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Texan student sues university
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Abigail Fisher, a 22-year-old white woman from a long family line of Texas Longhorns expected to receive her acceptance letter in the mail from University of Texas. When she was denied enrollment, Fisher sued UT on the basis of not getting into the school because of her race, which she said violated her 14th Amendment rights. Fisher v. University of Texas reached the Supreme Court last week. On Oct. 10, the first trial with the introduction of opening statements was conducted. In 2003, a Supreme Court decision resulting from Grutter v. Bollinger deemed it is constitutional for colleges to
consider race in admissions. Since then, UT instituted a policy to automatically admit students in the top 10 percent of its Texas high school. This policy is meant to ensure automatic admissions for students from less academically rigorous schools in less affluent areas of Texas. It also challenges students who fall below the 10 percent threshold. The fact that Fisher’s case has been brought to the Supreme Court is under debate. Some say Fisher didn’t meet the qualifications of basic UT admissions. She graduated 82/674 in her class, earned a 3.59 GPA and scored below the UT’s mean SAT range with a score of 1180. Fisher’s high school record left her out of the top 10 percent automatic admissions. At 6.7 percent, white women
currently boast the lowest unemployment in the U.S. According to an article posted on Al-Jazeera, “states including Michigan and California, where affirmative action has been removed by referendum, foreshadow a bleak future for students in America’s poor, urban centres.” Chief Justice John Roberts is famously known for his statement during a 2007 affirmative-action, decision saying the “way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” The Supreme Court justices will refer to affirmative action policies currently in place throughout the U.S. and determine if Fisher was denied enrollment because of her ethnicity or because of her performance.
Newest Aztec Warrior talks to DA
Presidential candidates meet for second debate Last night, President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney met at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York for a town hall-style debate. Early reactions to the debate favor the president, who’s perfomance in the first debate was criticized for being too passive. After the first debate polls swung heavily in Romney’s favor. Political analysts put the pressure to succeed in the second debate on Obama. “A forceful Obama defended his policies and challenged Romney on shifting positions on key issues while arguing his Republican rival’s proposals would favor the wealthy if elected in three weeks,” CNN’s Tom Cohen wrote in an analysis of the debate.
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said. “With only one Martian rock of this type, it is difficult to know whether the same processes were involved, but it is a reasonable place to start thinking about its origin.” According to NASA, the rock, which has been named
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San Diego State welcomes its newest Aztec Warrior, 20-year-old Kyle Anderberg. Originally from San Jose, the civil engineering junior competed against four other finalists on Oct. 1 at the Parma Payne Alumni Goodall Center and will begin his role in December. In addition to sitting on the Associated Students Student Affairs Board, he is the treasurer of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the College of Engineering representative for A.S. Council. The Daily Aztec interviewed Anderberg about becoming the newest Aztec Warrior. DA: Why did you decide to try out to be the new Aztec Warrior? KA: It’s a funny story. At the end of spring semester, there was an A.S. Council retreat that we went on to the Mission Bay Aquatic Center. We were in a big circle … and there was an awkward silence moment and someone just yelled out, “I motion
historically correct. That’s when we came up with the Aztec Warrior and made sure we respected the Aztec culture, as well as the history of our school. paige nelson , photo editor
Civil engineering junior Kyle Anderberg stands in front of Hepner Hall. Anderberg is the newest Aztec Warrior.
that Kyle should be the new Aztec Warrior!” I guess because people said I looked like I could play the part. DA: So then you applied? KA: Yeah, I got on campus this semester and Channelle McNutt kind of pushed me toward it and told me I should try out. I got the email that they sent out to the entire school that said that they wanted a new one
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(mascot) and I applied. DA: In your opinion, how does an Aztec Warrior represent SDSU? KA: It’s a lot of things. I mean, the Aztec Warrior is kind of the face of athletics. I’m the mascot. I go to a lot of different events. Also, there’s a historical background to it and I know, in the past, there were different names for it that weren’t really
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DA: How are you going to prepare for the position from here on out?
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Jake Matijevic has a composition usually owed to processes inside Earth’s mantle, which result from crystallization of water-rich magma at an elevated pressure. A sample from the third scoop was placed into the Curiosity’s observation tray to determine its mineral composition. KA: I’m actually working with the old Aztec mascot, Mike Lopez. I’ve been doing a lot of workouts with him ... like four days a week. He has me on a strict diet. He knows what he’s doing and he’s coaching me the best he can. DA: I have one last question for you and it’s a question I’m sure many girls on campus would like to know. Are you single? KA: (Laughing) Yes, I am single. DA: Are you looking for a Mrs. Aztec Warrior? KA: I don’t know. That’s a tough one. I’m not necessarily looking for anyone, but if I happen to meet someone that’s cool.
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DA: What do you think about an Aztec Warrior social media account? KA: I don’t think anyone in the past has done that. I kind of joked around about having an Aztec Warrior Instagram or something like that. I don’t know if they’d want to do some type of social media for me. I’m open to something like that. That’d be cool to have a fan page.
Osama’s driver wins court appeal Osama bin Laden’s former driver won against a U.S. appeals court conviction that he gave material support to terrorists. Salim Hamdan, detained in Guantanamo Bay in 2001, was the first detainee to be sentenced by a U.S. military commission in 2008. Hamdan, accused of supporting terrorism, was found by the U.S. Court of Appeals to not constitute a war crime. He admitted to working for a wage along with the al-Qaida leader in Afghanistan. He claimed he worked for the money and not in support of the war against the U.S. Material support for terrorism is a common charge against Guantanamo detainees.
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