THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, December 6, 1995 TAG: 9512060467
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A2 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: CHARLESTON, S.C. LENGTH: Short : 30 lines
The Citadel is ready to start processing applications from women who want to join its all-male corps of cadets, according to a plan filed in federal court Tuesday.
The college would inform women who meet all other standards that they are eligible to enroll if the courts order women into the corps. Accepted applications would be kept on file until the legal question is resolved.
Women rejected for reasons other than their gender will be informed of those reasons, and the school will inform the Justice Department of its action on individual applications.
There are four applications that have not been processed from women on file at The Citadel, college spokeswoman Judith Fluck said.
U.S. District Judge C. Weston Houck told the school last week to file the proposal and scheduled a hearing on it for Thursday.
KEYWORDS: THE CITADEL WOMEN IN THE MILITARY MILITARY
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