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November 1, 2013 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN Allison Adkins Sports Writer The Athletics Interest Public Forum was held on Tuesday, Oct. 15, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Catamount Room located in the University Center. Dr. Henry Wong, director for the office of equal op- portunity and diversity programs, and Randy Eaton, athletic director hosted the event. Numer- ous Western Carolina University faculty, staff and student attended this forum. The purpose of this forum, described by Wong, was to determine the interest and abilities of sports not offered at WCU. This was the end pur- pose of the university, but there was another underlying purpose achieved. Students were able to ask questions and create a dialogue about why Western Carolina does not have certain sports, the reasoning behind WCU not having these sports and plans for adding sports down the road. The conversation in the forum was rugged due to the university asking tio and home and cae ye than two dozen classic hitein: Walk The Line, A Boy Named Sue, Folsom Prison Blues, performed by a multi-talented cast, paint a questions they wanted answered first before stu- dents knew the purpose of the questions. Wong headed up the first part of the forum, asking the students who attended numer- ous questions, such as, What sports other than the ones sponsored did you have experience in at Western Carolina? and What are sports that you dont participate in that you would like to see? Students responded with the same answers that consisted of the following sports: tennis, bowling, wrestling, mens and womens lacrosse, mens soccer, swimming and diving, womens rugby, womens eques- trian and a rifle team. The second half of the forum, the floor was opened up to students to ask questions. Eaton took on those questions. Eaton first gave a short description on Title IX-to the students and faculty ~ in attendance. A document titled About Title IX, found on the Western Carolina website stated, Title IX of the Education Amend- ments of 1972 prohibits B3 SRORES Athletic forum shuts down new sports ideas discrimination based on sex in education pro- grams and activities that receive federal financial assistance. Eaton explained, That in practice, Title IX requires a university to have the percentage of the sex of athletes be equivalent to the percent- age of that sex of students across the entire univer- sity. According to the forum, there are approxi- mately 55 percent fe- males on WCUs campus, and in sports at WCU, the population of females is only 45 percent. There is an approximate 10 percent deficit of females in regards to Title IX. We have to fix the problem we got before we move forward with any new mens program, said Eaton. The easy way to fix the problem, said Eaton, was to drop a mens sport and add a womens sport. However, the university does not find it advanta- geous to drop a mens sport. Katon wants to add one to three womens sports, depending on the number of female ath- letes.. *Currently, however, Ka- ton does not want to add anew sport due to WCUs athletic financial situa- tion. He stated, Western Carolina University is at the low end of the bud- get for our competition. Thirteen out of our 16 sports are in the bot- tom half of funding in scholarships, 15 out of 16 sports are in the bottom half of funding in operat- ing costs. Within the Southern Conference, Western Carolina is eleventh out of the 11 other universi- ties in overall budget and scholarship budget. Tt makes no sense to me to start athletic pro- grams that are doomed to failure by day one, said Eaton. Do you want to have a sport just to have a sport? Or, do you want to give your student ath- letes an opportunity to be successful in the class- room and on the field? Eaton implied that the current sports offered at WCU need to grow, become consistently suc- cessful and have more donation dollars before a new sport can be added. Although not looking for sports currently, the university is looking for Photo by Mark Haskett Dr. Henry Wong, left, and Athletic Director Randy Eaton, right, speak at forum. resources within our university before we look outside of it, coming to the reason for having the forum in the first place. Morgan Borkey, a sopho- more communications science and disorders major, said, Going to the forum gave me insight about why certain sports are and arent offered ~ here. Iam so excited for the faculty and staff to bring new athletics to our school so we can compete against a wider variety of schools and grow as a university. There will be another Athletics Interest Public Forum next semester for students who want to at- tend. Also, there will be a survey sent out about the individual students interests and abilities for analysis by the Athletic Department for future expansion of Catamount sports. THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH : nday, November 24, 2013-5 pm John W. Bardo Fine & Performing Arts Center Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC Man in Black that promises to be a foot- etoa uniquely American legend! $ 20 Adults/Seniors * $15 Faculty/Staff $15 Groups of 20+ * $5 Student/Child RESERVATIONS HIGHLY SUGGESTED 828.227.2479 http: |/on wcu.edu/bardoartscen er. htm

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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