Roanoke Times/VMI

DECEMBER 1999
VMI chief broke no laws with book deals

One of first female cadets dismissed from VMI

VMI creates budget policy

NOVEMBER 1999

Overseer of VMI's first 2 coed years will return to his former post soon

Fire breaks VMI cadets out of barracks

VMI sacks 5 'rats' in beating case

'Brother rats" trap, beat cadet

SEPTEMBER 1999

VMI superintendent acted within the law

Prosecutor pores over book deals

Bunting's spending cleared

Sex scandal victims return

AUGUST 1999

VMI gives Bunting its full support

Panel won't answer spending questions

Rat hill higher, steeper in deference to suburbia

Fund-raising troubles feared

Thanks to givers varies

Board members appointed

$100,000 account reviewed

Ring comes full circle

Board chairmen concedes Bunting's spending exceeded guidelines

JULY 1999

Spending by Bunting questioned

'No king was appointed'

State police to review audit

MAY 1999

First VMI women graduate to a standing ovation

FEBRUARY 1999

Seniors tap G. Gordon Liddy, convicted Watergate burglar, for graduation speech

For breakout, 'Leadership Reaction Course' replaces muddy hill

JANUARY 1999

VMI effort to be coed isn't over, feds say

Judge ends federal oversight

Hazing trial ends with a rebuke

NOVEMBER 1998

Female 'Rat' cheerleaders treated like vermin

New approach in the works for 'Breakout'

OCTOBER 1998

Court rules Virginia's anti-hazing law is valid

AUGUST 1998

VMI out of step with academies

VMI panel uphold expulsions

Jen Jolin will not return to VMI this year

Female rat leaves VMI for the second time

Lawyer seeks to squash hazing indictments

JULY 1998

Razor whets cadets' interest.

Five cadets ask to be re-admitted to VMI.

Banished cadet to return this fall.

MAY 1998

Ex-cadets to take exams

Grand Jury indicts three on charges of hazing

Honor Court 'drums out' six cadets

'Drummed out' ex-cadet sues VMI

VMI reflects on a year of controversy and milestones

Sex at VMI ends in dismissal of a Senior

APRIL 1998

VMI Honor Court case over lying to proceed

VMI voluntarily delays trial of six for honor offense

Removed as judge, now VMI witness

Six cadets file to stop Honor Court

MARCH 1998

Assault charges sought

Former VMI freshman can pursue charges of assault

Virginia 'Anti-Hazing' law is useless

School esteem is bucking authority, but hazing is going too far, say authorities

First female 'rats' break silence

The top of the hill, the end of the line: The men and women of the first co-ed class are no longer rats

VMI's Mike Bissell is open to change

Two cadets get lesser punishment after getting caught in the barracks

Female 'rat' decides to quit over demerits

FEBRUARY 1998

Cadet's dad says beatings are all in the spirit of camaraderie

Ex-cadet's family will not let case lie

No hazing charges in VMI case

Former VMI cadet may seek charges

Three VMI seniors suspended for 'swatting' rats

Women finish their rites of passage at VWIL, no longer 'null's

JANUARY 1998

Female cadet quits

All the female cadets come back after Break

DECEMBER 1997

Gov. Allen's budget subsidizes tuition for VWIL

NOVEMBER 1997

VWIL determined to carry on

'Rat' traps herself with VWIL opinion