Word: cadet
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...least 30 cadets dropped out of the Citadel's freshman class last week. Shannon Faulkner is the only one whose name people will remember. After fighting since 1993 to become the first female cadet in the school's 152-year history, Faulkner floundered for less than five days, most of them spent in the campus infirmary, before deciding to quit. "The past 2-1/2 years came crashing down on me in an instant," she said in a quavering voice when announcing her decision. In a final sign of how anxious some people at the school were...
...other cadet remained overnight in the infirmary, where Faulkner, still unable to hold down even a few crackers, was fed intravenously. She remained in the infirmary until Friday. By then Citadel spokesman Colonel Terry Leedom was announcing that for Faulkner, trying to make up for missing Hell Week would be like "entering the Indianapolis 500 on the 25th...
...Michelle Pfeiffer. Instead Faulkner was a little bit dumpy, a little bit plain and a little bit whiny (she fought not to have her head shaved). She often looks as if she's pouting when protocol requires that she smile through the insults and be inured to ostracism (a cadet who shook her hand last year was ridiculed mercilessly). She was isolated on campus, guarded by federal marshals after she received death threats. The administration was openly hostile, due back in court on Nov. 6 in another effort to expel her. At the orientation party, Faulkner and her parents stood...
...Lisa Towle. "It provides a very easy entry into certain jobs and there's a huge network, a power core of Citadel men in state society." The woman's identity will remain secret until Wednesday, when attorneys add her name to Faulkner's suit to join the all-male cadet program.Faulkner's lawyerstell Towle that two other young women had expressed interest to them in joining the cadet corps, but their mothers, fearing for their daughters' safety, had nixed the idea. "There's a tremendous amount of resistance to this, especially in the school's alumni network," Towle says...
After the Supreme Court turned down two last-minute appeals by the Citadel, Shannon Faulkner won her fight to become the first female cadet in the school's 152-year history. Amid protesters and supporters, she finally enrolled on Saturday...