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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
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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
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ford's ascent, the show also tells how sports
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scholarships for women in At the same time,
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ted to the teams at all. In fact, obligation to strengi
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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
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state plans for dents, faculty or admi
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ndue burdens on nantly white college in response
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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
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ervice from the boardroo
Although minority enrollment Faculty involvem
bly in recent years, Hispanics is an integrated ac;
ignificantly underrepresented nism, the report sa
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)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
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As a student member vou will:
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Mentor Program, the Student Leadersh
Reception, and the annual LEAD Conf
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representation in order to inform and ir
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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
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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
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nt Asian. 24.8 percen
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regard to student retention and Enrollmei
)grams designed specifically to versities ha;
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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
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1992, the figure slipped to 21.2 & a SOUrce <
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t doubled in the past 20 yean. veratysabl
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trolled in college; 1992 figures ethnic diver
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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
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