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Columbus Day weekend in Annapolis = Sailboat show. It might not be a popular weekend across the country, but it is a very big weekend in Annapolis. Don't expect easy traffic or lodging locally. I believe it is still the largest in water sailboat show in the country.

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Best way to empty the house... When a mid party is too obnoxious, a call to the police with a complaint gets a response. But when the officers that respond are from USNA instead, you get to see the results of PT as people jump fences etc. Amusing as a local to watch periodically happen in DTA.

NJ gas rationing Pima -- Bullet should know that they're starting gas rationing in the northern counties. Even/Odd fill ups on even/odd days based on the last number in your plate. If no numbers on the plate, it's considered odd. Welcome back to the 70's! (Has anyone considered pumping...

I don't know how it works if you decline and then change your mind. But if you do get a sponsor, there is also nothing that locks you or the sponsor into it. It's just an opportunity available. Fill out the form with your honest interests and take it a step at a time like everything else.

DTA Transportation If you are out the West St corridor, there's a free Circulator that the city runs. Can save some walking if desired and there are a few garages out that way. If you are staying in Eastport, don't forget that's a drawbridge into town that opens for boat traffic.

Purchasing a hotspot data plan perhaps? or connecting to an open network at one of the Annapolis coffee shops etc. Apple is the source of the Facebook wifi connection requirement. I don't think you can use the USNA wifi for non-government issued equipment.

Really? What comes out of people's mouths never ceases to amaze. I'm not a Mid Mom, nor a graduate, but I am a Mom and a sponsor. It's not the right fit for HER daughter. How any individual views a situation is going to depend on that person's goals and experiences. The generalizations are...

Really? What comes out of people's mouths never ceases to amaze. I'm not a Mid Mom, nor a graduate, but I am a Mom and a sponsor. It's not the right fit for HER daughter. How any individual views a situation is going to depend on that person's goals and experiences. The generalizations are...

Isn't there an add-on to the GPA for certain sports and clubs? My impression was that there was, and that in the past there was stacking of those add ons allowed.

smart phones I'm betting many of this year's plebes will have all the apps they need to plug back in. If they don't have them now, they will by January reform. That maybe the only thing missing from the list of things a plebe wants: an iphone and unlimited data plan.

Following up on the civilian clothes. If you ask your plebe's sponsors to take a bag home with them, and they act like they didn't hear you, it's not that they're deaf old fogies... it's that they are trying to ignore the request to aid your plebe in breaking the rules at their house...

I have no insights into how it could impact USNA perceptions, but if your son really wants to go into an engineering or math field, he might rethink taking that long away from serious math or equation based courses. Regardless of where he goes, it's a long way to be away from that type of...

Runningtide a few final thoughts. We saw our plebe probably once a month in the Fall as watch, football, and parents visits were also on the schedule. Most of these were things that the plebe knew in advance. Plans with other mids, figuring out how to take the bus other places, and academics...

I know that the medical staff at USNA take very good care of the mids and that it's not uncommon to see plebes over the summer on crutches, taped up, etc. They get pushed (and push themselves) very hard. The hardest part for some of them is that they can't get medically cleared back as...