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Dr. Charles A. Johnson, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Some of the nation’s best known
retired military officers and for
mer top Pentagon officials will
file a Supreme Court brief sup
porting affirmative action admis
sions at the University of
Michigan.
Former Army undersecretary
Joe Reeder, announcing the legal
action, said Monday that service
academies and ROTC programs
need affirmative action to main
tain a highly diversified
officer corps.
“It is absolutely essential to
our fighting force,” Reeder said.
“You can’t get there yet without
taking race into consideration.”
More than two dozen officials
will support the brief including
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, the
commander in the first Persian
Gulf War; Adm. William Crowe,
Gen. Hugh Shelton and Gen.
John M. Shalikashvili, all former
chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff; and Gen. Anthony Zinni,
former head of the U.S. Central
Command.
Tuesday is the deadline for
briefs in the Michigan case,
which will be argued before the
Supreme Court on April 1.
The University of Michigan
expects more than 60 briefs will
be filed to support its affirmative
action admissions policies.
So far, 15 briefs have been
filed by opponents of the univer
sity’s policies, which consider
minority status as a factor in
deciding which students to pick,
President Bush said on Jan, 15
that he supports diversity in high
er education, but that Michigan's
program “unfairly rewards or
penalizes students based solely
on their race.”
Applicants for Michigan’s
undergraduate classes are scored
by points, with minorities or
some poor applicants receiving a
boost of 20 points on a scale of
150. At the law school, admis
sions officers use a looser formu
la that tries to ensure each class
has a “critical mass” of about 10
percent or 12 percent minority
enrollment.
The administration says the
point system is skewed toward
minorities, noting that a perfect
SAT score is worth just 12 points,
and an outstanding essay gets
three points.
Reeder, an attorney, said,
“Nothing that the president has
done or said speaks to the
cohesiveness of the
fighting force.
Many large companies have
also broken with Bush on the
affirmative action case, includ
ing General Motors Corp„
Microsoft, Steelcase, Procter^
Gamble, Intel and Banc One,
Those companies have filed
supporting briefs. More than
100 U.S. House Democrats
filed a supporting brief Feb, 13,
Muslim rebels set demands
to resume peace talks
By Jim Gomez
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANILA, Philippines — Muslim guerrillas said Monday
will not resume formal peace talks with the Philippine government
later this month and demanded the withdrawal of troops who over
ran their southern strongholds.
More than 2,000 government soldiers last week captured a
stronghold of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front, where
the military claimed kidnappers, bombers and outlaws had
refuge. The weeklong fighting left more than 160 people dead and
up to 51,000 civilians displaced.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who has sought to resume
peace talks with the guerrillas later this month in Malaysia,
the offensive was not directed against the rebels but against crim
inals, including the Pentagon gang, a notorious kidnap group ona
U.S. terrorist list.
The rebels, who have been waging a bloody separatist warii
the south for three decades, deny they were harboring criminals,
saying the military offensive was aimed at weakening themintc
accepting a peace deal. They also accused the military ofviolat
ing a cease-fire accord, which outlined ways of peacefully settling
their problems.
Rebel Vice Chairman A1 Haj Murad said in a statement the guer
rillas will not return to the peace talks until they are convinced of the
government’s “sincerity and commitment to the peace process.”
Rebel spokesman Bid Kabalu said soldiers occupying insurgent
strongholds straddling North Cotabato and Maguindanao
provinces should withdraw as a sign of goodwill.
“All that we want could be expressed in one word — sincerity,
Kabalu said by telephone. “How would they manifest that? Pullout
disengage and stop firing. Otherwise, the talks would be an exercise
in futility.”
Murad said the guerrillas also want a guarantee that political
decisions made by Arroyo would bind the military.
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