Elizabeth SoftkyStudentsTenure, science, and race mattersFor the first time in the 100-year history of what many consider the most elite technical university in the world, the California Institute of Technology has granted tenure to an African American.July 14, 2007HomeCountdown in California: students offer voter initiative to counteract Proposition 209 – measure to restore affirmative actionMembers of Students for Educational Opportunity, a Berkeley-based group working against the clock to restore affirmative action in education. By the end of March they had gathered 200,000 signatures to place a new initiative on California’s November ballot. The initiative, which is designed to counter Proposition 209, states that California may “consider the economic background, race, sex, ethnicity, and national origin of qualified individuals.”July 12, 2007HomeCross-cultural understanding spiced with the Indian Diaspora – author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and her book ‘The Mistress of Spices’Dr. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni laughs gently as she talks about the success of her first novel, The Mistress of Spices.July 11, 2007Page 1 of 1