The RaceWire Beat - 12.14.06

CUNY Chief Orders Names Stripped From Student Center
City College Student Center in hail of attacks for commemorating revolutionary figures.

Judge Sets Back Guantánamo Detainees
For the first time, a court has affirmed that a law enacted this fall strips the federal judiciary of the authority to hear challenges from detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

Adjusting a Formula Devised for Diversity
After a federal appeals court barred Texas from explicitly counting race in admissions to its colleges, the state struggled to find another way to diversify the student body.


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