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...state decision. In an effort to drum up support for her case, Schkolnick has tried to receive endorsement for her complaint from the Undergraduate Council. Though the council voted down a motion to support the complaint on moral grounds. It did approve a grant to Stop Witholding Access Today (SWAT), a new student group pledged to support the Mather senior's case SWAT won approval as an official student organization from the College last month...
...SWAT members said they are now planning a variety of activities and fundraisers to support Schkolnick's case. The group has had two organizational meetings that each drew more than 20 students, said John A. Felitti '91, one of SWAT's founders...
...meeting next week will help the group decide what its aims will be, said SWAT member, Jeanne Theoharis '91. She said that the group at that time would "figure out what SWAT's principle and main line...
...SWAT members said their next activity would be a postering campaign. "We're putting up posters Monday," Theoharis said, adding that the flyers would probably include the comments of one Fly Club member who told The Boston Globe, "It's nice to have a place to get away from...
...much as Schkolnick's complaint is admirable--as is the founding of an organization commited to her effort known as Stop Withholding Access Today (SWAT)--access for women to the clubs is only the first step towards undermining the clubs' entire existence. Her suit attacks the clubs at their most vulnerable point, but their problem is not limited to sexism. The clubs have a long history of racism against Blacks and Jews. The Porcellian club admitted its first Black member only four years...