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SENATE PASSES BILL ON NO FUNDING FOR MINORITIES IN COLLEGE (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John S Reed)
Wed Mar 14 18:51:08 2001
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Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 18:50:55 -0500
From: John S Reed <jreed@MIT.EDU>
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do you think this is true?
i think i've heard i before
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>Read and pass on.
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>Please spread the word....
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>Subject: SENATE PASSES BILL ON NO FUNDING FOR MINORITIES IN COLLEGE
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>We knew this was coming...Our new President didn't waste any
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>time...Please do your part to keep affirmative action-
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> SENATE PASSES BILL ON: "NO FUNDING FOR MINORITIES IN COLLEGE"
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> A bill will be heard in Congress next week to prohibit affirmative
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>action in admissions for ANY institution of higher education that receives
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>federal funding (Pell grants, loans, etc.).
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>This would end affirmative action in EVERY COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY IN THE
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>UNITED STATES! PLEASE READ AND ACT SOON!
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>Rep. Frank Riggs (R-CA) Chairman of the House Education Subcommittee on
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>Children, Youth, and Families is planning to offer an ANTI-AFFIRMATIVE
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>ACTION in admissions amendment when the Higher Education Act is voted on
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>the floor NEXT WEEK. The amendment would prohibit all institutions of higher
>education from
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>using affirmative action in its admission decisions. If even one student at
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>institution receives federal funds (i.e., Pell Grant or Student Loan), they
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>violating federal law under this proposal.
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>Affirmative action would be illegal even if the school believes it is
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>insure a diverse student body, or to remedy past or present discrimination.
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> E-mail address:
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> http://www.house.gov/riggs/contact.html (Congressman Frank Riggs)
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>Call members of Congress (202) 224-3121
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>AND CALL the President (202) 456-1414.
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>They need to hear from us the importance of affirmative action.
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> PASS THIS MESSAGE ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW! ALL OF
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> US WILL LOSE IF THIS BILL BECOMES THE LAW OF THE LAND!
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Brima A. Wurie
Administrator, Graduate Fellowship and Grant Programs
Office of the Dean for Graduate Students
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue Room 3-136A
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Phone: (617) 253-1958
Fax: (617) 253-5620
Email : wurie@mit.edu
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