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Although the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), the state agency that is investigating a Harvard student's complaint against one of the nine all-male final clubs, is facing a severe budget cut, thousands of pending cases will not be delayed, a state official said yesterday...
...Massachusetts House and Senate have proposed a 17 percent reduction in the MCAD's budget--the legislation would slash MCAD's funding from $1.9 million to $1.58 million for fiscal 1989. The pending reduction comes at a time when the number of cases before the MCAD has increased and federal funds for the state judicial board have dwindled...
Since Schkolnick filed her complaint with the Massachusettes Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) in December, charging that the all-male Fly Club illegally discriminates against women, the council considered several resolutions related to her case...
...that the council should ensure that Schkolnick receives a fair hearing, but could not take sides in a legal dispute between students. The Mather senior, who is being represented for free by a Boston law firm, needed the money to pay for administrative costs in filing the complaint with MCAD...
...absolutely sure," Harvard attorney Natasha Lissman asked McWade, "that what they were saying was, 'Harvard refuses to settle unless you withdraw the complaints with the EEOC and MCAD,' and not maybe 'Charlotte Walters, you have the same complaints at Harvard as you do at the EEOC and MCAD--let's settle them at the same time...