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Delaware leaps out to 24-point advantage in the first half in front of large crowd.
Don’t sound like an idiot at your friend’s Superbowl party Sunday night.
College falls to Delaware, 89-72
Football illiterate?
The Flat Hat
Vol. 103, Iss. 31 | Friday, January 31, 2014
The Twice-Weekly Student Newspaper
of The College of William and Mary
FINANCES
College rolls out new out-ofstate financial aid package If student’s total estimated financial contribution was $20,000... OLD MODEL ADDITIONAL BORROWING
$6,880 IN GRANTS (80 PERCENT OF REMAINING FINANCIAL NEED)
$11,400 IN LOANS
ESTIMATED FAMILY CONTRIBUTION ($31,556)
GRAPHIC BY ANNIE CURRAN / THE FLAT HAT
Previously, students could receive up to 80 percent of the remaining financial need from grants after loans were subtracted from the inital financial need.
Out-of-state students are being offered a new financial aid package. Qualifying students can now receive up to 25 percent of the full cost of education through grant aid. The new package applies to students beginning their education at the College of William and Mary for the 2014-15 academic year. This change comes as part of an effort to make financial aid more predictable and understandable for families. Other than grant aid, out-of-state students can receive additional support from the Office of Financial Aid through loans and work study programs. Qualifying incoming in-state students can still receive up to 100 percent of their tuition through grant aid. The changes In the previous aid model, families received their estimated family contribution from the federal government after completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form. The EFC was subtracted from the cost of tuition to calculate the total financial need. Then, the first $11,400 was expected to be paid with loans. The College could provide up to 80 percent of the remaining need through grants. For example, an out-of-state student with $20,000 in total financial need would have used loans to pay $11,400 and could have received up to 80 percent of the remaining financial need, or $6,880, in grants from the College. Under the new model, the base loan amount decreases from $11,400 to $7,400 and the College will meet up to 25 percent of the total cost of education through grant aid. For the same student with $20,000 in total financial need, $7,400 could be paid through loans and they would receive $12,600 in grant aid from the College. At higher levels of financial need, a student
STUDENT ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY OF A POLICE OFFICER A College of William and Mary student was charged with a felony for assaulting a police officer Monday, Jan. 27. The WilliamsburgYorktown Daily reported that the student allegedly scratched the officer attempting to take her into custody for public intoxication and underage possession of alcohol. Williamsburg Police Department’s Major Greg Riley told Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily that the officer saw a man and woman walking on Jamestown Road at about 1 a.m. The officer went to investigate and determined the woman was intoxicated. While attempting to take her into custody, she allegedly attempted to get away and scratched the officer in the process. The officer was not harmed during the incident. The man walking with the female student left without any charges. — Flat Hat Managing Editor Meredith Ramey
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NEW MODEL
BY ANNIE CURRAN FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR
See GRANTS page 4
$12,600 IN GRANTS (UP TO 25 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL COST OF EDUCATION)
$7,400 IN LOANS
ESTIMATED FAMILY CONTRIBUTION ($31,556)
GRAPHIC BY ANNIE CURRAN / THE FLAT HAT
Under the new model, there is a lower loan base rate. Then, students can receive up to 25 percent of the total cost of education through grant aid.
GREEK LIFE
Leaked Sig Chi email goes viral Reveley, Engh respond BY ABBY BOYLE FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR
An email written by a member of the Zeta Upsilon chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity at the College of William and Mary stirred controversy this week after it was posted online Tuesday. The email, originally sent to members of Sigma Chi’s listserv, was leaked to the website “Total Sorority Move.” By that night, a link to TSM’s story had been posted to the Facebook group “Overheard at William and Mary,” where it received 206 comments and 238 “likes” at press time. The message, with the subject line “Life, love, and pussy,” describes the author’s concept for a community outreach program titled “Save the sluts.” Various comments on Overheard condemned the email, describing it as misogynistic. Sigma Chi President Charlie Engh ’16 released a statement about the email. “We deeply regret the message that was sent through our listserv encouraging Reveley actions that are inconsistent with our values as Sigma Chis,” Engh said in the statement. “The message was disrespectful toward women, and that is not who we are as a chapter. We have moved to suspend the individual who was responsible for the message and International Fraternity leaders are taking action to ensure proper disciplinary measures are taken. Rest assured that we are also voluntarily taking an internal review of our membership, to be sure that our chapter is comprised only of men of the highest character. Until then, we have voluntarily and proactively ceased normal chapter operations.” The Sigma Chi International’s advisors also issued a statement regarding the email. See EMAIL page 3
RESIDENCE LIFE
Transgender students question housing inequality Some students choose to live off-campus due to unhappiness with housing options BY ARIEL COHEN FLAT HAT CHIEF STAFF WRITER
When Emerson Ives ’14 transferred to the College of William and Mary as a junior, Ives identified as transgender and failed to find a comfortable housing option. Ives decided to request a single. Later in the summer, Ives received the housing assignment: a quad with three girls in a Ludwell apartment. “When you don’t deal with this stuff on [a] daily basis, you don’t even think about it.” Ives said. “But transgender issues affect a lot of students. But now, instead of my first semester academics, I was worried about dealing with my living situation.” Soon after receiving the housing assignment, Ives switched to living in the Governor’s Inn, a housing option reserved for overflow. “If they didn’t have the Governor’s Inn, I don’t know what I would have done,” Ives said. “There are some transgender students who have opted to live [in houses] on Richmond Road because they don’t agree
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Emerson Ives ‘14, a trans-gender student, opted to live in the Governors Inn instead of an apartment in Ludwell with girls.
with the housing process. There’s definitely a disconnect here.” Students who elect to live in special housing for genderrelated reasons must go through the adaptive housing process at the College. Others choose to live off campus in order to
Inside OPINIONS
circumnavigate the housing process. Ives said there are at least 50 to 100 students at the College each academic year who identify as LGBTQ, and desire comfortable on-campus housing options. Students with appropriate
documentation from a qualified professional may apply to adaptive housing through the Center for Student Diversity. Director of the Center for Student Diversity Vernon Hurte, works with each See GENDER page 4
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Back to the grind
Campus coffee shop redesigns its setup to kick off the new semester. page 6