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Article: Citadel drops men-only admissions.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- June 28, 1996
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CHARLESTON, S.C. _ Without public debate or its usual pomp, The Citadel on Friday rescinded its 154-year ban on admitting women to the corps of cadets.
The college said it will accept women ``effective immediately.'' Women could enter the Charleston military college in August.
It is unknown how many will take immediate advantage of the change. But an attorney who helped lead the court battle against the college urged The Citadel to launch a ``very active recruitment'' of women for the 1996-97 school year.
Henry Weisburg, who first represented Shannon Faulkner and later Nancy Mellette, said The Citadel still has time to recruit enough women to make ...