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ROTC~~~~ only problem with a test is you might get an "F" and flunk. Here, you die." David Burrgren, a senior engi– neering major, echoed Graham's statements on the value of planning and practice. "When you're out there and you're on the ground and things are happening, you're going to realize right then everything that you forgot in the planning process," Burrgren said. "It'll all come back to you." For Tiffany Bunger, a fourth– year cadet who is majoring in graphic arts, the ROTC offered a chance to develop leadership and time management skills. "You're using your brain a lot more than you would in a lot of other more normal situations. You push yourself more," Bunger said, adding with a laugh, "It keeps you in shape." When all is said and done, Port– land State's ROTC cadets will be members of a small but select group of Americans: officers in the U.S. Army. -Chris Bristol. 84