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…Tuesday f r 4 a ~ i ©2003 The Michigan Daily bAi Ann Arbor, Michigan Vol. CXIV, No. 142 One hundred twelve years of editoralfreedom www.michgandaly.com Supreme Court upholds a irmative action, rects point s By Jeremy Berkowitz The two judgments, which gave the Univer- and Tomislav Ladika sity guidelines for how race can be used in its Daily StaffReporters admissions systems, were the culmination of the six-year legal battle between the Unive...…

…2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 THE UNIVERSITY REACTS Heanng decision, emotional Coleman proclaims victory By Jennifer Misthal higher learning to use the Law School's Daily News Editor admissions as a "road map" to model their "It's very emotional. It's future policies. importa~ent for all of higher WASHINGTON - Rushing into the Searching for words to best describe the t fo a g cafeteria of the Supreme Court, communi- wave ...…

…3 - The Minhionn nails - TIIaCriov Nina 7d Onnl - ivuuan fvary -I ueUay, JuneZ',UlTHE DECISION s FALLOUT Changes on the way for schools across nation Legal hurdles remain for affirmative action By Jordan Schrader Daily News Editor The U.S. Supreme Court handed the University only a partial victory yes- terday, but many other colleges had more to celebrate. A university's ability to consider the race of an applicant, until yesterday, had d...…

…4 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 OP/ED 420 MAYNARD STREET ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 letters@michigandaily.com EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SINCE 1890 SRAVYA CHIRUMAMILLA LOUIE MEIZLISH Editors in Chief JASON PESICK Editorial Page Editor NOTABLE QUOTABLE The University of Michigan Law School's mystical critical mass' justification for its discrimination by race challenges even the most gullible mi...…

… OP/ED The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 --5 'U' STUDENTS WEIGH IN Court, civil rights movement not born yesterday AUBREY HENRETTY NEURzTICA The triumph of the smug ZAC PESKOWITZ THE LoWER FREQUENCIES The civil rights movement is not new. The civil rights movement did not begin yesterday. The "'new' civil rights move- ment" did not begin yes- terday. QED. The student activists' de rigueur Diag rally cel- ebrating yesterday's U.S...…

…6 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL CIR claims win over preferences By Jeremy Berkowitz Daily Staff Reporter WASHINGTON - Jennifer Gratz cried when she heard yesterday morn- ing that the Supreme Court struck down the University of Michigan undergraduate admissions system which had rejected her in 1995. "I am very glad that I took a stance for what I believed in," Gratz said yesterday afternoon. "The Uni- vers...…

… ANALYSES The Michigan Daily - Monday, June 24, 2003 - 7 SUM OF DECISIONS GREATER THAN THEIR PARTS It's official: Universities may use race as a factor in admissions - they just may have to hire more admissions officials to do it. That is the consensus of the two majority opinions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday morning in the cases Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v Bollinger. In the opinions, written by Justice San- dra Day...…

…8 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL dmissions Lawsuits 101 : t i y . ; THE HISTORY Laws, rulings reflect race's role in society By C. Price Jones Daily News Editor Since the first mention of "affirmative action" in March 1961 by President John F. Kennedy, the issue of using race in admissions has taken many twists and turns on the road towards the state it is now in. Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court ad...…

… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003--9 l Following are the opinions released by the U.S. 2 Supreme Court yesterday concerning the constitutionality of race-conscious college admissions policies. The decisions are printed in their entirety, beginning with syllabuses, or summaries, of the decisions prepared by the court's reporter of decisions. GRATZ E TAL. v. BOLLINGER E TAL. Syllabus Petitioners Gratz and Hama...…

…ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003-10 Justice Powell found objectionable in Bakke on the grounds that LSA applicants are not competing for different groups of seats. See 122 F. Supp. 2d, at 828-829. The court also dismissed petitioners' assertion that the LSA's current system is nothing more than a means by which to achieve racial balanc- ing. See id., at 831. The court explained that the LSA does not seek to ac...…

… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -11 Process" filed by the parties in the District Court. App. to Pet. for Cert. 108a-t17a. 7. In 1995, counselors used four such tables for different groups of applicants: (1) nMstate, nonminority applicants; (2) out-of- pfate, non-minority applicants; (3) in-state, minority applicants; and (4) out-of-state, minority applicants. In 1996, only two tables were used, one for in-st...…

…ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 12 and 1996 respectively. See Brief for respondents 5, n. 7. Accordingly, we have .before us only that portion of the District "Courtis judgment that upheld Michigan's -sew freshman admissions policy. 4 II Both Hamacher and Gratz, of course, -Nave standing to seek damages as compen- Sation for the alleged wrongful denial of .their respective applications under Michi- gan's ol...…

… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -13 2. For that matter, as the Court suggests, narrow tailoring challenges against the two policies could well have different out- comes. Ante, at 18. The record on the deci- sionm swing process for transfer applicants is understandably thin, given that petition- e. never raised a narrow tailoring chal- ,lenge against it. Most importantly, however, the transfer policy does not...…

…ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003-14 "insulat[e] each category of applicants with information available in the file, including the Law School's use of race in the admis- body was not compelling because "the have suffered." Id., at 310. Third, Justice certain desired qualifications from compe- a personal statement, letters of recommen- sions process. Dennis Shields, Director of attainment of a racially diverse clas...…

… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003- 15 suffered an injury that falls squarely within the language and spirit of the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection." 515 U. S., at 229-230. But That observation "says noth- ing about the/ultimate validity of any par- ticular law that determination is the job of the court tpplying strict scrutiny." Id., at 230. W4n race-based action is necessary to furher a compellin...…

… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -16 Sidoti, 466 U. S. 429, 432 (1984). Accord- ingly, race-conscious admissions policies must be limited in time. This requirement reflects that racial classifications, however compelling their goals, are potentially so dangerous that they may be employed no more broadly than the interest demands. Enshrining a permanent justification for racial preferences would offend this fun...…

… ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -17 dents Bollinger et al. 33-36. In other words, the Law School seeks to improve marginally the education it offers without sacrificing too much of its exclusivity and elite status.'; The proffered interest that the majority vindicates today, then, is not simply "diver- sity." Iyistead the Court upholds the use of raciaf discrimination as a tool to advance the, aw School's int...…

…- ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL who, despite a lower LSAT score or under- graduate grade point average, will succeed in the study of law. The Law School seeks oly a facade-it is sufficient that the class looks right, even if it does nlot perform right. The Law School tantalizes unprepared students with the promise of a University of Michigan degree and all of the opportuni- ties that it offers. These overmatched stu- dents take the bait, only to find...…

…ADMISSIONS ON TRIAL The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 -19 body. Id., at 5 (claiming that the Law supra, at 323). greater magnitude of 2.2%, from the high tution must ensure, through sufficient pro- School has enrolled "critical mass," or But the correlation between the percent- of 15.6% in 1995 to the low of 13.4% in cedures, that each applicant receives indi- "enough minority students to provide age of the Law School's pool of appli...…

…# STUDENT REACTIONS- The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 - 20 . . .Madelina Young, Car- },__. j tolina Saenz and Patricia Dyer of Stu- dents Sup- porting Affirmative Action cele- brate the U.S. Supreme Court ruling yesterday during a rally on the Diag. SETH LOWER/Daily CONSERVATIVES CLAIM VICTORY IN STRIKING DOWN QUOTAS By James Koivunen And Samantha Woll Daily StaffReporters Although celebrations by pro-affirmative action student ...…

…The Michigan Daily Vol. LXXXV, No. 34-S Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, June 24, 1975 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Regent Laro: GOP'S rising star By BILL TURQUE Copyright 4 1975 The Michigan Daily At first glance, David Laro, the University's newest Regent, fits effortlessly into the classic American mold of the up and coming young man. Son of a Jewish immigrant from Poland who fled Hitler's Europe, partner in a prestigious Flint law firm, and a solid...…

…Doge Two THE Mli:RIGAI' DAILY I Uesday, June 24, 1975 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, June 24, 1975 In the news today I nternati anaI BELFAST - A weekend flare-up of fighting between Protestants and Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland left five persons dead of gunshot wounds. A sixth person was also killed in the Irish Re- public, apparently as a result of a feud between opposing factions of the out- lawed Irish Republican Army ...…

…Tuesday, JRne 24, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Tuesday, Jur.e 24, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Rage Three CSSG blasted for stand on student participation By TIM SCHICK The Commission to Study Student Governance (CSSG) has drawn criticism from both stu- dents and faculty for recent changes in its report concerning the role of students in Univer- sity decision-making. The original report, issued last year, recommended giving students vot...…

…Taking By JONATHAN EPSTEIN i UNLESS additional funding is found, the Free People's Clinic of Ann Arbor will be forced to shut down by the end of the year. Located on 225 East Liberty Street, the Clinic is open three evenings a week and currently provides primary health care to about forty patients weekly. In addition, the Clinic sponsors Children Health Fairs in which free physical examinations, im- munizations, and hearing tests are given, an...…

…Tuesday, June 24, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Five 'Gurre-lieder' from Boulez has exciting, tense emotion By RICHARD JAMES ANYONE FAMILIAR with Pierre Boulez knows his penchant for both program- ming and recording unknown, frequently contemporary music. His recent expertly conceived release of Arnold Schoenberg's Gurre-lieder is certainly no exception. It is a work that has been heard by few people in the 54 years since its completion and...…

…Pope Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, June 24, 1975 Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, June 24, 197$ CHAMBER MUSIC IN OREGON ANNOUNCED PORTLAND, Ore. (AR) - Chamber Music Northwest, the summer festival founded by Is- raeli violinistSergiu Luca, will begin its fifth sesson on June 23, offering 14 concerts and a variety of worksbons and mas- ter classes thro'h Aug. 2. The festival concerts will be presented in two series, on Monday and Thur...…

…Tuesday, June 24, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Laro: Regents' new wunderkind (Continued from Page1) still an all male hall during his stint there. "The food wasn't so great, and you couldn't bring girls up to your room," he said. But South Quad's visitation restrictions didn't seem to put a damper on his social life at the University. "I had a good time," he admitted, break- ing out into a boyish grin. Laro rushed Zeta Beta Tau soon aft...…

…Page Eight THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, June 24, 1975 '7-,r.1 ' ..'-"f Uncontracted Classified Rates WORDS 1 2 3 4 5 6 add. 0-10 1.15 2.30 3.05 3.80 4.55 5.30 .75 11-15 1.40 2.80 3.70 4.60 5.50 6.40 .90 16-20 1.65 3.30 4.35 5.40 6.45 7.50 1.05 21-25 1.90 3.80 5.00 6.20 7.40 8.60 1.20 26-30 2.15 4.30 5.65 7.00 8.35 9.70 1.35 31-35 2.40 4.80 6.30 7.80 9.30 10.80 1.50 36-40 2.65 5.30 6.95 8.60 10.25 11.90 1.65 41-45 2.90 5.80 7.60 9.40 11....…

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…Page Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, June 24, 1975 Soviet cosmonauts set 30-day Supreme Court postpones endurance record in Soyuz 18 capital punishment ruling MOSCOW (AP)-Two cosmonauts spent their 30th day in space yesterday, surpassing the Soviet en- durance record set by the last crew who worked aboard the same orbiting Salyut 4 laboratory. The Soviets would still have to remain in space for 54 more days, however, to surpass the human endu...…

…THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven d ti e at SPORTS OF TIHE DAILY Aui says Bugner fgt wil be last By The Asociated Press $8 million. He is getting $2 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia million plus expenses to fight - Muhammad Ali said yester- Bugner. ay his heavyweight champion- The 33-year-old champion, hip defenae against Joe Bugner seemingly- restless and saying i July 1 will be his last fight. he was tired of training and "You can write I'm gonna re-e...…

…IV - . - I Fit It-rilk3i - Tuesday, June 24, 1975 inc IVIILMIksAIN LJAILT Tuesday, June 24, 1975 Graham captures Open ... .. .as Mahaffey's putter fails By The Associated Press MEDINAH, Ill. - Lou Graham, a 12-year tour veteran, wore down ambitious John Ma- haffey and ended a career of golfing obscurity with a two-stroke victory yesterday in the 18-, hole playoff for the U. S. Open crown. "It's the dream of a lifetime," the 37-year-old Gr...…

…Sex bias in college hiring By DIANE LEVICK Elisabeth Hogan, editor and publisher of Womanpower!, yesterday brought the problem of affirmative action programs in hiring women in universities down to the practical level as she outlined a plan before an assembly at the Michigan League. The two day conference is entitled "Women's Work Has Just Begun: Legal Problems of Employing Women in Uni- versities." Hogan, who is also a, consultant for the Ma...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, June 24, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, June 24, 1972 50% OFF PENGUINS! Some of Our Specials OPEN: Mon.-Sat. 10-10, Sunday 1-8 Before The Mayflower Irish Verse NEW BOOKS Wite over Black Japanese Verse Language and Homer: Iliad Modern Verse LangagCond Odessy Translation Social Context Facts and Figures Synanon Language Manon Rescout Utopia Grammar NI'~ Sg Way of all Fresh Contemporary Nials ...…

…UN meets on Mideast -y Tie Associated Press The U.N. Security Council met last night in emergency session on the flareup in Mid- east fighting and heard Leba- n declare it is high thur for dptomnatic, eonomic and mili- ra3y sansctions against Israel. I4 k The session followed new Israeli air raids on gue rilt bases in tebanonand a report- ednin battle otf the coast of the Biblical city of Tyre late last night. Lebanese ofticiats 'eported ... ...…

…LET THE PEOPLE E CIDE! 1. Signers of the same petition MUST be registered voters of the SAME CITY OR TOWNSIIP. 2. Married women MUST use their given first names: Mary Smith, not Mrs. John Smith. (Sign EXACTLY as you did when you registered to vote.) 3. Signatures MUST be made in the presence of the circulator. 4. Ditto marks MUST NOT be used. Spell out the names of the street and city. 5. Circulator MUST be a REGISTERED VOTER. 6. Circulators...…

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…Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturdoy,_June 24, 1972 'age Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, June 24, 1972 _________________________________________________________________ K 'I ff - p a I ada dS het the job done. UNCONTRACTED CLASSIFIED RATES WORDS day 2Sdavs 3 davs 4 davs 5 davs 6 do"s odd. 0-10 1.00 2.00 2.40 3.20 3 90 4.50 .55 1-15 1.15 2.30 2.90 3.90 4 80 5.60 .75 16.20 1.30 2.60 3.60 4.80 5.90 6.80 .85 21 -25 1.55 3.10 4.30 5.70 7.00 ...…

…Saturday, June 24, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven ' Saturday, June 24, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Seven Nixon signs ed bill Bremer asks federal charges dropped in Wallace shooting (Continued from Page 3) The aid-,to-intitutions p r a - vision dintibutes funds on the basis of a formula taking into consideration the number of stu- dents receiving basic grants and the total amount of other fed- eral student aid being distributed at ea...…

…Page Eight TH E MICH IGAN DAILY StiClov_ Jh ne 24. 1972 McGovern workers anticipate majority for Dem convention WASHINGTON (WP) - S e n . George McGovern's delegate hunters said yesterday t h e y expect to wrap up the votes for the Democratic presidential nom- ination 10 days' before the na- tional convention opens in Miami Beach. They added their forces will have voting control of the three panels - platform, credentials and rules - prepa...…

…Saturday, June 24, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Job outlook improves for college graduates BETHLEHEM, Pa. (A) - Things are a little rosier for today's college grads, with hiring reported up for the first time in three years, the College Placement Council reports. But despite the job improvement - a six per cent increase over a year ago with teachers omitted from the survey - employment prospects were described as still "mighty tight" by the counc...…

…'age Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, June 24, 1972 ; ROZELLE RAPS: Huron Lounge presents )HONKY TONKv~ ANGELS Friday & Saturday 9:30-1 :30 COUNTRY AND WESTERN MUSIC at HURON HOTEL 124 Pearl--Ypsilanti 485-4375 Ervin nixs Commission WASHINGTON {A) - Sen. Sam Ervin said Friday that Congress should free all professional sports team owners to take their team.s anywhere and free play- ers to strike any deal they want. The North Carolina De...…

…Saturday, June 24, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Eleven Saturday,.. June 4- 172.TE.MIHIGN DALY PgeEeve Pirates plank Cubs, Texas rips Reds whack Astros, 7-1 By The Associated Press CHICAGO-Roberto Clemente drove in two runs with a wind- blown triple in a three-run fourth inning Friday and Steve Blass gained his eighth straight victory as the Pittsburgh Pir- ates beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2. Blass, 9-1 and 5-0 against the Cubs dating back to...…

…-W Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, June 24, 1972 l'age Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, June 24, 1972 Ribicoff blasts Nixon welfare reform move WASHINGTON (/P - President Nixon's rejection of a com- promise welfare reform plan has probably signaled the death of the proposal in 1972, Sen. Abraham Ribicoff (D-Conn.) declared yes- terday. Ribicoff, the rallying point for compromise efforts in the Sen- ate, said as a result of Nixo...…

… . _ . : 4*if*I-I ff r t - -W Page Twelve THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday; June 24, 1970 Athletic turds: Youth vote to stave dissent A& tr4to n :43 HOUSTON, Tex. (VP)-Some of the nation's col- legiate athletic directors say granting of voting rights to 18-year-old will ease campus tensions. Others say militants merely will turn to other campus causes. Bill Orwig of Indiana, president of the National Association of Collegiate Direc...…

…'U -~-------- .~- -& U -IMF- U. -qw -iw ,I- 't 4 41r 4 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, dune 24, 1970 Wednesday, June 24, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY DISCIpi By HESTER PULLINGt Daily News Analysis While criticism of the Regents' interim conduct rules and disciplinary procedures has abated over the summer months, student leaders at the University believe that student dissatisfaction with the measures point to an inevitable...…

…4+!' L. dad THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, June 24, 1970 Wednesday, June 24, 1970 States By The Associated Press In the wake of demonstrations that erupted in many of the nation's campuses during the last semester, 32 of the 50 states have enacted laws designed to pre- vent further disorders. Included in the laws a r e provisions which: ---Revoke the financial aid of students engaged in illegal demonstra...…

…- ~- K Rp { Wednesday, June 24, 1970 THE MICHLGAN DAILY 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Mich. Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan Editorials orinted in The Michigon Doily exoress the individual opinions of the author. This must be noted in all reorints. ~JAMES WECHSLERa--7 Discontent GI's with no use for thewar THE MICHIGAN DAILY Fc lassified Ad ervice, Phone 764-0557 Monday through Friday, 12:00-2:00 1 6 ;3 ...…

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…aA u- I . * U Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, June 24, 1970 Wednesday, June 24, 1970 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'PEACE EFFORT' Dayan bids Israel to prepare to release some occupied land r r By The Associated Press Israeli Defense Minister Mos- he Dayan yesterday declared that Israel should be ready to give up some of the soil it won in the 1967 war in return for peace with the Arabs. Dayan made plain, however, that Israel should h...…