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College of William & Mary Law School William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...) Archives and Law School History 1994 Amicus Curiae (Vol. 4, Issue 12) Repository Citation "Amicus Curiae (Vol. 4, Issue 12)" (1994). Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...). 407. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers/407 Copyright c 1994 by the authors. This article is brought to you by the William & Mary Law School Scholarship Repository. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/newspapers M-W's long history o/insanity, page 19 MARSHALL-WYTHE SCHOOL OF LAW America s First Law School VOLUME IV, ISSUE TWELVE MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1994 TWENTY PAGES Krattenmaker promises more personal computers, space By SHELLEY EVANS about the lack of courses in the curricu Dean-in-waitingThomasKrattenmak lum. er returned to M-W on March 29 to meet The 17 new courses reflect with about 30 students in an informal Krattenmaker's wish to broaden the cur question-and-answer session. riculum and make more use of adjuncts. According to Acting De~n Paul Contrary to Acting Associate Dean Marcus, the light turnout could be attrib Barnard, Krattenmaker said he deserved uted to the fact that the choice of only about 10 percent of the credit for the Krattenmaker as Dean "was not a contro new courses. yersial decision." Or it could be the fact Krattenmaker also hopes to work on that the sun finally began to shine earlier expanding the size of the full-time fac that afternoon. Ulty. "I don't want it to be a big faculty. Krattenmaker began by thanking the Right now I sense that it's too small--for student body for their vote of confidence the curriculum and for diversity regard and outlining a number of the things he ing the type of person you see up on the hopes to accomplish early in his tenure. podium." When later asked about his Initially he commented that he en Future M-W Dean Thomas Krattenmaker revealed plans -Peter Owen joyed the comment in the Amicus that See DEAN, page 20 to~JPahdcareer placement resources and faculty diversity stated students could stop complaining Patterson WIns SBA presidency, Honor Code changes pass By DOUG MILLER of the proposed amendments to to have most of those appoint their committees are" she said. tion of some of [former SBA Julie Patterson (2L) will be the M-W Honor Code passed by ments made within the next ten Patterson said she chose to President] Kyle [Short]'s ideas, the next SBA president, after an a substantial margin. days. run for President from a desire to and I really thought that was election held March 31 . Patterson's first job as in "I'll be dropping a memo to see the SBA continue to become good and wanted to continue it." Patterson defeated Brooks Patten coming president will be filling all the second-and-first years to a more visible aspect of student As part of her plan to in (2L) in a close race, receiving the numerous SBA committee see who is interested in commit life at M-W. "I noticed a really crease the visibility of the SBA 113 votes to Patten's 96. positions and Judicial Council tee appointments. I'm also go big difference between the SBA In a subsequent election for positions which are appointed ing to ask the current committee last year and the SBA this year, See PREZ, page 20 other SBAoffices on April 7, all by the President. Patterson hopes chairs who the hard workers on especially \\ith the implementa- Holmes still a "stealth candidate" By KIRSTIN MUELLER of Holmes and his theories, terminations and adhere to pre Oliver Wendell Holmes' Holmes is "still a stealth candi cedent, according to Grey. If an legacy has been horribly misin date." Holmes served as an ap applicable rule existed, Holmes terpretedbut is still useful today. pellate judge for 50 years and would apply it, whether or not according to Thomas Grey who composed over 2,000 appellate the policy behind the rule was delivered the annual Cutler lec opinions and various extra-judi intelligent in its contemporary ture on April 7. cial ''''ritings. context. Holmes was committed Although Holmes is viewed Grey addressed the issue of to following the majority's policy as "a heroic reformer, the founder whether Holmes was a flexible, choices rather than imposing his of modernism in American judi forward-looking pragmatist or a own concept of the majority's cial thought, a villainous cynic rigid, backward-looking formal happiness, said Grey. separating law and morality a ist. In fact, explained Grey, However, in those rare cases master of English prose. [and] a Holmes acted like both a formal in which Holmes did not find an pungent aphorist." Grey argued ist and a pragmatist depending applicable rule. he acted as a that scholars have misunderstood on the situation. pragmatist. Grey explained. Holmes' philosophies and have Holmes' record looks like that placed him in many differing of a formalist because of his ten See HOLMES, page 20 judicial. philosophical. and po dency to defer to legislative de- litical schools of thought. In his lecture entitled "Mo - Inside this issue-------- lecular Motions: TheHolmesian Spencer: parole gets "bad Dean-to-be takes student Judge in Theory and Practice," rap." Page 3. questions. Page 5. Grey argued that despite a Third-years libeled in Storyteller livens up life dU;3Ll\ .'" Holmes was a practical formalist, plethora of writings by Holmes Superlatives. Page 13. in the library. Page 15. guest lecturer Thomas.Grey argues and a century of critical analysis 2 Monday, April 11, 1994 THE AMIcus CuRw: Out ~ Of Our Heads After such a long, cold winter, it is no surprise that the scent ofblopming flowers and the sight of green around campus has gone fO heads of many people in the College community. Despite the seductiveness of Spring, the specter of apprdaching exams forces most students to retain a modicum of fY) Cn J! common sense. What a pity that the W&M Campus Police are 1 I , I not subject to the same types oflimits on flights from sanity. We • !. i'\ can ohly speculate that the recent incident witnessed by our managing editor can explain the apparent lack ofgood judgment L." demonstrated by one of the campus' boys-in-blue. The incident occurred on the woodchip walkway which runs ~ t between the College Bookstore and TalIaferro Hall. While walking home Saturday evening, Paula Hannaford stepped around th~ comer of TalIaferro Hall in time to see an officer approachipg from the opposite direction--in his car. Fortunately, she was in no immediate danger of being run over. Both Paula and the driver saw each other in time to avoid a trag\c accident. She merely stepped aside to allow the vehicle to pas ~ through the.narrow corridor. However, had she stepped a roun~ the comer a few seconds later, the results might not have I 1I been so hannless. (Even finals are not sufficient for her to want to beCome' an obituary in the last issue of the Amicus.) We have· no idea what prompted the officer to abandon Jamestown Road in favor of the sidewalk. As of presstime, Campus Police could not be reached for an eX1l1anation. We only know that the officer proceeded to one of the rear entrances From the Editor's Desk ... of the Campus Center, presumably responding to some critical As another year draws to an John Davidson, whose wit and! it's here, I do have mixed situation requiring 'his immediate attention. end, I would be remiss ifI did not or sarcasm graced every single emotions. Editing this Nonethe l e~s , it is difficult to imagine an incident so severe use this space to thank all those issue this year. (Don't forget newspaper has been a much more that the officer could not have at least driven another 20 yards who helped make this a about the " Life After Law worthwhile experience for me to the driveway;-specifically built to accommodate ca~pus successful year for the Amicus. School" column, guys). than anything else I did in my vehicles--which runs between Taliaferro and the Campus Center. And what a year it's been. Others also proved law school career, including Those that we ~e out-and-about on Saturday will recall that We've had some hot issues to indispensable to the continuity Legal Skills,job interviewing or the sidewalks of campus were clogged with even greater-than cover--the SBA President's of the paper. 2Ls Doug Miller, attending classes (with the average numbers of students, prospective students, community suspension, the search for a new JefiRegner, Alan Duckworth and possible exception of meeting residents and ubiquitous tourists. Campus Police should take dean, threats of devastating Steve Youngkin were regular Marc). Putting my best effort note and make arrangements to keep their vehicles on the roads budget cuts and our internal writers/cartoonists, as well as into this newspaper was my where unsuspecting pedestrians are not in danger. struggle with our Honor System. lLs Stephen King and Daryl contribution to M-W and its We even got national attention Taylor. Many others, too students. (in press circles, anyway) by numerous to name, devoted their I'd like to think that we've THE AMICUS CURIAE defying the College in its attempt blood, sweat and tears to various put out a good product this year. to ban media from a presentation pages of this newspaper. But I am afraid that without more Marshall-Wythe School of Law by newly-installed Chancellor And of course, the nerve participation from some of you "Dedicated to the complete and objective reporting of Margaret Thatcher.