IWATS turned five years old this month. It was formed originally by Pappy and has grown (especially in the last 3 years) into the EH's foremost academy, offering a wide range of courses. When I took over as Dean, the website was a mess, there was two IIC courses and one IWATS course. Now there's a total of 17 courses. Hopefully the next 5 years will result in similar improvement and growth. Several courses hit graduate milestones in the last week or so. TIE Tactics passed 200, while ICQ reached the 300 mark. Computer Basics passed 350.

The Daedalus Banner Competition (http://www.imperialacademy.org/comps/daedalusbanner/) ends on 30th, just one week away. Not many entries yet, so I'm hoping for some more between now and then. Also, almost all the work has been done for the upcoming competition I've been working on. After that work is done, then comes the hyping and promoting of it.

ID Line Blast from the Past
FL/MAJ E. Tarkin/Avenger 2-1/ISD Intrepid (mIRC/1, 25th Sep 2000)
FM/LT Theodore/Mu 2-2/ Wing VIII/ ISD Colossus (mIRC/2, 23rd Sep 1999)

Current Staff
HA Astatine - Training Officer/IWATS Dean
COL Ford - Professor, TIE Fighter Tactics
CPT Predator - Professor, Rebellion Tactics
CPT Daisuke Airyu - Professor, Graphics
LC E. Tarkin - Professor, XvT Fighter Tactics
LC Marcin - Professor, XvT Missions
CPT Flelm - Professor, ICQ
AD Ari - Professor, VBS
MAJ Aylius Khan - Professor, Computer Basics
COL Scoser - Professor, TIE Missions
COL Ricardo - Professor, Squadron Management 2
FA Striker - Professor, XWA Missions
CPT Darknyte - Professor, AIM

TO-DEAN/HA Astatine/CS-6/SSSD Sovereign
MoH/IC/OoR/GOE/GSx2/SS/BSx3/PC/ISM/MoI-DC/LoC/CoS/CoE/CoLx2/LoA/OV-3E
{IWATS-IIC/1/2}
"Command Attache free since January 2000"
"I just can't seem to score with chicks. They just bounce off the edge of the hockey goal and lie there chirping in pain."