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Monday, February 19, 2007 - 7A
ADMISSIONS
From page IA
underrepresented minority
acceptance rate to the affir-
mative action ban and said it
is too early to understand its
effects.
Peterson said the affirma-
tive action ban is likely having
some effect on admissions,
but that the University won't
be able to get the full picture
until early next fall.
Still, underrepresented
minority applicants went
from being admitted at a rate
12 percent above 'the overall
average before the ban took
effect to 6 percent below the
average afterward.
Peterson said some of the
decline in the admissions rate
is because the University put a
special effort into encourag-
ing students across the board
DORMS
From page IA
House," Zabriskie said.
Housing administrators
are also working to keep stu-
dents in the dorms by appeal-
ing to their stomachs.
Residential Dining Servic-
es introduced two new meal
plans last semester - one that
allows students 175 meals
each semester instead of a
weekly allotment and another
that allows them to eatunlim-
ited meals. Michael Lee,
to apply early this year.
"We knew there was going
to be a lot of uncertainty in
our admissions this year so we
encouraged people to apply
early," she said. "It allowed us
to accelerate out admissions
cycle."
The University admit-
ted more applicants early
in the cycle this year than it
did last year. Through Jan. 7,
acceptances to the University
were up by about 11 percent.
The Office of Undergradu-
ate Admissions attributed
this jump to a new paperless
review system which allowed
them to expedite the admis-
sion of highly qualified stu-
dents.
Despite the passage of the
affirmative action ban, there
has been a 14 percent increase
in the number of completed
applications the University
director of Residential Dining
Services, said that more than
400 students have chosen the
new meal plans. He said stu-
dents responded positively to
the addition of a burger and
pizza bar in the South Quad
cafeteria and a burrito bar in
West Quad's dining hall.
At the beginning of the
current school year, dining
services also took away the
option of using meal cred-
its on the weekends at retail
dining facilities. The addi-
tion of the burger and pizza
has received from underrep-
resented minorities. Overall
applications to the University
increased by only about5 per-
cent compared to last year.
The University has con-
sidered a larger number of
underrepresented minority
applicants this cycle com-
pared to the same time last
year. However, despite the
fact that underrepresented
minorities are a larger per-
centage of the applicant pool
than last year, the number
of underrepresented minor-
ity applicants accepted has
declined by about 16 per-
cent.
Peterson said it is impor-
tant not to read too much into
any particular snapshot of the
admissions process because of
the nature of rolling admis-
sions.
"There are always peaks
bars increased labor and food
costs, making the change nec-
essary, Lee said.
Students weren't happy
with the change.
"We took feedback from
dining hall surveys, and
everything was voted well or
very well except for the meal
credits," Lee said.
RHA passed a resolution
in January urging dining ser-
vices to bring back weekend
meal credits.
Lee said that students will
once again be able to use the
and flows in this process," she
said. "Right now they are try-
ing to make sure they are not
over-admitting the freshman
class."
But the decline in the
minority acceptance rate is in
line with what officials in Cal-
ifornia saw after voters there
banned affirmative action
there in 1996.
In an October interview,
Robert Burdhal, the former
chancellor of the University
of California at Berkeley,
told the Daily that after the
ban went into effect, Berke-
ley admitted half as many
minority applicants as the
year before.
Peterson said the Univer-
sity will have a more complete
picture of the effects of the
affirmative action ban on the
University's admissions pro-
cess by early fall.
meal credits on weekends
after spring break - but not
without a cost. All of the
retail dining facilities except
for Bursley's Blue Apple will
close on Sundays.
The hours when students
can use the meal credits will
also be shortened. Before the
change, students could use
meal credits between 12 and
6 p.m. on Saturdays. Under
the new system, though, stu-
dents will only be able to use
the credits between 10:30
a.m. and 2 p.m.
SWEATSHOPS
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led the group inside the build-
ing.
The group stomped up
the stairs in unison to make
more noise. They crowded
into Coleman's reception area
and handed a letter outlining
their demands to a secretary.
The protesters sat in silence in
Coleman's office for more than
15 minutes before leaving the
building.
No one in Coleman's office
at the time would comment on
her location.
The University has taken
action on sweatshop labor
before.
The President's Advisory
Committee on Labor Stan-
dards and Human Rights met
inlateAprillastyeartodiscuss
the adoption of the Designated
Suppliers Program.
Although the committee
recommended that Coleman
not endorse the program, it
suggested that the University
take steps to enforce the exist-
ing Code of Conduct for Uni-
versity licensees.
Accordingto the University's
website, licensees may not use
forced labor or child labor. The
code also includes several other
provisions forworker'srights.
Members of the Sweatfree
Coalition said that the code
is not enforced. They said the
Designated Suppliers Program
is better because it would be
monitored by an independent
source.
The group has set March
15th as its deadline for a
response from Coleman,
coinciding with the date set
by similar groups around the
country.
"We want to have solidarity
with a lot of schools," Kear-
ney said. "It's also the Ides of
March," he added, referring
to the date of Julius Caesar's
assassination.
If Coleman hasn't repliedby
then, the Sweatfree Coalition
will determine what steps to
take next, Kearney said.
"We expect she will reply,
unless she wants to even more
brashlybrush off students," he
said.
University spokeswoman
Kelly Cunningham referred a
reporter to a University web-
site with the University of
Michigan Code of Conduct
for Licensees and a timeline of
relevant events.
"Mary Sue is notoriously
difficult to get hold of," Kear-
ney said.
He and other protesters said
they felt slighted by the police
presence. They said it was a
clear indicator of Coleman's
inaccessibility. Alhough SOLE
has met with the University's
president in the past, Kearney
said one of the meetingsbegan
as a fortunate accident.
"We were on the way to
an action and we came in the
building on one side and Mary
Sue came in on the other," he
said. "We saw her in the stair-
well and cornered her until
she agreed to a meeting."
Actions like the silent pro-
test take place all over the
country, Kearney said.
Two students from Purdue
University involved in SOLE's
protest had participated in a
26-day hunger strike this fall
along with several other Pur-
due students in what they said
was a last-ditch effort to get
attention from an administra-
tion they said had no concern
for student groups.
Purdue president Martin
Jischke didn't cave, though.
He announced last month that
the University.wouldn't adopt
the Designated Suppliers Pro-
gram.
"I reached the conclusion
that adopting the proposed
program in its present form
would not be the right deci-
sion for Purdue," Jischke
told the Purdue Exponent
last month. "We will send an
observer to meetings of the
Designated Supplier Program
working group, and we will
continue to study the issue,"
he added.
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For Monday, Feb. 19, 2007 SCORPIO
ARIES (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)
(March 21to April 19) Romantic relationships are very pas-
Some of you feel that a friendship or sionate and intense today. Try not to
relationship is ending now. Perhaps it is. overreact to anything that upsets you.
Don't hold on out of desperation. That Don't destroy the good will you already
will only make things worse. have.
TAURUS SAGITTARIUS
(April 20 to May 20) (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)
Refrain from being too demanding Family discussions are pretty hot
with a friend today because you want today. Instead, channel this intense
your own way. To keep friends, you have energy into cleaning up things at home
to know when to hold and when to fold. and getting rid of useless items.
GEMINI CAPRICORN
(May 21to June 20) (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19)
This is a poor day for serious discus- You're tempted to try to convince oth-
sions with parents and bosses. You're not ers to agree with you today. You want to
in the mood to compromise. You feel too win any argument. Actually, you might
intense to be agreeable and accommo- simply push others away from you.
dating. (Think about this.)
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Avoid political and religious argns- Something obsesses you today. You
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Besides, there are none so deaf as those you have to have it. This isn't the best
who are wearing headphones. frame of mind under which to spend
LEO your money. (Ya think?)
(July 23 to Aug. 22) PISCES
This is a poor day to discuss shared (Feb. 19to March 20)
possessions or how to share responsibil- Relationships could break down today
ities or jointly held property. You feel because one party insists on holding on
very passionate about something. (You too tightly. All relationships need breath-
might want to lighten up a bit.) ing space. If you smother someone,
VIRGO you'll only begin to destroy what you
(Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) already have.
Romance and love affairs are defi- YOU BORN TODAY You're daring,
nitely passionate today. Something imaginative and bold. You're also a good
intense is developing. Learn to go with judge of character. You have a strong
the flow. You can't make things stay the drive for success, in part because you're
same. competitive. Although you're romantic
LIBRA and adventurous, you're also a strong,
(Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) practical realist. Others know they can
his is an excellent day to clean up count on you. This year you will have to
and get rid of whatever you don't need, face an important choice. Choose wisely.
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