Frank Riggs: “I would like to refer her to an article in today's newspaper that is…”

On the recordMay 6, 1998

I would like to refer her to an article in today's newspaper that is very timely to this evening's debate headlined Boalt Minority Admissions Up 30 Percent. I quote from the first paragraph of the article: ``In the school's second year of colorblind admissions, offers to black and Hispanic students are up 30 percent, Boalt Hall School of Law announced on Tuesday.'' It goes on to quote the dean of Boalt Hall as saying, ``I think the increase had to do with the efforts made at outreach that we were very welcoming of minority applicants.'' Furthermore, I want to put to rest this misinformation regarding the University of California system. First of all, I will go ahead and quote from John Leo's column in U.S. News and World Report of April 27. He says, ``There is no white-out, closing of doors, or Caucasian University. In the eight-college University of California system, only two of five students are white.…

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Frank Riggs

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Addressing minority admissions at the University of California during a debate.

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Frank Riggs: “I would like to refer her to an article in today's newspaper that is very timely to this evening's debate headlined…”

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