College To Appeal Federal Order To Admit First Female Cadet

By Mark Walsh

The Citadel will appeal a federal district judge's order to admit Shannon R. Faulkner as the first female member of the South Carolina military college's corps of cadets.

The July 22 ruling by U.S. District Judge C. Weston Houck of Charleston, S.C., left open the possibility that the 152-year-old institution would not be required to admit other women, provided the state establishes an alternative military-style leadership program by the fall of 1995.

But the judge said the Citadel must admit Ms. Faulkner to its corps of cadets immediately, ruling that barring her in the absence of an equivalent program for women violates the equal-protection clause...