T. Lynn Ocean - Jersey Barnes 01 - Southern Fatality
“Near impossible, in fact. I drove Highway 17 down the coast from Wilmington to Charleston, South Carolina, and reached the Citadel in about three and a half hours.
The school has only two thousand cadets enrolled in any given year, but boasts a hundred-and-fifty-year history of prestigious higher education in South Carolina. There are four classes with the freshmen, or knobs, sitting lowest on the totem pole and the senior class ranking the highest. And while Charleston has a reputation of bein...g one of the friendliest cities in America, the Citadel has a reputation for being one of last remaining good ol’ boys schools that take care of their own and discourage outsiders from poking around in academy business. Undeterred by the intimidating reputation, I waltzed in, acting like I was a long-standing alumni, even though the academy hadn’t started admitting females until 1995, the result of losing a lawsuit.
After flashing a fake Federal Bureau of Investigation identification card to three different faculty members, I found myself waiting to speak with some students in the lobby of the admissions office.MoreLess
The school has only two thousand cadets enrolled in any given year, but boasts a hundred-and-fifty-year history of prestigious higher education in South Carolina. There are four classes with the freshmen, or knobs, sitting lowest on the totem pole and the senior class ranking the highest. And while Charleston has a reputation of bein...g one of the friendliest cities in America, the Citadel has a reputation for being one of last remaining good ol’ boys schools that take care of their own and discourage outsiders from poking around in academy business. Undeterred by the intimidating reputation, I waltzed in, acting like I was a long-standing alumni, even though the academy hadn’t started admitting females until 1995, the result of losing a lawsuit.
After flashing a fake Federal Bureau of Investigation identification card to three different faculty members, I found myself waiting to speak with some students in the lobby of the admissions office.MoreLess
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