Scholarship Offer Meant for Virgins

A University of Arizona alumna wants to give scholarships to American Indian women--especially if they’re virgins. No deal, said the school, which wants the proposal rewritten before it will accept. “We can’t dictate morals,” said Frank Felix, the university’s director of scholarship development. An information sheet distributed to high schools said the proposed $250,000 Sally Keith Scholarship fund would be available to Indian women who are residents of Arizona. Applicants would be judged more on personality than grades, and “preference will be given to a girl who has been able to say ‘no’ to sex,” the sheet said. Keith, 90, said she got the idea after learning about the high number of teen pregnancies in Arizona.