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...nine justices supported affirmative action in concept. Although he dissented from the Grutter decision, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy averred that the Bakke standard—and thus affirmative action—is valid, although he said the law school’s policy does not meet that standard...
...budget surplus he inherited when he entered office has deteriorated to a deficit of $38 billion, and that he's championing an $8 billion tax increase. But few could have expected that these problems would exact such a swift political price. If the recall proponents get 900,000 valid signatures by mid-July, a costly special election will be held in the fall. Voters will be asked whether Davis should be removed from office--and, on the same ballot, which candidate should replace him. With no runoff, the candidate who gets a plurality of votes wins--which makes...
...Crimson after public protest. But while the piece was undermined by its language and wildly unsupported overgeneralizations, the underlying message of the article, that self-segregation hurts the ability of students to truly learn from each other and build meaningful friendships regardless of racial and ethnic background, was a valid point worth considering...
...argument that one can’t begin teaching for a week because of shopping period seems odd, given that it is the instructor and not the student who is giving the lectures, assigning the homework and recording the grades. Shopping is not and has never been a valid excuse for negligence...
While Lewis’ concern is valid, it omits half of the problem: the fact that a healthy social scene is not created simply by reducing abuse—it also demands the development of proactive and creative alternatives to those dangerous patterns. This latter concern continues to be ignored by the University, to the chagrin of many students...