Word: externships
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Ultimately, of course, it is hard to find unequivocal grounds on which to condemn the clubs. Benign discrimination on the basis of sex is commonplace in our society: Radcliffe denies its externship programs programs and grant money (as well as its diploma) to males, the varsity football squad rejects aspiring female linebackers and neither sex is allowed in the other's respective public bathrooms. Militant smear tactics are the last refuge of those unable to make a compelling legal argument that will distinguish between the Fly Club and things as harmless as Wellesley College, both institutions that deny their benefits...
Radcliffe also offers various non-academic programs geared specifically toward women undergraduates. The school offers a spring-break externship program which gives students the opportunity to live and work with an alumna and a mentor program which introduces undergraduates to "role-model" alumnae in the Boston area. The college also dispenses funding for special projects for which any undergraduate may apply...
...winners will receive a week-long journalism externship, and will attend an IOP dinner to be held in their honor...
Bovet said the new program may be an alternative for women undergraduates who miss out on the overbooked Radcliffe externship programs, which are offered during spring vacations...
This year, the committee will grant a new award to encourage undergraduates to write on political issues, Gelfman said. The student who submits the best article or paper will win a week-long externship with a political journalist of publication Gelfman added...