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DATE: SATURDAY, May 5, 1990                   TAG: 9005050257
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A10   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
DATELINE: OAKLAND, CALIF.                                LENGTH: Short

SCHOOL'S COED CHANGE BLASTED

The usually serene campus of Mills College was shut down Friday by spirited protests against the decision to accept men at the women's school in 1991.

Students boycotted classes and blocked entrances to offices. They drove cars around campus, honking horns and waving placards. Many trees were wrapped with yellow ribbons, symbols of anger at the announcement Thursday that undergraduate men will be enrolled at the 138-year-old college starting next year.

Mills officials had a sympathetic reaction and took no steps to deter protesters.

However, college President Mary Metz said it is unlikely that college trustees will reconsider the switch to coeducation as the best way to solve the school's money and enrollment problems.

by CNB