Like JPL spokesman Fuk Li, Midshipman First Class Sean Genis had a lot to live up to, with a name like his. Fortunately, he was up to it (Navy Times, subscription only, gomen):
Post-graduation plans for Midshipman 1st Class Sean A. Genis to become a submarine officer will have to put on hold for the time being. First, he’s got some serious studying to do.
Genis was named a Rhodes Scholar on Saturday, one of 32 Americans picked for the prestigious fellowship. That means Genis will be heading to the University of Oxford in England in September 2007 to begin the two-year program of studies.
Genis, a physics major ranked first in his class at the academy, was confident going into his interview before the seven-person selection panel Saturday in Philadelphia. But when some of the other 11 finalists from his district were called in later that day for a second interview, Genis started to worry just a bit.
“I was preparing for the worst,” said Genis, who had submitted his application in mid-October after working on it since January 2005. The Sharon, Pa., native didn’t have to worry long. That night, Genis was informed he’d been selected. And since the official announcement Saturday, the congratulations have been pouring in.
And as an alumni of that same prestigious institution – USNA that is, not Oxford – and as a guy who graduated solidly in the top 95% of his class, along with my congratulations let me also add: “Gimme your lunch money.”
Oh, and one last thing: “BEAT ARMY!”
ah, ’tis such a proud thing to be named after such a ruddy dark ale as that. i shall drink a pint of it to toast his scholarship.
(btw, BEAT NAVY)
MajMike,
My Rx for your Saturday is to toast the good Midshipman’s Scholarship by downing several pints. On Monday, have someone tell you the final score.
BEAT ARMY!
Rhodes Scholar? Heck, he ought to go ahead an add a “U” between that “I” and “S” and get it over with.
Top of the class to boot. Good kid from a good school to an older school. Can’t beat it.
Hey! Quit pickin on us nerdy folks! VF guys’ eyes may grow dim with age, and their reflexes slow down a bit, too, but the smart part is the last to go, as you’ve amply demonstrated here, sir.
Uh, what I meant to say; Yer a nerd, too, being such a good writer, and all, and obsessive about it, too.
Please don’t stop!
yay physics! We even have a football cheer, for those of you who are into such simple, non-relativistic exercises …
Secant! Tangent! Cosine! Sine!
3.14159!
…..
er, go team?
@BC Robot: Dude, you spend way too much time in front of a whiteboard…
As for the rest of the Army dudes infes..inhabiting this sacred place…GO NAVY!
I have no dog in this Army – Navy fight, but I think Notre Dame won the CiC’s Trophy. Didn’t they?
Hey Buck,
All the domers have that comment but until their graduates put on the uniform of our country vs the NFL, they aren’t good enough for the CIC Trophy.
Hey back, Bill!
First thing that comes to mind is…um…Staubach? (I know he served.)
And then there’s this: Notre Dame, unlike a lot of other universities, still has an active ROTC program and most likely always will. Add in the fact that ND has a long and proud tradition of playing the academies when a lot of universities, for whatever reason, struck them from the football schedule. ND plays all three, every year. I doubt that will change. So…it was with tongue in cheek I made the CiC Trophy comment.
Just for the record, I’m not a Domer. I became a fan because the -ex was one of the first alumnae…Class of ‘78 (Joe Montana was her classmate). She’s been gone a while, but my affection for ND football remains.
And I hope you all noticed that he’s going submarines.
Good try Buck, but I wonder how many of the football team belong to the NROTC. ND plays Navy every year but not Air Force and Army.
My point still stands, until I see their ball players in military uniforms after graduation, ND is not worthy of the CIC Trophy period…
PS. Staubach did serve, 4 years including one in Vietnam, then on to the Cowboys.
A-Ha! Bill C – Middle LB for the US Naval Academy football’s indignant defense program!
Not to disparage a great American like Staubach but he was a supply officer..you could have picked some CanoeU football grads that had more illustrious military records. Heck- there’s even an F-18 Admiral on active duty I know who kicked punts a while ago for Navy!
BTW, I only thought you, Bill C, cared only about Razorback football and plump interns! LOL.
Army- bad div1
Air Force- fair div1
Navy- good div1
ND- Very good div1
OSU/Mich- tier1 div1
b2 (don’t say it)
BBobby,
Doncha love it when the obvious shines forth, you with your D1 football ranking, and me in my assessment of you.
BillC,
Sure I do, you humourless D.W.E. !
r/B2
PS- In the south they change Bobby to Bubby!
“Can’t we all just get along?”
/Rodney King impression…