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DSU changes its mind
by Title IX Blog
posted April 9, 2010 at 2:06pm

Right before a scheduled hearing before a district court judge in Delaware, Delaware State University announced it would keep its equestrian team for another year. This rendered, of course, the hearing, which was an attempt by the plaintiffs to get an inj...more

The privilege of outside status and a narrow view (Griner Commentary)
by After Atalanta
posted April 7, 2010 at 12:55pm

Until yesterday morning, I had not read anything about how Brittney Griner of Baylor has been treated by the fans and by the media. And I don't mean the reaction to her punching a Texas Tech player a couple of months ago. We all know that. I meant the rea...more

Caster Semenya, IAAF ineptitude, Marx not the answer
by Athletic Women Blog
posted April 5, 2010 at 7:06pm

I rarely find much sound thinking in the writings of an avowed Marxist, but "Let Caster Semenya Run!" by Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf actually contains snippets of clarity, as here: What is really at stake here, aside from the persecution of a young athle...more

FIFA Makes Its Islamophobia Official & Bans Iranian Women for Donning the Hijab
by From A Left Wing
posted April 4, 2010 at 9:07am

Iran's National Women's Football Team, 2007 FIFA has declared that Iran can't enter its women's team into this August's Youth Olympic Games if its athletes play in headscarves. Iran's football association is calling for international protest - quite r...more

New CEO for WSF
by Title IX Blog
posted April 2, 2010 at 10:24pm

The Women's Sports Foundation has named Kathryn Olson its new CEO.Olson is a former exec at Shutterfly and Leapfrog Enterprises. She lives in San Francisco and will be opening an office there though WSF headquarters remain in NY.Olson was already a member...more

Civil Rights Commission Endorses Model Survey
by Title IX Blog
posted April 2, 2010 at 12:32pm

In a disappointing but not exactly surprising move, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has issued a report that endorsing the practice of colleges and universities to measure compliance with prong three by relying on the Model Survey method that the Depa...more

Phoebe Prince, School Harassment Cases, and Title IX
by Womenstake
posted April 1, 2010 at 5:12pm

by Nicole Marschean, InternNational Women's Law Center Phoebe Prince was not just the “new girl” at South Hadley High School in Western Massachusetts, but also new to the American education system. When Prince and her family moved from a small town ...more

National Women’s Law Center's Comments to the Task Force on Childhood Obesity
by Womenstake
posted March 31, 2010 at 10:26pm

by Neena Chaudhry, Senior CounselNational Women’s Law Center Last week, the Center submitted two sets of comments to the Task Force on Childhood Obesity, which was recently established by President Obama. The Task Force asked for public input to assis...more

Delaware State Invokes Prong 2, Cheerleading in Defense
by Title IX Blog
posted March 31, 2010 at 10:09pm

Delaware State University is reportedly defending its decision to cut the women's equestrian team by claiming it nevertheless complies with prong two: the compliance test that requires a university to show a history and continuing practice of expanding wo...more

Texas textbooks and Title IX
by Title IX Blog
posted March 31, 2010 at 6:58pm

The recent changes to social studies curriculum in Texas will result in textbooks that talk about the "unintended consequences" of Title IX (and the Great Society, and affirmative action). The issue, of course, is that changes in Texas are likely to mean ...more

How Title IX saved OU basketball
by Women's Sports Blog
posted March 30, 2010 at 3:54pm

A sobering report on the attempt in 1990 to cut Oklahoma's women's basketball program. Odd that the reporter mentioned the threat of a lawsuit, but not that cutting a women's program without corresponding cuts on the men's side is a violation of Title...more

Let’s agree: The challenge in Title IX compliance is football. Now we can talk.
by Fair Game News
posted March 25, 2010 at 6:24pm

By Laura Pappano Given that the Super Bowl is a distant memory, the NFL Combine is done – and we have a day or two before spring college football begins (yes, games are now broadcast on TV), we have a sliver of free air to highlight Vanderbilt vice Cha...more

University of North Florida cuts swimming and diving
by Title IX Blog
posted March 24, 2010 at 5:45pm

The University of North Florida in Jacksonville, citing financial constraints, conference affiliation, and facilities, announced earlier this week that it will cut its women's swimming and diving team. There was no mention of any plans to add a different ...more

One way or another?
by Title IX Blog
posted March 24, 2010 at 10:13am

A panel on gender equity and intercollegiate sports held at Vanderbilt University Law School yesterday brought out a Title IX founder, a realist, and a wrestling coach.According to the AP coverage, the panel discussion focused on "whether the law requirin...more

White female athletes, black male athletes and Title IX
by Title IX Blog
posted March 21, 2010 at 7:45pm

University of Georgia professor Dr. Billy Hawkins has a new book out about the black athletes and intercollegiate sports. It appears, from this press release, that a majority of the book. The New Plantation, focuses on the young men in revenue-producing s...more

Judge holds Hawaii HS Softball Field violates Title IX
by Title IX Blog
posted March 20, 2010 at 8:56pm

Yesterday a federal district court judge in Hawaii ruled in favor of the girls' softball team at Baldwin High School, in Maui County, who had sued the county and the state board of education over the condition of the softball field. According to the pre...more

Must there be a gun (okay, we mean rifle) Battle of the Sexes?
by Fair Game News
posted March 18, 2010 at 6:22pm

By Laura Pappano When Jonathan Hall captured the air-rifle individual title at the NCAA Rifle Championships, held at Texas Christian University last weekend, he realized what a big deal it was. “I had to represent the men,” said Hall, according to an...more

The US men will not win the World Cup...
by Title IX Blog
posted March 16, 2010 at 10:09am

...and it's all Title IX's fault. Well it is if you believe this guy who blames Title IX for the demise of men's soccer programs at the intercollegiate level thus depleting the pool of national team members.He does cite other issues such as the lack of po...more

Capitol Hill supporting Physical Education
by Jennie Finch
posted March 15, 2010 at 9:27pm

Last week I joined an incredible list of athletes and the Sporting Goods Manufacturing Assoc. for National Health through Fitness day. Our goal was to try to gain support for the Physical Education Bill. Thank you Mizuno for being so actively involved an...more

Cuts forthcoming at Davis
by Title IX Blog
posted March 15, 2010 at 10:08am

Due to a major budget shortfall this year, the UC Davis athletic department has been asked to cut $1.79 million from the department budget next year. The school has given the department control over how to cut its budget, but it's a nearly foregone conclu...more

Second lawsuit filed against Delaware State
by Title IX Blog
posted March 12, 2010 at 10:09am

Fifteen members of the recently-terminated Delaware State equestrian team have filed suit in federal court, challenging the school's decision to cut their team as a violation of Title IX. The Women's Law Project and Flaster Greenburg, a Philadelphia-base...more

Ohio school district decides location for softball field
by Title IX Blog
posted March 11, 2010 at 6:38pm

Here is a brief update from Chillicothe, Ohio, where the school district has been struggling for months to resolve disparities in its facilities for softball and baseball. Last fall, the ACLU notified the school district via letter that the lack of a per...more

Point Loma Nazarene University cuts four teams
by Title IX Blog
posted March 9, 2010 at 9:58am

Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego announced last week that this year would be the last for four of its sports teams: men's golf, men's track, men's cross country, and women's softball. PLNU reportedly explained the cuts as necessary to achieve ...more

Around the World, Women Have Reason to Celebrate and Work to Do
by Womenstake
posted March 8, 2010 at 9:15pm

by Amy Quinn, Senior Policy Analyst, National Women's Law Center As the 100th International Women’s Day is observed today around the world, women have much to celebrate. Today’s women and girls have inherited a path made smoother by the brave effor...more

Student fees funding athletic departments
by Title IX Blog
posted March 5, 2010 at 8:30pm

A while ago we mentioned that San Diego State University raised its student athletic fee by a fairly large percent in order to, among other things, add two women's sports.This article notes that the raising of student fees, sometimes with student support,...more

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