Contents News Features News 2 • Jordan Under Rage • Cadets in Focus Features 3-4 • Mogwai Album Review • The Barracks Plague op/ed 5 • Resurrection Week The Cadet • Superbawl 49 BREAKOUT Ads 6-10 @ • GC On Breakout www.cadetpublications.com ONE OF THE INDEPENDENTLY OLDEST COLLEGE RUN BY CADETS NEWSPAERS SINCE 1907 1907 THE CADET 2015 VOLUME 108 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2015 ISSUE 13 $2.00 BREAKOUT 2018! were next shuffled into near the Rifle Range a Crozet Hall to gain some variety of cardio exercises By Benjamin Stewart ‘17 much-needed fuel for the were completed, led by the Cadet News Writer upcoming day’s events. Air Force ROTC. Ending the Up until this point the Rat morning session included Disciplinary Committee stations at Stairway to While emotions was in control of the Rat Heaven, Superintendents such as relief, anxiety, Companies, however, Hill, and Faculty Hill. It tension, and pain seem to upon exit from the Mess had been a successful drift away from your body, Hall each company’s Cadre morning; the companies a new set of emotions now took charge leading made their way back to seem to flood there way the companies back into their company areas on back in. Breaking out of the barracks to change into the stoops. Cadre along Ratline is one of the most Travel Dyke (wind breaker with the RDC company gratifying experiences a top and bottom). For representatives had the Cadet can feel other than the next 30 minutes until Rats change into ACU’s graduating from VMI, Its 0710 various “warm-up” (Army Combat Uniform) definitely one of the most exercises were conducted in preparation for the looked forward to. After such as the over-head arm remainder of the day. 6 long arduous months clap and the arm-circle. spent straining, yelling, Lunch was now and getting yelled at, Next, moving to served, and much needed newly minted 4th class multiple locations around to say the least. After cadets enter the VMI post the morning session refueling their bodies for system. However, the end began. In Cocke Hall the afternoon session product is the road less the Lacrosse, Women’s of Breakout the Rats traveled and a hard one at Soccer, and Football team threw on their Assault that. manned several grueling Packs loaded with one stations. The Lacrosse sandbag. Company by Breakout for the team’s station had the company they filed down Class of 2018 started with Rats shuffling up and Hospital Hill and towards a rude awakening call on down several flights of the Chessie Trail. While a frigid Saturday morning stairs and doing endless carrying one physical in the end of January. suicides on the gym floor. training log per company Beginning at exactly 0500, Upon the whistle moving (varying weights, from the Rats were awoken by to others stations such as 125-200 pounds), the Rats trained institute officials the Soccer and Football along with their Cadre and volunteer cadets stations, which included completed the 3-mile trek firing off the canon, ”Little tire flips, footwork drills, to McKethan park, where John” and various firearms and sprints. Unfortunately, the latter events of the loaded with blanks, blaring the Rats had only day would take place. in the background was completed 3 of the 10 metal music. Rats hurriedly morning stations and Upon emptying threw on the appropriate many were exhausted. their sandbags the attire and strained their afternoon session way out onto the company Now began the commenced. On a rotating area, on the 4th stoop. larger circuit around schedule companies Excitement and fear both Northpost. Army ROTC moved from hill sprints, flow through your body next took the reigns at to log-PT, to sandbag PT, knowing the end is so Hospital Hill, instructing and lastly endless pushups close, but ultimately so far the Rats to do buddy accompanied by overhead away. carries up the hill along ammo-can presses. Mixed with water can carries in along with the other The first event (which are much more stations was a station of the day was a four difficult than at first where Camelbaks could session Sweat Party given glance). Moving to the next be refilled if needed, in combination from event was the switchback medical attention given. classes 2017 and 2016 hills near Jordans Point, Ending exactly as planned, Image Courtesy of Drake Cong (two sessions per class). encompassing more buddy the Rats formed up and Without break, the Rats carries and sprints. Next, made the long trek back (Continue on page 2) Editor-in-ChiefThe R CadetYAN KENNEDY Editor-in-chief TAYLOR RAFALY Managing Editor DRAKE CONG Business Manager JOHN DOUGHTON EDITORIAL The Cadet, student newspaper of the Virginia Military Institute, was estab- Layout Editor GAËLLE BROWNING lished in the Fall of 1907 and has been continued since that time. Our news- ASSISTANT LAYOUT EDITORS paper is published every Friday after- noon during the academic year, except TREY NEAL, KAIYING WANG during Corps trips, holidays and exam periods. The Cadet offices are located in the Third Barracks Concourse . News Editor MATT ARMENTROUT To order a subscription of the Newspaper contact: Sports Editor MATT TONKINSON The Cadet EIC Phone: VMI Box 7 (571) 485-0003 Entertainment ED. SPENCER ALLEN Lexington, VA Office E-mail: 24450-0304 [email protected] Editorial Editor GIO MANGIAPANE The Cadet is a member of the Publica- tions Board which serves as the super- CONTRIBUTORS visory body for all cadet publications. Newspaper Advisor COL MACINNIS Periodicals postage paid- Lexington, VA Postal Number: USP654-880 Ad. Manager JACOB OTTERMAN The Cadet is published weekly by The News Gazette, 20 W Nelson, Lexington, VA, 24450. “To Inform the VMI Community” “To Inform the VMI Community” News Features 2 3 (Continued from front page) to barracks. Although order to attend Breakout following the new and JORDAN UNDER tired and worn out from Dinner, their last meal improved Meet your Cadre CADETS IN FOCUS: the day’s events the Rats as Rats. After receiving night, the Rats were only had 2 final events to a phenomenal Breakout filed into Old Barracks, RAGE go through. Parting ways speech by former Marine where their Dyke’s class with their Cadre, The Infantry Captain and VMI General Committee along RDC PRESIDENT AND RXO RDC Representatives took Class of 2010 Alumnus, with RDC President were By Matthew Arnold '17 including the pilot’s only prisoners, and that By Matt Tonkinson '16 itself. We like to work shaping rats into cadets. next year with the help of importance. “There’s with their company’s, at control and moved the Rats Barker Squire, the Rats waiting atop the sentinel Cadet Layout Editor hometown, in retaliation. there is no comparison One demonstrator between their death and Cadet Sports Editor on a lot of character, not “We had fewer Gold of the rising first class. a personal aspect as an least for the beginning across the Parade Ground made their way back up box. This final event is so much of a timeline, Cards this year, and only As the entire possessed a sign that the death of his son who “I’d like to see the RXO and you can kind of their time here”. Reed over several sandbag the hill towards barracks. where the Rats no longer but continued evaluation for continuous issues world knows, the Islamic said “They burned our was a pilot. That his seconds progress from of coordinate that with stressed the importance obstacles, and having Unlike every march-up were Rats, and became The Class of 2018 and correction,” Lunsford that cadre couldn’t State of Iraq and Syria hearts, so let’s burn their blood is more valued and what we’ve started and the XOs. So, although of making the rats into them low-crawl while after SRC (supper role call) 4th classmen, and the was welcomed as the added. manage. We want to has recently killed a dens, and their prisoners therefore there is still a continue to make the the training schedules model VMI cadets, while taking fire from firearms the Rats were marched newest class in barracks. newest class in barracks build character.” Jordanian pilot and in our prisons.” debt to be paid. RDC a more professional are what you visibly saw, letting the XO’s take loaded with blanks. Lastly, into New Barracks much After several Old Yells on January 31 following As the RDC headed posted the video of him organization.” there was also this CO/ charge and execute that the Rats were moved to like Matriculation day a for preceding institute a long and physically into the academic year Lunsford, who will be burning alive in a cage This anger As I have lain out XO time and building a task in ways they saw fit. barracks where they were long five months ago. classes, their strains were taxing breakout day. As and the beginning of the commissioning into the to the internet. Moath al- quickly fueled the in a previous article about Reed’s experience person,” Reed added. instructed to go to their The drums began and let out for the last time. in all years, breakout and ratline this fall, Lunsford Marine Corps in May, Kasasbeh was a 27 year flames of revenge. And the Islamic State of Iraq as RXO brought a slightly “At the end of the day, Like Lunsford, Dyke’s room. Straining the upper class perched They had just completed the entirety of the ratline said that the main goal looked back on his old Lieutenant in the that’s exactly what the and Syria, their territory is different perspective to it’s asking if you are an Reed is optimistic for outside they encountered on the above stoops fell their very first Old Yell for required extensive for the organization and experience as a two- Jordanian military.