DAILY BULLETIN
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March 7, 2025
Today’s Uniform:
CCU’s
MEAL MENU
II Mess: Thai Fried Chicken Wrap, Pickled Cucumbers, Spicy Mayo, Seasoned Asian Cole Slaw, Zucchini Fries
Seasonal Salad Bar / Dynamic Deli Bar
III Mess: Spring Break
I Mess: Spring Break
WORDS TO THE WISE
PRESIDENT
“Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.”
— Immanuel Kant
DEAN
Don’t major in minor things
— Author Unkown
COMMANDANT
“Never be cruel. Never be cowardly. Hate is always foolish. Love is always wise. Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind.”
— The Doctor
TODAY IN HISTORY
Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
On March 7, 1876, 29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention: the telephone.
The Scottish-born Bell worked in London with his father, Melville Bell, who developed Visible Speech, a written system used to teach speaking to the deaf. In the 1870s, the Bells moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where the younger Bell found work as a teacher at the Pemberton Avenue School for the Deaf. He later married one of his students, Mabel Hubbard.
While in Boston, Bell became very interested in the possibility of transmitting speech over wires. Samuel F.B. Morse’s invention of the telegraph in 1843 had made nearly instantaneous communication possible between two distant points. The drawback of the telegraph, however, was that it still required hand-delivery of messages between telegraph stations and recipients, and only one message could be transmitted at a time. Bell wanted to improve on this by creating a “harmonic telegraph,” a device that combined aspects of the telegraph and record player to allow individuals to speak to each other from a distance.
With the help of Thomas A. Watson, a Boston machine shop employee, Bell developed a prototype. In this first telephone, sound waves caused an electric current to vary in intensity and frequency, causing a thin, soft iron plate–called the diaphragm–to vibrate. These vibrations were transferred magnetically to another wire connected to a diaphragm in another, distant instrument. When that diaphragm vibrated, the original sound would be replicated in the ear of the receiving instrument. Three days after filing the patent, the telephone carried its first intelligible message—the famous “Mr. Watson, come here, I need you”—from Bell to his assistant.
UPDATES
Vending Machines
Vending machines are here for everyone to get their favorite snacks. If you put in money and your purchase gets stuck, please see Mr. Huggins in room 111. DO NOT shake or kick the machines. If you are caught doing any of those things you will receive demerits and possible restrictions from using the vending machines.
Spring Break!
Spring Break is a time to have fun, enjoy your family and friends but also remember to be safe in anything that you do. Take this time for your self to relax and focus on yourself. Make sure that when you come back to campus on Monday, March 17th, you are ready to study and be great!
You are half way to the finish line. These next few months are going to fly by.
Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month. Women’s History Month is an annual observance to highlight the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. Celebrated during March in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, corresponding with International Women’s Day on March 8, it is observed during October in Canada, corresponding with the celebration of Persons Day on October 18. The Education Task Force of the Sonoma Couty Commission on the Status of Women in California started Women’s History Month in 1978. In 1980 President Jiimmy Carter issued a proclamation for National Women’s History Week in March. In 1987, Congrees passed legistation to make March Women’s History Month and the president issues a proclamation each year.
Everyday we will highlight a woman that has done extraordinary things to uplift not just women but everyone in the world. Whether it is an invention or entertainment, we will spotlight women who are not just heroes but Sheroes!
Spotlight: Kathryn Bigelow
On March 7, 2010, Kathryn Bigelow becomes the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director, for her movie The Hurt Locker, about an American bomb squad that disables explosives in Iraq in 2004. Prior to Bigelow, only three women had been nominated for a best director Oscar: Lina Wertmueller for Seven Beauties (1975), Jane Campion for The Piano (1993) and Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation (2003).
Born in San Carlos, California, in 1951, Bigelow graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1972 and later earned a master’s degree in film from Columbia University. She made her feature film debut with The Loveless (1982), which she co-wrote and co-directed. The film, about a motorcycle gang, starred Willem Dafoe. The next movie Bigelow directed, Near Dark (1987), was a western-horror hybrid that gained a cult following. She went on to helm Blue Steel (1990), starring Jamie Lee Curtis as a police officer stalked by a killer, and Point Break (1991), about bank-robbing surfers, featuring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves. Bigelow’s other directing credits include Strange Days (1995); The Weight of Water (2000); K-19: The Widowmaker (2002); Zero Dark Thirty (2012); and Detroit (2017).
As the Office of Admission gears up for Spring admissions, we’d like to remind you about our exciting Bring-a-Buddy program. A number of cadets have already taken advantage of this program to recommend their friends to the Academy. If you a refer a friend to Army and Navy Academy, you’ll receive a $1000 credit at the Bookstore when he successfully enrolls. That’s a lot of Takis!
Please contact the Office of Admission up the stairs from the Mess Hall if you have any questions about this program.
FRom the Mess Hall
Reminder: Pick up your trash! You must take your plates and silverware to the dish room window. DO NOT dump your plates and silverware into the trash.
From The Health Center
Flu season is here. Make sure that you wash your hands and cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. Let’s stop the spread of germs.
SPORTS BLAST
All cadets, please remember to form up in front of Davis Hall for our mandatory accountability formation. Only head to your sports after you have been dismissed.
