O p i n i o n / E d it o r ia l ""Ar t s & L e i s u r e >»• Admin. I^ecisipn Questioned New Greensboro Band Non-profit Football Falls to VMI Foundation, organization U.S. Postage GA. Southern, Permits vs Non- PAID Permit No. 14 NBA is Greedy Permits Lexington, VA 24450 $ 1.00 VOLUME XGI Friday, 9 October 1998 Number 06 News Briefs Cadets Participate in Hair Policy is National Court to hold hearing in Finn Fall Training Exercises Debated case on some female cadets, but it would Charies Faulkner look neater if we could wear it longer.” ALEXANDRIA. Va. - A fed­ News Writer ^ Within the military community, many eral judge set an emergency hearing regard the wearing of women’s hair for Friday to consider a motion to equivalent to the act of men shaving have a feeding tube reinserted into into As VMI enters its second year every morning. Major Carole Green a severely brain-damaged man. Vir­ of assimilation, the Commandant’s agrees. "I don’t see anything wrong ginia Delegate Robert Marshall filed staff is facing an ever growing num­ with a service cut. but we have to a motion on Thursday alleging that ber of cadet issues. One of the most gradually move into this. We should Hugh Finn may not be receiving controversial issues is the requirement be patient!" proper care under federal Medicaid demanded by the Commandant’s staff The question remains as to the guidelines in his nursing home. Doc­ concerning the policy on hair .stan­ fairness of the policy. S-5 Cadet Cap­ tors say Finn is in a persistent vegeta­ dards for upperclass female cadets. tain Micah Wei ‘99 explains. “|The tive state. Finn’s feeding tube - sus­ In the past couple of weeks, re­ policy] is fine the way it is. As long as taining him for the last 3_ years - was cent changes have been made to the it adheres to the discipline and prin­ removed Oct. 1 at the request of his original regulation of requiring fe­ ciples of VMI, then women should ad­ wife, Michele. male upperclassmen to wear the here to the same standards as men.” If slightly longer variation of the Ratline policy directs that all cadets should Couple offers plea in faith standard of a High and Tight haircut. have similar appearance at all times, healing death There is however a growing desire by then why has the Institute issued skirts many female upperclassmen to wear and pumps to female cadets'.’" Eric PHILADELPHIA - A couple their hair in different variations. Adams.“00. believes, ‘There are times who refused to get medical treatment Presently, female cadets arc when females should have individual­ for their son when he cut his foot and permitted to wear their hair at a length istic appearance, however there should bled to death has pleaded no contest no longer than the level of the jaw­ be times when they nteet the standards to involuntary manslaughter and child bone. To allow more freedom in style, of the T such as Parades and official endangerment. Dean and Susan the Commandant’s office has permit­ events like commencement.” Heilman are members of Faith Taber­ ted women to employ bobby pins and Feedback from the Corps is nacle Congregation Church, whose barrettes to manage the slightly longer mixed, but the Regimental Executive members believe in prayer rather than length than their male counterparts. Officer, Brad Wineman, '99. .says, "I medicine to heal illnesses. Their 22- This policy is generally believed to think that we should follow the U.S. month-old son. Dean Michael - who maintain .somewhat of a similar stan­ Army standards, because VMI is mod­ had hemophilia - cut his toe on glass dard between male and female cadets. eled on Army customs." Colonel while playing in the family’s back yard Some standards however could be Chalkley, the Professor of Military Sci­ in July 1997.. perceivcd as double standards when ence, says, “Army standards are very one asks "what is the difference be­ clear, but VMI does it one way.” McDonald’s sued over bloody tween the wearing of a female hair­ Whatever the feelings on the sandwich style and the wearing of a skirt with policy, the Assimilation Committee Howard Smith, a retired Air Force of­ were acting in a cadre position along the uniform'?" who works closely with the ficer. Lt. Col. Smith is the Executive with the Marshall New Market Battal­ MORRISTOWN, Tenn. - A Cadet Kelly Sullivan, '01, ex­ Commandant’s office has not sug­ John Bolt Officer for Virginia’s Order of ion .staffs cadre instructors overlook­ couple has sued a McDonald’s restau­ plains that, “...many women feel that gested any major changes to the hair Demolay, an international organization ing everything. rant for $825,{K)0 because they claim Executive Editor the ability to maintain a longer length regulations for women cadets. The aimed at young people which also is On Friday evening the MSIs it refuses to test an employee who would not only be more attractive, but policy does not look to be changed This past FTX weekend, many involved in charity work. Veterans of and IIs conducted round robin training bled on their Fgg McMuffin. On May also professional!” Another opinion unless the Corps, the Commandant, cadets decided to remi:in-on post and" last year s Spring FTX pra'yed that tiie which leii theiii rllrougli a sei ics of dif­ 29, Michelle Beeler bought an Egg comes from Gussie Lord ‘01 who ob­ and the Assimilation Committee come participate on the in-house FTX. The work that lay ahead would not be as gru­ ferent stations. Among the stations were McMuffin at a drive-through window, served, “...shorter hair looks me.ssy up with a professional solution. in-house FTX or Corps FTX, as orga­ eling and under such harsh weather con­ assembly and disa.ssembly of the M-16, took .several bites and noticed blood nized by cadets Nick Devincenzo, Matt ditions as the ill fated community ser­ noise and light discipline, and firing the on the back side of the sandwich and Stalwart Reflects on theVMI Franks, and Micah Wei, consisted of six vice work the Corps completed at the M-60 a.k.a “the hog." Saturday they on the wrapper. The blood came from teams from different companies com­ Petersburg Battlefield Park. Fortu­ marched out to brushy hill where they a cut on a employee’s finger. Beeler peting in games on Saturday, and work­ nately, weather was perfectly suited to would learn how to apply face paint Corps, Remains Silent on His Past and her husband asked that the em­ ing on community service on Sunday. the tasks that lay ahead. Cadets helped properly and individual movement tac­ ployee be tested for any diseases. The competition consisted of shingle houses and aided in construc­ tics. Sunday they marched back to VMI. wiffleball in the old courtyard, arm tion at the Habitat for Humanity site, As for the MSIlIs, they marched wrestling, 3 on 3 basketball, homerun while the second group at Lt. Col. out to McKiethan park where they a. ' WorU derby, and the all time Corps classic of Smith’s home cleared a hillside of trees, would witness squad tactical A ' ^ 1 f new courtyard hockey. The six teams built a footbridge, and mowed and exercises(STX) performed to almost competed for the coveted first place groomed the vast yard. perfection by camp completed MSIVs hr > prize of an extended weekend and the A rm y FTX .under the command of cadet Patrick No deal reached in U.N.-Iraq second place prize of a regular week­ Myers ‘99. After the demonstration the By Patrick Coyle standoff end. Team I, consisting mainly of ca­ cadets were allowed to eat and hold a dets from Echo and Alpha, came out in This year, as is the case every round-table discu.ssion with the MSIVs -pV- ■' A' :. 7: ' ■ UNITED NATIONS - Iraq and the lead throughout the competition and year, the Army department conducted about their experiences at camp and % ■ / the United Nations failed to reach a won first place. The games were en­ field training exercises, October 2nd to what they should expect. --- JK breakthrough in the arms inspection joyed by those cadets involved in a 4th, to familiarize the Army cadets with The MSIVs and cadre of the SGM Hockadax takes a moment to talk with cadets impasse that has prevented experts competitive but relaxed atmosphere. certain aspects of training in the field Army department were there offering The Corps Sergeant Major had from looking for weapons of mass de­ Sunday’s community service and fighting in combat. guidance to the cadets whenever they been faculty at VMI prior to taking his struction in Iraq, officials said went smoothly despite early logistical *The first and second year cadets stumbled. Their role was to keep mo­ Devon Miller current position in July of 1990. After Wedne.sday. U.N. weapons experts problems involving transportation. of the Army department (MSIs and IIs) rale up through the entire experience News Writer serving in Vietnam, where he allegedly must certify that Iraq has destroyed Cadets, under the direction and plan­ went through basic indoctrination into, and remind the cadets that there is a pur­ had 4 confirmed kills with an entrench­ its biological, chemical and nuclear ning of Cadet Charles Craddock, among other things, marksmanship. pose to everything. Sergeant Major Hockaday looks ing shovel, he came back to the United weapons before the Security Council worked on projects for Habitat for Hu­ The MSIlIs were mainly oriented to­ See FTX_____________ out his office window into the old court­ States to continue ascension through will lift sanctions.