From the Editor's Desk | #14
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Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
SPRING BREAK
RADIO SILENCE so, last week we took a trip across the pond to check out Italy. We spent a wonderful time celebrating our anniversary of marriage and ate a lot of cacio de pepe. So that’s what we were up to and why there was no “THINGS FROM THE DESK OF THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF” last week. But lets now talk about what you all were up to - while we were gone we missed out on a few big-time USMA happenings: Sandhurst, Army Baseball took a star from Navy in Annapolis, Men’s Lacrosse also brought home a star during the 100th Lax match-up between Army and Navy. The Men’s gymnastics team headed to nationals for the first time since 2015 and plebe Matthew Davis shined bright by advancing to the all-around finals. Army Football held its annual spring game and even Tiger Woods and Game of Thrones made comebacks. And Women’s Lacrosse qualified, for the first time ever, for the conference tournament.
FOR EVERY HEART IN GRAY
NEW GUY ON THE BLOCK (PLAIN) a new statue is coming! It’ll be unveiled Thursday, April 25, 2019. I know its quite myopic but the statues seem so timeless that its hard to imagine any of them ever being new. But this one sure is and you can check out all kinds of behind the scenes images and videos and details on the sculptor, Paula B. Slater’s website and youtube channel. I am convinced that the eyes on this Grant statue are real. They are incredible.
SCHOLARSHIPS I really loved this Instagram post from Army Wrestling coach Kevin Ward about another post from USMA Dean Cindy Jebb. The coaches encounter so many preconceived notions about West Point. Its so great when the leadership shares these concrete examples of what the experience truly offers.
CADET VOL III - INDEPENDENTS
ITS IN YOUR HANDS NOW well, the first batch of VOL III has hit your mailboxes. You have them in your hands. We’ve seen the pictures to prove it. We are ecstatic. Mission accomplished. But if you are one of those without a copy of VOL III in your hands, head on over to our shop and snag one for yourself or your Mother for Mother’s Day. Indie Mags are very fashionable and Mom’s around the country approve of CADET VOL III. Plus her coffee table will look awesome.
RADIO GA GA
THE VOYAGER GOLDEN RECORD somewhere hurtling through space, billions of miles away are two hunks of metal. They were launched in 1977. They each contained a golden record with information about the earth and the human race. Please, if you click on anything in this blog post, make it this video and then listen to this podcast from Twenty Thousand Hertz. The Voyager Golden Record is like the worlds most advanced puzzle/escape room/National Treasure movie. Can you imagine if some other civilization sent one of these into space and we found it and had to decode it? Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Its amazing. Please, check it out.
FOR YOUR EYEBALLS
SAMMI PRICE’S PORTRAIT A DAY PROJECT CHECK-IN each and every day we nudge closer to graduation for the class of 2019. If you are following Firstie Sammi Price’s portrait project, good for you. If not, go do that now. Its a wonderful snapshot of the class of 2019. #95daysof2019
THE DESIGN OF LIFE
MR. MASLOW if you combine this School of Life video on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs with the two podcasts below from Hidden Brain you’ll notice that I was heavily drawn/exposed to classification systems this week. Maybe it means something, maybe not. Time (or a personality test) will tell. There’s a lot to reflect on from this video. For instance, how’s your pyramid constructed?
THE DESIGN OF THINGS
SANDHURST LOGO a few weeks back the USMA Sandhurst Black and Gold team’s instagram account changed their profile photo to a striking new Identity Mark. Here’s the backstory that shows the care and detail that went into creating it.
ONE MARVELOUS SCENE this week the Marvel Cinematic Universe will unveil its coup de gras Avengers: Endgame. This ten year cinematic journey has been a remarkable feat. The interconnectedness is very appealing to me and I am very much looking forward to seeing everything unfold on the big screen as soon as possible. A bunch of YouTube Channels collaborated to direct elements from the past 10 years of Marvel films. I like collaborations. Segue, please…
WEST POINT 100: CREATORS
ASFORFOOTBALL + EMBLEM ATHLETICS (MIKE NEMETH) we love a good team-up, a good collaboration. And we were super excited to see two people we have collaborated with team-up, once again. The guys from AsForFootball and the mastermind behind Academy Casual, The Center Stall and Emblem Athletics are teaming-up to continue to produce top-notch West Point content and products and analysis. We can not wait to see what they put together in the coming months.
COFFEE ON CANVAS we sent off a print to Jon Norquist USMA 2004 (from Coffee on Canvas) right before we embarked on our Italian vacation. Take a look at it here. We love it. He' loves it. We love that he loves it. Have you check out his work? No, well do that now right here.
PODCAST FROM THIS WEEK
HIDDEN BRAIN so, as mentioned above. Classification systems are weird, but helpful or are they. I don’t have an answer and neither does the Podcast Hidden Brain, but they take you on a wonderful exploration of the concepts of Tribes and houses and personality test as well as dive deep into the positives and negatives of comparing oneself to others in two engaging episodes: The Sorting Hat & Why No One Feels Rich.
SOCIAL MEDIA
MORE LINE ART if you haven’t checked out our new Instagram project @CADETborrowed do that right this instant. We post acceptable renderings of USMA stuff. It’s fun. We think you’ll enjoy it. Take a look. Submit a photo to be rendered. Did I say it’s fun?
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Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Promotions + Posters + Promos + Pencils + Periodicals
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The Stunning Army Football Images of Dustin Satloff + Be a Responsible Army Football Fan + What I’m Reading + A Good Old Fashion Army-Navy Conspiracy Theory + Our Small Print Collection is Selling Out
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Army Boxing + Empathy + Understanding + Compassion
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The ODIA Mixtape + We Are Sell Outs + The First Century of Cadet Living + Our COVID-19 Media Diet + Has the Corps? + New Gig Poster + USMA 2003 Legacies + Uncle Rico played Sprint Football? + Small Prints, Polaroids, & Hats
Derek kept a war journal. Within its pages he foreshadowed his fate. He also seemed to ponder his legacy, but not in a selfish way. He merely wanted the sacrifices of his men to matter. He wanted their, and ultimately his work to matter. He wanted it to last. He wanted to live on.
Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Maps + USMA Maps + Old USMA Maps + Even Older USMA Maps + A Yearling Map-Maker + Map Videos + DIY Map Making + USMA Dept of Drawing + West Point Points West + What I’m Reading + Even More Map Stuff.
It’s here. The most requested Mess Hall recipe in existence - often replicated, never truly duplicated. The almighty Chicken Crispito, superstar of the Great Chicken Crispito Riot of 2006. We decided to give a copycat recipe our best shot. Attention All Cadets, today for lunch we will be having Chicken Crispitos.
Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Worth A Million + The Dark Side of West Point + How to Surf the Old School USMA Web + Our Latest Newsletter + Today’s Most Beautiful Thing + Beat Navy is Catching On + Crypto Cartel & Excavation Pictures Updates + Poems and Pictures + Impact of Maggie Dixon + Eye Candy
Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Pre-Order Yourself Some VICTORY + 3 Army Football Players Branch NFL + 1997’s Mr. Irrelevant + A Graduation Think-Piece…Not What You’re Thinking + 1930’s Michie Stadium in Color + Turning Two + The Super Fun History of C-2 “The Flying Circus” + 2008 SOSH Run + The Art of Cool - Did James Dean Go To USMA? + Last Call For What’s In Your Trunk + These Cards Are FOR Humanity + Long Read: Ranger School
In response to re-sharing our recipes for Spicy Chicken Patty, Coooooorn Chowder and Congo Bar, we fielded a request for a recipe for another Mess Hall classic - the Blueberry Scone. If this were truly a “copy cat” USMA recipe, we’d have to provide guidance for how to produce the driest scones on Earth. However, we figured we would spare you the pain of that. Instead, below you’ll find a simple guide to the most perfect blueberry scone. It may not conjure the same nearly-choking-it’s-so-dry-and-crumbly dining experience you may recall from your cadet days, but we hope it will trigger some positive nostalgia (or least an enjoyable snack) nonetheless.
Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
What’s in Your Trunk? + USMA Black-Out Poetry + Get Skills + What Cadets Create + Army Student-Athletes are Different + Old Grads 155-Years Ago + From the Notebook Page to the Magazine Page + USMA 2008 & MITs Ventilator Effort + Doc & Glenn Long Read
Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
The Lonely Comm + Creative Cadets Making Art + A Howitzer IG Account?? + Faces & Facades + Crypto Cartel is on Amazon + We Love Victory (Journal) + From Our Blog x5 + Mess Hall Recipes + We Need our Help to Complete VOL V of CADET (Coming in July 2020)
Today we present something little different - a list of West Point books that may not be on your radar, these are all of the FICTION variety. In this list are stories of ghosts, controversy, social change, epic poems of early USMA history and contemporary novels, there’s a comic book and a wonderful collection of satire and humor.
Laura Walker died on August 18th, 2005 in Afghanistan, many miles removed from Arvin Gym, the Cadet Barracks, the Mess Hall and trip sections. Laura was an Army-brat, Captain of Women’s Team Handball, and a member of the class of 2003–our classmate. I did not know her very well. And that fact stung me with a sense of dread as I arrived at West Point on the morning of Friday, March 27, 2015.
The CADET team went down the rabbit hole that is Amazon and turned up some USMA finds to quench your pressing need to keep the Army spirit going strong during these times (when even toilet paper is next to impossible to find).
Amidst the chaos of the unforeseen circumstance presented by COVID-19, many of you have likely found yourselves teleworking, cooped up at home, unable to travel, and running out of ways to keep you and your families stimulated. We’ve assembled here 20 things you might consider doing to keep things interesting - Watch penguins swim remotely at the aquarium! Take a free Ivy League, yoga, or cooking class! Virtually tour that museum you’ve been wanting to check out! Write a poem and submit it to CADET magazine for Volume V! Watch a live streamed concert! The list goes on…
Our most recent offering, VOL IV, again weaves together 6 decades of the Long Gray Line to bring you a survey of West Point culture and creativity. We have the esteemed honor to highlight grads old and new, current cadets and a West Point community member - we are thrilled to have the opportunity to share their talents with you.
Here’s a look at the contributors who are helping make VOL IV of CADET our best and most ambitious effort yet.
Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Those Mischievous Uglies + An Old Friend + Books + Cannons + Lead by Example + Mysterious Bricks + Missing Michie + A Lovely Logo + A Record Album That Doesn’t Exist + USMA 1891 + Long Lines of Gray
A few weekends ago we took a much needed mini vacation, and decided to spend it in the Hudson Valley. We made @thethayerhotel our home base, and between our suite, sunset drinks on the Hudson at Zulu Time and their must-go Sunday Champagne Brunch, we couldn’t have had a more enjoyable stay.
BEAT NAVY
We love imagery. We love the Army-Navy Game. And we love this "most wonderful" time of the year. So, to celebrate, here are the Top-10 Army-Navy prints from our shop.
Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
West Point Women Portrait Project + Low (Maintenance) Does Not Equal No (Maintenance) + West Point Drawings from @RYNO.ART + Sunsets & Wonder + Ken Burns & Conan O’Brien + Many Articles on Grit (TL;DR We’re SOOO Gritty) + Unknown West Point Watercolor Artist’s Paintings
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An Army Fan + 1st Captain Portraits + Michie on Game Day + Adorable LAX photo + Weekly Curation Inspiration + Time Marches On + Henry O. Flipper Art + BEAT AIR FORCE!
Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Something Grand + Some Ghosts + Vietnam Soundtrack + The Classic Train Station/Hair Cut Combo + Always Beat Navy + A Letter You’ve Probably Heard of + Iconic Architecture + A Weekend Trip to the Hudson Valley.
Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Center For Oral History + Put the Biscuit in the Basket in Belfast + USMA 2003’s Charity + Christmas Wrapping Paper + 1999-2019 Army Fandom + American Music Playlist + Pennant to Every Corner of the Country + The Thayer’s Got a Magazine + Simply Rustic Photography
Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Spice Up Your Watch Party + Reunion Weekend + Hours Hype Video + Next Week at Arlington Cemetery USMA 48 + Where the Rabbit Holes Are + The Art of the Mascot Heist + 2019 is 75% Complete + A September to Remember + Buh Bye + Old Grad Artisans
Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Let’s Pick on Air Force + Who’s Getting Ready to Beat Navy? + A TON of News from Us + AOG brilliantly invokes Sister Corita Kent + Collaboration News with DCA and The Thayer + Joint Service Academy Ball + We Were Featured in a Magazine + Finnish Designers and Skateboards and Columbus, IN + Book List + Change is Inevitable + The Last of the Pennants
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NYFW & Buzz + Army Football Cartoons + Pennants are Selling Out +Waiting Sucks + Army Football Fathers & Sons + 9 Old Men + Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride + VOL IV Update
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A Michigan Band Honor Violation? + West Point Society of Annapolis + Our New Pennant Collection + Glorious Pershing Barracks + 2003 - Protectors of the Rum + Our Series on How to be a Responsible Army Football Fan
In VOL II of CADET we ran a photo essay on graduation. Those photos are now a decade old. When I photographed them in 2009, there was no instagram. Twitter was text only and sharing too many photos on Facebook was highly, highly suspicious. The social sharing landscape was minimal and ineffective. But today we have the tools to present and venues to share. So, enjoy!
11 inches by 17 inches
215 gsm
Printed on durable card stock with extra durability for a crisp, polished look.
High-quality poster with colors that really pop
Perfect on walls, doors, or bulletin boards
11 inches by 17 inches
215 gsm
Printed on durable card stock with extra durability for a crisp, polished look.
High-quality poster with colors that really pop
Perfect on walls, doors, or bulletin boards
A SELF-PUBLISHED, BI-ANNUAL MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND WEST POINT CULTURE.
- 100 Pages
- 8.5x11 in. Soft Bound Book
- Cover: 80# Semi-Gloss
- Interior: 80# Matte Text Paper
Well, we’ve decided to push the envelope from here on out.
Get a visual punch-in-the-face with bold graphics, engaging photography, and a depiction of the West Point community that you’ve never seen before. Best of all, VOL II was proudly created with the help of 10 Old Grad creators. The result is a beautifully crafted 104-page artifact full of Long Gray Line tradition and legacy with a modern twist.
CADET IS A SELF-PUBLISHED, BI-ANNUAL MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE INTERSECTION OF WEST POINT CULTURE AND CREATIVITY.
104 Pages
8.5x11 in. Soft Bound Book
Cover: 80# Semi-Gloss
Interior: 80# Matte Text Paper
CADET IS A SELF-PUBLISHED, BI-ANNUAL MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE INTERSECTION OF WEST POINT CULTURE AND CREATIVITY.
104 Pages
8.5x11 in. Soft Bound Book
Cover: 80# Semi-Gloss
Interior: 80# Matte Text Paper
CADET IS A SELF-PUBLISHED, BI-ANNUAL MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE INTERSECTION OF WEST POINT CULTURE AND CREATIVITY.
100 Pages
8.5x11 in. Soft Bound Book
Cover: 80# Semi-Gloss
Interior: 80# Matte Text Paper
CADET IS A SELF-PUBLISHED, BI-ANNUAL MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE INTERSECTION OF WEST POINT CULTURE AND CREATIVITY.
100 Pages
8.5x11 in. Soft Bound Book
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Whether you have taken the field with the Army Team or have always wanted to...with this print you'll get so close to it all that you can smell the turf, you can hear the squeal of those bag-pipes, you can breathe in the excitement of the Corps and you can feel your heart pound harder and harder as you get set to take the field. It's finally here. It's finally time to BEAT NAVY!
Brighten up your day with this rendition of the world famous West Point Million Dollar View. You walls will thank you.
Things from the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief
Grant Hall Oil Painting + Old School Pins + 1-Year of Beautiful Things + West Pointers in the Arts FB Group + A List of Iconic Army Football Moments + What I’m Reading