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Celebrities’ and pop stars’ Twitter accounts frequently come under fire for inappropriate tweets. On Tuesday, the College of William and Mary Center for Student Diversity joined their ranks with a possibly illegal tweet about the elections in support of President Barack Obama’s campaign.

According to TheBlaze, the center posted a tweet from its @WMDiversityCtr twitter account that

read, “If anyone wants to help the Obama Campaign go to 201 Peniman St. Contact CSD [Center for Student Diversity] for more information.”

According to Virginia’s Conflict of Interest Act, 2.2-3100, the use of any state resources for political purposes is illegal. The College, as a publically funded institution, falls under this category, and College staff, as state employees, cannot use state equipment or resources for political activities.

Center for Student Diversity administrators explained that the meaning

of the message had been misconstrued.“First, for the

sake of clarity, this community service opportunity was not sponsored or endorsed by the Center for Student Diversity,” Assistant to the

Vice President and Senior Associate Dean of Students Director Vernon Hurte said. “Instead, it was an opportunity organized by

a group of current students. It has been our practice in the Center for Student Diversity to share information about upcoming events and service opportunities through our listserv and social media outlets that are submitted to us by student groups.”

Evan Maraist ’14, however, perceived the tweet as blatantly political.

“We’re a pubic college; we’re funded by taxpayer money,” Maraist said. “It’s illegal to take partisan sides, and I think that’s exactly what happened here.”

Associate Vice President of

Communications and University Relations Brian Whitson explained the events surrounding the publishing of the tweet.

“A student assistant in the Center for Student Diversity put out the tweet late [Tuesday] afternoon,” Whitson said in an email. “It was intended to be an informational item (the Center often puts out information for student organizations on meetings or activities) and not a call to action but we agree it

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Alex Miller ’13 calculates large numbers daily. As an undergraduate research assistant for AidData at the College of William and Mary, he catalogs global development finances for data collection projects. In 10 years, AidData has created a database of over 1 million individual development finance activities that total $5.4 trillion.

But this fall, Miller and other members at AidData encountered its largest number yet: an award from the United States Agency for International Development of $25 million, the largest single financial award in the College’s history.

AidData received the five-year, $25 million award as part of USAID’s Higher Education Solutions Network Program to establish institutional partnerships for global development initiatives. The College is one of seven institutions chosen out of a pool of 500 applicants. Other institutions selected include Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California-Berkeley, Texas A&M University, Michigan State University, Duke University and a university in Uganda.

With the money, the College will take the lead in creating the AidData Center for Development Policy that will use geospatial data to create open-data collections which track the impact of foreign aid. The College will collaborate with Development Gateway, Brigham Young University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Esri, a Global Information Systems technology company.

“William and Mary has already been quite a leader in learning how to use and apply open-data systems,” USAID administrator Rajiv Shah said.

The open-data systems will allow people and organizations to track information about the areas with the greatest needs during natural disasters or the areas where malaria is likely to be more prevalent.

Professor Mike Tierney, co-director of the College’s Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations, will serve as the director of the center. Tierney noted that AidData’s capabilities will expand

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Late Nov. 6, members of the Young Democrats gathered in a room in Blow Memorial Hall to watch as the election results came in.

Cassie Berman ’14 attended the event after voting earlier that day and noted that attendees were on the edge of their seats early in the night.

“There definitely was an air of excitement,” Berman said. “Romney and Obama were still pretty tied up. People seemed pretty confident but not over-confident.”

Intense political fervor swept through the College of William and Mary on Tuesday, along with tidings of tremendous energy. Students with diverse political inclinations cast local as well as absentee

ballots, lending their voices to the climactic conclusion of a heated 2012 election cycle.

President Barack Obama won the city of Williamsburg with 63.28 percent of the vote, while Senator-elect Tim Kaine also won in Williamsburg with 66.32 percent of the vote. In the race for Virginia’s first congressional district, Adam Cook (D) won Williamsburg with 58.62 percent of the vote but lost the race garnering only 39.5 percent of votes in the entire district. The incumbent, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA-1) won the election with 57.9 percent.

More than 7,700 residents of Williamsburg came to the polls on Tuesday. More than 1,000 voters turned out for this election than in the last election cycle in 2008.

When Ryan Warsing ’15 made it to the polls on Nov. 6, he wasn’t prepared for the long wait.

“It was my first time voting. … I waited 45 minutes, and I got there at about 11:00,” Warsing said. “It was a long wait; some people had to wait a little longer after [me].”

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Tuesday, Nov. 6 — Drug and narcotic violations were reported on Richmond Rd.

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Wednesday, Nov. 7 — On Richmond Rd., an individual was arrested for profanity and being drunk in public.

Thursday, Nov. 8 — An individual was arrested for possession of marijuana on Second St.

Mexico, our underappreciated and misunderstood southern neighbor, is often portrayed as a backward place where drugs, donkeys and crazy people roam free. Seeking to dispel those myths, Junior Daniel Breslauer shared his love and fascination for our neighbor to the south. “I think that Americans need to respect Mexico more. We often don’t talk about it. We have outdated views on it and we need to realize that it’s a constantly changing country like all the others. And most importantly, it is given a much more negative image than it deserves,” said Breslauer. Mexico has a rich culture full of art, music, food and color. It is a melange of Spanish culture and indigenous cultures, including Mayan, Aztec and Toltec which have been present in the are for thousands of years.

The Weather Channel names winter storms

In a press release, The Weather Channel announced that they are naming all storms for the 2012-2013 winter season. TWC says that the naming will increase awareness about winter storms, and encourage preparedness. TWC released a list of 26 names, beginning with “Athena”, and continuing through the alphabet with names like “Gandolf” and “Q”. According to the Washington Post, the National Weather Service refuses to recognize the names, and even released a memo that ordered employees to not use the name in any forecasts. Other weather services such as AccuWeather have expressed concern over TWC’s naming initiative, and the lack of coordination with the NWS.

Former Penn State President criminally charged

According to the New York Times, Former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier, among other high-ranking University officials, was charged with perjury, obstruction of justice, endangering the welfare of children and criminal conspiracy. The charges were filed Thursday, nearly a year after authorities in Pennsylvania arrested Jerry Sandusky. Spanier had exchanged emails with two university officials regarding Sandusky and chose to confront Sandusky directly instead of turning to authorities. Pennsylvania’s attorney general Linda Kelly stated that Spanier, along with the two officials, participated in a “conspiracy of silence.”

Students riot on election night

Though many students celebrated the reelection of President Barack Obama Tuesday night, other students both at Hampden-Sydney College in central Virginia and the University of Mississippi expressed their anger with racially charged aggression. According to the Washington Post, a group of 40 students at Hampden-Sydney College, an all-male school, threatened violence and shouted racial epithets at members of a minority group on campus. As quoted by the Washington Post, president of the college Chris Howard condemned the incident saying, “there is no place for bigotry or racism of any kind on this campus.” Similarly at the University of Mississippi, hundreds of students expressed racially politicized chants.

Alabama student charged with animal cruelty

According to the Huffington Post, a student at the University of Montevallo received four felony charges for first-degree animal cruelty. 19-year-old Christian Todd Slaton was arrested for allegedly dismembering three stray cats and displaying their body parts around campus in October. The carcasses were found near the university president’s home, strung up on a flag pole on the main quad, and near a well-known statue. Slaton was arrested Nov. 6, and posted $5,000 bail for each of the charges.

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gave the wrong impression.” Hurte agreed, citing the service

opportunities involvement with the Obama campaign as coincidence.

“A student assistant in our office put out the tweet yesterday afternoon with the intention of informing those who follow us on Twitter about a community service opportunity, which happened to be assisting the Obama campaign,” Hurte said.

According to TheBlaze, the center did not send a tweet out publicizing the community service opportunity to volunteer for Mitt

Romney’s campaign.“If the tweet [had been] sent out on behalf

of the Romney campaign, students would be outraged,” Maraist said. “We’re a public college. The college doesn’t have any right to take a stance on these political issues. … I think it’s undeniable that this tweet was clearly put out on political grounds.”

Whitson assured the public of the bipartisan role of the College in Tuesday’s elections.

“As a university, we encourage student engagement but we don’t take sides in elections,” Whitson said in an email. “When it came to our attention, [the tweet] was removed.”

Hurte also emphasized the center’s role on campus.

“The Center for Student Diversity is committed to supporting the College’s goal of maintaining a more fully diverse campus community, which includes diversity in political ideology,” Hurte said.

However, the legality of the tweet remains a question.

“I will say that the right people are aware of this situation, and I’m completely confident that they’ll take the right action [if this is illegal],” Maraist said, “If they did break the law, I think that more than an apology would be in order.”

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with the additional funds.“We have the most comprehensive

database of global development finances,” Tierney said. “One thing we don’t have is a database about the location. Donors haven’t done a very good job at tracking the location of their donations. If you know where these projects are, you can target the aid to make it more effective.”

Tierney credited Professor Stuart Hamilton, director of the GIS Center at the College, with bringing geospatial data to his attention. Hamilton

approached Tierney and recommended that AidData look into GIS in order to effectively target aid in developing countries.

“In the end, he was right,” Tierney said.

The new Center will engage experts from various departments, including Hamilton in the geology department, but it will also utilize student assistants from departments such as government, economics and computer science.

For Miller and other students, the new center means additional opportunities at the College.

“It’s primarily an expansion of our scope and our capabilities,” Miller said. “Right now, we only have researchers in the [United States], and this will expand it out to developing countries. They can actually catalog their own development.”

Here at the College, that means better data for AidData to analyze and the potential for the center to expand their geocoding operations. Miller has worked with geocoding, a relatively new area in global development finances that will be further developed in the new center.

“It certainly means that we as students have an opportunity to be what’s on the cutting edge of research in this field,” Miller said.

To continue with the advanced research, Tierney and Brad Parks, AidData’s co-executive director, plan to collaborate with 80 researchers from around the world in a research consortium.

The program kicks off Friday, when Tierney joins the other recipients at USAID’s launch of the program in Washington D.C.

“If we succeed in our work, this will actually have an impact in peoples’ lives in the developing world,” Tierney said. “Each aid dollar will be better spent.”

some people had to wait a little longer after [me].”

At the College, the Student Assembly played an integral part in the efforts to get out the student vote at the College. The Student Assembly’s Director of Voter Registration Zachary Woodward ’14 said that the SA distributed flyers with election information, provided rides to the polls and answered questions from students throughout the day Tuesday.

Woodward presumed that student turnout at the College was particularly high in this election.

“It’s impossible to determine pure student voter turnout since the polls do not distinguish between a student and a non-student voter,” Woodward said. “However, based on Williamsburg’s unofficial election results from the State Board of Elections, I strongly believe that student voter turnout was higher than ever on Tuesday.”

Social media revealed a large amount of political expression leading up to the election. The community Facebook page “Overheard at William and Mary” showed over 30 posts about the election in just 24 hours Nov. 6.

Sarah Gaspari ’14 commented that political involvement on campus was highly visible on social media like Facebook.

“I was blown away by seeing the political involvement of my peers during the election process,” Gaspari said. “While the [Facebook] posts and

comments may have been irritating at times … I was impressed at the passion I saw underlying them.”

Political organizations like the College Republicans and the Young Democrats worked to inform and motivate voters on and before Election Day.

“We ran a great campaign, we ran an amazing campaign,” College Republicans member Evan Maraist ’14 said. “We put up record numbers here in the Newport News area. … I guarantee you we will win next time around. Today is Day One.”

Maraist described the groups campaign efforts.

“In the last two days alone, we made over 1,200 phone calls over cell phones,” Maraist said. “I’m extremely proud of every single one of my volunteers.”

All organized efforts to turn out student voters and facilitate voting on Tuesday aside, the College’s voice in the election ultimately came down to the actions and experiences of the individual student voters.

Jarrell Raper ’15 said that he had a wholly positive experience at the polls on Tuesday.

“It was my first time [voting], and it was exciting to know my vote was counted and helped Obama win Virginia.”

Gaspari walked away from the polls content with the experience.

“Winners and losers aside, this was the first election I was able to vote in, and it was a very rewarding experience to vote,” Gaspari said. “I felt a sense of very real investment in my country and its future.”

Despite a rough economy, the City of Williamsburg has seen the addition of 29 businesses to the city in the past year.

At the Williamsburg City Council meeting Nov. 8, City Manager Jackson Tuttle noted that the monthly financial statements recorded a growth in businesses within the city.

“As of this month, we have 815 businesses in the city,” Tuttle said. “At the same time last year there were 786. The more, the merrier. We’re always looking for more businesses in the city.”

At the meeting, city council members also unanimously approved a request to build an addition to Spring Arbor Assisted Living Home, a facility specifically for Alzheimer’s and dementia residents. The addition would not increase the number of beds in the home from the current 92, but rather increase space for current residents.

“The purpose of the addition would be to alternate on an as-needed basis the number of special care beds with assisted living beds,” Deputy Planning Director Carolyn Murphy said.

Vice Mayor Paul Freiling ’83 spoke in favor of the proposal.

“I’d just like to offer that since Spring Arbor has been in operation,

I’ve not heard of any concerns about intensity of use, strain on the infrastructure, concerns from area residents … what I do believe is that there is a growing need in this community and around the country for memory unit care,” Freiling said.

City Engineer Steve Martin presented a proposal for improvements to the corridor between the city and Busch Gardens.

“These funds will be used to construct sidewalks, a multi-use trail, lighting and landscape improvements along York Street between Page Street and Quarterpath Road,” Martin said. “The estimate for the project is $611,500, and the city’s 50 percent

share is $305,750.” Council member Judith

Knudson spoke in support of the improvements.

“Over and over we hear how important the entry corridors are to the city, that people talk about the entry corridors, they worry about how they look, and this is one of our major ones, especially as Quarterpath develops,” Knudson said. “So I think it’s really important that we do this.”

The council voted to pursue funding for the development of York Road, with hopes that the Virginia Department of Transportation will grant the city money for the project in July 2013.

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A week after longtime Student Activities Executive Director Mark Constantine abruptly resigned, the department leadership’s duties have been parceled out among several administrators in the absence of a permanent replacement.

Interim Executive Director Robert Knowlton, who has served as the director of the Campus Center and Sadler Center for the past 31 years, is acting as the effective head of the department.

“I’ve done a lot of the things that are typically involved … having worked under Mark Constantine for the past 15 years, and it’s a more workable situation to have someone in here who has institutional knowledge,” Knowlton said.

Knowlton will be working closely with two other administrators — Assistant Vice President for Student Engagement and Leadership Drew Stelljes

and Assistant Director of Student Activities Trici Fredrick M.Ed. ’05 — to create a smooth transition until a replacement is finalized.

“What we’ll be doing is making sure that the rest of the semester is completed without any glitches, with enough planning as we move into the spring semester,” Knowlton said.

As far as Knowlton knows, his interim position is a long-term one, as he is unaware of any plans by the administration to fill the position anytime soon.

“There will be a search for a replacement,” Knowlton said. “As to when that will happen and when the search will begin, I really don’t know and I would assume that any replacement would come after the academic year.”

The reason for Constantine’s resignation remains unknown to the student body. Administrators state the decision was due to personal reasons and will not provide more specific information.

“Since Mr. Constantine is no longer on staff at the College, and since he resigned for personal reasons, there really is nothing else for me to add,” Vice President of Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88 Ph.D. ’06 said.

Constantine’s departure will be felt across a wide array of student activities. As executive director, Constantine attended a number of Student Assembly Senate meetings and worked with the SA as they interacted with various branches of the College administration.

“At the end of the day, there are few who better advocated for [the] Student Assembly at this place,” SA President Curt Mills ’13 said. “What he knows and what he knows how to do at this school far exceeds what he is paid for. It’s a huge loss.”

Constantine’s departure also led to the complete cancellation of the remaining sessions of the Men’s Leadership Program which he was responsible for administering. Other organizations

under the SA umbrella such as AMP were affected to a far lesser extent.

“AMP has always been under the direct guidance of Trici Fredrick … because of this, little has changed with how AMP will operate under the interim leadership of Mr. Knowlton,” AMP Executive Director John Lovette ’13 said in an email. “It may be slightly confusing without a central leadership figure, but I would hope that the three of them … have already discussed how to handle the chain of command and where to direct certain questions.”

According to Mills, Constantine also had a hand in planning the King and Queen’s Ball and Busch Gardens Day, aiding other student organizations including the Publications Council.

“He was the advisor [of the Publications Council] and he was also the ex post facto member,” Pub Council Chair Justin Miller ’13 said. “It kind of sucks; I thought he was going to write one of my recommendation letters.”

Knowlton will serve as interim, Stelljes, Frederick to aid in transition efforts

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After 23 meetings and seven drafts, the Williamsburg City Council is ever closer to completing the 2012 Comprehensive Plan, the long-range plan for the physical development of the city.

The Council met for the 23rd time for the Planning Commission public hearing. The plan could potentially permit the construction of an additional 400 single family homes and 3,200 multi-family dwellings. Some citizens are concerned with Williamsburg’s rising population, which is expected to grow from around 14,000 in 2012 to 21,000 by the year 2034.

“I’d like to recommend that we include a real study on the impact of the changes that we are making in terms of traffic, infrastructure and parking,” Terence Wehle ’77 said.

Wehle recently returned to Williamsburg for the small town atmosphere he experienced while attending the College of William and Mary.

“[The plan] definitely will change what I consider the character of Williamsburg,” Wehle said. “I think people love the small town, and I don’t know if we’ve had enough public discussion about how we want it to look. I don’t think I’ll enjoy it when I have to sit in traffic to get down to where I want to go, and then I have to look for a parking spot.”

The housing portion of the plan highlights

more affordable housing, more senior housing and alternatives for college student housing. Williamsburg resident Claire Gould spoke in favor of the plan.

“Williamsburg needs to make itself more attractive to young professionals because this town is more than just retirees and students,” Gould said. “There are actually people here in their 20s and 30s who work here and like to shop here and spend money here and live here, but they can’t; they have to live in the county. … I think this new comprehensive plan is really a step in the right direction for making this town much more attractive to people like me.”

The plan incorporates commercial and economic points as well, including the development of new stores and business areas.

“As someone who graduated from the College and is now working for Colonial Williamsburg, I appreciate the direction that the city is going,” Jen Garrott ’10 said. “I would love to stay in the area a little bit longer.”

Wehle remains skeptical, worrying about the unanticipated effects of implementing the plan.

“I’m concerned that we’re moving very quickly, too quickly,” Wehle said. “We’re trying to do everything in one plan. I’d like to see us slow down and maybe implement some of the items, see how it works.”

The commission is expected to make a recommendation to the council for the comprehensive plan at their meeting Dec. 19.

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BASKETBALL ’12M E N ’ S A N D W O M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L 2 0 1 2 S E A S O N P R E V I E W

rostersPlayer by player breakdown,

including scouting reports for members of the men’s and women’s basketball teams

schedulesAn in-depth look at the Tribe’s top opponents this season, including the games most likely to matter

come March for each squad

PreviewsInterviews with men’s head coach Tony Shaver and Women’s Head

Coach Debbie Taylor regarding their squad’s seasons

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Tribe seeking a comebackSophomore guard Marcus Thornton will look to follow up his impressive freshman campaign this season.

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Stack up this season’s William and Mary squad with its 2011-12 counterpart, and the biggest difference may be size. With a long, athletic swingman returning from injury and a freshman center who’s already one of the tallest players on the roster, one of the few certainties about this year’s Tribe is that it’s bigger than before. But the guys that may be most crucial to the team’s success in 2012-13 may also be two of the smallest on the team.

Standing at 6’5” is dangerous sophomore guard Marcus Thornton, the team’s top returning scorer coming off one of the team’s most impressive — albeit inconsistent — freshman campaigns in recent memory. Bringing the ball up beside him is 6’2” junior Brandon Britt, the hard-driving, up-tempo point guard who also turned in an outstanding freshman season but is returning most recently from a self-described “sophomore slump.”

For the past few seasons attention on the College was typically drawn to forward and Kaplan-favorite Quinn McDowell ’12. But this year the team looks poised to go as far as its backcourt duo can take it.

“They’re both talented young men,” head coach Tony Shaver said. “It’s very important that they run the show. They don’t have to score 20 a night but they have to get other people involved, and then I think our balance will take over.”

But with McDowell — the team’s top scorer for the last two seasons — gone, there’s little doubt that Thornton will be the offense’s go-to guy. One of the highest-profile basketball recruits to come to Williamsburg in a long time, as a freshman Thornton showed he could, if needed, carry the load points-wise, averaging 11.1 points per game on a Tribe team that averaged just 60.3 total. At the hostile Siegel Center in Richmond he turned in a career night, scoring 22 points in the College’s heartbreaking 69-68 loss to CAA Champion VCU.

But there were also games where he checked out, unable to find his place in the offense. Thornton scored just one in a trouncing at the hands of rival ODU, then went 0 for 6 and scoreless in a late-season loss at VMI.

“For my personal grade, I would give [my freshman year] a C,” Thornton said. “I did some good things here and there, but the consistency wasn’t there … this year I’m going to improve a lot more and be more consistent.”

The Maryland native didn’t play point in high school but often split time with Britt at the position last season. This year things will be different. Shaver said that when the team takes the court for tip off against Hampton on Friday, Britt will be at point guard, Thornton at shooting guard. Both talked about working together during the off-season to build up the on-court chemistry that lacked at times last season.

“It’s definitely exciting because me and Marcus are two talented players,” Britt said. “Last year we played a little bit together but this year we’re starting together. We’ve worked together all summer in the off-season to get better together, making sure we’re getting out chemistry right. … It’s good so far.”

Britt saw his production drop off in his sophomore season. His points per game went from 10.9 as a freshman to 9.0 and his assist average fell from 2.2 to 1.8. With the addition of Thornton, his minutes ticked down slightly as well.

Still, as with Thornton, there were times that Britt carried the team. He scored 24 on 9 of 13 shooting in the Tribe’s most impressive win, a 79-54 thumping of Northeastern. This year, though, there will be one thing weighing less on his mind. Just before his sophomore season his father passed away. Now, with the leadership-role that McDowell filled effortlessly in the past vacant, he wants to assert himself.

“Last season was definitely tough for me,” Britt said. “But I’ve worked really really hard, trying to emerge as a leader of the team … But I’m expecting big things from myself and the team honestly.”

The two players will presumably lead a dynamic attack. Britt displayed an almost endless motor in his first two years, and Thornton’s agility makes him a tremendous threat in the open court.

“This year we’re working on running a lot more,” junior center Tim Rusthoven said. “With those guys both playing well and both playing healthy, they’ve been a really good one-two combo.”

The College should get a shot of athleticism from redshirt junior Kyle Gaillard, who showed promise in his second year before being hurt all last season. Shaver expects him to get a lot of action at power forward.

Rusthoven returns for his second season as the team’s starting center. After facing injuries early last year, Rusthoven emerged as a consistent and tough post player, averaging 10.3 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.

Rounding out the starting five will be senior Matt Rum at the small forward spot. The team’s most consistent perimeter threat, Rum shot 37 percent from behind the arc last year, averaging 6.3 points per game.

“He, Tim Rusthoven and Marcus have been our three most consistent players every day in practice,” Shaver said. “Those three guys have been very dependable.”

With the team ready to start is 2012-13 season after an ugly six-win campaign last year, Shaver feels like it could be a big year for the College.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve been this excited,” he said. “You hear a lot of coaches say that if you’re not excited at the beginning of the season you need to get out of coaching. But quite honestly we had a very difficult year last year for us to go through. A bunch of us want to make it right.”

Britt, Thornton lead powerful College backcourt

SEASON OUTLOOK

One of the Tribe’s four seniors, Howard was named a captain for the 2012-13 season. Always a fan-favorite, Howard also recently earned a scholarship as a reserve guard. His on-court role probably won’t change much in his senior year, but neither will his enthusiasm.

11 DOUG HOWARDSENIOR GUARD

A captain for his senior year, Pavloff returns as a reserve post player. He averaged just three minutes per game as a junior, going 6 of 12 from the floor. With Gaillard back and the addition of Sheldon, his role on the court probably won’t expand a great deal, but he does provide depth at the post position.

13 ANDREW PAVLOFFSENIOR FORWARD

A strong perimeter shooter, Rum had an inconsistent junior year, in some games playing as a legitimate scoring threat and in others going ice cold. The only senior in the starting five, Rum will be expected to provide some leadership. The team will also need him to improve on his 6.3 points per game. Still, Shaver said he’s been one of the team’s best players in practice so far.

4 MATT RUMSENIOR GUARD

Schalk had a surprisingly impressive freshman year, seeing action in all 32 games and starting in four — mainly during the early part of the year when Rusthoven was hurt. At times he looked a bit small to play power forward but finished with an average 1.7 points and 2.2 rebounds per game. Gaillard returning should cut into his time to an extent, but expect him to get his fair share of opportunities.

43 TOM SCHALKSOPHOMORE FORWARD

After a strong freshman year, Boatner went through a sophomore slump last year, averaging just 4.4 points and shooting below 30 percent from three-point range. Too undersized to be much more than a perimeter shooter, Boatner saw his playing time cut slightly with the addition of Thornton last season. Always a fiery competitor, though, expect Boatner to be a real part of the rotation.

2 JULIAN BOATNERJUNIOR GUARD

Known for his impressive athletic ability and long stature — an asset on the defensive end — Gaillard saw no action last season due to injury. Still, Shaver trusts that his ability and experience are enough to earn him a starting spot. He showed promise in his sophomore season, averaging 5.8 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.

23 KYLE GAILLARDR- JUNIOR FORWARD

After missing a chunk of the early season as a sophomore, Rusthoven returned to assert himself as the team’s starting center, finishing third in the conference with a 54.5 shooting percentage and 10.3 points per game. Strong defensively and on the boards, Rusthoven has no problem doing the dirty work down low. He grabbed 6.6 boards last year and is expected to build on his success as a junior.

22 TIM RUSTHOVENJUNIOR FORWARD

The sophomore guard played a full season as a freshman last year, starting 14 of 32 games for the Tribe and finishing second on the team with an average of 11.1 points per game. Named to the CAA All-Rookie team last year, Thornton averaged 27.8 minutes per game and is expected to help fill the void left by leading scorer Quinn McDowell as the team’s only player named to the preseason All-CAA second team.

3 MARCUS THORNTONJUNIOR GUARD

A walk-on his freshman year, the junior guard appeared in nine games in a reserve role for the Tribe last year, averaging 1.3 points per game and shooting 4-of-7 from 3-point range. Expect Whitlach to continue in his role as a reserve.

5 BEN WHITLATCHJUNIOR GUARD

A senior walk-on, Goodloe joined the team after a rash of arm injuries derailed his pitching career with the Tribe’s baseball team. Goodloe was a first-team all-state selection in basketball for his senior year of high school but don’t expect to see much of him on the court this season.

31 BRETT GOODLOESENIOR GUARD

Coming out of high school as the 116th best power forward according to ESPN, Sheldon is in the process of learning the center position under Rusthoven. At 6’9” he’s big enough to play the position in the CAA, but is still learning. Expect to see some action, but mainly he’ll be behind Rusthoven and Heldring.

31 SEAN SHELDONFRESHMAN FORWARD

A big body in the post, Heldring saw most of his action last season spelling Rusthoven. Shooting 43.5 percent from the field, the junior averaged 1.9 points and 1.8 rebounds in 11.6 minutes per game. Expect to see him in a similar backup role this year.

24 FRED HELDRINGJUNIOR CENTER

Shaver is already raving about his defensive ability, but in high school Tarpey was an outstanding scorer, averaging 25.6 points per game. Ranked as the 5th best player in Connecticut by ESPN, Tarpey apparently needs some ball-handling work, but is expected to be a part of the team’s regular rotation.

25 TERRY TARPEYFRESHMAN GUARD

After a sterling freshman year, Britt took a step back in his sophomore year, averaging 9 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists. With Thornton getting the second-most minutes on the team, Britt had to split time at his natural point guard position. This year, he’ll be the unquestioned starting floor general with Thornton playing the two.

12 BRANDON BRITTJUNIOR GUARD

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Senior core drives CollegeThe College will look to finish its season on a stronger note than it did last season when it won just 10 games.

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BY MIKE BARNESFLAT HAT SPORTS EDITOR

In the weeks and months leading up to the beginning of a season, most coaches discover what sort of team they will have for the upcoming year. They study their players, watch them in practice, and begin to develop an opinion of their team and create expectations.

William and Mary head coach Debbie Taylor ’86 has watched the new iteration of her team for the last few weeks and has come up with a pretty decisive conclusion.

“I expect this team to be the best team William and Mary has ever had on the women’s side,” Taylor said. “This is the best lineup of talent this program has ever produced. … We’ve had some good players, and we had a pretty good program for a few years in a row, and a lot of that was because two or three players were really good. This team is deep. … We have a solid starting five and a very solid bench. … Its going to be really hard to figure out who to play at times.”

Is that a bold statement after a sub-.500 2011-12 season? Sure. But it’s also not without merit.

Despite graduating a pair of stellar guards in Katherine DeHenzel ’12 and Taysha Pye ’12, the College returns four of its five starters from last season. As such, the Tribe figures to have a plethora of experienced and motivated players.

“Well, this year, we have a lot of returners, so we have a lot of experience,” senior guard Janine Aldridge said. “This year, I expect a lot out of my team, including myself and I think we can go a long way this year with the talent we have and the experience we have.”

The College’s experience will span the entire starting lineup, as all five of the Tribe’s starters will be seniors. The Tribe’s experience is especially prevalent in the backcourt, which features a pair of consistent performers in senior center Jaclyn McKenna and senior forward Emily Correal.

McKenna was very productive last season, averaging 10.1 points and 5.1 rebounds a game. At 6’4”, McKenna is a force under the basket, but is also unique for her ability to hit threes. Like McKenna, Correal is a very versatile player. Correal led the Tribe with 397 points and 259 rebounds last season and also boasts a size advantage over most other power forwards.

“Emily Correal is playing awesome,” Taylor said. “Her outside shot looks good, she is playing stronger, she is powering up under the basket, playing both sides of the ball. I think Emily is going to have an awesome year.”

After losing a pair of true point guards in DeHenzel and Pye, the Tribe will opt for a larger lineup and will play point guard by committee. Senior guard Janine Aldridge, a traditional shooting guard, will handle the majority of point guard duties for the Tribe this season.

At 5’11”, Aldridge is one of the taller point guards in the league, and must balance her legendary shooting ability with the duty of running the offense.

“Janine made 92 threes last season, she led the league and was top in the country,” Taylor said. “She’s just in a really great place right now. She’s obviously a great three point shooter, but she has really developed the rest of our game and she’s one of our best defenders. Janine is just really steady right now. She can score, she can defend, but she is just a mature player and the energy of our team.”

With Alrdidge moving to point guard, the College will put a pair of six-footers at shooting guard and small forward. Combined with Correal and McKenna, the Tribe will feature one of the biggest lineups in the league in terms of size.

“We have a huge team this year,” Aldridge said. “I think we should dominate the boards this year — that’s one of our goals — and bring in some rebounds and try to dominate the other teams that are smaller.”

While the approach is unconventional, Taylor is convinced that the squad’s size — and new zone defense — will make up for any speed disadvantages. The College has a few solid options at point guard, including sophomores Anna Kestler and Jazmen Boone, but decided to go with a larger lineup after seeing the results in the squad’s recent exhibition against Mary Washington.

“We are going to point guard by committee this year,” Taylor said. “We have some people who are legit point guards, but we started the seniors in our exhibition game and I really liked the way we looked. We just come down and get into the offense.”

Another interesting aspect of the College’s attack this season will be its new defensive approach. Last season, the Tribe had a stable of sharpshooters and was able to create offense at will, but was weak defensively and unable to stop opponents from scoring.

The Tribe will switch almost exclusively to a zone defense, a change from man-to-man systems of the past, and hopes that the new defensive scheme will improve the College’s ability to contain opposing scorers. In addition to the new philosophy, Taylor also expects to see Aldridge and Boone, two of the squad’s best defenders, play a large role on defense.

With an experienced starting lineup, deep bench and improved defensive outlook, Tribe players and coaches expect to field a much improved team this season, and as a result, hope to reach the postseason for the first time in team history.

“Throughout these three years, its been a good experience and everything, but we haven’t won as much as I’ve wanted us to, so this being my last chance, I just really want to give it everything,” Correal said. “Each game counts, I want to play each game as if it’s the last, so hopefully we win a lot more games this year and try to get the championship.”

Tribe looks forward to utilizing size advantage

SEASON OUTLOOK

Probably the team’s most impressive freshman last season, Kerstetter returns most likely to spell Murchison at the shooting guard position. She played in all 30 games last year, displaying an impressive knack for forcing turnovers with 17 steals and an ability to score, averaging 3.7 points in just over 8 minutes per game.

20 KYLA KERSTETTERSOPHOMORE GUARD

Taylor said Stewart’s been so impressive that she’s going to need to find a way for her to get time. At 6’0” she’s big for the guard position and apparently ready for the college level. In Massachusetts she was a three-time Salem News All-Star selection known for her shooting and athleticism.

21 BROOKE STEWARTFRESHMAN GUARD

Like Aldridge, Murchison is a fifth-year senior. A strong defender, she’ll need to produce more on the offensive end at the shooting guard spot. Like Hilton, Pye leaving will mean more playing time. Last season, she started 20 games but averaged just 14.9 minutes per game, averaging 1.2 points.

12 CHANEL MURCHISONSENIOR GUARD / FORWARD

Morrison, a backup center, appeared in five games as a freshman but was slowed by injury. As a result, Morrison has shown improvement during practice and figures to see more time this season. Morrison will continue to spell McKenna and Mathieu at center.

40 MACKENZIE MORRISONSOPHOMORE CENTER

Heading into her final season, Aldridge looks to continue her stellar history at the College. Already with the career record for three-pointers at 221, Aldridge started every game for the team, averaging 13 points per game last season. She has the potential of surpassing last season’s average should she continue her good form and will most likely start at the point guard after playing as a shooting guard for most of her career.

30 JANINE ALDRIDGESENIOR GUARD

The sophomore guard is coming off a freshman season in which she served the role as backup to fifth-year senior point guard Katherine DeHenzel. Commended for her vision and management of the game, Kestler’s high basketball IQ compliments her ability as a passer, evidenced by her 24 assists in her role as a backup last year.

2 ANNA KESTLERSOPHOMORE GUARD

She was a three-year player at Regis Jesuit in Colorado, a nationally-ranked high school program. An impressive athlete, Revels played high school baseball, football, volleyball and track as well. With the team’s depth in the post this year, though, Taylor said she won’t be seeing too much action as a freshman.

23 JAMIE REVELSFRESHMAN FORWARD

13The senior center averaged

10.1 points and 5.1 rebounds per game last season, proving a threat across the board. An all-league caliber player who started all 59 games over the course of the past two seasons, McKenna will be counted on for her productivity and leadership, teaming up with Correal as part of the team’s one-two frontcourt punch.

JACLYN McKENNASENIOR CENTER

A top-flight on-ball defender according to Taylor, Boone should see a big increase in playing time from her freshman year as on of the first few players off the bench. With a high basketball IQ, Boone should be able to improve on her 1.6 points per game from 2012-13.

15 JAZMEN BOONESOPHOMORE FORWARD

The senior forward notched a team-high 397 points and 259 rebounds last season, finishing second on the team with 13.3 points per game and recording 11 double-doubles. A threat all over the court, Correal’s presence in the middle makes her especially dangerous as both a scorer and rebounder, serving as a tough match-up to opponents and giving the Tribe an advantage beneath the hoop.

5 EMILY CORREALSENIOR FORWARD

Hilton will start at small forward this season after an injury-plagued junior season. She played in 22 games but only started once, averaging 5.1 points per game. With Taysha Pye ’12 gone, though, Hilton will get her chance to shine this season.

32 TAYLOR HILTONSENIOR GUARD / FORWARD

A junior guard and forward, Willems adds to the Tribe’s front-court depth. Despite appearing in only four games last year and seeing limited minutes as both a freshman and sophomore. Expect her to see a slight increase in action but to continue in her role as a reserve.

12 VICTORIA WILLEMSJUNIOR GUARD / FORWARD

One of the Tribe’s most versatile players, the junior forward can fill in at multiple positions, able to both shoot from the outside and play in the post. A member of the CAA All-Rookie team her freshman year with an average of 9.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, Mathieu took on a smaller role in 2011-2012, averaging just 2.3 points and 1.7 rebounds per game in 28 appearances.

12 KAITLYN MATHIEUJUNIOR CENTER

*ITALICS denote projected starter

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Athletics, Flat Hat file photos.

Cover photo illustration: Mike Barnes

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Player bio writing contributors: Jared Foretek, Mike Barnes, Adam Swack, Max Cea, Seth Opoku-Yeboah, CJ Aftergut

The F lat Hat Friday, November 9, 2012 Page 4

THE ROADAHEAD

Fri, Nov 09 Mon, Nov 12 Sat, Nov 17 Wed, Nov 21 Fri, Nov 23 Wed, Nov 28 Sat, Dec 01 Thu, Dec 06 Sat, Dec 08 Fri, Dec 21 Sat, Dec 29 Wed, Jan 02 Sat, Jan 05 Wed, Jan 09 Sat, Jan 12

Hampton at Liberty at High Point Miami (Ohio) at Wake Forest at Richmond Old Dominion * Howard at Radford Salisbury at Purdue at Vanderbilt George Mason * at Towson * at Hofstra *

Williamsburg, Va.at Lynchburg, Va.at High Point, N.C.Williamsburg, Va.at Winston-Salem, N.C.at Richmond, Va.Williamsburg, Va.Williamsburg, Va.at Radford, Va.Williamsburg, Va.at West Lafayette, Ind.at Nashville, Tenn.Williamsburg, Va.at Towson, Md.at Hempstead, N.Y.

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Wed, Jan 16 Sat, Jan 19 Wed, Jan 23 Sat, Jan 26 Wed, Jan 30 Sat, Feb 02 Wed, Feb 06 Mon, Feb 11 Wed, Feb 13 Sat, Feb 16 Mon, Feb 18 Sat, Feb 23 Wed, Feb 27 Sat, Mar 02

at Georgia State * Drexel * at Northeastern * Towson * at Delaware * Hofstra * at James Madison * Northeastern * UNCW * at Old Dominion * Georgia State * at George Mason * at UNCW * James Madison *

at Atlanta, Ga.Williamsburg, Va.at Boston, Mass.Williamsburg, Va.at Newark, Del.Williamsburg, Va.at Harrisonburg, Va.Williamsburg, Va.Williamsburg, Va.at Norfolk, Va.Williamsburg, Va.at Fairfax, Va.at Wilmington, N.C.Williamsburg, Va.

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Fri, Nov 09 Sun, Nov 11 Wed, Nov 14 Sun, Nov 18 Sat, Nov 24 Sun, Nov 25 Tue, Dec 04 Sat, Dec 08 Fri, Dec 21 Sun, Dec 30 Wed, Jan 02 Sun, Jan 06 Tue, Jan 08 Thu, Jan 10 Thu, Jan 17

East Carolina at Pittsburgh Virginia Union at George Washington vs. Austin Peay at UTSA at Navy at Radford at North Carolina A&T at Cornell Winthrop at Hofstra * UNCW * at Northeastern * at James Madison *

Williamsburg, Va.at Pittsburgh, Pa.Williamsburg, Va.at Washington, D.C.at San Antonio, Texasat San Antonio, Texasat Annapolis, Md.at Radford, Va.at Greensboro, N.C.at Ithaca, N.Y.Williamsburg, Va.at Hempstead, N.Y.Williamsburg, Va.at Boston, Mass.at Harrisonburg, Va.

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Women’s basketball 2012-13 schedule

Sun, Jan 20 Thu, Jan 24 Sun, Jan 27 Thu, Jan 31 Sun, Feb 03 Thu, Feb 07 Sun, Feb 10 Thu, Feb 14 Sun, Feb 17 Thu, Feb 21 Sun, Feb 24 Tue, Feb 26 Sat, Mar 02 Wed, Mar 06

Drexel * Towson * Old Dominion * at UNCW * James Madison * at Georgia State * at George Mason * Northeastern * Delaware * at Old Dominion * at Drexel * Georgia State * at Towson * George Mason *

Williamsburg, Va.Williamsburg, Va.Williamsburg, Va.at Wilmington, N.C.Williamsburg, Va.at Atlanta, Ga.at Fairfax, Va.Williamsburg, Va.Williamsburg, Va.at Norfolk, Va.at Philadelphia, Pa.Williamsburg, Va.at Towson, Md.Williamsburg, Va.

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WAKE FORESTDEAMON DEACONS

A rematch of the Tribe’s 2009 upset in Winston-Salem, this will be the first of the College’s three matchups with power-six teams. The Deamon Deacons are coming off a disappointing year that saw them finish ninth in the ACC. After losing Tony Chennault to Villanova, Wake Forest is very young and will go as far as its youth can take it.

NOV. 23 GEORGE MASONPATRIOTS

If the College has a good year, this late-season conference matchup could have big tournament-seeding implications. Last season, the Patriots were dropped by eventual CAA Champions VCU in the semi-final game of the conference tournament. The turnover-prone team will have to replace the conference player of the year, Ryan Pearson.

FEB. 23

This will be the final time the Monarchs visit Kaplan Arena as members of the CAA. In the off-season it was announced that they’ll be moving to Conference USA next year. The meeting in Williamsburg will also mark the Tribe’s first conference game. In 2012-13 Blaine Taylor’s squad will have to try to replace the team’s top three scorers from last season.

MONARCHSOLD DOMINIONDEC. 1 DREXEL

DRAGONS

Drexel presumably enters the season still stinging from their close loss to VCU in the CAA Championship game and the ensuing snub by the NCAA selection committee. But Frantz Massenat — one of the league’s best players last season — is returning with Damion Lee, perhaps the only rookie better than the Tribe’s Marcus Thornton in the CAA last year.

JAN. 19

PITTSBURGHPANTHERS

In the first week of the season the Tribe will already be put to the test when it travels to Pennsylvania to take on the Big East’s Pittsburgh. If the College hangs in and competes, maybe we’ll be watching a good basketball team this season. Frankly, Debbie Taylor is probably expecting just that from her squad, considering the Panthers were a miserable 8-22.

NOV. 11 DREXELDRAGONS

The Dragons fell in the CAA championship game to Delaware last season and went on to make the second round of the WNIT. But this year Drexel is returning just two starters. Don’t count the Dragons out by any mean, but the year will be an uphill battle for coach Denise Dillon’s squad.

FEB. 21

It’s always an event when Elena Delle Donne and the conference champion Blue Hens come to town. This time, though, will be the last for Delle Donne, the best player in college basketball. As always, the task when playing the Blue Hens is to contain Delle Donne. If you can, you have a shot at a win. If you can’t, don’t feel bad because you’re not alone.

FEB. 17 DELAWAREBLUE HENS

Some thought the in-state rival Dukes were snubbed when passed up by the NCAA selection committee for the tournament after they posted a 29-8 record. Led by guard Tarik Hislop, this year’s James Madison team may be even better. The Dukes’ experience and talent — especially in the back court — will make James Madison another one of the Tribe’s tough conference opponents.

FEB. 3 JAMES MADISONDUKES

A look at both men’s and women’s schedules, complete with five important games to watch

* Conference games

* Conference games

Men’s basketball 2012-13 schedule

Full disclosure: I am currently a prospective English (and possibly something else) major at the College of William and Mary, a school known for, among other things, a borderline obsession with all things liberal arts. As such, my opinions relating to Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s attempts to emphasize science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors in his own state may be slightly biased. That said, I will at least try to uphold the banner of journalistic integrity and objectivity in my assessment of Scott’s policy initiatives.

That last bit was a lie.Scott proposes that students at state universities in Florida who

choose to major in science, technology, engineering or math — known as STEM fields — continue to pay current prices for tuition, but that students who opt to study most non-STEM subjects (i.e. English, business, philosophy, etc.) see an increase in their tuition.

Can we get Clint Eastwood to bring his chair down to Florida? Somebody needs a talking to.

The implication of Scott’s proposal for the people of Florida is two-fold. First, it says that higher education should serve the interests of the state before the interests of the student, and second, it implies that the government has such a vested interest in the economic well-being of its citizens that it should have the power to control the minutiae of its citizens’ day-to-day lives, including what they study in college.

Neither of these ideas sits well with me.Another disclosure: I’ve been a left-leaning Democrat for as

long as I’ve been capable of being irritatingly self-righteous. I

loved the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and I all but jumped for joy when the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate clause this past summer. I’ve never been comfortable with the Ronald Reagan-esque government-as-enemy-of-the-people aesthetic and the idea of social safety nets feels to me like Christmas. And yet, I just cannot get behind Scott’s plan for Floridian higher education. It feels too much like coercion.

I trust that Scott’s heart is in the right place, that he is looking out for the fiscal future of both his citizens and his state — a future that he sees in the hands of STEM majors. But what about the personal fulfillment and happiness that an education can give to a student, and what happens if a student simply does not want to go into a STEM field? What about the would-be authors and artists, journalists and civil servants? What happens when the family of a bright high school senior has only enough money for her to major in a STEM field, even though her true passion is philosophy? It doesn’t seem right that a factor beyond that student’s control, such as her parents’

income, should be the deciding factor in what she studies, especially when the government is mandating that she make a trade-off between an academically enriching four years and her family’s financial stability.

Going to college should not force a trade-off between money and happiness; it should strike a balance.

Scott’s plan does not provide a balance. I have no illusions that my English (and possibly something

else) major will guarantee me a job after graduation. It is not inconceivable that, in a few years’ time, I will fulfill the destiny of my Millennial Generation and find myself back in my old room in my parents’ house with a liberal arts degree in one hand and a thinning wallet in the other. But I remain, perhaps naively, optimistic.

My choices and their consequences will remain my own despite what Scott has to say about it.

Email Zachary Frank at [email protected].

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To add more healthy beverage choices or not to add more healthy beverage choices — that is the question.

You must be thinking: Ugh, not again.You probably heard enough about

soda machines throughout your academic career. It’s the same old issue of what’s healthy versus what’s best for the community more generally. I fondly remember middle school, when the school’s one soda machine was its hottest commodity and the onset of disappointment we experienced when a new school policy decided to remove our precious soda machine.

As an adult attending college now,

I am not calling for the elimination of soda options. Soda can be great, especially in providing that necessary sugar boost needed for trudging through classes, homework assignments, tests and just college life in general. I believe Dining Services should work to provide a larger variety of options. The other day at the Sadler Center Dining Hall, I found myself drawn more easily to the Pepsi and Dr. Pepper than to the Dole fruit juice machine. While I refrained from filling my glass with Dr. Pepper, I also noticed the lack of healthy choices compared to the abundance of soda options. There are few machines at Sadler that provide juices or water, and at the Commons Dining Hall, providing fruit smoothies is not enough.

This hidden drinking question, as Harvard’s School of Public Health classifies it, lives up to its name. When we drink soda, we often are not aware

of how much sugar is consumed. When I drink 20 fluid ounces of Dr. Pepper, I am consuming 64 grams of sugar. The Federal Drug Administration recommends taking in no more than 40 grams of processed sugars per day, assuming you and I are on a 2,000 calorie diet. The American Heart Association reports in its scientific journal Circulation that soda beverages constitute a majority of the sugar intake in an American diet. This is not our fault or the soda company’s fault (to an extent), but we simply are unaware of how much sugar is entering our body at an unhealthy rate. Perhaps healthier beverage options in our dining halls would be a better alternative. Providing more options, especially healthy ones, can be costly, but I firmly believe everyone will be happier and better off in the long run if there were alternatives.

I encourage the College of William

and Mary to look into investing in healthier options from which students can choose. If this has already been attempted, then search again and search harder: Add vegetable juice choices, perhaps, or add flavored

choices like SoBe Lifewater. Or maybe someone at the College

should invent a new low-sugar drink — but I am getting ahead of myself.

Email Benming Zhang at [email protected].

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1,000 more voices

Going to college should not force a trade-off between money and happiness; it should strike a balance.

Students waited in long lines Tuesday for the chance to cast their ballots in the city of Williamsburg. Voter turnout in the city increased by over one thousand people —

and students at the College of William and Mary are largely responsible for this change.

Political activism on campus during election season never faltered. From the Student Assembly’s drives to register students and provide transportation to polling locations in Williamsburg to the College Republicans’ volunteering with Gov. Mitt Romney’s campaign, to the Young Democrats’ passing out of stickers and buttons for President Barack Obama, students were relentless in demanding that their voices be heard. At some moments, the activism may have even seemed excessive; however, these organizations managed to spread their messages to the larger body of students at the College.

Even though most of this year’s campaigning in Virginia focused on the presidential and Senate elections, students who voted in Williamsburg also voted for the Representative for the 1st District. The winner of this election, Rob Wittman (R), visited campus while campaigning. Through more political action, students can garner more attention from political candidates.

Students need to continue to demand acknowledgment from political candidates in all elections. The surge of student voter registration in Williamsburg gives the student body a strong voice in the city and state elections. In order to maintain that voice, however, the student body needs to continue voting and remain registered in Williamsburg. We do not condone students’ temporarily moving their registration to Virginia solely because of its role as a swing state in the 2012 presidential election. The numbers from this election show that students can yield an influential voice in Williamsburg if they remain involved in political elections here.

With that in mind, there is also a limit to which the College can encourage political activism. The embarrassing tweet from the Office of Student Diversity informing students where to go to participate in President Barack Obama’s campaign reminds us that the College is a public institution, and that the school must maintain neutrality. Remaining unbiased does not mean that the College cannot support political activism: The blunder could have been diverted had the Office of Student Diversity also given information for students’ wishing to volunteer with Gov. Mitt Romney’s campaign. The College should encourage students to form their own opinions and then take action; it should not endorse a particular viewpoint.

We are building a tradition of political activism at the College, and we need to ensure that this activism supports all members of the College community equally. The student body needs to take advantage of the weight of its voice and continue this movement.

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“This is unfortunate. One great thing W&M should pride itself on is how it encourages camaraderie among classes starting in freshman year, and the way the current freshman dorms are structured definitely contributes to this. How are the units going to do that with a) such limited (and distant) common space and b) such a disjointed structure?

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“The lounges in the units are actually really spacious and will probably be very conducive in creating a “freshman village”. and they might not all live on the same floor, but freshman year is the one and only year that people actually do reach out to make friends in their dorm, regardless of what floor they live on.

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As the youngest sibling in my family, with an older brother responsible for the majority of my scarring childhood memories, I always wanted to be the one to do something completely new and original. Imagine my dismay when my brother graduated from the College of William and Mary in 2007, and I fell in love with the very school I had been trying so hard to avoid. Contrary to what my conscience and reason insisted upon, two years after his graduation I swallowed the few remnants left of my pride and embarked on my own

College experience, fearing that it would be no different from the one my brother had lived through just a few short years before.

When I arrived on campus that brutally hot August day in the summer of 2009, my goal was to do everything my brother had never done. My first task was to sign up for sorority recruitment and join a Greek organization my brother still teases me about each and every single day. The second was to join all the activities he had never tried, so I signed up for Club Tennis, Cupcakes for a Cause, Net Impact, Tribe Ambassadors and every other club not remotely similar to his interests. Regrettably, my plan to avoid my brother’s experience would not be as successful as I had hoped.

My plan was to live in the best on-campus housing and to send my brother constant pictures of my much more spacious dorm room.

Unfortunately, my brother had been the first generation of students to live in the newly built Jamestown dorms, making my freshman housing expectations significantly higher than the Botetourt dorm I was assigned to. And while I could never inhabit the Dillard Complex my brother had told so many ghost stories about, I have spent three of my four years at the College living no more than 200 feet away from his dorm.

Academically, I wanted to be the smartest sibling, but by sophomore year, I had the same GPA my brother had graduated with. It also did not help that much like him, I seemed to prefer history and psychology courses, which I then forced myself to avoid as long as possible. The fact that professors and past staff recognized me as “Leo’s little sister” was also discouraging — as a freshman in college, “little sister” was the last

nickname I wanted to be assigned.Luckily, by the end of freshman

year, I had an incredible realization. Despite the few reminders of my brother’s own time here at the College a short few years ago, our experiences could not have been more different. His undertakings of sneaking into the Wren Crypt and crawling through steam tunnels were not ones I could imitate — the entrances were bricked off during my freshman year — but I was able to find an infinite number of other traditions I could call my own. Because of our different personalities, we got involved in different things, and in turn we came to love the College for our very own reasons. He complained the College was too small and told me I should have gone to the University of Virginia, but I felt confident the student body was not a single student too large or too small. While he complained there was

never any parking, I soon realized I was much more successful in terms of the number of parking tickets I’ve collected. He complained about the lack of food, while I spent the majority of the money in my food bank on Wawa lattes.

So here I am, with a few short months left to go, and three years of wonderful memories now behind me, and I now see that there was not a single morning I wished I had made a different decision. And much like my brother, if I had a slightly younger sibling, I would tell them the same thing: Don’t go to my graduation, because you may just fall prey to the very same love at first sight.

Dasha Godunova is a Confusion Corner columnist whose 11-year-old stepbrother has already assured her that he will be attending the College because “that’s where all your cool friends come from.”

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Forging a unique path outside of older sibling’s footstepsCampus provides wide range of opportunities to avoid having repetitive college experience

What do you get when you combine one witty judge, a devil in disguise and three professors from the College of William and Mary competing for just one spot on a raft off a deserted island? Add in hundreds of cheering students and you’ve got one of the College’s most unique traditions: the annual Raft Debate.

The Raft Debate is a time-honored tradition in which each of three College professors explains why his or her particular field of study is the most beneficial to humanity, and consequently why he or she should be the only one with the opportunity to take the inflatable raft to safety.

Wednesday night, the four participating faculty members of the annual Raft Debate gathered center stage on their makeshift island and argued as to why their area of study deserved the only means of escaping the island — an inflatable raft. Associate Professor Anne Charity Hundley represented the Humanities, Associate Professor Oliver Kerscher defended the natural and computational sciences, Associate Professor Christine Nemacheck spoke on behalf of the social sciences, and Associate Professor Arthur Knight played the role of devil’s advocate.

Draped in a judge’s robe and a snow white periwig adorned with squeaking parrots, Dean of Graduate Studies and Research John Swaddle acted as mediator and judge of the four faculty members as they each gave a seven minute argument. The remaining faculty members had the opportunity to refute and/or disagree with their colleagues in a three-minute rebuttal. After drawing straws,

Kerschner began the arguments with a compelling case in which he discussed Alfred Nobel.

“It started with the last will of Alfred Nobel,” he said. “He invented nothing less [than] dynamite and smokeless gunpowder. However, after he asked his lady friend what

she thought, she responded ‘That ain’t much of a legacy.’ He decided to use his fortune for good.”

Kerscher awarded his colleagues with gold medals for their respective disciplines’ outstanding contributions to humanity. Humanities received two gold medals, Social Sciences received two gold medals and the Natural Sciences received countless more, several of which Kerschner gave out to members of the audience.

The floor was then opened to the other disciplines for comments, and Charity Hudley had a question about Kerschner’s homemade paper Nobel Prizes.

“Is this a nobel prize or a bootleg penny?” Charity Hudley asked.

Kerschner fired right back.“I guess you’ve never gotten one,”

Kerschner said.Charity Hudley, in the spirit of debate, fired

another shot home.“I’ve got plenty of pennies but you’re still

waiting on your Nobel prize,” she said.Dressed as Lady Liberty, Nemacheck

approached the podium with a speech on the freedoms that the social sciences provide.

“The social sciences help present us with peaceful resolutions for the damage that the other disciplines cause,” she said.

Nemacheck also argued that the social sciences are integral in that they allow the other disciplines to exist, pointing out that you cannot enjoy the humanities without a governing structure.

“Without liberty, beer is no good,” she said.Putting a spin on the familiar lines of Emma

Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus,” inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, Nemacheck asked the natural and computational sciences to give her their “tired, poor, biologists and chemists / physicists who yearn to breathe free / the wretched refuse on the teeming shore of the computer sciences / send these homeless, jobless, geologist to me...”

She then beckoned the humanities to “give me your tired and really, really, poor

artist / your huddled poet yearning to be free, yearning really for anything free / the wretched refuse on religious studies books / and also send those homeless philosophers to me / I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”

Last up was Charity Hudley, who began her speech with a song and dance and then proceeded to explain specifically how all of our lives would change if the humanities didn’t exist at all.

“I am essential,” she said. “The humanities are essential because you are essential. Humanities are how we understand the human condition. How are you going to get your groove on at a silent party?”

She then began to list the mulitple ways that the absence of the humanities would affect other aspects of our lives.

“Medicine without humanities is Viagra,” she said. “Economics without humanities is some broke-ass business. And government without humanities is Fox News.”

Charity Hudley ended her presentation by giving each of her opponents a souvenir. Social Sciences received velvet handcuffs, the judge got an angry bird and the devil got his own “pink slip.”

Finally, it was the devil’s turn — to argue that none of the opponents should be allowed off of the island. Knight closed with a quote that he attributed to his daughter at age three.

“Everyone here is either crazy or dumb,” he said.

He then argued that the devil had already won the debate, because the other three professors had already eaten from the tree of specialized knowledge.

After each faculty member pleaded his or her case, students were given the opportunity to ask the professors questions before the audience’s cheering and applause gauged which discipline would be saved from the deserted island. Although a close race, the humanities — represented by Charity Hudley — won the popular vote of the students; She celebrated by dancing and laughing on stage with her colleagues.

Faculty members argue for their disciplines

Left: Dean of Graduate Studies and Research John Swaddle as the judge. Right: Associate Professor Oliver Knight tries to convince professors Arthur Knight, Anne Charity Hudley and Christine Nemacheck of the superiority of the natural sciences.

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“Medicine without humanities is Viagra, economics without humanities is some broke-ass business. And government without humanities is Fox News.

— Anne Charity Hundley

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4 professors, 1 raft

A. “I’m not familiar precisely with exactly

what I said, but I stand by what I said.

Whatever it was.”— May 17, Jacksonville,

Florida

B. “Folks, I can tell you that I’ve known

eight presidents, three of them intimately.”

— Aug. 22, Detroit, Michigan

C. “With all due respect, that’s a

bunch of malarkey.”— Oct. 11, Danville, Kentucky

D. “Tomorrow we begin a new

tomorrow.”— Nov. 5, Sanford, Florida

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Answers: A. Mitt Romney, B. Joe Biden, C. Biden, D. Romney

Tweeted from President Barack Obama’s account shortly after his victory, this image became the most retweeted to date. As of yesterday, it had been retweeted nearly 700,000 times and had been shared on Facebook over 400,000 times.

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Address hot topics, such as the failing economy, in a memorable way. Try telling the moderator you would cut his job if you became president.

Tips from the experts on how to leave America speechless

Let anyone cut you off. Ever. The last few words of that run-on sentence could be the key to victory.

Answer questions on a case-by-case basis. Rather, use blanket statements to efficiently address all errors that have ever been made.

Bring the big issues down to a level the average person will understand, perhaps with the aid of a metaphor.

“I’m sorry, Jim. I’m going to stop the subsidy to PBS.”

“Whatever mistakes were made will not be made again.”

“I had five seconds left before you interrupted me.”

“They got caught with their hands in the cookie jar.”

Thank God it’s over.Looking back

on the high (and low) points of the presidential race

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This year’s candidates provided no shortage of questionable quotes

From Paul Ryan’s controversial Time magazine spread to Bronco Bama, these photos defined the race.

Clockwise from left: VP candidate Paul Ryan appeared in a Time magazine spread of exercise photos; a Colorado four-year-old expresses her election frustrations in a video that soon went viral; President Barack Obama wins reelection. COURTESY PHOTOS / USATODAY.COM, WALLPAPERSWALLA.COM, POLITICKER.COM, BIOGRAPHY.COM

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