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recent laws regarding legal medical marijuana a reality in practice and to promote the decriminalization of the drug. According to Duane Ludwig, the VA NORML Communications Director, there are many reasons that cannabis laws should be
As Thanksgiving Break approaches, so does the deadline to propose a Living Learning Community. Approximately 10 percent of student housing is set aside for Living Learning Communities, which fall under the category of Special Interest Housing. This category also encompasses housing for sororities and fraternities, which are allotted an additional 15 percent of the total on-campus housing. In addition to other special interest housing, there are currently 12 Living Learning Communities on campus, including Sharpe Community Scholars, Monroe Scholars and substance free housing. Each Living Learning Community must be connected to a specific academic department and have a faculty member as its designated advisor. Due the Friday before Thanksgiving Break every year, LLC proposals must include the written approval of faculty members who will be involved with administrative and advisory duties, in addition to a list of students committed to living in the space. “A proposal will come in … the [Special Interest Housing] Committee will review it and then the committee makes a recommendation to Vice President Ambler to accept or not accept,” Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of Residence Life Deb Boykin said. “[Ambler] makes the final decision. Typically she goes with whatever the committee recommends.” Prospective Living Learning Communities must submit evidence of financial support, evidence of support from an academic department, a mission statement, and a list of its goals. They must also include a plan for achieving those goals, a description of how special interest housing factors into those goals, a plan to measure the group’s progress, a description of the kind of space the group wishes to occupy, and a statement of how the group will impact the surrounding community. Living Learning Communities must include an academic component, and they must be coed. Boykin said that a women’s music group once requested special interest housing. “[The request] was denied because it was all women,” Boykin said. “It also didn’t have a strong enough connection
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The two-day conference at the Fort Magruder Conference Centre and Hotel was held to promote reform regarding marijuana laws in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Marijuana reform conference hosted in Williamsburg Caroline Nutter THE FLAT HAT
In light of election season, the Virginia chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws hosted a conference this weekend in Williamsburg. The two-day conference, held at the Fort
Magruder Conference Center and Hotel, aimed to educate and connect individuals who feel that laws regarding cannabis should be changed. Cannabis laws in the Commonwealth of Virginia include bans on possession, selling, growing and paraphernalia. The primary aims of the organization are to make the state’s
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AskNot grants students Martin prepares to retire from the College service opportunities Praises loyal, accomplished College community; to retire in spring 2015
Fledgling group hosts series of discussions
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Although students at the College of William and Mary probably know Vice President of Administration Anna B. Martin only by her campuswide emails, she characterizes her time at the College by the human connections she has made over the last 14 years. Martin will retire early in the spring of 2015. After she received her master’s degree from Virginia Tech, she searched for a small liberal arts college with a supportive environment and found her match in the College in 2001. “The kind of community that William and Mary has is very rare,” Martin said. “I don’t think the loyalty of the faculty, staff, students and alumni is found in as many places as it is here. It’s really quite strong and quite different.”
Of the nearly 580,000 applicants to the national service organization AmeriCorps, only 80,000 hopefuls will be accepted and go on to serve the nation. For those who are unsuccessful, students can find other alternatives through the AskNot Program. The College of William and Mary is the host of the program’s inaugural chapter. AskNot is an infant organization dedicated to creating opportunities for students looking to give back to their community and country. Brianna Buch ’15, founder and co-president of AskNot, said the organization fills a previously vacant but necessary role in the area of national service. “There are a lot of students who want to serve, but there are not necessarily positions where they are applying,” Buch said. “So we are highlighting opportunities that aren’t necessarily
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those main ones students would know, as well as working with the campus and the community to create more of those positions.” Given that service groups like Teach for America have acceptance rates that rival those of the Ivy League, Buch said AskNot’s main goal is to remove obstacles for students hoping to serve, while also providing them with alternative opportunities. “Something that we are working toward for the future is clearing up that pathway of how to get involved,” Buch said. “A lot of students have that desire, but not as many know how to make it happen, so the purpose of this organization is to show [service] opportunities and highlight them.” AskNot is hosting a series of discussions advocating student involvement in national service. According to co-president Yohance
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Martin said she is ready to move on to different experiences, but is proud of her work at the College. “I believe there’s an arc to every job, and I believe that I’ve accomplished what I was meant to accomplish here,” Martin said. “It’s a good time to go.” Martin worked in the areas of emergency management, human resources, and campus construction at the College. She also led the implementation of a new Human Resources System to better support the employees. Martin said that 80 percent of the budget goes to the people, because they’re the College’s greatest resource. Martin also oversaw the expansive addition and renovation of buildings all over campus, including Alan B. Miller Hall and the expansion of the Campus Recreation
Center. Senior Planner Martha Sheets has worked with Martin since she came to the College, and said these construction projects, which cost more than $600 million in total, transformed the College. “It’s an expansion of campus square footage by more
than 30% — a phenomenal accomplishment!” Sheets said in an email. “The College had not seen such growth and progression since the creation of the ‘New Campus’ in the 1960s. It’s remade William See MARTIN page 3
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Martin oversaw the addition and renovation of buildings on campus.
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