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Committee Opposes Certifkation Changes The NCAA Official Publication of the Notional Collegiate Athletic Association November 2, 1992, Volume 29, Number 38 Committee opposes certifkation changes A review of several amendments-to-amendments to the The special committee also opposes a resolution that cycles ofcertification, as a means of maintaining maximum proposed NCAA athletics certification program legislation would seek to make the propam a pilot program rather flexibility in the program beyond five yrars. highlighted the October 26 meeting of the Special NCAA than a permanent one. The special committee believed that such an action Committee on Athletics Certification. At its October meeting, the NCAA Council voted to would emphasize its belief that, while a l&year cycle may The special committee opposes three of the amend- oppose any proposals that would delay the certification prove to be preferable in the years ahead, all aspects of the ments-to-amendments to the proposed legislation. Those program in any way. program-including the certification interval-should amendments-to-amendments involve (a) expanding the Regarding the amendment-to-amendment that would be subject to changes based upon thr expcricnces that the proposed Committee on Athletics Certification to include change the cycle, the special committee recommended pmnancnt committee encounters. financial aid and admissions personnel; (1,) rxtending the that the Council sponsor an amendment-to~arncndment In its last in-person meeting, the special committee cycle for certification from at least once evrry five years to that would clarify that the Committee on Athletics Crrtifi- c overcd a broad range of topics. The group: once every IO years, and (c) delaying the implementation cation’s duties include the responsibility to review and of’ rhe progr-am from -ranuary 1, 1994, to January 1, 1996. recommend changes in the rcnification process, inrluding See Certification, page 20 ) Gender-equity group Self-study seeks proven ideas guide ready The NCAA Gender-Equity Task generally is operating in two parts, for schools Force will discuss in detail how to with one subcommittee examining identify ideas that work toward the institutional standards and the Chief executive officers at Divi- achievement of gender equity other exploring matters that per- sion Ill institutions soon will be when it meets November 9 in Chi& tain to the Association as a whole. receiving the new Division Ill ln- stitutional Self-Study Guide (IS%;), rage. The idea for the resource book Task force member Jeffrey H. is being developed out of the insti- which has been developed as an Orleans, executive director of the tutional-standards subcommittee, alternative to establishing an atb Ivy Group, is drafting a survey that which is chaired by Carla Hay, lctics certification program for would help in developing a rem Marquette University. those schools. sounc lmok to assist NCAA in- In Orleans’ draft, a number of The Division III guidr was stitutions in promoting and arcas pertaining to athletics ad- adapted from the ISSG that has achieving equity for women’s ministration (facility use, recruit- been used by all NCAA insti- tutions to fulfill the self-study athletics through examples of spe- ing, academic counseling, televi- cific institutional actions that have sion exposure, etc.) are identified requirements of Constitution 6.3. I. proven successful. Use of the Division Ill IS!% meets rrcluirement that insti- At the moment, the task force See Gender equity, page 12 ) thr tutions conduct a romprehrn- sivc self-study and evaluation of rheir intercollegiate athlerirs pro- Commission selects grarris at least oricc every five years. The Division Ill edition of the Gaudiani as 111chair guide was reviewed and approved by the N<M Council at irs Ortobel The Division III subcommittee that position at the end of the 1993 meeting. of the NCAA Presidents Commis- NCAA Convention in January. It was dcvclopcd hy the Special sion has se- Warren has served as Division III Committee IO Review the NCAA lected Claire L. chair for three years. Division III Institutional Self-Study Gaudiani, In her fifth year as president of <Gde, which was formed at thr president of Connecticut College, Caudiani is Upset-minded rfX]JJcSt ofthr Division Ill Strcrirlg Connecticut completing her first year as a Committee. The special committee College, to memhcr of the Presidents Com- George Washington University vollqball players Svetlana was rstablished as rhe result of a serve as its mission. Shr is serving on the Vtyurina (top), Brenda Paz Soldan (middle) and Tracy belief that a certification program chair in 1993 Special NCAA Committee to Rem Webster (bottom) had reason to celebrate earlier this season like the one currently proposed and 1994. view Financial Conditions in ln- when the Colonials knocked o,+f then No. 1 Y-ranked Wash- for Division I programs is not Caudiani tercollegiate Athletics and on the ncrdrd in Division III, but that will replace Presidents Commission’s Subcom- ington State University. As of October 28, Vtyurina, a (i-4 some additional intrrnal revirw David L. Wal- Gavdiani mittee on (:endcr F.quity. freshman.from Russia, was IPading the nation in kills with ren, president an average of six per game. of Ohio Wesleyan University, in See Gaudiani, page 20 b See Self-study, page 20 ) n In the News N On deck Committee notices Page 2 n The Southeastern Conference’s John R. Gerdy November 4-5 Committee on Financial Aid and Ama writes that a failure to prepare now for changes teurism, Kansas City, Missouri Men’s and Women’s Swimming in NCAA eligibility stondords could hove devos- and Diving Committee 3 November 8-11 Division I Baseball Committee, Kansas toting effects on athletics programs: Page 4 City, Missouri Division I Women’s Basketball Committee 3 H The NCAA Minority Opportunities and Inter- November 9 Gender-Equity Task Force, Chicogo ests Committee discusses the lack of black head Championships previews 6-7 coaches in Division ILA football: Page 5 November 13-15 Committee on Infractions, Atlanta Interpretations Committee Special Committee to Review Financial H Bylaw 30 revisions, Constitution 5.4.1 .l .l mod- November 16 minutes 7 Conditions in Intercollegiate Athletics, ifications and noncontroversial leaislative aro- Chicago NCAA Record posals are published: Page 12 - ’ Page 2 The NCAA News November 2,1992 .- n Briefly in the News H Looking back 10 years ago: A srcor~ti NC~ of‘f‘icc building-a l6,(~oo-SqlJar~-fC)C~t Tight end structure located across the street west of the existing hcadquaners building tackles law in Mission, Kansas-was completed. It was occupird November 5, I!)%?, by the Association’s communications depart- ment. (The NCAA News, November I I 1992) 20 years ClgO: A study r~lcascd Novrmber 15, 1972,of thr participa- tion records in the 1972 Olympic <:arncs showed that in N<:AA-spon- sorrd sports, I94 of rhc 260 I I.5 Olym- pic team athlctrs wcrc rnrollrd in and/or trained at N<XA institutions. (“NCAA: The Voirr of (;ollegc Spans”) 30 years ago: The NcixA-SUP- portctl LJ.S. Track and Field Federation and the AALJ, responding to the per- sonal urging of 1J.S. Attorney (;eneral .\11l~ot1~ti tli\ \c.tictlulc look* hcc tic, Whim Robert F. Kennedy, agretd Novcrnbcr I.I~.C.I c I;titll\ II I\ n1.1~1.cgt-al)lr HY is up ;II X 12, 1962, to adoption of the “Olympic .I 111li)t ( I;i5,scs; tht-rl :itlt.l lunch he slips ill House Coalition.” Subsequently, how- .I li11lc. lo1,tt).111 l)t,” tics. Aftrr dinner, hc Read it and reap ever, the AAU rejerted the agreement. tlc..ltl\ I;)r. ItIt, literary to study and (hen (“NCAA: The Voicr of Collegr Sports”) IIrl.~ll\ ~cl\ lo t)ctl ;lrouncl rnitlnight. Student.~ in a first-grude class at Wallace-O-egg Ekmentaq School in 70 years ago: ~~~~ NCAA ii~- “II’\ 1101g: ‘ilt.IiIi~ il you’rt- irilo a rou(inc: Florvr~cu, South (Carolina. were treated to u sto? by Francis Marion tic, \.iitl. “ltiil il I gt.1 .1bnor1n:il \Irt,p, I’m all sumed mrmbrrship in thr Amrtican Ilniversity tennis ~~layyurSimon (&vu. Various Francis Mation student- 111l~*\~Yl up: Olympic Association Novembrt 22, athletes rectxtly volunteered to read stories to the elementary students, whose 1922, after a Irngthy struggle to assure school is located across tiw street from th4 college cam@s. appropriate representation for the Victory off the field NCAA and other nor&ALJ entities. For l‘tlivcr\i(y of (California, Berkeley, (“NCAA: The Voice of Collcgc Sports”) 1;tilt);lc k Russell White, ;I 22%ymd, thrcr- Shocker men’s baskcthall team. rerback, Jim Kuhiak, who dislocated his IOIIC I~clow~~ lwrform;ulcc in last year’s!?&30 In ;I letter sent to Wichita State alunini in throwing shoulder and is out for the season. n Fact file \ ic 101\ o\ t.1 (hc Llnivrrsity of Southern Srdgwick, Butler and Henry count& in Ktthiak rcccntly underwent reconstructive (‘;blilibt Iii2 pales in comparison to Whilt Kmsas, athletics director Gary Hunter has shoulder surgery, said Navy sports infot-ma- The top 20 institutions receiving M’tlirc. tioljes to ;iccomplish next May. given season-ticket holders an option to get tion director Tom Bates. Thr Midshipmen payments in the grants-in-aid portion U’liirc. who srrtf~~rsIroni dyslrxia, a IrilrIl- their money hack if they remain disap- lost to the (Cavaliers, 53-O. of the revenue-distribution program irlK clisability, is 011 track IO complete his pointed with the program. In the second game of the year, against for 1991-92 all were in Division I-A, 1);~ Iit,lor’\ dcgrrc in social weltare at that Boston <:ollege, the hackup quarterback, “We’re getting ;I number of people who and eight of the 20 were Big Ten Con- 111111’.
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