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Sodexo gives to service group Donates around 575 lbs total SARAH CASPARI Flat HaT CHIEF STAFF WRITER

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“Zable is a beautiful venue but it is 79 years old and in dire need of repair. This renovation and enhancement will greatly improve the gameday experience,” Brian Whitson , Associate Vice President of Communications and University Relations, said. “When you consider the changes we are making, there is a lot to be excited about from a fan’s perspective.”

In addition to renovated seating in the west stands, the bathrooms will also be renovated and updated, and a small building will be added to accommodate concessions.

There will also be an additional men’s Laycock restroom.

“I personally am excited about the plans. I’ve

After Family Weekend at the College of William and Mary, Dining Services was left with several hundred pounds of uneaten food.

Rather than throwing it away, Sodexo USA found a willing repository in the refrigerators and freezers of the College organization Campus Kitchens.

Campus Kitchens, which prepares and delivers meals to food-insecure families in Williamsburg, accepted the excess food in the first of what they said they hope will be semiregular donations from Sodexo.

“When we are planning for a large event on campus we try to produce the correct amount of food for the visiting guests,” Catering Chef Darry Huntsman said in an email. “[H]owever, if we do over produce the food we like to see the food go to a good cause.”

Amber Wright ’15, Campus Kitchens fundraising chair, said that the organization received about 40 pounds of oranges, 70 pounds of apples, 70 pounds of spinach, 80 pounds of romaine lettuce, and hotdogs and hamburgers — more food, she said, than Campus Kitchens normally collects in two months.

“It was actually quite overwhelming, the amount of food,” Wright said. “We at first didn’t know where we were going to put it all. And they actually helped us figure it out; they came with us, they helped bring it to our facility and store it and figure out how to do that.”

Huntsman expressed the intention to continue donating excess food to Campus Kitchens.

While Wright said she was originally ambivalent about the partnership, she said Sodexo’s willingness to work with them was a welcome departure from the norm Aramark established during its time as the College’s food provider.

“When I first started, we had talked about partnering with Sodexo and I was on the fence about it,” Wright said. “But the previous food company that was here didn’t even want to consider it. … We had tried it before, and they don’t donate anything. Any food that’s left over, they just compost and get rid of it.”

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Zable Stadium, built 79 years ago, is slated for a $22 million renovation — the most expensive and comprehensive renovation in the stadium’s history. Renovations will be completed in 2016.å

Renovations will begin in early December, will increase occupancy BAILEY KIRKPATRICK Flat HaT ASSOC. VARIETY EDITOR

Tribe football fans may be sitting in style come the fall 2016 season.

Planned Walter J. Zable Football Stadium renovations include new seating and the additions of an entrance tower and press box. The renovation plans are financed by donations from Walter J. Zable ’37 LL.D. ’78, Hunter Smith ’51, James W. McGlothlin ’62 J.D. ’64 LL.D. ’00 and Frances McGlothlin ’66, totaling $22 million. Construction is scheduled to begin as early as December.

The west side of the stadium, or the stands opposite the Zable parking lot, will feature a new tower marking an additional entrance to the stadium.

McGlothlin Alongside the tower and

entrance, elevators, game-day boxes and a press box will be added.

The game-day boxes will be available to rent while the new press box will be at a higher vantage point over midfield than the current press box.

“The overall goal is to improve the fan experience while also keeping the integrity of the structure,” Director of Planning, Design and Construction Wayne Boy said.

The renovations to the stadium will also increase the total permanent capacity from 8,200 seats to 10,700 seats, including Americans with Disabilities Act seating options at all price points.

Certain seats in the lowerZable seating portion and seats in the overhang will feature a seatback, while seats in the upper area will not. In addition, renovation efforts will include wider seats and the installation

College increases campus safety resources As campus safety continues to be a topic of discussion across the nation, the College of William and Mary emailed students announcing the implementation of the Rave Guardian mobile application on campus.

The Rave Guardian app provides students with one-click access to call William and Mary Police and allows them to send a text or photo tip. Through the app, students may also create a timer when walking home alone or when in an unfamiliar place.

If a student is then late to an appointment or planned event, his or her friends, police or others that the student identified as a ‘Guardian’ will be notified.

“Like Charlottesville, this is a very close-knit community. And generally speaking, it is a very safe one,” Ginger Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’06 said in an email to students. “But Williamsburg and William & Mary are not immune to crime. It is important for us all to be very aware of our surroundings, to watch out for each other and to take precautions wherever possible. This includes walking in groups, especially late at night and utilizing resources such as Campus Escort (x13293) and Steer Clear Safe Ride (x1DRIV).”

Students can download the app from the Emergency Information page on the College’s website or through the Apple App Store or Google Play. This app is in addition to the College’s “In Case of Crisis” app, which provides a guide with education and response information on emergency situations, including medical emergencies.

“Our sense of community is a tremendous strength,” Ambler wrote. “Be safe, be aware, and remember always to take care of one another.”

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Bike safety is garnering more attention on the College of William and Mary’s campus due to efforts from Parking and Transportation and the Bike Initiative.

Formalized last year, the Bike Initiative is a partnership between students, faculty and staff to promote biking on campus and in the greater Williamsburg area.

“One of our biggest projects is ensuring that riders — whether they [are] students, staff, or faculty — bike safely,” Bike Ambassador Gabriel Morey ’16 said.

The Bike Initiative has already taken numerous steps toward a goal of better bike safety, including free helmet fittings for close to 200 people at the Sept. 6 Bicycle Sale.

“The distinction between fitting helmets and handing them out is important,” Morey said. “We actually made sure that each helmet

was adjusted properly to ensure that it would work.”

Kinesiology 196: Bicycling Basics is a one-credit, 6-week course created by the Bike Initiative, meant to help promote bike safety though teaching basic behavioral and mechanical skills needed to be a safe cyclist. “[The] maintenance component promotes safety, for bicycles in poor condition are unsafe

to ride,” Morey said.

Director of Parking and Transportation Services and Bike Ambassador Bill Horacio III discussed the class’s main focus.

“This course will also be supplemented with topical brown bag series sessions to cover other specific cycling tips, maintenance issues, See BIKES page 3

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In the newest edition of “60 Second Stories,” Gabriel Morey ’16 discusses his work as a tour guide for the Spotswood Society. One day, he received a very specific question about a map in the Sir Christopher Wren Building that he was unable to answer. To hear this story and more, check out The Flat Hat’s Facebook page and www.soundcloud.com/theflathat.

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CORRECTIONS Correction: An article in the Sept. 29 issue of The Flat Hat incorrectly stated that Jingzhu Zhang received an Innovative Diversity Effort Award) grant issued by the Office of Diversity and Community Initiatives at the Reves Center for International Studies. In fact, the Office of Diversity and Community Initiatives is not from the Reves. It is an office under College President Taylor Reveley. The article also incorrectly referred to a participant in the program, Huicun Liu ’17, as a man. She is a female student.

‘The Blog Log’ Flat Hat food blogger Peter Colwell compares eating at Chancellor’s Bistro to a 20th century magic show in the tradition of Houdini. The presentation leads a diner to think they are getting a fine dining experience, but are they really? To read his full review and other “Forkin’ Around” reviews, go to www. flathatnews.com.

“As you navigate to a window seat overlooking William and Mary Hall, you have but a few moments to inspect the venue prior to the main performance: a three-course dinner. Everything looks just about right. Napkins dutifully starched and creased into artful angles; menus meticulously printed on watermarked, tear-resistant paper; no less than three forks in evidence (a slightly excessive touch, perhaps laid by a professional conjurer restless to outdo himself ).

The menu itself is a work of trickery of the highest order, likely written by an illusionist well versed in clairvoyance, ectoplasm and trance phenomena.

When a magician on stage produces his own locks, chains, handcuffs or knives, shrewd people in the audience grow suspicious, but generally speaking, food is an honest thing. And that is exactly why it fails to occur to you that the exotic-sounding “chicken ditalini soup” you just ordered is nothing more than watery chicken noodle soup. Abracadabra!”

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A research group at the College of William and Mary is working to advance the study of a property of plasmonics.

Wei Zheng, a research scientist at the College, and Gunthe Lupke, professor of applied science, worked with scientists from the Naval Research Laboratory’s Materials Science and Technology Division in writing “Control of magnetic contrast with nonlinear magnetoplasmonics.” The results of the study were published in “Scientific Reports,” an online publication. Nonlinear magnetoplasmonics is a term based on the researcher’s method of combining two surface effects, working with lasers.

The Williamsburg Economic Development Authority met last Wednesday, discussing various ongoing issues in the city. The EDA discussed the city’s Art District and mentioned the transportation issues in Williamsburg.

EDA members said they hope to make transportation easier for young professionals in the area. In terms of the Arts District, members said the EDA plans to install banners on Richmond Road to define the area more clearly. Additionally, the group discussed the hotel market in the city, which has changed since the Hospitality House’s sale to the College of William and Mary in 2013.

According to the Virginia Department of Education, Williamsburg-James City County schools and the York County School Division exceeded state averages for high school graduation. For WJCC schools, the graduation rate for the class of 2014 was 90.5 percent, while it was 94.5 percent for YCSD. Virginia’s statewide average was 89.9 percent. When broken down by demographic subgroup, the statistics show that WJCC schools exceeded state averages in 12 of 16 categories. YCSD surpassed averages in 13 of 15 categories. The four subgroups the district fell under averages for were Hispanic students, economically disadvantaged groups, homeless students and students of two or more races.

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Professors discuss College’s hiring process Candidates experience competitive applicant pools, numerous submissions, interviews Getting hired as a professor at the College of William and Mary is no simple task.

Professorial candidates undergo a complicated and competitive hiring process in each department of the College.

Each discipline has its own culling process and requirements.

Film and media studies, English and American studies professor Dr. Arthur Knight attests to the depth of the hiring process for professors. Knight has worked at the College for 21 years and counting and served on search committees in each of the aforementioned departments. He recalls some applicant pools standing in excess of 450 potential professors. Knight said each applicantion typically starts with a three-page cover letter. “[A letter] says who you are, what your research interests are, why you’re qualified to teach, and what your current and future

research interests are,” Knight said.

Applicants must also submit a curriculum vitae, three or more letters of recommendation and a writing sample, often from the applicant’s dissertation. He said that this element of the application process is standard practice for all universities, public and private.

Knight also said the hiring procedure breaks down into a 3-step process. The first step requires additional writing from each applicant. From there, the search committee narrows the pool and conducts

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interviews, often over Skype.

After the committee makes its selections, the top tier of candidates makes a campus visit and goes through a 2-3 day process of interviews, meetings, question and answer sessions, and sample seminars. Knight described this process as a constant assessment.

“You’re always having an interview; even if you’re having wine at someone’s house, you’re still being evaluated,” Knight said.

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studies professor Hannah Rosen’s description of the interview process corroborates Knight’s characterization.

She added that the candidates’ quality of research also plays a role in the hiring process.

The research component of the hiring process proves itself to be particularly impressive to students. Lorraine Pettit ’17 said that professorial research is a selling point of the College.

“I really appreciate it when professors take an interest in what they’re teaching,” Pettit said. “I like knowing that they’ve read the material, thought about it, and even written on it. It’s really motivating for me as a student.”

Both Knight and Rosen said that research and subject interests carry a lot of weight in the hiring process. Additionally, applicants who have not attended an Ivy League caliber university are not necessarily at a disadvantage during the selection.

Rosen also said that the College’s hiring

process greatly impressed her. The College, at least in the history department, places equal emphasis on the teaching aspect of being a professor as well as the research side.

She said that she had never before been to a university that expected a teaching methods and a research methods presentation component of the interview.

“Most universities are all teaching or all research, but William and Mary is both,” Rosen said.

Rosen said she was also surprised by the College’s attention to student input on who would and would not be best suited as a College professor.

The College even asked Rosen for student evaluations from her previous school, the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, she said. Rosen said that her student evaluations were the very same ones that undergraduate students complete on Blackboard at the end of each semester.

“We take them very seriously, whether or not the students do,” Rosen said.

Class to encourage bicycling safety BIKES from page 1

safety, and developing trends,” Horacio said in an email.

The class also includes helmet-mandatory group rides that provide a community in which students can practice and learn safe riding techniques. The Bike Initiative has additional group rides open to the public, such as an upcoming Oct. 4 ride to Chickahominy Riverfront Park.

As Professor of geology Christopher Bailey writes on his faculty blog, students at the College are prone to “going the wrong way down one-way roads, riding on the wrong side down two-way roads, rolling out into cross walks without looking, and even text messaging while riding.”

Bailey summarized his sentiments on student biking rather bluntly.

“Unfortunately many W&M students ride like idiots,” he said in his faculty blog.

Bailey’s concerns are echoed by William and Mary Police Department interim chief Captain Ed Schardein, whose most pressing recommendations are to ride as safely as possible.

“Always wear a helmet and follow the motor vehicle rules of the road,” Schardein said in an email. “Common errors by bicyclists on campus are their failure to ride on the right side of the road in the direction of traffic, failing to stop at stop signs, and weaving between slow or stopped traffic.”

Bicyclists will only be stopped if someone is seen bicycling in an unsafe manner, according to Schardein. This includes wearing earphones or not having a bike light when cycling at night — acts that violate Virginia law.

Schardein also recommends that students invest in a strong lock to prevent theft.

“Bicycle theft is a problem on campus and we recommend always locking your bicycle to a stationary object, such as a bike rack,” Schardein said.

The Bike Initiative is coordinated through Parking and Transportation Services, and is no longer a function of the WMPD. While the Police Department addresses immediate safety concerns like reckless riding, the Bike Initiative is focused on engaging the College community on a more person-to-person basis and creating behavioral shifts over time.

“The ultimate goal of the initiative is to effect a cultural change on campus where safe cycling is not only viewed as a viable means of transport across campus but also a sustainable and effective way to go beyond campus borders,” Horacio said.

Stadium to undergo construction ZABLE from page 1

taken a look at the pictures of the the changes and they look amazing,” defensive tackle Grey Congo ’16 said. “I can’t wait until I have an opportunity to be the first team to play at the new Zable.”

Head coach Jimmye Laycock ’70 echoed Congo’s sentiments.

“I cannot, I don’t think, adequately express my

excitement for the enhancement and changes we are going to make to Zable Stadium,” Laycock said in a press conference. “I know and everybody knows we’ve got to move forward. We’ve got to improve [Zable] and we are going to improve it.”

Due to the Getty Foundation’s Heritage Preservation Plan, some architectural styles and pieces are required to remain

in tandem with the rest of the College’s campus. Examples of these features include the bronze grills at the ticket windows, brick jack arches over the windows, grand round arch openings at the entry gates, and Flemish-bond brick design. Most buildings on campus feature the traditional design of one long slightly red brick followed by one shorter brick in a darker color.

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Sodexo was not the only organization to lend a hand to Campus Kitchens, however. With the sudden influx of food came the question of where to store it all — a question the management of Pita Pit readily answered. “[T]his really was a community coming together,” Campus Kitchens education and programming co-chair Serena Saffarini ’14 MPP

’15 said in an email. “At first we thought we wouldn’t have room to refrigerate everything at the Presbyterian Church where we normally store food and cook. At that point, Pita Pit agreed to temporarily store some things for us, which was an incredibly kind gesture from them. We managed to squeeze everything between the three refrigerators and a couple of freezers at the church, but it was great to know that we had support from a local business if we’d needed it.”

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Sustain creatively S

Learning to respect the body you have walk on my own, I was on IV drips, I was in the ICU, and I actually hated my body more. Flash-forward to last year: I was heavier, yes, but I could make the long trek from Brown Hall to the ISC merrily with my incredible roommate, run 12 miles at a time, and leap and dance for hours and hours, allowing my body to make art for audiences on internationally competitive stages.

The second universal truth I want you all to be cognizant of is THE FLAT HAT that it is not your privilege to choose your happiest body weight.

An eating disorder clinician once told me: “Weight-loss and body I tend to take other people’s opinions to heart, which can be a sculpting is a man-made fiction. ... We think we can play with fantastic quality when I’m getting edits to improve a paper, or if I’m nature and alter our body composition.” The truth of the matter being told by someone in my chemistry course that my lab experiment is that we are born with bodies that are strong and able to know is super dangerous because I just accidentally added sodium to water when they are happiest. If you eat whatever your body craves when and should probably step back to avoid the impending explosion; but you’re hungry, work out to keep your muscles strong or relieve my body is not a draft, and it’s not an experiment. It’s not a thing that I, stress, and give your body rest, it will happily settle at the weight or anyone else, get to look at and say, “Here’s what we need to fix.” it’s meant to be. You don’t get to tell your body when you want it to As a dancer, I’m constantly aware of my body. I can picture exactly stop gaining or losing. It knows what’s best without our meddling. how I must look to other people at all times during my day, and I would I want to leave you with this: At my happiest, who cares if I am hazard a guess that I spend over half my waking hours consciously not my thinnest? I don’t know how much I weighed when I poured thinking about how my body is perceived. It is the perception of other my heart out on the competition stage at world finals with a team people that fuels me to constantly feel the need to who had become my family. I don’t know run when I’m exhausted, eat less when I’m hungry, what the measure of my waist was at the The truth of the matter is that moment that I was surprised with a vase and push my body when I really should take a break. we are born with bodies that are of beautiful flowers from an incredibly When I was in preschool, my best friend Athena strong and able to know when sweet guy. All I know is that, in those and I were finger-painting, and lifted our shirts to draw happy faces and flowers all over our stomachs moments, I felt perfect. they are happiest. with globby Crayola paint. For fear of sounding Stop trying to make your body cliché, the two of us had literally, lovingly and recklessly turned our “perfect” and, instead, love your body for all the “perfect” things bodies into works of art, and then proceeded to proudly wander it makes. Your body is the vehicle for your talents. It houses your around, showing our chubby toddler bellies to all our classmates. I voice so you can sing a cappella at Wren 10 (or, if you’re like me, ask you, when was the last time that you went around to your friends, just tone-deafly belt T-Swift songs in your car with friends). Your proudly showing off your completely un-toned, un-sculpted belly? body includes your hands, which can write, catch, throw, perform Somehow, with age, we’ve allowed what we look like to become a key titrations in Orgo, hug, sculpt, draw a fierce cat-eye with eyeliner, ingredient in a shaming process. We are born with the innate desire and pet the baby llamas that come to the Crim Dell Meadow every to love and care for ourselves. But now we stop wanting what’s best semester. Instead of trying to make your shell perfect, why not use for us, and instead look to what we think others believe we should be. that time to perfect the things you love passionately — the things To start loving our bodies, we need to acknowledge some universal that give you life. truths. First: Measuring weight as an indication of health is no more What you see in the mirror every morning is not your body. rational than predicting meteor showers through populations of Your body is a beating heart, a fiercely independent mind, and porcupines — there is no correlation. Senior year of high school, when holistically a perfect fit for our One Tribe, One Family, and I was at my absolute lowest weight, my body had burned through my anywhere else you want to go in life. fat and destroyed my hard-earned muscle. I was miserable. I could not Email Dani Aron-Schiavone at draronschiavon@email.wm.edu.

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BY DANI ARON-SCHIAVONE, FLAT HAT GRAPHIC DESIGNER

ustainability is an abstract concept which students could be forgiven for not caring about. The costs of sustainability are considerably more visible than its benefits — the word itself likely induces eye-rolling and nausea for some. But developing sustainable, efficient practices should be a priority for the College of William and Mary.

In this vein, we commend Sodexo for donating hundreds of pounds of leftover food to Campus Kitchens after family weekend, as well as being open to donating to other organizations in the future. For all our criticism of Sodexo, its policy is an improvement over that of former contractor Aramark, who refused to donate any leftover food. We hope that Sodexo encourages other local businesses to consider donating, as well.

Beyond Sodexo and Campus Kitchens, students are also driving successful and innovative sustainability projects on campus. Two students have converted a pickup truck into a garden, and plan to use it to promote sustainability at local schools. While unconventional, we admire the project’s creativity and support its mission.

The pickup-truck garden is a student-inspired and student-enacted initiative to improve sustainability on campus. Maximizing students’ desire to take a stand for sustainability, the Students Environmental Action Coalition organized a sold-out bus trip to New York City for the People’s Climate March. For a student body that rarely protests or ventures beyond Williamsburg, this is a refreshing display of activism.

Moving beyond these commendable efforts, the wider community should increase its efforts to go green. For example, the Student Assembly could create a Secretary of Sustainability who could help integrate and promote cooperation between student sustainability projects, enable and encourage other student groups to act sustainably, and submit sustainability proposals to the SA or to the College administration on students’ behalf.

The administration can also do more to promote sustainability. Residence Life could investigate potential waste in dorms and utilize resident assistant programming to encourage residents not to waste water or electricity. With the numerous construction projects across campus, the College could install motion-activated lights in hallways, bathrooms and other common areas. Additionally, the College could work to add more recycling containers throughout campus. Few students will go out of their way to recycle, but given an easy opportunity, most will.

The College and its students need to support additional sustainable projects and behaviors on campus and reward creativity. Above all, we need to create more convenient opportunities for students to practice sustainability.

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The language of mental illness: A diagnosis does not define a person Andrea Aron-Schiavone FLAT HAT STAFF COLUMNIST

It is in our nature to want to make complicated things easier to understand. We like to categorize things, and, through labeling, words have this power of simplification.

But some things defy the simplifying power of a single — or even several — words. One of those things is a person’s identity.

This past summer, I worked as a camp counselor with amazing children living with a variety of diagnoses that were emotional, behavioral and/or learning related. However, one of the camp’s policies was that the directors withheld the children’s specific diagnoses from

us unless they felt that revealing a diagnosis was vital to a child’s success.

Before I met these kids, I was confused and a bit frustrated about this policy — why would they withhold information that could be so helpful to us?

The directors told us during training that at camp they wanted children to be known by their interests, passions and talents, rather than what challenges they face. They wanted us to know Jimmy not as “the kid who has a severe anxiety disorder” but as “the kid who is great at playing soccer.” Sarah not as “the girl with autism” but instead “the girl who loves animals.”

I wrongly thought of the diagnosis as some sort of “magic key” — the one word or phrase that would reveal everything about the child and how to work with him or her. Without realizing it, I had been trying to simplify each child’s identity in terms of their diagnosis.

There are, unfortunately, many factors that prevent us from openly talking about our challenges related to neurodiversity and mental health. My experiences with this camp revealed perhaps one of the most significant: We fear our identity will be eclipsed by a diagnosis, by something about our brain chemistry or hormones that contributes to these challenges. We worry that people will refer to us as “that guy with depression” or “that woman with the eating disorder.” We don’t want one aspect of our being to consume the way others perceive us.

Words have an immense, often underestimated, power to either inhibit people or make them feel more comfortable and safe sharing their vulnerabilities. If we strive to define people in terms of their personalities, passions, interests and quirks, hopefully this will be reflected in our dialogue, encouraging people to be more open because they will be less afraid of being

defined by their challenges.

And when we do refer to conditions or diagnoses, adopting person-first language can help others know that we address the person before his or her condition: We can say “woman with autism” rather than “autistic” or “man with anorexia” rather than “anorexic.” We can stop referring to people who have schizophrenia or PTSD or anxiety disorders as “crazy.”

We can be more careful and deliberate in our use of powerful, weighty words, such as the word “depressed” (missing our favorite show does not “make us depressed”). Our words can help foster an atmosphere of sensitivity, understanding and acceptance.

There is the phrase that the pen is mightier than the sword. Maybe for combatting the stigma surrounding mental health, it is truly our words that are the mightiest.

Email Andrea Aron-Schiavone at acaronschiavon@email.wm.edu.

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A slow and lonely process Tracking integration at the College since 1950 COURTESY PhoTO / EARL GREG SWEM LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Above, Oscar Blayton and Robert Weeks starred in The College of William and Mary’s 1964 production of “Time of Your Life,” performed in Phi Beta Kappa Hall. It wasn’t until 1963 that the College began admitting male African American undergraduates.

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Two Supreme Court cases finally began the conversation about the admission — but not the integration — of African American students into colleges in the 1950s.

The first case was McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, in which George McLaurin was denied admission to the University of Oklahoma to achieve his Doctorate of Education. He was successful in winning the case; however, he still had to have and use completely separate facilities at the university.

The second case, Sweatt v. Painter, successfully challenged the premise of the separate but equal rhetoric. Marion Sweatt had been denied admission to the University of Texas’ School of Law on the grounds that there were no integrated educational facilities. Because of a lack of separate facilities for his intended degree, they would not admit a black student. The Supreme Court ruling held that Sweatt must be admitted — there would be no way to give him an education that was equal to that of his white classmates if he were in a separate facility.

“The McLaurin and Sweatt cases referred to the attendance of students in graduate school,” Distinguished Alumnus, former newspaper bureau chief and senior writer, and historian, Wilford Kale ’71 said in an email. “The University of Virginia admitted its first African American student, Gregory Swanson, to its law school after Swanson sued U.Va. for acceptance.”

It wasn’t until 1951 that the College of William and Mary admitted its first few African American students. Hulon Willis Sr. M. Ed. ’56 was admitted to the graduate school of education in 1951, and Edward Travis B.C.L. ’54 was admitted to the Marshall-Wythe School of Law around the same time. Travis was also the first African American student to receive a degree from the College.

Following Brown v. The Board of Education in 1954, Virginia’s general stance on integration in public schools was still resistant. As a public university, the College had similar sentiments — and it did not

admit African American students into its undergraduate student body immediately following the ruling.

“The only place that wasn’t segregated in Williamsburg was Colonial Williamsburg,” religious studies professor David Holmes said. “When the Rockefellers came and renovated, this was one of their requirements.”

It wasn’t until 1963 that the College, following waves of political activism as well as the example of other Virginia colleges and universities, began admitting African American undergraduates. The first African American undergraduate student was Oscar Blayton, who remained only until 1965. Even though they were finally allowed admittance, African American students were not allowed to live on campus.

“There were absolutely no protests regarding the admission of African Americans to William and Mary. I was here and know that for a fact,” Kale said. “The culture was a white-related culture, for both students and administration. [Blayton] was warmly greeted by some students, but totally ignored by the majority. Oscar really found it difficult to become part of the existing William and Mary community.

I know because I knew him.”

While white women had already been attending the College since 1918 — in an effort to support the College financially while men were at war — African American women were not admitted until years after the first black male undergraduates. In 1967, Lynn Briley ’71, Janet Brown ’71 and Karen Ely ’71 were the first African American women admitted to the College — as well as the first African American students afforded housing on campus.

“By 1968, a more active minority-recruiting program had been established, and by 1970 the Black Student Association had been founded ‘to promote black awareness on campus by encouraging black life,’ as the Colonial Echo said,” Kale said.

Holmes advised African American student Warren Winston ’72 — who also happened to be the first African American football scholarship player — in 1968. Throughout these years, he was able to observe the students and their reactions to these changes.

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From left to write, Karen Ely ’71, Janet Brown ’71 and Lynn Briley ’71 are pictured in their Colonial Echo yearbook photos. The three were the first African American women admitted to the College.

“In 1965, Williamsburg schools were still segregated, and you could see signs of this everywhere,” Holmes said. “By the 1960s segregation was on its way out, and the Williamsburg community and College staff and students adjusted to meet these new standards. I don’t know any statistical information about it, but I had a sense that the majority of the students I taught were in favor of integration.”

Holmes told stories of how the faculty at the College at the time refused to frequent shops and restaurants that were discriminatory toward black people.

“Word went around which barbers shops were integrated and which weren’t,” Holmes said. “If there were any places that denied service to blacks, the faculty as a whole would learn about it and would no longer give them our business because we didn’t support segregation.”

Throughout the 1970s, partially due to Title IX and the Virginia Plan, the College made more concerted efforts to overcome racial discrimination. The College also committed to enroll over 150 percent more minority students, and it began to hire African American faculty and staff.

“To me, in any kind of change on campus, there are people very supportive to new groups and there are people a little more apprehensive or resistant. Each person had their own experience here on campus and each student had their own reactions,” Burger Archives Specialist Jennie Davy said.

It is important, Holmes says, to be knowledgeable about the College’s past.

“The four years you spend in college should be — and usually are — very important. You try on different hats and are exposed to different things,” Holmes said. “It is important to know how good your school really is and what sort of stances it has taken in the past.”

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In a Feb. 7, 1945 editorial, The Flat Hat argued for the slow integration of African Americans into the College. Read the full editorial at Flathatnews.com.

Calandra Lake, new “dean of green,” aims high for sustainability AMANDA SIKIRICA THE FLAT HAT

This summer, the College of William and Mary appointed its first Director of Sustainability, Calandra Waters Lake. The position was created to promote sustainability initiatives within the College and in the greater community through a partnership between the Committee on Sustainability and the Office of Strategic Initiatives.

“This new position provides administrative continuity to our sustainability efforts and gives W&M greater capacity to promote sustainability goals internally and to make the best use of student green fees across the university,” Henry Broaddus, Vice-President for Strategic Initiatives, said in an email.

Lake holds a Bachelor of Science in natural resources from Virginia Tech and a Master of Arts in education from the College, which she received in 2008. She has worked at Grafton High School in York County for the past six years as an environmental science and earth science teacher, according to a press release by the College in August. Throughout her teaching career she volunteered with the COS. Lake “Volunteering was definitely a big part of me being able to take the job … I already know a number of the people,

and I have an idea of how things have been run in the past,” Lake said.

This new position is replacing the Sustainability Fellow position, which once served the same function. Sustainability Fellows cycled every one to two years.

“We are looking forward to having continuity in the job,” Lynda Butler, Co-Chair of the COS, said in an email.

The new Director of Sustainability position is also a way to involve sustainability in the College’s administrative structure. By straddling both the COS and the OSI, both bodies will be informed of sustainability activities and each will be able to support these initiatives more appropriately.

“The fellows did superb work, but they — and therefore the College’s sustainability program — were never at the administrative table,” Butler said. “For example, when changes were made to the College web pages that affected the sustainability program, we found out after the decisions were made because we were never involved in the administrative decision-making process.”

One of Lake’s goals for her tenure in the position is to better establish the College and Williamsburg community as a regional hub for sustainability.

She described her own experiences as a community member trying to find some local environmental volunteer opportunities, and the difficulty she encountered with finding anything relevant

and substantial.

“A few years ago, when I was trying to find ways to become more involved with sustainability in the community, I really had to search to find ways to do that,” said Lake. “I got lucky and stumbled across the Committee on Sustainability … I called up the Fellow and asked, ‘how can I get involved?’”

Natalie Hurd ’16, co-chair of the programs and education subcommittee for the Steering Committee of Sustainability, is very pleased with the appointment of Lake.

“I first met Calandra while working together on Earth Week last year, so I was very excited to hear about her appointment,” said Hurd in an email. “Her experience, enthusiasm and creative ideas are a wonderful addition to the campus community and W&M’s sustainability efforts.

Through events like monthly Sustainability Seminars at the Williamsburg Community Building and Earth Week, when local environmental organizations will be invited to table and promote their activities, Lake hopes to get the College more involved with local initiatives.

“Although William and Mary has done a lot with sustainability on their campus, I don’t feel that there is a prevalence in the community as there could be,” she said. “Living in Williamsburg, the College is the perfect place to go for new and innovative ideas.”

Flat Hat Variety Editor Devon Ivie contributed to this article.

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Truck facts — Nicole Broder ‘15 and Jes Carr ‘15 planted a mobile garden in a XXX pickup truck they bought off Craigslist — The pair converted the diesel engine that came with the car so that it could run on waste vegetable oil — During their first funding blitz, the two seniors were denied a grant request and didn’t reach their Kickstarter fundraising goal — The second campaign was more successful. The pair received $6,000 off Kickstarter and another $6,000 from the Committee on Sustainability

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Broder and Carr secured six thousand dollars from Kickstarter and a $6,000 Green Fee award from the Committee on Sustainability to match it during their second fundraising effort.

GARDEN

to go A story of botany in motion SARAH CASPARI // flat hat CHIEF STAFF WRITER

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f a stranger ever invites you out to a truck behind the Commons Dining Hall offering you a treat, few would fault you for calling the cops and running in the opposite direction. If the strangers who approach you are Nicole Broder ’15 and Jes Carr ’15, however, it’s probably safe to put the phone away, since the treat they’re offering is most likely just a fresh tomato or some mint leaves.

Broder and Carr’s Tribe Truck Farm at the College of William and Mary is a project that has recently sprouted on campus, after entering its seedling stage in the summer of 2012. Perhaps anachronistically, Broder and Carr are hoping it will take root in the upcoming year.

“What it is, basically, is a mobile garden in the bed of a pickup truck, the idea being educational outreach and growing your own food, and the ‘if I can grow this out of my truck you can grow it anywhere’ type of idea,” Carr said.

The truck, which they found on Craigslist, came with a regular diesel fuel engine. Broder and Carr then tinkered with the engine so that it can also run on waste vegetable oil. With the combination of fuel types, the engine gets the same mileage as it did before the conversion, but uses less gas and makes use of a byproduct that would normally go to waste.

If the mental image of a garden in the back of a truck is jarring, that’s because it’s supposed to be. Broder said that this odd coupling is part of what makes truck farms such effective educational tools.

“There’s an idea that agriculture in the world or in America is just these massive acres and acres of monoculture, and that’s how we think of how food is grown, but that’s not necessarily the only way that it can

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Broder and Carr are now are beginning to think of ways to open their garden up to the wider school community, as either a student organization or a branch of the Student Environmental Action Coalition.

be grown or the best way for it to be grown,” Broder said. “So the idea of the truck being kind of a weird thing is just one reason in itself, and the other being that a lot of people don’t have access to even fresh food in grocery stores. So being able to drive an actual garden to conceivably anywhere, to go meet the kids or meet people who don’t have access, is cool that they can now have that personal interaction with the garden.”

Broder and Carr have not begun their educational outreach yet, but are in the process of contacting local schools. However, while the College and the Williamsburg community are only now being introduced to the Tribe Truck Farm, Broder and Carr have seen it through from its conception during the summer of their freshman year, when Carr was on campus doing research and watched the documentary King Corn, which inspired her to think about farming in a new way.

The idea for the Tribe Truck Farm played to both of their interests in environmental science and agriculture. The part that was new to them was not farming, but funding. They applied for a Green Fee grant from the College Committee on Sustainability and started a Kickstarter campaign. They were denied the grant and fell short of their goal on Kickstarter, meaning that they received none of the money donors had offered.

The second time was the charm, though. After setting their crowdfunding sights lower they secured six thousand dollars from Kickstarter and a Green Fee award to match it. Former Sustainability Fellow Patrick Foley ’12 oversaw their efforts.

“Tribe Truck Farm stood out to me because it was such a novel

approach to environmental education,” Foley said in an email. “Many of our campus projects raise awareness of environmental issues, but the truck farm provides a hands-on opportunity for service. I worked with Nicole and Jes on securing funding for the project through Green Fees at W&M, as well as getting administrative support from the Committee on Sustainability. This project has the potential to benefit the campus and community for a long time moving forward. It›s personal for me because I see it as a part of my legacy now that I›m no longer at William and Mary.”

Environmental sustainability is at the heart of the project, but Broder and Carr are still grappling with a different form of sustainability: the project’s longevity at the College. They kept the project between themselves in its beginning stages, but now are beginning to think of ways open it up to the wider community, as either a student organization or a branch of the Student Environmental Action Coalition. Both said they see a real interest in sustainable food movements on campus, but that these movements lack cohesion and visisbility.

“There’s a lot of cool stuff [occurring] on this campus, but it’s a little bit disjointed, and maybe we’re just adding another joint that’s not connected,” Broder said. “But we’re hoping that what we’ll be able to do is, because the truck can go to wherever each of these things are, it will help provide this sort of connection, and a visual thing that people can think about and connect to when they think about food and sustainable agriculture specifically within the context of the William and Mary community.”

CONFUSION CORNER

Oh, no, please, tell me more about your grandmother

Participation grades are like second-hand smoke: forgettable, insidious, and as hip as outdoor bars in SoHo

Zoe Johnson

Confusion corner columnist

‘Tis the season for boots, scarves, cider, pumpkin spice lattes and midterms. Indeed, don’t forget that between apple picking with “bae” and watching the leaves change colors you have more salient activities to attend to, such as studying, stressing and sleepless nights.

Yes, like the Elephant Graveyard in “The Lion King,” midterms are just over the horizon, Simba. However, none of this really bothers me.

What bothers me the most about midterm season is the dismal reality that it’s five weeks into our classes and

I haven’t said a word yet. Don’t get me wrong, it doesn’t bother me that I haven’t volunteered my thoughts on Newton’s Fifth Law of Science or whatever it’s called; it bothers me that I keep forgetting I’m actually being graded on my choice to remain silent.

Like incarnations of Simon Cowell for academia, our professors are judging and grading our vocal chords during every class, and that grade is a factor in our overall midterm and final grades.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the fault in our participation grades.

I think I speak for all students when I say that participation grades are like secondhand smoke: the thing that we forget is slowly killing us when we try to be “hip” and hit up those cool outdoor bars in SoHo everyone is talking about.

Yeah, great idea. In my time at the College it seems that the value of participation grades and my willingness to participate are on

an inverse scale. Not always, but generally speaking, participation grades are bordering on 30 and 40 percent of your final grade by the time you reach 400 level classes, also known as a time when simply making an appearance in every class and meeting all work deadlines feels like enough. And why shouldn’t it be enough? Are you telling me that Larry Lethargic over here, who only comes to class four times a semester, but dominates the class discussion each time he makes an appearance, gets a higher participation grade than me?

This must be a sick joke.

Another reason I question the ethics of participation grades is because professors don’t always value some comments over others. That sounds harsh, but let me explain. If you give perfect, analytical, in-depth comments in class about once a month, those rare comments should be valued higher than the kid who relates the topic to something her

grandmother said every time she gets the chance. Now the whole class has to listen to her tangent as the minutes go by, decreasing everyone else’s opportunities to jump in the conversation. Additionally, forced conversations are about as awkward as … forced conversations in general, am I right? Students everywhere have said this time and time again, and yet it comes in like a wrecking ball in millions of classrooms around America.

I’m assuming. No official statistics.

What am I talking about? Calling on students when their hands aren’t raised. I guess I can understand why professors enjoy doing this so much.

I’m having stress dreams about it, okay? That’s how out of control this epidemic has gotten.

In short, there is entirely too much pressure on what should be the most enjoyable part of the classroom experience. Students come to class with a variety of personality types. I

know that life isn’t fair, but it seems avoidably unfair that those with more timid personalities are personally victimized by participation grades.

If the goal is to make sure that each student is completing the assigned work, then why not throw in a pop quiz, or require some sort of weekly written feedback to allow students the opportunity to comfortably express themselves. If the goal is to feed your ego when we are inevitably stumped by your surprise questions, then please make like Drake in Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” music video and have a seat. Please, I only want to stress about midterms and the high sugar levels in my daily Candy Corn intake, not about trying to find this mythical perfect formula for a high participation grade.

Zoe Johnson is a Confusion Corner Columnist who recognizes that there are probably things worse than the participation grade out there. Total war, for example.

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Staying the course

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Junior goalkeeper Caroline Casey and the Tribe improved to 7-2-1 over the weekend, recovering from a 1-0 loss against Northeastern with a 4-0 drubbing of Hofstra.

After first loss in six games, College finds dominant win CHRIS WEBER FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary split a two-game weekend, dropping its conference opener to Northeastern 1-0 before scoring three secondhalf goals to down Hofstra 4-0 Sunday.

“It was a tough opening to play teams like Northeastern and Hofstra back-to-back with less than a day and a half of rest. It’s not ideal and I’m thankful we rebounded emotionally from Friday night,” head coach John Daly told Tribe Athletics. “Friday night was really disappointing because we did play well, we had a couple of easy chances that we didn’t take, and then we didn’t take care of the ball and they put it away.”

Northeastern and the Tribe (7-2-1, 1-1 CAA) traded blows for the better part of 80 minutes.

The Huskies (7-3-2, 2-0 CAA) broke through with ten minutes remaining in regulation, as Mackenzie Dowd managed to poke a loose ball into the corner after a corner.

The College struggled to produce any more chances as time expired. All told, the Huskies outshot the Tribe 10-8 and maintained a 6-0 corner-kick advantage.

While the College failed to convert chances Friday, it succeeded Sunday against Hofstra (6-5, 1-1). Sophomore defender Clara Logsdon opened the scoring in the 35th minute, placing a shot in the top right corner of the net. The goal was the first of her collegiate career.

“On Friday, we had similar chances but didn’t put them away,” Daly told Tribe Athletics. “We started today the same way. We had a couple of chances, good chances, and didn’t finish them and I started to think ‘Oh goodness, here we go again.’ Then, when we did score, it Logsdon took a little bit of the weight off of our shoulders.”

The second half featured three additional goals. Junior forward Samantha Cordum scored in the 64th minute, good for a teamleading sixth goal. Senior forward Anna Madden chipped in a goal three minutes later, lofting a shot over the Huskies keeper.

Senior forward and team captain Emory Camper notched her fourth goal of the season in the 83rd minute. Despite the offensive

VOLLEYBALL

dominance, Daly credited the Tribe’s midfield for much of the day’s success.

“We played well defensively, but the engine room of the team is the midfield. Nicole Baxter was absolutely outstanding today,” Daly told Tribe Athletics. “She had two assists, she broke attacks up, she played a great little ball in there at the end that could have been another goal.”

The College enjoyed a 22-7 advantage in shots, including a 13-shot second half. The win evened the Tribe’s conference ledger at a game apiece.

Daly, whose squad holds the National Collegiate Athletic Association record for consecutive winning seasons (33) and has made NCAA appearances in 16 of the last 21 seasons, emphasized the importance of Sunday’s win.

“To come back and win today was really what the doctor ordered, and thankfully we had the prescription and we did it,” Daly told Tribe Athletics.

The College returns to the pitch for a twogame road swing Friday and Sunday, facing CAA opponents University of North CarolinaWilmington and the College of Charleston, respectively.

GOLF

Coming up short Tribe places 12th JMU shut out by JMU, 3-0

College plays on west coast

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James Madison withstood a late first set surge and held on for a 3-0 victory over William and Mary Friday night in Kaplan Arena. The loss marks the fourth game in which the College hasn’t won a set.

With a run to tie the first set 18, the College (4-11, 0-1 CAA) looked to take the first set from James Madison (9-5, 1-0 CAA).. But the Tribe’s runs of 4-1 and 5-1 fell by the wayside as its Colonial Athletic Association rival JMU finished strong, capping the first set with a 25-21 victory over the College.

Junior Dessi Koleva’s performance against James Madison gives some promise in future matchups, though, as the outside hitter racked up 12 kills. Not only was Koleva an offensive force, she kept the College competitive with a team-high 13 digs.

In the second set, the Dukes and the Tribe matched up point for point, progressing up from a 13-13 tie to 19-19. However, three of the College’s nine errors came in the last six points, allowing the Dukes to pull off another 25-21 set victory. James Madison held constant with five errors per set, while the Tribe struggled, committing a total of 22 to the Duke’s 15.

After the second set loss, the College struggled to get into gear during the third set, although the Tribe did claim the first point. That lone score didn’t keep the Tribe from falling behind early, as the Dukes posted a 25-19 set victory to close the match.

In addition to Koleva, freshman Sara Zumbach recorded ten digs and sophomore Gabrielle Pe added 11 digs. The Tribe out blocked the Dukes 9-7.

The College continues conference play with a home matchup in Kaplan Arena against the University of North Carolina-Wilmington (11-5, 1-1) Wednesday.

The match starts at 7 p.m.

William and Mary traveled across the country to compete in the Wyoming Cowgirl Desert Intercollegiate last weekend, finishing 12th out of 16 teams.

The Classics Club, the site of the two-day tournament, is located 120 miles east of Los Angeles in Palm City, Ca. and is not even close to the state of Wyoming. The University of Wyoming hosted the event, which included San Jose, UC Riverside, Southern Utah, and several other western colleges.

The College of Charlestown, the 2013 Colonial Athletic Association champion, was also present at the competition.

The Tribe sent its current top five players — junior Tina Chang, freshman Katie Edelblut, sophomore Mia Zanghetti, senior Kelly Okun, and junior Alessandra Liu — to compete for the College. Okun and Liu have been the leaders on the squad, as Okun has registered a 0.736 winning percentage along with a 78 Liu strokes per round average, while Liu has earned a 0.912 winning percentage by virtue of a 74.8 strokes per round.

Liu had a nearly flawless performance at the California resort, finishing 10th overall among 92 golfers with a 13-plus mark above the par of 72.

However, Liu was only five strokes above second place, as the competitive margin was razor thin.

Edelblut, making her first appearance in the Tribe scoring lineup, finished 53rd, marking a promising start to her career. Zanghetti ended 56th, while Chang and Okun finished 60th and 74th respectively.

The Tribe was by no means a distant 12th, as the College finished a mere ten strokes out of the top five in the competition.

Up next for the Tribe is a three-day tournament back on the east coast, the Nittany Lion Invitational hosted by Penn State Oct. 3. The tournament will feature one round per day. Despite the quick turnaround, the College will be looking to give a strong performance in the tournament, which will feature many Ivy League schools.

COURTESY PHOTO / TRIBE ATHLETICS

Freshman Sara Zumbach and the Tribe have lost nine straight.

CROSS COUNTRY

Women take 2nd

Hennessey places 3rd overall CHRIS WEBER FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR William and Mary rounded out its September schedule at the Panorama Farms Invitational Friday. The No. 26 women’s squad finished second in the 10-team field, while the men’s side earned an eighth-place finish in the 12-team field.

Junior Carolyn Henessey paced the College and placed third overall, completing the 6k in 20 minutes and 53 seconds.

Henessey continues a strong fall season in which she has crossed first, second and third in three meets. Freshman Regan Rome placed in the top 10 thanks to a 21:18 performance, while senior Dylan Hassett’s 21:29 run earned 11th place. Junior standout Emily Stites did not race.

Sleight As a team, the College earned 74 points, good for second overall. No. 10 Virginia won with 37 points, while Wake Forest and Arizona rounded out the top four. Furman and Auburn tied for fifth.

The men finished with the lowest time-spread among their top four runners, but couldn’t crack the top seven. Host No. 13 Virginia won the event, with Furman and No. 12 Iona rounding out the podium. The College’s 212 points did top Wake Forest, Duke, Bucknell and Clemson.

Individually, sophomore Trevor Sleight led the Tribe, finishing the 8k course in 25 minutes. Juniors Nathanial Hermsmeier and Ryan Gousse and sophomore Faris Sakaliah all finished within 15 seconds of Sleight.

The men’s side will have two weeks off before a split-squad weekend Oct. 18. The varsity side travels to the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational while the rest of the team competes at the Christopher Newport University Invitational.

The women’s squad will follow suit, splitting between Wisconsin and Newport News, Va.

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Junior Carolyn Hennessey finished third overall at the weekend tourney.

SCOREBOARD Football (4-1, 1-0 CAA) Sept. 27: W, William and Mary (4-1, 1-0 CAA) 27, Stony Brook (1-4, 0-1 CAA) 21

Colonial Athletic Association Albany (4-0, 1-0) .....................1.000.........W4 William and Mary (4-1, 1-0)....0.800........W4 Delaware (3-1, 1-0)...................0.750........W3 New Hampshire (3-1, 1-0).......0.750........W3 Villanova (3-1, 1-0)...................0.750........W3 Maine (2-2, 0-0)........................0.500........W1 Elon (1-3, 0-0)............................0.250.........L1 Richmond (2-2, 0-1)..................0.500.........L1 Towson (2-3, 0-1).......................0.400.........L1 Stony Brook (1-4, 0-1)...............0.200.........L2 Rhode Island (0-4, 0-1).............0.000.........L4 James Madison (2-3, 0-2).........0.400..........L2

Cumulative Statistics Through five games Sophomore quarterback Steve Cluley 58 of 114, 793 yards, 2 TD, 2 Int Junior tailback Mikal Abdul-Saboor 73 rushes, 395 yards, 5 TD Senior wideout Sean Ballard 11 receptions, 207 yards, TD Senior kicker John Carpenter 10 of 13 field goals, 12 for 12 PATs

Cross country

Tennis

Sept. 26: Panorama Farms Invitational Men finished No. 8 (field of 12) Women finished No. 2 (field of 10)

Men: Sept. 27 to Oct. 3

All-American Championships Women: Oct. 10-12,

Bulldog Invitational

Golf

Volleyball (4-11, 0-2 CAA)

Men: Sept. 20-21, Wolf Run Intercollegiate Finished No. 5 (field of 15) Women: Sept. 27-28, Wyoming Desert Classic Finished No. 12 (field of 16)

Field hockey (3-7, 0-0 CAA) Sept. 21: L, Duke (9-3) 3, College 0 Sept. 26: W, College 8, Appalachian State (2-9) 4 Sept. 28: W, College 2, Davidson (1-8) 0 Oct. 3: vs Towson, 6 p.m.

Men’s soccer (3-6, 0-1 CAA) Sept. 8: L, N.C. State (3-3-2) 1, College 0 Sept. 12: L, St. Francis (5-3-1) 1, College 0 Sept. 16: L, North Carolina (5-3-0) 2, College 0 Sept. 21: L, Georgetown (5-1-3) 1, College 0 Sept. 24: W, College 2, UMBC (3-4-2) 1 Sept. 27: L, UNC-W (7-1-1) 1, College 0 Sept. 30: at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Sept. 20: L, Coastal Carolina (11-4) 3, College 0 Sept. 23: L, VCU (7-7) 3, College 0 Sept. 26: L, James Madison (9-5) 3, College 0 Oct. 1: vs UNC-Wilmington, 7 p.m.

Women’s soccer (7-2-1, 1-1 CAA) Sept. 21: W, College 4, Princeton (2-3-2) 1 Sept. 26: L, Northeastern (7-3-2) 1, College 0 Sept. 28: W, College 4, Hofstra (6-5-0) 0 Oct. 3: at UNC-Wilmington, 7 p.m.

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The Flat Hat | Tuesday, September 30, 2014 | Page 8

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Sophomore quaterback Steve Cluley hit senior wideout Sean Ballard for a 52yard catch and run to send the game into overtime during Saturday’s CAA win.

MICK SLOAN FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR The game was all but over for William and Mary in Stony Brook, N.Y. Saturday.

A Stony Brook 33-yard touchdown run erased a furious Tribe comeback effort, leaving the College with a 21-14 deficit with just 72 seconds remaining.

After winning three consecutive games Ballard in progressively chaotic fashion, the Tribe (4-1, 1-0 CAA) needed a rare level of heroism to stay alive and pick up its first Colonial Athletic Association win.

When all hope seemed lost, senior receiver Sean Ballard changed the game’s outcome. The senior — often obscured by teammates such as senior receiver Tre McBride and junior running back Mikal Abdul-Saboor — shone brightest.

With 34 seconds left in the game, Ballard grabbed a 10-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Steve Cluley, whipped around his defender, and raced up the

right sideline. Ballard sprinted past the Seawolves’ defense and into the endzone for a 52-yard touchdown, a 21-21 tie and new life.

The game moved into overtime, where the Tribe defense smothered Stony Brook and blocked its ensuing field goal attempt.

Holding the ball at the 25-yard line and needing just a field goal to win, the Tribe turned it over to Abdul-Saboor.

After a Seawolves facemask penalty gave the College a first down at the 12, Abdul-Saboor blitzed his way into the endzone to secure the 27-21 win. The touchdown was Abdul-Saboor’s second of the day. Abdul-Saboor finished with 116 yards on 26 attempts to lead the College’s offense.

Cluley finished 21 of 32, with a career high 243 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Ballard led the College with 92 yards on six catches, while freshman receiver Devonte Dedmon finished with four receptions for 67 yards.

Despite the thrilling finish, the game started disastrously for the College. The Tribe’s first possession collapsed deep in Stony Brook territory, when Cluley misfired in the endzone and Stony

Brook’s Davonte Anderson corralled the interception. The turnover put the Seawolves on their own 20, and the offense effortlessly drove 80 yards to take a 7-0 lead on Marcus Coker’s nine yard touchdown run.

After the College’s next drive ended with a punt, Stony Brook struck again.

Adrian Coxson streaked raced past the Tribe defense and hauled in an 83yard bomb for another Stony Brook touchdown, leaving the Tribe with a 14-0 deficit.

The Tribe couldn’t muster any offensive firepower in the second quarter.

At the start of the quarter, the College punted after three plays and settled for a field goal to cut the deficit to 14-3. As Stony Brook entered halftime with a 14-3 lead, the Tribe appeared unable to mount any meaningful resistance.

The Tribe offense woke up after halftime. The College worked its way to the Stony Brook three-yard line, and senior kicker John Carpenter’s 29-yard field goal made the score 14-6.

With the offense showing signs of life, the Tribe defense also picked up its performance. After struggling to contain

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Stony Brook early in the game, the College held the Seawolves to just 36 yards in the third quarter.

After two stalled Stony Brook drives, the Tribe started a critical possession at its own 20 late in the third quarter. AbdulSaboor started the drive by catching a screen pass for 16 yards, and a roughing the passer penalty moved the ball to the Seawolves’ 49-yard line. Two plays later, Dedmon hauled in a 45-yard reception to move the ball to the Stony Brook goal line, and Abdul-Saboor immediately crashed into the endzone. The touchdown cut Stony Brook’s lead to 14-12, forcing the Tribe to attempt a rare two-point conversion.

Events then turned dramatic. In a bit of ingenuity, Cluley handed off to AbdulSaboor, who rolled to his left and handed off to a streaking McBride. McBride lofted a throw to an open Cluley, who reeled in the pass to tie the game at 14. The wide receiver’s pass caught the Seawolves by surprise, and the gamble tied the game with eight seconds left in the third quarter.

As the fourth quarter commenced, both sides failed to make a dent in the 1414 stalemate for several minutes. However,

the Seawolves finally drew blood with 72 seconds remaining, as Stacey Bedell dodged two diving Tribe defenders and sprinted up the right sideline for a 33-yard score. The play protracted the Stony Brook lead to 21-14.

That was when fate — and Ballard — intervened. His touchdown staved off defeat, and Ballard’s teammates did the rest in overtime. After the dust cleared, the Tribe left New York with its most dramatic victory of the year, and with its early season winning streak intact at four.

Cluley’s 32 passing attempts was a career high, and he completed 66 percent of his throws for an average of 7.6 yards per attempt. Despite being forced to throw on the Tribe’s final drive, the sophomore was accurate and put his team in position to win. While Abdul-Saboor carried the Tribe offense in overtime, Cluley proved his worth.

The Tribe will be idle next weekend, taking a week off following an intense series of games. The College next travels to Durham, N.H. to take on New Hampshire Oct. 11. The Tribe will return to Zable Stadium Oct. 18, when it faces Villanova on Homecoming weekend.

FIELD HOCKEY

Tribe falls in overtime, 1-0 College earns second, third wins

Golden goal loss marks fifth in last six matches

Tribe scores eight Friday before winning 2-0 shutout Sunday

JACK POWERS FLAT HAT ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR

MICK SLOAN FLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

William and Mary lost its fifth match in six games, falling to North Carolina-Wilmington 1-0 Saturday night at Martin Family Stadium. After 102 minutes of a scoreless stalemate, the Tribe finally conceded a golden goal in the second overtime period in the team’s first Colonial Athletic Association match of the year.

“It’s disappointing, obviously, to lose in overtime, but Wilmington was a very good team, and they gave us everything we could handle,” head coach Chris Norris said. “In fairness, we played really hard and I thought we defended really well. We created a few situations but probably not enough to expect to win the game. But I think a draw would have been a fair result.”

Two minutes into the final overtime period, the Seahawks (7-1-1, 1-0 CAA) crossed the ball to the right side of the College’s box off a free kick. Two players sought possession, but Seahawks forward Mateo Cardona got to the pass first, cleanly swiping it past a lunging Tribe defender for an open shot on goal. Cardona’s shot passed senior goalkeeper Bennett Jones for the lone goal of the game. The 1-0 loss drops the Tribe to 3-6 overall and 0-1 in conference.

The majority of the game’s action took place in the middle third of the field, as both teams traded possessions and largely limited scoring chances.

The Tribe produced two shots on goal, one of which came from freshman midfielder Jackson Eskay as the last seconds of the first overtime period ticked down.

The Seahawks finished with four shots on goal.

The Seahawks’s victory was their fifth straight, a streak which includes three wins over ranked opponents. The Seahawks came into the game fresh off a 2-1 win over No. 23 Duke. The Tribe’s loss is its fifth over the past six matches.

Although the College’s defense held strong, the Seahawks earned twelve corner kicks, accounting for most of their chances. The College earned just two corner kicks as its possession on the offensive third

was a rare sight for most of the match. Errant passes and forced volleys coupled with the Seahawk’s strong defense kept the Tribe’s offense off-balance.

The College did have a few semi-promising opportunities to break through. The first came in the 23rd minute as senior forward Chris Albiston found space on a counterattack and penetrated the Seahawks’ goal box. Albiston’s open angle closed down quickly, however, and his shot was shanked far to the right. Albiston had another breakaway into the box nine minutes into the first overtime period, evoking a spontaneous buzz from the crowd, but he failed to fire a shot.

The College’s offensive slump fit into an increasingly gloomy pattern, as it marked the team’s fifth shutout loss in its past six matches.

After the game, Norris laid out intended offensive improvements.

“One, I think we[’ve] got to do better getting some width, especially against a team that is organized defensively like Wilmington,” Norris said. “We didn’t do a good enough job of getting the ball wide and getting service into the box. Secondly, the players have to do a better job of playing simply and combining. There’s not enough rhythm. There’s not enough flow. There’s too many turnovers. They’re all very good players, but I think we just need to get back to basics a little bit.”

As the first period of overtime faded into frustration, the second barely began before the Seahawks ended it. The suddenness of the strike — especially after over 100 minutes of clenched-teeth defense — left the Tribe with a tough start to its conference season.

The College hits the road to take on No. 21 Charlotte (6-1) Tuesday. The match is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

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Stuck in the middle of a nightmarish season, William and Mary found the light with two wins this weekend. The College roared past Appalachian State, 8-4, Friday before shutting out Davidson, 2-0, Sunday. Both victories took place on the road and give the Tribe (3-7) some semblance of momentum as it approaches the conference season.

The College got off to a bleak start against Appalachian State, as the Mountaineers drew first blood with a goal in the seventh minute to leave the Tribe with a 1-0 deficit. The College rebounded quickly, however, tying the game 1-1 with freshman midfielder Erin Menges’s goal three minutes later.

The squads traded possession for several minutes, but the Tribe struck again in the 22nd minute when junior forward Pippin Saunders corralled a rebound off the goalpost and fired a shot.

Saunders’s goal staked the Tribe to a 2-1 lead that it held until halftime.

The scoring ramped up after intermission, as senior forward Lindsey Buckheit took a pass from senior defender Navneet Singh and fired a strike into the net. Though the Mountaineers scored just three minutes later, Buckheit’s goal provided the Tribe a 3-2 lead in the 39th minute.

The contest then tilted irreversibly in the College’s favor. The Tribe scored five unanswered goals, building the lead to 8-2 by the 63rd minute with an offensive onslaught. Menges and Saunders each scored a second goal, and senior midfielders Emma Clifton and Brittany Hopkins and sophomore midfielder Mary Flick each added a goal to the Tribe’s mammoth tally.

Although the Mountaineers scrambled for two goals late in the game, the Tribe’s damage had been done and the game concluded with an 8-4 victory.

The Tribe’s eight goals is a season high — in the eight games prior, the College had only scored nine goals combined. The win was the Tribe’s first triumph since Sept. 5, and it snapped a losing streak of five matches.

In stark contrast to Friday’s scoring explosion, the College’s win over Davidson was a tense, defensive affair. The combatants traded possession for several minutes at the onset. The Wildcats began with three shots in the first four minutes of action before the College quickly matched with three of its own.

The Tribe finally connected in the 16th minute, as Buckheit swept a score into the net with an assist from Flick. The score gave the Tribe a 1-0 advantage.

After the College gained its lead, the two sides failed to score for the next 43 minutes, a drought that stretched across halftime and into the late stages of the game. The Tribe added an insurance goal in the 59th minute, when sophomore Maria Pastor took an assist from Singh and fired a shot into the net for a 2-0 lead. The College held the shutout for the remaining 11 minutes of game play to seal its second consecutive victory.

Despite only mustering two goals in the contest, the Tribe out-shot the Wildcats 18-7 and placed 12 shots on target. Only a strong performance from Davidson’s Emily Leytham, who logged 10 saves, stopped the Tribe from running amok offensively for a second straight match.

With a 2-0 showing over the weekend, the Tribe has won consecutive matches for the first time of the season. The College now turns to its conference schedule, with six of its next eight matches coming against Colonial Athletic Association opponents.

The Tribe returns to action Friday, Oct. 3, facing Towson at Busch Field in Williamsburg, Va. at 6 p.m.

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Senior midfielder Emma Clifton scored in Friday’s 8-4 win.