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...first vote was on a proposal to endorse a senior's discrimination complaint against a final club and to call on final clubs to admit women. The second vote was on a proposal to give $250 to Stop Witholding Access Today (SWAT), a student group pledging to support the current complaint against a final club. The second vote took no stand on the complaint...
...Harvard senior, Schkolnick filed a complaint in December against the Fly Club with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), charging that the clubs' admissions policies constitute discrimination against women...
...original complaint to MCAD, Schkolnick writes, "The clubs, though not actually affiliated with Harvard, sometimes hold functions on Harvard property and significantly (and adversily[sic]) affect Harvard undergraduate life." Between 10 and 12 percent of all Harvard undergraduates are members, and many more, both male and female, attend club parties...
Regardless of the outcome of Scholnick's complaint, her action has renewed campus-wide debate on the clubs, bringing to the surface what seemed to be a dormant issue. Already a student group called Stop Witholding Access Today (SWAT) has been formally approved, pledging to support Schkolnick's case and to make students think before they join the clubs. And last night, the Undergraduate Council debated resolutions to provide funding for Schkolnick and to give her moral support...
While Schkolnick complaint hinges on her contention that she does not have access to the libraries, dining hall services and educational and professonial networks offered by the clubs, she also points to evidence of continued ties between the College and clubs...