From
Dickens
to the
Ducks
By STEVE JETT
Of the Emerald
Julie Carson glanced at the
Oregon Duck poster hanging on
a wall in her athletic department
office
"I'm used to having Charles
Dickens on the wall." jokes the
former Engish teacher who is
now Oregon's deputy athletic
director, a position believed to
be the highest attained by a
woman at a Division 1 school
Before being named to the
office last July. Carson was an
assistant English professor and
a faculty representative for
women's intercollegiate sports
at the University of Minnesota
But she felt the women’s
movement in sports was ac
celerating and she wanted to be
part of it She got her chance
when she was named to the
Oregon post
This English business I’ve
had enough of." she says "At
Minnesota. I didn t have enough
authority (in women's athletics)
I was faculty rep and I was
helpful But I couldn't make any
decisions"
At Oregon. I really feel I can
be part of the movement, which
being a classroom teacher
wasn t giving me." she says
" There would have been no
reason to come here unless I
had something I wanted to do I
didn't need the job. 1 wanted it "
Carson s position is newly es
tablished at Oregon. As deputy
director she heads the women’s
athletic program and is second
to Athletic Director John Caine
in overall department authority
Among Carson's goals in
Eugene is adding women's golf
and soccer programs and
building both men's and
women s tennis programs
"Tennis has been a stepchild
too long,'' she says "And I want
to change that"
She also hopes to form a
women's hall of fame "I'm try
ing to getf very good pictures of
women who became distin
guished athletes and who at one
time went to U of O.," she says.
"Some vintage photos would be
good ”
In addition to her teaching
experience. Carson has an ex
tensive backround in sports
Before she went to Minnesota in
1972, she coached high school
and club swimming for five
years and coached women's
basketball at Siena Heights
College in Michigan She also
held a position in the Women's
Athletic Association at the
University of Michigan
However, Carson admits she
approached the Oregon posi
tion with "eyes wide open."
"f think l had to because I was
leaving a lot in Minnesota, she
says I was leaving job security,
a professional reputation There
had to be a reAi strong motiva
tion to leve all that."
So far, she hasn't encoun
tered any major problems
"I think if we had the budget
of a USC or a UCLA, there would
be no stumbling blocks at all."
says Carson "But I haven't
found a major stumbling block
yet I don't think many women
athletic directors enjoy the kind
of atmosphere that I have here. I
don't find a hostile attitudes
against women s athletics in
this community It's a good
place to be building
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the Oregon facilities "are
probably the poorest I’ve seen
at a major institution for women
But it's not like the men are
living in suites and we are living
in a ghetto. Poor facilities are
not uncommon (to both men's
and women's programs at
Oregon) and we are trying to
improve them here
But she realizes the progress
of women's athletics, at Oregon
and in general, has depended
heavily on the enforcement of
Title IX
"That was the impetus, I
think, for the development of
women’s athletics,” she says
“At first, there may have been a
lot of hostile, negative feelings,
but I think we are working
through that ”
Which is one of the reason
why Carson says "I wouldn’t be
anywhere else I came here with
some dreams tucked in my
pocket and I intend to get them.
If you have an idea and a dream
and you keep building it, I don't
think you can get burned out ”
A certain former English
teacher hasn't
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