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Standing at attention while they eat, remembering how many ice cubes upperclassmen like in their drinks and memorizing large amounts of trivial information are a traditional form of initiation for West Point plebes. Cadet John Edwards was able to take the hazing as a freshman, but as a second classman (junior), he would not dish it out. "I couldn't treat other plebes the way I had been treated. It was absurd and dehumanizing," said Edwards last week after he had been expelled from the U.S. Military Academy...
...father, a lawyer, died when Alec was ten, and his mother raised three children alone, aided financially by a prosperous uncle. Haig had his heart set on West Point, but had to apply twice and use his uncle's political connections to get in. Haig was not a model cadet. He amassed some 158 hours of punishment in his first two years for, among other things, "gross public displays of affection" (kissing). Haig roguishly explains, "I had a lot of fun." He graduated 214th in his class of 310 in 1947. His yearbook tweaks him for "strong convictions and even...
...National Guard, after lobbing tear gas at students and boxing them into the lot, retreated up a neighboring hill. Suddenly the Guard turned around and opened fire. A 20-year-old on her way to class, a ROTC cadet, a protester, and another headed for class--all fell dead...
...truth about the young man emerges slowly and is hefty with mythological implication. Joel was a gifted student pilot who, like Icarus, got too cocky. In the Dickey version, the cadet flies too close to a raging brush fire and loses control of his plane in the hot turbulence. A farmer pulls him from the wreckage, but while he goes to get help Joel disappears, leaving only his broken goggles and a piece of zipper torn from his boot...
...waiting period ended at 15:53 of the second period, when the fight behind the Army net resulted in 11 minutes worth of penalties for the Cadet, and four for Harvard's Bourbeau. The fight started after Cadet left wing Watt Wilson was whistled for a two minute roughing penalty...