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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 6, 1991                   TAG: 9103060370
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: COLUMBIA, S.C.                                LENGTH: Short

THE CITADEL'S NO-WOMEN POLICY KEPT

A state House committee decided Tuesday against forcing The Citadel to admit women to its corps of cadets, despite pleas from female military officers to open the school.

On a 6-5 vote, the Education and Public Works Committee killed a measure that would have forced the Charleston-based university to let women join the corps.

William Risher, chairman of The Citadel's Board of Visitors, urged the panel to wait until a U.S. Justice Department suit against Virginia Military Institute over its male-only policy is resolved.

- Associated Press 


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