2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, August 12, 2002 STUDENTS Continued from Page 1 when asked if he was worried about the power given to his new employer. Atkin said the ability of the RC leadership to hand the reins over to the students is one of the things that differentiates the college from the rest of the schools at the University, as well as the rest of the schools around the country. "In the 1960s and '70s, students were more active in the RC govern- ment than they are now, but I think that's because they weren't as involved in everything else," he said, adding that he believes the chance RC students are beinggsien nowhoda be nreserved and taken advantage of. "The fact that the faculty and staff are willing to take this risk is a huge note of confidence. ... In the RC, it's a foregone conclu- sion that students are going to be taken seriously." Members of the Student Republic began their work last week, meeting several times to arrange meetings with University President Mary Sue Cole- man and the deans of other schools, as well as to discuss how the republic should be run and what other things they wanted to accomplish. Atkin said the Student Republic could serve as an important introduc- tion to the RC for Coleman, adding that even if the students do not have the opportunity to meet with her, he would like her to "spend a day or even an hour at the RC and see the sorts of things that go on." "It's unbelievable - the respect for students, the students' respect for fac- ulty, the respect for learning in gener- al," he said. When asked if he believed two weeks was enough time to make any changes, Atkin responded with, "Why would you ever sell yourself short like that? There is no reason to doubt yourself." Several RC students agreed, saying that the Student Republic could offer students a chance to make a real differ- ence in the way both students and fac- ulty are heard. "I would like to see Graham Atkin go into a room and just listen for an hour and not say anything - to work to have other people heard, to really empower everyone," RC sophomore Bill Trenary said. "The most brilliant people are the ones not being heard." Other students expressed doubts that the Student Republic could accomplish anything significant during its two- week tenure but said they hope it will grow into something that impacts the school. "I think this is a great idea," RC sen- ior Mark Buckles said. "But if he wants a republic, he better get some constituents." "I just see a lot of actions like this, that never advance beyond the organiz- ing and the rallying cries," Trenary added. 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" *H il one who is "a politician and an advo- cate," as well as someone who can "ban together" with other schools to make sure the American public "understands the importance of academic medicine" - qualifications he said Greenfield possesses. He also indicated that he sees the cur- rent economy as challenging academic medicine because tax payers do not want to spend the money needed to further research and better the institutions. "I think the goal for the next 10 years should be to keep academic medicine from sort of fading away," he said. "Almost everything that happens (in medical research) is something that is an American development, and if we want that to continue, unfortunately the APPEAL Continued from Page 1 Supreme Court will take the case," said communication studies Prof. Anthony Collings, a former CNN Supreme Court correspondent, despite the fact that the Court only hears few of the cases that it is asked to, he added. "This case has the most fully-devel- oped factual basis," he said, adding tha the University's case includes much research on the benefits of race-con- scious admissions policies. The Supreme Court often bases its decisions to accept cases on whether the case is of "great national importance" or whether there have been disagreements in lower courts, Collings said. Four jus- tices must vote in favor of hearing the case in order for it to be accepted. University Assistant General Counsel Jonathon Alger said the Law School's admission policy is based on a formula supported by the Supreme Court 1978 decision in University of California- Davis v Bakke, when it struck down California's race-based admission policy but allowed the consideration of race in admission decisions. He added that "Bakke is the governing standard." But CIR lead counsel Kirk Kolbo said the Law School's admission policy did not follow .Bakke's precedent because in the Court's decision, "only (Justice) Powell held that diversity is valid in admission decisions," and Powell's decision should not be consid- ered binding precedent because it does not reflect the decision of the majority ruling in the case. Kolbo also said he believed the "Uni- versity's system is illegal even under Powell's formulation," a view that has been the subject of much legal debate. If it accepts the appeal, the Court would probably not make their decision until Summer 2003, Georgetown Law Prof. Susan Low Bloch. The 6th Circuit's decision on the lawsuit filed by the CIR against the 4 College of Literature, Science and the Arts for its admission policy has yet to come down. 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