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LSA junior Jessica Viera, the
vice president of finance in Sigma
Lambda Gamma, a Latina soror-
ity, said the University's reasoning
sounded strange.
"I don't think that's a valid
excuse," she said. "It doesn't make
sense. (Proposal 2) is a continuing
issue. It didn't end last year. It's
still going on, and they shouldn't
be holdingthe numbers."
Because of the heightened
interest in the ban's impact, the
Office of Admissions made statis-
tics available to the media follow-
ing the passage of Proposal 2 to
examine whether any admissions
patterns took place. The Office
of Admissions sent four cycles of
statistics after Proposal 2 went
into effect. The first cycle of data,
given to the media in February
2007, showed a significant drop
in the underrepresented minority
admission rate.
- The admission rate for under-
represented minority students
who applied before the ban took
place was 76 percent. Just 33 per-

cent of underrepresented minor-
ity applicants were admitted after
the ban took effect. At the Law
School, the underrepresented
minority admission rate fell by
nearly 35 points to 5.4 percent
after the implementation of Pro-
posal 2.
Last year, University officials
warned against reading too much
into the drops, as the ban took
effect in the middle of the admis-
sions cycle, forcing admissions
officerstojudge applicationsusing
different sets of criteria.
The University has traditionally
waiteduntilApril orMaytorelease
admission statistics, but chose to
change that policy last year and in
2004 - the first set of admissions
data after the University went to
the Supreme Court to fight to keep
its affirmative action policies.
Cunningham said the decision
to compile admissions statistics
later in the year has nothing to
do with the University trying to
shield prospective students from
potentially damaging data.
"I wouldn't jump to that con-
clusion at all," she said.
The sole focus for the admis-
sions officers, Cunningham said,

is to finish making decisions on
all the applicants - a process that
will continue well into May.
"They're trying to get through
the file, and they aren't stopping
midstream to get numbers," she
said.
LSA junior Sheldon Johnson,
speaker of the Black Student
Union, said the University should
release the statistics.
"Regardless of when they
release the numbers, people are
going to talk about it," he said.
"It's 10 years later, and people still
talk about the numbers in Texas
and California. The numbers are
going to be seen later anyway."
California residents voted to
ban affirmative action in 1996,
and the state of Texas doesn't use
affirmative action in admissions.
Johnson said he doesn't think
the University is tryingto hide the
statistics from prospective stu-
dents who would be turned off by
low admissions figures for under-
represented minorities.
"The typicalhigh schoolstudent
isn't looking atthose numbers," he
said. "It's more the parents of high
school students and college stu-
dents looking at them."

Bill to test textbook rental plan

TEXTBOOKS From Page 1A
Congress by November 2010.
Ryan's press secretary, Brad
Bauman, said Ryan hopes that
schools of all sizes will participate.
Bauman cites a pilot program that
started atBowling Green State Uni-
versity this semester which allows
students in select classes to rent
books. Bowling Green students
paid just 35 percent of each book's
retail price through the program.
"The hope is that we see dra-
matic decreases in the cost of col-
lege textbooks and we can use that
as a jumping point to create a much
larger college textbook rental pro-
gram," Bauman said.
Gretchen Weir, the University of
Michigan's assistant vice provost
for academic affairs and a mem-
ber of the University's Textbook
Task Force, said it's unlikely the
University would participate in
the federal pilot program. Instead,
the decision will be left up to indi-
vidual schools or departments, she
said.
"Perhaps LSA would decide to
do it, or Engineering would want
to do it," Weir said.
Several colleges and universities
have already implemented similar
programs, but many larger schools,
including the University, have
held out because of the high costs
involved in starting a textbook
rental program. For a school the
size of the University, initial costs
would be about $15 million.

The University's task force,
formed last year by the Office
of the Provost, looked briefly at
the possibility of renting text-
books to students. The task force
determined that a rental program
wouldn't work for students or the
University.
"We are not the kind of institu-
tion where there is a single text
for Intro to Psychology or Eco-
nomics 101," Weir said. "We don't
have a precedent for faculty being
required to stick to a particular
text. It wouldn't be compatible
with our particular culture."
Ryan said the pilot programs
would be used to evaluate the
unique situations faced by individ-
ual schools.
"This is an opportunity for us
to figure out what pilot programs
work - whatisbestfor abigschool,
and what is best for a smaller school
- but also an opportunity to figure
out how we can save these students
money," he said.
Statistics Prof. Brenda Gunder-
son, chair of the task force, said the
University will consider partici-
pating in the pilot program.
"There truly has not been any
foundation laid to look into rental
programs specifically, but that
doesn't mean that they won't,"
Gunderson said. "We were more
interested in looking at things that
can be done immediately."
Weir said the task force decided
giving students more ways to buy
and sell used books would be more

effective in reducing costs.
"When we had the textbook task
force, we concluded, for Michigan,
that the best way to reduce costs
was to create an active used book
market," Weir said.
Beginning this term, stu-
dents will be able to access a
book exchange database through
CTools. The service, called uBook,
will allow students to list books
they want to buy and sell.
The online marketplace, Weir
said, will allow students to pay
less for textbooks and also main-
tain ownership of their books. If
students had to rent books, they
wouldn't be able to write in them,
she said.
"A lot of Michigan students want
to be able to really own the book,"
Weir said. "They want to write in
the book, they want to highlight."
Rep. Ric Keller (R-Fla.) spoke in
support of the amendment on the
House floor. He said Congress and
colleges should be doing something
to lower costs for students, but he
wasn't sure whether instructors,
publishers or booksellers were
responsible for the high price tags
on books.
"All I know is we've got to get
some relief to these college and
law school and graduate students
who are forced to buy particular
books," Keller said. "This seems to
at least try, and whatever we can
do to try to help these kids who are
spending $900 to $2,000 a year, we
owe it to them."


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LAST SEMESTER DURING the
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eggs thrown from our property struck
the international president of Delta
Chi. The undergraduate body of Psi
Upsilon would like to say that we are
sincerely sorry about what happened.
We understand that this not only re-
flects poorly on our chapter of Psi Up-
silon, but also reflects poorly on the
University of Michigan, and Greek life
as a whole. Although we could not
find out whether it was a brother that
threw the eggs or if it was just someone
on our property, we are taking full re-
sponsibility as a chapter and taking ev-
ery measure possible to make sure that
something like this never happens
again. The mission of Psi Upsilon is to
promote the highest moral, intellectual,
and social excellence in all of its mem-
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values. We truly have taken a step
backward as a brotherhood, and we are
now doing everything in our power to
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our sincere apologies.
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For Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008
ARIES
(March 21 to April 19)
This is an excellent day for business
and commerce. You might be concerned
with saving money for a rainy day. Trust
your moneymaking ideas.
TAURUS
(April 20 to May 20)
This is a wonderful day for your sign.
The Moon is in Taurus, making lovely
aspects to several major planets. It's a
good time to make long-range plans
about work, travel and education.
GEMINI
(May 21 to June 20)
Behind-the-scenes ideas, discussions
and plans could help to secure your
home or family situation in some way
today. Others are supportive. People will
assist you!
CANCER
(June 21 to July 22)
Discussions with groups, clubs, organ-
izations, friends and acquaintances will
be productive, practical and worthwhile
today. You're taking a long-range view
of your future goals.
LEO
(July 23 to Aug. 22)
You'll do something that calls atten-
tion to yourself today. Be aware of this.
People will notice you, especially
bosses, parents, teachers and VIPs (but
also, the police).
VIRGO
(Aug. 23to Sept. 22)
This is a very good day for your sign.
Actually, it's a good day for all Earth
signs. Do something different that
pleases you. Make plans related to pub-
lishing, the media, travel, medicine and
the law.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23to Oct. 22)
Practical discussions about shared
property, debt and taxes will be produc-
tive today. You're thinking about howto
save money or preserve what you have

for the future.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 23 to Nov. 21)
Talk to partners and close friends
today about future plans. These discus-
sions will be grounded and productive.
There's a lovely balance between real-
ism and hope.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22 to Dec. 21)
You will accomplish a lot at work
today. No matter what you do, you'll be
effective. Youshave a mouse mind and an
eagle mind at the same time (details,
plus the big picture).
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22to Jan. 19)
Anything related to educating or
maintaining, or taking care of children
will go well today. Romantic partners
can discuss practical issues and bound-
aries.
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20to Feb. 18)
Family discussions are down to earth
and realistic today. It's a good day to talk
to parents. Figure out what you want to
achieve in the future and how you can
best go about doing this.
PISCES
(Feb. 19to March 20)
You're ina practical frame of mind
today. Long-range planning will appeal.
Respect your ideas, because they're
worthwhile.
YOU BORN TODAY You have abun-
dant energy! Because you're outgoing
and spontaneous, you seek out adventur-
ous situations and exciting people.
You're forthright, earthy and emotional.
Others know where they stand with you.
Most of you have a flashy, uninhibited
side. Behind your flamboyant personal-
ity is a fine mind. Set aside private time
in the year ahead to study or learn some-
thing important.
Birthdate of Marc Crawford, hockey
player/coach; Stockard Channing,
actress; Peter Gabriel, musician.

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