SPORTS >> PAGE 8
OPINIONS >> PAGE 4
Drexel dominates College
Flat Hat endorses Stacey LaRiviere
Tribe loses by 34 in conference loss to Dragons, exits tournament early.
A proven track record of leadership makes her the best candidate for the job.
Vol. 102, Iss. 41 | Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The Flat Hat The Twice-Weekly Student Newspaper
of The College of William and Mary
STUDENT ASSEMBLY
Flathatnews.com | Follow us:
MENTAL HEALTH
Candidate
Debate
Four students argue their
plans for the next year
BY CLAIRE GILLESPIE FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR
Student Assembly presidential candidates took the stage Sunday to outline their platforms and respond to questions involving the budget, transparency and the future of student services including STI testing and flu shots. Chancellor Professor of Government Clay Clemens ’80 moderated the debate between Dylan Frendt ’14, Chase Koontz ’14, Stacey LaRiviere ’14 and John Woo ’14, while the vice presidential candidates, current SA members and other College of William and Mary students watched and listened. Clemens focused on four major topics: the relevance of the SA, the budget process, student services such as STI testing, and candidates’ opinions of the most important issue. Currently, the SA website is not up to the standards outlined by the SA Code. Koontz and Frendt plan to revamp the website. Frendt also wishes to begin a daily blog allowing students to keep closer tabs on SA happenings. LaRiviere plans to develop an online forum where students can share ideas for SA initiatives and let their voices be heard at bi-monthly open forums with executive cabinet members. Woo, a current SA outsider, compared students to investors of a $700,000 fund and called for greater accessibility for the student body. Frendt and LaRiviere spoke of an open application process through which they plan to fill SA offices. “If we continue to surround ourselves by our
Study reveals virtual abuse BY BAILEY KIRKPATRICK FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR
“The very first problem with the budgetary process is the fact that, besides the people who are sitting in this room, … the people out there don’t know the budgetary process,” Frendt said. To amend this, Frendt emphasized involving people who have not previously been involved in the SA budgetary process to make financial decisions for organizations. LaRiviere plans to create an undersecretary position with the purpose of contacting organizations and explaining the budgetary
The online and digital worlds have created a new avenue for individuals to express their thoughts, whether in a positive or negative fashion. College of William and Mary students have seen this firsthand with the recent arrest of Benjamin Zavelsky ’16 for threatening students on Collegiate ACB forum. With the increased number of students using online social networking sites, texting and other forms of technological communication, there are more ways than ever to suffer from various levels of remote harassment. A recent study titled “The Rate of Cyber Dating Abuse among Teens and How It Related to Other Forms of Teen Dating Violence” reported that 25 percent of the 5,647 middle school and high school students who participated in the survey dated someone who threatened or harassed them online or through texts. This does not include those who have been harassed online but did not report it. “What is difficult about this study is that it was conducted at several northeastern schools, and [it] surveyed a large white population and a huge female population. How generalizable is that?” Eric Garrison M.A.Ed. ’94, health promotion specialist at the College, said. “Also, that survey was of students who were currently enrolled, but students who quit school are more likely to be in abusive relationships, so that 25 percent could theoretically be much higher.” The study/Garrison stated that one issue on college campuses is that those who witness sexual harassment are often untrained in how to recognize or deal with instances of online or in-person sexual harassment, or assault. “Harassment does not begin or end with the internet, which is just another medium which people can use in order to harass others or gossip,” Garrison said. “Technology is like a superpower, used for good or evil, and we want people to learn
See DEBATE page 3
See HARASSMENT page 3
MEREDITH RAMEY / THE FLAT HAT
SA presidential candidates discuss their plans for the College if elected for the 2013-14 academic year.
friends and people who are soundboards for us — people who echo what we have to say — we turn the student body off,” Frendt said. Koontz and LaRiviere emphasized the importance of incorporating more graduate students into the SA. Clemens asked students what they would do to demystify the budgetary process through which the SA Executive Appropriations Committee, president, senate chair, senate finance committee and senate determine the allocations organizations receive each year and, ultimately, set the student activities fee.
Campus discusses online harassment
GREEK LIFE
ARMY ROTC
Gamma Phi set to receive Phi Mu house
Army ROTC cadets to spend summer at boot camp
Moncure open for lottery BY ANNIE CURRAN FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR
The Alpha Chi chapter of Gamma Phi Beta sorority will be moving into the Gamma Alpha chapter of Phi Mu sorority’s house in Sorority Court for the 201314 academic year. Phi Mu’s house opened up after it was announced the sorority’s charter will be revoked May 13, 2013, due to declining membership. Gamma Phi’s current house on Armistead Avenue will now be open to upperclassmen in the room selection process. “We have not finalized the room allocations but the house will house both men and women and will revert to its original name, Moncure House,” Director of Residence Life Deb Boykin wrote in an e-mail. Gamma Phi declined to comment on the move.
JOHN ANDERSON / THE FLAT HAT
Gamma Phi Beta sorority to move to current Phi Mu house.
Today’s Weather
Index News Insight News Opinions Variety Variety Sports Sports
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Some members will attend basic training this summer to gain experience, tuition assistance BY VERONIQUE BARBOUR FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR
While students across campus finalize their summer internships, jobs and vacation destinations across the globe, a select few prepare for a different type of summer break — boot camp. “I am an enlisted soldier right now in the National Guard, and I just want to get the experience of the enlisted side to see who I will be leading after I am commissioned,” ROTC cadet Chris Kelly ’16 said. This May, instead of heading home to Colorado, Kelly will report to Fort Benning in Georgia for basic training. Like other members of the College of William and Mary’s Army ROTC, Kelly hopes his summer will provide him with both experience and tuition assistance. Most students gain scholarships from the government upon joining the ROTC program. Some students, like Kelly, look to increase their assistance by dual enrollment in both the ROTC program and the National Guard. By joining the National Guard, ROTC members are required to attend boot camp. Those who remain solely in the ROTC program can decide whether they attend boot camp. Both choices lead to tuition assistance for students. “I want to help my parents out
COURTESTY PHOTO / THORNTON RAY
Some members of Army ROTC participate in boot camp to experience the enlisted life and earn tuition assistance for their schooling.
with college money, and when you go to basic as a college student you are commissioned as an officer, [so] you get more money because you have been in [the] service longer,” ROTC cadet Yoon Sae Jung ’15 said. “You also get the soldiers’ benefit[s] way earlier than other people because when you go to basic you get those benefits without getting contracted.” Due to the recent sequestration, tuition assistance for active duty military enrolled in college courses will be cut. This cut, however, will not affect ROTC members. Mike Johnson of the Public Affairs Office
Inside VARIETY
Inside SPORTS
Tribe overcomes slow start to win weekend series
Rain/Thunder High 65, Low 35
for the U.S. Army Cadet Command clarified only Army National Guard members are affected by the cut. “Army ROTC scholarships are funded from a totally different source, and are not affected by the Army’s decision to cut tuition assistance program payments,” Johnson said in an email. “The only way an Army ROTC cadet would be receiving tuition assistance payments is if he/she were also a member of an Army Reserve or Army National Guard unit. The vast majority of Army ROTC cadets are not in the Army.” On top of tuition assistance, boot
After a rough start Friday, the College’s pitching staff rebounded to take two of three from CAA foe Delaware on the road. page 7
camp also gives ROTC members the enlisted experience, which helps them as leaders. “In order to lead people, you have to know what they are doing. I heard a lot of officers don’t know the enlisted life, and enlisted people respect the officers who are enlisted more,” Jung said. Kelly and Jung are not the first College students to attend summer boot camps. Dan Johnson ’13 recalled his experiences at boot camp. “The method of discipline was a See ROTC page 3
Aaron Carter comes to the College for “After Party” tour
He performed a variety of his tunes for an enthusiastic audience Saturday. page 6