The Flat Hat


Volume 90, No. 26 October 6, 2000
The Student Newspaper of the College of William and Mary




NEWS


Chief Justice to visit College


Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court William Rehnquist will speak at the dedication ceremony of a statue of John Marshall and George Wythe this Saturday at the Marshall Wythe School of Law.

The dedication ceremony, which will be held at 10 a.m., marks the 200th anniversary of the appointment of Marshall as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Rehnquist will deliver remarks at the dedication of the statue of Marshall and Wythe, the College's first law professor.

See RHENQUIST

NEWS

Stop the Hate


In support of the national "Stop the Hate" campaign, students, faculty and community members gathered in the Sunken Gardens yesterday to participate in an interfaith vigil against hate violence.

The purposes of the event were to raise awareness, remember victims and address the influence of fear on prejudice and hate. The event featured remarks by College President Tim Sullivan and other members of the community, music by Ebony Expressions and the Middle East Music Ensemble and readings from various faith traditions.

See VIGIL



OPINIONS

Editorial: Odd Men Out

Buchanan and Nader are not going to win the presidential election. There are definitely many reasons why, but the sad thing is, they have been discounted before the votes have been cast.

A committee, comprised entirely of Democrats and Republicans, opted not to invite either third-party candidate to join the debates because Nader and Buchanan didn't fill all of their requirements.

See EDITORIAL

VARIETY

Painting the town

Sophomore Chad White was deep in enemy territory. He waded through trenches, nervously fingering the grenade he'd brought and aiming his gun at the unsuspecting sentry of the fort he was rushing. Then, every soldier's nightmare happened to him.

"I was looking forward to take out another position when a few guys came up behind me and shot me in the back," he said.

See PAINT



REVIEWS

Don't 'Remember' these 'Titans'

"Remember the Titans" is based on the true story of Alexandria, Virginia's T.C. Williams Titans, a high school football team united in the shadow of desegregation. A predominantly white high school is mixed with a predominantly black one, and each student is forced to struggle with a new system of public school busing designed to blur color lines.

The Alexandria School Board appoints Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) to replace the hometown favorite, Bill Yoast (Will Patton) in the coveted position of Titan coach. Yoast nobly concedes and stays on as Boone's assistant, losing his Hall of Fame nomination and the esteem of the town's more prominent whites in the process. Meanwhile, the newly desegregated players are facing their own racist demons. Not surprisingly, the kids eventually overcome their ill-minded inhibitions to create an unstoppable football team that flies all the way to the National Finals.

See TITANS

SPORTS

Green and Gold trap Bears in Maine


In William and Mary's first four football games of the 2000 season, the average margin of victory was 32 points a game. They have twice been involved in contests where the victor outscored their opponent by 40 or more points, while their closest game was an opening-day loss to the University of Massachusetts by 20 points.

So, when the Tribe traveled north this weekend to face the University of Maine, there was a question of how the Green and Gold would respond in a contest that went down to the wire.

See TRAP








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