WEST POINT 100 | MIKE NEMETH | USMA 2004

CHANCES ARE, IF YOU’VE HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE OF SOME METICULOUSLY PLANNED, FLAWLESSLY EXECUTED, AND SMASHINGLY HILARIOUS PRANK ON THE NAVAL ACADEMY, IT WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF MIKE NEMETH (‘04). MIKE IS THE OZ-LIKE ORCHESTRATOR BEHIND AMAZON’S #1 BESTSELLING BOOK ON THE NAVAL ACADEMY (SPOILER: IT’S ENTIRELY BLANK), THE FAUX NEWS RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS CELEBRATING “GO ARMY BEAT NAVY DAY” (YAHOO! NEWS PICKED IT UP) AND THE LEGENDARY “BARRACKS LINEBACKER” VIDEO

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WEST POINT 100 | LUKE PELL | USMA 2007

LUKE PELL IS IS NO STRANGER TO THE GRIND OF LIFE ON THE ROAD. EACH NIGHT HE PLAYS TO PACKED ROOMS OF ADORING FANS. HIS  FANBASE CONTINUES TO GROW AND LUKE FINDS HIMSELF PLAYING OVER 100 SHOWS A YEAR. ON THIS NIGHT, WE GOT A BACKSTAGE VANTAGE POINT TO LIFE ON THE ROAD WITH RISING COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR LUKE PELL. 

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DECADES OF DOMINANCE

This year Army Sprint Football is undefeated and poised to defend its CSFL title against Navy this weekend. The game is being played about 45 minutes from West Point at the Joseph T. St. Lawrence Community Center Field at 115 Torne Valley Rd in Hillburn, NY 10931. 

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CADET Recipe: Congo Bar

Am I the only one that’s made it this long thinking it was Conga Bar not Congo Bar?! Thanks Google. If you were a cadet circa 2006-2010, then I can guarantee there’s a special place in your heart for the Congo Bar - you know, that crispy edge, buttery middle, chocolate chip cookie-bar-cake thing that Kellie Kidd did NOT remove when she overhauled the menu, ridding it of [almost] everything deliciously sweet. Since I know we all were thinking it, I went ahead and removed those pesky walnuts from the recipe, but hey, if you’re feeling crazy, go ahead and toss some in there for old times sake.

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OLD GRAD CREATIONS - ANDY MAZEIKA

ANDY MAZEIKA USMA ‘08

Welcome to the “West Point 100: Creators.” This effort is both a creative project and an insightful ethnography - curating a collection of 100 West Pointers creators.

This endeavor will ask the basic question: What do West Pointers’ create? And why?

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