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Salary commensurate with experience. WANTED: Women for Paid Focus group about body image for women. Participants paid $15 and refreshments will be served for one 2-hour session. Call 734-763-9000, -#6326 i STUDY POSITION. $8.50- 10. assistant in Molecular Biology Lab. Science Major preferred. Contact David @763-6289, dlbavers@umich.edu WORK STUDY POSITIONS in Neuroendocrinology lab. Animal care or laboratory work. $8/hr.Contact Peter at 647- 2604, email pschluet@biology.lsa.umich.edu Alumni relay minorty experiences By Karen Schwartz Daily Staff Reporter When Charlie Beckham came to the University in 1965, there were 40,000 undergraduate students. Of those, 350 - less than one-tenth of 1 percent - were black. Beckham and two other University alumni, Kamau Marable and Dalia Garcia, who graduated in 1995 and 1998 respectively, spoke yesterday in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union about their University experiences, the challenges they faced as minority stu- dents and how a degree from the University has bene- fited them. The program, in its second year, was titled, "A Focus on Outcomes." A degree from the University opens doors, Beck- ham said, and the struggle to give more people of color access to quality education must continue. "Focus" is a recruitment program tied in with the Martin Luther King Jr. symposium and presented by the University's Ambassador Program, a volunteer stu- dent organization that works to recruit students of color. The program was open to the public but also geared towards minority students, said Feodies Shipp Ill, who started the program last year. Shipp is also senior admissions counselor for the University. "I really want them to see those paths and know that people have walked the road before them and that there are others they can look to for guidance and sup- port," Shipp said. "Bringing students in to talk to alums lets them see how a degree helps propel them towards the future, and shows the full circle of University life," he said. Featured guest Garcia addressed the subjects of con- fidence and stereotypes, urging students to be cxam- pies for those around them and live up to their gosL "Don't get up in the morning and say, 'This is what people say about me so this is what I must be,"' she said. Instead, Garcia said, students need to take charge of their own lives, accepting the challenges life offers and finding their own answers. "You are what you make of yourself and by statng here you're sending the message that 'yeah, I can do this, I'm gonna do this"' she said. Prospective University student Erik Saenz attended the program to hear about alumni experiences before he makes his college decision. "They gave me a feeling of what responsibilities I'd have here and a picture of where I'd be with a degree from U of M," Saenz said. s www.- nspla,. rII [Telling it like it is Forum focuses on bias in standardized tests BIGGEST POOL DECK PARTIES 1rop _ 1 aches FREE Brochures of Fita.:.. ' & Reservations , ,6 . , SPRING BREAK! LAST MINUTE DEALS! Cancun, Bahamas, Florida, Jamaica & Mazatlan. Join MTV and Baywatch for Spring Break! Call for a free a brochure and ask how you can organize a small group & Eat, Drink, Travel Free & Earn Cash! 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The summit, sponsored by the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary, was host to a panel of speakers who addressed alleged test biases in the Scholastic Aptitude Test, Law School Aptitude Test, Michigan Educational Assessment Program and other acade- mic aptitude tests. Advocates of affirmative action con- tend standardized tests favor non-minor- ity students. They argue that because these tests are a large factor in admis- sions, race must be taken into account to offset the advantages non-minority applicants have in this criterion. This point is expected to be argued extensively by the intervening defen- dants in the trial for the lawsuit chal- lenging the University Law School's admission policies, which take LSAT scores into account. "The mythology of the test is it's just like grades, and it's not," said David White, director of Testing for the Public, a group which helps prepare minority students for the LSAT, GRE and GMAT. White also presented research show- ing that students of different ethnicities with similar grade point averagesstill had a large gap between test scores. Specifically, he found black students score about nine points lower thawthe white students when they both have the same grade point averages. Jay Rosner, executive director 4fthe Princeton Review, said it is important to realize the bias in standardized testing is not intentional and to label the tots as biased can be a self-defeating argu- ment. "If you can show people howdvas works, than the label of bias doesrt-put them off," he said. By analyzing how many white stu- dents answered a question correctly compared to the number of black stu- dents, Rosner says he found that in the 1988-89 SAT tests, 575 questions out 580 were "white-preference" ques- tions. School of Education Prof. Donald Heller discussed testing bias in tile MEAP, which is administered to vioi- gan high school students. Studenteyo pass all four sections are awardd a 52,500 scholarship. These tests, too, Heller said, favor white students over blacks. And while students may also receive the schdlar ship by passing two MEAP tests-and then scoring in the top quartile on the SAT or the ACT, fewer than 6 percent of all applicants qualify this way. "The best way to get a scholarship n this state is to be a white student ina wealthy school," he said. JOYCE LEE/Daily An actress playing Harriet Tubman tells her story as part of the Program for Children at Mendelssohn Theatre to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Prof. presents research on inequality By Anna Clark Daily Staff Reporter "We drove 10 hours to be here," said a University of Virginia law student before adding her story of racial injus- tice she has experienced in higher edu- cation to the growing crowd Sunday in the Michigan League's Vandenberg Room. She, along with students and faculty from the University of California schools and the University of Michigan, gathered to hear UCLA sociology Prof. Walter Allen present his yearlong research on racial and gender inequali- ties in higher education. Allen was one of several speakers in the Summit of the New Civil Rights Movement, sponsored by the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and Inte- gration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary. Allen, who also is an expert witness in the Law School trial, said he used surveys, focus groups, individual inter- views and archival investigation to specifically focus his research on the University of Michigan's undergraduate and Law School students. He used data compiled from the University of Michi- gan as well as UC-Berkeley, Harvard and Michigan State, the top feeder schools to the University of Michigan's Law School. The "campus race and gender climate is negative and this negative climate consistently negative consequences," Allen said, explaining that this was the first of the three pillars of his findings. The second pillar addressed "covert racism" which Allen said is difficult to measure or point out but is still "calcu- lated, systematic and in the spirit of rein- forcing white supremacy." Finally, Allen noted that while racism, sexism and classism are distinct entities, they are interrelated and "feed off each other." Allen began his research in October 1999 and concluded in October 2000. After presenting his work, Allen opened the floor for the audience to share their experiences or thoughts, resulting in almost an hour of voices reiterating instances of racial and gender injustice and enumerating ways to fight past them. Rackham student L'Heureux Lewis said he appreciated the scientific evi- dence Allen presented. "He presented empirical evidence towards the inequality in academia," Lewis said. "That's crucial to an under- standing of inequality." Engineering freshman Mark Hutchin- son said the discussion following Allen's presentation helped him realize the breadth of inequality. "I learned that this is much more of a national problem than I thought it was," Hutchinson said. "It really -u prised me that with all I've heard and read about these schools, and with their reputation, that this is still such a problem. ********************************** PhDs, MBAs, and JDs Management position in Biotech R&D co. near campus. Executive project manager of Cutting-edge drug delivery Science background not required. Part-time now; full time in May. LOTS OF POTENTIAL. Fax: (734) 665-0642 Email: becohan@umich.edu ********LIQUIDATION SALE******** By order of the secured creditor. SKR Music 539 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI. (All inventory moved to one location.) Thursday, Jan., 18th, 10:00 am - 8:00 pm. Friday, Jan., 19th, 10:00 am - 8:00 pm. Saturday, Jan., 20th, 9:00 am -3:00 pm. Reductions start at 50% off. New & used CD's; posters; books; CD players; wood display cabinets & tables; wood shelf units; computer register system; file cabinets; office equipment & more! All must be sold. Cash only!!! 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They asked him to show identification, asked if he was carrying any large amounts of money and searched his luggage. Rodriguez cited this as one example of racial pro- filing. He was one of three speakers who talked at a program titled "Civil Rights Struggle in the New Millennium: Issues, Obstacles and Strategies for1 Moving Forward," yesterday in the Law School's Hutchins Hall. Racial profiling, or suspecting a person of a crime+ merely because of their ethnicity or race, "must be eliminated" in order for communities to "respect and trust law enforcement," said Rodriguez, an attorney{ for the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Edu- cational Fund in Chicago. "We entrust law enforcers to enforce our laws. They should not be allowed to break our laws in order to enforce them," he said. Rodriguez stressed the need for traffic-stop stud- ies, which would require officers to report data, including race, from every stop they make. Currently San Diego does traffic-stop studies. Blacks comprise 8 percent of the city's population but account for 20 percent of searched suspects, Rodriguez said. The symposium also focused on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the affirmative action trial involving the University's Law School. U.S. Southern Ohio District Judge Algenon Marb- ley spoke on the act because of alleged voter intimi- dation against minorities in November's presidential election. "The data shows there was some erosion of public confidence" in the justice system, Marbley said. U.S. Eastern Michigan District Judge Denise Hood lectured on affirmative action and education, focusing on predicting what will happen in the cases against the University. She predicted the Supreme Court will choose to see the University's cases, unlike Hopwood vs. .the State of Texas. Of interest to the court will be whether the Univer- sity's "admissions policy was narrowly tailored to achieve the goal which the University wanted to have of a diverse student body," she said. "The (Supreme) Court will decide if there is a compelling state inter- est in having a diverse student body." Hood added that there has been proof that stu- dents learn better in diverse communities, trg more likely to "think actively" and learn to'"d al with conflicts among people who have different ideas." No matter what happens in the trials, affirmative action and segregation will continue to be a point of contention in the civil rights movement, she said "The court can't remedy what goes on," Hood said. AFTERNOON CHIULDCARE Mon. and Wed. 3:30 - 6:30 pm. Help kids with homework and:drive to activities. Car provided. Good driving record essential. 769-8170. BABYSITTER NEEDED: For 22 month old boy. Some evenings and some days. Flexible hours. Looking for someone who is energetic, enthusiastic, and loves kids. $9/hr. nsportation a plus and references req. 5-0634 ask for Annmarie. BABYSITTER NEEDED: for 3 children ages 6, 4, and 1, in my West Ann Arbor home. Sunday mornings and 2 half days per week. Own transportation, ref. req. 994-6412 Census gives racial data CHILD CARE needed in our home. 10-15 hrs/wk. Flex. sched. 1 mile from campus. Plesecal 71-3( i By Susan Luth Daily Staff Reporter Researchers and community members gath- ton University sociology graduate student Ann Morning. "Are they trying to tell us about their parents, their grandparents, their communi- ties?" 1 : :