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Cosi chain to open in Lodge 1 Construction begins at Sadler Center, replacing Einstein Bagels and Qdoba Meilan Solly The FLAT HAT
Students at the College of William and Mary will have a new dining option this January when Cosi, an artisan sandwich cafe, opens in a renovated version of the Sadler Center’s Lodge 1. Cosi will replace the spaces formerly occupied by Einstein Bagels and Qdoba. The change will allow Cosi to offer grab-and-go service and a sit-down cafe. “Cosi will offer an inviting cafe space, as well as online ordering for students on the go,” Auxiliary Services Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications Eden Harris said in an email. In addition to offering a sit-down
experience and to-go service, Cosi will have early-morning and latenight options. It will also cater for
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Cosi, an sandwich cafe will be opening in a renovated version of the Sadler Center’s Lodge 1.
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She was made an honorary alumna in 2007. The couple has also supported the College by giving to different organizations on campus. Recently, they supported K a m b i s Kinesiology Endowment, the McCarthy Endowment for Swem Library, the Brown Tribe Club and the Muscarelle Museum of Art. Morton’s daughter, Chrissy Morton DeMier ’90, is an alumna. Brown’s niece Veronique Barbour ’16 is a current student. The Homecoming Parade begins at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17. — Flat Hat Assoc. News Editor Eleanor Lamb
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A cleaner future may replace the oncepredicted coal-powered pastures just south of Williamsburg, in Surry County, Virginia. In early October, Surry County Board of Supervisors approved Global Wind, LLC’s proposal to implement a one AC Megawatt solar farm, which will create enough energy to power 165 homes per year. This will be the first commercial solar farm in the state to sell power directly to the public grid. Just four years ago, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative had plans to build a coal power plant in Surry. They were on a speedy track, until they ran into a roadblock: the town’s people. Betsy Shepard, a Surry county mother, led the fight against the plant. “I couldn’t see my children living in a community aired in pollutants and adverse health risks,” Shepard said. Within the span of a few months, Shepard quickly became a community organizer as she educated her neighbors, put up “No Coal Power plant” yard signs, and held community meetings. “Ultimately, though, it wasn’t the parts per million, but the distrust in ODEC, that shifted people’s opinions,” Shepard said. The turning point occurred when the Town Council of Dendron, a town within Surry County where the power plant would be located, voted in favor of the power plant proposal at a meeting, even though they had previously announced publicly that they would not vote. According to the Virginia Code, in order to have legal vote, the company must
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The College of William and Mary Alumni Association’s Board of Directors selected Doug Morton ’62 and his wife Marilyn Brown as the grand marshals for the 85th Homecoming Parade. Morton, founder of Morton Publishing Co., has served on the Alumni Association’s Board of Directors and the President’s House Committee, as well as several other distinguished boards. In 1995, he received the Alumni Medallion. Brown became involved with the College when Morton took her to Williamsburg and showed her the campus. Since then, Brown Morton has served on the Earl Gregg Swem Library Board of Directors.
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Ellen Stofan ’83, chief scientist at NASA, came to speak to students Oct. 2 and 3. In addition to explaining NASA’s space exploration plans, she talked about her personal journey. Stofan’s father worked for NASA, establishing her love of science at an early age. By age four, she had already watched her first rocket launch. At 10, she knew she wanted to be a geologist. By the time Stofan got to the College of William and Mary, she had her heart set on science. “I had the best experience here,” Stofan said. “I never felt like anyone was saying, ‘Why Stofan are you a woman going into this field?’ It was always like, ‘Of course you can do this.’” However, being a woman in a science career was not always easy. “Because I was a woman and my father worked for NASA, I had to work four times as hard to be taken half as seriously,” Stofan said. Nevertheless, Stofan has many accomplishments to her name. She worked as an associate member of the Cassini Mission to Saturn Radar Team, a coinvestigator on the Mars Express Mission’s MARSIS sounder and as the lead investigator on the Titan Mare Explorer. “Dr. Stofan is such a down-to-earth person. She talks to the President of the United States on a weekly basis, but still has the patience to answer all my seven-year-old daughter’s space questions,” associate professor of geology Rowan Lockwood said. Students packed McGlothlin lecture hall to listen to Stofan’s talk. “It was so great to hear from such an inspirational female scientist like Dr. Stofan,” geology major Kallie Brown ’16 said. “To hear about how William and Mary shaped her made me proud to go to this school.” At the moment, Stofan is most excited about the research NASA is doing on the International
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