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Volume 10, Issue 28
Vance targets Oberlin College, others in letter U.S. Senator presses colleges’ records policies after Supreme Court’s overturn of affirmative action
CARISSA WOYTACH THE COMMUNITY GUIDE
A U.S. Senator expressed concerns about universities defying a recent Supreme Court decision on college admissions, including demanding they retain records “in anticipating of future congressional investigations.” Oberlin College, Kenyon College and several Ivy League institutions were the targets of a letter by Sen. JD Vance, RCincinnati, demanding they comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning affirmative action. In a statement accompa-
nying the letter, Vance said in the wake of the decision several of the SEN. JD universiVANCE ty presidents had issued statements indicating plans to “flagrantly defy the Supreme Court’s rule and continue to focus on the race of students applying for admission to their schools.” On June 29, the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action, invalidated admission plans and Harvard
and the University of North Carolina, finding race-conscious admisCARMEN sion TWILLIE plans AMBAR violate the Constitution and a law that applies to colleges that receive federal funding, as almost all do. Hours after the ruling, Oberlin College President Carmen Twillie Ambar said the decision would not dissuade her institution from valuing diversity on
campus. “At Oberlin, we have long understood that diversity, in all its forms, is essential to our mission to prepare our students to confront complex issues and spark positive change in the world. Here’s something we also know: Affirmative action is a powerful tool for addressing stubborn, corrosive inequalities and for fostering a campus community that reflects the rich tapestry of our society,” Ambar wrote in a statement June 29. She wrote that Oberlin College valued diversity in all its forms, relaying the story of alumna Mary Jane Patterson, who was the first
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Black woman in the country to earn a bachelor’s degree in 1862. “Oberlin was the first college in the United States to officially embrace the admission of Black students and the first coed school to grant bachelor’s degrees to women,” Ambar wrote. “The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action in college admissions, announced this morning, has left me deeply saddened and concerned for the future of higher education. At the same time, it has steeled my resolve to defend Oberlin’s most cherished values: diversity, social engagement, and academic
ABOVE: Alex Campbell, of Amherst, peers over the wing of an aircraft while viewing the different planes out on display with his mother Kelly at the Discover Aviation Lorain County Airplane & Car Show on Saturday afternoon, July 8 at the Lorain County Regional Airport. LEFT: Gigi Mohammad and her son Khader, 11, of Avon, braved rainy conditions to see many of the aircraft out on display on July 8.
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Amherst Schools could place levy on November ballot CARISSA WOYTACH THE COMMUNITY GUIDE
THOMAS FETCENKO | The Community Guide
excellence.” Vance’s letter to Oberlin College and other universities expressed his concern about the institutions’ “openly defiant and potentially unlawful reaction to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision.” He referenced Ambar’s June 29 letter on the Oberlin website, writing: “She assured her students and faculty that rather than dampening her enthusiasm for affirmative action policies, the decision ‘only strengthens our determination to be a welcoming place where diversity is celebrated.’” He also quoted other
AMHERST — Voters in the Amherst school district could see a levy on the ballot this November. The district is proposing a replacement and increase of its current 2-mill continuous levy on the ballot this fall. The current 2-mill levy was first passed in 1983, and made continuous in 2013, Treasurer Amelia Gioffredo said. It brings in about $730,000 annually, she said, but its intake is still based on 1983 property values. By today’s valuations it only collects about 1 mill, Superintendent Mike Molnar said. “When that was put in place in 1983 … that was the funds necessary to keep up permanent improvements to the district,” Molnar said. “Over 40 years that same amount of money is not going to accomplish the same needs in the district, especially when now when a lot of our facilities (like) Nord and Steele are quite old.” In addition to the replacement, the district wants to increase the levy by 0.5 mill. In total, the 2.5-mill replacement would bring in $1.7 million annually for the district, if placed on the November ballot and passed by voters. “The concept was to find other ways to fund other
necessary improvements without always having to go to the voters for a bond issue,” Molnar said. Owners of a $100,000 home could expect to pay an additional $54 a year. Currently, those same homeowners pay about $36 a year, according to previous reporting. The replacement and additional levy would allow the district to pay debt service on much-needed improvements, Molnar said, including replacing the aging transportation center. The garage has a dirt floor, and isn’t big enough for the buses Amherst currently has, he said. They’ve been looking at replacing the facility for the past three years, and have seen estimates for the work rise from $8 million to $11 million. Gioffredo said the debt for the transportation center and other necessary athletic improvements — like resurfacing the track and replacing stadium seating — would take 25 to 30 years for the district to pay off using the levy replacement’s additional funding. The Board of Education will vote on July 17 as to whether to place the replacement and additional levy on the November ballot. If the issue goes to the voters this fall and fails, the current 2-mill permanent improvement levy will remain in place.
INSIDE THIS WEEK Wellington
Man starts drone business ● A4
Oberlin
College grads talk future plans ● A5
Sports
Black River takes home championship ● A6
OBITUARIES A2 • CLASSIFIEDS • CROSSWORD A7 • SUDOKU A7 • KID SCOOP A8