Word: symposium
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Funding to women's sports should not be tied to their level of participation in athletics, panelists said last night during a symposium on Title IX, a 1972 law mandating equality of opportunity for men and women in intercollegiate athletics...
About 60 people attended the symposium, which comes in the wake of criticism of Harvard's funding and treatment of its women's teams. University administrators, including President Neil L. Rudenstine, have defended athletic department policies by noting that the percentage of women athletes approximates the percentage of athletic department money spent on women's sports...
...captain Rachel E. Lerner '93 and rower K. Noelle Tune '94 said athletic department administrators, including Senior Associate Director of Athletics Patricia W. Henry, turned down invitations to speak at the symposium...
Allison K. Hughes '94, president of the club, said de Pury was chosen to speak because of his active role in the annual International Management Symposium (IMS) in St. Gallen, Switzerland, organized by the International Students Committee...
Every year several students around the world chosen from a competitive essay contest, attend the symposium in May. This year, nine out of 27 students selected to take part in the event are from Harvard in St. Gallen, they will discuss economics issues with prominent members of the business community, including de Pury...