Federal Appeals Court Upholds UT-Austin Admissions Standards

Hot off the press in the Houston Chroncile from the AP:

A federal appeals court has ruled that the consideration of race and ethnicity in the admissions standards at the University of Texas at Austin is legal.

The three-judge 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in New Orleans upheld on Tuesday a 2008 lower-court ruling that UT didn't infringe on the civil rights of two white, female students who were refused admission to that year's freshman class.

Abigail Fisher and Rachel Michalewicz had alleged that the university violated their constitutional right to equal protection.

Patricia Ohlendorf, UT legal affairs vice president, said she was pleased with the ruling. The women's attorney, Bert Rein of Washington, D.C., said he was disappointed in the outcome.

It is amazing to me that people who are not academically prepared to attended a school like UT are allowed admittance in order for the school to be PC fashionable. I wonder how many of those admitted under the "race and ethnicity in the admissions standards" finish their degrees and are prepared for the world? Very few, I would bet!!!

This Is How An Alma Mater Should Sound!

This is, IMHO, the BEST school song in existence. It is how an alma mater should sound.



The eyes of Texas are upon you,
All the live long day.
The eyes of Texas are upon you,
You cannot get away.
Do not think you can escape them,
At night, or early in the morn'.
The eyes of Texas are upon you,
Till Gabriel blows his horn!

High School Students Sues UT-Austin Over Racial Preferences

An 18-year-old Sugar Land, Texas student sued the University of Texas at Austin on Monday, challenging the school's use of racial preferences in its admissions policy.

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It is time to do way with ALL race indication on college applications. Race has nothing to do with getting into college. If you can meet the entry requirements, you get in. No race should have a preference, regardless of possible past injustices.

What do the educators out there think? Please post your comments.

"All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting discrimination in public education must yield.” - Earl Warren