UNIVERSITY tirr ilmprov Toniaht THEATRE 1 «Comic News limpROif -A S9A Cow ,e"’i w v A \i ^ Y ! / Ci-^1 ''■•> ] —->*-—- ^ * fV xwvr°v) on/?\.P5T ?,i3 ^ ^ Fun! ' * ’Masical Cojnatiy Iiriprovisatlo^ Robinson Theatre Sept. 28 & 29 $10/$5 Students 8 PM Tickets: UO Ticket Office- EMU- 346-4363 Robinson Theatre Box Office- 346-4191 Days of Performance Only Diversity continued from page 10 University does a good job ensur ing ethnic diversity, it does not use the quota-type methods that often stir controversy at other universi ties. “Ethnic diversity is big, but stu dents have to be able to do the work,” she said. “That's always our first priority in admitting students.” The issue of affirmative action in university admissions has been a topic of heated debate ever since the 1978 Supreme Court ruling in Re gents of the University of California v. Bakke, which ruled that colleges could use an applicant’s race and identity as a factor in the admission process, but prohibited the use of quotas to remedy past discrimina tion. Recent rulings, such as the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ deci sion to uphold the University of Washington Law School’s affirma tive action policy — which ruled that universities could consider eth nic diversity in the recruitment and admission of students — have added weight to that ruling, but oth ers have served to muddy the waters over the years. The University has made ethnic diversity a priority in recent years, even unveiling a five-year Campus Diversity Plan in 1997 that out lined ways to “immediately in crease the ethnic and cultural di versity of the student body.” The specific goals of the plan in clude increasing the population of: • African American students to 500 • Native American students to 500 • Asian American students to 2,000 • Hispanic students to 1,000 • International students to 2,000 While the overall percentage of Among the most controversial was the 1996 decision of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Hop wood v. Texas, which overturned a District Court decision allowing con tinued use of race as a factor in the admissions process at the University of Texas Law School, essentially con tradicting the Bakke decision. “I suspect that eventually the Supreme Court will have to make another judgment on the issue,” Jernberg said, explaining that affir mative action is an issue that in minority students increased from 12.5 percent in fall 1997 to 13 per cent in fall 2000, the numbers of specific ethnic groups have con tinued to fluctuate. According to the University’s diversity Web site, numbers of blacks and Native Americans have increased slight ly — from 253 to 259 and from 188 to 195, respectively — but the number of Asian American stu dents has fallen from 1,175 to 1,070. The largest increase has been in the number of students identifying themselves as “multi ethnic,” which has increased from 57 in 1997 to 252 in 2000. — Leon Tovey spires a great many “complex mis conceptions” that need clarifica tion. But until the U.S. Supreme Court or the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Ap peals — which have jurisdiction over the University of Oregon — make such a decision, it seems un likely that the administration will make major changes to its admis sions process. Leon Tovey is a higher education reporter for the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached at leontovey@dailyemerald.com. Lett Coast. Right Job. Bring your tGddliflCJ (JBCJirGG to In California you'li have more choices for school locations, teaching environments, climate, sports, entertainment and places to live than in any other state. And you'll be welcomed with open arms and minds eager to learn. We need you here. 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Based on an annual salary of $772,500, Carty would lose about $200,000 in base pay, plus any bonuses or other compensation he may have qualified for as leader of American and its parent, AMR Corp. Carty said he has asked unions to let members participate in the vol untary pay cut, “and since the deci sion to participate is strictly up to the individual, I expect the unions will agree.” Twenty cents of each $1 in pay cuts will go toward an education fund for the children of the Ameri can Airlines pilots and flight atten dants who died in the two Ameri can crashes, and to help “unique hardship cases” from the job cuts, he said. American, commuter airline American Eagles Airlines Inc. and TWA Airlines LLC will altogether cut about 20,000 jobs in coming weeks. In other cost-cutting moves, American informed the 435 em ployees at its 107 city ticket offices around the nation that it Will close all but seven offices at week’s end. American also closed its Admi rals Clubs in six airports last Friday: Bush Houston Intercontinental Air port; Cleveland; Detroit; Nashville, Tenn.; Honolulu; and Phoenix. It also has shut down its five Platinum Service Centers: two at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport and one each at Mia mi, Chicago O’Hare and San Juan, Puerto Rico. American’s unions have com plained that American is using ex ceptions allowed during national emergencies to avoid providing sev erance pay, moving expenses and other benefits. (c) 2001, The Dallas Morning News. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services.