Wells College Students Sue to Prevent Admission of Men
Two students of women-only Wells College are suing the college to prevent it from admitting men until they graduate.
Freshman Lauren Searle-Lebel and sophomore Jennifer LeBarbera are suing the college claiming they enrolled in Wells College under the presumption that it would remain a woman’s college, and that by admitting men Wells College is breaching a contract it had with the women. They are seeking a preliminary injunction that would prevent Wells College from admitting men until 2008.
The students’ lawyer, Peter Carmen, told the Associated Press,
We’re asking for very limited relief. We just watn the women who applied to, and were accepted, by a woman’s college to be able to graduate from a women’s college.
Ann Rollo, vice president for external relations for Wells College, told the Associated Press that the college was moving forward with plans to admit men,
It is the students’ choice to pursue legal actionbut we remain focused on moving forward. Students, faculty and staff are fully engaged to make this work.
Source:
Students sue Wells College to delay admission of men. Associated Press, November 30, 2004.
Students demand ban. Indiana Daily Students, December 1, 2004.
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