"I get the first hug!" one mother of a plebe, or freshman, told the midshipman's girlfriend. "Somebody's got to hold her back - I get the first hug!"
In keeping with tradition, the plebes had decorated "Tecumseh," the statue of an Indian warrior that sits in front of Bancroft Hall, in a whimsical theme for Plebe Parents' Weekend; this year, it was painted white and green, and made to represent Buzz Lightyear from the...
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