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Fly Club Votes to Admit Women

Graduate Board Approval Expected; Decision `Independent' of Boycott

In 1990 the Massachusetts Committee AgainstDiscrimination dismissed a controversialthree-year gender discrimination complaint filedagainst the Fly by Lisa J. Schkolnick '88 who saidshe was denied admission to the club because ofher sex.

Mass. Gov. William F. Weld `66, who was anundergraduate member of the Fly, wrote a one lineletter in 1987 urging the club to go co-ed,according to a Fly member. Spokespersons for Welddid not return repeated telephone calls yesterday.

WAC organizer Sarah E. Winters `95 praised theFly's decision.

"We give them full credit," she said. "Thedecision was one that was reached by the menthrough a lot of thought and discussion."

The boycott is still in effect because theother final clubs are still co-ed, she said, andorganizers are unsure at this point how the Fly'sdecision will affect WAC's plans.

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Radcliffe Union of Students Co-PresidentDeborah J. Wexler `95 said, "I applaud theirdecision but I hope their decision signals areadiness to abandon other forms of discriminationas well."

"It will only be a step forward for women whenthe entire final club system has opened and endeddiscrimination," she said.

The Fly Club does not have limits on the numberof members it accepts, Logan said, and membershipis based solely on the "quality of prospectivemembers."

"Right now, our qualifications are regardlessof race, creed or religion. We also want it to beregardless of sex," Logan said.

And now that the moral issues at the club seemsettled, Logan said a few details still need to beresolved.

"We all had concerns about how practically towork out the nitty-gritty things like how to workthe restrooms and what we'd offer as analternative to the club tie," Logan said

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