As the election nears and voters will be considering Proposal 2 - banning affirmative action programs - Wayne State alumni offer testimonies about the importance of affirmative action to their lives and careers. Luis D. Garcia, an alumnus of Wayne State University's Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies (CBS), credits the center for helping him achieve a college education. "I had very high test scores but very poor grades, and I would not have gotten into college without the center," Garcia says. "It wasn't a matter that they were lowering the bar to let us in. It was they were taking the extra step to reach out to us and let us know college was an option for us." Darnell Kaigler, a Southfield dentist and WSU alumnus, said he would not be where he is today if it wasn't for a scholarship program in the 1960s allowing black students to enroll at WSU. "Any attempt to rob the next generation of the opportunity to be whatever it is they want to be should be stopped," says Kaigler. A recent poll showed that Michigan voters are almost evenly divided on Proposal 2, with a large undecided block - nearly 15 percent - capable of swinging the issue. A photo of Kaigler is included in the front-page story.