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- Daniel talks with Cybill Fix, a reporter with the Charleston Post and Courier, about the announcement today by two female cadets at the Citadel that they are dropping out of the military school because they feel unwelcome as women and because the school has not lived up to its promise to protect them from harassment. Last year, a highly publicized Supreme Court ruling forced the school to accept women against its will.

While the President and his cabinet continue to push for the education initiatives announced in the State of the Union message, there are already signs of disagreements among members of the education community in the fine print. As NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports, some educators are uncomfortable with the degree of federal involvement suggested by the plan. For example, the federral government could require certification of those students who have a B average so that they may qualify for federal tax benefits.

Lake Tahoe is known as one of the country's most beautiful lakes. But decades of overdevelopment and heavy tourist traffic have polluted the lake and turned the region into a tacky sprawl of t-shirt shops, motels and fast food joints. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports that after years of antagonism, environmentalists and business people have concluded that saving the lake is in both of their interests and are working together to balance environmental protection and economic growth.

NPR's Tovia Smith reports that good manners and decency have become part of a formal curriculum for elementary school students at more than one hundred Massachusetts schools. Students learn not to interrupt each other and how to give and accept compliments. Educators call it "social competency," but are these lessons taking away from teaching the three R's?

NPR's Peter Overby reports that some of the recent campaign fundraising scandals revolve around foreign trade missions organized by the Commerce Department. The missions are intended to promote U.S. businesses overseas, but some experts question their real value other than to reward big political donors. The missions are not limited to the current Democratic administration, but were also used widely in the previous Republican administrations.

Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott says Alexis Herman's confirmation as Labor Secretary is being held up by questions about her political activities when she worked at the White House. The Republican-led Senate is looking into Herman's role in a White House gathering last year, in which President Clinton and the Comptroller of the Currency met with banking industry executives. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports that the Clinton administration today received the highest Chinese military delegation ever to visit Washington, which is a strong sign that the administration means what it says about improving relations with Beijing. The delegation included the Chinese defense minister, who was the military commander during the 1989 Tiananmen massacre.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on today's verdict in the Food Lion suit against ABC news. The jury awarded five and a half million dollars in punitive damages to the grocery store chain. Two producers from the program "Prime Time Live" worked in the meat department and used undercover cameras to document unsanitary conditions. Two weeks ago, the jury decided that ABC had committed fraud by sending in the producers as workers.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on an experiment in the New York City subway system this week. At one stop, platform controllers were out in great numbers to enforce this radical concept: that those trying to get ON the train should step aside, and wait for those getting OFF. The idea is to speed the flow of trains during rush hour. Subway riders generally think the idea's great, and probably necessary only in New York.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that the defection of a high-level North Korean official to the South Korean Embassy in Beijing puts China in a diplomatic quandary. It also raises questions about U-S efforts to bring about four-party peace talks concerning the Korean peninsula.