NATION : Princeton Male Bastion Falls
The Supreme Court today refused to let the only remaining all-male eating club at Princeton University continue excluding women as members.
The court, without comment, let stand a ruling that Tiger Inn must admit women members this year.
The case began in 1979 when Sally Frank, then a Princeton junior, filed a complaint with New Jersey civil rights officials against Princeton and three eating clubs. Such clubs are similar to fraternities or sororities at other colleges and universities. Cottage Club admitted women in 1986 when it settled Frank’s suit. Ivy Club admitted 15 women in October.
Frank, now a 31-year-old assistant law professor at Drake University in Des Moines, accused Tiger Inn and Cottage and Ivy clubs of violating a New Jersey anti-discrimination law.
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