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Title IX, strength behind womens’ athletics
The Mac Court fans clap and stomp time as
the University's women's basketball team works a
solid defense against a tenacious Montana team
In one fluid motion, Bev Smith reaches up and
tips a pass away from one Montana player, fielding
the loose ball on the run. She cuts left, then
charges straight in. Her speed and ball control
baffles the lone Montana defender When the ball
falls gently through the net, Mac Court erupts in
thundering applause
Nearly four thousand fans were at Mac Court
Saturday — partly to pay tribute to all-American
Smith who played four years for the University —
and partly to see the University's most successful
team
The women's basketball team has compiled
the winningest record of all University sports.
They are on the eve of the NCAA play-offs If they
play with the same precision and overall intensity
that they played with Saturday night, they will go
farther than any other University team this year
The women's athletic program at the Univer
sity is gaining in strength and national prestige
But funding and fan attendance doesn t ad
equately reflect the excellence of the program
The major share of the funding still goes to men's
athletics And fans also, perhaps masochistically,
still turn out in greater numbers for the men's
sports
The underlying reason women's athletics
have made the gains they have is the University’s
commitment to Title IX That commitment has
been upheld to the letter When cuts in the
University budget jeopardized athletics — the
University, to its credit, even-handedly cut men’s
and women’s sports
No one can be so optimistic as to assume that
the latest round of budget reductions were the last
the State System of Higher Education will mete out
to the individual institutions There is talk already
that this recent special session will not entirely
solve Oregon's dismal revenue situation. Some
speculators see another special session in June.
Title IX is pointed to by some officials as
causing more funding problems than it is worth
Yet, without Title IX women's athletics at the
University would've been seriously curtailed
Women's sports don’t have the cut-throat
emphasis that men’s sports have Women's sports
seem to embody the finest principles of collegiate
competition For the most part men's sports are
pre-professional, veritable farm clubs for big
money professional athletics
The many ovations Smith received in the
post-game ceremonies retiring her number illus
trates the respect the fans have for her Smith's
efforts over four years are the best examples of the
importance of Title IX.
gabriel boehmer
editor’s note
The University of Oregon boasts an enrollment of more
than 16,000 men and women, the majority of whom are in the
heyday of their youth And still, some people can't find adate
While many students flock to libraries and taverns on
Friday afternoons in search of companionship, countless
others have rejected traditional schemes of wooing members
of the opposite sex
Skeptical that their Wheel of Fortune will ever stop on a
winning number, some singles have attempted to eliminate
the guesswork from dating by advertising their love for sale
Since newspapers are partially dependent upon clas
sified advertising revenues for their continued operation,
editors applaud those who have turned to the classifieds in
search of a fast friend
So for the benefit of those who would like to close the
book on hit-and-miss romance while supporting the Fourth
Estate, I have compiled the following examples of classified
adverstisments from the personals column of a reputable
metropolitan weekly newspaper Should you choose to write
your own advertisement, these should serve as a helpful
guide
• A PROFESSOR WHO IS male, 55. divorced, intellectual,
literate, articulate, accomplished, widely knowledgeable
non-stuffy, iconoclastic, caring, tender and menschlich is
looking for a serious mutually supportive relationship with a
woman who is warm, open hearted, independent, flexible.
non-exploitive, non-manipulative. non-smoker and younger
• JOURNALIST Jewish white female 30 s seeks male
journalists All ages, nationalities welcome Intrigued by arts,
travel Zionism Friendship, romance possible
• CLASSICAL MUSICIAN Male. 43, 5'8 1501b, needs
pretty female. 18-35, not thin, preferably into primal or
bioenergetics, to work with on a one to one basis to sup
plement therapy I am sensitive, intelligent, understanding,
average looking, with a good sense of humor but need to
work thru early childhood affectional deprivation If you want
a true friend for a sincere relationship and need to be needed
& appreciated then please write Photo helpful
• MARRIED BUT STILL SEARCHING? I am an attr marr
33yr old white male, highly educated, sensitive and fun to be
with. I happily marr so why place an ad7 Because I have come
to believe that one person cannot meet all of another
person's needs no matter how close their rlnshp If you are
an attr marr Woman 21-39. who share these feelings & are
looking for an unpressured mutually rewarding supplemental
rlnshp: you found a soul mate Send photo and phone,
discretion assured and requested Let s enjoy each other
You would imagine that if these people actually had all
the attributes they advertised, they would need an answering
service instead of a post office box
The Emerald classified advertising department can be
reached by calling 686-4343
Moralities
To Cort Fernald s column on
abortion and to the three letters
reviewing Matt Meyer s review
of Making Love" (Feb 25) All
the writers seem to ignore moral
responsibility in their lives
The lady in Cort Fernald's
column knew the chances she
was taking in allowing herself to
be whacked up by a guy, but
chose to ignore them After
playing the game and losing she
tried to escape by killing herself
Even if she decided out of
selfishness, that she didn't want
to be "forced to raise an un
wanted child." there are plenty
of good adoption agencies
Closed Mind asks why
should a homosexual be any
more worried about public
opinion than a guy sleeping with
someone else s wife7 He
shouldn't, they're both equally
wrong After thinking about the
effects of their actions, they may
realize that to selfishly pursue
their desires would hurt
someone else _ . _
Craig Conner
Sophomore, physics
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