REMINDER: Linda Chavez Speaks - Tim Chavez Critiques

Linda Chavez, President of the Center for Equal Opportunity, will speak in
the Burkett Miller Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, November 1, at
noon in Roland Hayes Hall.  Ms. Chavez will speak on the topic of
"Affirmative Action."  Ms. Chavez states that she opposes racial
preferences because they are unfair, unconstitutional, and do not achieve
their intended purpose of helping minorities.  She also contends that
college admissions programs aimed at minorities are a notorious example of
good intentions gone awry.

Mr. Tim Chavez (no relation), columnist for Nashville's Tennessean, will
critique Ms. Chavez's presentation.  Tim Chavez is noted for his liberal
columns specifically on Hispanic and minority issues such as bilingual
education.  He recently won the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award from the
National Society of Newspaper Columnists.

Given the growing probability that Adarand Constructors v. Mineta (No.
00-730) will be dismissed, the August 27th decision of the U.S. Court of
Appeals in Atlanta, has refocused national attention on affirmative action.
 The three-judge appellate court ruled unanimously that the University of
Georgia's privileging of minorities in its admissions policy is
unconstitutional.  This decision threatens to supercede the
thought-to-be-landmark cases involving the University of Michigan, whose
undergraduate and law schools recently received contradictory rulings from
separate federal courts regarding affirmative action-based admissions
policies.  Because the University of Michigan will not receive an appellate
court decision until at least October 23, the University of Georgia case
will most likely reach the Supreme Court first, where it, rather than
Michigan, will elicit a landmark decision either affirming or overturning
the Bakke ruling of 1978.

Ann Wellington,
Administrative Secretary
to Dr. J. R. Clark, Probasco Chair
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
313 Fletcher Hall, Dept. 6106
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN  37403-2598
Phone: 423-755-4118
FAX: 423-755-5218