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Woman to take part in Citadel training
The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal appeals court Shannon the way yesterday for Shannon Faulkner to become the first woman to take part in military training at The Citadel.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel agreed that South Carolina's all-male military college violated her rights under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment in refusing to admit her.
But the panel also said it was unlikely the school could have such
The 2-1 decision upheld an order last July by U.S. District Judge C. Weston Houck, who ended 151 years of all-male military education at the Charleston school.
Faulkner has been attending classes at The Citadel since January 1994 under an order from Houck but had not been allowed to take part in military training or wear a uniform while the case was being appealed.
The appeals court ordered the school to admit Faulkner to the corps of cadets in August, unless it could come up with an alternative plan to give women military-style education by then.
a plan ready by the fall, when Faulkner will be a junior. Cadets cannot begin the program after their junior year.
"We're basically where we were last summer, playing beat the clock again," said Faulkner, a Powderville sophomore. "I'm very optimistic about getting in, it's just how are things going to work out."
Her mother, Sandy Faulkner, reached by phone at the family's home, let out a little cheer and laughed when told of the ruling but would not comment further.
Dawes Cooke, The Citadel's lawyer, said school officials have been working on an alternative plan.
"I like to think we're in a good position to meet the court's requirements," he said.
Faulkner applied to The Citadel in 1993 after having her high school guidance counselor delete references to her sex on her transcript. The college accepted her, then rejected her after learning she was a woman.
Faulknur sued the school in 1993, claiming the school's all-male policy amounted to sex discrimination, and Houck agreed.
The Citadel argued during a trial last May that staying all male was not discrimination but part of a state policy of offering a variety of choices in higher education. The school also said there was no demand by women for a Citadel-type education.
The Citadel and Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va., are the only state-supported, all-male military colleges in the nation. Both schools have been sued by the Justice Department about their policies.
In the VMI case, courts have ruled that the school can set up a military-style program for women at nearby Mary Baldwin College.
South Carolina has discussed doing that but has not come up with a plan.
Judge Kenneth K. Hall wrote that while VMI and The Citadel have ceaselessly insisted that education is at the heart of this debate, he suspected that the cases had very little to do with education.
"They instead have very much to do with wealth, power and the ability of those who have it now to determine who will have it later," he said.
Democracy hasn't erased starvation in Haiti
The Associated Press
CANAL-BOIS, Haiti — Thirty children in tattered clothes sat in the shade of a mango tree in a Baptist schoolyard, using their fingers to eat a porridge of bulgur wheat and dried peas provided by an American charity.
Many showed signs of chronic hunger, reddish hair, scalps covered with dry sores, listless eyes, small frames.
The noontime ritual is a reminder that, even with the return of democracy, more than one-fourth of Haiti's children are moderately to severely malnourished. More than 15 percent of children die before age5.
International sanctions imposed after the Haitian army overthrew
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in September 1991 sent the health of already impoverished Haitians into a downward spiral.
By the time Aristide returned to power last October and sanctions were dropped, 27 percent of Haitian children were suffering malnutrition.
Foreign government and agencies have pledged $1.2 billion in aid. Most is earmarked for technical assistance and development, which don't provide long-term jobs or put food on the table.
The ragged children only know that they're always hungry.
Several hundred walked up to an hour and a half to receive their lunch at a Baptist school each day. Some youngsters took their bowl home to feed siblings and parents.
Many families in this farming community in one of Haiti's most desolate regions don't have anything else to eat. To them, the daily meal at the Baptist school is their only chance for survival.
Damage to children deprived of adequate nutrition during their formative years is permanent. The children can suffer from chronic diarhea, stunted growth, and reduced intellectual and psychological development, said Phil Gelman, manager of CARE International's food program, which feeds more than 600,000 people each day.
The economy has not recovered since Aristide's return. Businesses that pulled out during the embargo have been slow to return, many wanting to ensure Haiti's political stability before investing again.
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