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…The Michigan Daily - New Student Edition - Fall 2003 - 11C ADMISSIONS Continued from Pge 4C "We do not find it necessary to decide whether Justice Powell's opinion is binding," O'Connor wrote in the court's majority opinion. "Today we endorse Justice Powell's view that stu- dent body diversity is a compelling state interest that can justify the use of race in university admissions." Although the question of whether diversity is a compelling s...…