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Private School Chastised for Hiring Policy

Harvard Tells Westminster That Excluding Non-Christians Is Discriminatory

Westminster does not require its students toprofess their belief in Christianity.

Harrison said that he finds the hiring policyharmful to non-Christian students at a schoolwhere between 10 and 15 percent of the studentsare Jewish.

"One parent told me her daughter had come homecrying after a speaker at an assembly had told herthat if she wasn't Christian, she'd burn in hell,"he said.

Jaret Blanc, a senior at Westminster whoapplied early to Harvard, said Westminsterstudents have not changed their decisions to applyto schools that sent letters of complaint toClarkson.

Blanc, a professed agnostic whose parents areJewish, said that he does not agree with his highschool's policy.

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"The fact that they wouldn't hire me after Igraduated is a slap in the face," Blanc said.

According to Clarkson, Westminster's hiringpolicy is under review as an element of a 20-partplan to prepare the school for the 21st century

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