Nation IN BRIEF : SOUTH CAROLINA : Woman’s Citadel Suit Trial Is Under Way
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Shannon Faulkner’s attempt to force The Citadel to admit her to the corps of cadets is trying to force “a unisex world view of the law of the land,” the state military school’s lawyer said. As the trial of her suit opened in Charleston, S.C., Faulkner’s attorneys said the case is about fairness. She was accepted after gender references on her high school transcript were deleted.
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