Muslim student is a trailblazer at Vermont military school
NORTHFIELD, Vt. — As a freshman at Norwich University, Sana Hamze is focused on the rigors of military college just like her fellow cadets: showering in less than five minutes, not looking superiors in the eye, and hiking up a mountain with a 50-pound pack.
But whether she thinks about it every day or not, the 18-year-old is also making history at the country’s oldest private military college. She is the first student at the school to ask for a religious accommodation to wear the headscarf that is central to her Muslim faith, a request the school granted.
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