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 ...

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 ...

When Caoilinn McLane walked back into Children’s National Hospital last December, she wasn’t returning as a patient. Instead, ...

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 ...