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Happy Halloween! Weekend cathcr Fort cast Fri: Panly Sunny, Hi 60 Lo 45 Sat: Partly Cloudy, Hi 58 Lo 38 Sun; Cloudy. Hi 58 Lo 35 €he Caiict VOLUME LXXXIX Friday 1 November, 1996 Number 7 A&M Cadets Visit VMI Chris Hobbs '97 News W riter On Tuesday afternoon two fe-male Texas A&M cadets visited VMI after being invited by the Co-Liduca-tion committee to share their thoughts on the integration of women to an all male military environment. Col. Mike Bissell said of the visit, "The cadets were v e r y excited to be here. They wanted to know every-thing about our system so that they could understand how w e operate. We gave them an extremely detailed tour of barracks so that they could see first hand what kind of environment cadets live in here. 1 sat up with t h em one night answering questions about cadet life at VMI. It's great to get some outside per-spectives from cadets at other military schools that are now doing what w e want to do." While on post the female ca-dets attended meetings w ith various co-educational sub-committees and larger forum sessions with both faculty and committee-at-large r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s. These meetings were set u p in order for the committees to ask specific ques-tions of the visiting cadets. Ibpics of discussion ranged from sexual harass-ment to haircuts. Texas A&M Cadet Jennyth Peterson remarked,"Uveryone has been so hospitable here. 1 hope our visit has Tt'.vu.v .-(ct.l/ Cadet. Jennyth f'eterson. speaks to Co-cch<calion Cummiiice been helpful; we tried lo an.swerall your questions a s well as we could, 1 want lo see you guys eomo through this the same schoc>l you are now." Several trips are enrrenlly scheduled for VMI cadets to travel to integrated military schools. In the same manner as ha\ ing female cadets travel here, \'M1 cadets w ill he sent out to gather as much Information as possible about o t h e r svstems. Some of the schools that will soon be visited include The Citadel. N'irginia Tech, and Texas A&M. rhis visit followed closely o n the heelsof last week's Promagi m e e t - ing, where concerns about the integra-tion proccss were discussed. The f o c us of the meeting was phrased in question form. Should women accommodate to VMI, or should VMI accommodate to w o m e n ? The meeting ended w ith the conclusion that \ Ml should prov ide a suitable environment for women, with-out altogether losing the traditions that have made \'MI what it is today. .Any cadet who desires more infomiation concerning the integration of women at VMI are encouraged to v i s i t ed the new Co-l:ducation bulletin board located in Washington Arch. Virginia Cadets Convene On Post Scott Weisiger '97 Guest Writer In only its second meeting, ca-dets from VML VWIL, and VPl gath-ered on post for the Virgmia Corps of Cadets Leadership Seminar, on Octo-ber 25-26. Each school sent eight cadets, who were separated into three groups to discuss the scheduled areas of inter-est. These areas were organization of the respective Corps, degree of control cadets should have in running their Corps, and how cadets should tnake the transition from the cadet Corps envi-ronment into the real world after gradu-ation. The seminar opened at thir-teen hundred hours o n the 25th and Col. Michael Bissel gave a welcome speech. The cadets took a break from discus-sion for Friday's parade, and then re-formed for a reception and dinner in Moody Hall. The guest speaker for the dinner was General Carrol Thackston, the Virginia State .Adjutant. The CIC for the VMI repre-sentatives was cadet Paul Reedy "97, and he felt that, "it w a s good for us to get together and discuss our dilTerent ideas on the application of leadership m our respective systems. Hopefully, activities such as t h i s will help us nin our Corps in a more efficient and pro-ductive manner" The seminar closed on Satur-day at t en hundred hours, after more discussion. A lot of time was spent on coeducation and the prospect of a j o i nt FTX between \'M), V\V II,, and \ PI. One of the big reasons this seminar was a success, said Reed>. was Ciuh-ts trom IM Tccli observe paratic because of the "tireless work and con-tributions from cadet Mike Helenky." Belenky was in charge of giving tours for the visiting cadets, arranging sleep-ing plans, and shuttling e v e r y o ne around. The Virginia Corps of Cadets Leadership Seminar will meet for the third time, during the Spring semester, at Virginia Tech. The topics of discus-s i o n w ill decided later this semester or at the beginning of the next semester Alumni Fundraising May Falter Brad Cooke '98 Guest \ \ riter On the Tuesday follow ing the VMI Board of Visitors decision to ad-mit women, The VMI Foundation Inc. received a call f r om a widow of a 1920's graduate who had left his es-tate to VMI in his will. His w idow wanted to restrict the estate's benefits to only male ca-dets. Annually about 25"o of VMl's income comes f r om private sources. 20% of those private sources comes from alumni donations. Many mem-bers of the VM1 f a m i l y are w orried that because most alumni are angered over the decision to g o coed, they will no longer donate money to the school. According to (ieorgc 11 Rob-erts Jr, VMI class of "68 and Lxecu-tive Vise President of the VMI Foun-dation, the primary agency w hich con-trols incoming f u n d s f r om alumni, there have been a few calls and letters from alumni who have stated that they w ill g i v e no more nionev to the school once w omen are admitted. So far, these reports pose no s e r i o u s financial t h r e a t . R u m o rs througli Hanacks of one such an alum-nus, w h o annually donates millions and pledged not to donate anymore, were dispelled by Warren .l.(Buddy)Bryan, \ Ml class of "71 and Vice President of the VMI Foundation Inc. Along with staling that he knows of no single donor who annu-ally dnnates millions of dollars, Bryan also ccimmented, "1 don't know of any major donor w ho has backed otT." Roberts says it is loo e a r ly to know if the school stands to lose sig-nificant amounts. VMI cunently has appro^imately S>75 million promised to them, most of w hich comes in the fonn of estates lelt to the school by alumni in w ills, Roberts explained. Bryan knew of one alumnus who took VMI out o f h i s will since the BOV's decision, this cost the school a six fi uure aniotml. Currently around 7(iO alumni donate more than SI()()() a year. Ihe endowment in scholarships and fellow-ships donated is about Sb 1 2 inillion and the money donated to the Keydet Club and for general benefit c o m e s to about S2 1 2 million, Roberts s a i d. Roberts has faith in alumni and said that the bond between alumni and brother rats to VMI is t o o strong for an issue such as this to d e s t r o y it. However, he also .stated that t h e y will have a better idea of what to e x p e c t as time passes. Bryan also commented that the impact was uncertain. Bryan groups a l u m n i into four categories regarding annual dona-tions: I )-those unhappy with t h e deci-sion and who will w ithhold f u n d s . 2)- those who will wait and see w h a t hap-pens in the school's future, probably the largest group according tci Bryan, 3)-ihose who most likely are s t i l l will-i n g t o g i v e , hut will wait and s e e what happens next year, 4)-those w h o will still give no matter what, probablv Cadets Poll Rockbridge Adam Schwar/child '97^-3 Slews Writer The Intemational Studies Pro-gram at \'M1 sun ey ed the population of Rockbridge County t o discover voting trends in the upcoming election on No-vember ?, Major Charles Steenburgh. a member of the Intemational Studies fac-ulty, organized the activity that not only serv ed as a realistic idea of w hat t o ex-pect Nov, 5. but also p r o \ ed to be a leam-ing tool for Maj. Steenburgh's students. The pollsters, a c o m p o s i t i o n o f the Amencan Cioxeniment classes, used ran-dom sampling to get accurate represen-tations of how County residents w ould vote. Students called random telephone numbers generated "by a compuler hop-ing there w ould be a voice on the other end. Most u f t h e p e o p l e polled were en-thusiastic about participating in t h e sur- V ey. Residents v\ ere asked how they would vote if the election w as held to-day. (iiven the choiccs of Bill Clinton, Boh Dole. Ross Perot, Other, Undecided, or Not Voting for President of the Linited States, voters fav o r e d Bill Clinton by a resounding4(i" II compared with t h e 35" c. received by Dole while I'erot acc^uired only 5" (I of the Rockbridge County vote. The margins in the survey of t h e L'.S. Senate were much slimmer as Republi-can incumbent, .lohn Wamer defeated his Democratic challenger, Mark Warner, 39"b to 33"o respectively. Iv^enty per-cent of the respondents were undecided about who they would elect lo t h e Sen-ate. That 20"o c o u l d i n c r e a s e John V\'amer's margin or could mean victory for the ehallerger dependmg on which way the votes sw ing. .As (or the race foi the House of Representatives. Republi-can (ioodlatle leads lus Democratic op-ponent. .IcffCirev, -4.3"„ to 18° The results of the survey sug-gest that man) voters abandoned party lines this eleclion and on Nov 5 w ill vote for w horn they believ e is best suited for the oll'ice. "lioth of these margins were somewhat surprising,"" said Maj. Steenburuh in response to the survey re-sults. "(iiven lhearea"s Republican lean-ings in past Presidential elections. Clinton"s showing is u strong one. Though expenence tells us that our sur-veys lend to under-predict Republican votes. 1 would still predict that Clinton will carry Rockbridge County on elec-tion dav." N'irginia has not given its elec-toral V otes to a Democratic Presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson. Steenburgh also noted that (irey's pool showing in the survey was unexpected, given the general unpopularity of House SpeakerNevvt (lingnch. Representative (ioodlatle is an assistant whip, meaning he is pan of the Republican leadership in the House and is directly associated with (iingrich. JelVCirey is also a resi-dent of Rockbridge County, but that did not seem to matter to the participants ot the survey. VMI students also asked resi-dents whether they favored or opposed the building of a general aviation facility in Rockbridge County, The aviation fa-cility Wduld be a small airport for public use. but there would be no eominercial airlines, l ortv -sev en percent of siirvev respondenls w ere opposed to the aiiport. while 35"ii favored construction. Cadets Give the Gift of Life CuJets Chris Copcnhawr and Jake Hughes tap their John H e r r i n ' 9 7 -3 N e w s Writer around 20"o, according to Bry an, Currently, Major (leneral .losiah Bunting HI, VMl's Superinten-dent, is visiting major alumni chapters u p and down the east coast talking with alumni about the decision and try ing t o boost moral and support. Another problem facing \ M I i s how to deal with scholarships which specify male recipients. Roberts said, " I f [a scholarship] says "to a qualified young man from Chesterfield', I 'm le-gally bound to give it to a qualified young M.AN from Chesterfield," That may cause legal prob-lems in the Institute's future, accord-ing to Roberts. Roberts also said that because of the huge back-log on building im-provements, it would not be fair to take Ihe money that the state is giving \ Ml for improvements and use it for the necessary changes for the inclusion of women. He stated that the school would ask for additional funds frotnthe state to make those changes. O c t o b e r 29'" and the Blood Mobile w a s at \'M1 accepting blood at Cocke Hall from cadets will-ing to donate. T h e blood donated is de-livered to R o a n o k e Regional Blood Center lo be d i s t r i b u t e d to 44 area hos-pitals. The Semper-Fi society spon-sored and a s s i s t e d with selling up and working the d r i v e. For c a d e t s who donated there w ere v cry appealing priv ileges; a week-end. hay down, and limited duty until 080(1 the next day. The Ci. C. C l a s s with Ihe highest percentage of d o n o r s , the class of '99, got a day added on t o their weekend as an extra reward. .Also, if the corps broke the record number of donations of 512 pints, set last Blood Mobile, there w ill be extra rewards for those who donated. The corps s h a t t e r e d the record, as well ov er 500 pints of blood were received. Ms, Nomia Tomilson, RN, a representative of the Blood Mo-bile said, "There was an excellent turn-out, We are well over our goal of 500 pints."" Several cadets were turned away because Blood Mobile was un-derslalTed and did not hav e enough sup-plies to accommodate all of the willing cadets. Ms. Tomilson added. "We are going to try and get the Blood Van here within the next couple of weeks so the rest of the cadets can donate their much needed blood."" Inside: Duncan for Fall Break '97 page 2 King of the "Hill" ^ page 5 Jordan recalls Rusted Root page 6 Beef goes Bezerk page 7 t
Object Description
Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. November 1, 1996 |
Issue Date | 1996-11-01 |
Volume/Number | Number 7 |
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 |
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Happy Halloween!
Weekend cathcr Fort cast
Fri: Panly Sunny, Hi 60 Lo 45
Sat: Partly Cloudy, Hi 58 Lo 38
Sun; Cloudy. Hi 58 Lo 35 €he Caiict
VOLUME LXXXIX Friday 1 November, 1996 Number 7
A&M Cadets
Visit VMI
Chris Hobbs '97
News W riter
On Tuesday afternoon two fe-male
Texas A&M cadets visited VMI
after being invited by the Co-Liduca-tion
committee to share their thoughts
on the integration of women to an all
male military environment.
Col. Mike Bissell said of the
visit, "The cadets were v e r y excited to
be here. They wanted to know every-thing
about our system so that they
could understand how w e operate. We
gave them an extremely detailed tour
of barracks so that they could see first
hand what kind of environment cadets
live in here. 1 sat up with t h em one night
answering questions about cadet life at
VMI. It's great to get some outside per-spectives
from cadets at other military
schools that are now doing what w e
want to do."
While on post the female ca-dets
attended meetings w ith various co-educational
sub-committees and larger
forum sessions with both faculty and
committee-at-large r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s.
These meetings were set u p in order for
the committees to ask specific ques-tions
of the visiting cadets. Ibpics of
discussion ranged from sexual harass-ment
to haircuts.
Texas A&M Cadet Jennyth
Peterson remarked,"Uveryone has been
so hospitable here. 1 hope our visit has
Tt'.vu.v .-(ct.l/ Cadet. Jennyth f'eterson. speaks to Co-cch |