Word: upperclassmen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Upperclassmen must register on Friday, September 16 next fall, and not on Monday, September 19 as previously planned. And next fall students must submit their study cards only five class days into the semester, instead of the current 10 days...
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...
Edwards, 24, ranked academically near the top in his class of more than 1,100 cadets last semester, but he failed to perform adequately in military development, which requires upperclassmen to test the ability of plebes to endure the rigor of West Point training. In part, Edwards' disdain for hazing stems from his earlier Army experience: before entering the academy, he spent nearly three years as an enlisted...
...Upperclassmen who were involved with the program when they were freshmen and have remained as referees, marvel at the changes. "I could never get anybody to play anything," recalls Jill M. Goodstein '89, a former intramural representative. But this year, she says, participation is "widespread...
Combining the freshman program with the upperclass intramurals is another one of Light's goals. Light says interaction between freshmen and upperclassmen would be an advantage as there would be a "greater base" of athletes with a combined program. "It would give us an opportunity to have more sports," he says, adding that the larger base would also make a women's league more realistic...