EDITORIAL This man's army?

The issue at hand is one of equality_of sexes.

Last fall, four females were admitted to the Citadel, which is a United States military institute. Come springtime, two of the ladies decided not to return, citing various types of harassment as their reasons.

Being a federal institution of course, this means it is funded by federal tax dollars. At last check, the government of the United States of America did not support sexual discrimination. It is strongly suspected that the intolerance of the females by male cadets and the administration of the Citadel, is what led to the early departure of the aspiring cadets.

As an officer at Valley Forge Military Academy so eloquently put it, " public institutions have the right to educate all citizens." As things currently stand there are no allfemale military institutions, so the existence of an a11-male military school is simply not right.

As was decided in Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, separate but equal is not tolerable. So, the answer is not to open an all-female institution.

Integration, on the other hand, is the answer. We are all human beings, and if grown men cannot modify their behavior for the sake of fellow humans, then they do not have the right to be called men or serve in the U.S. Army.

It has been said that the women who left were weak because they could not take the same kind of treatment, also known as hazing, that other first-year cadets were subjected to. Guess what, fellows? They are not men and they do not deserve to be treated as such.

It seems very likely that if a bunch of guys would wash out a woman's mouth with cleanser, that sexual assault would not be too far down the road, or at the very least, a strong concern of a woman considering attending the Citadel.