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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1993)
with Women’s Sports IN TOUCH Title IX taking shape in California's colleges j California schools try ing to find ways to work with gender equity w of tin.' most influential anti controversial issues to attes t college athletics over the past tew ve.irs is litle !\. the federal law that mandates equal i jpport unity. The so-s ailed gender equity law ts placing a major role in how collegiate athletic departments deside where to spend their money. Schools are being forced to consider not only the monetary concerns of the department, hut also the equality of these concerns. Oregon is currently in the planning stages of how it will deal with the issue of gender equity in the future. List year the University '.till it was considering the addition ot a women’s athletic team in the future to try and even out the num ber ot athletic scholarships given to men and women. This same type ot debate ts going on m schixils all over the nation and sjs.uk mg debate on most college campuses T he issue ot gender equity is currently heating up at one C ahforma school, while others recently addressed the issue head-on. At USC. the ease ot Marianne Stan ley has the eyes of the nation watching. Stanley was the- successful womens head basketball coach tor the Trojans for the js.ist four seasons until tins summer, when she was unable to agree on a new contract. Stanley had compiled a 63-43 record at l SC and has taken her teams to the NCAA tournament in two of her last three seasons. Before coming to l !S( , Stanley coached at Old Dominion, wlu rc she built a dynasty in the late 19?0s and carle I98y\, leading the l.adv Monarchs to three national dump! onships and an Ni 1 title hxact details ot how the contract negotiations went are unclear, but it appears that Stanley and the tropins were only about 515,000 apart oset a three year pcrkxl In April. I ’St athlct ic director Mike darrett reportedly offered Stanley a three year deal that started at SS0.000 and increased by 510,000 each year. In addition, Stanley would continue to receive a 5ft,000 housing allowance and her assistant coach Barbara Thaxton would receive a pav raise as well. Stanley wanted a three year deal that would end with her being payed almost the same amount as l Si mens head coach George Raveling, about 5110,000 The first two years differed from l Si' s offer by $2,000 tn the first year and $6,000 ttt the second year When the two sides could not come to an agreement, l Si- apparently offered Stanley a one year deal tor 596,000, which included a clause that said Stanley would not sue the school However, once again, the two sides could not come to an agreement. finally, in August, Stanley was do trussed as head coach at l * SC and replaced hv former Troian All American Chervl Miller. Stanley responded by til mg a federal sex-disenmination suit against Garrett and the school itself This case will probably he tied up m the courts for a long tune, as the initial decision will almost certainly be chal lenged m the appellate courts I he issue has caught the attention of the sports world and will continue to do so as schools irv to find ways to make their Iill PHOTO Former USC women's basketball coach Marianne Stanley (center) Is pictured with the Trojan s 1992-93 senior class, Stanley s final group at USC ini-M ' .in*! women's departments equal Other universities in ( ahtornia recently made progress tow.itil re.idling gender equity when the t 'alitorm.i State University system and the National Organization tor Women made an agree merit last week USUS and NONX readied a settle ment that is designed to open up more opportunities tor female athletes in the state university system. I his plan is not going to directIv split men's and women's athletic, scholarships 50-50, hut instead assures the numlx-r available tor women will he close to equal yvtth the number of women on campus I bis agreement followed a lawsuit tdfil hv M( AX apainst ilu- state schools niit-m. i laimmpl SI S was in violation u| thf l ulltoima I illK atlon ( ode and the l ijual Protection Provision «>t the California Constitution. I he suit was tiled alter it was noted that more than one halt ol l SI !S students are women, hut only 10 percent ot student athletes were women USl is an independent, private si bool, and as such is not affiliated Wnil the t SI IS system. 1 bus these two deci sions are not interrelated, hut it is inter esiinp to notice the differences wirlun one state — Steve Mims Q: We carry computers and we're on campus. Who are we? Getting through college can be hard, but a good computer can make your life a lot easier. That's why we’re here. 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