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Shuttle Celebration Gets Downsized
Inglewood and LA are "inviting the public" to view the Shuttle Endeavour as it proceeds from LAX to the Science Center, but they're making it as difficult as possible.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenInglewood and Los Angeles are "inviting the public" to view the Shuttle Endeavor as it proceeds from LAX to the Science Center in downtown LA. But they're making it as difficult as possible. Streets and sidewalks will be closed for a mile ahead and behind, and two official viewing areas will be restricted to a combined total of fewer than 20,000 people. Then there are all those trees that have been cut down and the electrical outages. Officials, merchants and residents along the route aren't the only ones disappointed and angry. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, affirmative action in college admissions and the US Supreme Court.
Banner image: Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft performs a low flyby past the tower at Los Angeles International Airport, Friday, September 21, 2012. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA
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2 storiesWhen Is a Parade Not a Parade?
As the Space Shuttle Endeavour is moved from LAX through to the Science Center downtown, what LA Mayor Villaraigosa once touted as "the mother of all parades," has been scaled back to a virtual embryo. The LAPD now says the streets would be empty if officials had their way. Instead, they’ll be full of police officers, and even the sidewalks…
Read the story25 minAffirmative Action in College Admissions and the US Supreme Court
In the Grutter case almost 10 years ago, a divided US Supreme Court rejected racial quotas in college admissions. But it said race could be one factor in the effort to diversify student bodies and make up for the history of racial discrimination. It was a divided decision, and the court said it would take up the issue again.
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