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In a statement for FoNet news agency, Serbian president Boris Tadic assessed the decision by United Nations special envoy for Kosovo status Martti Ahtisaari to publish his proposal for resolving the status of Kosovo after parliamentary elections in Serbia as useful. "This whole time I have supported the position that artificial deadlines are something that does not contribute to either a solution for Kosovo and Metohija or the stabilization of the situation in Serbia," said Tadic. According to Tadic, Ahtisaari was influenced by the fact that Serbia is to hold parliamentary elections but also the fact that there are different...

Affirmative Action Has Outstayed Its Welcome JAMIE LYNN PERNA Racial equality is a hot topic these days on scales as large as the challenge to the University of Michigan's admissions policies to as small as The Spectrum's foray into the dating world. As you can see from the picture above, I am an average white girl — nothing special, not hideous, but not a supermodel. I have brown eyes, brown hair and am nearly average height. I applied to UB (and other colleges) during my senior year of high school, filled out the Federal Application for Student Aid and...