Women’s Rowing Team Sues for Title IX Violation

Members of the University of Cincinnati Women’s Rowing team have sued their university, alleging violations of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681-87 as well as their rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution.   The plaintiffs, represented by Robert B. Newman of Newman & Meeks in Cincinnati, sought to demonstrate a pattern of gender discrimination at the school, including inadequate facilities and other resou