Drawing lines: Redistricting would benefit A2 students
After a five-hour wrestling match with Ann Arbor Public Schools' redistricting software last Wednesday, several parents unveiled a plan for reapportioning students between Ann Arbor's several elementary schools. The parents' proposal comes after district-wide objection to an administrative proposal that many residents say forces too many students to change schools. While the parents' proposal would transplant only 300 students into new schools - about 400 fewer than the administrators' plan - it fails to sufficiently remedy a racial imbalance at Carpenter Elementary, where the student population is 41.
Whose right?: Maine repeal is a step backward for gay rights
Over the past decade, 11 states have passed laws protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination. This movement has been attacked by the Christian Coalition, a right-wing interest group devoted to instilling Christian values in American politics. Conservatives and coalition leaders saw this past week as a great victory for their cause as voters in Maine repealed the anti-discrimination law established by the state Legislature.
Skating on thin ice: the most intriguing people of 1998
"To everything there is a season, turn, turn, turn," quoth Ecclesiastes and The Byrds. In this decade, no lyric could be truer. With every new year arrives new events and celebrities striving to etch their names into the culture of popular Americana. Much to my surprise, just 46 days have passed in 1998 and we already have enough scandals and scoundrels to fill a book of the Bible - or a folk-rock song, for that matter.
02-16-98
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