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Friday, March 25, 1994 Stanford womei of basketball dc By College Press Service far w The National Collegiate Athletic As- t^e P j sociation's women's basketball tour- Ple>1 nament expanded to 64 teams for the was 1 first time this year, the games have to su been well-attended, and media cov- a Par erage has been more abundant than were ever. NCAv Yet, as recently as the 1989-90 sea- devo son, women's basketball went large- most ly unrecognized and unappreciated. th^fi That was the year when the Stanford 'e8'a , i .? ii . .1 -i Clamf women s DasiceiDaii team iook me na tional championship, and PBS pro- Vai ducer Becky Smith captured the en- ^ tire season on film. what Airing at 9 p.m. Tuesday on PBS, Ta?t "In the Game" chronicles the team's 1 march to the championship with a re- ^ ' markable 32-1 record and in the ina{o< process tells a larger story about the j state of women's sports in this coun- earnjj fy- lawsu The one-hour program profiles t] such people as Andy Geiger, athletics -s Qn( director at Stanford in the 1980s. male Geiger is hailed as the architect of perve women's basketball at Stanford for dedicating the resources and the en- ^ ^ i ergy to building the program. He team, sought out winning coach Tara Van- team. 1 Derveer from Ohio State and con- piayei vinced her to take Stanford's reins. umer nuui mtiv., t<hil-v.hvi.i luiucu DerVt "< around a two-season drought of 14 practj ' wins and 42 losses. She installed a The ti fast-break team with good long-range team shooting. Somehow she convinced yides high school superstar Jennifer Azzi to team c. leave her home state of Tennessee, The where women's basketball has been pace j revered for years, to go play for Stan- tells ii ford. tertaii ~ VanDerveer also managed to recruit in; Sonja Henning, an eventual collegiate tells w Ail-American, and a bevy of other tal- coach * ent. VanDerveer's recruiting process, seasoi instrumental to any college basketball on ho team, disappointingly goes unex- availal plained in PBS's documentary. after t The rest of the story is well told, Ovt however. succei Though mostly focused on Stan- messa ford's ascent, the show also tells how sports k V ^ 1 MARCI GREEI "EXCLUDING .0? M 11111. itm fitu CRISIS N 771-F NEWBERRY C0UN1 i subject Educa icumentary of Education has re omen s basketball has come ,n tion tQ ^ Q? tQ | ast M years It note* for exam- |med in a m2 s? hat before 1972 ? when Title IX , , . , , sion when it review mplemented, requiring schools , , . , ? desegregating their pport women s sports teams on 6 5 5 with men's teams ? that there systerpsno scholarships for women in At the same time, ^ sports and almost no money ? Put on not'ce ted to the teams at all. In fact, obligation to strengi u?A 1 /m>u historically black in nuiiiv.ii o icanu uivu iwu x/ luui / nancial resources of men's col- As P31"1 ?f our 211 te teams, according to "In the particular attentior proposes to close ( iDerveer made $65,000 during cally black institute 989-90 season, almost half of Cantu, assistant s< the Stanford men's basketball rights. "We will sen l was earning, despite the fact that might impose u he women's team, by season's black students, facu was drawing more fan support tors or diminish the he men's team, PBS points out. traditions of such in )2, VanDerveer's salary was dou- The announceme o match her male counterpart's when the state of M tgs after she threatened to file a sidering a plan to cl< lege and make ano hink, in a lot of respects, sports : of the last bastions of a lot of - # , , chauvinism and sexism," Van- WjlYl 01*1X1 er says in the documentary. > shows, however, that the tra- By college Press S ind habits of a women's sports w^cunrrTAxr? ire identical to those of a men's u WASHINGTON injuries, grueling bus rides and as. ^r,ov)Tl aPPrecia s' crazy superstitions. The doc- an^ ac I'emain s >tarv ?hnws fnntaop nf Vm. iti higher educatior ier's speeches (uncensored), Amencan Council o ices, games and celebrations. mpre oistun eam's one loss to an inferior *n university enrollir is well documented and pro- two yearst ACE repc insight into how a dominant ^ Status Report on I coped with such a let-down. The rate for Hispan : editing is refreshing, and the over the past 20 yea is practical, and "In the Game" In 1992, 33.8 pen ts story authoritatively and en- uates ages 18 to 24 lingly. were participating i in epilogue, the documentary the same age group hat happens to the team and its "The evidence in i es following the championship secondary institutio i. The show lingers a little long terms of creating en w few professional avenues are encourage student )le to women basketball players earn a degree or cer heir collegiate careers. Atwell said in a state irall, however, In the Game The report stressc eds admirably in conveying its less ofsize location ge about the value of women s recruitment efforts' nensive ana mtegratl ? __ . I rIHIHHHHI i JM :l I 251H-29IH Co/ OFF r/oALL K ITEMS p SPECIAL ORDER! ' ^ : m ?: I . Hft R D | 1 | V^V f R B A f |jj|lliy|jEj?gl^^j|i f Cf ttm k ETWORK (APE 1 "Y: 1-800-491-RAPE IS TPn 6amccocft ition departmen rvice - The Department "We will scrutinize any affirmed its inten- tion that might impose due burdens on black >reme Court decivs state plans for dents, faculty or admi higher education tmors or diminsh state officials were uniqe roles and traditi that they had an Qf sucfo institutions." then and enhance stitutions alysis, we will pay Norma Ca 1 to any plan that U.S. assistant seen ar merge historians." said Norma *or c*v" ;cretary for civil itinize any action black institution a unit of a pred ndue burdens on nantly white college in response lty or administra- desegregation case, unique roles and An estimated 2,000 students c istitutions." ing signs that read "Save Our Sch< nt came at a time recently marched from Jackson ; lississippi is con- University to the state Capitol in, >se one black col- son, Miss., to protest the plan, ther historically In June 1992, the U.S. Supr es underrepresented ervice from the boardroo Although minority enrollment Faculty involvem bly in recent years, Hispanics is an integrated ac; ignificantly underrepresented nism, the report sa i, according to a report by the ^CE highlighted n Education. College, a private f< )ing has been a 5 percent drop [Tlissio[1 institution, lent by black men over the past * is *hout' >rted Feb. 28 in its 12th Annu- bl"k Pfrce Minorities In Higher Education. The college has < ic men also has remained low , ministration wi has established pre ri i a i. t_ i_ i t reach such goals, tl :ent of black high school grad- About 2i^ercent and 37.1 percent of Hjspanics schooI grad^tes ir n higher education. Whites in fluctuated dinn enroUed at a 42.2 percent rate. of 17 3 in this report indicates that post- and then dinned to ns have a lot of work to do in gy 1990, 26.1 p< vironments and strategies that rolled in college. In i of color to persist until they percent, tificate," ACE President Robert College enrollmei ment. er hand, has almos :d that all universities, regard- in 1972,15.7 perce or type, can improve minority ated high school er Vhen one coherent, compre- show a 28.8 percen ed process is institutionalized Hispanic men als t Every you're lo r? and V r Student J l One Moi with 12 mont 5 Minutes fr New, fully r< homes avail 1 -2-3 bedro > Spacious flo Outdoor po< 2 tennis cou Laundry faci Be Par " r _. { xigriiik} :/ i ^ I 80 Part ?* Gameco( * Enjoy the Ex n hip ( Tuesi r (Em Come to Either Mei lli S; ' * t.,,t . . .1 1 i /\ LJ j Jlv. r J J The Leadership Council is comprised of st As a student member vou will: A assist in the development of such let Mentor Program, the Student Leadersh Reception, and the annual LEAD Conf A serve as a communication link betwc representation in order to inform and ir A act as a catalyst to ensure that LEAH t to monitor s Court ruled that Mississippi hadn't done enough to remove the last vesUn tiges of segregation from its higher education system. The ruling in the U.S. StU- v. Fordice case overturned a 5th Cirnjs cuit Court of Appeals decision that , said Mississippi had met its obligation t n e t0 dismantle a system of official segOriS rcgation. The case has been remanded back to U.S. District Court, where it's pending. Blacks had argued that relying on standardized test scores and letting ft til nrKtto nn/4 Kl n /.Ir ctn/Janf* rl ?^ ? ? TTiinv aiivi uiav.iv OIUUV1113 UtLIUt itary which school they wanted to attend Igtits wasn't enough td correct the in equities in the system. Duplication of programs at both lomi- white and black colleges also has con: to a tributed to the creation of separate systems of black and white education, any- although white schools receive more ools" money and have more prestigious State programs than historically black colJack leges, the plaintiffs argued. Cantu said the department would erne use the 1992 Supreme Court decision in higher educati. m to the classroom." sive gains sl ent in retention efforts is key, as rate was 15 ademic support service mecha- percent in rr rw o , 1992. Hispa the efforts of Mount St. Mary s . 1 Dur-year, relatively restricted ad- *)CJ^n? ,in Mount St. Mary's has a student DUl nispi >7 percent Hispanic, 18 percent ^ college nt Asian. 24.8 percen :ommitted leadership from top cording to / regard to student retention and Enrollmei )grams designed specifically to versities ha; le report said. year ACE st; of the nation's black male high .. 11972 enrolled in college. The rollment h2 lghout the 1970s, reached a low years v 1980, rose through the decade torically bla 18 percent in 1988. 36.3 percen ercent of black males had en- The repoi 1992, the figure slipped to 21.2 & a SOUrce < f , , President Ja it for black women, on the oth- , . . t doubled in the past 20 yean. veratysabl nt of black women who gradu- community trolled in college; 1992 figures ethnic diver t enrollment rate. pacity to ser o have experienced unimpres- the world." thin? oking for =c lORE! pD Special 1 ith Free I h lease I om USC I snovated 1' ^ able oms available or plans 1000 V\ rls 77' ilities Under n< t of the Carolina Clai ISC's Recruiting Hostess Groi ;k Football's Nationally Ranke Show your School Pride and citement of the Southeastern Organizational Meeting: day, March 29 at 4 p.m. or 7 at Williams-Brice Stadium ter Main Gate, Directly Left of Gat< sting ? Meetings Will Last Approxi t a membeifof the iSlBIStSSli udent leaders, faculty, and staff. idership training programs as the Eme ip Conference, the Student Leader/Ac erence, ;en the council's members and their re lvolve others in leadership training pr ) goals are actively pursued and enact /t the Russell House Union, Lower West Wi npus Acrtvites Center 3_ segregation in examining whether six states ? Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia ? had met their obligations to dismantle-all remnants of segregated systems of higher education. The states have implemented plans to desegregate their systems, but the department's Office for Civil Rights hasn't yet made a determination of compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. In the 1980s, the Office for Civil Rights determined that eight states ? Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Missouri, South Carolina and West Virginia ? had implemented desegregation plans that were in compliance with Title VL However, Cantu warned that the Office for Civil Rights will take "appropriate action" consistent with the Fordice decision if it receives information that vestiges of segregation continue in any of those eight states. on, report says nee 1972, when the college enrollment .1 percent. After hitting a peak of 18.5 1987, the rate fell to 17.8 percent in inic male matriculation hit a low of 14 991. mic women have more than doubled : enrollment, reaching a 20-year high of t in 1992; the rate was 12.1 in 1972, aciCE. at at historically black college and unis grown substantially since 1982, the irted reporting such figures. Total enis jumped 21.8 percent in the past 10 /hite (non-Hispanic) enrollment at hisick colleges and universities growing t in the same span. t pointed to the University of Michigan of commitment to minority retention, mes Duderstadt pledged that his uni lity to "achieve and sustain.a campus recognized for its racial, cultural and sity will in large part determine our care successfully our state and nation and jger idgdj 'atermark Place 9-2373 bw management ssics ip d Recruiting Efforts! Conference! 5 p.m. 3 5) imately 45 Minutes *4 SS94^95ili I ihmb1 ; urging Leader/Leadership Ivisor of the Year spective areas of agrams ed. uizmutr qj me Leadership