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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...just how selective the admissions process had to be. Although the new policy decreased emphasis on grades and SAT scores, both remained important. That was a handicap to many African-American and Hispanic applicants. The National Center for Education Statistics reports that in 1992 nearly 21% of college-bound, non-Hispanic whites had GPAs of 3.5 and higher, compared to just 10% of Hispanics and 4% of blacks. And 25% of non-Hispanic whites had SATs above 1100, compared to 8% of Hispanics and 3% of blacks. California's redesigned admission scheme allows admissions officers to give more favorable consideration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back to Square One | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...limits tested by the dense sonic experimentation of This Is My Rifle, emotions wrangled by the sugary-sour pop treat offered up by Blue Wail. The winner of the friendly compe- tition, the extraordinary B-Side, got the crowdon its feet with smart, effortless freestyle rapand a tight groove bound to get anyone withinhearing distance excited...

Author: By Peter A. Hahn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fun in Pforzheimer | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...sleep was allowed. Number two was to "double-fist it." By this he meant that at no time should anyone be carrying less than two drinks in each fist. He assured us that if these two rules were judiciously followed, "at four in the morning, someone is bound to look good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HALCYON DAYS | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

Ugly men use them to obscure as much of their faces as possible, hoping to hide their Phantom-like visages. Women use them to augment a ponytail when doing damage control on bad hair days. Whatever the situation, there's bound to be a reason to wear a baseball...

Author: By Susana E. Canseco, | Title: Hats Off! | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

...company, under fierce bi-partisan bipartisan political pressure, withdrew its offer to recycle 23 million gallons of the incendiary substance. The Navy vowed to proceed with its plan to recycle the napalm stored at a California base, but there was no word on the immediate fate of the Indiana-bound shipment. Sure, this is like protesting a gasoline tanker, but pressure arising from the Vietnam-era associations forced Pollution Control Industries to back out of the deal. "It may be a terror weapon, but it's no more dangerous than gasoline," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "It's flammable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Napalm Train in Vain | 4/14/1998 | See Source »

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