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Lacrosse: Anderson scores seven as College sinks Midshipmen

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The CAA’s top-scoring offense was back in top form Tuesday, as senior attacker Maggie Anderson and No. 15 William and Mary launched an all-out attack on the Navy Midshipmen Tuesday, to a 17-10 victory at Martin Family Stadium.

While the contest was close in the beginning, the College (5-4) utilized its explosive senior core and began to pull away during the middle of the first half. The Tribe displayed masterful ball movement, which allowed the squad to control possession and wear down the Navy defense.

“Navy is a very good opponent,” head coach Christine Halfpenny said. “The first 15 minutes of the game [were] back and forth. We were going up and down the field pushing the ball … but we settled down and we wanted to play our game. We didn’t want to play their game, which is very fast, we wanted to play our game, which is tempo control.”

The College’s offensive output rattled the Navy defense and surprised Midshipmen goalie Elaina Ponchione, one of the best in the country. Ponchione allowed 14 goals and made a season-low three saves in 47 minutes, 35 seconds of work. Ponchione’s replacement, Michelle Verbeeck, did not fare any better, and was abused by the Tribe offense for three goals in just 12:25 of game action.

Anderson, the CAA’s third-leading scorer, was the driving force of the College’s staunch offense. The senior evaded the Midshipmen to lead both teams with seven goals, most of which she scored in the second half. Anderson missed just one shot all game.

“I was feeling it, but I couldn’t have done it without my teammates,” Anderson said. “It just comes off of the ball movement that we had. We would have three cuts going through, and I would just happen to be that fourth cut coming through wide open.”

In addition to Anderson, senior midfielder Grace Golden continued her string of impressive performances by recording three goals and three assists. Senior midfielder Ashley Holofcener also contributed three goals and three assists, while junior midfielder Kyrstin Mackrides added three goals and one assist.

Defensively, senior goalie Emily Geary turned in another solid performance. Geary recorded seven saves and allowed 10 goals, three of which came with less than three minutes remaining and the win well in hand.
“Emily had a nice day,” Halfpenny said. “She settled into the game, did really well and started attacking the ball and playing her angles really well. I’m really proud of her.”

The contest began at a rapid pace and the goal scoring began almost immediately. Ten minutes had barely run off the clock before both squads had scored four goals apiece. With 17:26 left in the first, Anderson slipped past the Navy defense and found the back of the net, giving the College a 6-5 advantage, a lead that would last the rest of the night. The College then closed the half on a 6-1 run to end the half with an 11-5 lead.

“I think we really learned from our game on Sunday against Penn State,” Anderson said. “We were in that same position where it was like 5-5 at one point … We learned that we just needed to stick together and fight for the draw.”

Navy’s Aimee Gennaro added a quick score to open the second half, but Anderson exploded for four of her seven goals and any hopes of a Navy comeback quickly faded. Holofcener scored a goal with 5:10 remaining in the game to give the College a commanding 17-7 lead, capping a 5-0 Tribe run.

SA approves WCWM concert, sexual education program

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The Student Assembly voted Wednesday to allocate $7,650 to two separate activities: a concert organized by the College of William and Mary’s student radio station, WCWM, to be held on April 16 on the Day for Admitted Students, and a sexual education program entitled, “I Love Female Orgasm.”

WCWM representative Todd Van Luling ’13 introduced the concert. He said that while the concert would be the culminating festivity of admitted students day, it would be mainly for College students.
“We have two performers, Pictureplane and Dominique Young Unique- who are up and coming artists- coming to the concert,” Luling said.

Luling asked the SA for $4,000 for the event- $1,500 for each artist fee and $1,000 for equipment. In addition to the two music artists, he said WCWM is trying to book Ted Williams, the now famous voice-over artist from Columbus, Ohio, to emcee the event. This would raise costs by an additional $4,000.

A debate ensued as to how much money should set aside for the event. Both Senator Grace Colby ’13 and Senator Noah Kim ’13, wary of spending too much money, but were willing to pay only up to $3,000.

“It is very, very important to understand that this [$8,000] is almost a third of our budget, and next year we aren’t going to be able to do things like this,” Colby said. “We aren’t going to be able to replenish the student activities and events reserve because we put even less money in the student activities reserve this year than we did last year.”

Kim stated this is the type of thing the SA should support, but emphasized how the SA is “strapped for cash” and the need to conserve money.

“Moving into next year, we will not be able to support clubs the way we have this past year,” Kim said.
Senator Michael Douglass ’11, while acknowledging the need to spend money carefully, emphasized the importance of investing in organizations like WCWM.

“At the end of the day it’s students money, and we should be spending students’s money, or getting it back to them,” Douglass said. “We do have the money now, so we should support innovative things. By pulling off this large event, WCWM may be able to get big sponsors in the future. AMP is trying to reach out to people in much the same way, based off their past successes. I think we should give WCWM the same chance.”
The SA approved allocating $4,000 for the concert, by an 11 to six vote.

Justine di Giovanni ’11 introduced the “I Love Female Orgasm” event, a national sexual education program. She said it was also held in 2008, and was a very popular and positive event. Unlike in 2008, though, AMP is not paying for the event. di Giovanni asked the SA for $3,650 to cover its costs.

“We have enough right now where if we raised this by ourselves we could make it happen, but what we normally do is when we have the Vagina Monologues, all the money we get from that goes to the Avalon Shelter in Williamsburg,” di Giovanni said. “Where this year, because we need the money, we can’t do that. If we get money from the SA, all the money raised will go to Avalon.”

The motion to allocate $3,650 for the event was passed by unanimous consent.

Cooper Announced as New Dean of University Libraries

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Carrie Cooper was recently named the newest Dean of University Libraries at the College of William and Mary. Cooper, who will replace Interim Dean Bea Hardy, begins her new position August 1.

Twenty-eight professionals and 37 university employees will be given into Cooper’s charge, as will nine million dollars in funding and over two million volumes.

“We are delighted that Carrie Cooper will be our next Dean of University Libraries,” President Taylor Reveley said in a press release. “She brings experience, enthusiasm and vision to the job. Carrie understands the central role our libraries play in the success of William & Mary. We are also very grateful to Bea Hardy for her excellent stewardship of Swem during the past year.”

The Dean of University Libraries position involves strategic planning and collection development of library content as well as budget assessment of library services, resources, programs and facilities. Cooper will report directly to the Provost and will provide collaborative and entrepreneurial leadership in support of the teaching, learning and research activities of the university. She will also serve as a member of the Deans’ council and represent the College at national and statewide library consortiums.

During her tenure at the College, Cooper hopes to incorporate media and technology into the library experience at Earl Gregg Swem Library.

“The digital age presents many opportunities for librarians to support and enhance an academic community,” Cooper said. “In this evolving environment, I look forward to leading one of the country’s most prestigious academic libraries.”

In her new role, Cooper will also be an active fundraiser for the library, seeking donor support in the forms of gifts or endowments and working with the Office of Development.

Cooper, who will move from Kentucky to Williamsburg this summer, said she fell in love with the College two years ago while at a conference in Williamsburg.

In her previous position as Dean of Libraries at Eastern Kentucky University, Cooper secured the largest fundraising gift in the University’s history and oversaw the major renovation of the Eastern Kentucky University Crabbe Library.

“I believe it’s important for a great university to have a great library,” Cooper said. “Right now, the William and Mary library is known as being a great library, and I just want to make sure we continue that reputation.”

Before beginning her career in university libraries in 1998, Cooper worked as a fourth grade teacher, and then as a high school librarian.

In 2000, Cooper was awarded the America Library Association’s HW Wilson Professional Development Grant. She has also co-authored numerous articles on children’s literature and published several book reviews.

“Its really important that we use that money to serve the teaching, service and resources of the university,” Cooper said in a press release. “ It’s going to be fun to use that money to help the students succeed.”

Model UN goes worldwide

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English may have been the official language spoken at the World Model United Nations competition, but with 2,200 students from over 67 countries, it was not the first language for most.

This spring break, 14 students from the College of William and Mary’s International Relations Club took a trip to Singapore for the annual conference. The IR Club is a regular participant at the conference, where, each year, students are sent to a different country and have the opportunity to debate with and meet students from around the globe.

Although 14 College students attended the event, the IR Club is made up of about 120 people. World MUN is an important part of what the IR Club does, but they also organize many more activities. Many members travel to conferences, host speakers, participate in service activities and have socials for their members.

“Model UN isn’t all of what it’s about — we have a lot of social events like tab nights and service events,” Tanji Ahmed ’12 said. “As for speakers, last fall we had President Reveley talk about war powers, which was really heavily attended and very interesting.”

To help fund their trip to World MUN, the IR Club hosts Model UN conferences for middle and high school students. Additionally, IR Club members have a large role in helping World MUN participants prepare for the conference through research. Although the conference only lasts a week, the preparation starts months ahead of time.

“I know a lot of the club members got involved in our preparation and gave books, research articles, etc.,” Kedar Pavgi ’11 said. “It’s 14 people going, but we not only represent the club, we also represent the College. At the end of the day the entire college is helping us as well as getting its name recognition.”

Around February, the students who are selected to go to World MUN are assigned a committee for the conference and are told whom they will represent. While most of the College’s participants represented New Zealand, two represented individuals, such as the French Minister of Finance.

“Committees always have a study guide that we read,” Ahmed said. “We also research our particular country positions in regards to the topic that the committee chooses. We do position defenses on campus where we present what we learned to the IR [Club], and sometimes we have professors help us and give us advice.”

Participants must know their country’s stance on political topics, as well as how the political system works and what groups are large influences in government.

Their topic of research also depends on the style of the committee. Some of the committees resemble existing UN committees and debate current events. Others are historical committees in which participants debate an issue using the point of view of their assigned country at a specified point in history.

“The historical committee takes an event from the past and mocks a general situation response to that event,” Pavgi said. “So the groups we had there were answering questions of Apartheid.”

By the end of the conference, the goal is for each committee to propose a resolution for their issue.

“We are judged based on how diplomatic we are and how much we contribute to the debate,” Pavgi said. “This is not only through debate, but also through our contribution to the final resolution. Almost everyone [from the College] was part of the final resolution.”

This year, 11 of the College’s 14 participants walked away with awards. Although only one small and one large delegation “win” the conference, the College’s team had the second highest number of awards for a large delegation.

“Technically there isn’t a second place, but if there was, then we would have placed second,” Ahmed said. “We had 1.5 percent of a point difference with the winning team.”

However, the conference was not all about the competition. A meaningful portion of the trip included World MUN social events that varied in theme and encouraged the participants to get to know one another.

“Monday night we had global village night,” Ahmed said. “Every school gives out something that represents their country … so people from India gave out henna tattoos and Greeks gave Mediterranean food.”

While some events were aimed at showcasing the diversity of the people represented at the event, other events showcased the rich history and culture of Singapore. With authentic ++cuisine from Singapore and local performances, World MUN exhibited the local culture of Singapore. The events were held at various locations around Singapore, so students became familiar with the city during the conference. The participants were also able to explore Singapore before and after the conference started.

“We got there on a Friday and then we got to walk around Singapore the first couple of days,” Pavgi said. “It’s a very diverse city basically made up [of] three or four different cultures mixed into one. We got to go around, see different cultural sights and get to know the different neighborhoods in Singapore.”

While students do not always travel across the world to participate in Model UN, the benefit of going abroad centers around the ability to get to know students with the same interests and goals from across the globe.

“The fact that we could go to a conference where only 20 percent of the people were from North America was very unique,” Pavgi said. “In the end, they are college students, studying the same thing that you are at the same time. I met a ton of economic and international relations majors throughout my three years of participating.”

For some, the friendships they make while at World MUN last beyond the conference and are what make the trips really worthwhile.

“These students are so smart and fascinating, and just as excited to meet you as you are to meet them,” Zann Isacson ’13, one of the participants of this year’s conference, said. “I have continued to keep in touch with other students and I hope to one day visit them in their home countries.”

New test for the College

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This year the Williamsburg AIDS Network is conducting free HIV testing at the Student Health Center in a worthwhile effort to help students avoid becoming infected with the virus. As with any disease, the best way to prevent the HIV is to become educated about it. The free testing is anonymous and can help prevent a potentially lethal sexually transmitted disease at the College of William and Mary. This alone should be incentive enough for students to get tested and monitor their health.

The simplicity and anonymity in the process of making appointments of be tested is an asset to the program. Appointments can be made in advance by calling the Student Health Appointment Line and indicating that you would like a WAN screening. Only first names are required to schedule an appointment.
There are a lot of common misconceptions about HIV which seem to frighten people from getting tested. The most advanced form of HIV/AIDS is what we tend to hear more about in society. Many people mistakenly believe that HIV is a death sentence. This is not the case, however, when it is treated properly. Medical treatment can actually prevent the virus from progressing into AIDS, which is why early detection is so important.

Knowledge of HIV status is essential to protecting the vitality and health of your sex life. If you’re thinking about refraining from getting tested either because you’re worried that you’re positive or you simply don’t want to know what your status is, I encourage you to go. Choosing to ignore this valuable resource is much more destructive and risky to personal health than getting tested is.

A healthy sex life is built through trust. Have a conversation with your friends about getting tested. Even more importantly, talk about getting tested with your partner and share the results with them. I would strongly encourage students to do their part to reduce the negative stigma of HIV/AIDS.

Transition from major to career

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Every year, students are intrigued by the mysterious interdisciplinary major. When students at the College of William and Mary first look into the interdisciplinary major, it seems like a great idea. There are some pros and cons, which are not always explained, that students need to take into account before signing their major declaration form. These factors can seriously influence students’ opportunities after graduation.

I am a senior, and I decided my sophomore year to double major in two interdisciplinary departments, International Relations and Environmental Science and Policy. I was not really sure what I wanted to do, but I loved the environment and I liked government and economics, so I figured — why not major in the two subjects and take a bunch of different classes? Interdisciplinary majors are great; I was able to gain experience in many fields of study and was exposed to a lot of different ideas. I was actually able to figure out what I wanted to study and focus on because of the variety of classes available to me. To give you an idea: For International Relations, I took history, government, economics and language classes. The interdisciplinary major challenged me along a spectrum of academics. There are problems, however, with this path later on in your college career.

An interdisciplinary major gives students the opportunity to take classes in many different departments, but this can also be a problem. For example, how does a student describe himself or herself when applying for jobs? I cannot say I am an economist, despite having taken many upper level economics classes for my international relations major. It is difficult to define your skills for potential employers. If you are an interdisciplinary major, it is also really important to take classes that teach you specific skills. Often these classes are required if you major in single disciplines such as economics or government, but these classes tend to be optional for interdisciplinary majors. Proper planning and advice from professors is necessary to successfully select these valuable courses.

Right now, I am job hunting just like every other graduating senior. Employers are looking for good students with the right references and a strong resume, but they are also looking for students that possess specific skills. These skills could be fluency in Chinese or experience with ArcGIS for data analysis and statistics. All of these skills are helpful in getting a job; single discipline majors help students acquire these skills as the classes teaching these skills are required and not optional.

So what can you take away from this about the interdisciplinary major? It is an awesome way to be exposed to a variety of ideas and classes during college. Without the proper advice and preparation, however, it can be difficult to find a job because you did not take the classes preferred by potential employers. Before you sign up for an interdisciplinary major, I suggest you talk to a professor plan, it out, and make sure it is really what you want to do with your college education.

Don’t look to get handed a job

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As we all know, the job market for recent college graduates is not a pretty thing. Despite evidence of slight economic recovery, students still face an uphill battle. Part of the reason, of course, is the now infamous phenomenon of a jobless recovery, but a second factor is the nature of the current downturn. Recently, it seems, the majority of economists have concluded that current unemployment is due mainly to cyclical, rather than structural, forces. From a macro perspective, this is good news. Structural unemployment would mean that the skill sets of large numbers of workers are not suited for the current national economy, or that workers were not sufficiently mobile to move to regions with job opportunities. This would be a long lasting problem because it would require many unemployed people to go back to school to develop new skills or risk perennial joblessness.

Cyclical unemployment, on the other hand, is the result of a natural business cycle. Although it may be painful, it is, at least, temporary, and job seekers are likely to once again find employment once conditions improve. The irony is that, for recent college graduates, cyclical unemployment is much more pernicious. Graduates are perfectly suited to succeed in a climate marked by structural unemployment; they usually have skills relevant to the current market, or at the very least not outdated, and they are sufficiently mobile and may move to regions where jobs are plentiful. Conversely, with cyclical unemployment, college students fare worse than other job seekers. As the economy improves, the first workers to find jobs will be those who initially lost them. Their skills are still relevant and they have work experience and contacts in their industry. Even as national employment rates rise, employment of recent graduates will suffer a substantial lag period.

So what is a graduate to do? Obviously, a degree from the College gives us a boost, but that can only get us so far. The internet is rife with advice for job seekers, from the banal — “Prepare for your interview” and “Create a strong resume” — to the patronizing — “Young people text too much and need to practice phone etiquette.” But, in the mounds of advice, there are some points that may actually help.

Many employers in the business world have come around to the current social media obsession. Having a LinkedIn account and Twitter allows you to connect with professionals in your field and also enhances an applicant’s online presence, balancing out the job-destroying Facebook account. Some even suggest measures like creating your own website, which can serve as an easily accessible resume, or even writing a blog about your industry or interests to show you follow current, job-specific news, as well as to illustrate an understanding of your desired profession.

Another important point is that not all jobs are advertised. It is helpful to develop the right contacts so that you hear about these exclusive openings or even just e-mail or call a company’s human resources department and ask them about available positions. And, if there are no openings, offer to work for free doing anything a company needs. If you can demonstrate dedication and ability there is a good chance you will be on the short list when a position does open.

Finally, there are the steps everyone tells you to take but which still feel awkward. Follow up on applications and interviews by e-mail and phone, always observing the fine line between self-interest and obnoxious nagging. The hand written “Thank You” note is another frequently mentioned device which is many times conveniently forgotten.

Remember if all else fails, Qatar apparently has a CIA estimated .5 percent unemployment rate.

Defining Internationalism: Reves Center highlights global cultural events

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Today’s news headlines often concern issues from across the globe. Whether it be the revolutions and protests in Egypt and Libya or the natural disaster in Japan, it is obvious that there is a wider world beyond the bubble in which we live at the College of William and Mary. However, the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies aimed to shed light on the fact that there is more internationalism than students realize within this bubble.

Starting last Friday, the Reves Center began its first International Week. Although the School of Education has sponsored an International Week during each fall semester for the past few years, this event aimed to give students more freedom to learn with less of an academic feel.

“Especially at William and Mary, it’s easy to say we are international but harder to actually be international,” Wendy Couch, graduate assistant at the Reves Center, said. “We hope the events give students a lot of exposure to internationalism.”

On Saturday and Monday, workshops were available throughout the day in the Sherman and Gloria H. Cohen Career Center and the Reves Center, respectively. These sessions provided students with information about study abroad programs in Asia, the job search as an international student, and career opportunities for those with an international background from studying abroad.

Monday also featured a global citizenship reception and workshop in the Reves Center. The workshop was intended to address some of the questions raised by the protests and revolutions currently happening around the world, and encouraged participants to develop their own definitions of global citizenship.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education Eduardo Ochoa visited Tuesday to speak to students at the School of Education.

“For students and faculty interested in international affairs, public policy, and education policy, this is a great opportunity to meet and hear a senior Obama official talk on a subject very relevant to us,” Director of International Students, Scholars and Programs Stephen Sechirst said.

Wednesday brought a change to the menu at the Sadler Center dining hall. Instead of cheeze pizza, salad and fries, dishes from countries around the world were offered to students, to hopefully give them a taste of some different cultures.

The celebration of international awareness will conclude this Friday with a screening of “Crossing Borders” in
the Commonwealth Auditorium. This documentary, which follows the story of four American and four Moroccan university students traveling through Morocco and aims to support cross-culture relations.

“Through the course of their travel[s] together, [the eight students] break down stereotypes about each other and discover a lot about themselves,” Sechrist said. “It’s one of those films that really impacts you.”

Immediately following the screening, students will have the opportunity to participate in a discussion and Q&A session with the documentary’s director, Arnd Wächter, in an event co-sponsored by the Reves Center and the Center for Student Diversity.

“It’s a really good documentary for William and Mary,” Couch said. “It really pushes you to realize what your biases are. You always want to push yourself to engage with the Other.”

While many of these events have been planned specifically for International Week, Sechrist emphasizes that his main goal is to show that these cultural celebrations happen regularly.

For example, there will be a special exhibit by the Filipino-American Student Association in Swem on display through April 25. Additionally, there will be an exhibit by award-winning German photographer Bettina Flitner in the Muscarelle Museum of Art through April 3. This special exhibit displays photographs of people in both East and West Berlin immediately after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

“As we see it, International Week is an opportunity to showcase the many opportunities for international learning that are created by and available to the William and Mary community every day,” Sechrist said. “Across campus, cultural events, faculty lectures and interactions inspired by experiences abroad contribute to the development of international perspectives in our community.”

The Reves Center hopes that, if nothing else, the celebration of International Week will encourage students to think about internationalism on campus.

“We hope it opens a dialogue about what ‘international’ is at William and Mary,” Couch said. “Is it studying abroad, or is it wearing clothes made in a foreign culture, or something more?”

Letter to the Editor: Honor Council communication

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My name is Zara Stasi ’12, and I am the new chief justice of your Undergraduate Honor Council. Our newly elected executive board is made up of myself, Jason Gangwer ’12 as vice chair, Alice Shaughnessy ’13 as secretary, and Lina Yeh ’12 as chief financial officer. We have six standing committees, Outreach, Faculty Liaison, Training, Orientation, Rules and Elections. Each member is required to serve on one committee for the entire term. The executive board appointed chairs for each of these committees, [which] are as follows: Ben Migdol ’13, Outreach; Nicole Rugayo ’13 and Mirin Park ’13, Faculty Liaison; Kathleen Murphy ’12, Training; Zach Brown ’14 and Laura Zobor ’12, Orientation; Justin Duke ’13, Rules; and Jason Gangwer ’12, Elections. We would like to welcome and congratulate Kevin Mahoney ’13 as our newest elected member of [the] council. Additionally, we would like to thank the members of the Student Assembly for their hard work and assistance in making this election possible.

Our executive board has been working closely with these chairs and is very excited to begin fresh community outreach programs and education efforts. I hope that our newly focused committee work will better serve the community at large and will work to educate the College on our processes as well as the language and importance of our Honor Code.

The council is open to any and all ideas, comments and questions from the college community. Please feel free to visit us from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday at our office in the Campus Center, room 167, or at our weekly business meetings Sunday at 8:15 p.m. in the York Room of the Sadler Center. We are also available by phone Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 757-221-3305 or by email at honorcouncil@wm.edu. Additionally, visit www.wm.edu/honor for information on our bylaws, our Honor Code, processes, members and for frequently asked questions. Please direct all questions to me at honorcouncil@wm.edu.

Free HIV Testing in Sadler Center

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In order to make HIV testing more accessible and open to students, the Lambda alliance and the Tidewater AIDS Community Taskforce co-sponsored free testing yesterday.

Free HIV testing was offered during a four-hour period at the Sadler Center. Students were able to walk in and take an oral test.

The Tidewater AIDS Community Taskforce is an organization that provides outreach and education about HIV/AIDS to the Hampton Roads area.

“There is an education part,” TACT Outreach specialist Jerome Cuffee. “We come out and do the testing. It’s a twenty-minute test and it is just to see if there are any antibodies present. It is 99.6 percent effective.”

If the oral test results are positive, students take an additional test in order to determine whether or not they have HIV/AIDS. Cuffee stressed the importance of getting tested frequently so that the disease can be caught early and treated properly.

“Once a person has come in contact with a person who is HIV-positive, the antibodies can develop anywhere during a three to six month window period,” Cuffee said. “We advise students to get tested twice a year.”

If caught early, HIV can be a manageable disease.

“As long as a person is aware that they have it and are in treatment for it, a person can live a normal life span,” Cuffee said. “HIV now is being compared to diabetes or high blood pressure. It is something you can live with.”

Cuffee advocates for education and awareness about HIV so that students know exactly how it is transmitted and when they need to get tested.

“There is still a lot of stigma out there about it,” Cuffee said. “A lot of people think it can be transmitted by saliva, but there are only four main body fluids that can transmit HIV. They are blood, semen, breast milk and vaginal fluids.”

Students agree that free HIV testing can provide education and awareness on campus.

“It’s obviously a good thing,” Tyler Minnich ’13 said. “It provides a service that isn’t easily accessible. How many people would go to a doctor and ask for an HIV test?”

Ian Kingsbury ’13 agreed that the testing would continue to promote awareness to an issue that is not viewed prominently on campus.

“I guess it’s a good idea but I think the vast majority of men wouldn’t bother,” Kingsbury said. “I don’t think it’s perceived to be a problem at this campus. It doesn’t seem like anyone is concerned with being effected.

In order to make free HIV testing available to students, the Tidewater AIDS Community Taskforce initiated contact with the College of William and Mary.

“One of our workers reached out to the campus and tried to initiate the testing,” Cuffee said. “Lambda Alliance embraced it.”

The Taskforce is able to offer free testing to campuses all around the Hampton Roads area because they receive state and federal funding.

“We work off of federal and state funded grants through the Virginia Department of Health,” Cuffee said. “We partner with local health departments and they provide the testing supplies and everything we use to test people.”

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