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By George Los · Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003

Last June the United States Supreme Court upheld the University of Michigan's much-debated use affirmative action in admissions, but ruled against its use of a "point system" that automatically afforded prospective students extra points to minority applicants based on their status as racial minorities.

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By Stillman Brown · Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003

Tens of thousands of people are expected at a rally on the National Mall Saturday, meant to bring American soldiers home and end what it terms as the U.S. occupation of Iraq. While President Bush declared the end of major fighting in Iraq on May 1, International ANSWER, a coalition of protest groups and individuals, is protesting the continuing military action.

Workers take message to the Quad

By Stokely Baksh · Thursday, Oct. 23, 2003

Maria Perla has been an AU janitor for 14 years. She is draped in a large Aramark uniform shirt and her eyes look worn. She talks for about 15 minutes with the assistance of a translator before her lunch break is over. Perla, through translation by Service Employees International Union representative Maria Diaz, said she is from El Salvador and does not speak any English.

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WAMU faces budget crunch

By Joseph Popiolkowski | October 23

AU President Benjamin Ladner promised continued interest and involvement in solving WAMU's recently revealed financial and morale problems at a 90-minute staff meeting Wednesday afternoon, Chief of Staff David Taylor said.

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Tenley secrets revealed

By Jacqueline Kucinich | October 23

The Tenleytown-AU Metro stop has character. The bicycle without wheels that has been there for over two years, the bulletin board that has been without a glass cover for a year, the frequently overflowing garbage cans and the large, gray and mysterious boxes that stand to the side of the shuttle pathway form these classic hallmarks.

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Exclusively Online: Challenge for Afghan women

By Rebecca Byerly | October 23

The Society for Peace and Conflict Resolution held a forum titled "Reconstruction and Security: Roles and Challenges for Afghan Woman" on Thursday, Oct. 16. The forum was held in the School of International Service Lounge and highlighted the human rights abuses that women in Afghanistan are faced with and the role the United States needs to play in improving our policies on human rights.

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