Freshman phenom Administration wants Tribe baseball opens Quinn McDowell fraternities gone season with 3 wins SEE BACK PAGE SEE PAGE 4 SEE BACK PAGE The twice-weekly student newspaper of the College of William and Mary — Est. 1911 VOL.98, NO.35 TUESDAY, FEBRuaRY 24, 2009 FLATHATNEWS.COM HITTING THE LINKS Voting problems cause halt in Honor Council elections the ballot itself. Glitches force council From the opening of voting at 8 a.m., members of the Honor Council and the Student Assembly to move referendum were flooded with complaints from students expe- riencing difficulties casting their ballots. to Wednesday Honor Council Elections Committee By IAN BRICKEY Chairman Will Eaton VOTE WEDNESDAY The referendum and Flat Hat Staff Writer ’09 said the initial problem was caused election vote will take place College of William and Mary administrators by transferring the Wednesday between postponed Monday’s referendum on possible ballot’s Word docu- 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. online changes to the Honor Code, along with the elec- ment to a web site. via Opinio. tion of members to the Undergraduate Honor “The text of the Council. A new election will be held Wednesday referendum was from Microsoft Word,” Eaton due to the technical problems. said. “We could view it while we were editing it, “We apologize for the technical difficulties but when some people accessed it, the script actu- concerning today’s Honor Council Elections and ally expanded and covered the choices, and stu- Honor Code Revision,” the Honor Council said in dents weren’t able to vote.” a statement to students sent through Interim Vice- Another technical difficulty involved the web President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler ’88 addresses that were e-mailed to students. Ph.D. ’06. “The Honor Council is working with IT Students were supposed to receive individual- to investigate this matter further. A new vote will ized links to the web site featuring the ballot, but be held this Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.” were instead sent a general link open to anyone MARAL noori-moghaddam — THE FLAT HAT The message said errors in the ballot’s coding with access to a College e-mail address. A total of 416 teams and over 1,700 students took part in the annual Kappa Delta Campus Golf philanthropy to prevented some students from casting their votes benefit Avalon and Prevent Child Abuse America. For more photos, see page 6. For video, see flathatnews.com. and allowed individuals unauthorized access to See REFERENDUM page 3 RESEARCH ON CAMPUS Italian New life House found in just hits Crim Dell Freshmen discover new its quota bacteria in the muck Language house forced By JESSICA KAHLENBERG to accept non-speakers Flat Hat Staff Writer to meet quota College of William and Mary fresh- men participating in a national experi- By ADAM LERNER ment funded by the Howard Hughes Flat Hat Staff Writer Medical Institute recently discovered what might be a new strain of bacterio- Arrivederci to the Italian House? Not phage, a virus that infects bacteria, in the so fast. Crim Dell. Just three days before the deadline The bacteriophage may provide a to apply for specialty housing, the Ital- breakthrough in how phages work as ian House was in danger of not receiving well as insight into the treatment of dis- enough applicants to fill the house. eases like tuberculosis. But in the end, a Facebook group The students, working through the and some luck helped rekindle enough Science Educational Alliance, a branch interest in the house to save it from an of HHMI that developed a two-semester uncertain fate. GRAPHIC BY NISH PATEL — THE FLAT HAT research course known as the Phage On Jan. 27, Language House Coor- Genomics Research Initiative, learned dinator Crystal Adams informed Italian about scientific concepts while engaging House Tutor Novella Gremigni that if 20 in research. ou know what we’re talking about. It’s rial staff and contains not only the tradition- applications were not received for the The College is one of 12 institutions the place you always turn to. Your favorite al favorites, but a few new winners as well. Italian House, it could be put on proba- nationwide to participate in the national sandwich, dessert, or late-night snack. The New categories Best On-The-Go and Best Mar- tion. If the house did not receive enough experiment. Y applications for two years in a row, it In order to isolate bacteriophages, the Gobbler. Death By Chocolate. The Ninja Turtle. garita were captured by WaWa and Tequila could be shut down. students collected soil and water samples It’s comfort food, date food, fast food. It’s Rose, respectively. That evening, Gremigni broke the from the Crim Dell. The experiment was beers, margaritas, shaved ice. In a surprise news to Italian House resident Megan part of a larger attempt to determine the INSIDE O’Connor ’09, who, motivated by her diversity of bacteriophage that infects It’s the Best of the ’Burg. See Page 5 for the upset, Paul’s Deli own positive experience in the Italian the soil bacterium known as Mycobacte- The Flat Hat’s annual list features the top entire list of winners replaced the Green House, immediately started a Facebook rium Smegmatis. eateries in the Williamsburg area. Whether you Leafe Cafe as the group titled “Save the Italian House.” Although the students conduct re- “[At first, I thought] we should do a search on several parts of the campus, are a fan of fast and cheap or in the mood for best deli. But don’t fret, fans of mug night. The rally or make sandwich boards and run the only location where they found the a more romantic meal, this guide provides you Green Leafe hung on to its title as top place to around, or distribute pasta to everyone unique phage was in the Crim Dell. with the insight necessary to locate the best din- get a beer in Williamsburg. on campus or something,” O’Connor “When we realized that the phage was said. “Then I just went in my room and potentially unique, it was a very exciting ing around the College of William and Mary. Other repeats include Nawab, the Cheese just decided to make the Facebook group moment,” Molly McDonough ’12 said. The list is voted on by The Flat Hat’s edito- Shop, Aroma’s, the Trellis and the Fat Canary. because that seemed like the quickest, See BACTERIOPHAGE page 2 See ITALIAN page 3 Page 2 Tuesday, February 24, 2009 News Editor Alex Guillén News Editor Miles Hilder NEWS INSIGHT [email protected] STREET BEAT How do you plan on voting for the Honor Council referendum? ‘Stabilitas et Fides’ 25 Campus Center, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. 23185 Newsroom (757) 221-3281 — Advertising Dept. 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News Editor Amanda Goodman, Copy Editor Maggie Reeb, Assoc. News Editor Logan Herries, Copy Editor — photos and interviews by Bertel King, Jr. Sam Sutton, Assoc. News Editor Megan Keeling, Copy Editor Isshin Teshima, Assoc. News Editor Cory Chapman, Copy Editor Summer Finck, Assoc. Variety Editor Katie Lee, Copy Editor CITY POLICE BEAT Rachel Rudebusch, Assoc. Variety Editor Jack Hohman, Chief Photographer Pam Snyder, Assoc. Variety Editor Liz Horne, Production Assistant Matt Poms, Assoc. Sports Editor Meredith Nall, Production Assistant Chris Weidman, Assoc. Sports Editor Michael Kirby, Senior Sales Representative Feb. 13 to Feb. 22 Alexa McClanahan, Assoc. Opinions Editor Reggie Gomez, Local Sales Representative Ameya Jammi, Insight Editor Matthias Jamora, Local Sales Representative public. Bertel King, Jr., Insight Editor Jessica Dobis, Accountant Catherine Anderson, Copy Editor Juae Son, Accountant 1 Wednesday, Feb. 18 — An individual Chelsea Caumont, Copy Editor Jin Woo, Accountant was arrested on the 1600 block of Richmond Leah Fry, Copy Editor 1 Rd. for alleged larceny. 5 4 Thursday, Feb. 19 — A 36-year-old 3 Corrections 4 male was arrested on the 1400 block of N. Due to an editing error, Kevin Salinas was listed as a rising senior instead of a rising Mount Vernon Ave. for alleged domestic sophomore in the list of Honor Council candidates in last Friday’s issue. 6 assault. The Flat Hat wishes to correct any facts printed incorrectly. Corrections may be 3 Friday, Feb. 20 — An individual was submitted by e-mail to the section editor in which the incorrect information was 2 arrested on the 100 block of Merrimac Trail printed. Requests for corrections will be accepted at any time. for allegedly stealing a 32” TV and a cell phone. Weather 5 — A 40-year-old male was arrested on the 5 400 block of N.