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Show Al2 The Salt Lake Tribune NATION Thursday, December 14, 2000 Judge Upholds University’s Use of Affirmative Action Case by University of Michigan students may be headedto the Supreme Court BYJIM SUHR groups to get a good education. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The plaintiffs argued that race illegally becomes a decisive fac- graduate and graduate students this semester, about 13 percent are “underrepresented minorities” — 7.8 percent black, 4.3 per- whites. a federal judge Wednesday The university's policies were attacked in two lawsuits brought by the Washington-based Center for Individual Rights, a conserva- tive legal group that brought upheld the University of Michigan’s use of affirmative action in its admissions policy. U.S. District Judge Patrick Duggan ruled against the school’s 1995-1998 policy, which was targeted in a class-action lawsuit by court — the Supreme Court may feel compelled to sort it all out. mative action in higher educa- *\ Justlast week,the 9th U.S. Cir- tion — a follow-up to California’s Bakke case of 1978, in which the Supreme Court outlawed racial cuit Court of Appeals ruled that grades, test scores and-race — a quotas but allowed consideration system targeted by the lawsuit. The school now grades appli- cants on a 150-pointscale. Blacks, Latinos or American Indians get 20 points for their race — equal to down affirmative action at the the University of Washington Law School acted legally when it considered race in its nowof race in university admissions. abandoned admissions policy. The Michigan undergraduate The school was sued by three peovase appearsultimately headed to ple who said they were denied the 6th U.S. Circuit Court. of admission because they are Appeals in Cincinnati. If that white. Holiday Gift Ideas Accessories University of Texas law school in 1996. Duggan did not hold a trial, two white students who were denied admission. But he affirmed standards in place since last year, saying the — contradicting the other appeals As late as 1997, Michigan used a grid that sorted applicants by cent Latino and six-tenths of a percent AmericanIndian. tor that discriminates against DETROIT — In case that may be headed for the Supreme Court, court upholds affirmative action raising their grade-point average a full pointon a 4-pointscale. Michigan lawsuits could lead to a further rollback of affir- ly. The 3-year-old case is being million defending affirmative closely watched across the country because many colleges and Hem action, sayingit has a right to use ethnicity in admissions. A Supreme Court ruling against Michigan could jeopardize those practices at public schools. Plain orriveted styles available ignored. Since beginning a large-scale push for diversity in 1987, it dou- Of Michigan’s 38,000 under-' into account.” The Supreme Court chose not to hear the Texas case because the school had already decided to end affirmativeaction. Lowest Prices of the Year Flight Jacket bled minority enrollment in the decadethat followed. The university argued that students need to be exposed to people af other races and.ethnic ity — “race itself cannot be taken Discontinued Mode! 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