Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, August 23, 1993 TAG: 9308230112
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C3 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: POWDERSVILLE, S.C. LENGTH: Short
She could have been just another honor student getting ready for her first semester at a South Carolina college. But she chose the all-male, state-supported military school and generated a storm of attention.
"In the last four or five days, I've averaged about four to five hours of sleep, tops," she said.
Thursday, a crew from the "Dateline," an NBC television newsmagazine, arrived. Saturday, she was to fly to New York for an interview with the "Good Morning America" show.
Faulkner plans to register for classes Thursday. Classes start Friday.
Though other women have tried to enroll in The Citadel, only Faulkner has been this far. She can attend day classes while her lawsuit seeking admission as a cadet is resolved. But there will be no uniform, no Corps of Cadets, no place to stay on campus, no meals in the mess hall.
Faulkner casts a profile of a typical teen-ager headed for college: Likes music. Sports. Theater. Worked the summer in an Anderson County day-care center. A bit uneasy about leaving home for so long.
"I hope there are other women entering the school next year. It is kind of scary being the only one. I am isolated," she said. "But I am going to live a normal life outside of school."
by CNB