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JROTC Banquet Teaches Formal Skills

adviser — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:22:00 +0000

The Rider JROTC Banquet is a formal social function similar to the Army Banquet held annually in the MPEC in mid-April Special activities from presenting the colors to an award ceremony the banquet starts to become a tradition for the JROTC Banquet.
“The JROTC Banquet is a social function to teach the cadets how to act in a formal dinner,” JROTC Instructor Ret. LTC Kuhl said.” Special activities in the banquet are also important to the function and flow of the event.”
The color guard and sabre team are two of the few special events in the banquet. The two teams have a specific purpose and contribution to the mood and overall feeling of the event.
“The color guard was really cool and sharp,” Cadet Sgt. Preston said.” It was really exciting to be a part of and I think it really was cool to see from the audiences point of view.”
The Sabre team are composed of a few individuals with swords. The Sabre team raises their swords in honor of the seniors graduating from high school.
“I liked being in the Sabre team because some of my close friends are seniors,” Cadet Sgt Davis said.” it was cool being part of honoring the high level officers of JROTC as they leave for the military or just what they want in life.”
Tears came to the eyes of some veterans of Vietnam as the girls did their special presentation of the flag.
“The girls walked in with the flag with a look on their face as if they just witnessed a soldier lose is life,” SSgt Chatelet said.”Seeing the girls briskly fold the flag and tell what each fold represents just warms my heart.”
Junior Missy Vega describes the dancing portion of the banquet as the most fun.
“Dancing was the most exciting part of the evening for me,” Vega said.” It was really fun and fast paced you sometimes didn’t know what you were doing or who u were dancing with. You just let go and had fun.”
S9Sgt Hernandez said that he enjoyed watching the teenagers and family members join in on the dancing.
“It was interesting to watch how today’s teenagers dance and how they have fun,” Hernandez said.” It was really different from how we did back in my day.”
Many of the cadets that were in JROTC were given special awards or ribbons from completing a certain challenge or community service.
“ I was really excited and thrilled when I got my award.” Preston said.”I felt really accomplished and like I made myself reach my goals I set for the year. I will absolutely want to go to the next years banquet and see what else i accomplished.

Freshman Sidelined With Injury

adviser — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:07:03 +0000

It was a soccer game like any other for Tiffany Foster until the injury that changed everything.
It was the last game of the season for Lady Raider Soccer against Burkburnett. Rider was dominating the opponent with a score of 5-0. With the crowd on their feet cheering Rider on, the game was coming to an end. Rider made one of their final shots, but was devastatingly blocked by the goalie. The Defender, Tiffany, prepared to head the goalie’s punt.
“I immediately fell on the ground,” Foster said. “The punt hit my head so hard, I actually passed out.”
Despite the excruciating pain, Foster continued playing and finished the game.
“After I woke up and figured out where I was, I was determined to finish the game and end the season on a positive note,” Foster said.
Despite the victory of the game, Foster’s head injury would not go away.
“My mother took me to the hospital the next day,” Foster said. “They knew right away I had a major concussion, and also said I could have died in my sleep the night of the injury.”
Luckily, since the season was over, Foster didn’t miss out on any gameplay, but was forced to sit out during class.
“At first it’s a nice break, then you get tired of watching everyone else play,” Foster said. “I miss participating in the class and I wish i could play and feel apart of the team again.”
Although her injury was life threatening, Foster still didn’t lose her passion for the game.
“Although the injury kept me from participating from anything active, nothing can keep me from playing soccer,” Foster said. “Soccer is why I get up in the morning, and I can’t imagine life without it.

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