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stanley cup t competitive cheerleading as a sport when trying to comply with gender-equity requirements, upholding a U.S. District Court decision against Quinnipiac University.In a decision released Tuesday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appe
stanley cup als found that competitive cheerleading does not yet meet the standards of a varsity sport under Title IX, the 1972 federal law that mandates equal opportunities for men and women in education and athletics.Watch: Texans cheerleaders ready for preseasonWatch: Chinese male cheerleader brings it onCheerleaders Balk at Revealing UniformsThe ruling comes on an appeal filed by Quinnipiac, a school with about 8,000 students in Hamden, which had been successfully sued by its volleyball coach after it tried to eliminate the women s volleyball program in favor of competitive cheering. Like the district court, we acknowledge record evidence showing that competitive cheerleading can be physically challenging, requiring competitors to possess `strength, agility, and grace, the court wrote. Similarly, we do not foreclose the possibility that the activity, with better organization and defined rules, might some
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For the first time, waves as tall as 16 feet have been recorded in Arctic waters. If these waves are speeding the breakup of the region remaining ice, as oceanographers suspect, they could signal the birth of a feedback mechanism that will hasten the Arctic march toward an ice-free summer. Above: Ocean waters transition from solid to liquid in the Arctic summer | Photo Credi
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stanley cup reating. Meanwhile, regions of open water are expanding. In the summer of 2012, the Arctic surrendered more than 1,000 miles of coastal ice to liquid ocean. When it did, the region persistent summertime winds gained a new and powerful purchase on the vast stretches of open water. During a September 2012 storm, University of Washington Researcher Jim Thomson dete
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