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Four years ago, when I was entering Harvard College, affirmative action programs had just been dismantled in the University of California system. Last week, affirmative action was given a shot in the arm when a Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of the University of Michigan Law School’s admissions process, which grants extra “points” to minority students in the admissions process, to ensure the enrollment of a “critical mass” of black and Hispanic students...
After a U.S. appeals court upheld the University of Michigan law school’s affirmative action policy earlier this week, Harvard administrators applauded the decision but said they worry what might happen if the Supreme Court takes on an appeal of the case...
...Cuba. But Roca was released only two months early from a five-year sentence, and of course the amnesty was perfectly timed for the media-frenzied visit by former president Jimmy Carter. The Staff’s naive optimism notwithstanding, the Varela referendum will not be honored or upheld by Castro. In fact, the government is already harassing many of its signatories. Castro’s recent actions are media-savvy, but they are not real steps in the right direction. The free trade Castro enjoys with Canada and Europe has not softened his dictatorial rule; why would trade with...
...roommates, friends and sundry others. This will doubtless come as disappointing surprise to the merry band in Quincy 616 and 613 (sorry, Alex and Tuttle and Praveen and Brian and Andy and Josh and Allen) and perhaps to others of significance (forgive me, Abby). But standards must be upheld, even when on the brink of the apocalypse...
Brown, Tufts and Columbia are currently awaiting that national board review, which upheld in November 2000 the NYU students’ right to unionize. The board’s make-up has changed with President Bush’s appointment of more conservative members, leading some to speculate that it might overturn the decisions of the previous board as it reviews the upcoming cases...