Major Stories
The Flat Hat was the first news medium, student or professional, to break the news about the Wren Cross controversy, doing so in a news brief. After the decision received more journalistic attention, The Flat Hat continued to follow the controversy, including revocation of a twelve-million-dollar donation, placement of the cross in a display case, and, ultimately, Gene Nichol’s resignation of the presidency of the College (which was impelled in part by the controversy surrounding the cross in the Wren chapel controversy).
In May, 2010, The Flat Hat was the first journalistic source in Williamsburg, professional or other, to announce the election of Scott Foster to the city council governing Williamsburg. Foster was the first William and Mary student ever to be elected to the council, and he had been endorsed by the editorial board of The Flat Hat.
In 2010, The Flat Hat was the first news source to report that ESPN continued to use a William and Mary athletic emblem that had been banned by the NCAA in 2006. ESPN ultimately discontinued the use of the emblem.
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