uit
rom
A charge of radam and discrimina­
tion baa boen backed by a law .uit filed
by two former .tuden1a at Wa� Sta1e
University. -
TIii .tudents are charging that the
Eiigllah Proficiency Examination re­
quirement used by the Univel'lity is dis­
crimiDatory and baa prevented them
from receiving their degrees.
There are two proficiency exams­
·math and EnaUah.
Stuaen are required 10 take both
exama and are allowed to fall ooce; after
which they are requlrecl to emolllDd
.ucceaafully complete EnaUah (108)
aod math (059) before receiving their degrees.
An article 'appearing in "The South EDd," a daily newspaper pub
lilhed by the Univeility. repo11ed Martina Gifford and MatbiJ Otia
took the exam several dmea and failed, and a awl, fl1ec1alawault.
_ According to the article, the t8wsuit charJeI the eumination baa a
cUapuite impact on Black studen •
"THE claim is oot to .upport the failing of the exams," said the
- ittorney for the .tudents, Eameat Goldman, "but what we are aaytna
II tbat the way the exam i. t is unfair."
.. .
.. LAW UIT, A10
�ACKI
By PAUL ROCKWELL
There are two 1dDdI of delegatea
at Democratic Party conventiona:
elected delegate. and unelected
delegates.
1bc artificial bloc of deleptle$­
"super-delegatea" ....:pow. larger
every four yem.
There were 500 super-delegates
'in 1984, roughly 14 percent of the
convention. By 1988 the bloc of
insiders rose to 600.
If the super-delegate system is
not challenged before the July
Democratic Party convention, 735
unelected delegates-insiden
without direct sUPPQrt from primary
voters-may well determine ':he
direction of the De�tic Party
for years to come.
S'DPER�DELEGATES ARE
mostly incumbents and party
officials. Two-thirds ·of the
Democrats from the House and
Senate (a whit�, male bastion)
become automatic uper-delegates
at the 1992 convention.
Super-delegates may be
cla sified as uncommi tted (in
II
upe,.. d. iega� ..... �?
THE 'DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIO
contrut to elected delegates, who are action committees.
accountable to .
.pecific primary -
::t���mlttbeUJ I NEWSANALYSIS
delegates are not _ .
independent
They are iDtatwiDed with arms
dealen, big banks, loft-money
millionaires, tile AMA, and political
There are
S 0 m e
Individual
exceptioDl, to
be sure. (Ilte
Congraawo
man Maxine Waters, South Los
Angeles).
But Philip Stem documents in
Foe
criticize GA
The Beat Congress Money Can BuY.
few groups in the wodd are IDOJe
impllcatcd in the .,.1aD infIueDCe
IDd hlp fIDm:e tbaD Democratic
P&1y iDcumbenta.
BY CREATING A power-bloc
of unelected dele,ates, the
• UPER,A10
tudy
people ould "receive a check for
$25", which tbcy can cash "at a food
stamp distribution site-at no
charge."
"Participating in this project will
not prevent your present of future
involvement in any grant propams
in this state of Mic:higan, " tbe leaflet
added.
People were ked to call (313)
�52 to find out "if your name
is on our list"
By RON SEIGEL
cO!!!!pOndMI
Michigan, annouocing the y of
"tile impact of General lance
tennination" and saying its purpose
"is to collect information about what
former GA recipients are doing to
urvive and make ends meet."
"We would like about an hour of
yourtime for a face to face in1erview
conducted by two trained field
interviewers working with the
University of Michigan School of
Social work, " the leaflet said.
In return for this completed
Interview, the leaflet announced
See STUDY, A10
DETROIT - An announcement
that the state will spend balf a
million dollan to study the effects of
Michigan Gcwemor John Engler's
elimination of General Assistance
(OA) is being criticized.
Yunus Collins of Michigan Up
and ·Poverty Now, an organization
currently p ing petitions to �
Engler presented The Michigan
Citizen with a copy of a leaflet
reportedly frOm the University of
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