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Slated for a 2016 completion, the renovation project has raised $22 million for upgrades to Zable Stadium. The announcement came during Tuesday’s media availability at the Jimmye Laycock Football Center.

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Peter Godshall ’15 died Monday morning at the College of William and Mary. He was 21.

Medical examiners confirmed that the cause of death was suicide.

In an email to the College community sent early Monday morning, Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’06 wrote that Godshall was found near the Crim Dell Bridge.

Godshall, a history and finance major, was an officer in the Zeta Upsilon chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and was an active member of the College’s Greek community. He also served as the president of the club lacrosse team last semester.

“Peter’s friends remember him as a person who was recognized by everyone on campus, and who was valued and loved by all who knew him,” Ambler said.

Godshall is survived by his parents and younger brother.

“This is heartbreaking news for the … immediate family and for all of us who are part of the extended William & Mary family,” Ambler said. “I know you will join me in extending our deepest sympathy to Peter’s friends and family at this very difficult time.”

A campus memorial service will be held today at 7:30 p.m., on the grass field at Busch Stadium behind William and Mary Hall.

Godshall’s funeral service will be held Sept. 2 at 2 p.m. at The Tatnall School’s Laird Performing Arts Center, located in Wilmington, Delaware.

The College will provide transportation to students wishing to attend. To request a seat, students should complete an online reservation form by Friday Godshall at 5 p.m. The link to the form can be found in Ambler’s most recent email. The family has requested that no flowers be sent.

According to Ambler, a scholarship will be established in Godshall’s memory at the Tatnall School, from which he graduated in 2011.

At the College, counselors are on call on a 24-hour basis and can be reached after hours through the William and Mary Police Department at 221-4596.

Flat Hat Editor-in-Chief Meredith Ramey contributed to this article.

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While new students crossed through the Sir Christopher Wren Building into the Sunken Garden, College President Taylor Reveley stopped to take a selfie with one new student.

Campus gathers to greet new students in Convocation ceremony MADELINE BIELSKI FLAT HAT ASSOC. NEWS EDITOR

The newest members of the Tribe were officially welcomed to the College of William and Mary during the annual Convocation ceremony held Wednesday in the Wren Yard.

Before beginning the ceremony, College President Taylor Reveley asked for a moment of silence in honor of Peter Godshall ’15, a student at

the College who passed away Monday morning.

Provost Michael Halleran also took the podium to welcome new students to campus. He pointed out that the Class of 2018 would play a special role in the College’s history, as they will graduate in the centennial year of the College’s admission of women.

“We were the first college in Virginia to become co-educational, and we did so decades before many others. It will be an important and

vibrant celebration,” Halleran said. “The College was a leader in this area, just as the women and men who have attended William and Mary have been and continue to be leaders in every walk of life.”

Reveley then introduced College alumnus and keynote speaker Ted Dintersmith ’74.

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Sodexo brings changes to campus dining Vendor emphasizes expedience, offers more to-go meal options for students CHRIS WEBER FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

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Commons Dining Hall now offers pasta salad (pictured above), fresh seafood, to-go sandwich options and continues to offer fresh fruit (below).

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When the College of William and Mary handed Sodexo a contract last year, questions came in faster than customers at made-to-order serving lines.

Resident Dining Manager Jeff McClure provided answers, opening the doors for a media tour Aug. 19.

In addition to innovation and variety, McClure mentioned speed as a change he would like to see in campus dining.

“At the end of the day, we’re here to take care of the

students. We’re going to work on efficiency. Being faster — I think that’s a challenge,” McClure said.

Despite the new facilities, menus and services, McClure remains focused on the personnel.

“The employees here are great,” McClure said. “They’ve done a wonderful job so far. I think we’re new and we’ll grow together. We’ll go through some growing pains, but it’s about listening to the customers.

The students are the paying customers, and that’s what we’re here for. I want William

wanted to do is that the first place where folks walk in had to be impactful,” McClure said.

“At the end of the day, what does the food look like?”

If sustainable and fresh come to mind, then McClure said he feels he has achieved his desired impact. Seafood is fresh daily. The variations of salads are dependent on the market’s offerings. The bakery produces fresh products daily; for McClure, the bakeshop allows for a unique advantage in creating desserts from scratch.

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McClure’s vision begins at the Commons Dining Hall, where eight stations feature everything from fresh seafood to marketbought produce. Where a salad bar once welcomed students, a newly oriented pre-made salad selection compliments bakery products and a to-go sandwich option.

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You can have time and energy only to savor a small part of this succulent feast, but savor it you should. Suck the very marrow from its bones.

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Associate professor of physics Seth Aubin has been named a Fulbright Scholar for the 2014-15 academic year by Fulbright Canada.

Aubin will work with Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics — TRIUMF — in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Focusing on experiments involving parity symmetry, Aubin’s group at TRIUMF will use laser cooling to bring francium atoms to micro-Kelvin temperatures. Aubin’s research at the College also includes using laser cooling — bringing elements to temperatures colder than those of outer space.

Assistant Dean of Students Ben Boone ’07 M.Ed. ’09 and Brianna Buch ’15 were honored during Wednesday’s Convocation Ceremony at the College of William and Mary. The two received the President’s Award for Service to the Community in recognition of their contributions to the campus community. The award includes a $500 prize donated to a service organization of each recipient’s choice. The award emphasizes quality of service foremost, but also considers the quantity of service a student has dedicated.

Visiting associate professor of history Susan Kern Ph.D. ’05 is the new executive director of the College of William and Mary’s Historic Campus. In her role, Kern will oversee the preservation and interpretation of the Sir Christopher Wren Building, the Brafferton and the President’s House. She will also aid with research, writing and teaching about the College’s early history. Kern grew up near the College and has worked as a consultant on architectural and archaeological work for several Virginia companies.

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New obstacle for Virginia same-sex marriage U.S. Supreme Court delays previous state ruling that recognized same-sex ceremonies sarah caspari flat hat chief staff writer

In the last month, just as the movement to legalize same sex marriage in the state of Virginia received the allclear, it was stopped abruptly in its tracks.

After the ban on same-sex marriage in the state of Virginia was ruled unconstitutional in a federal court of appeals July 28, supporters of the ban appealed to the United States Supreme Court. The court granted a stay Aug. 20, putting the implementation of the new ruling on hold. Had the stay not been granted, same-sex couples would have been able to marry starting the next day, Aug. 21.

“The legal effect [of the stay] is that the ban, which is not just a ban on marriage of same-sex couples but a ban on any state recognition of any civil union, domestic partnership or any other relationship that might approximate marriage, will remain in effect until the Supreme Court

denies certification,” adjunct professor Marc Purintun of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law said.

The Supreme Court may pick up the case as early as this October, or not at all, in which case the stay will end and the appeals court’s ruling will become law. While the stay blocks the immediate recognition of same-sex marriage, it does not necessarily suggest that the Supreme Court will ultimately defend the ban.

“It’s always been a way to sort of guarantee that the losing party has one more chance to have their case heard,” former Rector of the College of William and Mary and LGBT advocate Jeffrey Trammell ’73 said. “The other reason it’s done sometimes is because it would be confusing if you go one way, and then come back and the higher court overturns it and goes in the other direction.”

Utah is currently in a similar situation; Trammell said if its case is selected by the Supreme Court, it will set a significant

precedent, even if the Virginia case is not heard. Purintun agreed.

“How [the Supreme Court] rules on the constitutionality of any of these bans will apply across the nation,” Purintun said.

If the Virginia case is heard and the court rules in favor of same-sex marriage, the ban will be definitively overturned.

If the court upholds the ban, the only way to legalize same-sex marriage will be through a process involving both a public referendum and the passage of legislation in the state government to change the constitution.

“We all assume the court will take it up because it’s such a big issue with the public and nationwide, but it’s not a guarantee,” Trammell said.

Although the moral aspect of samesex marriage is still debated, the practical effects of the ban are tangible at the College and other state institutions, where both gay and straight faculty may be deterred by the university’s inability

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Alumna’s estate gifts College, Swem library Rohan desai flat hat news editor

The College of William and Mary received a $3 million donation from the estate of alumna Margaret Baxter Vaughan ’76. Of the donation, $500,000 will go toward the Earl Gregg Swem Library. The remaining two and a half million dollars have been donated to the College as unrestricted funds.

“William & Mary is so very grateful for this marvelous gift,” College President Taylor Reveley said in a press release. “I believe Margaret had a fondness for libraries generally and for Swem in particular. She understood how vitally important libraries are to a healthy society and to excellent schools. It is especially fitting that a portion of her gift will help sustain Swem. Margaret and her generosity to William & Mary will be long remembered at her alma mater.”

Swem has renamed the Read and Relax area of the first floor to the Margaret Baxter Vaughan Read

and Relax room in her honor. The area now features new massage chairs and a classroom set-up that can be used for student and faculty programming.

The library’s popular book collection, based on the New York Times best seller list, will be moved to the Read and Relax room. Additionally, Vaughan’s donation will go towards renovations for Swem’s media center.

“The project, which will begin next month, will transform roughly 11,000 square feet on the library’s ground floor and provide improvements to an already popular space at William and Mary,” Associate Director of Strategic Communications and Outreach Tami Back said. “The renovation includes the addition of a digital media lab with enhanced hardware and software for multimedia work, two new classrooms, an interview/ production studio and work space for Swem staff.”

Vaughan, who passed away Oct. 19, 2010, majored in economics and philosophy and was a member of the Beta Lambda chapter of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority while at the College.

to offer benefits to same-sex couples.

Tom Kramer ’06, executive director of Virginia21, an organization that advocates for young voters, has made the legalization of same-sex marriage one of the organization’s priorities in order to attract high-quality faculty to Virginia state schools.

“It’s not good enough to just have an affordable college education, you have to have a high-quality education,” Kramer said. “If this is something that is reducing our ability to bring in good faculty, then that is reducing the quality of education for students.”

Kramer asserted that the student population is more universally in favor of same-sex marriage than ever, regardless of partisan affiliation, but that the legislature does not reflect this attitude.

Virginia21 is focused on putting pressure on the governor and the attorney general to act, Kramer said.

Many institutions currently offer benefits to the employee and an “other qualified

adult,” primarily defined as someone who shares a residence and is financially interdependent with the employee but is neither a blood relative nor a tenant.

“The perfect thing other than the Supreme Court coming in and ruling that any type of restriction of marriage is unconstitutional … would be for the General Assembly to act,” Kramer said.

“In a perfect world, the GA would see that they’re putting our universities at a disadvantage, and they would act.”

Purintun, who is teaching a course this semester called “Tying the Knot: Relationship Recognition of LGBT Couples,” added that in terms of legal language, same-sex marriage is not distinguishable from its heterosexual counterpart.

“Under the law, legally, there is no such thing as same-sex marriage in any state,” he said. “It’s just marriage. We don’t have black marriage or Jewish marriage or left-handed marriage. It’s just marriage.”

College appoints deborah cheesebro as first female campus police chief meredith ramey flat hat editor-in-chief The College of William and Mary named a new campus police chief, Deborah Cheesebro, earlier this month. Cheesebro is the first-ever female police chief at the College and will begin working Sept. 15.

Previously, Cheesebro served as senior director of police at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

She also worked at the Cheesebro University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she served as senior director of public safety and emergency management and as deputy

director of public safety.

“My philosophy as a [police] chief in a campus environment is that you need to be very responsive to the community. … The day-to-day interactions with the officers really need to be focused on facilitating safety, service and that we are helping students, faculty and staff be able to do their jobs,” Cheesebro said.

Previous chief Don Challis resigned from the position in March. Cheesebro will succeed acting chief Captain Ed Schardein.

A Boston, Ma. native, Cheesebro commended Challis and Schardein for their successful perfomances thus far and emphasized the importance of staying community oriented.

“I’ll be coming in and trying to make an assessment of what

is currently there and what is currently done. ... I think it’s important that ideas for any additional changes or areas where we can be even stronger come, not just from the chief, but also from the department and the community,” Cheesebro said.

After working at two other university campuses, Cheesebro shared her thoughts about moving to Williamsburg in two weeks.

“I have an awful lot of respect for the College of William and Mary and particularly for the student population,” Cheesebro said. “I think, when you look at the demographics of the student population, certainly this is the cream of the crop and I look forward to being able to facilitate the work of the students.”

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produces fresh products daily; for McClure, the bakeshop allows for a unique advantage in creating desserts from scratch. Case-in-point, McClure showcased a cupcake topped with maple bacon.

Turning the corner, a fully functioning restaurant sits where soups and sandwiches were once served. It’s the first of its kind among campus dining experiences according to McClure, who claims the idea as his own.

“There are no fryers here — we do not fry foods in this restaurant,” he said.

“We do not use any type of convenient ingredients. Everything in this restaurant is made from scratch, all the way down to roasting chicken bones and natural making chicken soups. This is something for the future and how we should be doing campus dining, to really create an alternate restaurant experience.”

Beginning operation in September, students can make reservations online and eat at Chancellor’s Bistro, which will be open weekly, Thursday through Saturday. Students swipe in and are seated and served by a Bistro employee.

McClure said acclaimed chefs will serve food with local and seasonal ingredients.

“This will be the best restaurant in Williamsburg. This is the heartbeat of everything we do. You know why?

Because this is going to be the incubator of everything we create,” McClure said.

“You can quote me on that, being the best restaurant in Williamsburg.”

Another station, Simple Servings, pays tribute to Sodexo’s stated inclusiveness.

Open to all, the station uses only natural food, prepared without seven of the eight most common food allergens.

Wholly Habaneros, the College’s firstever food truck, will roam the streets of the College’s campus throughout the year. While the truck currently in use belongs to Mary Washington University,

McClure said the College’s truck would be in service by Labor Day. Running four to five times a week, the food truck will offer late-night options generally between 8 p.m. and midnight.

Eden Harris, Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications for the Office of Auxiliary Services, said the truck, which can feed between 250 and 400 people, would appear at events if the request fit into the pre-determined schedule.

The Commons and Center Court at the Sadler Center house the College’s cafeteria-like settings, while the remainder of the dining facilities will operate as retail establishments.

Dining dollars replace meal swipe equivalencies, a common practice at locations like Marketplace last year. To compensate, meal plans now offer larger amounts of dining dollars — meal plan dependent.

Still largely under renovation, Marketplace will re-open with expanded seating and a new menu featuring soups, salads, grill and sandwich options.

Artwork from the President’s Collection will decorate the walls.

At the Sadler Center, Qdoba will move inside the Student Exchange and feature bar seating. Lodge 1 will play host to Cosi, an establishment offering flatbreads, sandwiches, soups and salads. Outside, 1693 BBQ will serve recipes from Sodexo’s Executive Chef Ernest Stevens, notable for winning Food Network’s “Chopped Grill Masters.”

All told, Vice President for Administration Anna B. Martin said she hopes students make the most of the new dining opportunities.

“At 2:00 in the morning, when you’re studying, you can have Aroma’s coffee on campus, or Argo tea, which is a wonderful new concept,” Martin said. “The food truck, that will be on campus for the first time, will move from place to place and serve things in the evening. There’s

a whole new variety and freshness that’s being brought to campus, and I think the sensitivity to sustainability and students’ needs is also very important. Try it, because I’m sure you will like it.”

Areas with less traffic were not forgotten. Jamba Juice opens at the Rec, while Argo Tea and Boehly Grill will serve customers at the Mason School of Business. The Marshall-Wythe School of Law will be able to take advantage of Zime, while The Monticello Cafe powered

by Intelligentsia replaces the food option at the School of Education. A Chicagobased coffee brand, Intelligentsia has been recognized by major media outlets such as The New York Times, Food & Wine and The Wall Street Journal.

“The dining experience is important to the community — you socialize when you get meals,” Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’06 said. “I anticipate a responsiveness from Sodexo.”

With the exception of Cosi, Ambler expects all options to be fully functioning for the fall semester.

Although the management has changed, students can expect to see most of the employees from last year. McClure estimates 75 to 80 percent of the staff returned to work with dining services.

“The frontline employees — the people at the registers and prep staff — they were all offered to come over with the transition,” Harris said. “A large majority, 95 to 99 percent, made the transition. Those that didn’t, it was their choice. Some retired, some moved on to other locations. If they had a desire to stay with William and Mary dining, they were offered a position.”

With expanded options comes more potential for problems, but, McClure stressed, overcoming issues would only result in a better dining experience for all.

“Many of the employees are really good and seasoned — things we show

them, they can really grasp what we do different and focus on that,” McClure said. “The thing I preach to the entire team is, given a staff and tools to be successful ... respect is equal.

Management is better than no one else.

We want to work together as a team. I think they’re responding very well to that.”

New facilities and dining options may dominate conversation in the short term. However, Martin understands the College’s commitment to Sodexo is a long process.

“When you’re in a contract that’s conceivably ten years long, you bring in something fresh every year. You’re always looking at your retail offerings and those sorts of things,” Martin said.

“It’ll be a continuous process.”

For now, however, the focus is on the upcoming semester. McClure repeated his desire to get to know the students — even work with sustainability groups and make use of the campus gardens.

Students with concerns are encouraged to use the text tool advertised at dining facilities, McClure said.

“Our goal is to correct problems immediately and take feedback seriously.

We can’t do everything for everyone because there are so many students, but we’ll take feedback seriously and do what we can. If you listen and continue to improve, then you can’t go wrong,” McClure said. “If [the students] know we’re listening to them, then that speaks a thousand words right there.”

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While Sodexo modified dining facilities, over 70 percent of employees returned from last year.

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Archaeologists uncover structure Ongoing dig near Wren Building leads to excavation of possible brew house Aine Cain FLAT HAT news editor

Archaeologists with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation will be concluding their excavation of a brick structure located next to the Sir Christopher Wren Building, which first began in May. The building’s identity cannot be confirmed with certainty until environmental testing is completed, but Colonial Williamsburg archaeologist Andy Edwards ’77 has what he believes is a pretty good idea of what the structure was used for.

“This could be a brew house,” Edwards said. “We’re not saying it’s definitely a brew house. It could possibly be a laundry, but we haven’t found any buttons. We did find a keg capper, a brass spigot for a keg. That’s promising.”

Colonial Williamsburg has a history of excavating Historic Campus. The work dates back to the restoration of the Wren, the President’s House and Brafferton in the 1930s. This particular dig uncovered a 20 by 18 foot brick building 2 feet below the surface of the ground. It survived from the first quarter of the 18th century to the time of the American Revolution.

Archaeologists narrowed down potential uses for the undocumented structure when they discovered ashes but no chimney remnants. After the first Wren fire in 1705, the College’s kitchen, bake house and brew house moved from the cellar of the Great Hall to separate buildings as a safety precaution.

Master of Historic Foodways at Colonial Williamsburg Frank Clark acknowledges that having a brew house located next to an academic

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation archaeologists are continuing to excavate a brick structure near the Sir Christopher Wren Building.

building may seem counterintuitive.

He explained that the general attitude toward alcohol was very different in colonial America.

“They viewed fermented beverages like beer and wine as healthy and nutritious although often distilled beverages like rum and whiskey were considered more dangerous,” Clark said in an email. “There was no age limit on drinking or buying alcohol in this time but, it was considered bad form to be too drunk in public.”

Clark also notes that several 18th

century mishaps involving College students and local young people may have been fuelled by alcohol. Such misbehavior may have prompted a Dec. 19, 1796, mandate from the College, which stated that, “No liquors shall be furnished or used at table except beer, cyder, toddy, or spirits and waters, and there only in a moderate quantity.”

The College’s decision to expand the brick walkways crisscrossing Historic Campus is what prompted this current dig. It is the school’s policy to excavate before beginning construction on

an area of Historic Campus. When the building was uncovered earlier in the summer, the College put its construction schedule on hold until the structure could be thoroughly analyzed and excavated.

Professor Susan Kern has only been Director of Historic Campus for about three weeks. She explained that this dig’s relatively lax schedule is unusual in the world of archaeology.

“We have invested more time and money in order to do the project right,” Kern said. “We had the luxury of time.

Fortunately, the Colonial Williamsburg archaeologists were available to continue. It was clear at many stages that this was the kind of project that needed to be done right.”

The discovery of the brew house raises questions that have excited Kern and other researchers at the College.

Brewing was a labor-intensive chore often done by women.

Kern noted that the beer was likely part of the regular food ration of students at the Grammar School, Brafferton Indian School, College, as well as the school masters and even the College workers, and perhaps even the slaves and overseers at the College’s Nottoway Plantation.

Bursar’s records indicate the College was actually buying hops from slaves at Nottoway.

“We need to find a way to talk about this building, especially if we can put people in that building, especially if we have the stories of people who worked on this campus and who they are,” Kern said. “It’s this building that’s going to let us find them.”

Once the dig concludes later this week, the site will be refilled with dirt to protect the structure. Environmental samples will be sent to labs and specialists for analysis. Those tests could take months, even years, to complete. In the meantime, there is almost certainly more left to discover on Historic Campus. Edwards said there may even be other unknown buildings still beneath the ground surrounding the Wren.

“There probably are [other buildings buried in Historic Campus],” Edwards said. “It’s hard to say. I walked over this one for 47 years and didn’t know it was here. It was just waiting.”

New students welcomed the United States as part of a delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. He also created the Dintersmith Fellows program at the College.

Dintersmith began his remarks with a story of how he received a C plus as his first grade at the College.

He explained that while he initially saw the grade as a setback, it ultimately helped him grow.

“Those occasional failures — those C pluses in life that jump all over you and tell you to change course — well, those are just the price you pay as you affect real change in the world you live in,” Dintersmith said.

He advised new students to not worry about grades or majors. Dintersmith explained that the world is changing rapidly and that one must constantly reinvent oneself.

“The world we live in will not value you for the information you manage to retain or the grades you get. It will value you for your skills and your passion,” Dintersmith said. “Your challenge here is not picking the right major; it’s becoming the right person.”

After Dintersmith’s speech, Reveley presented Assistant Dean of Students Ben Boone ’07 M.Ed. ’09 and Brianna Buch ’15 with the President’s Award for Service.

In his closing remarks, Reveley encouraged new students to get involved with the many opportunities the College affords them.

“William and Mary does spread before its students

a rich, succulent feast of opportunities, ways to learn, ways to lead, ways to grow while on campus,” Reveley said. “You can have time and energy only to savor a small part of this succulent feast, but savor it you should. Suck the very marrow from its bones.”

After singing the Alma Mater, Reveley and Student Assembly President Colin Danly ’15 led students through the Sir Christopher Wren building.

Upperclassmen cheered and high-fived the new students on the Sunken Garden side of the building.

“I think [Convocation] is really exciting and makes William and Mary so unique, that we have this experience,” Emma Normoyle ’18 said. “It feels amazing to be a part of a tradition that has so much history.”

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If your organization had a Student Activities Fee Budget approved for 2014-2015 the president and/or financial manager of your organization must attend one of the following workshops to pick up your budget. Funds will not be available for use until budgets have been picked up and the proper forms have been processed to activate your account. A list of approved budgets can be found on our website: http://www.wm.edu/offices/studentleadershipdevelopment/ funding/index.php Budget Distribution Workshops Thursday, Sept 4 - 4:00 pm Tuesday, Sept 9 - 4:00 pm Wednesday, Sept 10 - 4:00 pm Little Theatre—Basement of the Campus Center

Sign up for one of the workshops at http://forms.wm.edu/16568.

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Members of the College community waited for new students to walk through the Sir Christopher Wren building.

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EDITORIAL CARTOON

STAFF EDITORIAL

Staying strong Supporting our community after the death of Peter Godshall

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Creating campus connections People feel safe and appreciated when others listen to them.

They’re more likely to share important parts of themselves.

They’ll also want to listen to you.

Open up. Share important parts of yourself; you can’t form meaningful relationships without being vulnerable.

Show appreciation toward them for listening. If they exhibit no interest in listening to you after you’ve listened to them, FLAT HAT ASSOC. OPINIONS EDITOR they aren’t worth your time and effort.

Don’t settle for convenience and proximity. Your As freshmen, the first few weeks of college can be roommate and hall mates may not always be the best people daunting. Everything moves so fast. It seems that everyone is for you. They may not be the ones who love and respect adjusting faster than you: making friends, finding significant you. Don’t be afraid to seek new horizons. Talk to students others, compartmentalizing their high school and college in your classes and your professors. Join extracurricular selves — creating a home away from home. You start to feel clubs, activist organizations, intramural sports, religious like maybe you don’t belong, and maybe you never will. It organizations — anything. Most people you meet won’t may seem like you are a rarity, the exception to that prideful, become your closest friends, but some will, and many of the hyped-up crowd of freshmen you saw during Orientation. rest will say hello to you whenever you pass them. Those You are not. brief interactions can make you feel recognized and valued Your isolation may feel permanent; it may become hard to on campus. imagine a future in which you’ve found Finally, connect yourself inextricably your place. It may feel like cold comfort to a community — be it the Tribe Freeing yourself from to hear that adjusting takes time, but as a whole or your Dungeons and isolation means putting it’s the truth. I’ve been there. I’ve Dragons group. Make sure the people yourself out there. experienced the anxiety and loneliness in that community see you, but more that come with not immediately finding importantly, that they expect things close friends and meaningful interactions. If you’re where from you. Be loyal to them, and expect loyalty in return. Fight I was, there’s very little I can say to make you feel better. for them, comfort them, see them at their best and worst.

However, you can gradually free yourself from isolation.

When they are lost, help them find their way.

When you’re isolated, you’re slowly building a resistance Help lead your community, and have a stake in it, which to change. You can be completely miserable and find yourself is greater than yourself. Succeed and fail as part of that incapable of doing the things that will make you feel better. community.

You need to fight inertia.

Rarely happy on our own, we are inherently social beings.

The more time you spend inside your own head, the less We are at our best when we are connecting. To break through available you are for others. As an introvert, I understand the your isolation, you have to connect. If it is any consolation to need for solitude, but I also know that it is very easy to shut those who feel lonely and haven’t found their place, you are the world out completely. better connectors than you realize. Have faith in yourself — Get out of your room. Freeing yourself from isolation that you are worth another person’s connection — and you’ll means putting yourself out there. Yes, I know it’s terrifying, find people who love you and who will make your time at the but it’s necessary.

College meaningful.

Talk to people, but more importantly, listen to them.

Email Matt Camarda at mjcamarda@email.wm.edu.

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@theflathat Difficult news at the start of the new semester.

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BY PATRICIA RADICH, FLAT HAT GRAPHIC DESIGNER

he College of William and Mary lost one of its own, Peter Godshall ’15, in an apparent suicide Aug. 25. His passing shook the College community — both the wider undergraduate student body and the individuals who knew him.

Since his death, the community has demonstrated its enormous strength and love. The phrase “One Tribe, One Family” has rarely been more applicable, and students, alumni, faculty and others have expressed their support with this unifying phrase. Going forward, members of our community should remain vigilant and continue supporting one another through this tragedy.

While Peter’s passing has affected everyone on campus, it is deeply saddening that new students joined our community amid such tragedy. We hope that they know we are here for them — in moments like these, it is imperative for everyone to know that they have a support system.

Student groups and individuals across campus have worked to support those most affected by Peter’s death by supporting his friends and the members of organizations he was involved in. The College administration is also offering counseling services to aid those impacted by this tragedy.

As students regain their sense of normalcy in the coming weeks, they can continue to depend on the Tribe’s strong support system.

By helping each other through this tragedy, we can provide the strength for others to lean on, specifically those who are most affected by Peter’s death. Maintaining this strength requires vigilance and attentiveness. Observe those around you; the College community reverberates with grief. Even if you have not been affected by this tragedy, you likely know someone who has.

Give them your time. Even if you don’t know anyone who was affected, be sensitive to others’ silent suffering.

Reach out to your friends. Awareness of their suffering is necessary but insufficient. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for people aged 10 to 24; there’s a good chance that a suicide has impacted someone you care about. For them, suicide can be a sensitive topic and similar tragedies can remind them of past losses. Regardless of how your friends may be suffering, listen to them — whether or not they choose to speak, your presence is immeasurably important.

Individually, students need to do whatever it takes to keep themselves healthy. It is easy to let one’s mental and emotional health fall by the wayside during tragedy. Do not be afraid to go to the counseling center. Admission of help is not shameful; rather, it is a show of strength.

As College President Taylor Reveley said during Convocation Wednesday, once you join the Tribe, you are always a part of it. We have lost one of our own, and the support we offer one another as we begin to move forward must endure.

— @ElizabethDeBusk on the death of Peter Godshall

Choosing classes wisely during the highs and lows of registration

Sierra Andersen THE FLAT HAT

Every semester, class registration sends students into an anxiety-filled frenzy, creating an atmosphere reminiscent of “The Hunger Games.” And if that isn’t scary enough, the prospect of waking up before 7 a.m. surely is.

Every time registration cames around, I dreaded it all: from making sure my classes didn’t overlap to double checking that, yes, I had written down the correct course number.

Although some parts of registration require a certain amount of planning and consideration, the biggest problem is not the technicalities of registration itself, but rather the fact that I had to be a perfectionist about the whole process. I was

determined to avoid all morning classes — and by ‘morning’ I mean all classes that required me to be up and functioning before 11 a.m. While this seems ideal to the hate-everything-about-mornings type of person, it is not a viable option when you need a class that only has morning time slots.

I decided to take a different approach when I registered for my second semester classes freshman year. Grudgingly, I accepted my fate and added a 9 a.m. and a 9:30 a.m. to my schedule. Needless to say, it was a far cry from my previous semester and it definitely wasn’t paradise, but it was doable. So, for all of you who despise waking up before noon, trust me, I understand. But don’t let that deter you from taking classes you need for your major or from any classes that sound cool and interesting.

The same rule applies to Friday classes.

Although it sounds like a great idea not to avoid Friday classes — who doesn’t love a three-day weekend — you could be running the risk of missing out on a class

that you may have really enjoyed.

When you have your heart set on taking a certain class, it can be crushing when that class fills up on registration day, and on top of that, you still aren’t able to get the class during add/drop and the professor won’t grant you an override. You feel hopeless and wonder whether you will ever graduate. Nevertheless, if all else fails and you cannot get a class you looked forward to, try something new. Back-up courses may not seem all that exciting, but after attending a few classes, you may find out that you enjoy a class that originally was not on your radar.

If you don’t think you can manage an 8 a.m. class which is not absolutely necessary — or if you cannot adjust your schedule for whatever reason, — that is okay. Setting yourself up for an easier registration does not have to be life altering. If you can step outside of your comfort zone and compromise, registration will be a lot more manageable and hopefully, less stressful.

Email Sierra Andersen at snandersen@ email.wm.edu.

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New year, new fitness at the Rec: Annual kick-off event begins Sept. 1 New activities, free classes, and special events to be offered to students next week The Student Recreation Center at the College of William and Mary wants you to go to more classes. Not your 8 a.m. biology lecture or that GER course you’ve been putting off for three years — unlike academic courses, classes at the Rec Center are not graded, are taught mostly by students and, at least for the next week, are free.

For its Annual Fitness Kick-Off, the Rec Center is hosting a week of free group fitness classes starting Monday, Sept. 1. The first day will feature 30-minute versions of five of the most popular classes on the regular group fitness schedule.

“We’re also going to have the personal trainers there and a massage trainer doing free five-minute chair massages,” Assistant Director of Fitness and Wellness Jennifer Fisher said. “The purpose is just to get people excited about fitness and wellness programs at the Rec.” For students, the cost of a two-semester Fitwell pass, which gives unlimited access to all classes taught during the time period purchased, is $70 during Free Week and $75 after. Last year, over 1,200 Fitwell passes were sold, with more people than ever purchasing them for two to three semesters at a time, rather than just a single semester, which costs $45.

While the Rec Center’s Kick-Off takes place every year, this year’s event introduced some new activities. Three new classes have been added to this semester’s schedule: Pilates Barre, TRX Body Blast and Endurance Spin.

First-time fitness instructor Molly Pines ’17 will be teaching Pilates Barre. She became barre certified over the summer.

“I’m actually from California, so barre kind of started there,” Pines

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said. “I’m specifically from the Bay Area and that’s where there was a resurgence of barre, and I have a local barre studio that I’ve just loved for over a year now and I’m one of the most loyal patrons.”

Pines said that a barre class has been a missing link from the Rec Center until now, and, despite being geared specifically toward strength training for women, it is open to everyone. The class will focus on small movements that strengthen the body using the ballet barre in the studio.

She will be co-teaching the class with Courtney Duckworth ’15, and emphasized the importance of good form and listening to your body.

“Something I like to stress is that the mirrors are there to help you as a reference point — [to see] what’s good for your body, not to compare yourself with other girls in the class or to push yourself past what’s reasonable,” Pines said.

Since this semester is being treated as a trial run for barre, it will be taught in combination with pilates, which is already a wellestablished class at the Rec Center. However, Pines said the class will focus more on barre due to high demand. If the class is successful, more barre-focused classes may be added in the spring.

Group fitness supervisor Kaylie Raber ’15 will be teaching Spin Endurance, a variation of the classic stationary bike-based spinning

“I really love being able to interact with people on a daily basis and see their smiles after they basically kind of semi-cry halfway through, but in the end for them to be able to feel accomplished,” Raber said. “Watching someone’s progress over an entire semester is really cool.”

Endurance Spin is one of five different types of spinning classes: endurance, racing, interval, strength and recovery.

“It’s a little bit lower intensity, but it’s longer and it’s geared toward increasing your aerobic capacity.”

While the Rec Center has offered TRX classes in the past, last year it was available exclusively in the form of a small-group training class, which involves greater commitment than regular fitness classes.

“With the TRX Body Blast, we already have the TRX Boot Camp, which we’ve changed the name of this year, but that was for small group training so you had to sign up in advance for that class,” Raber said. “A lot of people didn’t have the time to commit a whole month, so we decided to do more of a drop-in class. The TRX company patented the TRX Body Blast. It’s a short, 45-minute, intense, fullbody workout.”

Small-group classes will still be offered this year, and the cost is included in the price of the Fitwell pass. One small group class that will be available this semester is HIIT, or High Intensity Interval Training.

“Small group training is something that’s really big in the fitness world right now,” Fisher said. “Part of the appeal is that it’s a smaller group of people.

Classes are limited to 10 people, and it’s the same group of people for eight classes in a row, so there’s greater accountability and camaraderie.”

Participants in Monday’s kick-off will receive a free water bottle, and the first 20 people to attend each class will get a t-shirt.

Everyone will also be entered into a raffle to win prizes like a 60-minute massage, a personal training session and a Fitwell pass.

Something I like to stress is that the mirrors are there to help you as a reference point ­— [to see] what’s good for your body, not to compare yourself with other girls in the class.

— Molly Pines ’17, barre instructor

class, and will be co-teaching TRX Body Blast. Her interest in becoming a group fitness instructor was roused when she began taking spin classes early on in her time at the College.

Humans of William and Mary expands outpost, debuts international coverage Emily Stone flat hat Assoc. VAriety writer

With nearly 4,000 followers, it’s clear that the Humans of William and Mary Facebook page resonates with the Tribe. This summer, the page expanded content to reach far beyond the College.

Over the past few months, HOWM encouraged users to send in their own content, whether from travels abroad or close to home. Those featured in photographs and interviews did not have to be students; HOWM encouraged participants to pursue anyone who looked like they had a story to share.

The format of most postings on the HOWM page is a unique, usually candid photo of a single subject or group of subjects, along with a quote from the subject about his or her passions or backstory.

During the school year, these subjects were mostly students, but HOWM also draws from faculty, staff and the surrounding Williamsburg community.

“HOWM is a Student Assembly Department of Diversity Initiatives initiative,” Lynn Nakamura ’15, director of HOWM, said.

“We wanted to emphasize that diversity is not simply race, sexuality, religion or gender. Every aspect of every person on this campus brings something diverse to the student body, and our hope is to share a glimpse into that aspect with the rest of William and Mary.”

Alison Cohen ’17 took photographs for the site during the school year and continued to post over the summer.

“We were looking for photographs that not only showcased our incredible student body and their

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The popular student photography group launched in December 2013, and has since racked up nearly 4,000 followers on social media

activities over the summer, but also photographs that featured interesting lives that touched the William and Mary community,” she said. “HOWM is important because by highlighting individuals and their diversity, we make our community that much smaller and more understanding. Over the summer, William and Mary students break outside of the ‘William and Mary bubble’ individually.”

Popular postings ranged from a holocaust survivor in Jerusalem to a 74-year-old skateboardeg in North Carolina.

“The wide variety of entries we received was phenomenal — people sending in pictures of themselves, speaking to their summer experiences and people sending in pictures of those that they met in their travels,” Allison Shomaker ’16 said. “Having the summer postings was a great way to continue the Humans of William and Mary movement outside of the calendar school year. It was wonderful to see so many people participate.”

Shomaker contributes mainly to logo designs, in addition to taking photographs and conducting interviews.

This school year, HOWM hopes to keep the styles of postings somewhat consistent with last year’s. Shomaker says there will be a bigger emphasis on thought-provoking interviews with subjects keeping with the focus of HOWM. In addition to the Facebook page, there is also an official Tumblr page that will be regularly updated.

“Every person with whom we interact, even in the smallest of ways, will have an influence on us, on our lives,” Nakamura said.

WHERE IN THE WORLD WAS HUMANS OF WILLIAM AND MARY THIS SUMMER?

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Humans of William and Mary has posted photos from China, Jordan, France and India (above). The group plans to increase their focus on thought-provoking interviews.

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Photographic exhibit displays the power of international relations VaYDA PARRISH // flat hat staff writer

On the second floor of the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William and Mary, there is a softly lit, gray gallery.

Striking photographs belt the perimeter of the room’s walls and cleverly alliterative words direct attention to collections of images. The exhibition on hand is “21st Century Diplomacy: Ballet, Ballots and Bullets.” This display — curated by Kathryn H. Floyd, a visiting professor in the College’s government department — aims to showcase the cohesive modern methods of international relations through the raw, visual stimulation that photographs have the power to exude.

“The curating process was driven by a desire to show that diplomacy is much more nuanced than negotiations between two senior government representatives,” Floyd said in an email. “Diplomacy is art and culture, voting and the forces that drive conflict.”

The three subsections of the exhibit represent integral aspects of human life. “Ballet” emulates the creative spirit, cultural traditions and artistic expressions that span across borders. Images in this section range from black and white images of passionate ballerinas training in Argentina and Russia to Nepalese citizens learning how to program computer software for the first time.

“Ballots” encompasses the governmental side of international societies. These photographs tell stories of bureaucratic aggression, struggles for suffrage and satirical political protests.

Langholtz, a psychology professor The chaotic, spray-painted colors crisis across the globe.”

Floyd makes it clear that at the College who specializes in of a vandalized car in Istanbul come to life in an image taken although some of the issues the international relations, the panel

by Aamina Shaikh ’14. The photographs portray are covered will include Ana Carcani Rold, inclusion of Shaikh’s work in the by the media, seeing them in founder, publisher and editorexhibition, as well as other former tandem with varying forms of in-chief of Diplomatic Courier; and current students’ (Sara Rock global interaction allows for international photojournalist and ’14 and Carleigh Snead ’15) is better perspective, particularly featured artist Sebastian Rich; Kathryn H. Floyd and Carleigh what the staff at the Muscarelle for young adults.

“One reason why this exhibit Snead ’15. and Floyd hope will draw other Students are encouraged to members of the Tribe to view this belongs at the Muscarelle is that it shares the various real-world view the exhibition before its last pivotal parade of pictures.

The Muscarelle’s Assistant dimensions of diplomacy with day at the Muscarelle, Sept. 28.

Director and Chief Curator John students and the community. I Anyone with a College ID receives Spike is very eager to spread the am a firm believer that students free admission and access to all message of “Ballet, Ballots and Bullets” to the College’s student body.

“These photos are journalistic, which makes them contemporary and very relevant,” Spike said.

“Since the safety of journalists and photojournalists has unfortunately become one of the hottest issues in the news lately, it is important to try to convey facts to our viewers that they may not have known otherwise.”

Assistant Registrar Anne Lee Foster concurs with the exhibit’s central message.

“It allows our visitors to assume the role of photojournalist, traveling the globe to document conflicts COURTESY PHOTO / MUSCARELLE MUSEUM OF ART and events shaping our current Ballet, Ballots and Bullets” is presented at the Muscarelle through a partnership with the Diplomatic Courier, a global political, social and economic affairs magazine based out of Washington D.C. climate,” she said. “These fascinating images glimpse into are some of the best ambassadors nine of the museum’s current the lives of individuals in conflicts as they study and work abroad,” collections. The hope is that the featured images will stir viewers’ zones struggling to maintain their Floyd said.

“Ballet, Ballots and Bullets” emotions and get them thinking cultural traditions and a sense of is presented at the Muscarelle about the importance of human normalcy in their daily lives. “ Perhaps the most visceral through a partnership with relations.

“The photographs in 21st section of the three is “Bullets.” The the Diplomatic Courier, a exhibition’s east wall is swathed global affairs magazine based Century Diplomacy show what with images of hard diplomacy: out of Washington D.C. The some students might encounter as war-torn lands, candlelit vigils publication’s access to world- they begin their careers, or what photojournalists they may have already seen in for victims of civil violence and renowned allows student work to be their travels,” Floyd said. “‘Ballet, rugged refugee camps.

“After contemplating the showcased alongside the work of Ballots and Bullets’ illuminates angle for the exhibit, I wanted to professionally established artists. the opportunities, challenges push the limits of contemporary Additionally, the Muscarelle will and resilience of the world our perceptions of diplomacy,” Floyd offer a public panel discussion students are inheriting.” said. “For ‘Bullets,’ I included the about the photographs Sept.

Flat Hat Variety Editor Devon war in Iraq and the looming water 2. Moderated by Dr. Harvey Ivie contributed to this article.

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Relationships: Trust me, the sex is way better

Here’s the orientation you never got from your OA (or maybe you did) — how to lose that v-card correctly

Catherine Mahoney

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS columnist

It’s a new year. For many new students, a big part of this year will be losing their virginity.

There are two ways to lose your virginity in college.

The first option is to find the nearest person at a party, lock lips with them, text your roommate, and put a sock on the door.

The alternative is to meet someone you really like, treat them to bread ends and house dressing from The

Cheese Shop, wait until you start to feel comfortable and close to them, and then to decide the time is right.

This is the option I recommend.

No matter what, sex is really awkward when you first start out.

There is no avoiding that. Ask any person about their first time, and you’ll probably hear about being cramped in the back of a car, having someone’s parents walk in or a somewhat shocking amount of blood.

For the record, all of those happened to people close to me. Alright, fine, one of them actually happened to me.

I can, however, say with confidence that it does get better.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 46.8 percent of high school students have had sex. So, if you feel you lack

experience coming into college, you’re not alone. Many of your classmates are just as anxious to explore that part of their new adult lives. Although the potential for frequent casual sex is certainly there, the only way to get good at sex is to do it regularly with somebody you care about. To elaborate: You need to have steady sex with somebody who will give you feedback. Maybe you haven’t quite gotten the hang of using your tongue when you kiss or maybe in the heat of the moment you get a little too rough.

A person who is not committed to you and your relationship probably will not tell you either way. They might just stop texting you back.

While a string of one-night-stands can be a lot of fun, it will not teach you what you need to know about good

sex. There is a different objective with in hooking up than in having sex in a long-term relationship. A hookup is a form of instant gratification that is more about the thrill of the moment than actual sexual satisfaction. In contrast, having sex with the same person paradoxically leads to more experimentation and a broader range of experiences. For example, some girls are self-conscious being on top at first. When you and your partner are figuring out how to make that work, it is much easier to experiment and make adjustments with someone with whom you’ve had experience. Trial and error is a less painful process when you can laugh about it with somebody who knows you pretty well.

Sex will never be as available to you as it is right now. I’m not telling you

not to have casual flings. Those have a time and place. What I am telling you is that now is your opportunity to get really good, and if you want to experience everything that sex has to offer, you need to find somebody who is willing to be consistent with you.

Even though you might be worried that committing to someone will limit your sex life as a college student, the opposite is true. Having steady sex with somebody you like and trust will be more satisfying. If you find that being in a relationship in college isn’t for you, it was still worth it. You probably got pretty good in bed in the process.

Catherine Mahoney is a Behind Closed Doors columnist and only lost her virginity because she wanted to write this sex column.

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FACILITIES

Tribe ready for Hokies Season begins on road

William and Mary fans have gone home wondering what might have been if the College had clinched unlikely victories over Football Bowl Subdivision programs. A 7-6 loss to Maryland in 2012 and the more recent 24-17 loss at West Virginia last season have shown the Tribe’s ability to flirt with upsets.

Despite the losses, head coach Jimmye Laycock isn’t discouraged.

“Oh, it’s a tremendous challenge to our players but it ought to be a terrific atmosphere,” Laycock said.

The College will look for the upset again this season, as the Tribe faces National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1-A Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. Saturday at 4 p.m. While the College has shown both tenacity and ability to compete with FBS teams in season openers, the Hokies have had greater success than both Maryland and West Virginia. Nonetheless, here’s the breakdown of Saturday’s matchup.

The Good For the Hokies, last season’s 8-5 finish included losses to Duke and Boston College.

The team also lost several impactful starters.

Defensively, Tech lost six starters, including Kyle Fuller to the National Football League.

Fuller went 14th overall. The quarterback situation favors the Tribe, as starter Michael Brewer has only been at Tech for a couple months, earning the starting spot last week.

Running back, however, is a unique position for the Hokies. Tailback coach Shane Beaner commented that each of his six running backs has unique skills. For most of the past decade, Tech has found success in the ground game thanks to athletes like Kevin Jones, David Wilson and Ryan Williams.

But the Hokies have had no feature back and relied upon the 6’6”, 250 pound Logan Thomas — another NFL draftee — since 2012. With a new quarterback and an unsettled running back situation, the Hokies’ offense may struggle. It ranked No. 102 in total offense in the NCAA last season.

The Tribe, however, has four reasons why the Hokies’ punter may be taking the field early and often. With four preseason all-conference players on a defensive unit that ranked eighth nationally in total yards allowed last season, look for junior linebacker Luke Rhodes and senior linebacker Airek Green to shore up the inside of the defensive unit. In the secondary, junior cornerback DeAndre Houston-Carson offers a strong pass deterrent. Senior defensive end Mike Reilly, who led the Colonial Athletic Association in sacks last season with 11.5, said he feels confident in his unit.

“I know we have playmakers on our side of the ball, and we can come out of there with a win,” Reilly said.

Senior receiver Tre McBride appears primed for a strong season. A preseason allconference pick, McBride may provide the necessary spark for an upset.

The Bad Virginia Tech remains one of the best programs in the Atlantic Coast Conference, with the fourth best defensive unit in the nation. Defensive coordinator Bud Foster has built a defensive powerhouse over the years, and won’t make Tribe sophomore quarterback Steve Cluley’s job any easier.

Laycock said that Cluley is, “going to have to rely on players like tight end Bo [Revell] and Tre McBride and running back Mikal Abdul Saboor.”

Though the College has a solid veteran in preseason all-conference junior center Andrew Jones, the left side of the offensive line will be comprised of first-time starters.

Freshman left guard Connor Hilland and freshman left tackle Chris Durant boast the necessary size and strength, but no game experience.

The Hype Tech lost to its most recent CAA opponent James Madison, 21-16, in 2010, despite a No. 13 preseason rank. Less recent, however, is a 2007 44-3 win over the College.

Special teams-wise, the Hokies’ special teams are renowned for big punt returns and blocked kicks. McBride won’t have an easy time as a returner, and Tech returner Kendall Fuller is primed to break a long return.

Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer, though, doesn’t discount the chance of an upset.

“We’re in for a dogfight [against William and Mary,]” Beamer said. “Get ready for it.”

Flat Hat Sports Editor Mick Sloan contributed to this story.

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SUMNER HIGGINBOTHAM FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER

New life for old stadium

College releases $27 million Zable Stadium renovation to conclude in 2016 MICK SLOAN FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary generated excitement Tuesday morning, announcing plans for a $27 million dollar renovation of Walter J. Zable Stadium. The extensive improvements to the 79-year-old venue will commence early next year and be completed before the 2016 football season.

The renovation was made possible by donations from Hunter J. Smith ’51, James W. McGlothlin ’62, J.D. ’64, LL.D. ’00 and Frances G. McGlothlin ’66, as well as an additional $10 million contribution from the estate of Walter J. Zable ’37, LL.D. ’78.

The renovations will include new seating, improvements to current seating, a new press box, better restroom facilities and enhanced concessions. The renovation will also make the stadium more accessible and safe, and will feature superior lighting and sound systems.

The announcement took place in the atrium of the Jimmye Laycock Football Center, with Tribe head coach Jimmye Laycock, Athletic Director Terry Driscoll and College President Taylor Reveley in attendance to speak about the renovation plans. Reveley was particularly pleased with the opportunity to revitalize a College landmark.

“The stadium really, truly needs a jolt — a new life — if it is going to continue to meet the needs of the university. It can’t simply go on as it has been,” Reveley said. “Thanks to the great generosity of …

Walt, Hunter Smith, the McGlothlins — Jim and

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Tribe begins its season with split Beats GMU, stifled by Terps JACK POWERS FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR Despite starting all 37 games and playing the most minutes of any William and Mary player over the past two years, junior defender Laci Irvin entered the 2014 season without a goal. The first game of her 2014 campaign struck a different tone, however, as Irvin scored a golden goal in the 96th minute to propel the Tribe past George Mason Saturday afternoon and into a rousing 1-0 win to start to the year.

Any momentum gained in the opener dissipated quickly when the Tribe faced heavily favored Maryland on Thursday evening.. Terrapins forward Alex Doody scored two goals in the first 14 minutes of the match to kick-start her team’s 4-0 rampage over the Tribe in College Park, Md. The Terrapins had ten shots on goal to the Tribe’s five, and Maryland’s four-goal total is more than the College’s defense gave up in any game last year.

Irvin managed just one shot, missing her target, on the afternoon. Junior goalkeeper Caroline Casey notched six saves, but her efforts fell short.

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Fran — new life is now feasible for the stadium.”

Laycock said that the new and improved Zable stadium will dramatically impact the school’s proud football tradition.

“I cannot adequately express my excitement for the enhancement and changes that we’re going to make at Zable Stadium,” Laycock said. “It really speaks strongly, not only in recruiting … but also in recognition of former players and coaches. … I look forward to many, many more exciting, filled stadiums coming up.”

The new stadium is also considered to be a new centerpiece for the College’s campus and for the entire community, a gathering place to foster the unity that defines Tribe sports fandom, Driscoll

elaborated during the announcement.

“If you’re a football fan, you can see great football, but if you’re more interested in the social components, you’ll be able to enjoy that too,” Driscoll said. “It’s really going to be a focal point that will bring the campus together and the community together, and that’s what excites us the most.”

The announcement highlights an exciting week for Tribe football. While designs and funding for the team’s future home continue behind the scenes, the Tribe travels to Blacksburg, Va. this Saturday to take on Virginia Tech. The game is scheduled for 4 p.m. and can be viewed on ESPNews.

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As part of the $27 million renovation, a new pressbox and grandstand are proposed to replace the current, aging, facilities.

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