\doc\web\98\06\endbus.txt Date sent: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 18:55:40 -0700 From: ADP Subject: Links for August 2, 1998 To: ADP_List@webcom.com Links for August 2, 1998 *************** I-200's bogus quote http://www.seattletimes.com/news/editorial/html98/deaned_090298.html September 2, 1998 OPINION Seattle Times "In the debate over Initiative 200, both sides want to be seen as occupying the moral high ground. So why not run a high-minded campaign? For the state voter pamphlet, I-200 proponents want to use a disputed quote attributed to the dean of the University of Washington law school. The quote has Dean Roland Hjorth saying a white applicant would have been admitted had she been black. Trouble is, the dean says he made no such statement. The quote comes from syndicated columnist Nat Hentoff, who says the dean did say it. Hjorth is asking the Secretary of State's office to remove the quotation. The I-200 campaign won't back off. The issue is going to court, in a waste of money and court time." Teaching in Plain English Schools, students struggle with Proposition 227 restrictions http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/09/ 02 /MN66342.DTL September 2, 1998 By Nanette Asimov & Suzanne Espinosa Solis San Francisco Chronicle "It was math time yesterday at Downer Elementary School in San Pablo, and 6-year-old Omar stared at his workbook, perplexed. ``Que debe de hacer?'' asked the first-grader, wondering aloud in Spanish what he should do. Omar's teacher, Kathleen Madison, said in English, ``You start on this page.'' Omar gazed at his book, uncomprehending. He repeated his question. ``Que debe de hacer?'' Madison pointed to the English words and slowly explained: ``You go from this page to this page.'' That clicked. ``OK!'' the boy said, and proceeded to fill out the book correctly, counting in Spanish as he did so." Republicans risk Hispanic support over Puerto Rico, governor says http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/wires2/0901/n_ap_0901_31 5. sml September 1, 1998 By Chris Hawley Associated Press "U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott risks losing Republicans' fragile support among Hispanics by neglecting a bill allowing Puerto Rico to vote on statehood or independence, the territory's governor said Tuesday. "It really disappoints me that he has adopted a position that shows a lack of sensitivity to the important issues of the Hispanic community,'' Gov. Pedro Rossello said at a meeting of the Southern Governors Association. Lott, R-Miss., was quoted in San Juan's El Vocero newspaper Tuesday as saying there wasn't enough time to consider the bill before the current congressional session ends in October. The Senate legislation would authorize a referendum to allow Puerto Ricans to decide whether their Caribbean island should become the 51st state." Court Backs Immigrants in Deportation http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/t000079839.html September 2, 1998 By Henry Weinstein Los Angeles Times "In a decision that could affect thousands of people, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that immigrants have a constitutional right to challenge a deportation order in court. The 3-0 ruling by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco is the first decision by a federal appellate court saying that immigrants had such a right, since the passage of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act in 1996 threw the issue into question. Under that statute, Congress attempted, among other things, to dramatically restrict the ability of federal courts to review actions by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The congressional statute was intended to curb allegedly frivolous appeals and make it easier to deport criminals." Court backs limited version of youth march in N.Y. http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/wires2/0902/n_rt_0902_3. sml September 2, 1998 Reuters "A U.S. appeals court Tuesday gave the go-ahead for a march expected to draw tens of thousands of black youths, including gang members, to New York this weekend but limited it in time and place. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, agreed with a lower court's ruling that New York had wrongfully denied a permit for Saturday's controversial Million Youth March, whose chief organizer is a dismissed official of the Nation of Islam. But the court ruled that the demonstration could not be held exactly as planned, because it would overburden a police force stretched thin over the Labor Day weekend. The march - described by organizers as a show of unity among young blacks resembling the Million Man March held in Washington in 1995 - is scheduled for a time when the city is under increased security. The tightening followed the arrival of two suspects in the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya who are to be tried in Manhattan federal court." Judge Ends Busing In Prince George's http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-09/02/107l-090298-idx.htm l September 2, 1998 By Lisa Frazier Washington Post "A federal judge in Greenbelt yesterday ordered the end to mandatory busing in Prince George's County, concluding a 26-year-old government effort to desegregate the schools and closing one of the most divisive chapters in the county's history. During the next six years, busing will be phased out as the county begins building 13 neighborhood schools and refurbishing older ones. Under a settlement to end busing, the school system also will focus on boosting the academic achievement of all students and closing the achievement gap between African American students and their peers. In his 37-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte approved the agreement reached in March by representatives of the school system, county government and NAACP, the parties in the lawsuit filed in 1972 that prompted the only federal school desegregation order in the Washington area." After 26 Years of Busing, Most Pleased to See It Go http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1998-09/02/090l-090298-idx.htm l September 2, 1998 By Robert E. Pierre & Rene Sanchez Washington Post "When court-ordered busing took effect in Prince George's County in 1972, it was viewed as a necessary evil by many blacks who wanted better schools, equipment and teachers for their children. Many whites, meanwhile, felt it was a heavy-handed government intrusion into local affairs and fled the county for more distant suburbs. But more than a quarter-century later, many black and white Prince Georgians have come to the same conclusion: Forced busing has outlived its usefulness and become a burden. That political consensus led a federal judge yesterday to pave the way for the end of busing, which had come to be almost universally despised. The decision, though it won't end busing immediately, was a welcome outcome for many Prince Georgians." Judge approves end to court-ordered busing in Maryland county http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/wires2/0901/n_ap_0901_32 2. sml September 1, 1998 Associated Press "A federal judge approved an agreement Tuesday to phase out a quarter-century of court-ordered busing in Prince George's County in suburban Washington. The settlement phases out busing by 2002 in exchange for building more public schools, hiring more teachers and designing an academic plan to improve student performance in the 123,000-student system. Thousands of Prince George's County schoolchildren have been bused since 1972 to schools outside their neighborhood for racial desegregation. But student population in the suburban Washington system has shifted from 70 percent white to nearly 80 percent black in that time. In 1983, the school system created magnet schools to attract students to certain areas and enhanced schools that remained racially isolated." Italian minister promises immigrant quotas soon http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/wires2/0901/n_ap_0901_34 9. sml September 1, 1998 Associated Press "Italy will soon set quotas on the number of foreigners allowed to legally enter and work in the country, Interior Minister Giorgio Napolitano announced in comments published Tuesday. Napolitano said a decree would be drawn up limiting the number of entries by nationality for the rest of the year, followed by a second quota for 1999, Italian newspapers reported. The announcement came after a meeting Monday on security issues in southern Italy, which has borne the brunt of illegal immigration. Italy currently lets an unlimited number of immigrants stay if they can prove they were victims of persecution at home or if they have a job waiting for them. Napolitano said the quotas would reflect the number and type of workers requested by authorities region by region."