-Caveat Lector- > VMI has not revealed the pregnant cadet's identity, age or any > information > about the child's father. > > > > NewsMax.com > > > > Friday, Feb. 16, 2001; 9:42 a.m. EST > > First Pregnant Cadet at Virginia Military Institute > > A female cadet at the prestigious Virginia Military Institute is four > months > pregnant and has decided to stay on, living in the barracks as a > cadet in > full standing, Institute officials told the Roanoke Times Friday. > > Because the military school's regulations forbid marriage for cadets, > her > decision means she's opted to remain an unwed mother. > > "After weighing the woman's right to privacy, the health of her and > the > unborn child, the 'morale of the VMI community' and the law, VMI > officials > offered the woman three options," the Virginia paper reported. > > "She could take a leave of absence, she could live in separate > quarters on > the VMI campus, most likely the post hospital, or she could remain in > barracks." > > The pregnant cadet has Institute officials scrambling to comply with > legal > regulations, since VMI remains under Justice Department supervision > as a > result of a 1997 lawsuit that ended the school's males-only admission > policy. > > Lawyers for the school have consulted with the Virginia Attorney > General's > office, the U.S. District Court in Roanoke and the Justice Department > in an > effort to comply with that decision and to protect the woman's > rights. > > Federal Title IX laws require VMI to treat the pregnancy like any > other > disability. > > Some cadets told the Times they thought the pregnancy would be > disruptive. > > "I think it might be a little weird seeing a pregnant cadet march > by," Jen > Jolin, a former cadet who was among the first women at the academy, > told the > Times. "I mean, VMI's got an image." > > Other are more sanguine. > > "They are accommodating her, and it sounds to me like they're being > reasonable," former VMI board of visitors member Charlie Lindsey > said. > > Lindsey, who opposed admitting women to his alma mater, told the > Times, > "It's just something else they're going to have to get used to." > > VMI has not revealed the pregnant cadet's identity, age or any > information > about the child's father. > > > http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2001/2/16/84211 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
