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Page 6 The J-TAC February 12,1981
They're doing it over there!
By Kim Wood
Did you know that some TSU
students "do it" in class7 At
least those enrolled m ROTC1
Now, before you do an about-
face and forward march to the
next page because you're not into
men and women in little green
Milts, workouts at <i a m. and left,
left, left, right, left, take a look at
a different side of ROTC
ROTC (Reserve Officer
Training Corps) serves as a
training ground for future Army
officers and a playground for
those interested or not in a
military career. It consists of
Military Sciences 1,11, 111 and IV
All are equivalent to P E
courses, with military emphasis
chiefly on III and IV Anyone
taking an M S I or II course is
under no obligation ol any sort to
the Army
11 a student signs up for M S I
or II, lie or she is automatically in
KOTC and a nicmbei ol the
( adets," said ROTC assistant
pioiessur ('apt Jess Stovall All
that amounts to is (ha! the lust
da\ <ir tv\u ol class the student
tills out i aids ask inn stult like
shot M/,e, (Jasslfli alum eti
lhen I hi'\ r t hi' i ardsi ate put oil
11U1 and lot seen at1 am unti I hi adf
one of our students is out hunting,
he won't go swaying u gun around
or carry it with the barrel pointed
at his feet because ot the things
we tcach 111 class We are very
strict about safety m the firing
areas, and because of this, what
the student learns about safety
becomes habit "
Another course that em-
phasizes safety is basic scuba
diving For a $100 equipment fee,
the student learns water sur-
vival, open water liazatds and
proper and safe uses ot the
equipment
"It's a very rigorous and
rewarding coursc," said Stovall,
' The lab meets for two hours at
the nool, and it can really get to
most of the students know, we use
the H & B as our mountain, but on
occasions we've used the real
thinu.
The practical field exercise
part of the combatives course
deals with very basic military
know-how. "One of the things we
cover is how to use and defeat
armored tanks," Stovall said.
"Once we were fortunate enough
to get to drive some of the big old
monsters "
"Getting people to think on
their feet is another part of the
course. In this we do various
things where a student is in
charge of a group of people. He's
given various things to do in
order to see how well he takes
tare of his people. In M.S. Ill and
tunc Tlmse in I and 11 dun t lia\ e
to weal the untliiinis hi anything,
onlv ciime to the ( lass "
Hie courses olleied undei M S
1 and II uulude bask and ad-
vanced m,n ksmdtislitp basic
scuba diving, t ombatlves, Issues
In Intel national t ontlict, and
Profiles in Leadership All ot
these ate 'dn it" t>pe i lasses
with pi.atRal applications to
evei>da\ things
' Mat ksnianship i> the bluest
sellei," said Stovall In it nc
teach taigei shooting with nlk's
and pistols gun satet> and
pi ope i ma i k sin a nshi p
techniques l'\etUhiilg is tin
lushed b> the Aim\ .,mi n s
lealh a vet v pi at In .,! . ,<ai m It
be uazv sometimes "
I'l a 11 ( a 1 sel t - de I en se
techniques ate the basis ot Lhe
combatnes i lass
"There are a lot of things that
make up this course," said
Stovall "Running, swimming
and thinking are all a part of it
"This a really neat course
because of the different things we
do, he remarked "Map reading
is one ot the Llii'igs we do It's the
back-woodsy type stuff like
leading a compass and getting
from one point to another in the
pitch dark
"Rappelhng is anothei ac-
tivity Hete we tea< h the sale
way to use lopes in mountain
climbing and thini's t'ke that As
IV it gets a lot more complex and
military oriented "
Military'' Oh, I'd forgotten,
that ts a major factor in the
ROTC pi ugrarn isn't if
In 1754 Benjamin franklin drew
the first political cartoon in America
It urged the colonies to unite tn
fighting the French and Indian War
Enrollment booms
"You really can't say it is the
result of any one thing," says
TSU registrar John Whiting in
analyzing the 226-student in-
crease this semester.
"Economics is a factor. TSlJ's
fees are lower than at most
larger or church-supported
schools
He says that another reason for
the rise in enrollment is that
people realize that "college
graduates get better jobs."
He says more students are
choosing TSU because TSU is
attractive as a live-in institution
"And we are getting recognition
for our academics," he adds,
"and we get good recom-
mendations from past students."
Whiting thinks this trend of
increased enrollment will con-
tinue for two years before
leveling off. "I think students are
making a very wise choice in
coming to TSU," he comments.
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