The Flat Hat


Volume 90, No. 7 January 21, 2000
The Student Newspaper of the College of William and Mary





NEWS

Applicants up 12.5 percent

As most people were counting down the days to the new year, college-bound high school students were counting how many days they had left to submit their applications.

By Jan. 5, the College's application deadline, the Office of Admissions was flooded with about 12.5 percent more applications than last year.

"I hope that what the increase means is there is more of an understanding and appreciation of the value of a William and Mary education," Karen Cottrell, associate provost of enrollment, said.

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OPINIONS

Editorial: 'Doh

Homer Simpson's famous line can no longer be heard by students living off campus or at Ludwell. Fox Network was pulled from Cox Communications, the cable service provider in the Williamsburg area, after a petty fight.

Fox is trying to bully Cox into lowing Fox's broadcast channel number. Fox is asking Cox to decrease its broadcasting channel from 43 to a number between two and 14.

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VARIETY

Moonstruck at Small

Where was the best place to catch last night's total lunar eclipse? You may have watched it while lying on Barksdale, standing atop one of the buildings on campus, or, if you want to see a different kind of moon, while streaking the Sunken Gardens.

However, if you wanted to get up close and personal with this rare lunar phenomenon, you would have been on the roof of Small Hall with senior Dave Leichtman, where the Society of Physics Students had Small's roof observatory open for public viewing.

See ECLIPSE

REVIEWS

Anderson scores artistic triumph

At the young age of 29, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson is already a master of the on-screen emotional breakdown.

In his most recent project, "Magnolia," his characters freak out, fall apart and lash out at others in anger and frustration. The film is made up of multiple vignettes without a common theme (along the lines of Robert Altman's "Short Cuts"), so it naturally devolves toward a kind of madcap breakdown marathon. While Anderson's overlong creation will certainly try the patience of anyone looking for a logical, straightforward story, fans of ambitious artistic endeavors are in for a treat.

See MAGNOLIA

SPORTS

No. 8 Blue Devils slam dunk W&M

The men's basketball team got slam dunked by two Dukes during the Winter Break. First the No. 8 Duke Blue Devils introduced them to big time Division I basketball with a 41-point rout in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Two weeks later, the James Madison Dukes handed the squad a painful five-point loss in a conference home game. The Tribe emerged from the up-and-down stretch with a 7-9 record and a 2-4 mark in conference play.

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