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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALPHA NU ALUMNAE CELEBRATING MILESTONE ANNIVERSARIES IN 2020 T his year, the following alumnae are celebrating the 75-, 60- and 50-year anniversaries of their initiation into Alpha Chi Omega. All alumnae celebrating anniversaries are contacted by ACW National Headquarters regarding their milestone pin if contact information is available. Those affiliated with an alumnae chapter generally receive their milestone pins via their alumnae chapter. If an alumna is not a member of an alumnae chapter or was not contacted by National Headquarters, she can contact Vicky Harrison, archivist, at vharrison@alphachiomega.org or (317) 579-5050, ext. 234. 75 YEARS Mary Gilman '45 Mary Morgan Hansen '45 Agnes Kuehner Harris '45 Annetta Meyer Poirot '45 Patricia Lyle Ruddell '45 Beverly Hughes Schack '45 Georgia McCullough Wendell '45 Alma Wyatt Yeomans '45 60 YEARS Fredrica Suggett Fike '60 Suzanne Gregory Fogg '60 Mary Maples Glaser '60 Deann Neidfeldt Hardwick '60 Marilyn Miller Harris '60 Linda Sparks Hartmann '60 Lea Jarrett Hecht '60 Julia Marberry Marsden '60 Mary Ann Schmidt Peterson '60 Bonnie Breidenstein Ragland '60 Beverly Hawkins Schulze '60 Sue Ormiston Sherrod '60 Peck Rosebrough Sparks '60 Sharon Caruthers Spellman '60 50 YEARS Karen Ruegge Carson '70 Susan Trumble Chappell '70 Marcia Randall Forbach '70 Karen Hinds Foster '70 Janis Freeman '70 Barbara Ayars Hartnett '70 Karen Vandyke Jenkins '70 Carol Fribis Key '70 Kay Wildermuth Knox '70 Jo Koch '70 Diane Koch '70 Barbara Krueger '70 Molly Modzinski '70 Susanne Parker O'Meara '70 Carolyn Leutzinger Richey '70 Terry Ward Robards '70 Marilyn McNichols Simpson '70 Trish Oxler Smith '70 Cynthia Steinmetz '70 Suzanne Rahn Westbrook '70 Robin Young '70 I n December 2018, a pair of lawsuits challenging a Harvard sanctions policy that punishes students who join off-campus, single-sex social organizations were filed by sororities, fraternities and Harvard students. The lawsuits describe how Harvard used a campaign of threats and intimidation to scare students into abandoning their fundamental rights to free association and to live free of sex discrimination. In early January 2020, a state court judge denied Harvard's motion to dismiss sororities' legal challenge to Harvard's policy punishing students who participate in single-sex organizations. "This decision recognizes what we've long known to be true: that sorority members have rights to freedom of association and should be free from sex discrimination," said Emma Quinn-Judge of Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP, a lawyer for the plaintiffs. This is the second court to dismiss Harvard's challenge to the ongoing lawsuits. It concluded there was sufficient evidence indicating Harvard restricted students' constitutionally protected rights. Following the news, Dani Weatherford, CEO of the National Panhellenic Conference, and Judson Horras, CEO of the North American Interfraternity Conference, released a joint statement. "For a second time, a court has found what is obvious to nearly anyone who's looked at this case: There is considerable evidence that Harvard's policies have violated the rights of its students and done unique harm to women's spaces in particular. "It is now long-past time for Harvard to repeal this discriminatory policy. Instead of enforcing a policy that tramples students' rights at Harvard, we hope the university will join us in productive dialogue about building a healthy and more inclusive campus culture." As background, in May 2016, Harvard announced a new policy stating that beginning with the class of 2021, undergraduates at Harvard who are also members of unrecognized single-gender social organizations (which includes sororities and fraternities) will not be permitted to hold leadership positions in recognized student organizations or on athletic teams and they will not be eligible for letters of recommendation for scholarship opportunities. "As a result of this policy, almost all of the once vibrant sororities and women's final clubs open to Harvard women have either closed or had to renounce their proud status as women's social organizations," said Renee Zainer, international president of Alpha Phi, a plaintiff organization in the state case. "Together, we are standing up to Harvard on behalf of all students, because they have the right to shape their own leadership and social paths." To learn the latest updates, visit standuptoharvard.org. #StandUpToHarvard Moves Forward Second Court Dismisses Harvard's Challenge to Prejudiced Policy alpha chi omega | page 10

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