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POSTURE, "STRAIGHT UP"
(December
2005)
You’ve probably heard it a million times, most of us from
our caring and concerned mothers: “Sit up straight,” or “Don’t slouch.”
When you read that did you try to sit or stand taller? Well, relax and exhale (because you probably just held your breath) and let’s discuss this rationally!
Even the mere suggestion of the subject and most people instantly snap to attention. This new image usually reveals two interesting and humorous results.
The first is a disappearance of the neck. The second is a rosy appearance to the face caused by the mighty attempt to suck in their stomach and hold their breath. Now, held too long, that rosy color fades to a violet blue as their body gasps for air to avoid suffocation and death.
No longer able to hold the “posture,” their chest deflates, the shoulders fall, normal coloring returns, and the question mark formation of their spine resumes.
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TITLE IX UNDER ATTACK AGAIN?
(May/June 2005)
On March 17, the Department of Education's Office
for Civil Rights (OCR) issued an "additional
clarification" of its policy regarding Title IX
compliance.
In this letter, the OCR refers to a "model survey",
which "institutions can rely on as an acceptable
method to measure students' interests in
participating in sports," as a way of clarifying
prong three of the three-prong test spelled out in
Title IX's participation requirement.
The three prongs used to evaluate Title IX
compliance are:
- the percentage of male and female athletes
is substantially proportionate to the percentage
of male and female students enrolled at the
school,
- the school has shown a history and
continuing practice of expanding participation
opportunities for the underrepresented sex, and
- the school is fully and effectively
accommodating the interests and abilities of the
underrepresented sex.
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THE MASTERS MESS: SHOULD AUGUSTA ADMIT WOMEN?
(January/February 2003)
Since 1934, The Masters Golf Tournament has been an
annual tradition at Augusta National Golf Club, a
showcase for the world's top male golfers. Will the
2003 tournament be a showcase for women's issues
instead?
This story surfaced in June 2002, when a letter
regarding the all-male policy of the Augusta
National club was released to the media. Martha
Burk, chair of the National Council of Women's
Organizations (NCWO), wrote the letter to Hootie
Johnson, chairman of Augusta National, asking
the club to admit a female member before hosting
the next Masters Tournament in April 2003.
Johnson responded with a three-page statement in
which he said the club would not be pressured "at
the point of a bayonet" into admitting a woman to
the club. Johnson's comments heightened the tension
between the two sides and prompted Burk to pursue
her campaign against Augusta National.
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