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“To Inform the VMI Community” Sports Track Dominates in Ohio Rugby awards Beckham Leaves MLS Features Fair Speciemens of citizen soldiers NFL player's death rattles the league Humor THE CADET ONE OF THE OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAERS INDEPENDENTLY RUN BY CADETS SINCE 1907 VOLUME 106 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012 ISSUE 11 $2.00 1907 2012 The Cadet @ www.cadetpublications.com The Cadet, student newspaper of the Virginia Military Institute, was estab-lished in the Fall of 1907 and has been continued since that time. Our news-paper is published every Friday after-noon during the academic year, except during Corps trips, holidays and exam periods. The Cadet offices are located in the Third Barracks Concourse . T o o r d e r a s u b s c r i p t i o n of t he Ne ws p a p e r c on t a c t : The Cadet EIC Phone: VMI Box 7 (571) 275-6124 Lexington, VA Office E-mail: 24450-0304 cadetedit@gmail.com The Cadet is a member of the Publica-tions Board which serves as the super-visory body for all cadet publications. Periodicals postage paid- Lexington, VA P o s t a l N u m b e r : U S P 6 5 4 - 8 8 0 The Cade t i s publ i shed we ek - ly by The News Gazet te , 2 0 W Ne l son, L e x ington, VA, 2 4 4 5 0 . Contents News 1 Features 2 Entertainment - Sports 3-5 Humor 6 Obama said. “And that skill set of trying to figure out how do we make some-thing work better applies to the federal government.” T h e p r e s i d e n t , w h o once talked about building a “team of rivals” in his Cabi-net, was not entertaining a Romney appointment, his spokesman later confirmed. The White House offered only the broadest description of their conversation: “The focus of their discussion was on America’s leadership in the world and the importance of maintaining that leadership position in the future.” The meeting ended with a vague promise “to stay in touch.” Unlike past post-campaign meetings, this one did not include a media photo op. The visual then, instead of unity or comity, was of a winner and a loser. Photog-raphers snapped photos of Romney entering the White House from a side entrance. The White House later released its own photo: the men exchanging a hand-shake in the Oval Office. Romney was prompt — but not too eager — arriving in an SUV at 12:29 p.m. for the 12:30 date. He showed no outward signs of a man who had been stripped of his dream and his day job. With his dark suit, impeccable hair and grin, he still looked every bit the part he did not get. Meeting with the man who crushed your hopes is a peculiar — some might say cruel — bit of American politi-cal theater. Still it’s become a post-campaign tradition. It began when then-Sen. John F. Kennedy met with Richard Nixon in Key Biscayne, Fla., after the razor-thin 1960 race, presidential historian Douglas Brinkley said. “As a healing pow-wow, it played so well because it spoke of bipartisanship,” Brinkley said. Obama met with Sen. John McCain in Chicago in 2008. They posed for pho-tos sitting side-by-side in overstuffed chairs, mak-in g aw k wa rd c h i t- c h a t . M c C a i n l o o k e d t e n s e ; Obama, cool and relaxed. Vice President Al Gore flew back from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, where he’d been recuperating from his bruising defeat in 2000, for his meeting with George W. Bush. He came out of the vice president’s residence to wel-come Bush with an awk-ward back pat. They met for less than 20 minutes. Perhaps the strangest rendezvous was between then-Vice President George H.W. Bush and another de-feated Massachusetts gover-nor. After Bush and Michael Dukakis walked out to a microphone in the White House driveway, Bush told reporters he was “very grate-ful to him for the spirit of this visit” and then left Dukakis in the driveway with reporters. The Democrat criticized Bush’s economic policies. “The chickens are coming home to roost,” Dukakis said. Romney made no pub-lic comments on Thurs-day. Neither did Obama. The public may have to wait a while before find-ing out out what was said. “That comes out in some-body’s memoir,” Brinkley said. OBAMA AND ROMNEY MEET By By Kathleen Hennessey and Christi Parsons LA Times little more than an hour later. The lunch date was, per-haps not surprisingly, the winner’s idea. Obama an-nounced his intentions in his victory speech, aiming to demonstrate bipartisan inclinations with the overture. But the president, who never expressed respect for Romney’s political skills dur-ing the campaign, seemed to have trouble describing the purpose. Unlike some defeated candidates, Rom-ney doesn’t hold public of-fice and doesn’t represent a powerful constituency. Obama suggested the former Massachusetts gover-nor and business executive, who ran the 2002 Winter Olympics, could act as some sort of efficiency consultant. “I do think he did a terrific job running the Olympics,” WASHINGTON — Their relationship seemed doomed from the start. It was mostly a long-distance affair con-ducted in public exchanges, tempered by occasional awk-ward gestures of warmth but more often singed by open hostility. It most likely ended, mercifully, Thursday over white turkey chili and South-western grilled chicken salad. President Obama and the vanquished Mitt Romney ate lunch in a private dining room steps from the Oval Office, the seat of power they battled over for months; some might say years. The meeting, a decades-old tradition between former rivals, put a bow on an other-wise ugly race marked by very few attempts to pretend the candidates liked each other. Until Thursday, that is, when a smiling Romney stopped by the White House. He left a Will president Obama appoint Mitt Romney for Secretary of Defense? Or perhaps, Secretary of the Treasury? ----------------------------- Bipartisanship is clearly needed to avoid the notorious "fiscal cliff" ----------------------------- Obama and Romney: "pledged to stay in touch." By Connor Diesing ‘14 Cadet News Writer The excitement came to a head at the be-ginning of “Ring Week” the week preceding ring figure where the class be-gins ring figure festivities. Every morning the First Sergeants of each company announce the days left until the Ring Ceremony. This is a fun reminder for the class and a way to announce to the corps that ring fig-ure was in fact this year. Thursday evening is the first official Ring Figure event, the class dinner. This event is where the class and only the class come to-gether in high spirits to re-ceive their class rings. This year 2014’s class dinner was attended by General Peay and Warren J. “Buddy” Bryan ’71 who announced the class winner of the Doug France award. Cadet Rehnie Merhige the head of the ring figure received the award for the class. November 16th was the ring presentation and ring ball, which both par-ents and dates attended. The Ring Presentation was held in Cameron hall where towards the end of fall se-mester as the class began designing their ring and picking the ring figure com-mittee. It was only until the spring semester of third class year did the class of 2014 see the final ring de-sign and begin the exciting process of choosing their specific ring’s stone and weight. With each step in the ring figure process, the excitement and anticipation grew as the date drew near. The class of 2014 celebrated their ring fig-ure on November 16th, 2012. This is the celebra-tion of the 2014 not only getting their rings, but also their entrance to “the brotherhood of the ring”. Preparations for ring figure began last year General Peay addressed the class before they received their rings. He imparted his words of advice for the class saying, “Wear your ring with honor, wear your ring with a sense of duty, wear your ring with great pride, just wear your ring…” The VMI ring is “visual motiva-tion for us to continue living with honor and excellence” as Cadet Merhige said as he addressed the class. Af-ter the entire class received their rings, they formed their class number, fourteen and did an old yell for the best class in barracks 2014, and sang the VMI doxol-ogy. After the presenta-tion, cadets when out to dinner with their families and dates before returning to the Center of Leader-ship and Ethics for the Ring Ball. Here cadets entered through a sabre arch set up by the class of 2015. The dance itself had an excel-lent swing band and the class enjoyed group pic-ture with their companies, roommates, brother rats and dates. Every cadet and their date walked through the ring and had their class ring placed on their finger for the first time since re-ceiving it earlier that day. After the ceremo-nies cadet made their way back to the hotels on route 11 for some additional cel-ebration and brother rat bonding. The second class had a second night of cel-ebration on Saturday at the class Tent Party. Here DJ 5 and a Dime got the class of 2014 excited to begin a final night of celebration at the hotels. The weekend that 2014 had will be one that they will remember for the rest of their lives. On a personal note, as a member of the class of 2014 I would like to thank all the members of our GC and Ring Figure Committee, with all of you we could not have had such an awesome time. A special thanks to Ben Travers and Chih-Yuan Chen for painting the rings inside and outside of bar-racks, they looked great. And finally, a thanks to all my Brother Rats in 2014, that was one of the best weekends I have ever had. We have a year and a half left, let finish strong and wear our rings with pride. EXCITEMENT OF RING FIGURE Photos Courtesy of http://www.trbimg.com/img-50b7eca7/turbine/lat-oromney-wre0007245066-20121129/600 Photos Courtesy of http://weknowmemes.com/
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Repository | Virginia Military Institute Archives |
Collection | VMI Cadet Newspaper |
Title | VMI Cadet. December 7, 2012 |
Issue Date | 2012-12-07 |
Volume/Number | Volume 106, number 11 |
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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Issue Date | 2012-12-07 |
Full Text Search | “To Inform the VMI Community” Sports Track Dominates in Ohio Rugby awards Beckham Leaves MLS Features Fair Speciemens of citizen soldiers NFL player's death rattles the league Humor THE CADET ONE OF THE OLDEST COLLEGE NEWSPAERS INDEPENDENTLY RUN BY CADETS SINCE 1907 VOLUME 106 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012 ISSUE 11 $2.00 1907 2012 The Cadet @ www.cadetpublications.com The Cadet, student newspaper of the Virginia Military Institute, was estab-lished in the Fall of 1907 and has been continued since that time. Our news-paper is published every Friday after-noon during the academic year, except during Corps trips, holidays and exam periods. The Cadet offices are located in the Third Barracks Concourse . T o o r d e r a s u b s c r i p t i o n of t he Ne ws p a p e r c on t a c t : The Cadet EIC Phone: VMI Box 7 (571) 275-6124 Lexington, VA Office E-mail: 24450-0304 cadetedit@gmail.com The Cadet is a member of the Publica-tions Board which serves as the super-visory body for all cadet publications. Periodicals postage paid- Lexington, VA P o s t a l N u m b e r : U S P 6 5 4 - 8 8 0 The Cade t i s publ i shed we ek - ly by The News Gazet te , 2 0 W Ne l son, L e x ington, VA, 2 4 4 5 0 . Contents News 1 Features 2 Entertainment - Sports 3-5 Humor 6 Obama said. “And that skill set of trying to figure out how do we make some-thing work better applies to the federal government.” T h e p r e s i d e n t , w h o once talked about building a “team of rivals” in his Cabi-net, was not entertaining a Romney appointment, his spokesman later confirmed. The White House offered only the broadest description of their conversation: “The focus of their discussion was on America’s leadership in the world and the importance of maintaining that leadership position in the future.” The meeting ended with a vague promise “to stay in touch.” Unlike past post-campaign meetings, this one did not include a media photo op. The visual then, instead of unity or comity, was of a winner and a loser. Photog-raphers snapped photos of Romney entering the White House from a side entrance. The White House later released its own photo: the men exchanging a hand-shake in the Oval Office. Romney was prompt — but not too eager — arriving in an SUV at 12:29 p.m. for the 12:30 date. He showed no outward signs of a man who had been stripped of his dream and his day job. With his dark suit, impeccable hair and grin, he still looked every bit the part he did not get. Meeting with the man who crushed your hopes is a peculiar — some might say cruel — bit of American politi-cal theater. Still it’s become a post-campaign tradition. It began when then-Sen. John F. Kennedy met with Richard Nixon in Key Biscayne, Fla., after the razor-thin 1960 race, presidential historian Douglas Brinkley said. “As a healing pow-wow, it played so well because it spoke of bipartisanship,” Brinkley said. Obama met with Sen. John McCain in Chicago in 2008. They posed for pho-tos sitting side-by-side in overstuffed chairs, mak-in g aw k wa rd c h i t- c h a t . M c C a i n l o o k e d t e n s e ; Obama, cool and relaxed. Vice President Al Gore flew back from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, where he’d been recuperating from his bruising defeat in 2000, for his meeting with George W. Bush. He came out of the vice president’s residence to wel-come Bush with an awk-ward back pat. They met for less than 20 minutes. Perhaps the strangest rendezvous was between then-Vice President George H.W. Bush and another de-feated Massachusetts gover-nor. After Bush and Michael Dukakis walked out to a microphone in the White House driveway, Bush told reporters he was “very grate-ful to him for the spirit of this visit” and then left Dukakis in the driveway with reporters. The Democrat criticized Bush’s economic policies. “The chickens are coming home to roost,” Dukakis said. Romney made no pub-lic comments on Thurs-day. Neither did Obama. The public may have to wait a while before find-ing out out what was said. “That comes out in some-body’s memoir,” Brinkley said. OBAMA AND ROMNEY MEET By By Kathleen Hennessey and Christi Parsons LA Times little more than an hour later. The lunch date was, per-haps not surprisingly, the winner’s idea. Obama an-nounced his intentions in his victory speech, aiming to demonstrate bipartisan inclinations with the overture. But the president, who never expressed respect for Romney’s political skills dur-ing the campaign, seemed to have trouble describing the purpose. Unlike some defeated candidates, Rom-ney doesn’t hold public of-fice and doesn’t represent a powerful constituency. Obama suggested the former Massachusetts gover-nor and business executive, who ran the 2002 Winter Olympics, could act as some sort of efficiency consultant. “I do think he did a terrific job running the Olympics,” WASHINGTON — Their relationship seemed doomed from the start. It was mostly a long-distance affair con-ducted in public exchanges, tempered by occasional awk-ward gestures of warmth but more often singed by open hostility. It most likely ended, mercifully, Thursday over white turkey chili and South-western grilled chicken salad. President Obama and the vanquished Mitt Romney ate lunch in a private dining room steps from the Oval Office, the seat of power they battled over for months; some might say years. The meeting, a decades-old tradition between former rivals, put a bow on an other-wise ugly race marked by very few attempts to pretend the candidates liked each other. Until Thursday, that is, when a smiling Romney stopped by the White House. He left a Will president Obama appoint Mitt Romney for Secretary of Defense? Or perhaps, Secretary of the Treasury? ----------------------------- Bipartisanship is clearly needed to avoid the notorious "fiscal cliff" ----------------------------- Obama and Romney: "pledged to stay in touch." By Connor Diesing ‘14 Cadet News Writer The excitement came to a head at the be-ginning of “Ring Week” the week preceding ring figure where the class be-gins ring figure festivities. Every morning the First Sergeants of each company announce the days left until the Ring Ceremony. This is a fun reminder for the class and a way to announce to the corps that ring fig-ure was in fact this year. Thursday evening is the first official Ring Figure event, the class dinner. This event is where the class and only the class come to-gether in high spirits to re-ceive their class rings. This year 2014’s class dinner was attended by General Peay and Warren J. “Buddy” Bryan ’71 who announced the class winner of the Doug France award. Cadet Rehnie Merhige the head of the ring figure received the award for the class. November 16th was the ring presentation and ring ball, which both par-ents and dates attended. The Ring Presentation was held in Cameron hall where towards the end of fall se-mester as the class began designing their ring and picking the ring figure com-mittee. It was only until the spring semester of third class year did the class of 2014 see the final ring de-sign and begin the exciting process of choosing their specific ring’s stone and weight. With each step in the ring figure process, the excitement and anticipation grew as the date drew near. The class of 2014 celebrated their ring fig-ure on November 16th, 2012. This is the celebra-tion of the 2014 not only getting their rings, but also their entrance to “the brotherhood of the ring”. Preparations for ring figure began last year General Peay addressed the class before they received their rings. He imparted his words of advice for the class saying, “Wear your ring with honor, wear your ring with a sense of duty, wear your ring with great pride, just wear your ring…” The VMI ring is “visual motiva-tion for us to continue living with honor and excellence” as Cadet Merhige said as he addressed the class. Af-ter the entire class received their rings, they formed their class number, fourteen and did an old yell for the best class in barracks 2014, and sang the VMI doxol-ogy. After the presenta-tion, cadets when out to dinner with their families and dates before returning to the Center of Leader-ship and Ethics for the Ring Ball. Here cadets entered through a sabre arch set up by the class of 2015. The dance itself had an excel-lent swing band and the class enjoyed group pic-ture with their companies, roommates, brother rats and dates. Every cadet and their date walked through the ring and had their class ring placed on their finger for the first time since re-ceiving it earlier that day. After the ceremo-nies cadet made their way back to the hotels on route 11 for some additional cel-ebration and brother rat bonding. The second class had a second night of cel-ebration on Saturday at the class Tent Party. Here DJ 5 and a Dime got the class of 2014 excited to begin a final night of celebration at the hotels. The weekend that 2014 had will be one that they will remember for the rest of their lives. On a personal note, as a member of the class of 2014 I would like to thank all the members of our GC and Ring Figure Committee, with all of you we could not have had such an awesome time. A special thanks to Ben Travers and Chih-Yuan Chen for painting the rings inside and outside of bar-racks, they looked great. And finally, a thanks to all my Brother Rats in 2014, that was one of the best weekends I have ever had. We have a year and a half left, let finish strong and wear our rings with pride. EXCITEMENT OF RING FIGURE Photos Courtesy of http://www.trbimg.com/img-50b7eca7/turbine/lat-oromney-wre0007245066-20121129/600 Photos Courtesy of http://weknowmemes.com/ |