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NEWS OPINION/EDITORIAL Dunoin returns. I pg 2 Publications Board Awards Banquet. I Pg4 ARTS & LEI Jordan's Four Years o1 S Caiict v\«yuet iracl( & Field takes it all. /pg5 VOLUME LXXXIX Friday, 25 April 1997 50<T Number 23 News Briefs O ^orld Peru's lop notch commandoes retook the Japanese ambassador's resi-dence from rebels in Lima by force on Tuesday to end a four-month standotT The troops freed 71 of 72 hostages; 1 hostage. 2 troops and all 14 rebels were killed. The rescue is being hailed as the most successful such operation ince Israel's famed 1976 raid on Entebbe. Russian President, Boris Yeltsin, successfully completed quin-uple bypass surgery performed by [Russian surgeons advised by the American heart surgeon. Dr. Mk-havl DeBakey, who said Yeltsin is "in cx-ellent condition." First it was cops on bikes, now it's cops on skates. A test force of six police officers in the Dutch capitol of Amsterdam will patrol streets and have the ability to quickly pursue riminals preying on tourists in the ity. Iran is in the middle of its larg est ever war games near the Straights of Hormuz. Nicknamed Tariq-ol Qods, or "The Road to Jerusalem", is being over seen by Khamenei in his role as commander-in-chief of Iran's armed forces. These maneuvers arc being used to increase the range ol Tahran's missiles and deinonstratc its military prowess. Despite U.S. warnings, Iraqi he-licopters flew through the U.S.-pa-trolled no-fly zone. President Clinton gave no indication of a threatened U.S response.. The birds were sent to pick up Iraqis returning from their annual pilgrimage to Mecca. National • • • • • • • • • • Assimilation Process At VMI Comes to a Close Lt. General Winfleld Scott addresses the VMI community President Clinton has pledged $488 million in emergency assistance to those affected by the mass Hooding af the Red and North Rivers in the Grand Rapids, N.D./ Minn. area. Meanwhile, National (iuard troops were stepping up the fight to keep damage to a miniinuni to those areas still expecting floods waters to crest. Witnesses testified in the court martial of Army Staff Sgt. Delniar Simpson that the 6 trainees he alleg-edly raped wanted to have sexual re-lations with him. Simpson, 32, who has pleaded guilty to having consen-sual sex with 11 trainees, faces up to 32 years in prison for his acknowl edged otTenses. Fuzzy Zoelier, longtime prank-ster of the I'CiA, tearfully withdrew from the Greater Greensboro C'hry Iser Classic. He made comments, in jest, about Tiger Woods' racial makeup. K-MaH dropped its longtime sponsorship of Zoelier also this week. He says he won't be able to play until he talks w iih Tiger. Twelve jurors and six alternates were sworn in Thursday in Denver The 12 will decide the fate of i'imo-lliy McViegh, accused for the Okla-homa City bombing two years ago. Several hundred black farm jrs, many from Virginia, rallied Wednesday in front of the Agricul ure Department, charging that the USD A discriminates against both black farmers and employees. I he Department has foreclosed on 1,1)00 black farms in the past eight months USDA official are working hard to ^radicate discrimination and had a Hearing with the Congressional black Caucus. Senate Majority Leader i'rtiil Lo« (R-Miss.) wants to press on with the current budget talks, even though 10 vonservative senators say they may op pose the deal if it fails to trim spending and taxes to their taste. A bipartisan bud get plan is still in the works. News Brujs an cullmieJ from USA I'uJ ) on-line and Hoinli oil newi sen u e Bill fltiffinan News Writer On lucsday, April 22. VMI capped off its orientation program designed to prepare the entire VMI community Ibr the assimilation of women next year. I h c program began last month and consisted of a series of four meetings ranging from large media events to small-group dis-cussion sessions. I he program ad-dressed the plans that arc being made for Ihc inclusion of women and it briefed cadets and faculty alike on issues of sexual harass-ment and ha/ing. The featured speaker for VMI's final assimilation meeting on luesday was the distinguished Lt. (icn. Winficld \V. Scott, (icn. Scott graduated from the U.S. Mili-tary .Academy al West Point in I''46. Since then he has held such positions in the U.S. .Xir force as C'ommaiulcr of the .Maskan Air Coinitiand and Dcpiilv Commander of the r S. forces in Korea. In 1^83 Scott was appointed the leiilh Superintendent of the U.S. .Air f orce Academy. .M'ter re-tiring from the .Air f o r c e in l<)S7, Scott was selected to be the Super-intendent of the New Mexico Mili-tary Academy, which plans to send three female transfer students to VMI next semester. Scott is a command pilot with more' than 6.000 flying hours and experience in twenty-five different planes. He has been awarded with a number of distinguished honors i n c l u d i n g the Defense Distin-guished Service medal. Legion of "As you bring women in, tlie soul, the essence, of VMI doesn't have to change." Merit, and the Distinguished Fly-ing Cross with two oak leaf clus-ters. (icn. Scott sees the admis-sion of women at VMI as a great opportunity for the school. He says he understands how the VMI com-munity feels but he believes that in ten years most people will say that the integration of women into the Corps has only made VMI better. Scott believes that VMI will not have to change too much as a result of coeducation. He said "As you bring women in, the soul, the essence of VMI doesn't have to change. There's no reason why you can't continue all those pro-cedures, policies, and traditions when the women come in. You broaden your education." According to Scott VMI is better prepared for the challenge of assimilating women than any other service academy has previously been. "I know that it's going to be a success because of the hard work that went into it." He believes that its success lies in the hands of the Corps of Cadets. Overall the assimilation program has laid a strong founda-tion of what to expect next year. It has informed the VMI commu-nity of the new plans that are be-ing made and warned cadets of the dangers of sexual harassment and hazing. Near the end of Gen. Scott's speech he offers a piece of advice. "This school has a tremendous repu-tation. You don't want to put a blot on it because of one incident." Class Of 98>s RDC and OGA Committees Plan for Upcoming School Year Steve Nichols News Writer With the advent of a changing era at V.VII, the Rat Disciplinary Conuiiit-tce and the Ollicci ol the (iuard Asso-ciation tace new challenges for the new assimilation plan. With several meet-ings debating over the policies and s o l ' s for next year, the two organiza-tions face a whole new ball game with the admission of w omen for the 97-')8 term Many in the Corps feel that both committees' new leadership and mem-bers are well prepared to face these challenge's. President ol the OCiA, Urad Cooke, had this to say on the new poli-cies, •'One of our goals for next year is to eliminale the communication prob-lem that currently exists within the conis." 1 he()(i.\lu)pesloachie\ethis by making it w idely publicized that they are not only nnestigators, but also rep-resentatives of the corps. "Next year the corjis will see the ()(1A in a much more public role than in years past." ( ookc said. ()(iA mem-bers will be present at .ill Rat functions to act as a checks and balance for the RDl , to make sure there arc no in-stances ol niisconduci .Also, the 0 ( iA will take on a more active role on Ihc company level w ith all classes, ulili/ing company lime lo disseminate inrornialion to and from the corps w ith the Administration. "\\ c want the corps to realize that the ()(i A also scr\ cs as the voice ol the coips I don't think that many people have e\er been awaie of that," Cooke went on lo say, do more than just investigate cases ol lia/ing, sexual ha-rassment, and gloss misconduct, just The IW7-IWH Rat Disciplimin' CommUh-e like the RDC does more than just screw- Rats." Cooke said. Although there are new guide-lines still being fine tuned such as sexual harassment and discrimination in the (KJA charter, the RDC faces some of the most changes. W ith these changes in mind-such as how to handle sweat-parties lo ac-commodate both female and male rats, there are several minor dilliculties that if let! ignored, could pose a threat to an elfective Ral Line for next year Presi-dent of the RDC, John Spit/er, com-mented, "It w ill be a dilTicult challenge for all of the new things we have lo pre-pare for, but with all of the work we have done with the administration it shouUl be very successful." Insui ing that professionalism and "training to st.indard" will be carried out to ihe letter, many in the new commit-tees are confident that the Rat i.ine w ill keep its tradition in being one of the greatest challenges the Institute olfers. Some of these new changes will concern dealing w ith dyke relations and fraternization policies, accepted work-outs during sweat-parties including push-ups, flutter kicks, crunches, moun-tain climbers, and high knees. Other changes will include a new SOP i»n force marches and "gim" sta-tus for w omen during periods of men-struation. This will pt)se a dittlculty due to high stress, a female's cycle can be-come olf balance, posing a health prob-lem that could prove dilTicult for sweat parlies and other physical activities. For both committees, closer con-tact internally and with the Corps will be maintained as well as more meetings with Ihe Commandant's stafi'so that all parties are kept well infomied. Though many of these new changes pose a great challenge all new members on the committees are sure that a successful year will be obtained Assimilation Plan Number Six C oloiiel N. M. Kissell Chairman of E~Bcutive Committe Aoiniilation Plan .Vdmission Status Ol the 1083 applications rcccucd so l;u, 88 luc women. Itiis IS a 17" u incivase liom llic s;une lime last year A)i|xiiiiimenis lia\e Ixvii ollercd to 793 |K-ople, 59ol which;ucwomen. 1 .S wiimen ha\e nuulc de|iosits and lx;giui llie ivser\alion piKoss Areas Kesearcliid \\c lia\c a ti)- tal ol 48 ;uea.s ivsearched. 44 ol w Inch h.i\ e been ai^piov cd. I ln-se aieas ix-sc;in.lKil w ill be lorwaided to ijie Unaid ol Visitor, lor llieir iiilonuaiion and K'\iew prior lo llie Biuidmtvliiigon H-U M.i> Orii-nlatiuii: flK-entiivV Mlcom-muiiily iwrtitiiwted in over 60 two hour ses.sioas nuKlemu-d by consuluiil.s Ihe ses.sioiLsaxci\cdmixed icacUons. hut were o\ nail lielpful in pfo\t>l,ingdis(.usMoiLs and U) make sua- all panici|unLs wciv w cll aw aiv of tlie definition and a-gulalioiis on such issi les as sexual liamxsment, liazing and tral-emizalion follow up sessuMis w ill be Ik-UI diunng the liiM lew diiys ol tlic next schix)l yeai w il)i I itie IX ()llicei>i to msua- closure luLs Iven a-achetl i)n all issues. Major liecky Ra> and twi) female cailets from le.\a.s A&M will msH VMI from 29 April to I May lo answer cadet questions involv ing hi>w wiimen slKwId be uealed and how tliey w ill deal w ith llie Ral I me fliese functions will be iK-ld in the I ruman Rikhii ol tlic l»ivsu>n 1 ibrar> from l-2:.10PM,4-5:.^0PM,and7-8:.M)PM. Ca-ik'ts wishing lo attend should sec eillier Kevin I mjillo, .Mike Meads, Cliris I lobbs, i)r I zra Clark to be stheduleil Assiniilatiuii Sessions FoUow-l'p Sexual I lamssineiit Re|x)ning t oiitacb se-lected f(M next year weiv caivtully chosen ui ULsua- we lu\e a(ij>ii)acliable and cred-ible lepivseiilalives I nloilunalely.ourco-oixliiuUion system tailed and didn't reach Lt. General Scott xpeaks to the audience in Cameron Hall CIG Closes the Year Adam Schwarzschild News Writer T uesday night the Cadet Invest-ment Group (Cl(j) held its annual din-ner in Moody Hall officially closing the club's activities for the year. The CIG is a group that was founded by Robert W. Wentz,, Jr who was Chief Financial OlTicerofthe VMI Foundation. Mr. Wentz envisioned a society where cadets interested in the investment process could learn by us-ing actual money and participating in that process. fhe CKj is allotted a certain amount of money each year by the Foundation and uses this money to in-vest in the stock market, fhe group is highly selective in choosing its mem-bers, and every member must contrib-ute in order to remain part of the club. fhe ClCi is divided into an A and H group so that more people wouUI gel a chance lo participate in selecting stiK-ks. fhis also allowed for greater diversification of stock picks. fhis year, each group was given $ 100,000 lo buy stocks, but they ended the year with a S15,000 loss due lo the recent downw ard cycle of the market fhe dinner Tuesday evening honored those cadets in the group who showed outstanding perfomv.mcc 1 he keynote speaker was Bill Knight, who was the east coast regional director ol Dollar Ciencral Dollar Cieneial, a 1 billion business, was the highest per fonning stock of the CIG's portfolio. Cadet Kenny Pierce was given an award for choosing Dollar (iencral w hich is a retail company of low priced consumer goods. The highest aw ard of the evening, the "Future Captain of Industry", was given to the president of the club, fnsl classman Stuart Wallers. The ilinncr w a • concluded with the naming of next years olllcers. Next Ye.tr's ChainiiaiTof Ihe Ca-det InveslmenI (iroup will be Michael Bauingm-dner, and the presidem of group H will be f.dward Niebert. Last year's Future Captain ol Industry relumed for the ceremony and added how much the CIG had helped in his career in the financial ser\ ice indus-try. Beethoven's 9th at VMI Roanoke Symphony Orchestra to play Cameron Hall Brad Cooke the reps in a timely maiUK-r All 20 contacts will receive a briefing and orientation on the procedua's and investigative process before clas.ses begin next tiill. Alleged sexual liara.ssinait chaiges w ill be in\ L'Sligaled in the same nuuuier as any other alleged violation al VMI. Inves-tigators w ill he ap|x)intcd to acquire state-ments from all sides involved, guilt or in-mx- ciKC will be ilelemiincd diix;ndmg on llie a-sults of the in\ c-stigation. I he naiue of Ihe I ille l.\ olTicer will be aimounced prior to 15 May Reixxts ofsexiiiil liants-smenl w itlun the corps should be liandled by llie class system (tXi.A), regimental system, t ommandant's ()Hice or Institute Counse-lors. Sexual I larassmeiit w itlun the teach-ing conuiiunity w ill be handled tluough the IX-anoflhe Faculty I'he contact for classi-fied tniiployecs is live Persoiuiel ollicer The ciMitact Ibr conU'act [vrMMuiel is tlie Con-tracting ()Hicer News Editor On fuesday, 29 April, at 7:30 PM, the Roanoke Symphony Orches-tra in conjunction with the Roanoke Valley Choral Society will present Beethoven's Sinlh "choral " Sym- /)/i()/irand Rossini's Willium IcllOvcr-lioc 111 I'ameron Hall. 1 he concert is free, compliments of the Department of iinglish and Fine Arts as w ell as Ihe Timmins Musie Societ>. Beethoven's Mnlh Sym/ihonv has always been the exception lo the criticism thai sometimes follows his later works. I he finale of the piece has taken on a roll of an anihem of peace, and w as recently perlormed al the opening ceremony of the Mlanla Olympics. Accompanying the symphony orchestm will be the 250 voice Ro;uioke Valley Choir Society, fhis choir is made up of voices from many dilTereni orga nizations and area college glee eluh> f h e symphony will be con ducted by David Wylie, a new direc tor with the Roanoke based orches-tra Throughout his career Wylie ha-received standing ovations and soU out crowds from Savannah, (icoigia lo I lonolulu, Hawaii. Solos will be performed b> so-prano Rochelle l llis, mezzo sopiain Bonila I lynian, tenor Philip Webb, anil baritone Philip Kraus. I adets w ho attend the entire one and a half hour pertbrnianee will be aw aided two hours extra late lights and hay dow n the follow ing day l.l.( ol. William 1) Badgcti Associale Professor of F.nglish and fine .-Xrls urges all cadets to attend this historic event "It is historic in the sense that this has never hap pened before and probably will ne\ei happen again," Badgett said Contents: Opinon/ Editorial page 2 Sports News & Keatures page 4 Arts »& Leisure liuinur page 4 page 5 page 7 Locai Weekend Weatiier Forecast: Friday will be partly cloudy, w ith some much-welcome sun oil Saturday. Cloudy w ealher has been forecasted lor Sunday. HI: LOW: Friday 66 3S Saturday 68 41 Sunday 68 46
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NEWS
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Dunoin returns. I pg 2
Publications
Board Awards
Banquet. I Pg4
ARTS & LEI
Jordan's Four Years o1 S
Caiict v\«yuet iracl(
& Field takes
it all. /pg5
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