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Construction delays Landrum move-in Residence hall affected by asbestos, electricity issues as College prepares for October opening SARAH GREENBERG // FLAT HAT NEWS ASSOC. EDITOR With the academic year in full swing, Landrum Hall’s renovations remain unfinished while construction efforts continue. Although the building was originally intended to be move-in ready by the start of the semester, unexpected construction complications have postponed Landrum’s completion, displacing over 200 residents.

This major construction project involves the complete gutting and renovation of the entire building, maintaining its exterior and interior structure with the addition of a two-story atrium entrance and airconditioning system. These renovations were initially expected to last from spring 2017 to July 2018 but are now tentatively expected to extend into October, according to College of William and Mary officials.

Residence Life and the construction team were first alerted that Landrum’s construction process was potentially running behind schedule early on in the spring 2018 semester. With this in mind, ResLife warned students of the possible delay prior to room selection.

“We didn’t want any surprises, and are glad we were able to be transparent about this from the start,” Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of Residence Life Maggie Evans said in an email.

After the delay was confirmed late last spring, Director of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction Jeff Brancheau attempted to work with the contractor, W.M. Jordan, to get the project back on track.

However, Brancheau said that these efforts proved to be unsuccessful.

“I’ve had quite a bit of experience working with historic buildings, and I think this one just had too many unknowns to be able to bring it home on time,” Brancheau said.

Brancheau identified unexpected complications during construction and the general contractor’s “learning curve” as the primary causes of Landrum’s prolonged renovation. More specifically, during construction, the soil underneath the building was discovered

to be unsuitable for use in spite of previous tests indicating otherwise.

This forced the construction team to excavate Landrum’s basement more extensively than anticipated.

Also complicating renovation efforts was the unexpected discovery of dangerously high levels of asbestos within the building’s walls.

Efforts to decrease the asbestos levels in Landrum added to the duration and extent of the building’s demolition. The construction team also ran into issues when working on the building’s electrical system, further delaying the residence hall’s completion.

The cost of these complications and Landrum’s prolonged renovation remains uncertain until both construction and the one-year warranty post-occupancy are completed. According to Brancheau, these complications are not uncommon when renovating historic buildings.

“Any time we work on these older facilities, we try to do our homework and do some testing, but sometimes things come up that we didn’t find in the analysis at the beginning,” Brancheau said.

ResLife alerted Landrum residents in July that the building would not be completed by the start of the fall semester, setting a tentative prediction that it would be move-in ready by early October. Evans is similarly hopeful that Landrum will be finished by fall break but remains apprehensive.

“There are simply no guarantees during construction projects,” Evans said in an email. “The contractor has been challenged to find enough labor to work two shifts, and this has potential to impact project completion. We simply don’t know.”

Landrum Resident Assistant Riley Ward ’21 also expressed doubts that Landrum will be finished by fall break. “It still seems like there’s a lot of work to be done,” Ward said. “I’m not holding a grudge, but it seems like a lot to finish in six weeks.”

According to Brancheau, the only remaining work is completing the building’s electrical work and adding finishing touches to the interior.

This puts construction on track to end sometime in October. Brancheau predicts that Landrum will be completed around Halloween. Once Landrum’s renovations have officially been completed, ResLife will coordinate move-in times with displaced students to accommodate their schedules. While students will be responsible for packing their belongings, ResLife will provide a moving staff that will transport these items to Landrum. According to Evans, this process will most likely take place over the span of several days.

Furthermore, ResLife plans to provide displaced Landrum residents with an inconvenience rebate. This is intended to make up for students’ lost time and effort during the mid-year relocation.

In the meantime, displaced Landrum residents will remain in their temporary alternative housing locations assigned to them by ResLife over the summer. Katy Shannon ’21, a displaced Landrum resident temporarily living in the French House — situated in the Randolph Complex — said she is irritated with the delay.

“It’s just incredibly frustrating because I signed up to be in one dorm, and I was told that that dorm would be done, and it’s not done,” Shannon said. “The French House is great, but it’s not where I wanted to be, and it’s not where I signed up to be.”

Though Ward is also disappointed with Landrum’s prolonged construction, he and his fellow Landrum RAs are trying to remain optimistic about the situation in the hopes that it will encourage displaced residents to do the same.

“We’re just trying to keep a good head on our shoulders at this point,” Ward said. “I feel like by us being a little more optimistic … we’re kind of going to have that translate over to our residents and try to get them to make the best of the situation.”

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College to honor legacy of enslaved African Americans

WMPD investigates graffiti

Lemon Project announces campus memorial, call for submissions

Messages reference slave labor

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One year shy of a decade since since the official formation of the Lemon Project: A Journey of Reconciliation, the group’s Committee on Memorialization has released an open call for submissions for a memorial to enslaved people at the College of William and Mary.

The competition launched Aug. 28 and anyone may submit ideas until 5 p.m. Oct. 28. Yet, the call for submissions marks only the beginning of this process. The top three ideas, as selected by a jury composed of professionals from the field of museums, arts and history, and staff, faculty and undergraduate students, will be submitted to College President Katherine Rowe after a period of consideration.

“This memorial is such an important project for our community,” Rowe said in a written statement. “African-Americans have been vital to William & Mary since its earliest days. Even as they suffered under slavery, African-Americans helped establish the university and subsequently maintained it. … A physical memorial to the enslaved will be a critical addition to our campus landscape. It will allow us to continue to learn of their contributions and remember them — for all

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time coming. I am thankful for work by so many that has gotten us to this point and I look forward to seeing the submitted concepts.”

In turn, Rowe will review each idea — which will be in the form of a plan and a 500-word description of the concept — and select one to be presented to the Board of Visitors at their meeting in February 2019. The creator of the submission ultimately shared with the BOV will receive $1,000. The second- and third-place idea submissions will receive $750 and $500, respectively. Based on the Board’s response to the president’s recommendation, a design process will then kick off for the memorial.

The competition calls for a memorial that engages with the College’s so-called Historic Campus, which is comprised of the space around the Wren Building, from College Corner to the beginning of the Sunken Garden. Notably, the Wren Building was built using slave labor and also served as the original slave quarters at the College. Historically, enslaved people also worked at the President’s House, the Brafferton, and in the kitchens and gardens surrounding them.

As of right now, the memorial does not have an expected completion date, as the timeline is dependent on the design that ends up being selected. The memorial development and

construction will be funded by private donations.

The College selected nine jurors responsible for evaluating the design submissions. This panel includes an undergraduate student representative, Ivie Orobaton ’19, as well as professionals and alumnae with a connection to this area of research and scholarship and to the College in particular.

Lemon Project Director and history professor Jody Allen, along with art history professor Ed Pease, taught a course entitled Memorializing the Enslaved at William & Mary in fall 2014. As part of the course, students developed possible proposals for a memorial. Since 2014, a number of open community meetings have also been held to gather community input for a memorial, so this announcement arrives after a lengthy preliminary process.

“This is a very exciting time,” Allen said in a written statement. “We’ve been working toward this moment, which started with a course, for several years. This is another step in carrying out the Student Assembly resolution which was passed in 2007 and called on William & Mary to research its history as it relates to slavery, make that history public and establish a memorial to the enslaved.”

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Friday, Aug. 24, and Monday, Aug. 27, the College of William and Mary’s Police Department opened an investigation into graffiti found in two freshman residence halls.

The graffiti, referencing both the College’s slave-owning history and the College’s relationship with Virginia Correctional Enterprises, a program that supplies furniture and other materials produced by inmates in Virginia prisons, was found in Yates Hall and in front of Gooch Hall.

Graffiti messages found Aug. 24 and Aug. 27 included the statements: “Still built by slaves,” “Slaves built ur bed” and “Still uses slave labor.” New students moved in Aug. 24.

According to College Spokesperson Suzanne Clavet, the graffiti has been cleaned up, but the incident remains under investigation.

The messages were found days before the College launched a competition to solicit ideas for a memorial to the African Americans enslaved by the university. This memorial is one of many initiatives discussed as a result of former College President Taylor Reveley’s Task Force on Race and Race Relations.

“As an institution, we encourage and welcome open and honest conversations about difficult topics,” Clavet said in a press statement. “This includes both understanding and acknowledging W&M’s complicated past and addressing candidly concerns related to slavery, social justice issues or current events. But damage to our destruction of property, particularly graffiti on our buildings, is not an acceptable form of expression.”

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As an institution, we encourage and welcome open and honest conversations about difficult topics. This includes both understanding and acknowledging W&M’s complicated past and addressing candidly concerns related to slavery, social justice issues or current events. But damage to our destruction of property, particularly graffiti on our buildings, is not an acceptable form of expression.

— College Spokesperson Suzanne Clavet on the graffiti found in freshman halls that referenced furniture manufactured by inmates

Navigating a nontraditional path

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Phillip Sheldon ’20 talks coming to the College as a veteran, creating conversations MADELINE MONROE // FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

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Wednesday, Aug. 29 —­Risky Business: An incident of driving under the influence of alcohol was reported at Longhill Road and Thomas Nelson Lane.

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Thursday, Aug. 30 — Meddling on Middle: a charge of larceny was reported on Middle Street.

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Thursday, Aug. 30 — Helping hand: Police recovered a vehicle stolen from another jurisdiction on Henry Street.

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Thursday, Aug. 30 — Thief in the night: Police reported larceny from a building on Mount Vernon Avenue.

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Before he was a student at the College, Phillip Sheldon ’20 was deployed in Afghanistan, Romania, Bulgaria and Kyrgyzstan and attended NOVA Community College.

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 first profile in a series about nontraditional students on campus.

Five years ago, Phillip Sheldon ’20 was standing in a hole he dug while deployed in Afghanistan as a machine gunner. As he stood there, the now-veteran of the Marine Corps wondered where life would lead him in future years. He soon found himself emailing the Office of Undergraduate Admission at the College of William and Mary, hoping to uncover that answer.

“I feel more humbled than anything that I can be here today looking back at that point five years ago,” Sheldon said.

Sheldon, who is 26 years old, aims to major in international relations at the College — a path in academia that he believes he is well-prepared for.

His career in the military kept him traveling. He was first deployed in Afghanistan, then left for Romania on his second deployment and later visited Bulgaria and Kyrgyzstan. However, Sheldon was not new to travel.

Before his time in the military, he lived overseas with his father, who was a diplomat with the United States Agency for International Development.

They lived in Senegal, Italy and Ethiopia, which Sheldon said gave him insight into other cultures.

“I grew up having a good grasp of intercultural communication,” Sheldon said.

Sheldon has an appetite for adventure: the student veteran has visited 25 different countries, hiked 300 miles of the Appalachian Trail and

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We might not necessarily be the same age or been in the military or other paths of life, but we can find those shared commonalities.

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worked as an outdoor instructor for Recreational Equipment Inc. During his time at REI, Sheldon attended Northern Virginia Community College. When he heard about the opportunity to transfer to a four-year university, Sheldon sent applications to George Washington University, the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia and the College.

“What drew me the most to William and Mary is it’s a smaller school … [and] with its smaller size, I felt like I had more engagement with the professors and I could also engage my peers more,” Sheldon said. “I felt that going to a larger school, a lot of the stories that a student body may have can get lost with a large [class] size.”

Sheldon was accepted into both the College and UVA, but he chose the College for its academic rigor and international relations program. As a former foreign security force advisor with experience in international security cooperation, he learned how and why to train foreign militaries.

When he enrolled in courses at the College, he recognized the overlap between his position and his academic interests.

“A lot of these ideas that I learned while I was going through the foreign security force advisor course — like being able to speak with an interpreter, learning the different laws and the international law behind it, the reason why we have these programs, why they exist to bolster our relationship with NATO, to have that presence there too — a lot of that

coexists with the programs here,” Sheldon said.

On his experience as a transfer student, Sheldon noted that he had some credit-related issues due to NOVA’s standard of curriculum in mathematics and the absence of a statistics course. His math courses consequently did not transfer to the College, and he said that he wished that there was more transparency in NOVA’s policy and advising systems.

Despite losing credits, Sheldon said he is grateful for the College’s advising system, which he has found helpful in navigating academic requirements.

Transfer students, exchange students and students hailing participating in the St Andrews Joint Degree Programme are expected to attend Orientation alongside freshman students, where they are put in their own orientation groups. However, they may have exemptions from some programs, such as AlcoholEdu, if they are above the age of 24. To Sheldon, Orientation seemed more suited to the freshman experience, but that did not stop him from appreciating the different facets of Orientation or the lessons he learned from the younger students.

“While I did feel that some of the material was going over stuff I’d learned before, I still felt it was vital because you’re not aware of where everyone comes from,” Sheldon said. “So even though people may be older, or they may have different values that they’re coming with, you’re also injecting new ideas into what they’ve learned before.”

During Orientation, Sheldon said he and other transfers struggled with making assumptions about each other. With the help of small group discussions held after Orientation sessions, he realized appearances can be deceiving, both in older and younger students.

“One of the many assumptions that exists out there for college students at large is [that] freshmen just lived in one town for their entire life, and they never pursued any type of intercultural training and so they’ve only just had that one experience,” Sheldon said. “ … When I was in my German 150 class today, I figured out that there [were] several freshmen that grew up overseas in Lithuania, some in Europe — a larger part of Europe as well and a few different countries. And so, they, while being 18 or 19 and a little bit younger than most of the transfers, they still had varying experiences even though they were freshmen.”

Sheldon, who is a member of the Student Veterans Association, said that he finds the shared goal of obtaining a degree that exists between students and student veterans to be one unifying reason for all students to connect with each other. Despite differences between students and student veterans, reaching out to others is critical to understanding what you have in common with someone else, Sheldon said.

“We are unified when we start talking to each other, we learn that ‘Wow, there’s a lot of experiences that we also have in common,’” Sheldon said. “We might not necessarily be the same age or been in the military or in other paths of life, but we can find those shared commonalities and we can find other things that we have in common as well.”

While serving in Afghanistan, Sheldon experienced losing friends that were killed in action. He said that the importance of reaching out to others grows when someone is trying to get through that kind of pain.

“Being in Afghanistan, unfortunately there are people who I was friends with that can’t be here today,” Sheldon said. “It’s a little bit more difficult for veterans who have these more traumatic experiences to be able to share with the campus. I encourage veterans and any students to be able to talk about them to us, because that’s how we learn, how we appreciate other people.”

As he begins a new chapter in his life at the College, Sheldon has gotten involved in several new ways. He currently serves as goalie of the ice hockey club team and is running for transfer outreach and liaison positions involving veterans and students. He said he looks forward to getting involved in more student leadership positions and activities and is grateful for the opportunity to attend the College.

“When I go back to that point of my friends not being here, I think about that a lot where, unfortunately, they didn’t have the ability to go to College,” Sheldon said. “But I’m sitting here today being able to say that I’m going to the second oldest college in the nation. There’s not many things I pride myself more on.”

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The owner of the Amber Ox Public House, Andrew Voss, announced plans in August to open a beer hall in the former Seasons restaurant, which is currently vacant.

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Dessler case continues: Former professor arrested, settles suit

The McLeod Tyler Wellness Center officially opened Monday, Aug. 28.

The new building now houses the Counseling Center, Student Health Center and wellness programs like yoga.

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In April 2018, the lawsuit former and a settlement payment. Dessler good behavior” in emails he sent to government professor David Dessler also agreed to not make further the College Aug. 13, Aug. 14 and Aug. filed against the College of William disparaging comments against the 15. These emails were framed as a and Mary was settled before the first College and to release all members of violation of probation. Dessler spent scheduled court date. Dessler filed the the College community from liability. two weeks in jail, then at his bond lawsuit in December 2017, alleging This settlement did not serve as an hearing, the judge determined that no among other things that he was admission of wrongdoing on the part crime had been committed. Dessler was then released on recognizance, wrongfully terminated. As conditions of the College.

Dessler was then arrested Aug. 16, and the arrest will be wiped from his of the settlement, the College agreed to provide him with a letter of reference 2018 on a charge of “failure to be of record May 29, 2018.

Graduate students team up, test foundational physics laws A recent discovery by the College of William and Mary and researchers at the University of Michigan has the potential to challenge the understanding of one of the most important laws of physics. The discovery was published in the journal, Nature.

“This changes everything, even our ideas about planetary formation,” said associate professor of physics at the College and co-author on the paper Mumtaz Qazilbash.

“The full extent of what this means is an important question and, frankly, one I will be continuing to think about.”

Zhen Xing and Patrick McArdle, graduate students at the College, partnered with Qazilbash and a team of engineers from the University of Michigan to test the law.

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Drug distribution on campus: Students face charges in court In August 2018, six defendants connected with a drug distribution at the College waived their rights to preliminary hearings, meaning that their cases automatically moved to the higher Circuit Court. A seventh defendant, Shannon Cannaday, was represented by Virginia Senator Thomas Norment during her preliminary hearing.

Cannady entered an agreement for a withheld finding. The prosecutors in the case dropped a charge of distribution of marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school and amended a felony charge to a misdemeanor distribution charge. If she complies with certain requirements, the misdemeanor distribution charge may be dropped in August 2019. Cannady has temporarily unenrolled from the College.

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Fall 2018 Construction on Landrum Hall, originally slated to be completed by fall 2018 has been delayed.

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Conduct decisions made public

A new fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha, is set to colonize on campus this fall. In January 2017, Phi Gamma Delta was the first of three new fraternities to recruit students, following a decision by the Interfraternity Council to welcome new chapters to the College of William and Mary. When the IFC reviewed applications, they considered positions on hazing and harm reduction among other facors.Presently, national representatives from Lambda Chi Alpha are working on establishing the fraternity’s presence, not directly recruiting new members.

In the spring 2019 semester, the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity will begin their colonization process.

Last spring, the Office of Student Conduct created a web page to make public the disciplinary history of recognized student organizations.

Conduct decisions from the last several semesters were posted with descriptions of what infractions occurred and what disciplinary sanctions were levied.

Stemming from an incident Feb. 17, 2018, Kappa Sigma was added to the website. They were found responsible for hosting an unregistered event involving alcohol, participating in drinking games and tampering with fire safety equipment. The fraternity was on disciplinary probation during the spring 2018 semester and is required to complete a workshop prior to holding a social function this semester.

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Convocation marks 100 years of coeducation Rowe, Murphy share advice for new students looking to find community at College SARAH SMITH FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

A sea of new students filled the Sunken Garden Wednesday, Aug. 29, marking the official beginning of the 2018-19 academic year and College of William and Mary President Katherine Rowe’s first Convocation ceremony.

This year’s Convocation was in many ways dedicated to the 100th anniversary of coeducation at the College.

In his opening remarks, Provost Michael Halleran thanked Jayne Barnard and Val Cushman, the co-chairs of the 100th Anniversary Committee.

“With this Convocation, we start the beginning of the academic year and we celebrate especially the women and men who are beginning their William and Mary careers,” Halleran said. “We also celebrate a milestone in the university’s history, 100 years ago in September 1918, 24 first-year students became the first women to attend William and Mary, making us the first university of co-education in the commonwealth of Virginia.”

Also in attendance was Virginia Sen. Monty Mason ’89, who presented a resolution to Rowe,

honoring the College for being the first public university in the state to allow co-education.

The resolution was passed by the Virginia General Assembly.

“How appropriate in the 100th year of women at William and Mary that we present [this resolution] to our first female president,” Mason said. “I am always excited to welcome a new class, but I am really excited to welcome you because you are freshmen in her first year, and the first class she will see all the way through your four years at William and Mary. Last year we honored three incredible women, the first three African Americans in residence.”

Mason also discussed changes he’s seen in the Tribe Athletics department, such as the hiring of Athletics Director Samantha Huge, as a success.

“There was a coach in the athletics department named Millie West, who was a coach of many things but ultimately became the athletics director for women,” Mason said. “Millie famously told the president and the athletics director that she didn’t want anything more, she just wanted the same amount of money that the men got. I tell you that today because we have an incredible athletics director, Samantha Huge, that follows in her footsteps.”

In another first celebrated at the College’s Convocation, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy ’00 took the stage as the keynote speaker. Murphy is the first Vietnamese-American woman elected to Congress.

“I stand here, the first Vietnamese-American woman elected to Congress, sharing a stage with the first woman chosen to lead this great university,” Murphy said. “I look out at all of you, a sea of faces composed of young men and women of every race and creed, and I feel motivated by our past, inspired by our progress and hopeful for our future. Above all, I feel pride and joy.”

Murphy said that it was important for the new students to be good citizens, and that the College is a valuable place to become a good citizen. She also shared some pieces of advice that would help along the way: Know that democracy is not self-sustaining, study American values, learn that opinions can and should evolve, seek out different people and learn how to argue points effectively.

“If you do all these things, you will leave William and Mary prepared to be the good citizen that this great country needs so badly right now,” Murphy said.

Rowe also shared some remarks during the ceremony, and once again shared how her experiences with Ultimate Frisbee during her first year at Carleton College taught her how to be bold and helped her find a sense of community.

“As we embark on our path, through the Wren, remember that we benefit in countless ways from the generous engagement and philanthropy of those who came before,” Rowe said in a press statement. “The transformation of leadership is to understand ourselves always and already as the host, even as we arrive in new places. In doing so, you ensure that William & Mary will be your creation — the community you create intentionally in the classroom, in the dorms, on the playing field, on stage, in the studio — everywhere you go.”

Rowe also presented two members of the College with awards for their community service work. One, Tom Chamberlain, a volunteer police officer with the William and Mary Police Department, was awarded for his work with Dream Catchers Therapeutic Riding.

The other, Danny McNeil ’19 received an award of $500 for his work coordinating the annual Out of Darkness Suicide Prevention Walk on campus.

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McLeod Tyler Wellness Center opens doors to public New building consolidates health, counseling centers, focuses on holistic wellness MADELINE MONROE FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR

Tuesday, Aug. 28, College of William and Mary President Katherine Rowe, alongside Board of Visitors members, student leaders and donors, gathered in front of the McLeod Tyler Wellness Center for a ribbon-cutting ceremony honoring its opening and the beginning of a new chapter in the College’s path to integrative wellness.

“We will use this new center to transform the story of wellness in this community,” Rowe said. “This is a place for health as well as a place for healing. It’s an inviting space for all to grow in both of those things — a space of recreation and re-creation. We can hear in that word, ‘recreation,’ that recreation has its roots in renewal and transformation.”

In 2015, the College received $1.5 million in a joint donation from Bee McLeod ’83 MBA ’92 and Tyler Goody to fund the construction, design and programming of the future Wellness Center. After a period of construction, the Wellness Center now houses the Counseling Center, the Student Health Center and wellness programs like yoga from the Student Recreation Center.

New additions, like the Center for Mindfulness and Authentic Excellence, complement the meditation alcoves in the halls of the Wellness Center. Spacious group fitness rooms, outfitted with special low-lying meditation chairs, yoga mats, TVs and views of the woods, provide a gathering place for group fitness classes, which are now free on a pilot basis for the 2018-19 academic year.

The Wellness Center will also feature two gardens and a patio. At the front is the compassion garden, which, according to College Spokesperson Erin Zagursky, is completed except for the addition of a sign. Ground for the

corresponding Zen garden behind the building has been cleared, but the garden itself has not been completed.

Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88, M.Ed. ’06 said the Wellness Center’s focus on the eight dimensions of wellness provides a comprehensive approach to wellbeing.

“Here, in the heart of our campus, we affirm in the most tangible way possible that personal wellness is foundational to excellence at William and Mary,” Ambler said. “Indeed, we affirm that by integrating the different dimensions of wellness — emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual — we can surely thrive as human beings.”

According to Rowe, ensuring wellness among college students is more important than ever, as the American Mental Health Association has found that a majority of college students experience anxiety and depression that affect their ability to function. Because more students have been entering college with diagnoses of this nature, the College’s role in providing supportive services must grow, Rowe said.

“The McLeod Tyler Wellness Center puts William and Mary at the leading edge of thinking about such transformations, supporting the holistic innovations of authentic excellence and mindfulness that the whole of our student life, community and staff have created,” Rowe said.

Student Assembly President Brendan Boylan ’19 thanked the donors and noted how critical the Wellness Center is to student success beyond academics.

“To say it frankly, having friends or finding your passion or even excelling in your studies is not a cure-all for mental illness,” Boylan said.

“That is why the McLeod Tyler Wellness Center

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The Wellness Center will include two gardens — a compassion garden and a Zen garden — as well as a patio.

is such an important step in our community’s journey, not only to greater resources devoted to wellness, but to a greater understanding of mental health issues as well.”

The Wellness Center will host wellness application courses, such as Mindfulness Meditation, Bicycling for Wellness and Flourishing, which students can take pass/fail for one academic credit.

The Wellness Center also allows students to apply for positions as Wellness Ambassadors, whose duties include planning activities and staffing the front desk. Additionally, student education groups can utilize the Peer Education

Hub, complete with chairs and whiteboards, which is on the first floor.

Boylan said that he believes that the Wellness Center will help students, especially new students, to ease into and tackle issues surrounding their physical or mental health as they begin or continue their college lives.

“It’s crucial to understand that wellness does not mean shying away from the challenges of life, or from taking on new endeavors that may be stressful or taxing,” Boylan said. “It does require us, however, to treat ourselves better, and to take on difficult times in a healthy way.”

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Midtown Row development project aims to revitalize Williamsburg Plan proposes adding hotel, two-story parking deck, student housing, performance space CALEB ROGERS FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

Over 600 people attended the opening of Earth Fare, a North Carolina-based supermarket, June 27 in Williamsburg.

Earth Fare is part of the Midtown Row development project, which will continue to progress to include multi-story buildings, complete with commercial businesses and residential options for community members.

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Graphic overhead representation of the Midtown Row development project once completed.

Broad Street Realty, which purchased the land for $13.3 million in 2017, describes the Midtown Row project as a curated retail experience and residential district, which includes restaurants, shops, apartments, entertainment, office space, as well as a village green featuring outdoor programming and community event space.

The project is aimed at a multi-year revitalization of the City’s midtown commercial sector, where the Food Lion and Advanced Auto Parts sit near Richmond Road.

The property was built in 1959 using a then-modern style. While called a shopping center, the area has sustained long-term vacancies for years, as talks of redevelopment have been ongoing.

According to YesWilliamsburg.com economic development website the site is 45 percent vacant.

Midtown Row will be made up of four five-story buildings. The first floor of each building will be dedicated to commercial businesses, with the hopes of renting to budget-friendly restaurants, entertainment venues and boutique shops.

The remaining four floors above will be for apartments designed with students and young professionals in

mind, with the capacity to house 650 people.

Broad Street has said the rooms will be priced with that same demographic in mind, with utilities included.

Midtown Row will align with the city’s goal “to create a modern, relevant, user friendly enterprise zone,” City Council member Barbara Ramsey ’75 said in a written statement.

“The housing will not only be new, ‘smart’, and ‘wired/connected’ construction with amenities in a great location, but safe, have available parking, and be fair and reasonably priced,” Ramsey said in a written statement.

Student Assembly President Brendan Boylan ’19 echoed Ramsey’s sentiments.

“I think the proximity to the College, the paths that will be built, and the variety of options will be a great boost in the appeal that William & Mary has and, more importantly, will improve the lives of students,” Boylan said in a written statement.

Longtime tenants of the shopping district will stay put: Food Lion, Sal’s

by Victor, and the local ABC store will all maintain their current locations.

However, much of the space behind these establishments will be remodeled into a community green

space intended for outdoor events, where bands and other local artisans will be able to perform.

Additionally, the development will include a 135-room hotel and two-story parking deck to alleviate the burdens of temporary housing and parking nearby, according to YesWilliamsburg. com.

Director of Marketing at Broad Street Realty Brynn Jacoby elaborated on some of the new features of Midtown Row. “The retail portion will include restaurants, local shops, entertainment, and a Village Green with regular programming — think outdoor movies and Saturday morning yoga classes,” Jacoby said in an email.

“Not to mention, students will have the opportunity to live right next to campus in brand new apartments, offering amenities like a pool, gym and on-site parking.”

Broad Street expects project completion by the summer of 2020 so that it may accommodate students for the 2020-21 academic year. “... [W]hen people think of Williamsburg, and they say, ‘Where should I go out to lunch?’ Immediately people will say, ‘Let’s go to Midtown Row,” Broad Street CEO Michael Jacoby said in a press interview.

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Memorialization initiative supports efforts toward racial reconciliation Project’s committee on memorialization comprised of undergraduates, alumni, faculty, staff One of the students who took this course, Timothy Courtney ’15, said that the memorial constitutes an important step in racial justice.

“Although no sculpture or structure can erase the horrors that occurred, incorporating the acknowledgement that is long overdue into the material culture of the William & Mary can start conversations that need to occur; ones that will lead us towards further understanding and reconciliation,” Courtney said in a written statement.

The Lemon Project was established in 2009, and the push for the creation of a memorial is only one of its projects aimed at reconciliation. The Lemon Project aims to address the history of slavery at the college holistically, and to conduct research as well as community outreach.

Just earlier this year at the BOV meeting in April, former College President Taylor Reveley read an official resolution apologizing for the university’s role in slavery and segregation.

“The Board of Visitors acknowledges that William and Mary enslaved people, exploited them and their labor and perpetuated the legacies of racial discrimination,” the resolution stated. “The Board profoundly regrets these activities, apologizes for them, expresses its deep appreciation for the contributions made by the African-

American members of its community to the vitality of William and Mary then, now, and for all time coming, and commits to continue our efforts to remedy the lingering effects of past injustices.”

The College is not the only institution looking for ways to grapple with and amend for its past. The University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors approved a design for a memorial for enslaved laborers this year.

UVA has contracted a design team and said they are hoping to complete the memorial by spring 2019. Additionally, Harvard Law School unveiled a plaque in September 2017 that memorializes the enslaved people whose labor enabled the founding of the school.

Marina Schlosser ’20, who has been involved with the Lemon Project for two years through a collaboration with Branch Out Alternative Breaks, said she believes a memorial to the enslaved would be valuable to campus.

“A memorial to the enslaved would add tremendous value to the campus in that it is a public apology and awareness that a wrong has been done in our past and now should be worked to be rectified,” Schlosser said in an email. “We must remember the people who have built the campus, physically and metaphorically, and come to the realization that we should honor them and use the memorial as a stepping stone for the way to amend the relations between the College and African-American community.”

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Another student, Kandance Kimber ’19 said she is constantly blown away by the work the Lemon Project does.

“I believe this memorial would add tremendous value considering that the slaves of the College were the ones who built and maintained the campus originally,” Kimber said. “Having an open call for submissions allows students and faculty to share their genuine perspectives on how the college has evolved over the duration of their time here on campus.”

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GUEST COLUMN

The Haven: welcoming, inclusive peer support

Hannah Ferster

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New small plates at Sadler startling, upsetting

Anna Boustany

FLAT HAT OPINIONS ASSOC. EDITOR

I went to Center Court at Sadler for the first time this school year, the Saturday before classes started, hoping that the changes I had been hearing about would lead to a better dining experience overall, The changes were seemingly returning to the ways things had been before I began attending the College of William and Mary. For example, the Mongolian grill is back as a permanent fixture, and the vegan section (Maize) and the salad bar have switched locations.

To be completely honest, I am pretty ambivalent about most of those changes. However, it was the one change that I was not expecting at all that I have found myself disliking the most.

I arrived at Sadler — not entirely thrilled to be back eating dining hall food but hoping for the best — only to find that the plates and bowls had shrunk to a ridiculously small size. The small plates now seem to be intended for appetizers, and the bowls are now incredibly shallow. In the release that I read about the changes being made to the dining halls, I could find no reference to the new sizes, and there does not appear to be a change at the Caf. I have heard unconfirmed rumors

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that the reasoning behind the new plate size is to help students with portion control. However, even if this is the intention, the change seems meaningless at an all-you-can-eat dining hall.

Personally, I feel that in the past days that I’ve been back to dining on campus, I have been eating more food at Sadler than I would have last year or than I do at other dining halls. When I could fill up one plate with, for example, a large salad, then I knew that eating that amount satisfies me perfectly. But now with the much smaller plates, I am eating two or three platefuls.

This feels like less food at first, but I later feel completely stuffed and realize I have eaten far too much. It is also much more tedious when I am trying to sit down and enjoy a meal with friends, as it feels like every other minute someone needs to get up and get more food because they couldn’t fit a satisfactory amount onto their plate.

This change is inconvenient and annoying, but it is certainly isn’t the end of the world. Hopefully, we will all get used to the smaller plates, and maybe at the end of the day we will actually benefit from the smaller portion sizes. However, what really irks me is the lack of information or explanation. I certainly haven’t done an extensive amount of research or conducted interviews to understand what is happening, but the fact of the matter is, I shouldn’t have to. When the dining halls, which are establishments that nearly every student visits regularly, make a change, it seems only fair that the students are alerted before the change is made and given a chance to respond. Even if that isn’t possible, students deserve to have all of the changes and their reasoning presented to them. The College does send out some information, but beyond merely stating what is happening, students deserve a rational explanation behind the changes.

Email Anna Boustany at aeboustany@email.wm.edu

When the dining halls, which are establishments that nearly every student visits regularly, make a change, it seems only fair that the students are alerted before the change is made and given a chance to respond.

Tucked away in a back corner of the Campus Center, near Trinkle Hall, Room 166 offers a uniquely safe space on campus.

The Haven is a resource center for students impacted by sexual violence and harassment, relationship abuse, intimate partner violence, stalking and other forms of gender-based discrimination. A confidential, welcoming and inclusive space, the Haven is open to anyone who may have questions, need resources, or be looking for connection and support. We welcome all visitors, whether you are concerned for yourself or a friend, have had a recent experience or one in the past.

Part of what makes The Haven unique on campus is that it is peer-based, staffed by compassionate student volunteers who are trained every year in trauma-informed response and resources for students. Our goal is to empower our visitors; every visit follows what the visitor needs, whether that be a safe space to sit in, someone to talk to, or help deciding on next steps after an experience of abuse, harassment or violence.

The room is designed to make visitors feel welcome and comfortable, with activities to help them feel grounded.

Often when visitors come to The Haven, they are nervous about sharing their concerns or experiences. Addressing traumatic experiences is never easy, but Haven volunteers are trained to follow the visitor’s lead. The Haven is a safe and confidential space to de-stress and get grounded, and visitors are never required to talk about anything that they do not wish to talk about. If someone coming in to The Haven has a question about health and safety resources, Title IX and sexual misconduct policies, or criminal and civil legal options, volunteers are there to share information so that visitors can make their own informed decisions. We are a confidential resource, meaning that volunteers are not required to report anything that visitors share with them. Deciding what to do after experiencing abuse, harassment or violence is a very personal decision, and our job is to help visitors make a decision that will help them in their individual healing. We also collaborate with many on- and off-campus services and offices to provide visitors with supportive resources that The Haven cannot directly provide.

The Director of The Haven Liz Cascone is also a great resource for students who have questions, or need assistance with school accommodations related to classes, schedules, campus living and no-contact orders.

Over the past couple of years, The Haven has also been working to provide opportunities for survivors to connect with each other and build a sense of community. We strive to be a part of creating an atmosphere at William and Mary where survivors of abuse, harassment and violence feel supported and empowered. HORIZON, a student-led, peer-based social group for students at the College who have experienced sexual assault and/or sexual harassment, also provides opportunities for connection and support with students who have had similar experiences, led by trained students who are also survivors.

Starting on September 10, The Haven is open Sunday through Thursday from 11:00am to 9:00pm, and Friday and Saturday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Feel free to check out the space, ask questions, and meet some of our volunteers. We can also be reached on the phone at 757-221-2449 or by email at thehaven@wm.edu. The Director of The Haven is also available by appointment in Campus Center Room 167, by phone at 757221-7478 or by email at lizcascone@wm.edu.

Email Hannah Ferster at hferster@email.wm.edu

STAFF COLUMN

Learning to balance introversion with life at the College of William and Mary

Katherine Yenzer FLAT HAT OPINIONS EDITOR

The first semester of my freshman year, I spent a lot of time in my dorm room. I’ve always been a more introverted person, and my room has always been a safe and secure place that allowed me to sit by myself in silence. Those who have gone through Orientation here at the College of William and Mary know that the beginning of freshman year is full of forced ice breakers and small talk with dozens of new people. For me, Orientation was exhausting.

Don’t get me wrong, I had a lot of fun and met some of my closest friends, but by the end of it, I was ready to spend as much time as possible alone.

Unfortunately for me, sorority recruitment came right after Orientation. There, I found myself in an even more exhausting social situation, recruitment. It felt as if I was never going to have a second alone ever again. Hours upon hours of non-stop talking and attempting to impress girls who I didn’t know took all of my remaining ounces of energy. By the time recruitment was over, I had found a sorority where I felt at home, but I was almost too exhausted to enjoy it.

My first three weekends at the College had been a whirlwind of social interaction and new people, and by the end of it, I was more than ready to crawl into bed and binge an entire Netflix series. However, instead of finally having some alone time to relax, I had homework to do, tests to study for, club meetings to attend, sorority events to go to and friends to hang out with. I felt almost trapped by the amount of activities on my schedule, despite the fact that I wanted to do the majority of those things.

I attempted to fix the problem by withdrawing myself as much as possible just to get some precious alone time. I ate dinner in my room instead of with my hall mates, and I watched

TV in bed instead of going to campus events that sounded fun or sorority events I wanted to attend. I was so burned out by the first couple months of college that by November I found that I was unable to get myself to do much of anything. I suddenly had ample alone time, something I had originally thought I wanted, but I wasn’t happy.

My New Year’s resolution coming into the second semester of my freshman year was to say “yes” more. I wanted to reengage myself in the activities that I had enjoyed immensely at the beginning of my first semester. Over winter break, I realized that in the pursuit of having time to myself, I had stopped doing a lot of the things that I deeply enjoyed about college.

Thankfully, during second semester, I was able to find a balance between having time to myself and engaging with my community.

While sometimes I had to force myself to get lunch with friends or go to school events, I always ended up happy I didn’t spend that time at home by myself. By making a conscious choice to re-engage myself with the College, I found myself saying yes more and spending less time alone.

While I still cherish my alone time, I now get a much healthier amount of it. Coming into sophomore year, I am infinitely happier than I was at this time last year. While I am still striving to say yes to as many opportunities as possible, I have also learned that it is OK to say no.

Some nights I stay in bed and read a book or call my mom instead of going to a party with friends, and that’s OK. There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to be by yourself, and for introverts, it’s necessary. However, that does not mean one should spend all of their time alone.

Engaging in the campus community is just as important for one’s overall happiness and health as alone time is. Freshman year helped me learn how to balance my introversion with my desire to be involved at the College. While things aren’t always perfect, sometimes I embrace my introversion and miss an event that I wanted to go to, or sometimes I let my FOMO make me go out when I would rather watch “Rick and Morty” in bed, and as a result I am much happier (and healthier!) now than I have ever been before.

Email Katherine Yenzer at keyenzer@email.wm.edu

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Spilling the tea: Dining halls offer plethora of new, flavorful beverages

Anthony Madalone

FLAT HAT OPINIONS ASSOC. EDITOR

Before returning to the College of William and Mary for my sophomore year after spending my first summer back home, I was excited to come back for all but one reason: the food.

After being lavishly fed delectable home-cooked and take-out meals alike at home, I could not imagine how I would react to whatever Sodexo had waiting for me back in Williamsburg.

While the food itself has been nowhere near as bad as I imagined it might be, there is one part of my dining hall experience that has absolutely blown away all of my expectations. Here’s the tea: it’s the tea.

Last week, I was able to serve as an Orientation Aide, and within two days of training my voice was already gone. I needed vocal backup, and fast. Luckily, Sodexo had my back.

Both the Caf and Sadler were consistently stocked with a bevy of different teas, fitting for whatever flavor or feeling my sore throat desired.

The Caf was consistently stocked with “Numi” brand, offering a robust selection of standard types of tea. Since the Caf is close to where I live, the caffeinated options featured there were perfect for my early mornings.

Whether I wanted typical English Breakfast, Earl Grey or Yerba Mate, the Caf ensured my throat was soothed and my body energized for the long day ahead. Sadler, meanwhile, presented a diverse selection of “Bigelow” brand herbal teas, allowing for near constant tea drinking without fear of ingesting too much caffeine.

I don’t think I went a minute in Sadler without having a to-go mug full of “Cranberry Apple,” “Orange and Spice” or “Mint Medley” by my side, awaiting to keep me both hydrated and healthy.

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When I’m home, I prefer steeping my own tea, using a strainer and spooning out tea herbs myself. That sort of commitment to making tea is plainly unrealistic in a fast-paced college environment.

The dining hall teas weren’t just matching my tea quality at home, but improving upon it. When I’m home, I prefer steeping my own tea, using a strainer and spooning out tea herbs myself.

That sort of commitment to making tea is plainly unrealistic in a fast-paced college environment, and Sodexo gets this by making the tea bag experience as pleasant as possible. With their variety, I can consistently have different teas, never growing bored of any one option.

Additionally, because the teas are served within the “all you can eat” dining hall format, I can try new teas with ease and without commitment.

If I don’t like a new tea, I didn’t lose any money; I can immediately return to the tea rack to drink something I know I enjoy and move on, without a worry in the world of having to now finish a whole box of it. While I might still begrudgingly miss the tastes of my hometown, I know that every time I walk into one of the College’s dining halls I will be greeted by an excellent selection of herbal goodies to try to my heart’s content.

While it might not be the same as using your own pot and kettle, Sodexo has crafted a wonderfully collegiate tea experience for anyone looking for vocal support or plain old good flavor on the go. Keep the tea pouring, guys. My cup has yet to runneth over.

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

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Williamsburg heat wave: Slick backs, new friends

Ethan Brown

FLAT HAT OPINIONS EDITOR

There are two facts that every student at the College of William and Mary should know about famous comedian John Mulaney.

The first vital bit of knowledge is that I possess an undying affection for him; his sly smiles cause me to blush with such vibrant hues of crimson that I resembled a tomato just five minutes into his latest Netflix comedy special.

However, diatribes about our forbidden love are neither here nor there. The most important contribution Mulaney has granted us as a community is his iconic description of back sweat, which after an unbearably warm week in Williamsburg, is the relatable content we all need and deserve.

Mulaney describes his transition into middle age as fraught by various “gross” symptoms, most notably the consistent presence of back sweat.

He compares himself to a dolphin; like an aquatic mammal, his back never becomes totally immersed in water but instead remains in a purgatory of perpetual slickness.

I cannot speak for the rest of the College, but I too felt like a dolphin throughout much of the first week of the fall semester.

I spent a month in Williamsburg this summer and days I found unbearable in June would have been welcomed with open arms

in August. The heat refused to relent even for Convocation, where the scorching temperatures may have led some new students to question if they were walking toward the Sunken Garden or through the fiery gates of hell.

However, while I love whining about the warm weather as much as the next twamp, the timing of our swamp’s heat wave may have one positive consequence.

Welcoming new freshmen and transfer students is an exciting time for our campus, but we can all admit that small talk grows exhausting within a few days. Luckily, the heat alleviated that exhaustion by adding another tidbit to every twamp’s social repertoire.

Misery truly does love company; everyone loves to complain and having a common phenomenon to decry is an undeniably enjoyable activity. Last week’s heat wave gave students something to commiserate about when their discussions of hometowns and intended majors turned tepid, and having such a warm first week in Williamsburg provided yet another opportunity for new members of the College to bond over their shared experiences.

Better still, when temperatures gradually drop to a more tolerable 80 degrees and humidity dips below a 90 percent threshold in the coming weeks, new students will welcome the arrival of good weather and eagerly start to explore the College’s vast outdoors.

Perhaps they’ll even do it with the acquaintances they made during orientation, whose friendships blossomed with just a few initial complaints about the heat.

That being said, there is the chance we face a semester’s worth of excruciating temperatures and unbearably slick backs. If that’s the case, friendship is irrelevant, and instead of spending time with the people we care about, everyone should focus on obtaining as many fans and tank tops as possible.

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

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his academic year all students are guaranteed a free ticket to each of the six main stage productions brought to life by the Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance. However, due to the major renovation of Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall, all the productions will be relocated to the historic Kimball Theatre in downtown Williamsburg. This change in venue poses an exciting challenge for the department as it prepares for the fast approaching 2018-19 season.

“Working with the Kimball Theatre requires us to design and produce things in an offsite location,” Director of Production and theatre professor Matthew Allar said.

“So, our scene shop for this semester will still be in PBK Memorial Hall, but we need to think about things in a way that we can put them in a truck and take them down the street and then load them into a different space. Which is an industry standard for most professional theaters, so it’s a really great chance for us to think in those terms, but also teach in those terms. It gives us a chance to really model that kind of production environment for our students in a way that we haven’t been able to do so in the past.”

The first production to hit the Kimball stage in early October will be “The Children’s Hour.” From renowned playwright Lillian Hellman comes a story of two young women and their journey to successfully run a boarding school for girls whilst dealing with a problematic rumor that threatens to destroy all that the women have worked to build for themselves.

Allar said that preparation for the season and for “The Children’s Hour” began at the end of March 2018 and continued all summer, as the department and facilities readied to produce live theater.

“Directors and designers will get together and develop a conceptual approach to that piece, how that story is going to be told and through what sort of lens we want the audience to understand the piece,” Allar said.

The next piece to grace Kimball Theatre will be “Dancevent,” featuring the Orchesis Modern Dance Company. The performance will run Oct. 25-28 and exhibit all original works created by the dance faculty and performed by faculty, guest artists and Orchesis company members.

Orchesis member Daniella Superlano ’20 said that preparation for the Orchesis production begins over the summer, with all of the company members doing their part to stay in touch with dance in the summer months. Superlano said that, during the summer, the professors work to develop choreographic concepts for the fall’s “Dancevent.”

“Over the summer, being part of the company, we all do our own thing,” Superlano said. “All of us go home to our studios, and most of us dance. I danced all summer; I danced with my ballet company from home.”

The third production from the department will be the musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” which will show from Nov. 15–18 and Nov. 29 – Dec. 2. With an upbeat and fun premise, Allar is excited about the opportunity to include some guest spellers from the community.

“It is a fairly lighthearted, but also very poignant musical about, effectively, kids at a spelling bee,” Allar said. “It’s a great musical to produce in the Kimball Theatre. We’re looking to really embrace the environment and the

community that way and have a lot of fun. It offers a lot of opportunities for guest spellers; we’re likely to involve some major individuals from the campus community that I think people on campus will recognize.”

Next in the season lineup, during the last weekend of February 2019, is “Our Lady of 121st Street.” Pulitzer Prizewinner Stephen Adly Guirgis’ dark comedy, set in a Harlem neighborhood, follows the mystery surrounding a missing body and a family’s pursuit to uncover what exactly went wrong.

In March, the Orchesis Modern Dance Company will take the stage again in “An Evening of Dance.” This annual concert allows students to develop and perform original choreography.

Company member Grace Poreda ’21 is especially enthusiastic about the upcoming season as she enters her second year with the company.

“Last year I was a freshman, and it was my first year in the company,” Poreda said. “Everything was new and exciting, and I didn’t really know what to expect. I am most excited for going into the year really knowing the people that I am dancing with. I just think that is so important in choreography, to be close with your company as people because it makes for a better company as a whole, as dancers.”

Finally, in accordance with the 100 Years of Women celebration, the department is developing a new main stage production that will be a site-specific performance in and around the Christopher Wren Building. Premiering April 2428, “… & Mary” explores the layered history of the building and provides a unique opportunity for students and faculty to delve into how historical sources interact with modern day reflections.

“The department was really interested in expanding its understanding and definition of theater,” Allar said.

“There is a lot of theater in the world that is not created by a predetermined script; there are a lot of improvisational things and a lot of impromptu events that are redefining what 21st century theater means to people. So, a devised piece helps set up a structure for a company of people who come from all different backgrounds ... to form a company and land on a type of story they want to tell, need to tell or feel compelled to tell, and then shape a production around that idea. Our department is taking an active role in the 100 years celebration of women on campus and it seems like the perfect fit for us to wrestle with that idea, with that history on campus, in a really positive way to create something that both celebrates but also investigates what that means to people right now.”

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As preparations for the 2018-19 season are fully underway, with rehearsals beginning this week, anticipation surrounds the potential for greater student turnout this year. Allar hopes that free student tickets will serve as an incentive to mobilize students from all corners of campus to attend.

“Hopefully it’s a great motivator to get people to come out and see live theater,” Allar said. “We live in a culture that has so many types of theater and spectacle and entertainment online and in movie theaters, but there is nothing quite as good as live theater, for connecting with people in person.

So hopefully students will get excited about that because the price is right.”

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BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Turn the water on, turn the heat up

Some tips, tricks on how to navigate rocky waters of shower sex

William Watkins

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS COLUMNIST

Most everyone has had the thought before: It seems like the most natural conclusion to make; it’s slippery, sexy and secluded, not to mention that you’re most likely going to be naked anyway.

Why wouldn’t I want to have sex in the shower?

However, for those who have given water sex a go, the conclusions were more than likely focused on its shortcomings and difficulties. While this article will be focusing on a lot of the misconceptions and roadblocks that go hand in hand with shower sex, it will also discuss some positive aspects of shower sex, along with potential solutions to many of its faults.

The first issue that rears its head is the matter of finding a good position. Of course, it is possible to simply have standing shower sex, but this usually isn’t particularly conducive to sex. The next natural response would likely be for at least one of the participants to go for a leg-raising maneuver. While this could be helpful, it would create a fairly high fall risk, even when assistance, such as grip mats or handlebars, are available. The third option, more

specific to those who are pursuing penetration, would be for one participant to bend at the hip. This, however, can often leave the bender feeling like they’re practically drowning.

This inconvenience continues to be present while performing oral sex as well; water will typically run down your partner and may pool around your head, which isn’t very helpful for something that already limits breathing. No matter what position ends up working best for you, your best bet will be to redirect the showerhead away from your bodies, but that does start to take the “shower” out of “shower sex.”

The next issue is the ever-present concern of lubrication. Despite water’s wetness, or, if you don’t buy into that whole “water is wet” idea, its capacity to make other objects wet, it causes more friction than it alleviates. In fact, water can easily wash away any natural lubrication that either partner may produce.

This dilemma, however, is fairly easy to remedy with the proper lubricant. First, water-based lube will in many cases be washed away just as easily as bodily lubrication. The next option is an oil-based lubricant.

However, for those using condoms or similar protection, this option will negatively impact the integrity of the protection and will increase the risk of it breaking or tearing. The lubricant that checks off the most boxes would be one with a silicone base.

While it is a bit more expensive, it won’t be easily washed away or greatly affect any protection used.

However, silicone allergies are fairly common, so be sure to run it by your partner(s) before application.

While we’re on the topic of lubricants in the shower, do not use soap or soap-based products

as a lubricant. When soap comes into prolonged, pervasive contact it can leave the genitals uncomfortable and irritated. In fact, the use of soap on genitals, particularly pH insensitive soaps, can increase your risk for a yeast infection or a urinary tract infection.

Now that the biggest drawbacks of shower sex have been aired, it does have a fair amount of redeemable qualities that are worth mentioning.

For one, shower play can be a very effective method of foreplay; no matter what, it is still sexy, slippery and secluded. It can be beneficial for those who are looking for a more passionate, steamy period of foreplay that can help break down awkwardness about coexisting in the nude. Additionally, shower play can help ease a lot of hygienic discomfort, especially if the post-shower activities are particularly cleanliness-sensitive, such as anal and analingus.

So, depending on what it is that you’re looking for in your sexual activities, the shower can still be a viable option. Of course, be sure that your housing situation permits and is comfortable with shower activities occurring. The primary piece to remember is that the underprepared will probably experience a fair amount of strain or stoppages, but this is to be expected. You’ll at least know how to address your specific roadblocks for future sessions.

William W. is a Behind Closed Doors columnist who never wants you to use the shower head alone.

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CONFUSION CORNER

Welcome to Williamsburg: real-life Animal Crossing

From simplistic shopping to paying off never ending debts, college students embrace Animal-burg

Ellie Moonan CONFUSION CORNER COLUMNIST

Animal Crossing is real, and it’s called Williamsburg, Virginia. The only way to get here is by a train whose single destination is Animal-burg. Upon arrival, we are given a quaint, cockroach-infested empty house that is surrounded by a cult of similar buildings all in a circle. Everything in this town has a stitched smile and no matter how many trees you shake, there is always more fruit on them the next morning. These lazy days are filled with walking in circles, knocking on friends’ doors, making small talk with rabbits and catching local bugs. There is everything one could possibly need in Animal-burg, complete with the perfect bubble of shops, museums and beaches. If that isn’t attractive enough, every so often there are community fireworks and farmers markets planted to keep you busy.

But even though this may seem like a compliment to Williamsburg, the town, like the game, is much more complicated than what is perceived. Underneath all of the friendly banter and bug catching, there are strange mysteries in the air of Animal-burg. Why is it that the minute you arrive, you are forced into working for a rodent to pay off a mortgage for a house you never asked for in the first place? And the longer you stay in this town, the more you feel the eyes of the town constantly watching you.

The only contact from the outside world are sporadic letters from your parents as they tell you how proud of you they are. Stuck in this bubbled alternate universe, you start to question why no one here dies or ages, and why some friends move away and are never seen again.

Perhaps the most unsettling aspect of Animal-burg is the mole that breaks the fourth wall and threatens you when you don’t follow the rules—making sure you stay in your place and don’t disrupt the programming of the game. Suddenly, on a rainy day, you walk out with your umbrella and look around, realizing you can’t escape the routine of Animal-burg and are stuck in an artificial realm of decor.

And so, here we meet again, back for another year in Animal-burg. I went to College Creek today and found a seagull named Gulliver washed ashore. It said it has sailed the seven seas, then gave me a piece of furniture that did not belong to it in the first place. After Gulliver, I dug up a beautiful Gyroid that sang, but fed it to a rodent for money. Maybe this year the feigned happiness of unsettling tourism will finally be exposed.

Since we are stuck in this game, the least we can do is help each other pull the humanity out of it and discover what is really going on around here.

Ellie Moonan is a Confusion Corner columnist who wants you to know we are all trapped inside a Nintendo Switch.

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WOMEN’S SOCCER

Tribe picks up first victories of 2018 season

College defeats Coastal Carolina 2-0, Liberty 2-1; Segan, Kuhnle put up game-winning goals JULIA STUMBAUGH FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

With their Thursday game against South Carolina cancelled, the College was back in action a week later as it took on the Liberty Flames Sept. 9. After trailing for almost the Eight minutes into the second half, the entire match, a hard-fought final 10 minutes scoresheet was still blank. Redshirt junior from the Tribe saw the home team surge forward Sarah Segan stood at the line and ahead and claim a buzzer-beating regulation studied the goaltender, waiting on the whistle win over the Flames (1-4-0), 2-1. for her penalty kick.

Liberty got on the board in the first 10 “If you say you’re gonna make it, you’re minutes, using a corner kick to get the ball gonna make it,” Segan said. “If you go up timid, past senior goalkeeper Sara Vigen. They that’s when you miss.” were able to hold onto that 1-0 lead through Segan placed the kick into the right corner the entire first half, as both teams traded of the goal, giving William and Mary the spark possession and scoring opportunities back it needed as the Tribe (2-3-0) downed Coastal and forth.

Carolina (1-2-1) at home for its first victory of While the first half saw an even competition, the season, 2-0. the pitch seemed as if it was tilted in the The College dominated possession in the College’s favor in the second. The Tribe put opening half, putting up seven shots to the COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS up 12 shots in the second while holding the Chanticleers’ two, but Coastal Carolina made Teammates embrace sophomore defender Alex Kuhnle after her last minute buzzer-beater completed a comeback victory Sunday.

Eagles to just two, but were stymied again and four saves in those first 45 minutes to keep the again by Liberty goalkeeper Melody Jayroe. season, having previously fallen in matches at Maryland and Dayton score tied at zero. When the second half began, With the clock ticking down the final five minutes of regulation, the the Tribe continued to drive possession, finally breaking through with and dropping its home opener to Virginia the Thursday prior.

“I knew it was gonna be a tough turnaround, having played UVA, College still trailed by a single goal. Sophomore midfielder Colleen Segan’s penalty kick.

“Segan is our go-to player,” head coach Julie Shackford ’88 said. who’s really a top-three team,” Shackford said. “So I knew there would Norton then finally broke through for the home team, putting a long “When you watch, it’s pretty clear to see that she is extremely dangerous be a little bit of fatigue, but I think we stayed patient. I don’t think it kick into the upper corner of the goal and knotting the game at 1-1.

At that point, Liberty had been held without a shot for over 25 anywhere in and around the box. We have high expectations for her.” was the prettiest game at times, but we did enough to get dangerous, When the Tribe next got on the board seven minutes later, it and [we] got some really good opportunities, especially in the second minutes and was, after a wave of substitutions, looking to regroup for overtime. With just 13 seconds left in regulation, sophomore defender was Segan again — this time on a breakaway pass from sophomore half.”

The 3-0 loss to Virginia earlier that week offered a learning Alex Kuhnle made sure that didn’t happen, scoring a last-minute goal midfielder Erin Dailey.

“It was a great through ball in right away,” Segan said. “… It was opportunity for a team that is still coming together after a wave of to end the game with a 2-1 victory for the home team.

With the two wins in a row, the College improves to 2-3 overall perfectly timed, and then I was able to get a couple touches and pass offseason turnover in which the team lost eight seniors.

“After every game, we’ve learned and gotten better and better,” and 2-1 at Albert-Daly Field. Vigen made two saves and allowed one it to the far post.”

The goal pushed the score to 2-0 for the home team, and despite Segan said. “So, this game, it was nice to actually get the outcome we goal in her Tribe debut Sunday, while Kuhnle and Norton each tallied a few last pushes from the College — including a shot by Segan that wanted. So that’s good for our confidence going forward, and we’ve their first season goals.

Having completed a three-game homestand, the College will now went just wide, denying her the hat trick — that would stand as the been getting better every game, like making sure we keep the ball. travel to Bucknell University Sept. 6. final score. With this, the Tribe picked up its first victory of the 2018 And this game we definitely out-possessed the other team.”

CROSS COUNTRY

FIELD HOCKEY

Team heads to Richmond Open Men place first, women second in team standings JACOB ROSS FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

William and Mary opened its 2018 season at the Richmond Spider Alumni Open. The women finished runner-up in the team standings with a score of 41. Host Richmond, led by individual winner Colleen Carney, won the team title with a score of 33.

The men dominated the six-team field with a score of 26. The Spiders finished a distant second with 52 points.

Junior Charlotte Kowalk led the Tribe with her second-place finish, covering the two-mile course in 11 minutes, 20.2 seconds. Sophomore Lauren Finikiotis (11:27.7) and graduate student Laura LaBuschaigne

(11:29.2) placed sixth and seventh, respectively.

Redshirt sophomore Liv Paxton placed 11th in 11:37.2, and sophomore Lauren Kroepfl finished 16th in 11:52.3 to round out the scoring for the Tribe.

Junior JP Trojan repeated as the individual champion at the Richmond Spider Alumni Open, covering the five-kilometer course in a swift 15:01.1. Senior Ryan McGorty and Sophomore Spencer Tsai recorded a 3-4 finish, clocking 15:14.1 and 15:27.3, respectively.

Redshirt freshman Micah Pratt placed sixth in 15:36.1 and redshirt junior Evan Woods crossed the finish line in 15:54.3 for a 13th-place finish.

The College is back in action Sept. 14 when it hosts the 60th Annual W&M Cross Country Invitational.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Tribe wins two at Hokie Invitational

Victories over Robert Morris, Campbell improve record to 2-4 KEVIN RICHESON FLAT HAT SPORTS ASSOC. EDITOR

At the 2018 Hokie Invitational, the College was dominated by host Virginia Tech (5-0), an in-state rival in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and lost in straight sets. However, the Tribe (2-4) bounced back and picked up its first win of the season in four sets against Robert Morris (0-5). In the ultimate match of the tournament, the College moved its winning streak to two with a victory against Campbell (2-4).

In its first match of the tournament, the College entered the Hokie Invitational without a win and faced a tough test against the undefeated Hokies. The Tribe had an auspicious start, coming back from an early deficit to claim an 8-7 lead on a kill by freshman outside hitter Claire Farrell. However, the Hokies ran away with the first set with a 10-point run following Farrell’s kill to take a 17-8 advantage. The Hokies ultimately claimed the opening set 25-14, then dominated in the second set to claim a commanding 2-0 advantage. The Tribe managed to tie the third set at 14-14 before letting the chance to go into a fourth set slip away. The Hokies won 25-20 to claim a victory in a threeset sweep.

Farrell led the College with seven kills, senior setter Katie Kemp had 11 assists and junior outside hitter Casey Foote added on a match-high seven digs. The Hokies were led in victory

by outside hitter Marisa Cerchio’s match-high 13 kills and setter Rhegan Mitchell’s 12 assists and six digs.

After being defeated by the Hokies, the College was still looking for its first victory of the 2018 season when it took on Robert Morris. The Tribe never trailed in the first set, leading by eight points on multiple occasions. Despite leading 23-15 and being just two points away from seizing a 1-0 lead in the match, the Tribe struggled to close out the opening set.

The Colonials scored eight consecutive points to tie the score, but the College responded with two points of its own to claim a tight first set, 25-23. The second set was a backand-forth affair, with the College coming up with the decisive fivepoint run at 19-19 to give it multiple set points. It finally converted and seized a commanding 2-0 lead with a 25-22 triumph in the second set.

The Colonials claimed the third set, but the College closed out the match in four sets to give the Tribe its first victory of the season. The College won the decisive fourth set 25-21.

The Tribe was led in the win by senior outside hitter Heather Pippus with 13 kills, Kemp’s 22 assists and Foote’s match-high 26 digs. The Colonials received strong individual performances from outside hitter Alyson Londot, who had 12 kills, and setter Megan Cannon, who had a match-high 28 assists.

Saturday, the College took to the court once again to play its third

match of the Invitational versus Campbell. The College maintained momentum from the win against the Colonials and took the first set from the Camels, 25-20. The Camels started the set well, taking a 4-2 lead before the Tribe reeled off three straight points. The Camels could not regain a lead for the remainder of the set, and the College took a 1-0 lead after the first set. In the second set, the Camels held a small lead, 13-12, midway through the set, but the College caught fire and ran away with the set, 25-17. The Tribe won seven of the final eight points to close out the second set. Similarly to the previous match against the Colonials, the College failed to close the match out in straight sets, but claimed the fourth set 25-16 to emerge with its second victory of the weekend.

In the win, the Tribe was led by sophomore middle blocker Julia Brown’s 18 kills, junior setter Autumn Brenner’s match-high 24 assists and Foote’s 19 digs.

Campbell was led by defensive specialist Grace Kane’s match-high 21 digs and outside hitter Jessica Stocking’s 14 kills.

The College will look to stretch its winning streak to three matches when it hosts the Colonial Classic Sept. 7-8 at Kaplan Arena. The Tribe will take on Savannah State, Eastern Michigan and Norfolk State.

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After a dropped lead led to 4-3 overtime loss Thursday, the Tribe held on in Sunday’s game to claim a win.

College downs Lafayette, 4-1

Hughes scores twice in first season victory CATHERINE SCHEFER FLAT HAT SPORTS ASSOC. EDITOR

Coming off a Friday overtime loss to Old Dominion, William and Mary hosted Lafayette Sunday. The 4-1 victory marked its first win of the season.

“I think it was just really important that we regrouped,” senior midfielder Estelle Hughes said. “Obviously losing in overtime after being up two-nil is super disappointing, but I think it was a really good learning experience so early in the season.”

Hughes, who played a key role in the match, believed that the team came out with a lot more energy from the start.

That energy could be seen as freshman midfielder Cara Menges fired a shot within the first two minutes as both teams traded chances to dictate the flow of the game.

Just after the 10-minute mark, the Leopards earned two penalty corners, which were successfully defended by the Tribe.

Midway through the first half, the Leopards began to pick up their attack and had outshot the College 4-1.

The Tribe had to reconcile with a major absence left by junior midfielder Christie van de Kamp as she had to leave the game for five minutes resulting from a yellow card.

Junior forward Woodard Hooper recorded a second shot for the Tribe.

Although on frame, it was from close-range and was easily deflected by the goalie.

The College was the first to register a goal for the afternoon. Sophomore midfielder Ella Donahue found Hughes, who ripped a shot into the top of the cage from a distance.

The Leopards pulled even with the Tribe late in the first half. Forward Molly McAndrew beat junior goalkeeper Morgan Connor with three and a half minutes remaining in the half.

Hooper scored off a pass from junior midfielder Annie Snead with a mere second left on the clock to propel the Tribe into the lead entering the half.

Just over eight minutes into the second half, Hughes received the ball from sophomore forward Ashley Drum. Hughes found the back of the cage to tally another goal for the Tribe.

Hughes continued to make an impact during the game as she assisted a fourth goal for the College.

She passed the ball across the mouth of the goal which was then hammered home from the left side of the goal by sophomore forward Caitlin Maclean.

With 1:45 left on the clock, the Leopards pulled goalkeeper Sarah Park off the field to add another field player, but to no avail. The Tribe walked away with a decisive 4-1 victory.

The lead that the College earned allowed for numerous substitutions to occur in which several players were able to gain their first regular season minutes.

“We introduced a couple of freshmen today – [midfielder] Jillian Murphy ran on the field for the first time in a regular season game, [defender] Hallie Larsen ran on,” head coach Tess Ellis said. “So, for us if we can create more time for these younger kids, it just gives me more depth. We’ve got to be careful that we don’t keep relying on our senior players because if one goes down sick, then we can pull these younger players very quickly from the bench.”

The Tribe will look to keep momentum going as it hosts Brown Friday, Sept. 7 at 6 P.M. at Kaplan Arena.

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FOOTBALL

Dedmon powers Tribe to win COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS

After catching a screen pass, senior receiver DeVonte Dedmon races down the field en route to a 75-yard touchdown that would prove decisive in the Tribe’s 14-7 win against Bucknell. The game was Dedmon’s first since a season-ending injury last year.

College captures victory over Bucknell behind senior wideout’s game-winning score KEVIN RICHESON FLAT HAT SPORTS ASSOC. EDITOR After a 2-9 season that included an eight-game losing streak to end the year in 2017, William and Mary returned to the field to kick off the 2018 season Sept. 1 at Bucknell. Just over a week ago, the College announced that the starting quarterback for the season opener against the Bison would be sophomore Shon Mitchell.

Mitchell started three games in 2017, but struggled to give the Tribe a viable pass attack. In the first contest of head coach Jimmye Laycock’s 39th and final season, the Tribe won a low-scoring game, 14-7, on senior wide receiver DeVonte Dedmon’s 75-yard catchand-run in the fourth quarter.

The College received the opening kickoff and put together a drive of almost nine minutes, scoring a touchdown on the first drive of the season-opener in 2018. The biggest play of the drive was a fourth down conversion inside the red zone. Two plays later, Mitchell faked a handoff and dashed toward the left corner of the end zone, crossing the plane to give the Tribe a 7-0 advantage after junior kicker Kris Hooper’s extra point. Mitchell was 2 for 3 passing on the drive and sophomore running back Nate Evans and junior running back Albert Funderburke combined for 40 yards on the ground.

The Bison were threatening down the field on their first drive looking to tie the score, but junior safety Isaiah Laster picked off Bucknell quarterback John Chiarolanzio in the end zone to give the College’s offense the ball back with 3 minutes 21 seconds left in the first quarter. However, this time the College was unable to cash in.

In the second quarter, the return of Dedmon, who was out for a majority of the 2017 season due to an injury, paid dividends for the Tribe. Mitchell completed his first long pass of the season on a 42-yard bomb to Dedmon along the left sideline. The College failed to pick up another first down on the drive and Hooper missed a 44yard field goal attempt that sailed just left of the uprights.

The Tribe drove into the red zone for the second time in the game as time wound down in the first half. However, Shon Mitchell threw his first interception of the game on a throw to the end zone with less than two minutes left in the quarter. Cornberback Fisayo Oluleye came up with the interception for the Bison. The Bison were unable to capitalize on the Mitchell interception and the two teams went to the locker room with the College still holding onto a 7-0 advantage.

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Mitchell performed well for the Tribe in the first half, throwing for 141 yards and completing 14 of 20 pass attempts, as well as a rushing touchdown. Dedmon was the leading receiver in the first half for the College with 50 yards on two catches, while Funderburke had 45 yards on 10 carries. The Bison were led by Chiarolanzio’s 7 for 11 passing for 62 yards with one interception.

The Bison got the ball to start the second half, but the Tribe’s defense stood tall and forced a three-and-out. The College was able to pick up a first down, but failed to score. Despite outpossessing and out-gaining the Bison, the Tribe had only scored seven points, leaving the Bison in the game despite their poor offensive performance. The Bison had their best chance to score since their opening drive when they got the ball inside the Tribe’s 40-yard line, but once again they failed to pick up a first down and were forced to punt with less than five minutes remaining in the third quarter.

With 14:54 left in the game, the Bison got the ball inside the

Tribe’s 40-yard line once again after Mitchell was sacked and fumbled the ball. Bucknell defensive end Joe Schiano recorded the sack and picked up the ball to give the Bison great field position.

This time, the Bison took advantage of the short field and scored a game-tying touchdown on a 12-yard run by running back Marquis Carter. They benefited from a defensive pass interference call on senior cornerback Raeshawn Smith on fourth down that extended the drive.

The Tribe got the ball back looking to regain its lead with 12:53 remaining in the 7-7 game. After going scoreless since the middle of the first quarter, the Tribe’s offense roared to life and reclaimed its seven-point lead. Dedmon caught a short pass from Mitchell and eluded several defenders en route to a 75-yard go-ahead score to put the College on top 14-7. The Bison had a chance to drive for a game-tying touchdown but the drive ended on a fumble by wide receiver Alan Butler at the Tribe’s 40-yard line with 1:40 remaining in the game. Junior safety Corey Parker recovered the fumble. The College went three-and-out and gave the Bison one last chance to send the game to overtime, but the Bison were unable to reach the end zone before time expired, allowing the Tribe to eke out a 14-7 victory.

The College was led in victory by Dedmon’s three receptions for 125 yards and the game-winning touchdown. Mitchell threw and ran for a touchdown and finished 21 for 32 passing with 267 yards.

On defense, the College held the Bison to seven points and were led by junior linebacker Arman Jones’ 10 tackles, including two tackles for loss. In the loss, the Bison were led by Carter’s 18 carries for 81 yards and a touchdown.

Next Saturday, the Tribe will look to remain undefeated when it takes on Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Hokies will pose a tough test to the College. They are ranked 20th in the Associated Press poll for Football Bowl Subdivision teams. The College opens its Colonial Athletic Association schedule in its home opener against Elon Sept. 15 at Zable Stadium.

THE EXTRA POINT

As Mitchell develops, future looks bright for College Despite this season’s uncertainty, promising quarterback, young team provide hope for coming years

Brendan Doyle FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

You could say the “Shon Mitchell era” started in earnest as the sophomore quarterback trotted onto the field to take William and Mary’s first snap of the season Saturday. Sure, Mitchell started three games during last year’s disastrous 2-9 season, but it was never really his job for the taking, at least not the way it seems to be this year.

As Mitchell led the team down the field on that first drive, though, you could see the future of the Tribe football program brighten visibly. He completed only two passes during the possession, but it felt like he was in control. That feeling lasted throughout the game — Mitchell produced two touchdowns, one on the ground and one in the air, and passed for 267 yards, more than a quarterback did in every game but one last season. On top of all of that, the College won.

It hasn’t felt like the Tribe has had a quarterback that was in control since 2015, when quarterback Steve Cluley ’17 led a talented team to the second round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association playoffs in his junior year. Am I saying that the College will shock the world by competing in an uber-talented Colonial Athletic Association that features six teams ranked in the Football Championship Subdivision top 25 and making a run to the

postseason, all because Mitchell looked good Saturday? Not at all.

Mitchell made a number of preventable mistakes in the game: an interception on a throw that was way too dangerous to attempt, a fumbled snap and a couple of easy passes off-target. Bucknell is a middle-of-the-pack team in the Patriot League, a below-average conference. The College can get away with those little mistakes against a team it was favored to beat, but they will come back to haunt it much more against the stout defenses of CAA opponents like No. 2 James Madison or No. 22 Maine.

The good news is that there is plenty of time and room for improvement on Mitchell’s part. Getting first-team practice reps while playing the best teams in the FCS week in and week out will help his development. So will the fact that Mitchell is working with veteran wideouts, including seniors DeVonte Dedmon, Jack Armstrong and Isaiah Kinder.

But the most important thing for Mitchell and the Tribe might be that the rest of the team is just as young and hungry to improve. There are just six seniors on this year’s squad, including only four starters.

It’s hard for any player to ever say that a season is about anything but winning. I’m sure if you went and asked anyone on the sideline, they would say that the team’s goal is to win as many games as it can this year. Each player’s mindset must be in the present, so they can’t say the season is about development.

They can’t do that to Dedmon, or Armstrong or even to head coach Jimmye Laycock ’70, who announced he will retire following this season.

At the end of the day, though, this Tribe team has the chance to be something special — just not for another year or two. Much of that potential lies on the shoulders of the sophomore quarterback.

For now, Mitchell is in control of his own, and the Tribe’s, destiny.

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Sophomore quarterback Shon Mitchell accounted for two touchdowns Saturday.