Word: fall
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...focus of the discussion was Tuesday's announcement that admissions of black and Hispanic applicants for next fall's first-year class atCalifornia's most competitive public schools hasfallen considerably. Many attribute these figuresto Proposition 209, a referendum passed inNovember 1996 that banned consideration of race,ethnicity and sex in the public sector...
...reality is that at higher educationinstitutions, African Americans make up 6 percentof the student body. If admissions relied only ontest scores and grades, that number would fall toone or two percent. I don't see how this isimproving race relations," she said...
Voting began at a March 15 BGLTSA community meeting and continued for a week via e-mail. Ultimately, around 100 members voted, according to BGLTSA secretary Michael K. Tan '01, whose seat will be up for election this fall...
...Every year we have team goals, and every year we always seem to fall just a little short of those goals," Feaster said. "More than ever, this year we've been able to accomplish everything we wanted...
...speaking of the bells--when they woke me on Friday at 8:45 in the morning, I felt not annoyed but instead nostalgic. Kirkland House will be a great place to live, and I look forward to learning more about it when I move in the fall. But for now, I think I'll enjoy my room in Thayer, replete with non-halogen lamps, a blocked-up fireplace, and hourly bells. At least until the end of the year...