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## ORL changes access policy

The Office of Residence Life announced a change in its policy regarding dormitory access times. Using polling data from last years on-campus lottery exit survey, ORL determined that students desired a change in the schedules for dormitory access, regarding the change to allow students to do their own, students were asked when students should be allowed access to dorms other than their own. The survey contained two questions, asking when the dorms should open and when they should close. According to Director of Residence Life Deb Boykin, 55% of students surveyed said they preferred midnight for closing time and 78% said they wanted the opening time to be 7 a.m. Before the change, students did not have access to dorms other than their own after the hours of 11 p.m. and 8 a.m.

According to Boykin, ORL decided to change the hours after the results were tabulated from the exit survey in May. Boykin reiterated that hall councils may independently choose their own operating hours, pending approval from ORL. According to Boykin, however, ORL has previously asked students whether the access hours should be uniform or decided by the hall councils themselves, and the response has been overwhelmingly in favor of uniform hours.

## Election schedule announced

Elections for the officers of the Class of 2007 will occur Sept. 10, according to the Student Assembly Elections Commission. The positions available are four senate seats and class committees, including president, vice president for advocacy, vice president for social affairs, secretary and treasurer. Mandatory information sessions for interested students will take place Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. in the Commonwealth Auditorium and Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. in the York Room. Before beginning campaign Sept. 3, all candidates will be asked to submit a 150-word statement of intent. Additional information is available on the SA website, www.wmtstudentassembly.org.

## ExxonMobil continues annual gift

Last spring, Patrick Decker, Contributions and Community Relations Advisor for ExxonMobil Corp., presented President Timothy J. Sullivan with a $76,000 check to the College. Paid for through the ExxonMobil Foundation's 2002 Educational Matching Gifts Program, the contribution represents ExxonMobil's portion of its financial contribution to aid the colleges and universities with which it is affiliated.

The program allows individual ExxonMobil employees and retirees to contribute up to $5,000 per year to the school of higher education of their choice. ExxonMobil Corp. then matches the individual gifts on a three-to-one scale, meaning the company could contribute up to $15,000 per individual gift. The ExxonMobil Foundation has given over $700,000 in matching gifts to the College since 1988.

The College receives much of its financial contributions from similar matching gift programs. In 2002 alone, such programs provided the College with more than $848,000 of charitable support. The ExxonMobil Foundation, one of approximately 7,500 similar matching gift programs, is the largest of its kind in the United States and is the corporation's primary philanthropic arm. The Foundation has provided more than $266 million in donations to colleges and universities since its inception.

— COMPILED BY STEPHEN CARLEY

## STORIES

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### Campus mourns losses

The College community lost five members during the last academic year. Freshman Colin Smith died Nov. 6 in a bicycling accident near Dupont Hall. First-year law student Elizabeth John died March 23 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Freshman Greg Bak died March 28 after jumping from an attic window of Monroe Hall. David M. Brown, 77, a mission specialist and flight engineer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, died in the Columbia space shuttle incident Feb. 1. Brown broke a leg in a Convocation last year. Alex Reyno, a senior Admissions Office tour guide, died April 22 after jumping in the Critm Dell in celebration of his 30th birthday. The campus provided a special service by the student body was necessary, but there was still debate on whether the elected president should only serve out Burnett's term, or if the special election should elect the 2003-2004 SA president two months early. The latter course was approved Jan. 27 and the special election was held Feb. 13. Senior Brian Connor was elected as SA president and was inaugurated April 8.

### Construction proposals bring controversy

At their Nov. 21 meeting, the College's Board of Visitors heard a proposal from Sasaki Architects regarding future construction and renovation around campus. The firm presented a plan that, according to them, would unify the various architectural styles visible in the buildings on campus. Part of the plan strives to solve the parking problem at the College by making it an almost exclusively pedestrian campus through building more brick walkways such as those that line the Sunken Gardens out to Adair and Williams and Mary Halls. It also tried to offer solutions for the housing situation, and their proposal is the basis for the plans for a new dormitory. The Lake Matoaka Theatre, which is the University's largest, is the site for the BOV, the Board approved Barford College Field as the site for the proposed dorm at its Feb. 6 meeting. This action resulted in debate within

the College and surrounding Williamsburg community, spanning a demonstration by students and faculty on Barford Hall. The hall will be a town hall meeting expressing the concern that another dorm on Jamesstown Road would bring too much traffic into an already well-traveled area.

### Resignation leaves SA without precedent

In the Jan. 24 issue of The Flat Hat, the Student Assembly President Linsay Burnett announced her resignation. Following the emergency meeting and debated the course of action they should take and how the post of SA president should be filled, the College proposed allowing one of her cabinet members to step in and fill the remainder of her term, which was to have ended in April. Most announcements, SA held an emergency meeting with the administration, said the body was necessary, but there was still debate on whether the elected president should only serve out Burnett's term, or if the special election should elect the 2003-2004 SA president two months early. The latter course was approved Jan. 27 and the special election was held Feb. 13. Senior Brian Connor was elected as SA president and was inaugurated April 8.

### Students successfully campaign for bond

Last fall students campaigned for passage of a $900 million bond, for higher education, which was successfully passed by Virginia voters Nov. 5. The College will receive approximately $33.3 million from the bond over the next few years, and plans for the funds include renovations of Small and Andres Halls, the Marshall-Weathe School of Law Library, the Lake Matoaka Theatre. Additional portions of the funds the College will receive will go to improvements at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Richard Bland College.

The campaign also spawned the creation of Students of William and Mary Political Action Committee, the group that headed on behalf of support for the bond referendum.

### Small fires repeatedly plague campus

Campus was affected by several small fires during the 2002-2003 year. Aug. 24 there was an electrical fire in the basement of Dupont Hall, which forced all the residents to evacuate the building. The fire started in the Programming Resource Center after covering the floor in preparation for waxing stepped over a wall and reached an electrical wire. A fire in a maintenance team's office in the basement of Triple Hall resulted in smoke damage and caused the Campus Center to be shut down for most of the morning April 3. The Bryan Complex was evacuated in the early morning hours on April 11 after a fire alarm went off, triggered by a fire extinguisher being discharged in Madison Hall. A stove in the basement of Triple Hall caused fire April 14. No one was injured in any of these incidents, and damage in all cases was minimal.

## LAWYER

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While a student here, Copley was a staff writer for The Flat Hat, a member of the Society of Collegiate Journalists, Chemistry Club, Chemistry Honor Society and was the president of whom is now Hall Council. He also participated in intramural sports, Comely earned his degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1985.

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## Greek Life Information for Orientation

Monday, August 25th, 5-6:30pm – “Meet the Greeks” on Yates Field
Tuesday, August 26th, 2-3pm and 3-4pm, “Thinking About Greek Life”, UC Tidewater A
Tuesday, August 26th, Activities Night, W&M Hall

Find out why 1 in 3 students at William and Mary have chosen to make the most of their college experience through Fraternity and Sorority involvement.

Sorority Recruitment begins September 5th
Registration tables in the University Center;
Campus Center; and Caf through August 31st, 2003
or register on-line via:
http://www.wm.edu/SO/greeks/recruitment/form.php

## Fraternity Open Houses:
Tuesday, September 2nd, 7-9pm & Wednesday, September 3rd, 7-9pm
Tuesday, September 9th, 7-9pm & Wednesday, September 10th, 7-9pm

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GENERAL
INFORMATION

Dance Placement
Evaluations

The dance placement evaluations for freshmen will take place Monday at 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. in Adair studio for students with previous experience and who wish to enroll in dance technique classes. Students with no background in dance in the beginning level classes are also welcome. Please contact Joan Gavaler at x2785 or jgava@wm.edu. For more information or go to www.wm.edu/dance.

Orchesis

The student-led dance troupe, Orchesis, will hold
auditions Sept. 2 to 3 at 6:30 p.m. for students to
reference. Please contact Joan Gavaler at x2785
or jgava@wm.edu. For more information go to
www.wm.edu/dance.

Mildew in Air
Conditioned Rooms

This summer the College has experienced twice the normal amount of rainfall. Because of the excess of moisture in the air, there has been a increase of condensation inside our buildings. especially in those with air conditioning. If left unattended to, the condensation can lead to the growth of mildew in the rooms.

Although the buildings and fan coil units in the
rooms have been cleaned and disinfected, antici-
pate that there will be rooms where more condensa-
tion will occur.

To aid in preventing condensation, the Office of Residence Life and Facilities Management recommends the following steps: Do not set your air conditioner temperature any lower than 70 degrees, when leaving your room either turn the fan coil unit off or set it to its lowest fan setting, report prob-

lems with your air conditioning immediately and
keep entrance doors to the building and windows
closed.

The Wesley Foundation

The Wesley Foundation is having a worship service this Sunday at 11 a.m. in Andrews Hall, room 101. There will be a continental breakfast preceding the service at 10:15 a.m. at the Wesley Foundation.

Annual Volunteer Fair

The Office of Student Volunteer Services will be
holding their annual volunteer fair on Sept. 4 from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Over 30 different agencies will
be represented. Call the Office of Student Volunteer
Services at x3263 for more information.

WhistleStop

WhistleStop is a safety awareness program designed to fight sexual assault and crime on campus. It is a way for students, faculty and staff to work together actively to improve the safety of our college community.

A whistle is a safe, non-violent, material item that people can carry with them at all times. Carry it on your key ring so that the whistle is ready to use as you approach cars, residence halls, etc. This whistle is not a "cure-all," but it is a positive action one can take to be more aware of his or her personal safety.

In response to a blown whistle, immediately locate the trouble and respond in the best way possible. Call Campus Police at 911 or x4596 and blow your own whistle to attract more help and to startle the attacker. Whistles should be used only in an emergency. To protect yourself, always carry a whistle on your key chain and be ready to use it. Blow it load, long and repeatedly when in danger.

Whistles will be distributed by the Inter-
Sorority Council throughout the opening of

the fall semester. Stop by the I.S.C. table at
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