<p>Just wondering if you had any idea how MSU is going to handle proposal 2's passage. I've heard UM is probably going to the courts as one first step and since MSU seems significantly value affirmative action, are they going to follow a similiar path?</p>
<p>I'm not Quincy but I do attend MSU so I will say that I do not know what is going to happen. We do not practice AA hardcore like U of M. I haven't heard of anything about MSU challenging it. </p>
<p>I'll let you know if I hear otherwise...</p>
<p>My sources in MSU admissions are telling me things are uncertain. If by 'hardcore' smurfette means we don't use a point system well, no, we don't. But keep in mind, the hard-edged point system UM used for undergrad was struck down by the S.Ct as an illegal quota (a la Bakke, 1978), and yet the concept of Affirmative Action -- that is, that schools can decide race be used (for underrepresented minority applicants) as a 'plus' factor ranking with other plus factors -- was upheld. People are wrong to say Affirmative Action = quotas, because they don't. Such is scare tactics used by wrongheaded individuals. UM, MSU or any prominent school has the right to determine diversity is a factor that enhances the educational atmosphere for all students, white, black, Asian, Latino, etc... But the Democrat and Republican candidates for governor (and the 2 parties), along with GM, Ford and a host of other Michigan companies, opposed Prop 2/MCRI... and yet, 58% of the electorate voted for it. It now sets a very racially polarizing atmosphere on campus and in the state. I agree with the State News (MSU's student paper), Prop 2 is backward legislation.</p>
<p>... so again, to answer your question, the pat answer MSU officials are giving is that, no, Prop 2 doesn't have an immediate known affect. But officials quietly are very worried of the long-term affects with their hands clipped for recruiting or outreach of racial minorities, and not just for students. While they're not allowing themselves to be quoted, for now, many are quietly cheering UM on (as am I) in its quest to hopefully defeat of Prop 2 in the Supreme Court. But with Sandra Day O'Connor having retired and with she being the lead Justice backing UM law school affirmative action, along with the fact Bush has replaced her with a hard-line conservative in Sam Alito, the chances for UM's success are greatly diminished.</p>