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Welcome Back Gen. Walker She T&M^. (Ealiet America's Last Independent College Newspaper VOLUME LXXVM Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, April 10,1987 NUMBER22 Krynski Wins Silver Medal by: Ernie "The Hammer" Sacco Thds year's National Cham-pionship took place in Reno, Nevada with VMI sending three boxers. Unfortunately, because of a nose injury to heavyweight Jeff Barnes and 156 Iber Mike Corson's eye injury only Ken Krynski, at 180 lbs., was able to compete. Ken, Class of 1989, in his second year of boxing, took the Silver Medal in a bout he probably could have won. Friday, April 3, Ken fought in the semi-final bout against B.O. Solu of California. Ken, a stand-up boxer with good power, was able to easily out box and out punch his opponent who, after the first round, seemed to be looking for an easy way out to win a clear decision. The other 180 lbs. semi had Steve Schafin of Air Force Academy stop Joe Salluzzo of Lock Haven in the first round, knocking his tall op-ponent down with body shots and causing Salluzzo's corner to stop it. Schafini .is a vicious right hand puncher, strong and aggressive, and had beaten Ken on points in the New York show last fall. Still Ken with his superior boxing skill and foot work had an excellent chance to beat him, however, this wasn't to be. The finals on Saturday night provided some excellent fights. Dick Hoffman of Navy, who beat Krynski in the Regional finals last year at 172 lbs., took his third National title in an awesome display of punching power. The first round of the 180 lb. final began well for Ken as he boxed, moving in and out and scoring with combinations tak-ing the round. However, in round two Keynski stopped his movement and elected to punch with his hard hitting opponent, going against one of boxing's oldest rules, never punch with a puncher. Schafini began putting his punches together and a right hand caught Ken somewhat off balance, putting him down for a brief count. Ken, who was not really hurt (he has a good chin as he has taken many of my right hand bombs in sparring), nevertheless gave up his advan-tage by staying flat footed and punching, was caught again late in the round. Schafini, punching to the head and body, continued his attack in the third round and the referee stepped in and stopped the bout because of the 4th standing-eight count against Ken. Ken wasn't really hurt but collegiate rules state that the recipient of four stand-ing eights be deemed unfit to continue. If Ken had kept up his boxing and moving as he did in the first round and he had prac-ticed in sparring with me, he may have pulled out the win. In any case Ken fought an ex-cellent fight and has two more years to win his own National Title, something I know he will strive for and firmly believe he will achieve. Navy was the big winner at Nationals winning the team title with six champions. Includ-ing Roger Stanton at 147 Steve Fernandez at 119, Dick Huffman at 172, Tom "Packy" Murphy at 190, who decisioned a slug^sh yours truly in the Regional finals, and Jeff Barnes victim Mike Parillo who scored an easy victory over a hapless Air Force Heavyweight. At 156 Tony Flet-cher won the title in a good bout, but Mike Corson would have more than held his own with any of the finalists at this weight. They must wait until next year and the team coming off his year's strong showing can only get better. Biggs Lecture Overview by: David A. Martin Dr. Martin Blumenson, author of several books about General George S. Patton, Jr., visited VMI last Monday in order to give a lecture in keep-ing with the leadership and command theme of the Biggs Lectures thus far. Dr. Blumen-son graduated from Bucknell University with a Masters Degree. He continued his education at Harvard Universi-ty, receiving his second Masters. He later attended the Army War College and several other institutions. He taught at The Citadel and the Merchant Marine Academy. Dr. Blumen-son served with Patton's head-quarters in Luxembourg early in 1945. Thus, he had the ap-propriate background to give an interesting and informative lec-ture about leadership, using Patton as a guide. Dr. Blumenson drew upon his latest work for his speech. Patton-The Man Behind the Legend: 1885-1945 offers an in-teresting perspective of (j^n. Patton. From both the book and fifty-five minute lecture, one learned that Patton lacked con-fidence throughout his career as a leader. A very candid and lively speaker. Dr. Blumenson said that "leadership and General Patton are synonomous." Pat-ton gives a lesson to us all, for he overcame dislexia. Blumen-son masterfully used Patton's disability and fine tuned it into an excellent example of a pro-blem we all face as potential leaders: overcoming oiu* own fears and problems. Anyone can overcome their inhibitions to excell, if the desire is great enough. Dr. Blumenson continued on to say that ethics and leader-ship have nothing to do with each other. He showed his ex-pertise on the field of leadership by leaving General Patton and drawing on an example from Napoleon. Napoleon, said Dr. Blumenson, was not always an ethical individual, but yet, became a great leader. Dr. Blumenson gave high praise to VMI, bringing to mind the fact that General Patton at-tended VMI to begin his military career. Said Patton: "VMI is the best thing that ever happened to me." Blumenson called it a thrill to be able to study and live where Patton did. Again using Patton as a model. Dr. Blumenson gave three valuable leadership traits: guts, imagination, and objectivity. Discipline, defined by Patton as "instant, cheerful, unhesitating response" was another trait also stressed highly-motivation, spirit, and savvy are then offshoots of discipline. Finally, Dr. Blumenson said that we should live up to our ideals and reach for the best (as potential leaders). Patton, a controversial leader, tried to excel as best he could, a point which the speaker wonderfully illustrated. The parallel was made, even if unknowingly, bet-ween Patton and VMI cadets. Dr. Blmnenson proved to be an excellent choice for a speaker. 1987 Champaign by:H. Craig Walker, Jr. '87 Recently, the Class of 1987 was presented with a challenge, a challenge that could set a precedent for future Annual Giving nationwide. In VMI's history, there have only been three classes to achieve 100% participation in Annual Giving. The Class of '27 leads all classes by reaching this percentage seven con-secutive times. Followed by '35 and '36 with one time each. The Class of 1987 hopes to join the ranks of these classes, and to also set a precedent for those to follow. The Class of 1987 hopes to become not only the youngest class in the history of VMI to attain 100% participa-tion in Annual Giving, but (ac-cording to statistical informa-tion in Washington, D.C.) also the youngest class in the Na-tion. The total goal for the class is set at $1,987. The Foundation represen-tative, Greg Cavallaro '84, presented the challenge to (continued on page 7) CORRECTION The S.D.I, discussion referred to in our article of 27 March as avoiding controversy was the privately supported program given in the fall. The 1986 S.D.I. Symposium did present sharp debate on the issues. New Staff Takes Over! Inside: Aids Commentary Page 3 Sugar Ray Page 4 Big Weekend Preview Page 6
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
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Title | VMI Cadet. April 10, 1987 |
Issue Date | 1987-04-10 |
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Publication History | The Cadet (originally the Keydet), VMI's student newspaper, began weekly publication in the fall of 1907. Not published 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46 |
Frequency | Weekly during academic year, except during examinations and vacations |
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Virginia Military Institute -- Publications. Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet life. College student newspapers and periodicals -- Virginia -- Lexington. |
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Full Text Search | Welcome Back Gen. Walker She T&M^. (Ealiet America's Last Independent College Newspaper VOLUME LXXVM Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, April 10,1987 NUMBER22 Krynski Wins Silver Medal by: Ernie "The Hammer" Sacco Thds year's National Cham-pionship took place in Reno, Nevada with VMI sending three boxers. Unfortunately, because of a nose injury to heavyweight Jeff Barnes and 156 Iber Mike Corson's eye injury only Ken Krynski, at 180 lbs., was able to compete. Ken, Class of 1989, in his second year of boxing, took the Silver Medal in a bout he probably could have won. Friday, April 3, Ken fought in the semi-final bout against B.O. Solu of California. Ken, a stand-up boxer with good power, was able to easily out box and out punch his opponent who, after the first round, seemed to be looking for an easy way out to win a clear decision. The other 180 lbs. semi had Steve Schafin of Air Force Academy stop Joe Salluzzo of Lock Haven in the first round, knocking his tall op-ponent down with body shots and causing Salluzzo's corner to stop it. Schafini .is a vicious right hand puncher, strong and aggressive, and had beaten Ken on points in the New York show last fall. Still Ken with his superior boxing skill and foot work had an excellent chance to beat him, however, this wasn't to be. The finals on Saturday night provided some excellent fights. Dick Hoffman of Navy, who beat Krynski in the Regional finals last year at 172 lbs., took his third National title in an awesome display of punching power. The first round of the 180 lb. final began well for Ken as he boxed, moving in and out and scoring with combinations tak-ing the round. However, in round two Keynski stopped his movement and elected to punch with his hard hitting opponent, going against one of boxing's oldest rules, never punch with a puncher. Schafini began putting his punches together and a right hand caught Ken somewhat off balance, putting him down for a brief count. Ken, who was not really hurt (he has a good chin as he has taken many of my right hand bombs in sparring), nevertheless gave up his advan-tage by staying flat footed and punching, was caught again late in the round. Schafini, punching to the head and body, continued his attack in the third round and the referee stepped in and stopped the bout because of the 4th standing-eight count against Ken. Ken wasn't really hurt but collegiate rules state that the recipient of four stand-ing eights be deemed unfit to continue. If Ken had kept up his boxing and moving as he did in the first round and he had prac-ticed in sparring with me, he may have pulled out the win. In any case Ken fought an ex-cellent fight and has two more years to win his own National Title, something I know he will strive for and firmly believe he will achieve. Navy was the big winner at Nationals winning the team title with six champions. Includ-ing Roger Stanton at 147 Steve Fernandez at 119, Dick Huffman at 172, Tom "Packy" Murphy at 190, who decisioned a slug^sh yours truly in the Regional finals, and Jeff Barnes victim Mike Parillo who scored an easy victory over a hapless Air Force Heavyweight. At 156 Tony Flet-cher won the title in a good bout, but Mike Corson would have more than held his own with any of the finalists at this weight. They must wait until next year and the team coming off his year's strong showing can only get better. Biggs Lecture Overview by: David A. Martin Dr. Martin Blumenson, author of several books about General George S. Patton, Jr., visited VMI last Monday in order to give a lecture in keep-ing with the leadership and command theme of the Biggs Lectures thus far. Dr. Blumen-son graduated from Bucknell University with a Masters Degree. He continued his education at Harvard Universi-ty, receiving his second Masters. He later attended the Army War College and several other institutions. He taught at The Citadel and the Merchant Marine Academy. Dr. Blumen-son served with Patton's head-quarters in Luxembourg early in 1945. Thus, he had the ap-propriate background to give an interesting and informative lec-ture about leadership, using Patton as a guide. Dr. Blumenson drew upon his latest work for his speech. Patton-The Man Behind the Legend: 1885-1945 offers an in-teresting perspective of (j^n. Patton. From both the book and fifty-five minute lecture, one learned that Patton lacked con-fidence throughout his career as a leader. A very candid and lively speaker. Dr. Blumenson said that "leadership and General Patton are synonomous." Pat-ton gives a lesson to us all, for he overcame dislexia. Blumen-son masterfully used Patton's disability and fine tuned it into an excellent example of a pro-blem we all face as potential leaders: overcoming oiu* own fears and problems. Anyone can overcome their inhibitions to excell, if the desire is great enough. Dr. Blumenson continued on to say that ethics and leader-ship have nothing to do with each other. He showed his ex-pertise on the field of leadership by leaving General Patton and drawing on an example from Napoleon. Napoleon, said Dr. Blumenson, was not always an ethical individual, but yet, became a great leader. Dr. Blumenson gave high praise to VMI, bringing to mind the fact that General Patton at-tended VMI to begin his military career. Said Patton: "VMI is the best thing that ever happened to me." Blumenson called it a thrill to be able to study and live where Patton did. Again using Patton as a model. Dr. Blumenson gave three valuable leadership traits: guts, imagination, and objectivity. Discipline, defined by Patton as "instant, cheerful, unhesitating response" was another trait also stressed highly-motivation, spirit, and savvy are then offshoots of discipline. Finally, Dr. Blumenson said that we should live up to our ideals and reach for the best (as potential leaders). Patton, a controversial leader, tried to excel as best he could, a point which the speaker wonderfully illustrated. The parallel was made, even if unknowingly, bet-ween Patton and VMI cadets. Dr. Blmnenson proved to be an excellent choice for a speaker. 1987 Champaign by:H. Craig Walker, Jr. '87 Recently, the Class of 1987 was presented with a challenge, a challenge that could set a precedent for future Annual Giving nationwide. In VMI's history, there have only been three classes to achieve 100% participation in Annual Giving. The Class of '27 leads all classes by reaching this percentage seven con-secutive times. Followed by '35 and '36 with one time each. The Class of 1987 hopes to join the ranks of these classes, and to also set a precedent for those to follow. The Class of 1987 hopes to become not only the youngest class in the history of VMI to attain 100% participa-tion in Annual Giving, but (ac-cording to statistical informa-tion in Washington, D.C.) also the youngest class in the Na-tion. The total goal for the class is set at $1,987. The Foundation represen-tative, Greg Cavallaro '84, presented the challenge to (continued on page 7) CORRECTION The S.D.I, discussion referred to in our article of 27 March as avoiding controversy was the privately supported program given in the fall. The 1986 S.D.I. Symposium did present sharp debate on the issues. New Staff Takes Over! Inside: Aids Commentary Page 3 Sugar Ray Page 4 Big Weekend Preview Page 6 |