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Page 2 The Battalion Wednesday, August 25,1993
Freshman Orientation Week '93
Incoming cadets learn about life in the Corps
By Jennifer Smith
The Battalion
Freshmen entering the Texas
A&M University Corps of Cadets
this fall are learning this week
what it's like to be an Aggie in
the Corps.
Freshmen Orientation Week
(FOW), which began Aug. 22 and
ends Aug. 28, helps new cadets
adjust to the Corps as well as to
the University.
Marc Bertamini, Corps adju
tant, said freshmen orientation
week prepares freshmen for life in
the Corps and for life at A&M.
Bertamini said freshmen in the
Corps are much better prepared
than the average student after
they complete orientation week.
"We take great pains to make
sure they succeed/' Bertamini
said. "They have a lot more to
deal with than the average fresh
man."
Deputy Corps Commander
Mando Avila agreed that orienta
tion week gives cadets a better
chance for success.
"Freshmen Orientation Week
lets the freshmen get a feel for the
University," Avila said. "They get
a taste of what the Corps and
campus is all about."
He said FOW is also helpful for
the cadets because they get to
know their commanders.
More than 750 new cadets are
participating in Freshmen Orien
tation Week, including 40 women
and 90 African-American and His
panic students.
Freshmen are assigned to their
outfits and rooms and are given
hair cuts and a physical during
FOW. They are also shown where
all of their classrooms are located
before classes begin Monday.
"We basically teach them how
to be in the Corps," Bertamini
said.
Other than procedural tasks,
the freshmen will also participate
in 'P.T,' or physical training
every morning. This consists of
exercises and long jogs around
the University.
Bertamini said the freshman
band, which consists of about
131 cadets, will also practice this
week.
freshmen about different facets
of student life, including acade
mics, the Aggie Code of Honor,
traditions and extracurricular ac
tivities.
Bertamini said the freshmen
will also be shown how to march
in formation.
Their first official review will
be Saturday. Fish Review, which
is held at Simpson Drill Field at
1:30 p.m., concludes Freshmen
Orientation Week. The new cadets
will march from the Quadrangle
to the drill field at 1 p.m.
"A lot of the stuff during Fresh
men Orientation Week is just pro
cedural and paperwork," Bertami
ni said. "Fish Review is a little re
ward for them after a hard week.
"It's basically a transition from
being a student to being a member
of the Corps," Bertamini said.
Bertamini will turn the new
cadets over to the Corps Com
mander during the Fish Review
ceremonies. Each cadet will take
an oath of office and become an
official member of the Corps.
Avila said FOW is not manda
tory, but almost all of the fresh
men cadets attend.
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