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Not in the numbers

Since the passage of Proposition 209, the nation has looked to California as the proving grounds for anti-affirmative action initiatives. That measure effectively ended affirmative action in the state by eliminating programs that involve "preferential treatment" based on race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. If, in the wake of Proposition 209, minority enrollment in California universities were to slide significantly, affirmative action advocates would have a great case for its reinstatement. On the other hand, if the opposite occurred, they might be in serious trouble.

Guns on the run

While even the most modest and widely supported gun control efforts have been completely stymied at the national level by Congress' unrelenting dread of the NRA, many states have admirably taken matters into their own hands. In the most important example, Massachusetts began regulating handguns in the same manner as all other consumer products this week. By finally recognizing the danger posed to gun buyers and acting to improve consumer safety, Massachusetts has demonstrated how firearms should be treated as long as they are legal.

Spring is a time for reflection: One student's thoughts

It's not like in high school either where you could wear whatever you wanted under your coat because you were inside all day. No, every morning in college you have to dress in layers for the polar expedition that you must endure before entering the "random temperature" building. And it is too much of a hassle to keep on switching between heat and AC, so the University sets a date where they will permanently switch over. So even those few days when it was unseasonably hot out, the heat was on - making Chem 1800 a sauna. And now, no matter how cold - the AC will stay on - turning Angell Hall into a meat freezer.

Letters to the Editor

Thomas Kuljurgis Tentatively Speaking

4-7-2000