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r : 1·\ .... U ':/ ~ . ' 'i ', -, , • . ... , -•.•; ,.-,,., ,\. ' . .. '•. I"i.~~~~;(;:~ . -_.. ~ ""'~'Jf'\";s" -. -'. :r £' , ' •• , ~ .. - ....~"~j;J.~ .... -.:- ,-~,,,,,~,, 't.'" ". c; • - • -.' -~.~, - .'~ .' .,. - '.- ~ 1~1~HE~~, Mi'~HJ: IGAN;1~REVIEW "~ .;'.. ' ,.' .• '.. \ i· .< Volume 13, Number 7 The Campus Affairs Journal ofthe Unive~sity of Mich'igan December 1, 1993 Dude Hails Manufactured Culture BY JAMES A. ROBERTS, II these peoples can succeed, can achieve complex world." the Michigan Mandate's effort to offer their goals." The Mandate, "is yet an- Throughout much of the seminar, additional courses regarding lesser HE UNlVERSI'IY OF MICHI other step" to make this goal a reality. the administrators celebrated the in- known cultures is, perhaps, a benevo gan is "an institution fOWlded The consensus among those admin- creases in minority enrollment as a lent goal. This particular initiative, fot the people, by the people, to istrators attending the meeting was vital step toward the Mandate's effort T n along with any argument concerning serve the people. Its purpose is "to that the U- M has made significant to achieve campus diversity. Yet this affirmative action notwithstanding, the provide education of the highest pos progress in this effort toward campus- reliance upon statistics as being a gauge Mandate remains flawed in one impor sible quality, but to a far broader seg wide diversity. "The num- of success reveals the mis- tant respect: it fails to address the ac 'ment of our society." So said James bers we see today/' guided simplicity of the tual origin of a culture. By attempting Duderstadt, President of the Univer Duderstadt proclaimed, Mandate. By concentrating to create a multicultural society tlrrough sity of Michigan, during a one-hour "are as encouraging as seen on such superficial charac- the admissions process, the Mandate seminar held on November 16 in the on any college campus in teristics as race, the U-M assumes that a centralized body can Michigan Union.
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