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AUSTIN (AP) — Fall admission
figures released by the University
of Texas show the continuing fall
out from the federal court decision
known as Hopwood that resulted
in the dismantling of affirmative
action programs at state colleges.
UT has offered admission for
the fall semester to fewer black
freshmen and about the same
number of Hispanics as a year ago.
Freshmen entering in 1997, the
first UT class affected by the ruling,
had fewer blacks and Hispanics.
Both groups traditionally have
been underrepresented on campus.
Admission offers to white stu
dents also declined this year at
UT, while those to Asians and
American Indians showed little
change, according to school
records reported by the Austin
American-Statesman.
The decreases came despite an
increase in applications from stu
dents of all races. Bruce Walker, di
rector of admissions and associate
vice president, said Tuesday he
had hoped the increase would
produce a more diverse class.
“I keep hoping we can find a
process that delivers a more bal
anced class,” he said. “We keep try-
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UT has offered to enroll 296
blacks, down 6 percent from 314
this time last year.
Among Hispanics, 1,331 re
ceived offers, almost no change
from the 1,333 last year. Offers to
whites, meanwhile, are down 7 per
cent, from 7,140 to 6,621 this year.
Offers to Asians dipped slighdy
from 1,715 to 1,705, and offers to
American Indians were up, from
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UT has extended 10,274 offers
and will make about 300 more,
Walker said.
The school plans to admit few
er than 6,000 freshmen, but won’t
know how many plan to attend
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Walker said the university want
ed to avoid enrolling a class as
large as last fall’s 7,085, but the uni
versity received almost 2,000 more
freshmen applications this year.
Walker said the school hoped
a new law that requires state
universities to accept high
school students in the top 10
percent of their class would
boost minority enrollment.
But, Walker said, “it looks like it
didn’t this year.”
Dallas woman sentenced for
hiding daughter's sexual abuse
Campaign
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day
DALLAS (AP) — A woman who
had her daughter fitted with a con
traceptive device to conceal her
stepfather’s sexual abuse has re
ceived prison time in the attacks.
The 33-year-old Dallas woman
cried and looked back at her rela
tives as she was sentenced Tues
day. Her name hasn’t been released
to conceal her daughter’s identity.
The mother had pleaded guilty
to aggravated sexual assault of her
daughter, indecency with a child
and bail jumping.
She was sentenced to 10 years’
imprisonment on each charge and
must serve five years before she is
eligible for parole.
The victim was 11 when her
mother asked a doctor to implant
a Norplant device because of sexu
al activity.
Now 16, she smiled and
hugged her father and detectives
after her mother pleaded guilty to
the charges.
With credit for jail time already
served, the mother will be eligible
for parole in 2 1/2 years, defense
lawyer Brook Busbee said.
“I think the plea was the best
thing that could happen in this
case,” said Assistant District At
torney Patricia Hogue. “It was in
the best interest of the child for
this to happen.”
“It was in the best
interest of the child
for this to happen.”
Patricia Hogue
Assistant District Attorney
The girl testified she was about
7 years old when her stepfather
first began sexually abusing her.
Although her mother may not
have known about the abuse ini
tially, her daughter testified she did
soon afterward because the girl,
her younger sister and the couple
all shared a single bed where the
attacks occurred.
She testified that her mother oc
casionally participated in the sex
ual abuse and also allowed her to
watch her mother and stepfather
have sex.
Just before her mother’s plea
bargain was announced, the vic
tim’s younger sister, now 15, took
the stand and recanted earlier
court testimony that helped con
vict her stepfather in October 1996.
State District Judge Mike
Keasler sent the jury out and had
the younger daughter arrested on
an aggravated perjury charge.
Richard Sanchez Jr. received a
life prison term after his conviction
of aggravated sexual assault of a
child for raping that girl. Sanchez
has a different surname from the
mother and her two daughters.
The judge said Wednesday that
the deadline for requesting a new
trial in Sanchez’ case had passed
hut that an appeal of his sentence
was already under way when the
judge ordered the younger daugh
ter arrested.
“The short answer is nothing
happens right now,” Keasler said.
One of two lawyers who repre
sented the stepfather in 1996 said,
however, that he would check on
how to review the sentence based
on the recantation.
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