Saturday was “A-Day” (acceptance day), when new cadets finished Cadet Basic Training and officially became plebes. Upperclassmen roamed the tiny village of Highland Falls in uniform today with their families. Classes start tomorrow, and I’m still busy getting settled in the house and tweaking the syllabus.
On a good note, a cadet from my new home department won recognition from both the military and Congress for his recent paper strongly critiquing the Army’s misguided “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on homosexuality — which, to me, offers a hopeful reinforcement of the stance on academic freedom that I’ve seen at this military institution.
The Semester Starts
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