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ABIGAIL FISHER, a white student, says she was denied admission to the University of Texas because of her race. She sued in Federal District Court in Austin, causing Judge Sam Sparks to spend time trying to make sense of a 2003 Supreme Court decision allowing racial preferences in higher education. “I’ve read it till I’m blue in the face,” Judge Sparks said in an early hearing in Ms. Fisher’s lawsuit. But the meaning of the central concept in the decision — “this esoteric critical mass of diversity of students,” he called it — kept eluding him. The 2003 Supreme Court...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.PSU women, now clothed, sign Playboy now clothed Four Penn State Playboy bunnies hopped into two local businesses yesterday, gaining publicity -- and some new male admirers. The students showcased in this month's Playboy magazine gathered to sign autographs at McLanahan's Student Store, 414 E. College Ave., and Graham's, 124 S. Allen St., to help promote the "Girls of the Big Ten" issue. As their names appear in the magazine, "Josie Lynn" (junior-elementary education), "Shana Antonette" (junior-psychology and international business), and "Kayla Huyen Nguyen" (junior-telecommunications) gained the attention of a steady stream...