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UH cadets head to West Point competition M AT THEW SYLVA Contributing Writer
JANE CALLAHAN Associate News Editor
SAT U R DAY, A P R I L 3 A male suspect damaged exterior lights at Henke Hall. The suspect was seen attempting to climb to the building’s rooftop.
For the first time in the University of Hawai‘i’s history, its ROTC cadets will compete with teams from around the world at this year’s Sandhurst Military Skills Competition on April 15 and 16. The competition takes place at the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York. “Training [for this] start[ed] about four months ago, from the fi rst day of this semester,” said Kenny Grant, a sophomore business major. UH is taking part in the competition because the ROTC team finished in the top eight at the previously held Ranger Challenge in Oregon, automatically qualifying them for Sandhurst. Occurring annually since 1967, the Sandhurst competition includes eight university teams, U.S. military academy teams and teams from Britain’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Canada’s Royal Military College, Afghanistan’s National Military Academy, Australia’s Royal Military College, Taiwan’s Military Academy and the Chilean Military School. Afghanistan’s team had to welcome a female cadet from West Point, as each team is required to have at least one woman. Each team has nine people, with two for replacement in the case of injury or other circumstances. The Warrior cadets will be
F R I DAY, A P R I L 2 Campus Security received word from a 911 dispatch that EMS were responding to a case of alcohol poisoning at Hale Noelani. The student was taken to the Queen’s Medical Center by EMS.
MO N DAY, M A RC H 28 A male suspect entered the main lobby of Hale Aloha Mokihana and damaged a wall while screaming. The suspect was later located and banned from campus. S U N DAY, M A RC H 27 A “domestic in progress” was reported to Campus Security at 11:01 p.m. Resident Advisors later confirmed that the incident occurred on the third floor of Hale Anuenue. HPD, Emergency Medical Services and Campus Security responded to the scene. The victim received medical treatment and HPD later arrested the male suspect.
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ROTC members participate in the University of Hawai‘i Warrior Battalion Marathon on Dec. 14, 2010. competing as part of the U.S. team’s Cadet Command’s Eighth Brigade. Team members include cadets from ROTC programs in Idaho, Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, Nevada and Guam. Grant said that he wanted to be a part of the competition “to bring respect to the Warrior Battalion and have the ability to travel.” The Sandhurst course is seven miles long and challenges the physical and mental abilities of a team. The course and its obstacles are used to asses a team’s ability in first aid, navigation, physical fitness, reasoning, decision-making, teamwork and
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marksmanship. The first day hosts the marksmanship events, which are open to spectators. Ethan McIntosh, an HPU sophomore, said the course is meant to put participants under mental and physically duress,
requiring stamina and split-second choices. “ They may only have 30 seconds to execute their plan,” McIntosh said. See ROTC competition, next page
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