ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, January 27, 1995                   TAG: 9503090107
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ALLISON BLAKE STAFF WRITER
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COURT LETS VMI PLAN PROCEED

A separate women's program can begin at Mary Baldwin College

\ A divided federal appeals court Thursday upheld public Virginia Military Institute's plan to back a separate women's leadership program at private Mary Baldwin College, clearing the way for its debut next fall.

Fifteen students already have been accepted at the fledgling Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership, which Mary Baldwin administrators have promised to open regardless of the outcome of the court case.

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