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Faculty Lecture series continues with discussion of the significance and benefits of humor.
Men’s soccer allowed three goals in Saturday’s 3-0 home loss to UNC-Wilmington.
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New policy challenged Students raise concern about arrest disclosure bY meredith ramey Flat hat news editor
The Student Assembly initiated discussions with the Office of the Dean of Students on the controversial arrest disclosure policy added to the Student Handbook this fall. Secretary of College Policy Ben Migdol ’13 met with Associate Dean of Students and Director of Student Conduct David Gilbert and discussed a possible adjustment of the policy to better accommodate students. According to Gilbert, Migdol and Student Assembly President Curt Mills ’13, the major issue with the policy is student awareness. They feel the student body is not attuned to the change in policy and the need to disclose their arrests or violations to the College, especially if they occur outside the Williamsburg area. “Most of the student body is still pretty uninformed,” Migdol said. “They don’t know what all [the policy] entails.” Gilbert said if students fail to disclose any arrests, their lack of awareness of the changed policy will be taken into account. In terms of disclosure in general, Gilbert said students should not be concerned about the College knowing too much about their personal lives. “We are relying to some extent on self-disclosure,” Gilbert said. “Most of the time when the student has disclosed, I’ve already gotten the report [from Williamsburg police].” According to Migdol, one concern students have with the policy is the need to disclose any and all arrests experienced both on and off campus. He said the policy’s language is unclear and students do not know if it is necessary to disclose summons if there was no physical arrest. According to Gilbert, the policy currently includes all arrests and violations of the law excluding minor traffic violations. Other concerns the students addressed with Gilbert include the ramifications and punishments students will face if they do not disclose arrests or if significant arrests are reported. Gilbert stated that
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The College of William and Mary conducted a feasibility report in January 2009 for building a new arts complex and estimated the cost of the project at $350 million. After more than three years of waiting, the College of William and Mary has opted for a plan that will allow construction to span a longer period of time. The proposed 2009 plan centered on moving the Muscarelle Museum of Art to a new building, around which the music, theater, dance and art history facilities would be built. Since the state does not view the Muscarelle as an academic building and would not fund its construction, the construction had to be supported largely by private funds. “The large [2009] plan required a huge amount of
private funding,” Vice President of Administration Anna Martin said. “The majority of funding would have come privately, which was not possible in 2009 because of the financial situation of 2008.” Eventually, the wait for funding became unacceptable. “After more than three years, we have not been able to move this project forward. We found ourselves in a place where the perfect was getting in the way of the necessary. We needed to come up with an alternative plan that would allow us to get started and address this one space at a time,” Provost Michael Halleran said in an email. The Muscarelle is no longer at the top of the waiting list for a new home. Instead, the College seeks to first create spaces for
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Live stream of the Dalai Lama speech
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The Anheuser-Busch Clydesdale, wagon and dalmation mascot circled campus Thursday evening, stopping by the Sadler Center and proceeding down James Blair Drive. According to University Relations, this trip was the first time that the world-famous horses and dalmation have visited campus.
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the traditional academic art departments, starting with theater and music. “We have facilities that are in dire need of work,” Halleran said. “We evaluated and reviewed each building this summer and met with each department. We determined our academic departments — particularly music and theater should come first.” Currently, there are not many specifics about the new arts complex. “We issued Request For Proposal (RFP) last week for a more limited feasibility study to look at the possibility of renovations to existing facilities as well as building new,” Halleran said in an email. “We expect it to be
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His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama will speak at the College of William and Mary Oct. 10. The College announced Tuesday that the event will be streamed live for free at http://www.wm.edu/ dalailamavisit. The lecture, sponsored by the Student Assembly, AMP and the International Dalai Lama Relations Club, will begin at 2:00 p.m. The second half of the Dalai Lama’s lecture will include a question-and-answer session. Students are encouraged to submit questions in advance through an online form at https://forms.wm.edu/6204. The form closes at 5:00 p.m. today. — Meredith Ramey
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The hazing prevention pledge Travis Apgar encourages students to analyze behavior that might be deemed unsafe. page 6