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Tuesday, September 27, 1994
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Brown faces lawsuit from female athletes
The Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A lawyer representing Brown's female athletes said yesterday the university discriminates against her clients, but the school said Brown has the nation's top women's sports program.
The differing opinions came on the opening day of a trial in which the school's entire athletic program is charged with sexual discrimination. This is the first such trial since 1987, when a suit against Temple University was settled after three weeks of trial.
"At a time when universities around the country are slowly waking up to their responsibilities under Title IX, Brown University has attempted to cancel active women's teams, failed to upgrade successful women's club teams to varsity status and provided its male athletes with superior treatment and support," athletes 'lawyer Lynette Labinger said at a news conference before the start of the trial.
Title IX is the 1972 federal law which prohibits sexual discrimination at educational institutions receiving federal funds.
Labinger and other attorneys from Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, a Washington public interest law firm, are representing current and future women athletes at Brown.
They claim the school's decision to cut funding for two women's teams in 1991 was discriminatory and representative of a pattern of discrimination against all Brown female athletes.
But Brown lawyer Walter Connolly Jr. told U.S. District Court Judge Raymond Pettine the school has the "preeminent athletic program for women in the country."
Brown offers 15 women's varsity sports, well above the average of 8.3 for NCAA Division I schools, and has 324 female athletes, nearly three times the average.
"If Brown University can't win this case, I don't believe any university is ever going to win (a Title IX case)," Connolly said.
He said if Brown loses the case, "university after university will be forced to eliminate men's teams."
Members of the Brown women's volleyball and gymnastics teams sued the school in 1992, one year after those teams and the men's golf and water polo teams lost school funding during a round of budget cuts. The teams were reduced to "varsity club status," meaning they were allowed to play an intercollegiate schedule and qualify for postseason competition as long as they did their own fund raising.
Funding for the two women's teams was returned after a December 1992 preliminary injunction was issued in U.S. District Court and upheld by the First Circuit Court of Appeals in April 1993.
Last-second Colorado catch crushes Michigan and its chance for title
By Harry Atkins The Associated Press
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Where do they go from here?
That's just one of the questions hanging over Michigan after Colorado's stunning 27-26 victory Saturday before a disbelieving crowd of 104.627 in Michigan Stadium.
"I can't believe it," said Michigan linebacker Steve Morrison. "And I think I speak for a lot of people when I say I never thought anything like that could ever happen."
What happened was that Colorado scored two touchdowns in the final 2:16 of the game. But it was the final score — the winning TD — that brought looks of disbelief to the Michigan faithful and tears of joy to Colorado.
The final touchdown came on a Hail
Mary pass from Kordell Stewart to Michael Westbrook as time expired, a miraculous play of 64 yards.
But that's only the official yardage. Stewart had retreated all the way back to his own 27-yard line when he let the ball fly. Nobody thought it had a chance of sailing all the way to the end zone. But it did.
With the 6-foot-4 Westbrook snagging the ball away from a tangle of bodies falling to the ground in the end zone, all of Colorado's dreams of a national title were resurrected — and Michigan's were dashed.
"It's ridiculous to sit here and even talk about a national championship," Morrison said. "We have no control over it. Our goal is to win the Big Ten championship.
"Yes, it is frustrating. And, yes, it hurts.
But we have to get over it."
The loss dropped Michigan (2-1) from
fourth to seventh in this week's Associated Press college football poll. Colorado (3-0) climbed from seventh to No. 5.
"This is one of the most frustrating losses we've had," Michigan coach Gary Moeller said. "But we just have to work hard and bounce back. We have had a tough schedule. But there are tougher games to come."
Colorado travels to Texas next week. The Wolverines jump into the Big Ten fray Saturday at Iowa, then return to Ann Arbor for games against Michigan State and Penn State in successive weeks.
"If you don't have character on your team, then you might fall apart over something like this," Moeller said. "That's a tough loss. But we have to rebound."
The game was full of great plays. Michigan ran a triple reverse. Colorado had a 51-yard field goal attempt clang off the crossbar.
Colorado, despite losing three of four fumbles, had 514 yards in total offense.
Michigan's Tyrone Wheatley, the preseason favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, made his first appearance since an Aug. 23 shoulder separation. He didn't enter the game until late in the first quarter and was held to 50 yards rushing and one touchdown. It was his 41st touchdown, breaking the school record he had shared with Anthony Carter.
Stewart, the nation's second-ranked passer coming into the game, was 21 of 32 for 294 vards and two touchdowns.
"For me, this was the ultimate victory," said Colorado coach Bill McCartney, a former Michigan assistant who left 12 years ago to take the Colorado job. "Personally, the ultimate victory for the team is that it puts us in a position to win the national title. But there's a long way to go."
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