If you speak to your son or daughter about their Corps experience, they will undoubtedly mention their sophomores or "pissheads" at some point in the conversation. The name "pisshead" comes from bonfire, back when it was held on campus. The exact origin story of the name has been lost to obscurity, but some maintain that it was due to their position at the bottom of the bonfire stack or their overall serious demeanor.
The role of the sophomore class to is to be the direct trainers of the freshman class in addition to their one-on-one mentors for academic and corps endeavors. Pissheads exude professionalism with their unrelenting commitment to a standard and structured interactions with both underclassmen and upperclassmen. They are responsible for the day to day training, movement, tasking, and general management of freshmen and their Corps activities. In addition to this role, they have the split role as a Team Leader, or mentor, for one to two fish.
The Team Leader role has become an increasingly important role as the Corps has developed throughout the years. Each pisshead keeps tabs on fish performance in classes and are pulse checkers for motivation level and any personal issues that their fish might be experiencing. Having just completed their fish year, they are able to provide practical advice for surviving freshman "weed out" classes in addition to tricks that make Corps life more manageable.
Often regarded as the most difficult year in the Corps, sophomores are held directly responsible not only for their own performance, but also for the freshmen within their team.
The fish have met a portion of their sophomores and have been working with them during FOW so far. As the second week of FOW begins, the sophomore training cadre will begin to take a more active role in the instruction and training sessions to come. Though the full band returned yesterday for practice, all of the sophomores will not begin working with the fish until school begins.
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