VARIETY OPINIONS SPORts Activities Fair Additions The Bright Side Gauchos, no me gustan Cupcakes for a Cause is one of the newest State funding for the College continues to No. 22 women’s soccer has winning streak extracurricular activities offered at the College. decline, but Ed points out the silver lining. snapped, loses 1-0 to UC- Santa Barbara. SEE PAGE 7 SEE PAGE 5 SEE PAGE 8 The twice-weekly student newspaper of the College of William and Mary — Est. 1911 VOL.99, NO.6 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 FLATHATNEWS.COM ThePulse Bite-size news you can use State cuts A man was juggling fire outside the Green Leafe Cafe funding by Wednesday night. Inexplicably, it was an ad for Magic Hat beer. 15 percent Many students received an odd e-mail Wednesday. The subject, joining the Marine College President and Corps, was not the odd part; in- stead, the e-mail came from the unfortunately named Captain BOV Rector discuss Courtney M. Rapé; and many e-mail systems dropped the fiscal future accent, identifying the sender as “Rape Captain.” “No thanks, By ADAM LERNER captain,” Zach Claywell ’10 Flat Hat Chief Staff Writer wrote on Facebook. What was originally billed as an op- portunity for the College of William and The College started tacking up posters yesterday depicting Mary community to meet the new Board President Taylor Reveley point- of Vistors Rector Henry Wolf ’64 J.D. ’66 ing Uncle Sam-style and reading and College President Taylor Reveley “Only you can prevent the flu.” Wednesday afternoon quickly became VP for Administration Anna a serious dialogue about how to accom- Martin told The Flat Hat she modate the most recent round of state- expects the posters will quickly funding cuts. The cuts put total state sup- migrate from dorm hallways port for the College at a record low 13.7 into students’ rooms. percent of its operating budget. Gov. Tim Kaine announced Monday that his plan to deal with Virginia’s bud- SUN Park— THE FLAT HAT get shortfall would include a 15 percent, New BOV Rector Henry Wolf ’64 J.D. ’66 and College President Taylor Reveley discussed College budgetary concerns with students at a forum Wednesday. or approximately $6.2 million, cut to the College’s operating budget. While the said they are open to any suggestions to stagnation and layoffs dominated much to financially make those salary adjust- College says that it can move $2.7 million close the financial gap. of the forum. Student concerns of mid- ments without resorting to trying to ad- of federal stimulus funds originally allot- “So all the discussion will be around year tuition increases, in-state and out- just the size of the workforce, and that’s ted for the fiscal year 2011 to the current the debt between the 6.2 and the 2.7, of-state percentages and possibilities of what we’ve been astutely trying to work year, the College would still be $3.5 mil- that’s where we have to decide and as privatization filled out the hour and 15 toward,” Wolf said. lion short in funding. Reveley and Wolf, the president and the rector said, every- minute form. Physics professor Carl Carlson cited thing’s on the ta- Kaine’s plan already includes a one- a graph showing that the College’s sal- ble,” BOV Vice day furlough for all state employees that ary rates were no longer competitive BUDGET BREAKDOWN President for Fi- will occur for most on the Friday before with other Virginia universities, such as State support to the College has decreased 29 percent since 1980. nance Sam Jones Memorial Day. Faculty and administra- George Mason University. According to Double points if you score ’75 M.B.A. ’80, tion alike questioned the usefulness of a Carlson’s statistics, an average full-time �� the VIMS version featuring ma- ���� who was sitting one-day furlough. professor at GMU earns approximately rine science dean John Wells. �� in the audience, “My reaction to that is — what’s the $10,000 more than an average full-time ���� �� said. “Do you cut, point of one day? What’s the state trying professor at the College. President Rev- ���� [or] do you try to to achieve with that?” Reveley said. “But eley said he had been given the same A study published in this �� ���� raise additional perhaps, in due course, the holy city will graph by economics professor Robert month’s Journal of Studies on ���� revenue?” enlighten us.” Archibald previously. Alcohol and Drugs found that �� binge drinking, drunk driv- Both options When the possibility of longer fur- “It certainly looks just as you de- �� ���� ing and unprotected sex at 18 raised concerns loughs, salary reductions and layoffs scribed it,” Reveley said to Carlson. “We ���� heavy-drinking American col- supportState (in percent) �� ���� from the audi- was mentioned, Wolf assured the group don’t have any money.” leges barely changed between ence. With a that the objective of the College is to pre- Reveley went on to note that the Col- 1993 and 2005. 58 percent of �� prominent pro- serve jobs. lege, despite having fewer financial re- students reported binge drink- � fessorial pres- “At least at this juncture, without an sources than peer institutions, continu- ing in the last two weeks in the ence, talk of additional source of revenue or an ad- ally ranks highly among college rankings 1993 study; 56 percent said the � ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ����� �������� spending cuts in ditional source of funding, it is possible such as U.S. News and World Report, same in 2005. Years the form of fur- — with compensation costs being the COURTESY GRAPHIC—wm.edu/bov loughs, salary single largest cost of this university — See BUDGET page 4 The SC was evacuated last night at about 6:30 p.m. for a surprise fire drill. National grant Got an idea for The Pulse? Williamsburg welcomes new EOC [email protected] helps fund Center boasts technological upgrades for emergency preparedness alcohol program By CAITLIN FAIRCHILD foot room on the second floor of the each other for six days, we knew we had Online Flat Hat Photography Editor Stryker Building, the new EOC is an to change,” Williamsburg City Public In- @ flathatnews.com addition and expansion of the James formation Officer Eric Stone said. On TRACK to target The new James City County Emer- City County Fire Department and EOC’s, usually located within a Video gency Operations Center opened to boasts 4,700 feet. county’s municipal seat, provide head- NiCad on campus fraternities and sororities the public this week. “During Hurricane Isabel, when we quarters for emergency staff in times Previously located in a 300-square- were all crammed together staring at of disaster to plan emergency-pre- paredness protocols or management By KEIRSTIN FLYTHE during a time of crisis. Flat Hat Staff Writer Planning for the addition began in 2007 when representatives from The U.S. Department of Education’s Office Williamsburg traveled to other EOC’s of Drug-Free Schools awarded the College of in nearby Virginia counties including William and Mary a grant for a drinking pre- Waynesboro and York counties. The vention program called On TRACK, or “Teach- city took elements from those facili- Missed NiCad when they ing Responsible Alcohol Choice and Knowl- ties to design the James City County were on campus this week? edge. The $276,804 grant provides funding for Center. Ground was broken in Octo- Check out a some of the inter- national rock group’s Lodge 1 over two years and began in July. ber 2008, and construction was fin- performance online. According to Dr. Jill Russet, the program’s ished last June. coordinator, On TRACK will primarily target The new EOC boasts several tech- flathatnews.com fraternities and sororities. However, Russet nological improvements. Prior to the insists that the choice to focus on Greek orga- opening of the new facility, staff mem- nizations is not punitive. bers had to use their own personal The Zerbo Zone “We selected Greek student organiza- laptops during emergencies. Now, Talking with Sarah Rojas tions, [but] we know that other students who there are over 10 screens are placed drink on campus are high-risk drinkers. So we throughout the center in order to dis- Opinions Editor Russ Zerbo don’t want to stigmatize or categorize them play multiple broadcasts. interviews SA President Sarah as the high-risk drinkers on campus. We se- Additionally, there is a new audio Rojas ’10 about the senate and the three-person rule. lected them because research shows that those system throughout the building and flathatnews.com/zerbozone CAITLIN FAIRChild— THE FLAT HAT See GRANT page 3 A Williamsburg City emergency worker tries out one of the new touch pad systems at the EOC. See EOC page 3 Page 2 Friday, September 11, 2009 News Editor Maggie Reeb News Editor Isshin Teshima NEWS INSIGHT [email protected] BEYOND THE ’BURG Forty aluminum bats The Harvard Crimson, Texas Governor Rick Annie Le, a 24-year-old 1 were reported missing 2 Harvard University’s 3 Perry hopes to bring back 4 doctoral student at Yale from the University of North student newspaper, printed Texas A&M’s bonfire tradition as University, has gone missing, ‘Stabilitas et Fides’ Dakota baseball team Monday an advertisement denying the soon as 2010, according to Texas days before her wedding. She 25 Campus Center, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va. 23185 morning. Officials investigating existence of the Holocaust. The Monthly. The university has not was last seen at her laboratory Newsroom (757) 221-3283 — Advertising Dept.