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"As we work to build the new Michigan economy, we must focus on drawing in emerging sectors compa- nies:' Last spring, Knollenberg introduced H.R. 1568, the Henry Ford Scholarship Program Act of 2007, which would provide scholarships to high-achiev- ing students to pursue undergraduate degrees in mathematics, science, engi- neering and health related fields. That bill was incorporated into this year's "Higher Education Opportunity Act" (HR 4137). Students will be eligible for the scholarship if they attend college full-time in pursuit of a degree in mathematics, science, engineering and health-related fields. They will need to have completed a rigorous secondary curriculum in math or sci- ence to be eligible for their first year of study. After finishing the first year of undergrad with a 3.0 GPA or higher, students must be full-time enrolled, pursuing a math or science-related major. They then are eligible for the full $5,000/year scholarship, up to a total of $20,000 per student, as long as they maintain their major and GPA. The scholarship program was praised by Gary Russi, president of Oakland University. "Oakland University prides itself in its health, math and science curriculum, and these funds will enable and ensure that the best and brightest students are able to receive the education they deserve to keep our state and our country competitive in a global mar- ketplace," Russi said. Fighting Bias Detroit — The Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion (MRDI) is joining law enforcement officials, leg- islators and other civil rights organiza- tions in supporting the Michigan Anti Bias Crime Statute recently introduced in the Michigan House and Senate. "The most basic of human rights is the expectation of safety. This human right is not reality for those in our state who are victims of crime because of their race, religion, disabil- ity or sexual orientation:' said Thomas Costello, president and CEO of MRDI. House Bill 6341, sponsored by Representative Paul Condino and currently in the House Judiciary Committee, and Senate Bill 610, sponsored by Sen. Hansen Clarke and currently in the Senate Judiciary Committee, will change state law by adding disability and sexual orienta- tion to the list of groups against whom bias would qualify as a hate crime. \ It also strengthens existing law by allowing crimes against victims selected because of their association with a targeted group to qualify as hate crimes. According to the FBI, Michigan has the third-highest number of reported hate crimes in the country. U.S. Census Bureau data indicate Michigan is the most racially segregated state in the country. Prominent Jewish Spies Washington/JTA — Several promi- nent Jews spied for the United States during World War II, newly released documents show. Former Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, philanthropist and businessman Laurence Tisch and baseball player Moe Berg were among the 35,000 men and women whose files from their service in the World War II-era Office of Strategic Services were released on Aug. 14 by the National Archives. The files cover 35,000 Americans, both civilian and military, who worked in some capacity for the intelligence agency, the precur- sor to the CIA. Goldberg's file notes that as both a civilian and a member of the Army, he supervised a section in the Secret Intelligence Branch of OSS to maintain contact with labor groups and orga- nizations regarded as potential resis- tance elements in enemy-occupied and enemy countries. He organized anti-Nazi European transportation workers into an extensive intelligence network. Steve Tilley, director of the tex- tual archives services division of the National Archives, said Jewish Americans of that era might have been particularly attractive as recruits to the agency because of their educa- tion and their European background, particularly their knowledge of lan- guages. TV chef Julia Child and Middle East negotiator Ralph Bunche were among the other names in the records.