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...College's nine exclusive, all-male final clubs yesterday got a one-month reprieve from potential College sanctions when the student-faculty Committee on College Life(CCL) voted to allow them more time to consider admitting women...
...eight-member subgroup offered the clubs a two-week extension, but the club presidents asked for four weeks so they can complete their "punching season," during which they select new members, said a CCL source who spoke with the club presidents on Tuesday and asked not be identified...
...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...
...issue of College ties to the clubs has preoccupied both the CCL and College officials, especially Epps, for nearly a year. The CCL failed to take any definitive action at its first meeting last week because its new members wanted time to completely assess the situation. But the verdict is in; the clubs' request for "more time" to discuss the issue is merely a delaying tactic. Next Monday--by which time CCL members plan to have met with all the club presidents--is late enough to resolve the conflict. We urge both groups to take quick and final action...