Linda talks with Colonel Terry Leedom (LEE-dum), the Director of Public Affairs for The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina which recently opened its doors to women. The Citadel has just released its guidelines for admitting women and for the conduct of its cadets. These rules cover everything from living arrangements to shower arrangements to the kinds of makeup the new cadets may wear. For example, Leedom says that women's hair must be short, but not shaved, like the men's hair. He also says that the women will wear men's uniforms until the Citadel figures how many skirts it needs to buy.

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