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4,5) Petitioner, Jennifer Gratz, who is Caucasian Michigan resident, applied for admission for the fall 1995 semester, to the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) as residents of the State of Michigan. Gratz was told that, despite being very much qualified, she was being denied admission because her application was not competitive enough on first review. A class action suit was filed against the University because she felt that she was discriminated against

The University of Michigan Should NOT Use Affirmative Action Imagine, your walking down the street looking for a job. You see a sign in the window that says, “Whites encouraged to apply.” Imagine the period in time when just being white got you into a college, without any other considerations of grades or athletic ability. Those were the days of the Jim Crow laws. Now these instances have happened in the past 20 years, through new laws called Affirmative Action. The big argument is over these

Drawing is not an activity, but a piece of me that I could never let go of. Drawing has transformed itself from a fun hobby into an essential form of expression. It has transformed the way I look at things; nothing is mundane in art. A tree, for example, is a beautiful thing. Every single tree is unique, with its own bark texture, its own arrangement of branches, and its own color. The limit only gets pushed further when the tree inherits the personality of its artistic creator. Whenever I feel emotionally

The University of Texas at Austin have high expectations in diverse and social goals involving, “ending stereotypes, promoting ‘cross-racial understanding,’ preparing students for an ‘increasingly diverse workforce and society” (Case Document, 2016, p.3). His case challenged the undergraduate admissions system of University of Texas in Austin on their factors involved in the admission programs. The University of Texas has admissions programs that review factors such as race, background, test scores

This lopsided matchup earned “Big Ten Game of the Day” honors solely because of the showcase status that it brings. The Wisconsin/Rutgers game is part of Big Ten Super Saturday , a showcase of Big Ten athletics that will take place at Madison Square Garden. After the 12:00 P.M basketball game, there will be a Big Ten hockey game between Ohio State and Wisconsin. Although, the contest will count as a home game for Rutgers, you can be sure that there will also be a good amount of Badgers fans in attendance

Bollinger was based on a racial decision by the University of Michigan Law School denying Barbara Grutter entrance. She had a good GPA and a good place on the LSAT, and she should have been allowed into the school without her race being considered. Introduction This was a United States Supreme Court case, in where Barbara Grutter applied for the University of Michigan Law School and was denied. This University was founded in 1859, and has an enrollment

as one wants. However, Theodore Roethke had many inspirations around him that encouraged him to write poetry. Theodore was inspired by his mental illness, the Romantic era, and nature. Theodore Huebner Roethke was born on May 25, 1908 in Saginaw, Michigan. He had a small family of a brother named Charles and his parents. Otto illRoethke, his father, owned a greenhouse that consisted of several buildings (Chavkin, Allan). Theodore spent a lot of his time working in the greenhouse with his father and

Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003) involved a white Michigan resident named Barbara Grutter and the University of Michigan Law School. Grutter was frustrated by her rejection from the Law School, claiming that the University’s decision was due to a discriminatory admission policy which sought to enroll greater amounts of underrepresented minority students. Grutter believed that white candidates possessed a disadvantage due to this policy and she sued the university. According to Grutter, race was the “predominate

The title says it all. The University of Michigan Football Team has been transformed into a monster from the start of the Harbaugh Era. Before Jim Harbaugh took over as head coach Michigan suffered a devastating 5-7 season and missed a bowl game under Brady Hoke. The team is now on the up rise. Even though the statement may offend some, it is true. There are those critics that firmly disagree because of the big plays the defense sometimes allows, an inexperienced quarterback and weak schedule

childhood experiences with him. His father died of cancer and his uncle committed suicide when he was only thirteen. Theodore was born in Saginaw, Michigan, where most of his poems take place in his father’s greenhouse. He attended the University of Michigan, Harvard, and taught at other universities. Later he started his poetry residency at University of Washington in 1948. He won several prizes for many of his poems and books. In My Papa’s Waltz, Theodore Roethke writes about his father’s illness