DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 1997/2000
Ann Arbor News

October 1997

October 15, 1997
• Battle Lines Drawn in U-M Discrimination Suit

November 1997

November 14, 1997
• U-M Discrimination Suit May Add One or More Plaintiffs: Case Will Apparently Involve Constitutional Issues

November 18, 1997

• Bollinger Stumps for Affirmative Action: U-M President Uses Speeches to Make Case for Diversity

November 30, 1997

• Firm Suing U-M Boasts String of Wins; Center Has Successfully Fought Affirmative Action
• More About the Center For Individual Rights

December 1997

December 3, 1997
• Second Challenge to U-M Admissions Policy Filed by Plymouth Woman
• U-M Asks Judge to Dismiss Case Today

December 4, 1997

• U-M Prepared for Cost of Defending Policy

January 1998

January 20, 1998
• Panel: Protect Affirmative Action (Activists Predict End to Legal Challenges to Affirmative Action at U-M)

January 26, 1998

• Blacks Are 174 Times More Likely to Be Admitted to U-M, Study Says; U-M Officials Say Study Is Base On Anti-Affirmative Action Politics

February 1998

February 4, 1998
• Intervention in U-M Suits Expected; African-American High School Students in Ann Arbor Could Play Key Role in Lawsuits

February 5, 1998

• Intervention Move in U-M Suits Expected Today

February 6, 1998

• Affirmative Action Case at U-M Takes Odd Twist; Group May Have to Prove Past Bias Justifies Current Policy

February 25, 1998

• U-M, CIR at Odds Over High Schoolers Joining Suit
• U-M Students Speak Out for Racial, Ethnic Justice

March 1998

March 15, 1998
• Selection Index Worksheet Replaces Grids
• Grids at Heart of U-M Lawsuit
• Here's How the Grids Used by U-M Used System to Sort Through Admissions

March 19, 1998

• Foe's Visit to U-M Campus Raises Ire of Those Against a Ban

April 1998

April 16, 1998
• Legal Fees to Defend U-M Case Climbing

April 21, 1998

• Minority Meetings Likely to Continue

April 27, 1998

• Affirmative Action Called 'Majority Issue' (Jesse Jackson speech)

May 1998

May 1, 1998
• Affirmative Action Suits Spark Racism Concerns

July 1998

July 4, 1998
• U-M Freshman Population Could Top Last Year's

July 8, 1998

• Judge Denies Bids to Join U-M Suits

October 1998

October 23, 1998
• Class Action Argued in U-M Lawsuit

November 1998

November 7, 1998
• U-M Enrollment Unaffected by Lawsuits

November 8, 1998

• U-M's Legal Bills Mounting

December 1998

December 18, 1998
• U-M Will Name Room After Philosophy Professor

December 31, 1998

• Lawsuit on Admissions Gets Status As Class Action

January 1999

January 8, 1999
• Judge Holds 2nd UM Suit to Be Class Action

January 24, 1999

• Affirmative Action Battle to Heat Up: Foe: Lawsuits Will Change Focus to K-12 Issues, Scholarships

January 28, 1999

• Admission-Policies Fight Moves Into College Newspapers

February 1999

February 25, 1999
• Protestors and Speakers Rally to Defend Affirmative Action

February 28, 1999

• Some at U-M Not Too Worried about Overrepresentation

March 1999

March 18, 1999
• U-M Study: Diversity Improves Thinking

June 1999

June 3, 1999
• Admission of Minorities Lagging at U-M

August 1999

August 26, 1999
• Legal Bills Cost U-M Millions
August 27, 1999
• U-M Admissions Trials Delayed A Year

September 1999

September 30, 1999
• U-M Reiterates Diversity Stance

December 1999

December 1, 1999
• Minority Enrollment Decreases at U-M: African-American Enrollment Percentages Continue to Decline

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