As I opened up The State News on Jan. 9, I was very disappointed in what I saw on the front page.

Hoping to see an article about the women's basketball team's exciting victory over Rutgers on Saturday as the headline, I was frustrated to see the page dominated by an article about the men's disappointing losses to Wisconsin and Illinois. As if that wasn't enough, I opened to the Sports section, figuring the women's team would have to get huge coverage on that page, but I was wrong again — another big article about the same thing.

The women's coverage consisted of two small blurbs, neither of which was specifically about the Rutgers game. Don't get me wrong, I love both the men's and women's basketball teams, but I'd rather open up the paper and see a joyous celebration instead of heads hanging low.

I guess I was just too naïve to think that the women would get the coverage they deserve. In a sports world dominated by men, the bad news about them still trumps the good news about women.

Alison Grojean
education sophomore