ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Monday, March 10, 1997                 TAG: 9703100109
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: A-1  EDITION: METRO 

RAT AT REST

LENGTH: Short :   18 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  CINDY PINKSTON THE ROANOKE TIMES. ONE OF 320 RATSpauses 
          during the crawl toward "breakout hill" late last month on the day 
          that the last all-male rat class at VMI ended its six-month trial by
          fire. The Class of 2000 began with 390 last August and lost 50 
          during the year. Another 20 didn't climb the hill for medical 
          reasons. Read about the last all-male rat class in EXTRA. color.