Word: ccl
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...issues surrounding the clubs--the purpose of social groups, the role of single-sex associations, and the like--may in fact be complex. Fortunately for the student-faculty Committee on College Life (CCL), however, the issue of University ties to the clubs is not. This year's CCL is still deliberating about what action to take in response to the clubs' decision, despite the fact that last year's committee clearly mandated taking definitive action should the clubs not agree to admit women...
...because they do not adhere to a nondiscriminatory admission code, and therefore should not enjoy links--read subsidies--to the College. However insignificant ties like access to centrex phones and steam heat might appear, they are inappropriate given the independent status of the clubs. There is no reason the CCL should not move swiftly to recommend to the College that it sever those links...
...issue was further spotlighted in the spring when an edition of the Pi Eta Speakers' Club newsletter containing highly sexist language and imagery became public. Although the Pi Eta is not technically a "final club," the incident fueled arguments that all-male clubs are almost by definition sexist. The CCL passed a resolution condemning the clubs for excluding women and weighed recommending that the College cut its ties to the clubs. Dean Epps, meanwhile, met with club presidents to urge them to consider admitting women...
...speculation that official pressure might prompt the clubs to open their doors to women came to an abrupt end last week, with all nine of the single-sex institutions opting to continue their all-male punching policies. And that decision should soundly confirm an already obvious choice for the CCL and the College--cut the ties. Administrators are worried about the clubs because their sex discrimination might endanger federal funding, but we worry about the clubs because they are exclusive and elitist. To this end, the exclusion of women is simply a logical extension of an already discriminatory selection process...