The choice to add coeducational residential programs at Mary Baldwin University — which has never hosted male students on campus in its 175-year history — has been met by swift, and decisive opposition from students and alumnae.
Images of squirrels in pearls with the caption "Forever" have sprung up as profile pictures on Facebook. The hashtag #notmymarybaldwin is rampant on Twitter. Even Sweet Briar College students and alumnae chimed in on social media in solidarity after their school almost closed in 2015.
"I'm so disappointed," said graduate Lisa Craig. "I chose a women's college because I believed that women empowering women was so important. This feels like a kick in the teeth!"
