November 2003

Welcome back cadets!
Posted: Sunday, November 30, 2003 04:00 pm EST
With Thanksgiving over, the countdown to the end of the fall semester is on. About 2 1/2 weeks remain before the South Carolina Corps of Cadets completes classes. Exams begin Dec. 10, followed by Christmas furlough until Jan. 11.

Posted: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:20 pm EST
Aramark staff in the mess hall get into the Thanksgiving spirit as the Corps celebrates with turkey and all the trimmings.

Posted: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:00 pm EST
Balancing the tall Thanksgiving hats can sometimes be a challenge as Kilo Company Commander Jonathan Lance finds out.

Posted: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:00 pm EST
Knobs have to help this upperclassman balance a pyramid on his head as they all head to Thanksgiving mess.

Posted: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:00 pm EST
Thanksgiving isn’t until the fourth Thursday of November, but the Corps celebrates together on the third Thursday – the night before Thanksgiving furlough - with a big meal and hat making.

Posted: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:00 pm EST
Knobs get to relax and enjoy the festive atmosphere of Thanskgiving in the mess hall.

Posted: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:00 pm EST
Knobs find Thanksgiving to be a memorable night. After making hats and buying cigars for their senior mentors, they sport their own unique head gear before heading to the mess hall for a Thanksgiving feast.

Posted: Friday, November 21, 2003 11:50 am EST
Third Battalion Commander Cadet Keith Laws wears a replica of Law Barracks, home of Kilo Company.

Posted: Friday, November 21, 2003 11:00 am EST
Each table in the mess hall gets its own turkey for the traditional Thanksgiving meal. In all, Aramark baked some 150 turkeys for cadets and faculty and staff who attended dinner.

Posted: Friday, November 21, 2003 11:00 am EST
Knobs put a lot of time and effort into personalizing Thanksgiving hats for upperclassmen. The more grand, the more important the upperclassman is in rank in the Corps or the more endeared he or she is to mentored knobs.

Posted: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:00 am EST
Vanessa Choice of Aramark checks on one of the more than 100 turkeys baked for the traditional Corps of Cadets Thanksgiving dinner in the mess hall.

Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 04:00 pm EST
Cadets on Wednesday assembled more than 500 care packages loaded with everything from candy, books and toiletries to cards and letters from cadets are headed to U.S. military troops in the Middle East this holiday season.

Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 04:00 pm EST
Cadets on Wednesday assembled more than 500 care packages loaded with everything from candy, books and toiletries to cards and letters from cadets are headed to U.S. military troops in the Middle East this holiday season.

Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 04:00 pm EST
Cadets on Wednesday assembled more than 500 care packages loaded with everything from candy, books and toiletries to cards and letters from cadets are headed to U.S. military troops in the Middle East this holiday season.

Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 04:00 pm EST
Cadets on Wednesday assembled more than 500 care packages loaded with everything from candy, books and toiletries to cards and letters from cadets are headed to U.S. military troops in the Middle East this holiday season.

Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 04:00 pm EST
Cadets on Wednesday assembled more than 500 care packages loaded with everything from candy, books and toiletries to cards and letters from cadets are headed to U.S. military troops in the Middle East this holiday season.

Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 04:00 pm EST
Cadets on Wednesday assembled more than 500 care packages loaded with everything from candy, books and toiletries to cards and letters from cadets are headed to U.S. military troops in the Middle East this holiday season.

Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 04:00 pm EST
Cadets on Wednesday assembled more than 500 care packages loaded with everything from candy, books and toiletries to cards and letters from cadets are headed to U.S. military troops in the Middle East this holiday season.
Silver Shako returns home
Posted: Monday, November 17, 2003 10:00 am EST
President Maj. Gen. John Grinalds speaks to Citadel fans, Coach Ellis Johnson and football players after receiving the coveted Silver Shako Saturday in Charlotte. The Bulldogs beat military college rival Virginia Military Institute 27-23.

Holiday break just around the corner
Posted: Friday, November 14, 2003 02:00 pm EST
Knobs stand at attention during a recent parade inspection of their uniforms. Cadets head home Nov. 21 for Thanksgiving break. It will be the knobs' first time away from campus since arriving for military training in August.

Final parade of 2003 on Friday
Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 11:02 am EST
This is your last chance to see a Military College of South Carolina parade until 2004. The last parade before the holiday break and exams begins at 3:45 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14. Parades will resume on Jan. 16.

From the academic world...
Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2003 11:00 am EST
Cadets Nicolas Van Dyke and Angela Ellenwood measure the temperature coefficient of resistance in a Physics 272 lab.

Service to country
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2003 04:44 pm EST
Some of the graduates who have served in the armed forces during the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan pose for a homecoming photo. Nearly 500 Citadel graduates are known to be serving in the Middle East.

Marching by twilight
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2003 04:40 pm EST
The Corps of Cadets marches as the sun sets in Charleston in what has become of of the top attended parades of the year - the homecoming twilight parade.

Posted: Monday, November 3, 2003 04:37 pm EST
Citadel President Maj. Gen. John S. Grinalds (USMC), a graduate of West Point, was surprised to learn he was named an honorary life member of The Citadel Alumni Association during homecoming festivities last weekend.

Pass in review
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2003 04:32 pm EST
The Corps of Cadets marches past the reviewing stand during homecoming parades this past weekend.

50 years and still going strong
Posted: Monday, November 3, 2003 04:29 pm EST
The Citadel Class of 1953 celebrated its 50th reunion during homecoming this year. Here, graduates gathered on the edge of Summerall Field to review the Corps of Cadets as they marched by.