IN BRIEF : BERKELEY : Apology Sought for Yom Kippur Exam

Jewish students at UC Berkeley have demanded a formal apology from their professor, prominent civil rights advocate Harry Edwards, whom they accuse of insensitivity for refusing to cancel an exam scheduled on Yom Kippur, the most sacred of Jewish holidays. Despite pleas from 47 Jewish students in his 500-student introductory sociology class, Edwards refused to reschedule the exam he administered last Monday, arguing that if he made an exception for Yom Kippur he would have to make exceptions for numerous other religious holidays. Edwards offered students the option of writing a long paper, but some students said it would require more work than the test.