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...Index is also elitist, as Brown basketball Coach Mike Cingiser says. It favors those students who are able to buy a spot in an SAT class or go to private or prep schools geared toward preparing students for college entrance tests...
...becoming elitist again," Cingiser says. "We have cut down the number of Black kids we can get from poorer economic backgrounds. The League in general isn't getting those kids...
Land acknowledges current Radcliffe women's groups but says they are not as community-oriented as the sorority would be. She says the group would not be elitist, like the clubs, but a place for women to share their concerns...
...aspect of the final club debate on campus is that some people who want to see the clubs shut down do not support Lisa Schkolnick's complaint against the Fly Club. These students do not believe that Schkolnick's suit will destroy the clubs or make them any less elitist, but rather that integrating the clubs would actually enhance their standing on campus, render them more socially acceptable, and bring them back into the center of campus life...
These students point out that the clubs are not only sexist, but also socially and financially elitist in that they select members through the closed "punch" system, give preference to children of alumni, and charge dues which not everyone can afford to pay. Since Schkolnick's complaint leaves these forms of elitism intact, many students don't think it deserves their support...