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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.
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OF FORMER STUDENTS®
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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had been black, Hispanic or
Native American, I would have
had a nearly 100 percent chance
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