U.S. Postage Paid at Williamsburg, Va. VARIETY: Fabulous and fantastic were Reviews: the words of the evening at Yeah Yeah Yeahs are Drag Ball 2006, page 7 back, page 11 SPORTS: Men’s tennis rankings im- prove despite losses, page 15 MARCH 24, 2006 VOL.95, NO.45 THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY SINCE 1911 http://flathat.wm.edu Scofield, Norris win historic second term Student Assembly Norris listed Sexual Assault pus-wide recycling, adding dump- Election Results Awareness Week among her top sters especially for recyclable priorities for the next term. She material. Scofield and Norris also also thanked the student body for stressed campus safety, installing Class of 2007 their continued support. three handrails at Morton Hall and “Iʼm so grateful that people three security blue lights around President let us do it again. This has been campus. Jess Vance my life since I got here,” Norris Scofield acknowledged receiv- said. “I appreciate everyone who ing criticism for his lack of action Vice President for Social voted.” on city council issues such as vot- Affairs The incumbent winners re- ing rights and the recent acquisi- Bryan McDermott ceived 1,572 votes, garnering ap- tion of a local rental property at proximately 58 percent of the stu- 110 Harrison Ave. This is one is- Secretary dent vote. Junior Sean Barker and sue that he aims to improve on in Ashley Slaff sophomore Constance Sisk came his next term. Scofield said that in second with 981 votes, or 36 criticism from some students will Treasurer percent. Freshmen Cliff Dunn and not impinge upon his initiatives Denis Beausejour Matt Pinsker received 109 votes, for next year. approximately 4 percent of the “A lot of people didnʼt vote Senators vote. 2,691 students voted in this for us. This doesnʼt matter to me. Will Coggin yearʼs presidential election. Weʼre elected to serve the students Scott Fitzgerald SA Chief of Staff junior James of William and Mary,” Scofield Meghan McCarthy Evans said he was pleased with said. “We will continue to be open Victor Sulkowski JONATHAN SEIDEN ✦ THE FLAT HAT the voter turnout. to everyone.” SA President junior Ryan Scofield (left) celebrated his re-election in the Library Tavern last night with his running mate, SA Vice President junior Amanda Norris (right) and campagin manger sophomore Tom Moyer (center). “I was impressed,” Evans said. Scofield promised to speak with “I think the way the candidates City Council Vice President Claude Class of 2008 BY JAMES DAMON ond term. According to campaign terms. were campaigning brought a lot Haulman “as soon as possible” re- FLAT HAT STAFF WRITER manager and SA communications “I think people realized the of votes.” garding the city councilʼs housing President director sophomore Tom Moyer, value of a potential second year,” In their last term, Scofield and acquisition. All candidates for the Nick Faulkner The student body re-elected this marks the first time in several Scofield said at a post-election Norris increased the airport shut- SA position were against the reno- Student Assembly President junior decades that presidential and vice party held at the Library Tavern. tle system to service Richmond, vation of other rental properties by Vice President for Advocacy Ryan Scofield and Vice President presidential SA candidates have “We already have many people in Newport News and Norfolk air- Brad Potter See SCOFIELD ✦ page 3 junior Amanda Norris to a sec- been elected to two consecutive place for next year.” ports. They also focused on cam- Vice President for Social Affairs Sievers STAGE RITE OF SPRING Patrick Donaldson Secretary claims Ashley Pinney Treasurer campaign Sarah Gibney Senators targeted Joe Luppino-Esposito Brett Phillips Matt Skibiak Attorney warns Shariff Tanious occupancy limit must be followed Class of 2009 President Kevin Dua BY ANDY ZAHN FLAT HAT NEWS EDITOR Vice President for Advocacy Kristen Seay David Sievers, a Williamsburg City Council candidate and junior Vice President for Social at the College on leave for the Affairs semester, held a campaign event Samantha Fein-Helfman March 18 at the Cornerstone Grill and Bar on Richmond Road. After Secretary the event — which was geared to- Ashley Poling ward students — Joe Phillips, the cityʼs attorney, e-mailed the restau- Treasurer rantʼs attorney reminding him of Ashley Wheelock the restaurantʼs occupancy limit, the Daily Press reported March 22. Senators “The attorneyʼs time was not Matt Beato well-spent. It seems like an aw- ✦ Walter McClean fully large waste of money ... At COURTESY PHOTO ORCHESIS Zach Pilchen no point during the event did we The Collegeʼs modern dance group, Orchesis, performs a selection from their show “An Evening of Dance.” The show will be performed tonight and Sean Sheppard exceed the limit of the bar area,” tomorrow night at 8 p.m. in Phi Beta Kappa Hall. For a history of the event and a dancerʼs perspective, see ORCHESIS in Variety, page 7. Sievers said. “Iʼm wondering if the other candidates had the plac- es they were having their kickoff events at were contacted about Mogul, writer encourages smarter foreign policy possible occupancy limit viola- tions.” BY KATIE PHOTIADIS the author of three critically ac- he said, the country is faced with According to Sievers, 113 peo- THE FLAT HAT claimed books: “The Wise Men” the largest crisis in foreign affairs ple attended the event, where a (1986), “Henry Kissinger” (1992) since Vietnam. suggested donation of $5 was col- Walter Isaacson, former editor and “Benjamin Franklin: An When asked about American lected. He said that the occupancy of Time Magazine and CEO of American Life” (2003). His career immigration policy, Isaacson said limit for the bar was 127. CNN, visited the College Mon- has spanned journalism, televi- that he holds the unpopular view Sievers took the semester off day and Tuesday as the Collegeʼs sion, public policy, education and of “giving up privacy and instat- from school to run for the four- 2006 Hunter B. Andrews Fellow writing. ing a national ID card.” year city council position, and he in American Politics to meet with Reiss opened the discussion Isaacson said that, in order to said that the event was intended students, faculty and community by jokingly stating that he would fight the war on terrorism, a loss to focus the campaign on College members. At a public forum Tues- serve as the “intellectual arm can- of privacy was unavoidable in or- students. day evening, moderated by Vice dy” of the evening. der to fight the war on terrorism. “So far, Iʼve been concentrat- President of International Affairs The first question posed by He said that the US should act ing my efforts on non-students Mitchell Reiss, Isaacson discussed Reiss concerned the war in Iraq. aggressively to fight terrorism, off campus, going door-to-door issues regarding international re- Isaacson said that, although he is but he also said that increased im- talking to people who vote in city lations. not a “basher of this administra- migration was necessary. Without elections,” Sievers said. “I donʼt The Andrews Fellowship pro- tion,” the war is the “worst for- more immigration, he said, the US want to neglect students, so Iʼm gram was created in 1998 in honor eign policy since Vietnam.” will “lose out in the global com- having tonight serve as an event of the late Hunter Booker Andrews, He did say that he was initially petition.” for students.” a Virginia state senator and Board slightly in favor of invading Iraq. He said that anti-immigrant He pointed to the councilʼs of Visitors member. Past Fellows According to Isaacson, the big- policies are negative for the coun- March 9 decision to purchase a have included Washington Post gest problem with the war is not the try. He connected this to a current rental house on Harrison Avenue as columnist David Broder, former invasion, but the occupation. From event when he said that, simply be- a reason student and non-student National Security Advisor for the nationʼs creation, he said, the cause the United Arab Emirates has voters in Williamsburg will rally the Clinton administration Sandy founders stressed their opposition the word ʻArabʼ in its name, does behind his candidacy. He criticized Berger, former Speaker of the U.S. to occupation by explicitly stating not mean that it should lose control the city council for failing to publi- House of Representatives Thomas that quartering of troops was un- over the ports. cize their intentions to purchase the Foley and Congressman and civil constitutional. However, Isaacson He also spoke of the clash of Harrison Ave. house earlier. rights leader John Lewis. said that he understood that, even civilizations between theocracies “There hasnʼt been a public JONATHAN ✦ THE FLAT HAT In addition to working as the though the country is inherently where pluralism is not tolerated Walter Isaacson, the 2006 Hunter B. Andrews Fellow in American Politics, managing editor of Time maga- opposed to occupation, the United See SIEVERS ✦ page 3 See MOGUL ✦ page 3 offered his views on American foreign policy in Tucker Hall Tuesday. zine and CEO of CNN, he is States cannot abandon Iraq. Thus, QUOTATION of the week Everything is funny as long as it is hap- News N IGHT pening to Somebody Else. I S WILL ROGERS 2 NEWS ✦ MARCH 24, 2006 “ WWW.QUOTATIONSPAGE.COM Inside this week’s issue Beyond the ’Burg ” ✦ NEWS IN BRIEF ✦ Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity loses campus housing ✦ STUDENTS COMPETE TO DESIGN Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will lose its on campus housing next PHILADELPHIA CITY LANDMARK year, Associate Director of Student Activities Anne Arseneau ARIETY (U-WIRE) PHILADELPHIA , PA — Architecture students at said.