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Whe €abet Weekend Wither F»rffMlt In Rockhridge County, arra residemt can expect: FrM.y - Partly cloudy with a chance of nnnlcs In (he late afternoon. Highs reaching to 35 Saturday . Chilly with a chance of inow nurrics. Highs in the 40'i l^ws in the mid 30's Sunday - Becoming mostly cloudy with VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE INDEX Ixft Step Marge - - Page 3 Athlete In Focus - - Page 7 Business -- Page 8 Theater -- Page 10 CD Review - - Page 11 Naked Truth--Page 12 50 Cents VOLUME LXXXVIV FRIDAY. February 3, 1995 Number 16 Faulkner and Citadel Take Battle to Richmond I x Grimes News Editor The Citadel, the Military Col-lege of South Carolina, presented its case to the United States Fourth Cir-cuit Court of Appeals last Monday, in an effort to remain an all male state supported institution. The case opened with The Citadel's attorney discussing the re-cent decision handed down by the same three judge panel which upheld the constitutionality of the Virginia Womens Institute for Leadership. The question was immediately raised re-garding the constitutionality of any state to offer single gender educa-tion. The C i t a d e l ' s attorneys at-tempted to show that the stale's his-torical educational policy maintains that single gender education has worked for both sexes when there Is enough "demonstrated demand". During the early seventies, the Slate of South Carolina was forced to deal with the economic hardships a f f e c t i n g the then all-female Winthrop College. The lack of de-mand for the female college had ulti-mately forced the slate to deal with a growing economic burden. The state decided to admit males to Winthrop only after all other recourses of ac-tion had been exhausted. The Citadel's attorneys be-lieve the Winthrop case proves that the South Carolina has made efforts to offer single gender education to both sexes. The Citadel stands unique within the s l a t e ' s educational system as an all male institution because it continues to be economically viable due to demand. The Citadel conceded that South Carolina's ability to monitor demand for single gender education is an "imperfect system". The attor-neys do believe, however, that there It Iniufflclent demand fbr an all fe-male military tchool. The Citadel's attorneyi deemed It virtually impos-sible to project the demand for a co-educational l i n e supported military school. The panel verbally chal-lenged the relevance of past single sex educational opportunities in the current case. In the words of one of the three Judges on the panel, "Its like buying iiock: you never look at where it was, you look at where It Is going." The Citadel has made efforts to meet the demands of Shannon Faulkner by establishing a parallel program which would offer females state supported military training. South Carolina appointed a Blue Rib-bon Panel lo study such a program. The program is in its infant stages and has yet to meet the approval of the South Carolina Council of Higher Education or the South Carolina Leg-islature. The development of the pro-gram began only after the initial rul-ing, a fact which did not go unnoticed by the Appeals Court panel. "There is irony in the fact that only now is South Carolina be-ing proactive," said one of the three Judges on the panel. The program affords female applicants a combination of military training and tuition assistance. The applicants would noi reside at one location, as is the case with cadets attending the Virginia Womens Insti-tute for Leadership, but would rather utilize the assets of higher education Continued on Page 4 ... THE CITADEL T H E M I L I T A R Y COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLI First Snow and Ice Wreak Havoc Matt Howell Cadei News Writer Several cadets were Involved in accidents this past weekend, due to this winter's first snowfall. Second classmen John DlDio and Rusty McGuire were on their way to Massanulien when Cadet DlDlo encountered a patch of ice on 1-81 Just outside of Staunton. Cadet DiDio's Toyoia truck skidded off of the road and rolled four timet, finally coming to rest in the median. After Inspection, it was found that the truck was a total loss. Since driving in four wheel drive draitlcally cutt your gas mile-age, Cadet DlDlo look hit truck out of four wheel drive once he got to the interttate. Cadet DlDlo ttated that, "if I had It to do over, I would have left It in four wheel drive." Neither of the two sustained any injuries. However Mr. McGuire seemed pretty disturbed about the whole ordeal, he comments, "first. John tries to kill me. then I had to wait in a blizzard for four hours until the tow truck finally camel" Another accident occurred on Anderson Drive, better known as Soup's Hill. Just behind barracks. Second classmen Cliff Wedington and Louie Napoleon were involved in a head on collision about halfway up the hill. Both of the cars involved received moderate damage. Cadet W e d i n g t o n ' s Ford Mustang lost traction, and he was attempting to push it off to the side so he wouldn't completely block the road when he saw Cadet Napoleon's I'ord Probe sliding towards him. Continued on Page 5 Mutiny In The Corps Jason Harding News Writer Ice puis an early end to Cadeit qnta for snow ;ul C o w l Wnllicr uiniilcd from Ihc Ntiionil WuUicf Scrvice Uy Juhii M Biuoki I'llday Duiiuii. MA Suiiny/Bfeezy Hi 33 I x 40 luiluiun. SC Sunny Hi 63-70 U 40t HaMi|Hoii KiMdi. VA Suraiy Hi 60 Lo 30i KcyWeM.H. Cloudy Hi Mid lOi Lo 70i PiiuUath. PA Swny Hi 30i La 40 Kicliinund.VA Sumy Hi Mid 60i U 30* Hoaiioke.VA Suraiy Hi 60 L« 30 Wuhtngioii. t x : Sumy Hi 60 Lo 30 am»a4f Suadqr Smiy/MiMlk M U 4 0 i F*irHi30U33 SumyHiMidTQiUSOi P/Suny Hi 70 Lo 30 FiirHi60UMM0 MiU Hi 63-70 U 40i PACkwdyHiMUTO Cloudy Hi M Lo 70 nSuaiy Hi3aiU4ai Ckcl<>IUiiiHi4SLo3: SMiivHlMU«QiU30i Fa> Hi 63-10 U4Qi Siaaqr HiMid«0iU3Qi Fak Hi 63-70 U 40l S i M y H i M L aM Fw Hi MMiOi Lo4Qi From time to time the Corps of Cadets and the administration of VMl do not see eye to eye. Most times the Corps is forced to Just "suck it up." But then there are times when individual classes and the Corps as a whole determine it is times to lake a stand The administration refers to these occurrences as "combina-tions", "mutinies", or "exueme acts of insubordination and disrespect". To the Corps, these valorous displays of cadei defiance are known as "Step-Offs". Colonel William Couper in Oac Hundred Years ai VMl. recounts the vari-ous acts of defiance on behalf of the Corpt during VMI's early years. The first ever revolt by the Corps took place on April 21.1851. A major murder trial in Lexington was coming to its conclu-sion and the Corps had been allowed through a special permit to attend the intriguing proceedings. The eloquent doting arguments by the Slate Prosecu-tor were lasting longer than expected, so the First Class put in a permit to miss attother day of classes to attend the n-nale. The permit was subsequently de-nied by Major Preston. The First Class chote to disregard Preston's directive g u a r d te NOV 16 & 17 RRST C L A SS FTX Marks Leadership, Diversity Chris Hartwell Co-Editor-in-Chief The VMl Corps of Cadets will experience a taste of the outdoors in the upcoming Spring Field Training Exer-cise (FTX) to he held April 22nd to the 24ih. •The goal of this FTX is that every man have the opportunity to en-gage in an activity that he has an interest in." said Lieutenant Colonel Scott, As-sistant Commandant. Special Projects and Staff coordinator; "that they each take a leadership role and learn how to plan and execute an exercise successfully." Last years Spring FTX. held at Major Chase's farm, was not an over-whelming success. "It just wasn't an effective lead-ership exercise," said Cadet Dave Reck. "I thought that was the biggest problem. One thing cadet privates need is the op-portunity to prove that they are effective leaders. I mean, darn it. some of us are. Any opportunity we had to take charge last spring, turned into chaos." This years FTX is geared tosol ve that problem. Last November, the regi-mental staff chose four motivated pri-vates. Jeff Godby. Dave Tillar. Chad Tester and Pete Frabel. lo head off each of the activities. So far their duties have included, designing ihe specific itiner-ary. planning transportation and devel-oping a four day menu. The staff also selected a private from each company to administer operations at acompany level. While in the planning, the offic-ers of the regimental staff have worked as liaisons to help coordinate the logistics. "The privates are Ihe nucleus of the planning," said Cadet Geoff Blume. Regimental logistics coordinator. "We want them to reap the benefits from this leadershipacti vity. The Regimental Staff have practically stepped aside, although we do plan to assist with the logistics during the four day exercise." The cadets who participate in the activities will also have the opportu-nity to prove their leadership. Each rep-resentative will separate the cadets into small groups assigning the participants with a leadership role. These roles will change throughout the weekend. A tactical officer will accom-pany each of the events. He will not act as an adminisuator. but will oversee the Continued on Puge S and proceeded to attend the trial. As a result, uptin Major Preston's recommen-dation. Superintendent Smith dismissed the entire First Class. The Board of Visitors responded to the pleas of the dismissed cadets and reinstated the First Class, but mandated Post Confinement for Ihe Class of 1851 until graduation. That next year, an uprising of a different Continued on Page 5 SENIOR CADETS IN A L L I ST Foreign Study In Germany Bob Sialey Co-Ediior-In-Chief Every year cadets have the opponunity to study abroad through various programs sponsored by the VMl Foreign Study Committee, headed by history professor Col. Tom Davis. One of the most popular and competetive programs involves study at the Universitat der Bundeswehr in either Munich (x Ilamburg. Germany. Each year, two cadets are selected to attend the University in Hamburg, and one in Munich. Cadets selected to attend ei-ther one of the Bundeswehr Universi-ties do not have to pay for tuition or kxlging, in accordance with Cierman law which provides worthy students with a free university education. I"he only costs for cadets involve tfavel, food, and personal expenses. Tlte av-erage cost for the ten-month pericxl is approximately $4.000 00. including round-trip air-fare. At Ihe Bundeswehr Univer-sity. cadets have the opportunity may participate in all academic classes,which are taught in Cicrman, and vinually all other activities. Ca-dets interested in the military also have L'ontinued on Page 4
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. February 3, 1995 |
Issue Date | 1995-02-03 |
Volume/Number | Number 16 |
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. |
Digital Publisher | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
VMI Archives Records Group | Publications |
Rights | Materials in the VMI Archives Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Military Institute Archives Digital Collections is required. Contact the VMI Archives for additional information. |
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Issue Date | 1995-02-03 |
Full Text Search | Whe €abet Weekend Wither F»rffMlt In Rockhridge County, arra residemt can expect: FrM.y - Partly cloudy with a chance of nnnlcs In (he late afternoon. Highs reaching to 35 Saturday . Chilly with a chance of inow nurrics. Highs in the 40'i l^ws in the mid 30's Sunday - Becoming mostly cloudy with VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE INDEX Ixft Step Marge - - Page 3 Athlete In Focus - - Page 7 Business -- Page 8 Theater -- Page 10 CD Review - - Page 11 Naked Truth--Page 12 50 Cents VOLUME LXXXVIV FRIDAY. February 3, 1995 Number 16 Faulkner and Citadel Take Battle to Richmond I x Grimes News Editor The Citadel, the Military Col-lege of South Carolina, presented its case to the United States Fourth Cir-cuit Court of Appeals last Monday, in an effort to remain an all male state supported institution. The case opened with The Citadel's attorney discussing the re-cent decision handed down by the same three judge panel which upheld the constitutionality of the Virginia Womens Institute for Leadership. The question was immediately raised re-garding the constitutionality of any state to offer single gender educa-tion. The C i t a d e l ' s attorneys at-tempted to show that the stale's his-torical educational policy maintains that single gender education has worked for both sexes when there Is enough "demonstrated demand". During the early seventies, the Slate of South Carolina was forced to deal with the economic hardships a f f e c t i n g the then all-female Winthrop College. The lack of de-mand for the female college had ulti-mately forced the slate to deal with a growing economic burden. The state decided to admit males to Winthrop only after all other recourses of ac-tion had been exhausted. The Citadel's attorneys be-lieve the Winthrop case proves that the South Carolina has made efforts to offer single gender education to both sexes. The Citadel stands unique within the s l a t e ' s educational system as an all male institution because it continues to be economically viable due to demand. The Citadel conceded that South Carolina's ability to monitor demand for single gender education is an "imperfect system". The attor-neys do believe, however, that there It Iniufflclent demand fbr an all fe-male military tchool. The Citadel's attorneyi deemed It virtually impos-sible to project the demand for a co-educational l i n e supported military school. The panel verbally chal-lenged the relevance of past single sex educational opportunities in the current case. In the words of one of the three Judges on the panel, "Its like buying iiock: you never look at where it was, you look at where It Is going." The Citadel has made efforts to meet the demands of Shannon Faulkner by establishing a parallel program which would offer females state supported military training. South Carolina appointed a Blue Rib-bon Panel lo study such a program. The program is in its infant stages and has yet to meet the approval of the South Carolina Council of Higher Education or the South Carolina Leg-islature. The development of the pro-gram began only after the initial rul-ing, a fact which did not go unnoticed by the Appeals Court panel. "There is irony in the fact that only now is South Carolina be-ing proactive," said one of the three Judges on the panel. The program affords female applicants a combination of military training and tuition assistance. The applicants would noi reside at one location, as is the case with cadets attending the Virginia Womens Insti-tute for Leadership, but would rather utilize the assets of higher education Continued on Page 4 ... THE CITADEL T H E M I L I T A R Y COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLI First Snow and Ice Wreak Havoc Matt Howell Cadei News Writer Several cadets were Involved in accidents this past weekend, due to this winter's first snowfall. Second classmen John DlDio and Rusty McGuire were on their way to Massanulien when Cadet DlDlo encountered a patch of ice on 1-81 Just outside of Staunton. Cadet DiDio's Toyoia truck skidded off of the road and rolled four timet, finally coming to rest in the median. After Inspection, it was found that the truck was a total loss. Since driving in four wheel drive draitlcally cutt your gas mile-age, Cadet DlDlo look hit truck out of four wheel drive once he got to the interttate. Cadet DlDlo ttated that, "if I had It to do over, I would have left It in four wheel drive." Neither of the two sustained any injuries. However Mr. McGuire seemed pretty disturbed about the whole ordeal, he comments, "first. John tries to kill me. then I had to wait in a blizzard for four hours until the tow truck finally camel" Another accident occurred on Anderson Drive, better known as Soup's Hill. Just behind barracks. Second classmen Cliff Wedington and Louie Napoleon were involved in a head on collision about halfway up the hill. Both of the cars involved received moderate damage. Cadet W e d i n g t o n ' s Ford Mustang lost traction, and he was attempting to push it off to the side so he wouldn't completely block the road when he saw Cadet Napoleon's I'ord Probe sliding towards him. Continued on Page 5 Mutiny In The Corps Jason Harding News Writer Ice puis an early end to Cadeit qnta for snow ;ul C o w l Wnllicr uiniilcd from Ihc Ntiionil WuUicf Scrvice Uy Juhii M Biuoki I'llday Duiiuii. MA Suiiny/Bfeezy Hi 33 I x 40 luiluiun. SC Sunny Hi 63-70 U 40t HaMi|Hoii KiMdi. VA Suraiy Hi 60 Lo 30i KcyWeM.H. Cloudy Hi Mid lOi Lo 70i PiiuUath. PA Swny Hi 30i La 40 Kicliinund.VA Sumy Hi Mid 60i U 30* Hoaiioke.VA Suraiy Hi 60 L« 30 Wuhtngioii. t x : Sumy Hi 60 Lo 30 am»a4f Suadqr Smiy/MiMlk M U 4 0 i F*irHi30U33 SumyHiMidTQiUSOi P/Suny Hi 70 Lo 30 FiirHi60UMM0 MiU Hi 63-70 U 40i PACkwdyHiMUTO Cloudy Hi M Lo 70 nSuaiy Hi3aiU4ai Ckcl<>IUiiiHi4SLo3: SMiivHlMU«QiU30i Fa> Hi 63-10 U4Qi Siaaqr HiMid«0iU3Qi Fak Hi 63-70 U 40l S i M y H i M L aM Fw Hi MMiOi Lo4Qi From time to time the Corps of Cadets and the administration of VMl do not see eye to eye. Most times the Corps is forced to Just "suck it up." But then there are times when individual classes and the Corps as a whole determine it is times to lake a stand The administration refers to these occurrences as "combina-tions", "mutinies", or "exueme acts of insubordination and disrespect". To the Corps, these valorous displays of cadei defiance are known as "Step-Offs". Colonel William Couper in Oac Hundred Years ai VMl. recounts the vari-ous acts of defiance on behalf of the Corpt during VMI's early years. The first ever revolt by the Corps took place on April 21.1851. A major murder trial in Lexington was coming to its conclu-sion and the Corps had been allowed through a special permit to attend the intriguing proceedings. The eloquent doting arguments by the Slate Prosecu-tor were lasting longer than expected, so the First Class put in a permit to miss attother day of classes to attend the n-nale. The permit was subsequently de-nied by Major Preston. The First Class chote to disregard Preston's directive g u a r d te NOV 16 & 17 RRST C L A SS FTX Marks Leadership, Diversity Chris Hartwell Co-Editor-in-Chief The VMl Corps of Cadets will experience a taste of the outdoors in the upcoming Spring Field Training Exer-cise (FTX) to he held April 22nd to the 24ih. •The goal of this FTX is that every man have the opportunity to en-gage in an activity that he has an interest in." said Lieutenant Colonel Scott, As-sistant Commandant. Special Projects and Staff coordinator; "that they each take a leadership role and learn how to plan and execute an exercise successfully." Last years Spring FTX. held at Major Chase's farm, was not an over-whelming success. "It just wasn't an effective lead-ership exercise," said Cadet Dave Reck. "I thought that was the biggest problem. One thing cadet privates need is the op-portunity to prove that they are effective leaders. I mean, darn it. some of us are. Any opportunity we had to take charge last spring, turned into chaos." This years FTX is geared tosol ve that problem. Last November, the regi-mental staff chose four motivated pri-vates. Jeff Godby. Dave Tillar. Chad Tester and Pete Frabel. lo head off each of the activities. So far their duties have included, designing ihe specific itiner-ary. planning transportation and devel-oping a four day menu. The staff also selected a private from each company to administer operations at acompany level. While in the planning, the offic-ers of the regimental staff have worked as liaisons to help coordinate the logistics. "The privates are Ihe nucleus of the planning," said Cadet Geoff Blume. Regimental logistics coordinator. "We want them to reap the benefits from this leadershipacti vity. The Regimental Staff have practically stepped aside, although we do plan to assist with the logistics during the four day exercise." The cadets who participate in the activities will also have the opportu-nity to prove their leadership. Each rep-resentative will separate the cadets into small groups assigning the participants with a leadership role. These roles will change throughout the weekend. A tactical officer will accom-pany each of the events. He will not act as an adminisuator. but will oversee the Continued on Puge S and proceeded to attend the trial. As a result, uptin Major Preston's recommen-dation. Superintendent Smith dismissed the entire First Class. The Board of Visitors responded to the pleas of the dismissed cadets and reinstated the First Class, but mandated Post Confinement for Ihe Class of 1851 until graduation. That next year, an uprising of a different Continued on Page 5 SENIOR CADETS IN A L L I ST Foreign Study In Germany Bob Sialey Co-Ediior-In-Chief Every year cadets have the opponunity to study abroad through various programs sponsored by the VMl Foreign Study Committee, headed by history professor Col. Tom Davis. One of the most popular and competetive programs involves study at the Universitat der Bundeswehr in either Munich (x Ilamburg. Germany. Each year, two cadets are selected to attend the University in Hamburg, and one in Munich. Cadets selected to attend ei-ther one of the Bundeswehr Universi-ties do not have to pay for tuition or kxlging, in accordance with Cierman law which provides worthy students with a free university education. I"he only costs for cadets involve tfavel, food, and personal expenses. Tlte av-erage cost for the ten-month pericxl is approximately $4.000 00. including round-trip air-fare. At Ihe Bundeswehr Univer-sity. cadets have the opportunity may participate in all academic classes,which are taught in Cicrman, and vinually all other activities. Ca-dets interested in the military also have L'ontinued on Page 4 |