We knew we would have issues publishing our June 29 story on Olivia Walch ’11, who was recently selected by The Washington Post as one of five finalists for its “America’s Next Great Cartoonist” competition. Conflict of interest is one of the biggest issues news sources have to deal with in these times when public trust in the media ranges from minimal to nonexistent.
For collegiate papers, this issue remains especially difficult.
Jon Stewart ’84 addressed the College of William and Mary’s mascot search last night on his Comedy Central show “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”
“Did you guys hear? William and Mary has just announced their new mascot,” Stewart said, eliciting laughter from his studio audience. “Let me tell you, they voted for — it’s an herbil, a combination, new breed, hamster/gerbil. Go Fighting Herbils.”
Unfortunately for Stewart, the Fighting Herbil will not be the College’s new mascot.
Several hundred College of William and Mary students attended Primal Scream Fall 2009 in the Sunken Garden at midnight Thursday.
Primal Scream is a recent tradition at the College. Held at the end of fall and spring terms during finals, students gather to scream together, ostensibly for the purposes of stress relief.
College President Taylor Reveley was intended to be the Scream’s special guest. Unfortunately, after the event was postponed from Tuesday night due to rain, Reveley had to fly to New York and missed the Scream.
Several commenters on The Flat Hat’s Dec.
Click here and here to read previous posts from Austin.
As a native Texan, coming to Austin was almost like coming home. Almost. Although not exactly like my hometown, Austin still has that Texas flavor but with its own twist. And being in the city on Halloween weekend made it just that much more twisted.
Click here to read Maggie Reeb’s previous post from Austin.
Sometimes it’s easy to forget why working for a newspaper is fun.
The hours suck, the pressure can be overwhelming and there is plenty of opportunity, but little room for, mistakes.
That being said, there is nothing more rewarding than knowing that the work you have done will have an impact. Newspapers, even as subscriptions decline and newsrooms issue layoffs, remain one of the most important mediums for disseminating information.
Thursday morning, 4 a.m., and four other Flat Hat editors and I are leaving Williamsburg to catch a flight to Austin, Texas, for the annual Associate Collegiate Press college journalism convention. We’ll spend several days attending seminars, honing our skills and learning even more about journalism to improve the newspaper for you, the reader.
I, along with Managing Editor Sam Sutton, Photography Editor Caitlin Fairchild, Variety Edior Jess Gold and my fellow News Editor Isshin Teshima, arrived in Austin at 10 a.m. exhausted but excited.
Sex is always a controversial topic, even in contemporary student newspapers. The Flat Hat has long run a sex column, “Behind Closed Doors,” in its print edition and subsequently online.
On Friday, a feature will run on sophomore back Diana Weigel and the issues she has had in her short career here at the College with cramping in her legs. I’ve been asked to write a short blog entry on some aspect of the sports section, so I’ve decided to take you through the step-by-step process of how this story evolved from an idea to what you will see in Friday’s issue.
Step 1: Weigel started experiencing cramping in her legs around the 67th minute of the opening game of the season against UNC-Charlotte.
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