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Annual “Housing Draw” Will Have Many Changes by Martha Hinote, DPW Newly-Renovated, Better-Maintained Involved in These Discussions Baseball, softball, lacrosse & tennis are all here this weekend. Support our Teams! ® VOL. 65, NO. 11 SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT MARCH 28, 2008 Annual “Housing Draw” will have many changes By Martha Hinote, DPW newly-renovated, better-maintained involved in these discussions. Customer Relations housing inventory.” “As a result of those meetings Members of the Directorate and community forums, viable Tradition, by its very definition, of Public Works Housing plans have been made that will changes slowly. The West Point Division, the RCI Project Office guide this summer’s housing culture is not exempt from long- and GMH have been meeting assignment process and future standing traditions and practices. regularly to discuss transition operations,” Bruno added. One of those traditions, Summer issues between the government “One of the obvious changes Officer Quarters Assignment operation and management of the the community will notice is that Procedure, commonly called the housing inventory and operation/ there is no longer a Housing Draw,” Annual Housing Draw, is about to management by GMH. Bruno continued. change. The community has also been See HOUSING, page 4 In the 100 plus years since its inception in 1891 by then superintendent Lt. Col. John Diversity Conference Wilson, the draw has never changed substantially. This year it will change significantly. set for April 10-12 “This is a summer of exciting By Eric S. Bartelt disability, religion and a lot of other change in the way West Point’s areas that you normally wouldn’t Family housing inventory is The U.S. Military Academy at think of as being a part of a diverse assigned, managed and maintained,” West Point will host its ninth annual culture and the idea is to highlight said Col. Dan Bruno, Garrison Diversity Leadership Conference these things.” Commander. “With the transition April 10-12 at various locations He is interested to see how of housing to our Residential on post. areas such as religion with the Communities Initiative Partner, This year’s theme is “The Faces diverse nature of Catholic, Jewish GMH, there will be changes in of Diversity,” which is based on and Muslim practices work in this our housing operations that, in an article written by Dr. Morten forum with a number of participants the long term, will result in a Ender, Behavioral Sciences and from each religion. Leadership professor here, and “It’s interesting to bring people the merits of the seven areas of with different backgrounds together diversity that will be discussed because you don’t really know during the conference. what the group dynamic will be Catholic Chapel tower According to Col. Bryan until you put them together,” Goda Goda, Electrical Engineering and explained. “Who knows how it will gets necessary repairs Computer Science Accreditation turn out, but it should be great.” The Catholic Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity, viewed Director and this year’s Conference There will be several speakers from the corner of Washington and Stony Lonesome roads, Co-Chair, the seven conference at the conference that include is undergoing renovation to its bell tower. panels will discuss issues in the general officers (including Brig. According to Tony Delfini, Directorate of Public Works areas of ethnicity, gender, religion, Gen. Rebecca Halstead and 1981 construction representative for this project, the bell tower ableism, ageism, sexual orientation USMA graduate) and other military will be taken down to the level where the louvers start. and social class. leaders, CEOs of civilian industry The stones will be removed one by one, cataloged and Goda is hoping that this year’s (including Mark ‘Ranger’ Jones, labeled and they will be stored on site and reinstalled after panels bring about thought- CEO of Tough Jones Security, structural repairs are made. provoking discussions that help Inc. and former Army Ranger), Water infiltration of the roof and parapets caused the bring an understanding to certain professors from academia, failure of mortar joints and limestone arches at the louvers, views on these seven topics. government officials and military creating a possible safety issue with potential falling mortar, “(The conference) is to promote war veterans. Delfini said. Construction is scheduled for completion by discussion about diversity and how The conference will kickoff Dec. 31, 2008. to look at different groups,” Goda April 10 at 5:30 p.m. at the However, there will be no changes or interruptions to said. “When you think of diversity Herbert Hall Alumni Center with a Catholic services during the renovation project. you normally think it’s based reception and then the evening will ERIC BART E LT /PV See HOCKEY, page 17 on race, but there’s gender, age, See DIVERISTY, page 4 2 March 28, 2008 Your “Pointer” View “What was the best thing about your spring break this year?” Cadet 2nd Class Cadet 4th Class Cadet 2nd Class Cadet 4th Class Cadet 4th Class Hien Nguyen, B-1 Jennifer Smith, H-3 Heritier Diakabana, A-3 Courtney Heaps, G-4 Josiah McCoy, H-2 Union City, Calif. Cleveland Pawtucket, R.I. Phoenix Climbing Hills, Iowa “I went to California “I went home and saw my “I visited my “We went on a cruise “I shot my black -- Disneyland and the family -- that was good girlfriend’s family in to Honduras, Belize powder muzzle loader beach” enough for me.” Jamaica; the best City, Cozumel and the and spent some time part was the cultural Bahamas” at home.” experience and their natural attractions like landscapes.” The members of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program are Col. Jeanette McMahon, Shelley Ariosto (Garrison), Dan Toohey (Victim Advocate), Maj. Maria Burger (USCC), Maj. Kim Kawamoto (ODIA) and Lt. Col. Tasha Williams (Dean). Community members can e-mail McMahon at [email protected] for advice or to offer any recommendations on the program here. Cadets can also call the sexual assault support helpline at (845) 591-7215. West Point Soldiers and civilians needing assistance can call (845) 938-3369. ® This civilian enterprise newspaper is an au tho rized Lt. Gen. publication for mem bers of the U.S. Gov ernment, 85 Civic Center Plaza Buster Hagenbeck, the De partment of Defense, the U.S. Army, USMA PO Box 1231, Superintendent or West Point. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12602 The appearance of ad ver tising in this publication, Col. Bryan Hilferty, in cluding in serts and sup plements, does not con sti tute Director of Communications en dorsement by the De partment of De fense or the For information, call United States Military Academy of the fi rms, prod ucts Linda L. Mastin or services ad ver tised. (845) 437-4789 Acting Chief, Com mand The Point er View ® is an unoffi cial pub li cation Everything advertised in this pub li ca tion shall be au tho rized by AR 360-1. Ed i tori al con tent is pre pared, Info. made available for purchase, use, or pa tron age edited and pro vid ed by the Pub lic Affairs Offi ce of with out regard to race, color, re li gion, sex, national USMA. origin, age, marital status, phys i cal handi cap, Linda Mastin The Pointer View ® is printed by the Poughkeepsie po liti cal af fi l i a tion, or any other nonmerit factor Editor, 938-2015 Journal, a pri vate fi rm in no way connect ed with the of the purchaser, user, or pa tron. A confi rmed Eric S. Bartelt De partment of the Army, under ex clu sive con tract with violation or re jec tion of this policy of equal op- Asst. Editor, 938-3883 USMA. The views and opin ions ex pressed herein are portunity by an ad ver tis er will result in the re fus al Kathy Eastwood not nec essari ly those of the USMA or the Army. to print ad ver tis ing from that source. Staff Writer, 938-3684 The Pointer View ® is published weekly by the USMA Public Affairs Office, Bldg. 600, West Point, N.Y. 10996 (845) 938-2015 See SOLUTION on Page 11 March 28, 2008 3 DCA employee Hassler passes Class of 2002 graduate killed supporting OIF “What was the best thing about your spring break this year?” By Anne Caliendo Windsor; and many friends here Complied by Eric S. Bartelt in Anniston, Ala, March 19. The captain in 2005. In November 2007, Cadet Publications and abroad. Pentagon listed Mallard as a he deployed to Iraq for a second Coordinator During his West Point career, Captain Torre R. Mallard, resident of Lawton, Okla., which combat tour. Directorate of Cadet Hassler’s longest tenure was at the Class of 2002, died March 10 in is where his father, Mose Mallard, Mallard’s brother, Terrence, Activities DCA where he served for 28 years Balad Ruz, Iraq, due to wounds and his family lived for five years of Huntsville, Ala., talked about before retiring from federal service sustained when his vehicle struck while his dad was stationed at Fort his brother never liking to fail and Roger J. Hassler, a procurement in 2005, and then returned the next an improvised explosive device. Sill. Mallard’s grandparents still felt his brother’s work ethic was specialist in the Directorate of Cadet day as a NAF employee with the He was killed with two other live in Anniston, and his parents without parallel. He also believed Activities, passed same office and S o l d i e r s w h i l e graduated from the country was kept safer due to away suddenly mission. s u p p o r t i n g a n Anniston High his brother’s sacrifice.
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