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2 Affirmative ACTION continued from nasel A B in Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of pani 1964, that say 'no person' shall be took discriminated against because of his race," Williams wrote in a 1996 essay, ever But Dr. Julianne Malveaux, a syndicated columnist with USA Today, effec would refer Williams to the words of actio Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin legei Luther King Jr. race "The language of Marshall and King allude to the development of a lev- ?Pen el playing field," Malveaux said. "The language of the Civil Rights Act... wro* merely refers to the need of a level play- ^e ( ing field. [It does] not address the means and remedies for achieving [it]." Corn You can't just declare a level play- ^ ^ ing field without addressing how it was , ' , achieved, Malveaux said. Since the enactment of the CCRI. which first affected the Uni- i ' SUCll versity of California graduate and pro- an fessional schools, there have been mjg? marked declines in the number of mi- a^m nority students. tioni According to statistics released by the University of California at Berke- adv? ley, Davis and Los Angeles campuses, getti their law schools admitted only one in Unh 20 black applicants and one in nine His- "We piss -*^3 v ti ji [ii ^ AudUKtc* 19f7 jf "A SMART, PERCEPTIVE FILM, 'love Jones' j *5/ WARMED MY HEART." f im. cmowo _ I ??lAM ton**1 IS X. ilHi FRE^H AND FUNNY!" i | .HKMm flfiS, -A SWELTERING, MP. Trf "WHEN HARRY MET SALLY.' M MP TRB ONE'S FOR YOUT M a JV fin* ??i utLtmom jr '6Sh?eai^qRED^imMi WL TACO E is Interc in YO Can you work p Full-time? Day We have positions people with positi\ and a willingness Apply in Pe Any Midlands I of Taco B ^^./Delta Delta ? Jennifer Baker Susan Barrett C % Brooke Bartram C; Sydna Beasiey i Kimberly Boan \ Rebecca Bobo Tt-acy Bonds L Laura Bouknight Eliz r .^>' League Boylston K; Robin Bullock Julie Burr J Becca Calmes Meredith Davis f Desmond Donato r. '^' Marcy Eiseman SI Alicia Franks C Liz Gunn 1 Chrissy Hamilton 1 Jenny Harper ^ , Emily Howard Lai - Katherine Huckabay E Fleming Marsh Welcome iJ97 7N * < The C Action pottc c applicants after the proposition and we need to re effect. how hard have w The schools admitted one out of years to really eq a i . i. Imof onrunfv fn m y lour white applicants. " "0fc These statistics would have little ?tok Spread t on the arguments of affirmative in opponents, who suggest that col- . * 'act ^ 3 look at other factors aside from policies are all t eliminated at Ci fornia's univers "The doors to colleges can remain ^ W0rrie8 s0 , to minority-gruup students mthe students natjonw nee of racial preferences, Williams for a varjety of r e. Tor one thing, we can fine tune sons as it dc allege admissions process." Berkeley's Keith. The United States Fifth Circuit tacks on affirmat rt of Appeals agreed with Williams action are fueled )96 when their ruling on Hopwood beliefs of inferior Jniversity of Texas barred the col- Keith believes, ? s law school from using race as a the myths surrou >rin admissions. ing the issue ? Opponents to affirmative action, ma^e ^e^s; i as Williams, believe that race is inS diversify] nconstitutional basis for college ad- processes diffici lion. Others believe that race as an "There are ? issions factor is not only constitu- can't hold their o al but necessary. sity," Keith said. "I don't think society can fully can t hold oy ince in a positive manner without has hothing to dc ng to know others," Michigan State That, howe' fersity sophomore Jeff Sartin said, point of affirmati don't live in a homogenous society, JA SIGMA JpTf Fo, I i JELL? Whe ;sted U! H== tart-time? kHKN! ve attitudes ujyjQg rson: Location Becom le" APIas "iSISlPi* WhoN< I Hemophili 'Delta I car^ovasc \^f |/Xi products n Ivey McCIam * r-1 arson McGaha * Earn up itherine McKay * PrnfpCSH Sam Miller | fTOieSSll leghan Mulvey QflfptV Leigh Norris I ScUCiy. auren Paquette ^ I * Certified abeth Penning ton gVyu ktherine llobson AsSOCiat Kristin Shaw J - .j ennifer Sleight * CoiWeili Kristin Smith # ^^?-11 Monica Smoak % ^ ' I Loni Stewart ^-i nr 11 ni A < liannon Sturkie s DC n "Lni Tiappell Suber LIFE IS EV KetraThomas | % __________ ,ibby Waddell ysJ Angela Wells le Westmoreland ^ v / I QAT TC lizabeth White I OUJ f >; 'eiv Initiates Tour Sisters f lamecock Monday, November 3, 1997 ies provide mm alize that. Honestly, Williams admits that disallow- s e tried in the past 40 ing race as a factor in admissions I ualize things? I don t puts minority students at a disadid affirmative action vantage because they often have ^ iiversity. I just don't standardized test scores that don't ac[y for that," he said, curately predict their success in college. it affirmative action A 1997 study by the Educational ? mt Testing Service e ili- / / substantiates the s ity v w belief that success 11 me at college, as pre- v ide The door8 to coUeges can dieted by stanea_ remain open to minority group dardized tests, t )es students in the absence of racial doesn't accurately r At- preferences. reflect the colle- j, ;ive ? giate success of a t by Michael Williams number of minoriity, former California Assistant ty students, ind Secretary of Education Accepting nd- Sacramento, California students by using ire racial preferences 'a^" ^ ^ isn't the remedy to in& ' ' the disadvantages hit. of minority stu- ^ i lot of students who dents, supporters of CCRI believe, wn at a large univer- Affirmative action, a policy origi- ^ "A lot of white people naHy intended to "level the playing field" s vn. 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Affirmative action op- "Unless yoi lonents suggest that looking at class ent defectivenes ind socioeconomic background can pro- norities who ha\ ide a sound substitute, but some trends, glass ceiling, yo uch as the decrease in black and His- suing an adequ lanic enrollment at Berkeley's law fluence in Amer chool, suggest that there is no ade[uate substitute for race. or man^11 . . . , thought extend Colleges and universities have re- ? ? A ied on the 1978 Supreme Court deci- welL Bu wheth ion University of California Board of UIUVersl ea>as tegents vs. Bakke, which held that race ratlons ana Pu' ould be used in admissions in an ef- he to 1186 ^ ort to pursue diversity on college cam- el the playing fi ?uses, to defend their use of affirma- or adequately d ive action in admissions for years. 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