Firstie Year - Issue 81 - Surprise Parking Inspections

Obviously, once I became a Firstie, I was more sensitive to the parking nonsense at West Point.

Cow Year - Issue 46 - MP3s Banned at West Point

One of the most ridiculous decisions ever - 'no MP3s' - no exceptions, GoldCoats didn't care if they were audio files from Microsoft Encarta (these were the days before wikipedia). Lasted for about a week - just long enough for us to all have to erase all of our music.

Yearling Year - Issue 22 - Yearlings Give Up

Vintage Yuck bitterness towards the end of my yearling year. By this time, I had a few friends who wrote their own versions of the newsletter and also helped post mine around other portions of West Point beyond the fourth floor of Ike Barracks. Sadly, Andy Zapf wasn't graced with a TAC or an RTO with a sense of humor and was sent to the area.

Yearling Year - Issue 18 - Boo for Battallion T-Shirts

This is the very first appearance of BG Brooks. Ironically, it was his appearance in this article that saved me since the Battallion staff didn't appreciate my support of the mandatory t-shirt idea. I had to claim to Battallion staff that Center Stall had value in sharing 'important news' with cadets. right...