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Show THE SIGNPOST Wednesday, December 6, 2000 California public universities escape ban on affirmative action Page 14 By Anne Martinez TMS Campus California's public universities - the country's first affirmative action battleground - stand to escape legal fallout from Thursday's state Supreme Court ruling, thanks to carefully crafted outreach efforts that avoid targeting students based on race or ethnicity. Unlike San Jose's program, which specifically pinpoints minorities and women, university outreach programs base participation on universal criteria such as family income, school performance and home environment.The universities' outreach goal is two-fold - level the playing field for students coming from the state's low-achieving schools and broaden the pool of students without violating Proposition 209, the anti-affirmative action initiative approved by voters in 1996. The fact that the outreach efforts may ultimately increase student diversity at the state's campuses is merely a secondary but welcome effect, higher education officials said. "Universities are still groping for ways to interest more minorities," said Michael Kirst, co-director of Policy Analysis for California Education, a statewide education think-tank. "But they've been very careful to say it's open to everyone."Still, University of California attorneys are reviewing Thursday's ruling to determine whether the system's practice of mailing black. Latino and American Indian students letters encouraging them to apply to the UC system is within the law. UC sends the form letters, along with informational packets about financial aid, to academically outstanding minority high school students at the beginning of their senior year. "We're not sure whether something like that would be questioned with this ruling." said UC spokesman Terry Lightfoot. Other post-209 efforts to broaden the diversity of university students have included a new admissions policy that guarantees a UC spot to eligible students who graduate in the top 4 percent of their high school class, regardless of how they compare with top students statewide. In September, UC President Richard Atkinson also proposed a plan that would guarantee a UC seat to all eligible students who graduate in the top 12.5 percent of their high school class, although many would be required to complete their first two years at a community college. The proposal, if approved, is expected to triple the number of black, Latino and American Indian students eligible to attend UC schools by reaching out to low-performing high schools in poor neighborhoods."None of our efforts are targeted at getting a certain num- f Applications Deadline DateY January 1B J AcademicDepartment awarding applications will accepted until the 1gth due td Martin Luther King day as long as it is postmarked by jan 1bth For more info contact - Scholarship Office 626-6029 Student Center 101 "SB" ' h i H i 7' 11 1 t I V 4 N ' l i V. Rigoletto may wear the jester's clothes, but nobody's laughing. His glee at the Duke's womanizing mutates to rage when the nobleman casts his gaze upon Rigoletto's own daughter.. .and a father's revenge becomes a terrible mistake. Electrifying action and Verdi's haunting melodies make Rigoletto one of the most popular operas of all time. 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