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San Francisco, California October 20, 1988 Volwne 22, Number 2 Board Dealings OLEOP Examined BOARD KNEW Dobbs More Evidence Implicates Board in Suffers Post Bakke Questions Revived in Scholarships Funds Diversion Heart Wake of Quayle Controversy a remark from board member By James P. Ballantine funds and to provide restitution to Attack By Christina Dalton Joe Cotcheuexpressing concern EDITOR -IN-ClrrEF all present and past students de- STAFF WRITER about potential abuse of special Numerous sources have re- nied financial aid due to the un- For many law schools across admissions procedures in the Evidence recently uncovered by ported that Hastings Board availability of the diverted funds the country, the furor touched wake of the Quayle controvcry. the Law News reveals that the Chainnan Harold S. Dobbs [see story, page 4]. offby media reports that Repub- Since the 1978 Supreme Court Hastings Board of Directors suffered a heart attack last week In order to repay the funds, the lican vice-presidential candidate ruling in Bakke v. University of knowingly and intentionally di- while traveling in the Soviet board recently mortgaged numer- Dan Quayle secured admission California, graduate and profes- verted scholarship funds for use Union. He is currently receiv- ous College properties. Service to law school despi te a less than sIOnal schools are required by in the West Block development. ing treatment in a London hos- on these debts has been jeopard- impressive undergraduate record law to consider factors besides board Chairman Harold S. Dobbs pital and is expected to return ized, as board plans to develop the was an occasion for soul- search- ethnic background in evaluating and fonner General Counsel Max to New York within the next West Block have been blocked by ing - and Hastings is no excep- candidates forspccial admissions K Jamison, both of whom served few weeks for further treat- the San Francisco Planning Uon. programs. on the board when the diversions ment. Dobbs' office reports Commission. At the Sept 9 meeting of the Under LEOP admIssions were made, have repeatedly de- that he is "doing well" and will board of directors, Dean Read gUldelines,disadvantagescan be nied any knowledge by the board Board directed disposal of return to San Francisco soon; requested figures showing stan- SOCIal, cultural, familial, physi- of these diversions. However, stocks however, others indicate that dards and criteria for the Legal cal or linguistic as well as ethnic his need for treatment is more recently discovered documents, When the diversion of scholar- Educallon Opportunity Program, or financial . Of 120 first-year which have never before been ship funds was unearthed in 1986, significant and that he is not the law school's 20 year-old Hastings LEOP enrollees, 30 expected to return for several publicized, make these denials . Dobbs, and Jamison, who both special admissions department. were non-minority, or OLEOP questionable. served on the board during the weeks. Read's request wasprompted by (Other Educational Opportuntty Minutes from the Oct. 4,1977 time the diversions were made, Program) students. Board Finance Committee meet- were the only such board mem- Its proponents say the process ing provide evidence of the bers remaining active with is designed to ensure fairness, board's role in the scholarship ｐｾｳｴｩｮｧｳＮ＠ Dobbs ｾｮ､＠ 13Jnison JUl·:.Ul m:- ｾＺＧＬｕｩｊｧＵ ﾷ ＺＮｩｕｵｴＱ＠ ru. -dl e- diversions. The September issue both vehemently denied any board not sure. ASH vice president of the Law News reported the knowledge of the diversions. and LEOP participant Kyle Fis- discovery of another set of docu- Despite these denials, the Law cher has serious concerns about ments indicating that the board News disclosed last month that the validity of includtng non- directed the liquidation of stocks the board not only knew of the minorities in affirmative action for West Block expenses. The diversions, but directed them. programs at all. As a black stu- latest records indicate that the Minutes of an Executive Session dent, Fischer worries that the board also knew the identities of of the board held on Sept 30, presence of non-minorities in the converted restricted funds and 1977 indicate that the board initi- LEOP fuels resentment of the the purposes for which the funds ated and directed the diversion of program among non·LEOP were to be used. funds. The board approved a students. Discoveries of the board's role motion directing that the Dean "Some mainstream students in the diversion come as the Col- "dispose of stocks owned by the havea problem with affirmative lege attempts to conclude a settle- College, as needed, for the pur- PIlOTO !Y t...t:REN F[l."DEa action," Fischer said. "Lots don't ment with the Attorney General pose of obtaining a consolidated Elephant Boneyard? See story, page 4. believe in LEOP. They fecI it of California which has forced loan from Security Pacific ... " should not exist, is not appropri- the College to repay the diverted Both Dobbs and Jamison were ｣ｯｮｴｩｮｵｾ､＠ on page 17 listed 10 the minutes as present at the meeting. In This Issue ••• Following this directive, the ASH Funding Controversial NEWS Finance Committee, meeting the paper out of the Finance through the weekend to hear budget proposals from the 39 Administrative Reorg ...... 2 several days later on OCl.4, 1977, By Christina Dalton Committee's jurisdiction. STAFF WRITER student organizations requesting Blackmun to Speak ...... 4 "concurred in the action of the However, frequently impas- board," according to the minutes Dunng an often heated, four sioned objections to the money from ASH activity funds of the meeting. The minutes indi- hour meeting Tuesday evening, Commiuee'sproposed allounents for the 1988-89 year. FEATURES cate that funds were needed for the ASH Council heard objec- were heard from the ABA-LSD, After lengthy consideration of Starfish Reviewed ...... 6 renovaUon of buildings, reloca- tions from student organizations ACSEL, the Hastings Christian the budgets proposed by the Sally Punched ...... 6 tion of tenants, legal fees and re- protesting budget allotments pro- Fellowship, the Federalist Soci- groups, the Finance Commiue Are Computers for You? 10 location of college offices. Ac- posed by this year's ASH Finance ety, the National Lawyers Guild submitted Itsrecommendedallot- cording to the minutes, the com- Committee. and the Hastings Student Teach- ments for voting at the Tuesday OPINIONS mittee took the following action: In a parliamentary move that ers. An objecuon from the Stu- meeting. Max Responds ...... 8 "After discussmg and consid- surprised many, ASH President dent Republicans was withdrawn. Released Monday afternoon to Your Environment ...... 13 ering the infonnation reported, Leora Goren quashed all discus- Composed of ASH members as fiscal officers of the student Oyez, Oyez, Oyez ...... 12 the Commiuee concurred in the sion of ASH funding for the well as non-ASH students and groups, the recommendations action of the Board. Its instruc- Hastings Law News, declaring led by ASH Treasurt7 Phyllis provoked a flurry of protest from several groups. TheCommiuee's c01l.linlUd 011 page 16 that the ASH constitution took Bursh, the Committee met contlnlnd on page 1II page 2 Hastings Law News October 20,1988 Administrative Reorganization New General Counsel Read Selects Starting Lineup Named trativeservices. Under the stream- "In the past, Hastings has not been required, and only one elective By Matthew Davis By Chris Vanderlaan lined plan Academic Dean John wellrepresented nationally." STAFF WRITER course was available second and EXECIJI1YE EDITOR Diamond, CFO Joan Majerus, Dean Read plans to utilize his third year. Dean, Franklin Thompson General Counsel Angele extensive reputation in the legaV Angele Khachadour, amember Khachadour stayed with the "Tom" Read began to make his Khachador, and Roger Hardy, academic community to turn this of the class of '62, has returned to Insurance Commissioner's Office mark at Hastings when he restruc- who is both the acting director of around, and this should positively Hastings, accepting a position as of the Department of Insurance tured the College's administra- college relations and the acting impact the College's standing, a new general counsel. for 17 years. The last seven of tion last month. In a Sept. 23 director of student and adminis- Hardy added. Khachadour's qualifications in- those years she spent as general memorandum to all faculty and trative services, answer to the clude seven years experience as counsel, managing a staff of22 to staff, Dean Read wrote, "Hastings dean. Each of them will be re- Hardy Nixes College Relations general counsel for the California 25 attorneys. Khachadour en- is now a sophisticated and com- sponsible for various functions of Department of Insurance as well joyed the work tremendously, plex organization. I fumly be- the College which come under In a related story, Dean Read as a successful background in fmding it worthwhile and reward- lieve it must be organized in a the auspices of his or her depart- also announced that Hardy had private practice. ing to draft legislation and create more systematic way than was ment. Because Hardy currently removed himself from considera- Khachadour, a native ofFrance, meaningful laws. necessary in simpler and less holds two of these posts, the ac- tion as a candidate for the position recalls that, 'The only reason I In 1981, Khachadour moved demanding times." tual number of senior staff will be of permanent director of college on and opened up a small private The reorganization reduced the four until those positions are sepa- relations. Hardy will continue to fum which specialized in insur- number of senior staff reporting ratel y staffed. serve as acting director of both ance. "Insurance sounds boring, directly to the dean from 11 to Inhismemorandum,DeanRead college relations and student and but it has a big impact," she said. five. Allfunctions of the College acknowledged that "this organ- administrative services until both Despite the financial benefits, she now report through one of these izational structure is likely to positionsarefllled. Hardy said he did not find the work as satisfy- individuals. The members of require more finetuning." 'This has not yet decided whether he ing. "In private, you are a hired Read's new inner cabal are the reorganization allows Dean Read will seek appointment as the per- gun for a specific purpose," academic dean, chief fmancial to direct more of his energies to manent director of student and Khachadour explains. "You are officer (CFO), general counsel, external constituents, without administrative services. not involved in the life of a client director of college relations, and having to tum his back on internal I , Even in litigation, you know only director of student and adminis- constituents," Roger Hardy said. PHOTO BY LAUREN FINDER enough to defend him." Angeld-hachadour Khachadour was offered the became a lawyer was because I job of Hastings general counsel in Board ofD irectors couIdn' t learn to type." When she September. "As house counsel, graduated in 1962, the prospects you are a mem ber of the manage- I for a woman in law were paltry at ment team," she states. "You are I Dean (Torn Read} I best. All the hiring fums asked very much a part of its successes her if she could type, and one and failures." / I \ offered her a job as a librarian. Khachadour, in her new role, Acad. Dean (Prof. Daniel Latbrope)and I Eventually, Khachadour joined will face ma'lY of the same con- Assoc. Acad. Dean (Prof. Jobo Diamond) I the legal staff of the California cerns which arise in a private / ｾ＠ \ Department of Insurance, for the corporation, such as employment. General Counsel and Chief main reason, that "nobody else real estate and investment issues. Secretary to the Boare Financial Officer would give me ajob," she said. However, will have to get used to (Angele Khachador) (Joan Majerus) Khachadour was one of three having no staff to assist her. College Relations Student and Admin women in her graduating class. Khachadour is considering hiring Roger Hardy, strative Services Compared to France, which at a few students to help out. Functions Reporting: Acting Dir. (Roger Hardy - that time already had many A few of the initial tasks facing Acting Director) women doctors and lawyers, the Khachadour are the classification - Fiscal Office lack of women pursuing legal of endowments, employment dis- I -Property Management- careers in the United States was putes and residency determina- Functions Reporting: West Block, McAllister Functions Reporting: somewhat startling to her. "I never tion of students for fmancial aid Tower thought that there would be a bias - Alumni purposes. She must also address -Personnel in the United States", she said. - I(Xi6 -Student Services the lawsuit brought by the attor- - Financial Aid Khachadour's experience at ney general, alleging misappro- -Cornm unity Relations -admissions - Risk Management Hastings was quite different from priation of scholarship funds. -Development - records -Purchasing what most students experience One of the more interesting - career services - Investments today. There was no specialized issues Khachadour will be exam- - student health - Bookstore test required for admittance so ining is the effect of Proposition -Food Service. everyone was given the opportu- 94. Thisproposition would allow Functions Reporting: nity to attend. However, up to 55 state judges to have outside em- I percent of the students would ployment. Although holding a -Facilities flunk out by the end of the first -Academic Instruction public position outside of state - maintenance year. Despite the survival of the -Lilnry court is currently forbidden by Ｍｾ｡ｴｩｯｯｳ＠ fittest that such competitiveness -LEOP the state constitution, passage of - security breeds, Khachadour feels that "the -LW&R I Moot Court Proposition 94 may allow state - Information Systems caliber of student is much higher -Clinical Programs judges to teach at Hastings. - Mail, Reprographics these days." -Center for Trial & Khachadour, states that "some- Telephone The composition of the faculty Advocacy times judges have some very spe- -TV Administration has also changed over the years. -Faculty Support cial skills" to offer. -Space Utilization When Khachadour was a student, -Scholarly Publications Another function of the general all the professors on the campus, counsel is to serve as secretary to -Institutes except one, were members of the the board of directors. -Public Interest Clearing 65 Club. Dean Snodgrass had Hoose Khachadour has experience in this built up the Club with such no- area as well, having served in this -Academic Projects tables as Prosser and former law capacity to two large clients, Blue -Ceremonies school deans Fraser and Seavey. Cross and a medical malpractice Almost all the courses taught were insurance company. ｉ ｾ＠ . October 20.1988 Hastings Law News page 3

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:91987 SMH page 4 Hastings Law News October 20.1988 Hastings Grad's Art on Display PAD Food Drive Phi Alpha Delta wishes to thank Food Box Program are measured By Christina Dalton "He thought the work had Hastings' art curator, Ruth all those who participated in the by weight. Our donation weighed STAFF WRITER commercial possibilities and re- Schlesinger, notes that the Ayers ' Food Drive. Twenty-six hundred over 1.400 pounds--a record ferred me to a couple of dealers show has been "very well-re- items were collected and given to contribution. For the frrst time since its open- that sold art to corporations. ceived." Schlesinger, who de- the San Francisco Emergency Section Four won the fIrst year ing. the Hastings An Gallery is Unfonunately, I'd just been ac- signed the intimate wood-paneled Food Box Program. Theprogram competition, donating 1,425 showing the work of a Hastings cepted to law school." Ayers gallery, takes pride in Hastings' helps to bridge the gaps for the items. Section One fInished sec- alumnus. laughs. "I had to make a choice at status as one of three American working poor of San Francisco. ond with 676 items. Auorney Ken Ayers graduated that point. and having been in law schools to collect and show Referals are made by 88 social Hastings Students did a great in 1986, and he sees nothing in- New York and seen the art world, art. service agencies throughout the service to many people in need congruous in doubling as a sculp- I thought that the best choice While she normally shows es- Bay area Recipients get boxes and should be proud of this ac- tor and a third-year associate in would be to go to law school." tablished Bay area artists whose containing food for nine meals. complishment. Another food the Oakland offIces of San The Hastings Gallery showing work has "some signifIcance for Donations to the Emergency drive is planned for the spring. Francisco's Thelen Marrin is Ayers' flJ'Stexhibition. Agroup- the Hastings community," Sch- Johnson and Bridges. He does his ing of white-washed sculpture in lesinger is "delighted" to be host- art "whenever I can." jute, wood and twine, the pieces ing the gallery debut ofa Hastings Ayers, describes himself as a on display in the Gallery have the alumnus. self-taught artist Before enroll- spare natural elegance of Zen To Ken Ayers. the showing ing at Hastings. Ayers made three calligraphy. represents "a stroke of luck." trips to India and completed ex- For Ayers. however, the pieces Asked if he would agree that tensive graduate work in Asian were mainly an exercise in com- legal and creative pursuits need and American cultural history. position. ''I'm not working with not be mutually exclusive. Ayers The decision to study law any particular aesthetic in mind replies in the affIrmative. "There marked a crossroads for the artist aside from just a personal kind of are people I know here in the frrm, Just before entering Hastings. sensibility ... I'm really interested musicians, people who play in Ayers' work caught the eye of a in formal problems, technical rock bands, stuff like that...I guess gallery owner in New York' s Soho problems, and just some son of the biggest problem is how to fInd district. beautiful or interesting result" time for it" Blackmun to Speak at Hastings U.S . Supreme Court Associate Wade in 1973. Justice Harry A. Blackmun will Blackmun received a bachelor PHaro BY KATIIU!EN CONNOU.Y deliver the 1988 Tobriner Lec- of arts degree summa cum laude ture. Dean Lathcope disclosed late in math in 1929, and an bachelor last week. Blackmun will be of law in 1932 from Harvard Journalist-Bomb Victim to Speak speaking on the subject ofpresent University. He clerked for John and future trends in the law. The B. Sanborn. presiding justice of gence Agency. A virgan was seri- opium traffIcking in Laos during lecture is tentatively scheduled the Eighth Circuit U.S. Coun of By Matthew Davis 0usly injured with shrapnel the Vietnam War, numerous p0- for Nov. 16at4:00pmintheOld Appeals from 1932 to 1933. EXECIJI1VE EoITOR wounds and a mangled left hand. litical assassinations, large-scale Commons. Blackmun practiced law in Min- Most of the casualties were drug deals, illegal arms sales and Blackmun was named to the nesotaand New York from 1934 Tony Avirgan. the ABC News members of the press. The plain- other acts of terrorism. Supreme Court in 1970 by Rich- until 1959, when he returned to cameraman seriously injured by a tiffs contend that a professional When the lawsuit was fIled in ard Nixon. Appointed as a strict the Eighth Circuit, this time as a terrorist bomb blast during a dis- assassin posing as a Dutch jour- May 1986. many critics scoffed at constructionist, he has moved justice. He served on the Court of sident Contra leader's 1984 press nalist planted the explosive in an the Christic Institute's "conspir- toward the liberal faction of the Appeals until his appointment to conference. is scheduled to speak attempt to kill Pastora. acy" theory. However, political Court, since writing the Roe v. the Supreme Court. at Hastings on Wednesday. Nov. The federal civil lawsuit alleges observers have closely watched ｾ］］］］］］］］］］］］］］］］］］［ＡｉＲ｡ｴＴ Ｚ ＳＰｰＮｭＮ＠ that a private. coven Contra sup- the case after the downing of a Along with his wife. journalist ply network, known as "the En- cargo plane carrying arms to the Martha Honey, Avirgan is also a terprise," orchestrated the La Contras over Nicaragua and the Students and Alumni plaintiff in a complex, politically- Penca bombing. and that the En- capture of American mercenary charged lawsuit sponsored by the terprise constitutes a criminal Eugene Hasenfus in October of Sent Scholarship Notice Christic Institute. a Washington. racketeering enterprise in viola- that year. The revelations of the D.C. based public interest law tion of the Racketeer Influenced Iran-Contra scandals further fo- approximately 8.000 potential aid- frrm. The long list of defendants and Corrupt Organizations Act cused attention on the suit. By Christina Dalton eligible students affected by a STAFF WRITER reads like a Who's Who from the (RICO). RICO is a tough federal A virgan is also cameraman for diversion of scholarship funds by Iran-Contragate hearings. It in- statute designed to stop organ- CBS News and a reponer for Many Hastings students and the Hastings board of directors. cludes retired Maj. Gen. Richard ized crime, requiring plaintiffs to National Public Radio and the alumni have received a terse Part of a complex scheme to fI- Secord and John Singlaub, Roben show a pattern of racketeering by British Broadcasting Corporation. mailed communication bearing nance the board' s acquisition and Owen (aide to Lt Col. Oliver the defendants. The district court From 1973-1983 he was stationed the names of members of the improvement of the West Block. North), Adolfo Calero and Alben in Miami recently dismissed the in Tanzania, East Africa. His Hastings Scholarship and Loan the diversion was uncovered dur- Hakim. suit. However, the Christic Insti- footage oftheovenhrow ofUgan- Trust. ing an investigation of the scheme The suit arises out of the March tute appealed and predicts rein- dan dictator Idi Amin was nomi- The cryptically-worded bulle- by the attorney general. (For 30, 1984 bomb explosion in La statement after the presidential nated for a Cannes Film Festival tin notes that all identifIable per- background as to the scheme, see Penca, Nicaragua which left eight elections. Award. sons enrolled at Hastings from related story p. 1.) dead and 28 injured. The bomb The Christic Institute wants to Avirgan' s Hastings appearance Seplember 1973 through April While the court order does not detonated moments before Con- both recover monetary damages will be sponsored by the National 1988 are eligible to fIle claims for require applicants to prove that tra leader Eden Pastora was to for the journalists and to expose a Lawyers Guild. The room loca- retroacti ve scholarships and/or they would have received aid address assembled members of shadowy, "secret govem,nent" tion will be announced at a later loans from the Trust. funds, they must have actually the international press. Pastora, with a long history of violent, time. Issued under an order by the requested aid during their time at who was among the injured, gath- illicit coven activity. In addition San Francisco Superior Court, the Hastings. ered the media to denounce the to the La Penca bombing. the mailing and claim arrangements Claimants will also be required Nicaraguan Democratic Force plaintiffs' brief ties the Enterprise are part of a settlement requiring to show eligibility under require- (FDN), the largest Contra fac- to the 1%1 Bay of Pigs invasion, Hastings to make amends to the continued on page 19 tion, and the U.S. Central Intelli- October 20,1988 Hastings Law News page 5

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The relationship between comic persona cracks, and all of catching the nuances of the driv- thing has spread as quickly and outlet is through jokes. While his the two finally comes to a climax the torment and hostility pours ing forces behind the characters rampantly as the crack problem father thinks Gold's still in med at a network new comic show- out. he creates. In Punch line he fills or AIDS epidemic; the comedy school, Gold lives from laugh to oown,akindof"KingoftheClub" Unfortunately, Sally Field's the fIlm with the desperation and epidemic. While at the beginning laugh, spending his days and event Krystik shares equal screen time hysteria that fills the make orbreak of the decade clubs like The nights moving from club to club, with Hank's Gold. Field's, with world the comics live in. In this Comedy Store and The Improv and if no club is open, he per- ... she's just not funny. two Oscars to her credit, is a well case though, bad casting and an were few and far between, every forms for coins on the street. Into respected actress when given the unfinished script tarnish the final little town now has their own laugh this high pressure world comes Tom Hanks spent two months proper script. In this fIlm, how- product. factory. Hollywood has picked Lilah Krystik (Sally Field), a Jer- writing material and performing ever, her portrayal falls flat for Like a drug, Punch line gives its up the trend and made a movie, sey housewife who wants noth- stand up dives. This meticulous one devastating reason, she's just audience a few minutes of high, Punchline, about the people who ing more than to be as good a preparation pays off, the sense of not funny. One of the major while the rest of the time is hell. make us laugh, stand-up comics. comic as Gold. Like a crack timing and rhythm that's so es- themes of the film is Krystik's Hanks has again proven why he is As the film points out, comedy is junkie, Krystik spends all of her sential for stand up seems effort- growth as a comic until she rivals becoming Hollywood's most no laughing matter;for like crack, family's vacation money on jokes, less for Hanks. Interestingly, Gold for the top spot. This fact bankable star, while Field has it's an addiction to the perform- buying them in aseedy diner from Hank's best scene in the film and alone is enough to swamp a script shown us that, as they say in the ers. a jokes 'dealer'. The plot be- possibly his career, is the one time that had shaky plot contrivances comedy business, she shouldn't Tom Hanks, fresh from the huge comes bogged down when Krys- he isn't funny on stage. He has a to begin with. The viewer is left quit her day job. hit, Big, plays Steven Gold, a top tik approaches Gold for help. A breakdown when he discovers his to sift through the ashes for Hank' s Humor Restaurant Scene Get a Life, Join a Club Starfish N' Chips: An Affordable Catch By Matthew Davis motely approach her culinary For $4.75 our group got three By James T. Schmid Hastings campus that provide vision. Roast squab with baked ample pieces of fried cod served some interesting alternatives to EXECUJ1VE EATER STAFF WRITER white beans, wild mushroom withamountainofold-fashioned more conventional extracurricu- Starfish N' Chips ragout, marinated tomatos and chips and "bondi potato frit- First year students at Hastings lar activities: 555 Golden Gate Avenue ｴｬＧＺｲｾ＠ ｲＮｲｮ＼ｴｾ＠ find out shortly after school be- fri!'.cl SlIUr: WliS onr: r!'.c.enl c:r!',Mion " Thl': frittPr<: l'Irl': thin Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m from his ever changing menu. sections of whole potatoes gins that they are the targets of a Students Without Social Monday through Friday Unfortunately ,at the end of your dipped in a light batter and fried lot of well-meaning and purport- Lives-No activities are planned Prices: inexpensive to moderate )',1 until crispy on the outside (yet edly helpful advice from their for this group, which gives hard- ｾｦ［＠ still moist inside). A big hit. The upperclass counterparts. working students a chance to put One of America's most talked ｾ＠ mixed light fry for $6.50 had One of the first bits of counsel something down in the "extracur- about restaurants is found within ｾＮｾ＠ delicately fried prawns, calamari, fust-years are likely to hear is a ricular activities" section of their two blocks of Hastings. Since "'" cod and chips. A thin but tasty recommendation that they par- resume without having to waste opening four years ago, the inno- black bean soup with sour cream ticipate in activities outside of valuable study time actually par- vative "contemporary American and fresh salsa was available for class. "Don't let law school keep ticipating in any activities. Or- cuisine" served at Stars has earned $2.75. Cute cut-out "starfish you from having a life," the sec- ganizational meetings will be held kudos from numerous national cookies".are 25 cents each. ond-years warn gravely, as if the at the library, where we will take magazines and almost daily We took our newswrapped obsessive-compulsive tendencies time out to glance nervously at mentions in San Francisco gossip orders into S tars, saddled up to a brought on by legal education each other while poring over case- columns. bar table and chowed. A cock- might threaten one's very status books, class notes, flash cards, At Stars, the glitterati of the tail waitress brought us beer and as an animate object. hornbooks and fivedifferentkinds City flock to the bar and dining a perfect, feathery cappuccino. But while many people can and of commercial outlines. room which are trimmed with art- do find escape and enjoyment in (Warning: a glass of chardon- deco fixtures and handsome ma- PHaro BY LAUREN FINDER extracurricular activities [and Legal Beagles-A support nay can cost twice as much as hogany. Restaurant patrons might meal one of Stars' meticulous some of us don't even go to class, group for pets whose law school your lunch.) At fust, you might catch a glimpse of owner-chef servers presents a bill that ap- we're so busy escaping to ex- owners are just too busy to take feel self-conscious unwrapping lerimiah Tower in his open-air proaches the amount of a law tracurriculars-eds.], there are them on walks or scratch them the greasy, proletarian lunch kitchen. In this town, which asso- student's GSL check. However, amidst the furs. Mine was the some people who find they just behind the ears anymore. Activi- ciates an inordinate amount of are not interested in working on ties will include chewing up our the price barrier disappeared last only backpack in a sea of brief- status with eating good food, the year when Tower opened cases. Nevertheless, the friendly the Student Loan Amnesty Proj- owners' class outlines, barking photogenic Tower is revered like ect or writing for the Law News. and whining a lot during finals Starfish.N' Chips in the store-front staff put me at ease and the Star- a matinee idol. Then again, Tower adjacent to Stars. Starfish's fare fish-Stars lunch is a highly rec- [We can't understand who this week, and a "potluck" where we is one of America's finest, most might be-eds.] They are looking beg for lunch scraps on the beach. is limited to take-out, deep-fried ommended change of pace from creative chefs. He sliced his fust fish and chips. Nothing fancy the usual tuna sandwich wolfed for something different, some- raddichio under the tutelage of thing that suits their particular Corporate Law Society-Af- about it, but, as you would expect down at a formica counter at the the legendary Alice Waters at from Tower, it is exceptional. deli. At the very least, its great tastes and inclinations. filiated with the Hastings Vile Chez Panise . (She is the undis- Fortunately for those people, Interests Law Foundation, this There are three surprises how- people watching-as we dipped puted mother of California cui- ever. First, Starfish is relatively our fritters in vinegar, we there is something different. As a group is dedicated to letting con- sine, and despite a number of public service, I would like to cerned students know that there cheap. Second, the portions are watched Herb Caen, fedora in contenders for the throne, her huge. Third, and most start1ing, hand, schmoose from table to offer them the following list of are alternatives to such patently bistro remains its mecca.) Tower lesser known groups on the continued on page 14 you are invited to eat your order at table. is Water's only protege to re- the bar inside Stars. October 20,1988 Hastings Law News page 7 Just Because Question Woman By Audrey Israel Halloween Brings 100 Faces Who is your choice for PRESIDENT? What is your biggest fear if the other party gets On Halloween Eve, The Dino Velez as "still neither,"butitalsoquoted By Cramps serve as the most appro- elected? David Bowie as proclaiming that FEATIJRES EDITOR priate choice for die-hard Hal- "shoulder pads are the flares of Niall Lynch. 1st As Halloween approaches, loween revelers when they play the '80's." 'Nuf sed ... many people have been musing The Fillmore. Meanwhile, back year. about appropiate costumes and at the ranch, Jerry Garcia, Leon "Dukakis. Quayle being Don't Worry, Be Siouxie party venues. Not surprisingly, Russel and Edgar Winter will Vice-President and I Unique vocal performer Bobby I've heard a mix of unusual alter- wouldn't want anyone sound off at Henry J. Kaiser McFerrin plays Davies Symphony natives. For instance, if you who headed the CIA to Convention Center. Do you think Hall, Nov. 2-4 . . . Midnight Oil dressed as a Black, female talk- ｗｾ＠ can get 01' Jerry to play at this be President." bums at Henry J. Kaiser on Nov. show host,and putsoap-on-a-rope year's Commencement? 3 ... Guitarist Robben Ford will around your neck you'd be - a Finally, if you seek a truly San play at the Omni in Oakland on Soap Oprah. Along the same lines, Francisco adventure just cruise Nov.4 ... and finally, Siouxieand if you dressed as ajalepeno, car- into The Castro. No, really ... the Banshees will scream into the ried around a Chronicle and Berkeley Community Theater on shouted, "Extra! Extra! Read all 100 Faces Nov. 11. about it!" you'd be - a News "The Face" has published it's Valerie Purnell, 3rd Pepper. Ya' know ... 100th issue, an atlas of the 1980s. A Night for Life year On the lighter side of the muse, For the uninitiated, "The Face" is All kidding aside, Amnesty " I am not terribly im- plenty of opportunities exist to a magazine which "reflects the International and the York Thea- pressed with either have great fun on Halloween aspirations of a generation who ter will present "A Night for Life candidate, but my biggest weekend (extending into Mon- no longer see a chic lifestyle as in Colombia." The show includes fear is that another day night for the de-stressed). On the sole birthright of the idle rich." the West Coast premiere of "A Republican administration Saturday, Oct. 29, the Ninth Exotic (Sunday Express magazine). Man of Principle" by Colombian will perpetuate the current Erotic Halloween Ball will be held The 100th issue of ''The Face" director Francisco Norden (Biar- trend of racial, ethnic and attheConcoursePavilion. On the has uniquely recorded 100 inven- ritz, Best First Feature; Cannes, social class intolerance." same night, the moreelegant (dare tions of the 1980s, from Max Jury Selection). The night also Jeff Gagliardi, 1st we say stuffy?) Beaux Arts Ball Headroom to safe sex to world includes songs by Claudia Gomez year. will be at City Hall. Look for music. Not only did "The Face" ofTrioAltamira, "The Autopsy," "Bush. My biggest fear Chris Isaak to kill the rich. rightfully dub the Moral Majority a short play, and the art of sculp- is that democrats would continued on page 14 ruin the economic Music Review structure for their liberal agenda and special interest groups. I also Living Colors Returns Rock to Roots don't believe in Dukakis' The music is definitely hard conception. LivingColourblows social aqenda on the By rock, but Living Colour's rock a huge hole in the barrier keeping death penalty, crime and STAFF WRITER often enhances it with sprinkles blacks out of rock and has a good big centralized govern- offunk, punk and soul. The Iyncs Lime doing it. ment." Legendary bluesman John Lce cover a variety of topics ranging Keith Richards - "Talk Is Hooker voiced a familiar senti- from lost love ("Broken Hearts") Cheap": I must admil from the Professor Leo ment at this year's San Francisco to politics ("Cult of Personality" outset that I have never been a big Martinez. Blues Festival when he stated, Rolling Stones fan. Stones' gui- and "Which Way to America?"). "Dukakis. The nomina- "the blues had a baby and named tarist Keith Richards, 10 parucu- Essential to the success of any tions to the Supreme it rock and roll." Black musi- lar, has struck me as a SICk! y indi- hard rock album is excellent gUI- Court." cians, such as Bo Diddley, Chuck tar work. Reid carries the entire vidual who always seemed to be Berry, Little Richard and Jimi guitar load playing in your face smoking cIgarettes and drinking Hendrix,laid the groundwork for solos and rhythms which vary Jack Daniels straighL So why did this new form of music. How- from the distorted and slashing to I choose to revIew thIS album? ever, a musical segregation took the clean and funky. Simply put, The answer is Steve Jordan (for- place in the '70' s and as a conse- Reid is the most versatile guitar mer drummer m the Late Night with David Letterman Band, and quence, rock and roll became, player I've ever heard. almost exclusively, the music of Other members of the band in Steve Khan's band). Besides Jim Cobb, 3rd year. white people. includes Corey Glover (who, for playmg drums on all the tracks, Now comes Vernon Reid. A you trivia fans, starred in the movie Jordan co-produced and co-wrote "Bush. Inflation." black guitarist who obtained no- "Platoon") on vocals and William all of the tunes. I have been a fan toriety both in Ronald Shannon Calhoun on drums. Glover pro- of Jordan's work for a long Lime Domenic Lombardo. Jackson's avant-garde jazz band, and was really excited to hear vides strong vocals and Calhoun 1st year. The Decoding Society, and asone what he an Richards could cook delivers a driving beat. Muzz "Bush., for foreign policy of New York's most renowned up. Skillmgs rounds out the band with reasons. I don't think studio musicians. Reid is the The result of the Richards/Jor- speedy, funky and technically Dukakis would properly founder of the B lack rock Coali- dan collaboration is an excellent superb basslines. Skillings' bass, handle our policy with tion' a group whose goal is to album by a rock and roll band. among all the other elements of respect to military bases, break down the wall which keeps The key word is "band." Appar- Living Colour, truly sets the band as in the Philippines; we blacks out of rock music. ently,Richardsand Jordan, along apart from other hard rockers. need to decide whether to Thecharter project of the Black with bassist Charley Drayton and All in all, "Vivid" has great keep bases there because Rock Coalition is the album guitarist Waddy Wachtel, put in music and intelligent lyrics per- we are negotiating our "Vivid" by Living Colour. considerable hours of rehearsal formed by excellent musicians. lease and the Philippines IS "Vivid" is not only a symbolic before recording this album. As a After listening to this album, of vital strategic impor- result, the songs on this album are success as a rock album made by anyone who ever thought blacks tighter than if they brought in a tance." black artists, but it is also a musi- could not play rock will realize cal success. that they were under a gross mis- conlinULd 011 poge 15 page 8 Hastings Law News October 20, 1988 OPINION

En Bane Letters to the Editor City for months. How anyone who took the side of one, if not Free and Independent Jamison Responds who can convert a policy of an- both, of the two previous deans. The outstanding truthful statement The Associated Students of Hastings (ASH) and this newspaper Dear Editor, nounced cooperation into a charge contained in the Law News is that are similar entities in one important respect, both are servants of of arrogance is beyond my com- nothing it its pages should be the Hastings' student body. Each must fulfil its duties to you. It was with dismay and extreme prehension and to me displays construed as being the opinion of Sometimes those involved become overzealous. During closed disappointment in the various intentional and irresponsible budgetary deliberations, members of the ASH Executive Council articles in the Sept. 22, 1988 misreporting of the facts. the College, its board ofdirectors, asserted that the Law News falls under the auspices and control of Hastings Law News relating pri- 3. "Jamison Resigns Under or its general counsel. I assure ASH. We, who feel it is our duty to protect the independence of marily to Harold S. Dobbs and Pressure." I assure you that had you, as a former director of over the Law News, disagree in the strongest terms. Apparently, some myself. any suggestion ever been made to 20 years, and the general counsel ASH members believe that the ASH constitution can be in- The following sets forth some me that I should resign, that would who supported the majority of the terpreted to give ASH the power to simply take over the Law of the blatant deficiencies and be the last thing that I would have board, and for over two years has News. This royal, ipse dixit reasoning has no foundation in fact, misreporting engaged in by the done. The reason for my resigna- listened to the distortions of those law or tradition. Moreover, on an admittedly small scale, it Hastings Law News. tion was based on the fact that the who would misuse the School, represents a dangerous encroachment on the very important 1. The charge that the board School had a new dean, a new that the the position of the Law principal: that of a free and independent press. "initiated and directed the diver- chief financial officer and an News certainly does not repre- As the student government, ASH is your official advocate. It is sion of funds." The facts and outstanding academic dean. As a sent my opinion as a former board a complex mandate, with many important political re- records affmnatively disclose: new administrative management of director's member, or in my sponsibilities, not the least of which is spending and allocating The board, through its General team was in place, it was my be- capacity as general counsel, or as your money (student fees) which was entrusted to their care. The Counsel Aletha Owens, and the lief that, that team did not need a46+ year alumnus of the School. suggestion that the Law News was not independent of ASH arose auditors employed by the board further controversy but should be Rather than giving the Law News suddenly and surprisingly during finance committee meetings, to confmn her suspicions, inves- free to move ahead without being Top Honors, I would confer upon when ASH was struggling with the burden of dividing the limited tigated and discovered the diver- burdened with the controversy the Law News the award of "How budgetary pie among fund-hungry student organizations, one of sions. The record also discloses attached to me as a "whistle to Misreport Facts" in order to which was the Law News. the, then, dean admittedly at the blower" as I, general counsel, had discredit an institution whose The Law News is your newspaper. Our responsibility to you very least knew for several months assisted in the assembly if facts trustee responsibilities are under- includes reporting on issues and events which are important to the of the diversion but nonetheless uncovering numerous wrongdo- taken by a board of directors who Hastings community. We also strive to provide an accessible and failed to bring it to the attention of ings substantiated by Special receives no compensation, or re- widely-read forum which represents the rich diversity of views on the board. Both directors, Dobbs Counsel Kane. In submitting my inbursement for the expenses this campus. We try to be fair and accurate. But we owe it to and Jamison, played the impor- resignation, I did so after con- incurred in the conduct of the you, to be relentless in our search for information and ideas, no tant roles in the investigation and cluding that my presence would School's business. Indeed, that matter how controversial. We work hard, sometimes do a good the policy action of the board to only give the "wrongdoers" an the very board ends up subjected job and occasionally fall short restore the funds as a matter of opportunity to engender further to the irresponsibility of the Law Independence has been crucial to our success. Our independ- "frrstpriority." It was the persis- controversy. By making my News and others. It is very dis- ence from the administration and board of directors allows us to tent attempts on the part of the departure, the "wrongdoers" quieting to contemplate that these run the hard-hitting news stories and critical editorials that led the board and Jamison to restore those would not be able to point to me in very same people will be soon be ABA to recognize the Law News as the best law school newspa- funds that led to the disclosures their efforts to justify their previ- members of a profession, histori- per in the country.' We hope that the Law News has provided recently made by the (i) auditor ousconduct. cally dedicated to the preserva- you, the student body, an opportunity to have more of a say in general of the state of California, 4. "ABA gives Law News Top tions of the highest ethical stan- what goes on around here. Our continuous coverage of the (ii) the attorney general of Cali- Honors [for its story entitled)- dards. improper diversions of scholarship funds to the West Block fornia, (iii) independent counsel 'Financial Control Should Be For the Hastings Law News to project kept that issue alive. Now the College will be repaying employed by the board; i.e., for- Returned to the Dean.''' As the proclaim its own "top honors" is you and past students the money that was improperly diverted. mer Presiding Judge Robert Kane. past and present editorial staff of ludicrous when the honor is self- We will continue to monitor this process and the College's use of The results of those investiga- Hastings well know, the last two imposed by the very people who West Block property. tions led to the selection of a new deans were the parties in charge report their own excellence. The benefits of a free press have been extolled since the adop- dean and a chief financial officer of the financial operations of the I would like to believe that the tion of the First Amendment and are practically a truism among reporting directly to the board. School and were the only officers Hastings student body, as a whole, law students. In order to best serve you, our independence must Had the Law News been inter- reporting directly to the Board. It takes issue with the Hastings Law not stop at the board and administration. Independence from ested in reporting the facts, it was under their jurisdiction and News misinforming the very stu- ASH, your elected representative body, is also essential for us to would never have made the un- tenure that the facts and the con- dent body that the Hastings Law work to bring you the best possible representation and accounta- founded charge and would have clusions of the auditor general of News represents. bility from ASH. We make no claim of always providing the best reported that the board, in fact, the state of California, the attor- In conclusion, I suggest that the representation of student interests, and we think that ASH can discovered the diversions and has, ney general of the state ofCalif or- Hastings Law News would do make no such claim either. However, in a real sense, we are the since the discovery, sought to nia, Special Counsel Robert Kane well to attempt to constructively Fourth Estate of Hastings. restore the funds. This was re- and a majority of the board were point out what Hastings has ac- We feel it is important to the you that the Law News have the cently accomplished over the made. It was only through the complishedoverthepast 110 years freedom to scrutinize ASH. Already, questionable actions have objections of a minority. persistence of the majority (con- and what it is destined to accom- occurred. Students and student organizations have, in our 2. Dobbs and Jamison arro- demned by the Hastings Law plish in the future. I, personally, opinion, raised legitimate concerns over the priorities and gantly proclaimed "The School News) that a slim majority was having spent over 46 years sup- procedures chosen by ASH in its budgetary process. We are was exempt from the City Fire able to prevail over the minority continued 011 page 13 concerned that members of the ASH Council stood by as an abuse Code." This is another unfounded of parliamentary procedure precluded individuals and organiza- and distorted view of what has Letters to tbe Editor tions from receiving a fair hearing of their concerns. These taken place. Contrary to the Hasting Law News, the docu- Letters are accepted froIT anyone but must be typed or legibly handwritten tactics also resulted in a cursory review of the budget by those mented position of the School is double-spaced. Letters should be clearly marked as such and must bear the ultimately charged with ensuring equitable allocation. writer's signature, name, and telephone nwnber. Frequent or lengthy con- Pursuant to our duty to you, the Law News promises to remain a and has been one of cooperation tnbutors. will be limited to ensure that a forwn is available to everyone. We free press. You would help us in this effort by reminding all with the City. A formal docu- cannot pnnt. letters without signatures, but names will be withheld upon members of the Hastings community that your newspaper must be ment to that effect states the request if the circurnstances warrant such action. Letters do not represent the an indeoendent one. School's position and that docu- opinion of the Law News, its staff, or Hastings College of the Law. ment has been in the hands of the ｴＮＮ］］］］］］］］］］］］］］］］］ｾ］］］］］］ＺＺＡｊ＠ October 20,1988 Hastings Law News page 9 Letter .from the Basement Common Sense Jamison Blows the Whistle? of an organization for which he is to have caused the College a great Election 1988 By James P. Ballantine responsible tends to speak very deal of embarrassment. EDrrOR-IN-CHIEF poorly of his exercise of his duties In stating that investigations by By MacGregor Scott ACLU members, but President The Law News is delighted that as director. the auditor general and attorney OPINIONS EDITOR Bush will be inaugurated on Jan. fonner Hastings General Counsel To state that restoration of general "led to the selection of a 20. Max K. Jamison has responded to scholarship funds was a matter of new dean and a Chief Financial I am sorry to have to tell my ***** our first issue, and is reprinting "first priority" is either ludicrous Officer" (CFO), Mr. Jamison Democratic friends that they are Theonly thing stoppmg George his letter in full in our letters to the or a damning indictment on the again completely misstates the looking at four more years of the Bush from making this election a editor section. Unfortunately, Mr. board's ability (or inability) to facts. These investigations had Republicans in the White House. landslide is the presence of Dan Jamison is incorrect and mis- complete a project. It took at least absolutely nothing to do with ei- Despite Mike Dukakig' big lead Quayle on the GOP tickeL. Hoo- leading in his comments. I will eleven years [from 1977-1988), ther the dean or the CFO. Mr. of this summer, despite theall out sier Dan is not the brightest guy try to correct some of Mr. and investigations and pressure Kane, an attorney employed by efforts of the Democratic tickello around. His selection as the vice- Jamison's most egregious errors by both the auditor general and the board, clearly cannot be con- appeal to the great middle ground presidential candidate has proven made in each of the four points of the a,ttorney general before the sidered an "independent" investi- of the electorate (unlike their to be the single major error by the his letter. scholarship funds were ever re- gator .. predecessors four years ago) and Bush campaign. However, I 1. Diversion of funds stored. Students have yet to be Mr. Jamison's suggestion that despite Dan ｑｵ｡ｹｬｾＬ＠ George Bush would projX>se to you that there Mr. Jamison continues to claim compensated. It is hard to believe restoration of scholarship funds is going to win on Nov. 8. Al- are other factors besidesQuayle's that he, along with the rest of the that such a scenario represents a was "accomplished over the ob- though the popular vote may be shoncomtngs involved tn hiS board, was ignorant of the diver- top priority. jections of a minority" of board close, the electoral vote, which imbrogho. He has had the great sion of restricted scholarship funds Further, highly placed College members is surprising. Mr. Jami- reaJlydecides theelecuon, is going misfortune of being the first per- when they occurred in the late sources indicate that Mr. Jami- son is making a thinly veiled to be a blowout. son on a nauonal ticket to con- 1970's, as he attempts to use the son, along with Chainnan Dobbs, accusation of obstructionism and The Republicans have a built in front the Vietnam "problem", at a then-Dean Marvin Anderson as a systematically resisted the inves- cover-up by these directors base in the electoral college on time when the men and women scapegoat for misappropriations tigation by the auditor general, through his references to the which to acquire the necessary who fought the war are expen- made by the board. However, and attempted to suppress infor- minority throughout this letter. It 270 votes to win. The reasons for encing a new period of accep- college records uncovered by the mation regarding the misappro- is an incredible attack on board this edge are geographic, demo- tance and pOpularity. Law News indicate that Mr. priations. The sources further members who have objected to graphic and historic in nature. Granted Quayle's National Jamison is incorrect and that he repot that they openly challenged the questionable maneuvers of the During the heyday of FDR, the Guard service is not consistent knows it. Further, a claim by a the integrity of the auditor gen- majority, particularly theacrimo- Democrats were able to put to- with his present hard-hne defense director denying awareness of eral, a highly respected bipartisan niousand ill-founded attacks upon gether a coalition of Southern rhetoric, but I would wager that important fmancial transactions official. This challenge appears Dean Prunty. These four direc- Democrats, Northeastern liberals many of those in the media who tors are among the most prestig- and Midwestern populists to win are attacking him for his failure to ious members of the board, and fi ve straight presidential elections. fight tn Viemam were burning include Board Vice Chairman and Today, it is the Republicans who draft cards, marching against the attorney Myron Etienne of Sali- have put together the coalition. war and calling our veterans baby Hastings I.law News nas, noted litigation attorney Jo- Conservative white Southern killers. Where is the consistency? seph Cotchett of San Mateo, at- Democrats, feeling abandoned by Quayle also suffers from seek- Editor-In-Chief ...... James P. Ballantine torney and fonner Assemblyman the liberalism of the national party, ing high office during a period of Executive Editor ...... Matthew D. Davis John Knox of Richmond, and Jan have turned to the Republicans. almost unbelievable scruuny by Lewenhaupt a businessman and With the exception of Jimmy the press. In the wake of the Gary Copy Editor ...... Dee A. Ware the heir to the founder of the Carterin 1976, the majority of the Hart-Donna RIce escapade, the Features Editor ...... Dino Velez College. Southern states have not voted for media have undertaken a more News Editor ...... Christina Dalton a Democratic canrudate since extensive investigation of all those Opinions Editor ...... MacGregor Scott 2. Fire Code exemptions 1960. ThenewRepublican"Solid aspiring to run this country. But Photography Editor ...... Lauren Finder South" gives the GOP a strong is thiS scrutiny what we really Advertising Editor ...... Eva Monte Not only did the Law News base. want? Undoubtedly, nalional Production Manager ...... John Andrews report Mr. Jamison's claims that When the West IS added to this exposureofJohn Kennedy's infi- Assistant Production Manager ...... Phillip Sinco Hastings is exempt from all city base, the Repubhcans have an delities would have prevented Staff Photographers ...... Audrey Israel, James Schmid health, building and fire codes, almost insurmountable lead. The him from ever being elected. If, Washington Correspondent ...... Christopher J. Palenno but so did numerous other pubh- only Democratic candidate since after all the scrutiny Quayle has Cartoonists ...... David Finley, Laura Russo cations. Mr. Jamison is directly Harry Truman in 1948 to carry a been through, the worst offenses Writers ...... William Andrews, Drew Bendon, Rosi quoted as having written to the majority of the Western states was that the press can track down are Cordoba, Joe Fogel, Doug Fox, David Glitzer, James San Francisco Building Inspector Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Most that he didn't volunteer for com- Schmid, Julianne Sylva, Daniel Torrence, Chris proclalming this exemption, as tellingly, since 1948 California, bat duty in Vietnam, was a "c" Vanderlaan reported in the Recorder on Apr. the biggest prize of all, has voted student in college and likes to 28,1986. This position lead to the for every Republican candidate play golf, the guy has been doing Editorial Policy Statement investigation by the auditor gen- except Barry Goldwater in 1964. something right. Thecombination of the South and Quayle has been taking much The Hastings Law News is the monlhly student newspaper of the eral in the Fall of 1986. Further Hastings College of the Law. Signed opurion articles, when clearly marked quotes by Mr. Jamison proclaim- the West makes it almost impos- abuse over family money and as such, represent the 0p"llon of the writer and not tha! of the College or ing this exemption also appear in sible for the Democratics to win, powerful connections which have the Law News. Unsigned edItorials represent the opinion of a consensus the Examiner on Aug. 16, 1986, especially when their candidate is furthered his career. To be fair, of the Law News Editorial Board only and not thai of the staff edttors or a liberal Northeasterner. however, a quick study shows our writers. Nothing in these pages should be construed as being the opmion and in the Recorder on Feb. 13, of the College, its Board of Directors, or its General Counsel. 1987, and on July 24,J987. And the outlook only gets worse political history is filled with News, feature, and opinion articles are accepted from thecommunity at The repon by the auditor gen- for the Democrats. With the wealthy individuals who sought large as well as students, but publication cann<>! be guaranteed. Prospec· eral indicates that it was only demographic center of the nation public office. William Randolph tive opurion writers should contact the editor-in-chief early In order to Hearst, Franklin Roosevelt and reserve space in the next issue. Deadlines are generally t woweeks pnor to pressure by the auditor general moving constantly westward, as publication. itself which forced theColJege to people abandon the Northeast for Nelson Rockefeller are some of Display advertisements are accepted by the Exerutive Editor at the recant from Mr. Jamison's posi- the Sunbelt, the strength of the the more famous to do so. In fact, address below; raleS are quotable on request. We do not publish classified tion. electoral college will move as some contend that John or personal ads. Entire contents registered copyright C 1988 Hastings Law News· all It was our opinion expressed in well. AJready,threeofthelargest Kennedy'sfatherboughtthe 1960 rights reserved. an editorial that thisprocJamation states (Californ13, Texas and Flor- election. Quayle has not been the Hastings Law News 200 McA11ister Street San Francisco, CA 94102 was arrogant. Admittedly, ida) are in the Sunbelt and have first nor will he be the last ambi- (415) 565-4786. whether or not such a proclama- consistently voted for the GOP tious wealthy person to run for "From dialogue comes truth" ticket over the past 20 years. Sorry contilllud on page 19 Continued on next page 15 page 10 Hastings lAw News October 20.1988 Computer Supplement Byte Size Computers and the Law Student PC Users Group By David Pearson change a free disk from our soon to be vast library. about $800 you can buy an IBM PC The graphics capabilities of the COLUMNIST In addition, we are looking into By Bruce Cumming clone with a printer. The usual con- Macintosh go beyond the interface. STAFF WRITER figuration includes a computer with a Graphics are an integral part of the Welcome to the fIrst Hastings having software and hardware computer, and every application is personal computing column. This This supplement is designed to typewriter-like keyboard, a mono- companies send us products to graphics based. Even word process- answer some of the many questions chrome monitor, and two floppy column will hopefully appear in demonstrate and review for stu- ing is graphics based, allowing the Bastings students have about the use drives, (what you store your files each of the future editions of Law dent use. Of particular interest of computers in law school. Some of with). Several San Francisco ven- display of italics and headlines on the News. are cite checking software. out- the questions addressed in this sup- dors sell these clone systems--Bay screen. This means that what you see The Hasting Personal Computer liners, word processors and any on the screen is what you get on the plement Do I need a computer? Are Area Computers and Micro I. Add in Club is here to assist students, other items that may be of use to paper. When you combine this capa- there any alternatives to a computer $135 for Word Perfect 5.0 and you faculty and the administration in bility with a laser printer (a Xerox- law students and lawyers. system? What kind of computer have a complete computer for under all computer related areas. If you You may have noticed that the $1,000. like machine that you plug into a should I get? Where is the best place need help buying, selling or using LRC has lousy hours. Anyone to buy it? How much should I pay? A comparable Macintosh system computer). you have what is known computers or software please stop who has tried to use the room has What kind of software should I get? would cost $3,000. This would be a as desktop publishing, the ability to by one of our meetings or drop a Do I Need a Computer? Mac SE with two floppy drives, and create professional looking docu- probably found it either closed or Almost all of your peers use a Image Writer printer and MacWrite ments. This is where the Macintosh note in our SIC folder. We will full. If this has happened to you, computer. so if you are still using a or WriteNow word-processing soft- really excels. attempt to answer your questions sign the petition in our SIC folder typewriter for your papers. you will ware. I use the word comparable here And fmally the Macintosh is fun. or direct you to someone who can. to have more hours added. Also, be spending time retyping your pa- in a very loose sense since the two People are not intimidated by a This year our meetings will be if you see one of the deans men- pers while your classmates are using systems represent not only different Macintosh, which means that it is held on Thursdaysat4:15 p.m. in tion what a great help it would be more likely they can get their com- the time to do additional research. hardware, but radically different the TV lounge. Look in the to have studentcomputerpurchas- puter to do what they want. Hence, you need access to some form design philosophies. Hastings Weekly for announce- ingprograms available at Hastings Outside of price, few other argu- Where Do I Get My Computer? type of word processing equipment. ments. ,since weare the only University There are alternatives to buying a ments can be made for IBM and Hastings, at present, has no student What are we going to do in our of California school not to have computer. Several companies, in- compatibles. Probably the only other discount program for pUIChasing spare time? cluding Panasonic, Magnavox and significant advantage of the IBM computer systems. The best place to them. This year we are looking into Smith Corona make dedicated word system is that it is presently the stan- get a Macintosh is through one of the If you have a home computer processing systems. Though touted dard of law offices. There are more student discount programs available setting up purchase agreements but print your work at one of the as sophisticated typewriters, they are legal-specific software programs through most UC campuses and Stan- with various computer companies. local copy centers be warned. really simple computers dedicated to available for IBM PC computers. ford. If you can still take advantage We hope to be able to have Apple, Many of their computers are in- the sole task of word processing. The There are programs that do ci te check- of one of these programs, then do so. IBM, and one or two IBM clone fected with viruses. These are self advantages of going this route are ing of documents, docket manage- Otherwise, fmd a friend who can. makers sell to Hastings students replicating programs that will The best place to get an IBM sys- that these machines are easier to set ment, client billing and even manage at a substantial discount over re- destroy your data. If you take disks tem is from one of the local clone up and use than a regular computer the volumes of documentation pro- tail vendors. to one of these places make sure it and, at an average price of $600, are duced in litigation. There may be dealers. Below is a partial list of The Hastings Personal Com- is write-protected (can't be writ- also cheaper than a typical computer some benefit to a law student being some of the many local clone dealers. puter Users Club is in the process system. Though these systems are familiar with the machines that will The best source for a more complete ten on by the computer). And for capable word processors, most of most likely inhabit her future office. listing is to get a copy of Computer of setting up a public domain li- those who like to copy programs them cannot do anything else, norcan But if you can in any way afford to Currents or Microtimes which you brary. This will contain software from the copy center computers. you use your disks in the Learning spend the extra money, go with the can pick up for free on the frrst floor for IBM and Macintosh com put- you are not only breaking the law Resources Center or exchanj(e them Macintosh system. of the 200 building among other ers that can be purchased for under but could possibly infect your with most of your ｣ｬ｡ｳｳｭ｡ｴｾｳＮ＠ Fi- The Macintosh is an easier system places. $5 per disk. If anyone has public computer. Remember Safe com- nally, they cannot be upgraded. to use. It is graphics based rather than Bay Area Computers domain software they would like puting is like safe sex- it only What Kind of Computer Should I text based. With the Macintosh you 557 Howard St. to donate, please drop a note in takes a second to protect yourself. Buy? use a pointing device (called amouse) San Francisco, CA 94105 our SIC folder, and we will ex- The fust choice is between a desk- to point to a picture of the file you 974-5439 top and a laptop computer system. want to move, click a button on the There are other word processors for $400. However. according to a Micro 1 Though most students opt for a desk- mouse and move the mouse to a pic- that have features that WordPerfect representative at MicroPro, if you 5S9Mission top computer, some choose a laptop. ture of the other disk on the screen. lacks. One feature lacking is decent have a copy of any edition of Word- San Francisco, CA 94105 The advantages of a laptop are that There are other advantag06 to the outlining capabilities. WordPerfect Star or have a friend who will let you 543-2190 it's portable, allowing you to take it to Macintosh. Not only is its interface can only outline seven levels deep, use his or her WordStar serial num- What Software Should I Get? the library and type your research di- much more intuitive than the IBM's, and it lacks the ability to expand or ber,youcan call MicroPro (at 1-800- What is the best word processor for rectly into the computer. (I have even but the interface is consistent from compress the outline at different lev- 227 -5609) directly, give them the se- law students who use an IBM PC heard of law students who take their program to program. To save a file els. However, there is a shareware rial number, and they will send you system? WordPerfect. Notbecause laptops to class and type their notes you "pull" down a list of options program, PC Outline, which does offer the Legal Edition for $150. it is the most powerful or easiest to directly into them.) which form a bar at the top of the these capabilities and can be used The second alternative is Micro- use word processor on the market, but If you choose a desktop then your screen (much like pulling down a along with WordPerfect (Shareware soft Word4.0, considered by many in becauseitis thedominantwordproc- major choices are between anIBM or window shade) and point to the save means you can copy the program for the PC industry the best word proces- essor in legal offices. compatible computer, and an Apple option, NO MATIER WHATPRO- free, but you are asked to register it, sor ever for the IBM PC. It is faster Tim Boyle, a specialist in word Macintosh. (There are no laptop GRAM YOU ARE USING. In the which means you send a donation to than WordPerfect, is easier to use, processor training for employees of Macintoshes, so if you want a laptop IBM world. it depends on what pro- the author.) Check with the Hastings has superior outlining capabilities and law frrrns, estimates that law frrms youmustget an IBM compatible com- gram you are using. In WordPerfect, PC User's Club for more information has more desktop publishing capa- across the country are installing word puter). I have heard of law students the most popular word processor for on obtaining PC-Outline. bilities than any other word processor processors at a rate of four copies of who use other computers, such as the IBM, you use the F7 key. In Lotus There are two other word proces- WordPerfect to one copy of any other out there. Egghead sells it for $250. Atari and Amiga, which are great 123, the most popular program for sors that offer some of the capabili- There are two other programs, word processor. WordPerfect is rap- game machines and do run WordPer- IBM's, you type "{FSY" to save a ties WordPerfect lacks. The frrst is which are aImostas good as WordPer- idly becoming the IBM of the word fect, or older machines like Apple II. file. In Wordstar, another popular WordStar2000, published by Micro- fect, but cheaper. The first is the processing market. Like IBM, However, since these are not stan- word processor, it is something like Pro. WordStar 2000's latest edition Leading Edge word processor which WordPerfect does not offer the most dard business machines,! am hesitant Ctrl-S. Every time you want to learn has many desktop publishing features. sells for about $40. The second is PC- advanced or easiest to use technology to recommend them. a new program you have to learn a There is a special legal edition which Write which is a shareware program. Probably the most frequent ques- new set of commands for that pro- in the market. but it does offer a good product backed up by excellent sup- includes alegal dictionary. a program Though these are worthy alternatives, tion law students ask me when they gram, even for the common opera- called Fill-a-Form, a program that WordPerfect makes the most sense port. fmd out I am "computer literate" is, tions it shares with other program. checks cites against the Blu_ Book WordPerfect is available to stu- for law students, unless they happen "Which is the better computer forme, This is wasted time. A computer is and Compare-Write, aprogram which dents for $125 by ordering directly to be a WordStar user and can take an IBM or aMacintosh?" The correct simply a tool to let you accomplish shows the difference between two form WordPerfect in Utah. Forms advantage of MicroPro's update of- answer is, it depends on a student's some particular task. The less time versions of a document. Apparently, are available in the Hastings Personal fer. needs. you have to spend fighting with the there will be no student discount on Computer Users SIC folder. At this In closing, I want to recommend a The single major advantage of an computer means more time you can this package. Egghead Software (at price itis also one of the lowest priced utility program for anyone who uses IBM-rompatible PC is price. For spend on your task. Market and Third) sells the package word processors around. cOltlllllud 011 /NIle 18 · October 20.1988 Hastings Law News page 11 1 st YEAR & 2nd YEAR

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Stateregu- Circuit held that facet of the Act of the 1866 Civil Rights Act that "If that's all you have, Mr. Kap- endings and beginnings; lations on obscenity in many forms unconstitutional since the judges declares that all people have the lan," Scalia said tartly, "it's noth- summer's end is heralded by have been struck down by the were making "political decisions." same right "to make and enforce ing." changing leaves of thousands of Court, but each adverse decision The Court's decision, regard- contracts ... as is enjoyed by white Justices O'Connor and Ken- trees lining the Potomac. This only seems to make prosecutors less of the outcome, will signifi- citizens." In 1976, the Court nedy, potentially key votes for fall, as the federal government more creative. That feeling may cantly affect the conduct of fed- decided that the 1866 Act pro- reversal, noted their concern that Iurches into another fiscal year, have bothered Justice Blackmun, eral trials. If the Court upholds vided a cause of action forvictims the 1866 law was being used to the country awaits a new presi- who fired off several rounds of the scheme, sentences in general of discrimination by private citi- address discrimination instead of dent while the twilight of Ronald questions designed to determine will probably become more se- zens. Runyon v. McCrary, 427 the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Reagan's tenure wanes. But the whether Indiana even intended its vere, although some enterprising U.S. 160 (1976). other newer laws. If Runyon is first Monday in October annually RICO law to apply in the case. judges may attempt to circum- The merits of Patterson were right, later laws "become a dead brings the country's most impor- On Oct. 5, the Court heard vent the system by finding "ex- argued in March, but the Court letter, they are not even needed," tant new beginning. argument on the constitutionality traordinary circumstances" in shocked civil rights advocates O'Connor said. "Oyez, oyez! All persons hav- of the new federal sentencing ordinary offenses. across the nation when - shortly A reversal of Runyon could ing business before the honor- guidelines system in U.S. v. Mis- If the Act is struck down, Con- after the investiture of Justice ignite an unprecedented uproar able, the Supreme Court of the tretta, Nos. 87-1904 and 87 -7028. gress will be sent back to the Kennedy-itvoted5-4lastspring by civil rights advocates and United States, are admonished to On Aug. 22, the Ninth Circuit drawing board and will probably to rehear Patterson in order to Congress. Since March, the Court draw near and give their atten- issued the first appellate decision rewrite the Act, removing judges consider -the question whether has received briefs urging that tion, for the Court is now sitting. striking down the Sentencing from the Commission. Many Runyon ought to be overruled. Runyon remain valid from the God save the United States and Reform Act as an unconstitutional congresspersonsarecampaigning During oral argument, the Jus- ABA, 47 state attorneys general, this honorable Court!" So began violation of separation ofpowers. on platforms of being tough on tices appeared to be as deeply two thirds uf the Senate, and one the October 1988 term of the By the end of August, about 105 crime, especially in the case of concerned with ignoring stare quarter of the House. But most Supreme Court, with the Marshal district court judges had upheld drug dealers. If those candidates decisis as they were with the scope important, reversal would sound crying out a centuries-old call to the Act while 140 had struck it are elected, the reasons given by of the 1866 law. After attorney the death knell for stare decisis. order. With the richly-decorated down. The Supreme Court agreed the Court in a holding of uncon- Roger S. Kaplan, counsel for the The doctrine has been embattled courtroom packed, the nine jus- to a rare expedited review to end stitutionality will be carefully credit union, offered his argument since the Court's about-face in tices faced a docket of cases as confusion about the law. scrutinized by representatives for reversal of Runyon, Justice Garcia v. San Antonio, 105 S.Ct. challenging and controversial as Written by a Congress deter- seeking to carry out the popular Scalia asked Kaplan to show that 1005 (1985), which expressly any in history. mined to appear tough on crime, mandate of a stepped-up war on Runyon was "wrong in some overruled National League of On the First Monday, Oct. 3, the Act creates the U.S. Sentenc- drugs. special way. Let's concede it was Cities v. Usery, 426 U.S. 833 the Court heard argument in Ft. ing Commission, charged with But perhaps the most signifi- wrong," Scalia said. "So what? (1976). Wayne Books v. Indiana, No. 87- drawing up guidelines consisting cant case on the fall docket was Why should we go back to change And ultimately, the decision 470, a case presenting familiar of a listing of crimes and sen- argued Oct. 12 - Patterson v. a decision we have made?" Kap- faced by the Court in Patterson problems in new form. At issue tences which federal judges must McLean Credit Union. The mer- lan said that the Court' sextension underscores the immense power was whether the state ofIndiana' s impose except in extraordinary its of the case concern whether a of the law contradicted the intent wielded by the nine justices of the Supreme Court. Abortion Debate Slated for Women's Issues

Next Week banned. THE [U.S. SUPREME] Is the fetus a person? In an On Campus Interviews COURT: [If] it were established effort to become better educated individual merit and accomplish- By JuIieAnne Sylva located in the placement office, that an unborn fetus is a person, on this crucial issue, the Hastings ments? Usually the latter ap- for updated information on the STAFF WRITER [protected by] the 14th Amend- Chapter of the St. Thomas More proach is taken, and it is after the maternity leave policy of each ment, you would have an almost Society will sponsor a debate on Now that you have perfected first few years that the "gender firm. Do they allow for maternity an impossible case here, would the subject in the Old Commons, gap" begins to widen. leave? Is it paid or unpaid? How you not? your resume, pulled out your in- on Tuesday, October 25, 1988, at terview suit and tie, polished your 2. Partnership - Another con- long does it last? Can you extend SARAH WEDDINGTON [on 3:30 p.m. An attorney from the shoes and had a few interviews, sideration is the firm's track rec- it? Also, keep your ears and eyes behalf of appellant Roe, during San Francisco Chapter of the the big question remains, "How ord in granting partner status to open for any "unwritten rules a oral argument in Roe v. Wade, American Civil Liberties Union should I choose a law firm?" women on the "baby track." Sta- firm may have in this area." 410 U.S. 113 (1973)]: I would will represent the pro-choice Once past the seemingly insur- tis tics are hard to find, and word 5. Paternity Leave - A few have a very difficult case ... position. A University of San mountable hurdle of fall inter- of mouth is often too subjective, firms are recognizing the impor- (Quoted from Professor Francisco ethics professor Ray- so getting an accurate picture on tance of paternal involvement in Lockhart's Constitutional Law views, most students will be faced mond Dennehey will represent this factor can be difficult. the fust few weeks of the Text, 6th Ed., p. 473) with an acceptance deadline. the anti-abortion position. Pro- 3. Ratio of Men to Women newborn's life. Whilemostfums The issue of abortion refuses to Making the right choice can be fessor Raymond Forrester will Attorneys - While recent law will grant leave, it is usually with- go away. The issue surfaced tough. Many factors will influ- moderate the debate. Fourpanel- school classes throughout the out pay. during both debates between ence your choice, and for women ists, two from each position, will country have been composed 6. Part-time positions - Part- presidential contenders George there are a few more to consider. pose questions to the principal almost equally of male and fe- time positions are becoming the Bush and Michael Dukakis. In 1. Wages - One important fac- debaters after the opening state- male students, this has not always latest employment trend. Many the United States alone, approxi- tor to consider is how wages are ments and rebuttals. Following been the case. You will likely employers have already adopted mately 1.5 million fetuses are allocated to associate attorneys. the panelists' questions, members find that most of the upper-eche- policies enabling parents to work aborted every year. Millions of Are they straight across the board of the audience may pose ques- lon positions are ocr.upied by men. half a day or a few days a week, Americans passionately believe for any given class of attorneys? tions to the principals or panel- A variety of personal, political or and other firms are considering it that the decision of whether or not Or are they standard for the first ists. A reception will follow. economic reasons may explain These are just some of the many to abort a fetus should be left few years, and later based on Is the fetus a person? What do the lack of women in these posi- factors you will want to consider strictly to the prospective mother. you believe? As law students, tions. This is not an area to be when making you final decision. Millions of others passionately up to the individual involved." attorneys, professors, legislators overlooked in your evaluation of An analysis of these issues may believe that abortion is the killing Is the fetus a person? Think and judges, we cannot simply a law finn. provide you with a better under- of a person and that, as such, it about it, and bring an open mind shrilly scream "Abortion is mur- 4. Maternity Leave - Students standing of the fums ideas and should be banned by legislatures and your questions to the debate der!" or lazily brush aside the should check the NALP forms, policies towards women in the just as killing of smallchildren is on Oct. 25. question, stating flatly that "It's law. October 20.1988 Hastings Law News page 13

Take Charge of Your Enyironment equally important. Women are where women finally achieve the Letters Cont'd often told that they are meant to continuedfrom page 8 political, social, and economic By William Andrews and responsibility for our environment be "included" in such situations, eqUality Ihat we deserve. Drew Bendon will be costly. However, many of porting Hastings. do not intend that usage of male pronouns for Orna Edgar COLUMNISTS those costs are merely ones of to gi ve up that support because of subjects with unspecified gender Rebecca Hardie convenience. the Law News' ill founded accu- is merely conversational habitand Celia McGuiness Tucked away on page B-8 of The people of this country are sations. is in no way intended to exclude. Laura Weinstock the Chronicle (10/6/88) was an notorious for coveting conven- I believe that under the new This cannot be true. Invariably Nancy Weiss article describing a battle between ience. This can be witnessed by dean, Tom Read; Chief Financial people form mental pictures of Peggy Queen representatives of five major Bay the plethora of fast food restau- Officer Joan Majerus; and Gen- the words they hear. and these Yvonne F. Lingren area bakeries and the Bay Area rants and convenience markets eral Counsel, Khachadour; none pictures takeongenderwhen male Kathy Kelly Quality ManagementDistrictover that dot our landscape. But this of whom have been involved in pronouns are used. When the More Vandalism a proposal requiring the bakeries love affair with convenience controversy. the Hastings Board professor says, "The judge made Dear Editor: to install control devices to re- points to anolher axiom of Ameri- will be able to giveits full support his decision based upon ...• " how There they go again! duce ethanol emissions by 90 can society: we. as individuals. and attention to the academic many conjure up an image of a Not more than two wccks after percent. [Ethanol emissions con- fail to see or admit the long range program so ably represented by female as Ihe judge? Further- my letlerappeared in last month's tribute to ozone air pollution.] implications of our actions. Dean Lathrope and our outstand- more, it is degrading to women to Law News anotherpro-lifeposter The bakeries argue that com- Accepting responsibility for the ing faculty. be "included" in men as a subset. was ripped off Ihe HCF [Hastings pliance with this proposal will environment requires one to think I commend you to a similar Wedo,afterall.compriseslightly Chrisuan Fellowship] bullel1n cost them millions of dollars and beyond the immediate present, effort. more than half of Ihe human spe- board. It doesn't end there. Sev- will endanger approximately beyond the instan t gratification of Max K. Jamison cies. eral cases have been reported 1.500 jobs. Peter Hess of the Air a styrofoam encased Big-Mac, it We are often confronted with Subtle Sexism where Bush/Quayle stickers and District estimates the cost of such requires one to reevaluate his or the argument Ihat our concerns poslers have been ripped off or pollution control device to be her priorities. During the past two decades. are trivial. "They're just words." $450,000 and points to Continen- the status of women in law schools people say. ''There are more defaced. Thesechildish acts only Clearly a business will not vol- reinforce the truism Ihat liberals tal Bakery of San Francisco where untarily accept additional costs has undergone radical change. important things to worry about." will tirelessly fightLO protect your the technology is utilized. merely to reduce pollution. More Women now represent roughly We disagree. Language is power- nght to present Iheirpointof view. The bakeries fighting the pro- half of the student body at ｦｵ！［＠ itnotonly reflects our society significantly. businesses will fight I recognize thal there are many posal are Kilpatrick' s in Oakland. Hastings, and they can look for- and values, it serves to create Ihem the application of legislation. people at this school who could Safeway in Richmond. Oroweat ward to career opportunities which as well. When students are con- exploiting the holes created by be tempted to tear down posters in South San Francisco, Lucky's would have been beyond Iheir stantly presented wilh hypotheti- legislative compromises. The thal run counter to their views, in San Leandro and Langendorf loftiestdrearns 20 years ago. Still. cal situations in which women arc only way businesses will "volun- but most have the maturity to in San Jose. Basing our judgment there is work to be done before we always victims and dependants tarily" install pollution control recognize Ihe rights of olhers. solely on the facts reported in the devices is if market pressure can say that women at Hastings and men are subjects of power However. "most" IS not good Chronicle, we find it hard to be- enjoy full social and educational and authority, they are likely to demands them to do so. enough. We must all recognize lieve that any of these bakeries Consumer economic pressure equality. Language is one aspect act and think in ways that per- of life at Hastings Ihat demands petuate a society which will mir- the rights of olhers to express cannot afford $450,000. How- requires a concerted effort on the their views. ever, the real focus should be on part of a large number of indi- change. It is our hope in writing ror those models. this letter Ihat the Hastings com- Changing Ihe way we speak Smcerely. the agency struggle on tackling viduals. Coordinating efforts to Bruce E. Pootler environmental problems even at get consumers to boycott is not a munity will become aware that can be inconvenient and awkward, sexist language is commonplace 10/16/88 the lowest level. simple task. It requires amassing butin view of the power language Why must our society wait until significant and uncontrovertable in classrooms and will join us in has, it is well worth our effort. the brink of disaster before ac- evidence of the "wrong" to be finding alternatives and effecting When the gender of a subiect is STUDENT cepting responsibility for the corrected convincing consumers change. unspecified, we urge professors ASSISTANT We have experienced several and students to alternate male and environment? In the past, we that this is indeed a "wrong" to be $8.34 Per Hour examples of sexist language in waited so long to combat pollu- corrected. and finally. convinc- female pronouns, use "he or she" our classes. First. students and tion that rivers have caught fife. ing those consumers that they or use "lheir". In addiuon, we The Administrative Office professors often use the utle Presently, forests arc being extin- should effectuate a boycott to request students and professors to of the Courts. located in "Miss" when addressing us. As guished as a result of acid rain. achieve the desired goal. place females m poSitions of au- San Francisco, has an pre-professional women, we feci Toxic waste threatens the very Organized boycotts are impor- thority in hypothetical cases, and opening for a temporary, offended by forms of address existence of Kesterson Wildlife tant. but they are only a start. to usc the title Ms. instead of Miss part-time student assis- which indicate our marital status, tant to work through June Refuge. And our coasts are used Admittedly few of us would ordi- or Mrs., unless Ihe woman being a private matter wholly unrelated 30.1989. Hours are 9:00 as sewage dumps by the likes of narily know of the recalcitrance addressed indicates a preference to our lives as students and future am for 3-4 hours on Chevron. Closer to home. Contra of the bakeries. but using one's otherwise. We think it equally attorneys. - important to confront people when Monday and approx. 3 Costa County is virtually out of' common sense can go a long way hours on Tuesday Second, the hypolhelical cases their use of sexist language of- space to dump its solid waste. toprotectingtheenvironment. For through Friday. The we are given in class usually in- The problem is by no means example. when you go to the fends us. As first- year students, student assistant will scan volve only male characters If we found this intimidating, bUl ours alone. The Canadians are supermarket ask them to bag your newspapers. clip articles, women are included, they are our professors were for the mOSl also feeling the effects of our acid groceries in paper bags instead of prepare dally news almost invariably placed in posi- part sympathetic to our concerns. rain. Europe received the fallout plastic bags. Use reusable con- packets. maintain files. tions of dependency. Judges. We also engaged in a fruitful from Chernobyl. and the Soviets tainers to store leftovers. Use a I lawyers, doctors and busi- discussion wilh Deans Reed and Minimum Qualifications: are doing to the Aral Sea what we mug for your morning coffee nesspeopleare usually men, while Lathrop, who promised to talk Must be enrolled as an are doing to Mono Lake. And the instead of a styrofoam cup. If you women are patients, clients and about sexism and language when upper division or graduate list goes on. brown bag it for lunch. save the victims in general. The repeated they present the new sexual har- student. This year's drought has once bag and reuse it. or buy a lunch use of stereotypical roles has a assment policy to the faculty. again brought water conservation box. In addition look for products Request an application substantial impact on women Finally, we wish to point oullhat to the forefront of our nation' s which are biodegradable [biode- from the Administrative because itprevents us from form- professors have a great deal of conscience. But will we learn gradable plastic trash Office of the Courts, 350 ing pictures of ourselves in the influence over students, as they from the summer of 1988 or will bags as well as laundry deter- McAllister St., Room very positions of authority and occupy positions of authority and 3210. San Francisco, we, when the drought passes. gent, to name a few. are now responsibility that we hope to do Ihe majority of speaking in Ihe Califomia 94102 T ele- forget and return to a philosophy available] and avoid products of occupy. In our minds,at least, we classrooms. We urge professors phone: (415) 557-9251. which ignores the necessity of companies that persist in despoil- are "put in our place." to encourage use of nonsexist continuing conservation and fu- ing the environment. And while Third, we are dismayed by Ihe language by using itlhemselves. Filing Deadline: Open ture planning? you're at it, try not to despoillhe ｦｾｉＮＨｬＮ＠ use of male pronouns when Ihe Perhaps ifwe give women equal until Protecting the environment environment yourself. gender of the subject is not speci- status in the way we communi- Accept responsibility for our Equal Opportunity should be of concern to all of us. fied. This is perhaps the most cate, it Will become easier for us environment, and by the way. Employer if not for ourselves. then at least subtle of our concerns, but it is to envision and create a society for future generations. Bearing "Vote The Coast." page 14 Has/ings Law News October 20,1988 Faculty Profile Reductio Ad Absurdum Diamond Dazzles BY LAURA Russo AND DAVE FINLEY By David Glitzer sor runs up an aisle and stands in Diamond would like to breaking down some of the distance be- SrAFF WRITER front of a bewildered student. "What would you do? Do you tween the students and Lhe fac- The first day of law school and think a crime has been commit- ulty, establishing a tighter Lhe new fust years are nervous ted?" The student begins to an- Hastings community. ToLhisend and scared. They spent Lhe sum- swer haltingly, trying to use as he has created the Dean's Ice mer reading "IL" and watching much legalese as he has gleaned Cream Social, a monthly event "The Paper Chase" over and over. from "L.A. Law." The professor which allows students and faculty No one would be surprised if John stands there listening intent.ly, to gather in an infonnal setting Houseman appeared and SLarLed rocking back and forth on his and communicate outside the ｷｾｵＮ＠ ｗﾣｾ＠ teaching Lhe "old-fashioned way." heels. Again he asks, "Was there usual professor-student roles. ｜［ｩＩｉ ＱＬＬ ＨＮ ［ ｦｌＭ ｙ ｾ＠ But in walks Lhe professor, look- ｜ｾＭｮｬｉ［Ｎｾ｜＠ a crime?" The student gives up Diamond proudly admits his ｾｾｲｐ＠ ing much younger Lhan Lhe highly and just nods, yes. The professor influence in the creation of the the yoll)i:,J,otJ , touted 65 Club, his tie slight.ly explodes in a ball of nervous faculty softballteam. Diamond's \... askew and his hair ruffled by the energy and excitement, faculty team takes challenges from San Francisco breeze. The stu- "TRAP!!!" WiLh this he is off to any section or team. Although dents fall silent, anxiously await- another part of Lhe room and not a stellar first baseman, ing the professor's fust words, another hypo. The students look Diamond's position is more as- around amused and intrigued, they sured Lhen Dave Mattingly's, have just entered, The Diamond probably due to the fact Lhat he Zone. "brings the beer and soda for boLh The teacher in the above sce- teams." He is also a member of nario is John Diamond, profes- Lhe faculty volleyball team. sor, associate academic dean and When Diamond's students are faculty softball fust baseman. For asked to describe him, the re- Lhe past eight years, students at sponses run from tags of "great," Hastings have been learning "wild" and "funny" to the inter- criminal law torts and oLher sub- esting description of one student, jects, Lhe Diamond way. Hy- "he's sort of a cross between Jack potheticals, laughter and Lhe So- Nicholson in "The Shining" and cratic method are combined in his Howie Mandel. You know, all cidentally, slams George Bush) it classroom in a way Lhat keeps that energy, but with a kind of Just Because plays at the Roxie in The City at students interested. mischevious glee." When a stu- continuedfrom page 7 noon on weekends, and at Lhe A graduate of Yale and then dent visits Diamond's office, they tor Rodrigo Betancur. The Rialto in Berkeley seven days a Columbia Law School, Professor are surprised to find in a bookcase show plays Nov. I, at the York week. Diamond confesses "I always . Lhe items that students thought Theater, 2789 24th St. at 7 p.m. Dean John Diamond knew I wanted to teach; I iust only populated his hypos. On the Call Amnesty Internationalat441- r------, "[ always knew [wanJed to teach, [ didn't know what subject." After shelf is the mens rea machine, 3733 for ticket infonnation. just didn't know what subject." graduating from law school, Dia- still in Lhe development stage, and mond went to work as a litigation below that is an Uzi with which he "Wbat a Maroon!" When you party Lheir brains feverishly try to re- lawyer in aNew York fum, gath- is always symbolically tJueaten- "Drawn to Excellence: Masters member Lhe facts in the amateur remeri1ber to ... ering experience Lhat would be ing the class. The crowning touch, of Cartoon Art," a show featuring brief Lhey have written for class. useful in the classroom. In 1980 is the awful painting he mentions magazine panels, strips, comic Suddenly, the professor breaks Diamond decided the time was on the fustday, the ghast.ly beauty books, poster art and advertising Lhe silence. :"WHAT WOULD right, he attended a national con- of which is blemished by a hole will run through Nov. 19 at N.C. YOU DO," his voice drops down ference intent on finding a teach- just big enough for a fist. Print Center, 665 Third St. to a nonnal volume, "if! were to ing position. When the dust Professor Diamond lives in Lhe run over and tell you that I was an settled, he was on Lhe West Coast, Bay area with his wife, Lucia, a Penn and Photo? art critic and that I hated the paint- ensconced in a position at tax attorney, and the newest addi- If you've ever seen Lhe cover of ing you were carrying and then I Hastings. tion, their first child Daniel [see Miles Davis' "Tutu,"Lhen you're punched a hole in it?". He Professor Diamond admi ts Lhat story, page 1]. Although cur- familiar with Lhe great work of cienches his fist and rams it "when I was in law school I didn 't rently enjoying his positon as photographer Irving Penn. Penn's Don't get \lTecked. If you're not Lhrough an imaginary painting. talk in class very much, almost associate academic dean, Dia- photos of artists will show at sober-orlOu're not sure- There is silence, as the professor not at all." Now when in front of mond has no aspirations for the Robert Koch, 210 Post St., until let someone else do the driving stares at the class and the class the class Lhe nervous energy he administrati ve part oflaw school, Nov. 12. ｾ＠ mess" ge pIUI;ded b\ IhIS Ａｬ･｜｜ ｾ ｰ｡ｰ･ｲ＠ stares back, not sure how to re- feels propels Lhe class and Lhe he just sees himself continuing to More Cover-Up and Beer Drinkers of AnJenca spond to Lhis outburst With no discussion at a lightning pace. educate students with his own If you're still interested in Lhe answer forthcoming, the profes- In his capacity as assoc iate dean, brand of wit and wisdom. movie "Cover-Up" (which, coin- ＪｾＪＪｾ＠ Societies making up a bunch of blueberry Best Friend Spreading Gossip ences between forcible sodomy * * conJinued from page 6 muffms from a Duncan Hines mix About Me?", and "What I Really and aggravated rape. ｾ＠ * idealisuc and public-mindedca- and selling them fora dollar apiece Think About the People in my Offbeat In tram ural Sports- * ｓｍ ｾ＠ reers as working for legal defense to students on financial aid. Study Group." For students who aren't interested BEER DRINKERS groups or environmental organi- Hastings Personal Law Jour- OF AMERICA Virgins In Law-A support in aerobics or basketball, Lhis pro- PARTY-SMART zations. Practical benefits of nal-This scholarly publication group for students who have be- gram gives them a chance to try membership include our popular takes a more traditional approach come so obsessed with their legal Lheir hand at sports like Greco- National Headquarters "suit bank," where we pool funds toa "journal" by giving students a careers that they've never had an Roman wrest.ling and lawn darts 2900·D Brislol S., Suile 201 to buy one dark blue suit, white chance to write about their per- opportunity to fmd out what their (special insurance wai ver re- Costa Mesa, CA 92626 shirt and conservative tie so we sonal lives, instead of dreaming 7Iq·557·2337 sexual orientation is or to do quired). Relieve some of Lhat law t·800 · 441 · 2337 can all wear the exact same thing up lengthy notes on obscure and anything about it We will dis- school stress and anxiety by join- uninteresting areas of the law. to our interviews. cuss problems peculiar to virgin ing your fellow students in a vig- !Jeer Drinkers ofAmerica suppo11s National Students Against Bake Recent issues include notes on law students, such as getting re- orous session of synchronized Collegiate Alcobol Au""",,18SS W""i Sales-An organization opposed "Why Can't I Meet Any Nice ally embarrassed in class while swimming or playing a game of Bttr Drinl<.r,... of \mfrK;A IS. ｮｯｮﾷ ｰｮｬｴｬｬ ｾ ｵＬＢＢ＠ Itlf"I'I'Ibtr,h,p ｾｉｺ｡ｬｬｯｮ＠ opt'fl ann 10 fltl"\Ub CM'r tht I.ftt' 0111 to groups who raise money by Guys at Law School?", "Is My discussing the statutory differ- dodgeball in Lhe Tower gym. OClOber 20.1988 Hastings Law News page 15 Baseball Fever Boots Soaps

By Doug Fox and James ball and mere watchers or fair This is not surprising smce the Schmid weather fans can most easily be Oakland team recorded baseball's distinguished during a low scor- STAFF WRITERS best record, and Hastings draws a ing game. Anyone with eyes and number of students from the East Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie ears can appreciate the glory of a / Bay. The Dodgers rank second, # ' and Chevrolet They all go to- Jose Canseco or Darryl Straw- and a handful ofdejected Red Sox ... .. gether, right? Butin the month of berry home run -the powerful fans can occasionally be seen October, millions of Americans swing and sound of the bat as a 95 wandering the hall. Not surpris- will tell you to park the Chevy, mile per hour fastball is turned ingly, fans of the New York Mets trash the pie, maybe eat a hotdog, around and sent more than 400 form the most vocal minority on but definitely, definitely watch feet in a maller of seconds. But campus. baseball. the beauty and prolonged agony Baseball, then, is having an For the third consecutive year, of a duel between pitchers that effect on the Hastings commu- Major League Baseball has bro- may turn on nothing more than a nity. Some of that effect may be ken its own attendance records. fielder's choice groundball is detnmental -class attendance No doubt, in an area with two big something that only the more keen drops significantly during day league teams, there are a number games, and some students are of Hastings students whocontrib- ... baseball is the finding it difficult to keep up with uted to these numbers. preferred spectator their legal studies while spending The evidence is unmistakable. seven hours a day keeping up Almost every day of the year, the sport of the reasonably with the league championships. TV room in 198 McAllister is prudent student. But, baseball affords a unique filled with fans of "General Hos- opportunity for law students-an pital" or "As the World Turns." and attentive fans of the game can iron clad excuse to spend hours This month, channel control has appreciate. away from the world of easebooks yielded to the prospect of the day Lawyers are naturally drawn to and job interviews. For this rea- game; networks have canceled the game of baseball, and not just son alone, baseball is the pre- their soaps, and baseball's "sec- those corporate types who get a ferred spectator sport of the rea- ond season" reigns. free trip to their fum's box seats. sonably prudent student. It will Taking it to the Hoop PHaro BY JAMES SCHMID Last Wednesday, classes were The importance of rules and the be sorely missed during the win- Studen/s mix it up during a recent "B League" basketball game. skipped by Boston and Oakland slow pace of the game, not to termonths. ｾｾｾｾｾｾｾｾｾｾｾｾｾ］］ｾｾｾＺＺＺＺＺＺｾｾ＠ ____ J fans. Even faculty were present mention the huge salaries com- in the TV room as the game was manded by the players, all make Music Cont'd Deans' Ice Election baseball familiar to lawyers. decided on the final pitch from continuedfrompage7 conJinued from page 9 Lawyers even have their own Cream Social the American League's premier group of studio musicians for The Dean's Socials are back! public office. reliever to the best hitter in either representative in this year's play- Although I admit I will be say- offs, Tony La Russa, a former one or two days. This is particu- Deans Read, Lathrope and Dia- league. larly evident in "How I Wish," mond invite all students and fac- ing a nightly prayer for George practicing attorney. What is it about the game of "Whip It Up," and the album's ulty to join them on Wednesday Bush's health after Jan. 20, Dan Hastings students are divided baseball that attracts such a fol- frrst single "Take It So Hard," afternoon, Oct 26, 1988, from Quayle has received many un- unequally with respect to this lowing? It is recognized that Jordan and Drayton switch in- 1:00 p.m. to 3: 15 p.m., in the warrantco attackS ana has become year's playoff teams. An infor- baseball is the most cerebral of strument(Jordan playing bass and Alumm Reception Center for ice a fall guy for the shortcommgs of mal sampling of students revealed athletic contests. Lovers of base- Drayton playing drums). This cream, coffee and conversation. an en lire gencraUon-a victim of that most are rooting for the A's. switch is reflected in the humor- In addition, you will also be able the national media stirred to a ous video being played on MTV. to enJoy the current art exhibition feeding frenzy. Don't get me wrong, studio in theadjacentArtGallery. Please Lame Law of. the Month musicians are used on this album, join us . their purpose is to enhance thc ｾｾ［ＺＺｯｲＺ］ＷＮｴｨｾ･］ｳＺ［Ｚｩｭ］ｰｾｬ･］［］ｉｙ］ｲｩ［Ｚｃ］ｳＬ］ｴｨＺＺ［］･ｙｾｨ］｡］ｶ･ＺＺＺＡｊ＠ album. One song greatly aided by never stopped a good rock and Comic Relief the contributions of guest musi- roll album beforc. This album is cians is "Big Enough" featuring fun, and that's a big part of what By Daniel Torrence Bootsy Collins on bass, Bernie rock and roll is all abouL Sr AFF WRITER Worrell on organ and Maceo A law still on the books in our fair state: Parker on alto sax (all former Required purchase of horror comic book as condition to other pur- membersofParliament/Funkade- FREE chases. lic). the guests, along with Every person who, as a condition to a sale or consignment of any RIchards on vocals and guitar, CATALOG magazine, book, or other publication requires that the purchaser orcon- fashion P-Funk tune. signee purchase or receive for sale any horror comic book, is gUilty of Other notable guest artists in- of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not ex- clude Mick Taylor (a former ceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars Stones' guitarist), Stanley"Buck- Government ($1,000), or by both .... wheat" Dural (of Buckwheat books As used in this section "horror comic book" means any book or Zydeco) and Ivan Neville (from booklet in which an account of the commission or attempted commis- New Orleans' Neville family. sion of the crime of arson, assault with caustic chemicals, assault with NevilIemakes thegreatestcontri- Take advantage of the \ a deadly weapon, burglary, kidnapping, mayhem, murder, rape, rob- bution to the album, playing wealth of knowledge sounding piano and keyboards on available from your For bery, theft, or voluntary manslaughter is set forth by means of a series a free copy of this of five of more drawings or photographs in sequence, which are five tunes. Government. The Superintendent of catalog. write- ｉ ｾ＠ accompanied by either narrative writing or words represented as Simple lyrics are the great Documents produces a spoken by a pictured character, whether such narrative words appear in weakness of this album. Let's face Free Catalog it, Keith Richards IS not much of catalog that tells you I balloons, captions or on or immediately adjacent to the photograph or p.o. Box .3 7000 a vocalist, but the production and about new and popular drawing. Washi ngton, DC 20013-7000 books sold by the Cal. Bus & Prof. Code_I6603 (Added by Stats. 1955,c. 214,p. 680, style of songs on this album tum Government . •. I _ 1. Amended by Stats. 1983, c. 1092, _ 49, eff. Sept 27, 1983, Richards' weak vocals into a posluve. They actually add a lot I operative Jan. 1, 1984.) '--______---J of personality to the music. As I page 16 Hastings Law News October 20, 1988

ASH Council Rejects Libertarian Candidate Speaks

Outline Proposal free economic system is the free cates a voluntary, Social Security By T. Lynn market, and the government program, and the legalization of this point, what to believe or not By Rosi Cordoba GUESTWRITER should in no way interfere in all victimless crimes, including anymore," a first-year represen- STAFF WRITERS contractual relations. prostitution and drugs. tative said. Another representa- Ron Paul, the Libertarian can- Based on the holdings, the party Ron Paul was elected to Con- Inan 18-9 decision, the Associ- tive said her section was "uncom- didate for president, spoke at the has enumerated several policies. gress four times, as aRepublican. ated Students of Hastings voted fortable"with the idea. "Many of Sheraton Palace Hotel to the Within the economic sphere, the He was a member of the Banking Oct. 11 against a proposed sale of us feel like we're being taken Commonwealth Club of San Fran- party advocates an abolition ofall Committee, and was the House first-year student outlines. advantage of," she added. cisco last week. government control. Thisincludes sponsor of the United States Gold The project was originally in- Those favoring the outline sale The Libertarian party is the third abolishing the Federal Reserve Commission. Outside of govern- tended as a back-up fundraiser to said it would be fair to first-year largest party in the United States, It and a return to the gold standard; ment, Paul chairs a committee ASH's Book Sale. received students who might not otherwise and the fastest growing. It held its abolishing income tax; stopping dedicated to monetary reform, and weeks of unanticipated debate have access to professor-specific frrstnational convention in 1972, all federal subsidies, including he is editor and publisher of "The from ASH representatives and outlines, while emphasizing that when the party nominated Uni- those to corporations and farm- Ron Paul Investment Letter" and other students. the sale could be a profitable, versity of Southern California An ASH Outline Committee ers; and abolishing all price and "The Ron Paul Political Report". service-oriented project for ASH. philosopher, John Hospers, to be was formed to discuss the pro- "Basically, people who are the first libertarian presidential He is also a practicing physician. It On his campaign, Paul has posal further. recommended popular or know someone have candidate. The party received stated, "Some opponents of mine against selling student outlines an advantage as it is," said a third- only one electoral vote in that once charged that I wanted to because it found negative aspects year representative. "To pretend election. However, in 1980 , outweighing the positives. they [student outl ines] don't exist though, Libertarian candidate Ed 'take a chainsaw to the federal During discussion on the is hypocritical." Clark appeared on all 50 state budget' How right they were. Committee's Oct. 11 motion "It's scary during the first year. ballots, and received one million Big government is running away against the sale, representatives It would be nice to have access to votes. with our freedom and our money, from all three years raised a spec- outlines and save first-years a lot The party stands on the premise and the Republicans are as bad as trum of issues both in favor and of time," a second-year represen- that the individual has the sole the Democrats ... That's why I'm against the proposal. tative said. right to control his own life, so waging a grassroots, hard-hitting, Comments against an outline According to ASH Vice Presi- long as his actions do not violate well-financed national campaign sale ranged from the risk of form- dent Kyle Fischer, selling out- or interfere with the rights of other for freedom." ing an unfavorable external im- lines originally appeared to be a individuals. This absolute right Paul states that he is opposed to pression for Hastings and the dif- less intensive way of raising requires severe limitations on the Ron Paul both the death penalty and abor- Libertarian party candjdaJe for ficulty with logistics, judging money for ASH-incomparison government, which are outlined tion, but he also stressed that these outlines and determining outline presidenl to the Book Sale-while provid- in the Party's 1972 Statement of opinions are not held unanimously authenticity, to the possibility of ing a "balanced" service to first Principles. "We... hold that where by the Libertarian party. Paul defeating ASH's "egalitarian year students. The idea was raised government exists, they must not wage laws. Within the foreign would like to abolish the position ideals" by not finding an equal during an ASH Executive Coun- violate the rights of any individ- policy sphere, the Libertarian of secretary of education and re- amount of quality outlines for all cil meeting in early September, ual: namely 1) the right to life-- party advocates a general peace turn the school system to the state first-year sections. he said. accordingly we support prohibi- and friendship among all nations. and local levels. In answering the "We are supposed to be an in- The frrst note of concern for the tion of the initiation of physical Specific propositions include question, "what about the poor", stitution of higher learning," a proposed sale was raised during force against others; 2) the right withdrawal from NATO, includ- he stated that voluntary organiza- second-year representative said. an ASH General Council meeting to liberty of speech and action-- ing stopping payment for the tions would be sufficient to help "Letting the word out about a when a representative said she accordingly we oppose all at- defense of other nations; prohibi- the needy. sponsored underground outline was "puzzled" by student outline tempts by government to abridge tion on the practice of meddling Paul told the Commonwealth sale would basically degrade us advertisements in the Hastings the freedom of speech and press, in the political affairs of other Club he believes that under a in the legal community." An- Weekly. Her complaint focused as well as government censorship countries; and the stopping of Libertarian administration, that other representative suggested on the lack of discussion among in any form; and 3) the right to financing of communism by in- has eliminated all welfare entitle- ASH "should decide what our real ASH prior to moving ahead with property- accordingly we op- stitutions such as the Import- ment, the unemployment rate objective is, rather than just try to a proposed ASH-sponsored proj- pose all government interference Export Bank and the World Bank. would be as low as two percent, make a buck." ect. It stirred immediate debate. with private property ... " ThePrin- Finally, within the sphere of and the economy would be Criticism was voiced by frrst- ASH responded by forming an ciples further state that the only domestic affairs, the party advo- stronger than ever. year representatives who said Outline Committee to determine students already felt "inn undated" O'Neil fund misappropriated ited under trust concepts. whether selling student produced They Knew with choices. "Wedon'tknow,at A memorandum prepared pur- The frrst public disclosure of outlines would be "beneficial" to continuedfrom page 1 suant to the board's directive at the misappropriation of the funds the Hastings student body. tions to the Dean were that he the Oct. 4 meeting was made by the Auditor General should exercise his judgment as The memo in October 1986. The investiga- to when stocks should be con- is from Anderson to Dan Litow- tion uncovered the diversion and verted for use in the Building sky, then the College's business the failure to repay the diverted Check In For Program and that he should only manager. It directs liquidation of funds. According to several highly use such resources when other stocks from both the College's placed sources, the Auditor funds are not available or need to General Fund, and the O'Neil General's investigation, which The Evening. be augmented to meet current fund. The purpose stated by the was initiated by then-Assembly- On Opera Night, check into the obligations of the Building Pro- donor for the O'Neil fund restricts man Art Agnos, was triggered by Abil,tail Hotd and cnjoy all that the gram. Further, that as the oppor- benefits to needy students from distrust of the College by both tunity presents itself funds ex- Civic Center Area has to offer .. . Sacramento. This specification Agnosandthecommunity. These pended from stock holdings establishes it as a restricted fund. sources attribute this distrust to J.A. Melon's before the show .. . should be restored to the assets of Kimball's, Stars and Max's afterward. According to a lIastings pro- Dobbs and Jamison. the Board." fessor familiar with principles of Dobbs and Jamison both Dobbs chaired the Finance Enjoy •• gr.:dt l' vl'ning without thl:' dri\'l' hUOIl', fiduciary responsibility, it is in- blamed then Dean Anderson for Committee at the time of the di- appropriate to use such restricted acting unilaterally in misappro- versions, and is listed in the min- funds to finance such operating priating funds without the con- utes as present at this meeting. expenditures as those approved sent or knowledge of the board. Also listed as present was then by the Finance Committee, and Anderson has been quoted as 2"*6 McAlli.ll'r Sln'l'1 Dean Anderson. further, that use of cash income '\': ru .... Inun Ih ..· Lihraq in ".1-. l i\ i ...· l\' llIn: * 41 S!H61·l)7 2H Hllll!SS I.SS7S * from restricted funds is prohib- conJinued 011 poge 18 October 20,1988 Hastings Law News page 17 Hastings student who is not part right to get their shot. Not at the dents receive only the academic of other LEOP candidates. of LEOP said. fInish Line, but at least an equal support from the program. However, the DRC can - and OLEOP Finally, some LEOP members starting line." Li.lce other candidates for spe- does - override negati ve ratings continuedfrom page 1 feel that the OLEOP branch of the While he does not see a "Dan cial admissions, a non- minority by student screening committees program is used as a "back door" ate, and that a lot who got in Quayle" problem in OLEOP, student indicates a wish to be whenever it sees fit to do so. by fInancially comfortable appli- through it shouldn't be students Granucci says a Dan QuaylecouJd considered under LEOP on the Prior to this year, it was pos- cants who do not mind taking the here. Some feel that LEOP hurts be admitted to Hastings under intial Hastings application form sible for students admitted under extra help LEOP offers but fade the reputation or ranking of LEOPprovided,however, that he and provides a separate personal general procedures to peri tion for into the woodwork when it comes had a documented disadvantage. Hastings. These are all erroneous statement describing his or her access to LEOP academic sup- to supporting the program or being beliefs. "We are not allowed to narrow disadvantage. port after entering Hastings. counted as a LEOP participant. it just to economic disadvantage. Fischercontinues, "Because of At that point, the LEOP appli- According to Oppenheim, such For these students, there is a con- Theoretically, if a Dan Quayle this perception, LEOP students cant chooses whether or not to be requests were granted in cases cern that such misuse could fuel hada severe learning disability or are ostracized by a certain per- evaluated by a student screening where a disadvantage became resentment from non-LEOP stu- Dan Quayle was in a wheelchair, centage of the mainstream stu- commiuee. Depending on his or apparent after the student enrolled dents against affmnative action Dan Quayle would be eligible for dent body or are singled out in her ethnic background, an appli- and did not include financial programs the LEOP program ... he would not certain ways, and I think this cant choosing student evaluation grants. But the practice has been Far from disappearing into the get fmancial help, though." misconception is exacerbated by will be assigned to a group from discontinued due to the strain woodwork, third-year student and Granucci believes that the stu- BLSA,APLSA,LaRaza,NALSA the fact that there are non-minor- placed on LEOP resources by this OLEOP member Dave Granucci dent screening process, which he or OLEOP for consideration. ity people here in an affIrmative year's Larger-than-expected first- is acommitted supporterofLEOP describes as very tough, would go Despite the similarity between action program." year group. and the OLEOP group, but he a long way towards weeding out a the two acronyms, OLEOP is not "When white mainstream stu- LEOP Director Professor Sakat, concedes that not all OLEOP "Quayle". "His statement, his a component of LEOP, nor are dents see people just li.lce them- sees no abuse of the program and members feel the same way. general application and just little other student organizations li.lce selves getting additional help in maintains that any "slipping "Frankly, I think there's some- subtleties you can grasp from the BLSA, APLSA, etc. LEOP, they start to question the through the cnlcks" is not limited thing to be said for having come interview - and believe me, you From year to year, the OLEOP whole program more than they to OLEOP butan across-the-board from a certain background, can grasp a lot in 45 minutes. It's screening committee comprises may have originally." occurrence. "There will always worked hard, struggled, been re- hard to bullshit for 45 minutes." about half of the group's mem- While he agrees that non-mi- be a small percentage who will jected, kept pushing and making What are the chances of a "Dan bers. Applicant fIles are assigned take advantage of any SpeCial nority students can have disad- it in such an institution, but unfor- Quayle" being admitted to to individual members, who con- program," he says. vantages that merit special aUen- tunately, some don't. Hastings under LEOP? "With his duct 30-45 minute interviews- Sakai feels strongly about the tion, Fischer does not see affmna- "Of the groups, we [OLEOP) background, from a millionaire usually by telephone due to geo- concerns of mmonty LEOP tive action programs as the proper may be the most inactive. I think family? At this point, I'd say graphic considerations - to de- members, but he pomts out that vehicle for such attention. BLSA and APLSA and La Raza zero," Director of Admissions termine whether a candidate is entenng law school as a non- "The fact that LEOP has grown are much better organi zed .. .I think Tom Wadlington said. ''I'd say disadvantaged. minority LEOP admittee brings to encompass white students loses they'd li.lce to see us more in- the special admissions process has Each interviewer reports back Its own peculiar dilemmas. "On track of the original goal," he said. volved, and I would too." been tightened up so much that to the group, which gives a nu- the one hand, It'S easier to be- "The students who are in OLEOP As a student who entered under there's no way. " merical rating as to eligibility for come invisible and blend into the deserve to be here, there should LEOP due to severe fInancial Wadlington does cite irregu- LEOP consideration. The ratings general Hastings population, but be a program set up for them, but hardship, Granucci had serious larities in LEOP admissions dur- go mto the candidates' applicant on the other, they're not percei ved I don't think they should be in the doubts about the concept of non- ing the mid to late 70s involving fIles which are then sent back to to be pan of a disenfranchised same program that addresses the fInancial "disadvantages" during student screening committees. In the admissions department. group with its own problems." needs of people of color." his fIrst months at the school, but that era, he says, "the process may Once in the admissions offIce, Sakal, who in the course of a "You can change your class or he says that his feelings have have been more politicized. The LEOP fIles are divided between work day often finds himself your economic status, but you undergone a change. rumor that I heard when I first three-person voung committees jugghng the roles of tutor, thera- can't change your ethnicity," "There are people who get into came here in 1980 was that stu- of two faculty members and one piSt and father confessor, notes Fischer said. "When a white this program who are middle- dent interviewing groups were LEOP student "reader" apiece. that not all "disadvantages" are person who's been disadvantaged clasS,oreveTl upper-middJeclass. more interested in a candidate's While the student-group ratings VISible. "A lot of the judgments goes in to apply for a job, the I used to have a heck of a problem political views, but that process are considered at this juncture, thrown around here at school just interviewer can't see that disad- with that, but the more I've been has, I'm sure, cleaned Itself up by admissions policy is to weigh the don't Include all the facts," he vantage. For the person of color, involved in the admissions proc- now." student ratmgs no more and no says. that factor is there all the time." ess, I've been confronted with Today, Wadlmgton insists, less than any other recommenda- Second-year OLEOP member Another minority LEOP par- things that have been chiseling special admissions at Hastings are tion submilled with the Renee Fenton agrees. "There are ticipant said, "LEOP has only a down that bias," he says. strictly on the up-and-up. "In the candidate's application. disadvantages that can't be seen, certain amount of money, and "People are physically handi- non-minorityportionoftheLEOP Within the three-person voting that leave sears on people's Jives, discussion groups are full as itis. capped, people come in from pool that is admitted, I think that committees, each member evalu- untenable things," she says. Allowing non-minorities from severe, really heavy family prob- you're getting an increasing ates a LEOP candidate on aI-I 0 Fenton, who says she feels guilty middle-class backgrounds to use lems that, yes, have had an effect num ber of disabled students, who scale. The files are returned once at times about what she calls her these resources takes money away on their learnmg ability, their certamly have to be considered more to admiSSIOns, which aver- '" typical WASP look," qualified from people who really need the social adaptation, their cultural dIsadvantaged. ages the scores to determine for LEOP as an economically help." amenities, you name it. It makes Moreover, says Wadlington, whether a candidate will be ad- disadvantaged applicanL Non-minority special admis- the whole process a lot more ''I've seen an increase 10 students mitted, walt-listed or rejected. Fenton feels that OLEOP sions is also questioned by stu- complicated and a lot more from that group [OLEOP) from For LEOP applicants refusing screening committees are the dents who concede that cultural subtle ... There are many types of circumstances that you could truly evaluation by studentcommlUees, hardest of any student organiza- disadvantage can cut across eth- disadvantage, and we have to classify as disadvantaged. Alco- the process is somewhat differ- tion on applicants, and says that nic lines, but balk at the idea of weigh them all - as do the mi- holic parents, farm families whose ent. These candidates are re- about one in 30 OLEOP appll- special aid for non-economic nority groups." farms have been foreclosed on, viewed by the so-called "DRC", cants are approved. Fenton names reasons. Granucci wonders if there is circumstances that unarguably or Disadvantaged Review Com- willingness to "give back" to "To allow an Anglo from an not a paternalistic kind of racism were disadvantaged .. .I think there minx, a three-person group dis- LEOP as a primary trait looked educated, professional family, in viewing color as a lone index of is a truly legitimate hard-core tinct from the admissions-level for in applicants. Nonetheless, who may have gone to a high- disadvantge. "Not only OLEOP group there of "other LEOPS." voting committees. she concedes that the process isn't quality private undergraduate but minority applicants to LEOP To the uninitiated, the multi- Like the voting comml ttees, the always 100 percent successful. school and doesn't seem to lack must show some type of uered LEOP admissions process DRC IS composed of two faculty "The only problem is ... when spending money, to use LEOP disadvantage ...it's not just color, is bafflingly Labyrinthian. While members and one LEOP student. you're white you blend right in. resources and be considered for it's what's been done to people of LEOP does furnish academic aid Its function is limited strictly to They [OLEOP admittees) don't affmnative action spaces on law color, and what's been done to to fInancially disadvantaged stu- endorsing or not endorsing a have to deal with it if it's not in journals not only screws minori- people of color has dents, a sizeable number of par- candidate' scLaim ofdisadvantage. their heart. ..and unfortunately, ties, it makes people resent LEOP, at times been done to people of ticipants receive no supends. Files endorsed by the DRC are some people don't." which is a good program that helps non-color. And if it's been done Qualifying for LEOP because of forwarded to the voting commit- a lot of people," a non-minority to such people, they too have a other disadvantages, these stu- tees for consideration with those page 18 Hastings Law News October 20.1988 The development seemed to While Kahn's admonition was Letters ASH Meeting generate confusion among Coun- not unilaterally well- received, the continuedfrom page 13 They cil members, many of whom Council voted to increase the Next month's election, and the Controversy Republican victory which now seems continuedfrom page 1 abstained from the vote. Guild's allotment by $200. The certain. will represent more than just Really figures for some groups were Asked about the unexpected budget originally recommended a continuation of the status quo. markedly lower than the amounts procedural move after the meet- by the Committee had been 20 America has been changing. and there they had received from ASH last ing, Goren claimed that past AS H percent below last year's ASH is reason to doubt whether it is for the Knew year. categorization of the Law News allotment to the Guild. Respond- bener. That the Republican nominee Clearly bracing for a contro- as a regular student organization ing to Kahn's comments, Com- will probably win is by itself of con- continued from page 16 versial session, ASH President had been "incorrect." "This is not mittee member William Andrews siderable concern. More worrisome. a political ploy or an attempt to pointed out that the recommended however. is what the election tells us responding to these charges as a Leora Goren opened the Tuesday "dastardly lie." night budget meeting with a re- shut out the Law News," Goren allotment for the Guild had been about America's new mood. stated. the seventh highest of the 39 rec- No election in history has ever Anderson served as Dean of the quest that observers and mem- However, Goren maintained ommendations it had drawn up. presented more difficult or more College during the 70's, and be- bers give the Committee's rec- pressing questions. In large part, came Dean Emeritus when he left ommendations the "benefit of the that "it seems like" the ASH Andrews noted that the Commit- Bush has succeeded because he. like to take a Deanship at the Univer- doubt," citing hours of considera- Constitution puts the Law News tee had to balance the proposals Reagan. provides such easy answers. sityofHawaii. Hecurrentiyserves tions devoted by the Committee under the "operations" branch of of a variety of groups. Are we frightened about the prospect as president of a small liberal arts to the budget over the weekend. ASH as opposed to the "activi- Brian Zagon, financial repre- of nuclear war? We will build a college in Hawaii. Goren also requested that all ties" branch with other school sentative for the Third-Year protective shield; we will have peace Jamison told the Law News this visitors who were not ASH groups. Council, approached the Law through strength. Do the moral un- Unlike student groups, which News Wednesday to express the certainties surrounding abortion dis- week that while the board con- members sit on the side aisles of sented to the liquidation of stocks the meeting room. ASH officers are funded from student registra- Council's dissatisfaction with the turb us? We will declare it murder tion fees, ASH "operations" are budget recommended for it by the (never mind that wehavenot"thought for West Block expenses, they and Finance Commitee members supported with revenues earned Committee.Ofthegroup's$8,OOO through all the penalties "). Do drugs never authorized the use of re- stated repeatedly that proposed and crime threaten our concept of stricted scholarships. However, allotments had not been motivated by ASH itself and subject to di- request, the Committee recom- ordered society? We will wage war Jamison refused to comment fur- by judgments as to the merits of reet ASH control. While Goren mended a $600 ASH allotment, a on crime and impose the death pen- ther on evidence that the board's various campus organizations. said she feels the constitution marked reduction from the$1850 alty. Are the Christian values of directed the diversion of the re- Nevertheless, the debate occasion- should be amended to free the given the group last year. middle America threatened? We will stricted O'Neil fund. all y took a partisan tone as groups paper from "operations" status, As no Third Year Council pm God back in the schools. According to Anderson during contested the budgets recom- she stated that "if it's an ASH members attended the Tuesday Nothing demonstrates the changes a telephone interview from Ha- mended for them by the Commit- operations group, then de facto night meeting, the recommended in America' s political psyche better ASH owns everything it owns, budget was fmalized by the ASH than the resurgence of rhetoric about waii, the board was "fully aware tee. of the use of restricted scholar- The meeting's tensest moment including its liabilities." Council. the flag. For the first time in recent Ballantine stated that "this inter- The organizations protesting at memory. the stars and stripes have ship funds" for the West Block. occured when Goren forbade all become a substantive issue in a presi- Anderson found it "baffling that discussion of ASH funding for pretation has absolutely no basis the Tuesday meeting represented dential campaign. To anyone who the board has taken this position" the Hastings Law News. The in fact or reality and was sprung a minority of the groups consid- has bothered to observe totalitarian of denying awareness that re- Finance Committee had an- upon the Law News at the last ered by the Committee. The regimes and theiruseof symbols over stricted funds were used. He said nounced after hearing the Law minute." Council voted early in the meet- substance, all that flag waving ought. that he informed the board of the News' proposed budget over the He noted further that all Law ing to approve and adopt all budg- to be frightening. However, to a need for additional funds for West weekend that the paper's unclear News assets had been purchased ets not under objection. nation which perhaps, like Bush Block and that there were "exten- status under the ASH constitution with funds earned by the organi- ASH Treasurer Phyllis Bursh himself. just hasn't thought things zation with no assistance from stressed that the Committee had through. both the symbolism and the sive discussions" regarding the took it out of the jurisdiction of idea of using scholarships as a the Finance Committee. ASH. "We're an independent done its best to evaluate each simple answers are pleasantly satis- organization like any other par- group objectively. Bursh noted fying. source of funds. In past years, the Law News has ticipating in the budget process, In the past, our ｦｬ｡ｾ＠ represented Anderson stated that "any di- been considered and allotted ASH the ASH-approved criteria used America' a belief in principles of free- rector present at those meetings activities funds along with other and we find it unfortunate that we to analyze group budget propos- dom. Paramount among those prin- who did not realize that scholar- student groups. No questions were not able to be heard," Bal- als. These factors included group ciples is the idea that the individual is ship funds were to be used for the about the paper's Constitutional lantine said. size, planned and past activities, soveriegn. Many conservatives ac- West Block would have had to position were raised when Law Notwithstanding arguments dues and other sources of reve- cept this principle. but only toa point. have been in a comatose state not News Editors James Ballantine from representatives of various nue,length of existence and serv- It is only in the marketplace that to know what was going on." and Matthew Davis submitted a groups, the Council ratified the ice to the school and the commu- Republicans stand ready to permit Anderson also attempted to proposed budget to the Commitee Finance Committee's proposals nity. ASH makes a policy of not tr,e broadest range of individual at the Tuesday meeting with few funding honorariums, travel and ｣ｨ｣ｩＨ［ｾＮ＠ justify the action taken the board over the weekend. On the economic playing exceptions. food and beverages for mem bers- field, conserv&lives are satisfied to sit and himself. He noted that it is At Tuesday's meeting, Goren The newly-formed Hastings only activities. The Committee, on the sidelines, confident that if "common practice to borrow from announced that she had made a everybody pursues his or her own funds and pay interest to them "by "ruling by the chair" within her Student Teachers, given an allot- said Bursh, tended not to fund interests. somehow everything will placing them in other funds. He perogative as ASH president to ment of zero by the Committee, activities not aimed at all students turn out all right. Unfortunately. they also stated that he created "full quash all discussion of the Law was voted $225 by the Council, to on campus. do not have the same confidence in paper documentation" of any News budget until its status under be repaid if the group secured principles of freedom when it comes transfers for repayment at a future the constitution could be consid- funding from Student Services. Computer continuedfrompage 10 to civil rights or individual moral date. This attempt is documented ered at the General Council meet- The Student Teachers grOllp is choice. a hard disk-PC Tools Deluxe. in Anderson's directions to liqui- ing next Tuesday. part of a class allowing Bay area Behind the catchy Republican slo- This program has a set of functions date funds. law students to teach law iii local gans and the sense of security they A motion from ASH VicePresi- that make it easier for you to manage Despite this attempt to account dent Kyle Fischer to override high schools. While highly posi- provide lies the truth about Election tiveabout thegroup, the Commit- your files, including move a flIc or '88. Weary of the challenges of the for funds, principal and income of Goren's decision and hear discus- sub-directory. It also has a back-up tee felt strongly that Ha3Li.1g3 present and unsure of her future. restricted scholarship funds were sion on the status and budget of program that is one of the fastest students should not shoulder the America is desparate for the simple, used to fund operational expenses, the Law News did not get the around, and some data rescue pr0;- sure answers. Right or wrong. Bush and not for investment in real majority required by rules of par- burden in cases where support grams that allow you to un-delete delivers. As an intellectual who is estate, however specUlative. This liamentary procedure. from the law school would be flies and recover files after an acci- always aware of the uncertainty fac- type of use is clearly inconsistent Considerable debate went on appropriate. oental reformat. It also has some tor. Dukakis can not compete. with trust principals, according to between Law News In an impassioneo plea for re . '.lther utilities that speed up disk op- Soon the election will be over, and a source knowledgeable in trust representatives and Council consideration of the Com mitte'!' s erations. Egghead Softw are sell it for Bush will takehisrightfuJ place as the $60. law. members as to the margin needed allotment to the Nationc:J Law- leader of a country too insecure to Besides a word processor, there Anderson criticized the board, to override Goren under parlia- yers Guild, Guild representative endure real change and too macho to are some other types of programs you particularly Dobbs, for its re- mentary rules of order, with Law David Kahn urged the Council to admit there might be a better way. bear in mind that it, and not the might want to consider. Dukakis probably would have make sponse to the West Block scandal. News Editor Ballantine holding Committee, held the power to 1. Outlining software abenerpresidenl But who can know Referring to Dobbs, Anderson for a simple majority vote and 2. Cite checking software for certain? commented, "he can't seem to Goren calling for a stricter three- make ultimate budgetdetermina- 3. Utility programs Joe Bochner assume responsibility for what fourths margin. tions. 4. Spreadsheets he's done." October 20,1988 Hastings lAw News page 19

his closeness to the scholarship merous wrongdoings substanu- own honors, as Mr. Jamison sug- Whistleblower diversions." In what form the Restitution ated by Special Counsel Kane." gests, but merely reported on ｣ｯｮｊｩｮｵｾ､＠ from ｰ｡ｧｾ＠ 4 conJinued from page 9 fatal blow to the continuation of The incident to which Mr. Jami- recognition by the American Bar ments operative at the time of tion was in factarrogantisamatter Mr. Jamison's career as general son refers is really the false accu- Association. original application for scholar- of opinion. However, I will reit- counsel came is unclear. sations which he and Mr.Kane I agree with Mr. JamIson's ship or loan funds. erate my opinion which is shared Mr. Jamison's self label of made against Dean Prunty during desire not to overlook the many For retroactive scholarship by many: Mr. Jamison was ex- "whistleblower" is astounding. 1987. These charges, and the outstanding accomplishments of funds, claimants must certIfy that tremely arrogant in his proclama- He got the term wrong. He was a viscous manner with which they this fine institution, and its out- they had a scholastic average of tion of exemption from such "whistleblowee" ifanything, since were made, have left lasting scars standing prospects for the future. 70 or better and believe they were codes. Unfortunately, his ar- it was various investigations by and Hastings and its board. Their However, in doing so I believe it eligible under then-{!ffecti ve need rogance demonstrated an incred- the auditor general and attorney attack on Dean Prunty were is necessary to expose activities reqUIrements. For loan assistance, ible lack of sensitivity toward the general which uncovered the proved to be unfounded. While potenUally detrimental to the in- claimants must show that they need of Hastings' tenants. Fur- they insisted upon continuing to diversion of scholarship funds by stitution. While Mr. Jamison met criteria used for Hastings- ther, it severely damaged the best bring various charges to the Dis- the board on which Mr. Jamison charges that the Law News has funded Perkins or NDSL loan interests in the institution by trictAttorney, in December 1987, sat. Further, the Law News is "misreported facts" and made "ill distributions during the relevant engendering distrust from our pleased to have the opportunity to the DA found that there was no founded accusations," he is abso- period. Tenderloin neighbors and com- basis in their allegations on which "blow the whistle" on a man who lutelyincorrect. We are not inter- The Trust Fund and claim pro- munity leaders. Unfortunately, to file any charges. As one appears to have di verted scholar- ested in making false accusations cedures were established on the this distrust may preclude membercommented,this is a case ship funds away from students, against someone who has at- rationale that the diversions from Hastings from pursuing a devel- in which Mr. Jamison was "proved and then attempted to cover this tempted to give to the College as scholarship and loan funds ad- opment plan for the West Block to be dead wrong." fact up. much as Mr. Jamison has. The versely affected thousands of that could benefit the entire com- Mr. Jamison refers to "wrong- Mr. Jamison and Mr. Dobbs, reality is thatany accusation which Hastings students by reducmg munity. Dean doers, " without identifying who who led this attack on we have made against Mr. Jami- grant and merit-based scholarship 3. Jamison resigns under pressure they are, other than through Prunty, clearly did so as a son is well grounded upon docu- aid. Moceover, the unavailabiltiy Beyond resigning under pres- oblique allusions to former Dean "smokescreen," to divert atten- mented facts. No amount of pos- of campus loans was seen to have sure, it has been suggested to the Prunty and the board minority of tion away from the the actual turing or vindictiveness by Mr. forced needy students to resort to Law News by various sources four directors throughout the let- wrongdoing-that of thel! own. Jamison will change this reality. less favorably structured federal, close to the board that a better ter. Such references to these indi- 4. Financial control in the Dean I wholeheartedly agree WIth Mr. state and private loans. term for Mr. Jamison's departure vidualsas "wrongdoers" is ridicu- The Law News took the posi- Jamison's confidence in Deans Thelastdate for filing claims is was that he was fired. Sources on lous. tion which appeared to be sup- Read and Lathrope, as well as in April 30, 1989. Claim forms are the board confirm that there was a Mr. Jamison appears to take ported by most faculty members the other new top staff members, available upon request from great deal of dissatisfaction with great pride in his role in the "as- that fmancial control of the Col- to work to guide Hastings in a Hastings College of the Law, Mr. Jamison, and "concern over sembly of facts uncovering nu- lege was best vested in the Dean. positive direction. And this di- Hasungs Scholarship and Loan According to both Mr. Dobbs, rection will now be without the Trust Payment Plan, 200 McAl- and Dean Read, this is the struc- sometimes misdirected guidance lister St., San Francisco, CA Letter from Leora ture that will be implemented. of Mr. Jamison. With this in 94102. All partIes requestmg Finally, I would admonish Mr. mmd, the College certainly can information should gi ve their full Jamison to read more carefully tum toward the future with a name, address and telephone Ash Notes the articles contained in the Law warning, be denied ASH funding. U1sl cleaner slate and eager optimism. number. ASH is puUing the "arts" back into the year there was a visible demand for non- News. We never proclaimed our arts and recreation division. In addition to alcoholic beverages at Hastings events. football, basketball, volleyball, aerobics ASH will ask the adrninislIation to adopt and softball, ASH will be offering Afn- a similar policy. ＢｩＡｬＱｊｉｾ｡ｒｦｩ･ｴＺＬ＠ Tgi'£\i. ｦｬ｜ｬｬｬＮＮｬＱＮｄｾＮＺｬＮＬ＠ -=. ASH is currently working with Stu- karate/self defense and a chess and tennis dent Services to adopt a method for stu- partnernetworkingdirectory. Looktot:>e den: to register complaints and sugges- weekly for details. tions regardmg all aspects of Hastings ASH has a1sopurchascd aboon, ooxto life. Details will appear in the weekly. Tulane add to its sound system for the use of all Also, somelime in the next several weeks, registered student organizations. . Dean Read will hold an open meeting for Recently, ASH revised its alcoholic second and third years to come mee: and beverage policy. Effective immediately, talk with tum. In addilion, a schedule of all student organizations which receive monthly drop-in hours With the dca'J will funding from ASH will be required to be armounced shonl)'. serve an equal amount of non-alcoholic A committee is Cl'rrently dev! . .,ping a beverages at any (non-private) even.t at sexual harassment gnevance pvlicy for which alcohol is served. Any orgaruza- Hastings. Any student interested m the tion which fails to comply will, after one process should contact ASH PrCSldent Leora Goren. 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