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...worried that a Supreme Court ruling against Boston Latin could be used as a sword to end all racial preferences in public secondary schools, especially prestigious magnet schools. In New York City, where the four specialized high schools admit students strictly on the basis of an entrance test, black and Hispanic students represent fewer than 10 percent of those enrolled. Next year, when Boston Latin switches to a temporary race-blind admissions policy, some estimate black and Hispanic enrollment could drop to 13 percent; system-wide, black and Hispanic students make up 75 percent of Boston's 64,000 students...
...next track, "Fine and Good" opens with an acoustic intro with a spacey background, setting the scene for the eventual rocking climax. "Lead Pipe Cinch" eerily resembles a Soul Asylum acoustic number, but this aura is broken by "Cool Magnet," a pulsating anthem that could become the album's dark horse hit. Though not yet receiving radio airplay, it conveys the raw, hardcore emotion that is great for blasting out the car window while cruising down the highway at 80 miles per hour...
...honors track, that is. Bismarck, aptly called Bizzy by friends, was valedictorian at his middle school, and is contending for that honor next June at Science High School, one of Newark's "magnet" schools. He is a star player on the school's math and chemistry teams, and is so computer-savvy that the union pension and benefit fund where his mother works pays him $15 an hour after school to solve technical problems. He may not need the money for college, though. Even before he had thought about applying, he won a $40,000 scholarship to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...
...worst fears will certainly be realized if school districts make room for computers by throwing out library books and exchanging print-reference material for stacks of CD-ROMS. This is not an unlikely future, but it is one I would just as soon avoid. BURGESS NEEDLE, Librarian Safford Engineering/Technology Magnet Middle School Tucson, Ariz...
...heard being a veejay makes you into a bit of a babe magnet...