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...could spend a lot of time running around in circles trying to get the final clubs to reform,” said Rebecca G.Watson ’04, another member of RUS. “We’ve hit upon this weakness that the Fly receives tax-exempt status because they say they don’t discriminate against women. We have to push the Fly to own up to their constitution...
Through an arrangement with the non-profit Historic Massachusetts, Inc., the club had sought to make alumni donations for the preservation of the building tax-exempt. Their efforts were certainly within the letter of the law, but not necessarily the spirit: the citizens of Cambridge derive no great benefits from the building’s presence, and the Fly shows no intention of conducting tours of its grounds or otherwise giving back to the community in exchange for its tax exemption...
...larger Cambridge community. Though many councillors expressed hopes that women would eventually be admitted into the club, we fear that their optimism is excessive and ill-founded. We commend Timothy P. Toomey, Jr., the lone member of the council who voted against granting the Fly Club tax-exempt status, in what was effectively a symbolic vote. We had hoped that other councillors would have done the same...
...21st century. We are the strongest military power in the world, but for the wrong century. Conflict is now carried out by civilians against civilians. Perpetrators belong to no state, wear no uniforms and obey no rules of war. No targets are off limits, and no citizens are exempt from slaughter. Other attacks will follow, possibly soon. Twenty-first century war has a new face...
Despite concerns about its all-male membership, the Fly Club successfully eliminated the last possible challenge to its tax-exempt status last night...