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Monday • September 1,1997
londay • Septe
Hopwood ruling prompts FiSl
summit for Texas universities
By Joey Jeanette Schlueter
Staff writer
In response to the Hopwood decision, a “National
Post-Hopwood Summit” has been planned for October
23-25 in Austin, with the goal of discussing Texas uni
versities’ roles in promoting, protecting and encourag
ing diversity on their campuses.
Marlen Whitley, student
government president of
University of Texas, said he
organized the summit be
cause the Hopwood deci
sion has had a detrimental
effect on the diversity of
the University of Texas’
student body.
A Supreme Court ruling
in the July 1996 Hopwood
case eliminated race as a
factor in admissions and
scholarships at state-sup
ported colleges in Texas.
For complete
coverage of
how Hopwood
is expected to
affect A&M ad
missions, see
Page 1 of the
regular section.
In the Hopwood case, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled the University of Texas law school’s for
mer admissions policy unconstitutional, which had
considered African American and Hispanic applicants
separate from other applicants. Plaintiff Cheryl Hop-
wood and three other white students sued after being
denied admission.
The Texas 75th Legislature passed a bill that requires
Texas schools to accept applicants in the top 10 percent
of their graduating class. After admitting those students,
colleges can consider other applicants for admission.
Representatives of other colleges, including Texas
A&M, are expected to attend the summit and discuss
the importance of diversity, the parameters of law, and
the future, stressing that Texas’ ethnic breakdown will
change. The Department of Rural Sociology at Texas
A&M University reported that the percentage of whites
in the Texas population will decrease from 57 to 37 per
cent and African-Americans will decrease from 11.5 to
9.5 percent, but Hispanics will increase from 28 percent
to 46 percent.
Here is a chronology of the Hopwood decision
compiled from the 5th District Court:
1978: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bakke v. The
UC-Davis Medical School that specific racial quo
tas in admissions are forbidden, but that schools
may use race as a factor in admissions.
September29,1992: Cheryl Hopwood and Stephanie
Haynes file a reverse discrimination suit in U.S. Dis
trict Court. Both say they were denied admission to
UT Law School, even though they possessed the
necessary academic requirements, because they
were not black or Hispanic.
October 1992: Statistics from the 1992 entering class
at the UT School of Law show that African-Ameri
can and Hispanic students were admitted with low
er GPA and LSAT standards than non-minority ap
plicants, according to an internal law school
memorandum. In addition, 1992 admission num
bers of 8 percent African-American and 10.7 per
cent Hispanics remained nearly constant in relation
to total law school enrollment since 1988. Critics of
the admissions policies say the percentages are ev
idence of a quota system.
January 14,1993: Stephanie Haynes drops her name
from the lawsuit for “personal reasons.”
April 25,1993: Five plaintiffs file a second reverse dis
crimination suit against UT Law School, alleging
they also did not get into the 1992 freshman dass
because of their race. The plaintiffs are Kenneth El
liot, Kelli Arnold, David Rogers, Douglas Carvel! and
George Armstrong.
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May 1994: During the eight-day Hopwood trial in U.S,
District Court, deans from the University of Midi!
gan, Stanford University, the University of North
Carolina and the University of Minnesota testify for
the defense, as does Commissioner of Higher Edu
cation Kenneth Ashworth. Ashworth says UT’s ad
missions policy was constrained by a consent de
cree established in 1983between the federal
government and the state.
May 25,1994: Testimony ends in U.S. District Court i
on Hopwood; the verdict is expected after June 13,1
the deadline for both lawyers to file post-trial briefs,]
Aug. 19,1994: U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks rules that ]
the 1992 admissions policy discriminated against|
the plaintiffs, but allows the University to continue]
affirmative action, saying: “It is regrettable thatafl
firmative action programs are still needed in our so-'
ciety. However, until society sufficiently overcomes!
the effects of its lengthy history of pervasive racism,]
affirmative action is a necessity.”
Aug. 8,1995: Attorneys make appellate arguments
to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals inf
Louisiana.
March 19,1996: Administrators suspend all admis
sions decisions after the 5th Circuit Court rules af
firmative action policies at the law school uncon
stitutional.
April 7,1996: The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals re
fuses to hear the appeal of the Thurgood Marshall
Legal Society and the Black Pre-Law Association,
represented by the NAACR to intervene in the case.
April 10,1996: Steven Smith, attorney for Cheiyd Hop-
wood, files a class-action lawsuit for 1994 “all white!
or nonpreferred minority applicants” who were re
jected at UT and subsequently enrolled at either;
Baylor Law School or Southern Methodist Univer-i
sity Law School.
April 15,1996: Commissioner of Higher Education
Kenneth Ashworth says $1.5 million in minority
scholarships are “suspended until something more
definite” is decided by the court.
April 30,1996: Texas Attorney General Dan Morales
files an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court re
questing certiorari. Attorney for Hopwood files an
other lawsuit for Francois Lesage against the Col
lege of Education alleging that affirmative action"
programs kept him from the doctoral program in
counseling psychology.
May24,1996: U.S. Solicitor General DrewS. Days files
a brief requesting the Supreme Court hear the case. 1
July 1,1996: U.S. Supreme Court denies certiorari to
Hopwood v. The State of Texas.
City names Wolf Pen Creek
top site for hotel center
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By Robert Smith
Staff writer
Council’s decision will not affect . lve „. Pool
In July, the College Station City
Council chose the Wolf Pen Creek
area as the top site to build a hotel
and conference center rather than
a Northgate site.
College Station citizens will
vote in November to decide if the
center will be built.
Four proposals were made this
year for hotel and conference cen
ters. Three of the proposals were
for locations on Northgate and
one was for Wolf Pen Creek.
The city council chose between
two of the proposals in July. The
first of the two proposals was by
John Culpepper, who proposed a
Northgate hotel and conference
center on the “mudlot” he owns.
The second proposal was made by
the Wolf Pen Creek Group.
Barren Hobbs, general manag
er of the College Station Hilton
and Conference Center and presi
dent of the Brazos Valley
Hotel/Motel Association, opposed
a Northgate hotel.
The Hilton made a proposal for
a Northgate hotel and conference
center, but the Hotel/Motel Asso
ciation opposed this offer. Hobbs
led two interests for the hotel and
conference center, but he main
tained he was acting in the best in
terest of each group.
The Hotel/Motel Association
turned in a petition to block a
Northgate hotel, and hired stu
dents to collect student signatures
on campus.
At the Cor
Northgate revitalization, mayor says
j Monday - Fr
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The students used a “Save Our
Mudlot” campaign slogan to gath
er signatures.
Some Northgate business own
ers disputed the city’s choice, say
ing the Northgate area was a bet
ter choice because of its proximity
to Texas A&M.
Some Northgate business own
ers said the city’s Northgate revi
talization plan would not be com
pleted because of the hotel site
decision.
College Station Mayor Lynn
Mcllahaney said the city’s decision
would not affect the Northgate re
vitalization efforts.
The city did not rule out the
possibility of a Northgate
hotel/conference center. If the city
does not reach an agreement with
the Wolf Pen Creek Group, it will
begin negotiating with Culpepper
for a Northgate hotel and confer
ence center.
The Wolf Pen Creek proposal
includes a full-service hotel, an
office building and a conference
center. The proposed location is
at Dartmouth Street and Holle-
man Drive.
Parking issues in Northgate also
arose this summer.
A 70-space Northgate parking
lot next to Patricia Street opened
this month. Tempo! arily, there will
not be a charge to park in the lot.
Station development analyst, said*
parking in the lot will be free until
it is completed in December. He
said about 70 percent of the con
struction on the lot is done.
The city of College Station will
close Patricia Street in two weeks f
and the street will become part of
the parking lot.
The parking lot is part of the
city’s Northgate revitalization ef- !,
fort, which includes the parking |
lot and a promenade.
The city voted in June to build
the parking lot and relocate the
Burger Boy restaurant that is on
Patricia Street.
George Sopasakis, the Burger
Boy owner, said the city owed him
money for forcing him to relocate
his business.
The city voted in June to give
Sopasakis $10,000 to relocate his
business after Sopasakis claimed
College Station owed him $45,000.
Sopasakis was not satisfied with
the vote and filed an appeal with
Housing and Urban Development
(HUD).
HUD ruled in June that the city
owed Sopasakis relocation funds
to cover the cost of relocating his
business.
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are negotiating the amount of
money for the relocation.
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