SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Sports have disappeared at schools like Syracuse before. Women’s soccer, lacrosse and softball, for example, displaced men’s gymnastics and wrestling in 1997. But then the culprit was Title IX, a piece of federal legislation from 1972, which mandated equal opportunities for men’s and women’s sports. This is different. This is about money.
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Syracuse joins recent trend, cutting teams to reduce expenses
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Breaking down the hook-up
Published in January 31st, 2008
Everyone glistens with sweat under a strobe light, struggling to stand as they gulp down beer from red Solo cups.
It’s a typical party scene, familiar to many college students. Sometimes, these parties are in a private apartment or a residence hall.
Schools, athletes and the NCAA deal with pregnancy in sports
Published in January 31st, 2008
This month the NCAA enacted a policy preventing colleges and universities from retracting athletes’ scholarships because of, among other things, pregnancy. Such decisions had been left up to the schools, which had some athletes losing their scholarships or considering abortions. UWIRE affiliates fill us in on the new NCAA policy and examine the lives of student-athletes who serve simultaneously as student, athlete and parent.
NCAA agrees to give athletes an extra $2,500 per year
Published in January 31st, 2008
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The NCAA is prepared to ease restrictions on educational expenses for current student-athletes and set aside $10 million to reimburse former athletes as part of the settlement of a class-action lawsuit filed by former athletes.
Northern Michigan U. students get naked to help environment
Published in January 31st, 2008
The Northern Michigan University student group Students Against Sulfide Mining (SASM) has, since its inception, spoken out against the Kennecott nickel and copper mine site proposed 25 miles from Marquette, Mich. During public forums, members of the group shared their feelings about the proposed mine with government officials — baring their souls in the process. Now, the group is baring a little bit more.
Harvard Law class digs into RIAA piracy suits
Published in January 31st, 2008
While universities are still caught in the middle of the Recording Industry Association of America’s nearly year-long effort to punish music piracy on campuses across the country, some students are beginning to strike back against the RIAA with legal investigations of their own.
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