and Swampy Memes to publicize the forms so we could cover as many students as possible.”

Class of 2020 President Kelsey Vita ’20 said she thought the rideshare forms were effective, and that SA was able to act quickly with little preparation.

“Considering the short amount of time we had to put the system together, I think it was decently effective,” Vita said in a written response. “During the first set of forms, we had around one hundred students offer to give rides, and most people who requested a ride were matched. However, the rides back to campus form was not as great of a success, as we had less students offering to give rides and a lot of students requesting rides the morning of.”

Vita said that if SA chose to do something similar in the future, she would like to see SA implement a more defined time frame for the form to be open, so students would not be requesting rides the same day they needed them. She also said that she would like to see SA help students develop more concrete evacuation plans, especially for out-of-state students.

“There are always opportunities for creative improvements,” DeMarco said in a written statement. “Often, organizations like to throw

money at issues to create solutions, but this is not always necessary. We have a tight-knit community here at [William and Mary], and sometimes all we need is a structure in place to tap into that community. I was gleefully horrified when the “Need Rides” form started getting responses. While we were now able to help these people, the forms’ abundant use indicated a large hole in our support/security system here at [William and Mary]. There is much more to do to be better prepared for disasters.”

Zakriya said he was proud of the work that SA did to help students, to supplement the College’s evacuation plan and to bring back to students to campus after the mandatory evacuation was over.

“I think SA stepped up in a big way to fill in a gap in the administration’s plan to evacuate and to bring back students to campus after the evacuation,” Zakriya said in a written response.

“Unfortunately, SA had to gather the same information that the administration already had in the mandatory Emergency Evacuation Plans we all had to fill out. This took some unnecessary time and hassle but we were successful in the end in matching as many students as we could with rides. It seems to me the administration has some thinking to do when it comes to evaluating their evacuation plans for the future as a student led approach, while effective, cannot cover everyone and doesn’t have the same resources as the school could employ in ensuring students’ safety.”

WILLIAMSBURG

New owners purchase Aromas, Hounds Tale, Corner BARkery Don, Geri Pratt plan to sell their three establishments to Michelle, Steve Sieling LEONOR GRAVE FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

At the turn of the millennium, Don and Geri Pratt opened a little coffee shop on Prince George Street called Aromas. More than 16 years later, that business has grown into Aromas World Specialty Coffees, Gourmet Bakery and Café, with additional locations in Earl Gregg Swem Library and Newport News, Virginia.

The Pratts also expanded to other business ventures, opening The Hound’s Tale restaurant in 2015 and the animal-themed Corner BARkery along with it earlier this year.

However, these Williamsburg institutions are starting a new chapter: The Pratts announced Sept. 10 that Michelle and Steve Sieling will become the new owners of these establishments starting Oct. 1.

“We’re so excited to be part of the university,” Michelle Sieling said. “It’s a wonderful town, it’s wonderful students, and we’re very, very excited to be part of Williamsburg and the College [of William and Mary]” The newly created company operates the three Aromas, The

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The Hounds Tale is one of three establishments switching ownership this year.

Hound’s Tale and the Corner BARkery. While the Sielings are the new owners, the Pratts are not going gently into that good night — they will remain active in daily operations for the next 18 months and are also company board members.

The transition into new ownership, as Michelle Sieling describes it, was entirely natural. The Sielings moved to Williamsburg from Chicago, Illinois, after the cold winter they experienced there in 2015. Michelle Sieling started working as a bookkeeper for the Pratts about a year after she moved to Williamsburg, and the two couples became friends. When the Sielings mentioned to the Pratts that they were interested in starting a local business, the Pratts suggested they just take theirs over.

“I’d been talking to my husband about wanting to start a business here in Williamsburg,” Michelle Sieling said. “It’s a daunting task to start a company new from scratch and I really enjoy hospitality. I love good food.”

One day, Michelle Sieling mentioned this dream to Geri Pratt, who suggested that instead of starting a business from the ground up, the Sielings should look into buying the Pratts’ businesses, and the rest is history.

“I came home and talked to my husband, like ‘You’re not going to believe this,’” Michelle Sieling said.

While Michelle Sieling has experience with administration and bookkeeping, hospitality and restaurant work is something new for the Sielings.

“I’ve always thought about owning my own restaurant,” Michelle Sieling said. “It’s been something in the back of my mind and it’s become more of a thought and reality. We’ve gotten settled here in Williamsburg and we just love the town and it’s one of those things that we’ve talked about, but it never came to light until talking to Don and Geri.”

To Michelle Sieling , Aromas is the quintessential neighborhood coffee house, and she and her husband frequented it long before they considered buying it.

“It’s so cute and quaint and cozy and you go in there and staff always greet you with a smile and it just feels warm and homey,” Michelle Sieling said. “You always feel welcome when you go in there, and the baked goods are absolutely delicious, they’re fresh and creative. And, of course, the coffee’s outstanding.”

Michelle Sieling said that she also sees the important role

Aromas especially plays within the College of William and Mary community.

“Being located at the library and across the way, [Aromas] is a casual, warm, comfortable setting where you can come in with your laptop and do your work, and meet with other students and work on papers and projects together,” Michelle Sieling said. “It’s very affordable, which can be very helpful when you’re in college.”

This welcoming environment for students at Aromas is something Michelle Sieling said she hopes to continue, and even work to improve.

“Don and Geri have done an amazing job in making aromas part of William and Mary and being so accessible and open,” Michelle Sieling said. “It’s wonderful to have a nice Aromas café at the library for students and that is a huge benefit. I look at my husband and I who both went to university of Iowa together, we’re like ‘Oh my God, we’d die if we had something like this at college.”

The Sielings and the Pratts insist that despite the change in management, all three Aromas locations, The Hound’s Tale and the Corner BARkery will remain largely the same as they have been.

“The goal of this transition is to make it be as seamless as possible,” Michelle Sieling said. “My husband and I, being younger, we’re excited to invest and keep this around for another 25, 30 years.”

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Aromas was established in 2000 by Don and Geri Pratt on Prince George Street.

CAMPUS

Threat of Hurricane Florence forces College closure, evacuations Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered state-managed shelter to open on campus EVACUATIONS from page 1

“… [B]ecause hourly workers are limited by law to no more than 1,500 hours from May 1st to April 30th, and because we typically have to limit hours for many hourly employees in April, we anticipate minimal to no effect,” Poma said in an email. “The hours should be relatively easy to make up. It’s never an ideal situation to close but we have to make those decisions in the best interest of the safety of campus. When they are hired, hourly workers understand that their schedules may change from week-to-week but they will have an opportunity to make up the hours.”

According to Poma, the College retains 143 hourly workers, and 12 work in facilities management. Poma said that the College’s overtime-eligible facilities employees are salaried non-exempt.

Resident District Manager of William and Mary Dining Services Jason Aupied said that

80 percent of dining services employees are full time.

“During the closure for Hurricane Florence, Dining Services’ frontline employees missed 13 hours on average over the 4 days,” Aupied said in an email. “Full time employees were able to use vacation time to cover missed hours if they chose to.”

While the College ceased to operate temporarily, Williamsburg was unscathed by Florence. The City of Williamsburg did not need to activate its Emergency Operations Center, according to a press release.

As the original forecast of 5 to 15 inches of rain changed, impacts to Williamsburg became minimal. The City still conducted routine preparations.

In anticipation of the hurricane, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam opened two statemanaged shelters in the Coastal Virginia area, one at Christopher Newport University in Newport News and the other on the campus of

the College.

The shelter on campus opened Oct. 11 and was located at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center at 705 South Henry Street, near the Marshall-Wythe School of Law. It was open to anyone living in mandatory evacuation zones.

Although the shelter was prepared to house up to 1,500 people, it ended up only being used by about two people, according to director of external affairs at the Virginia Department of Emergency Management Jeff Caldwell.

“It was not heavily utilized, about a handful of folks,” Caldwell said.

Caldwell said that the shelter location at the College was never intended to be a primary shelter option, but rather was meant to support local shelters in the event that they reached capacity.

However, the hurricane trajectory prevented that from happening locally.

“The storm turned south and spared

Virginia of the brunt of the impact,” Caldwell said.

While the VDEM prepared for the option of sheltering people from other states impacted by the hurricane, and remained open until the storm made landfall, the people who ended up using the shelter came from the Coastal Virginia area.

Interim City Manager Andrew Trivette said that he appreciated the low impact to the City of Williamsburg and surrounding areas as well as the readiness of the residents.

“I am thankful for the way City staff, residents and businesses reacted to storm forecasts and warnings,” Trivette said in a statement. “Despite not being greatly impacted the threat was serious and the community reacted appropriately. That is precisely what is needed to get a community through serious weather events.”

— News Editor Leonor Grave also contributed to this article.

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CAMPUS

Petition circulates as College drops in U.S. News rankings Provost Michael Halleran attributes shift to change in ranking methodology U.S. News & World Report released their 2019 undergraduate institution rankings Monday, Sept.

10. The College of William and Mary dropped in national rankings, something that College administrators have attributed to a change in methodology. Some alumni, displeased with this explanation, have started a petition through Change.org, asking that the Board of Visitors stop “devaluing diplomas.”

In 2018, the College was ranked 32nd among all national public universities. In 2019, the College was ranked 38th. Out of 2018’s top-50 universities, seven saw drops of five or more places in the 2019 rankings.

According to Provost Michael Halleran, the shift in rankings can be attributed to a change in U.S. News’ methodology. Halleran said that U.S. News de-emphasized graduation and retention rates and emphasized newer categories like the number of Pell Grant recipients.

“The rules changed this year, and we are seeing the impact,” Halleran said in a press statement. “It is satisfying that W&M continues to be recognized among the best for undergraduate teaching.

Overall, we remain among the top institutions. We also realize that no one ranking can fully capture all that the university has to offer. That said, we know rankings matter to people who matter to us, and we want them to capture the quality of our education.

The reality is that a move up or down won’t change the fact that William & Mary offers one of the very best academic experiences in the country.”

The number of Pell Grant recipients contributes to the social mobility metric — one of the additions to U.S. News’ methodology. According to Halleran, this is the most significant factor that caused changes to the College’s rankings.

Sixteen percent of in-state students in the class of 2021 are Pell Grant recipients, but among outof-state students, these numbers are lower. For the class of 2022, five percent of out-of-state students receive Pell Grants.

“William & Mary is not able, at this time, to meet the full financial need for out-of-state students,” Halleran said in a press statement. “This is a real

concern and one of the reasons our For the Bold campaign’s top priority is scholarship support for both in-state and out-of-state students. Ultimately, increasing further the socioeconomic diversity of William & Mary will require stronger financial aid resources that enable us to provide financial aid packages for out-of-state students more comparable to what we can currently arrange for in-state students. While we must realize this will take time — this Is not something that changes overnight — it is something we are committed to doing.”

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I’m sure most alumni and students aren’t happy about this rankings collapse.

It makes it tougher for students to gain admission to graduate school and to get jobs in certain industries.

— Lance Kyle ‘87

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The magazine’s methodology looks at six objective categories: outcomes — which includes social mobility, graduation and retention rates and graduation rate performance — faculty resources, student excellence and alumni giving. Outcome compromises 35 percent of the ranking. Faculty resources includes class size, faculty salary and other faculty ratios and is 20 percent of the ranking.

Financial resources are 10 percent, student excellence is 10 percent and alumni giving is five percent of the ranking.

The one subjective category is the expert opinion category which is 20 percent of the ranking and includes peer and counselor assessments.

According to a U.S. News’ press release, the outcomes category is given the most weight because the organization believes degree completion is necessary to receive the benefits of an undergraduate education.

“More than one-third of a school’s rank comes from its success at retaining and graduating students within 150 percent of normal time (six years),” U.S. News’ said in a press release. “It receives the highest weight in our rankings because degree completion is necessary to receive the full benefits of undergraduate study from employers and graduate schools. We approach outcomes from angles of social mobility (5 percent), graduation and retention (22 percent), and graduation rate performance (8 percent).”

The Change.org petition, which now has been signed by 37 individuals, is addressed to the Board of Visitors. The petition claims that the U.S. News’ rankings are the “gold standard” of rankings and should be taken seriously. It also claims that student applications will drop in coming years.

It then lists 13 ways that the Board of Visitors has “failed” in the eyes of the petition’s drafters.

In one of these grievances, petitioners claim that the requirements of the new COLL curriculum are weaker than the General Educational Requirements program. The alliances category claims that the College should not have merged with the Eastern Virginia Medical School and instead have formed its own STEM graduate program.

Lance Kyle ’87, a supporter of the petition, said he is upset by the drop in rank because he believes it devalues the degree that he earned from the College.

“It should be self-evident why these rating declines across the board are distressing,” Kyle said in an email. “This may be a reporting situation where presenting just the information is called for, not opinions on both sides of the issue. … I’m sure most alumni and students aren’t happy about this rankings collapse. It makes it tougher for students to gain admission to graduate school and to get jobs in certain industries.”

38 Place the College of William and Mary ranks in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report

5% Proportion of out-of-state students in the class of 2022 who are Pell Grant recipients.

37 Number of signatures on the Change.org petition listing 13 ways that the Board of Visitors needs to improve

FRATERNITY LIFE

Lambda Chi Alpha to return to campus as part of IFC expansion Interfraternity Council votes to select three fraternities based on programs, policy stances In September 2015, the Interfraternity Council voted to expand the number of chapters on campus, a process that ended with three fraternities receiving invitations to establish at the College of William and Mary.

One of these fraternities, Lambda Chi Alpha, is currently in the midst of its re-establishment period.

According to Assistant Director of Student Leadership Development Joe Wheeless, 18 national and international fraternities participated in this expansion process and three were selected.

Wheeless said that a committee of IFC fraternity members evaluated the participating fraternities and then made a recommendation to the IFC. The IFC chose to adopt these recommendations.

“The qualities each fraternity were evaluated on were program offerings, staff support during and after the expansion semester, history at W&M, various policy stances on sexual misconduct, hazing, drugs, and alcohol, and other things,” Wheeless said in an email. “Lambda Chi Alpha is the second of a three fraternity expansion. Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) was first and Alpha Sigma Phi will be coming to campus in fall 2019.”

This is not Lambda Chi Alpha’s first time on campus. In 2013, the national organization revoked the College’s Epsilon Alpha chapter’s charter and suspended the chapter’s operations April 29, 2013, following several allegations of hazing.

Prior to this semester’s re-establishment of Lambda Chi Alpha, there were 15 fraternities in the IFC. These fraternities are Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Chi, Delta Phi, Kappa Alpha, Kappa Delta Rho, Kappa Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Tau, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Sigma Pi. Wheeless said that bringing new fraternities to campus brings a new perspective to the student community.

“Adding new fraternities will bring some new perspectives to a community that can easily be comfortable,” Wheeless said in an email. “Lambda Chi Alpha received high marks on its approach to programming for its members, the support given to new

members who are establishing a new group, the long history with W&M and the number of alumni that are becoming involved. I think that will allow students to see something different offered on campus who might not have initially been interested in joining a fraternity. It is rare that students get the opportunity to build a fraternity from the ground up.”

Lambda Chi Alpha Senior Educational Leadership Consultant Jonathan Gottwald said the fraternity is looking for men that are looking for a new fraternity experience, rather than something stereotypical.

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We are recolonizing. We are not trying to be different but to distinguish ourselves as men of good character. We take charity seriously; giving back to the community is important to us.

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SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

“Lambda Chi Alpha is coming back onto campus,” Gottwald said. “We are recolonizing. We are not trying to be different but to distinguish ourselves as men of good character. We take charity very seriously; giving back to the community is important to us.

When we’re looking at men we’re keeping this in mind. We’re not looking for anything stereotypical, we’re looking for men who put this first.”

Gottwald also said that Lambda Chi Alpha does not view charity simply as giving money.

“In general, being very involved on campus, Lambda Chis are

guys people can go to,” Gottwald said. “The guys who support others on campus, in being generous with time and energy and being stewards of William and Mary. Charity in the sense of giving of time and effort, not money.”

According to Gottwald, the biggest difference between Lambda Chi Alpha and other fraternities on campus right now is that it is currently a colony, and will become a chapter when its members complete their first associate member ceremony.

“When we do our first associate member ceremony they are members, not initiates,” Gottwald said. “That is the conception of the colony on campus. Then they will be elected to officer positions. We want to get them to a point where they feel comfortable steering the ship by themselves. Not only are we doing the recruitment side of things but also the education. We want to show these men how to ‘do fraternity’ the right way.”

Currently, Gottwald said the fraternity is working to gain traction on campus. Lambda Chi Alpha is having one-on-one meetings with interested men and forming connections with students who would help grow the organization. Gottwald said that it is important for the fraternity to help recruit men that will be leaders on campus.

Gottwald said that he appreciates how the College’s fraternity and sorority culture is not stereotypical, and that one of Lambda Chi Alpha’s goals is to establish a chapter with good character that will add to the College in a positive manner.

“We’re looking for me n who aren’t trying to join a stereotypical fraternity,” Gottwald said. “William and Mary doesn’t have a stereotypical Greek life. Men join a fraternity thinking they’re gonna get a certain experience, and then they get into trouble.

We’re recruiting men of better character and quality and those men become leaders on campus.”

Wheeless said that he is excited to see how Lambda Chi Alpha grows and adapts in order to fit with the interests of students at the College today.

“I’m looking forward to seeing how Lambda Chi Alpha creates the Lambda Chi Alpha at William & Mary experience that is compatible with today’s students,” Wheeless said in an email.

“With over 80 years of history at W&M, there is a lot of opportunity for the new members to establish what their version of Lambda Chi Alpha at William & Mary is.”

WILLIAMSBURG

Hoang: ‘The only thing we were really worried about was losing power’ Students who decided to stay on campus reported no significant disturbances to routine BUSINESSES from page 1

Creech said. “There’s not much happening. … We went to the Corner Pocket [in New Town]. Not many people were there.”

Like Creech, Alisa Hoang ’19 also went out Thursday night. She said that College Delly was empty,

but Brickhouse Tavern was well populated.

Hoang decided to stay in her offcampus house and ride out the storm with her housemate, who she said is interested in meteorology and kept track of the hurricane.

“We were both willing to bear the storm — we were actually kind

of excited,” Hoang said. “We were hoping that it would pour. The only thing we were really worried about was losing the power.”

Interim City Manager Andrew Trivette thanked community members and business owners in Williamsburg for their commitment to safety in the face of emergency.

He recommended that residents stay informed and mindful of changing weather. Trivette also warned residents that the hurricane season was not over and that residents should be prepared for any upcoming storms by maintaining their emergency kits and plans for future evacuations.

“I would like to thank City residents and businesses for taking the threat of Hurricane Florence seriously and for looking out for each other,” Trivette said in a press release. “Your response and the great work by City staff demonstrate the importance of preparedness in managing an emergency.”

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College evacuation results in time with family, relaxation

Sarah Farney

FLAT HAT VARIETY ASSOC. EDITOR

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Evacuation demonstrates community’s strengths

Sharon Kim

FLAT HAT GUEST WRITER

Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 hurricane, is currently hitting the East Coast and leaving significant damage. When I first heard about the storm, I was just hoping for classes to be canceled, knowing well that the College of William and Mary wasn’t close enough to be severely impacted and that the administration wouldn’t cancel school unless there was an imminent threat to the campus.

It was officially announced Tuesday, Sept.

11, that classes would be canceled and that all students were required to evacuate. I remember opening the email and thinking I was delirious. It hit me that the evacuation was really happening only after the multiple Banner notifications and emails.

The automated phone calls and panicky texts from my parents helped too. I was a little scared. Implement my evacuation plan?

The only reason I even filled it out was because it was mandatory in order to get room keys. In hindsight, I should have come up with a better plan that didn’t involve hitchhiking or paying $500 for an Uber.

I frantically tried to find a way back home (pro tip: Be friends with people who have cars). As a kid from Northern Virginia, I had it easy, but I was wondering how out-of-state students and international

students were going to evacuate.

Meanwhile, my phone was flooding with notifications from Facebook, GroupMe and Gmail. Six different clubs sent me emails about how they can provide shelter or transportation. The Student Assembly was also quick to send out a spreadsheet to arrange rides. I was surprised at the generosity and support of the College’s community. People were finding ways to help others before figuring out what they were going to themselves. I was in my residence hall when a random girl I had never met before asked if I had a ride. She even offered her house as a place to stay. Later that day, when I was panicking about the whole situation, a staff member wished me good luck and reassured me. Most of these people were people I didn’t even know.

It was then when I realized why I love the College so much: the people. What makes us unique is our supportive community and our concern for others. Even if we don’t necessarily know each other, we still do what we can to help each other, even if it may not be convenient for us. You might say that people come together in times of crises and this experience isn’t unique to the College. But my personal experiences at other institutions involved a more cut-throat environment where everyone was on their own, even in times like this.

Whereas, even now, students at the College are still finding ways to help not only people within our community, but also others affected by the hurricane.

Although the hurricane has brought heavy rain and strong winds, it has also brought me a greater appreciation for my community.

I was also able to grow closer and spend more time with friends through raiding the local Target for food and water and yelling at other twamps on I-95. It truly was an unforgettable experience I couldn’t imagine having anywhere else.

Email Sharon Kim at skim37@email.wm.edu

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It was then when I realized why I love the College so much: the people. What makes us unique is our supportive community and our concern for others.

The morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, I was walking with my boyfriend, arguing about possible hurricane evacuations. We made a bet: I thought with all the paranoia surrounding the Category 4 hurricane hurtling towards us, school would be evacuated. My boyfriend disagreed — he thought we would have classes off but stay in the ‘Burg. The stakes: $5. About 20 minutes later I was packing my bags, frantically texting friends for a ride home and $5 richer.

When the news of our evacuation came that morning, I was shocked but thrilled. My week was packed full of a macroeconomics quiz, computer science project, government paper and sorority recruitment prep.

Not to mention I was beginning to get a cold. Nothing sounded better than a week in bed and some of my mom’s homemade chicken noodle soup.

However, my roommate did not feel the same way. Being from Ohio, she was stressed about finding a way home or, alternatively, finding a place to stay when we were kicked off campus. One quick call to my mom and Claire was joining me in Richmond, Virginia, for what my parents deemed “a hurricane party.”

Unfortunately, our hurricane party was short lived because upon realizing our evacuation was longer than fall break, Claire returned to Ohio to visit her family.

The beginning of my break was spent how I imagine many other students spent their time off: doing absolutely nothing. Most of my days were spent lounging on my couch, marathoning the end of “Bachelor in Paradise” and napping.

While I didn’t do anything worthwhile, I felt rejuvenated (and no longer sick!) when I arrived back on campus. When I was productive over break, I prepped meals for when I came back to campus. Some of my cooking highlights include Oreo balls (a childhood favorite), caramel apple cupcakes and barbecue.

I also went grocery shopping to stock my pantry with fresh fruits, vegetables and dairy to replace what I had thrown away before leaving my apartment, worried they would spoil if we lost power. Uncharacteristically, during the latter part of the week, I was productive and got ahead of my school work for the upcoming weeks. Most importantly, the break gave me time to spend with my family and friends. While in my hometown, I was able to reconnect with high school friends who go to University of Richmond.

My siblings were given Friday off from school (despite the hurricane missing Richmond almost entirely), so we had family dinner and game night. I also got to cuddle and play with my dog, who I’ve missed dearly since being back at the College of William and Mary. My stance on the evacuation: it was an unnecessary but nice break from the fast pace of campus life.

I’m sure if I was an upperclassman with research deadlines, the evacuation would have felt frustrating.

If I was a freshman from out of state, I can only imagine the stress of trying to coordinate a place to stay before having a stable friend group on campus. However, all of my assignment deadlines were pushed back, and I only live an hour away, so I was lucky to avoid the inconveniences many students experienced. I appreciated this break for the time I got to spend with family and the much-needed relaxation.

Email Sarah Farney at sefarney@email.wm.edu

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College’s hourly staff deserving of pay despite Hurricane Florence evacuation

Reid Champlin FLAT HAT GUEST WRITER

To say the last week has been a headache for the College of William and Mary is an understatement. Thousands of students were forced to evacuate Tuesday, with only a few hours of notice, in preparation for Hurricane Florence. Students fled from Williamsburg late into Wednesday evening in a steady exodus to Richmond, Northern Virginia or whatever other safe place they call home. Students, fearing the disruption of their lives more than the incoming hurricane, struggled to stay afloat academically and manage the logistics of getting away from campus.

But a different sector of the College community faced a much more looming threat, a threat that many of us understandably forgot amidst our own worries: The College’s hourly staff learned they would not be compensated for the three cancelled days. Not only would these workers fear the incoming storm, but they would face an unexpected pay cut at

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These workers are not strangers to the average student. In fact, I would venture to say students see them more often than they see many of their professors. the worst possible time. Many of these workers make minimum wage doing the difficult work required for the ongoing maintenance of a college campus. They have mortgages and bills, as well as kids to feed and bills to pay.

The lost income may be the difference between meeting their obligations and facing financial distress.

To push them to a potentially precarious situation because of a storm far beyond their control is irresponsible and immoral of a university more than capable of paying them.

A group of students are working to change this unfortunate situation.

Bayley Murray ’20, has started a Change.Org petition to pressure the university to pay these workers for their lost time. Murray argues that these workers face limited budgets and cannot afford to lose this income. If the College didn’t refund students for three days of missed services, why should it deprive payment to its workers for doing the same? Over 100 students have signed so far, but Murray says many more will be needed to right this wrong.

While we think of our own issues and concerns, we should not forget that other members of our community face dire, real-world consequences as the result of university policy. It is within our power to change this situation. These workers are not strangers to the average student. In fact, I would venture to say students see them more often than they see many of their professors. These are the kitchen staffs of Sadler, Marketplace and the Caf, the people who ensure that we have the food we need to keep ourselves going. These are the janitors who keep our dorms, academic buildings and common spaces beautiful.

These are the groundskeepers who make sure the flowers bloom beautifully and trees grow strong. If we truly believe that we are one Tribe, then let’s all demand the best for all our members.

Email Reid Champlin at rjchamplin@email.wm.edu

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Students deserve richer variety of Williamsburg restaurants

Anthony Madalone

FLAT HAT OPINIONS ASSOC. EDITOR

William and Mary: It’s time.

I have made it no secret that I have affection for many aspects of the College of William and Mary’s dining halls. I happily frequent the Caf, the dining hall nearest to me, every day, and I stuff myself with its varieties of pasta, robust salads and newly added Mediterranean bowls. In nearly all aspects, it seems like Sodexo has upped its culinary game this year. That being said, my eyes have been opened wide. I have seen the light, and I need more.

During to my time off due to Hurricane Florence, I had the pleasure of visiting my friend who attends New York University. As we walked around the school’s city-based “campus,” I was floored by the food options surrounding me. After much deliberation, we ended up eating at a hole-in-the-wall dumpling place around the block from my friend’s residence hall. The food was cheap, authentic and delicious, a combination that is nearly impossible to find in the Williamsburg area.

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The food was cheap, authentic and delicious, a combination that is nearly impossible to find in the Williamsburg area.

While the food was spectacular, I understand why this style is impossible to find around here, since our location is next to a heavily sanitized and monetized tourist town. However, that’s not the missing food style I’m complaining about. The missing food I am complaining about has two of those three qualities, being distinctly cheap and delicious. What I’m complaining about is the lack of a Chik-fil-A here at the College, while NYU has its own on-campus option.

For those unaware, there are 14 Chick-fil-A locations in the entirety of the state of New York. One of those 14 is at NYU, and it is already open and accepting the campus dining dollars.

That’s right. Some way, somehow, a school already surrounded by dining options, with almost no open real estate close by, located in a state nearly devoid of Chick-fil-A locations, managed to open an on-campus, meal-plan-supported Chick-fil-A, while the College has been without one for quite a few years now.

Yes, a Chick-fil-A is opening soon, meaning this issue in particular is being resolved. Regardless, that is not the point. While we are just now getting a restaurant our region of the country is known for, other schools with an already established bevy of dining options are broadening their horizons with choices beyond typical fare, providing their students with food they probably could not even eat at home. NYU opening a Chick-fil-A is like us opening a Shake Shack. How absurd does that sound based on our current campus dining environment?

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I don’t necessarily need fast food. I just want more options in general, which seems like an extremely manageable problem to fix.

NYU’s student population and campus size might be several times bigger than ours, but our smaller student population still deserves more options, and it’s not like it’s impossible to fit them in. While NYU somehow found a spot for a Chick-fil-A in crowded New York City, New York, we can barely even find a suitor for a completely empty Tribe Square, located right across the street from our campus.

I don’t necessarily need fast food. I just want more options in general, which seems like an extremely manageable problem to fix. We are light years behind other schools in this department, and I can’t imagine it would be too difficult to achieve considering everyone else’s successes. If they can make it happen while also dealing with prime Manhattan real estate prices, I think we can make it happen here.

Email Anthony Madalone at asmadalone@email.wm.edu.

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Removal of guest swipes is annoying surprise, makes accommodating visitors more challenging

Anna Boustany

FLAT HAT OPINIONS ASSOC. EDITOR

Toward the end of the last semester, the new meal plans for the upcoming academic year were announced. There were quite a few changes to the previously offered meal plans, many of which I found unnecessary and undesirable. While the switch from the Gold 14 plan to the Block 175 plan garnered the most debate from students in the spring, it is too early in the semester to say whether that will be a beneficial switch or not.

Students on the Block 175 plan have only 11.67 swipes per week, which is a challenging routine to maintain for 15 weeks. It is mathematically impossible for people on that plan to swipe twice every day, which I would personally find frustrating given the difficulty of cooking meals during busy weeks.

My friends who are now on the Block 175 plan seem to dislike it so far, noting that despite the increase in dining dollars, it is simply not feasible to use only 11 swipes per week. The most unfortunate shift, however, is the removal of guest swipes from meal plans. I failed to notice the suspicious omission of guest swipes when choosing my meal plan last semester. Previously, meal plans came with five guest swipes per

semester. This year, instead of using a guest swipe to bring a friend into Sadler or the Caf, I must pay $7.95 in dining dollars. Provided that I only have $400.00 in dining dollars this fall, I fear that frequently swiping in visiting friends and family will bankrupt me.

Last year, the guest swipes were a life saver. When my friends from other colleges came to visit, I could easily swipe them into any dining hall, and we could enjoy a meal together. As cash-strapped college kids, we were all happy to not be spending extra money in Colonial Williamsburg’s expensive restaurants. When I had friends visit for a long weekend, we enjoyed more than five meals together; eating out five times in a row would be financially irresponsible, and I was grateful to the College of William and Mary for allowing flexibility for my visitors.

Instead of wasting dining dollars on guest swipes, I was happy to save them for barbecue chips from the Student Exchange, which are always a wonderful treat after a stressful exam or a long day of extracurricular commitments. Taking away the guest swipes seems to be a move that is purely for the College’s advantage and at no real benefit to the students.

I appreciated the ample notice regarding the changes to the meal plans. Finding out in the spring semester gave me plenty of time to decide what meal plan I wanted, and so far, I am happy with the option that I chose.

However, I wish that they had clearly marked the changes to the plan with regard to the removal of guest meal swipes.

It was a bit of a shock to return to campus expecting guest meal swipes and not have any. I suppose moving forward, I will have to adjust my plans for when friends visit me in Williamsburg — I anticipate many trips to Wawa in order to satisfy our hunger.

Email Anna Boustany at aeboustany@email.wm.edu.

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Last year, the guest swipes were a life saver.

When my friends from other colleges came to visit, I could easily swipe them into any dining hall, and we could enjoy a meal together.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: HURRICANE EVACUATION UNNECESSARY, INFEASIBLE

William & Mary President Katherine Rowe ordered students to evacuate the college campus. Williamsburg-James City County schools and JCC offices were closed again Friday. York County Trash and recycling collections are on schedule this week.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered “mandatory evacuations for parts of the state in advance of Hurricane Florence.

Residents in Zone A will begin evacuating at 8 a.m. Tuesday.”

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“The evacuation is mandatory, meaning residents could be charged with a misdemeanor if they refuse to leave.”

York County Sheriff J. D. “Danny” Diggs emailed: “No person living in York County or Poquoson will be arrested by any York-Poquoson Deputy Sheriff for failing to evacuate.

The decision to evacuate is yours. It should not be a decision made by the government.

Your decision to stay may be risky and you assume all risk as

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Is this a real article?

Waaaah, my plate is too small? #1stWorldProblems –Tim Rice on “New small plates at Sadler startling, upsetting”

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authorities may not be able to help or rescue.”

A William & Mary freshman should inform President Rowe that Williamsburg is not in Zone A, B or D, and is not in a hurricane evacuation zone.

And Gov. Northam should not threaten Zone A residents with a misdemeanor if they refuse to leave.

Come hell or high water, I for one plan to shelter in place.

Roger D. Howell rogerhowell@hotmail.com

It’s all you can eat, go back and get more. Problem solve, kids.

–Wayne Moe on “New small plates at Sadler startling, upsetting”

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Students spend unexpected hurricane break exploring East Coast

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Students at the College of William and Mary woke up Tuesday morning, made their breakfasts and walked to class, carrying on as usual. They made plans to get dinner with friends and wondered if they would find themselves in Earl Gregg Swem Library until the wee hours of the morning. But around 11 a.m., texts began to turn frantic. The Facebook group Tribe Rides was inundated with students trying to catch a ride home for the College’s first ever “hurrication.”

From New York City to Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., William and Mary students who weren’t personally affected by the hurricane spent their unexpected vacations traveling along the East Coast, learning about history and exploring the arts.

Elizabeth Stephenson ’19 took off from campus, bound for Leesburg, Virginia, and spent the drive crafting her plan for the “hurrication.” After staying the night with her friend in Leesburg, Stephenson drove up to New Jersey with her roommates and close friends Julia Draper ’19 and Rebecca McHale ’19 to meet their friend Caroline Pellegrin ’19.

“On Thursday morning we took the train into the city and went to the New Museum where our friend Caroline met us,” Stephenson said in an email. “After visiting the exhibits, we got coffee in Little Italy and poked around in the shops in SoHo. We then got drinks at a bar Caroline had visited during the summer and then got dinner at an Australian restaurant Caroline and Becca went to in the spring. After dinner we headed to the show at the Bowery Ballroom where Rina Sawayama put on an amazing show.”

Since her friends were abroad last semester, Stephenson enjoyed the break and the opportunity to catch up with Draper, McHale and Pellegrin after being apart. It was an unexpected chance to spend time away from campus and chat about their adventures.

“I was very surprised when I got the notification,” Stephenson said in an email. “I am a Housing Assistant and [the] area director informed us that the school was going to decide by noon of the next day but I for sure was not expecting to have them cancel class and close the school so fast. On Tuesday I got out of my second class at 12:20pm, went back to my apartment, packed up a suitcase of things and hit the road with my two roommates.”

Also caught off guard by the sudden evacuation, Meredith Jackson ’21 took the extra break to feed her love of history in Washington, D.C. with her friend Grace Ford-Dirks ’21.

“I went to D.C., and I stayed at [Ford-Dirks’] aunt’s house on Capitol Hill, which was amazing,” Jackson said. “We kind of just walked around a lot. We went to the Capitol. … We did go to the Library of Congress, we went to the National Archives, the Smithsonian, the African American History Museum so it was really cool.”

While the timing was a surprise, Jackson and Ford-Dirks were already planning to make the trip to D.C. over fall break. With the extra time, they crossed a few museums off their bucket list to make time for more exploring over the upcoming break.

Another highlight of Jackson’s break was the culinary scene in D.C. From constitutionally accurate pizza to milkshake cafes, she took advantage of the food options far from campus.

“First, we got We The Pizza – that was really good,” Jackson said. “[Good Stuff Eatery is] right next to We The Pizza actually, which was on Capitol Hill, and that had really good milkshakes and just good food.”

Although her family had booked her tickets home to Illinois for the break, Jackson took advantage of her proximity to the Capitol to explore with her friend. Also taking advantage of her time on the east coast, Morgan Pincome ’21, from Wisconsin, spent her break in New Jersey with her friend Jenna Galberg ’20.

“I went home with a friend who lives in New Jersey, like 45 minutes outside of Philadelphia on the New Jersey side, and we did a hometown tour,” Pincombe said. “[We] got to see her high school and her family’s favorite places. We also went into downtown Philadelphia, and we did Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, like all a part of the national park that’s down there. We had a great tour guide and we learned things about the signing of the Constitution and the Declaration. We were excited because they mentioned Williamsburg as being a part of the colonial start to the nation.”

Like Jackson, Pincombe had already planned to visit her friend in New Jersey over fall break, but took the longer hurricane break to see some extra sights, like Long Beach Island.

“I was planning on heading home with her over fall break, and so it was kind of a spontaneous vacation the hurricane provided, so we got to go back a little bit early and had even more days to explore,” Pincombe said. “I don’t know if Long Beach Island would have been on our agenda [and] if we would have had time to do that over fall break.”

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ridging undergraduate and graduate research with international organizations and study abroad opportunities, the Institute for the Theory & Practice of International Relations Summer Fellows Program sent 21 students to 11 countries this past summer in its second year as a program through the College of William and Mary.

“The biggest difference was our expansion to 21 students in 11 countries, up from four students in 2017,” Assistant Director of Programs for ITPIR Rebecca Halleran Latourell said in an email. “The Robert and Susan Trice International Fellowship Endowment provides the core funding for our program and in summer 2018, the Trice’s investment in our program catalyzed additional support from W&M researchers, the Charles Center and academic departments including Government, Public Policy and International Relations. This support enabled us to significantly increase the number of Fellowships we offered.”

The program aims to provide students with a unique opportunity to devote their efforts toward solving real world problems while implementing research in the field.

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“The Institute empowers teams of students and faculty to make a difference in the world,” Halleran Latourell said in an email. “We are a multidisciplinary hub that brings academic and policy experts together with students to apply scholarly research to real world problems. … The Summer Fellows Program affords globallyminded students who want real-world impact the opportunity to go beyond the classroom and participate in transformative skill-building opportunities, research experiences and research partnerships.”

This summer, the program saw a wide variety of project types, placing students on regional-specific projects all over the globe.

“Our Fellows worked on a wide range of projects this summer, a reflection of the increased cohort size and the diversity of placements,” Halleran Latourell said in an email. “In 2018, projects included a dataset on Indonesian electoral outcomes, an evaluation of the Monrovia Football Academy, a white paper on applications of blockchain technology for Korean reunification through reforestation, a set of data governance policies for a new geospatial platform within a UN agency and a randomized controlled trial on community policing and public trust in Colombia.”

John Napoli’s ’20 fellowship took him to Singapore this summer. Napoli served as a business analyst intern at Cummins Inc. With a team of other interns from various universities, he worked on a variety of assignments, including overseeing corporate responsibility projects and working to plan events and workshops with local schools and company members.

“It was a cool cultural immersion into a business that was situated in Singapore,” Napoli said. “I did research on competitors’ products, I also looked at and presented on perhaps introducing a new product into Malaysian markets for remanufactured engines. … And then I also came up with criteria and a list of potentially dormant customers within Singapore that we could target and reactive for engine sales.”

Lauren Hobbs ’19 traveled to Italy over the summer to work for United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development as a part of their Information and Communications Technology Geospatial Solutions team. Hobbs said she was able to contribute to the project in substantial ways, and that she is grateful that the handson experience has prepared her for the workforce.

“This program was very helpful to me because it

connected me with a United Nations agency which allowed me to use my skillset for the greater good,” Hobbs said in an email. “I am very appreciative that the Geospatial Solutions team allowed me to operate in a large role this summer. The other fellow and I did not do traditional intern tasks. We did not make copies or get coffee for people, but we conducted geospatial analyses, consulted with the Research and Impact Assessment division, provided our opinions during divisional meeting and presented our findings to department heads. From this program I became more eager to learn, gained great technical and professional skills and gained more insight as to what I would like to do post-graduation.”

As a summer fellow, Suzie Bae ’21 worked at Village Focus International, a development organization based in Vientiane, Laos.

“I worked on a variety of things, but my main project was on VFI’s data platform, Open Development Laos,” Bae said in an email. “Because the platform had only launched two weeks prior to my arrival, it was fairly bare bones during my first few days there. To boost audience engagement, I conducted research on the state of sustainable development goals and other relevant development issues in the country, producing a weekly content piece and data visualizations.”

Bae believes the Summer Fellows Program is unlike other opportunities because it fosters cultural immersion.

“There are few programs that give students the chance to tackle real-world issues in a tangible and contextually fitting way, especially while providing generous financial support,” Bae said in an email. “The program differs from most study abroad and travel excursions because when you arrive in your assigned country, you’re not seen as a tourist or guest — you work, eat and play with locals and dive head-first into the country’s culture.”

Bae was abroad for two and a half months and said that she found the fellowship informative on both a personal and professional level.

“The summer program was valuable in so many ways — from both a personal and work-related standpoint,” Bae said in an email. “It gave me the chance to work and become friends with some of the most brilliant people Vientiane has to offer. It pushed me to reflect on the type of work setting I thrive in and the type of work that drives me as a person. It also gave me the opportunity to travel to two other countries outside of Laos and gain a better understanding of the state of development in Southeast Asia — not just the Western perception of what countries like Laos need to survive and better themselves. … The program makes you realize that regardless of where people are in the world, they all genuinely want the same things — clean water, good education and stable infrastructure, just to name a few.”

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When it comes to the future of the Summer Fellows Program, Halleran Latourell said she is hopeful in continuing to provide a wide range of fellowship placements that appeal to students from diverse backgrounds, with diverse interests and skillsets. However, Halleran Latourell also said that the program needs to flesh out their pre-fellowship training in cross-cultural communication before the students head overseas. “… Based on feedback we received from Fellows, I’d like to work with other units on campus to build out a pre-Fellowship training in cross-cultural communication,” Halleran Latourell said in an email.

“And we’re fine-tuning our application process to ensure Fellows arrive in-country with strong, relevant scopes of work. The placements are dynamic, which means we need to be nimble and flexible so that both sides gain the maximum possible benefit.”

CONFUSION CORNER

Guide to proper poster placement

How to recover from your 10-year-old self’s inability to advertise

Ellie Moonan CONFUSION CORNER COLUMNIST

It is 2008 and the day of your 10th birthday party has arrived. There are balloons everywhere and the Cheetah Girls soundtrack is blasting through the speaker of your static computer. The pizza is ordered and you are all set to start a brand new decade with your fellow 5th graders. The only thing is, one hour goes by and no one arrives. Soon enough, you have cycled through all of the Disney Channel Original Movie soundtracks until you come to the conclusion that the birthday party is just a pizza binge with your parents.

10 years later, you are still subconsciously afraid of that 10-year-old memory where no one came to your birthday party.

And so, to redeem your self-worth in getting others to participate in your event, you decide to intensely advertise.

The cutthroat atmosphere of flyer posting around campus is no

pleasant game. It takes strategy, creativity and logic in order to make sure your piece of paper stands out from the crowd. Whether you have been posting flyers for your comedy group since freshman year, or just want to find your lost dog, let me take you through the basics of what it takes for a flyer to be heard seen on this campus.

The first step of mastering flyers sounds simple, but is the most time consuming and crucial aspect: design. Do you want the flyer to be funny? Serious? How many royalty-free images can you copy and paste without seeming unoriginal? All of these questions plague the mind and cause serious self-denial until eventually you write some words down in pen on a blank piece of paper that you put in the copy machine. Once the afternoon has been wasted on searching through fonts, you are finally ready to proceed to the next stage of flyer making: printing.

Printing the flyer involves a stingy and eco-friendly mind.

If you ask for a grant from the university, you may be able to afford the glossy vibrant paper from the print shop. The average student simply resorts to the black and white printer paper from the Swem first-floor computers. The number of flyers you print depends on the scale of the event; personally, I have found that 10 flyers are more than enough to spread around campus. After the flyers are nice and warm and printed, the next step is the grand, aimless walk around campus: posting.

Whether there is a group involved with the posting process or it is a solo mission, time management is key. A master flyer exporter must know all of the prime locations on campus in order to disperse information. It is also good to have a mapped route so that you

can hit all of the spots in a way that is time efficient. Places such as Campus Center, Tucker Hall, Sadler Center and Swemromas are great spots. Even dorm rooms, unsuspecting academic buildings and Colonial Williamsburg get a lot of foot traffic. Once your route is planned and you have a handful of thumbtacks, all that is left to do is physically post the flyers, which is harder than it sounds.

As you physically post the flyers, you realize just how cutthroat this all is. It is a dog-eat-dog world on these bulletin boards, with little to no consideration of any other flyers sharing the space. Try and search out what events already expired and take that spot. If anything, leave all of the gloss flyers untouched because those are the people that went the most hardcore.

Finally, you decide to post flyers and turn away, without looking back. It is done now and there is nothing more to be done. Walking away from posting a flyer is a great sign of victory as if you are patting your 10-year-old self on the back, making sure they never spend another birthday alone.

Although all of this could have been avoided by simply creating a Facebook event, the art of flyer making is still a relevant part of our campus culture. By utilizing a shared space for all of our interests or events, it connects our campus community and sparks new interests and thoughts. And so, by simply taking the time to look at the flyers around campus, we are not only paying respect to the students that took time out of their day to create such art, but also supporting an open-minded interest in student happenings around campus.

Ellie Moonan is a Confusion Corner columnist who wants your flyers to stand out.

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MEN’S SOCCER

Bustamante downs Lancers in double OT BRENDAN DOYLE // FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

In the 109th minute of the match against Longwood, William and Mary senior forward Antonio Bustamante stood over the ball just outside the eighteen, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle. Last season, Bustamante led the Colonial Athletic Association in goals with 15 in 21 games. Heading into his final season at the College, expectations for the forward were sky high, as Bustamante was voted CAA Preseason Player of the Year and picked up a number of All-America honors before the season. However, over the past four games, he had accumulated a grand total of zero tallies.

The shrill of the whistle pierced the humid Williamsburg air. Bustamante took three quick steps, planted his left foot and placed a shot perfectly: past the wall of Longwood players, past

the outstretched arm of the Longwood keeper and into the bottom right corner of the net.

Bustamante took off toward the sideline, his teammates joining him to celebrate a 3-2 golden-goal victory for the Tribe (2-3) over the Lancers (2-3).

“Antonio [Bustamante] with a free kick around the area is such a threat that we feel like it’s at least a 50-50 proposition for us, and he stuck that one away,” head coach Chris Norris said to Tribe Athletics. “It was good for him to get his first goal tonight. He’s been our leader in shots. We talked about him trying to get a few more shots on target; he hasn’t been missing by much.”

For most of the night, it looked like the College would not have a chance to break its three-game losing streak.

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Bustamante’s first goal of the season was a golden penalty kick, adding to goals from Ryder Bell and Sam Golan in a 3-2 victory.

Longwood struck first less than five minutes in, as midfielder Sherif Maalouf took advantage of a turnover by the Tribe inside its own box.

Before the half was over, the Lancers struck once again when midfielder Josh Hanratty made no mistake with a penalty in the 39th minute.

“I thought our start was a little bit poor,” Norris told Tribe Athletics. “We didn’t necessarily have the right focus.

We made some mistakes early on that led to the first goal, and it rattled us a little bit. You know, goals have a tendency to change games. We knew it was a bad goal to give up. … I thought that led to a continuation in the first half of us looking around and questioning who we are and whether we would be able to get back into the game.”

The College would open the second

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Rams dominate in 1-0 loss

half much stronger, controlling possession. However, the Tribe could not break through onto the scoreboard until the 86th minute.

After a corner, the ball bounced around the box before finding its way to the Tribe’s leading goal-scorer, senior forward Ryder Bell. From out in front, Bell hit a left-footed shot to the short side of the net, notching his fourth goal of the year and cutting the deficit to 2-1 with less than five minutes to play in regulation time.

“Like I said, goals change games, so to get that first one is huge,” Norris said to Tribe Athletics. “We would have liked to have done it with a lot more time on the clock, but it puts doubt in the other team’s mind — it gave us momentum tonight. Ryder [Bell]’s been coming up big for us.”

The Tribe’s chances still looked bleak, but not for long. Only a minute later, Bustamante took a pass from freshman midfielder John Andrew Eskay and sent a cross into the box that found the forehead of sophomore back Sam Golan. Golan directed it to the left side of the net, leaving the goalkeeper motionless. The score would send the game to overtime, allowing for Bustamante’s game-winning penalty shot in the extra minutes.

After the College’s comeback victory, it will travel to Maryland Sunday to visit the Terrapins.

The Tribe’s matchup against CAA foe Charleston, originally scheduled for Friday, was postponed due to Hurricane Florence.

The rescheduled game will be announced at a later date.

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VCU outshines Tribe in shots, possession JULIA STUMBAUGH FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

After a week of traveling that included trips to Bucknell, Texas A&M and eventually Maryland to wait out Hurricane Florence, William and Mary faced a quick turnaround when, at noon Saturday, Tribe Athletics announced a Sunday game against Virginia Commonwealth. The team came home to Williamsburg, where, despite being dominated in shots 22-5 and holding the minority of possession time, the Tribe (3-5-0) fought hard in a close 1-0 loss to the Rams (5-2-0).

“VCU is a very good team,” head coach Julie Shackford ’88 said. “I think for the amount of pressure they put on us, we did well to keep it close.”

VCU controlled possession for most of the first half, putting up eight shots and allowing just one by the

Tribe. Tenacious defense and two saves by starting junior goalkeeper Katelyn Briguglio kept the game scoreless going into halftime.

In the second half, the Tribe put together a few more opportunities on offense.

But it was the Rams that were the first on the board, finally breaking through in the 55th minute on a goal

by Susanna Friedrichs.

“We made some adjustments in the second half that I thought helped out a little bit,” Shackford said. “I thought we were more competitive, got into their end and made it a little bit harder for them.”

Ten minutes later, the Tribe would see its best opportunity of the match when redshirt junior forward Sarah Segan bounced a shot off the crossbar.

“I just figured I would beat [the Rams defender] inside, take a shot, see how it went,” Segan said. “And

it just hit the post. It’s been one of those games.”

Sophomore midfielder Colleen Norton forced Rams goalkeeper Audxwrey Sanderson into a lastminute save, but hers and Segan’s attempts would be as close as the College would get to tying the game as it ultimately fell, 1-0.

“We’ve had a tough couple of weeks with travelling here and there … especially because this was a lastminute game planned, it was really hard to adjust,” Segan said.

The Tribe hits the road again to start this season’s conference play, as the team travels to South Carolina to take on Charleston Thursday.

“As a team, I don’t think anyone’s worried that we’re competitors,” Segan said. “We know we’ve competed every game. Today just got the best of us.”

—Sports Editor Brendan Doyle also contributed to this article.

MEN’S TENNIS

College takes on first competition Team sees up-and-down weekend at Penn Invitational BRENDAN DOYLE FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

While a hurricane was looming over Williamsburg and most of the southeastern seaboard, William and Mary took to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the team’s first tournament of the fall, the Penn Invitational.

While matches in the fall are unofficial regarding the team’s National Collegiate Athletic Association standing, they do count toward the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s player rankings.

In Philadelphia, the Tribe took on Ivy League foes Columbia, Yale, Princeton and Penn.The first day of the tournament, the College took on Columbia in singles and doubles, and Penn in singles.

The Tribe struggled mightily, losing all four doubles matches it played and only claiming one singles match of 16 overall.

Columbia, which has won the Ivy League Championship five years in a row, dominated the College, but sophomore Chen Ruo beat Penn’s Jason Hildebrandt to salvage a win against the Quakers, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

On the second day of the tournament, the Tribe attempted to right the ship against Yale in singles and doubles, and Penn in doubles. Unlike the day before, the Tribe rolled, winning all four doubles

matches against the Bulldogs and coming out on top in seven of eight singles matches.

In doubles, freshman Oren Vasser and junior Brenden Volk teamed up for the Tribe to tally victories in two doubles matches, 7-6 (3) against Yale and 6-4 over Penn.

In singles, Volk fell to the Bulldogs’ Dylan King in straight sets, but Ruo, Vasser, and freshmen Daniel Pellerito and Jack Kelly all notched wins in two sets.

Sophomores Finbar Talcott and Sebastian Quiros notched three-set victories.

The momentum did not continue into the third day, though.

The Tribe faced off against Princeton in both singles and doubles and only came through with a win in two singles matches. Vasser overcame the Tigers Will Peters in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, and Kelly beat Kabir Sarita handily, 6-3, 6-3.

That’s all the College got, as the Tigers dominated in the remainder of the matchups.

The Tribe will attempt to digest an up-and-down weekend and improve this fall after losing team mainstays Christian Cargill ’18, Lars de Boer ’18 and Alec Miller ’18.

Oct. 5, the team will split and compete in two different tournaments at the same time: the Richmond Invitational at the home of the Spiders and the Farnsworth Invitational at Princeton.

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Senior Elizabeth Choi led the tribe with her four-over score of 220, finishing in an individual tie for fourth.

Tribe hosts home tournament Home team places ninth at William and Mary Invitational

KEVIN RICHESON FLAT HAT SPORTS ASSOC. EDITOR

William and Mary opened its fall schedule with the William and Mary Invitational, a three-round tournament at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg. The College got off to a slow start, shooting 24-over-par as a team for a total score of 312 that placed them in 10th place out of 12 teams. Ultimately, the Tribe finished ninth, 45 strokes behind the first-place finishers, Marshall.

Sunday, action got underway with the first and second rounds of the tournament.

In the first round, the College carded a 24over to leave the Tribe in 10th place.

The College improved on its first-round score in the second round, shooting an 18over on the strength of a two-under effort by senior Elizabeth Choi. The Tribe’s second round score allowed it to inch up into a tie for ninth place in the standings going into the final round.

Marshall was at the top of the standings after the first two rounds, holding a slim lead over Richmond.

Marshall’s combined score was a nineover 585, while the Spiders were just one stroke back. Tied with the College in 9th place was Bucknell.

Monday, the Tribe finished off the tournament with a 30-over 318. The College’s overall score for the tournament was 936 and it finished in ninth place,

in front of only Radford, Bucknell and Longwood. Scores Monday were higher across the board; however, the Thundering Herd did hold on to claim the team championship at the invitational with a total score of 891.

The Spiders remained in second and finished one stroke behind the Thundering Herd after shooting the identical score of 27-over. James Madison rounded out the top three with a score of 33-over.

The Tribe was led by Choi, who shot a four-over 220 for the tournament that allowed her to finish in a tie for fourth.

Allison Olberding was the second-place finisher for the College, tying for 44th overall with a 239.

Freshman Sarah Houle finished just outside the top-50 in a tie for 51st with a 243.

She tied with Choi in the first round with a 76 in her first collegiate round of golf.

Sophomores Madison Braman and Madison Elliot also finished with scores of 243. Just behind the trio of Tribe golfers tied for 51st was senior Riley Corona, who fired a 244 for tournament.

The individual champion at the invitational was the Thundering Herd’s Shelby Brauckmuller. She shot a six-under 210 and was under par in all three rounds.

The Tribe will return to action next weekend when it competes in the Pirate Intercollegiate hosted by East Carolina.

The event will take place Sept. 17-18 at Greenville Country Club.

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GAME NEWS

Hurricane disturbs College schedule

Florence postpones, cancels plethora of sporting events over weekend KEVIN RICHESON // FLAT HAT SPORTS ASSOC. EDITOR

Last Tuesday, William and Mary announced that classes would be cancelled Sept. 11 at 12:30 p.m. and that students though in some cases the Tribe is looking to find another tournament or game to replace the cancellation.

The men’s and women’s cross country teams were supposed to host the 60th Annual Cross Country would have to evacuate the campus by 5 p.m. the following day due to the anticipated effects of Hurricane Florence.

Invitational Sept. 14-15. This This decision impacted both event was cancelled, but the academic and sports calendars; teams are trying to find another most Tribe sports events from competition later this fall to Sept. 12-16 were cancelled. replace this event.

Many of these games After going 2-1 in the and tournaments have been Colonial Classic, Tribe postponed and will be played at volleyball was set to host the a later date, but at this time, only 2nd Colonial Classic Sept. 14a limited number of events have 15. The College would have announced potential makeup hosted matches against Lehigh, dates.

Morgan State and East Carolina, Tribe field hockey’s games but the tournament has been against Wake Forest and permanently cancelled.

Davidson Sept. 14 and Sept. 16 The Tribe will now hit the were road games, but they were road for four straight matches postponed due to the impact of and will not return to Kaplan the hurricane in North Carolina.

Arena until its match against The Demon Deacons are Delaware Oct. 5. looking to make up their game The women’s soccer match with the College sometime this against Virginia Military week, but their ability to host Institute at 2 p.m. Sept. 16 the game is still in question. was cancelled and replaced It is uncertain whether with a matchup with Virginia the Tribe’s game against the Commonwealth at 7 p.m. the Wildcats will be rescheduled same day.The College dropped or cancelled. The College’s next a tight match to the Rams, 1-0, scheduled game is at home and will not reschedule the against Connecticut Sept. 23. cancelled match against the While the men’s soccer Keydets. team was able to play its match The men’s golf team already against Longwood last Tuesday, had the weekend off, but the its Colonial Athletic Association women’s squad intended opener against Charleston was to compete in the Pirate postponed. The two teams Intercollegiate at Greenville are working to reschedule the Country Club. This tournament match, but that date is still was cancelled, but the Tribe undetermined. is in the process of finding a Meanwhile, the Tribe’s game replacement tournament later at Maryland, scheduled for this fall.

Monday night, was cancelled Finally, the women’s tennis and will not be made up. team was supposed to kick The Tribe football team’s off its fall campaign with the home-opener against 14thITA Hall of Fame Classic in ranked Elon was planned for Williamsburg Sept. 14-16.

Sept. 15 but was also postponed.

COURTESY GRAPHIC / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS However, the tournament The two teams are looking to GRAPHIC BY BRENDAN DOYLE / THE FLAT HAT has been cancelled and the reschedule the conference College will now begin its matchup. The College travels to rival No. 2 James Madison this Saturday, looking to pull off an upset and avenge a 46-14 loss at Zable Stadium season at the Oracle ITA Classic in Malibu, California Sept. 20-23.

With students back on campus and classes in session, the Tribe’s sports teams should return to the normal last season during Homecoming.

Some tournaments and games that were scheduled during the evacuation have been completely cancelled, schedule this week.

Football

vs. No. 14 Elon, postponed

Men’s Soccer

Women’s Tennis

vs. Charleston, postponed at Maryland, cancelled

ITA Hall of Fame Classic, cancelled

Women’s Soccer

Volleyball

vs. VMI, cancelled vs. VCU, added

2nd Colonial Classic, cancelled

Field Hockey

Women’s Golf

at Wake Forest, postponed at Davidson, TBD

Pirate Intercollegiate, cancelled

Cross Country

Cross Country Invitataional, cancelled

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Tribe waits out evacuation in Frederick, Maryland With school closed, College travels to train at high school in Washington area with men’s squad JULIA STUMBAUGH FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR The William and Mary women travelled over 3,500 miles together over the past 10 days. For some perspective, that journey is the equivalent of making it about one seventh of the circumference of the Earth.

The trips involved travelling to Pennsylvania and Texas for tough road games, including a match against Texas A&M, the top-ranked team in the nation. Coming home with a 1-1 record for the road trip, the team got back to Williamsburg just in time to get the orders to evacuate: Hurricane Florence was on its way.

“It’s crazy,” redshirt junior forward Sarah Segan said. “I’ve definitely never experienced anything like this.”

With such an overloaded travel schedule, the team has been together almost constantly.

“We’ve already been with each other for two weeks straight,” senior midfielder Arundel Miguelez said. “And then we have to go again for another week straight. Good thing that we love each other so much and we’re not sick of each other.”

The storm sent both the men’s and women’s teams to Frederick, Maryland, where they stayed in a local hotel and practiced at a local high school.

In the strangest of situations, head coach Julie Shackford ’88 tried to keep the daily routine as normal as possible: practice and training in the morning, study time in the afternoon and team dinners at night.

“For team bonding purposes it was awesome, so we’re very thankful that the athletics department supported us to do that,” Shackford said.

Maintaining that normality was difficult, as team members, just like everyone else in the region, were keeping an eye on the weather radar, watching Florence ebb and flow toward the coast of the Carolinas and wondering how badly it would hit Virginia.

“It was just kind of day by day, trying to read [the storm],” Shackford said. “We weren’t sure how it was going to hit. We knew we were pretty much out of harm’s way.”

Keeping focused on training despite the storm threat was

crucial for the Tribe. The team is about to hit a turning point in its season; Thursday, the College enters conference play, starting off its Colonial Athletic Association season with a match against the College of Charleston.

“We knew that when went to Maryland we had to train, because games were coming up,” Segan said. “Conference literally starts Thursday, so we had to do what we can to keep the level high and keep it going throughout the way.”

The responsibility of keeping the team focused and engaged, even when members spent long weeks away from home, often falls on the shoulders on the veterans of the team.

Segan and Miguelez, two of the captains who were selected to lead the team this season over the summer, know that making sure everyone knows how they fit on the team is crucial to seeing success through unpredictable obstacles like hurricane evacuations.

“It’s like a puzzle,” Segan said. “If you have one piece of the puzzle that’s maybe not working as hard, things fall apart. So, you just gotta know that you gotta do your part. You gotta keep staying tough and motivate your teammates to do the same.”

There was one more surprise coming the Tribe’s way as they waited in Frederick for the okay to come back home: Tribe Athletics announced at noon Saturday that the College would be moving a home game against Virginia Commonwealth up to Sunday, Sept.

16.

The team travelled to Williamsburg Sunday, then played its first match in a week hours later.

“We kind of have a mantra that’s #onemore,” Miguelez said.

“That kind of goes over everything. One more tackle, one more touch on the ball, one more pass, and it kind of encourages us to go forward with everything that we do.”

That motto pushed the travel-weary team through a tough home match against the Rams, where despite being dominated in shot totals the College managed to keep it a close game, eventually conceding a 1-0 loss.

Now, the hashtag will guide the team through the start of conference play as they hit the road again in just a few days, hoping to get that #onemore against Charleston Thursday.

Brendan Doyle contributed reporting to this article.

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Senior forward Sarah Segan and the Tribe trained in Maryland last weekend.