BRIEFLY : GROUP SAYS SCHOOLS HAVE ANTI-WOMAN BIAS.Twenty-five colleges and universities, including Vanderbilt, Duke, Wake Forest, Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing and Brigham Young, were accused Monday of discriminating against female athletes when providing scholarship opportunities. The National Women's Law Center The National Women's Law Center (NWLC) is a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization. Through litigation and policy initiatives, the Center strives to improve the lives of women and their families in the areas of health, employment, family economic security, and education. filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights accusing the schools of violating the 1972 law known as Title IX. The organization alleges that female athletes receive just over one-third of the scholarship dollars nationwide. Title IX, a federal law credited by many with changing the face of women's sports and influencing society's attitudes about women, bans discrimination in education based on sex. All public and private colleges that receive federal money are covered by the law. The complaint comes as officials mark the 25th anniversary of the Title IX law this month. ``Female students have waited 25 years for equity at our nation's colleges and universities,'' said Marcia D. Greenberger, co-president of the law center. ``They have waited long enough.'' The education department will evaluate the complaints within 135 days. Center officials said they are prepared to file a lawsuit if no remedies are implemented. Track and field: A day after winning the title of ``World's Fastest Man,'' sprinter Donovan Bailey Donovan Bailey (born December 16, 1967) is a Canadian former athlete. Born in Manchester, Jamaica, Bailey emigrated from Jamaica to Canada at age 13, and played basketball before his graduation at Queen Elizabeth Park High School in Oakville, Ontario. apologized for calling rival Michael Johnson Michael Johnson or Mike Johnson may refer to:
Johnson had to quit midway through with an injury. ``I have tremendous respect for Michael's athletic ability and I hope that the injury he sustained is not season-threatening,'' Bailey said in a statement. ``I wish him a speedy return to competition.'' NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga : The Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys hope Miller will serve as the deep threat they were missing last season when they finished 24th in the NFL in total offense. Miller was released by the Denver Broncos for salary-cap reasons earlier Monday. |
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