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Lawsuit: LaBelle threw water at tot in NYC lobby "...The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, comes five months after a West Point cadet sued LaBelle over a Houston airport scuffle with her bodyguards..."

In defense of rewards for an A+: I do not see it as sneaky or an inflation of grades to recognize and reward the best of the best. It is simply putting a higher target out there for cadets to shoot at. It aids in the pursuit of excellence to have difficult goals above and beyond. Doesn't...

An A+ in a class will cause it to be weighted 4.33 in the average. More info in part I of West Point's Academic Program document online.

Cow Drowning I don't think its possible to actually "validate" cow drowing, aka survival swimming. However, if you are fast enough during the plebe assessment, you are eligible to take it in a single week during grad week your Yuk year. That is what the swim team does.

Great article - thanks for the link :)

DS marked yes as he has had occasional hayfever. DODMERB tended to respond with "remedials" for every little yes he had on the questionaire. Then we had DS's pediatrician give us copies of all med records, sorted through and made copies of relevant (and only relevant) pages for each remedial...

P.S. You obviously love drama and are committed to it. Therefore do NOT give up this area of strength for the sake of multiple sports you have never played! Definitely try to add a sport, but it also sounds like you have leadership potential in the drama area. As you move forward in this...

Just my two cents as a mom (and that's probably what it's worth!) If you really don't care which sport, ask around about the teams. The teams will surely have different "personalities" depending on the coach, the participants, the traditions. If possible, join a team you already have a few...

TB TESTimonial This is a little late and I am sure you have already figured your situation out and moved on to Basic. However, I thought I would pass on my DS's TB test experience for others that may come across this thread: We were very surprised when DS tested definitely POSITIVE to the...

Heartbreaking So very sad...

LOL...well I though that was funny...

My DS was at Beast two summers ago when all boots were issued (none bought beforehand that year). He describes standing on some gizmo that measured his foot and how he distributed his weight. This determined which of the available brands was correct for his foot. In addition, when he tried...

Our DS flew on arrangements made through Wagonlit a la military and it turned out he had a free checked bag arranged (we didn't know). If you are avoiding checking to save the $$, maybe find out if the bag is free - might be easier to check a bag with what you want in the first place and avoid...

Sounds like a great price for the Leatherman Wave. We ordered the same one for our DS in oxide black - you can get them with name engraved. http://www.leatherman.com/products/product.asp?id=469&f=75&c=73

USMA majors Go to the online redbook: http://www.dean.usma.edu/sebpublic/curriccat/static/index.htm click part 4 (majors), then click one of the years to the right - all majors for that graduating class are listed along with links for their requirements:smile: