UC regents vote down plan for &#39;multiracial&#39; category
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day shot down a proposal to create a &quot;multiracial&quot; box on freshman application forms -- a plan suggested by Regent Ward Connerly that quickly became a flashpoint in lingering debates over affirmative action.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 8--A small subdivision in Carmel Valley, rejected by a Monterey County advisory panel, will be appealed to the county Board of Supervisors.
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TOPEKA, Kansas  - The Kansas Board of Education on Tuesday threw out science standards deemed hostile to evolution, undoing the work of Christian conservatives in the ongoing battle over what to teach U.S. public school students about the origins of life.
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A difference of opinion about the genetic basis of race has emerged between scientists at the National Human Genome Center at Howard University and some other geneticists.
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The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Football Committee voted down a proposed realignment yesterday that would have sent two Central Massachusetts Division 1 teams to Super Bowls and created a championship game between two Central Mass. teams in new divisions.
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PENANG, Malaysia, Jun 27 (IPS) - Unexpected criticism of Malaysiaâs race-based  affirmative action policy by the European Union's top envoy  reveals underlying concerns that this could be a stumbling block  to unrestricted market access for European multinational firms in  the region, say analysts.
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The Supreme Court strikes a blow against race-based integration, but the decision suggests it may not be fatal
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The resounding &quot;no&quot; that voters gave to officially recognizing homosexual couples as married marks a major setback for
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Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, releases a report Wednesday rebuking college football on race in several areas.
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Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposal to reform redistricting takes on the red-blue divide.
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By Stephen Wall, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 20--COLTON -- After hearing from more than a dozen county residents  who opposed the city's plans for annexation, the City Council on Tuesday night  voted unanimously to abandon the proposal.
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By Sarah Jimenez, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 14--VISALIA -- In an unexpected move Wednesday, Tulare County planning commissioners voted not to make a decision about two proposed dairies near the small historical community of Allensworth.
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MSU&#39;s plan to move its medical school to west Michigan is impractical and too costly, according to a report that lays out an alternative arrangement.
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By Rebecca Dellagloria, The Miami Herald  Feb. 25--Two proposals to build homes on less than a full acre on properties touching the county's urban development boundary were unanimously rejected by the Redland Community Council on Wednesday.
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A union of British academics voted unanimously to reject a government plan to tackle Islamic extremism in universities, likening the initiative to "witch hunts" that would single out Muslim students.
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By Eric Russell, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec. 8--ELLSWORTH -- The city's planning board has turned down a Lamoine couple's proposal to build two four-unit apartment buildings on land they own in an Ellsworth neighborhood.
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A proposal in the pending state budget would slash the interest rate paid on legal judgments awarded in discrimination cases, a move opponents say would unfairly penalize victims of racial bias, wrongful firings, and discriminatory landlords.