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Jack'em Up J J . Go Twelfth Man Qlfae 1 A (Eabet America's Last Independent College Newspaper VOLUME L X X V I 11 Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, September n , 1987 N U M B E R 3 Visiting History Professor by: R. BrianMcCormack This semester a new history course was added, only for the Fall of '87. The history course, entitled Hi 490-Cold War Diplomacy, taught by visiting professor Dr. Norman A. Graebner. Dr. Graebner comes to VMI prior to his nineteen years at UVa, where he retired. Pro-fessor Graebner also taught at the University of Illinois and Iowa State University. Dr. Graebner's educational background began at Milwaukee State Teachers Col-lege (now University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) where he received his B.A. From there Professor Graebner went on to receive his Masters at the University of Oklahoma and finally a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. Professor Graebner has lec-tured at some 200 colleges and universities in the United States, Western Europe, and Far East. After 39 years of col-lege teaching, and class sizes averaging between 200-500 students, Professor Graebner considers his HI 490 class exc-cptionaly small, with the one and only section consisting of approximately sixty-five cadets. By Institute standards sixty-five cadets per class is a monsterous number when com-pared to an idealistic class size of 20 cadets. Professor Gcaeluier, turned down the Air Force Academy to teach at VMI, the reason being that VMI is only an hour away from his home in dlharlottesville. For the same reason, next semester Professor Graebner will teach the same history course at William and Mary. General Committee Initiates Changes by: Ned Cox The 1987-88 General Commit-tee (GO has implimented two new policies which should make the GC more efficient and more fair. These policies are the new Executive Committee (EC) set-up and the list of penalties. Last year, there were pro-blems at EC meetings when-ever a tie arose because it gave the first class President two votes. In order to change this in-justice, another first classmen has been added to the EC. By having an additional member, the first class retains its votes while, at the same time, allow-ing the first class president to remain neutral. Now if there is a tie, the first class president breaks the tie by casting his first (and only) vote, thus eliminating the two vote stan-dard that has been used in previous years. At the end of last semester, the class officers of '88, '89, and '90 met and decided upon a list of penalties. This list was made in the hopes of eliminating favoritism towards classmates and inconsistent penalties. In the old system, when a cadet came up to the GC, there were no guidelines to limit his penal-ty. With this list of penalties, there is already a predetermin-ed range for penalties the cadet can possibly receive. With this list, inconsistent penalties and favoritism towards classmates will become a thing of the past. These two policy changes will ake this year's GC more effec-tive and more consistent, thus resulting in better meetings. The first meeting of the year proved the system works, as it went smoother and faster than meetings last year. by: Chris Engel Last week the Corps had a check formation for a lecture on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The speaker was Doctor Richard P. Keeling, the Director of Student Health at the University of Virginia. Although most people would think that a lecture about AIDS would be useless here at VMI, they are wrong. What was oace considered strictly a gay or drug users problem is fast becoming a universal danger, threatening people of all classes, creeds, and backgrounds. The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta predicts that more people will die of AIDS in 1991, than died in the Vietnam war. With statistics like that, everyone should worry, even those of us who think "It'll never happen to me." That's the same thing tHat the 423 reported AIDS victims in Virginia said too! To best protect yourself against this disease you need to know how it works. AIDS is caused by the Human Immuno- Deficiency Virus (HIV). This virus enters your blood stream Aids and attacks the cells which con-trol the production of an-tibodies, the cells which attack and kill dangerous bacteria and viruses. This leaves the body's natural defenses down and allows lethal diseases to occur. At this point there is no cure for AIDS, but as the saying goes "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." This can be taken almost literally in this case, because the use of condoms during sex can effec-tively prevent the transmission of AIDS via intercourse. The virus exists in high concentra-tion in male semen and female cervical secretions, and the barrier of latex prevents the virus from entering the body in this manner. Another way in which AIDS can be contracted is by tainted blood entering your body. This can be done by kissing someone who has the virus and has either open sores in their mouth or has recently brushed or flossed vi-qorusly enough to cause bleeding, however slight. The virus doesn't survive more than a few milliseconds in non-living blood, or blood which has exited a body. In other words, you can't catch AIDS from som-eone's dried blood. You also cannot catch it from someones dried vomitus; the acid content of the stomach destroys the virus. Should you catch AIDS,it wouldn't even be detectable by the test for three months after the time of contraction, and if you don't get checked up regularly you won't know you have it for five to seven years! Dr. Keeling suggests that if and when you go to get an AIDS checkup you attend one of the free anonymous clinics which the government has set up in Richmond, Charlottesville Roanoke, D.C. and Norfolk. Dr. Keeling's advice for the corps is to stay healthy; a strong body has a significantly greater chance of resisting the virus than a body with an already strained or weakened immune system. Also, his most practical advice to the audience here was to use condoms when engaging in intercourse of any kind. It definately could be the difference between life or death. Virginia Program At Oxford by: Paul R.Canada The Virginia Program at Ox-ford is a six week summer ses-sion in which the participant receives six credit hours upon successful completion of two classes: English literature and English history. Both courses cover the Elizabethan era to the mid-17th century. Eight VMI cadets (Coleman Lawrence, Tom McKee, Mike Mezzacca, Chris Mitchell, John Paul, Sam Tate, Sam Thorpe, and Paul Canada) along with students from W&L, Sweet Briar College, Mary Baldwin College, UVa., and Roanoke College attended V.P.O. '87 at St. Anne's College of Oxford University. Weekly tutorials and daily lectures on relevant subjects were supplemented by group excursions to various plays and historical sites. When asked his evaluation of the pro-gram, Sam "Dishpan hands" Thorpe replied: " I feel as if I've grown culturally and socially, as well as academically." In ad-dition to the two planned group trips, most participants took in-dividual excursions to places such as Bath, Brighton Beach, Edinburg, Wales and London. Perhaps the most significant difference in the classes at VMI and Oxford was the tutorial teaching system. Every week, students would report to their instructors with a paper for one class and preparations for the other. The teachers would have a one-on-three skill session with students. This method allows for good communication and in-tense learning periods. When asked his impressions of the tutorial style, John "Who has time to study?" Paul, VMI '89, whose cultural interludes were never far between, merely replied "Killer, brah!" However, the V.P.O. '87 con-stituency soon learned that Ox-ford wasn't all work and no play. With over 300 pubs to chose from in greater Oxford, the next libation was never more than a hop, skip, and a jump away. The program's favorite day-to-day pub (continued on page 6)
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. Septmber 11, 1987 |
Issue Date | 1987-09-11 |
Volume/Number | Volume 78, number 3 |
Publisher | Virginia Military Institute |
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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Issue Date | 1987-09-11 |
Full Text Search | Jack'em Up J J . Go Twelfth Man Qlfae 1 A (Eabet America's Last Independent College Newspaper VOLUME L X X V I 11 Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia, September n , 1987 N U M B E R 3 Visiting History Professor by: R. BrianMcCormack This semester a new history course was added, only for the Fall of '87. The history course, entitled Hi 490-Cold War Diplomacy, taught by visiting professor Dr. Norman A. Graebner. Dr. Graebner comes to VMI prior to his nineteen years at UVa, where he retired. Pro-fessor Graebner also taught at the University of Illinois and Iowa State University. Dr. Graebner's educational background began at Milwaukee State Teachers Col-lege (now University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) where he received his B.A. From there Professor Graebner went on to receive his Masters at the University of Oklahoma and finally a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. Professor Graebner has lec-tured at some 200 colleges and universities in the United States, Western Europe, and Far East. After 39 years of col-lege teaching, and class sizes averaging between 200-500 students, Professor Graebner considers his HI 490 class exc-cptionaly small, with the one and only section consisting of approximately sixty-five cadets. By Institute standards sixty-five cadets per class is a monsterous number when com-pared to an idealistic class size of 20 cadets. Professor Gcaeluier, turned down the Air Force Academy to teach at VMI, the reason being that VMI is only an hour away from his home in dlharlottesville. For the same reason, next semester Professor Graebner will teach the same history course at William and Mary. General Committee Initiates Changes by: Ned Cox The 1987-88 General Commit-tee (GO has implimented two new policies which should make the GC more efficient and more fair. These policies are the new Executive Committee (EC) set-up and the list of penalties. Last year, there were pro-blems at EC meetings when-ever a tie arose because it gave the first class President two votes. In order to change this in-justice, another first classmen has been added to the EC. By having an additional member, the first class retains its votes while, at the same time, allow-ing the first class president to remain neutral. Now if there is a tie, the first class president breaks the tie by casting his first (and only) vote, thus eliminating the two vote stan-dard that has been used in previous years. At the end of last semester, the class officers of '88, '89, and '90 met and decided upon a list of penalties. This list was made in the hopes of eliminating favoritism towards classmates and inconsistent penalties. In the old system, when a cadet came up to the GC, there were no guidelines to limit his penal-ty. With this list of penalties, there is already a predetermin-ed range for penalties the cadet can possibly receive. With this list, inconsistent penalties and favoritism towards classmates will become a thing of the past. These two policy changes will ake this year's GC more effec-tive and more consistent, thus resulting in better meetings. The first meeting of the year proved the system works, as it went smoother and faster than meetings last year. by: Chris Engel Last week the Corps had a check formation for a lecture on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The speaker was Doctor Richard P. Keeling, the Director of Student Health at the University of Virginia. Although most people would think that a lecture about AIDS would be useless here at VMI, they are wrong. What was oace considered strictly a gay or drug users problem is fast becoming a universal danger, threatening people of all classes, creeds, and backgrounds. The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta predicts that more people will die of AIDS in 1991, than died in the Vietnam war. With statistics like that, everyone should worry, even those of us who think "It'll never happen to me." That's the same thing tHat the 423 reported AIDS victims in Virginia said too! To best protect yourself against this disease you need to know how it works. AIDS is caused by the Human Immuno- Deficiency Virus (HIV). This virus enters your blood stream Aids and attacks the cells which con-trol the production of an-tibodies, the cells which attack and kill dangerous bacteria and viruses. This leaves the body's natural defenses down and allows lethal diseases to occur. At this point there is no cure for AIDS, but as the saying goes "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." This can be taken almost literally in this case, because the use of condoms during sex can effec-tively prevent the transmission of AIDS via intercourse. The virus exists in high concentra-tion in male semen and female cervical secretions, and the barrier of latex prevents the virus from entering the body in this manner. Another way in which AIDS can be contracted is by tainted blood entering your body. This can be done by kissing someone who has the virus and has either open sores in their mouth or has recently brushed or flossed vi-qorusly enough to cause bleeding, however slight. The virus doesn't survive more than a few milliseconds in non-living blood, or blood which has exited a body. In other words, you can't catch AIDS from som-eone's dried blood. You also cannot catch it from someones dried vomitus; the acid content of the stomach destroys the virus. Should you catch AIDS,it wouldn't even be detectable by the test for three months after the time of contraction, and if you don't get checked up regularly you won't know you have it for five to seven years! Dr. Keeling suggests that if and when you go to get an AIDS checkup you attend one of the free anonymous clinics which the government has set up in Richmond, Charlottesville Roanoke, D.C. and Norfolk. Dr. Keeling's advice for the corps is to stay healthy; a strong body has a significantly greater chance of resisting the virus than a body with an already strained or weakened immune system. Also, his most practical advice to the audience here was to use condoms when engaging in intercourse of any kind. It definately could be the difference between life or death. Virginia Program At Oxford by: Paul R.Canada The Virginia Program at Ox-ford is a six week summer ses-sion in which the participant receives six credit hours upon successful completion of two classes: English literature and English history. Both courses cover the Elizabethan era to the mid-17th century. Eight VMI cadets (Coleman Lawrence, Tom McKee, Mike Mezzacca, Chris Mitchell, John Paul, Sam Tate, Sam Thorpe, and Paul Canada) along with students from W&L, Sweet Briar College, Mary Baldwin College, UVa., and Roanoke College attended V.P.O. '87 at St. Anne's College of Oxford University. Weekly tutorials and daily lectures on relevant subjects were supplemented by group excursions to various plays and historical sites. When asked his evaluation of the pro-gram, Sam "Dishpan hands" Thorpe replied: " I feel as if I've grown culturally and socially, as well as academically." In ad-dition to the two planned group trips, most participants took in-dividual excursions to places such as Bath, Brighton Beach, Edinburg, Wales and London. Perhaps the most significant difference in the classes at VMI and Oxford was the tutorial teaching system. Every week, students would report to their instructors with a paper for one class and preparations for the other. The teachers would have a one-on-three skill session with students. This method allows for good communication and in-tense learning periods. When asked his impressions of the tutorial style, John "Who has time to study?" Paul, VMI '89, whose cultural interludes were never far between, merely replied "Killer, brah!" However, the V.P.O. '87 con-stituency soon learned that Ox-ford wasn't all work and no play. With over 300 pubs to chose from in greater Oxford, the next libation was never more than a hop, skip, and a jump away. The program's favorite day-to-day pub (continued on page 6) |