IWO JIMA' SportsMonday, '***"* lB Arts,5A ~Ii ffid~an Baigp Ann Arbor Michigan www.michigandaily.com MondayJanuary22,2007 Nation's * top court . rejects BAM suit "You have to get up, you have to get out, and you have to live your life." - University of Michigan at Dearborn senior Lindsay Hollandsworth, whose boyfriend is serving in the Army in Iraq Suit continues in district court By BRIAN TENGEL Daily StaffReporter The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request to allow the University of Michigan, Wayne State Uni- versity and Michigan State University a delay on the implementation of Proposal 2, which prohibits the use of affirmative action by public institutions in Michigan. The request, which was filed by the pro-affirmative action group By Any Means Necessary, sought to delay the implementation of Pro- posal 2 until the universities finished their current admis- sions cycles. Proposal 2, passed in November, was supposed to take effect on Dec. 23. But the three universities, seek- ing to complete their admis- sions cycles under a uniform policy, succeeded in petition- ing a district court to delay the measure until July. In late December, though, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the previous rul- ing, saying the University had to comply with Proposal 2 immediately. Because BAMN's appeal of the appeals court's rever- sal decision was rejected, Proposal 2 remains in effect. University spokeswoman Kelly Cunningham told The Associated Press on Friday that the University would refrain from commenting on the Supreme Court deci- sion until school officials had time to review it. Despite the Supreme Court's decision, BAMN will continue its fight See COURT, page 7A Lindsay Hollandsworth, a senior at the University of Michigan at Dearborn, at her home in Livonia with a photo ofther fiancee, Christian Bakken, a member of the Michi- gan Army National Guard who is serving in Iraq. THEY ALSO SERVE By Emily Angell j Daily Staff Reporter MA INTA INING DIVER SITY , Old college try " for new ideas Linds y Hollandsworth just wanted to lie in bed. The University of Michigan at Dearborn senior wanted to wear her pajamas all day and go to class with wet hair and no makeup. She wanted her fiancee, Christian Bakken, who had just been deployed to Iraq, to call. First in an occasional series about the University's connection to the Iraq war Student group seeks solutions * to diversity dilemma By LAYLA ASLANI Daily StaffReporter With the passage of Pro- posal 2 in November, the campus community was left with one question: now what? A new group composed of some of the biggest names in student leadership wants to find an answer. Visit the study group's website at www.aasg2007.blog. The Affirmative Action Study Group, started by Michigan Student Assem- bly representative Kenneth Baker and former LSA Stu- dent Government President Andrew Yahkind, is a bipar- tisan group composed of 10 student leaders active on both sides of the Proposal 2 debate. The group will examine diversity issues on campus and make recom- mendations to the Univer- See COMMITTEE, page 7A "Once they leave, you're lost," Hollandsworth said. "All you can do is wait for them to call." Students like Hollandsworth juggle the stress of college life with the constant worry that a boyfriend or girlfriend, fiancee or spouse may not make it home. And as President Bush's plan to send 21,500 more troops to Bagh- dad looms, some service members are preparing for their third tour of duty. An elementary education major, Hollandsworth spoke casually about her sorority and classes. But when asked about Bakken, who left for Iraq in October, her gaze became wistful. "The day he left happened in slow motion," Hollandsworth said. "It started off as a beautiful day. Eighty degrees and the sun was shining. There was a short cere- mony with some other families and then we said our goodbyes. I com- pletely lost it. As he boarded the bus, tears were streaming down his face. Then storm clouds filled the sky and rain came pouring down. I had to drive home in that storm all alone." The couple met in January 2004. They hit it off immediately. Two years later they were looking at engagement rings, Bakken's grandmother was so struck by their commitment that she offered to give him money to move to Canada so he wouldn't have to fight, Hollandsworth said. A member of the Michigan Army National Guard, Bakken attended training sessions one weekend a month. He joined to earn money for college, never expecting to be sent overseas, Hollandsworth said. But in May 2006, the phone rang. Before Bakken left for Iraq, Hol- landsworth went to visit him in New Jersey, where he was train- ing. "I got really sick on that trip," she said. "I had a fever and couldn't drive home, so I stayed an extra night. That's when he proposed." Since Bakken left, Holland- sworth has realized how important it is to stay busy. "You have to get up, you have to get out, and you have to live your life," she said. But the occasional blackout - when the military cuts off all com- munications between soldiers and their loved ones just after someone is killed so that the deceased ser- vice member's family isn't acciden- tally told about the death before the military can give an official notifi- cation- still makes her pulse race. "I didn't hear from him twice this week, so I assumed there was a blackout," Hollandsworth said. "Blackouts always reiterate the danger of the situation." Although Bakken often makes light of the situation during phone calls home, he is aware of how the dangers he faces daily affect Hol- landsworth. "One time he sent me an eight- minute long video," Hollandsworth said. "The first seven minutes were See IRAQ, page 3A THE HANG OF IT IN THE CLASSROOM Tenure track faculty down natiolwide Civil rights hero laments declining' equality in U.S. At'U', percent of non-tenure track faculty up By EMILY BARTON Daily StaffReporter Universities across the country are hiring more fac- ulty who are not on the tenure track, according to a Decem- ber report by the American Association of University Pro- fessors. The new non-tenured hires often teach the introductory classes tenured professors don't want to. The University is a part of that trend, statistics show. The percentage of non-ten- ure-track faculty at the Uni- versity increased 15.5 percent between 1988 and 2005. Most non-tenure-track instructors are lecturers, but their ranks also include adjunct lecturers, guest lec- turers, visiting professors and anyone else not being consid- ered for tenure. They generally teach under- graduate students, especially first- and second-year students, in fields like foreign language or English, which are required for moststudents. These faculty members don't have the same level of job secu- See TENURE, page 7A Greenberg argued Brown v. Board for NAACP By DANIEL TRUMP For the Daily One of the last remain- ing lions of the Civil Rights Movement said the drive for equality continues~ today at lecture at the Law School on A Friday. Jack Greenberg, JACKGREENBERG who argued the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954 with Thurgood Marshall, spoke to a crowd made up mostly of people a fourth of his age. Everyseatin250 Hutchins Hall was filled. Overflow attendees stood in the aisles to hear the attorney who argued against school seg- regation in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Greenberg, a retired Columbia Univer- sity law professor and former dean of Columbia College, said the drive for equality continues today. He demonstrated the con- tinuing relevance of the proj- ects that began a generation ago. His message was serious but optimistic, simultane- ously veteran and fresh. In his lecture "Uniting Civil and Human Rights" Greenberg said that since the Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement has gone in cycles. There have been moves toward equality fol- lowed by periods of regres- sion from that goal. The event was organized by Human Rights Through Education, a studentgroup at the University. The United States has retreated from the desegre- gation that resulted from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Greenberg said. Now, he said, "we are in a low spot and declining." After beginning with a history of American perspec- tives on the right to equal- ity, Greenberg distinguished between what he called "basic" or "absolute" human rights, like free speech, vot- ing and due process, and those involving distribution of resources, like access to education, health care and housing. Greenberg said the feder- See GREENBERG, page 7A Ann Arbor resident Zack Powers tries out an American-themed gui tar at Herb David Guitar Studio on East Liberty Street. The shop sells a wide variety of handmade instruments. TODAY'S WEATHER HI:31 GOT A NEWS TIP? LU: 20 Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail news a michgandaily.com and let us know. COMING TUESDAY The Michigan Solar Car Team takes on the Detroit Auto Show NEWS INDEX NEWS ..... Vol. CXVIl, No. 80 S OKU ,02007 The Mioh igarDaNly aichigandarle.con O PIN I ON.. .2A ARTS.. . . . A..........5A .3A CLASSIF IEDS......................6A .4A SPO RTS ...............................1B I