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Show Signpost-Friday, April 1, 1988 9 - 4 Title IX gives women a chance Dave Allison Weekend Editor Editor's note: This is the last article of a two part series on the progression of women's athletics. It would be hard to imagine the world of sports without the contributions of Chris Everet, Mickey King, Cheryl Miller, Nancy Lopez, Dorothy Hamil, or Mary Lou Retton. But without the passage of Title IX of the 1972 Higher Education Act, it's unlikely women's athletics would have produced such fine athletes or developed into the institution it is today. Title IX ignited a women's athletic movement never seen in the sports world. The landmark provision barred schools that sexually discriminated from receiving federal funds and finally gave women athletes opportunities they never had before. Athletic departments had to provide an equal number of women's sports as men's sports, thus providing the same opportunities for both sexes. This was not a popular law for athletic departments around the country but it was long over due. "Its just like equal rights or the Black movement. Those things don't happen unless somebody makes them happen," said Fredrick. "People aren't receptive to new things." "They (society) liked to keep the power where the power has been and that's with the white male," said Fredrick. The early 1970's was a period of revolution in women's athletics. Billie Jean King deflated chauvinists around the country with a win over Bobby Riggs in a "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match in 1973. Also, women professionals in bowling, golf, and tennis were boycotting tournaments offering championship purses of one-twelfth the prize money men were receiving in the same tournament. "You look back at women's athletics and it (Title IX) was headed by some very head-strong feminists," said Fredrick. "Now, some of the young girls look back and think 'how disgusling.'But, they have to realize that without these outspoken, very aggressive sort of women they wouldn't be competing, right? They wouldn't be getting scholarships," said Fredrick. WSC assistant athletic director in charge of women's athletics, Richard Ordyna, said Weber State never had a problem with Title IX yet admitted Title IX's provisions weren't readily accepted by society. Ordyna feels this is Changing- (see WOMEN on page 10) Weber golfers in tight race Lynn Martineau Asst. Sports Editor The Weber State College golf team is battling to gain an NCAA Championship berth as the fight for national honors intensifies beween WSC, BYU and Utah. The race between the three golf teams is tight. In head-to-head competition between the three, WSC leads BYU, 2-1, Utah leads WSC, 2-1 and Utah leads BYU, 2-1. Whichever of the three teams goes to the NCAA will be decided by the three coach district 7 advisory commitee. The advisory committee will make a recommendation to the NCAA golf committee. "The NCAA usually invites the team chosen by the advisory committee," said Head Golf Coach Mac Madsen. "If the three teams remain close in head-to-head competition at season's end, the committee will look at how the teams placed in tournaments and make comparisons based on the strength of the field of competition in tournament play," said Madsen. At the Rebel Classic in Las Vegas last December, Weber's golf team beat the first, third and fourth nationally -ranked teams along with BYU and Utah. If the committee takes those wins into consideration, Weber will have a fair shot at an NCAA tournament berth. The Wildcat golfers returned from two Californiaa tournaments Wednesday. WSC finished 13th in the Fresno Classic at the Belmont Country Club in Fresno, Calif., March 25. BYU did not make the cut at the Fresno tourney. At the Western Intercollegiate Tournament at the Pasatiempo Country Club in Santa (see GOLF on page 11) Wildcats sign Brazilian player to letter of intent Michael Butler Asst. Sports Editor While Weber State's new Athletic Director Mike Price was announcing the acquisition of head basketball coach' Denny Huston last Thursday, Abel Paulo Raul was being wooed into becoming a member of the Wildcat basketball team by Huston's brother-in-law, Nate Malhis. Raul, who prefers to be called Paulo, is a 7'6", 268-pound mammoth who lives in a small village outside of Juiz De Fora, Brazil. WILDCAT BASKETBALL signec Paulo Raul is not only tall, he also boasts massive feet. (Signpost photo: Hal Moore) Math is first heard about Raul during the Pan Am games last summer in Indiana from the Brazilian head basketball coach. Mathis, who has been a graduate assistant at Indiana State this past season, overheard a conversation between the Brazilian coach and an Indiana television commentator about a man nicknamed "homen grandc" (translated giant man) and had to find out about Raul. Raul, 19, wouldn't try out for the Brazilian Pan Am team as he hasn't played organized basketball since he was 10 years old. Though he loves to play basketball, Raul, who has a wing span large enough to touch both sides of a backboard simultaneously, lost interest in the sport after many coaches protested his extraordinary height and ability. The coaches in the league Raul was playing in made a rule limiting Raul to play only in the first half of each game, making the game more evenly matched. So Raul switched to Brazil's national sport, soccer. With his height and long reach, Raul became a natural goal tender, with dreams of leading Brazil to the World Cup crown. Raul, the second of nine children, comes from a poverty-stricken area of Brazil. In the village where Raul lives, the main financial support comes from bananas. Raul has worked in the banana fields since he was eight. He would walk to work down the dirt roads shoeless, kicking a soccer ball as he went to and from his job. After hearing about Raul, Coach Mathis first saw the new recruit at a soccer game. Mathis indicated that he was at first "taken back" by the muscular frame of Raul, but was most fascinated that the native Brazilian plays goalie with no shoes. Raul's size 20 feet are unheard of in Brazil and his family can't afford shoes that would allow him any comfort and support. Mathis found a Mormon missionary serving in Brazil to help translate, and the missionary encouraged Raul to go to a nearby gymnasium to play a game of (see RECRUIT on page 10) COMPUTER WAREHOUSE CENTERS y 5 year warranty availahle N. mm Financing y Available A O.A.C. jdget Problems? 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