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I 1 Getting your Aggie Ring? Want to add a little shine? David Gardner’s and the Class of 2003 have the solution. Win a diamond for your Aggie Ring. Ring Dance April 5 th , 2003 MSC/Rudder 9pm to lam financial aid. With unlimited breadsticks and unlimited drink refills when you dine in, you'll free up some money for more important things. Like parking tickets. sweet! free cheesecake with the purchase of any adult entree (excluding Double Slice Pizza) * COLLEGE STATION: 400 Harvey Rd./694-5i99/6g4-5299 WACO: 919 S. Sixth St. (across from Baylor) 752-2929/752-1296 5201 W. Waco Dr. (across from Home Depot) 776-1324/399-0098 I One coupon per person, per visit at participating Fazoli s® Restaurants only. Expires 5/31/03 CONGRATULATIONS! Join the Celebration at the Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center APRIL 3RD RING DELIVERY Tickets distributed throughout the day, beginning at 7:15 a.m. You must have a numbered ticket to get your Ring. Feshwites begin AT 2 P.M. Ring distribution starts at 3 p.m. and ends at 6 p.m. We encourage you to take the Bonfire or Replant bus routes that stop in front of the building. Texas Aggie Artist, Benjamin Knox ’90, personalizing the “Historic Aggie Ring” You must bring your pink receipt and driver’s license to pick up your Ring. If you do not have your pink receipt, please bring your student ID and driver’s license. SPONSORED BY 'r(w\ The Association OF FORMER STUDENTS® \A/b ar&~fltes Aggie, /y/etujo'dc! 12 NATH Tuesday, April 1, 2003 THE BAT TALI. President George W. Bush surveys the crowd upon his arrival at the U.S. Coast Guard facility in Philadelphia on Monday. Bush gave a speech to members of the Coa? Guard, telling them the United States is or step closer to occupying Baghdad. O’Connor, Kennedy key to Cub affirmative action decision By Eri THE ASSO KEY WE5 By Anne Gearan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — What the Supreme Court says this year in its most significant ruling about race in a generation probably depends on just one or two of the court’s nine members. Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy, the court’s perennial swing vot ers, could write the demise of affirmative action as the nation knows it, or rewrite the rules for when race can be part of govern ment decisions. The historic affirmative action cases the court takes up Tuesday ask how and whether race can be a factor when public colleges and universities choose their students. More broadly, the cases ask wrenching legal and constitution al questions about equality, fair ness, opportunity and history. “It is very likely that it will be 5-4,” UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh said of the court’s eventual vote. “The question is, 5-4 which way?” The University of Michigan and its law school give extra cred it to minority applicants, making it more likely that a black, Hispanic or Native American will edge out a white applicant who has similar test scores, grades or other attributes. Three white students who challenged the Michigan poli cies frame their argument in simple terms: It is not fair for a minority to win a coveted place on campus just because he or she is a minority. “I was treated unfairly because of my skin color,” said Jennifer Gratz, a white student rejected by the university. “Court records show that if I had been black, Hispanic or Native American, I would have had a nearly 100 percent chance of admission with my grades and record.” a It is very likely that it will he 5-4. The question is, 5-4 which way? — Eugene Volokh UCLA law professor The university and dozens of supporters counter that a diverse student body is a worthy goal that benefits all students. Government, in this case a pub lic-funded university, has what the Supreme Court has called a compelling interest in furthering that goal, the school argues. The cases directly address only admissions at public, tax- supported institutions, but the court’s rationale is expected to have a wide ripple through pri vate colleges and universities, other government decision-mak ing and the business world. In a measure of the issue’s importance, people began lining S:ond hijac up a day early for scarce it , thecourm>o,nforTuesda). p r i em . asma arguments, a,ul hundreds'.« ercla T ng , 10 affirmative action dctno,M, s “ lcnder « d a ' were expected to gather ou!t e " Kr ‘ dt 10 the court Tuesday morning, if ' 'Z O’Connor, even more tint 16 ‘ ll J ac fellow swing voter Kenner^ 1 * 6 w ^ < likely to listen closely to£' u b an Airlii ments about the practical effcKey West the university admissions p w ^aring a lawyers said. with the v Both O’Connor and Kemistitched in w are moderate comemf/He was taken named to the court in the 19; “He got o by former President Ro child in his Reagan. They joined the co police sp< three-member conservative»Tfcrrence said to form the majority in Bil child down. Gore, the case that effectively!grabbed hi s \ t tied the 2000 presidential e The surrer tion, and that same 5-4 lit than 12-hour < often prevails in some of at the Havana court’s most ideologically p hijacker dema izing rulings. be refueled so The four more liberal jusi ., j j c ] lat | typically score victories u Ig despite a l O Connor and Kennedy peel in ;, that he w together or singly, and give f | d denied as , side a majority. The man ' On affirmative action, A , • Wi , views of most of the justices A fairly clear. [ — Based on the justices'" f'liKan i mgs and votes in past ca ( '-'U Del 11 | many lawyers expect Cl hiioplepi Justice William H. 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