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Candidate
Debate
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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THE BUZZ
“It was insane, everyone was screaming and chanting. I cried; I was so emotional,” — Sarah Sedlack ’14 said on seeing the white smoke announcing the new pope
BEYOND THE ‘BURG
PRE-ELECTION
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FOR A VIDEO OF THE FULL STUDENT ASSEMBLY PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE GO TO FLATHATNEWS.COM. Every year, the Student Assembly Elections Commission hosts the Presidential Debate to allow all the presidential candidates to speak out about their campaigns. This year’s debate was moderated by Government professor Clay Clemens ’80 and featured presidential candidates Chase Koontz ’14, Dylan Frendt ’14, Stacey LaRiviere ’14 and John Woo ’14. Questions ranged from plans for a more transparent SA, pressing budgeting issues and hopes for the future. Each of the candidates touched on improving transparency and leaned to their unique platforms on speaking out about their ideas for the next SA. After Clemens’ last question, the floor was opened up to the audience.
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Emergency services arrive at the scene of Seton Hill women’s lacrosse team’s bus crash. The accident took the lives of the driver and the coach.
University to let private company drill for natural gas
Project Win-Win boosting graduation rates
The State Building Commission in Tennessee voted unanimously to allow a private company drill for natural gas. The project will take place in a forest controlled by the University of Tennessee. The Huffington Post reports the university could have a controlled environment to study the effects of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The Cumberland Forest is an 8,000-acre piece of land in eastern Tennessee. Opponents protested the initiative because of the potential harm to wildlife and scenery the fracking could cause.
Over 60 schools in six states have been scouring campus databases tracking down former students who unknowingly qualify for degrees. If these students graduate and are awarded degrees, graduation rates for each school will become much higher. What began as a pilot project turned into a popular and easy way for colleges to contact students, save for those who changed their addresses or their phone numbers. Typically this program is used to target students who were awarded a 2-year diploma, but 4-year colleges could follow the same model.
Seton Hill lacrosse coach, one other, die in bus crash
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CORRECTIONS In the article outlining Stacey LaRiviere ’14 and Alicia Moore’s ’14 election campaign on March 15, The Flat Hat incorrectly stated that they were members of the Undergraduate Council. LaRiviere and Moore currently serve as Secretary of Public Affairs and Secretary of Student Life in the Executive branch of the SA, respectively. In an article detailing a student’s arrest on March 15,The Flat Hat also incorrectly stated that Benjamin Zavelsky ’16 was released on bail. He applied for bail and was denied.
According to CNN, the pregnant lacrosse coach of Seton Hill University, Kristina Quigley, 30, died as a result of injuries sustained from a bus crash. Her unborn child also did not survive. The bus, which was carrying 23 players and others associated with the team, drove off the highway and crashed into a tree. The driver, Anthony Guaetta, was pronounced dead on the scene. Seton Hill University is a Catholic liberal arts college in southern Pennsylvania and the team was on the way to Millersville University for a Division II game. CNN reports rain and snow were falling, but investigators have not yet concluded if that played a factor in the crash.
Secret societies cause drama on campus There is a culture of secret societies at Georgetown University, organizations analogous to Greek life at the College of William and Mary, which were recently discovered due to an e-mail leak. A few groups are already recognized by students, such as the Society of Stewards and the Second Stewards Society. In Feb., e-mails were leaked to online blogs that revealed information about the Second Society of the Stewards. The e-mails discussed cufflinks, blazer buttons and ties, and it also mocked a former law student. The e-mails were sent out just prior to student government elections. As a result, some students began to withdraw their support from candidates mentioned in the e-mails.
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NEWS IN BRIEF Student starts Suits for Scholars
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Ashleigh Brock of the Sherman and Gloria H. Cohen Career Center and Annie Martinez ’14 worked together to create Suits for Scholars, a program that allows students to access professional attire for job interviews. Brock noticed that many students underdressed for professional events hosted by the Cohen Career Center, so she and Martinez collected used men and women’s professional dress wear from faculty, students and the Williamsburg community. All of the items are stored in a coat closet from which students can borrow clothing for free, so long as they return it dry-cleaned.
The Arc of Greater Williamsburg awarded William and Mary Greek Life “Volunteer Group of the Year” for its service. Arc is an organization that helps local adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Greek Life hosts two events for those in Arc: the fall Costume Ball and the spring Arc Carnival. William and Mary Greek Life plans to incorporate more volunteer projects into the fraternities and sororities. Nearly 400 students of the College Greek community volunteered at the Arc Carnival hosted this weekend.
Graduates present research The College of William and Mary will host its annual research symposium in the Sadler Center March 22-23. Visiting schools include Duke University, Tufts University, American University and several others that will display their research. This symposium will host 155 student lectures and poster presentations. The College will have 11 presentations from the Arts and Sciences graduate programs. During the symposium, $5,900 will be awarded for excellence in scholarship and $1,000 for excellence in undergraduate mentoring. The event is free and open to students and the general public.
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Students studying in Italy join papal celebrations Catholic Campus Ministry and professors also react to Pope Francis’ appointment BY ARIEL COHEN FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER
When Pope Benedict XVI resigned from his post in early February, the Vatican faced a situation they had not encountered in nearly 600 years. Last Wednesday’s conclave and the election of Pope Francis symbolized a shift in world religious culture similar to the election of a new president on the national level. “There’s a part in our Mass where we pray for our Pope,” Catholic Campus Ministries President Jane Ryngaert ’13 said. “When we didn’t have a pope we left that part blank, but now we put in Francis’ name rather than Benedict’s.” Most students at the College of William and Mary sat in middle-school classes when the Vatican produced white smoke in 2005. Now, just eight years later, students witnessed history again. But, not all College students were stuck in Swem cramming for 3:30 p.m. Thursday exams during the historic
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Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope. A native of Argentina, he replaces Pope Benedict XVI.
moment. Sarah Sedlack ’14 experienced the event firsthand, standing among the crowds of onlookers in Saint Peter’s Square while studying abroad in Rome, Italy. “It was pouring rain; I wasn’t properly dressed because I had just [gotten] out of class,” Sedlack said. “We just went to see the smoke, because we knew it was conclave. … We thought it was going to be black smoke, but it was white. Everyone rushed to the front of St. Peter’s Basilica
past the barriers. It was insane, everyone was screaming and chanting. I cried; I was so emotional.” For Sedlack, the event was unforgettable. “It was incredible; to be a part of that crowd and be a part of history was amazing,” Sedlack said. “It was probably the most incredible event of my life.” As pope, Pope Francis serves as the leader of the Catholic Church. Students involved in CCM described their feelings
toward the decision, drawing attention to the unusual causes for the papal election. “Benedict was a very beloved pope,” Ryngaert said. “When there’s a papal transition, it’s usually a sad event because the previous pope passed away. But this time around was strange; definitely very exciting, but we weren’t sure how to feel at first.” The event was also watched by members of the campus religious studies department. “Within Christianity, the pope is both a leader and a servant,” religious studies Professor Alexander Angelov said. “In an era of modernity when political leaders choose to retain their power when people have elected [them], the pope has voluntarily given it away. … It’s a recognition and a sign of humbleness.” Even though Benedict XVI resigned, he remains the Pope Emeritus and will continue to serve the Catholic Church. The new pope, previously named Father Jorge Beroglio, chose his new name, Pope Francis, in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi, a saint known for his
benevolence toward the poor. “Perhaps the pope in fact is choosing the name St. Francis to put his finger on the poverty disparity in the world,” Angelov said. “There is a highly concentrated amount of wealth in an ever-growing impoverished section. Maybe by choosing this name it’s a reminder for the average person in the world to work toward creating a more just world with less deprived people.” Not only is Pope Francis the first Jesuit pope in history, but as an Argentine, he is also the first pope from a continent other than Europe. As the Catholic Church’s base demographic shifts more towards Latin American and African communities, some believe that Pope Francis’ appointment is symbolic of this transition. “A lot of people think this is a confusing and difficult time for the church, but it’s actually very exciting,” Ryngaert said. “It’s hard to say goodbye to a [loved] father figure, but God gave us a new pope and that’s come along with a lot of hope and opportunity.”
ROTC discusses boot camp College discusses online abuse Some look for scholarships by participating in summer boot camp ROTC from page 1
lot stricter than I was used to. You earn your respect by starting from ground zero and working your way up,” Johnson said. “You learn to not act out of line because that affects not only you, but those around you.” Thornton Ray ’13 went through boot camp before he came to the College and joined the ROTC program. “The thing about boot camp is that it does not change you, it just
magnifies who you are,” Ray said. As seniors, Johnson and Ray offer advice for those that are headed off to boot camp this summer. “Go with an open mind and don’t make judgments of others. Also, don’t hold your college education over others,” Johnson said. “There is a purpose for everything there, even if it is frustrating, and when looking back you will say, ‘I am glad I did that.’” Ray also suggested students
prepare both mentally and physically for their upcoming experiences. “I had people write me as much as possible, because at the end of the day it was a godsend to have those letters waiting for me,” Ray said. “I made sure I had a good support system.” Kelly and Jung both plan to physically train and mentally prepare themselves before they attend boot camp this summer by working out and by having a strong support system.
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Members of the ROTC practice raids in their uniforms. Some members will attend boot camp this summer.
Candidates spar over plans for SA Issues such as transparency, subsidized services discussed DEBATE from page 1
process. She also hopes to make the EAC more representative of student organizations by using an open application process to staff offices. Woo and Koontz emphasized the necessity of educating organizations about the budgetary process and Koontz also highlighted incorporating graduate students into the budgetary process. “When we talk about budget updates, tens of thousands of dollars, what does that mean to the average student?” Koontz said. “It’s hard to comprehend. [There are] things that can be done for better communication through interactive ways through the website. I think what’s indicative of how we can get this done is our current campaign and our media outreach.” LaRiviere, Koontz and Frendt all plan to continue the subsidization of STI testing. “Two [parts of the budget]
really take top priority for us,” LaRiviere said. “Those are funding for student organizations and funding for these student services.” Woo pointed out not all students used the free STI tests last semester. “I don’t think that most students would completely agree with these kind of subsidies if they’re used only by a select few students,” Woo said. “We need to have some sort of health awareness with STI and condom usage with students, but if the same numbers of students are using that kind of funding, they are taking advantage of other students’ funds. Flu shots, I think, are completely more useful for everyone [in] the student body than STI testing.” In response to audience questions, all candidates emphasized continued development of town-gown relations. LaRiviere wants constant student representation at Williamsburg City Council meetings and will advertise
to students the vacancy in the council election next year, an initiative closely associated with her experience as Secretary of Public Affairs. Koontz spoke of his complementary relationship with running mate Melissa Alim ’14 and their willingness to listen to students’ issues. Frendt described his passion for the College and his ticket’s outside leadership experience while Woo highlighted his ticket as the outside observer, a role he believes will enhance his ability to see what needs to change in the SA. Frendt, who holds an elected position with the Undergraduate Honor Council, stated he would resign that position on the first day of classes next fall if elected as SA president. “A lot of candidates make a lot of promises,” Madame Chair Kendall Lorenzen ’15 said. “What they bring up, I think, during the debate, are the core issues they want to attack next year if they win.”
HARASSMENT from page 1
learn to be good bystanders. Response is better than reaction for everything.” Websites that allow students to make anonymous posts, such as Collegiate ACB or even William and Mary Confessions, can result in cases of cyberbullying. Garrison believes there is a fine line between free speech and where the line crosses into the realm of cyberbullying. One method used by the government to help protect against harassment is Title IX. Regardless of the nature of the harassment or bullying — whether it is online or in-person — and the type of relationship involved — friend to a friend, boy to a boy, boyfriend to a girlfriend — Title IX protects against it. This means any form of harassment in a federally funded school like the College is against the law as well as against school policy. Due to the use of electronic evidence, Garrison believes online harassment is becoming easier for administrators to catch when reported and brought to the proper authorities. “Do realize that you may think that the internet is anonymous or that websites are anonymous, but we can find people now,” Garrison said. “And when we do, we have electronic evidence, which is even stronger than something that we hear in the hall. Electronic evidence sticks.” Issues of assault and harassment often refer to sexual assault. There are four types of
sexual assault: a completed sexual act such as rape; an attempted but incomplete sexual act; abusive sexual contact such as touching; or non-contact sexual abuse such as voyeurism, nude photos, pornography or verbal or behavioral sexual harassment. Assault and harassment can also refer to domestic abuse or physically harming another person. Due to the need for education on these distinctions, organizations at the College like Health Outreach Peer Educators and Someone You Know have taken steps to increase student awareness of these issues. These organizations have collaborated to eliminate social boundaries between their groups and spread information on warning signs, prevention and reporting assaults, particularly through the revamped approach to extended orientation. “I’m really excited because we are trying to integrate the two programs to deliver information for all genders, to all genders about prevention of sexual assault,” Nicholas Gupta ’15, a member of the sexual assault branch of H.O.P.E., said. “This information needs to be inclusive of all genders and all sexualities because it is so easy to become heteronormative in your thinking about these things.” The programs also want to emphasize healthy relationships and to talk about what positive relationship looks like. While the organizations increase awareness of the warning signs of unhealthy relationships and give people important resources to utilize, they now use modeling to demonstrate what healthy relationships should look like.
“Generally what we tell people is be supportive but don’t force anyone to talk about it. It is kind of hard to talk about these things, especially on the side of people who are experiencing it,” Tim Lee ’13, president of Someone You Know, said. “That’s why it is so hard to collect data on it, because so few people report it when it is happening to them.” While not reported in the cyber dating abuse study, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported statistics stating that about 1 in 4 teens studied called or texted their partner every hour between the hours of 12 a.m. and 5 a.m. Also, about 1 in 3 teens say their partner texted them between 10 and 30 times an hour asking questions such as “where are you?,” “what are you doing?,” and “who are you with?” — all warning signs of an unhealthy relationship. Dexter Strong ’13 is a member of Someone You Know as well as a Prevention Outreach Specialist at Avalon, a shelter for women and children experiencing domestic abuse or assault. He recently completed a summit to talk to teens and parents in the area about issues of dating violence and online harassment and abuse. “I think it is important for people to be aware of this because it is happening all around us, unfortunately, and we don’t talk about it,” Strong said. “If we don’t talk about it, if we don’t know what exactly is going on, and if we don’t understand it, then there is no way that we can hope to help those that have gone through these things and no way to stop them from happening again or to someone else in the future.”
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Four choices
Four voices Columnists weigh in on the Student Assembly candidates’ debate Graphic by Genevieve Franco / the Flat hat
Koontz commits to mental health advocacy
Progress stalls until apathy is addressed
Andrea Aron-Schiavone
Chris Weber
Flat Hat Opinions Columnist
During Sunday’s debate, the candidates running for the Student Assembly presidency focused largely on promoting transparency. There was, however, a lack of dialogue regarding a topic vital to student welfare at the College of William and Mary: mental health. During the section of the debate concerning college-subsidized services, Chase Koontz ’14 was the third candidate to speak, but the first to mention the SA’s Tribe Rides initiative. “Providing means for students to get off-campus [counseling] through Tribe Rides is really important to us,” Koontz said. Dylan Frendt ’14 also stressed the program’s significance as “one of the most brilliant things I have ever heard of a Student Assembly coming up with…. [and something] I would never allow to be on the chopping block, ever.” Yet Koontz’s commitment to mental health stood out, as he returned to the issue in the debate’s next section, stating, “Mel and I, potentially, see a lot of collaboration that can be done by expanding the dialogue about mental health on campus.” Koontz proposed holding a Mental Health Week, adding he already met with new Dean of Students Marjorie Thomas to discuss how she and the administration can become a more prominent on-campus resource for students addressing this issue. Koontz and Alim continued their innovative, creative approach to supporting mental health with a proposed program providing student transportation for off-campus excursions as a means to “de-stress.” Such events included “Days in DC” and “Days in Richmond.” Koontz also suggested collaborating with other Virginia universities’ student governments to provide transportation for inter-campus visits, especially for large events such as concerts. Koontz and Alim’s open dedication to mental health is a noteworthy distinction. This focus suggests the sensitive, innovative, caring leadership this team appears committed to providing as they hope to strengthen the supportive environment which makes the Tribe such an incredible family. Email Andrea Aron-Schiavone at acaronschiavon@email. wm.edu.
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Sunday’s debate provided candidates with the opportunity to flesh out their campaign slogans and platforms. Unfortunately, the only things filling Commonwealth Auditorium were buzzwords that held no sting. Diversity. Openness. Accessibility. Subsidize. Cliches. Too many “um’s.” As the microphone passed from one end to the other, there seemed to be a recurring theme: How do we, as potential presidents of the student body, best serve a student body which, for the most part, doesn’t care and doesn’t know about the Student Assembly’s objectives? Bravo to all candidates for addressing this issue — they know it’s there. The problem, however, lies in the fact that nobody outlined a reasonable approach to the issue of apathy. Diversity and accessibility sound great, but they don’t count for anything without substantive plans. Opening executive posts to the student body is one plan — and the only real plan put forth — but it faces an array of problems. First, selecting students from an applicant pool takes time, which an already congested system may not have room for. Second, opening positions to an apathetic and largely unaware student body stands a strong chance of getting zero responses. Then what? It’s back to the old way of doing things, with the president appointing positions of power to whomever he or she pleases. The question remains: How do these candidates deal with a student body that either doesn’t understand the inner workings of the SA or simply doesn’t care? The next great leader of the student body will be the one who can energize the College to do something as a collective body. Some might say that breaking the world record for spooning was a start. Me? I want a president who can turn us from apathetic to motivated. Email Chris Weber at cmweber@email.wm.edu.
LaRiviere for SA
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hen we evaluate which pair of candidates to endorse for president and vice president of Student Assembly, we examine the candidate’s creative and practical ideas, experience, and plans to integrate student needs and opinions to legislate on our behalf. Looking at what appears to be a strong set of contenders this year, we believe presidential candidate Stacey LaRiviere ’14 and vice presidential candidate Alicia Moore ’14 are the best choices for SA. While virtually all candidates’ platforms address the problems of transparency and student apathy, LaRiviere and Moore offer the most concrete and practical methods of solving them. LaRiviere plans to create a website called Tribe Impact, which is modeled off of U.Va.’s SpeakUpUVa, a forum where students can post suggestions anonymously. If created, this would allow students — even those who know little about the SA or have no desire or time to attend meetings — to propose ideas. Other students could then comment and vote on these ideas, providing a direct link between students and the SA. LaRiviere also plans to create an undersecretary of financial outreach to better inform the student body about the SA budget — something most students know little about even though it appropriates $700,000 and funds every club on campus. While each candidate pair has laid out ways to improve student-SA relations, LaRiviere and Moore present specifics that gauge and implement student input efficiently while also acknowledging the SA’s limits. To improve SA efficacy, LaRiviere proposes bringing in outside sources to educate and train those in SA and Undergraduate Council to serve in their positions more effectively. This may seem ambitious, but it is realistic and potentially very rewarding. In addition, she would establish an open applications process for executive board positions, providing opportunities for students outside the SA to participate. Both women have served on the executive board — LaRiviere as secretary of public affairs and Moore as secretary of student life — and each has gained experience that would serve them well as president and vice president. LaRiviere is equipped to handle the College’s relations with the city of Williamsburg and even Richmond, and Moore’s knowledge of mental health and general student health services as a member of Health Outreach Peer Education will be an asset to the executive board. Moore has proven she can perform well in a crisis — when she took over the position of secretary of student life, she implemented a plan to run the previously mismanaged SA shuttle services in an efficient manner that benefited students. Together, LaRiviere and Moore form the best ticket, as they have a broad, but non-overlapping influence on campus. Neither has illusions regarding the challenges next year’s SA will face, and both have the experience and tangible ideas necessary to make the SA a more effective and transparent organization — one that students understand and care about. The staff editorial represents the opinion of The Flat Hat. The editorial board, which is elected by The Flat Hat’s section editors and executive staff, consists of Abby Boyle, Matt Camarda, Katherine Chiglinsky, Meredith Ramey and Ellen Wexler. The Flat Hat welcomes submissions to the Opinions section. Limit letters to 250 words and columns to 650 words. Letters, columns, graphics and cartoons reflect the view of the author only. Email submissions to fhopinions@gmail.com.
Frendt would shake up the status quo
Flat Hat Online Editor
As exciting as a Student Assembly presidential debate may sound, the candidates were unexciting. The debate boiled down to more talk of transparency, rambling and vague campaign promises. It was unclear how these candidates stood apart from each other, as they were so similar. I came out of the debate less sure of whom to vote for than when I went it. Transparency is an old issue that easily can be fixed if there is less talk and more action. Taking little steps with little effort, such as periodically updating the SA website, could lead to substantive results. It’s easy to disclose SA financial ventures, easy to reach out to students by organizing greater tabling initiatives and easy to write up an application for opening executive board positions to the general student body. There are pressing issues that I as a student want to hear about. Budgeting is a particularly urgent matter facing the SA president, but the candidates seem to lack a sense of urgency about addressing budgeting issues. Our SA controls hundreds of thousands of dollars from student activity fees. I personally want to know about and understand specific measures with the budget, and I was disappointed not to hear concrete plans regarding this, especially considering that many of the presidential tickets are experienced SA members. Overall, I was disappointed with the candidates’ vagueness and lack of concrete, step-by-step plans that would truly make an impact on the Tribe community. Each candidate sounded very similar to the others, with little distinction among their ideas. I judge progress as building off past years’ successful ventures while translating newer ideas into action. After this debate, I believe there will be progress regardless of who is elected, but my hesitation remains as to whether any of these candidates can distinguish themselves from SA presidents of years past. Email Benming Zhang at bzhang01@email.wm.edu.
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When I walked into Commonwealth Auditorium for the Student Assembly presidential debate, I was struck by just how empty the rather large venue was. Fittingly, each candidate spoke about increasing student involvement and finding new ways for the average student’s voice to be heard. Each candidate proposed some sort of plan to enhance communication between student organizations and the SA. Likewise, each one noted the need to revamp the SA website and increase transparency through media coverage. Each candidate is intelligent and hard working and has demonstrated effective leadership at the College. They are all equally capable of leading the SA and tackling the challenges that they all agree to be of primary importance. However, there was one proposal in particular that I found to be strikingly different from the others. Dylan Frendt ’14 proposed that applications, and not appointments, should determine who fills certain upper-level SA positions. Frendt’s proposal is not in line with the status quo of SA procedure: It undeniably empowers the student body. By at least considering individuals from the student body at large, rather than just the remote SA bureaucracy, the SA can become more relevant to students because it will give students the opportunity to become involved if they are qualified. Frendt’s plan would not only facilitate student communication with the SA, but also it would convince students that becoming part of the SA is within their reach. The disturbing lack of debate attendees indicates just how crucial it is that the SA revamps its student outreach efforts — crucial enough that a complete overhaul of an established guideline should be proposed and enacted. If not, the SA will continue to be an isolated body that is of no relevance to the average student. Now is the time to break up the status quo. Email Beatrice Loayza at bloayza@email.wm.edu.
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The flyest kid on the block
Aaron Carter brings “After Party Tour” to the College BY ABBY BOYLE FLAT HAT VARIETY EDITOR
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It may be 16 years since Aaron Carter released his debut album, but if the screaming crowd that gathered to see him perform at the College of William and Mary was any indication, Aaron’s party is still going strong. Carter performed a collection of his hits — including “My First Ride,” “That’s How I Beat Shaq” and “I Want Candy” — in the Chesapeake Room of the Sadler Center Sunday evening. AMP’s Contemporary Culture Committee and WCWM collaborated to bring Carter to the College. Todd Van Luling ’13, head of the Contemporary Culture Committee, reached out to Carter’s agent about a possible performance at the College after a Twitter conversation with Carter himself. The initial correspondence began after Van Luling wrote an article for the Thought Catalog website about a tweet Carter had posted. “What I was doing for Thought Catalog was, I would just try to see kind of a newsworthy, pop culture-y thing and then, instead of just writing that it exists, I would try to write some sort of commentary on it,” Van Luling said. “I just saw that Aaron Carter had tweeted, ‘I feel extremely sexual right now,’ or whatever it was, and I thought, ‘I need to do something,’ so, I wrote about it.” A few hours after the article was published, Carter wrote to Van Luling on Twitter, saying that he liked it. “I guess his fan base kind of aligns
with the 20-something millennial girl sort of fan base of Thought Catalog, so they kept sending him the link and he tweeted at me,” Van Luling said. “It was definitely pretty weird when I saw the email that I had gotten a message from him.” Several days later, Carter announced that he was planning another tour — which became the “After Party Tour” — and Van Luling and the Contemporary Culture Committee decided to invite Carter to schedule a stop at the College, as long as he did a question-and-answer portion at the event. Carter and his team agreed. When the concert was first announced, Van Luling said the organizers were initially met with a fair amount of disbelief. “I was really excited but also confused,” Zoe Johnson ’15, a self-described Carter fan who attended the concert, said. “I didn’t know what to expect, like where has he been? Where has his life been going? Will it be a good concert? But I was super excited because I love Aaron Carter.” Carter arrived onstage an hour and a half after he was scheduled to perform, which frustrated several members of the audience. “The wait was ridiculous,” Rachel Smith ’16, another concert-goer, said. “I think everyone was feeling the same thing in the room when he came out, so when he finally came onstage, I think everyone was just so excited that he was actually there.” Once Carter did appear, his DJ and backup dancers encouraged everyone to dance, scream and sing along. Van Luling was somewhat surprised by the outpouring of support for the event, but he said he thinks nostalgia played a major role in students’ general interest in seeing Carter perform. “Aaron Carter was a really big pop star at a really pivotal moment in people’s childhoods, so … people remember him as this big pop star that they grew up with, so I think that’s part of it,” he said. “Also, his music’s just fun.” Johnson agreed that nostalgia was the driving force behind the excitement for the event. “I think people were just really curious to see what was going to happen,” she said. “Like, ‘Oh, we’re going to go see Aaron Carter; we used to love this boy.’” Seeing a teen performer all grown up was jarring for some audience members. Aeisha Krause-Lee ’16, who also attended the concert, said she was
disappointed with Carter now. “A lot of people were saying, ‘Oh, it made my life,’ but it honestly kind of ruined my childhood,” Krause-Lee said. “I was excited for it, but it really broke my heart to see him so superficial and kind of creepy and weird.” Johnson emphasized that the best part of the event was the question-and-answer session because it allowed the audience to see Carter apart from the image he projected on stage. “The best part was how nice he was to the fans,” Johnson said. “He seemed very humble in his Q and A part and was so thankful that people still want to go to Aaron’s party, I guess.” Carter used his social media presence to describe his time on campus, tweeting pictures of himself at a pancake house and of the “most seasoned cool ranch Doritos” he has tasted on his tour thus far. Social media played a role in the concert as well, as Carter reminded the audience to follow him on Twitter and even took an Instagram picture of himself posing with the crowd behind him. Van Luling acknowledged that Carter’s social networking skills have allowed him to generate a lot of responses from people who remember the peak of his popularity in the early 2000s. “He’s kind of launched his comeback, if you can call it that, on Twitter,” Van Luling said. “He follows a ton of people. I quickly learned that he’s reaching out to a lot of people.” In one of the more serious moments of the show, Carter thanked the crowd immediately following his encore performance of “Aaron’s Party (Come Get It).” “I’ve had some really hard times … but I’m back,” Carter told the audience. Despite the mixed reactions to Carter’s performance, Smith said she thought he presented students with a unique opportunity to re-live their childhoods. “He was such a big name for all of us,” she said. “It would be anyone’s dream to go see him in second grade or whatever it was. I think to see him in college, that just made a lot of people really happy.” For more on Aaron Carter’s campus concert, visit
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Tweeting his way through Williamsburg The tweet that started it all:
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Aaron Carter utilized social media throughout his Williamsburg trip to connect with students, tweeting about his excitement for the show and posting photos of his day. A tweet he posted in January, “I’m extremely sexual right now,” caught the attention of Todd Van Luling ‘13, who wrote an article on it and received a reply from Carter, setting
The murky truth: Is social media really changing the world? BY ABBY BOYLE FLAT HAT VARIETY EDITOR
Social media is powerful enough to change the world. At least this was the attitude former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown advocated in a 2009 interview with The Guardian. “[The Internet era] is more tumultuous than any previous economic or social revolution,” Brown said in that interview. Dr. Rudra Sil, professor of political science and co-director of the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania, set out to counter this viewpoint in the annual McSwainWalker Lecture, which he delivered at the College of William and Mary last Wednesday. Sil’s presentation, “When More Becomes Less: Is the Global Diffusion of Social Media Clouding Our Vision of World Affairs?” focused on the ways social media distorts our perceptions of international issues. Sil began the lecture by critiquing Brown’s assessment of social media as completely changing global affairs. “He is a noble person,” Sil said. “I have
great respect for him as a world leader. He’s done a lot of great things, but this mode of communicating about social media — that it has fundamentally changed things, that it’s fundamentally altered the way in which groups form resistance, groups form networks, and that it has fundamentally altered the dynamics of political and social change — these are the things I’m not dismissing out of hand, but that I think we need to have a more sober approach to.” Sil listed several implications of viewing social media as worldchanging, including the idea that we can gain the truth instantly from various posts and images. He cited the Arab Spring as an example of glorifying social media. In Sil’s opinion, many people viewed Internet media like blogs, Facebook, Twitter and even Youtube videos as the main vehicles propelling the protests, while, in fact, a variety of causes contributed to the uprisings. “Unemployment had been rising for five years,” Sil said. “And yet, when you hear the social media story, that part seems to be kind of forgotten. It all becomes about the corrupt dictator
and the people finally finding a voice to overthrow him.” Sil argued this simplified version of the events in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria and Bahrain did not provide a full picture of what occurred. “How we can lump these events into something called the Arab Spring is beyond me, except for the fact that social media creates this kind of euphoria, creates this kind of convergence of ideas, meshes images together in our heads, meshes stories together in our heads, and gives us this notion of one sweeping movement toward democracy, when in fact there are other things going on, some of them not so nice,” Sil said. He emphasized that revolutions have taken place for thousands of years without the presence of social media. “Big things have happened in history,” Sil said. “Big changes have happened in all kinds of centuries that didn’t depend on speed of communication. It depended on the bigger problem of organizing resistance, creating structures, forming organizations, parties, forming movements.” Century Richards ’15, an international relations major who attended the lecture, agreed.
“It seems like a huge change, but in reality the same types of revolutions have occurred without relying on social media at all,” Richards said. Sil also discussed the 2012 Delhi gang rape in India, during which a New Delhi woman was beaten and raped while traveling on a bus. She succumbed to her injuries and died, and the case garnered worldwide attention after people around the globe expressed public outrage via social networking sites. In this case, Sil said social media made the gang rape seem like an exclusively Indian problem. Like the attitude toward the Arab Spring, this simplified outlook did not lead many people to view the event and its consequences in a global context. “It’s good that social media spotlighted this issue for Indians … but if we really care about rape and stopping violence against women, it’s got to be done on a global scale,” Sil said. “Here, social media essentially was pushing us in a different direction.” Sil’s view of social media and its potential to alter the way we view world affairs, sometimes leading us to view them more simplistically, is relatively
new — this was the first time he gave this lecture. In a question-and-answer session following the talk, many audience members expressed their interest in the unique standpoint Sil presented. “I thought he provided a really interesting perspective on the role social media plays in current events,” Richards said. Ultimately, Sil claimed his goal in presenting this argument was to encourage people not to jump to conclusions as soon as they see a tweet, blog post or even an image on Instagram. He emphasized we shouldn’t blindly accept anything we see or read on the Internet as the truth, because most of the time international affairs can be more complicated than they seem at first glance. “If we start completely celebrating [social media] and buying into this, we do risk sometimes rushing to judgments, rushing to impressions about what’s going on, and forgoing something we have very carefully developed over the last 200 years: a tradition of checking each other, a tradition of critique, a tradition of hunting and digging for different perspectives,” Sil said.
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A Supreme Battle Professor speaks on same-sex marriage to Lambda Alliance, Young Democrats
Challenges 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and woman.
the Plaintiff: edith windsor Windsor was forced to pay taxes on an inheritance from her wife.
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the outcome: Dismissed Struck down using a rational basis in a district court and heightened scrutiny in one United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Later this month, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8 deny equal rights to same-sex couples in two separate cases. The rulings are anticipated to be landmark decisions and would potentially impact the future of gay marriage in the United States. Government professor and American politics scholar Christine Nemacheck spoke to the College of William and Mary Young Democrats and the Lambda Alliance about the two cases Thursday March 14. During her talk, she explained the judicial process and offered her predictions on how the court might make its decisions. The first case, United States v. Windsor, will decide the constitutionality of DOMA, which was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996. The law explicitly defines marriage as a relationship between a man and woman. Although some believe that legal recognition of a relationship is immaterial if the partners love each other, the red tape surrounding marriage can pose significant difficulties for unrecognized partners. Nemacheck noted that Edith Windsor, who was legally married to a woman under New York law, was subject to pay a federal inheritance tax on the money her wife left her. “She was subject to pay [$363,000] by the federal government … because the federal government did not recognize her same-sex marriage,” Nemacheck said. Proposition 8, a ballot measure passed by California to disallow gay marriage, is being challenged in the second case, Hollingsworth v. Perry. Plaintiffs argue that taking away a right from a minority group violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Whether the laws will be upheld or struck down largely depends on the type of scrutiny the court uses in its judicial review. The lowest level of scrutiny is called the
rational basis test, which states that if a law discriminates against a group of people, it must be for some legitimate reason. Nemacheck used noise ordinances as an example of a law that could be tested using rational basis: Although it may affect some college students on the weekend, the law is in place to keep neighborhoods quiet at night. “Nearly all cases using a rational basis test will uphold the laws they are testing,” Nemacheck said. Courts can also employ heightened scrutiny and strict scrutiny tests. As the level
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of scrutiny rises, the reason for upholding the law must be more compelling. “Once you get passed rational basis, the government must give what is called a compelling interest, something that is really important,” Nemacheck said. “There has to be a very important goal they are trying to meet with [a piece of legislation].” Thus far, the lower courts have struck down Proposition 8 using rational basis and DOMA using both rational basis and heightened scrutiny. Nemacheck predicts the Supreme Court will use either of these tests in the cases. Nemacheck drew attention to two older cases to predict how the court might rule on DOMA and Proposition 8. The first was the 1967 landmark case Loving v. Virginia in which the Supreme Court unanimously decided that laws barring interracial marriage were unconstitutional. In making the decision the Court used strict scrutiny. The other, more recent case Nemacheck discussed was Romer v. Evans. In this case,
the Court ruled 6-3 that a Colorado law preventing lawmakers from recognizing gay individuals as a protected group in matters such as equal employment and housing was unconstitutional. The Court used rational basis to make the ruling. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion. “What I think will happen is that Justice Kennedy will strike down DOMA and Proposition 8 based on his decisions in cases like Romer v. Evans,” Nemacheck said. “Kennedy, I also think, is particularly aware of being on the right side of history so to speak. I think his interpretation of the right side of history on this will lead to his support of same-sex marriage.” Oral arguments for U.S. v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry will be heard March 26 and 27, respectively. However, Nemacheck said the Court most likely will not make its decisions for several weeks. Although the National Democratic Party hasn’t officially adopted gay rights into its platform, the College’s Young Democrats have been active in supporting marriage equality. The group recently joined a group of other colleges’ Young Democrats that support gay rights, an effort started by the University of Pennsylvania Young Democrats. “We as a club usually focus on campaigning, so we campaign for candidates that support gay rights,” Molly Michie ’14 said. Many politicians, businesses and other public figures have sent briefs against DOMA and Proposition 8 to the Supreme Court. Lambda Legal was one of the organizations that filed a “friend of the court” brief, but Lambda Alliance Co-President Zeinah Zaki ’14 explained the College’s Lambda Alliance doesn’t focus on politics. “Lambda is actually not very political. We co-sponsored the event to encourage students to go, but Lambda usually doesn’t do a lot of activism; we usually just direct students toward activism and political knowledge-gaining experiences,” Zaki said.
the case: hollingsworth v. perry Challenges 2008 California Proposition 8, which disallows same sex marriage.
the Plaintiffs: kristen perry and sandra stier Perry and Stier were denied a marriage license because they are both females.
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the outcome: ongoing Both the federal district court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stated the law violated equal protection guarantee of the U.S. Constitution.
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BASEBALL
Tribe wins first conference series over Blue Hens College overcomes 20-3 defeat Friday to take series as Ferrall, Inghram turn in impressive starts
BY CHRIS WEBER FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR A season of ups and downs took another turn in Newark as William and Mary took two of three from conference foe Delaware. The College (12-8, 2-1
CAA) dropped Friday’s contest 20-3 before posting wins Saturday and Sunday, 9-0 and 4-2, respectively. The Tribe entered its first series against a Colonial Athletic Association opponent, facing Delaware (108, 3-3 CAA), another team hovering around the .500 mark for most of the season.
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Senior shortstop Ryan Williams was 2 of 3 at the plate, scoring and bunting in a run in Saturday’s 9-0 win over Delaware.
Senior pitcher Brett Koehler (2-2) lasted just five innings Friday night, surrendering six earned runs on 13 hits as the Blue Hens jumped out to a 12-run lead through five innings. Head coach Jamie Pinzino pulled Koehler in favor of a bevy of relief pitchers, but the bleeding didn’t stop there. With the game out of hand, freshmen pitchers Aaron Fernandez, Andrew White and David Belt combined to give up four earned runs on nine hits as Delaware added on eight runs in the final three innings. Offensively, the story wasn’t much better. The College recorded eight hits compared to Delaware’s 22. One run came in the first inning, with the final two coming against the Blue Hens’ backups in the top of the ninth inning. Junior second baseman Ryan Lindemuth managed two hits in four at-bats, scoring one run. Defensively, the College committed five errors in the game. But, Pinzino rallied his troops for the following afternoon’s match. Senior pitcher John Farrell threw eight shutout innings en route to his fourth win of the season. Farrell allowed just five hits, scattering eight strikeouts along the way. Sophomore pitcher J.T. Castner preserved Farrell’s shutout in a tense ninth inning to even the series at 1-1. In contrast to Friday, the College had no errors Saturday while the Blue Hens committed three. The
offense also improved as the Tribe’s six-run seventh inning broke open a previously 1-0 game. Junior first baseman Bobby Klein started off the seventh inning with a single to left field. Lindemuth chipped in a single before junior left fielder Willie Shaw smacked a bases-clearing double into right field. Senior center fielder Ryan Brown hit a sacrifice bunt to put a man on base before senior shortstop Ryan Williams and freshman catcher Ryan Hissey both laid down bunts to score two more runs. Klein finished what he started, hitting an infield groundout to plate the Tribe’s final runs of the day. The teams took to the diamond Sunday to decide the third game and the end of the series, each aiming to escape with two wins. Once again, the seventh inning proved crucial, as the College scored two runs in the frame to win 4-2. After scoring two runs in the fourth, Delaware struck back with a run in the bottom of the inning. Clinging to a 2-1 advantage, Lindemuth hit a single to right field before scoring off Shaw’s single. A throwing error by Delaware’s pitcher Matt Soren allowed the College to pick up its fourth and final run. Sophomore pitcher Jason Inghram commanded the mound for seven innings, allowing one earned run on four hits. The Tribe returns to Williamsburg Wednesday to face Longwood at Plumeri Park.
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College’s seven-game win streak ends at Georgetown Tribe rebounds from closely contested loss against Hoyas by defeating Maryland to split weekend road trip BY JONATHAN IYOB FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER Streaks can seem endless when they’re rolling, but like everything else they must end eventually. On Saturday, Georgetown (9-4) ended William and Mary’s recent seven-game tear in a thriller that came down to the final doubles point. But after its blip in Georgetown, the College returned to its winning ways at Maryland to round out the weekend road trip and continue its stellar start to the season — its most successful since 2007. In Georgetown, the College’s top players put their team in a great position to capture the win, but the backup players did not hold up their end of the bargain. Due to the threat of rain, the contest began with six singles games in which the Tribe (12-3, 1-0 CAA) matched the Hoyas 3-3, obtaining wins at the top three positions. However, Georgetown pulled out the final doubles point to capture the match.
At the No. 1 singles position for the Tribe, Junior Maria Belaya won her seventh straight match, defeating Georgetown’s Victoria Sekely, 6-4, 6-1. Belaya’s decisive victory improved her season record to 16-8, including eight wins at the No. 1 spot. Freshman Leeza Nemchinov, playing at the No. 2 spot, closed out Kelly Comlli, 6-2, 7-6 (4). Senior Anik Cepeda thoroughly defeated the Hoyas’ Madeline Jaegr, 6-1, 6-2, winning her 20th match of the young season. Regardless of the Tribe’s victories at the top three positions for singles, its inability to take the decisive double slots led to its eventual demise. The Hoyas snagged doubles victories in the No. 1 and No. 3 slots as well as the Nos. 4-6 positions in singles. The next day the Tribe earned some retribution for its loss by defeating Maryland (5-7, 0-3 ACC) 4-3 in another closely contested match. Whereas the Tribe relinquished the doubles point against the Hoyas, it won doubles in two straight matches against Maryland before even having to finish the third. For doubles, the Tribe took the top two positions decisively.
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Juniors Belaya and Jeltje Loomans, the No. 5-ranked team in the country, took their 10th straight win at the top spot for doubles, beating Vroni Van Berlo and Sarah Gealer 8-3. Cepeda and junior Hope Johnson defeated Nataliya and Olga Bredikhina before Cepeda went on to play in her singles match. Both Nemchinov and Cepeda continued their strong singles play from Saturday against the Terrapins. Nemchinov increased her win streak to nine matches, making her record 19-9 for the season by defeating Gaeler 7-5, 7-6. Cepeda also increased her win streak to eight matches, defeating Olga Gaistruk 6-0, 6-2. Cepeda has a team-best singles mark of 2111. Johnson clenched the game by winning a tense three-set match 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. After splitting the weekend, the College has only two more matches on its non-conference slate before it continues its CAA schedule. The Tribe will have a pair of matches in Houston, Texas March 23-24 against Rice and Houston.
Despite the wet weather Sunday, William and Mary participated in the first day of the C&F Bank Intercollegiate, finishing at No. 9, 35 strokes behind clubhouse-leader Boston College at 319. After Sunday’s play, Longwood’s Hannah Pierce and Delaware’s Annie Bowlsby sit tied at 73 to lead the course, two strokes above par. Utilizing their home-course advantage at the River Course at Kingsmill, sophomores Kellie Edelblut, Anna McMullen and Kelly Okun left Sunday’s rainy day of play tied for 31st and led the College’s team going into Monday. Senior Betsy Birchall and freshman Tina Chang round out the Tribe team tied for 70th at 82 in a field of 150 players. Freshman Alessandra Liu sits in 20th at 78, playing as an individual. Unlike Sunday, golfers could not battle through the rainy weather and Monday’s tee times were postponed and the second round left incomplete. Play will resume today and the third round of play originally scheduled is canceled. — Flat Hat COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS Managing Editor Despite the weather, the Tribe sits in the No. 9 spot. Meredith Ramey
GYMNASTICS Men’s and women’s gymnastics closed out their regular seasons this past weekend, breaking school records and recording multiple career highs with wins over Yale, Temple and Navy. The women’s team downed Yale Friday evening, finishing with a 193.00-189.525 win. Freshman Brittany Stover claimed the all-around title, breaking the school-record score of 39.150. Sophomore Maggie Lundeen tied the school record and claimed the floor title. On the bars, junior Jessica Pritchard tied her career high of 9.850 and both Stover and sophomore Stacia Ruse earned career highs on bars, placing second and third respectively. The team returned Sunday afternoon to defeat Temple, 194.575191.650. Earning a season-best score of 48.550 on the vault, the team was led by Stover who took the top spot while senior Jennifer Ware and freshman Alyssa Glass placed second and third respectively. With a score of COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS 39.000, Pritchard Men’s gymnastics defeated Navy 417.050-401.650. took the allaround title. Junior Larson Lasek and Stover tied for second. The men’s team defeated Navy 417.050-401.650 Saturday evening to close out the regular season. The Tribe earned a season-high score of 72.9 on the vault and notched its third-best score of the season. Freshman Neal Courter took first in floor and vault, nearly tying the school vault record. Junior Landon Funiciello claimed the event title for rings. Junior Daniel Potemski placed first on pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar, earning him the all-around title with a score of 85.65. Men’s gymnastics will return to host the USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championship March 29-30 at Kaplan Arena, while the women’s team will travel up to Ithaca next Saturday for the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference. — Flat Hat Editor-in-Chief Katherine Chiglinsky
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The Flat Hat | Tuesday, March 19, 2013 | Page 8
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Dragons decimate Tribe 65-31
COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS
BOX SCORE
Senior center Jaclyn McKenna failed to score in 14 minutes of action. The College offense never found a rhythm, struggling all night as the Tribe amassed 50 missed shots, converting just 24 percent from the field and 18.2 percent from beyond the arc.
Field goal
Free throws
3-point shots
Emily
0-5
0-0
0-0
Jazmen
0-9
0-1
2-4
Correal Boone Kaitlyn
Mathieu
3-5
1-2
Field goal
Janine
0-5
0-4
0-0
6-12
0-5
2-2
3-8
0-5
0-0
Aldridge Taylor
Hilton Kyla
0-0
Free throws 3-point shots
Kerstetter
College exits conference tournament, Drexel advances easily William and Mary’s season came to a shattering end Friday night as the Tribe suffered a 65-31 loss at the hands of Drexel in the quarterfinals of the Colonial Athletic Association Championship. The College (8-22, 6-12 CAA) struggled from the opening tip, falling behind by double digits early and trailing by 30 for most of the second half. The game was the last for five Tribe seniors — guard Janine Aldridge, who played through a significant ankle injury, forward Emily Correal, guard Taylor Hilton, center Jaclyn McKenna and forward Chanel Murchison. Correal and Aldridge ended particularly decorated careers, leaving their marks in the College’s record book. Aldridge exits with the school’s all-time record in three-point shots made (304) and steals (206). Aldridge’s three-point record also ranks sixth all-time in the CAA. Correal holds the school record for consecutive starts (114) and is sixth in scoring with 1,349 points over four seasons. Unfortunately, neither star shined brightly in the contest and the Tribe’s two leading scorers, Correal and Aldridge, remained off the scoreboard, combining to go 0-10 from the field. Only Hilton could find a rhythm in the College’s offense, scoring 15 points on 50 percent shooting and pulling down 10 rebounds. The rest of the team combined to make just 6 of 38 shots and scored 16 points. “Drexel played a great game, and we had a lot of trouble scoring early on,” head coach Debbie Taylor said. “We missed 10 layups, five of which were wide open.” The Tribe played competitively in the opening minutes, particularly on defense, resulting in a one-point deficit five minutes into the contest. The parity was short-lived, however, as Drexel scored the next fifteen points and ended the half with a 30-6 run. The Dragons held a 36-11 lead at intermission. The College committed 11 turnovers in the first half, which led to 21 Drexel points. The Tribe largely abandoned the three-point shot — its usual bread and butter — attempting only two in the first half. Defensively, the College struggled outside the opening minutes, as the Dragons hit 47 percent of their shots in the first 20 minutes. Drexel did not let up in the second half, starting the period with a 9-2 run to increase their lead to 45-13. The Tribe rallied briefly, matching Drexel basket-for-basket for the next few minutes, leaving the score at 53-22 with 12:08 remaining in the game. Hilton carried the Tribe throughout the stretch, scoring nine points as the rest of the team remained scoreless for nearly 10 minutes of play. “Drexel’s a really good defensive team and they had our number, Taylor said. “We got shots, they just didn’t go in.” The College managed to cut down on turnovers in the second half, only surrendering five to the Dragons. However, Drexel relied on a methodical half-court attack and sharp shooting to stay ahead. The half remained lopsided as the Dragons hit 46 percent of their shots, 39 percent from beyond the arc. With the outcome decided, Drexel let up in the last 10 minutes, committing a few turnovers and actively trying to run down the clock and end the blowout as quickly as possible. One-by-one, Taylor took her seniors out of the game, leaving the future lineup on the court for the final 98 seconds of play. “This team has belonged to the seniors for so long … I think the younger kids are excited to take it as their team now,” Taylor said. The defeat ended a challenging season for the Tribe, a team that showed promise at times throughout the year, but ultimately could not put together a strong performance on the CAA stage. Sophomore
guard Kyla Kerstetter and junior forward Kaitlyn Mathieu added six and seven points, respectively, to Hilton’s team-high 15, but no other player registered a field goal in a jarringly weak offensive performance. The loss fits the narrative of the tumultuous season. With the seniors absent, Taylor will enter next season with a relatively young and inexperienced group.
COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS
Senior forward Emily Correal grabbed five rebounds alongside two steals Friday.
BY THE NUMBERS
BY MICK SLOAN FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER
24.0 16
Percentage shot from field — the College hit 12 of 50 field goals
Number of turnovers committed, versus Drexel’s 12
Largest Drexel lead, coming in the last minute of the game
Percentage of made three-point shots on 2 of 11 shooting
36 18.2 21
Minutes that the injured Janine Aldridge played
5
Number of Tribe assists, as compared to Drexel’s 25 helpers
Questions linger after tournament nightmare Jack Powers
FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR
After a brutal winter for the team, spring didn’t come soon enough for William and Mary. The Tribe traveled to Baltimore in hopes of staging a dramatic rebirth in the CAA tournament. They were promptly stomped, 65-31 in the first round. It would be right to say Friday’s outcome was predictable. Nobody really expected the team to win, but a 34-point loss with only five Tribe players even making the scoreboard can only be described as pathetic. Drexel’s evisceration of the College was merely the sad exclamation mark at the end of a sorry season that got away from the team months prior to Friday’s massacre. Four months ago, the Tribe would never have expected to look back on their season with such disappointment. Optimism shrouded the team in the early days of November — the Tribe returned four of its five starters from the 2011-12 campaign, including the record-breaking shooter Janine Aldridge and the dangerous inside-outside threat Emily Correal. The hopefulness seemed valid — they were sure this would be their year. “I expect this to be the best team William and Mary has ever had on the women’s side,” head coach Debbie Taylor said in November. “This is the best lineup of talent this program has ever produced.” But the ecstasy of autumn soon faded into the gloom of winter. The College stumbled through a two-month-long 11-game losing streak, starting their season 2-14. Even after their definite improvement in February and early March, losing was unquestionably the norm of the season, Friday’s tournament loss being merely the most severe. Beyond the surreal statistics, the real surprise was the team’s starting line-up — excluding Hilton. How could those same returning starters who had offered such hope at the beginning of the season look so apathetic in their final collegiate appearance? There’s no doubt the seniors truly wanted to win — Aldridge was on crutches just days before the tournament tipoff and still gritted through 21 minutes of play. Looking at Friday’s performance, one has to question whether Taylor truly built a system that gave her players the confidence to feel like they could win. If this team truly was as talented as it was billed — which is certainly questionable — why did they finish 8-22 overall? It’s hard to look anywhere other than the coach. Taylor has had a remarkable career at the College, and her players unmistakably respect her, but when you haven’t had a winning season since 2007, people are bound to ask questions: Why did she persist in playing the zone for every minute of every game even when her team was rated second-worst in the conference in scoring defense, giving up a wicked 66.6 ppg? Why did her team rely so much on 3-pointers while shooting a mediocre 30 percent for the season? Why was it that her team surrendered a negative rebounding margin when it outsized most of its opponents? Clearly there must have been a breakdown of accountability and tactics. In the wake of Friday’s debacle, some Tribe fans have called for a new coach, and there is no question the program has fallen backwards in the last few years. But despite these puzzling questions, Taylor’s 14 years at the helm are not devoid of accomplishments. She has the highest career women’s basketball wins of any Tribe coach and her recruiting has brought academically successful student-athletes to the College who have won 34 All-CAA awards. After everything she has done for the program, Taylor deserves the chance to lead her team back into contention. But it won’t be easy. The College will graduate five seniors this year — that’s 62 percent of the team’s total scoring and 68 percent of their total minutes this season. If Taylor can mold her inexperienced pupils into a competitive squad next year, long-dormant Kaplan Arena will come alive and maybe we’ll even see a winning season. If not, Tribe fans beware — winter is coming. Again.