rough theirsenior years, as will their siblings who were promised enrollment. Higginbotham is hoping this saga has a better story line than an episode of "Beverly Hills, 90210" he saw recently. In that show,the students at the fictional West Beverly High were barred from playing a football game at an inner-city high school. "The program has added a great deal of diversity to the Beverly Hills student body," said Higginbotham, a professor at NewYork University and the University of Baltimore. "It's a quiet program, but one that has quietly worked," he said. "It's shown that you can have diversity, it can be popular, andyou can achieve excellence."PROPOSITION 209: The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on thebasis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or publiccontracting. ...
