U.S. Postage Paid at Williamsburg, Va. VARIETY: SPORTS: The Muscarelle hosts a unique Women’s exhibit of fl oral arrangements in- soccer goes spired by art on display, page 7. 3-1 in their four-game roadtrip, REVIEWS: page 7. Gym wear sparks an important fashion discussion, page 11. SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 VOL.96, NO.4 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY SINCE 1911 http://flathat.wm.edu Starbucks may begin Williamsburg redevelopment SA to sliding doors and new paint colors “Iʼm getting older; Iʼve done a lot. sale, according to city offi cials. College Delly to will also be added to the exterior. I need to slow down and fi nd some “What weʼve heard from the A fi nal agreement has not been security for my family,” Tsamouras, City eyes more College makes sense to us,” provide become Starbucks reached, but Tsamouras said he who also owns the Yorktown Pub student-friendly Williamsburg Economic Devel- is interested in removing himself and Waterstreet Landing restaurants opment Manager Michele DeWitt from the day-to-day management in Yorktown, said. “I think [the Col- businesses said. “A year ago a survey of Wil- free blue BY JOSHUA PINKERTON of the property. Tsamouras was ap- lege Delly] needs new energy, and I liam and Mary students showed FLAT HAT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF proached by Starbucks and has re- donʼt have that energy anymore.” BY BENJAMIN LOCHER that they were looking for more re- books ceived several offers to lease the “Other suitors are perfectly THE FLAT HAT tail opportunities. Students are half The College Delly is slated to be property in recent years, a College of our population. They are real See STARBUCKS ✦ page 3 replaced by a Starbucks, according Delly employee said. City representatives are prom- important to us, so we really want BY MORGAN FIGA plans fi led with the Williamsburg ising more retail and entertain- to work with them.” THE FLAT HAT Planning Department. A fi nal deal ment venues for students in the The largest project, High Street has not been signed, but planning Richmond Road area, but little Williamsburg, will be adjacent to The Student Assembly for the conversion has been in the is currently known about exactly the former Sentara Williamsburg Senate passed the Free Blue works since June and negotiations what businesses may be included Community Hospital building, Books Act in their session are ongoing, according to repre- in the projects. A complex called which is currently being converted Tuesday. The bill appropri- sentatives of Starbucks and Delly High Street Williamsburg, fi rst to the Collegeʼs School of Educa- ates $5,000 from the stu- owner Constantine Tsamouras. The reported on by The Flat Hat in tion. The High Street project will dent activities consolidated plan has sparked a negative reaction March 2002, is fi nally under con- couple a residential neighborhood reserves fund to purchase from some members of the College struction, while work continues on with a retail-based city center. 20,000 blue books per year. community. a project near Scotland Road and “The retail village at High Street These blue books will be Plans show the building and park- Braxton Court. Additional devel- promises to serve as the heart and distributed by individual ing lot, built in 1940, will be kept, opment could be possible at the soul for the entire development,” academic department secre- but the white brick will be sandblast- COURTESY GRAPHIC ✦ CITY OF WILLIAMSBURG current Richmond Road locations the projectʼs website reads. “Paying taries during midterm and ed and a brick fi replace added to the The Williamsburg Planning Department released architectural draw- of the Tioga Motel and the South- fi nal exams. The inside front See BUSINESSES ✦ page 3 outside patio. A new fabric canopy, ings of the new Starbucks, which is slated to replace the College Delly. ern Inn, both of which are up for cover of each blue book will have the departmentʼs name, the words “provided by the Commonwealth HONORING SEPT. 11 SA” and a copy of the honor code. The stated purpose of the fails education bill was to alleviate stress during exam time and help increase student conve- affordability study nience. Each department will have to communicate BY KATIE PHOTIADIS College Director of Financial with the SA as to how many THE FLAT HAT Aid Ed Irish said that lower-in- blue books are needed each come students are given the means semester. The cost of each The nonpartisan National necessary to be able to afford the blue book to the SA is $0.25. Center for Public Policyʼs report, College. The bill, sponsored by Sen. “Measuring Up 2006: The Nation- According to Irish, 51 percent Victor Sulkowski, a senior, al Report Card on Higher-Educa- of students at the College receive passed unanimously after tion,” gave Virginia, along with some kind of fi nancial aid, either minimal fl oor debate. 43 other states, an “F” grade in in grants or loans. SA Vice President Aman- affordability. Additionally, the College re- da Norris, a senior, said she The report card graded each cently implemented the Gateway was glad to have the bill fi - state on participation, prepara- program, which allows students nally passed. The bill, she tion, affordability, completion, from low- to middle-income fami- said, had been in some form benefi ts and learning. While Vir- lies to receive grants and loans of consideration since her ginia scored well in the other cat- that pay for 100 percent of their freshman year. egories, the report suggests that fi nancial need, based on their “Almost all other under- higher education in Virginia is not FAFSA. graduate schools have [free affordable for many students. However, Irish said he was blue books] for students. It College fees have risen nation- concerned by the growing cost makes studentsʼ lives easi- ally by 375 percent since the early of college and the immense chal- ANDREW SCHMADEL ✦ THE FLAT HAT er,” Norris said. 1980s, the Sept. 8 edition of the lenges that many students face. Members of the Queenʼs Guard patrolled the Sunken Garden all day Sept. 11 to mark the fi ve-year an- Sulkowski and Sen. Zach Richmond Times-Dispatch re- “Everybody is concerned about niversary of the terrorist attacks that claimed nearly 3,000 lives and the lives of seven College alumni. Pilchen, a sophomore, pro- ported. Along with the increase in the low- to mid-income students posed the Defense of Night tuition, Virginia has dramatically who are not going to college,” he College memorializes 9/11 with Life Act that was sent to cut its aid to college students in said. the public affairs commit- the past 20 years. According to the The Virginia General Assem- tee. The bill was proposed State Council of Higher Educa- bly has made some effort to fi x the tributes to unity, fallen alumni in response to the plans to tion for Virginia, in 1981, Virginia problem. Prior to the 2006 legis- turn The College Delly into paid 72 percent of each studentʼs lative session, SCHEV estimated BY NIK BELANGER by vigil co-hosts Scott Brown a Starbucks. Sulkowski said education, while in 2006, the state the commonwealth would need THE FLAT HAT and Michael Reed, both seniors that the SA should be in- pays less than 45 percent of each to increase fi nancial aid funding and members of Students De- volved in making a stand to studentʼs education. by $377 million; however, in its Last Monday, members of fending Democracies, received help preserve the Delly. The report said that for stu- June session, the General Assem- the College community re- sponsorship and assistance from Pilchen agreed, speci- dents from low- to middle-income bly agreed to allocate $233 mil- membered the terrorist attacks groups across campus. fying that the issue went families, the total cost of college lion for higher education fi nancial of Sept. 11, 2001 by honoring The 3,000-fl ag display in the beyond Starbucks and the (tuition, room and board) is now aid. While many advocates for in- those who lost their lives in east end of the Sunken Garden, Delly. He said that student- 41 percent of the familiesʼ in- creased student aid appreciate the New York, Washington, D.C. a bipartisan effort of the Young friendly businesses were be- come. Many families are unable to funding, some are frustrated by and Pennsylvania. Democrats and College Republi- ing condensed. spend nearly half of their income the stateʼs refusal to grant the full The memorial included a cans, publicly honored every life “Students need to realize, on their childʼs education. $377 million. 3,000-fl ag display in the Sunk- lost. The Queenʼs Guard stood despite whatever has been “Obviously, the lower income “[Virginia] cannot compete in en Garden, the chiming of the watch over the fl ags throughout reported, the future of the students are going to have more the 21st century global economy Wren bells and a ceremony and the day. College lays in your hands,” of a challenge to go to school,” without affordable education,” candlelight vigil in the Wren Later in the day, the Student IRENE ROJAS ✦ THE FLAT HAT Sulkowski said. Dan Hix, fi nance director for the Kelly Porell, ʼ05, the executive courtyard. Nearly 3,000 fl ags were placed in Despite his commitment National Center for Public Policy, The memorial, spearheaded See 9/11 ✦ page 3 the Sunken Gardens on 9/11. to the bill, Sulkowski later See AFFORDABILITY ✦ page 3 said. said in an e-mail that he has decided to abstain from any other votes about the City rules only 3 may live in SAE alumni house bill because his “fi nancial investment in the weekly BY ANGELA COTA trator Rodney Rhodes said the coun- tion can be made by the owner-occu- Blue Caterpillar hookah THE FLAT HAT cil feared that granting the request pant of the dwelling,” Williamsburg night could at some point would decrease local property val- Planning Director Reed Nester said.