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Prop 42 modified at convention
DAI I AS (AI’I (.Irnriirlnwn
< imi li IdIiii Thompson's tli,i
malit walkout ,i vrar ago In
protest of tlir \( A A s Proposi
lion 42 li.is worked.
11)«■ i (“ittr.il point )ohn \\ ,is
attempting to i.ii• was .i< t i's*.
to i“(lui ation lor the needy
I lovii athlot n tliret tot I tank.
Kii’n/o s.ml Tuesday And
th.it has lioon at t omplished I
think ho will y leyy this as a sat
i si at ton tirsl stop
Division I delegates to the
NC.AA tmu out ion alter nun h
bitter debate, voted \londa\ to
modify Proposition )-! alltm
ing neetl-basetl non at ft 1ft it aid
to hundreds of athletes anti gi\
ing Thompson and his allies at
least a ha I f - v it ton
The\ hail wanted Prop 12
abolished altogether oi at least
delayed a voai
\ou it s set to go into ellet t
next Aug 1
' This is better I ban u hat we
had. but not what ue wanted."
big Hast ( 'ominissionei IJava
(lav ill saitl
Prop 42 was meant to t lose a
loophole in the t ontroversi.il
Proposition 48 Ireshinan eligi
bility reipnremenls l ndet
Prop 4M a high st bool graduate
must have an overall 110 grade
point average in all Ingli st bool
work a 2.1)0 (!PA in the t tiri'
turrit ulum of eollege prepara
toi \ t nurses and minimum
stores on the A(!'T or SAT eol
lege entrant e exams
A partial t|ualifier is nai row
Iv def ined m N't !AA rules as an
athlete w itb the overall (IPA ol
at least 2 IK) who does not meet
all or part ol the t it Ilf i t i iteria
It is not. as many people as
sume, simply one who meets
anv part of the requirements
’’Tile lest is art hail " l.ouisi
ana Slate basketball t oat li Dale
brow n said. "It's pist a t ome
nielli w av to t alegoi i/e and t re
ati“ an aura ol selectivity
The key to the disagreement
are the t ollege entrant e exams
which have lieen shown lo be
ra< iallv .uni i nltur.illv <1 isi run
inatorv Sim c Prop 1H u cut
into i'fh'< t in lilHii niori’ than
run partial qualifiers have re
ceiv ed lull .ithletu si ho I ar ships
w hile not being allowed to play
in prat In e their freshman year
I’iniei Prop Ithese partial
qualifiers would have lieeii tie
nied am aid \nw based on
their financial situation thev
i ail receive assistant e that is
available to students in general
but still have to sit out their
first year and have pist three
vears ill eligibilitv remaining
Kienzo s.iid Tuesdav he had
not talked to rhiiinpsiiii sim e
Mnndav *s I uj lit vote
"The lust and primarv issue
was that we renewed access to
higher education to a broad
sei turn ol the population that
had been denied ai < ess bv
Proposition -I ! Kienzo said
l lle light nv er test si ores
iiiav be renewed at the t't'il
( UI1V ention sill! e the \l \.\ I ■
iiiivv working with college lest
mg experts on developing new
more representative ways to
gauge ai atleillir abilitv
One ot the important things
as a result of |nlm Thompson's
protest is that educational lest
iilg lias gotten involved with
the \( \.\ trv mg to dev elop
new i iiteria tor eligibilitv
Kienzo said And I do look lor
new legislation next veal that
will have new test require
meiits So I in optimistii
Penn State lootball i oar li |oe
I’aleriln who helped lead the
tight toi Prop 111 when it was
I list iaiseil in l!IH t argued bit
terlv Monday on the conven
tion floor vv it It Kienzo and
black educators ovei vvliethei
Prop 17 should la abolished al
togethei
' \\ e re in the pri» ess ol
changing attitudes about what
right does a kid who's a good
athlete have to a i ollege eillli a
lion. Paterno s.iid lie does
mil have .un riw;111 unless he is
qualified In (In il academical
Iv
Hill I’iiterno said the i ompro
mist* was s.ilist.K torv with him
htils will huve the upportu
nilv In gel tinuiu ial aid it the\
don't have the Imi kgruutid In
quulitvlie said adding that
arguments that lest si ores are
mil a valid indicator are 'mil
pertinent to the issue
U hal we're living In tin is
create some wav nl dei idtlig
w hether kids tan do the wink
in college." he said "1 util
snniehndv i nines up vv it It a liel
lei st.nulard I don't think lust
the grade poult is good
enough."
I )nc argument lor the lesl
si ores has always been that
high si hniils i annul lie trusted
that they are either las in grad
ing nr ■ 111it k to help a star
athlete
there's no question that
preferential treatment i an hap
pen I’alerno said I he lesl
s(nres give ns another indica
lion nl whether the kid belongs
m college 1 don't think we've
seen the end of this v el
I )i halve ai d I in I i ham id lor
of the predominanllv hlai k
North < uroliria \& I was one
id the most outspoken oppo
limits nl Prop I
I Ire I slriinglv that did
have a tinge ol racism assnt ial
etl with it in that they knew lull
well tfi.it a disproportionately
large number til black voting
situs would he negativelv im
patted. he said "Nnlwith
standing that realitv tliev did it
unvvvuv. and denied hundreds
it not llmllsiinds ol kids the
right nt access In need bused
aid
W hen the stinging iinput t
nl those nulit Imeiits a veal ago
I n •« a me c lear the delegates
said Mthougll we Will lint
nv el turn t ' w e do (eel V nil
have .i point and we will give
you hall a Inal
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