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Twenty-one years ago, the Rat Disciplinary Committee was formed by the Class of 1962. It replaced the then waning Officer of the Guard Association as the primary instrument within the Corps of Cadets for instilling discipline in the matriculating new cadet classes. Through periodic meetings, new cadets who were considered deficient in discipline would appear before the committee where they were assigned physical workouts as punishment for their many grievous sins. This system of correction, although considered extreme by some factions within the administra- tion, had the affect of forging a common bond of brotherhood within the new classes through common experience. Everyone at one point or another experienced the fury of an RDC visit. Now, after a twenty-one year existence, the com- mittee feared and respected by all is no more. After a short term of normal operation follow ing Cadre this year, the RDC was confronted by the administration on the subject of the unusually high attrition rate of members of the Rat Class. The RDC was asked to consider reducing the penalties it was assigning. The point was considered, but the effect of RDC penalties on the rats was not felt to be a contributing factor in the rats leaving ... no action was taken. Shortly thereafter, a rash of hazing investigations was begun on members of the RDC resulting in the resignations of a few key members. Among the resigning RDC officers was Steven Sullivan, President of the 1984 RDC. Feeling the heat of increased atten- tion directed towards the activities of the committee members, the RDC went into a period of reformation under its new President, Peter Marsenison. Upon returning from Christmas furlough the RDC was served with an SOP which was to govern the operation and limitations of the new organization. Emerging from the period of quiet was a new RDC ... one in which penalties including physical workouts no longer existed. The RDC was also limited to a single half hour meeting each week. Additionally it was stated that future RDC members will be appointed on the company level by the Company Commander with final approval left up to the Commandant. 5 iririfJtiifin uxiriiuJTi ' End of an Era? Corps 247
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Rat Disciplinary Committee The 1961- ' -2 session saw the inception of a new organiza- tion in barracks: not so new in principle as in name and method of achieving its intended purpose. The name of this group is the Rat Discijjlinarv Connnittee, and its purjjose, as implied by its title, is to correct all rats who have strayed from the set of rules known as Rat Restrictions. These unif|ue, Corps-imposed regulations (thirty-six in all) re(|uire Rats to learn all school songs and -ells and a niyria l of facts pertinent to the Institute and its history. They further restrict the Rat ' s movements in barracks by recjuiring him to walk the Rat Line in a military manner at all times. ' Most of the rules are designed to instill discipline and due respect for authority in the New Cadet; a few of the rules are designed for the convenience of upperlassmen, for example: .V rat shall not visit the barber shop on days when in- spection in ranks is held. Any upperclassman has the authority to send the rat-deviate to the Committee. The Rat Disciplinary Committee has been developed under much more foi ' nial lines than its predecessor, the ( )tficers of the Guard .Vssoc ' iation. The RDC, as it is commonly called, is now a subsi liarv of the General Committee, and the RDC chairman is automatically a nietnber of the General Committee. The old battle drill tours are no more, having been replaced by penalty tours and confinement. An added feature for the wayward rodents is a series of after- supper visits to the 5tli stoop for further corrective action. Among the activities a l?at may find awaiting him are push-ups, straining, and Rat Bible quizzes. Excerpt from the 1962 BOMB. The original officers of the elected 1984 Rat Disciplinary Committee. The beginning of tiie end . . . Cadre, August 1983. 246 Corps
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