AP: 'West Point' Off Limits to Anti-War Alums

[Eugene]

'West Point' Off Limits to Anti-War Alums]


Friday May 5, 2006 10:01 PM

By WILLIAM KATES

Associated Press Writer

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - The Army warned an anti-war group of former U.S. Military Academy
cadets to stop using the words "West Point" in its name, saying they are trademarked.

A co-founder of West Point Graduates Against the War countered Friday that his organization
is simply following the cadets' code.

"At West Point, we were taught that cadets do not lie, cheat or steal - and to oppose those
who do," said William Cross, a 1962 West Point graduate. ``We are a positive organization.
We are not anti-West Point or anti-military. We are just trying to uphold what we were taught."

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West Point spokesman Lt. Col. Kent Cassella said the academy sent the April 12 warning letter
because the group failed to go through a licensing process to get permission to use the term
"West Point." The group's anti-war stance is irrelevant, he said.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-5802360,00.html

[Left_Winger]

1. Here is the link to their web page

http://www.westpointgradsagainstthewar.org/

[NoAmericanTaliban]

2. Thanks for the link - my dad was a west pointer & I will join in his name.

[sdfernando]

3. Any others?

Someone needs to find out if other groups use the name and are not licensed and if West Point knew it but did nothing about it.