The Army West Point Women’s Boxing team travelled to Church Street Boxing Gym in the Bronx, NY, to conduct additional training with the team’s coach, Jenaro Diaz. The overall goal of the trip was to improve skills and technique through the opportunity to use additional equipment available at this gym, and to work out with the coach. Upon arrival to Church Street Gym, the team conducted warm-up drills, practiced bag work and combination punches with Coach Diaz. The team, including CDTs Sarah Gold ’16, Gabriela Barrera ’17, Briana Dorsey ’19, and Ejakhian Obiomon ’19 conducted skill work and combination practice at different stations, as well as worked on maintaining stance using a tire drill. Each boxer was able to receive feedback from the coach, and work on a specific, individually tailored combo. This trip was very productive, and the team learned valuable lessons in defense and ring movement, as well as how to deliver head and body punches.
Women’s Boxing Training in the Bronx
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Balanced Effort Sends Women’s Basketball Past CCSU
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Three players finished in double figures to help send the Army West Point women's basketball team to an 81-52 victory over Central Connecticut State on Thursday evening at Christl Arena. Army improves to 3-0 following the win, while Central Connecticut State slips to 1-2. Senior Kelsey Minato netted a game-high 23 points on 8-of-15 shooting to move her career scoring total to 1,890. Minato now stands 51 points shy of Army Hall of Famer Katie Macfarlane's Academy record of 1,941 points. Click here to watch the video.
Classmate Aimee Oertner reached a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds, including six on the offensive glass, and freshman Madison Hovren tallied a career-best 11 points while shooting 7-of-8 from the foul line. Kiana Patterson and Aleah Epps paced Central Connecticut State with 13 points and 11 points, respectively. "A lot of our success tonight was in the way we started the game," said head coach Dave Magarity. "Oertner was a real presence early and throughout the first half. I'm really pleased with our play off the bench. Hovren had a career night and the ability for us to bring people in and be solid contributors was big for us. "Brigette Ocran came in and contributed right away. I thought Janae McNeal and Daizjah Morris had good stretches defensively and that kind of changed the tone of the game. We forced 28 turnovers and I think we'll need to continue to do that to be successful." Read More
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Branch Night - Class of 2016
The Wait Is Over! Ok, Not Yet. Everyone familiar with the Army knows and understands the phrase, “Hurry up and wait.” The phrase aptly applies to Branch Night at West Point. After four years of learning about the 17 branches of the U.S. Army through initiatives surrounding the Branch Education and Mentorship Program (e.g. Branch Week, military instruction courses, summer training, etc.), members of the Class of 2016 packed the orchestra level of Eisenhower Hall by company to learn of their future officer identity in the Army. Read More | Watch Video | See Photos
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Athletic Director's Update
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Wrestling Takes Second at NY State Championships
ITHACA, NY - The Army West Point wrestling team posted a second-place finish at the New York State Championships, hosted by Cornell, behind a 1st-place finish from Rocco Caywood at 197 pounds on Sunday. It was Army's best finish at the tournament since the 2011-12 season in which the Black Knights finished first. "There is no question that we showed some improvements today," said head coach Kevin Ward. "I am proud of the fight we showed in most situations. I thought we let a few matches get away from us, but those are some things we can work on. Overall, it was a good experience before Thanksgiving." All 10 of the Black Knights advanced to the quarterfinals of their respective weight classes with only one failing to place in the top-eight. Read More
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Women’s Swim & Dive Finishes on Top at Terrier Invite
BOSTON, MA - Following three days of competition, the Army West Point women's swimming and diving team finished on top at the Terrier Invitational. The Black Knights placed first with 896.5 points. Jorie Mason competed for Army off the 3-meter board, and placed 14th with 163.90 points. In the swimming events, the Black Knights competed in the 1650 free for the first time this season. Sabrina Mortell and Meaghan McGovern went third and fourth as Army's top finishers. Mortell touched the wall in 17.04.79, while McGovern finished in 17:05.15. Ana Maria Bistrow (17:28.01) placed 12th, while Danielle Nuszkowski tied for 13th with a time of 17:32.74.
Bailey Smith (4th) and Kim Sembrano (6th) had times of 2:03.47 and 2:04.92 as the top-two finishers for Army in the 200 back. Kelly Hamilton's (2:04.29) and Cecelia Croman's (2:04.90) times also ranked in the top-10. In the 100 free, Monica Sowinski clocked a first-place time of 51.24. She was followed by Molly Mucciarone who was sixth with a time of 51.95. Jess Ambrose finished the 200 breast in 2:21.57 to place fifth. She was followed by Kara Wineinger (2:23.27), Jess Fabrizio (2:23.24) and Margaret Ireland (2:25.59). Mucciarone went 2:05.14 in the 200 fly to finish in second, while Shannon Rogers finished one place behind with a time of 2:05.17. Read More
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Army World Class Athletes in the CEP
CPT Jon Anderson ’06 and CPT William Simpson ’09, current members of the Army World Class Athletes Program (WCAP), presented their insights on competitive success to the Army West Point Wrestling Team in coordination with the CEP. The presentation, entitled “Fourth Class to World Class,” described the challenges both men faced in their pursuit of Olympic Team berths and the joy of leading soldiers while also training as a competitive world class wrestler. CPT’s Anderson and Simpson will compete in the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials in 2016. Cadets in attendance were uniformly impressed with how these USMA grads balanced their lives as officers, husbands, fathers, and competitors.
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Automotive Engineering Trip Section
Cadets and faculty associated with the ME492 Powertrains and Vehicle Dynamics course conducted a trip section to the Consumer Reports Vehicle Test Center (CRVTC) in Colchester, CT. The visit was hosted by Jennifer Stockton, Director of the CRVTC. Consumer Reports is “an expert, independent, nonprofit [501c3] organization whose mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves.” The CRVTC evaluates approximately 80 vehicles a year. Each evaluation is comprised of over 50 individual tests and assessments on automotive engineering metrics ranging from acceleration and braking to lighting and cargo space. After visiting test areas and hearing briefs by subject matter experts on accident avoidance technologies, tires, and performance data acquisition, the visit culminated with a demonstration of dynamic, demanding vehicle testing on the race track inspired circuit course.
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Cadets Visit the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
CDTs Caitlin Laneve (2017, D4), Hailey Conger (2019, B3), Nathalie Du (2019, E4), and Mara Kagawa (2019, A1) of the Studio Arts Forum traveled to Vassar College to explore the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. With over 19,000 works, the Art Center is one of the most respected museums in the area outside of New York City. The cadets were able to study paintings from the Hudson River School including Moore’s Down the Hudson to West Point (1861); modern works by Picasso, Pollock, and O’Keeffe; Asian art from the early Edo through the Meiji periods; and several sculptures from Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. However, the highlight of the event was the Art Center’s current exhibition, Gordon Parks: The Making of an Argument, a collection of photographs that Parks took to chronicle the gang wars in post-World War II Harlem for the November 1, 1948, issue of Life magazine.
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EN101 Guest Lecture: Sir Christopher Ricks
During a Dean’s Hour Lecture cadets, faculty, and staff had the opportunity to listen to Sir Christopher Ricks discuss how easy it is to be prejudiced about whether other people are prejudiced through an examination of Bob Dylan’s song “Just Like a Woman.” Professor Ricks is the William M. and Sara B. Warren Professor of the Humanities and Co-Director of the Editorial Institute at Boston University. He was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford from 2004–2009, and served as president of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers from 2007–2008. The author of numerous works on topics ranging from John Milton’s style to Bob Dylan’s lyrics; he is known both for his critical studies and for his scholarly editions.
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Cyber Team (C3T) Places Top 1% in Cybersecurity Comp
Cadet Competitive Cyber Team (C3T) Placed in the Top 1% in the Cybersecurity Competition The C3T traveled to Brooklyn, NY to participate in the Cybersecurity Awareness Week Capture the Flag finals. The team was limited to sending four Cadets to participate in the final round and the competition was fierce. The CTF event was a continuous 36-hours and our team performed admirably against the other top undergraduate teams from the US and Canada. When the bits settled on Saturday morning they finished in 11th place overall. Not bad for a competition with more than 1,000 teams in the qualifying round in September!
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Arts, Politics History, Diversity and Pop-Culture Mash-up
The Cadet Theatre Arts Guild enjoyed a day in NY City and saw the hottest show on Broadway, Hamilton, a true game-changer in musical theatre. The musical details the life of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, cast with diverse actors representing a slice of America now, and set to music in the style of Hip-Hop and Rap. Several audience members thanked us for our service. MAJ Steven Kreeger, an American Politics instructor from the Department of Social Sciences, volunteered to serve as Assistant Officer in Charge of the trip, and Mr. Duane Rutter, Technical Director of Ike Hall Theatre, was able to meet us there to spend some of his free time with the cadets. After the show, the cadets were able to meet a few cast members and watched the "Ham4Ham" performance where the cast entertains the crowds on the street. During "Ham4Ham" LinManuel Miranda (writer and lead in the show) publicly thanked all veterans and acknowledged the cadets and military in the crowd. Our "tweets" of the experience were favorited and retweeted by the Hamilton twitter account, USMA, and AOG. In a fortuitous turn of events, they met up with Mr. Bob McClure of AOG and Dr. Elizabeth Samet from the English Department, as well as the Dr. Blakeslee of Keller hospital and the Friends of the American Revolution at West Point. Before the show, cadets were able to walk around in Times Square and enjoy the city for lunch. Over half of the cadets chose to expand their artistic horizons by spending a couple of hours in the Museum of Modern Art, and others enjoyed Bryant Park's holiday market and ice skating. On the ride home, cadets rehashed lyrics from the show, marveled at the genius in the diverse casting, compared notes about their favorite set pieces, and delighted in the technical wonders of the show. News pieces have marveled at the sheer volume of content in the show, noting that if Hamilton's lyrics were performed at the tempo of a typical Broadway show the performance would take 6-10 hours to perform, but since the music is fast-paced Hip-Hop, the meticulously-crafted lyrics whizzed by in 2.5 hours.
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EV301 Trip Section to the Wheelabrator
Cadets from USMA’s EV301 Environmental Science class travelled to Peekskill, NY, to view the generation of energy from combusting municipal solid waste. Wheelabrator Westchester L.P. generates approximately 60,000 kW of electricity, enough to supply 88,000 New York homes, by burning household and commercial trash from throughout Westchester County. Cadets saw firsthand how 2,250 tons of waste per day is incinerated and then converted to mechanical energy before being distributed into the electric grid. Cadets also learned about air pollution control devices that are used to ensure that the exhaust gases meet federal emission standards.
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Cadet Community on Civil-Military Operations (C3MO) Conf
The Cadet Community on Civil-Military Operations (C3MO) traveled to Tufts University near Boston, MA to participate in the second annual Alliance Linking Leaders in Education and the Services (ALLIES) Civil-Military Relations Conference. The theme of this year’s conference was “Where Do We Go from Here: Post-Conflict Peacekeeping and Reconstruction in the 21st Century.” Cadets from USMA, Midshipmen from the Naval Academy, and students from Wellesley College and Tufts University listened to several experts, participated in educational panels, and participated in a culminating diplomatic crisis scenario designed to test their new-found knowledge. Cadets were able to continue building relationships with communities across the country in their effort to bridge the very real Civil-Military divide. Cadets also furthered their knowledge of international relations, Civil-Military Operations, and their role as future military leaders in our increasingly complex world.
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SAME NYC Post Scholarship Honorees
Society of American Military Engineers New York City Post scholarship honorees. Five cadets from engineering programs across the Academy were honored at the 75th Annual Scholarship Dinner Dance for the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME). This event was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, and celebrated the achievements of over 200 of the top engineering students at universities across the nation. Each student received a $500 scholarship. Cadet Marc Samland (Mechanical Engineering) represented USMA at the event, along with LTC Phil Dacunto (USMA liason to SAME). Other scholarship recipients from USMA (as selected by the MSE Committee) were CDT Zachary McNally (Mechanical Engineering), CDT Blake Bequette (Mechanical Engineering), CDT Clayton Jaksha (Electrical Engineering), and CDT Regina Parker (Mechanical Engineering).
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Physical Geography Course Field Trip
21 cadets enrolled in EV388a Physical Geology participated in a field trip to Greenwood Lake, NJ and New Paltz, NY and points in between to study rocks in their native habitat and the influence of geology on regional development. Examples of stops included sedimentary sequences atop Bellvale Mountain, the Black Dirt region near Florida, the Old Stone Houses along Huguenot Street, the Rosendale cement mines and the Silurian age conglomerate atop the Shawngunk Ridge.
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Colloquium in Geography Trip to the Met
Eleven geography majors enrolled in EV483, Colloquium in Geography, traveled to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on 3 November to explore the history of landscape in European and American painting. Led by Dr. Malinowski, Professor of Geography, the cadets traced developments in landscape painting in the European and American wings. Highlights included works by Patinir, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, El Greco, Thomas Cole, Frederick Church, Monet, and Van Gogh. Cadets also saw works by West Point-connected artists such as Robert W. Weir and his sons. The trip supports not only the course but also the Superintendent's goal to increase outreach to New York City. The cadets were repeatedly engaged by Museum patrons and asked to discuss West Point.
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B-4 Trivia Night Come from Behind Victory
Despite the Military Art paper being due the next day, over 30 firsties and cows turned out for this month’s Trivia Night at the Firstie, hosted by CPT Mark Bergman, CPT Ben Griffin, and Prof. Amanda Boczar. A team representing Company B-4 put together an impressive come-from-behind victory to walk away with $100 of gift certificates donated by DCA.
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Fireside Chat with BG Timothy Trainor
Cadets and faculty from the Excel Scholars Program attended a Fireside Chat with BG Timothy Trainor, Dean of the Academic Board. Held in the Hudson Room of the West Point Club, cadets and faculty enjoyed casual conversation over lunch before listening to some brief remarks from the Dean. BG Trainor spoke to the cadets about the importance of striving for academic excellence, while also achieving excellence across the other pillars of the West Point experience. He reflected upon his own experiences as a graduate student and how the process expanded his thinking. After his remarks, the Dean opened the floor to questions from the cadets. Questions ranged from getting the Dean’s thoughts on the changes to the academic program over the years, to how West Point compares to similar civilian schools and other service academies in academic programs.
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Upperclass Cadets Tutor Plebes
In an effort to provide writing assistance for papers due in core history classes, CHAC provides paper tutoring sessions the week prior to the assignment’s due date. Eight upperclass cadets volunteered to tutor plebes enrolled in HI108 and help them with their papers by improving their thesis, organization, arguments, and writing styles. 27 plebes took advantage of this opportunity.
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