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The Flat Hat | Friday, April 11, 2014 | Page 2
THE BUZZ
I guess I want people to learn something about someone else that they hadn’t learned before. And I want people to realize that it is our differences that make us stronger and it’s our differences that make us beautiful.” — Student Assembly Secretary of Diversity Dylan Frendt ’14 about I Am W&M week
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“LET’S TALK SEX WITH MARVIN” — HOOKUP PLAYLIST What music do students at the College like to hook up to? What music can they not listen to while getting it on? Marvin Shelton gets a variety of answers in the newest episode of “Let’s Talk Sex with Marvin.”
SA INAUGURATION 2014 Colin Danly ’15 and Kendall Lorenzen ’15 were sworn in as Student Assembly president and vice president, respectively. Members of the undergraduate council and the senate were also sworn in Wednesday in the Sir Christopher Wren Building. College President Taylor Reveley, outgoing chair of the senate Will McConnell ’14 and outgoing SA President Chase Koontz ’14 all provided words of wisdom to the new SA.
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The WJCC School Board is deciding on whether or not to expand the Berkeley Middle School’s cafeteria to solve the school’s overcrowding problem.
Williamsburg-James City school deliberates expansion
Ben & Jerry’s offers free cones
The Williamsburg-James City County School Board has discovered a solution to Berkeley Middle School’s overcrowding problems, the Virginia Gazette reports. Officials want to expand the school’s cafeteria and shrink the number of lunch periods by half. The expansion will increase the cafeteria’s capacity from 240 to 320. This will provide one lunch period for each of the three grades. The school currently holds six lunch periods, beginning at 10 a.m. Many parents and administrators alike feel this is too early. Contractors are currently bidding for the project.
This Tuesday, a local Ben & Jerry’s offered patrons free cones and accepted donations to support free clinics, the Daily Press reports. The ice cream store offered the public free scoops from noon to 7 p.m. All proceeds collected will be given to Lackey Free Clinic and Gloucester Mathews Free Clinic. Lackey Free Clinic serves York County, James City County, Williamsburg, Poquoson and parts of Newport News by offering free medical and dental care to those without health insurance. This clinic aids more than 1,500 patrons a year.
Local school employees could see pay increase
Second Street to be wired
According to the Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg-James City County employees could see a pay raise depending on whether or not city of Williamsburg Council and James City’s Board of Supervisors approve their 2015 budget. Superintendent Steven Constantino says this pay increase is key for salaries to stay competitive and for the school system to continue to attract quality teachers. School Board officials propose a one percent salary increase for all employees, which will cost $823,000. This past fiscal year included a three percent salary increase. The School Board also wants to allot $636,000 to the Virginia Retirement System.
According to the Williamsburg-Yorktown Daily, City of Williamsburg officials are considering allotting a portion of next year’s budget to lay underground wire along Second Street. On Monday, Mayor Clyde Haulman asked for this adjustment to be made to the Capital Improvement Plan; the project will also involve underground wires for electricity for South Henry Street. The budget for the upcoming fiscal year will run from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. The city has set aside $5.55 million for underground wiring projects throughout the city over the past seven years. The cost of wiring South Street to the city limits is estimated to be $50,000.
CITY POLICE BEAT
April 8 — April 9 CAROL PENG / THE FLAT HAT
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Tuesday, April 8 — An individual was arrested for committing a hit and run on Richmond Road.
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Wednesday, April 9 — An individual was arrested for being drunk in public on York Street.
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Wednesday, April 9 — An individual was arrested for committing an aggravated domestic assault on York Street.
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Wednesday, April 9 — An individual was arrested for assaulting a polic officer on York Street.
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NEWS IN BRIEFS The BJMS spreads mirth
Boswell Institute presents “Left Behind”
Music department remembers Deeds
Tuesday marked the beginning of the Bishop James Madison Society’s “8 Days of Mirth” campaign. The BJMS is one of at least nine secret societies on campus. Their “8 Days of Mirth” week involves a challenge for students every day, which will be announced daily via YouTube and Facebook at 8 a.m. The first challenge, which was announced in a video starring President Taylor Reveley, was for students to shake hands with a professor and thank him or her for his or her work. Though the challenges remain secret until they are announced, they are meant to be easy and friendly. The BJMS, created in 1812, is one of the oldest collegiate societies in the nation.
The College’s Boswell Initiative will hold its first symposium this weekend. The event is titled “Left Behind: The Consequences of Virginia’s Continuing Opposition to Same-Sex Unions” and will feature keynote speeches and panel discussions with activists and community members. Professor of history and American studies at Yale George Chauncey and professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut Mary Bernstein will speak. The free event will be open to the public. The Boswell Institute, in addition to this symposium, will hold a five-section, one-credit course on books written by the event’s speakers.
The College’s music department recently commemorated Austin “Gus” Deeds Sunday afternoon. Gus took his own life last November after attacking his father, Senator Creigh Deeds, D-Va. The department held an Appalachian music concert, a genre which Deeds, an avid musician, loved to play. The concert was held at the Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre and featured performances by The Runaway String Band, Friends of Appalachian Music and the College’s Appalachian Music Ensemble. Both Creigh Deeds and College President Taylor Reveley offered remarks at the event. The concert drew members of both the College and Williamsburg communities.