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The Board of Visitors unanimously elected Todd Stottlemyer ’85 as the new Rector of the College of William and Mary during their meeting Friday. Robert Scott J.D. ’68 was elected vice rector while Thomas Frantz ’70 J.D. ’73 was elected secretary. Stottlemyer will succeed Jeffrey Trammell ’73 as Rector. Trammell will step down this summer, after serving two terms on the board. “Jeff Trammell has been a splendid rector,” College President Taylor Reveley said in a press release. “We know he will remain a vibrant participant in William [and] Mary’s life.” Stottlemyer was appointed to the BOV in 2011 and currently serves as the chair of the financial affairs committee. “We are enormously fortunate to have Todd Stottlemyer as our next rector,” Reveley said. “Todd, Bob Scott and Tom Frantz have all proven themselves invaluable members of the Board who care deeply about the future of the university. I look forward very much to working with them.”
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he “William & Mary Promise,” a new operating model for the College of William and Mary, was approved by the Board of Visitors Friday, promoting what BOV members called an “iron-clad” tuition guarantee for in-state students. Starting with the incoming class of 2017, in-state students will enter the College under the new four-year tuition guarantee. Tuition will be set for their first year and will remain constant for all successive undergraduate years spent at the College. The board approved the tuition rate for three incoming classes during the meeting Friday. The class of 2017 will face a tuition of $10,428, while the class of 2018 and the class of 2019 will face a tuition price of $12,428 and $13,978 respectively. Another aspect of the new model targets net in-state student tuition, aiming to reduce the net tuition paid by middle-class families or those earning less than four times the poverty level per year on average. For current in-state students, the new promise plans to hold annual tuition increases to no greater than the rate of inflation, which sets 2013-14 tuition for returning in-state students at $8,833. Out-of-state students also saw an increase in prices, with a 3 percent rise in the costs of tuition to a total of $32,816. Incoming in-state students, however, will not encounter any fluctuations in price. “An iron-clad tuition guarantee: The first of its kind of any public university in America,”
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BOV calls Global Engagement Strategy a success Hanson discusses creation of William and Mary Confucius Institute, potential EVMS partnership BY ZACH HARDY FLAT HAT CHIEF STAFF WRITER
City, College considers Emergency Agreement 30 percent of 387 fire calls from College BY BEATRICE LOAYZA FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER
The Board of Visitors Committee on Strategic Initiatives reviewed the success of the College of William and Mary’s Global Engagement Strategy and further discussed the potential partnership with Eastern Virginia Medical School Friday. Stephen Hanson, vice provost for international affairs and director of the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies, reviewed the Reves Center’s efforts to promote the College internationally. He discussed the establishment of the William and Mary Confucius Institute, a group created by the People’s Republic of China, which strives to promote Chinese language and culture, calling it a crucial success for the College’s expansion. “[The College was] actually featured on Chinese television during Chinese New Year,” Hanson said. “Chinese students were seen enjoying themselves around the Wren building and Sunken Garden.” Hanson identified the creation of the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies multidisciplinary program, AidData, which received $25 million, as well as the continuing presence of the College’s Washington, D.C. Office as other
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In an update to The Flat Hat, Director of Planning, Design and Construction Wayne Boy stated that construction on the College of William and Mary will be finished by the fall semester. The Brafferton will be completed for the administrative staff to move into its offices in July. Tucker Hall’s renovations will be completed by the start of classes, and the Sadler Center’s addition will be finished for the start of the fall semester. While the fraternity complex houses remain in the final stages of completion, the construction teams are working on a tight schedule to make sure students will be able to move into them in August. The Zable Stadium renovation and addition will not be finalized until the summer. Currently, discussion about the project involves determining whether to renovate or to completely rebuild the west stands — as well as an analysis of the costs. As far as any major changes to the Hospitality House are concerned, they are still under discussion. Major repairs to the building that are deemed necessary will be made in the near future.
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Mellor explained offering grants for research collaboration between EVMS and College faculty is one of the College’s efforts toward preparing for a future partnership. “We have lots of experts at William and Mary and EVMS,” Muller said. “We are trying to bring the faculties together, to break down barriers and to incentivize them to work together.” Mellor also said the College hopes to create
Due to the College of William and Mary’s recent purchase of the Hospitality House and other factors, the city of Williamsburg is introducing an Emergency Services Agreement with the College in its proposed budget for 2014. Once the 20,000-square-foot Hospitality House becomes official College property, the hotel will receive tax exemption as a public building, taking away a source of city revenue. Although the sale of the Hospitality House prompted city staff to actively pursue an emergency services agreement, Mayor Clyde Haulman noted conversations between the College and the city began over the past year and a half, as the city’s budget fell under increasing pressure, and it was forced to raise property taxes for the first time in 20 years. “For decades, the city’s budget has been driven by two primary sources of revenue — one is real estate and property taxes,” Haulman said. “For Williamsburg, that’s in the 35 percent to 40 percent range. For most cities, it’s 70 percent to 80 percent. It’s not so high for Williamsburg because of sales and meal taxes. But with the recession and the longterm decline in tourism, it became clear the city needs to do something new to move into the future and to assure the revenue pace that we need for growth.” City Manager Jackson Tuttle talked about the city’s obligation to ensure the safety of all Williamsburg residents,
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The College of William and Mary’s Board of Visitors met from April 17 to 19 for a quarterly meeting.
accomplishments this past year. Hanson listed reaching a 60 percent study abroad participation rate and furthering international partnerships as goals for the Reves Center in the next several years. Economics professor and Director of the Schroeder Center for Health Policy Jennifer Mellor gave updates on the partnership with EVMS and explained how the exploratory committee has used the $200,000 the Virginia General Assembly gave the College.
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We hope students and parents will respond favorably to this. We believe they will because of that guarantee of knowing what you’re going to pay in year one and knowing what you’re going to pay in year four.
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The Chateau Morrisette Vinery of Floyd County, Virginia, recently agreed on a five year wine export with the Tianjin Commodity Exchange Company of China.
McDonnell’s energy advisor heads to CNU Gov. Bob McDonnell, R-Va., lost his top energy advisor to Christopher Newport University, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. Maureen Matsen was deputy secretary of natural resources, and served as McDonnell’s senior energy advisor. She left the administration a week ago to accept and to become university counsel at CNU. She held a similar post at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. Virginia winery to export to China Virginian wine will add to a diverse range of tastes in China. The Washington Post reports a Virginia winery and a Chinese commodity exchange have agreed on a five-year wine export deal. McDonnell announced the agreement between Chateau Morrisette of Floyd County and Tianjin Commodity Exchange Company. McDonnell continues his job creation and economic development marketing mission to China, Japan and California. Williamsburg hosts three activities for citizens
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Williamsburg will be hosting three major events, as reported by the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily. The Revolutionary Rumble, hosted by the Williamsburg Volleyball Club, will bring together more than 200 Junior Olympic Volleyball Club teams to the Historic Triangle. The city will observe its fifth annual Earth Day celebration at Waller Mill Park, filled with activities to promote the idea of a “green”
CORRECTIONS In the April 19 issue of The Flat Hat, the article titled “BOV proposes dorm names” incorrectly stated that the Board of Visitors renamed the Units to the Green and Gold Complex. The Board of Visitors actually renamed the Units the Green and Gold Village.
environment. The Regional Issues Committee will gather for a meeting to hear reports from the Williamsburg Area Transit Authority, updates from the Historic Triangle Collaborative, Williamsburg Area Chamber and Tourism Alliance to discuss the comprehensive plan and its implementation. Bolling regrets dropping from governor race After foregoing his chance to run for governor, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, R-Va., expressed regret over dropping out of the gubernatorial race too early. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bolling revealed several people approached him, claiming they wish he had continued in the race. After Bolling’s drop-out announcement, the Cuccinelli and McAuliffe campaigns experienced political ups and downs in the partisan fight for the Executive Mansion. Habitat for Humanity ReStore collects furniture Williamsburg celebrated its Habitat for Humanity ReStore and its one-year anniversary this past weekend. The Virginia Gazette reports ReStore served 30,000 customers on a special anniversary sale from over 5,000 households providing donations for sale. According to the Executive Director, local timeshares, hotels and resorts have been among the biggest donors. Kingsmill recently renovated 200 apartments and donated over 1,500 pieces of furniture to the ReStore. Volunteers provided baked goods for sale in addition to the special anniversary sale.
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College totals 30 percent of calls to area firefighters New proposal mirrors agreement between city of Newport News, CNU EMERGENCY from page 1
“[Emergency services] have been there when students have committed suicide,” Tuttle said. “We’ve also had cases of students falling off roofs. The services the city provides are critical for the well being of the College and its students.” Tuttle points out, however, it is not inexpensive to maintain a 38-member fire department and provide equipment and training on a 24-hour basis, particularly when the city provides essential medical and emergency services
to the College free of charge. According to Haulman, Williamsburg firefighters respond to an average of 387 calls each year, 30 percent of which are on campus. Emergency medical teams receive an average of 233 calls each year, 10 percent of which come from the College. Haulman noted while it is part of the city’s responsibility to provide services for the College, average Williamsburg residents must pay property taxes to indirectly fund the emergency and medical services the College
receives. Director of University Relations Brian Whitson said, in these very early stages of discussion, the College is exploring what other public higher education institutions have done in similar situations. Haulman described the Memorandum of Agreement between the city of Newport News and Christopher Newport University as an exemplary framework the current talks might want to mirror. After being approved by the Newport News City Council and CNU’s
Board of Visitors, the university now reimburses the city for emergency and police services. Yet the implementation of an agreement will inevitably have a major impact on the College’s finances, particularly in light of the various measures the College has taken to address the sharp decline in state funding, most notably the recent tuition raises. “The College doesn’t have money sitting around,” Haulman said. “It’s going to take real work to figure out an exchange. We’re going to have to be creative about the way we think about the deal.”
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Secret Service deems Hinckley’s visits acceptable U.S. District Court judge to decide if Reagan’s attempted assasinator may continue area visits BY ANNIE CURRAN FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR
He visited the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William and Mary. He’s gone to the Williamsburg Target, Harris Teeter and Barnes and Noble. Wherever he goes, U.S. Secret Service agents have watched him, monitoring his movements and interactions. But why is this man being observed during these errands? Because in 1981, John Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. Hinckley has had visitation rights to visit his mother in Williamsburg since 2006. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity
for the attack in which he shot three other men and permanently paralyzed Press Secretary James Brandy. Hinckley stated the reason for the attempted assassination was to impress actress Jodi Foster. He has been living at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. since 1982. After observing Hinckley’s visits to Williamsburg since 2006, the Secret Service recently released documents stating that Hinckley has acted appropriately while visiting his mother. A number of publications have reported on Hinckley’s recent visits to Williamsburg and the various establishments where he has been seen. The Associated Press reported that
Hinckley got in trouble after a 2011 visit to a local Barnes and Noble. An agent reported that he was looking at books about the assassinations of former U.S. Presidents William McKinley and John F. Kennedy. He has also landed in trouble for lying about seeing two movies. Other than these incidents, the Secret Service stated that his behavior on his excursions has been acceptable. Cathy Pacheco, store manager at the College Bookstore’s Barnes and Noble, stated that Hinckley has never been to the campus bookstore and that he most likely visited the Barnes and Noble in New Town. The managers of the New Town Barnes and Noble stated that they cannot
speak about Hinckley’s possible visit to the store. The Associated Press reported that Hinckley visited the Muscarelle. After multiple attempts to contact the museum, the Muscarelle could not be reached for comment by press time. The Los Angeles Times reported that after the success of Hinckley’s visits, beginning in 2006, Hinckley was to be awarded 12 ten-day visits to the area in 2010. Some students are not happy that Hinckley is spending time in the Williamsburg area. “I feel really uncomfortable with that,” Elizabeth Gomez ’16 said. “Being a
student on this campus, knowing that he shot someone, it’s an unsettling feeling.” Others do not mind his presence. Brody Marino ’16 says that Hinckley visiting the area does not make him feel in danger. “It doesn’t bother me in the slightest,” Marino said. “It doesn’t make me feel any less safe on campus.” U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman will decide whether Hinckley can continue visiting the area. The ruling could be made any time. The Williamsburg Yorktown Daily reported that the staff at St. Elizabeth’s has recommended he be released to his mother’s care full-time after two 17-day visits and six 24-day visits in which he exhibits appropriate behavior.
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BOV member visits campus, outlines Lt. Governor campaign Snyder to focus on educational reform, keeping taxes low, streamlining government processes BY ZACH HARDY FLAT HAT CHIEF STAFF WRITER
Casually dressed in blue jeans and serving a freshly roasted barbeque lunch, Board of Visitors member and Lt. Gov. candidate Pete Snyder ’94 talked to a group of supporters in the Bryan Complex courtyard April 22. Snyder announced his plan to run last November and has focused his campaign on improving Virginia’s economy and schools with conservative, free-market principles. Snyder drew on his experience as founder and CEO of New Media Strategies — one of the world’s first social media companies — to explain his plans for Virginia’s education system. If elected, Snyder said he would champion charter schools to improve secondary education through market competition. To strengthen public schools, he plans on reducing administration salaries by approximately 15 percent in order to increase teacher pay, thus drawing in more talented faculty without raising taxes. Snyder also argued for the elimination of the tenure system. “I take a business perspective — education is a service economy. The end customers are parents and
students. The people who drive the whole train are the teachers,” Snyder said. “What I’d love to do in Virginia is pay teachers better than anywhere else on the east coast, if not the country, but do it for performance.” Snyder also argued the College should do all it can to be financially independent from the federal and state government. He was the sole BOV member to vote against the William and Mary Promise — a new financial model for the College — citing his disagreement with the proposed tuition increases. “We can’t ask for more from the taxpayers of Virginia,” Snyder said. “I do like other parts of the plan, the efficiencies that they’re having, the heavier course load and increased productivity from our faculty. I do think we ought to be paying our faculty and staff more; I just want to find the resources in a different way than this plan.” During his talk, he called Virginia’s gubernatorial race an important moment for the Republican Party’s future. He made a joke about President Ronald Reagan to drive home his point that Republicans need to modernize their message and platform. “How many times did you ever hear Ronald Reagan give a speech about Dwight D. Eisenhower?
He never did; he never said let’s dial it back to 1950 and everything will be alright,” Synder said. “He was relentlessly focused on the future.” Snyder also plans to streamline government processes and foster economic growth, including the elimination of the corporate income tax and the absorption of the office of secretary of technology into the Department of Commerce. College Republican Kyle McCauly ’16 responded favorably to Snyder’s visit. “I would still say I’m undecided, but I was impressed by his energy and friendliness,” McCauly said. “It also seems like his background in social media and business is very strong.” The Republican Party of Virginia will nominate the party’s candidates at their convention in Richmond. Chris Bond, Snyder’s campaign communications manager, said even though college students may be unlikely to attend the convention, Snyder still wants to reach out to supporters on a grassroots level. “Securing the nomination has lots to do with how well you can work at the convention, but Pete really wants to grow the pie of voters involved in the primary process,” Bond said.
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Board of Visitors member and Lt. Governor Candidate Pete Snyder ‘94 visited the College of William and Mary April 22.
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BOV Finance Committee Chair Todd Stottlemyer ’85 said. “We hope students and parents will respond favorably to this. We believe they will because of that guarantee of knowing what you’re going to pay in year one and knowing what you’re going to pay in year four.” An additional 150 in-state students will be enrolled at the College over the next four years. Coupled with the state-mandated increase of 150 in-state students over the past few years, the College will have seen an 8 percent increase in in-state enrollment since 2010. Vice President for Finance Sam Jones noted the increase in enrollment will not affect class sizes at the College since the administration plans to increase full-time professor positions at the College to compensate for the enrollment growth. “We’ll add some full-time faculty slots to go along with that enrollment growth,” Jones said. “The intent is that we’re not changing the student-faculty ratio with this.” The College also intends to increase faculty salaries based on merit over the next few years, with a goal of moving faculty salaries from the 14th percentile in 2013 to the 60th percentile by 2016. BOV member Robert Scott J.D. ’68 drew on his experiences as a law professor who teaches about contracts to elaborate on the reciprocal nature of the College’s new promise both to raise faculty salaries and increase productivity. “The legal definition of a promise is a manifestation of an intention to act so made that it justifies the recipient in believing that the commitment has been made,” Scott said. “And by accepting this infusion of dollars from incoming students, the faculty and staff here at the College are making a reciprocal promise. … A promise that, in short, they can and will enhance the teaching
mission of the university without sacrificing, in any respect, the commitment to scholarship so essential to making this a great liberal arts university.” The BOV approved the new plan, with one member, Pete Snyder ’94, voting the measure down. Snyder noted any tuition increases in the current economic environment discouraged him from approving the measure. “Making higher education a more affordable option for all Virginia students should be our number one priority as Board of Visitors members,” Snyder said in a statement. “While the plan will reduce net tuition for middle income families below $100,000 in annual income, I believe we must go deeper into the middle class to provide tuition relief and that no increases in tuition are warranted in these very tough and uncertain economic times. Because of this, I cannot support this resolution and must vote no.” College President Taylor Reveley supported the new plan, emphasizing the need for collaboration between faculty, staff, alumni and students to implement the new model. “We know William and Mary going forward must largely see to its own financial future,” Reveley said. “It’s William and Mary’s great good fortune that we have the capacity to fend for ourselves, but this will take a powerful constellation of three groups. First, of campus productivity gains from our faculty and staff. Second, of heightened philanthropic support of our alumni and friends. And third, more earned income from students who benefit from the extraordinary education William and Mary provides, always coupled with the need-based aid for students unable to pay.”
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collaborative programs with the Mason School of Business and the Marshall-Wythe School of Law to arm medical students with knowledge of the health care industry and of the economy. “We are focusing on health services research, which has strong underpinnings of the social sciences, business and law,” Mellor said.
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Tuition increases are not financially sound week will hold tuition increases to the rate of inflation for current students and reduce net tuition for families below $100,000 in annual income, I believe we must go deeper into the middle class to provide tuition relief, and no increases in tuition are warranted in these tough and uncertain economic times. FLAT HAT GUEST COLUMNIST As a former student-leader at the College who is an alumnus and a small business owner, I am acutely aware of the difficulties associated with our current economy. At The College of William and Mary has always been a leader a time when Virginia families and job creators continue in education. to struggle financially under the threat of increased taxes We have the distinction of being the first beacon of higher and regulation from Washington, and while students face learning in the New World. We’re a cutting-edge research uncertain prospects in the job market once they graduate, university. And now, with our William & Mary Promise, in I strongly oppose increasing the cost of attending the a day and age of hidden fees and constant tuition hikes, we College. have the opportunity to be true trailblazers when it comes to As a member of the Board of Visitors, I share the goal truth-in-advertising in higher education. of bringing increased financial stability to the College, I applaud this groundbreaking policy — a first of its kind and I find much to like in this plan. That said, I simply in higher education — which guarantees a stable, four-year cannot support the notion that tuition increases are the tuition rate so that students and their families have a firm best possible strategy for moving the College forward, understanding of the costs of attending the College. The “William & Mary Promise” is one of several smart particularly during this time of painful economic reforms the Board of Visitors has adopted in its serious and stagnation. For that reason, I voted ‘‘no’’ during the Board entrepreneurial effort to address our institution’s financial of Visitors meeting last Friday. I remain both optimistic needs and long-term business model. It has and committed to working also made great progress in cost savings While students face uncertain with members of the Board of and increased efficiency and productivity, prospects in the job market once Visitors and the administration which will benefit students and families, as they graduate, I strongly oppose to pursue a long-term business well as Virginia taxpayers. These reforms increasing the cost of attending the model that delivers both the are laudable and demonstrate the serious College. price transparency and the value progress we’re making as a university. that Virginia families and students deserve from a leading However, while there are many admirable components public institution of higher learning. As one of the oldest of this plan, one key part of the Board of Visitors’ plan will institutes of higher learning in the New World, the College come as most unwelcome news to many future students and has a long and storied history of leading in education parents: the plan’s call for significant tuition increases. excellence. By embracing innovation, cost efficiencies Making world-class higher education a more affordable and a pay-for-performance business model, I believe the option for all Virginia students should be our number one College can find a proper economic path moving forward, priority as Board of Visitors members. In our marketing and in doing so, we will find the College’s best centuries — materials and on our website, the College rightly states not just years or decades — are still ahead of us. our tradition of being “highly selective, but also public, offering a world-class education without the sticker shock.” Pete Snyder ’94 is a graduate of the College of William This tradition is important and must be continued, but this and Mary and a member of the Board of Visitors. He is prospect diminishes each time we raise the financial burdens the CEO of Disruptor Capital and the Founder and former associated with attendance. CEO of New Media Strategies, the world’s first social media While the Board of Visitors’ plan that was passed last marketing company.
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To the Editor, Recently I had the honor and pleasure to spend a couple of days with you as the 2013 Hunter B. Andrews Fellow. The hospitality shown me was unparalleled, and the many discussions were stimulating. Thanks to all who participated and made my stay the most enjoyable I have had anywhere in some time. The top-flight students I encountered are a tremendous advertisement for the College, and their sense of creative inquiry and marvelous abilities make me optimistic about our future. Sincerely, Larry J. Sabato Director, U.Va. Center for Politics
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n April 19, the College of William and Mary’s Board of Visitors passed the “William & Mary Promise,” a new operating model that includes a tuition pricing system that would set a constant rate for each incoming class of in-state freshmen. The plan guarantees that a Virginia student’s tuition will not increase throughout his four years. It also aims to lower net tuition for middle income Virginians, increasing grants and lowering debt assumption. While the new model will benefit incoming in-state students, it will do little to help out-ofstate students, and its promise may place the College’s financial burden on out-of-state students in the event of a severe inflation increase. Too often, families are left without knowing how much they’ll pay for their children’s education in the coming years, and the only certainty is that they’ll always pay more. However, paying for a college education is an exchange. Prospective students and their parents should already know what services they’re going to be paying such exorbitant fees for, so they should also know exactly how much those services are going to cost — and that’s what this plan accomplishes. The new model will make the college decision process rather straightforward, as it will become abundantly clear and predictable how much in-state students will pay over their four years for the College’s services. The College’s value comes, in large part, from its people. To attract talented students, we need a talented faculty — and part of that is maintaining competitive faculty salaries. The state goal is to get faculty salaries up to the 60th percentile. Currently, however, faculty salaries are in the 14th percentile and decreasing each year. The College’s new financial model will increase faculty salaries by a maximum of 6 percent — but even more importantly, these salary increases will be meritbased. Faculty will have greater incentives to effectively engage with their students and their material, and more money will go primarily to professors who are best increasing our institution’s value. College President Taylor Reveley has made clear the political and financial realities preventing the College from increasing financial assistance for out-of-state students, and we acknowledge that. We even appreciate the “William & Mary Promise’s” attempt to lower the gap between in-state and out-of-state tuition rates by increasing in-state tuition rates and only increasing the out-of-state tuition by 3 percent. However, out-of-state students constitute 35 percent of the student body, face more competition for limited spots, take the same classes, live in the same dorms, and yet pay almost twice the tuition rate of in-state students. The College may work hard to promote racial and ethnic diversity, but this policy weakens its socioeconomic diversity by discouraging intelligent, middle class out-of-state applicants. And relying on philanthropy for future aid to out-of-state students — while perhaps one of only a few possible solutions — is a solution that requires long-term focus and is not a reliable option in the short term. The ambitious nature of the Promise also presents sustainability concerns. What happens if the economy collapses again or the state drastically cuts its funding? Guaranteeing a constant tuition rate will help families but may not allow the College to preserve its quality in tough economic times. As the model does not apply to out-of-state students, they may take the hardest hit if revenue dries up. Concerns aside, the “William & Mary Promise” is a strong plan that should help in-state students and improve the quality of our education. We hope it succeeds and becomes a model for other schools. Katherine Chiglinsky recused herself from this editorial to remain unbiased in her reporting.
For current students, tuition will continue to increase at the rate of inflation each year:
Fiscal year 2016: $9,370 Fiscal year 2015: $9,150 Fiscal year 2014: $8,833
Class of 2019 tuition:
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How our awareness of death determines the course of our lives
Matt Camarda
FLAT HAT ASSOC. OPINIONS EDITOR
What a week. A terrorist attack in Boston and a massive explosion in West, Texas have left us with enough carnage and confusion to last us a year. That’s not even counting the large-scale tragedies that occurred worldwide: bombings in Iraq, a deadly earthquake in China, massacres in Syria — the list goes on. If nothing else, these chaotic and deadly displays serve as a reminder that our time on Earth is limited. It’s a fact most of us would prefer not to think about as college students, but our mortality defines our existence. It’s ambitious taking on a subject
like death when so many more intelligent people already had their say about it. But what it lacks in originality, it makes up for in relevance; death will never stop being relevant. It’s what connects every human being who has ever lived. We may not have all felt the specter of death bearing down on us to the same extent — I don’t live with the same dangers as a Meso-American hunter-gatherer in 9,000 B.C. — but our proximity to death has a profound effect on our lives. How we live, where we live, who we live with, even why we live, has always depended on when we expected to die. If we could see the future and determine the exact time we would die, we would likely live our lives differently or at least with the precise, impending nature of our fate in mind. For many of us, including myself, modern medicine and our relative safety have dulled our sense of urgency, the awareness that we could
die at any moment. Residents of unstable or war-torn nations don’t have this problem — if you could call it one. When death is pervasive and comes to people of all ages equally, people know full well how fleeting life is. I doubt that knowledge makes living any easier; if anything, it probably makes living harder, especially for parents, who bring life into the world knowing full well that it may be stripped from them in an instant. But that’s the risk we all assume, isn’t it? We’re given no choice at birth. We’re simply born. Death means so many things to so many people, yet I’m not sure what it means to me. Last month, I flew home to be with my parents as we buried my grandfather, who passed away at the age of 95. I don’t know what his death meant to him; I never asked. But the countless photos he left behind that we presented at the funeral parlor represented the culmination of a long
life, hopefully happy and satisfying, that profoundly affected many people. Not everyone gets that chance. I hope
I do. Email Matt Camarda at mjcamarda@email.wm.edu.
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“Truck Farm is the idea that you can create a sort of micro-farm in the back of a pickup truck … [to grow] a little mini-garden back there,” Broder said. “And what makes Truck Farm really unique and a really cool educational tool is that it’s mobile, so then it can be used as an outreach tool, both on the William and Mary campus … but also in the community.” While conducting independent research on urban agriculture in the United States and Uganda, Carr watched a documentary by Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis entitled “King Corn.” “Ian Cheney started this thing called Truck Farm in Brooklyn,” Carr said. “I told Nicole, ‘This is so cool. We have to do this. I really want to do it at William and Mary.’” Broder shared Carr’s enthusiasm for the idea, having grown up spending time outdoors and gardening.
“I really value … being able to go outside and pick some tomatoes and put them on your salad … and just that experience, I think, is something everyone should be able to have, regardless of where you live,” Broder said. “Showing people that is … possible is a really cool idea.” Carr and Broder hope Truck Farm can be a catalyst to help others think differently about the space in which they live and the food they eat. “It’s taking an unconventional space and changing it into something new and innovative,” Carr said. Both sophomores want people to understand where their food comes from. “Everyone has ownership over their food and the food process,” Broder said. Promoting this accessibility is a large component of Truck Farm’s ultimate educational goal.
The idea to create a farm in the bed of a pickup truck sprouted from the desire of Jes Carr ’15 and Nicole Broder ’15 to inspire enthusiasm toward sustainable agriculture. The pair of College of William and Mary students has launched a Kickstarter campaign for their “Tribe Truck Farm” and is hoping to receive enough donations to support their project. “Making the whole process more transparent, or at least taking the step so they want to find out about it — maybe you do want to change your eating habits, maybe you can’t right now, but becoming more educated is the first step,” Carr said. While there are a handful of other Truck Farms around the United States, this would be the first one based in a college campus. “That is also sort of exciting to us, because we think it is really well suited to this sort of small community, as well as to the small space we have on campus,” Broder said. The pair has plans for the Truck Farm to be used by the on-campus community, as well as an outreach tool for the greater Williamsburg area. “Once it’s started, it’s not ours really, anymore,” Carr said. “We want it to become William and Mary’s Truck Farm and more people
to get involved.” Carr and Broder are hoping to include not only Campus Gardens, but also service groups at the College, such as Circle K International and organizations that work with children in at-risk neighborhoods. The pair hopes Truck Farm will be used as a creative way to teach children not only about sustainable agriculture, but also about alternative energy and composting. They hope to make the Truck Farm fully sustainable by having it run off of waste vegetable oil from local Williamsburg restaurants. “During the winter months we want the truck to have compost in it,” Carr said. “… [so] the outreach in the winter months would be about composting and still about sustainability and agriculture, and then we would start planting and teaching more about growing things and do activities like that with middle
school or high school students in addition to the William and Mary campus.” As far as long-term plans go, Carr and Broder hope the Truck Farm will be integrated into plans for the EcoVillage or incorporated into a new or pre-existing seminar on sustainability at the College. The Kickstarter campaign requires all $15,000 be raised in less than two weeks for Carr and Broder to receive any of the money. “We’re just really excited, and we really want this Kickstarter to go through, but even if the Kickstarter doesn’t work out …” Carr said. “We are determined to do it anyways,” Broder said. The friends have made it clear that they will not give up on their vision to grow a community that is more actively engaged with their environment.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Earl Gregg Swem Library’s Special Collections hosted a reception Friday celebrating the launch of its William & Mary Hip Hop Collection. The various musical recordings, publications and oral narratives showcased in the collection pertain to Virginian hip hop history from the 1980s onwards. Notable Virginian hip hop artists include Missy Elliot and The Neptunes. The evening’s activities included a break dancing circle, musical documentary screenings, and panel discussions with local artists and filmmakers. The free event was open to the public and featured refreshments and entertainment by DJ Wyze.
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Students and community come up shy in attempt to break bubble-blowing record
Although they didn’t manage to pop the world record, 200 participants met in the Wren Courtyard to blow bubble gum April 19. Students gathered in an attempt to break the world record for most people blowing bubble gum bubbles at the same time. In order to break the record, over 500 participants were needed. Students and community members, including a high school tour group visiting from Virginia Beach, assembled in the Courtyard at 3 p.m. and attempted the record an hour later. “It’s important to engage the rest of campus,” Alyssa Zhu ’14 said. “You are bringing together people from different areas of campus and the Williamsburg community. It’s something that anyone can get excited about, like how cool would it be to get published in the Guinness Book of World Records?” Zhu and a team of five other students including Mel Alim ’14, Girolima Bui ’13, Michelle Gillespie ’13, Ryan Fowler ’14 and Allison Prell ’15 organized and executed the event. The group created a marketing campaign and planned the event with the specific requirements necessary to attempt a world record provided by the Guinness Book of World Records. Once the group selected a record to attempt, they submitted a license to attempt the record to the Guinness Book of World Records. Their request was accepted at the end of March, and the team then began to plan for the event. “Ryan referenced the Ke$ha song, and we just knew that that was going to happen,” Zhu said. “Blow strong, blow hard, blow long, blow me. We were trying to get people engaged that way and trying to make it a fun event.” The group used word of mouth, flyers and social media to promote the event two weeks before the date. They released a series of promotional instructional videos, including one from President Taylor Reveley, the week before to push for participation.
The group also reached out to the Williamsburg community for participation. The adults were the first ones to show up to the event. “Suzanne Seurattan, who works for William and Mary, really helped us out with media and marketing,” Zhu said. “We sent her a flyer and gave her contact information, and she reached out to the community.” In order to break a world record, the attempt must subscribe to certain requirements to be considered official. “You need an enclosed space, multiple videos of the event, the way of counting the number of people has to be one of the approved methods. You have to have at least two independent witnesses,” Alim said. “Every attempt really differs.” AMP and WMTV assisted with the event, providing videographers and stewards to meet the requirements. The Office of Community Engagement and the Office of Student Affairs provided funding, which included bubble gum and marketing material costs. “It was a lot of fun planning and getting to know each other, and it was cool to see the support the school gave us,” Fowler said. While the attempt was ultimately unsuccessful, those organizing the event felt that the attempt in itself allowed the community to come together just to do something slightly weird for fun. “Every person counts for that kind of idea. If everyone believed that they could break the world record and everyone came, they could do it, but if you yourself think that it’s not possible, that means that other people don’t think it is either,” Zhu said. “If you have a positive mentality about it, you can break the world record. It builds community.” A specific group did not organize it, but Bui believes that only contributes to the spirit of the event. “What I really enjoyed about working with you guys is that overall we did this for fun. We aren’t a part of an organization. No one paid us to do it,” Bui said. “I really feel like it was an empowering experience, by the students for the students. We did just want to do this and we did it.”
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— Alyssa Zhu ’14
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Students at the College of William and Mary led an attempt to break the world record for the most people blowing bubble gum bubbles at one time in the Wren Courtyard April 19.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
A sex columnist’s 14 points: It’s not like Sex and the City
Prepare for reactions from your partner, your mom, your friends and old ladies in airports it to you. On the other hand, all the people you would never, in a million years, want to read your column (your boss, the football team, a few of your professors) will want to discuss it at length. If you write a column about period sex, expect people to continue to associate your name with it two years later. Everyone who hears you write a sex column is going to want to tell you their most intimate sex stories. Get ready to know far too much about complete strangers. When you write a sex column, thinking about sex becomes your fulltime job. Expect your libido to increase exponentially. Expect everyone else’s libido to be inversely affected. After all, you did write a column about period sex. Any semblance of a filter you may once have had simply no longer exists once you start telling strangers about every awkward sexual encounter you’ve ever had. Anything that now seems like normal dinner conversation isn’t. Don’t share your computer with anyone. Your browser history makes
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you look sexually deviant. Additionally, expect to get very strange looks in airports from old ladies who happen to look over your shoulder and inadvertently read all about boners and lady parts. You will find awesome resources about sexual health. You should share them with other people: http:// goaskalice.columbia.edu is an amazing site about sex education in general and has answers to just about everything. Also, http://plannedparenthood.org has lots of relevant information with a great search engine. You will find that you have way more feelings about things going on around you, especially things related to relationships between people, like body image, street harassment and sexual assault. You will find that you feel more empowered to talk about them, and more inclined to do something about them. It’s not a bad thing. People aren’t going to agree with you all the time, but even if you just change one person’s perspective about one thing, you will feel like you did something. (Seriously guys, period sex really is okay.)
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just can’t un-see. Writing about sex teaches you a lot about yourself. I learned a lot about my own preferences and attitudes, which allowed me to change some of my sexual shortcomings and open myself up to having the kind of sex I want to have — communicative, consensual and safe. So thanks, to the editors who had my back, my friends who were never stingy on the sexy stories, and the guys who can never remember meeting me but always remember my period sex article. Stay sexy, William and Mary. Krystyna Holland is a Behind Closed Doors Columnist and she is working on her dinner conversation skills.
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BY JACK POWERS FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR The Colonial Athletic Association conference tournament held at Millie West Tennis Center proved to be little more than a set-piece for an emphatic William and Mary triumph. While not losing a match over the course of two days in either singles or doubles play, the College captured its 22nd CAA title with decisive 4-0 victories over Delaware and North Carolina-Wilmington. The win was the school’s 22nd in the tournament’s 29-year history. Junior Maria Belaya led the charge at the No. 1 spot, vanquishing her opponents with little apparent trouble. The Tribe showed its depth of talent beyond Belaya, however, by the quality it demonstrated throughout the tournament. “We had a very coachable team this year, very hard workers and a really unified group,” head coach Tyler Thomson said. As soon as play picked up Saturday morning, the top-seeded Tribe cultivated a near-constant stream of success. The doubles wins against Delaware came in fast and persuasive. Belaya, the CAA Player of the Year, and freshman Leeza Nemchinov, the CAA Rookie of the Year, dispatched their opponents 8-2, while senior Anik Cepeda and junior Hope Johnson clinched the doubles tiebreaker with an 8-4 victory. In the singles matches, Belaya put in a dominant performance against Danea Jonjic, surrendering just one game in the straight-set match. Junior Jeltje Loomans matched her teammate’s play with an equally emphatic victory over Olivia Helm in the No. 4 spot. Capping off the Tribe win so soon into the match, Johnson defeated Christina Harrington, 5-1, 5-1, to deliver the fourth point needed for a date in the championship round. Sunday’s final was expected to be a more difficult test, given how tense the Tribe’s February 2 4-3 victory over UNCW was. The victim, however, proved to be the only real change between Saturday and Sunday’s matchups. “We knew Wilmington was a gritty team,” Thomson said. “We had a close match with them [the] first time around, so we were
Jeltje Looman’s win didn’t just clinch the game. It didn’t just clinch a berth to the NCAA regionals. The win secured the College’s 22nd Colonial Athletic Association championship.
prepared to have to fight hard and we did that.” Building on the momentum gained from Saturday, the College steamrolled UNC 4-0 in the final. UNCW ceded the doubles points to the Tribe with little resistance as the pairs of Belaya and Nemchinov and Cepeda and Johnson again swept past their opponents with dominating wins. “What stood out to me this weekend was our doubles play,” said Thomson. “We looked very determined and aggressive in the doubles matches.” As in the semifinal matchup against Delaware, the Tribe’s dominance in doubles carried over seamlessly to the singles matches. Belaya finished her match against Angie Sekely with more than enough time to cheer on her teammates. Displaying a superior command over the trajectory of her shots, Belaya controlled the pace of the game and kept Sekely on the defensive for most of the match. “Going in, I felt like I had a lot of energy and for a period there I felt like I couldn’t do any wrong,” said Belaya. Nemchinov joined her doubles partner on the sidelines after cleaning up the No. 2 spot against Christina Riley, 6-3, 6-2. With just one more point needed to clinch the crown, the Tribe players started to show some smiles amid their competitive glares. The Seahawks needed to win all of the final four singles matches to take the championship — a desperate, and swiftly dashed, hope. Loomans claimed the decisive fourth point with a sounding defeat of Alyssa Ritchie 6-2 in the second set after a hard-fought 7-5 first set win. Once victory was announced, the Tribe’s three remaining competitors dropped their rackets and swarmed Loomans in exultation. “It’s really hard to explain,” said Cepeda. “These girls are fantastic. They’re my best friends, so when you triumph with your best friends, it’s one of the best feelings there is.” With its CAA title, the College automatically qualifies for the National Collegiate Athletic Association regionals, which are scheduled for May 10-13.
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UNCW dominates in 4-0 championship win
Farrell’s perfect season ends after allowing seven earned runs
Tribe falls to Seahawks Old Dominon sweeps three-game series
BY YONNIE IYOB FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER William and Mary took to the courts over the weekend in the Colonial Athletic Association championships. While the Tribe advanced to the final, it could not bring home the championship, falling 4-0 to UNCW. The College (12-15, CAA 3-0) started the weekend with a quarterfinal bye, facing James Madison (9-11, 2-3 CAA) Saturday. With the 4-3 win over the Dukes, the Tribe was able to advance to the final. Junior John Banks clinched the championship berth with a three-set victory at the No. 5 slot. Opening the match with wins at the top two doubles spots, the Tribe quickly established an early 1-0 lead. Junior Ben Guthrie and Banks quickly took an 8-2 decision over Greg Vladimirksy and Hugo Ramadier at the No. 2 slot. Senior Anton Andersson and sophomore Aaron Chaffee followed to clinch a victory at the No. 1 position, the duo’s 10th win in the No. 1 doubles slot. In singles, the College continued to quickly gather points. Guthrie took the initial point of singles, posting a 6-1, 6-1 drubbing of Vladmirsky. Junior Ben Hoogland then took a 7-5, 6-1 victory in the No. 4 position against Rob Stirling. It was Hoogland’s 17th match win of the season. Although the Dukes would win two more matches to bring the score to 3-2, Bank’s victory in the No. 5 slot eventually sealed the match. The game was Bank’s eighth straight victory, with his 21 total wins leading the team for the season. After defeating the Dukes in the semifinal, the College was set to face UNCW in the final on Sunday. Unfortunately, the Tribe’s streak of good play would end as the Seahawks (18-4, 3-0
CAA) quickly defeated the Tribe 4-0, reaching four match wins before all six single matches could conclude. The squad, ranked No. 54 in the nation, quickly took the doubles point behind its strength in the top two spots. Kosta Blank and Chris Cooprider, ranked No. 28 nationally, dispatched the College’s first-team All-CAA pair Andersson and Chaffe 8-3. At the No. 2 slot, Rafael Aita and Sam Williams, ranked No. 54 nationally for the Seahawks, defeated Banks and Guthrie to the tune of an 8-1 defeat. With an early and decisive 1-0 lead, the Seahawks went into singles and quickly captured more victories. Cooprider defeated sophomore Will Juggins 6-3, 6-1 in the No. 2 spot, giving the Seahawks a 2-0 lead. Blank continued his good play from doubles and dispatched Hoogland 6-3, 6-1 in the No. 4 slot. Zach Hublitz almost finished simultaneously with his teammate Blank, winning a 6-3, 6-2 tilt against Freshman Scott Huang. Huang’s loss sealed the fate of the Tribe. The lone positive for the Tribe during the final was Banks. Despite watching most of his teammates lose in the courts near him, Bank’s determination did not wane, and he continued on pace to put the Tribe on the board. In the No. 5 slot, Banks won his first set 6-3 and was leading his second set 4-2 against Kaue Pereira. However, the match was called off as the Seahawks had already reached their match-deciding fourth point before Banks could put the College on the board. The loss denies the College an automatic bid to the National Collegiate Athletic Association regionals. The squad will hope for an at-large bid; otherwise, the season will end.
BY CHRIS WEBER FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary, winners of five straight games, seemingly had Old Dominion beat before even reaching Norfolk. At least, that’s how it looked. Coming off three consecutive saves, senior pitcher Matt Wainman had momentum heading into the ninth inning of the first game in William and Mary’s weekend road series against Old Dominion. The Monarchs rallied for four runs in the bottom of the ninth, however, to down Wainman and the Tribe 6-5. After Wainman’s setback, senior ace John Farrell took to the mound Saturday. Sporting the squad’s lone unbeaten record and a sub-2 ERA, Farrell seemed poised to avenge Wainman’s loss. Farrell Instead, Old Dominion (21-18, 11-10 CAA) roughed up Farrell in a lopsided 10-1 win. Looking to salvage at least one game from the series, sophomore pitcher Jason Inghram threw eight innings, allowing just one run Sunday. Once again, the College (26-16, 9-6 CAA) looked to be in good shape on the mound. This time, however, it was the Tribe’s bats that led to its demise, as the Monarchs pitching staff kept the
College off the scoreboard, winning 1-0. Three games that appeared to be in the Tribe’s favor managed to turn into the team’s second lost series of the season and the first in which it was swept. Friday, the Tribe began the series in what has become a staple of its offense — smart at-bats and small ball. After plating a run in the third inning, the top of the fourth saw an Old Dominion fielding error, walk, sacrifice bunt and finally sophomore left fielder Jonathan Sarty’s groundout plate the Tribe’s first run. Scoring again in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, the College handed a 5-2 advantage into the hands of Wainman. Loading the bases with three quick singles, the Monarchs closed to within one after a double smacked down the right field line. With men on first and third, Wainman intentionally walked the next batter in hopes of forcing ODU into a double play. Instead, the Monarchs Josh Eldridge hit a walk-off double to clinch game one of the series. Saturday’s game began with fireworks, but not in celebration of the Tribe. Monarch batters scored seven runs — including five in the second inning — during Farrell’s five innings of pitching. It wasn’t just the pitching that suffered, however, as just six batters registered a hit in Saturday’s game. Old Dominion would increase its lead to ten before the College tacked on a single run in the top of the ninth.
Only freshman catcher Ryan Hissey recorded more than one hit, going two of three from the plate. Six other batters didn’t manage a hit, highlighted by slugging sophomore first baseman Michael Katz’s 0-4 performance. The uncharacteristically poor hitting continued Sunday, as the offense failed to produce. Old Dominion’s Ryan Yarbrough lasted all nine innings, posting a complete-game, four-hit shutout against the Tribe. On the other side, sophomore starting pitcher Jason Inghram battled through eight innings and kept pace with Yarbrough, recording eight strikeouts alongside seven hits. The only difference came in the bottom of the first inning, as the Monarchs advanced a runner to third base with a sacrifice bunt and a stolen base. From third base, Old Dominion would score its only run of the day after a fielder’s choice to senior shortstop Ryan Williams. It was the only run they would need as the College’s offense stumbled through the game without scoring a single run. In a series that started with so much promise, especially coming at the heels of a five-game win streak, the Tribe found ways to allow the Monarchs to close out two close games and to run away with a third. Following the series sweep, the College drops to third place in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Tribe will take the week off before hosting conference foe George Mason Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.