Collegian PAGE 10 STUDENT VOICE ROTC Cadets experience Fort Indiantown Gap by Lori Beals Collegian Staff Writer Friday, April 10, 29 ROTC cadets started out on an 8-hour trip to Fort Indiantown Gap (FIG). FIG weekend is used in orienting freshmen and sophomores to rifle firing, tactics, compass use in land navigation and, this year, helicopter orientation. For juniors, the weekend is preparation for Ar my Advanced Camp, which they will attend this summer. FIG gives seniors the chance to organize and conduct a large training operation before they are commissioned as lieutenants this May. After arriving, each group of I. Alternate (abbr.) 2. Instance S. Sleeveless garment of goat's leak 11. _._—__ Home 12. First man 13. Recreational vehicle 14. Atop 15. Fish with snout 17. Alter 19. Tree 21. Also 23. Pave 24. Act; deed 26. Route 28. Absolute monarch 31. Earth (Gr. comb. form) 33. Beverage 35. Self 36. Elevated ndiroad 38. Stomp 41. Hypothetical force 42. &ink flax 44. 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Saturday after noon they went to TAX (tactical With all the controversy over smoking in public places and se cond hand smoke these-days, the Wintergreen Cafe has decided to divide its eating area into smoking and non-smoking sections. This, of course, will cause quite a stir with the students who habitually eat there. So we asked some what they thought of the new policy and where they thought each section should be , and came up with these replies: Shawn Wical, 10th semester, EETBD—"I smoke and think it is repulsive. The smokers should be application exercise) lanes, where they were put in several different situations which they could face in battle. Similar to what will happen at Advanced Camp, each person became a squad leader in these en counters and Was graded on his#er performance. Some scenarios the squads were put in were: sniper at tack, near-ambush, the attack of a small force and capture of prisoners of war, and reaction to a mine field under chemical attack. Saturday night the juniors went into the woods for night land navigation and again went into night defensive positions. Very ear ly Sunday, they went on an ambush patrol, and later during ,the night they were probed with fire by ag- 1. Feel 2. Coalition of nations (abbr.) 3. Sack 4. Ricochet 5. Public notice 6. Unhappy 7. Give off 8. Loath 9. Ban 10. Small bug 11. Idle 16. Near 18. Tub 20. Crone 22. Breakfast cereal 25. Vietnamese offensive 27. Energy 29. Gone by 30. Staff 32. Metal 34. Mode 36. Mistake 37. Meadow 39. Craft 40. Goal 43. Oz character 46. Mow grass 48. No (Scot.) 50. Lead car 52. Scan 53. Midday 55. Window 57. Southern state (abbr.) 59. Morning moisture 60. Age 61. At once 63. Neither 67. Direction, (abbe.) 69. Prosecuting lawyer(abbr.) -placed in back so they don't disgust the non-smokers." Jim Fraps, 4th semester, Chemical Engineering; Mark Grif fith, 4th . semester, Business; Mike Broniszewski, 4th semester, Business; Chris Gaydos, 4th semester, Horticulture—"We feel that a non-smoking section is necessary since cigarette smoke is very annoying to us non-smokers. It's very disturbing to see a dirty, smelly ashtray in front of your face while you're trying to eat, especial ly now with the windows being open and the breezes blowing ashes on our delicious food. Smoking should be done outside in the lobby with the Rub Rats." r• s • by Julie Karasinski Collegian Feature Editor Nazde ern gressors. After a hot breakfast Sunday morning, they cleaned their weapons and made sure they still had all their gear_ They went to an assembly of all the cadets, then wearily climbed on the bus and finally got some sleep on the way back to Erie. The freshmanOPHOMORE WEEKEND WAS QUITE DIF FERENT. After getting up early Saturday morning, the freshmen and sophomores went to physical training. After a hot breakfast in the mess hall, they traveled to the rifle range where they were shown how to fire the M-16 rifle. Ten of the Behrend cadets went to the Pro fessor of Military Science rifle match where they came out as overall winners along with captur ing - the first and third place in dividual trophies. In the aftenoon, after enjoying a - Meal Ready to Eat (MRE as they are commonly known), the cadets went to a tactics area, where they were shown techniques of movement. After get ting another hot meal for dinner, they marched to the night land navigation course. Pairs of cadets were issued a compass, flashlight, and paper with instructions on it for finding their first point. After being taken to various starting points, the cadets set out in the light of the almost-full moon. After exploring the woods in search of the correct points, and the green glow sticks that marked them, the groups finally made their way to the other end of the woods. After standing in line to turn in equip ment and the points they had found, the cadets were taken to a barracks where they were , given cocoa and soup. After this short break, many of the cadets went to clean M-16s, then everyone was sent back to their barracks. Finally after a long day, the cadets remov ed • their dirty boots from their aching feet, and crawled into bed, most falling asleep almost immediately. Getting up quite early Sunday Penn State defeats Pitt once again by Sue Jalosky Collegian Staff Writer Penn State tackled Pitt once again, but this time it wasn't on a football field. On April 1, 1987 the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville held a lip sync contest for college talent within a 100 mile radius of Titusville. Seven acts performed in the con test, two of which were Behrend's own. The "Dregs", which con sisted of fraternity and sorority members from Sigma Kappa Nu and Sigma Theta Chi, and "The Time" which included Hank Purefoy, Ronald Williams, Leon Corbin, Ed Williams, and Andre Walicek, were those students from Behrend involved. The remaining acts were from Pitt. Prizes were given to the first, second, and third place winners. - The Dregs took first place as well as the $3OO check that came with it, and 'The Time' was awarded the 2nd place prize of $l5O. Everyone was ecstatically surprised at the competition. The majority of the audience consisted mostly of students from Titusville, there were, however, students from Behrend there to' help cheer on the performers, friends from both Gaydos, Mark Griffith. morning, the cadets stripped their beds and turned in their bedding. After a hot breakfast, they went back to their barracks to clean up and pack their bags for the trip home. Finally, they got in forma tion and marched to buses which transported them to the helicotpter landing site, where several helicopters soon landed. The seniors gave classes on terrain features, then th - e freshmenOPHOMORES WERE PUT IN GROUPS OF EIGHT AND TAKEN TO THE HELICOPTERS. There they received a safety briefing and were allowed to get in the helicopter and practice putting on seatbelts. After a long wait, the first group of cadets ran to the choppers and got buckled - in. Then •after'a"-few moments, the choppers slowly lifted off and took the cadets on a ride over FIG. Althuogh the chop pers were supposed to land at the orienteering course and leave the cadets there, they returned with everyone still aboard. They could not land because of fog over the landing zone. The first few groups were taken by bus to the orienteer ing course, but during this wait, the fog lifted, and the rest of the groups were told they would be flown to the course. The choppers started their rotors, and again the groups ran to and boarded the choppers. This time the choppers came back empty, and the rest of the flights went as planned. Although last semester most of Behrend's cadets got to have a helicopter ride during the Leader ship Lab, most of the cadets from other campuses had not. While air borne, the cadets got to see FIG from the air and enjoy the yellow carpet of last fall's leaves that covered the ground below the bud ding trees. The ride was more ex citing because this was an open door flight. Two feet in front of your face was open air, but the ground was 1500 feet down! The other helicopters were visable bands who went along nude up on ly 15 people in an audience of about 200. The bands were more surprised as a whole to have taken Ist and 2nd prize. Pat Espin, of the Dregs explained that the band had to recruit s 5 new replacements and rehearse 1 hour before departure. On the trip down they encountered a close call with a state cop while cruising through a red light in fear of being late. Upon arrival the band was already 15 minutes late and 3 bands had already perform ed. They immediately jumped on stage and took the crowd by sur prise. Chris Jordan, lead vocals, explained that there was a little ex tra tension from being late, having new members, and performing in front of a strange audience. As the band began performing their ver .sion of "Call Me Al" by Paul -Simon, Chris Jordan reports "the crowd went berzerk." It seems as though the audience was prepared for an age-old blues-brothers routine due to the black tie, white shirt and shades combo. "Other bands before and after were either Heavy Metal or Punk" says Dana Fletcher. "We were the first band that didn't have a real up-beat song" says Chris Jordan. "I think the girls - added a little sports vs, Mike Broniszewski, bottom I to r: Chris beside you, their rotor blades whirling, and the deep "whop whop" of the blades of the chopper you were on seeming to vibrate in your body. Too soon the choppers reached the landing zone. They touched down, and the crew chief yelled "Gos" The cadets reached down, pulled the quick release on their seatbelts, jumped out of the chop per and ran away from it. Almost simultaneously the cadets fell in the dry field, turning to watch the chopper quickly lift off again. Then the cadets got up, put their hats (which had been stowed in their pockets so they wouldn't blow away) back on, and moved over to the edge of the forest to receive directions for the orienteering course. Groups of cadets from each cam pus were given terrain maps with 25 points marked on them. Points were divided between groups, who then were sent off to find their assigned points. The points were marked by square orange flags with a code attached to them, which the cadets copied when they found the flag. Behrend's cadets walked or ran to find the points, and within an hour most of the points had been found, and the point codes were handed in. This was the last event of the day. The cadets climb ed on deuce-and-a-halves, and the Army's 2 1 / 2 ton trucks, and ate MREs on the way back to the buses that would take them home. After all the cadets had assembl ed, from freshmen to seniors, Col onel Meccia, from University Park, presented Behrend with the huge PMS match trophy, and the in dividual shooting trophies_ Behrend's cadets had won. Behrend also won the orienteering competition. Meccia congratulated everyone on their performance dur ing the weekend, and invited us back next year. After being dismissed, Behrend's cadets gladly got on the bus for home after a very full weekend. .flair" added Pat Espin. By this time energy and anticipation had filled the room. But the spon taneous trip, the unpredicted au dience reaction, and the flashy females in tux shirts and cummer bunds still did not win• them their three digit prize. Chris Jordan con tinued "We hadn't had time to prepare a second song, but the emcee and judges insisted that each band perform 2 songs in case of a tie." Chris Jordan told the emcee to "flip the tape" and the band "blew them away" again with "Boy in a Bubble." The girls jumped right in with catchy danc ing and the other instrumentalists played by Chris' cue. Upon receiving the award, lead, singer Chris Jordan couldn't remember one of his band members' name. It was shocking, exhilarating, "a definite ex perience" says Dana Fletcher. The emcee at Titusville con sented that he felt like Vinnie Testaverde. All in all both bands had a great time and expressed an interest in doing more travelling competitions. I think we can thank "The Dregs" and "The Time" for ad ding to the prestige and reputation of P.S.U. at Erie with their winn ing performances.
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