About The Flat Hat
The Flat Hat has been the College of William and Mary’s student newspaper since 1911. It covers the College and the surrounding area of Williamsburg, Va., printing on Tuesdays and Fridays of the academic year. The Flat Hat office is located in the Campus Center basement at the intersection of South Boundary Street and Jamestown Road.
The Flat Hat derives its name and motto (“Stabilitas et Fides”) from the Flat Hat Club, the nation’s first secret society. The Flat Hat Club was founded at the College in 1750 and included among its members St. George Tucker, Thomas Jefferson and George Wythe. It is believed that the Flat Hat Club was the precursor of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, established at the College in 1776.
The Flat Hat printed its first issue on October 3, 1911. The Flat Hat printed weekly until 2007 when it began printing twice weekly.
The Flat Hat is produced entirely by a volunteer all-undergraduate staff. It has no faculty advisor. The student journalists of The Flat Hat control all online and print content. The production of the paper’s news and editorial content are in no way supervised by any College administrator. The Flat Hat also controls its own advertising and business departments.
Online Comment Policy
The Flat Hat welcomes informed and respectful comments on its online content. Any comment deemed obscene, frivolous or off topic will be removed. The Flat Hat reserves the right to print user comments in its twice-weekly issues. The Flat Hat is not responsible for the content of user commentary.
Staff members are prohibited from posting comments on The Flat Hat website, anonymously or otherwise, excluding Flat Hat columnists and bloggers, who are required to identify themselves. The editor reserves the right to respond to comments and explain the removal of comments pursuant to the online comment policy.
Staff members are also prohibited from commenting on other campus news websites, anonymously or otherwise.
Joining The Flat Hat
Any student at the College is eligible to join The Flat Hat at any time. Please contact the editor of the section you are interested in, or e-mail the editor-in-chief.
Social Media
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Contacting The Flat Hat
To report news tips or breaking news, contact the newsroom at (757) 221-3283 or by e-mail. You may also e-mail the Variety, Sports, Opinions, Photos, and Online and Multimedia sections directly.
The Flat Hat welcomes all letters to the editor sent by mail or e-mail. Please limit letters to 300 words or less. Letters may be edited.
Corrections may be submitted at any time. Please contact the editor of the section in which the error appeared.
To subscribe to the print issue or to report a problem with your subscription, contact the subscriptions manager.
For advertising information and other business for the print edition or online, please contact the advertising department.
The Flat Hat
Campus Center
PO Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Phone: (757) 221-3283
Fax: (757) 221-3242
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