On June 23, a 5-4 decision was made in support of the University of Michigan's law school's right to use race as a factor in admissions, while declaring the points (a.k.a. quota) system unconstitutional. ... Colorado Governor Bill Owens got it right when he said, "I"m for affirmative action when it is defined as everyone gets to the starting line equally. ... As we speak, many high school students across the country have who have applied to universities are being rejected because there are other, less qualified people who are getting accepted because they are minorities. ...

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Joey Beuer of Colorado answered with this when asked why they should be able to secede: "Because we are not getting heard.... At Rice University, this is happening. ... For example, commissioner of the League of Women Voters said, "Something's changed in the last decade, Colorado we grew up in, the Colorado we love, has changed....

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