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Every once in a while, we find somebody who is willing to cross the quota divide. In this case, that somebody is a blogger who calls himself, Hill Rat:
In 2005 the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights offered additional clarification of the three-prong test of compliance. In this clarification, the OCR provides chapter and verse on how an ...
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Back in the 1980s, the University of Dayton dropped its varsity wrestling program in order to comply with Title IX. But thanks to some enterprising individuals, the school has started a club team and hosted its first tournament in a couple of decades this past weekend.
Better yet, Dayton came away from the tournament, which also included Bowling ...
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From an Equity in Athletics press release:
Equity in Athletics, Inc. ("EIA") filed a petition that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hear EIA's case for a preliminary injunction to reinstate the ten intercollegiate athletic teams that James Madison University ("JMU") demoted to club status effective July 1, 2007.
The petition argues argues that the U.S. ...
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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 ...
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A couple of days back, we pointed to a story at the Daily Illini that took a rather balanced look at Title IX, something we don't see a lot of in the mainstream media.
But then again, as we know, anyone who dares to sing even a solitary note that isn't in solidarity with the folks in the quota business better be prepared to suffer the consequences....
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The students and faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University are currently involved in a debate over whether or not to add a varsity football program at the school. Kristine Newhall at the Title IX blog approvingly quoted Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist Paul Woody as he used the news as an opportunity to engage in some revisionist history:
Faced with ...
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Details from Delaware Online.
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It seems that the hardliners in favor of the quota system in Title IX enforcement are taking notice of a new campaign by the Fairness in Sports Foundation (FISE): MOMSS: Moms on a Mission to Save Sports.
Here's Kristine Newhall at the Title IX blog:
I probably don't need to point out the irony in their use of the term "fairness" or that their board ...
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More and more often, we're finding journalists who refuse to buy the hardline messages about Title IX enforcement from the quota crowd. The latest example comes from Kevin Kaplan, who writes for the Daily Illini at the University of Illinois.
In today's edition of the newspaper, Kaplan writes about how Title IX has forced the University to resist ...
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Football 'n' Politics 'n' You has some thoughts on the demise of JV Football at the college level:
Given the above, and the relatively small (for Division I programs, basically negligible) cost of JV programs - why have they gone the way of the dodo?, or at least the giant panda?
The answer lies is the limits on squad size adopted by many colleges and ...
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