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That support, said WAC organizer Francie Walton '94, "shows that women can support the boycott even though their final aims might be different...
Walton said she does not assume that everyone joining the boycott would want to join final clubs, "but women would have the choice to join." For women who feel that final clubs should be abolished, "this is a logical step toward ending elitism," said Walton. "If the clubs were co-ed, women who joined the club would have a say in club policies. Hopefully they would take with them their concerns about elitism...
...letter says that the student group considers the WAC boycott to be a "first step to ending the elitism of the final clubs." The letter also says the boycott is important because it will provoke debate among first-years as to the nature of the all-male clubs...
...support the boycott because women who attend final clubs deserve to have control over their social situations and because it is an opportunity to bring campus women together. We think the dialogue spurred by the boycott will serve to educate first-years...so that they make informed decisions about whether to join or attend final clubs...
...lawn with his holster holding his faithful Smith & Wesson and, with a great flourish, to unstrap the gun and hand it to Clinton. That was vetoed: too much theater even on that day. One hour before the ceremony, the Israelis and the Palestinians both threatened to boycott over trifles: then Rabin swallowed his objections to Arafat's uniform and agreed the P.L.O. could be named in the accord. Arafat and Rabin avoided each other at the reception before the ceremony, but Clinton recalled that as the three of them left the Blue Room, "they looked at each other, really clearly...