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Feagin also said that large gifts from young alumni and women donors and volunteers have contributed to the campaign's success...
...medicinal purposes. California's governor, Pete Wilson, has a law and order reputation but also favors gay rights. However, despite some of the Golden State's seemingly permissive attitudes, California seems to be ground zero for white America's backlash. Perhaps it is not even fair to term the success of Prop. 209 a backlash since it is doubtful that a majority white elecorate would have ever supported a referendum to create affirmative action policies in the first place...
Foes of Prop. 209 such as the NAACP and the ACLU hope to defeat most if not all of its provisions in court, as opponents of Prop. 187 were able to do, but their chances of success are slim. Furthermore, Prop. 209 is carefully worded to avoid conflicting with federal affirmative action policies in order to circumvent some of the problems that have dogged Prop...
...mainly to unexpected success in faculty recruiting, the Kennedy School of Government is expected to run a deficit of roughly $1 million this year, Dean Joseph Nye said in an interview yesterday...
...will grow out of it, partially from the additional research these professors will generate and partially from the success of the Capital Campaign," Nye said. "I'm not worried about the deficit...