A plethora of questions, a blast of answers
University officials discuss rooks, food and more in Feb. 5 town hall
Fast-evolving pandemic protocols have raised a plethora of student questions. Last week, university officials worked to answer them.
In a student town hall on Friday, President Mark Anarumo, Senior Vice President of Student Affairs and Technology Frank Vanecek, Corps of Cadets Commandant Col. Michael Titus and Amelia “Millie” Heidenreich, general manager of food contractor Sodexo at Norwich University, answered wide-ranging queries at a virtual town hall.
On Saturday, Titus and student Regimental Commander Caleb Miller posted a second video to explain recognition for rooks, first-year recruits for the Corps.
terrorism case. but there was no actual plot. thank you so much. we know you ll continue to track this. great to see you. we now know the name of that west point cadet who died yesterday during a training accident, christopher morgan died yesterday when his vehicle overturned. the resident of west orange, new jersey, was a law and legal studies member. the corps of cadets will hold a vigil to honor morgan. i want to turn it over to my colleague, stephanie ruhle and ali velshi. thank you so much. i m stephanie ruhle. my partner, ali velshi, on assignment. it is friday, finally, june 7th and we have a lot to cover today starting with that russian warship coming dangerously close to a u.s. navy ship. plus a trade deal would be reached at any moment between the united states and mexico. also a disturbing and new
and vmi is a tough school on your best day. and to couple that with being in the first female class of women at vmi, it was a very, very difficult experience. but for the most part, we knew that we were going to encounter some resistance when we got to the school from not only the alumni but the corps of cadets. and when you re in a situation like that, you don t know how to react. and the best thing to do is to take it day by day. that s exactly what all of the women did. we just heard justice ginsburg respond to critics about the decision in the vmi case. she said 20 years ago, and she reiterated her point then that you ll be proud of the women who graduate from vmi. there have been a number of women that have graduated from vmi since you first entered there. do you think she was proven right? oh, i think so. and i think the institute is very proud of its female graduates, as it is of its male graduates. we have women that are leading
housed her husband s library. she did. certainly the conversations that i had with her about this election process really reflected how strongly she felt about it. and over time confirmed how right she was. she told me with real frequency and she would pop up frequently at the school, often with her dog, much to the delight of her students and all of us here at the school. we re looking now at the core cadets corps of cadets that are lined up on i guess barbara bush drive, before the motorcade makes its way around. from what we understand its arrival is imminent and should be coming any moment now. for those who aren t as familiar with texas a & m, tell us about the corps of cadets if you can. historically this was an all corps of cadets, a military school and in fact up until the mid- 60s, service in the corps was actually as part of
good to be with you. good to be with you at home. mourners have been lining up as we take you live to college station, texas to see members of the texas a & m university corps of cadets. they re outside the presidential library and that s where mrs. bush will be buried this afternoon. that s where we find allysia kunlal. reporter: the corps of cadets you see flanking barbara bush drive, that s a touch of the former first lady she put on this final moment for her family. everything you see here is something we are told that she wanted, she requested, and as a member of the staff of texas a & m told me, she didn t want a fuss, she didn t want much. this will be quite simple. the corps cadets she has flanking the drive as she drives in with the motorcade carrying only members of the bush family