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OMAS: Private equity firm calls classes illegal, wrong five minutes to do the preauthoriza tion and register for them,” Liu said. This spring term, all of the classes had open spaces but no students showed up at the OMAS on the first day of classes to meet with her and enroll, Liu said. University Senior Instructor Michel Kovcholovsky, who teaches the OMAS’s math classes, said the class es were created to foster a comfort able environment for minorities. “That was the basic idea, so that they don’t feel afraid to raise their hand and ask something.” He said he understands that some students get angry over the class en rollment policy, which he has no con trol over. “Is it unfair? That, I’d rather not even go there. I understand the reason why it exists.” He said students enjoy interacting with him one-on-one. The course material he teaches is exactly the same. “To lower the standards for people of color would be racism,” Kovcholovsky said. Liu said all students still have to meet basic academic requirements necessary to get into the OMAS classes and that sometimes people misunderstand and think the class es are remedial. “Sometimes we get the athletic de partment wanting to send us stu dents who don’t necessarily have the (academic) requirements ... and they believe these classes are remedial and we have to tell them it’s not. If anything, it’s harder,” Liu said. . Senior psychology major Kady Ann Davy, who identifies as Ja maican American, said she took an OMAS Writing 122 class her sopho more year, and she liked the class be cause it covered diverse cultures and provided time to free-write about her own pxnpripnrps with rlivprsitv one >diu me eniuiiineiu puncy is fair because coming from a smaller high school, she liked the opportuni ty to study in a smaller class and that the remaining slots still give every body a chance to enroll. “Knowing that it’s open to every body the first day, first come, first served, if there’s any slot openings, I feel that still gives the opportunity for the other population of students to come and sign up for the class,” Davy said. Other departments also have class es specifically designated for specific student populations. The American English Institute has a Writing 121E class each term for students who speak English as a sec ond language. The instructor is more sensitive to the grammatical needs of those students. Academic Learning Services also has a program, funded by a federal grant, that students can apply for if they are low income, first generation college students or have documented disabilities. Students in that program have first priority on a Math 111 class taught by AL.S Math Specialist Doug Hintz. The federal grant requires students who have a greater need of the class to get priori ty, Hintz said. Blum said these classes aren’t ille gal because neither uses race as a de terminant for enrollment. Roger Clegg, general counsel for the Center for Equal Opportunity, said in the Regents of the University of Califor nia v. Bakke decision, the Supreme Court “made it clear setting aside slots on the basis of race is illegal. ” “The legality aside, it’s just wrong,” Clegg said. “It’s divisive to tell students you’re not going to be considered be cause of your skin color ... 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