Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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Homer Ledbet- ter, Head, Divi- sion of Military Science IiOne of the things thatis important to us is trying to find things the student has never done before. What we want the students to do is challenge themselves. Theytve built some con- fidence in themselves, and I think thatis impor- tant to them individually. We do em- phasize cer- tain military things, but we try to present it in such a manner that its very en- joyable, and its very fun. It is a good program, even if the student doesnit want to go on and get a commis- sion. Its a fun thing to dofi Military hid eDeborah Davis til saw this lady. She was in white. I didrft see her gun at first, and we got caughtf Randy Sanders, freshman, said. ItWe heard a bunch of girls scream and we hit the ground about that time? Kathy Kraemer, freshman, said. The runners, dressed in dark clothes, camouflage smeared 'on their faces, dodged trees, avoiding the patrollers. Spotlights flashed through the woods, and vans patrolled the area. Capt. David Mohnsen, in charge of the capture operation, said, bus a big kids hide and seek. We use spotlights to give them the escape feelingfi Escape and evasion, fast becom- ing a tradition, is a student involve- ment activity offered in M8100. Students in the course are required to earn 100 extra points; escape and evasion provides 25 of them. Mohnsen, assistant professor of military science, said the exercise was intended to help students develop confidence and work together as a team. iiWe push a team 12 8Escape and evasion conceptf Mohnsen said. Teams of four, 168 students, started at a designated spot in Thou- sand Hills State Park, Point A, and tried to make it to the safehouse, Point B, without being caught. About 20 members of Spartans took the role of guards and patrollers. If the runners were caught, guards took them to a POW camp. There the guards had their prisoners do jumping jacks or play leap frog. Then at some point they gave the prisoners a chance to escape, uSometimes prisoners are hard to get rid of, ,, Mohnsen said. Carol Sights, junior, who was a patroller, said, iiLast time we had a group get caught eight times? Matt Wood, freshman, said, iIWe did jumping jacks. I think they final- ly got bored with us. They woulant even let us go to the bathroom alone? Beth Adams, freshman, said, IiWe surrendered after one girl hurt her ankle. She tripped over a barbed wire while trying to run from a patroller, and we couldnit carry her thrOugh the whole coursef, Adams said she got a twig in her eye, but pulled it out and continued on. before t e and seek Mohnsen said the faculty :1 guards took safety factors into co sideration. iiWe keep in contact . the radios in the safehouse, t POW camp and the vans in Cu someone gets lost. i, , Even though there were a fe minor injuries Mohnsen said he h never heard of anyone who did enjoy the activity. The studen planned their moves, using strate to reach the safehouse. Mashona Lackland, freshma said, Even though Fm dirty an tired I wouldnit mind doing it agai I felt we played on their i telligence? Lei Lani Washington, freshma said, iiIt was a fun experience. I, never been in the woods before, an I have a lot of welts on my face It ,s proveitf, ' i iiWe went through hills, ditchei , and everything else, Leslie Menec'f 3 1y, freshman, said. Her group madq it through the course without get: ' ting caught. Then there were those who stumbled on to the safehouse. Lori Shumate, freshman, said, iiWe donil know how, but we got here somehow. o ECHO

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Dm or the other lid. students in not at 2111 is. ill think 11 uirement. We ented worlde ,d be aware 01' tory course in Woods said. Computers is 1th Class. We lled in the ex- rookfield and elby plus 200 1g. could see as a mlpletion of a rse. I would English Com- Iowa they re- elling courses :he computer Dds said. nice program in enrollment Bailey said, oblem, unless w f aculty qixx-nzu quzL worked on by ryl Wallach, room on the Hall is con- 5 working on PRQGRAM IN HAND, Nelson Akers; senior, files another studentls work. Akers worked in the main computer tom, located in Violette Hall, as in- stltutional help filing and running out pr0gl'ams. ' va,u-w,v.u.rmth . - . .. , ... . .. ,h 1438mm sguej l Denise Howard, senior, B.S. in Computer Science ltllve learned computers from Square One, because I didnlt know anything about them. Ild never had any eX- perience with them before. Beginners in most other fields would have to work up to actually getting to work with something like a computer. But in FOR- TRAN I, which I took right off the bat as a freshman, I was at the ter- minal within the first week of CIQSS.N Mathematiesz 7'

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faculty and tors into con- in contact by fehouse, the vans in case were a few r1 said he had e who didnhl The students using strategy I, freshman, ,m dirty and c Oing it again. on their in' n, freshman, perience. PVC ds before, and m my face to hills, ditches Leslie Menee- r group madC Without get those th fehouse. LOr1 id, hWe dorlyi e got here H x PRECAUTION against losing peow WC students were required to sign 2 13,1, Michelle Terpkosh, Melinda Stephenson and Patsy Kincaid, freshmen, Slgn up at the outside table before taking off for the safehouse. A GRIM GUARD, Frank Yeckl, junior, watches for groups of runners. Up- perclassmen in the military science pro- gram and members of Spartans served as captors for the escape and evasion ex- ercise. wmvuwwmnuw - u . - - Carol Sights, junior, 8.8. in Biology hI don7t think anything could be bet- ter. I feel like Itve grown up a lot through the program. The com- radeship is very Close. I Wish I could repeat it all. It was the best thing thatts ever happen- ed to me?