Article: Ideals clash over plan to discourage minorities from attending UC-Berkeley

Erin Gallagher
University Wire
03-05-2001
(Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- The University of California-Berkeley's recruitment and retention centers' announcement of their plan to discourage underrepresented minority students from attending the university has drawn both criticism and praise from the campus community.

UC Regent Ward Connerly criticized the student groups' proposal of "actively discouraging" students from attending UC Berkeley pending the UC Board of Regents repeal of the ban on affirmative action.

"I've heard of a lot of outlandish things, but this gets this year's award," Connerly said. "They need to spend more time working with underrepresented students to ...

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