Judge Orders School that Violated Title IX To Reinstate Programs

A federal judge has ordered Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania to reinstate its women's swimming and water polo teams after concluding that the school violated Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, the federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded educational programs.   Earlier this year, SRU cut the programs, along with five men’s sports, in an attempt to reduce a $2 million budget deficit.   In granting a preliminary injunction th