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Since the Board of Regents for the University of California (U.C.) phased out affirmative action in 1997 after the passing of Proposition 209, minority admissions have dropped by 50 percent (from 24.7 percent in 1997 to 12.2 percent in 1998). This drop shows the devastating affect that anti-affirmative action policies have on student body diversity, as well as the unfairness of the admissions policies that have replaced affirmative action...
...Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) passed a bill urging recently elected Democratic Governor Gray Davis to appoint pro-affirmative action regents to the Board of Regents. While this action alone would not reverse the ban on affirmative action, Amanda R. Canning, academic vice-president of the ASUC said, "I think that it is time that the regents experience some diversity themselves, not just ethnic diversity, but diversity of thought...
...affirmative action is not likely to be overturned anytime soon, but a symbolic action that would make the U.C.s appear more welcoming to minority students is a step in the right direction...
Attendance: 2,627CrimsonPaul S. GutmanCHRIS CROSS: CHRIS BALA (26) rushesup the ice in earlier action. Bala assisted onSteve Moore's goal in the Crimson's 5-3 win overPrinceton on Saturday...
...Harvard, Clemente came out smoking, hittingon 5-of-8 shots, including 3-of-4 from behind thearc, for 15 points before the intermission. Allthis came in just 13 minutes of action, asClemente ran into some foul trouble, picking uphis second just 10 minutes into the game...