Most of us know that looking into the past and finding mementos that make you nostalgic feels good, especially when you connect to others who shared those moments or experiences with you. 

Certain smells seem to have the power to instantly transport us to past moments. But why is scent so powerful, and what does this tell us about memory?

Every semester, hundreds of students at the College of William and Mary rank Intro to Creative Writing in their carts. Despite the popularity of its flagship course, the English Department’s Creative Writing Program currently only offers a minor. Thanks to demand from students and professors, this may soon change.

After years of watching the construction of the Integrated Science Center’s newest addition from afar, graduating senior and data science major Alisha Khodabocus ’26 takes a tour and gives her perspective of the new ISC4.

The past five years have been far from uneventful. For The Flat Hat newspaper, stories from the Variety and Opinions sections have ranged from pieces covering the infamous emergence of Yik Yak across campus to tales of barefoot students meandering around Swem Library. Sorted by view count and interactions with individual posts, the following fifteen stories have been some of the most attention-grabbing pieces from the past 1,827 days.