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Only a select few cadets had to drink it, ones that broke the rules of the evening. These rules included not
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Tradition shapes annual Dining-in for cadets
MEREDITH CHAIT
mchait@kansan.com
The KU Army ROTC cadets came up one by one. After four salutes, one facing each direction, they bowed to the gold toilet. With a smirk on their faces, they drank "the grog," a liquid with hot sauce, syrup and a sweaty T-shirt in it, among other things. Then, they
Even though every cadet seemed to want to be doing something else on a Friday night, especially not drinking the grog, there was a sense of brotherhood you could feel in the room.
It was apparent when everyone sang the army song at the top of their lungs or when everyone laughed as each class made fun of the commanding staff in skis.
KU Army ROTC cadets observe formal proceedings of Dining-in as they quietly await for the arrival for special guest Kansas 40th District Representative Melanie Meier. Meier served in the Army as an Air Defense Artillery, and Military Intelligence officer after graduating from the University of Kansas Army ROTC in 1989.
"I feel like [drinking the grog] was unfortunate, but it was for the sake of everybody."
HOWARD TING/KU ROTC
KENDALL GREGC
KU Army ROTC cadre
being too loud, not standing up when a lady sits down or stands up from the table and not being in regulation uniform. Some cadets like senior Sarah Meyer have never had to drink the grog, while some cadets seem to break these rules every year.
This is "Dining-in," a night once a year, steeped in tradition. It is filled with friendly tatling, drinking the grog and camaraderie.
Even when someone had to drink the grog, they seemed to enjoy doing it, something that their fellow cadets had also done and that other cadets respected them for doing
"I feel like [drinking the grog] was unfortunate, but it was for the sake of everybody, and it wasn't me, so I am OK with it," said Cadet Kendall Gregg, a sophomore that has never had to drink the grog.
Some Dining-in traditions seemed to be nothing more than requirements. There were long speeches and toasts to different people of the army, for example,
the commander in chief. It seemed that the whole night was scripted, from what the cadets said in the speeches and toasts to the order of events.
However, one event was not scripted, the drinking of the grog. This was the part that the cadets
were waiting for. When the grog event started, all the cadets loosened up and started to relax.
The whole night brought the cadets closer together; the traditions, the ridged script followed and the sometimes-boring parts of the three hour dinner. But, the
grog made them comrades. The select few that drank the grog had bragged rights for the rest of their time at the University; while others had bragging rights for getting by another year without having to drink it.
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