NBC Nightly News - 1996-09-21
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[0:00] [Music]
[0:02] there's a big change to report to you
[0:04] tonight history comes crashing down at
[0:06] an American institution what they're
[0:08] saying tonight about the search for what
[0:09] caused the crash of tww Flight
[0:12] 800 and the fight over when and where to
[0:15] meet face to face closing in on a deal
[0:17] to
[0:19] debate from NBC News world headquarters
[0:22] in New York this is NBC Nightly News
[0:26] reported by Brian
[0:28] Williams good evening we begin tonight
[0:30] with a sea change at an Atlantic Coast
[0:33] institution it was founded back in 1839
[0:36] when Martin Van Beren was president of
[0:38] the US its most famous graduate George C
[0:41] Marshall is the only soldier ever to win
[0:43] the Nobel Peace Prize from day one the
[0:46] state supported Virginia Military
[0:48] Institute only admitted males but
[0:50] tonight times are about to change our
[0:52] report from NBC's Andrea
[0:54] McCarron secretary reports the vote is 9
[0:57] to8 the motion is carried pleas
[1:01] with that announcement the Virginia
[1:03] Military Institute ended an era it was a
[1:06] stunning defeat for the overwhelming
[1:08] number of VMI alumni who fought
[1:10] passionately to preserve the school's
[1:12] 157 year-old all male tradition women
[1:16] will be admitted to VMI next fall
[1:18] there's no question the sentiment of the
[1:20] board 100% is that we would prefer for
[1:23] VMI to remain all male and state
[1:26] supported in June the Supreme Court
[1:28] ruled that VMI 's policy of excluding
[1:31] women was
[1:32] unconstitutional the historic Military
[1:34] College in the Blue Ridge Mountains of
[1:36] Virginia was left with two options
[1:39] become co-ed and keep it State funding
[1:41] or go private and raise at least $200
[1:45] [Ap