Word: davises
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OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, people all over the country have been trying to sort out the issues and absorb the analyses in the controversial case of Regent of the University of California v. Allan Bakke. Many have debated with themselves about what personal stance to take, but have ended...
Grantland Johnson, national organizer for the NCOBD, said last week the special program "was established because of the intense pressure Davis fell under during the '60s civil rights protest movement.
"It was U.C. Davis--not Bakke--who raised the question of the constitutionality of the program. Why did they do that? They did not want to win this case. U.C. Davis wants to see this kind of program--not only at U.C., but all over--buried," Johnson charged.
In support of his charge of collusion, Johnson cited the agreement U.C. Davis made with Bakke to hold a limited hearing rather than a full trial, thereby restricting the material available for any subsequent appeal. In so doing, the university precluded presenting to the court certain facts--such as the...
In addition, Peter Storandt, an assistant to Lowrey at the time of Bakke's second rejection, encouraged Bakke to file suit against U.C. Davis, by reinforcing Bakke's belief that the university passed him up for less qualified students.