January 10, 2003

Budget Problems and Title IX Spur Sports Cutbacks at 3 Colleges

By WELCH SUGGS

Quite a few college athletes in the Northeast got lumps of coal this past holiday season from their athletics directors.

In November, Canisius College announced it was dropping 8 of its 23 sports teams. Also that month, Dartmouth College announced it was dropping swimming for men and for women.

In December, on the first day of examinations, St. John's University of New York announced it would drop football and men's track and field at the end of the academic year, and men's and

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