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...Force cadet Brian R. Smith ’02, who proposed the legislation, said it would allow cadets to avoid time-consuming commutes to MIT, which already offers courses that count toward ROTC requirements. Harvard currently offers no courses that have been sanctioned by military officials...
Next Friday night: I accompany Cadet Brian R. Smith ’02 to the ROTC military ball. Uniforms everywhere. Brian, besides wearing a dress uniform and acting very gentlemanly, introduces me to the four-star general and countless other muckety-mucks in the high command. We go back to Harvard after an impassioned speech by the general and welcome every single Air Force Cadet in the ROTC program to Brian’s common room. I feel empowered by the fact that I am bigger and stronger than the AF-ROTC troglodyte girls and force them to drink Pabst...
Late March: Charles B. Cromwell ’02, an Army ROTC cadet in Mather, sends me an e-mail regarding the senior gift fundraising competition. Since I don’t immediately know the answer, I write back, “Standby, Cadet.” He answers, “Roger that.” My sudden rush of adoration for the vernacular of the military is only tempered by the fact that I don’t have the legitimacy to actually use it properly...
Spring break: I frighten my ever-suffering soulmate, Kate A. Levine ’02, with my new hat (courtesy of Cadet Smith). It is a fireproof camouflage cap, perfect for the Bahamas. The directions inside say that I can tuck the sides under my helmet, if need...
...there a new generation gap? A disconnect between managers and their younger charges? Consider this real-life exchange, noted in a new book by consultants Lynne C. Lancaster and David Stillman. A middle-aged manager had come to the aid of a younger employee on a project. The cadet took the time to send a thank-you note, but it was an electronic version, which failed to impress his mentor. "I get a card that basically costs nothing and required no effort to send, after I gave so much," she groused. "Am I supposed to be flattered by that...