East Carolina University - Buccaneer Tecoan Yearbook (Greenville, NC)

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Opposite Page, Left: ECU Chancellor Leo Jenkins Right: Robert Holt, vice ctnancellor and dean of the university. Below: Administrators confer with Board of Trustees- Left: Chancellor Jenkins mingles with guests at a showing of his paintings at Menden- hall Student Center. Below: Col. Charles Ritchie Blake, assistant to the chancellor.

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TITLE IX CAUSES NUMEROUS POLICY CHANGES ADMINISTRATION Editor: Susan Bittner Title IX, the portion of the Educa- tion amendments of 1972 forbidd- ing discrimination on the basis of sex, resulted in a flurry of activity at ECU this year as Women ad- ministra-officials worked to evaluate school programs, activi- ties, and policies. Twelve campus subcommittees worked with the Committee on the Status of Women to bring ECU into compliance with the 1975 amend- ment guidelines by July 21, 1976. Only Athletics was exempt from the 1976 deadline. In order to eliminate sex-dis- criminatory practices at ECU, of- ficials re-examined policies in the areas of admissions, financial aid, housing, employment, counseling, dormitory curfews, and atheletics. One notable change resulting from Title IX was made when cam- pus officials declared that all clubs which meet on campus and receive funds and faculty help must be open to membership to both male and female students. This stipula- tion caused particular problems for such organizations as Phi Sigma Pi, ECU ' S all-male honorary frater- nity. Athletics was perhaps most af- fected by Title IX provisions. Ac- cording to Dick Farris, assistant di- rector of ECU personnel. Title IX did not require that the university establish a female football team, nor did it require girls to be allowed on athletic teams where physical contact was involved. Instead, the law demanded that there be com- parable sports for women students. The law did not demand equal fund- ing for male sports, but it did stipu- late that the funds be sufficient for the operation of all sports. Residence hall policies for male and female students were under examination for possible discrepan- cies. One difference found was that the women ' s dormitories had more full-time counselors and adminis- trators than the men ' s. Another item receiving attention was dormi- tory curfews. In order to bring uni- formity to campus housing regula- tions, ECU officials may establish a campus-wide curfew and allow dorms to vote for their own cur- fews. Title IX legislation was also re- sponsible for changing the abortion loan to an emergency loan so that it could be used by members of both sexes.

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Trustees Approve Liquor on Campus Above: Trustees and Administrators gather in Mendentiall Student Center to discuss major issues. Above Right: Board of Trustees Ctiairman Troy Pate. Jr looks on wtiile Chancellor Leo Jenkins outlines important points- Above Left: Clifton Moore, vice chancellor for business affairs, and Col. Charles Ritchie Blake, assistant to the chancellor, listen with interest to reports given at the winter meeting of the Board of Trustees. A proposal allowing the poses- sion and consumption of alcoholic beverages on campus was passed at the fall meeting of the Board of Trustees. The full Board ' s approval did contain stipulations, however. Among them were provisions that alcohol could not be bought with student fees and that no drinking would be allowed in Minges Coli- seum. Another stipulation was that alcohol on campus could not con- travene existing federal, state or municipal laws. The Board of Trustees set up a committee to formulate guidelines for the ECU athletic program. Sub- jects under consideration by this committee are ECU ' S affiliation with the Southern Conference, ac- tions regarding any decisions the NCAA may make, and the question of enlarging women athletic pro- grams, (seep. 152) Also approved by the Board was a revised outline of tenure guide- lines. The new policy states that faculty members must be hired on a probationary basis for tenure. Probation periods is now three years for professors and associate professors and five years for assis- tant professors and instructors. 14 Board of Trustees