The Flat Hat


Volume 91, No. 2 October 27, 2000
The Student Newspaper of the College of William and Mary




NEWS


BOV reviews relationship policy


The current controversy over the College's policy regarding amorous relations between faculty and students immediately became the focus of the Oct. 13 Board of Visitors' meeting, although the meeting was originally supposed to have focused on the College-owned Ash Lawn estate, the home of President James Monroe.

The board decided to re-evaluate the College's policy concerning student-faculty relations after Sam Kashner, former writer-in-residence of the College, published an alleged autobiographical account of an extramarital affair with a student in GQ's October issue. According to the article, the student's husband committed suicide upon learning of the affair. Many students and officials took offense at references Kashner made in the article about the general atmosphere at the College and, in particular generalizations, about the female students that depicted them as sexually charged women initiating relations with professors.

See BOV

NEWS

Successful alumnus to host seminar


In 1990, Sports Illustrated named Mark McCormack the most powerful man in sports. In May 2000, Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal wrote that McCormack's company, the International Management Group, had an annual $900 million gross, making it by far the country's largest sports marketing agency in the world.

Sports stars like Muhammad Ali, Tiger Woods, Joe Montana and former presidential candidate Bob Dole have all been clients of the corporation, which represents the celebrities' interests in the business world.

See MCCORMACK



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.

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VARIETY

Haunts of Williamsburg

Senior Beth Edwards and sophomores Marc Graham and Dave Santopietro think a lot about things that go bump in the night. As three of the College's unofficial ghost tour guides, Edwards, Graham and Santopietro know a lot of the local lore.

"I've always been fascinated with ghosts and ghost stories and the spiritual world," Edwards, who believes in ghosts but has never seen one, said.

See HAUNTS



REVIEWS

'Juliet' rewarded for originality

Shakespeare in the Dark is a company that formed not only to give a forum for Shakespeare's vast plays, but also to allow a student to present the Bard's works in a different way. When it comes to a play as well known as "Romeo and Juliet," that finding a new interpretation seems like an arduous task.

It has been presented in numerous film versions, including the Leonardo DiCaprio-Claire Danes pop culture-filled snooze-fest. Most recently "Romeo and Juliet" was performed in New York in an all-male production called "R&J." What is left to explore in this show that can be as tedious to watch as Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"? Junior David Garrett has found a new way to explore old territory by striking out any preconceptions about the story and presenting a truly risky, if not risque, version, which he calls "juliet."

See JULIET

SPORTS

Soccer sweeps six in a row


After an up-and-down year, the women's soccer team has put everything together at the tail end of the regular season, riding a six-game winning streak into the Colonial Athletic Association Championship Tournament. Over the last six games, key W&M players have stepped up their play and ensured victory for the Green and Gold.

"We had a gut check; I think reality hit us, and we realized we needed to start playing better to get to the NCAAs," senior tri-captain Kim Newell said.

See SWEEPS






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