We got an inside look at what it's like during the first week for new freshmen, known as "rats," at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. "Hell week" marks the beginning of the rats' ...

LEXINGTON, Va. – At VMI, strength comes in the form of mental and physical fortitude. The Rat Challenge is a program designed to test both. “Not even physical obstacles, it’s the mental obstacles. You ...

LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ) - The future class of 2025 has made its first steps toward being full-fledged Virginia Military Institute cadets. VMI’s Rat Mass of 2022 plus 3 were awakened at 5 a.m. Saturday ...

LEXINGTON -- They persevered through the dreaded rat line, struggled to learn English amid the barking orders of upperclassmen and rose to leadership positions at a school known for churning out ...

WHEN THE FIRST FEMALE CADETS signed their names in the matriculation roster of the Virginia Military Institute in 1997, proponents of women’s rights trumpeted the event as a great victory for equality ...

BEDFORD, Va. – Hundreds of VMI cadets could be found swarming the D-Day Memorial in Bedford Saturday. Senior Ethan Miles helped lead the time-honored tradition. “VMI has brought up their freshman ...

Having read Timothy Culver's letter, "VMI Rats Play at Being Soldiers," I realized he is misinformed as to the differences between the Naval Academy and VMI. All midshipmen at the Naval Academy are ...