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Merrimack College adding women's sports
by Title IX Blog
posted October 3, 2012 at 9:11pm

We won't lie. We're pretty excited to see another women's hockey team at the DI level. What's also nice is that the team is being added along with five other women's sports at Merrimack College, for a total of 80 new opportunities. The additions are part ...more

Richmond Drops Men's Soccer and Track In Order To Add Men's Lacrosse
by Title IX Blog
posted October 3, 2012 at 8:45am

The University of Richmond recently announced plans to eliminate men's soccer and track, in order that it may elevate men's lacrosse to varsity status.  This article reports on a "contentious" forum last weekend, at which the University explained the...more

Enjoy Some Good Ol' HATE MAIL!
by Felicity (Fawkes) Hawksley
posted September 29, 2012 at 9:47am

I just sent this email to the Guardian Sports desk.  I doubt very much that anyone will ever read it; that I will ever get a reply or that their practices will change.  Hence the silly tone - might as well have some fun whilst you're failing ...more

Today in History: Billie Jean King and The Battle of The Sexes
by Pretty Tough
posted September 21, 2012 at 6:24am

Chances are, you can’t remember a historic event that happened 39 years ago today. But it was on this day in 1973 that Billie Jean King took on Bobby Riggs in the iconic tennis match known as the Battle of  the Sexes. So much more than ju...more

Why the term 'tomboy' needs to go
by The Rabbit Hole
posted September 21, 2012 at 6:20am

I used to be a tomboy. Technically, I suppose I still am a tomboy.  I was always proud to be identified as a tomboy. It meant I wasn't a girly-girl. It meant I was good at sports.  A couple of decades later I realize that I was, still am, and wi...more

Professor Grossman's Column on Single-Sex Education
by Title IX Blog
posted September 19, 2012 at 5:47pm

Hofstra law professor Joanna Grossman's most recent column on Justia.com examines the ACLU's recent challenge to single-sex classes at a West Virginia middle school (a case we also blogged about) and its study of single-sex education in America, called "T...more

Tasteless jokes about football video games to justify Violence Against Women
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted September 18, 2012 at 9:23pm

BY: SHIREEN AHMEDI'm not a much of a recreational gamer. I have never been interested in video games. I don't like simulating life when one can be OUT there actually living it. Why play NBA or NHL when one can go outside or to a gym and engage in real pla...more

The cautious progress narrative?
by After Atalanta
posted September 18, 2012 at 9:17pm

I started reading this column with a little hesitation. The end of the Kournikova era? Really? Are not female athletes, including the columnist's celebrated Alex Morgan, still stripping down to promote their bodies, um, er, their sport, um...? Yes, it's ...more

AAUW holds event for Title IX
by Sports, Media & Society
posted September 11, 2012 at 8:17am

Title IX celebrated its "official" signing date birthday over the summer, but the education initiatives about the legislation are far from over. To set the tone for the new academic year, the State College chapter of the American Association of Universi...more

OCR Called to Investigate Title IX Violations by the South Carolina Department of Education and 20 School Districts
by Title IX Blog
posted September 10, 2012 at 7:26am

We've got our eye on a number of complaints reportedly filed with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights targeting sex discrimination in athletics in the state of South Carolina.  One complaint names the South Carolina Department ...more

Oregon parent pursues lawsuit
by Title IX Blog
posted September 7, 2012 at 7:23am

In July we wrote about Randy Anderson, a parent of a softball player in the Seaside School District in Oregon. He was challenging the lack of access the girls' softball team had to the city's new premier athletic facility. The school district later announ...more

Social Justice Feminism Conference at University of Cincinnati
by Title IX Blog
posted September 2, 2012 at 8:25pm

Allow me to plug an upcoming conference on Social Justice Feminism, sponsored by the Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice at the University of Cincinnati School of Law.  From October 25 to October 27, panelists including advocates, activists, ...more

Federal Court Enjoins Nonvoluntary Single-Sex Classes in West Virginia
by Title IX Blog
posted August 31, 2012 at 5:49pm

A federal district court in West Virginia recently ordered an injunction against single-sex classes at Van Devender Middle School in Parkersburg, West Virginia (for an earlier post about the lawsuit, filed by the ACLU on behalf of a parent, see here).&nbs...;more

Why Women’s Athletics? Selling Its Benefits In Tough Economic Times
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 31, 2012 at 3:33pm

source I wrote this article for the Fall 2010 NCAA Champion magazine.  I found that the more I talked to female athletes at all levels, many of them really didn’t understand Title IX or the value of women’s athletics.  My goal in th...more

Cheer Coach's Lawsuit Survives Motion to Dismiss
by Title IX Blog
posted August 31, 2012 at 8:34am

We blogged last year about Debbie Greenwell's lawsuit against the University of Alabama.  Greenwell had been the university's highly successful cheerleading coach until she was terminated from her position for reasons that she alleges are retaliatory...more

Is Islam Compatible With Women's Sports, Fitness and Health?
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 31, 2012 at 8:22am

By Shahnaz Taplin-Chinoy As the Olympian winners savor their gold, silver and bronze medals and the London party winds down, I think much of the world is still perplexed by the intersection between Islam, women and sports.The global Muslim mosaic is mult...more

An Islamic Opinion: "The Integration between Sports and Islam
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 31, 2012 at 8:19am

Sports and Islam have relevance and be consistent when done accordance Islamic rules and laws applicableExercise a key factor in order to be a healthy and strong body to perform various activities. In Islam, the sport not only intended to make the body he...more

Grand Jury Won't Press Charges Against Xavier Student Expelled for Sexual Assault
by Title IX Blog
posted August 29, 2012 at 9:22pm

The University of Montana, which we blogged about earlier today, was not the only university in the news this week in a story involving athletes and sexual assault.  A grand jury in Ohio decided not to file charges against Dezmin Wells, a former Xavi...more

University of Montana Imposes Online Training to Prevent Sexual Assault
by Title IX Blog
posted August 29, 2012 at 9:20pm

As readers well know, the Department of Justice is currently investigating the University of Montana on charges that it failed to respond appropriately and prevent numerous incidents sexual assault in recent years, including the possibility that the Unive...more

UN Women and IOC join forces!
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 27, 2012 at 5:08pm

UN Women signs partnership agreement with the International Olympic Committee to advance gender equalityPosted on August 23 2012 | NewsUN Women and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have signed a partnership agreement which will pro...more

Complaint Filed Against Wisconsin School District
by Title IX Blog
posted August 23, 2012 at 9:13pm

Parents in New Berlin, Wisconsin filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights last week alleging that inferior facilities for female athletes, as well as other inequities in athletics at Eisenhower High School, violate Title IX.  Primarily, the...more

“IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME” or, A Real Olympic Legacy
by Women in Sport International
posted August 18, 2012 at 7:35am

Tweet “IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME” or, A Real Olympic Legacy By Felicity Hawksley, Twitter: @thesportscarton, Personal Blog: http://stackpolesspin.wordpress.com/ The marginally incorrect “if you build it, they will come” i...more

Why is the focus on Gabby Douglas' hair and not her Olympic accomplishments?
by Sports, Media & Society
posted August 17, 2012 at 4:32pm

The ridiculous attention given to the hairdo of Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas knows no bounds. The 16-year-old recently received a “makeover” in which her hair looks much more in line with European beauty standards, according to media reports...more

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