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According to figures released recently, the number of minority students admitted to the University of California system for this fall’s freshman class has, for the first time, surpassed the number from 1997, the last year race was an affirmative criterion used
in the admissions process. The university is, however, accepting more students overall and, consequently, the percentage of minority students admitted falls short of 1997. Also, the number of black and Hispanic students accepted for 2000 continues to trail the 1997 totals at some of the system’s more competitive campuses, like UCLA and Berkeley. This class is the third to apply to the University of California under the policy, established by the Board of Regents in 1995, that bars the use of racial or gender preferences in admissions.
Indiana U. fraternity loses charter
The Sigma Alpha Mu chapter at Indiana University recently had its charter revoked by its national organization. The chapter was charged with hazing in 1998 and had served a period of probation before the charter revocation. The fraternity was also brought up on charges of violating campus alcohol policies earlier this semester; however, a judicial panel found the group not guilty. University officials say that they have no choice but to comply with the national chapter’s authority in the case.
--Matthew Winston
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