Many council members also felt the proposal was not straightforward enough to gain student support. Both amendments failed. Opponents of the policy cite SP-1 as the reason that percentages of underrepresented students enrolled in the UC System do not reflect the overall percentages of minorities throughout the state. Although Affirmative Action is illegal in California after the passage of Prop 209, many groups want to overturn SP-1 as a symbolic gesture. We treat it like it's a privilege.
Education is a right.
This will not only help people get education but jobs after college as well. Leg Council passed the resolution 14-6 after almost two hours of discussion. In other news, Leg Council unanimously approved a position paper calling for the expansion of the Internet bandwidth for the ResNet Service. Frequent users of the service, including Walter, complain the service is often overloaded, making it unacceptably slow. Students should not have to wait until 4 a.m. to use the Internet.