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Vol. 102, Iss. 48 | Friday, April 12, 2013
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City bids farewell to housing density cap
College extends 4,565 offers to class of 2017 Record applicant totals for nine years BY KATHERINE CHIGLINKSY FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
4,565 prospective students received emails March 26 from the College of William and Mary to welcome the class of 2017, selected from a record-breaking number of applicants. For the ninth consecutive year, the College saw an increase in applications, with 14,035 applications for the new class, up from 13,600 applications for the class of 2016. Dean of Admission Henry Broaddus cited increased outreach efforts by the Admissions office as one of many reasons for the significant increase in applicants. “It’s very much a reflection of William and Mary’s expanded reputation nationally and globally,” Broaddus said. The Admissions office sent 4,565 acceptance letters, anticipating a class size of 1,470 students. The acceptance rate rose slightly from 31.1 percent for the class of 2016 to approximately 32.5 percent for the class of 2017. Broaddus noted that although the admittance rate was lower last year for the class of 2016, the College ended up pulling more students from the waiting list. “Year-to-year comparisons on admit rate can be misleading,” Broaddus said. “Last year, the admit rate was a little bit lower, but we also ended up needing to take students from the wait list. This year, we felt we needed to adjust the numbers to get our target class.” See ADMISSION page 3
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Outgoing Student Assembly President Curt Mills ‘13 addresses Mayor Clyde Haulman. Mills argued in support of the 2013 Comprehensive Plan.
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illiamsburg City Council unanimously passed eight proposed ordinances that implement part of the 2013 Comprehensive Plan April 11. The Comprehensive Plan, approved by the council in January, aims to foster a revitalization of Williamsburg’s downtown near Market Square, Prince George Street, Armistead Street and surrounding areas. The decision was made after a public meeting, during which students and residents addressed the council’s five members about the plan’s measures, including the elimination of the housing density gap and rezoning certain areas of the city, See PLAN page 3
STUDENT ASSEMBLY
Koontz inaugurated as SA president Reveley advises 29 new members to take entire community into account when making decisions BY CLAIRE GILLESPIE FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR
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SA President Chase Koontz ’14 was sworn in April 11.
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Twenty nine new Student Assembly members were sworn in during the inauguration ceremony in the Wren Chapel yesterday evening. In his first address as SA president, Chase Koontz ’14 emphasized communication and collaboration as keys to success. “As I wrote down my thoughts for this meeting, I soon realized that those centralized on the importance of striving to bring a broader conversation between students and their Student Assembly,” Koontz said. Koontz also mentioned the plans for a new SA website next fall and the ways in which he will collaborate with the College’s D.C. office. Reveley, the keynote speaker, advised the new SA leaders to take the entire College community into account when
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making decisions next year. “Since leadership is power, it is very important that those in positions of leadership operate in a way that is often called server-leader,” Reveley said. “And server-leaders do use their power to make improvements in the lives in the other people and institutions. They don’t lead simply to serve their egos. And fortunately, in my experience, all the leaders at William and Mary follow the tradition of serverleaders.” Reveley said that in his experience, leading has been an opportunity to understand how to accomplish things and work with people. The event brought out a variety of crowd members including current SA members, College President Taylor Reveley, Vice President of Student Affairs Virginia Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’06, Assistant Vice President for Student Engagement and Leadership Drew Stelljes and
City of Williamsburg Mayor Clyde Haulman. In his last speech as SA president, President emeritus Curt Mills ’13 thanked several members of his cabinet, including outgoing Secretary of Finance and current Class of 2014 Treasurer Brett Prestia ’14, outgoing Secretary of Student Health and Safety Jake Lewitz ’13, outgoing Secretary of Diversity Neal Chhabra ’13, and outgoing Undersecretary of Voter Registration Zach Woodword ’14 as well as Elections Commission Chair T.J. O’Sullivan ’13 and outgoing Chief of Staff MacKenzie Wenner ’13. Mills also thanked outgoing Vice President Melanie Levine ’13 for running with him, outgoing senator Drew Wilke ’15 for leading the SA reform efforts and outgoing senate chair Kendall Lorenzen ’15. “Kendall is the first sophomore See INAUGURATION page 3
Budget suggests city renovations Stryker building remodel proposed BY ANNIE CURRAN FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR
While many students look at the Williamsburg City Council’s proposed 2014 fiscal year budget with apathy, Mayor and professor of economics Clyde Haulman thinks students should be interested in some new projects the city is considering. Two aspects of the Capital Improvement Budget Haulman highlighted are the plans to replace the Stryker Building and reconstruction efforts on a section of Prince George Street. Haulman explains the Stryker Building plans are essentially a library expansion that will create more space for meeting rooms and a small lecture hall. The Council will still have the current chamber in the building. Haulman estimates the construction will create three times more meeting space for students to use than what is currently offered in the Williamsburg Public Library. Another capital improvement project outlined in the CIB is the reconstruction of Prince George Street from Armistead Avenue to Boundary Street. The plan calls for widening of the street and sidewalks, as well as reconstructing some of the See BUDGET page 3
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Making a difference
Pat Austria ’13 develops social mediabased project to aid disaster-relief efforts. page 6