Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Michigan Colleges ask court to delay Proposal 2

The Detroit News reports:
Calling the implementation of Proposal 2 an "immediate crisis," presidents of the state's three largest universities on Monday asked a federal judge to delay the start of the ballot initiative and said the legal challenge would be their only attempt to fight the new constitutional amendment.

Leaders at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University want to move the effective date of Proposal 2 from Dec. 23 to when fall 2007 admissions at the universities have been completed -- typically in the spring or early summer.

The proposal banned race and gender preferences in public college admissions.

"We are cognizant of the voters' decision, and we will comply with any applicable laws," U-M President Mary Sue Coleman told The Detroit News. "But we want to be fair to this year's applicants."
"Fair" to Mary Sue Coleman means not having too many Asian students around.It's sad that taxpayers have to finance a racist like Mary Sue Coleman.