"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid."

Although most controversy regarding Title IX has been created by athletics, Title IX has forced considerable gains worth mentioning in the education and academics field. Before Title IX many colleges and universities saw no problem in refusing to admit women for any apparent reason. According to an article in the New York Law School Journal of Human Rights, student author Joseph Filippone found that in 1994, 38% of medical degrees were handed out to women, as opposed to 9% in 1972. In 1994, women earned 43% of law degrees, compared with 7% in 1972. As for doctoral degrees handed out to women, 44% in 1994, 25% in 1977.

The addition of the Women's Lacrosse Program is a positive aspect of the proposal. University of Redlands is one of two teams in Southern California with a Varsity Lacrosse Program, along with Whittier College. Kids born and raised playing lacrosse in the freezing North-Eastern parts of the United States where lacrosse is a way of life, next to hockey, now have an opportunity to go to college in sunny Southern California while still fulfilling their dreams of playing competitive College Lacrosse. That is a positive aspect of Title IX at the University of Redlands.

There are three legal issues that must be considered to be in compliance of Title IX. These issues are not only subject to athletics, but academia as well. First, financial assistance must be awarded based on the number of male and female athletes. The total amounts of athletic aid must be substantially proportionate to the ratio of male and female athletes. Second, the selection of sport and the level of competition must effectively accommodate the students' interests and abilities. Third, all other benefits, opportunities, and treatments afforded sports participants are to be equivalent, but not necessarily identical. Some of these components in determining compliance include equipment and supplies, travel and daily allowances, locker rooms, housing and medical as well as training facilities and services.

What is troubling for me is that I am stuck between two rocks with this issue. As a former college athlete, I would have died if soccer were eliminated from my university due to Title IX. Similarly though, as a women's coach, I can not bear to see women being treated unfairly, academically or athletically. The least troubling aspect is that women's athletics will forever be existent and flourishing. The most troubling aspect of Title IX is that job security for coaches is now being threatened more than ever. Add Title IX and an overzealous Athletic Director to

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