Word: foxes
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...graduate, Fox Tree is claiming protection from MCAD under Massachusetts public accommodations law, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender, sex, age, race, ethnicity and other factors in such places as private clubs, restaurants and hotels. Although the commission will attempt to act asmediator between the club and Fox Tree, it couldeventually rule that Phi Delta Kappa must hold newelections or award the complainant money...
...Fox Tree, who has been on the board for 15years and is currently vice president formembership, alleges that normal nominatingprocedures were intentionally neglected to keephim from becoming president...
Knight, a Black woman who was once president ofHarvard's Phi Delta Kappa chapter, said Fox Treeshould have garnered the nomination because he wasnext in line. She said she had warned bothStephens and the members of the nominatingcommittee that "you might get reprecussions fromthis...
Stephens maintains that proper procedures werefollowed, no committee members objected to hernomination, and succession from vice president topresident is not automatic. Gifune said thecommittee even told Fox Tree, who served on thecommittee that nominated Gifune as presidentseveral years ago, that he would be considered forthe top post next year...
...Delta Kappa officials at the GSE said theywere surprised by the discrimination case becausethey had no problems dealing with Fox Tree in thepast. Some said he may have resorted to thediscrimination complaint simply because heexhausted other means of appeal...