http://www.albanyhighcougar.com/articles/miramonte-part-ii The Cougar Online is the online companion to the printed version of The AHS Cougar, the school newspaper of Albany High School. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:37:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.albanyhighcougar.com/articles/miramonte-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-5604 interesting... Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:26:29 +0000 http://albanyhighcougar.com/articles/miramonte-part-ii#comment-5604 That the follow up comments were removed. Yet this obvious piece of sexist, misogynist, piece of "writing" is allowed to stay up. "Mac Zilber" clearly does not understand that a high school newspaper is supposed to serve the entire student body, not just the male, heterosexuals. That the follow up comments were removed. Yet this obvious piece of sexist, misogynist, piece of “writing” is allowed to stay up. “Mac Zilber” clearly does not understand that a high school newspaper is supposed to serve the entire student body, not just the male, heterosexuals.

]]> http://www.albanyhighcougar.com/articles/miramonte-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-5237 Mac Zilber Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:41:33 +0000 http://albanyhighcougar.com/articles/miramonte-part-ii#comment-5237 Title IX is about funding and participation, not coverage. The jist of it is: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." The reason that only 1/12 articles is about womens' teams is because, frankly, people, on average, care less about women's teams. The Chicago Sky had 3700 people coming to their games on average in 2007, the Chicago Bulls, with an equivalent winning percentage, have about 21,000 people attending on average. Due to the fact that men do have more muscle mass and fast-twitch muscles on average, and the fact that sports are, right now, more prominent in male culture, men, on average, play better than their female counterparts do at sports. Of course there will always be exceptions, but when a 33 year-old Karsten Braasch, who was ranked #203 among men, could dominate Serena and Venus Williams when they were in their primes, it suggests that women's sports has a little ways to go before it can be considered close enough to men's sports that it would warrant equal media coverage. Title IX is about funding and participation, not coverage. The jist of it is: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” The reason that only 1/12 articles is about womens’ teams is because, frankly, people, on average, care less about women’s teams. The Chicago Sky had 3700 people coming to their games on average in 2007, the Chicago Bulls, with an equivalent winning percentage, have about 21,000 people attending on average. Due to the fact that men do have more muscle mass and fast-twitch muscles on average, and the fact that sports are, right now, more prominent in male culture, men, on average, play better than their female counterparts do at sports. Of course there will always be exceptions, but when a 33 year-old Karsten Braasch, who was ranked #203 among men, could dominate Serena and Venus Williams when they were in their primes, it suggests that women’s sports has a little ways to go before it can be considered close enough to men’s sports that it would warrant equal media coverage.

]]> http://www.albanyhighcougar.com/articles/miramonte-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-5233 Title LXIX Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:22:27 +0000 http://albanyhighcougar.com/articles/miramonte-part-ii#comment-5233 stop whining stop whining

]]> http://www.albanyhighcougar.com/articles/miramonte-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-5196 Title IX Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:00:21 +0000 http://albanyhighcougar.com/articles/miramonte-part-ii#comment-5196 Interesting that in the sports section of the Cougar out of the 12 articles listed only one is about women's teams. Interesting that in the sports section of the Cougar out of the 12 articles listed only one is about women’s teams.

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