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The Heck With You, Harvard: All-Male Student Social Club Decides Not To Allow Females After All

Matthew McDonald

An all-male so-called "final club" at Harvard College has decided not to allow female undergraduates to join, reversing a decision to let females in and thus escape penalties Harvard is threatening.

The Fox Club is one of several private social clubs associate with the school that historically allowed in only male undergraduates. But Harvard is cracking down on single-sex organizations, threatening their members with sanctions such as not being able to serve as captain of an undergraduate sports team and not being eligible to get an endorsement from the school to apply for a Rhodes scholarship.

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Rhode Island Town Council Passes Resolution Calling for Boycott of Nike

Matthew McDonald

The town council of North Smithfield, Rhode Island passed a resolution 3-2 asking town departments not to buy products from Nike because of the company's embrace of Colin Kaepernick.

Local chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the American Civil Liberties Union are condemning the Monday vote as racist and an infringement on free speech, according to the Providence Journal.

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