<p>Frankly if the Black Student Union wants to do something beneficial they should march themselves into admissions and ask how they can help with national recruiting efforts for high academic/low SES students AND start fund raising efforts for scholarships earmarked for lower income black families…the concept of admitting based on color of skin went out the door when an applicant started needing a 3.8 and a 28 ACT to get in the door and affirmative action brownie points on the application went out the door. All the belly aching and media posturing and expecting other people to do the recruiting and the scholarship fundraising is simply blowing smoke and fall on deaf ears of Michiganders. I have no doubt the university would love to have more black students…what major selective university doesn’t? The one thing that differentiates UofM from Western, Eastern, Central in Michigan or really any other less selective publics in many of the states of the union IS the caliber of students. </p>
<p>Make no mistake, a college education is absolutely the best thing a young SES person of any color can achieve to break a poverty cycle, but there are options all over any state in the union to achieve that objective and Michigan is especially populated with numerous options… if the BSU wants them at Michigan- help and do something instead of complain and make demands. </p>