VMI Cadet. November 17, 1989

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Amnesty?... Psyche!!
Olahet 9
*'One of America's Most Opinionated College Newspapers."
VOLUME LXXIX Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia November 17,1989 NUMBER 12
VMI celebrates 150th by recapturing the Silver Shako.
A Look Into Germany
Well we were sitting in the
CADET rcx)m about 1:30 am
talking about Germany so I
decided to call home. After try-ing
work (as Germany is 16
hours ahead of us) we finally
caught Dad brushing his teeth as
he got ready to go to work.
All six of us were sitting down
there hanging on every
word as Dad told us first hand
what was really going on over in
West Germany. Dad proceeded
to tell us for the next 20 minutes
how the East Germans when
they came to the west were each
given 100 West German
Deutschmarks "shopping
money." He went on to say that
the West German government
has issued over 23 million
dollars in "Gifts" of lOODM
over the weekend. Popular items
for purchase were clothes, par-ticularly
blue jeans.
When asked about resettle-ment,
apparently 30,000 East
Germans have actually settled
By: Dan Caine
over on the west side, this being
particularly prevolent in Berlin
where, much of the joy of this
momentus occasion is taking
place. BUI problems may exist.
Dad commented that resettle-ment
camps have already been
constructed in the West for those
who choose to stay. This
resettlement creates big job
problems for the West Germans
who already have problems of
their own in finding enough jobs
for the West Germans. Dad said
that economically all of this
movement could be potentially
disastrous for the economies of
both countries. The average
East German's monthly income,
in comparison to the west, is
pitiful. Dad went on to say. He
talked about a trained job such as
a therapist who would only make
about $45,00 a nmnth in western
dollars. Obviously a unified
Germany is far away because a
joint economy does not seem
possible given the present
economic situation.
Finally Jim Cox asked about
military reductions because of
all the lifting of restrictions. Dad
said that the leaders seemed to be
using caution when thinking of
the reductions and dealing with
the whole situation. It seemed to
us that even though there are
sweeping reforms an overall air
of caution seemed to be present.
So even though we see all
these great reforms we are a long
way from a single Germany.
Happiness was everywhere
Mom commented, as Dad ^id
she saw a family of East Ger-mans
in a car down by where we
lived. She also stated that they
appeared to be in awe and were
ju.st trying to take this new found
freedom in all around them. So
its a neat time to be there Dad
concluded, I can't wait to see the
situation at Christmas. Hey Dad,
thanks a lot, I hope the fog has
lifted.
Dogs Get Fed
The Bone
by Ian Connor
For weeks, no make that
months. I had to listen to people
tell me the VMI f(x)tball team
was not going to beat the
Citadel. Everyone! Friends,
alumni, cadets, and anyone else
you can think of gave VMI a
snowball's chance in hell to beat
Citadel. However, to everyone's
delight, the Keydets kicked the
Bulldog'...where it hurts, to the
tune of 20-10.
Two weeks in a row the
Keydets have played hard-nosed,
aggressive football and
have gained two victories. Last
week the Keydets ground out a
hard-fought victory against a
tough Citadel team in a game
that featured the wishbone
offense for both sides. For VMI
it was without a doubt their
finest offensive performance of
the year. The Keydets rolled up
nearly 320 yards total offense by
a combination of ram-it-down-your-
throat running and an occa-sional
pass to keep the Citadel
defense honest. Halfback Mar-cus
Mines had another 100 yard
game by running for 112 yards
and fullback Steve Roeneker
pounded out the short-yardage
plays when called on. For the
second week in a row the
offensive line controlled the line
of scrimmage and opened up
huge hole for the VMI backs to
crash through.
However, perhaps the most
exciting aspect of last weeks
game was the play of the Keydet
defensive unit. Led by several
seniors, all playing their last
game on Alumni Memorial
Field, the VMI defensive squad
caused the number tour rushing
team in Division 1-AA to resort
to passing. The Keydets held the
Bulldogs to one touchdown pass
and one field goal, although the
Citadel threatened a few times.
The VMI defense rose up to the
(K'casion in critical situations and
caused turnovers and big plays.
Linebacker Ray Flowers earned
Southern Conference Defensive
Player of the Week and
Freshman Player of the Week
honors due to his outstanding
play last Saturday.
This week the team travels to
Chattancx)ga, Tennessee to play
UTC. The last time VMI played
UTC was two years ago on a
cold November Ring Figure
Saturday and the Keydets were
lucky to walk away from that
game with their helmets. This
year the story is different with
the Keydets riding high and
UTC has been unconsistant, to
say the least. However, the
Moca.ssins are big, no they are
huge, and have the potential to
bury teams, so it is imptirtant for
VMI to play mistake-free foot-ball
to finish cut the .season with
a win.
Inside:
Lots of Letters!
Lots of Pictures!