November 17, 2006

James Madison U. Athletes Protest at Education Department Against Cuts in the Name of Title IX

By SARA LIPKA

Wrestlers in hooded sweatshirts, runners in purple spandex, and swimmers in Speedos — all James Madison University athletes whose teams will be eliminated next year — rallied outside the Department of Education this month to protest the gender-equity law that university officials cited when they announced the cuts this fall.

About 100 James Madison athletes cheered speakers who declared the law — Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 —

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