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.

History

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 online publishes daily.

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 management.

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.

Letters to the Editor

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.

Contact

The Flat Hat
Campus Center
PO Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795

Business & Advertising: (757) 221-3283
Newsroom: (757) 221-3282
Fax: (757) 221-3242

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.

If you would like to subscribe or report a problem with your subscription, please contact our subscription manager.

If you would like to advertise in The Flat Hat print or online editions, please contact our ads manager.

To report news tips or breaking news, contact the newsroom at (757) 221-3282 or fhnews@gmail.com. You may also e-mail the Variety, Sports, Opinions, and Photos desks directly.

Staff

Editor-in-Chief	Austin Wright
Managing Editor	Jeff Dooley
Executive Editor	Alice Hahn
Business Manager	Patrick Bisceglia
Online Editor	Brian Mahoney
News Editors	Alex Guillén, Miles Hilder
Variety Editors	Kasi Kangarloo, Ashley Morgan
Sports Editor	Andrew Pike
Opinions Editor	Sarah Sibley
Copy Chiefs	Taylor Martindale, Vanessa VanLandingham
Photography Editors	Caitlin Fairchild, Maral Noori-Moghaddam
Chief Staff Writer	Alex Ely
Editorial Writer	Andrew Peters
Associate News Editors	Mike Crump, Maggie Reeb, Sam Sutton, Isshin Teshima
Insight Editors	Ameya Jammi, Bertel King, Jr.
Associate Variety Editors	Jessica Gold, Summer Finck, Pam Snyder
Associate Sports Editors	Matt Poms, Chris Weidman
Associate Opinions Editor	Russ Zerbo
Chief Photographer	Jack Hohman
Web Director	Tom MacWright