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...laywers for the Fly Club have refused since the beginning to speak to the press, and MCAD is not legally permitted to discuss many of the details of the case...
Because the state code is unclear with respect to the rights of clubs such as the Fly Club, those who argue that they should be opened to women bear a heavy burden of proof, according to legal experts. As Judith K. Wright, spokesperson for MCAD, says, "It's all based on precedent...
...heart of the legal arguments that Baker has presented to MCAD in the legal manuevering of the past year is the Fly Club's status as a private association...
...final clubs whose roots at Harvard go back to the late 19th century. In 1984, the University severed ties with the clubs because they violated a College rule against single-sex organizations. Schkolnick, who conceived the idea with other editors of the liberal monthly Perspective, filed her complaint with MCAD in 1987, saying she was unable to hold membership in the club because of her gender. The student group Stop Withholding Access Today (SWAT) was added as a co-complainant in April of this year...
...while the circumstances surrounding the complaint's origins are clear, its current legal status is more ambiguous. Essentially, Baker has divided his legal argument into four major components, although it is impossible to tell which will be the most compelling until MCAD issues its decision...