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Sisters Ruth and Ethel Hill, who socialized with West Point cadets between 1911 and 1917, compiled this souvenir set of U.S. Military Academy dance cards and invitations. Their collection was recently auctioned off in New York. Dance cards, which first became popular in Vienna in the 19th century, were a staple of social occasions in the United States through the 1930s. The booklets, many of which were produced in small formats with attached cords so that a woman could wear them on her wrist, were a way to formalize social contact between dancers. Men would ask women for a dance at the beginning of the night, and women would pencil them in. (This is where the expression “My dance card is full” comes from.) With pretty lithographed covers and attached metallic tokens, these cards were also keepsakes of the occasion.
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Class of 2014 Cadets Erin Mauldin and Ahmad Nasir were among 62 students from 54 colleges and universities across the nation to be named 2013 Truman Scholars. "I am honored and humbled to be a part of the group of Truman Scholars," Mauldin said. "It was a team effort to get here, and I really appreciate the support from my mentors, teachers, classmates, and family." Nasir, from Anchorage, Alaska, is an American Politics and Arabic double major. He is the founder and head of Team Red, White & Blue in his home state--an organization dedicated to transforming the way veterans reintegrate into society through team environments and personal connectivity.
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An Iraq War veteran from New Hampshire is taking command of the New York-based 42nd Infantry Division of the Army National Guard. Brig. Gen. Harry Miller officially takes over the 20,000-member "Rainbow Division" during a change-of-command ceremony being held Saturday morning on the grounds of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He has been serving as deputy commander of the New York Army National Guard for the past year.
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Some West Point cadets will be logging a lot of hours at computer terminals this week for a cyber-competition with the other service academies. The 13th annual Cyber Defense Exercise runs Monday through Friday. Established in 2001 by the National Security Agency, the competition is designed to teach cadets how to protect and defend the nation's information systems. Cadets have to protect their network against attacks orchestrated by National Security Agency and Department of Defense teams.
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An Army cadet who left West Point Academy just months shy of his graduation to make a high-profile protest of religious proselytizing at the school now faces Pentagon demands that he repay the cost of his education — either through active-duty service or by paying as much as $250,000. The notification this week that he would be hit up for the fees blindsided Blake Page, 24, who says that top leadership at West Point assured him that "recoupment" of costs for his taxpayer-funded education would be waived when he left the school in December.
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Americans for Limited Government today urged a House subcommittee to defund the West Point Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) after it released a study on terrorism that Wilson said is targeted against regular Americans. “Not one more dime of taxpayer money should be wasted on CTC, which is indoctrinating our servicemen and women with brazen propaganda against the American people until this report is denounced and its author terminated from government service,” Wilson wrote in his letter to members of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee. The report, “Challengers from the Sidelines: Understanding America’s Violent Far-Right,” by Dr. Arie Perliger, director of terrorism studies at the CTC, was published on Jan. 15.
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Former House Armed Services Committee chairman Ike Skelton will receive the U.S. Military Academy's annual Thayer Award. The award is named for a former West Point superintendent and is given to citizens who serve the national interest. Skelton, a Democrat from Missouri, was chairman of the Armed Services Committee from 2007 until 2011.
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The U.S. Military Academy is hosting a two-day conference that it says will explore best practices and approaches for harnessing "the talent that exists in culturally diverse organizations." The USMA's Diversity Leadership Council, along with the Association of Graduates, will host the 13th annual Diversity Leadership Conference from Oct. 3-4 at Eisenhower Hall. This year's theme is "Diversity: Your Road to Readiness."
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