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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
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44. Before (Poetic)
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49. Knock
51. College official
54. Rest
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Shawn Wical
cadets went to a different area. The
freshmen and sophmores got bed
ding and went to their barracks.
The juniors were issued weapons
and went in the woods of FIG. The
seniors were given various tasks,
such as supervising the juniors dur
ing their night missions and
evaluating their performance:
The juniors had a long weekend
ahead of them. During the dark
Saturday morning hours, they went
on reconnaissance and security
patrols, and conducted an attack at
dawn. With no sleep; the juniors
went through a day land navigation
course, partly written and partly
done with a compass, which they
were graded on. 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-
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-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."
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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.