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04-23-2008, 10:29 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Threads: 4
Posts: 145
| Candidates, meet "that guy"
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04-23-2008, 10:52 PM
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#2 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: East TN Gender: Female
Threads: 2
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| So, Triggs, is it ill-advised to have even a press-release stating a local student has been selected for admission, or is it just when bold statements are made by the new candidates within the article that they will find themselves targets? | |
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04-24-2008, 01:19 AM
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#3 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Threads: 4
Posts: 84
| lol...that is really funny in my opinion...god have mercy on him when he gets to WP, looks like the cadets are drooling over his arival | |
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04-24-2008, 03:12 AM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Threads: 29
Posts: 1,106
| Ouch - you do not want to be "that guy". A poster child for how not to do a press release. (hint: if you feel you are presidential material, keep it to yourself until you are a bit closer to your goal  . | |
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04-24-2008, 06:04 AM
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#5 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: GA
Threads: 17
Posts: 547
| On top of all that, they won't even have to look for his name to go after him...there's a picture, too. | |
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04-24-2008, 06:09 AM
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#6 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Threads: 7
Posts: 1,183
| You guys are making a mountain out of a molehill. Besides, the cadre will never get past "Milty the Third". | 
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04-24-2008, 07:07 AM
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#7 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Threads: 32
Posts: 313
| What a great story! Ya gotta love his earnestness.
There was similar story in our local paper this spring about a teenage boy with an appointment to Naval Academy.
He also hopes to use his appointment as a start for his presidential aspirations.
Hopefully both will keep the inspiration they feel right now.
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04-24-2008, 08:07 AM
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#8 | | Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: GA
Threads: 17
Posts: 547
| USNA69, you are so right! I am sooo glad DS has a nice, boring name. | |
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04-24-2008, 09:21 AM
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#9 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Threads: 7
Posts: 147
| It was my son's impression that the cadre will look for something during Beast that merits giving a new cadet a little special attention. If they don't find it, they often will make something up. I think his conclusion was that it is more a question of "when" than "if" you will get special attention. With that said, the special attention is not that bad and somehow most new cadets survive. | |
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04-24-2008, 10:12 AM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
Threads: 29
Posts: 1,106
| Yes, the cadre do have strict rules on what they can and cannot do to get new cadets squared away. | |
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04-24-2008, 02:39 PM
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#11 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Threads: 3
Posts: 42
| Oh my! Now I understand why DS wouldn't put any mention of his appointment on his facebook and myspace. | |
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04-24-2008, 04:02 PM
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#12 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008 Gender: Female
Threads: 3
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| Does the cadre seriously go searching for new cadets on myspace and facebook before beast starts? | |
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04-24-2008, 06:41 PM
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#13 | | New Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Threads: 0
Posts: 8
| yes cadets do search around for CCs who make stupid comments in the open. I know that Zinn's story has already circulated throughout the Coprs and there are a lot of people looking forward to meeting him. | |
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04-24-2008, 07:35 PM
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#14 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: So Cal-USC (2005) and West Point Parent (2009)
Threads: 75
Posts: 1,660
| Yep--I know a certain soon to be cadet in the red sash who has been fully briefed on his upcoming arrival......
oh boy....... | |
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04-24-2008, 08:15 PM
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#15 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006
Threads: 9
Posts: 252
| Just make sure you don't wear a shirt on Inprocessing that says, "Train this!" or wear camo. This is one day where it's good to blend in.  | |
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