-U.N. Secretary-General visits William and Mary
Before an audience of 4,000 William and Mary students and alumni Saturday, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on the United States to disarm Iraq while avoiding war.
Any U.S. military action in Iraq should only be done with the support of the United Nations Security Council, which provides a unique legitimacy, Annan said.
Annan also said the threat of weapons of mass destruction calls for united and not unilateral action.
Henry Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state and current William and Mary chancellor, introduced Annan at the ceremony. Both Annan and Kissinger have won a Nobel Peace Prize.
Annan was the keynote speaker for William and Mary's annual charter day celebration, which this year marked the school's 310th anniversary of its founding in 1693
-Poll reports manyAmericans support Bush on Michigan admissions
A Los Angeles Times poll published last Thursday found that the majority of Americans support President Bush's decision to oppose race-based admissions policies at the University of Michigan, a case which soon will be heard before the Supreme Court.
Even the majority of non-white Americans polled supported Bush's position.
The group approving of Bush's decision included 59 percent of those whites responding, 46 percent of minorities, 44 percent of Democrats, 77 percent of Republicans and 54 percent of independents.
Those disapproving of Bush's decision included 21 percent of whites responding, 41 percent of minorities, 39 percent of Democrats, 11 percent of Republicans and 29 percent of independents.
In providing admissions advantages to the economically disadvantaged, 60 percent of respondents favored doing so, while 30 percent of respondents were opposed.
The Times conducted the poll by randomly calling 1,385 Americans from Jan. 30 through Feb. 2. The margin of error for the poll is plus or minus 3 percent.
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