Tour talk: 'U' visit could benefit national race dialogue
Tonight, the University community will have another chance to discuss the state of race relations on campus and in society as a whole when the Michigan Student Assembly hosts a Town Hall Meeting on Race in conjunction with President Clinton's Initiative on Race. The meeting will feature a panel led by representatives from the Clinton administration - including Judith Light, executive director of the initative - and from the University's faculty and student body, as well as an open dialogue on the subject of race relations.
Admitted failure: UC schools should increase diversity efforts
The news last Tuesday that minority acceptances to the University of California plunged has cast an ominous shadow over the University's admissions policies. In the first year that the University of California system has not used race as a factor in its undergraduate admissions process, its Berkeley campus will see a 65-percent drop in the number of black students in its first-year class. California's unfortunate fate provides a clear vision of what may happen at the University of Michigan if affirmative action proponents lose their fight.
Boston: the road trip to success
For some, the road to Boston was 750 miles long. For others, it was 12 hours. For still others, the road was a superhighway, the beauty of the Finger Lakes and the subtle majesty of the Berkshires.
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