5 Results for tag: protest

Softball Team Leads Anti-Title IX Protest; PLNU Men’s Golf Coach Speaks Out on Title IX

On Friday we told you about the situation at Point Loma Nazarene University, a school in San Diego that cut four teams -- 3 men's and one women's -- in order to comply with the strict proportionality prong of Title IX. Yesterday, about 100 PLNU students, led by the members of the softball team, got together to protest the cuts: Some carried signs ... More

Female X-Country Runner Stands Up for Men’s Team at Delaware

A little less than a week ago we pointed to a story that there was a rumor on the campus of the University of Delaware that the men's cross country team was about to cut cut due to Title IX. Well, where there's smoke, there's fire, and Lexi Ambrogi, a senior at Delaware and a member of the women's cross-country team, doesn't understand why this ... More

Olympic Greats John Naber, Peter Vidmar, Dan Gable and Cael Sanderson join with Actor Billy Baldwin Calling for ‘Common Sense’ reform of Title IX

Earlier today, the College Sports Council issued the following press release: Washington, D.C., August 4, 2008 – Over 25 U.S. Olympians and over 35 NCAA Champions have endorsed a College Sports Council petition calling on the U.S. Congress to enact common sense reform of the federal regulations governing Title IX compliance. As of today, U.S. ... More

CSC Provides the Platform: Student Athletes Speak Out Against Cuts

Sports Council Update, November 2006 www.collegesportscouncil.org FROM: Jessica Gavora, CSC Director of Communications Dear Friends of the CSC; When James Madison University (JMU) announced on September 29 the elimination of 10 athletic teams in order to comply with Title IX proportionality - the largest single act of Title IX related cuts by ... More

JMU Rally

Here’s the story from US News & World Report on the rally. More