Extracurricular Clubs
Hobby Clubs
Paintball:
- On 15-16 Nov., 20 members of the Close Combat Team, led by Cadet Niccolo Iacovelli, attended Ground Zero Air-soft
- The team played over 8 hours of non-stop indoor game play, and the following day they played over 8 hours of non-stop outdoor game play, in which they were outnumber 3:1 but remained resilient
- Cadets were divided evenly against each other at the indoor field to determine their abilities against one another
Tae Kwon Do:
- Army Tae Kwon Do owned the scoreboard at the Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Confer-ence tournament at Brown University
- The team placed first in the Women’s begin-ner division, second in the Men’s beginner division, and fifth in Women’s black belt, Men’s advanced, and Men’s beginners
- CDTs Allie Baker, Jada Ferrer, Shawn Jimenez, Christian Merrich, and Rahul Sawh-ney are all still undefeated on the season
- Only half way through the season, Army al-ready has enough points to move up to Divi-sion II from Division III next season opening up a lead of over 100 points on second place Penn State
Religious Clubs
Jewish Chapel (Hillel):
- Cadets from the Air Force Academy, Texas A&M and Midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy, joined USMA cadets for a weekend of discussion and comradeship
- The weekend opened with a religious service led by five rabbis and guest speaker Rear Ad-miral Shelansky
- Shelansky began with a Torah service and continued with the Army Football team’s vic-tory over Fordham
- Saturday evening included a talk by a White House Legislative Liaison followed by an ice cream social and a viewing of “The Avengers”
Academic Clubs
American Institute of Chemical Engineers:
- From 14-17 Nov., cadet members of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) competed against more than 200 undergraduate students from across the globe in the 2014 AIChE National Research Poster Competition in Atlanta, GA
- Nationals are a chance for cadets to win national recognition for their research, network with chemical engi-neering professionals, attend presentations and attend character demonstrations
- Events began with the CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises, John Brock, who spoke to AIChE members about ethics and leadership in chemical engineering
- Cadets then met on the AIChE National Executive Stu-dent Committee and learned about opportunities to im-prove community outreach and also how to become more globally connected
- A major event was the cadets attending the National ChemE Car Competition; cadets have never participated in this in the past, and this time learned from other schools about best practices and tips to get started
Cadet Competitive Cyber Team:
- On 13-15 Nov., USMA’s Cadet Competitive Cyber Team, along with officer representatives from the Army Cyber Institute, participated in NYU Poly’s Cy-ber Security Awareness Week (CSAW), Capture the Flag (CTF) competition, and THREADS conference
- The CSAW CTF is the largest of its kind, involving teams from across the spectrum of expertise from high school students, undergraduates, graduates, and even industry professionals
- The West Point Cadet Competitive Cyber Team qualified for the final round of the CTF by placing in the top 15 of over 120 undergraduate teams and finished the finals in 10th place, defeating both the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy
- During the conference portion, the cadets heard from leadership of some leading technical companies, such as Intel, Veracode, Raytheon, Netflix, Yelp, Twitter, and GitHub on how they are overcoming cyber security chal-lenges
Cadet Programs
“Mama Tried” performing at 3rd Regiment Branch Night Celebration:
1st Regiment Thanksgiving Fest in Legion Square:
