Cyrus McCrimmon, Denver Post file
The University of Colorado announces it has reached a $2.5 million settlement to resolve Lisa Simpson’s legal claims against the Boulder campus on Dec. 5, 2007. Dan Wilkerson, center, CU vice president and university counsel, spoke about the agreement in Denver. Simpson alleged she was sexually assaulted by CU football recruits, and her groundbreaking Title IX claim against the university demonstrated how the 1972 gender-equity law could be used to hold educational intuitions accountable for the treatment of women. 
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A Colorado State University student's story illustrates how Title IX's impact has evolved since President Richard Nixon signed the landmark gender-equity law on June 23, 1972.
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